Person:Samuel McChesney (5)

Samuel Joseph McChesney
d.10 Sep 1845
m. Abt 1767
  1. Samuel Joseph McChesney1780 - 1845
  2. William McChesney1781 - 1854
  • HSamuel Joseph McChesney1780 - 1845
  • WJennette FondaAbt 1780 - 1870
m. 8 Dec 1798
  1. Mary McChesney1799 - 1871
  2. Rachel McChesney1801 -
  3. Jane McChesney1803 -
  4. Joseph Beakmen McChesney1805 -
  5. Eliza McChesney1807 -
  6. John Jay McChesney1810 - 1885
Facts and Events
Name Samuel Joseph McChesney
Alt Name % Samuel Joseph McChesney
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Mar 1780 Watervliet, Albany, New York, USA
Alt Birth? 1 Mar 1780 Watervliet New York
Christening? 14 Mar 1780 Albany, Albany, New York, Dutch Reformed Church
Marriage 8 Dec 1798 Troy, Rensselaer, New Yorkto Jennette Fonda
Death? 10 Sep 1845
Burial? Abt Sep 1845 Troy, New York, Oakwood Cemetery

Lt. Col. in Rensselear County militia.

Sources: The McChesney family of Rensselear County, New York: Prindle, Paul W.: United States. Publisher: unknown Date: 1969. Page Count: 575. Pages, 24, 51-53, 140. (Well researched work on the family, available at HeritageQuest)

name Betty Desmond Keil.


The Fonda Family. Publication: Albany, NY. The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook. Publication Date: 1981. Issue: F8. Edition: Vol. 48, p.17-20; Vol. 49, p.28-36. Author: McConville, Howard A.

? MCCHESNEY, SAMUEL (1810 U.S. Census). NEW YORK , RENSSELAER, BRUNSWICK. Series: M252 Roll: 35 Page: 95? or ?MCCHESNEY, SAMUEL (1810 U.S. Census). NEW YORK , RENSSELAER, BRUNSWICK. Series: M252 Roll: 35 Page: 97?

MCCHESNEY, SAMUEL J (1820 U.S. Census). NEW YORK , RENSSELAER, BRUNSWICK. Series: M33 Roll: 68 Page: 210.

Buried Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY "Farmer; On 20-Apr-1801, Samuel J. McChesney leased 44 acres of land from Stephen VanRensselaer for 5 shillings, subject to an annual rent of 3-1/2 bushels of winter wheat. Samuel J. McChesney was one of the first managers of the Rensselaer County Agricultural Society, which dates from 1819."