publish and Declare the same to be her last will and Testament and that she was of a sound Disposing mind when she So did and that Daniel Smith and Abiel Smith Signed as a wittness at the same time and that they all Signed in the presence of ye Testator "Stephen Paine Regist "Bristol march ye 19 1729-30 "Entered per Stephen Paine Registr." Coram NATHANIEL BLAGROVE "Bond of John Chaffe and Joseph Chaffe Executors of the Will of their Mother Annis Chaffe "Bound unto Nathl Blagrove Esq. Judge of Probate in his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England in the sum of Three Hundred Pounds Current Money in New England money Due upon Bond INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIS CHAFFE 'Barinton A True Inventory of the Estate of Mrs. Annis Chaffee Widow Late of Barinton Deceased Taken by us the subscribers The 18th Day of this Instant march 1730 as followeth silver money att 15 penney weight £ s. d. 37-18-08 01-05-00 "The Accompt of John Chaffe & Joseph Chaffee Executors to the Last Will and Testament of their Mother Annis Chaffee Late of Barrington Deceased "The Accomptants Charge themselves with the Inventory Amounting to the Sum of £ 112-18-05 "The Accomptants Prays allowance for the payment of severall Debtes & Legacies as followeth £ Imp-To funerall Charges 4-02-0 Item-To a Legacy Paid Mary Whiterker the Wife of Daniel 8-00-0 Item-To a Legacy Paid Anne Chaffee as per will 20-00-0 To a Legacy Paid Elisabeth Paine the wife of Josiah Paine as per will 15-00-0 To a Legacy Paid Sarah Luther the wife of Samuel Luther as per will 15-00-0 To a Legacy Paid Abigail Chaffe as per will 18-00-0 the wittness coming to prove the will 00-08-0 To a Letter Administration 00-10-0 Joseph and Annis Chaffe are thought to be buried in the Ancient Chaffee Burying Ground, which lies on what was once their own farm, but no memorials to them of any kind remain. Children, born in Swansea: 15 +16 +17 +18 19 20 21 22 23 3 i Mary Chaffe (Chafy), born February 21, 1671-2; died in Swansea, May 7, 1674. ii John Chaffe, born December 16, 1673; married (1) Sarah Hills; (2) iii Mary Chaffe, born October 23, 1675; married Daniel Whitaker. v Annis (Ann, Anne, Anna) Chaffe, died; married in Barrington, October vi Dorothy Chaffe (Chafey), born September 4, 1682; died August 27, 1698. vii Elizabeth Chaffe (Chafee), born March 18, 1685; married Josiah (Joseph) Paine. 22 viii Sarah Chaffe (Chafey), born March 18, 1687; married in Swansea, March 26, 1713, Samuel, son of Samuel Luther, Jr., and grandson of Elder Luther; mentioned in her mother's will, April 7, 1721, and on her mother's death received the legacy in 1730. 23 ix Abigail Chaffe, probably married in Providence, R. I., April 28, 1737, Thomas Field; mentioned in her mother's will, April 7, 1721, and on her mother's death received the legacy in 1730, being then unmarried. 3 THIRD GENERATION 4 Dorothy Chaffe (Chafey) (Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Swansea, Mass., and died in Rehoboth, Mass., May 16, 1718. She married there, May 1, 1694, Nathaniel, son of Stephen and Ann (Chickering) Paine. He was born in Rehoboth, November 20, 1667, where he lived and was an extensive landowner. He died March 25, 1718, his wife surviving his loss only two months. His estate was administered by his son, Nathaniel, Jr. 24 26 27 28 29 Children: 4 i Dorothy Paine, born February 3, 1694-5; died in Rehoboth, April, 1725. ii Nathaniel Paine, Jr., born May 24, 1697; married Abigail Smith. iii Abigail Paine, born July 28, 1699; died in Rehoboth, August 31, 1699. iv Jonathan Paine, born July 2, 1701; married Rebecca Peck. v Rachel Paine, born July 13, 1705; married Timothy Borden. vi Elizabeth Paine, born April 15, 1712; married Joshua Lyon. For further descendants see Paine Genealogy, by H. D. Paine. 5 Thomas 3 Chaffe (Chafey) (Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Swansea, Mass., October 19, 1672, and died in Rehoboth, Mass., February 21, 1754. He married there, June 4, 1695, Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Sutton) Carpenter. She was born May 4, 1675, and died in Rehoboth, May 6, 1751. July 4, 1731, she was admitted to membership in the First Congregational Church, Rehoboth. At the time of his marriage Thomas Chaffe lived in Rehoboth, where he is called "yeoman." On November 9, 1703, he sold to his brother Nathaniel (7) of Rehoboth, twelve acres of land in that town. In the record of this transaction Thomas is called "weaver" and Nathaniel, "blacksmith." On July 1, 1706, Thomas Chaffe was chosen to serve on the Jury of Trials at Bristol, Mass., "on the second Tuesday of July inst." On October 17, 1711, a petition was presented to the General Court asking that the town of Rehoboth be divided into two precincts for the support of the ministry, as some of the petitioners were living from four to seven miles from meeting. Among the names signed are those of Thomas Chaffe and his brother Jonathan (8). On January 10, 1718, Thomas bought for £15 of Joseph Russ of Ashford, Conn., one hundred acres of land in the western part of that town. At that time and in all later records he is spoken of as "of Rehoboth"; apparently he never lived in Ashford, nor, so far as is known, did any of his children. At a town meeting held in Rehoboth in the West Meeting House on Monday, March 29, 1721, he was chosen Surveyor of the Highway, and on March 25, 1723, Constable. May 4, 1730, he sold for £30, a few acres of land in Barrington, Mass. (formerly Swansea), to Joseph Chaffe, Sr. (18), his cousin, who lived there. January 9, 1731, Thomas Chaffe was baptized in the First Congregational Church in Rehoboth, prior to becoming a church member, March 5, 1732. He administered the estate of his brother Noah (14), August 17, 1736. "Thomas Chaffe yeoman of Rehoboth" for "love, good-will and affection" sold (or rather gave) on May 28, 1737, sixteen acres of land in Rehoboth, "being part of the Grantor's Homelot," to the heirs of his son Amos (33), "Freelove, (111) Lilis (114), and Unis (115) Chaffe." For the same reasons he "sold" to his son Thomas, Jr., of Rehoboth, May 30, 1737, forty acres in that town, being also part of the home lot. Children, born in Rehoboth: 30 +31 +32 4 i Margaret Chaffe, born September 10, 1696; died; married in Rehoboth, March 30, 1719, Joseph Baker of Barrington. ii Rachel Chaffe, born November 1, 1698; married John Sweeting. iii Mehitable Chaffe, born November 23, 1700; married Dan Bowen. +33 iv Amos Chaffe, born July 17, 1702; married Freelove Carpenter. +34 v Experience Chaffe, born July 1, 1705; married Jonathan Ormsbee. +35 vi Tabitha Chaffe, born September 11, 1709; married Aaron Read. +36 vii Thomas Chaffe, Jr., born December 10, 1712; married Rebecca Hunt. 7 Nathaniel 3 Chaffe, Jr. (Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., February 8, 1675, and died February 28, 1703-4. He married about 1701-2, Mercy She married (2) in Rehoboth, April 24, 1708, James Read, a tanner. Nathaniel Chaffe, Jr., "blacksmith" bought twelve acres of land in Rehoboth, from his brother Thomas, November 9, 1703, but he did not long live to enjoy his property, dying less than four months after its purchase. May 17, 1704, his wife and Moses Read were appointed in Rehoboth administrators of his estate. In 1708 Mercy Chaffe was appointed guardian of her daughter Dorothey, and January 5, 1708-9, she and her second husband were appointed the child's joint guardians. Child: 4 37 i Dorothey Chaffe, born in Rehoboth, March 17, 1702-3; died in Swansea, Mass., June 25, 1759; married, April 25, 1723, James Cole of Swansea, a grandson of Hugh Cole, Sr.; she was baptized in Rehoboth, April 17, 1709. 8 Jonathan 3 Chaffe (Nathaniel, Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., April 7, 1678, and died there, December 31, 1766. He married in Rehoboth, November 23, 1703, Hannah, daughter of William and Miriam (Searles) Carpenter. She was born April 10, 1684 (1685), and in 1767 was appointed executrix of her husband's estate. February 10, 1701-2, Jonathan Chaffe's father gave him, "for love and affection," four and a half acres of land in Rehoboth near "Broken Cross." March 19, 1704, he was chosen in Rehoboth to act as Field Driver. November 21, 1715, he and one hundred and ten others agreed to pay for the building of a new meetinghouse in the following installments: "One hundred pounds this year 1715, & 100 £ in the year 1716, and what more shall be needful for the finishing of the Meeting House in 1717." In 1718 he bought for £8 of Joseph Russ, one hundred acres of land in Ashford, Conn. December 11, 1818, he was chosen in Rehoboth to serve on the Jury of Trials. In 1819 he bought of Jeremiah Allen one hundred acres more of land in Ashford. March 28, 1720, he was chosen in Rehoboth for the office of "Tything Man." He, with his wife and son Jonathan, Jr., was admitted to membership in the First Congregational Church in Rehoboth, June 6, 1725. He gave one hundred acres of his Ashford property, in 1726, to his eldest son, Jonathan, who settled there. January 15, 1727, the town meeting "chose Jonathan Chaffee to project & prepair a method how schools shall be kept in the severall parts of the town, and how many may be proper for the Towne to have." March 30, 1730, he was again chosen to serve on "the Jury of Triale at Bristol the next Superior Court." April 10, 1731, he gave to his second son, Nathaniel, "for love and affection," ten acres of land in Rehoboth, being the easterly side of his home lot. In 1734 he sold the remainder of his Ashford property to his brother David, apparently having never lived in that town. November 3, 1736, he was chosen Selectman of Rehoboth. He was appointed one of the administrators of his brother Noah's estate, August 19, 1737, on the same day the year previous having been appointed guardian to Noah's two orphan sons, Christopher (74) and Shubael (75). He and Edward Glover and Samuel Mason, as his sureties, were bound in the sum of £500 for the faithful performance of this trust. July 29, 1739, he gave to his son "Dan Chaffe of Rehoboth, Husbandman," for "love and affection," fifteen acres of land, part of his home lot. October 15, 1739, Jonathan Chaffe was chosen Grand Juryman, and May 21, 1744, "the town meeting being met Chose Jonathan Chaffee to be oversear of the workhouse this present year. He being present and accepted the said trust and did then declare to the Town that he would not Charge the Town for his Trouble and Labour in that affair, and would be content with a Reasonable alowance out of the earnings of the persons committed to the said house." In October, 1745, he was again chosen as Grand Juryman, this being his last town office. In 1746, "Jonathan Chaffe yeoman," with his son Dan, bought of Peter Walker of Rehoboth for £57, one-half of nine and a half acres of meadow land there on both sides of Mill Run. May 15, 1749, he gave to his grandson, William Chaffe (158), two acres of land in Rehoboth, "in consequence of love, good will and affection I do bare to my dutifull grandchild Wm. Chaffe, son of Dan." October 21, 1751, he was a member of the "Jury of Inquest," which met in Rehoboth to investigate the death of John Hunt. April 28, 1752, "Jonathan Chaffe, husbandman" bought of James Kent for £8, three acres on Mill Run. He made his will May 5, 1754, making his wife sole executrix, and leaving to each one of his sons and daughters six shillings. February 7, 1760, Jonathan Chaffe, mason, sold to his grandson, "William Chaffe, cordwainer" (shoemaker), for £100, twenty-four acres of land in Rehoboth, being part of his homestead. In the old burying ground, formerly in Rehoboth, but now in the village of Rumford, in East Providence, R. I., we read on a mossencrusted stone this inscription: Children, born in Rehoboth: +38 +39 +40 +41 42 "Jonathan Chaffe i Jonathan Chaffe, Jr., born June 25, 1704; married Abigail Lyon. iii Hannah Chaffe, born October 3, 1707; married Joseph Armington. |