| Name |
Samuel CHAPIN |
| Birth |
bef 8 Oct 1598, Paignton, Devonshire, England |
| Death |
11 Nov 1675, Springfield, Hampden, MA |
| Father |
John CHAPIN (<1566-1600) |
| Mother |
Phillipe EASTON (-1614) |
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| Spouses: |
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Cicely PENNY |
| Birth |
bef 21 Feb 1601/1602, Paignton, Devonshire, England |
| Death |
8 Feb 1681/1682, Springfield, Hampden, MA |
| Father |
Henry PENNY (1569-1630) |
| Mother |
Jane (1573-1637) |
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| Marriage |
9 Feb 1623/1624, Paignton, Devonshire, England182 |
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| Notes for Samuel CHAPIN |
Samuel Chapin and his wife, Cicely, came from England with several children as early as 1636. After remaining for a little time in Roxbury, he settled permanently in Springfield. He became a person of considerable prominence "both in church and state." The statue in Springfield called "The Puritan" is known as the Deacon Chapin Monument. It is the sculptor's idea of how such a man as Deacon Chapin, a man of his moral standing and spiritual qualities ought to have looked. He died November 11, 1665. The date of his wife's death is not known. --- The preceeding is in a family notebook, Samuel is an ancestor of mine and the line goes Samuel - Josiah - Seth - Deborah.
182The time of arrival of the family in Roxbury, Mass., is supposed to be 1635, and no evidence is found to prove that date in error, and that five children came with their parents. The conclusion is that Henry and Josiah were born between 1630 and 1635, and as henry is mentioned first, it is supposed he is the elder of the two. Japhet was born in Roxbury and Hannah in Springfield, Mass. "We are fortunate that we know the founder of our race in this country and his name has come down to us as a fixed and certain landmark in our history". - Judge Henry Chapin, 17 September 1862
182"The beginning of the Chapin family is altogether creditable. We may well be satisfied that it should start with this genuine old Puritan and what he did, with his fellow pioneers, to open the American Continent and on it found a city and to establish a model Christian Republic. The rolls of heraldry, even if they could show the name linked with royal or princely blood, would add nothing to the true nobility of its origin. It belongs peculiarly to this country, and the sphere of its highest dignity and honor was no doubt ordained to be here. Our chief anxiety should be to maintain and advance its true nobility by lives and deeds worthy of such a father." - Pres. Aaron L. Chapin at the unveiling of the Chapin Statue at Springfield, MA on 24 November 1887. |
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