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Author: myrtle2george
Surnames: Chapin, Jones, Merrill
Classification: queries
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It took us a while to note that Luther Chapin couldn't be the son of Thomas II &
Jerusha, but a trip to Belchertown told us that he was son of Thomas III & Lydia
Field. He was town clerk in Belchertown and later in Duncansboro [Newport] Vermont, and
in his records there he listed the 14 "children of Luther & Dinah Chapin."
He married Dinah Jones on 21 December 1773 in Palmer, MA. I have lots of info on them,
but haven't been able to find out much about their son John's marriage to Diadema
Merrill----they showed up in East Montpelier, VT with children. John's son Prentiss
(my husband's gr-grandfather) ended up back in central Massachusetts.
I gladly share the information we have collected to amplify what is found in "The
Chapin Book".
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