Abiathar CHENEY & Mercy McDONALD

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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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