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Margaret Cheney 1628–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26-Nov-1628

Birth Location: Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America

Death Date: 29-Sept-1678

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Sir )

Mother: Lady Cheney

Spouse(s): ***Thomas Colony

Children(s): Benjamin Hastings, Samuel Hastings, Nathaniel Hastings, Hepzibah Hastings\Bond, Thomas Hastings, William Hastings, Joseph Hastings, John Hastings, Hepzabah Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Jiamanett Hastings, Abigail Hammond

In 1628, Margaret Cheney entered the world in Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America, born to Sir William De Cheney Cahaignes Cayneto Chesney And Lady Margaret Martha De Cule Cole Mason Cheney. Margaret Cheney married Thomas Hastings Deacon Mass Bay Colony, and had children including Abigail Hammond, Benjamin Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Hannah Hastings, Hepzabah Hastings, Hepzibah Hastings Bond, Jiamanett Hastings, John Hastings, Joseph Hastings, Nathaniel Hastings, Samuel Hastings, Thomas Hastings, William Hastings. Margaret Cheney passed away in 1678 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1628, Margaret Cheney entered the world in Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America, born to Sir William De Cheney Cahaignes Cayneto Chesney And Lady Margaret Martha De Cule Cole Mason Cheney.
  • Margaret Cheney married Thomas Hastings Deacon Mass Bay Colony, and had children including Abigail Hammond, Benjamin Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, Hannah Hastings, Hepzabah Hastings, Hepzibah Hastings Bond, Jiamanett Hastings, John Hastings, Joseph Hastings, Nathaniel Hastings, Samuel Hastings, Thomas Hastings, William Hastings.
  • Margaret Cheney passed away in 1678 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir )
1603–1667
Birth Location: Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire, England
S)
Lady Cheney
1605–1686
Birth Location: Burton Latimer, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England
LC

Spouses(s)

***Thomas Colony
1605–1685
Birth Location: Little Eversden Parish, Cambridgeshire, England
*C

Children(s)

Benjamin Hastings
1659–1711
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
BH
Samuel Hastings
1665–1723
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
SH
Nathaniel Hastings
1661–1694
Birth Location: Watertown
NH
Hepzibah Hastings\Bond
1663–1701
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
HH
Thomas Hastings
1652–1712
Birth Location: Watertown, Mass
TH
William Hastings
1655–1669
Birth Location: Watertown
WH
Joseph Hastings
1657–1695
Birth Location: Watertown
JH
John Hastings
1653–1718
Birth Location: Watertown
JH
Hepzabah Hastings
1662–
Birth Location: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
HH
Elizabeth Hastings
1693–1695
Birth Location: Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
EH
Jiamanett Hastings
1661–1718
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
JH
Abigail Hammond
1654–1718
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
AH

Margaret Cheney's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Cheney
1628–1678
Birth Place: Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America
Parents
Sir William de Cheney (Cahaignes, Cayneto. Chesney )
1603–1667
Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire, England
Lady (Margaret Martha de Cule\ Cole Mason) Cheney
1605–1686
Burton Latimer, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Lawrence (de Cheney Cahaignes Cayneto) Chesney
1566–1643
Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire, England
Julian (de Waldron) (Cheney)
1566–1643
Lambourn,berkshire,england
William (Lemon(?)) Cole
1586–1623
London, Middlesex, , England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cheney
1540–1574
Frances 'angnor
1541–1604
Robert Wansbury
1530–1579
Joan Moggridge
1532–1639
2nd-Great-Grandparents
ROBERT Sir
1520–1569
Jone Harrison
1515–1603
Thomas II
1500–1558
Phillip Moggryg
1500–1543

Margaret Cheney's Descendants

1.
MC
Margaret Cheney (26-Nov-1628–29-Sept-1678) m. ***Thomas (Hastings, Deacon. Mass Bay) Colony (1605–7-Sept-1685)
  1. 1. Benjamin Hastings 1659–1711 m. Mary Clark\Parsons\Hastings 1664–1711 m. Elizabeth Graves\Hastings 1661–1695
    1. 1. Joseph Hastings 1703–1785 m. Elizabeth Hastings 1710–1776
      1. 1. Mary Hastings 1752–1834
        1. 1. Mary ('Polly') Mason 1790–1866 m. Joseph (Griggs) Junior 1783–1874
      2. 2. John Hastings 1742–1811
      3. 3. Joseph (Hastings) Jr 1733–1782
      4. 4. Benjamin Hastings 1744–1821
    2. 2. ***(Deacon) (Benjamin Hastings) Jr. 1699–1774
    3. 3. Hannah (Hastings (died at 1 yr.) old) 1697–1698
    4. 4. Zeruiah Hastings 1701–1702
    5. 5. Submit Hastings\Waite 1707–1807
    6. 6. Daniel Hastings 1706–1706
    7. 7. Jeranah Hastings 1707–1706
    8. 8. Samuel Hastings 1684–1706
    9. 9. Elizabeth Hastings 1693–
    10. 10. Jerusha Hastings 1701–
    11. 11. Benjamin Hastings 1697–1697
    12. 12. Mary Parsons 1688–1769
    13. 13. Hannah Parsons 1690–1690
    14. 14. Benjamin Hastings 1699–1774
    15. 15. Samuel Hastings 1698–
    16. 16. Daniel Hastings 1702–
    17. 17. Daughter Hastings 1706–1706
    18. 18. Jeremiah Hastings 1701–
    19. 19. Benjamin Hastings 1687–1720
    20. 20. Abigail Hastings\Holtum 1695–1753
  2. 2. Samuel Hastings 1665–1723
  3. 3. Nathaniel Hastings 1661–1694
  4. 4. Hepzibah Hastings\Bond 1663–1701
  5. 5. Thomas Hastings 1652–1712
  6. 6. William Hastings 1655–1669
  7. 7. Joseph Hastings 1657–1695
  8. 8. John Hastings 1653–1718
  9. 9. Hepzabah Hastings 1662–
  10. 10. Elizabeth Hastings 1693–1695
  11. 11. Jiamanett Hastings 1661–1718
  12. 12. Abigail Hammond 1654–1718

Margaret Cheney's Timeline

2 Records

1628
26-Nov-1628
Birth of Margaret Cheney in Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America
Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America
1678
29-Sept-1678
Age 50
Death of Margaret Cheney in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26-Nov-1628
    Event Place: Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29-Sept-1678
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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