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Descendants of Samuel Chidester

4. ELIJAH¹² CHIDESTER (SAMUEL¹¹, DAVID¹⁰ CHICHESTER, JAMES⁹, WILLIAM⁸, JOHN⁷, JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, NICHOLAS⁴, RICHARD³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born June 12, 1739 in Simsbury, Hartford Co, CT, and died Abt. 1796 in Pequannock Twp, Morris Co, NJ. He married MARY HOPLER Bef. 1768, daughter of JOSEPH HOPLER and MARY HOPLER. She was born Abt. 1744, and died March 16, 1827 in Milford, Otsego Co, NY..

Notes for ELIJAH CHIDESTER:
His date of birth was found on a Simsbury, CT film roll obtained by Franze Atherton from the LDS library. We have a copy of the record. Franze neglected to get the film roll number.
An Indenture to the will of Joseph Hopler places his family in Albany Co, NY on 11 June 1790.

More About ELIJAH CHIDESTER:
Baptism: June 12, 1737, Congretional Church, New Milford, CT

Notes for MARY HOPLER:
Mary's date of birth was computed from her known death date when she was stated to be 83 years old.
The date of her death was found in a record in Cooperstown, Otsego Co, NY. She was buried in the Milford Cemetery in the back of the Milford United Methodist Church in Milford, Otsego Co, NY.
Pictures of the church, her grave and inscribed headstone are available.
The Dutch spelling of Hopler is Hoppelar. Both spellings will appear in various records.

More About MARY HOPLER:
Burial: March 1827, Methodist Church, Milford, NY

Children of ELIJAH CHIDESTER and MARY HOPLER are:

WILLIAM¹³ CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1768; d. November 22, 1823, Milford, Otsego Co, NY.; m. REBECCA --------.

Notes for WILLIAM CHIDESTER:
He was known as Whistling Dick.
He died from smallpox contacted while delivering produce to Albany, NY., in his 55th year.
On 28 June 1798,Samuel, Daniel and William mortgaged 121 acres in Suffrage, NY. (Suffrage was Milford in 1800).
In the census of NY in1820, he was said to have a daughter born 1800-1810 and a son born 1810-1820.
(LCS - Letter 5 Feb. 1990); William Chidester seems to have married a Rebecca someone but as far as I know had no children.

More About WILLIAM CHIDESTER:
Burial: November 1823, The burial plot on the Wilcox Farm, NY

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SAMUEL CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1774; m. SARAH (SALLY) NILES; b. April 07, 1784; d. May 18, 1826.

Notes for SAMUEL CHIDESTER:
1798, October 17, Samuel, Daniel and William mortgaged 121 acres in Suffrage, NY. Suffrage was Milford in 1800.
1800, October 1, he mortgaged 117 acres in Milford, Otsego Co, NY, it was discharged in 1810. Mortgage Book B, page 121.
1817, January 15, Unadilla, Otsego Co, NY, He and his wife Sarah (Sally) sold 108 acres. Mortgage Book W, page 77.
1820 - He may have died or deserted the family as Sally is enumerated with some of her children only, however it is possible and very probable he migrated to OH where most of the Chidesters he was related to went. Sally, his wife, was only 45 years of age when she died and he was only 45 years of age at that time also. He could be the Samuel in Huron Co, OH or the Samuel in Pickaway Co, OH, as no family has been established for them.

More About SARAH (SALLY) NILES:
Burial: May 1826, Flax Island Cemetery, Otsego Co, NY

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DANIEL CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1776; d. Bef. 1840; m. (1) SUSANNAH --------, Abt. 1798; b. Abt. 1787; d. October 03, 1818, (age 31).; m. (2) NANCY THOMAS, Aft. 1818.

Notes for DANIEL CHIDESTER:
1798, June 28, - Samuel , Daniel and William mortgaged 121 acres in Suffrage, NY. Suffrage was Milford in 1800.
Daniel Chidester did have two wives. This Phebe, who married Alexander Walling, was daughter of Susannah ------, (last name unknown, but who died 3 October 1818, age 31), & was also a sister of John T. Chidester ( who drove the stage coach & for whom the town of Chidester was named). The father, Daniel married a second time to Nancy Thomas and had another large family by her. (LCS - letter 5 Feb. 1990).

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ZERA CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1778; d. Abt. 1814, Steubens Co, NY.; m. CHARITY --------.

Notes for ZERA CHIDESTER:
In the census of 1810 of Middlefield, Otsego Co, NY he was in the 26-45 age group and his wife was in the 26-45 age group with 2 males under 10 and 2 females under 10.
He died intestate.
On 8 February his wife Charity ------, of Steubens Co, NY administered his estate.

ANDREW CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1780; d. Aft. 1840, Jefferson Co, PA; m. MARY OSBORN, 1804, Pequannock Twp., Morris Co, NJ.; b. Abt. 1781.

Notes for ANDREW CHIDESTER:
1810; In the census of 1810, he is listed with 4 males under 10, 2 females under 10 and 2 males 10-16.
1805; About 1805 he moved to Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon Co, PA. shortly after his marriage.
1820; Before 1820 he moved his family to Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland Co, PA.
1835; About 1835 Elijah, Daniel and Andrew, together, moved to Pinecreek Twp., Jefferson Co, PA.

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MAHITABLE CHIDESTER, b. April 20, 1781, Schagticoke, Rensslaer Co, NY..

Notes for MAHITABLE CHIDESTER:
The Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Schaghticoke, pg 101, show the Baptism of Mehitable, daughter of Elijah and Mary Hoppelar born on April 20 1780.

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AARON CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1784; d. Aft. 1830; m. SARAH ANA (SALLY) --------; b. Abt. 1799, (age 51 1850 census); d. Aft. 1840, Portlandville, NY.

Notes for AARON CHIDESTER:
In the census 1830, he was listed as having 2 sons born between 1820 -1825.
In Portlandville, NY in 1830 he was given the contract for building the Boarding House; He commenced the job, dug the cellar and did some other work and mysteriously disappeard, and was never heard from again. His wife Sally Chidester remained in Portlandville until her death.
In 1840 before her death she sold the plot where the boarding house was to be constructed. "Early History of the Town of Milford" by Ezra Stevens. pg 24.
In 1870 census - age 70, identified as "Hermit". (LCS - Letter 5 Feb. 1990). She has no children identified for him but he probably had 3 males & 1 female.

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MOSES CHIDESTER, b. Abt. 1785, NY; d. 1862, Probably, WI; m. ESTHER WAY, Bef. 1822, Litchfield, CT.

Notes for MOSES CHIDESTER:
1819. He and Esther, his wife, on the 13th April 1819, in Milford, OtsegoCo, NY, sold 3 acres (Book 90 p. 105)
1830; He is listed in the census of 1830 as having 3 sons born 1820 - 1830, 1 daughter born 1825 - 1830.
1848; He and Esther, sold another parcel on 6 January 1848, Milford, Otsego Co, NY.
1849; He sold his Baker Farm to William A. Bunn, in Milford, Otsego Co, NY, on which he had been residing, in 1849, and joined the Mormons in Nauvoo, Hancock Co, IL with his son Daniel. "Early History of the Town of Milford" by Ezra Stevens pg 12. This is an unpublished manuscript.
1850; He and Esther are listed on the WI census in Walworth Co.
1860; He and Esther are listed on the WI census in Dunkirk, Dane Co. and living with David and his wife, Ruth Celina Reed.
From LCS; I have David Chidester & Ruth Celins Reed as son of Moses Chidester. His father and two brothers joined the Mormon Church but followed the James Jesse Strang faction when they split off after the death of Joseph Smith. (Letter, 5 February 1990).
He and Esther may have died at Nauvoo, Hancock Co, IL, as stated in the above "Early History of the Town of Milford", but it seems more probable they died in Dane Co, WI.

More About MOSES CHIDESTER:
Burial: 1862, Lakeview Cemetery, Van Buren Co, MI

More About ESTHER WAY:
Burial: Lakeview Cemetery, Van Buren Co, MI

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