Henry Chapin: Cooley-Miller-Sears-Barnhouse

Generation: 1

Henry Chapin was born about 1629-1630 in England; was christened on 25 Jan 1629/30 in Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England; died on 16 Aug 1718 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.

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Henry Chapin, son of Deacon Samuel and Cicely Penny, was a deputy to the General Court in 1689, and served for eleven years as selectman. He and his brother, Japhet Chapin (who was m. Abileneh Coole/Coley* dau of Samuel Coole/Coley* of Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC), later Milford, Connecticut Colony), were the first settlers in Chicopee which was the "old fifth parish" of Springfield. Henry Chapin's house was near the west end of what is now (1942) Exchange street in Chicopee Center. He was living there by 1675. *"Coole" was the spelling of Samuel Coley while he resided in MBC and "Coley" when he founded and resided in Milford Connecticut Colony.

Henry married Bethia Cooley on 5 Dec 1664 in Massachusetts. Bethia (daughter of Benjamin1 Cooley and Sarah (wife of Ensign Benjamin Cooley) [?]) was born on 16 Sep 1643 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 9 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]