FATHER

Daniel Cheney

MOTHER

Sarah Bailey

HUSBAND

Thomas Safford

CHILDREN

1. Sarah Safford b. 29 Mar 1701

2. Thomas Safford b. 28 Apr 1703

3. Joseph Safford b. 12 Mar 1704-05

4. Daniel Safford b. 1706

5. John Safford b. Abt 1709

6. Nathan Safford Bapt. 16 Mar 1711-12

7. James Safford b. 27 Jun 1714

8. Stephen Safford b. 10 Dec 1716

9. Titus Safford Bapt. 24 Feb 1722

Eleanor Cheney
by Susan Brooke
Jul 2023

Eleanor Cheney was born in Newbury, Essex, MA (Ma Bay Colony) on 29 Mar 1679.  When she was 15 years old her father died on 10 Sep 1594 and her uncle, Joshua Bayley, was appointed her guardian. (1) On 17 Dec 1696 when she was 17 years old she married Richard Shatwell and on the same day her older sister, Hannah, married Thomas Wiswall. (2)  Eleanor had one child with Richard Shatwell, and when that son was only 3 months old, her husband died on 18 May 1698.
Her father's estate was distributed on 1 Aug 1698. (3)  Two months after the settlement and a little less than five months after the death of her husband, she married Thomas Safford on 7 Oct 1698 and had another 9 children. (4)  Eleanor died on 22 Dec 1724 at the age of 45 when her youngest son was 22 months old. 

Sources

(1) Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897 page 211

He d. Sept. 10, 1694. As four of his children were under age, Joshua Bayley was appointed guardian of John and Eleanor ; and Joseph Bayley of Joseph and James. Before she had become of age, however, Eleanor had married, become a widow and married a second time ! Dec. 22, 1694, " Sarah Cheny " writes in a clear hand her refusal to administer upon the estate of her husband, and requests the appointment of her son, Daniel.

(2) Marriage to Richard Shatswell
Richard Shatswell to Eleanor Cheney
17 Dec 1696
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

(3) Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897 page 214

To Richard Jackman, as he is Attorney to and the purchaser of all the rights that mr. Thomas Wisewell of New Towne in the County of Middlesex who maried with Hanah Cheny Daughter of Daniel Cheny deceased
and of Eloner the daughter of the said Daniel Cheny deceased formerly Satchell, widdow, and now Safford, All the right that the sd Hanah & Eloner had or might have in the estate of their said father Daniel Cheny
the sd Jackman having purchased the said rights before this division of sd estate was made «& with the desire and consent of the Administrator that the lands should be divided among the children. 

(4)  Cheney Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope, 1897 page 217

"VI Eleanor b. March, 29, 1679; m. 1st, on the same day as her sister Hannah, Dec 17, 1696, Richard Shatswell (Satchell) of Ipswich; m. 2nd,k Oct. 7, 1698, Thomas Safford, of Ipswich, son of John and Sarah Safford, b. Oct. 16, 1672"