Person:Raleigh Chinn (1)
Rawleigh Chinn, of North Farnham Parish
b.23 May 1684 Lancaster County, Virginia
d.Bef 12 Mar 1741/42 Lancaster County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1682
  1. Ann Chinn1682 - 1729
  2. Rawleigh Chinn, of North Farnham Parish1684 - Bef 1741/42
  3. Catherine Chinn1686 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1703
  1. Joseph Chinn1703 - 1784
  2. Rawleigh Chinn, Jr.Abt 1708 - Bef 1756
  3. Chichester Chinn1709 - Bef 1749
  4. Thomas Chinn, of St. Mary's White Chapel Parish1710 - Bef 1768
  5. Ann ChinnAbt 1712 - 1793
  6. Sarah ChinnAbt 1715 - Bef 1741
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rawleigh Chinn, of North Farnham Parish1684 - Bef 1741/42
  • W.  Margaret BallAbt 1679 - 1758
  1. Charles Chinn1723 - Bef 1788
  2. Elijah ChinnAbt 1725 - Bef 1771
  3. Christopher Chinn1725 - 1770
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rawleigh Chinn, of North Farnham Parish
Alt Name[3] Rawleigh Chyn
Gender Male
Birth? 23 May 1684 Lancaster County, VirginiaCitation needed
Other[3] 8 May 1695 Lancaster County, Virginianamed in Court Case of John Stretchley, his guardian
Marriage Bef 1703 to Easter "Esther" Ball
Residence? Abt 1719 Richmond County, Virginia[where he lived with Margaret (Ball) Downman]
Other Abt 1719 [NOT married to, but living with]
with Margaret Ball
Other[1] 11 Jul 1722 Lancaster County, VirginiaCourt orders Rawleigh to support an unnamed child lately delivered of Ester, his wife
Will[1] Jul 1741 Lancaster County, Virginiaand Aug (codicil?)
Death? Bef 12 Mar 1741/42 Lancaster County, Virginia[probate] North Farnham Parish
Probate[2] 12 Mar 1741/42 Lancaster County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • D-73: Rawleigh Chinn of Lancaster County, Gent., 3,300 acres in Prince William county adj. Mr. Charles Burges of Lancaster County near Goose Creek, William Stamps. 7 Dec. 1731. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 117]
  • D-79: Rawleigh Chinn of Stafford County, 504 acres in King George or Prince William County on Deep Run adj. Wm. Jones, Bailey? [alias] Samuel Earle, by Russell's Path, Eli run, corner of Crump, William Skrine, line of Gleeks, Wm. Brooks. 24 Feb. 1731. Deed never signed by reason of Col. Carter's Death. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 118].
  • E-89: Rawleigh Chinn of Stafford County, 504 acres in King George & Prince William Counties on Deep Run adj. William Jones, land of Bailey alias Samuel Earle, Russel's Path, Crump's line, William Skrine, Gleek's line, William Brooks. 31 May 1739. # [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742, Vol. 1, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 125]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ester Chinn and Rawleigh Chinn, in Lancaster, Virginia, United States. Court Records.

    Book 7, p 51 -
    At a Court held for Lancaster County, Wednesday, the 11th July, 1722; On the prayer of Ester Chinn setting forth that her husband Rawleigh Chinn doth daily abuse her and refuse her any competency whereby she may subsist and that by sd means thereof she hath lately been obliged away from her home to be delivered of a child which she prays may be by her sd husband maintained. It is ordered that the Sheriff of this county acquaint the sd Rawleigh that it is the courts direction that he take care of and maintain the sd child and that he have ten days notice from the time of his being served with this order to provide for the same, and it is further ordered that in case the sd Rawleigh do not then take care of the sd child as before directed, the sheriff take him into custody till he give security for so doing.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Will Abstract of Rawleigh Chinn, in Lee, Ida J. Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills, 1653-1800. (Richmond: Dietz Press, 1959).

    p 50 -
    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.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Complaint of John Stretchley and Alice, his Wife, in Lancaster, Virginia, United States. Lancaster County Order Book No. 3, 1686-1696. (Lancaster, Virginia: Clerk of Circuit Court Office).

    p 319 -
    Lancaster County Court 8th of May 1695
    - JOHN STRETCHLEY and ALICE his Wife, Guardian to RAWLEIGH CHYN, Sonne of JOHN CHYN, late of this County, (deced), complaineing to this Court that whereas MRS. ELIZABETH SPENCER and JOHN INCE are possessed of a certaine tracte of Lande lyeing in this County containeing six hundred and fifty acres of lande formerly granted unto EDWARD MIHILL, (deced), by Pattent beareing date the Second day of May 1650, adjoyneing to the lande and Plantacon of the saide RAWLEIGH CHYN given to him by Will of his saide deceased Father and now in the occupacon of the saide JOHN STRETCHLEY and ALICE his Wife the saide ELIZABETH SPENCER not only forewarned the saide STRETCHLEY from cutting of Wood upon the saide CHYNs lande but alsoe that the saide SPENCER hath committed and doth dayly committ greate waste upon the saide RAWLEIGH CHYNs Lande by filing of sevrall Timber trees. It is therefore ordered that the saide Pattent of six hundred and fifty acres bee by Mr. EDWIN CONWAY, or Mr. GEORGE HEALE. or either of them. surveyed and laide out on the first Wedensday in June next (if faire weather) if not the next faire day accordinge to the boundes of the saide Pattent and that the Sheriffe summon a Jury of ye Vicinage to attend the saide Survey

    [cos1776 note: is John Ince = John Size, who is witness to Edwin Conway's 1698 will? Further research needed.]
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    [Identifies him as son of John Chyn, decd, and ward of John and Alice Stretchley.]

  4.   Family Recorded, in Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800 : marriages and marriage references for the counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Old Rappahannock, Richmond, and Westmoreland. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003)
    75.

    CHINN, Rawleigh & BALL, Esther; bef. 11 Feb 1707; bride was a dau. of Jos. & Eliz. (ROMNEY) BALL of SMWCP (d. LC 1711); bride was granted a separate maintenance from Rawleigh CHINN; (LC DB 9:246, 271; DW 13:253; DW 14:70; WB 10:88; DW 15:32; Chinn: 115; Haynie, 1994:79)

    [where LC DB = Lancaster County Deed Book]
    [where DW = deeds and wills.]
    [where WB = will 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.]
    [where Haynie = Haynie, W. Preston. 1994. Marital Discord, Separate Maintenance and Divorce. BNCHS. 31:75-90.]
    [where BNCHS = Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society, Heathville 1964-1999.]

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    CHINN, Rawleigh & DOWNMAN, Margrett (wid.); c. 1 Oct 1729; Grand jury presented CHINN & DOWNMAN of NFP for living in adultery; in Jun 1728 & Nov 1731 DOWNMAN was presented for having an illeg. child; she pleaded not guilty to living in adultery in Feb 1731/32; in Apr 1732 a jury found her guilty of fornication & fined her; the same jury found that she could not be guilty of adultery since she was a single woman; Rawleigh CHINN (d. LC 1742) named a godson Charles, son of Margaret DOWNMAN, in his will; Margaret DOWNMAN (d. LC 1719), d. in NFP in 1758; (LC WB 13:253; RC OB 9:482, 525, 576, 609, 616, 638; WB 6:142; Haynie, 1994:79-80)

    [where LC WB = Lancaster County Will Book.]
    [where RC OB = Richmond County Order Book.]
    [where Haynie = Haynie, W. Preston. 1994. Marital Discord, Separate Maintenance and Divorce. BNCHS. 31:75-90.]
    [where BNCHS = Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society,
    Heathville 1964-1999.]

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