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Author: mwalsh05
Surnames: Samuel Chapin b. 1588 Roxbury,England - Springfield, Ma.
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Samuel Chapin was the son of John Chapin of Paignton, and was Christened October 8, 1598.
He brought to the new world his wife, Cicelly Penny (Penney or Peny) daughter of Henry
Penny of Paignton, was Christened Feb. 21, 1601, whom he married at Paignton, February 9,
1623, and their five children. (Some reports stated they brought their 'seven'
children) In 1642 he became one of the founders of the new settlement of Springfield, in
Massachusetts, where William Pyncheon had already established himself. He took a prominent
part in the town in both civil and religious affairs, was a Deacon of the church and a
member of the first board of selectmen, for nine consecutive years.
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