WikiTree profiles: the Chapin, Munn, Hitchcock, Sheldon, Whiting, Pynchon, Cummings, Kendall and Converse ancestors of Ella (Chapin) Browne

WikiTree profiles read through the public API for the Hatten research (research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md, October 2026). Compiled; most profiles cite printed genealogies, FamilySearch indexes and Find a Grave.

• Chapin and Munn: Jotham Chapin (Chapin-3184; 7 Dec 1764 - 30 Oct 1838, Herkimer County, N.Y.; Find a Grave 40146257, West Winfield Cemetery), with one child only, “Anna Chapin” (Chapin-3185, b. 3 May 1790 at Plainfield, Otsego County), who cannot be fitted beside Loring, b. 26 Feb 1790; Lt. Jonathan Chapin (Chapin-2953); Jonathan Chapin (Chapin-2906, b. Nov 1709 at Boston, d. 3 Jul 1780 at Palmer), whose father is given as Jonathan (Chapin-435, b. 1665, son of David and Lydia (Crump) Chapin) and whose mother is left blank; Abigail Munn (Munn-3333, d. 10 Aug 1839); Benjamin Munn (Munn-1397) and his wife Rebecca Russell (Russell-6401, b. 24 Jun 1711 at Lexington, daughter of John Russell and Rebecca Blodgett); Nathaniel Munn (Munn-238); Sarah Chapin (Chapin-337); Japhet Chapin (Chapin-19); Abilenah Cooley (Cooley-404); Deacon Samuel Chapin (Chapin-671) and Cicely Penny (Penny-74).
• Hitchcock, Sheldon, Whiting, Pynchon, Wyllys: Anna Hitchcock (Hitchcock-590); Ebenezer Hitchcock (Hitchcock-660, b. 9 Aug 1694), son of Luke Hitchcock and Sarah Burt; Mary Sheldon (Sheldon-2863, b. 26 Dec 1699 at Westfield, d. 8 Jan 1760); Joseph Sheldon (Sheldon-153, b. 1 Feb 1668, d. 2 Jul 1708 at Boston), son of Isaac Sheldon and Mary Woodford; Mary Whiting (Whiting-113, b. 1677, d. 17 Mar 1735); Joseph Whiting (Whiting-40); William Whiting (Whiting-33) and Susanna; Mary Pynchon (Pynchon-35); John Pynchon (Pynchon-6); William Pynchon (Pynchon-3, d. 29 Oct 1662, Wraysbury) and Anna Andrew; Amy Wyllys (Wyllys-6); George Wyllys (Wyllys-4, b. 21 May 1591 at Fenny Compton, d. 9 Mar 1645 at Hartford) and Bridget Yonge.
• Cummings and Kendall: Joseph Cummings (Cummings-3232); Jerahmeel Cummings (Cummings-1869, b. 23 Sep 1749 at Nottingham, N.H., d. 20 Jul 1817 at Champion, N.Y.); Deborah Kendall (Kendall-991, b. 13 May 1751 at Dunstable, d. 12 Jan 1815 in Vermont), daughter of John Kendall (Kendall-989, b. 25 Apr 1723 at Woburn, d. 13 Feb 1809 at Dunstable; son of John Kendall and Deborah Richardson) and Hannah Whittemore (Whittemore-617, b. 20 Sep 1728 at Rumney Marsh, d. 30 Apr 1812 at Dunstable; daughter of Joseph Whittemore and Ruth Eustis). John and Hannah’s children: John (1749), Hannah (1749), Deborah (1751), Relief (1753), Zebedee (Kendall-993, 1755-1839, who married Molly Dakin and was the father of Amos Kendall, Kendall-997, b. 16 Aug 1789 at Dunstable) and Alice (1757). Leonard Cummings (Cummings-5587, b. 1714 at Groton, son of Samuel) and Jane (1717-1806); Samuel Cummings (Cummings-986); John Cummings (Cummings-999, b. 1657 at Boxford); Elizabeth Kingsley (Kinsley-5); John Cummings (Cummings-174, b. 9 May 1630 at Mistley, Essex, d. 1 Dec 1700 at Dunstable); Sarah Howlett (Howlett-13); Isaac Cummings (Cummings-6, b. 5 Apr 1601 at Easthorpe, Essex, d. 22 May 1677 at Topsfield) and Anne.
• Converse: two profiles for Col. Israel Converse (Converse-292, with his parents; Converse-1023, d. 28 Mar 1806 at Randolph, without them); Lt. Josiah Converse (Converse-294, b. 2 Mar 1710 at Woburn, d. 11 Sep 1775 at Stafford; Find a Grave 6696022, Old Stafford Street Cemetery), whose biography cites the Leicester marriage record of 27 Dec 1732 and quotes The Converse Family (1905), p. 46, on his children, the triplets of 22 Apr 1752 having been “carried to the baptismal font by their three elder sisters, Mary, Eleanor and Dorothy” (it also misquotes the Richardson Memorial as making him “son of Josiah Convers of Woburn”; the book has “son of John”); Eleanor Richardson (Richardson-8374); Capt. Josiah Converse (Converse-208, d. 2 May 1771 at Brookfield); Hannah Sawyer (Sawyer-2072); Maj. James Converse (Converse-339); Hannah Carter (Carter-1131, d. 22 Nov 1708); Lt. James Converse (Converse-26), with his mother given as Sarah Parker (d. 1625 at South Weald); Anne Long (Long-429, b. 1623 at St Albans); Deacon Edward Convers (Convers-34, b. 1589 at Navestock, Essex, son of Allen Convers); Gov. Julius Converse (Converse-212) and his father Joseph (Converse-11).