page_title: John Chiswell
section_title: Early life and marriage
hierarchical_section_title: John Chiswell / Early life and marriage
caption_attribution_description: English: Dimensions: 36 x 30 in. (91.44 x 76.2 cm.)
context_page_description: Colonel John Chiswell, was a noted plantation owner, member of the Colonial House of Burgesses, and a land speculator in colonial Virginia.
context_section_description: His father was Charles Chiswell (born about 1678) and Esther (Dabney?) Chiswell. Charles Chiswell was once Clerk of the General Court of Virginia. He married Elizabeth Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, on May 19, 1736, and they had four children: Elizabeth Chiswell, b. 24 May 1737; Susanna Randolph Chiswell, b. 1740, Williamsburg, VA; Mary Chiswell, b. About 1748, Hanover Co., VA; Lucy Chiswell, born 3 Aug 1752. His wife died in 1766: "Mrs. ELIZABETH CHISWELL, relict of the late col. John Chiswell, at William Nelson, esqr's, in Caroline. She died in her 54th year, and was a most amiable lady: From her door, the needy were never sent empty away."
caption: Elizabeth Randolph
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