Cheney, Gen. Ebenezer,
Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass.
CHENEY, EBENEZER--Born at Orange, Mass., Sept. 7, 1761. Died Aug. 12, 1828, aged 66 years, 11 months and 26 days. Grave in Kiantone Cemetery, town of Kiantone, Chautauqua Co NY.
In company with his uncle, John Jones, he enlisted in April, 1775, at Mendon, Mass., as "Minute Man" in Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass., Col. Tyler commanding.
Both continued in service until the end of the war and were with Washington's army during the various engagements in the vicinity of New York, spent the winter of intense suffering at Valley Forge, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. The father of the subject of this notice was also named Ebenezer Cheney, born 1741, served as a soldier in the Colonial army under Gen. Wolf, was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham and the taking of Quebec, and his father was a soldier in the old King Philip war at Mendon in 1666.
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Ebenezer Cheney married Anna Nelson, at Milford, Mass., February 17, 1785. She was the daughter of Seth Nelson and Silence Cheney. Her death occurred Nov. 10, 1835, and her grave is beside husband in Kiantone Cemetery.
Their children were: Ruby, Polly, Nelson E., Levi, Anna, Abigail, Maria.
With his family Ebenezer Cheney came to Chautauqua County in the winter of 1813, from Dover, Vt. With all their family possessions, and one team of horses and one of oxen, it required thirty days to make the journey. It was cold weather and they were obliged to seek shelter wherever night overtook them.
When they arrived in Buffalo, they found the roads badly drifted with snow and were obliged to travel some of the way on the ice on Lake Erie. Finally arriving in Chautauqua County, they proceeded to the home of their daughter, whose husband was William Sears and who had opened a log tavern in the town of Carrol. In a short time they had selected the land for their future home and built a log house, although they decided the first duty was to hew out some sap troughs and attend to the necessary work of making some maple sugar.
Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass.
CHENEY, EBENEZER--Born at Orange, Mass., Sept. 7, 1761. Died Aug. 12, 1828, aged 66 years, 11 months and 26 days. Grave in Kiantone Cemetery, town of Kiantone, Chautauqua Co NY.
In company with his uncle, John Jones, he enlisted in April, 1775, at Mendon, Mass., as "Minute Man" in Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass., Col. Tyler commanding.
Both continued in service until the end of the war and were with Washington's army during the various engagements in the vicinity of New York, spent the winter of intense suffering at Valley Forge, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. The father of the subject of this notice was also named Ebenezer Cheney, born 1741, served as a soldier in the Colonial army under Gen. Wolf, was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham and the taking of Quebec, and his father was a soldier in the old King Philip war at Mendon in 1666.
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Ebenezer Cheney married Anna Nelson, at Milford, Mass., February 17, 1785. She was the daughter of Seth Nelson and Silence Cheney. Her death occurred Nov. 10, 1835, and her grave is beside husband in Kiantone Cemetery.
Their children were: Ruby, Polly, Nelson E., Levi, Anna, Abigail, Maria.
With his family Ebenezer Cheney came to Chautauqua County in the winter of 1813, from Dover, Vt. With all their family possessions, and one team of horses and one of oxen, it required thirty days to make the journey. It was cold weather and they were obliged to seek shelter wherever night overtook them.
When they arrived in Buffalo, they found the roads badly drifted with snow and were obliged to travel some of the way on the ice on Lake Erie. Finally arriving in Chautauqua County, they proceeded to the home of their daughter, whose husband was William Sears and who had opened a log tavern in the town of Carrol. In a short time they had selected the land for their future home and built a log house, although they decided the first duty was to hew out some sap troughs and attend to the necessary work of making some maple sugar.
Cheney, Gen. Ebenezer,
Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass.
CHENEY, EBENEZER--Born at Orange, Mass., Sept. 7, 1761. Died Aug. 12, 1828, aged 66 years, 11 months and 26 days. Grave in Kiantone Cemetery, town of Kiantone, Chautauqua Co NY.
In company with his uncle, John Jones, he enlisted in April, 1775, at Mendon, Mass., as "Minute Man" in Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass., Col. Tyler commanding.
Both continued in service until the end of the war and were with Washington's army during the various engagements in the vicinity of New York, spent the winter of intense suffering at Valley Forge, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. The father of the subject of this notice was also named Ebenezer Cheney, born 1741, served as a soldier in the Colonial army under Gen. Wolf, was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham and the taking of Quebec, and his father was a soldier in the old King Philip war at Mendon in 1666.
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Ebenezer Cheney married Anna Nelson, at Milford, Mass., February 17, 1785. She was the daughter of Seth Nelson and Silence Cheney. Her death occurred Nov. 10, 1835, and her grave is beside husband in Kiantone Cemetery.
Their children were: Ruby, Polly, Nelson E., Levi, Anna, Abigail, Maria.
With his family Ebenezer Cheney came to Chautauqua County in the winter of 1813, from Dover, Vt. With all their family possessions, and one team of horses and one of oxen, it required thirty days to make the journey. It was cold weather and they were obliged to seek shelter wherever night overtook them.
When they arrived in Buffalo, they found the roads badly drifted with snow and were obliged to travel some of the way on the ice on Lake Erie. Finally arriving in Chautauqua County, they proceeded to the home of their daughter, whose husband was William Sears and who had opened a log tavern in the town of Carrol. In a short time they had selected the land for their future home and built a log house, although they decided the first duty was to hew out some sap troughs and attend to the necessary work of making some maple sugar.
Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass.
CHENEY, EBENEZER--Born at Orange, Mass., Sept. 7, 1761. Died Aug. 12, 1828, aged 66 years, 11 months and 26 days. Grave in Kiantone Cemetery, town of Kiantone, Chautauqua Co NY.
In company with his uncle, John Jones, he enlisted in April, 1775, at Mendon, Mass., as "Minute Man" in Captain Geninson's Company, third Reg't of Worcester County, Mass., Col. Tyler commanding.
Both continued in service until the end of the war and were with Washington's army during the various engagements in the vicinity of New York, spent the winter of intense suffering at Valley Forge, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. The father of the subject of this notice was also named Ebenezer Cheney, born 1741, served as a soldier in the Colonial army under Gen. Wolf, was at the battle of the Plains of Abraham and the taking of Quebec, and his father was a soldier in the old King Philip war at Mendon in 1666.
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Ebenezer Cheney married Anna Nelson, at Milford, Mass., February 17, 1785. She was the daughter of Seth Nelson and Silence Cheney. Her death occurred Nov. 10, 1835, and her grave is beside husband in Kiantone Cemetery.
Their children were: Ruby, Polly, Nelson E., Levi, Anna, Abigail, Maria.
With his family Ebenezer Cheney came to Chautauqua County in the winter of 1813, from Dover, Vt. With all their family possessions, and one team of horses and one of oxen, it required thirty days to make the journey. It was cold weather and they were obliged to seek shelter wherever night overtook them.
When they arrived in Buffalo, they found the roads badly drifted with snow and were obliged to travel some of the way on the ice on Lake Erie. Finally arriving in Chautauqua County, they proceeded to the home of their daughter, whose husband was William Sears and who had opened a log tavern in the town of Carrol. In a short time they had selected the land for their future home and built a log house, although they decided the first duty was to hew out some sap troughs and attend to the necessary work of making some maple sugar.
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Ebenezer Cheney, September 7, 1761 – August 12, 1828. Massachusetts, Worchester County Private, 3rd Regiment, Revolutionary War.
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