Joanna Cheney

1728 -

• Name	Joanna Cheney
  Birth	26 May 1728	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  The published vital records (1920) give the date as 16 November 1728.
  Religion	1744 (15 years)	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  She was received into communion in the Church of Milford.
  Married	13 Mar 1754 (25 years)	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Benjamin Atwood. He was born on 21 February 1731 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The Rev. A. Frost performed their wedding. He died between 1758 and 1766 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Anna Atwood (1754-____) 2. Ebenezer Atwood (1756-1818) 3. Silence Atwood (1758-____)
  Married	28 Dec 1768 (40 years)	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4]
  David Cutter.
  Siblings	6 brothers and 3 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	I15136
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2022

  
  

  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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joanna Thayer,   b. 18 Aug 1706, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Joanna Cheney(1728 – ) 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 - 26 May 1728 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 1744 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 13 Mar 1754 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 28 Dec 1768 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [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). [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).