Re: Aquilla Cheney of Monroe County, Georgia
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Aquilla Cheney of Monroe County, Georgia
William Reed Cheney 3/22/01
The three volume Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897 lists a Aquila Cheney born on September 12, 1796 along with his twin sister, Priscilla.Priscilla died on January 30, 1764.Her name was carried on by her sister Priscilla, born on January 8, 1764. Pope lists 12 children, including Aquila,born to Levi (son of Ephraim; son of Joseph; son of William) and Mehitable Morse (DOM January 21, 1752) of Walpole where Levi had been a taxpayer already a year.Levi was born in Medfield, Massachusetts January 21, 1729-30. It's interesting that Levi was married on his 23rd birthday.Pope lists Levy's revolutionary war record on pages 74-75 of volume one.Twelvw children of Levi and Mehitable:
1. Asa dob Sept 29, 1752
2. Abigail dob March 4, 1754
3. Mary dob Oct 4, 1755
4. Mehitable dob April 26, 1757
5. Tamar dob Feb 25, 1759
6. Aquila dob Sept 12, 1761
7. Priscilla dob Sept 12, 1761 dod Jan 30, 1764
"Aquila enlisted from Walpole whena stripling of 16.He served in Capt. Samuel Crwell's co., Col Haw's regt.; service from Aug 4, 1778 to Aug 26, 1778, 22 days, at Rhode Island.Roll swoen to at Wrentham,He enlisted again at 18, and did good service as a Revolutionary soldier; was described as "5ft. 5 inches high," "of light complection,"July 2, 1780, when he joined Capt. Phinehas Parker's co. at Springfield, for six months; and passed muster under Brig. Gen. Patterson, at Camp Tottoway, October 25, 1780.He was discharged Dec. 3, 1780.Enlisted again Sept. 30, 1782, and served at Hull, etc till Oct. 24, 1782, in Capt. John Baxter's co., Maj. Job Cushing's regt.; did duty at Hull."
"N.B. This unusual name appears in Baltimore, MD. about the year 1790."
8. Priscilla dob Jan. 8, 1764
9. Levi dob October 11, 1763
10. Levina dob October 11, 1763
"There is some reason to think that this boy is the "Levi Cheney" who enlisted March 3, 1784, and was in service 3 months; otherwise the record may belong to the father who was by that time quite a veteran."
11. Olive dob June 9, 1770
12. Tryphena, dob Aug 10, 1773.
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Re: Aquilla Cheney of Monroe County, Georgia