Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Chaney was born in 1752, in Hancock, Georgia, United States, her father, Grandberry Chaney, was 29 and her mother, Corliss Reynolds, was 33. She married John Kennedy Sr about 1772, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1830, in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Chaney - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Jane Chaney
- Jane Chyne, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Jane Chaney Kennedy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Georgia is the 4th state.
1793
Historical Boundaries: 1793: Hancock, Georgia, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any one of several places in Normandy, Picardy, or Artois (France) named (Le) Quesnay or Quesnoy, or elsewhere in northern France named (Le or La) Chesnay or Chesnoy. The placenames all derive from Old French chesnai or its Normanno-Picard equivalent quesnai ‘oak grove’ (medieval Latin casnetum).
French: variant of Chanet, a habitational name from any of various places called Chanet or Le Chanet, from Latin canna ‘reed’ + the suffix -etum denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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