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Surnames: Chaffee/Chaffee
Classification: Query
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hi jeff, i am related to you thru Thoms Chaffe 1637 Hingham, MA. My line
Thomas/Joseph/John/Joseph/Asa/Walter/Enoch Hyde/Walter Scott Chaffee, my gg grandfather,
moved to San Buenaventura, CA 1861 from Peterboro(where born)/Syracuse, Madison Co, NY.
Enoch Hyde Chaffee was an abolitionist during slavery times. He worked with garrett Smith
who started the UGRR in Madison Co., NY. Also worked with a Joel Gillette Downer, who had
a cousin married to one of Enoch's daughters.
My gg grandfather became the first "mayor" of Ventura after it was incorporated
1866. Kathleen Brownston is my 9th cousin, once or twice removed, so i am contact with
her too. check out these two links:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cabin/1066/Chafe_genealogy.html
http://family.ancientfaces.com/Chaffee/
Take care, send me an email once in awhile. Your ancestor Herbert Fuller Chaffee DOB
11-20-1865 and nothing from the Chaffee Genealogy book written 1909. His father was Eben
Whitney Chaffee 01-19-1824 and Amanda Hackett 12-31-1844, correct? The only sibling that
has more family history dates is Florence Adele Chaffee.
Sincerely, Cousin Terry Chaffee