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* Capt. Lodowick Champlin, of N. London, in 1777, was captain of the privateer American Revenue, and took a brig from Quebec and sent her into Bedford, laden with fish. The same year a sloop from New London was taken and carried into New York. April 25, 1777, news arrived at N. London that the armed brig Defense, (Capt. Smedley,) owned by Connecticut, and the sloop American Revenue, (Capt. Champlin,) of N. London, had arrived from a cruise in a safe port, and had taken four valuable prizes. Capt. Champlin, in 1777, in the American Rev- enue, of N. London, in company with a small privateer, took a large ship with 439 hogsheads of sugar, and arrived safe in port. He also sent into a safe port, a prize schooner, with 220 hogsheads of rum. New London, May 8, 1778. The American Revenue, Capt. Champlin, and Revenge, Capt. Conklin, of N. London, took the ship Lovely-Lass, Wade, late master, from Lon don, with a valuable cargo, and sent her into Boston, (Newspapers of that time.)
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7. Sarah, m. Rev. Gershom Bulkley, of Wethersfield. (See BULKLEY.) 8. Hannah.
Six sons of President Chancy were educated at Harvard College. His sons Isaac and Ichabod, returned to England. ISAAC settled in Woodborough parish, in Wiltshire, and was rejected by the Bar- tholomew act in the reign of Charles II., and afterward studied med- icine, and went to London to pursue his profession as physician ; but after the death of Rev. John Owen, D. D., in 1663, he succeeded that eminent divine, and officiated in the church in Berry Street, in London, many years, and for reasons assigned by Dr. Calamy, he left preaching, and died in London, Feb. 12, 1712, aged over 79 years. He m. Jane -, in England, and had children, viz .; 1. Isaac, Jun .; 2. Uzziel, d. Aug. 31, 1696 ; 3. Charles, came to Bos- ton, where he was a merchant, and d. there ; 4. Elizabeth, m. John Nisbit, of London, Dec. 10, 1689, and d. 1727. (Farmer.)
The will of " Richard Sealis," dated 17th of 7th mo., 1653, was witnessed by " Charles, Isaac and Ichabod Chauncye." (Scituate, Gen. Reg.)
CHANCY, CHARLES, last above, was the father of the celebra- ted Charles Chauncy, D. D., who was minister of the first church in Boston, from the 25th of October, 1727, to his decease in Feb., 1787, aged 82.
CHAUNCEY, ICHABOD, son of President Chancy, b. in Eng- land, 1635, graduated at Harvard College, 1651; prepared himself for the pulpit, and returned to England, and became a chaplain in Sir Edward Harley's regiment, and was at Dunkirk, in France in 1662, and afterward was of "good note," physician in the city of Bristol. Dr. Calamy says, "he was prosecuted on the thirty- fifth of Elizabeth, and upon that act suffered banishment, and in 1684, was compelled to abjure the realm, and removed with his fam- ily to Holland, but by liberty from King James, he returned to Bris- tol in 1686, where he d. July 25, 1691, aged 56 years. His widow Mary d. about 1736, aged 90.
CHANCY, REV. ISRAEL,* son of President Chancy, of Cam-
* By a deed given to Rev. Israel Chancy, at Stratford, in 1676-7, by his parishioners, and signed by them, proves their identity, viz .: Wm. Curtis, Isaac Nichols, John Birdseye, Sen., John Beach, Sen., James Blackman, (son of Rev. Adam,) Samuel Hawley, John Burritt, James Clark, Nath'I Porter, Eph'm Booth, Thomas Knowles, Benjamin Beach, Daniel Brinsmade, Jno. Wilcoxon, Isaac Nichols, John Welles, Samuel Beardsley, Tho's Uffoot, Joseph Hawley, Jehia Preston, John Birdseye, Jun., John Bostick, Jonathan Curtis, Thomas Welles, Jolın Hurd, Jun., John Curtis, John Picket, John Beach, Jun., Henry Tomlinson, (ancestor of Gov. G. Tomlinson,)
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bridge, was born at Plymouth or Scituate, educated at Harvard College, 1661, and settled in the ministry at Stratford, Conn., 1665. He m. for his first wife, Mary Nichol, daughter of Isaac, of Strat- ford, and his children recorded at Stratford, are Isaac, b. Oct., -; Charles, b. 1668 ; Robert, b. 1678, perhaps others not recorded. It appears his wife died, as the record at New Haven says, Israel Chauncy married Sarah Hodshon, Nov. 11, 1694. His son, Rev. Isaac Chauncy, was educated and settled in the ministry at Hadley, Mass. Rev. Isaac had a son Josiah, who became grandfather of Hon. Moses, of Amherst and Schenectady, and this Hon. Moses was the father of Mr. Chauncy, of New York. From the branch of the family settled at Fairfield, Conn., is descended Commodore Chancy, who d. Jan. 27, 1840, the father of Charles W. and John S., of the U. S. Navy, and Rev. Peter Chancy, of Yorkville, N. York. Rev. Israel Chancy, of Stratford, was a fellow of Yale College from 1700 to 1703. He was a finished scholar, a good preacher, and a most useful divine. He d. March 14, 1703, aged 59 .*
CHANCY, REV. NATHANIEL, son of President Charles and brother of Rev. Israel Chancy, of Stratford, Ct., was b. at Plymouth, about 1639 ; was educated and graduated at Harvard College in 1661, of which he was afterward fellow ; bap. at Scituate. He first settled as teacher of the church of Christ at Windsor, Conn. Hem. Abigail Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Nov. 12, 1673, and had children recorded at Windsor, viz. :
1. Isaac, b. Sept. 5 and bap. Sept. 6, 1674.
2. Katherine, b. Jan: 12, and bap. April 16.
3. Abigail, b. Oct. 14, and bap.
4. Nathaniel, Jun., b. 1681.
5. Charles, b. Sept. 3, 1679, bap. 7th, and d. Oct. 31, 1679.
Katheren m. Rev. Daniel Brewer, of Roxbury and Springfield, Aug. 23, 1699, and had eight children ; d. March 15, 1754, aged 78 years. His daughter Abigail m. 1. Dr. Hudson, and 2. Ed- mond Burroughs. Mr. Chancy continued several years at Windsor. It was voted in the church at Windsor, June 21, 1668, that the chil-
Richard Booth, John Minor. (which is certified by John Minor, Recorder, 1676-7.) Mr. Chancy had by gift of the town, twelve acres of meadow, and also twelve or thirteen acres of upland in the neck ; also, eleven acres ; forty acres as woods on Long Hill, between " Woronoke and Pageusett ;" also, two acres, two-thirds of swamp, recorded March 22, 1676-7.
* It will be noticed, Mr. Chancy ni. first, Mary, dau. of Isaac Nichol. Before this marriage, Mr. Nichol, in his deeds, is uniformly noticed as Isaac Nichol, the soap boiler, which after Mary married the minister, was changed to Mr. Isaac Nichol.
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dren should be baptized by Mr. Chancy, if desired by the husband or wife, if they presented themselves to the elders in private, (before public,) and declared to their satisfaction their knowledge in the prin- ciples (of the covenant) and owned their father's covenant, &c. After Mr. Nathaniel Chancy left Windsor, he settled at Hatfield, Mass., where he died Nov. 2 or 3, 1685, and his widow died July 2, 1686, and was buried at Roxbury. In the settlement of the estate of Rev. Nathaniel, of Hatfield, 1685, inventory, £478, 14s. 4d .- " Now whereas, the Rev. Mr. Chancy, of Stratford, hath freely of- fered to take care to bring up ye second son (Nath'l,) of his deceased brother, to learning, with this proviso, that he (Mr. Chancy) may have the use of the library which was his brother's, till such child came to be of age, and gave his advice that their said son might have the library as his own forever, &c .; and as to Mr. Chancy's right and the remainder of said children, which are a son, viz., the eldest, (Isaac,) and three daughters, who are all young, and to bring up," &c. (See Northampton Prob. Rec.) Rev. Israel, of Stratford, ful- filled his obligation, and educated his nephew Nathaniel, and he probably formed his marriage connexion with Miss Judson, of Strat- ford, by his youthful days being spent with his uncle, Israel Chancy, at Stratford. His son Isaac died without issue. His daughter Sa- rah m. Rev. Samuel Whittlesey, of Wallingford, Conn. Nathaniel settled at Durham.
CHANCY, REV. ISAAC, the second minister of Hadley, Mass., m. the widow of Joseph Metcalf, (maiden name Abial Adams, dau'r of Rev. Wm. Adams, of Dedham,) soon after 1723.
CHANCY, MR. CHARLES, is noted on the records as of Wind- sor, Fairfield and Stratfield ; m. Sarah Wolcott, daughter of Mr. Henry, of Windsor, Mar. 16, 1698-9, and had issue, Abiah, b. Jan. 22, 1699 ; Robert, b. at Windsor, Nov. 29, 1701 ; Ichabod W., b. Jan. 4, 1703-4. Mr. Wolcott and his daughter, Sarah Chancy, both being deceased, the court at Hartford ordered a distribution of their mother's share in her father Wolcott's estate, to be distributed to her children, viz., to Robert, Ichabod W., and Abiah Chancy. Rev. Charles, of Stratfield Village, Clerk, Nov. 6, 1710, was appointed guardian for his children, named above. Rev. Charles, the father, of Stratfield, d. as early as 1715, and his wife Sarah, d. Jan. 5, 1703-4. John More and Daniel Bissell, of Windsor, were appointed guardians for said children in 1715. Personal property distributed 1720 ; real, distributed 1714-15, £315, 10s .; total, £367, 0s. 10d. To each of them £122, 6s. 11d. Final distribution, Dec. 3, 1722.
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CHAUNCEY, REV. NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Nathaniel, of Hatfield, and grandson of Pres. Chancy, settled at Durham. At a town meeting at Durham, June, 1708, it was voted to pay Mr. Nathan- iel Chauncey, for the present year's labor in the work of the ministry, if he continued there in said labor, £55 in grain at country price yearly, so long as he should continue in the work of the ministry with them. A church was formed Feb. 11, 1711, and he was ordain- ed there the same day. He had preached to the people of Durham as a candidate in 1706, where he had continued most of the time to his ordination. He was engaged in the war of the Revolution, with Col. Ely, as well as Chaplain on Long Island.
Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, of Durham, was a son of Rev. Nathan- iel Chauncey, first at Windsor, and afterward at Hatfield, Mass., and grandson of President Charles Chauncy, of Harvard College. He was b. at Hatfield, Sept. 26, 1681. He was the first graduate of Yale College, who had received his entire collegiate education at Yale in 1702. His father died when he was young, and his uncle, Rev. Israel Chauncey, of Stratford, had the oversight of his morals and education. He was many years a fellow of Yale College. He married Sarah Judson, of Stratford, Oct. 12, 1708, and had by her six children, viz., Elihu, Sarah, Katharine, Abigail, Nathaniel, Jun., and Elnathan. Hed. Feb. 1, 1756. He was a great scholar, divine and Christian.
CHAUNCEY, NATHANIEL, EsQ., son of Rev. Nathaniel, of Durham, b. Jan. 26, 1720 ; graduated at Yale in 1740. He settled at Middletown, where he held a respectable rank as a magistrate and citizen. He died Sept. 3, 1798, aged 77. He was twice married ; first to Mary Stocking, and second to Susannah Gilbert. Issue by his first wife, John S., a light-horseman in the war of the Revolu tion, and was killed after he had surrendered ; Sarah, Mary, Abi- gail, Nath'l, (father of Henry, of N. Y.,) Michael, of Hartford, John, of Western N. Y. and Catherine. (Fowler and Rec.)
CHAUNCEY, COL. ELIHU, the eldest son of Dr. Chauncey, of Durham, was b. April 2, 1710. He settled at Durham, was judge of the county, and for many years was a standing representative to the General Assembly. He was concerned in the French War. He d. April 10, 1791, aged 81 years. He m. Mary Griswold, who died in March, 1791, aged 83 years. They had issue, Charles, died an infant ; Catherine, b. April 11, 1741, d. April 8, 1830 ; Sarah, d. an infant ; second Sarah, b. May 8, 1745, m. Lemuel Guernsey for
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her first husband, and Simeon Parsons for her second ; he d. March 19, 1823 ; Charles.
CHAUNCEY, ELNATHAN, third son of Dr. Nathaniel Chaun- cey, of Durham, was b. Sept. 10, 1725 ; graduated'at Yale College, in 1743. After his license to preach, he was called to preach and settle at N. Guilford and in Sharon, both of which he declined, but remained at Durham to aid his father on his farm and in the pulpit. He was a man of brilliant talents. He d. May 4, 1796. He m. Elizabeth Worthington, daughter of Rev. William, of Saybrook, the widow of Samuel Gale. His children were, Nathaniel William, b. Sept. 12, 1761, d. Jan. 29, 1840 ; 2. Catherine, b. Aug. 6, 1764, m. Reuben R. Fowler, the father of Rev. Wm. C. Fowler, of Amherst, Mass., d. April 12, 1841; Elnathan Elihu, d., aged four years ; Worthington G.
His wife, who had been the wife of Col. Gale, had children by Mr. Gale, viz., Asa W. Gale, who d. at Cape Francois, Aug. 14, 1772, aged about 16 years. Benjamin Gale, second son, proved his valor at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was a sea-captain. He was washed overboard in a violent storm from a vessel, on board of which he had taken passage from the East Indies, in 1796 or '7, aged about 39 years.
CHAUNCEY, HON. CHARLES, LL. D., was b. May 30, 1747, O. S. He d. April 28, 1823. He was a man of exalted powers of mind, but had not received a collegiate education. He read law with J. A. Hillhouse, Esq., and was admitted to the bar, Nov., 1768. In 1776, he was state's attorney in Conn. In 1789, he was a judge of the superior court, which he held until 1793, when he resigned his seat upon the bench ; after which he kept a law school. An honorary degree of master of arts was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1777 ; and in 1811, the degree of LL. D. was bestowed upon him by Middlebury College.
He m. Abigail Darling, who was born Nov. 9, 1746 ; died Dec. 24, 1818. Their children were, Charles, Jun., LL. D .; Elihu, Esq., d. May, 1847 ; Nathaniel, Esq .; Sarah, m. W. W. Woolsey, Esq., the father of President J. D. Woolsey, S. T. D., LL. D., the pres- ent president of Yale College ; and Abigail Chancey, who d. unm.
Of this family are the Chaunceys of Philadelphia. There has been a brilliancy of intellect attending the blood of this family, from President Chauncey to this time, and though they generally married into the best families in the country, they communicated their own brilliancy by their connection, to other names and families. (Far.,
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Fowler's Dedication Sermon at Durham, Stratford Rec., Windsor Rec., Hatfield Rec., Durham Rec., Old Bible, &.c.)
Coats of Arms .- Chancy, (Essex and Porter, co. Norfolk,) 1; Chancey or Channcy, (Essex,) 1; Chancey, or Chauncey, (Saw- bridgeworth, co. Herts,) 1; Chancey, (Lincolnshire,) 1; Chancey or Chancey's, (Edcott, co. Northampton,) 1; Chancey, Chauncey, or Chameny, (Northumberland,) 1, and 1 other. Chansey, 1; Chase or Chansey, 1; Chauncey, (Essex,) 1, and 7 others ; Chaun- cy or Cauncy, 1.
CHANDLER, HENRY, one of the early settlers of the N. W. part of Enfield, Conn., came from Andover, 1723, and purchased 700 acres of land, d. 1737, aged 70, had five sons ; Henry, d. 1735, left three sons, who left town ; Samuel, b. 1699, d. 1761 ; Daniel, b. 1701, m. Sarah Keep, 1728, d. 1785, left two sons ; Daniel, b. 1732, d. 1805, out of town; Joseph, b. 1738, d. 1816, in Enfield, and left children ; Nehemiah, fourth son of Henry Chandler, b. 1702, m. Mary Burroughs, daughter of John B., 1737, d. 1756, aged 54, had five sons ; Samuel, b. 1737 ; Jonathan, b. 1742, died young ; Nehemiah, b. 1744, d. 1814; John, b. 1746, died young ; Joel, b. 1748, left town ; Zebulon, b. 1754, left town ; Isaac, youngest son of Henry Chandler, b. 1717, m. Abigail Hale, 1741, d. 1787, aged 70, had five sons, Isaac, David, Henry, Nathaniel and John. Henry Chandler had six daughters, five settled in Enfield. Lydia, m. John Booth, 1728, d. 1780; Abigail, m. John Rumerill, 1728, d. 1772; Sarah, m. Joseph Booth, 1736, d. 1778; Deborah, m. Ebenezer Colton, d. 1769 ; Hannah, m. Ezekiel Pease, 1732, d. 1756 ; Mary, m. Timothy Pease, 1736, d. 1789.
CHANDLER, JOHN, Sen., husbandman, was an original pro- prietor and settler of Woodstock, from Roxbury, Mass., and drew home-lot No. 10, of thirty acres, with thirty acre rights at New Rox- bury, in 1686, at the north end of the eastward vale. He was one of the committee of New Roxbury to contract with William Bar- tholomew, carpenter, of Branford, Conn., to build the first corn mill in Woodstock, 1687. He was many years town clerk, as late as 1715. The mill contract was signed by William Bartholomew on one part, and by Edward Morris, Joseph White, Nathaniel Johnson and John Chandler, aud witnessed by Robert Hughs and William Whardley. John Chandler, Jun., drew lot No. 16, in the division of the good meadow in Woodstock, in 1690. John, Sen., drew lot No. 21 in the second division of lots, and John Chandler, Jun., drew lot No. 41. John, Sen., drew No. 39, in the division of the bad
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meadow, and John, Jun., No. 33, and John, Jun., drew lot No. 16, in the division of good meadow, in Woodstock. March 21, 1693-4, . the town gave John, Jun., five acres against John Morse's, and fifteen acres at Muddy Brook, &c., for writing in the town books and re- cording ear-marks. March 12, 1688, at a full meeting of the inhab- itants of New Roxbury, Edward Morris, John Chandler, Sen., Ben- jamin Sabin, Joseph Bugbee, William Bartholomew, Samuel Rice and John Butcher, were appointed to state and settle highways, for the benefit of all proprietors, and any five of them had power, &c. They laid out seventeen highways in Woodstock, and reported them on the 18th of March, 1688, and signed their report.
CHANDLER, CHARLES CHURCH, of Woodstock, and Thad- deus Burr, of Fairfield, were appointed by the General Assembly of Connecticut, in 1775, at the expense of the colony, to employ two news carriers, to perform regular stages from Fairfield to Wood- stock, backward and forward, so as to arrive at Hartford every Sat- urday, and forward all intelligence through the country, with all convenient speed, &c. (Hin. His. Rev. p. 164.)
Gen. Chandler acted as paymaster for the commissary depart- ment, toward the close of the war of the Revolution in Connecticut.
CHANDLER, HON. JOHN, was a side judge of the county court in Fairfield county, in 1790. He was the first side judge in 1794, in Fairfield county. Col. John Chandler, of Newtown, in said county, was appointed to command one of the eleven regiments ordered raised by Connecticut, in 1777. In 1776, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of a battalion of foot, ordered to be raised. Capt. John Mills' company was annexed to Col. Chandler's regiment, instead of Capt. Elderkins, March 14, 1777. Col. Chandler was afterward appointed general, and proved a patriotic and useful offi- cer, during the war of the Revolution.
John Chandler and John Beach, of Newtown, and Stephen Bil- lings, of Groton, were members of the convention in 1788, to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and voted to ratify.
CHANDLER, JOHN, a licensed taverner at New London, in 1698. This second John m. Elizabeth Douglass, daughter of Wm., of New London ; his son John m. Mary Raymond, daughter of Joshua, of New London, and lived at New London until his children, John, Joshua, William and Mary, were born there, (recorded,) after which the family removed to Woodstock ; the third John in this line m. Hannah, daughter of John Gardiner, of the Isle of Wight, about 1718, and resided a short time in New London. His son John, being
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the fourth John in succession, was born in New London, Feb. 26, 1720, (see Caulkins, p. 301.) John, Sen., was at Woodstock, one of the first settlers, and John, Jun., drew land rights in 1690. John, Sen., who first came to New Roxbury, (now Woodstock,) was one of the first settlers who came there from Roxbury, Mass., and in the first division of lands in 1687, and proved one of the best families who settled there. George Chandler, aged 29, was passenger for Virginia, in the America, with a certificate from Gravesend, June 23, 1635.
CHANDLER, HON. JOHN, of Woodstock, a subscriber to Prince's Chronology ; also John, of Worcester, Mass.
CHANDLER, THOMAS, aged 32, 1661; William, aged 28, 1664; William, aged 48, 1664, Newbury, Mass. ; John and Thom- as, brothers, 1663; Thomas, aged 37, in 1665 ; William, aged 54, in 1670. (His. Reg.) George Bourn m. Elizabeth Chandler, at Marshfield, May 21, 1713; Mercy Chandler, of Duxbury, m. Josiah Bartlett, of Marshfield, Jan. 3, 1722-3. (His. Reg.)
John Chandler, Esq., of Woodstock, died Aug. 10, 1743, aged 78 years. John, Sen., and John Chandler, Jun., were two of the thirty- nine signers to settle Woodstock, with John Bowen, Henry Bowen, Thomas Bacon, Jun., James Barnet, &c.
Isaac Chandler died at Windsor, June 16, 1741, aged 48. Eleven of this name had graduated at Yale College, and twenty-three at Harvard College, in 1850. William Chandler m. Mary Done, or Dany, of Ipswich, Aug. 24, 1658, by Mr. Simons. John, of Ando- ver, m. Hannah Abbot, Dec. 20, 1676. William, of Andover, m. Bridget Richarson, Oct., 1679. William, also of Andover, m. Sa- rah Buckmaster, Dec. 28, 1682. Thomas, m. Mary Peters, 1686. William, of Andover, m. Eleanor Philips, April 21, 1687. William, of Andover, free 1669; also, William, of Mass., free 1640.
Chandler, surveyor at Duxbury, as early as 1666. Henry Chandler, of Andover, Mass., m. Lydia Abbott, Nov. 28, 1695. Roger, free 1682.
Coats of arms .- Chandler, (London,) has one ; Chandler, (Lon- don,) one ; Chandler or Chaundler, one, and Chaundler, one.
The above Henry Chandler, perhaps, was the same Henry Chand- ler who settled at Enfield, Conn., in 1723, from Andover, Mass., and died, aged 70, in 1737.
CHANCUTT, EDWARD, of Windsor, for divulging misreports against Hide, was fined by the court, March 2d, 1647, 40s., and
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Benjamin Nubery, for the like, fined 20s., and Masten's boy to be corrected.
CHANCUT, THOMAS, 1647.
CHANELL, ROBERT, and Robert Latimer, noticed by Miss Caulkins, as joint owners and commanders of the Hopewell, in 1662, (at New London.) On the 19th of May, while the barque was an- chored in the harbor of New London, Capt. Chanell, who was well in the morning of the 19th of May, was dead at two o'clock P. M., of the same day. His affairs were settled; Latimer purchased Cha- nell's interest in the vessel ; the balance of his property, after the settlement of the estate, was sent to his wife and children, in Eng- land. (See Caulkins' New London, pp. 231, 232. )
CHAPELL, WILLIAM, of New London, applied for permission to remain at New London, in 1664. He was fined in 1680, for fish- ing on the Sabbath. John Chapell was fined with others in Sept., 1693, for walking on Sabbath night and other offenses. George Chappell and John Chapell were both of New London, in 1704. The names of Chapell and Chappell appear to be distinct names and fam- ilies. William Chapell purchased land in New London, in company with Richard Waring, and in company with William Peake, he pur- chased land in 1667, on the west side of New London, and William Chapell settled on the Cohanzie road.
William Chapell and Christian, his wife, had children :
1. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1668-9, m. Jolın Wood.
2. John, b. Feb. 28, 1671-2, m. Sarah Lewis, Aug. 26, 1698.
3. William, b. Sept., 1677.
4. Christian, b. Feb., 1680-1, m. William Fairbanks.
5, 2d William.
6. Joseph, m. Bethialı Dart. After the death of William Chapell, his relict m. Edward Stallion, 1693. Edward Stallion was drowned by falling out of a canoe, on the 14th of May, 1703. (Caulkins.) Samuel Chappel, of West Hartford, had a son, Nathaniel, bap. there May 2, 1736.
CHAPPELL, NATHANIEL, made free in Mass., 1639.
CHAPPELL, JONATHAN, m. Lucy Tennant, of Colchester, Conn., Dec., 1750.
CHAPPEL, CYRUS, died at Ellington, April 2, 1807. Thomas Chappell, Rowland Cotton, &c., embarked for Virginia, June 23, 1635, in the America, from England.
Coats of arms .- Chappell, (London,) one, and one other for Chap- pell.
Chapell, or Chappell, (Cambridgeshire,) one.
Chapell, gu. three chaplets, or, one.
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CHAPIN, EBENEZER, one of the early settlers of Enfield, was the son of Japhet Chapin, of Springfield, and grandson of Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the first settlers of the same place. Samuel, at Springfield as early as 1644. He (Ebenezer) was born at Spring- field, 1675, lived at Enfield, died Dec. 13, 1772, aged 97. He left eleven sons and two daughters, viz.
1. Rachel.
2. Ebenezer, b. 1705 ; lived in Enfield; had two sons; d. aged 97; m. E. Pease.
3. Noah, b. 1707; lived in Somers ; had three sons and four daughters.
4. Seth, b. 1709; lived in Somers; had one son and three daughters ; died 1808.
5. Catharine, history unknown.
6. Moses, b. 1712; lived in Somers ; had six sons and five daughters.
7. Aaron, b. 1714 ; lived in Somers ; had seven sons and three daughters ;
m. S. Markham.
8. Elias, b. 1716 ; lived in Somers ; had two sons.
9. Reuben, b. 1718; lived in Salisbury.
10. Charles, b. 1720 ; lived in Salisbury and Bloomfield, N. Y. ; had two sons.
11. David, b. 1722; lived in New Hartford ; had two sons.
12. Elisha, b. 1725; died unmarried.
13. Phineas, b. 1726; died unmarried .*
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