Person:Josiah Cheney (2)
Josiah Cheney
b.27 Jul 1685 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.16 Mar 1754 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Mar 1667/68
  1. Hannah Cheney1668/69 -
  2. Margaret Cheney1670 - Aft 1711
  3. Prudence Cheney1672 - 1685/86
  4. Joseph Cheney1674 - Bef 1694
  5. Susannah Cheney1676/77 - 1690/91
  6. Mehitable Cheney1680 - 1727
  7. Mary Cheney1683 - 1705
  8. Josiah Cheney1685 - 1754
  9. Prudence Cheney1687 - 1759
  10. Melitiah Cheney1690 - 1780
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1707
  1. Elizabeth Cheney1707 -
  2. Joseph Cheney1709 -
  3. Hannah Cheney1710/11 -
  4. Mary Cheney1713 - 1755
  5. Esther Cheney1715 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1724
  1. Josiah Cheney1723/24 -
  2. Ebenezer Cheney1725 -
  3. Timothy Cheney1726 -
  4. Samuel Cheney1729/30 -
  5. Simon Cheney1729/30 -
  6. Rhoda Cheney1733/34 -
  7. Eliphalet Cheney1736 - 1736
  8. Silence Cheney1736 - 1736
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Facts and Events
Name Josiah Cheney
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 27 Jul 1685 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1707 to Hannah Unknown
Marriage Bef 1724 to Hannah Mason
Death[1][3][5] 16 Mar 1754 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[2] Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cheney, in Smith, Dean Crawford, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2008)
    237.

    JOSIAH, born Medfield, MA 27 July 1685 (MVR, 31); died Medfield 16 March 1754 (MVR, 200)

  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, MA, in Find A Grave
    Josiah Cheney.

    [gravestone cracked and chipped, bracketed text assumed]
    In Mem[ory of]
    JOSI[chipped off
    ... on ye ... chipped off ]
    1754 in yee 69
    Year of his
    Age.
    [Note: an inscription is given on the memorial page:
    In Memory of
    JOSIAH CHENEY
    Died March ye 16th
    1754 in ye 69th
    Year of his
    Age.]

  3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Case 10731 Cheey Josiah Medfield 1754 Apr 12.

    12 Apr 1754: Bond of Hannah Cheney of Medfield Widow and Joseph Cheney of Sturbridge Yeoman as admin'rs of Josiah Cheney late of Medfield yeoman deced Intestate.
    15 Apr 1754: Inventory of Josiah Cheney Late of Medfield Yeoman Deceased: personal: £128-12-9, real: £133-6-8, by Samuel Harding, Ephraim Wheelock, Seth Dwight. 16 May 1754: added items: £12-8-4, by Ephraim Wheelock, Seth Dwight.
    17 May 1754: Account of Hannah Cheney & Joseph Cheney allowed, includes charges of £26.13.4 for father living with son Timothy for 3 years, £9.6.8 wages for son Simon.
    17 May 1754: Distribution of estate of Josiah Cheney late of Medfield: notes advances to eldest son Joseph, son Josiah, son Timothy, sons Samuel & Simon, daughter Elizabeth Tafts, daughter Hannah Tafts, daughter Esther Amsbury, nothing to son Ebenezer or daughters Mary Lovell & Rhoda Cheney; distributes one third to widow to revert at her death to Joseph, Elizabeth, Hannah, Esther, Ebenezer, Mary & Rhoda only; to Joseph Cheney, to Elizabeth Taft, to Hannah Taft, to Esther Amsbury, to Ebenezer Cheney, Mary Lovel and Rhoda Cheney

  4. ↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    p. 31.

    CHENEY, Josiah, s. Joseph and Hannah, [born] July 27, 1685.

  5. ↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    p. 200.

    CHENEY, Josiah, h. Hannah, [died] Mar. 16, 1754.

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