1776 - 1830

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• Title	Col.
  Birth	9 Aug 1776	Alstead,Cheshire,New Hampshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jun 1830	Newport,New Hampshire   [1]
  Person ID	I54185	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	William CHENEY
  Mother	Rebecca
  Family ID	F23612	Group Sheet
  Family	Tryphena HATCH
  Married	Feb 1801	Walpole,Cheshire,New Hampshire   [2]
  Children	> 1. Chloe CHENEY, b. 30 Aug 1801, Alstead,Cheshire,New Hampshire > 2. Philena CHENEY, b. 3 Jan 1803, Alstead New Hampshire > 3. Persis Hatch CHENEY, b. 27 Apr 1805   4. William Hutchinson CHENEY, b. 5 Mar 1807 > 5. Tryphena CHENEY, b. 31 Dec 1808 > 6. Sophia CHENEY, b. 21 Jul 1810   7. George Hallett CHENEY, b. 29 Mar 1812 > 8. Alice CHENEY, b. 13 Jun 1814   9. Prentice CHENEY, b. 2 Mar 1816   10. Charles Franklin CHENEY, b. 19 Apr 1819   11. James Edwin CHENEY, b. 10 Apr 1821
  Family ID	F7996	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Information in this database compiled by Robert J. Tate of Tucson, Arizona He was bred a carpenter but soon became a Merchant. He made his home in Newport New Hampshire. In 1810 he built a block of stores a part which he occupied until his death . In 1815 he built a large public house know as NETTLETON's HOTEL. In 1815 constructed the dam and cannel which feed the upper tannery and linseed oil mill, grist-mill and saw mill at dam below. About 1819 he purchased all the water-power at Sunappe Harbor and built a Grist-mill saw mill and carding mill. Col. Cheney had few educational advantages. He was a moderator and selectman of the town during the years 1816-1827 representative to State Legislature. Mainly thru his efforts the a division of Cheshire Co. was effected and Newport became a county seat of new county Sullivan. He was a deacon of the Baptist Church. He donated a Bell to the society. He played the Violin. Was a member of the Masonic Lodge. When in 1824 LaFayette passed thru he met with Col. Cheney.

• Sources

  [S696] Cheney Genelogy, Charles Henry Poe, 419. [S696] Cheney Genelogy, Charles Henry Poe, 419. Notice of marriage published in Farmers Museum March 17, 1801