Born in Oakland, Brant, Canada West
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Fairchild UEL
and Lucy (Kilbourne) Fairchild
Sister of
Samuel Fairchild, Timothy Marsh Fairchild, Asahel Fairchild, Elvira (Fairchild) Malcolm, Angelina (Fairchild) Westbrook, Joseph Fairchild, Benjamin Fairchild, Mary Ann (Fairchild) Brown, Maria (Fairchild) Chapin, Isaac B. Fairchild Jr, Francis Gore Fairchild and Milison (Fairchild) Roberts
Wife of
Lyman Chapin
— married
1832 in Oakland, Ont
Descendants 
Died
at age 59
in Oakland, Brant, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Feb 2014
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Biography
Matilda was born in 1815. She was the daughter of Lucy and Isaac Fairchild. She married Lyman Chaplin in 1835. She died in 1875 and is buried in the Fairchild Cemetery in Brant, Ont.
Source
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Year: 1851; Census Place: Brantford, Brant County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11713; Page: 129; Line: 19. Author Ancestry.com
1871 Census of Canada. Year: 1871; Census Place: Brantford West, Brant South, Ontario; Roll: C-9914; Page: 34; Family No: 117. Author, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950. Author Ancestry.com
Find A Grave: Memorial #180017321 - Fairchild Cemetery - Brant, Ontario Created by: Roberta
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
John Davis 
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member john54686819
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #437110
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MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
David Lundy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dl929
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~3.12%
Jeff Roberts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jeffroberts_1
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~3.12%
Eloise Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A113916 [compare], Ancestry member smithtaylor
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Barbara (Schwalm) Regan :
23andMe, GEDmatch NE6676737 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Dallas Wieger :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tonya (Wright) Christman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713995 [compare], Ancestry member tmchristman121
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I believe that this is the same Matilda who married Lyman Chapin, with whom she had 6 children. If I am put on the trusted list after the merge, I would be happy to clean up the result.