Nathaniell CHAFFEY
1642 - 1721 (~ 83 years)-
Name Nathaniell CHAFFEY Born Between 1638 and 1642 Nantasket, MA 
Gender Male Died Sep 1721 Rehoboth, MA Buried Rumford, East Providence, RI Person ID I00588 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Thomas CHAFFEY, b. Between 1610 and 1615, England , d. 6 Mar 1682/83, Hingham, MA (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Dorothy Unknown, b. Abt 1620, England , d. Abt 1649, Hingham, MA (Age ~ 29 years) Family ID F00269 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Experience BLISS, b. 5 Feb 1648/49, Rehoboth, MA , d. Sep 1721, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA (Age 72 years) Married 19 Aug 1669 Swansea, MA Children 1. Dorothy Chaffey, b. 1670, Swansea, MA , d. 16 May 1718, Rehoboth, MA (Age 48 years)2. Thomas Chaffey, b. 19 Oct 1672, Swansea, MA , d. 21 Feb 1751/52, Rehoboth, MA (Age 79 years)3. Rachell Chaffey, b. 7 Sep 1673, Rehoboth, MA , d. 28 Feb 1702/03, Rehoboth, MA (Age 29 years)4. Nathaniell Chaffey, b. 8 Feb 1674/75, Rehoboth, MA , d. 28 Feb 1702/03, Rehoboth, MA (Age 28 years)5. Jonathan CHAFFEY, b. 7 Apr 1677, Rehoboth, MA , d. 31 Dec 1766 (Age 89 years)6. Experience Chaffey, b. 24 Mar 1678/79, Rehoboth, MA , d. 19 Apr 1754, Rehoboth, MA (Age 75 years)7. David Chaffey, b. 22 Aug 1680, Rehoboth, MA , d. 25 Feb 1749/50, Rehoboth, MA (Age 69 years)8. Mehitable Chaffey, b. 10 Jun 1685, Rehoboth, MA , d. 6 Aug 1699, Rehoboth, MA (Age 14 years)9. Daniel Chaffey, b. 30 Oct 1687, Rehoboth, MA , d. 13 Feb 1768, Attleborough, MA (Age 80 years)10. Noah (1) Chaffey, b. 19 Jan 1689/90, d. 9 Jul 1691 (Age 1 years) 11. Noah (2) Chaffey, b. 17 Dec 1692, Rehoboth, MA , d. 5 Oct 1732, Rehoboth, MA (Age 39 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00261 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - On a bond signed 13 Nov 1695, his signature appears as: Nathaniell chaffe; official records of the Plymouth Colony during that period spell it variously as Nathaniell Chaffey and Nathaniel Chafey.
The name Nath: Chafy appears on a list of early members of the First Baptist Church, Swansea, MA.
The following information is extracted from William H. Chaffee's "The Chaffee Genealogy," published by Grafton Press in the early 1900s:
Nathaniell was probably born in Nantasket (Hull), MA, and moved with his parents to Rehoboth between 1657 and 1660. The area where they lived was set apart as Swansea in 1667/68. He "was evidently a valued citizen, for in 1674/75 he was invited by the town of Rehoboth, in which he had formerly lived, to return and again become an inhabitant, land being offered him as an inducement. He sold land in Swansea and removed to Rehoboth."
A blacksmith by trade, Nathaniell and his young family lived in this area during the tension and destruction of King Philip's War (Jun 1675 - Aug 1676). It is recorded that he contributed money to the war effort.
Nathaniell served two terms as constable, was also a grand juryman, and was known as a "tytheing man." This may mean that he gave of his funds to God's work, but it may also mean that he was the church treasurer, responsible for collecting and recording other people's tithes. He married Experience Bliss in 1669, and together they had at least eleven children. Their youngest son, Noah, still lived with them in their later years. It is thought that Noah and his wife, Sarah, probably cared for them in their last days. Nathaniell and Experience died within a short time of each other, in September of 1721. It is believed that they were buried in the old burying ground by the Congregational Church, now in Rumford, RI, where in recent years memorial markers have been placed in their honor.
- On a bond signed 13 Nov 1695, his signature appears as: Nathaniell chaffe; official records of the Plymouth Colony during that period spell it variously as Nathaniell Chaffey and Nathaniel Chafey.