Born about in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Chesney Sr.
— married
about 1710 in Ireland [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Samuel McChesney, Isabel (McChesney) Fulton, William McChesney Jr., Unknown McChesney, Margaret (Chesnee) Vernon, Richard McChesney Sr. and John McChesney
Died [date unknown]
in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2013
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Biography
by 6th great grandaughter Grace McChesney Boerner, 2015
Mary (Welch) Chesney has Irish ancestors.
Other than matching Mary Ann Welch and William Chesney's DNA with that of son Samuel Chesney, we have only circumstantial evidence at this time of the elusive Mary Anne Welch Chesney, daughter of Unknown Welch, wife of William Chesney and mother of Samuel Chesney/McChesney. I have no DNA evidence tha Mary Ann is the mother of any of William Chesney's other children. The one "evidence" is Ancestry trees, but they have conflicting information, and their only source is other Ancestry trees which also have no original source files.
We can only look at the circumstances and make "educated" guesses at best. So, bear with me as we play out the possible scenarios of her birth, marriage, being the mother of William McChesney's children, and her eventual death:
Scenario 1:' Mary Ann Welch was born and married in Ireland.[1] Ireland as thought to be the birthplace of their first son, Samuel Chesney. However the date of Samuel's birth of 1705 seems incorrect. Mary Ann Welch (if she was born in 1696 as Ancestry trees tell us) would have only been 9 years old. [2] Then there is a span of 9 years before their second child, Isabell Chesney is born in 1714 in Pennsylvania.
Scenario 2:' Mary Ann Welch was born and married in Pennsylvania.[3] Some place Mary Ann's birthplace along with their marriage to be in Pennsylvania. This assumption most likely made by the birth of Isabella Chesney in 1714 in Pennsylvania Colony. Let's explore this idea. There were families with the surname Welch living in Colonial Pennsylvania in the late 1600s and 1700s.[4] So this is a possibility. However, that would make son Samuel's birth to be Pennsylvania and not Ireland. We simply do not have enough evidence to say either way. We do know that daughter Isabel Chesney thought to be born in Pennsylvania and married in Pennsylvania.[5]. ... to be continued.
Sources
- ↑ CAUTION! All undocumented. No records can be found in Ireland for her birth, marriage, immigration to Pennsylvania Colonies, or death in Ireland or Pennsylvania.
- ↑ Millium File Name Samuel Chesney Gender Male Birth Date 1705 Birth Place Ireland Father William Chesney Spouse Isabella Riddell Children Robert chesney Household Members Samuel Chesney Isabella Riddell
- ↑ CAUTION! All undocumented. No records can be found in Ireland for her birth, marriage, immigration to Pennsylvania Colonies, or death in Ireland or Pennsylvania.
- ↑ Welch website http://thebolamfamily.com/gen_welch.html
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #143106198
- WikiTree profile Welch-1509 created through the import of McChesney Extended Decision Tr.ged on Jan 11, 2013 by Grace McChesney. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Grace and others.
- Source: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Source: Family Search, FamilyTree app for birth and death locations 7/18/2017 by Pamela Tandy
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.39%
Grace McChesney
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