William Chetwood

William Chetwood (June 17, 1771 – December 17, 1857) was a U.S. representative from New Jersey. He was the mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, from 1839 to 1841.

Early life Chetwood was born on June 17, 1771, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was the son of John Chetwood, an attorney, and Mary (née Emott) Chetwood (d. 1786). His elder sister, Elizabeth Chetwood, was the wife of Aaron Ogden, a U.S. senator who also served as the 5th governor of New Jersey.

He graduated from Princeton College in 1792, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Together, they were the parents of:

Matilda Maria Chetwood (1811–1899), who married William Gedney Bull, a wealthy merchant engaged in the "China trade".

Descendants Through his daughter Matilda, who lived at 3 East 9th Street in Manhattan, he was a grandfather of Hetty Bull (1846-1906), who married John Cuming Beatty and had three children, including Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, the American-British mining magnate.