William Cheney, IV

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William Cheney IV (1704 - 1756)

William Cheney IV
Born 7 Feb 1704 in Mendon, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of William Cheney and Margaret (Unknown) Cheney
Brother of Ebenezer Cheney
Husband of Joanna (Thayer) Penniman — married 20 May 1726 (to 1756) in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Sarah (Cheney) Sanders, Abigail (Cheney) Jones, Joanna (Cheney) Cutler, Wales Cheney, Mary (Cheney) Whitney, Caleb Cheney, Ebenezer Cheney, William Cheney IV and Levi Cheney
Died 18 Jul 1756 at age 52 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

William was the son of William II & Margaret (Unknown) Cheney [1]

William married Joanna Thayer [2] daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wales) Thayer, 20 May 1726 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

William and Joanna were the parents of

Joanna,
Susanna,
Wales,
Nathaniel,
Mary,
Caleb,
Sarah,
Ebenezer,
Abigail,
William IV
Levi
Mr. Cheney was a member of the church of Mendon and one of those who were dismissed from that body to form the Milford church in 1741 ; was clerk of the Milford precinct from its organization till 1747. He was a joiner and a farmer ; a man of good faculties.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MFQQ : 3 November 2017), William Cheney, 07 Feb 1703; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 855,377.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZS-F2G : 5 November 2017), William Cheney and Johanna Thayer, 20 May 1726; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 751,415.
MA Town & Vital Records
Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Division of Estate
Pope, Charles Henry. The Cheney Genealogy (Boston, MA, 1897) Page 53.

Children of William and Joanna Thayer

1. Caleb Cheney
2. Abigail Cheeny
3. Levi Cheney
4. Joanna Cheney
5. Susanna Cheney
6. Wales Cheney
7. Nathaniel Cheney
8. Mary Cheney
9. Ebenezer Cheney
10. William Cheney

William Cheney was a soldier in the old King Philip war at Mendon in 1666.