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Last updated July 14, 2014|
Benjamin Cheney was mustered into military service on 3,July 1775 at Wells, Maine and served
until 1 Jan 1780. He received a grant of land in Illinois, then the frontier, for service
as a Revolutionary War Soldier. On 14, June 1790, John Herrick and Benjamin Cheney were each granted land in Granby, Vermont as an inducement for settling the area. Benjamin was also given a 15 acre mill site. Benjamin and Eunice moved into Granby in 1790 or 1791. The first white child born in Granby was Hurd Cheney. He was born on 16,September 1791. The family was living in Freedom, Saparagus County, New York in 1817. Benjamin and Eunice sold land to their son Ephriam at Freedom, on 4 Feb. 1822. |