. 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 . JOHN CHAFFEE. PRISCILLA (Danforth) CHAFFEE SEVENTH GENERATION. 25 Comfort Chaflfee, Jr., (See No. 6) and sister of the wife of his brother, ReubenChaffee. She was the daughter of William ^ Dan forth, (Willia
. 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 . JOHN CHAFFEE. PRISCILLA (Danforth) CHAFFEE SEVENTH GENERATION. 25 Comfort Chaflfee, Jr., (See No. 6) and sister of the wife of his brother, ReubenChaffee. She was the daughter of William ^ Dan forth, (William,^ Jonathan,^Samuel, Jonathan,-Nicholas) and Priscilla (Hoadley) Danforth, b. Aug. 28, 1790,Hartland, Vt., d. March 1, 1880, Berkshire. See a sketch of the Danforth family inthe latter part of this work. John Chaflfee was a farmer. He bought land of hisfather, Comfort Chaffee, on Sept. 14, 1820, Nov. 5, 1822, and Aug. 26, 1826, the lastof these purchases including the home farm of his father. John Chaflfee also succeededhis father as tavern-keeper, and he accumulated a comfortable property. He movedthe main part of the old, one-story tavern across the highway to the east side, andbuilt a substantial two-story brick farm house on the site. This farm is now ownedand occupied by John Chaffees son. Homer S. Chaffee. The town recor<ls have thisentry, John Chaffees Ear mark a slantin
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