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I received this connection from someone who checked the Chapin book, p143:
"Luther Chapin s/o Thomas & Jerusha (Jones) Chapin of Newport VT. he was b:1754
d:Feb 18 1810 ae 56, m: Unknown, 1. Thomas - no dates 2. Alvin no dates 3. Eber Jones
b1778 d Jul 26 1838 ae 60 4. Consider 5. John A b1791 6. son."
Child #5 above, John A Chapin, is the one for whom I was looking. I believe the birthdate
of father Luther Chapin must be incorrect as his mother Jerusha Jones was b:1693 and no
other wife is given for Thomas Chapin II, so Luther was more likely b:1734. The sibling
previous to him was born 1730. Thomas Chapin II and Jerusha had children: Elijah b: 29 MAR
1721/22 Belchertown, Hampshire Co MA, Elinor b: 4 MAR 1722/23 Belchertown, Thomas III b:
15 MAR 1728/29 Belchertown, Thankful b: 1730 Belchertown, and Luther b: prob. 1734
Belchertown d: 18 FEB 1810 Newport, Orleans Co VT.
Luther's son, John A Chapin b:1791 Belchertown, grew up in Newport VT and married
Diana Merrill either there or in Canada, where son Alvin M Chapin was born 1822. John
& Diana's son John A Chapin II was born 1833 and appears on the 1850 census of
Barre. Is your John Chapin b:1838 connected to the Thomas Chapin line?