William Cheney1

#10035, (circa 1604 - 30 June 1667)

Family

Margaret _____ b. s 1600
Children 1.Ellen Cheney+6 (c 1626 - )
 2.Margaret Cheney+1 (c 1630 - )
 3.Thomas Cheney6 (s 1633 - )
 4.William Cheney Jr.6 (s 1636 - )
 5.John Cheney6 (1639 - )
 6.Mehitable Cheney6 (1643 - )
 7.Joseph Cheney6 (1647 - )
Birth*circa 1604He was born circa 1604 at EnglandG.2 
Marriage*circa 1624He married Margaret _____ circa 1624 at EnglandG.3 
30 April 1667He left a will on 30 April 1667 at Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.4 
Death*30 June 1667He died on 30 June 1667 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.2 
Burial*2 July 1667He was buried on 2 July 1667 at Old Roxbury Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.2,5 
Inventory10 July 1667His estate was inventoried by William Cheney on 10 July 1667 at Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG.4 

Citations

  1. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), III:235-40.
  2. [S1515] Charles Henry Pope, compiler, The Cheney Genealogy (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897), p. 23, d. 30 Jun 1667, aged 63 years; bur. "1667 Moneth 5 day 2."
  3. [S520] VWH, based on birth year of first child.
  4. [S1514] W. B. Trask, "Abstracts of Early Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass.: William Cheney", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register XVI (April 1862): 164-166: Mentions "my deare & afflicted wife, Margaret Cheiney." Bequests to sons 1. John, 2. William and his wife Deborah on the condition that they "be reconciled & live together in Meedfeild or ells where to the satisfaction of John Wiswall, of Boston, & Deacon Parke of Roxbury, but not in Prouidence or that Jurisdiction," 3. Joseph and eldest son 4. Thomas and his sons Thomas and William, and 5. to daughters "Ellin, Margret and Mehitobell." Executors "my two sonnes , Thomas Cheiney and Thomas Hasting [husband of Margaret]." Overseers Mr. John Eliot, Deacon William Parke and Edward Denison. Witnesses John Newell and Samuel Scarborow on "Aprill the last, sixty seauen", who deposed 30 Jul 1667.
    Inventory of the estate taken by Edward Denison, Thomas Weld, July 10, 1667. Amt. £886:11:4.
    The land bequeathed is described as (1) "lying on the east side of the great lotts, being with in the great lotts, being twenty accres, more or lesse, being nowe in the possession of the sayd [son] John." (2) "a percell of meadow in the fresh meades being two accres." (3) "one accre of salt marsh." (4) "eight accres of land, more or lesse, lying neare the house of William Hopkinns." (5) " land lying in the third deuission, being thirty seauen accres." (6) all my houses & lands in Roxbury undisposed of before by this will," all of the preceding being part of "all my houses, lands, & orchards, that I die possessed of, either in Roxbury, Boston, or els where."
  5. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, very old standing stone, mostly illegible. Narrative: William Cheney, Sr, b. 31 Jul 1603, Derbyshire England, d. 30 Jun 1667, Roxbury MA; "William was from Maynall Longley, probably came with the fleet in 1630, was in Boston in 1635, at Newbury, then Roxbury as early as 1635. He was always a resident of Roxbury from then on but a proprietor of Medfield and Medway, owned a large tract in what was later Sherborn, and a house in Boston. He called himself a planter. He was admitted to the church in 1664/65, freeman 1666, selectman 1656-57, assessor, town officer, one of the founders and directors of the Roxbury Latin School. His will is in the handwriting of "the Apostle to the Indians" John Eliot." Inscription: WILLEAM CHENEY / AGED 63 YEARS/ DYED IN 1667. Bur. Eliot Burying Ground, Eustis Street at Washington Street, Roxbury, Suffolk Co. MA. Memorial# 52482669, created by dsheindel, photo added by Ms.CookFromMaine.
  6. [S1514] W. B. Trask, "Abstracts of Early Wills in Suffolk: Cheney."