Elisha CHENEY & Phoebe HENDEE

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Elisha CHENEY
Phoebe HENDEE

Husband: Elisha CHENEY
Birth: 17 Nov 1790, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Death: 26 May 1863
Disposition: buried Fairview Cemetery, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY
Military Service: War of 1812 (British prisoner at Black Rock, NY)
Father: Dea. Edward C. CHENEY
Mother: Abigail HALE

Marriage:

Wife: Phoebe/Phebe HENDEE
Birth: Jul 1791, VT
Death: 14 Jan 1863
Disposition: buried Fairview Cemetery, Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY
Father: Richard HENDEE, b. 14 Jun 1744, Coventry, Tolland Co., CT
Mother: Hannah PIERSON, b. 1 APR 1755, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT

Children:

1. Elisha P. CHENEY, b. 1810, VT (prob. Brandon)
2. David H. CHENEY, b. 21 Oct 1814, NY
3. Edmund CHENEY, b. 1818; d. 12 Mar 1826, bur. Fairview Cem.
4. Daniel Rowley CHENEY, b. 1 Oct 1820
5. Jane Ann CHENEY, b. 1823; d. 14 Sep 1833; bur. Fairview Cem.
6. Edmund CHENEY, b. 1834/5

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Connecticut, New York, Vermont

Sources (n.b., in Genesee County, "Towns" are civil divisions equivalent to townships):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

1820 Cheney, Elijah NY Genesee Co. Le Roy p. 152

This should be Elisha. Need to see film.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Cheney, Elisha NY Genesee Co. Le Roy p. 405

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #15 of 45; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 NY Genesee Co. Le Roy [now Pavilion] p. 393 Ln. 10 Elisha Cheney 000 120 000 - 000 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 =

2 males 20-29 1810-1820 =

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 =

1 person employed in agriculture

The numbers for this record do not remotely match our subjects, but who else could this be? He is listed next to his son, Elisha P. CHENEY, who is next to his son, David H. CHENEY.

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #33 of 40): Town of Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY, p. 201A, 246/269, enumerated 12 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Elisha Cheney 59 M F 4200 Vt

Phebe Cheney 58 F Vt

Daniel Cheney 29 M F NY

Cordelia Cheney 22 F NY

Edmund Cheney 15 M NY

Cordelia is Daniel's wife, not his sister.

6. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #27 of 44): Pavilion Center P.O., Town of Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY, p. 793, PN 27, enumerated 28 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

214 217 Daniel Cheney 39 M Farmer 2700 350 New York

Cordelia 32 F New York

[Daniel & Cordelia's children]

218 Elisha Cheney 69 M Farmer 2700 350 Vermont

Phoeba Cheney 68 F Vermont

7. Charles Henry Pope. 1897. The Cheney Genealogy. (Self-published) Barta Press, Boston (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).

8. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index and AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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