Benjamin Cheney

Biography

Son of Thomas I & Jane Atkinson Cheney. He married first Mary Unknown who died in 1705, and after she died he married Mary Herbert 14 Nov 1706 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA - parents of Joseph B 1709.

Benjamin Cheney was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, on 29 Jan 1675-76, the son of Jane (Atkinson) Cheney (1635-abt.1724) and Jane (Atkinson) Cheney (1635-abt.1724).[1]

Before his first marriage, Benjamin Cheney of Cambridge and Mary Page of Watertown conceived a child out of wedlock. They "managed to elude the authorities for 17 months after their bastard was born clandestinely in 1698. Cheney’s twenty pounds supported the mother and financed the child’s long-term fostering. Only his boasting of his paternity incriminated him."[2]

Benjamin Cheney married Mary Cheney. No record has been found of the marriage, but in 1718 Benjamin conveyed to his brother-in-law Josiah Cheney all his own interest and that of the children of his “first wife, Mary Cheney, daughter of Joseph Cheney, late of Medfield” in the estate of her father.[3] Their first child, Mary Cheney, was born on 21 Apr 1702.[4] They were first cousins, both grandchildren of William Cheney (abt.1603-1667) and Margaret (Unknown) Cheney (abt.1604-1686).

The widower Benjamin Cheney of Cambridge, Massachusetts, married Mary Harbert at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 14 Nov 1706.[5]

Benjamin Cheney died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 13 Jul 1718.[6] Administration of his estate was granted to Mary Cheney, his widow, on 9 Jan 1718/19. Guardians were appointed for his minor children, Benjamin, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, Joseph, Ebenezer, Ruth, John, and William.[3]

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Profile last modified 11 Nov 2022 | Created 14 Sep 2010 | Last significant change: 11 Nov 2022

Benjamin Cheney (1676 - 1718)

Benjamin Cheney

Born 29 Jan 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Cheney and Jane (Atkinson) Cheney

Brother of Margaret (Cheney) Fessenden, Thomas Cheney II, Mehitabel Cheney, John Cheney, William Cheney, Mary (Cheney) Holbrook, Jane (Cheney) Belknap, Joseph Cheney, Hannah Cheney and Ebenezer Cheney

Husband of Mary Cheney — married 21 Apr 1702 (to 1705) in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Harbert) Felshaw — married 14 Nov 1706 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Father of Mary Cheney, Benjamin Cheney, Hannah (Cheney) Goodale, Mary Cheney, Thomas Cheney, Joseph Cheney, Ebenezer Cheney, Ruth (Cheney) Mason, John Cheney and William Cheney

Died 13 Jul 1718 at age 42 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

14:10: Rick Pierpont added Ruth (Cheney) Mason (abt.1713-) as child of Benjamin Cheney (1676-1718). [Thank Rick for this]

Research Note

The 1897 Cheney genealogy has details on Benjamin's landholdings and on the administration of his estate.[3]

Sources

↑ 1925 transcription of the birth record of Benjamin Cheny, in Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass., 1925), volume 1, page 61 ↑ Roger Thompson, Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699 (Amherst, Mass., 1986), page 29, citing "Sessions Records I:90; File 171"
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charles Henry Pope, The Cheney genealogy (Boston, Mass., 1897), pages 48-50
↑ 1903 transcription of the birth record of Mary Chaney, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Chaney, in Vital records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1903), page 29
↑ 1915 transcription of the marriage record of Benjamin Cheney and Mary Harbert, in Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1914-15), volume 2, page 74
↑ 1915 transcription of the death record of Benjamin Cheney, in Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1914-15), volume 2, page 503
MA Town & Vital Records
SAR Membership Applications
Source: S133 Title: Chub, Methiable (David Cheney, Columbus) Publication: David E. Cheney, Columbus, Ohio, descendant of Ebenezer Cheney and Sarah Jones
Winship, JPC. Historical Brighton: An Illustrated History of Brighton and Its Citizens, Volume 2 (Brighton, Massachusetts: G. A. Warren, 1902), pg 116.