Ira
Chaffee
Born in Cayuga County, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Crean Bush Chaffee
and Polly (Bennett) Chaffee
Brother of
Horace Hill Chaffee, Carolyn Polly Chaffee, Horatio Nelson Chaffee, Nancy Chaffee and John Bennett Chaffee
Husband of
Hannah Norton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ezra Chaffee, Susan Chaffee, Juliette Chaffee, Nancy Chaffee, Saliy Delia Chaffee, Porter P Chaffee, Louisa Chaffee, Warren Chaffee, James Buchanan Chaffee, Horace Hill Chaffee, Maryette Chaffee and Norah Leona Chaffee
Died
at age 77
in Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Dec 2014
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Biography
Ira was born in 1809. Ira Chaffee ... He passed away in 1886.
According to his grave memorial, he had 12 children.
Research Notes
See the Ancestry tree for several additional sources, and many pertinent source images in the gallery Ancestry Profile
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H8-ZQK : 4 April 2020), Ira Chaffee, Amity, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 100, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRB-3CH : 11 November 2020), Ira Chafer, 1860.
- Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Name: Ira B Chaffee Warrant Date: 31 Oct 1864 Warrant Place: Amity, Erie. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG2-YB5 : 19 March 2020), Ira Chaffee, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWF4-SLB : 13 November 2020), Ira Chaffee, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,127.
- Find a Grave, database and images ( : accessed 20 November 2020), memorial page for Ira Chaffee (1 Jan 1809–7 Jun 1886), Find A Grave: Memorial #10730771, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Wattsburg, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ira 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 Ira:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ira 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 Ira:
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~0.78%
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