Sarah Chapin1

#7657, (circa September 1623 - 5 August 1684)
Relationship7th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Dea. Samuel Chapin1 (c 1598 - 1675)
Mother*Cicely Penney1 (c 1601 - 1682/83)

Family

Rowland Thomas d. 1698
Children 1.Joseph1 Thomas2 (1647 - 1648)
 2.Samuel Thomas2 (1649 - 1649)
 3.Mary1 Thomas2 (1650 - 1650)
 4.Joseph Thomas2 (1651 - )
 5.Benjamin Thomas2 (1653 - )
 6.Josiah1 Thomas2 (1655 - 1657)
 7.Josiah Thomas2 (1657 - 1657)
 8.Samuel Thomas2 (1662 - 1701)
 9.____ Thomas2 (1665 - 1665)
 10.Sarah Thomas2 (1666 - 1743)
 11.Mary Thomas2 (1668 - 1670)
 12.Mercy Thomas2 (1671 - )
Her married name was Thomas.2 
Birth*circa September 1623She was born circa September 1623 at Devon, EnglandG; (poss. 1628.)3,4,1 
Christening1 October 1623She was christened on 1 October 1623 at St. Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, EnglandG.3 
6 April 1630In Henry Penney's will dated 6 April 1630, Sarah Chapin was named as an heir; wife Jane named as Executrix.5 
after October 1637She accompanied Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney after October 1637 from Devon, England (sometime after the baptism of Josiah) to Massachusetts BayG.6,7 
1639She lived with Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney in 1639 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.8,9 
1642/43She removed with Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney in 1642/43 Agawam settlement (Springfield) during the winter.8 
Marriage*14 April 1647She married Rowland Thomas on 14 April 1647 at MassachusettsG.2 
Death*5 August 1684She died on 5 August 1684 at Springfield, Massachusetts.1 

Citations

  1. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, compiler, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data (Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association, 1924), p. XI, named in grandfather's will.
  2. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p. 6.
  3. [S1707] St. Mary's Register of Christenings, Weddings & Burials, 1556-1664, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England; repository Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Exeter, Devon, England, archive no. 3046A/PR/1/1, img. 00097. Christenings, 1 Oct 1623, Sara Chapin dau. of Samuell Chapin, online FindMyPast.com.
  4. [S1705] Howard Millar Chapin, "The English Ancestry of Dea. Samuel Chapin of Springfield, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83 (July 1929): p. 355, "Sara, bapt. at Berry Pomeroy in Oct. 1628." Note the manuscript page recording the christening has no year, and the record is indexed as 1623 at FindMyPast.com (http://search.findmypast.com/record).
  5. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p. IX; to poor of the parish; son Allen, dau. Joane Barter, dau. Katherine Penney, dau. Cicelly Chapin, dau. Elliner, dau. Allis Penny, dau. Susan Penny, "nephew" [grandson] David Chapin, nephew William Penny [son of Allen], Jane Penny "one other of the children of my said son Allen", Katherine Penny [dau. of Allen], child. of Robert Barter Jane, Joane and Elizabeth; Katherine Chapin and Sarah Chapin [child. of Samuel and Cicelly].
  6. [S1707] St. Mary's (Berry Pomeroy) Parish Register, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England: archive no. 3046A/PR/1/2, img. 30. Christenings, 29 Oct 1637, Joseas, son of Samuell Chapin.
  7. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p.XII, states by 1635, and that Dea. Samuel took the estate inventory of his father-in-law May 1630. [sons Josiah and Henry prob. went to New England with him]
  8. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p.XII.
  9. [S1705] Howard Millar Chapin, "English Ancestry of Samuel Chapin", p. 355.