Notes for Catherine CHICKEN
"Little Mistress Chicken", by Mrs. Arthur Gordon Rose, reprinted by "The Youth's Companion". http://199.4.147.11/gen/chicken.htm
Will sg. 27 June 1820, pr. 15 Nov. 1820 Book F Page 235 Charleston Co. SC.
The following is from Edgar Taylor -
The name "Catherine" can be a source of error in the Chicken research, since there were at least 3 of the name that I know about. You are famiilar with Catherine, the daughter of George Jr. and Lydia, and the one who was the daughter of William and Elizabeth. There was at least one more in the several branches of the Chicken family. The name has come down through the generations even to this day. My great great grandmother, the granddaughter of Catherine Chicken Dewees was given the name, and I have several cousins who were so named.
The mystery remains, though, what was the family name of the first Catherine, the wife of Col. George. We suspect it to be Durham, based only on a deed of gift that was given to Catherine's daughter, Catherine, by David Durham. There is so little information on David or the Durhams in SC. He and Col. Chicken must have been good friends, and both were "military" men.
As you probably know, Catherine first married Thomas Bellamy. Based on the record of Bellamy entering SC without a wife, it would appear that he married Catherine in SC. The marriage must have been short-lived, with Thomas dying shortly thereafter about 1705. She must have been relatively young, based on how long she lived following her marriage to Col. George.
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