Mary (King) Chapin (1639 - 1676)

Born 15 Jun 1639 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Josiah Chapin — married 30 Nov 1658 (to 30 May 1676) in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 May 1676 at age 36 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary King was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts on June 15, 1639, ^[1] daughter John King. ^{[2] [3]}

She married Josiah Chapin on November 30, 1658. ^[4] Josiah was born in England, son of Samuel and Cicely Chapin ^[5] and baptized at Berry, Pomeroy Co., Devon on October 29, 1637. ^[6]

They had eleven children, Samuel, John (died without issue), Mary, Deborah (died young), Josiah (died in early manhood, without issue), Shem (died young), Seth, Joseph (died unmarried), Henry (died young), Ephraim, and another Deborah. ^{[5] [7]}

Mary died May 30, 1676, at Braintree, Massachusetts, aged 36. ^{[8] [5]}

An account of my own (Josiah Chapin's) marriages, and of the marriages of my children, and of ye births of my children and grandchildren, and of the deaths of my wives, children and grandchildren, which began in the year of our Lord, 1658. ^[5]

In the month of November, 1658, I was married to Mary King in Weymouth, who died May 30, 1676. ^[5]

Births of my Children. These were the children of Mary, my first wife. ^[5]

1. Samuel Chapin, b. in Weymouth, Nov. 11th, A. Dom., 1659; drowned at sea, April 10, 1692.

2. John Chapin, b. in Braintree, June 11th, 1661: died at sea Feb. 22, 1686.

3. Mary Chapin, b. in Braintree, ye 27th of August, 1662.

4. Deborah Chapin, b. in Braintree, ye 16th of June, 1664; died Aug. 16, 1668.

5. Josiah Chapin, b. in Braintree, ye 17th of December, 1665; died May 20, 1693, slain in Lord Russell's fight.

6. Shem Chapin b. in Braintree, ye 11th day of May 1667; died June 6, 1667.

7. Seth Chapin, b. in Braintree, ye 4th of August, 1668; married first Mary Read May 23, 1689; married Bethiah Thurston March 25, 1691.

8. Joseph Chapin, b. in Braintree, 17th of May, 1670.

9. Henry Chapin, b. in Braintree, 15th of Feb. 1671; died March 20, 1671.

10. Ephraim Chapin, b. in Braintree, 18th Dec., 1673; married Margaret Torrey Jan. 23, 1705.

11. Deborah Chapin, 2d, b, in Braintree, Feb. 12th, 1675; married Samuel Read July 8, 1693; died April 9, 1702. ^[5]

Research notes

Weymouth Marriages

CHAPIN, Josiah and Mary King, Nov. 30, 1658. p 45

Weymouth Births

King, Mary, d. of John, June 15, 1639. p 161 ^[4]

Braintree Births (C-D) 1640-1793

Chapin Debora F 04m 16d 1664 Josia Mary p644

Chapin Debora F 12m 13d 1675 Josia Mary p652

Chapin Ephraim M Dec 08 1673 * Josiah Mary p650

Chapin Henry M 12m 15d 1671 Josia Mary p649

Chapin John M 04m 11d 1661 Josiah Mary p819

Chapin Joseph M 03m 17d 1670 Josia Mary p648

Chapin Josia M 10m 17d 1665 Josia Mary p645

Chapin Mary F 06m ??d 1662 Josiah Mary p819

Chapin Shean * M May 11 1667 * Josia Mary p646, 647

Braintree Deaths

Chapin, Mary wife of Josiah dyed 3 mo 30, 76 p 640

Chapin Debora F 06m 17d 1668 Josia Mary p 639

Chapin Shem M 04m 06d 1667 Josia Mary p639 ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Weymouth Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Published by NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910
2. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
3. ↑ Chapin, Gilbert. The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin Vol. I First Seven Generations, Chapin Family Association, Hartford, CT, 1924
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} The Chapin Genealogy Containing a Very Large Proportion of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin who Settled in Springfield, MA in 1642, by Orange Chapin, Metcalf & Co., Northhampton, MA 1862.
6. ↑ The English Ancestry of Deacon Samuel Chapin In: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
7. ↑ Chapin, Howard M. Life of Deacon Samuel Chapin, of Springfield, Snow & Farnum, Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1908
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Bates, Samuel, editor. Records of the town of Braintree, 1640-1793, D.H. Huxford, printer, Randolph, Massachusetts, 1886

See also:

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.