Richard Chapel jr (1786 - 1844)

Born 8 May 1786 in South Sandisfield, Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 1844 at about age 57 in Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Richard Jr. was the son of Richard Crignon Chapel and Grace (Douglas) Chapel. He was born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts on 8 May 1786 when the country was fewer than ten years old.^[1] Richard (Crignon) Chapel had a son under five in the 1790 Federal Census. It is most likely Richard Jr.^[2] On September 30, 1798, he married a widow, Mrs. Hannah (Unknown) Richmond, in Washington, Massachusetts.^[3] They had at least one child. : Sarah A. (Chapel) Carpenter, b. 1809 in Floyd, New York; widowed tailoress; d. 6 Jan 1888, Salisbury, Massachusetts.^[4] He died sometime after 1809, but there is no valid record of his death or burial to date.

Notes

Some Ancestry trees list his wife as Abigail (Abbie) Allyn, but as far as I can tell, that is based on the death record of George W. Chapel, whose father was given as "H. Chapel." It's possible that it was an "R." instead of an "H." Going strictly by the record, however, it's does not seem to be the right person.

Some family histories suggest that he died in 1865, but that is unlikely and unsourced.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6D-2VJ : 14 January 2020), Richard Chapel, 1786.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-Z4K : accessed 12 October 2020), Richard Chapel, Sandisfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 594, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. Ancestry Record 7853 #135485
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWM4-H73 : 6 April 2020), Richard Chapel in entry for Sarah A. Carpenter, 1888.

• See also: F.G. Chapel, Jr's notes, offline. Ask Chapel-160