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Timothy
Cheney is the first of the family to settle in Manchester, in the late 18th century
- Timothy fathers seven sons and one daughter
- Six sons found the Cheney Silk Company: Seth, John, Arthur, Charles Ward, and Frank Woodbridge. George Wells died before
the creation of the company
- Frank Woodbridge marries Susand Cushing Cheney, and the couple has five children: Katherine, Paul, Mary, Frank Jr., and
Alice
- Mary Cheney later becomes the benefactor of Manchester's Mary Cheney Library
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