Asula Parkhurst Cheney

1821 - 1893  (72 years)

• Name	Asula Parkhurst Cheney
  Birth	11 Jan 1821	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Married	12 Oct 1854 (33 years)  [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Franklin E. Goddard, the son of Walter and Hannah (Dakin) Goddard. He was born on 14 January 1809 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 12 March 1884 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  History	12 Apr 1861 (40 years)	Civil War Begins
  Will	1884 (62 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.   [5]
  Will	7 Nov 1891 (70 years)  [5]
  She wrote a codicil which revoked her legacy to her nephew, Levi P. Cheney. After her death, he went to court and had the codicil revoked thereby gaining his inheritance.
  Death	Apr 1893	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  Siblings	1 brother
  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)
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Levi Cheney and Mary Hill)
  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) + 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.   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)   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)   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) > 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) ▻ Tapha Streeter,  m. 24 Apr 1825
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (9 x Great Grandfather)  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)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15146
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	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)
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Asula Parkhurst Cheney(1821 – 1893) 2Levi Cheney(1756 – 1847) 4William Cheney(7 Feb 1703/04 – 1756) 8William Cheney(1666 – 1753) 16William Cheney(1636/37 – 1681) 17Sarah Daniels(1638 – ) 9Margaret( – 1740) 18 19 5Joanna Thayer(1706 – ) 10Nathaniel Thayer(1680 – 1752) 20Nathaniel Thayer(1 Jan 1657/58 – 1726) 21Hannah Hayden(1661 – ) 11Sarah Wales(1680 – 1707) 22Elder Nathaniel Wales(1650 – 1718) 23Joanna Faxon(1661 – 1704) 3Sarah Ballou(1780 – 1862) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Jan 1821 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 1884 - North Orange, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Apr 1893 - Orange, Franklin 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

  [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [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). [S1059] Cheney, Victoria Email: 1998-12-07 "William Cheney" , (Email message from cheney (at)utexas.edu, 7 December 1998). [S455] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1910). [S465] Rich, Laura J. Notebook of Newpaper Clipings and Vital Records, (Orange, Massachusetts: notebook, c1905).