Elizabeth Chesley

In History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire : (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes it says "[Philip Chesley] and wife, Elizabeth, signed a deed, 7 Aug 1661." [1] Philip had another wife, Joan, by 1667. [1]

Her last name may be Leighton but no source has been found to prove this. She is not the same as the Elizabeth (Leighton) Cromwell who was the daughter of Thomas and Joanna Leighton, even though one source says her second husband was Philip Chesley. If Elizabeth (Leighton) Cromwell did marry a Philip Chesley, it wasn't the Philip Chesley b. abt. 1606.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chesley-47

Philip Chesley had three wives: Elizabeth, who was living in 1661; Joan (or Joanne); and his wife "Sarah", whom he mentioned in his will.[2] Joan and Philip were both living April 30, 1685.[1]

Philip Chesley had five known children:[3]

Thomas, b 1644, m Elizabeth Thomas Philip, b 1646, m Sarah _______ Hannah, m Thomas Ash Mary, m Ralph Hall, May 28, 1701 (2) John Foy Esther, m John Hall, August 9, 1705 The first two children were with wife, Elizabeth; the three girls were the daughters of Joan/Joanne.[1] Possibly, Hannah was the daughter of Elizabeth according to two sources.[2][3]

Philip Chesley married first, Elizabeth _________ by 1642 in Dover, New Hampshire. Torrey says that the marriage to Joanna took place by 1673, in Dover. [4] Records for a third marriage to Sarah, have not been found.

Philip Chesley died after 1685.[4]

concerns

Do not confuse this Elizabeth with any of the following:

• Elizabeth Cromwell
• Elizabeth Chesley (another wife of this Elizabeth's husband) (NB: merged, there was only 1 wife called Elizabeth)

comments

Given name has also been reported to be Elizaberth.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be circa 1624 at High Ercall, Shropshire, England.

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from TORREY:

CHESLEY, Philip (1606/8-1685+) & 1/wf Elizabeth _____ (-1661); by 1642?, by 1646; Dover, NH {Dover NH Mar. 28; Reg. 5:205; Coltman Anc. 31; Durham NH 2:51; Stone-Evans 25; Wentworth 1:221, 480; Lord 8; Sv. 1:375; GDMNH 129}

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• History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and representative citizens (1914)
• http://www.archive.org/details/historyofstraffo00scal
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofstraffo00scal#page/547/mode/1up
• Thomas Layton (or Leighton) came to this country in 1633, landing at Salem, Mass., October 10th, from the ship "James," with about thirty colonists for the plantation at Hilton's Point, having been eight weeks on the voyage from Gravesend, England. The company was under charge of Capt. Thomas Wiggin, and was sent out by Lords Say and Brooke, George Willys, William Whiting and others, who in the previous year had bought a grant of the Pascataqua plantation (including Northam, or what is now Dover) from the Bristol Company. They proceeded at once to the settlement at Dover Point. In the record of those who received grants of house lots from Capt. Wiggin, on the high and beautiful lands, a mile up from the Point, appear the names of John Dame, Richard Waldern, Thomas Layton, and Rev. William Leverich, the last mentioned coming as minister of the settlement.
• That Thomas Layton was a prominent man in the colony is evidenced by the fact that his name frequently appears in important transactions connected with the affairs of the colonists. He was a member of the "Combination for Government by ye people of Pascataqua," in 1640, with forty-one others entering a protest to the King against the efforts of Capt. Underhill to force a union of the colonists with Massachusetts. In 1648 he was the largest tax payer in the settlement, with one exception. He was selectman in 1647, 1648 and 1658. He received several grants of land, but continued to reside at Dover Neck until his death, January 22, 1672, leaving one son and several daughters. In his will he gave property to his only son and heir, Thomas (second), and to his daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Sarah. His widow, Joanna, married for her second husband, July 16, 1673, Job Clement. She died January 15, 1703.
• Thomas Leighton, 2d, was born at Dover Neck, date of birth not given. Later records read that he resided at "Leighton's Hill," north of Clement's Cove, old Pascataqua Bridge, near the site of what was planned to be, the great commercial center, "Franklin City." This was one of the original grants given his father, Thomas, 1st, in 1642, and transferred by his will to his son Thomas, 2d. Thomas Leighton, 2d, married Elizabeth, daughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter. The daughters married as follows : Mary married Thomas Roberts ; Elizabeth married Capt. Phillip Cromwell ; Sarah was single in 1672, but may have married Philip Chesley later. Other members of the Leighton family who came to America at an early date were : John
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofstraffo00scal#page/548/mode/1up
• Leighton, 1645, who settled in Saco, Me., and Capt. Wm. Leighton, 1650, settled in Kittery, Me.
• Thomas, 2d, died at Leighton's Hill, and was succeeded by his son Thomas, 3d, who lived with his father at Leighton's Hill. It is said that the property remained in the Leighton family for 200 years, or until a comparatively recent date.