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- 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]
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