John Cheney

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Birth Location: Roxbury, Roxbury, England

Birth Year: 1600

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• LINCOLNSHIRE. The probate records contain wills of many persons by the name of Cheney and Cheyney from a remote period. Thomas Cheney of Quadring, 1520 ; Christopher Cheyney, Grantham, 1620 ; John Cheney, Bennington, 1624; Thomas Cheney, Howell, 1633. The latter was entitled "Esquire"; gave to his wife Bridget, daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, and Jane ; brother William Chiney ; signs "Thomas Cheyney." The will of John of Bennington is worthy of perpetuation. He was one of the wardens of his parish and apparently a man of fine qualities.
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• "In the name of god Amen the Twenty & fowerth day of May 1621 I John Cheney of Bennington in the pts of Holland & county of Lincoln gent, whole in body & of good & pfect remembrance praise be given to almighty god doe ordeine & make this my last will and testament in manner & forme following hereby revoking all other wills by me formerly made — ffirst I commit my soule into the hands of almighty god trusting most assuredly that by the death of Jesus Christ my Saviour & redeemer my sinnes are forgiven me & my body to be buryed within the quire of Bennington aforesayd nigh unto my wife & for my mortuary as the Lawes of this Realm doe requier
• Itm I doe give to Lincoln mynster XII
• Itm I doe give to the pore of Bennington one quarter of barly to be distributed amongst the needyest at the feiste of the Nativity of Our Saviour Christ next after my decease
• Itm I doe give to William Cheney my sonne a double Soveraigne
• Itm I doe give to John Cheny the elder my sonne fowere pounds
• Itm I doe give to Thomas Cheney my sonne Thertye poundes
• Itm I doe give to John Cheny the younger my sonne ffortye poundes
• Itm I doe give to ffrances Cheney my daughter if she be then living ffive poundes
• Itm I doe give to Anne Cheney my daughter twenty poundes
• Itm I doe give to Elisabeth Cheney my dawghter fforty poundes
• [Then follow other bequests.]
• The residue of all my goodes & Chattles not given or bequeathed my debts & Legacyes discharged I give them wholly to Alysce my wife whom I doe ordeine & make the sole executrix of this my last will & testament
• [Signed] John Cheyney."
• Proved at Boston April 8° 1624.
• The church registers at Bennington give the baptism of children of John and Elizabeth Cheney as follows: Frances, Dec. 20, 1596; William, Feb. 5, 1597; Jane, Feb. 28, 1600; John, June 30, 1605 ; Edward, July 20 1606; Thomas, July 25, 1607; Agnes, Oct. 16, 1608; John, Nov. 9, 1609; Richard, Sept. 29, 1611; Elizabeth, June 2, 1614. Edward was buried Dec. 8, 1613 ; the wife Elizabeth was buried June 12, 1614; and the husband and father was buried March 21, 1623.
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• Right here it is proper to consider the matter of the other Cheney family which resided in Roxbury in those early times. The 133'd entry in the list of church members is this: —
• "John Cheny he came into the Land in the yeare 1635. he brought 4 children, Mary, Martha, John, Daniel. Sarah his 5't child was borne in the last month of the same yeare 1635, cal'd February, he removed from o'r church to Newbery the end of the next suer 1636.
• Martha Cheny the wife of John Cheny."
• Only that ! Not a word as to whether he was related to the man "William Cheny" whose wife the good parson was to write down a few pages beyond ! The family name, which he spelled the same, suggests kinship. Yet the Reverend recorder describes Philip Eliot in glowing terms without a hint that he was his own brother, although he makes note under Thomas Ruggles who " came in the yeare 1637," that "he was Eld'r broth'r to John Ruggles" who had been enrolled before as having come in 1635. There is nothing to be concluded from the omission of a statement concerning the relationship of the " Cheny" families.
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• John of Newbury and his Descendants.
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• CHILDREN OF JOHN1 AND MARTHA CHENEY.
  • I. MARY,2 b. in England, about 1627; m. Sept. 3, 1645, William Lawes of Rowley; Children: (1) Rebecca Lawes, b. June 1, 1655; (2) Mary Lawes, b. Oct. 15, 1657; and (3) Priscilla Lawes, b. Nov. 9, 1662; whom their grandfather remembered in his will. William Lawes was buried march 30, 1668.
  • II. MARTHA,2 b. in England, about 1629; m.1st, Anthony Sadler; Child: Abiel Sadler, b. Nov. 2, 1650. The father died a little before the birth of the boy. Mr. Cheney was appointed guardian of the child Oct. 5, 1652, and remembered him in his will, very particularly. She m. 2nd, Thomas Burkby, of Ipswich; Children: several who died in infancy, and Hannah Burkby, b. in March, 1655, mentioned in her grandfather's will. Martha (Cheney) Burkby was buried Jan. 24, 1658.
  • 2. III. JOHN,2 b. in England about 1631.
  • 3. IV. DANIEL,2 b. in England, about 1633.
  • V. SARAH,2 b. in Roxbury, Mass., February, 1635-6; m. Dec. 23, 1652, Joseph Plumer, of Newbury; Children: (1) Joseph Plumer, b. Sept., 1654; (2) Benjamin Plumer, b. Oct. 23, 1656; (3) Sarah Plumer, b. Mary 13, 1660; (4) Francis Plumer, b. April 23, 1662; (5) Nathaniel Plumer, b. Jan. 31, 1665; (6) Jonathan Plumer, b. May 23, 1668.
  • 4. VI. PETER,2 b. Newbury, 1638.
  • VII. LYDIA, 2 b. Newbury, 1640; m. Nov. 12, 1657, John Kenrick, of Ipswich.
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  • VIII. HANNAH,2 b. Nov. 16, 1642; m. Nov. 16, 1659, Richard Smith, Jr., of Ipswich. Children Richard Smith, Daniel Smith, Martha Smith, Nathaniel Smith, John Smith, Hannah Smith, Dorothy Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Joseph Smith. Richard Smith, the father, d. Sept. 24, 1714, aged 82; Hannah d. May 9, 1722.
  • IX. NATHANIEL,2 b. in Newbury, Jan. 12, 1644; he does not appear to have married. Before his death, which occurred April 4, 1684, he made a will, in which he bequeathed one third of his estate (including what was yet to fall to him from his father's estate). He gave to his brother Peter and his sisters, Lydia Kenrick and Elizabeth Cross; but devised a few things to others. .....
  • X. ELIZABETH,2 b. in Newbury Jan. 12, 1647; m. Stephen Cross, of Ipswich. After this marriage questions arose respecting property, and John Perkins gave testimony (in 1672) that he was present when the "widow Cheney" and Robert Cross, senior, made a "treaty, when Robert's son Steven was a suitor to Elizabeth, daughter of the widow." Stephen Cross died and his son John, "a minor seventeen years of age," had guardian appointed Jan. 22, 1704-5.
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  • 3. DANIEL, 2 (John,1) b. in England about 1633; m. in Newbury, Oct. 8, 1665, Sarah, dau. of John, Jr., and Eleanor (Emery) Bayley, b. Aug. 17, 1644, d. Oct. 26, 1714. He was a man of great industry and sagacity, and lived the life of a diligent farmer and usefull citizen. He
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  • brought up a large family and left an honorable name. ..... He d. Sept. 10, 1694. ..... _______________________
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• John Cheney
• M, b. circa 1600, d. 28 July 1666
• Father John Cheney b. 1568
• Mother Elizabeth
• John Cheney was born circa 1600 at of Boston, Lincoln, England. He married Martha Parrat on 3 May 1631. John Cheney died on 28 July 1666 at Newbury, Essex, MA.
• Family Martha Parrat d. 1684
• Child
  • Daniel Cheney+ b. c 1633, d. 10 Sep 1694
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1012.htm#... _____________
• John CHENEY
• Born: 30 Jun 1605, Roxburgh, Scotland
• Died: 28 Jul 1666, Newbury, Essex, MA
• Father: John CHENEY
• Mother: Elizabeth ?
• Married: Martha PARRAT 3 Mar 1630/31 / 28 Jul 1666, Newbury, Essex, Ma
• Children:
  • 1. Mary CHENEY
  • 2. Martha CHENEY
  • 3. John CHENEY
  • 4. Daniel CHENEY
  • 5. Sarah CHENEY
  • 6. Peter CHENEY
  • 7. Lydia CHENEY
  • 8. Hannah CHENEY
  • 9. Nathaniel CHENEY
  • 10. Elizabeth CHENEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#John CHENEY6 _____________________

Likely an original settler of Newbury, MA in 1642

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Immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635.

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John Cheney 2 Born November 9, 1609 in Bennington, Lincolnshire, Englandmap Son of John Cheney and Elizabeth (Burbage) Cheney Brother of John Cheney Husband of Martha (Smithe) Cheney — married 1625 in England, Englandmap Father of Mary Cheney, John Cheney III, Sarah Cheney, Daniel Cheney, Peter Cheney, Mary Cheney, Lydia Cheney, Hannah (Cheney) Smith, Nathaniel Cheney and Elizabeth Cheney Died July 28, 1666 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap Profile managers: Constance Dickey private message [send private message] and Deborah Mayes private message [send private message] Last modified 29 January 2016. This page has been accessed 976 times.

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   1 Biography

       1.1 Speculative Origins

       1.2 Life

   2 Sources

       2.1 Footnotes

Biography Speculative Origins

According to Anderson, the origins of the John Cheney who emigrated to Newbury are not known.[1] A John Cheney, son of John Cheney and Elizabeth, was christened at Bennington, Lincolnshire, England, on November 9, 1609. There are several other men named John Cheney born in England at about the right time to be the immigrant. A John was baptized on June 30, 1605, at Bennington, but he was also the son of John and Elizabeth, mentioned above, and probably died young, before their second son named John was baptized in 1609. Another John was born in Roxburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland. There is no record, one way the other, to show that John Cheney was related to the William Cheney who emigrated to Roxbury.

It is implausible, not impossible that the John Cheney, son of John and Elizabeth, was the father of John Cheney. wife Martha, who came to Mass in 1635, with a wife and 4 children. If they were married about 1625, as Anderson suggests, he would have been 18 years old or so in 1825, and therefore born in 1807 or earlier. Assuming the 1625 marriage date, John (2)'s birth date of 1609 is too late. It probably couldn't have been his brother John (1), as he probably died young, although we have no evidence of that. However, if they had 4 children in 4 years, he could have been married about 1629, and that is possible for John (2) b. 1609.

As there is no better candidate, we have taken the second John, son of John and Elizabeth, to be the parents of this John. If you have evidence of John's parents and origins, please contact a Profile Manager or someone involved with the Puritan Great Migration Project. Life

John was married to Martha in England, as Rev. John Eliot said: "John Cheny he came into the Land in the yeare 1635. he brought 4 children, Mary, Martha, John, Daniel. Sarah his 5th child was borne in the last month of the same year 1635, cald February. he removed from our church to Newbery the end of the next suer 1636. ... Martha Cheney wife of John Cheney." [2] Given the estimated ages of these four children, John and Martha were probably married about 1625. He and Martha had at least six more children born in Massachusetts.[3]

He died July 28, 1666, at Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. John's Will, dated "5th day of the 4th Month : 1666," is written in his own hand. In it, he mentions his loving wife Martha; his sons Daniel, John, Nathaniel and Peter; daughter Elizabeth; William Lawes and his three daughters Rebeca, Mary and Priscilla; grandchild Abiel Sadler, his father deceasing before he was born; grandchild Hannah Burkebe; Joseph Plumer, John Kenrick, and Richard Smith. the witnesses were Richard Dole and William Ilslie. The inventory was taken on August 22, 1666, and it was proved on September 25, 1666. The total estate was valued at £557 9s

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