RAWLEIGH CHINN b. 1747 Lancaster Co., VA d. Bef 13 May 1816 Richmond Co., VA: Ham/m Family History

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1747 - Bef 1816 (< 69 years)

Name	RAWLEIGH CHINN
Birth	1747	Lancaster Co., VA
Gender	Male
Death	Bef 13 May 1816	Richmond Co., VA
Person ID	I1358	Hamm
Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

Father	THOMAS CHINN, b. 1714, Lancaster Co., VA d. 21 Jan 1768, Lancaster Co., VA (Age 54 years)
Mother	SARAH MITCHELL, b. 10 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster Co., VA d. 31 Jan 1751/52, Lancaster Co., VA (Age 34 years)
Marriage	12 Nov 1735	Lancaster Co., VA
Family ID	F517	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 FRANCES "FANNY" TARPLEY, b. 2 Jul 1743, North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., VA d. Bef 18 Sep 1794 (Age < 51 years)

Marriage 30 Jan 1775 Warsaw, Richmond Co., VA

Children

+	1. ELIZABETH TRAVERS CHINN, b. Abt 1778, VA d. 27 Feb 1834 (Age ~ 56 years)
+	2. Capt. SAMUEL RAWLEIGH CHINN, b. 25 Jan 1779, VA d. 25 Jan 1854, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA (Age 75 years)
	3. LUCY TARPLEY CHINN, b. 1 Apr 1781, VA

Family ID F519 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Aug 2012

Family 2	ELIZABETH SHEARMAN, b. Abt 1753 d. Aft 1815 (Age ~ 63 years)
Marriage	8 Feb 1797	Lancaster Co., VA
Family ID	F6660	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

Notes

!Mentioned in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, series 2, 1921, page 294.
!1748: Mentioned in grandfather Robert MItchell's will.
!21 Jan 1768: Mentioned in father's will. In the division of the estate of Thomas Chinn (son of Rawleigh and Esther Chinn), Rawleigh had received Negroes named Basha, Baba, Dillah, Darcus and Sarah.
!30 Jan 1775: Raleigh Chinn to Fanny Tarpley. Charles McCarty consents. MARRIAGE BONDS AT WARSAW, RICHMOND COUNTY. Richmond County, VA - Early Marriages; William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 5, No. 1, July 1896.
!14 Feb 1785: The Leesburg Court House records show that on 14 Feb 1785, it was ordered that Rawleigh Chinn, Sailor, be discharged from the payment of public, county and parish levies for his Negro, Basha, in the future. Leesburg Court House Records.
!18 Sep 1794: Rawleigh Chinn was appointed guardian (Ref. Leesburg Order Book) of their two daughters, Lucy Tarpley Chinn and Elizabeth Travers Chinn who at their mother's death were to receive slaves named Matt, Abigail and Jacob together with all of their increase, the said slaves having been lent to Frances Tarpley Chinn by her sister Lucy (Tarpley) Jones during Frances's lifetime. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@aol.com, 2003.
!9 Feb 1797: Rawleigh married second 9 Feb 1797 to his cousin, Elizabeth Shearman. There were no children by this marriage. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@aol.com, 2003.
!8 Feb 1797: Rawleigh Chinn, widower, and Elizabeth Shearman, spinster. KING GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - EARLY MARRIAGES
!8 Feb 1797: Rawleigh Chinn, widower, & Eliz. Shearman, spinster. Marriage Bonds in Lancaster County, William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 3, (Jan., 1904), pp. 175-183.
!13 May 1816: Will dated 14 Oct. 1815, recorded 13 May 1816. In his will of 1815, he left all his property both real and personal to his widow, during her widowhood or natural life, with a few exceptions. He left about 65 acres of land to "my daughter Elizabeth Wilson", and a Negro woman named Judy to " my daughter Lucy Beveridge", during her lifetime after which Judy and her increase was to be sold and the money equally divided between the children of Elizabeth Wilson. At the death of Elizabeth Chinn, "my son, Samuel Chinn all the property and land I have given her during her life". Samuel was to live on and manage the farm for his stepmother and divide the proceeds. Info from Janean Ray, JRay38s@aol.com, 2003.