Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . egro,and now warrant him to said Chapin as sound & well and that heshall and may enjoy the services of said boy without any past Claimsof any person to him. Witness my hand and seal May 15th 1760. ^^^^ CHARLES COLTON. \ ^^^ [Joseph Williston, ) ( Jacob White. .^,-^ Dea. Giles Smith Chapin, son of Captain EphraimChapin and Mary (Smith) Chapin, was born April 19, farmer, he raised and fatted many cattle for the was a member of the board of


Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . egro,and now warrant him to said Chapin as sound & well and that heshall and may enjoy the services of said boy without any past Claimsof any person to him. Witness my hand and seal May 15th 1760. ^^^^ CHARLES COLTON. \ ^^^ [Joseph Williston, ) ( Jacob White. .^,-^ Dea. Giles Smith Chapin, son of Captain EphraimChapin and Mary (Smith) Chapin, was born April 19, farmer, he raised and fatted many cattle for the was a member of the board of selectmen of Springfieldand Chicopee for several years, and a member of the Legis-lature in 1851 from Chicopee. He was deacon of the Con-gregational church (Chicopee street) from 1834 to Septem-ber 6, 1863, when he resigned the office. He served as adelegate to an ecclesiastical council in 1863. He marriedMay 29, 1816, Betsey Chapman of Ellington, Conn. Shewas born May 10, 1787, and died October 13, 1873, aged86 years. He died March 15, 1865, aged yS years. Chil-dren : three sons, four daughters. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. I I I. No. 73 Liberty street, residence of the late Col. Harvey Chapin from October,1850, to September, 1S77. I 12 SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS


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