Amzi Chapin was an American cabinetmaker, singing-school teacher, shapenote proponent and composer.
Background
Chapin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts into a family of cabinet-makers. His father was Edward Chapin (1724–1800) of Chicopee Master of Arts. He had two older brothers, Aaron and Lucius (1760-1842). Chapin married Hannah Power, daughter of Review
James Power, on 10 October 1800 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he taught and farmed for the next thirty years.
Career
Chapin worked in Hartford, Connecticut from 1788 until 1791, when he moved to New Haven. Thereafter he embarked on a career as an itinerant singing teacher, composer and cabinetmaker in the South and Midwest. They had eight children including six daughters named Mary Jane, Eunice, Eliza, Rebecca and Hannah.
All moved to Northfield except Mary who died in Pennsylvania at age 30.
A.Chapin"s Journal Northfield, Ohio, becoming some of the pioneers of Northfield Township. He died there on 19 February 1835.