319 – Gilbert and Martha Cheney
By the mid-1700s, the Appalachian frontier beckoned. Gilbert and Martha Cheney—our fifth great-grandparents—joined the wave of settlers seeking land and opportunity in the remote valleys of central Pennsylvania. Their story unfolds on Warrior’s Ridge, between Shaver’s Creek and Standing Stone Creek, where wilderness met perseverance. The Appalachian Mountain area of Pennsylvania opened to settlers around…
318 – A Genealogy Dilemma
Gilbert and Martha Cheney are our 5th great-grandparents. We’re sure of that. We have a paper trail from Gilbert and Martha to our present-day Cheneys. But we have a problem. We don’t know Gilbert Cheney’s parents. In previous stories, we’ve claimed that Charles Cheney is our 7th great-grandparent. But we don’t have a paper trail…
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