Benjamin Cheney

1677 - 1737  (60 years)

• Born	1 May 1677	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Land	say 1690  [4]
  	Benjamin had a share in the town of Ashburnham in the right of a younger brother who died in the campaign of 1690, but he never occupied it.
  Married	22 Feb 1699	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	Martha Royal, the daughter of William and Mary Royal. She was born on 6 September 1679 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 17 January 1758, Martha, then a widow, sold the family homestead to her son, Jacob. She died on Friday 21 August 1767 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Mas, at age 87 years, 11 months and 15 days. Issue: 1. John Cheney (1700-____) 2. Benjamin Cheney (1703-____) 3. Deborah Cheney (1704-____) 4. Benjamin Cheney (1706-____) 5. Jacob Cheney (1709-____) 6. Mary Cheney (1712-____) 7. Samuel Cheney (1716-____) 8. Jacob Cheney (1719-____)
  Occupation	say 1700  [4]
  	He was a cordwainer.
  Died	17 Dec 1737	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Buried	Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  	Here Lyes ye Body of Benjamin Cheney who died Decr ye 17th 1737 in ye 61st year of his age
  Siblings	6 siblings
  1. Deborah Cheney,   b. 1662, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 May 1663, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 1 years)   2. William Cheney,   b. 30 Mar 1663/64, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Jul 1664, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   3. Deborah Cheney,   b. 1 Nov 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   4. William Cheney,   b. 27 Jul 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   5. John Cheney,   b. 05 Jan 1673/74, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   6. Benjamin Cheney,   b. 1 May 1677, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Dec 1737, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   7. Abiel Cheney,   b. 26 Nov 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Dec 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I15097
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	William Cheney,   b. 1636/37, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Sep 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Deborah Wiswel,   c. 30 May 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Feb 1717/18, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	say 1657	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 May 1677 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Married - Martha Royal, the daughter of William and Mary Royal. She was born on 6 September 1679 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 17 January 1758, Martha, then a widow, sold the family homestead to her son, Jacob. She died on Friday 21 August 1767 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Mas, at age 87 years, 11 months and 15 days. Issue: 1. John Cheney (1700-____) 2. Benjamin Cheney (1703-____) 3. Deborah Cheney (1704-____) 4. Benjamin Cheney (1706-____) 5. Jacob Cheney (1709-____) 6. Mary Cheney (1712-____) 7. Samuel Cheney (1716-____) 8. Jacob Cheney (1719-____) - 22 Feb 1699 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Died - 17 Dec 1737 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Buried - - Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S897] anon. "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass. 1648-1683" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S1062] Trask, William B. "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester, Ms.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI, 1852).