# William Allen Chipman

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**William Allen Chipman** (November 8, 1757 – December 28, 1845) was a merchant, land owner, judge, and political figure in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia). He represented [King's County](/source/Kings_County,_Nova_Scotia) from 1799 to 1806, from 1818 to 1826 and from 1828 to 1830, [Sydney County](/source/Sydney_County,_Nova_Scotia) from 1807 to 1808 and [Cornwallis Township](/source/Cornwallis,_Nova_Scotia) from 1811 to 1818 in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly)

He was born in [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport,_Rhode_Island), the son of Handley Chipman and Jean Allen, and came to Cornwallis Township with his parents in 1761. Chipman served as clerk for the township and customs collector for King's County. He was also justice of the peace and judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas from 1821 to 1841. In 1777, he married Ann Osborn. Chipman voted against the measure (which passed) to allow [Laurence Kavanagh](/source/Laurence_Kavanagh) to sit in the assembly without taking the required oath against [transubstantiation](/source/Transubstantiation). He was a prominent member of the local [freemasons](/source/Freemason) and helped establish the [Baptist](/source/Baptist) church in Nova Scotia. As a member of the Nova Scotia Baptist Education Society, he helped establish [Horton Academy](/source/Horton_Academy) and Queen's College (later [Acadia University](/source/Acadia_University)). He died in Cornwallis.

His son [Samuel](/source/Samuel_Chipman) also served in the House of Assembly.

## External links

- [Biography at the *Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online*](http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3308)

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