John Chenery

Biography

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. < Archive.Org >

"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."
===Origins===

Lambert Genery is said to have been first at Watertown and if so was in this country before 1636, for in that year we find him a signer of the Dedham Covenant. He mar- ried first, a widow Ellis, by whom he had two sons, John and Isaac Genery. She died before 14 May 1658, for on that date he married, second, Thamzin Hewes by whom he had, Mary Genery, born in Dedham, 24 Dec. 1659. He was born 1593, and died in Dedham 30 Jan. 1 673-4 . He deposed aged eighty years, 1 7 June 1 673. He was admit- ted a Freeman in Dedham in May 1645 and served the town as constable in 1658-9.

References

• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/aDeathsC.shtml “Watertown Deaths” CHENERY (Chennery, Chenry, Chinnery)
  • John [Chennery], wounded by the Indians, Sept. 4, died Sept. 5, 1675.
  • Sarah [Chenry], Sept. 14, 1704.
  • John Jr., Sept. 18, 1723.
• https://archive.org/stream/scottgenealogyde00holm#page/192/mode/2up