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Chaffey One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Chaffey

Variants: Chafe, Chafey, Chaffee, Chaffie, Chaffy

Category:  1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

Contact: Mrs Julia Clay


About the study

I started to look into my Chaffey ancestry many years ago in a piecemeal kind of way as I had very little knowledge  about my Dad’s background or family.  I can trace my tree back to circa 1670 at the moment with any certainty but there are a lot more Chaffey’s out there.

The information I have gathered up until now has been from Dorset predominantly and to a lesser extent Somerset in the UK.

However, Chaffey is a name that has travelled to the United States, Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa it seems.  Possibly in northern Europe too.

The spelling varies from country to country as it also does in the UK so I have opted to look for some of the most common variants found, Chaffy, Chafey, Chafe, Chaffee, Chaffe.   I am also convinced that the surname Cheffey is connected but that is another story.

Variant names

Chafe     Chaffe    Chaffee     Chafey    Chaffy

Name origin

There are a number of theories about the origin of Chaffey   -

The Chaffcombe Estate in Somerset is one possibility - not proven though.

Chaffhay - Devon is another possibility.

 

 

Historical occurrences of the name

 

To be added to.

Name frequency

In the UK the earliest recordings of the Chaffey surname are predominantly found in Dorset and Somerset .

To be added to.

Distribution of the name

United Kingdom

United States

Canada 

Newfoundland

Australia

New Zealand

South Africa

Possibly France and Belgium

Contact Details

Mrs Julia Clay

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Chaffey in the Guild Indexes
(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)
  • Marriages of the World (public)  4
  • Marriage Index 1837-1945* 39
  • Probate Index* 4
  • World Wide Marriages Index* 4
  • BMD Index* 5
  • Members' Data Stores in which the name Chaffey appears* 9

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