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John Cheney

Male 1639 - 1671  (32 years)


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  • Name John Cheney 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 29 Sep 1639  Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Education say 1657 (Age 18)  Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Will 30 Apr 1667 (Age 28)  Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Death 12 Oct 1671  Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • He drowned in a river, probably the Charles. The following record tells the sad story: "Found dead in our river; it was apprehended by ye Jury that he slipd in accidentally as he was catching of Eales."
    Estate Admin 29 Jan 1671/72  [2
    Will 15 May 1686 (Age 47)  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 7 Siblings 
    Person ID I19558 
    Last Modified 19 May 2019 

    Father William Cheney,   c. 5 Feb 1598/99, Benington, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1667, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Margaret Cule,   b. Before 1612, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1686, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1626  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 26 years and 10 months - She : ~ 14 years
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1639 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - say 1657 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 30 Apr 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Oct 1671 - Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 15 May 1686 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900).

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

    3. [S1061] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Hastings-Cheney, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/hastings.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998).

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

    5. [S1060] Trask, William B. "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass." , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).