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This family have res., as above indicated, in E. Boston, Brookfield, Win- throp, and Mil. William H. Burrill m. his wf. in Big Valley, Lassen Co., Cal., and res. there. He and wf. have 2 chn; viz., -
FLORA VIOLA, b. July 12, 1877; and another dr. b. Feb. 7, 1880.
Marietta E. Doane and hus. have a dr. b. in No. Brookfield, Oct. 20, 1874, named SUSAN BURRILL; making 3 gd. chn. in all.
BUTTS, BRYAN J., son of Daniel and Eliza (Bryan) Butts, b. Pompey, N.Y., May 6 (or 10), 1826, there being two different dates as to day of the month in the old family record. His gd. fr., Jabez Butts, once of Springfield, mn. Sarah Adams. His gt. gd. fr. was Nathaniel Butts, and m. Mary Mason. Nathaniel was the youngest son of Samuel, who was first of Dorchester, and set. in Canterbury, Ct., 1707. That Samuel was a son of the Butts who came from Eng. with the Pilgrims. So we have Bryan J.5 (Daniel,4 Na- thaniel,8 Samuel,2 and the Pilgrim immigrant1). On the mr.'s side, he says, " My mr., b. Canterbury, Ct., was the eldest child of Reuben and Olive (Chapin) Bryan, who reared a family of 10 or 11 chu. My gd. mr. Olive was a very large woman, and my gd. fr. Reuben a very small man; their chn. uncommonly healthy and gifted. Their mr. was a 'great poli- tician,' so called; and of six sons four were lawyers, two of them being judges, and one of the number, John A. Bryan, was gov. (or lieut .- gov.) of Ohio, and also foreign minister." Of himself he says, "I was a school- master in youth; studied law one yr. ; subsequently entered and 'gradu- ated' from Meadville, Penn., Theological School; preached several yrs. ; became interested in socialism; came to the Hopedale Community in 1852, entering 'The Practical Christian' printing-office as printer and writer. I finally bought out the materials, edited a monthly, and published tracts, written by myself and wf., Mrs. H. N. Greene, to whom I was married
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(without surrender of name) in 1858. Having no chn., my ' lineal descend- ants' are as minus as my stupendous ancestry is plus in the history of my 'tribe.'" Mr. B. does his own thinking on all subjects, without license from any quarter, and fearlessly expresses his opinions in his own unique style. He is a Socialist and Progressionist of the most unfettered, individn- alistic type. To the foregoing it is proper to add what Mr. B. communi- cated, at the same time time, relating to his wf. : -
"GREENE, HARRIET NEWELL; gd. fr., Job Greene, had 10 chn., -6 boys and 4 girls: boys, Thomas, John, Samuel, Daniel, and Job, jun .; girls, Maria (a Quakeress preacher), Ruth, Annie, and Sarah. John, Harriet's fr., b. Smith- field, R.I., Jan., 1794. Harriet was the eldest of 6 chn., b. Jan. 18, 1819; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Ann Tinkham. She has 2 surviving bros. and 1 sister, Abbie G. Comstock, an occasional writer of published poems. Deborah, Job Greene's sister, and gt. aunt to John's chn., was also a writer, and authoress of several books. Harriet came to Hopedale, April, 1852; m. B. J. Butts, Dcc. 19, 1858; cer. by Adin Ballou; and for 6 yrs. or more was connected, in editorial labors, with her hus. in publishing 'The Spiritual Reformer' and 'Modern Age.' She is authoress of 'Children's Books,' as well as romances for adults, and of newspaper correspondence. Her ' Vine-Cottage Stories' impart moral lessons on peace, temperance, spiritualisin, and other reforms." She d. at Hopedale, May 6, 1881.
I think this is the only instance in which the name Butts occurs in our history.
CAREY, WILLIAM, and wf. Esther, dwelt here in the early days of the Precinct, and had a son bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost; viz., -
JOSIAH, bap. Sept. 1, 1745.
Whence this family came, or whither they went, I get no intimation. In our time we have several Irish Americans of this surname in town. We find them in our directories to the number of 8 in our last. But as none of them have signified a desire to appear in this volume, perhaps I need not specify them.
CARPENTER, SETH PRIME, Esq.7 (Reuben,6 Elisha,5 Noah,4 William,& Wil- liam,2 William 1), b. on our border, just in the edge of Upton, if I mistake not, Nov. 25, 1802. He traces his pedigree as follows: William Carpenter, b. in Eng., 1576, left Harwell, took ship "Revis" at South- ampton 1638, and arrived at Boston or vicinity the same yr. He brought with him a son William and his 4 chn., under ten yrs. of age. His son William was b. in Eng. 1605. He m. Abigail, who was b. 1606, and moved from Weymouth to Rehoboth 1643 or 1644. He had a son William, who was also b. in Eng. 1630. This 3d William was twice m. in Rehoboth; raised up chn., and d. Jan. 26, 1703. He had a son Noah, b. March 28, 1672, who was thrice m., and reared chn. He d. in Attleboro', June 7, 1753. He left a son Elisha, b. Aug. 28, 1721; m. Anne Whitaker, March 15, 1744; and d. perhaps in Sntton, Aug. 2, 1789. Mrs. Anne d. Sut., Feb. 23, 1804. Reuben, son of Elisha, was b. in Attleboro', Feb. 23, 1757; m. Sally Fuller, 1776, who d. Ang., 1797. He next m. Hannah Cook, b. Feb. 10, 1761; and d. Oct. 5, 1802, in Upton. She d. March 20, 1840. I found Mr. Carpenter here in 1824, when I came into town. Prob. he was here some yrs. earlier. He has been an active, enterprising, and influential citizen from early man-
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hood to his green old age. In business, in civil and political life, and in social intercourse, he has been respectably conspicuous among our inhabit- ants; serving in various responsible town offices, and twenty-one yrs. as justice of the peace. In his latter yrs. he has been devoting his time, money, and ingenuity largely to fish-culture, especially to the rearing of trout. He has an establishment of this nature in the south-westerly part of Uxbridge, richly worth visiting by persons at all interested in such en- terprises. This I know from actual observation. My wf. and self, by kind invitation, accepted a ride thither 26th June, 1879, with himself and lady, to our great enjoyment. The location, natural advantages, ingenious con- trivances, and exhibition of beautiful trout in various stages of growth, were truly admirable. We could only regret, amid the entertainment of the occasion, that untoward experiments and mishaps have hitherto pre- cluded the pecuniary success which the persevering projector so eminently deserves.
He m., 1st, Maria Barber, dr. of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber, h. Mil., July 9, 1806; cer. Jan. 25, 1825, by the writer. They had b. to them one son : -
BYRON, b. Sept. 14, 1829; m. Jane A. Mason, Oct. 25, 1849; d. March 15, 1872.
Mrs. Maria d. Feb. 12, 1831. The hus. m., 2d, Diana Barber, sister of the deceased Maria, b. March 31, 1808; cer. Aug. 28, 1831, by the writer. Chn. :-
REUBEN EARL, b. March 26, 1832; m. Eunice Fisher, Feb. 22, 1870; res. Ashland ; has 4 chn.
GEORGE W., h. July 28, 1834; d. Aug. 10, 1837.
HANNAH MARIA, b. Aug. 16, 1836; d. July 24, 1843.
DIANA, b. March 1, 1845.
NANCY MARION, b. March 19, 1847; m. Charles Henry Metcalf, Dec. 4, 1867. HANNAH MARIA, b. June 20, 1850.
It should be emphatically added to the credit of Mr. C., that, in connection with the late David Stearns Godfrey and a few other devoted citizens, he took a very important part in the preliminary labors indispensable to procuring the Milford and Framingham Branch Railroad. Those labors were manifold, arduous, and persistent. The present generation of our inhabitants can have but a faint conception and appreciation of what they owe to those hard-work- ing pioneers in the obtainment of that road. Without their self-sacrificing exertion, its great facilities would probably have long been postponed. The public also owe him a large debt of respect and gratitude for his exertions in pioneering and opening the Pine-Grove Cemetery.
CARPENTER, WILLIAM H., ancestry not traced; son of Christopher C. and and Mary B. (McCrillis) Carpenter, b. Deerfield, N.H., Jan. 19, 1822; m. Isabelle E. Slocomb, dr. of Rufus and Betsey S. (Sargent) Slocomb, b.
Haverhill, Oct. 6, 1828; cer. Haverhill, Feb. 10, 1847, by Rev. Massena Goodrich. Their chn. : -
ELZO E., b. Haverhill, Sept. 8, 1848; m. Edward L. Wood, Fitchburg, Feb. 1, 1871.
RUFUS S., b. Haverhill, Aug. 26, 1850; m. Mary M. Miller, Waukegan, Ill. May 5, 1873.
WILLIAM E., b. Chelsea, Sept. 3, 1855; d. Mil., Sept. 24, 1865.
MINNIE B., b. Chelsea, April 14, 1861.
Grandehn. :-
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WILLIAM M. CARPENTER, son of Rufus S., b. Mil., March 6, 1874; d. 1877. GEORGIANA B. CARPENTER, dr. of Rufus S., b. Mil., Nov. 28, 1879. BESSIE WOOD, dr. of Edward L., b. Lewiston, Me., Oct. 2, 1876.
Mr. C. is a respected employee of Estabrook, Wires, & Co. Doubtless a worthy family, though not of my acquaintance. They have res. in Haverbill, Chelsea, Boston, and Mil.
CARPENTER, BYRON & (Seth P.,7 Reuben,6 Elisha,5 Noah,4 William,& William, 2
William 1), b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1829; mr.'s maiden name, Maria Barber; m.
Jane A. Mason, dr. of John and Sally (Wheeler) Mason, b. Mil., June 4, 1831; cer. at the parental res., Oct. 25, 1849, by the writer. Issue :-
JENNIE LIND, b. Mil., March 20, 1851; m. Frederick T. King, Oct. 8, '81. SETH PRIME, b. Mil., April 7, 1853; d. Jan. 25, 1877.
ARABELLA MARIA, b. Mil., July 6, 1855; m. Engene T. Walker, Oct. 14, 1874.
MATTIE WHEELER, b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1857.
JOHN MASON, b. Mil., Ang. 7, 1859.
REUBEN EARL, b. Mil., July 28, 1861.
WALTER BACHELOR, b. Mil., Sept. 10, 1863.
GRACE GEORGIANA, b. Mil., Feb. 10, 1865.
COSIE, b. Mil., Sept. 7, 1866.
Grandchn. :-
ALICE WALKER, b. May, 1876.
HARRY WALKER, b. Nov., 1878.
These are chn. of Eugene T. and Arabella Maria Walker.
A worthy family, early bereaved of their paternal head. Byron C. was a diligent, provident, and orderly man in the various relations of life. He d. in the ripeness of middle age, March 15, 1872, at the a. of about 43 yrs. His wid. and 8 of their chn. still survive, all usefully engaged in laudable pursuits. Arabella and hus. and 2 chn. res. Hopedale.
CARPENTER, Dea. HIRAM, son of Oliver and Emma.
Hiram Carpenter, son of Oliver and Emma, d. Jan. 13, 1863, chronic diarrhoea. See War Record. Others not reported.
CARROLL, RICHARD, son of Michael and Mary (Woods) Carroll, b. in Ireland, Feb. 1, 1816; stone-mason; m. Catherine Davis, dr. of John and Johanna (Brennan) Davis, b. Ireland, April 1, 1826; cer. Mil., 1851, by Rev. George Hamilton. Issue : -
MICHAEL JOSEPH, Rev., b. Mil., June 19, 1852; grad. Holy Cross Col .; Cath. priest.
JOHANNA MARIA, b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1856.
CHARLES WILLIAM, b. Mil., Nov. 1, 1863.
CATHERINE VERONICA, b. Mil., Oct. 19, 1865.
RICHARD DAVIS, b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1868.
One of our intelligent, enterprising, and worthy Irish-American families. Mr. C. is an executive, judicious, and successful business-man in his calling; a good citizen among us for over 30 yrs .; and an influential member of St. Mary's Ch.
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 no 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; m., 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, Aug. 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. Jolin 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 Samuel1), 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 chn. were, -
SETH, jun., b. Medfield, July 2, 1692; one of our most conspicuous early citi- zens.
BETHIAH, 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
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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-farm, 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,8 Josiah,2 Samnel1), 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; m. 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. Ang 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 dne time by his son John, jun. His wid. Ruth's death-date not ascertained.
CHAPIN, SAMUEL 4 (Seth,8 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, JOSEPH4 (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, -
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