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Josiah Cheney

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Josiah Cheney

Birth
Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Mar 1754 (aged 68)
Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
398
Memorial ID
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Medfield births: CHENEY, Josiah, s. Joseph and Hannah, July 27, 1685.

Medfield deaths: CHENEY, Josiah, h. Hannah, Mar. 16, 1754.

Parents: Joseph Cheney and Hannah Thurston.

From contributor Trisha:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Josiah Cheney
Gender: Male
Birth Place: MA
Birth Year: 1685
Spouse Name: Hannah
Marriage Year: 1706

They had 5 children. Hannah died in 1717, he married second, Hannah (Mason) Smith in Boston, MA March 26, 1723.

Boston, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1700-1809
Spouse1: Joshua Cheany
Spouse2: Hanna Smith
Married By: Sam. Sewall Esq. J. P.
Date: 26 Mar 1723

They had 8 children.

From - Charles H. Pope, The Cheney Genealogy, 53-54. "11. VIII. JOSIAH,3 b. July 27, 1685, (Joseph,2 William,1) b. in Medfield July 27, 1685, m. 1st, Hannah ____, who d. April 22, 1717; he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Clark) Mason, widow of Mr. Smith. He was a resident of Medfield. He travelled as far as Warwick, or, at least, had land assigned him there in 1737, -- Lot No. 8; but he did not remove thither. He drew lots in Sturbridge at the laying out of the town, but did not live to use them. Feb. 22, 1754, he deeded to his son Timothy his homestead and certain lands -- "as a part of his portion of my estate;" --and on the same day conveyed lands in Medfield and Walpole to his twin sons, Samuel and Simon. He was a member of the church and had all his children baptized in their infancy. He d. in 1754."
Medfield births: CHENEY, Josiah, s. Joseph and Hannah, July 27, 1685.

Medfield deaths: CHENEY, Josiah, h. Hannah, Mar. 16, 1754.

Parents: Joseph Cheney and Hannah Thurston.

From contributor Trisha:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Josiah Cheney
Gender: Male
Birth Place: MA
Birth Year: 1685
Spouse Name: Hannah
Marriage Year: 1706

They had 5 children. Hannah died in 1717, he married second, Hannah (Mason) Smith in Boston, MA March 26, 1723.

Boston, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1700-1809
Spouse1: Joshua Cheany
Spouse2: Hanna Smith
Married By: Sam. Sewall Esq. J. P.
Date: 26 Mar 1723

They had 8 children.

From - Charles H. Pope, The Cheney Genealogy, 53-54. "11. VIII. JOSIAH,3 b. July 27, 1685, (Joseph,2 William,1) b. in Medfield July 27, 1685, m. 1st, Hannah ____, who d. April 22, 1717; he m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Clark) Mason, widow of Mr. Smith. He was a resident of Medfield. He travelled as far as Warwick, or, at least, had land assigned him there in 1737, -- Lot No. 8; but he did not remove thither. He drew lots in Sturbridge at the laying out of the town, but did not live to use them. Feb. 22, 1754, he deeded to his son Timothy his homestead and certain lands -- "as a part of his portion of my estate;" --and on the same day conveyed lands in Medfield and Walpole to his twin sons, Samuel and Simon. He was a member of the church and had all his children baptized in their infancy. He d. in 1754."

Inscription

In Memory of
JOSIAH CHENEY
Died March ye 16th
1754 in ye 69th
Year of his
Age.



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