Ellen Maria Shackford, the first child of Walter Edward and Ellen (Flynn) Shackford was born on July 9, 1887 in Providence, Rhode Island.

We don’t know much about her short life – only that sadly she died of tubucular meningitis at age 2 on February 27, 1890. A little over a week after Ellen’s death, Walter and Ellen had a second child – Ann Elizabeth Shackford.

We haven’t learned where Ellen was buried or if an announcement was placed in a newspaper about her death.

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SOURCES:

“Rhode Island, U.S., Birth Registrations 1846-1921,” digital image, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2026), Ellen Marie Shackford.

Rhode Island “Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 February 2016), Ellen Maria Shackford.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” # 509 Walter Edward Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

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She died far too young – at the age of 11 months on October 26, 1843 of lung fever. While her death record says she was buried in and was buried in the S. Boston Cemetery, her gravestone is at Proprieters Cemetery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

About a month after Ellen’s death, her father Rev Charles Chauncy Shackford asked his church in South Boston to relieve him from his role as minister and find a successor. In December, 1843 he and his wife moved to Burlington, Iowa.

Thanks to June who shared this photograph of young Ella’s gravestone and gave permission for her photographs to be used, we can share this image of Ella’s gravestone.

RESEARCH TO DO:

Continue to search for a birth record for Ellen.

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SOURCES:

“Clerical Intelligence,” The Monthly Miscellany of Religion and Letters, 1843, Vol VIII newsletter, Volume VIII: page 252; digital images (https://babel.hathitrust.org/), Rev. Mr Shackford [Charles Chauncy Shackford].

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 June 2017), Ella Louisa Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 166823886.

“The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011,” digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2013).

“Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry.com : accessed 6 January 2026), Ellen Louisa Shackford.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #381 Charles Chauny Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

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On June 7, 1877, 33 year old Nellie married John Gilman Bartlett, a 43 year old widower with a twelve year old son named Jesse. John was well known to the town of Suncook. A biography about him published in Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation Vol. 1 described him as “one of the most enterprising citizens of Suncook and did more than any other individual to build up the village.” While this biography describes John’s life in detail it does not say anything about Nellie other than her birth date, her parent’s names and that she was the great granddaughter of Theodore Shackford.

We find John and Nellie in the June 1880, June 1890, and April 1910 census records in Allenstown and Pembroke. During this timeframe, Nellie is mentioned with John on many land sales, one of the well known Opera House Hotel on the west side of Main Street in Suncook. In 1890 John’s son Jesse died in an accident in Denver, Colorado where he had settled. This must have been tragic for both of them as Nellie has been part of his life since he was twelve.

John wrote his will on May 2, 1910 leaving his wife Nellie 1/2 his estate and $500. He also left $100 to the city of Pembroke to maintain his cemetery plot and left the rest to his brother James L Bartlett. The next day he added a codicil leaving $1000 to his wife’s sister Miriam Sawyer (Colby) Bennett. John died at the age of 76 on May 22, 1910 and was buried in the Pembroke Street Cemetery with his first wife Persis A (Colby) Bartlett and his son Jesse.

CHILDREN:

None

RESEARCH TO DO: Continue to search for an obituary and probate records for Ellen (Nellie) Shackford Bartlett.

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Allenstown, page number crossed out, dwelling 474, family 479, Nathaniel Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 November 2013).

1860 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Pembroke, Page No 133, dwelling 1071, family 1114, Abby Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 February 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Pembroke, Page No 19, dwelling no 116, family no 135, Charles R Emerson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 February 2014).

1880 United States Federal Census, Merrimack County, population schedule, Allenstown, enumeration district (ED) 157, Page No 5, dwelling 58, family 61, John G Bartlett; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 July 2017).

Carter N. F., Rev, History of Pembroke, N. H. 1730-1895: In Two Volumes, Vol. II.-Genealogical (Concord, N. H.: Republican Press Association, 1895), page 295; digital images, Hathi Trust (http://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 17 March 2016.

“Marriages,” Independent Statesman (Concord, New Hampshire), 14 June 1877, John Gilman Bartlett m Nellie Shackford; digital images, Godfrey Memorial (http://godfrey.org : accessed 27 August 2013), 19th Century U. S. Newspapers.

“Merrimack. Deeds 1879–1882,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 28 September 2026), John G Bartlett and Nellie sold land.

“Merrimack. Deeds 1879–1882,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 28 September 2026), John G Bartlett and Nellie sold land.

“Merrimack. Deeds 1891–1894,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.Org : accessed 28 September 2026), John G Bartlett and Nellie sold land.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #360 Ellen R Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

Stearns Ezra S, William F Whitcher, Edward E Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation Vol. 1 (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), page 164; digital images, Google eBooks (books.google.com : accessed 24 November 2013.

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Sadly Ellen died on March 13, 1846 in Saco at the age of 3 from consumption. We don’t know where she was buried.

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SOURCES:

Maine “Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910,” index, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 November 2013), Ellen, Twin Shackford, d. 13 Mar 1846.

“Saco. Birth Records 1840–1880, 1864–1898, 1717–1840, Marriage Records 18,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 24 September 2026), Nathaniel Shackford & Abigail Coleman Children.

“Saco. Birth Records 1840–1880, 1864–1898, 1717–1840, Marriage Records 18,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 24 September 2026), Death Ellen Shackford.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #152 Nathaniel Shackford b Aug 11, 1800; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

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On October 21, 1876, Ella married William A Chipman of Poland. Soon thereafter they moved to Gray, Maine where William began working as a teamster, and then a farmer while also working as a road commissioner and for the Gray and Portland Express Company.

Here’s an article that describes how the town of Gray depended upon the Express Company that William managed:

Mr. Wm. Chipman, our expressman, marketed 40 bushels of blueberries the first four days of last week. It is estimated that there will be sold this season, picked in this town, $1,000 worth of these berries.

We find the family with their five children in Gray in the June 1900 census records but by May 1910 they only had one child still living at home. In 1915 we find them living at Old Portland Road in Gray and in January 1920 we can see the address as 138 Old Portland Road with their son Ernest living further down the street.

Ella who had been ill for many years with asthma died in Gray of influenza at the age of 62 on March 30, 1920. We found this obituary published on April 5, 1920 in the Lewiston Daily Sun:

Ella A., wife of W. A. Chipman, died at her home Tuesday afternoon, Mar. 30, aged 62 years, 9 months, Mrs. Chipman has been in poor health for several years, but for the past year she had seemed much better until about two weeks ago, when she was taken with influenza from which she did not recover. She was the daughter ot the late Joshua and Mary Shackford of Poland. About 43 years ago she married William A. Chipman of Poland, shortly after coming to Gray to live. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Ernest, of this place, Leland of Westbrook, Harland of Waterville, two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Tripp of Fort Keugh, Mont. and Miss Iva who has so faithfully cared for her mother during the past few years. Also one brother, Charles Shackford, of Poland, and one sister, Mrs. Freeland Spiller, of Auburn. Mrs. Chipman was a kind neighbor, a loving wife and mother and one that will be missed by many friends. Mrs. Chipman was a charter member of Grayhurst Pythian Temple and one of the oldest members of Gray grange. The daughter Mrs. Tripp and her son Charles were expected to reach Gray Friday night.

Ella was buried in the Gray Village Cemetery. We wish to thank Debi C who shared this picture of her gravestone at to Find A Grave and gave permission for it to be used.

Ella’s husband William remained in Gray where he died at the age of 72 on August 1, 1926. He was buried alongside his wife at the Gray Village Cemetery.

CHILDREN:

Ernest Frank Chipman (1877-1945) married Della May Haskell

Lela M Chipman (1881-1925) – married Minnie Raymond

Julia C Chipman (1883-1975) – married Herbert Trippe

Harley R Chipman (1884-1954) – married Harriett Mae Dorathy

Bernard W Chipman (1890-1890)

Iva M Chipman (1899-1945) – married Henry E Sayward

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SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Poland, Page No 62, dwelling 445, Joshua Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 13 December 2025).

1870 United States Federal Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Poland, Page No 41, dwellng 336, family 354, Joshua Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 13 December 2025).

1880 United States Federal Census, Cumberland County, Maine, population schedule, Gray, enumeration district (ED) 36, Page No 82, dwelling 323, family 340, Wm A Chipman; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2026).

1900 United States Federal Census, Cumberland County, Maine, population schedue, Gray, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 45, Sheet No 10, dwelling 264, family 273, William Chipman; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 July 2014).

1910 United States Federal Census, Cumberland County, Maine, population schedule, Gray, enumeration district (ED) 34, Sheet No 9B, dwelling 224, family 230, William A Chipman; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2026).

1920 United States Federal Census, Cumberland County, Maine, population schedule, Gray, enumeration district (ED) 17, Sheet No 5, dwelling 138, family 146, William A Chipman; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2026).

Chipman Bert Lee, The Chipman Family A Genealogy of The Chipmans in America 1631-1921 (Winston-Salem, N. C.: n.d.), page 279; digital images, ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2026; William A Chipman.

“GRAY,” The Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Maine) Daily Sun, 5 April 1920, Ella A [Shackford] Chipman; digital images, Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 27 September 2026).

“Gray,” The Portland Daily Press (Portland, Maine), 28 July 1891, Mr Wm Chipman, our expressman; digital images, Newspaper Archive (https://access-newspaperarchive-com : accessed 28 September 2026).

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, , Ella A Chipman, 30 March 1920; digital records, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 July 2013); Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll #: 10.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #455 Ella Abbie Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts. Sources Lena A Spiller and Charles W Shackford.

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 27 September 2026), William A Chipman. 1915 Gray City Directory.

“WILLIAM A. CHIPMAN,” Evening Express (Portland, Maine), 2 August 1926, obituary; Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 27 September 2026).

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We find Elizabeth with her parents in Saco in August 1850 and in Biddeford on June 1860. In June of 1870 we find her in the census with her parents in Biddeford at age 26 with a five year old child named Alma V Shackford listed on the line under her name. We’re unsure if this was her daughter or someone else’s daughter but do know the child died on June 23, 1870.

On September 16, 1871, Elizabeth married William Briggs of Scotland. According a later census, he had immigrated to the United States in 1870. The family moved to 12 Acorn Street around 1877 while William worked in the local cotton mill. We find them in the June 1880, June 1900, and April 1910 Biddeford census records. The 1900 records state that Elizabeth had four children and two were living making us wonder if Alma was a child from a different parent.

Tragedy struck the Briggs home around December 7, 1912 when a fire broke out in a shed behind their home at 12 Acorn street and no one could find Elizabeth’s husband William. He was eventually found hours later semi-conscious buried in a shallow area in the barn holding onto some of his hens but also had a large cut on his throat. The newspapers covered this incident in multiple articles for a few weeks with reports showing that Elizabeth had been disabled for many years and her husband, William had not been right mentally for nine years. The papers also reported that his daughter requested that he not be returned home from the hospital but be committed to an asylum. Eventually physicians reported to the city council that this was the best plan as William was not acting coherently and had admitted to accidentally starting the fire by tipping over a bunch on burning lamp in the barn and then cutting his throat due to his guilt. William was eventually committed Augusta State Hospital where he died on March 15, 1914 of psychosis associated with cerebral arterio sclerosis and pneumonia. Following his death, his body was transferred to Biddeford for burial at the Greenwood Cemetery.

Elizabeth and her daughters could not return to the home on Acorn street and eventually moved to 139 Foss Street.

In 1921, Elizabeth’s sister Frances R Lewis died. Frances had written her will in 1910 leaving Elizabeth $500 and her two daughters Mary and Frances $1000 each. In the will she lists Elizabeth as Elizabeth T. Briggs but we have not found any other reference showing a middle initial for Elizabeth and there are some other typos in the will.

Elizabeth lived with her daughters at 139 Foss Street until her death at age 85 on March 6, 1928. Obituaries were published in the Biddeford-Saco Journal and the Biddeford Weekly Journal.

Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs,

Life-Long Resident

of City, Died Tuesday

“Mrs Elizabeth Briggs, widow of William Briggs died Tuesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Walton, 139 Foss St. Her age was 85 years and 13 days. She was born in this City, the daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail Coleman Shackford. She attended the Foss Street Methodist Episcopal Church when able and was interested in the work of the church. Mrs Briggs was known to a large number of friends and was held in high esteem. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. Harry Walton and Miss Flora A. Briggs, both of this city.”
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of her daughter, 139 Foss street.

Elizabeth was buried alongside her husband at the Greenwood Cemetery in Biddeford, Maine.

Thanks to blacksmith 9 who posted a picture of Elizabeth’s gravestone at Find A Grave, and gave permission for their photograph’s to be used, we can share this photograph of Elizabeth Shackford Briggs’ gravestone.

CHILDREN:

Possible daughter – Alma V Shackford (1864-1870)?

Mary E Briggs (1874-1933) married Henry B Walton

Flora A Briggs (1875-1929)

Ida Briggs (died about 9 months)

William Briggs (died about 4 weeks old)

RESEARCH TO DO: Continue to search for records for Alma Shackford. Continue to search for records of Ida and William Briggs. Also continue to search for immigration records for William Briggs (difficult due to common name.)

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Saco, page 636 (difficult to read), dwelling 481, family 532, Nathaniel Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 27 November 2013).

1860 US Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, City of Biddeford, Page No 95, dwelling 613, family 691, Nathl Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 November 2013).

1870 United States Federal Census, York, Maine, population schedule, Biddeford, Page 64, Dwelling 467, Family 327, Nathaniel Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2013).

1880 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Biddeford, Ward 3, Page No 23 (penned) 97A (stamped), William Briggs; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 November 2013).

1900 United States Federal Census, York, Maine, population schedule, Biddeford, enumeration district (ED) 228, Sheet No 22, Acorn St, dwelling 265, family 422, William Briggs; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2026).

“DEATHS – SHACKFORD,” The Union and Journal (Biddeford, Maine), 15 July 1870, Alma V Shackford; digital images, digitalmaine repository (https://digitalmaine.com/union_and_journal/ : accessed 25 February 2025).

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 December 2013), Elizabeth Shackford Briggs, Find A Grave Memorial# 120933145.

“Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922,” digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2026), Wm Briggs.

“Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs, Life-Long Resident of City, Died Tuesday,” Biddeford-Saco Journal, 7 March 1928, Elizabeth Shackford Briggs; digital images, Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 23 September 2026).

“NEAR DEATH IN BURNING STRUCTURE,” Biddeford Daily Journal (Biddeford, Maine), 7 December 1912, William Briggs; digital image, McArthur Public Library (https://biddeford.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 24 September 2026).

“Saco. Birth Records 1840–1880, 1864–1898, 1717–1840, Marriage Records 18,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 24 September 2026), Death Ellen Shackford.

“Saco. Birth Records 1840–1880, 1864–1898, 1717–1840, Marriage Records 18,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 24 September 2026), Nathaniel Shackford & Abigail Coleman Children.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #337 Elizabeth T Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts. Sources listed were Frances R Lewis and Cora S Tilton.

“WANTS FATHER COMMITTED TO ASYLUM,” Biddeford Daily Journal (Biddeford, Maine), 17 December 1912, Mary E Briggs Makes Insanity Complaint to Authorities; digital image, McArthur Public Library (https://biddeford.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 24 September 2026).

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On December 4, 1845, Eliza married Benjamin Hartshorn Fales in Portland, Maine. He was the son of Benjamin Hartshorn and Betsy Blake (Fairbanks) Fales and had recently sold land in Wrenthen which he had he inherited from his father for $700. Their marriage was announced on December 10, 1845 in the Boston Evening Transcript.

At Portland, Me; 4th inst, by Rev L. L. Saddler, Mr Benjamin H. Fales, of Boston to Miss Eliza Shackford, of P.

The newly married couple moved to Rutland, Vermont where Benjamin worked as a machinist. By 1860 they were living in Providence Rhode Island where Benjamin continued his career as a machinist. The family lived at 6 Walling, 18 Jefferson, and 879 No Maine.

In 1874 sold land in Westbrook that she had inherited from her mother for $2500. The deed states that the land had been willed to her mother, Frances Jane Silsby (afterward Frances Jane Miller) and became the property of said Grantor, Eliza Fales, as the daughter and heir of said Frances Jane” Eliza remained at the residence at 879 No. Maine.

We find the family listed in the June 1880 census in Providence with Benjamin listed as a machinist and son Frederick working at age 17 as a jeweler.

The next two years must have been difficult for Eliza – her daughter Jenny died of pneumonia in January 1881 with the newspaper stating “the only daughter of Benj and Eliza Fales”. Around this time, Benjamin was apparently admitted to the Danver’s State Hospital (a psychiatric hospital) where he died in June 1882. A death record states he died of general paresis? (death record is difficult to read) on June 27. The exact date is unsure as his tombstone at the Danvers State Hospital Cemetery lists June 25 as does the book Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America.

Eliza and her son remained at 879 No Main moving in 1885 to 57 Fountain St where she lived with her son Frederick. In 1887 Frederick moved to Brooklyn – we presume Eliza moved with him to Brooklyn as we find her there in 1905 living with Frederick.

Eliza died at the age of 83 of hemiplegia due to thrombosis on April 5, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. This obituary was published in the Brooklyn Standard Union and the Times Union:

“In her eighty-second year, Eliza SHACKFORD FALES died yesterday in her home, 477 Miller avenue.  She was born in Portland, Me., and was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.  Funeral services were held this afternoon at her late home, and the body was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.”

CHILDREN:

Jenny Louise Fales (1848-1881)

Frederick Faxon Fales (1863-1937) – married Charlotte Amelia Bradley

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SOURCES:

1850 US Federal Census, Rutland County, population schedule, Rutland, page 56, Hotel, Benj Fales; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 21 September 2026).

1860 United States Federal Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, population schedule, Providence, Page 145, dwelling 736, family 1250, Benjamine H Fales; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 5 April 2026).

1865 Rhode Island State Census, Providence County, population schedule, Providence, page 119, 6, dwelling 97, family 168, Benjamin H Fales; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 21 September 2026).

1870 United States Federal Census, Cumberland County, Maine, population schedule, Cumberland, Page No 126, dwelling 914, family 1036, Benj H Fales; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026).

1875 Rhode Island State Census, Providence County, population schedule, Providence, Benjamin H Fales; digital images, Family Search (http://familysearch.org : accessed 21 September 2026).

1880 United States Federal Census, Providence County, Rhode Island, population schedule, Providence, enumeration district (ED) 2, Page No 35, 879 N Main St, dwelling 247, family 349, Benjamin Fales; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026).

1905 New York State Census, New York County, population schedule, Brooklyn, Page 4, Frederick Fales; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2026).

“Court records: Cumberland. Court Records 1836–1837,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 4 April 2026), Frances Springer Shackford divorces Ebenezer Shackford.

Fairbanks Lorenzo Sayles, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (Boston: American Printing and Engraving Company, 1897), page 235-6; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry : accessed 6 April 2026.

“Maine. Land Records 1873–1875,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 5 April 2026), Eliza Fales sold land she inherited from her mother Frances Jane Springer Shackford Silsby Miller.

“Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922,” digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2026), Jennie L Fales; died in Providence, Rhode Island.

Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, , Benj H Fales m. Eliza Shackford, 4 December 1845; database with images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 December 2014).

“MARRIAGES,” Boston Evening Transcript, 10 December 1845, Benjamin H Fales to Miss Eliza Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 22 September 2026).

“Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915,” database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2026), Benj H Fales.

“New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948,” index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2026), Eliza S Fales.

“Norfolk. Deeds 1845, Land Records 1845,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026), Benjamin H Fales sold land inherited from his father.
Shackford Samuel Burnham, “

Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” # 261 Eliza Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 22 September 2026), Frederick Fales; Providence, Rhode Island, City Directory, 1885.

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On May 14, 1829 she married Horatio G Dearborn of Exeter in Wakefield and on the same day, her sister, Mary Jane Shackford married Phineas G Hanson.

By 1835, Horatio and Elizabeth moved to Lowell where they lived on Lowell Street while she worked as a dressmaker. But by 1840 they moved to Quincy where Horatio worked as a blacksmith. He also purchased land along the railroad with Jeremiah Coe.

In 1850 Horatio and Elizabeth were living in Quincy in property estimated at $2500 but may have been attending church at the Second Evangelical Society near Railway Village in Milton where Horatio was officially on the church committe. We find the couple in Quincy in 1860. Horatio died of typhoid at the age of 62 on May 13, 1868 and was buried at Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy. He had written a will in 1863 leaving $1 to his sister and the rest of his estate to his wife Elizabeth who he appointed administrator. Elizabeth worked as administrator attending probate meetings in June 1868. He left property at Willard Street in Quincy, his clothes, some furniture, pews at the Orthodox church in Railway Village in Milton.

Elizabeth sold some land that Horatio had purchased to Mary Sheldon for $400. We find Elizabeth in her home Willard Street in Quincy in multiple census records and city directories between 1870 and 1880. On July 29, 1881 she died in a chair in the home at Willard Street.

We haven’t found an obituary for Elizabeth, just multiple articles mentioning she was an old lady found dead in a chair.

Mrs Horatio Dearborn, an old lady living in East Milton, was found dead in a chair in her house Saturday. Mrs. Dearborn lived alone, and appearances indicate that she had been dead ten or twelve hours when found. Deceased was 83 years old. Heart disease was the probably cause of death. Her death record did list this as the cause of death.

Elizabeth had left a will leaving specific items to her sisters Mary Jane Dorr and Martha Smith, both widows. She left the rest of her assets to her nephew, Horatio D Hanson, the son of her sister Mary Jane (Shackford) (Hanson) Dorr. The inventory of her estate lists the value of her real estate – 3/4 of an acre of land situated on Willard Street as $1500 and the household furniture as $150 and lists a gold watch valued at $20. It also lists the two trunks she left to her sisters.

We have not yet learned where she was buried.

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SOURCES:

1840 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Quincy, Horatio Deaarborn; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026).

1850 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Quincy, Page 114 (penned), dwelling 702, family 941, Horatio Dearborn; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026).

1855 Massachusetts State Census, Norfolk County, population schedule, Quincy, Page 32, dwelling 787, family 1107, Horatio G Dearborn; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 September 2026).

1860 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Quincy, Page No 53, dwelling 344, family 406, Horatio G Dearborn; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 6 February 2023).

1870 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Quincy, Page No 129, Dwelling 864, family 1093, Delizabeth R Dearborn; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 4 February 2023).

1880 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Quncy, enumeration district (ED) 525, Page No 27, dwelling 209, family 266, Elizabeth Dearborn; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2023).

Adams George, The Dorchester and Milton Business Directory, … 1850 (Boston: David Clapp, 1850), page 51; digital images, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 20 September 2026; Churches in Milton – Horatio G Dearborn.

“Found Dead in Her Chair,” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), 1 August 1881, Mrs Horatio Dearborn (Elizabeth Ring Shackford); digital image, Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 19 September 2026).

Hardon Henry W, Newington, New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1991), p. 170.

“Items of News,” The Standard Times (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 3 August 1881, Mrs Horatio Dearborn (Elizabeth Ring Shackford); ts) Newspapers.com (Newspapers.com : accessed 19 September 2026).

“MARRIED,,” New Hampshire Statesman and Concord (New Hampshire) Register, 30 May 1829; digital images, Godfred Memorial (http://godfrey.org : accessed 20 August 2013), 19th Century Newspapers.

“Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026), Horatio G. Dearborn.

“Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915,” database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 September 2026), Elizabeth R Dearborn.

“Norfolk. Deeds 1839-1840, Land Records 1839-1840,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026), Horatio G Dearborn bought land.

“Norfolk. Deeds 1877, Land Records 1877,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 September 2026), Elizabeth Dearborn sold land in Norfolk.

“Probate Estate Files: Norfolk. Probate Estate Case Files 1793–1900,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 1 November 2025), Probate Elizabeth Ring Shackford Dearborn.

“Probate Estate Files: Norfolk. Probate Estate Case Files 1793–1900,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 18 September 2026), Horatio G Dearborn.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #151 Elizabeth Ring Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 20 September 2026), 1835, Horatio G Dearborn.

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2023), Elizabeth R Dearborn, Quincy, 1870.

“U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry.com (www/ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2023), Elizabeth R Dearborn, Quincy, 1873.

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On May 7, 1836 Elizabeth purchased land from the Newmarket Manufacturing company for $263. It appears that this property was along Piscassie Street. On March 27, 1848 she purchased rights to the Lamprey River Mill from her father Seth Ring Shackford for $100.  Her father died 12 days later.

We find Elizabeth in the 1850 census living with her mother and sister and niece next door to her brother, William A Shackford.

In 1860 Elizabeth was living with her younger brother George, her mother, and a niece Mary E Wiggin. Mary was being cared for by her aunts because her mother had died when she was only five.

1863-1864 were years full of deaths in the family -Elizabeth’s brother George died in April 1863. Elizabeth’s brother Samuel Adams Shackford died in February 1864. Elizabeth’s mother died in July 1864 and her niece Mary Ellen Jane Wiggin died in December 1864.

In 1864 and 1865, Elizabeth inherited some money – and she and her siblings and nieces sold property that her deceased brother Samuel A Shackford had owned in Chicopee for $2600 in November 1865. And her niece Mary Ellen Jane Wiggin’s will left Elizabeth the sum of one thousand dollars which was distributed in July 1865. After these three years of death and inheritance, Elizabeth wrote her own will in October 1865.

In 1866 Elizabeth and about 15 relatives of John Downing Shackford, deceased, filed in the New Hampshire Supreme Court to partition his homestead land into multiple shares – a newspaper article infers that she may have been eligible for 1/25 of the property.

In 1870 we find Elizabeth living alone in a home on Elm Street in Newmarket valued at $1400 and in 1880 she was living in the same property with her sister Ellen P Champion.

Elizabeth died August 4, 1880 at the age of 72.   Her death announcement appeared on August 6, 1880 in The Exeter News-Letter:

SHACKFORD – In Newmarket, Aug. 9, Miss Elizabeth Shackford, aged 72 years 2 months.

Elizabeth was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Newmarket. Thanks to Photographer Scot Lulek we have permission to share this image of her gravestone which he posted at Find A Grave.

As mentioned above, Elizabeth had written her will twelve years before her death – in 1865. She appointed her sister Ellen P Champion to be her executor and left $300 to improving a new cemetery in NewMarket, New Hampshire, $500 and her real estate to her sister Ellen P Champion, $500 to her sister Abba A Bennett, $500 to her sister Ruth W Paul, $5 to her brother William A Shackford, a watch to her niece Martha Abba Paul, a silver spoon from her deceased brother George Seth Shackford to her nephew George Shackford Paul.

                                      Will of Elizabeth B. Shackford Newmarket

Be it known that I Elizabeth B Shackford of NewMarket, County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire single woman considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and perfect memory blessed be Almighty God, for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say.
First I give and bequeath for the improvement and fitting up of a lot in the new cemetery at NewMarket N.H. the sum of three hundred dollars
  I give and bequeath to my sister Ellen P Champion the sum of five hundred dollars.
I also give and devise unto my sister Ellen P. Champion all my real estate.
  I give and bequeath unto my sister Abba A Bennett the sum of five hundred dollars.
  I give and bequeath unto my sister Ruth W. Paul the sum of five hundred dollars.
  I give and bequeath to my brother William A Shackford the sum of five dollars.
  I give and bequeath to my niece Martha Abba Paul my gold watch.
  I give and bequeath to my nephew George Shackford Paul my silver spoon marked G. S. Shackford – the remainder of any silver spoons I give and bequeath to my sister Ellen P Champion.
  I give and bequeath unto my sisters Abba Ruth and Ellen all my household furniture beds and bedding and books to be equally divided between them.  And lastly as to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate whatever after paying all my just debts the before mentioned legacies and my funeral charges.  I give and bequeath the same to my sister Ellen P Champion whom I hereby appoint my sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of October 1865.
             Elizabeth B Shackford seal
  Signed sealed and declared by the above named Elizabeth B Shackford to be her last will & testament in presence of us who at her request and in her presence have subscribed our names
as witnesses thereto.
   James B Creighton
   Charlotte C Creighton
   Sally A Doe
Recorded truly Woodby G Durgin   Register  Eliza

CHILDREN: None

RESEARCH TO DO: Research Deeds 1860 – Eliza B Shackford grantor to Newmarket Bank – 390-40 and 1861 Eliza B Shackford grantor to Benjamin Watson 391-194 (Rockingham. Grantor Deed Indexes 1813–1864). Found in index but can’t see the deeds at FamilySearch. Also continue to look for any newspaper articles that tell us something personal about Elizabeth.

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SOURCES:

1850 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newmarket, page 305 (penned), 158 (stamped), dwelling 671, family 743, Martha Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 13 December 2015).

1860 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newmarket, Page No 8, dwelling 42, family 53, George S Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 16 February 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newmarket, Page No 24, dwelling 126, family 187, Elizabeth B Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 16 February 2014).

1880 United States Federal Census, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule, Newmarket, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 218, Page No 40, dwelling 337, family 471, Ellen P Champion; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 February 2014).

Chapman Jacob, Rev., and Rev. James H. Fitts, Lane Genealogies. Volume I. William Lane of Boston, Mass., 1648, Including the Records of Edmund J. Lane and James P. Lane (Exeter, N. H.: John Templeton, 1891), page 67; digital images, HathiTrust (https://babel.hathitrust.org/ : accessed 16 February 2014.

Chase J, Map of Rockingham County, New Hampshire 1857 (N.p.: Smith & Coffin, 1857); digital image, Library of Congress (loc.gov : accessed 11 September 2026), Home of Elizabeth B Shackford.

“Deaths,” The Exeter News-Letter (Exeter, New Hampshire), 6 August 1880, Miss Elizabeth Shackford; digital images, Exeter Public Library (https://exeter.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 10 September 2026).

The Exeter, New Market, and South New Market Directory and History (Boston: Dean Dudley, 1872), page 119, Elizabeth B Shackford; digital image, ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 December 2015).

Hurd D. H., Newmarket, Rockingham Co (Boston: D, H Hurd & Co, 1892); digital image, Dave Rumsey Collection (https://www.davidrumsey.com/ : accessed 10 September 2026), home of Elizabeth B Shackford.

New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, Elizabeth B Shackford; “New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, 1769-1936,” digital images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 13 December 2015); >Rockingham>Probate records 1877-1884 vol 162-166>Page 328-9>Image 788.

New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, Elizabeth B Shackford; “New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, 1769-1936,” digital images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org: accessed 13 December 2015); >Rockingham>Probate card index 1870-1969 Rand, M.-Silsby, H>Image 4724.

“New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 December 2015), Mary E J Wiggin; Rockingham>Estate Papers, No. 19531-19585, 1864>Case No 19585>Image 1170.

“Rockingham County Probate Records New Hampshire: Rockingham. Probate Estate Case Files 1861–1918,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 9 September 2026), Probate Elizabeth B Shackford – appointing executrix.

“Rockingham. Deeds 1837–1838, 1837,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 9 September 2026), Elizabeth B Shackford purchased land in Newmarket.

“Rockingham. Deeds 1848–1849, 1849,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 8 September 2026), Seth R Shackford sold land in Newmarket to Elizabeth B Shackford.

Shackford Samuel Burnham, “Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” #140 Seth Ring Shackford; SG SHA 5, Folder (56) William Shackford, New England Historical and Genealogical Society (donated 13 Oct 1925), Boston, Massachusetts.

“TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAN COURT,” The Exeter News-Letter and Rockingham Advertiser (Exeter, New Hampshire), 3 September 1866, Property of John D Shackford; digital images, Exeter Public Library (https://exeter.advantage-preservation.com/ : accessed 11 September 2026).

Copyright 2026 Joanne Shackford Parkes (sharing a link to this post is appreciated but please do not copy this material and paste it elsewhere – the blog is updated and/or corrected as new information is found). 

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