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Rhoda <I>Boardman</I> Stillman

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Rhoda Boardman Stillman

Birth
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
10 Oct 1841 (aged 84)
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
ancient burying ground (C-14-e)
Memorial ID
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Rhoda Boardman, d. of Capt. Charles Boardman and Abigail Stillman, b. of record July 29, 1757 at Wethersfield, Conn. She d. Oct. 10, 1841 at Wethersfield (g.s.).

On Dec. 17, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), Rhoda m. Maj. Joseph Stillman, Jr., s. of Joseph Stillman and Sarah Wright, bapt. Feb. 15, 1761 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.) where he d. Jan. 3, 1844 (g.s.) They had eight children of record at Wethersfield who are summarized in their father's memorial.
Rhoda Boardman, d. of Capt. Charles Boardman and Abigail Stillman, b. of record July 29, 1757 at Wethersfield, Conn. She d. Oct. 10, 1841 at Wethersfield (g.s.).

On Dec. 17, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), Rhoda m. Maj. Joseph Stillman, Jr., s. of Joseph Stillman and Sarah Wright, bapt. Feb. 15, 1761 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.) where he d. Jan. 3, 1844 (g.s.) They had eight children of record at Wethersfield who are summarized in their father's memorial.

Inscription

Her individual gravestone:
Rhoda Stillman
Wife of
Joseph Stillman
Oct. 10, 1841
Æ. 83 (sic)

Unless Rhoda's recorded date of birth is reversed with that of her sister Abigail in 1759, on the day Rhoda died she was 84 years old, and Ætatis suæ(i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 85.

Portion of the Stillman Family Monument (cenotaph):
Maj.
Joseph Stillman,
Died Jan. 3, 1844
Aged 83.
At the age of 15 was Drummer
in the war of the Revolution.
Rhoda Boardman,
his wife,
Died Oct. 10, 1841.
Aged 83 (sic).

Gravesite Details

[see Maj Joseph Stillman for more photos)



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