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CHAPIN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
PUBLICATIONS.
LIFE OF
Deacon^ Samuel jQhapin,
OF SPRINGFIELD.
BY
HOWARD MILLAR CHAPIN.
PROVIDENCE:
Snow & Farnham Co., Printers,
1908.
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OFFICERS OF THE ''ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING
MAY 1st, 1908. ARE AS FOLLOWS;—
«
Mr. Gilbert W. Chapin, Hartford, Conn.,
Mr. Merrick W. Chapin, Hartford, Conn,,
Mr. Terry J. Chapin, Suffield, Conn., .
Hon. Arthur B. Chapin, Holyoke, Mass.,
Dr. Walter H. Chapin, Springfield, Mass.,
Mr. Wm.H. G. Chapin, Parkersburg, W. Va.,
Rev. Charles B. Chapin, Rochester, N. Y.,
Mr. Charles S. Blake, Hartford, Conn., .
Mr. Frank M. Chapin, Pine Meadow, Conn.,
President.
Sec- Treasurer.
Recorder.
Vice ■ Presidents.
Executive Committee.
Mr. Frederick W. Chapin,
Mr. Henry G. Chapin,
Mr. William H. Chapin,
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
The Chapin Family Association was organized at Spring-
field, Mass., April 2nd, 1904, in response to a desire on the
part of numerous Chapins scattered tnroughout the country
that there should be a permanent organization of the Chapin
family. The object of this Association is to unite in closer
friendship the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin ; to
honor and perpetuate his memory ; to cultivate a spirit of
brotherly love ; to compile and preserve the family history ;
to emulate deeds of patriotism, and to strive for the best and
noblest things in life. Any descendant of Deacon Samuel
Chapin may become a member of the Association and entitled
to the privileges and benefits of such membership. The in-
itiation fee upon joining the Association is $1.00, and the
annual dues are $1.00. The larger the membership the
greater will be the scope and efficiency of the Association.
The material in this pamphlet has been gathered and compiled
by Howard Millar Chapin of Providence, R. I., who has
kindly donated to the Association the results of his labors,
j^^^ The Association is to be congratulated in being the recipient
of a work so reliable and thorough. It is issued with the
approval of a committee of the Association.
5* Gilbert W. Chapin,
p President.
k' August I, 1908.
^.
PREFACE.
A N effort has been made to gather together all the contem-
'^~*' porary items referring to Samuel Chapin, that could be
found, and to weave them into a connected narrative that
they may be better understood.
I am very much indebted to the works of Francis S. Drake,
Mason A. Green and Henry Burt, which throw much light on
the history of Roxbury and Springfield.
I also wish to thank Dr. Charles V. Chapin of Providence,
Dr. Walter H. Chapin of Springfield, Mr. William W. Chapin
of Providence, and Mr. Frank H. Burt of Newton, for their
assistance.
Unfortunately the Springfield Church records are not
extant, so that no information could be derived from that
source.
An examination of the Hampshire County deeds with a
view to discovering which ones were acknowledged before
Samuel Chapin and to which he was a witness, might give us
a few new items. The Hampshire wills might also be exam-
ined in order to see if he witnessed any of them. The Hamp-
shire Court records also might add a few more items.
The author will be very glad to receive any additions or
corrections to this work.
Howard M. Chapin,
Providence.
August I, 1908.
CONTENTS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
1
Chapter I.
England ....
9 '
II.
ROXBURY ....
12
III.
Springfield
15
IV.
Selectman
18 1
V.
Commissioner .
22
VI.
Ministry ....
26
VII.
Continued Active Life .
30
VIII.
Death ....
34 .
IX.
Land Records and Wills
38 '
X.
Writings ....
48
XI.
Pynchon's Store
52
Abbreviations.
R. Ch.
Roxbury Church Records
K. L.
Land
S.
Springfield Town "
M.
Mass. Col.
M. A.
Mass. Archives.
Pr.
Printed.
Pt.
Part.
9
12
IS
i8
22
26
30
34
38
48
52
LIST OF PLATES.
I. Statue at Springfield (Frontispiece)
II. Map of Samuel Chapin's home lot in Spring-
field
III. Photo of deed
IV. Map of Samuel Chapin's lot on end brook
V. Photo of handwriting
VI. Facsimiles of Signatures of Samuel Chapin
and Marks of Cicely Chapin .
Opp. p
9
16
24
32
40
48
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Town of Roxbury, its memorable persons and places, by F.
S. Drake, in Boston Rec. Com., Vol. 34.
Roxbury in the Colonial Period, by F. S. Drake, in Justice
Winsor's Memorial History of Boston.
History of Roxbury, by Chas. M. Ellis.
Roxbury Church Records in Boston Rec. Com., Vol. 1 14.
Roxbury Land Records in Boston Rec. Com., Vol. 1 14.
N. E. H. & G. Registor to 1906.
First Century of the History of Springfield, by Henry Burt,
including reprint of Springfield Town Records.
Massachusetts Colonial Records.
History of Springfield, by Mason A. Green.
Hampden County Indian Deeds, by Wright, with copies of
deeds.
Judge Chapin's Address in the Chapin Gathering, 1862.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.
Massachusetts State Archives.
Springfield Vital Records.
Springfield Proprietors' Records.
Northampton Probate Records.
Hami)den County Deeds.
Hampshire County Probate Records.
Japhet Chapin's Account l^ook.
Pynchon Account Books.
iapirffr"""''-'^"'*''"'" "■■-1 ii,,..
Statue by St. (iaudens at Spiingtield, erected in memory of
Samuel Chapin by Chester W. Chapiii.
CHAPTER I.
ENGLAND.
NOTHING is known with certainty of Samuel Chapin's
birth and early life. On the statue erected to his
memory in Springfield by the late Chester W. Chapin, there
appears the date 1595 which apparently refers to the date of
his birth. I have never been able to find the authority for
this date and conclude that it is probably a mere appro.xima-
tion, which is especially likely as it is in round numbers, 95.
The only other reference to his birth which has any appear-
ance of reliability is the following: "My Great, great, grand-
father, by my mother's side, was Samuel Chapin, Esq. l^orn
in Dartmouth in Old England. Came over to New England
about the year 1635, Lived at Ro.xbury awhile, then moved to
Springfield. Was a deacon of that church. October 29, 1779.
By me, John Horton." (From the Chapin Gathering, 1862,
p. 58, note B.) As this was written over a hundred years
after Samuel's death, it is scarcely more than tradition, yet
as far as we can verify it, it is true, and so the part we can-
not verify may have a grain of truth in it.
Therefore, I hail the records of the church of St. Saviour's,
Dartmouth, Devon, searched from their beginning in 1582
till 1635. One Chapin item was the result. " Englishe ye
daughtr of Robt Chappin christened ye xviith day Deer
1593." This unfortunately does not prove anything except
that there were Chapins in Dartmouth in 1593. Since there
was only one item, we may infer that the Chapins soon moved
away from St. Saviour's parish, or that they lived in a neigh-
boring parish and for some reason or other had one child
christened at St. Saviour's.
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Four possibilities are left open to us concerning Samuel
Chapin's birth, (i) He may have been born in Dartmouth
and it was not recorded, (2) John Morton may have been
entirely in error concerning his birth, (3) John Horton may
have meant some other Dartmouth in England, or (4) Samuel
Chapin may have been born in a nearby parish, and as Dart-
mouth was the nearest town, and as perhaps he sailed from
Dartmouth, the tradition that he came from Dartmouth, grew
into the tradition that he was born in Dartmouth. This
fourth possibility I think is by far the most likely.
One genealogist claims to have discovered the marriage
record of Samuel and Cicely, and I judge from what he says
that he found it in Devon. If this is so, it goes to partly
confirm the fourth possibility above mentioned.
There can be no doubt that Samuel Chapin came from
England. If one examines his writings, it will be seen that
he was a very well educated man for his time. He wrote out
deeds and agreements in a manner that will convince any one
that his native language was English, and that he wrote in
old English characters does not contradict this view. The
numerous offices which he held, especially that of magistrate,
would scarcely have been given to any but an Englishman by
birth and training in those days. Besides also he came to
New England during a great immigration from England.
The family names show only that the family was Puritanical.
The Chapin family as a whole, however, is doubtless of a
Continental and probably French origin. Still we find a
Richard Choppyn in England as early as 15 18.
Undoubtedly the expenditure of a little money and time in
England would bring to light much valuable Chapin data and
very likely trace for a few generations the ancestry of Samuel
Chapin.
The fact that Henry Burt and Thomas Bliss, both early
settlers at Springfield, are said to have come from Devon,
tends to strengthen the probability that Samuel Chapin came
from that shire, especially when one considers that a Richard
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Chappin was in Dartmouth in 1593 and an Agnes Chappyn
in Corn worthy in 1627,
Samuel Chapin's marriage is not recorded in the records of
the churches of St. Petrox and St. Barnabas, Dartmouth,
which I have had searched from 1618 to 1634.
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CHAPTER II.
ROXBURY.
SAMUEL CHAPIN came to America in 1635, according I
to his great-great-grandson, John Horton, whom we have
before quoted. He probably brought with him his family,
which consisted of his wife Cicely, three sons, Henry, David, (
and Josiah, and two daughters, Catherine and Sarah. He j
most likely came over in the summer, when the passage was [
the mildest, and probably landed at Boston, which was then, f
as it is now, the chief port of New England. (
However he very soon, if not immediately, went to Rox-
bury to live. Savage gives 1638 as the date of his arrival at !
Ro.xbury, but he doubtless based that on the fact that the >
first record of Samuel Chapin in Roxbury bears the date of |
1639, and so he deduced 1638 for the date of his arrival •'
without further authority, which seems especially so since he }
gives no account of Samuel Chapin for the interval between
1635 and 1638. Therefore it seems more probable that the t
Chapins went immediately to Roxbury in 1635, and the ab- ;
sence of any earlier record in Roxbury is easily accounted for !
by the meagreness of the earlier records. ^
Roxbury had been founded a few years before, in 1630, by
William Pynchon. It soon became a small village of trom ^
two to threescore families, most of whom came from Nazing,
London, or the west of England. Possibly it was because he ,
had friends among the latter that determined Samuel to set-
tle in Roxbury. Its soil was rich though rocky, watered by
four brooks, and thickly wooded, like the greater part of New j
England. Probably most of the houses at the time of the I
Chapin's arrival were small square thatched log cabins with
one or at best two rooms, and a fireplace. A meeting house
had been built in the summer of 1632 which was "a rude and
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unbeautiful structure with a thatched roof, destitute of shing-
les or plaster, without gallery, pew or spire." (See Memorial
History of Boston, edited by Justin Winsor.) It was built
on meeting house hill, near which the Chapins undoubtedly
lived, since in 1635 an act was passed that no one should live
beyond half a mile from the meeting house, in order that the
inhabitants, by dwelling near each other, would be better pro-
tected from the Indians.
He held land in Roxbury as early as 1639, ^s is shown by
the Roxbury land records.
" 1639 Samuel Chapin his lot upon which Georg Al cocks
lot no 6 in the third division is entered " (R. L. *i).
Three other records, without giving the date, mention his
land. They are as follows :
"and in the first and third alotments in the last deuission
being part of it out of the lot of Samuell Chapin which with
his (Thomas Ruggles) lyeth betweene John Graues his heires
and Thomas Griggs the other parte and the lott of the heires
of John Graue being the seuenth and eight lott therein is
twenty and eight accres more or lesse " (R. L. [51] *29).
"And in the first and third allotment in the last diuision
being the sixt lott lying betweene William Cheiney and
Samuell Chapen his assignes, sixty four accres one quarter
and ten rode" George Alcocke's land (R. L. [72] *5i).
"And in the first and third alottment of the last deuision
being in the seauenth lott betweene the heires of George
Alcocke and John Ruggles se. nine accres late Samuell
Chapin his li)tt " (R. L. [80] *59). On a loose paper prob-
ably of a date somewhere between 1636 and 1640 entitled
"A Note of ye Estates and Persons of the Inhabitants of
Rocksbury," there appears the following item : ^
Acres. Persons and estates.
24. Samuel Chapin. 8 [torn.].
(R. L. [7]). It is not clear to what the eight refers, but it
is probably to the valuation of property. At this time the
town consisted of sixty-nine families.
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On " I April 1641 Samuell Chapin bought a house and lott
of James How" (R. L. [80] *59).
Both Samuel Chapin and Sisly Chapin, wife of Samuel
Chapin, appear on the church records as members of the
first church of Roxbury (R. C, Boston Rec. Com. pp. 83 and
85), which was founded in 1632, and is commonly called John
Eliot's church. Thomas Weld was its pastor, and John Eliot,
the Apostle, was its teacher. As in those days a man had to
be a church member before he could become a freeman,
Samuel Chapin must have joined the church before 2 June,
1641, when, 'according to the Mass. Col. Rec. (pr.) i, 378,
" Samu Chapun " was a freeman (or enfranchised citizen).
Like most of the early settlers Samuel Chapin must have
been principally a farmer, although undoubtedly he had to
turn his hand to many other pursuits as occasion required,
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.imail i«,M;j.r..-;.'J (community tnc Chapms mas: nave knijvvn v^ry
well the P^liots, Ruggles, Curtises, Alcotts (then spelt
Alcock), and the other village families. Samuel Chapin
doubtless often talked with such men as John Eliot, Thomas
JJudley, Robert Williams, the elder Heath, William Denni-
son, and William Pynchon, to whose influence was due the
emigration of the Chapins to Springfield in 1642. In 1636
Samuel Chapin, then comparatively a young man, was very
probably one "of the Roxbury people " who worked on the
fortifications at Cornhill in Boston. In the fall of that year
the General Court met at Roxbury, thus giving Samuel
Chapin a chance to see its workings. During his stay in Rox-
bury the Pequot War took place, which resulted in making it
possible to settle with safety in Western New England as at
Springfield.
The Chapins lived in Roxbury till the close of the^year
1642, as on 15 of October of that year "Japhet Chapin, the
son of Samuel Chapin, was baptized" there (R. C, in B. R.
C. 1 14). Soon after this, however, they must have moved to
Springfield, for we find them there in January 1642 (1643).
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CHAPTER III.
SPRINGFIELD.
TN 1636 William Pynchon, then a resident of Roxbury, hold-
•'■ ing as a patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony cer-
tain special privileges concerning trading with the Indians,
and so tempted by the abundance of the beavers in the Con-
necticut, and possibly also urged on by the prospect of a
religious controversy with Boston if he stayed at Roxbury,
led a party of about a dozen families to the Connecticut River,
where he founded a settlement then called Agawam, but
which four years later was renamed Springfield, after his
home in England. Most of the settlers took up farming, as
there were many fertile meadows along the banks of the Con-
necticut, while Pynchon for the most part engaged in the fur
trade.
The settlement grew slowly at first, but by the time of the
arrival of the Chapins had become a village of respectable
size for New England in those days. As we said in the last
Chapter, the Chapins must have arrived in Springfield during
the winter of 1642-3. Why Samuel Chapin decided to go
out into the wilderness of this new settlement we do not
know, but it was due probably to the influence of its founder,
William Pynchon, and also to the fact that in a new settle-
ment like Springfield, the chances of bettering his position in
life were much greater than in a comparatively old town like
Roxbury. They very likely went overland on foot from Rox-
bury to Springfield, although it is not known for certain
whether they went by land or water. Probably, however,
they came by the Indian trails through Woodstock in Con-
necticut, which was a sort of trail centre.
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Soon after his arrival Samuel Chapin began to hold public
offices. On 26 January 1642 (1643), Henry Smith, Elitzure
Holyoke, Henry Burt, Samuel Chapin, Richard Sikes and
Thomas Mirack were chosen on a committee of six to lay out
upland and meadows on the other side of the greate river
(now the Connecticut), and meadow at Agavvam (S. i. 30).
On 6 April, 1643, the committee met arid alotted the land.
(S. I. 32.)
Of the planting lots that face the great river, Samuel
Chapin received lot No. 5 of ten and a half acres (S. i. 32).
This grant according to the records was "disannulled again,"
apparently meaning merely that it was annulled.
Of the meadow ground on the Agawam side, Sam. Chapin
received lot No. 18 of one acre (S. i. 33).
Of the meadow lots on the other side of the great river, \
Sam. Chapin received lot No. 21 of half an acre (S. i. 33). .
Another land grant was soon made as the records show, 23 |
February, 1643 (1644). "It is ordered yt Samuell Chapin (
shall have his 2d lottment toElitzur Holliokes & John Dober
next to him downward (S. i. 34).
As he had been at Roxbury, so at Springfield, Samuel
Chapin was primarily a farmer, but of course here also he had
to do all sorts of other things besides. He soon became one f
of the leading men in the government of the town and held r
many public offices during his life.
On 6 May, 1644, a tax was levied on all the inhabitants of j
the town to pay for the Indian purchase. Sam. Chapin was !
assessed Ss. lod. (S. i. 35). This tax was to reimburse I\Ir. '
Pynchon who in 1636, out of his own pocket, paid the Indians
for the land on which Springfield was built. This rate, how-
ever, was never paid, for it was "made voyd " by an order of ,•
the 26 January, 1646 (1647), (S. i. 35, but January :^g as
S. I. 50. I consider 26 as more probably correct). Still 6 ;
March, 1646 (1647), another tax was assessed to reimburse
Mr Pynchon for the purchase. Sa. Chapen held 43 acres )
and was assessed 12s. (S. i. 53). As there was generally a ^
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scarcity of coin among the early settlers, taxes could be paid
in produce, in wheat at 3s. lod. per bushel, in corn at 2s. 6c\.
and in peas at 3d.
It is said that in 1643 Samuel Chapin served on a jury in
Springfield. (See Mss. written by N. G. Chapin and depos.
ited in the vaults of the N. E. H. & G. Soc. at Boston.) It
is also said that he was elected deacon immediately on his
arrival at Springfield. (Springfield Homestead, i June, 1907,
p. 8.) This may be so, but he is first called deacon in the
town records in 1649-50.
Hannah, daughter of Samuell Chapin, was born on the 2
day of the 10 month (December) 1644 (S. rec") at 10 o'clock
at night (Judge Chapin's Address, 22). She was baptized on
December 8 (Judge Chapin's Address, 22). She was the
youngest of Samuel & Cicely's seven children.
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CHAPTER IV.
SELECTMAN.
ON 26 September, 1644, Samuel Chapin was chosen on a
committee of five to order the prudential affairs of the
town (S. I. 36). This prudential committee was in reality the
first board of Selectmen in Springfield. The Selectmen, or
Townsmen as they were sometimes called, were generally
five in number. They were elected by a vote of all the free-
men of the town at the town meeting, and were to serve for
one year. They settled disputes, heard complaints, admitted
inhabitants, regulated highways, bridges, fences, finances, etc.,
and had a general supervision over all the affairs of the town.
Samuel Chapin held the office of Selectman continuously
from 26 September, 1644, to 22 November, 1652, when hav-
ing become a Commissioner, he couJd no longer serve as
Selectman.
Samuel Chapin was selectman in 1645, as the old board
held over, no election taking place. (Burt i. 26.)
1646, September 23, Samuell Chapin was chosen on the
committee to order the prudential affairs of the plantation
(S. 1.48).
164G, November 2, Lief tenant Smith, Rich. Sykes, Sam.
Chapen, Tho. Cooper and Henry Burt are discharged from
the office of looking after the affairs of the town (S. i. 45).
This was the original board, which had served two years, hav-
ing been elected 26 Sept. 1644. The new board, chosen Sept^
23, immediately went into office. On 3 November, 1646,
Henry Smith, Elizur Holyoke Sam: Chapen, Henry Burt &
Ben. Cooley were on the committee to order the prudential
affairs of the town (S. i. 49).
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2 November, 1647, Sam : Chapin was chosen on the com-
mittee to order the prudential affairs of the town (S. i. 55).
6 November, 1648, Sam. Chapin was chosen on the com-
mittee to order the prudential affairs of the town (S. i. 59).
In 1649 Samuel Chapin was selectman, as the old board
held over, no election taking place (Burt i. 26).
5 November, 1650, Samuell Chapin was chosen Townsman
(S. I. loi).
4 November, 1651, Samuell Chapin was chosen Townsman
(S.I. 105).
Besides the regular routine of the Selectmen, there came
up many difficult and perplexing problems during the eight
years that Samuel Chapin was on the board. In the first
place in 1645, the Selectmen had to arrange for a cemetery,
meeting-house and training ground. Although the Indians
had from the first been very well disposed to the settlers, still
in 1639 ^ '^^v ^^^*^ been passed requiring every man to join
the militia, or "train band," which was to drill once every
month. The Meeting House was perhaps the most import-
ant consideration of the year. It cost eighty pounds (about
^400) and was a frame building forty feet long by twenty-five
wide. It had four windows, and two towers, one for the bell
and the other for a watch tower. It was completed in March,
1646, and muiit have added greatly to the appearance of the
village. On the 20 November, 1646, Samuel Chapin's eldest
daughter, Catherine was married to Nathaniel Bliss.
In 1646 the town meeting formerly held once a month was
made an annual affair to bo hold on the first Tuesday in No-
vember, and if any freeman should be absent therefrom, he
was to be fined half a bushel of corn. An ordinary or inn
was established in Springfield and a committee was ap-
pointed to procure a smith for the town. Thus it may be
seen that Springfield was growing. The most serious affair
of the year was the trouble with Hartford. Hartford had
purchased a fort on the Connecticut at Saybrook, and was en-
deavoring to levy a tax on all the ships that passed the fort.
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Springfield objected to this tariff and complained to the Gen-
eral Court of Massachusetts. Trouble ensued between Mas-
sachusetts and Connecticut, which after many disputes re-
sulted in the removal of the tariff in 1650.
On I May, 1645 , according to the town records Samuell
Chapin was a Constable (S. 1.40). We do not know when
he was appointed or how long he served.
7 May, 1645, Samuell Chapin was chosen on a committee of
five to apportion the planting ground to each house lot (S.
I. 41). This was the third alotment of land and apparently was
unsatisfactory as on May 7 the inhabitants agreed to give up
thealotments of the 3rd division and abide by the results of
the 4th alotment. 19 May, 1645, Sam. Chapin was chosen on
a committee of seven to divide the town in equal parts for
estates and persons (S. i. 42). This committee divided up
the fourth alotment of land.
1647 was a hard year. There were floods in the spring,
caterpillars in the summer and sickness in the fall. Wolves
were a nuisance so a bounty of los. was offered for every
dead one. Swine also caused a great deal of trouble and
damage by running loose through the village.
10 February, 1647, (1648), Sam: Chapen and 17 others
agreed to add five pounds more to the minister's salary so it
will be sixty pounds (S. r. 55), fifty-five pounds havijig been
appropriated at the town meeting for this purpose.
In 1648, however a still more troublesome disturbance
broke out. Hugh Parsons and his wife were accused of witch-
craft. The excitement was intense and they were brought
to trial. They were tried in Boston, where they were finally
convicted in 1650. Mary died in prison and Hugh escaped
and left the country. But before this trouble was settled a
worse one had begun. William Pynchon, the mainstay of
Springfield, was convicted of heresy by the General Court.
He was immediately deprived of his ofifice and in 1652, with
his son-in-law Henry Smith, and the minister Mr. Moxon, re-
turned to England.
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In April, 1649, Henry Smith & Samuell Chapen were cho-
sen to seal up our ffreemens votes for magistrates & to send
them sealed up to John Johnson of Roxbury, who is chosen
for our deputy to ye General Court (Green 100).
21 February, 1649 (1650), "There is granted to Deacon
Chapin a parcel! of land by Agawam falls where he hath i
acre & halfe already, adjoyninge to mr moxons meadow
ground, wch acre & halfe is to be made up 6 acres " (S.
1.62).
22 January, 165 1 (1652), Sam: Chapen was granted lot
number 21 of one acre on Mill river "which sayd acar was
exchanged with the Towne for a parcell of meddow of about
an acar and halfe lyinge below the lott which was mr moxons
below (S. I. 107).
On 14 September, 1652, Sam: Chapen was chosen on the
committee of four to purchase land for the minister's house
(S. I. 109). The committee soon purchased the land and on
November 15 the purchase was approved by the town.
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CHAPTER V.
COMMISSIONER.
AFTER the burning of William Pynchon's book and prac-
tically his conviction for heresy by the General Court,
he was deprived of his office as Magistrate of Springfield, and
his son-in-law, Henry Smith, was commissioned Magistrate in
his place in 165 1. In the summer of 1652, however, Henry
Smith accompanied Pynchon to England, thus leaving the
magistracy vacant. Three men now come to the front in
Springfield, and taking control of the affairs of the town, gov-
ern it until their deaths. Two of these men were closely re-
lated to William Pynchon — his son John and his son-in-law
Holyoke — the third was the Deacon, Samuel Chapin.
On 19 October, 1652, John Pinchon, Elitzur Holyoke and
Samuel Chapin were appointed Commissioners for the town
of Springfield, and they were given the same commission that
was granted to Henry Smith in 165 1 (M. 3. 296, pr. 292)
That is they had full power and authority to govern the inhab-
itants of Springfield ; to hear and determine all cases and of-
fences, both civil and criminal, and to inflict all punishments
not reaching life, limb, or banishment ; to give oaths to con-
stables ; and to examine witnesses on oath. This appoint-
ment is again recorded 26 October 1652 (M. 4. loS, pr. pt. r.
115).
On 2 November, 1652, Sam : Chapin was chosen a Towns-
man (S. I. Ill) and served until November 22 when having
taken the oath as Commissioner, he could no longer serve as
Selectman. The oath which the Commissioners took on No-
vember 22 was as follows : • We, John Pinchon, Eliazer
Holioke, and Samuell Chapin, Commissioners for the town of
Springfield, by order of the General Court, do here swear by
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the living God that we will truly endeavor to our best ability,
to demean ourselves in our places according to the laws of
God and of this jurisdiction, and that we will dispence justice,
on all occasions proper to our place and cognisance equally
and impartially, during our abode in this jurisdiction and con-
tmuance of our commission, as aforesaid. So help us God
etc. (see M. 4, pr. i. 115) "22 Nov. 1652 Two of these
townsmen being sworn Commissioners for ye Town of
Springfield were discharged f r : Townsmen (S. r. in).
These two men were John Pinchon and Samuel Chapin.
The new Commissioners soon estabhshed a strong govern-
ment in Springfield. A vigorous enforcement of the law and
the prompt prosecution of criminals showed that firm and
earnest men were directing the affairs of state. Samuel Cha-
pin apparently held this office until 1661, when he again be-
came a Selectman. The Commissionership was not enough,
more work was soon given to him. He was put on a com-
mittee to divide the land at Naotucke and establish the town
of Northampton.
18 May, 1653, In answer to a petition of the Inhabitants of
Springfield, the General Court appointed a committee consist-
ing of John Pinchon, Mr. Holyoke and Samuell Chapin to di-
vide the land at Nonotucke into two plantations (M. 3. 384.
pr. 308 and M. 4. 123, pr. pt. i. 136).
14 March, 1653-4, "There is granted to Deacon Chapin on
ye other side of ye Northerly branch of ye Mill River a litle
l^sell ol mcddow of about one acre more or less about a cjr of
a mile his meddow " (S. i. 123). Also Rowland Stebbins is
granted some meadow " between Benja Munn & Deacon Cha-
pins meddow" (S. i. 123).
25 June, 1654, "The commission of Mr. Pinchon, Mr. Mo-
liocke and Mr. Chapin beinge expired and no other substitu-
ted in their places, it is therefore hereby ordered that the
said Mr Joh Pinchon, Mr Elizur Holiocke, & Mr Samuel Cha-
pin shalbe & hereby are impowered as commissionors to act
at Springfield, according to the commission formerly graunted
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by this Court to Mr Henry Smyth in May, 165 1, they take-
inge the oath appoynted formerly by the Court in the yeare
1652, at some publicke meetinge of (at least) ten of their in-
habitants of Springfield, afforesaid & this their commission to
contynue till the Court take further order therein. Dated 2$
4. 1654" (M. 3. 428, pr. 351-2).
Meanwhile the division of land at Naotucke was duly ac-
comphshed and on 17 October, 1654, a report was submitted
to the General Court as follows : " We whose names are sub-
scribed, being appoynted to devide the lands at Naotucke into
two plantacions, haue accordingly graunted to them that now
first appeared to remoue thither to plant themselues on the
west side of the Riuer Conectecott, as they desired, & haue
layd out their lands, vizt, from the little meddow above their
plantatio, which meddow is called Capawonke or Mattaomett,
downe to the head of the ffalls which are below them, reserv-
ing the lands on the east side of the said riuer for an other
plantatio
Yor humble servants
JOH PiNCHON
Elizur Holyoke
Samueix Chapin "
The report was approved by the Court (M. 3. 437, pr. 360).
A similar report was presented and approved i November,
1654, (M. 4. 188, pr. pt. I, 213). This finished for thepresent
the Naotucke business, but in 1659 he was again put on a
committee to lay out land there.
On this same day, i November, 1654, the commission of
Mr. Pinchon, Mr. Holyoke & Mr. Chapin having again ex-
pired, it was again renewed as on 25 June, 1654 (M. 4. 188,
pr. pt. I, 214).
6 November, 1655, a committee consisting of Sam Chapin,
John Pynchon and the five Selectmen was given full power
to carry out the orders of the Court and to grant or dispose
of land (S. i. 139).
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15 November, 1655, Mr. Thompson (the new minister) is
to have the lot lying between Tho Coop : & Deacon Chapin
(S. I. 140) and on 30 January, 1655 (1656), "Deacon Cha-
pin is granted lot number 9 of 3 acres of wet meadow and
lowland (S. i. 138).
Meanwhile 29 August, 1654, his son David married Lydia
Cnimp and 31 July, 1655, his daughter Catherine, widow of
Nathaniel Bliss, married Samuel Marshfield.
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.CHAPTER VI.
MINISTRY.
SAMUEL CHAPIN was actively interested in the church
and appears to have been a deacon as early as 1650. In
1652 the minister, Mr. Moxon,' went to England with William
Pynchon, thus leaving the town without a pastor. He was
succeeded by Mr. Thompson, who left the next year.
Therefore on 24 March, 1656, Deacon Chapin was chosen
on a committee of six to obtain a minister in place of Mr.
Thompson, who had left (S. i. 147). As it was difficult to
procure a satisfactory minister, it took a long time, during
which the work of the ministry devolved upon the leading
men of the town.
" Att a town meetinge november the fourth, 1656, it was
agreed by the inhabitants that thease 4 men, vidz Deacon
Wright, decon chapin mr hollyocke, Henry Burtt, should have
twelve pounds alowed them by the towne for there labour
formerly spent amongst us in the lords worke on the Sabothe
and the sayd twelve pound to be disposed of to each particu-
lar by the Seleckt men " (S. I. 151).
"Att a Towne meetinge ffebruary the 16(56) [1657] '^
was voted that mr Hollyoke and Henry Burt Should carry
on the work of the Sabboth in this plase but in case that
thowrough any providence of god other of them should be
disenabled that decon chapin should supply that presentt va-
cantye : more over this Towne voted to allow them jCs^ ^
yeare that is to say from the 4th of november last the time
they begane and to continue till the towne have another
Suply or shale see cause to alter theyer acts in that particu-
lar but they would acksept but of £^40 unto which the Towne
assented.
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"it was alsoe voted that they would allow to Decon wright
dccon chapin mr. Hollyocke Henry Burt £>12 for there la-
bours the last soomer which they spentt in that worke " (S.
I. 156).
9 November, 1657, "Mr. Holyoke is made choise of to
carry on ye worke of ye Sabbath once every Sabbath day
wch he accepts of. Mr. Pynchon is made choise of for one
|)t of ye day once a fortnight wch he will indeavor to attend
sometimes by reading notes & somet by his owne meditations
till March next : Deacon chapin & Henry Burt are made
choise of to carry on ye other pt of ye day once a fortnight
ffor wch theire Paines they are allowed after forty pounds a
year" (S. i. 160).
7 February, 1658 (1659), Deacon Chapin was chosen on
a committee of three to engage Mr. Hooker to carry on the
work of the Sabbath for three months (S. i. 172).
Previously i F^ebruary, 1658, Samuel Chapin was granted
a house lot of 4 acres, a meadow of 2 and a half acres, a
wood lot of 4 acres and a lot over the Great river of four
acres. (Judge Chapin's Address, p 17.) In November, 165S,
Josiah Chapin, Samuel's son, married Mary King of Wey-
mouth.
28 May, 1659, The General Court appointed a committee
consisting of Capt. Pynchon, Left. Holyoke, Deacon Chapin,
VVilljam Holton and Richard Lyman, to lay out the bounds
of the town at Norwottocke (M. 4. orig. 303, pr. pt. i p. 368).
On the same day and at the General Court meeting also (28
May, 1659), "There being a commission graunted to Capt
John Pinchon, Left. Holiocke, & Mr Samuell Chapin, of
Springfield, for the administration of justice there, allowing
them the power of a County Court, &c, as by the sajd com-
mission more fully appeares, it is therefore ordered, that the
sajd Captaine Pinchon, before he depart, take an oath for the
faithful dischardge of his sajd commission, & be impowred to
giue oath to the other two commissioners, the oath to be the
same wch was appointed by the Court in October, 1652."
(M. 4 orig. 311, pr. pt. i, p. 379.)
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On 30 September, 1659, The Naotucke Commissioners re-
turned the following- report : "In obedience to an Order of
the much Honriored Genii Cortt in May last, appoyntinge us
whose Names are subscribed to lay out the bounds of the
New Plantation at Norwottuck on the River Connecticutt,
for the supply of those people that are to settle there ; Con-
sideringe what people are. to remoove thither, and thequallity
of the Lands thereabout. Wee have thought good to lay out
their bounds on both sides of the said River ; vizt on the East
side of the River, their Southerly bounds to bee from the
head of the falls above Springfield ; and Soe to runne East &
by North the Length of Nine Miles from the Said River ;
And their Northerly bounds to bee a little brooke called by
the Indians Nepasoaneage up to a Mountayne called Ouunk-
wattchu, and Soe runninge Eastward from the River, the
same Length of Nine Miles : from their southerly bounds to
the Northerly bounds on the East Side of the River is about
II or 12 miles. And on the West side of the River, their
bounds on the South are to joyne or meete with Northamp
ton bounds, (wch said bounds of Northampton come to a little
Riveret runing betwixt too peeces of Land called Capawonk
& Wequittayyogg) And on the North their bounds to bee a
great Mountayne called Weguomps ; And the North and
South bounds are to runn West Two miles from the great
River: And from North to South on that side the River
about 6 or 7 miles.
Sept. 30, 1659. By us
John Pynchon
Elizuk Holyoke
Samuell Chapin
William Holton
Richard Liman
A post Script, whereas Its said aboue, that their North &
South bounds are to run Two miles West from ye great
River, It is intended, yt the South bounds are the Riueret
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aboue mentioned upon wt poynt soever it runn and the Two
miles West respect ye strait line."
(M. A. V. 112, p. 116)
In 1659 tl"*^ town granted Homlot P to Mr. Pynchon, "who
hath sold it to Deacon Chapin, so yt it is now Deacon Cha-
pin's lot, & ly next that lot wch Symon Beamon sold to Mr.
Pynchon." (S. i. 131.)
23 December, 1659, Deacon Chdpin and the selectmen ar-
ranged the seating in the meeting house (S. i. 270) and
again on 23 February, 1662 (1663), Deacon Chapin and the
selectmen arranged the seating in the meeting house (S. i.
271). This was a very important duty and it was very try-
ing, too, as the people were to be seated in order of their so-
cial importance. It is interesting to learn that " Good wife
chapin is to sitt in the Seate alonge with Mrrs Glover and
Mrrs Hollyock (S. i. 271). Mrrs Glover being the minister's
wife, of course took precedence over all other women in theo-
cratic New P^ngland, while Mrs. Holyoke, was William Pyn-
chon's daughter, and Pllizur Holyoke's wife. Her father as
founder, purchaser, chief owner and sole * magistrate ' had
ruled Springfield from 1636 till his conviction by the General
Court in 165 i. Her brother-in-law, Henry Smith, as repre-
sentative and sole magistrate, ruled in 165 i and 1652 until
his return to Europe. Her brother, Capt. John Pynchon,
later Major, and her husband, Lieut Holyoke, with Deacon
Samuel Chapin, as the three Commissioners and Justices of
the town ruled from 1652 till its destruction in 1675."
30 CHAPIN FAMILY
CHAPTER VII.
CONTINUED ACTIVE LIFE.
ON 26 March, 1660, Henry Chapin was admitted an inhab-
itant of Springfield and Deacon Chapin acknowledged
himself bound to the Town Treasurer in a bond of £20 to
secure the Town from any charge that might arise on account
of the said Henry Chapin (S. i. 190). In those days of mu-
nicipal exclusiveness, a person had to be approved of by the
selectmen before he could become a citizen of the town, and
generally also find some one to give a bond, as in the case of
Henry Chapin.
In July, 1660, Dea. Samuel Chapin and Mr. Pynchon as
magistrates, heard the case of Hacklinton vs. Ely (Conn.
Val. Hist. Soc. papers, 1876-81, p. 127), and on 22 Januaryj
1660 (166 1), Mr. Chapin, Mr. Pynchon & Mr. Holyoke ad-
judged John Matthews guilty of drunkenness. (C. V. H. S
76-81, p. 129.)
5 February, 1660 (i66r), Deacon Chapin was chosen a
Selectman (S. i. 195). He had not held this office since
1652, when he resigned from the board in order to tend to
his new duties as a Commissioner. 13 March, 1660 (1661),
Samuell Chapin was granted twenty or thirty acres of land at
Worronoco (S. i. 206). It was in this year also that Gofte
and Walley, the regicides, passed through Springfield.
4 February, 1661 (1662), Deacon Chapin was chosen on a
committee of three to view the wet meadow on this side of
Round hill and to report what best be done there (S. i.
213). On the 29 July, 1662, Goodman Chapin was a credi-
tor of the estate of Thos. Faxon, jr., of Braintree (N. E. H.
& G. R. I r, p. 342). This Goodman Chapin may have been
Samuel, but it is more likely that it was his son Josiah. In
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'^ 1662, Hampshire 'County was established with Springfield as
its capital. Samuel Chapin became Commissioner again in
1662, for on 14 August, 1662, at a town meeting, Deacon
Samuell Chapin was chosen for the, Commissioner to join
with the Selectmen in making the Countrey Rate (i. e. in as-
sessing the County tax) (S. I. 226), and 16 January, 1662
(1663), a deed was acknowledged before Elizur Holyoke and
Samuell Chapin, Commissioners (Hampden Co. Rec. Lib. A.
folio 15).
II May, 1663, Deacon Chapin was granted 30 acres of land
at Worronco on provision that he would buy it of the Indians,
that he would go there to live for four years, and that he
would promise not to sell it without the approval of the Se-
lectmen (S. I, 237). On I August, 1663, Josias Chapin was
admitted an inhabitant, his father, Samuell, acknowledging a
a bond of 20 pounds (S. i, 238). 19 November, 1663, a
deed was acknowledged before Elizur Holyoke and Samll
Chapin, Commissiors (Hampden A, 11), showing that Samuel
was still Commissioner.
8 February, 1663 (1664), Deacon Chapin was chosen on
a committee of seven to grant and distribute land (S. i, 243),
this duty having now been taken away from the Selectmen.
On May 5, 1664, Deacon Chapin attended the meeting of the
said committee, and several grants of land were made (S. i,
246). Again on i P'ebruary, 1664 (1665), (S. i, 260), and
on 6 February 1664 (1665), (S. i, 262), Deacon Chapin at-
tended similar meetings. On the same day, however, 8 Feb-
ruary, 1663 (1664), Samuel Chai)in was granted some more
land at Worronoco.
22 February, 1663 (1664), (S. i, 246), and 2 March,
1663 (1664), Deacon Chapin as a Selectman attended the Se-
lectman's meetings (S. i, 246). He was probably elected
Selectman earlier in February. On 21 April, 1664, a deed
was acknowledged before Samuel Chapin, Commissioner
(Hamp. A. 42).
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" 1 8 May, 1664. In ansr to the peticion of Samuel Cha-
pin, of Springfield, humbly desiring the favor of this Court to
grant him some lands in refference to service donne, the
Court judgeth it meete to grant him two hundred acres of
land where he cann finde it, not formerly granted to toune or
person" (M. 4, orig. 437, pr. part 2, p. 103).
On 24 June, 1668, Samuel Chapin deeded to his son Josiah,
the two hundred acres granted to him by the General Court
in 1664 (Mass. Arch. 1"$ B. p. 44). Samuel Chapin acknowl-
edged the deed 24 August, 1668 (M. A. 15 B. p. 44).
Finally "1669, May 20, A plat of two hundred acres of
land, wch was granted to Sam Chapin by the Generall Court
iBthof May, 1664, returnd as lajd out, about fower miles
from Mendon, bounded as in ye sajd plat, wch is on file, was
approoved of by this Court, prouided it exceed not two hun-
dred acres, as also that it take not in any of the meadows now
granted to Mendon ; reserving liberty of wayes for toune or
country, if neede be. Lajd out by Joseph White & Benjamin
Alby " (M. 4, orig. 641 pr. pt. 2, p. 434).
On 7 June, 1664, Samuel Chapin and Elizur Holyoke as
Commissioners, heard the case of state vs. Thompson, Mor-
ton, and Holyoke, who were accused and convicted of profan-
ing the Sabbaih. (Burt i, 59.)
This year, 1664, was a great year for marriages in the
Chapin family. On the 22 of July, Japhet, Samuel's young-
est son, married Abelenah Cooley ; on the 15 of December
Henry, another son, married Bethia Cooley ; and on Decem-
ber 28, Catherine, Samuel's eldest daughter, now widow of
Thomas Gilbert, married Samuel Marshfield.
On 10 January, 1664 (1665), Samuell Chapin as one of a
committee of eight to oversee highways signed a report of the
said committee (S. 3, 26). In February, 1664 (1665), Dea-
con Saml Chapin appears on a list of the inhabitants of
Springfield (S. 3, 38). On 2 March, 1664 (1665), Deacon
Ch : received 2 pounds from the town, which the town owed
him (S. I, 247).
PLATK IV.
M;ip of Sanuiel C'hapin's lot (jii lmkI l)rO(
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II April, 1665, Deacon Chapin did not attend the town
meeting, and as he did not give a sufficient excuse, he was
fined 6d. (S. 2, 10). The Springfield Homestead iox i June,
1907, says that he stayed away probably because of dissatis-
faction with the way the allotment of lands were managed.
16 April, 1665, Deacon Chapin hired 100 acres in Chick-
upy Plaine from John Pynchon. On 16 August, 1665, Dea-
con Chapin was chosen the Commissioner to join with the
Selectmen in making the Countrey rate (S. 3, 46). On 10
November, 1665, Samuell Chapin witnessed a deed from the
Indians (Hampden A. 68).
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CHAPTER VIII.
DEATH.
SAMUEL CHAPIN was now an old man, and having
borne for over twenty years the burdens of government,
now in his dedining years withdrew from the centre of politi-
cal affairs.
5 February, 1666 (1667), Deacon Chapin, with Pynchon
and Holyoke was chosen on a committee of eight to care for
the poor of the town (S. 3, 50), and on 11 February, 1666
(1667), this committee made its report and Deacon Chapin
and two others were appointed a committee to distribute
money to the poor (S. 2, 47). At this meeting, too, i i Feb-
ruary, 1666 (1667), Deacon Chapin and the Selectmen ex-
amined the records of the Selectmen for the year previous,
and found no reason why the arrangement of the seating in
the meeting house should be altered (S. 2, 43).
Three times more, according to the records, did Samuel
Chapin review the minutes of the Selectmen, i February,
1669 (1670), Deacon Chapin and Lieut. Cooper were chosen
a committee to examine the accounts of the Selectmen for the
preceding year, " and ye sd Committee attended ye work"
(S. 3, 68). 6 February, 167 1 (1672), Deacon Chapin and
Eli. Holyoke, Senr., were chosen to examine the accounts of
the Selectmen for the preceding year (S. 3, 75). And again
3 February, 1673 (1674), Deacon Chapin and Nathaneel Ely
were chosen to examine the accounts of the Selectmen for the
year previous (S. 3, 81).
On 4 March, 1667 (1668), Deacon Chapin was chosen to
appoint a day on which Mr. Glover's rate (i. e. the minister's
tax) may be paid, and Deacon Chapin and one of the Select-
men are to receive the rate (S. 3, 52).
1832296
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21 May, 1667, Samuell Chapin deeded half his land and
howsings in Springfield to his son Japhet (Photograph of
deed in Burt, Vol. II. This deed was never directly recorded,
but on 19 November, 1667, Japhet Chapin of Springfield,
deeded to his brother-in-law, John Hitchcock, all the land,
etc., which he had received of his father, Samuel Chapin, on
12 October, 1667, it being half of the said Samuel's land in
Springfield. Both Samuel Chapin and Japhet Chapin signed
this deed. (Hampden AB, 62 and A, 108).
4 March, 1667-8, "There is also granted unto Deacon
Chapin Ten acres of meddow beyond Skipmuck where he can
fynd it soe much undisposed (S. 3, 164).
12 April, 1668, Samuel Chapin signed a petition to the
General Court against imposts (M. A. 60, p. 42). (N. E. H.
& G. R. 9, 8i).^i)
On 12 February, 1668 (1669), Deacon Chapin was chosen
on a committee of nine to decide what highways shall be town
roads and what ones private roads (S. 3, 23), and this com-
mittee decided that Deacon Chapin and six others should
make and repair the highway into the plain above end brook
(S. 3, 24), and that Deacon Chapin and fourteen others
should make and repair the way leading to the meadows on
Mill River, to 16 acres, and to worlds End, beginning at the
tup of the hill over the ' Causey above Symon Bemons ' (S. 3,
24).
23 April, 1669, "There is foure acres of meddow Granted
to Deacon Chapin, on ye hither branch of fresh water River
pvidcd it be not already Granted to any other (^S. 2, 72). On
11 October, 1669, Samuell Chapin and Cicely his wife, deed
30 acres of land at Worronoco, to John Sackett, of North-
ampton (Hampton deeds, A. 43), and they both acknowl-
edged the deed the same day, October 1 1 (Hamp. A. 43).
12 October, 1670, forty-one men were ordered to get fire
wood for Mr. Glover, the minister. Deacon Chapin was to
get two loads (S. 2, 81).
Arcli. officials read this date, 2 November, i66S.
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From the very first the English at Springfield had treated
the Indians with honesty and justice, and as a result the Aga-
wamsand Worronocos had come to live in peace alongside of
the whites. For forty years the inhabitants of Springfield
had lived side by side with the Indians in perfect peace and
tranquility. Therefore on the outbreak of King Philip's war,
Springfield was not in the least alarmed. As the conflict
spread westward, Springfield still felt confident that the Indi-
ans who surrounded it, and who had for more than a genera-
tion been friendly, would not join Philip in the war.
On the 4th of October, 1675, Major Pynchon, acting un-
der the orders of the Commissioners of the United Colonies,
lead a force from Springfield to Hadley, thus leaving Spring-
field unprotected. At about this time a number of hostile In-
dians entered a fort on Long hill in the south part of Spring-
field, which was occupied by supposedly friendly Indians. An
Indian named Toto warned the inhabitants of Springfield dur-
ing the night of October 4, that the town was to be attacked
and the inhabitants thereupon took refuge in the three forti-
fied houses of the town. Samuel Chapin was among those in
Springfield at this time (Burt i, 129 and Green, 162).
As no attack occurred that night, they began to think that
the alarm was false, and so in the morning, Lt. Cooper and
Thomas Miller rode over towards Mill river, where the Indi-
ans were. They were immediately fired on. Miller was
killed. Cooper was wounded. But his horse galloped back
to Springfield, Cooper dropping dead when they reached Pyn-
chon's house. The Indians now burst forth. Mrs. Matthews
was captured and killed, and the greater part of the town was
set on fire. Pynchon and Appleton with 200 men hastened
over from Hadley as soon as they heard of the attack, but
found the town in flames when they arrived. About thirty
houses were burnt, which was almost half the town. The In-
dians immediately withdrew on the arrival of the soldiers, who
remained in Springfield until the i6th, when they marched to
the defence of Northfield. The inhabitants then set to work
to rebuild the town.
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Samuel Chapin, however, did not live to see the town re-
built for according to the diary of his son Japhet, " My father
was taken out of this troublesome world the 1 1 day of No-
vember about eleven of the clock, 1675 " (Japhet Chapin's
diary, see N. E. H. & G. Reg. 38, p. 121).
"Samuell Chapin Deacon of the Church at Springfield died
II day of November 1675 " (S. vital records, p. 66).
" Ciseley Chapin the widow of Deacon Samll Chapin was
sicke and dyed Febr. 8, 1682 " (S. vital, p. 69).
Of their children, David married Lydia Crump in 1654,
and lived in Boston ; Henry married Bethia Cooley in 1664,
and lived in Springfield; Josiah married first in 1658, Mary
King, living first at Braintree and later at Mendon ; while Ja-
phet, the youngest son married in 1664 Abelenah Cooley,
and lived at Springfield ; Catherine married first in 1646 Na-
thaniel Bliss, secondly Thomas Gilbert, and thirdly Samuel
Marshfield ; Sarah married in 1647 Rowland Thomas; and
Hannah married in 1666 John Hitchcock. (See Burt.)
38 CHAPIN FAMILY
CHAPTER IX.
LAND RECORDS AND WILLS.
<< AT Mr. Glovers Lower Corner, There Deacon Sam
■**• Chapin is to take in his fence even with it, and to
Run straite from thence skewing of to N at John Stew-
arts Corner" (S. 2, 3.) [No date is given.]
In an undated list of the inhabitants of Springfield who
have the privilege of voting, appears the name of Deacon
Chapin (S. 3, 79).
13 March, 1660, "Theres granted to Samuell Chapin a
parcell of land at Worronoco beinge between Twenty &
Thirty acres lyinge on the East side of ye Second Brook yt is
on this side of Thomas Coopers farme there: & is to be
bounded by the hills on the North & ye River on the South :
provided those lands shall be confirmed by ye Corte to be-
long to this Town & yt he purchase the said peece of land of
ye Indians : & he is not to hinder passage thorow it to those
other lands beyond it " (S. i, 206).
8 February, 1663 (1664), William Branch is granted land,
"the Northrly bounds to be from the higher side of Deacon
Chapins Lott in ye playne " (S. i, 244).
8 February, 1663 (1664), "There is granted to Deacon
Chapin the land between his low land at Worronoco & the
top of the hill around the North & Easterly Sides thereof
Provided it be noe prjudice to any wayes yt may be laid out
there" (S. i, 241).
The following records are from the Springfield Book of
Possessions, p. 4 :
" Samuell Chapin hath a house lott granted him from the
plantation contayning 4 acres more or less breadth 8 rod
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 39
Length 80 rod abutting against the Street East & the greate
River West Bounded by Mr. Moxon North By Thomas Reive
South.
Also in the same hne before his house lott Eastward all ye
wet meddow containing to the value of about 2 acres more or
less and at ye end of the wett meddow, by a wood lott of 4
acres more or less Breadth 8 rod Length 80 rod running in
the same line Bounded as the home lott is.
Also over the greate river a lott of 4 acres more or less
abutting agayn by the greate river East & thence runninge in
length westward 74 rod the breadth 8 rod Bounded North by
Mr. Moxon South by Thomas Reive, one acre & halfe of
this lot at the west end 30 rod long & the whole breadth is
by Sam Chapin sold to Rich Exsell & his heires for ever febr
I 1658.
Alsoe a lott in the plaine of 19 acres more or less Breadth
26 rod abutting agaynst the great river at the west end & for
running in length eastward 120 rod liounding North by mr.
Moxon South by Tho Reive.
Also [the record is illegible]. This ffiftene acres is by Sam
Chapin sold & fully passed away to Mr John Pynchon his
heires & assignes for ever March 20 1656.
Alsoe a meddow lott over ye greate river i acre J a rod 3
quters in bredth length 1 14 rod .... the Agawam river to the
.... bounded by mr. Holyoke e by mr. moxon west. This
acre pt is to be made up Six acres by ye grant of the planta-
tion See Town booke feb. 21. 1649 [see Chap. IV]. There
is of the Southend of this 6 acr lott 5 acr or thereabout Sold
to Jno Lamb his heires passing for ever viz from ye River to
ye brow of the hill the west of that meddow lott is Sold to
Tho Miller his heires & assignes for ever March 14 1660.
Alsoe a meddow lot over Agawam river i acres with the
alowa .... Breadth 3 rod length 80 rod Bounded by Menry
Burt East by Robt Ashly west.
A parcell of Meddow on the mill river beinge 4 acres more
or less bounded South by William Warrener North by Ben-
40 CHAPIN FAMILY
jamin Munn. This i acr over Agawam is Sold to Jno
Leonard his heires & assignes forever Jan 31 1662.
Samuel Chapin hath bought of his son Henry Chapin this
.... [torn] of August 1652 a parcell of Land in the playne
over agt Chiccopie river beinge 20 acres more or less breadth
16 rods length . . .' . the river west 102 rod Bounded North
by ffrancis Pepper South by Rowland Thomas. This 20
acres of land is by Samuel Chapin sold & fully parsed away
to John Scott his heires & assignes for ever Jan. 14th 1661.
Jan. 1651 There is Given to Sam Chapen by the Planta-
tion one acre of meddow upon the mill river bounded by
Jonath Taylor. This single acre is by Japhet Chapin fully
passed away to Anthony Dorchester & his heires forever.
Registered Nov. 27, '79.
December i8th, 1654, Sam Chapin is Possessed by Pur-
chase from Rich Sikes of a howselot four acres & halfe more
or less breadth 9 rod length 80 rod the streete to the grt
River Bounded North by Rich Exsell South by Wm War-
rina.
Also in ye same line eastward 2 acres of wet meddow more
or less 9 rod broad wth a woodlot of four acres & half adjoyn-
ing bounded as aforsed.
Also of four acres more or less over the grt river breadth
8 rod length 80 .... the grt river westward bounded North
Rich Exsell South Wm Warrinar.
Also of thirteen acres more or less in the 3rd Devission
breadth 13 Rod abutting agai the meddow lots south-
ward & so running North in length 160 rod bounded East by
Wm Warrinar, west by Rich Exsell.
Also of Two acres & halfe of meddow on the Mill River
being the .... at the of the River & runs North Ipounded
North by Wm Warrinar. All these psells of land are
Rich Sikes fully passed over to Sam Chapin his heires & as-
signes for ever recorded this i8th December 165 [4].
All these several psells of land viz 4 acres & ^ wet med-
dow 2 acres wth a woodlot of 4 acres and 4 acres over the
M ,.a^;^ii^^AJ:
PLATE V
Handwriting of Samuel Chapin, in Pynchon Account 15ooks,
City l,ihrary, Springfield.
rroiii platu kimlly loaned by Mr. Krank H. I'.uri,.,! Newton, son of Mr. Henry Hurt, aiitli.
of History of SprinKlield, in wliitli tlic al.ove tut lirst appeared.
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 4I
grt river And 13 acres in the 3rd devission wth 2 acres & I
of meddow on the Mill river they are all sold & passed away
to David Chapin his heires & assignes for ever & by him the
sd David Chapin they are sold & fully passed away to Tho.
Noble & James Wariner jointly this 5th July 1656 to them
theire heires & assignes for ever' (Springf. Bk. of Poss. p. 4).
For the will of Samuel Chapin see Chapter X.
"An Inventory of ye Estate of Deacon Sanill Chapin De-
ceased.
To I Cow & 2 yearlings at
To I Hogg at
To I Gun & sword at
To Bitle Rings & weges
To Axes, Chaines, tramls &c
To an iron Pot & Kettell -
To a Brass Kettell & Scillit
To 2 Keelers, 2 payles at
To I paire sheetes, hood -
To 2 barls & 2 Dishes at -
To 4 Pewter Platters at ' -
To 2 Beds & Pillowes at -
To I Rugg & Coverlitt at -
To 2 IManckets at -
To I Chest & wheele at
To 2 Cloaks at
To I Kersey Suite & hatt
To Debts due to ye estate
£
s
d
006
10
00
000
15
00
001
10
00
000
10
00
002
00
00
001
10
00
000
JO
00
000
10
00
001
00
00
014
15
00
000
06
00
000
16
00
002
10
00
003
00
00
000
10
00
000
10
00
002
10
00
002
10
00
018
07
00
030
The totall Sum of ye abovesaid Inventory is ;^045 -09-00.
There is due from ye estate to Henry Gilbird ten Pounds
alsoe to Thomas Gilbird if he stays his time ten Pounds.
42 CHAPIN FAMILY
There is likewise due to ye Estate from John Hitchcock
five Pound a Yeare during ye widdovvs life. And from Ja-
phet Chapin five Pound a yeare for eight yeares.
The abovesayd Inventory taken by Jonathan Burt, Samll
Marshfield." (Hampshire Probate Court.)
Japhet Chapin of Springfield presented the last will and
testament of his mother, Cisly Chapin, Widow deceased, to-
gether with the Inventory of her Estate, which will was ap-
proved in Court & the Estate in the Invent;ory to be disposed
according to the will of the deceased.
A coppy of ye Will & Inventory here follows :
"The last will & Testament of Cisly Chapin of Springfield
widdow to Samuel Chapin deceased of the place aforesaid who
being stricken in years and not well in body yet having the
use of her understanding and memory as formerly and not
knowing how it may please God to deal with her doth order
and dispose of her Estate as followeth Impiimis: I do be-
queath my body to the ground and my Soule to God that
gave it.
2iy I do give and bequeath unto my son henry Chapin of
Springfield within a twelve month after my decease twenty
shillings to be paid him by my Executor and also my great
Bible :
3«iy I do give and bequeath unto my son Josiah Chapin of
Braintry in this Colony twenty shillings to be paid to him
within a twelve month after my decease :
4iy I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Catharine
Mashfield wife of Samuell Mashfield of Springfield a sute of
blackish Searge Cloths of my own wearing clothes after my
decease and my best Cloake :
5iy I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah
Thomas a Cloth wast Coat and Coat of my own wearing
and my worst Cloak and my best hat :
6iy I do give and bequeath unto my daughter hannah hitch -
cock my great iron kittle and two platters she hath now in
possession and a Chaff bed with a linnon beek and two blan-
ketts blew ones belonging to the bed :
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 43
7iy My will is that my Executor shall pay out of my Es-
tate unto Henry Gilbert now an Aprentice to John Hitch-
cock of Springfield when the said Henry is twenty-one years
of age ten pounds to be paid in Corn and Cattle Corn at price
Currant Cattle as they shall be prized by two Indifferent
men :
8'y I do by this my last will and Testament make my Son
Japhet Chapin of Springfield my sole and absolute Executor
to pay out all the aforesaid Legac}'es debts dues'" and lawful
demands due from mee to any person as also to demand and
receive any such debts as are any wayes Due to me from any
person or persons whatsoever I say to pay out all the afore-
said legacies according to this my last will and Testament
which being done I do give fully and absolutely bequeath all
the rest of my Estate now in my posession left me by my de-
ceased husband Samuel Chapin unto my Son Japhet Chapin
my Executor aforesaid, that this is my last will and Testa-
ment I do testifie by setting to my hand and Seal This Six-
teenth day of May Anno: Domini: 1676.
Signed and Sealed Sicely X Chapin
in the presence of her Signe
his mark
Nathaniel N P Pritchet To y^ above^"^ In-
Daniel Denton struement was
a Scale af^xed."
March: 26: 83 Nath' Tritchcrd made Oath y' he was
present when Sicely Chapin signed and Sealed this Instru-
ment as her last will and testament and so declared y" same
and y' she was then of sound Understanding and hereto made
Oath : —
before me John Pynchon Assistant
Mr. Daniell Denton made oath before y' Court march : 27 :
1683 y» y^ Testator Signed and Sealed this Instrument as
44 CHAPIN FAMILY
her last will and testament and was of sound minde when she
did it to the best of his knowledge :
Sam" Partrigg- Clerk.
(Hampshire Probate Court) '
"An Inventory of ye Estate of Cicely Chapin deceased ye
Wife of Deacon Samll Chapin of Springfd taken March sth,
1682, taken by us Jonathan Burt Senr and Benjamine Par-
sons Senr.
X s d
One Rugg at 20' One Coverlitt &
blue blancket 15^ - - 01 15 co
One pr of Bodyes, a green apron &
a Wascoate at 10' a Cloak &
Cloath hood 25^ - . 01 15 00
One bed at 30^ To 3 pillows & one
bolster at ro^ - - 02 00 00
One Cloath Wascoate & one serge
Wascoate 20^ blue apron, serge
Neckcloath 5^ - - 01 05 00
To 4 coats at 3-^ a Cloath hood at
5^ one pr stockings, 2 Was-
coats at 6' - - - 03 1 1 00
To 2 handkerchiefs, one dressing 4^
One sheet one slip 2 pillow-.
beirg 12' - - - 00 16 00
To I Chest one wheele, 2 Keelers
12' to 3 platters at 12^ - 01 04 00
To I pe of tongs, fire shovell, iron
pots 2 pe pot hooks 2 tramels,
Crooke - - - 01 00 00
To I Bedstead 5» one p"" bitle rings,
3 wedges 10' brass Kettle 5^ 01 00 00
(1) There is another copy of this will and inventory in tlie Hist. Soc, City Library, Spring-
field, Mass.
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 45
£ S d
To I hooe 2 axes a Whifletree
chaine a spitt 14 a pot, iron
Kettell 28* - - - 02 02 00
To 2 platters at 6" An iron Kettell
a pr Brass seales & weights 30^ 01 16 00
To a leather jacket a peas hook a
frying pan 15^ - - 00 15 00
A debt of Japhet Chapins at 40-^
for Land hire of a cow 40^ , - 42 00, 00
To a cow hide 8^ By pay of two
Cows at 6-^ 15^ - - 07 03 00
To a Steele & a Cow at 6-^ 10^ fan
& a grindstone at 12^6^^ - 07 02 06
To a debt of John Hitchcocks at
25^ - - - - 25 00 00
Debts due from ye Estate.
04 06
To Japhet Chapin
To 3 qts wine a pint Rhum 2* of
sugeat - - - 000 08 00
To his paymt to John Barber for
makeing Cloaths at - - 000
To his paymt to Mr. Gilbirt at Hart-
ford 3* & Nathl Bliss 23s - 001
To 6' suge at 3^ paymt to Samll
Ely 12^ 6=^ - - - 000
To ye Country Rate & Weaveing
at 17^ 3** Recording 4^ 3'^ - 001
To makeing a Wascoat & Weaving
2 yds half Cloath - - 000
To 2 yd & half of Lining Cloath a
peck of wheate - - 000
09
GO
06
00
15
06
01
06
03
09
08
06
001
00
03
001
14
06
015
16
09
OIO
. ^
06
035
00
00
004
04
04
46 CHAPIN FAMILY
To a pr of Bodys at 8^ 3"^ a shift
Cloath 7* 6^ for black serg 4^
6^^ -
To 2 aprons & Lining Cloath i 3^ for
shoes 21^ 6'^ -
To Holland & for a capp & for
stockings 8^ g"^ one yd & hf
dyet 15= S'^ -
To payment to Henry Gilbirt lo-^
funeral] charges 13^ 6'^
To John Hitchcock
To 3 yeares & a half dyet of his
ni(jther at -
To black searge a knife & half a
bushll wheate
69 05 07
Japhet Chapin & John Hitchcock made oath that ye
abovesd was a true Inventory of their deceased Mother Cicely
Chapins Estate before Major John Pynchon March 26,
1683."
(Hampshire Probate Records.)
The following is Japhet Chapin's account against his
mother, Cicely Chapin.
" my mother Chapin
debtor
To a payr of bodies - - - - 083
To cloth for a shift - - - - oJ-'7 6
To black Sarge - - - - 046
To an apron - - - - - 026
To a shift more - - - - 076
To a blue apron - - - - 030
ASSOCIATION PURLICATIONS. 47
desembe 15 1677 to Jnury 10: 1681
mother is deptr to mee for
shoes wich I have had of
cosen Luk in this tim
above menshend . . - -
To hoi end for a hanker
To a cap . . . . .
payed to mr Pinchon
To stokens - - - - -
by one year and a half
and sixtin days diet - - - -
payd to henery Gilbord - - -
post out of the old book
for diging the grave - - - -
(Japhet Chapin's account book/ in Hist. Soc, City Library,
Springfield, Mass.)"
2
01
06
0
3
6
0
I
6
0
12
0
0
3
9
15
08
00
10
00
"00
4
14
09
0
02
00
(•) Japhet Cliapin appears to liave had an account book or " diary " previous to this one, but
I have not succeeded in locating it. See page 37.
48 CHAPIN FAMILY
CHAPTER X.
WRITINGS.
E existing writings of Samuel Chapin are as follows
T.
nrn
Signature 29 September, 1656, in Pynthon's account book,
vol. I, p. 238.
II.
Signature to report of committee, 30 September, 1659.
Mass. Arch. 112, p. 116.
III.
Signature 16 November, 1663, in Pynch(>n's account book,
vol. 2, p. 262.
IV.
" In consideration of the dept of An hundred & twentie
one pound eighteen shillings eight pence on the other side
Captin Pynchion when hee went for Ingland did Agree with
his brother Holiock to take the mill & Mstr Holioke share of
the Land belonging thereunto & the saied Mstr Holiokes
share of pay due from Jeremiah Ik)rton & James Warriner
for full payment of the saied dcpt & upon deliurie of A deed
of sale for the Mill & the land to his wife Mstr Pynchion hee
did giue order his saied wife should Cancel that dept of 121
18 8d one the other side, Now this first of March 63-64, the
saied Mstr Holioke did deliuer to Mstres Pynchion A deed of
sale of the saied Mill & Land, Whereupon the saied Mstrs
Pynchion Cancelled the saied dept.
Witnes. Saml'ell Chapin "
II
PLATK VI
"acsimiles of Signatures of Samuel Chapin and of the Marks
of Cicely Chapin.
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 49
The words " the other side," in the above refer to the en-
try showing the indebtedness which was entered on the' op-
posite page, of the agreement. (Burt.)
" These Psents testifie that I Samuell Chapin of Spring-
feild for & in Consideration of fatherly Love & Care which I
haue & Doe beare Unto my sonne Japheth Chapin haue
giuen & granted & by these Psents doe giue grant and Con
firme Unto my saied sonne Japheth Chapin & to his heares
& assignes for euer all my liowsing & Lands in & about the
towne of Springfeild euen all that became myne eyter by
purchas or by Deuidants or gift forme the Toune to haue &
to hold the aforsaied bowsing & Lande with all the apurte-
nances thereof To him his heares & asignes foreuer excepting
the one halfe thereof of all those howsings & Lands for the
Terme of myne & my wifees Life Unto my saied sonne & to
his heires & asignes foreuer freely & quietly without any
manner of Challenge Claim or Demand made or to bee made
by mee the saied Samuell Chapin or any other Psone or
Psons whatsoeuer for mee or in my name or in my right or
by my meanes or Pcurement In Witnesse whereof I haue
hereunto Sett my hand & scale this 21 of May 1667.
Samuell Chapin.
sealed & deliuered in the Psents of "
John and Hannah Hitchcock the witnesses of course signed
their names themselves.
VI.
Signature to deed, dated 24 June, 1668, in Mass. Arch.- 15
B p. 44.
VII.
Signature to petition 1668 in Mass. Arch. 60, p. 42.
50 CHAPIN FAMILY
VIII.
Although the original will is not on record, I believe that
Samuel Chapin probably wrote or at any rate composed his
own will, and so insert it here.
"In ye yeare 1674: 75 ye 4th of ye first month I Samll
Chapin of Springfield in the County of Ham})shire doe here
make & ordaine this my Last will & testement
Wherein I doe bequeath my self this Body & Spirit into ye
hands of my most Gracious god & merciful ffather who hath
magnifyed his mercy & free grace towards me in my Lord
jesus Christ in whome I have Redemption through his blood
even ye forgiveness of my Sins through ye worke of ye holy
ghost workeing regeneration & a new Creation giveing teste-
mony of Redemption & Adoption through faith in ye Blood
of my Lord Jesus Christ who dyed for me & Rose againe yt
I who had deserved Death might injoy Eternal life & by his
Resurrection assureing me of my Resurrection to Eternll life
& soe much ye more in yt he hath given me my part in ye first
Resurrection on whome ye second Death shall have noe
Power.
I doe give to my Son Henry Chapin twenty shillings to be
payd within one yeare after my decease. Also to my Grand-
son Thomas Gilberd ten Poundes upon this condition yt he
Serve out his time according to his Indenture yt is to say till
bee attaine to ye age of one & twenty years.
All other my goodes & estate within Dores & without I
give and bequeath to my wife whome I make & Ordaine my
true & lawfull P>xecutrix in wittness hereoff I have hereuiUo
sett my hand in ye Presence off
Sam Chapin."
Japhet Chapin
The marke A C of AbeLene Chapin.
Japhet Chapin & AbeLene his wife testifye yt they being
Present at ye Date above sd saw Samll Chapin their ffather
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 5 I
now Deceased set his hand to this writeing abovesd as his
Last will & testement, declareing it soe & calling ym to wit-
ness it whereunto they subscribed there handes, & yt at ye
time of Doeing it he ye sayd Samll Chapin was of sound &
goode understanding & hereto they made oath ye 24th March
1676. Before ye WorshipfuU Major Pynchon. Assist.
(Hampshire Probate records.)
Cicely Chapin probably could not write. She made her
mark instead of signing her name. None of the originals are
extant but there are three documents bearing what is presum-
ably a facsimile of her 'mark.'
I.
Copy of deed. 11 Oct. 1669. Hampden Co. deeds A .43.
II.
Copy of her will. 16 May, 1676. Hampshire Probate
Records.
III.
Copy of her will. 16 May, 1676. Hist. Soc, City Li-
brary, Springfield.
52 CIIAPIN FAMILY
CHAPTER XI.
PYNCHON ACCOUNT BOOKS.
C AMUEL CHAPIN'S dealings with John Pynchon, throw
^ much light on his life and on the life of the times in
general.
The following extracts (') are from the Pynchon Account
Books in the City Library, Springfield, Mass,
(i) (m) has been translated as i,ooo, and yor as you;-.
Deacon Chapin.
2 yds scots cloth at 2S 7d
6 yds f Lockr at 20 d
2 pr stock at 22d
1 pr stock i6d. i pr at igd
I yd -h bleu Linen at lyd
I yd ^ at 1 9d
6 yds ^ & nayl of stuft at 5s 3d
F thrid 2s. 6 laces 5d
4^ (?) lb thrid Coventry blew 2d
3 yds gallome gd
^ yd grene say at 5s lod
■k m (500) pins 8d. i yd loomeworke 8d
I bush & ^ of Apples at 4s
I pr stockens
Buttons Cot Rib &a Combe to David
4 yd & ^ of Kersy at 7 s 6d
4 doz & 4 of Buttons at 5d. 10 sc silke
I yd & ^ qr of Greene cotton at 3s 2d
1 yd &; ^ of kersy at 5s 8d
^ yd flannell
2 yds of Tawny kersy at 5s 8d
f yd of Greene Cotton
00
05
G2
00
I I
03
00
03
g8
00
G2
05
00
02
G2
00
GI
iii
01
14
02
GO
G2
05
GO
01
00
00
GG
09
GG
02
I r
00
01
04
OG
06
00
GO
02
06
GO
GI
06
01
13
09
00
03
OG
OG
03
07
OG
g8
06
GG
Gl
03
00
I I
04
OG
G2
04i
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. . 53
pd your Rate for killing of wolves oo 02 03^
Due in my old booke 01 14 07
(One line crossed out.)
due for smither)' worke 00 16 10
(Several lines crossed out.)
pd your Country Rate, 1652, 5s 3d
1 yd & ^ of frize at 5s p yd
I oz. Nutmeggs 8d mace 6d.
3 Pills
pd for you to Sam, Marshall of Windsor
*■ plaine Iron 8d a Gimblet 5d. 2 hooke
2d sharpning a share and coulter 5d
Laying a share
" a Coulter
Sharp share & coulter
I qt of vinegar 12 yds Incle
I pr Pitchforke tines
Due in my father's booke
more for oates to be pd in pease
Due wch you are to pay for your Son Henry
Chapin 04 05
26 07
00
05
03
00
07
06
00
01
02
00
00
06
01
06
06
00
01
08
00
02
06
00
01
10
00
00
04
00
01
04
00
01
00
09
10
07
00
06
00
Reed 67 bush of wheate & 3 bush, all is 70
bush at 3s lod per bush is
Reed by a Bill from Goodm. Foord.
Reed for you of (I. Howell
Reed in wampam
Reed by 4 days worke David
Reed by what I pay David for worke at
mill
13
08
04
05
00
00
00
03
10
01
15
09
00
08
00
It
00
09
00
21
04
II
Lines crossed over and over and almost illegible.
54 CHAPIN FAMILY
more
So Rests due to mee 05 03 00
you are to pay me for Mr. Moxon. ye
last halfe of his Rate 14s id & for
goods you bought of him i8s 01 12 01
06
15
GI
Reed by Porke & fat
00
10
09
Reed in wampam
00
04
04
00
15
01
ly 18
1653 Acoted & Rests due to mee Just
06
00
OG
for mending a spade
CO
GO
06
I bush of Apples
00
04
OG
I pr stockens 4s 4d i pr Cotton stockens
2S
6d
00
06
IC
3 yds want a litle of wt Cotton at 3s 4d
GO
09
10
7 yd linnen Cloth at 2s 6d
00
17
06
5 yds ^ red sh Cotton at 3s 8d
01
GG
02
pd for you to VVm Brookes
00
07
08^
I pr stockens
GO
04
04
I pr childs stockens
00
01
08
I Bible 6s 6d i yd i & ^^ of blu linnen
at
i8d
00
02
01
I hat
00
09
00
a band for a cart to Jno Bliss.
00
02
09
silke buttons & gallome to David.
OG
03
oCi
10 yds of kersy at 8s gd p yd
04
07
06
14 17 05
(Book I p. 31.)
G. Chapin.
2000 pins 2S 8d 3 knives 3s 00 05 08
3 yds wt Cotton at 3s 4d 00 10 gg
^ yd ^ qr. wt dimity 13d. i yd | Cot. 2S9d. gg 03 ig
Needles i2d 3 yds col. dimity at 22 d go 06 g6
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 55
1 pee Cot Incle. lod \vt tape 5d
00
GI
03
6 yds Hlet gd 6 yds manchest yd^
00
GI
o4i
I pr shooes of ye 7s
00
03
g8
I pr stockens i4d i pap pins. 6d
GO
GI
08
I dz ^ wted bro thrid
00
GO
09
I pint bottle 2s a pint i^ \ Brandy is
lod^ 00
03
loi
a new socket for a spade
00
GO
I I
Laying an ax
GO
GI
g6
I yd & :^ of wt fustian
OG
02
02i
1 sieth
00
04
08
4 yds blew Cotton at 3s 8d
00
«4
08
pd for you to Symon Sacket
00
05
00
Agust
9 '54 6 yds red shag cotton at 3s lod
GI
03
00
I pr stock
GG
04
G2
2 pr stock at ID d 1 pr 2s 8d 1 pr is
I id GO
g6
03
I yd blew callico
00
02
04
^ yd red callico
00
GO
I I
4 yds ^ red kersy
01
04
04
5 y^^ i greene kersy at 5s 3d
01
08
loi
4 yds { kersy at 8s 8d
01
•9
00
3000 pins
00
04
00
I yd holland 4s 6d i lace & i pr
knives
i5d
GO
05
09
I yd callico
OG
02
GO
I yd red callico
00
01
ID
4 yds wt cotton at 3s 2d
00
12
08
3 yds of green shagg at 3s 6d
OG
IG
g6
ilb peper
OG
GG
07
a comb and cotton rib
GG
OG
.oi
I lb Copperis i lb Allom
00
OG
10
I yd -^ kersy at 8s cjd
GO
13
oii
12
g8
08
Record on ye other side is
14
n
05
27 g6 01
Reed by G.Ashley 12s ~)
by G. Branch 2s 4d j go 14 04
56 CHAFIN FAMILY
Reed by G. Cooper oi 03 09
Reed by worke of his oxen 00 04 06
Reed by a skin of Bever 00 07 00
Reed by 3 lb of eandles 00 02 06
Reed by 192 lb Beife at 4d ' 03 04 00
Oct. 27 th
1654 Aeoted & rests due to mee
05 16
Reed 60 bush of wheate
So is resting due to mee
1 1
IG
GG
10
GO
GO
27 th
October 1654
8 se silke 3 yds gallome manchester
00
G2
03
2000 of hobnayls
GO
06
g8
i C doble (teas?)
00
00
g6
I lb pepper
GO
02
04
I pint vinegar
00
GG
04i
^ yd F. broad lockra
GO
01
09
I yd f blew cotton
OG
05
07
3 lbs sope
00
03
06
4 lb Allom 2 lbs Copperis 8 sc silke
00
03
g8
for ye recording of land 2s
posted to P. 238
OG
G2
00
1 1
08
07
(Book I p. 32.)
Deacon Chapin Dr.
For severall pticulars in p. 32 to ye sum of
II
g8
07
Feb.
17th
165
4 For a psell of wampam sent to Henry Cha-
pin 12;^ & IDS more
12
10
GG
3 lb ^ sope
00
04
GI
■^ lb powder i4d. 1 lb shot 4d
GG
01
06
3 lb sugar
00
02
06
^ a peck of salt
00
GG
10
2 lb starch
00
01
g6
16 lb of sugar
00
13
04
you are to pay for your son David
IG
GO
GO
35
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. $7
Reed p Tho Stebbins in wheate i6s |
Reed p Katherin Bliss 17s 6d j 01 13 06
Reed 87 bushs. of wheate (at ye Mill in
June 1655) IS
Reed a qr of veale 00
Reed by stringing 247 (fathoms) of wampam 01
Reed Josias id reaping 00
^9
00
02
06
10
10
00
06
19
06
04
Agust 7th
165s Acoted & rests due to niee
15
14
06
I yd ^ of red shag at 3s gd
00
OS
08
I yd ^ wt cotton at 3s 6d
00
OS
03
5 yds ^ kersy at 6s
01
13
00
4 yds ^ wt cotton at 3s 6d
00
IS
09
I yds f of red kersy
00
08
09
1500 pins manchest : fillet. Inele. cot
. rib 00
03
07
6 yds of red cotton at 3s lod
01
03
00
2 yds ^ of greene say at 5s
00
10
03
I Bible
00
05
06
I comb lod I bunch tape i4d
00
02
GO
1000 pins i6d I knife i2d
00
02
04
(Page 238)
2 I
10
07
Oct. I8th
1655 To 2 yds i kersy at 7s 6d
00
16
04i
4 doz buttons 2 s. 6sc silke gd
00
02
09
I line crossed out.
buttons & 3 sc silke.
00
01
o6i
1 C of 6d nayles
00
01
00
3 yds i peniston at 4s 8d
00
16
0+
I pr stock 4s 6d 1 pr i8d
00
06
00
I yd ^ red cotton at 3s lod
00
04
10
I sickle
00
01
06
02
10
04
On ye other side is
21
10
07
You are to pay me for Rowld to
G. Ed-
wards
03
10
00
27
10
1 1
58 CHAPIN FAMILY
Reed 74 bushs. ^ of wheateat^s 6d p bush. 13 00 09
Reed in wampam 00 10 00
Reed 2 bush of oates 00 05 00
Reed stringing 15 (fathoms) ^ wampam 00 01 11
Aprill 19th
1656 Acoted & rests due to mee 13 13 03
Sept. 25th
1656 To a hat 00 18 00
To what you pay me for Josias (as below) 00 09 03
15 00 06
Rec'd by stringing of wampam 194 (fathoms) or 04 04
Acoted Septbr 29th 1656 cS; rests due to Mr.
Pynchon thirteene pounds, sixteen shil-
Hng two pence 13 16 02
(Signed) Samuel Chapin.
(Book I, p. 237.)
Deacon Chapin Dr.
£ s d
Above ye sum off 13 j 6 02
Reed by Geo ; Colton 04 05 00
So he owes mee 09 11 02
Deacon Chapin
'lo ye halfe of ye oxen 7;i^ 10s 07 10 00
1 2 lbs of VVoole 01 00 00
^ yd J- qr, blew lin 00 01 03
f yd brd blew linnen 00 01 09
6 se F thrid 00 00 09
4 bunches thrid but lod ^ manchest 7d ^ 00 01 06
^ pee of silk lace 00 00 05
I lb of thrid 4s 2d fillet i2d. 2 pr sisors i id.
2 yds ^ gallome 00 06 11
I Comb 2od Needles 4d 00 02 00
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS.
59
X yd red cotton
above is
all is
posted to N Book p. 20.
(Book I, p. 238.)
00 04 00
09 II 02
18 19 09
Deacon Chapin Dr.
Octobr 28
1657 To I yd ^ & -|- qr of kersy at 14s
1 yd ^ kersy at 7s 6d
, 2 yds of red shag at 4s
4 yds gallom i4d. 2 so of silke
2000 of Pins
2 pr of spectales
2 yds wt cotton at 3s i id
1 yd ^ of red shag cot at 4s
2 C of nayles 6d. smale nayles id
6 yds of red cotton Goodm. Gun
Annisseed & buttons
in my old booke is
01
02
09
00
II
03
00
08
GO
00
01
03
00
03
GO
CO
01
04
00
07
10
00
06
00
CO
02
01
01
04
00
GO
01
08
18
19
09
!3 09 00
Reed by 2 bushs of Gates of old 5s. i d
worke Japhet i8d candles (i)s 8d. a qr.
of veale 2s 6(d). 2 oxe hides 2£ 02
Reed by wt. I am to allow you on ye oxen,
acots being made up cS: I have pd for
your Ind. corne Hay &c for all I am to
allow you los
Reed 14 bushs wheate last yeare
Reed by making 84 lb candles at 2d p. lb
Reed by porke & Bacon to ye lead mines
Reed by your pt of blacks hide
Reed 40 bushs wheate
Reed by ye seleetmens order yt I should
pay you out of ye 40;^ rate (57)
15
08
GO
10
00
G2
09
00
00
14
00
G2
06
IG
00
09
06
07
GO
GO
01
OG
OG
n
05
00
60 CHAPIN FAMILY
June i8th
1658 Acoted & rests due to me ye sum o(T
& for ^ of powder dlrd before ye acot
not acoted
resting on buttons 13d. i knife 13d. i
8d.
1500 pins
1 hat 20s. 4 yds wt cotton 14s 8d.
2 doz button 2s 4d. silke 6d.
1 yd ^ of red kersy
pd for you to Sam. Church
I yd f of red shag cotton
you are to pay me for Tho. Gilbert
you are to pay me for ye lot in ye plaine
nayles
(In the margin is this statement.)
Reed 2 bushs of Pease to ye men at ye lead
mine. Reed for pt of ye oxe at ^jC i8s
but 1 2d abate for oates and 1 2d I pd. G.
Fyler for y sons expences so it is but
3^ 1 6s Resting on red shag you had to
pay for out of the churches stock 30s
id. More rests 6s. 3d.
To a gun
callico 2S 6d. cotton rib i2d. thrid 3d
To what you pay for Joseph Parsons
06
04
00
, but
GO
01
02
knife
00
02
10
00
G2
03
01
14
08
GO
02
IG
OG
08
03
00
03
GO
00
07
GO
GI
10
GO
le 02
GO
GO
00
GO
06
GI
02
00
GG
03
09
01
GO
GO
5 02 04
Reed by 2 bushs Pease 6s. making candles
33'. 8d. Reed, by ye oxe as above 3;^
i6s. Reed 30 bushs of wt. 5;^. 5s.
All is 09 10 08
Acoted ye 18. March 16;^, [J & Rests due to
mee 05
Jan. ye 7th 1658 sold to Deacon Chapin ye
homlot wch John Stewart lives on, all
of it but that pt. next to ye streete for
II (or 12) rod excepted, So much being
08
ASSOCIATION I'UHLICATIONS. 6l
excepted next to ye streete ye rest to ye
greate River Deacon Chapin is to have,
also ye wet meddow before it & also
ye woodlot belonging to it for wch he
ingages to pay me in Jan. or Feb. come
twelve Month ye sum of Thirteen
Pounds in vvheate at current price in
Springfeild Hay
13
00
00
April 30th
1659 To f yd of wt cotton
GO
02
g6
I doz of thrid Buttons
GO
GG
05
I yd of searge
00
07
06
pd for you to Sam Ball.
00
19
06
4 yds of wt Cotton at 3s. lod.
00
15
04
4 yds of red shag cotton & i yd ditto
01
OG
GO
I b b felt hat
00
15
06
3 knives 2S
00
02
GO
3 lb. of Powder
00
07
06
4 yds ^ of stuft at 4s. 6d. 20s 3d. 3
doz
buts 2S
or
02
03
4 yds of shag cotton
00
16
00
I C Nay Is
GO
GI
GO
I yd 1 wt cot at 3s 4d
00
05
GO
I y -^ & nayl ^ of kersy 19s. silk 2(-^.
ace
IS gd.
01
01
GO
pd for you to John Scot 23s. 6d buttons
5d
3d ^ work 4s 8d.
01
g8
07
^ yd red kersy
GG
GO
09
for sithe a sieth
GO
05
OG
2 y red cotton Ss. 4 yds ^ red kersy at
5s.
8d. is i£ s^ ^^- ^IJ '=^
01
13
06
Reed, by allowing y 20s on exch. of Land,
candles, worke i£. 13s id. Reed 80
bush. ^ wt 14. 01. 9 carting stones 8d.
& I d helping ye brickman 2£ 14s o
day 4s 02. 18. o il
62
CHAPIN FAMILY
Aug. 23
1660 Acoted & Rests due to mee
Posted to p. 262.
(Book II, p. 20.)
II 03 00
Deacon Chapin Dr
Sept. 3d
1660
£
s
d
To acot made up in p. 20 (August 23, 1660) 11
03
OG
To payment to Deacon Parks for you 30
00
GO
To payment for you to Goodm. Blumfeild 03
GO
GO
To I saddle & fur 02
GO
00
loope lace 00
GO
05
I lb of Powder 00
G2
06
resting on Buttons & silke & the making of
my candles pd for 00
02
IG
freight of your fardle from England 00
I 1
06
2 yds \ qtr gallome & ^ yd of bl ribban 00
01
06
3 doz of thrid Buttons 6d. i doz 2d \. 6 silk
Buttons 3d \ 00
01
GG
I lb of Raysons 00
01
GO
Gallome & edge 6d. i C of Nayls 13d 00
Gl
07
20 lb of Cotton woole 01
01
08
To salt 4 bush 00
18
00
To a Lawbooke ' 00
03
06
To my steeres from ye spring to a winter
los 00
10
GO
^ C of Nayles 00
00
07
2 yds of manchester beys 00
07
04
I Pint of Sack i5d. \ lb of Raysons 6d 00
01
09
Nayls GO
GO
04^
-^ yd & nayle of striped carpel 3s 5d i awle
id 00
03
06
2 a sieth you had of old is not acoted 5s 00
05
GO
^ C of Nayls 6d 00
00
g6
kersy &c for Sam. Ball. 00
16
06
2 lb of AUom GO
01
02
lace fillet ..^c 00
GI
03
8 sc silke (for Lyman) og
01
00
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS.
63
^ yd of canvas.
3 yds searge for R. Lyman
To carying dovvne of 71 bush, of wt
1000 of Pins
To Buttons for R Lyman
2 pr stockens
I wast Belt 5s. 6d
I lb Powder
1 pr stockens 3s. 6d
1000 Pins i8d
To Peters keeping your sheepe 1660
3 yd f blu Linnen at 2od. tape 4d
To paymt for you for Nath. Pritchard
2 q Pap
To paymt for G. Hull for Josias
Hulls worke.
I horn comb to Japhet
To paymt for Goodm. Eggleston
Reed p. contra 23;^. iis 4d
rests 36. 13. I
April! 8th
1663 Acoted & rests due ">
To Ballance \ 36 13
Aprill i6th 1663 sold to Deacon Chapin 100 acres
of land in Chikkuppy Plaine next above
Henry Chapins all thorough ye Plaine
from ye Kiver to ye hill : Cv: also 4 acres
of muxy meddow for wch he is to allow
& pay me 16;^ in wheate at 3s. 6d p
bush. 8;,^ of it next March & ye other
8£ ye yeare after viz in March next
come twelve month, all is 16 00
Let out to Goodm, Chapin ye land of Sack-
uts at Chikkuppy for wch he is to pay
me 3 bush I wt. 00 1 2
00
01
05
01
02
g6
01
04
06
00
01
06
00
09
06
00
04
04
00
05
06
00
02
06
GO
03
06
GO
01
06
00
01
o7i
00
06
II
03
05
00
00
01
03
GO
OS
00
00
00
05
GO
10
00
60
04
05
03
64 CHAPIN FAMILY
Let out to G. Chapin ye Plowed ground of
Sackats at ye Cold Spring for vvch he
IS to pay me
00
ID
00
Tape
GO
00
02
To 6 lb of sugar
00
04
06
I QPap
GO
GO
07I
To ye Boate 4 days at 1 6d
00
05
04
To my cannoe of old
GO
04
00
To severalls brought from d
ay
Booke
03
14
04
58
04
04
Reed. p. contra i^ 12s go
Rests 56. 12. 04
Nov. 16
1663 Acoted & rests due me from Deacon Chapin
fifty six Pounds twelve shillings 4d as
witness his hand. 56 12 04
(Signed) Samuel Chapin.
Reed. p. contra 30^ 4s. 3d
Rests 26. 8. I
Octobr 29th
1664 Acoted & Rests due to me ye sum ofif 26 08 01
posted to N. Booke.
(Book II, p. 262.)
Deacon Chapin Cr.
Nov. 22th
1660 By one hogg, weight 233 lb. at 3d. p lb.
June (61) By 20 bushs of wheate
March 26th or 27th
1663 Reed by John Scot & G. Francis Pepper
wheate
Reed 2 bushs wheate
By 2 Journys to ye falls wth your Teame
By ^ d carting & Sam. Balls help
for an Atachmt
By 38 lb sugar
By 3 bushs ^ wheate
02
18
03
03
IG
GO
1
06
12
00
GO
07
00
GI
GO
GO
00
03
oS
00
01
00
01
II
08
00
12
03
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 6$
& By 5 bushs wheate
By 4 days worke & i qr
By 2 bolts
By making 43 lb of candles 1661
By 12 bushs of Ind. corne in eares
By 2 fowles & 2 lb Butter
By carting stones
By making Candles 1662
By 20 bushs of wheate 1662
Acoted p contra
ye 8th of Aprill 1663.
00
17
06
00
08
06
00
00
06
00
07
02
00
15
00
00
02
06
00
06
00
00
08
04
03
10
00
23 II 04
April 20th 1663 Deacon Chapin had some
blanketting & red shag cotton for to
(relieve ?) G. exsell, wch he pd me for
ye greatest pt out out of the churches
stock : only 5s. is yet behind resting
due to me : the wch 5 s he is to pay me
out of ye churches stock.
Reed it Nov. 16, 1663.
Deacon Chapin Cr.
By John Stebbins paying me for you this
20th June 1663 00 04 00
By I d. carting to & from ye foote of ye
falls
By 3 d. carting stones ^:c
00
00
10
18
00
00
01
12
00
Discounted this ye i6th
of Novembr 1663.
Febr. 9th
1663 Reed in wampam 01 02 00
Jan 15
63 By 22 bush wheat 03 17 00
March By 16 bu of wheat 02 16 00
o6
02
06
06
02
06
05
05
00
01
'5
00
sacra-
00
01
09
02
08
00
00
14
06
30
04
03
66 CHAPIN FAMILY
June 22
64 By 35 bu of wheat
The same day 35 bush more
June 23 More by Sam: Ely 30 bush more
By 10 bushs of wheate to Mr. Glover
By ^ bushs of wheate for ye wine for
ment
By 18 bushs of Pease at 2s 8d
By making candles 14s 6d
Octobr 29th 1664
Acoted p contra.
(Book II, p. 263.)
Deacon Chapin Dr.
To severalls brought from day booke wch
were dlrd July 19, 1664 To ye sum off 05
To severalls dlrd Sept 7. 64 3^ 9s. id.
whereoff 40s. set to Mr. Glover as
day Booke so tis
To severalls
2 knives 2s. 4d needles 4d
To severalls Sept. 21 (64)
To f yd blew linen, silke, hoocks & eys
Octobr. 7
(64) To severalls 00 10 10
Oct. 29.
64 To severalls 05 02 04
Jan 16
64 To 1 lb of sugar 00 oi 00
2 fathom of Match 00 00 08
To paymt you are to make for Mr. Glover
yt 20s for Geo. Coltons (Bull) behind
wch yr 2 make good. 00 08 05
Apr II : 65 To ^ an ell of fine dowlas 00 02 01
Apr. 18 : 65 To i yd ^. ^ qr. searge at 6s. 6d. 2 sc.
silke d. 4 y lace at 8 4 (d ?) 00 13 08
f yd gallome i yd gartering t lb sugar 00 01 06
To 6 d. on ye wine for ye sacramt wch you
bid me set to your acot. 00 00 06
in
01
09
01
00
07
02
00
02
08
01
13
04
00
02
1 1
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 6/
Jun 6
1665 1 yd nap cotton 3s. 3d. ^ pint sack 00 03 09
I Dozen elapses 1 d. ^. i Horn-book 4d. 00 00 06
To Nailes 3s. 4d. i Dozen buttons 8d 00 04 00
To paymt for you to Doctor Read 00 03 08
Feb. 26:
65 To severalls Brought from Day booke 03 07 06
May 14.
1666 To an Indian Coate 00 18 00
To severalls in day Booke to Sept 66 01 18 03
Oct 29 To severalls 01 00 09
23 15 09
Dec. II. 1666 Reed p. contra 23. 15. 06 |
Rests 00. 00. 03 \
Dee. nth 1666 upon this acot above Rests 00 00 03
But se ye old Booke p. 262 where is due to
me of old 26. 8. i so yt in all he owes
me 26^ 8s. 4d.
Deeeb : 29 :
66 To rr yd lace at 2s. p yd 00 01 00
Jun. 14 :
67 To salt 4s. 6d. I lace 2d. 00 04 08
Octobr 17
68 To Steele f lb 00 01 00
March 9
69 To a belt 3s. whereoff Goodm. Chapin pd.
1 2d. to my wife so tis 00 02 00
To I doz ^ Buttons to Serj. Stebbing 00 01 06
June 15
69 To I sieth 00 05 00
he is to help me 2 d Reaping.
Resting on spectacles 00 00 03
To 2 bushs salt 00 12 00
1 yd f (colored ?) Linnen 3.9. i yd man-
chester 2 d i yd loop lace 3d 00 04 02
68 CHAPIN FAMILY
I sc red silke 2d. 4d thrid gallome 6d 00 or 00
For Chikkiippy Land as p agreeint on ye
other side 30 00 00
To old acot in ye old Booke, now I cross it
there & so bring it hither 26 08 01
58 02 00
Reed p. contra 54. 07. 6
rests 03. 14 06
Febr. 3d
1669 Acoted & rests due To Ballance 03 14 06
To 2 y ^ kersy dlrd just after ye Reckon-
ing at 7s. 4d. — i8s. 4d. 2 doz Buttons
2 s. Thrid 3d. 01 00 07
More I doz Buttons, i y loop lace 2 d. &
rests id. 00 01 03
Febr. 17.
1669 To ^ yd & Nayle of ye former kersy 00 02 05
Aug 2Sth
1670 To I Quire of Pap 00 00 07
This 25th of Aug. 1670 caryed to ye N. Booke 04 19 06
(Book III, p. 8.)
[A page is missing from the account book here so that the ac-
count to Deacon Chapin's credit is missing.]
[In the index under letter C is this statement :]
So rests due to mee from ye church o 03 06
June I ith 65. To 2 qts i Pynt & ^ of Red
wine at 22d o 05 01
1
Deacon (Miapin hath had of me for ye
Church, so much Red wine to this i8th
£ ^ d \
of Aprill 1665 as cometh to o 1 1 00
May 1665 Reed of Deacon Chapin towards
this 2 bushs of wheate & more 6d on
acot is 076
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 69
Agust 13. 65 To 3 qts red wine o 05 06
Reed 3 bushs ^ of wheate & ^ bushs of
wheate myself & wife's allowance to
1666 quits all.
(Book III, Index, letter C.)
Deacon Chapin Dr.
£ s d
Sept. 66 To 6 yds \ searge at 6s. 6d. i knif gd 02 03 00
Octob : 24 :
67 To 2 yds Manchester 00 00 03
Octob: 16: 68 Acoted wth Goodw. Chapin
and she engageth to pay to my fathers
to my fathers Content. 02 03 03
P Contra Cr. £ s d
By porke & wheat 02 03 03
01
05
00
00
02
00
00
00
06
00
00
08
01
08
02
00
04
06
(Book IV, p. 40.)
169^ Samll Chapin Dr.
March 12 To 5 yds serge att 5/
I yd ^ ribbin att 8d. 2 yd galoom at 6d.
3 skains silke 6d.
To 4 penny worth of Great pins
To I silke Handkercheifs to your wife
1 yd J- ribbin at i2d. \ yds. Scotch cloth at
4/ 4d. I spoon 8d. i lace id. 00 03 08
Ditto Chapin Cr.
By r bush wheate 3/8
By Cash 18s
I bush wheat 3/6
By cash in full 3s
By 6 yds Tear cloth at i8d
00
03
08
00
18
00
00
03
06
00
03
00
01
08
02
00
09
00
70 CHAPIN FAMILY
(Book IV, p. 83)
Deacon Samll Chapin Dr.
Aug 25th
1670 To severall pticulars in ye old Booke 04 19 06
Dec. 14.
70 To 2 yds ^ searge at 6s. iod.-i3.s 8d. 2sc
silk 3d. 00 13 II
Apr. 4
167 1 To your paying for clearing Tho. Gilberts
old acot 01 05 08
a Comb lod Needles 2d. 00 01 00
Sept 21
71 To 4 C of hobnayls 00 01 08
Jan. 15
71 To I bunch of thrid Buttons 00 00 10
To ye Rent of 3 acres of ground this y :
1 67 1 in 3 corn med. 01 10 00
July 23th
1672 To 4 doz of Buttons silk 6d 00 04 06
Aprill 17
1673 1<^ 2 C of hobnailes 00 00 10
Aug 20
73 To flynt 00 00 06
Aug 29
73 To I doz ^ Buttons 00 01 06
(I line crossed out here.)
To 3 C 65 p Jo. Artsell in May 73 00 16 06
Needles 2d 00 00 02
June 19
1674 To Paymt for Jos Baldwin 00 03 06
To ye Rent of 2 acres last 01 00 00
II 00 01
Reed p. contra S£ 00s. 07d.
rests 2. 19. 6
July 8th
1674 Acoted & rests due To Ballance 02 19 06
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 7 I
Octob. 3d
1674 To 6 lb sugar 3s. To i qt Rum lod 00 03 jo
March 9
74 To 3 lb sugar 00 01 09
Aprill
1675 To 1 qt of Rum 2od 00 01 08
June 12
75 'To 3 lb sugar 2s unless she in her pay 00 02 00
To I pt Rum lod. i qt wine i2d 00 01 10
Nov 5
75 1 pt wine 00 01 00
Dec. 17
75 To I yd :|^ Packing cloth 00 02 00
03 13 08
Reed p. contra 2£ 16. 8.
rests o. 17. o
Febr. 21th
1675 Acoted (with Japhet Chapin & Jo. Hitch-
cock) & rests due To Ballance 00 17 00
Reed by making 30 lb. of candles at id. -^ p
lb & 2d ^ spiuing ye week yarn is 5s.
So rests due to mee 00 12 00
wch I2S is set to Japhets acct & is thereby
pd & Quit all.
Deacon Chapin Dr. To wine
for ye sacrament.
May loth
1674 To I gallon 1 pt at 5s. 6d 00 06 03
July 5
1674 To I gallon i pt of wine at 5s. 6d. 00 06 03
Sept. To I gallon i pt of wine at 5s. 4d. 00 06 00
Nov I St
1674 To I gallon i pt of wine at 5s. 4d. 00 06 00
Dec. 27
1674. To I gallon i pt of wine at 5s. 4d. 00 06 00
72 CHAPIN FAMILY
Feb. 28
74 To I gallon i pt wine at 5s. 4d. 00 06 00
Aprill 18
1675 To I gallon i pt 00 06 00
02 02 06
Discounted p. contra Aprill 28, 1675 <^ Y^
rest is made to Decon Chapin as p.
contra 8s.
June 2
1675 To wine 00 06 08
Aug 15
1675 To I gallon i qt of wine at 5s. 4d. 00 06 08
(This account is continued apparently as Deacon Chapin's,
though it must have been with the church, as Deacon Chapin
died November 11, 1675).
(Journal & Day Book p, 85.)
Deacon Chapin Cr.
March
16^^ By 12 bushs. ^ wt p. Sam. Terry
By Sam. Bliss, Jun.
Feb. 15
167 1 By 10 bushs. Jno. C. for rent
By making 4 lb candles.
By 7 C of Hay
By making 34 lb candles
45 lb candles
By I d : Nathan A.
By 100 lb Toe
By 40 lb ^ candles wickes
20 lb
51 lb candles wicked
By 32
44 lb i
Byssi
02
02
lOi
02
10
00
01
05
00
00
00
08
00
07
00
00
05
08
00
07
06
00
02
00
01
00
00
00
06
09
00
03
04
00
oS
06
00
05
04
00
07
01
00
08
II
08
00
07i
ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. 73
Discounted p. contra
July 8th 1674
Aprill
1675 By 1 hide 34 lb 00 08 06
Dec. 10
1675 By 168 lb of Pork at 2d. f 01 17 11
By making 61 lb. ^ candles 00 10 08
02 16 08
Discounted p. Contra with Japhet Chapin &
John Hitchcock. Febr. 21th. 1675.
Deacon Chapin.
Acoted with him about ye wine he had of me for ye Sacrament
& about ye wheate I had of him last year for it : & all ye wine he
had for ye sacrament being pd for : There is due to Deacon
Chapin of ye chches acot los. 3d wine at 5s. 6d. I
intend hereafter to let it goe at 5 (s) 4d.
Two other items which refer to Deacon Chapin appear on page
86.
Apr 28 1675 acoted & rests due to Decon chapin 00 08 00
(Between 20 Mar. 1674 (1675) & ^^^ '777) ^- Chapin ^ bush :
Terry ^ : Jo Barber ^ : G. Thomas ^ bush : G. Mirick ^
00 06 01^
(Journal & Day Book, p. 86.)
,=^i^^ JAN 7 5
^^•^ N. MANCHESTER.
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