CHAPLIN: Elder Asa Chaplin, Revolutionary Soldier 1739/40-1807. 1956Mittie Myers Chaplin This book gives an account of the history and genealogy of the Chaplin family in England and America, and of Elder Asa Chaplin, Revolutionary Soldier 1739 40 1807. The earliest American ancestor of most Chaplins was Hugh Chaplin, born in May of 1603, a Puritan, who came from Bradford, England to America. (258p., Illus, Index, 1956)