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Abigail Pierce Truman (Chapman) Aldrich (1845 - 1917)

Abigail Pierce Truman (Abby) Aldrich formerly Chapman aka Greene
Born in Preston New London County Connecticut, USAmap
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Died at age 71 [location unknown]
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Biography

Abigail Pierce Truman "Abby" Chapman was born in 1844 at Norwich, Connecticut. [1] Her parents were Robert Chapman and his wife Amy Morgan. See Research Notes [2]

Name

Abby Pierce Truman Aldrich. [3]

Birth

10 April 1845. Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA. [4][5]

Died

17 February 1917. [6]

Residence

1900 Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1900 Providence Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [7]

1880 Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife. 1880 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [8]

Burial

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. [9]

Marriage

1867[10]

She married Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich.[11] Nelson was essentially a self-made man whose marriage to Abby brought him a measure of wealth and gave him entry into society.[12]

Children

Parents - of Nelson W. Aldrich and his wife Abigail Pearse Chapman Greene

  1. Nelson Wilmarth, Jr. (1867-1871
  2. Lucy Truman (1871-1955)
  3. Edward Burgess (1871-1957) m. 1st Mary Dorrance (div.) m. 2nd Lora Lawson
  4. Abby Greene (1874-1948) m. John D. Rockefeller
  5. Stuart Morgan (1876-1960) m. Martha Louise Blackwell
  6. Robert Chapman (1878-1878)
  7. William Truman (1880-1966) m. Dorothea Davenport
  8. Emma Louise (1882-1884)
  9. Richard Steere (1884-1941)
  10. Winthrop Williams (1885-1974) m. Harriet Alexander
  11. Elsie (1888-1968) m. 1st Stephen M. Edgehill (d. 1921). m. 2nd N. Stuart Campbell[13]

Research Notes

There appears to be a discrepancy in the parentage of Abigail Pierce Truman Chapman. Find A Grave and the 1860 U.S. Federal Census report her father as Francis Morgan Chapman and her mother as Lucy Anne (Truman) (Find A Grave: Memorial #39610435). Nelson W. and Abby P. Aldrich Papers say that her father was Robert Chapman; mother Amy Morgan Note sent to Rhode Island Historical Society, looking for proof.Lee-5956 23:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Find A Grave: Memorial #28949865 is for Abby Pierce Truman (Chapman) Aldrich 1845-1917. Parents Francis Morgan Chapman and Lucy Ann Truman. Spouse Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich

Find A Grave: Memorial #27114189 is a memorial for Abby P. Truman Greene (sister of Lucy Anne (Truman) Chapman) whose husband is Duty Greene from Rhode Island. Nelson W. and Abby P. Aldrich Papers say "Abby took the name Greene when she became the ward of Duty Greene of Providence." His Find A Grave: Memorial #17350783

Abigail was adopted by her uncle Duty Greene, who was married to her mother's sister[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nelson W. and Abby P. Aldrich Papers, U.S. Senator and wife of Warwick, R.I. Papers, 1868 - 1915. Catalog number MSS938, sg 1
  2. ↑ She took the name Greene when she became the ward of Duty Greene of Providence.
  3. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1880; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1213; Family History Film: 1255213; Page: 302A; Enumeration District: 049. 1900; Census Place: Providence Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1506; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241506.
  4. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1880; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1213; Family History Film: 1255213; Page: 302A; Enumeration District: 049. 1900; Census Place: Providence Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1506; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241506.
  5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 23 December 2018), memorial page for Abby Pierce Truman Chapman Aldrich (10 Apr 1845–17 Feb 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #28949865, citing Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
  6. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  7. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Providence Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1506; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241506.
  8. ↑ 1880; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1213; Family History Film: 1255213; Page: 302A; Enumeration District: 049.
  9. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  10. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Providence Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: 1506; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241506.
  11. ↑ Alvin James Aldrich, The George Aldrich Genealogy 1605 - 1971, An Attempt to Trace, in both the Male and Female Lines, the Posterity of George Aldrich. The Anundsen Publishing Company of Decorah, Iowa 1971
  12. ↑ Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich in Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2004.
  13. ↑ Nelson W. and Abby P. Aldrich Papers, U.S. Senator and wife of Warwick, R.I. Papers, 1868 - 1915. Catalog number: MSS938, sg 1
  14. ↑ The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America ..., Volume 1,By Ebenezer Mack Treman, page 96
  • Nelson W. and Abby P. Aldrich Papers. U. S. Senator and wife of Warwick, R.I. Papers, 1868 - 1915. Catalog number: MSS 938, sg 1. Processed by: Amy Spence Lappin, June 1997. Rhode Island Historical Society, Manuscripts Division[1]
  • Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich.[2]
  • Alvin James Aldrich. The Genealogy of George Aldrich, 1605-1971: An Attempt to Trace, in Both the Male and Female Lines, the Posterity of George Aldrich. The Anundsen Publishing Company, Decorah, Iowa 1971.vol 2, p. 23, #806[3]
  • "Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (January 30, 2016). [4]
  • Find A Grave. Abby Pierce Truman Chapman Aldrich born April 10, 1845 Preston, New London County, Connecticut, d. February 17, 1917 at Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Marriage Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, October 9, 1866. FAG #28949865.[5]
  • 1860 United States Federal Census for Abby G. Chapman. Father is Francis M. Chapman, 52 yrs, farmer. Mother is Lucy A., 55 yrs., William F. 27 yrs., Lucy W., 22 yrs., Duty G. 21 yrs., Thomas M., 18 yrs., Abby G., 15 yrs. All born in Connecticut.[6]
  • 1870 United States Federal Census for Abbey T. Aldrich 24 years of age, female, white, keeping House, born in Connecticut. Indicated husband Nelson W. Aldrich; children are Nelson, 3 yrs., Abbey, 1 yr. Three servants and one cook. Ward Five, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. enumerated on Aug 11, 1870; Page #177. [7]
  • 1880 United States Federal Census for Abby P. Aldrich, white, female, 35 yrs. of age, keeping House, born in Connecticut. Mother/Father born in Connecticut. Husband Nelson W. Aldrich. Children, Lucy T., Edward B. Abby G. Stuart M. baby. Two servants, one nurse. [8]
  • 1900 United States Federal Census for Abbey P. Aldrich. 36 A Sheet 10, #110. Ward 1, Providence City, Providence, Rhode Island. Abbey P. b. Apr 1849, 51 yrs. Husband Aldrich, Nelson W. Aldrich b. 1844. Marriage year: 1867. Children: Lucy P., Abbey G., Stuart H., William S., Richard S., Winthrop, Elsie A. 4 servants. [9]
  • 1910 United States Federal Census for Abbie Aldrich. Sheet 8 B., District No. 16. April 30, 1910. home: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island on Warwick Street.Abbie 61 yrs. b. Rhode Island. Aldrich, Nelson W. 69 yrs,. Children: Lucy, Richard, Winthrop, Elsie. [10]
  • U. S. City Directories, 1822-1995. 1916 New York City Directory. Aldrich, Abbie P. (wid. Nelson W.) h721, 5th Av.[11]




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Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Two biographies, needs updating.
posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Cathy (Kies) Bennett
I know that the 1860 Census shows an Abby G for Francis and Lucy. Maybe Abby was visiting them. It is fairly obvious that they took her under their wing at some point. Lucy calls Abby her daughter in her will. However, Lucy leaves what is left over of her estate to her other three children to be divided equally, not naming Abby. In the 1850 Census for Francis and Lucy, she isn't mentioned. However, in the 1850 and 1860 Census for Duty and Abby Greene, there is an Abby P.T. Greene. I believe that this is her. In one of their son's marriage records, her maiden name is given as Greene.

Oh, it gets more confusing. In Abby P (Truman) Greene's will, she names a nephew and her niece "Abby P Chapman, but commonly known as Abby P Greene." That makes it seem like she was a Chapman, but raised by the Greene's.

posted by Cathy (Kies) Bennett
edited by Cathy (Kies) Bennett
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Per https://books.google.com/books?id=y9EUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA490#v=onepage&q&f=false Duty Greene and Abby Truman were married 11/19/1818, clearly NOT this Abby Truman.
posted by Robin Lee
Fiscus-32 Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts
Aldrich-1284 and Chapman-2869 appear to represent the same person because: Aldrich-1284 has some errors, and her Last Name at Birth seems to be set to her married name; otherwise, dates and locations match.
posted by Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts

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