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Excerpts from the Mt. Echo [London, Laurel Co., KY]
January 3, 1896
OAKLEY
DIED-Dec. 22d, 1895, of lung trouble, Lily, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A.
Chesnut. Lily was a sweet little girl, age 7 years, 1 month and 18 days.
She suffered 5 long months after which our blessed Master called her home
to dwell with the angels of heaven where sickness sorrow and troubles are
no more.
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Take time for 10 things .....
4. Take time to Read ~~ it is the foundation of knowledge.
5. Take time to Worship ~~ it is the highway of reverence and washes
the dust of earth from our eyes.
6. Take time to Love ~~ it is the one sacrament of life.
All,
Sunday's (27 Sep 98) Fort Worth Star Telegram (Ft. Worth, Tx) had an
article on Clyde Chesnut Barrow of Bonnie and Clyde fame.
Clyde Chesnut Barrow was born near Telico, in Ellis County, Texas on March
24, 1909.
Is Clyde Barrow related to our klan?
Best regards and thanks to all of you who are working diligently to link
the Chesnut roots together.
Gary Chesnut
Keller, Tx
....
Several references have been made to the marriage of Alexander Chesnut (
1690-1754) and Mary O'Draine. Does anyone have proof of this marriage. We
have searched for this proof for some time. Your help would be appreciated.
As to his son William - the date of 1770/4 for William's birth conflicts
with Alexander's death in 1754. Can this be explained? Also, can someone
provide the publisher and copyright date of the Frank Merlin Jones book,
"Jones of South Carolina and Allied Families"? Is this book still in print?
Several references have been made to the marriage of Alexander Chesnut (
1690-1754) and Mary O'Draine. Does anyone have proof of this marriage. We
have searched for this proof for some time. Your help would be appreciated.
As to his son William - the date of 1770/4 for William's birth conflicts
with Alexander's death in 1754. Can this be explained? Also, can someone
provide the publisher and copyright date of the Frank Merlin Jones book,
"Jones of South Carolina and Allied Families"? Is this book still in print?
by by way of Donald Chesnut <chesnut@kgs.mm.uky.edu>
I am searching for information on Mary Ann CHESTNUTT (or spelling variations)
born on 8/19/1968 in Jefferson, Illinois. She married Tom T. Bruce of
Tennessee, but was named "Hart" when she died. Have you ever run across her?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Kelli Littlehead
MKLmom(a)aol.com
Can anyone help me prove that Joseph Chesnut who died in Campbell County,
Ga. in 1830/31 was the son of Alexander Chesnut,Jr. b.1755 d. 1812, m.
Sarah Carr. He was from Duplin and Anson Counties, N.C.
Any help would be appreciated.
Bettye Dupree
Donald Chesnut wrote:
>
> [These are some of the questions on which we, as a group, should try to
> focus. This would help unite the two BIG Chesnut groups in the US. Don
> Chesnut]
>
> >...
> >1. Regarding Alexander Chesnut (1690-1754) who married Mary O'Draine:
> >What evidence is available to show whether he is related to William I
> >and William II? How is he related to them, if at all? Is William I or
> >Alexander the father of William II?
I have some information from a book in Salt Lake City, "Jones of SC
and Allied Families by Frank Merlin Jones" It states that Alexander
Chesnut and Mary O"Draine had a son William and that son had a son
William. Alexander's son William was born about 1770/4. I do not have
a birth date for the second William. I do not know if these two
Williams are the ones that you are refering to as WmI an Wm II.
Euretta
I have a written " history of surname of Chestnut" I got it years ago at a
Scottish Highland games getogather.
The French Huguenot families entered England during the middle ages after the
Norman Conquest.
The Huguenots, officially called " Hu-Gnosticorum", emerged following the
Protestant rejection by Luther of the authority of Rome. the Huguenots were
largely French dwellers in the Rhine Vallley north of Strasburg. In the th and
th centuries they were persecuted by the French King and appealed to the
Protestant monarchy of England and Scotland as refugees.
The first record of the Chesnut name was in Touraine, France, where they were
Lords of Breaux, Montay and La Doucinier, where they had been seated for many
centuries. The Chesneaus were known as the Chesneau (du) de la Haugreniere and
had branches in Maine and in Lorraine. Guillame (William) Chesneau was
Chamberlayn to King Charles VII of France. The family fled France when the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes was effected in 1685, disallowing
Protestants the right to worship.
The surname Chesnut emerged as a notable English/ Huguenot family in the
County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Both Agnew and O'Hart show the family
Chesneau seated in the vincinity in their lists of French Protestant Exiles.
The surname has been spelt in many forms: Chesneau, Chesnoit, Chesnit,
Chestnet, Chesnut, Chesnutt, Chestnut. Within a few generations of their
exile to Ireland, land opened up in the New World. The Chesnutt family was
among the first families to arrived in this new country.
debbie bohon
In a message dated 9/16/98 7:07:12 AM Central Daylight Time, CHESNUT-D-
request(a)rootsweb.com writes:
<<
>>
In relation to a possible move from France to England to Ireland.
We had always heard that our family of Chestnut was from County Antrium,
Ireland; (which indeed is where my great grandfather came from) but, in doing
research, it appears that we might have started in France.
Due to the religious persecution of the Protestants at the time, they were
given asylum in England. Later when King Henry was having trouble with the
Catholics in Northern Ireland, he moved a large amount of Protestant families
to the area. We think that is what happened to our family.
Dan Chestnut
There is a theory that Chesney comes from De Quesnaie, or something like that.
John Chesnut
> ----------
> From: lindamorganclark@juno.com[SMTP:lindamorganclark@juno.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 1:42 AM
> To: CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Needed research
>
> When they were in France the name was spelled "Chesney"
> > or maybe "Chesnay". Has anyone else every heard this story?
> >
> > >>
> >This is interesting. My Chesney line is from northern Ireland where
> >they were McChesney. I suspect that given their religion, Presbyterian,
> they
> >were part of the great migration from Scotland a few generations
> earlier.
> >Maybe they, too, were originally from France and just added the "Mc" to
> blend in.
> >
> May I post both of these to my CHESNEY-L list? This discussion is quite
> common among Chesneys.
>
> Linda Morgan Clark
>
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A complicating factor is that Chesney is (if I recall correctly) an old Scottish
name of Norman French origin.
John Chesnut
> ----------
> From: Wryly001@aol.com[SMTP:Wryly001@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 10:47 PM
> To: CHESNUT-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Needed research
>
> In a message dated 98-09-15 07:34:20 EDT, Ngchesnutt(a)aol.com writes:
>
> << I can't help with the questions you listed but would like to tell a family
> story passed on to my husband by his grandfather. According to Samuel Lee
> Chesnutt, who was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, his ancestors went to
> England from France. When they were in France the name was spelled "Chesney"
> or maybe "Chesnay". Has anyone else every heard this story?
>
> >>
> This is interesting. My Chesney line is from northern Ireland where they were
> McChesney. I suspect that given their religion, Presbyterian, they were part
> of the great migration from Scotland a few generations earlier. Maybe they,
> too, were originally from France and just added the "Mc" to blend in.
>
When they were in France the name was spelled "Chesney"
> or maybe "Chesnay". Has anyone else every heard this story?
>
> >>
>This is interesting. My Chesney line is from northern Ireland where
>they were McChesney. I suspect that given their religion, Presbyterian,
they
>were part of the great migration from Scotland a few generations
earlier.
>Maybe they, too, were originally from France and just added the "Mc" to
blend in.
>
May I post both of these to my CHESNEY-L list? This discussion is quite
common among Chesneys.
Linda Morgan Clark
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In a message dated 98-09-15 07:34:20 EDT, Ngchesnutt(a)aol.com writes:
<< I can't help with the questions you listed but would like to tell a family
story passed on to my husband by his grandfather. According to Samuel Lee
Chesnutt, who was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, his ancestors went to
England from France. When they were in France the name was spelled "Chesney"
or maybe "Chesnay". Has anyone else every heard this story?
>>
This is interesting. My Chesney line is from northern Ireland where they were
McChesney. I suspect that given their religion, Presbyterian, they were part
of the great migration from Scotland a few generations earlier. Maybe they,
too, were originally from France and just added the "Mc" to blend in.
by by way of Donald Chesnut <drches01@pop.uky.edu>
I can't help with the questions you listed but would like to tell a family
story passed on to my husband by his grandfather. According to Samuel Lee
Chesnutt, who was born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, his ancestors went to
England from France. When they were in France the name was spelled "Chesney"
or maybe "Chesnay". Has anyone else every heard this story?
[These are some of the questions on which we, as a group, should try to
focus. This would help unite the two BIG Chesnut groups in the US. Don
Chesnut]
>Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 04:34:42 -0400
>From: Louis Chenette <toccata(a)prodigy.net>
>Subject: Needed research
>
>Thank you so much for attending the CHESNUT REUNION...
>
>At check-in, I invited attendees to indicate questions that they would
>like to have answered through research on our family. Here they are:
>
>1. Regarding Alexander Chesnut (1690-1754) who married Mary O'Draine:
>What evidence is available to show whether he is related to William I
>and William II? How is he related to them, if at all? Is William I or
>Alexander the father of William II?
>
>2. Needed: the name of the wife of William Chesnut, b abt 1712 in
>Northern Ireland. Apparently the name is not readable on the record.
>Is there some way scientifically to deduce it?
>
>3. Needed: the last name of the wife of William Chesnut b abt 1680 in
>Northern Ireland. Her first name was Mary.
>
>4. Needed: Proof that John Chesnut Jr, son of John Chesnut & Patience
>Gum, was the father of James Evan Chesnut b 17 Aug 1799, Bullit Co KY, d
>20 May 1893, Buxton, Wilson Co, KS.
>
>5. The continuing mystery. Needed: hard information on our
>French/Irish/Scottish origins....
>
>Again, many thanks both for attending/participating and for all you are
>doing for all of us Chesnut descendents who are interested in knowing
>our roots.
>
>Yours very truly,
>
>Louis F. Chenette