Rev. Nathaniel Chauncy

Abt 1639 - 1685  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Chauncy  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	Abt 1639	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [4]
  Baptism	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	4 Nov 1685	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [7]
  Person ID	I44168	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Charles Chauncy,   b. Bef 5 Nov 1592   d. 19 Feb 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 79 years)
  Mother	Catherine Eyre,   b. Bef 2 Nov 1604   d. 23 Jan 1667, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 62 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1631	Ware, Hertfordshire, England   [8]
  Family ID	F25200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Strong,   b. Abt 1645, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 15 Apr 1704, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1673	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Katherine Chauncy,   b. 12 Jan 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 15 May 1754, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F25796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was the twin brother of Elnathan Chauncy, who became a physician in Boston. Both he and Elnathan graduated from Harvard in 1661.

  
  

• Sources

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