When Joseph Chadsey was born on 20 August 1758, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Jabez Chadsey, was 38 and his mother, Honour Huling, was 28. He married Phebe Northup on 25 July 1781, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He died in 1795, at the age of 37.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
English (Somerset): habitational name from Chedzoy in Somerset, which is named with an Old English personal name Cedd + ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.
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