William Wendal Chadwick (1820 - 1903)

Born 22 Nov 1820 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Nye (Hatch) Chadwick — married 18 Jan 1846 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Hannah Robinson (Davis) Chadwick — married 9 Aug 1866 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Died 2 Dec 1903 at age 83 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

William Wendal Chadwick was born on 22 November 1820 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of Thacher and Anna (Hatch) Chadwick.^[1][2] He was baptised in the East Falmouth Congregational Church on 22 April 1828.^[3]

In early life William engaged in ship and house building,^[4] but for many years later he was a farmer.^[5][6]

He was married twice. His first wife was |Harriet N. Hatch whom he married on 18 January 1846 in Falmouth.^[7] She was the daughter of Isaiah and Lucy (Nye) Hatch born on 26 April 1825 in Falmouth. They had two children before Harriet died in Falmouth on 19 November 1864 in her 40th year.

At age 46, William married secondly to 26-year-old Hannah R. Davis on 09 August 1866 in Falmouth.^[8] She was the daughter of Frederick and Lucy Davis, born in Falmouth on 12 March 1834.^[9] With Hannah, he had two more children. She died in Falmouth on 27 March 1897.

He died a widower on 02 December 1903 in Hatchville, a village in Falmouth, aged 83 years and 10 days. The cause of death was said to be an injury to the spine with paralysis on 27 November. His son Willard was the informant.^[6] He was buried in the East End Burial Ground on 05 December 1903.^{[10][6][11][5]} An obituary was printed in the Falmouth Enterprise on the day of his funeral which named his four children and their spouses.^[5]

Children of William and Harriet Nye (Hatch) Chadwick, born Falmouth:

1. Willard N. Chadwick, b. 03 Jul 1851; mar. Mahala S. (Hatch) Underwood 25 Mar 1885 Falmouth.^[12]
2. Mary P. Chadwick, b. 06 Feb 1858; mar. George H. Turner 13 Feb 1878 Falmouth.^[13]

Children of William and Hannah R. (Davis) Chadwick, born Falmouth:

1. Harriet T. Chadwick, b. 07 Aug 1867; mar. William B. Dillingham 17 May 1888 at Falmouth.^[14]
2. Anna W. Chadwick, b. 23 Oct 1869; mar. William E. Childs 01 Dec 1897 Hatchville.^[15]

Research notes

A gravestone transcription was published^[16] giving the following information:

Wm. W. Chadwick Born Nov 22, 1829 Died Dec 2, 1903.

However, the year of birth was transcribed in error as can be seen on the gravestone photo on his Findagrave Memorial cited above.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (22 October 2020), Barnstable > Falmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1780-1878 > image 11 of 190; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Falmouth Births, marriages, deaths 1780-1878, page 16.
2. ↑ Brown, Oliver B., Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Soc. of Mayflower Descendants in RI, RI: 1976), p. 19.
3. ↑ Brown, VRs of Falmouth, p. 19, citing East Falmouth Congregational Church Records.
4. ↑ 1860 Census, MA, Barnstable Co., Film: Micropublication T653, Roll 486, p. 44, lines 6-9, enumeration #367/400.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68521252/william-w-chadwick: accessed 18 September 2022), memorial page for William W Chadwick (22 Nov 1820–2 Dec 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68521252, citing East End Burying Ground, East Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by ditdit (contributor 47012745). (Includes gravestone photo.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924,"] database with images, FamilySearch (22 May 2019), 2057992 (004292275) > image 465 of 1874; State Archives, Boston. Massachusetts Death Register of Deaths, 1903, Vol. 22:156.
7. ↑ Brown, VRs of Falmouth, p. 144.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), 004279269 > image 199 of 530; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ Brown, VRs of Falmouth, p. 30.
10. ↑ Personal observations, Cape Trip - Misc. Findings, Hall, Bobbie, Jul 2002
11. ↑ Smythe, Henry Herbert, Inscriptions Upon Stones in the Old Burying Ground in Falmouth, Mass., Mounted clippings from the Falmouth enterprise of Oct. 17, 1903 to Dec. 17, 1904, Publication: 1904, Repository: Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, Call Number: call #E9303.83.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), 004279775 > image 837 of 1137; State Archives, Boston.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), 004279605 > image 628 of 848; State Archives, Boston.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), 004279531 > image 509 of 1020; State Archives, Boston.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), 004332398 > image 22 of 743; State Archives, Boston.
16. ↑ Henry Herbert Smythe, "East End Burying Ground," Falmouth (Massachusetts) Enterprise, 12 November 1904, p. 8; "Falmouth Enterprise," database with images, Falmouth Public Library (https://origin.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/ : accessed 11 Dec. 2019); citing East End Burying Ground (Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts), W[illia]m Chadwick marker, plot 6 E 10. Record of all stones in the Old Burying Ground adjoining the "East End" meeting house which were standing in 1904.

See also:

• Deyo, Simeon L., History of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (New York, NY: HW Blake & Co, 1890), p. 682.