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JACOB Chaney 1715–1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD

Death Date: 21 AUG 1801

Death Location: LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA

Father: CHARLES Chaney

Mother: Ann Jones

Spouse(s): SARAH MIDKIFF

Children(s): JAMES Chaney

In 1715, JACOB Chaney entered the world in SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD, born to Charles Chaney And Ann Jones. JACOB Chaney married Sarah Midkiff, and had children including James Chaney. JACOB Chaney passed away in 1801 in LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA.

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Biography

  • In 1715, JACOB Chaney entered the world in SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD, born to Charles Chaney And Ann Jones.
  • JACOB Chaney married Sarah Midkiff, and had children including James Chaney.
  • JACOB Chaney passed away in 1801 in LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA.

Immediate Family

Parents

CHARLES Chaney
1673–1745
Birth Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
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Ann Jones
1676–1713
Birth Location: , Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

SARAH MIDKIFF
1727–1801
Birth Location: Halifax County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

JAMES Chaney
1748–1792
Birth Location: ANTRIM PARISH, HALIFAX COUNTY, VA
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JACOB Chaney's Ancestors

Self
JACOB Chaney
1715–1801
Birth Place: SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD
Parents
CHARLES Chaney
1673–1745
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Ann Jones
1676–1713
, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
RICHARD CHENEY
1616–1684
London, Middlesex, England
ELINOR PENDALL
1650–1709
Great-Grandparents
RICHARD CHENEY
1595–1633
ANN ELLINOR
1603–1622
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Junior
1566–1625
Elizabeth Offley
1570–1616
Bartholomew Ellinor
1580–1606
Alice Effermont
1584–1634

JACOB Chaney's Descendants

1.
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JACOB Chaney (1715–21 AUG 1801) m. SARAH MIDKIFF (1727–1801)
  1. 1. JAMES Chaney 1748–1792 m. Abigail Fitzgerald 1755–
    1. 1. William Chaney 1770–1847
      1. 1. Charles Chaney 1800–1879 m. Pheby (Sarah) Brown 1808–1843 m. Pheobe Brown 1805–1843
        1. 1. George (Washington) Chaney 1835–1939
        2. 2. Hezekiah Chaney 1828–1909
        3. 3. Archabald Chaney 1830–1860 m. India O'Bryant 1832–1876

JACOB Chaney's Timeline

2 Records

1715
1715
Birth of JACOB Chaney in SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD
SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD
1801
21 AUG 1801
Age 86
Death of JACOB Chaney in LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA
LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: SOUTH RIVER HUNDRED, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 AUG 1801
    Event Place: LAUREL GROVE, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA
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