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When in 1658 the Massachusetts General Court asserted jurisdiction over this town, Mr. Chesebrough with others were appointed to manage the prudential affairs thereof, and one of
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the Commissioners to end small causes and deal in criminal mat- ters. He held the office of Townsman (Selectman) until Souther- town was annexed to Connecticut, and was the first man elected deputy after the reunion, 1653, '55, '57, '64, and succeeded in restoring amicable relations with the Court which had been seri- ously disturbed by the jurisdictional controversy. After his re- turn he was elected first selectman of the town, and re-elected every year up to the time of his death, which took place June 9, 1667. His dwelling house stood on the west side of Wequete- quock Cove, near the head of tide water.
I. WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, b. in Boston, England, in 1594, m. Anna Stevenson, who was b. in England in 1598. They were m. in Boston, Eng., Dec. 6, 1620. He d. June 9, 1667. CHILDREN:
2 MARIE, bapt. Boston, Eng., May 2, 1622, buried June 9, 1622.
3 MARTHA, bapt. Boston, Eng., Sept. 18, 1623, buried Sept. 28, 1623.
4 DAVID, bapt. Boston, Eng., Sept. 9, 1624, buried Sept. 9, 1624.
5 JONATHAN, bapt. Boston, Eng., Sept. 9, 1624 (twin), d. young.
6 SAMUEL, bapt. Boston, Eng., April 1, 1627, m. Abigail Ingraham.
7 ANDRONICUS, bapt. Boston, Eng., Feb. 6, 1629, d. Feb. 8, 1629.
8 JUNICE, bapt. Boston, Eng. (twin), Feb. 6, 1629, d. Feb. 6, 1629.
9 NATHANIEL, bapt. Boston, Eng., Jan. 28, 1630, m. Hannah Denison.
10 JOHN, bapt. Boston, Mass., Sept. 2, 1632, d. Stonington, Conn., 1660. 11 JABEZ, bapt. Boston, Mass., May 3, 1635, d. young.
12 ELISHA, bapt. Boston, Mass., June 4, 1637, m. Rebecca Palmer.
13 JOSEPH, b. at Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., July 18, 1640, d. young. Samuel Chesebrough (No. 6) m. Abigail Ingraham, Nov. 30, 1655 ; he was buried July 31, 1673. His widow m. 2d, Joshua Holmes (No. 2), Holmes family ; 3d husband, Capt. James Avery ; for his 2d wife (No. 2), Avery family.
CHILDREN:
14 MARIA, b. Feb. 28, 1658, d. Sept. 30, 1669.
15 ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 30, 1656, m. John Avery (No. 7), Avery family.
16 SAMUEL, b. Nov. 20, 1660, m. Marie Ingraham.
17 WILLIAM, b. April 8, 1662, m. Mary McDowell.
18 SARAH, b. Dec. 24, 1663, m. John Bolton March 8, 1683.
19 ELISHA, b. Aug. 4, 1667, m. Mary Miner, Rebecca Mason.
20 ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 6, 1669, m. William Ingraham of Bristol, R. I.
Nathaniel Chesebrough (No. 9) m. Hannah Denison in 1659 (No. 38), that family, both of Stonington, Conn. He served in the Colonial Indian war.
CHILDREN:
21 ANNA, b. Oct. 12, 1660, m. Samuel Richardson, 1685.
22 SARAH, b. Jan. 30, 1662, m. William Gallup (No. 10), that family.
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23 NATHANIEL, b. April 14, 1666, m. Sarah Stanton.
24 BRIDGET, b. March 25, 1669, m. William Thompson, Dr. Joseph Miner (No. 16), Miner family.
25 HANNAH, b about 1671, m. Joseph Prentice.
26 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1674, m. Priscilla Alden.
27 MARGARET, b. about 1676, m. Joseph Stanton (No. 111), that family. 28 MARY, b. June 30, 1678.
The first six children were born previous to the organization of the church in the town of Stonington. Nathaniel Chesebrough was one of the first nine members of the church. He d. Nov. 22, 1678, and July 15, 1680, his widow, Mrs. Hannah Denison Chese- brough, m. Capt. Joseph Saxton, of Stonington, Conn. He was thirteen years younger than his wife. He was b. in Boston, Mass., May 9, 1656, and was the third son of Thomas Saxton, of Boston, and his 2d wife, Ann (Copp) Atwood. He settled in Stonington, and was largely engaged in the West India trade, by which he became very wealthy.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
29 MARY, bapt. Sept. 4, 1681, m. Benjamin Miner (No. 53), that family; m. 2d, Joseph Page, March 5, 1713; she d. Oct. 17, 1750.
30 JERUSHA, bapt. Dec. 2, 1683, m. Nehemiah Palmer (No. 24), Palmer family.
31 MERCY, bapt. May 30, 1686, m. Isaac Bailey of Roxbury, Mass., June 4, 1702; m. 2d, William Dewey of Lebanon, Conn.
Elisha Chesebrough (No. 12) m. Rebecca Palmer April 20, 1665 (No. 13), Palmer family. He d. Sept. 1, 1670; she m. 2d, John Baldwin (No. 16), Baldwin family. No children.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
32 ELIHU, b. Dec. 3, 1668, m. Hannah Miner.
Samuel Chesebrough (No. 16), m. Marie, daughter of William and Mary (Barstow) Ingraham in 1690, who was b. June 26, 1666; she d. Jan. 8, 1742.
CHILDREN:
33 SAMUEL, b. Sept. 16, 1691, m. Mary Rossiter.
34 JEREMIAH, b. Aug. 27, 1692, d. young.
35 WILLIAM, b. Aug. 27, 1693, m.
36 JEREMIAH, b. Aug. 25, 1697, m. Susannah Rossiter.
37 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 13, 1700, m. Bridget Miner.
38 ANN, bapt. Oct. 9, 1706, m. John Palmer (No. 28), that family.
39 MARY, bapt. Sept. 10, 1710, m. Nathaniel Palmer (No. 139), that family. 40 JOSEPH, bapt. April 12, 1703, m. Thankful Thompson.
William Chesebrough (No. 17) m. Mary McDowell, daughter of Fergus McDowell, Dec. 13, 1698. He d. Jan. 2, 1739-40; she d. March 23, 1744.
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CHILDREN:
41 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 20, 1669, d. Feb. 1, 1700.
42 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 1, 1701, m. Lucy Palmer.
43 DAVID, b. Feb. 1, 1702, m. Margaret
44 ABIGAIL, bapt. May 14, 1700, m. Thomas Mumford.
45 THOMAS, b. - 1706, d. Jan. 26, 1763, unmarried.
46 MARY, bapt. Jan. 9, 1715.
Elisha Chesebrough (No. 19) m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Miner, Jan. 27, 1692 (No. 51), Miner family ; she d. March 29, 1706. He m. 2d, Rebecca, daughter of Daniel Mason (No. 23), that family, Feb. 6, 1707. He d. Sept. 7, 1727.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
47 MARY, b. Dec. 15, 1692, m. Daniel Stanton (No. 333), that family.
48 ELISHA, b. Sept. 15, 1694, m. Hannah Chesebrough.
49 ELIHU, b. Sept. 15, 1694, m. Anna McDowell July 23, 1745.
50 JOHN, b. Sept. 25, 1696.
51 JAMES, b. May 20, 1699, m. Prudence Harris.
52 JABEZ, b. Jan. 10, 1701, m. Priscilla Chesebrough.
53 ZEBULON, b. July 6, 1704, d. 1704.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
54 REBECCA, b. Nov. 16, 1707, m. S. Turner; 2d, Andrew Denison (No. 92), Denison family, Jan. 29, 1724; 3d, William Austin.
55 JEDEDIAH, b. Oct. 12, 1710, m. Molly Hancock. 56 ZEBULON, b. June 13, 1712, m. Mary McDowell.
57 PRUDENCE, b. July 12, 1716, d. young.
58 ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 28, 1717, m. William Slack, March 5, 1739.
59 LUCY, b. July 3, 1721, m. Edward Hancox (No. 5), Hancox family, July 28, 1741.
60 NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 6, 1724, d. 1725.
61 ELISHA, b and d. in 1727.
Nathaniel Chesebrough (No. 23) m. Sarah Stanton (No. 14), that family, Jan. 13, 1692, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Aug. 23, 1732.
CHILDREN:
62 SARAH, b. Jan. 3, 1693, d. Jan. 8, 1693.
63 SARAH, b. Sept. 25, 1694, d. Nov. 22, 1707.
64 HANNAH, b. July 27, 1699, d. May 27, 1707, 9 yrs, 10 mos.
65 NATHANIEL, b. May 11, 1700, d. Aug. 5, 1701.
66 THANKFUL, b. April 4, 1703, d. Nov. 6, 1704.
67 NATHAN, b. Aug. 2, 1707, m. Bridget Noyes.
Samuel Chesebrough (No. 26) m. Priscilla Alden, who was the great-granddaughter of John Alden, who m. Priscilla Mullins (and whose courtship has been immortalized by Longfellow) of Duxbury, Mass., Jan. 4, 1699-1700.
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WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY."
CHILDREN:
68 MARY, b. Sept. 21, 1702, m. Joseph Hewitt (No. 11), that family.
69 PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 6, 1704, m. Jabez Chesebrough (No. 52); 2d, Thomas Palmer (No. 106).
70 NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 9, 1706, d. April 22, 1709.
71 AMOS, b. Feb. 2, 1709, m. Desire Williams.
72 HANNAH, b. July 16, 1712, m. Richard Shaw, Dec. 24, 1730.
73 SARAH, b. Aug. 14, 1715, m. James Geer of Groton, Nov. 27, 1739; she m. 2d, Ebenezer Billings (No. 46), that family; she m. 3d, Capt. John Denison (No. 126), Denison family, March 3, 1762.
74 PRUDENCE, b. Feb. 28, 1722, m. Capt. John Stanton (No. 134), that family.
Elihu Chesebrough (No. 32) m. Hannah, daughter of Manas- sah Miner, July 4, 1698 (No. 61), that family, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
75 HANNAH, b. Feb. 25, 1699, m. Elisha Chesebrough (No. 48), Chesebrough family.
76 SARAH, b. Feb. 3, 1700, m. Zebediah Mix Feb. 17, 1725.
77 ELIHU, b. Nov. 30, 1704, m. Esther Dennis. 4
78 LYDIA, b. March 10, 1710, m. John Williams Dec. 23, 1736 (No. 173), Wil- liams family.
79 REBECCA, b. March 16, 1712, m. Col. Joseph Champlin of Charlestown, R. I.
80 ELISHA, b. June 30, 1714, d. 1719.
Capt. Samuel Chesebrough (No. 33) m. Mary Rossiter, sister of Rev. Mr. Rossiter, April 4, 1726. They lived in Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
81 ANN, b. Feb. 12, 1727.
82 PHEBE, b. Aug. 6, 1728.
83 JOHN, b. Jan. 26, 1731, d. Nov. 4, 1733.
84 EUNICE, b. Jan. 14, 1732, d. Jan. 25, 1733.
85 CHARLES, b. June 6, 1736, m. Bridget Chesebrough.
86 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 27, 1738, m. Dorothy Yeoman.
Rev. Jeremiah Chesebrough (No. 36), m. Susannah Rossiter, sister of the Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter, Oct. 16, 1728. They lived in Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
87 JEREMIAH, b. Sept. 7, 1729, d. Oct. 21, 1753.
88 SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 7, 1731, d. Feb. 8, 1731.
89 SUSANNAH R., b. July 5, 1732, m. Amos Pendleton of Westerly, R. I., Feb. 1, 1753 (No. 22), that family.
90 JOHN, b. June 25, 1735, m. Rebecca Mix (No. 442), Chesebrough family.
91 ESTHER, b. Dec. 16, 1737, m. Moses Yeomans Nov. 22, 1761.
92 RUTH, b. Jan. 9, 1741, d. unmarried.
93 DAVID, b. Sept. 18, 1743, d. Oct. 1, 1763, aged 20 yrs.
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Jonathan Chesebrough (No. 37) m. Bridget Miner, Nov. 5, 1730 (No. 58), that family.
CHILDREN:
94 BRIDGET, b. Sept. 14, 1731, d. July 23, 1733.
95 JONATHAN, b. Nov. 20, 1734, m. Esther Chesebrough.
96 BRIDGET, b. Dec. 21, 1737.
97 EUNICE, b. Feb. 19, 1740, m. Rufus Miner.
98 ANN, b. Jan. 6, 1743, m. William Griffin Dec. 22, 1762.
99 PHEBE, b. May 24, 1746, m. Jesse Palmer (No. 165), that family.
100 THOMAS, b. Jan. 19, 1755.
Joseph Chesebrough (No. 40) m. Mrs. Thankful (Hinckley) Thompson, Jan. 1, 1739, of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
101 JOSEPH, b. Jan. 13, 1740, m. Abigail Herrick.
102 MARY, b. Dec. 6, 1741, d. Jan. 10, 1742.
103 SAMUEL, b. March 25, 1743, m. Submit Palmer.
104 MARY, b. Feb. 3, 1745, m. Asa Phillips of Plainville, Conn.
105 ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 5, 1746, m. Capt. Nathaniel Dyer Nov. 12, 1775.
106 SARAH, b. Oct. 26, 1748, d. young.
William Chesebrough (No. 42) m. Lucy Palmer, Sept. 18, 1720 (No. 136), Palmer family. He d. Feb. 23, 1737, aged 36 years ; she d. March 2, 1736.
CHILDREN:
107 NATHANIEL, b. March 28, 1723, d. March 4, 1724.
108 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 14, 1725, d. Jan. 17, 1727.
109 DANIEL, b. Oct. 21, 1727, d. Oct. 25, 1727.
110 LUCY, b. Aug. 15, 1729, m. Joseph Denison Dec. 8, 1746 (No. 150), Denison family.
111 HANNAH, b. July 12, 1732, m. James Palmer June 4, 1749 (No. 103), Pal- mer family.
David Chesebrough (No. 43) m. Margaret -, about 1729, who d. April 1, 1738, aged 27 yrs ; m. 2d, Abigail Rogers, June 12, 1749 ; m. 3d, Margaret -; she d. in 1782, aged 62 yrs. He d. Feb. 27, 1782, aged 80 years.
CHILDREN:
112 MARY, b. April 6, 1730.
113 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 17, 1731.
114 ABIGAIL, b. May 16, 1734, m. Alexander Grant.
Elisha Chesebrough (No. 48) m. Hannah Chesebrough (No. 75), Jan. 4, 1721.
CHILDREN:
115 ELISHA, b. Nov. 21, 1723., m. Hannah Jamison.
116 HANNAH, b. Jan. 4, 1726, m. Joseph York May 10, 1744 (No. 21), York family.
117 SARAH, b. Sept. 6, 1728, m. Nathaniel Johnson of Westerly, R. I., Jan. 2, 1749.
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118 MARY, b. Dec. 6, 1730.
119 CHRISTOPHER, b. July 28, 1732.
120 JOANNA, b. Dec. 17, 1737.
121 SYLVESTER, b. July 28, 1735, m. Hannah Carpenter.
James Chesebrough (No. 51) m. Prudence Harris of Middle- town, Nov. 24, 1718.
CHILDREN:
122 PRUDENCE, b. Oct. 16, 1719.
123 JABEZ, b. July 21, 1721, d. young.
124 ELISHA, bapt. April 28, 1723.
125 REBECCA, bapt. Feb. 6, 1726, m. Abraham Lewis July 28, 1745.
126 SYBIL, b. Feb. 15, 1732.
127 JABEZ, bapt. Aug. 24, 1729.
128 JAMES, bapt. June 17, 1736.
Jabez Chesebrough (No. 52) m. Priscilla Chesebrough (No. 69), Dec. 26, 1723. She was descended from John Alden of the Mayflower fame; after his death his widow m. 2d, Thomas Pal- mer (No. 106), Palmer family.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
129 MARY, bapt. April 10, 1726.
130 JABEZ, bapt. July 20, 1727.
131 PRISCILLA, bapt. May 18, 1729, m. Thomas Leeds, Jr., son of Thomas Leeds, 1746.
Jedediah Chesebrough (No. 55), m. Molly Hancock in 1736. He d. July 12, 1760, aged 50 yrs. CHILDREN: -
132 JEDEDIAH, bapt. April 3, 1738, m. Rebecca Slack.
133 HEPSIBAH, bapt. Nov. 5, 1738.
134 EDWARD, bapt. June 15, 1740.
135 MARY, bapt. Aug. 15, 1742.
136 JOHN, bapt. Nov. 3, 1745.
137 BENJAMIN, b. April 24, 1748, m. Keturah Palmer.
138 ZEBULON, b. Nov. 25, 1750, m. Zerviah Hubbard or Hobart (No. 10). 139 REBECCA,, b. Oct. 13, 1754, m. Amos Chesebrough (No. 209).
140 JAMES, b. June 27, 1756, m. Abby Galloway, Nov. 14, 1783. 141 ANDREW, b. -.
Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 56) m. Mary McDowell, daughter of John McDowell, March 29, 1739. He d. Feb. 21, 1750; she m. 2d, William Pendleton (No. 18), that family, April 25, 1751. CHILDREN:
142 ZEBULON, b. Feb. 11, 1740, m. Lydia Pendleton.
143 ANDREW, b. April 13, 1742, drowned April 29, 1743.
144 PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 7, 1744, d. young.
145 MOLLY, b. June 11, 1747, m. Thomas Randall (No. 145), that family.
146 PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 28, 1749, m. Robert Randall.
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Dea. Nathan Chesebrough (No. 67) m. Bridget Noyes (No. 106), that family, Nov. 23, 1727, both of Stonington, Conn. She d. Oct. 24, 1774.
CHILDREN:
147 NATHAN, b. Nov. 14, 1728, m. Anna Stanton.
148 SARAH, b. Jan. 2, 1731, m. Thomas Stanton (No. 281), that family.
149 NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 6, 1735, m. Hannah Wheeler; 2d, Mary Hallam.
150 PELEG, b. Jan. 16, 1737, m. Rebecca Barber.
151 ROBERT, b. Feb. 22, 1739, m. Hannah Chesebrough.
152 CODDINGTON, b. Feb. 11, 1741, d. Sept. 16, 1751.
153 BRIDGET, b. Sept. 23, 1742, m. Charles Chesebrough (No. 85), Chese- brough family, Feb. 2, 1766.
154 JAMES, b. Oct. 14, 1744, d. Nov. 17, 1745.
155 ANNA, b. Jan. 26, 1747, m. Elijah Palmer Sept. 27, 1767 (No. 166), Palmer family.
156 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 14, 1750, m. Mercy McDowell.
157 KETURAH, b. Sept. 24, 1752, m. John W. Witmore; 2d, Prosper Witmore. Col. Amos Chesebrough (No. 71) m. Desire Williams, Dec. 2, 1729 (No. 202a), Williams family, both of Stonington, Conn. CHILDREN:
158 AMOS, b. Dec. 31, 1730, m. Mary Christophers.
159 DESIRE, b. March 14, 1733, m. Ephraim Miner Dec. 30, 1751 (No. 110), that family.
160 LYDIA ESTHER, b. Dec. 1, 1735, m. Hempstead Miner (No. 152), that family.
161 PRISCILLA, b. June 11, 1738, m. William Pendleton.
162 MARY, b. Nov. 13, 1740, m. Nehemiah Palmer (No. 164), that family.
163 SAMUEL, b. April 3, 1743, m. Mary Slack.
164 HANNAH, b. Sept. 27, 1745, m. Joseph Stanton (No. 144), that family. 165 JOHN, b. April 4, 1748, m. widow Lois Hillard Oct. 25, 1777.
166 JOSHUA, b. Oct. 14, 1750, d. unmarried.
167 ELIZABETH, b. July 27, 1755, m. Oliver Hillard Dennis Aug. 26, 1781.
Elihu Chesebrough (No. 77) m. Esther Dennis, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah Dennis, Feb. 18, 1740, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Oct. 27, 1769 ; she d. Dec. 5, 1768, aged 58 yrs. CHILDREN:
168 ESTHER, b. Nov. 27, 1740, m. Capt. Jonathan Chesebrough (No. 95), Chesebrough family.
169 ELIHU, b. June 9, 1743, m. Phebe Denison.
170 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 7, 1745, m. Esther Williams.
171 HANNAH, b. July 30, 1747, m. Robert Chesebrough (No. 151), Chese- brough family.
172 ELIZABETH, b. March 5, 1749, m. Thomas, son of Robert Stanton (No. 291), Stanton family.
173 NABOTH, b. April 1, 1751, m. Phebe Palmer.
174 REBECCA, b. Oct. 1, 1754, d. Feb. 8, 1760, aged 6 yrs.
Charles Chesebrough (No. 85) m. Bridget Chesebrough (No.
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153), Chesebrough family, Feb. 2, 1766, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
175 DAVID, b. Sept. 16, 1766, d. 1792.
176 DANIEL, b. Jan. 21, 1768, m. Anna Denison (No. 390), that family.
177 MARY, b. May 1, 1770, m. William Packer Oct. 11, 1818.
178 BRIDGET, b. May 1, 1770, m. William Elmandorf.
179 PHEBE, b. March 9, 1772, m. Ransford Hempstead, Nov. 29, 1792.
180 ANNA, b. Sept. 7, 1774, m. Clement Miner Feb. 21, 1793 (No. 353), Miner family.
181 JOSHUA, b. Jan. 7, 1775, m. an English woman and d. in Cuba.
182 BENEDICT ARNOLD, b. Oct. 12, 1777, m. Elizabeth Denison (No. 201) that family.
182a NANCY, b. Sept. 4, 1800, m. Richard Chesebrough (No. 339), that family. William Chesebrough (No. 86) m. Dorothy Yeomans, Dec. 3, 1765.
CHILDREN:
183 JONATHAN, b. Sept. 20, 1768, m. Eunice Miner.
184 LUCRETIA, b. May 23, 1771, m. Hempstead Chesebrough Miner March 6, 1791 (No. 255), that family.
John Chesebrough (No. 90) m. Rebecca, daughter of Zebediah Mix, July 22, 1760.
CHILDREN:
185 CHARLES, b. Dec. 5, 1760, m. Lydia Yeomans Feb. 13, 1791.
186 REBECCA, b. March 20, 1764, m. David Fanning of Groton May 13, 1782. 187 SARAH, b. Sept. 21, 1766, m. Thomas Payson Cottrell; m. 2d, Eldridge.
Jonathan Chesebrough (No. 95) m. Esther Chesebrough (No. 168), Chesebrough family, June 20, 1762, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. at Antigua, Feb. 10, 1764, aged 30 yrs ; she d. Oct. 13, 1803, aged 63 yrs.
CHILDREN:
188 ASA, b. Sept. 15, 1762, m. Sabra Palmer (No. 293), Palmer family; 2d, Abigail Stanton.
188a JONATHAN, b. Feb. 10, 1764.
Joseph Chesebrough (No. 101) m. Abigail Herrick Dec. 29, 1763. He d. and his widow m. 2d, Capt. Nathaniel Dyer, Nov. 12, 1775.
CHILDREN:
189 ABIGAIL, bapt. Sept. 21, 1766, m. Azariah Stanton (No. 45), that family.
190 KATE, bapt. Aug. 14, 1768, d. young.
191 ELIZABETH, bapt. Aug. 5, 1773, m. Boardman.
192 PRUDENCE, b .. -, m. Henry Palmer Feb. 7, 1790 (No. 295), Palmer family.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
1 JOSEPH CHESEBROUGH, bapt. Feb. 11, 1781.
2 DORCAS, bapt. May 23, 1784.
3 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 22, 1782.
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Samuel Chesebrough (No. 103) m. Submit Palmer Jan. 10, 1765 (No. 167), Palmer family, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Sept. 9, 1811 ; she d. Dec. 12, 1835.
CHILDREN:
193 JESSE, b. June 20, 1765, m. Martha Putnam.
194 THANKFUL, b. July 24, 1766, m. Zebulon Hancox.
195 ELIAS, b. April 13, 1768, m. Lucretia Palmer.
196 EZRA, b. Dec. 27, 1769, m. Sally Palmer.
197 SIMEON, b. Dec. 7, 1771, m. Abigail Slack.
198 REUBEN, b. April 30, 1773, m. Deborah Sheffield.
199 LOIS, b. June 14, 1775, m. Jedediah Putnam Jan. 11, 1795.
200 SARAH, b. Nov. 23, 1777, m. Charles Phillips of Plainfield Nov. 28, 1799.
201 SUBMIT, b. Jan. 10, 1780, m. Samuel Thompson Dec. 2, 1804.
202 JOSEPH, b. Jan. 21, 1782, m. Betsey Babcock Jan. 3, 1813.
203 RHODA, b. Oct. 27, 1783, d. aged 18 yrs.
204 MERCY, b. July 27, 1786, m. Thomas R. Chesebrough (No. 251), Jan. 27, 1805.
205 SAMUEL B., b. Nov. 25, 1788, m. Sally Robinson; he m. 2d, Harriet Pol- lard; 3d, widow Lydia Langworthy.
Elisha Chesebrough (No. 115) m. Hannah Jamison May 19, 1747.
CHILDREN:
206 ROBERT, b.
207 ELISHA, b. Jan. 23, 1749.
208 HANNAH, Sept. 30, 1750.
209 AMOS, Aug. 25, 1752, m. Rebecca Chesebrough (No. 139), Chesebrough family.
210 CHRISTOPHER, b. Nov. 16, 1754, m. Abigail Williams (No. 72).
211 JABEZ, b. Nov. 14, 1756.
212 ELISHA, b. Oct. 1, 1759, m. Thankful Williams; m. 2d, Mary Palmer. CHILDREN:
213 NEHEMIAH, b. -.
214 MABRINA, b.
Simeon Chesebrough (No. 197) m. Abigail Slack Oct. 23, 1800. CHILDREN:
215 WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 9, 1801.
216 ALMIRA, b. July 5, 1803, m. Henry Sheffield.
217 PALMER, b. Nov. 10, 1805, m. Eunice Wheeler (No. 441), that family.
. 218 ALBERT S., b. Nov. 8, 1807, m. Emily Thompson.
219 EMILY R., b. Sept. 18, 1809, d. Oct. 2, 1830, unmarried.
220 LUCY A., b. Jan. 12, 1812, d. Sept. 22, 1830, unmarried.
221 SIMEON L., b. Aug. 19, 1814, d. April 7, 1846, unmarried.
222 REUBEN M., b. Feb. 17, 1817, m. Laurab A. Pierce Nov. 14, 1847.
223 WARREN, b. July 18, 1819, d. young.
Sylvester Chesebrough (No. 121) m. Hannah, daughter of Na- thaniel Carpenter, Oct. 25, 1758.
301
WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
224 ESTHER, b. - 225 ELISHA, b.
226 OLIVER, b. March 9, 1764, lived at Adams, Mass.
227 SYLVESTER (twin), b. March 9, 1764.
228 NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1771, lived at Adams, Mass.
229 HANNAH, b. May 29, 1769.
229a SARAH, b. May 20, 1774.
230 POLLY, b. Aug. 15, 1776.
Jedediah Chesebrough (No. 132) m. Rebecca, daughter of William Slack, March 18, 1762.
CHILDREN:
231 JEDEDIAH, b. Nov. 20, 1762.
232 EDWARD, b. June 19, 1766, m. Anna Baldwin (No. 53), that family.
233 ABEL, b. April 1, 1768, m. Betsey Smith.
234 ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 21, 1769.
235 JOHN, b. Dec. 27, 1771, m. Betsey, daughter of Prentice Frink.
236 MARY, b. Feb. 21, 1773.
237 HEPSIBATH, b. Nov. 19, 1775.
Benjamin Chesebrough (No. 137) m. Keturah Palmer May I, 1774.
CHILDREN:
238 BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 22, 1774.
239 WEALTHY, b. Dec. 26, 1776.
240 RUFUS, b.
Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 138) m. Zerviah Hubbard or Ho- bart April 15, 1776 (No. 10), that family.
CHILDREN:
241 ZERVIAH, b. March 17, 1777, m. Jonathan Ward March 3, 1802; she d. Sept. 15, 1858. Had four children, all died in infancy, except Winthrop Ward, b. March 2, 1819; m. Lucy L. Spicer May 24, 1853; he d. at Mystic, Conn., Feb. 17, 1899.
241a ZEBULON, b. May 3, 1779, m. Hopestill Fellows.
242 ANDREW, b. -, m. Deborah
242a NANCY, b. , had a daughter Julia, who m. Edward Hallam.
243 AMOS, b. July 10, 1790, m. Mrs. Clarissa (Palmer) Denison, widow of Elam (No. 538), that family; he d. April 6, 1876.
254 ANNA, b. May 22, 1753, m. Robert Denison (No. 220) that family.
Zebulon Chesebrough (No. 142) m. Lydia Pendleton Dec. 10, 1761 (No. 27), that family. He d. Feb. 22, 1827, aged 87 yrs.
CHILDREN:
245 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 10, 1762.
246 LYDIA, b. Nov. 5, 1863, d. young.
247 ZEBULON, b. Feb. 6, 1766, m. Phebe Chesebrough (No. 318); 2d, Abigail Randall.
248 ISAAC, b. July 14, 1769, m. Sarah Chesebrough (No. 287).
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
249 LYDIA, b. July 10. 1770, m. Rev. Elihu Chesebrough (No. 316).
250 MOLLY, b. Dec. 25, 1774, d. unmarried.
251 THOMAS RANDALL, b. Dec. 24, 1776, m Mercy Chesebrough.
252 PRUDENCE, b. Feb. 24, 1780, m. Samuel Thompson.
253 AMELIA, b. March 20, 1784, m. Capt. Jonathan Stanton of Voluntown.
Nathan Chesebrough (No. 147) m. Anna Stanton (No. 283), that family, Dec. 6, 1752, both of Stonington, Conn. She d. March 20, 1805.
CHILDREN:
254 ANNA, b. May 22, 1753, m. Robert Denison (No. 220), that family. 255 NATHANIEL, b. July 30, 1775, m. Bridget Stanton (No. 298.)
256 ABIGAIL, b. July 20, 1757, m. Robert Williams (No. 227), that family. 257 NATHAN, b. Oct. 8, 1759.
258 PEREZ, b. March 2, 1762, m. Priscilla, daughter of Daniel Thompson. 259 BRIDGET, b. May 9, 1764, m. Hempstead Miner.
260 ELAM, b. Aug. 30, 1767, m. Sarah Hewitt (No. 228), that family.
261 THOMAS, b. July 27, 1770, m. Eunice, daughter of John Whitman.
262 DOROTHY, b. Feb. 7, 1773, d. Dec., 1798, unmarried, aged 25 yrs.
263 EDWARD, b. Feb. 4, 1775, m. Sophia Palmer, daughter of Jonathan Palmer.
Nathaniel Chesebrough (No. 149) m. Hannah Wheeler Feb. 22, 1759 (No. 65), that family. She d. July 5, 1762 ; married 2d, Mary, daughter of John Hallam, March 21, 1766 (No. 13), Hal- lam family ; she d. Nov. 17, 1830.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
264 NATHANIEL, b. June 6, 1760, d.
265 HANNAH, b. Nov. 17, 1761, m. Beebe Denison (No. 226), Denison family. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE.
266 NATHANIEL, b. Dec. 25, 1766, m. Mary Sanford May 29, 1799.
267 KETURAH, b. Oct. 13, 1768, d. Dec. 23, 1853, unmarried.
268 PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 21, 1770, d. Jan. 28, 1843, unmarried.
269 MARY, b. June 20, 1772, m. Nicholas Hallam (No. 19), Hallam family.
270 NATHAN, b. July 25, 1775, m. Cynthia Crary, daughter of Thomas Crary. 271 HALLAM, b. Aug. 1, 1779, lost at sea in 1811.
272 ENOCH STANTON, b. Oct. 23, 1781, m. Sally Sheffield.
273 CHARLES GRANDISON, b. April 15, 1785, d. April 6, 1855, unmarried; served in war of 1812.
Peleg Chesebrough (No. 150) m. Rebecca, daughter of John Barber, Feb. 27, 1772. He d. Oct. 30, 1793.
CHILDREN:
274 REBECCA, b. March 7, 1773, m. Hezekiah Whitman Feb. 11, 1797.
275 CLARISSA, b. Feb. 12, 1775, m. John R. Todd, 1798.
276 BETSEY, b. May 9, 1777, m. William Freeman in 1805; 2d, Henry Spencer April 5, 1821.
277 PELEG, b. Aug. 27, 1779, m. Sarah More in 1810. ยท 278 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 1, 1781.
279 JABEZ, b. Nov. 23, 1783, d. at the West Indies in 1803.
303
WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH FAMILY.
280 SALLY, b. Feb. 26, 1786, m. Lewis Newman Sept. 16, 1840.
281 MARIA, b. April 9, 1788, m. Alanson Fox.
282 LUCY, b. Nov. 6, 1790, m. 2d, Mr. Alton.
283 NANCY, b. Dec. 9, 1792, d. in Albany, N. Y., 1799. .
Robert Chesebrough (No. 151) m. Hannah Chesebrough (No. 171), Dec. 25, 1764, both of Stonington. He d. July 26, 1802; she d. Sept. 6, 1804.
CHILDREN:
284 ROBERT, b. April 9, 1766, m. Lucy Palmer (No. 294), Palmer family, Feb. 3, 1783; 2d, Content Rathbun, April 1, 1792.
285 CODDINGTON, b. April 9, 1769, d. Jan. 25, 1776.
286 HANNAH, b. May 29, 1771, d. Dec. 19, 1797.
287 SARAH, b. Jan. 26, 1774, m. Capt. Isaac Chesebrough (No. 248).
288 MINETTA, b. March 6, 1776, m. Dudley Palmer (No. 318), that family.
289 CODDINGTON, b. May 30, 1779, m .Sally Palmer, daughter Col. Jonathan Palmer.
290 ANDRONICUS, b. June 13, 1782, m. Margaret More.
291 EUNICE, b. Oct. 22, 1789, m. Phebe, daughter of Nathan Beebe.
:292 ELIZA, b. Sept. 11, 1785, m. Aaron Rathbun, son of John.
William Chesebrough (No. 156) m. Mercy McDowell, daugh- ter of Ebenezer of New London, Nov. 13, 1773.
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