Joseph CHAFFE

1702 - 1760  (58 years)

• Name	Joseph CHAFFE  [1]
  	Joseph Chaffe was Constable and town Sealer of weights and measures in Barrington in 1729. January 21, 1729/30, "Joseph Chaffe Junr. of Barrington, boatman," bought of Benjamin Marcy of Woodstock, husbandman, a "Mansion house" and seventy-five acres of land in Woodstock, bounded by the land of Isaiah Tiffany and John Chaffe, for L300. February 23, 1729/30, "Joseph Chaffee Junr. of Barrington in the County of Bristol in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Boatman, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred pounds to me paid by my Honoured Father, John Chaffee of Woodstock, in the County of Suffolk and Province aforesaid, yeoman, being part of my Portion or Patrimony of my said Father's Estate do by these presents Remit, Release and forever Quit Claim . . . unto my Father John Chaffee . . . all my right title interest Claim & Demand unto all of Housing & Lands of my said Father being & Lying in Woodstock Aforesaid, belonging . . . to me as a son or heir." This document was witnessed by his uncle Joseph Chaffe and Samuel Luther. (Woodstock Land Records.) In those days a man was called "Junior" if there was another man in his family of the same Christian name, whether he was his father or not. Between the date of the above release and July 5, 1730, Joseph and his family removed to Woodstock, Mass. (now Conn.) as on the latter date his wife was admitted to the First Congregational Church of Woodstock by a letter of dismission and recommendation from the Church of Christ in Barrington. He settled in what is now West Woodstock, and which was set off from Woodstock as the Second Precinct of Woodstock, or New Roxbury...... Joseph Chaffe died of smallpox, and one of the items in the account of the administrators against the estate is 5s. "for brimstone & rum to cleanse the infection out of the house." He lies buried in the cemetery in Hampden, Mass. (formerly South Wilbraham)... [1]
  Birth	17 Jan 1701/2	Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Mar 1760  [1]
  Burial	Old Hampden Cemetery, Hampden, Hampden Co., Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I73600	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	John CHAFFE,   b. 16 Dec 1673, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 2 Dec 1757, Woodstock, Connecticut (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah HILLS,   b. Malden, Massachusetts d. 7 Apr 1735, Woodstock, Connecticut
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	17 Jul 1700	Swansea, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F29836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah MAY,   b. 1 Oct 1704, Swansea, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Sarah CHAFFE,   b. 18 Jan 1729, Barrington, Massachusetts d. 27 Apr 1818 (Age 89 years)  [Birth]   2. Joseph CHAFFE, Jr.,   b. 9 Jan 1730/1, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. Feb 1783, Union, Connecticut (Age 52 years)  [Birth]   3. Benjamin CHAFFE,   b. 10 Jul 1732, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. 1811, Ashford, Connecticut (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   4. Ephraim CHAFFE,   b. Abt 1733, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. 1758, Near Glens Falls, New York (Age 25 years)  [Birth]   5. Asa CHAFFE,   b. 5 Jun 1734, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. Dec 1810 (Age 76 years)  [Birth]   6. Jonathan CHAFFE,   b. 16 Mar 1735/6, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut  [Birth]   7. Comfort CHAFFE,   b. 20 Mar 1737/8, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. 4 Jun 1811, South Wilbraham, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)   8. Hannah CHAFFE,   b. 17 Jun 1742, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut  [Birth]   9. Darius CHAFFE,   b. 22 Mar 1743/4, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. Aft 1775 (Age 31 years)  [Birth]   10. Isaiah CHAFFE,   b. Abt 1728, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut d. 3 Jan 1771, Wilbraham, Massachusetts (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   11. Joel CHAFFE,   b. 19 Nov 1745, Woodstock, Massachusetts, now Connecticut  [Birth]
  Family ID	F29825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  Joseph Chaffee Joseph is the son of John Chaffe and Sarah Hills. He is buried in the Old Hampden Cemetery in Hampden, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. Created by: Angie Robinson Photo Added by: Richard Bailey

  
  

• 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). [S02329] Find A Grave Website.