Thomas Chaffee

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Thomas Chaffee (1716 - 1753)

Thomas Chaffee aka Chaffe Chafee
Born 18 Oct 1716 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Joseph Chafee Jr. and Jemima (Chadwick) Chaffee
Brother of Benjamin Chaffe [half], James Chaffee, Abigail (Chaffee) Wright, Joseph Chaffee, Samuel Chafee, Stephen Chaffee and Josiah Chaffee
Husband of Dorcas (Abbot) Chaffee — married 11 Sep 1740 in Woodstock, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Jemima (Chaffee) Perrin, Dorcus Chaffee, Dorcus Chaffee and Rhoda (Chaffee) Truesdell
Died 3 May 1753 at age 36 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticutmap
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1.1 Birth
1.2 Death
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Biography

Thomas Chaffee was born in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts 18 October 1716. He was the son of Joseph Chaffee and his wife Jemima Chadwick. He died in Woodstock, Connecticut 3 May 1753. Thomas was married in Woodstock 11 September 1740 by John Chandler Esquire, Justice of the peace, to Dorcus Abbot. Their intention of marriage being entered in Woodstock 6 August 1740. She was born 16 December 1713 and died in Woodstock 22 August 1798. "Widow Dorcas Chaffee" was was admitted to the First Congregational Church there, 13 January 1763. "Thomas Chaffee, weaver of Woodstock" received from his father 13 January 1745-6, twenty three acres of land in Woodstock worth £230 as part of his portion of his father's estate "towards his advancement and settlement in the world." On this land he had already erected a dwelling house." On 28 June 1746, he added to this seventeen acres of land in Woodstock which he bought from Joseph Wright Jr., for £35. He lived all his life in Woodstock. On his death one-half of his estate went to his widow, together with the use of the house during her life. The other half of the estate going to his children, Jemima, Dorcus, and Rhoda.

Birth

Birth:
Date: OCTOBER 18, 1716
Place: Swansea, Bristol, Ma[1][2]
Death

Death:
Date: MAY 3, 1753
Place: Woodstock, Windham, Ct[3]
Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 18 MAY 2006
Prior to import, this record was last changed 18 MAY 2006.

Sources

WikiTree profile Chaffee-105 created through the import of 25a.GED on Jan 8, 2012 by Michael Lechner. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
Source: S494 Title: Chaffee/Chafee Lineage in America Abbreviation: Chaffee/Chafee Lineage in America Publication: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/cabin/1066/136Chafe_Home.html Note: CHAFFEE REFERENCES CONT CONT Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, Ph.D., LLD., The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, Vol. 3 (Norwood, MA: Privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1930). CONT CONT Chaffee, William H., The Chaffee Genealogy (embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee, Chaphe, Chaffy, Chaffie, Chaffey, Chaffe, Chaffee Descendants of Thomas Chaffe, of Hingham, Hull, Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts also certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe), 1635-1909 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1909). Repository: NEHGS. CONT CONT Hills, William Sanford, comp., Thomas Hills, edit., The Hills Family in America: The Ancestry and Descendants of William Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1638, and of the Great-grandsons of Robert Hills, of the Parish of Wye, County of Kent, England, Emigrants to New England 1794-1806 (reprint of 1906 ed.; Decorah, IA: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1984). CONT CONT Lincoln, George, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: Vols. II, III, The Genealogies (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, originally published 1893). CONT CONT Rounds, H.L. Peter, comp., Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (Boston: NEHGS, 1992). CONT CONT Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Vol. I (1st Edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). Repository: The University of Miss. Library. CONT CONT Smith, Ethel Farrington, "Seventeenth Century Hull, Massachusetts and Her People" in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 142 (1988) (Boston: NEHGS & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996). CONT CONT Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985). Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: v. THOMAS CHAFFEE was born 10/18/1716.
Source: S503 Author: Max L. Lynds Title: Max L. Lynds Genealogy Abbreviation: Max L. Lynds Genealogy Publication: http://www.maxlynds.com/ Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Name: Thomas Chaffee CONT Born: 18 OCT 1716 at: Swansea, Bristol, MA CONT Married: 11 SEP 1740 at: CONT Died: 3 MAY 1753 at: Woodstock, Windham, CT CONT Spouses: Dorcas Abbott
The Chaffee Genealogy 1635-1909 by William Henry Chaffee 1909 The Grafton Press. New York MCMIX pg. 78
https://archive.org/stream/chaffeegenealog00chafgoog#page/n7/mode/2up

↑ Source: #S494 Data: Text: born 10/18/1716
↑ Source: #S503 Data: Text: Born: 18 OCT 1716 at: Swansea, Bristol, MA
↑ Source: #S503 Data: Text: Died: 3 MAY 1753 at: Woodstock, Windham, CT