Person:Stephen Chester (8)
Sheriff Stephen Chester
b.28 Oct 1761 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.26 Dec 1835 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Nov 1747
  1. Colonel John Chester1748/49 - 1809
  2. Major Leonard Chester1750 - 1803
  3. Sarah Chester1752 - 1834
  4. Abigail Chester1754 - 1827
  5. Hannah Chester1759 - 1759
  6. Eunice Chester1759 - 1759
  7. Thomas Chester1760 -
  8. Sheriff Stephen Chester1761 - 1835
  9. Thomas Chester1764 - 1831
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 Nov 1788
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sheriff Stephen Chester
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 28 Oct 1761 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[3] 1 Nov 1761 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Degree[1] 1780 Yale College.
Marriage 5 Nov 1788 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
to Elizabeth Mitchell
Death[1] 26 Dec 1835 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][4] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1045 Stephen Chester, 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)
    552.

    "1045 … Stephen (Chester), b. 28 Oct 1761 (Barbour citing VR 2:80a); bapt. 1 Nov 1761 (Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing JL:40); d. 26 Dec 1835, at age 74, bur. in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut (Hale 53); m. 5 Nov 1788 (Wethersfield First Congregational Church Records, slip index citing 2:208) Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Stephen Mix Mitchell and Hannah Grant, b. 11 Sep 1770 in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Barbour citing 2:149), d. 22 Dec 1852, at age 82, bur. in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Connecticut (Hale 53). He graduated from Yale College in 1780 with his brother Thomas. Following graduation, he settled in Wethersfield. He served for many years as Sheriff of Hartford County. According to his college biography, he 'maintained the family reputation as a gentleman of elegant bearing' (Yale Bios. 4:140)."

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

    "Chester, … Stephen, s. John & Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1761 [2-80a]"

  3. ↑ Volume 126 Wethersfield, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    56.

    "Chester, … Stephen, s. Col. John, bp. Nov. 1, 1761 [JL:40]"

  4. ↑ Stephen Chester, in Find A Grave.

    The stone is a monument, but he was almost certainly buried here.

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