Extracted from The History of Barnard, VT

pages 120-123


CHEDEL FAMILY

The name has been variously spelled as Cheadle and Cheedle as well as Chedel. George Chedel, with his brother, came from England and settled in Connecticut and married Martha Hall. The family were in Ashford, Conn., where their children were born. At least three of their children, John, Asa and William, came to Vermont. John Chedel, with his family, came on foot from Connecticut, drawing on hand sleds their few possessions and arriving in Pomfret, March 12, 1770, three days after Bartholemew Durkee, the first settler arrived. It seems the families started from Pomfret, Conn., together but Chedel was delayed three days in Springfield and missed by that much being in town with Durkee. Asa and William Chedel, brothers of John, came to Pomfret in 1775 but William immediately moved into Barnard and became one of the first settlers of the town. Asa Chedel soon came to Barnard and was deacon of the Congregational church. Thompson says he was here in 1775. He was counted a resident of town, May 2, 1777, when he bought lots No.4 and No.6 near the center of the town. February 7, 1791, he bought one hundred acres from Stephen Pool and July 25th following he bought lot No.23 from Joseph Thurston. September 5,1792, he sold one hundred acres to Nathaniel Richmond. Some of this land was on the side of Mt. Hunger, near the Richmond-Tucker place and probably to the west of that. Asa Chedel, Jr., bought of Joseph Foster, April 1, 1785, lot No. 118 "in the westerly part of town" and sold the same to John Gambell, March 3, 1791. This became the Gambell farm on Mount Hunger. Asa, Jr., had previously bought, October 18, 1790, lots No.107 and No.108. William Chedel bought lots No.36 and No.37, bordering on the pond, May 2, 1777, at which time he was counted a resident of Barnard. He sold this land on May 6, 1780 and the same day bought one hundred acres, parts of lots No.10 and No.11, on which he continued to live. His homestead was on the road from the head of the lake to the General Foster farm. It was in his house the first town meetings were held, being held there for the first three years of the town's existence-from six to ten a year. We are indebted to the late Dr. Gardner Cox for locating the place through a descendant of Thomas Winslow who once lived in the house near the head of the pond. She said the William Chedel farm house was on the road from the head of the pond to the General Foster farm and was the first house up the hill. There is a short piece of wall on the left-hand side of the present road, running out into the pasture and having no present reason for being there. This was a part of the wall beside the old highway which led from the old yellow meetinghouse on the common. The road has long been abandoned. Its course can still be traced at various places by means of the abandoned walls. The road by the side of the lake is a modern invention. A little way from the present road-perhaps fifty feet-and near this bit of wall is the old cellar hole of the William Chedel house and the foundation of the big chimney. This is near the height of land on the present road. Probably no one now living in Barnard knows where the first town meetings were held. Forty years after the first town meeting was held in his house William Chedel became a town charge. His second wife survived him and is spoken of as a very pious person who was always in her place in the services at the meetinghouse.

1. GEORGE (1) CHEDEL did not come to Vt. but he and his wife, Martha Hall, remained in Conn.
...............Children:
...............I. ELIZABETH, b. Ashford, Conn., Mch. 5, 1725-6.
................II. INCREASE, b. Ashford, Oct. 8, 1727.

...............Ill SUSANNAH, b. Ashford, Apr. 8, 1730.
.........2.IV. JOHN, b. Ashford, Aug.26, 1732.
...........3.V. ASA, b. Ashford, Oct 6,1734.
..............VI. BENJAMIN, b. Ashford, Aug.30, 1738
.............VII.ANNA, b. Ashford, Jan.18, 1740-1.
...........VIII. MARY, b. Ashford, Apr. 5, 1743. Twin of William
..........5. IX.WILLIAM, b. Ashford, Apr. 5, 1743.

2. JOHN (2) CHEDEL (George1), b. Ashford, Conn., Aug.26, 1732; d. perhaps Pomfret.; m. (1), Nov. 5, 1761, Mary Bosworth, d. Jan. 9, 1767; m. (2), May 11, 1768, Rachel Allen. He was the second settler in Pomfret. and his dau., Rachel, was the first ch. b. in Pomfret., John Durkee being the first male ch. b. there and getting the hundred acres of land.
..........Children:
........I. JOHN, b. July 6,1762; d. July 16,1762.
.......II. JOHN, b. July 25, 1763. Perhaps he was in Barnard. for a short time as a John Chedel is owning land there, 1800, in No.2 school district
.....Ill TIMOTHY BOSWORTH, b. June 4, 1765; m. (1), Bethia ______m. (2), Barnard., Feb.17, 1820, Mary Snow, Barnard.; m. (3), Barnard., Aug. 11, 1824, Minerva Snow, Barnard. Lived in Roy. (Royalston ?) until after his second m. but was taxed, Barnard., 1824, and one ch. by last m. was b. Barnard
................*(a) BETHIA (dau, Bethia), b. Roy.; m Elisha Morgan
................*(b) ELIZABETH, b. Barnard., Aug.25, 1800; m Arunah Snow.
..... IV. MARY BOSWORTH, b. Feb. 1, 1769; m. Mr. Bridgman.
......V. RACHEL, b. Nov.18, 1770; d. Apr.27, 1777. First c. b. Pomfret.
......VI. ASA b. Apr. 1, 1772.
.....VII. DANIEL, b. Feb.17, 1774; d. Apr.19, 1777.
..*VIII PATTY, b. Jan.18, 1776; m. David White One authority has her m. to Mr. Hutchinson.
.....IX. RACHEL, b. Feb.22, 1778
.......X. DANIEL, b. Apr.20. 1780. Twin of George Lived in Pomfret. A class leader among the Methodists from 1808 to 1825.
.......XI. GEORGE, b. Pomfret, Apr.20, 1780; m. Apr. 3, 1806, Polly Newton of Pomfret. Lived in Pomfret. Twin of Daniel. Eight chil:
........................(a) LYNDON FRANKLIN, b. Pomfret., Jan.26, 1807. "Eldest child in family of eight children."
........................(b) CHARLES, b. Pomfret.; d. Barnard., unm., Jan. 8, 1888, ae. 73 yrs.
........................(c) HENRY.
........................(d) MONROE.
..........XII. AZUBAH, b. May 18, 1782.
..........XIII. HEPZIBAH, b. June 27, 1784.
.........XIV. ELIZABETH, b. J~ 23, 1788.

3. ASA (2) CHEDEL (George 1), b. Ashford, Conn., Oct. 6, 1734; m. Ashford, Nov. 5, 1761, Martha Paddock. Came to Pomfret., 1774, and to Barnard., 1775. One of the first selectmen of Barnard. Deacon, Congregational church, 1782 or earlier.
..............Children:
...............4.1. ASA, b. Ashford, Conn., Aug. 5, 1762.
.............*11. RUTH, b. Ashford, Apr.24, 1765; m. Asa Foster.
.................III. OLIVE b. Ashford, Feb. 29, 1768.
................IV. JOHN, b. Ashford, May 26,1771.
.................V. POLLY, b. Aug. 11,1774.

...............VI. RICHARD, b. Barnard., July 23, 1777; d. in West; m. Barnard., Sept.16, 1799, Sally, dau. Josiah and Betsey (Hathaway) Richmond of Barnard., b. Taunton, Mass., abt. 1776. Moved to Roxbury, 0. Had a large family, one of whom was Richmond Chedel. Sally, m. (2), Roxbury, 0., James Nott, "formerly of Barnard." and had children; m. (3), John Finley and lived in Orange, 0. John Finley was in Barnard., 1790, with a family of one male over 16, two under 16 and two females. He moved to 0.
..............VII. PADDOCK, b. Barnard., May 14, 1780.
............*VIII SUSANNA, b. Barnard., Feb.20, 1783; m. Timothy Eastman, Jr.

4. ASA (3) CHEDEL (Asa 2, George1), b. Ashford, Conn., Aug. 5, 1762; d. prob. Roxbury, Washington Co., 0., Sept.16, 1836; m. (1), prob. Barnard., Sarah______; m. (3), Roxbury, 0., Aug. 22,1816, Sally Devin. Name of second wife unknown. Went to Ohio, 1799. Enlisted in Rev., Barnard., and served 1777, 8, 9, 1780, 1, 2, and made his application for pension, Roxbury, 0., Oct. 25, 1832. His first service, when a little over 14 yrs. of age, was in Capt. Benj. Wait's Co. of Rangers, Maj. Job Hoisington, enlisting Sept.11, 1776 and serving a month.
..........Children:
............I. CYRUS, b. Barnard., Dec.26, 1786.
...........II. JOSEPH, b. Barnard., May 9, 1789.
..........III. SALLY, b. Barnard., July 5, 1791.
.........IV. ELIZA , b. May 28, 1817; living, 1905.
..........V. JOHN, b. May 28, 1820.
.........VI. ASA, b. May 15, 1822; living, 1905.
........VII. LOUSENA, b. Apr.19, 1824; living, 1905.
........VIII. QUINCY A, b. Feb.22, 1828; living, 1905.


5. WILLIAM (2) (George 1), b. Ashford, Conn., Apr. 5, 1743; prob. d. Barnard.; m. (1), Hannah _____, d. Barnard., June 15, 1791, ae. 42 yrs.; m. (2), Barnard., Rosilla, dau. Paul and Mary (Whitcomb) Dean, b. Hdwk., Apr.13, 1751; d. prob. Barnard., 1831.
.........Children:
...........I. OLIVE, d. Barnard, May 3, 1776. The first person to die in town and was likely buried on the farm.
..........II. ABIGAIL , b. Barnard., Oct. 6, 1789.


1 . GEORGE AUGUSTUS CHEEDLE, SR., of Wood., m. Barnard., May 20, 1851, Sarah, dau. Alden and Lydia Lothrop (Smith) Brigham of Barnard., b. Barnard., Sept.24, 1827; d. Franklin, N. H., Jan. 9, 1913. He d. of typhoid fever in the Union Army. Lived in the house across the creek from her father's house.
............Children:
I. GEORGE AUGUSTUS, Jr, b. Feb. 6, 1852; d. Rand., June 8, 1923; m. Oct 16,1869, Nettie Whitcomb of Stock.
................(a) CHARLES B., a physician in Middletown, Conn.
.................(b) ROBERT W., living in Rand., 1923.
.................(c) MRS. LEWIS H. FLINT of Burlington, 1923.

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