John (Or Wilson) Chester

Notes

QUOTE: By some curious error, James Savage in Geneal. Dict. Of New England, under “Stebbins,” says that Lydia was a dau. of Edward and Frances Stebbing, whereas of course she was in fact theirgranddaughter-in-law. [Quoted from page 204, in TAG Vol 30 (1954) by Coddington] ::: In Wilson’s will, he called Edward and Thomas Cadwell (his half-brothers) “my Cousins.” [Clearly this innocent mistake on Wilson's will compounded the confusion over the identity of Lydia Cole.] ::: To further confuse the issue, the identity of John the son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Stebbins, has been conflated and mixed with the identity of John Chester the son of Sampson Chester and Frances (Tough) (Smith) Stebbins. John Wilson is a nephew of John Chester, who is a half brother to Elizabeth Stebbins. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connectiut, 1633-1884, database, Internet Archive, extracted from J. Hammond Trumbull Editor, The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 (Boston,Massachusetts: E. L. Osgood 1886), page 261. (NOTE: some of the factsin this source are proven erroneous in TAG Vol 30, pages 193 - 212)