Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Alexander Augustus Forbes

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Asa Forbes 
  • Mother:
  • Lucretia Duncan   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Dec 1818 
  • Birth Location:
  • Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Apr 1881 
  • Death Location:
  • Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hinesburg Village Cemetery, Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Bushnell
  • Marriage Date:
  • Jan 1849 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Starksboro, Addison, Vermont 
  • Child:

  Ira Bushnell Forbes (Ahnentafel No:10 )

• Additional marriages for Alexander Augustus Forbes

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  • Spouse:
  • Diana Palmer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 May 1843
  • Marriage Location:
  • Hinesburg, Chittenden, Vermont

• Sources for Alexander Augustus Forbes

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Natick, Vol. 317, p. 170, Marriage record for son Ira B Forbes and Arabel F Beal.
  • ³ Davis, William T., Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 2, Boston: The Boston History Company (1895), 247.
  • ⁴ 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), 53, 80.

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