Ebenezer Cheney b. 10 Jul 1741 Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1828 Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts: Roy Family Genealogy

1741 - 1828 (87 years)

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Name Ebenezer Cheney

Relationship with Robert Alan Roy

Birth 10 Jul 1741 Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 2]

Christening 19 Jul 1741 Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 3, 4]

Married 18 Mar 1760 (Age 19) Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 4, 5]

Abigail Thompson. She was born in 1736. She died on Tuesday 16 January 1776 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Abigail's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads:
Abigail Thompson
1736-1776
wife of
Ebenezer Cheney
Issue:
1. Elijah Cheney (1760-1760)
2. Ebenezer Cheney (1761-____)
3. Elijah Cheney (1764-____)
4. Abner Cheney (1765-1797)
5. Simon Cheney (1767-____)
6. Joanna Cheney (1768-1862)
7. Sarah Cheney (1770-1779)
8. infant Cheney
9. infant Cheney
10. Abigail Cheney
11. Daniel Cheney (1774-____)

Ballou (1882) gives their marriage place as Milford, Massachusetts.

Military 27 Apr 1760 (Age 19) [1]

Ebenezer served in the French and Indian War, enlisting from Mendon, 27 April 1760 in Capt. William Jones' Company. He was discharged 26 November 1760 after 30 weeks of service. During this time he was promoted to Sergeant.

Religion 30 Aug 1767 (Age 26) Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts [1]

Ebenezer Cheney was received into full communion in the Milford Church.

Married 1776 (Age 35) [1, 5, 6]

Hannah Gould. She was born about 1758. She and Ebenezer Cheney filed marriage intentions on 18 October 1776. She died on Friday 10 October 1828 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Hannah's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads:
Mrs. Hannah
wife of
Mr. Ebenezer Cheney
d. Oct. 10, 1828
æ. 70
Issue:
1. Hannah Cheney (1777-1861)
2. Sarah Cheney (1780-____)
3. John Cheney (1781-____)
4. Buelah Cheney (1785-1836)
5. Susannah Cheney (1786-1870)
6. Mark Cheney (1788-____)
7. Luke Cheney (1790-____)
8. Lydia Cheney (1793-____)
9. Matthew Cheney (1795-____)
10. Silence Cheney (1800-____)
11. Mary Cheney (1803-1863)

Death 14 Nov 1828 Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts [1, 5, 6]

Burial North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [5]

Mr. Ebenezer Cheney
d. Nov. 14, 1828
æ. 22 yr

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 I15142

Last Modified 25 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 - 10 Jul 1741 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
	Christening - 19 Jul 1741 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
	Married - 18 Mar 1760 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
	Religion - 30 Aug 1767 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
	Death - 14 Nov 1828 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
	Burial - - North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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Sources

[S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897).
[S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920).
[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).
[S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).
[S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963).
[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).