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Abiathar CHENEY
Mercy McDONALD
Husband:  Abiathar CHENEY
Birth:  18 Jan 1796, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Occupation:  farmer
Father:  Ephraim CHENEY, Jr.
Mother:  Dorcas CHENEY
Marriage:
Wife:  Mercy McDONALD
Birth:  7 May 1794, VT
Occupation:  homemaker
Children — born in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT:
1.  (Daughter A) CHENEY, b. 1820-25
2.  (Daughter B) CHENEY, b. 1820-25
3.  (Daughter C) CHENEY, b. 1820-25
4.  (Son A) CHENEY, b. 1825-30
5.  Arabelle CHENEY, b. 1826/7
6.  Hannibal CHENEY, b. 1832/3
7.  Joel CHENEY, b. 1834/5
8.  Dorcas CHENEY, b. 1837/8
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Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 26 — indexed "Chaney"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•
1830 VT Rutland Co. Brandon Roll 188 p. 193 Ln. 26 Ephraim Cheeney 200 001 001 - 130 001
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son A
1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = Abiathar (b. 1796)
1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = Ephraim (b. 1767)
1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Arabelle (b. 1826/7)
3 females 5-9 1820-1825 = Daughter C
= Daughter B
= Daughter A
1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Mercy (b. 1794) 
Our subject and his family appear to be living with his widowed father, Ephraim CHENEY.

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7-8 of 26; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•
1840 VT Rutland Co. Brandon Roll 545 pp. 203B-204A Ln. 3 Abeul? Cheeney 112 000 100 - 100 200 100 0100000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Joel (b. 1834/5)
1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Hannibal (b. 1832/9) 
2 males 10-14 1825-1830 = Son A
1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = Abiathar (b. 1796)
1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Dorcas (b. 1837/8)
2 females 15-19 1820-1825 = Arabelle (b. 1826/7)
= Daughter A, B, or C
1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Mercy (b. 1794) 
1 person employed in agriculture
Listed one line below his father, Ephraim CHENEY.

4.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23 of 68):  Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, Roll M432_927, p. 90A, 1156/1300, enumerated 9 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•
Abeatha Cheney 54 M   Farmer 1000 Vt
Mercy      " 56 F       "
Arabelle   " 23 F       "
Hannibal   " 17 M   Laborer   "
Joel      " 15 M   "   "
Dorcas     " 12 F       "
Ephraim    " 84 M   Farmer   Mass
Ephraim is Abiathar's father.

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