Benjamin Chew (November 19, 1722 – January 20, 1810) was the Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ...

Chew was the son of a doctor, Samuel Chew, and Mary Galloway Chew (1697-1734). He was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at his father's estate of Maidstone. Samuel Chew (August 30, 1699 - June 16, 1744) was a physician who served as Chief Justice of colonial Delaware. ... Location in the state of Maryland Formed 1650 Seat Annapolis Area  - Total  - Water 1,523 km² (588 mi²) 445 km² (172 mi²) 29. ...

Chew read law in the office of Andrew Hamilton at Philadelphia in 1738. After Hamilton's death on August 4, 1741, Chew visited his father's new home, in Kent County, Delaware before going abroad. He studied law at the Inns of Court in London, and returned to America in 1744. He began to practice law in Dover, Delaware in 1746, but moved to Philadelphia in 1754. He was raised as a Quaker, but became an Anglican after he argued that the use of force in self-defense should be allowed. This page is about a famous lawyer; see Andrew Hamilton (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... Kent County is a county located in the central part of the state of Delaware. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... Motto: Nickname: The State Capital since 1777 Location in Delaware Founded 1683 Incorporated 1717 County Kent County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Stephen R. Speed Area  - Total  - Water 58. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...

He held a number of offices in the Pennsylvania colonial government, both elected and appointed. In 1751, he served on the Boundary Commission that supervised the creation of the Mason-Dixon line. He was Speaker of the House for the Delaware counties from 1753 to 1758, Attorney General and member of the Council of Pennsylvania (1754-1769), and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1775-1777). Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... Map of the states and territories claimed by the Confederate States of America The Mason–Dixon Line (or Mason and Dixons Line) is a line of demarcation between states in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 49th 6,452 km² 48 km 161 km 21. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Chew married twice. He wed Mary Galloway (1729-1755), his mother's niece, on June 13, 1747 at West River, Maryland. They had five daughters (Mary, Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Henrietta) before she died. He married again on September 12, 1757 to Elizabeth Oswald, and had nine more children (Benjamin, Margaret, Joseph, Juliana, Henrietta, Sophia, Maria, Harriet, and Catherine). June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

He built his estate, named Cliveden, at Germantown, Pennsylvania between 1763 and 1767. This house gained fame during the Battle of Germantown, when it was known as the Chew House. It still stands as an historic site, and is open to the public. Germantown was a town in Pennsylvania and is today primarily a neighborhood in Philadelphia, about six miles northwest from the center of the city. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Germantown was in the American Revolutionary War. ...

Early in the American Revolution, both sides claimed his allegiance, since he had a visible position in the Colony. Chew himself was apparently undecided about the correct course to take. In August of 1777 he was arrested along with Governor John Penn, and taken to Union, New Jersey. He was released at Union after giving his parole that he wouldn't try to leave the area. On May 15, 1778 the Continental Congress passed a resolution that released him from that parole, and he returned to his home.-1... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... John Penn (1729-1795) was one of the last colonial proprietors of Pennsylvania, and Lieutenant Governor of the colony from 1763 to 1776. ... Union Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Union Township, Camden County, New Jersey Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Union Township, Union County, New Jersey see also: Union City, New Jersey Union Beach, New Jersey Union County, New Jersey This is... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Continental Congress is the label given to three successive bodies of representatives: The First Continental Congress met from September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774. ...

After independence, Chew was the President of Pennsylvania's Court of Appeals from 1791 until he retired in 1806. He died at Germantown and is buried in Philadelphia's St. Peters Churchyard. 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

A son-in-law was Maryland Governor John E. Howard. John Eager Howard, portrait by Chester Harding. ...

External links

• The Chew House Museum

The Benjamin Chew was a Liberty ship built in 1942 by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, Maryland. The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. ... This article is about the year. ... Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Nickname: Charm City Mob Town B-more Location in Maryland Founded 30 July 1729 Incorporated 1797 County Independent city Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Martin J. OMalley...