| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Ninth Generation253. Sarah Chatfield was born on 5 December 1686 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. She died on 20 June 1721 at the age of 34 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Abigail Harger, John Davis Sr.’s third wife, introduced her new step-son, John Davis Jr., to her sixteen year old niece, Sarah Chatfield, daughter of Abigail’s older sister, Anna Chatfield and John Chatfield. John Jr. and Sarah Chatfield probably lived north on Chestnut Tree Hill, in Oxford. In 1868 Four families with the last name of “Davis” lived on Chestnut Hill Road. Chestnut Hill Road is located in 1987 in the eastern part of Oxford township. Sarah and her child both died on January 20, 1721. The children were young when their mother died: Joseph was 13, Dan 11, Mindwell 9, Abigail 8, Rachael 5, and Betty 2. John Jr. aged 46, must have had help looking after these children—possibly from his step-mother, his older sister, or an Indian servant. His step-mother and sister were busy raising his half siblings. Sarah Chatfield and John Davis Jr were married on 15 July 1706 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. The wedding ceremony was conducted by Major Ebenezer Johnson, the head of the “plantation” of Derby Township ( Vital Records v.2, p.24). They were not married by the minister. Sarah Chatfield and John Davis Jr had the following children:
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