Reminiscences of Captain Thomas Chatfield

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Children: You have asked me to Jot down the principal incidents of my somewhat varied life. And something in the nature of a history of my ancestors. I am afraid it will be anything but satisfactory, either to-you or myself. Most of it must be from memory some, even. Tradition and with my limited school education, both spelling and grammatical construction faulty.