Rossman - Cheney - Aaron Cheney

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Benjamin Cheney	18 MAY 1763	Eunice Hubbard	13 MAY 1757

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Sarah Griffith
Mehitable Wells	31 JAN 1787	Selar Cheney Amasa F. Cheney Infant Cheney Infant Cheney Orren Cheney Sealar Cheney Olive Mehitable Cheney Infant Cheney Infant Cheney Aaron Cheney Elam Cheney Ezekiel Wells Cheney Infant Cheney

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	14 JUL 1787	Berwick, York Co., Maine
Marriage	14 AUG 1807	Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont
Death	18 SEP 1862	Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect.
Burial	SEP 1862	Ogden City Cemetery, Ogen, Weber Co., Utah

Kinship Report

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

Notes


Stated in record above, "p. 94, Appointed Bishop on North Pigeon, (Note: Hand written with name, apointed Bishop 7/19/1848)" Aaron Cheney Sr. and Mehitable Wells by Travis Scott Thompson, copyright 2001 Aaron Cheney Sr. was born the son of Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard of York Co., Maine, July 14, 1787 according to a Patriarchal blessing on record with the Mormon Church as well as several other sources commonly found today. "Patriarchal Blessing of Aaron Cheney Sr. (Mormon Pioneer) PATRIARCHAL BLESSING No. 157 Vol.9 P.149 May 5th A Blessing by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the head of Aaron Cheney son of Benjamin & Eunice, born July 14th 1787, Berwick, Maine _____ Aaron I lay my hands upon thy head & by the authority of the Holy Priesthood & in the name of Jesus Christ I seal a fathers blessing upon thee, thou art of the house of Jacob & a heir to the blessings which were sealed upon his sons & the priesthood which was sealed upon the sons of Joseph, for thou art of the blood of Ephraim, tis your privilege to receive the priesthood in fulness in due time & to come up to thy station thou must seek diligently for thou art appointed to be a counselor in the house of Israel & God shall give thee understanding in all difficult matters & thou shalt be able to counsel wisely & judge righteously, thou shalt be a president of a stake of Zion & thou shalt attend to all the duties & privileges of that office & thy name shall be respected among the saints because of thy wisdom; tis your privilege to preach the Gospel in any place that you desire to; tis thy lot to _____ thy fathers house clear back to Adam or to where they ____ in the Gospel & bring them up in the morning of the resurrection; thou shalt have an inheritance with thy brethren, a numerous posterity an honorable name among the saints forever; if your faith does not fail, you shall live till Zion is established in peace & not a dog to move his tongue against the saints, shall depart in peace 7 inherit eternal life; this is thy blessing sealed upon thee & thy posterity in common with thy companion, upon conditions of obedience, amen A. Carrington recorder" Aaron Sr.'s parents, Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Eunice Hubbard came from several very early and well known families of New England, arriving shortly after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Benjamin Cheney Sr. was a descendant of the famous Hannah Dustin / Duston family of which endless amounts of material have been written. Hannah Dustin / Duston was the first woman in the United States to have a statue erected in her honor, two statues and the family garrison currently stand in New England today. Aaron Cheney Sr.'s connection to Hannah Dustin / Duston would include the following ancestors. Hannah Webster Emerson married Thomas Dustin / Duston Hannah Dustin married Daniel Cheney II Daniel Cheney III married Sarah Littlefield Joseph Cheney (Rev. War. Veteran) married Dorcas Stewart Benjamin Cheney I (Rev. War. Veteran) married Eunice Hubbard Aaron Cheney Sr. married Mehitable Wells Eunice Hubbard was the daughter of Capt. John Heard Hubbard, a famous New England Indian fighter and Revolutionary War soldier. Aaron Sr.'s brother Hurd / Heard Cheney was undoubtedly named in his honor. Aaron Sr.'s father Benjamin Cheney Sr. had also fought in the American Revolution, and details of his service can be found in "Corporal Benjamin Cheney I" by John Schultze. There are several sources stating that Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard left Maine shortly after the birth of Aaron Sr. for the frontier of Northern Vermont such as 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" Aaron Sr. grew up in northern Vermont and married Mehitable Wells on August 14, 1807 in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont. Mehitable was the daughter of Selah Wells and Mehitable Tuthill. Selah Wells was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in New York, he came to Marshfield, Vermont in 1798 from Amenia, New York and was also the first Deacon of the Congregational Church in Marshfield. Selah moved to Newberry, Vermont in 1836. Aaron Sr. and Mehitable resided in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont for a short period of time before moving to Freedom New York. They had many children, including several that died at birth or infancy. Shortly after the birth of their son Amasa F. a series of bad winters came to northern Vermont which drove many of the early families from the area. Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Aaron Sr. left Vermont as well during this time period. I will quote from the book Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887 which includes other interesting facts about the Cheney family. "?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." Other interesting details of the Cheney migration can be found in 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." Aaron Sr. and Mehitable's children include Aaron Jr., Elam (Mormon Pioneer), Olive Mehitable (Mormon Pioneer), Amasa F. (Mormon Pioneer, left the Mormon faith after an illness caused him to stop in Iowa), Ezekiel Wells (Mormon Pioneer) and Orrin Cheney. Aaron and Mehitable Wells Cheney were among the early members of the Mormon faith as were many of their extended families. After settling in Cattaraugus Co., New York they joined the Church and migrated to Kirkland, Ohio as so many early Mormons did. About this time it seems Aaron's father Benjamin and mother Eunice have passed away and are buried at the Freedom English Cemetery in Freedom, Cattaraugus New York. Some descendants claim that Benjamin Sr. was baptized into the Mormon Church by Aaron Sr. but this would seem almost impossible. A photo of what is thought to be the family plot is given by John Schultze a descendant of Benjamin Cheney Jr. The original graves were taken from the cemetery many years ago. See platmap at www.hannahdustin.com A plat map of the Freedom English Cemetery is also included submitted by Lyman Lowery of New York, a descendant of Aaron Sr.'s sister Anne Cheney Runnels. Aaron Lincon Cheney writes of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable 's migration to Kirkland, Ohio in his book, "The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah: "Elam?s father and mother were both religiously inclined and were faithful members of the Methodist Church until they were visited by the Prophet Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt who taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They were baptized members of this church in the year 1831. In 1835 they moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where their ten-year-old son, Elam, was baptized in the Shegran River by Elder Deamascus Carter. They purchased a farm located about two miles southeast of where the Kirtland Temple was built."In the late 1830s many in the Mormon Church were being driven from the Kirkland area, and Aaron Sr. and Mehitable moved this time to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois with several of Aaron's brothers including my great great great grandfather Ephraim Cheney and his family also of Kirkland, Ohio. While in route to Nauvoo, Aaron Sr. and Mehitable were visited by the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Again I quote from the book: "The History of Elam Cheney, my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah: "The Cheney family left Kirtland in July 1838 in the company known as Kirtland Camp. They intended to join the Saints at Nauvoo, but, owing to sickness, were not able to continue the journey. They stopped temporarily at Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. While detained at this place, they were to work and fence a piece of ground, build a small house, raise a crop. It was while they were living at Decatur, that Joseph, the Prophet, started on his memorable trip to Washington for the purpose of laying the grievances of the saints before the President of the United States. As Joseph was passing through Decatur, he stopped and spent the night at the Cheney home. Elam, who was 14 at this time, was very much impressed by the conversation of the Prophet. As soon afterward, as they could, the Cheney Family continued their journey to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo, Elam played in a game of baseball with Joseph Smith." Aaron Sr. and Mehitable settled in Nauvoo on 40 acres located on block 28 next door to Ephraim Cheney who had purchased 640 acres on block 32. Aaron's brother Benjamin Cheney Jr. and wife Nancy Snow stayed behind in Kirkland, Ohio and they later moved to Ft. Dodge, Iowa after many in the Church members were being forced out of the Kirkland area. Aaron Sr. and Ephraim worked and lived together for several years and were very close as Nauvoo grew to be one of the largest cities in the country. My great great grandfather Dr. Levi Cheney would write of the "good times" their families shared while living in Nauvoo in his letters to Aaron's son Elam and daughter Olive Mehitable. Dr. Levi Cheney was about the same age as Aaron's children, they shared a lot of their teenage years growing up together. Several of the Cheney men helped in the building of the Nauvoo Temple including the sons of Aaron and Ephraim. I quote from the book : "The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah: "Elam was present when the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple was laid, April 6, 1841. While the temple was being built the young men were given an opportunity to work out their tithing by working on the temple, so Elam worked every tenth day and sometimes oftener on the temple." On June 27, 1844 the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. and his brother Hyrum were murder in the Carthage, Illinois jail. This would be the beginning of the end of the Mormons in Nauvoo as they searched for a new leader. A strong debate occurred among the Mormons as to who would now lead the Church. Many accepted that Brigham Young should be the new leader while others would only accept the son of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith III. Joseph Smith III, being a young boy of 14 was thought by many to be incapable of such a task. Joseph Smith III would later start the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group that many of Aaron Sr's extended family would choose to follow. Aaron Sr's family was unreceptive to this idea and left Nauvoo with the famous Mormon wagon trains. They prepared to leave Nauvoo for Salt Lake under the leadership of Brigham Young. Before they left the mobs had become too much to live with in Nauvoo as many were tarred and feather, or even worst they were killed. Its is said that the land on which Aaron Sr. and brother Ephraim's property lay, was an exceptional hard place to live as it was close to the shore of the Mississippi river. Many of the mobs would cross the river and terrorize the the land owners close to the shore and quickly escape to the other side of the river. Aaron Lincon Cheney writes of the mob violence in his book "The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" : "As mob violence increased and the saints were driven from their homes in Nauvoo, Brother Cheney shared all the hardships endured by the saints. He was at Nauvoo, and saw the Prophet leave for Carthage and heard him make the remark, ?I am going like a lamb to the slaughter.?He was at the meeting in Nauvoo, when Governor Boggs was present, while the tragedy was being enacted at Carthage, and he was among those who left Nauvoo to accompany the bodies of the Prophet, and his brother Hyrum, back to the city. He was present at the funeral of the martyred brothers. He also attended the meeting when President Young took the stand and made manifest to the people that he was rightful successor of the Prophet Joseph." Missouri Governor Boggs was the authority that gave the famous extermination order which led to the murder and wounding of many Mormons at Haun's Mill, Missouri by the state militia. James McBride (husband of Olive Mehitable Cheney) the son in law of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable, was present at the Haun's Mill settlement during the massacre. He would later write his family biography and tell the chilling events that took place that day. James was a young boy with his father, Revolutionary War veteran Thomas McBride who was killed with his own rifle and badly cut with a corn knive. My great great grandfather Dr. Levi Cheney would mention this in letters to Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride) the daughter of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable. James and Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride) would later care for Aaron Sr.'s wife Mehitable after his death in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. The children of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable including Elam, Ezekiel Wells and Olive Mehitable also settled in the Salt Lake while Aaron Jr., and Amasa F. stopped in Iowa. Dr. Levi Cheney my great great grandfather would also travel to Salt Lake and to California during the 1849 gold rush. His father Ephraim and wife Harriet were unwilling to follow Brigham Young and remained faithful to the Mormon Prophet's son Joseph Smith III who established the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lamona Iowa and Independence Mo. Ephraim his father settled north of Nauvoo in Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois and died while visiting his son Lewis Cheney in Holden Johnson Co., Missouri. Dr. Levi Cheney later moved to Independence in the 1880s and lived next door to Joseph Smith III on Short St. where his home is still in the family today. This home has been continuously occupied by the Cheney / Thompson family since the 1880s and is owned by my great uncle today. Dr. Cheney's descendants including my grandfather George Wallace Thompson (a grandson) who grew up with the family of RLDS President Joseph Smith III, son of the Mormon Prophet. In the 1990s published many articles on the Cheney / Thompson family experiences as neighbors of the Smiths. Aaron Sr. died September 18, 1862, Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect. and was buried at the Ogden City Cemetery, Weber Co., Utah. In 2000 I and my wife Rebecca tried to locate the grave of Aaron Sr., but unfortunately a headstone can no longer be found. Mehitable died several years later while in the care of her daughter Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride). Aaron Sr. and Mehitable's descendants are many, and spread throughout the United States primarily in Utah, Idaho, California, Arizona, Iowa and Illinois. FROM: the University of Utah Library: "This is one branch of the Cheney family genealogy" J. Willard Marriott Library, Manuscripts Division University of Utah "This inventory was prepared by Dorothy Mortensen in December 1996. The information in this genealogical document was obtained at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916 by Martin Franklin Sanders, son of Moses Martin Sanders, Jr., and Elizabeth Ellen Cheney, and is a carbon-copy typescript. The family record begins with John Cheney (n.d.-1666) who was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio." 1810 United States Federal Census Granby, Essex Co., Vermont 1820 United States Federal Census Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York (as Aaron Chine) 1830 United States Federal Census Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York 1835 New York State Census, Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York 1840 United States Federal Census Macon Co., Illinois 1850 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah 1852 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah 1860 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah SONS OF THE UTAH PIONEERS MEMORIAL GALLERY INDEX CARDS: Name: Aaron Cheney Spouse: Mehitable Wells Pioneer: before 1869 Birth Date: 14 Jul 1787 Death Date: May 1861 Birth Place: Berwick, Maine Death Place: Ogden, Utah Donor: Lawrence D. Saunders Chapter: Ogden Pioneer NAUVOO TAX INDEX OF 1842: Aaron Cheney, Page: 205, Coordinates: 7N8W Please contact me (Travis Thompson) if you can add anything about the history of Aaron Cheney Sr. and wife Mehitable Wells at aztar10@aol.com.[test.FTW] Stated in record above, "p. 94, Appointed Bishop on North Pigeon, (Note: Hand written with name, apointed Bishop 7/19/1848)" Aaron Cheney Sr. and Mehitable Wells by Travis Scott Thompson, copyright 2001 Aaron Cheney Sr. was born the son of Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard of York Co., Maine, July 14, 1787 according to a Patriarchal blessing on record with the Mormon Church as well as several other sources commonly found today. "Patriarchal Blessing of Aaron Cheney Sr. (Mormon Pioneer) PATRIARCHAL BLESSING No. 157 Vol.9 P.149 May 5th A Blessing by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the head of Aaron Cheney son of Benjamin & Eunice, born July 14th 1787, Berwick, Maine _____ Aaron I lay my hands upon thy head & by the authority of the Holy Priesthood & in the name of Jesus Christ I seal a fathers blessing upon thee, thou art of the house of Jacob & a heir to the blessings which were sealed upon his sons & the priesthood which was sealed upon the sons of Joseph, for thou art of the blood of Ephraim, tis your privilege to receive the priesthood in fulness in due time & to come up to thy station thou must seek diligently for thou art appointed to be a counselor in the house of Israel & God shall give thee understanding in all difficult matters & thou shalt be able to counsel wisely & judge righteously, thou shalt be a president of a stake of Zion & thou shalt attend to all the duties & privileges of that office & thy name shall be respected among the saints because of thy wisdom; tis your privilege to preach the Gospel in any place that you desire to; tis thy lot to _____ thy fathers house clear back to Adam or to where they ____ in the Gospel & bring them up in the morning of the resurrection; thou shalt have an inheritance with thy brethren, a numerous posterity an honorable name among the saints forever; if your faith does not fail, you shall live till Zion is established in peace & not a dog to move his tongue against the saints, shall depart in peace 7 inherit eternal life; this is thy blessing sealed upon thee & thy posterity in common with thy companion, upon conditions of obedience, amen A. Carrington recorder" Aaron Sr.'s parents, Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Eunice Hubbard came from several very early and well known families of New England, arriving shortly after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Benjamin Cheney Sr. was a descendant of the famous Hannah Dustin / Duston family of which endless amounts of material have been written. Hannah Dustin / Duston was the first woman in the United States to have a statue erected in her honor, two statues and the family garrison currently stand in New England today. Aaron Cheney Sr.'s connection to Hannah Dustin / Duston would include the following ancestors. Hannah Webster Emerson married Thomas Dustin / Duston Hannah Dustin married Daniel Cheney II Daniel Cheney III married Sarah Littlefield Joseph Cheney (Rev. War. Veteran) married Dorcas Stewart Benjamin Cheney I (Rev. War. Veteran) married Eunice Hubbard Aaron Cheney Sr. married Mehitable Wells Eunice Hubbard was the daughter of Capt. John Heard Hubbard, a famous New England Indian fighter and Revolutionary War soldier. Aaron Sr.'s brother Hurd / Heard Cheney was undoubtedly named in his honor. Aaron Sr.'s father Benjamin Cheney Sr. had also fought in the American Revolution, and details of his service can be found in "Corporal Benjamin Cheney I" by John Schultze. There are several sources stating that Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard left Maine shortly after the birth of Aaron Sr. for the frontier of Northern Vermont such as 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" Aaron Sr. grew up in northern Vermont and married Mehitable Wells on August 14, 1807 in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont. Mehitable was the daughter of Selah Wells and Mehitable Tuthill. Selah Wells was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in New York, he came to Marshfield, Vermont in 1798 from Amenia, New York and was also the first Deacon of the Congregational Church in Marshfield. Selah moved to Newberry, Vermont in 1836. Aaron Sr. and Mehitable resided in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont for a short period of time before moving to Freedom New York. They had many children, including several that died at birth or infancy. Shortly after the birth of their son Amasa F. a series of bad winters came to northern Vermont which drove many of the early families from the area. Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Aaron Sr. left Vermont as well during this time period. I will quote from the book Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887 which includes other interesting facts about the Cheney family. "?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 visiti

Stated in record above, "p. 94, Appointed Bishop on North Pigeon, (Note: Hand written with name, apointed Bishop 7/19/1848)"

Aaron Cheney Sr. and Mehitable Wells by Travis Scott Thompson, copyright 2001

Aaron Cheney Sr. was born the son of Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard of York Co., Maine, July 14, 1787 according to a Patriarchal blessing on record with the Mormon Church as well as several other sources commonly found today.

"Patriarchal Blessing of Aaron Cheney Sr. (Mormon Pioneer)
PATRIARCHAL BLESSING No. 157 Vol.9 P.149

May 5th A Blessing by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the head of Aaron Cheney son of Benjamin & Eunice, born July 14th 1787, Berwick, Maine _____ Aaron I lay my hands upon thy head & by the authority of the Holy Priesthood & in the name of Jesus Christ I seal a fathers blessing upon thee, thou art of the house of Jacob & a heir to the blessings which were sealed upon his sons & the priesthood which was sealed upon the sons of Joseph, for thou art of the blood of Ephraim, tis your privilege to receive the priesthood in fulness in due time & to come up to thy station thou must seek diligently for thou art appointed to be a counselor in the house of Israel & God shall give thee understanding in all difficult matters & thou shalt be able to counsel wisely & judge righteously, thou shalt be a president of a stake of Zion & thou shalt attend to all the duties & privileges of that office & thy name shall be respected among the saints because of thy wisdom; tis your privilege to preach the Gospel in any place that you desire to; tis thy lot to _____ thy fathers house clear back to Adam or to where they ____ in the Gospel & bring them up in the morning of the resurrection; thou shalt have an inheritance with thy brethren, a numerous posterity an honorable name among the saints forever; if your faith does not fail, you shall live till Zion is established in peace & not a dog to move his tongue against the saints, shall depart in peace 7 inherit eternal life; this is thy blessing sealed upon thee & thy posterity in common with thy companion, upon conditions of obedience, amen
A. Carrington
recorder"

Aaron Sr.'s parents, Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Eunice Hubbard came from several very early and well known families of New England, arriving shortly after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Benjamin Cheney Sr. was a descendant of the famous Hannah Dustin / Duston family of which endless amounts of material have been written. Hannah Dustin / Duston was the first woman in the United States to have a statue erected in her honor, two statues and the family garrison currently stand in New England today. Aaron Cheney Sr.'s connection to Hannah Dustin / Duston would include the following ancestors.

Hannah Webster Emerson married Thomas Dustin / Duston
Hannah Dustin married Daniel Cheney II
Daniel Cheney III married Sarah Littlefield
Joseph Cheney (Rev. War. Veteran) married Dorcas Stewart
Benjamin Cheney I (Rev. War. Veteran) married Eunice Hubbard
Aaron Cheney Sr. married Mehitable Wells
Eunice Hubbard was the daughter of Capt. John Heard Hubbard, a famous New England Indian fighter and Revolutionary War soldier. Aaron Sr.'s brother Hurd / Heard Cheney was undoubtedly named in his honor. Aaron Sr.'s father Benjamin Cheney Sr. had also fought in the American Revolution, and details of his service can be found in "Corporal Benjamin Cheney I" by John Schultze. There are several sources stating that Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard left Maine shortly after the birth of Aaron Sr. for the frontier of Northern Vermont such as 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"

Aaron Sr. grew up in northern Vermont and married Mehitable Wells on August 14, 1807 in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont. Mehitable was the daughter of Selah Wells and Mehitable Tuthill. Selah Wells was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in New York, he came to Marshfield, Vermont in 1798 from Amenia, New York and was also the first Deacon of the Congregational Church in Marshfield. Selah moved to Newberry, Vermont in 1836. Aaron Sr. and Mehitable resided in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont for a short period of time before moving to Freedom New York. They had many children, including several that died at birth or infancy. Shortly after the birth of their son Amasa F. a series of bad winters came to northern Vermont which drove many of the early families from the area. Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Aaron Sr. left Vermont as well during this time period. I will quote from the book Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887 which includes other interesting facts about the Cheney family.

"?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."

Other interesting details of the Cheney migration can be found in 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."

Aaron Sr. and Mehitable's children include Aaron Jr., Elam (Mormon Pioneer), Olive Mehitable (Mormon Pioneer), Amasa F. (Mormon Pioneer, left the Mormon faith after an illness caused him to stop in Iowa), Ezekiel Wells (Mormon Pioneer) and Orrin Cheney. Aaron and Mehitable Wells Cheney were among the early members of the Mormon faith as were many of their extended families. After settling in Cattaraugus Co., New York they joined the Church and migrated to Kirkland, Ohio as so many early Mormons did. About this time it seems Aaron's father Benjamin and mother Eunice have passed away and are buried at the Freedom English Cemetery in Freedom, Cattaraugus New York. Some descendants claim that Benjamin Sr. was baptized into the Mormon Church by Aaron Sr. but this would seem almost impossible. A photo of what is thought to be the family plot is given by John Schultze a descendant of Benjamin Cheney Jr. The original graves were taken from the cemetery many years ago.

See platmap at www.hannahdustin.com

A plat map of the Freedom English Cemetery is also included submitted by Lyman Lowery of New York, a descendant of Aaron Sr.'s sister Anne Cheney Runnels.

Aaron Lincon Cheney writes of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable 's migration to Kirkland, Ohio in his book, "The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah:
"Elam?s father and mother were both religiously inclined and were faithful members of the Methodist Church until they were visited by the Prophet Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt who taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They were baptized members of this church in the year 1831. In 1835 they moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where their ten-year-old son, Elam, was baptized in the Shegran River by Elder Deamascus Carter. They purchased a farm located about two miles southeast of where the Kirtland Temple was built."In the late 1830s many in the Mormon Church were being driven from the Kirkland area, and Aaron Sr. and Mehitable moved this time to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois with several of Aaron's brothers including my great great great grandfather Ephraim Cheney and his family also of Kirkland, Ohio. While in route to Nauvoo, Aaron Sr. and Mehitable were visited by the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. Again I quote from the book:

"The History of Elam Cheney, my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah:
"The Cheney family left Kirtland in July 1838 in the company known as Kirtland Camp. They intended to join the Saints at Nauvoo, but, owing to sickness, were not able to continue the journey. They stopped temporarily at Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. While detained at this place, they were to work and fence a piece of ground, build a small house, raise a crop. It was while they were living at Decatur, that Joseph, the Prophet, started on his memorable trip to Washington for the purpose of laying the grievances of the saints before the President of the United States. As Joseph was passing through Decatur, he stopped and spent the night at the Cheney home. Elam, who was 14 at this time, was very much impressed by the conversation of the Prophet. As soon afterward, as they could, the Cheney Family continued their journey to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo, Elam played in a game of baseball with Joseph Smith."
Aaron Sr. and Mehitable settled in Nauvoo on 40 acres located on block 28 next door to Ephraim Cheney who had purchased 640 acres on block 32. Aaron's brother Benjamin Cheney Jr. and wife Nancy Snow stayed behind in Kirkland, Ohio and they later moved to Ft. Dodge, Iowa after many in the Church members were being forced out of the Kirkland area. Aaron Sr. and Ephraim worked and lived together for several years and were very close as Nauvoo grew to be one of the largest cities in the country. My great great grandfather Dr. Levi Cheney would write of the "good times" their families shared while living in Nauvoo in his letters to Aaron's son Elam and daughter Olive Mehitable. Dr. Levi Cheney was about the same age as Aaron's children, they shared a lot of their teenage years growing up together. Several of the Cheney men helped in the building of the Nauvoo Temple including the sons of Aaron and Ephraim. I quote from the book :

"The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah:
"Elam was present when the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple was laid, April 6, 1841. While the temple was being built the young men were given an opportunity to work out their tithing by working on the temple, so Elam worked every tenth day and sometimes oftener on the temple."
On June 27, 1844 the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. and his brother Hyrum were murder in the Carthage, Illinois jail. This would be the beginning of the end of the Mormons in Nauvoo as they searched for a new leader. A strong debate occurred among the Mormons as to who would now lead the Church. Many accepted that Brigham Young should be the new leader while others would only accept the son of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith III. Joseph Smith III, being a young boy of 14 was thought by many to be incapable of such a task. Joseph Smith III would later start the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group that many of Aaron Sr's extended family would choose to follow. Aaron Sr's family was unreceptive to this idea and left Nauvoo with the famous Mormon wagon trains. They prepared to leave Nauvoo for Salt Lake under the leadership of Brigham Young. Before they left the mobs had become too much to live with in Nauvoo as many were tarred and feather, or even worst they were killed. Its is said that the land on which Aaron Sr. and brother Ephraim's property lay, was an exceptional hard place to live as it was close to the shore of the Mississippi river. Many of the mobs would cross the river and terrorize the the land owners close to the shore and quickly escape to the other side of the river. Aaron Lincon Cheney writes of the mob violence in his book

"The History of Elam Cheney , my Grandfather" :
"As mob violence increased and the saints were driven from their homes in Nauvoo, Brother Cheney shared all the hardships endured by the saints. He was at Nauvoo, and saw the Prophet leave for Carthage and heard him make the remark, ?I am going like a lamb to the slaughter.?He was at the meeting in Nauvoo, when Governor Boggs was present, while the tragedy was being enacted at Carthage, and he was among those who left Nauvoo to accompany the bodies of the Prophet, and his brother Hyrum, back to the city. He was present at the funeral of the martyred brothers. He also attended the meeting when President Young took the stand and made manifest to the people that he was rightful successor of the Prophet Joseph."

Missouri Governor Boggs was the authority that gave the famous extermination order which led to the murder and wounding of many Mormons at Haun's Mill, Missouri by the state militia. James McBride (husband of Olive Mehitable Cheney) the son in law of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable, was present at the Haun's Mill settlement during the massacre. He would later write his family biography and tell the chilling events that took place that day. James was a young boy with his father, Revolutionary War veteran Thomas McBride who was killed with his own rifle and badly cut with a corn knive. My great great grandfather Dr. Levi Cheney would mention this in letters to Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride) the daughter of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable. James and Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride) would later care for Aaron Sr.'s wife Mehitable after his death in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. The children of Aaron Sr. and Mehitable including Elam, Ezekiel Wells and Olive Mehitable also settled in the Salt Lake while Aaron Jr., and Amasa F. stopped in Iowa. Dr. Levi Cheney my great great grandfather would also travel to Salt Lake and to California during the 1849 gold rush. His father Ephraim and wife Harriet were unwilling to follow Brigham Young and remained faithful to the Mormon Prophet's son Joseph Smith III who established the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lamona Iowa and Independence Mo. Ephraim his father settled north of Nauvoo in Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois and died while visiting his son Lewis Cheney in Holden Johnson Co., Missouri. Dr. Levi Cheney later moved to Independence in the 1880s and lived next door to Joseph Smith III on Short St. where his home is still in the family today. This home has been continuously occupied by the Cheney / Thompson family since the 1880s and is owned by my great uncle today. Dr. Cheney's descendants including my grandfather George Wallace Thompson (a grandson) who grew up with the family of RLDS President Joseph Smith III, son of the Mormon Prophet. In the 1990s published many articles on the Cheney / Thompson family experiences as neighbors of the Smiths. Aaron Sr. died September 18, 1862, Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect. and was buried at the Ogden City Cemetery, Weber Co., Utah. In 2000 I and my wife Rebecca tried to locate the grave of Aaron Sr., but unfortunately a headstone can no longer be found. Mehitable died several years later while in the care of her daughter Olive Mehitable Cheney (McBride). Aaron Sr. and Mehitable's descendants are many, and spread throughout the United States primarily in Utah, Idaho, California, Arizona, Iowa and Illinois.

FROM: the University of Utah Library:

"This is one branch of the Cheney family genealogy"
J. Willard Marriott Library, Manuscripts Division
University of Utah

"This inventory was prepared by Dorothy Mortensen in December 1996.
The information in this genealogical document was obtained at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1916 by Martin Franklin Sanders, son of Moses Martin Sanders, Jr., and Elizabeth Ellen Cheney, and is a carbon-copy typescript. The family record begins with John Cheney (n.d.-1666) who was born in England. In 1635, he is described in a list of the first members of the Roxbury, Massachusetts, Congregational church. John and his wife, Martha, had brought four children--Mary, Martha, John, and Daniel to America. Aaron Cheney, descended from the son, Daniel, was born in Granby, Vermont, about 1790. He married Mehitable Wells. They moved to Freedom, New York, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and removed with the church to Ohio."

1810 United States Federal Census Granby, Essex Co., Vermont
1820 United States Federal Census Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York (as Aaron Chine)
1830 United States Federal Census Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York
1835 New York State Census, Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York
1840 United States Federal Census Macon Co., Illinois
1850 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah
1852 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah
1860 United States Federal Census Weber Co., Utah

SONS OF THE UTAH PIONEERS MEMORIAL GALLERY INDEX CARDS:

Name: Aaron Cheney
Spouse: Mehitable Wells
Pioneer: before 1869
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1787
Death Date: May 1861
Birth Place: Berwick, Maine
Death Place: Ogden, Utah
Donor: Lawrence D. Saunders
Chapter: Ogden Pioneer
NAUVOO TAX INDEX OF 1842:
Aaron Cheney, Page: 205, Coordinates: 7N8W

Please contact me (Travis Thompson) if you can add anything about the history of Aaron Cheney Sr. and wife Mehitable Wells at aztar10@aol.com.[test.FTW]

Stated in record above, "p. 94, Appointed Bishop on North Pigeon, (Note: Hand written with name, apointed Bishop 7/19/1848)"

Aaron Cheney Sr. and Mehitable Wells by Travis Scott Thompson, copyright 2001

Aaron Cheney Sr. was born the son of Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard of York Co., Maine, July 14, 1787 according to a Patriarchal blessing on record with the Mormon Church as well as several other sources commonly found today.

"Patriarchal Blessing of Aaron Cheney Sr. (Mormon Pioneer)
PATRIARCHAL BLESSING No. 157 Vol.9 P.149

May 5th A Blessing by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the head of Aaron Cheney son of Benjamin & Eunice, born July 14th 1787, Berwick, Maine _____ Aaron I lay my hands upon thy head & by the authority of the Holy Priesthood & in the name of Jesus Christ I seal a fathers blessing upon thee, thou art of the house of Jacob & a heir to the blessings which were sealed upon his sons & the priesthood which was sealed upon the sons of Joseph, for thou art of the blood of Ephraim, tis your privilege to receive the priesthood in fulness in due time & to come up to thy station thou must seek diligently for thou art appointed to be a counselor in the house of Israel & God shall give thee understanding in all difficult matters & thou shalt be able to counsel wisely & judge righteously, thou shalt be a president of a stake of Zion & thou shalt attend to all the duties & privileges of that office & thy name shall be respected among the saints because of thy wisdom; tis your privilege to preach the Gospel in any place that you desire to; tis thy lot to _____ thy fathers house clear back to Adam or to where they ____ in the Gospel & bring them up in the morning of the resurrection; thou shalt have an inheritance with thy brethren, a numerous posterity an honorable name among the saints forever; if your faith does not fail, you shall live till Zion is established in peace & not a dog to move his tongue against the saints, shall depart in peace 7 inherit eternal life; this is thy blessing sealed upon thee & thy posterity in common with thy companion, upon conditions of obedience, amen
A. Carrington
recorder"

Aaron Sr.'s parents, Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Eunice Hubbard came from several very early and well known families of New England, arriving shortly after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Benjamin Cheney Sr. was a descendant of the famous Hannah Dustin / Duston family of which endless amounts of material have been written. Hannah Dustin / Duston was the first woman in the United States to have a statue erected in her honor, two statues and the family garrison currently stand in New England today. Aaron Cheney Sr.'s connection to Hannah Dustin / Duston would include the following ancestors.

Hannah Webster Emerson married Thomas Dustin / Duston
Hannah Dustin married Daniel Cheney II
Daniel Cheney III married Sarah Littlefield
Joseph Cheney (Rev. War. Veteran) married Dorcas Stewart
Benjamin Cheney I (Rev. War. Veteran) married Eunice Hubbard
Aaron Cheney Sr. married Mehitable Wells
Eunice Hubbard was the daughter of Capt. John Heard Hubbard, a famous New England Indian fighter and Revolutionary War soldier. Aaron Sr.'s brother Hurd / Heard Cheney was undoubtedly named in his honor. Aaron Sr.'s father Benjamin Cheney Sr. had also fought in the American Revolution, and details of his service can be found in "Corporal Benjamin Cheney I" by John Schultze. There are several sources stating that Benjamin Cheney and Eunice Hubbard left Maine shortly after the birth of Aaron Sr. for the frontier of Northern Vermont such as 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"

Aaron Sr. grew up in northern Vermont and married Mehitable Wells on August 14, 1807 in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont. Mehitable was the daughter of Selah Wells and Mehitable Tuthill. Selah Wells was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in New York, he came to Marshfield, Vermont in 1798 from Amenia, New York and was also the first Deacon of the Congregational Church in Marshfield. Selah moved to Newberry, Vermont in 1836. Aaron Sr. and Mehitable resided in Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont for a short period of time before moving to Freedom New York. They had many children, including several that died at birth or infancy. Shortly after the birth of their son Amasa F. a series of bad winters came to northern Vermont which drove many of the early families from the area. Benjamin Cheney Sr. and Aaron Sr. left Vermont as well during this time period. I will quote from the book Child?s Essex and Caledonia County Gazetteer, Vermont, 1764-1887, published 1887 which includes other interesting facts about the Cheney family.

"?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 visiti

Sources

Description
"History of Elam Cheney, my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Dr. Levi Cheney letter to Olive Mehitable Cheney McBride, 1880's
LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1
Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards

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