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Penn Jillette

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Matthias Chesman

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Penn Jillette — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 506 
  • Father:
  • George Chesman 
  • Mother:
  • Jane -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Mar 1730 
  • Birth Location:
  • Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 3 May 1730 
  • Christening Location:
  • Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • AFT 10 Mar 1783 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Miriam Shaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1751 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Elizabeth Chesman (Ahnentafel No:253 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Matthias Chesman

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A021285.
  • ² Quincy, MA: Vital and Church Records, 1672-1870, p. 1752, Baptism record for Matthias Chesman.
  • ³ Chessman, Samuel, Genealogy of the Chesman Family, in the United State, from 1713 to 1819, n. p.: n. p. (1893), 37.

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