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Chester, John (1),

an English Independent, was minister at Wetherly, Leicestershire, some years; was violently dispossessed after 1660; came to London and preached in Christ-Church till ejected, in 1662.: He ministered for some years at the Independent Church, Union Street; went up with the address to the king in 1687, and died at Guildford, Surrey, in May, 1696. Dr. Calamy says, "He lived desired, and died .lamented." See Wilson, Dissenting Churches, iv. 193-195.