Ebenezer Cheney

1741 - 1828  (87 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Cheney
  Birth	10 Jul 1741	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Christening	19 Jul 1741	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4]
  Married	18 Mar 1760 (18 years)	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Abigail Thompson. She was born in 1736. She died on Tuesday 16 January 1776 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Abigail's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Abigail Thompson 1736-1776 wife of Ebenezer Cheney Issue: 1. Elijah Cheney (1760-1760) 2. Ebenezer Cheney (1761-____) 3. Elijah Cheney (1764-____) 4. Abner Cheney (1765-1797) 5. Simon Cheney (1767-____) 6. Joanna Cheney (1768-1862) 7. Sarah Cheney (1770-1779) 8. infant Cheney 9. infant Cheney 10. Abigail Cheney 11. Daniel Cheney (1774-____)
  Ballou (1882) gives their marriage place as Milford, Massachusetts.
  Military	27 Apr 1760 (18 years)  [1]
  Ebenezer served in the French and Indian War, enlisting from Mendon, 27 April 1760 in Capt. William Jones' Company. He was discharged 26 November 1760 after 30 weeks of service. During this time he was promoted to Sergeant.
  Religion	30 Aug 1767 (26 years)	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Ebenezer Cheney was received into full communion in the Milford Church.
  Married	1776 (34 years)  [1, 5, 6]
  Hannah Gould. She was born about 1758. She and Ebenezer Cheney filed marriage intentions on 18 October 1776. She died on Friday 10 October 1828 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Hannah's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Mrs. Hannah wife of Mr. Ebenezer Cheney d. Oct. 10, 1828 æ. 70 Issue: 1. Hannah Cheney (1777-1861) 2. Sarah Cheney (1780-____) 3. John Cheney (1781-____) 4. Buelah Cheney (1785-1836) 5. Susannah Cheney (1786-1870) 6. Mark Cheney (1788-____) 7. Luke Cheney (1790-____) 8. Lydia Cheney (1793-____) 9. Matthew Cheney (1795-____) 10. Silence Cheney (1800-____) 11. Mary Cheney (1803-1863)
  Death	14 Nov 1828	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 5, 6]
  Burial	North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts   [5]
  Mr. Ebenezer Cheney d. Nov. 14, 1828 æ. 22 yr
  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	I15142
  Last Modified	25 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 1Ebenezer Cheney(1741 – 1828) 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 - 10 Jul 1741 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Christening - 19 Jul 1741 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 18 Mar 1760 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 30 Aug 1767 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 14 Nov 1828 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - 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

  [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [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). [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917). [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963). [S458] Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda, compiler. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts Volume 1, (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001).