Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Judge, Col. Benjamin CHADBOURNE | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Benjamin Chadbourne b. 23 July 1718; married, 21 July 1742, Sarah, dau. of James and Mary (Roberts) Heard, (2) 10 Oct. 1751, Mary Chesley of Durham, N. H. He died 16 March 1799. Children of first marriage 1743-48: James, Martha, Lydia, Sarah; children of second marriage 1752-64: Jonathan, Mary, Benjamin, George. [ref 36:314] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Benjamin Chadbourn married Sarah Heard on Jul 21, 1742 in Berwick, York County, Maine. 0010552 - 0010553 [ref 70] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Benjamin Chadbourn married Mary Chesley on Oct 10, 1751 in Berwick, York County, Maine. 0010552 - 0010553 [ref 70] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUDGE BENJAMIN 5 CHADBOURNE (William 4 Humphrey 3-2 William 1), born Berwick 23 July 1718; baptized 15 Feb 1718/9; died Berwick 16 Mar 1799, age 82 (Young's Index, 4); married first Berwick 21 July 1742 (BVR, 113) SARAH HEARD; married second 10 Oct 1751 (BVR, 113) MARY CHESLEY. He was commonly referred to as "Judge Benjamin." Benjamin probably served as captain in Col Jonathan Bagley's regiment at Louisburg 1745 and with Col Nathaniel Sparhawk in 1762 (American Officers in French and Indian War, NEHGS). He was called Colonel as well as Judge, was an attorney and counselor at law, a colonel in the militia, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was representative from Berwick for fifteen years from 1756 to 1771, elected by the legislature to serve as Senator to the Massachusetts Legislature from York Co in 1780 (H-Saco & Biddeford, 290). He was a member of the Governor's Council and one of the founders of Berwick Academy, established in 1791. For the Academy he gave ten acres of land in the finest possible situation, and a sum of money besides, to begin the subscription. Judge Benjamin had purchased much of his brothers' and sisters' share of the family homestead and, therefore, owned much of the original acreage along the Salmon Falls River. In 1761 he purchased from his uncle Humphrey land in S Berwick. He lived there, in a humbler house built after 1720 at 30 Liberty St, courtesy of Howard Kaepplein while buildings g his mansion house at Liberty and Vine Sts. Benjamin raised a new house and barn 12 June 1770. In addition to his Berwick properties, he received liberal grants of land in Lebanon. He wrote about 1791 that "no house stands between here and Canada not built within my memory" (probably due to Indian attacks). Rev John Lord, in his historical address on Berwick Academy, refers to Judge Chadbourn as: "a veritable patrician, with a great landed estate which his ancestors purchased from the Indians. He lived in a fine colonial residence, surrounded by noble elms. He sent John Hancock a large number of elms from his Berwick estate, to be planted on Boston Common, where some still exist." Sarah Orne Jewett has made Judge Chadbourn one of the characters of her historical romance The Tory Lover, picturing him as an "old man of singular dignity and kindliness of look." These biographical details are from William M Emery's Chadbourne-Chadbourn Genealogy. The 1790 Census lists 2 males over 16, none under 16, and 2 females in Benjamin's household. Child with Sarah, widow of Benjamin Libby (Libby, 39), surname LIBBY: Mary. Children with first wife (BVR, 212), surname CHADBOURNE 1739-64: James, Martha, Lydia, Sarah, Jonathan, Mary, Benjamin, George. [ref 74:83] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
| Notes for Sarah, wife of Benjamin Libby | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - child with Benjamin CHADBOURNE: Mary LIBBY born 27 Aug 1739 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
| Last Modified 29 Oct 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |