Sharing my information about Mary Calvert & John Chenoweth.
1. JOHN1 CHENOWETH was born Abt. 1682 in St Martins, Meneaage Cornwall, England (Or
Wales), and died May 06, 1746 in Frederick Co, Va.. He married (1) JANE WOOD. He
married (2) MARY CALVERT Abt. 1705, daughter of JOHN (*) and JUDITH STAMPER. She was born
December 19, 1687 in Upper Providence Twp. now Delaware Co., Pa., and died 1735 in
Frederick County, Maryland.
Notes for JOHN CHENOWETH:
JOHN Chenoweth the immigrant, was born about 1682 in Cornwall, England, and his family
may have been members of a Welsh Quaker congregation there. The first record of him found
in America appears in the records of the Church of St. Ann (later known as St Mary's),
Burlington, New Jersey, where a son, William, was baptized by Rev. John Talbot, a former
Quaker minister. There is no year after "William of John Chenoweth, Baptism. Aug.
27th," but the baptisms registered just before are dated 1704, with those following
1705, therefore the date is surely 1704 as in the IGI listing. This probably means that
John and Mary married about 1702, and William, their first child died prior to the birth
of the second William in 1718. The first child named William may also be a clue to John
Chenoweth's father's given name (?).
The next record concerning John Chenoweth appears in "Abstracts of Philadelphia
Wills Part 1, 1682-1726. when he witnessed the will of Thomas Brock of New Bristol, Bucks
Co., PA, 16 November 1709. Then in the "New Jersey colonial Documents: Calendar of
Wills", April 1716 in the inventory of the personal estate of John Bowne, the name
John Chenoweth appears, along with that of Mordecai Lincoln (ancestor of Abraham Lincoln),
Richard and Benjamin Kirby, William Clark, John Saltar, and others. In "Old Times in
Old Monmouth" (New Jersey), a letter written by John Saltar to Mr. Obediah Browne
(called "Honor Uncle Browne") in Middleton 25 April 1716, Saltar speaks of
""my deceased uncle, Capt. John Browne," saying he was sending Mr. Browne
(Browne) "a bond from John Chenoweth to My uncle....."
The name Chenoweth means "new House". These are Cornish words and a Cornish
name, and Chenoweth, then and now, live in Cornwall, England. It is the oldest names
found in Cornwall dating from about 1472 during the reign of Edward IV. Though writings
about American family of John Chenoweth, from earliest times, has often maintained that
their family roots were Welsh, it is unlikely that John Chenoweth was Welsh. Perhaps the
tradition comes from a usage at the time of the terms of "South Wales" or West
Wales" for Cornwall. But the name Chenoweth is not Welsh, it is Cornish: and the two
should not be confused. Cornwall is in the extreme southwest corner of England and very
isolated. The Cornish were a rugged independent people with their own language. It is
almost certain that John Chenoweth came from Cornwall.
Cora Hiate said the root name for Chenoweth was TREVELISEK. This is correct. Then she
said this dates back to Saxon times prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Re-stated by
Harris, "Sometime between 890 and 1020, John Trevelisek, one of the aging family
patriarchs, split off portions of his holdings in favor of his sons. One such portion
went into the hands of the youngest son, also named John. Soon after, the younger John
built a new stone house on his property." Harris repeats the mistake. Not to the
name and events, but to the timing. TREVELISEK should not be confused with Doomsday Book
listings, but dates from the reign of Edward IV (1461-1483). There was a noble line of
Chenoweth. As far as can be determined, John Chenoweth is not of this noble family, but
his name was Cornish.
American Chenoweths were a Colonial family of pioneer settlers. The roots of the Cornish
Chenoweth family are characterized as refined and educated. Cornish trades were metal
workers and miners. The family of John Chenoweth was educated. Their signatures are
always legible. Census data indicates they could read and write. There were many doctors
in the family, and later teachers and educators. They have done well in arts. John
Chenoweth's trade was blacksmith, and his occupation was handed down through at least
four generations. But like the people of their times, they became farmers. Some were
builders. In the westward movement across the county they were settlers with families,
but more often than not, on the leading edge of the frontier: VA before 1742, KY before
1770, OH 1795, TN before 1800, IN 1807, IL 1818, MO and IA before 1840, TX before 1836, CA
and OR before 1850. In 110 years they crossed the country. They were involved with
communities and churches.!
They held civic offices. They answered the call and served in wars. They are the
essence of the fiber that built a nation, ordinary people who preserved through un
ordinary challenges.
John(1) Chenoweth was living in the year 1737 in Baltimore Co., MD when his name first
appears in Maryland tithing records. Unfortunately, tithing records have not been
preserved between 1706 and 1737, so we cannot say in what years John(1) was first taxed in
Baltimore County. However his eldest son, John(2) was married to Mary Smith November 26,
1730/31 (St. John's Parish register) so we know that John (1) was in Baltimore County
by 1750. His eldest daughter, Mary, was married to John Watson May 24m 1733 (St.
John's).
Baltimore County was divided into "Hundreds" in Colonial times, similar to the
election districts in use today.
In 1737, John (1) was living in Back River Upper Hundred near land of John Boring and
Charles Merryman. This area is between Towson and Cockeysville.
The Chenoweth family was associated with many Quaker friends as their names appear
frequently as witnesses to Quaker marriages. There is no evidence that any of them were
Quakers themselves. Of the Virginia families, most seem to belong to Baptist Church,
except the families of Thomas. When Hannah's Carter children went to Pennsylvania,
they join the Ten Miles Baptist Church. Mary Chenoweth, the daughter of John (2), married
Levi Ashbrook, a Baptist Minister. In Baltimore, the Baxters and the Chenoweths who
married into their families became Baptists. After the Revolution, the Methodist religion
came into favor and Baltimore lines as well as those of Thomas became Methodist
Episcopalians. The name of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist, was used for naming
at least 9 Chenoweth sons. For the most part, the Chenoweths were
"church-minded" and became established members of churches in various locations
they settled.
MILESTONES in CHENOWETH GENEALOGY
1746 John Chenoweth leaves his will in Frederick Co., VA.
1870s Joel Chenoweth writes the history of the family of Abraham, the youngest son of
Thomas. His daughter, Susan Chenoweth Humphrey, recompiled this and updated it in 1918
and her sister Rebecca Ann Chenoweth Barnes, again updated and published it in the late
1920s.
1894 Alexander Crawford Chenoweth publishes "Genealogy Chart of the Chenoweth and
Cromwell Families of Maryland and Virginia. Earliest mention (that we know) of the name
Mary Calvert.
1910s Chenoweth Heirs Association formed in pursuit of the purported Maryland leases.
1922 Arthur Keith presents the modern view of the Chenoweth family in a Paper presented in
Elkins at the 8th Annual Chenoweth Reunion.
1925 Cora Viola Chenoweth Hiatt publishes "The History of the Chenoweth Family"
1991 J. Richard Buckey publishes, "The History of the Calverts who were
Quakers"
1994 Richard Harris publishes " The Chenoweth Family in America" based on the
research of his wife, Shirley Bales Harris
1996 The Chenoweth web site launched
1998 Carter Cousins Vol II published by Marie Eberle and Margaret Henley
2000 The Chenoweth web site obtains the domain name:
chenowethside.com, the 1st Annual
National Reunion held in Bowling Green Kentucky and the Chenoweth Family Association
formed at Bowling Green, KY.
Source Annora Renoe:
Title: Immigration of the Irish Quakers of Pennsylvania 1682-1750
Author: Dr. Albert Cook Myers
Publication: 1902 Swathmore, Pennsylvania
Note: Families early history in Ireland., pages 317-318
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
In 1683 William PENN granted him 300 acres in present Delaware Co., Pennsylvania
SOURCE: Buckey's "Hist. of CALVERTs," pp. 19-20, 74
"BIOGRAPHY: John Calvert son of Thomas Calvert, of Drumgor, Parish of Segoe, County
Armagh, Ireland, and Jane, his wife, was born 8 Mo. 6, 1648, in Stranmillis, near Belfast;
was married 3 Mo. (May), 29, 1673, at the house of Roger Webb, to Judith Stamper, daughter
of Hugh Stamper and Bridget, his wife, of Lurgan, County Armagh. Judith Stamper was born 3
Mo. 12, 1652, at "bowlton wood," 3 County Cumberland, England.
BIOGRAPHY: John Calvert removed with his family about 1683 to Pennsylvania, and settled in
Upper Providence Township, now Delaware County, where he owned 300 acres of land, granted
to him by William Penn, 1 Mo. 13, 1683. An adjoining tract of 300 acres was also granted
at the same time for Thomas Calvert, the father, who probably did not come to this
country. Still another tract of 100 acres, contiguous to the above, was granted on the
same date to Margaret Calvert, probably the daughter of Thomas. On 2 Mo. 11, 1691, it was
ordered that a patent for the whole tract should be made to John Calvert, to whom it was
made appear to belong.
BIOGRAPHY: At Chester Monthly Meeting, 4 Mo. 6, 1687, mention is made of a difference
between John Calvert and Thomas Hollingsworth (stepson of John Calvert's sister Ann,
who married Valentine Hollingsworth) about dividing their lands in Upper
Providence."
SOURCE: worldconnect;
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.
More About JOHN CHENOWETH:
Burial: May 1746, Frederick Co, Va.
Notes for MARY CALVERT:
The earliest mention of Mary Calvert's name is in 1894 in Alexander Crawford
Chenoweth genealogy study of the Chenoweths and Cromwells. The modern theory is given best
by J. Richard Buckey in "The History of the Calverts Who Were Quakers" traces
Mary through John Calvert and Judith Stamper who settled in Pennsylvania back to Leonard
Calvert, the father of the First Lord of Baltimore, George. Buckey's theory has the
merit of having "time and location" agreement. In the early part of his life in
America, John Chenoweth is found in the Philadelphia area, reasonably close to where
Mary's parents settled. Families of these Calverts later relocated to the Frederick
County area of Virginia as did John Chenoweth and three of his sons. Family tradition has
it that William Chenoweth, the first born Grandson, married Ruth Calvert, the daughter of
Isaac Calvert, then of Frederick County, VA. This Isaac, was found proving the family
tradition as William's wife was indeed Ruth Calve!
rt. William, Jr. did however name one of his sons, Isaac Calvert Chenoweth.
Mary's Mother, Judith, was baptized by Thomas Martin 10 Aug. 1697, becoming an
Episcopalian. Prior to that time, John her husband, had been dismissed by the Quakers.
Mary was a Quaker by birth, but we do now know if she was of that faith at the time of her
marriage to John Chenoweth. It seems likely she was, however, because her husband appears
in the Nottingham records prior to they're moved to Virginia. John Chenoweth and John
Chenoweth Jr. signed as witnesses to the Quaker marriage of Robert Kirk and Jean/Jane
Bowen 9 Dec. 1726/7 at the public meeting house of Nottingham Chester Co., PA. Since
Hopewell MM records do not exist before late 1750s (destroyed by fire), we do not have any
Virginia Quaker records for John and Mary: however, some of the children Do appear in
Hopewell records, as well as Gunpowder MM records in Maryland.
John and Mary immigrated from the British Isles to United States around 1715. They
settled on Gunpowder River, near Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland on an estate belonging
to the Calverts which was called Gunpowder Manor. Possibly haired by Mary and her father.
John and Mary lived almost thirty years and raised a family of 8 children and because of
their long residence there, the place gradually became known as Chenoweth Manor. John was
identified as a gentleman, blacksmith and surveyor.
More About MARY CALVERT:
Burial: 1735, Frederick Co, Va.
Source #1: Chenoweth History Background
Source #2:
Ancestry.Com
More About JOHN CHENOWETH and MARY CALVERT:
Marriage: Abt. 1705
Children of JOHN CHENOWETH and MARY CALVERT are:
i. JOHN2 CHENOWETH, b. 1706.
ii. MARY CHENOWETH, b. 1708, Baltimore Co. Maryland; d. Aft. 1746; m. JOHN WATSON, May
24, 1733, St. John's Parish, Baltimore, Co. MD; b. Abt. 1708, Baltimore Co. Maryland;
d. Abt. 1740.
More About MARY CHENOWETH:
Source #3:
Ancestry.Com
More About JOHN WATSON and MARY CHENOWETH:
Marriage: May 24, 1733, St. John's Parish, Baltimore, Co. MD
iii. RICHARD CHENOWETH, b. 1710, Baltimore Co. Maryland; d. December 12, 1781, Baltimore
Co. Maryland; m. KEZIA, Abt. 1733; b. Abt. 1710, Baltimore Co. Maryland; d. Aft. 1781,
Baltimore Co. Maryland.
Notes for RICHARD CHENOWETH:
On November 25, 1746 Richard bought 100 acres of "Merryman's Addition" from
Samuel Merryman. This is located west of the present day Texas Station between
Cockeysville and Timonium, north and slight east of Towson. So Richard was to the east
southeast of Arthur some 9 miles.
More About RICHARD CHENOWETH:
Source #3:
Ancestry.Com
Notes for KEZIA:
The earliest record of Kezia is found in January 1744 where she signs as a witness to a
Quaker marriage as Casiah Chenoweth.
More About RICHARD CHENOWETH and KEZIA:
Marriage: Abt. 1733
iv. HANNAH CHENOWETH, b. 1713, Frederick Co., Va; d. Abt. 1764, Frederick Co, Va.; m.
JAMES CARTER, Abt. 1733, Baltimore County, MD; b. Abt. 1710, Southampton Twp., Buck Co.
PA.; d. November 18, 1758, Winchester, Fredrick Co. PA.
More About JAMES CARTER and HANNAH CHENOWETH:
Marriage: Abt. 1733, Baltimore County, MD
v. ARTHUR CHENOWETH, b. August 15, 1716, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD; d. March 14,
1802, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD; m. SAPHIRA HOOKER, Abt. 1738, Baltimore County, MD;
b. Abt. 1720, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD; d. May 16, 1800, Baltimore, Baltimore
County, MD.
Notes for ARTHUR CHENOWETH:
Source Annora Renoe:
"ARTHUR CHENOWETH, of Baltimore, was with the army under General Broadhead and Lord
Dunmore in the attack on Fort Duquesne; he was the first receiver of taxes for Baltimore
Town in 1782; m. Mary SMITH."
SOURCE: "Colonial families of the United States of America:" Volume 1 ISSUE
More About ARTHUR CHENOWETH:
Burial: March 1802, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD
Source #3: Chenoweth History Background
Source #4: Laura Kay Burkhart
More About SAPHIRA HOOKER:
Burial: May 1800, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD
Source #3: Laura Kay Burkhart
More About ARTHUR CHENOWETH and SAPHIRA HOOKER:
Marriage: Abt. 1738, Baltimore County, MD
vi. WILLIAM CHENOWETH, b. 1718, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD; d. December 1785,
Berkeley Co. Virginia; m. ANNE POLKE, February 12, 1742/43; b. Abt. 1718, Baltimore,
Baltimore County, MD; d. Aft. 1785, Berkeley Co. West Virginia.
Notes for WILLIAM CHENOWETH:
Settled in Frederick Co. VA. He had become an established resident of Opechan, when he
obtained an indenture for 100 acres of land, being part of a grant of 1315 acres
previously patented to John Mills in 1735. This indenture was dated February 9, 1743 and
finalized on March 9, 1743. This land was finally recorded as 171 acres in 1752.
More About WILLIAM CHENOWETH:
Source #3:
Ancestry.Com
More About WILLIAM CHENOWETH and ANNE POLKE:
Marriage: February 12, 1742/43
vii. THOMAS CHENOWETH, b. 1720, Baltimore Co. Maryland; d. Abt. 1787, Maryland; m. MARY
PRICKETT., February 12, 1742/43, Baltimore, Baltimore Co. Maryland; b. 1723; d. Bet. 1749
- 1817.
Notes for THOMAS CHENOWETH:
Thomas purchased 275 acres in Frederick Co., VA in 1751. Thomas was co-executor of his
father's 1746 Virginia will and signed as a witness.
Source Annora Renoe:
Source: Willis Arnold Finchum, email: w6ho(a)arrl.net
HISTORY: "THE CHENOWETH FAMILY IN AMERICA" Compiled by Shirley D. Harris Text
prepared by Richard C. Harris. 1994. Printed by Gerald Printing service, Scotsville,
KENTUCKY
Book orders go to Richard C. Harris, 701 hard Scuffle Ct., Bowling Green, KENTUCKY
42103. Library of Congress Card Number 94-75272
p. 399: Born about 1720 on the family manor near the Gunpowder river in Baltimore County,
Maryland, the seventh child of John Chenoweth and Mary Calvert.
July 7, 1761, he moved to Frederick County, Virginia where he purchased 275 acres of land.
This family is especially distinguished in that six of the sons saw military service,
John, Thomas, Richard, William, and Elijah in the Revolutionary War, and Arthur in the War
of 1812.
Served in the military during the American Revolution. He is recognized by DAR.
More About THOMAS CHENOWETH:
Source #3:
Ancestry.Com
More About THOMAS CHENOWETH and MARY PRICKETT.:
Marriage: February 12, 1742/43, Baltimore, Baltimore Co. Maryland
viii. RUTH CHENOWETH, b. 1722, Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD; d. Bet. 1738 - 1816; m.
JOHN RICHARD PETEET PETEATE, Bet. 1738 - 1770; b. Abt. 1722, Baltimore, Baltimore County,
MD; d. Bet. 1741 - 1813.
More About JOHN PETEATE and RUTH CHENOWETH:
Marriage: Bet. 1738 - 1770
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