Joshua B. CHAFFEE

Joshua B. CHAFFEE

Male 1731 - 1789  (58 years)

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  • Name Joshua B. CHAFFEE  [1, 2
    • He was a farmer, and moved to Sharon from Mansfield, in 1755, shortly after his marriage. April 20, 1757, Matthew St. John of Sharon sold "for love, good will and affection" to his daughter, Mary, and son-in-law, Joshua, twelve acres of land in that town, and April 18, 1758, he sold to Joshua for L75, thirteen acres more there. Joshua sold to Ebenezer Smith, Jr., of Woodstock, Conn., for L12, 10s., two acres of orchard land in the latter town, January 7, 1763. He also bought and sold other pieces of land there. His name appears as one of the company of householders from Sharon, on a roll of Captain Eliphalet Holmes' company of minute men of East Haddam, raised in may, 1776, by order of the "Capt. General." (Connecticut Men in the Revolution). He was made a Freeman in Sharon, October 16, 1777. He made his will February 14, 1787, and in it names as his heirs, his wife Mary, sons oel, Matthew and Joshua Bignall, his daughters Betty, Mary Lucy, Vinie, Olive, Lettice and Julia, his son Joel being made executor. He and his wife are buried in Ellsworth, where their tombstones bear the following epitaph:

      "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." [1]
    Birth 26 May 1731  Rehoboth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 09 Oct 1789  Ellsworth, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Ellsworth Buying Ground, Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I10522  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2014 

    Father Joel CHAFFE,   b. 1702, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1745, Woodstock, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elizabeth BICKNELL,   b. 1715   d. Bef 2 Feb 1757 (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F29818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary ST. JOHN,   b. 25 Sep 1739, Wilton, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1824, Ellsworth, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 02 Jul 1755  Sharon, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F22255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 09 Oct 1789 - Ellsworth, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Joshua B. Chaffee Headstone
    Joshua B. Chaffee Headstone
    Joshua B. Chaffee is the son of Joel Chaffee and Elizabeth Bicknell. He is buried in the Ellsworth Burying Ground in Sharon, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

    Created by: Maryann Aakjar
    Photo Added by: Gary Boughton

  • Sources 
    1. [S5743] William H. Chaffee, The Chaffee Genealogy; Also Certain Lineages from Families in the United States, Canada and England, not descended from Thomas Chaffe 1635-1909, (The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers).

    2. [S01702] S. Whitney, Ancestry.com: "The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations", (Name: Name: New York: Privately Printed 1878;;).

    3. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.