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CHEENY, CHEENEY, CHENEY, CHENY, WILLIAM,* from Little Boston, near Canbury, in Oxfordshire, in England, (Hand's Let- ter,) was made a freeman at Hartford, Ct., in May, 1657, and was early settled at Middletown, where he was one of the principal men of
* Cheeney, Mr. William, of Middletown, not having children of his own, sent to England for Benjamin Hand, his nephew, to come to Middletown, Conn., and become heir to his estate. He came to Boston, in Mass., and on the 20th of Feb., 1681, Hand wrote a letter to his " Dear lov- ing uncle and aunt William and Ann Cheeny, of Middletown, from yr cousin, Benjamin Hands son of your dear brother Benjamin and Katheren Hands of little boston near Canbury in Oxford- shire"-also stating the opposition he met with at home to his coming, and his strong desire to come to him-that he lived in London, &c., that he had not money to pay his passage, that he was in distress at Boston, Mass., out of money and business, and owed £6 toward his passage, and desired his uncle Cheeney to redeem him for his passage, and he would be his trusty and faithful servant. Also to pay £3 which a friend had paid for him in London. That he had come to a strange place among strangers, except Mr. Whitwell or Wilson, who was kind to him, im- ploring his uncle and aunt Cheeney to redeem him, and he should "remain yr low and trusty searvant till death God willing," Benjamin Hands, (an elegant signature.)
On the trial as to the estate of Mr. Cheeney, Caleb Stanley testified, then aged about 60, that soon after Benjn Hand came from England, Mr. Cheeny came to his house in Hartford, and told him sd Benjn was his kinsman, and he sent for him to be his heir, and he had come to his house, and said he would make him his heir of his whole estate, or the most part of it, and when he was at his house in Middletown, Mr. Cheeney called for his young kinsman, for Mr. Standly to see him, being much taken with him, and told before his wife that he had sent to Engld for the young man to be his heir, and he should be his heir, &c .; that she said her hus- band would be sorry he ever sent for him to come from Engld -- that Cheeny's wife desired her husband to send for one of the Cheeneys, that was nearer of kin to him, which Mr. Cheeny sd was true, but he had sent for this young man and he should be his heir.
By the will of sd Cheeny dated March 3, 1699, he gave Anne Hand, daughter of Benjn, one cow as a token of his love for her. All the rest of his estate, real and personal, &c., he gave to his loving wife Hope, the use of the real for her life, and after her death to be equally divided to his dr Clark and her children, only reserving that his dr Clark's part should be in his house and homestead, to be divided equally to her children after her death, &c .; wife Hope, executor,
Mr. Wm. Cheeny made a second will, dated Sept. 20, 1704, in which he gave his kinsman, Benjamin Hands, of Middletown, eighty acres of land in the second part of the first division of land in Middletown, which was the estate he willed to said Hands. The remainder he gave to Cheeny Clark, son of John Clark, deceased, his son-in-law, about 327 acres east of the river, &c. He also gave Ambrose Clark, son of said John Clark, several lots of land on both sides of the river, and gate all his personal estate to the three children of said John Clark, deceased, his son-in-law, being Cheeny, Ambrose and Eunice Clark. He also provided in case the three children named of John Clark, dec'd, should die before they should be of age, he then gave all their shares to the church of Middletown, to be improved and laid out upon sacramental uten- sils; and appointed his son-in-law, John Williams, and his daughter-in-law, Abigail, his wife, executor and executrix of his will, and requested worshipful John Hamlin and his friend Joseph Rockwell, to be overseers, and see his will executed. Signed, Wm. Cheny.
Inventory taken Nov. 12, 1705, being £259, 3s. 6d.
This will was proved in court at Hartford, Dec. 6, 1705-upon which a long trial was had before the court. It was proved by Isaac Johnson, Sen., that in 1681-2, Ensign Win. Cheeny was informed that he had a cousin who had come to Boston from England, which he had so often sent for to his brother Hands, to send one of his sons to enjoy what God had given him in New England. Isaac Johnson and his wife testified, that Ensign Cheny employed said Isaac to
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the town, and a member of the General Court in May and Oct., 1660, two sessions in 1663, one in 1664, one in 1665, one in 1667, one in 1670, two sessions in 1672, one in 1673, one in 1675, one in 1676, &c. He was a large landholder. His wife's name was Hope, who probably came with him from England. It appears he had one daughter, (or a daughter of one of his wives,) who married John Clark, of Middletown, and had three children, viz., Cheeny, Am- brose and Eunice Clark. Whether the wife of John Clark was the daughter of Mr. Cheeney and his wife, or her child, is not certain. For some cause Mr. Cheeney sent to England, to his brother-in-law Hands, to send his son, Benjamin Hands, to him at Middletown, Conn., and he would make him his heir. (See Note.) Mr. Cheeny died at Middletown in 1705. Inventory taken Nov. 12, 1705. Es- tate, £259, 3s. 6d. He gave Benjamin Hands, his kinsman, (nephew,) 80 acres of land ; to Cheeney Clark, 327 acres, and to Cheeney,
go to Boston, to look up his cousin if to be found there, and that said Wm. Cheney told him. that if the boy's name was Cheney, he would not own him, but if he was his brother Hand's son. then he should bring him up-(to Middletown from Boston)-that he brought him, and Ensign Cheeny and his wife received him as a cousin, the son of their brother Hands : testified Dec. 5. 1705. Thomas Rany testified he heard Ensign Cheeny say, "there was a young man come over from England, that he had sent for to make him his heir," and had divers times heard him say he would make him his heir. Anna Ward, about forty years of age, testified she liad heard Mr. Cheny say, since he married his last wife, that he had made wills and laid them about. that they might be looked upon. John Hall, aged about fifty-six years, testified that some time before Mr. Cheeny married his second wife, he was informed that Mr. Cheeny had made a second will, in which he had given to Benjamin Hands little or nothing, and he talked with Mr. Cheeny about it, and that Cheeny said it was true ; and he asked him how it was he had so changed his intentions, and how it came that his wife and her children saw his will. He re- plied, It was for your sake, but my will shall not be known till after my death. Wm. Lucas testi- fied that about fourteen years before, he conversed with said Cheeny about several of his men who had lived with him ; he spoke to him about his cousin Benjamin Ilands ; that Cheeny said he had sent for him to come from England to make him his heir, and that he would make him his heir-sworn Nov. 6, 1705. Worshipful John Hamlin and Noadiah Russell testified, that about fourteen years previous, they had certain knowledge that Mr. Cheeny had a will, to which they were witnesses, in which he gave the town of Middletown for the use of a school, viz., his house and home-lot in Middletown. Anna Coe, alias Everts, testified, that after Mr. Cheeny married his second wife, he then being sick, he heard Mrs. Abigail Clark say, that her father Cheny had sent for Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Russell to make his will, and perceived AAbigail and her mother had much concern about the matter. Joseph Miller testified that some time after his
master was married to his second wife, he discovered his mistress was very discontented ; that he overheard a discourse with his master for making such a will ; that she often cried, and she told his master Cheeny that if that will should stand, he had as good turn them out doors, and said she knew he had given a great part of his estate to his cousin Benjamin Hands.
It will be noticed that Joseph Hand was at Guilford several years before Benjamin Iland came from England to Boston and Middletown, and there is no evidence found they were relatives.
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Ambrose and Eunice Clark, all his personal property. John Clark had deceased before the death of Mr. Cheeney. In the will, made Sept. 17, 1704, and proved in 1705, he appointed his son-in-law, John Williams, and his wife Abigail, his executors. (See Note.) In the will he made in 1699, he noticed Anne Hand, daughter of Benjamin Hand ; he also noticed his wife Hope, for the use of a part of his estate during her life, and then to go to the children of John Clark. By Hand's letter it appears that Wm. Cheeney and Benja- min Hands, his nephew, were from Little Boston, near Canbury, in Oxfordshire, England. Cheeny had a second wife, and it is doubt- ful whether he had children by either. CHENEVARD, MR. JOHN MICHAEL, was a native of Geneva, 1 in Switzerland. He came to Hartford about 1723, where he estab- lished himself as a merchant, and married Margaret, daughter of Mr. John Buchamp, then of Boston, a brother of Adam Buchamp. Mr. Buchamp, after the marriage of his daughter Margaret, removed to and died at Hartford. (See BUCHAMP.) He died April 7, 1735, aged 56, and Margaret, his wid., died March 18, 1783, aged 76 years. His children were :
John M. W., born July 29, 1733 ; died Oct. 6, 1805, aged 72.
Catherine, m. Capt. Samuel Marsh, of Hartford.
Mary, m. Samuel Olcott, of Hartford.
Margaret, m. Hon. John Lawrence, Sept. 26, 1748, and had twelve children. (See p. 169)-former Treasurer of Connecticut.)
Jane, d. unmarried, Aug. 11, 1788, aged 63 years.
CHENEVARD, CAPT. JOHN, son of John and Margaret, married Hepzibah Collier, (who was born July 29, 1733,) for his first wife, and had issue :
1. John, d. April 19, 180S, aged 3S. 4
2. Michael, m. Margaret, daughter of Frederick Bull ; he d. Nov. 15, 1801, aged 30 ; no children. His widow married a second husband.
3. Mary, d. in infancy, May 25, 1774, aged nine months and fifteen days.
Hepzibah, his wife, d. Jan. 4, 1774, aged 32, and he married for his second wife, Hannah Flagg, of Hartford, and had issue :
4. William, d. young.
5. Henry, d. young.
6. Hepzibah, ) These two maiden ladies reside in the old mansion of the
7. Margaret, S family at Hartford, with a competent support. The father, John, d. Oct. 6, 1805, aged 72. Second wife d. June 4, 1774, aged 33. In- ventory, $30,324.82. His widow m. a second husband.
CHENEVARD, JOHN,* (third John,) son of John, and grandson
* Sept. 29, 1809, Thomas Seymour, Esq., of Hartford, was appointed guardian for John M. Chenevard, aged about 13 years; Mary Eliza, aged 10; Margaret Juliana, aged 8, and Wm. Chenevard, about 6 years old-children of John, Jun., and grandchildren of Thomas Seymour, Esq.
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of John M., married Juliana Seymour, daughter of Hon. Thomas, of Hartford, and had issue:
1. John M., d. unmarried.
2. William, d. at sea, unmarried.
3. Mary E., m. Dr. John Lee Comstock, of Hartford, the celebrated author of Comstock's Philosophy, &c. (See COMSTOCK.)
1. Margaret Juliane, m. Dr. Wm. H. Morgan, of Hartford, now deceased. The children of Dr. Morgan and Margaret were, 1. Elizabeth, m. Wm. B. Ely, a merchant in Hartford; 2. Gertrude, m. William C. Peters, of Boston, Mass .; 3. Clara, mn. Geo. Sumner ; 4. Ellen ; 5. Lydia Huntley ; 6. Talcott, unmar- ried ; 7. Mary, m. Richard D. Hubbard, Esq., of Hartford, who is one of the most prominent young lawyers in Connecticut, and a gentleman of much legal science and an eloquent and persuasive advocate.
MARGARET, the wife of John M., Sen., gave her property, to her son, Capt. John, and daughters Jane and Catharine ; to her grand- son John, and Michael Chenevard ; to the heirs of her deceased daughters, Margaret Lawrence and Mary Olcott. Her son John sole executor of her will-the will presented in court in 1801. John M. Chenevard and his descendants, have uniformly occupied a good standing at Hartford. Capt. John, Jun. was a noted merchant dur- ing the war of the Revolution, and in 1777, he and James Church were appointed to be of the Committee of Pay Table. In May, 1777, Capt. John was allowed £77, 9s. ld. for one-half the expense of building the yard round the Hartford gaol." He supplied the army with many things during the war, and his name is often found on the records at that period.
Michael Chenevard graduated at Yale College in 1788.
CHENERY, JOHN, from Watertown, Mass., purchased the homestead of Capt. Denison, after Denison removed to Mystic about 1654. Wm. Chapman had been his agent, and probably purchased the Blinman or Denison farm for him. Denison sold, as he says, " my new dwelling-house," in the town-plot, to John Chynnery, of Watertown, Mass., early in 1652 or '4.
CHEPPERFIELD, EDWARD, an original settler at New Ha- ven, and signed the fundamental agreement of the first settlers.
CHERRY, JOHN, married Sarah -- , at Wethersfield, June 26, 1669, and had a son John born there in July, 1672; Henry, b. there Feb. 14, 1673. He probably, soon after the birth of his son Henry, removed from Wethersfield. Miss Caulkins says, John Cherry, a transient person, was at New London about 1680. He drew one acre of land in the land division in Wethersfield, in 1670. Little is found concerning him. The name is found on Milford Record.
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Cherry, John, with three Milford Indians, in 1670, was ordered to pay John Brunson, for cider stolen, 20s., and 10s. to Daniel Garrit, for bringing them from Milford to Hartford.
CHESTER, MRS. DOROTHY, appears to have been a lady of some distinction. It is not known whether she was a relation of Leonard, of Wethersfield, or Samuel Chester, of New London. She appears to have been at Hartford at an early period, and was in the first division of land at Hartford, in 1639. She had five lots of land recorded in Hartford, Feb., 1639, and the town voted, Jan. 14, 1639, to give Mrs. Chester two years' time to build upon her house-lot in Hartford. Mrs. Chester, by the ancient map of Hartford, had a lot there in 1640, near Sentinel Hill, by which it was bounded north and west on the road from Seth Grant's to the pound, south on Rich- ard Webb's lot, and east on the road from the palisado to Sentinel Hill, (or Main street.) The record says, p. 203, that " Mrs. Ches- ter complaines against George Chappell and Goody Coleman and Danyell Turner for misdemeanors." Danyell Turner for libeling, Mrs. Chester, and other misdemeanors, was committed to prison and ordered whipped on the next Lecture day, then to be returned to the prison for a month, (from the time of the order,) then again publicly corrected, and give good security for his good behavior. (Court Record at Hartford, Sept. 6, 1649.)
This may have been Mrs. Dorothy Chester, of Hartford, but as no other fact is found of her at Hartford, as late as 1649, the libeled Mrs. Chester was probably the wife of Leonard Chester, of Weth- ersfield. Mrs. Dorothy Chester probably left Hartford, or deceased, before 1649.
CHESTER, CAPT. SAMUEL, was early at New London. The General Assembly of Conn., May 12, 1664, ordered that Mr. Hag- born's vessel, that Ralph Parker and Samuel Chester appraised at £100, should be delivered at that price to Lieut. Bull, (for Mr. Russell's use,) by the constable of New London, &c. (See printed Col. Rec., p. 430.) Samuel Chester, of New London, was offered for a freeman of New London in 1669. In 1671-2, Samuel Ches- ter was one of those of New London, who were complained of to the County Court in Hartford, by Mr. Matthew Griswold and Lieut. Wm. Waller and others, of Saybrook, " for attempts" by violence to drive them off their lands, " resistance to authority and assault," &c. He first appeared at New London in 1663, from Boston, and engaged in the West India trade as owner, factor and commander, with Wm. Condy, and had a warehouse, &c., on Close Cove. ( Miss Caulkins,
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p. 145.) He may safely be called a sea-captain, as he commanded the Endeavour for several trips to the West Indies, as early as 1666. He also had an interest in a vessel called the New London Tryall, with Welman & Parker, which Miss Caulkins says was the first ac- tual merchant vessel owned there. Though he was a practical sea- man, yet he appears to have been a merchant. After 1689 and '90, a vessel was built for John Wheeler, a prominent maritime man at New London, for European trade ; and sent out under Capt. Sam- uel Chester. In 1664, Capt. Samuel Chester received, says Miss Caulkins, his first grant of land in New London, in company with Wm. Condy, of Boston, called his nephew, for a warehouse. Capt. Chester died on the east side of the river, in 1710. She also says, p. 353, in her valuable History of New London, that he was much employed in land surveys, and was appointed, in 1693, by the Gen. Court, one of the agents to meet a committee from Mass., to renew and settle the boundaries of the two colonies. He had a tract of land in the North Parish, purchased of Owaneco and Josiah, Mohe- gan sachems. The children he had baptized in New London, were John, Susannah and Samuel in 1670, Mercy in 1673, Hannah in 1694, Jonathan in 1697. His will, dated in 1708, names only Abra- ham, John, Jonathan, and Mercy Burrows. The Chester families at Montville, are descendants of Capt. Samuel. (Miss Caulkins and Record, an early Indian deed, 1683, to Samuel Chester, S.c.)
In this place, one generation is not found only by tradition.
CHESTER, DEACON JOSEPH, grandson of Capt. Samuel, was born in Groton, Jan. 17, 1731. He m. Rachael Hillhouse, of New London, (Montville,) April 4, 1753. Their daughter Mary was b. Jan. 17, 1754. His wife Rachael died April 8, 1754, and his dau'r Mary died June 11, 1765. Deacon Chester m. for his second wife, Elizabeth Otis, April 21, 1757, and had children, viz. :
2. Joseph, b. Jan. 27, 175S. 11. Caroline, b. Aug. 27, 1773.
3. Rachael, b. June 12, 1759.
4. Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1761.
5. Levi, b. Feb. 13, 1763.
6. Mercy, b. Oct. 5, 1764.
13. Olive, b. March 12, 1776.
14, Lucinda, b. Feb. 3, 1779.
15. Dorothy, b. Feb. 7, 1750.
16. Anna, b. July 21, 1783.
10. Mabel, b. Nov. 11, 1771.
12. John, b. Oet. 7, 1775; d. Oct. 3, 1796.
7. Otis, b. Aug. 4, 1766.
8. David, b. April 23, 176S.
9. Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1770.
17. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1785.
CHESTER, JOSEPH, JUN , son of Deacon Joseph, m. Elizabeth Lee, of Lyme, and he died April 2, 1791.
CHESTER, RACHEL, a daughter of Deacon Joseph, married Jared Comstock, and died in Feb., 1841.
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CHESTER, ELIZABETH, daughter of Deacon Joseph, married Ezekiel Fox. He died, and she married Thomas Adgate, and died at Bethany, N. Y., Sept., 1830.
CHESTER, LEVI, son of Deacon Joseph-(little known of him.) He died June 2, 1812.
CHESTER, MERCY, daughter of Deacon Joseph, married Jona- than Whaley, and for her second husband married Deacon Elisha Lord, of Pomfret.
CHESTER, OTIS, son of same, married Miss Mott, and removed to Granville, Mass., and died Feb. 28, 1816.
CHESTER, DAVID, son of Deacon Joseph, married Prudence Fox, and removed to Alabama.
CHESTER, MARY, daughter of Deacon Joseph, married Asahel Otis, and died Jan. 2, 1834. Asahel Otis died Jan. 12, 1837, at the house of his son, Levi Otis, in Batavia, N. Y.
CHESTER, MABEL, another daughter, married James Sterling, of Lyme, and removed to Lima, N. Y.
CHESTER, CAROLINE, another daughter of Deacon Joseph, married John Smith. He died Feb. 26, 1830.
CHESTER, OLIVE, another daughter, married William W. Haughton.
CHESTER, LUCINDA, died at her sister Sterling's, at Lima, Feb. 19, 1801.
CHESTER, DOROTHY, another daughter, married Ephraim Fellowes, of Stonington, Oct. 26, 1806, and became the mother of Francis Fellowes, Esq., Counselor at Law, in Hartford, &c.
CHESTER, SARAH, another daughter, married Elisha Forsyth, and perhaps Haughton.
The foregoing are a small part of the descendants of Capt. Sam- uel Chester, of New London.
CHESTER, LEONARD, EsQ., came from England to Cam- bridge, Mass., in the early settlement of New England, and stopped first at Cambridge, in 1633. He was of an important and distin- guished titled family, of Brady, in Leicestershire in England, and left his country and all his honors there for New England, to enjoy his liberty and religion. In 1635, he went to Wethersfield, to pre- pare a house for himself and family, and left his wife in delicate health at Watertown, (Cambridge,) and his son John was born at that place, where his birth is recorded-(several years afterward, his birth was recorded, b. at Wethersfield, the first white male child b. there, which was not correct.) Mr. Chester was one of the few
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titled gentlemen, who left England, in the early settlement of New England, and remained and died here. His title is engraved upon his tomb by his family, as " Armiger"-probably with no more fam- ily pride than those who have recorded upon the tombstone of their progenitor, his office of corporal or " sargant"-(a title of dignity next in degree to a knight, an esquire, armor-bearer, an at- tendant on a knight.)
Mr. Chester was a juror in 1643, '44, '45, and grand-juror in Sept., 1643 and '44 ; plaintiff in court in 1640. Sept. 29, 1642, the Gen. Court, that the country should be the better enabled to kill yearly " some beves for supply of Leather," ordered that no calves should be killed within the plantatations, except by the approbation of two men in each town, appointed by the court, upon a forfeiture of ten shillings to the country, and Leo. Chester and Rich. Trotte were appointed for the town of Wethersfield. (See Col. Rec.)
Mr. Chester died when only 38 or 39 years old, Dec. 11, 1648. He was only about 25 or 26 years old when he first came to Wethers- field. His wife, Mary, whom he probably married in England. Their children were :
1. John, b. Aug. 3, 1635, at Cambridge.
2. Dorcas, b. Nov. 1 or 5, 1637, at Wethersfield ; m. Mr. Samuel Whiting, of Billerica.
3. Stephen, b. March 3, 1639 ; d. April 23, 1705.
4. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1641.
5. Prudence, b. Feb. 16, 1643.
6. Eunice, b. June 15, 1645.
7. Mercy, b. Feb. 14, 1647.
CHESTER, CAPT. JOHN, son of Leonard, Esq., married Sarah, · daughter of Gov. Thomas Welles, Feb., 1653, and married by Gov. Welles. Capt. John was a gentleman of much use and importance
NOTES. Chester, Mr. Ed : Ilampson llarnson, fined £5 for divulging slanderous speeches against Mr. Chester, Dec., 1644. Leo. Chester (being in the list of jurors, June, 1645) fined 5s., probably for tardiness or absence. Mr. Chester, for resisting the constable and miscarriage in court, was fined 40s. Mr. Chester freed from training, Oct., 1646.
Leonard Chester and Richard Trott were appointed by the court to give license for killing calves in Wethersfield-(a law was made in 1642, that the country might be enabled to kill yearly, some beeves, for the supply of leather. It was ordered that no calves should be killed within the plantations, upon a penalty of ten shillings, without the approbation of two men within the town, appointed by the court.) Mr. Chester was one of a large committee, to take an account of what the several towns would disburse for building a ship, in 1642.
Inscription on the monument of Mr. Chester, at Wethersfield .- " Here lyes the body of Leon- ard Chestar, Armiger, late of the town of Blady, and several other Lordships in Leicestershire, Deceased in Wethersfield, Anno Domini, 1648-Etatis 39."
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in the colony. He directed in his will to have each of his children have a mourning ring ; also the same for each of his son's wives. Anthony, his slave, he gave to his wife, and entailed to his eldest son John, his buildings, home-lot, and his land adjoining, to him and his heirs male, providing he had male heirs. Their children were :
1. Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1651; m. John Wolcott, Feb. 14, 1676-7 ; she d. before her father, July 10, 1689.
2. John, Jr., b. June 10, 1656.
3. Sarah, b. Nov., 1657; m. Simon Woleott, of Windsor, Dec. 5, 1689.
4. Stephen, b. May 26, 1660 ; d. before his father, Feb. 9, 1697-S. Jemima, (Treat) his relict, and children, Dorothy, b. Sept. 5, 1692; Sarah, b. 1693-4 ; Merey, b. Oct. 26, 1696, and a son d. in infancy, b. Feb., 1697-8. Estate, £1,140.
5. Thomas, b. March 23, 1662 ; d. Dec. 4, 1712, aged 50.
6. Samuel, b. May 23, 1664 ; d. 1689.
7. Prudence, b. Dec. 10, 1666.
8. Eunice, b. May 17, 1668 ; m. Timothy Stevens ; she d. June 16, 1698.
Capt. John Chester's will presented in 1698, by Stephen Chester and Peter Bulkley. He gave John, Jun., his gold ring, which had been his father's, and his mourning ring for his mother. He gave his son Thomas half the farm given him by the Gen. Court, laid out by Doct. Brocket and Capt. Thomas Yale ; also the gold ring given · him at the funeral of Mr. Whitwell. Capt. John gave his wife all his silver plate, tankard, porringer, wine-cup, silver spoons, &c. His daughters Sarah, Eunice and Prudence, he gave each £100. He noticed his daughter Mary Wolcott, dec'd, (wife of John Wolcott,) and gave her children £75 each. To his daughter Eunice he gave his division of the Indian purchase east of the river, of "30 square miles." His Japan, with a silver head, he gave Mr. Stephens. He gave his brother, Stephen Chester, £5, and made his sons Thomas and John, his executors. He gave the town of Wethersfield the land at the burying-ground he purchased of Samuel Wyllys, Esq. Will dated Feb. 21, 1697-8, and proved May 6, 1698. He died Feb. 23, 1697-8. Sarah, his relict. Estate, £1,103.
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