Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

James Forbes Chapin

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• • Father of Harry Chapin — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • James Ormsbee Chapin 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Beal "Abby" Forbes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Jul 1919 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jul 2009 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jeanne Elspeth Burke
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  Harry Forster Chapin (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • American Jazz Drummer

• Sources for James Forbes Chapin

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan, E.D. 732, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 18.
  • ² New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, S.S. American Farmer, 04 SEP 1931 to 31 SEP 1931, Record for James Forbes Chapin.
  • ³ Wikipedia, "Jim Chapin", (accessed 08/10/2016).

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