Chaffee (or Chafee) Family of Boston is noteworthy family of the Boston Brahmin upper class society of New England. Many noteworthy descendants and connections.
Early Family History[]
Notable Members[]
Lt Gen Adna R Chaffee (1842-1914) - Civil War Veteran and US Military Governor of the Philippine Islands
- Thomas Chaffee (1616-1683) - English Immigrant to America - settled Swansea MA
- Jonathan Chaffee (1678-1766) (grandson) businessman and landowner in Rehoboth MA.
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee (1811-1896) ( CChaffee, CCChaffee, AChaffee, DChaffee, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) - Massachusetts doctor, politician and abolitionist
- Matthew Chaffee (1657–1723), Boston landowner
- Chaffee, Adna R I, Lt Gen (1842-1914): U.S. general, Civil War and Indian Wars Veteran, Military Governor of the Philippine Islands.
- Chaffee, Adna R II, Maj Gen (1884-1941): ( ARChaffee1, TBChaffee, JChaffee6, WChaffee5, JChaffee4, JChaffee3, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) - U.S. general, Veteran of WWI, Father of US Armored Forces, namesake of M-24 US Army Light Tank and Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
- Roger Bruce Chaffee (1935-1967): ( DLChaffee, HCChaffee, LAChaffee, AChaffee, BChaffee, TChaffee, JChaffee3, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) - Apollo 1 Astronaut who died in the 1967 launch pad catastrophy. US Naval Aviator and Eagle Scout.
- Zechariah Chafee (1885-1957): ( ZChafee3, ZChafee2, ZChafee1, AChaffee, TChaffee4, TChaffee3, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) philosopher, civil libertarian
- Jerome Bonaparte Chaffee (1825-1886), American entrepreneur and senator from Colorado
- Frances Josephine Chaffee (1857-1909): ( JBChaffee, WChaffee, OChaffee, AChaffee, DChaffee, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) - (daughter of Jerome) married son of US President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).
- John Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999): 66th Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. senator, USMC Veteran of WWII and Korean War.
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee (1953): ( HJChafee, JSChafee, ZChafee3, ZChafee2, ZChafee1, AChaffee, TChaffee4, TChaffee3, NChaffee2, TChaffee1) 74th Governor of Rhode Island, former U.S. senator, 2016 U.S. presidential candidate for the Democratic party
- Emory Leon Chaffee (1885–1975), American physicist and engineer
- Judith Chafee (1932–1998), American architect
- Rick Chaffee (born 1945), American former Olympic and World Cup skier, brother of Suzy Chaffee
- Suzy Chaffee (born 1946), American former Olympic skier and actress
War Veterans[]
War of 1812[]
- Otis Chaffee (1763-1813) - Killed in Action at Sackets Harbor NY.
US Civil War[]
- Leonard Almon Chaffee (1834-1881) - Company B, 12th US Cavalry.
Distant Relatives[]
- Thomas Chaffee (1610–1683), English businessman and landowner - distant cousin?