Connecticut, Births and Christenings
Name: Levi Chatfield
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1758
Birthplace: DERBY TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Levi Chatfield
Mother's Name: Abigail
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450315
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
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Death had been show as 1792/3 but he claimed pension in 1820.
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Find A Grave Memorial# 46497468
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After Levi married Sarah they moved to New Milford, Connecticut. Levi enlisted from Derby on Jan. 16, 1778 in Capt. Leavenworth's Company, for three years, was discharged Dec. 31, 1780. "The Chatfield Family" 1896.
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Private, Capt. Leavenworth's Co., 6th Reg. CT Line. Levi Chatfield appeared before the Judge of Probate Court for New Milford district, Litchfield co., Conn. on April 27, 1918, for the purpose of applying for a pension for his service in Revolutionary War.
He stated his service was - that he enlisted under Capt. Eli Leavenworth, Col. Charles Webb's regiment at Derby, Conn., in 1776, in Conn. State Troops, but by reason of sickness, he was discharged; sometime in summer he served 2 months; in Dec. 1777, he listed for 3 years under Capt. Leavenworth, Col. Return J. Meigs' Reg., and served until 1780 and honorably discharged, for which service he received a pension under Act of March 18, 1818.
Before same Court, July 4, 1820, Levi Chatfield again appeared, stating the above service; that he was a laborer of husbandry; his family consisted of his mother, Abigail Smith, aged 81 years, his wife, 68 yrs., and debts of $1,000 which he owed to Samuel Lockwood, Elijah Boardman, Joel Sanford, Eli Starr, William, Odel, Isaac Beard, Boardman, Bennett, Samuel Canfield, and others.
David L. Boardman, Probate Judge. Pension allowed; Connecticut Agency; $8.00 per month; Act. March 18, 1818, and 1820
Pension Application #S37843: CT Line, application dated Apr 27, 1818 and applied from Litchfield Co., CT, age 59 and a resident of New Milford, New Haven, CT. It states he enlisted at Derby, New Haven, CT.
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Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications from Robert Alexander Irwin, 1949
