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[Vince G, CSN MFT]

You will never see my Facebook page.  It's not set up for "friends of friends" to view.

You can make friends with all of the family members you want  

I come from a line of astronauts, politicians, and olympic athletes.

Your great uncle never made it to space, Shawn.  He died pretty horribly according to the transcripts burning to a crisp.  At least he had the balls to stay in his seat and keep communications open.  Died like a man

[Irongrip400]

Your great uncle never made it to space, Shawn.  He died pretty horribly according to the transcripts burning to a crisp.  At least he had the balls to stay in his seat and keep communications open.  Died like a man

 

[the trainer]

Your great uncle never made it to space, Shawn.  He died pretty horribly according to the transcripts burning to a crisp.  At least he had the balls to stay in his seat and keep communications open.  Died like a man

 

[Stan Diego]

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Cmdr, USN), was a Naval Aviator, aeronautical engineer and a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy Air Medal.

On January 27, 1967, Grissom, White and Chaffee were participating in a "plugs-out" countdown demonstration test at Cape Kennedy in preparation for the planned February 21 launch, when a fire broke out in the cabin, killing all three men. Chaffee's is believed by some to be the first cockpit voice to report the fire to ground controllers. During the seventeen seconds that the fire raged, fed by pure oxygen at slightly greater than atmospheric pressure, Chaffee stayed strapped to his right-hand seat, as it was his job to maintain communications in an emergency, while White in the center seat apparently tried in vain to open the hatch. At that point, the increasing pressure burst the inner cabin wall. Now fed by ambient air, the fire decreased in intensity and eventually put itself out, but produced large amounts of smoke, which killed the astronauts.

Chaffee and Grissom are both buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery, while White is buried at West Point Cemetery.

[chaos]

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967), (Lt Cmdr, USN), was a Naval Aviator, aeronautical engineer and a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1 mission at the then-Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, in 1967. Chaffee was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy Air Medal.

On January 27, 1967, Grissom, White and Chaffee were participating in a "plugs-out" countdown demonstration test at Cape Kennedy in preparation for the planned February 21 launch, when a fire broke out in the cabin, killing all three men. Chaffee's is believed by some to be the first cockpit voice to report the fire to ground controllers. During the seventeen seconds that the fire raged, fed by pure oxygen at slightly greater than atmospheric pressure, Chaffee stayed strapped to his right-hand seat, as it was his job to maintain communications in an emergency, while White in the center seat apparently tried in vain to open the hatch. At that point, the increasing pressure burst the inner cabin wall. Now fed by ambient air, the fire decreased in intensity and eventually put itself out, but produced large amounts of smoke, which killed the astronauts.

Chaffee and Grissom are both buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery, while White is buried at West Point Cemetery.

Is there a relation there?

[King Shizzo]

The "Chafe" surname originally came from the present village of Chaffcombe, Somerset, England.  The name Chaffcombe was listed in the Domesday Book commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. From that documented point the surname became tied to people from the village.  The surname usage grew in size largely in the Somerset, Devon and Dorset areas.  With the growth of the surname, both the written spelling and spoken word changed into a number of variations.  In the 1600 and 1700's the surname became established in Canada and the United States where a number of these variations now predominate.  The five most common variations that share the same ancestry are Chaffe/Chaffey (England), Chafe (Canada), Chaffee/Chaffey/Chafee (US) and Chaffey (Australia).  In the discussion below, the "older" Chafe variation will be used to describe the surname as a whole.


DNA analysis on male Chaffe surnames indicate a possible Celtic linage.  Chaffe's tested to date are from the R1b Haplogroup (HG1). Male ancestors in the I Haplo group are "Viking" and came from Northern Scandinavia and prior to that when Scandinavia was covered with the ice sheet, from what is now Croatia.  The R1a Haplo group has origins around the northern Caspian Sea area. Chaffe male ancestors would have lived in the Basque area of Spain about 10,000 years ago.


Family coat of arms:

[King Shizzo]

The United States Chaffee branch initially established themselves in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Members of the Chaffee family sailed aboard an armada of three-masted sailing ships such as the Speedwell, Hector, the John & Dorothy, and the Rose known as the "White Sails" which plied the Atlantic in the 1630's.  Amongst the first settlers in North America was Thomas Chaffe who settled in Hingham (near Boston) Massachusetts in July 1637 and moved to Swansea by 1660.  Thomas died in 1683 in Barrington Center, Rhode Island (Barrington was formerly Sowams). He was reported to be born between 1610 and 1616 in England.  Thomas Chaffe could not read or write.  All of the documents associated with him have a "mark" (T) and then another signature as witness. He was a farmer in Hingham where he received land from the township in July 1637.  The ship Thomas may have sailed on with his wife and two friends was the Speedwell, that departed Weymouth, Devon, April 22, 1637.



Thomas could have come from the Sherborne branch of the family as this side of the family had a "y" or "ey" ending.  However his name was spelled in America as Chaffe.  The Chaffe spelling occurs largely in the Exeter/Buckfastleigh area - based on extensive analysis of LDS data and 1891 and 1901 census information.  The Chaffee spelling evolved solely in America, likely in the late 1700's, with very few instances of this spelling occurring in England.  Thomas married (possibly Dorothy b.1620 England) and had children Nathaniel Chaffe (1638-1721) and Joseph Chaffe (1639/1646-1694) in Hingham, MA.  This middle initial J, may indicate Joseph

[King Shizzo]

Adna Romanza Chaffee (April 14, 1842 – November 1, 1914) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, played a key role in the Spanish-American War, and fought in the Boxer Rebellion in China. He was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1904 to 1906, overseeing far-reaching transformation of organization and doctrine in the Army.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Is there a relation there?

[Kwon_2]

Agree fully.

[TrueGrit]

Great post