1739 - 1800 (61 years)
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Name |
Caleb Cheney |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
12 Jan 1738/39 |
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Military |
say 1756 (Age 17) [2] |
Caleb is thought to have served in the French and Indian War. |
Married |
9 Mar 1758 (Age 19) |
Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 4, 5] |
Mary Wheelock, the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Ammidown) Wheelock. She was born on 31 December 1738 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 3 March 1814 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Issue:
1. Tryphena Cheney (1758-____)
2. Artemas Cheney (1760-1804)
3. Mary Cheney (1762-____)
4. Relief Cheney (1764-____)
5. Calvin Cheney (1766-____)
6. Elizabeth Cheney (1768-1810)
7. Caleb Cheney (1770-1830)
8. Olive Cheney (1772-1826)
9. Rachel Cheney (1774-____)
10. Charles Cheney (____-1804)
11. Hannah Cheney (1778-____)
12. Sarah Cheney (1780-____) |
- The marriage is listed in both the Milford and the Mendon vital records.
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Offices Held |
say 1760 (Age 21) [1, 2] |
Caleb was a highly respected man. He was the first town clerk of Milford after its incorporation and served on its first board of selectman. |
Military |
1775 (Age 36) [1, 2] |
He was a lieutenant in charge of the Second Mendon Minute Company under Capt. William Jennison. On 19 July 1776, he was in Capt. Gershom Nelson's company. In the alarm of 8 December 1776, he marched as a sergeant in Lt. Seth Thayer's company to Providence, R.I. |
Death |
5 Jul 1800 |
Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 5] |
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 |
I15141 |
Last Modified |
6 Aug 2018 |
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 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 12 Jan 1738/39 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Married - 9 Mar 1758 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Death - 5 Jul 1800 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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Pin Legend |
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Sources |
- [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).
- [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897).
- [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963).
- [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).
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