93 Thomas4 Chaffee (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 Thomas1) was born in Swansea, Mass., October 18, 1716, and died in Woodstock, Conn., May 3, 1753. He was married there, September 11,1740, by John Chandler, Esq., Justice of the Peace, to Dorcas Abbot, their intention of marriage being entered in Woodstock, August 6, 1740. She was born December 16,1713, and died in Woodstock, August 22,1798. 'Widow Dorcas Chaffee' was admitted to the First Congregational Church there, January 13, 1763. 'Thomas Chaffe, weaver, of Woodstock' received from his father, January 13, 1745-6, twenty-three acres of land in Woodstock worth £230 as part of his portion of his father's estate 'towards his advancement and settlement in the world'; on this land he had already 'erected a dwelling house.' June 28, 1746, he added to this, seventeen acres of land in Woodstock which he bought of Joseph Wright, Jr., for £35. He lived all his life in Woodstock. On his death one-half of his estate went to his widow, together with the use of the house during her life; the other half of the estate going to his children, Jemima, Dorcas and Rhoda."
