Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Abigail Beal "Abby" Forbes

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• • Grandmother of Harry Chapin — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Ira Bushnell Forbes 
  • Mother:
  • Arabel Fellows Beal   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Feb 1882 
  • Birth Location:
  • Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • May 1983 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • James Ormsbee Chapin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jul 1918 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Child:

  James Forbes Chapin (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Abigail Beal "Abby" Forbes

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan, E.D. 732, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 18.
  • ² New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for James Ormsbee Chapin and Abby Beal Forbes.
  • ³ New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, S.S. American Farmer, 04 SEP 1931 to 31 SEP 1931, Record for Abby Forbes Chapin.
  • ⁴ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Abby Chapin.
  • 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), 121.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Jim Chapin", (accessed 08/10/2016).

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