Captain
Paul
Chapin
Born in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Japheth Chapin
and Patience (Hayward) Chapin
Brother of
Josiah Chapin, Jonathan Chapin, Joseph Chapin, Lydia (Chapin) Langdon and Meletiah (Chapin) Doud
Husband of
Elsie (Arnett) Chapin
— married
[date unknown] in North Carolina
Husband of
Rebecca Waters
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 84
in Overton, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2010
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Biography
Paul was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts in 1760.[1]
Paul Chapin married before 1821 Elsie Arnett. He served as a drummer boy in George Washington's army in the Revolutionary War and he was wounded in that war. He also served as a commanding Major in the War of 1812. Paul and Elsie are the parents of Paul Stillman Chapin I.
Captain Paul Chapin was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was wounded in the right arm.
After the war he was a blacksmith.
One of the three brothers, Joseph, Josiah, or Paul, employed William Burke Burke-11278
1800 Census: Springfield, Hampshire, MA
1830 Census: Overton, TN
Sources
- ↑ d "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2K-R9V : 4 December 2014), Japheth Chapin in entry for Paul Chapin, 11 Nov 1760; citing TYRINGHAM,BERKSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0250272 IT 1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35726383/paul-chapin
New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850. Tyringham Births. p20.
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls; NAID: 602384; War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; The National Archives in Washington, D.C. Greaton's Regt. Mass, 9 Sep 1778
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Paul 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 Paul:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Paul 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 Paul:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mary Scott 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M288081 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Brent Seidler :
23andMe, GEDmatch M258826 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M258826 [compare], Ancestry member brent806
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M Cole
A good discussion on the issues around Paul's marriages: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2888547&id=I577669888
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