Dorothy Chester

Biographical Summary:

Mrs. Dorothy Chester, widow of John Chester of Blaby, Co. Leicester, Esquire, was an original proprietor at Hartford in 1639; her home-lot was on the west side of Main St. near Centinel Hill. She died 1662; inventory taken May 27, 1662, £33.11.8. Edward Stebbing appointed to administer the estate (personal), and to pay the debts, the remainder to be at his dispose. She was a daughter of Thomas Hooker, of Marfield, Co. Leicester, and a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker.

Children:

i. Leonard, born July 15, 1610, at Blaby; one of the first settlers of Wethersfield; he married Mary Wade, widow, daughter of. Mr. Nicholas Sharpe; died December 11, 1648, lost on Mount Lamentation.

ii. Elizabeth, born February 6, 1624-25.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 234. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

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