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CHAPMAN, DANIEL, original proprietor and settler of Staf- ford, Conn.
CHAPMAN, SIMON, and Nathaniel Cook, the first inn-keepers recorded in Windsor, 1712.
ICHABOD, of Colchester, had a son, Ichabod, bap. April 15, 1733.
SAMUEL, of Colchester, removed, and was a first settler at Sharon, Conn., and had sons, Samuel, Jr., Ezekiel and Nehemiah.
OBADIAH removed from Colchester to Sharon, in 1741, and d. 1761; his son, Obadiah, Jr., d. 1763 ; his son, Pelatiah, d. 1759 ; Matthias and Robert-( Sedg.)
CHAPMAN, JOSEPII, of Colchester, d. 1765, aged 98 years. SARAH, of do., d. 1772, aged 86.
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JOHN, of do., d. 1745, aged 60. Wife of John, of do., d. 1749,- aged 75. Her husband, John, d. there, Feb., 1750, aged 97. The wife of Joseph, of do., d. there, 1753, aged 75.
MR. JOSEPH, of Newport, R. I., m. Bathshua Mansfield, of N. Haven, Jan 22, 1705.
CHAPMAN, JABEZ, and Dyer Throop, of E. Haddam, were members to ratify the Constitution of the U. S., in 1788.
CHAPMAN, SAMUEL, and J. West, of Tolland, also were members.
CHAPMAN, HENRY, aged 19, embarked from England for Virginia, July 27, 1635, in the Primrose, Douglass, master.
CHAPMAN, RICHARD, aged 18, was passenger for Virginia, Aug. 1, 1635, on board the Eliz'th de London, Christopher Brown, master. (Somerby.)
CHAPMAN, WALTER, aged 44, passenger in the Assurance de London, for Virginia, in 1635.
CHAPMAN, RALPH, aged 20, embarked in the Eliz'th de Lon- don, Wm. Stagg, master, in 1635, with certificates from the min -- ister of St. Saviour's, Southwark, &c.
THOMAS, aged 26, passenger in the Globe of London, for Vir- ginia, in 1635.
Mary m. Samuel Bate, of Saybrook, April 15, 1677.
SAMUEL had an ear mark at Lyme, one of the first. .
There was a JOHN CHAPMAN, interested £4, 15s. in the set- tlement of Mr. John Oldham's estate, which was the first estate settled in Conn.
CHAPMAN, JOHN, a first settler at N. Haven, signed the " foundimental " agreement there, in 1639. (See Note, p. 76.) He was at N. Haven in 1643, with two persons in his family, and an estate of £300. (Lambert.) As his marriage is not recorded there, he was probably married when he came there ; neither has he children recorded there.
CAPT. JOHN, of Haddam, d. in his old age, and his children divided his property, March 28, 1712, viz. : Joseph, of Saybrook ; Jabez and Samuel, of Haddam, then living ; and his sons-in-law, viz., Stephen Chalker, of Saybrook ; Joseph Selden, of Lyme, and Samuel Richardson, of Stonington, by their marriage with his daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, Mehitabel, and Lydia Chapman, of" Haddam, the last unmarried.
CHAPMAN, LYDIA, of Haddam, d. 1738, and her heirs were
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her brothers and sisters, viz., Jabez and Samuel Chapman, Anne Selden, Mehitabel and Elizabeth Chalker, of Saybrook.
John, of Colchester, had a son, Gideon, bap. Aug. 6, 1737, and dau. Delight, bap. same day.
WM. CHAPMAN'S dau., Mary, an adult, bap. May 18, 1735 ; also, Abigail, an adult, bap. at Colchester, same day.
CHAPMAN, MR. ELIJAH, of Tolland, m. Sarah Steel, May 28, 1747, and had children, Joanna, Reuben, Sarah, Elijah, Ashbel, Sarah, Ruth, Esther, Roxanna, Aaron, Dorcas, Daniel. The father d. Feb. 17, 1808. Sarah, wife of Dea. Elijah, d. Feb. 22, 1812.
Capt. Samuel had issue b. at Tolland, viz., Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1733, m. Mr. Eleazer Steel, Nov. 7, 1751; Simon, b. Dec. 23, 1736 ; Margaret, b. May 5, 1739, (perhaps others.)
JOHN, of Colchester, aged over 70 years, bap. April 7, 1734. SAMUEL and his wife, adults, of do., bap. July 18, 1736.
DANIEL, of Colchester, had sons, Barnabas and Jeremiah, bap. Sept. 16, 1733 ; Mercy, May 3, 1735, and Eunice, 1737.
Ichabod, son of Ichabod, of Colchester, bap. April 15, 1733 ; Elisha, 1736, and Lydia, 1738.
Farmer notices John, in Mass., freeman, in 1634; Jacob, admit- ted a resident, or townsman, in Boston, 1642; Richard, Braintree, 1647, killed by Indians ; Dea. Samuel, proprietor at Westfield, in 1660. This has been a familiar name in many parts of Connecti- cut, from the first settlement.
Coats of Arms. Chapman, (Cambridgeshire,) 1; Chapman, (Stratton, Co. Gloucester,) 1; Chapman, (Cambridgeshire,) 1; Chapman, (London,) 1, and 22 others.
Four by this name had graduated at Cambridge college, and eight at Yale, in 1850.
NOTE FOR TOLLAND. Matthew Allen, Roger Wolcot, Timothy Thrall and John Ellsworth, of Windsor, had liberty of the Legislature to lay out the town of Tolland, in 1715. In 1719 the proprietors sold the town to 53 persons, and reserved to each of the four original proprietors 300 acres of the land. These fifty three were, and have been deemed, the first settlers, but Waldo says, roads were laid out and lots assigned in 1713, and children born there before 1715. Amy Hatch, dau. of Joseph, was b. there Oct. 10, 1713; Margaret Park, dau. of Joseph Park, b. there Jan., 1715 ; Joseph, son of Joseph Hatch, was the first male child b. at Tolland, Sept. 12, 1715, but Hatch and Park had deeds with the first proprietors, yet the settlement began before 1715. Joseph Benton was Town Clerk in 1719, and he was sent the same year to procure a minister, and Rev. Stephen Steel preached there in 1720, and in 1721 was voted .£75 a year, and in 1723 he was settled their first minister ; Noah Grimes and Daniel Cook appointed to prepare for the ordination. Mr. Steel dismissed for ill health, Dec. 25, 1758, and d. Dec. 4, J759, aged 63 years.
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CHAPPELL, GEORGE. The first found of this man in the colony is on the colony record, March 28, 1637, where the court "ordered y' Mr. Frances Stiles shall teach Geo: Chapple, Tho: Coop" & Tho: Barber, his servaunts in the trade of a Carpenter, ac- cordinge to his p'mise for there s'vice of their terme behinde 4 dayes in a weeke onelie to sawe and slitt their owne worke," &c. In June, 1645, " Chappell, the Taylar" is found in court at Hart- ford, against Southmead. Sept. 4, 1645, George Chappell was plaintiff against Leonard Chester-same Court, "Rich: Belding is bownd in xxl., George Chappell in 10Z., that the sd. George keepe good behauior and appeare the next Court." Dec. 4, 1645, " John Eauens" was plaintiff against George Chappell, at Hartford. Geo. Chappell was Pl'ff and Def't in Court March 5, 1645. He was also in Court Oct. 1, 1646, in two causes of the previous term, and Def't in a case of Rich. Webb Pl'ff. At a Particular Court holden at Hartford Sept. 7th, 1648, " George Chappell contra John Good- rich." At a Particular Court at Hartford Oct. 17th, 1648, George Chappell and Mathew Williams forfeited their recognizance, and the judgment was suspended by the Court until they should be found or known to be at the house of Thos. Ford or John Sadler ; " and the judgment of the Courte is, that if either George Chappell or Mathew Williams shall hereafter bee in either of the houses aforesaid, and the said Thomas Ford or John Sadler shall not make it knowne to some of the magistrates within 24 houres after theire or either of theire being in theire howses or either of theire houses," they shall pay the recognizance. Geo. Chappell was also a Def't in Court at the suit of Jeames Northam at Hartford Apr. 24, 1649. Particular Court in Hartford Sept. 6, 1649, " Mrs. Chester complaines against George Chappell and Goody Coleman and Danyell Turner, for mis- demeanors."
George Chappell soon after this is found at New · London. About 1650 or '51 he left his first settlement, where he had been about thirteen years before he went to New London-Miss Caulkins locates him on a " lot granted Feb. 20, 1651-2, afterward the Manwaring homestead, on Manwaring Hill," in N. London-and he was one who wrought at the Mill Dam in Mr. Bruen's list in July, 1651. " George Chappell hath given him 6 acres of land for a house- lot betwixt the neck fence and Jordan river, part of it buting on Jor- dan river." He sold his lot in N. L., to the Indian Missionary, Wm. Thompson, and removed soon after to his new lot " by Nai- hantick way-side." He and Clement Minor were the first settlers in Jordan district. (Caulk., p. 136.) Geo. Chappell was an inhabitant
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of N. L., when the Charter of Charles II. was granted to Conn., and one of the Patentees of N. London named when the Patent of N. L. was sanctioned by the Gov. and Company, in 1704. He lived several years into the 18th century, viz., 1709-he came to N. England from London in the Christopher, arrived March 16, 1634, aged 20, John White, master, so that he must have been 22 years old when the court ordered Francis Stiles in 1637 to teach him the trade of a carpenter. The following facts are from Miss Caulkins, p. 352. He took his wife Margaret and his eldest children, proba- bly four of them, to New London. Miss Caulkins gives his children collected from various sources, as follows. She says : At the de- cease of Geo. Chappell, these nine children were all living, and his aged wife, whom he committed to the special care of his son Caleb and grandson Comfort. Caleb, the ninth child of Geo. Sen., had re- moved to Lebanon before his father's decease, and adds those born at Wethersfield-his wife's name was Christian-Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1644 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1647; Rachel, b. Oct. 10, 1649, m. Thomas Crocker. The following Miss Caulkins puts down as his children, all living at the father's death, viz. : Mary, married John Dan- iels ; Rachel, married Thos. Crocker, had five sons and a daughter Mary ; John, removed to Flushing, L. I .; Geo., born March 5th, (17) 1653-4 ; Elizabeth, b. August 30, 1656 ; Hester, b. April 15, 1662 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1665-6 ; Nathaniel, b. May 21, 1668, and Caleb, b. Oct. 7, 1671. Caleb Chapel, of Lebanon, purchased two rights of land in Litchfield, in 1721. Caleb Chappell, son of Geo., removed from New London to Lebanon ; he had a son Amos who moved from Lebanon to Sharon, after 1760.
CHAPPELL, SAMUEL, of West Hartford, m. Hannah Cadwell, July 3, 1723, and had a son Nathaniel, bap. at West Hartford, May 2, 1736.
CHAPPELL, SAMUEL, of Hartford, wife Hannah, had issue b. at Hartford, viz. : Zebulon, b. Dec. 19, 1724; Lydia, b. Oct. 3, 1725 ; Hannah, b. March 29, 1729 ; perhaps others.
CHAPELL, JOHN, of Lyme, in 1677.
GEORGE, son of George, m. 1st, Alice Way, and 2d, Mary Douglass, and had sons, George and Comfort; from the latter de- scended the late Capt. Edward Chappell of New London. Edward died 1824, aged 80. Ezra Chappell was first president and one of the first members of the corporation of the Savings Bank at New London, in 1827. (See Caulk.)
GEORGE CHAPPELL, Henry Stiles, of Windsor, Henry Stiles,
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of Hartford, John Stiles, Thomas Stiles, Edward Preston, John Har- ris, John Dyer and Francis Stiles, came to New England, from Lon- don, in the ship Christopher, in 1634. It appears by this fact, that George came in the same ship with Francis Stiles, with whom he served his apprenticeship, George then being 20 years of age.
John Chappell, aged 38, passenger for Virginia in the Assurance de London, 1635 ; Thomas Chappell, 33, embarked in the America for Virginia, with a certificate from Gravesend, June 23, 1635.
Samuel Chappell, of Hartford, m. Hannah Bidwell, July 3, 1723. CHARLES, WM., aged 21, was passenger in the Assurance de London, for Virginia, in 1635. Dorothie Charles, aged 20, was a passenger in the Transport of London, in 1635.
CHARLES, WM., of Mass., 1646 ; William aged 74 in 1669. (His. Reg.) Charles, of New Haven, d. Nov., 1690.
CHARLES, JOHN, of Springfield, Mass., sold land in Branford, Conn., in 1709. John and his wife, Abigail, had a son, John Charles, b. at Stratford, Sept. 28, 1686.
* CHARLES, JOHN, and John Collins, were at Branford, Jan.
* " Jan 20, 1667
" For as much as yt it appears yt ye undertaking and ye settlement of this place of Branford was procured by and for men of congregational principles as to Church Order according to ye platform of discipline agreed on by ye Synod in 48 or there abouts, drawn from ye word of God, in ye which we yt yet remain here can say we have found much good and quietness, to our great comfort, for ye which we desire for to bless God, and yt it may so remain 'unto such as do continue there abode in this place and to such as shall come in to fill up ye rooms of those yt are removed and yt do intend for to remove from this place of Branford."
" First We all do see cause now for to agree yt an orthodox minister of yt judgment sliall be called in and settled amongst us-
" 2ly The gathering of such a Church shall be Incouraged
" 3ly The upholdment of such church officers shall not want our proportionate supply of maintenance according to rule
" 4ly We will not in any wise Incroach upon or disturb their liberties in so walking from line to line and at all times
"5ly Nor will we be any ways Injurious unto them in Civil or Ecclesiastical respects and this we freely and voluntarily engage ourselves unto-jointly and severally so long as we remain inhabitants in this place, and this we bind ourselves unto by our subscription unto this agree- ment.
" 6ly It is also agreed yt whosoever shall come for purchase or be admitted a free planter here, shall so subscribe before his admittance or his bargain vallid in Law amongst us.
Jasper Crane John Ward Samuel Pond
John Wilford .
John Linsly
Isaac Bradley Thomº Blachly John Robins
Jonathan Rose
Samuel Plum
Robert Foot
George Adams
Mick Taintor
George Page John Whithead
Jolın Collens Thomas Goodsell Samuel Ward
Mick Palmer Daniel Swain
Edward Frisbie
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20, 1667, after many of the inhabitants of Branford had removed to Newark, N. J., and then signed the articles for church order for those who remained in Branford, and such persons as should after- ward join them. Also, Thomas and Moses Blackley, Isaac Brad- ley, Edward Ball, Samuel Bradfield, Mathew Bickatt, Edward Baker, and others.
CHARLES, JOHN, one of the first settlers of New Haven, signed the fundamental agreement of the first settlers on the fourth of the 4th month, called June, (1639,) and in 1643 he had a family of four persons, and £50 estate at N. Haven.
CHARLES, WM., and Thankful Ashband, dau. of Joseph, m. at Milford, April 18, 1739, and had issue : Penelope, b. Dec. 14, 1740; William, b. Dec. 7, 1742; Anna, b. May 8, 1745 ; Mary, b. 1747. His wife, Thankful, d. at Milford, Nov. 19, 1747.
Coats of Arms. Charles, (Bridgenhall,) has 1 coat of arms ; Charles, (Devonshire,) 1; Charles, (London, ) 1, and 8 others.
CHARLET, WIDOW, m. Richard Haughton at Boston, and re- moved to Pequot, his house-lot granted on Foxen's Hill, N. London, in 1651. (Caulk., p. 75.) On Aug. 19, 1658, Uncas gave a deed to Haughton of Massapeag Neck, a fine tract of land on the river, within the bounds of Mohegan proper. He had eight children ; Robert, Joseph and John, probably by a former wife. Richard Haughton d. at Wethersfield in 1682, where he was at work as a shipwright.
Mr. R. Houghton and Katherine, former wife of Nicholas Charlet or Chelet, were recently married when they first went to N. London, and she had two daughters by a former husband : Eliza- beth, b. July 15, 1645, and Mary, whose joint portion was £100, 3s. His other five children were by his second wife, viz., Sampson and James ; daughters, Abigail, m. Thos. Leach, Katherine, m. John Butler, and Mercy, m. Sam'l Bill. Richard's wife Katherine
IIenry Gralwick
Samuel Bradfield,
Thos Sargent
Mathew Bickatt
Francis Tyler,
Moses Blachley
Thos Harrison
John Charles
John Woosters
Thomas Whedon
Sigesmond Richals
John Frisbie
George Seward
Willm Rosewell
John Linsly Jur
Edward Ball
Edward Baker
William Maltbie
Willm Iloadley
Pelve Tyler
John Rose,
Elcz' Stout
Anthony Howd
Bartholomew Goodrich
John Rogers
John Adams
John Taintor "
" A true copy out of Branford first book of records, Certified pr G. Russell Town Clerk March 17"
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(Charlet) d. Aug. 9, 1670. (See HAUGHTON, in this work ; also, Caulk. N. L., p. 299.)
CHARLTON, JOSEPH, was at Andover, Mass .; m. Abigail Osgood, Aug. 2, 1694. A Scotchman of this name came to Conn. about the time of the war of the ' Revolution, and has descendants here.
CHARTER, JOHN, JR., m. Sarah Russell, 1777, and had issue : John, Daniel, Nathan, Lemuel, Sarah, Charlotte, Mary, Rebecca and. Eunice, b. May 15, 1797.
Charter has one coat of arms, and Chase, or Chansey, one. Not an early name in Connecticut.
CHARWELL, EDWARD, d. at Windsor in 1648. No other account of him is found.
CHATFIELD, GEORGE, was at Guilford as early as 1642, and was the first of the name in the New Haven colony, where he or his heirs were assessed in 1642, at £10, 13s. 0d., and John Bowers at £4, 10s. Geo. Chatfield was one of the early settlers at Kenel- worth, (Killingworth,) and the following children recorded as his, viz., George, Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1668; Mercy, b. 1671; (Esther, b. 1703 ; Cornelius, b. June 3, 1706 ; Naomi, b. 1709; Philip, b. Oct. 8, 1711 ; Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1715-16 ; these last five probably chil- dren of George, Jr.)
The Chatfields of Roxbury, Conn., were of the Guilford family. This name was also at Derby ; all of them supposed descendants of George, of Guilford. The name is yet at Hammonassett. In May,
NOTE FOR CHATFIELD. In Oct., 1663, Mr. Samuel Wyllis, Henry Wolcott and Wm. Wads . worth were appointed a committee to form rules for the settlement of Hammonasset, (Kenel- worth.) The committee decided that 30 families should settle on the East side of Hammonas- set (River.) Those entered as planters in 1663, were : 1, Bryan Rossiter , 2, Wm. Hayden ; 3, Edward Griswold ; 4, John Meigs, Sen., John Skinner (did not go ;) 5, Josias Hull, Sen., Si- mon Mills ; 6, Wm. Kelsey, John Stedman (did not go ;) 7, Wm. Wellman, John Clow, Sen., John Clow, Jr., (last did not go,) Josias Ellsworth (did not go ;) 8, Samuel Buell, Robert How- ard (did not settle ;) 9, Jonas Westover, Josiah Gilbert (did not go;) 10, Wm. Barber ; 11, Mr. Mathew Allyn, (did not go,) Mathew Beckwett, (Beckwith,) (did not go ;) 12, Joseph Wilkin- son, Richard Warkley (did not settle, or left soon after.) Also is added a farther list : 13, Thos. Smith ; 14, Henry Farnam ; 15, John Rossiter ; 16, Jonathan Dunnin ; 17, Thomas Stevens ; 18, Wm. Stevens ; 19, George Chatfield; 20, John Kelsey; 21, Henry Cranne ; 22, Eleazer Isbell ; 23, Benj. Wright ; 24, Joseph Hand ; 25, Robert Williams ; 26, John Nettleton ; 27, John Hodge, and 28, Josialı Hull, Sen. The following names are yet found in the town, viz .: Rosseter, Griswold, many Hulls, Kelsey, Williams, Buells, Farnam, Stevens, Chatfield, Crane, one Isbell, Wright, Nettleton. Hon. Mathew Allyn owned land in the town, but never resided there, Annanias Turney was admitted an inhabitant of the town, Nov. 26, 1667. Those who have the figures annexed to the names were actual settlers, in 1665, or soon after.
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1665, the Gen. Court deferred administering the oath of a freeman to George Chatfield, John Meggs, Jr., John Shether, &c., until a farther opportunity. George Chatfield was one of the constables of Killingworth, who returned a list of the freemen of the town in 1669. Geo. Chatfield was one of the first settlers of Hammonasset, and recorded 19th, or 19th lot in the town.
George Chatfield was probably one of the most respectable men in Killingworth, or he would not have held the reputable office of constable of Killingworth, as the constables of the towns were gen- erally the Governor's advisers in the towns.
CHATFIELD, JOHN, of Derby, died, and his will dated, April 12, 1737. Children : his sons, John and Samuel, had their share of his estate by previous deeds, and Ebenezer most of his share. Solomon had his house, barn and land where John then lived. His daughters were Mary, Sarah Davis and Abigail Johnson. Widow Anna Chatfield.
Chatfield has two coats of arms.
CHATTERTON, MICHAEL, was a creditor in the estate of William Lotham, in Conn., in 1645.
CHATTERTON, WM., of N. Haven, (perhaps son of Michael,) had children b. at N. Haven : Sarah, b. July 19, 1661 ; Hannah. b. Aug. 4, 1663, d. Nov. 4, 1663 ; Mercy, b. Nov. 22, 1664 ; Mary, b. Dec., 1666 ; John, b. Feb. 21, 1668 ; Samuel, b. June 10, 1671, perhaps others. This has been an old name in New Haven.
Chatterton has five coats of arms.
CHECKLEY, ABRAHAM, had a mark for his cattle, at Guil- ford, in 1708-9.
Four of this name graduated at Harvard College before 1757.
CHEDESTER, SAMUEL, of Wallingford, m. Mehitabel Tuller, of Simsbury, Dec. 17, 1719.
CHEDLE, BENJAMIN, and his wife, Sarah, took upon them- selves the church covenant at Hampton, Conn., Aug. 28, 1723. Benjamin Chedle, of Hampton, m. Sarah Greenslit, Jan. 19, 1762, and had issue, Benj'n, b. May 17, 1762; Martha, b. March 17, 1764; Elijah, Rufus and Daniel, bap. April 16, 1769.
CHEDSEY, JOHN. At a later period the name has been, uni- versally, Chidsey. His name is not found in the list of the signers of the fundamental agreement of first settlers of New Haven. His wife was Elizabeth; children, Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1650, d. Oct., 1650; John, b. Oct. 21, 1651; Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1655 ; a daugh- ter, b. 1653 ;, Daniel, b. July 30, 1657, d. 1667, June 4; 2d Mary,
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b. Nov. 21, 1659; Caleb, b. Nov. 20, 1661; Hannah, b. Jan. 7 or 9, 1663 ; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 10, 1665 ; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 16, 1668 ; Sarah, b. 1670; perhaps other children. Elizabeth, wife of John Chedsey, and Elizabeth, his daughter, d. 1688. Deacon John Ched- sey, the father of the above children, d. Dec. 31, 1688. Anna, wife of Caleb, son of Dea. John, d. Jan. 15, 1691-2. John, son of Ebenezer Chedsey, d. 1689. Hannah, second wife of Caleb Ched- sey, d. Dec. 25, 1703 or '13. Caleb m. Hannah Dickerman, July 6, 1693. Dea. Caleb, Jr., in the list of estates at N. Haven ; £72, with six polls in his family, and drew 19} acres of land in 1702. Ebenezer had seven polls in his family, £53 in the list of estates, and drew 19 acres. Second Mary m. Wm. Wilmot in 1692. Han- nah m. Caleb Mix. Deacon John was made deacon of the first church in New Haven when young, where he remained several years, and Dodd says, removed to Stoney River in 1681. John Chedsey admitted a free inhabitant at E. Haven, Feb. 19, 1658. He was by trade a shoemaker and tanner. The deacons in this family show their exalted standing in the society and church wherever they resided.
One of this name graduated at Yale College in 1848.
. CHEENY, JOHN, of Wethersfield, was an early settler ; he m. Sarah, June 26, 1669, and had issue :
1. John, Jr., b. July 1, 1672.
2. Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1673.
He probably died or left the town, as nothing more is found of him at Wethersfield.
CHEENEY, NATHANIEL, had sixty acres of land allotted to him at Suffield in 1680; also, in 1684-5, thirty acres, and two acres for a house-lot. This lot was conveyed by John Cheeny, successor of Nath'l Cheney, to Jacob Adams, in 1698.
NATH'L and PETER, of Newbury, in 1669. Perhaps the same Nath'l who went to Suffield.
CHEYNIE, WM., of Roxbury, Mass., had a son, John, b. there in 1640, and a daughter, Mehitabel, b. there in 1643.
PETER, of Worcester, in 1709, had children, Huldah, Jemima, Hannah, Lydia, Eldad, Ichabod, before 1690.
CHEENY, REV. THOMAS, of Brookfield, Mass.
One by the name of Cheney graduated at Yale College in 1771, and three by the same name have graduated at Harvard College.
CHENY, WILLIAM, is the first of the name found in the Conn. colony. He was not one of the first settlers of the colony.
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CHEENY, CHEENEY, CHENEY, CHENY, WILLIAM,* from Little Boston, near Canbury, in Oxfordshire, in England, (Hand's Let- ter,) was made a freeman at Hartford, Ct., in May, 1657, and was early settled at Middletown, where he was one of the principal men of
* Cheeney, Mr. William, of Middletown, not having children of his own, sent to England for Benjamin Hand, his nephew, to come to Middletown, Conn., and become heir to his estate. He came to Boston, in Mass., and on the 20th of Feb., 1681, Hand wrote a letter to his " Dear lov- ing uncle and aunt Williamn and Ann Cheeny, of Middletown, from yr cousin, Benjamin Hands son of your dear brother Benjamin and Katheren Hands of little boston near Canbury in Oxford- shire"-also stating the opposition he met with at home to his coming, and his strong desire to come to him-that he lived in London, &c., that he had not money to pay his passage, that he was in distress at Boston, Mass., out of money and business, and owed £6 toward his passage, and desired his uncle Cheeney to redeem him for his passage, and he would be his trusty and faithful servant. Also to pay £3 which a friend had paid for him in London. That he had come to a strange place among strangers, except Mr. Whitwell or Wilson, who was kind to him, im- ploring his uncle and aunt Cheeney to redeem him, and he should "remain yr low and trusty searvant till death God willing," Benjamin Hands, (an elegant signature.)
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