Headstone age is likely correct but in conflict with original Town of Lincoln, Vt clerk's death record, which states age on the death date to be 69 years, 11 months, 27 days. Referencing the Henniker, NH marriage record, "Betsey" Chase married Joel Atkins on 9 Dec 1822. If the Lincoln town clerk record was correct, Elizabeth (Betsey/Betsy) Chase would have been 12-13 years old when she was married. Further evidence is found in "Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase", John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire, 1928, which shows Elizabeth, b. 1802; m. Joel Atkins of Lincoln, Vt.. Further uncertainty about Elizabeth Chase's exact birth date results from 1850, 1860 and 1870 Lincoln, Vt census documents , which give her age as 3 years younger than her husband, Joel Atkins, who was born in 1800. The year, circa 1801 is used for this memorial until proof of the exact date can be verified.
Headstone age is likely correct but in conflict with original Town of Lincoln, Vt clerk's death record, which states age on the death date to be 69 years, 11 months, 27 days. Referencing the Henniker, NH marriage record, "Betsey" Chase married Joel Atkins on 9 Dec 1822. If the Lincoln town clerk record was correct, Elizabeth (Betsey/Betsy) Chase would have been 12-13 years old when she was married. Further evidence is found in "Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase", John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire, 1928, which shows Elizabeth, b. 1802; m. Joel Atkins of Lincoln, Vt.. Further uncertainty about Elizabeth Chase's exact birth date results from 1850, 1860 and 1870 Lincoln, Vt census documents , which give her age as 3 years younger than her husband, Joel Atkins, who was born in 1800. The year, circa 1801 is used for this memorial until proof of the exact date can be verified.
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