Descendants of Richard, 2nd son, Baltimore Co., MD

Chenoweth History: 2nd Generation

The Families of John Chenoweth & Mary Calvert

(based on database cutoff date: September 22, 2003)

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RICHARD(2) OF BALTIMORE 1710-1781

Richard was the second son, third child, born about 1710, probably in Pennsylvania or New Jersey before the family came to Maryland. Richard married in Baltimore County, Kezia, her parents, surname, and age unknown. Richard would remain in Baltimore County all his life. Three of his sons would serve in the American Revolution: Richard, Thomas, and Joseph. According to Elmer Haile, Jr., "Richard started buying land in 1746 with the acquisition of 100 acres of Merryman's Adventure from Samuel Merryman. This farm is south of Great Falls of the Gunpowder, probably north of Towson." He and Kezia had nine known children, all mentioned in his will, written October 1, 1781, about two months before his death at age 71. Over the years, Richard's land holdings in Baltimore Co. came to over 200 acres, which he divided by will among 4 of his 5 living sons: Richard, Jr., Thomas, Arthur and Joseph. For their share, these four were to pay monies to the youngest son, William.

Of note is an increasing problem with the dates given for Richard's marriage and children by Cora Hiatt. None of these dates has been found on any document. In 1737, Richard is living with this father and 3 of his other brothers. There is no indication that Richard is married at this point in 1737, though Hiatt gives the birth of the first child as 1734. The earliest sighting of Kezia (Cassiah) as Richard's wife is in the early 1740's as a witness in a Quaker marriage at the Gunpowder MM. The marriage dates of at least his sons Arthur and Thomas would indicate that they were not as old as Hiatt claimed.

Cora placed the marriages and lives of three of Arthur's sons and one of his grandsons as children of Richard. In reality we know very little of this family after Richard's death in 1781. Most of them seem to vanish without a trace. Only the lines from the deceased son, John, whose family went basically to Tennessee, and the lines of Hannah and Thomas who went to Harford Co. are known to us. Something seems to have happened to this family. It is known that there was a long disputed estate claim between the children of Richard and the widow of the deceased son John. In the end, Frances seems to have won out and the lands of Richard were disposed of by a sheriff's sale.:

• Richard, Jr. was living in the Back River Upper Hundred with 3 of his brothers in 1773. In 1783 Richard is living on his father's property [Merryman's Adventure and Henry's Delight] with 5 white inhabitants. He is mentioned again in February 7, 1787 as the executor of his father's will, though the will itself had appointed his brother Joseph, executor. In May of the same year he petitioned the Justices of the Baltimore Co. Orphan's Court that he had endeavored to have a complete inventory of the estate, but basically he had been frustrated in his attempts by a certain Frances Chenoweth who had considerable property late of the deceased in her hand. In 1790 He appears in the 1790 census. There is a record of a Richard Chenoweth marrying an Elizabeth Burton and having a daughter Priscilla in 1792. Whether this is Richard, Jr. or not is unknown.
• Arthur was living with his brother Thomas in the 1783 tax rolls. He appears to have married Cassandra Bosley on March 24, 1784. He appears in the 1790 census, a wife and 2 daughters probably living on a 1790 lease from John Sutton on a property called part of the Valley of Jehosphat that abuts Gunpowder Manor and extended to Gunpowder falls, north of Towsend. It maybe that the Elizabeth Chenoweth who married Elijah Passmore and settled in Kentucky with a daughter, Cassandra Passmore, may be one of these daughters. It is known that parts of the Bosely family went to the same area of Kentucky.
• William is a puzzle. Cora Hiatt thought this was her ancestor, but that is highly doubtful. He is living with his bothers in 1773. He is in the 1781 will and appears in records with his brother Thomas. It is possible that he is the William Chenoweth who married Harriet Norris. His brother Thomas married Rachel Norris.
• Joseph is an enigma. The only mention of him is in his father's will of 1781. He is to be the executor of the will, but we know that this duty was at some point assumed by his brother, Richard, Jr. Joseph has never been found other than a name in his father's will.
• Susanna is given to have married a Price in the will. Who this was, or what happened to her is unknown.
• Kezia is was still single in the 1781 will. The Harris book says she married John Christ Kempff on October 09, 1783 in Baltimore Co., MD. Nothing further is known.

WILL: Baltimore Co., MD: dated October 1, 1781
CENSUS: 1737 (tax rolls) MD: Baltimore Co: Back River Upper Hundred, 1754 (tax rolls)Baltimore Co., 1763 (tax rolls)Back River Upper Hundred, 1773 (tax rolls) Baltimore Co: Kingsbury Furnace
LOCATIONS: Baltimore Co., MD
BOOKS: Harris page 241, Hiatt pages 78 & 129
OTHER SOURCES: Richard Harris: The Chenoweth Family in America, Cora Hiatt: Peter Chenoweth of Georgia, Elmer R. Haile, Jr., Census Work 1850, WFT Vol 6 # 0434

Children of RICHARD CHENOWETH and KEZIA ? are:

1. Susanna b. Abt. 1743, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Aft. 1820; m. ? PRICE; b. Bet. 1735 - 1754.
2. Richard b. Abt. 1745, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Abt. 1815.
3. John b. Abt. 1746, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Bef. December 04, 1781, Baltimore Co., MD; m. FRANCES HAILE, 1757, Batimore Co., MD; b. Abt. 1739; d. 1815.
4. Arthur b. Abt. 1751, Baltimore Co., MD; m. CASANDRA BOSLEY, March 24, 1784, Balitmore Co., MD; b. Abt. 1752; d. September 02, 1793, Mercer Co., KY.
5. Hannah b. Abt. 1752, Baltimore Co., MD; d. March 15, 1836, Harford Co., MD; m. JOSEPH ASHTON; b. October 04, 1742; d. November 13, 1819, Harford Co., MD.
6. William b. Abt. 1753.
7. Kezia b. 1755, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Unknown; m. JOHN CHRIST KEMPFF, October 09, 1783, Baltimore Co., MD; b. Bet. 1740 - 1760.
8. Thomas b. Abt. 1756, Baltimore Co., MD; m. RACHEL NORRIS, January 01, 1788, St John's, Hartford Co., MD; b. Abt. 1761, Harford Co., MD; d. Unknown.
9. Joseph b. Abt. 1758, Baltimore Co., MD; d. Unknown.

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