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Roger B. Chaffee

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Benjamin Chaffee

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Roger B. Chaffee — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Chaffee 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Reed   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Nov 1762 
  • Birth Location:
  • Willington, Tolland, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 May 1830 
  • Death Location:
  • Newfield, Tompkins, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Ellis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1783 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Almon Chaffee (Ahnentafel No:16 )

  • Notes: 

  • Benjamin Chaffee is said to have married Mrs. Cornelius Seabung as his second wife.

• Sources for Benjamin Chaffee

  • ¹ Chaffee, William Henry, The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee . . .Descendants of Thomas Chaffe 1636-1909, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 87, 141.