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William Mansfield

Birth
Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
1 Oct 1816 (aged 52–53)
Burial
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Died at age 53.

William Mansfield, the seventh in a family of twelve children of the Rev. Dr. Richard Mansfield (Yale 1741), of Derby, Connecticut, was baptized on January 12, 1764.
His life was spent in Derby, where he was a merchant, carrying on an extensive business, though he died insolvent. He was also engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil.
He died in that part of Derby which is now Seymour, on October 1, 1816, in his 53d year.
He married Eunice Hull, by whom he had seven daughters and four sons.
His wife survived him, with five of their daughters. All of the children died unmarried except two daughters.

~Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: July 1778-June 1792; Franklin Bowditch Dexter; Holt, 1907; pg. 358.
Died at age 53.

William Mansfield, the seventh in a family of twelve children of the Rev. Dr. Richard Mansfield (Yale 1741), of Derby, Connecticut, was baptized on January 12, 1764.
His life was spent in Derby, where he was a merchant, carrying on an extensive business, though he died insolvent. He was also engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil.
He died in that part of Derby which is now Seymour, on October 1, 1816, in his 53d year.
He married Eunice Hull, by whom he had seven daughters and four sons.
His wife survived him, with five of their daughters. All of the children died unmarried except two daughters.

~Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: July 1778-June 1792; Franklin Bowditch Dexter; Holt, 1907; pg. 358.


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