Ancestry of
Dick Cheney

46th U.S. Vice-President

William Cheney

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Dick Cheney — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 64 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Cheney 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Tucker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Sep 1741 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • Apr 1803 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Sweet
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Apr 1763 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Ebenezer Cheney (Ahnentafel No:32 )

• Sources for William Cheney

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Marriage record for William Cheney and Elisabeth Sweet.
  • ² Cheney, Lynne, Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family, New York: Threshold Editions (2009), Chart on pages 308-309.
  • ³ Pope, Charles Henry, The Cheney Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts: The Barta Press (1897), 66, 81-82.