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Martha Chew (Taylor)

Also Known As: "Marth Thompson (Taylor) Chew"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Previously King & Queen County, Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
Death: 1782 (72-81)
Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, USA
Place of Burial: Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Taylor, ll, of 'Rapidan' and Martha Taylor
Wife of Colonel Thomas Chew
Mother of Larkin Chew; Joseph Chew; John Chew; Frances Downs; Hannah Chew and 7 others
Sister of Frances Madison; Captain James Taylor, III; Zachary Taylor Sr.; Col. George F. Taylor; Tabitha Wilde and 6 others

Managed by: Linda Sue
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About Martha Chew

The parents, James Taylor and Martha Thompson, had 9 children, the few eldest not born there at Bloomsbury, but most were reared there:

2. Martha was born 27 Jan 1701/02 in King and Queen County, Virginia; before her parents settled in the area of Virginia that would become Orange County. She married Col. Thomas Chew and passed away in 1782. they had eight children, and their grandson Thomas Chew (1777-1846), held Captain Lawrence of the frigate Chesapeake as he died, saying "Don't give up the ship!"


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Martha Chew's Timeline

1705
1705
Previously King & Queen County, Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
1721
1721
Virginia
1725
1725
Virginia, Colonial America
1729
1729
Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, United States
1730
1730
Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States
1731
1731
Virginia
1731
Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia
1733
1733
Virginia
1735
1735
Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, United States