Joshua B. CHAFFEE

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He was a farmer, and moved to Sharon from Mansfield, in 1755, shortly after his marriage. April 20, 1757, Matthew St. John of Sharon sold "for love, good will and affection" to his daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, Joshua, twelve acres of land in that town, and April 18, 1758, he sold to Joshua for L75, thirteen acres more there. Joshua sold to Ebenezer Smith, Jr., of Woodstock, Conn., for L12, 10s., two acres of orchard land in the latter town, January 7, 1763. He also bought and sold other pieces of land there. His name appears as one of the company of householders from Sharon, on a roll of Captain Eliphalet Holmes' company of minute men of East Haddam, raised in may, 1776, by order of the "Capt. General." (Connecticut Men in the Revolution). He was made a Freeman in Sharon, October 16, 1777. He made his will February 14, 1787, and in it names as his heirs, his wife Mary, sons oel, Matthew and Joshua Bignall, his daughters Betty, Mary Lucy, Vinie, Olive, Lettice and Julia, his son Joel being made executor. He and his wife are buried in Ellsworth, where their tombstones bear the following epitaph:

"For me to live is Christ and to die is gain."

Joshua married Mary ST. JOHN on 02 Jul 1755 in Sharon, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Matthew ST. JOHN and Mary ELMER) was born on 25 Sep 1739 in Wilton, Connecticut; died on 28 Aug 1824 in Ellsworth, Connecticut; was buried in Ellsworth Buying Ground, Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]