..... his father was William CHESNEY, whose "name
appears on the Hearth Money Rolls of 1669. Paid 2s tax Townland of
Clonkean, Barony of Toome, Parish of Drummaul. William Chesney came
to Ireland with the army in 1641, presumably from one of the Lowland
counties of Scotland. (Wm Chesney letter 1969)"