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

Research report, 7 October 2026. Branch: Henrietta Browne (1886–1964), wife of Ralph A. Hatten, and the ancestry the Ancestry tree gives her through Edward Browne and Ella Persis Chapin. Archive pages: Henrietta Browne, Edward Browne, Ella Persis Chapin, Marvin Chapin, Marion Orinda Cumins, Joseph Cumins, Hannah Converse. No archive files were changed.

Evidence tags: [D] documented (a record, or a published transcript of one), [C] compiled (a printed genealogy or a WikiTree profile), [I] inferred, [T] tradition. "Gen." below counts generations up from Patricia Hatten: gen. 1 is a parent, gen. 3 a great-grandparent, and gen. n is a (n−2)th great-grandparent.

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Summary

1. The weak link is the first one. Above Ella Persis Chapin the line is strong. It is better supported than the Ancestry tree knew, through a DAR application Ella made herself and two family genealogies she helped compile. But both of those genealogies say Ella and Edward Browne had no children. The Chapin Book (1924) gives "Children: BROWNE. No issue." Kith and Kin (1922) thanks "Mesdames E. P. C. Browne" for details and lists no child for her. The Chicago Blue Books of 1899 and 1904 list the household as "Mr. & Mrs. Edward Browne" and "Dr. Marvin Chapin", with no daughter. Nothing found shows Henrietta in the family. Henrietta → Edward & Ella is rated possible, and doubtful. Every connection below reaches Patricia only if that link holds. It belongs to Ella's ancestry either way.
2. Above Ella the line is well supported: Dr. Marvin Chapin (1821–1907) and Marion Orinda Cumins. Marvin was the son of Loring Chapin and Sally Brace, Loring of Jotham Chapin and Ann Waite, Jotham of Lt. Jonathan Chapin and Abigail Munn. Marion was the daughter of Joseph Cumins and Hannah Converse, and Hannah of Col. Israel Converse and Hannah Walbridge.
3. Deacon Samuel Chapin is an ancestor twice. The male line runs through David Chapin, which the Chapin Book calls only its "best guess". Abigail Munn gives a second line through Japhet Chapin, and her birth is a published vital record.
4. The Hitchcock genealogy corrects the Chapin Book. Anna Hitchcock (wife of Jonathan Chapin, 1711–1780) was the daughter of Mary Sheldon, not of "Mary Morgan", who was her stepmother. That brings in Mary Pynchon, Col. John Pynchon, William Pynchon (founder of Springfield) and Gov. George Wyllys.
5. Notable ancestors with good stories:
   • Major James Converse, Speaker of the Massachusetts House, who held Storer's garrison at Wells in
     1692. Cotton Mather called it "the Bravest Act in the War".
   • Major Amos Walbridge (Valley Forge, Monmouth, Society of the Cincinnati).
   • Capt. Abel Brace, who founded Winfield, N.Y., in 1793.
   • Col. Israel Converse, Judge of Probate at Randolph, Vt.
   • Deacon Samuel Chapin ("The Puritan" statue) and William Pynchon (his book was burned in Boston).
   • Ella Persis Chapin Browne herself, who entered Vassar in its first year, 1865.
6. Famous kin, if the Henrietta link holds. The closest are Gov. Julius Converse of Vermont (first cousin of Hannah Converse) and Charles Loring Brace, founder of the Children's Aid Society (grandson of Sally Brace's uncle). Then J. P. Morgan, Roy D. Chapin and the Chapin musicians, all through Japhet Chapin. Then Presidents Cleveland and Taft, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Pynchon, E. E. Cummings and R. B. Bennett. More presidents connect distantly: Coolidge, F. D. Roosevelt, Grant, Hayes, Pierce and Fillmore.

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1. Pedigree findings, link by link

Link A. Henrietta Browne (b. 9 Mar 1886, Winona) → Edward Browne and Ella Persis Chapin: possible (doubtful)

The Ancestry tree attaches no record to this link (research/gedcom/report-dwyer-hatten.md; GEDCOM @F43@).

Evidence against:

• [C] The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data (G. W. Chapin, 1924), vol. 2, p. 2115, entry 1-4-6-1-1-1-1-3-1: "ELLA PERSIS CHAPIN … dau. Marvin & Marion Orinda (Cumins) Chapin, of Lake Bluff, Ill. b. Feb. 13, 1848, Parkman, Ohio … m. Dec. 22, 1875, Pentwater, Mich., Edward Browne. Children: BROWNE. No issue. Mrs. Brown was identified with the Woman's Club and president of the School Children's Aid Society." https://archive.org/details/chapinbookofgene00chap_0
  • Compiled while Ella was alive. By then Henrietta would have been about 37 and married, with a son (Jack, b. 1913).
• [C] W. M. Dixon, Kith and Kin (1922), pp. 31–32. It gives Ella only as "b. 13th February, 1848, Parkman, Ohio; m. in Michigan, Edward Browne", with no issue. The compiler was Ella's first cousin (son of her aunt Charlotte Cumins Dixon). The preface thanks "Mesdames E. P. C. Browne" among those "who have contributed details". https://archive.org/details/kithkincontainin00dixorich
• [D, directory] Chicago Blue Book, 1899 (215 Sixty-first St.) and 1904 (366 49th St.): "Mr. & Mrs. Edward Browne" and "Dr. Marvin Chapin", with no Miss Browne. Henrietta would have been 13 and 18. This is weak evidence, since Blue Books often left out younger daughters. https://archive.org/details/chicagobluebooko00unse , https://archive.org/details/chicagobluebooko1904chic

Evidence for: only the tree. The tree's details for Edward (b. 22 Jan 1850, Antrim; d. 28 Jun 1924, Lake Bluff) and Ella fit the real couple, so the tree has found the right Edward and Ella. What is unsupported is the step from Henrietta to them.

Not ruled out:

• Henrietta may have been adopted, a ward, or Edward's child by another woman. The 1924 "No issue" could be literally true and still leave room for an adopted daughter.
• Leads only, not conclusions:
  • Ella's brother Robert L. Chapin lived at Seattle and Tacoma (lumberman; Seattle in 1907).
  • The Hattens were in Chicago (Ralph Hatten's mother died there in 1912).
  • Edward Browne was a lumber dealer, and Winona was a lumber town.

What would settle it: see section 4. Henrietta's 1964 Washington death certificate (parents); her marriage record with Ralph A. Hatten (King County, Wash., or Cook County, Ill., c. 1910–13); the 1900 and 1910 censuses of Edward Browne's household; her Social Security application.

Recommendation for the archive: keep confidence: possible on both parent links of Henrietta Browne. Add the conflict under ## Open questions, quoting the Chapin Book's "No issue". Raise it with Jordan before any connection below is published as Patricia's.

Link B. Ella Persis Chapin (1848–1936) → Dr. Marvin Chapin and Marion Orinda Cumins: proven

• [C, informant Ella herself] DAR Lineage Book vol. 33 (1900), p. 10, national no. 32031, "MRS. ELLA PERSIS CHAPIN BROWNE. Born in Parkman, Ohio. Wife of Edward Browne. … Daughter of Dr. Marvin Chapin and Marion O. Cumins, his wife." https://archive.org/details/lineagebooknatio33daug
• [C] Kith and Kin pp. 31–32 (Marion O. Cumins m. 11 Feb 1847 at Parkman, Ohio, Marvin Chapin; issue i. Ella Persis b. 13 Feb 1848).
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 2, pp. 1677, 2115.
• [D] Dixon Evening Telegraph, 4 Jun 1907: "Dr. Marvin Chapin of Lake Park, near Lake Forest, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Browne." Badly scanned; Sunday was 2 Jun 1907. https://archive.org/details/dixon-evening-telegraph-1907-06-04
• [D] Chicago Blue Books (above): Dr. Marvin Chapin living with the Brownes, 1899–1904.

Conflicts with the archive:

• Marion's death: the archive has "bef. 1900, Cook, Illinois". The sources give 9 Dec 1889, Wausau, Wisconsin (Chapin Book vol. 2, p. 1677; Kith and Kin p. 31, "d. 1889, at Wausau, Wisconsin").
• Marvin's death place: the archive (from the tree) and the Chapin Book have Chicago. The 1907 obituary has Lake Park, near Lake Forest (Lake County), at Ella's home, with burial at Dixon. The death certificate would settle it.
• New for Ella Persis Chapin: marriage 22 Dec 1875, Pentwater, Michigan (Chapin Book). The Chicago Tribune of 1 Jan 1876 carries a "BROWNE–CHAPIN — In Pentwater" notice; its text could not be read here.

Link C. Dr. Marvin Chapin (b. 24 Feb 1821, Winfield, N.Y.) → Loring (Lorin) Chapin and Sarah (Sally) Brace: probable

• [C, Ella informant] DAR Lineage Book vol. 33, no. 32031: "Granddaughter of Lorin Chapin and Sally Brace, his wife".
• [C] Kith and Kin p. 32: Marvin Chapin "b. in New York; d. in Chicago, Illinois; son of Lorin and Sally (Brace) Chapin."
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 1121, LORING CHAPIN 1-4-6-1-1-1-1: "son Jotham & Ann (Waite) Chapin, of Winfield, N. Y. b. Feb. 26, 1790, d. Feb. 2, 1864, Silver Creek, N. Y. m. 1815, Winfield, Sarah (Sally) Brace, dau. Charles & Persis (Brandegee) Brace, b. Nov. 3, 1795, Winfield, d. 1871, Silver Creek." Children: Aurilla; Woodruff (1818–1893); Marvin, b. Feb. 24, 1821, d. June 2, 1907, Chicago; Persis Brandegee (1823–1843); Charles Brace (1825–1899). https://archive.org/details/chapinbookofgene00chap
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 2, p. 1677, DR. MARVIN CHAPIN 1-4-6-1-1-1-1-3: "son Loring & Sarah (Brace) Chapin, of Winfield, Silver Creek, N. Y., Erie, Pa., Dixon & Chicago, Ill."
• [C] Brace Lineage (1927), p. 97: Charles Brace (1764–1823), son of Capt. Abel, "married Pursis Brandicha and had six daughters: … Sally (Chapin)". This is independent of the Chapin sources. https://archive.org/details/bracelineage00brac
• The three Chapin sources agree on Marvin's birth date (24 Feb 1821) and place (Winfield), and so does the tree.

What would make it proven: Marvin in Loring Chapin's household in the 1850 census, or Loring's probate (Chautauqua County, N.Y., 1864).

Link D. Loring Chapin (1790–1864) → Jotham Chapin and Ann (Anna) Waite: probable

• [C] DAR no. 32031 ("Gr.-granddaughter of Jotham Chapin and Anna Wait"); Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 602–603. JOTHAM CHAPIN 1-4-6-1-1-1, "son Jonathan & Abigail (Munn) Chapin, of Palmer & Monson, Mass. b. Dec. 7, 1764, Monson, d. Winfield, N. Y. m. Ann Waite"; children Loring (1790), Sally (1791, m. Vose Palmer), Marvin (1798–1816).
• [C] Hardin, History of Herkimer County (1893), p. 369: "In the summer of 1792 David Wood and Jonathan Chapin settled on the south side of the stream, and in 1793 Deacon Charles Burt…". Jotham's sisters Persis and Anna married David Wood and Charles Burt (Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 603). This places the Monson Chapins at Winfield. https://archive.org/details/historyofherkime00hard
• [C] WikiTree Chapin-3184 (Jotham, 7 Dec 1764 – 30 Oct 1838, Herkimer Co.; Find a Grave 40146257, West Winfield Cemetery).
• Conflict to note: WikiTree gives Jotham only one child, "Anna Chapin" (Chapin-3185), b. 3 May 1790 at Plainfield, Otsego Co. That cannot fit with Loring b. 26 Feb 1790. One of the two is misattached. The Chapin Book and the DAR application agree on Loring.

Link E. Jotham → Lt. Jonathan Chapin (1738–1819) and Abigail Munn (1739–1838): probable

• [C] DAR no. 32031 ("Jonathan Chapin and Abigail Munn … Jonathan Chapin, (1738-1819), served in the Mass. militia").
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 271–272. CAPT. JONATHAN CHAPIN 1-4-6-1-1, b. Oct. 22, 1738, Palmer, d. Feb. 8, 1819, Monson; m. Abigail Munn, b. Sept. 14, 1739, d. Aug. 30, 1838, Monson, ae. 99. Children all born at Monson, Jotham first.
• [D, published transcript] Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts (1931), births: "MUN, Abigail, ch. Benjamin and Rebekah, Sept. 14, 1739." Marriages: "MUN (Man, Munn), Benjamin and Rebekah Russell, Dec. 30, 1731." https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00newe_0

Link F. Lt. Jonathan → Jonathan Chapin (1711–1780) and Anna Hitchcock (1717–1770): probable

• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 91–92 (Jonathan 1-4-6-1, b. July 8, 1711, d. July 3, 1780, Monson; m. 1st Dec. 10, 1736, Anna Hitchcock, b. July 9, 1717, d. May 27, 1770, Palmer).
• [C] The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family (1894), pp. 410–411: Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock's will gives £10 "to his daughter Ann wife of Jonathan Chapin". His children include "Anna, b. July 9, 1717; m. Dec. 10, 1736, Jonathan Chapin of the Elbows." https://archive.org/details/genealogyofhitch00hitc
• Correction to the Chapin Book: it calls Anna "dau. Ebenezer & Mary (Morgan) Hitchcock". The Hitchcock genealogy says Ebenezer "married Feb. 14, 1716, Mary Sheldon who was the mother of his fourteen children", and "for his second wife, the Widow Mary Morgan of Brimfield".

Link G. Jonathan (1711) → Jonathan Chapin and Elizabeth Burt (m. 20 Apr 1710): probable

• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 22 (Jonathan 1-4-6, m. Elizabeth Burt; one child, Jonathan b. July 8, 1711). WikiTree Chapin-2906 has the son b. Nov. 1709 at Boston, a minor conflict.

Link H. Jonathan (m. Elizabeth Burt) → David Chapin and Lydia Crump → Deacon Samuel Chapin: possible

• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 22, in the compiler's own words: "There has been great difficulty in identifying Jonathan Chapin who married Elizabeth Burt … by a process of elimination we arrive at the theory that Jonathan, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin is our best guess, but absolute proof is impossible." Online trees, WikiTree included, repeat the guess.
• This does not matter for the Chapin descent, because of Link I.

Link I. Abigail Munn → Benjamin Munn → Sarah Chapin → Japhet Chapin → Deacon Samuel Chapin: probable

• [D] Brimfield VR (above): Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Rebekah (Russell) Munn.
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 34–35. BENJAMIN MUNN 1-1-2-6, "son Nathaniel & Sarah (Chapin) Munn, of Brimfield and Monson", b. Aug. 12, 1700, Springfield, d. 1775, Monson; m. Dec. 30, 1731, Rebecca Russell. Children include "Abigail m. 1-4-6-1-1 b. Sept. 14, 1739 … d. Aug. 30, 1838, age 99".
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 10: SARAH CHAPIN 1-1-2, dau. Japhet & Abilenah (Cooley) Chapin, b. 15 Mar 1668, d. 23 Nov 1747; m. 24 Mar 1689/90 Nathaniel Munn, son of Benjamin & Abigail Burt (Ball) Munn.
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 1–3: Japhet Chapin (bapt. 15 Oct 1642, Roxbury; d. 20 Feb 1712, Springfield), son of Dea. Samuel Chapin (bapt. 8 Oct 1598, Paignton; d. 11 Nov 1675, Springfield) and Cicely Penny.
• WikiTree has the same chain: Munn-3333, Munn-1397, Chapin-337, Chapin-19, Chapin-671.
• So Deacon Samuel Chapin is Patricia's 9th great-grandfather (gen. 11) through Japhet, and possibly a second time through David.

Link J. Anna Hitchcock → Mary Sheldon → Mary Whiting → Mary Pynchon → Col. John Pynchon and Amy Wyllys: probable

• [C] Hitchcock genealogy pp. 410–411: Mary Sheldon "was the daughter of Joseph Sheldon … a representative to the general court in 1708 … The mother of Mary Sheldon was Mary, daughter of Capt. Joseph Whiting, treasurer of Connecticut … The wife of Joseph Whiting was Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Pynchon of Springfield … In 1785 [sic], Ebenezer Hitchcock received from the Pynchon estate three hundred and seventy-nine pounds, being the rest of his wife's fortune from that source."
• [C] J. H. Morse, Genealogiae (1925), pp. 108–109. Joseph Whiting m. first 5 Oct 1669 Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon. "Children of Joseph and Mary Pynchon Whiting — Mary born Aug. 19, 1672, married Joseph Sheldon and second John Ashley." (It wrongly calls Mary Pynchon's mother "Anna, daughter of Hon. John Wyllys"; she was Amy, daughter of Gov. George Wyllys.) https://archive.org/details/genealogiaeordat00mors_0
• [C] Dwight, History of the Descendants of John Dwight (1874): "Mary Pynchon, b. Oct. 28, 1650, m. Oct. 6, 1671 [sic], Joseph Whiting of Westfield." https://archive.org/details/historyofdescend02dwigiala
• [C] WikiTree Sheldon-2863, Sheldon-153, Whiting-113 (it gives Mary Whiting b. 1677, conflicting with Morse's 1672), Pynchon-35, Pynchon-6, Wyllys-6, Wyllys-4.
• Note: the Hitchcock genealogy names Ebenezer's mother Sarah Dorchester; WikiTree has Sarah Burt. This does not affect the lines here.

Link K. Marion Orinda Cumins (1818–1889) → Joseph Cumins (1781–1851) and Hannah Converse (1785–1856): proven

• [C] Kith and Kin p. 30. Joseph Cumins "was b. 15th January, 1781, at Windsor, Vermont; d. 18th October, 1851, at Grandetour, Illinois; m., 2nd October, 1808, at Randolph, Vermont, Hannah Converse, who was b. 8th April, 1785, at Randolph; d. 21st August, 1856, at Grandetour". Issue includes "iv. Marion O. Cumins, b. 8th September, 1818". The compiler was Marion's nephew.
• [C] Chapin Book vol. 2, p. 1677: "Marion Orinda Cumins, dau. Joseph & Hannah (Converse) Cumins, b. Sept. 8, 1818, Randall [Randolph], Vt."
• [C, Ella informant] DAR no. 32031.
• [C] History of Lee County (1881), pp. 195–196. Marion's brother "Theron Cumins … was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Converse) Cumins … His parents left Vermont and moved to Ohio when he was fifteen years of age, and settled in Geauga county." That explains Parkman, Ohio, where Marion married in 1847. https://archive.org/details/historyofleecoun01hill
• [D] Dixon Telegraph 1907: "Mrs. Chapin was a sister of Theron Cumins."
• Archive fixes:
  • Hannah's death is 21 Aug 1856 on Kith and Kin p. 30 but 31 Aug 1856 on p. 54 (the book disagrees with itself).
  • Joseph's full dates (15 Jan 1781; 18 Oct 1851) and the marriage (2 Oct 1808, Randolph) can be added.

Link L. Joseph Cumins → Lt. Jerahmeel Cummings and Deborah Kendall → … → Isaac Cummings of Topsfield: probable

• [C] Kith and Kin pp. 27–30, after Mooar's Cummings Memorial (1903): Isaac (Watertown 1636, Ipswich 1639) > John (1630–1700, Boxford, m. Sarah Howlett) > John (1657–, Chelmsford, m. Elizabeth Kingsley) > Samuel (1684–1718, Groton, m. Elizabeth Shedd) > Leonard (1714–1758, Londonderry, N.H., m. Jane) > Jerahmeel (b. 20 Sep 1750; "First Lieutenant, in 1781, of a company of Vermont Militia"; m. 13 May 1771 Deborah Kendall, dau. of John & Hannah (Whittemore) Kendall)

  Joseph (b. 15 Jan 1781).

• [C] DAR no. 32031 ("Jerathmel Cumins and Deborah Kendall, his wife, m. 1771"; Jerathmel b. Nottingham, N.H., 1749).
• [C] WikiTree: Cummings-3232, Cummings-1869 (has Jerahmeel d. 1817 at Champion, N.Y.; Kith and Kin says d. Windsor, Vt.), Kendall-991, Kendall-989, Whittemore-617.

Link M. Hannah Converse → Col. Israel Converse (1743–1806) and Hannah Walbridge (1752–1830): probable (near proven)

• [C] Kith and Kin pp. 47–48. Col. Israel Converse "was b. 7th August, 1743; d. 28th March, 1806, at Randolph, Vermont; m., firstly, 1765, Sarah Lewis; m., secondly, 1771, at Stafford, Connecticut, Hannah Walbridge … d. 17th October, 1830, at Parkman, Ohio". Children by Hannah include "ix. Hannah Converse, b. 8th April, 1785" and "xiii. Orinda Converse" (the source of Marion's middle name). p. 54 has Hannah's own entry.
• [C] W. G. Wallbridge, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge (1898), pp. 45, 78–79. Hannah b. Oct. 11, 1752, at Stafford (town records), "m. there June 27, 1771 (T. R.), Israel Converse". Stafford church records: Sarah, wife of Israel, d. 18 Jun 1769 aged 24; an infant of Israel and Hannah d. 24 Jan 1773. https://archive.org/details/descendantsofhen00wall
• [C] DAR no. 32031; SAR Spirit of Patriotism (1915), with the same lineage.
• Archive fixes (note on Hannah Converse):
  • Israel's death is 28 Mar 1806 (Kith and Kin; WikiTree Converse-1023), not 28 May.
  • Hannah Walbridge's birth is 11 Oct 1752 (Stafford town records via Wallbridge), not 1751 (the DAR also says 1751).
  • The mother's name should read Hannah Walbridge; the page has "Hannah Converse".

Link N. Israel → Lt. Josiah Converse (1710–1775) & Eleanor Richardson → Capt. Josiah (1684–1771) & Hannah Sawyer → Maj. James (1645–1706) & Hannah Carter → Lt. James (1620–1715) & Anna Long → Dea. Edward Converse: probable

• [C] Kith and Kin pp. 39–46 (each generation with dates).
• [C] Wallbridge genealogy p. 79: "S. T. R. [Stafford town records] give the chi. of Josiah and Eleanor Converse as Josiah, b. June 4, 1737, Israel, b. Aug. 7, 1743".
• [C] WikiTree Converse-292, -294, -208, -339, -26, Convers-34.
• Kith and Kin gives Edward Converse a royal pedigree from the Conyers of Sockburn. That is rejected (section 5).

Link O. Hannah Walbridge → Maj. Amos (Ames) Walbridge (1727–1793) & Margaret → Amos Walbridge (1693–1788) & Theodia Porter → Experience Porter & Abigail Williams → Samuel Porter & Hannah Stanley of Hadley → John Porter of Windsor: probable

• [C] Wallbridge genealogy pp. 43–45: Amos b. Dec. 15, 1727, at Norwich (T. R.), d. Oct. 24, 1793, at Stafford; "m. prior to 1751, Margaret ___".
  • The tree's surname "Washburn" for Margaret is unsupported.
  • The tree's death place "Hartford" conflicts with Stafford.
  • Kith and Kin p. 57 has his birth as 1724.
• [C] Kith and Kin p. 56: Amos (1693–1788) m. 1719 Theodia Porter, b. 15 Aug 1699 at Hadley.
• [C] Judd, History of Hadley (1905), Porter genealogy, pp. 111–112: Samuel Porter, son of John of Windsor, m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas Stanley; children include Experience, b. Aug. 5, 1676. Experience "m. May 26, 1698, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Williams of Roxbury … Children — Theoda, b. Aug. 15, 1699, m. 1719, ___ Walbridge". https://archive.org/details/historyofhadleyi00judd

Link P. Sally Brace → Charles Brace (1764–1823) & Persis Brandegee → Capt. Abel Brace (1740–1832) & Keziah Woodruff: probable

• [C] Brace Lineage (1927), pp. 97–98: Capt. Abel Brace, son of Henry II, bapt. Hartford Sept. 28, 1740, m. Apr. 2, 1761, Keziah Woodruff of Farmington; children include "Charles, born May 4, 1764, died April 3, 1823, married Pursis Brandicha and had six daughters … Sally (Chapin)".
• [C] DAR no. 32031: "Charles Brace and Persis Brandegee … Abel Brace and Kezia Woodruff, (1742-1812)".
• Persis Brandegee's parents were not found. That leaves open whether she was kin to the Brandegees of Berlin, Connecticut (Senator Frank B. Brandegee); it is not a connection until her parents are found.

Edward Browne (1850–1924): what was found

• Lumber merchant of Chicago:
  • [D] Advertisements in the American Lumberman, 1899–1901: "EDWARD BROWNE, 1106 Chamber of Commerce, CHICAGO … Michigan Pine Lumber".
  • [C] Chicago: Pre-eminently a Presbyterian City (1907): "Mr. Edward Browne, president of the Edward Browne Lumber Co., is an elder in the Second church." https://archive.org/details/chicagopreeminen00stev
  • [D] Reports of Cases … Appellate Courts of Illinois (1905): a suit "commenced by Edward Browne, Robert L. Chapin [Ella's brother], William P. Gary and Arthur C. Lombard, co-partners, doing business as Browne-Chapin Lumber Company". "Edward Browne was adjudged a bankrupt, and the Chicago Title & Trust Company, his trustee, was substituted." https://archive.org/details/reportscasesdet01smitgoog
• Nothing found on his Antrim origin. His dates are from the tree only.

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2. Notable ancestors: material for short stories

All of these are ancestors of Ella Persis Chapin Browne. They are Patricia's only if Link A holds. Generations are given from Patricia.

Ella Persis Chapin Browne (1848–1936), gen. 3 — among Vassar's first students; Lake Bluff clubwoman; family historian

• [D] Washington Post, 11 Mar 1928 (AP, Miami): "The Vassar Club of Miami had one of the first graduates and one [of] last year's graduates at its luncheon this week. The oldest graduate was Mrs. Edward Browne, of Lake Bluff, Ills., who was in the class of 1869, after having entered the institution in 1865, the year it was founded by Mathew Vassar." https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1928-03-11_18896
  • The Vassar Alumnae Register (1957) lists her as "Chapin Ella P x69 (Mrs Edward Browne)". The "x" marks a non-graduate, so she was in the first entering class but may not have taken the degree. https://archive.org/details/bulletinofvassar00unse_0
• Clubs and charities:
  • Member of the Chicago Woman's Club from November 1898 (Chicago Woman's Club, 1929).
  • President of the Lake Bluff Woman's Club (Chicago Blue Book 1912: "LAKE BLUFF WOMANS CLUB — Pres., Mrs. Edward Browne").
  • President of the School Children's Aid Society (Chapin Book).
• Family historian: she joined the DAR (no. 32031, Lineage Book 1900) on five Revolutionary ancestors (Capt. Abel Brace, Maj. Ames Walbridge, Josiah Converse, Capt. Israel Converse, Lieut. Jerathmel Cummings, Lieut. Jonathan Chapin). She supplied details for her cousin's Kith and Kin (1922).

Dr. Marvin Chapin (1821–1907), gen. 4 — physician, Sunday-school man, Presbyterian

• He moved with the frontier and the family: born Winfield, N.Y.; Silver Creek, N.Y.; Erie, Pennsylvania (sons born 1854 and 1856); Dixon, Illinois; Chicago; Lake Park near Lake Forest.
• Chapin Book: "Dr. Chapin was a long time Sunday School worker."
• Dixon obituary (badly scanned): "Mr. Chapin was a prominent Presbyterian. When he resided in Dixon he occupied the home of A. Bosworth. He was 86 years of age and the cause of death was pneumonia." His body was brought to Dixon for burial. His sons were Dr. [Frank] Chapin of New York and "Robert Chapin of Seattle, Wash."
• Son Dr. Frank Woodruff Chapin: Harvard 1876, Bellevue 1879, medical director of the Home Life Insurance Co.
• His medical training was not found.

Joseph Cumins (1781–1851) and Hannah Converse (1785–1856), gen. 5 — Vermont to Ohio to Grand Detour

• They moved from Vermont to Geauga County, Ohio, about 1840, and then to Grand Detour, Ogle County, Illinois, where both died. Grand Detour was the village where John Deere made his steel plow in
• Their son Theron Cumins came to Dixon "having but $3 in his pocket on his arrival". He became general manager and then partner of Leonard Andrus (Deere's former partner) in the Grand Detour plow works, then sole proprietor, then president of the Grand Detour Plow Company at Dixon. History of Lee County (1881) calls him "a truly self-made man … from humble circumstances to wealth and prominence" (pp. 195–196).
• Their son Solon Cumins appears among early Grand Detour men in Boss, Sketches of the History of Ogle County (1859). https://archive.org/details/sketchesofhistor00boss

Col. Israel Converse (1743–1806), gen. 6 — Revolutionary officer, Vermont judge

• DAR no. 32031: "Israel Converse, (1743-1806), served as sergeant at the Lexington Alarm and as captain, 1780, of Conn. militia. He was born in Stafford, Conn.; died in Randolph, Vt."
• Deming, Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont (1851): Judge of Probate for Randolph District from 1791 to 1796: "the first case on the records is that of Ezra Dudley, of Roxbury, June 15, 1792, while Israel Converse was Judge". He also appears in the Vermont Assembly records for Randolph. https://archive.org/details/catalogueofprinc1778demi
• In 1790 the Vermont Gazette printed notices signed "ISRAEL CONVERSE, justice peace, Randolph".
• The DAR chapter at Randolph is named the "Col. Israel Converse Chapter".
• His widow Hannah went west and died at Parkman, Ohio, in 1830.

Major Amos (Ames) Walbridge (1727–1793), gen. 7 — Continental officer, Valley Forge, the Cincinnati

• Wallbridge genealogy pp. 43–45. Service: "Capt. in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Capt. 13th Conn. Infty., Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1776; Capt. 7th Conn., Jan. 1, 1777; Major 2d Conn., May 27, 1777; retired Jan. 1, 1781."
• His regiment "on Dec. 8 engaged in the sharp action of Whitemarsh … Wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-1778, and was present, July 28 following, at the Battle of Monmouth." Its light company stormed Stony Point.
• He was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. Its oath: "We the subscribers, officers of the American Army … do pledge to each other our Sacred Honor."
• His son Porter was fife major in the same regiment.
• A descendant remembered in 1895: "people used to come to my father's when I was a child, to see the roll of Major Amos W.'s co. In 1876 that roll was given to the town of Stafford."
• The tree holds a 1779 receipt "signed by Major Amos Walbridge regarding the use of blankets for his company in the 2nd Connecticut line" (GEDCOM object O24).

Capt. Abel Brace (1740–1832), gen. 7 — Revolutionary captain, assemblyman, founder of Winfield, N.Y.

• Brace Lineage p. 97: "When the Revolution broke out he was made a Captain in the 18th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia … In 1793 he removed with his wife, nine sons and five daughters to New York State, being one of the earliest settlers in what is now Winfield. At that time, in this locality, there were no roads leading south from the Mohawk and travelers were guided by marked trees."
• Hardin, History of Herkimer County (1893), p. 369: "Mr. Brace was a man of standing, had been a captain in the Revolutionary War and a member of the State Legislature. He built a log house … One of the Brace family, Charles [Sally's father], kept what was probably the first inn in the town in 1794."
• DAR: he "commanded an independent company when Tryon invaded the colony".
• He represented Hartland in the Connecticut General Assembly (Roll of State Officers … of Connecticut, 1881).
• "Abel Brace" was the first supervisor of Litchfield, Herkimer Co., in 1796 (Hardin). That may be the captain or his son Abel Jr., who also held town offices there.

Lt. Jonathan Chapin (1738–1819), gen. 7, and Abigail Munn (1739–1838)

• Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 272: "a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted Apr. 6, 1759 … Was in the Invasion of Canada. His grave is in the Monson Cemetery. His brothers Abner and Luke were also in the War."
• Abigail lived to 99 (d. 30 Aug 1838).

Capt. Ebenezer Hitchcock (1694–1776), gen. 9 — at Louisbourg

• Hitchcock genealogy p. 410: "He was a soldier in the French wars and was in the Louisburg expedition in Col. Dwight's regiment. He received his commission as lieutenant from Governor Shirley at Louisburg, June 28, 1745, just after the fall of that famous fortress. In 1747 he was selectman of Springfield."

Major James Converse (1645–1706), gen. 9 — defender of Wells; Speaker of the Massachusetts House

• Wikipedia: Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1699 and 1702–04. "At the outbreak of the new war in 1702, the governor made him commander of all Massachusetts provincial forces in the field." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Converse
• Cotton Mather, Decennium Luctuosum (1699), in Lincoln, ed., Narratives of the Indian Wars (1913), pp. 233–236, on 10–11 June 1692: "the Longest Day [of] the Year is to come on, and if I mistake not, the Bravest Act in the War, fell out upon it. … Captain Converse was lodged in Storer's Garrison at Wells, with but Fifteen men … The Army made up in all, about Five Hundred Men, or Fierce Things in the Shape of Men, all to Encounter Fifteen Men in one little Garrison". Of the besiegers: "Indians Replied, You ly, you have none but Converse, and we will have him too before Morning!" https://archive.org/details/narrativesindian00lincrich
• The link from the Wells captain to Patricia's Major James Converse of Woburn rests on Wikipedia's identification and Kith and Kin's Major James (1645–1706, m. Hannah Carter). It is [C], probable.

Deacon Edward Converse (1589/90–1663), gen. 11 — Winthrop Fleet, the Charlestown ferry, Woburn

• Kith and Kin pp. 39–40: "In the spring of 1630 … he sailed for New England with the Company of Governor John Winthrop … In 1631 … he received a Legislative Grant … of a franchise for a ferry from Charlestown to Boston, on the site of the present Charles River Bridge." His name "heads the list of Seven Commissioners appointed to settle the town of Woburn". His house of 1640 "was the first residence constructed in Woburn". He was one of the first deacons, and Deputy 1660.
• Treat the family-book detail as tradition where it goes beyond town records.

Deacon Samuel Chapin (1598–1675), gen. 11 — Springfield's leading settler; "The Puritan"

• Wikipedia: selectman "continuously from 26 September 1644, to 22 November 1652". From October 1652 he was a Commissioner with "full power and authority to govern the inhabitants of Springfield". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Chapin
• In 1881 Chester W. Chapin commissioned Augustus Saint-Gaudens's The Puritan (unveiled 1887, Springfield). The Chapin Book (vol. 1, p. 1) says it "is intended as an ideal of Dea. Samuel Chapin as given by tradition current among his descendants for there is of his face and features no oral or written record in existence."

The Pynchons and Wyllys, gens. 12–13

• William Pynchon (c. 1590–1662), gen. 13: founder of Springfield (1636). Wikipedia: his The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption (London, 1650) "was burned on Boston Common" and "became the New World's first-ever banned book". Rather than recant, he "returned to England in 1652". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pynchon
• Col. John Pynchon (1625–1703), gen. 12: magistrate and founder of Northampton, Westfield and Hadley.
• Gov. George Wyllys (1590–1645), gen. 13: governor of Connecticut 1642–43. "The famous Charter Oak stood on the property." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wyllys
• Joseph Whiting (1640–1717), gen. 11: Treasurer of Connecticut; his father William Whiting held the office before him (Hitchcock genealogy).

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3. Famous kin

The entries below are based on WikiTree profiles, checked against printed genealogies where noted. Every relationship to Patricia assumes Link A. If Link A fails, these are Ella Persis Chapin Browne's kin, not Patricia's. None of the shared ancestors is in the archive yet. The nearest archive person on each line is given as the anchor.

Patricia's side, written once:

• Chapin–Munn: Japhet Chapin & Abilenah Cooley > Sarah Chapin (1668–1747) > Benjamin Munn (1700–1775) > Abigail Munn (1739–1838) > Jotham Chapin (1764–1838) > Loring Chapin (1790–1864) > Marvin Chapin (1821–1907) > Ella Persis Chapin (1848–1936) > [Henrietta Browne] > Jack Hatten > Patricia.
• Converse: … > Lt. Josiah Converse > Israel Converse (1743–1806) > Hannah Converse (1785–1856) > Marion O. Cumins (1818–1889) > Ella > …
• Brace: Abel Brace & Keziah Woodruff > Charles Brace (1764–1823) > Sally Brace (1795–1871) > Marvin Chapin > Ella > …
• Pynchon–Sheldon: John Pynchon & Amy Wyllys > Mary Pynchon (1650–) > Mary Whiting (1672–1735) > Mary Sheldon (1699–1760) > Anna Hitchcock (1717–1770) > Lt. Jonathan Chapin (1738–1819) > Jotham > …
• Sawyer: Thomas Sawyer & Mary Prescott > Joshua Sawyer (1656–1738) > Hannah Sawyer (1689–1747) > Lt. Josiah Converse (1710–1775) > Israel > …
• Porter: Samuel Porter & Hannah Stanley > Experience Porter (1676–1750) > Theodia Porter (1699–1760) > Major Amos Walbridge (1727–1793) > Hannah Walbridge (1752–1830) > Hannah Converse > …

Overall confidence for Patricia in every entry is capped at possible by Link A. The ratings given are for the line between the famous person and Ella.

Close

Julius Converse (1798–1885)

• Who: 34th Governor of Vermont (1872–74), Lieutenant Governor 1850–52. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Converse
• Category: close (or public).
• Shared ancestors: Lt. Josiah Converse (1710–1775) & Eleanor Richardson (1714–1785), gen. 7. Anchor: Hannah Converse (their granddaughter).
• Line:
  • Joseph Converse (1754–1826) [C] Kith and Kin pp. 50–51: "JOSEPH CONVERSE, (Josiah-Josiah-…) b. 28th December, 1754, at Stafford … d. 10th December, 1826, Randolph, Vermont; m. … Mary Johnson"; Wallbridge genealogy p. 79 for Stafford town records of Josiah & Eleanor's children; WikiTree Converse-11.
  • Julius Converse (1798–1885) [C] Kith and Kin p. 51, "x. Hon. Julius Converse, b. 27th December, 1798, Stafford", and pp. 55–56 ("governor of Vermont from 1872-1873"); WikiTree Converse-212. Wikipedia gives his birth (Stafford, 27 Dec 1798) but not his parents.
• Line rating: probable.
• Relationship: first cousin of Hannah Converse. First cousin five times removed of Patricia Hatten.

Charles Loring Brace (1826–1890)

• Who: founder of the Children's Aid Society of New York (1853) and of the "orphan train" placing-out movement. Brace Lineage p. 105: Herbert B. Adams "estimated the number of children he had helped at 300,000". Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Loring_Brace
• Category: public (or close).
• Shared ancestors: Capt. Abel Brace (1740–1832) & Keziah Woodruff (1742–1812), gen. 7. Anchor: Marvin Chapin (their great-grandson).
• Line:
  • James Brace (1767–1834) [C] Brace Lineage p. 104: "son of Captain Abel Brace, born November 1, 1767 at Hartford … In 1793, he accompanied his father to New York, but not liking the country returned to Connecticut and settled at Litchfield … Married … Susan, daughter of John and Mary (Goodman) Pierce"; WikiTree Brace-894.
  • John Pierce Brace (1793–1872) [C] Brace Lineage p. 104: "son of James and Susan (Pierce) Brace … a famous principal of the female school at Hartford and one time editor of the Hartford 'Courant.' Married Lucy Porter"; WikiTree Brace-895.
  • Charles Loring Brace (1826–1890) [C] Brace Lineage p. 104: "son of John P. and Lucy (Porter) Brace, was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, June 19, 1826"; WikiTree Brace-893.
• Line rating: probable.
• Relationship: first cousin once removed of Sally (Brace) Chapin. Second cousin four times removed of Patricia Hatten.

Public / business

J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913)

• Who: financier, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co. Category: public.
• Shared ancestors: Japhet Chapin (1642–1712) & Abilenah Cooley (1643–1711), gen. 10. Anchor: none in archive; nearest Marvin Chapin.
• Line:
  • Samuel Chapin (1665–1729) [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 3 (Japhet's children); WikiTree Chapin-100.
  • Experience Chapin (1702/3–1783), m. 1726 David Smith of Suffield [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, pp. 32–33, entry 1-1-1-6.
  • Experience Smith (1741–1821), m. 9 Sep 1765 Joseph Morgan of West Springfield [C] Chapin Book entry 1-1-1-6-6; Starr, The Miles Morgan Family (1904): "He married, September 9, 1765, Experience Smith, born in Suffield, Connecticut, November 13, 1741, daughter of David and Experience (Chapin) Smith" (citing West Springfield town records). https://archive.org/details/milesmorganfamil01star
  • Joseph Morgan (1780–1847) [C] Chapin Book (son Joseph b. Jan. 4, 1780); Spencer genealogy: "Joseph Morgan, Jr., … son of Joseph and Experience (Smith) Morgan … born … January 4, 1780".
  • Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890) [C] Starr: "Junius Spencer Morgan (Joseph 5, Joseph 4 …) was born … West Springfield … April 14, 1813"; Wikipedia ("to Joseph Morgan Jr. and Sarah 'Sally' Spencer Morgan").
  • John Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) [D/C] Wikipedia.
• Line rating: probable. Further lines through Isaac Sheldon & Mary Woodford, the Demings, the Whitings, Matthew Marvin and John Plumb; all more distant.
• Relationship: fifth cousin four times removed of Patricia Hatten.

Roy D. Chapin (1880–1936)

• Who: co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company; U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1932–33. Category: public.
• Shared ancestors: Japhet Chapin & Abilenah Cooley, gen. 10.
• Line [C] WikiTree, not checked against the Chapin Book: Ebenezer Chapin (1677–1772) > Seth Chapin (1709–1807) > Samuel Chapin (1741–1833) > Reuben Chapin (1778–1834) > Seth Smith Chapin (1820–1910) > Edward Cornelius Chapin (1844–1920) > Roy Dikeman Chapin (1880–1936). WikiTree Chapin-162 > -968 > -627 > -1895 > -3089 > -3090 > -3091.
• Line rating: possible to probable (the Chapin Book could confirm the upper steps).
• Relationship: sixth cousin three times removed.

R. B. Bennett (1870–1947)

• Who: 11th Prime Minister of Canada (1930–35). Category: public.
• Shared ancestors: Thomas Sawyer (1616–1706) & Mary Prescott (1630–1717) of Lancaster, Mass., gen. 10.
• Line [C] WikiTree: Mary Sawyer (1653–1741) > Mary Wilder (1679–1729) > Cyprian Stevens (1705–1754)

  Thomas Stevens (1727–1766) > Nehemiah Stevens (1752–1822) > Rebecca Stevens (1782–1856) > Nathan Murray Bennett (1806–1889) > Henry John Bennett (1842–1905) > Richard Bedford Bennett (1870–1947). WikiTree Sawyer-110 > Wilder-56 > Stevens-7287 > -6847 > -9062 > -7225 > Bennett-21057 > -5965 > -5964.

• Patricia's side: Joshua Sawyer (1656–1738) > Hannah Sawyer (1689–1747, wife of Capt. Josiah Converse; Kith and Kin p. 45: "dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Wright) Sawyer") > …
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: eighth cousin once removed.

Stage and arts

Harry Chapin (1942–1981)

• Who: singer-songwriter ("Cat's in the Cradle"), founder of WhyHunger. Category: stage.
• With him: his father, jazz drummer Jim Chapin (1919–2009), his brothers Tom and Steve Chapin, and his grandfather, painter James Ormsbee Chapin (1887–1975).
• Shared ancestors: Japhet Chapin & Abilenah Cooley, gen. 10.
• Line:
  • John Chapin (1674–1759) > Stephen Chapin (1718–1800) > Asahel Chapin (1748–1828) > Stephen Chapin (1783–1862) > Humiston Chapin (1813–1863) > James Ayrault Chapin (1848–1921) [C] WikiTree Chapin-736 > -735 > -734 > -733 > -732 > -731.
  • James Ormsbee Chapin (1887–1975) [C] WikiTree Chapin-730; Wikipedia (parents "James A. Chapin and Delia S. Ryder").
  • James Forbes "Jim" Chapin (1919–2009) and Harry Chapin (1942–1981) [C] Wikipedia, James Ormsbee Chapin: "They had one son, James Forbes Chapin, who became a celebrated jazz drummer and was the father of singer-songwriter Harry Chapin."
• Line rating: possible to probable.
• Relationships:
  • James Ormsbee Chapin: sixth cousin three times removed.
  • Jim Chapin: seventh cousin twice removed.
  • Harry, Tom and Steve Chapin: eighth cousins once removed of Patricia Hatten.

Writers

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) and her brother Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887)

• Who: author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; her brother was the abolitionist preacher. Category: writers (Henry Ward Beecher: public).
• Shared ancestors: Isaac Sheldon (1629–1708) & Mary Woodford (1636–1684) of Northampton, gen. 11. Patricia's side: Joseph Sheldon (1668–1708) > Mary Sheldon > Anna Hitchcock > …
• Line [C] WikiTree: Mindwell Sheldon (1666–1735) > Experience Pomeroy (1685–1769) > John Lyman (1717–1763) > Esther Lyman (1749–1775) > Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) > Harriet / Henry Ward. WikiTree Sheldon-152 > Pomeroy-363 > Lyman-482 > Lyman-481 > Beecher-135 > Beecher-129.
• Second line, through Deacon Samuel Chapin (gen. 11): Katherine Chapin (c. 1626–1712; Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 4, m. Nathaniel Bliss) > Margaret Bliss (1649–1745) > Nathaniel Foote (1682–1774) > Daniel Foote (1717–1801) > Eli Foote (1747–1792) > Roxana Foote (1775–1816, Lyman Beecher's first wife) > Harriet. WikiTree.
• Line rating: possible to probable (Joseph Sheldon's parentage needs a printed source).
• Relationship: fifth cousins five times removed (Sheldon line); sixth cousins four times removed (Chapin line).

T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)

• Who: poet, Nobel Prize 1948. Category: writers.
• Shared ancestors: Thomas Sawyer & Mary Prescott, gen. 10.
• Line [C] WikiTree: Thomas Sawyer (1649–1736) > William Sawyer (1679–1741) > William Sawyer (1711–1794) > William Sawyer (1749–1822) > Mary Sawyer (1774–1850) > Charlotte Blood (1818–1893) > Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929) > Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965). WikiTree Sawyer-638 > -643

  -646 > -5931 > -1962 > Blood-406 > Stearns-1172 > Eliot-187.

• Second line, through Deacon Samuel Chapin (gen. 11): Josiah Chapin (1637–1726) > Sarah Chapin (1679–1773) > Abigail Read (1717–1750) > Josiah Stearns (1747–1822) > Thomas Stearns (1778–1826) > Thomas Stearns (1811–1880) > Charlotte Champe Stearns > T. S. Eliot.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: seventh cousin twice removed (Sawyer line).

Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937)

• Who: novelist (Gravity's Rainbow, National Book Award 1974). Category: writers. Living; this is a public figure, but treat with care.
• Shared ancestors: Col. John Pynchon (1625–1703) & Amy Wyllys (1625–1699), gen. 12 (and above them William Pynchon and George Wyllys).
• Line:
  • John Pynchon (1647–1721) > William Pynchon (1689–1741) > Joseph Pynchon (1737–1794) > Thomas Ruggles Pynchon (1760–1796) > William Henry Ruggles Pynchon (1786–1831) > William Lyon Pynchon (1831–1868) > William Harry Chichele Pynchon (1867–1910) > Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Sr. (1907–1995). [C] WikiTree Pynchon-34 > -44 > -43 > -42 > -41 > -40 > -39 > -38.
  • Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) [C] Wikipedia: "one of three children of … Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Sr. (1907–1995)"; "His earliest American ancestor, William Pynchon". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
• Line rating: probable for the Pynchon line. Patricia's side depends on Links F and J (probable).
• Relationship: eighth cousin three times removed.

E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)

• Who: poet. Category: writers.
• Shared ancestors: Isaac Cummings (1601–1677) of Topsfield & Anne, gen. 11. Patricia's side goes through their son John (1630–1700) to Joseph Cumins (Link L).
• Line [C] WikiTree: Isaac Cummings (1633–1721) > John Cummings (1666–1722) > David Cornitt Cummings (1698–1765) > Archelaus Cummings (1752–1814) > Archelaus Cummings (1778–1847) > Archelaus S. Cummings (1809–1879) > Edward Norris Cummings (1838–1902) > Edward Cummings (1861–1926) > Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962). WikiTree Cummings-5 > -4 > -150 > -1898 > -1897 > -1896 > -1895 > -1894 > -1893.
  • The last three steps are confirmed by Harvard's 1883 class report ("Father's name: Edward Norris Cummings"; https://archive.org/details/6threportclass1883harvuoft) and the biographies.
• Line rating: possible. The steps above Archelaus need the Cummings Memorial (Mooar, 1903).
• Relationship: eighth cousin twice removed.

Presidents

Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President.

• Shared ancestors: Samuel Porter (1635–1689) & Hannah Stanley (1640–1708) of Hadley, gen. 10. Anchor: Hannah Converse.
• Line:
  • Samuel Porter (1660–1722) [C] Judd, History of Hadley, p. 112.
  • Rev. Aaron Porter (1689–1722) of Medford [C] Judd p. 113: "Aaron, s. of Samuel, (2) … pastor … in Medford".
  • Susanna Porter (1716–1788), m. 1739 Rev. Aaron Cleveland [C] Judd p. 113: "Susanna, b. March 1, 1716, m. Aug. 4, 1739, Rev. A. Cleveland".
  • Aaron Cleveland (1744–1815) > William Cleveland (1770–1837) > Richard Falley Cleveland (1804–1853) > Grover Cleveland [C] WikiTree Cleveland-107 > -108 > -109 > -110.
• Second line, through Deacon Samuel Chapin (gen. 11): Hannah Chapin (1644–1719) m. Dea. John Hitchcock > John Hitchcock (1670–1751) > Samuel Hitchcock (1717–1777) > Margaret Hitchcock (1741–1820) > Margaret Falley (1766–1850) > Richard Falley Cleveland > Grover. (Chapin Book vol. 1, p. 7, has Hannah's children.)
• Third line, half: Abigail Burt (Ball) Munn.
• Line rating: probable.
• Relationship: sixth cousin three times removed (Porter line).

William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th President and Chief Justice.

• Shared ancestors: Dea. Samuel Chapin & Cicely Penny, gen. 11.
• Line:
  • Josiah Chapin (1637–1726) > Seth Chapin (1668–1746) > John Chapin (1698–1770) > John Chapin (1730–1815) [C] Chapin Book entries 1-5, 1-5-7, 1-5-7-4, 1-5-7-4-6.
  • Bethiah Chapin (1755–1829), m. May 28, 1776, Mendon, Levi Haywood/Howard [C] Chapin Book vol. 1, c. p. 625, 1-5-7-4-6-1.
  • Sylvia Howard (1792–1866), m. 1810 Peter Rawson Taft [C] Chapin Book 1-5-7-4-6-1-5: "SYLVIA HOWARD … dau. Levi & Bethiah (Chapin) Hayward, of Townshend, Vt. … m. 1810, Peter Rawson Taft … Children: TAFT. 1 Alphonso b. Nov. 5, 1810".
  • Alphonso Taft (1810–1891) > William Howard Taft [D/C] Wikipedia.
• A second line runs through Edward Giles of Salem (gen. 11), on Patricia's Kendall/Whittemore side.
• Line rating: probable.
• Relationship: seventh cousin three times removed.

Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th President.

• Shared ancestor: Dea. Edward Converse, gen. 11.
• Line:
  • Mary Converse (b. c. 1622), m. 1643 Simon Thompson [C] Kith and Kin p. 42.
  • James Thompson (1649–1693) [C] Kith and Kin p. 42 (b. 20 Mar 1649).
  • James Thompson (1680–1763) > William Thompson (1723–1808) > William Thompson (1754–1830) > Sarah Thompson (1789–1856) > Calvin Galusha Coolidge (1815–1878) > John Calvin Coolidge (1845–1926) > Calvin Coolidge [C] WikiTree.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: eighth cousin twice removed. It is a half relationship if WikiTree is right that Mary and James Converse had different mothers; Kith and Kin makes them full siblings.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd President.

• Shared ancestors: Isaac Sheldon & Mary Woodford, gen. 11.
• Line [C] WikiTree: Thomas Sheldon (1661–1725) > Benjamin Sheldon (1697–1773) > Mary Sheldon (1731–1805) > Joseph Lyman (1767–1847) > Catherine Robbins Lyman (1825–1896) > Sara Ann Delano (1854–1941) > FDR.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: sixth cousin four times removed.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President.

• Shared ancestors: John Porter (1594–1648) & Anna White of Windsor, gen. 11. Patricia's side runs through Samuel Porter of Hadley (Judd: "s. of John of Windsor").
• Line [C] WikiTree: Mary Porter (1637–1681) > Samuel Grant (1659–1710) > Noah Grant (1693–1727) > Noah Grant (1718–1756) > Noah Grant (1748–1819) > Jesse Root Grant (1794–1873) > Ulysses.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: sixth cousin four times removed.

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893), 19th President.

• Shared ancestors: William Whiting (1609–1647) & Susanna, Treasurer of Connecticut, gen. 12.
• Line [C] WikiTree: John Whiting (1635–1689) > Abigail Whiting (1666–1733) > John Russell (1686–1757) > Rebecca Russell (1723–1773) > Rutherford Hayes (1756–1836) > Rutherford Hayes (1787–1822) > R. B. Hayes.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: sixth cousin five times removed.

Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th President.

• Shared ancestors: Ezekiel Richardson (1604–1647) of Woburn & Susanna, gen. 11, on Patricia's Kendall side.
• Line [C] WikiTree: Josiah Richardson (1635–1695) > Sarah Richardson (1660–1748) > Esther Fletcher (1685–1767) > Benjamin Pierce (1726–1764) > Benjamin Pierce (1757–1839) > Franklin Pierce.
• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: fifth cousin five times removed.

Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), 13th President.

• Shared ancestor: Robert White (1560–1617) of Messing, Essex, gen. 12, through Anna White, wife of John Porter.
• Line [C] WikiTree: Mary White (1590–1652) > Sarah Loomis (1617–1667) > Elizabeth Olmsted (1642–1681) > Mary Butler (1670–1744) > Ebenezer Hopkins (1699–1784) > Tabitha Hopkins (1745–1831)

  Phoebe Millard (1781–1831) > Millard Fillmore.

• Line rating: possible.
• Relationship: seventh cousin four times removed.

Note: the six presidents after Cleveland and Taft are distant colonial-New-England links, as most old Massachusetts families have. They are worth listing only if the page wants presidents. Cleveland and Taft are the two with printed-genealogy support.

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4. Lookups needing Ancestry, FamilySearch or other logins

In priority order. The first group decides whether any of this is Patricia's.

1. Henrietta Hatten's Washington death certificate, King County, August 1964 (parents' names, birthplace). FamilySearch "Washington, Death Certificates", or the Washington State Digital Archives. The Digital Archives are free but behind reCAPTCHA, which this session could not pass.
2. Ralph A. Hatten and Henrietta Browne's marriage, c. 1910–1913. Try King County (Washington Digital Archives) first, then the Cook County, Illinois, marriage index (FamilySearch): Ralph's mother Sarah (Allee) Hatten died in Chicago in 1912.
3. 1900 U.S. census, Chicago (Hyde Park), 215 E. 61st St. Edward Browne's household with Dr. Marvin Chapin: is there a Henrietta, about 14? Then the 1910 census (Chicago or Lake Bluff) and the 1920 census, Lake Bluff, Lake Co.
4. Henrietta's Social Security application (U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Ancestry) for her parents' names. Winona County birth record, 9 Mar 1886, and the 1895 Minnesota state census.
5. Edward Browne's probate, Lake County, Illinois, 1924, and Ella P. C. Browne's death certificate and obituary (Chicago Tribune / Lake Forest papers, January 1936), for heirs and survivors.
6. Dr. Marvin Chapin's death record, 2 Jun 1907: Lake County (Lake Park/Lake Forest) per the obituary, or Cook County per the Chapin Book. Also his burial at Dixon (Oakwood Cemetery?, Find a Grave).
7. Marion Orinda (Cumins) Chapin's death, Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin, 9 Dec 1889 (Wisconsin pre-1907 death index).
8. Ella's DAR application papers, national no. 32031 (DAR Genealogical Research System). These may include documents for each generation.
9. Loring Chapin's household in the 1850 census, Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. (Marvin in it?), and Loring's probate (1864).
10. Jotham Chapin's family: Monson, Mass., town records for his 7 Dec 1764 birth; and WikiTree's "Anna Chapin b. 3 May 1790, Plainfield" (Chapin-3185), which conflicts with Loring b. 26 Feb 1790.
11. Persis Brandegee's parents (Berlin or Middletown, Conn., Brandegee family) and Ann Waite's parents. Both are open.
12. For famous-kin entries: the Cummings Memorial (Mooar, 1903) for E. E. Cummings's line above Archelaus. Charles Allen Converse, Converse Family and Allied Families (1905), for the Converse lines (not on archive.org).

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5. Checked and ruled out

• Marvin Chapin (1807–1899) of Springfield, Mass. He was born at Somers, Conn., was landlord of the Massasoit House, president of a Springfield bank and an originator of the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (King's Handbook of Springfield; Our County and Its People; WikiTree Chapin-1883). He fills the full-text search results for "Marvin Chapin". Unrelated (a namesake), and not to be confused with Dr. Marvin Chapin (1821–1907).
• Marvin Chapin (1798–1816), Jotham's son, d. aged 18 (Chapin Book p. 603). He is Dr. Marvin's uncle and namesake, not the same man.
• Dr. Marvin Chapin, oral surgeon (Chicago, then UNC Chapel Hill, 1940s–50s). Namesake.
• Henrietta Hatten, contralto, of Trenton, N.J. / Bristol, Pa. (Musical Courier 1932, Musical America 1933, Bristol Courier 1940). Namesake.
• Henrietta Browne, actress (Portsmouth Herald 1901–02, Variety 1912, Kingston Freeman 1924), and Henrietta Brown Hagerty (1883–1973). Namesakes.
• Capt. Edward H. Browne of Fort Sheridan (Blue Book 1899) and a later "Mrs. Edward Browne" of Lake Bluff (Loyola doctorate, Congressional Record 1973). Namesakes.
• Sir William Anthony Browne (1527–1570) and Cicely Browne (1553–1605) in the Ancestry tree. They are in another branch (Tue family) and are not attached to Edward Browne of Antrim, who has no parents in the tree.
• The Conyers of Sockburn pedigree for Deacon Edward Converse (Kith and Kin pp. 38–39, after Hill, back to "Roger de Coigneries … came to England with William of Normandy"). Not accepted. Edward's origin is given elsewhere (WikiTree) as Navestock, Essex, and the Conyers descent has no documentary link. Do not use.
• "A direct descendant of Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon of Canterbury" (Hitchcock genealogy, of Joseph Sheldon). Unsupported; do not use.
• Anna Hitchcock as "dau. Ebenezer & Mary (Morgan)" (Chapin Book). Corrected: Mary Morgan was her stepmother (Hitchcock genealogy).
• Frederick Shepherd Converse (composer). His WikiTree ancestry does not reach Patricia's Converses within the generations available. No line established.
• Persis Brandegee → the Brandegees of Berlin, Conn. (Sen. Frank B. Brandegee). No line, because her parents are unknown. Not a connection.
• The David Chapin step (Link H) is not ruled out, only unproven. Nothing in section 3 depends on it.
• Theron Cumins and the Grand Detour Plow Co. Real and well documented, but not Wikipedia-level. He is Marion's brother, so he belongs under notable relatives, not famous kin.

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Sources used (main)

• W. M. Dixon, Kith and Kin (Los Angeles, 1922): https://archive.org/details/kithkincontainin00dixorich
• DAR Lineage Book vol. 33 (1900), no. 32031: https://archive.org/details/lineagebooknatio33daug
• G. W. Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data (1924), vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/chapinbookofgene00chap ; vol. 2: https://archive.org/details/chapinbookofgene00chap_0
• The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family (1894): https://archive.org/details/genealogyofhitch00hitc
• W. G. Wallbridge, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge (1898): https://archive.org/details/descendantsofhen00wall
• Brace Lineage (1927): https://archive.org/details/bracelineage00brac
• Hardin, History of Herkimer County (1893): https://archive.org/details/historyofherkime00hard
• History of Lee County (1881): https://archive.org/details/historyofleecoun01hill
• Judd, History of Hadley (1905): https://archive.org/details/historyofhadleyi00judd
• Vital Records of Brimfield (1931): https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00newe_0
• Morse, Genealogiae (1925): https://archive.org/details/genealogiaeordat00mors_0
• Starr, The Miles Morgan Family (1904): https://archive.org/details/milesmorganfamil01star
• Lincoln, ed., Narratives of the Indian Wars (1913): https://archive.org/details/narrativesindian00lincrich
• Deming, Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont (1851): https://archive.org/details/catalogueofprinc1778demi
• Dixon Evening Telegraph, 4 Jun 1907: https://archive.org/details/dixon-evening-telegraph-1907-06-04
• Washington Post, 11 Mar 1928: https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1928-03-11_18896
• Chicago Blue Books 1899, 1904, 1912; Chicago: Pre-eminently a Presbyterian City (1907); Reports of Cases … Appellate Courts of Illinois (1905); American Lumberman 1899–1901 (archive.org).
• WikiTree profiles named above (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/), read through the public API.
• Wikipedia: Samuel Chapin, James Converse, Julius Converse, William Pynchon, George Wyllys, Junius Spencer Morgan, James Ormsbee Chapin, Thomas Pynchon.