1776 - Lemuel Chesley signed the Association Test at Lee NH [NH State Papers
XXX/81].
1787 - Lemuel Chesle appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1790 - estate [Evans, Abstracts of the Probate Records of Strafford Co NH
p20].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/60, 64
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/60, 64
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/65
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64
1784 10 Dec - Joseph Chesle wit pet of Edward Leathers of Lee along with
Sarah Chesle [NH State Papers XII/391].
1786 May 27 - Joseph Chesley, Selectman of Lee, reports there are 956
residents [NH State Papers X/654].
1787 - Joseph Chesle appears on Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/393].
1789 Oct 22 - Joseph Chesley signed a petition at Lee NH recommending Capt
Paul Giles to be a civil magistrate [NH State Papers XII/395].
1790 - Lee NH - Chesley, Joseph 1m16+ 2m15- 2f [Census].
1800 - Lee NH - Joseph Chesley 1m16-25, 1m45+ 1f0-9, 1f45+ [Census].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64
Sources:
Other : Runnels, Geneal of Runnels & Reynolds Fams in Am, 1873 p123
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/59, 62
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/59, 62, 313
Sources:
Other : Runnels, Geneal of Runnels & Reynolds Fams in Am, 1873 p123
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64
FAMILY RECORD:
Thomas Chesley - b 13 Mar 1792; Joanna Folsom - b 29 Sep 1791; married 11
Feb 1816. Children: Levi T - b 1 mar 1818; Martha Ann - b 7 Feb 1820; Eliza A
- b 2 Apr 1822; Benjamin - b 9 Mar 1825, d 9 Aug 1827; James E - b 13 Mar 1827;
Thomas B - b 7 Oct 1829; George E - b 19 Apr 1833. Record given to town clerk
by Thomas Chesley [Lee VR p8 mss #68793 NHHS].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1830 - Lee NH - Thomas Chesley 2m 5-, 1m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m 30-40, 1f 5-10,
1f 10-15, 1f 30-40, 1f 70-80 [Census].
1833 May 11 - charter member of the 1st Christian Church in Lee [Church
Records of the First Christian Church in Lee NH, orig mss in NH Hist Soc Libr].
1840 - Lee NH - Thomas Chesley 1m 5-10, 2m 10-15, 1m 20-30, 1m 40-50, 2f
15-20, 1f 40-50 [Census].
1840 Jun 23 - Joanah Chesley, w/o T C, received as member of the 1st
Christian Church in Lee [Church Records of the First Christian Church in Lee
NH, orig mss in NH Hist Soc Libr].
1850 Jul 25 - Lee NH - 38/38 Thomas Chesley 58 m farmer $10,000 NH; Joanna
Chesley 59 f NH; Levi F Chesley 32 m farmer NH; Martha Ann Chesley 30 f NH
school; Eliza A Chesley 28 f NH school; James E Chesley 24 m farmer NH school;
Thomas B Chesley 20 m farmer NH school; George E Chesley 17 m farmer NH school
[Census].
1860 Jun 20 - Lee NH - 25/27 Thomas Chesley 68 m farmer 6000/1500 bNH;
Joanna Chesley 69 f bNH; James E Chesley 33 m bNH; Martha A Chesley 40 f bNH;
John Otis 18 m bNH [census].
1870 Jun 13 - Lee NH, Wadleys Fall PO - 156/165 Thomas Chesley 77 m farmer
10000/2000 bNH; Joanna Chesley 77 f bNH; Thomas B Chesley 38 m bNH; George E
Chesley 35 m farmer bNH; John E Chesley 19 m farm laborer bNH; Eliza Wright 48
f bNH; Edgar L Wright 12 m -/2000 bNH school [census].
1897 Aug 15 - Martha A Chesley d Durham ae 77y 6m 8d single b Lee d/o Thomas
Chesley b Durham & Joanna Folsom b Tamworth, valvular disease of heart [Durham
Annual Report].MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Old Cemetery on Mast Road, Lee NH - Chesley Monument on Chesley lot - Thomas
Chesley - b 1792, d 1876; Joanna Folsom, his wife - b 1791, d 1879; Levi E
Chesley - b 1818, d 1895; Martha A Chesley - b 1820, d 1897. (on one side)
Eliza E (Chesley) Wright - b 1822, d 1909; Benjamin Chesley - b 1825, d 1827;
James E Chesley - b 1827, d 1881; Thomas B Chesley - b 1829, d 1908; George E
Chesley - b 1833, d 1925 (children of Thomas & Joanna Chesley). (on other
side) Enoch G Wright - b 1824, d 1869 (husband of Eliza above); Fannie A
Chesley, wife/o James E Chesley - b 1839, d 1903; Abby H Chesley, wife/o George
E Chesley - b 1844, d 1923; their infant - b 1879, d 1879 [Walker et al, Burial
Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64, 69
Sources:
Other : Marr by Rev John Osborne, Lee NH, NHRG 4/75ff
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/64, 69
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1880 Jun 3 - Durham NH - 32/37 Levi F Chesley m 62 single farmer NH/NH/NH;
Martha A Chesley f 60 sister single keeps house NH/NH/NH [census].
1895 Oct 24 - Levi F Chesley d Durham ae 77y 7m 23d single farmer b lee s/o
Thomas Chesley b Durham & Joanna Folsom b Tamworth, cystitis [Durham Annual
Report].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
see Levi F Chesley
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
see George Edward Chesley #2644
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
1898 - Thomas B Chesley, farmer in Lee [Kittery, Greenland, Newington, and
other towns, Directory, 1898].
1899 - farmer, bds on cross rd off turnpike [Lee Directory, 1899].
1905 - farmer, bds G E Chesley [Lee Directory, 1905].
1908 Dec 21 - Thomas B Chesley d ae 79 [Lee Directory, 1912].
1908 Dec 21 - Thomas B Chesley d Lee ae 79-2-14 b Lee single farmer s/o
Thomas Chesleyfarmer b Durham & Joanna Folsom b Tamworth, angina pectoris [Lee
Annual Report].
1909 - farmer, bds G E Chesley [Lee Directory, 1909].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Other : Lee res - Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1909 Mar 14 - Eliza C Wright d Durham ae 86 b Lee, bronchitis [Durham Annual
Report].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
see George Edward Chesley #2644
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Other : D - Durham Annual Report 1909
see Thomas Chesley, Thomas Wiggin
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1864 Apr 18 - Mr James E Chesley of Lee ae 36 & Miss Fanny A Tasker of
Newmarket ae 25 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p47 mss #68793 NHHS].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
m 1877
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1877 Sep 15 - Mr Geroge E Chesley of Lee ae 44 & Miss Abbie A Pitingill of
Haverhill MA ae 33 filed intentions to marry [Lee VR p57 mss #68793 NHHS].
1880 Jun 11 - Lee NH - 156/172 George E Chesley m 47 farmer NH/NH/NH; Annie
H Chesley f 36 wife MA/MA/MA; Thomas B Chesley m 50 brother single NH/NH/NH;
Charles F Felch m 30 farm laborer NH/NH/VT; Mary E Felch f 29 servant ME/NH/VT;
Eliza C Wright f 58 sister widow NH/NH/NH [census].
1892 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1892]
1895 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1895]
1898 - householder in Lee [Dover, Great Falls & Straff Co NH Directory 1898]
1898 - George E Chesley, farmer in Lee [Kittery, Greenland, Newington, and
other towns, Directory, 1898].
1899 - farmer, h on cross rd off turnpike [Lee Directory, 1899].
1900 Jun 6 - Lee NH - 86/86 George E Chesley head m Apr 1833 67 m22 NH/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Abby H Chesley wife f Apr 1844 56 m22 3-2 MA/MA/MA; Nellie J
Chesley dau f Apr 1883 17 s NH/NH/MA; Mary A Chesley dau f Jun 1886 13 s
NH/NH/MA; Thomas B Chesley brother m Oct 1829 70 s NH/NH/NH farm laborer; Henry
S McKenzie - m Dec 1879 20 s NB/NB/NB farm laborer [census].
1905 - farmer, h on cross rd, off Mast rd, Lee Hill & Durham rd [Lee
Directory, 1905].
1909 - farmer, h on cross rd, off Mast rd, Lee Hill & Durham rd [Lee
Directory, 1909].
1910 Apr 19 - Lee NH - 19/21 George E Chesley head m 76 m1-32 NH/NH/NH
farmer owns/free; Abbie H Chesley wife f 66 m1-32 3/2 ch MA/MA/MA; Mary A
Chesley dau f 23 s NH/NH/NH; Richard Edgerley servant m 65 widower NH/NH/NH
farm laborer [census].
1912 - farmer, h on cross rd off Mast rd, Lee Hill & Durham rd, 2.5 mi from
Durham Depot [Lee Directory, 1912].
1920 Jan 9 - Wednesday Hill Rd, Lee NH - 88/91 George E Chesley head m 86
marr NH/NH/NH farmer; Abbie H Chesley wife f 74 marr MA/MA/MA; Mary A Chesley
dau 33 single NH/NH/MA public school teacher; Frank L Macomber hired man m unk
widower NH/ME/ME farm laborer [census].
1923 - farmer, Durham rd [Barrington, Epping, Lee, Madbury NH Directory,
1923].
1925 Dec 2 - George E Chesley d ae 92y s/o Thomas Chesley & Joanna Folsom
[Lee Annual Report].
1935 - George E Chesley heirs, taxed 12.50 [Dover Suburban NH Directory,
1935].Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
m 1877
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham NH, 1913, 2/69