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AMONG HER DESCENDANTS THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS TO THE PRESENT TIME. IT IS SEEN AS A
FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THERE WAS EVEN A TUGBOAT NAMED THE
ELSWOOD. THE PRESENCE OF THAT NAME HAS ASSISTED US IN CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE LINE
THAT DESCENDS FROM BENJAMIN CHAFFEY AND FRANCES ELSWOOD.
They had the following children:
36 i. BENJAMIN (1806-1806)
37 ii. BENJAMIN (1806-1867)
38 iii. MARY RANDALL (1808-1860)
39 iv. WILLIAM (1810-1890)
40 v. RICHARD (1813-1852)
41 vi. SARAH (1815-1855)
42 vii. GEORGE (1818-1884)
43 viii. JOHN (1820-1878)
44 ix. SUSAN (1823-1917)
45 x. FRANCES (1826-1853)
46 xi. ELSWOOD (1827-1868)
47 xii. EMILY (1829-1859)
16. SUSANNAH CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 5 Born on 3 Jul 1781 in NORTON, SOMERSET,
ENGLAND. SUSANNAH died in NORTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, on 17 May 1783; she was 1. Religion:
Baptized 8/3/1781.
17. JOHN CHAFFEY (BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 5,13 Born on 18 May 1783 in NORTON SUB-HAMDON.
CHRISTENED 1783. JOHN died in ENGLAND bef 1861; he was 77. Occupation: GRAZIER/AUCTIONEER.
Religion: Baptized 6/25/1783 SOUTH PETHERTON INDEPENDENT CHURCH.
CHAFFEYS AND TRENCHARDS WERE IN BUSINESS TOGETHER IN DEVON, ENGLAND. THE PRE 1830
PIGOT’S DIRECTORY LISTS JOHN AS AN AUCTIONEER. HIS MARRIAGE WAS WITNESSED BY HUGH
TRENCHARD AND ROBERT CHAFFEY. 14
On 17 Apr 1806 when JOHN was 22, he married SARAH TRENCHARD 15, daughter of HUGH
TRENCHARD & SARAH TRENCHARD (1754-1825), in THORNCOMBE, DEVONSHIRE, ENG. Born abt
1783 in THORNCOMBE, DEVONSHIRE, ENG. SARAH died in ENGLAND aft 1861; she was 78.
Occupation: SEAMSTRESS. Religion: BAPTISM DATE 11/20/1783, WEST SIDE INDEPENDENT
CHURCH, WAREHAM, DORSET, ENGLAND.
DAUGHTER OF HUGH AND SARAH TRENCHARD. SARAH TRENCHARD’S PARENTS WERE FIRST
COUSINS. THEY MARRIED IN 1775. HER FATHER HUGH TRENCHARD WAS A CLOTHIER.
SHE ALSO HAD AN UNCLE NAMED HUGH TRENCHARD WHOSE DESCENDENTS HAVE A HUGH T. IN
EACH GENERATION.
SARAH IS LISTED IN THE 1861 CENSUS AS A WIDOW SEAMSTRESS LIVING WITH HER DAUGHTER
SARAH AND HER SON-IN-LAW, THOMAS JENNINGS. 14
They had the following children:
48 i. SARAH (1808->1851)
49 ii. SUSAN (1810-1870)
50 iii. JOHN (1811-)
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