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Dorcas Chapin 1720–1792 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 September 1720

Birth Location: Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 19 August 1792

Death Location: Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Deacon Soldier

Mother: Dorcas Wood

Spouse(s): Benjamin Thurston

Children(s):

In 1720, Dorcas Chapin entered the world in Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA, born to Deacon Reverend Pastor Minister John Chapin Private Revolutionary War Soldier And Dorcas Wood. Dorcas Chapin married Benjamin Thurston. Dorcas Chapin passed away in 1792 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1720, Dorcas Chapin entered the world in Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA, born to Deacon Reverend Pastor Minister John Chapin Private Revolutionary War Soldier And Dorcas Wood.
  • Dorcas Chapin married Benjamin Thurston.
  • Dorcas Chapin passed away in 1792 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Dorcas Chapin's Ancestors

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Dorcas Chapin
1720–1792
Birth Place: Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Deacon Reverend Pastor Minister John Chapin Private Revolutionary War Soldier
1698–1770
Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Dorcas Wood
1694–1767
Mendon, Worchester, Mass., Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Seth (Chapin I,) Capt.
1668–1746
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Bethiah Thurston
1672–1744
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Josiah Capt.
1634–1726
Mary King
1639–1676
John Deacon
1635–1711
Mary Wood
1642–1726
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Deacon Chapin
1598–1675
Cicely Pennye
1601–1683
John King❤️❤️
1600–1669
Mary Blucks
1600–1646

Dorcas Chapin's Timeline

2 Records

1720
2 September 1720
Birth of Dorcas Chapin in Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
1792
19 August 1792
Age 72
Death of Dorcas Chapin in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 September 1720
    Event Place: Mendon, Worchester, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 August 1792
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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