Benjamin Cheney

1677 - 1737  (60 years)

• Name	Benjamin Cheney
  Birth	1 May 1677	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Land/House	say 1690 (12 years)  [4]
  Benjamin had a share in the town of Ashburnham in the right of a younger brother who died in the campaign of 1690, but he never occupied it.
  Married	22 Feb 1699 (21 years)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Martha Royal, the daughter of William and Mary Royal. She was born on 6 September 1679 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 17 January 1758, Martha, then a widow, sold the family homestead to her son, Jacob. She died on Friday 21 August 1767 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Mas, at age 87 years, 11 months and 15 days. Issue: 1. John Cheney (1700-____) 2. Benjamin Cheney (1703-____) 3. Deborah Cheney (1704-____) 4. Benjamin Cheney (1706-____) 5. Jacob Cheney (1709-____) 6. Mary Cheney (1712-____) 7. Samuel Cheney (1716-____) 8. Jacob Cheney (1719-____)
  Occupation	say 1700 (22 years)  [4]
  He was a cordwainer.
  Death	17 Dec 1737	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Burial	Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Dorchester North Burying Ground,  Dorchester, Massachusetts   [4]
  Here Lyes ye Body of Benjamin Cheney who died Decr ye 17th 1737 in ye 61st year of his age
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Deborah Cheney,   b. 1662, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 May 1663, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 1 year)   2. William Cheney,   b. 30 Mar 1663/64, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jul 1664, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   3. Deborah Cheney,   b. 1 Nov 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. William Cheney,   b. 27 Jul 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   5. John Cheney,   b. 05 Jan 1673/74, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Benjamin Cheney,   b. 1 May 1677, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Dec 1737, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   7. Abiel Cheney,   b. 26 Nov 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Dec 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of William Cheney and Sarah Daniels)
  + 1. William Cheney,   b. 3 Aug 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jul 1753, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years) ▻ Margaret,  m. say 1694
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (6 x Great Grandfather)  Deborah Wiswel,   c. 30 May 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Feb 1717/18, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 76 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15097
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	William Cheney,   b. 1636/37, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Deborah Wiswel,   c. 30 May 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Feb 1717/18, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benjamin Cheney(1677 – 1737) 2William Cheney(1636/37 – 1681) 4William Cheney(5 Feb 1598/99 – 1667) 8John Cheney of Bennington(Abt 1568 – 16 Mar 1623/24) 16William Cheney( – 1607/08) 17Frances Cheney 9Elizabeth( – 1614) 18 19 5Margaret Cule(1612 – 1686) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Deborah Wiswel(1641 – 26 Feb 1717/18) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 May 1677 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 22 Feb 1699 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 17 Dec 1737 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S897] anonymous. "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass. 1648-1683" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S1062] Trask, William B. "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester, Ms.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852).