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politics. His family attend the Congrega- tional church. He married, June 19, 1884, Francena Louisa Davis, born at Chelmsford, daughter of Henry P. and Persis (Griffin) Davis, and granddaughter of Henry and Han- nah (Giles) Davis. Children: I. Raymond W., born September 4, 1885, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1908. 2. Dora Blanche, born November 22, 1886, graduate of Sim- mons College, Boston, 1908. 3. Norman Russell, born April 25, 1888, graduate of the Lowell high school, class 1906. 4. Edith Ames, born July 29, 1889, died August II, 1897. 5. Ada Louise, born November 16, 1894. Maxwell Gardner, born March 26, 1896. 7. Ruth Evelyn, born April 9, 1897. 8. Lester Ames, born December 24, 1901. 9. Allen Prescott, born December 2, 1902, died April 4, 1903.
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This surname is variously CHAPIN spelled in the early records of England and America, Chapin, Chapun, Chapinne, Chalpin, and several ex- planations of the origin of the name have been given. Rev. R. D. Chapin, of Allegan, Michi- gan, reports an interview with a well educated Swiss physician who said he formerly lived in France and was at one time much interested in philological studies, especially the history of names. He said that the name Chapin was one of the oldest and best names in France, dating from the Carlovingian era, going back at least to the tenth century, perhaps earlier. He gives this story of its probable origin. In some feudal scrimmage of the middle ages, one who had distinguished himself got a sword-cut across his head, laying open his helmet or head-piece. For this exploit he was knighted on the field and dubbed Capinatus, which means "decorated with a hat" and his coat-of-arms was made a hat with a slash in it, thence the name Capinatus the particle of the law-latin capino-and then by the soften- ing process of the French made Capin- Chapin. Of course the root is caput, whence cap and chapeau. The Chapin coat-of-arms tends to verify the story.
(I) Deacon Samuel Chapin, the immigrant ancestor, was doubtless born in England, though the family perhaps centuries before came from France to England. Two immi- grants of this name came to New England about the same time and both settled in Springfield. David Chapin was admitted a freeman there April 5, 1649, and was ad- mitted an inhabitant of Boston in 1658. He
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was probably son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, though possibly a brother. Deacon Samuel Chapin came from England to Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, in 1636, with several children. He settled permanently at Springfield, where he was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641, and was elected to a town office in 1642. The Chapins of this country are all descended from him, according to the best authorities. He was a distinguished man in church and state. He was Deacon of the Springfield Church, elected in 1649, and was employed to conduct services part of the time in 1656-57, when there was no minister in town. He was appointed com- missioner to determine small causes October IO, 1652, and his commission was indefinitely extended by the general court in 1654. He married Cicely -, who died February 8, 1682. He died November II, 1675. His will, dated March 4. 1674, and proved March 24, 1675, bequeathed to wife, son Henry and grandson Thomas Gilbert. The widow's will mentions sons, Henry Chapin, of Springfield, and Josiah Chapin, of Braintree; daughters Catharine, wife of Samuel Marshfield, Sarah Thomas and Hannah Hitchcock; Henry Gil- bert, and her son Japhet was executor. Chil- dren : I. Japhet, mentioned below. 2. Henry, died young April 29, 1668. 3. Henry, died August 15, 1718. 4. Catherine, married, February 4, 1712, Samuel Marshfield. 5. David, born in England, probably not by wife Cicely. 6. Josiah, died September 10, 1726, at Braintree. 7. Sarah, died August 5, 1684, married Rowland Thomas. 8. Hannah, born at Springfield, December 2, 1644, married, September 27, 1666, John Hitchcock. 9. Daughter married Gilbert, son of Henry Gilbert. The order of birth of the pre- ceding is not known.
(II) Japhet Chapin, son of Samuel Chapin (I), was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, October 15, 1642, and died at Chicopee, Mas- sachusetts, February 20, 1712. He married (first), July 22, 1664, Abeline or Abilenah Cooley, who died at Chicopee, November 17, 1710, daughter of Benjamin Cooley. The gravestones of Japhet and his wife Abeline or Abilenah have been removed to the new cemetery. He married (second), May 31, 17II, Dorothy Root, of Enfield. She married (second), in 1720, Obadiah Miller, of Enfield. He settled first at Milford, Connecticut, where he was living November 16, 1669, when he took a deed from Captain John Pyncheon. March 9, 1666, John Pyncheon deeded to his father, Deacon Samuel, the greater part of the land in the valley between the Chicopee river
and Willimansett brook. The latter piece of land Samuel deeded to his son Japhet, April 16, 1673, and there the latter built his house at the upper end of Chicopee street, northwest of the house lately owned by Henry Sherman. Japhet was in the fight at Turners Falls in 1675 in King Philip's war, in which he was a volunteer, and his son Thomas was grantee of a large tract given to the soldiers and their descendants by the general court of Massa- chusetts. Chapin was a man, like his father, of great piety, a bulwark of the Puritan faith. Children : I. Samuel, born July 4, 1665, died October 19, 1729. 2. Sarah, born March 16, 1668, married, March 24, 1690, Nathaniel Munn. 3. Thomas, born May 10, 1671, died August 27, 1755. 4. John, born May 14, 1674, died June 1, 1759. 5. Ebenezer, men- tioned below. 6. Hannah, born June 21, 1679, died July 7, 1679. 7. Hannah, born July 18, 1680, married, December 31, 1703, John Shel- don, of Deerfield; taken captive and kept in Canada two years.
(III) Ebenezer Chapin, son of Japhet Chapin (2), was born at Chicopee, Massachu- setts, June 26, 1677, and died in Enfield, Mas- sachusetts, December 13, 1772. Married, De- cember, 1702, Ruth Janes, daughter of Abel Janes, of Northampton. She died January 18, 1736. They had eleven sons, six of whom settled on Somers Mount and had farms ad- joining. On the homestead at Enfield six generations have lived, each Ebenezer by name. Children : I. Rachel, born August 27, 1703, died at East Windsor, Connecticut, aged seventy. 2. Ebenezer, Jr., born Septem- ber 23, 1705, died March 1, 1751, aged forty- six. 3. Noah, born October 25, 1707, died August 27, 1787. 4. Seth, born February 28, 1709, died February 22, 1807. 5. Catherine, born January 4, 17II, married Ells- worth, East Windsor, Connecticut. 6. Moses, born August 24, 1712, died November 3, 1793. 7. Aaron, born September 28, 1714. 8. Elias, born October 22, 1716, died September 6, 1791. 9. Reuben, born September 3, 1718. IO. Charles, born December 26, 1720. II.
David, born August 13 or 18, 1722. 12. Elisha, born April 18, 1725, died at Enfield, Connecticut. 13. Phineas, born June 26. 1726, died at Albany, New York, unmarried.
(IV) Aaron Chapin, son of Ebenezer Chapin (3), was born in Enfield, September 28, 1714, and died April 19, 1808, aged ninety- four. He settled in Somers, Connecticut; married Sybel Markham, of Enfield, who died March II, 1791, aged seventy-two. He re- moved with his sons to Surry, New Hamp-
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shire, and they built the first mills in that town. Children: I. Azubah, married
Root, resided in Vermont and had Thomas and Azubah Root. 2. Aaron, married Phebe Spencer ; resided at Strafford, Connecticut. 3. Justus. 4. Gideon, died in the war. 5. Jeremiah, married Chloe Cooley and lived at, Somers ; had Chloe and Cynthia ; he died No- vember 19, 1834; wife January 21, 1831. 6. Oliver, married Elizabeth Allen, of Surry, resided at Somers. 7. Delight, married Phineas Jones, resided and died at Otis, Mas- sachusetts. 8. Joseph, died unmarried at Somers, February 15, 1817, aged fifty-two. 9. Hiram, mentioned below. 10. Sybel, mar-
ried - - Gurley, of Mansfield, Connecticut. (V) Hiram Chapin, son of Aaron Chapin (4), was born in Somers, Connecticut, and died March 15, 1783, at Surry, New Hamp- shire. He married Sarah Bartlett, daughter of Eleazer Bartlett. They resided at Surry. He was a soldier in the Revolution, Ensign in Captain Daniel Shadduck's company, Colo- nel Samuel Ashley's regiment in 1776. Chil- dren : Hiram, resided at Granby, Connecticut ; died August 2, 1855, aged eighty-three. 2. Alpheus, went west or to New Jersey, ac- counts differing. 3. Jairus, mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, resided in Connecticut. 5. Joseph, resided in Connecticut. 6. Samuel, died in United States army. 7. Sarah, married Dan- iel Taft Sheldon; resided at Marlborough, Vermont, where he died September 7, 1855, aged eighty-three. 8. Rebecca, married John Russell, of Somers.
(VI) Jairus Chapin, son of Hiram Chapin (5), was born in Surry, December 18, 1773. He was a farmer in Surry Langdon, and Wal- pole, New Hampshire. He married (first) Lucinda Cobb and (second) Mary Fassett. Children: I. Laura, married Smith Milliken, of Charlestown, New Hampshire. 2. Elmira, married John Brown, and resided at Stow, Massachusetts. 3. Clinths, mentioned below. 4. Emily, married and lived in Stow. 5. Samuel, resided in Boston. 6. Henry, resided in Westminster, Vermont. 7. Arethusa, died unmarried. 8. Betsey, married and lived in Concord, Massachusetts. Children of Jairus and Lucinda Chapin : 9. Rev. Parker, a Bap- tist clergyman. IO. Leander, resided in Bos- ton. II. Millo. 12. Ebenezer, unmarried. 13. William. 14. George.
(VII) Clinths (or Clint) Chapin, son of Jairus Chapin (6), was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, about 1805, and died at Concord, Massachusetts, October 19, 1839, aged thirty-
five years. He was educated in the common schools and reared on his father's farm. He learned the trade of metal worker, and at the age of twenty-one left home and established himself at Concord, Massachusetts, in the manufacture of sheet lead and lead pipe. He was killed by falling from a building. He married Elizabeth Hallowell, at Concord, Oc- tober 17, 1827. She was left a widow with five small children to whom she devoted her life. She was in many respects a remarkable woman. She died in 1893 at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Children, born at Concord : I. Charles Benjamin, born Febru- ary I, 1828, died September 20, 1830. 2. Louisa Elizabeth, born February 5, 1830. 3. Arthur Benaiah Cook, born July 18, 1832; resided in Lowell whence he enlisted in the Civil war. 4. Sam., mentioned below.
(VIII) Sam. Chapin, son of Clinths Chapin (7), was born in Concord, Massachu- setts, June 9, 1834. His education was lim- ited to a few terms in the public schools. At the age of eight years and nine months he was apprenticed to a farmer and from that time was self-supporting. Until he was fourteen he received his board and clothes and had three months every winter for schooling. His employer, Mr. Wheeler, died and he went to work for Calvin Damon in a cotton mill at Concord, now Westvale, Massachusetts, in the picker room and as a boy in the card room for a year and a half. While the mill was shut down to put in a new turbine wheel, young Chapin worked in the Maynard mill at As- sonet, returning to the Damon mill when it started again. He left Concord in March, 1851, and worked until September following in the card room of the Middlesex mill. He went from there to Shirley Village to help start the Phenix Mill, now the Sampson Cordage Company, and remained about a year. From there he went to J. W. Mansur's woolen mill at South Fitchburg, long since destroyed, and was employed in the weave room. The mill shut down in May, 1853, and never was started by Mr. Mansur. Mr. Chapin returned to Lowell and worked for six weeks in the Middlesex Mills, but was not satisfied with his wages, and took a position in the Merrimack Mills, where he remained in the card room for nearly twenty years. During the last four or five years there, he refused a number of excellent positions be- cause he had made up his mind to remain there twenty years or, as he put it, he would not leave "until he had served twenty years
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apprenticeship," as he "never was one of those men, as he found out in after life, that could learn carding in one year or five, although he was under some of the ablest carders in their day," for instance Foster Wilson who wrote the first book on cotton carding that went into the general details of carding in all its minor points, a standard work in its day. Mr. Wilson often made the remark five years before Mr. Chapin left him, that the latter was foolish not to accept a better position, but Sam said "No." But when his twenty years had expired he was ready to go. He left the Merrimack Mill and commenced work for the Tremont & Suffolk Mills, having charge of their three small card rooms. In less than a year he had all of the picking for the Tremont & Suffolk added to his carding. Shortly af- terward his work was again increased until he had entire charge of all the carding of the Tremont & Suffolk amounting to some five hundred cards at that time, together with all the other machinery used in the manufacture of cotton from the bale to the spinning room. When he retired from active mill work in 1883 he had an excellent record in the manu- facture of coarse cotton goods. He was deemed one of the leading experts of New England in his line of work, and was often called upon by cotton mills when the carding was unsatisfactory. He knew how to put a mill into good running order.
In 1881 Mr. Chapin founded the Cotton Overseers' Association and was its first presi- dent, serving two years and during that time many points of interest and importance in cotton manufacturing were discussed, to the education and instruction of the members. Mr. Chapin felt that this organization helped in no small degree to train overseers for high- er positions and many of the members were promoted. He took especial pride in the men whom he had trained for good positions in the world of manufacture. Previous to leaving the mill Mr. Chapin, like all other carders, found great trouble in producing perfect rov- ing, as the help would make single, double and oily roving which, after leaving the carding room, and being carried to the spinning room (the work of different girls mixed up and indistinguishable) it was impossible to de- tect those at fault. First he conceived the idea of painting the bobbins, having each girl use only her color, but there was a waste of time in separating the colors when the empty bobbins were returned. From this idea he developed that of marking the roving with crayon, so that when spun, the bobbins being
empty, the bobbins could be used again with- out sorting. But in order to get a crayon suitable for the purpose he had to devise one that would make a mark easily and entirely erasible. He then began to manufacture the crayons on his own account in Lowell. From a small beginning he built up a large and profitable business in his mill crayons. His business is continued under the ownership and management of his only child, Mrs. Elizabeth Chapin Brady under the corporate name of the Lowell Crayon Company.
Mr. Chapin was a popular member of most of the fraternal orders of the city. He was a soldier in the Civil war and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic; a member of Free Masons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Independent Order of Red Men ; and of the Old Residents' Association of Lowell. On the occasion of his sixtieth birth- day he was visited by a great gathering of friends, associates, comrades and old resi- dents, bringing him their congratulations and best wishes for continued health, prosperity and happiness. Almost to the end of life Mr. Chapin enjoyed good health. He had a de- lightful home and very pleasant surroundings. He was interested in the Worthen Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he was a steadfast Republican; he served one year in the board of aldermen of Lowell and was always interested in public questions. He gave liberal support to the campaigns and candidates of his party. He died at Lowell, January 12, 1902.
Mr. Chapin was essentially a self-made man, by what he would have called a slow but sure process. He built his character firmly and broadly, as he built his knowledge of his special trade and his general knowledge of the world. He was liberal, charitable, and gener- ous in his views of life and in his treatment of employees and associates. His personality was interesting and attractive. He had a strong sense of humor ; he was interested in his family history as well as in the history of his country. A few years before his death he published a pamphlet entitled "Chapins in the American Wars, 1754 to 1865."
He married at the age of nineteen years and ten months, in Fitchburg, 1854. Sarah A. Drury, of Framingham, a descendant of Hugh Drury, the immigrant, who settled in Sud- bury before 1641. Their children: Samuel, died young: Elizabeth B., married, 1887, Thomas Brady, and they have one child, Ger- trude E.
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William Haskins, the immi-
HASKINS grant ancestor, was born in England. The surname is spelled also Hoskins, Hodgkins, Hodgskins, Hodgkinson and even Hodges, and many of the descendants differ in their choice of spell- ing. William Haskins settled in Plymouth in 1633, and was admitted a freeman in 1634. He married, November 2, 1636, Sarah Cush- man, and (second), December 21, 1638, Ann Hynes (or Hinds). He settled in Middle- borough, Massachusetts, before the town was incorporated, and was town clerk before that time, continuing until 1693. The first record that is preserved showing his election is dated May 24, 1681. Before King Philip's war he was living in the house of William Clark, and kept the original deed and record of the Prince & Coombs Purchase and probably the records of the town. He was a soldier from Middleborough in King Philip's war and was promised a grant of land for services. Pos- sibly this service belongs to his son of the same name. He was a witness on the will of John Atwood in 1644, and juryman on the inquest into the death of Deneen, who died of want and exposure. He was a witness to the will of Ephraim Tinkham, January 17, 1683. He was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He was appointed administrator of the estate of Nicholas Hodges, alias Hodges, or Haskins, and called "Senior." Nicholas bequeathed to John and William, sons of William, Sr., who was probably a brother. He was one of the men in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase and also in the Purchase had three shares, but at the breaking out of the war in 1675 does not appear to have been owner of any of that land. His name is among the former proprietors of the liberties of Middle- borough, but before 1677 his interests passed to George Vaughan, Sr. He lived at Scitu- ate, Plymouth and Taunton, Massachusetts, and in 1680 had grown "old and feeble." Children: William, born about 1637, men- tioned below. Son, born November 30, 1647. Samuel, born August 8, 1654. Perhaps others. Mary, married, November 28, 1660, Edward Cobb. Elizabeth (?). A daughter, Sarah, born September 16, 1636, he placed with Thomas and Winifred Whitney, of Plymouth, to remain until she was twenty years old, January 2. 1643-44. The date of her birth indicates that perhaps both she and William were children of a former wife, the name of the mother being unknown. Sarah, married, December 4, 1660, Benjamin Edson.
(II) William Haskins, son of William
Haskins (I), was born soon after his father came to this country. . His name was on the list of those who applied June 3, 1662, to the general court for grants of land, as first-born children, of this government for disposing of two several tracts of land lately purchased there, one by Major Winslow and the other by Captain Southworth. He served on a jury at Middleborough to try an Indian for murder with John Tomson and Sergeant Ephraim Tinkham. He or his father had a grant of land at Lakenham. Children: I. William, married, July 3, 1677, Sarah Cas- well, and had nine children at Taunton, 1678 to 1697. 2. John, mentioned below.
(III) John Haskins, son or nephew of Will- iam Haskins (2), was born at Middleborough or Taunton about 1670. He was a soldier in the expedition of 1690 against Canada. He married Ruth -, and lived at Rochester and Middleborough, Massachusetts. But two of his children are on the records of Roches- ter: I. Mary, born October 31, 1692. 2. Sam- uel, born June 6, 1701, mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel Haskins, son of John Has- kins (3), was. born in Rochester, Massachu- setts, June 6, 1701. He resided at Rochester, and probably also at Middleborough. We know of but one son, Samuel, Jr., born 1733, mentioned below. 4
(V) Samuel Haskins, Jr., son of Samuel Haskins (4), was born in 1733, probably at Rochester. He was a soldier from Rochester in 1759 in Captain Josiah Thatcher's com- pany, Colonel John Thomas's regiment, and landed at Halifax, May II, 1759. (See N. E. Reg. 1874, p. 414). He left Rochester in 1763- 64, and lived at Middleborough, Massachu- setts, until 1777, when he removed to Hard- wick, Worcester county, buying, August 4, 1777, a lot of land, house and potash works of Josiah Locke, of Hardwick, located in the north part of the town. Some of the Has- kins and an Erskine family settled about the same time in Winchester, New Hampshire. He died at Hardwick, February 4, 1819, in his eighty-sixth year. He married (first) Eliza- beth -, who died February 23, 1806, aged eighty-one, making her somé eight years older than her husband, if the records are correct. He married (second), November 16, 1806, at Hardwick, Sarah Stetson, who died August 16, 1814, aged seventy-nine years. Children, born at Rochester and Middle- borough: I. Esther, born about 1755, mar- ried, December 17, 1789, Nathan Allen; she died February 16, 1835, aged seventy-nine. 2. Samuel, born February 2, 1759, soldier in the
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Revolution. 3. Shiverick, born August 18, 1763, the last child recorded at Rochester; was baptized there August 12, 1764. 4. Bethia, born about 1765, died September 25, 1804. 5. William, married, September 29, 1788, Polly Ide. 6. Rebecca, born about 1767, married, December 17, 1789, Dariua Rice, of Grafton.
(VI) Shiverick Haskins, son of Samuel Haskins (5), was born August 18, 1763, and baptized August 12, 1764, at Rochester, Massachusetts. He died at Hardwick, Massa- chusetts, June 5, 1836, aged seventy-three years nearly. He married Anna Lincoln. Children, born at Hardwick: I. Shiverick, born March 29, 1789, died in Roxbury, Feb- ruary 2, 1861. 2. Josiah, born October, 1790, died November 8, 1790. 3. Martin, born Oc- tober 8, 1791, died November 3, 1813. 4. Anna, born October 5, 1793. 5. Rufus, born October 2, 1795. 6. Amos, born October 13, 1797. 7. Joel, born July 17, 1799, mentioned below. 8. Jason, born May 3, 1801, married, December 28, 1834, Susan A. Fales ; he died in Worcester, October 23, 1848. 9. Daniel, born March 18, 1803, died in Boston by drowning March 19, 1829. 10. Mary, born January 14, 1805, married (published No- vember 14, 1825) Cyrus Chipman ; she died at Barre, May 9, 1864. II. Hosea, born Novem- ber 27, 1806, died February 1, 1808. 12. Me- linda, born November 7, 1809, married, July 31, 1831, John Newland.
(VII) Joel Haskins, son of Shiverick Has- kins (6), was born in Hardwick, July 17, 1799, and died there February 15, 1848. He mar- ried, December 31, 1826, Maria Williams. She survived him and administered his estate. Children, born at Hardwick: I. Frederick, born July 6, 1827. 2. Daniel W., born Janu- ary 19, 1829, an attorney at law in Boston, re- siding (1907) at 28 Harvard street, Charles- town district. 3. Irene, born June 21, 1830, died February 3, 1833. 4. Emily Maria, born June 30, 1832, died April, 1835. 5. Rufus Chase, born June 7, 1834, died June 16, 1837. 6. Dr. Alfred L., born March 10, 1836; a phy- sician in Boston, where he died April 3, 1876. 7. Lydia P., born February 27, 1837, mar- ried Richard C. Noyes, and died at Worces- ter, April 17, 1853, aged sixteen. 8. Erskine, mentioned below. 9. Jason A., born June 17, 1844, hairdresser, died at Boston, Novem- ber 19, 1874. 10. Joel J., born May 4, 1846, died at Worcester, 1850.
(VIII) Erskine Haskins, son of Joel Has- kins (7), was born at Hardwick, February 9, 1841. He was educated there in the common schools and for some years followed farming,
then left home and worked at teaming in Bos- ton. He learned the trade of stone mason and became a successful mason and contrac- tor. During his later years he kept a hotel and sales stable at Barre Plains, Massachu- setts. He died in 1897. In politics Mr. Has- kins was a Democrat. He was a member of the Free Masons, and he and his family at- tended the Universalist church. He married Elizabeth Knights, born March 25, 1843, daughter of Prince and Lydia E. Knights, at New Braintree, Massachusetts. She has con- tinued the business in company with her son, Frank A. Haskins, at Barre Plains. Children: Lizzie M., born April 8, 1866. Charles E., January 24, 1869, mentioned below. Frank A., June 26, 1870. Mary Lydia, October 23, 1871. Velmer Mabel, February 28, 1874. Victor Adelbert, January II, 1877, died in childhood. Fred. Luther, October 30, 1881. Cora, October 24, 1882. Three other children died young.
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