Chapman, Anne Maria (1791–1855)
Chapman, Anne Maria (1791–1855)
New Zealand missionary. Name variations: Anna Maria Maynard. Born Anna Maria Maynard, Jan 13, 1791, in Oxfordshire, England; died 1855; dau. of Thomas Maynard (butcher) and Sarah (Binfield) Maynard; m. Thomas Chapman (missionary), 1822.
Immigrated with husband to New Zealand (1830); helped to found 1st mission station at Te Koutu, Rotorua; assisted with mission schools, teaching catechism and secular subjects; provided food and medicine to needy; adopted Maori godson.
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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