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Ellsworth, in Sharon, where she (lied is Sept. 1810. He married (3d), 20 Sept. 1813, Eleanor (Stuart) Brown. He died at Ellsworth, 18 Feb. 1844, in his 84th year. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War; and a leader in the formation of the Ellsworth Ecclesiastical Society. "He was unassuming, of strict integrity, always ready to do his duty, and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him."
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III. Mary Chaffee, b. at Sharon, Conn., 10 June 1762; married William Worth Hyde, son of William1 and Abigail (Worth) Hyde, of Sharon, where he was born 22 March 1771, and bap. 26 May following. They settled at Ellsworth, Conn., and there died; he, 26 March 1830; she, 12 Aug. 1833, aged 71 years, 2 months, and 2 days.
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IV. Lucy Chaffee, b. at Sharon, Conn., 12 Feb. 1765; married at Sharon, Stephen Eaton, a farmer, who was born in Kent, Conn., in 1760. They dwelt in Sharon till 1790 or 1791; then settled at Duanesburgh, N. Y. and, after all their children were born, moved to Perinton, N. Y., and there died (he, 22 Feb. 1819; she, 29 Oct. 1827), and were buried.
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V. Matthew Chaffee, b. at Sharon, Conn., 12 Dec. 1767; bap. there, 5 June 1768; and died, unmarried, at Ellsworth, Conn., not long after the death of his father. His brother, Joel Chaffee, was appointed administrator of his estate, 7 June 1790.
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VI. Lovina Chaffee, b. at Sharon, Conn., 26 Dec. 1770; was called Phina in the record of her baptism, at Sharon, without date, and Vinee in her father's will of 14 Feb. 1787; married, 10 Dec. 1789, at Sharon, Elijah Abel, a mason and farmer, son of Sluman and Deborah (Simonds) Abel, or Sharon, where he was born, 28 Dec. 1766. They settled at Salisbury, Conn., where he died 15 May 1822, and was buried in Lime Rock Cemetery. She died 4 July 1839. They were members of the Congregational Church. Tract number 411, published by the American Tract Society, entitled The First Prayer in the Family, gives an account of his conversion, when fifty years old, and some of his religious experience. It says: "He was a man of public spirit, supporting the institutions of learning and religion; presenting himself and his numerous family regularly in the house of God; a good citizen, and with no stain upon his reputation."
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VII. Olive Chaffee, b. at Sharon, Conn., in Oct. 1774; married, 29 March 1796, at Sharon, Joshua Studley, Jr., of the same place. After his death, she married (2d), Amos Seymour.
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1 William Hyde, b. at Lebanon, Conn., 8 Ap. 1730, married, about 1757, Abigail Worth. They settled, about 1759, at Sharon, Conn., where they died; he, 26 Dec. 1779; she, 12 Nov. 1780. His father, Ebenezer Hyde, b. at Lebanon, married, 25 Feb. 1729, Dorothy Throop, who died in 1740 (Hyde Genealogy, p. 17, erroneously says 1743). He died, 21 Aug. 1742, at Lebanon. His grandparents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Calkins) Hyde, are the same, who were parents of David Hyde. See Hyde pedigree in note to No.324, and Hyde Genealogy, p. 79.
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