Pvt Amos CHAFFE

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Amos Chaffee was baptized in the First Congregational Church of Woodstock, October 7, 1744. He was stout, broad-shouldered, five feet, ten inches in height, with a sandy complexion and blue eyes. He was a farmer. A list of those occupying seats in the Congregational church in Wilbraham dated July 3, 1770, shows that Amos Chaffee and his wife, with seven other persons, occupied pew number seventeen. He was chosen Deer Reeve in Wilbraham, march 15, 1774, and July 21, 1774, sold to Simeon, his brother, sixty-eight acres of land in that place for L20. This year also his signature is found attached to the agreement not to buy English-made goods, signed by one hundred and twenty-five men of South Wilbraham. August 5, 1775, he bought of Abner Badger land in Wilbraham for L120, and August 12, 1776, he sold to the same man land there for L100.
He served in the Revolution as follows:

"Chaffee, Amos. Private, Capt. Daniel Cadwell's co. Col. Timothy Robinson's detachment of Hampshire Co. militia; enlisted Dec. 25, 1776; discharged April 2, 1777; service, 3 mos. 9 days at Ticonderoga; enlistment to expire March 25, 1777; roll dated Springfield." (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.)

The powder horn and gun which Amos Chaffee carried in the war are preserved by his descendants. The former is inscribed, "Amos Chaffee's Horn, made at Woodstock, Conn. April 17, 1761." On it is traced a map of North and South America.

February 23, 1778, he bought sixty acres of land in Stafford, to which place he removed the following spring. may 31, 1779, he added to this purchase seventy acres more. December 13, 1779, he took the oath in Stafford. A list of the members of the Second Congregational church, dated March 13, 1791, contains the name of Amos Chaffee. In 1797 he moved with his family to Athens, Vt. He and his wife were granted letters to the church there August 19, 1798. In 1806 they moved to Rochester, where they spent the remainder of their lives.

Amos married Anna BROWN about 1769 in Stafford, Connecticut. Anna was born on 4 Oct 1748 in Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 22 Feb 1831 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont; was buried in North Hollow Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eleanor CHAFFEE was born on 17 May 1771 in South Wilbraham, Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1848.
2. Amos CHAFFEE, Jr. was born on 13 May 1773 in South Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; died on 15 May 1844 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont; was buried in North Hollow Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont.
3. Lucy CHAFFEE was born on 30 Apr 1776 in South Wilbraham, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; died on 18 Nov 1826 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont; was buried in North Hollow Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont.
4. John CHAFFEE, Sr. was born on 3 Sep 1778 in Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 14 Mar 1850 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont; was buried in North Hollow Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont.
5. Leonard Brown CHAFFEE was born on 2 Sep 1780 in Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Sep 1866 in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont.

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John Chaffe probably moved with his parents from Swansea to Woodstock, about 1729 or 1730, and was living there at the time of his marriage. He was baptized and owned the covenant in the First congregational Church there, July 29, 1733, the same day his wife being admitted to full communion with the same church. His name is found on the membership list February 24, 1740, and in march, 1753. July 15, 1745, he bought of John Bartholomew for L25, twenty acres and twenty perches of land in the sough half of Woodstock. April 1, 1747, Joseph Chaffe, administrator of the estate of Joel Chaffe, sold to John Chaffe all the real estate of the said Joel, being seventy-five acres; January 14th following John Chaffe sold to Samuel Mascraft for L250, 75 acres of land there, probably that formerly belonging to joel. John was a voter in Woodstock, when made a Freeman, September 12, 1749. September 25, 1752, "John Chaffe, husbandman" sold to James Franklin of Attleboro, Mass., sixty acres of land in Woodstock for L450. August 29, 1754, he received from his father fifty acres of land valued at L70. Decdember 24, 1754, he bought back from James Franklin the land he sold him in 1752, paying an advance price of L40. The land received from his father in 1754, "John Chaffe, yeoman" he sold April 6, 1764, to Benjamin Skinner of Wilbraham, one of thirteen acres with buildings thereon for L296, one of thirty-five for L30, and one of sixty-one acres for L18. June 30, 1765, he ad his wife were dismissed from the church in Woodstock to the Second Congregational Church in Stafford, Conn. In 1768 they were members of the South Wilbraham Congregational Church. October 20th of that year, "John Chaffe and Mehitable his wife of South Wilbraham" sold to William Martin, Jr., of Woodstock, twenty eight acres of land and a mansion house there for L70. Septembe 3, 1769, he gave to his son-in-law, Phineas Stebbins, "in consideration of that love and goodwill which I do bear to son-in-law Phineas Stebbins, husbandman of Wilbraham" certain lots of land in that place. Three days later he sold to his son Simeon for L6, land there. may 30, 1770, a list of sittings in the Wilbraham Congregational Church states that "John Chaffee and wife, " with six others, occupied pew number twenty-six. March 14, 1772, he sold to his son Amos, land in Wilbraham for L20. An agreement made in Wilbraham in 1774, not to purchase English-made goods, was signed by John Chaffee and one hundred and twenty-four other men. The farm on which John Chaffe lived in Wilbraham was inherited by his son Simeon, and from him, by his son Emery.

In the old burying-ground in Hampden (formerly South Wilbraham) lie the remains of John Chaffe and his wife, their gravestones bearing the following inscriptions:

"In memory of
Mr. John Chaffe
who departed this life
Janry 2nd 1796
aged 89 years 11 mos
and 12 days
My flesh shall slumb er in the ground
Til the last trumpets joful sound
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise
And in my Saviours image rise."

In memory of
Mrs. Mehitabel wife of
Mr. John Chaffe
who departed this life
Jun (or Jan) 29th 1803
aged 96 years & 26 days
I shall behold the face
Of my forgiving God
And stand complete in righteousness
Washed in my Saviours blood."

John married Mehitable MASCRAFT on 17 Dec 1730 in Woodstock, Massachusetts. Mehitable was born in abt. 1707; died on 29 Jun(Jan) 1803 in South Wilbraham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]