Brief Life History of James
When James Chichester was born in 1648, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William CHICHESTER, was 30 and his mother, Mary Corwithey, was 28. He married Mrs. Chichester about 1668, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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English: habitational name from the city of Chichester in Sussex, probably named with the Old English personal name Cissa + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort’. (Cissa is attested as the name of a historical person; it is of uncertain etymology.) Alternatively, the first element may be an Old English word cisse ‘gravelly feature’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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