Holdridge James Chidester

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Birth 1746 USA

   Death 1835 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA

   Burial Jackson Mill Cemetery Butchersville, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA

   Memorial ID 134981864 Holdridge Chidester (various spellings of the name in records) was born circa 1746-1750. His 1835 will and associated estate inventory are on file in Harrison County, West Virginia. One record has stated that he was buried at (*)"Jug Handle Mill". He married Johannah Wells. He was a Revolutionary soldier with New Jersey service. He was reported as the father of nine children (see notes below). - - - Holdridge Chedester (born 1750, Pennsylvania); Volume: 28, Page Number: 27. Reference: Heads of Fams. at the first U.S. census. Pa. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (426p.):250 - - - He was listed as being in Harrison County, WV, in 1810, with 5 sons and 2 daughters (household of 9). In 1820: 6 young males and 3 young females (8 total white family members). There was a second (separate) listing for Holdridge Chidester; household of one. In 1830, "Eastern District, Harrison, Virginia, Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: one."

An (**)1842 deed in Harrison County lists his (male HEIRS with added notes) as: William, Samuel (1789-1855), George (b. 1795-1800), Holdridge Jr., Phineas (1802-1877), Isaac, and Abraham Chidester (1798-1868); and his (female HEIRS with added notes) as: Margaret (m. 2 Sep 1812 El Nathon Bond in Harrison County), Ann (m. 5 Nov 1804, Harrison Co., WV to James Wells), Mary, Prudence -CHIDESTER. This deed was a land transfer to his daughter, Jane (Chidester) Martin. Not listed (by this name) in the 1842 deed was Massey Chidester w/o (1802) Abraham Wells.

• (?)at Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp, Lewis County, WV.

1       Holdredge Chidester       1746 - 1835 ..              +Elizabeth Selzer       1751 - .........       2       Joshua Daniel Chidester       1770 - 1847 .............              +Rebecca Garrison       1773 - 1848 .........       2       Samuel Chidester       1774 - .............              +Mary ----?----       1780 - .........       2       William Chidester       1778 - 1820 .........       2       Anne Chidester       1779 - 1871 .............              +William Garrison       1771 - 1848

             *2nd Wife of Holdredge Chidester:        ..              +Frances ----?----       - 1795 .........       2       Mercy Chidester       1782 - 1837 .............              +Abraham Wells       1780 - 1830 .........       2       Margaret Chidester       1783 - 1860 .............              +Elnathan Bond       1784 - 1860 .........       2       Anne Chidester       1785 - 1819 .............              +James Wells       1783 - 1826 .........       2       Holdredge James Chidester       1787 - 1850 .............              +Mary Elizabeth McPherson       1803 - 1890 .........       2       Samuel Chidester       1789 - 1855 .............              +Zeporah Goodwin       1793 - 1878 .........       2       Jane Chidester       1793 - 1879 .............              +Valentine Powers        .........              *2nd Husband of Jane Chidester:        .............              +William Martin        .........       2       George H. Chidester       1795 - 1855 .............              +First Wife        .........              *2nd Wife of George H. Chidester:        .............              +Martha Bell       1809 - 1867

             *3rd Wife of Holdredge Chidester:        ..              +Johannah Wells       1778 - 1850 .........       2       John Chidester       1796 - .........       2       Abraham Chapman Chidester       1798 - 1868 .............              +Sarah Catherine Radcliff       1808 - .........       2       Phineas Wellington Chidester       1803 - 1877 .............              +Susannah Weltha Vincent       1807 - 1881 .........       2       Isaac Newton Chidester       1806 - 1841 .............              +Mary Mitchell       1805 - 1865 .........       2       Prudence Chidester       1809 - .............              +Jacob E. Kniseley       1805 - 1860

GEDCOM Note

Enlisted in Springfield, NJ during Revolutionary War and deserted after 2 years and went to Pennsylvania where he enlisted in the Frontier Rangers. Was in Harrison County, West Virginia in 1798. Listed in 1810 Census for Harrison County, West Virginia.

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