Family/Spouse: John King. John was born in in England; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 8275885

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Mary King was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on 15 Jun 1639. She was the daughter of John and Mary King, both of England. Her father was a planter and a seaman. He was master of the boat of Thomas Applegate of Weymouth in October 1640. He was a selectman of Weymouth in 1669.

On 30 November 1658 she married Josiah Chapin, the son of Deacon Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penny. They were the parents of 11 children.

She was the mother of Seth Chapin, a respected member of the community of Mendon, Massachusetts and a Captain in the militia. She was the grandmother of Lydia Chapin-Taft, the first woman voter in Colonial America. [An important vote regarding funding for the French and Indian Wars took place just after the death of Lydia's husband, Josiah Taft. As the largest taxpayer in Uxbridge, Massachusetts the town voted to allow Lydia the widow of Josiah Taft to vote on 30 Oct 1756. She voted in favor of the funding.]

Many of Josiah and Mary's children went on to be successful members of their communities.

Mary King Chapin died on 30 May 1676; a month before her 37th birthday in Braintree, Massachusetts

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Mary married Josiah Chapin on 30 Nov 1658. Josiah (son of Deacon Samuel Chapin and Cicely Penny) was born on 29 Oct 1634 in Devonshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1726 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 10 Sep 1726 in Old Cemetery, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 74721018

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Seth Chapin in the son of Josiah Chapin (1637 - 1726) and Mary King Chapin (1639 - 1676). Seth married Bethia Thurston Chapin March 25, 1691 in Norfolk Co., Mass.

Seth and Bethia had 14 Children:
Seth (1692 - 1740)
Bethia (1694 - 1734)
Josiah (1696 - ????)
John (1698 - 1777)
Mary (1700 - 1768)
Samuel (1702 - 1753)
Deborah (1704 - 1777)
Hopestill (1705 - 1805)
Joseph (1707 - 1788)
Abigail (1710 - ????)
Lydia (1712 - ????)
Benjamin (1713 - 1782)
Ebenezer (1714 -1805)
Japheth (1716 -1717)

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Seth married Bethiah Thurston on 25 Mar 1691 in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Bethiah was born on 30 Apr 1672 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1743/44 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 143100748

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son of Seth & Bethiah (Thurston) Chapin

He md. Dorcas Wood
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John Chapin is the son of Seth Chapin (1668 - 1746) and Bethia Thurston Chapin (1672 - 1744). John, his wife, and both parents were all born in Mendon, Worcester co., Mass.

John and Dorcas Chapin had eight children:
Dorcus (1720 - 1792)
Josiah (1722 - ????)
Bethiah (1724 - ????)
Japheth (1726 - 1797)
Joshua (1728 - ????)
John (1730 - 1815)
Solomon (1733 - ????)
Peter (1736 -????)

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Family/Spouse: Dorcas "Darcas" Wood. Dorcas was born on 4 Oct 1694 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1767 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 22 Aug 1767 in Vernon Grove Cemetery, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]