Olson's Tree » John Chester (1635-1698)
Personal data John Chester
Source 1- He was born on August 3, 1635 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-02-1644) below 16 years (8). - He died on February 23, 1698 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, he was 62 years old.
- A child of Leonard Armiger Chester and Mary Wade Russell
Household of John Chester
He is married to Sarah Welles.
They got married February 1644, he was 8 years old.
They got married February 1653 at United States, he was 17 years old.Child(ren):
- Stephen Chester Jr 1660-1698
- Thomas Chester 1662-1712
- Samuel Chester 1664-1689
- Prudence Wells Chester 1666-1727
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Historical events
Birthday August 3, 1635
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1635: Source: Wikipedia
- April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
- June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
- July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
- July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
- October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
- November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
Day of death February 23, 1698
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1698: Source: Wikipedia
- July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
- September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Same birth/death day
- 1491 » Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman († 1543)
- 1509 » Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator († 1546)
- 1622 » Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal († 1698)
- 1692 » John Henley, English minister and poet († 1759)
- 1766 » Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author († 1844)
- 1770 » Frederick William III of Prussia († 1840)
- 1603 » Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
- 1620 » Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)
- 1704 » Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
- 1766 » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
- 1781 » George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
- 1792 » Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)
About the surname Chester
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P20685.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "John Chester (1635-1698)".