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John Chaney 1765 – 1859 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1859

Death Location: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA

Father: Jacob Chaney

Mother: Sarah Midkiff

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The story of John Chaney began in 1765 in Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. John Chaney passed away in 1859 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John Chaney began in 1765 in Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
  • John Chaney passed away in 1859 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA.

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John Chaney's Ancestors

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John Chaney
1765 – 1859
Birth Place: Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Parents
Jacob Chaney
1724 – 1801
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Sarah Midkiff
1727 – 1801
Bedford Co., Virginia County, Virginia USA
Grandparents
Charles Chaney
1703 – 1781
South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Mary Powell
1706 – 1780
South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Thomas Midkiff
1710 – 1801
Virginia, USA
Elisabeth Planter
1668 – 1776
Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Great-Grandparents
Charles Cheney
1673 – 1744
Ann Jones
1675 – 1713
John Powell
1694 – 1716
Mary Dunstan
1682 –
Joseph Metcalfe
1680 – 1761
Ruth Smith
1682 – 1721
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Cheney
1616 – 1684
Eleanor Pindall
1650 – 1709
John Powell
1674 – 1718
Elizabeth Gardener
1675 – 1720
Walter Dunstan,
1660 –
Joseph Metcalfe
1660 – 1714
Rebeccah Metcalf)
1662 – 1723

John Chaney's Timeline

2 Records

1765
1765
Birth of John Chaney in Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
1859
1859
Age 94
Death of John Chaney in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1765
    Event Place: Virginia, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1859
    Event Place: Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA

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