She was born Jane Ashbury Hurlburt on Friday, August 13, 1920, at her mother’s family seat, “The Oaks” in Pomonkey, MD. Her father, Lloyd Hurlburt had come to Indian Head as a young U.S. Marine from Michigan during World War I. Here, he met and fell in love with Rachael Warren and after the war they married. Rachael and Lloyd raised Jane and her four brothers at “The Oaks.” They attended St. John’s Episcopal Church in Pomonkey. Jane graduated from Lackey High School in 1937 and over the next few years met William Chapman of LaPlata. “Bill” who was 30 years old was known as a bit of a “Dandy” but was smitten by 19 y6ear old Jane. They married in January of 1940 at St. John’s in Pomonkey. They went to live at her husband’s birthplace, “Glen Albin” with Bill’s widowed father, William. After William’s death in 1942, they eventually moved to the old family estate, “Ellenwood” near LaPlata. By now, the new family had two children, William, III and Jane. There, at Ellenwood, a third child was born, David. At Ellenwood they lived with Etheldra Chapman. Upon Etheldra’s death in 1951, Bill inherited a portion of Old LaPlata […]
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