Margaret Cheney

Margaret Cheney, wife of William Cheney, is of unknown parents.

• Margaret Cheney
• Birth: unknown
• Death: Jul. 3, 1686 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• She may have married, second, a man named Burge (or Birge, or Burgess).
• Children:

1. Margaret Cheney Hastings,
2. Eleanor Cheney Johnson,
3. Thomas Cheney(husband of Jane Atkinson Cheney),
4. William Cheney Jr,
5. John Cheney,
6. Mehitable Cheney Wight, and
7. Joseph Cheney.

• Family links:
• Spouse:
• William Cheney (1603 - 1667)
• Children:
  • Margaret Cheney Hastings (1628 - 1678)*
  • Thomas Cheney (1633 - 1695)*
  • William Cheney (1637 - 1681)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 54476416
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54476416 ______________

[following downloaded 2009 from http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/hastings.htm]

"Margaret - b. England; d. Jul. 3, 1686. In his will of 1667, William CHENEY called Margaret his 'deare and Afflicted wife," and Rev. John ELIOT wrote in 1674 that she had been released from being "under a melancholick distemper, (above 10 or 11 years) which made her wholly neglect her Calling & live mopishly." As Widow CHENEY, she married second in late 1676 Mr. BURGE (d. before Mar. 15, 1679/80). Her will, dated May 15, 1686 and proved Sep. 23, 1686, names son Joseph, daughter Mehitable, and three grandsons, the sons of William."

"Children of William and Margaret Cheney

1. Elinor (or Ellen) - b. about 1626, England; d. night of Sep. 28/29, 1678, Hingham, MA. Resided at Roxbury and Scituate, MA. Married Mar. 20, 1642/3 at Roxbury, MA, Sgt. Humphrey JOHNSON, son of Capt. John JOHNSON and Mary HEATH. Refer to JOHNSON line for children and additional information.
2. Margaret - b. Nov. 20, 1628, England. Married Thomas HASTINGS.
3. Thomas - b. about 1631; died in infancy.
4. Thomas - b. about 1633, Roxbury, MA; d. 1693/5, Cambridge, MA. His will was dated Oct. 23, 1693 and proved Mar. 4, 1694/5. Constable 1659, freeman, 1666. Served in Capt. JOHNSON's company in 1675. Married Jan. 11, 1656, Roxbury, MA Jane ATKINSON (d. Jul. 1724), and lived at Brighton and Cambridge. Children of Thomas and Jane CHENEY: Margaret; Thomas; Mehitable; John; William; Mary; Jane; Joseph; Hannah; Benjamin married his first cousin Mary CHENEY (daughter of Joseph CHENEY and Hannah THURSTON); and Ebenezer.
5. William - b. 1635, Roxbury, MA; d. Sep. 21, 1681 (hanged), Dorchester, MA. Married Deborah WISWALL (bap. Mar. 30, 1641), daughter of John of Dorchester. While married to Deborah, William became father of son William (b. Aug. 3, 1666 and probably surnamed DANIELS) by Sarah DANIELS, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth DANIELS. William was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged for rape, although his wife Deborah called Experience HOLBROOK (daughter of Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth HOLBROOK) a "lying wench." Deborah married second Ebenezer WILLIAMS. Son of William CHENEY and Sarah DANIELS: William. Children of William and Deborah CHENEY: an infant; Deborah died as infant; William died as infant; Deborah; William; John; Benjamin; and a child born after William's execution.
6. John - b. Sep. 20, 1639; d. Oct. 12, 1671. He drowned "as he was catching of eales."
7. Mehitable - b. Jun. 1, 1643; d. 1693/4, probably at Medfield, MA. Married by 1663 Thomas WIGHT, Jr. (b. 1635; inv. Sep. 25, 1690), son of Thomas and Alice. The WIGHTs were burned out of their home by Indians in 1676. Children of Mehitable and Thomas WIGHT: Mehitable; Thomas; Mary (or Marie) married Joseph CLARK; Eleazer; and Joshua.
8. Joseph - b. Jun. 6, 1647, Roxbury, MA; d. Sep. 16, 1704, Medfield, MA. Married first Mar. 12, 1667/8 at Medfield, MA, Hannah THURSTON (b. Apr. 28, 1650, Dedham, MA; d. Dec. 29, 1690, Medfield, MA), daughter of John and Margaret THURSTON. Joseph married second Jul. 21, 1691 at Medfield, MA, Mehitable (PLIMPTON) HINSDALE, daughter of John PLIMPTON and Jane DAMON, and widow of Ephraim HINSDALE. Mehitable married third Dec. 12, 1717 Jonathan ADAMS. Children of Joseph and Hannah CHENEY: Hannah; Margaret married Joseph BULLARD; Prudence died young; Joseph died young; Susannah died young; Mehitable married Jeremiah MORSE; Mary married first Benjamin CHENEY (her first cousin and son of Thomas CHENEY and Jane ATKINSON), and second Michael FELSHAW; Josiah married first Hannah, and second Hannah MASON, widow of Samuel SMITH who was great grandson of Rev. Henry SMITH (Josiah, by his second wife, became ancestor of Pres. William TAFT); Prudence married Gershom LAKE; and Melatiah married Henry AMIDOWN. Children of Joseph and Mehitable CHENEY: Hannah died as infant; Joseph died unmarried; Ephraim married Ann CLARK; and Hannah died young."

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On the "24th 3 mo. 1674 Margaret Cheany widow having been long bound by Satan under a melancholick distemper (above 10 or 11 years) wch made her wholly neglect her Calling & live mopishly, this day gave thanks to God for loosing her chain & confessing and bewailing her sinful yielding to temptation."

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This site is unreliable.

• Margaret Cule1
• F, #27346, b. circa 1604, d. 3 July 1668
• Father William Cole b. c 1570
• Mother Elizabeth Deards b. c 1573
• Margaret Cule was born circa 1604 at England. She married William Cheney, son of John Cheney and Elizabeth, in 1622 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. Margaret Cule died on 3 July 1668 at Boston, Suffolk, MA.
• Family William Cheney b. 5 Feb 1599, d. 30 Jun 1667
• Children
  • Ellen Cheney+ b. c 1623, d. 1678
  • Margaret Cheney+ b. 26 Nov 1628, d. 29 Sep 1678
  • Joseph Cheney2 b. 6 Jun 1647, d. 16 Sep 1704
• Citations
• [S74] Brent Ruesch's Research Notes.
• [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p911.htm#i...

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