Abraham Thomas Chestnut

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Abraham Thomas Chestnut

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death: December 28, 1844 (62)
Laurel, Knox, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt John Callahan Chestnut, Sr and Patience Chestnut
Husband of Ester / Esther Chestnut
Father of John Chesnut; Abraham Campbell Chesnut; Andrew Campbell Chesnut and Evan Chesnut
Brother of William Gordon Chestnut; Anne Chesnut; John Callahan Chesnut; Jacob Chesnut; Nancy Adams and 1 other

Managed by: Judith "Judi" Elaine (McKee) Burns
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About Abraham Thomas Chestnut

1. Abraham T. CHESNUT (John CHESNUT4, William CHESNUT3, William? CHESNUT2, John CHESNUT1) was born 17 FEB 1782 in Prob. Augusta Co., VA, and died BET 1840 AND 1844 in Will 12/28/1844, Laurel, KY. He married Esther EVANS 13 MAY 1801 in Robert Farnsworth And George Alexander, security, Greene Co., TN, daughter of Even EVANS. She was born 14 MAY 1782, and died ABT 1820.

Children of Abraham T. CHESNUT and Esther EVANS are:
  • + 2 i. Martha Ann "Matty" CHESNUT was born 01 FEB 1802 in KY.
  • 3 ii. Elizabeth CHESNUT was born 16 FEB 1804. She married James W. GREENE 03 JUN 1822.
  • + 4 iii. John CHESNUT was born 12 FEB 1805 in Laurel Co., KY, and died 31 MAY 1878 in Laurel Co., KY.
  • + 5 iv. Evan CHESNUT was born 21 JUL 1808 in KY, and died 21 MAR 1855 in Laurel Co., KY.
  • 6 v. Patience CHESNUT was born 14 JUN 1810 in KY. She married Thomas BLAKELY 16 DEC 1824 in KY, son of Charles BLAKELY and Sarah. He was born ABT 1805.
  • 7 vi. Polly Ann CHESNUT was born 18 JAN 1813.
  • 8 vii. Esther CHESNUT was born 10 OCT 1815 in Knox Co.?, KY.
  • 9 viii. Abraham CHESNUT was born 24 FEB 1818 in Prob. Knox Co., KY, and died JAN 1845 in Laurel, KY?.
  • + 10 ix. Andrew Campbell "A.C." CHESNUT was born 12 MAY 1820 in Knox (Laurel) Co., KY, and died AFT 1875 in accidently shot himself, Buchanan, MO.

He married Elizabeth BLAKELY 12 APR 1824 in Registered But No Bond?, Knox, KY. She was born 04 OCT 1802, and died 04 NOV 1843.

Children of Abraham T. CHESNUT and Elizabeth BLAKELY are:

  • 11 i. Sarah "Sally" CHESNUT was born 29 JUL 1824 in Laurel Co., KY. She married Ellison "Elly" GODSEY 11 MAY 1841 in Laurel Co., KY, son of Unknown GODSEY. He was born 1817 in VA.
  • + 12 ii. William "Billy" CHESNUT was born 05 JUN 1826 in Laurel Co., KY, and died 05 MAR 1895 in Platte City, MO.
  • + 13 iii. Nancy CHESNUT was born 17 FEB 1829 in Laurel Co., KY, and died 24 JUN 1903.
  • 14 iv. Samuel CHESNUT was born 02 SEP 1830, and died 11 OCT 1873. He married Sally BOWLING 18 JAN 1850, daughter of William BOWLING and Sarah "Sally" BOLIN. She was born 1832.
  • 15 v. Benjamin CHESNUT was born 07 SEP 1832, and died in Died As Child?.
  • + 16 vi. Charles CHESNUT was born 22 APR 1835 in Laurel Co., KY, and died in Buchanan Co., MO.
  • 17 vii. James Edmund CHESNUT was born 30 JAN 1836 in Laurel Co., KY.
  • + 18 viii. Pleasant "Elly" CHESNUT was born 04 APR 1840 in Laurel Co., KY, and died 06 NOV 1907.
 19   ix. Margaret Ann CHESNUT was born 04 FEB 1842. 
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Abraham Thomas Chestnut's Timeline

1782
February 17, 1782
Augusta, Virginia, United States
1805
February 12, 1805
Laurel co., Ky.
1808
July 21, 1808
Laurel, Kentucky, United States
1818
February 24, 1818
1820
May 12, 1820
Laurel County, Kentucky, United States
1844
December 28, 1844
Age 62
Laurel, Knox, Kentucky, United States