13. Abraham⁴ Chaney (Jacob³, Charles², Richard¹ Cheyney) (#1278) was born in Halifax, Virginia, United States 1760.⁽⁹¹⁾ Abraham died December 25, 1848 at 88 years of age.

He married twice. He married Cheathum. ( Cheathum is #1308.) He married Nancy Dennison. (Nancy Dennison is #1314.) Abraham Chaney, the son of Sarah and Jacob Chaney, was born in the year of 1760, and died December 25, 1848. He lived all his life at the old Chaney home. During Abraham's long life of about 88 years he married twice-- first to a Miss Cheathum, and to this union there were born five children: Eli, Dicie, Cheatum, and Elizabeth. John was a tailor by occupation. He emigrated to Tennessee. Eli went to Patrick County, Virginia. Dicie married a Puckett and went West. Cheatum was in the war of 1812, during which time he died in Norfolk, Virginia, and was buried there. Elizabeth married Jesse Reeves-- more information will be given in regard to her in a latter chapter. Abraham was married the second time to Nancy Dennison, and to them were born sever children: Abraham, Anderson, Henry, Mary, Nancy, Susan and Sallie. Abraham was a member of the New School Baptists. He wa very zealous in the cause, so I have been told, and often had prayer meetings at his home. written in 1907 by Henry Watson Chaney Abraham Chaney b.1760 @@Halifax, Virginia. Abram's father, Jacob, (b.1715) did come from Anne Arundel Co., MD; and, his father, Charles, b. June 6, 1673, did have a half-brother, Richard 'b.1649/ 1650'. They are sons of the CHEYNEY emigrant, *Richard (b.`1627) in Kent, Eng. Posted to Genforum by Preston Glenn Humphrey on April 26, 1998

Abraham Chaney and Cheathum had the following children:

39 i. Eli⁵ Chaney (#1309) was born on (birth date unknown).

40 ii. Dicie Chaney (#1310) was born on (birth date unknown).

41 iii. Cheatum Chaney (#1311) was born on (birth date unknown). Cheatum died in Norfolk, Virginia.⁽⁹²⁾

42 iv. Elizabeth Chaney (#1312) was born on (birth date unknown). She married Jesse Reaves. (Jesse Reaves is #1384.) (See Jesse Reaves for the continuation of this line.) Elizabeth Chaney, the daughter of Abraham Chaney and by his first wife, married Jesse Reaves and lived near the place now known as Birch, Virginia. To this union were born seven children - George, Daniel, Jesse, Abraham, Nancy, Ephream and Katie. Elizabeth was a business woman and very kind hearted. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist and was on of their faithful members. She lived to be seventy years old.

43 v. John Chaney (#1313) was born on (birth date unknown).

Abraham Chaney and Nancy Dennison had the following children:

+ 44 vi. Anderson Chaney was born on (birth date unknown).

45 vii. Nancy Chaney (#1319) was born on (birth date unknown). She married Charles Firesheets. (Charles Firesheets is #1430.) (See Charles Firesheets for the continuation of this line.)

46 viii. Susie Chaney (#1320) was born on (birth date unknown).

47 ix. Sallie Chaney (#1321) was born on (birth date unknown). She married Berry Baines. (Berry Baines is #1445.) (See Berry Baines for the continuation of this line.) Sallie Chaney the daughter of Nancy and Abraham Chaney, Sr., married Berry Baines and to them were born five children that I know of, They were: Geneva, Alice, Susan, Sallie, and Fannie. I don't know how old she was at the time of her death, but suppose she was about sixty years old or older. I think she was buried at County Line Church, Halifax County, Virginia. At the time of her death she was living at her home on Elk Horn Creek near Peytonsburg, VA.

+ 48 x. Abraham Chaney, Jr. was born December 14, 1813.

49 xi. Mary Chaney (#1318) was born October 22, 1818.⁽⁹³⁾ Mary died January 13, 1873 at 54 years of age.⁽⁹⁴⁾ She married Thomas Vaughn. (Thomas Vaughn is #1435.) (See Thomas Vaughn for the continuation of this line.)

+ 50 xii. Henry Chaney was born December 20, 1819.

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