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Biography of Samuel Chapin (ca. 1595-1675) who immigrated during or before 1636 from England to Roxbury, Massachusetts, and moved in 1643 to Springfield, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Includes constitution and officers of the Chapin Family Association, and other papers relating to the association (latter inserted at end).