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.