History of Robert Chaffin and His Descendants and of the Other Chaffins in
America. By William L. Chaffin 1912. I purchased my copy of the book from
Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, PO Box 778, Salem, MA 01970.
This book concentrates on the Chaffin family from Massachusetts. It does not
establish a tie with the Chafin/Chaffin families from Virginia or West
Virginia. He does have some chapters on other branches, re: The Ohio Branch,
The Tennessee Branch, etc... It says that the author's original design in
compiling this Chaffin history was to include only Robert Chaffin and his
descendants, but he soon learned that another and very important Chaffin
family started about the same time, located early in Virginia. Finding that
the Virginia family was extensive and prominent, the author concluded to
present a sketch of it, not an elaborate genealogy.