A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameCapt Moses Chadwell 13
Birth10 Apr 1637, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BCA11
Death25 Apr 1684, At sea11 Age: 47
BurialCopp’s Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts2614
OccupationShipwright11
FatherThomas Chadwell (1611-1683)
MotherMargaret Breed (1615-1658)
Notes for Capt Moses Chadwell
Captain Moses Chadwell was born in 1637 at Lynn, Massachusetts. He achieved the rank of Captain in the Massachusetts Militia. He drowned "at sea" in 1684. He was a shipwright by trade. Moses was the son of Thomas Chadwell b: abt. 1612 in Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, England and Margaret Breed b: 1621 England Captain Moses Chadwell married Sarah Ivory b: 1643 in Lynn, Massachusetts, February 1660/61 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Sarah was the daughter of William Thomas Ivory 1601 – 1652 and Ann South 1613 – 1689. In her will written in January of 1724/5, Sarah Ivory Chadwell deeded land to her son-in-law, John Ramsdell (husband of Elizabeth) and her other daughter, Sarah, wife of John's older brother. Son-in-law, John Ramsdell, died shortly after her death and left his estate to Elizabeth.

Moses and Sarah were the parents of eight children:
Ruth Chadwell b: ABT. 1665 in Lynn, MA
Thomas Chadwell b: 11 Dec 1662 in Lynn, MA
Sarah Chadwell Ramsdell b: 12 Mar 1667/68 in Lynn,MA
Lois Chadwell b: 3 Oct 1670 in Lynn, MA
Moses Chadwell b: 11 Sep 1673 in Lynn, MA
Margaret Chadwell b: 30 Sep 1676 in Lynn, MA
Anne Chadwell b: 17 Jun 1679 in Lynn, MA
Elizabeth Chadwell Ramsdell b: 18 Dec 1681 in Lynn, MA m. John Ramsdell.

The General Society of Colonial Wars states Moses Chadwell (1637 - 1684) of Lynn, held the rank of Captain in the Massachusetts Militia. (Bio by Charlene Patton)
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