Peter Cheney

1789 - 1856  (66 years)

• Name	Peter Cheney
  Birth	5 Sep 1789	Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Married	1 Nov 1810 (21 years)	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Abigail Goodell, the daughter of Zina and Joanna (Cheney) Goodell. She was born on 19 July 1792 in District of Orange, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She died on Saturday 19 July 1884 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Abigail wife of Peter Cheney d. July 19, 1884 æ 92 Issue: 1. Prudence Cheney (1811-1878) 2. Charlotte Cheney (1812-____) 3. Luther Cheney (1814-____) 4. Edward Peter Cheney (1817-____) 5. Elijah Cheney (1820-____) 6. baby boy Cheney (1822-1822) 7. baby daughter Cheney (1822-1822) 8. Nathaniel Cheney (1824-____) 9. Abner Cheney (1826-1851) 10. Ebenezer Cheney (1829-____) 11. Abigail Cheney (1831-1835) 12. Jane Cheney (1834-1856) 13. Janette Cheney (1834-1849)
  Death	5 Jul 1856	Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  History	1897 (107 years)  [1]
  According to Pope (1897), "He resided in Orange, was a farmer, diligent, intelligent and enterprising. He was also a methodical man, careful of all his books and papers; a pleasant evidence of this comes down in a set of 'Farmers Almanacs' in which he recorded the births of his children from year to year."
  Burial	North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts   [3]
  Peter Cheney d. July 5, 1856 æ 67
  Siblings	3 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Esther Cheney,   b. 2 Oct 1779, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Jun 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) + 2. Mary Cheney,   b. 29 Jul 1784, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 Jun 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years) ▻ Stephen Mayo,  m. Apr 1804   3. Levi Cheney,   b. 29 Apr 1787, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Peter Cheney,   b. 5 Sep 1789, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Jul 1856, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)   5. Stephen Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 Mar 1873, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years)   6. Lois Cheney,   b. 30 Jan 1795, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 9 Sep 1876, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years) > 7. Alexander Cheney,   b. 17 Aug 1797, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Nov 1882, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 85 years) ▻ Tapha Streeter,  m. 24 Apr 1825
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Levi Cheney and Sarah Ballou)
  1. Asula Parkhurst Cheney,   b. 11 Jan 1821, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Apr 1893, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)   2. Presson Cheney,   b. 7 Jul 1823, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Oct 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 32 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (9 x Great Grandfather)  Susanna  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15192
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Levi Cheney,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 18 Apr 1847, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Hill,   c. 18 Jan 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 May 1819, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Peter Cheney(1789 – 1856) 2Levi Cheney(1756 – 1847) 4William Cheney(7 Feb 1703/04 – 1756) 8William Cheney(1666 – 1753) 16William Cheney(1636/37 – 1681) 17Sarah Daniels(1638 – ) 9Margaret( – 1740) 18 19 5Joanna Thayer(1706 – ) 10Nathaniel Thayer(1680 – 1752) 20Nathaniel Thayer(1 Jan 1657/58 – 1726) 21Hannah Hayden(1661 – ) 11Sarah Wales(1680 – 1707) 22Elder Nathaniel Wales(1650 – 1718) 23Joanna Faxon(1661 – 1704) 3Mary Hill(1756 – 1819) 6John Hill(1717 – ) 12David Hill(1694 – 1745) 24Ebenezer Hill(Abt 1656 – 1734) 25Mary White(Abt 1672 – ) 13Sarah Thayer(11 Feb 1694/95 – ) 26Lt. Samuel Thayer(1669 – ) 27Mary Bass(1672 – ) 7Thankful Underwood(8 Feb 1718/19 – ) 14Lt. Joshua Underwood(1683 – 1727) 28Joseph Underwood(1650 – ) 29Elizabeth 15Mercy Fairbanks(1688 – 1742) 30Eliezer Fairbanks(1655 – 1741) 31Martha Lovett(4 Jun 1654/55 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Sep 1789 - Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 1 Nov 1810 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 5 Jul 1856 - Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S458] Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda, compiler. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts Volume 1, (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001). [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963).