First Families wrote:
Hello CHAPIN Researchers.
Deacon Samuel CHAPIN (1598-1675) of MA........WHO were the parents of his 1st wife CECILY
PENNY?
Please indicate the source where your information came from.
"Genealogies of MA Families," (GPC) p. 449-450:
Communicated by Howard Millar Chapin, A.B., of Providence, RI:
"3. Dea. Samuel CHAPIN (John, ? Roger), of Paignton, co. Devon, and of
Roxbury and Springfield, Mass., baptized at Paignton 8 Oct 1598, died at
Springfield 11 Nov 1675. He married at Paignton 9 Feb 1623/4, Cicely
PENT [PENNY], bapt at Paignton 21 Feb 1601/2, died at Springfield 8 Feb
1682/3, daughter of Henry Penny of Paignton, baker.
"Samuel CHAPIN was a legatee in the will of his stepfather, George Stone
of Paignton, dated 20 Jan 1614/15, and was one of the four persons who
took the inventory of the estate of Henry Penny, 18 May 1630. In his
will Henry Penny bequeathed to 'Cicelly Chapin my daughter, my second
great pan,' and mentioned three of Samuel Chapin's children, as appears
below. Since Samuel Chapin's son Josias was baptized at Berry Pomeroy,
co. Devon, 29 Oct 1637, the migration of Samuel Chapin and his family to
New England must have taken place after Oct 1637 but not later than
1639, when he is known to have been in Roxbury, Mass. The summer of
1638, the year given by Savage, seems to be the most probable time for
the voyage, and Savage doubtless based the date of arrival in New
England on the fact that the earliest New England record relating to
Samuel Chapin is dated 1639."
HTH!
Julie CHAPIN Hesson, endlessly sorting out dead relatives.....