Cicely Penny
Wife of Deacon Samuel Chapin of Springfield, Massachusetts, whom she married at Paignton, Devon, in 1623/4, and probably the mother of Japhet Chapin. Baptized at Paignton in 1601/2, probably a daughter of Henry Penny, a baker there, she came to Roxbury with her husband and five children by 1635 and to Springfield in 1642-3, and died there in 1682/3.
Life
- 1601Bornbp. 21 Feb 1601, Paignton, Devon, England
"1601. Cicely d of Henry Penney 21 ffebruary" (Paignton register); 21 Feb 1601/2 in modern reckoning.
- 1623Married Samuel Chapin9 Feb 1623, Paignton, Devon, England
"1623. Samuell Chapin and Cicely Peny 9 ffebru" (Paignton register). The year then began on 25 March, so this is 9 Feb 1623/4, as Wikipedia gives it.
documentedproven - 1682Died8 Feb 1682/3, Springfield, Massachusettscompiledprobable
Family
- Father
- Henry Penny
Baker, of Paignton. Named in her baptism; his will of 6 Apr 1630 leaves "To Cicelly Chapin my daughter, my second great pan." Not researched further.
documentedprobable - Mother
- Jane
Henry Penny's wife and executrix in 1630; The Chapin Book calls Cicely "dau. Henry and Jane Penny," but the will does not say Jane was her mother. WikiTree has Jane Dabinott.
compiledpossible - Spouse
- Samuel Chapindocumentedproven
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Wife of Deacon Samuel Chapin and mother of Japhet Chapin. She was baptized at Paignton, Devon, in February 1601/2, the daughter of Henry Penny, a baker, and married Samuel Chapin there in February 1623/4 (source). Her father’s will of 1630 is the document that ties the Paignton family to the Springfield one: it leaves “To Cicelly Chapin my daughter, my second great pan,” twenty shillings a year for seven years to “David Chapin my nephew [grandson] … towards his bringing up in learning,” and twelve pence each to “Katherine Chapin and Sarah Chapin,” the eldest three of her seven children; her husband helped take the inventory.
She came to Roxbury with her husband and five children by 1635 and to Springfield in 1642-3, where the seating of the meeting-house put “Goodwife Chapin … in the Seate alonge with Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. Hollyock,” beside the minister’s wife and William Pynchon’s daughter. She survived her husband by seven years and died at Springfield on 8 Feb 1682/3.
Research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md.