Richard Cheney, of London

There are problems with the statements below.

1. Richard Cheney's birthdate is not certain, although he probably was born in London.

2. Elizabeth Offley was his FIRST wife; she died in 1615, and sometime afterward he married someone named Alice (possibly the widow of Elizabeth Offley's brother Robert). "Loving wife Alice" is named in his will of 1625.

"Birth" dates of William and Richard are baptismal dates. There were two other brothers (Thomas and John) and at least one sister (Suzan). There was also a "daughter-in-law" (son's wife? stepdaughter? both?) named Elizabeth Offley (obviously not the same person as deceased wife).

1. Richard Cheney was born in 1565 in London, Middlesex, England. He died in 1625. Richard was married 2 times.  Richard married (1) Alice Offley daughter of Richard Offley Jr.. 

Richard married (2) Elizabeth Offley daughter of Richard Offley Jr. on Feb 15 1591 in Woolnoth, London, England. at St. Marys Church Elizabeth was born in 1570 in Woolnoth, London, England. She died in 1615. dau of Richard Offley of Woolwich London England

They had the following children: • 2 M i William Cheney was born on Nov 8 1592 in Woolnoth, London, England. •+ 3 M ii Richard Cheney II was born on Jan 25 1595 in Woolnoth, London, England. He died in 1633(?) in London, England. Richard married 6-3-1622 Ann Ellinor daughter of Bartholemew Ellinor and Alice Effermont in Woolnoth, London, England. at St. Marys Church Ann was born 2 in 1603.

[Per 1625 will, son Richard was already deceased and left only one son, Bartholomew.]

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The exact and authentic connection has not been made with the English branch of the Cheyneys, but there is evidence that Richard Cheyney was a scion of that once famous family of the Isle of Sheppey, County Kent, England. [No such evidence presented.]

The earliest record that I have is of Richard, born 1565 in Middlesex, London, England He married Elizabeth Offley at St. Marys Church, Woolwich, London. At this time, I have not been able to locate this particular church. Richard died in 1625. [It's St. Mary WoolNOTH.]

As was the custom, his firstborn son was named Richard. [Not true, there was an older brother William.] Richard was born 1/25/1595 in London and at St. Marys He married Anne Ellinor, date unknown. [See above.]

[Their] Richard [bad assumption] was born in [or before] 1625 in London and migrated to America in 1649. He probably landed in Virginia and moved to Anne Arundel County, MD with his wife, Charity. He is mentioned later as a signer of a proclamation of loyalty to the king.

[The following is, I assume, intended as "proof" of Richard Cheney's ancestry.]

Sir John Cheyney, Knt., whose ancestors held feudal rights on the Isle of Sheppey, was made Knight Bannaret and Knight of the Garter by Henry VII for gallantry at Bosworth Field, a battle during the War of the Roses in which Richard III was killed. The battle took place in 1485. He became Speaker of the House of Commons and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Cheyney of Shurland.

There were lesser armorial branches of the Cheyney family in County Kent [and elsewhere], but all shared common descendants. Throughout these branches the name of Richard was common.

In those days, the first born son was named after the father, the second born after the grandfather, etc. The first born daughter was named after the mother and so on. The practice produced many with the same names. There are some twenty three Richards in this line. [This practice was not invariably followed. Sometimes the firstborn son died young, sometimes the parents had another relative they wanted to honor, sometimes they just wanted a different name for their child.]

On February 28,1643 twenty-four subjects of the Crown in the Parish of Ripple, Kent signed a proclamation upholding loyalty to the king and in defense of religion.

One of the signers was Richard Cheney who may be the Richard Cheyney of Cheneys Resolution, MD. There is strong evidence that they are the one and the same. [Saying so is not evidence. Kent is not part of London.]

Anne Arundel Gentry, Volume 1, 2nd Edition states: "The 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 and the fact that he financed his own passage and that of his wife is further indication of his social level." [Newman was just the teensiest bit gullible when it came to ancestry - he bought the Dorsey-D'Arcy fable hook, line and sinker, not knowing that decades later Y-DNA evidence would blow it away.]

The earliest entries in the All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, MD are those of the Cheyney 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.

Later spelling of the name became Cheney and Chaney

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/t/Colleen-Batsakis-V... Ancestors of Colleen Rene Fitzpatrick

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Someone has given the Cheney ancestry as:

1 Alexander De Cheney was born 1218 in Newtimber,,Sussex,England, and died 1297-11-20 in Newtimber,,Sussex,England. He married Ms Alex De Cheyney 1247 in New Timber,,Sussex,England. She was born 1218 in Newtimber,,Sussex,England.

2 Alexander De Cheney was born 1248 in Newtimber,,Sussex,England, and died 1295 in Patrixborne Cheyne,,Kent,England. He married Agnes De Say 1273 in ,,Sussex,England, daughter of William De Say and Mary. She was born 1250 in Berling,Seale,,England, and died 1275.

3 William De Cheney was born 1276 in Newtimber, Sussex,England, and died 1334 in Shurland House, Eastchurch, Kent,England. He married

Margaret De Shurland  1303 in Shurland  House, Eastchurch ,Kent,England. She was born 1281 in Shurland House, Eastchurch,Kent,England, and died 1308 in Shurland,,Kent,England. 

4 * Robert De Cheney was born 1304 in Shurland House, Eastchurch, Kent, England, and died 1362-04-12 in Shurland House,Eastchurch,Kent,England. He married Margaret De Peplesham 1344 in Peplesham,St Leonard,Sussex,England, daughter of Symon Peplesham and Joan Rowse. She was born 1323 in Peplesham,St Leonard,Sussex,England, and died 1407.

5 Richard De Cheney was born 1353 in Shurland House ,Eastchurch, Kent,England, and died 1392 in Shurland House,Eastchurch,Kent,England. He married Margaret De Cralle, daughter of Robert De Cralle and Margaret Peplesham. She was born 1356 in Cralle Manor,Warbleton,Sussex,England, and died 1384 in Shurland House,Eastchurch,Kent,England.

6 * Simon Cheyney was born 1392 in Shurland House, Eastchurch ,Kent,England, and died 1455. He married * Eleanor Nottingham 1416 in Milstead,, Kent,England, daughter of John Nottingham and John Nottingham. She was born 1394 in Milstead,,Kent,England.

7 Robert Cheyney was born 1421 in Cralle Manor, Warbleton,Sussex, England, and died 1488-01-22. He married Anne Lovelace 1467 in Queenshithe, London,Middlesex ,England. She was born 1426 in Queenshithe, London ,Middlesex,England

8 Humphrey Cheyney was born 1457 in Higham,Milstead,Kent,England, and died 1526-01-03. He married Alice Wooten 1489 in Boughton,Malherbe,Kent,England, daughter of Nicholas Wootton and Joan Corbie. She was born 1460 in Broughton,Malherbe,Kent,England.

9 John Cheney was born 1490 in West Woodhay, Hungerford, Berkshire,England, and died 1545 in Higham ,Milstead, Kent,England. He married Mary Gyles 1521 in Higham,Milstead,Kent,England. She was born 1494 in Higham,Milstead,Kent,England [Wife's name was Elizabeth, not Mary. No son Richard recorded.]

10 Richard Cheney was born 1524 in Higham,Milstead,Kent,England, and died 1591 in Gwithean,,Cornwall,England. He married Mary Lnu. [Probably Bogus]

11 . Richard Chaney was born 1565 in London,,Middlesex,England, and died 1625 in St Marys Woolmouth,London,Middlesex,England. He married Elizabeth Offley 1591-02 in St Mary Woolnot,London,,England, daughter of Richard Offley. She was born 1570 in St Marys,Woolmouth,London,England, and died 1615 in St Marys,Woolmouth,London,England

12 .Richard Chaney was born 1595-01-25 in St Marys, Woolmouth, London,England, and died 1633 in London,,,England. He married Ann Ellinor 1622-06-03 in Woolnoth,London,,England, daughter of Bartholomew Ellinor and Alice Effermont. She was born 1603 in St Marys wolmouth, London,Middlesex ,England, and died ??? [Marriage date is not death date. But Richard was dead by June 1625, and left only one son, Bartholomew.]

12 Richard Cheney was born [circa] 1630 in St Mary Woolnoth, London,Middlesex, England, and died 1687 in Anne Arundel,,Maryland,USA.

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• TENURIAL: MANORIAL & ESTATE RECORDS [no ref. or date]
• 'Deeds relating to the manor of Hackney'; Includes manorial and title deeds D/F/TYS/35 1536 - 1775
• Conditions of access: Available on microfilm XP394
• Related information: See also M3513 for plan.
• Contents:
• Copies of title deeds to the manor of Hackney 1536-1618 including list of tenants of Hackney and Stepney manor, c1618 [See also M 937 list of c 1624].
• Bargain and sale of 10 July 1613. Sir John Swinnarton then Lord Mayor of London, to Richard Cheney, citizen and goldsmith of London.
• Property: Messuage, 2 gardens and an orchard occupied by Elizabeth Sutton, widow of John Sutton, now occupied by Samuel Browne, Paul Grubb and John Lilley, in Homerton St 'between the King's highway there on the south part and Humberton fields on the north part and lands now or late of Christopher Pate on the east and a house and orchard late of John Blount on the west'; also a close or pasture of 1a late Elizabeth Sutton and two tenements with cellars, sollars, chambers backsides etc usually occupied together, once by Thomasine Coys, widow, sometime the wife of Richard Buckfelde; also 1 close of 3a.
• Abstract of title for Manor of Grumbolds (prepared for sale to Tyssen). Covers period 1632 - 1703)
• Survey of the manor of Hackney, 1652.
• Judgement in a case concerning Wentworth's title to Lordshold Manor, 8 January 1670
• Bargain and sale. 20 January 1624. Henry Heynes and others to George Robyns.
• Property: Hilly Fields, of 5a, lying between the Wick house and Hummerton Street, part of the manor, grange or farm of Wick in Hackney.
• Deed of covenant for the Goldsmith's Co to execute bequest in will of Henry Bannister. 29 April 1635.
• Conveyance of Hilly Field in trust to the poor of Hackney under the will of William Swayne. 9 May 1639. George Robyns to Vicar and parishioners etc of Hackney.
• Bargain and sale to put into effect bequest to parish of Hackney under the will of Sir Thomas Vyner. 23 April 1669.
• Property (held by persons named by Parson Greene of Hackney): Waste ground on Mare Street with several houses built on it occupied by Francis Collio, William Martin and Rogere Adams being 162' from west to east on the north side, 42' breadth at the west end. North side is to highway. Property bounded by a ditch on south and east sides.
• Covenant between Goldsmiths Co and Churchwardens and parishioners of Hackney to pay vicar, Thomas Jameson to preach a sermon on Holy Thursday and Good Fridays. 13 June 1679.
• Settlement of boundary dispute between St Leonard Shoreditch and St John at Hackney parishes over piece of waste near Balmes House. 6 February 1696 (land assigned to Hackney) [Pasture of 7a in a close adjoining on the east to the dwelling house and cowhouse of Ralph Harwood and Balmes House and north of the King's private way from Harwood's house on the east to the King's Gate that opens on the way leading to the Kings Lands in Hackney. Document describes elm position and location of mark of boundary. Dispute was also over repair of road.]
• Lease, 15 August 1698. Robert Bruce, vicar of Hackney to William Wallis, citizen and mercer of London and Hackney. Property: piece of ground called Foothaugh, now Pingle, in CHurch Street of 1/2a, lying south of the churchyard.
• Conveyance and charge of £4 pa on land in Hackney marsh under the will of JOhanna Hussey, wife of Thomas Hussey, late Johanna Pinchback, widow. Parties: Rupert Browne, Thomas Hussey to Sir Joseph Wolf, Francis Tyssen, JOhn Cass, Matthew Holworthy, Richard Beauvoir and Richard Ambrose. Dated 1 July 1706
• Exemplification of a recovery, 10 December 1706/7 Sir Thomas Smith and Ambrose Muschamp. Re will of Hester Gosling and property left to Smith. Will recited in deed. Property in Hackney [not specified as to location]
• Abstract of title to the manor of Stepney 1395 - 1720.
• Abstract of title to messuages and lands in Hackney 1664-1740.. Property in 1664 consisting of 3a near Mare Street adjoining London Fields conveyed by John Ravenscroft to George Hockenhull. In 1685 conveyed by George Hockenhull Snr & Jnr to Thomas Glover. In 1689 part let by Glover to William Ludford, then adjoining Tower Street (frontage of 80' on LOndon Fields (91 year lease). 1689 Ludford mortgage refers to a house then being built; a further mortgage in 1690 refers to a new built brick messuage. In 1697 the property was sold to William Northey; in 1740 the property is sold by William and Edward Northey as mortgaged to Matthew Newnham.
• Abstract of title to estate in Hackney, 1625 - 1632
• Recites conveyance dated 2 November 1625 (bargain and sale) between (1) Peter Burgoyne of Hackney, 2. William Hurte, John Gannatt and Richard Clutterbucke. who buy: 6a of pasture in Hackney and Stepney; 4a of pasture near King's Place; 2a in a field called Ponde Hawle in Hackney; 6a in South millfield; 2a in the Townes [field] Hackney; 2a in Stoneycrofte towards Ducketts Lane; 1a arable in North millfield, three fields of 1a, 3a & 1½a in Hackney Marsh (latter near Lampa Acre). 1a also near Lampa Acre; 1a & ½a near the River Lea; ½a in Paunche Croft; 1a near way called the Mill way; 1½a in Eggeney in Hackney and a further 3a. Owned in 1632 by William Hurte and Bathesheba, his wife
• Let to Mr Young
• Tyssen v Moleshoe. Brief dated 1702. Concerns a case in which the defendant, Thomas Molshoe, claimed that as his estate was one time the property of the Order of St John Hospitaller, it was therefore exempt from tithes. Estate is Quabb or Scotland Farm. Document gives various namesincluding Longlands, Illbury (Edbury or Oldbury) and Bedemead Coastholdnes - all field names. Tyssen won the case.
• Francis Douce v John Rawlinson and Francis John Tyssen by Rachel Tyssen, his mother, a widow and guardian. 1729.
• Concerns a case over water rights over the Pikewell or Pigwell brook and a well adjoining. Describes pipes and drainage arrangements to serve the garden of Robert Lloyd and house garden and necessary house of Sir Edward Trotman, who rented a garden from Lloyd and in one account is said to have been responsible for some of the sluice works etc. With accompanying affadvit from Rachel Tyssen.
• Case of the assignees of John Tyssen, a bankrupt Summarises proceedings after bankruptcy. Covers the years 1726-1775. With council's opinion by John Maddocks.
• Above forms a series of office copies, mostly made c 1858 but some original (inc water dispute documents)
• Hackney wills. Of the following people: Richard Cheney (Snr), 1625; Richard Cheney (Jnr), 1682; Jonathan Glover, 1792; Elizabeth Hammond, 1789; Ann Hincks, 1780; James Payze, 1833; Martha Sheath 1814; Hillah Taylor, 1839 and William Waterman, 1833. Transcripts made contemporary with wills (in the main). D/F/TYS/71/10 1625 - 1839
• 1 vol
• Conditions of access: Available on microfilm XP414
• From: http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=084-dftys&... ___________________________
• This Earliest Record Is Of Richard, Born 1565 In Kent, Isle of Sheppy England,
• The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some 46 miles to the east of London England. It is only 36 square miles.
• He Married Elizabeth Offley At St. Marys London
• As Was The Custom, His First Born Son Was Named Richard.
  • Richard Was Born 1-25-1595 In London And At St. Marys', He Married Anne Ellinoir, 3 June 1622 Hackney Middlesex London England
• From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genbel/chaney/cha... __________________________________
• Richard Cheney's will of June 20 1625
• He Named his wife Alice, and eldest son William (to have lands in Hackney after the death of the testator's wife Alice, and lands in Lynnstowe[?], Mddx., in Farington, Berks., in [St. Catherine?] Creechurch (Gracechurch?) within Hogate, London, in Westham, Essex, and Ingleside, Parish of Barking, Essex. He also named William's eldest son Richard and son William.
• The will was witnessed by Fra. Moss, William Rolfe, Augustine Drew, and Robert Morton.
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• http://www.familycentral.net/index/pedigree.cfm
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cheney-350
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