John Chenery (abt. 1633 - 1675)

Born about 1633 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Chenery — married about 12 Mar 1655 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1675 at about age 42 in Northfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

John Chenery (or Chinery, Ginere, Genere) was born in England to Lambert Chenery and his unknown first wife who were married about 1632. His father removed from Watertown to Dedham as early as 1635.^[1] John presumably came over to New England before 1635 with his father and his brother Isaac. Birth date is a rough estimate. No record found as yet to support that, but absence of any birth record in Massachusetts Bay supports his being born in England. Further research welcomed.

John Chenery married Sarah ____ Boyls(t)on, as her second husband, in Watertown on March 12, 1655.^[2][3] She was the widow of Thomas Boylston.^[4]

John Chenery died on September 5, 1675 at Northfield, (then) Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, mortally wounded the previous day by King Philip's Indians.^[4] His widow Sarah Chenery died in Watertown on Sept. 14, 1704. ^[5][4]

John and Sarah had, in Watertown:^[6]

1. John, b. Dec. 17, 1657

Sources

1. ↑ Dr. Henry Bond, compiler, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston to which is appended The Early History of the Town (Boston: NEHGS, 1860), Vol. 1:157.

   Lambert Chinery, b. 1593; went from Wat. to Dedham, as early as 1635, or '36, among the first settlers. His wife was adm. f. c. in Dedham, Dec. 4, 1640, and he was adm. June 9, 1644. He m. (2d), May 14, 1656, Thomasin Hews, and had dr. Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1759. He was of Wat. again prior to Aug. 18, 1668, where he rented to his son John, the north part of the Heyres (? Eires) farm, which he had hired, Feb. 18, 1667-8, for eight years. His wife Thomasin d. in Wat., Jan. 2, 1669-70. He d. in Dedham, Jan. 30, 1673-4. Inventory, Ap. 12, 1674 (personal), about £100.

2. ↑ Watertown Records . . . Births Deaths and Marriages (Watertown Mass, 1894 Fred G Barker), p. 17: "John Gennery & Sary Boylsonn"
3. ↑ Harriet Russell Stratton, A Book of Strattons (New York: The Grafton Press, 1908), Vol. 1 165
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Dr. Henry Bond, compiler, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston to which is appended The Early History of the Town (Boston: NEHGS, 1860), Vol. 1:157.

   "John Chinery, son of Lambert, m. in Wat., Mar. 12, 1655-6, Sarah Boylston, wid. of Thomas, of Wat. He was wounded by the Indians in battle, at Northfield, Sept. 4, 1675, and he d. the next day, leaving one child. His wid. d. Sept. 14, 1704.

   Child: John, b. Dec. 7, 1657."

5. ↑ Watertown Records . . . Births Deaths and Marriages (Watertown Mass, 1894 Fred G Barker), p. 28 & 40 : "John Chenary Sonn of John and Sary Chenary Bornn the 17 of December."
6. ↑ Watertown Records . . . Births Deaths and Marriages (Watertown Mass, 1894 Fred G Barker), p. 19: "John Chenary Sonn of John and Sary Chenary Bornn the 17 of December."