Hannah married Gamaliel CHAPIN on 5 May 1840 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Gamaliel was born on 18 Jun 1813 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1883 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah A. CHAPIN was born on 26 Jul 1841 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 4 Oct 1896 in Troy, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in N Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin, Massachuetts.
2. James M. CHAPIN was born on 28 Dec 1842 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 30 Apr 1863 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
3. Mariette CHAPIN was born on 6 Oct 1845 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts.
4. Martha CHAPIN was born on 25 Mar 1848 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 9 Sep 1919 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Keene, New Hampshire.
5. Charlotte M. CHAPIN was born on 20 Mar 1850 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1894 in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Tully Cemetery, Orange, Franklin, Massachuetts.
6. Viola Francilla CHAPIN was born on 6 Jun 1852 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died in ?.
7. Lenora H. CHAPIN was born on 18 Oct 1857 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 19 Mar 1933 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military Event: War of 1812 - Capt. William Burnet’s Co
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

Jonas was on the muster roll of Capt. William Burnet in the War of 1812 and his company was detached to the defense of Boston in Sept. 1814, after the British had attacked Castine, Maine. As a young man, he bought from his father an "undivided half of the family farm (he would sell in like manner to his son Jonas years later). When he died, Patty declined to administer the estate, requesting that son Jonas do so. Interesting items in the inventory include - a pew in the Methodist meeting house in Northfield, a sleigh, wagon and buffalo robe, 25 mill logs (at mill) and nine hundred feet of hemlock boards, 100 sap buckets, and in the house -a paring machine, a bible and a lot of books, a tea set, a looking glass, and among personal effects - two pairs of boots, two pairs of pantaloons, three waistcoats, a pair of spectacles, and a pair of mittens. Many other items are listed and it appears to be a moderately prosperous farmer's household.

Jonas married Martha “Patty” DAVIS on 10 Dec 1807 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Martha was born on 9 Jun 1787 in Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 3 Aug 1863 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patty was only eight years old when her father died and the family was forced to seek town assistance. At some point, she went to live in Warwick with her uncle Jonathan Davis and his wife Hannah. They were childless and she was probably a joy to them.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military Event: American Revolution - MA, Capt Peter Proctor's Co: Pvt
• Served American Revolution?: Y
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

m2 Sarah ALEXANDER (1750—1831)

Raised in the section of Rutland that became Barre, Jonas, at age twenty, bought in 1765 "fifty acres of land, more or less - lot #10 in the first division of land in said Warwick" (Hampshire County deed #9-165). Several of his siblings had already moved to Warwick and the others, as well as their parents, followed. He undoubtedly built a house before going back to Barre to claim his bride. His homestead, which remained in the family for three generations, was on Chestnut Hill Road.

Jonas served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Captain Peter Proctor's company of militia who marched, on July 10, 1777, to "reinforce the Northern Army" after Burgoyne's seige of Fort Ticonderoga. One can only wonder if they went as far as Bennington, VT and if he met his Robinson cousins, sons of his father's sister Mercy, who were actively involved in the defense of that town. They were home a month later, thus missing the Battle of Bennington, and still later, in October, Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, but the role of local militias in the light of the small standing army was invaluable.

Jonas wrote his will in 1818, naming all his living children as well as his second wife Sarah (Alexander) Holton and her daughter Freedom Holton. He was to live many more years however, dying at nearly 92 years of age.

Jonas married Sarah MASON on 22 Feb 1770 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 30 Sep 1751 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 6 Oct 1802 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

d/o John MASON (1725—1784)

Other Events:

• Occupation: Cordwainer

Notes:

Moses was about twelve years old when the family moved to Worcester. He probably followed his father to Brookfield for time, as he was deeded a farm there in 1732, but the births of his two oldest children are recorded in Worcester. In 1738, he sold his Worcester land and bought land in Rutland. He served as selectman and treasurer at various times in Rutland and lived in the "North West Quarter" or "Rutland District" which later became Barre. His home seems to have been in the area of the present Barre common. In 1778, he followed his children to Warwick, where in 1782, he gave the town land that is now the north end of the cemetery for a burying ground with the provision that they erect a fence and allow him to pasture his cattle and sheep there. His epitaph (part of which is below the present turf line) reads - "Reader behold and shed a tear, Think on the dust that slumbers here, And when you read ye fate of me, Think of the glass that runs for ye".

Moses married Beulah Harriet RICE about 1734 in prob Worcester, Massachusetts. Beulah was born on 23 Nov 1716 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 4 Dec 1780 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called by Manning Leonard in the Leonard Genealogy "Harriet Beulah _____", she is named as "Beulah" in her childrens' birth records, deeds, and her own death record and gravestone. She is indentified as Beulah Rice by two applications to the Society of Mayflower Descendants. Their sources are currently unknown. This identification does fit perfectly with her age at death, and in the early years of Worcester the families certainly would have known each other, in fact, there is some evidence that they were near neighbors.