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Families covered: Chaplin of Blankney, Chaplin of Bury St. Edmunds, Chaplin of London, Chaplin of Tathwell

                               
William Chaplin of Seymere, Suffolk
1. Robert Chaplin of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
  m. Elizabeth Asty (dau of Francis Asty of Bury)
  A. Sir Francis Chaplin, Lord Mayor of London (d 27.06.1680)
  m. Anne Hewett (d 1691-2, dau of Daniel Hewett or Hutt or Huitt of Essex)
i. John Chaplin of Tathwell, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (b 29.01.1657-8, d 11.11.1714)
  m1. Elizabeth Hamby (dau/heir of Sir John Hamby of Tathwell by Elizabeth Porter)
  a. Porter Chaplin of Tathwell (bur 27.07.1719)
  m. Anne Sherwin (bur 08.08.1728, dau/coheir of Richard Sherwin of London)
  (1) Sir John Chaplin, 2nd Bart (b 1710-1, d 23.05.1730)
John inherited the baronetcy from his great-uncle (below) by special remainder. BEB1841 (Chaplin of London) suggests that he dsp but the other sources, supported by TCB (vol 5, Chaplin), show that he had a daughter born posthumously.
  m. (26.03.1730) Elizabeth Morris (dau of William Morris of Fernham, m2. Charles Gregory later Wade of Wharleby)
  (A) Ann Chaplin (b 04.01.1731-2)
  m. (03.03.1750-1) Arthur Gregory of Styvechale (d 1791)
  (2) Frances Chaplin (bpt 04.10.1712)
  m. (23.03.1730-1) Charles Fitzwilliam of Clixby or Caistor (bpt 15.02.1695-6)
(3) Anne Chaplin (d 1783)
  m. William Vavasor of Yorkshire
  (4) Elizabeth Chaplin (bur 30.04.1780)
  m1. Edward Ayscough of Louth
  m2. (04.06.1740) John Sidwell (rector of Welton)
b. Thomas Chaplin of Blankney, Lincolnshire (b 1684, bur 17.01.1747, 4th son)
  m. Diana Archer (sister of Thomas Archer, 1st Lord)
  (1) John Chaplin of Blankney (d c07.1764)
  m. (24.11.1757) Elizabeth Cecil (d 13.10.1813, dau of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter)
  (A) Charles Chaplin of Blankney (b 30.05.1759, d 1821-2, 2nd son)
  m. (1781) Elizabeth Taylor (dau/heir of Robert Taylor)
  (i) Charles Chaplin of Blankney & Tathwell (b 21.04.1786, dsp 31.05.1859)
  m. (17.09.1812) Caroline Fane (dau of Hon. Henry Fane of Fulbeck)
  (ii) Henry Chaplin (b 06.1789, vicar of Ryhall) had issue
  m. (19.08.1834) Caroline Horatia Ellice (dau of William Ellice, son of Alexander of Bath)
Their eldest son was created Viscount Chaplin in 1916.
  (iii) Thomas Chaplin (b 17-19.04.1794, dsp 15.05.1863, Colonel)
  m. (21.10.1828) Mary Millicent Reeve (d 11.01.1858, dau of William Reeve of LEadenham)
  (iv) Elizabeth Chaplin (d 06.01.1865)
  m. (02.06.1815) Vere Fane (d 18.01.1863, son of Hon. Henry Fane)
  (v) Sophia Chaplin (d 1854)
  m. (22.02.1823) James Backwell Praed of Tyringham (d 13.01.1837)
  (vi) Louisa Chaplin (d 21.01.1884)
  m. (15.11.1832) Sir Brook George Bridges, 6th Bart (dsp 01.04.1890, rector of Blankney)
(vii) Harriet Chaplin
  m. Russell Ellice (son of Alexander of Bath)
  (viii)+ other issue (d unm) - Emma (d 1833), Charlotte (d 03.12.1819)
  (B) Elizabeth Chaplin
  m. (1781) Francis Chaplin (dsp 28.05.1838) @@ below
  (C)+ other issue - John (b 18.05.1758, d infant), Sophia, Diana
  (2) Charles Chaplin of Tathwell (b 27.07.1730)
  The following is supported by BLG1886 (Chaplin of Westgate House).
  m. Elizabeth Thoroton of Screveton
  (A) Thomas Chaplin of Riseholme (dsp, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth Webster (dau of Sir Godfrey Webster, 3rd Bart)
  (B) Robert Chaplin (d 29-30.05.1839, Rev.)
  m. Anne Georgina Sutton (dau of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart of Norwood)
(i) Fanny Chaplin
  m. Rev. Henry Howson of Soutwell
  (ii) Sophy Chaplin
  m. Rev. John Girardot
  (iii) Georgiana Chaplin
  m. Rev. G. Barrow of Southwell
  (C) Francis Chaplin (dsp 28.05.1838)
  m. (1781) Elizabeth Chaplin (dau of John Chaplin of Blankney) @@ above
  (D) William Chaplin (d 11.12.1835, rector of Raithby, 6th son)
  m. (1799) Isabella Frances Sutton (dau of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart of Norwood)
  (i) Frederick Chaplin of Tathwell Hall (b 13.01.1803, d 23.12.1863, 4th son) had issue
  m. (02.04.1835) Jane Topham (dau of James B. Topham of Candlesby Hall)
(ii) Bettina Mary Elizabeth Chaplin (dsp 1824)
  m. (1823) Rev. Basil Berridge of Algakirk
  (iii)+ other issue - William (b 1799, d young), Charles Sutton (b 1800, d unm 1832, Rev.), Richard Francis (b 1802, d unm 1840), James Pulteney (b 1807, dsp 1873), George Ayscogne (d 1859, Rev.), Edward John (b 1821, d 1853, Rev.)
  (E) Charlotte Chaplin
  m. Edward Harrison of London
  (F) Sophia Chaplin (d 09.02.1844)
  m1. John Sutton (dvp 15.09.1801, son of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart of Norwood)
  m2. (04.10.1804) Thomas Wright of Upton and/or Bamcote
(G)+ other issue - Charles (d unm), George (d unm 04.05.1835), Edward (b 1767, d 05.09.1853, rector of Blankney)
  (3) Diana Chaplin (d 13.05.1767)
  m. (1749) Lord George Manners-Sutton
  c. Anne Chaplin (d 22.07.1745)
  m. (03.08.1705) Thomas Archer of Hale
  d.+ other issue - Francis (d 1720), John (a 1707, d in West Indies)
  m2. (03.02.1691-2) Frances Archer (dau of Thomas Archer of Umberslade, widow of Sir Francis Rouse, Bart)
  ii. Sir Robert Chaplin of London & Well (Lincolnshire), 1st Bart (d 01.07.1728, MP, 3rd son)
  m. _ Harrington
The baronetcy passed to his grand-nephew (above).
  a. Anne Chaplin (d 07.03.1733)
  m. (21.09.1721) James Bateman (son of Sir James, Lord Mayor of London, and brother of Viscount Bateman)
  iii. Anne Chaplin
  m. (01.04.1689) John Shipman of Nottingham
  iv.+ other issue - Charles in Jamaica, Elizabeth
  B. Robert Chaplin of St. Swithin's, London (a 1683)
  m. Anne Tomkins (dau of Sir Thomas Tomkins of Monington, widow of Roger Vaughan of Moccas)
  C. Susannah Chaplin
A(nother) son of a William Chaplin of Seymore, presumed to have been the same as the William shown above, was the following Thomas who (with his family) is mentioned in Visitation (Suffolk, 1664-8, Chaplin of Bury St. Edmunds).
2. Thomas Chaplin of Bury St. Edmunds (a 1664)
  m. Elizabeth (dau of Robert Ignis alias Hynes of Bury St. Edmunds)
  A. William Chaplin
  m. Elizabeth Crane (dau of Robert Crane of Great Coggeshall)
  i.+ issue - Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret
  B.+ other issue - Anne, Abigail

Main source(s): BP1934 (Chaplin), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, Chaplin of Tathwell), BLG1886 (Chaplin of Blankney)
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