Gazlay Family History
Margaret Adamson
Parents
| Father | Samuel Adamson (ca. 1814 - ) |
| Mother | Mary Crawlers (ca. 1820 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 18 January 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 486 |
| Name | Margaret Adamson |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 30 March 1850 in Guilford, Ireland1, 2 |
| Emigrated | 1870 from Ireland2 |
| Married | 1 February 1876 to Harris T. Chapel2, 3 |
| Died | 27 October 1946 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut1 |
Biography
Margaret came to America in 1870. She and her husband Harris T. Chapel lived in East Lyme where she was a member of the Community Church. After her husband died in 1901, she came to live in Montville. She died at the home of her daughter, Annie Coffey, in Palmertown. Among her survivors was her niece, Mrs. Charles Allen, whom she raised from infancy.2
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harris T. Chapel (son of Simon Chapel and Clarissa _____) |
| Born | 30 August 1819 in East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 1 February 1876 to Margaret Adamson |
| Died | 17 May 1901 in East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Margaret Adamson and Harris T. Chapel: |
| +1. | Robert William Chapel |
| Born | 7 November 1876 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | ca. 1902 to Christina B. ‘China’ Strong |
| Married | 3 June 1914 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut to Rose Anna Garrett |
| Died | 19 June 1947 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| +2. | Elizabeth Chapel |
| Born | 18 August 1877 in Chesterfield, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | to _____ Douglass |
| Married | ca. 1899 to John Leonard Clark |
| Died | 8 February 1967 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| +3. | Mary Ann Chapel |
| Born | 27 August 1880 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | after 1900 to (unidentified) |
| Married | to Patrick J. Coffey |
| Died | 12 August 1968 in Preston, Montville, Connecticut |
| +4. | Samuel Chapel |
| Born | 7 January 1884 in East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | ca. 1903 to Elizabeth Marie ‘Lizzie’ Way |
| Married | 7 August 1920 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut to Emma Williams |
| Died | 15 November 1961 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut |
Sources
- Death Certificate, Connecticut, Montville, Certificate No. 39 (1946), Margaret Chapel. Copy in possession of Shirley (Chapel) Smith. The certificate shows Margaret’s parents as Samuel Adamson, birthplace Ireland, and Mary Crawlers, birthplace Ireland.
- Obituary, The Day, New London, Connecticut, Margaret Adamson Chapel, 29 October 1946.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New London County, East Lyme, Enumeration District 445, Sheet 10B, family of Harris and Margaret Chapel with niece Grace E. Atkinson.