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Stephen CHAFEE, Jr.

Male Abt 1791 - 1864  (~ 73 years)


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  • Name Stephen CHAFEE 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Abt 1791  Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Oct 1864  Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I00245  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Stephen CHAFEE,   b. 10 Oct 1765, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1812  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Chloe PEARCE,   b. Abt 1767 
    Married 25 Feb 1789  Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F00247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah USHER,   b. Abt 1791, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1861, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 13 Dec 1812  Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • They were married in St. Michael's Church.
    Children 
     1. Lucinda Thomas Chafee,   b. 4 Oct 1813, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1834  (Age 20 years)
     2. George Tew Barker CHAFEE,   b. 27 May 1816, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1891, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Eunice Foster Chafee,   b. 26 Apr 1818,   d. 24 Dec 1828  (Age 10 years)
     4. Stephen James Chafee,   b. 6 Jun 1820,   d. 17 Feb 1833  (Age 12 years)
     5. Hezekiah Usher Chafee,   b. 5 Jun 1822,   d. 17 Apr 1823  (Age 0 years)
     6. Zechariah Chafee,   b. 24 Jan 1824,   d. 24 Nov 1856, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     7. Thomas Diamond Chafee,   b. 23 Jun 1826, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1888  (Age > 63 years)
     8. Eunice Chafee,   b. 26 Dec 1828,   d. 15 Feb 1829  (Age 0 years)
     9. Cyril Newell Chafee,   b. 23 Mar 1830,   d. 10 Jul 1851  (Age 21 years)
     10. Sarah Elizabeth Chafee,   b. 24 May 1833,   d. 4 Dec 1833  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012583] The Chaffee Genealogy, William H. Chaffee, (New York: Grafton Press, 1909), 276.