James Chesley

1706 - 1777  (71 years)

• Name	James Chesley  [1]
  Birth	10 May 1706	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	18 May 1706	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Death	10 Oct 1777	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [2, 4, 8]
  Person ID	I3408	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	James Chesley   d. 17 Sep 1707, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Mother	Tamsen Wentworth,   b. 1687, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 30 Dec 1753, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1704	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire   [2, 3, 7]
  Family ID	F3028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Waldron,   b. Abt 1708, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 21 Aug 1776 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1727  [2, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Chesley,   b. Abt 1737, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Abt 1770, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F1403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2016

  
  

• Sources

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