Cornelius Chatfield, II

Son of CORNELIUS CHATFIELD, Sr. & MARTHA KELSEY

Died: at age 55 yr, 8 mo, 20 days

Married (1): abt 1764, RUTH MORRIS, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut

Married (2): abt 1782, ZILPHIA/ZILPHA BRUCE, Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut

Five children:
1. Asa CHATFIELD
1784 – 1859
2. Orin CHATFIELD
1786 –
3. Cornelius CHATFIELD
1789 –
4. John CHATFIELD
1792 – 1865
5. Sarah "Sally" CHATFIELD
1795 – 1832

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Wife was named Zelpha or Zilpha, she was born in Killingly, CT in 1764. At age 8 or 9 she moved with her parents to Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., NY where she lived until she married Cornelius Chatfield soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. After Cornelius died in 1796, she married, in 1797, Richard Smith. She had children by each husband, including Col. Asa Chatfield and Christopher Smith, Esq. (in whose home she died). She died 8/2/1847.