Lt. Robert Chesebrough

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Robert Chesebrough

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Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: February 07, 1856 (89)
New York City, New York County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Chesebrough and Hannah Chesebrough (Chesebrough)
Husband of Lucy Chesebrough and Content Chesebrough
Father of Robert Palmer Chesebrough; Henry Augustus Chesebrough; Content Augusta Stuyvesant and Harriet Grant Davenport
Brother of Sarah Chesebrough; Coddington Chesebrough; Hannah Chesebrough; Minetta Palmer; Coddington Chesebrough and 3 others

Occupation: Military officer, Married 3 February 1783Stonington, New London County, CT, USA
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About Lt. Robert Chesebrough

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 303



On February 8, 1813, during the war with England, Congress passed an act authorizing the borrowing of $16,000,000 ; Robert's name is among the list of patriotic citizens, in that emergency, subscribing $10,000; John Rathbone and his son John Jr also subscribed $20,000. Robert was one o f the founders and the first President of the Fulton Bank o f New York City, organized in 1824; he was prominent among the old merchants of New York City, and was senior member of the firm of Chesebrough & Van Alen, importers, New York City.


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 518

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Lt. Robert Chesebrough's Timeline

1766
April 9, 1766
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1788
July 23, 1788
Stonington, New London Co., CT, United States
1801
1801
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
1807
September 14, 1807
New York, New York, New York, United States
1812
March 10, 1812
1856
February 7, 1856
Age 89
New York City, New York County, New York, United States