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Charles Chadwick was born about 1596.
His marriage to Elizabeth Norcross probably took place in England prior to 1630. They migrated in 1630 and resided at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.
No children are recorded.
He was a yeoman and proprietor of Watertown received freemanship on May 18, 1631. He received the usual sequence of land. The offices he held in the community indicate his abilities in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Charles and his wife Elizabeth conveyed their ninety-nine acre farm to Thomas and John Chadwick on January 5, 1679/80, they were probably his nephews.
Charles Chadwick died April 10, 1682. His will was dated June 30, 1681 and probated July 15, 1582. His wife Elizabeth was given the entire estate during her natural life. Upon her death estate divided in 3 parts: the first part to be determined by Elizabeth, the other two parts to Thomas and John Chadwick. The inventory was taken on May 5, 1682. Real estate was valued at L209.
The widow married (2nd) at Watertown on April 24, 1683 to Thomas Fox (as his 3rd wife). She died February 22, 1684.
– The Watertown Chadwicks The pioneer settlers seem to have been two or three kinsmen, going into Watertown early; at least before 1635 - about 1630. They came with Sir William Saltonstall on Ship Arbella of Gov. Winthrop's Fleet.
There was Charles, a man of much influence and importance in the colony. He must have been born in England in 1596. He lived to a ripe old age. His head stone is in the Watertown cemetery.
Memento Mori- Fugit Hora- Here lyes ye body of Charles Chadwick aged 86 yrs lived here in Watertown about 51 or 52 years deceased April ye 10th 1682
(Charles Chadwick owned 11 lots, 8 by grantee, 3 by purchase. His "homestall" was between Mt. Auburn and Dorchester Field). This brings him in to Watertown about 1630 - so that he must have arrived on one of the first ships into Plymouth or Boston.
Charles Chadwick left no children, but in his will speaks of his “kinsmen John and Thomas Chadwick.”[1]
Charles and his wife, Elizabeth, are listed as passengers on the Arbella, part of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630.[2]
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