" 'The aged Widow Cheney' d. at Watertown Jan. 28, 1746, 'aged 82'; an entry which seems to apply to this woman. As 'Mary Holmes' witnessed a deed of Peter Cheney in 1702, and the author of the Poor Genealogy says that in a document known to him Peter Cheney calls Henry Poor (who had married Mary Holmes) his 'son-in-law,' it may be gathered that Mary, wife of Peter Cheney was a widow Holmes at the time of her marriage to him; having at least one child, Mary Holmes. That is all that has been ascertained, however, after much investigation."
