Willard Joslyn Chapin

Brief Life History of Willard Joslyn

When Willard Joslyn Chapin was born on 6 March 1788, in Granville, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Deacon Samuel Chapin, was 29 and his mother, Sybil Joslen, was 34. He married Nancy Cooley about 1813, in Perry, Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1830. He died on 28 July 1852, in Perry, Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Perry, Wyoming, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willard Joslyn Chapin
1788–1852
Mary Polly Cooley
1801–1870
Marriage: 1827
Caroline M. Chapin
1830–1852
Sarah A. Chapin
1832–1854
Willard J Chapin
1838–1880
Amelia Matilda Chapin
1840–1887
Mary A. Chapin
1842–1909
Ashbel C. Chapin
1844–1846
Charles A. Chapin
1846–1916

Sources (7)

  • Willard J Chapin, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Willard J. Chapin, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Willard J. Chapin in entry for Jane Ann Hull, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (8)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

French and Spanish: from Old French eschapin, Spanish chapín ‘type of overshoe made of cork’, applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore this type of footwear or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made them.

English: variant of Chopin , more commonly surviving in England as Chopping and Chappin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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