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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Rev. John William Chapman

The Rev. John William Chapman, Vicar of St. John's Church, Johnsonville, is an Englishman. Born in 1859, he came at an early age to Melbourne, where he was educated at Wesley College and the University of Melbourne. In 1887 Mr. Chapman was ordained deacon, and three years later priest. He was stationed at St. Mark's, Wellington, for a year, at Christchurch and Wanganui for four years, and at Waimate Plains, Taranaki, for three-and-a-half years, being appointed to his present charge in August, 1896. Mr. Chapman was married in 1888 to a daughter of Mr. Arthur Nicholson, of Whareama, settler, and has one son and two daughters.