Joseph Cheney (1682 - 1749)

Born 9 Apr 1682 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wiswall) Cheney — married after 14 Nov 1702 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Husband of Abigail (Trowbridge) Cheney — married 12 Oct 1721 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 May 1749 at age 67 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Cheney's birth is recorded in the Newtown town records, however a date is not provided.^[1] He was the son of Daniel and Sarah (Bailey) Cheney, and was named in the settlement of his father's estate on 01 August 1698 while still a minor.^[2]

He married Sarah Wiswall of Newton, Middlesex, after intentions were published in Newbury on 14 November 1702.^[3] Sarah was the daughter of Noah and Theodocia (Jackson) Wiswall born Newton on 05 January 1680. ^[4]

Abigail Trowbridge married first on 5 Jan 1715 to James Greenwood and second on 12 Oct 1721 to Joseph Cheney^[5]

Research Notes

Father's probate:

On 01 August 1698, the children of Daniel Cheny late of Newberry deceased intestate, made an agreement to divide the property of Daniel Cheney. The children named were Daniel Cheney, John Cheny, Joseph Cheny, Jeames Cheny, John Richards "who married with Sarah Cheney now Richards," John Emerson "who married with Judith Cheney now Emerson," Thomas Wiswell "who married with Hannah Cheny now Wiswell" & Elenor Cheny now Satchell (widow). The agreement apportioned the estate as 2/9 parts To Daniel Cheney the eldest son; 2/9 to John Cheney; 1/9 to Joseph Cheney; 1/9 to James Cheney; to John Richards, husband of Sarah Cheney received already a house and lands and the balance of the 1/9 part to be paid out; to John Emerson who married Judith Cheny 1/9 part; to Richard Jackman, attorney for "mr. Thomas Wisewell of New Towne" who married Hanah Cheney, and of Eloner the daughter of Daniel Cheney deceased formerly Satchell, widdow, and now Safford. Jackman having purchased the said rights before the division of estate. 2/9 portion to Hanah & Eloner.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 33.

   "Cheeney, Joseph, ch. Daniel and Sarah,__,[ ? b. after ch. b. __, 1666]. [Town Copy]"

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Essex County Probate Records Vol. 306:49-50.
3. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 2:517.

   "Wiswell, Sarah, of Newtowne, and Joseph Cheny, int. Nov. 14, 1702."

4. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 220.

   "WISWALL, Sarah, ch. Noah and Theodocia, Jan. 5, 1680."

5. ↑ Francis Bacon Trowbridge. The Trowbridge Genealogy: History of the Trowbridge Family in America. New Haven, CT: 1908. Online at Archive.org, pages 503-509.

See also:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 3 May 2016), Joseph Cheney, 1749.

• Ancestry Family Trees