When Betsey Scranton was born on 14 July 1790, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Abraham Scranton, was 35 and her mother, Lucy Stone, was 33. She married Stephen Conklin on 12 June 1817. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years and Connecticut, United States in 1870. She died on 12 September 1878, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Westside Cemetery, Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.