Lobitha Chapin.
Given Name: Lobitha.
Surname: Chapin. [4]Found multiple versions of name. Using Tabitha Chapin.
Born
27 May 1744.
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [5][6]
Died
9 Mar 1817.
Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [7][8]
Buried
West Part Church Yard, Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [9]
Note: #XI1502.
Event:
Alt. Birth.
Enfield Conn.
Note: It is a mystery to me why Hezekiah married as 2nd wife an Enfield Conn. woman so far away from Claremont, N. Hamp.[10]
Marriage
Husband Hezekiah Roys.
Wife Tabitha Chapin.
Marriage
30 Dec 1790.
First Congregational Church, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [11][12][13]
Notes
Note XI1502Wife of Hezekiah 73 y.
Sources
↑ Source: #S545 Maud B. Newell letter to Perry J Stearns Jan 31, 1943 Certainty: 3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ ark:/61903/2:1:M7P2-ZT4 : accessed 2015-10-12), entry for Tabitha CHAPIN.
ANCESTRAL FILE NUMBER - NJS9-FQ
Source: S1026 Media: Vital Early Connecticut Marriages As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior To 1800 Frederick W. Bailey Publication: , Vol. 7, pp. 78-81, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1982. Also see: http://www.rays-place.com/marrage/enfield-ct.htm The town of Enfield was names and granted by Massachusetts, May 1683. Annexed to Connecticut May 1749. The First Congregational Church was organized in 1683. The marriage records begin with the pastorate of Rev. Nehemia Prudden, 1782 - 1815. Hezekiah Rice of Claremont N.H. & Tabitha Chapin Dec. 30, 1790
Source: S1128 Media: Book The Royce Family in America Al Rhods Publication: Al Rhods 180 Stoneway Trail Madison, AL 35758-8540
Source: S1173 Media: Letter Correspondence: Stearns, Perry J Publication: Copied from Dave Stearns files March 9, 2005
Source: S2652 Media: Internet Ancestry.com OneWorldTree: Chapin Publication: Ancestry.com OneWorldTree http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=9436548&st=1 Ebenezer Chapin Born: 23 Sep 1705 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Died: 31 Mar 1751 Enfield, Connecticut, USA Spouse: Elizabeth Pease Born: 16 Jul 1712 in Enfield, [county], Connecticut, USA Died: 6 Jul 1786 in Enfield, [county], Connecticut, USA Marriage: 22 Nov 1733 in Enfield, Connecticut, USA Children Sex Birth Eliphalet Chapin F Ebenezer Chapin M 4 Oct 1735 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Sophia Elizabeth Chapin F 11 Jul 1736 in Enfield, [county], Connecticut, USA Ruth Chapin F 30 Dec 1738 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Tabitha Chapin F 27 May 1744 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Ensner Chapin F 27 Jan 1746 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Love Chapin F 17 Oct 1749 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Source: S545 Media: Letter Correspondence: Perry J Stearns Publication: Collection of letters from and to Perry Jay Stearns copied from Dave Stearns files in Las Vegas, NV March 9, 2005
Source: S748 Media: Book Grave stone records : from the ancient cemeteries in the town of Claremont, New Hampshire, with historical and biographical notes Spofford, Charles B. Publication: Claremont, N.H.: George I. Putnam 1896 See: gravestonerecord00spof[1].pdf P. 43 THE WEST PART CHURCH-YARD The first mention of a yard for the burial of the dead is in the town records of March 29, 1768, in which it was "Voted; to take two acres of land off the North West corner of the Fair for a burying place. On May 26, 1784, it was "Voted; to take two acres ten rods to be laid out eighteen rods East and West and twenty five rods seven links North and South for a burying place for the use and benefit of the town to bury their dead in and to be alienated to no other use whatever. Lying and butting North on Mr. Ebenezer Rices house lot and West on the Church Glebe. Also four acres fro the use and benefit of the Apiscopal Church commonly called the Church of England, for a church yard. Including the ground on which the church now stands, said land butting North on Ebenezer Rices and West on the burying yard before mentioned. RECORDS P. 67 Roys Hezekiah. May 29, 1813, 72y. Roys Louise, wife of Hezekiah. February 27, 1799, 48y. "She was the mother of twelve children." Roys Tabatha, wife of Hezekiah. March 9, 1817. 73y Roys Benedick, July 19, 1769, 35y. This is the oldest recorded death in the old yards; in fact no records exist that any person died in town previous to him. P. 68 Roys Ellen, wife of Abel. Jan. 23, 1814, 28y. Roys Henry, son of Abel M. and Ellen. April 1, 1823, 11y
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I will approve this merge but Tabitha's married name is Royce, not Rice. Rice was used by some of Hezekiah's children but not by him so I hope that Rice is not carried into the merged profile.
David