Margaret Cole Cheney was born circa 1604 in England to William Cole (1577-) and Elizabeth Deards (1579-1598) and died 1686 Boston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married William Cheney (1603-1667) 1625 in England. She married Mr Burges of Boston 1686 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Biography
Margaret had a breakdown after William died. In the Church records of the time, Reverand S. Danforth noted that "Margaret Cheany widow having been long bound by Satan under a melancholick distemper, (above 10 or 11 yeares) which made her wholly neglect her Calling & live mopishly, this day (24 Mar 1673) gave thanks to God for loosing her chain & confessing & bewailing her sinful yielding to temptation" (The Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897 pg 29) Des pite William's careful provision for Margaret in his will, her widowhood was not with out financial problems. She petioned the court regarding her son Thomas' treatment of her, to which it responded: "In answer to the petition of Margaret Cheeny, widdow: The Court Orders that Thomas Cheeny her Son pay unto his sd Mother Five pounds in mony every quarter of the yeare, yearely for the improvement of the Estate left by his Father & give her good assurance of her living peaceably with him, otherwise that hee leave the house; the Estate being judged to bee wor th twenty five pound in mony per annum (Suffolk County Court, 749, dated 31 October 1676).
Margaret married (2) Mr Burge (or Burges or Burdge) and moved to B oston. She made a will on 9/23/1686, and died sometime later that year. (From the "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Henry Pope, Copyright1900, pg. 97)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eleanor Cheney (1625-) | |||
| Margaret Cheney (1628-1678) | 26 November 1628 England | 29 September 1678 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Thomas Hastings (c1605-1685) |
| Thomas Cheney (1630-1695) | 1630 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 4 March 1695 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Jane Atkinson (1634-1724) |
| William Cheney (1636-) | |||
| John Cheney (1639-1639) | |||
| John Cheney (1640-1671) | |||
| Mehitable Cheney (1643-1693) | 6 January 1643 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 1693 Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Thomas Wight (1633-1690) |
| Joseph Cheney (1647-1704) | 6 June 1647 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 16 September 1704 Massachusetts | Hannah Thurston (1650-1690) |
Siblings
References
- John Cheney List of Famous Descendants
- Ebenezer Cheney Immigrant Ancestors
- Higgins / Whitney / Cheney Genealogy