Capt. John Chester

1635 - 1698  (62 years)

• Name	John Chester  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Alternate birth	Abt 1634	of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Birth	3 Aug 1635	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Feb 1698	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut   [4, 7]
  Person ID	I18178	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Leonard Chester,   b. Bef 15 Jul 1610   d. 11 Dec 1648, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 38 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. 30 Nov 1688, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachussets
  Family ID	F11412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Welles,   b. Abt 1633   d. 12 Dec 1698, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age ~ 65 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1654	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut   [4, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Mary Chester,   b. 23 Dec 1654, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 10 Jul 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F11096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He was a captain in King Philip's War, and deputy for Wethersfield many times.

  
  

• Sources

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