My Family Tree - Chatfield, Russell

Narrative

Russell CHATFIELD, of Bethany, d. in July, 187G, aged 90 years. He was said to have been the oldest Mason in the state. He was made a Mason in South Carolina, it is thought in 1809, making him sixty-nine years a Mason. He was a mason by trade as well as a member of the order, having assisted in building the prison at Wethersfield and many other public buildings. In his younger days he worked at his trade in Connecticut in the summer and went south in the winter. He was blind the last four years of his life, but his memory was good. His wife died about a year before, the pair having lived together over sixty-five years. The funeral was attended by the members of Shepherd Lodge of Naugatuck.

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Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	September 1788	Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Death	8 July 1878	Bethany [now Beacon Falls], New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Burial		Christ Episcopal Cmtry., Bethany,New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Chatfield, John Frederick IV	1752	28 June 1837
Mother	King, Mary	about 1758	21 January 1827
Brother	Chatfield, John Frederick V	14 June 1778	27 July 1827
Sister	Chatfield, Sarah Ann	1780	1815
Sister	Chatfield, Hannah	16 September 1781	3 September 1854
Brother	Chatfield, David King	July 1783	15 September 1853
Brother	Chatfield, Sheldon	1785	12 July 1808
	Chatfield, Russell	September 1788	8 July 1878
Brother	Chatfield, Frederick F	about 1790	1827
Brother	Chatfield, Henry H	September 1792	21 March 1822
Brother	Chatfield, Lyman	1794	29 September 1805
Sister	Chatfield, Polly Maria	1797	29 June 1856
Brother	Chatfield, Pulaski	1800	11 February 1891
Sister	Chatfield, Pamelia		before 1837

Families

Family of Chatfield, Russell and Terrill, Sarah

Married

Wife

Terrill, Sarah ( * about 1795 + 24 August 1877 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1813	Bethany [now Beacon Falls], New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Chatfield, Mary Ann	10 May 1815	2 July 1907
Chatfield, Ruth Ann	25 December 1818	4 March 1902
Chatfield, Sarah Ann	May 1823	14 August 1857
Chatfield, Pamelia J	23 April 1828	1 May 1860
Chatfield, Eunice Amanda	25 December 1833	25 February 1922