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Phineas CHAPIN

Phineas CHAPIN

Male 1792 - 1857  (64 years)

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  • Name Phineas CHAPIN 
    Born 21 Oct 1792  Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840, 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Williams College (1814) 
    Occupation lawyer, Harrison County Clerk 
    Died 18 May 1857  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Daniel Davisson Cemetery, c/o Main & Chestnut, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I130008  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2020 

    Father Phineas CHAPIN,   b. 1 Mar 1746, Hampshire Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1821, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Sabrina WRIGHT,   b. 9 Dec 1754, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1813, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F56864  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Gibbs SOMMERVILLE,   b. 28 Oct 1798, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1843, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 1 Dec 1818  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Phineas Chapin in the 1820 United States Federal Census
      Name: Phineas Chapin
      Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
      Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
      Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
      Slaves - Females - Under 14: 1
      Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
      Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
      Total Free White Persons: 3
      Total Slaves: 3
      Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6

      Phineas Chapin in the 1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Phineas Chapin
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 3
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
      Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
      Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
      Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
      Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
      Persons Employed in Learned Professional Engineers: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
      Total Free White Persons: 9
      Total Slaves: 6
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 15
    Children 
     1. Irving (Erwin) Pindall CHAPIN,   b. CA 1820, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1840, Burlington, Des Moines Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
    +2. Emily Byrd CHAPIN,   b. 5 Dec 1822, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1902  (Age 79 years)
     3. Mary Margaret Ulrica CHAPIN,   b. CA 1826,   d. 10 Aug 1905, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     4. Virginius P. CHAPIN,   b. CA 1827,   d. 27 Jan 1893, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     5. Ruhama Pindall "Rua" CHAPIN,   b. 1830,   d. 19 Jun 1906, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Elizabeth Sabrina "Lizzie" CHAPIN,   b. 1831, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1854  (Age 23 years)
     7. Saphronia CHAPIN,   b. 1833,   d. Jul 1906, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     8. Caroline Louisa "Carrie" CHAPIN,   b. 3 Sep 1835, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1912, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F56863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jennet FLEMING,   b. 26 Jun 1793, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1868, Olathe, Johnson Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1849  Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Phineas Chapin's wife Nancy Sommerville died in August 1843. On Dec 31 1849, Phineas married Jennet Fleming Roy, widow of Thomas Roy. Her son William Roy was with them in the Chapin household in the 1850 Census.

      1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), 21st District, enumerated on Sep 20 1850:
      Phineas Chapin, 55, b. Massachusetts, clerk, value of real estate $2,000; Jennet, 50, b. England; Virginius P, 24, b. Va, value of real estate $1,000; Mary N.M.M., 20, b. Va, value of real estate $1,200; Ruhama P, 19, b. Va, value of real estate $1,250; Elizabeth S, 18, b. Va, attended school within the year; Sophronia, 17, b. Va, attended school; Caroline, 15, b. Va, attended school; William Roy, 19, b. Canada.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household on one side was that of Aaron Criss (39, b. Va, merchant, value of real estate $4,500) and his wife Jane. The household on the other siede was that of Benjamin Dolbeare (60, b. Connecticut, physician). It is known from other records that Phineas Chapin's home was on West Main Street in Clarksburg.

      Following Phineas Chapin's 1857 death, Jennet and her son William Roy moved to Olathe, Kansas, where they were found in the 1860 Census.
    Family ID F56880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1835] Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV, MR p. 33 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12525716&Type=Marriage.