Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Ira Bushnell Forbes

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• • Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Augustus Forbes 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Bushnell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Apr 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont 
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  • Hinesburg Village Cemetery, Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Arabel Fellows Beal
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Jan 1880 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Abigail Beal "Abby" Forbes (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Ira Bushnell Forbes

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/11/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Natick, Vol. 317, p. 170, Marriage record for Ira B Forbes and Arabel F Beal.
  • ³ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for James Ormsbee Chapin and daughter Abby Beal Forbes.
  • ⁴ Davis, William T., Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 2, Boston: The Boston History Company (1895), 247.
  • ⁵ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, Who Came from Scotland About the Year 1655 . . ., Chicago: Rand McNally and Co. (1892), 80, 121.

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