Abner Chichester

   Birth 18 Nov 1791 Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA

   Death 23 Sep 1862 New York, USA

   Burial Prospect Cemetery Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA

   Memorial ID 67667187 Son of Eliphalet Chichester and Mary Van Nostrand. Married Iantha Sammis, 26 Aug 1813 at West Hills, Huntington, NY. Married Agnes M. Conklin, 18 Aug 1824 at Jamaica, Queens, New York.

MERCHANT DESCRIPTIONS, CHAPTER 11, ABNER CHICHESTER Another of these old dry good merchants now retired, and a resident of the Seventh Ward, is Abner Chichester. He made a large fortune by steady devotion to business, and lives to enjoy it, without changing his habits of life or moving into the Fifth avenue. He was in business in Pearl street, near Fulton, of the firm of Chichester & Van Wyck, for a long period. He is one of the few of that successful class of dry good merchants that have done honor and added to the wealth of the city. One of his daughters married Jackson S. Schultz of the firm of Jackson Schultz & Co., the large leather dealers in Pearl street. Mr. Schultz is a director in the Park bank, and has lately distinguished himself by his active exertions in putting down this war. Another daughter married Robert M. Strebeigh, principal businessmanager and one of the wealthiest and most liberal stockholders of The N.Y.Tribune, who has a fine mansion in East Thirty-fifth street. Source: The Old Merchants of New York City Author: Walter Barrett, Clerk Second series Publisher: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway