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Not the son of Richard Cheney & Ann Cheney. Their son Richard died before 1625.

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Disputed Origins

Birth seen as 06/14/1616 Woolwich, Middlesex, England without citation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cheney-405

1621 Birth and Parentage

No parentage has been found for Richard Cheyney, Immigrant to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at this time. Richard Cheney who lived and died in Maryland is NOT Richard Cheney-1454 born in England, son of Richard Cheney and Ann Ellinor, who died before 1625. See the Research Notes section below.

Sharon Doliante estimates Cheney's birth as circa 1630. [1]

Richard's name most frequently appears spelled as Cheyney, however consistency in spelling was not a hallmark of the era! Later generations tended to spell the name Cheney or Chaney.

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Will Books; Author: Maryland. Prerogative Court; Probate Place: Maryland

• Name Richard Cheeney Sr [Richard Cheney]
• Residence Date Abt 1685
• Residence Place Anne Arundel, Maryland
• Will Date 6 Mar 1685
• Probate Date 6 Mar 1685-1686
• Probate Place Maryland, USA
• Death Date 1685-1686
• Death Place Maryland, USA
• Description Wills, Vol 4-10, 1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700
  • Individuals Listed (Name) Relationship
  • Richard Cheeney Sr
  • Richard Cheeney Son
  • Thomas Cheeney Son
  • Charles Cheeney Son
  • Eliza Mary Cheeney Daughter
  • Anne Cheeney Daughter

Family

4. Richard Cheney / Cheyney III *** (Richard , Richard ) was born in 1630 in . d. 1685, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland

one source has him as son of WILLIAM CHENEY and ANNE ELINOR (Probably incorrect, as London marriage records have Anne Ellinor marrying a *Richard* Cheney, whose father was also named Richard.)

By negotiating other warrants, Richard Cheney soon became one of the largest land owners in the South River Hundred. During 1653 he patented "Cheney's Neck" with 110 acres, "Cheney's Resolution" with 400 acres, "Cheney's Hazard" with 100 acres, "Cheney's Rest" of 300 acres, "Cheney's Pruchase" of 100 acres, the total amounting to 1110 acres

Anne Arundel gentry, volume I, 2nd edition states: "The Cheney (Cheyney)family of ancient antiquity was ennobled in england, but through extravagance and being royalists during the civil wars lost most of their property. There is every reason to believe that the Maryland emigrant was a scion of the ennobled family. He was lettered(could read) and the fact that he financed his own passage and that of his wife is further indication of his social level.

The earliest entries in the All Hallows Parish, Anna Arundel County, Maryland are those of the Cheyney (Cheney)family. The date of the entry precedes the date of the establishment of the parish. It is evident that the family kept their own records.

He probably landed in Virginia and moved to Anne Arundel County, Maryland with his wife Charity. He is mentioned as a signer of a Proclamation of Loyalty to the king. Richard and his wife, Charity, migrated to Maryland and settled in the South River Hundred of Anne Arundel County. Sharon Doliante in her book "Maryland and Virginia Colonials" states: Richard Cheyney, sr, born: (ca) 1630, died after 3-6-1685 (date of his will) and before 8-16-1688(date his estate was appraised) married Charity, who died in the mid to late 1600's: he then married Elinor(eleanor) who survived him.

On 7-23-1658 Richard Cheyney entered his claim for the land he and his wife were entitled to for the entry into maryland."

21 Nov 2008 - Anne Arundel Gentry states "It is evident that he was single when he arrived in the Province, because between the years of 1634 and 1682 no female by the name of Cheney was listed among the immigrants. He, however, married twice, but the name of his first wife is unknown

• abt 1650 resided "Cheney's Hill", South River, Anne Arundel, Maryland
• 1659 Cheney Hill, w side of chesapeake bay s river
• 1659 Avalon Lord Baron of Balt County: to all persons whom present,
• know ye that Richard Cheney hath transported himself and Charity
• his wife into this province, Maryland, under our flag july 2, 1649 and remaining upon our province 8-1651. likewise do hereby grant parcel of land called Cheney Hill.
• 1661 Cheneys Rest...County AA Md s river flatt creek
• 1662 Cheneys Purchase s river AA County E side of flat creek 100 acres
• 1662 Cheneys Hazard near where he liveth 100 acres
• 1662 Cheneys Neck 110 acres s river
• 1663 110 acres may 29 witness Charles Calvert esq Lt General.
• 1663 for transporting several persons into this province do grant may 29, 1663 Richard Cheney 400 acres Cheneys Resolution
• 1663 Cheneys Purchase granted 100 acres
• 1667 RICHARD CHENEY demanded one hundred acres in behalf of himself and wife charity, hall of records annapolis md.
• 1674 to Richard Cheney the elder, of s river AA County lord baron

of Baltimore bearing date at St Marys

• 1679 John Jacob, Richard Cheney SR., Richard Cheney jr. served as jurors in Anne Arundell Co Md.MSA
• 1681 Richard Cheney received 30# of tobacco for some public service. tobacco was given as currency as it was very valuable. salt was also given as it was badly needed and scarce.
• 1685 Richard cheney of AA county and Elinor his wife sold 7000# of tobacco 100 acres of Cheneys Resolution to John Jacob (son-in-law).
• 1685 Richard Cheney sr. wrote his will it was not offered for probate
• until 5-14-1724?? several years after his death.
• 1688 Richard Cheney was deceased and his inventory submitted upon this date, Walter Phelps and Robert Hopper

The article below appeared in the Baltimore Sun on September 14, 1999 and is about My Chaney line.

Homebuilding site develops into an archaeological find. Cheney homestead from 1650s offers remnants, mystery.
By Andrea F. Siegel Sep 14 1999 Sun Staff.
It doesn't look like much -- angular depressions knifed a foot deep into the hard clay in woods about 5 miles from Annapolis.
But archaeologists believe the location marks an important site -- the home of a well-known Anne Arundel and southern Maryland family, dating to about 1658.
An excavation begun last year has revealed the first known Chaney -- or Cheney, as the spelling varies -- homestead, called Cheney Hill.
The site, believed to have once held two wood-post buildings, each with a fireplace and chimney, was discovered during an archaeological check of acreage for a proposed residential development.
Working through 350 years of land records revealed that Richard and Charity Cheney bought 100 acres that included that site in 1658, and Cheney rapidly extended his holdings to 1,200 acres.
Through generations, the family settled largely in the Bristol-Lothian area of southern Anne Arundel County, but also moved into Calvert County. Chaneys, under various spellings, account for more than half a page in the Annapolis phone book.
What makes the find particularly significant is the information it might hold about life in an early period and the mystery of its location, said Al Luckenbach, Anne Arundel County archaeologist, whose office is supervising the dig.The dig has turned up shards of imported German pottery, beads for Indian trading, pipes, utensils, a finger-length iron key, glass, a brick and other common items.
The soil points to frequent repair of rotted ortermite-eaten posts sunk 2 1/2 feet in the ground.
"We never really knew where they landed, other than it was in Anne Arundel County," said descendant E. Steuart Chaney, whose interest in 19th century history is so intense that he is putting together a small village with buildings from that era at Herrington Harbour. "And now to have the house discovered. It is significant not only to the heritage of our family, but to the heritage of the county."
The structures would have been built about 24 years after the founding of Maryland colony, and their abandonment would have been just at the time London Town, to the south, was developing into a population and business center.
Fewer than a dozen sites from 1658 to the mid-1680s, when the Cheney buildings are believed to have been abandoned, have been found in Anne Arundel County, where Luckenbach is researching "lost towns" of that era.
But this site is perched on a steep knoll off Riva Road and the South River.
"One of the obvious questions is, Where are you growing your tobacco? He is sitting on top of this hill," Luckenbach said.
Tobacco was so lucrative that it inspired a gold rush-like stampede to grow the cash crop. It was similar to the fur-trapping and trading boom that was on its way out by the time Cheney bought the property.
"The way the story goes is that they lived on low areas and grew tobacco. He is not fitting the paradigm. There may be others [who] don't fit the paradigm, but this is the first one that we found," Luckenbach said.
With the house built so high up, someone would have had to carry water up from the river or creek for daily use.
Luckenbach speculated that the site may have been defensive -- protection from Indian raids, or perhaps from other settlers during a time of intense strife in England that also resulted in clashes in Maryland.
The Cheney family is believed to have left England soon after King Charles I was beheaded in 1649, said descendant Bill Chaney, a Revolutionary and Civil wars buff who visited the site earlier this month.
Luckenbach speculated that Cheney might have feared Royalists. But Bill Chaney said yesterday that a 1955 genealogical paper referred to his ancestor as a Royalist. So maybe he worried about local Puritans or was security-minded in general.
Early work on the dig was paid for by CJF Joint Venure and Koch Associates, which still hopes to build a single-family development there. Since spring, when the developers' archaeological obligation ended, Luckenbach has taken it over. He wants to map at least the footprint of the main house.
The find has left more questions than answers. Why did Richard Cheney come to the New World? what did he do for money? Why are there two buildings with fireplaces? And why was his home lot on a steep hill?
What Bill Chaney knew from the 1955 genealogical paper on his family was that the family came from the Isle of Sheppey and that Richard Cheney financed his passage to America. Richard and Charity had four children. After Charity's death, Richard remarried and had seven more children. But he had no idea where they lived.
"If I didn't know where it was, I'd never have found it," Chaney said.

Richard was married 2 times.

Richard CHENEY III, born 1630, in Woolwich, London, England. He migrated to America in 1649, as stated by genealogist Harry Newman, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

"Harry Wright Newman, in his Anne Arundel county Gentry 91933), included a chapter on this family in which hestated that Richard Cheney, Sr. arrived in Mayland before 1650,a single man; that he was twice married, but that the name of his first wife was unknown. He also listed Richard Cheney,Jr., as the eldest child of Richard, Sr., and his first wife,and stated that Richard, Jr., was b. about 1649.
A record (which will be given in full, infra), in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, shows that Richard Cheyney and Charity, his wife, arrived in Maryland by 1658, and without children.
They were allowed 50 acres each, for their own transportation in to the province. It is evident, therefore, that they came after 1651, since for a period up until June 20, 1652 [Maryland Archives, vol 1, p. 332), persons were allowed 100 acres each for settling in Maryland
One is puzzled, however, by the deposition of their daughter Elizabeth (Cheney) Iiams, who stated in 1775, that she was then 74 years of age, thus b. C1651, and presumably in Maryland, since so far as we know, there is no record showing that she was transported to the province. If she was b. in the province in 1651, why then did her parents wait 6 or 7 years to claim the land that was due them for their own transportation?
"While we have never heard such a theory expressed, it is our definite felling that Richard and Charity Cheyney, Sr. came to Maryland from Virginia. They chose Anne Arundel Co.as their new home, and this area was principally settled by Virginians.
Also, Richard seems to have been on expecially friendly terms with William Burgess and William Cock(s), who drew up and witnesed his will. William Burgess was definitely from Virginia, and it seems very likely that William Cock was also.
In addition, one Richard Cocke, of henrico Co., in Virginia transported into that colony before Mar 6, 1636 (among others) one Robert Cheyny [Nugest, op. cit., p. 54]. And, there were other Cheneys in Virginia, as well as a few later ones in Maryland."
Richard Emmigrated to the Province of Maryland sometime before 1650. It is evident that he was single when he arrived, because between the years 1634-1682 there were no female members of the Cheney family listed among the immigrants.
Richard, soon after arriving, applied for land grants, and became a large property owner in tdhe years to come
Richard married (1) Mary Charity Wood. Mary was born in 1625/b. 1630, Europe , d. 1668, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

They had the following children:

• 5 M i Richard Cheney IV (the Elder)*** was born in 1649 /1652 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died / burial on Dec 6 1704 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. All Hallow's Protestant Episcopal Church Collection
• 6 F ii Elizabeth Densy Chaney was born on Oct 30 1652 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She died in 1726 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. married abt 1644 William Ijams b. 1652, Stratton, , Cornwall, England , d./burial 29 July 1703, Anne Arundel County, Maryland All Hallow's Protestant Episcopal Church Collection they had: William, Elizabeth, Richard, Susannah, George, hester & charles William Ijams was a planter in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was a Scotch-Welsh of the Episcopal faith. He received 400 acres from his father-in-law, Richard Cheney, south of South River. Will of William EYOMS, Anne Arundel Co., MD, made 16 Feb. 1703, pr. 10 N 1703
• 7 F iii Mary Cheney was born in 1654 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
• + 8 F iv Anne Cheney was born in 1660/1661 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She died 2 on Apr 29 1730 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. buried. 5-1-1730 all hallows parish church yard Anne married Capt. John Jacob in before 3-1-1674 /1681. John was born in 1629/1631 in Dover, England. He died d. 29 Oct 1726, Anne Arundel County, Maryland son of john jacob sr and alice golder. they had; Elizabeth, John, Samuel, & Thomas ,

Richard married (2) Eleanor Pindell. Eleanor was born in 1650

• 9 M v Thomas Cheney was born on Mar 1 1669 in All Hollow, South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died on Aug 24 1737 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland’ ,/ Sarah Westhall b. 31 Aug. 1689 . South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland they had; sarah Westhall, Elizabeth, Thomas, Moses, Ruth & Eleanor; married #2 june 7,1716 SUSANNAH HOPPER, bap 5-13-1699 into all hallows church. Ch. 2nd Sarah, Richard, Lewis
• + 10 M vi Charles Cheney Sr. was born on Jun 6 1673 in South Hundred, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He died in 1745 in testate in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Charles was married 3 times. Charles married (1/2) Elizabeth Unknown. Elizabeth was buried on Jun 7 1718. Charles married (2/3) Agnes Unknown[_?-cheney]. Agnes was married 2 times. M. 2nd {-?-] deale Charles married (3/1) Anne Jones Pattison on Jul 15 1701 widow of Gilbert Pattison Anne was born 1676 in d. 9-14-1713 dau of William Jones sr.and Elizabeth they had: chalres, Ann, Jacob, greenbury, mordecai, Isaiah, shadrick, Mary, Rachel, Elizabeth, & Dinah
• 11 F vii Katherine Cheney was born on Mar 12 1679 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. died in Mar 1713 in All Hallows' Parish, Anne Arundel County MD. Buried on 13 Mar 1713 in All Hallows' Parish, Anne Arundel County MD. Married 1st 1 Oct 1701 james Parnell married 2nd 18 Jun 1702 All Hallows' Parish, Anne Arundel County MD Robert (ca1684-1769) Browne son of Abell browne and Elizabeth Phillips
• 12 M viii Richard (Younger) Cheney was born on May 1 1684 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. , twin to John married Mary Penn 9/11/1722
• 13 M ix John Cheney was born on May 1 1684 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. , twin to Richard d. ?’ ,married 20 Jan. 1704/5 all hallows parrish maryland Mary Williams Beadle widow of William Beadle. and dau of benjamin williams had: Anne, Mary, Rachel, Ruth
• 13a . Sarah Cheney, b. 15 Oct 1677, m. James chickey 29 jan. 161694 James d. 24 Jan. 1698 --
• 13b. Charity Cheney, b. 16 Mar 1680/81 m. john patton 7 Nov. 1706 All Hallows Parish children; james, Richard, Solomon, Elizabeth, constant, Ann, John

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here on this site http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/a/p/Robert-E-Kapp/GENE... his parents are listed as:

4844. William Cheney. He married 4845. Anne Elinor. 

Child of William Cheney and Anne Elinor is:

• 2422 i. Richard Cheney, born June 14, 1616 in Hackney, St. John, London, England; died March 6, 1684/85 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland; married (1) Elinor ______; married (2) Charity ______.

2422. Richard Cheney, born June 14, 1616 in Hackney, St. John, London, England; died March 6, 1684/85 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He was the son of 4844. William Cheney and 4845. Anne Elinor. He married 2423. Charity ______. Charity ______, born in England; died 1668 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.

Children of Richard Cheney and Elinor ______ are:

*   i.   Thomas Cheney.  

• ii. Charles Cheney.
• iii. Sarah Cheney.
• iv. Katherine Cheney.
• v. Charity Cheney.
• vi. John Cheney.
• vii. Richard Cheney.

Children of Richard Cheney and Charity ______ are:

 * 1211 i.   Ann Cheney, born about 1660 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland; died May 1, 1730 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland; married John Jacob about 1681 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. John Jacob, born 1591 in Dover, Kent Co., England; died 1645 in the Battle of bristo in England. He was the son of 4840. John Lucas and 4841. Joan ______. He married 2421. Alice Golder September 18, 1625 in Dover, Kent Co., England.   Alice Golder, born in Dover, Kent Co., England; died in Dover, Kent Co., England. She was the daughter of 4842. John Golder 

• ii. Richard Cheney.
• iii. Mary Cheney.

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He is from his father's 1st marraige to : Mary Charity Wood / Woodward-

4. Richard Cheney / Cheyney III *** (Richard , Richard ) was born in 1630 in Woolwich, London, England. d. 1685, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Richard married (1) Mary Charity Wood. Mary was born in 1625/b. 1630, Europe , d. 1668, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Richard married (2) Eleanor Pindell. Eleanor was born in 1650

and his family is as follows:

5 Richard Cheney IV (the elder) was born  in 1649/1652 in South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland . He died  on Dec 6 1704 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, was buried at all hallows Episcopal Parish Maryland as "Richard cheney the son of Richard Cheney before deceased" written on tombstone

Married 1680 South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Mary [-?-]

Mary survived him was living 7-8-1717 when she and son Samuel, filed for inventory on his estate.

Children:

• ??Thomas cheney b. 1680 St. peters Parish New Kent, Virginia m. [-?-] had Frances
• 1. Mary Cheney, b. 8-3-1678 /3 Aug 1681, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. m. 1 Dec. 1702 walter phelps b.6-27-1680 son of walter and elizabeth phelps walter later married rose basil children were” walter, Richard, John, 7 mary
• 2. Richard Cheney, b. 8 Mar 1682/83, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 1buried 3-1716 m. December 07, 1707 Rachel Nicholson b: September 20, 1688 they had Richard, Rachel, mary, jeremiah Ezekiel & William
• 3. John Cheney, b. 8 May 1684, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. m. 1st 22 sep 1709 elizabeth tylley and m. 2nd 24 Jul 1718 Ann Burgess was to have had 10 children
• 4. Joseph Cheney, ***b. 25 May 1686, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. [-?-] m. Anne [-?-] to have had 10 children
• 5. Benjamin Cheney, b. 10 Oct 1687, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 23 jun 1719 All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD Ruth [-?cheney -] dau of thomas and sarah westhall cheney, no children given in old register. But another has said was to have had 10 children
• 6. Elizabeth Cheney, b. 25 Mar 1688, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 8 aug 1706 william Phelps son of walter and elizabeth phelps, william later married rachel ??? died in testate aa county md 1778 child William Jr.
• ?? Thomas cheney b. 6-1690
• 7. Ann Cheney, b. 18 May 1691, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 16 Oct 1717, Maryland married 16 Jan 1705/6 Anne Arundel County, Maryland cousin Richard Ijams, b. 1673, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 1761 son of william and Elizabeth heney ijams sr. was to have had 10 children
• 8. Samuel Cheney, b. 25 Sep 1694, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 1680 South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Anne [-?-] was to have had 10 children
• 9. Hannah Cheney, b. 8 Sep 1697, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 1680 South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Andrew Beard was to have had 10 children
• 10. Susannah Cheney, b. 22 Aug 1700, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , bapt..9-7-1701 d. married 11 Jam 1828 Thomas Macklefish South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland was to have had 10 children

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1658-1758 Charles County MD Families "The first 100 years": Wills, Court, Church, Land, Inventories & Accounts

Includes early Northern Neck VA, records for counties bordering the Rappahannock & Potomac Rivers: The 1656-1692 Old Rappahannock County Deeds & Minutes were just added. These county records were selectively added, focusing on the North bank, but upsteam you will see now day Caroline and King George County records up to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania county. Currently adding 1652-1714 Lancaster County records

• # ID: I64927
• # Name: Richard Cheney 1 2
• # Sex: M
• # Birth: 1625 in Woolwich, London, Middlesex, England
• # Death: 6 MAR 1685/86 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate
• # Note:

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• Cheiney, Richard, Sr., A. A_ Co., 6th Mch., 1685-6;
• To eld, son Richard, ex., and hrs., 250 A., "Cheine's Rest," on South R
• To 2 sons, viz., Thomas and Charles, at 16 yrs. of age, "Resolution; " sd. sons to be in charge of eld. son Richard afsd. and son-in-law John Jacobs and his wife.
• To daus., viz., Mary, Eliza:, and Ann, personalty.
• To wife (unnamed), dower rights.
• Test: Wm. Burgess, Wm. Cocks. 4. 311
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• Richard Chiney 13A.201 A AA £43.5.0 #7091 Aug 7 1694
• Payments to: Gabriell Parrott, Dr. Moore due to Col. William Surges, Maren Duvall.
• Administratrix: Elisabeth Chiney by her son James Pindle.
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• William Burges, Esq. 18.89 I AA Oct 11 1687
• Appraisers: Thomas Knighton, Maren Devall, Henry Ridgley.
• List of debts: Maj. Nicholas Sewell, Col. Vincent Lowe, Elisabeth Larkins, Francis Downea, Madam Calvert, Robert Proctor, Nicholas Nichollson, George Burges, Col. Edward Pye, John Merriton, Gerrard Vansweringain, Job Evans, Maj. Peter Sawyer, Benjamin Lawrence, Philip Lynes, Henry Linch, Capt. Thomas Everard, Capt. Hune, James Neale, George Cornish (merchant) at London, Dr. Benjamin Arnatt, Henry Exon, Joseph Storey, John Longman, Thomas Ivery, John Stone, Capt. Jonathon Francis, George Parker, John Spicer (gentleman) of London, Charles Willmare, Jacob Delahay, Chr. Mettley, William Bison, Thomas Hollandworth, George Yates, Benjamin Caple, Merren Duvall, John Fairbrother, John Harberdine, James Lewis, Leonard Wayman, Walter Phelps, John Howard, Sr., Thomas Button, Robert Wade, John Jacobs, John Simpson, John Lineam, Robert Wade, John Walters, Richard Gott, Mark Richardson, John Willobey, William Yeildhall, Robert Conant, Robert Lockwood, Peter Impey, Thomas Hooker, Chr. Moate, Wolfran Hunt, Anthony Holland, John Brewer, Madam Jane Calvert, Richard Cheney, Sr., Mathias Haws, Alexander Macfarland, Col. Pye, John Gyles, William Jamas, James Powell, Thomas Pratt, John Nichollson, Edward Burges, Walter Carr, Card Hopkins, Mathew Hawkina, Richard Cheney, Jr., lawrence Draper, John Gressam, Thomas Guillock, Thomas Lunn, Richard Beard, Joseph Nailer, Province of Maryland, Henry Bonner, Thomas Pattison, George Ogg, John Gray, John Robinson, Robert Gott, James Maxfeild, Thomas Edwards, John Larkin, Thomas Standbank, Nicholas Aldridge, Dr. Moore, Abraham Childe, Henry Welch, William Elvn (?), John Harris, Henry Hanslap, Margarett Holland, John Heatchoct, Austin Hawkins, Ma-knew El list on, John Hawkins, Col. Darnall, Wharles Whitehead, James Stafford, John Smith, Sr., Robert Cover, chr. Tully, Thomas Hedge, John Purdey, John Talbot, Jacob Hooker, John Martin, Samuell Garland, Richard Royston, John Seiffin, Chr. Foster, Peter Barnett, Samuell Withers, John Morgan, Samuell Gray, James Mills, William Harris, John Griffin, Robert Watts, George Parker, Richard Webb, John Guile, John Spencer, Mathew Jones, John Brookes, John Stone, Francis Sandry, John Fletcher, Chr. Bayley, Robert Hooper.

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• 1 Mar 1674; Deed of Gift; from Richard Cheney, the Elder of South River, Anne Arundel Co., planter, and wife; to beloved son-in-law John Jacobs, of South River, Anne Arundel Co., planter, and my daughter Anne, his wife; 100 acres of Cheney's Resolution on the southside of South River containing 400 acres; /s/ Richd Cleney (mark); re-recorded at request of John Jacobs (AALR H1 .47)
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• 9 Jan 1685; Richard Cheney, Sr., Anne Arundel Co., planter, and Elinor his wife; convey 100 acres of Clenies (Cheney's] Resolution; for 7,000* tobacco; /s/ Rd. Cleney (mark), Elinor Cleney (mark); recorded 9 Mar 1685; re-recorded at request of John Jacobs, Sr. (AALR H1.45)

Marriage 1 Charity Wood b: 20 NOV 1628 in England

Married: BEF 1649 in England

Children

• 1. Richard Cheney b: 1649 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 2. Elizabeth Cheney b: 30 OCT 1652 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 3. Anne Cheney b: 1661 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 4.Mary Cheney b: ABT 1668 in South River, Anne Arundel
• County, Maryland

Marriage 2 Eleanor MNU Cheney b: BEF 1653

Married: ABT 1669 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Children

• 1.Thomas Cheney b: 1 MAR 1669/70 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 2. Charles Cheney b: 6 JUN 1673 in South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 3. Sarah Cheney b: 15 OCT 1677 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 4.Catherine Cheney b: 12 MAR 1678/79 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 5.Charity Cheney b: 1681 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 6. Richard Cheney b: 1 MAY 1684 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Sources:

• 1. Title: Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 4

     Repository:

     Media: Book

     Text: Early Families of Southern Maryland: Volume 4

     By Elise Greenup Jourdan

     Published by Heritage Books, 2007

     ISBN 1585493007, 9781585493005

     326 pages

*2. Title: Chaney Genealogy

     Text: http://www.chaneygenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I0137&tree=Ch...

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5 Richard Cheney IV (the elder) was born 1 in 1649/1652  in South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland . He died 2 on Dec 6 1704 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland,  was buried at all hallows Episcopal Parish Maryland as "Richard cheney the son of Richard Cheney before deceased" written on tombstone

Married 1680 South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Mary [-?-]

Mary survived him was living 7-8-1717 when she and son Samuel, filed for inventory on his estate.

Children:

• ??Thomas cheney b. 1680 St. peters Parish New Kent, Virginia m. [-?-] had Frances
• 1. Mary Cheney, b. 8-3-1678 /3 Aug 1681, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. m. 1 Dec. 1702 walter phelps b.6-27-1680 son of walter and e
• lizabeth phelps walter later married rose basil children were” walter, Richard, John, 7 mary
• 2. Richard Cheney, b. 8 Mar 1682/83, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 1buried 3-1716 m. December 07, 1707 Rachel Nicholson b: September 20, 1688 they had Richard, Rachel, mary, jeremiah Ezekiel & William
• 3. John Cheney, b. 8 May 1684, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. m. 1st 22 sep 1709 elizabeth tylley and m. 2nd 24 Jul 1718 Ann Burgess was to have had 10 children
• 4. Joseph Cheney***, b. 25 May 1686, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. [-?-] m. Anne [-?-] to have had 10 children
• 5. Benjamin Cheney, b. 10 Oct 1687, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 23 jun 1719 All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD Ruth [-?cheney -] dau of thomas and sarah westhall cheney, no children
• given in old register. But another has said was to have had 10 children
• 6. Elizabeth Cheney, b. 25 Mar 1688, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 8 aug 1706 william Phelps son of walter and elizabeth phelps,
• william later married rachel ??? died in testate aa county md 1778 child William Jr.
• ?? Thomas cheney b. 6-1690
• 7. Ann Cheney, b. 18 May 1691, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 16 Oct 1717, Maryland married 16 Jan 1705/6 Anne Arundel County, Maryland cousin Richard Ijams, b. 1673, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. 1761 son of william and Elizabeth heney ijams sr. was to have had 10 children
• 8. Samuel Cheney b. 25 Sep 1694, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 1680 Anne [-?-] South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland was to have had 10 children
• 9. Hannah Cheney, b. 8 Sep 1697, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , d. married 1680 South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland Andrew Beard was to have had 10 children
• 10. Susannah Cheney, b. 22 Aug 1700, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA , bapt..9-7-1701 d. married 11 Jam 1828 Thomas Macklefish South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland was to have had 10 children

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Sources 

[Cheney] Orrell, Reverdy Lewin. Descendants of Richard Cheney of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Catonsville, Md.: R.L. Orrell, III, 1997. FHL Collection 929.273 C362o, Arc CD no. 152
CHENEY FAMILY OF ANNE ARUNDEL By Richard Williams October 31, 2013 at 04:08:37

http://ronsgen.com/getperson.php?personID=I568&tree=RAS

http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I70932

Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

https://www.trumanlibrary.org/genealogy/?m=family&id=479

http://www.kykinfolk.com/rockcastle/family/chaney/chaney/pafg03.htm

http://blankensteingenealogy.net/chaney1.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/la2/gen/chaney.html

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GEDCOM Note

An 8G-Grandfather.

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Richard is a 10G-Grandfather of President Barack Obama.

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09-14-1999: "SunSpot" http://www.sunspot.net/cgi-bin/editorial/story.cgi?section=archive&sto ryid =1150140224316:

"Homebuilding site develops into an archaeological find Cheney homestead from 1650s offers remnants, mystery ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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By Andrea F. Siegel Sun Staff It doesn't look like much -- angular depressions knifed a foot deep into the hard clay in woods about 5 miles from Annapolis. But archaeologists believe the location marks an important site -- the home of a well-known Anne Arundel and southern Maryland family, dating to about 1658. An excavation begun last year has revealed the first known Chaney -- or Cheney, as the spelling varies -- homestead, called Cheney Hill. The site, believed to have once held two wood-post buildings, each with a fireplace and chimney, was discovered during an archaeological check of acreage for a proposed residential development. Working through 350 years of land records revealed that Richard and Charity Cheney bought 100 acres that included that site in 1658, and Cheney rapidly extended his holdings to 1,200 acres. Through generations, the family settled largely in the Bristol-Lothian area of southern Anne Arundel County, but also moved into Calvert County. Chaneys, under various spellings, account for more than half a page in the Annapolis phone book. What makes the find particularly significant is the information it might hold about life in an early period and the mystery of its location, said Al Luckenbach, Anne Arundel County archaeologist, whose office is supervising the dig. The dig has turned up shards of imported German pottery, beads for Indian trading, pipes, utensils, a finger-length iron key, glass, a brick and other common items. The soil points to frequent repair of rotted or termite-eaten posts sunk 2 1/2 feet in the ground. "We never really knew where they landed, other than it was in Anne Arundel County," said descendant E. Steuart Chaney, whose interest in 19th century history is so intense that he is putting together a small village with buildings from that era at Herrington Harbour. "And now to have the house discovered. It is significant not only to the heritage of our family, but to the heritage of the county." The structures would have been built about 24 years after the founding of Maryland colony, and their abandonment would have been just at the time London Town, to the south, was developing into a population and business center. Fewer than a dozen sites from 1658 to the mid-1680s, when the Cheney buildings are believed to have been abandoned, have been found in Anne Arundel County, where Luckenbach is researching "lost towns" of that era. But this site is perched on a steep knoll off Riva Road and the South River. "One of the obvious questions is, Where are you growing your tobacco? He is sitting on top of this hill," Luckenbach said. Tobacco was so lucrative that it inspired a gold rush-like stampede to grow the cash crop. It was similar to the fur-trapping and trading boom that was on its way out by the time Cheney bought the property. "The way the story goes is that they lived on low areas and grew tobacco. He is not fitting the paradigm. There may be others [who] don't fit the paradigm, but this is the first one that we found," Luckenbach said. With the house built so high up, someone would have had to carry water up from the river or creek for daily use. Luckenbach speculated that the site may have been defensive -- protection from Indian raids, or perhaps from other settlers during a time of intense strife in England that also resulted in clashes in Maryland. The Cheney family is believed to have left England soon after King Charles I was beheaded in 1649, said descendant Bill Chaney, a Revolutionary and Civil wars buff who visited the site earlier this month. Luckenbach speculated that Cheney might have feared Royalists. But Bill Chaney said yesterday that a 1955 genealogical paper referred to his ancestor as a Royalist. So maybe he worried about local Puritans or was security-minded in general.

Early work on the dig was paid for by CJF Joint Venure and Koch Associates, which still hopes to build a single-family development there. Since spring, when the developers' archaeological obligation ended, Luckenbach has taken it over. He wants to map at least the footprint of the main house. The find has left more questions than answers. Why did Richard Cheney come to the New World? What did he do for money? Why are there two buildings with fireplaces? And why was his home lot on a steep hill? What Bill Chaney knew from the 1955 genealogical paper on his family was that the family came from the Isle of Sheppey and that Richard Cheney financed his passage to America. Richard and Charity had four children. After Charity's death, Richard remarried and had seven more children. But he had no idea where they lived. "If I didn't know where it was, I'd never have found it," Chaney said. Originally published on Sep 14 1999"

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Will and Last Testament of Charles Chaney (no idea how related to my Cheney/Chaney line, if at all): Proved 14 Feb 1744 Notes on Charles Chaney CHARLES CHENEY, son of Richard and Eleanor Cheney, was born June 6, 1673, in the South River Hundred. On July 15, 1701, he married ANN, the widow of Gilbert Pattison and the daughter of William Jones, Sr., and his wife Elizabeth. William Jones, the father-in-law of CHARLES CHENEY, died in 1705, and bequeathed property to his daughter, ANN CHENEY. She died at a comparatively young age, thereupon CHARLES CHENEY married secondly Agnes.CHARLES CHENEY died intestate during the early part of 1745. The first inventory of his personal effects was taken on May 6, 1745, with Isaiah Cheney and Thomas Cheney as kinsmen, and Agnes Cheney as the executrix. At an additional inventory of July 22, 1745, his widow as Agnes Deale. The kinsmen signatories were at that time Zachariah Jacob and Isaiah Cheney.

In the name of God Amen, I CHARLES CHENEY Senr. of Ann Arundel County in the province of Maryland, planter being of Sound disposing mind and memory praise be almighty God for the same I do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following-Viz Impremis - I give and commit my Soul to all mighty God that gave it in hopes of his gracious acceptance thru the merits of Jesus Christ my redeemer and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as for the selling and disposing of the Estate it has pleased almighty God to give me. I do will and bequeath the same in manner and form following. Vixt. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Charles Cheney one shilling sterling. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Shadrick Cheney 1 shilling sterling. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Cheney 1 shilling sterling. I give and bequeath unto my son Greenbury Cheney all the best suits of wearing apparel. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Pickits 1 shilling sterling. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Mordecai and Isaiah Cheney and my Daughters Rachael Cheney and Elizabeth Cheney all my part moiety of a Tract of land called the north addition on lying and being in Anne Arundel County of Maryland also all my part of moiety of a tract of land called Cheney's Resolution as also all my part of moiety of a tract of land called Jnoran Range both lying and being in the county aforesaid unto my said sons and Daughters there unto said Mordicai, Isaiah, Rachel, and Elizabeth Cheney and their heirs forever reserving into my loving wife Agnes Cheney the third part of the said Tract of Land above mentioned. Item. I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid sons and Daughters that is to say Mordicai, Isaiah, Rachael and Elizabeth Chaney all the rest of my Estate real and personal after my just debts Legacies and funeral charges are defrayed and payed and my wife's third deducted to be Equally Divided between them as also the Land above mentioned unto my said children, to be Equally Divided between them Except as before reserved and if it shall so happen, that either or any of the above said children Vigts. Mordicai, Isaiah, Rachel and Elizabeth Cheney, should die without issue Lawfully begotten that then it is my will and desire that his her or their parts shall decent and belong to the survivor or survivors and their heirs forever. And it is further my will and desire that the said four children, shall be at the Liberty to Choose Guardians for themselves of whome soever they please or are minded to Dwell with Immediately after my decease provided they should not be content to dwell with my said wife. Item. I nominate and appoint my loving wife Agnes Cheney my full and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other will or wills by me here to fore made and acknowledge this to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of Anno Doml. Signed sealed published and Declared by the within named CHARLES CHENEY who his Last Will and Testament. The hand without issue lawfully begotten being first underlined in the presence of John Jacobs, John Hooper, his Thomas X Cheney mark CHARLES CHENEY {SEAL} In the back of the aforegoing will was thus written Vizt. On the 14th day of February 1744 came John Jacobs, John Hooper and Thomas Cheney the three subscribing witnesses to the written will who being duly and Solemnly Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God dessise and say that they saw the Testator CHARLES CHENEY sign seal the written will and hear him publish and declare the same to be his last will and testament that all the time of this so doing he was to the best of their Judgement and apprehension of sound and disposing mind and memory and that they the said John Jacobs and John Hopper subscribed their names and the said Thomas Cheney made his mark as witness to the said will in the presence of the said Testator at his request. Sworn before me William Rogers D Couy Ann Co.

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