Glenn Chafe
1956-2006
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This
website is dedicated to Glenn Chafe, who spent countless hours
researching, cataloguing, and preparing the pages that you
see here. It is a remarkable achievement.
The site is a collection of resources with
hundreds of pages of content and extensive downloadable family tree
files. We are all very grateful for Glenn's labour and dedication. May
this website continue to honour his memory. |
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Chaffe/Chaffey Lineage
in England from 1016 |
 Surname Family
Tree Diagrams
Surname
Facts and Demographics
Historical
Statistics Recent
Statistics
Famous
Family Members to 1840
1840-1900 1900-1945
1945-Present
Family
Trees
Chaffe,
Chaffey,
Chaffee,
Chafy,
Chafe
DNA
Analysis Family Coats of Arms
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 History
and Maps of
Devon,
England
Devonshire Wills,
by Charles Worthy, 1896
Diaries of the Chafes, by Rev.
W.K.W. Chafy, 1910
Chaffey's
from Dorset/Somerset, 1584-1837
Chaffcombe
History, 1978
Who
was Hugh of Chaffcombe?
Chafe
Names on the Internet, 1479-1885
Commonwealth
and US Family who Died in WWI & WWII
Chaffey's
Mills, Ontario |
Chaffee/Chafee Lineage in America from 1637 |
Chafe
Lineage in Canada from 1705 |
 The
Homestead of Thomas Chaffee (1637-1683)
Where
did Thomas Settle in America?
World
Events 1636-1638
Rhode
Island Burial Site Analysis
Chaffee
Signatures,
Thomas Chaffee Descendants
Chaffee
Genealogy in America, by William H. Chaffee, 1909
Mathew
Chaffe and Thomas Chaffe's Bible
Chaffee
Surname Distribution by US State
Possible
Chaffin/Chafin Family Connections
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 Newfoundland
Life - Fishing & Sealing
Petty
Harbour Bait Skiff Song
History and Maps of
Petty Harbour
Possible
Chafe Connection between England & Newfoundland
The
Homestead of John Chafe (c.1685-1759) in Petty Harbour
Edward
Chafe and the Longitude Problem
Chafe's
Resting in St. George's Cemetery, Petty Harbour
Petty
Harbour Church Record (PDF File)
D'Iberville's
Raid on Newfoundland - 1696 |
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Glenn Chafe Family
Mowbray/Mulberry, McPhee,
145th Regiment,
Hogmanay,
National Geographic Index |
The "Chaffe" surname originally came from the present village of Chaffcombe, Somerset, England.
The name Chaffcombe was listed in the
Domesday
Book commissioned by William
the Conqueror in 1086. From that documented point the surname became tied
to people from the village. The surname usage grew in size
largely in the Somerset, Devon and Dorset areas. With the growth of the
surname, both the written spelling and spoken word changed into a number of
variations. Between 1637 and 1816 key families emigrated to the United States,
Canada and later Australia, expanding the surname population. The five most common
variations that share the same ancestry are Chaffe/Chaffey (England), Chafe/Chaffey (Canada),
Chaffee/Chaffey/Chafee (US) and Chaffey (Australia). This is a family of
important and influential people, with many tied to major worldwide
events. They are actors, athletes, artists, benefactors, clergymen, community leaders,
doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, explorers, farmers, fishermen, inventors,
millionaires, national heroes, politicians, professors, soldiers teachers and even an astronaut.
Ships, roads, hospitals, museums, schools, cities, an island, a lake, a
mountain and craters on the Moon and Mars have been dedicated to them. Please feel free
to explore all the various links on this website and discover more about this very interesting
surname.
Use
Google.Earth maps you can
take a tour of all the family members and see the land they lived in.
Click on this link,
the click RUN and Google Earth will launch. The
surname links will be
added to your Temporary Places folder. Click on any link and read the related
text. Use the overlays to see the relationship between old archived
maps and the current terrain.
Virtually all the locations of our
Famous Family Members are linked to
Google.Earth
or
MS
Virtual Earth, which has higher resolution photographs in some
US areas.
The following are key persons or
web links that have contributed to our site:
References/Contacts:
Thanks to
Edward Chafe
and Bruce Chafe for much of the information about the Chafe's in Newfoundland.
Thanks to
Terry
William Chaffee ancestor to Thomas Chaffee, the first Chaffee in the
New World - July 1637.
Thanks
to Susan Chaffey's
and her work A Chaffey
Family, which provides wonderful coverage of the history of the Chaffey family in
England, Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Thanks
to Bruce Chaffee on his research on
the ancient history of the surname.
Visit Richard Chaffey's
Chaffey
Surname Website.
Visit
Angus
& Chloe Watson on their research on the The
Chaffeys of Stoke sub Hamdon 1500 - 1680.
Visit
the Chaffey
Family by Douglas Chaffey.
Visit
the
Chaffee
Website by Bob Coolbaugh for an extensive list of
Chaffee's.
Chaffee/Ollises
Web Site
Chaffee
Forums: Genealogy.com, Yahoo,
Ancestry.com.
In addition the following
historical material was used as reference:
Devonshire Wills,
by
Charles Worthy, 1896.
Chaffee Genealogy
in America, by William H. Chaffee, 1909.
Excerpts from the
Diaries of the Chafes, by Rev. W.K.W. Chafy, 1910.
The
Victoria History of the Counties of England - Chaffcombe, C.R. Elrington, 1978.
