Melatiah Cheever

• Melatiah Metcalfe Cheever
• Birth: Apr. 21, 1695 Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Sep. 17, 1771 Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Melatiah married James Cheever, son of Israel Cheever (son of Daniel Cheever and Esther _____) and Bridget Woodhead, on 12 Dec. 1721 in Wrentham when 26 years old. James Cheever bap. on 19 March 1698/9 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. on 7 May 1750 in Wrentham.
• Children of Melatiah Metcalf and James Cheever:
  • Esther Cheever b. on 19 Nov. 1722 in Wrentham
  • James Cheever b. on 25 Nov. 1724 in Wrentham.
  • Meletiah Cheever b. about 1727, probably in Wrentham; bap. on 10 Oct. 1736 in Wrentham when about nine years old.
  • Timothy Cheever b. on 13 Feb. 1728/9 in Wrentham.
  • Ebenezer Cheever b. on 31 March 1731 in Wrentham; d. on 27 Aug. 1815 in Wrentham, 84 years old; m. Huldah Foster (1731/2–17 Nov. 1811 in Wrentham) on 8 Jan. 1755 in Wrentham when 23 years old (Huldah was 23 years old); children born in Wrentham were: Timothy 30 April 1756, Samuel 15 Feb. 1758, Chloe 1 Feb. 1759, Olive 14 March 1761, Oliver 10 April 1763, Lucy 10 April 1765, Margaret 26 June 1767, James 2 Nov. 1769, Cynthia 28 Oct. 1771 and Cyrus 13 March 1775.
  • Amos Cheever b. on 30 April 1733 in Wrentham
  • Daniel Cheever b. on 9 April 1735 in Wrentham
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Eleazer Metcalf (1653 - 1704)
• Meletiah Fisher Metcalf (1667 - 1719)
• Spouse:
• James Cheever (1699 - 1750)
• Children:
  • James Cheever (1724 - 1790)*
  • Ebenezer Cheever (1731 - 1815)*
  • Amos Cheever (1733 - 1812)*
  • Daniel Cheever (1735 - 1823)*
• Siblings:
• Michael Metcalf (1687 - 1754)*
• Samuel Metcalf (1688 - 1737)*
• Johnathan Metcalf (1693 - 1775)*
• Melatiah Metcalfe Cheever (1695 - 1771)
• Timothy Metcalf (1697 - 1767)*
• Inscription:
• In Memory of Mrs,
• Melatiah, wife of
• Mr, James Cheever dec,st she
• Died Sepr, ye 17th, 1771.
• in ye 77th year
• of her
• Age.
• Burial: Gerould Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Plot: Section B Lot 32
• Find A Grave Memorial# 45094831
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45094831 __________________
• CHEEVER, James
• b. 19 MAR 1698/9 Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass.
• d. 7 MAY 1750 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: CHEEVER, Israel
• Mother: WOODHEAD, Bridget
• Family:
• Marriage: 12 DEC 1721 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: METCALF, Meletiah
• b. 21 APR 1695 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 17 SEP 1771 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: METCALF, Eleazer
• Mother: FISHER, Meletiah
• Children:
  • CHEEVER, Esther
  • CHEEVER, James
  • CHEEVER, Timothy b. 13 FEB 1727/8 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
  • CHEEVER, Ebenezer b. 3 MAR 1730/1 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
  • CHEEVER, Amos b. 30 APR 1733 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
  • CHEEVER, Daniel
  • CHEEVER, Melatiah
  • CHEEVER, John
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_707.htm#42 _______
• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of ... Vol. III. by James Savage, ....
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• METCALF, frequently MEDCALF in early rec. ELEAZER, Wrentham, s. of the sec. Michael, m. 9 Apr. 1684, Meletiah Fisher, had Eleazer, b. 30 May 1685, d. young; Michael, 21 May 1687 ; Samuel, 15 Jan. 1689; Ebenezer, 8 Jan. 1691; Jonathan, 9 Apr. 1693; Meletiah, 21 Apr. 1695; Timothy, 2 July 1697; Martha and Mary, tw. 27 Aug. 1699; and Eleazer, again, 21 Nov. 1701; was deac. and d. 14 May 1704. JOHN, Medfield, s. of the first Michael, b. in Eng. m. 22 Mar. 1647, Mary, d. of Francis Chickering, had John, b. 21, bapt. 26 Mar. 1648; Michael, 20, bapt. 25 Aug. 1650; Mary, 9, bapt. 24 Oct 1652; these all at Dedham ; but at M. we kn. not that we name all, when enumer. Joseph, 22 Nov. 1658 ; and Hannah, 13 Oct 1664. He was freem. 1647, and d. 27 Nov. 1675, unless this date belong to his eldest s. JOHN, New Haven 1645, a brickmaker, may have been s. or br. of Stephen, as a. the yr. 1647, he rem. JONATHAN, Dedham, s. of the sec. Michael, m. 10 Apr. 1674, Hannah, d. of John Kenrick, had Jonathan, b. 16 Mar. 1675; John, 20 Mar. 1678; Ebenezer, 14 Feb. 1680; Joseph, 2 or 11 Apr. 1682, H. C. 1703, min. of Falmouth; Timothy, 18 Nov. 1684, d. at 11 yrs.; Eleazer, 14 Feb. 1687; Hannah, 10 Apr. 1689; Nathaniel, Apr. 1691 ; Mehitable; and Mary; was freem. 1683 or 4, his name being ins. ea. yr. and he d. 27 May 1727, and his wid. d. 23 Dec 1731. * JOSEPH, Ipswich, freem. 4 Mar. 1635, rep. in Sept of that yr. and oft. aft. d. 21 July 1665, aged 60. By his will, we learn
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• that his w. was Eliz. his s. Thomas, b. in Eng. prob. and gr.ch. Joseph, Mary, and Eliz. but perhaps this had d. soon. His wid. m. 8 Nov. 1670, Edward Beacham. JOSEPH, Ipswich, s. of Thomas, prob. by w. Rebecca, had Jacob, b. 8 June 1685, prob. d. soon ; and Abigail, 29 Mar. 1686. MICHAEL, Dedham, b. 1586, at Tatterford, in Co. Norfolk, was a dornock weaver at Norwich, and free of the city, where all his ch. were b. m. 13 Oct. 1616, Sarah, had Michael, b. 13 Nov. 1617, d. soon; Mary, 14 Oct. 1618, but the geneal. of the fam. in Reg. VI. 173, says 14 Feb. 1619 ; Michael, again, 29 Aug. 1620 ; John, 5 or 15 Sept. 1622, bef. ment ; Sarah, 10 Sept. 1624; Eliz. 4 Oct 1626; Martha, 27 Mar. or Oct. 1628; Thomas, 27 Dec 1629 or 30; Ann, 1 Mar. 1631 or 34, d. soon; Jane, 24 Mar. 1632; and Rebecca, 5 Apr. 1635; his w. was b. at a village near Norwich, he says, 17 June 1593, but possib. the figures have been mistaken, as in the examin. one week bef. the sail, of the ship, call. I think, the Rose, of Yarmouth, from Yarmouth, Apr. 1637, he calls hims. 45 yrs. of age, and w. 39. "From the relig. tyranny" exercised by Wren, then Bp. of .Norwich, he felt forced to esc. even at the expense of separ. from his fam. for a time, and emb. at London, 17 Sept. 1636, for N. E. but was sadly tormented by equal tempests on the water, and the ship at Christmas put back to Plymouth ; and so far was this a happiness that in Apr. foll, he had license for the whole fam. to come ; only 8 ch. are ment. in the custom-ho. docum. but I can hardly doubt that the name of John was casually overlook. At Boston he arr. "three days bef. mid. sum. with w. nine ch. and a serv." wh. was Thomas Comberbach, aged 16, 1 presume in one of the three ships ment. by Winth. as coming in, from Ipswich, 20 June. He may have been br. of Joseph ; was freem. 13 May 1640, or 18 May 1642, and, perhaps, swore on both days, tho. more prob. it is a fault of the Secr, as in the list appears. His w. d. 21 Feb. 1645, and he m. 13 Aug. foll. Martha, wid. of Thomas Pigg, or Pidge ; and he d. 27 Dec. 1664. A very, curious docum. his engagem. aft. 70 yrs. of age to keep the town sch. in 1656, is giv. in Geneal. Reg. X. 282. His will, made six wks. bef. gives to eight ch. Michael being d. and ea. of the ds. m. Martha hav. then a sec. or third h. to gr.ch. Michael, s. of Michael, and gr.ch. William Brignall, s. of d. Martha, wh. was a mem. of Roxbury ch. by her first h. and to Martha Bullard, d. of his w. Mary m. 24 Nov. 1642, Henry Wilson ; Sarah m. Robert Onion, as his sec. w. the first hav. d. in Apr. 1643; Eliz. m. 15 Sept. 1648, Thomas Bancroft of Reading; Martha m. William Brignall, next, 2 Aug. 1654, Christopher Smith as the Geneal. Reg. VI. 173, says, tho. I doubt its correctness, for Christopher Smith in 668, is nam. in his will by Jonathan Fairbanks as h. of his d. Mary, and third h . . . . . Stow; Jane m. 1654, Samuel Walker,
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• (tho. strong doubts of error in the name are felt) of Rehoboth ; and Rebecca m. 5 Apr. 1659, John Mackintosh. MICHAEL, Dedham, eldest s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 2 or 12 Apr. 1644, Mary, d. of John Fairbanks, says the Metcalf geneal. bef. rnent but perhaps by mistake, had Michael, b. 21 Jan. 1645; Mary, 15 Aug. 1646; Sarah, 7 Dec 1648 ; Jonathan, 21 Sept 1650; and Eleazer, 20 Mar. 1653, bef. ment. was freem. 1645, and d. (ten yrs. bef. his f.) 24 Dec. 1654. Mary m. 10 Dec. 1668, John Ware; and Sarah m. 4 June 1677, Robert Ware. MICHAEL, Dedham, s. of the preced. m. 17 Sept. 1672, Eliz. not, I think, as Goodwin has it, d. but wid. of the sec. John Kingsbury, d. of Thomas Fuller, both of the same, had Michael, b. 9 May 1674; Mary, 3 Oct 1676; Thomas, 3 Jan. 1679; Sarah, 26 Apr. 1682 ; Eleazer, 12 Feb. 1685; Hannah, 17 Apr. 1687 ; Daniel, 25 June 1691 ; and Eliz. ; was freem. 1690, and d. 2 Sept. 1693. His wid. d. 24 Oct 1732. STEPHEN, New Haven 1639, a brickmaker, aft. 1647 prob. rem. was in good repute. * THOMAS, Dedham, youngest s. of the first Michael, b. in Eng. m. 12 Sept 1656, Sarah Paige, had Sarah, b. 3 Mar. 1658 ; Mary, bapt. 25 Nov. 1660 ; Samuel, b. 17 Oct 1661, d. soon ; Thomas ; 22 Sept 1665, d. soon; Samuel, again, 17 Sept 1668; Thomas, again, 7 or 21 May 1671 ; John, 20 Sept 1675 ; and Judith, 25 Nov. 1677, d. at 5 yrs. The w. d. and he m. 2 Dec. 1679, Ann Paine of Rehoboth, was freem. 1653, deac. and rep. 1691, d. 16 Nov. 1702. Sarah m.23 Nov. 1676, Samuel Whiting, and d. 1702. THOMAS, Ipswich 1648, s. of Joseph the first, b. in Eng. I suppose, had Mary, b. 23 June 1658 ; Joseph, 27 Jan. 1661 ; Thomas, 4 Dec. 1667; beside prob. Eliz. nam. in the will of gr.f. He was freem. 1674. Of the mo. of these ch. we kn. nothing; but she may have d. and one Thomas of Ipswich, a widower, m. 1685, wid. Lydia Davis. Still more uncertainty is felt unless we give him ano. w. for the wid. of Thomas M. nam. Abigail, d. at I. 5 May 1727, aged 88 yrs. An earlier Thomas of Ipswich is found by Mr. Felt to be inhab. there 1638. THOMAS, Dedham, s. of the first Thomas, m. 24 Nov. 1696, Sarah, d. of William Avery, the sec of the name, had Sarah, b. 26 Apr. 1698, d. in few wks. ; Samuel, 9 Apr. 1699, d. at 14 yrs. ; Thomas, 30 Dec 1701 ; and Sarah, 1 Dec 1703; and he d. 12 Dec. 1704; and his wid. m. 6 Apr. 1709, Joseph Wight, and d. 1748. Two of this name had, in 1829, been gr. at Harv. and seven at the other N. E. coll. It is oft. in old rec writ as no doubt it was sound. Medcalf. ___________________

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