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_Zechariah Chafee ________|
| (1815 - 1889) |
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_Zechariah Chafee _____|
| (1859 - 1943) m 1884 |
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| |_Mary Frances Robinson ___|
| (1824 - 1901) |
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_John Sharpe Chafee ___|
| (1896 - 1984) m 1919 |
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| | _Wilkes Sharpe _______|_____________________
| | | (1789 - 1866)
| | _Lucian Sharpe ___________|
| | | (1830 - 1899) m 1857 |
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| | | |_Sally Adams Chaffee _|_____________________
| | | (1784 - 1866)
| |_Mary Dexter Sharpe ___|
| (1860 - 1934) m 1884 |
| | _Lewis Dexter _______+
| | | (1763 - 1824) m 1793
| | _Lewis Dexter ________|_Lydia Comstock _____
| | | (.... - 1867) (1766 - 1832)
| |_Louisa Dexter ___________|
| (1831 - 1901) m 1857 |
| | _Jonathan Angell ____+
| | | (1757 - 1825)
| |_Mary Angell _________|_Mary Brayton _______
| (1799 - 1885) (1764 - 1826)
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|--John Lester Hubbard Chafee
| (1922 - 1999)
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| _Archibald Hunter ________|
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| _Duncan T. Hunter _____|
| | (1863 - 1902) m 1893 |
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| | |_Mary Grahame ____________|
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|_Janet Melissa Hunter _|
(1897 - 1977) m 1919 |
| _Charles Lippitt ____+
| | (1754 - 1845) m 1783
| _Warren Lippitt ______|_Penelope Low _______
| | (1786 - 1850) m 1811 (1758 - 1839)
| _Henry Frederick Lippitt _|
| | (1818 - 1891) m 1845 |
| | | _Young Seamans ______
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| | |_Eliza Seamans _______|_Mary Larcher _______
| | (1792 - 1881) m 1811
|_Abby Frances Lippitt _|
(1861 - 1946) m 1893 |
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| _Joseph Balch ________|_____________________
| | (1796 - 1872) m 1821
|_Mary Ann Balch __________|
(1823 - 1889) m 1845 |
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|_Mary Ann Bailey _____|_____________________
(1800 - 1879) m 1821
GOVERNMENT: Secretary of the Navy, 1969-1972; Republican Governor of Rhode Island, 1962-1969; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1977-1999.
!BIOGRAPHY: "CHAFEE, John Hubbard, (father of Lincoln Chafee), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; graduated, Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Providence; served in United States Marine Corps 1942-1945, 1951-1953; served in Rhode Island house of representatives 1957-1963; Governor of Rhode Island 1963-1969; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon 1969-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1976 for the term commencing January 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Pastore for the term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994, and served until his death of heart failure on October 24, 1999; Senate Republican Conference chairman (1985-1991), Committee on Environment and Public Works (1995-1999); interment in family plot; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000." --Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000269)
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