Caleb was the son of Caleb & Catherine (Dickinson) Chapin. He married abt 1758 Rebecca Bascom. They were parents of 5 children.
History of Bernardston, MA by Kellogg, p. 338-9: His occupation was making mill stones, laying stone and farming. After leaving his father's farm, where he spent a portion of his early manhood, he located on a farm around West Mountain, now owned by Mr. Pratt. He was a selectman 1774, 81, 91. He began his military career under Major Burke, his name appearing on the enlistment roll of the latter, ending Nov 30, 1758. At the Revolution, he was Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for 1776, was in the service at Cambridge, and later made captain of the fourth Co., 5th Reg., 2nd Brigrade of the 4th Division of Militia, July 1. 1781. His captain's commission is still preserved in the family. He was captain of the military Co., in town, and went with the Hampshire troops under Gen. Shephard to Springfield at the time of the Shay's Rebellion.
History of Bernardston, MA by Kellogg, p. 338-9: His occupation was making mill stones, laying stone and farming. After leaving his father's farm, where he spent a portion of his early manhood, he located on a farm around West Mountain, now owned by Mr. Pratt. He was a selectman 1774, 81, 91. He began his military career under Major Burke, his name appearing on the enlistment roll of the latter, ending Nov 30, 1758. At the Revolution, he was Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for 1776, was in the service at Cambridge, and later made captain of the fourth Co., 5th Reg., 2nd Brigrade of the 4th Division of Militia, July 1. 1781. His captain's commission is still preserved in the family. He was captain of the military Co., in town, and went with the Hampshire troops under Gen. Shephard to Springfield at the time of the Shay's Rebellion.
Caleb was the son of Caleb & Catherine (Dickinson) Chapin. He married abt 1758 Rebecca Bascom. They were parents of 5 children.
History of Bernardston, MA by Kellogg, p. 338-9: His occupation was making mill stones, laying stone and farming. After leaving his father's farm, where he spent a portion of his early manhood, he located on a farm around West Mountain, now owned by Mr. Pratt. He was a selectman 1774, 81, 91. He began his military career under Major Burke, his name appearing on the enlistment roll of the latter, ending Nov 30, 1758. At the Revolution, he was Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for 1776, was in the service at Cambridge, and later made captain of the fourth Co., 5th Reg., 2nd Brigrade of the 4th Division of Militia, July 1. 1781. His captain's commission is still preserved in the family. He was captain of the military Co., in town, and went with the Hampshire troops under Gen. Shephard to Springfield at the time of the Shay's Rebellion.
History of Bernardston, MA by Kellogg, p. 338-9: His occupation was making mill stones, laying stone and farming. After leaving his father's farm, where he spent a portion of his early manhood, he located on a farm around West Mountain, now owned by Mr. Pratt. He was a selectman 1774, 81, 91. He began his military career under Major Burke, his name appearing on the enlistment roll of the latter, ending Nov 30, 1758. At the Revolution, he was Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for 1776, was in the service at Cambridge, and later made captain of the fourth Co., 5th Reg., 2nd Brigrade of the 4th Division of Militia, July 1. 1781. His captain's commission is still preserved in the family. He was captain of the military Co., in town, and went with the Hampshire troops under Gen. Shephard to Springfield at the time of the Shay's Rebellion.
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Caleb Chapin
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10 Nov 1815
ae 79
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