Joseph CHAFFE, Jr.

1731 - 1783  (52 years)

• Name	Joseph CHAFFE  [1]
  	He probably moved with his parents in 1755 to Wales, a district of Springfield, Mass., where he was a farmer. May 8, 1758, he bought of his father fifty-six acres of land there for L55. In 1760, with his mother, he administered his father's estate. October 23, 1772, "Joseph Chaffee husbandman of Wales" sold to David Burt of the same place, land there for 20s. About this time Wales was annexed to the newly organized town of Wilbraham, and so Joseph Chaffe became an inhabitant of that town. In 1774, he was one of one hundred and twenty-five who signed an agreement, made in South Wilbraham, not to purchase English-made goods. July 29th of that year he was appointed with others to assist in collecting the Province rates. january 2, 1775, he was appointed with others a committee to prevent the killing of deer from january 1st to August 1st of that year. His name appears as Private on a roll of "Capt. James Warrener's company of Wilbraham who marched in defense of American Liberty on ye Alarm last April occasioned by the Lexington Fight." He was in service ten days, travelled one hundred and eighty miles and received L1, 9s. 2d., in payment. His name also appears as serving two other enlistments: "Chaffe, Joseph. Capt. William Fletcher's co., Col. Benjamin Simond's regt; enlisted Aug. 22, 1777; discharged Aug. 29, 1777; marched on an expedition to Bennington. "Chaffe, Joseph. Private, Capt. Samuel Burt's co., Col. Elisha Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt; enlisted July 22, 1779; discharged Aug. 25, 1779 service, 1 mo. 7 days, at New London, Conn." (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.) [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	9 Jan 1730/1	Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut   [1]
  Christening	28 Feb 1730/1	First Congregational Church, Woodstock, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Feb 1783	Union, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I73556	Main Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph CHAFFE,   b. 17 Jan 1701/2, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1760 (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah MAY,   b. 1 Oct 1704, Swansea, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F29825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther CHAFFE,   b. 14 Jan 1734/5, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut
  Family ID	F29803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S5743] William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy; Also Certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe 1635-1909, (The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers).