When James Chinnock was born in 1775, in Ditcheat, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Chinnock, was 35 and his mother, Ann Hoare, was 36. He married Sarah Gane on 7 July 1799, in Ditcheat, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He was buried in Bruton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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English (West Country): habitational name from East or West Chinnock in Somerset, early recorded as Cinioch. The name is of uncertain origin; according to Mills, it may from a derivative of Old English cinu ‘deep valley’, or possibly from an old hill name of Celtic origin.
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