Mehitable Wells Cheney was born 13 January 1787 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States to Selah Wells (1748-1842) and Mehitable Tuthill (1753-1838) and died 30 November 1869 Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married Aaron Cheney (1787-1861) 17 August 1807 in Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States.
Early Mormon Pioneer
Vital Stats
- Daughter of Selah Wells (1748-1842) and Mehitable Tuthill (1753-1838)
- 1787-Jan-13 : Birth at Amenia, Dutchess Co, New York
- 1807-Aug-17 : Married to Aaron Cheney (1787-1861) at Marshfield, Washington Co, Vermont
- 1832 : Conversion to LDS Church
- 1849 : Mormon Trail Pioneer - George A Smith / Dan Jones Company (age 62)
- 1869-Nov-30 : Died at Grantsville, Tooele Co, Utah Territory- buried at Grantsville City Cemetery
Biography
In 1780, her parents family moved to Marshfield, Vermont where she would meet and marry her husband Aaron Cheney.
Freedom 1834 LDS Church Branch
Being one of the first members baptized into the historic Freedom 1831 LDS Church Branch, a branch of the newly founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized just one year earlier. In spring of 1834, two notable missionaries, Orson Whitley Pratt (1811-1881) and John Murdock (1760-1858) visited the Freedom Township, Cattaraugus County, New York. Their mission journal lists their several church converts and other key insights. A key part of this mission was to recruit volunteers for Zion's Camp (1834). Eventually, many of these Mormon families moved west to Ohio, Illinois and then Utah.
Children
Siblings
Notable Ancestors
Ludlow Family Ancestry
A direct descendant of the Ludlow Family ( SWells, JWells, MBrewster, TBrewster, SLudlow, ...) This family has connections to several notable lines of early European ancestry including the following:
- Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690) - A member of the first graduating class of Harvard University (1642), he became a minister of the church in Ireland where he married Sarah Ludlow (1635-1695), a daughter of Roger Ludlow. They then sailed back to America where he served a long time as minister of the church in Setauket and Brookhaven on Long Island, New York
- Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) - Notable early English immigrant. co-founder of Colony of Connecticut, and author of its earliest legal codes.
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England, m. Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) - See Plantagenet Family Line for a continuation of his ancestry.
- William I, King of England (1027-1087) - (aka: William the Conqueror) - In 1066 became first Norman king of England.
- Emporer Charlemagne (747-814) - King of the Franks and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
Wells Family Ancestors
- See Also Joshua Wells Family Ancestry
- See Also Selah Wells Immigrant Ancestors
- William Wells of Southold and his Descendants, Archive.org, https://archive.org/details/williamwellsofso00haye, retrieved 08 Dec 2023 - written 1878; p. 233-34 in the "Full Text" version
See Also
- Mehitable Wells
- Wells Family
- Wells in Dutchess County, New York
- Wells in Washington County, Vermont
- Wells in Tooele County, Utah
- Genealogy - see picture of gravestone for formal spelling of name for Mehitable and her parents.
LDS Pioneer Company Record 1849
- LDS Church Overland Pioneer
- Cheney, Aaron (62)
- Cheney, Elijah (63)
- Cheney, Eliza Ann (infant)
- Cheney, Ezekiel Wells (21)
- Cheney, Lucy Elzada Hardy (20)
- Cheney, Mehitable Wells (62)
- Cheney, Sarah Griffith (58)
- Cheney, Sarah Harmon (62)
- Daughter to Mehitable & Aaron: Olive Mehitable Cheney McBride arrived UT in 1850 with husband James John McBride & sons 2-year-old Aaron & 9-month-old Amos Orin
1850 US Census
Taken in Weber County, Utah
- Aaron Cheney (62-M)
- Mahitable Cheney (63-F)
- Sarah Cheney (61-F)
Grantsville Gravestone

- Location : Blk. G, Section 2, Lot L-4. grave E2, Grantsville City Cemetery. Tooele County, Utah
- Mehitable Wells Cheney at Find A Grave
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