Which Rawleigh Chinn. There are many of them. Here is the one I have information on. Known as Rawleigh Chinn, the sailor Rawleigh Chinn was born after 1752, son of Thomas Chinn and Ann Conway Chinn and died between the making of his will on Oct. 14, 1815 and the proving of same on May 13, 1816. He was married Jan. 30, 1775 to Frances Tarpley, daughter of Travers TArpley and Elizabeth Sydnor Tarpley. She died before 1794 as on Sept. 18, 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. There was also one other child of Rawleigh and Frances (Tarpley) Chinn, - Samuel Chinn. Rawleigh Chinn married a second time. Feb. 9, 1797 to his cousin, Elizabeth Shearman. There were no children by this marriage. 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, plus a negro girl named Eliza, and household items 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 step-mother and divide the proceeds. In the division of the estate of Thomas Chinn, Rawleigh Chinn had received negroes named, Basha, Baba, Dillah, Darcus and Sarah. The Leesburg Court House records show that on Feb. 14, 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. THis confirms the tradition that Rawldeigh Chinn was known as "Rawleigh Chinn, The Sailor".

Was this Thomas CHINN the s/o Rawleigh and Esther BALL? I would love to get a copy of the will for this Rawleigh. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: JRay38s@aol.com To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Re: CHINN/WILSON Which Rawleigh Chinn. There are many of them. Here is the one I have information on. Known as Rawleigh Chinn, the sailor Rawleigh Chinn was born after 1752, son of Thomas Chinn and Ann Conway Chinn and died between the making of his will on Oct. 14, 1815 and the proving of same on May 13, 1816. He was married Jan. 30, 1775 to Frances Tarpley, daughter of Travers TArpley and Elizabeth Sydnor Tarpley. She died before 1794 as on Sept. 18, 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. There was also one other child of Rawleigh and Frances (Tarpley) Chinn, - Samuel Chinn. Rawleigh Chinn married a second time. Feb. 9, 1797 to his cousin, Elizabeth Shearman. There were no children by this marriage. 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, plus a negro girl named Eliza, and household items 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 step-mother and divide the proceeds. In the division of the estate of Thomas Chinn, Rawleigh Chinn had received negroes named, Basha, Baba, Dillah, Darcus and Sarah. The Leesburg Court House records show that on Feb. 14, 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. THis confirms the tradition that Rawldeigh Chinn was known as "Rawleigh Chinn, The Sailor". ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. http://www.rootsweb.com