Jeffrey Champlin
Abt 1621 - 1695 (~ 74 years)-
Name Jeffrey Champlin Birth Abt 1621 Bideford, Devon, England 
Gender Male Death 1686/1695 Westerly, Washington, RI
Person ID I3284 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2006
Family 
Ulalia Garde, b. Abt 1625, Bideford, Devonshire, ENG Children 1. Jeffrey Champlin, b. Abt 1650, Newport, Newport, RI 2. William Champlin, b. 1654, Newport, Newport, RI + 3. Christopher Champlin, b. 26 Sep 1656, Newport, Newport, RI d. 2 Apr 1732, Westerly, Washington, RI (Age 75 years)Family ID F934 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Jeffery Champlin, the immigrant and progenitor of the Champlin name in America, was born at Bideford (Devonshire) England circa 1621. He emigrated between 1627 and 1638 from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. (1) It is not known how Jeffrey came to the New World (or when), although there are reports that he was in Boston as early as 1627. The first white settlement on Aquidneck took place in March 1638 on the north end of the island at Pocasset (renamed Portsmouth in 1640). This colony was founded by Anne Hutchinson and her small group of religious libertarians. They had met in the Boston home of prominent merchant William Coddington on March 7, 1638. This small group were greatly at odds with and frequently harassed by Massachusetts' ruling Puritans. Huthinson's group calling themselves the "Bodie Politick", drew up a compact in much the same way as did the Mayflower passengers.
He was a Cordwainer/Property/Public Official from 1638 to 1685 in Rhode Island. At Newport, Jeffrey engaged in the buying and selling of property and was thought to have become a cordwainer. Cordwainers were leather workers who made use of cordovan (a soft, colored leather usually made of sheep, goat, or dog skin, or split horse hide) to design and make custom made shoes. This was considered to be a pre-eminent profession in those days.
- Jeffery Champlin, the immigrant and progenitor of the Champlin name in America, was born at Bideford (Devonshire) England circa 1621. He emigrated between 1627 and 1638 from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. (1) It is not known how Jeffrey came to the New World (or when), although there are reports that he was in Boston as early as 1627. The first white settlement on Aquidneck took place in March 1638 on the north end of the island at Pocasset (renamed Portsmouth in 1640). This colony was founded by Anne Hutchinson and her small group of religious libertarians. They had met in the Boston home of prominent merchant William Coddington on March 7, 1638. This small group were greatly at odds with and frequently harassed by Massachusetts' ruling Puritans. Huthinson's group calling themselves the "Bodie Politick", drew up a compact in much the same way as did the Mayflower passengers.