Henry Chapin1

#7659, (circa December 1630 - 15 August 1718)
Relationship7th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Dea. Samuel Chapin1 (c 1598 - 1675)
Mother*Cicely Penney1 (c 1601 - 1682/83)

Family

Bethia Cooley b. 1644, d. 1711
Children 1.Henry1 Chapin8 (1666 - 1667)
 2.Mary Chapin8 (1668 - 1708)
 3.Sarah Chapin8 (1670 - 1732)
 4.Bethia Chapin8 (1672 - )
 5.Henry Chapin Jr.8 (1679 - 1754)
 6.Benjamin Chapin8 (1682 - 1756)
"Henry Chapin at an early age entered on a seafaring life; was impressed on board a British ship and served seven years, and was in an engagement with the Dutch; afterwards, he commanded a merchant ship sailing between London and Boston. Tired of the sea, he came to Springfield in 1659, and shared with Japhet his father's gift of lands in Chicopee. There he built his house."2 
Birth*circa December 1630He was born circa December 1630 at Devon, EnglandG.3,1 
ChristeningJanuary 1630/31He was christened in January 1630/31 at St. Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, EnglandG.4 
after October 1637He accompanied Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney after October 1637 from Devon, England (sometime after the baptism of Josiah) to Massachusetts BayG.5,6 
1639He lived with Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney in 1639 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.7,4 
1642/43He removed with Dea. Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penney in 1642/43 Agawam settlement (Springfield) during the winter.7 
Marriage*15 December 1664He married Bethia Cooley on 15 December 1664 at MassachusettsG.8 
Death*15 August 1718He died on 15 August 1718 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, not named in grandfather's will of 1630, no record reported on baptism in Massachusetts.
  2. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p. 4.
  3. [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, "probably twin."
  4. [S1705] Howard Millar Chapin, "English Ancestry of Samuel Chapin", p. 355.
  5. [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/1/2, img. 30. Christenings, 29 Oct 1637, Joseas, son of Samuell Chapin, online FindMyPast.com.
  6. [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]
  7. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, p.XII.
  8. [S756] Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, pp. 3-4.