Born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Cheney
and Sarah (Bailey) Cheney
Sister of
Sarah (Cheney) Richards, Judith (Cheney) Emerson, Daniel Cheney II, Hannah (Cheny) Newman, John Cheney, Joseph Cheney and James Cheney
Wife of
Richard Shatswell
— married
17 Dec 1696 (to 17 May 1698) in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Wife of
Thomas (Saffourd) Safford
— married
7 Oct 1698 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Shatswell, Sarah Safford, Thomas Safford, Joseph Safford, Daniel Safford, John Safford, Nathan Safford, James Safford, Stephen Safford and Titus Safford
Died
at age 45
in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Eleanor Cheney was born in Newbury, Essex, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony on 29 March 1679, the daughter of Daniel[1][2] and Sarah (Bailey) Cheney. Eleanor married first on 17 December 1696 in Newbury to Richard Shatswell/Satchell[3][4] by whom she had one son, Richard. Her first husband died in Ipswich on 17 May 1698.[5] As a very young widow, Eleanor married, secondly, Thomas Safford in Ipswich on 07 Oct 1698.[6] With Thomas she had at least nine children. Eleanor Safford died in Ipswich on 22 December 1724.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 1:101.
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, "Newbury Births, Marriages & Deaths, Birth" p. 65, orig. rec. p. 159.
- "Elienar the daughter of Daniel Cheny was borne March 29: 79"
- ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 2:99.
- "CHENY Eloner [d. Daniel, deceased, int.], and Richard Sachell of Ipswich, Dec. 17, 1696."
- ↑ Essex Institute, Ipswich Vital Records to the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1910), p. 69.
- "Cheney, Eloner, of Newbury, and Richard Sachell, at Newbury, Dec. 17, 1696."
- ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, file #25115, Richard Shatswell, inventory.
- ↑ Essex Institute, Ipswich Vital Records to the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1910), p. 384.
- "SAWFORD Thomas, and Elinor Setchwell, Oct. 7, 1698."
- ↑ Essex Institute, Ipswich Vital Records to the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1910), p. 669.
- "Safford, Eleanor, w. Thomas, Dec 22, 1724."
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