Background
Chapin, Henry Barton was born on September 14, 1827 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Honorary Moses and Lucy Terry (Barton) Chapin.
Chapin, Henry Barton was born on September 14, 1827 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Honorary Moses and Lucy Terry (Barton) Chapin.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1847, A.M., 1850. Union Theological Seminary, 1851-1852. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1852-1854.
(honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1868, Doctor of Divinity, 1891).
Father of Henry Dwight C. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1854. City missionary, New York, 1854-1856. Pastor Second Church, Steubenville, O., 1856-1858, Third Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1858-1866.
Associate principal Edgehill School, Princeton, New Jersey, 1866-1867. Principal Chapin Collegiate School, New York, 1867-1903, principal emeritus, 1903-1907. Recording secretary United States Evangelical Alliance, since 1871.
Chaplain Society Cincinnati in Rhode Island, since 1884. Chaplain-general Society of the Cincinnati, 1905. Chaplain Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, New York, 1900—.
Married Harriet Ann Smith, February 22, 1854.