Richard Chichester, Sr.

2 Ellen BALL b: ABT. 1705 + Richard CHICHESTER d: BEF. 1747 + William DOWNMAN

1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
CHICHESTER, Richard. Will. 16 May 1743. Rec. 10 Aug. 1744.
Wife Ellen; Sons: Richard and John;
Daughters: Elizabeth, Ellen, Mary and Hannah.
Mentions estate in England.
Extrs. Wife Ellen, son John; friends: Jesse Ball, Robt. Mitchell and Jos. Carter, Amy Carter, Gawin Lowry, Michael Dillon. W.B. 14, Page 29.
Record 10 Mch. 1748 of settlement of estate. Mr. Wm. Downman's part in right of his wife Ellen, widow of sd. Richard. W.B. 14, Page 232.

1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
CHICHESTER, Richard. Division of Personal Estate. Rec. 15 June 1757.
To Miss Hannah Chichester, Mrs. Jean Chichester, Miss Ellen Chichester, Mr. Richard Chichester, Miss Mary Chichester. Mrs. Jean Chichester Admr. of Mr. John Chichester and Richard, Ellen, Mary and Hannah, orphans of sd. Richard. W.B. 15, Page 294.

VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Page 349;

• RICHARD CHICHESTER [late of Virginia beyond seas, deceased-Probate Act]. Will 16 May, 1743; proved 15 March, 1745-6.
• To Wife Ellen Chichester my Negro Wench, Barbara and Molatto Girl Hannah, with their Increase, and my Negro Boy Prince, likewise my Chair and Sorrel Horses belonging to it, and my Horse Rover, and her Saddle and Furniture. Also to my wife £500 Sterling out of Estate in England, also use of Plantations where I live known by name of "Fairweathers" with Stocks, use of eight working Negroes during widowhood, and after her marriage or death, said Plantations, &c., to Son Richard Chichester. To Son John Chichester my Plantation in Lancaster County, known by the Name of " Newsoms" and six good Negroes, Stock, &c.
• To my four Daughters, Elizabeth, Ellen, Mary, and Hannah, each £500 sterling at marriage or age of 21, &c., also to each a Negroe to wait on them.
• To Son John Chichester Black Stone Horse called "Potomack" and my big Grey Colt " Jugler" (or Ingler), Household goods in England to Sons John and Richard. All Plate, Rings, Clocks, Jewels, &c. in England or Virginia to wife and children.
• If wife with child, and a son to him at 21 £1,000, and if a daughter £500, &c.
• To son Richard Chichester £500 sterling out of Estate in England,
• to Son John Chichester, all Estate, real and personal, in England.
• To Son Richard Chichester all Land, Negroes, &c. in Virginia not disposed of, &c.
• To son John Chichester his Estate at 21.
• Executtrix: Wife Ellen Chichester.
• Executor: Son John Chichester.
• Trustees: Joseph Carter, Robert Mitchell, and Joss. Ball, Gentlemen, to manage for sons John and Richard Chichester.
• Witnesses: Joseph Carter, Ann Carter, Gawen Lawry, Michael Dillon. Proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury by John Tucker and Richard Tucker, Esqrs., Attorneys for Ellen Chichester, widow, mother of John Chichester, a minor, till of age.
• Administration 28 May 1763 to Richard Chichester brother and one of the
• executors of John Chichester, deceased, the son and executor of said Richard Chichester late of Virginia deceased, the wife Ellen Chichester having formerly renounced and said John surviving the testator but himself dying before taken as executor and the grant to Richard Tucker and John Tucker expiring by reason of John attaining 17 years. Administration 9 June, 1803 of Richard Chichester of Virginia, deceased,
• to William Murdock, as to administration (with will annexed) of the son John Chichester, deceased, as to goods left unadministered by his brother Richard Chichester, also deceased, for use of Sarah Chichester, Widow, relict and executrix of will of said Richard Chichester, now residing in the County of Fairfax in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America, Ellen Chichester, widow, having formerly deceased, and administration to Richard Tucker and John Tucker, Esqrs. having ceased by John Chichester having attained seventeen years, &c.
• Edmunds, 79.

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[The Virginia branch of the ancient and wide-spread English family of Chichester has been recently authoritatively traced to its English source. At Raleigh, Arlington, Hall and elsewhere in Devon, and in Ireland, the family was of note. A "History of the Chichester Family" by Sir A. P. B. Chichester, Bart. (London, 1871) is in the library of this Society, presented by Captain Arthur Mason Chichester of Leesburg, Va. An account of the Virginia Chichesters may be found in Hayden's "Virginia Genealogies," Page 91-95, 106-109. An abstract of the will of Richard Chichester, the emigrant, (proved June 12, 1734, in Lancaster County, Va.) is given on page 93.

Following is an account of the Widworthy branch of the family from which the 'Virginia line came. It began with John Chichester, third son of John Chichester, of Raleigh. …

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