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Ok, my husband is Robert Blair Chesnutt b: 1956
son of Robert Paul Chesnutt b: 1933 in Phillipston, PA
son of Robert Roy Chesnutt b: 1902 in PA
son of Thomas Patton Chesnutt b: abt 1880 in PA.
Family stories tell of a feud between brothers and one of them changing the
spelling of the name to Chesnutt so they would not have to be related. It may
have been Thomas Patton because it wasn't very far back in the line.
Also it was told that the family was originally from Scotland where the name
before coming to America was Mc Chesney. Has anyone have a link to this line?
Rhonda
Donald Chesnut wrote:
> At 09:57 PM 1/5/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >OK, I am just now beginning to delve into this branch of my husband's
> >family tree. He is descended from Abraham Chesnut and Esther Evans. I
> >understand Abraham (b. 1782) to be the son of John Chesnut and Patience
> >Gum(m). Here's where my confusion begins...Is John the son of William
> >or Alexander? I've seen reference to both. Is this a bone of
> >contention amongst genealogists or am I mixed up? I think that Don
> >Chesnut's info says William and that Daniel Chesnut's info says
> >Alexander...
>
> There are at least two hypotheses about the origin of this group of
> Chesnuts. One hypothesis holds that William Chesnut, father of John Chesnut
> is the son of another William and that they moved from the British Isles
> (Scotland or Northern Ireland) to Pennsylvania, then down the Shenandoah
> Valley to Virginia. This hypothesis, by John B. Chesnut Jr., is described
> in the following webpages:
>
> http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/chesnut2.htm
> http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/chesnut3.htm
>
> Another hypothesis is that William, father of John Chesnut, is the son of
> Alexander Chesnut of Northern Ireland. This hypothesis was developed, in
> part, by Dr. V. Gordon Walker whom many of you met at the Chesnut Reunion
> of 1998. Daniel Chesnut's website below describes this hypothesis.
>
> http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/e/Daniel-sr-L-Chesnut/GENE10-0001.h
> tml
>
> The Chesnut list has been quiet for the last few months. Perhaps we can
> entertain some dialog about these or other origins for this family. I am
> not a spokesman or expert on either alternative, but hopefully we can get
> some insight from those who have done this research. Thank you.
> Don