Descendants of Nathan Chidsey
39 Nathan Chidsey b: March 04, 1755 North Guilford, Conn; d: November 03, 1832 North Guilford, Conn; m: #1) Rachel Benton December 27, 1786 Guilford, Conn, b: May 18, 1768 North Guilford, Conn; d: November 25, 1820 North Guilford, Conn; dau of Timothy and Rachel (Fowler) Benton; m: #2) Mary Kimberly April 8,1821 North Branford, Conn, b: Febuary 23,1767 North Guilford, Conn.; d: Febuary 13,1850 Guilford, Conn, dau of Abraham and Thankful (Chittenden) Kimberly
67 Joseph Chedsey b: July 25, 1787 North Guilford, Conn; d: August 07, 1868 Durham, Conn; m: Polly Coe March 16, 1809 Durham, Conn, b: September 13, 1788 Durham, Conn; d: July 18, 1883 Durham, Conn; dau of Charles and Hannah (Bates) Coe 68 Abraham Chidsey b: October 13, 1791 Guilford, Conn; d: Unknown in South America Photo
NOTES: Nathan was a private in Capt. Hand's Reg. 1776. 1798, second session, Nathan was a deputy to the General Court. He was also a Justice in North Guilford Parish in 1800. Joseph, Nathan's elder son, discovered when he was 40 years of age , in 1827, the original spelling of the Chedsey name and changed his name back to CHEDSEY from CHIDSEY . His father , Nathan, was buried as a Chedsey, as he died after the name change by his son. Nathan was buried at Bluff Head Cemetery on Durham Road, on his tombstone: Nathan Chedsey , Esq. Born March 1,1755 Died Nov. 8, 1832 A man of esteem and respect. This monument erested to his memory by his surviving son, Joseph. Nathan's second wife, Mary Kimberly, was buried next to him as MARY CHIDSEY. Abraham, son of Nathan, was very talented, but wild. He graduated fron Yale, served as a Chaplin in the War of 1812 and went south with Simon Bolivar in 1815 and was last heard from in South America. He was also said to have been expelled from Yale for playing cards.

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