Capt Joseph Cheney

• BIRTH 18 Aug 1709 Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 3 Oct 1779 (aged 70) Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Old Burial Ground, Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map, PLOT Row 29, Plot 6, MEMORIAL ID 28824661, Photos by Kristy Green

Inscription
In Memory of Capt Joseph
Cheney, he Departed this
Life Oct 3, 1779 in
ye 71st year of his Age.

Behold my friends, as
you pass by, as you
are now so once
was I. As I am now
so you must be prepare
for death and follow me

Parents
Josiah Cheney 1685–1754
Hannah Cheney 1686–1717

Spouse
Abigail Warren Cheney 1715–1799 (m. 1736)

Siblings
Elizabeth Cheney Taft 1707–1783
Mary Cheney Lovell 1713–1755

Half Siblings
Timothy Cheney 1726–1810
Samuel Cheney 1730–1797

Children
Hannah Cheney Janes 1738–1806
Abigail Cheney Martin 1740–1820
Mary Cheney Plimpton 1746–1841
Elizabeth Cheney Freeman 1750–1772

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28824661/joseph-cheney

Biography

Born 18 AUG 1709. Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. [1]

Died 3 OCT 1779. Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Age: 70. [2] He is buried in Sturbridge, Massachusetts at Old Burial Ground. [3]

Marriage Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts. 6 APR 1731. Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. [4]

Marriage 1705 Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. [5]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cheney-1881

Profile last modified 12 Nov 2022 | Created 11 Sep 2016

Joseph Cheney (1709 - 1779)

Joseph Cheney

Born 18 Aug 1709 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Josiah Cheney and Hannah (Unknown) Cheney

Brother of Elizabeth (Cheney) Taft, Hannah (Cheney) Taft, Mary (Cheney) Lovell, Esther (Cheney) Armsby, Josiah Cheney II [half], Timothy Cheney [half], Samuel Cheney [half], Simon Cheney [half], Rhoda (Cheney) Colburn [half], Ebenezer Cheney [half], Eliphalet Cheney [half] and Silence Cheney [half]

Husband of Abigail (Warren) Cheney — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Margery Mason — married 6 Apr 1731 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Hannah Cheny, Azubah (Cheney) Scott, Beulah Cheney and Abigail Cheney

Died 3 Oct 1779 at age 70 in Sturbridge, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-3LB : 10 November 2020), Joseph Cheney, 18 Aug 1709; citing Birth, Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009438.
↑ Sturbridge - Deaths - Massachusetts Vital Records
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Capt Joseph Cheney (18 Aug 1709–3 Oct 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #28824661, citing Old Burial Ground, Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jerry Provencher (contributor 46962682)
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNH-VYN : 10 November 2020), Joseph Cheney, 6 Apr 1731; citing Marriage, Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009438.
↑ Source: #S19 Date of Import: 19 Aug 2006 Certainty: 0
Source: S19 Blair.FTW