Genealogical Record: William Johnson Chew

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
William Johnson Chew
British military officer

*1759
+ Niagara

Sometimes spelled William Johnston Chew.

Death information (killed in action) from EMM 14525, who says he may have descendants in PE, CAN. Named for Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs for North America, possibly his godfather.

11719

Joseph Chew
Secretary, (British) Indian Department

*1725? Virginia
+1798 09 24 Montréal, QC, CAN

Some of his correspondence with George Washington can be found at memory.loc.gov.

EMM 14525 says he married Grace 1743/44 03 12 and that Grace was born "about 1730", which sounds doubtful.

1797 03: Wrote a letter to his son Joseph about the history of his family, which survives. He says he left Virginia when very young, the eldest of six sons and five daughters.

Has an entry in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. IV 1771-1800.

11675 <109:8

Thomas Chew
Colonel in the Royal Artillery

*1698 Orange Co., Virginia
+1782 Orange Co., Virginia

EMM 14525 mistakenly and inconsistently shows him marrying her sister Frances Taylor 11704 instead.

JC 11675 writes that he lost a large property in a failed business transaction.

11671 <259:10

Larkin Chew
1676/1678-1728 05 11/1729
10301 <620:11
Joseph Chew
10303 <622:12 >22:17
Ruth Larkin
10304 <622:12 >2:1
Hannah Roy
1680-1734
10302 <620:11
John Roy
10305 >1:1
Dorothy Buckner
10306 >2:2
Martha Thompson Taylor

*1701/02 01 27 Orange Co., Virginia
+1762 11 19

11672 <259:10

James Taylor
1673/74 03 14-1728/29 01 23
11673 <274:11
James Taylor
11781 >4:2
Frances Walker
11782
Martha Thompson
1679-1762 11 19
11674 <274:11
William Thompson
11783
?
Grace Deshon

*1735 08 13 New London, CT

Birth estimated from christening on 17th. Not to be confused with Grace Deshon born 1754 08 09 New London, married 1776 05 27 to James Lamphere, relationship uncertain. Married by Rev. Mather Byles at First Congregational Church, New London. Mentioned in Letterpress edition of Papers of George Washington, 5:173.

11676 <109:8

Daniel Deshon

*1697 France
+1781 11 06 New London, CT, USA

11709

? ?
?
? ?
?
Ruth Christophers

*1705 09 26 New London, Connecticut
+1775 01 06 New London, Connecticut

11710

Richard Christophers
11711
Christopher Christophers
11713
Mary Berry
11714
Grace Turner
11712
John Turner
11715
Mary Brewster
11716

 

SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
Margaret Mt. Pleasant

Sometimes spelled Margaret MountPleasant.

From WEC 17059. Half Tuscarora or Oneida.

TLC 13551: daughter of John MountPleasant (born in ENG) and Mary Jack (born in Tuscarora, Steuben Co., NY, USA).

17056

William Chew
Sachem Chief, Turtle Clan

*1796 NY, USA
+1857 10 19

From WEC 17059.

TLC 13551: died of tuberculosis.

17061

? Chew

17063 >3:3

Eliza Thompson

From TLC 13551.

17530

Anna Chew

17558

Diana Chew

17560

Emily Chew

17562

Smith Chew

17565

Jane
-1822

From TLC 13551.

17528

Jane Chew

17556

William Chew

17553 >18:3

Eliza Thompson

From TLC 13551.

17530

Charles Chew

17567 >4:2

Mary Ann Chew

17568

Charlotte Chew

17570

Elizabeth Chew

17572

Enoch Chew

17575 >9:1

Ozias Chew

17577 >6:2

Leah Chew

17580

Hannah Trowbridge Whitcomb
1816-1862 01 29

From TLC 13551. Fourth wife of William Chew.

17526


m. 1846 05
Lydia Margaret Chew

17534

Olive Chew

17544

Guy E. Chew

17537 >2:1

Clark Whitcomb Chew

17547

Thaddeus Chew

17539 >28:5

Dollie Chew

17542

Tamar Chew

17550

From TLC 13551. A Mohawk.

17532

Guy Chew

*1804
+1826 04 19 Princeton, NJ, USA

From EJ 17069 via TLC 13551. May have attended Princeton college.

17521

Mary Chew

*1817 Niagara, NY, USA

From TLC 13551. Remarried to James N. Cusick (b. 1816, ON, CAN), had three children: Harriet Jack, Cornelius Charles, and Esther Henry.

17524

Mary Chew
1817-

From TLC 13551. Remarried to James N. Cusick (b. 1816, ON, CAN), had three children: Harriet Jack, Cornelius Charles, and Esther Henry.

17524 <56:22

Isaac Garlow

17731

Alexander Garlow

17733

George Garlow

17737

William Garlow

17735 >5:5

Benjamin Garlow

From EJ 17069 via TLC 13551.

17525

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