John Chester (Connecticut soldier)

John Chester
Portrait by Joseph Steward
Born	1749
Died	1809  (aged 59–60)
Alma mater	Yale University
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Huntington Chester
Children	John Chester
Parent(s)	John Chester  Sarah Noyes Chester
Position held	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives

Coat of Arms of John Chester

John Chester (1749–1809) was a militia officer and public official from Connecticut. Before the American Revolution, he was a militia officer and member of the Connecticut General Assembly. During the American Revolutionary War, he saw action from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the Battle of Trenton as part of Connecticut's troops, but he did not join the Continental Army, and left military service after 1776. He served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, among other public offices, and was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors from 1788 to 1792 and from 1803 to 1807. His grandson Samuel Chester Reid served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

References

• Heitman, F.B. (1892). Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783. Press of Nichols, Killam & Maffitt. ISBN 9780722276891. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
• "Connecticut's Oldest & Largest Historic District | Wethersfield, Connecticut (CT)| Wethersfield Historical Society". wethhist.org. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

External links

• The Society of the Cincinnati
• The American Revolution Institute