Hannah (Waring) Chichester (abt. 1737 - aft. 1781)

Born about 1737 in Fairfield, Herkimer, New York

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Died after Sep 1781 after about age 44 in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Hannah Waring was born in 1737 in Fairfield, Herkimer, New York. She was the son of John Waring and Katherine Tuttle.

She married David Chidester before 15 March 1770.

On 15 March, 1770, David Chichester and his wife Hannah, of Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, sold to Thaddeus Waring a parcel of land in Norwalk, Conn., that Hannah had inherited from her father, John Waring. Thaddeus was her brother. ^[1]

There were no doubt children born during the 1770 's but no record of them has been found, although a David Jr. went with the family later to New York; the known children are ^[2]:

1. Rebecca Chidester b. 12 Dec 1779, Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, m. probably in Pompey, Onondaga, New York to Phebe Hale
2. Hannah Chidester bp. 2 Sept 1781, Weston, Connecticut, m. probably in Pompey, New York to William Olden or Oldren.

Hannah must have died soon after the baptism of her last daughter, for all land transactions from then on concerning the property that had been held jointly by the couple was sold by David with no mention of his wife.

On 27 Aug 1782, Rev, Joseph Peck released and quit claimed property to "David Chidester and Mary his wife," of Norfield. ^[3] This particular bit of property had been willed to Mary PECK (now the second wife of David Chidester by her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Starr Church, 17 Apr 1778. At that time Mary was a minor and the property was given to her father to care for. By 1782 she had either reached her majority or marriage had given her adult status.

Sources

1. ↑ Grantor Deeds, Norwalk, Fairfield Co. B 1 14 p 376
2. ↑ Elmer Clarence Anderson and Thelma Chidester Anderson. The Chidester-Chichester heritage. Archive.org
3. ↑ Deeds, Danbury, Conn V 2 p 86.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Notes on the Richard Waring Family, NYGBR (NYGBS, 1971) Vol. 102, Page 8.