Leonard Chester

ca. 1610 - 1648  (38 år)    Har 6 forfædre men ingen efterkommere i dette stamtræ.

• Navn	Leonard Chester
  Fødsel	ca. 1 jul. 1610	Blaby, Leicestershire, England
  Dåb	15 jul. 1610	Blaby, Leicestershire, England
  Køn	Mand
  Immigrated to the U.S.	1633	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  FSID	LVZG-VWM
  Begravelse	1648	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Død	11 dec. 1648	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Søskende	1. Elizabeth Chester,   dbt. Blaby, Leicestershire, England d. før jul. 1628, Blaby, Leicestershire, England
  Person-ID	I143771	AALT
  Sidst ændret	6 jan. 2021

  
  

  Far	Esquire John Chester,   f. ca. 1584, Birstall, Leicestershire, England d. 30 jul. 1628, Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England (Alder 44 år)
  Tilknytning	natural
  Mor	Dorothy Hooker,   f. 1588, Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire, England d. 27 maj 1662, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Alder 74 år)
  Tilknytning	natural
  Ægteskab	1 jun. 1609	Birstall, Leicestershire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Alder ved indgåelse af ægteskab	Han : ~ 25 år og 6 måneder - Hun : ~ 21 år og 6 måneder.
  Familie-ID	F32177	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

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  Fødsel - ca. 1 jul. 1610 - Blaby, Leicestershire, England Dåb - 15 jul. 1610 - Blaby, Leicestershire, England Immigrated to the U.S. - 1633 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Begravelse - 1648 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Død - 11 dec. 1648 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  = Link til Google Earth

  
  

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  Leonard Chester's parents were original Founders of Hartford, which later was made Connecticut Colony by King Charles Leonard's mother Dorothy Hooker Chester was the sister of the Rev Thomas Hooker, who led his Massachusetts bay congregation to found hartford on the Connecticut River. They were Puritans in search of more religious tolerance than available in the Massachusetts Bay Churches Biography of Leonard Chester Source: "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston" by Henry Bond, M.D., Boston, 1860. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth Subject: Leonard Chester. Leonard Chester, came from Leicestershire, England in 1633; was an early proprietor of Watertown. He was one of the small colony that went from Watertown in 1635 to settle Wethersfield, Conn., which was at first called Watertown, Conn. There was a locality in Watertown, long known as "Chester's Meadow," and "Chester Brook," William Chester sold 13 acres of planting ground at Watertown, Mass., to William Paine, prior to 1642. Leonard Chester from Brady or Blaby, Leicestershire, England, of a very respectable lineage, came to New England in 1633 then aged about 23 or 24 years of age, and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. Two years afterward he left Watertown, Mass., with the col-ony that first planted at Pyquag, which the named Watertown, CT. Soon after, by the Court, they renamed Wethersfield, CT. He left Watertown previous to the making out of the List of Possessions, and his name, therefore is not found in any list of proprietors. But it is recorded that one of the lots of Mr. William Paine was bought of Mr. Chester. Several circumstances, in confirmation of tradition, evince his respectable social posi-tion and that he was comparatively wealthy. His name occurs only once in Massachusetts Colonial Records, in April, 1634, and then, although so young a man, he was designated as "Mr. Chester" Although he remained at Watertown, Mass., only about two years, a con-siderable water-course (the outlet of Sherman's Pond, sometimes of late called the West Branch of Beaver Brook) was named for him, Chester Brook, Watertown, Mass. These names were long retained. In laying out the Naubuc Farms, on the east side of the Connecticut River, now in Glastenbury) previous to 1640, which was "the first tract of land in the Colony regularly surveyed and laid out into farm," Mr. Chester's allotment was the largest except for four: viz. 1. To Elder Clement Chaplin, 1,200 acres. 2. To Matthew Mitchell (father of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell of Cambridge, Mass) 900 acres. 3. To Governor George Wyllis, 480 acres. 4. To Governor Thomas Welles, 435 acres. 5. To Mr. Leonard Chester, 432 acres. The next largest was to Mr. Thurston Raynor, 330 acrs. In the family pedigree chart of Chester Families of Blaby, Leicestershire, England, William Chester of London and of Barnet, County of Hertford, England. Robert Chester of London and of Barnet County, Hertford, whose first wife was Bridget, dau. of John Sharpe of Frisby, Super Wreke. He had a second wife, unamed. Augustine Chester of Blaby who died in 1626, and his wife, Phoebe, dau. of John Michell; m. 1598. Charles Chester b. 1599 m. Alice Brickwood in 1624 and had, Jane b. 1632, Amy b. 1635 and Charles b. 1635. The eldest son of Leonard Chester was John Chester, by his wife, Mary (Nevill) Chester, born at Watertown, Mass., where she was left, on account of her health, until he could go and prepare accomodations for her. We have not found this birth in the town records which did not begin to be kept until after Mr. Clements removal to Connecticut. He was a Juror in 1643, 1644 and 1645. He was a Grand Juror in 1643-1644. He died December 11, 1648 aged 38 or 39, and his widow, Mary, married (2) the Honorable Richard Russell of Charlestown, Mass. on Feb 21, 1655-6. She died at Charlestown, Mass., Nov 30, 1688, her Will dated Nov. 20th).

  
  

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  [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 October 2020, 15:33), entry for Dorothy Hooker(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M95W-XX8); contributed by various users. PersonID M95W-XX8. Dorothy Hooker [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVVZ-WXR : 13 March 2020), Darrete Haker in entry for John Chester, 1609. Darrete Haker in entry for John Chester, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 " [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree. Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700 [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree. Leicestershire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: Descendants of Leonard Chester of Blaby, Eng , and Wethersfield, Conn. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA. Legacy NFS Source: Dorothy Hooker - [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998. Legacy NFS Source: Dorothy Hooker - [S950] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 199, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. Legacy NFS Source: Dorothy Hooker -