A Rough Draft of My Family Tree

Edward Blanchard Chessman

M, #283, b. 12 February 1829, d. 27 December 1863

Father	Captain Ziba Chessman (b. about September 1784, d. 9 February 1858)
Mother	Deborah White Blanchard (b. about 1795, d. 8 July 1856)

Son	Edward E Chessman (b. 2 October 1852)
Daughter	Harriet Maria Chessman+ (b. 10 March 1855)
Daughter	Mary Kingman Chessman+ (b. 14 September 1856, d. 19 August 1937)
Daughter	Deborah Chessman (b. about 1858)
Daughter	Emily Louis Chessman (b. 26 January 1860)
Son	Ziba W Chessman+ (b. 26 October 1861)
Son	Reuben Blanchard Chessman (b. 8 October 1863)

Birth	12 February 1829	Edward Blanchard Chessman was born on 12 February 1829 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.^1,2
Marriage	19 April 1851	He and Emily White Orcutt were married on 19 April 1851 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.³
Death	27 December 1863	He died on 27 December 1863 at age 34 in Alexandria, Virginia.⁴
Burial	27 December 1863	He was buried on 27 December 1863 at Plot: A 0 961-7, Grave 1233, Alexandria National Cemetery, in Alexandria City, Virginia.

Person Source		Edward Blanchard Chessman had person sources.⁵
Occupation	1855	In 1855 Edward Blanchard Chessman was a bootmaker.⁶
Census (fam)	1860	He and Emily White Orcutt appeared in the census in 1860 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Military	7 September 1863	He served in the military on 7 September 1863.⁴
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Last Edited

22 May 2016

[S11] , compiler, Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910), Edward Blanchard, s. Lt. Ziba and Deborah, Feb. 12, 1829. [Chessman, C.R.2.] [Chessman, s. Ziba and Deborah W., G.R.9.] [Chessman, Mass. Inf. Reg't.. 32nd Co. H., G.R.14.]. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Weymouth.
[S1219] Samuel Chessman, Genealogy of the Chessman Family in the United States from 1713 to 1893 (n.p.: n.p., 1893), 32.
[S12] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 from original records held by the Massachusetts State Archives (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), Vol: 55 ; Page: 217. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.
[S35] Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA, online www.ancestry.com, (Provo, UT).
[S1347] Richard A. Damon and D. Bradford Damon, Damon Family of Scituate, Mass (Dexter, Michigan: Thomas-Shore, Inc., 2002), p. 278.
[S12] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (published), as declared in birth registration of his daughter, Harriet, Vol: 91 ; Page: 260.