Deaths Registered in the Town of Athol Mass. for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-six. No.: 27 Date of Death: Oct. 15. [1866] Name: Thankfull Gage Sex: Female Condition: Married Age: 68 [birth about 1798] Cause: Old Age Place of Death: Athol Occupation: [blank] Place of Birth: Northfield Parents: [blank] / Thankfull Chaplin Birthplaces of Parents: [blank]
↑ No birth record or marriage record has been found. The death record is confusing. The three census records found all indicate Vermont as the birthplace, but the death record says Northfield. The death record does not name a father, only a mother Thankful Chaplin. Assuming the name is Chapin, possibly she is a daughter of Bezeleel and Thankful Chapin, there being a gap in their childrens' births. But no clues have been found to identify her.
