Genealogical Record: Ann Sophia Penn Chew

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Ann Sophia Penn Chew

*1805 03 18
+1892 05 09

1880: Listed in Philadelphia PA, USA census p. 478A together with a vast number of relations.

RLC 14093 gives name as Anna Sophia Penn Chew, says that she died unmarried and was listed in the 1850 census of Germantown, PA, USA.

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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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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
1693 10 30-1743 06 16
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Benjamin Chew
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Elizabeth Benson
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Mary Galloway
1697 05 04-1734 05 25
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Samuel Galloway
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Anne Webb
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Elizabeth Oswald

*1732
+1819

Daughter of James Oswald.

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Katherine Banning

*1770
+1855

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

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