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and served as recorder for the city from 1785 to 1809, which also made him a justice of the peace. In 1785, he was one of the founders of the New Brunswick bar and set up practice in Saint John. Chipman's clients included
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was illegal in New Brunswick, so no decision was made and the woman was returned to her master. Chipman also supported the settlement of several hundred Black refugees in the province following the
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in the province's Supreme Court in 1808. In 1815, he was named to a second commission charged with settling the boundary with Maine as it applied to islands in
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and was elected, although he is said to have the support of the local sheriff in the inspection of the ballots; he was defeated in the 1793 election for the
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lawyer, judge, and political figure. He briefly served as administrator for New Brunswick from 1823 until his death in 1824.
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Chipman represented the British in the negotiations held to establish the province's boundary with the state of
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At the end of the war, he returned to London and lobbied for a grant of land in
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He was also a gentleman farmer and was known for the quality of his
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18th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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Chipman married Elizabeth Hazen in 1786. Portrait by
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For his son, also a lawyer, judge and politician, see
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Ward Chipman Jr.

Gilbert Stuart
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Fredericton
Lawyer
Judge
Politician
Law
Politics

Gilbert Stuart
New Brunswick
Marblehead, Massachusetts
Harvard College
Boston
Jonathan Sewall
Britain
American Revolution
Halifax
London
Edward Winslow
New York
Staten Island
Nova Scotia
Saint John
Thomas Carleton
Benedict Arnold
Legislative Assembly
2nd New Brunswick Legislature

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