The Chapins were from England. Nothing anyone is saying in the here and now
in Guatemala applies.
Name is probably some sort of Old English happenstance. I wouldn't think
any more about it, unless the Y DNA gives cause to wonder.
Yours,
Villandra Thorsdottir
Austin, Texas
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Subject: Re: [CHAPIN] BIO - Deacon Samuel Chapin
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A possible interesting tie to the notion that "Chapin" may have something
to do with shoes. I had actually heard it came from a term for "Cheap,"
for a seller of cheap goods. However, I noticed recently that many
restaurants and bakeries that are associated with Guatemala are called
"Chapin." We went to one and ate the "Chapin special," and asked the
woman
who was from Guatemala about it. She said it was a type of shoe that
people wore back in the very early days, and so other people called the
Guatemalans who wore these shoes "Chapins." That is now the term for
people from Guatemala. We looked up the shoe, and it was a very elaborate
shoe worn by the upper classes. I would assume it came from Europe and was
worn by Europeans who settled in South and Central America. In Guatemala,
it is pronounced "Chah peen."
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