Rossman - Cheney - Hannah Dustin

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Thomas Dustin	ABT 1652

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Daniel Cheney	31 DEC 1670	Daniel Cheney John Cheney Thomas Cheney Hannah Cheney Sarah Cheney Nathaniel Cheney Mary Cheney Abigail Cheney

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	22 AUG 1678	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Marriage	ABT 1698	Massachusetts
Death	AFT 1755	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Burial		Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Kinship Report

Name	Type	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Partner
Daniel Cheney	Husband	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	31 DEC 1670	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	03 NOV 1755
Brothers & Sisters
Elizabeth Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Massachusetts	07 MAY 1680	Haverhill, Massachusetts	04 JUN 1746
Abigail Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Massachusetts	OCT 1680	Haverhill, Massachusetts	05 MAY 1727
Mary Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Massachusetts	04 NOV 1681	Haverhill, Massachusetts	16 OCT 1696
Thomas Dustin	Brother	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	05 JAN 1683
Nathaniel Dustin	Brother	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 MAY 1685
John Dustin	Brother	Haverhill, Massachusetts	02 FEB 1686	Haverhill, Massachusetts	28 JAN 1690
Sarah Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	04 JUL 1688
Jonathan Dustin	Brother		15 JAN 1692
Mehitable Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	14 SEP 1694	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 DEC 1694
Timothy Dustin	Brother	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	14 SEP 1694
Martha Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	09 MAR 1697	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	15 MAR 1697
Lydia Dustin	Sister	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	04 OCT 1698
Children
Daniel Cheney	Son	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 JUL 1699	Wells, York Co., Maine
John Cheney	Son	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	10 MAR 1702		1738
Thomas Cheney	Son	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 FEB 1704		24 JUN 1767
Hannah Cheney	Daughter	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	25 SEP 1706	Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts	22 SEP 1775
Sarah Cheney	Daughter	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 JAN 1708		07 Oct 1775
Nathaniel Cheney	Son	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	25 NOV 1711
Mary Cheney	Daughter	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	09 AUG 1714
Abigail Cheney	Daughter	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	01 NOV 1719		03 MAR 1736
Parents
Thomas Dustin	Father	Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire	ABT 1652	Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts	1732
Grandchildren
Mary Cheney	Granddaughter	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	22 MAY 1725
Joseph Cheney	Grandson	Wells, York Co., Maine	07 FEB 1726	Wells, York Co., Maine	ABT 1803
Daniel Cheney	Grandson	Wells, York, Maine	10 JAN 1729	Goffstown, New Hampshire	1795
Reuben Cheney	Grandson	Wells, York, Maine	17 JAN 1732		AFT 1807
Great grandchildren
Dorcas Cheney	Great granddaughter
Sarah Cheney	Great granddaughter		1753
Eliphalet Cheney	Great grandson	Wells, York, Maine	ABT 1755		14 JAN 1829
Mary Cheney	Great granddaughter		1757
Joseph Cheney Jr.	Great grandson	Wells, York Co., Maine	01 JUL 1759		14 NOV 1815
Benjamin Cheney	Great grandson	Wells, York Co., Maine	18 MAY 1763	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
James Cheney	Great grandson	Wells, York, Maine	07 APR 1765		JUN 1846
John Cheney	Great grandson	Wells, York, Maine	1767		1800
Samuel Cheney	Great grandson	Wells, York, Maine	1772
Dorothy [Dolly] Cheney	Great granddaughter	Wells, York Co., Maine	1775
Olive Cheney	Great granddaughter		22 MAR 1777
Abigail Cheney	Great granddaughter	Wells, York, Maine	1777
Second grandchildren
Aaron Cheney	Second grandson	Berwick, York Co., Maine	14 JUL 1787	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect.	18 SEP 1862
Hurd Cheney	Second grandson	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	16 SEP 1791	Three Crossings, Sweetwater, Wyoming	12 AUG 1861
Moses Cheney	Second grandson	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	1793	probably Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York	1824
Anna Cheney	Second granddaughter	Granby, Essex Co., Vermont	30 JAN 1796	Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York	29 MAR 1856
Ephraim Cheney	Second grandson	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	13 APR 1798	Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri	25 SEP 1872
Benjamin Cheney	Second grandson	Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont	03 APR 1803	Fort Dodge, Iowa	30 MAR 1882
Eunice Cheney	Second granddaughter	Granby, Essex Co., Vermont	1806	Possibly Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Third grandchildren
Selar Cheney	Third granddaughter	Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont	ABT 1808
Amasa F. Cheney	Third grandson	Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont	29 DEC 1809	Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa	01 NOV 1870
Infant Cheney	Third grandson	Marshfield, Washington, VT.	ABT 1811
Infant Cheney	Third granddaughter	Marshfield, Washington, VT.	ABT 1813
Orren Cheney	Third grandson	Fredonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York	10 AUG 1813	Berrien Springs or Hamilton, Michigan	10 MAY 1867
Sealar Cheney	Third grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1815
Olive Mehitable Cheney	Third granddaughter	Bloomfield, Cattaraugus Co., New York	15 MAY 1817	Fred Gorringe Home, Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho	04 APR 1907
Infant Cheney	Third granddaughter	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1819
Infant Cheney	Third grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y.	ABT 1820
Aaron Cheney	Third grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	05 MAR 1822	Mt. Pleasant, Iowa	23 JUN 1889
Elam Cheney	Third grandson	Freedonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York	16 MAY 1825	Pinedale, Navajo Co., Arizona	22 MAR 1912
Ezekiel Wells Cheney	Third grandson	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	13 JUN 1828	Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho	13 AUG 1886
Infant Cheney	Third granddaughter	Freedom Cattaraugus, New York	ABT 1832
Fourth grandchildren
Racheal Rebecca Cheney	Fourth granddaughter
Amanda Matilda Cheney	Fourth granddaughter		24 OCT 1836
Alvira Maria Cheney	Fourth granddaughter		30 SEP 1838
Orren Miron Cheney	Fourth grandson		15 JUN 1840
David Maroni Cheney	Fourth grandson	Kirkland, Lake Co. Ohio	06 JUL 1842	Berrien Springs, Michigan	21 FEB 1927
Aaron Daniel Cheney	Fourth grandson	Kirkland, Lake Co., Ohio	25 JUL 1844	Loxley, Baldwin Co., Alabama	23 OCT 1925
Infant Cheney	Fourth grandson		14 JUL 1845
Alvin James Cheney	Fourth grandson		18 AUG 1850
Winfred Scott Cheney	Fourth grandson		24 SEP 1852
Chariotte Mehetable Cheney	Fourth granddaughter		23 SEP 1853
Fifth grandchildren
L.D. Cheney	Fifth grandson
6th grandchildren
Burton Cheney	6th grandson
Leonard Francis Cheney	6th grandson
Lyle Cheney	6th grandson
Mrs. Alvin Hartline	6th grandson
Mrs. Charles Schau	6th granddaughter
Mrs. Ernest Havener	6th granddaughter
Wanda Cheney	6th granddaughter
7th grandchildren
Nancy Jean Cheney	7th granddaughter	Niles, Michigan, US	26/03/1937	503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US	27/02/2016
8th grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Jr.	8th grandson	Lansing, Michigan	1958
Michael Christian Rossman	8th grandson		29 JUN 1959	Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501	28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman	8th grandson		3 JAN 1963
9th grandchildren
Nicole Rossman	9th granddaughter		9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman	9th grandson		21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman	9th grandson		29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III	9th grandson		6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman	9th grandson		10 SEP 2000
10th grandchildren
Yariah	10th granddaughter
Parents-In-Law
Daniel Cheney	Father-in-law	Roxbourgh, Scotland	1633	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	10 SEP 1694
Sarah Bayley	Mother-in-law	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	17 AUG 1644	Ipswitch, Essex Co., Massachusetts	26 OCT 1714
Sons- & Daughters-In-Law
Francis Hardy	Son-in-law	Bradford, Massachusetts
Hannah Stevens	Daughter-in-law
Kerzia Annis	Daughter-in-law
Lieut. John Coffin Jr.	Son-in-law	Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts	30 JAN 1695	Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	16 JAN 1754
Sarah Littlefield	Daughter-in-law	Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts	04 DEC 1695	Wells, York Co., Maine
Brothers- & Sisters-In-Law
Sarah Cheney	Sister-in-law	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	11 SEP 1666	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	BET 1701 AND 1761
Judith Cheney	Sister-in-law	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	06 SEP 1668		BET 1696 AND 1730
Hannah Cheney	Sister-in-law	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts	03 SEP 1673		1752
John Cheney	Brother-in-law	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	10 JUL 1676		1728
Eleanor Cheney	Sister-in-law	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	29 MAR 1679	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	BET 1704 AND 1773
James Cheney	Brother-in-law	Newbury, Essex, Mass.	16 APR 1685		02 MAY 1749
Grandchildren-in-law
Elizabeth Hadley	Granddaughter-in-law	Amesbury, Essex, MA
Hannah Jacobs	Granddaughter-in-law
Dorcas Stewart	Granddaughter-in-law	Wells, York Co., Maine	02 JUN 1735	Wells, York Co., Maine	06 JAN 1817
Great grandchildren-in-law
Joanna Cousins	Great granddaughter-in-law
Mary Grant	Great granddaughter-in-law
Eunice Hubbard	Great granddaughter-in-law	Wells, York Co., Maine	13 MAY 1757	Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Isabella Littlefield	Great granddaughter-in-law		1763		25 FEB 1849
Second grandchildren-in-law
Clarisa Damond	Second granddaughter-in-law			Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York	ABT 1830
Mehitable Wells	Second granddaughter-in-law	Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York	31 JAN 1787	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah	30 NOV 1869
Susannah Goff	Second granddaughter-in-law	Madison, New York	1788	Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York	1825
Jemima Streeter	Second granddaughter-in-law	Hartford, Washington Co., New York	15 MAR 1792
Israel Runnels	Second grandson-in-law	Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire	14 JUL 1793	Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York	09 NOV 1849
Phoebe Ballard	Second granddaughter-in-law	Essex Co., Vermont	ABT 1796	Millersburg, Iowa	ABT 1860
Dorcas	Second granddaughter-in-law	Vermont (possible)	ABT 1801
Nancy Snow	Second granddaughter-in-law	Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vermont	18 APR 1803	Probably Otho, Webster Co., Iowa	19 MAY 1891
Third grandchildren-in-law
Letha Barton Coover	Third granddaughter-in-law
Hannah Compton	Third granddaughter-in-law	Powick, Worcester, England	01 MAR 1804	Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah	21 JUL 1884
Hannah Hadley	Third granddaughter-in-law	Corinth, Orange Co., Vermont	02 APR 1812	Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa	31 OCT 1896
Hannah Loretta Burdick	Third granddaughter-in-law	New York	25 FEB 1813
James McBride	Third grandson-in-law	New Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio	09 MAY 1818	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah	06 JAN 1881
Matilda Malvina Ballard	Third granddaughter-in-law	Illinois	ABT 1823	Iowa	18 APR 1877
Talitha Cumi Garlick	Third granddaughter-in-law	Providence, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania	22 SEP 1824	Victor, Teton Co, Idaho	17 APR 1902
Lucy Elzada Hardy	Third granddaughter-in-law	Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine	24 FEB 1828	Swan Valley, Irwin, Fremont, Idaho	07 NOV 1913
Martha Taylor	Third granddaughter-in-law	Bolton, Lnchsr, England	27 NOV 1828	Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah	13 AUG 1908
Margaret Wimmer	Third granddaughter-in-law	Quincey, Adams Co., Illinois	24 MAY 1829	Kimball Twin Falls, Idaho	19 MAY 1908
Harriet Hedgehil	Third granddaughter-in-law	Birmingham, Warwick, England	19 OCT 1847	Showlow, Pindale, Navajo Co., Arizona	08 OCT 1926
Fourth grandchildren-in-law
Clarissa J Imboden	Fourth granddaughter-in-law
Button	Fourth granddaughter-in-law	Potter Co. Pa	11 MAR 1845	Niles, Michigan, US	21 MAR 1933
6th grandchildren-in-law
Dorothy E. Ryan	6th granddaughter-in-law		20 MAY 1918		20 DEC 2005
7th grandchildren-in-law
William Meier Rossman	7th grandson-in-law		25 JAN 1936		17 August 2018, 5:03 PM
8th grandchildren-in-law
Patricia Kennedy	8th granddaughter-in-law		16 OCT 1960
Cymbaline Ann Sebesky	8th granddaughter-in-law		9 JUL 1963	325 Dell Dr., Perkasie, US	July 23, 2011
Gita Gemuts	8th granddaughter-in-law		12 NOV 1967

Notes


EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK ''THE CHENEY GENEALOGY" copy right 1885 C.H. POPE (Notes of Hannah Emerson Duston mother of Hannah Duston Cheney(wife of Daniel Cheney) Copied word for word from its very unusual gramical format.T. Thompson The spelling of the name , it must be said, is given in a great many ways : Judge Sewall, in his diary wrote in"Dunstan" which is the way the famous "St. Dunstan" 's name was spelled: another excellant authority spelled it Durstan: the attorney who wrote the wills of the good couple gave the style "Dustin", which was probably the way it was usually pronounced: but the best authorities, in the opinon of the writer, spell it as it is uniformly given in this volume,--Duston. HANNAH who became the wife of DANIEL CHENEY, was the oldest of the nine children who had been born to this couple before the dreadful day when the Indians swooped down on Haverhill. The youngest was a babe of but six days. Mr. Duston(THOMAS) learned that the savages were close at hand and rushed first to the house to save the mother, still feeble and in bed. But she utterly refused to go or have him stay to attempt to defend her and the little one : she insisted on his making every effort to save the children: and his intrepid guardianship saved the whole fleeing band. But the poor woman and Mrs. Neff, her nurse, were cruelly captured and driven into the wilderness in spite of her weak condition, and the infant dashed in pieces. After sufferings of a dreadful sort, the women and a boy named Samuel Lennerson rose in the night, captured a gun and a tomahawk, killed and scalped the ten Indians who then guarded them, and made their way back to Haverhill. The General Court paid them fifty pounds as a reward for their bravery: it was believed that so bold an act had a great effect on the Indians, making them feel that white people possessed the same qualities which they counted heroic: and HANNAH DUSTON'S name became a thrilling word in all the colonies. It was a terrible experience for the poor women: a horrible necessity laid on her: and we will believe she realized that the fate of many other mothers on the border would be affected by her action: may no decendant of hers ever reach so awful a crisis! But THOMAS DUSTON deserves as high praise for that magnificent work of his, when he saved seven young lives by simply firing back towards his pursuers from his saddle, while he babe his beloved children run for their lives, until they reached a safe place. The daughter HANNAH (CHENEY) was eighteen years old when that terrible day, March 15, 1697, and that thrilling 25th of April, the day of her mother's exploit and return, occured. No doubt she was of great assistance to her father in the saving of the little ones, and a comfort to her mother in her after burdens. Naturally the mother reposed confidence in her, making her joint executrix of her Will. The Cheneys of this branch have always taken great interest in this strain of their ancestry. NOTE- TRR Hannah's cousin was charged with witchcraft https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n129.html#n129.4 https://en.everybodywiki.com/Martha_Emerson_(Salem_witch_trials)

EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK ''THE CHENEY GENEALOGY" copy right 1885 C.H. POPE (Notes of Hannah Emerson Duston mother of Hannah Duston Cheney(wife of Daniel Cheney) Copied word for word from its very unusual gramical format.T. Thompson

The spelling of the name , it must be said, is given in a great many ways : Judge Sewall, in his diary wrote in"Dunstan" which is the way the famous "St. Dunstan" 's name was spelled: another excellant authority spelled it Durstan: the attorney who wrote the wills of the good couple gave the style "Dustin", which was probably the way it was usually pronounced: but the best authorities, in the opinon of the writer, spell it as it is uniformly given in this volume,--Duston.

HANNAH who became the wife of DANIEL CHENEY, was the oldest of the nine children who had been
born to this couple before the dreadful day when the Indians swooped down on Haverhill. The youngest was a babe of but six days. Mr. Duston(THOMAS) learned that the savages were close at hand and rushed first to the house to save the mother, still feeble and in bed. But she utterly refused to go or have him stay to attempt to defend her and the little one : she insisted on his making every effort to save the children: and his intrepid guardianship saved the whole fleeing band. But the poor woman and Mrs. Neff, her nurse, were cruelly captured and driven into the wilderness in spite of her weak condition, and the infant dashed in pieces. After sufferings of a dreadful sort, the women and a boy named Samuel Lennerson rose in the night, captured a gun and a tomahawk, killed and scalped the ten Indians who then guarded them, and made their way back to Haverhill. The General Court paid them fifty pounds as a reward for their bravery: it was believed that so bold an act had a great effect on the Indians, making them feel that white people possessed the same qualities which they counted heroic: and HANNAH DUSTON'S name became a thrilling word in all the colonies. It was a terrible experience for the poor women: a horrible necessity laid on her: and we will believe she realized that the fate of many other mothers on the border would be affected by her action: may no decendant of hers ever reach so awful a crisis! But THOMAS DUSTON deserves as high praise for that magnificent work of his, when he saved seven young lives by simply firing back towards his pursuers from his saddle, while he babe his beloved children run for their lives, until they reached a safe place.

The daughter HANNAH (CHENEY) was eighteen years old when that terrible day, March 15, 1697, and that thrilling 25th of April, the day of her mother's exploit and return, occured. No doubt she was of
great assistance to her father in the saving of the little ones, and a comfort to her mother in her
after burdens. Naturally the mother reposed confidence in her, making her joint executrix of her Will.
The Cheneys of this branch have always taken great interest in this strain of their ancestry.

NOTE- TRR Hannah's cousin was charged with witchcraft
https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n129.html#n129.4
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Martha_Emerson_(Salem_witch_trials)

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
25 Dec 1642 - 20 Mar 1726	(-35.7) - 47.6	Life of Isaac Newton	Personalities
1682	3.9	German company lands at the Gold Coast	Discoveries & Colonization
21 Mar 1685 - 28 Jul 1750	6.6 - 72.0	Life of Johann Sebastian Bach	Personalities
24 May 1686 - 16 Sep 1736	7.8 - 58.1	Life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit	Personalities
18 Jan 1689 - 10 Feb 1755	10.4 - 76.5	Life of Charles De Secondat, Baron de Montequieu	Personalities
13 Feb 1689	10.5	Adoption of the Bill of Rights	Great Britain
12 Jun 1690	11.8	Battle of the Boyne	Great Britain
17 Jul 1695	16.9	Establishment of the Bank of Scotland	Companies
17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790	27.4 - 111.7	Life of Benjamin Franklin	Personalities
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799	53.5 - 121.4	Life of George Washington	Personalities
23 Dec 1732 - 5 Aug 1792	54.4 - 114.0	Life of Richard Arkwright	Personalities
1737	58.9	Dissolution of the House of Medici	Italy
28 Aug 1749 - 22 Mar 1832	71.1 - 153.7	Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe	Personalities