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Anthony Checkley, Esq

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Death: October 18, 1708 (72)
Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of William Checkley and Elizabeth Checkley
Husband of Hannah Checkley; Hannah Checkley and Lydia Gibbs
Father of Hannah Adams; Mary Perkins; Hannah Winkley; John Checkley; Sarah Checkley and 1 other
Brother of Samuel Checkley, I

Occupation: Merchant, Captain
Managed by: Private User
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About Anthony Checkley, Esq

Anthony Checkley was involved in the Salem Witch Trials

Anthony Checkley was baptized on 31 July 1636 in Preston-Capes, Northamptonshire, England, the son of William and Elizabeth Checkley.[1]

In 1664, he married Hannah Wheelwright[2]

He married Lydia Scottow, widow of Benjamin Gibbs, after 1676 and before 1702.[3]

He was buried on 18 Oct 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Children of Anthony Checkley and Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs

John Checkley, b. 30 Dec 166??
Sarah Checkley, b. 18 Jun 1668
Elizabeth Checkley, b. 8 May 1672
Mary Checkley, b. 14 Oct 1673; m. 11 Dec 1693, Dr. John Perkins, b. 28 Aug 1676, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Hannah Checkley, b. 19 Dec 1674; m. bef. 1714, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Adams, b. 3 Dec 1661, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Anthony Checkley (abt. 1636 - 1702)

Anthony Checkley

Born about 1636 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

husband of Lydia (Scottow) Gibbs — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

husband of Hannah (Wheelwright) Checkley — married 1664 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Mary Checkley and Hannah (Checkley) Adams

Died 18 Oct 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 7 May 2021 | Created 28 Oct 2018

Salem Witch Trials

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Anthony Checkley was involved in the Salem Witch Trials
As Attorney-General for the Province of Massachusetts[4], he prosecuted most of the witchcraft cases in Salem in 1692. He and Thomas Newton were active "behind the scenes" during the Salem Witchcraft Trials. [5][6]

Sources

↑ Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB501/i/32107/6/800243535
↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A Torrey https://books.google.ca/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA760&lpg=PA760&dq...
↑ "Heavenly Merchandize : How Religion Shaped Commerce in Puritan America : Valeri, Mark R : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming." Internet Archive. January 01, 1970. Accessed July 06, 2020. https://archive.org/details/heavenlymerchand0000vale/page/180/mode/....
↑ "Checkley, Anthony, - 1702." Accessed July 06, 2020. https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/checkley-anthony....
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/28679/Powell-Sal...
↑ Wikipedia: Salem witch trials



http://books.google.com/books?id=E7lMAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA48&ots=SiwYlCFK...

CAPTAIN ANTHONY CHECKLEY the great grandfather of Sarah Ingraham wife of Captain John Frazier of Boston was a son of William and Elizabeth Checkley of Preston Capes Northamptonshire England and was baptized there 31 July 1636 The family surname has been written with several variations among which are Chichele Chicheley Chichley Chickley and Checkley The armorial bearings of Captain Checkley resemble those of the family of Henry Chichely the eminent prelate of the reigns of Henry IV V and VI Archbishop of Canterbury who was born in Northamptonshire in 1362 and it is believed that Captain Checkley was of this family The Archbishop's brother Sir Robert Chicheley or Chichley was high sheriff of London in 1401 2 and lord mayor of that city in 1411 and 1421 while William another brother was high sheriff of London 1407 9


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Anthony Checkley, Esq's Timeline

1636
July 31, 1636
Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1664
December 30, 1664
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
1668
June 18, 1668
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
1672
May 8, 1672
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
1673
October 14, 1673
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
1674
December 19, 1674
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
1708
October 18, 1708
Age 72
Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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