1) Does anyone have the ship that he arrived on?
Sorry, I don't have a copy of the page of the book which may have given
the ship's name.
2) Can anyone give me the name of Chapin books and author so I can
order copy
at FHC.
"THE CHAPIN BOOK of GENEALOGICAL DATA with Brief Biographical Sketches
of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin" compiled by Gilbert Warren
Chapin; published and Copyrighted by the Chapin Family Association,
Hartford, Connecticut, MCMXXIV.
Higginson Books of Salem, MA <higginsn(a)cove.com> carries both Vol. I
[1924, 1320 pp] and Vol. II [1925, 1417 pp] in their catalog, for $153
and $155, respectively.
For a lesser chunk of change ($58.50), they offer the 1862 CHAPIN
Genealogy of 376 pages, by O. Chapin.
There is also a $10.00 collection, also by G.W. Chapin, of Chapins who
served in the French & Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and
others, orig. pub. 1895.
HTH!
Julie CHAPIN Hesson