| 8. | Rawleigh Chinn was born on 23 May 1684 in Morattico Creek, Lancaster Co, Virginia (son of John T. Chinn and Alice Smoot); died on 12 Mar 1742 in White Chapel Parish, Lancaster Co, Virginia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Other-Begin: 24 Dec 1710, Lancaster Co, Virginia
- Other-Begin: 11 Jul 1722, Lancaster Co, Virginia
- Other-Begin: 12 Jun 1723, Lancaster Co, Virginia
- Other-Begin: 1728, Richmond Co, Virginia
- Will: 12 Mar 1741, Lancaster Co, Virginia
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Birth:
23 May 1684: On December 6, 1694, It was stated that Rawleigh, son of John Chinn would be eleven years old on 23 May next. William and Mary Quarterly, 17, 1908, p. 63.
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24 Dec 1719: On Christmas Eve Rawleigh Chinn and his friend William Norris, and their respective servants journeyed to the home of Mr. Ball, one of his Majesty's Justices, called him out in his yard, abused and vilified him, and when Mr. Ball commanded peace in the name of his Majesty, they spoke of his Majesty in the most scandalous language. The court records show that both Rawleigh Chinn and William Norris were fined five guineas each on bended knee at the bar of the court, and it was ordered that their respective servants be taken out on the Courthouse Green and each receive forty and nine lashes on their bare backs to be administered by the sheriff. Some Unusual Happenings in the Colonial Life of Lancaster County. Robert O Norris Jr with the assistance of Mrs. Elizabeth Combs Pierce
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11 Jul 1722: At a court held for Lancaster County, Wednesday, the 11th July, 1722; On the prayer of Ester Chinn setting forth that her husband Raleigh Chinn doth daily abuse her and refuse her any competency whereby she may subsist and that by sd means thereof she hath lately been abliged away from her home to be delivered of a child which she prays may be by her sd husband maintained. It is ordered that the Sheriff of this county acquaint the sd Rawleigh that it is the courts direction that he take care of and maintain the sd child and that he have ten days notice from the time of his being served with this order to provide to the same, and it is furthur ordered that in case the sd Rawleigh do not then take care of the sd child as before directed, the sheriff take him into custody till he give security for so doing. Lancaster Co., Court Order Book 7, p. 51. William and Mary College Quarterly, Historical Magazine, Volume 18, Series 2, 1938, pg 294-295.
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12 Jun 1723: "At a court held for Lans' County, 12th of June 1723: Chinn, her husbund, upon a precept from under the hand of Chas. Burgess, Gent. one of His Mat'ys justices for this county agt. Rawleigh Chinn, Gent. on a complaint made agt. him, the sd Rawleigh, in the oath of his wife, Easter Chinn that she was afraid that the aforesd Rawleigh would beat maime wound or kill her and therefor praying surety of the peace agt. him together with the sd Rawleighs bond for his appearance before this Court to answer the p'meses, the sd Rawleigh appeared and several witnesses were sworn and examined at the request of the sd Easter upon which and a full hearing of the parties aforesd. It is considered that the proceedings in the aforesd premeses be dis'm't." William and Mary College Quarterly, Historical Magazine, Volume 18, Series 2, 1938, pg 295.
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1728: Margaret Downman was presented to the Richmond County court. The widow of one gentleman and the sister-in-law of a member of the bench, Downman's long-standing liaison with Rawleigh Chinn, a gentleman of neighboring Lancaster, was a scandal in both counties. She tried to evade the court's censure by failing to answer a charge of bastardy and then hired herself a lawyer to challenge the grand jury's presentment. For almost ten years, the grand jury pursued her with a variety of charges, including absence from church, adultery, and of being a person of ill fame and lewd character.
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Will:
12 March 1741/42: Will of Raleigh (Rawleigh) Chinn dated Jul & Aug 1741, recorded 12 Mar 1741/42. Mentions sons Joseph, Thomas, Chichester, Rawleigh. To son Joseph he gives my manor plantation five hundred acres of land lying in Prince William County. To son Thomas the plantation I now live on five hundred acres of land. To son Chichester all the land I hold in Richmond and King George Counties. Mentions daughter Anne Shearman and grandson Raleigh Shearman, two hundred acres of land in Prince William County. Item I order that my executor pay Easter (Esther) Chinn twenty five pounds or four thousand pounds of tobacco annum as per order of the General Court provided she had no right or title by law to her dower in my estate. Will Proven 12 Mar 1741. Mentions Charles, Christopher and Elijah the sons of Margaret Downman as his "godsons". Lancaster County Virginia, Will Book 13 (1736-1741, Reel 4), Page 253 to 255. Will pro. 12 Mar. 1741. p. 274-275. Inv. & appr. rec. 11 June 1742. Copy of will in Autobiography by Walter Neal Chinn in the Chinn File.
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15 Oct 1756: Chinn, Rawleigh. Appraisal and Division. Rec. 15 Oct 1756. Returned by Ann Chinn. Widow's part; Mr. Francis Christian's part; Miss Ann Chinn's part. W. B. 15, p. 267. Ida J. Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1959.
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Rawleigh married Esther Ball in 1700. Esther (daughter of Colonel Joseph Ball, (g-father of GW) and Elizabeth Julia Romney) was born in 1685 in Lancaster Co, Virginia; died in 1751 in Lancaster Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1764 - 1827 (62 years)