Alexander Samuel Chesnut, (immigrant)

1672 - 1749  (77 years)

• Name	Alexander Samuel Chesnut
  Suffix	(immigrant)
  Birth	1672	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1749	Hampshire Co, West Virginia
  Notes	It is believed that while living in Ireland, the family name was Sarsfield, a landed gentry family of considerable note. The Sarsfield family in Ireland were "Militant" Catholics rather than Huguenots, and that is possible that an anti-catholic branch of the family "split off" and changed the name to Chesnut. Alexander Chesnut left Ireland and settled in Frederick Co. Virginia, which later became Hampshire Co., West Virginia. There is some documentary evidence of a deed or lease and related power of attorney recorded in Hampshire Co involving land originaly deeded to an Alexander Chesnut (called McChesnut) in which John of South Carolina is described as his son and heir. Birth: 1672 in Ireland Death: 1749 in Hampshire Co., West Virginia Notes: Marriage 1 Mary O'Draine Married: ABT 1710 in Ireland Children William Chesnut b: ABT 1712 in Co. Antrim, Ireland David Chesnut b: 1713 in Co. Antrim, Ireland John Chesnut b: 1715 James Chesnut b: ABT 1717 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3020366&id=I560671290&style=TABLE
  Person ID	I91898	Roots
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Mary Adrian O'Draine, (immigrant),   b. Abt 1683, Ireland d. Between 1762 and 1768, South Carolina (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1710
  Children	+ 1. David Chesnut, (immigrant),   b. 1713, Antrim, Ireland d. 22 Apr 1778, Chester Co, South Carolina (Age 65 years)   2. John Chesnut,   b. 1715   d. Aft 1730 (Age 16 years) + 3. William Chesnut, II (immigrant) (son of who?),   b. 1716, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d. Bef 28 Jan 1783, Rockingham Co, Virginia (Age 67 years)   4. James Chesnut,   b. Abt 1718   d. Aft 1730 (Age ~ 13 years)
  Family ID	F30843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2015