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| "The Puritan" |
| By sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, commissioned by a Chapen descendant who served as a model; placed in Springfield Mass. in 1887. Memorializing Deacon Samuel Chapin, it is the sculptor's idea of how such a man ought to have looked. |
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| "Standing Abraham Lincoln" London England --Identical to the one placed in Chicago |
| A Puritan, Samuel Chapin was a member of Rev. John Eliot's First Church of Roxbury, MA. He had removed to Springfield by 1643, where he was a deacon, constable, Selectman, and commissioner (magistrate). "Memorial to Samuel Chapin" by Longfellow "Lives of great men, all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time." Our ancestry to this man goes like this: Deacon Samuel Chapin, 1598-1675 + Cicelly Penny, 1600/01-1682-83 2 Josiah Chapin 1637-1726 +Mary King 1630-1676 3 Seth Chapin 1668-1746 +Bethia Thurston 1672-1742/43 4 John Chapin 1698-1770 +Dorcas Wood 1694-1767 5 John Chapin 1730-1815 +Rhonda Albee 1731-1819 6 Jacob Chapin 1762-1835 +Hannah Brooks 1763-1832 7 Olive Chapin 1787- +Asa Temple 1789-1867 8 Hannah Brooks Temple +William Astleford 1808-1874 9 Thomas Densmore Astleford 1860-1945 +Caroline Reynolds 1858-1938 10 Icle Ruth Astleford 1888-1932 +Kent Crockett Rakes 1887-1957 11 Anson Frank Rakes 1911-1997 11 Daniel Rakes 1913-1990 11 Fern Rakes 1914-1990 11 Carrie May Rakes 1916-1978 11 Irene Laura Rakes 1918-2001 11 Bertha Rakes 1923-LIVING Just in case you are not suitably impressed with your ancestor having been memorialized by St. Gaudens, this sculptor also created both Abraham Lincolns in Chicago, seated and standing. He also sculpted the famous General William Tecumsah Sherman bust and designed the American $20 gold piece--the �double eagle�. |
| Interesting People |
| Samuel Chapin |