Daniel Fickett, Sr. and Anna Barton Fickett.
Daniel Fickett, Jr. and Mary Ann Chute Fickett.
Moses Dyer Fickett and Caroline Francis Chute Fickett.
Moses Chute, Jr. and Elizabeth Brackett Chute.
Edwin B. Heath and Alice Jane Chute Heath.
The tenth generation line of descent, beginning with Sir Charles Chute, Kt. and his wife, the daughter of Sir John Cheney, has been divided, on this website, into the original line of descent, as outlined by William Edward Chute, and the proposed revised line of descent, as presented by Francis Chute in his addendum to the Chutes of the Vyne - and, for those who find it easier to use diagrams to understand the original versus the proposed revised line, two diagrams have been added, as visual aids: one for the Original Line of Descent, and another for the Revised Line of Descent. I've tried to make sure you can link to either the original or the revised line from any of the impacted individuals, but I may have missed a few and if so, I apologize for any confusion that causes. The start of the revised line can be accessed from the Robert Chute and Alice Barkley family group, which leads into the "A" and "B" lines headed by Sir Charles Chute.
Summarized in a nutshell: Edmund, Robert and Charles are now brothers, instead of great-uncle, uncle and nephew. Rationale in a nutshell: as Francis pointed out, a difference of only 25 years or so spanning three full generations didn't make sense. (There's much more to the rationale than that, but no one was very comfortable with those dates). The original line of descent is still available on the website, however.
Another breakthrough - discovering that Charles Chute, the father of Anthony of Kent, had married into the Crispe Family, as opposed to the "Cripps" Family, and identifying the See/Sea family as the much more well documented "ATSEA" family. As more and more probate and chancery documents go online, the more dates and names we can add to the records, the easier it is to place them in identifiable familes, piecing together a much more accurate family history for the Chutes for that time frame. And, as Lionel Chute has observed, "this means that Arthur's uncle Philip became his father-in-law - a truly Shakespearean situation!"
The discovery of the Crispe family was important, because the Crispe family shows connections to the Culpeper family, the Knatchbulls (who married into the Toke family); the Sea-See-Say-Say & Sele Family; the Gyrlinge Family, the Gage Family ... and possibly more - there are still more records to be added to the website on these families, and this may take me a few more days.
John Crispe II and Avice Denne Crispe.John Crayford or Crafford and Margareta Crispe Crayford or Crafford.
Edward Crayford or Crafford and Mary Say, See or Sea Crayford or Crafford.
Henry Say, See or Sea and Elizabeth Girling or Gyrlynge Say, See or Sea.
Arthur Chute and Elizabeth Say, See or Sea Chute.
Peter Master and Joan Ensing Master.
Thomas Ensing and daughter Joan Ensing (Master) Chute.
Philip Chute and Joan Ensing (Master) Chute.
Philip Chute and Margaret Culpeper Chute.
George Chute, Sr., Esq. and Margaret Hussey Chute.
George Chute, Sr., Esq. and Sarah Styles Chute.
George Chute, Jr., Esq. and Joanna St. John Chute.
Sir Robert Parker, 1st Bart. of Ratton and Sarah Chute Parker. A portrait of their daughter Philadelphia has been added to their notes.
George Parker, Esq. and Mary Newdegate Parker.
Sir Thomas Parker of Ratton and Philadelphia Lennard Parker.
Sir George Parker, 2nd Bart. of Ratton and Mary Bagot Parker.
Baron Henry Lennard, XII Dacre, Hurstmonceaux and Chrysigona Baker Lennard. This family, as well as the family of daughter Philadelphia Lennard Parker (above) are also in the ancestry of the new Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Rosemary (Parker-Bowles) (nee Shand) Windsor. Links to that information are in the source references for these families.
Lionel Chute, Jr. and Rose Baker or Barker Chute. (Addition to notes only).
Captain Nicholas Toke and Margaret Knatchbull Toke.
Sir George Chute, Kt. and Margaret Welford Chute.
John Prise and Anne Chute Prise.
A record that needs translating:
Norfolk: Norwich - Freemen of Norwich, 1714-1752
Marriages
The Freemen of Norwich 1714-1752
Frebridge In Mrslande
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Devereux Chute, appr. Francis Gardiner, esq. 24 Feb 1715. f. 10d.
I'm unsure what the abbreviations f. 10d. and appr. mean in this entry, and have no idea what Frebridge In Mrslande means. Devereaux "approved" the marriage of Francis Gardiner, Esq,? He "appropriated" the bride of Francis Gardiner, Esq.? "Apprehended"? "Appreciated"? Actually, I'm guessing the bride or the groom was a minor and needed the "approval" of an adult, but I'm not certain of that. Is there anyone out there who can make sense of this record?
A one-record section called Known Records of Chutes Who Aren't Chutes has been added to the "Miscellaneous Records" section, to accommodate the record of a Francis "Choot" of Leicester, Massachusetts who turned to be "Francis Choate". Since the family came from Ipswich, it's possible they are connected to the UFO of an earlier date, Francis Chute, mentioned in The Hammatt Papers: Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1633-1700.
The addition of a land/court record of a Ph. Chute --
whatever "Ph." stands for - Philip? Phineas? -- in Broad Hempstone, Devon in 1606. Too late
for Philip of Appledore, so this is something of a curiosity.
Source: 'James I: Volume 23: August-November, 1606', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James
I, 1603-1610 (1857), pp. 328-36.
URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15008&strquery=Chewte.
The full text reads: "Nov. 9. Grant to John Shelbury and Ph. Chewte of the parsonage of Broad
Hempstone, and other lands, co. Devon. [Ind. Wt. Bk., p. 55.]"
Charles Chute, M.P. and Ursula Challoner Chute.
Harry Lloyd Chute and Elizabeth Jane ("Betty") Thurmes Chute.
Caryl Arden Knutson and Violet Pearl Chute Knutson.
Arthur Welton Chute and Lorna Mae Kruse Chute.
Daniel John Chute and Paula Irwin Chute.
Randal James Chute and Deborah ("Debbie") Quigley Chute.
Arthur Welton Chute and Rose Katherine Krueger Chute.
Lieutenant John Dresser, Jr. and Martha Thorley Dresser.
Daniel Thurston, Jr. and Mary (or "Merry") Dresser Thurston.
Daniel Thurston, Sr. and Anne Pell Thurston.
Deacon John Cheney and Mary Chute Cheney.
Samuel Jewett and Jemima Chute Jewett.
Oliver Tenney and Elizabeth ("Betty") Jewett Tenney.
William Tenney and Mehitable Pearson Tenney.
Benjamin Pearson and Hannah Thurston Pearson.
James Chute, Jr. and Mary Wood Chute.
Richard Chute and Dorothy Pearson Chute.
Deacon James Chute, III and Mary Thurston Chute.
The 1727 New England Earthquake and one of the first plantings of potatoes by a European in the
Byfield Parish by an adventurous Chute has been added to the Events in
History section.
Captain and Deacon Daniel Chute, Sr. and Hannah Adams Chute.
Their signtures on the 1788 Byfield Church Covenant has been added to their Notes section.
Also on the Covenant are the signatures of:
Daniel Chute, Jr. and Polly Stimpson Chute.
Daniel H. Underhill and Bertha Chute Underhill.
Charles Leslie Furtney and Olive Louise Chute Furtney.
James Hamilton Chute and Alma Elizettie Johnson Chute.
Alvin Leroy Chute and Shirley Marie Pingle Chute.
Guy Orbin Chute Chute and Marie Lucienne Cecile Laframboise Chute.
George Orbin Chute Chute and Alice Maud R. Phillips Chute.
Israel Laframboise and Caroline Clermont Laframboise.
Israel Laframboise and Eliza Charlebois Laframboise.
Harold Ivan Chute and Vera Hazel Fox Chute.
Ernest Milford Keetch and Donna Geraldine Chute Keetch.
James Garnet Culleton and Nancy Ann Chute Culleton.
Ronald Sylvester Chute and Erline (surname unknown) Chute.
Ronald Sylvester Chute and Rebecca F. Leavitt Chute.
Edwin Haskell Chute and Agnes Theresa Allingham Chute.
Vernon Livingstone Chute and Marjorie Ross Chute.
Donald Everett and Frances Roxie Chute Everett.
Michael Alan Chute and Dianne Jackson Chute.
Darrell Lee Chute and Marion Lorraine Newman Chute.
Harvey Robert Chute and Christine Ann Fletcher Chute.
Aaron George Tucker and Atrude Chute Tucker.
Linus Hayward Crabb and Thelma Loressa Chute Crabb.
Elmer Leroy Chute and Violet Bertina Sutherland Chute.
John Lester Hull and Sadie Doris Vella Chute Hull.
Owen Donald Stairs and Laura Annie Chute Stairs.
William C. Wright and Mary Magdalene Milner Wright.
Wallace Albert Wright and Martha Loretta Chute Wright.
Amos Alfred Potter and Estella Persis Wright Potter.
Herman A. Brown and Bessie Wright Brown.
Warren Summerville Wright and Ivie Lucretia (Wright) Wright.
Samuel Walter Willett Wright and Mary Etta Gehue Wright.
Elias Chute and Martha Bowlby Chute.
Calvin Marshall and Helen Phinney Marshall.
Zaccheus Phinney and Lois Starratt Phinney.
James Phinney and Mary Sproul Phinney.
Solomon F. Foster and Susan Phinney Foster.
John Langley and Patience Tolman Langley.
Abednego Ricketson and Phoebe Tucker Ricketson.
Gilbert Hill and Sarah Phinney Hill.
Theodore Hill and Phoebe Foster Ricketson Hill.
Jordan Ricketson and Elizabeth Foster Ricketson.
Isaac Foster and Mehitable Worthing Foster.
Deacon Zebina Roach and Frances Neily Roach.
James Parker Roach and Hannah Ann Chute Roach.
Silas Chute and Mary Roach Chute.
John Neily and Jane Clarke Neily.
John Truesdale and Margaret Neily Truesdale.
Henry Foster and Jane Truesdale Foster.
John Foster and Elizabeth Ricketson Foster.
James Pierce or Pearce and Elizabeth Foster Pierce.
John Foster Pierce and Amoret Spinney Pierce.
Charles Almer Pierce and Edith Lucilla MacKenna Pierce.
Ezekiel Foster and Eliza Dugan Foster.
Based on Lionel Chute's heroic efforts to connect the North/South American line of Chutes to Anthony of Kent, the records for Arthur Chute and Elizabeth See Chute, and Margaret Playters Chute have been corrected, and Arthur has been moved from Charles Chute back to Anthony Chute. All of Lionel's supporting documentation for this change can be accessed both through Arthur's family group records and the Current Research section, also accessible from the Main Index.
Also revised:
John Manning Chute and Anne Bell Robertson Chute.
William Manning Chute and Ethel Elizabeth Liddle Chute.
Leland Glen Warner Dawson and Marjorie Pauline Chute Dawson.
William Douglas Chute and Jean Hall Ramsay Chute.
Thomas Frank Chute and Helen Barbara Forsythe Chute.
Frank Spurgeon Chute and Esther Jane Lounsbury Chute.
James Manning Chute and Leah Foster Chute.
Wendell Vreeland and Clara Gertrude Seller Vreeland.
Robert Wendell Vreeland and Barbara Kinzey Vreeland.
Dr. Daniel Edmond Seller, D.V.M. and Minnie Gertrude Chute Seller. Minnie was a tremendous correspondent with my Grandfather; two more letters have been added to her notes section. Their discussion of the poem, Out of the Old House, Nancy, by Will Carleton and how it affected Rhoda Warren Chute prompted an additional "Miscellaneous Index" section, accessible from the Main Index, of poems and songs for and about Chutes, as there are a considerable number of them. You can see from one of her letters that she wasn't able to remember where she'd seen the poem she was looking for, and it made me think that an Index might have helped.
Jacob Raymond Van Velzer and Susannah Weaver Van Velzer.
Jacob Van Velzer and Sarah Raymond Van Velzer.
Benjamin McConnell, Jr. and Catherine Shook McConnell.
Benjamin McConnell, III and Elizabeth Marr McConnell.
Adolphus McConnell and Catherine Truman McConnell.
Henry Lorne McConnell and Eloise Van Velzer McConnell.
William A. Van Velzer and Naomi Jane Marr Van Velzer.
Ercelius E. Van Velzer and Mary Jane Cartwright Van Velzer.
Delbert Timpany, Edith M. Chute Timpany and their son, the Reverend Donald A. Timpany.
Deacon John McConnell and Almira Willis O'Connell.
Finley Chalk and Mary J. Pettit Chalk.
Clark H. Chute and Mary Aldina Chalk Chute.
Mahlon A. Chute, Viola R. Kingsbury Chute Day and Katherine Koerner Chute. The last we heard of Mahlon (from The History of Otisville) is that he "went away and never returned". Apparently, this was not entirely correct, according to a letter written by son Henry Ellsworth Chute to George M. Chute, Jr. in 1952. He did return to Otisville at least twice later in his life, but not until after he'd traveled to the South Pacific, been caught in the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, and been to Idaho. The letter has been added to his Notes section, and links have been added to the History Section and the Australia-South Pacific index.
Henry Ellsworth Chute, Viola R. Kingsbury Chute and Olive D. Dole MacKinnon Chute. I'm not certain whether her maiden name was Olive D. Dole or Olive D. MacKinnon.
Clarence Lee Chute and Kathryn M. Johnson Chute.
Clarence Lee Chute and Rae Lindsey Chute.
Lane Chute and Dora Belle Colburn Chute.
Donald Lane Chute.
Arthur Lane Chute and Martha Murray Chute.
Harry Francis Eldredge and Grace Inez Chute Eldredge.
Russell E. Chute and Emma Jane Sawyer Chute. Note the correction in her name from PUTNEY to SAWYER. "Putney" was the surname of the family which raised her after the death of her mother.
Nicholas Toke and Margaret Knatchbull Toke.
Nicholas Toke and Lady Diana Finch Toke.
Nicholas Toke and Mary Browne Toke.
Nicholas Toke and Jane Dobbell Toke.
Nicholas Toke and Anne Robinson Toke.
Edward Hinckley Chute and Nancy Hamilton Williams Chute.
Stephane Roger Cattin and Jennifer Hinckley Chute Cattin.
Jonathan Foster Chute and Beth Loring Chute.
James Edward Chute II and Kimberly Lewis Chute.
Christopher Williams Chute and Valerie Stranger Chute.
Harold Ivan Chute and Vera Fox Chute.
Ernest Keetch and Donna Geraldine Chute Keetch.
Gerald Irvin Chute and Luella Fox Chute.
Hiram Stilson Chute and Mildred Henrietta Beek Chute.
John Nelson Chute and Mabel Irean Rick Chute.
James Abram Chute and Mary Ella Chute.
David Handley Chute and Martha Jane Carton Chute.
Aaron George Tucker and Atrude Myrtle Chute Tucker.
Linus Crabbe and Thelma Loressa Chute Crabbe.
Lester Hull and Sadie Doris Vella Chute Hull.
Owen Stairs and Laura Annie Chute Stairs.
Arley Marr and Irma Adelaide Chute Marr.
Stewart Somerville and Nellie Viola Chute Somerville.
Robert C. Graves and Ura Vernan ("Dottie") Wilson Graves. Ura is the daughter of George C. Wilson and Selina Elizabeth Chute Wilson. Two more letters have been transcribed and added to her notes section.
Russell C. Harrison and Mary Leida ("Molly") Chute Harrison.
George Edward Harrison and Mary L. Chiesman Harrison.
James Edward Chute and Helen McLeish or McCleish Chute.
I have moved the "Tabaco" notes from Anthony of Kent to Anthony, son of Philip Chute and Margaret Culpeper, where they belong.
A discovery while searching for Irish military officer Falkiner Chute may have opened up a new research avenue for Chutes looking for Irish ancestors in general: under the the surname COOTE.
There is a "Coote" family throughout Ireland which is not (so far as we know) related to the
CHUTE family. However, there are at least one instance in one database where an individual
known to be a "Chute" was recorded as a "Coote", and two instances where the line between "CHUTE"
and "COOTE" may have been blurred. The first is the Falkiner Chute entry:
[Jackie's Note: Translation: LGA=Limerick General Advertiser or Gazette, Dec 17, 1804. Something happened to Falkiner Chute after a "tedious illness" in December of 1804. It will require hunting down the newspaper archives to find out what it was. Either he experienced a miraculous recovery and danced an Irish jig down the road singing the Halleluia Chorus ... or he died. I'm going to go with the latter. However, the item in the paper initially reported him to be "Falkiner Coote". That entry was "recte" - I assume meaning corrected or rectified - to "Chute". I can't tell from this who did the rectifying.]
"FJ 1847 2 18 NPM COOTE Algernon Sir Bt MP On the 12th inst, at Noningham, the Rev Algernon COOTE, rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, third son of Sir Charles Henry COOTE, Bart MP, of Ballyfin in the Queen's co, to Cecilia Matilda eldest surviving daughter of John P PLUMPTRE Esq MP of Fredville, Kent.
Translation: FJ=Freeman's Journal, Feb 18, 1847.
ARGUMENT FOR "COOTE":
[Jackie's Note: In these entries - the only difference between the two is his title: "Rev" or "Sir Bt" - I suspect that the Kerry Rolls listing of an "Algernon Chute" as a major Kerry landowner may, in fact, ought to have been a "Coote" record. We've never been able to locate an "Algernon Chute", and this gentleman appears from all indications to be wealthy enough to be a major landowner. What is interesting about this record is that he married the daughter of a major landowner in Kent. It might be worthwhile to find out where the "Sir Charles Henry COOTE" family originated (see next entry) - especially if they themselves came out of Kent. It is possible that there was an "Algernon Chute" as well, so I'm not going to remove the record - at this point, I just suspect that he may have been a COOTE and not a CHUTE.]
"FJ 1766 12 30-3 NPD COOTE [Grace (nee TILSON)] Mrs: At hot wells Bristol Mrs COOTE wife of the Rev Dean [Charles] COOTE.
Translation: LGA=Limerick General Advertiser or Gazette, Jan 24, 1815 and Freeman's Gazette, Dec 30, 1766.
ARGUMENT FOR "CHUTE":
[Jackie's Note: This is going to take some research, as there are at least two Sandes lines evolving simultaneously during this time period, and several Chutes married descendants of both lines. That said, there may also have been COOTES marrying into these Sandes lines as well. As there are also Atkinsons and other known allied families connected with this record, at first glance it appears to be a "Chute" record and not a "COOTE" record. This is the same "Charles Henry" whose son married the daughter of a known Kent family. One interesting connection to our family is the mysterious John Joseph, son of Richard Lyberton, who moved to Minnesota and has a son also named "Charles Henry". Another interesting and strange connection is the earlier related entry of the wife of an earlier COOTE or CHUTE in the same family off visiting Bristol. It's difficult to say if she was merely visiting the hot springs, or there was family in Bristol there who coincidentally had the middle name of "Henry" throughout their line.]
William Cooke, Esq. and Catherine Chute Cooke.
William Cooke, Esq. and Ruth Chute Cooke.
Maurice Fitzgerald Sandes, Esq. and Ellen Louisa Dennis Sandes.
William Sandes, Esq. and Rupertia Higgs Sandes.
Thomas Sandes, D.P., J.L. and Elizabeth Chute. This revision has also impacted the research on the Elizabeth Trant connection to Francis Bernard Chute and Jane Rowan.
William Higgs, Esq. and Rupertia Collier Higgs.
Otis St. Clair Chute and Cora White Chute.
John Mahlon Chute and Marjorie Ball Chute.
Captain Rowland John Chute and Frances Crosbie Chute.
William Lyde Wiggett Chute and Martha Buckworth Chute.
Francis Blennerhassett Chute and Cherry Herbert D'Esterre Roberts Chute.
Robert (or John) Torrens, Esq. and Charity ("Cherry") Chute Torrens.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Torrens and Esther Serle Torrens.
The biographical recounting of the Herbert Melburn and Ruth Connor Chute family, written by their daughter Stella Chute Johnson has been uploaded, with links from the History section, as well as from Herbert Melburn's notes page.
Update on James Chute-Clarissa Richardson McGrath
John Thorne has uncovered the following, for those who are working on this specific family line:
"I have found something you may not be aware of. It is attached. It is the enlistment roster of Dearborn, Maine men into the War of 1812, in September 1814. There is shown James Chote, Ebenezer Ellis, and the Richardson brothers Oliver and Henry, Jr. (these are uncles of Clarissa, as her mother was Olive Richardson who married Thomas McGrath). I conclude this shows:
1. That James Chote existed, and he is certainly the lost James Chute via association with Ebenezer, the Richardson brothers, and Dearborn, Maine, the birthplace of Clarissa McGrath.
2. Since James and Clarissa were married by then and had first child Andrew H. in 1812, James had a wife and son when he went off to the War of 1812 in September 1814. This is also true of Ebenezer Ellis who was then married to Mary Perkins and had three very young children by September 1814.
3. The presence of the Richardsons is further proof that Clarissa was a Richardson from Dearborn, Maine. I earlier sent you a page from Downeast Ancestry that showed the family and birth dates.
I note that Dearborn was originally called West Pond Plantation. Dearborn was incorporated 22 Feb 1812. In 1841 it was dissolved and parts of the town went to Belgrade, Smithfield, and West Waterville. Knowing this info helps the genealogy search.
It appears that these men served in the War of 1812 for a very short time, less than two weeks. I need to get service records.
[Jackie's Note: The timing of their call to service that late in the War was probably determined by a sudden change in the War itself. With one exception, there was very little actual fighting in Maine, at that time a district of the State of Massachusetts. One notable exception was as follows: "In September (of 1814), the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia led a force south from Halifax and captured Castine, in Maine, on 3 September (1814). Within a few weeks, the British held most of Maine and retained control until it was returned to the Americans with the Treaty of Ghent. The Treaty of Ghent (located in Belgium) came into effect on 24 December, 1814." (Although the actually fighting didn't actually conclude on the ground until February of the next year). It appears that Captain Stephen Morrell's Company (to which Henry, James and Ebenezer were assigned) was raised over the period of September 13th to September 24th in response to the capture of Castine.]
Source: BBC Records on the War of 1812.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1021294.After this service, these two young families emigrated to Ohio - maybe in about 1816. James died in 1841. Mary (Perkins) Ellis died before 1843, because in January 1843 widow Clarissa with a large family of young children married long time friend and widower Ebenezer Ellis. So, a little progress to report on the lost James. Question: The spelling of his name is Chote on the enlistment. I wonder if this is a spelling error, error in reading handwriting, or was it really Chote in his younger days and the name of his parents, and he changed his name to Chute about when he moved to Ohio?
[Jackie's Note: I did a rudimentary search on "James Chote" or "Choate", and haven't found anyone in the State of Maine yet. I also noticed that if I didn't specify "exact spelling" when I did the search, I kept getting "Chutes".]
Added to the Military History section: Andrew M. Chute, who was captured at Drury's Bluff, Virginia and died in Andersonville Prison, and the James P. Chute records for the War of 1812.
Reuben Stubbs and Nancy Chute Stubbs (still in progress).Calvin Chute and Maria Gilliland Chute.
Andrew M. Chute and Isabel or Isabella Porter Chute.
Lyle M. Green and Sharon Searles Green.
Scott R. Green and daughter Sarah (Green) Haggerty.
James P. Chute and Clarissa ("Clarsie") Richardson McGrath Chute.
Albert Burton Chute.
Lionel Chute's annotated letter which he received from the College of Arms in Great Britain - and then passed along with his own commentary - has been uploaded to the website, providing a great deal of information on the type of information on visitations and coats of arms which the College of Arms has in their records. While Lionel specifically was seeking information from them on the Anthony of Kent-Lionel Chute, Jr. line from which a large number of North and South American Chutes descend, their research included other lines as well. The letter can be accessed both through the Chute Coat of Arms section as well as the History Section. And a special thanks to Lionel, for taking the time and his own resources to do this.
Harry Roy Chute and Grace Tinkham Chute.Roy Tinkham Chute and Ethelyn Gladys Brazee Chute.
Rexford Eugene Carrow and Patty Jean Chute Carrow.
Rexford R. ("Rick") Carrow and Patricia Yencich Carrow.
Johnathon Gerard Stopczynski and Brooke D'Anne Carrow Stopczynski.
Darrell Edward Chute, Sr. and Marcia Doyle Chute.
Francis Chute and Rebecca Welch Chute.
Trevor Bomford, Esq. and Mary McDonnell Bomford.
Francis Chute (II) and Mary Anne or Marianne Bomford.
Gilbert Harris Chute and Mildred Powell Chute.
Andrew Fuller Chute and Caroline Vouer Chute.
Alfred Hervey or Hervy ("Smoke") Chute.
Adolph Andrew Chute and Emma Stanek Chute.
Willam Edson or Edison Chute and Clara Stranksy Chute. Note the addition of Bennie W. Chute to this family.
Alonzo ("Lonnie") Joseph Chute and Elsie Ruby Carlson Chute.
Arthur William Chute and Catherine Sponemburg Chute. Note the addition of Stella M. Chute.
Freeman Guy Chute and Mabel A. Letson Chute. Freeman Guy Chute is another son of Arthur William and Catherine Sponemburg Chute. Note the addition of both the wife and the son (Eugene Freeman Chute or Freeman E. Chute) to the record. WEC had this Freeman as being in Chicago - there are records of him up and down the western seaboard, and even over to Germany, but none have been found yet in Chicago.
Pierre S. Chute is one of the first known records of a Chute born and raised in France. He generated a surprising number of official records, from immigration to military to census - and is buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery, reserved for U.S. veterans. In his honor, I've opened a "French Index" with a sole record of - one. He did record when he signed up to fight in World War I for the U.S. army that he left at least two Chutes (his parents) back in France, so where there are two ... there might be others.
The descendants of the Reverend James and Martha Hewes Clapp Chute have probably generated more print in Minnesota than I would have thought possible. The family is still being worked on, but for the moment, the files of Richard Chute and Mary Eliza Smith Chute, Dr. Samuel Hewes Chute and Helen Editha Amelia Day Chute, Samuel Sharp Chute and Sophie Christine Paulsen Chute, James Thurston Chute (II) and Mary Elizabeth McBride Chute, Earl Henry Chute and Doris Kime Chute and Frederick Butterfield Chute Elizabeth McKennan Hawley Chute have been updated. More on this family to follow.
More details on the Francis Arundel Shore and Frances ("Fanny")
Chute from Ella Canal, a Shore descendant. Her information on their children raised the
question as to where the "Silver" name in this family originated, both in Fanny's brother
Stephen Silver Chute, and Fanny's son, Thomas Robert Silver Shore. There is always the remote
possibility that both families were inordinately fond of precious metals, but I suspect both
were named after a relative with the "Silver" surname, which might provide clues as to the
parents of the Reverend George Trevor ("Shropshire George") Chute.
Bernard Clarence Harrer, Sr. and Florence Veronica Chute Harrer.
Note the name correction from Benjamin Harrer to Bernard Harrer.
Francis ("Frank") Chute and Mary Connell Chute. The biographical
sketch written about Frank in The History of Minnesota identified his grandfather
as "Zebulon" of Ireland. I'm not sure if the writer meant his great-grandfather, or if
this is an error that merely startled family researchers into thinking we'd just gotten past
Richard Lyberton Chute.
Laura Chute, an in-house recruiter for Jani-King in Kingston on
Thames, Surrey has been added to the "UFO" section. She's the only
Chute yet recorded in "Kingston on Thames" (that I know of), but she may be there as a result of
her employer, rather than her family.
F.J. Chute, Economics professor for the City of London School for
Boys has also been added to the "UFO" section. It is possible he has
already been recorded, but it is difficult to place him with only his initials to go by.
Brian Chute and Brooke Leann Balding Chute.
Brian has been added to the family records based on Balding Family records which did not identify his parents. If anyone knows Brian and Brooke - or knows which branch of the family Brian is connected to, please let me know.
James Downs and Sarah Rebecca Chute Downs.
George Pickering and Clara Downs Pickering.
Charles William Blanchard and Nina Downs Blanchard.
Dr. Daniel Edmond Seller, D.V.M. and Minnie Gertrude Chute Seller.
Finally, the History Section has been updated to include sections for family histories (still in progress), and interactions with specific First Nations tribes during both the Colonial and western expansion period in United States, Canadian and New Zealand/Australian history. Both of those sections are still being pulled together and aren't anywhere near complete yet.
We may be a step closer to unraveling the relationship between the Irish patriot Daniel
O'Connell and the Kerry, Ireland Chute family: thanks to the contributions of Cynthia
Harrer Anderson, a direct descendant of Richard Lyberton Chute
and Frances Margaret Daley Chute. Frances Margaret is the daughter of Martin Daley and
Margaret O'Connell - Margaret, of course, being the Daniel O'Connell relative. The drawback is
that Margaret Scanlon Chute, married to Richard Lyberton Chute, could not have been the "Aunt
Chute" mentioned in the letter: the letter was written in 1832, and the marriage of Frances
Margaret Daley and John Joseph Chute didn't take place until 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
However, it does raise the possibility that these two families knew each other already
and may have even been related in some fashion before the marriage of the Richard Lyberton
Chute family line and the McConnell line. So, researching the Daniel O'Connell genealogy
may help provide some clues to the lineage of Richard Lyberton Chute.
Richard Lyberton Chute has been described as "an English Army Officer" - not a description that would easily fit the Chute Hall Chutes (although it might), who were certainly part of the Irish Protestant Ascendancy group, but not what might be termed "English". Richard Lyberton Chute may have originally come from one of the British Chute families, and there is a strong possibility of a connection with the Scottish Lyberton-Libberton family, but the research continues.
Another global index has been added to the Home Page: the South African Index. At the moment, there are only two Chutes in this index, who appear (based on their given names) to be descended from the Irish or British Chutes with the first names of Rowland (or Roland) and Trevor.
Don't you just love it when auction houses stick your relatives upon the auction block without even the courtesy of a heads-up? I'm not convinced that such things happen to most of us on a regular basis, but in those rare moments when it does, just a "Pssst! We're planning on selling off your Uncle George and Auntie Ellie this Wednesday. Any takers?" would have been thoughtful. But noooooo ... come to find out, Uncle George and Auntie Ellie went off in the hands of strangers, who - we hope - will remember to dust them off every once in a while.
On the brighter side of this family drama, we finally are able to post the dual portraits of George Chute and Eleanor Toke Chute. These may have been the portraits described by Francis Chute in The Chutes of the Vyne,
"A portrait of George and Eleanor was loaned to the National Portrait Gallery in 1866 by Wm. Wiggett Chute. The picture had disappeared from the Vyne before the 1956 inventory. (Pearman in AC says it was at Godinton, the Toke family home, in 1889; there is no sign of it there now.)"
Is this is the same portrait - or a different set of portraits? They are described as follows:
"Circle of Daniel Mytens (Dutch, 17th century) Oil on canvas Portrait of George Chute of Bethersden (1611-1651), half-length wearing a black and white doublet with lace cuffs and collar, in a landscape, 74cm x 59cm; together with a companion portrait of Eleanor Toke, daughter of 'The Captain' and wife of George Chute, wearing an embroidered gown with lace cuffs and collar, a pearl necklace and pendant, holding a feather fan, in landscape, 70cm x 54cm; both in carved giltwood frames. The portrait of Lady Chute is featured in the picture "The Last Day in the Old Home" and is attributed to Daniel Mytens. Provenance: Exhibition of Old Masters from Houses of Kent, 11 June - 8th July, label verso Estimate - 4000-6000."
"The Last Day in the Old Home" is a painting made in 1862 by Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826-1869). There is a link to a larger version of the painting (below), but it appears that the Eleanor Toke Chute portrait is in the top left corner, to the right of the window. The description reads:
"This work is typical of the moralising pictures of contemporary social life that were popular in Victorian art. The Pulleyne family has been forced to sell the ancestral home, Hardham Court, and its contents, thanks to the irresponsible behaviour of a feckless spendthrift, indicated by the betting book and the dice box. A sale catalogue on the floor to the right shows that the house is to be auctioned. The frame is decorated with a victor's laurel wreath and a fool's cap and bells, and the dates 1523 and 1860. These symbolise the changing character of a family brought low by foolishness."
That painting is on exhibit at Tate Britain, in Room 13: British Art 1500 -1900: Victorian Paintings of Modern Life. Tate Britain is located on the north bank of the River Thames at Millbank, south west of the city centre and not far from the Houses of Parliament.
The painting can also be viewed on line at http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=9352&roomid=3451.
Does anyone else want to venture a guess as to why Martineau chose to use a portrait of Eleanor Toke Chute as the ancestral portrait for the family depicted in the painting as "brought low by foolishness"? Was it a deliberate reference to the Tokes or the Chutes? Out of all of the portraits in the painting, hers is is the most visible and recognizeable in the background. Any Chute art historians out there? It might be interesting to follow the paper trail on these portraits - how and when did they go from the Vyne to the National Portrait Gallery to Godinton - and then to the auction block?
Meanwhile, a hearty global distasteful sniff in the direction of the auction house, Gorringes [Bexhill], Terminus Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom (TN39 3LR, Telephone: 01424 212994, Fax: 01424 224035) for the lack of a heads-up, who sold off the above portraits for a whopping £8000 on Wednesday, September 15, 2004." Keep in mind that at the time one pound sterling was worth about 1.50 U.S. dollars in exchange (about $12,000). At which point I realized that George and Eleanor have been gone for almost 400 years and are still worth more than I am.
Otis LeRoy Chute and Vivian R. Longmire Chute.
Donald Leroy Chute and Marjorie Phyllis Morse Chute.
Darrell Leroy Chute and Jean (maiden unknown) Chute.
Sir William Hicks III, 7th Bart. and Ann Rachel Chute Hicks.
Sir William Hicks III, 7th Bart. and Judith Whitcombe Hicks.
Thomas Lobb Chute and Ann Rachel Wiggett Chute.
William John Chute and Elizabeth Smith Chute.
Wither Bramston and Mary Chute Bramston.
Wither Bramston and Mary Chute Bramston.
John Edmundson, Jr. and Judith Chute Edmundson.
George Chute and Eleanor Toke Chute.
Francis Chute has written an addendum to his book, The Chutes of the Vyne, which specifically covers the period of time from the arrival of the Chutes in Taunton, to their purported "sale of the manor" to a Lord Denham in 1502. We've already learned that this wasn't true - there was no Lord Denham in 1502 - so what really did happen, and why did the Chutes leave Taunton? Francis presents a well-documented and plausible explanation in his addendum.
John ("Jack") Hutton and Edith May Annie Chute Hutton.Glenn Hugh Hutton and Regina Lane Hutton.
Theodore Christian Van Straten and Dariel Edith Lane Hutton Van Straten.
Shawn Nichols and Adrienne Leigh Van Straten Nichols.
Beattie S. Shields and Cleo S. Kjelshus Shields.
B. Donald Shields and Violet Anderson Shields.
Samuel Beattie Shields and Cleo Sophronia Kjelshus Shields.
Oscar Kjelshus and Hester Alice Chute Kjelshus.
George Fox and Janet or Jannet M. Chute Fox.
Richard Russell Fox and Jane White Fox.
James Milledge Chute and Phoebe Emeline Fox Chute.
Lauren Nichole Chute and Brian Andrew Williams.
The most important addition to the family records is Steve Chute's partially completed summary of Dennis Robert Chute's research on the real story behind the myth of "Baron Edward Chute". By "partially completed", I mean that Steve still hasn't connected data to original source material - which is why there are no footnotes and citations in the document - yet. Steve is in the middle of a trip to Arizona at the moment, and plans to provide this part of the document when he returns - keep in mind that this is still a work in progress. However, it's such a fascinating work-in-progress, I thought I'd post it even without the footnotes and citations.
Other record revisions and additions are:Moses Coleman and Elizabeth Coffin Coleman.
Moses Coleman and Isabella L. Ellis Coleman. Moses Coleman is the son of Colonel Jeremiah Coleman and Mary Chute.
William Deyo and Hester Chute Deyo. Hester appears to be connected with the upstate New York Chutes, a line which has not been connected yet. I've begun to collect those separate and isolated records in the Selected Records by Location Index, available from the Index page. That index is still in progress, but will eventually try to collect the records of miscellaneous Chutes of selected locations into one easily accessible index.
Henry De Rosenbach Walker and Maud Eleanor Chute Walker.
Deacon William Chute and Emily N. Stuart Chute.
Charles B. Lombard and Lydia Jane Chute Lombard.
Leon William ("Lee") Chute and Linda Kay Kittleson Chute.
Leon William ("Lee") Chute and Laura Ann Ziegler.
William Paul Chute and Marlene Lorna Moffett Chute.
Ira Chute.
Bobby Eugene Cronk and Frankie Mae Chute Cronk.
Eugene Masters Stronach and Ruby Pearl Chute Stronach.
Arthur Bernard Stronach and Grace D. Masters Stronach.
Harding Crawley Stronach and Eliza Gates Stronach.
Major Stronach and Helen A. Smith Stronach.
Major Stronach and Margaret Cook Stronach.
Reverend Ebenezer Stronach and Amy Randall Stronach.
Deacon David Randall, Jr. and Amy Whitney Randall.
George Stronach and Mary Fales Stronach.
Paoli Randall and Theresa (Randall) Randall.
Paoli Randall and Rebecca (Randall) Randall.
David Randall, Sr. and Keziah Davidson Randall.
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