Fonds MG 1 volumes 177-180 - Chesley family

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Chesley family

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    MG 1 volumes 177-180

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    • 1755-1883 (Creation)
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      Chesley (family)

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    42 cm of textual records

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    Samuel Chesley (ca. 1734-1818) was born at Durham, N.C. ca. 1734. He joined the colonial forces and arrived in Nova Scotia in 1758, shortly after the siege of Louisbourg. He spent the winter of 1758-1759 in Halifax and was sent in the spring with Josiah Dodge to survey the lots for New England settlers at Granville. There he acquired land and in 1761, married Eleanor (d. 1822), daughter of Samuel Moore. His brother Benjamin Chesley (1736-1823) settled in nearby Middleton in 1759. Samuel and Eleanor had eight children: Samuel Moore (1762-1835); Molly (b. 1764); Betty (1766); Susannah (b. 1769); Benjamin (1772-1904); Hepzibah (1773); Nancy (1776-1806); and James (b. 1779). Samuel and his eldest son Samuel served as justices of the peace for Annapolis County and in the Annapolis regiment of the militia.

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    Consists of deeds, commissions, receipts, account books, letters, legal records, and probate records of the Chesley family of Annapolis County. The majority of the material was created and accumulated by Maj. Samuel Chesley, his son Capt. Samuel Moore Chesley, and brother Benjamin Chesley, concerning legal cases and the Annapolis County Court, and property transactions.

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    Donated by Lucy Chesley, Upper Granville in 1957.

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