Benajah Chester (1724 - 1782)

Born 1724 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Pabodie) Chester — married 16 Apr 1767 in North Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1782 at about age 58 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Benajah m. Jerusha Starr. They had 4 children.

Sources

Benajah is brother of Simeon Chester, Sr 1733-. : pp. 156, The Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly Volume X, No. 1, Jan 1907, Whole No. 37, published by The Old Northwest Genealogical Society, Memorial Hall, East Broad Street, Columbus Ohio 1907. Copy in the possession of Stephen Case, digital available by request at [email address removed]

Named in Father's 1771 Will

Captain John Chester, of Groton, County of New London and Colony of Connecticut in New England.

Being old and in poor health

Wife Mary Chester

Daughter: Katharine Chester and her child (son not yet 21 named Daniel Williams)

Son: Thomas Chester

Son: Benajah Chester

Son: Simeon Chester

Son: John deceased "and I order Benajah to take care of his mother, and Katharine and her child and his brother,John's two little fatherless and motherless children"

Son: James Chester

Son: Joseph Chester

Grandson: John Chester (oldest son of son, John deceased)

Grandson: Simeon Chester (youngest son of son, John deceased)

Mentions Brother Abraham deceased

Mentions Brother Jonathan Chester

Exutrix: wife Mary

Excutor: Son Benajah

Witn: Thomas Starr, William Starr, Richard Starr Jr

Will written: 17th February 1770

Will proved: June 8th, 1771

Inventory taken

New London, Connecticut Wills

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• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 283
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-ZT1 : accessed 26 September 2021), entry for Benajah Chester, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, Mayflower Families in Progress - William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his son Jonathan ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999) Source: Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; John Bradley Arthaud, MD, FASG; Jane Fletcher Fiske, FASG; Judith Haddock Swan, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 18 Pt. 2) ([Plymouth, Mass Source: Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 16 pt. 2) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descend