When Luke Cheney was born on 27 December 1790, in Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Cheney, was 49 and his mother, Hannah Gould, was 32. He married Charlotte Jones in 1826, in Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 27 April 1847, in Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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English: variant of Chaney with the same etymology as in 2 below.
French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in an oak wood, from Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’ (from chesne ‘oak’), or a habitational name from any of several places called (Le) Cheney, e.g. in Haute-Savoie, named with this word. Compare Chesney .
French Canadian: altered form of French Chesnay or Chenay, topographic names with the same meaning and etymology as in 2 above, or habitational names from (Le) Chesnay or (Le) Chenay, names of several places in the northwestern part of France, based on Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’. Compare Chenette and Chenier 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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