Cheney has also been spelled: Chain, Chainey, Chania, Chaney,
Chany, Cheyney, and China.
The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.
Richard Cheney the Younger was was born about 1684 in All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, County, Maryland. An 1804 court case indicated that he was the oldest son of Richard and Eleanor Cheney.
Richard and Rachel's children included:
Elizabeth Cheney (1709, married Greenbury Cheney),
Rachel Cheney (1711),
Mary Cheney Williams (1717, married John Williams), and
Rebecca Cheney (1721).
The plantiff in the 1804 case testified that Richard owned and lived on Cheney's Hazard.
Rachel died about 1721 when she was about 35 years old. She probably died in childbirth.
After she died, Richard married Mary Penn.
Richard Cheney (1724, married Susannah) Edward Cheney (1726, married Mary Ijams),
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William Cheney (1729, married Elizabeth Piper),
Joseph Cheney (1730, married Edith Mendenall),
James Cheney (1731)
Sarah Cheney (1732)
Mary Cheney (1734, married John Duvall),
Rachel Cheney (1735, married James Ricketts),
Jemima Cheney (1736)
Jane Cheney (1738, married Thomas Bond),
Catherine Cheney (1740).
Richard died after 1750.
Childbirth was was perilous. Around 1.5 percent of births ended in the mother's death. Since women gave birth to many children, chances of dying in childbirth were quite high.
