Richard Cheney died in early 1685. He was probably in his 60s. He’d lived in the South River Hundred in Maryland for 35 years.
This story traces the final mentions of Richard, the inheritance left to his children, and the legacy that endured beyond his burial.
In 17th-century Maryland, disease, childbirth, and the harsh conditions of frontier living claimed lives early and often.
Charity Cheney, wife of Richard, was an unfortunate victim.
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Anne Arundel County, Maryland, requires an archaeological survey before any new construction project begins.
In 1998, a routine survey for a housing subdivision near Riva Road uncovered something extraordinary: the remains of the 1658-era homestead of Richard and Charity Cheney.
What began as a compliance dig quickly evolved into a landmark discovery—Cheney Hill, perched atop a steep knoll overlooking the South River.
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Richard and Charity Cheney lived near the South River in Anne Arundel County in the Province of Maryland.
In 1659, they had been granted one hundred acres of land, a grant named Cheney Hill.
Continue readingWe’ve written stories about three of our ancestor family pairs – Jarvis/Webb, Teply/Kloppenberg, and Gallagher/Riley. We’re exploring one more family pair – Cheney and Maninger.
In our last series, we followed our Maninger family from 1700s Germany to 1920 Kansas.
Now we’ll turn to stories of our Cheney family.
In this series, we’ll follow the Cheney family from their arrival in colonial Maryland in the mid-1600s, tracing their path through land grants, settlement records, and family trees. Their legacy begins on the banks of the South River, in a province founded on religious tolerance and new beginnings.
Family Nibbles – Volume 11 is here! This book is about the lives of our Maninger ancestors from 1700 to 1920.
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We’ve come to the end of this series of stories. We’ve followed our Maninger family from 1700s Germany to 1920 Kansas.
In our previous story, Emily Maninger graduated and became a registered nurse in 1920.
Here’s an update on the rest of the family, and some sneak previews of what’s to come.
Continue readingEmily Maninger enrolled in Wichita Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1917. She hoped to go to the front to care for the troops in World War I.
We’re going to begin a series of stories about our Maninger family.
But guess what? The history of our Maninger family has already been written! It’s “The Maninger Family: with additional sections on the related families of Barth, Smith, Schrock, Weyeneth,” by F. Robert Henderson.
Lucky for us, this marvelous history resource is available to help tell our stories.
The past stories have brought the Teplys and Jarvises up to the 1930s. Mel Jarvis and Don Teply are coming of age. Their lives will soon be disrupted by World War II. After the war, they will marry and raise families.
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