Betsy (Chamberlin) Spaulding (1810 - 1896)

Born 6 Jun 1810 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Salathiel Adams — married 18 Dec 1831 (to 13 Nov 1864) in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of William Augustine Spaulding — married 21 Oct 1880 (to 13 Aug 1884) in Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1896 at age 85 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Betsy (Chamberlin) Spaulding was born in Massachusetts.

Betsy, the fifth of seven children of Ephraim Chamberlin and Sarah Harwood was born on 6 June 1810 at Westford, Massachusetts.

Marriages and Children

Betsy was married twice. She married 1) Salathiel Adams (1804-1864), the son of Capt. Salathiel and Susanna (Proctor) Adams on 18 December 1831 at Chelmsford, Massachusetts.^[1]They had four children born at Cavendish Vermont:

1. Betsey Ann Adams (b. 2 Aug 1833; d. 31 Aug 1868, Cavendish, VT)^[2][3]m.
2. Julia Maria Adams (b. 3 Jan 1837; d. 14 Jul 1863, Cavendish, VT)^[4][5] m. 12 Oct 1856 at Westford, MA, Ephraim Asa Stevens (1833-1914)^[6]
3. Susan Augusta Adams (b. 27 Aug 1839; d. 17 Dec 1922, Woodstock, VT)^[7][8] m. 13 Mar 1867 at Cavendish, VT, Isaiah Thomas Fullerton (1826-1906)^[9]
4. Mary Ellen Adams (b. 11 Aug 1841; d. 27 Mar 1861, Cavendish, VT)^[10][11]

Salathiel Adams died on 13 November 1864 at Cavendish, Vermont.

Betsy married 2) William A. Spaulding (1811-) on 21 October 1880 at Ludlow, Vermont. ^[12]

Death and Burial

Betsy (Chamberlin) Adams-Spaulding died on 29 Mar 1896 in her 86th year at Woodstock, and is buried in Twenty Mile Stream Cemetery at Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLV-LV4 : 28 December 2022), Betsy Chamberlin in entry for Salathiel Adams, 1831.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFF8-3Q2 : 19 February 2021), Betsey in entry for Betsey Ann Adams, 1833.
3. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFF8-3QR : 19 February 2021), Betsey in entry for Betsey Ann Adams, 1868.
4. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFX-S35 : 19 February 2021), Betsey in entry for Julia Adams, 1837.
5. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQF-47GK : 3 March 2021), Betsy Adams in entry for Julia M Stevens, 14 Jul 1863; citing Death, Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005464902.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-8R38 : 11 May 2022), Adams in entry for Ephraim A Stevens and Julia M Adams, 12 Oct 1856; citing Marriage, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011243.
7. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFX-PL2 : 19 February 2021), Betsy in entry for Susan Adams, 1839.
8. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFYZ-ZGH : 6 December 2014), Betsy Chamberlain in entry for Susan Adams Fullerton, Death, 17 Dec 1922, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
9. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFX-PGS : 19 February 2021), Betsey in entry for Isaiah I Fullerton and Susan Adams, 1867.
10. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFX-X91 : 19 February 2021), Belsey in entry for Mary Ellen Adams, 1841.
11. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFX-XSC : 19 February 2021), Betsy Chamberlin in entry for Mary Ellen Adams, 1861.
12. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQX-JRBQ : 3 March 2021), Sarah Chamberlin in entry for William A Spaulding and Betsey Adams, 21 Oct 1880; citing Marriage, Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005486454.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132609327/betsey-adams: accessed 15 October 2023), memorial page for Betsey Chamberlin Adams (1810–29 Mar 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132609327, citing Twenty Mile Stream Cemetery, Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Sue (contributor 47067682).

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2V-9V1 : 12 April 2016), Betsey Adams in household of Salathiel Adams, Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing family 122, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDZ-L3C : 12 December 2017), Betsey Adams in entry for Atherton Adams, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R6-THZ : Thu Oct 05 09:31:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Betsey Adams, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WK-8RW : Fri Oct 06 20:03:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Isiah T. Fullerton and Susan A. Fullerton, 1880.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing, children and spouses added with records, and photo added following search by Carol Baldwin on 15 October 2023.