 Chapin was actively interested in the church and appears to have been a deacon as early as 1650.Chapin died in Springfield in November 1675 shortly after the town was devastated in King Philip's War.In October 1675 Chief Metacomet (known as "King Philip") visited the Agawam Indians (of the Pocomtuc tribe) residing within the town and incited them to mount an attack on Springfield.