Hannah (Pierson) Chatfield (1715 - 1801)

Born 4 Aug 1715 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Solomon Chatfield — married 12 Jun 1734 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1801 at age 85 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Hannah PIERSON was born 4 Aug 1715.

Hannah married Solomon CHATFIELD on 12 Jun 1734, in Derby, New Haven, CT. They had nine children:

1. Joseph CHATFIELD 1735 - 1794
2. Mary CHATFIELD 1736 - 1807
3. Hannah CHATFIELD 1738 - 1794
4. Lois CHATFIELD 1741 - 1816
5. Eunice CHATFIELD 1743 - 1823
6. Rachel CHATFIELD 1745 - 1778
7. Comfort CHATFIELD(1) 1749 - bef 1755
8. Anna CHATFIELD 1752 - 1853
9. Comfort CHATFIELD(2) 1756 - 1798

Hannah died 15 Mar 1801 and was buried in Oxford Congregational Cemetery. ^[1]

Will of Hannah Chatfield, of Waterbury, New Haven, CT. Jan 9, 1800: She bequeaths:

"Second: unto Joseph Loveland and unto his wife Lois Loveland all my moveable estate except what I shall otherwise dispose of."

"Third: unto my dau. Mary Allcock One Dollar."

"Fourth: unto my dau. Eunice Hinman One Dollar."

"Fifth: unto my dau. Anny Hitchcock One Dollar."

"Lastly I do constitute and appoint Joseph Loveland to be my sole Executor" ^[2]

Inscription:

In

memory of

HANNAH CHATFIELD

Relict of

Solomon Chatfield of Derby

who died March 15th 1801

Ae 87 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44830786
2. ↑ Waterbury probate records, Vol. 3, pg. 212
3. ↑ Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Oxford Congregational Cemetery, 1935 (Congregational Cemetery), p. 5. http://oxfordpast.net/cgcemscan5.html.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1P-L2M5 : Fri Nov 10 03:32:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Sollomon Chatfield and Hannah Peirson, 12 Jun.
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7J7-Q98 : 16 January 2020), Hannah Chatfield, .
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 13. vol 3, p 756.
• 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 314.
• 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. 277.
• Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem377.html.
• Pierson, Frederick Lockwood. The Descendants of Stephen Pierson (Walsh & Griffen, Amenia, N.Y., 1895) Page 5.