10. JOHN,3 (Peter,2 John,1) b. in Newbury, May 10, 1666, m. March 7, 1793, Mary, dau. of James,3 (James,2 Lionel1) Chute and Mary (Wood); she was b. Sept 16, 1674.  He learned the trade of carpenter, both as house-builder and mill-wright, and also mastered the business of a miller and cloth-finisher, it would appear.  We have seen that his father put him in possession of the grist-mill Nov. 24, 1693, and there he carried along the family business some years. 

The travels and investment of his uncle Nathaniel must have interested him in his youth, and the gift of that uncle's Suffield property gave him a reason for going to the Connecticut valley.  He did not keep that estate long, we see; but his mind had expanded, and he opened the way for others, and went temporarily in that direction.
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John Cheney of Newbury, house carpenter, with wife Mary, sold to Thomas Gillett of Suffield all his rights in common and undivided lands in Suffield derived from Nathanael Cheney, April 10, 1723. 

He followed his eldest son, Edmund, into what was to them "the western country" in 1724, and made his home in Weston several years, residing in the portion of the town which became incorporated as Sudbury; but he returned again and spent his declining years in his native town.  His

home was so near the border of Rowley that he is sometimes named as of that town.  He furnished part of the capital
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"Deacon John Cheney & Mary his wife recomendd & dismissd from a Chh in Newbury (under ye Pastoral care of Mr Hale) rec'd into or Comunion Aug. 23, 1724." 

"1730. July 26, Dismissd & recomendd to ye Chh in Newbury undr ye care of Mr Tufts." 

The records of the Second church of [West] Newbury state that "Dea. Cheney and his wife were received into this church by dismission from the chh. at Westown," in 1731.  For some reason they chose to join that church instead of that at Byfield; and sometime afterward they were dismissed from West Newbury to the Second church of Rowley, now the church of Georgetown, where this interesting memorial of a respected man is left on record: 

"Dea. John Cheney of Newbury Newtown, who did reside in the 2d Parish in Rowley Mass. & was a member of the chh. in said parish, died Sept. 2, 1750.  The wife of said Dean John Cheney died Sept. 10, 1750." 
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27.     I. EDMUND,4 b. June 29, 1696.
       II. MARTHA,4 b. July 30, 1700, m. Nov. 17, 1715, Tristram Coffin, Jr. [No children recorded.]
      III. MARY,4 b. Nov. 14, 1701, m. [Intention filed July 25, 1719,] Francis Brocklebank.