Benjamin was born to James Chadwick Sr. and Esther Walker on 23 November 1798 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.[1] He, his brothers, and his father, were blacksmiths / machinists.[1][2][3][4] Ben married Lucy Hargreaves on 24 September 1821 at St. Peter ad Vincula Church in Stoke on Trent.[3] In 1834, he immigrated to the United States with his wife and children.[2] They settled in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. Ben passed away due to cholera on 26 July 1870 at his home on Stony Road in Paterson, New Jersey.[4][5][6] He was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery in Paterson.[6]
↑ 1.01.1 Will with codicil for James Chadwick, proved 8 June 1858; ordered via GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate : accessed 8 April 2020) > path: Start now > Wills and Probate 1858-1996 > search surname "Chadwick" and year of death "1858" > image 7 (p. 60, Wills, 1858) > order form.
↑ 2.02.1 "City and Vicinity — The Late Mr. Chadwick," Paterson (NJ) Daily Press, Wednesday evening, 27 July 1870, n.p., col. 2, Benjamin Chadwick; imaged, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : accessed 26 October 2021).
↑ 3.03.1 Stoke upon Trent Parish (Staffordshire, England), Register of Marriages, 1819–1827, p. 152, Chadwick—Hargreaves (1821), no. 455; imaged, "Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)," Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com/ : accessed 4 October 2016).
↑ 4.04.1 "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 8 July 2018), record 5, Benjamin Chadwick (1870); citing return of deaths, p. 181, Paterson 7th Ward, Passaic County; FHL microfilm 584,591.
↑ "The Original Velocipedist Dead," Paterson (NJ) Daily Press, Tuesday evening, 26 July 1870, p. 3, col. 1, Benjamin C. Chadwick; imaged, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : accessed 26 October 2021).
↑ 6.06.1 "Deaths," Paterson (NJ) Daily Press, Tuesday evening, 26 July 1870, p. 3, col. 3, Benjamin C. Chadwick; imaged, MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : accessed 26 October 2021).
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