Genealogical Record: Elizabeth Oswald

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Elizabeth Oswald

*1732
+1819

Daughter of James Oswald.

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SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
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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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

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Samuel Chew

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John Chew

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Elizabeth Margaretta Chew

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Henry Banning Chew

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William White Chew

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Ann Sophia Penn Chew

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Joseph Turner Chew

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Anthony Banning Chew

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Catherine Maria Chew

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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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Philip Nicklin
-1806

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m. 1793 04 01 Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Chew
1763 03 09-1764 09

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Henrietta Chew

*1767 09 15 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1848 03 08

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Sophia Chew

*1769 11 13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+1848 03 08

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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.

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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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