William Cheever (1594 - bef. 1626)

Born 1594 in England

Descendants

Died before Apr 1626 before age 32 in England

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Biography

William Cheever was born in England about 1590. He married Margaret Newman on on January 6, 1613/14, and the marriage was recorded at All Hallowes, Lombard St., London, and is noted with 'not in due place' indicating they were married by license and not in the church. ^{[1] [2]}

His wife Margaret was born about 1590, daughter of Robert and Ann (Collin) Newman. ^[2]

William died prior to April, 1626 when his son Ezekiel was admitted to Christ Hospital at London as the 'widow' Margaret Cheever was given 10s by the churchwardens of St. Andrew Hubbard. ^[2]

Eleanor Collin, sister to Margaret Cheever's mother Ann, died unmarried and in her will of 1634, left numerous bequests, many to the children of her sisters. Included where her niece Margaret Cheever, widow of London, and Margaret's children: Ezekiel, Sarah and Anne. ^[2]

Children

1. Ezekiel born in London on January 26, 1614/15; emigrated to New England in 1637/8; died at Boston, Massachusetts on August 21, 1708; married first Mary ___; married second at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Ellen Lathrop on November 18, 1652. ^{[2] [1]}
2. Sarah born between 1616 and 1620; Sarah Cheever was named in the 1634 will of Eleanor Collin, her mother Margaret Cheever's aunt. ^[2]
3. Anne baptized (Hanna) at St. Andrew Hubbard, London on May 21, 1621; Anne Cheever named in the 1634 will of Eleanor Collin, her mother Margaret Cheever's aunt. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 115, NEHGS, Boston, Mssachusetts, 1961, p. 254-5
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Mahler, Leslie. The Collin Family of Broxted, Essex, England. Maternal Ancestors of New England Schoolmaster Ezekiel Cheever in: The American Genealogist, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, Vol. 81, p. 54-65

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