Julia Ann Chesser

Abt 1837 - 1912  (75 years)

• Name	Julia Ann Chesser  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1837	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census with mother	1850	Sanford, Accomack Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	She was shown as 'Julianna Bayly' age 13 in HH#1000 headed by Fairfax Bayly, age 50. Also in this household was her mother Polly Chesser, age 46. Polly Chesser and Fairfax Bayly were apparently not married, as they had different surnames. Evidently Julianna should have been shown as a Chesser, not Bayly.
  Census with husband	1860	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	She was shown as Julia A. Mears, age 21, in HH#251 headed by Zadock Mears, age 26.
  Death	11 Apr 1912  [4]
  Obituary - Named in Sister's obituary	9 Dec 1922	Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	Mr. Constantine Drummond of Sanford died at 1 p.m., 9 Dec 1922, aged 88 years and a retired oysterman. His wife, before marriage Miss Susan Bailey, died the same day at 6 p.m., aged 77 years. They both died of pneumonia. Her VA Death Certificate shows her as Susan Drummond, who died in the Eastville District of N'hamp Co, VA, the widow of Caston Tine Drummond, age 78, born in 1844. Her father was shown as "Don't Know" and her mother was shown as (-----) Bailey, born in Accomac Co, VA. She was buried at Mulbery Cemetery on 11 Dec 1922 by C.C. Godwin, an undertaker of Sanford, VA.
  Marr Name	Julia Ann Mears
  Record ID	4758
  Burial	Mears Cemetery at Jenkins Bridge, Grotons, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	Her tombstone shows her age at death as 73. If this was correct, she would have been only age 16 at the time of her marriage. According to the 1850 census, she was then age 13 and would have been age 18 when she was married in 1855.
  Siblings	2 sisters
  + 1. Nancy Chesser,   b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Shadrack C. Taylor,   b. Abt 1825, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. 29 Mar 1847, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 2. Julia Ann Chesser,   b. Abt 1837, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 11 Apr 1912  (Age 75 years) ╚═Capt. Zadock S. Mears,   b. 4 Mar 1833, Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 21 Dec 1904  (Age 71 years),  m. 12 Jul 1855, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 3. Susan Chesser,   b. Abt 1842, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 9 Dec 1922, Eastville District, Northampton Co, Virginia  (Age 80 years) ╚═Constantine Drummond, Sr.,   b. Abt 1838, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 9 Dec 1922, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 84 years),  m. 12 Jul 1857, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers (family of John Fairfax 'Arfaxey or Faxy' Bailey and Polly Chesser)
  + 1. Lewis Riley 'Levin' Bailey, (Bayly) I,   b. Abt 1829, Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 7 Sep 1880, Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 51 years) ╚═Letitia R. Smith,   b. Abt 1840, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Dec 1901  (Age 61 years),  m. 31 Jul 1855, Accomack County, Virginia, USA     2. Fairfax Bailey, (Bayly),   b. Abt 1834, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Polly Chesser,   b. Abt 1804, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Between 1860 and 1870, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 56 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I4758	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2023

  
  

  Mother	Polly Chesser,   b. Abt 1804, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Between 1860 and 1870, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years) Other Partners: ╚═John Fairfax 'Arfaxey or Faxy' Bailey, (Bayly),   b. Abt 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Between 1860 and 1870, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 60 years)  m. Abt 1828
  Family ID	F42162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Capt. Zadock S. Mears,   b. 4 Mar 1833, Messongo, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 21 Dec 1904 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1855	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as Zadock Mears, a 23 year old sailor, born in Messongo, the son of George (Sen) and she was shown as Julia Ann Chesser, age 17, also born in Messongo, the daughter of Polly Chesser. They were married at the residence of Arfaxes Bayly by George H. Ewell. Jesse Dickerson said he was over age 21.
  Children	+ 1. Adaline F. Mears,   b. 1856, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1924 (Age 68 years) ╚═ Julius D. Godwin  (Age 65 years)  m. 9 Jul 1873 + 2. James T. Mears,   b. 22 Nov 1858, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 30 May 1911 (Age 52 years) ╚═ Caroline M. 'Grayline' Lewis  (Age 72 years)  m. 1 Jun 1881 + 3. Jefferson Davis 'Jeff' Mears,   b. 6 Feb 1861, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 13 Jan 1944, Hallwood, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 82 years) ╚═ Jennie E. Bowers  m. 19 Jul 1882;    ╚═ Luzzetta Smith, (Woods)  (Age 66 years)  m. 24 Dec 1884 + 4. Florence Rose Mears,   b. 1878, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1960, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years) ╚═ William C. 'Willie' Smith  (Age 81 years)  m. 27 Dec 1893 + 5. Zadock S. Mears, Jr.,   b. 12 Mar 1870, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jun 1946, Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, James City Co, Virginia (Age 76 years) ╚═ Sadie F. Forrest  (Age 86 years)  m. Abt 1895;    ╚═ Fanny Mae Hazel Rhodes  (Age 85 years)  m. 1 Jan 1940 + 6. Julia Ann Mears,   b. 15 Oct 1875, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Apr 1926 (Age 50 years) ╚═ George Franklin 'G.F.' Byrd  (Age 75 years)  m. 25 Dec 1890
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F1790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1837 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 12 Jul 1855 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Mears Cemetery at Jenkins Bridge, Grotons, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551. [S586] Crowson & Hite, Acc Co 1860 Census, (E. Thomas Crowson & Susan Crowson Hite), 586. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S360] Accomack News, 22 Dec 1922 issue, 360.