Deacon Samuel* Chapin, (immigrant) (J-FFDNA-5r)

Bef 1598 - 1675  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Samuel* Chapin  [1]
  Title	Deacon
  Suffix	(immigrant) (J-FFDNA-5r)
  Birth	Bef 8 Oct 1598	Paignton, Devonshire, England
  Christening	08 Oct 1598	Church of St. John the Baptist, Paignton, Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1626	Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England
  Emigration	1635	Dartsmouth, England
  Immigration	1635	Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts
  Residence	1643	Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  Death	11 Nov 1675	Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  Burial	Springfield Cem, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
  		Chicopee Street Burying Grounds Notes: 228 Chicopee Street contact info: Cemetery Department 687 Front Street Chicopee MA 01013 (413)594-3481 Chicopee Street: For more than sixty years, the people of Chicopee continued their connection with the old First Church in Springfield, finding their way on foot, or on horseback, fording the Chicopee River, at the Indian Wading Place, or smetimes going by canoe down the Connecticut. The sabbath services and the weekly lectures were their edification and delight. Their lives were regulated by its ordinances and discipline; and when death came, they were laid to rest in the Old Burying Ground at the foot of Elm Street on the banks of the Connecticut. The names Japhet and Abilene, his wife, may still be seen on the old headstones in Peabody Demetery. They were removed when the building of the railroad made it necessary to discontinue the old burying place. " Annals of Chicopee Street Clara Skeele Palmer Harvard College Library page 20 Rootsweb message board: "Chicopee Cemeteries Notes: The earliest cemetery was established at the foot of Elm Street in Springfield. The "Old Burying Ground" was Chicopee's colonial cemetery on Chicopee Street (where all the Chapins are buried) -- first buried there was Miss Sarah Hitchcock in 1741. Thanks to Gail Ferris for contributing this information. The "Old Burying Ground" was Chicopee's colonial cemetery. The first burial dates back to 1741."
  		Chicopee Street Burying Ground
  		Chicopee Street Burying Ground - Chapin Mausoleum occupants are unknown; but only meant to serve as representative of the cemetery and prominence of the Chapin family.
  Notes	Samuel Chapin was by tradition of Welsh descent. It is felt more likely that he was a French Huguenot in origin. He may have fled to Holland at one time. He sailed from Dartmouth, England in 1635 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In the winter of 1643-1644, he followed Pyncheon (?) to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was known as "Pyncheon's right- hand man" and a founder of Springfield. He was made a freeman June 02, 1641. Samuel immigrated to Springfield June 2, 1641. He was a town officer 1642; deacon, 1649. He died November 11, 1675. He left a will dated 4(11)1674; probated March 24, 1676. He bequeathed to his wife, son Henry and grandson Thomas Gilbert. Son, Japhet C. with wife Abilene deposed. From 6046669 (FHC microfiche). Biographies Massachusetts. The following account from Early History of Springfield (see Sam Bliss for total cite). Samuel was placed on a commission with John Pynchon and Elizur Holyoke to administer the government of Springfield. Philip was 2nd son of Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags, a long time friend of whites. When he succeeded his brother, Alexander to chieftaincy, he became embroiled in difficulties with England and attempted to unite all of the principal tribes in New England against the colonists. On October 4, 1875 [sic], Toto, domestic of Mr. Wolcott, told him of the plan of the Indians to assault Springfield. The villagers fled to three fortified houses, Pynchon's and two others. One of the leading men of the town was Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of the assistants of Major John Pynchon in the magistry and ancestor of all of that name in this country. The men left in the village at the time were all of advanced age. The villagers waited in the houses overnight and when nothing had happened, in the morning Thomas Miller and Lt. Cooper went to see what the Indians were doing in their village. Both of them were killed, and the Indians burst upon the town. They destroyed 32 of the 45 homes, 24 of the 25 barns and all of the harvest put up for winter, the correction house, corn mill and saw mill. They killed Miller, Cooper, Pentecost Matthews, and Edmund Pringrydays. Reverant John Russell of Hadley wrote to the governor, Leverett, saying Wequogan, chief sachem of the Springfield Indians was the ringleader. Pynchgon brought soldiers from Hadley (including the younger Springfield townsmen) and Major Treat brought help from across the Connecticut River. Pynchon wrote to Reverant Russell of Hadley about all that was lost including the Mirick's house). people were without houses or barns or food for the winter. The town was quickly rebuilt. ("In October, 1675 Springfield was attacked by Indians and burned. Deacon Chapin did not see the town rebuilt, for in about a month as wrote his son Japhet, `My father was taken out of this troubelsom world the 11 day of November about eleven of the clock in the eve, 1675.'") From A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England: "Samuel, Roxbury 1638 [wrong], brot. from Eng. w. Cicely, call. Sisly on rec. and sev. ch. prob. Henry, Josiah, perhaps David, and two ds. Catharine and Sarah, and at R. had Japhet, b. 15 Oct. 1642; rem. that yr. to Springfield, there had Hannah, 2 Dec. 1644; was freem. 2 June 1641, a propr. of Westfield 1660, a deac. and man of distinct. d. 11 Nov. 1675." _______________ Deacon Samuel Chapin was a forceful and dynamic man. A man with Puritan faith, he brought his family to New England about 1638. Living first in Roxbury, Mass. then moving to Springfield in 1642 as one of the founders of that city then called Agawam. He served his town in many capacities including Selectman, Auditor and Magistrate and he was Deacon of the church for some 25 years. Next to the Public Library in Springfield there is a bronze statue, "The Puritan", placed there 24 Nov 1887 which honors him. 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. _______________ A chronology of Samuel Chapin's activities: 1638: Samuel Chapin and wife Cicely were at Roxbury. Came to Springfield, MA from Roxbury, MA. A record at Roxbury, of early but unknown date shows that he possessed 24 acres of land there, and had eight persons in his family, himself, wife, father, and five children. (Thepresence of his father John Chapin, at this time is in conformity with records already quoted). In 1641 he bought a house and lot of James Howe and became a freeman, which implied that he was a church member and gave him the right to vote and hold office under the Colony Government. 1641, 2 Jun: Samuel Chapin of Springfield, MA, admitted Freeman. 1643: Town officer. He took a prominent part in all the affairs of the town, both religious and civil. 1644: Freeman 1648: A member of the Board of Selectmen on which Benjamin Cooley first served. A member of the first Board of Selectmen and served 9 consecutive years. 1649: Deacon. 1651: Commissioner. 1652: John Pynchon, Elizur Holyoke and Samuel Chapin were appointed Commissioners, or Magistrates, to hear and determine all cases and offences, both civil and criminal, "that reach not to life, limbe and banishment." 1653: The General Court appointed him and John Pynchon to lay out Northampton and its bounds, and they made purchase of the lands from the Indians. 1664: He petitioned the General Court for some land for services done. 1669: The General Court granted him 200 acres as laid out 4 miles from Mendon, bounded as in the platt which is on file, provided it did not exceed 200 acres and that it did not take in any of the meadows now granted to Mendon. 1674, 4 Mar (1st mo.): Samuel Chapin wrote his will. Bequeathed to wife, son Henry, grandson Thomas Gilbert. 1676, 24 Mar: Will probated. Son Japhet Chapin with his wife Abilene deposed. http://ancestor.homestead.com/files/Roger_Chapin.htm ____________________ Notable Cousins There are some very famous and notable cousins that come from this family line. Richard Bedford BENNETT, was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1930-1935 John BROWN, abolitionist who was convicted and hung for treason. He also was called Captain and led the raid of Harper?s Ferry. Stephen Grover CLEVELAND, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was also Governor of New York Charles CURTIS, was the 31st Vice President of the United States from 1929-1933. He was also the Senator from Kansas and held the position as US Representative from Kansas Dorothy GISH, Lillian GISH, both actresses and motion picture pioneers Dr. Brewster HIGLEY, (1823-1911) was the author of ?Home on the Range? John Pierpont MORGAN, financier and banker. Founder of JP Morgan Company in 1895 and the US Steel Corporation 1901 Harriet Elizabeth BEECHER STOWE, abolitionist and author of ?Uncle Tom?s Cabin? in 1851 William Howard TAFT, 27th President of the United States. http://climbing-the-genealogy-tree.blogspot.com/2010/08/deacon-samuel-chapin-and-cicley-penny.html link to notable cousins: http://kinnexions.com/kinnexions/cousins.htm _______________________ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scanderson/deacon_chapin.HTM Deacon Samuel Chapin Magistrate; Town Commissioner; Church Deacon b. 8 Oct 1598 in Paignton, Devonshire, England - d. 11 Nov 1675 in Springfield, MA at age 77 m. Cicely PENNY 9 Feb 1623 in Paignton, Devonshire, England "The Puritan" - a bronze statue in Merrick Park next to the Public Library in Springfield, Mass. honors one of the town's founders, the Deacon Samuel Chapin. The artist was Augustus St. Gauden and it was commissioned by Chester W. Chapin, Springfield's railroad magnate, in 1885. The statue was originally unveiled on Thanksgiving Day in 1887 in Stearns Square, and remained there for twelve years before being moved to its current location. In moving the statue, the beautiful bronze fountain and pink granite bench that were constructed to compliment the artwork were relocated to other parts of the city. The working model is now owned by the Carnegie Museum of Art. "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." - Aaron L. Chapin, President of the Chapin Family Association, at the unveiling of the Chapin Statue at Springfield, MA on 24 November 1887. 60 Samuel CHAPIN and his wife, Cicely, came from England with three sons and two daughters in 1635. He most likely came over in the summer, when the passage was the mildest, and probably landed at Boston, which was then, as it is now, the chief port of New England. They probably settled immediately in Roxbury. Roxbury was founded a few years earlier, in 1630, by William Pynchon. It soon became a small village of from two to three score families, most of whom came from Nazing, London, or the west of England. Possibly it was because he had friends among the latter that determined Samuel to settle in Roxbury. Samuel held land as early as 1639, as is shown by the Roxbury land records. Like most of the early settlers, Samuel Chapin must have been principally a farmer, although undoubtedly he had to turn his hand to many other pursuits as occasion required, which was in fact very often. In 1636 Samuel, then comparatively a young man, was very probably one "of the Roxbury people" who worked on the fortifications at Cornhill in Boston. In the fall of that year the General Court met at Roxbury, thus giving Samuel a chance to see its workings. During his stay in Roxbury the Pequot War took place, which resulted in making it possible to settle with safety in Western New England as at Springfield. The Chapins lived in Roxbury till the close of the year 1642. In 1636 William Pynchon, then a resident of Roxbury, led a party of about a dozen families to the Connecticut River, where he founded a settlement then called Agawam, but which four years later was renamed Springfield, after his home in England. Most of the settlers took up farming, as there were many fertile meadows along the banks of the Connecticut, while Pynchon for the most part engaged in the fur trade. The settlement grew slowly at first, but by the time the Chapins arrived, it had become a village of respectable size for New England in those days. As he had in Roxbury, as at Springfield, Samuel was primarily a farmer, but of course here also he had to do all sorts of other things besides. He soon became one of the leading men in the government of the town and held many public offices during his life including Selectman, Auditor and Magistrate and he was Deacon of the church. Samuel Chapin lived to be an old man and having borne for over twenty years the burdens of government, now in his declining years withdrew from the center of political affairs. He slowly handed over the reins to the younger men in town. Samuel died 11 Nov 1675; according to the diary of his son Japhet, "My father was taken out of this troublesome world the 11th day of November about eleven of the clock, 1675." His widow, Cicely, died 8 Feb 1683. Samuel had an inventory of his estate performed for his will. The total sum of his goods, not including his land, was over 45 English pounds. His wife's estate was inventoried in 1682 for her will and the goods were then valued at over 100 English pounds. ____________
  Person ID	I4630	Roots
  Last Modified	29 May 2017

  
  

  Father	John* Chapin,   b. Abt 25 Sep 1566, Totness, Devonshire, England d. 1 Jun 1600, Paignton, Devonshire, England (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Phillipa* Easton,   b. 1569, Paignton, Devonshire, England d. 1 Jan 1616, Paignton, Devonshire, England (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1590	Paignton, Devonshire, England
  Family ID	F2117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cicely* Penney, (immigrant),   b. 21 Feb 1601, Paignton, Devonshire, England d. 8 Feb 1683, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1623	Paignton, Devonshire, England
  Children	+ 1. David Chapin,   b. Abt 4 Jan 1624, Paignton, Devonshire, England d. 16 Aug 1672, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 48 years) + 2. Catherine Chapin,   b. 1626, Paignton, Devonshire, England d. 04 Feb 1713, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)   3. Sarah Chapin,   b. Abt Oct 1628, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. 5 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 55 years) + 4. Henry* Chapin,   b. 25 Jan 1630, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. 15 Aug 1718, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)   5. Samuel Chapin,   b. 25 Jan 1630, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. 10 Jul 1634, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England (Age 4 years)   6. John Chapin,   b. Abt 16 Jan 1633, Totnes, Devonshire, England d. Aft 1634 (Age ~ 2 years)   7. Honor Chapin,   b. Abt 8 May 1636, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts d. 08 May 1636, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England + 8. Josiah Chapin,   b. Abt 29 Oct 1637, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England d. 10 Sep 1726, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 88 years) + 9. Japheth Chapin,   b. 05 Oct 1642, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts d. 20 Feb 1712, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) + 10. Hannah Chapin,   b. 2 Dec 1644, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 21 May 1719, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F2116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

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  Birth - Bef 8 Oct 1598 - Paignton, Devonshire, England Christening - 08 Oct 1598 - Church of St. John the Baptist, Paignton, Devonshire, England Marriage - 9 Feb 1623 - Paignton, Devonshire, England Residence - Bef 1626 - Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England Emigration - 1635 - Dartsmouth, England Immigration - 1635 - Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Residence - 1643 - Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Death - 11 Nov 1675 - Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Chapin, Samuel - "The Pilgrim" Monument to Deacon Samuel Chapin, Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts. Kelly Drive at Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia (relocated 1920) Bronze, on fieldstone base Height 9'1" (base 1'7") Gift of the New England Society of Pennsylvania Owned by the City of Philadelphia AUDIO SLIDESHOW - VIEW HERE "Museum Without Walls": Audio: The Pilgrim by artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens, from Fairmount Park Art Association Augustus Saint-Gaudens was one of the most influential and successful artists of the late nineteenth century. His James A. Garfield Monument was installed along East River (now Kelly) Drive in 1895. The Puritan, the first version of The Pilgrim, was commissioned by Chester W. Chapin as a monument to one of the founders of Springfield, Massachusetts—Deacon Samuel Chapin (1595–1675). The New England Society of Pennsylvanians asked Gaudens to make a replica of The Puritan for the city of Philadelphia. For the later commission Gaudens made some changes in the figure's dress and adjusted the facial characteristics to represent a New England type: "For the head in the original statue, I used as a model the head of Mr. Chapin himself, assuming that there would be some family resemblance with the Deacon, who was his direct ancestor. But Mr. Chapin's face is round and Gaelic in character, so in the Philadelphia work, I changed the features completely, giving them the long, New England type, besides altering the folds of the cloak in many respects, the legs, the left hand, and the Bible." The Pilgrim was originally placed on the South Plaza of City Hall but was relocated to its present site in 1920. Adapted from Public Art in Philadelphia by Penny Balkin Bach (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1992).
  		Chapin, Samuel - "The Puritan" One of the Founders of Springfield, Massachusetts 1595 Anno Domini Deacon Samuel Chapin Located at the Quadrangle in Springfield, Massachusetts, the statue of The Puritan memorializes Deacon Samuel Chapin, one of Springfield's earliest settlers. http://kinnexions.com/album/chapin/
  		Chapin, Samuel - "The Puritan" Deacon Samuel Chapin, founder of Springfield, Massachusetts "As a side note, this statue played a prominent part in the almost unknown 1970s movie, "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud." Professor Proud keeps having visions of different sites in a New England town, and the "puritan statue" of Deacon Samuel Chapin is one of them. Eventually he travels from California to Massachusetts, where he discovers the statue." http://www.flickr.com/photos/63vwdriver/4339667386/

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Chicopee Burying Ground 1741; Chicopee Street Burying Ground, Brightside, Holyoke, Massachusetts (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)
  		Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground right front (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)
  		Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground front (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)
  		Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground entry (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)
  		Chicopee Street Burying Ground, Chapin Mausoleum mosaic tile at entrance of mausoleum (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)
  		Chicopee Street Burying Ground, Chapin Mausoleum stained glass window (photo kindly provided by Don Calloway)

  
  

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  [S1102] Ms. Mary E. MacKay (J-FFDNA-5r).