Isaac Chatfield & Lucy Tomlinson

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY

Isaac Chatfield
Descends from Joel, Elnathan, Ebenezer, John, George Chatfield
1st of 7 children of Joel Chatfield & Ruth Stoddard
Born: Jan 15, 1787, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Aug 1, 1861 (age 74), North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio
Buried: Ridgeville Cemetery in North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio
Occupation: Teacher, town officer and politician in Middlefield, Ohio
Religion: Episcopalian
Affiliation: Mason
Married: 1806, Lucy Tomlinson, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Eleven children: Lucius Napoleon Chatfield, Lucy Almira Chatfield, Albert Alonzo Chatfield, LEVI TOMLINSON CHATFIELD, Nathan Stoddard Chatfield, Ruth Ann Chatfield, Charles Henry(#1) Chatfield, Charlotte Ann Chatfield, Mary Antoinette Chatfield, Gilbert Lafayette Chatfield, Georgianna A. Chatfield

Lucy Tomlinson
Descends from Levi, John, John, John, William Tomlinson
6th of 12 children of Levi Tomlinson & Amelia Beard
Born: Mar 20, 1787, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Aug 20, 1872 (age 85), North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio
Buried: Ridgeville Cemetery in North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio
Married (1): 1806, Isaac Chatfield, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Eleven children: Lucius Napoleon Chatfield, Lucy Almira Chatfield, Albert Alonzo Chatfield, LEVI TOMLINSON CHATFIELD, Nathan Stoddard Chatfield, Ruth Ann Chatfield, Charles Henry(#1) Chatfield, Charlotte Ann Chatfield, Mary Antoinette Chatfield, Gilbert Lafayette Chatfield, Georgianna A. Chatfield
Married (2): Oct 1, 1868, James W. Herrick, North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio
Note: Lucy (age 80) James (age 79)

James W. Herrick
Son of Isaac Herrick & Prudence Avery
Born: May 24, 1788, Worthington, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts
Died: Jan 10, 1873 (age 84), Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Buried: Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio w/2nd wife, Deborah Tomlinson
Military: Served in War of 1812
Married (1): Aug 10, 1810, Rosetta Riley (1790 – Mar 24, 1817)
Two children: Louisa Herrick, Polly M. Herrick
Married (2): Sep 4, 1817, Deborah Tomlinson (Nov 20, 1782 – May 20, 1868)
Six children: James T. Herrick, Eliza Herrick, Mary Herrick, Elizabeth P. “Betsy” Herrick, Sarah D. Herrick, Ezra S. Herrick
Married (3): Oct 1, 1868, Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield, sister of his 2nd wife, Deborah

Eleven children of Isaac Chatfield & Lucy Tomlinson
1. Lucius/Lucas Napoleon Chatfield
Born: Apr 18, 1807, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Dec 7, 1884 (age 77), Ottokee, Fulton Co., Ohio
Buried: Ottokee Cemetery, Fulton Co., Ohio
Married: Jul 3, 1828, Malinda Rose, Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio
Four children: Joel Lester Chatfield, James Lauren Chatfield, Wealthy L. Chatfield, Jane H. Chatfield

2. Lucy Almira Chatfield
Born: Jan 4, 1809, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Dec 31, 1850 (age 41), Middlefield (near Burton), Geauga Co., Ohio
Buried: Middlefield Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Married: Oct 2, 1831, Josiah/Joseph Smith Cook, Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio
Four children: Thomas Corwin Cook, Harriet Lola Cook, Josiah/John Marcellus Cook, Corwin Merriman Cook

3. Albert Alonzo Chatfield
Born: Sep 2, 1811, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Dec 1, 1851 (age 40), (prob Lenawee Co.), Michigan
Buried: unknown
Married: Oct 13, 1832, Elizabeth Curtland/Kirtland, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Three children: Sterling Sherman Chatfield, Henry E. “Hank” Chatfield, Ellen Chatfield

4. LEVI TOMLINSON CHATFIELD
Born: Aug 28, 1813, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Nov 11, 1848 (age 35), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Buried: Middlefield (Village) Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Married: Jul 22, 1835, LOVINA/LAVINA MASTICK, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Six children: ISAAC WILLARD “I.W.” CHATFIELD, Ernest Chatfield(?), George Chatfield(?) Chatfield, Clark Samuel “C.S.” Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Ellen Charlotte Chatfield

5. Nathan Stoddard Chatfield
Born: Oct 3, 1815, Seymour (at Skokorat), New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Aug 22, 1885 (age 69), Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Buried: Littleton Cemetery in Littleton, Arapahoe Co., Colorado
Married: Aug 19, 1841, Margaret Prudentia Herrick, Geauga Co., Ohio
Seven children: Edward Livingston Chatfield, David Avery Chatfield, William Stoddard Chatfield, Isaac Newton Chatfield, James Herrick Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, Mary Margaret Chatfield

6. Ruth Ann Chatfield
Born: Aug 10, 1817, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Apr 15, 1904 (age 86), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Married: May 7, 1834, Samuel Fowler Bishop, Geauga Co., Ohio (his 2nd marriage)
Eight children: unknown twins, Frances Charlotte Bishop, Josephine V. Bishop, Rosalie Bishop, Rosette B. “Zetta” Bishop, Ruth Ann Bishop, Samuel Lester Bishop

7. Charles Henry Chatfield(#1)
Born: Sep 15, 1819, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Sep 27, 1901 (age 82), White Hall, Muskegon Co., Michigan
Buried: Mount Ulysses Cemetery, Crystal Valley, Oceana Co., Michigan
Married (1): abt 1843, Marietta “Martha” Gay, Michigan
Five children: Isaac N. Chatfield, Charlotte Chatfield, Charles Henry Chatfield, II, James Chatfield, Lucinda “Lucy” Chatfield
Married (2): abt 1861, Lucinda _____
One child: John Wesley Chatfield
Married (3): Sep 22, 1867, Susan Maria Hazen, Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan
Three children: Marcellus Chatfield, Almira “Mira/Mary” Chatfield, William Lafayette “Willey” Chatfield

8. Charlotte Ann Chatfield
Born: Apr 3, 1822, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Oct 8, 1844 (age 22), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Buried: Middlefield (Village) Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Never married

9. Mary Antoinette “Mary Etta” Chatfield
Born: Apr 6, 1824, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Jul 11, 1909 (age 85), Ridgeville, Hardin Co., Ohio
Buried: Ridgeville Cemetery in Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio with husband Jackson Robb
Married (1): Jan 21, 1841, Jackson Robb, Geauga Co., Ohio (license date)
Five children: Georgianna A. “Georgia” Robb, Charlotte “Lottie” Robb, Mary Elizabeth “Minnie” Robb, Frank Gordon Robb, Susan A. “Susie” Robb
Married (2): aft 1870, ____ Rogers, prob Ohio

10. Gilbert Lafayette Chatfield
Born: Apr 4, 1827, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Mar 3, 1909 (age 81), Ferris, Montcalm Co., Michigan
Buried: Ferris Township Cemetery in Vestaburg, Montcalm Co., Michigan
Married (1): Oct 22, 1846, Charry Pope, Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio
Married (2): abt 1850, Eliza A. Cellers/Sellers
Three confirmed children: Frederick W. “Fred” Chatfield, Julia E. Chatfield, Gilbert Lafayette “Bert” Chatfield

11. Georgianna A. Chatfield
Born: Jan 14, 1829, Batavia/Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Died: Aug 7, 1855 (age 26), Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Buried: Middlefield (Village) Cemetery in Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio
Married: Apr 7, 1852, John Cummings, Geauga Co., Ohio

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Timeline and Records

Seven children of Joel Chatfield & Ruth Stoddard:
1. Isaac Chatfield
1787 – 1861
2. Leman/Lyman Chatfield
1789 – 1873
3. Almira/Almeda Chatfield
1791 – 1873
4. Oliver Stoddard Chatfield
1793 – 1877
5. Charlotte Chatfield
1795 – 1828
6. Thirza Chatfield
1798 – 1872
7. Joel Raymond Chatfield
1804 – 1894

Twelve children of Levi Tomlinson, Sr. & Amelia Beard:
1. Betsey Amelia Tomlinson
1775 – 1844
2. Amelia Tomlinson(#1)
1777 – 1794
3. Ruth Tomlinson
1780 – 1807
4. Deborah Tomlinson
1782 – 1868
5. Levi Tomlinson, Jr.
1785 – 1794
6. Lucy Tomlinson
1787 – 1872
7. Phebe Tomlinson(#1)
1790 – 1794
8. Urania Tomlinson
1792 – 1794
9. Amelia Tomlinson(#2)
1795 – 1820
10. Alice Tomlinson
1797 – 1894
11. Phebe Tomlinson(#2)
1799 – 1851
12. Elizabeth “Eliza” Tomlinson
1802 – 1843

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The Chatfield Story, by Terry M. McCarty & Margaret (Chatfield) McCarty:

Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield — The grandmother and matriarch, Lucy was a wise and sturdy frontier woman. Everyone called her “Grandma Lucy.” She was born in 1787 and was raised in the strict New England culture of Woodbridge, Connecticut. At the age of 19, she married Isaac Chatfield of Derby Connecticut and settled in Seymour, both localities within six miles of her birthplace. She gave birth to her first five children in Seymour. In 1816, Lucy, Isaac, and the five children moved west to the rugged, remote, undeveloped land of Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio—then called Batavia—one of the Connecticut Land Company’s fledgling townships. In Middlefield, Lucy would bear six more children, Georgiana, her last-born in 1829. Sadly, she would lose five of her 11 children before the war started, a bitter lesson she could not ignore. After removing to North Ridgeville and then losing her husband, her letters from 1862 forward read like sermons—firm, God-fearing instruction from an experienced pioneer woman.

Isaac Chatfield — Like his wife, he was born in 1787. College-educated, he was a knowledgeable farmer and politically popular, elected as Geauga County’s Land Lister in 1821. A good reader, he often delivered passages to members of the Episcopal Church, the first religious edifice constructed in Middlefield in 1829. After dividing among his children what land he had not sold off to others, he and Lucy moved to North Ridgefield in 1860, where he died shortly before the outbreak of the war.

In 1806, at the age of 19, while still in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, Isaac married Lucy Tomlinson, of Woodbridge, Connecticut. Born on March 20, 1787, Lucy Tomlinson was the fifth of twelve children of Levi Tomlinson and Amelia Beard. The 1806 wedding occurred during Thomas Jefferson’s second term of office, around the time of the return of Lewis and Clark following their exploration of the Louisiana Territory—an eventful time in American history. The couple settled in Seymour, Connecticut, barely six miles away from Lucy’s birthplace, where Isaac farmed while taking college coursework. After nine years of marriage, Isaac and Lucy had five children.

The family of seven moved to Batavia in Geauga County, Ohio, in 1816. One of the Connecticut Land Company’s fledgling townships, Batavia was eventually renamed Middlefield. Their move came during James Madison’s second term of office when Indiana joined the Union as the 19th state. Isaac was an adventurous 27-year-old with advanced training, a man who would quickly establish a reputation as a capable farmer and knowledgeable businessman. After having settled in Middlefield, Lucy, a sturdy and resourceful frontier woman, gave birth to six more children, bringing the child count to a total of eleven.

Isaac and Lucy Chatfield remained in Middlefield for 44 years before deciding it was time to resettle on smaller and less demanding acreage in a community that afforded convenient travel. North Ridgeville, 55 miles west, with its train station, seemed ideal. After dividing among their children what land they had not sold off to others, Isaac and Lucy moved to North Ridgeville in 1860, both 73 years old. Their dreams of travel and leisure time together were short-lived, however. Isaac died on August 1, 1861, and was buried in the North Ridgeville Cemetery. By then, Lucy had already lost five of her 11 children, and the country was at war. Isaac’s death came just four months after the firing on Fort Sumter and ten days after the Confederates had won the first battle of Bull Run.

Nine years after Isaac’s 1861 death, Lucy remarried at the age of 81. Her second husband, James W. Herrick—Margaret Prudentia Herrick Chatfield’s paternal uncle—had been the husband of Lucy’s older sister, Deborah Tomlinson. Deborah had died on March 20, 1868, and Lucy married James on October 1, 1868. The newlyweds lived in North Ridgeville until Lucy’s death at age 85 on August 20, 1872. She was buried beside her first husband, Isaac, in the Chatfield-Robb plot in the North Ridgeville Cemetery. James W. Herrick died five months later and was buried in the Herrick plot at the Locust Grove Cemetery in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Source: The Chatfield Story, excerpt and picture of Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield, courtesy of Terry M. McCarty & Margaret (Chatfield) “Peg” McCarty

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1806: Marriage of Isaac Chatfield and Lucy Tomlinson in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

1810: Federal Census for Harwinton Township, Litchfield Co., Connecticut:
Isaac Chatfield: 1 adult, 1 adult female, 1 male age 10-15, 2 children

Apr 8, 1815: Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut (pg 4):
List of Letters, Remaining in the Post-Office New-Haven, April 1, 1815.
***Persons calling for these letters are requested to mention that they are advertised.
Woodbridge—…, Isaac Chatfield, …,
All letters not called for within 3 months will be sent to the General Post Offices.
WM. H. JONES, P.M.

Sep 26, 1820: The Connecticut Herald, New Haven, Connecticut (pg 3):
☞ To Pensioners.
THE following returns have been received from the War Office, viz.
Isaac Chatfield, …
HENRY C. FLAGG, Clerk, C.C.P.
County Court Clerk’s Office, Sept. 25, 1820.

1820: Federal Census for Burton Township, Geauga Co,, Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield: 1 adult male, 2 adult females, 5 children, and 2 foreigners, not naturalized

1830: Federal Census for Batavia Township, Geauga Co., Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 9 children

1840: Federal Census for Batavia Township, Geauga Co., Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 6 children
Note: The town of Batavia changed its name to Middlefield in July of 1841

Sep 19, 1850: Federal Census for Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio:
N.S. Chatfield: male, age 33, farmer, Value of Real Estate $900, born Connecticut
Margaret Chatfield: female, age 39, wife, born Massachusetts
Edward Chatfield: male, age 7, born Ohio, attended school within the year
David Chatfield: male, age 5, born Ohio, attended school within the year
W Chatfield: male, age 2, born Ohio
Isaac Chatfield: male, age 1, born Ohio
Note: also living in household:
Esther Henick: female, age 24, born Massachusetts
Filetus Leach: male, age 14, born Ohio
Note: Nathan Stoddard Chatfield is a son of Isaac and Lucy Chatfield

Sep 19, 1850: Federal Census for Middlefield Township, Geauga Co., Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield: age 62, farmer, Value of Real Estate $2500, born Connecticut
Lucy Chatfield: age 62, born Connecticut
Georgiana Chatfield: age 21, born Ohio
Note: also living in household:
Solomon Leach: age 35, farmer
Mary Leach: age 20, born Ohio

Chatfield burial records for three Chatfield children in Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Geauga Co., Ohio:
CHATFIELD Charlotte MI Village
CHATFIELD Levi T. MI Village
CHATFIELD Georgiana MI Village

Headstones read:
1. Charlotte Chatfield daughter of Isaac & Lucy Chatfield, died Oct. 8, 1844, age 22 yr.
2. Levi T. Chatfield son of Isaac & Lucy Chatfield, died Nov. 11, 1848, age 35 yr.
3. Georgiana Chatfield daughter of Isaac & Lucy Chatfield, died Aug. 7, 1855, age 26 1/2 yr.

Aug 9, 1860: Federal Census for Middlefield Township, Geauga Co., Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield: age 73, farmer, Value of Real Estate $4000, Value of Personal Property $1000
Lucy Chatfield: age 73

Aug 1, 1861: Death of Isaac Chatfield (age 73), father of Levi Tomlinson Chatfield, in North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio. Isaac is buried in the Ridgeville Cemetery in Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio.

Oct 1, 1868: Marriage of Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield and James W. Herrick, her second husband, in North Ridgeville, Lorraine Co., Ohio.
Note: Lucy is age 80 and James is 79. James Herrick is the uncle of Margaret Prudentia Herrick who married Nathan Stoddard Chatfield, Lucy Tomlinson & Isaac Chatfield’s 5th born child. His second wife, Deborah, was Lucy’s older sister.

The above photos are carte de visite (a style of photography popular between 1860-1866) found in a Chatfield/Tuck photo album. On the back of the photo of who is assumed to be James Herrick is the scrolled insignia: A. Higgins, Photgraphist. ELYRIA, O.

Aug 20, 1870: Federal Census for P.O. Elyria, Ridgeville Township, Lorraine Co., Ohio:
Herrick, James: age 73, at home, born Massachusetts, married in March of this year
Lucy: age 84, keeping house, born Connecticut, married in March of this year
Note: James Herrick is age 83

Aug 20, 1872: Death of Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield Herrick (age 85), in North Ridgeville, Lorain Co., Ohio. Lucy is buried with her 1st husband, Isaac Chatfield, in the Ridgeville Cemetery in North Ridgeville.

Isaac & Lucy Chatfield’s tall white headstone reads:
ISAAC CHATFIELD
Born in Connecticut
Jan 15, 1787.
Was married to
LUCY TOMLINSON 1806.
& came to Ohio 18??.
Died Aug 1, 1861.
Aged 73 yrs & 6 mo
LUCY,
His wife
Born In Connecticut
March 20, 1787.
Died Aug 20, 1872.

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C H A T F I E L D

Jan 1873: Death of James W. Herrick (age 84), second husband of Lucy (Tomlinson) Chatfield, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. He is buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio with his 2nd wife, Deborah Tomlinson (Lucy’s older sister), who died May 20, 1868.

1880: Pioneer and General History of Geauga Co., Ohio:
Isaac Chatfield moved into town and settled on lot forty, coming from Connecticut, with his wife and children, Lucius, Albert, Almira, Levi, Nathan, Ruthann, Charles, Charlotte, Maryette, LaFayette, and Georgianna. When he settled in town he was considered quite wealthy, for those times, by the people. He paid down, or nearly so for about three hundred acres of land. Mr. Chatfield erected a large two-story house, took an active part in town politics, and having attended college, and being one of the best readers, he read sermons, and, after the organization of the Episcopalian church, he conducted services, in the absence of the minister; also, he taught school several winters. After the children were all married off, the parents resided in that township until 1860. They removed to Ridgeville, Ohio, and have since died.
Source: Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880 (pg 731 & 732)

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