JAMES 3 CHADBOURNE (3. Humphrey 2 William 1), born circa 1655; died 13 Feb 1686 ("The Heard Family," Genealogy of Edward Small and Allied Families, 1:467); married circa 1680 ELIZABETH 3 HEARD (Stackpole), daughter of James 2 (John 1) and Susannah (Starbuck) Heard (Penobscot Pioneers). Several respected sources have erroneously reported her mother as Shuah (Starbuck) Heard or Shuah (Conley) Heard. Elizabeth (Heard) Chadbourne married again before 1688 neighbor Samuel 3 (Francis 2 Edward 1) Small and had [page 28] children, surname SMALL: Elizabeth, born 1695; Samuel, born 1700; Joseph, born 1702 and Mary (KVR, 29).
James had land granted by the town of Kittery 28 Feb 1671, with an additional 50 acres added 15 Apr 1671 (Willis, Old Eliot, 1901, 4:17, 74), which was sold by his son James Jr to Nathaniel Greene on 13 Dec 1728. James Chadbourne's proprietor's rights in Kittery are confirmed by the over 200 acres of land he received in N Berwick (then called Kittery Commons) after Berwick was set off from Kittery in 1713. These divisions in the western ranges of Kittery were assigned to the proprietors of Kittery.
James and his brother William inherited their father's land at Sturgeon Creek in Berwick to be held by their mother, Lucy (Treworgy) (Chadbourne) Stileman, until her death. By Lucy's will James 4 inherited about three quarters of the property. Nicholas Morrell, who had taken a lease from Lucy, claimed his occupation of the land. The Sturgeon Creek map describes the property as 150 acres, but Humphrey 2's inventory lists 230 acres--perhaps James kept possession of some of it. James' property at Sturgeon Creek is the subject of an attractive map available from The CFA. He was on the grand jury 1679 and 1685.
Administration of James' estate was granted to his widow 21 May 1686 (MPA 2/34). The inventory indicated 17 cattle (LND, 134). Robert Elliot Esq, assignee of Elizabeth Chadbourne, Relict & Administratrix of James Chadbourn late of Kittery, sued Thomas Rhodes of Kittery for £0in debt owed to James' estate, and won the case 17 Oct 1710 (MPC III:239). The two children, both young, may have been raised in their stepfather Samuel Small's family. 15