Mehitibal Pierce Chittenden

• BIRTH 1685 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 1726 (aged 40–41) Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Village Green Cemetery Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 163181698

Biography

Joseph Chittenden, son of Nathaniel, 4, m. Mar. 28, 1708, Mehitabel Pierce. He resided in Guilford, and in 1743 deeded all his property to his sons Joseph and Benjamin." Children: "Joseph, b. Jan. 3, 1709, m. Patience Stone, Mary, b. Mar. 26, 1710, m. Benajah Stone, Mehitabel, b. Sept. 30, 1712, m. Ebenezer Bishop, Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1716, m. John Byington, of Branford, Benjamin, b. May 23, 1720, m. Eliz'th Hotchkin, Jonathan, b. Apr. 16, 1724, d.y."[2]

Inscription
Although this person was likely interred in Guilford's original village cemetery (now the commons and public park in downtown Guilford), no surviving gravestone was known in 1818 when all gravestones at the Village Green, but not the people's remains, were dispersed to other town cemeteries.

Gravesite Details
Time and weather had erased the location of this grave when the cemetery was moved

Spouse
Joseph Chittenden 1677–1743 (m. 1703)

Children
Mary Chittenden Stone 1710 – unknown
Mehitabel Chittenden Bishop 1712–1772
Sarah Chittenden Byington 1716–1799
Benjamin Chittenden 1720–1760
Jonathan Chittenden 1724–1741

References

[1a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163181698/mehitibal-chittenden

[1b] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163181698/mehitibal-chittenden Find a Grave Memorial 163181698]

Sources

[2] Talcott, Alvan, "Chittenden Family: William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and His Descendants," p. 14, Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1882.