The Francis Chickering Family- US 1637 to current

Kent Lineage

**Connected to the Samuel Newman Family at Samuel Newman (1625-1710) **

Generation One:

Francis Chickering b. 1 April 1610 at South Elmham, Suffolk, England; m(1) abt. 1625 Ann Fiske; m(2) 11 Jun 1650 Sarah Howe at Dedham, Norfolk, MA; d. 5 December 1649 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA, aged 39 years 

Their Children:

1. Mary   b. abt 1626; d. 1698

2. Ann  b. abt 1634; d. September 1691

3. Elizabeth b. 26 July 1638 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA; d. 23 July  1642

4. Bathsheba b. 23 October 1640 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA; m. 6 December 1659
Samuel Newman at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; d. 8 August 1687 at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, aged 46 years

5. Esther b. 4 November 1643 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA

6. John b. 19 April 1646 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA

7. Mercy b. 10 April 1648 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA; d. 27 January 1668

      Francis Chickering became freeman on 13 May 1640 at Cambridge,Middlesex, MA. His first wife died  and he remarried. The second wife is noted in the will.

Francis Chickering- Inventory of he Eastate of Ensigne Francis Chickering, late of Dedham, deceased made 20: 8mo: 1658, by Eleazer Lusher, Henry Chickering, John Howard, Peter Woodward. Totall £1820. 18. 08.

     17 October 1658. Mrs. Sarah Chickering & Capt. Elazer Lusher deposed. The Court Considering the good report of th epious and prudent behavior of Sarah ye Relict of Francis Chickering, & bringing up ye Children of the said Francis, & c. doe order that she be allowes out of this Eastate as her portion (including the £150. contracted for, beofre marriage, as a pt there of) the some of £350. The rest of the houses, lands, debts, and goods to be divided betweene the 5  daughters. Accompting £100 already payd Stephen Paine as part of his wive portion, to be so much of her pte.  (Abstracts of Early Wills p. 345)

Sources:

1. Genealogical guide to the early settlers of America, Henry Whitemore, p. 86

2. Early Records of Boston p. 274