Caleb Cheney

1739 - 1800  (61 years)

• Name	Caleb Cheney
  Birth	12 Jan 1738/39	Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Military	say 1756 (16 years)  [2]
  Caleb is thought to have served in the French and Indian War.
  Married	9 Mar 1758 (19 years)	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Mary Wheelock, the daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Ammidown) Wheelock. She was born on 31 December 1738 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 3 March 1814 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tryphena Cheney (1758-____) 2. Artemas Cheney (1760-1804) 3. Mary Cheney (1762-____) 4. Relief Cheney (1764-____) 5. Calvin Cheney (1766-____) 6. Elizabeth Cheney (1768-1810) 7. Caleb Cheney (1770-1830) 8. Olive Cheney (1772-1826) 9. Rachel Cheney (1774-____) 10. Charles Cheney (____-1804) 11. Hannah Cheney (1778-____) 12. Sarah Cheney (1780-____)
  The marriage is listed in both the Milford and the Mendon vital records.
  Offices Held	say 1760 (20 years)  [1, 2]
  Caleb was a highly respected man. He was the first town clerk of Milford after its incorporation and served on its first board of selectman.
  Military	1775 (35 years)  [1, 2]
  He was a lieutenant in charge of the Second Mendon Minute Company under Capt. William Jennison. On 19 July 1776, he was in Capt. Gershom Nelson's company. In the alarm of 8 December 1776, he marched as a sergeant in Lt. Seth Thayer's company to Providence, R.I.
  Death	5 Jul 1800	Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 5]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Joanna Cheney,   b. 26 May 1728, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Suzanna Cheney,   b. 23 Jul 1730, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Nov 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 6 years)   3. Wales Cheney,   b. 31 Aug 1732, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Mar 1825, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years)   4. Nathaniel Cheney,   b. 24 Feb 1733/34, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1795, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Cheney,   b. 27 Jul 1736, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1777, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years)   6. Caleb Cheney,   b. 12 Jan 1738/39, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Jul 1800, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 61 years)   7. Ebenezer Cheney,   b. 10 Jul 1741, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Nov 1828, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   8. Abigail Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1743, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. William Cheney,   b. 18 May 1746, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Sep 1829, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) + 10. 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) ▻ Mary Hill,  m. After 4 Jun 1772 ;   Sarah Ballou,  m. 20 Jan 1820
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (8 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15141
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	William Cheney,   b. 7 Feb 1703/04, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jul 1756, Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joanna Thayer,   b. 18 Aug 1706, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Caleb Cheney(12 Jan 1738/39 – 1800) 2William Cheney(7 Feb 1703/04 – 1756) 4William Cheney(1666 – 1753) 8William Cheney(1636/37 – 1681) 16William Cheney(5 Feb 1598/99 – 1667) 17Margaret Cule(1612 – 1686) 9Sarah Daniels(1638 – ) 18Robert Daniels(Abt 1592 – 1655) 19Elizabeth Morse(6 Mar 1605/06 – 1643) 5Margaret( – 1740) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Joanna Thayer(1706 – ) 6Nathaniel Thayer(1680 – 1752) 12Nathaniel Thayer(1 Jan 1657/58 – 1726) 24Richard Thayer(10 Feb 1624/25 – 1705) 25Dorothy Pray(Abt 1634 – 1705) 13Hannah Hayden(1661 – ) 26John Hayden(1634 – 1718) 27Hannah Ames(1641 – 1690) 7Sarah Wales(1680 – 1707) 14Elder Nathaniel Wales(1650 – 1718) 28Nathaniel Wales(Abt 1623 – 1662) 29Isabel Atherton(1630 – 1661) 15Joanna Faxon(1661 – 1704) 30Thomas Faxon( – 1662) 31Deborah Thayer(27 Mar 1633/34 – 1662)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Jan 1738/39 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 9 Mar 1758 - Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 5 Jul 1800 - Milford, Worcester 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

  [S461] Ballou, Adin. History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts From its First Settlement to 1881, ( Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1882). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S460] Fiske, Arthur D. Cemetery Records of Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., (Seattle, Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1963). [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S462] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).