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Elizabeth Chesman

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Penn Jillette — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 253 
  • Father:
  • Matthias Chesman 
  • Mother:
  • Miriam Shaw   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1752 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Apr 1829 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Village Hill Cemetery, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alexander Miller
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Dec 1771 
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  • Child:

  John Miller (Ahnentafel No:126 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Chessman's given name is also seen as Betsey.

• Sources for Elizabeth Chesman

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/11/2023).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Williamsburg, Vol. 1, p. 53, Birth record for son John MIller.
  • ³ Chessman, Samuel, Genealogy of the Chesman Family, in the United State, from 1713 to 1819, n. p.: n. p. (1893), 37, 75.

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