| BIRTH, DEATH & BURIAL | Thomas, Jr. was born on 23 August 1658 in Ipswich, Essex co., MA[2,3,25,26,27] and died in what was then North Chelsea and is now Revere, Suffolk co., MA on 27d:11m:1749; he was 91[3,26,28]. He was buried in Old Graveyard in Revere, Suffolk co., MA. |
| OCCUPATION |
Thomas was a Clergyman. He graduated from Harvard College in 1677 and lived to be the oldest surviving graduate of
Harvard College[27,29]. He began preaching at Malden on 14 February 1679/80 and was ordained there on 27
July 1681 as a colleague of Michael Wigglesworth (brother of Abigail Wigglesworth, the wife of
Benjamin Sweetser). He was dismissed in 1686 from this church when
he moved to Rumney Marsh. From 1686 until 1715, he was in comparative retirement there. In 1715, he was chosen as
pastor of the newly gathered church at Rumney Marsh. Thomas also taught school in Rumney Marsh as early at 1709,
"teaching reading, writing and cyphering at his home to an average of twenty pupils."[30]
"His early ministerial life was clouded by grave charges" but in 1722 and 1735 he was invited back to his old church in Malden to preach there. These sermons were published in 1726[31]. On 24 September 1747, due to his advanced age of 89, he was relieved at his own request and Nathaniel Oliver, Jr. was appointed scribe to keep the records and proceedings of the church. On 13 April 1748, The Reverend William McClenachan was appointed associate pastor to Rev. Cheever and he was formerly installed on 21 December 1748 as CheeverŐs colleague[31]. |
| RESIDENCES |
Thomas moved from Ipswich, Essex co., MA to either Malden, Middlesex co., MA or Rumney Marsh, Suffolk co., MA after his
ordination date in 1681[2]. On 22 October 1689, Reverend Cheever bought the Parker-Cheever farm from the
three Bill brothers (James, Jr., Jonathan and Joseph of Pullen Point), brothers-in-law of Cheever for £357.
It was a farm of 120 acres and Reverend Thomas deeded it to his son Nathan on 29 December 1738. Reverend Cheever was
the first owner of the farm who actually lived upon it[33]. The location of this farm is west of what is
now Broadway and north of Fenno Street in Revere, Suffolk co., MA[34].
On 27 April 1685, their three sons James, Jr. Jonathan & Joseph together bought the Parker-Cheever Farm in Rumney Marsh for £300. The Cheevers became tenants on the farm the next year and bought the farm from the three brothers on 22 October 1689 for £357. It had 120 acres[33]. |
| NEIGHBORLY SERVICE | The will of John Tuttle of Rumney Marsh was in the handwriting of Rev. Thomas Cheever[32]. |
| MARRIAGE #1 | Circa 1681 when Thomas was 22, he first married Sarah BILL, daughter of James BILL Sr. & Mary [surname not known], in Boston, Suffolk co. or Lexington, Middlesex co., MA[3,35,36,1,37,38,19,7,39,8,15,40]. |
| CHILDREN | i. | Thomas CHEEVER | Please see his own page. | |
| ii. | Sarah CHEEVER | On 7 November 1701 Sarah married Thomas KENDALL of Woburn in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26]. | ||
| iii. | Joshua CHEEVER | Joshua was born on 6 January 1687 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26,65] and died in 1751; he was 63[26]. On 2 November 1708 when Joshua was 21, he first married Sarah WARREN, daughter of Ephraim WARREN & Elizabeth SENTER, in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26]. Sarah was born on 10 August 1685 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA and died in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA on 26 January 1723; she was 37[26]. Joshua second married Sarah SEARS, daughter of Richard SEARS & Abigail [surname not known]. | ||
| iv. | Abigail1 CHEEVER | Abigail 1was born on 20 May 1690 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[66] and died before 20 March 1691 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26] when Abigail2 was born and named. | ||
| v. | Abigail2 CHEEVER | Abigail2 was born on 20 March 1691 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26,67]. At the age of 3, Abigail2 was baptized in Boston, Suffolk co., MA on 8 April 1694[68]. On 3 June 1714 when Abigail2 was 23, she married John BURT, in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26]. | ||
| vi. | Ezekiel CHEEVER | Ezekiel was born on 9 March 1692 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[2,26,69] and died in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA on 15 March 1770; he was 78[26]. Ezekiel first married Elizabeth JENNER, who died on 5 May 1728[26]. On 25 September 1729 when Ezekiel was 37, he second married Elizabeth GILL[26]. And on 11 November 1736 when Ezekiel was 44, he third married Sarah MOUSALL[26]. | ||
| vii. | Nathan CHEEVER | Nathan was born on 16 March 1694 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26,70] and died in Chelsea, Suffolk co., MA on 30 September 1774; he was 80[26]. Nathan became quite a distinguished person in the Chelsea/Rumney Marsh area. On 8 November 1721 when Nathan was 27, he first married Hannah BROOKS, in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA[26]. Nathan second married Anna BURRILL. |
| MARRIAGE #2 | On 30 July 1707 when Thomas was 48, he second married Elizabeth SENTER, daughter of John SENTER & Sarah WEEDON, in Boston, Suffolk co., MA[41]. Their marriage record reads "Mr. Thomas Cheever & Mrs. Eliza. Warren [by] Mr. Benj. Wadsworth". Elizabeth was born in 1663[3] and died in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea, then North Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA on 10 May 1727; she was 64[3,26,42]. |
| MARRIAGE #3 | On 31 August 1727 when Thomas was 69, he third married Abigail KEMBLE JARVIS, in Boston, Suffolk co., MA[43] as "Revd. Thomas Chever & Mrs. Abigail Jarvis". Abigail died on 25 June 1753 in Boston, Suffolk co., MA; she was aged 84 y.[43] |
| GENERATION | G7 (Great-great-great-great-great-great-great) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 944 |
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