Susan Merrick Chapin COLTON
Born 1810 Hartford, CT
Died 1865 Feb 8 Chicago, IL
Age 54
Burial Spring Grove,Hartford, CT

Father Laertes Chapin
Born 1778 Aug 22 East Windsor, CT
Died 1847 Oct 30 CT
Burial Old North Cemetery-Hartford, CT
Father Aaron Chapin
Mother Mary
Mother Susanna Merrick
Born
Died 1811 or 1814
Age 26
Father Gad Merrick


Married 1835 Sep 24 Hartford, CT
Calvin Colton (twin)


Children

1. Ellen Maria Colton
Born 1836 Oct 3 NY, NY

2. Edward Chapin Colton
Born 1840 Jan 14 NY, NY

3. Robert Anson Colton
Born 1840 Jan 14 NY, NY
Died 1842 Aug 8

4. Alice Cushman Colton
Born 1843 Jan 1 NY,NY
Died 1844 Nov 30 NY,NY

5. Charles Henry Colton
Born 1846 Apr 28

6. Jane Colton
Born 1850 Feb 9 NY, NY

Before she was 40 yrs old she buried 2 of her 6 children and her husband. Her daughter Jane was born 6 mos. after her husband died.
She was 54 when she died.



SOURCES

Susan M Colton in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Name: Susan M Colton
Birth Date: abt 1811
Death Date: 9 Feb 1865
Age at Death: 54
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut

Susan M Colton in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Susan M Colton
Birth Date: abt 1811
Age at Death: 54
Death Date: 9 Feb 1865
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Cemetery: Spring Grove Cemetery
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Calvin
FHL Film Number: 3338

DEATH
Widow Susan M Colton in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Name: Widow Susan M Colton
Birth Date: abt 1811
Death Date: 8 Feb 1865
Death Place: Chicago, Illinois
Age at Death: 54

Widow Susan M Colton in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
Name: Widow Susan M Colton
Birth Year: abt 1811
Event: Death
Spouse: Calvin Colton
Death Date: 8 Feb 1865
Death Place: New York
Age at Death: 54
Newspaper: New Haven Columbian Register
Publication Date: 25 Feb 1865
Publication Place: Connecticut, USA
Call Number: 485751

Susan M Chapin Colton
in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Susan M Chapin Colton
Death Date: 7 Feb 1865
Death Place: Connecticut
Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 3108


CENSUS
Susan M Colson in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Susan M Colson
[Susan M Colton]
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Connecticut
Home in 1860: New Haven Ward 6, New Haven, Connecticut
Post Office: New Haven
Family Number: 666
Household Members:
Name Age
Susan M Colson 49
Ellen M Colson 23
Edward C Colson 20
Charles H Colson 14
Colson 10
Barbara Negles 17