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Facts and Events
| Name[1][5] |
Stephen Chester, Jr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
26 May 1660 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
17 Dec 1691 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Jemima Treat |
| Death[1][2] |
9 Feb 1697/98 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[1][2] |
11 Feb 1697/98 |
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Probate[4] |
14 Apr 1698 |
Administration to the widow. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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)
1:302-03.
"43. Stephen3 Chester, Jr. (Sarah2, Gov. Thomas1), born 26 May 1660 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:76), and died 9 February 1697/98 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, at age 37 3/4 years (Barbour citing VR 1:18) and was buried 11 February 1697/98 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing VR 1:18). … Stephen Chester's estate was valued at £1,114:00:00. The estate record provides Stephen's date of death as well as the dates of birth of his children (Manwaring 1:545-546)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
62.
"Chester, … Stephen, s. Capt. John & Sarah, b. May 26, 1660 [1:76]"
"Chester, … Stephen, Jr., d. Feb. 9, 1697/8, Æ 37 & ¾ y; bd. Feb. 11, 1697/8 [1:18]"
- Stephen Chester, in Find A Grave.
This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.
- ↑ Chester, Stephen Jr., Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:545-46.
"Probate Records. Vol. VI. 1695 to 1700. Page 76.
Chester, Stephen Jr., Wethersfield. Died 9th February, 1697-8. Invt. £1140-00-00. Taken by William Warner and Ebenezer Deming. The children: Dorothy, born 5 Sept. 1692; Sarah, b. 5 March, 1693-4; Mercy, b. 26 October, 1696; & a posthumous son born 14 February, 1697-8.
Court Record, Page 34—14 April, 1698: Adms. to the Widow Jemima Chester, with Thomas Chester & Mr. James Treat Jr.
Page 169—(Vol. VIII) 4 January, 1713-14: Marcy Chester, a minor about 17 years of age, daughter of Stephen Chester Jr., late of Wethersfield Decd, made choice of Ephraim Goodrich to be her Guardian; and Stephen John Chester, about 16 years of age, chose Mr. James Treat to be his Guardian.
Page 174—1st Feb., 1713-14: Upon the Motion of Mrs. Jemima Chester of Wethersfield, Widow & Adms. on the Estate of Mr. Stephen Chester, late of Wethersfield Deed, do now order that the Estate of the sd. Decd, both Real & Personal (except what is justly expended and disbursed towards payment of the Just Debts and necessary charge), shall be dist. and divided to and among the Relict and Children of the sd. Decd in manner following: To the Widow Jemima Chester, the Use & Improvement of 1-3 part of the Houseing and Lands during the time of her natural life, and 1-3 part of the Personal Estate forever; and the rest of the Estate, to the Eldest and only son of sd. Decd a double portion, and to each of the daughters a single portion. And appoint Lt. Jonathan Belding, Mr. Nathaniel Burnham and Isaac Ryly Distributors.
Dist. File: 5 April, 1714: To the Widow Jemima, to Stephen John Chester, to Dorothy, to Sarah & to Mercy Chester.
Page 66—(Vol. IX) 3 June, 1718: Capt. Ephraim Goodrich, Guardian to Mercy Chester, produced a Writing under her hand and witness, directed to this Court, informing that the sd. Goodrich had discharged his Guardianship to her the sd. Chester to her satisfaction and Content, whereupon this Court do discharge the sd. Ephraim Goodrich from his Guardian Bond for sd. Mercy Chester."
- ↑ Called Stephen, Jr. to differentiate him from his uncle, Stephen2 Chester.
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