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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 nninformed, 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, BENJAMIN4 (Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel 1), 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,8 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 chu. 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 Josiah 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,8 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, DANIEL 5 (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 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 chn. 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 chn. 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® (Seth, jun.,4 Seth,3 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, Marchi 8, 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, JAPHETH5 (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. bere. How many more chn. Japheth Chapin and wf. had in their new home, I have not inquired.
CHAPIN, JOSHUA 5 (John, sen.,4 Seth,8 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, Nathl. 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 Samuel1) 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 dismissiou 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,8 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. m., 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, h. 1769.
I find myself unable to trace this family further, without a too costly research.
CHAPIN, SAMUEL 5 (Joseph,4 Seth,& Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1736; and m. Beulah : -; her pedigree, birth-date, mge .- date, and kindred particulars, not ascertained. Their chu. 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. EPHRAIM5 (Joseph,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. May 5, 1745; and m., 1st, Hannah Rider of Holl .; cer. May, 1768. She was a dr. of Jo- seph and Sarah (Morse) Rider, b. Aug. 8, 1751. Their chn. were, -
LEVI, b. Dec. 22, 1768; known as Maj. Levi; lived and d. in our town. EDE, b. 1773; d. young.
JOEL, b. March 4, 1777; m. Rosanna Fairbanks; d. Holl., Nov. 23, 1804. ELI, b. May 1, 1780; well-remembered townsman; d. in advanced yrs.
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AMos, b. July 5, 1782; Dea. Amos, well remembered and respected.
The mr. d. Dec. 19, 1807. The fr. m., 2d, Anna Tidd of Holl. She was a wid. ; pedigree not traced; cer. 1809. Lieut. Ephraim d. March 26, 1812. Vari- ons records and references to him plainly indicate that he was an enterprising, energetic, and responsible man, who stood well as a ch. member and citizen. His wid.'s death-date not ascertained.
CHAPIN, Dea. SETH, of Mendon 5 (Ebenezer,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1746; and m. Ruth Bullard of Holl. for his 1st wf., Sept. 10, 1765. She d. without chn. in early wifehood. He m., 2d, Elizabeth Rawson of Mendon, Oct. 27, 1767. She was a dr. of Dea. Edward and Mary (Morse) Rawson, b. April 4, 1750. Their chn. were, -
PERRY, b. Feb. 26, 1769.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 5, 1771.
LoIs, b. Feb. 18, 1773.
MARY, b. March 26, 1775.
Elizabeth, the 2d wf., d., date not ascertained. Dea. Seth m., 3d, Eunice Thompson of Medway, Oct. 19, 1778 or 9. Their chn. were, -
SILVE, b. Sept. 26, 1781.
SETH, jun., b. Jan. 25, 1783.
RUTH, b. Jan. 14, 1786.
MOSES THOMPSON, b. Feb. 7, 1788.
PHILO, b. Nov. 4, 1790.
BETSEY, b. April 17, 1792. No further traced.
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CHAPIN, EBENEZER, jun., of Mendon 5 (Ebenezer,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel 1),
b. 1752; and m. Martha Green of Mendon, Sept. 11, 1774; her pedigree not ascertained. Their chn. were, -
ABIGAIL, b. July 16, 1775; d. early.
PATTY, b. Feb. 25, 1777; d. early.
CLARISSA, b. July 14, 1778.
SAMUEL, b. May 25, 1780; d. early.
ABIGAIL, h. Ang. 20, 1782.
EBENEZER, b. Oct. 7, 1784.
SAMUEL GREEN
b. Feb. 7, 1787.
BETSEY (twins), b. Feb. 7, 1787.
SARAH, b. Feb. 2, 1789; d. early.
ELIPHAZ, b. Jan. 11, 1791.
PATTY, b. Dec. 15, 1792.
MARY, b. Jan. 8, 1795.
I have but imperfectly traced many of these Chapin families, especially those out of town. Nor was it practicable for me to give dates and details so fully as I desired. But a thorough Chapin genealogist, when he arises, will find what I have presented suggestive and helpful.
CHAPIN, STEPHEN6 (Josiah,5 Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1745; and m. Rachel Rawson, Jan. 21, 1768; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Thomas and Anna (Walden) Rawson; b. March 6, 1747. Their chn. were, -
SARAH, b. May 17, 1768; d. Oct. 14, 1777.
CALVIN, b. Sept. 28, 1769; m .; set. in Pelham; a farmer.
RACHEL, b. Aug. 14, 1771; m. Elijah Albee, Mil., farmer, Aug. 14, 1771.
CYNTHIA, b. Nov. 4, 1773; m. Nahum Wedge, Mil .; set. Pelham; farmer.
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LUTHER, b. March 22, 1777; m. Polly Wedge, Mil. ; set. in Pelham.
STEPHEN, b. Nov. 4, 1778; he was taught the alphabet by his uncle, Adams Chapin, in his seventh year; grad. H. U., 1804; ord. a Cong. minister, Hills- boro', N.H., 1805, and m. there; installed later at Mount Vernon, N.H., where he became a Baptist; later made Professor of Theology in Water- ville Col., Me., from 1822 to 1828; and then elected Pres, of Columbia Col., Washington, D.C. He recd. the title of D.D. from Brown University, in 1822. He d. in Washington City, 1846.
The remaining chn. of Stephen and Rachel Chapin were, -
SETH, b. Jan. 7, 1783; m. Polly Wood of Mendon.
OTIS, b. Aug. 30, 1785; m. Abigail Hayward, Mil .; set. in Monson; a manu - facturer of woollen goods. He has several descendants in Monson.
Stephen Chapin had his homestead on both sides of the Sherborn road (so called in former times), since owned in various portions by Newton Daniels, Sylvanus Adams, Charles F. Chapin, etc. Rachel, the mr., d. Dec. 2, 1797. Stephen, the fr., d. March 30, 1816. Both left highly-respected memories.
CHAPIN, ADAMS, Esq.6 (Josiah,5 Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1750; and m. Olive Sumner of Mil., Dec. 21, 1775; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Ellis) Sumner, b. March 17, 1759. Their chn. were, -
ALEXANDER, b. Jan. 6, 1778; demented by disease; d. Nov. 15, 1835.
JOSIAH, b. March 15, 1781; m. Mary Willard, July 3, 1805; set. Orrington, Me.
BETSEY, b. Dec. 27, 1782; m. John Daniels, Holl., June 6, 1805.
HENRY, b. March 8, 1785; d. Sept. 16, 1798.
SIMEON, b. June 11, 1787; m. Ann Tidd, Sept. 22, 1814.
RUFUS, b. May 15, 1789; m. Lydia Tufts in Wrenth., 1814.
AMASA, b. Oct. 30, 1791; lived unm., and d. in Hop., July 11, 1854.
MARY, b. Aug. 28, 1793; m. David Jones, 1833. She d. Sept. 17, 1866.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 21, 1795; d. Aug. 22, 1798.
EBENEZER, b. July 12, 1798; d. same day.
HENRY, b. Jan. 5, 1801; m. Jerusha Miller, Holl., June 4, 1832.
Adams Chapin, Esq., had his family homestead where Samuel Walker now dwells, inheriting it wholly or partly from Josiah, his father. He was naturally of bright intellect and promising capabilities. He acquired valuable scholastic knowledge from such schools as were accessible to him in early youth. Among these he used to mention one as peculiarly profitable, taught by Alexander Scammell (afterwards adjutant-general under Washington), during his college course at Cambridge. That school was kept in the ancient dwelling- house of his gd. fr., Seth Chapin, jun., the room being fitted np in the most rude and primitive style. With the start in learning thus gained, he was per- suaded to set up as a school-master, at the age of fifteen, by his uncle, Moses Chapin, who had an humble domicile next beyond where our Town Asylum stands; whose doors had not a single iron hinge, but were hung on leather, and had wooden fastenings. There his schoolroom was even plainer, more con- tracted, and rougher furnished than the one before mentioned. But his school was small, and his success flattering. He next taught in his native district, in a house at the junction of now Elm and Green Sts., then belonging to one of the Sumners. He was proud to tell, that there he taught the alphabet to his nephew, Stephen Chapin, then over six or seven yrs. old, who became a gradu- ate of Harvard U., a D.D., and d. Pres. of Columbia Coll., Washington City. From such a beginning he naturally rose to distinction in precinct and town
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offices. He belonged, at the outbreak of the Revolution, to Capt. Samuel Warren's company of minute-men, about 30 in number; and when the alarm came of the battle at Lexington, most of the co. started in hot haste for the scene of conflict. Chapin was outside the Precinct, at work on a job of stone wall, and was the last to get notice. He instantly threw off his leather apron, ran home, equipped himself, halted a moment at Ebenezer Sumner's to bid his betrothed Olive a sad adieu, and, with great exertion, overtook his comrades at Brighton. He remained several months in camp, but came home in season to be m. in Dec., as aforesaid. Later in life he was intrusted with various respon- sible municipal positions. In 1804 he was commissioned as just. peace by Gov. Caleb Strong, and held that office towards 30 yrs. down to his death. Mrs. Olive, his wf., d. suddenly Oct. 5, 1822, to his great grief; and he never after- wards regained his mental buoyancy. His latter yrs. were clouded by depres- sion of spirits and partial derangement. He d. Oct. 23, 1832, a. 82 yrs.
CHAPIN, MARVEL 6 (Josiah,5 Seth, jun.,4 Seth,3 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1768;
and m., 1st, Polly Nelson, Mil., Nov. 25, 1790; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr., I presume, of Dea. Seth and Silence (Cheney) Nelson, otherwise recorded as Mary, and b. June 8, 1774. Their chn. were, -
ANNA, b. Oct. 15, 1791; d. Aug. 4, 1808.
HOLLIS, b. Aug. 12, 1795; went West, and d. some yrs. ago.
LINDA, b. Feb. 18, 1798; m. Eleazer Parkhurst, Dec. 3, 1818.
MARVEL Jun., b. Dec. 25, 1800; untraced.
MARY NELSON, b. July 13, 1803; untraced.
WILLIAM STRONG, b. Feb. 10, 1806; d. Nov. 17, 1814.
The mr. d. Oct. 13, 1808. The fr. m., 2d, Susanna Brooks of Upton, May, 1809; cer. by Rev. Benjamin Wood. No chn. by this mge. on record.
The homestead of Marvel Chapin, certainly the principal one on which his family dwelt, is now owned by Joseph L. Clark, farmer, Purchase St. Nothing definite comes down to me respecting his social, civil, and religious standing. I shall take for granted that it was respectable. It seems that after his second marriage there was some unpleasantness in the relations of himself and wf. with the ch. here; which, according to the records, was ultimately brought to a satisfactory termination; and both were recommended for admission into Dr. Sabine's ch., Boston, whither they had removed between 1820 and 1823. How long they res. in Boston, I am not informed, nor when or where the 2d wf. d. But our town record shows Mr. Chapin to have d. (and prob. here) Sept. 3, 1838.
CHAPIN, DAVID 6 (Moses,5 Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b. 1757; and
m., 1st, Judith Thayer, dr. of Seth and Judith (Thayer) Thayer, b, in our Precinct, July 4, 1756; cer. 1777. Their chn. were, -
ELISHA, b. April 10, 1778; m. Sarah Wood of Upton, July 8, 1802 .*
HENRY, b. May 17, 1781; d. July 26, 1781.
The mr., Judith, d. April 29, 1783. The fr. m., 2d, Martha Bates, Feb. 12, 1784; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Joseph and Martha (Chilson) Bates, b. Mendon, Dec. 20, 1764. Their chn. were, -
JUDITH, b. Mil., 1785.
SARAH, b. Mil., 1789.
LYDIA, b. Mil., 1791.
* Elisha and Sarah (Wood) Chapin were the parents of the late Hon. HENRY CHAPIN of Worcester, long Judge of Prohate in our Co. He was h. in Upton, May 13, I81I; m. succes- sively 2 drs. of Joseph Thayer, Esq., Uxbridge.
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JOSEPH BATES, b. Mil. or Up., 1798; m. Priscilla Sadler, and res. mainly, if not wholly, in Up.
DAVID, h. Up., July 2, 1795. I know nothing of him but what is told in the following sketch given in " The Boston Herald " of March 1, 1880, and copied into our " Milford Journal" with subsequent corrections: -
"OBITUARY. - David Chapin, whose death occurred Sunday, was one of the pioneers in the wood and coal business of this city. He was born at Upton, Mass., July 3, 1795, and came to Boston in 1820. He shortly thereafter engaged in the wood business, conducting it in the most primitive manner, a hand-cart serving as the medium of conveying supplies to his customers. He formed the firm of Prescott & Chapin in 1822, and, adding coal to their stock in trade, the firm became very successful, remaining together some fifty years, Mr. Chapin retiring from active business Jan. 1, 1872. Mr. Chapin was for 40 years a di- rector in the Boston and Hingham Steamship Company, serving for 30 years as treasurer and agent of the company. He was a member of the common council in 1850-51-52, and built one of the first honses which was erected in Chester Square."
Mr. David seems to be credited with no wf. or chn., and I have not been informed that he had any. If he had any, it is a pity that the reporter could not have said so, or the contrary if he were a celibate. David Chapin, the fr., and his wf. were disd. from Mil. Cong. Ch. to that of Upton in 1796. They d. in Upton; but I have not their death-dates at my command.
CHAPIN, JOSEPH BATES 7 (David,6 Moses,5 Seth, jun.,4 Capt. Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samnel 1), b. in Mil., 1793; mr.'s maiden name, Martha Bates; moved, with his parents, in infancy, to near the 5 Corners in the edge of Up. ; m. Pris- cilla Sadler of Up .; pedigree. birth-date, mge. particulars, etc., not given. Issne : -
HARRY WOOD, b. Up., Ang. 23, 1817; m. successively 4 wives. See his record further on.
DAVID GILBERT, b. Up., June 17, 1819; m. Harriet E. Lackey, Jan. 13, 1842; 2 drs.
JOSEPH J., b. Up., June 7, 1823; m. Alice Kenyan, July 8, 1860; 2 chn.
ELMIRA A., b. Up., Sept. 7, 1825; m. Horace Walker, Sept. 7, 1842; 1 son, James E.
ELISHA, b. Up., Aug. 20, 1827; m., 1st, Miranda Walker, Dec. 31, 1857; 2d, Sarah C. Frets, Aug. 28, 1866.
JOHN S., b. Up., April 25, 1830; m. Mary M. Walker, Oct. 22, 1851. No chn. SARAH P., b. Up., April 10, 1832; d. May 11 ensuing.
CHARLES, b. Up., Nov. 5, 1835; d. Ang. 26, 1858.
I understand that Joseph Bates Chapin and wf. res. in Up., and d. there; but I have not their death-dates. Several of their chn. have made their homes in our town. Harry W., David G., and John S. are well known among ns. David G. and wf. have had b. to them 2 drs .; viz., Ellen M., b. Sept. 12, 1850; m. Emery D. Lothrop, Oct. 13, 1869, who have a son Frank C., b. Oct. 26, 1873; and Alice J., b. Nov. 5, 1854; m. S. A. Eastman, April 5, 1876, who have a son Gilbert C., b. Dec. 5, 1880. Joseph J. Chapin d. April 4, 1869, leaving Mrs. Alice, his wid., and 2 chn .; viz., Sarah P., b. July 16, 1862; and Charles J., b. Oct. 11, 1865. John S. and wf. have no chn. Elisha, by 2d wf., has Joseph B., b. Feb. 4, 1869; and Sarah M., b. March 7, 1876.
CHAPIN, Dea. NATHAN 6 (Moses,5 Seth, jun.,4 Seth,8 Josiah,2 Samuel1), b.
1765; and m. Lucretia Parkhurst, Mil., Jan. 1, 1793; cer. by Amariah
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CHAPIN FAMILIES.
Frost, Esq. She was a dr. of Ebenezer and Mercy (Hill) Parkhurst, and b. Feb. 3, 1775. Their chn. were, -
EBENEZER PARKHURST, b. Dec. 2, 1795; m. Emeline Hayward, Feb. 24, 1828.
SAMUEL JONES, b. Dec. 15, 1798; m. Mary Worth, Feb. 14, 1832, went South, had chn., and d. May 13, 1841.
MERCY JONES, b. Jan. 17, 1801; m. Sumner Pond, Jan. 27, 1825.
LOUISA, b. Jan. 16, 1805; m. Charles Sawtelle, July 15, 1857; she d. 1869. AMANDA MARIA, b. July 31, 1807; m. Capt. Albert Newhall, Sept. 18, 1827. MOSES SANFORD, b. July 31, 1810; m. Martha W. Comstock, Nov. 18, 1833.
NATHAN TYLER, b. Oct. 23, 1813; m., 1st, Sarah M. Comstock; 2d, Sarah F. Godfrey; 3d, Julia M. Leach.
Dea. Nathan inherited his fr.'s homestead next north of the present Town Asylum. He and his family were held in high estimation. He was chosen dea. of the ch. in 1802, and served faithfully in that office down to old age. As a citizen and neighbor, he enjoyed corresponding respect. Mrs. Lucretia d. April 18, 1847. He himself d. May 19, 1851. A small monument in Vernon-grove Cemetery indicates the present resting-place of their remains. Also of his son Nathan's 2d wf., Sarah F. (Godfrey), and Milton, her son.
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