Mehitable daughter of Henry and Lydia did not marry Caleb Lovejoy. Caleb married Lydia daughter of Zebadiah which is demonstrated by the will of Zebdaiah which includes a bequest to his daughter Mehitable Lovejoy.[1] The first Mehitable daughter of Henry died in 1717/18. They did have a second daughter Mehitable born 23 June 1720 (recorded at Andover but may have occurred at Enfield).[2] She had a marriage intention to Jonathan Chapin in 1743 but apparently died before the marriage[3] and died at Enfield 12 June 1744, the death recorded as Mehitable Chandler daughter of Henry and Lydia, age 24 years.[4]
This Mehitable needs to be disconnected from Caleb Lovejoy and from all the Lovejoy children.
Biography
Mehitable was born in 1716 perhaps the daughter of Henry and Lydia with torn record[5] and died at Andover 30 May 1717.[6]
Sources
↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 4986
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNR-QQS : 9 December 2022), Mehitable Chandler in entry for Jonathan Chapin, 8 Dec 1743; citing Marriage, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004375672.
↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP77-G7CW : 15 April 2022), Mehetabel Chandler, ; citing Death, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272226.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Mehitable:
Chandler-3297 and Chandler-1143 do not represent the same person because: The Mehitables daughter of Zebadiah and daughter of Henry are two different people. The daughter of Henry died in 1718.
This Mehitable is NOT the one that married Caleb, according to The Chandler Family book https://archive.org/details/chandlerfamilyde00chan/page/62. That states that Mehitable was daughter of Zebediah and Sarah and was born in 1708, which is Mehitable (Chandler) Lovejoy. This profile should be unlinked from Caleb Lovejoy and all references removed with him. This would explain some of the differences in Birth and Death that exist in this record after merging was done.
The Chandler book does not have Lydia Abbott when searched .
Brad still not right. The merger went through now your down to one profile. Mehitable did not died 30 Mar 1717. She married 1738. I believe that the church record tells us she moved to Suncock NH.
The Chandler book does not have Lydia Abbott when searched .
This one should be detached.
edited by Patrick Griffith