Nathaniel CHAPIN

1711 - 1745  (33 years)

• Name	Nathaniel CHAPIN
  Birth	9 Aug 1711	Enfield, Hartford, CT   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jun 1745	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CANADA   [2, 3]
  	Nathaniel Chapin, Sr. was in the Cape Breton expedition which surrendered to the American and English forces, june 16, 1745, where he died. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Sarah Chapin, Jan. 10, 1748, who was also guardian of Nathaniel and Eliphalet. As Jabez was not mentioned it is presumed that he had died. From the Nova Scotia GenWeg: "From its establishment by the French in 1713 until the withdrawal of the last British troops in 1768, Louisbourg played an important role in the Anglo-French struggle for hegemony in North America. For three decades after its founding Louisbourg enjoyed peace and prosperity, though the threat of war always hung over the fortified town. In 1745 an army of New Englanders, supported by a British naval squadron, captured Louisbourg after a 46-day siege. The town was returned to the French by treaty, and then besieged again in 1758. The assault lasted seven weeks, pitting a combined British army and naval force of 27,000 against 7,000 French defenders (soldiers and sailors). In the end the French stronghold and naval base fell again, opening the way for the British conquest of the rest of New France."
  Person ID	I2187	MM
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2005

  
  

  Father	Thomas CHAPIN,   b. 20 May 1671, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 27 Aug 1755, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah WRIGHT,   b. 8 May 1673, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 26 Jul 1770, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah ABBEY,   b. 26 Mar 1718   d. 12 May 1785, Enfield, Hartford, CT (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Nathaniel CHAPIN,   b. 31 Dec 1738, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 11 Feb 1831, Enfield, Hartford, CT (Age 92 years)   2. Eliphalet CHAPIN,   b. 2 Mar 1741   d. 27 Jul 1788 (Age 47 years)   3. Jabez CHAPIN,   b. 21 Dec 1743
  Family ID	F960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Aug 1711 - Enfield, Hartford, CT Death - 16 Jun 1745 - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CANADA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S375] Chapin, Orange, Chapin Genealogy, (Metcalf & Company, Northhampton, 1862), 375. [S373] Hitchcock Family, (Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1894), 373. [S28] Chapin Book, (Chapin Family Association, Hartford, CT, 1924), 28.