The CHAPLIN Family of Gestingthorpe in co. Essex and Bury St. Edmunds, Long Melford, Semer and Woolpit in co. Suffolk, Massachusetts

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UNKNOWN CHAPLIN

Parents:

Children of Unknown Chaplin:

1. William Chaplin died after 15 Nov 1575 and before 25 Jan 1577/8.
2. Clement Chaplin
3. Johan Chaplin married Unknown Ballard.
4. Thomas Chaplin

First Generation

WILLIAM CHAPLIN (d. 1575/8) of Long Melford

Parents: Unknown Chaplin

William Chaplin died after 15 Nov 1575, when his will was dated, and before 25 Jan 1577/8, when it was proved. [Ref]

In his will, William calls himself a yeoman of Long Melford. He mentions his brothers Clement and Thomas; his sister Johan Ballard; Mary Greengrass, daughter of John Greengrass. An Edmund Chaplin was a witness.

Children of William Chaplin and an unknown first wife:

1. William Chaplin was buried on 15 Oct 1629 in Semer. He married first Agnes Unknown.
2. Alice Chaplin married Robert Parke.

Second Generation

WILLIAM CHAPLIN (d. 1629) of Semer and Bury St. Edmunds

Parents: William Chaplin and unknown first wife

William Chaplin was buried on 15 Oct 1629 in Semer. [Ref] He married Agnes Unknown. She was buried on 26 Sep 1602 in Semer. [Ref]

William was a chandler of Bury. [Ref]

Children of William Chaplin and Agnes Unknown:

1. William Chaplin of Blockeshall [Ref]
2. Clement Chaplin died after 16 Aug 1656, when he wrote his will, and before 23 Sep 1656, when his widow Sarah proved it. [Ref] He married Sarah Hinds, whose father was a goldsmith of Bury. [Ref] Clement went to New England and was one of the elders of Mr. Hooker's congregation. [Ref]
   In his will, he refers to himself as a clerk of Thetford, Norfolk. He left his wife Sarah all of his houses and lands in Hartford and Weathersfield. He mentions his brother Thomas Chaplin of Bury St Edmunds and his kinsman Mr William Clarke of Roxbury. [Ref]
3. Edmund Chaplin of Semer had many children. [Ref]
4. Thomas Chaplin married Elizabeth, the sister of Thomas's brother Clement's wife Sarah Hinds. [Ref] Thomas was a linen draper in Bury; an alderman and justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk. [Ref]
5. Richard Chaplin of Semer had no children. [Ref]
6. Capt. Robert Chaplin of Bury married Elizabeth, the daughter of Francis Austy of Bury. [Ref] Robert was the father of a lord mayor of London; the grandfather of a baronet; an ancestor of all viscounts Chaplin and Canterbury, all barons Manners and various other peers. [Ref]
7. Martha Chaplin was baptised on 4 Feb 1583/4 in Semer. She probably died by 1643. She married Robert Parke.
8. Daughter Chaplin married Unknown Barrett of Stratford. [Ref] Her father left her £300. [Ref]
9. Daugher Chaplin married Unknown Smith of Semer. [Ref]

ALICE CHAPLIN

Parents: William Chaplin and unknown first wife

Alice Chaplin married Robert Parke of Gestingthorpe in 1579 in Sudbury, Suffolk. [Ref]

Third Generation

MARTHA CHAPLIN (bp 1584) of Semer

Parents: William Chaplin and Agnes Unknown

Martha Chaplin was baptised on 4 Feb 1583/4 in Semer. [Ref] She probably died by 1643. [Ref] She married her first cousin Robert Parke of Woolpit. [Ref] Her father left her £300. [Ref] It is unknown if she came to New England. [Ref]

References

Roberts, Gary Boyd, "The New England Ancestry of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 136, 1982, 85 - , additions on p. 335.

Somerby, H. G., "Extracts from the Candler Manuscript in the British Museum," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 4, 1850, 175.

Waters, Henry F., "Genealogical Gleanings in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, many issues.

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