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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Anna PIERCE was born 10 Jun 1746.

    Anna married Levi CHAFEE 24 Feb 1765, Rehoboth, MA. Levi (son of Nathaniel CHAFEE and Rebecca MASON) was born 10 Sep 1742, Rehoboth, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Stephen CHAFEE  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Oct 1765, Rehoboth, MA; died Abt 1812.
    2. 3. Johnathan Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Apr 1768, Rehoboth, MA.
    3. 4. Robey Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Feb 1772.
    4. 5. Rhoda Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Apr 1775.
    5. 6. Joseph Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Feb 1781.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stephen CHAFEE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anna1) was born 10 Oct 1765, Rehoboth, MA; died Abt 1812.

    Notes:

    According to William Chaffee's history of the Chaffees, Stephen and Chloe moved to Londonderry, Vermont, around 1794. He kept a store there, and was known as a merchant and farmer. In 1805 he was injured in a fire. His wife was reported to be a good Christian woman who taught her children the truths of the Bible.

    Stephen married Chloe PEARCE 25 Feb 1789, Rehoboth, MA. Chloe (daughter of Comfort PEARCE) was born Abt 1767. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Allen Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1790.
    2. 8. Stephen CHAFEE, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1791, Rehoboth, MA; died 17 Oct 1864, Bristol, RI.
    3. 9. Sanford Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Jan 1793, Rehoboth, MA; died 17 Jan 1882, Westfield, VT.
    4. 10. Betsey Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1795.

  2. 3.  Johnathan Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anna1) was born 18 Apr 1768, Rehoboth, MA.

    Johnathan married Polly Horton 13 Apr 1795. [Group Sheet]


  3. 4.  Robey Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anna1) was born 20 Feb 1772.

    Robey married Reuben Horton 17 Sep 1793. [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  Rhoda Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anna1) was born 10 Apr 1775.

  5. 6.  Joseph Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (1.Anna1) was born 27 Feb 1781.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Allen Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 1790.

    Allen married Eliza Bryant 20 Apr 1817. [Group Sheet]


  2. 8.  Stephen CHAFEE, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born Abt 1791, Rehoboth, MA; died 17 Oct 1864, Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    These birth records were found in the vault at the Bristol Town Hall, in Vol. 4, p. 249. I have a photocopy.

    According to "The Chaffee Genealogy" by William H. Chaffee, p. 276, Stephen & Deborah "were members first of the Episcopal and later of the Methodist Church. November 2, 1814, Stephen Chafee bought land of James Usher in Bristol, where he made his home. He was a country storekeeper and shipper of merchandise, and is said to have been eccentric in manner. He had a light complexion, blue eyes, and was five feet, four inches in height."

    James Usher was brother to Deborah.

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Stephen & Deborah Chafee are both aged 60, living in Bristol, RI. Son Cyril, aged 20, is with them. They are next door to sons Zechariah & Thomas and their families. In the 1860 Federal Census, Stephen & Deborah Chafee are both aged 70, still living at Bristol, RI.

    Stephen married Deborah USHER 13 Dec 1812, Bristol, RI. Deborah (daughter of Allen USHER, Jr. and Susanna DIMAN) was born Abt 1791, Rehoboth, MA; died 19 Feb 1861, Bristol, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Lucinda Thomas Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Oct 1813, Bristol, RI; died 26 Jan 1834; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.
    2. 12. George Tew Barker CHAFEE  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1816, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; died 11 Apr 1891, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    3. 13. Eunice Foster Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Apr 1818; died 24 Dec 1828; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.
    4. 14. Stephen James Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jun 1820; died 17 Feb 1833.
    5. 15. Hezekiah Usher Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jun 1822; died 17 Apr 1823; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.
    6. 16. Zechariah Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jan 1824; died 24 Nov 1856, Bristol, RI; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    7. 17. Thomas Diamond Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Jun 1826, RI; died Aft 1888; was buried , Bristol, RI.
    8. 18. Eunice Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Dec 1828; died 15 Feb 1829.
    9. 19. Cyril Newell Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Mar 1830; died 10 Jul 1851; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    10. 20. Sarah Elizabeth Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 May 1833; died 4 Dec 1833; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.

  3. 9.  Sanford Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 27 Jan 1793, Rehoboth, MA; died 17 Jan 1882, Westfield, VT.

    Notes:

    According to "The Chaffee Genealogy," in 1832 Sanford lived in Saline, MI, and in 1882 died in Burton, WI.

    Sanford married Sarah Chase 16 Oct 1816, Fall River, MA. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Chase) died 1818, Sheldon, VT. [Group Sheet]

    Sanford married Mary A. Otterson 1819, Bristol, RI. Mary was born 1796, Bristol, RI; died 1 Jul 1883. [Group Sheet]


  4. 10.  Betsey Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born Abt 1795.

    Betsey married Abel Maxfield 5 Nov 1812. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Lucinda Thomas Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 4 Oct 1813, Bristol, RI; died 26 Jan 1834; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    Alden G. Beaman's "RI Genealogical Register," Vol. 17, Bristol Cemetery Inscriptions, gives Lucinda's date of death as 19 Jan 1834, at age 20. There was another Lucinda T. Chafee, date of death given as 3 Oct 1848 (?).


  2. 12.  George Tew Barker CHAFEE Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 27 May 1816, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; died 11 Apr 1891, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    The name George T. B. Chafee first came to my attention in a copy of an old letter of Great Uncle Frank's which he sent to his mother, Mary Elizabeth Chafee (nee Andrews), my great-grandmother. In this letter he lists our Chafee ancestors, but without any documentation or details, save that he says this person's son invented a propeller boat which used to sail from Connecticut to New York City. This ties in somewhat with the information I found in the Bristol town records, which identify his occupation as sea captain, and his place of death as Middletown, CT. (Bristol Vol. #5, p. 139)

    According to Frank's letter, the son George Austin (brother of my great-great-grandfather, Samuel Russel Chafee) was a restaurant and hotel man in Middletown, CT. He had a son Charles Austin and a daughter Grace. Around 1870 he built a propeller ship that ran between Portland, CT (across the river from Middletown, CT) and New York City. The ship was named after him: The George Austin Chafee. (Need to check out all these details!)

    George T. B.'s name came to me also from an Austin family genealogist (Bonnie Austin Bigolin of Green River, WY), in an e-mail replying to my query through their web site. They have his name in their database as having been married to Harriet N. Austin, and she listed his children for me, one of whom is my gr-great-grandfather, Samuel Russel Chafee. The name Austin has since been passed down in our family in the form of the middle name of his son George and of my grandma's brother Charles, and the first name of one of Charles's sons, among others.

    Also, it appears that the name Harriet has also been passed down, being the name of one of George and Harriet's daughters, the name of a granddaughter ("Hattie" who married DeWitt Bolster), and the name of a great-granddaughter -- my grandma's sister Hattie, a name which I presume was also Harriet in this generation. She died very young. My parents have her old rocking chair.

    Since acquiring the above information, I have viewed and copied George and Harriet's marriage record at Bristol Town Hall, as well as other family records of birth, marriage, and death. I also have photographed their gravestone(s) at Bristol's North Burial Ground.

    In addition to the above sources of information, I have transcripts from the following census records which show the various Chafee families: 1850, 1860, and 1870 for Bristol, RI; 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 for Middletown, CT.

    "The Chaffee Genealogy" by William H. Chaffee, published in 1909, says that Mr. George T. B. Chafee "served as a sutler in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a mechanic and restaurant keeper. He had a light complexion, blue eyes, a jovial disposition, and was five feet, four inches in height. In 1883 he lived in Middletown [CT], where he died of pneumonia at the age of seventy-five in the home of his son, Stephen B. Chafee. He was buried in the family lot in Bristol."

    In the front of my grandmother's old Bible there is this notation, written in her handwriting: "Lest I forget, I must write down the Chafee family motto -- 'As we journey through life, let us live by the way.' It is above the large fireplace in the Chafee Hotel in Middletown Conn. made in the masonry."

    George married Harriet Newell AUSTIN 18 Mar 1839, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI. Harriet (daughter of Samuel Ward AUSTIN and Mary MITCHELL) was born 1822, North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI; died 29 Jul 1856, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; was buried Jul 1856, North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Stephen Barker Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Oct 1839, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; died 15 Sep 1910; was buried , Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.
    2. 22. George Austin Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Dec 1840, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; died 13 Jul 1903; was buried , Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.
    3. 23. Lucinda Thomas Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 May 1842, RI.
    4. 24. Daughter Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 May 1842; died 7 May 1842.
    5. 25. Samuel Russel CHAFEE  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jul 1844, Bristol, RI; died 3 Aug 1934, Fresno, CA; was buried 10 Aug 1934, North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    6. 26. Harriet Melorah Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1847; died 1848; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    7. 27. William Clark Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Nov 1853; died Abt 27 Sep 1905, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.

    George married Susan Hathaway Hoar 3 Mar 1859, Swansea, MA. Susan was born 15 Aug 1829, Swansea, MA; died 22 Feb 1884; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 28. Ida Versey Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Jan 1860.
    2. 29. Lena R. Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Apr 1869, Bristol, RI; died 1869; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.
    3. 30. Cyril Newell Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Oct 1869, Bristol, RI; died 11 Aug 1894, Middletown, CT; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.

  3. 13.  Eunice Foster Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 26 Apr 1818; died 24 Dec 1828; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.

  4. 14.  Stephen James Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 6 Jun 1820; died 17 Feb 1833.

  5. 15.  Hezekiah Usher Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 5 Jun 1822; died 17 Apr 1823; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.

  6. 16.  Zechariah Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 24 Jan 1824; died 24 Nov 1856, Bristol, RI; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Zechariah & Eliza A. Chafee are living in Bristol, RI. They have a 2-year-old son, William L. C. Chafee. The family is next door to Thomas D. & Mercy Chafee.

    Zechariah — Eliza Ann LeCroix. Eliza was born Abt 1828, Maine. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 31. William L. C. Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1848.

  7. 17.  Thomas Diamond Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 23 Jun 1826, RI; died Aft 1888; was buried , Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    According to "The Chaffee Genealogy," p. 453, Thomas was living in Taunton, MA, in 1888.

    He may be the T. D. Chafee buried at North Burial Ground in Bristol, RI.

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Thomas D. & Mercy P. Chafee are living at Bristol, RI. They have a four-month-old son, Lyman M. Chafee. The family is living next door to brother Zechariah Chafee and his family on one side, and next to parents Stephen & Deborah Chafee on the other side.

    Thomas married Julia Eddie Abt 1845. [Group Sheet]

    Thomas married Mercy P. Read Abt 1848, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of George Read) was born Abt 1828, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Montemon Le Baron Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jun 1849; died 24 Jul 1849, Bristol, RI.
    2. 33. Lyman Morrow Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Apr 1850.
    3. 34. Alice Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1853.
    4. 35. Emma Jane Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Nov 1855.
    5. 36. Clara Leah Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 May 1859.
    6. 37. Anna Cora Chafee  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jan 1863, Bristol, RI.

    Thomas married Abbey Macomber Aft 1850. Abbey died Aft 1889. [Group Sheet]


  8. 18.  Eunice Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 26 Dec 1828; died 15 Feb 1829.

  9. 19.  Cyril Newell Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 23 Mar 1830; died 10 Jul 1851; was buried , North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Cyril is aged 20, a clerk, and living with his parents at Bristol, RI. Apparently he died just about a year later.


  10. 20.  Sarah Elizabeth Chafee Descendancy chart to this point (8.Stephen3, 2.Stephen2, 1.Anna1) was born 24 May 1833; died 4 Dec 1833; was buried , East Burial Ground, Mt. Hope Ave., Bristol, RI.

    Notes:

    Alden G. Beaman's "RI Genealogical Register," Vol. 17, Bristol Cemetery Inscriptions, gives Sarah's date of death as 24 May 1833, at age 7 months.