Individual Details
Deacon Samuel Chapin
( - 11 Nov 1675)
Samuel Chapin, like many of the men and women who settled New England, came because of persecution, refusing to compromise their passionately held religious convictions.[5] These English Protestants wished to reform and purify the Church of England of the continued Roman Catholicism practices within the Anglican Church.[10][11] On their part, the Anglican Church and English Crown considered them extremists[10] and insisted that the Puritans conform to their religious practices which were abhorred by the Puritans.[11] [12] Puritan ministers were removed from office and they along with parishioners received savage punishments.[11] For example, in 1630 a man was sentenced to life imprisonment, had his property confiscated, his nose slit, an ear cut off, and his forehead branded with the letters "S. S." meaning Sower of Sedition.[11] As a result of this religious persecution, beginning in 1630 as many as 20,000[10] Puritans emigrated to the new world from England to gain the liberty to worship God as they chose.
Events
| Christen | 8 Oct 1598 | Paignton, Devonshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 9 Feb 1623 | Paignton, Devonshire, England - Cicely Penny | | ||
| Emigration | 1635 - 1639 |  | | ||
| Death | 11 Nov 1675 | Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay | | ||
| WikiTree | Chapin-671 |
Families
| Spouse | Cicely Penny ( - 1682) |
| Child | David Chapin ( - ) |
| Child | Catherine "Katherine" Chapin (1626 - 1712) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |
Notes
Emigration
Source: Wiki Tree Chapin-671Samuel Chapin and his wife, along with five children came to America together in about 1638.[1][3] The New England Historical and Genealogical Record states that he came about 1638 and "brought with him from England a wife named Cicely and several children, Henry, Josiah, David, Catherine, and Sarah."[3][7] At any rate we know they came after October 29, 1637, which was the day his son Josiah was baptized at Berry Pomeroy, Devon County, England
Death
Source: Wiki Tree Chapin-671Endnotes
1. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 52; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
2. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 52; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
3. Homer Worthington Brainard, The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield (New Haven, Conn.: 1953), page 52; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .