Levi Cheney

1756 - 1847  (90 years)

• Name	Levi Cheney
  Birth	23 Nov 1756	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [9, 10, 13, 16, 19]
  Christening	2 Jan 1757	Milford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts   [8, 19]
  Land/House	1777 (20 years)	North Orange, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. North Orange is a neighborhood in Orange, Massachusetts,  and is where the town was founded.   [20]
  In 1777, he purchased 800 acres of land in what was to be the northern part of Orange, Massachusetts.
  Military	1777 (20 years)  [20]
  Levi served in the 4th Regiment of Militia during the Revolutionary War in 1777.
  	4th Regiment Roster
  Offices Held	From 1788 to 1800 (31 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [20]
  From 1788 to 1800 he was a Selectman of the District of Orange.
  Offices Held	26 Dec 1788 (32 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [20]
  On 26 December 1788, Livi Cheney and Joseph Metcalf, represented the District of Orange in the first perambulation of the town line of Orange and Warwick.
  Census	1790 (33 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1790 US Census he was recorded living in Orange, Massachusetts: 2 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 3 - Free White Persons - Females 7 - Number of Household Members
  Census	1800 (43 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  In the 1800 US Census he was recorded living in Orange, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1 - Number of Household Members Under 16 3 - Number of Household Members Over 25 4 - Number of Household Members
  Census	1810 (53 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  In the 1810 US Census he was recorded living in Orange, Massachusetts: 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1 - Number of All Other Free Persons 3 - Number of Household Members Under 16 2 - Number of Household Members Over 25 8 - Number of Household Members
  Offices Held	1816 (59 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [19]
  In 1816 he became the Town Clerk of the Town of Orange.
  Census	1820 (63 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  In the 1820 US Census he was recorded living in Orange, Massachusetts: 3 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 3 - Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 2 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 3 - Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 5 - Free White Persons - Under 16 4 - Free White Persons - Over 25 9 - Total Free White Persons 9 - Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other
  Census	1830 (73 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  In the 1830 US Census he was recorded living in Orange, Massachusetts: 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1 - Free White Persons - Under 20 1 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1 - Total Free White Persons 1 - Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)
  Death	18 Apr 1847	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [12, 13, 14, 15, 19]
  Burial	Aft 18 Apr 1847	North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts   [6, 7, 13, 14]
  	Gravestone of Levi Cheney Levi Cheney d. Apr. 18, 1847 æ 96
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Joanna Cheney,   b. 26 May 1728, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Suzanna Cheney,   b. 23 Jul 1730, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Nov 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 6 years)   3. Wales Cheney,   b. 31 Aug 1732, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Mar 1825, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years)   4. Nathaniel Cheney,   b. 24 Feb 1733/34, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1795, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Cheney,   b. 27 Jul 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1777, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years)   6. Caleb Cheney,   b. 12 Jan 1738/39, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Jul 1800, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 61 years)   7. Ebenezer Cheney,   b. 10 Jul 1741, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Nov 1828, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   8. Abigail Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1743, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. William Cheney,   b. 18 May 1746, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Sep 1829, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) + 10. Levi Cheney,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 18 Apr 1847, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years) ▻ Mary Hill,  m. After 4 Jun 1772 ;   Sarah Ballou,  m. 20 Jan 1820
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (8 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I136	Roy Line
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Ballou (1882) give his birth as in 1850. [10] Death: Ballou (1882) gives his death as 1846. Pope (1897) gives his death as 11 April 1847. [10, 19]

  
  

Father	William Cheney,   b. 7 Feb 1703/04, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jul 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 52 years)
Mother	Joanna Thayer,   b. 18 Aug 1706, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Mary Hill,   c. 18 Jan 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 May 1819, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 63 years)
Marriage Intent	4 Jun 1772	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [17]
	Marriage Record of Mary Hill and Levi Cheney
Marriage	After 4 Jun 1772	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [10, 17, 19]
Age at Marriage	He : 15 years and 7 months - She : 16 years and 5 months.
Children	4 sons and 3 daughters
1. Esther Cheney,   b. 2 Oct 1779, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Jun 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Mary Cheney,   b. 29 Jul 1784, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 Jun 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 85 years) ▻ Stephen Mayo  m. Apr 1804     3. Levi Cheney,   b. 29 Apr 1787, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Peter Cheney,   b. 5 Sep 1789, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Jul 1856, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 66 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Stephen Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Mar 1873, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Lois Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1876, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   7. Alexander Cheney,   b. 17 Aug 1797, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Nov 1882, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 85 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Tapha Streeter  m. 24 Apr 1825
Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Oct 2022




Spouse / Partner 2	Sarah Ballou,   b. About 1780, Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. d. 19 Jul 1862, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 82 years)
Marriage	20 Jan 1820	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [10, 18, 19]
	Marriage Record of Sarah Ballou and Levi Cheney
Age at Marriage	He : 63 years and 2 months - She : ~ 40 years and 1 month.
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
1. Asula Parkhurst Cheney,   b. 11 Jan 1821, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Apr 1893, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 72 years)     2. Presson Cheney,   b. 7 Jul 1823, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Oct 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Oct 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Levi Cheney(1756 – 1847) 2William Cheney(7 Feb 1703/04 – 1756) 4William Cheney(1666 – 1753) 8William Cheney(1636/37 – 1681) 16William Cheney(5 Feb 1598/99 – 1667) 17Margaret Cule(1612 – 1686) 9Sarah Daniels(1638 – ) 18Robert Daniels(Abt 1592 – 1655) 19Elizabeth Morse(6 Mar 1605/06 – 1643) 5Margaret( – 1740) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Joanna Thayer(1706 – ) 6Nathaniel Thayer(1680 – 1752) 12Nathaniel Thayer(1 Jan 1657/58 – 1726) 24Richard Thayer(10 Feb 1624/25 – 1705) 25Dorothy Pray(Abt 1634 – 1705) 13Hannah Hayden(1661 – ) 26John Hayden(1634 – 1718) 27Hannah Ames(1641 – 1690) 7Sarah Wales(1680 – 1707) 14Elder Nathaniel Wales(1650 – 1718) 28Nathaniel Wales(Abt 1623 – 1662) 29Isabel Atherton(1630 – 1661) 15Joanna Faxon(1661 – 1704) 30Thomas Faxon( – 1662) 31Deborah Thayer(27 Mar 1633/34 – 1662)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Nov 1756 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Christening - 2 Jan 1757 - Milford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Marriage Intent - 4 Jun 1772 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - After 4 Jun 1772 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Land/House - 1777 - North Orange, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - From 1788 to 1800 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 26 Dec 1788 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1790 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1800 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1810 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1816 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1820 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 20 Jan 1820 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Census - 1830 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 18 Apr 1847 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 18 Apr 1847 - North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S783] Bureau of the Census, 1790 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1790; Census Place: Orange, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 447; Image: 490; Family History Library Film: 0568144. [S782] Bureau of the Census, 1800 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1800; Census Place: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 18; Page: 87; Image: 97; Family History Library Film: 205616. [S507] Bureau of the Census, 1810 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1810; Census Place: Orange, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 19; Page: 223; Image: 00235; Family History Library Film: 0205627. [S515] Bureau of the Census, 1820 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; Page: 83; NARA Roll: M33_50; Image: 92. [S505] Bureau of the Census, 1830 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1830; Census Place: Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts; Series: M19; Roll: 62; Page: 131; Family History Library Film: 0337920. [S2093] Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). [S2092] Amidon, Ryan M. North Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, (manuscript, 2003). [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917). [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S461] Ballou, Adin. History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts From its First Settlement to 1881, ( Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1882). [S2094] Bassett, William. History of the Town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, (Boston: C. W. Calkins & Company, 1884). [S459] Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda, compiler. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts volume 2, (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 11014488 Levi Cheney. [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963). [S1947] Gravestone Inscription. [S454] Mayo, Chester Garst. John Mayo of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1688 A Genealogical and Biographical Record of His Descendants, (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Mary Hill and Levi Cheney. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Sarah Ballou and Levi Cheney. [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S466] Ward, Martha E. History of North Orange, Massachusetts, (Orange, Massachusetts: North Orange Reunion Association & Enterprise and Journal, 1924).