Mary Cheney

F, (27 July 1736 - 4 June 1777)
Father-Biological*William Cheney b. 7 Feb 1703/4, d. 18 Jul 1756
Mother-Biological*Joanna Thayer b. 18 Aug 1706
Last Edited=31 Oct 2022
     Mary Cheney was born on 27 July 1736 at Mendon, Massachusetts.1,2 She was the daughter of William Cheney and Joanna Thayer.

Mary Cheney, age 21, married Lt. Jesse Whitney, age 26 , son of Jonathan Whitney and Lydia Jones, on 22 September 1757 at Mendon, Massachusetts. 2. Susanna Whitney (1759-1760)
3. Rhoda Whitney (1760-____)
4. Hachaliah Whitney (1762-1848)
5. Levi Whitney (1763-1788)
6. Lucy Whitney (1764-____)
7. Ruth Whitney (1764-1765)
8. Asa Whitney (1766-1768)
9. Anna Whitney (1770-____.)1,3,2 Mary Cheney died on 4 June 1777 at Milford, Massachusetts, at age 40.

Compeller's Notes:
Death: Pierce (1895) gives her death date as 25 June 177.3

Citations

  1. Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy. Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897.
  2. Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey Company, 1895.
  3. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917.