William Densmore Chapin (1814 - 1904)

Born 28 Apr 1814 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Loretta (Hyde) Chapin — married 29 Sep 1847 in Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Died 20 Apr 1904 at age 89 in Walworth, Walworth County, Wisconsin

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Biography

William Chapin has English ancestors.

William Chapin has Irish ancestors.

19 September 1850: Bloomfield Township, Walworth Co., Wisconsin; Occupation of William: Farmer; William B Chapin 36 Massachusetts; Dosett Chapin 26 Vermont; Ellen Hyde 18 New York; James Phillips 36 Massachusetts; Nancy Walsh 23 New York; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DP-FLH :

16 June 1860: Bloomfield Township, Walworth Co., Wisconsin; Occupation of Wm D: Farmer; Wm D Chapin 45 Massachusetts; Lorette Chapin 36 Vermont; Elisabeth Persons 13 New York; Casper Kimball 28 Germany; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9C-LZJ

1870 ?

8 June 1880: Bloomfield Township, Walworth Co., Wisconsin; William D Chapin 66 Massachusetts/Massachusetts/Massachusetts; Lorette Chapin Wife 56 Vermont/New York/Vermont; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH2-PB7

1900 ?

Notes shared with Sandie Schwarz, from Gifford descendant Alick Gifford son of Raymond Gifford:

Gifford farm (still in the family today) located on HWY H, Bloomfield Township, Walworth County, Wisconsin

"The history of this Gifford farm is the original owner was William Densmore Chapin who came with his parents to Wisconsin and got a land grant from the US Government to purchase the property in 1839, we [Alick Gifford] have the original abstract for the farm showing this history. He was married twice but had no children so when he passed he willed the farm to his youngest sister Mariette Chapin who as you know married Ezra Gifford. I just found a paper showing Mariette Gifford deeded the farm to George Gifford on March 10, 1910. If Daniel [GIFFORD] farmed here I haven't anything showing this as since Ezra moved back and forth to Iowa so maybe his brother Daniel farmed here sometime in the years when William Chapin owned it or when Ezra and Mariette owned it. William Chapin lived in Lake Geneva part of his life so I figure he wasn't the one farming the land during his later years. So maybe between Ezra and Daniel they were farming it at different times, just guessing. There is also showing on early plat books that George's brother Charles C. Gifford owned land in two different locations one on the West side of Genoa City along County HWY B and the other along Spring Creek road just North of County HWY B maybe one of these is where Constant and Letitia Gifford farmed, again just guessing."

Sources

Chapin family history

William Densmore Chapin Source: "History of Walworth County Wisconsin" Vol. 1, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, publ. 1912. - Transcribed by George Taylor WILLIAM DENSMORE CHAPIN (John3,Jacob2, John1), son of John CHAPIN and Clarissa PATTERSON, was born at Heath, Massachusetts, April 28, 1814. He came to Bloomfield in 1837, and the next year he with his parents and his brother, Jonathan Patterson CHAPIN, bought land in Sections 5, 6, 22, of that town. His father was born on March, 1790, and died on December 29, 1865; his mother was born in 1794 and died on April 23, 1873. He married on September 29, 1847, Loretta, daughter of David Walker HYDE and Dorothy CHURCH. She was born in Bennington County [Vermont], in 1824; came with her parents to Linn in 1846; died on August 26, 1894. Mr. CHAPIN served eight times on the county board and in 1856 as assemblyman, having been elected over Dr. Ezra A. MULFORD. He died on April 20, 1904. His second wife, Lucinda HOTCHKISS, died on November 18, 1905. Walworth County, Wisconsin Biographies: http://genealogytrails.com/wis/walworth/bios_pg1.html

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