Person:Joseph Chinn (5)

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CHICHESTER, Ann. Will. 9 Feby. 1725. Rec. 10 Dec. 1729
Husband, Richard Chichester; Aunt, Dorathea, wife of Jeremiah Greenham of Richmond county; Niece, Ellen Heale; Nephew, Joseph Chinn son of my brother Raw. Chinn; Thomas Chinn; Chichester Chinn; Ann Chinn; Sarah Chinn, children of my brother. Nephew Raw. Chinn, son of brother Raw. Chinn; John Chinn. Capt. Geo. Heale; William Payne and wife, Wm. Heale, Geo. Heale Jr., Ann Heale and Catherine Heale; Elizabeth Heale; Catherine Lindsay; Catherine Kirk; Sarah Heale; James Atchison. Extr. Rawleigh Chinn. Wits. Edmund Currell, Eliz. Heale, Catherine Quirk. W.B. 12, p. 123.
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[Will of his father's sister in which he is identified as the son of Rawleigh Chinn.]

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CHINN, Rawleigh. Will. July & August 1741. Rec. 12 March 1741/2. Legatees: Sons; Joseph (land in Prince William County) Thomas; Chichester (land in Richmond and King George counties); Rawleigh; daughter Ann Shearman; Gr.son Rawleigh Shearman, (land in Prince William Co.) godson, Charles, son of Margaret Downman; Christopher and Elijah sons of sd Margaret Downman; Celia Nichols, daughter of Elizabeth Nichols; Joseph Durham, Dominick Newgent, Bryan Stott, Easter Chinn, and Wm. Glascock. Extr. Son Rayleigh Chinn. W.B. 13, p. 253.
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[Identifies him as a son of Rawleigh Chinn.]

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CHINN, Easter. Will 2 August 1749. Rec. 10 May 1751.
Sons: Joseph, Rawleigh and Thomas Chinn;
Daughter Ann Shearman;
Heirs of Chichester Chinn;
Gr.son Rawleigh Shearman, son of Martin Shearman and Ann his wife;
Gr.daughter Mary Shearman, dau. of Martin Shearman and Ann his wife.
Gr.dau. Easter Shearman.
Wits. Henry Tapscott, Margaret Tapscott.
W.B. 15, p. 32.
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[Identifies him as son of Easter Chinn.]

[Includes photo of Chinn's Ordinary/Red Fox Inn. Last accessed 25 Nov 2012]
1728
Joseph Chinn built a tavern out of the local fieldstone at the halfway point between Alexandria, Virginia, and the frontier town of Winchester, Virginia, along what is today known as the John Mosby Highway. Chinn’s Ordinary, as it came to be called, soon became a popular stopping point for weary traveling colonists.
Circa 1748
An enthusiastic young surveyor named George Washington visited Chinn’s Ordinary.
Revolutionary War - 1775 to 1783
Both young colonists with visions of independence and smartly uniformed British soldiers were invited to forget battles while sheltered within the buildings 30-inch stonewalls.
1787
Chinn’s Crossroads and fifty acres were sold to the newly chartered town of Middleburg for $2.50 an acre. Middleburg, so-named because it was a day’s ride by coach or on horseback from Alexandria and another day’s ride from Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley, provided the overnight resting stop for travelers making the 70-mile journey. While Middleburg prospered and grew in reputation as the nation’s foremost area for foxhunting, Thoroughbred breeding, and horse racing, Chinn’s Ordinary remained the focal point for the area’s social and economic activities.

[last accessed 25 Nov 2012]
..."Leven later purchased 50 acres from Joseph Chinn who had built Chinn's Ordinary, now called the Red Fox Inn, in 1728 near the center of that 50 acre parcel. The area had been called Chinn's Crossroads, and was then known as Powell Town." ...
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[locate property records, if possible, transcribe, etc.]

CHINN, Joseph & BALL, Elizabeth Mrs.; b. 2 May 1727; Geo. PAYNE (sec.); the cons. was dtd. 1 May 1727 or 1717 acc. to MLB LC2; (MLB LC: MLB LC2)

[where MLB LC = Nottingham, Stratton. 1927, 1996. The Marriage License Bonds of Lancaster County, Virginia From 1701 to 1848. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., Inc. [N.B. There are considerable differences between the five transcriptions of Lancaster County marriage bonds, and in many cases one source will include some information from the bond which other sources have omitted.)
[where MLB LC2 = 1897. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County, WMQ, 1st Ser., 6:103-108.]
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CHINN, Joseph & HEALE, Pricilla (wid.); bef. 8 Jul 1737; bride was a dau. of Wm. & Million DOWNMAN & the wid. of Wm. HEALE (d. LC 1732); (LC DB 13:62; DW 12:357; OB 8:176; Chinn:218)

[where LC DB = Lancaster County Deed Book.]
[where DW = deeds and wills.]
[where OB = order book.]
[where Chinn = Dillon, Ruth Wilson and Marguerite Relyea Lewis. 1972. The Chinn Book. cottonport: Polyanthus (This book containes much useful material on Northern Neck families, but it must be used with caution. The dates are often transposed or otherwise incorrect.]