Marriage of Edward D. Chapin and Hattie E. McColley

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Hattie E. McColley reportedly married Edward Dwight Chapin on 29 July 1879.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j3i/

Edward Dwight Chapin was born in Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire on 12 November 1837.  He married his first wife, Olive Emma Stanford, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1862.  They resided in Boston and later in Brookline, Massachusetts.  The births of their four children [Gertrude, Grace, Charles and Dwight] and the death of one are recorded in Boston/Brookline from 1864 to 1875.

It is true that Edward D. Chapin appears on the 1880 census in Brookline with a second wife, Hattie E., and a stepson named Clayton McCauly [both born in Delaware]. This second marriage logically would have occurred in Boston or Brookline, Massachusetts where Edward ran a butter and eggs business.  However, I cannot find any record of the marriage in Massachusetts nor in Delaware or New Hampshire.  I can't find any record of the death of Edward's first wife or a divorce, either.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYB-GYN?cc=1417683

Edward did later go to Texas with his sons Charles and Dwight.  Whether Hattie and Clayton went with them is unknown.

[Lisa in California]

One of the pay sites has the following (after a quick search, I did not see it on FamilySearch).

Delaware marriage record (marriage bond?)
Vol. 50 p 243
Edward D. Chapin and Hattie E. McCalley
"Marriage date":  29 July 1879
I don't know if we can copy text, word-for-word, so I won't. 

The paper is two paragraphs long and Edward D. Chapin and George ? (New,?), Marshall both bound to the the State of Delaware $200.
The next paragraph stated "The condition of the above written obligation is such that if" and includes Edward D. Chapin and Hattie E. McCalley.  I will try to find a similar image online since I'm not certain that I can type the actual text.

PS  I've not seen an image like this before, but perhaps you may have in the past?

Update:  Her spelling might actually be McColley on the image. 

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I'm mystified.  I wonder why he went to Delaware and found a wife there.  Maybe he had a business connection down there. He was one of three partners in a well established butter, cheese and eggs company [Gass, Doe & Chapin] which was located in the Faneuil Hall Market.  [Faneuil Hall is the old, historic Boston market building that dates back to pre-revolutionary times].  I assume he was a modestly prosperous businessman.  Why he then ran off to Texas is also mystery.

[Lisa in California]

Two of my English ancestors were from different parts of England (they lived about 80 miles apart), yet they somehow met and married.  Someone suggested that the families may have met at a market place in London since both families sold goods.  I do know that one of the families went to a London market at least once.  Could Edward and Hattie have met quite by accident?

Or, if Edward was left with young children after his wife's passing, perhaps a friend told him about Hattie, which could have been been a godsend to a newly-widowed father, and perhaps to her as well? 

Could Edward have known Hattie's first husband?

[Lisa in California]

According to the 1880 census, Clayton's father was born in New Hampshire.  Perhaps his father knew Edward and/or Olive?

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Assuming that Edward's wife died, yes, he was left with young children  -  Grace [12], Charles [11] and Dwight [5] in 1880.  Another odd thing is that Grace cannot be found in 1880; she was not living with her father in Brookline.  But she turned up in Cincinnati in 1887 where she married a strange English immigrant.

As for Hattie McColley, I don't know if there was a first husband.  On her death certificate, her parents are named as Hiram? W. McColley and Susan Pleasanton?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT67-8M8?mode=g&i=205&cc=1520546

[Lisa in California]

After a quick search I didn't see the following on FamilySearch;

Delaware marriage record
Robert Frame, occupation Medical Doctr?, residing Milford, Delaware.  He was American, age 23?, born Kent County.
Wife: Hettey Elizabeth McColley, residing Milford, Delaware.  Born Kent Co., age 18.
Married:  April 3? 1862
Parents of parties:  Robert Frame, HW McColley and Susan P.  Parents were American, white.
By whom married: T? P? McColley, Methodist
Cert date: April 10, 1862.  Reg Date:  September 1? 1862

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This appears to be Robert Frame in 1860:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j3k/

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Looks like the marriage didn't last but he is a good candidate to be Clayton McColley's father inasmuch as his mother's name was Clayton.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j3l/