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facts. He married, July 22, 1664, Abilinah
Cooley, born in 1643, an d died November
17, 1710, daughter of Samuel and Ann
(Prudden) Cooley, of Milford. Their
eldest child, Samuel Chapin, was born
July 4, 1665, resided near his father on
the west side of Chicopee street at the
upper end and had lands on the west side
of he river, which he tilled. One evening,
while returning from this labor, he was
fired upon by Indians in ambush on the
river bank, but was not dangerously
wounded. He died October 19, 1729. He
married, December 24, 1690, Hannah
Sheldon, born June 29, 1670, in Northampton,
daughter of Isaac and Mary
(Woodford) Sheldon, the latter a daughter
of Thomas Woodford, of Hartford
and Northampton, and his wife, Mary
(Brott) Woodford. Thomas Woodford
sailed March 7, 1632, from London, set-
tled in Roxbury in that year. In 1656
he removed to Northampton, and died
there June 6, 1667. Isaac Sheldon was
in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1640. Samuel
Chapin, eldest son of Samuel and
Hannah Chapin, was born May 22, 1699,
and died in 1779 in Ludlow, Massachusetts,
at the home of his son. He mar-
ried, in 1722-23, Anna, daughter of Jeremiah
and Mary Horton. Their eldest
child, Gad Chapin, was born August 1 1,
1726, had wife Abigail, and late in life
removed to Cooperstown, New York.
Their fourth son, Dan Chapin, born June
16, 1768, was undoubtedly the father of
Daniel Chapin, born about 1790. He married,
April 16, 1818, Lucy Orchard, who
was born November 15, 1791, and they
were the parents of Olive Wright Chapin,
born in 1834, and who became the wife of
John Atchison, as previously noted.
For a few years Mr. and Mrs. Atchison
resided in Brooklyn, New York, but they
later returned to Hartford, where the
major part of their lives was spent and
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where Mrs. Atchison died on January 2,
1916. To Mr. and Mrs. Atchison, Sr., the
following children were born: 1. Annie
L., born December 8, 1857, and died Novomber
12, 1916. 2. William, born May
26, 1861, and died December 10, 1863. 3.
Frank Stone, born March II, 1866, at
Brooklyn, New York, and now a resident
of New York City. 4. Frederick Hart,
with whose career we are here especially
concerned. 5. Everett Bonner, born Oc-
tober 24, 1873, at Hartford, married,
August 1, 1901, Theresa Loughman, by
whom he has had one son, Frederick
Everett, born April 10, 1903. 6. John
Lewis, born January 25. 1876, and now
resides in New York City.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, December
8, 1869, Frederick Hart Atchison
spent only the first three years of his life
in his native city. In 1872, his parents
returned to Hartford and it was with that
city that his earliest associations were
formed and there that he received his
education. For this purpose he attended
the public schools of that city, but abandoned
his schooling when fourteen years
of age, and in 1883 entered the employ of
Thomas A. Honnis, who was engaged in
the oyster and clam business in Hartford.
He was also the proprietor of the Honnis
Oyster House Company, situated at Nos.
24 to 30 State street, and which is the
oldest exclusive oyster house in the
United States, it having been there since
about 1845. He gradually came to have
more and more control of the management
of this concern, and on March 30,
1914, he, with his present partners, Mr.
Thomas E. O'Neil and Mr. William W.
Hastings, purchased the business from
Edwin Tolhurst, who had succeeded Mr.
Honnis as owner in 1900. From that time
to the present the concern has continued
its gratifying development which has
been continued uninterruptedly for sev-