William Chapin (1805 - 1872)

Born 12 Nov 1805 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Melinda (Fowler) Chapin — married 27 Nov 1832 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1872 at age 66 in Orrington, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

He was the son of Josiah Adams Chapin and Mary Willard of Milford, Massachusetts. He married Mary Fowler and settled in Orrington. They had many children.

Census of 1860, Orrington, Maine

• William Chapin Male 54 Maine
• Mary M Chapin Female 45 Maine
• Amanda Chapin Female 26 Maine
• John W Chapin Male 23 Maine
• George E Chapin Male 20 Maine
• Mary M Chapin Female 19 Maine
• William H Chapin Male 18 Maine
• Daniel Chapin Male 17 Maine
• Ellen S Chapin Female 14 Maine
• Josiah A Chapin Male 12 Maine
• Simeon F Chapin Female 9 Maine
• Lillia C Chapin Female 3 Maine

As happened so often, as the age of Sail drew to a close, the children of the mariners were displaced and many left Maine one century after their ancestors first arrived. They also stopped having large families. Only one ref this large sibship remained in Maine.

• Amanda Elizabeth Chapin, d. unmarried
• John Willard Chapin married Lizzie Graves. They had 2 children but no grandchildren
• Rev George Edward Chapin moved to Jonesport, Maine, then to Massachusetts.
• Mary Melinda Chapin m. James Barstow and they removed to Massachusetts
• William Hartwell Chapin died in his teens
• Daniel Chapin married Lelia Sophia Brown, d/o George Brown and Azubah Fowler and they removed to Minnesota
• Susan Ellen Chapin and husband James Albert Mills move to Worcester, Massachusetts
• Josiah Adams Chapin m. Mary Silk and had no children
• Simeon Fowler Chapin married and went to Ontario.

Sources

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-99WR : 18 February 2020), William Chapin, 12 Nov 1805; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.

• Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X2-9JH : 14 January 2020), William Chapin, 1832.

• United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCS-26S : 7 March 2020), William Chapin, 1860.

• Burial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #121771352 (accessed 6 January 2024)
  Memorial page for William Chapin (12 Nov 1805-2 Jun 1872), citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Sally - Midcoast Maine (contributor 48138595).

• Chapin, G. Warren. (1924). The Chapin book of genealogical data: with brief biographical sketches, of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin. Hartford, Conn.: Chapin family association.