Israel Chapin

Israel Chapin (4 Dec 1740, Hatfield, Massachusetts[1]–7 Mar 1795, Canandaigua, New York) was a general in the American Revolution and later Deputy Agent to the Five Nations of Indians.

He fought at the Battles of Saratoga as a major, as Colonel of the Second Regiment of Hampshire County Militia, and as a Brigadier General following the Invasion of Quebec.

In 1792 Secretary of War Henry Knox appointed Chapin "General Agent for Indian Affairs of the United States.

Among others the Seneca chief Red Jacket spoke at his funeral, saying "Brothers, we have lost a good friend.

The couple had seven children, among them Captain Israel Chapin Jr. (1763–1833), who succeeded his father as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.