John Cheney

1639 - 1671  (32 years)

• Name	John Cheney
  Birth	29 Sep 1639	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Education	say 1657 (17 years)	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  John entered Harvard College, but we know nothing other then his entrance.
  Will	30 Apr 1667 (27 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  He is mentioned in his father's will.
  Death	12 Oct 1671	Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  He drowned in a river, probably the Charles. The following record tells the sad story: "Found dead in our river; it was apprehended by ye Jury that he slipd in accidentally as he was catching of Eales."
  Estate Admin	29 Jan 1671/72 (32 years)  [2]
  The estate of John Cheney was administered by Humphrey Johnson of Hingham.
  Will	15 May 1686 (46 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He is mentioned in his mother's will.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Ellen Cheney,   b. Abt 1626, England d. 28 Sep 1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 52 years)   2. Margaret Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1628, England   3. Thomas Cheney,   b. Abt 1631, England d. young   4. Thomas Cheney,   b. Before 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 23 Oct 1693, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 58 years) + 5. 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) ▻ Deborah Wiswel,  m. say 1657 ;   Sarah Daniels   6. John Cheney,   b. 29 Sep 1639, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Oct 1671, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 32 years)   7. Mehitabel Cheney,   b. 1 Jun 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1693/94, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 50 years)   8. Joseph Cheney,   b. 6 Jun 1647, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Sep 1704, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (5 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret Cule,   b. Before 1612, England d. 2 Jul 1686, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19558
  Last Modified	19 May 2019

  
  

  Father	William Cheney,   c. 5 Feb 1598/99, Benington, Hertfordshire, England d. 30 Jun 1667, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Cule,   b. Before 1612, England d. 2 Jul 1686, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Cheney(1639 – 1671) 2William Cheney(5 Feb 1598/99 – 1667) 4John Cheney of Bennington(Abt 1568 – 16 Mar 1623/24) 8William Cheney( – 1607/08) 16William Cheney of Thorngumbald( – Abt 1547) 17Anne Holme 9Frances Cheney 18Sir Thomas Cheney, KG 19first wife 5Elizabeth( – 1614) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Margaret Cule(1612 – 1686) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Sep 1639 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Education - say 1657 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 30 Apr 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 12 Oct 1671 - Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 15 May 1686 - Boston, 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

  [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S1061] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Hastings-Cheney, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/hastings.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S1060] Trask, William B. "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass." , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).