Rachel (Porter) Chittenden
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Rachel (Porter) Chittenden (1770 - 1848)

Rachel Chittenden formerly Porter
Born in Tolland, Colony of Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Wife of — married 29 Dec 1791 in First Church, Killingworth, CTmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Rachel Porter Chittenden was the daughter of Abner Porter and Anna. Anna's last name is not known at this time. Rachel was born in Tolland, Connecticut on June 5, 1770.

Rachel married Cornelius Chittenden at First Church (Congregational) in Killingworth, Connecticut on December 29, 1791. According to Talcott, Rachel and Cornelius had 17 children, 10 sons and 7 daughters, but Talcott names only 6 children.[1] I have been able to find 9 children: Rachel (1792-1816), Susan (1795-1875), Mehitable I (1798-1799), Polly (1796-1804), Anne (1802-1804), Mehitable II (1806-1830), Polly Ann (1808-1829), James Porter (1810-1853), and Albert Cornelius (1812-1878).

Rachel died in Westbrook, Connecticut in 1848 at age 78. She is buried at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard on South Main Street in Westbrook, CT.[2]

Sources

Talcott, Alvan, "Chittenden Family: William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and His Descendants," p. 79, Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1882.

Also, notes made by Kathryn Chittenden Haines after her visit to St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard in Westbrook, CT.

1770 - Birth Record of Rachel Porter naming Abner Porter father:

  • "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ7-32FP : 21 September 2019), Rachel Porter, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833263.

1799 - cited in death record of daughter, Mehitable:

1830 - cited in death record of daughter Mehitable Chittenden Norris:

1848 - Death of Rachel Porter Chittenden:

  • "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQW-3MGM : 21 September 2019), Rachel Chittenden, ; citing Death, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272227.

Footnotes

  1. Talcott, Alvan. William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and His Descendants. New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1882. Pages 79, 80.
  2. Haines, Kathryn Chittenden. Notes from visit to graveyard.

Acknowledgments

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