Hannah (Beckwith) Chappell (1700 - bef. 1738)

Born 1700 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of George Chappell — married 5 Nov 1718 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 5 Mar 1738 before age 38 in New London, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Hannah married at New London 5 Nov 1718 George Chappell, son of George Chappell and Alice Way^[1].

George and Hannah had 6 children^[2][3]:

1. Hannah, bpt. 17 June 1739 (as a young woman)
2. George, b. 2 Dec. 1722
3. Walter, bpt. 9 Dec 1739
4. James b. abt. 1732; bpt. 10 Sep. 1738
5. Patience, bpt. 5 Nov 1738, and
6. Mary, b. abt. 1738; bpt. 10 July 1749.

On 2 Oct 1737, Hannah confessed the faith and was baptized in New London^[4]. On March 5, 1738, Hannah was buried (less than 40 years old). She had been declining for over a year^[5]. In 1737/38, Joshua Hempstead recorded in his diary the burial of George Chappell's wife, "the daughter of John Beckwith".^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ New London First Church Records 1:164
2. ↑ George Chappell of Windsor, Wethersfield, and New London, Connecticut, by Gale Ion Harris, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 150 (January 1996) Pg. 65
3. ↑ New London Beckwiths, by R. Bruce Diebold, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 173 (Winter 2019), Page 48
4. ↑ New London First Church Records 1:127
5. ↑ New London First Church Records 1:50, 130, 131, 133
6. ↑ Joshua Hempstead, The Diary of Joshua Hempstead: A Daily Record of Life in Colonial New London, Connecticut, 1711–1758 (New London, Conn.: New London County Historical Society, 1998), 328 (5 March 1737/8 entry)

• Diebold, R. Bruce. New London Beckwiths in the Records of the East (Or Second) Congregational Society Of Lyme, Connecticut: The John² Beckwith Family Revisited, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2019) Vol. 173, WN 689, Pages 41 & 48.