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John Cheney (1676 - 1728)

John Cheney
Born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Died at about age 51 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

John CHENEY was born on 10 July 1676 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts[1] and died about 1728 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachustts.[2] He was the son of Daniel CHENEY and Sarah BAILEY.[3] He is buried in East Barish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, but there is no surviving grave marker for him in that cemetery.

John Cheney (1676 - 1728), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on Find A Grave: Memorial #172101192 Retrieved 17 August 2017.

John CHENEY was married about 1702 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Elizabeth SEAGER.[4]

Elizabeth SEAGER was born about 28 January 1682 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[5] and died on 10 January 1716 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[6] She was the daughter of Henry SEAGER and Sarah BISHOP. [7] She is buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts in an unmarked grave.

  • Find a Grave Memorial No. 172109957, Entry for Elizabeth SEAGER CHENEY (1682 - 1716), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
Children of John CHENEY and Elizabeth SEAGER:
  1. John CHENEY (Born: 10 January 1703 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[8] Died: Unknown, Unverified Possible date of 19 January 1789; Married: 24 April 1729 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Lydia BURRAGE[9], Daughter of William and Sarah BURRAGE)[10]
  2. Sarah CHENEY (Born: 7 October 1706 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[11]; Died: 9 May 1791 in New Marlboro, Bershire County, Massachusetts; Married: 3 September 1729 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Isaac SHEPARD, son of Isaac SHEPARD and Elizabeth FULLER)[12]
  3. Daniel CHENEY (Born: 28 December 1710 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[13]; Died: 3 April 1743 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Marital Status at Death: Believed to have never married)[14]
  4. Timothy CHENEY (Born: 18 April 1713 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[15]; Died: 30 March 1772 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Married: 21 July 1737 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Sarah PRENTICE.[16], daughter of Thomas PRENTICE and Elizabeth JACKSON)[17]
  5. Moses CHENEY (Born: 20 October 1715 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts[18]; Died: Unknown; Married 1st: 14 August 1738 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Abigail WHITMORE[19], the daughter of Nathaniel WHITMORE and his wife, Abigail; He Married 2nd: 3 April 1755 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Hannah WOODWARD[20], daughter of Jonathan WOODWARD and Thankful MYRICK; Fought in the Revolutionary War)[21]

John CHENEY was married for a second time on 22 October 1717 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Elizabeth BURRAGE.[22]

Elizabeth BURRAGE was born about 10 June 1691 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts[23]. Her date and place of death is currently unknown. She was the daughter of William BURRAGE and his wife, Sarah.[24] Her place of burial is currently unknown. Both of her husbands were buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts so it is possible that she may have been buried in that cemetery, but no Death or Burial Record have been found for her.

  • Find a Grave Memorial no. 172132175, Entry for Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Buried in Unknown location, accessed 17 August 2017.
Children of John CHENEY and Elizabeth BURRAGE:
  1. William CHENEY (Born: 8 July 1719; Died: possibly 29 June 1766 in Needham, Massachusetts, but no entry in their vital records for this death; Married: 29 December 1745 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Lydia FLAGG[25]) [26]
  2. Elizabeth CHENEY (Born: 2 November 1721; Died: Unknown; Married: 23 May 1756 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Stephen HUNTING, Jr.)[27]
  3. Eleanor CHENEY (Born: 6 February 1724; Died: 9 October 1759 in Needham, Massachusetts; Married: 26 December 1751 in Needham, Massachusetts to Daniel HUNTING, brother of the Stephen HUNTING that married her sister, Elizabeth CHENEY)[28]
  4. Samuel CHENEY (Born: 31 January 1726; Died: About 1761 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)[29]
  5. Abigail CHENEY (Born: 20 August 1727; Married: John DRAPER)[30]
  6. Lydia CHENEY (Born: December 1731)[31]

After his death, Elizabeth (BURRAGE) CHENEY remarried on 23 October 1729 to Benjamin WHITMORE.

  • Find A Grave Memorial No. 172133181, Entry for Benjamin WHITMORE (1696 - 1754), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Accessed 17 August 2017 Find A Grave: Memorial #172101192.
Children of Elizabeth (BURRAGE) CHENEY and Benjamin WHITMORE
  1. John WHITMORE (Born: 28 June 1730 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Died: Unknown; Married: about 1757 to Beulah GREGORY, daughter of John GREGORY and Frances ALLEN of Weston, Massachusetts.)[32]
  2. Joseph WHITMORE (Born: 13 October 1732 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Died: 25 June 1766 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Married: 1 May 1755 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Susanna CHICK, daughter of John and Susanna CHICK.)[33]
  3. Sarah WHITMORE (Born: 29 April 1735 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Died: Unknown; Married: 30 January 1760 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Jonathan HAGAR)[34]

Research Progress

According to North America, Family Histories 1500 - 2000, John CHENEY was born 10 July 1676; m. 1. Elizabeth ---- who died in 1715; m. 2. Elizabeth CURRIG in October 1717; m. 3 Lydia BURRAGE in 1729. (p. xxiii)

Unless otherwise cited this list of children and the information about them came from North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000, p. xxiv.

The source stated the following children for the 1st marriage:

1. John CHENEY (Born 10 January 1704)
2.Sarah CHENEY (Born: 7 October 1706; Married in 1727 to Isaac SHEPHERD)
3. Daniel CHENEY (Born: 28 December 1710; Died: 1743)
4. Timothy CHENEY (Born: 18 April 1713)
5. Moses CHENEY (Born: 20 October 1715; Married in 1755 to Hannah WOODWARD)

The source stated the following children for the 2nd marriage:

6. William CHENEY (Born: 8 July 1719; Married in 1745 to Lydia FLAGG)
7. Elizabeth CHENEY (Born: 2 November 1721; Married in 1750 to Stephen HASTINGS)
8. Eleanor CHENEY (Born: 6 February 1724)
9. Samuel CHENEY (Born: 31 January 1726; Died: 1761)
10. Abigail CHENEY (Born: 20 August 1727)
11. Lydia CHENEY (Born: December 1731)

RESEARCH NOTED CONFLICT: The North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000 stated that he married for a 3rd time in 1729, but the profile as entered lists his death in 1728. This death in 1728 reflects the date of the administration of the estate of John CHENEY on 4 November 1728. The third marriage to Lydia BURRAGE actually belongs to his son John CHENEY who was the first child listed of the first marriage. [Statement, Jeanne HOWELL, researcher with no connection to target individual, notes were obtained while helping fellow researcher with her family tree.]

  • Information entered into daughter, Sarah CHENEY's profile:

John (Deac.) Cheney, b. 10 Jul 1676, Newbury, Essex County, MA , d. 1728, Newton, Middlesex County, MA Elizabeth Seager, b. 28 Jan 1682, Newton, Middlesex County, MA , d. 10 Jan 1715, Massachusetts

Source

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLG-BQF : 4 December 2014), John Cheny, 10 Jul 1677; citing Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, 185; FHL microfilm 877,468.
  2. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Entry for John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Entry for John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Source of Marriage Needed
  5. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial No. 172109957, Entry for Elizabeth SEAGER CHENEY (1682 - 1716), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial No. 172109957, Entry for Elizabeth SEAGER CHENEY (1682 - 1716), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial No. 172109957, Entry for Elizabeth SEAGER CHENEY (1682 - 1716), Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-GVL : 13 July 2016), John Cheney, 10 Jan 1703; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-4MV : 13 July 2016), John Cheney and Lydia Burrage, 24 Apr 1729; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-GV5 : 13 July 2016), Sarah Cheney, 07 Oct 1706; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  12. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-GVY : 13 July 2016), Daniel Cheney, 28 Dec 1710; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  14. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-GKM : 13 July 2016), Timothy Cheney, 18 Apr 1713; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-49M : 13 July 2016), Timothy Cheney and Sarah Prentice, 21 Jul 1737; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  17. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-GK3 : 13 July 2016), Moses Cheney, 20 Oct 1715; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch<i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-49H : 13 July 2016), Moses Cheney and Abigail Whitmore, 14 Aug 1738; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.</li>
  20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-4XX : 13 July 2016), Moses Cheney and Hannah Woodward, 03 Apr 1755; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  21. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-4MS : 13 July 2016), John Cheney and Eliz'Th Burrage, 22 Oct 1717; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  23. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial no. 172132175, Entry for Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Buried in Unknown location, accessed 17 August 2017.
  24. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial no. 172132175, Entry for Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Buried in Unknown location, accessed 17 August 2017.
  25. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-462 : 13 July 2016), William Cheney and Lydia Flagg, 06 Mar 1745; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
  26. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  27. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  28. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  29. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  30. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Father, John CHENEY (1676 - 1728), Find a Grave Memorial no. 172101192, Buried in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, accessed 17 August 2017.
  31. ↑ Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000, database with images (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 August 2017); citing Wm. E. Chute, A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland with an Account of Fourty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources (Salem, Massachusetts, 1894), p. xxiv
  32. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Mother, Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Find a Grave Memorial No. 172132175, no known burial location, accessed 17 August 2017.
  33. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Mother, Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Find a Grave Memorial No. 172132175, no known burial location, accessed 17 August 2017.
  34. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial of Mother, Elizabeth BURRAGE WHITMORE (1691 - Unknown), Find a Grave Memorial No. 172132175, no known burial location, accessed 17 August 2017.

See Also:

  • Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000, database with images (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 August 2017); citing Wm. E. Chute, A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland with an Account of Fourty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources (Salem, Massachusetts, 1894), p. xxiii and xxiv [Note: Source citation at ancestry lists book as "A Genealogy and History of the Hute [i. e. Chute] Family in America..."]
  • Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts
Source: #S155
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Data:
Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/4478194/person/-138263146/facts

Acknowledgements

  • Research of Jeanne HOWELL, notes obtained in August 2017 for a fellow researcher. Jeanne Howell has no known biological connection to this family.




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Daryl Schmitt
Regarding source [4],

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Seager_(4) gives a source from The American Genealogist, v 16, p 144, an article by Clarence A Torrey which includes " ... Henry Seager died Aug 24, 1724. In the probate records relating to his estate John Cheney is mentioned as the father of children by Henry's daughter Elizabeth, who was deceased." This information could also be added to Elizabeth Seager's WikiTree page.

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