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Surnames: Chapin, Otis
Classification: Query
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Ralph Chapin and wife, Betsey Otis Chapin, were my ggg grandparents. They had 11
children: Horace, Elbridge (my gg grandfather), Solomon, Ralph Jr.,
Rosina (Stoddard), James M., Sumner Daniel, Stephen, Samuel, and and unknown daughter and
another son. Through Betsey, who was the daughter of Col. James Otis (Westfield, Ma.) and
Sarah Holmes
(Westfield) you can trace back to 5 Mayflower Compact signees. I am a member of Dar, and
that is through James Otis, who served in the Amer. Rev. War. I am interested in how you
relate to this line. I have been trying to help Cal prove that Stephen was the son on
Ralph and Betsey. Contact me direct if you like at jpawlisa(a)accessus.net Thanks,
Jayne