Mary Chesebrough was born 29 Aug 1783 at Stonington, Connecticut. She was the fifth child of Samuel Chesebrough and Mary Slack.
Marriage
She married:
1) abt. 1805 Elisha Fish; they had 4 daughters; Elisha was killed in Naval action on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
2) 8 Oct 1848 Rev. Elihu Chesebrough
Death
Mary (Chesebrough/Fish) Chesebrough passed away 22 Jul 1866.
Sources
"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3V-BMNB : 12 July 2019), Elisha Fish in entry for Polly Cheesebrough, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272227.
Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PG 304, #313; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n326/mode/1up
Acknowledgements
This profile was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010. Surname spelling 'Cheesebrough' was incorrect, hence corrected.
Thank you to Stanley Wood, for his contributions to this profile.
Is Mary your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Chesebrough-658 and Chesebrough-153 appear to represent the same person because: Chesebrough-658 was originally constructed with incorrect spelling of surname 'Cheesebrough', which has now been corrected; thus merge with Chesebrough-153 is warranted.