Japhat Chapin

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Japhat Chapin

Birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
20 Feb 1712 (aged 69)
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Willow Avenue 1-10
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Japhat is the son of Samuel Deacon Chapin and Cicely Penny.He married (1) Abilenah COOLEY 22 Jul 1664, daughter of Samuel COOLEY. He married (2) Dorothy ROOT 31 May 1711, of Enfield, Connecticut.
Japhet Chapin probably for time resided in Milford, Connecticut. John Pynchon deeded land in Springfield to him in 1669. He was engaged in the battle with the Indians at Turners Falls in 1676 and was a deacon in the church in Springfield. Japhet was baptised 15 Oct 1642.(Source: The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data Of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin by Gilbert Warren Chapin; pg. 3)
Children of Japhet CHAPIN and Abilenah COOLEY are:

i.Samuel CHAPIN, b. 4 Jul 1665; d. 19 Oct 1729.
ii.Sarah CHAPIN, b. 15 Mar 1668; d. 23 Nov 1747.
iii.Thomas CHAPIN, b. 20 May 1671; d. 27 Aug 1755.
iv.John CHAPIN, b. 14 May 1674; d. 1 Jun 1759.
v.Ebenezer CHAPIN, b. 26 Jun 1676;d. 13 Dec 1772
vi.Hannah CHAPIN, b. 21 Jun 1679; d. 7 Jul 1679.
vii.Hannah CHAPIN, b. 18 Jul 1680; d. 30 Sep 1765.
viii.David CHAPIN, b. 16 Nov 1682; d. 17 Jul 1772.
Japhat is the son of Samuel Deacon Chapin and Cicely Penny.He married (1) Abilenah COOLEY 22 Jul 1664, daughter of Samuel COOLEY. He married (2) Dorothy ROOT 31 May 1711, of Enfield, Connecticut.
Japhet Chapin probably for time resided in Milford, Connecticut. John Pynchon deeded land in Springfield to him in 1669. He was engaged in the battle with the Indians at Turners Falls in 1676 and was a deacon in the church in Springfield. Japhet was baptised 15 Oct 1642.(Source: The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data Of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin by Gilbert Warren Chapin; pg. 3)
Children of Japhet CHAPIN and Abilenah COOLEY are:

i.Samuel CHAPIN, b. 4 Jul 1665; d. 19 Oct 1729.
ii.Sarah CHAPIN, b. 15 Mar 1668; d. 23 Nov 1747.
iii.Thomas CHAPIN, b. 20 May 1671; d. 27 Aug 1755.
iv.John CHAPIN, b. 14 May 1674; d. 1 Jun 1759.
v.Ebenezer CHAPIN, b. 26 Jun 1676;d. 13 Dec 1772
vi.Hannah CHAPIN, b. 21 Jun 1679; d. 7 Jul 1679.
vii.Hannah CHAPIN, b. 18 Jul 1680; d. 30 Sep 1765.
viii.David CHAPIN, b. 16 Nov 1682; d. 17 Jul 1772.

Bio by: Barbara Chapin


Inscription

Mr.
Japhat
Chapin dy'd (sic)
on Febr ye 20
1712 aged 70
year

Gravesite Details

Grave moved from Old Elm Street / Old Court Square Burial Ground in 1848.