Ebenezer Cheney

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 18 Mar 1760, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; 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-____)
• Military: 27 Apr 1760; 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, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Cheney was received into full communion in the Milford Church.
• Married: 1776; 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)

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

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