Mehitabel Cheney

1643 - 1694  (50 years)

• Name	Mehitabel Cheney
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1 Jun 1643	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	4 Jun 1643	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Her baptism was recorded as 4 (4) 1643.
  Married	say 1662 (Age 19)  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Thomas Wight, the son of Thomas and Alice Wight. He was born in Isle of Wight, England. He was accepted as a townsman in Medfield in 1658. He died in 1690 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mehitabel Wight (1663-____) 2. Thomas Wight (1665-____) 3. Marie Wight (1667-1705) 4. Eleazer Wight (1669-1747) 5. Joshua Wight (1681-1762)
  Will	30 Apr 1667 (Age 24)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  She is mentioned in her father's will.
  History	1676  [4]
  	Their home was burnt by the Indians.
  Death	1693/94	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Ellen Cheney,   b. Abt 1626, England d. 28 Sep 1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 52 years)   2. Margaret Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1628, England   3. Thomas Cheney,   b. Abt 1631, England d. young   4. Thomas Cheney,   b. Before 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. After 23 Oct 1693, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years) + 5. William Cheney,   b. 1636/37, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 22 Sep 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 44 years) ▻ Deborah Wiswel,  m. say 1657 ;   Sarah Daniels   6. John Cheney,   b. 29 Sep 1639, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 12 Oct 1671, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 32 years)   7. Mehitabel Cheney,   b. 1 Jun 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1693/94, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)   8. Joseph Cheney,   b. 6 Jun 1647, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 16 Sep 1704, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 57 years)
  Person ID	I19559
  Last Modified	19 May 2019

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Jun 1643 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Christening - 4 Jun 1643 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Will - 30 Apr 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Death - 1693/94 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S1061] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Hastings-Cheney, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/hastings.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [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).