The Chaffee Genealogy Embracingf The Chafe Chafy Chafie Chafey Chafee Chaphe Chaffy Chaffie Chaffey Chaffe Chaffee Descendants Of Thomas Chaffe Of Hingham Hull Rehoboth And Swansea Massachusetts

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Download or read book The Chaffee Genealogy written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee, Chaphe, Chaffy, Chafie, Chaffey, Chaffe, Chaffee Descendants of Thomas Chaffe, of Hingaham, Hull, Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts, Also Certain Lineages From Families in the United States, Canada, An The work done by The Grafton Press, in its production of this much admired volume of genealogical accuracy and completeness, reflects great credit upon itself. Throughout its publication the wise business methods of Mr. F. H. Hitchcock and the mechanical ability of Mr. T. B. Hitchcock are shown. Miss Elizabeth French, a careful and experienced genealogist, has revised and edited the manuscript, advancing it into that order of perfect finish, which none but an honest and conscientious professional could do. Miss Emma E. Brigham, connected with the Boston office of The Grafton Press, has shown, by her services, her knowledge of matters pertaining to genealogical publication. My congratulations are extended to these faithful students and workers in that they have brought out a genealogy worthy of their professions. The compiler also desires to record his obligations to the numerous individuals who have given gratuitous and valuable assistance in the preparation of this genealogy, in addition to furnishing records of separate family lines; also to the custodians of public records who have been helpful to him. Miss Lucy Morris Chaffee, now Mrs. Lucius D. Alden, of Hampden, Mass. (formerly South Wilbraham), wrote of the desires of her family for the publication of a genealogy long before the idea had entered the mind of the compiler. A quotation from a letter written a few weeks after the writer's call upon Mr. Daniel D.Chaffee, her father, a call made to substantiate the records he had secured of his own immediate ancestors in previous years, is as follows: "Father told Uncle Edwin Chaffee [residence, Providence, R. I] of your call here and he adds in his late letter to father, 'I hope that William Chaffee will proceed with the publication of our Genealogy.' [Signed] Lucy M. Chaffee, South Wilbraham, Mass., October 27, 1865." The various copies which she made of church and town records and tombstone inscriptions, besides visits to many who bore the surname, did much to straighten out many tangled lineages of that section. The compiler's daughter, Bertha Eliza Chaffee, started quite early in her young life to help her father in compiling this genealogy, and continued to do so for several years until the illness came which eventually resulted in her death. The many articles of manuscript which she wrote have been much admired by the editor and publishers as showing a clearness of chirography, as well as a careful arrangement of the facts. Mr. Floyd Mayham Grant of Schoharie, N. Y., to whom she was betrothed, rendered assistance in this compilation, to within a short time of his death, which took place four years before that of Miss Chaffee. Sadness and gloom settled upon the work when both of these bright lights went out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.