When Betsey Chapman Thorp was born on 31 October 1803, in Camillus, Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Thorp, was 23 and her mother, Sally Chapman, was 21. She married Lewis Hyatt on 27 November 1821, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 26 November 1822, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Saint Matthews Parish Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.