Hephzibah Chesley

Brief Life History of Hephzibah

When Hephzibah Chesley was born on 23 April 1773, in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Maj. Samuel Chesley Esq., was 38 and her mother, Eleanor Moore, was 35. She married Elijah Phinney on 18 May 1796, in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. She died on 27 March 1866, in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Kingston, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Phinney
1773–1865
Hephzibah Chesley
1773–1866
Marriage: 18 May 1796
Anna Phinney
1796–1861
Mary
1810–
Harriet Phinney
1813–
Stephen A. Phinney
1797–
Lot Phinney
1798–
Elijah R. Phinney
1803–1888
Benjamin J Phinney
1806–1883
Eleanor Phinney
1806–1886
Margaret Jane Phinney
1810–1853
Deidamia Phinney
1812–1856
Sarah Phinney
1812–
Sarah Matilda Phinney
1816–1852
Mary Jane Phinney
1817–
Mary Eliza Phinney
1822–

Sources (16)

  • Nova Scotia, Newport, township register of births, marriages and deaths, 1752-1858
  • Hepzibah, "Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1864-1918"
  • Hephisebatt Phiney, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"

World Events (1)

1823

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Name Meaning

English: from Chearsley (Buckinghamshire), early recorded as Cherdesle or Chardesleye.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Schüssler (see Schuessler ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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