Person:Stephen Chester (3)
Stephen John Chester
b.14 Feb 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.8 Jun 1725 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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] Stephen John Chester
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Feb 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1][2] 10 Apr 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Degree[1] 1721 Yale College.
Death[1] 8 Jun 1725 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][3] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Settlement[4] 27 Jun 1738
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.

    "243 … Stephen John (Chester), b. posthumously 14 Feb 1697/98, five days after father's death, and baptized 10 Apr 1698 (Barbour citing VR 1:18); he was named for his father who d. 9 Feb 1697/98 and his paternal grandfather who d. 23 Feb 1697/98 (Yale Bios. 1:245); d. unmarried on 8 Jun 1725 at age 27 according to his gravestone in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield (Hale 25). He graduated from Yale College in 1721 (Yale Bios. 1:245). His estate was distributed to his three sisters on 27 Jun 1738 (Manwaring 3:243-244)."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    62.

    "Chester, … Stephen John, s. Stephen, decd. & Jemima, b. Feb. 14, 1697/8; bp. Apr. 10, 1698 [1:18]"

  3. ↑ Stephen John Chester, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ Chester, Stephen John, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:243-44.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 83-4.

    Chester, Stephen John. An agreement, made 27 June, 1738, by Martin Kellogg and Dorothy his wife, of Wethersfield, and by Joseph Lamb and Sarah his wife, of Southold, L. I., County of Suffolk, in the Province of New York, and Mercy Chester of Wethersfield, the only surviving heirs and co-heirs of Stephen John Chester deceased: First: That we, the aforesd. heirs to the estate of the sd. deceased Stephen John Chester, do for ourselves and heirs mutually agree that the aforesd. Martin Kellogg and Dorothy his wife shall have to their portion in and of the estate of the sd. decd, 100 acres of land, more or less, lying in Wethersfield in the tier of lotts commonly called the 50-acre lott, butted and bounded as followeth: east on a highway, west on the line dividing between Wethersfield and Farmington, north on land belonging to Capt. John Chester, south partly on land belonging to John Kelsey and partly on land belonging to Stephen Kelsey, to their heirs and assigns forever in full of their part or portion of sd. estate. We, the heirs, do mutually agree that the aforesd. Joseph Lamb and Sarah his wife shall have for their part and portion in and of the estate of the sd. decd, the southern half of 300 acres of land, more or less, lying in the Town of Glastonbury, butting and bounded as followeth: east on undivided land, west on Connecticut River, north on land belonging to Capt. Thomas Wells, south on land belonging to Samuel Hale; also a certain tract of land lying in Wethersfield, containing 4 acres more or less, bounded east on a highway, west on land belonging to Timothy Wright, north on land belonging to John Smith, south on land belonging to Ebenezer Belding, to them and their heirs and assigns forever in full of their part or portion of sd. estate. We, the heirs, do agree that Mercy Chester aforesd. shall have for her part and portion of the estate of the sd. decd, ye northern half of 300 acres of land, more or less, lying in the Town of Glastonbury, bounded as followeth: east on undivided land, west on Connecticut River, north on land belonging to Capt. Thomas Wells, south on land belonging to Samuel Hale; as also a house and barn standing on sd. land, to her, her heirs and assigns forever, in full of her part and portion of sd. estate. And the above-named parties, for themselves, their heirs and assigns forever, have given, granted and released unto each other by these presents the several claims or demands that they have or might have in or to the estate aforesd., or any part thereof, other than what in the above distribution or partition is to them set out. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto sett their hands and seals.

    MARTIN KELLOGG, LS. | DOROTHY KELLOGG, LS.
    JOSEPH LAMB, LS. | SARAH LAMB, LS.
    MERCY CHESTER, LS.

    Acknowledged in Court. Test: Jos: Talcott, Junior, Clerk."

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