William Cheney

1599 - 1667  (~ 68 years)

• Name	William Cheney
  Christening	5 Feb 1598/99	Benington, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Land/House	1640 (~ 40 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  In the oldest record book of Roxbury, following an entry in 1640 is a list of inhabitants, with Wm Cheney listed as having 24½ acres.
  History	1645 (~ 45 years)  [2]
  William was one of the subscribers and one of only a few who guaranteed the yearly payment for a public school
  Offices Held	21 Feb 1648 (~ 49 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He was on the Board of Assessors.
  Offices Held	1654/55 (~ 55 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  He was appointed a Constable.
  Offices Held	19 Jan 1656/57 (~ 57 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  He was elected a Selectman.
  Offices Held	1663 (~ 63 years)  [2]
  He was chosen for the public school board of directors even though he could neither read nor write.
  Religion	05 Mar 1664/65 (~ 66 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  William was admitted to full communion in the Roxbury Church.
  The date was recorded as 5th 1m 1664/5
  Freeman	23 May 1666 (~ 67 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Will	30 Apr 1667 (~ 68 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Being sick in body, & of perfect understanding & memory according to my measure, I make this my last will & testament. My will is, that my deare & afflicted wife, Margaret Cheiney, be carfully & sufficiently provided for during the time of her life, & to that end my will is, that she have all the rents & proffitts yearely, & every years, during the afresayd tearms, of all my houses, lands, & orchards, that I die possessed of, wither in Roxbury, Boston, or els where, except such part of my lands or estate which I shall here after in this my will dispose of to my children or otherwise, which estate bequeathed by me unto my sayad wife, it is my will, that she enter upon & be possessed of immediately after my decease (to witt) the present cropp upon all the land & the use of all my household stuffe & goods, my debtts & funerall expenses being in the first place with all convenient speed fully discharged; & for my wifes more comfortable being, my desire is, that one of my executors may live in my house in Roxbury, with her, to injoy the housing & lands by the yeare which I have as is aforesayd given unto my wife, upon such equall termes as my other executor & overseers shall agree with him for, but in case both my executors see cause to refuse to accept of this motion in answer to my desire herein, then my will is, that it be let outt by my executors & overseers to the best advantage for my wife comfortable maintenance. When all my debts & Legacies are discharged out of my stock & husbandry utensills, as cartts, plows & such like, what remaines of my stock afterwards, my will is, it be let out or disposed of for my wifes use by my executors, with the advice of my overseers; And my will is, that all my moveables be for my wifes use during her life, except what is before disposed. And in case what is above expressed be not sufficient for the comfortable maintenance of my wife, then my will is, that the house at Boston be sold & improved for her further & better supply. I bequeath unto my sonne, John Cheiney, all that land both Aeirable & pasture 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 John. Allso, I give to my sayd sonne, a percell of meadow in the fresh meades being two accres, be the same more or lesse, as it lyeth on the south of a ditch made to dreine the sayd meadow. Also I give unto him one accre of salt marsh, be it more or lesse, as it lyeth bounded with a Breeke next the marsh of John Bowles, formerly Isaack Heaths. Also I give unto him eitht accres of land, mor or lesse, lying neare the house of William Hopkinns, All & every of these percells of lands my will is, that my sayd sonne John, be possessed of immediately after my decease. I give to my sonne, William Cheiney, all my land lying in Medfield, lately in the possession of my sayd sonne, upon this condition or promise, that he & his wife, Deborah, be reconsiled & live together in Meedfield or ells where to the satisfaction of John Wiswall, of Boston, & Deacon Parke of Roxbury, but not in Providence or that Jurisdiction; provided allso, that what either my selfe or Deacon William Parke have allready payd, or doe stand ingaged for unto the Court in his behalfe, be first repayd & fully discharged by him, his heirs, or assignes; but otherwise, if my sayd sonne neglect or refuse to accept it with these provisoes, then my will is, that twenty pounds be payd to John Wiswall of Boston, out of my estate. To sonne, Joseph Cheiney, £60 (to witt) my land lying in the third devission, being thirty seaven accres, more or lesse, & twenty pounds to be payd to my sayd sonne, Joseph, out of my stock. My will is, that my three daughters (to witt) Ellin, Margret & mehitobell, have each of them £10 payd to them out of my stock. After my wifes decease, my will is, first that all my houses & lands in Roxbury undisposed of before by this will, I doe give unto two sonnes of my eldest sonne, Thomas Cheiney (to witt) his sonne, Thomas, & his sonne, William to be improved for their beniffitt by ther father untill they are 21 years old, then to be injoyed by them. What remaines of my estate after my wifes decease wither in stock or otherwise, in housing or lands (in any other towne) or estate in any kind undisposed of by this my will, My will is, that one halfe of it be given to my sonne, Joseph Cheiney, & for the other halfe thereof, my will is, that it be Devided into four equall parts, & so dispose of it to my sonne, John Cheiney, & to my three aforesayd daughters, to each of them an equall portion thereof. I make my two sonnes, Thomas Cheiney & Thomas Hasting, the executors of this my will, requesting my friends Mr. John Eliot, Deacon William Parke, & Edward Denison to be overseers. Aprill the last, sixty seaven. Witnesse, William X Cheiney John Newell, Samuell Scarborow [Suffolk Probate #458, proved July 30, 1667]
  Death	30 Jun 1667	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 6]
  Burial	2 Jul 1667	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  His burial date was recorded as "1667. Moneth 5 day 2."
  Inventory	10 Jul 1667 (~ 68 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  William's estate was inventoried and valued at £886 11/4.
  Probate/Proved	30 Jul 1667 (~ 68 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5, 6]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton   d. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth   d. Jun 1614 to Nov 1614, England   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I128	Roy Line
  Last Modified	19 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John Cheney of Bennington,   b. Abt 1568, Boston, Lincolnshire, England bur. 16 Mar 1623/24, Benington, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth   d. Jun 1614 to Nov 1614, England
  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Margaret Cule,   b. Before 1612, England d. 2 Jul 1686, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 74 years)  Other Partners: [no first name] Budge
  Marriage	Abt 1626	England   [6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 10 months - She : ~ 14 years.
  Children	5 sons and 3 daughters
  1. Ellen Cheney,   b. Abt 1626, England d. 28 Sep 1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 52 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Margaret Cheney,   b. 20 Nov 1628, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Thomas Cheney,   b. Abt 1631, England d. young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Thomas Cheney,   b. Before 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 23 Oct 1693, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 58 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   5. William Cheney,   b. 1636/37, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1681, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years) ▻ Deborah Wiswel  m. say 1657;   Sarah Daniels  m. N     6. John Cheney,   b. 29 Sep 1639, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Oct 1671, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Mehitabel Cheney,   b. 1 Jun 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1693/94, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 50 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Joseph Cheney,   b. 6 Jun 1647, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Sep 1704, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Cheney(5 Feb 1598/99 – 1667) 2John Cheney of Bennington(Abt 1568 – 16 Mar 1623/24) 4William Cheney( – 1607/08) 8William Cheney of Thorngumbald( – Abt 1547) 16Sir John Cheney of Fen Ditton 17Elizabeth Rempston 9Anne Holme 18John Holme 19 5Frances Cheney 10Sir Thomas Cheney, KG 20 21 11first wife 22 23 3Elizabeth( – 1614) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 5 Feb 1598/99 - Benington, Hertfordshire, England Marriage - Abt 1626 - England Land/House - 1640 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 21 Feb 1648 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1654/55 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 19 Jan 1656/57 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 05 Mar 1664/65 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Freeman - 23 May 1666 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 30 Apr 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 30 Jun 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - 2 Jul 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Inventory - 10 Jul 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 30 Jul 1667 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

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