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- !'As a census taker, he listed his own household as containing nine whites and 32 Negroes. That he may not have been the kindest of masters to these is indicated by an advertisement which he placed in the Alexandria paper for a runaway weaver named Immanuel. "His back and arms much scarred with the whip, proceeding from his uncommon villainy, " commented his owner. Tales have been passed down of his cruelty to his slaves, of their nicknaming him "Hard" Chichester, and what happened when he died. When Richard Chichester died at Mount Air in the room now known as the gun room, the slaves said that the Devil ran out from under his bed in the form of a red rabbit. An ironic footnote has been added to the legend by the present owner. During a severe storm in the 1920's, lightening struck Chichester's tombstone and broke off a fragment of his name. When [the current owner] went over to the graveyard at Newington to investigate the damage, she could find neither the missing pieces nor any footprints on the soggy ground to explain the absence. His epitaph now reads "__hard Chichester."' Edith Moore Sprouse's "Mount Air" (1970)
!Richard Chichester, son of Richard Chichester and Ellen Ball, married Sarah McCarty, daughter of Col. Daniel McCarty and Sarah Ball. They lived at "Newington", Fairfax County Virginia and were buried there. History of the family of Chichester : from A.D. 1086 to 1870 : including the descents of the various branches settled at Raleigh, Youlston, Arlington, Widworthy, Calverleigh, Hall, and elsewhere in Devonshire : also of the Chichesters, Marquesses of Donegal and Barons Templemore. Chichester, Alexander Palmer Bruce,. London. (Printed for the author) : J.C. Hotten. 1871. Online at Ancestry.com.
!Richard Chichester (c.1736--1796), son of Richard Chichester (d. 1743) and Ellen Ball Chichester of Lancaster County, was, through his mother, a distant relation of George Washington. He inherited his father's plantation, Fairweathers, and in 1759 married Ann Gordon (1743--1765) of Lancaster County. Shortly after Ann's death he moved from Lancaster to Fauquier County and married Sarah McCarty (d. 1826), daughter of his cousin Capt. Daniel McCarty of Mount Air, here mentioned. In 1774 Chichester bought land on Accotink Creek in Fairfax County, near McCarty's home and settled there with his family for the rest of his life. (HAYDEN, 106--7; deed of Richard Watts to Chichester, 6 Dec. 1774, Fairfax County Deeds, Book M-1, 28--32, Vi Microfilm).
Source: George Washington Papers @ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html.
!16 May 1743: Mentioned in father's will.
!15 Mar 1754: Chichester, John. Will. 14 Sept. 1753. Rec. 15 March 1754. Wife Jean, plantation I now live on. Dau. Mary Chichester; brother Richard Chichester, four sisters, Elizabeth, Ellen, Mary and Hannah. Brother Rawleigh Downman; Miss Eliabeth Griffin. Extrs. James Ball, Jr., Richd. Chichester. no witnesses. W. B. 15, p. 168. Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1959.
!15 Jun 1757: Chichester, Richard. Division of Personal Estate. Rec. 15 Jun 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, p. 294. Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1959.
!7 Jun 1759: Richard Chichester & Anne Gordon. Consent of James Gordon. Witnessed by Andrew Robertson. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Oct., 1903), pp. 101.
!9 Jun 1759: My daughter Ann was married 9 June 1759 to Richard Chichester of this county. From Col. James Gordon's bible.
!Richard Chichester -mr- Sarah McCarty, daughter of Daniel McCarty the elder . Record title Mason vs Chichester &c Year recorded 1836 Collection CR-LC-H Record ID 197-17. http://www.historiccourtrecords.org
!29 Nov 1796: Richard Chichester, Esq. Inventory. Taken: 29 Nov 1796, Recorded: 20 Feb 1797. Fairfax County VA, Will Book G-1, 1794-1798, pp. 273-279.
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