found: NUCMC data from American Jewish Archives for His Deed of sale, 1776(Chapman Abrams, d. 1783; was a pioneer Jewish merchant, who first moved from England to Albany, N.Y. and later to Montreal. He was prob. the first Jew in Detroit in 1762, and survived the Pontiac uprising)
found: Encyc. Judaica, 1st and 2nd eds.(under article Detroit: Abraham Chapman; first Jew in Detroit; loyalist who fought in Canada against the Americans)
found: Google WWW, Nov. 6, 2009(found under Chapman Abraham, Chapman Abrams, Chapman Abrahams, and Chapman Abram; Chapman Abraham: 1,070 hits)
