John Chichester, (immigrant)

Notes:

John Chichester came to Virginia with his father in 1702. He married Elizabeth Symes of Dorset England and had a son Richard. Virginia Biography, pg 208.

!John Chichester, son of Richard Chichester and Anna ---------, baptized at Widworthy, May 10th 1681, died in Virginia, October, 1728; married Elizabeth Symes of Dorset England, buried at Powerstock, Dorset, January 1728.

!20 Apr 1693: Will of John Chichester dated 20 Apr 1693. Wife Elizabeth, Mother Chichester, Mother Court, Brother Richard father of John Chichester, sister Manditt.

!3 Dec 1714: Will of Margaret Chichester dated 17 May 1711 and proved 3 Dec 1714. She names her son Richard Chichester, daughter Martha (Can't read) - Widow and Grandsons John Chichester and Chichester Manditt.

!9 Oct 1728: Chichester, John, gent. Estate, recorded 9 October 1728, with Richard Chichester, Adm. W. . 12, p. 73. Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1959.

!8 Jul 1743: Stephen Hansford. Rec. 8 Jul 1743. Deposition of Stephen Hansford, of town of Abbotsbury in Co. of Dorset now of the Co. of King George in the Colony of VA, 44 Yrs of age. States that he was well acquainted with Mr. John Chichester of the Co. of Devon, son of Richard Chichester of Rappahannock River in Va., and the sd. John Chichester imtermarried with one Mrs. Elizabeth Sims, dau of Mr. Thomas Sims and Mary his wife of Goresol in the Co. of Dorset and sister of Chiliot Sims, Esq., of Exeter in the Co., of Devon. Sd. John Chichester a few yrs. after his marriage shipt himself to Va. leaving his wife & two sons behind and that sometime after his departure Mrs. Chichester and her youngest son Richard Chichester took thier passage to Va. from Weymouth in the ship Brimston, Capt. Giles Russell, Commander. She arrived safely in Va. and lived there several years with her sd. husband John Chichester and about the year 1736 (sic) the sd. Elizabeth & her son Richard went back to England where in the year 1728 the sd. Elizabeth apparently died and Richard Chichester, her son, returned to Va. the summer after the death of his mother and found on his arrival that his father, John Chichester, was also dead. W. B. 13, p. 320. Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1959.

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John married Elizabeth Symes about 1706. Elizabeth was born about 1686 in Dorset, England; died on 28 Jan 1728 in Powerstock, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard Chichester was born about 1706 in Fairweathers, Lancaster Co, Virginia; died on 30 Dec 1743 in Fairweathers, Lancaster Co, Virginia; was buried on 3 Jan 1744 in Powerstock, Dorset, England.

Richard married Mrs. Anna (..) Chichester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]