Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

Martha Smithe

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Bill Weld — 11th Generation
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  • 1611 
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  • AFT 5 Jun 1666 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Cheney
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Mar 1630/1631 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lawford, Essex, England 
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  Peter Cheney

  Cheney

  Daniel Cheney

  Sarah Cheney

  Lydia Cheney

  Peter Cheney

  Hannah Cheney (Ahnentafel No:805 )

  Nathaniel Cheney

  Elizabeth Cheney

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  • Claims that Martha Smithe's maiden name was Parrat and that she came from Scotland are false.

• Sources for Martha Smithe

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 2001, Vol. 76, pp. 245-247.
  • ² The Essex Genealogist, 2005, Vol. 25, p. 56, contains a false origin and false maiden name for Martha Smithe.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), Page 61, [Death].
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), Page 61.
  • ⁵ Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press (1947), 147-149.
  • ⁶ Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, n.p.: n.p. (1938), Page 181, [Death].
  • ⁷ Pope, Charles Henry, The Cheney Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts: The Barta Press (1897), 199-209.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 178.

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