Israel Cheever (1661 - bef. 1706)

Born 26 Jan 1661 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Bridgett (Woodhead) Mann — married 10 Jun 1690 (to 11 Sep 1706) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 11 Sep 1706 before age 45 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Israel Cheever was involved in the Salem Witch Trials

Israel was baptized January 26, 1661, the son of Daniel and Esther Cheever, of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3]}

On June 10, 1690, he married married Bridget Woodhead^{[4] [2] [5] [3][6]}, and their children included:

1. William baptized 15 Aug 1697^[1] in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, who married Miriam Cleveland, daughter of Aaron^[2]
2. Esther, bp. Aug. 15, 1697^[1], who married Rev. Henry Messenger on January 5, 1720^[7]
3. Daniel, born June 28, 1693^[8], and baptized Aug. 15, 1697^[1]
4. James, Dec. 27, 1798^[1] bp. Mar. 19, 1699^[9]
5. John, Aug. 25, 1702^[1]

Israel Cheever passed away before September 11, 1706, when his estate passed probate.^[10]

Salem Witch Trials

He was Keeper of the Cambridge Prison during the Salem Witch Trials, succeeding his father, Daniel in that position.^[11] By 1693, he was officially named Keeper, and in 1699, he was made Keeper of the House of Correction at Cambridge.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Massachusetts Vital Records Project Cambridge - Births; Image of page 133 showing the children of Daniel and Hester/Ester Cheever, and the children of Israel
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families: An Attempt to Trace, in Both the Male and Female Lines the Posterity of Moses Cleveland Alexander Cleveland also, a Bibliography of the Cleveland Family and a Genealogical Account of Edward Winn, of Woburn and of Other Winn Families, 3 vols. by Edmund James Cleveland, (Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1899). See pages 64-65
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James A. Savage, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860–62) see Volume 1, page 371
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Cambridge - Marriages; Image of page 75 showing Israel and Bridget Woodhead
5. ↑ History of Cambridge, Mass. 1630 to 1877 by Paige, Lucius R., (Boston: H. O. Houghton, 1877), see page 702 for Bridgett Woodhead who married Israel Cheever in 1690
6. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 1, page 305 by Clarence Almon Torrey; found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
7. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 16, page 311. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-GQ1 : 5 November 2017), Daniel Cheever, 28 Jun 1693; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 771,074.
9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Cambridge - Births; Image of page 135
10. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, Record #4320.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
11. ↑ “Case Files Referencing Israel Cheever.” Case files referencing Israel Cheever - New Salem - Pelican. Accessed July 11, 2020. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/tag/cheever_israel.html.
12. ↑ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877. With a genealogical register. Accessed July 11, 2020. https://archive.org/stream/historyofcambrid00paigiala.

See also:

• Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. I p. 133
• Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. II pp. 75, 433
  • 3 Mass His Col; VIII; 310; Savage
• Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University by Sibley, John Langdon (Cambridge, Mass.: C. W. Sever, 1873–85) See Volume 6, page 198