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Jonathan CHAFFEY

Male 1677 - 1766  (89 years)


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  • Name Jonathan CHAFFEY 
    Born 7 Apr 1677  Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Dec 1766 
    Buried Newman Cemetery, Pawtucket Ave., Rumford, East Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00573  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Nathaniell CHAFFEY,   b. Between 1638 and 1642, Nantasket, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1721, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Mother Experience BLISS,   b. 5 Feb 1648/49, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1721, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 19 Aug 1669  Swansea, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F00261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah CARPENTER,   b. 10 Apr 1685,   d. 1777  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1703  Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Jonathan Chafee,   b. 25 Jun 1704, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1785, Ashford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Nathaniel CHAFEE,   b. 20 Oct 1705, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1759, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     3. Hannah Chafee,   b. 3 Oct 1707, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1799  (Age 91 years)
     4. Daniel Dan Chafee,   b. 6 Feb 1709/10, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1769, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     5. Miriam Chafee,   b. 22 Aug 1712, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1773  (Age 61 years)
     6. Susanna (1) Chafee,   b. 22 Sep 1714, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1715, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     7. Ephraim Chafee,   b. Between 25 Jan 1713/14 and 1716,   d. 9 Jun 1790  (Age ~ 76 years)
     8. William Chafee,   b. Abt 1717, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1790, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years)
     9. Susanna (2) Chafee,   b. 10 Jun 1720, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Deliverance Chafee,   b. 2 May 1721, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1736, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
     11. Josiah Chafee,   b. 2 May 1723, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1725, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     12. Susanna (3) Chafee,   b. 28 Aug 1728, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1736, Rehoboth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Baptisms from Rehoboth church records, transcribed by Elisha Turner, NEHGR, Vol. 15, Jan 1861:
      Jonathan Chaffey, 17 Apr 1709
      Nat. Chaffey, 17 Apr 1709
      Hannah Chaffey, 17 Apr 1709
      Dan l Chaffey (no date given)
      Miriam Chaffey, (no date given)
      These are some of Jonathan's children.

      The following information is extracted from William H. Chaffee's "The Chaffee Genealogy," published by Grafton Press in the early 1900s:

      "Jonathan Chaffe was several times chosen a grand juryman, also elected selectman, field driver, tything man, etc." In 1727 the town of Rehoboth appointed him to prepare and oversee a plan to locate schools throughout the town. He is known to have bought land in Ashford, CT, which he gave/sold to his eldest son, Jonathan, and to his brother David. Records also show that he became guardian of his brother Noah's two orphaned sons, presumably after 1736. Land deeds refer to Jonathan as "Yeoman," "husbandman," and "Mason."

      The old burying ground by the Congregational Church in Rumford, RI, has a stone which reads:
      Jonathan Chaffe
      Departed this life
      December 31, 1766
      in the 89th year of
      his age.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012583] The Chaffee Genealogy, William H. Chaffee, (New York: Grafton Press, 1909), 32.