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Joseph Cheney 1709 – 1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Nov 1709

Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1776

Death Location: , , Massachusetts, USA

Father: Benjamin Cheney

Mother: Mary Harbert

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Tucker

Children(s): William Cheney

Joseph Cheney was born in 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Cheney and Mary Harbert. Joseph Cheney married Elizabeth Tucker, and had children including William Cheney. Joseph Cheney passed away in 1776 in , , Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Cheney was born in 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Benjamin Cheney and Mary Harbert.
  • Joseph Cheney married Elizabeth Tucker, and had children including William Cheney.
  • Joseph Cheney passed away in 1776 in , , Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Cheney
1675 – 1718
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Harbert
1681 – 1760
Birth Location: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Tucker
1712 – 1780
Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

William Cheney
1741 – 1803
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
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Joseph Cheney's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Cheney
1709 – 1776
Birth Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Benjamin Cheney
1675 – 1718
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Harbert
1681 – 1760
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Cheney
1633 – 1695
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Jane Atkinson
1635 – 1724
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Cheney
1603 – 1667
Margaret Cule
1604 – 1686
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Cheney's Descendants

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Joseph Cheney (2 Nov 1709 – 1776) m. Elizabeth Tucker (Sep 1712 – 12 May 1780)
  1. 1. William Cheney (8 Sep 1741 – 4 Apr 1803) m. Elizabeth Swett (23 Nov 1745 – 1834)
    1. 1. Ebenezer Cheney (24 Feb 1764 – after 1850) m. Hannah Eaton (29 May 1761 – 14 Jan 1832)
      1. 1. William Cheney (20 Mar 1790 – )
      2. 2. Betsey Cheney (17 Sep 1791 – )
      3. 3. Elias (Eaton) Cheney (30 May 1793 – 2 Feb 1859) m. Lucy Fletcher (21 Apr 1803 – 1845)
        1. 1. Oramel (Fletcher) Cheney (1826 – )
        2. 2. Frances (Kendrick) Cheney (1828 – )
        3. 3. Samuel (Fletcher) Cheney (12 Feb 1829 – 30 Jun 1911) m. Ella (A) Phillips (3 Feb 1840 – 29 Mar 1909)
        4. 4. Mary (Gerrish) Cheney (1831 – 1852)
        5. 5. Smith (Sandborn) Cheney (1834 – 1852)
        6. 6. Jonathan (Emerson) Cheney (1836 – )
        7. 7. Lucy (Ellen) Cheney (1839 – 1859)
        8. 8. Harriet (Josephine) Cheney (1842 – )
        9. 9. Roger (Howard) Cheney (1845 – 1849)
      4. 4. Ebenezer Cheney (5 Apr 1794 – )
      5. 5. Hannah Cheney (7 Jun 1795 – )
      6. 6. Frances (Kendrick) Cheney
      7. 7. Harriet (Josephine) Cheney
      8. 8. Jonathan (Emerson) Cheney
      9. 9. Lucy (Ellen) Cheney
      10. 10. Mary (Gerrish) Cheney
      11. 11. Roger (Howard) Cheney
      12. 12. Samuel (Fletcher) Cheney
      13. 13. Smith (Sanborn) Cheney
    2. 2. William Cheney (1766 – 1884)
    3. 3. Samuel Cheney (1768 – )
    4. 4. Edmund Cheney (9 Jul 1770 – 24 Jan 1835)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Cheney (11 Jul 1772 – )
    6. 6. Susanna Cheney (9 Jan 1775 – 1861)
    7. 7. Mary Cheney (1776 – 1841)
    8. 8. Hannah Cheney (19 Mar 1779 – )
    9. 9. Sarah Cheney (1783 – )
    10. 10. Ruth Cheney (23 Apr 1785 – )
    11. 11. Barbara Cheney (1786 – )
    12. 12. Moses Cheney (16 Jan 1790 – 18 Mar 1873)

Joseph Cheney's Timeline

2 Records

1709
2 Nov 1709
Birth of Joseph Cheney in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1776
1776
Age 67
Death of Joseph Cheney in , , Massachusetts, USA
, , Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1709
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: , , Massachusetts, USA
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