son of Paul & Rebecca-age 21
stone from Crowell family farm
now stored in Chatham Historical
Society Atwood House Museum
***
Correction: Paul Crowell
Addition: Paul Crowell 18 Mar 1744/5 Chatham the son of Deacon Paul Crowell and his first wife, Rebecca Paine who died less than 10 years after their marriage.
It was rumored that young Paul Crowell brought smallpox back with him in a package of clothing when he returning from a voyage to the Caribbean to the home of Deacon Paul Crowell.
The Chatham smallpox epidemic of 1765-66 supposedly began in the household of Deacon Paul Crowell. Some alleged that an infected bale of cotton was the culprit. Others claimed that it was from the clothing of young Paul Crowell that smallpox came to Chatham. There were 37 deaths recorded.
Deacon Stephen Smith, his wife and two of his daughters died and other families lost two or three members each . . . To avoid the danger of spreading the disease, the usual funeral services were omitted, and the bodies of the deceased were taken out by the members of the family and buried in the rear of their respective farms, where many of them lay buried today, their resting places being marked in some cases by substantial slate gravestones.
additional information courtesy of Georgie.
stone from Crowell family farm
now stored in Chatham Historical
Society Atwood House Museum
***
Correction: Paul Crowell
Addition: Paul Crowell 18 Mar 1744/5 Chatham the son of Deacon Paul Crowell and his first wife, Rebecca Paine who died less than 10 years after their marriage.
It was rumored that young Paul Crowell brought smallpox back with him in a package of clothing when he returning from a voyage to the Caribbean to the home of Deacon Paul Crowell.
The Chatham smallpox epidemic of 1765-66 supposedly began in the household of Deacon Paul Crowell. Some alleged that an infected bale of cotton was the culprit. Others claimed that it was from the clothing of young Paul Crowell that smallpox came to Chatham. There were 37 deaths recorded.
Deacon Stephen Smith, his wife and two of his daughters died and other families lost two or three members each . . . To avoid the danger of spreading the disease, the usual funeral services were omitted, and the bodies of the deceased were taken out by the members of the family and buried in the rear of their respective farms, where many of them lay buried today, their resting places being marked in some cases by substantial slate gravestones.
additional information courtesy of Georgie.
son of Paul & Rebecca-age 21
stone from Crowell family farm
now stored in Chatham Historical
Society Atwood House Museum
***
Correction: Paul Crowell
Addition: Paul Crowell 18 Mar 1744/5 Chatham the son of Deacon Paul Crowell and his first wife, Rebecca Paine who died less than 10 years after their marriage.
It was rumored that young Paul Crowell brought smallpox back with him in a package of clothing when he returning from a voyage to the Caribbean to the home of Deacon Paul Crowell.
The Chatham smallpox epidemic of 1765-66 supposedly began in the household of Deacon Paul Crowell. Some alleged that an infected bale of cotton was the culprit. Others claimed that it was from the clothing of young Paul Crowell that smallpox came to Chatham. There were 37 deaths recorded.
Deacon Stephen Smith, his wife and two of his daughters died and other families lost two or three members each . . . To avoid the danger of spreading the disease, the usual funeral services were omitted, and the bodies of the deceased were taken out by the members of the family and buried in the rear of their respective farms, where many of them lay buried today, their resting places being marked in some cases by substantial slate gravestones.
additional information courtesy of Georgie.
stone from Crowell family farm
now stored in Chatham Historical
Society Atwood House Museum
***
Correction: Paul Crowell
Addition: Paul Crowell 18 Mar 1744/5 Chatham the son of Deacon Paul Crowell and his first wife, Rebecca Paine who died less than 10 years after their marriage.
It was rumored that young Paul Crowell brought smallpox back with him in a package of clothing when he returning from a voyage to the Caribbean to the home of Deacon Paul Crowell.
The Chatham smallpox epidemic of 1765-66 supposedly began in the household of Deacon Paul Crowell. Some alleged that an infected bale of cotton was the culprit. Others claimed that it was from the clothing of young Paul Crowell that smallpox came to Chatham. There were 37 deaths recorded.
Deacon Stephen Smith, his wife and two of his daughters died and other families lost two or three members each . . . To avoid the danger of spreading the disease, the usual funeral services were omitted, and the bodies of the deceased were taken out by the members of the family and buried in the rear of their respective farms, where many of them lay buried today, their resting places being marked in some cases by substantial slate gravestones.
additional information courtesy of Georgie.
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