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| Source |
Genealogical Notes of the Families of Chester of Blaby, Leicestershire, and Chester of Wethersfield, Connecticut |
| Author |
Chester-Waters, Robert Edmond |
Coverage
| Place |
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Surname |
Chester, Hooker, Russell |
| Subject |
Family tree |
Publication information
| Type |
Book |
| Publisher |
Clarke and Hodgson |
| Date issued |
1886 |
| Place issued |
Leicester, Leicestershire |
Citation
| Chester-Waters, Robert Edmond. Genealogical Notes of the Families of Chester of Blaby, Leicestershire, and Chester of Wethersfield, Connecticut. (Leicester, Leicestershire: Clarke and Hodgson, 1886). |
Repositories
Contents
This is a short book of only 28 pages.
Chapter I
- Sheet pedigree of the Chesters of Blaby and New England
- The alleged origin of the Chesters of Blaby
- Their Arms and Pedigree in 1619
- William Chester of Chipping Barnet
- His Will, 1566
- Leonard Chester of Blaby
- His Will, 1614
- His younger children
- Samson Chester, Merchant Taylor of London
- His descendents
- Augustine Chester of Blaby
- Blaby visited by the Plague in 1626
- Augustine Chester's Will, 1626
- His younger children
- Clement Chester of Blaby
- His children and grandchildren
- Charles Chester of Blaby
- Charles Chester II of Blaby
- His Will, 1700
- Charles Chester III of Blaby
- His Will 1677
- Charles Chester IV of Blaby
- His daughter Alice, wife of Thomas Bassett
Chapter II
- John Chester of Blaby
- His Will, 1628
- His wife, Dorothy Hooker
- Leonard Chester of Blaby
- Emigrated to New England in 1633, and settled at Wethersfield in Connecticut
- His Will, 1637
- His gravestone at Wethersfield
- His Will, 1648
- His widow
- Her Will, 1688
- Leonard Chester's younger children
- Captain John Chester of Wethersfield
- His children
- Major John Chester of Wethersfield
- His children
- Colonel John Chester of Wethersfield
- His children and descendants
Appendix
- Extracts from Parish Registers
- From Blaby
- From St. Anne's, Blackfriars, London
- From St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey
- Marriage Allegations
- Extracts from the Registers of the Mercant Tailors' Company of London
- Note on the family of Freer of Blaby
- Further Extracts from Parish Registers, in which the name of Chester is mentioned
- Wills, etc., of Testators named Chester, from the Registry of Leicester
Postscript
Foldout
- Pedigree of Chester of Blaby
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Categories: Leicester, Leicestershire, England | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States | Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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