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Chester PINNEY

Chester PINNEY

Male 1785 - 1865  (79 years)


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  • Name Chester PINNEY  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 26 Jul 1785  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    _UID 2621004E1F974EC097E21F72637FF3073FD2 
    Death 1865  Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Burial 1865  Walnut Grove Cemetery, Franklin Co, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Person ID I6311  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Capt. Abner PINNEY,   b. 1750, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1804, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Ruth GILLETT,   b. 29 Sep 1751, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1806, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 1773  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8
    Family ID F3162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1   
    Marriage 15 Jul 1810  Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 9
    • Franklin Co. Marriage Record 1:96: Pinney, Chester m. Thompson,Lucretia, both of Worthington July 15, 1810 by Exra Griswold, J.P.
    Family ID F3171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

    Family 2   
    Marriage 10 Apr 1825  Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Marriage Fact 29 Nov 1839  [4, 6
    Marriage Fact 
    • Franklin Co, OH
    _STAT Divorced 
    Family ID F3172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

  • Notes 
    • From Scioto Company Descendants, p. 204:
      "Chester Pinney and various sons farmed 174 acres in Sharon Townshipsouth of Worthington. In 1860 he had $500 worth of equipment and hislivestock, valued at $1075, included four horses, five milk cows, sixteenother cattle, eighteen swine and ninety-seven sheep. He was raisingcorn, oats and hay for his livestock and producing butter and wool formarket. After Lucretia Pinney's death after childbirth, Chester marriedwidow Cynthia Barker. They had three sons and Chester received custodyat their divorce in 1839. Chester Pinney was a member of St. John'sEpiscopal Church until he withdrew April 25, 1834 at the request of Rev.Erastus Burr.
      (Pinney Genealogy, Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, 6:190; U.S.Census, Ohio, Franklin Co., Sharon Twp., 11:2; Franklin Co. MarriageRecord 1:96, 2:160; Franklin Co. Deed Records 2:9-13, 7:253-4, 14:71,19:327, 23:139, 86:457-9; Franklin Co. Supreme Court Order Book 3:70)"


      From Pinney Genealogy:
      "He was nineteen when the family came West. On the town plat of 1820,Chester Pinney appears as the owner of lot No. 127, one of those receivedby his father in the division. He lived on the Pinney farm south of thetown, now owned by John J. Stoddart, of Columbus. He was a communicantof St. John's Church till April 25, 1834, when he withdrew."

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Virginia Evans McCormick, Scioto Company Descendants, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 202 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S711] Laura Young Pinney, Genealogy of the Pinney Family in America, (1924: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, San Franciso, CA), p. 49 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S131] Mrs. Bernard L Jones, Pinney Genealogy as based on , and extending, the account to be found in Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, (Pittsburgh, PA), p. 190 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S128] Cathy F. Brinkman, Flagg & Related Families, (Ancestry World Tree Project, Ancestry.com, 7/15/2002).

    5. [S127] Virginia Evans McCormick, Scioto Company Descendants, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 202-3 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S127] Virginia Evans McCormick, Scioto Company Descendants, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 203 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S127] Virginia Evans McCormick, Scioto Company Descendants, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 201 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S129] Jim Carney, Carney Ancestors Jan 2002, (Ancestry World Tree Project, Ancestry.com, 7/15/2002).

    9. [S130] Franklin Co., Ohio Marriage Record, 1:96 (Reliability: 3).