| Timothy
Chapman was born on 17 Feb 1780 in Methuen. [Ref,
p. 118] He died on 13 Jul 1871. [Ref,
p. 119] He married first Betsey Barker on 12 Mar 1807. [Ref,
p. 119] She died on 25 Apr 1819. [Ref,
p. 119] He married second Abigail Blanchard on 24 Feb 1820. [Ref,
p. 119] She died on 7 Aug 1837. He married third Sarah
Johnson [Ref, p. 272] on 5 Jul 1838.
[Ref, p. 119, says "Sarah
Johnson of Farmington"] Lapham [Ref, p. 118] recalls hearing Timothy tell of the long journey from Metheun to Bethel that he took as a seven-year-old child with his family and of the single-room twenty-foot square log cabin that his family originally moved into. In 1850 Timothy Chapman was a 68-year-old farmer in Bethel. He was living with his 48-year-old wife Sarah J. and children John S., age 19, Maloina A., age 16, and Hanna A., age 14. [Ref] In 1860 Timothy was a 77-year-old farmer in Bethel with real estate worth $8,000 and a personal estate of $2,000. He was living with his 58-year-old wife Sarah J. and [his sister-in-law] 59-year-old M. Newton. [Ref] In 1870 Timothy was an 87-year-old farmer in Bethel with real estate worth $7,000 and a personal estate of $10, 543. He was living with his 78 [!]-year-old wife Sarah J. and his 69-year-old [sister-in-law] Melessent J. [Ref] |
Timothy Chapman |
