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Francis Truman CHESTER
 1860 -

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Generation: 1
  1. Francis Truman CHESTER b. 17 May 1860.

Generation: 2
  1. Simeon Fish CHESTER b. 1 Jun 1824, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    His birth date and middle name, wife's name, and date of marriage were obtained from the "Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn", pg 114.

    RESIDENCES:
    1881 - Living in Springfield, Massachusetts

    EDUCATION:
    Alumni of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn

    OCCUPATION:
    1852-1853, Teacher in Amenia Seminary, N.Y.
    1853-1865, Teacher in Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass.
    1865-1867, Paymaster of Indian Orchard Mills, Mass.
    1867-1868, Principal of Newbury Seminary, Vty.
    1868-1870, Principal of Vermont Conference Seminary, Montpelier, Vt.
    1871-1881, Principal of Elm St. Grammar School, Springfield, Mass.
    Source: Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn

  2. Simeon m. May E. KIMPTON 15 Nov 1855, Wilbraham,, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

  3. May E. KIMPTON

    Children:
    1. Mary Eveline CHESTER b. 9 Aug 1857, Springfield,, Massachusetts.
    2. 1. Francis Truman CHESTER b. 17 May 1860.

Generation: 3
  1. Simeon CHESTER, Jr. b. Abt 1790, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Aug 1851, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE: Eveline FISH, m.Simeon CHESTER, Jr., b.of Groton, Aug 21,1823 by Roswell Burrows, Min.

  2. Simeon m. Eveline FISH 21 Aug 1823, Groton, New London, Connecticut. Eveline (daughter of Ebenezer FISH, Sr. and Lydia FISH) b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

  3. Eveline FISH b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Children:
    1. Matilda A. CHESTER b. 1826; d. 13 Oct 1865.
    2. Ebenezer F. CHESTER b. Abt 1828; d. 13 Nov 1860, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    3. Abby CHESTER b. 1830; d. 8 Feb 1861, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    4. Edwin CHESTER b. Apr 1832, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1907, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    5. Francis Henry CHESTER b. 5 Dec 1835, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    6. 2. Simeon Fish CHESTER b. 1 Jun 1824, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Generation: 4
  1. Simeon CHESTER, Sr. c. 17 Jul 1763, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 12 Oct 1824, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    BURIAL: Buried at what has been known as the Brainard (Brainerd) Burial Ground, Brooklyn Union Burial Ground, and Broadview Cemetery. Simeon Chester, an early settler, died in 1821. The Chester plot contains a limestone marker which lists Simeon, Matilda, Betsy and Abby.

  2. Simeon m. Matilda CHESTER Matilda (daughter of Thomas CHESTER and Sarah ELDRIDGE) c. 3 Jul 1763, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Nov 1851. [Group Sheet]

  3. Matilda CHESTER c. 3 Jul 1763, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Nov 1851.

    Children:
    1. 4. Simeon CHESTER, Jr. b. Abt 1790, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Aug 1851, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    2. Matilda CHESTER b. Abt 25 Oct 1791, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1875.
  4. Ebenezer FISH, Sr. b. 1757, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 4 Sep 1827, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

    Notes:
    In the fall of 1811, James FISH, his wife, two children, Mrs. STANTON, his wife's mother, and Moses FISH, his cousin, moved in an ox team to Ohio and stopped at Newburg. Brooklyn at this time was a wild forest full of the red man, the township had been surveyed and run into quarter sections by agents who lived in Connecticut. James and Moses FISH thought they would look at these lands. James selected a good piece and Moses selected a quarter section. James built a log cabin and his family moved into it, but becoming frightened by Indians, went back to Newburg. Other families coming, they moved again to Brooklyn. Moses wrote to his brother Ebenezer, in Connecticut, to come and take one-half his land, which he did. A road (now Denison avenue) was run from Newburg to Rockport, which divided the property of the FISHES. They built a log cabin, in which they lived till the war of 1812. Ebenezer enlisted for six months and came out with honors. Afterward Moses was drafted. His health being poor, Ebenezer took his place and served the remainder of the war. He went back to Connecticut, married Miss Johanna STANTON, a smart, worthy woman who, on hearing of his Ohio farm, proposed moving there. Accordingly in 1818, with their two children, Eliza and Emily (afterwards Mrs. CORBIN and Mrs. BOOTH), his two brothers, and their families came in a large wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen. They all built and lived in log cabins.

    Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died.
    ----"Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve"

    Ebenezer and Moses Fish, who came with James from the East, settled upon 80 acres of land in Brooklyn, in 1812. Ebenezer located on the north side of what is now Denison Avenue and Moses on the south side. Neither was then married.
    ----"A history of Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland", Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs, [pg63]


    BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer 1757-1827 Revolutionary War Soldier born in Groton, CT and walked to this area. (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

    Source of the names of some of Ebenezer's children:
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=laney&id=I1852

    OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer Sr.
    Date: 1827
    Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
    Notes: age 70. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio

  5. Ebenezer m. Lydia FISH Bef 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of Jonathan FISH, Sr. and Abigail FISH) b. 20 Mar 1761, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1848, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

  6. Lydia FISH b. 20 Mar 1761, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1848, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

    Notes:
    BURIAL: Fish, Lydia 10/15/1848 age 88 Lot 61 wife of Ebenezer Fish (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

    Children:
    1. Abigail FISH b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
    2. Susanna FISH b. 11 Jan 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Mar 1848.
    3. Lydia FISH b. 5 Dec 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    4. Ebenezer FISH, Jr. b. 11 Jun 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 30 Apr 1880, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    5. Moses FISH b. 25 Oct 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
    6. Daniel FISH b. 7 Apr 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1880.
    7. Eunice FISH b. 25 Oct 1795, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 31 Jul 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
    8. Jemima FISH b. 28 Apr 1797, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 May 1849, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
    9. 5. Eveline FISH b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    10. Matilda A. FISH b. 1 May 1803, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

  
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