Ancestors of Kathleen Lowe Samuel Chapin Deacon and Cicely Penney

Samuel Chapin Deacon and Cicely Penney

Husband Samuel Chapin Deacon
           Born: 1598 - Paignton, Devonshire, England
     Christened: 8 Oct 1598 - Paignton church, Paignton, Devonshire, England
           Died: 11 Nov 1675 - Chicopee, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
         Father: John Chapin (Bef 1566-1600)
         Mother: Phillipe Easton (Abt 1569-Abt 1614)
       Marriage: 9 Feb 1623 - Paignton, Devonshire, England
Wife Cicely Penney
           Born: 27 Feb 1601 - Paignton, Devonshire, England
     Christened: 21 Feb 1601 - Paignton, Baker, England
           Died: 8 Feb 1642 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
         Father: Henry Penny (1618-Bef 1630)
         Mother: Jane (1573-1637)
Children
1 M Japhet Chapin
           Born: 
     Christened: 15 Aug 1642 - Roxbury, Massachusetts
           Died: 20 Feb 1712 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Abelenah (Abilenah) Cooley (1642-1716)
           Marr: 22 Jul 1664 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Spouse: Dorothy Root (      -      )
           Marr: 31 May 1711 - Springfield, Massachusetts
2 M David Chapin
           Born: 4 Jan 1624 - Paignton, Baker, Devonshire, England
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1672 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
3 F Catherine Chapin ¹
           Born: Bef 6 Apr 1630 - Paignton, Baker, Devonshire, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1712 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
            AFN: MJLT-3K
         Spouse: Nathaniel Bliss (1622-1654)
           Marr: 26 Nov 1646 - prob Springfield, Massachusetts
         Spouse: Thomas GILBERT (1611-1662) ¹
           Marr: 31 Jul 1655 - prob Springfield, Massachusetts
         Spouse: Samuel Marshfield (      -      )
4 F Sarah Chapin
           Born: Bef 6 Apr 1630 - Paignton, Baker, Devonshire, England
     Christened: Oct 1628 - Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
           Died: 5 Aug 1684 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
5 F Josiah Chapin
           Born: prob bef 1635 - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
6 M Henry Chapin
           Born: 
     Christened: Jan 1630-Jan 1631 - Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
           Died: 15 Aug 1718 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Bethia Cooley (1644-1711)
           Marr: 15 Dec 1664 - prob Springfield, Massachusetts
7 F Hannah Chapin
           Born: 2 Dec 1644 - Springfield, Massachusetts
     Christened: 2 Dec 1644
           Died:  - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
8 M John Chapin
           Born: 
     Christened: Jan 1619-Jan 1620 - Totnes, Devonshire, England
           Died: Bef 1635 - Paignton, Devonshire, England
         Buried: 
9 M DAvid Chapin
           Born: 
     Christened: 4 Jan 1624 - Paignton, Baker, England
           Died: Aug 1672 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
10 M Son Chapin
           Born: 
     Christened: Jan 1630-Jan 1631 - Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
           Died: 
         Buried: 10 Jul 1634 - Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
11 M Josiah Chapin
            AKA: Josias
           Born: 
     Christened: 29 Oct 1637 - Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
           Died: 10 Sep 1726 - Mendon, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
General Notes (Husband)

ARrived Roxbury,MA 1635. Five children came with their parents - Henry, JOsiah, David, Catherine, Sarah. Brought his father, John Chapin. Took freedmen's oath in Boston in 1641 and probably lived in Dorchester. He was a Deacon of the Church.

Acquainted with Wiliam Pynchon in England and a neighbor for a short time in Roxbury Pynchn led in 1636 a dozen families to the Connecticut River, founded Agawam, later named Springfield. The Chapins went there during winter, 1642-3. Deacon Samuel was one of five Selectmen apointed by William Pychon. Conducted sabbath services, including preaching, for several years when the church lacked a pastor. Pynchon convicted of heresy in 1651 by general court and returned to England. Held large hodings in Springfield. a magistrate (county court) appointed by General Court.

Deacon Chapin is held up as THE model Puritan. He was one of a few of people in MA of his class who actually came from entirely humble origins. All of the other Puritans adopted his family history for their own. A statue of him stands, I think in Springfield. There is a well known poem about his humble origins, cited widely in terms of general American ancestry.

He arrived in Roxbury from England in 1635. He was a friend of William Pynchon in England. Humble, maybe, but not poorly connected. Pynchon founded Springfield,MA. Chapin joined him. Butin 1651 Pynchon convicted of heresy, I guess in Springfield, and forced to leave. Chapin became a church deacon, a lesser office than elder, in charge of seating people, the treasury, that sort of thing. BUt people ever after esteemed him as Deacon Chapin. Some of his writing, ie, a seating assignment he wrote, survive; he was barely literate. Didn't spell consistently, his grammar was poor, his style and grammar that of a number of modern proprietors of Buffalo janitorial firms i've encountered while working as a part-time janitor. But he gave rise to a great and long-lasting dynasty of judges, local politicians, businessmen, clergy, and professionals of various sorts.

Chapin arrived in Roxbury, England, about 1635. Five children came with their parents. He probably brought his father and family. He knew William Pynchon in England. Joined Pynchon andother families to found Agawam, later renamed Springfield. "He was a man of some education, strong will, inflexible integrity, abundant charity and real piety". - Hward Millar Chapin, 1098, Providence Rhode Island, Life of Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield.

Deacon Samuel Chapin's ancestry is covered in "hte English Ancestry of Deacon Samuel Cahpin o Springfield, MA, Communicated by Howard Millar Chapin, AB, of Providence, RI. Printed from Family Archive Viewer, Series 2, Vol 1, The English Ancestry of Dea. Samuel Chapin of Springfield, MA. c Broderbund Software, Sept 14 2002.

There was a tradition he was born at Dartmouth, co Devon, a g-g grandson, John Horton, wrote this in 1779. A search did not verify this. Records found at Paignton, Devonshire, seven miles from Dartmouth. Records of Samuel's baptism and marriage in the parish registers there. The registers also name six of his children (five of whom are supposed to have come to this country with him.) Not all the names are legible. They included Henry, Josias, Sara, Honor, a son, and a daughter who was possibly Kathrin. Samuel's father in law's will names nephew David, and Katherine and Sarah Chapin. A son John was baptized in nearby Totnes.

Howard Chapin thinks that Samuel was probably descended from , or related to, "the Chapin family of hte neighboring family of Coleridge." They lived in the hundred of Haytor, s. Devon. "In 1524, Robert Chopyn and Christopher Chopyn were at Cornworthy int he hundred of Coleridge, adn in 1525 Henry Chopyn and Thomas Chopyn were at Harberton in the same hundred. At Totnes also in the hundred of Coleridge, ... there was a Stephen Chapin as early as 1489, af fact that seems to indicuate that the ancestors of Samuel Chapin were living at Totnes as early as the fifteenth century; and the appearance of the Christian name between teh Chapin families at Totnes and Cornworthy, for a son Stephen Chapin was born at Corworthy in 1570 and moved to Dartmouth. Thomas and Christian also were names that were common in both families. The Chapin family is found in Coleridge as early as 1333, when Petro Chapyn was taxed 8 d., and six years earlier, in 1327, a Nicholas Chopyn was taxed at the manor of Shefbeare in the hundred of Hator-- the first appearance (sof ar as is known) of the surname in Devonshire."

Deacon Chapin's accounts at Pynchon's store well illustrates the general habit of the settlers and the articles used by them. These extracts are taken from the accounts of 1652 and a year or more later. He was charged with 14s for half a pound of powder, 2s 6d for 3 pounds of sugar, 8d for 500 pins, 4 pounds? 7 s 6d for 10 yds of Kersey, 5s. 3d for smithery work, 5s2d for 2 yds Scots cloth, 4s 10 d for 3 1/2 pounds of soap, 12 pounds for a parcel of wampum sent to Henry Chapin "you are to pay for your son David 10 pounds", 2s 11d for 1-2 yd of Green Say, 2s 6d for one pair of stockings, 1s 3d for 1-2 yd of flannel, 17 s 6d for 7 yds of linen cloth, 6s 6d for one Bible, 6s for one pint bottle, 1s 10 d for a quart and 1-4 of brandy, 2s for one pound of pepper, and 4 1-2 d for a pint of vinegar.

In payment of his accounts he was credited with 8s for 4 days work of David, 9s for David's work at the mill, 4s 6d for work of oxen, 2s 6d for 3 lbs of candles, 3 pounds 4s for 192 pounds of beef, 11 punds 1s for 60 bushels of wheat, 7s for a skin of Beaver, 16 s for wheat delivered by Thomas Stebbins, 17s 6d from Katherine Bliss, 15 punds 18s for 87 bushels of wheat at y mill in June '55, 2s 6d for a qr of veal, 1 pund 4 s 4d for stringing 194 fathoms of wampum.

There was no stated time for settling accounts and they frequently stood for a year and sometimes several years before tehre was a balance. In most instances the differences was in favor of John Pynchon. The records show Deacon Chapi n and his wife both purchasing and renting land from Pynchon.

Obviously they got along well. Chapin was appointed a magistrate in 1652, and in 1654 "his commission was extended indefinitely". Chapin conducted services in the Springfield church when there was no pastor.

Samuel Chapin's DNA appears to be Norse I1a, but one can't be sure at 12 markers.
General Notes (Wife)

Her father, who was a baker, verified by his will, sated 6 Apr 1630. Will also said the Chapins were in Springfield MA.
Notes (Marriage)

Record of marriage of Samuell Chapin and Cicely Peny, 9 Feb 1623 (1623/24) in registers of Paignton, Devonshire.

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