Grace (Holbrook) Chatfield (1800 - 1881)

Born 15 Jun 1800 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Isiah Chatfield — married 20 Nov 1820 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1881 at age 81 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Grace was born in 1800. ^{[1][2][3][4][5] [6]}

Grace married Isiah Chatfield (1801 - 1880) on 20 Nov 1820.^[7] These are their known children:

1. Caroline Chatfield Lum (1821 - 1889)
2. John Holbrook Chatfield (1823 - 1904)
3. Bennett Chatfield (1832 - 1835)

Grace passed away on 11/15/1881 in Seymour New Haven County Connecticut, USA. She is buried at Great Hill Cemetery. Seymour New Haven County Connecticut, USA.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

The Will of Grace Chatfield:

In the name of God, Amen

I, Grace Chatfield of the Town of Oxford, Co. of New Haven, State of CT, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit;

First: I order and direct that all my just debts and Funeral Expenses be paid by my executor hereinafter named.

Second: I give unto my son John H. Chatfield one goose Feather Bed to be his own forever.

Third: I give unto my dau. Caroline Lum, Wife of William Lum, all the rest and residue of my Estate, both real and personal of which I may die possessed to be her own forever and I hereby revoke all previous wills.

Fourth: I hereby constitute and appoint Caroline Lum the executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

Dated at Oxford this 4th day of Jun AD 1880. (contributed by Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson)

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census.
2. ↑ 1860 Oxford Census.
3. ↑ 1870 Oxford Census.
4. ↑ 1880 Oxford Census.
5. ↑ Holbrook, Mary Louise, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut (New Haven, CT, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), p. 21.
6. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://www.oxfordpast.com/ghcemscan91.html.
7. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 207. " ... by Rev. Abner Smith."
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #16785942 - with photo of headstone
9. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://www.oxfordpast.com/ghcemscan91.html.
10. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 1, p 315.
11. ↑ Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 91. http://www.oxfordpast.com/ghcemscan91.html.
12. ↑ Great Hill Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem4753.html.