Christopher
Simon
Chaffins
aka Chafin
Born in Cumberland, Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Ann Vawter
— married
22 Aug 1778 in Smyth, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Christopher Chaffins and Omega Chaffin
Died
at about age 89
in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Christopher Chaffin enlisted in 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was discharged in February 1778 at Valley Forge.[1]
Christopher married Maryann (or Mary Ann) Vawter on 22 August 1778 in Powhatan County, Virginia. They were married by the Rev. John Hyde Sanders. Their daughter Tabitha was born 22 November 1779. In 1833, they were living in Tazewll County. They moved "many years after their marriage... to the western part of Virginia". Christopher died 10 October 1836. Maryann, born July 1761, was "of Felicity in Clermont County, Ohio" as of May 1841 and was living as of 10 April 1843.[1]
- Tabitha in 1841 (1843?) was called "Tabitha Harvey".[1] She first married Fountain Young in 1798 (he died c1817).[2]
Research Notes
Middle initial: "B"[3]
Born: Tazwell, Cumberland, Virginia[citation needed]
Locations: Tazewell County created in 1799. Cumberland County created in 1749 from Goochland County & is just north of Prince Edward County. Tazewell is quite a bit west of Cumberland County.[4]
Death: Maryann's testimony says "they" moved "to the western part of Virginia", but that might have meant Tazewell County, not Ohio (where she was in 1741). DAR shows his death in Tazewell County.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pension application (pdf) of Christopher Chaffin, transcribed by C. Leon Harris, posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters (accessed 29 September 2018)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 DAR record for descendant of Tabitha, daughter of Patriot Ancestory Christopher Chaffin:
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 September 2018), "Record of Private Christopher Chaffin", Ancestor # A212627.
- ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
- ↑ See county categories in WikiTree: Category:Tazewell County, Virginia, Category:Cumberland County, Virginia, Category:Goochland County, Virginia, Category:Prince Edward County, Virginia. See also the Wikipedia articles for Cumberland County and Tazewell County.
- Virginia marriage
- US pension index
- 1810 census, Washington, Virginia
- *1820 census, Tazewell County Virginia
- Mormon Genealogy
Acknowledgments
Thank you to T. Jason Smith for creating WikiTree profile Chafin-48 through the import of Delmer_Ancestors.ged on Oct 3, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christopher 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 Christopher:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christopher 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 Christopher:
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~3.12%
Magdalene (Chaffin) Purcell
:
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Rick McQuay :
23andMe, GEDmatch EB6575320 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TR4629792 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Glaspy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jglaspy65
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~0.78%
James Vance :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch md6609176 [compare]
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~0.78%
Paul Shelton :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Donald Murray :
23andMe, GEDmatch EE7873329 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member windhamlanesinc
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~0.39%
Andrew Bragg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A127285 [compare]
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