Wealthy Chappell Rogers was a daughter of William (1747-1823) and Lydia Crocker Chappell (1747-1841), of Waterford, New London, CT, and Geauga/Lake County, OH. William was a Revolutionary War veteran. She was a sister to Nathan Chappell and Lydia Chappell Beebe, who are also buried in the same cemetery. She was born January 25, 1779. About 1797 she married Roswell Rogers, a son of John and Sarah (Borden) Rogers of East Haddam, CT. .(Roswell was a great grandson of Adam Rogers, the mulatto, of New London CT.) Together, Wealthy and Roswell had the following children: Erastus C. (ca 1798-ca 1855), Wealthy (1799-1870), Rocksey 1801-1803) William (1804-1871), an infant (1807-1809), Roswell (ca 1810-ca 1875), Joseph Noyes L. (1811-1893), and George R. Rogers ((1813-1860+).
Roswell and Wealthy initially attended Millington (2nd Society) Church in East Haddam. At some point, perhaps after losing an infant (at about age two) in 1809, they started attending the Waterford Baptist Church, 10-15 miles away. They then helped found the closer North Lyme Baptist Church and were among the first four members.
Beginning around 1812, when her husband reported in a court case as having broken bones, and past 1816 (the year with no summer) her husband had financial setbacks that continued to grow. At the same time, her blind mother-in-law Sarah lived with them, and surely Wealthy was deeply involved in her care until her mother-in-law died in 1818. The Panic of 1819 made their problems worse. Behind in taxes and their mortgage, they eventually lost their 130-acre farm to their creditor in 1821.
In 1823 she received a letter of transmittal from her church to present to any new church she might join. It may have been used in Hamilton, NY, where they were living in 1830. After more financial problems there, they moved to Leroy Township of Geauga Lake) County, Ohio, where they started over - again.
Her husband disappeared from the local records around 1841, but no record for his death or burial has been found, aside from a distribution of property to his children. Wealthy then lived in homes of her children until her death on Dec. 24, 1870. Only a very short death notice appeared in the "Painesville Telegraph."
Roswell and Wealthy initially attended Millington (2nd Society) Church in East Haddam. At some point, perhaps after losing an infant (at about age two) in 1809, they started attending the Waterford Baptist Church, 10-15 miles away. They then helped found the closer North Lyme Baptist Church and were among the first four members.
Beginning around 1812, when her husband reported in a court case as having broken bones, and past 1816 (the year with no summer) her husband had financial setbacks that continued to grow. At the same time, her blind mother-in-law Sarah lived with them, and surely Wealthy was deeply involved in her care until her mother-in-law died in 1818. The Panic of 1819 made their problems worse. Behind in taxes and their mortgage, they eventually lost their 130-acre farm to their creditor in 1821.
In 1823 she received a letter of transmittal from her church to present to any new church she might join. It may have been used in Hamilton, NY, where they were living in 1830. After more financial problems there, they moved to Leroy Township of Geauga Lake) County, Ohio, where they started over - again.
Her husband disappeared from the local records around 1841, but no record for his death or burial has been found, aside from a distribution of property to his children. Wealthy then lived in homes of her children until her death on Dec. 24, 1870. Only a very short death notice appeared in the "Painesville Telegraph."
Wealthy Chappell Rogers was a daughter of William (1747-1823) and Lydia Crocker Chappell (1747-1841), of Waterford, New London, CT, and Geauga/Lake County, OH. William was a Revolutionary War veteran. She was a sister to Nathan Chappell and Lydia Chappell Beebe, who are also buried in the same cemetery. She was born January 25, 1779. About 1797 she married Roswell Rogers, a son of John and Sarah (Borden) Rogers of East Haddam, CT. .(Roswell was a great grandson of Adam Rogers, the mulatto, of New London CT.) Together, Wealthy and Roswell had the following children: Erastus C. (ca 1798-ca 1855), Wealthy (1799-1870), Rocksey 1801-1803) William (1804-1871), an infant (1807-1809), Roswell (ca 1810-ca 1875), Joseph Noyes L. (1811-1893), and George R. Rogers ((1813-1860+).
Roswell and Wealthy initially attended Millington (2nd Society) Church in East Haddam. At some point, perhaps after losing an infant (at about age two) in 1809, they started attending the Waterford Baptist Church, 10-15 miles away. They then helped found the closer North Lyme Baptist Church and were among the first four members.
Beginning around 1812, when her husband reported in a court case as having broken bones, and past 1816 (the year with no summer) her husband had financial setbacks that continued to grow. At the same time, her blind mother-in-law Sarah lived with them, and surely Wealthy was deeply involved in her care until her mother-in-law died in 1818. The Panic of 1819 made their problems worse. Behind in taxes and their mortgage, they eventually lost their 130-acre farm to their creditor in 1821.
In 1823 she received a letter of transmittal from her church to present to any new church she might join. It may have been used in Hamilton, NY, where they were living in 1830. After more financial problems there, they moved to Leroy Township of Geauga Lake) County, Ohio, where they started over - again.
Her husband disappeared from the local records around 1841, but no record for his death or burial has been found, aside from a distribution of property to his children. Wealthy then lived in homes of her children until her death on Dec. 24, 1870. Only a very short death notice appeared in the "Painesville Telegraph."
Roswell and Wealthy initially attended Millington (2nd Society) Church in East Haddam. At some point, perhaps after losing an infant (at about age two) in 1809, they started attending the Waterford Baptist Church, 10-15 miles away. They then helped found the closer North Lyme Baptist Church and were among the first four members.
Beginning around 1812, when her husband reported in a court case as having broken bones, and past 1816 (the year with no summer) her husband had financial setbacks that continued to grow. At the same time, her blind mother-in-law Sarah lived with them, and surely Wealthy was deeply involved in her care until her mother-in-law died in 1818. The Panic of 1819 made their problems worse. Behind in taxes and their mortgage, they eventually lost their 130-acre farm to their creditor in 1821.
In 1823 she received a letter of transmittal from her church to present to any new church she might join. It may have been used in Hamilton, NY, where they were living in 1830. After more financial problems there, they moved to Leroy Township of Geauga Lake) County, Ohio, where they started over - again.
Her husband disappeared from the local records around 1841, but no record for his death or burial has been found, aside from a distribution of property to his children. Wealthy then lived in homes of her children until her death on Dec. 24, 1870. Only a very short death notice appeared in the "Painesville Telegraph."
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