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Joseph Cheney 1670 – 1725 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 February 1670

Birth Location: Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1725

Death Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Thomas Roxbury

Mother: Jane Atkinson

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Joseph Cheney was born in 1670 in Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Cheney of Roxbury and Jane Atkinson. Joseph Cheney passed away in 1725 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Cheney was born in 1670 in Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Cheney of Roxbury and Jane Atkinson.
  • Joseph Cheney passed away in 1725 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Joseph Cheney's Ancestors

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Joseph Cheney
1670 – 1725
Birth Place: Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Thomas Cheney of Roxbury
1639 – 1694
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Jane Atkinson
1634 –
Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William Cheney
1598 – 1667
Bennington, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Cole
1605 – 1686
Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
James (Atkinson of Roxby) *
1595 – 1672
Roxby, Yorkshire, England
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Joseph Cheney's Timeline

2 Records

1670
16 February 1670
Birth of Joseph Cheney in Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1725
1725
Age 55
Death of Joseph Cheney in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 February 1670
    Event Place: Roxbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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