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1731 - 1789 (58 years)
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Joshua B. CHAFFEE [1, 2] |
- He was a farmer, and moved to Sharon from Mansfield, in 1755, shortly after his marriage. April 20, 1757, Matthew St. John of Sharon sold "for love, good will and affection" to his daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, Joshua, twelve acres of land in that town, and April 18, 1758, he sold to Joshua for L75, thirteen acres more there. Joshua sold to Ebenezer Smith, Jr., of Woodstock, Conn., for L12, 10s., two acres of orchard land in the latter town, January 7, 1763. He also bought and sold other pieces of land there. His name appears as one of the company of householders from Sharon, on a roll of Captain Eliphalet Holmes' company of minute men of East Haddam, raised in may, 1776, by order of the "Capt. General." (Connecticut Men in the Revolution). He was made a Freeman in Sharon, October 16, 1777. He made his will February 14, 1787, and in it names as his heirs, his wife Mary, sons oel, Matthew and Joshua Bignall, his daughters Betty, Mary Lucy, Vinie, Olive, Lettice and Julia, his son Joel being made executor. He and his wife are buried in Ellsworth, where their tombstones bear the following epitaph:
"For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." [1]
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Birth |
26 May 1731 |
Rehoboth, Massachusetts [1, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
09 Oct 1789 |
Ellsworth, Connecticut [1, 2] |
Burial |
Ellsworth Buying Ground, Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut [3] |
Person ID |
I10522 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
22 Feb 2014 |
Father |
Joel CHAFFE, b. 1702, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 20 Jun 1745, Woodstock, Connecticut (Age 43 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Elizabeth BICKNELL, b. 1715 d. Bef 2 Feb 1757 (Age 42 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Family ID |
F29818 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary ST. JOHN, b. 25 Sep 1739, Wilton, Connecticut d. 28 Aug 1824, Ellsworth, Connecticut (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
02 Jul 1755 |
Sharon, Connecticut [1, 2] |
Family ID |
F22255 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
8 Feb 2014 |
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| Death - 09 Oct 1789 - Ellsworth, Connecticut |
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Headstones |
| Joshua B. Chaffee Headstone Joshua B. Chaffee is the son of Joel Chaffee and Elizabeth Bicknell. He is buried in the Ellsworth Burying Ground in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.
Created by: Maryann Aakjar
Photo Added by: Gary Boughton |
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Sources |
- [S5743] William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy; Also Certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe 1635-1909, (The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers).
- [S01702] S. Whitney, Ancestry.com: "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations", (Name: Name: New York: Privately Printed 1878;;).
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
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