Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
Timmons-Mayhall - Person Sheet
NameCHEW, Thomas 
Birth Date27 Jan 1702
Birth PlaceNew Kent County, Virginia
Death Date28 Feb 1782 Age: 80
Death PlacePort Royal, Caroline County, Virginia
FatherCHEW, Larkin (~1675-1728)
MotherROY, Hannah (~1675-1743)
Misc. Notes
Thomas Chew was instrumental during the inception of Orange County, Virginia. He was also a sheriff there and presided over a number of executions.
CHEW, COLBY and LARKIN. Sons of Col. Thomas Chew, sheriff of Orange in 1745, and Martha Taylor, great aunt of President Madison and great grand aunt of President Taylor. Colby served in the expedition against the Shawnees in 1756, was ensign in Washington's regiment in 1757, was wounded near Fort Duquesne in 1758, and falling into the river, was drowned. Larkin, his brother, had his arm shattered by a ball in battle in 1754, and was a lieutenant in the Second Virginia Regiment. (VI. Va. Hist. Mag. 345.)
FROM:
A History of Orange County, Virginia
By: W. W. Scott
Everett Waddey & Co.
Richmond, Va. 190
CHEW, COLBY and LARKIN. Sons of Col. Thomas Chew, sheriff of Orange in 1745, and Martha Taylor, great aunt of President Madison and great grand aunt of President Taylor. Colby served in the expedition against the Shawnees in 1756, was ensign in Washington's regiment in 1757, was wounded near Fort Duquesne in 1758, and falling into the river, was drowned. Larkin, his brother, had his arm shattered by a ball in battle in 1754, and was a lieutenant in the Second Virginia Regiment. (VI. Va. Hist. Mag. 345.)
FROM:
A History of Orange County, Virginia
By: W. W. Scott
Everett Waddey & Co.
Richmond, Va. 190
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1702
Birth PlaceRapidan, Orange County, Virginia
Death Date17 Nov 1782 Age: 80
Death PlaceRapidan, Orange County, Virginia
FatherTAYLOR, Col. James Walker Jr. (1674-1729)
MotherTHOMPSON, Martha Montague (1679-1762)
Marr Dateabt 1722
Marr PlaceVirginia