4 FOURTH GENERATION 31 Rachel Chaffe (Thomas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., November 1, 1698, and died there February 8, 1762. She married in Rehoboth, May 12, 1726, John Sweeting, who died January 25, 1762. Children, born in Rehoboth: 98 99 i John Sweeting, Jr., born February 16, 1726-7. 4 100 i Molly Sweeting, born April 24, 1729; married her cousin, Timothy Carpenter, Jr., (61) (Experience 3 Chaffe, Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1), born in Rehoboth, October 24, 1721. [For further descendants, see Carpenter Genealogy.] 101 iv Rachel Sweeting, a twin, born April 24, 1729; married Charles Peck. [For further descendants see 428 and Peck Genealogy.] 102 v Thomas Sweeting, born November 9, 1732. 103 vi Susannah Sweeting, born April 15, 1735; married Joseph Bliss. 32 Mehitabel Chaffe (Thomas,3 Nathaniel, Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., November 23, 1700, and died. She married there, December 31, 1724, Dan, son of Richard and Patience Bowen. He was born in Rehoboth, November 26, 1694. Children, born in Rehoboth: 104 i Mehitabel Bowen, born August 22, 1725; married, March 28, 1755, Caleb Carr. 105 106 107 108 ii Charles Bowen, born November 18, 1728. iii Esther Bowen, born September 14, 1730 (?). iv Huldah Bowen, born February 21, 1733-4; married September 24, 1756, Nathaniel Green. v Zerviah Bowen, born May 16, 1736; died June 10, 1736. vi Amos Bowen, a twin, born May 16, 1736; died June 6, 1736. 110 vii Ruth Bowen, born August 20, 1737; died August 22, 1737. 109 33 Amos 4 Chaffe (Thomas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., July 17, 1702, and died there, May 11, 1736. He married in Rehoboth, May 12, 1726, Freelove, daughter of Samuel and Patience (Ide) Carpenter. She was born there, December 31, 1706, and married (2) in Rehoboth, January 27, 1742, Samuel Mason. She united with the First Congregational Church there, January 9, 1731-2. No mention of Amos is found in the records regarding transfers of land or activity in town affairs. He died intestate, and his widow was appointed administratrix, August 17, 1736, her bond being signed by Samuel Mason and Noah Newman; the inventory had been taken the previous day, and the estate amounted to £149, 11s. 9d. July 7, 1747, Samuel Mason was appointed guardian to his stepdaughters, Lillis and "Unis" Chaffe. February 14, 1757, Samuel and Freelove Mason sold for £5, to "Lillis Chaffe, Unis Chaffe and Freelove, wife of Eliphalet Carpenter, all right in the dower set off to Freelove Mason from the estate of her late husband, Amos Chaffe, also one-quarter part of the share of her daughter Experience in the same estate, also all right in the land given to Lillis, Unis and Freelove, May 27, 1737, by their grandfather, Thomas Chaffe (5), part of it near Broken Cross in Rehoboth, and part salt marsh at a place called the "Tounge" in Warren, R. I. Experience must have died after her father, as she received a share of his estate, and before her grandfather's gift, as she was not mentioned in his deed to "my grandchildren the heirs of my son Amos Chaffe." Nicholas must also have died young, as he was not baptized July 2, 1732, as were all the other children of Amos then living. Amos Chaffe was buried in the old burying-ground in Rehoboth (now in the village of Rumford, East Providence, R. I.). Children, the first three known to have been born in Rehoboth: +111 112 i Freelove 5 Chaffe, married Eliphalet Carpenter. ii Nicholas Chaffe, born November 13, 1728; died before July 2, 1732. 113 i Experience Chaffe, born January 25, 1729-30; died between May 11, 1736, and May 15, 1737; baptized in the First Congregational Church in Rehoboth, July 2, 1732. 114 iv Lillis Chaffe, born early in 1732; died November 24, 1762, in her thirtyfirst year; unmarried; baptized in the First Congregational Church of Rehoboth, July 2, 1732. 115 v Eunice (Unis) Chaffe, born probably about 1734; died; married in Rehoboth, March 3, 1764, Nathaniel Humphrey of Warren; she was baptized in the First Congregational Church in Rehoboth, June 22, 1735. 34 Experience 4 Chaffe (Thomas,3 Nathaniel, Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., July 1, 1705, and died there in August, 1729. She married in Rehoboth, November 7, 1728, Jonathan Ormsbee. Child: 116 i Jonathan 5 Ormsbee, Jr., born in Rehoboth, August 21, 1729; died there February 5, 1729-30. 4 35 Tabitha Chaffe (Thomas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., September 11, 1709, and died. She married there, December 20, 1733, Aaron, son of James and Mercy (Cooper) Read. He was born in Rehoboth, April 10, 1710. Children, born in Rehoboth: 117 i Aaron Read, Jr., born November 14, 1734; married Hannah Carpenter. 118 ii Susanna Read, born October 29, 1737. 119 iii Jonathan Read, born August 23, 1739. 120 iv Simeon Read, born June 7, 1743; married Elizabeth For further descendants, see The History of the Reed Family by Jacob W. Reed. 4 36 Thomas Chaffe, Jr. (Thomas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., December 10, 1712, and died before March 27, 1792. He married there, April 19, 1739, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel Hunt, their intention of marriage, entered in Rehoboth, being dated May 27, 1738. Thomas Chaffe, Jr., was baptized and admitted to the First Congregational Church in Rehoboth, June 13, 1736. He lived in that town, where he was chosen "Hogg Driver" March 30, 1741, and June 5, 1749, Constable. August 9, 1748, Rebecca, wife of Thomas Chaffe, Jr., husbandman, of Rehoboth, and others, sold to Simeon Horton a quitclaim on real estate of Stephen Hunt of Rehoboth, for £93, 6s. 8d. October 14, 1754, Thomas and Rebecca sold to Allen Jacob, ten acres of land in Rehoboth, adjoining the land of Amos Chaffe's heirs, for £20. At a town meeting, May 18, 1757, Thomas was chosen to serve as Petit Juryman. "A Muster Role of the Company in his Majestie's Service under the Command of Obediah Read, Captain, that marched from Rehoboth on the Late Alarm for the Relieff of Fort William Henry the Seventeenth Day of August 1757 and marched to Worcester where they ware Dismised which is at Least fourty five miles from their Habitations and according to their Orders Caryed with them Ten Days Provision for their Subsistance and Took up nothing upon the Province charge of any Tavernour or other person." In this muster roll, appears the name of "Thomas Chaffe, Quality, Private Soldier, Time of Entering the service Aug. 16th. Whole time of service by mils, travil, etc. 7 days, wages and subsistance due to each man 0£ 18s 8d." December 28, 1762, Thomas Chaffe bought of his cousin, Timothy Carpenter (61), for £200, all his title in the estate of John Sweeten [Sweeting], late of Rehoboth. An account of the subscriptions in the first military company in Rehoboth, taken in October, 1774, for the poor in Boston, shows that Thomas Chaffe contributed one sheep. He served in the Revolution as follows: "Chaffee, Thomas. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; service from July 20, 1777, 1 mo. 5 days, at Rhode Island, including travel on march to camp at Bristol and from Providence to Rehoboth." [Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.] October 21, 1779, "Thomas Chaffe, husbandman, of Rehoboth," bought of Benjamin Pearce, innholder, of Swansea, Mass., ninety-six and three-fourths acres and twenty rods of land there, at the same time selling, with the consent of his wife, to Benjamin Pearce, eighty acres of land in Rehoboth. The next mention of him in the records, May 5, 1783, shows him to be then living in Swansea and insane. His sons, Amos Chafee and Thomas Chafee, Jr., were "empowered to Act as Guardians for there Honoured Father . . the said Thomas Chafee of Swansey non compus mentus." December 9, 1784, in their capacity as guardians, they sold the land their father purchased in Swansea in 1779, to Nathan Monroe, Esq., of Rehoboth, for £261, 11s. 3d. October 21, 1793, Rebecca Chaffe, "spinster," [in those days the word meant either a single woman or a widow] of Swansea, sold to Allen Jacob of Rehoboth, for £15, all right in the land divided to her from the estate of her father Nathaniel Hunt. April 4, 1795, "Rebeckah" Chaffe, widow of Thomas Chaffe of Swansea, sold to Nathaniel Wheaton of Rehoboth, for £15, fifteen acres of land there. Children, born in Rehoboth: 122 123 124 +125 126 127 128 5 i Amos Chaffe, died young. ii Anne (Ame) Chaffe, baptized in the First Congregational Church, Rehoboth, May 10, 1741. iii Archibald Chaffe, born April 11, 1743; baptized in the First Congregational Church, Rehoboth, April 17, 1743. iv Charles Chaffe, born June 5, 1744; married Mrs. Mary (Peck) Jacob. v Rhoda Chaffe, born May 11, 1746; died in Rehoboth, May 31, 1746. vi Joel Chaffe, born April 11, 1747; baptized in the First Congregational Church, Rehoboth, May 31, 1747. vii Rhoda Chaffe, born January 6, 1748-9; died in Providence, R. I., February 11, 1786; baptized in the First Congregational Church, Rehoboth, May 21, 1749. +129 viii Amos Chaffe, born December 11, 1750; married Sarah Munroe. +130 ix Joseph Chaffe, born September 17, 1752; married (1) Lois Barney; (2) Huldah Walker. +131 x Thomas Chaffe, Jr., born March 9, 1755; married Hannah Munroe. +132 xi Stephen Chaffe, probably born about 1757; married Patience Mason. 4 38 Jonathan Chaffe, Jr. (Jonathan,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., June 25, 1704, and died February 9, 1785. He was married in Ashford, Conn., June 1, 1727, by Reverend James Hale, to Abigail Lyon, who died January 9, 1773. She was admitted to full communion with the First Congregational Church of Ashford, August 5, 1733. Jonathan Chaffee, Jr., was baptized and admitted to the First Congregational Church of Rehoboth, June 6, 1725. In 1726, his father gave him "for love, good will and affection" one hundred acres of land in Ashford, where he settled. The following entry regarding him is from the records of the First Congregational Church there, under the date, February 23, 1729: "And said Jonathan Chaffe was sometime or other recommended to us by a letter from the Rev. Mr. Greenhood pastor of The Church of Christ in Rehoboth, and is of this church in full communion with us." Children, born in Ashford: i Jonathan Chaffe, Jr., born April 21, 1728; died in Ashford, April 21, 1728. 133 +134 +135 +136 +137 ii Josiah Chaffe, born February 10, 1728-9; married Elizabeth Dimmock. 138 139 v William Chaffe, born July 30, 1736; married Anna Bibbins. vi Susannah Chaffe, born September 10, 1738; died; baptized in the First Congregational Church, Ashford, October 22, 1738. vii Abigail Chaffe, born December 17, 1740; died. 140 viii Deliverance Chaffe, born February 7, 1742-3; died; baptized in the First Congregational Church, Ashford, May 22, 1743. ix Jonathan Chaffe, Jr., born May 11, 1746; married Lucy Allen. x Carpenter Chaffe, born January 25, 1749-50; died April 20, 1776; served in the Revolution as follows: +141 +142 4 "Chafee, Carpenter, Stockbridge. Private, Capt. Thomas Williams's co. of Minutemen, Col. John Paterson's regt., which marched April 22, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Stockbridge and West Stockbridge to Cambridge; service, 13 days." [Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.] 39 Nathaniel Chaffe (Jonathan,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., October 20, 1705, and died there, June 12, 1759. He married (1) in Rehoboth, December 12, 1734, Rebecca Mason, who died April 22, 1746, in her thirty-sixth year. He married (2) there, February 25, 1747, Lydia Peck, who survived him, and married (2) January 13, 1763, Thomas Wilmarth of Rehoboth. Nathaniel Chaffe was a mason. April 30, 1731, his father gave him "in consideration of love, good will & affection" ten acres of land "being the Easterly side of my farm or home lott." December 21, 1733, he bought of Samuel Mason, three acres of salt marsh in Barrington, Mass. At a town meeting in Rehoboth, March 31, 1740, he was chosen Surveyor of Timber, and March 29, 1742, a "Hogg Driver." April 28, 1751, he was admitted to the First Congregational Church of Rehoboth and had his children baptized. June 18, 1759, his widow, Lydia, surrendered her right of administration of his estate to her son, Nathaniel, and June 25, 1759, the real and personal estate was divided among the heirs, the widow and sons, Nathaniel, John, Levi and Noah. The eldest son, Nathaniel, was appointed guardian to his two youngest brothers, Levi and Noah. Children, by first wife, born in Rehoboth: +143 +144 i Nathaniel Chaffe, born October 6, 1735; married (1) Ruth Mansfield; (2) Susanna Carpenter. ii John Chaffe, born June 20, 1737; married Ruth Jones. 145 iii Noah Chaffe, born February 2, 1738-9; died in Rehoboth, February 18, 1738-9. +146 iv Levi Chaffe, born September 10, 1742; married Anna Pierce. 147 v Ezra Chaffe, born October 20, 1744; died September 2, 1746. 4 3 +148 vi Noah Chaffe, born February 22, 1745-6; married Susanna Esterbrook. 40 Hannah Chaffe (Jonathan, Nathaniel,2 Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., October 3, 1707, and died. She married there, May 27, 1729, Joseph Armington, who came from the Island of Guernsey, England, arriving in Boston in 1718, and later settling in Seekonk, where he made brick. Hannah Chaffe was baptized in the First Congregational Church of Rehoboth, April 17, 1709. Children, born in Rehoboth: 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 i Nicholas Armington, born January 12, 1729-30; died in Rehoboth, January 28, 1729-30 (1730-31). ii Joseph Armington, Jr., born June 4, 1731; died in Rehoboth, August 15, 1746. iii Josiah Armington, born July 28, 1733; died in Rehoboth, May 13, 1736. iv John Armington, born June 12, 1735. v Deliverance Armington, born October 24, 1737; died in Rehoboth, August 28, 1746. vi Susannah Armington, born January 9, 1739; died in Rehoboth, January 9, 1739. vii Hannah Armington, born April 20, 1742. viii Josiah Armington, born April 4, 1744. ix William Armington, born November 22, 1746. 2 41 Dan Chaffe (Jonathan,3 Nathaniel, Thomas 1) was born in Rehoboth, Mass., February 6, 1710-11, and died probably in the autumn of 1796. He married in Rehoboth, November 9, 1736, Mary, daughter of John Robinson. She died before December 10, 1790, as in her husband's will of that date she is not mentioned. Dan Chaffe was baptized in the First Congregational Church of Rehoboth in infancy, and was admitted to membership in the same church, October 8, 1727. July 29, 1739, his father gave him fifteen acres of land in Rehoboth. At a town meeting in Rehoboth, May 19, 1747, "Dan Chaffe was drawn out of the Box to serve on the petition Jury Next Inferiour Court for the County of Bristol to be holden at Taunton on the Second Tuesday of June next." December 31, 1747, he bought of Timothy Carpenter for £50, two acres of land in Rehoboth. January 3, 1753, Mary (Robinson) Chaffe and others, sold to Daniel Carpenter, for £100, thirty acres of land in Rehoboth, being the homestead of John Robinson, late father of the grantors. January 5, 1753, Dan Chaffe, "husbandman," bought of Charles Peck for £31, two acres of land in Rehoboth. January 15, 1753, he bought of John Whitaker, Jr., for £5, two acres more there at the same time, selling for the same amount to said Whitaker, a like quantity of land. December 2, 1755, he was chosen to serve on the Petit Jury. December 4, 1760, Dan Chaffe, |