Christopher Chesebrough (1754 - 1835)

Born 16 Nov 1754 in Stonington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Williams) Cheesebrough — married 1781 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1835 at age 80 in Knox, Albany, New York

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Biography

Private Christopher Chesebrough served with 17th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Christopher Chesebrough is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A021410.

Christopher Chesebrough is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 132241
Rank: Private / Patriotic Service

Christopher Chesebrough, born 16 Nov 1754 at Stonington, Connecticut, was a son of Hannah Jamison & Elisha Chesebrough III.

During the American Revolutionary War, Christopher Chesebrough was a prisoner of war in a battleship (name not known) in New York Harbor, and one of 15 who escaped.

He married in 1781 Abigail Williams [b. 25 Aug 1758 @ Groton, Connecticut, daughter of Nathanial Williams and second wife Abigail Eldredge of Stonington, Conn. She died 23 Jul 1837 at Knox, NY]. They had the following children, born at Stonington, Connecticut [reference nos. per Chesebrough Family Genealogy]:

1. Christopher (#4836) b 10 Jun 1782; d 1838 Knox; m Mary Brown
2. Ebenezer (#4837), b 1784; m Anna Griswold
3. Peleg (#4838), b 14 Aug 1786; d 2 Sep 1861; m. Mary Miner
4. Nicholas Goddard (#4839), b 19 Mar 1788; d 9 Oct 1861; m betsey Kimball
5. Amos b 19 Sep 1790; Lydia Maon
6. Elias
7. Sarah (#4832)b 5 Jul 1793; m William Brown
8. Eliakim Williams (#4843), b 13 apr 1795;d 17 Oct 1874; m Sally Ripley
9. Mary (#4844) b 11 Feb 1797; m. Daniel Gallup
10. Abigail (#4845) b 18 Oct 1798; d 18 sep 1834; m. Sylvester Chesebrough (#5084; first cousin)
11. Elias (#4846)b 8 Jan 1801; d 10 Mar 1875; m Eve Bassler

Christopher Chesebrough was a ship builder; removed to Berne, Albany County, New York in 1800 and took up farming.

Christopher Chesebrough died 3 Mar 1835, in or near Knox, New York.

Sources

• DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A021410

• # 984 in 1903 Cheesebrough Family Genealogy, p 62 and p 227

• History of Stonington, etc. (Wheeler, 1900), p. 300, no. 210: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n322/mode/1up; p. 665, no. 72: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n687/mode/1up
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-BDWZ : 12 March 2018), Christopher Cheesebrough, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 38; FHL microfilm 882,556.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21744330) : accessed 23 September 2020), memorial page for Christopher Chesebro (16 Nov 1754–3 Mar 1835), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21744330, citing Old Knox Cemetery, Knox, Albany County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Thomas Dunne (contributor 46784633) .