Person:Mercy Chester (1)
Mercy Chester
b.26 Oct 1696 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.Bef 7 Nov 1749
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Dec 1691
  1. Dorothy Chester1692 - 1754
  2. Sarah Chester1693/94 - 1754
  3. Mercy Chester1696 - Bef 1749
  4. Stephen John Chester1698 - 1725
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Mercy Chester
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 26 Oct 1696 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[3] Bef 7 Nov 1749 Before date of probate.
Probate[3] 7 Nov 1749 Administration to Eliphalet Whittlesey, Jr.
Estate Inventory[3] 5 Dec 1749 £1837-01-06. Taken by John Lusk and Jno. Paterson.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 43. Stephen3 Chester, Jr., in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    1:303.

    "242 … Mercy (Chester), b. 26 Oct 1696 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Resided in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on 27 Jun 1738 when she signed a distribution agreement for the estate of her brother Stephen John Chester (Manwaring 3:243-244)."

  2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    62.

    "Chester, … Mercy, d. [Stephen, Jr. & Jemima], b. Oct. 26, 1696 [1:18]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chester, Mercy, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:526.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XV, 174 to 1750. Page 352. Additional Invt. on Page 357.

    Chester, Mercy, Wethersfield. Invt. £1837-01-06. Taken 5 December, 1749, by John Lusk and Jno. Paterson.

    Court Record, Page 110—7 November, 1749: Adms. granted unto Eliphalet Whittlesey, Jr., who gave bond with Zachariah Seamore of Hartford of £2000.

    Page 117—6 February, 1749-50: An account of Adms. was exhibited by Eliphalet Whittlesey, Adms., which account is accepted. This Court order the estate distributed as follows: To Dorothy, the wife of Capt. Martin Kellogg, and to Widow Sarah Lamb, the only surviving heirs, to each of them £794-08-18 1-2. And appoint John Paterson and John Lusk, of Wethersfield, distributors.

    Page 122—12 March, 1749-50: Report of the distributors."

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