Individual Details

Thomas Chaffee Sr.

(8 Apr 1731 - 5 Dec 1810)

Son of Jonathan Chaffee and Abigail Lyon. Name may be spelled Chaffe or Chafee or Chafe.
Location from "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" found on Ancestry.
*Note Originally listed in the North Becket cemetery but moved to Becket Center as that is where the photo volunteer noted the picture of the grave came from.
Chaffee, Thomas. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; service from July 20, 1777, 1 mo. 5 days, at Rhode Island, including travel on march to camp at Bristol and from Providence to Rehoboth.
SOURCE: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.

Events

Birth8 Apr 1731Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut
Marriage26 Mar 1761Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut - Hannah Reed
Death5 Dec 1810Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
BurialBecket Center Cemetery, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseHannah Reed (1742 - 1836)
FatherJonathan Chaffe Jr. (1704 - 1785)
MotherAbigail Lyon (1707 - 1773)
SiblingJosiah Chaffee (1729 - 1800)
SiblingHannah Chaffee (1733 - 1804)
SiblingWilliam Chaffee (1736 - 1770)
SiblingSusanah Chaffee (1738 - 1738)
SiblingAbigail Chaffee (1740 - 1810)
SiblingDeliverance Chaffee (1743 - 1826)
SiblingJohnathan Chaffee Jr. (1746 - 1826)
SiblingCarpenter Chaffee (1749 - 1776)

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