Annis (Martin) Chaffee (1649 - 1729)

Born 7 Feb 1649 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph (Chaffee) Chaffe — married 8 Dec 1670 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1729 at age 80 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Name: Agnes Anne /MARTIN

Annis Martin was the daughter of Richard Martin and Elizabeth Salter.^[1] She was baptized on 7 February 1649/50 at Ottery St Mary, Devon as Agnes Martyn.^[2] Every other record calls her Annis or Anne.

ANNIS MARTIN CHAFFE, my 6th great grandmother: Annis Chaffe had no sooner recovered from the shock of her husband's death than she lost her father -- in the Spring of 1695. His will, which was made on June 2, 1686, left her one-fourth of his household goods after his debts had been paid. On December 27, 1703, Annis Chaffe sold John Whittaker two lots of land in Rehoboth. On February 9, 1708, a town meeting was held where the widow and John Chaffee drew lot number 58; in 1712, another drawing was held, where the Annis Chaffee estate drew lot number nineteen. On April 25, 1721, Annis Chaffee made her will, which was submitted for probate March 17, 1729/30 -- probably soon after her death. The following is a transcript of the will, spelling untouched. In the name of God Amen I Annis Chaffee Relict Widdow mr Joseph Chaffee late of Swansey now Barrington in the County of Bristol in his majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Deceased being aged and crasey of body But of sound and perfect memory praised be God Therefore Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in form and manner and following First and Principally I Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be buried in Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named Nothing Doubting but that I shall Receive the same again by the mighty power of God as touching Such Temporall things as is left me by my late husband in his last will and which God has other wise bestowed upon me I give devise and dispose of them in the following manner Imp my will is that my lawful Debtes and funeral charges be first paid & Discharged Item — I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Whittaker as an Addition to what I have given her Eighteen Pounds to be paid to her or to her Legall Representatives. Item — I give and bequeath to my Daughter Anne Chaffee Seventy Pounds. Item — I Give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Paine Twenty Pounds Item — I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Abigail Chaffee Eighteen Pounds and half my wearing Apairel of all sorts and my Red broadcloth Blanket. Item — I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Luther fifteen Pounds to be paid to her or to her legal Representatives and the other half of my said appairel I give to her the said Sarah Luther my aforesaid daughter. Item — My will further is that if Either or both of my two daughters that are unmarried Dye before they receive their Proportion that then the rest of my Daughters surviving to have it equally divided amongst them they leaving no issue behind them. Item — all the Rest and Residue of my Estate I give and Bequeath unto my two sons Equally viz John Chaffee & Joseph Chafee whome I make the Executors of this my last Will & Testament to Paying my Depts and Legacies and Receive What is due hereby Revoking all other wills by me heretofore made in workd or writing Ratyfieng & Confirming thiss and no other to be my last will and Testament in wittnes whereof I have Set my hand and Seal this Twenty fifth Day of April in the seventh year of his majesties Reigh Annoque Dom 1721 Annis Chafee Signed sealed pronounced published and declared in presence of us Nathaniel Carpenter Daniel Smith Abiel Smith Annis was born about 1632. Annis Martin ... She passed away about 1729. ^[3]

Birth

Baptized: 7 February 1649/50 at Ottery St Mary, Devon as Agnes Martyn, daughter of Richard and Elibeth.^[4]

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Chaffee

Wife: Annis Martin

Child: Annis Chaffee

Child: Abigail Chaffee

Child: Mary Chaffee

Child: John Chaffee

Child: Mary Chaffee

Child: Joseph Chaffee

Child: Dorothy Chaffee

Child: Elizabeth Chaffee

Child: Sarah Chaffee

Date: DECEMBER 8, 1670

Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[5][6]

Death

Date: MARCH 30, 1729

Place: Barrington, Swansea, Mass, Ri^[7]

Burial

Place: Ancient Burial Ground, Swansea, MA^[8]

Will

Date: 25 APR 1721^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ The Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 49 (1983): pages 170-179, see 175. "Martins of Rehoboth."
2. ↑ Ottery St. Mary parish register. Image of original. (FindMyPast online database).
3. ↑ Entered by David Mahony, Mar 18, 2013
4. ↑ Ottery St. Mary parish register. Image of original. (FindMyPast online database).
5. ↑ Source: #S494 Thomas' son Joseph married into the influential Barrington Martin family. The Martin family may have come from Devonshire. married ANNIS MARTIN in SWANSEA, MASS, 12/8/1670
6. ↑ Source: #S00245 Page: 20
7. ↑ Source: #S494 died 3/30/1729 in BARRINGTON, MASS
8. ↑ Source: Page: 29
9. ↑ Source: #S00245 Page: 27

Source: S-2050775303 Title: Ancestry Family Trees

• Source: S494 Title: Chaffee/Chafee Lineage in America Publication: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/cabin/1066/136Chafe_Home.html Note: CHAFFEE REFERENCES Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, Ph.D., LLD., The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, Vol. 3 (Norwood, MA: Privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1930). Chaffee, William H., The Chaffee Genealogy (embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee, Chaphe, Chaffy, Chaffie, Chaffey, Chaffe, Chaffee Descendants of Thomas Chaffe, of Hingham, Hull, Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts also certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe), 1635-1909 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1909). Repository: NEHGS. Hills, William Sanford, comp., Thomas Hills, edit., The Hills Family in America: The Ancestry and Descendants of William Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1638, and of the Great-grandsons of Robert Hills, of the Parish of Wye, County of Kent, England, Emigrants to New England 1794-1806 (reprint of 1906 ed.; Decorah, IA: The Anundsen Publishing Co., 1984). Lincoln, George, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: Vols. II, III, The Genealogies (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, originally published 1893). Rounds, H.L. Peter, comp., Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (Boston: NEHGS, 1992). Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Vol. I (1st Edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). Repository: The University of Miss. Library. Smith, Ethel Farrington, "Seventeenth Century Hull, Massachusetts and Her People" in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 142 (1988) (Boston: NEHGS & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996). Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985).
• Compiled by H. L. Peter Rounds, Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745, 1987, Will of Annis Chaffee, widow of Joseph Chaffee, dated 25 Apr 1729, probated 17 Mar 1729/30: 2 sons; John & Joseph Chaffee (executors); daus. Mary Wittiker, Ann Chaffee, Elizabeth Paine, Abigail Chaffee, & Sarah Luther; witnesses Nathaniel Carpenter, Daniel Smith, & Abiel Smith.
• Source: S00245 Author: William H. Chaffee Title: The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, et al Descendants of Thomas Chaffe of Hingham, Hull, Rehoboth & Swansea, Massachusetts 1635-1909 Publication: Name: Name: The Grafton Press, NY 1909;; William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, et al Descendants of Thomas Chaffe of Hingham, Hull, Rehoboth & Swansea, Massachusetts 1635-1909 (Name: The Grafton Press, NY 1909;)

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 8GXC-KK

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