Display Patriot - P-245526 - Robert MCCHESNEY

Robert MCCHESNEY

SAR Patriot #: P-245526

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A209817

Birth: 20 Mar 1758 South Amboy / Middlesex / NJ
Death: 11 May 1835 South Brunswick / Middlesex / NJ

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private and Sergeant, Middlesex Co. Militia
  2. Orderly Sergeant for Captains John Dey, Jonathan Combs; Colonels John Neilson, Jacob Hyer

Additional References:
  1. Located graves of soldiers and patriots; 1974-75, 75-76, 76-77. DAR Magazine
  2. Pension #S612

Spouse: (1) Catherine XX; (2) Anna De Witt
Children: James R;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2012-11-21 HI 50784 Terrence Kent Applegate (185486) James   
Burial:
Brainerd (aka First Presbyterian Church) Cemetery (C-0371332)
Location:
Cranbury / Middlesex / NJ / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1977947
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
46144233
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Gregory Bodge, 177162, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
  • graves report submittted by Earl J.Tower 1973
  • graves report submitted by Gregory Bodge, 177162, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR - Sep 2018


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Author: LtC Gregory Ormand Bodge

When * Robert McChesney was born on March 31, 1758, in South Amboy, New Jersey, his father, *, was 30 and his mother, Mary, was 23. He married Catherine and they had seven children together. He also had one son from another relationship. He then married Anna Dewitt on September 19, 1816.

He served in the American Revolution in New Jersey as an Orderly Sergeant for Captains John Dey, Jonathan Combs under Colonels John Neilson and Jacob Hyre.  He received a pension number *S612.

 

This is excerpted from a handwritten 15 page history written by Eliza Ann McChesney Myers in 1893, prior to her death in 1899. The document has been handed through the family from Francis Marion Allen Myers, to Mac Myers, to June Myers Tolle, to Margaret Magdalene Myers Strube, to Beverly Wooten, to me, Lorie Doty. The complete document will soon be uploaded here to Ancestry.com.

"...His (John's) oldest son, Robert was for many years a judge on the bench in New Jersey until his death in '34 or '35.  He also fought in the Revolution...Robert, the oldest child of John, married several times. Uncle Robert had a daughter named Rose, a favorite of my father. There were other members of the family of Robert but except for Robert Jr. and his sister Jane, I do not remember them."

His obituary indicates he repeatedly represented the County of Middlesex in the Legislative Council of State, and was presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.


He died on May 11, 1835, in Cranbury, New Jersey, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried there.

 


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