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I have a Charles Chester married to an E. Chester in 1870-1880s. They resided in CT. Possibility? Please contact me at rdedrick(a)sw.rr.com Thanks
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John Chester and Phebe (sometimes spelled Phoebe) Brown were my GGGG grandparents; I am decended from their son, John Jr. So, hello, distant cousin! I, too, am stumped as to who John Sr's parents were or where they came from.
What I can tell you is that John Chester was a United Empire Loyalist and was forced to flee to Canada to avoid persecution after the American Revolution. He was allotted 100 acres of free land from the British Government and eventually settled near Merrickville, ON. John Chester later re-enlisted and fought for the British in the War of 1812.
Phoebe Brown was the daughter of Jesse Brown, a fellow Loyalist soldier who served with John Chester in the Jessup's Loyal Rangers Regiment. It is believed that Jesse Brown settled in the Sorrel, Quebec region after the Revolution.
I don't have any information as to when Phebe died, but she does not appear on the census return of 1817, so it is presumed that she died before that year. It appears that John had remarried, as a Jane Chester appears on this return. According to my sources, her maiden name was Jane Langdon, but I don't have any primary sources on this to confirm it.
And just a little side note: the names Phoebe and Jesse are found quite frequently in the Chester branch of my family tree, right up to the current generation.
I don't know whether this information helps you very much, but it does fill in a little bit of the history at any rate.
Thank you for this information. Unfortunately this is not in my family line.
How wonderful you are to pass this on to others. I have done the same
myself a few times.
Valerie Chester Hoover
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Subject: Olive Edwards and Morilla T. Thomas
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> Surnames: Davis, Valachovic, Carpenter, Wheaton, Putnam/Putman, Rueter,
> Neuhart
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> I was recently in an antique store and found 2 old case photos,
> c.1890-1900. Both are of young women who look to be 20-30. On the back on
> one, it says "Morilla T. Thomas, Dear Sister Chester." The other says
> "Olive Edwards, Loved by all Chester" The pictures were taken by the
> Emerson studio in Lowell, MA. If they are members of your family, I'd love
> to send her home. Contact me at bvalco(a)comcast.net.
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Surnames: Davis, Valachovic, Carpenter, Wheaton, Putnam/Putman, Rueter, Neuhart
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I was recently in an antique store and found 2 old case photos, c.1890-1900. Both are of young women who look to be 20-30. On the back on one, it says "Morilla T. Thomas, Dear Sister Chester." The other says "Olive Edwards, Loved by all Chester" The pictures were taken by the Emerson studio in Lowell, MA. If they are members of your family, I'd love to send her home. Contact me at bvalco(a)comcast.net.