Person:Henry Chapin (2)

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Henry Chapin
b.5 Oct 1781 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 May 1865 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States
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m. Bef 1764
  1. Lois Chapin1773 - 1806
  2. Sally Chapin1778 - 1808
  3. Henry Chapin1781 - 1865
  4. George Chapin1784 - 1867
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Name Henry Chapin
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Oct 1781 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] 22 May 1865 Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States

Of Buffalo and Chapinville, N Y. He moved with his parents from Hatfield, Mass to Canandaigua, New York and thence in 1800 to Buffalo where he became a prosperous merchant and fur trader, buying fur pelts from Indian trappers and selling to John Jacob Astor at a handsome profit. He took active interest in the Congregational Church and in education and philanthrophy. Later on he settled in Chapinville, N. Y. In 1834 he moved to a farm near Norwalk, Ohio, and after his death of his third wife, went to live with two of his daughters, where he died of old age.

References
  1. ↑ Hatfield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births, marriages, and deaths in four Massachusetts towns, 1655-1844. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    p. 45.

    1781
    Chapin, Henry son of Col. Israel born Oct. 5.

  2. ↑ Find A Grave
    Henry Chapin.

    HENRY CHAPIN
    DIED
    MAY 22, 1865
    AGED
    83 YEARS 7 MOS.

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