Samuel Chapin

Abt 1598 - 1675  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Samuel Chapin  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1598	England
  Christening	8 Oct 1598	Paginton, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1675	Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
  Burial	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I2027	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Henry Chapin,   b. Abt 1629-1630, England d. 16 Aug 1718, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield was bapt at Paignton, Devonshire England 8 Oct 1598, d Springfield Mas 11 Nov 1675, m. at Paignton England 9 Feb 1623/24, Cicely Penney, dau of Henry Penney of Paignton. He sailed to America in 1635 and settled in Roxbury MBC where he bacame a citizen and landholder between 1636 and 1640; he took the Freeman's oath in 1641 and in the next year moved to Springfield MBC where he becamse a Deacon and sometimes preached; he served on a Town Committee in 1642; became Constable in 1645, and Selectman from 1644 to 1651. [In 1648 he served as a Selectman along with Benjamin Cooley]. He also served in 1660, 1663, and 1664. He was Commissioner in 1652, 1654, 1662, and 1664, and in 1659 had a commission to administer justice. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S637] Ancestry.com, Colonial families, Vol IV, Chapin Family (Reliability: 3). [S637] Ancestry.com, Colonial families, Vol IV, p75, Chapin Family, p75 (Reliability: 3).