Rossman - Cheney - Benjamin Cheney

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Joseph Cheney	07 FEB 1726	Dorcas Stewart	02 JUN 1735

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Eunice Hubbard	13 MAY 1757	Aaron Cheney Hurd Cheney Moses Cheney Anna Cheney Ephraim Cheney Benjamin Cheney Eunice Cheney

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	18 MAY 1763	Wells, York Co., Maine
Marriage	16 JUN 1783	Wells, York Co., Maine
Death		Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Burial		Freedom-English Cemetery, Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York

Kinship Report

Name	Type	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Partner
Eunice Hubbard	Wife	Wells, York Co., Maine	13 MAY 1757	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Brothers & Sisters
Dorcas Cheney	Sister
Sarah Cheney	Sister		1753
Eliphalet Cheney	Brother	Wells, York, Maine	ABT 1755		14 JAN 1829
Mary Cheney	Sister		1757
Joseph Cheney Jr.	Brother	Wells, York Co., Maine	01 JUL 1759		14 NOV 1815
James Cheney	Brother	Wells, York, Maine	07 APR 1765		JUN 1846
John Cheney	Brother	Wells, York, Maine	1767		1800
Samuel Cheney	Brother	Wells, York, Maine	1772
Dorothy [Dolly] Cheney	Sister	Wells, York Co., Maine	1775
Olive Cheney	Sister		22 MAR 1777
Abigail Cheney	Sister	Wells, York, Maine	1777
Children
Aaron Cheney	Son	Berwick, York Co., Maine	14 JUL 1787	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect.	18 SEP 1862
Hurd Cheney	Son	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	16 SEP 1791	Three Crossings, Sweetwater, Wyoming	12 AUG 1861
Moses Cheney	Son	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	1793	probably Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York	1824
Anna Cheney	Daughter	Granby, Essex Co., Vermont	30 JAN 1796	Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York	29 MAR 1856
Ephraim Cheney	Son	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	13 APR 1798	Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri	25 SEP 1872
Benjamin Cheney	Son	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	03 APR 1803	Fort Dodge, Iowa	30 MAR 1882
Eunice Cheney	Daughter	Granby, Essex Co., Vermont	1806	Possibly Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Parents
Joseph Cheney	Father	Wells, York Co., Maine	07 FEB 1726	Wells, York Co., Maine	ABT 1803
Dorcas Stewart	Mother	Wells, York Co., Maine	02 JUN 1735	Wells, York Co., Maine	06 JAN 1817
Grandchildren
Selar Cheney	Granddaughter	Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont	ABT 1808
Amasa F. Cheney	Grandson	Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont	29 DEC 1809	Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa	01 NOV 1870
Infant Cheney	Grandson	Marshfield, Washington, VT.	ABT 1811
Infant Cheney	Granddaughter	Marshfield, Washington, VT.	ABT 1813
Orren Cheney	Grandson	Fredonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York	10 AUG 1813	Berrien Springs or Hamilton, Michigan	10 MAY 1867
Sealar Cheney	Grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1815
Olive Mehitable Cheney	Granddaughter	Bloomfield, Cattaraugus Co., New York	15 MAY 1817	Fred Gorringe Home, Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho	04 APR 1907
Infant Cheney	Granddaughter	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1819
Infant Cheney	Grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1820
Aaron Cheney	Grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	05 MAR 1822	Mt. Pleasant, Iowa	23 JUN 1889
Elam Cheney	Grandson	Freedonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York	16 MAY 1825	Pinedale, Navajo Co., Arizona	22 MAR 1912
Ezekiel Wells Cheney	Grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	13 JUN 1828	Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho	13 AUG 1886
Infant Cheney	Granddaughter	Freedom Cattaraugus, New York	ABT 1832
Great grandchildren
Racheal Rebecca Cheney	Great granddaughter
Amanda Matilda Cheney	Great granddaughter		24 OCT 1836
Alvira Maria Cheney	Great granddaughter		30 SEP 1838
Orren Miron Cheney	Great grandson		15 JUN 1840
David Maroni Cheney	Great grandson	Kirkland, Lake Co. Ohio	06 JUL 1842	Berrien Springs, Michigan	21 FEB 1927
Aaron Daniel Cheney	Great grandson	Kirkland, Lake Co., Ohio	25 JUL 1844	Loxley, Baldwin Co., Alabama	23 OCT 1925
Infant Cheney	Great grandson		14 JUL 1845
Alvin James Cheney	Great grandson		18 AUG 1850
Winfred Scott Cheney	Great grandson		24 SEP 1852
Chariotte Mehetable Cheney	Great granddaughter		23 SEP 1853
Second grandchildren
L.D. Cheney	Second grandson
Third grandchildren
Burton Cheney	Third grandson
Leonard Francis Cheney	Third grandson
Lyle Cheney	Third grandson
Mrs. Alvin Hartline	Third grandson
Mrs. Charles Schau	Third granddaughter
Mrs. Ernest Havener	Third granddaughter
Wanda Cheney	Third granddaughter
Fourth grandchildren
Nancy Jean Cheney	Fourth granddaughter	Niles, Michigan, US	26/03/1937	503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US	27/02/2016
Fifth grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Jr.	Fifth grandson	Lansing, Michigan	1958
Michael Christian Rossman	Fifth grandson		29 JUN 1959	Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501	28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman	Fifth grandson		3 JAN 1963
6th grandchildren
Nicole Rossman	6th granddaughter		9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman	6th grandson		21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman	6th grandson		29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III	6th grandson		6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman	6th grandson		10 SEP 2000
7th grandchildren
Yariah	7th granddaughter
Grandparents
Sarah Littlefield	Grandmother	Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts	04 DEC 1695	Wells, York Co., Maine
Daniel Cheney	Grandfather	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 JUL 1699	Wells, York Co., Maine
Great grandparents
Daniel Cheney	Great grandfather	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	31 DEC 1670	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	03 NOV 1755
Hannah Dustin	Great grandmother	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	22 AUG 1678	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	AFT 1755
Second great grandparents
Daniel Cheney	Second great grandfather	Roxbourgh, Scotland	1633	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	10 SEP 1694
Sarah Bayley	Second great grandmother	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	17 AUG 1644	Ipswitch, Essex Co., Massachusetts	26 OCT 1714
Thomas Dustin	Second great grandfather	Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire	ABT 1652	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	1732
Sons- & Daughters-In-Law
Clarisa Damond	Daughter-in-law			Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	ABT 1830
Mehitable Wells	Daughter-in-law	Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York	31 JAN 1787	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah	30 NOV 1869
Susannah Goff	Daughter-in-law	Madison, New York	1788	Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York	1825
Jemima Streeter	Daughter-in-law	Hartford, Washington Co., New York	15 MAR 1792
Israel Runnels	Son-in-law	Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire	14 JUL 1793	Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York	09 NOV 1849
Phoebe Ballard	Daughter-in-law	Essex Co., Vermont	ABT 1796	Millersburg, Iowa	ABT 1860
Dorcas	Daughter-in-law	Vermont (possible)	ABT 1801
Nancy Snow	Daughter-in-law	Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vermont	18 APR 1803	Probably Otho, Webster Co., Iowa	19 MAY 1891
Brothers- & Sisters-In-Law
Joanna Cousins	Sister-in-law
Mary Grant	Sister-in-law
Isabella Littlefield	Sister-in-law		1763		25 FEB 1849
Uncles & Aunts
Mary Cheney	Aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	22 MAY 1725
Daniel Cheney	Uncle	Wells, York, Maine	10 JAN 1729	Goffstown, New Hampshire	1795
Reuben Cheney	Uncle	Wells, York, Maine	17 JAN 1732		AFT 1807
Great uncles & Great aunts
John Cheney	Great uncle	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	10 MAR 1702		1738
Thomas Cheney	Great uncle	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 FEB 1704		24 JUN 1767
Hannah Cheney	Great aunt	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	25 SEP 1706	Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts	22 SEP 1775
Sarah Cheney	Great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 JAN 1708		07 Oct 1775
Nathaniel Cheney	Great uncle	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 NOV 1711
Mary Cheney	Great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	09 AUG 1714
Abigail Cheney	Great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	01 NOV 1719		03 MAR 1736
Great great (uncles & aunts)
Sarah Cheney	Great great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	11 SEP 1666	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	BET 1701 AND 1761
Judith Cheney	Great great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	06 SEP 1668		BET 1696 AND 1730
Hannah Cheney	Great great aunt	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	03 SEP 1673		1752
John Cheney	Great great uncle	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	10 JUL 1676		1728
Eleanor Cheney	Great great aunt	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	29 MAR 1679	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	BET 1704 AND 1773
Elizabeth Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Massachusetts	07 MAY 1680	Haverhill, Massachusetts	04 JUN 1746
Abigail Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Massachusetts	OCT 1680	Haverhill, Massachusetts	05 MAY 1727
Mary Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Massachusetts	04 NOV 1681	Haverhill, Massachusetts	16 OCT 1696
Thomas Dustin	Great great uncle	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	05 JAN 1683
James Cheney	Great great uncle	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	16 APR 1685		02 MAY 1749
Nathaniel Dustin	Great great uncle	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 MAY 1685
John Dustin	Great great uncle	Haverhill, Massachusetts	02 FEB 1686	Haverhill, Massachusetts	28 JAN 1690
Sarah Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	04 JUL 1688
Jonathan Dustin	Great great uncle		15 JAN 1692
Mehitable Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	14 SEP 1694	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 DEC 1694
Timothy Dustin	Great great uncle	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	14 SEP 1694
Martha Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	09 MAR 1697	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	15 MAR 1697
Lydia Dustin	Great great aunt	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	04 OCT 1698
Uncles-in-law & Aunts-in-law
Elizabeth Hadley	Aunt-in-law	Amesbury, Essex, MA
Hannah Jacobs	Aunt-in-law
(Great uncles & Great aunts)-in-law
Francis Hardy	Great uncle-in-law	Bradford, Massachusetts
Hannah Stevens	Great aunt-in-law
Kerzia Annis	Great aunt-in-law
Lieut. John Coffin Jr.	Great uncle-in-law	Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts	30 JAN 1695	Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 JAN 1754
Great great (uncles & aunts)-in-law
David Newman	Great great uncle-in-law
Elizabeth Seager	Great great aunt-in-law
John Emmerson	Great great uncle-in-law
John Richards	Great great uncle-in-law
Lieut. Thomas Wiswall	Great great uncle-in-law
Richard Shotswell	Great great uncle-in-law
Grandchildren-in-law
Letha Barton Coover	Granddaughter-in-law
Hannah Compton	Granddaughter-in-law	Powick, Worcester, England	01 MAR 1804	Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah	21 JUL 1884
Hannah Hadley	Granddaughter-in-law	Corinth, Orange Co., Vermont	02 APR 1812	Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa	31 OCT 1896
Hannah Loretta Burdick	Granddaughter-in-law	New York	25 FEB 1813
James McBride	Grandson-in-law	New Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio	09 MAY 1818	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah	06 JAN 1881
Matilda Malvina Ballard	Granddaughter-in-law	Illinois	ABT 1823	Iowa	18 APR 1877
Talitha Cumi Garlick	Granddaughter-in-law	Providence, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania	22 SEP 1824	Victor, Teton Co, Idaho	17 APR 1902
Lucy Elzada Hardy	Granddaughter-in-law	Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine	24 FEB 1828	Swan Valley, Irwin, Fremont, Idaho	07 NOV 1913
Martha Taylor	Granddaughter-in-law	Bolton, Lnchsr, England	27 NOV 1828	Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah	13 AUG 1908
Margaret Wimmer	Granddaughter-in-law	Quincey, Adams Co., Illinois	24 MAY 1829	Kimball Twin Falls, Idaho	19 MAY 1908
Harriet Hedgehil	Granddaughter-in-law	Birmingham, Warwick, England	19 OCT 1847	Showlow, Pindale, Navajo Co., Arizona	08 OCT 1926
Great grandchildren-in-law
Clarissa J Imboden	Great granddaughter-in-law
Button	Great granddaughter-in-law	Potter Co. Pa	11 MAR 1845	Niles, Michigan, US	21 MAR 1933
Third grandchildren-in-law
Dorothy E. Ryan	Third granddaughter-in-law		20 MAY 1918		20 DEC 2005
Fourth grandchildren-in-law
William Meier Rossman	Fourth grandson-in-law		25 JAN 1936		17 August 2018, 5:03 PM
Fifth grandchildren-in-law
Patricia Kennedy	Fifth granddaughter-in-law		16 OCT 1960
Cymbaline Ann Sebesky	Fifth granddaughter-in-law		9 JUL 1963	325 Dell Dr., Perkasie, US	July 23, 2011
Gita Gemuts	Fifth granddaughter-in-law		12 NOV 1967

Notes


1790 United States Federal Census for Guildhall, Essex Co., Vermont (Head, Wife, three small children) 1800 United States Federal Census for Granby, Essex Co., Vermont 1810 United States Federal Census for Granby, Essex Co., Vermont Christening: May 13, 1757 Wells, York, Maine Corporal Benjamin Cheney I By John Schultze, 2001, descendant of Benjamin Cheney I and Eunice Hubbard. Bunker Hill and the Invasion of Canada. During the Revolutionary War, Corporal Benjamin Cheney, according to his great grandson Horace Cheney, was in hand-to-hand fighting, with a sword, at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1802 his Illinois land grant for military services rendered said that he was in McIntire?s company in the corps of artillery. In ?The History of York County, Maine? Capt. Rufus McIntire of Wells, ME had a company of United States artillery and it states that he was in service in Canada. This would be the disastrous invasion of Canada. THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL Just over 1000 men, led by Col. William Prescott, marched toward Charlestown to erect a fortification and battery on Bunker Hill. They opted to work first on the lower Breed's Hill that was closer to the British. On the morning of June 17, 1775, British on their battleships awoke to see new redoubts. The ship's cannons opened up. Col. Prescott flaunted the minimal damage from the cannon fire by pacing atop the unfinished fort. The Americans continued building other works during the day, while the British debated what move they should make. The Redcoats decided to land 1500 men on the eastern-most point called Moulton's Point. Light infantry immediately formed four abreast and marched toward a rail fence extending from the northern beach of the Mystic River, so that another column could flank the American left. Capt. Knowlton's men were behind the fence and John Stark's men were behind a quickly constructed a rock wall nearest the beach. When within 50 feet, the Americans opened up. British infantrymen fell in droves. The orders had been to use bayonets, so muskets remained unloaded. The flanking movement had failed. The British commander Howe decided that with his superior numbers a frontal assault was called for. The second attack was toward the rail fence, while Col. Pigot's force charged the breastwork and main redoubt. Again accurate American musket fire from behind cover into the regular marching columns again decimated the British, causing them to again fall back. Howe sent for 400 more reinforcements. This time he ordered the men to discard their heavy packs. The third attack concentrated on the breastwork and fort on Breed's Hill. The determined British drove up the hill into the teeth of enemy fire. By now the Americans were running out of ammunition some throwing rocks. Only after the Redcoats finally broke through to the inside of the fort and fighting was hand-to-hand, did Prescott order a retreat. Knowlton's troops at the fence provided cover while Prescott fell back. Altogether there were over 1050 British casualties compared to 440 American. The commander of the British forces in America, Clinton: "A dear bought victory, another such would have ruined us." THE INVASION OF CANADA In August 1775 George Washington offered Benedict Arnold command of an expedition against Quebec, both assuming that the Canadians would be willing to join a revolution against British rule (which proved untrue). On September 19 he sailed with 1050 men from Newburyport, MA for Gardinerstowne (now Gardiner, ME) about 25 mi. up the Kennebec River, from which he would follow Dead River, then Chaudiere River to the Canadian city. A previous survey failed to mention how dangerous and treacherous the trek would be. Gen. Schuyler and Gen. Montgomery would take another force through Lake Champlain to Montreal. 200 heavy batteaux (double-ended flat-bottomed boats) quickly proved difficult when the waterway turned into disconnected streams and swamps. Besides having to carry the heavy vessels for miles, the green wood of the batteaux leaked and quickly began to deteriorate. Then Dead River proved to have a strong current and there were several rapids and falls along the way. On October 19th it began to rain and after three more days of rain a division of 300 men voted to turn back without Arnold's knowledge, taking much of the food with them. At about the halfway point, they abandoned the batteaux and climbed over the mountains to Chaudiere River. By this time they were out of food and had begun eating their moccasins, shot pouches, and even soap. Finally on November 2 they killed a moose and traded for fresh flour. By the time they arrived at Point Levi opposite Quebec on November 9, 100 men had died and another 100 had turned back, leaving 600 remaining. The Quebec garrison consisted of only 70 British regulars, but Carleton had mustered perhaps 1000 militia, sailors, and soldiers from his ships. Arnold's men were worn out, low on powder, and without artillery, but he was determined to take the city. They crossed the river, but heard news of a British sortie, so retreated to await Montgomery?s arrival, which occurred (with only 300 men; the rest on garrison duty after easily taking Montreal) on December 2. They planned that Arnold?s force would enter the lightly guarded north Palace Gate and Montgomery would take the southern Diamond bastion. They waited for a dark night, which occurred on the last day of enlistment for many, the night of New Year?s Day. In early skirmishing Arnold was wounded in the leg and carried to the rear and Daniel Morgan took command. Meanwhile, the first volley at Diamond bastion had cut down much of the American leadership, including Montgomery, and over fifty men. The remainder of this 300 lost heart and turned back. Morgan was cut off from a retreat and so Carleton captured 426 of Arnold's men. The Americans maintained a powerless siege throughout the winter, until they forced to flee to Montreal when British reinforcements arrived on May 6, 1776. THE RETREAT AND THE BATTLE OF VALCOUR ISLAND More British reinforcements arrived so that they totaled nearly 11,000 by June 1. When a large force was sent toward Montreal, the Americans, though reinforced by Gen Sullivan, were still outnumbered and weakened by defeat and disease, especially smallpox (which killed Gen. Thomas) and malaria. They also lacked adequate shelter, clothing, and provisions, causing poor morale. In a pitifully decrepit condition encamped at Crown Point, Gen. Sullivan was replaced by Gen. Horatio Gates. He figured that the key to stopping a British advance was to command Lake Champlain. Carleton had the same realization and had an 18-gun ship dismantled on the St. Lawrence and carried overland in sections to reassemble on the lake. He then had built two schooners (14 and 12 guns), a 7 gun gondola, 20 gunboats, and a large raft-like vessel called a radeau that carried 300 men and a 24 pounder. The Americans had four small vessels totaling 36 guns. Gates had Arnold expand this navy. Arnold managed to pull together craftsmen to work through July and August to build a half dozen gundalows (3 guns/45 men) and an equal number of galleys (8-10 guns/70-80 men). By September, they were setting sail and were drilling on how to use the craft. On October 11 lookouts spotted the British fleet and this larger fleet saw the Americans as the passed Valcour Island. The British schooner ?Carleton? engaged and took the brunt of the American fire, but the powerful, but ungainly, radeau ?Thunderer? could not maneuver and proved useless. The fire of an 18-gun ship, the ?Inflexible,? however, overpowered the smaller American vessels, but darkness came before the British victory could be achieved. Desperate, Arnold attempted to sneak by in the fog and the dark of night. The wind pinned them to the western shore and he was forced to beach and fire most of his ships. Only five of the sixteen vessels made it to Crown Point. But failure turned to victory. Carleton decided that, after expending the energy in battle and realizing that the Americans still held Crown Point and Ticonderoga, which had a sizeable force, it was too late in the season to continue the campaign. He withdrew to St. Johns. " VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE VOL 1, PAGE 990 "Benjamin was baptized May 8, 1763 at Wells, Maine. Left Vermont in 1813 FROM THE BOOK: Cheney Genealogy by C. H. Pope and Elam George Cheney, pub. about 1917. Benjamin Cheney born in Wells, Maine, May 9, 1763; married Eunice. He was a Revolutionary soldier, mustered into service at Wells, July 3, 1779 (age 16) by Nathaniel Wells, term of service expired Jan. 1, 1780. Benjamin - 6 Cheney removed after some years to Granby, Vermont of which he was one of the first actual residence. At a meeting of the proprietors of the township, held at Guildhall, Essex county, Vermont, June 14, 1790, lands were assigned him. His daughter Sarah, at twelve years of age married Joseph Herrick, Jr., son of the other "first residence". At some time not known to us he removed to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, residing there he sold in Granby, Vermont, Febr. 5, 1822 to Ephraim Cheney of Freedom. Moses Cheney sold land in Granby, January 18, 1810, his wife Jemima, signed with him. Aaron Cheney, of Marshfield, Vermonth sold land in Granby to Heard Cheney about 1812. The town record of Granby show these facts. They also give the birth of Hurd Cheney, son of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney, at Granby, first born in town, September 1819. *other deeds of Aaron are on record in 1815. FROM FROM THE BOOK: Elam Cheney, Aaron Cheney, Mehitable Wells; Their Ancestors and Some Descendants by Marvel R. Cheney 1967.(Mormon family History Library) A Story of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney After They Left Maine. Just when Benjamin Cheney left York, Maine and went to settle at Granby, Vermont is unknown. In the 1790 Federal Census of Guildhall, Orange county (later Essex county), Vermont, Benjamin Cheney appears (1 - 2 - 2). Benjamin and wife and three small children, namely: Moses, eldest, Aaron and Sarah. Much research has been done on which route Benjamin and wife took to Vermont. First: may have been for them to return to Newbury, Mass., on the Merrimac River, where Benjamin's ancestors had lived for nearly a 100 years before going to York County, Maine. Therefore the sources of the Merrimac river would be well known to the Cheney families. The Merrimac river is fed by many lakes in the central part of New Hampshire and in this area the mountains and hills are quite low. The high mountains are to the North. If they went by water, we presume they traveled the Merrimac river until they came to a tributary of the Merrimac that reaches toward the Connecticut river and then by crossing a low hill they reached a contributary of the Connecticut and preceded down that tributary to the Connecticut river and up the Connecticut river to the region of Guildhall. At this time the greatest precentage of travel was still done by water. Either a flat boat (raft) or a dug out, hollowed out log canoe, was used with all the families possessions pilled on it. A flat boat would carry more then a dug out and could even had a cow on it. Second: they may have gone by ox sled (drawn by oxen) and when the heavy sled, loaded with probably a household chest, an iron kettle or two, seeds, axes and the children, would become mired in the mud in the swamps, Benjamin and his wife would then have aided the oxen in pulling it through. There was always a cow in any caravan and sometimes pigs and poultry. Hurd was the first of Benjamin's children to be born at Granby, Vermont. But that does not tell us when they arrived in Guildhall, Vermont. We know by the census that Granby was not inhabited in 1790. And it is very likely Benjamin had been up the Merrimac river at sometime before he and his family moved that way. Benjamin's grandfather, Daniel Cheney's residence at Newbury, Mass., when he was a youth. The 1800 Federal Census of Granby, Essex county, taken from Orange county which had been divided into several counties by now; gives Benjamin and Eunice Cheney with eight children. "Granby, Essex, Co., Vermont: Federal Census of 1800. Cheaney, Benjamin 2-2-0-1-0 males 3-1-0-1 females. BENJAMIN-6 CHENEY was baptized May 8, 1753, Wells, Maine. He is buried in Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York. He is the son of Joseph-5 Cheney and Dorcus Stewart. Marriage, intentions 13 May 1783, married 16 June 1783 at Wells, Maine. FROM: Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887 ?The Benjamin, Sr. and Eunice Cheney family in the 1810 federal census of Granby Essex county, Vermont: Cheany, Benjamin (1 male and 1 female over 45: 1 male between 10 and 16; 1 female between 10 and 16; 1 male under 10 years; 1 female under 10 years.) The children could be Ephraim age 12 and probably Anna age 14, Benjamin age 8 and Olive age 9. Where were Eunice and Martha that day? Married or just not at home. 4. Aaron 7- Cheney has a household of his own in 1810, with one male child under 10 who could be Amasa. 2. Moses Cheney is also married to Jemima Streeter whose birth is reported to be in two different places; Winsor Co., Vermont. (I feel it should be Hartford, Winsor Co., Vermont. mrc.) And P.S. says Jemima was married at Bridgewater, Vermont. Moses and Jemima Cheney are Parker Sage?s ancestors. Aaron Cheney married Mehitabel Wells, of Marshfield, Washington county, Vermont. Some have it Mansfield. Mansfield and Marshfield lay side by side on the 1790 map. See Wells Genealogy. Mehitabel Wells had a brother, John, who lived at Newbury, Orange Co., Vermont, on the Connecticut river. Did Mehitabel meet Aaron while visiting her brother at Newbury, Vermont? It appears as though Moses and Aaron had been rafting or boating up and down the Connecticut river and met their wives at towns they had stopped at. Between 1810 and 1820, Benjamin Cheney, sons and daughters moved from Granby, Vermont. The first story relating to their move is this source: Florence Allen Cheney?s family records: ?Benjamin Cheney moved from Granby, Vermont to New York, in 1813. In 1813 all of the inhabitants of Granby moved out; the snow was too deep, the weather too severally cold and the wolves were very dangerous, so they all left the town, next spring 3 families went back but not Benjamin Cheney. At this time presumable he moved with his family to Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York. (Source: Appendix to the Cheney Genealogy published 1902: Edgar O. Cheney of Buffalo, New York, gives the following outline----?My great-grandfather, name unknown, removed from Vermont to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. with children, Moses, Hurd, Aaron and two daughters. FROM THE BOOK: History of Guildhall, Vermont by Benton.? Published 1886. History of Granby and Guildhall Vermont ?Guildhall, June 14, 1790---The Proprietors voted that Joseph Herrick and Benjamin Cheney, being first settlers of Granby, that each of them have, as an inducement for settling, two lots, that is to say, that said Herrick lots No. 7 & 8 in range 5, and the said Cheney lots No. 7 and 8 in the 4th range, being the same lots on which they have begun improvements, which this to include all grants heretofore made, provided that each of them pursue and prosecute their improvements as fast as could reasonable be expected. At a meeting held at Guildhall, June 21, 1791, the committee appointed to lay out and clear a road through the town of Granby, were directed to complete the same as soon as possible. It must be remembered that this location is thickly forested. Provision was also made for supplying teams (Oxen) in making bridges, and ?that the price of each yoke of good oxen so employed should be the same price per day as a man?s labor?, which was 5 shillings per day. The road was surveyed and completed in 1791 at a cost of 174 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pense. Town of Granby The first proprietors? meeting, as per record, held in Granby, was held at the home of Joseph Herrick, October 27th, 1795. At the meeting they voted:-- That, whereas, the proprietors at their meeting holden heretofore have given as encouragement to the twelve settlers who shall first settle in said town a tract of public land, not exceeding 150 acres to each??. The names of others and their allotments were as follows: Joseph Herrick (200 acres), Benjamin Cheney,?.The last entry upon the proprietors; record bears date April 19, 1802. ?After careful examination of all within my reach that pertains to the first settlement, I have come to the conclusion that Joseph Herrick and Benjamin Cheney moved into the town in 1790 or 1791, probably the former. In the first book of town records, under the head of births and death and marriage, on page eleven, is the following: ?Herd Cheney, son of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney, born September 16, 1791, the first child that was born in town. The first town meeting was held at the house of Joseph Herrick, on the 2nd Tuesday of March, 1798, when Nathaniel Herrick, Jr., Robert Pike and Benjamin Cheney, were elected listers and selectmen,?As thus organized the town continued to hold meetings and elect officers down to 1815, when the organization was abandoned and the records delivered to the county clerk.? ?For about twenty years, up to 1810, the settlement appears to have gone on favorable if not prosperously, and there were twenty-four or twenty-six families in town. About 1810, for some cause, several families removed to Canada, some to Northern New York, and some to adjoining towns, and the famous ?cold season?, 1813 and 1818, produced a general stampede, so that in 1816 or 1817 there were but three families left in town. This regarding schools, ? About the year 1799, a third district was formed to the west, or hill settlement.? ?November 8, 1805, the Essex County Grammer school was incorporated and located in Guildhall.? Weather: The next remarkable event was the great snow storm of 1804, on October 9th of that year, it being extremely cold, it snowed without intermission, until over 20 inches had fallen. In the month of March 1807, there was another high wind. On the 1st day of May of this year snow in the woods was fully 4 and ½ feet deep, with extremely cold weather. In 1815 there was a large amount of snow. The next year 1916 is noted as the ?coldest year. Weather around Cattaraugus Co., New York. Source: ?The Almond Story? Almond is in Allegany County and Allegany County lies just east of Cattaraugus County. The year 1816 was known as the year without a summer and by some freak of nature it was unseasonable cold and there was a killing frost or ice or snow every month in the year. The coldest month being June with snow three inches deep. In August ice was ½ inch thick.? Cattaraugus County, New York. SOURCE: Gazetteer of New York by French, published 1860 The town or settlement of Olean was founded in 1808 and at first included the whole territory of Cattaraugus, County. Franklinville was formed from Olean, June 16, 1812, as ?Hebe?. It?s name was changed to Ischua?, April 17th 1816, and to Franklinville, March 3, 1824. Freedom was formed from Ischua? (now Franklinville) April 13, 1820. The first settlement was made in 1811 at Freedom. Two men from New Hampshire and 3 men from Vermont put up log houses at the time and moved their families there the spring of 1812. The Methodist church was formed in Freedom in 1820. Sundusky is on Clear Creek, in the north part of the county, and is about 4 miles from Freedom. Fish Lake is in the east part of Cattaraugus County. Township No. 6-Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York SOURCE: History Cattaraugus County, New York-published 1893. The surface around Freedom is a rolling or moderately hilly upland. The first saw mill was built in 1821. The first gristmill was built in 1822. The removal of Benjamin Cheney and Families: We know that Benjamin and all his close relatives were gone from Granby, Vermont by 1816 because there were only three families left at Granby and they were not Cheneys or Herricks. How did those families move: By ox sled in the middle of the winter to Cattaraugus county, New Yoork as one family, the Chamberlins did. The Chamberlins had lived at Barton, Orleans (Orleans county is north east of Granby) Vermont. The Chamberlins traveled the long cold route in the winter of 1815-1816 with a canvas covered sleigh drawn by a yoke of oxen. Much of the way they were compelled to hitch one ox ahead of the other. They arrived in Cattaraugus County, February 1816. The sons, 9 and 7, took turns driving the milk cow. Second: Did the Cheney family live in some near by town until Spring and then move to Freedom. Maybe Benjamin Cheney and his families left Vermont with the Beebe family who came to Arcade, Wyoming County, just north of Cattaraugus County. The Beebe?s arrived about 1815, making the journey with an ox team. And in 1818 the Beebe?s moved to Freedom. Parker Sage knows that his ancestor Moses Cheney terried in Ontario County because their Moses? son, Joshua, was born in 1817. James McBride in his autobiography, has his wife, Olive Cheney, daughter of Aaron Cheney, being born in Bloomfield, Cattaraugus County, New York (Bloomfield is in Ontario County). Olive was born 14 May 1817. It is just possible that James McBride is more right about where she was born then others who compiled records at later dates from memory. The Cheney?s may all have been in Ontario County the Spring of 1817 and then most of them went on to Cattaraugus County and Moses still terried before he joined his relations in Cattaraugus County. The 1820 Federal Census of Cattaraugus County, New York has this: CHINE, Benjamin: 1male over 45 (Benjamin) 1 female over 45 (Eunice), 2 males 16 to 20 (Benjamin Jr and Ephraim), 1 male 16 to 18 (Enoch). CHENA, Herd 2 females under 10 years (2 infant daughters) Both of these children probably died when very young. Town of Ischua CHINE, Aaron: 1 male to 45 (Aaron age 33), 1 female to 45 (Mehitabel), 1 male 10 to 16 (Amasa age 11), 2 males under 10 (Selah and Orrin), 1 females under 10 (Olive age 3). Sometime during the next 10 years Benjamin and Eunice Cheney died and are buried in the Freedom English Cemetery, and at the same period Selah Cheney, son of Aaron and Mehitabel, died. Parker Sage wrote that was where he had found their graves. Moses Cheney, Sr. was killed by a falling tree about 1822. Olive Cheney McBride had in her ?Family Records?; Moses, her uncle, buried by his parents near Sundusky, New York. In checking your township map you will see how close Freedom and Sundusky are to each other, 3 to 4 miles apart. History: In 1810, Cattaraugus County only had a population of 458 people, 1814 there were 537 and by 1820 the population was 4,000, by 1830 there were 16,724 persons. In 1830 the district of Freedom had 1,505 souls. The Cheneys in 1820 counted in the Franklin village district and there were 1453 people. Franklinville is about 15 miles from Freedom. One source says that Ischua, Cattaraugus County was the center of the population from 1812 to 1824. 1823 Samuel Davis came to Bolivar, Allegany County New York bringing the first span of horses to that town. (Allegany County is next to Cattaraugus County on the latters east boundary.) The Ancestors and Descendants of Floyd Lester Cheney(1886-1965) and Delila Ethel Geiger(1890-1964) compiled 1981 Benjamin Cheney Sr. (1763- ????) Benjamin Cheney was horn on 9 May 1763 in Wells. Maine to Joseph Cheney and Dorcus Stewart. He married Eunice Hubbard on 16 June 1783. She was born on 13 Mar 1783 to John Hurd Hubbard and Hannah Neal. Benjamin was mustered into military service on 3 July 1779 at Wells, Maine and served until 1 Jan 1780. He received a grant of land in Illinois, then the frontier, for service as a Revolutionary War soldier. On 14 June 1790, John Herrick and Benjamin Cheney were each granted land in Granby, Vermont as an inducement for settling the area. Benjamin was given a 15 acre millsite. Benjamin and Eunice moved into Granby in 1790 or 1791. The first white child born in Granby was Hurd Cheney. He was born on 16 Sep 1791. The family was living in Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York in 1817. Benjamin and Eunice sold land to their son Ephraim at Freedom. on 4 Feb 1822

1790 United States Federal Census for Guildhall, Essex Co., Vermont (Head, Wife, three small children)

1800 United States Federal Census for Granby, Essex Co., Vermont

1810 United States Federal Census for Granby, Essex Co., Vermont

Christening: May 13, 1757 Wells, York, Maine

Corporal Benjamin Cheney I

By John Schultze, 2001, descendant of Benjamin Cheney I and Eunice Hubbard. Bunker Hill and the Invasion of Canada.

During the Revolutionary War, Corporal Benjamin Cheney, according to his great grandson Horace Cheney, was in hand-to-hand fighting, with a sword, at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1802 his Illinois land grant for military services rendered said that he was in McIntire?s company in the corps of artillery. In ?The History of York County, Maine? Capt. Rufus McIntire of Wells, ME had a company of United States artillery and it states that he was in service in Canada. This would be the disastrous invasion of Canada.

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

Just over 1000 men, led by Col. William Prescott, marched toward Charlestown to erect a fortification and battery on Bunker Hill. They opted to work first on the lower Breed's Hill that was closer to the British. On the morning of June 17, 1775, British on their battleships awoke to see new redoubts. The ship's cannons opened up. Col. Prescott flaunted the minimal damage from the cannon fire by pacing atop the unfinished fort. The Americans continued building other works during the day, while the British debated what move they should make.

The Redcoats decided to land 1500 men on the eastern-most point called Moulton's Point. Light infantry immediately formed four abreast and marched toward a rail fence extending from the northern beach of the Mystic River, so that another column could flank the American left. Capt. Knowlton's men were behind the fence and John Stark's men were behind a quickly constructed a rock wall nearest the beach. When within 50 feet, the Americans opened up. British infantrymen fell in droves. The orders had been to use bayonets, so muskets remained unloaded. The flanking movement had failed.

The British commander Howe decided that with his superior numbers a frontal assault was called for. The second attack was toward the rail fence, while Col. Pigot's force charged the breastwork and main redoubt. Again accurate American musket fire from behind cover into the regular marching columns again decimated the British, causing them to again fall back. Howe sent for 400 more reinforcements. This time he ordered the men to discard their heavy packs.

The third attack concentrated on the breastwork and fort on Breed's Hill. The determined British drove up the hill into the teeth of enemy fire. By now the Americans were running out of ammunition some throwing rocks. Only after the Redcoats finally broke through to the inside of the fort and fighting was hand-to-hand, did Prescott order a retreat. Knowlton's troops at the fence provided cover while Prescott fell back. Altogether there were over 1050 British casualties compared to 440 American. The commander of the British forces in America, Clinton: "A dear bought victory, another such would have ruined us."

THE INVASION OF CANADA

In August 1775 George Washington offered Benedict Arnold command of an expedition against Quebec, both assuming that the Canadians would be willing to join a revolution against British rule (which proved untrue). On September 19 he sailed with 1050 men from Newburyport, MA for Gardinerstowne (now Gardiner, ME) about 25 mi. up the Kennebec River, from which he would follow Dead River, then Chaudiere River to the Canadian city. A previous survey failed to mention how dangerous and treacherous the trek would be. Gen. Schuyler and Gen. Montgomery would take another force through Lake Champlain to Montreal.

200 heavy batteaux (double-ended flat-bottomed boats) quickly proved difficult when the waterway turned into disconnected streams and swamps. Besides having to carry the heavy vessels for miles, the green wood of the batteaux leaked and quickly began to deteriorate. Then Dead River proved to have a strong current and there were several rapids and falls along the way. On October 19th it began to rain and after three more days of rain a division of 300 men voted to turn back without Arnold's knowledge, taking much of the food with them.

At about the halfway point, they abandoned the batteaux and climbed over the mountains to Chaudiere River. By this time they were out of food and had begun eating their moccasins, shot pouches, and even soap. Finally on November 2 they killed a moose and traded for fresh flour. By the time they arrived at Point Levi opposite Quebec on November 9, 100 men had died and another 100 had turned back, leaving 600 remaining.

The Quebec garrison consisted of only 70 British regulars, but Carleton had mustered perhaps 1000 militia, sailors, and soldiers from his ships. Arnold's men were worn out, low on powder, and without artillery, but he was determined to take the city. They crossed the river, but heard news of a British sortie, so retreated to await Montgomery?s arrival, which occurred (with only 300 men; the rest on garrison duty after easily taking Montreal) on December 2.

They planned that Arnold?s force would enter the lightly guarded north Palace Gate and Montgomery would take the southern Diamond bastion. They waited for a dark night, which occurred on the last day of enlistment for many, the night of New Year?s Day. In early skirmishing Arnold was wounded in the leg and carried to the rear and Daniel Morgan took command. Meanwhile, the first volley at Diamond bastion had cut down much of the American leadership, including Montgomery, and over fifty men. The remainder of this 300 lost heart and turned back. Morgan was cut off from a retreat and so Carleton captured 426 of Arnold's men. The Americans maintained a powerless siege throughout the winter, until they forced to flee to Montreal when British reinforcements arrived on May 6, 1776.

THE RETREAT AND THE BATTLE OF VALCOUR ISLAND

More British reinforcements arrived so that they totaled nearly 11,000 by June 1. When a large force was sent toward Montreal, the Americans, though reinforced by Gen Sullivan, were still outnumbered and weakened by defeat and disease, especially smallpox (which killed Gen. Thomas) and malaria. They also lacked adequate shelter, clothing, and provisions, causing poor morale.

In a pitifully decrepit condition encamped at Crown Point, Gen. Sullivan was replaced by Gen. Horatio Gates. He figured that the key to stopping a British advance was to command Lake Champlain. Carleton had the same realization and had an 18-gun ship dismantled on the St. Lawrence and carried overland in sections to reassemble on the lake. He then had built two schooners (14 and 12 guns), a 7 gun gondola, 20 gunboats, and a large raft-like vessel called a radeau that carried 300 men and a 24 pounder.

The Americans had four small vessels totaling 36 guns. Gates had Arnold expand this navy. Arnold managed to pull together craftsmen to work through July and August to build a half dozen gundalows (3 guns/45 men) and an equal number of galleys (8-10 guns/70-80 men). By September, they were setting sail and were drilling on how to use the craft. On October 11 lookouts spotted the British fleet and this larger fleet saw the Americans as the passed Valcour Island. The British schooner ?Carleton? engaged and took the brunt of the American fire, but the powerful, but ungainly, radeau ?Thunderer? could not maneuver and proved useless. The fire of an 18-gun ship, the ?Inflexible,? however, overpowered the smaller American vessels, but darkness came before the British victory could be achieved.

Desperate, Arnold attempted to sneak by in the fog and the dark of night. The wind pinned them to the western shore and he was forced to beach and fire most of his ships. Only five of the sixteen vessels made it to Crown Point. But failure turned to victory. Carleton decided that, after expending the energy in battle and realizing that the Americans still held Crown Point and Ticonderoga, which had a sizeable force, it was too late in the season to continue the campaign. He withdrew to St. Johns.

" VERMONT HISTORICAL MAGAZINE VOL 1, PAGE 990

"Benjamin was baptized May 8, 1763 at Wells, Maine. Left Vermont in 1813

FROM THE BOOK:

Cheney Genealogy by C. H. Pope and Elam George Cheney, pub. about 1917.

Benjamin Cheney born in Wells, Maine, May 9, 1763; married Eunice. He was a Revolutionary soldier, mustered into service at Wells, July 3, 1779 (age 16) by Nathaniel Wells, term of service expired Jan. 1, 1780.

Benjamin - 6 Cheney removed after some years to Granby, Vermont of which he was one of the first actual residence. At a meeting of the proprietors of the township, held at Guildhall, Essex county, Vermont, June 14, 1790, lands were assigned him.
His daughter Sarah, at twelve years of age married Joseph Herrick, Jr., son of the other "first residence". At some time not known to us he removed to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, residing there he sold in Granby, Vermont, Febr. 5, 1822 to Ephraim Cheney of Freedom. Moses Cheney sold land in Granby, January 18, 1810, his wife Jemima, signed with him. Aaron Cheney, of Marshfield, Vermonth sold land in Granby to Heard Cheney about 1812. The town record of Granby show these facts. They also give the birth of Hurd Cheney, son of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney, at Granby, first born in town, September 1819.
***other deeds of Aaron are on record in 1815.

FROM FROM THE BOOK: Elam Cheney, Aaron Cheney, Mehitable Wells; Their Ancestors and Some Descendants by Marvel R. Cheney 1967.(Mormon family History Library)

A Story of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney After They Left Maine.

Just when Benjamin Cheney left York, Maine and went to settle at Granby, Vermont is unknown. In the 1790 Federal Census of Guildhall, Orange county (later Essex county), Vermont, Benjamin Cheney appears (1 - 2 - 2). Benjamin and wife and three small children, namely: Moses, eldest, Aaron and Sarah. Much research has been done on which route Benjamin and wife took to Vermont. First: may have been for them to return to Newbury, Mass., on the Merrimac River, where Benjamin's ancestors had lived for nearly a 100 years before going to York County, Maine. Therefore the sources of the Merrimac river would be well known to the Cheney families. The Merrimac river is fed by many lakes in the central part of New Hampshire and in this area the mountains and hills are quite low. The high mountains are to the North. If they went by water, we presume they traveled the Merrimac river until they came to a tributary of the Merrimac that reaches toward the Connecticut river and then by crossing a low hill they reached a contributary of the Connecticut and preceded down that tributary to the Connecticut river and up the Connecticut river to the region of Guildhall.
At this time the greatest precentage of travel was still done by water. Either a flat boat (raft) or a dug out, hollowed out log canoe, was used with all the families possessions pilled on it. A flat boat would carry more then a dug out and could even had a cow on it. Second: they may have gone by ox sled (drawn by oxen) and when the heavy sled, loaded with probably a household chest, an iron kettle or two, seeds, axes and the children, would become mired in the mud in the swamps, Benjamin and his wife would then have aided the oxen in pulling it through. There was always a cow in any caravan and sometimes pigs and poultry.
Hurd was the first of Benjamin's children to be born at Granby, Vermont. But that does not tell us when they arrived in Guildhall, Vermont. We know by the census that Granby was not inhabited in 1790. And it is very likely Benjamin had been up the Merrimac river at sometime before he and his family moved that way. Benjamin's grandfather, Daniel Cheney's residence at Newbury, Mass., when he was a youth.
The 1800 Federal Census of Granby, Essex county, taken from Orange county which had been divided into several counties by now; gives Benjamin and Eunice Cheney with eight children.

"Granby, Essex, Co., Vermont: Federal Census of 1800. Cheaney, Benjamin 2-2-0-1-0 males 3-1-0-1 females.

BENJAMIN-6 CHENEY was baptized May 8, 1753, Wells, Maine. He is buried in Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York. He is the son of Joseph-5 Cheney and Dorcus Stewart.

Marriage, intentions 13 May 1783, married 16 June 1783 at Wells, Maine.

FROM: Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887

?The Benjamin, Sr. and Eunice Cheney family in the 1810 federal census of Granby Essex county, Vermont: Cheany, Benjamin (1 male and 1 female over 45: 1 male between 10 and 16; 1 female between 10 and 16; 1 male under 10 years; 1 female under 10 years.)
The children could be Ephraim age 12 and probably Anna age 14, Benjamin age 8 and Olive age 9. Where were Eunice and Martha that day? Married or just not at home.

4. Aaron 7- Cheney has a household of his own in 1810, with one male child under 10 who could be Amasa.

2. Moses Cheney is also married to Jemima Streeter whose birth is reported to be in two different places; Winsor Co., Vermont. ** (I feel it should be Hartford, Winsor Co., Vermont. mrc.) And P.S. says Jemima was married at Bridgewater, Vermont. Moses and Jemima Cheney are Parker Sage?s ancestors.
Aaron Cheney married Mehitabel Wells, of Marshfield, Washington county, Vermont. Some have it Mansfield. Mansfield and Marshfield lay side by side on the 1790 map. **See Wells Genealogy.

Mehitabel Wells had a brother, John, who lived at Newbury, Orange Co., Vermont, on the Connecticut river. Did Mehitabel meet Aaron while visiting her brother at Newbury, Vermont? It appears as though Moses and Aaron had been rafting or boating up and down the Connecticut river and met their wives at towns they had stopped at.
Between 1810 and 1820, Benjamin Cheney, sons and daughters moved from Granby, Vermont.

The first story relating to their move is this source: Florence Allen Cheney?s family records: ?Benjamin Cheney moved from Granby, Vermont to New York, in 1813. In 1813 all of the inhabitants of Granby moved out; the snow was too deep, the weather too severally cold and the wolves were very dangerous, so they all left the town, next spring 3 families went back but not Benjamin Cheney. At this time presumable he moved with his family to Freedom, Cattaraugus county, New York. (Source: Appendix to the Cheney Genealogy published 1902: Edgar O. Cheney of Buffalo, New York, gives the following outline----?My great-grandfather, name unknown, removed from Vermont to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. with children, Moses, Hurd, Aaron and two daughters.

FROM THE BOOK: History of Guildhall, Vermont by Benton.? Published 1886.

History of Granby and Guildhall Vermont

?Guildhall, June 14, 1790---The Proprietors voted that Joseph Herrick and Benjamin Cheney, being first settlers of Granby, that each of them have, as an inducement for settling, two lots, that is to say, that said Herrick lots No. 7 & 8 in range 5, and the said Cheney lots No. 7 and 8 in the 4th range, being the same lots on which they have begun improvements, which this to include all grants heretofore made, provided that each of them pursue and prosecute their improvements as fast as could reasonable be expected.
At a meeting held at Guildhall, June 21, 1791, the committee appointed to lay out and clear a road through the town of Granby, were directed to complete the same as soon as possible.

**It must be remembered that this location is thickly forested.

Provision was also made for supplying teams (Oxen) in making bridges, and ?that the price of each yoke of good oxen so employed should be the same price per day as a man?s labor?, which was 5 shillings per day.

The road was surveyed and completed in 1791 at a cost of 174 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pense.

Town of Granby

The first proprietors? meeting, as per record, held in Granby, was held at the home of Joseph Herrick, October 27th, 1795. At the meeting they voted:--

That, whereas, the proprietors at their meeting holden heretofore have given as encouragement to the twelve settlers who shall first settle in said town a tract of public land, not exceeding 150 acres to each??. The names of others and their allotments were as follows: Joseph Herrick (200 acres), Benjamin Cheney,?.The last entry upon the proprietors; record bears date April 19, 1802.
?After careful examination of all within my reach that pertains to the first settlement, I have come to the conclusion that Joseph Herrick and Benjamin Cheney moved into the town in 1790 or 1791, probably the former. In the first book of town records, under the head of births and death and marriage, on page eleven, is the following: ?Herd Cheney, son of Benjamin and Eunice Cheney, born September 16, 1791, the first child that was born in town.
The first town meeting was held at the house of Joseph Herrick, on the 2nd Tuesday of March, 1798, when Nathaniel Herrick, Jr., Robert Pike and Benjamin Cheney, were elected listers and selectmen,?As thus organized the town continued to hold meetings and elect officers down to 1815, when the organization was abandoned and the records delivered to the county clerk.?
?For about twenty years, up to 1810, the settlement appears to have gone on favorable if not prosperously, and there were twenty-four or twenty-six families in town. About 1810, for some cause, several families removed to Canada, some to Northern New York, and some to adjoining towns, and the famous ?cold season?, 1813 and 1818, produced a general stampede, so that in 1816 or 1817 there were but three families left in town.

This regarding schools, ? About the year 1799, a third district was formed to the west, or hill settlement.?

?November 8, 1805, the Essex County Grammer school was incorporated and located in Guildhall.?

Weather:

The next remarkable event was the great snow storm of 1804, on October 9th of that year, it being extremely cold, it snowed without intermission, until over 20 inches had fallen. In the month of March 1807, there was another high wind. On the 1st day of May of this year snow in the woods was fully 4 and ½ feet deep, with extremely cold weather. In 1815 there was a large amount of snow. The next year 1916 is noted as the ?coldest year.

Weather around Cattaraugus Co., New York. Source: ?The Almond Story?

Almond is in Allegany County and Allegany County lies just east of Cattaraugus County.

The year 1816 was known as the year without a summer and by some freak of nature it was unseasonable cold and there was a killing frost or ice or snow every month in the year. The coldest month being June with snow three inches deep. In August ice was ½ inch thick.?

Cattaraugus County, New York.

SOURCE: Gazetteer of New York by French, published 1860

The town or settlement of Olean was founded in 1808 and at first included the whole territory of Cattaraugus, County. Franklinville was formed from Olean, June 16, 1812, as ?Hebe?. It?s name was changed to Ischua?, April 17th 1816, and to Franklinville, March 3, 1824.

Freedom was formed from Ischua? (now Franklinville) April 13, 1820.

The first settlement was made in 1811 at Freedom. Two men from New Hampshire and 3 men from Vermont put up log houses at the time and moved their families there the spring of 1812.

The Methodist church was formed in Freedom in 1820.

Sundusky is on Clear Creek, in the north part of the county, and is about 4 miles from Freedom.

Fish Lake is in the east part of Cattaraugus County.

Township No. 6-Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York

SOURCE: History Cattaraugus County, New York-published 1893.

The surface around Freedom is a rolling or moderately hilly upland. The first saw mill was built in 1821. The first gristmill was built in 1822.

The removal of Benjamin Cheney and Families:

We know that Benjamin and all his close relatives were gone from Granby, Vermont by 1816 because there were only three families left at Granby and they were not Cheneys or Herricks.

How did those families move: By ox sled in the middle of the winter to Cattaraugus county, New Yoork as one family, the Chamberlins did. The Chamberlins had lived at Barton, Orleans (Orleans county is north east of Granby) Vermont. The Chamberlins traveled the long cold route in the winter of 1815-1816 with a canvas covered sleigh drawn by a yoke of oxen. Much of the way they were compelled to hitch one ox ahead of the other. They arrived in Cattaraugus County, February 1816. The sons, 9 and 7, took turns driving the milk cow.
Second: Did the Cheney family live in some near by town until Spring and then move to Freedom. Maybe Benjamin Cheney and his families left Vermont with the Beebe family who came to Arcade, Wyoming County, just north of Cattaraugus County. The Beebe?s arrived about 1815, making the journey with an ox team. And in 1818 the Beebe?s moved to Freedom.
Parker Sage knows that his ancestor Moses Cheney terried in Ontario County because their Moses? son, Joshua, was born in 1817.

James McBride in his autobiography, has his wife, Olive Cheney, daughter of Aaron Cheney, being born in Bloomfield, Cattaraugus County, New York (Bloomfield is in Ontario County). Olive was born 14 May 1817. It is just possible that James McBride is more right about where she was born then others who compiled records at later dates from memory. The Cheney?s may all have been in Ontario County the Spring of 1817 and then most of them went on to Cattaraugus County and Moses still terried before he joined his relations in Cattaraugus County.
The 1820 Federal Census of Cattaraugus County, New York has this:

CHINE, Benjamin: 1male over 45 (Benjamin) 1 female over 45 (Eunice), 2 males 16 to 20 (Benjamin Jr and Ephraim), 1 male 16 to 18 (Enoch).

CHENA, Herd 2 females under 10 years (2 infant daughters) Both of these children probably died when very young.

Town of Ischua

CHINE, Aaron: 1 male to 45 (Aaron age 33), 1 female to 45 (Mehitabel), 1 male 10 to 16 (Amasa age 11), 2 males under 10 (Selah and Orrin), 1 females under 10 (Olive age 3).

Sometime during the next 10 years Benjamin and Eunice Cheney died and are buried in the Freedom English Cemetery, and at the same period Selah Cheney, son of Aaron and Mehitabel, died. Parker Sage wrote that was where he had found their graves. Moses Cheney, Sr. was killed by a falling tree about 1822. Olive Cheney McBride had in her ?Family Records?; Moses, her uncle, buried by his parents near Sundusky, New York. In checking your township map you will see how close Freedom and Sundusky are to each other, 3 to 4 miles apart.

History:

In 1810, Cattaraugus County only had a population of 458 people, 1814 there were 537 and by 1820 the population was 4,000, by 1830 there were 16,724 persons.

In 1830 the district of Freedom had 1,505 souls. The Cheneys in 1820 counted in the Franklin village district and there were 1453 people. Franklinville is about 15 miles from Freedom.

One source says that Ischua, Cattaraugus County was the center of the population from 1812 to 1824.

1823 Samuel Davis came to Bolivar, Allegany County New York bringing the first span of horses to that town. (Allegany County is next to Cattaraugus County on the latters east boundary.)

The Ancestors and Descendants of Floyd Lester Cheney(1886-1965) and Delila Ethel Geiger(1890-1964) compiled 1981

Benjamin Cheney Sr. (1763- ????)

Benjamin Cheney was horn on 9 May 1763 in Wells. Maine to Joseph Cheney and Dorcus Stewart. He married Eunice Hubbard on 16 June 1783. She was born on 13 Mar 1783 to John Hurd Hubbard and Hannah Neal.

Benjamin was mustered into military service on 3 July 1779 at Wells, Maine and served until 1 Jan 1780. He received a grant of land in Illinois, then the frontier, for service as a Revolutionary War soldier.

On 14 June 1790, John Herrick and Benjamin Cheney were each granted land in Granby, Vermont as an inducement for settling the area. Benjamin was given a 15 acre millsite. Benjamin and Eunice moved into Granby in 1790 or 1791. The first white child born in Granby was Hurd Cheney. He was born on 16 Sep 1791.

The family was living in Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York in 1817. Benjamin and Eunice sold land to their son Ephraim at Freedom. on 4 Feb 1822

Sources

Description
"History of Elam Cheney, my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah
The Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897

History

Date	Age	Event	Category
17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790	(-57.4) - 26.9	Life of Benjamin Franklin	Personalities
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799	(-31.3) - 36.6	Life of George Washington	Personalities
23 Dec 1732 - 5 Aug 1792	(-30.4) - 29.2	Life of Richard Arkwright	Personalities
28 Aug 1749 - 22 Mar 1832	(-13.7) - 68.9	Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe	Personalities
1756 - 1763	(-6.9) - 0.1	Seven Years' War	Wars & Military Conflicts
15 Aug 1769 - 5 May 1821	6.2 - 58.0	Life of Napoléon Bonaparte	Personalities
17 Dec 1770 - 26 Mar 1827	7.6 - 63.9	Life of Ludwig von Beethoven	Personalities
16 Dec 1773	10.6	Boston Tea Party	USA
20 Jan 1775 - 10 Jun 1836	11.7 - 73.1	Life of André Marie Ampère	Personalities
19 Apr 1775 - 3 Sep 1783	11.9 - 20.3	American War of Independence	USA
4 Jul 1776	13.1	Declaration of Independence	USA
3 Sep 1783	20.3	Treaty of Paris 1783, end of the American War of Independence	USA
30 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1797	26.0 - 33.8	President of the United States of America: George Washington	USA - Presidents
14 Jul 1789	26.2	Storming of the Bastille	France
3 Sep 1791	28.3	Adoption of the first French Constitution	France
1792 - 1800	29.1 - 37.1	Construction period of the White House	Monuments
22 Sep 1792	29.4	Proclamation of the first French Republic	France
1794	31.1	First railway steam locomotive	Technology
1795	32.1	Start of the exploration of the Niger	Discoveries & Colonization
22 Jul 1795	32.2	Peace of Basel	Spain
14 Feb 1797	33.8	Battle of Cape St. Vincent	Spain
30 Oct 1797 - 4 Mar 1801	34.5 - 37.8	President of the United States of America: John Adams	USA - Presidents
1799	36.1	Establishment of JPMorgan Chase	Companies
4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809	37.8 - 45.8	President of the United States of America: Thomas Jefferson	USA - Presidents
1802	39.1	Establishment of DuPont	Companies
20 Mar 1804 - 6 Apr 1814	40.9 - 50.9	Emperor of France: Napoleon I	France
2 Dec 1804	41.6	Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French	France
6 Aug 1806 - 6 Aug 1813	43.2 - 50.3	Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire	Germany
1 Sep 1808 - 15 Jan 1812	45.3 - 48.7	Junta Suprema Central	Spain
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865	45.8 - 102.0	Life of Abraham Lincoln	Personalities
12 Feb 1809 - 19 Apr 1882	45.8 - 119.0	Life of Charles Robert Darwin	Personalities
4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817	45.8 - 53.8	President of the United States of America: James Madison	USA - Presidents
1810	47.1	Establishment of Krupp	Companies
7 Feb 1812 - 9 Jun 1870	48.8 - 107.1	Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens	Personalities
18 Jun 1812	49.1	War of 1812 between the United States of America and the British Empire starts.	USA
1812	49.2	Establishment of Citibank	Companies
18 Sep 1813 - 9 Jun 1815	50.4 - 52.1	Congress of Vienna	European Union
16 Oct 1813 - 19 Oct 1813	50.4 - 50.5	Battle of Leipzig	Germany
11 Dec 1813	50.6	Treaty of Valençay	Spain
16 Mar 1815 - 7 Oct 1840	51.9 - 77.4	King of the Netherlands: Willem I	Netherlands
8 Jun 1815 - 24 Aug 1866	52.1 - 103.3	German Confederation	Germany
22 Jun 1815 - 7 Jul 1815	52.1 - 52.2	Emperor of France: Napoleon II	France
1816	53.2	Invention of the stethoscope	Medicine
1816	53.2	Establishment of the American Colonization Society	Discoveries & Colonization
13 Dec 1816 - 6 Dec 1892	53.6 - 129.6	Life of Werner von Siemens	Personalities
4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825	53.8 - 61.8	President of the United States of America: James Monroe	USA - Presidents
18 Oct 1817 - 19 Oct 1817	54.5	Wartburg Festival	Germany
1818	55.2	First blood transfusion	Medicine
30 Dec 1819 - 20 Sep 1890	56.7 - 127.4	Life of Theodor Fontane	Personalities
22 Sep 1823	60.4	Finding of the Golden Plates (Book of Mormon)	Mormon History
2 Dec 1823	60.6	'Monroe Doctrine'	USA
4 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829	61.8 - 65.8	President of the United States of America: John Quincy Adams	USA - Presidents
4 Mar 1829 - 4 Mar 1837	65.8 - 73.8	President of the United States of America: Andrew Jackson	USA - Presidents
6 Apr 1830	66.9	Founding of the Church of Christ	Mormon History
6 Apr 1830 - 27 Jun 1844	66.9 - 81.2	President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Smith	Mormon History
27 May 1832 - 30 May 1832	69.1	'Hambacher Fest'	Germany
15 Dec 1832 - 27 Dec 1923	69.6 - 160.7	Life of Gustave Eiffel	Personalities
1833	70.2	Establishment of Shell	Companies
17 Mar 1834 - 6 Mar 1900	70.9 - 136.9	Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler	Personalities
4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841	73.8 - 77.8	President of the United States of America: Martin Van Buren	USA - Presidents
20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901	74.1 - 137.8	Queen of the United Kingdom: Victoria	Great Britain
1837	74.2	Establishment of the Colt's Manufacturing Company	Companies
1837	74.2	Establishment of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)	Companies
31 Oct 1837	74.5	Establishment of Procter & Gamble	Companies
8 Jul 1838 - 8 Mar 1917	75.2 - 153.9	Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin	Personalities
1839 - 1842	76.2 - 79.2	First Anglo-Afghan War	Wars & Military Conflicts
7 Oct 1840 - 17 Mar 1849	77.4 - 85.9	King of the Netherlands: Willem II	Netherlands
4 Mar 1841 - 4 Apr 1841	77.8 - 77.9	President of the United States of America: William Henry Harrison	USA - Presidents
4 Apr 1841 - 4 Mar 1845	77.9 - 81.8	President of the United States of America: John Tyler	USA - Presidents
11 Dec 1843 - 27 May 1910	80.6 - 147.1	Life of Robert Koch	Personalities
25 Nov 1844 - 4 Apr 1929	81.6 - 166.0	Life of Carl Benz	Personalities
4 Mar 1845 - 4 Mar 1849	81.8 - 85.9	President of the United States of America: James K. Polk	USA - Presidents
1846	83.2	Establishment of Carl Zeiss AG	Companies
1846	83.2	Establishment of the Associated Press	Companies
11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931	83.8 - 168.5	Life of Thomas Alva Edison	Personalities
3 Mar 1847 - 1 Aug 1922	83.8 - 159.3	Life of Alexander Graham Bell	Personalities
1847	84.2	Establishment of Cartier	Companies
1847	84.2	Establishment of Siemens	Companies
27 Dec 1847 - 29 Aug 1877	84.7 - 114.4	President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Brigham Young	Mormon History
1 Mar 1848 - 30 Sep 1849	84.8 - 86.4	Revolutions of 1848/1849 in the German Confederation	Germany
31 Mar 1848 - 3 Apr 1849	84.9 - 85.9	The National Assembly meets in the Church of St. Paul in Frankfurt	Germany
1 Dec 1848	85.6	Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte is elected, start of the 2nd Republic	France
4 Mar 1849 - 9 Jul 1850	85.9 - 87.2	President of the United States of America: Zachary Taylor	USA - Presidents
17 Mar 1849 - 23 Nov 1890	85.9 - 127.6	King of the Netherlands: Willem III	Netherlands
1849	86.2	Establishment of Pfizer	Companies
1850	87.2	Establishment of the American Express Company	Companies
9 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853	87.2 - 89.9	President of the United States of America: Millard Fillmore	USA - Presidents
1851	88.2	Western Union established	Companies
1851	88.2	Establishment of Reuters	Companies
1851	88.2	Establishment of The New York Times	Companies
2 Dec 1852 - 4 Sep 1870	89.6 - 107.4	Emperor of France: Napoleon III	France
4 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857	89.9 - 93.9	President of the United States of America: Franklin Pierce	USA - Presidents
1853	90.2	Establishment of Levi Strauss & Co	Companies
6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939	93.0 - 176.5	Life of Sigmund Freud	Personalities
4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861	93.9 - 97.9	President of the United States of America: James Buchanan	USA - Presidents
28 May 1857 - 12 Apr 1858	94.1 - 95.0	Utah War	Mormon History
1859	96.2	Construction period of Big Ben	Monuments
4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865	97.9 - 102.0	President of the United States of America: Abraham Lincoln	USA - Presidents
17 Mar 1861	97.9	Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed as King of Italy, the first king of a united Italy	Italy
12 Apr 1861 - 9 Apr 1865	98.0 - 102.0	American Civil War	USA
23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942	98.4 - 178.9	Life of Robert Bosch	Personalities