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John Chaffee

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John Chaffee

Birth
Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Death
16 Jun 1883 (aged 86)
Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
Burial
West Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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John Chaffee b Clarendon Vt, d Bershire Vt

his wife Priscilla Danforth b Hartland Vt d Bershire Vt

side of their stone:
Children of John and Priscilla Chaffee (no dates)

Comfort, Betsey P, Charles,Lucy S, Nancy H, John, Homer S and James.
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Additional information has been supplied by:
Jim Monical
Plymouth, Minnesota
[email protected]


John Chaffee, b. July 12, 1796, Clarendon, Vermont. d. June 16, 1883, Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont. He was the son of Comfort Chaffee and Lucy Stow. He married Dec. 4, 1817, Priscilla Danforth, widow of his brother Comfort Chaffee, Jr.

John was a farmer and bought land from his father on Sept. 14, 1820, Nov. 5, 1822, and August 26, 1826, the last of these purchases including the home farm of his father. He also succeeded his father as tavern-keeper. John and his wife, Priscilla, cared for his father, Comfort and mother, Lucy, in their later years. When John was a small boy, he put out his eye with a pen-knife.

Ref: Almer Judson Elliot: The Berkshire, Vermont, Chaffees and their descendants, 1801-1911 : a short biography of Comfort Chaffee and his wife, Lucy Stow, early settlers of Berkshire, with a full record of their descendants for six generations, and also an account of the ancestry of Comfort and Lucy (Stow) Chaffee in nearly all lines to the immigrant ancestor, and in some lines to generations living in England, Richford, Vt.: Gilpin Print. Co., 1951, pp. 24-25.
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John Chaffee b Clarendon Vt, d Bershire Vt

his wife Priscilla Danforth b Hartland Vt d Bershire Vt

side of their stone:
Children of John and Priscilla Chaffee (no dates)

Comfort, Betsey P, Charles,Lucy S, Nancy H, John, Homer S and James.
``````````````````
Additional information has been supplied by:
Jim Monical
Plymouth, Minnesota
[email protected]


John Chaffee, b. July 12, 1796, Clarendon, Vermont. d. June 16, 1883, Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont. He was the son of Comfort Chaffee and Lucy Stow. He married Dec. 4, 1817, Priscilla Danforth, widow of his brother Comfort Chaffee, Jr.

John was a farmer and bought land from his father on Sept. 14, 1820, Nov. 5, 1822, and August 26, 1826, the last of these purchases including the home farm of his father. He also succeeded his father as tavern-keeper. John and his wife, Priscilla, cared for his father, Comfort and mother, Lucy, in their later years. When John was a small boy, he put out his eye with a pen-knife.

Ref: Almer Judson Elliot: The Berkshire, Vermont, Chaffees and their descendants, 1801-1911 : a short biography of Comfort Chaffee and his wife, Lucy Stow, early settlers of Berkshire, with a full record of their descendants for six generations, and also an account of the ancestry of Comfort and Lucy (Stow) Chaffee in nearly all lines to the immigrant ancestor, and in some lines to generations living in England, Richford, Vt.: Gilpin Print. Co., 1951, pp. 24-25.
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  • Created by: Barb Destromp
  • Added: Jun 5, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19744801/john-chaffee: accessed ), memorial page for John Chaffee (12 Jul 1796–16 Jun 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19744801, citing West Berkshire Cemetery, West Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).