Peter Cheney

1789 - 1856  (66 years)

• Name	Peter Cheney
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	5 Sep 1789	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Married	1 Nov 1810 (Age 21)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Abigail Goodell, the daughter of Zina and Joanna (Cheney) Goodell. She was born on 19 July 1792 in District of Orange, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 19 July 1884 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Abigail wife of Peter Cheney d. July 19, 1884 æ 92 Issue: 1. Prudence Cheney (1811-1878) 2. Charlotte Cheney (1812-____) 3. Luther Cheney (1814-____) 4. Edward Peter Cheney (1817-____) 5. Elijah Cheney (1820-____) 6. baby boy Cheney (1822-1822) 7. baby daughter Cheney (1822-1822) 8. Nathaniel Cheney (1824-____) 9. Abner Cheney (1826-1851) 10. Ebenezer Cheney (1829-____) 11. Abigail Cheney (1831-1835) 12. Jane Cheney (1834-1856) 13. Janette Cheney (1834-1849)
  Death	5 Jul 1856	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  History	1897  [1]
  	According to Pope (1897), "He resided in Orange, was a farmer, diligent, intelligent and enterprising. He was also a methodical man, careful of all his books and papers; a pleasant evidence of this comes down in a set of 'Farmers Almanacs' in which he recorded the births of his children from year to year."
  Burial	North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  	Peter Cheney d. July 5, 1856 æ 67
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. Esther Cheney,   b. 2 Oct 1779, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 22 Jun 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years) + 2. Mary "Polly" Cheney,   b. 29 Jul 1784, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 3 Jun 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years) ▻ Stephen Mayo,  m. Apr 1804   3. Levi Cheney,   b. 29 Apr 1787, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts   4. Peter Cheney,   b. 5 Sep 1789, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 5 Jul 1856, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)   5. Stephen Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 2 Mar 1873, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)   6. Lois Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 9 Sep 1876, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan  (Age 81 years)   7. Alexander Cheney,   b. 17 Aug 1797, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts d. 27 Nov 1882, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years) ▻ Tapha Streeter,  m. 24 Apr 1825
  Person ID	I15192
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Levi Cheney,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 18 Apr 1847, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary "Molly"Hill,   c. 18 Jan 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 12 May 1819, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	After 4 Jun 1772	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : 15 years and 7 months - She : 16 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Sep 1789 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts Married - 1 Nov 1810 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts Death - 5 Jul 1856 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts Burial - - North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = 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). [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). [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963).