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Benjamin Cheney

Male 1677 - 1737  (60 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Cheney 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 1 May 1677  Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Land/House say 1690 (Age 13)  [4
    Married 22 Feb 1699 (Age 22)  Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Occupation say 1700 (Age 23)  [4
    Death 17 Dec 1737  Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Here Lyes
      ye Body of
      Benjamin Cheney
      who died
      Decr ye
      17th 1737
      in ye 61st year of his age
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I15097 
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2018 

    Father William Cheney,   b. 1636/37, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Deborah Wiswel,   c. 30 May 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1717/18, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage say 1657  Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 20 years - She : ~ 15 years and 7 months
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1677 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Feb 1699 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Dec 1737 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S897] anonymous. "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass. 1648-1683" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).

    2. [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897).

    3. [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887).

    4. [S1062] Trask, William B. "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester, Ms.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852).