William Chiswell

Some Descendants of William Augustus Chiswell (Joseph, Stephen, William, Richard) and Sarah Fletchall

Unless otherwise noted, all places are in Montgomery county, Maryland.
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The Monocacy cemetery is in Beallsville

Thomas Fletchall Chiswell was born on 10 Sep 1810. [Ref, 1;736] He died on 7 May 1851. [Ref, 1;736] He married Mary Eleanor Jones [Ref] on 18 Feb 1833. He is buried in the Monocacy cemetery in Beallsville. [Ref, 1;736]
In 1850 Thomas, age 39, and Mary E., age 40, and their family were living in Medley, Montgomery, Maryland. Thomas was a farmer with real estate worth $7,000. [Ref, 1850] They owned nine slaves. [Ref, 1850, slave schedule] In 1860 Mary was living in Medley with her eldest son. She had real estate worth $15,000 and a personal estate of $18,200. [Ref, 1860]
1. Sarah A. Chiswell was born about 1834. [Ref, 1850]
2. Lieut. Edward J. Chiswell [Ref, 1850] was born on 21 Jun 1836. [Ref] He died on 21 Sep 1906 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Edward.
  In 1860 "Edwin" J. was living with his mother in Medleys. [Ref, 1860] He married Eveline White Allnutt. [Ref] She was born on 3 Oct 1840. [Ref] She died on 22 Nov 1937 and and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
  1. Lawrence Allnutt Chiswell was born on 2 Apr 1869. [Ref] He died on 1 Aug 1937 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]] He married Hattie Maguire Hersberger. [Ref] Hattie, the daughter of Aaron Bucher Hersberger and Amanda C. Ahalt, was born in Jul 1875. [Ref] She died on 29 Jan 1960 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] Click here to see a phot of Lawrence.
    1. Maurice Hersperger Chiswell was born on Aug. 22, 1896. [Ref] He died on Jan. 17, 1966 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of his gravestone, click here. He married Lillian Marguerite Waters. [Ref] Lillian, the daughter of Charles Clark Waters and Maud Estelle Getzendanner, was born on Jul. 17, 1898 and died on Oct. 27, 1973. [Ref]
      1. Dorothy Annette Chiswell was born on Dec. 2, 1922. [Ref] She died on Sep. 18, 1990 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married Richard Garrott Walker. [Ref] Richard was born on Aug. 12, 1919 and died on Aug. 24, 2000. [Ref] He is buried Arlington Cemetery. [Ref]
      2. Maurice Waters Chiswell was born on May 28, 1927. [Ref] He died on Feb. 23, 1993 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] He married Jean Dangerfield Knox. [Ref]
    2. Hester Ruth Chiswell was born in Apr. 1900. [Ref] She died on Apr. 28, 1989 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married Lawrence Newton Brewer. [Ref] Lawrence, the son of Stephen Newton Brewer and Hester Ruth Chiswell, was born on Oct. 29, 1928, died on Jun. 25, 1996 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
      1. Lawrence Newton Brewer was born on Oct. 29, 1928. [Ref] He died on Jun. 25, 1996 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
    3. Sarah Constance Chiswell was born on Apr. 3, 1906. [Ref] She died on Oct. 7, 1982 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married William Brosius Hilton. [Ref] William, the son of Clagett Cornelius Hilton and Anne Alonine Brosius was born on Apr. 26, 1903 and died on Feb. 24, 1977. [Ref]
      William was a mortician. [Ref]
  2. Thomas Franklin Chiswell was born on Mar. 21, 1871. [Ref] He died on Mar. 7, 1955 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of his gravestone, click here. He married Eloise Wooten. [Ref] Eloise, the daughter of Dr. Edward and Elizabeth Dagg "Bettie" O'Rear Wootton was born on Sep. 16, 1873, died on Nov. 20, 1956 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
    1. Mildred Thorton Chiswell was born on Dec. 8, 1904. [Ref] She died on Jul. 17, 1952 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
  3. Edward Lee Chiswell was born on Mar. 19, 1873. [Ref] He died on Oct. 17, 1946 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of his gravestone, click here. He married Naomi North on Nov. 4, 1903. [Ref] Norma, the daughter of Gustavas and Ida North was born on May 23, 1875, died on Oct. 18, 1942 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
    1. Unknown Chiswell [Ref]
    2. Elsie Lee Chiswell was born on 29 Jul 1909. [Ref] She died on 4 Jan 1981 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] She married Benjamin Nourse Allnut. [Ref] B
    3. Edward Fowler Chiswell was born on Sep. 9, 1913. [Ref] He died on Sep. 7, 1977. [Ref] He married Helen Louise "Mimi" (Moran) Bolton. [Ref] Mimi, the daughter of William M. and Marion S. (Kinter) Moran of Marion, West Virginia was born on Aug. 8, 1916 in Taylor county, West Virginia, died on Aug. 25, 2009 in Washington, D.C. and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married first Edward Bolton. [Ref]
  4. Rear Admiral Benjamin Maurice Chiswell was born on 7 Mar 1875 in Dickerson, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] He died on 26 Jul 1942 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. [Ref] He married Mary JenningsBellamy. [Ref] Mary was born on 2 Oct 1878. [Ref] She died on 31 May 1964 and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. [Ref]
    Click here to read about Benjamin's carreer and to see a photo of him.
  5. Mary Eleanor Chiswell was born on Jul. 4, 1880. [Ref, p. 71][Ref] She died on May 26, 1952 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married Joseph Newton Darby [Ref] in Dickerson. [Ref, p. 71]
  6. Sarah Edith Chiswell was born on Mar. 31, 1882. [Ref] She died on Aug. 5, 1973 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] She married Norman Douglas Wootton. [Ref] Norman, the son Dr Edward Wootton and Elizabeth Dagg O'Rear was born on Jun. 22, 1869, died on Feb. 14, 1940 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
    1. Ella Wootton was born on Dec. 14, 1901 in Dickerson. [Ref] She died on Sep. 10, 1983. [Ref] She married William Bamford. [Ref]
      Ella and William moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. [Ref]
    2. Betty Hampton Wootton was born on Nov. 2, 1903. [Ref] She died on Apr. 26, 1933 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of her gravestone, click here.
    3. Evelyn Margaret Wootton was born on Jan. 25, 1905. [Ref] She died on Aug. 25, 1998 in Sarasota County, Florida. [Ref] For a photo of her gravestone, click here. She married Kenneth Stuart Cunningham. [Ref] Kenneth, the son of Maude I. Cunningham of Norfolk, Virginia, was born on Aug.12, 1900. [Ref]
    4. Edward Chiswell Wooten (perhaps)was born on May 18, 1907. [Ref] He died on May 29, 1976 in Volusia, Volusia, Florida. [Ref] He married Dorothy Unknown. [Ref] They were divorced in 1945 in Florida. [Ref] .
    5. Norman Douglas Wootton was born on Dec. 29, 1908. [Ref] He died on Jun. 27, 1974 in Port Charlotte, Florida and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of his gravestone, click here. He married Tah-Wee-Nah Mackey. [Ref]
      Norman was the former assistant postmaster of the Silver Spring Post Office. [Ref]
    6. Blanche C. Wootton was born on Sep. 27, 1911. [Ref] She died on Jun. 1, 2000 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]] For a photo of her gravestone, click here.
    7. William Turnor Wootton was born on Jun. 1, 1913. [Ref] He died on Oct. 4, 2007 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of his gravestone, click here. He married Mary Sheppe. [Ref] Mary, the daughter of Jewett Hamilton Sheppe and Mary McKenny, was born in 1914, died on Sep. 11, 1993 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref]
    8. Mary Edith Wootton was born in 1915. [Ref] She died in 2001 and is buried in the Monocacy cemetery. [Ref] For a photo of her gravestone, click here.
3. William Chiswell was born about 1841. [Ref, 1850]
4. Elizabeth E. Chiswell was born about 1844. [Ref, 1850]
5. Margaret Chiswell was born about 1846. [Ref, 1850]
6. Joseph T. Chiswell was born about 1849. [Ref, 1850]
Joseph Newton Chiswell married Eleanor White. [Ref, 2;224]
Joseph was appointed executor of his mother's will on 7 Mar 1863. [Ref]
1. Benjamin Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
2. William Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
3. Lee Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
4. Joseph Newton Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
5. Franklin Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
6. George Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
7. Alice Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
8. Sarah Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
9. Virginia Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
10. Frances Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
11. Rachel Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
12. Hester Anne Chiswell [Ref, 2;224]
George W. Chiswell probably died before 7 Mar 1863 when his mother refers to his children, but not him, in her will. [Ref]
William A. Chiswell died after 7 Mar 1863, when his is referred to in his mother's will. [Ref]
Presumably he is the William A. Chiswell whom Sarah Newton (Chiswell) White calls her nephew in her 16 Nov 1846 will. In a codicil dated 27 Jan 1858 she refers to Sarah Eleanor Chiswell, the daughter of William A. and Rachel Chiswell. [Ref]
Elizabeth Chiswell died after 7 Mar 1863. She married Unknown White. She is referred to as Elizabeth White in her mother's will. [Ref]
Eleanor W. Chiswell died after 7 Mar 1863. She married Unknown Gott. She is referred to as Eleanor W. Gott in her mother's will. [Ref]
Sarah N. Chiswell died before 7 Mar 1863. Her mother mentioned the children of her deceased daughter Sarah N. Griffith in her will. [Ref]