Person talk:Christopher Chinn (2)

Re-posting Nov 2012 Note from Jim Bartlett [30 June 2013]

The note below was posted to werelate 26 Nov 2012 on User:JimBartlett's talk page. Since it pertains to Christopher Chinn, I have reposted it here. --Cos1776 14:43, 30 June 2013 (EDT)

I now agree that Ann BARTLETT 1m CHINN, 2m HALL. Ann was 15, almost 16, when they married. Here are two Loudoun Co, VA records that bracket Christopher CHINN's birth to 1760-61:

Loudoun Co, VA; Court [OB-F:p540]: 10 Apr 1775: Christopher CHINN and orphan of Elijah CHINN being of proper age came into Court and made chose of Charles CHINN for his Guardian in the room of Francis PEYTON, with William BRONAUGH and Willaim ELLZEY as securities and 1,000 pounds bond. [NB: Christopher age 14-20; or born 1755-1761; probably the younger range, so perhaps b 1760]

Loudoun Co, VA; Guardian Accts [OB-G:p229]; 13 Mar 1780: Christopher CHINN came into Court and made choice of Thomas BARTLETT for his Guardian who with William ELLZEY and Nathaniel WEEDON his securities entered bond of 50,000 pounds. [NB: Christopher CHINN age 14-20; so b 1760-1766; so b 1760][NB: this is just 3 months after Christopher married Ann - I believe she was pregnant, and they eloped; I think her oldest brother, William, did the same thing about 5 years earlier]

It now appears that Christopher and Ann CHINN must have moved to KY, soon after selling their land in Loudoun Co, VA in 1784. Then Christopher died in 1786 [per his brother's affidavit, but his brother incorrectly Christopher died in Loudoun Co]. This is the only way I can see how Ann and her three children, all under 10, got to KY, where they grew up and married. I am making a calculated guess that Ann met and married Thomas HALL, soon after, and they started their family, in Nelson Co, later moving to Montgomery Co, where they were in the 1820 and 1830 census. Jim Bartlett [email protected] 00:48, 26 November 2012 (EST)