1632–1633. Joseph Chaplin was born in Rowley, Massachusetts Colony, America, on Thursday, December 11, 1645, and died in Rowley on April 17, 1705. Elizabeth West died in Rowley on October 12, 1702. They were married in Rowley on Tuesday, February 21, 1671. She took the name Elizabeth Chaplin. He is the son of Hugh and Elizabeth (_____) Chaplin. She is the daughter of Twiffit and Mary (Cross) West. They had five children:
| i. | Joseph Chaplin was born on August 4, 1673. | |
| ii. | John Chaplin was born on October 26, 1676. | |
| iii. | Jonathan Chaplin was born on April 4, 1677, and died about 1705. | |
| iv. | Jeremiah Chaplin [#816]: He was born in Rowley on July 27, 1680, and died in Rowley on December 17, 1763. | |
| v. |
Elizabeth Chaplin was born
on September 20, 1682.
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The family lived in the house built on the 1½ acres originally granted to
his father, Hugh. This house still existed in the 1980s and was on
State Road 95 and in the possession of the Society for the Preservation of
New England Antiquites.