Genealogical Record: Benjamin Chew

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
Benjamin Chew
Judge

*1722 11 29 Maidstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
+1810 01 20 Philadelphia, PA, USA

Studied law at Philadephia.

1741: Entered Middle Temple, Inns of Court, London.

1743?: Returned to America after father's death.

1746: Admitted to bar, practised at Dover, Delaware.

1753-1758: Speaker of the House, Delaware.

1754: Moved to Philadelphia

1754-1769: Attorney-General of Pennsylvania.

1761-1767: Built "Cliveden", 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144.

1765-1776: Register of General Wills.

1774-1776: Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

1774 09 22: George Washington notes in his diary: "Dined with Mr. Chew the Chief Justice".

1791-1806: Judge and President of High Court of Errors and Appeals.

Author of record for LC KFD30 1752 .A218.

Buried at St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Samuel Chew
Judge

*1693 10 30
+1743 06 16

LAM 15470: resided at Maidstone, was a judge, died 1745?

12075 <64:6

Benjamin Chew

*1671 04 12 Anne Arundel Co., MD
+1699/00 03 03 Anne Arundel Co., MD

RLC 14093: lived at Maidstone.

11925 <68:7

Samuel Chew
1630-1676/77 03 15
11775 <698:12
John Chew
10307 <2379:15 >20:16
Sarah Bond/Gale
10308 <2379:15
Ann(e) Ayres
1635-1695 04 13
11776 <698:12
William Ayres
11825
Sarah Marsh
11826
Elizabeth Benson

*1677
+1725

Daughter of John Benson of Calvert Co., Maryland and Elizabeth Smith.

11926 <68:7

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Mary Galloway

*1697 05 04
+1734 05 25

12076 <61:6

Samuel Galloway

*1659 10 07 West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
+1719 England

12079 <79:7

Richard Galloway
1620-
12115 <81:8
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Hannah
12116 <81:8
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Anne Webb

* Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
+1722/23 03 20

Father named Borrington Webb?

12080 <79:7

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SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
Mary Galloway

+1755 11 09

Daughter of John.

13402 <1699:77


m. 1747 06 13 West River, Maryland
Mary Chew

*1747/48 03 10
+1794 08 22

13404

Alexander Wilcocks
1741-1801

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m. 1768 05 18
Anna Maria Chew

*1749 11 27
+1812 11

From RLC 14093, who says that she died umarried.

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Elizabeth Chew

*1751 11 10

13408

Edward Tilghman
1750 12 11-1815 11 01

LDS CD#84 PIN#984506 from Andrea Nowlin, who gives date of marriage as 1775 05 26. Brigade Major at the Battle of Long Island. Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania 1794-1807.

13409 <713:75


m. 1774 05 26
Sarah Chew

*1753 11 15

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John Galloway

13411


m. 1786 10 23
Henrietta Chew

*1755 09
+1756

13412

Elizabeth Oswald

*1732
+1819

Daughter of James Oswald.

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m. 1757 09 12 Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Benjamin Chew
Lawyer

*1758 09 30 Philadephia, Pennsylvania
+1844 04 30 PA, USA?

1786: Admitted to the bar, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Author of LC F1412 .C58 1971 and LC F1413 .C52.

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Katherine Banning
1770-1855

Daughter of Anthony Banning and Anna Calder of Talbot, Maryland.

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m. 1788 12 11
Samuel Chew

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Elizabeth Chew

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Benjamin Chew

13635 >1:1

Samuel Chew

13637

John Chew

13639

Elizabeth Margaretta Chew

13640

Henry Banning Chew

13643 >22:3

William White Chew

13701

Ann Sophia Penn Chew

13704

Joseph Turner Chew

13705

Anthony Banning Chew

13707

Catherine Maria Chew

13710

Oswald Chew

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Margaret Oswald (Peggy) Chew

*1760 12 16 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1824 05 29 Baltimore, Maryland

1787 05 23: George Washington notes in his diary: "Dined at Mr. Chews -- with the Wedding guests (Colo. Howard of Baltimore having married his daughter Peggy). Drank Tea there in a very large Circle of Ladies."

Children: Rebecca, John Eager (1788 06 25 Philadelphia - 1822 11 18), George (1789 11 21 Annapolis MD, USA - 1846 08 02 Woodstock MD, USA, m. ? Ridgely, Governor of MD, USA), Benjamin Chew [Howard] (1791 11 05 Baltimore - 1872 03 06 Baltimore, lawyer, brigadier general, U.S. congressman), William (1793 12 16 Philadelphia - 1834 08 25), Julianna (1796 05 03 Philadelphia - 1821 05 22), James (b. 1797 12 17 Philadelphia), Sophia Catherine (b. 1800 03 06 Philadelphia), Charles (1802 04 26 Baltimore - 1869 06 18 Baltimore, m. Elizabeth Phoebe Key (eldest daughter of Francis Scott Key) 1825 11 09, Georgetown, Washington, DC, USA) and Mary Ann (1806 05 16 Philadelphia - 1806).

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John Eager Howard
1752 06 04-1827 10 12

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m. 1787 05 18 Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Joseph Chew

*1763 03 09 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1764 09

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Juliana Chew
1765 04 08-1845 08 11

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Juliana Chew

*1765 04 08 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1845 08 11

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Joseph Chew
1763 03 09-1764 09

13719 <36:21

Philip Nicklin
-1806

13721


m. 1793 04 01 Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Henrietta Chew

*1767 09 15 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1848 03 08

13722

Sophia Chew

*1769 11 13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1848 03 08

13724

Henry Philips
1767-1800

From NH 100335, who says that he was the third of his parents' 13 children, three of whom died in infancy.

13725 <8:4


m. 1796 10 03 Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Henrietta Philips

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Maria Chew

*1771 12 22 Pennsylvania
+1840 03 27

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Harriet Chew

*1775 10 22 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1861 04 08

Children: Elizabeth, Mary Sophia, Harriet, Louisa and Charles (1801 07 19-1862, m. Mary Digges 1825 10).

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Charles Carroll
1775 03 02-1825

Son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving (and only Catholic) signator of the Declaration of Independence.

1800: Received "Homewood" (now Homewood House Museum) as a wedding gift from father.

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m. 1800 07 17 MD, USA
Catherine Chew

*1779 05 03 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1831 05 28

From RLC 14093. Died unmarried.

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