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Posted on: CHATFIELD Queries
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Surname: Biggs, priest, orcutt, chatfield
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Jeremiah Biggs b:1/24/1781 Mass husband to Elizabeth Chatfield
Lived Washington co,NY Children: sarah m. + rufus orcutt; william c + emeline
priest; freelove d;rozilaner h; jesse r;aseneth; jane; solomon d;
William c biggs migrated to Onondaga co,NY
Any parents/descendants?
Name of earliest known CHATFIELD ancestor: Gilbert S. Chatfield
His birthdate: February 03, 1826 in CT
His main location(s): Home Township, Montcalm County, Michigan
Spouse: Julia H. Chatfield
DIRECT Descent
Sylvester L. Woodard
Hulda Woodard
Grace Woodard
Clarissa Woodard
Seth W. Woodard
Georgiana P. Woodard
Elmer Ovid Woodard
Other key surnames on your CHATFIELD tree:
Sellers
Hamel
Name: Edward R. Woodard Jones
E-mail: ejones(a)triton.net <mailto:ejones@triton.net>
EdwardRWoodard(a)bigfoot.com <mailto:EdwardRWoodard@bigfoot.com>
I don't have a lot of information to put up but here it is.
My mother was IRENE MAY CHATFIELD, born Uckfield, February 26, 1911. Her
mother is listed on her birth certificate as Lettie Dora Chatfield. There is
a possibility that Lettie could be Nellie as the handwriting is not
terrific, but my mother told me that her mother's name was Letitia, which
would make Lettie right. I believe Lettie came from the East Grinstead area
as that is where my mother was baptised.
Also KATE (Katherine, Kathleen?) CHATFIELD, of either East Grinstead or
Uckfield, who my mother called Aunty Kate. Could be Lettie's sister or even
her aunt (making her a great-aunt of my mother). I know she died in Epsom in
1960 but do not know her married name.
Also ELIZA CHATFIELD of Neylands Cottage (again the writing is bad), East
Grinstead. I have a prayer book that says she was confirmed at East
Grinstead Parish Church on May 29, 1905.
Jacqui Ward
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Researching: CHATFIELD, BOTTING, PINEL, WARD
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jacward
I will have to leave out some of the detail as we have just moved house,
and I cant find the right file!!
SUBJECT - Mary Chatfield
My G G Grandmother
Born 1834, Southwick, Sussex, England
Southwick in 1834 was a small, very rural, village population approx 200,
but within 10 years it was to enter the age of the train as one of the
first steam railways came through the village on the new line from Brighton
to Portsmouth.
Mary's father was Thomas, the village baker and wheelwright, and she had a
younger brother Thomas, and sister Ruth.
I know nothing what happened to the brother, or sister Ruth, after she
married a George Yeates.
Mary, in her late teens and still living in Southwick, married Owen Wadey,
and they had a daughter Ruth. The cencus of 1861 finds Mary living in the
railway backstreets of the very fashionable resort of Brighton, and Owen is
working as railway labourer.
I have never managed to find where Mary was in 1871, but by that time, the
plot had certainly thickened!
In 1871, in another small backstreet of Brighton, the cencus records that
there was a three year old boy living as a boarder - the boy was John
Hunter Chatfield - born in 1868. His mother was "Mary Chatfield" - there is
no father recorded on the Birth Certificate. Through various means I have
established beyond doubt that John Hunter's mother was the same Mary.
So between 1861 and 1867, she was widowed - presumably also lost her
daughter Ruth, as she is never to be heard of again - reverted to her
maiden name - and bore an illegitimate child - possibly, bearing in mind
the unusual middle name, fathered by a John Hunter.
I have scoured the death registers for Owen Wadey and Ruth Wadey, but with
no success.
In the 1870's Mary married a second time, this time to a wealthy
land-owning farmer, Herbert Levett. The marriage certificate correctly
records Mary as Mary Wadey, nee Chatfield, widow
Herbert was himself a widower, and had 5 young children. These children
were to become very close step-brothers and sisters to John Hunter
Chatfield. He grew up with them on a farm in Arlington, Sussex. In the 1881
cencus, the family were still in Arlington, Mary now Mary Levett, but John
Hunter keeping his Mother's maiden name of Chatfield.
The farm environment shaped John Hunters life, as he was to join the 19th
Hussars, and serve as a cavalryman in India, the Boer War, and the Great
War. After his army career, he worked for the rest of his working life at
Brighton Station - looking after the huge horses that pulled the coal
waggons from the station into and around the town
Mary settled down with Herbert and they lived happily to a ripe old age - I
have not tracked down her death, but I know that after Herbert had died,
she was back in Brighton about 1905, living at various times with her son
and her 5 grandchildren by John Hunter C, .
After a couple of reads I hope all this makes sense - however now imagine
the difficulty that I had in working this backwards - not knowing that my G
Grandfather was illegitimate, or that his Mother was married twice but had
reverted to her maiden name between the two marriages. Anyway what's 5
years in the overall scheme of things !
Best wishes to all
Gavin C. - Southwick - England
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Subject: [CHATFIELD] October Roll Call
Hello everyone,
October's roll call will focus on just one generation of your CHATFIELD
family. It will be a twofold project, including data and also a bit of
'color.'
1. Select one family -- husband, wife, and children -- and give whatever
birth, marriage, or death dates and locations you may have for each one of
them.
The second step is optional, but I hope you'll find it interesting.
2. Share with us what you have learned about this family...have there been
any stories passed down through the generations? You may choose one family
member to feature, or the family in general. Has your research turned up
clues to their daily lives? How were they affected by wars, the weather,
or
by the frequent and sometimes deadly epidemics? Did they live their entire
lives on the same land where their parents lived, or did they join others
in
search of a better life elsewhere?
This Roll Call is for the full month of October, so take your time and post
when you're ready, but I do hope that each of you will participate. We all
collect and record the names, dates, and places for our families, but the
stories give them life!
Don't forget to replace the subject line with the name of the head of
household of the family you choose -- no one wants to see a mailbox full of
'roll call'!
I will leave you with a thought to ponder...a hundred years from now, what
will be the stories told about YOU? [gasp!]
LaRae Halsey-Brooks
TimeTrvlrO(a)aol.com
CHATFIELD listmgr.
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Hello everyone,
October's roll call will focus on just one generation of your CHATFIELD
family. It will be a twofold project, including data and also a bit of
'color.'
1. Select one family -- husband, wife, and children -- and give whatever
birth, marriage, or death dates and locations you may have for each one of
them.
The second step is optional, but I hope you'll find it interesting.
2. Share with us what you have learned about this family...have there been
any stories passed down through the generations? You may choose one family
member to feature, or the family in general. Has your research turned up
clues to their daily lives? How were they affected by wars, the weather, or
by the frequent and sometimes deadly epidemics? Did they live their entire
lives on the same land where their parents lived, or did they join others in
search of a better life elsewhere?
This Roll Call is for the full month of October, so take your time and post
when you're ready, but I do hope that each of you will participate. We all
collect and record the names, dates, and places for our families, but the
stories give them life!
Don't forget to replace the subject line with the name of the head of
household of the family you choose -- no one wants to see a mailbox full of
'roll call'!
I will leave you with a thought to ponder...a hundred years from now, what
will be the stories told about YOU? [gasp!]
LaRae Halsey-Brooks
TimeTrvlrO(a)aol.com
CHATFIELD listmgr.