Ancestry of Richard Bruce Cheney


 

by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Richard Cheney should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.  
 
Robert Battle contributed to this report.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
mailto:WmAddams@gmail.com
 
 
Ancestry of Richard Bruce Cheney
1 Richard Bruce Cheney, b. Lincoln, Neb., 30 Jan. 1941, Representative from Wyoming 1979-1989, U.S. Secretary of Defense 1989-1993, U.S. Vice President from 2001  
m. ... 29 Aug. 1964  
Lynne Ann Vincent, b. Casper, Wyo., 14 Aug 1941, dau. of Wayne Edwin Vincent and of Edna Lolita Lybyer. Further details of her ancestry can be found here.
PARENTS
2 Richard Herbert Cheney, b. ... Neb., 26 June 1915, living with parents in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1920, living with parents in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1930, d. Casper, Wyo., 23 May 1999 [SSDI 508-36-1537]  
m.
3 Marjorie Lorraine Dickey, b. ... , Neb. 8 Jan. 1918, living with parents in Otoe Co., Neb., in 1920, living with parents in Otoe Co., Neb., in 1930, d. Casper, Wyo., 26 Dec. 1993 [SSDI 506-03-7524]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Thomas Herbert Cheney, b. Defiance, Ohio, 10 Apr. 1869, a bank clerk living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1900, a bank cashier living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1920, a Cashier, Bank, living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1930, d. Sumner, Neb., 29 March 1947 [Pope 479 (p. 193)]  
m. (2) ... 20 May 1914
5 Margaret Ellen Tyler, b. Franklin, Ind., 16 June 1877, living with parents in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1880, a teacher living with parents in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1900, living with husband in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1920, living with husband in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1930, d. Casper, Wyo., 28 Apr. 1961
6 David E ... Dickey, b. ... Neb., ... Dec. 1889, in 1900 living with his father in Otoe Co., Neb., in 1920 a butcher in Otoe Co., Neb., in 1930 a trucker in Otoe Co., Neb.  
m.
7 Clarice E ... ----, b. ... , Neb., ... 1889, in 1920 living with her husband, in 1930 living with her husband
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Samuel Fletcher Cheney, b. Boscawen, N.H., 2 Dec. 1829, Captain of Co. B, 21st Ohio Infantry in the Civil War, in 1897 residing in Amherst, Logan Township, Buffalo Co., Neb., a farmer living in Buffalo Co., Neb., in 1900, [Pope 291 (p. 167)]  
m. Defiance, Ohio, 24 Sept. 1861
9 Ella A. Phillips, b. ... N.Y., ... Feb. 1840, living with husband in Buffalo Co., Neb., in 1900
10 James Alexander Tyler, b. ... , Ind., 6 May 1848, living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1880, a farmer living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1900, d. ... 1909  
m. ... 1869
11 Sarah Elizabeth Swift, b. ... , Ind., 15 March 1843, living with husband in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1880, living with husband in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1900, d. ... 1904
12 Edward Alonzo "Lon" Dickey, b. Ray Co., Mo., 28 Aug. 1859, in 1900 a farmer in Otoe Co., Neb., in 1920 living with son Otoe Co., Neb., d. ... 1 May 1923, bur. Rosewood Cemetery, Otoe Co., Neb.  
m. (Lancaster, Neb., 19 July 1888? IGI)
13 Laura Dillman, b. ... , Iowa, ... 1858, d. ... 1900, bur. Rosewood Cemetery, Otoe Co., Neb.
14 ---- , b. ... Iowa, ...  
m. (dau. b. Neb. 1889)
15 ---- , b. ... , Tenn., ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Elias Eaton Cheney, a joiner and carpenter, b. Campton, N.H., 30 May 1793, d. Thetford, Vt., 2 Feb. 1859 [Pope 153 (pp. 131-132)]  
m.
17 Lucy Fletcher, b. Thetford, Vt., 21 Apr. 1803 [Fletcher 858 (p. 79)]
18 Jeremiah W ... Phillips, b. ... , Vt., ... [ca. 1814]  
m.
19 Louisa ----, b. ... , N.Y., ... [ca. 1812]
20 Willett Tyler, b. ... , Ky., 26 Feb. 1808, living in Dawson Co., Neb., in 1880, d. ... 1882  
m.
21 Rachel A. Montgomery, b. ... , Ky., 24 Sept. 1810, apparently dead by 1880 (husband remarried by then)
22 Thomas Swift, b. ... , Ky., ...  
m.
23 Margaret Hill, b. ... , Ky., ...
24 Eli G (rover?) Dickey, b. IN/MO ca. 1828/9, d. Richmond, Ray Co., Mo., 6 May 1886  
m. before 1856
25 Martha Ann McGaugh, b. Ray Co., Mo., 4 Jan. 1839 d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Ebenezer Cheney, b. Newbury, Mass., 24 Feb. 1764, d. Campton, N.H., 3 Aug. 1832 [Pope 77 [should be 78] (p. 103)]  
m. Campton, N.H., 3 Aug. 1789
33 Hannah Eaton, of Meredith, N.H., 4 Dec. 1761 [IGI], d. Campton, N.H., 14 Jan. 1832
34 Joseph Fletcher, b. Dunstable, Mass., 7 Nov. 1777, d. Thetford, Vt., 10 May 1861 [Fletcher 742 (p. 79)]  
m. ... 22 July 1802
35 Rachel Emerson, b. Dunstable, Mass., 6 Oct. 1781, d. Thetford, Vt., 7 Apr. 1863 [James p. 64]
40 Robert Tyler, b. Lexington, Ky., 12 March 1773  
m. Shelby Co., Ky., 25 Feb. 1794
41 Sarah Pritchard, b. Baltimore, Md., ca. 1775
44 John Swift  
m.
45 Eunice Parkhurst
48 James Dickey, b. Caswell Co., N.C., 20 Apr. 1788, d. Ray Co., Mo., 4 Aug. 1857  
m. Rutherford Co., Tenn., 23 Oct. 1810
49 Mary Wells, b. ca. 1791/2, d. Ray Co., Mo., 29 July 1837
50 Thomas H ... McGaugh, b. Davidson Co., Tenn., 10 July 1810, d. Ray Co., Mo., 28 Aug 1872  
m. Ray Co., Mo., 2 June 1836
51 Margaret Wall, b. KY/VA 4 April 1812, d. 21 May 1890
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 William Cheney, b. Newbury, Mass., 8 Sept. 1741, d. Grand Menan Island, New Brunswick, 4 Apr. 1803 [Pope 40 (pp. 81-82)]  
m. Newbury, Mass., 17 Apr. 1763
65 Elizabeth Sweet/Swett, b. Newbury, Mass., 24 Nov. 1745
66 Jacob Eaton, b. Mass. ca. 1735, d. N.H. post 1800  
m. 1754
67 Esther Colby
68 Jonathan Fletcher, b. Dunstable, Mass., 30 March 1741, d. Dunstable, Mass., 30 March 1813 [Fletcher 685 (pp. 58-60)]  
m. Dunstable, Mass., 9 Feb. 1764
69 Lucy Taylor, b. Dunstable, Mass., 4 Apr. 1742, d. Dunstable, Mass., 17 July 1801
70 Jonathan Emerson, b. Haverhill, Mass., 25 Dec. 1744, d. Dunstable, Mass., either 10 Oct. 1785 (gravestone) or 11 Nov. 1785 (town record) [James 72 (p. 64)]  
m. Dunstable, Mass., 5 March 1778
71 Mary Cummings, b. Dunstable, Mass., 16 Nov. 1760
80 Robert Tyler, b. Frederick Co., Va., 19 Aug. 1751, d. Tyler Station, Shelby Co., Ky., 16 April 1815, and bur. there [Newman pp. 190-191]  
m. ca. 1772
81 Margaret ----, b. 15 March 1755, d. 14 Oct. 1840, bur. Tyler Station, Shelby Co., Ky.
82 James Pritchard, b. Baltimore, Md., 27 Dec. 1746, d. New Castle, Ky., 30 May 1821  
m. Md. ca. 1774
83 Elizabeth Hughes, b. ca. 1750, d. New Castle, Ky., ca. 1801
88 Thomas Anderson Swift  
m.
89 Frances Mann
96 David Dickey, b. NC ca. 1760, d. Rutherford Co., Tenn., ca. 1835  
m.
97 Mary Logue Lindsay, b. ... 1764, d. Rutherford Co., Tenn., ...
98 James Wills, b. Chester Co., Pa., 17 July 1763, d. Ray Co Mo., 17 Aug. 1855  
m.
99 Lillian Buchanan, b. ca. 1769
102 Edward Wall, b. Va. ca. 1786  
m.
103 Bethelen McGath, b. Va. ca 1790
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
128 Joseph Cheney, b. Cambridge, Mass., 2 Nov. 1709, drowned in 1776 [Pope 21 (pp. 65-66)]  
m.
129 Elizabeth Tucker
130 Samuel Sweet/Swett, b. Newbury, Mass., 27 Oct. 1706, d. Newbury, Mass., 10 Aug. 1756  
m. Newbury, Mass., 5 Aug. 1730
131 Elizabeth Adams, b. Newbury, Mass., 29 May 1706/7, d. Salisbury, Mass., before 1753
132 Jacob Eaton, d. Hampstead 1768, ae. 59  
m. Lynn, Mass., 1727
133 Mehitabel Breed, b. 1704, d. 1738
134 Elias Colby, b. Amesbury, Mass., 19 Apr. 1696  
m.
135 Hannah Pressey, b. Amesbury, Mass., 10 Feb. 1695/6
136 Joseph Fletcher, b. Westford, Mass., 6 July 1713, d. Dunstable, Mass., 17 July 1784 [Fletcher 673 (pp. 53-55)]  
m. Westford, Mass., 21 May 1735
137 Elizabeth Underwood, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 2 Feb. 1714, d. Dunstable, Mass., 23 Nov. 1802 [Underwood pp. 11-12]
138 Samuel Taylor, b. Concord, Mass., 1 Oct. 1708, d. Dunstable, Mass., 23 Oct. 1792  
m. ca. 1733
139 Susannah Perham, b. Dunstable, Mass., 15 Apr. 1712, d. Dunstable, Mass., 14 Oct. 1798
140 Timothy Emerson, b. Haverhill, Mass., 30 Nov. 1705, d. Haverhill, Mass., 17 Sept. 1775 [James 21 (pp. 37-38)]  
m. Haverhill, Mass., 15 Dec. 1731
141 Elizabeth Page, b. Haverhill, Mass., 29 Nov. 1707, d. Haverhill, Mass., 7 June 1789
142 Jeremiah Cummings, b. Dunstable, Mass., 27 Dec. 1726, d. Dunstable, Mass., 10 Oct. 1773  
m. Middlesex Co., Mass., ca. 1760
143 Mary ----, d. after 1 Feb. 1776
160 Edward Tyler, b. Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co., Md., 18 Jan. 1719/20, d. 1802, bur. Jefferson Co., Ky. [Newman pp. 181-182]  
m. ca. 1750
161 Nancy Langley, b. Md., 1732
164 Samuel Pritchard, b. Baltimore Co Md., 6 March 1710  
m. ca. 1735
165 Isabelle Cotrall
176 Thomas Swift, b. Va. ca. 1745, d. Va. 1792  
m.
177 Amediah Duke, b. Hanover Co. Va. 1747
192 John Dickey, b. Augusta, Va., 25 Aug. 1740, d. York, S.C., 22 March 1801  
m.
193 Sarah Robinson, b. Va. 1742
198 Archibald Buchanan, b. Chester Co., Pa., 1730, d. Nashville, Tenn., 1806  
m.
199 Agnes Bowen, b. Orange Co., Va., 1735/1740, d. Davidson Co., Tenn., 1803
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
256 Benjamin Cheney, b. Roxbury, Mass., 29 Jan. 1674/5, d. Cambridge, Mass., 13 July 1718 [Pope 8 (pp. 48-50)]  
m. Charlestown, Mass., 14 Nov. 1706
257 Mary Harbert, d. Ashford, Conn., 15 May 1760
258 Joseph Tucker  
m.
259 Mary ----
260 Samuel Swett, b. Newbury, Mass., 10 Feb. 1680, d. Newbury, Mass., ... 1738  
m. Newbury, Mass., 7 Nov. 1705
261 Jane Gerrish, b. Newbury, Mass., 3 Oct. 1678
262 Archelaeus Adams, b. Ipswich, Mass., ca. 1673, d. Newbury, Mass., ... 1753  
m. Newbury, Mass., 18 March 1697/8
263 Sarah Coker, b. Newbury, Mass., 28 Nov. 1676, d. Newbury, Mass., 4 March 1717/8
266 Joseph Breed  
m.
267 Sarah Farrington
268 Thomas Colby, b. Salisbury, Mass., 1667, d. Amesbury, Mass., 25 Dec. 1738  
m.
269 Mary Rowell, b. Amesbury, Mass., 5 Feb. 1670/1, d. 1740
270 William Pressey, b. Amesbury, Mass., 2 June 1671, d. Amesbury, Mass., 19 Oct. 1737  
m.
271 Susannah Jameson, b. Amesbury, Mass., 20 Feb. 1670/1
272 Joseph Fletcher, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 10 June 1689, d. Westford, Mass., 4 Oct. 1772 [Fletcher 32 (p. 53)]  
m. (Westford/Concord) 17 Nov. 1712
273 Sarah Adams, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 12 July 1691, d. Westford, Mass., 24 April 1761 [Adams pp. 89 and 93 (12)]
274 Joseph Underwood, b. Watertown, Mass., 28 May 1681, d. 19 Jan. 1761 [Underwood 7 (pp. 11-13)]  
m. Reading, Mass., 27 May 1707
275 Susannah Parker, b. 29 Dec. 1687, d. 18 Feb. 1769
276 Abraham Taylor, b. Concord, Mass., 11 Jan. 1682, d. Concord, Mass., after 22 Aug. 1754  
m. 9 Dec. 1706
277 Sarah Pellet, b. Concord, Mass., 5 Sept. 1685, d. Concord, Mass., ... 1710
278 Joseph Perham, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 22 Dec. 1669, d. Dunstable, Mass., ... Jan. 1758  
m. Chelmsford, Mass., ca. 1690
279 Dorothy Hyde, b. Cambridge, Mass., 23 May 1675, d. Dunstable, Mass., 1731 [Stowell p. 262]
280 Jonathan Emerson, b. Haverhill, Mass., 9 March 1669/70, d. 19 Aug. 1736 [James 5 (p. 29)]  
m. Haverhill, Mass., 15 June 1699
281 Hannah Day, b. Ipswich, Mass., 16 Jan. 1678/9, survived husband
282 Benjamin Page, b. Haverhill, Mass., 30 June 1681 [Brigham 175]  
m. by 1707?
283 Elizabeth Lewis
284 Nathaniel Cummings, b. Dunstable, Mass., 8 Sept. 1699, d. bef. 1760  
m. ca. 1723
285 Elizabeth ---- (Whitney?)
320 Edward Tyler, b. "Brough", Prince George's Co., Md., 2 Oct. 1696, inventory 21 Sept. 1726 [Newman pp. 167-169]  
m. 1713
321 Elizabeth Duvall, living 26 June 1770 ae. ca. 74 [Newman p. 148]
328 Obediah Pritchard d. Baltimore Co., Md., 9 Oct 1727  
m.
329 Margaret ---- d. Baltimore Co., Md., before 7 Nov. 1739
330 John Cottrall  
m.
331 ----
354 Cleavers Duke, b. VA 1717  
m.
355 Amy Cosby, b. New Kent Co., VA, 1718
398 John Bowen, b. Gwynedd Township, Chester Co Pa., 1696, d. Augusta Co., Va., May 1771  
m.
399 Lila McIlhaney, b. Ireland 1709, d. Augusta, Washington Co., Va., June 1780, bur. Abingdon, Washington Co., Va.
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512 Thomas Cheney, of Cambridge, Mass., will dated 23 Oct. 1693, inventory 4 March 1694/5 [Pope 2 (pp. 34-42)]  
m. Roxbury, Mass., 11 Jan. 1655/6
513 Jane Atkinson, d. shortly after 29 July 1724
520 John Swett, b. Newbury, Mass., 20 Oct. 1648, d. Newbury, Mass., 17 March 1716/7 or 1717/8  
m. Newbury, Mass., 6 Dec. 1670
521 Mary Plummer, b. Newbury, Mass., 8 Feb. 1648/9, d. Newbury, Mass., 12 Jan. 1713/4
522 Moses Gerrish, b. Newbury, Mass., 9 May 1656, d. Newbury, Mass., 4 Dec. 1694  
m. Newbury, Mass., 24 Sept. 1677
523 Jane Sewell, b. ... (Newbury, Mass. or Baddesley, Hampshire, England) 25 Oct. 1659, d. Newbury, Mass., 29 Jan. 1717
524 John Adams, b. ca. 1631  
m. Ipswich, Mass., 25 Sept. 1667
525 Sarah Woodman, b. ca. 1638, d. ... 31 May 1676
526 Joseph Coker, b. Newbury, Mass., 6 Oct. 1640, d. ... Dec. 1697  
m. Newbury, Mass., 13 April 1665
527 Sarah Hathorne, b. Dorchester, Mass., 11 March 1634/5, d. ... 8 Feb. 1687/8
532 Allen Breed  
m.
533 Mary Sargent
536 John Colby, b. Salisbury, Mass., ca. 1633, d. Amesbury, Mass., 6 Feb. 1674  
m.
537 Frances Hoyt, b. Salisbury, Mass., 1639, d. Amesbury, Mass., 2 Jan. 1719/20
538 Thomas Rowell, b. Salisbury, Mass., 7 Sept. 1644, d. 1684  
m.
539 Sarah Barnes, b. Amesbury, Mass., 7 Apr. 1651, d. Amesbury, Mass., 17 Apr. 1720
540 John Pressey, b. Salisbury, Mass., ca. 1639, d. Amesbury, Mass., 18 Nov. 1707  
m.
541 Maria Gough, b. Salisbury, Mass., ca. 1645
542 John Jameson, b. Salisbury, Mass., 3 Sept. 1648, d. Amesbury, Mass., ca. 1713  
m.
543 Esther Martin, b. Salisbury, Mass., 7 Apr. 1653, d. Amesbury, Mass.
544 Joshua Fletcher, b. Concord, Mass., 30 March 1648, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 21 Nov. 1713 [Fletcher 8 (p. 13)]  
m. Chelmsford, Mass., 18 July 1682
545 Sarah Wiley, b. Reading, Mass., 4 Feb. 1658, d. ... 24 Apr. 1761
546 Pelatiah Adams, b. Concord, Mass., 6 Jan. 1646, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 29 April 1725 [Adams pp. 87 and 88 (2)]  
m. Chelmsford, Mass., ca. 1670
547 Ruth Parker, b. Chelmsford, Mass., ca. 1655, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 18 Sept. 1719
548 Joseph Underwood, b. Watertown, Mass., 1650, will dated 16 Feb. 1691 and proved 7 Apr. 1691 [Underwood 4 (pp. 6-8)]  
m. ca. 1672
549 Elizabeth ----, survived her husband
550 Nathaniel Parker, b. Reading, Mass., 16 May 1651, d. ... 7 Dec. 1737 [Underwood p. 11]  
m. Reading, Mass., 24 Nov. 1677
551 Bethiah Polley, b. Roxbury, Mass., 12 Feb. 1658/9, d. ... 23 Aug. 1748
552 Abraham Taylor, b. Concord, Mass., 14 Nov. 1656, d. Concord, Mass., 19 June 1729  
m. Concord, Mass., 16 Dec. 1681
553 Mary Whittaker, b. Concord, Mass., ca. 1660, d. Concord, Mass., 16 Feb. 1756
554 Thomas Pellet, d. ... 1 Dec. 1694  
m. Concord, Mass., 5 March 1660
555 Mary Dane, b. Concord, Mass., 24 Feb. 1642/3, d. Taunton, Mass., 27 March 1691
556 John Perham, b. ca. 1633, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 23 Jan. 1720  
m. Chelmsford, Mass., 15 Dec. 1663
557 Lydia Shepley, b. ca. 1642, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 26 June 1710
558 Jonathan Hyde, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1 April 1655, d. Canterbury, Conn., between 16 Sept. 1726 and 8 Nov. 1726 [Stowell p. 261 (no. 3)]  
m. Billerica, Mass., 6 May 1673
559 Dorothy Kidder, b. Cambridge, Mass., 29 Jan. 1651/2, d. before 1724 [Stafford p. 8]
560 Michael Emerson, bapt. Cadney, Lincolnshire, 19 Apr. 1627, emigrated to Essex County, Mass., by March 1651, will dated 18 July 1709, executed deeds 11 July 1713 [James 1 (pp. 11-14)]  
m. Haverhill, Mass., 1 April 1657
561 Hannah Webster, b. Ipswich, Mass., 23 Dec. 1635, mentioned in will of her son Michael dated 1709
562 John Day, b. Ipswich, Mass., ca. 1640, d. Ipswich, Mass., 26 Sept. 1689  
m. Ipswich, Mass., 20 April 1664
563 Sarah Pengry, b. Ipswich, Mass., ca. 1646/7, d. Ipswich, Mass., 14 Jan. 1701/2
564 Benjamin Page, b. Hingham, Mass., prob. 1644., bapt. Hingham, Mass., 14 July 1644, d. Haverhill, Mass., 28 June 1736 [Brigham 174-176]  
m. Haverhill, Mass., 21 Sept. 1666
565 Marie Whittier, b. Salisbury, Mass., 9 Oct. 1647, d. Haverhill, Mass., 29 July 1698
566 John Lewis, b. Lynn, Mass., 31 March 1660, d. Lynn, Mass., 1711  
m. Lynn, Mass., 18 Apr. 1683
567 Elizabeth Brewer, b. Boston, Mass., 9 Oct. 1660, bapt. Boston, Mass., 9 Dec. 1660
568 Nathaniel Cummings, b. Topsfield/Boxford, Mass., 10 Sept. 1659, d. Dunstable, Mass., ca. 1728  
m. Dunstable, Mass., 14 Apr. 1697
569 Abigail Parkhurst, b. Chelmsford, Mass., 11 March 1664
640 Robert Tyler, b. ca. 1671, will dated 29 Dec. 1735, proved Prince Georges Co., Md., 24 Aug. 1738  
m. bef. 1694
641 Susannah Duvall, b. ca. 1676, d. after 1710 [Newman pp. 162-167]
642 Samuel Duvall, b. Middle Plantation, Ann Arundel Co., Md., ca. 1667, will dated 11 Jan. 1741/2, probated Prince Georges Co., Md., 24 March 1741/2 [Newman pp. 148-149]  
m. 16 July 1697
643 Elizabeth Ijams
710 John Cosby, b. New Kent Co., Va., 1675, d. Louisa Co., Va., 12 Sept. 1760  
m.
711 Martha Garland, b. New Kent Co., Va., 1690, d. Hanover Co., Va., 1740
796 Moses Bowen, b. Carmarthenshire, Wales, 1674, d. Montgomery Co., Pa., 1760  
m.
797 Rebecca Reese, b. ... , Wales, ... 1676, d. Chester Co., Pa.,
798 Henry McIlhaney, b. Ireland ca. 1673, d. Ireland ca. 1718  
m.
799 Jane McGeehan, b. Ireland ca. 1677
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1024 William Cheney, in Roxbury, Mass., by 1640 d. Roxbury, Mass., 30 June 1667, ae. 63, bur. there 2 July 1667 [Pope 1 (pp. 17-33)]  
m. bef. 1623
1025 Margaret ----, bur. Roxbury, Mass., 3 July 1686
1040 Stephen Swett/Sweet, b. Wymondham, Norfolk, 18 Apr. 1620, d. Newbury, Mass., 9 Jan. 1692/3  
m. Newbury, Mass., 24 May 1647
1041 Hannah Merrill, b. Wherstead, Suffolk, 1622, d. Newbury, Mass., 4 Apr. 1662
1042 Samuel Plummer, b. ca. 1619, d. Newbury, Mass., 1702  
m. ca. 1646
1043 Mary Bitfield, b. ca. 1625, d. Newbury, Mass., 18 Oct 1665
1044 Capt. William Gerrish, b. Bristol, Somerset, 20 Aug. 1617, bapt. Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, 9 Dec. 1617, d. Salem, Mass., 9 Aug. 1687  
m. Newbury, Mass., 17 Apr. 1645
1045 Joanna Lowell Oliver, d. Newbury, Mass., 14 June 1677
1046 Henry Sewall, b. Baddesley, Hampshire, 1615, d. Newbury, Mass., 16 May 1700  
m. Newbury, Mass., 25 March 1646
1047 Jane Dummer, b. Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, ca. 1628, d. Newbury, Mass., 13 Jan. 1700/1
1050 Archelaus (Hercules) Woodman, bapt. Corsham, Wilts, 23 Jan. 1613/4, d. ... 7 Oct. 1702  
m. (1) ...
1051 Elizabeth ----, d. ... 17 Dec. 1677
1052 Robert Coker, b. ca. 1606, d. Newbury, Mass., 19 Nov. 1680  
m. ... 1639/40
1053 Catherine ----, d. Newbury, Mass., 2 May 1678
1054 Maj. William Hathorne, b. prob. Bray, Berkshire, 1606/7, d. Salem, Mass., ... 1681  
m.
1055 Anne ----, d. after 17 Feb. 1679/80
1066 William Sargent  
m.
1067 Mary ----
1072 Anthony Colby, b. Horbling, Lincolnshire, ... Sept. 1605, d. Amesbury, Mass., 11 Feb. 1660/1  
m.
1073 Susannah ----, b. ca. 1616, d. Salisbury, Mass., 8 July 1689
1074 John Hoyt, b. Upwey, Dorset, 12 March 1613, d. Amesbury, Mass., 28 Feb. 1687/8  
m.
1075 Frances Tuxberry, b. ca. 1612, d. Salisbury, Mass., 23 Feb. 1642/3
1076 Valentine Rowell, d. Salisbury, Mass., 17 May 1662  
m.
1077 Joanna Pinder, b. Ipswich, Suffolk, ca. 1621, d. Amesbury, Mass., ... Oct. 1690
1078 William Barnes, b. ca. 1613, d. Salisbury, Mass., 14 March 1696/7  
m.
1079 Rachel Lord, b. ca. 1617, d. Salisbury, Mass., 9 Feb. 1685/6
1084 James Jameson, d. ... Jan. 1661/2  
m.
1085 Sarah ----, d. ... , Mass., 25 March 1696
1086 George Martin, b. Ramsey, Hampshire, 1618, d. Salisbury, Mass., 23 Nov. 1686  
m.
1087 Susannah North, b. Olney, Buckinghamshire, 30 Sept. 1621, executed for witchcraft Salem, Mass., 19 July 1692
1088 William Fletcher, b. in England in 1622, emigrated with his father, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 6 Nov. 1677 [Fletcher 3 (pp. 11-12)]  
m. Concord, Mass., 7 Oct. 1645
1089 Lydia (?Fairbanks), widow of Edward Bates, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 12 Oct. 1704
1090 John Wiley, b. in England in 1610, d. ... 4 Aug. 1662  
m. Reading, Mass., 21 June 1644
1091 Elizabeth Clough, b. England ca. 1624, d. Reading, Mass., 3 Aug. 1662
1092 Thomas Adams, bapt. Barton David, Somerset, 25 March 1612, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 20 July 1688 [Adams pp. 5-6 and 87 (II)]  
m. Braintree, Mass., ... March 1642
1093 Mary Blackmore, b. ca. 1612/3, d. Charlestown, Mass., 23 March 1694/5
1094 Jacob Parker, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 6 Apr. 1669 [Adams pp. 5-6 and 87 (II)]  
m. ca. 1651
1095 Sarah ----, d. Malden, Mass., 13 Jan. 1708
1096 Joseph Underwood, settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1637, d. Watertown, Mass., 16 Feb. 1676/7 ae. ca. 62 [Underwood 3 (pp. 4-6)]  
m. Watertown, Mass., 16 May 1645
1097 Mary Wilder, b. ca. 1628, d. Watertown, Mass., 13 Dec. 1658
1100 Thomas Parker, b. ca. 1605, d. Reading, Mass., 12 Aug. 1683  
m. ca. 1635
1101 Amy ----, b. ca. 1615, d. Reading, Mass., 15 Jan. 1690
1102 John Polley, b. ca. 1618, d. ... 2 Apr. 1689  
m.
1103 Susanna Bacon
1104 William Taylor, b. ca. 1625, d. Concord, Mass., 6 Dec. 1696  
m. Concord, Mass., 19 Oct. 1650
1105 Mary Merriam, b. Hadboro, Kent, ca. 1630, d. Concord, Mass., 10 Dec. 1699
1106 John Whittaker, d. ... 25 Aug. 1669  
m.
1107 Elizabeth ----, d. ... 20 June 1691
1116 Jonathan Hyde, b. ca. 1626, emigrated April 1639 on the "Jonathan", settled 1647 at Cambridge Village (now Newton), Mass., d. Newton, Mass., 5 Oct. 1711, ae. 85 [Stowell pp. 257-260 (no. 1)]  
m. (bef. 1651)
1117 Mary French, b. ca. 1633, d. Cambridge, Mass., 27 May 1672
1118 James Kidder, b. East Grinstead, Sussex, ca. 1626, d. Billerica, Mass., 16 April 1676, ae. 50 [Stafford pp. 1-8]  
m. Cambridge, Mass., 1649/1650
1119 Anna Moore, d. Billerica, Mass., 1691
1120 Thomas Emerson, b. Howsham, Cadney, Lincolnshire, ca. 1590 will dated 20 May 1656, probated 29 Sept. 1661 [James pp. 6-7]  
m. Cadney, Lincolnshire, 10 Aug. 1612
1121 Margaret Froe, mentioned as dead in her husband's will
1122 John Webster, b. ca. 1605, to Ipswich, Mass., by 1634, will dated 4 Nov. 1646  
m. ca. 1630
1123 Mary (Satchwell/Shatswell) survived husband and remarried, d. Newbury, Mass., 28 Apr. 1694
1124 Robert Day, b. ca. 1605, d. Ipswich, Mass., 4 Sept. 1683  
m.
1125 Hannah ----, b. ca. 1612, d. Ipswich, Mass., after 1652
1126 Moses Pengry, b. ca. 1610/11, d. Ipswich, Mass., 2 Jan. 1696  
m. Haverhill, Mass., 20 Apr. 1644
1127 Lydia Clements, b. ca. 1618, d. Ipswich, Mass., 16 Jan. 1675
1128 John Page, b. England ca. 1614, to Hingham, Mass., before 1641, d. Haverhill, Mass., 23 Nov. 1687, ae. 73 [Brigham 170-173]  
m. Salisbury, Mass., 11 July 1641
1129 Mary Marsh, b. ca. 1618/22, d. Haverhill, Mass., 15 Feb. 1696/7
1130 Thomas Whittier, b. Millchill, co. Wilts, 1620 or 1622, emigrated 24 Apr. 1638 on the "Confidence", settled in Salisbury, Mass., d. Haverhill, Mass., 26 or 28 Nov. 1696 [Brigham Appendix 22]  
m. Salisbury, Mass., ... March 1646
1131 Ruth Green, b. ... 1626, d. Haverhill, Mass., 7 July 1710
1132 John Lewis, b. ca. 1631, d. 1710  
m. Lynn, Mass., 17 June 1659
1133 Hannah Marshall, b. Reading, Mass., 7 June 1640, d. Lynn, Mass., 15 May 1699
1134 Crispus Brewer, d. Lynn, Mass., 11 Dec. 1706  
m. ca. 1650/2
1135 Mary ----, d. Lynn, Mass., 3 May 1693
1136 John Cummings, d. Dunstable, Mass., 1 Dec. 1700  
m. Boxford, Mass., 14 July 1647
1137 Sarah Howlett, b. Ipswich, Mass., 3 March 1634, d. Salem, Mass., 7 Dec. 1700
1138 Joseph Parkhurst, bapt. St. Margaret, Suffolk, 21 Dec. 1629, d. Chelmsford, Mass., 30 Nov. 1709  
m. Concord/Chelmsford, Mass., 26 June 1656
1139 Rebecca Reed
1280 Robert Tyler, will dated 11 Sept. 1673, proved Calvert Co., Md., 8 Apr. 1674  
m.
1281 Joan ----, remarried, negotiated her will in 1675
1282 (=1284) Mareen Duvall, will dated 2 Aug. 1694, inventory 3 Sept. 1694 [Newman pp. 20-56]  
m. ca. 1673-4
1283 Susannah ---- (perhaps Brasseur)
1284 Mareen Duvall, number 1282 (above) [Newman pp. 20-56]  
m.
1285 NN (apparently his first wife)
1286 William Ijams, d. 1699  
m.
1287 Elizabeth Cheyney
1420 John Cosby, b. 1623, d. York Co., Va., 1696  
m.
1421 Sarah ----, d. ... , Va., ... 1740
1422 Edward Garland, b. St Paul's Parish, Hanover Co., Va., ca. 1664, d. Hanover Co., Va., ...  
m.
1423 Jane Hensley
1592 Evan Bowen, b. Carmarthenshire, Wales, 1647, d. Haverford, Pa., ca. 1725  
m.
1593 Mary McMillan, b. Carmarthen, Wales, ca. 1650, d. Haverford, Pa., after 1699
1594 David Rees, b. Redstone, Pembroke, Wales, ca. 1655, d. Newtown, near Haverford, Pa., 14 Nov. 1706  
m.
1595 ---- Lloyd, b. ... , Wales, between 1655 and 1660
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2080 John Swett, b. Wymondham, Norfolk, ... 1585, d. Newbury, Mass., 13 June 1651  
m.
2081 Sarah ---, d. Newbury, Mass., 11 Dec. 1650
2084 Francis Plummer, b. bef. 1594, d. Newbury, Mass., 17 Jan. 1671/2  
m.
2085 Ruth Palmer, b. ca. 1595, d. Newbury, Mass., 18 Aug. 1647
2090 Percival Lowell  
m.
2091 Rebecca ----
2152 Thomas Rowell, d. Andover, Mass., 8 May 1662  
m.
2153 Margaret Milner, d. ca. 1648
2172 Richard North  
m.
2173 Joan Bartram
2176 Robert Fletcher, settled in Concord, Mass., in 1630, d. Concord, Mass., 3 Apr. 1677 ae. 85 [Fletcher 1 (pp. 9-10)]  
m.
2177 NN
2184 Henry Adams, b. Barton St. David, Somerset, 21 Jan. 1583, bur. Braintree, Mass., 6 Oct. 1646 [Adams pp. 1-3]  
m. Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, 19 Oct. 1609
2185 Edith Squire, bapt. Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, 29 May 1587, d. Medfield, Mass., 21 Jan. 1672/3
2194 Thomas Wilder  
m.
2195 Martha NN, emigrated from Lancashire to Hingham, Mass., in 1638, a widow, d. 20 Apr. 1652
2234 William French, b. ca. 1605 emigrated July 1635 on the "Defence", settled in Cambridge, Mass., d. Billerica, Mass., 20 Nov. 1681 [Warner p. 218]  
m.
2235 Elizabeth ----, d. Billerica, Mass., 31 March 1668, ae. 62 or 64
2238 Francis Moore  
m.
2239 Katherine ----
2258 George Marsh, to Hingham, Mass., by 1635, d. Hingham, Mass., 2 July 1647 [Brigham Appendix 21]  
m. 1623
2259 Elizabeth Key, b. Hempstead, England remarried 2 Nov. 1648
2260 Richard Whittier [Brigham Appendix 22]  
m.
2261 Mary Rolfe
2574 Richard Cheyney  
m.
2575 ----
2840 Charles Cosby, d. York Co., Va.  
m.
2841 Mary Loftus, d. ... 23 Nov. 1623
2844 Peter Garland, d. Hanover Co., Va., ...  
m.
2845 ----
3188 Price ap Rhys, d. Newtown, near Haverford, Pa., 30 June 1706  
m.
3189 Elinor Lewis
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
4368 John Adams, b. ca. 1555, d. Barton St. David, Somerset, shortly before 22 March 1603/4  
m. ca. 1576
4369 Agnes (?Stone), bur. Barton St. David, Somerset, 15 Jan. 1615/6
4370 Henry Squire, b. ca. 1563, of Charlton Mackrell, Somerset  
m.
4371 ----
4522 John Rolfe  
m.
4523 Honor ----
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
1930 Nebraska, Dawson County, Sumner, ED 29, sheet 3B, line 56

                                                   Father's        Mother's
                   Age  Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace      Birthplace
Cheney Thomas H    60    H     M 25   Ohio         New Hampshire   New York
       Margaret E  52    W     M 36   Indiana      Indiana         Indiana
       Richard F   14    S     S      Nebraska     Indiana         Indiana
    (2 roomers)

Thomas was a Cashier, Bank
Richard was a Clerk, General Store

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1930 Nebraska, Otoe County, South Branch, ED 25, sheet 1B, line 81

                                                  Father's     Mother's
                 Age  Rel   Status   Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
Dickey Dave      41    H     M 22    Nebraska     Missouri     Nebraska
       Clarice   42    W     M 23    Nebraska     Iowa         Illinois
       Ward      18    S     S       Nebraska     Nebraska     Nebraska
       Gerald    14    S     S       Nebraska     Nebraska     Nebraska
       Marjory   12    D     S       Nebraska     Nebraska     Nebraska

Dave was a Trucker, Oil Co.
Ward was a Butcher, Retail Market

--------

1920 Nebraska, Dawson County, vol. 10, ED 116, sheet 3, line 59

                                                      Father's    Mother's
                   Age     Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Cheney Thomas H    50      H     M       Ohio         New Hampshire  New York
       Margaret D  42      W     M       Indiana      Indiana     Indiana
       Richard H   4 6/12  S             Nebraska     Ohio        Indiana

He was a cashier in a bank

--------

1920 Nebraska, Otoe County, vol. 37, ED 140, sheet 7, line 98

                                                      Father's    Mother's
                   Age     Rel   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Dickey David E     31       H     M      Nebraska     U S         U S
       Clarice E   31       W     M      Nebraska     Iowa        Tennessee
       Ward E      8        S            Nebraska     Nebraska    Nebraska
       Vance W     6 11/12  S            Nebraska     Nebraska    Nebraska
       Jarald A    3 11/12  S            Nebraska     Nebraska    Nebraska
       Margerie L  1 11/12  D            Nebraska     Nebraska    Nebraska
       Voyel V     22       B            Nebraska     Missouri    Iowa
       Lawn E A    60       F     W      Missouri     Tennessee   Missouri

He was a butcher at a meat market, as was his brother.

--------


1900 Nebraska, Dawson County, vol. 10, ED 95, sheet 12, line 33

                                                      Father's       Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace   Birthplace     Birthplace
Cheney Thomas H   H  M 7       Apr 69    Ohio         New Hampshire  New York
       Lillian S  W  M 7 1 1   Feb 70    Wisconsin    Pennsylvania   Germany
       Mildred    D            Jun 95    Nebraska     Ohio           Wisconsin

He was a bank clerk

--------

1900 Nebraska, Buffalo County, vol. 3, ED 21, sheet 9, line 19

                                                        Father's       Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace     Birthplace     Birthplace
Cheney Samuel F  H    M 40      Dec 30   New Hampshire  New Hampshire 
Massachusetts
       Ellen A   W    M 40 5 5  Feb 40   New York       Vermont        New York
       Fred E    S    M         May 66   Ohio           New Hampshire  New York
       Anna M    D L  M         May 72   Illinois       ---            Canada

He was a farmer

--------

1900 Nebraska, Dawson County, vol. 10, ED 92, sheet 23, line 28

                                                     Father's    Mother's
                 Rel Status     Born     Birthplace  Birthplace  Birthplace
Tyler James       H  M 31       May 48   Indiana     Kentucky    Kentucky
      Sarah E     W  M 31 6 5   Mar 43   Indiana     Kentucky    Kentucky
      Rufus E     S             Jul 72   Indiana     Indiana     Indiana
      David E     S             Nov 74   Indiana     Indiana     Indiana
      Margaret E  D             Jun 77   Indiana     Indiana     Indiana
      Lulu E      D             Oct 79   Nebraska    Indiana     Indiana
      Lena E      D             Aug 83   Nebraska    Indiana     Indiana

He was a farmer.  His two sons were farm laborers and his two eldest daughters
were teachers.

--------

1900 Nebraska, Otoe County, vol. 31, ED 117, sheet 1, line 57

                                                  Father's    Mother's
                Rel  Status  Born     Birthplace  Birthplace  Birthplace
Dickey Lon E    H     W      Aug 55   Missouri    Tennessee   Missouri
McGough Edna S  S D          Dec 77   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
        Dot     S D          Jun 83   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
        Edward  S S          Jul 81   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
Dickey David    S            Dec 89   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
       Grover   S            Jul 92   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
       Blanche  D            Aug 95   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa
       Voil     S            Aug 97   Nebraska    Missouri    Iowa

He was a farmer.  His stepson was a laborer.

--------


1880 Nebraska, Dawson Co., ED 166, sheet 1 [347A]

Tyler, James A.      W M  32               farmer         IN   KY   KY
       Sarah E.      W F  37         wife  keeping home   IN   KY   KY
       Rufus E.      W M   7         son   at home        IN   IN   IN
       David E.      W M   5         son   at home        IN   IN   IN
       Margaret E.   W F   2         dau.  at home        IN   IN   IN
       Lulie E.      W F   7/12  Nov dau.  at home        NE   IN   IN

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1880 Nebraska, Dawson Co., ED 166 sheet 2 [347B]

Tyler, Willett    W M   72              farmer         KY   VA   MD
       Nancy      W F   40     wife     keeping home   IN   KY   KY
       Albert N.  W M   18     son      at home        IN   KY   IN
       Lucy O.    W F   17     dau.     at home        IN   KY   IN
       Phoebe O.  W F   15     dau.     at home        IN   KY   IN
       David W.   W M   12     son      at school      IN   KY   IN
       Elva O.    W F   10     dau.     at school      IN   KY   IN

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NOTES
 
 
 
 
80 & 81 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Robert Tyler m. Margaret ----
.Ann Drusilla (Nancy) Tyler m. Jesse Holmes
 .Mary Jane Holmes m. Anderson Shipp Truman
  .John Anderson Truman m. Martha Ellen Young
   .HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972), U.S. President
 
 
 
 
512 & 513 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Thomas Cheney m. Jane Atkinson
.Margaret Cheney m. Nicholas Fessenden
 .William Fessenden m. Martha Wyeth
  .Ruth Fessenden m. John Hunt
   .Elizabeth Hunt m. Joseph Pearse Palmer
    .Elizabeth Palmer m. Nathaniel Peabody 
     .ELIZABETH PALMER PEABODY (1804-1894), educator
 
 
 
 
522 & 523 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Moses Gerrish m. Jane Sewall
.Sarah Gerrish m. Benjamin Woodbridge
 .Benjamin Woodbridge m. Susannah Tappan
  .Mary Woodbridge m. James Ayer
   .Susan Woodbridge Ayer m. Rev. Charles Coffin
    .Cornelius Worcester Coffin m. Nancy McCorkle
     .Isabelle Coffin m. Thomas Lanier Williams
      .Cornelius Coffin Williams m. Edwina Dakin
       .THOMAS LANIER ("TENNESSEE") WILLIAMS (1911-1983), playwright
 
 
 
 
536 & 537 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Colby m. Frances Hoyt
.John Colby m. Sarah Eldridge
 .Joseph Colby m. Anne Bartlett
 |.Nathan Colby m. Hannah Worthen
 | .Ezekiel Colby m. Sally Fowler
 |  .Nathan Colby m. Eunice Blood
 |   .Laura Louisa Colby m. Lansford Whiting Ingalls
 |    .Charles Philip Ingalls m. Caroline Lake Quiner
 |     .Mrs LAURA INGALLS WILDER (1867-1957), author
 .Sarah Colby m. Daniel Flanders
  .Judith Flanders m. Samuel Hadley (below)
   .Hepzibah Hadley m. Uriah Stone
    .Rev George Washington Stone m. Judith Stevens
     .Malvina Stone m. Rev William Arthur
      .CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR (1830-1886), US President
 
 
 
 
548 & 549 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Joseph Underwood m. Elizabeth ----
.John Underwood m. Rebecca Shattuck
 .Rebecca Underwood m. Samuel Gale
  .Esther Gale m. ---- Haven (?)
   .David Haven Stone m. Sarah Treadwell
    .Sarah Stone m. Stephen Barton
     .CLARISSA HARLOWE ("CLARA") BARTON (1821-1912), Red Cross founder
 
 
 
 
550 & 551 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Nathaniel Parker m. Bethiah Polley
.Nathaniel Parker m. Elizabeth Wright
 .Lydia Parker m. Samuel Bancroft
  .Aaron Bancroft m. Lucretia Chandler
   .GEORGE BANCROFT (1800-1891), historian
 
 
 
 
1024 & 1025 have other descendants, such as:  
 
William Cheney m. Margaret ----
.Eleanor Cheney m. Humphrey Johnson
|.Mehitable Johnson m. Samuel Hinsdale
| .Mary Hinsdale m. Thomas Sheldon
|  .Benjamin Sheldon m. Mary Strong
|   .Mary Sheldon m. Joseph Lyman
|   |.Joseph Lyman m. Anne Jean Robbins
|   || .Catherine Robbins Lyman m. Warren Delano
|   ||  .Sara Delano m. James Roosevelt
|   ||   .FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), US President
|   |.Mary Lyman m. Lynde Lord Jr.
|   | .Mary Sheldon Lord m. John Pierpont
|   |  .Juliet Pierpont m. Junius Spencer Morgan
|   |   .JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913), banker, m. Frances Louise Tracy
|   |   |.JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN JR. (1867-1943), banker
|   |   .Mary Lyman Morgan m. Walter Hayes Burns
|   |    .Mary Ethel Burns m. LEWIS HARCOURT, 1st Vct HARCOURT (1863-1922)
|   .Rebecca Sheldon m. Benjamin Parsons
|    .Justin Parsons m. Electa Frary
|     .Lucretia Parsons m. Daniel Oliver Morton
|      .LEVI PARSONS MORTON (1824-1920) m. Anna Livingston Reade Street
|       .Helen Stuyvesant Morton m. BOSON duc de TALLEYRAND (1867-1952)
.Joseph Cheney m. Hannah Thurston
 .Josiah Cheney m. Hannah ----
  .Elizabeth Cheney m. Peter Taft
   .Aaron Taft m. Rhoda Rawson
    .Peter Rawson Taft m. Sylvia Howard
     .Alphonso Taft m. Louisa Maria Torrey (below)
      .WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930), US President, m. Helen Herron
       .ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (1889-1953), US Senator, m. Martha Wheaton Bowers
        .ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (1917-1993), US Senator, m. Blanca Duncan Noel
         .ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (b. 1942), Governor of Ohio
 
 
 
 
1044 & 1045 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Capt. William Gerrish m. Joanna Lowell Oliver
.Elizabeth Gerrish m. Stephen Greenleaf
|.Daniel Greenleaf m. Elizabeth Gookin
| .Mercy Greenleaf m. John Scollay
|  .Priscilla Scollay m. Thomas Melville
|   .Allan Melville m. Maria Gansevoort
|    .HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891), novelist
.Mary Gerrish m. John Dole (below)
 .Hannah Dole m. Jonadab Waite
  .John Waite m. Sarah Kent
   .Emma Waite m. Thomas Motley
    .Thomas Motley m. Anna Lothrop (below)
     .JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY (1814-1877), historian
 
 
 
 
1046 & 1047 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Henry Sewall m. Jane Dummer
.Anne Sewall m. William Longfellow
|.Anne Longfellow m. Abraham Adams
||.William Adams m. Elizabeth Noyes
|| .Sarah Adams m. Daniel Ayer
||  .Samuel Ayer m. Polly Chase
||   .John Varnum Ayer m. Elida Vanderburgh Manney
||    .George Manney Ayer m. Amy Gridley Butler
||     .Adele Augusta Ayer m. Levi Addison Gardner
||      .Dorothy Ayer Gardner m. Leslie Lynch King
||       .Leslie Lynch King, later GERALD RUDOLPH FORD (b. 1913), US President
|.Stephen Longfellow m. Abigail Tompson
| .Stephen Longfellow m. Tabitha Bragdon
|  .Stephen Longfellow m. Patience Young
|   .Stephen Longfellow m. Zilpah Wadsworth
|    .HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882), poet
.John Sewall m. Hannah Fessenden
|.Hannah Sewall m. Samuel Moody
||.Mary Moody m. Joseph Emerson
|| .William Emerson m. Phebe Bliss
||  .William Emerson m. Ruth Haskins (below)
||   .RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882), philosopher and transcendentalist
|.Samuel Sewall m. Sarah Batchelder
| .Dummer Sewall m. Mary Dunning
|  .Mary Sewall m. Daniel Buck
|   .Sarah Buck m. John Benson
|    .Henrietta Maria Benson m. Charles Savage Homer
|     .WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910), artist
.Samuel Sewall m. Hannah Hull
|.Joseph Sewall m. Elizabeth Walley
| .Samuel Sewall m. Elizabeth Quincy
|  .Dorothy Sewall m. Joseph May
|   .Abigail May m. Amos Bronson Alcott
|    .LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888), author
.Stephen Sewall m. Margaret Mitchell
 .Susanna Sewall m. Aaron Porter
  .Susanna Porter m. Aaron Cleveland
   .Aaron Cleveland m. Abiah Hyde
    .William Cleveland m. Margaret Falley
     .Richard Falley Cleveland m. Ann Neal
      .Stephen GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908), US President
 
 
 
 
1054 & 1055 have other descendants, such as:  
 
William Hathorn m. Anne ----
.John Hathorne m. Ruth Gardner
 .Joseph Hathorne m. Sarah Bowditch
  .Daniel Hathorne m. Rachel Phelps
   .Nathaniel Hathorne m. Elizabeth Clarke Manning
    .NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864), poet
 
 
 
 
1066 -- Rev. William Sargent, emigrant from England to Massachusetts, is descended from several monarchs of England (and elsewhere). The most recent monarch Rev. William Sargent is descended from is King Ethelred II of England (d. 1016), as follows:  
 
     Ethelred II, King of England m. Alfflaed
     Elgiva of England m. Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland
     Edith of Northumberland m. Maldred, lord of Carlisle and Allendale
     Gospatrick I, Earl of Northumberland and Dunbar m. ----
     Gospatrick II, Earl of Dunbar m. Sybil Morel
     Juliana of Dunbar m. Ralph de Merlay
     Roger de Merlay m. Alice de Stuteville
     Agnes de Merlay m. Richard Gobion
     Hugh Gobion m. Matilda ----
     Joan Gobion m. John de Morteyn
     Sir John de Morteyn m. Joan de Rothwell
     Lucy de Morteyn m. Sir John Giffard
     Sir Thomas Giffard m. Elizabeth de Missenden
     Roger Giffard m. Isabel Stretle
     Thomas Giffard m. Eleanor Vaux
     John Giffard m. Agnes Winslow
     Roger Giffard m. Mary Nanseglos
     Nicholas Giffard m. Agnes Master
     Margaret Giffard m. Hugh Sargent
     Roger Sargent m. Ellen Makerness
     Rev. William Sargent (number 1066, above)  
 
 
 
1066 has other descendants, such as:  
 
William Sargent m. Sarah ----
.John Sargent m. Lydia Chipman
|.Lydia Sargent m. Joseph Waite
| .Hannah Waite m. Phineas Upham
|  .Hannah Upham m. John Haskins
|   .Ruth Haskins m. William Emerson (above)
.John Sargent (again) m. Mary Hillier
 .Joseph Sargent m. Mary Green
  .Mary Sargent m. Thomas Burden/Burdet
   .Jacob Burden/Burdet m. Rebecca Browne
    .Rebecca Burden/Burdett m. John Bodge
     .Susanna Bodge m. Samuel Sanford
      .Lilias White Sanford m. William Paine Sheffield
       .Mary Ann Sheffield m. George Andrews Moriarty
        .GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY (1883-1968), genealogist
 
 
 
 
1086 & 1087 have other descendants, such as:  
 
George Martin m. Susanna North
.Jane Martin m. Samuel Hadley
 .Samuel Hadley m. Dorothy Colby
  .Samuel Hadley m. Judith Flanders (above)
 
 
 
 
1088 & 1089 have other descendants, such as:  
 
William Fletcher m. Lydia (?Fairbanks)
.William Fletcher m. Sarah Richardson
 .Esther Fletcher m. Stephen Pierce (below)
  .Benjamin Pierce m. Elizabeth Merrill (below)
  |.Benjamin Pierce m. Anna Kendrick
  | .FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869), US President
  .Esther Pierce m. Nathan Richardson
   .Esther Richardson m. Joshua Pierce
    .James Pierce m. Polly/Mary Stacy
     .Gen. James Pierce m. Chloe Holbrook
      .Jonas James Pierce m. Kate Pritzel
       .Scott Pierce m. Mabel Marvin
        .Marvin Pierce m. Pauline Robinson
         .Barbara Pierce m. George Herbert Walker Bush (below)
          .GEORGE WALKER BUSH (b. 1946), US President
 
 
 
 
1090 & 1091 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Wiley m. Elizabeth Clough
.Mary Wiley m. David Sage
 .Mary Sage m. Samuel Johnson
  .Samuel Johnson m. Charity Floyd
   .WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON (1727-1819), Signer
 
 
 
 
1094 & 1095 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Jacob Parker m. Sarah ----
.Tabitha Parker m. Stephen Pierce
 .Stephen Pierce m. Esther Fletcher (above)
 
 
 
 
1122 & 1123 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Webster m. Mary Shatswell
.John Webster m. Ann Batt
 .John Webster m. Bridget Huggins
 |.Hannah Webster m. Stephen Bartlett
 | .JOSIAH BARTLETT (1729-1795), Signer
 .Lucy Webster m. John Merrill
  .Abel Merrill m. Sarah Bodwell
   .Elizabeth Merrill m. Benjamin Pierce (above)
 
 
 
 
1130 & 1131 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Thomas Whittier m. Ruth Green
.Joseph Whittier m. Mary Peasley
 .Joseph Whittier m. Sarah Greenleaf
  .John Whittier m. Abigail Hussey
   .JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892), poet
 
 
 
 
1286 & 1287 have other descendants, such as:  
 
William Ijams m. Elizabeth Cheney
.William Ijams m. Elizabeth Plummer
 .William Ijams m. Elizabeth Jones
  .Cassandra Ijams m. Henry Leeke
   .Mary Leeke m. Capel Holland
    .Cassandra Holland m. John Adam Gordon
     .Delilah Gordon m. Adam Shriver
      .Jane Shriver m. Thomas White
       .Mary White m. John Glenn
        .John Herschel Glenn m. Clara Sproat
         .JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN Jr (b. 1921), astronaut
 
 
 
 
2080 & 2081 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Swett m. Sarah ----
.Benjamin Swett m. Esther Weare
 .John Swett m. Bethiah Page
  .Benjamin Swett m. Abigail Darling
   .Benjamin Swett m. Mary Elliot
    .Benjamin Swett m. Mary Parker
     .Moses Swett m. Fanny Cummings
      .Sarah A. Swett m. Benjamin Warren Bean
       .LEON LEONWOOD BEAN (1872-1967), haberdasher
 
 
 
 
2090 & 2091 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Percival Lowell m. Rebecca ----
.Joanna Lowell m. John Oliver
|.Mary Oliver m. Samuel Appleton
| .Joanna Appleton m. Matthew Whipple
|  .William Whipple m. Mary Cutts
|   .Mary Whipple m. Robert Traill
|    .Mary Whipple Traill m. Keith Spence
|     .Harriet Brackett Spence m. Charles Lowell (below)
|      .JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891), poet
|      .Robert Traill Spence Lowell m. Mary Anne Duane
|       .Robert Traill Spence Lowell m. Kate Bailey Myers
|        .Robert Traill Spence Lowell m. Charlotte Winslow
|         .ROBERT TRAILL SPENCE LOWELL (1917-1977), poet
.John Lowell m. Mary ----
 .John Lowell m. Naomi Torrey
  .Ebenezer Lowell m. Elizabeth Shailer
  |.John Lowell m. Sarah Champney
  | .John Lowell m. Rebecca Russell
  |  .Charles Lowell m. Harriet Brackett Spence (above)
  .Ruth Lowell m. Nathaniel Reynolds
   .John Reynolds m. Anna Blanch
    .Nathaniel Reynolds m. Lydia Raymond
     .Benjamin Reynolds m. Lydia Watson
      .Mary Campbell Reynolds m. William Atwood Griffith
       .Helen Augusta Griffith m. Daniel Lovering
        .Mrs MARY LOVERING HOLMAN (1868-1947), genealogist
 
 
 
 
2184 & 2185 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Henry Adams m. Edith Squire
.Henry Adams m. Elizabeth Paine
|.Henry Adams m. Prudence Frary
| .Sarah Adams m. Samuel Ellis
|  .Rachel Ellis m. Seth Marsh
|   .Sarah Marsh m. William Norcross
|    .Joel Norcross m. Betsey Fay
|     .Emily Norcross m. Edward Dickinson
|      .EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON (1830-1886), poet
.Joseph Adams m. Abigail Baxter
|.Bethiah Adams m. John Webb
||.John Webb m. Elizabeth Jackson
|| .Elizabeth Webb m. Samuel Checkley (below)
||  .Elizabeth Checkley m. John Lothrop
||   .Anna Lothrop m. Thomas Motley (above)
|.John Adams m. Hannah Webb
||.Samuel Adams m. Mary Fifield
|| .SAMUEL ADAMS (1722-1803), Signer
|.Joseph Adams m. Hannah Bass
| .John Adams m. Susannah Boylston
|  .JOHN ADAMS (1735-1826), US President m. Abigail Smith
|   .JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848), US President
.Peter Adams m. Rachel ----
|.John Adams m. Michal Bloice
| .John Adams m. Abigail Cleveland
|  .Cornelius Adams m. Esther Steadman
|   .Betsey Adams m. Samuel Lockwood Hough
|    .Eliza C. Hough m. Alden Burrell Robbins
|     .Anna Margaret Robbins m. Henry Swift de Forest
|      .LEE de FOREST (1873-1961), inventor
.Samuel Adams m. Rebecca Graves
 .Susanna Adams m. Daniel Waldo
  .Bethia Waldo m. Edmund Littlefield
   .Esther Littlefield m. Samuel Soper
    .Esther Soper m. Silas Briggs
     .Asa Briggs m. Elizabeth Paul
      .Sally Briggs m. Israel Putnam Brown 
       .Sally Brown m. Israel C Brewer
        .Sarah Almeda Brewer m. Calvin Galusha Coolidge
         .John Calvin Coolidge m. Victoria Josephine Moor
          .John CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933), US President
 
 
 
 
2234 & 2235 have other descendants, such as:  
 
William French m. Elizabeth ----
.Francis French m. Lydia Bunnell
|.Jane French m. John Towner
| .Eunice Towner m. Israel Curtiss
|  .Eunice Curtiss m. Stephen Bateman
|   .Cynthia Bateman m. Amasa Goodyear
|    .CHARLES GOODYEAR (1800-1860), inventor
.Sarah French m. Jonathan Peake
 .Jonathan Peake m. Hannah Leavens
  .Abigail Peake m. Isaac Johnson
  |.Moses Johnson m. Mercy Fox
  | .Fanny Johnson m. John Call
  |  .Eber Call m. Violet Lawrence
  |   .Charles Call m. Henrietta Gross
  |    .Flora Call m. Elias Disney
  |     .WALTER ELIAS DISNEY (1901-1966), movie and television producer
  .Sarah Peake m. John Morse
   .Jedediah Morse m. Sarah Child
    .Jedediah Morse m. Elizabeth Ann Breese
     .SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE (1791-1872), inventor
 
 
 
 
2234 has other descendants, such as:  
 
William French m. Mary Lathrop
.Hannah French m. John Child
|.Hannah Child m. John Fay
|| .Jonathan Fay m. Joanna Phillips
||  .Jonathan Fay m. Lucy Prescott
||   .Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay m. Harriet Howard
||    .Charles Fay m. Charlotte Emily Hopkins
||    |.Harriet Melusina Fay m. CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE (1839-1914), philosopher
||    |.Rose Emily Fay m. THEODORE THOMAS (1835-1905), conductor
||    .Harriet Howard Fay m. William Henry Greenough
||    |.LILLIE GREENOUGH (1844-1928), soprano, m. Charles Moulton
||    | .Lillie Suzanne Moulton m. 1886 FREDERIK LehnsGv RABEN-LEVETZOW (1850-1933)
||    .Samuel Howard Fay m. Susan Shellman
||     .Harriet Eleanor Fay m. James Smith Bush
||      .Samuel Prescott Bush m. Flora Sheldon
||       .Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker
||        .GEORGE H W BUSH (b. 1924), 41st U.S. President, m. Barbara Pierce (above)
|.Mary Child m. Nathaniel Whitney
| .Eli Whitney m. Elizabeth Fay
|  .ELI WHITNEY (1765-1825), inventor
.Sarah French m. Joseph Crosby
 .Joseph Crosby m. Hannah ----
  .Joseph Crosby m. Hannah ----
   .Elizabeth Crosby m. Ephraim Barber
    .Jonathan Barber m. Achsah Howe
     .Martha Ann Barber m. Nathan Henry Richardson
      .Maurice Howe Richardson m. Margaret White Peirson
       .Edward Peirson Richardson m. Clara Lee Shattuck
        .ELLIIOT LEE RICHARDSON (b. 1920), US cabinet secretary
 
 
 
 
2574 has other descendants, such as:  
 
Richard Cheyney m. Eleanor ----
.Charles Cheyney m. Anne Jones
 .Charles Cheney m. Mary Powell
  .Ezekiel Cheney m. Elizabeth ----
   .Nathan Cheney m. Susanna ----
    .JOHN CHANEY (1790-1881), US Congressman, m. Mary Ann Lafere
     .James L. Chaney m. Caroline Uffner
      .Frank H. Chaney m. Emma Alice Kennedy
       .Leonidas Frank ("LON") CHANEY (1883-1930), actor, m. Frances Cleveland Creighton
        .Creighton Tull Chaney ("LON CHANEY Jr") (1906-1973), actor
 
 
 
 
4370 & 4371 have other descendants, such as:  
 
Henry Squire m. ----
.Ann Squire m. Aquila Purchase
|.Abigail Purchase m. Sampson Shore
| .Eunice Shore m. Charles Glidden
| |.Richard Glidden m. Sarah ----
| | .Jonathan Glidden m. Margaret Bean
| |  .Richard Glidden m. Grace Hubbard
| |  |.Abigail Glidden m. Stephen Hurd
| |  | .Polly Hurd m. David Glidden (below)
| |  |  .JOSEPH FARWELL GLIDDEN (1813-1906), inventor
| |  .Simeon Glidden m. Rebecca Smith
| |   .David Glidden m. Polly Hurd (above)
| .Jonathan Shore m. Priscilla Hathorn
|  .Phoebe Shore m. Nehemiah Millard
|   .Robert Millard m. Hannah Eddy
|    .Abiathar Millard m. Tabitha Hopkins
|     .Phoebe Millard m. Nathaniel Fillmore
|      .MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874), US President
.Margaret Squire m. John Shepard
 .Hannah Shepard m. Thomas Holbrook
  .John Holbrook m. Silence Wood
   .John Holbrook m. Ruth Hill
    .Silence Holbrook m. Samuel Goodale
     .Sarah Goodale m. Asa Waters
      .Asa Waters m. Susan Trask Holman
       .Susan Holman Waters m. Samuel Davenport Torrey
        .Louisa Maria Torrey m. Alphonso Taft (above)
 
 
 
 
4522 & 4523 have other descendants, such as:  
 
John Rolfe m. Honor ----
.Henry Rolfe m. Honor Rolfe
 .Benjamin Rolfe m. Apphia Hale
 |.Benjamin Rolfe m. Mehitable Wainwright
 | .Elizabeth Rolfe m. Samuel Checkley
 |  .Samuel Checkley m. Elizabeth Webb (above)
 .Hannah Rolfe m. Richard Dole
  .John Dole m. Mary Gerrish (above)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FURTHER NOTES
 
 
 
 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Dick Cheney appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    Archibald Buchanan (number 198)
    William Cheney (number 64)
    Jacob Eaton (number 66)
    Jonathan Emerson (number 70)
    Jonathan Fletcher (number 68)
    Joseph Fletcher (number 136)
    James Pritchard (number 82)
    Thomas Swift (number 176)
    Samuel Taylor (number 138)
    Edward Tyler (number 160)
    Robert Tyler (number 80)
    James Wills (number 98)

While Mr. Cheney is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
Adams -- A genealogical history of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass [Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1898].  
 
Brigham -- Theda Page Brigham, Descendants of John Page (1614-1687) [Haverhill, N.H.: Haverhill Historical Society, 1972]. Separate Appendix volume published in 1979.  
 
Fletcher -- Edward H. Fletcher, Fletcher Genealogy [Boston: Mudge, 1871].  
 
James -- Jane Emerson James, The Haverhill Emersons [Lake Winnebago, Mo.: James, 1983].  
 
Newman -- Harry Wright Newman, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation [Washington, D.C.: Newman, 1952].  
 
Pope -- Charles Henry Pope, The Cheney Genealogy [Boston: Pope, 1897].  
 
Stafford -- Morgan Hewitt Stafford, A genealogy of the Kidder family [Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 19??].  
 
Stowell -- William Henry Harrison Stowell, "Four generations of descendants of Jonathan Hyde of Newton, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 71 (July 1917), p. 257 et seq.  
 
Underwood -- Lucien Marcus Underwood, The Underwood familes of America [Lancaster, Pa.: New Era, 1913].  
 
Warner -- Frederick Chester Warner, The ancestry of Samuel, Freda, and John Warner [Boston, Mass.: 1949].  
 
 
 
William Addams Reitwiesner
 
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Original website: http://www.wargs.com/political/cheney.html