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Captain John Chester 1635–1697 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 August 1635

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 23 Feb 1697

Death Location: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Father: Leonard 1633

Mother: Mary Immigrant

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Captain John Chester was born in 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Leonard Chester Armiger Immigrant Arrv 1633 And Mary Sharpe Wade Chester Russell Immigrant. Captain John Chester passed away in 1697 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Captain John Chester was born in 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Leonard Chester Armiger Immigrant Arrv 1633 And Mary Sharpe Wade Chester Russell Immigrant.
  • Captain John Chester passed away in 1697 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.

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Captain Chester's Ancestors

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Captain Chester
1635–1697
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Leonard Chester, Armiger; Immigrant, arrv. 1633
1610–1648
Blaby, Leicestershire, England
Mary (Sharpe Wade (Chester-Russell),) Immigrant
1608–1688
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John Chester
1575–1628
Blaby, Leicestershire, England
Dorothy Hooker
1589–1662
Tilton, Leicestershire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Leonard Chester
1564–1618
Bridget Sharpe
1565–1606
Rev Hooker
1553–1635
Susannah Pym
1564–1631
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Chester
1525–1565
Maude Chester
1529–1565
John Sharpe
1534–1605
Cicely ♥
1538–1596

Captain Chester's Timeline

2 Records

1635
3 August 1635
Birth of Captain John Chester in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1697
23 Feb 1697
Age 62
Death of Captain John Chester in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 August 1635
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1697
    Event Place: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

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