“Samuel Chapin took the freeman’s oath in Boston, in the year (June2) 1641. He lived probably in Dorchester, and was a Deacon in the Church, a man much esteemed and employed in public business. He removed to Springfield in 1642.” by Rev. A.L. Chapin, D.D., President of Beloit College, Wis.

Family tradition states the ancestor’s of Samuel Chapin were probably Welsh. There is no record of birth of his children except the youngest.5753

Deacon Samuel Chapin lived on the home lot next south of the Ministry lot in the centre of the then village of Springfield. His son Japhet owned one half of said premises, but sold his right therein (by deed bearing date 9 November 1667) to Deacon John Hitchcock, who had married said Japhet’s sister, Hannah.