Family:Chester Shipley and Susan Atwood (1)

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Parents: John Shipley and Susanna Rideout
Chester Shipley
b. 14 Mar 1824 Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
d. 30 Apr 1902 Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Parents: Thomas Atwood and Sarah Maxfield
Susan Colby Atwood
b. 28 Oct 1820 Wilmot, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
d. 28 Jun 1905 Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
m. 3 Oct 1862 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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Marriage[1] 3 Oct 1862 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
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References
  1. ↑ New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947. (New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration)
    [1].

    Groom: Chester Shepley
    Bride: Susan A. Chickering
    Residences: Amherst / Amherst
    Ages: 37 / 41
    Color: White / White
    Occupation: Farmer / [blank]
    Birthplace: Hollis / Bradford
    No. of Marriage: 1 / 2
    Widowed or Divorced: [blank] / Wd.
    By whom Married: B. F. Bowles
    Official Station: Clergyman
    Date of Marriage: Oct. 3, 1862
    Place: Manchester
    Father: John Shepley / Thomas Mayfield
    Mother: S. Shepley / S. Mayfield

  2.   This marriage record misidentifies Susan's parents. It appears that possibly the groom was not properly acquainted with his in-laws yet? Evidence cited on the various associated pages indicates that Susan was Susan Colby Atwood, d/o Thomas Atwood and Sarah Maxfield, b. Wilmot 1820, to parents born in Bradford. These details were apparently mis-communicated when the marriage license was applied for (plus Susan's birth record lists the mother as Polly). But records later in life such as census data (1900 census: born Oct 1820, 2 children, 1 living, matching Isaac and Susan Chickering's children exactly), marriage of siblings (especially marriage of George Washington Atwood, also b. to Thomas and Polly Atwood, but marriage lists parents Thomas and Sarah Atwood, death lists parents as Thomas Atwood and Sarah Maxfield), and deaths of children (death of Julia Ann (Chickering) Shirley lists parents as Isaac Chickering and Sarah Atwood), all seems to support the arrangement given, not the marriage record.
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