Chloe Johnson and five generations of her ancestors lived in Middletown, CT. Born in February 18, 1801, in Middletown, CT to Joshua Johnson and Sarah. We believe they are Joshua Johnson (1763-1832) and Sarah Chamberlain (1769-1838).

In 1813, at the age of 12, she stitched a simple alphabet sampler, growing the flax, spinning the yarn and dying it blue, and wove the cloth. She proudly stitched her alphabet, signing it Chloe Johnson, Middletown, CT, 1813, adding the sweet poem: "This needle work of mine can tell, When I was young I learned well, And by my elders I was taught, Not to spend my time for naught, When let the fingers whose unrivalled skill, Exalt the needle grace the quill." (see attached photo) During this time, the only thing important for a young girl to know was her alphabet and how to sew and cook. These samplers, stitched by candlelight after all chores were done, were often displayed in the parlor where suitors would come to court. Chloe's sampler was be passed down through her son's family, ending in her great-granddaughter Jane's hands, who worked in a textile mill in Rhode Island, where she rented a room from Minnie Lord and her mother. Minnie Lord would end up with the sampler and which was sold at the Heart of Nashville Antique show to a private collector in February of 2023.

Chloe married Eliphalet Ely Tucker of Chatham on June 10, 1827, who was five years her junior. They were married by Reverend John R. Crane. Together they had three children: Nicholas D. (1828-1872), Esther J. (1830-1923), and Sarah E. (1834-1916).

Chloe became a widow at the age of 32, when her husband died aboard a ship homeward bound from New Orleans. Chloe never remarried. According to the 1850 census, Chloe and her children Nicholas and Sarah had moved in with her daughter Esther and husband Samuel Childs, whom she lived with until her death. Their home on Wyllys Avenue is now where Wesleyan University campus stands.

Chloe died a the age of 96. Her obituary in the Hartford Courant read:

"Mrs. Chloe Tucker, widow of Eliphalet Tucker, died at the home of her daughter on Wyllys avenue last evening, aged 96 years 2 months 7 days. She was a "True" daughter of the American Revolution, her father being Joshue Johnson, and the oldest resident of this town. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Childs. The Rev. F.W. Greene will offiiciate and the interment will be Indian Hill Cemetery."

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