Mehitable (Fairchild) Treadwell (1711 - bef. 1764)

Born 23 Apr 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah Treadwell — married 1730 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 23 Mar 1764 before age 52 in New Milford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

The exact date of Mehitable's death is not known; however, according to "The Families of Old Fairfield," the inventory of Widow Mehitable, 23 March 1764, was sworn to by Hezekiah Treadwell, Administrator. "Early Fairchilds," states that Mehitable died 20 August 1776 at Bridgeport, Connecticut; however, this is the death date of Sally (Banks) Treadwell, the wife of Hezekiah Treadwell (the son of Hezekiah and Mehitable (Fairchild) Treadwell.

Her inventory was taken on 23 March 1764 in Stratford and recorded in Fairfield.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBJ2  : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 273, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 509-510.

• Orcutt, Samuel, Rev. (1886) A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part II Genealogies. Published by the Fairfield County Historical Society, Vol. 2, page 1199 (#73)
• Gilmore, Jean Fairchild. More Fairchilds In America (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2001) Page 6.