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Note for: Frances Henry Champneys, 25 MAR 1848 - 31 JUL 1930 Index
Francis Henry CHAMPNEYS (1878-1930), Medical Practitioner, was born on Thu
rsday 12th September 1878. He married Virginia Julian Dalrymple on Tuesd
ay 12th September 1876, the marriage producing one child: unnamed. He di
ed on Wednesday 30th July 1930.
Champney
The surname Champney is from the French chap(field) and ey (water); the w
et Country. The surname Champney is derived from the ancient district of C
hampagne. Sir Henry Champney was in the train of William the Conquero
r. It is on the list of the Conquerors of England as derived from a Chart
er in Battle Abbey. The Sieurde Champney is mentioned by Playfair as a you
nger son of the noble family of de Champnes in Normandy. From him descend
ed the eminent Somersetshire house of Champneys of Orchardleigh, the la
st male representative of which the late Sir Thomas S. Mostyn Champneys Ba
rt was the last. A branch of this line fixed its residence at Ostenhang
er in Kent. The 1623 Visitation of Somerset lists Peter, John, William, Ge
orge, Margaret, and Thomasine as the youngest generation descended from He
nry Champneys.
John Champney is said to be a descendant of Sir Henry Champney. John m
ay have been from Lincolnshire, as his brother Richard is said to have co
me from there. He married a woman named Joanna, last name unknown . Togeth
er they had the following children; Mary (abt 1635-1704) who married Theop
hilus Richardson, Sarah (-1696) who married Rev. John Russell Jr. of Wobu
rn, a Baptist minister, and John who died on Feb. 20, 1665, and was unmarr
ied. His estate was left to his mother and sisters.
John and his family emigrated to the New World in 1635. They were membe
rs of the Cambridge Church. Mary, Sarah, and John were all baptized in Cam
bridge. In the 1635 Cambridge inventory, Champney was shown to have own
ed a house in the "west end". In 1638 he was granted five acres "on the no
rth side of the path to Charlestown". He also owned two other grants of se
ven acres each. In 1639 the Cambridge inventory showed that John owned f
our parcels of land. One of the parcels was purchased from Edmond Frost wh
ile two others from Richard Champnes.
John died before 1642. He died without making a will for on October 1
6, 1650 the General Court authorized "upon the request of Richard Champny
es & Goulden Moore, & Joane, his wife, the relict of John Champnyes, decea
sed, for power to dispose, by way of sale, of a certain house & lands, le
ft her by her late husband, it is ordered, that power be hereby given to R
ichard Champnyes & John Bridge, of Cambridge, to make sale of the said hou
se & lands mentioned in their petition, provided that they give cautiu
on to the County Court of that shire to dispose of it to use & behoof of t
he woman and her children, according to the intent of John Champnyes, dece
ased."
Joanna, his widow married Golden Moore. She died Feb. 18, 1675 at Billeric
a.
Mary married Theophilus Richardson on May 2, 1654 in Woburn, Mass.
John Chapney had a brother Richard Champney who in 1634 about the beginni
ng of winter, together with the Rev. Thomas Shepherd, Nicholas Danforth, E
dmund Frost and others embarked at Harwich, England, for America but we
re driven back by bad weather. They took sail again about August 10, 163
5, arriving October 3, 1635, at Boston, on the ship Defence. Richard Champ
ney brought his wife Jane and daughter Esther, and in 1636 was a reside
nt of Cambridge.
Sources; Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth by Ruth Richardson, privat
ely printed, 1974. A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Famili
es and Other Settlers in the Mass. Bay Colony, by Carol Johnson (private
ly printed, 1970). The Champney Family by Julius Champney, 1867. The Gre
at Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 vol. II. Robert Anderso
n, NEHGS, Boston, 2001.
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Francis Henry CHAMPNEYS (1878-1930), Medical Practitioner, was born on Thu
rsday 12th September 1878. He married Virginia Julian Dalrymple on Tuesd
ay 12th September 1876, the marriage producing one child: unnamed. He di
ed on Wednesday 30th July 1930.
Champney
The surname Champney is from the French chap(field) and ey (water); the w
et Country. The surname Champney is derived from the ancient district of C
hampagne. Sir Henry Champney was in the train of William the Conquero
r. It is on the list of the Conquerors of England as derived from a Chart
er in Battle Abbey. The Sieurde Champney is mentioned by Playfair as a you
nger son of the noble family of de Champnes in Normandy. From him descend
ed the eminent Somersetshire house of Champneys of Orchardleigh, the la
st male representative of which the late Sir Thomas S. Mostyn Champneys Ba
rt was the last. A branch of this line fixed its residence at Ostenhang
er in Kent. The 1623 Visitation of Somerset lists Peter, John, William, Ge
orge, Margaret, and Thomasine as the youngest generation descended from He
nry Champneys.
John Champney is said to be a descendant of Sir Henry Champney. John m
ay have been from Lincolnshire, as his brother Richard is said to have co
me from there. He married a woman named Joanna, last name unknown . Togeth
er they had the following children; Mary (abt 1635-1704) who married Theop
hilus Richardson, Sarah (-1696) who married Rev. John Russell Jr. of Wobu
rn, a Baptist minister, and John who died on Feb. 20, 1665, and was unmarr
ied. His estate was left to his mother and sisters.
John and his family emigrated to the New World in 1635. They were membe
rs of the Cambridge Church. Mary, Sarah, and John were all baptized in Cam
bridge. In the 1635 Cambridge inventory, Champney was shown to have own
ed a house in the "west end". In 1638 he was granted five acres "on the no
rth side of the path to Charlestown". He also owned two other grants of se
ven acres each. In 1639 the Cambridge inventory showed that John owned f
our parcels of land. One of the parcels was purchased from Edmond Frost wh
ile two others from Richard Champnes.
John died before 1642. He died without making a will for on October 1
6, 1650 the General Court authorized "upon the request of Richard Champny
es & Goulden Moore, & Joane, his wife, the relict of John Champnyes, decea
sed, for power to dispose, by way of sale, of a certain house & lands, le
ft her by her late husband, it is ordered, that power be hereby given to R
ichard Champnyes & John Bridge, of Cambridge, to make sale of the said hou
se & lands mentioned in their petition, provided that they give cautiu
on to the County Court of that shire to dispose of it to use & behoof of t
he woman and her children, according to the intent of John Champnyes, dece
ased."
Joanna, his widow married Golden Moore. She died Feb. 18, 1675 at Billeric
a.
Mary married Theophilus Richardson on May 2, 1654 in Woburn, Mass.
John Chapney had a brother Richard Champney who in 1634 about the beginni
ng of winter, together with the Rev. Thomas Shepherd, Nicholas Danforth, E
dmund Frost and others embarked at Harwich, England, for America but we
re driven back by bad weather. They took sail again about August 10, 163
5, arriving October 3, 1635, at Boston, on the ship Defence. Richard Champ
ney brought his wife Jane and daughter Esther, and in 1636 was a reside
nt of Cambridge.
Sources; Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth by Ruth Richardson, privat
ely printed, 1974. A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Famili
es and Other Settlers in the Mass. Bay Colony, by Carol Johnson (private
ly printed, 1970). The Champney Family by Julius Champney, 1867. The Gre
at Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 vol. II. Robert Anderso
n, NEHGS, Boston, 2001.
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