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1. | Elizabeth Symes was born about 1686 in Dorset, England; died on 28 Jan 1728 in Powerstock, Dorset, England. Notes: !28 Jan 1728: Record from the Parish Register of Powerstock, Dorsetshire, ENG. Quote: "Buryals, 1728, Jan. 28, Eliza Chichester, daughter of Thomas and Mary Syms." Hayden-Virginia Genealogies, pg. 94. Elizabeth married John Chichester, (immigrant) about 1706. John (son of Richard Chichester and Mrs. Anna (..) Chichester) was born before May 1681 in Widworthy, Devon, England; died before 9 Oct 1728 in Lancaster Co, Virginia; was buried in Jan 1729 in Powerstock, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Richard Chichester ![]() Notes: !Lived at Fairweather, Lancaster county, Virginia but is buried at powerstock, Dorset, England. Virginia Biography, pg 208. Richard married Ellen Ball on 3 Jul 1734 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. Ellen (daughter of William Ball, III and Hannah Hale (Heale)) was born about 1706 in Lancaster Co, Virginia; died in 1751 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | John Chichester ![]() Notes: !Colonel John Payne, m., 2nd, Mrs. Jean Smith-Chichester, widow of John Chichester and dau. of Philip Smith of Northumberland, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Baldwin Matthews. CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations, J. P. BELL COMPANY, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 John married Jean Smith in Jul 1752 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. Jean was born about 1735 in Glouchester Co, Virginia; died on 20 Jul 1807 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Richard Chichester ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: !'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 married Sarah McCarty on 9 Jun 1759 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Daniel McCarty and Sinah Ball) was born about 1754; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Elizabeth Chichester ![]() Notes: !16 May 1743: Mentioned in father's will. Elizabeth married William Glasscock, Jr. on 7 Feb 1752 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. William (son of William Glasscock, Sr. and Esther Ball) was born on 4 Jul 1733 in Indian Banks, Virginia; died after 1756 in of, Lancaster Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Ellen Chichester ![]() Notes: !16 May 1743: Mentioned in father's will. |
7. | Mary Chichester ![]() Notes: !2007: Info from Richard Henry Lee Chichester III, thisol55@hotmail.com. Mary married Raleigh Downman about 1760. Raleigh (son of William Downman, IV and Anne Ball) was born about 1727 in Richmond Co, Virginia; died after 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Mary married John Payne on 16 Jan 1762. John was born about 1740; died on 12 Dec 1795 in Goochland Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Mary Chichester ![]() Notes: !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. Mary married Burgess Ball on 2 Jul 1770 in St. James Northan Parish, Goochland Co, Virginia. Burgess (son of Juduthan Ball and Elizabeth Burgess) was born on 28 Jul 1749 in Bewdley, Lancaster Co, Virginia; died on 3 Mar 1800 in Loudoun Co, Virginia; was buried in Mar 1800 in Springwood, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Sinah Ellen Chichester ![]() Sinah married Hancock Lee about 1785. Hancock (son of Kendall Lee and Betty Hale (Heale)) was born on 4 Mar 1766; died on 14 May 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | William Chichester Glasscock ![]() |