Ebenezer Chidsey (1666 - 1726)

Born 10 Feb 1666 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Sep 1726 at age 60 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

"Ebenezer fonne of John Chidfey b. ffeb 10th [16]65 [1665/66]." in New Haven, Connecticut.^[1] Ebnesur, son of John was baptized 23 March 1666 at the First Congregational Society of New Haven. An Ebenezer was admitted to the church 21 Dec 1692.^[2]

Ebenezer m Priscilla Thompson. They had children.^[3]

He died Sep 1726.^[3][4]

Edgar Albert Burnett indicates that^[5]:

"Ebenezer Chidsey, youngest son of John and Elizabeth Chidsey, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, 10 February 1665/6; he was baptized in the First Congregational Church there 23 March 1666; he died in East Haven, Connecticut, in September, 1726, and was buried in the Old Graveyard there. He married Prescilla Thompson, daughter of John and Prescilla (Powell) Thompson, who was born in New Haven 7 August 1617. She died 1 January 1726, and was buried in the Old Graveyard in East Haven.^[5]

Children of Ebenezer and Priscilla (Thompson) Chidsey^[5]:

1. John, d. 13 Dec 1689, probably very young.^[5]
2. Sarah, b. New Haven 8 Dec. 1689; d. 22 May 1709, married 1 July 1708 to John Dawson.^[5] Baptized 2 April 1693^[2]
3. John, b. New Haven 6 Nov. 1691; d. soon.^[5]
4. Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb. 1692/3; d after 1759; married (1) William Bradley; mar (2) Theophilus Alling.^[5] Baptized 2 April 1693^[2]
5. John, b. New Haven 4 Mar. 1694/5; d. in 1727; mar. 8 Feb, 1714/15 Mary Foote, dau. of John and Mary Foote, by whom he had issue,. She mar. (2) Nathaniel Luddington. Baptized 3[sic] Mar 1694/5^[2]
6. Samuel, b. 6 June 1699; d. 8 Oct. 1726; mar. Deborah Goodsell, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Hemenway) Goodsell, by whom he had issue.^[5] Baptized July 30 1699^[2]
7. Ebenezer, b. New Haven 6 Dec. 1700; d 28 June 1716.^[5]
8. James, b. East Haven 1 Apr. 1704; d. in East Haven in Sept. 1726.^[5]
9. Abigail, b. East Haven 1 Apr. 1707; d. 23 Jan. 1761; mar. 12 Mar. 1728/29 to Daniel Hitchcock.^[5]
10. Isaac, b. in East Haven 3 June 1710; d. 13 Aug. 1793; mar. Mary Pardee, dau. of George and Mercy (Denison) Pardee, by whom he had issue.^[5][3]

Sources

1. ↑ (1917) Vital records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part 1. Hartford: Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Connecticut Society, Archive.org accessed 29 June 2016 (Part 1, Page 23).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Connecticut Church Records Index: New Haven First Congregational Church 1639-1937. Vol. A-I. Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1947.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiler, (1923) Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I. New Haven Genealogical Magazine. Rome, NY: Clarence D. Smith, Archive.org accessed 29 June 2016 (Vol 1, Page 397).
4. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. East Haven. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11} Burnett, Edgar Albert, The Burnett genealogy; Lincoln, Neb.: Press of Brown Print. Service, 1941, 149 pgs.; page 79-80

See also:

• Probate and Will
• Photo of gravestone Find a grave 341637424. Ebenezer Chedsey. Old Cemetery, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA, Plot: Row 2 Grave# 21 on hill. Inscription:

Here Lieth ye Bo

dys of Mr Ebe

nezer Chidsey

& priscilla His wife

Died Jenuary ye 1st

1728 Aged 54

Mr E Chidse Died

September 1726

Aged 61 Years

• Dawson, Charles Carroll. A Record of the Descendants of Robert Dawson, of East Haven, Conn. (Joel Munsell, Albany, New York, 1874) Page 15: See footnote #4.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Notes on Thompson Families of Connecticut, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1912) Vol. 66, Page 198.