Ebenezer CHAFFE

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Ebenezer Chaffe was baptized in the First Congregational Church of Woodstock, October 3, 1731, and owned the covenant, October 10th following. He was still a communicant in that church July 3, 1737/8. December 21, 1733, "Ebenezer Chafee husbandman of Woodstock" bought land there for L96 of Nathaniel and Smith Johnson. may 19, 1755, he sold to Thomas Chapman, probably his son-in-law, for L200, ten acres there. April 3, 170, he bought of Benjamin Skinner of Springfield, land in that township for L15. November 17, 1764, he sold to his son Ezra for L60, twenty-five acres of land in the south half of Woodstock. February 11, 1765, "Ebenezer Chaffee yeoman" sold to his brother, "John Chaffee of Wilbraham" (which town had just been set off from Springfield as a separate town), thirty-eight and three-fourths acres of land there, the price being L6, 16s.

Ebenezer married Mary SCARBOROUGH on 22 Apr 1730 in Woodstock, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 25 Jul 1708; died on 21 Jan 1746/7 in Woodstock, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel CHAFFE was born on 1 Jul 1731 in Woodstock, Connecticut; was christened on 3 Oct 1731 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts; died on 5 Sep 1758.
2. Mary CHAFFE was born on 27 Aug 1733 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 19 Aug 1733 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts.
3. Rebecca CHAFFE was born on 28 Jul 1735 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 10 Aug 1735 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1819 in Woodstock, Connecticut.
4. Tabitha CHAFFE was born on 14 Jul 1739 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 29 Jul 1739 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts; died on 19 Dec 1824.
5. Ezra CHAFFE was born on 9 Apr 1742 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; died on 16 Jul 1815 in Athens, Windham County, Vermont.
6. Ebenezer CHAFFE, Jr. was born on 27 Sep 1744 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 11 Nov 1744 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts; died on 21 Aug 1808 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut; was buried in Hyde Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.
7. Olive CHAFFE was born on 9 Dec 1746 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; died on 22 Jan 1746/7 in Woodstock, Connecticut.

Ebenezer married Mary BACON on 2 Feb 1747/8. Mary was born on 24 Nov 1696; died on 29 Dec 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Sarah ADAMS about 1755. Sarah was born about 1719; died on 5 Aug 1782 in Woodstock, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Olive CHAFFE was born on 24 Mar 1756 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 16 May 1756 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts.
2. Samuel CHAFFE was born on 9 Jun 1760 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; died on 20 Oct 1813 in Woodstock, Connecticut; was buried in Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham Co, Connecticut.
3. Elizabeth CHAFFE was born on 3 Jan 1763 in Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut; was christened on 10 Jul 1763 in First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts.

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October 28, 1694, just before John Chaffe's twenty-first birthday, his father died and he, together with his mother and younger brother, was made an executor of the estate. According to the terms of his father's will he received a "heifor," one-half of his father's "tooles" and gun, and, on attaining the age of twenty-one, one-fourth part of his "Upland and Meadow ground in Swanzey." He and his mother drew lot number one hundred and twenty in a division of land in Rehoboth, June 16, 1697. (Rehoboth Records.).....

John married Sarah HILLS on 17 Jul 1700 in Swansea, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Gershom HILLS and Elizabeth CHADWICK) was born in Malden, Massachusetts; died on 7 Apr 1735 in Woodstock, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]