Person:Thomas Chinn (10)
Thomas Chinn
b.Abt 1738 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
d.1816
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thomas ChinnAbt 1738 - 1816
  2. Mary ChinnAbt 1744 - Bef 1767
  3. Robert ChinnBef 1749 - Bef 1784
  4. Rawleigh ChinnBef 1748 - Bef 1816
  5. Easter ChinnBef 1767 -
  6. Susannah ChinnBef 1767 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas ChinnAbt 1738 - 1816
  • W.  Sarah BrentAbt 1745 - Abt 1818
m. 16 Oct 1764
  1. Thomas ChinnAbt 1765 -
  2. Robert ChinnAbt 1766 -
  3. Catherine Chinn1767 - 1831
  4. Hugh Chinn1768 - 1817
  5. Judith ChinnAbt 1769 -
  6. Sarah ChinnAbt 1770 -
  7. Richard Chinn1774 - 1800
  8. Elizabeth Chinn1782 - 1799
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Thomas Chinn
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1738 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Other[4] 12 Jul 1748 Lancaster, Virginia, United Statesnamed in Will of Robert Mitchell, maternal grandfather
Marriage Bond 16 Oct 1764 Lancaster County, Virginiato Sarah Brent
Marriage 16 Oct 1764 Lancaster County, Virginiato Sarah Brent
Other[1] 8 Dec 1767 Lancaster, Virginia, United Statesnamed in Will of Thomas Chinn, his father; received land in Loudon Co.
Other[2] Jun 1771 Fauquier, Virginia, United Statesnamed as Guardian of Christopher Chinn in Court Record of a Land Survey Completed for Chinn Heirs
Death? 1816
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will Abstract of Thomas Chinn, in Lee, Ida J. Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills, 1653-1800. (Richmond: Dietz Press, 1959).

    p 50 -
    CHINN, Thomas (of St. Mary's Parish). 8 Dec. 1767. Rec. 21 Jany. 1768.
    Sons: Robert (plantation) ; Rawleigh ; Thomas (land in Loudon Co.). Daughters : Easter and Susannah Chinn ; Ann Elder, dau. of Sarah Elder ; Three youngest children, Rawleigh, Easther and Susannah Chinn. Dominick Newgent. Extr. son Robert. Wits. Newgent, Ellen x Carpenter, Rawleigh Chinn. W.B. 18, p. 98.
    Division above estate. 21 Jany. 1768. Rec. 18 Feby. 1768. to Rawleigh, Easther, Susanna and Robert Chinn. W.B. 18, p. 103.
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    [Identifies him as son of Thomas Chinn.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Court Record of a Land Survey Completed for Chinn Heirs , in Hoppin, Charles Arthur. The Washington Ancestry: and Records of the McClain, Johnson, and Forty other Colonial American Families: Prepared for Edward Lee McClain. (Greenfield, Ohio: Privately printed by the Yale University Press, 1932).

    [Vol 1, p 433]
    [...Fauquier Court Minutes for 1771, p 296 ...]
    ... As the official survey made in Fauquier County in June, 1771, by John Wright, Junior, ... we give the text of the survey:

    FAUQUIER SC.^T At the request of Messrs. Charles Chinn on his own part and Leven Powill guardian to Rawleigh Chinn & Thomas Chinn Guardian to Christopher Chinn orphan of Elijah Chinn decd and in the preasents of Thos Marshel and John Moffett Gent of Fauquier and William Bronaugh and Charles West Gent of Lowdoun the Commissioners mentioned in an order of the worshipfull Court of Fauquier dated June Court one thousand seven hundred and seventy one I proseeded to survey and divide the Land mentioned in the Sd order acording to the above plot Beginning at a white oak near a branch on the so. side corner to Elijah Chinn Extending thence So 61d Et 375 pole to a white oak, thence So 43d Wt 220 pole to a stone in a glade corner to Charles Chinn now Hails Land [ * ] thence with his Line No 58d Wt 458 pole to whit oak in a pasture field thence No 59dr Et 280 pole to the beginning containing 528 acres. WILLIAM STROTHER, JOHN MURREY, Chainmen sworn.

    [ * cos1776 note: could "Hails Land" = Halls Land? And, if so, which Hall is it? Needs further investigation.]
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    [Identifies him as Guardian of Christopher (son of Elijah) Chinn.]

  3.   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)
    76.

    CHINN, Thomas & BRENT, Sarah; b. 16 Oct 1764; Thos. EDWARDS (sec.); (MLB LC; MLB LC3)

    [where MLB LC = Nottingham, Stratton. 1927, 1996. The Marriage License Bonds of Lancaster County, Virginia From 1701 to 1848. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., Inc. [N.B. There are considerable differences between the five transcriptions of Lancaster County marriage bonds, and in many cases one source will include some information from the bond which other sources have omitted.)
    [where MLB LC3 = 1903/4. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County, WMQ, 1st Ser., 12:96-103, 175-183.]

  4. ↑ Will of Robert Mitchell, in Lancaster County, Virginia Will Book
    14:212, 236.

    Written 12 Jul 1748. Proved 9 Sep 1748, Lancaster Co., VA
    Son Robert: land whereon he now lives in Richmond County that I bought of Mrs. Belfield
    Son John:
    Son Richard: plantation whereon I now live [Lancaster County], land in Richmond County, and land in Northumberland County.
    Daughter: Eliza, wife of Moore Faunterloy
    Daughter: Judith Mitchell
    Daughter: Sarah, wife of Thomas Chinn
    Daughter: Frances Mitchell
    Grandchildren: Robert, Thomas, Rawleigh and Mary Chinn, children of daughter Sarah.
    Sister: Sarah Pitman.
    Wife: Mentioned but not named.
    Executors: Sons, Dr. John Mitchell, Robert Mitchell and Richard Mitchell
    [WB 14:212]

    WB 14:236, [Date needed] Susannah, wife of Robert Mitchell, dec., renounces legacy.

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