Israel Chapin
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Israel Chapin (4 Dec 1740, Hatfield, Massachusetts – 7 Mar 1795, Canandaigua, New York)[1] was a general in the American Revolution and later Deputy Agent to the Five Nations of Indians.[2]
Chapin served as captain of the Hatfield Militia at Boston and Lexington. He fought at the Battles of Saratoga as a major, as colonel of the Second Regiment of Hampshire County Militia, and as a brigadier general following the Invasion of Quebec.[3]
