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Ira Chaffee[1]

Male 1809 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Ira Chaffee
    Birth Jan 1809  , Cayuga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I2328  Bisbee
    Last Modified 31 May 2010

    Father Crean B. Chaffee   d. Jan 1848, Wattsburg, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Polly Bennett   d. Nov 1878
    Family ID F7871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Norton,   b. 15 Jun 1810, , Delaware, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 1831 
    Children 
     1. Ezra Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Susan Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Juliette Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Nancy Chaffee,   b. Jul 1836, , , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1906 (Age 69 years)
     5. Delia Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Porter Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Louisa Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Stewart Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Warren Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. James Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Horace Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Mariett Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. Nora Chaffee   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • IRA CHAFFEE, farmer, P. O. Wattsburg, was born January, 1809, in Cayuga County, N. Y.; son of Crean B. and Polly (Bennett) Chaffee, who brought their family to North East, this county, in December, 1811. In 1819, they moved to Venango Township, where they lived two years, and then moved to Amity Township when the county was wild and unsettled. Mr. Chaffee took up a State tract of 400 acres on the road from Wattsburg, and there died January, 1848. His widow survived until November, 1878. They were the parents of Mrs. Sally Hatch (deceased); Ira; Horace, in Sarpy County, Neb.; Mrs. Caroline Hill, of Kansas; Nelson; Mrs. Nancy Hayes, and John B. Ira married, in 1831, Hannah, daughter of Amos and Leona Norton. She was born June 15, 1810, in Delaware County, N. Y., and came to this county in 1830. Her mother died here in 1856. Her father moved to and died in Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee have been born twelve children--Ezra, deceased; Mrs. Susan Rouse, Mrs. Juliet Bacon, Mrs. Nancy Hatch, Mrs. Delia Colburn, Porter, Louisa, Steward, Warren, James, Horace, Mrs. Mariett Doolittle and Mrs. Nora Crook. Mr and Mrs. Chaffee have been industrious and successful, besides rearing their large family, they have bought and improved 100 acres of the Chaffee homestead tract. Mrs. Chaffee is a consistent member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Chaffee is a supporter of the Democratic party, and has filled various township offices. He is one of the leading pioneers of the township, and is enjoying a hearty old age. (History of Erie County)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1256] PA, Erie County History, (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Amity Twp, p. 5.