2. John Chatfield & Anna Harger

by Catherine Sevenau on May 11, 2011

John Chatfield

  • 1st child of George Chatfield & Isabel Nettleton
  • Born: Apr 8, 1661, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: Will proved Mar 7, 1746/47 (age 85), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: prob Old Derby Burying Grounds aka Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Occupation: Tailor
  • Married: Feb 5, 1684, Anna Harger, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Ten children: Daniel Chatfield, Sarah Chatfield, Mary Chatfield, Abigail Chatfield, John Chatfield(1), Hannah Chatfield, John Chatfield(2), Samuel Chatfield, EBENEZER CHATFIELD, Solomon Chatfield

Anna Harger

  • Daughter of Jabez Harger & Margaret Tomlinson
  • Born: Feb 23, 1668, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  • Died: 1748 (age 82)
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Feb 15, 1684, JOHN CHATFIELD, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Note: John was age 22, Anna age 15
  • Ten children: Daniel Chatfield, Sarah Chatfield, Mary Chatfield, Abigail Chatfield, John Chatfield, Hannah Chatfield, John Chatfield, Samuel Chatfield, EBENEZER CHATFIELD, Solomon Chatfield

1. Daniel Chatfield

  • Born: 1684, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: unkn
  • Buried: unkn

2. Sarah Chatfield

  • Born: Dec 5, 1686, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: Jun 20, 1721 (age 34), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Jul 15, 1706, John Davis, Jr., Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Six children: Joseph Davis, Dan Davis, Mindwell Davis, Abigail Davis, Rachel Davis, Elizabeth “Betty” Davis

3. Mary Chatfield

  • Born: Apr 23, 1689, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: bef 1770, prob New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: May 9, 1712, Henry Bates, Derby or Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Five children: Anna Bates, Elias Bates, Mary Bates, Benjamin Bates, Henry Bates

4. Abigail Chatfield

  • Born: Sep 2, 1693, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: 1761 (age 67/68), Seymour, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Nov 6, 1718, Gideon Johnson (a Deacon), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Seven children: Mabel Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Gideon Johnson, Ichabod Johnson(1), Peter Johnson, Abigail Johnson, Ichabod Johnson(2)

5. John Chatfield

  • Born: Mar 5, 1694/95, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: 1695 (an infant), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut at Quaker Farms
  • Buried: unkn

6. Hannah Chatfield

  • Born: abt 1695/96, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: unkn
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: John Coe

7. John Chatfield (Lieut.)

  • Born: Feb 21 or 26, 1696/97, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: Oct 30, 1793 (age 98), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut at Quaker Farms
  • Buried: unkn
  • Military: 1743, Ensign of militia in Oxford parish, New Haven; 1750, appointed Lt. of Second Co. in Derby
  • Married (1): Dec 12, 1721, Elizabeth Johnson, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Eight children: Sarah Chatfield, John Chatfield III, Elizabeth Chatfield, Oliver Chatfield, Hannah/Anna Chatfield, Esther Chatfield, Zerviah Chatfield, Sybil Chatfield
  • Married (2): 1754, Obedience Smith, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • One child: Obedience Chatfield

8. Samuel Chatfield

  • Born: Aug 28, 1699, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: May 17, 1785 (age 86), Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married (1): abt 1732, Sarah Elizabeth Riggs, (poss Redding, Fairfield County), Connecticut
  • Four children: Samuel Chatfield, Daniel Chatfield, Sarah Chatfield, Martha Chatfield
  • Married (2): abt 1743, Anne (Jackson) Blackman, Connecticut
  • One child: Mary Chatfield
  • Married (3): Jun 4, 1778, Eunice (Bedell) Perkins, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

9. EBENEZER CHATFIELD

  • Born: Jul 4, 1703, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Died: abt 1789 (abt age 86), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Buried: unkn
  • Married: Nov 20, 1728, ABIGAIL PRINDLE, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Six children: Ebenezer Chatfield, Jr., Abigail Chatfield, ELNATHAN CHATFIELD, Mindwell Chatfield, Lemuel Chatfield (twin), Levi Chatfield (twin)

10. Solomon Chatfield

    • Born: Aug 13, 1708, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Died: Mar 1779 (age 70), Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Buried: unkn
    • Married: Jun 12, 1734, Hannah Pierson, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
    • Nine children: Joseph Chatfield, Mary Chatfield, Hannah Chatfield, Lois Chatfield, Eunice Chatfield, Rachel Chatfield, Comfort Chatfield(1), Ann Chatfield, Comfort Chatfield(2)
          Note: John and Anna’s youngest son, Solomon Chatfield, married Hannah Pierson. Solomon and Hannah’s daughter Mary Chatfield married John Alcott III. Their great-granddaughter is Louisa May Alcott, the well-known authoress (

Little Women

          ).

John CHATFIELD & Anna HARGER

Solomon CHATFIELD & Hannah PIERSON

Mary CHATFIELD & John Alcott, III

Joseph Chatfield ALCOTT & Anna BRONSON

Amos Bronson ALCOTT & Abigail “Abba” MAY

Louisa May Alcott:

        • Born: Nov 29, 1832, Germanttown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
        • Died: Mar 6, 1888, Boston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
        • Cause of death: Mercury poisoning, as a result of a treatment for typhoid
        • Buried: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts