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| Birth: | 21 MAY 1695 in ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASS. |
| Death: | 20 MAR 1785 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN. |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | William Cheney b. 30 JUN 1663 in CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MASS. |
| Mother: | Rebecca Newell b. 14 APR 1663 in ROXBURY,SUFFOLK, MASS. |
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Fact 1: WAS IN POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.5/29/1755 PER CORT RECORDS
Fact 2: BURRIED SABIN CEMETERY, POMFRET, CONN.
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| Mariah Waldo (Wife) b. 10 FEB 1695/96 in CHELMSFORD, MASS. |
| Marriage: 3 MAY 1720 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN. |
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 Rebecca Cheney b. EST BET 1715 AND 1742
 Lucy Cheney b. 20 OCT 1720 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Oliver Cheney b. 2 OCT 1722 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Abiel Cheney, Jr. b. 13 APR 1725 in P0MFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Daniel Cheney b. 25 DEC 1728 in P0MFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Rebecca Cheney b. 20 MAR 1733/34 in P0MFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Catherine Cheney b. 8 NOV 1736 in P0MFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
- Oliver Cheney b. 19 MAY 1743 in P0MFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.
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"PUBLIC RECORDS OF CONN." "Cost allowed by this assembly to Abiel Cheney... of Pomfret in the county of Windhan vs Joseph Talman of New London..., for attendance and C. to answer a petition preferred by him the said Talmon and withdrawn, is 2 pounds, 3s, 6d lawful money" 5/29/1755 He learned the trade of blacksmith, probably under his guardian, Daniel Holbrook. He worked some time in Boston; then removed to Pomfret, Ct. After the death of his brother Thomas in 1714 he joined William in a sale to Jonathan Draper of some land near Dedham line which Thomas had bequeathed to them. feb. 8, 1716-17, he sold to his brother, William Cheney of Roxbury, carpenter, for 300 (pounds), his share in a dwelling house and other buildings and 30 acres of land in Roxbury; one half of five acres and a half of fresh meadow in Roxbury, "being half of eleven acres in copartnership with Thomas, William, and Abiel Cheney," and half of eleven acres of salt marsh in similar copartnership; also "all his rights in Woodstock." Hailing from Boston, he purchased of Samuel Waldo, for 130 (pounds). a messuage and a tract of land in Pomfret and land adjoining the line of Woodstock, Nov. 13, 1716. he purchased another tract of Anthony and William Stoddard, 9 Nov. 1719. His brother William, of Roxbury, bought 30 acres of land in Pomfret from his step-father, Josiah Sabin for 300 (pounds), and presented it to his namesake, Abiel's son, William. He sold Abiel all his property in that vicinity in 1746. Abiel resided south of the Mashamoquet, on land bought of Maj. Fitch, east of Newichewanna Brook. He was chosen a town officer in 1724; was one of the founders of the "United English Library for the Propagation of Christain and Useful Knowledge" in Pomfret, 25 Sept.1739, to which his subscription was "Abiel Cheney, blacksmith, ten pounds." He d.20 Mar. 1787. From Scott Kraus (VRFT29A Prodigy)
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