William Hatfield [13632] Details

William Hatfield [D1175]
b.1825 ca -
d.1843 12 Sep - Gardiner's Bay, Sag Harbor, Suffolk Co., NY
----- Parents -----
Smith Hatfield [D1173]
Catherine Ann ? [D1174]
----- Siblings -----
William Hatfield [D1175]
John Hatfield [D1176]
Margaret Ann Hatfield [D1177]
George W Hatfield [D1178]
Catherine L Hatfield [D1181]
Edmond S Hatfield [D1182]

Hatfield, William ae 18 yrs. 7 mos.; John ae 16 yrs. 5 mos. Sons of
Smith and Catherine Hatfield, who were drowned in Gardiner's Bay, off the
Fire Place Point by the swamping of a sailboat, Sept 12, 1843. Ten days
afterwards their bodies were found and brought to Sag Harbor for burial.
An inscription on the tombstone reads: "Put thy trust in no man in the
hour of danger, for when these boys drowned man fled from the rescue."
At the same time Theodore Bertrand Fordham, a son of George G. and
Francis A. Fordham, was drowned. All three are interred in OBG. - Ed
 


	William Hatfield [D1175] b.1825 ca - d.1843 12 Sep - Gardiner's Bay, Sag Harbor, Suffolk Co., NY ----- Parents ----- Smith Hatfield [D1173] Catherine Ann ? [D1174] ----- Siblings ----- William Hatfield [D1175] John Hatfield [D1176] Margaret Ann Hatfield [D1177] George W Hatfield [D1178] Catherine L Hatfield [D1181] Edmond S Hatfield [D1182] Hatfield, William ae 18 yrs. 7 mos.; John ae 16 yrs. 5 mos. Sons of Smith and Catherine Hatfield, who were drowned in Gardiner's Bay, off the Fire Place Point by the swamping of a sailboat, Sept 12, 1843. Ten days afterwards their bodies were found and brought to Sag Harbor for burial. An inscription on the tombstone reads: "Put thy trust in no man in the hour of danger, for when these boys drowned man fled from the rescue." At the same time Theodore Bertrand Fordham, a son of George G. and Francis A. Fordham, was drowned. All three are interred in OBG. - Ed