"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW37-HN9 : 26 August 2017), William J Chaffee in household of John R Chaffee, Rose, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 268, sheet 349B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0599; FHL microfilm 1,254,599.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30522534/william-james-chaffee : accessed 24 October 2021), memorial page for William James Chaffee (10 Mar 1860–15 Dec 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30522534, citing Rose Center Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Carol Ciaramitaro (contributor 46532936) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: