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Jesse Chapman

M, #9778, b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819
Pedigree Link

Family: Lucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)

DaughterMargaret Almira Chapman+ (b. 8 April 1793, d. 27 February 1860)
SonJohn Chapman II (b. 3 April 1796, d. 1831)
SonMarcena Chapman (b. circa 1797, d. September 1801)
SonThomas Chapman+ (b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882)
SonCyrus Yale Chapman (b. circa 1800, d. 1831)
SonHiram Chapman (b. circa 1802)
SonWilliam Chapman (b. circa 1803)

Biography

Jesse Chapman was born in 1769 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Note: The estimated year of his birth is from his gravestone which reads that he died in 1819 at age 50, so he was apparently born in about 1769 or 1770. The place of his birth is uncertain. Some unsourced genealogies give it as Lennox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. A Genforum source says that he was born in Connecticut.1 Marriage banns for Jesse Chapman and Lucy Tracy were published on 31 December 1790 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.2,3,4

Jesse Chapman died on 19 August 1819 in Sullivan, Madison County, New York, at age ~50.1,5 He was buried in Old Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Madison County, New York.1,5


CAVEAT: Several online websites claim that Jesse Chapman's parents were John Chapman, Sr. - #1715 (1751-1814) and Rachel Jackson - #9798 (1752-1781), but apparently there are not any sources that support that claim.

Jesse Chapman has also been reported to have been born 1769 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.6,7,8

April 15, 1792, five acres of land, with house and lot and barn, was conveyed to Jesse Chapman of Lenox [Massachusetts]. This land was about a mile sough of Lenox village, part lying in Stockbridge [MA]. March 20, 1798, he bought thirty-eight acres adjoining. Part of this land he sold in 1801 and the remainder in 1802, Lucy releasing dower. Feb. 13, 1802, he is called "of Stockbridge".2

Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman appeared on the census of 1800 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.9

Juror Jesse Chapman settled in Bridgeport, NY about 1800. He was a carpenter. He served as a juror in Sullivan, NY in 1816. He was 50 years old when he died.

In about 1802, the family moved to a portion of Chanango County, New York, which later became Madison County.


Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.10 His estate was probated on 10 January 1820 in Sullivan, Madison County, New York. Handwritten note (paraphrased): Administration of the Estate of Jesse Chapman of Sullivan, County of Madison [New York], died intestate, granted to Allen Hammond of town of Smyrna, County of Chenango [New York], as Administrator. Seal 10 Jan. 1820.11,12

CAVEAT: I have not yet found a source for the claim that Jesse Chapman (c.1769-1819) is the son of John Chapman, Sr. (1751-1814) and Rachel Jackson (1752-1781). This is the weak link in my genealogy chain back to Mayflower passenger Richard Warren (c.1578-1628).
Last Edited 24 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Jesse Chapman
    Birth: 1769
    Death: August 19, 1819, Aged 50
    Burial: Old Bridgeport Cemetery
    Bridgeport, Madison County, New York
    Created by: Andrew L.
    Record added: Dec 29, 2009
    Find A Grave Memorial# 46096301. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Doubleday Bros. & Company, 1900), page 39. Hereinafter cited as Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts.
  3. [S1125] Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-24, online https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCS5-YHZ : accessed 15 May 2013, Jesse Chapman and Lucy Tracy, 31 Dec 1791. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-24.
  4. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
    Page 379 (Handwritten): Intentions of Marriage, legally Published between Jesse Chapman & Lucy Tracy, both of Lenox.

    Record details
    Name Lucy Tracy
    Event Type Marriage
    Marriage Date 31 Dec 1791
    Marriage Place Lenox, Massachusetts
    Spouse Name Jesse Chapman
    Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  5. [S1127] Old Bridgeport Cemetery, Town of Sullivan, Madison County, online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymadiso/dar06.htm, Chapman, Jesse d- 19 Aug 1819 age 50y. Hereinafter cited as Old Bridgeport Cemetery, Town of Sullivan, Madison County.
  6. [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org, Jesse Chapman. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Family Tree.
  7. [S93] International Genealogical Index ("IGI"), online www.familysearch.com, Jesse Chapman. Hereinafter cited as International Genealogical Index.
  8. [S1128] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, "Family Search Pedigree Resource File"; Jesse Chapman, Ancestral File, www.faimilysearch.org unknown repository, unknown repository address. Hereinafter cited as "Family Search Pedigree Resource File."
  9. [S706] 1800 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census
    Name:     Jesse Chapman
    Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [John, Marcena & Thomas?]
    Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Jesse Chapman, 31]
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Margaret Almira]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 33]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
    Number of Household Members: 9

    1800 Mass Fedral Census (roll #13) Lenox, Berksh. Co., p. 209
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10 = 3
    under 10 = 1(Almira, age 7)
    10-16 = 1
    16-26 = 1
    26-45 = 1(Jesse)
    26-45= 1 (Lucy)
    45+ = 1.
  10. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
  11. [S1115] Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835, online www.americanancestors.com. Hereinafter cited as Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835.
  12. [S1495] New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-19, online www.ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
    Name Jesse Chapman
    Probate Place Madison, New York, USA
    Inferred Death Place New York, USA
    Item Description Wills, Vol Ax-Fx, 1806-1830
    Image 291
    Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Hereinafter cited as New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-19.
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Lucy Tracy1

F, #9779, b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855

Parents

FatherThomas Tracy (b. 23 September 1724, d. May 1777)
MotherLucy Sprague (b. 28 July 1735, d. 28 July 1826)
Pedigree Link

Family: Jesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)

DaughterMargaret Almira Chapman+ (b. 8 April 1793, d. 27 February 1860)
SonJohn Chapman II (b. 3 April 1796, d. 1831)
SonMarcena Chapman (b. circa 1797, d. September 1801)
SonThomas Chapman+ (b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882)
SonCyrus Yale Chapman (b. circa 1800, d. 1831)
SonHiram Chapman (b. circa 1802)
SonWilliam Chapman (b. circa 1803)

Biography

Lucy Tracy was born on 25 April 1767 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.2,3,4 Marriage banns for Lucy Tracy and Jesse Chapman were published on 31 December 1790 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.5,6,7

Lucy Tracy died after 1855. She is listed at age 88 in the 1855 New York State Census.8
Lucy Tracy was baptized on 10 June 1775 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ].5

Lucy Tracy appeared on the census of 1790 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.9

April 15, 1792, five acres of land, with house and lot and barn, was conveyed to Jesse Chapman of Lenox [Massachusetts]. This land was about a mile sough of Lenox village, part lying in Stockbridge [MA]. March 20, 1798, he bought thirty-eight acres adjoining. Part of this land he sold in 1801 and the remainder in 1802, Lucy releasing dower. Feb. 13, 1802, he is called "of Stockbridge".5

Lucy Chapman and Jesse Chapman appeared on the census of 1800 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.10

In about 1802, the family moved to a portion of Chanango County, New York, which later became Madison County.


Lucy Chapman and Jesse Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.11 She appeared on the census of 1855 in the household of Margaret Almira Chapman in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, which lists (names corrected) Margaret Shepard, 62, born in Massachusetts, widowed, a farmer, 42 years in town (since about 1813), her children Eleanor Shepard, 26, born in Onondaga County, NY, teacher and Calvin, 20,born in Onondaga County, NY, a farmer, and her mother Lucy (Tracy) Shepard, 88, born in Connecticut, widowed, lived in town 8 years (since about 1847).8
Last Edited 20 June 2025

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Doubleday Bros. & Company, 1900), pages 31 & 39. Hereinafter cited as Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts.
  3. [S982] Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection), online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/towns/sharon/sharon-vr-p8.htm, page 331: Tracy, Lucy, d. Thomas & Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 1767 - Vol. LR4, page 54. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection.)
  4. [S1014] Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name Lucy Tracy
    Gender Female
    Birth Date 25 Apr 1767
    Birth Place Sharon
    Parent Thomas
    Parent Lucy
    Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

    Online, www.ancestry.com, Sharon [CT] Vital Records, page 331: TRACY, Lucy, d. Thomas & Lucy, b. Apr. 25, 1767. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  5. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, page 39.
  6. [S1125] Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-24, online https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCS5-YHZ : accessed 15 May 2013, Jesse Chapman and Lucy Tracy, 31 Dec 1791. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-24.
  7. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
    Page 379 (Handwritten): Intentions of Marriage, legally Published between Jesse Chapman & Lucy Tracy, both of Lenox.

    Record details
    Name Lucy Tracy
    Event Type Marriage
    Marriage Date 31 Dec 1791
    Marriage Place Lenox, Massachusetts
    Spouse Name Jesse Chapman
    Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  8. [S1623] 1855 New York State Census, online www.familysearch.org, 1855 New York State Census
    Name Margaret Shepherd [sic, Shepard]
    Age 62 years
    Birth Date 1793
    Relationship to Head of Household Head
    Event Type Census
    Event Date 1855
    Event Place Camillus, Onondaga, New York, United States
    Event Place (Original) E.D. 1, Cicero, Onondaga, New York, United States
    Line Number 12
    Page Number 15

    Margaret Shepherd's Parents and Siblings:
    Lucy Falcott [sic, Chapman], Mother, F, 88 - Perhaps confused with Lucy Talcott?

    Margaret Shepherd's Spouses and Children:
    Calvin Y Shepherd [sic, Shepard], Child, 20
    Eleanor Shepherd [sic, Shepard], Child, 26

    Cite This Record: "New York State Census, 1855", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QN-Y8W : Tue Oct 03 04:16:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Margaret Shepherd and Eleanor Shepherd, 1855. Hereinafter cited as 1855 New York State Census.
  9. [S705] 1790 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census
    Name: Lucy Tracy
    Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
    Free White Persons - Females: 3 [Lucy & ???]
    Number of All Other Free Persons: 1 [Apparently a male, under 16]
    Number of Household Members: 6.
  10. [S706] 1800 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census
    Name:     Jesse Chapman
    Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [John, Marcena & Thomas?]
    Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Jesse Chapman, 31]
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Margaret Almira]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 33]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
    Number of Household Members: 9

    1800 Mass Fedral Census (roll #13) Lenox, Berksh. Co., p. 209
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10 = 3
    under 10 = 1(Almira, age 7)
    10-16 = 1
    16-26 = 1
    26-45 = 1(Jesse)
    26-45= 1 (Lucy)
    45+ = 1.
  11. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
Family Explorer

Thomas Tracy1

M, #9780, b. 23 September 1724, d. May 1777

Parents

FatherDeacon Jedediah Tracy (b. 24 September 1692, d. 8 June 1779)
MotherMargaret Rix (b. circa 1700, d. 1 August 1727)
Pedigree Link

Family: Lucy Sprague (b. 28 July 1735, d. 28 July 1826)

DaughterElizabeth Tracy (b. 20 January 1755)
DaughterMargaret Tracy (b. 23 May 1759)
SonEbenezer Tracy (b. 5 November 1762)
DaughterHannah Tracy (b. 25 February 1765, d. 30 October 1841)
DaughterLucy Tracy+ (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
SonThomas Rix Tracy (b. 28 October 1770, d. 31 December 1841)
DaughterPhilinda Tracy (b. 8 September 1773)

Biography

Thomas Tracy was born on 23 September 1724 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.1,2,3,4,5

Thomas Tracy married Lucy Sprague, daughter of Ebenezer Sprague and Elizabeth Thatcher, on 28 February 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy.6,7,8,9,10

Thomas Tracy died at his home from smallpox contracted while he was in the Revolutionary army in May 1777 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at age 52. The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy joined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield [MA]. Died in 1776." The only other record that has come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporaneous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise day is not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the [Revolutionary] war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.1,2,11,12

Thomas Tracy was buried in at a desolate spot in the woods on the family farm, Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. There is centotaph in his memory at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, at Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts,in Section M1, Row D, Site 85:
In Memory of
Thomas
Tracy
PVT
Berkshire
County Militia
Rev War
Sep 3 1724
May 5 1777.11


He was a soldier in the French and Indian War. He was captured, taken to Montreal, escaped and finally made it back to the English settlements after a very difficult journey.13 Thomas Tracy lived in 1768 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.14

He was a Private in the Revolutionary War.

TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor #: A11596
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Vol. 22, page 120, State House, Boston, MA: Thomas Tracy was in a Richmond and Lenox company, under Major Rossiter, at Ticonderoga. Date of service, Feb. 23, 1777, to April 7, 1777.15,11 His DAR Ancestor Number is A11596.
Last Edited 19 May 2025

Citations

  1. [S1121] DAR Lineage - Elizabeth Marion Tracy, Elizabeth Marion Tracy - DAR ID No. 33389. Hereinafter cited as DAR Lineage - Elizabeth Marion Tracy.
  2. [S1117] Millennium File, online www.ancestry.com,
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 3 Sep 1724
    Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
    Death Date: May 1777
    Death Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
    Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1754
    Marriage Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Father: Jedidiah Tracy
    Mother: Margaret Rix
    Spouse: Lucy Sprague
    Children: Elizabeth Tracy
    Spouse Father: Ebenezer Sprague
    Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Thatcher
    Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
    Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Hereinafter cited as Millennium File.
  3. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Doubleday Bros. & Company, 1900), Online: www.ancestry.com, page 26. Hereinafter cited as Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts.
  4. [S1557] Guy S. Rix, compiler, History & Genealogy of the Rix Family of America (New York: The Grafton Prss, 1906), Online: www.ancestry.com, Pages 9 & 11-12. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Rix Family.
  5. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Findagrave.com

    PVT Thomas Tracy
    BIRTH 3 Sep 1724, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 5 May 1777 (aged 52), Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

    CENOTAPH Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    PLOT Section M1 Row D Site 85
    MEMORIAL ID 214598302

    Son of JEDEDIAH (Deacon) TRACY Sr 1692 – 1779 and first wife Margaret RIX, 1692 – 1727

    Married Lucy SPRAGUE 1735 – 1826 on 28 Feb 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; parents of:
    1. *Elizabeth TRACY 1755 – 1817 [married Daniel West]
    2. Ruth TRACY 1757 – 1851
    3. Margaret TRACY 1759 – 1795
    4. Ebenezer TRACY Sr 1762 – 1835
    5. Hannah TRACY 1765 – 1841
    6. Lucy TRACY 1767 –
    7. Thomas Rix TRACY 1770 – 1841
    8. Nabby Griswold TRACY 1772 – 1819
    9. Philinda TRACY 1773 – 1773
    * identified in findagrave

    "Thomas Tracy was the second son of Deacon Jedidiah and Margaret Rix Tracy. He was born at Preston, Conn 8 Sept 1724, per Preston Town Records.

    He married 28 Feb 1754 to Lucy Sprague according to Sharon, Conn. Town records. She was born 28 July 1735, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thatcher-Sprague of Lebanon, Conn. According to the Lebanon Town Records they had a daughter, Ruth born 15 May 1737. In 1768 Thomas Tracy came to Lenox, Mass, settling on a farm on East Street. He was then about 44 years of age, having passed his pioneer novitiate elsewhere. It is recorded that in 1758 he was admitted to Rev. Thomas Allen's church in Pittsfield, Mass. Then for a short time he seems to have been in Sharon, Conn. Coming to Lenox when he did he became, by dismissal from the church in Pittsfield, one of the foundation members of the Lenox Congregational Church. This statement is made by the Rev. Dr. Shepard in his "Semi-Centennial Sermon."
    He also says that the church, at the time of its organization, consisted of nine male members bearing the name of Tracy, plus others. The Lenox church records give evidence that its members occasionally strayed from the path of recititude, for they contain such notes as this: "Thomas Tracy made acknowledgement of intemperance before the church and congregation.

    Also received certificate from Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, saying that Thomas Tracy had there made christian satisfaction for some breaches of gospel rule, of which he had been guilty while a member with them. The same was accepted of this church." Thomas Tracy brought complaint against another church member for the same oence. Thomas Tracy's only recorded purchase of land in Lenox is listed as on 23 April 1768 for two tracts or parcells of land lying and being in the township of Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay. Also one piece containing 90 acres adjoining North on Quincy's grant East on the Highway, Southerly on Nathan Mead's Land; other peice contains 10 acres and is butted northerly on Jone's land." The earliest mention of Thomas Tracy in Lenox Town Records is in 1771, when at an annual town meeting, 14 Mar 1775, he was again tithingman and hog reeve.

    The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy. Meantime the revolutionary war had begun. Before the actual breaking out of hostilities the people of Berkshire, foreseeing what was coming, had, in the county Congress, held at Stockbridge 6 July 1774, adopted the solemn league and covenant. A firm determination was manifested not to import or consume English goods until Parliament had righted the wrongs to the colonists. The Non-Consumtion and Non-Importation Agreement adopted at Stockbridge was generally circulated through the county and presumably generally signed, but the only copy preserved, with the original signatures, is that signed in Lenox, dated 16 July 1774 and is now hanging in the Sedgwick
    Library inthat town. Among the signers of that agreement was Thomas Tracy. His patriotic zeal was recognized by his townsmen when in 1776 on March 12, he ws chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence.

    The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy jjoined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield. Died in 1776." The only other record that hs come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporareous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise dayis not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.

    The widow Lucy and the sons, Ebenezer and Thomas Rix Tracy seem to have stayed on the farm until about 1792, when Ebenezer moved to Lysle, N.Y. Thomas Rix Tracy and hismother seem to have remained until aobut 1796, when they also wen to the State of New York. The greater part of the original farm passed into the possession of ABner Smith who in 1799 sold it to Lemuel Stocking."

    TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
    Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
    Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
    Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 9
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61

    Looking to identify this cemetery; also "died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA"

    Family Members

    Parents
    Jedediah Tracy Sr, 1692–1779

    Spouse
    Lucy Sprague Tracy, 1735–1826

    Siblings
    Jedediah Tracy Jr, 1714–1766
    Sarah Tracy Crary, 1720–1805
    Simeon "Simon" Tracy Sr, 1733–1802
    Temperance Tracy Fobes, 1742–1807
    Benjamin Franklin Tracy, 1742–1804

    Children
    Elizabeth Tracy West, 1755–1817
    Hannah Tracy Grant, 1765–1841
    Thomas Rix Tracy, 1770–1841
    Nabby Griswold Tracy Kneeland, 1772–1819

    Maintained by: Dave McCarey
    Originally Created by: Steve Sawyer
    Added: Aug 19, 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 214598302

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214598302/thomas-tracy: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for PVT Thomas Tracy (3 Sep 1724–5 May 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214598302, citing Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave McCarey (contributor 47476196).




    . Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  6. [S1117] Millennium File, online www.ancestry.com, Name: Thomas Tracy
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 3 Sep 1724
    Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
    Death Date: May 1777
    Death Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
    Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1754
    Marriage Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Father: Jedidiah Tracy
    Mother: Margaret Rix
    Spouse: Lucy Sprague
    Children: Elizabeth Tracy
    Spouse Father: Ebenezer Sprague
    Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Thatcher
    Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
    Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
  7. [S982] Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection), online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/towns/sharon/sharon-vr-p8.htm, page 331: Tracy, Thomas*, m. Lucye Sprague, Feb. 28, 1754, by Mr. Scovil
    *("Thomas Frary" in Vam Alstyne's book). Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection.)
  8. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, page 26; online: www.ancestry.com.
  9. [S1562] Warren Vincent Sprague MD, Sprague Families in America (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Co., 1913), Online: www.ancestry.com, pages 28-29. Hereinafter cited as Sprague Families in America.
  10. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Findagrave.com

    PVT Thomas Tracy
    BIRTH 3 Sep 1724, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 5 May 1777 (aged 52), Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

    CENOTAPH Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    PLOT Section M1 Row D Site 85
    MEMORIAL ID 214598302

    Son of JEDEDIAH (Deacon) TRACY Sr 1692 – 1779 and first wife Margaret RIX, 1692 – 1727

    Married Lucy SPRAGUE 1735 – 1826 on 28 Feb 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; parents of:
    1. *Elizabeth TRACY 1755 – 1817 [married Daniel West]
    2. Ruth TRACY 1757 – 1851
    3. Margaret TRACY 1759 – 1795
    4. Ebenezer TRACY Sr 1762 – 1835
    5. Hannah TRACY 1765 – 1841
    6. Lucy TRACY 1767 –
    7. Thomas Rix TRACY 1770 – 1841
    8. Nabby Griswold TRACY 1772 – 1819
    9. Philinda TRACY 1773 – 1773
    * identified in findagrave

    "Thomas Tracy was the second son of Deacon Jedidiah and Margaret Rix Tracy. He was born at Preston, Conn 8 Sept 1724, per Preston Town Records.

    He married 28 Feb 1754 to Lucy Sprague according to Sharon, Conn. Town records. She was born 28 July 1735, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thatcher-Sprague of Lebanon, Conn. According to the Lebanon Town Records they had a daughter, Ruth born 15 May 1737. In 1768 Thomas Tracy came to Lenox, Mass, settling on a farm on East Street. He was then about 44 years of age, having passed his pioneer novitiate elsewhere. It is recorded that in 1758 he was admitted to Rev. Thomas Allen's church in Pittsfield, Mass. Then for a short time he seems to have been in Sharon, Conn. Coming to Lenox when he did he became, by dismissal from the church in Pittsfield, one of the foundation members of the Lenox Congregational Church. This statement is made by the Rev. Dr. Shepard in his "Semi-Centennial Sermon."
    He also says that the church, at the time of its organization, consisted of nine male members bearing the name of Tracy, plus others. The Lenox church records give evidence that its members occasionally strayed from the path of recititude, for they contain such notes as this: "Thomas Tracy made acknowledgement of intemperance before the church and congregation.

    Also received certificate from Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, saying that Thomas Tracy had there made christian satisfaction for some breaches of gospel rule, of which he had been guilty while a member with them. The same was accepted of this church." Thomas Tracy brought complaint against another church member for the same oence. Thomas Tracy's only recorded purchase of land in Lenox is listed as on 23 April 1768 for two tracts or parcells of land lying and being in the township of Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay. Also one piece containing 90 acres adjoining North on Quincy's grant East on the Highway, Southerly on Nathan Mead's Land; other peice contains 10 acres and is butted northerly on Jone's land." The earliest mention of Thomas Tracy in Lenox Town Records is in 1771, when at an annual town meeting, 14 Mar 1775, he was again tithingman and hog reeve.

    The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy. Meantime the revolutionary war had begun. Before the actual breaking out of hostilities the people of Berkshire, foreseeing what was coming, had, in the county Congress, held at Stockbridge 6 July 1774, adopted the solemn league and covenant. A firm determination was manifested not to import or consume English goods until Parliament had righted the wrongs to the colonists. The Non-Consumtion and Non-Importation Agreement adopted at Stockbridge was generally circulated through the county and presumably generally signed, but the only copy preserved, with the original signatures, is that signed in Lenox, dated 16 July 1774 and is now hanging in the Sedgwick
    Library inthat town. Among the signers of that agreement was Thomas Tracy. His patriotic zeal was recognized by his townsmen when in 1776 on March 12, he ws chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence.

    The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy jjoined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield. Died in 1776." The only other record that hs come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporareous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise dayis not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.

    The widow Lucy and the sons, Ebenezer and Thomas Rix Tracy seem to have stayed on the farm until about 1792, when Ebenezer moved to Lysle, N.Y. Thomas Rix Tracy and hismother seem to have remained until aobut 1796, when they also wen to the State of New York. The greater part of the original farm passed into the possession of ABner Smith who in 1799 sold it to Lemuel Stocking."

    TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
    Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
    Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
    Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 9
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61

    Looking to identify this cemetery; also "died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA"

    Family Members

    Parents
    Jedediah Tracy Sr, 1692–1779

    Spouse
    Lucy Sprague Tracy, 1735–1826

    Siblings
    Jedediah Tracy Jr, 1714–1766
    Sarah Tracy Crary, 1720–1805
    Simeon "Simon" Tracy Sr, 1733–1802
    Temperance Tracy Fobes, 1742–1807
    Benjamin Franklin Tracy, 1742–1804

    Children
    Elizabeth Tracy West, 1755–1817
    Hannah Tracy Grant, 1765–1841
    Thomas Rix Tracy, 1770–1841
    Nabby Griswold Tracy Kneeland, 1772–1819

    Maintained by: Dave McCarey
    Originally Created by: Steve Sawyer
    Added: Aug 19, 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 214598302

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214598302/thomas-tracy: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for PVT Thomas Tracy (3 Sep 1724–5 May 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214598302, citing Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave McCarey (contributor 47476196).


  11. [S1557] Guy S. Rix, Genealogy of the Rix Family, Online: www.ancestry.com, Pages 11-12.
  12. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Findagrave.com

    PVT Thomas Tracy
    BIRTH 3 Sep 1724, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 5 May 1777 (aged 52), Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

    CENOTAPH Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    PLOT Section M1 Row D Site 85
    MEMORIAL ID 214598302

    Son of JEDEDIAH (Deacon) TRACY Sr 1692 – 1779 and first wife Margaret RIX, 1692 – 1727

    Married Lucy SPRAGUE 1735 – 1826 on 28 Feb 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; parents of:
    1. *Elizabeth TRACY 1755 – 1817 [married Daniel West]
    2. Ruth TRACY 1757 – 1851
    3. Margaret TRACY 1759 – 1795
    4. Ebenezer TRACY Sr 1762 – 1835
    5. Hannah TRACY 1765 – 1841
    6. Lucy TRACY 1767 –
    7. Thomas Rix TRACY 1770 – 1841
    8. Nabby Griswold TRACY 1772 – 1819
    9. Philinda TRACY 1773 – 1773
    * identified in findagrave

    "Thomas Tracy was the second son of Deacon Jedidiah and Margaret Rix Tracy. He was born at Preston, Conn 8 Sept 1724, per Preston Town Records.

    He married 28 Feb 1754 to Lucy Sprague according to Sharon, Conn. Town records. She was born 28 July 1735, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thatcher-Sprague of Lebanon, Conn. According to the Lebanon Town Records they had a daughter, Ruth born 15 May 1737. In 1768 Thomas Tracy came to Lenox, Mass, settling on a farm on East Street. He was then about 44 years of age, having passed his pioneer novitiate elsewhere. It is recorded that in 1758 he was admitted to Rev. Thomas Allen's church in Pittsfield, Mass. Then for a short time he seems to have been in Sharon, Conn. Coming to Lenox when he did he became, by dismissal from the church in Pittsfield, one of the foundation members of the Lenox Congregational Church. This statement is made by the Rev. Dr. Shepard in his "Semi-Centennial Sermon."
    He also says that the church, at the time of its organization, consisted of nine male members bearing the name of Tracy, plus others. The Lenox church records give evidence that its members occasionally strayed from the path of recititude, for they contain such notes as this: "Thomas Tracy made acknowledgement of intemperance before the church and congregation.

    Also received certificate from Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, saying that Thomas Tracy had there made christian satisfaction for some breaches of gospel rule, of which he had been guilty while a member with them. The same was accepted of this church." Thomas Tracy brought complaint against another church member for the same oence. Thomas Tracy's only recorded purchase of land in Lenox is listed as on 23 April 1768 for two tracts or parcells of land lying and being in the township of Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay. Also one piece containing 90 acres adjoining North on Quincy's grant East on the Highway, Southerly on Nathan Mead's Land; other peice contains 10 acres and is butted northerly on Jone's land." The earliest mention of Thomas Tracy in Lenox Town Records is in 1771, when at an annual town meeting, 14 Mar 1775, he was again tithingman and hog reeve.

    The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy. Meantime the revolutionary war had begun. Before the actual breaking out of hostilities the people of Berkshire, foreseeing what was coming, had, in the county Congress, held at Stockbridge 6 July 1774, adopted the solemn league and covenant. A firm determination was manifested not to import or consume English goods until Parliament had righted the wrongs to the colonists. The Non-Consumtion and Non-Importation Agreement adopted at Stockbridge was generally circulated through the county and presumably generally signed, but the only copy preserved, with the original signatures, is that signed in Lenox, dated 16 July 1774 and is now hanging in the Sedgwick
    Library inthat town. Among the signers of that agreement was Thomas Tracy. His patriotic zeal was recognized by his townsmen when in 1776 on March 12, he ws chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence.

    The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy jjoined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield. Died in 1776." The only other record that hs come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporareous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise dayis not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.

    The widow Lucy and the sons, Ebenezer and Thomas Rix Tracy seem to have stayed on the farm until about 1792, when Ebenezer moved to Lysle, N.Y. Thomas Rix Tracy and hismother seem to have remained until aobut 1796, when they also wen to the State of New York. The greater part of the original farm passed into the possession of ABner Smith who in 1799 sold it to Lemuel Stocking."

    TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
    Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
    Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
    Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 9
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61

    Looking to identify this cemetery; also "died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA"

    Family Members

    Parents
    Jedediah Tracy Sr, 1692–1779

    Spouse
    Lucy Sprague Tracy, 1735–1826

    Siblings
    Jedediah Tracy Jr, 1714–1766
    Sarah Tracy Crary, 1720–1805
    Simeon "Simon" Tracy Sr, 1733–1802
    Temperance Tracy Fobes, 1742–1807
    Benjamin Franklin Tracy, 1742–1804

    Children
    Elizabeth Tracy West, 1755–1817
    Hannah Tracy Grant, 1765–1841
    Thomas Rix Tracy, 1770–1841
    Nabby Griswold Tracy Kneeland, 1772–1819

    Maintained by: Dave McCarey
    Originally Created by: Steve Sawyer
    Added: Aug 19, 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 214598302

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214598302/thomas-tracy: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for PVT Thomas Tracy (3 Sep 1724–5 May 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214598302, citing Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave McCarey (contributor 47476196).
  13. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, Online: www.ancestry.com, page 29.
  14. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, Online: www.ancestry.com, page 27.
  15. [S871] Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Porter Printing Co., 1896), Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolutionary War
    Vol. 16, page 9 - Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.
Family Explorer

Lucy Sprague

F, #9781, b. 28 July 1735, d. 28 July 1826

Parents

FatherEbenezer Sprague (b. 12 December 1711, d. after 1771)
MotherElizabeth Thatcher (b. circa 1720, d. 28 February 1744)
Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas Tracy (b. 23 September 1724, d. May 1777)

DaughterElizabeth Tracy (b. 20 January 1755)
DaughterMargaret Tracy (b. 23 May 1759)
SonEbenezer Tracy (b. 5 November 1762)
DaughterHannah Tracy (b. 25 February 1765, d. 30 October 1841)
DaughterLucy Tracy+ (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
SonThomas Rix Tracy (b. 28 October 1770, d. 31 December 1841)
DaughterPhilinda Tracy (b. 8 September 1773)

Biography

Lucy Sprague was born on 28 July 1735 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.1,2,3,4

Lucy Sprague married Thomas Tracy, son of Deacon Jedediah Tracy and Margaret Rix, on 28 February 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy.5,6,7,3,8

Lucy Sprague died on 28 July 1826 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, at age 91.1 She was buried in Stover Cemetery, Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.9


Her husband, Thomas, died in May 1777 at his home from smallpox contracted while he was in the Revolutionary army in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at age 52, leaving her a widow. The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy joined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield [MA]. Died in 1776." The only other record that has come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporaneous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise day is not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the [Revolutionary] war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.10,11,12,13

Lucy Sprague lived circa 1796 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.14

Lucy Sprague died at the home of her son Thomas Rix Tracy on 6 March 1826 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York, at age 90.15
Last Edited 18 May 2025

Citations

  1. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Lucy Sprague Tracy
    Birth: Jul. 28, 1735
    Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
    Death: Jul. 28, 1826
    Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

    Lucy & her sons were very early settlers of the area, moving to Chenango & Broome Counties, NY, in 1793. Husband Thomas, was in the Revolutionary War, died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA

    Spouse: Thomas Tracy (1724 - 1777)
    Children:
    Hannah Tracy Grant (1765 - 1841)

    Burial: Stover Cemetery
    Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

    Created by: Susan Panetta
    Record added: Jan 01, 2003
    Find A Grave Memorial# 7048051. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1014] Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut,Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name Lucy Sprague
    Gender Female
    Birth Date 28 Jul 1735
    Birth Place Lebanon
    Parent Ebenezer
    Parent Elizabeth
    Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  3. [S1562] Warren Vincent Sprague MD, Sprague Families in America (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Co., 1913), Online: www.ancestry.com, pages 28-29. Hereinafter cited as Sprague Families in America.
  4. [S1493] Connecticut, Births & Christenings, 1649-1906 (FamilySearch), online www.FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
    Name Lucy Sprague
    Sex Female
    Father's Name Ebenezer Sprague
    Mother's Name Elizabeth
    Event Type Birth
    Event Date 28 Jul 1735
    Event Place Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
    Where The Record Is Found (Citation): "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F775-NHC : 7 January 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Lucy Sprague, 1735. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Births & Christenings, 1649-1906 (FamilySearch.)
  5. [S1117] Millennium File, online www.ancestry.com, Name: Thomas Tracy
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 3 Sep 1724
    Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
    Death Date: May 1777
    Death Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
    Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1754
    Marriage Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Father: Jedidiah Tracy
    Mother: Margaret Rix
    Spouse: Lucy Sprague
    Children: Elizabeth Tracy
    Spouse Father: Ebenezer Sprague
    Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Thatcher
    Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
    Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Hereinafter cited as Millennium File.
  6. [S982] Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection), online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/towns/sharon/sharon-vr-p8.htm, page 331: Tracy, Thomas*, m. Lucye Sprague, Feb. 28, 1754, by Mr. Scovil
    *("Thomas Frary" in Vam Alstyne's book). Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection.)
  7. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts (Kalamazoo, Michigan: Doubleday Bros. & Company, 1900), page 26; online: www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts.
  8. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Findagrave.com

    PVT Thomas Tracy
    BIRTH 3 Sep 1724, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 5 May 1777 (aged 52), Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

    CENOTAPH Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    PLOT Section M1 Row D Site 85
    MEMORIAL ID 214598302

    Son of JEDEDIAH (Deacon) TRACY Sr 1692 – 1779 and first wife Margaret RIX, 1692 – 1727

    Married Lucy SPRAGUE 1735 – 1826 on 28 Feb 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; parents of:
    1. *Elizabeth TRACY 1755 – 1817 [married Daniel West]
    2. Ruth TRACY 1757 – 1851
    3. Margaret TRACY 1759 – 1795
    4. Ebenezer TRACY Sr 1762 – 1835
    5. Hannah TRACY 1765 – 1841
    6. Lucy TRACY 1767 –
    7. Thomas Rix TRACY 1770 – 1841
    8. Nabby Griswold TRACY 1772 – 1819
    9. Philinda TRACY 1773 – 1773
    * identified in findagrave

    "Thomas Tracy was the second son of Deacon Jedidiah and Margaret Rix Tracy. He was born at Preston, Conn 8 Sept 1724, per Preston Town Records.

    He married 28 Feb 1754 to Lucy Sprague according to Sharon, Conn. Town records. She was born 28 July 1735, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thatcher-Sprague of Lebanon, Conn. According to the Lebanon Town Records they had a daughter, Ruth born 15 May 1737. In 1768 Thomas Tracy came to Lenox, Mass, settling on a farm on East Street. He was then about 44 years of age, having passed his pioneer novitiate elsewhere. It is recorded that in 1758 he was admitted to Rev. Thomas Allen's church in Pittsfield, Mass. Then for a short time he seems to have been in Sharon, Conn. Coming to Lenox when he did he became, by dismissal from the church in Pittsfield, one of the foundation members of the Lenox Congregational Church. This statement is made by the Rev. Dr. Shepard in his "Semi-Centennial Sermon."
    He also says that the church, at the time of its organization, consisted of nine male members bearing the name of Tracy, plus others. The Lenox church records give evidence that its members occasionally strayed from the path of recititude, for they contain such notes as this: "Thomas Tracy made acknowledgement of intemperance before the church and congregation.

    Also received certificate from Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, saying that Thomas Tracy had there made christian satisfaction for some breaches of gospel rule, of which he had been guilty while a member with them. The same was accepted of this church." Thomas Tracy brought complaint against another church member for the same oence. Thomas Tracy's only recorded purchase of land in Lenox is listed as on 23 April 1768 for two tracts or parcells of land lying and being in the township of Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay. Also one piece containing 90 acres adjoining North on Quincy's grant East on the Highway, Southerly on Nathan Mead's Land; other peice contains 10 acres and is butted northerly on Jone's land." The earliest mention of Thomas Tracy in Lenox Town Records is in 1771, when at an annual town meeting, 14 Mar 1775, he was again tithingman and hog reeve.

    The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy. Meantime the revolutionary war had begun. Before the actual breaking out of hostilities the people of Berkshire, foreseeing what was coming, had, in the county Congress, held at Stockbridge 6 July 1774, adopted the solemn league and covenant. A firm determination was manifested not to import or consume English goods until Parliament had righted the wrongs to the colonists. The Non-Consumtion and Non-Importation Agreement adopted at Stockbridge was generally circulated through the county and presumably generally signed, but the only copy preserved, with the original signatures, is that signed in Lenox, dated 16 July 1774 and is now hanging in the Sedgwick
    Library inthat town. Among the signers of that agreement was Thomas Tracy. His patriotic zeal was recognized by his townsmen when in 1776 on March 12, he ws chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence.

    The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy jjoined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield. Died in 1776." The only other record that hs come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporareous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise dayis not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.

    The widow Lucy and the sons, Ebenezer and Thomas Rix Tracy seem to have stayed on the farm until about 1792, when Ebenezer moved to Lysle, N.Y. Thomas Rix Tracy and hismother seem to have remained until aobut 1796, when they also wen to the State of New York. The greater part of the original farm passed into the possession of ABner Smith who in 1799 sold it to Lemuel Stocking."

    TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
    Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
    Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
    Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 9
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61

    Looking to identify this cemetery; also "died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA"

    Family Members

    Parents
    Jedediah Tracy Sr, 1692–1779

    Spouse
    Lucy Sprague Tracy, 1735–1826

    Siblings
    Jedediah Tracy Jr, 1714–1766
    Sarah Tracy Crary, 1720–1805
    Simeon "Simon" Tracy Sr, 1733–1802
    Temperance Tracy Fobes, 1742–1807
    Benjamin Franklin Tracy, 1742–1804

    Children
    Elizabeth Tracy West, 1755–1817
    Hannah Tracy Grant, 1765–1841
    Thomas Rix Tracy, 1770–1841
    Nabby Griswold Tracy Kneeland, 1772–1819

    Maintained by: Dave McCarey
    Originally Created by: Steve Sawyer
    Added: Aug 19, 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 214598302

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214598302/thomas-tracy: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for PVT Thomas Tracy (3 Sep 1724–5 May 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214598302, citing Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave McCarey (contributor 47476196).


  9. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Lucy Sprague Tracy
    Birth: Jul. 28, 1735
    Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
    Death: Jul. 28, 1826
    Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

    Lucy & her sons were very early settlers of the area, moving to Chenango & Broome Counties, NY, in 1793. Husband Thomas was in the Revolutionary War, died of smallpox & is interred on family farm in Lenox, MA

    Spouse: Thomas Tracy (1724 - 1777)
    Children:
    Hannah Tracy Grant (1765 - 1841)

    Burial: Stover Cemetery
    Smyrna, Chenango County, New York

    Created by: Susan Panetta
    Record added: Jan 01, 2003
    Find A Grave Memorial# 7048051.
  10. [S1121] DAR Lineage - Elizabeth Marion Tracy, Elizabeth Marion Tracy - DAR ID No. 33389. Hereinafter cited as DAR Lineage - Elizabeth Marion Tracy.
  11. [S1117] Millennium File, online www.ancestry.com,
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 3 Sep 1724
    Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
    Death Date: May 1777
    Death Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
    Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1754
    Marriage Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Father: Jedidiah Tracy
    Mother: Margaret Rix
    Spouse: Lucy Sprague
    Children: Elizabeth Tracy
    Spouse Father: Ebenezer Sprague
    Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Thatcher
    Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
    Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
  12. [S1557] Guy S. Rix, compiler, History & Genealogy of the Rix Family of America (New York: The Grafton Prss, 1906), Online: www.ancestry.com, Pages 11-12. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Rix Family.
  13. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Findagrave.com

    PVT Thomas Tracy
    BIRTH 3 Sep 1724, Preston, New London County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 5 May 1777 (aged 52), Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

    CENOTAPH Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    PLOT Section M1 Row D Site 85
    MEMORIAL ID 214598302

    Son of JEDEDIAH (Deacon) TRACY Sr 1692 – 1779 and first wife Margaret RIX, 1692 – 1727

    Married Lucy SPRAGUE 1735 – 1826 on 28 Feb 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; parents of:
    1. *Elizabeth TRACY 1755 – 1817 [married Daniel West]
    2. Ruth TRACY 1757 – 1851
    3. Margaret TRACY 1759 – 1795
    4. Ebenezer TRACY Sr 1762 – 1835
    5. Hannah TRACY 1765 – 1841
    6. Lucy TRACY 1767 –
    7. Thomas Rix TRACY 1770 – 1841
    8. Nabby Griswold TRACY 1772 – 1819
    9. Philinda TRACY 1773 – 1773
    * identified in findagrave

    "Thomas Tracy was the second son of Deacon Jedidiah and Margaret Rix Tracy. He was born at Preston, Conn 8 Sept 1724, per Preston Town Records.

    He married 28 Feb 1754 to Lucy Sprague according to Sharon, Conn. Town records. She was born 28 July 1735, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Thatcher-Sprague of Lebanon, Conn. According to the Lebanon Town Records they had a daughter, Ruth born 15 May 1737. In 1768 Thomas Tracy came to Lenox, Mass, settling on a farm on East Street. He was then about 44 years of age, having passed his pioneer novitiate elsewhere. It is recorded that in 1758 he was admitted to Rev. Thomas Allen's church in Pittsfield, Mass. Then for a short time he seems to have been in Sharon, Conn. Coming to Lenox when he did he became, by dismissal from the church in Pittsfield, one of the foundation members of the Lenox Congregational Church. This statement is made by the Rev. Dr. Shepard in his "Semi-Centennial Sermon."
    He also says that the church, at the time of its organization, consisted of nine male members bearing the name of Tracy, plus others. The Lenox church records give evidence that its members occasionally strayed from the path of recititude, for they contain such notes as this: "Thomas Tracy made acknowledgement of intemperance before the church and congregation.

    Also received certificate from Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, saying that Thomas Tracy had there made christian satisfaction for some breaches of gospel rule, of which he had been guilty while a member with them. The same was accepted of this church." Thomas Tracy brought complaint against another church member for the same oence. Thomas Tracy's only recorded purchase of land in Lenox is listed as on 23 April 1768 for two tracts or parcells of land lying and being in the township of Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay. Also one piece containing 90 acres adjoining North on Quincy's grant East on the Highway, Southerly on Nathan Mead's Land; other peice contains 10 acres and is butted northerly on Jone's land." The earliest mention of Thomas Tracy in Lenox Town Records is in 1771, when at an annual town meeting, 14 Mar 1775, he was again tithingman and hog reeve.

    The town records show the birth of two of his children: Thomas Rix Tracy son to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife b. 29 Oct 1770; Philinda Tracy, daughter to Thomas Tracy and Lucy his wife, born 8 Sept 1773. The church records show baptisms: 19 May 1771 baptized Thomas Rix Tracy son of Thomas Tracy; 19 Sept 1773 baptized Philinda, daughter of Thomas Tracy. Meantime the revolutionary war had begun. Before the actual breaking out of hostilities the people of Berkshire, foreseeing what was coming, had, in the county Congress, held at Stockbridge 6 July 1774, adopted the solemn league and covenant. A firm determination was manifested not to import or consume English goods until Parliament had righted the wrongs to the colonists. The Non-Consumtion and Non-Importation Agreement adopted at Stockbridge was generally circulated through the county and presumably generally signed, but the only copy preserved, with the original signatures, is that signed in Lenox, dated 16 July 1774 and is now hanging in the Sedgwick
    Library inthat town. Among the signers of that agreement was Thomas Tracy. His patriotic zeal was recognized by his townsmen when in 1776 on March 12, he ws chosen a member of the Committee of Correspondence.

    The Lenox town records fail to disclose the date of Thomas Tracy's death. The Congregational Church records have an entry that reads as follows: "Thomas Tracy jjoined in 1769 from church in Pittsfield. Died in 1776." The only other record that hs come to light is a memorandum in a ledger which belonged to Thomas Rix Tracy, son of Thomas, reading as follows: "Thomas Tracy, father of Thomas R Tracy, died May 1777 in Lenox Mass., aged 55 years." The ledger in which this entry was made was purchased in 1793 and the record is not a contemporareous one. It is evidently from memory, as the precise dayis not given. At the time of Thomas Tracy's death, probate business was practically suspended because of the war, so that it is not strange that his death date is missing.

    The widow Lucy and the sons, Ebenezer and Thomas Rix Tracy seem to have stayed on the farm until about 1792, when Ebenezer moved to Lysle, N.Y. Thomas Rix Tracy and hismother seem to have remained until aobut 1796, when they also wen to the State of New York. The greater part of the original farm passed into the possession of ABner Smith who in 1799 sold it to Lemuel Stocking."

    TRACY, THOMAS (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
    Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
    Birth: 9-3-1724 PRESTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT
    Death: 5- -1777 LENOX BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
    Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 16, P 9
    Service Description:
    1) CAPT AARON ROWLEY, MAJ DAVID ROSSETER2) BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA
    Residence 1) City: LENOX - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
    Spouse 1) LUCY SPRAGUE

    Buried per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Thomas Tracy
    Name: Thomas Tracy
    Cemetery: Lenox Cem
    Location: Lenox, Berkshire Co MA 61

    Looking to identify this cemetery; also "died of smallpox & interred on family farm in Lenox, MA"

    Family Members

    Parents
    Jedediah Tracy Sr, 1692–1779

    Spouse
    Lucy Sprague Tracy, 1735–1826

    Siblings
    Jedediah Tracy Jr, 1714–1766
    Sarah Tracy Crary, 1720–1805
    Simeon "Simon" Tracy Sr, 1733–1802
    Temperance Tracy Fobes, 1742–1807
    Benjamin Franklin Tracy, 1742–1804

    Children
    Elizabeth Tracy West, 1755–1817
    Hannah Tracy Grant, 1765–1841
    Thomas Rix Tracy, 1770–1841
    Nabby Griswold Tracy Kneeland, 1772–1819

    Maintained by: Dave McCarey
    Originally Created by: Steve Sawyer
    Added: Aug 19, 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial ID: 214598302

    Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214598302/thomas-tracy: accessed May 18, 2025), memorial page for PVT Thomas Tracy (3 Sep 1724–5 May 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214598302, citing Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dave McCarey (contributor 47476196).
  14. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, Online: www.ancestry.com, pages 31.
  15. [S1120] Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, Massachusetts, page 31.
Family Explorer

John Chapman II1

M, #9782, b. 3 April 1796, d. 1831

Parents

FatherJesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)
MotherLucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Chapman II was born on 3 April 1796.1,2

John Chapman II died in 1831 at age ~35.1
John Chapman II appeared on the census of 1800 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.3
Last Edited 14 March 2022

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, Page 408 (Handwritten): John Chapman, son to Jesse Chapman and his wife Lucy Chapman was Born April 3rd, 1796 [Lenox, MA]

    Name: John Chapman
    Birth Date: 3 Apr 1796
    Event Type: Birth
    Event City: Lenox
    Father Name: Jesse Chapman
    Mother Name: Lucy Chapman
    Source Citation: .
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  3. [S706] 1800 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census
    Name:     Jesse Chapman
    Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [John, Marcena & Thomas?]
    Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Jesse Chapman, 31]
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Margaret Almira]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 33]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
    Number of Household Members: 9

    1800 Mass Fedral Census (roll #13) Lenox, Berksh. Co., p. 209
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10 = 3
    under 10 = 1(Almira, age 7)
    10-16 = 1
    16-26 = 1
    26-45 = 1(Jesse)
    26-45= 1 (Lucy)
    45+ = 1.
Family Explorer

Thomas Chapman1

M, #9783, b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882

Parents

FatherJesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)
MotherLucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
Pedigree Link

Family: Lucy Rosetta Higley

SonHiram Chapman
SonBurr Nelson Chapman+ (b. February 1851, d. 18 November 1935)

Biography

Thomas Chapman was born on 6 May 1798 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.2

Thomas Chapman married Sophia Allis. They had five children.

Thomas Chapman married Lucy Rosetta Higley after 1837. They had 12 children.

Thomas Chapman died in 1882 at age ~84.1
Thomas Chapman appeared on the census of 1800 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.3 In about 1802, the family moved to a portion of Chanango County, New York, which later became Madison County. Thomas Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.4

His wife, Sophia, died in 1837, leaving him a widower.

Last Edited 19 September 2020

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Name:     Thomas Chapman
    Birth Date: 6 May 1798
    Event Type: Birth
    Event City: Lenox
    Father Name: Jesse Chapman
    Mother Name: Lucy. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  3. [S706] 1800 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census
    Name:     Jesse Chapman
    Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [John, Marcena & Thomas?]
    Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Jesse Chapman, 31]
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Margaret Almira]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 33]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
    Number of Household Members: 9

    1800 Mass Fedral Census (roll #13) Lenox, Berksh. Co., p. 209
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10 = 3
    under 10 = 1(Almira, age 7)
    10-16 = 1
    16-26 = 1
    26-45 = 1(Jesse)
    26-45= 1 (Lucy)
    45+ = 1.
  4. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
Family Explorer

Cyrus Yale Chapman1

M, #9784, b. circa 1800, d. 1831

Parents

FatherJesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)
MotherLucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Cyrus Yale Chapman was born circa 1800.1

Cyrus Yale Chapman died in 1831 at age ~31.1
Cyrus Yale Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.2
Last Edited 22 June 2011

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
Family Explorer

Hiram Chapman1

M, #9786, b. circa 1802

Parents

FatherJesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)
MotherLucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Hiram Chapman was born circa 1802.1
Hiram Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.2
Last Edited 22 June 2011

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
Family Explorer

William Chapman1

M, #9787, b. circa 1803

Parents

FatherJesse Chapman (b. 1769, d. 19 August 1819)
MotherLucy Tracy (b. 25 April 1767, d. after 1855)
Pedigree Link

Biography

William Chapman was born circa 1803.1
William Chapman appeared on the census of 1810 in the household of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Chapman in Sullivan, Madison County, New York.2
Last Edited 25 April 2013

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Giovo Halsey / Bodigoi Deziley Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S707] 1810 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name:     J Chapman
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Sullivan, Madison, New York
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 [Cyrus, Hiram & William]
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 [John & Thomas]
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [Jesse Chapman, 41]
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Lucy Tracy Chapman, 43]
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 [Jesse & Lucy Chapman]
    Number of Household Members: 7

    1810 Sullivan Co., NY census
    Jesse Chapman
    Males Females under 10=3
    26-45=1
    10-16=2
    26-45=1.
Family Explorer

Sophia Allis

F, #9788, d. 1837
Pedigree Link

Biography



Sophia Allis married Thomas Chapman, son of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Tracy. They had five children.

Sophia Allis died in 1837.
Last Edited 16 March 2014
Family Explorer

Lucy Rosetta Higley

F, #9789
Pedigree Link

Family: Thomas Chapman (b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882)

SonHiram Chapman
SonBurr Nelson Chapman+ (b. February 1851, d. 18 November 1935)

Biography



Lucy Rosetta Higley married Thomas Chapman, son of Jesse Chapman and Lucy Tracy, after 1837. They had 12 children.
Last Edited 22 June 2011
Family Explorer

Burr Nelson Chapman

M, #9790, b. February 1851, d. 18 November 1935

Parents

FatherThomas Chapman (b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882)
MotherLucy Rosetta Higley
Pedigree Link

Family: Alma Elinor Rowley (b. 14 November 1861, d. 3 November 1945)

DaughterAlva E. Chapman (b. February 1884)
DaughterMyrtle C. Chapman (b. April 1886)
DaughterHazel C. Chapman (b. March 1889)
SonWalter N. Chapman (b. May 1893)
DaughterIvy R. Chapman (b. August 1897)

Biography

Burr Nelson Chapman was born in February 1851 in Wisconsin.1

Burr Nelson Chapman married Alma Elinor Rowley, daughter of James W. Rowley and Jane Billings, circa 1881.1

Burr Nelson Chapman died on 18 November 1935 in Humboldt County, California, at age 84.
Burr Nelson Chapman lived in 1892 in Humboldt County, California.2

Burr Nelson Chapman appeared on the census of 1900 in Rohnerville, Humboldt County, California.1
Last Edited 16 March 2014

Citations

  1. [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com,
    Name: Burr N Chapman
    Age: 49
    Birth Date: Feb 1851
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1900: Rohnerville, Humboldt, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Alma Chapman
    Marriage Year: 1881
    Years Married: 19
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: New York
    Occupation:
    Household Members:
    Burr N Chapman, 49
    Alma Chapman, 38
    Alva E Chapman, 16
    Myrtle C Chapman, 14
    Hazel C Chapman, 11
    Walter N Chapman, 7
    Ivy R Chapman, 2
    Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Rohnerville, Humboldt, California; Roll: 87; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1240087.
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
    Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
  2. [S1170] California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898, online www.ancestry.com, California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898
    Name: Burr Nelson Chapman
    Residence Year: 1892
    Residence Place: Humboldt, California
    Age: 41
    Birth Year: abt 1851
    Source Citation: California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 15; FHL Roll Number: 976465.
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data: Great Registers, 1866–1898. Microfilm, 185 rolls. California State Library, Sacramento, California. Hereinafter cited as California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898.
Family Explorer

Alma Elinor Rowley

F, #9791, b. 14 November 1861, d. 3 November 1945

Parents

FatherJames W. Rowley
MotherJane Billings
Pedigree Link

Family: Burr Nelson Chapman (b. February 1851, d. 18 November 1935)

DaughterAlva E. Chapman (b. February 1884)
DaughterMyrtle C. Chapman (b. April 1886)
DaughterHazel C. Chapman (b. March 1889)
SonWalter N. Chapman (b. May 1893)
DaughterIvy R. Chapman (b. August 1897)

Biography

Alma Elinor Rowley was born on 14 November 1861 in Iowa.1,2

Alma Elinor Rowley married Burr Nelson Chapman, son of Thomas Chapman and Lucy Rosetta Higley, circa 1881.1

Alma Elinor Rowley died on 3 November 1945 in Humboldt County, California, at age 83.2
Last Edited 16 March 2014

Citations

  1. [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com,
    Name: Burr N Chapman
    Age: 49
    Birth Date: Feb 1851
    Birthplace: Wisconsin
    Home in 1900: Rohnerville, Humboldt, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Alma Chapman
    Marriage Year: 1881
    Years Married: 19
    Father's Birthplace: New York
    Mother's Birthplace: New York
    Occupation:
    Household Members:
    Burr N Chapman, 49
    Alma Chapman, 38
    Alva E Chapman, 16
    Myrtle C Chapman, 14
    Hazel C Chapman, 11
    Walter N Chapman, 7
    Ivy R Chapman, 2
    Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Rohnerville, Humboldt, California; Roll: 87; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1240087.
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
    Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
  2. [S366] California Death Index, 1940-97, online www.ancestry.com,
    Name: Alma E Chapman
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 14 Nov 1861
    Birth Place: Iowa
    Death Date: 3 Aug 1945
    Death Place: Humboldt
    Mother's Maiden Name: Rowley
    Father's Surname: Chapman
    Source Citation: Place: Humboldt; Date: 3 Aug 1945.
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
    Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
Family Explorer

James W. Rowley

M, #9792
Pedigree Link

Family: Jane Billings

DaughterMargaret Jane Rowley
DaughterAlma Elinor Rowley+ (b. 14 November 1861, d. 3 November 1945)

Biography



James W. Rowley married Jane Billings.
Last Edited 10 May 2025
Family Explorer

Jane Billings

F, #9793
Pedigree Link

Family: James W. Rowley

DaughterMargaret Jane Rowley
DaughterAlma Elinor Rowley+ (b. 14 November 1861, d. 3 November 1945)

Biography



Jane Billings married James W. Rowley.
Last Edited 22 June 2011
Family Explorer

Hiram Chapman

M, #9795

Parents

FatherThomas Chapman (b. 6 May 1798, d. 1882)
MotherLucy Rosetta Higley
Pedigree Link

Biography

Hiram Chapman was born.

Hiram Chapman married Margaret Jane Rowley, daughter of James W. Rowley and Jane Billings.
Last Edited 16 March 2014
Family Explorer

Peletiah Chapman, Sr.

M, #9796, b. circa 1731, d. 14 February 1759

Parents

FatherObadiah Chapman (b. 1691, d. 1761)
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary White (b. 4 April 1731, d. 18 October 1810)

SonJohn Chapman, Sr.+ (b. 12 May 1751, d. 1814)
SonPeletiah Chapman, Jr.+ (b. 10 July 1753)
SonWilliam Chapman (b. 6 December 1755)
DaughterSarah Chapman (b. 21 January 1758)

Biography

Peletiah Chapman, Sr., was born circa 1731.1,2

Peletiah Chapman, Sr., married Mary White, daughter of George White, Sr., and Sarah Bumpus, on 10 May 1750 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.3,4,5,6

Peletiah Chapman, Sr., died on 14 February 1759 in Litchfiled, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age ~28.7,2,8,9,10 He was buried in Boland Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut,

.11,12


He was a drummer in the French and Indian War. who served at the time of alarm for relief of Ft. Willm. Henery and parts adjacent in August 1757.13,14

Peletiah Chapman, Sr., left a will dated 8 February 1758 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Will dated 8 Feb. 1758, witnessed by Irena Chapman (her mark), George White [Peletiah's wife Mary's father], and Thos. Young, proved 3 April 1758 [sic, 1759?] by George White and Mary Chapman [widow], Executors; Thomas Crippen, also nominated, refused trust as Executor. The will gave to wife Mary the homelot until the second son Peletiah [Jr.] comes to age 21; to eldest son John, land; to second son Peletiah [Jr.], the homelot, he to pay my daughter Sara L15 at age of 18, and to maintain my wife through widowhood; to third son William, land; Executors, my said wife, my father-in-law George White, and Lieut. Thomas Crippen. Inventory taken by Nathaniel Richards, Josiah Strong, and Thomas Crippen, exhibited at same Court. George White of Sharon appointed guardian, 9 January 1759, to the following children:
John - age 7 - 12 May last [1758]
Peletiah [Jr.] - age 5 - 10 July last
William - age 3 - 6 December last
Sarah - born 21 January last [1758]

This Will reflects a sad story. Note that he had just fathered a baby girl in January 1758, and had to write the will in February 1758, apparently knowing he was dying at the young age of 28 and that his wife would be left with four little children. This man seems to be fairly wealthy for a young man.15,16 The inventory of his estate was taken on 9 January 1759. Inventory by Nathll Richards, Josiah Strong, Thomas Crippen 9. George White appt. guardian same day to: John Chapman age 7 last 12 May; Pellatiah age 5 last 10 July; William age 3 last 6 Dec.; Sarah born last 21 Jan (pages 25-27.) Peletiah's will was proved on on 3 April 1759 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.1517
Last Edited 19 March 2022

Citations

  1. [S946] Ezra S. Stearns American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (New York: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), Peletiah Chapman. Hereinafter cited as American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI).
  2. [S1110] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
    Name:     Peletiah Chapman
    Birth Date: abt 1731
    Age at Death: 28
    Death Date: 14 Feb 1759
    Death Place: Connecticut
    Burial Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Gender: Male
    FHL Film Number: 3361
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.
  3. [S982] Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection), online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/towns/sharon/sharon-vr-p8.htm, WHITE, Mary, m Peletiah CHAPMAN, May 10, 1750, by John Williams. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection.)
  4. [S785] Lucious Barnes Barbour, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name: Peletiah Chapman
    Marriage Date: 10 May 1750
    Marriage Location: Sharon [CT]
    Spouse: Mary White
    [Source: WHITE, Mary, m Peletiah CHAPMAN, May 10, 1750, by John Williams]
    The Barbour Collection, Vol. 38 (Sharon Vital Reocrds), pages 212 & 349, Vol. LR3, page 261. Hereinafter cited as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55.
  5. [S1111] Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name:     Mary White
    Marriage Date: 10 May 1750
    Marriage Location: Sharon [CT]
    Spouse: Peletiah Chapman


    . Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  6. [S1099] Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts (San Diego, CA: Ethel Glen White, 1971), page 3. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts.
  7. [S983] Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, Amenia and North East, New York, online www.Ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut.
  8. [S1112] General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. (Amenia, NY: Charles Walsh, Printer & Publisher, 1898), page 118. Hereinafter cited as History of the Town of Sharon, CT.
  9. [S1113] The Chapman Family, or the Descendants of Robert Chapman, one of the First Settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. (Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany & Company, 1854), page 274. Hereinafter cited as The Chapman Family, or the Descendants of Robert Chapman.
  10. [S1203] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
    Name Peletiah Chapman
    Birth Date 1731
    Death Date 14 Feb 1759
    Age at Death 28
    Burial Place Connecticut
    Typed: Boland Cemetery, Chapman, Peletiah, died Feb. 14, 17559, age 28 yrs.
    Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.
  11. [S983] Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, online www.Ancestry.com, The Boland District Burying Ground, page 69

    Sharon, Connecticut, Burying Grounds
    Cemetery: Boland District Burying Ground
    Name: Peletiah Chapman
    Death Date: 14 Feb 1759
    Age: 28th yr.
    Inscription: Chapman, Peletiah, died Feb. 14, 1759, in his 28th yr.
  12. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Peletiah Chapman
    Birth: unknown
    Death: Feb. 14, 1759
    in his 28th yr
    Burial: Boland Cemetery
    Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut

    Created by: Jan Franco
    Record added: Sep 22, 2007
    Find A Grave Memorial# 21706634. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  13. [S946] Ezra S. Stearns American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    Name: Peletiah Chapman
    Birth Date: 1730
    Birthplace: Connecticut
    Volume: 27, Page Number: 80
    Reference: Rolls of Ct. Men in the French and Indian War. Ed. By Albert C. Bates. Hartford, Ct, 1903, 1905. (2v.):9:217.
  14. [S1097] Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62
    , online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62
    Given Name: Peletiah Surname: Chapman
    Page #: 217
    Rank: Drummer
    Regiment: Marsh's Regt.Command: Marsh, Ebenezer Col.
    Company: Nobles' Co.Command: Nobles, Daniel Capt.
    Comments: Service at time of alarm for relief of Ft.William Henry and parts adjacent August 8-23,1757. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62.
  15. [S1114] Mrs. Sarah A.W. Burr, "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vol. 10 (1933): pages 173-4: Will dated 8 Feb. 1758, witnessed by Irena Chapman (her mark), George White [Peletiah's wife Mary's father], and Thos. Young, proved 3 April 1758 [sic, 1759?] by George White and Mary Chapman [widow], Executors; Thomas Crippen, also nominated, refused trust as Executor. The will gave to wife Mary the homelot until the second son Peletiah [Jr.] comes to age 21; to eldest son John, land; to second son Peletiah [Jr.], the homelot, he to pay my daughter Sara L15 at age of 18, and to maintain my wife through widowhood; to third son William, land; Executors, my said wife, my father-in-law George White, and Lieut. Thomas Crippen. Inventory taken by Nathaniel Richards, Josiah Strong, and Thomas Crippen, exhibited at same Court. George White of Sharon appointed guardian, 9 January 1759, to the following children:
    John - age 7 - 12 May last [1758]
    Peletiah [Jr.] - age 5 - 10 July last
    William - age 3 - 6 December last
    Sarah - born 21 January last. Hereinafter cited as "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records."
  16. [S1243] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
    Name Pellatick [sic] Chapman
    Will Date 30 [8] Feb 1758
    Probate Date 18 Feb 1758 [1759?]
    Probate Place Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
    Inferred Death Year 1758 [1759?]
    Inferred Death Place Connecticut, USA
    Item Description Probate Records, Vol B2-E5, 1757-1783
    Others Listed
    Name Relationship
    Pellatick Chapman
    Sarah J. Chapman Daughter
    Mary Chapman Wife
    George White Father-in-law
    Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999.
  17. [S1099] Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts.
Family Explorer

Mary White

F, #9797, b. 4 April 1731, d. 18 October 1810

Parents

FatherGeorge White, Sr. (b. circa 1700, d. circa 1788)
MotherSarah Bumpus (b. 12 May 1701, d. circa 1788)
Pedigree Link

Family: Peletiah Chapman, Sr., (b. circa 1731, d. 14 February 1759)

SonJohn Chapman, Sr.+ (b. 12 May 1751, d. 1814)
SonPeletiah Chapman, Jr.+ (b. 10 July 1753)
SonWilliam Chapman (b. 6 December 1755)
DaughterSarah Chapman (b. 21 January 1758)

Biography

Mary White was born on 4 April 1731 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Province of Massachuetts Bay, British Colonial America.1,2,3,4

Mary White married Peletiah Chapman, Sr., son of Obadiah Chapman, on 10 May 1750 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.5,6,7,8

Mary White married Dr. Ashbel Goodrich between 1759 and 1761.8,9,10,10

Mary White died on 18 October 1810 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age 79.11,12 She was buried in Boland Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.13,14


Her husband, Peletiah, died on 14 February 1759 in Litchfiled, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age ~28, leaving her a widow.15,16,9,10,17

Mary White witnessed the Will Proved of Peletiah Chapman, Sr., on 3 April 1759 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.18

Will [of Peletiah Chapman] dated 8 Feb. 1758, witnessed by Irena Chapman (her mark), George White [Peletiah's wife Mary's father], and Thos. Young, proved 3 April 1758 [sic, 1759?] by George White and Mary Chapman [his widow], Executors; Thomas Crippen, also nominated, refused trust as Executor. The will gave to wife Mary the homelot until the second son Peletiah [Jr.] comes to age 21; to eldest son John, land; to second son Peletiah [Jr.], the homelot, he to pay my daughter Sara L15 at age of 18, and to maintain my wife through widowhood; to third son William, land; Executors, my said wife [Mary], my father-in-law George White, and Lieut. Thomas Crippen. Inventory taken by Nathaniel Richards, Josiah Strong, and Thomas Crippen, exhibited at same Court. George White of Sharon appointed guardian, 9 January 1759, to the following children:
John - age 7 - 12 May last [1758]
Peletiah [Jr.] - age 5 - 10 July last
William - age 3 - 6 December last
Sarah - born 21 January last
Source: Sharon, CT, Probate Records, pages 173-4.19





Her husband, Ashbel, died on 19 March 1761 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age ~26, leaving her a widow.2021

Last Edited 19 March 2022

Citations

  1. [S1105] Robert Bartlett of the "Anne" and His Descendants for Four Generations (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), page 64. Hereinafter cited as Robert Bartlett of the "Anne".
  2. [S1109] Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of Geoerge Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Volumes 1 & 2 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992), Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, page 430
    Name:     Mary White
    Birth Date: 4 Apr 1731
    Relationship: Child
    Father: George White
    Mother: Sarah Bumpas
    Household Members:
    George White - Self (Head)
    Sarah Bumpas - Wife
    John White - Child
    Mary White - Child
    George White - Child
    Archilius White - Child
    Eleanor White - Child. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Births and Deaths.
  3. [S1106] Mayflower Families, Volume 18 - Family of Richard Warren (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descedants, 1999 (Part I), 2011 (Part II)), Part II, page 30. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families, Volume 18 - Family of Richard Warren.
  4. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Name:     Mary White
    Birth Date: 4 Apr 1731
    Event Type: Birth
    Event City: Rochester [MA]
    Father Name: George White
    Mother Name: Sary


    . Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  5. [S982] Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection), online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/towns/sharon/sharon-vr-p8.htm, WHITE, Mary, m Peletiah CHAPMAN, May 10, 1750, by John Williams. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Sharon, CT, from1739 to 1855 (Barbour Collection.)
  6. [S785] Lucious Barnes Barbour, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name: Peletiah Chapman
    Marriage Date: 10 May 1750
    Marriage Location: Sharon [CT]
    Spouse: Mary White
    [Source: WHITE, Mary, m Peletiah CHAPMAN, May 10, 1750, by John Williams]
    The Barbour Collection, Vol. 38 (Sharon Vital Reocrds), pages 212 & 349, Vol. LR3, page 261. Hereinafter cited as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55.
  7. [S1111] Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Name:     Mary White
    Marriage Date: 10 May 1750
    Marriage Location: Sharon [CT]
    Spouse: Peletiah Chapman


    . Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  8. [S1099] Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts (San Diego, CA: Ethel Glen White, 1971), page 3. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts.
  9. [S1112] General History of the Town of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. (Amenia, NY: Charles Walsh, Printer & Publisher, 1898), page 118. Hereinafter cited as History of the Town of Sharon, CT.
  10. [S1113] The Chapman Family, or the Descendants of Robert Chapman, one of the First Settlers of Say-Brook, Conn. (Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany & Company, 1854), page 274. Hereinafter cited as The Chapman Family, or the Descendants of Robert Chapman.
  11. [S983] Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, Amenia and North East, New York, online www.Ancestry.com, CHAPMAN, Mary, wife of Pelitiah [sic], d. Oct. 18,1810, age 78

    Cemetery: Boland District Burying Ground
    Name: Mary Chapman
    Death Date: 18 Oct 1810
    Age: 78
    Relative: wif:Pelitiah Chapman
    Inscription: Chapman, Mary, wife of Pelitiah, died Oct. 18, 1810, ae. 78. Hereinafter cited as Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut.
  12. [S1110] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
    Name:     Mary Chapman
    Birth Date: abt 1732
    Age at Death: 78
    Death Date: 18 Oct 1810
    Death Place: Connecticut
    Burial Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Gender: Female
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse: Peletiah
    FHL Film Number: 3361
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.
  13. [S983] Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, online www.Ancestry.com, Cemetery: Boland District Burying Ground
    Name: Mary Chapman
    Death Date: 18 Oct 1810
    Age: 78
    Relative: wife: Pelitiah [sic] Chapman
    Inscription: Chapman, Mary, wife of Pelitiah [sic], died Oct. 18, 1810, ae. 78.
  14. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Mary Chapman
    Birth: unknown
    Death: Oct. 18, 1810
    wife of Pelitiah Chapman
    ae 78
    Burial: Boland Cemetery
    Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut
    Created by: Jan Franco
    Record added: Sep 22, 2007
    Find A Grave Memorial# 21706629. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  15. [S983] Burying grounds of Sharon, Connecticut, online www.Ancestry.com.
  16. [S1110] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
    Name:     Peletiah Chapman
    Birth Date: abt 1731
    Age at Death: 28
    Death Date: 14 Feb 1759
    Death Place: Connecticut
    Burial Place: Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
    Gender: Male
    FHL Film Number: 3361
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
  17. [S1203] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, online www.ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
    Name Peletiah Chapman
    Birth Date 1731
    Death Date 14 Feb 1759
    Age at Death 28
    Burial Place Connecticut
    Typed: Boland Cemetery, Chapman, Peletiah, died Feb. 14, 17559, age 28 yrs.
    Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934.
  18. [S1114] Mrs. Sarah A.W. Burr, "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vol. 10 (1933): pages 173-4: Will dated 8 Feb. 1758, witnessed by Irena Chapman (her mark), George White [Peletiah's wife Mary's father], and Thos. Young, proved 3 April 1758 [sic, 1759?] by George White and Mary Chapman [widow], Executors; Thomas Crippen, also nominated, refused trust as Executor. The will gave to wife Mary the homelot until the second son Peletiah [Jr.] comes to age 21; to eldest son John, land; to second son Peletiah [Jr.], the homelot, he to pay my daughter Sara L15 at age of 18, and to maintain my wife through widowhood; to third son William, land; Executors, my said wife, my father-in-law George White, and Lieut. Thomas Crippen. Inventory taken by Nathaniel Richards, Josiah Strong, and Thomas Crippen, exhibited at same Court. George White of Sharon appointed guardian, 9 January 1759, to the following children:
    John - age 7 - 12 May last [1758]
    Peletiah [Jr.] - age 5 - 10 July last
    William - age 3 - 6 December last
    Sarah - born 21 January last. Hereinafter cited as "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records."
  19. [S1114] Mrs. Sarah A.W. Burr, "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records", pages 173-4.
  20. [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Dr Ashbel Goodrich
    Birth: unknown
    Death: Mar. 10, 1761
    Inscription: in his 27th yr
    Burial: Boland Cemetery
    Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut
    Created by: Jan Franco
    Record added: Sep 25, 2007
    Find A Grave Memorial# 21763287.
  21. [S1099] Descendants of George White of Rochester, Massachusetts.
Family Explorer

Rachel Jackson1

F, #9798, b. 25 July 1752, d. 5 November 1781

Parents

FatherJoshua Jackson, Sr. (b. 12 January 1720/21, d. 1757)
MotherIrene???
Pedigree Link

Family: John Chapman, Sr., (b. 12 May 1751, d. 1814)

DaughterSarah Chapman (b. 20 February 1774, d. 1840)
SonAshbel Chapman (b. 20 May 1775, d. 25 June 1865)
DaughterMary Chapman (b. 6 August 1777, d. 1824)
SonJohn Chapman, Jr. (b. 12 August 1779)
SonInfant son Chapman (b. 5 November 1781, d. 5 November 1781)

Biography

Rachel Jackson was born on 25 July 1752 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.2,3,4,5

Rachel Jackson married John Chapman, Sr., son of Peletiah Chapman, Sr., and Mary White, on 23 September 1770 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.6,7,8,9 Rachel died on 5 November 1781, in childbirth of a son who also died the same day in New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at age 29.10


CAVEAT: Several online websites claim that Jesse Chapman's parents were John Chapman, Sr. - #1715 (1751-1814) and Rachel Jackson - #9798 (1752-1781), but apparently there are not any sources that support that claim.
Last Edited 19 March 2022

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Silva Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1126] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), online www.americanancesotrs.org, Volume: Sharon, CT - page 67: Jakcson, Rachel, d. Joshua & Eirene, b. July 25, 1752, Vol. LR3, page 102. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection.)
  3. [S1014] Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Barbour Collection, page 266: Jakcson, Rachel, d. Joshua & Eirene, b. July 25, 1752, Vol. LR3, page 103. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  4. [S1132] Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut - A Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the town of Sharon, Conn. from 1721 to 1879 taken from Ancient Land and Church Records and other Authentic Sources (Sharon, Connecticut: unknown publisher, 1897), Page 74 - JACKSON, Rachel, d. of Joshua and Irene, b. July 25, 1752. Hereinafter cited as Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut.
  5. [S1114] Mrs. Sarah A.W. Burr, "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vol. 10 (1933): pages 170-1 & 174; "Rachel, age 5, last July [1757]". Hereinafter cited as "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records."
  6. [S1021] New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s, online www.ancestry.com, New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s
    Name: Rachel Jackson
    Spouse Name: John Chapman
    Marriage Date: 1770
    Marriage Place: Amenia, Dutchess, New York
    Marriage ID: 45 0000540
    Other Comments: On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1902, selected extracts
    Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
    Publication Place: New York, NY
    Page: 48. Hereinafter cited as New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s.
  7. [S1124] William A. Eardeley, "Marriage Records of Amenia, New York", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volume XXXIII (January 1902): Page 48: Sept. 23, 1770 - John Chapman and Rachel Jackson. Hereinafter cited as "Marriage Records of Amenia, New York."
  8. [S1137] Frank J. Doherty Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York (Pleasant Valley, NY: unknown publisher, 1995), Vol. III, page 364. Hereinafter cited as Settlers of the Beekman Patent.
  9. [S1535] New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s
    , online www.Ancestry.com, New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s
    Name John Chapman
    Spouse Name Rachel Jackson
    Marriage Date 1770
    Marriage Place Amenia, Dutchess, New York
    Marriage ID 45 0000540
    Other Comments On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1902, selected extracts
    Publisher New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
    Publication Place New York, NY
    Page 48
    Source: Ancestry.com. New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Hereinafter cited as New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s.
  10. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Name:     Rachel Chapman [First wife of John Chapman]
    Event Type: Death
    Death Date: 5 Nov 1781
    Death Place: New Marlborough, Massachusetts


    . Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
Family Explorer

Joshua Jackson, Sr.1

M, #9799, b. 12 January 1720/21, d. 1757

Parents

FatherEbenezer Jackson, Sr. (b. 16 October 1698, d. 17 June 1766)
MotherEsther Abbott (b. circa 1686, d. 1749)
Pedigree Link

Family: Irene???

DaughterIrene Jackson (b. 8 November 1747)
SonJoshua Jackson, Jr. (b. 1 April 1749)
DaughterMary Jackson (b. 1 February 1751)
DaughterRachel Jackson+ (b. 25 July 1752, d. 5 November 1781)
SonSelah Jackson (b. June 1754)
DaughterJoanna Jackson (b. February 1756)
SonHeber Jackson (b. September 1757)

Biography

Joshua Jackson, Sr., was born on 12 January 1720/21 in Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, British Colonial America.1,2

Joshua Jackson, Sr., married Irene???.3

Joshua Jackson, Sr., died in 1757 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, at age ~36.4 His estate was probated on 29 December 1775

Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records
Estate of Joshua Jackson of Sharon (33 3-5). Administration granted 29 Dec 1757 to Ebenezer Jackson [Jr., probably his brother] and Erana [sic, Irene, his widow] Jackson. Inventory taken 20 Dec 1757 by Caleb Jewet, John Gray and David Foster, exhibited 14 Feb 1758; included land and buildings and five acres at Ousatannak River. Allowance made to widow. Ebenezer Jackson to be guardian to the children of the deceased:
Irene age 10 19 Nov last [1757]
Joshua age 8 May last
Mary age 7 this instant Feb
Rachel age 5 last July
Salla, son, 3 last June
Joanna, 2 this instant Feb
Heber born last Sep

Irene Jackson, widow of Joshua, requests Dower, 11 September, 1759. Allan Curtiss and Jehiel Pardee appointed to set it out.

Public records of the Colony of CT:
1758 - Upon the memorial of Ebenezer Jackson, of Sharon in the Co of Litchfield, administrator of the estate of Joshua Jackson late of said Sharon, deceased, shewing to this assembly that the debts due from said deceased with what was allowed to the widow by the court of probate for the district of Sharon for necessary subsistance surmount the personal estate of said deceased 42 pounds 8 shillings 73/4 d. and praying for liberty to sell lands of the said deceased for the payment of the same with cost of sale: Resolved by this assembly that the memorialist have liberty to sell lands of the said Joshua Jackson, deceased, as to procure the sum of 42 pounds 8 shillings 73/4 d. with the incident charges arising on said sale; taking the direction of the court of Probate in the district of Sharon therein.4
Last Edited 6 March 2022

Citations

  1. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Silva Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1133] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield [CT] (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1930-32, 1976, 1991 Reprinted 2007), page 326. Hereinafter cited as Families of Old Fairfield [CT].
  3. [S1014] Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), online www.ancestry.com, Barbour Collection, page 266: Jakcson, Rachel, d. Joshua & Eirene, b. July 25, 1752, Vol. LR3, page 103. Hereinafter cited as Connecticut Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Barbour Collection.)
  4. [S1114] Mrs. Sarah A.W. Burr, "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records", The American Genealogist Vol. 10 (1933): pages 170-1 & 174. Hereinafter cited as "Sharon (Conn.) Probate Records."
Family Explorer

Sarah Chapman

F, #9800, b. 20 February 1774, d. 1840

Parents

FatherJohn Chapman, Sr. (b. 12 May 1751, d. 1814)
MotherRachel Jackson (b. 25 July 1752, d. 5 November 1781)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sarah Chapman was born on 20 February 1774 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.1

Sarah Chapman died in 1840 at age ~66.2
Last Edited 20 November 2013

Citations

  1. [S1040] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Name:     Sarah Chapman
    Birth Date: 20 Feb 1774
    Event Type: Birth
    Event City: New Marlborough [sic, actually Sharon, CT, in record]
    Father Name: John Chapman
    Mother Name: Rachel Chapman. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  2. [S972] Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree, Silva Family Tree. Hereinafter cited as Family Group Sheet - Ancestry.com.
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