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: MA
Qualifying Service: Not a Patriot
Birth: 20 Mar 1767 Nova Scotia / Canada Death: 25 Jan 1843 Granville / Licking / OH
Qualifying Service Description:
It has been suggested that he served as a Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. However, there is a lack of a contemporary source to support this service. Additionally, as he would have only been 16 years old at the end of the War, he was far too young to have served as an officer and is doubtful as a soldier.
Additional References:
Granville OH Historical Society Records
Spouse: Anna Higby Children: Clarina Bent;
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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
Photo by permission: Michael B Gunn, Ohio Society SAR
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
This biography was augmented by PRS staff.
Simeon Chester was born on 20 March 1767 in Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Simeon and Elizabeth (Bent) Chester.
He didn’t have Revolutionary War military, probably due to his young age. However, it seems he did serve as a Captain during the War of 1812, based on a government request for a Veteran Administration gravestone. However, no contemporary sources show a Captain of that name in the War of 1812. There is Simeon Chester Jr., who served as a Private in the Connecticut militia. However, this Simeon Chester Jr. was married to Eveline [?], who received his bounty land in Wisconsin in 1854.
Interestingly, his father does quality as a Patriot: An early SAR application states, “…had considerable property in Nova Scotia and was compelled to sacrifice it when he was driven away from there at the outbreak of the Revolution, due to his loyalty to the Colonies. By an act of Congress approved April 7, 1789, and the supplemental act passed February 18, 1801, certain government lands were set apart to reimburse certain patriots, refugees from Nova Scotia, named therein, for their financial sacrifices and personal services during the war of the Revolution. Simeon Chester was awarded nine hundred and sixty acres of land in three separate tracts, the first in Franklin County, Ohio, and the other two in Licking County, Ohio.”
In 1802, he married Anna Higby. She was born in 1783 and died in 1835). They had at least one child, Clarina, who was born in 1815.
He died on 25 January 1843 and was buried in Old Colony Cemetery near Granville, Ohio.
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