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Edmund Chisman

Male Abt 1602 - 1674  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Edmund Chisman 
    Birth Abt 1602  [1
    Gender Male 
    Alternate death Bef 4 Feb 1668  [1
    Death Between 26 Mar 1673 and 23 Feb 1674  New Poquoson, York County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Alternate death 1678  [3, 4
    Person ID I36771  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2023 

    Family Mary   d. 11 Dec 1678 
    Marriage Bef 20 Oct 1646  [2, 4
    Children 
    +1. Capt. Thomas Chisman,   b. Abt 1652   d. Between 25 Jan 1710 and 18 Jul 1715 (Age ~ 58 years)
    Family ID F21614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2023 

  • Notes 
    • He came to Virginia in the Providence in 1623, and was living with his brother John Chisman at Elizabeth City in 1624. He was a justice in 1652, and resided in Pocosin (or Poquosin) parish on Chisman's creek.

      His son Edmund, who qualified as a justice on 25 Jul 1670, took part in Bacon's Rebellion and, after Bacon's death, was captured by Robert Beverley in York River. The younger Edmund Chisman died in prison.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6079] Lyon G. Tyler, "Maj. Edmund Chisman, Jr." The William and Mary Quarterly 1:89, Oct 1892.

    2. [S6108] Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth edition, ed. John Frederick Dorman. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004-07.

    3. [S6098] A Crane's Foot (or Pedigree) of Branches of the Gregg, Stuart, Robertson, Dobbs, and Allied Families by E. Stuart Gregg, Jr. Columbia, South Carolina, 1975.

    4. [S6512] Historical Southern Families, Volume II by John Bennett Bodie. Redwood City, California, 1958.