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John Chester

Also Known As: "Captain"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, (Present Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: February 23, 1698 (62)
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Leonard Chester and Mary Ward-Chester-Russell (Sharpe)
Husband of Sarah Chester
Father of Mary Wolcott; Maj. John Chester; Sarah Wolcott; Stephen Chester, Jr.; Thomas Chester and 3 others
Brother of Dorcas Whiting; Eunice Chester; Stephen Chester; Mary Chester; Mercy Chester and 1 other
Half brother of Samuel Chester

Managed by: Conrad Kamaha'o Herrmann
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About Capt. John Chester


Capt. John Chester Birth: Aug. 3, 1635 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Feb. 23, 1698 Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Died AE 63. He was the first white child born in Watertown, the son of Leonard Chester. He married Sarah Welles, daughter of GOV. THOMAS WELLES in February of 1653.

Children: Mary Chester Wolcott, John Chester Jr, Sarah Chester Wolcott(wife of Simon Wolcott Jr), Stephen Chester, Thomas Chester, Samuel Chester, Prudence Chester, and Eunice Chester Stevens. (from Kevin Avery)

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Parents:
 Leonard Chester (1610 - 1648)
 Mary Chester Russell (1608 - 1688) 
Spouse:
 Sarah Welles Chester (1632 - 1698)
Children:
 Eunice Chester Stevens (____ - 1698)*
 Mary Chester Wolcott (1654 - 1689)*
 John Chester (1656 - 1711)*
 Sarah Chester Wolcott (1657 - 1723)*
 Stephen Chester (1660 - 1698)*
 Thomas Chester (1661 - 1712)*
 Samuel Chester (1664 - 1689)*
 Prudence Chester Treat (1666 - 1727)

Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA Plot: Section A-16-C Created by: Nareen, et al Record added: Aug 17, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29097715 -tcd


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Capt. John Chester's Timeline

1635
August 3, 1635
Watertown, (Present Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
1654
December 23, 1654
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1656
June 10, 1656
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1657
November 11, 1657
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1659
May 26, 1659
Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1661
March 23, 1661
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1664
May 23, 1664
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1668
May 17, 1668
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1672
1672
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony