Jonathan Chapin

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name
Jonathan Chapin
aka
[Jonathan Chapin Jr., of the Elbows]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Jonathan Chapin Jr., of the Elbows, one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became the town of Palmer, Massachusetts; his parents are not known for certain. He married Anna, eldest child of Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock of Springfield, in 1736 and had nine children, and after her death married the widow Bertha Parsons. He died at Monson in 1780, aged 69. Probably the father of Lt. Jonathan Chapin.
born
date
c. 1711
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
note
"ae. 69" at his death (The Chapin Book); Temple has "b. 1710"; WikiTree, Nov 1709 at Boston. The Chapin Book's "b. July 8, 1711" is the Springfield birth of a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Burt) Chapin, which it also gives to a Jonathan who died at Chicopee in 1768; see the open questions.
died
date
3 Jul 1780
place
Monson, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
note
WikiTree has Palmer.
residences
date
1736
place
Palmer, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
note
"Jonathan Chapin of the Elbows" when he married in 1736; one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became Palmer.
father
name
Jonathan Chapin
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
note
He was "Jonathan Jr., of the Elbows," so an older Jonathan Chapin was his father or namesake. The Chapin Book's "best guess" is Jonathan, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin, b. 12 Feb 1665 at Boston, and WikiTree follows it; the book itself says "absolute proof is impossible."
mother
name
Elizabeth Burt
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
note
The Chapin Book names his parents "Jonathan & Elizabeth (Burt) Chapin," but the only such marriage it records, 20 Apr 1710, is that of Japhet Chapin's son Jonathan of Springfield, whose son Jonathan (b. 8 July 1711) died at Chicopee in 1768. WikiTree leaves the mother blank.
spouses
id
anna-hitchcock-1717
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
married
date
10 Dec 1736
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
name
Bertha Parsons
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
note
"Bertha Parsons, widow" (The Chapin Book); "Bethna Parsons" in Temple, who gives the marriage to the son.
married
date
2 May 1771
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]

Father of Lt. Jonathan Chapin, and one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became the town of Palmer: Temple's History of Palmer begins its Chapin family "came from Springfield. Jonathan and Mina [Anna] Chapin; he b. 1710, d. July 3, 1780; she b. 1715, d. May 27, 1770" (source), and the proprietors' grants confirm to "Jonathan Chapin, Jun." a hundred-acre lot, "Forty-two acres as already laid out to him, including his Improvements." The Chapin Book has him "of Kingsfield or Kingston. Brimfield, Palmer (Elbows) Before June 21, 1733," and says a Jonathan Chapin of King's Field "was concerned in the Land Bank Scheme of 1740" (source).

On 10 Dec 1736 he married Anna, eldest child of Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock of Springfield, "Jonathan Chapin of the Elbows" in the Hitchcock genealogy (source). Their children were Anne (1737-1756), Jonathan (b. 22 Oct 1738), Luke (1740-1776, died in the army at Mount Independence), Gideon (1742), Joseph (1744), Abner (1746), Gad (bp. 1748), Chloe (bp. 1751) and Shadrack (1753) (source). Anna died in May 1770, and on 2 May 1771 he married the widow Bertha Parsons. He died at Monson on 3 July 1780, aged 69.

Research: Patricia Hatten's Browne–Chapin side: the pedigree, notable ancestors and famous kin.

Open questions

  • Who were his parents? The Chapin Book gives the marriage of Jonathan Chapin and Elizabeth Burt (20 Apr 1710) and the birth of their son Jonathan (8 July 1711) twice: under Japhet Chapin's son Jonathan of Springfield (entry 1-1-10), whose son of that birth "d. Nov. 12, 1768, age 58, Old Chicopee Cem." (entry 1-1-10-1), and again under a Jonathan, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin, b. 1665 (entry 1-4-6), whom G. W. Chapin chose for this man "by a process of elimination ... our best guess, but absolute proof is impossible." Both entries cannot be right. WikiTree keeps the father from David's line and drops Elizabeth Burt. Both parents are left as names here, at possible; the research report rated this step probable (Link G) without the duplicate entry. The Palmer, Brimfield and Springfield records and the Land Bank papers of 1740 are the places to look.
  • The Chapin Book adds an older generation through David Chapin (Link H, possible). The family descends from Deacon Samuel Chapin in any case, through Abigail Munn.
  1. ---
  2. name: Jonathan Chapin
  3. aka: [Jonathan Chapin Jr., of the Elbows]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Jonathan Chapin Jr., of the Elbows, one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became the
  8. town of Palmer, Massachusetts; his parents are not known for certain. He married Anna, eldest
  9. child of Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock of Springfield, in 1736 and had nine children, and after her
  10. death married the widow Bertha Parsons. He died at Monson in 1780, aged 69. Probably the father of
  11. Lt. Jonathan Chapin.
  12. born:
  13. date: c. 1711
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
  17. note: '"ae. 69" at his death (The Chapin Book); Temple has "b. 1710"; WikiTree, Nov 1709 at Boston. The Chapin Book''s "b. July 8, 1711" is the Springfield birth of a son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Burt) Chapin, which it also gives to a Jonathan who died at Chicopee in 1768; see the open questions.'
  18. died:
  19. date: 3 Jul 1780
  20. place: Monson, Massachusetts
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
  24. note: WikiTree has Palmer.
  25. residences:
  26. - date: "1736"
  27. place: Palmer, Massachusetts
  28. basis: documented
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
  31. note: "\"Jonathan Chapin of the Elbows\" when he married in 1736; one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became Palmer."
  32. father:
  33. name: Jonathan Chapin
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: possible
  36. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
  37. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  38. note: He was "Jonathan Jr., of the Elbows," so an older Jonathan Chapin was his father or namesake. The Chapin Book's "best guess" is Jonathan, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin, b. 12 Feb 1665 at Boston, and WikiTree follows it; the book itself says "absolute proof is impossible."
  39. mother:
  40. name: Elizabeth Burt
  41. basis: compiled
  42. confidence: possible
  43. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
  44. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  45. note: The Chapin Book names his parents "Jonathan & Elizabeth (Burt) Chapin," but the only such marriage it records, 20 Apr 1710, is that of Japhet Chapin's son Jonathan of Springfield, whose son Jonathan (b. 8 July 1711) died at Chicopee in 1768. WikiTree leaves the mother blank.
  46. spouses:
  47. - id: anna-hitchcock-1717
  48. basis: compiled
  49. confidence: probable
  50. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-temple-1889-history-palmer]
  51. married:
  52. date: 10 Dec 1736
  53. basis: compiled
  54. confidence: probable
  55. sources: [book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
  56. - name: Bertha Parsons
  57. basis: compiled
  58. confidence: probable
  59. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
  60. note: '"Bertha Parsons, widow" (The Chapin Book); "Bethna Parsons" in Temple, who gives the marriage to the son.'
  61. married:
  62. date: 2 May 1771
  63. basis: compiled
  64. confidence: probable
  65. sources: [book-chapin-1924-chapin-book]
  66. ---
  68. Father of Lt. Jonathan Chapin, and one of the first settlers of the Elbow tract, which became the town
  69. of Palmer: Temple's *History of Palmer* begins its Chapin family "came from Springfield. Jonathan and
  70. Mina [Anna] Chapin; he b. 1710, d. July 3, 1780; she b. 1715, d. May 27, 1770"
  71. ([source](/files/sources/book-temple-1889-history-palmer/)), and the proprietors' grants confirm to "Jonathan
  72. Chapin, Jun." a hundred-acre lot, "Forty-two acres as already laid out to him, including his
  73. Improvements." *The Chapin Book* has him "of Kingsfield or Kingston. Brimfield, Palmer (Elbows) Before
  74. June 21, 1733," and says a Jonathan Chapin of King's Field "was concerned in the Land Bank Scheme of
  75. 1740" ([source](/files/sources/book-chapin-1924-chapin-book/)).
  77. On 10 Dec 1736 he married Anna, eldest child of Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock of Springfield, "Jonathan Chapin
  78. of the Elbows" in the Hitchcock genealogy ([source](/files/sources/book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family/)). Their
  79. children were Anne (1737-1756), Jonathan (b. 22 Oct 1738), Luke (1740-1776, died in the army at Mount
  80. Independence), Gideon (1742), Joseph (1744), Abner (1746), Gad (bp. 1748), Chloe (bp. 1751) and Shadrack
  81. (1753) ([source](/files/sources/vital-records-brimfield/)). Anna died in May 1770, and on 2 May 1771 he married
  82. the widow Bertha Parsons. He died at Monson on 3 July 1780, aged 69.
  84. Research: `research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md`.
  86. ## Open questions
  88. - **Who were his parents?** *The Chapin Book* gives the marriage of Jonathan Chapin and Elizabeth Burt
  89. (20 Apr 1710) and the birth of their son Jonathan (8 July 1711) twice: under Japhet Chapin's son
  90. Jonathan of Springfield (entry 1-1-10), whose son of that birth "d. Nov. 12, 1768, age 58, Old Chicopee
  91. Cem." (entry 1-1-10-1), and again under a Jonathan, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin, b. 1665
  92. (entry 1-4-6), whom G. W. Chapin chose for this man "by a process of elimination ... our best guess,
  93. but absolute proof is impossible." Both entries cannot be right. WikiTree keeps the father from David's
  94. line and drops Elizabeth Burt. Both parents are left as names here, at possible; the research report
  95. rated this step probable (Link G) without the duplicate entry. The Palmer, Brimfield and Springfield
  96. records and the Land Bank papers of 1740 are the places to look.
  97. - The Chapin Book adds an older generation through David Chapin (Link H, possible). The family descends
  98. from Deacon Samuel Chapin in any case, through Abigail Munn.
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