Mary Cheney

1736 - 1777  (40 years)

• Name	Mary Cheney
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	27 Jul 1736	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Married	22 Sep 1757 (Age 21)	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Lt. Jesse Whitney, the son of Jonathan and Lydia (Jones) Whithney, He was born on 24 November 1730 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army. After Mary's death, on 19 April 1779 Jesse, at age 48, married Ruth Legg, in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Abigail Rawson filed marriage intentions on 5 July 1794 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He left a will on 17 April 1810 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on Wednesday 26 April 1815 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His estate was probated on 23 May 1815 in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Olive Whitney (1758-____) 2. Susanna Whitney (1759-1760) 3. Rhoda Whitney (1760-____) 4. Hachaliah Whitney (1762-1848) 5. Levi Whitney (1763-1788) 6. Lucy Whitney (1764-____) 7. Ruth Whitney (1764-1765) 8. Asa Whitney (1766-1768) 9. Anna Whitney (1770-____)
  Death	4 Jun 1777	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [5]
  	Pierce (1895) gives her death date as 25 June 1777.
  Siblings	9 Siblings
  1. Joanna Cheney,   b. 26 May 1728, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts   2. Suzanna Cheney,   b. 23 Jul 1730, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Nov 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 6 years)   3. Wales Cheney,   b. 31 Aug 1732, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 27 Mar 1825, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 92 years)   4. Nathaniel Cheney,   b. 24 Feb 1733/34, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1795, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Cheney,   b. 27 Jul 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 4 Jun 1777, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 40 years)   6. Caleb Cheney,   b. 12 Jan 1738/39, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Jul 1800, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 61 years)   7. Ebenezer Cheney,   b. 10 Jul 1741, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1828, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 87 years)   8. Abigail Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1743, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts   9. William Cheney,   b. 18 May 1746, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 10 Sep 1829, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 83 years) + 10. Levi Cheney,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 18 Apr 1847, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 90 years) ▻ Mary "Molly"Hill,  m. After 4 Jun 1772 ;   Sarah Ballou,  m. 20 Jan 1820
  Person ID	I15140
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	William Cheney,   b. 7 Feb 1703/04, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 18 Jul 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Joanna Thayer,   b. 18 Aug 1706, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	20 May 1726	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 3 months - She : 19 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Jul 1736 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Married - 22 Sep 1757 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 4 Jun 1777 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S972] Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635 , (Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey Company, 1895). [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).