Thomas Cheney, Jr.

Biography

Thomas Cheney was born on Christmas Day, 1658, a son of Thomas Cheney and Jane Atkinson; he married at Roxbury, September 24, 1684, "Hannah Wooddis" (born in 1658; died June 5, 1720). He was a merchant, residing in Roxbury.

Thomas "owned the covenant" in the church at Roxbury on April 13, 1684; his wife was accepted into "full communion" three years later, in February of 1687. He died March 7, 1717, and his will, dated Jan. 1, 1716-17, was proved on March 18; his widow, Hannah, and his sons Ebenezer and Henry, were named as executors.

In the will, he ensured that his wife would have the comforts of the home during her lifetime; he left thirty pounds apiece to his two sons Thomas and John -- the latter receiving the bulk of his legacy "upon his freedome from his Apprenticeship". To his daughters, Margaret Tucker and Hannah Butler, he left ten pounds each, and to his unmarried daughter, Millicent, fifty pounds. Sons Henry and Ebenezer were to inherit his lands and "all his rights at Woodstock," and as executors were to pay the legacies named. In a codicil, he added "an acre of land at Gardners Corner" and "rights at Woodstock" to John's share... and added two cows to the legacy share of his daughter Millicent.

Woodstock was at that time included in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay. The tract was later divided and the division resulted in the formation of several towns, but the name remained -- given to that part which fell within Connecticut.

CHILDREN.

MARGARET, b. April 8, bapt. April 11, 1686, m. Jan. 10, 171 1, Ebenezer Tucker, of Roxbury. HANNAH,'b. March 14, 1688-9, m. Simeon Butler, Sept. II, 1712.
HENRY, b. about 1690.
THOMAS, b. about 1692.
MiLLICENT, b. June 15, 1693.
EBENEZER, b. Dec. 5, 1699.
SAMUEL b. March, 1701, d. Nov. 29, 1704.
JOHN, b. about 1703. [1]

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Thomas Cheney II (1658 - 1717)

Thomas Cheney II [uncertain]

Born 25 Dec 1658 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Son of Thomas Cheney and Jane (Atkinson) Cheney

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

Husband of Hannah (Woodis) Cheney — married 24 Sep 1684 in Roxbury MA

Father of Margaret (Cheney) Tucker, Henry Cheney, Thomas Cheney, Hannah (Cheney) Butler, Henry Cheney, Thomas Cheney, Millicent (Cheney) Norton, Ebenezer Cheney, Samuel Cheney and John Cheney

Died 7 Mar 1717 at age 58 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

12:22: Rick Pierpont added John Cheney (1703-) as child of Thomas Cheney II (1658-1717). [Thank Rick for this]

Sources

↑ Birth, marriage, and offspring: The Cheney Genealogy, by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918, Boston : C. H. Pope, 1897, pp. 45-46; https://archive.org/details/cheneygenealogy00pope/page/44/mode/2up Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ9-HHZ : 15 January 2020), Hannah Wooddis in entry for Thomas Cheiny, 1684.
Pope, Charles Henry. The Cheney Genealogy (Boston, MA, 1897) Page 41.
"Pedigree Resource File," LDS Church database, FamilySearch; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3Q7P-WGK : accessed 2016-12-27), entry for Thomas /Cheney/ II.