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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


Offspring of Aaron Cheney (1787-1861) and Mehitable Wells Cheney
Name Birth Death Joined with
Selah Cheney (1808-) 1808 Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States
Amasa Cheney (1809-1870) 29 December 1809 Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States 1 November 1870 Millersburg, Iowa County, Iowa, United States Hannah Hadley (1812-1896)
Infant Cheney (b1811) 1811 Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States 1811 Marshfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States
Orren Cheney (1813-1866) 10 May 1813 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 10 May 1866 Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States Hannah Loretta Burdick (1815-1905)
Selar Cheney (1815-1867) 1815 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Olive Mehitable Cheney (1817-1907) 15 May 1817 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 4 April 1907 Marion, Cassia County, Idaho, United States James John McBride (1818-1881)
Infant Cheney (b1819) 1819 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 1819 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Infant Cheney (b1820) 1820 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 1820 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Aaron Cheney (1822-1889) 5 March 1822 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 23 June 1889 Millersburg, Iowa County, Iowa, United States Matilda Malvina Ballard (1827-1877)
Letha Barton (1823-1889)
Elam Cheney (1825-1912) 16 May 1825 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 29 March 1912 Pinedale, Navajo County, Arizona, United States Hannah Compton (1804-1884)
Margaret Wimmer (1829-1908)
Talitha Cumi Garlick (1824-1902)
Martha Taylor (1828-1908)
Harriet Edgehill (1847-1926)
Ezekiel Wells Cheney (1828-1886) 13 June 1828 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 13 August 1886 Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, United States Lucy Elzada Hardy (1829-1913)
Infant Cheney (b1829) 1829 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 1829 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Infant Cheney (b1830) 1830 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 1830 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States
Infant Cheney (b1832) 1832 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States 1832 Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States



Siblings


Offspring of Selah Wells (1748-1842) and Mehitable Tuthill (1753-1838)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Nancy Jane Wells (1776-1818) 1776 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States 1818 Lewis Bryan (1735-1816)
Joseph Wells (1776-1861) 14 August 1776 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States 18 January 1861 Anna Wells (1776-1863)
Ebenezer Wells (1779-1855) 8 July 1779 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States 19 January 1855 Wheatland, Mecosta County, Michigan, United States Suzanna Spencer (1774-1846)
Mehitable Wells (1787-1869) 13 January 1787 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States 30 November 1869 Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, United States Aaron Cheney (1787-1861)
John Wells (1790-1862) 9 February 1790 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States 4 June 1862 Newbury, Orange County, Vermont, United States Elizabeth Willis (1789-1878)
Jeremiah Smith (1800-1877)
Naomi Wells (1792-) 1792 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States
Mary Wells (1794-1872) 1794 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States 7 March 1872 Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, United States George Howell (1795-1871)
Franklin Wells (1799-1800) 23 July 1799 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States 28 February 1800 Suffolk County, New York, United States
Benjamin Franklin Wells (1801-1880) 1801 New York, United States 1880 Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, United States Maria Downs (1802-1850)
John Tuthill Wells (1803-1875) 16 September 1803 Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States 28 August 1875 Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, United States Mary Wells (1806-1850)
Jerusha Young (1821-1898)
Hannah Wells (1804-1865) 1804 Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States 1865 Nicholas Downs (1803-1874)
Sophronia Wells (1807-1885) 18 August 1807 Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, United States 18 August 1885 Northville, Suffolk County, New York, United States John Hallock (1807-1887)


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:

Wells Family Ancestors

See Also


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

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Footnotes (including sources)

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