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CARRYL, BENJAMIN, prob. son of Benjamin and Mary, b. Hop., April 22,
1732; admitted to full communion in our Cong. ch., April 4, 1756. If I mistake not, he stud. divinity, and became a set. Cong. clergyman.
CARTER, DANIEL, ptge. not ascertained ; b. prob. in Hop. about 1754; m., 1st,
Hannah Newton, prob. dr. of Jason and Hannah (Warren) Newton, then
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of Mil .; birth-date not found; cer. April 25, 1787, by Rev. A. Frost. When warned out of town in 1791, they had a dr. Sarah; but of her I learn 110 more. Mrs. Hannah d. here Jan. 15, 1813. The hus. m., 2d, Asenith Ball, dr. of Josiah, jun., and Sarah (Palmer) Ball, b. June 6, 1772; cer. Mil., May 23, 1814, by Samuel Jones, Esq. Issue :-
SALLY, b. Mil., Nov. 21, 1815; d. Aug. 28, 1838.
DANIEL, b. Mil., Sept. 11, 1818.
Daniel, the hus. and fr., d. April 8, 1820, a. 65 yrs. Mrs. Asenith, the wid. mr., d. April 12, 1834, a. 62 yrs.
CARTER, DANIEL HENRY, son of Emery and Lucinda (Sawyer) Carter, gd. son of Daniel and Dolly (Jones) Carter, b. in Berlin, Feb. 1, 1815; m. Lucy Ann Hartwell, dr. of Leonard and Abigail (Pierce) Hartwell, b. in W. Boylston, Aug. 3, 1822; cer. in Berlin, April 8, 1841, by Rev. Daniel S. Whitney. No chn. except adopted or foster ones. Mr. C. and wf. became early interested in the great moral and social reforms. They moved to Hopedale in the autumn of 1849, subsequently became members of the Community, and remained here till 1861. On returning to Berlin, they set. on a farm on Sawyer Hill, where they have since res. They are hard- working, upright, kind-hearted people, and devoted liberal Christians.
CARTER, EDWARD, and CARTER, GEORGE W., appear in our Directory for 1880. No family records recd.
Other sojourners of this name need not be mentioned. They have been few.
CHADWICK (alias CHADDOCK), THOMAS, pedigree, etc., untraced; was here before the incorporation of the Precinct, and one of the petitioners for it. Wf. Margaret recd. to full com. in Mr. Frost's ch., Feb. 9, 1743-44; and child ELIZABETH bap. April 29, 1744. Further light from Mendon records shows Mr. C. to have had a former wf. Mary and chn .; viz., -
ZERUIAH, b. Nov. 2, 1729.
THOMAS, jun., b. March 12, 1731; and JOSEPH, b. July 10, 1732. He lived in the No. Purchase. No further traced.
CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH, of Hop. was m. to Lucy Whitney of Mil., April 6, 1786, by Rev. A. Frost. No further traced.
CHAMBERLAIN, SAMUEL, of Holl., was m. to Magaret Bullard, May 13, 1755, by Rev. A. Frost; and he bap. their dr. EUNICE, June 19, 1763. No further traced.
Persons of this name abound in Hop., Holl., and adjacent towns; but very few have dwelt within our municipal limits, and these latterly. I find in our directories the following : -
CHAMBERLAIN, CHESTER L., baker, 1856, '78.
CHAMBERLAIN, FRANKLIN, boarder, 1856.
CHAMBERLAIN, NELSON, bootmaker, 1856, '69, '72, '78.
CHAMBERLAIN, EUGENE C., bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE M., bootmaker, 1869.
CHAMBERLAIN, WILLIAM, bootmaker, 1869.
CHAMBERLAIN, WILLIAM H., bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE H., moulder, Hopedale, 1872, '75, '78.
CHAMBERLAIN, EMILY A., wid. of Henry F., 1880.
CHAMBERLIN, GEORGE, clerk, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
CHAMBERLIN, Mrs. E. C., dressmaker, 1880.
CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM, cutter, 1875.
No report of family record from any of these.
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CHAPIN. The Chapins take honorable rank among our earliest settlers and succeeding population. They have contributed their share to the pecun- iary, intellectual, and moral wealth of the community. Capt. Seth Chapin was the first of his name that set. on our territory. He was the fifth son of Josiah Chapin, Esq., an eminent citizen of Mendon Town, whose home was on what has for many yrs. been known as "the Doggett place." He was a son of Samuel and Cicely Chapin, who emigrated from England to Roxbury with sev- eral chn. as early as 1636, and afterwards set. permanently in Springfield. There Samuel Chapin soon became a distinguished man, both in ch. and state. His son Josiah inherited superior natural abilities, and added to them valuable acquirements for the practical business of life. He was an eminent land-sur- veyor, apt in public affairs, and an enterprising pecuniary economist. He res. in Braintree for some yrs., where nearly all of his numerous chn. were b., and where several of them grew up. After King Philip's war, when the resettle- ment of Mendon had well commenced, as early as 1682, he joined the new set- tlers there, and very soon became a conspicuous chief among the people. The old records show that scarcely any thing of importance was done in the town without his official management or special advice. He was honored with the highest municipal and civil positions; and even after he had reached his octo- genarian yrs., when he was disposed to excuse himself from active executive duties, his fellow-citizens still insisted, by vote, that their less experienced officials should sit at the patriarch's feet for instruction how to discharge their duties. No wonder, that, under such circumstances, he became a large pro- prietor of the common lands, and that he accumulated riches as well as honors. He lived to be full 92 yrs. of age. Before I treat of his son, Capt. Seth, and of his settlement within our borders, I may properly tabulate his fr.'s family record. Fortunately he left, under his own hand, the principal data for such a tabulation.
CHAPIN, JOSIAH, Esq.2 (Samuel1), b., I presume, in Eng., 1634; 111., 1st, at the age of about 24 yrs., Mary King, in Weymouth, Nov., 1658. Their chn. were, -
SAMUEL, b. Weymouth, Nov. 11, 1659; drowned at sea April 10, 1692.
JOHN, b. Braintree, June 11, 1661; d. at sea 1686.
MARY, b. Braintree, Aug. 27, 1662; m. Joseph Adams, Braintree, 1682; d. June 14, 1687.
DEBORAH, b. Braintree, June 16, 1664; d. Aug. 16, 1668.
JOSIAH, b. Braintree, Dec. 17, 1665; slain in Lord Russell's fight May 20, 1693.
SHEM, b. Braintree; May 11, 1667; d. June 6, 1667, a mere infant.
SETH, b. Braintree, Ang. 4, 1668; conspicuous as one of our earliest settlers.
JOSEPH, b. Braintree, May 17, 1670; soldier in the army; never m.
HENRY, b. Braintree, Feb. 15, 1671; d. March 20, 1671, a mere infant.
EPHRAIM, b. Braintree, Dec. 18, 1673; set. in Uxbridge, and prominent there.
DEBORAH, b. Braintree, Feb. 12, 1675; m. Samuel Read, Mendon, July 8, 1693.
His 1st wf., Mary d. May 30, 1676. He m., 2d, at Ipswich, Lydia Brown, Sept. 20, 1676. Their chn. were, -
LYDIA, b. Braintree, Sept. 29, 1677; m. Daniel Taft, Dec. 6, 1706.
SARAH, b. Braintree, March 12, 1679; m. Ebenezer Read, Feb. 7, 1703-04.
DAVID, b. Braintree, Nov. 11, 1680; d. Oct. 4, 1704.
HANNAH, b. Mendon, Nov. 11, 1684; m. John Holbrook, June 13, 1706.
His 2d wf., Lydia, d. Oct. 11, 1711. He m., 3d, Mehetabel Metcalf of Ded-
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ham, June 22, 1713. No issue. His 3d wf., Mehetabel, d. Dec. 2, 1724. He himself d. during the yr. 1726 at the advanced age of 92. Thus it is seen that he had been the fr. of 15 chn., and the husband of 3 successive wives. Truly he seems to have obeyed the ancient injunction, "Multiply, and replenish the earth." And it will be seen below that his son Seth went and did likewise; for he was worthy of his illustrious sire.
CHAPIN, Capt. SETH3 (Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. Braintree, Aug. 4, 1668; m., 1st,
Mary Read, May 23, 1689. She survived less than four months, and d. without issue, Sept. 12, 1689. He m., 2d, Bethiah Thurston, March 25, 1691. Their chu. were, -
SETH, jun , b. Medfield, July 2, 1692; one of our most conspicuous early citi- zells.
BETIIIAH, b., place not given, Feb. 16, 1693; m. Jonathan Thayer, jun., Oct. 1, 1714.
JOSIAH, b., place not given, March 1, 1695-96; untraced.
JOHN, b., place not given, May 13, 1698; always res. here; dea. of the ch., etc. MARY, b. hereabouts April 30, 1700; m. Robert Taft.
SAMUEL, b. hereabouts June 2, 1702; not well traced.
DEBORAH, b. hereabouts June 14, 1704; m. Nathaniel Nelson, April 15, 1725. HOPESTILL, b. hereabouts Nov. 27, 1715; m. the 2d Dr. John Corbett, Bell. JOSEPH, b. hereabouts March 6, 1707; m. Mary Nelson, Feb. 5, 1729.
ABIGAIL, b. hereabouts June 10, 1710; untraced.
LYDIA, b. hereabouts Feb. 2, 1712; m. - Taft.
BENJAMIN, b. hereabouts April 6, 1713; m. Sarah French, Feb. 23, 1732-33.
EBENEZER, b. hereabouts Dec. 23, 1714; lived and d. in old Mendon. JAPHETH, b. hereabouts Feb. 24, 1716; d. April 15, 1717.
The mr. d. March 2, 1744; the fr. in April, 1746. It appears from the old proprietary records that Capt. Seth Chapin had acquired a family homestead and domicile near the "Post Lane" bridge on Mill River some time previous to May 26, 1700; for at that date he had the following-described parcel of land laid out to him: "Forty-five acres of the 4th division laid out to Seth Chapin, and in possession of said Chapin, encompassing the said Chapin's homestead and meadow upon the Mill River," etc. (See Part I. of this work, Chap. III. p. 38.) He went on adding parcel after parcel to his real estate, till he became the owner of several hundred acres on our territory. In 1713 he and his wf. made a gift-deed of 60 acres to their son Seth, jun., situated in what we now call So. Hopedale. Aug. 31, 1715, they sold and deeded to Josiah Wood, for- merly of Concord, their homestead, consisting of 150 acres, with the buildings thereon. They then removed to Mendon Town, to live thenceforth with or near his venerable fr., Josiah Chapin, Esq. There, while fulfilling his filial duties with exemplary fidelity, he was welcomed to the front rank of official dignity, and finally closed a life of 78 yrs. with very similar manifestations of public confidence and respect to those enjoyed by his honored father.
CHAPIN, EPHRAIM3 (Josiah,2 Samuel1), who set. in Uxbridge, I have omit- ted to trace further. His descendants are numerous.
CHAPIN, SETH, jun.4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. July 2, 1692; m., 1st, Abigail Adams of Braintree, Feb. 5, 1713. She was a dr. of Joseph and Mary (Chapin) Adams; b. Feb. 17, 1684. That Mary (Chapin) Adams was the groom's own aunt; so it seems that he m. his first cousin, and that she was nearly eight yrs. the oldest. She was aunt to John Adams, 2d Presi- dent of the U.S.
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Hon. Henry Chapin, in his address at the famous Chapin' gathering, 1862, says Seth, jun., was described as "rich, very talented, one of the first men, wore a gold ring," etc. We trust he may have had even higher accomplish- ments than these, but cannot presume to say. Their chn. : -
SARAH, b. 1715; m. Samuel Rawson, date not found.
MARY, b. 1717; untraced.
JOSIAH, b. 1719; m. Rachel -.
ABIGAIL, b. 1721; untraced.
Abigail, the mr., d. April 28, 1722. The fr. m., 2d, Elizabeth -, pedigree, etc., not ascertained. Their chn. were, -
THOMAS, b. 1723; m. Mercy Boynton, April 14, 1747.
DANIEL, b. 1727; m., 1st, Abigail Corbett, July 4, 1754; 2d, Abigail Brown, 1758.
RACHEL, b. 1730; m. Nathaniel Jones, jun., May 20, 1747.
LYDIA, b. 1732; untraced.
SETH, b. 1733; untraced.
MOSES, b. 1736; m. Lydia Atwood, Dec. 9, 1756.
Seth Chapin, jun., was a large landholder in various sections of our terri- tory. His homestead was in So. Hopedale, and his dwelling-house stood about 40 rods south of the Mendon road down Hopedale St., on the handsome swell at the left hand, some little distance north of Thomas Moore's cottage. The remains that might indicate the exact site have been entirely obliterated within a few yrs. It was approachable probably by lanes from the Post Lane or Sher- born road north, and also a much travelled way of former times that led from Post Lane somewhere on Neck Hill south-eastwardly over the river, near what is now Samuel Walker's mill establishment, out to the Newell Nelson place. That was once a largely travelled public way, and is even yet traceable through much of its winding route. Seth Chapin, jun., must have possessed a very ample home-farın, besides his numerous outlands in various localities. But he did not attain to the age of his progenitors; dying while yet in middle life, - in his 46th year. He d., according to Elder Nathaniel Nelson's record, April 1, 1737; but his estate was not appraised till May 6, 1740. Whether Nelson's mem- orandum gives the correct date of his death I am not quite sure. Worcester probate records may settle it.
CHAPIN, Dea. JOHN, sen.4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. May 13, 1698; m.
Dorcas -, pedigree, mge. date, etc., not ascertained. Their chn. were, - DORCAS, b. 1720; m. Benjamin Thurston, Grafton, Nov. 24, 1768.
JOSIAH, b. 1722; d. young.
BETHIAH, b. 1724; m. Thomas Walker, Hop., April 12, 1750.
JAPHETH, b. 1726; m. Patience Hayward, Nov. 5, 1749.
JOSHUA, b. 1728; in. Mary Hayward, March 20, 1750.
JOHN, jun., b. 1730; mostly res. here ; dea. and elder of the ch.
SOLOMON, b. 1733; m. Joanna White, May 28, 1754. PETER, b. 1736; untraced.
Dorcas, the mr., d. Aug. 22, 1767. The fr. m., 2d, Ruth Bullard, Sherborn; cer. Sept. 10, 1768, by Rev. Samuel Locke. No chn. She survived him. Dea. John, sen., had his homestead directly south of his bro. Seth, jun. It has been known in our day as the Ezekiel White place. It was a handsome est., and the Dea. seems to have held a very respectable standing in society. He was one of the original twenty-six members of the mother ch. in Mendon, who seceded, and formed the second here in 1741. He was prominent in the new
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ch. and Precinct, and was chosen Dea. in 1749. He d. Aug. 31, 1777, leaving a will, according to which his est. was set. in due time by his son John, jun. His wid. Ruth's death-date not ascertained.
CHAPIN, SAMUEL 4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. June 2, 1702; m. Anna Crag- gin, May 19, 1729; ptge., etc., not ascertained.
No chn. recorded in Mendon. Said to have set. in Wardsboro', Vt. It is traditionally reported of the hus. that he fought on Bunker Hill, and during the battle had a leg broken. If so, he must have been an aged soldier.
CHAPIN, JOSEPH 4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. March 6, 1707; and m. Mary
Nelson, Feb. 5, 1729; cer. by Josiah Chapin, Esq. She was a dr. of Gershom and Abigail (Ellithorpe) Nelson, b. April 16, 1713; and a sr. of Eld. Na- thaniel Nelson. Their chn. were, -
JOSEPH, b. 1731 ; untraced.
ABIGAIL, b. 1732; m. Silas Rawson, Jan. 5, 1762.
GERSHOM, b. 1734; m., 1st, Betty Johnson, 1758; 2d, Deborah Torrey, 1762. SAMUEL, b. 1736; m. Beulah
EPHRAIM, b. May 5, 1745; m., 1st, Hannah Rider, Holl .; 2d, Wid. Anna Tidd. Whether there were any other chn., I am uninformed, but presume not.
The parents were recd. into the Cong. ch. here from the First Ch. in Men- don, March 26, 1769. I infer from this transfer of relationship that they had then recently become res. here, but had aforetime dwelt elsewhere, prob. in old Mendon. Their son Ephraim seems to have preceded them in the Easterly Precinct, and soon became a conspicuous citizen here. Under his filial auspices, as may be presumed, they spent the last yrs. of their lives at a small homestead on Main St., not far from the Luther Claflin place. He d. July 1, 1788; and his son Ephraim, as execr., set. his est. His wid., Mary (Nelson) Chapin, d. Feb. 16, 1798.
CHAPIN, BENJAMIN 4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. April 6, 1713; and m. Sarah French, Feb. 23, 1732-33. They had -
HANNAH, b. March 4, 1734. Unable to trace further.
CHAPIN, EBENEZER 4 (Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. Dec. 23, 1714; and m., 1st, Abigail Whiting of Framingham, March 29, 1743. Her ptge. and date of birth not ascertained. He was the youngest son of Capt. Seth that lived to manhood, dwelt with his fr. on the ancient homestead in Mendon Town, and d. there. Their chn. were, -
MARY, b. 1744; m., I think, Ebenezer Read.
SETH, b. 1746; lived and d. in Mendon; Dea. there, etc.
ABIGAIL, b. 1748; untraced.
EBENEZER, jun., b. 1752; understood to have lived and d. in Mendon
The mr. d. Nov. 8, 1756. The fr. m., 2d, Mary Vose of Milton in 1757; ptge. and birth-date not ascertained. Their chn. were, -
RUTH, b. 1757; d. young.
LoIs, b. 1762; d. young.
This 2d wf. and mr.'s death-date not ascertained. The fr. m., 3d, Wid. Lydia Staples, April 25, 1776. She was the 3d wf. and surviving wid. of Abraham Staples.
CHAPIN, JOSIAH5 (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. 1719; and m., 1st, Rachel - ; pedigree, date of mge., etc., not ascertained. Their chn. were -
STEPHEN, b. 1745; lived and d. a citizen of his native vicinage.
ABIGAIL, b. 1747; m. Daniel Norcross, Oct. 30, 1765.
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ADAMS, b. 1750; res. always here; influential citizen; just. peace, etc.
RHODA, b, 1752; m. Ichabod Newton, Jan. 12, 1769.
LYDIA, b. 1753; d. Jan. 18, 1759.
DEBORAH, b. 1757; m. Samuel Davis, Aug. 29, 1776.
JOSIAH, b. 1759; untraced.
SIMEON, b. 1761; untraced.
RACHEL, b. 1764; m. Paul Davis, Nov. 27, 1783.
LEVI, b. 1766; untraced.
MARVEL, b. 1768; m., 1st, Polly (alias Mary) Nelson; 2d, Susanna Brooks.
The mr. d. April 17, 1769. The fr. m., 2d, Wid. Mary Corbett, Feb. 7, 1770; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was the wid. of Daniel Corbett, res. in No. Purchase. No chn. by this mge. This Josialı Chapin's homestead was near and around Samuel Walker's present mansion. Our records show that he was a man of reputable standing in community, and held various public offices. He became a member of the ch. in his declining yrs., being admitted to full com., May 17, 1787. His death-date not ascertained; sometime after 1787. Prob. Wor. Probate Registry may tell. His wid. Mary d. Nov. 7, 1809.
CHAPIN, THOMAS5 (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1723; and m.
Mercy Boynton, Aug. 14, 1747; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. Her pedigree untraced. Their chn. were, -
SETH, bap. by Rev. A. Frost, June 12, 1748; d. soon.
MERCY, bap. by Rev. A. Frost, Jan. 27, 1750-51.
SETH, bap. by Rev. A. Frost, June 10, 1753.
ELIZABETH, bap. by Rev. A. Frost, Dec. 7, 1755.
I have found myself unable to trace this family further.
CHAPIN, DANIEL5 (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,3 Josiah, 2 Samuel 1), b. 1727; and m., 1st, Abigail Corbett of Bell., July 4, 1754; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Dr. John and Hopestill (Chapin) Corbett, b. Bell., 1729. Their chu. were, -
RACHEL, b. 1755; untraced.
DAVID, b. 1757; d. May 14, 1757.
The mr. d. May 25, 1757. The fr. m., 2d, Wid. Abigail Brown, March 2, 1758; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. Their chu. were, -
OLIVER, b. 1759; m. Mary Jones, April 29, 1784.
DANIEL, b. 1761.
ABIGAIL, b. 1764.
HOPESTILL, b. 1766; d. Feb. 22, 1767.
AMARIAH, b. 1768.
This family no further traced.
CHAPIN, MOSES 5 (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1736; and m.
Lydia Atwood, Dec. 9, 1756; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Eldad, sen., and Martha Atwood, b. about 1735. Their chn. were, - DAVID, b. 1757; set. ultimately just above the Five Corners, Upton. JERUSHA, b. 1760; m. Nathan Nelson, March S, 1781.
ELIZABETH, b. 1762; m. John Saunders, Oct. 27, 1785.
NATHAN, b. 1765; lived and d. here; a dea. of the ch., etc.
HENRY, b. 1767; d. April 9, 1781, a. 14 yrs.
LYDIA, b. 1770; m. Asa Thayer, Mil., Jan. 23, 1791.
OLIVE, b. 1772; m. Robert Saunders, jun., Nov. 25, 1792.
ANNA, birth-date not found; m. Nahum Legg, Oct. 21, 1802.
Moses Chapin, having become a paralytic, desired to be recd. into the ch.
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on his death-bed. I find on the ch. records, in Rev. Mr. Long's handwriting, under date of June 7, 1802, the following entry: "Church met at the house of Mr. Moses Chapin, as proposed yesterday, and admitted him as a member ac- cording to his desire, and as it appeared much to his satisfaction, though so weak as to be unable to converse. N.B. - Mr. Chapin died on Wednesday follow- ing, about 1 o'clock, morn. [June 9, 1802], and was buried Thursday, June 10. A sermon preached at the funeral at 2 P.M. upon Matt. xx. 6, 7." His home- stead was next north of our town asylum. He had the reputation of being an upright, kind, and hospitable man through life, though postponing ch. member- ship to the last. It was proverbial that the latchstring of "uncle Moses " always hung out. His wid. Lydia d. Feb. 8, 1813.
CHAPIN, JAPHETH 5 (John, sen.,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1726; and m.
Patience Hayward, dr. of Jonathan and Lydia (Albee) Hayward, b. Bear- hill dist., July 24, 1728; cer. Nov. 5, 1749, by whom not learned. Their chn., so far as recorded hereabouts, were, -
JOSIAH, b. 1750.
SUSANNA, b. 1751.
JONATHAN, b. 1754.
The ch. records show that Japheth Chapin and wf. were disd. from the ch. here to the new one then being embodied in "No. 3," 1755. This "No. 3," so called, became afterwards incorporated as the District of Southfield in 1797, and was annexed to Sandisfield, Feb. 8, 1819. It was this " No. 3" in which Rev. Cornelius Jones, son of John Jones, jun., was ordained as the first min- ister in 1756, the services being held in a barn. To that ch., as elsewhere stated, both Rev. Cornelius Jones and later his father were disd. from the ch. here. How many more chn. Japheth Chapin and wf. had in their new home, I have not inquired.
CHAPIN, JOSHUA 5 (John, sen.,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1728; and m.
Mary Hayward, March 20, 1750-51; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Jonathan and Lydia Hayward, and was b. Sept. 22, 1733. Their chn. were, -
AMOS, bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost, June 7, 1752.
JOSHUA, bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost, Aug. 18, 1754.
PETER, bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost, Oct. 31, 1756.
MARY, bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost, Sept. 30, 1759.
Joshua Chapin, in 1757, owned the Obed Daniels place, as appears from the following town record: "We, the subscribers, upon the desire of Doct. Jenni- son and Joshua Chapin, have met and viewed the road leading from James Sumner's house to Sherborn road; and we find said Joshua Chapin's standing on said road. And we, upon their desire, have laid said road, being three rods wide, at the east end of said Chapin's house, and think it will be no damage to the public, provided said Chapin makes said new road as feasible as the former road. And that said Chapin have that part of the former road that will be on the south-west side of the road that we have now laid." Signed by Joseph Jones, Nathıl. Rawson, and Samuel Green, Selectmen, March 14, 1757. Dr. William Jennison is believed to have bought that house afterwards, and opened it as a store and inn; certainly one or the other, or both. Joshua Chapin and wf. were disd. to the ch. in New Marlborough, July 12, 1772. So the family disappeared from this vicinity.
CHAPIN, JOHN, jun., dea. and eld.5 (John,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel 1) b.
1730; and m. Rhoda Albee, May 28, 1754; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Obadiah and Jean Albee, b. June 1, 1731. Their chn. were, -
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BETHIAH, b. 1755; m. Levi Hayward, May 28, 1776; set. in Townshend, Vt.
ISAAC, b. 1756; m. Rachel Wheaton, Oct. 18, 1781.
JACOB, b. 1758; d. young.
RHODA, b. 1760; m. - Wedge; set. in Heath, Mass.
JACOB, b. 1762; mem. ch. here 1786 ; no further traced.
OLIVE, b. 1764.
PHEBE, b. 1766; m. Stephen Thompson, May 4, 1783; set. in Heath, Mass.
JOHN, b. 1768; m. Lydia Wedge, April 29, 1792.
ZIBA, b. 1770; removed to Jamaica, Vt.
PERLY, b. 1772.
If I have not misunderstood, these parents dwelt on the paternal home- stead at the Ezekiel White place. The fr. was chosen dea. of our Cong. ch. in 1774, and eld. in 1785. Evidently he stood well in the community. But it appears from the ch. record, that, having sold out his real est., he removed from Mil. in 1804: "May 30, 1804. Church tarry after lecture, by request of Eld. Chapin, and voted a letter of recommendation to him, his wife, and Rhoda, their daughter, to the fellowship of the saints wherever God in his providence may cast their lot, they being about to remove from this place; said letter con- taining a dismission from this ch., to be in force whenever they shall be admitted to any other ch. in gospel standing." I have not understood where the elder finally set.
CHAPIN, GERSHOM5 (Joseph,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1734; and m., 1st,
Betty Johnson of Ux., March 9, 1758; cer. by Rev. Mr. Webb. She soon d. childless; and the hus. in., 2d, Deborah Torrey of Mendon; cer. May 5, 1762, by Rev. Mr. Dorr. Their chn. were, -
BETTY, b. 1763.
HENRY, b. 1765.
JOSEPH, b. 1767.
LOIS, b. 1771.
PHINEHAS, b. 1769.
I find myself unable to trace this family further, without a too costly research.
CHAPIN, SAMUEL 5 (Joseph,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1736; and m. Beulah -; her pedigree, birth-date, mge .- date, and kindred particulars, not ascertained. Their chn. were, -
JESSE, b. 1761.
CHLOE, b. 1763.
CANDACE, b. 1765.
ARTEMAS, b. 1766.
NATHAN, b. 1767.
These parents appear to have had their sons Artemas and Nathan bap. here, and must have dwelt here at that time, which was 1772 to 1774; but where they more permanently res., first and last, or what became of them, I have not ascertained.
CHAPIN, Lieut. EPHRAIM 5 (Joseph,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), b. May 5, 1745;
and m., 1st, Hannah Rider of Holl .; cer. May, 176S. She was a dr. of Jo- seph and Sarah (Morse) Rider, b. Aug. 8, 1751. Their chn. were, -
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