Stephen Chapin, D. D., an American clergyman, born in Milford, Mass., Nov. 4, 1778, died in Washington, D. C, Oct. 1, 1845. He graduated at Harvard college in 1804, studied theology with Dr. Emmons, and in 1805 became pastor of the Congregational church in Hillsborough, N. II. Disagreeing with his church in reference to what was known as the " Halfway Covenant," his pastoral relation in Hillsborough was severed early in 1809, and he became pastor of the Congregational church in Mount Vernon, N. II. The controversy into which he had been drawn in Hillsborough led him to a more particular examination of the whole subject of church membership and church ordinances, the result of which was his adoption of the general views held by the Baptist denomination. He accordingly relinquished his charge in Mount Vernon in 1818, and in 1819 became pastor of the Baptist church in North Yarmouth, Me., where he remained till 1822, when he was appointed professor of theology in the college at Waterville, Me. In 1828 he became president of Columbian college at Washington, D. C, and continued to preside over it till 1841, when he resigned.