Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives History.....Chuckatuck, 1937 

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Origin 

CHUCKATUCK'S ORIGIN TOLD BY MacCLENNY 

  W.E. MacClenny, Nansemond County historian, was guest speaker last week at 
the meeting of the Crittenden School League, having for his topic "The History 
of Barrett's Neck." 

  Mr. MacClenny, who was presented by Mrs. R. Carter Harrison, president of 
the League, told his hearers that the name "Crittenden" came from that of the 
first postmaster, Captain Crittenden.  Hobson, another settlement nearby, was 
also named for a prominent family of the section. 

  "Chuckatuck," Mr. MacClenny said, "is believed to have been derived from the 
name Tirchatrough or Chickatrough, one of the chiefs of the Nansemond 
Indians." 

  Barrett's Neck was named for one of the early settlers, who with a man named 
Spencer, became one of the first independent planters of the colony. 
"Socialism," Mr. MacClenny said, "had brought starvation to Jamestown.  They 
wanted to see what rugged individualism would do, and from that time there was 
plenty." 

  Campbell's Creek, he said was named for Captain Hugh Campbell, who in 1791 
made a donation to have three "chapels of ease" erected in Virginia, one in 
Nansemond at Somerton, one in Isle of Wight where Antioch Christian Church now 
stands, and one in Princess Anne County. 

War History Told 

  He told the league that "Ferry" Point was one the site of an ancient ferry 
over the Nansemond.  He told of the heroic Bembridge Godwin and James Godwin 
of Revolutionary fame; of the British ship, "Albion," which was tied up at 
Sleepy Hole in 1777; and the salt works which were near Crittenden and were 
operated by Samuel Hunt in 1777. 


"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 18, No. 33, Thurs., Nov. 4, 1937, p. 3 

Additional information: 

The author generally spelled his surname MacCLENNY, although his parents, 
   David [Jr.] & Ann Maria (HOLLAND) McCLENNY, did not. 

A Spanish-American War veteran, he was the author of "The life of Rev. 
   James O'Kelly and the early history of the Christian church in the South" 
   (1910: Raleigh, NC, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co.) 
   LVA: Closed Stacks BX6793.O4 M3 

He & his parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block H, Lot 56. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 


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