— born in Dublin, Cheshire Co., NH:
4.  Edward CHENEY, Jr., b. 18 Sep 1777  — stayed in Brandon
5.  Abigail "Nabby" CHENEY, b. 20 Jun 1781 — to Cayuga Co., NY [1810] to Wayne Co., NY [1820] to Niagara Co., NY [1830] to Geauga Co., OH [1840] to ? [1850] to Carroll Co., IL [1860]

— born in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT:
6.  Elizabeth "Betsy" CHENEY, b. 5 Nov 1783 — stayed in Brandon
7.  Mary "Polly" CHENEY, b. 15 Mar 1786 — in Brandon [1810] to Genesee Co., NY [1820] to ? [1830] to Geauga Co., OH [1840] to Armstrong Co., PA [1850/60]
8.  Elijah CHENEY, b. 3 Aug 1788 — to Genesee Co., NY
9.  Elisha CHENEY, b. 17 Nov 1790 — to Genesee Co., NY

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 2 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1790

VT

Rutland Co.

Brandon

Roll M637_12

p. 24/255

Ln. 20L

Cheney Edward

3-3-5-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
3 free white males	16 or over	in or bef. 1774	= Edward (b. 1752) = Samuel (b. 1772) = Son A
3 free white males	15 or under	1774-1790	= Edward Jr. (b. 1777) = Elijah (b. 1788) = Elisha (b. 1790)
5 free white females	all ages	in or bef. 1790	= Abigail (b. 1752) = Dorcas (b. 1773) = Abigail (b. 1781) = Betsy (b. 1783) = Mary (b. 1786)

Edward is the only CHENEY enumerated in Brandon.

3a.  1800 Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).  Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the genders have been switch in the numerical data). 

1800

Chena, Edward

VT

Rutland Co.

Brandon

01101-1100100

3b.  1800 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #2 of 11; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800

VT

Rutland Co.

Brandon

Roll 52 (Book 1)

p. 21

Ln. 12

Chena Ewd

11001-01101-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	9 or under	1790-1800	= Elisha (b. 1790)
1 male	10-15	1784-1790	= Elijah (b. 1788)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1755	= Edward (b. 1752)
1 female	10-15	1784-1790	= Mary (b. 1786)
1 female	16-25	1774-1784	= Betsy (b. 1783)
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1755	= Abigail (b. 1752)

Also in Brandon:  Edward CHENEY, Jr., Ephraim CHENEY, Silas HOLT, and Seth HOLT.

4.  1810 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #5 of 10; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810

VT

Rutland Co.

Brandon

Roll 65 (Book 1)

p. 105/164

Ln. 19

Edward Cheney

00201-00201-0-6-1-1-1-40-50-20

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	16-25	1784-1794	= Elisha (b. 1790) = Elijah (b. 1788)
1 male	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Edward (b. 1752)
2 females	16-25	1784-1794	= ? = ?
1 female	45 or over	in or bef. 1765	= Abigail (b. 1752)
Slaves/Blacks			= 0
Number of the Whole			= 6
Linnen Wheels			= 1
Spinning Wheels			= 1
Looms			= 1
Yards of Woolen Cloth			= 40
Yards of Linnen Cloth			= 50
Sheep			= 20

All of their known daughters are married by 1810, so it's unclear who the two younger females are; they cannot be daughters because they did not appear in the 1800 census.  Listed three lines from Ephraim CHENEY.

4.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314):  Edward not found, as expected, but Abigail not found, either, at least not as head-of-household.  Presumably, she is living with one of her children.

5.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):  There is an Abagail CHANEY in Oxford Co., ME, and an Abigal CHANEY in Fairfield Co., OH, but there is no reason to believe she is one of them.  There are many "CHEENYs" living in Rutland Co., VT, and she is probably living with one of them.

6.  Census Index:  U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):  Abigail not found, but she may be living with kin for there are many CHANEYs/&c. living in Rutland Co., VT. 

7.  Charles Henry Pope.  1897.  The Cheney Genealogy. (Self-published) Barta Press, Boston (online at GenealogyLibrary.com).  For excerpt on Edward Cheney, click here. 

8.  Message posted to the "Queries" section of the Rowley Research web site (online at www.flint.com/rowley/):

Personal Bible belonging to Daniel and Polly Cheney Rowley. This Bible was purchased in 1814... It is in the possession of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowley McKnight of Freeport, Pennsylvania, a descendent.... Copied from the original for Irene Rowley, December 1990, by Mrs. McKnight... Family of Daniel Rowley 1782-1842... Family of Polly Cheney Rowley Father- Edward Cheney 1752-1813 Mother- Abigail 1752-1841 Children: Samuel b. 1772 Edward b. 1777 d. 1812 Nabby b. 1781 Betsey b. 1783 Polly b. 1786 Elijah b. 1788 Elisha b. 1790...

The big question here is:  Where is Dorcas?!  She is givin by Pope (q.v.).  It's obvious this is not a verbatim transcription, but an edited extraction, so perhaps Dorcas was inadvertently omitted.  It seems unlikely that the bible would have contained only the years, not the full dates, which also argues that this is a selective extraction, not a transcription.

9.  H.P. Smith & W.S. Rann.  1886.  History of Rutland County, Vermont.  D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY (republished in facsimile, 1993, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD).  On p. 479:

Town of Brandon... Deacon Edward Cheney came from Dublin, N.H., in 1783, and lived on the place since called the Joseph Dutton farm.

10.  Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 23 (online at Ancestry.com).  For full excerpt, click here.  On p. 316: 

... Edward Cheney and Abagail Hale (1752-1841), his wife (parents of Dorcas), m. 1772 ... Edward Cheney, (1752-1813), was a Massachusetts minute man at the Lexington Alarm under Capt. Isaac Gates. He was born in Newton, Mass.; died in Brandon, Vt.

11.  Secretary of the Commonwealth.  1896.  Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. 17 vols.  Wright & Potter, Boston (online at Ancestry.com and on Broderbund CD-147).  In Vol. 3, on p. 388:

CHENEY, EDWARD, Harvard (probably). Private, Capt. Isaac Gates's (4th) co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; returned home April 22, 1775; service, 4½ days.

12.  Descendants of John Heald I by Rebecca A. Hamel. [link died]  See her sources nos. 2076-2083 as cited for Abigail.