Thomas Wight Jr. (M)
b. 1629, d. 25 September 1690, #87820
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     Thomas Wight Jr. was born in 1629. He was the son of Deacon Thomas Wight and Alice Roundy. Thomas Wight Jr. married Mehitable Cheney, daughter of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason, in 1661/62 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Thomas Wight Jr. died on 25 September 1690 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Mehitable Cheney (F)
b. 1 June 1643, d. 1693, #87821
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Relationship=8th great-grandmother of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Mehitable Cheney was born on 1 June 1643 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. Mehitable Cheney was baptized on 4 June 1643 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She married Thomas Wight Jr., son of Deacon Thomas Wight and Alice Roundy, in 1661/62 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mehitable Cheney died in 1693 at near, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Thomas Wight 3rd (M)
b. 27 October 1665, #87822
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Relationship=7th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Thomas Wight 3rd was born on 27 October 1665 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Wight Jr. and Mehitable Cheney.

Mehitable Wight (F)
b. 12 January 1663, #87823
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     Mehitable Wight was born on 12 January 1663 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Wight Jr. and Mehitable Cheney.

Mary Wight (F)
b. 20 February 1667, d. 16 December 1705, #87824
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     Mary Wight was also known as Marie Wight. Mary Wight was born on 20 February 1667 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas Wight Jr. and Mehitable Cheney. Mary Wight married Joseph Clark on 8 April 1686 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary Wight died on 16 December 1705 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 38.

Eleazar Wight (M)
b. 1 June 1670, #87825
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Relationship=7th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Eleazar Wight was also known as Elizer Wight. Eleazar Wight was born on 1 June 1670 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Wight Jr. and Mehitable Cheney.

Deacon Thomas Wight (M)
b. 6 December 1607, d. 17 March 1674, #87826
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Relationship=9th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Deacon Thomas Wight was born on 6 December 1607 at Hareby, Linclonshire, England. He was the son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw. Deacon Thomas Wight married Alice Roundy circa 1630 at Isle of Wight, England. Deacon Thomas Wight resided at at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1636. He resided at at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in 1652. He married Lydia Eliot on 7 December 1665. Deacon Thomas Wight died on 17 March 1674 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 66.

Alice Roundy (F)
b. 1608, d. 15 July 1665, #87827
Relationship=9th great-grandmother of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Alice Roundy was also known as Alice Pepper. She was also known as Alice (Unknown). Alice Roundy was born in 1608 at Isle of Wight, England. She married Deacon Thomas Wight, son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw, circa 1630 at Isle of Wight, England. Alice Roundy died on 15 July 1665 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Henry Wight (M)
b. circa 1625, d. 27 February 1679/80, #87828
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Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Henry Wight was born circa 1625. He was the son of Deacon Thomas Wight and Alice Roundy. Henry Wight died on 27 February 1679/80 at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

John Wight (M)
b. circa 1627, d. 9 September 1653, #87829
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     John Wight was born circa 1627 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Deacon Thomas Wight and Alice Roundy. John Wight died on 9 September 1653 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Mary Wight (F)
b. 27 January 1645/46, d. 7 March 1692/93, #87830
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     Mary Wight was born on 27 January 1645/46 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Deacon Thomas Wight and Alice Roundy. Mary Wight married Thomas Ellis on 21 May 1657 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary Wight died on 7 March 1692/93 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 47.

Lydia Eliot (F)
#87831

     Lydia Eliot married Deacon Thomas Wight, son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw, on 7 December 1665.

Robert Wight (M)
b. 1578, d. 8 January 1617/18, #87832
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Relationship=10th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Robert Wight was born in 1578 at Of, Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of John Wight and Anna Bray. Robert Wight married Elizabeth Fullshaw on 21 July 1603 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Robert Wight married Bridget White on 25 November 1613 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Robert Wight died on 8 January 1617/18 at England.

Elizabeth Fullshaw (F)
d. 16 June 1620, #87833
Relationship=10th great-grandmother of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Elizabeth Fullshaw married Robert Wight, son of John Wight and Anna Bray, on 21 July 1603 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Elizabeth Fullshaw died on 16 June 1620 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England.

Bridget White (F)
#87834

     Bridget White married Robert Wight, son of John Wight and Anna Bray, on 25 November 1613 at Alford, Lincolnshire, England.

John Wight (M)
b. 1556, #87835
Relationship=11th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     John Wight was born in 1556. He married Anna Bray.

Anna Bray (F)
#87836
Relationship=11th great-grandmother of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Anna Bray married John Wight.

Daniel Wight (M)
b. 7 June 1604, #87837
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     Daniel Wight was baptized on 7 June 1604 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw.

Sarah Wight (F)
b. 10 October 1604, #87838
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     Sarah Wight was baptized on 10 October 1604 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw.

Elizabeth Wight (F)
b. 2 November 1606, d. 11 March 1671, #87839
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     Elizabeth Wight was born on 2 November 1606 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw. Elizabeth Wight married Nathaniel Heaton on 21 April 1630 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England; 10 children. Elizabeth Wight died on 11 March 1671 at age 64.

Nathaniel Heaton (M)
b. 1610, d. 1643, #87840

     Nathaniel Heaton was born in 1610 at England. He married Elizabeth Wight, daughter of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw, on 21 April 1630 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England; 10 children. Nathaniel Heaton died in 1643 at Connecticut.

John Wight (M)
b. 1 January 1608/9, d. 1662, #87841
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     John Wight was born on 1 January 1608/9 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw. John Wight married Ann Cooper in 1647 at Southampton, Long Island, New York. John Wight died in 1662 at Suffolk County, New York.

Ann Cooper (F)
#87842

     Ann Cooper married John Wight, son of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw, in 1647 at Southampton, Long Island, New York.

Marie Wight (F)
b. 2 September 1610, d. 27 November 1611, #87843
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     Marie Wight was born on 2 September 1610 at Hareby, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of Robert Wight and Elizabeth Fullshaw. Marie Wight died on 27 November 1611 at age 1.

William Cheney Sr. (M)
b. 31 July 1603, d. 30 June 1667, #87844
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     William Cheney Sr. was also known as William Cheynie. William Cheney Sr. was born on 31 July 1603 at Lambourn, Berkshire, England. He was the son of Lawrence Cheney and Julian Waldron. William Cheney Sr. was born in 1604 at Waltham Abby, Essex, England. William Cheney Sr. was born in 1604 at England. He married Margaret Mason between 1625 and 1625 at England. William Cheney Sr. left a will on 30 April 1667

THE WILL OF WILLIAM CHENEY,
of Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1667.

"Being sick of body and of perfect understanding & memory according to my measure I doe make this
my last will & Testament. I doe committ my soul into the Armes of the Everlasting mercy of God my
saviour & deare & blessed Redeemer & my body unto my friends & relations to be decently interred
by them in hope of a blessed Resurection. As for that Estate which it bath pleased the Lord to lend
unto mee I doe dispose of as followeth: Imprs my will is that my deare & afflicted wife margaret
Cheney bee Carefully & sufficiently provided for duringe the time of her naturall life to that end my will
is that shee have & Enjoy all the rents & profits yearely & Every yeare duringe the aforesaide tearme .
. . of all my Houses Lands & Orchards that I die possessed of Either in Roxbury Boston or Elsewhere.
Except such part of my Lands or Estate which I shall hereafter in this my will dispose of to my children
or otherwise. which Estate bequeathed by mee unto my said wife it is my will shee Enter upon & bee
possessed of immediately after my decease (to wit) the present crop upon all the Land. & the use of
all my Household stuffe & goods my debts & funerall Expences in the first place being with all
Convenient speed fully discharged: & for my said wives more Comfortable being, my desire is that
one of my Executors may live in my house in Roxbury with her to Enjoy the housing & Lands by the
yeare, which I have as is aforesaid given unto my said wife, upon such Equall tearmes as my other
Executors & overseers (all of them to bee named hereafter shall agree with him for. but in case both
my Executors see Cause to refuse to accept of this motion in answere to my desire herein then my will
is that it bee lett out by my Executors or Overseers to the best advantage for my said wives
Comfortable supply & maintenance ffurther my will is that when all my debts & Legacies are discharged
out of my stock & Husbandry utensils, as Carts plowes & such like what remains of my stock
afterwards, my will is it bee lett out or disposed of for my said wives use by my Executors with the advice
of my Overseers. And my will is that all my moveables bee for my wives
use duringe her life Except what is before disposed. And in case what is above Expressed bee not
sufficient for the Comfortable maintenance of my said wife then my will is that the house at Boston bee
sold & imployed & improved for her further & better supply: --

Item I doe will & bequeath unto my son John Cheiney all that Land both arable & pasture lying on the
East side of the Great Lotts, being twenty Acres more or less, being now in the possession of the said
John. Also I give to my said sonn a parcell of meadow in the fresh meades being two Acres bee the
same more or less as it/lyeth on the south of a ditch made to dreine the said meadow. Also I Give
unto him one Acree of salt marsh, bee it more or less as it lyeth bounded with a Creek next the marsh
of John Bowles, formerly Isaac Heathes Also give unto him Eight Acres of Land more or less lying
neere house of William Hopkins all & Every of these parcells of Land my will is that my said sonn John
bee possessed immediately after my decease:--Item I bequeath unto my sonn William Cheiney all that
lying & being in medfeld, latly in the possession of my sai [son] upon this condition or proviso [that]
hee & his wife Debo[rah] bee Reconsiled & live together in meadfeild or Elsewh[ere], [to] the
sattisfaction of John Wisewell of Boston & Deacon [Williams] of Roxbury, but not in Providence or that
Jurisdiction [pro]vided also that what either my selfe or Deacon Williams have alrea[dy] or doe stand
Engaged for to the Court ehalfe bee first repayd & fully discharged by h[im] or assignes, but otherwise
if said sonn neglect [to] accept it with these provisoes then my will is that [there] bee paid to John
Wisewall of Boston out of my Estate * * * [the re]sidue I dispose of as followeth

Item I will & bequeath to my sonn Joseph Cheiney sixty pounds (to witt) my Land lying in the thir . . * *
being thirty seaven Acres more or less. & twenty paid to my said sonn Joseph out of my stoch:-- Item
my will is that my three daughters (to witt) [Ellen], [Marga]ret [and] mehittable have Each of them Tenn
pounds out of my stock

After my said wives decease my will is, first that . . . . . & Lands in Roxbury ondisposed of before by
this my [will be] give[N] unto two sonns of my Eldest sonn Thomas Cheiny his sonn Thomas & his sonn
William, to bee improv[ed for their] bennefitt by their ffather untill they are twenty one then bee Enjoyed
by them: --

secondly what remaines of my Estate after my said wiv[e] [de] cease either in stock or otherwise in
housing or Lands [or] other Estate in any kind undisposed of by this my will is that the one halfe of it
bee given to my sonn Joseph Cheiney & for the other halfe thereof is that [it] divided into ffoure Equall
parts. And soe disposed of [it to] sonn John Cheiney & to my Three aforesd daughter[s] [to each of]
them an Equal Portion thereof Lastly I doe [make my] Loving sonns Thomas Cheiney & Thomas
[Hastings] [executors] of this my will, requesting my deare & respected [friends] John Elliot, Deacon
William Parke & Edward Bugbee Overseers, Aprill the last sixty seaven.

William W Cheiney
his marke & a seale
Witnesses
John newell
Samuell scarbarow."
"30th of July 1667
John newell & Samuel scarbarow deposed," &c.

He died on 30 June 1667 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at age 63. Arrived Boston ca 1635; resided at Roxbury 1640; Founder & Dire Roxb Latin Sch Roxbury Free School; Assessor 1648; Constable 1654/5; Selectman 1666; [Virkus, Immigrant Ancestors] Copy of will in NEHGS Register, v.16-p.164-5. Lists wife Margaret, sons John, William, Joseph, & Thomas, daughters, Ellen, Margaret, & Mehitabell, and grandsons (Sons of Thomas) Thomas and William. The Inventory of William Cheney Sr. was taken 30 July, 1667 "Thomas Cheny & Thomas Hastings Executors to the last will & Testament of William
cheny" presented the inventory of the estate, taken by James Everell and Joseph How.

It seems practically certain that the eldest son, Thomas, had previously received his portion of his
father's property in land or money.

AN INVENTORY of the Goods & Estate of William Cheny, late of Roxbury, deceased, Taken by us
whose names are heere, underwritten the 10th day of July: 1667.



I: in wearing Apparrell 010:13:4

,, one dwelling house with other housing adjoyning with or-chards & yards in all about two
Acres 230:00:=

,, 16 : Acres more or less pasture & Arable lying within the Great Lotts in Roxbury 060:00:=

,, 10: Acres pasture & wood land neere the Great Lotts 020:00:=

,, 5: Acres of meadow in the meadowes more or less 025:00:=

,, 8 Acres of Land in upper Calves pasture 032:00:=

,, 38 Acres of wood Land more or less in first division, being the first Lott in that Division 056:00:=

,, 8 Acres of salt marsh meadow lying at gravily point more or less 043:00:=

I: 5 Cowes. 21l. one horse, 6l. two oxen. 13l: 040:00:=

,, 2 heifers one steere one yeare, advantage 006:00:=

,, one mare with her fole, a horse coult two yeares 009:00:=

,, 3. Swine 002:10:=


534:03:4

In the Parlor:


,, one Bedstead one feather bed one feather boulster, one great flock boulster
one feather pillow, one pa of sheets one red rugg 3 Curtaines two Curtaine rodds,
one chaffe bed 011:00:=

,, a small trundle bedsted one old chaffe bed, 2 great flock boulsters one pr of
sheets one Coverlide 002:00:=

,, 3: chayres one of them a great broad chayre 000:12:=

,, one great Cubberd 30s: 3 fine sheets 2li 003:10:=

,, in other linnen 1li: 13s. 2 yards of new woolen cloath 10s 002:03:=

,, one great Table: 1li: three white streked blanckets 2li: 003:00:=

,, 3 remnants of Kersey 8 yards or thereabouts at 8s p. yd. 003:00:=

,, one remnant of Cotton 7s. one small Carpet 000:12:=

,, one little Cubberd: 7s. two chests, 16s 001:03:=

,, 5 Quishions 25s, one feather pillow, one great flock pillow, & one pillowber 8s 001:13:=


562:17:4
In the Hall:


,, two Tables 000:10:0

,, in pewter 4l: 1s: in brass 4li: 10s 008:11:=

,, one pr of Cob iron & tongs one old gridiron 000:08:=

,, 2 Trammells one iron drypin pann one spitt, a pr bellows & a chafin dish 000:18:=

,, one musquett 10s in iron tools 1li 6s 001:16:=

,, in pailes or wooden ware or lumber 000:10:=

In Hall Chamber:


,, : one bedsted one old bed & boulster 001:05:=

,, : one pr sheets 15s. 3 old blankets Coverlid 000:07,=

,, : The sheets before Expressed 000:15:=

,, : 2 blankets: 1l: 4s. 15 yards of new cloath 1l: 18s 003:02:=

,, : A house at Boston 080:00:=

In Parlor Chamber:


,, : one bed sted a bed one pr of sheets 2 blankets & curtaines & vallance
003:10:=

,, : one linen wheele 5s: & 10l of Cotton yarne: 15s
001:00:=

,, : 4l of Cotton 2s: 12l of Course linen yarne 8s
000:10:=


Indian Corne onthrashed by Estimation 24 bushells
003:12:=

Indian Corne more 12 bushells
001:18:=

": 12 bushells of Rye 11: 8s: a pannell & pillion 15s
003:03:=

": in a Cart rope 8s: in blasted wheate 10s: 4 bushell of mault 18s
001:16:=

": one bushell & halfe of mault
000:06:9

In Cellar:


,,: old barrells & other old Lumber as hogsheads 000:10:=

,,: an old Cart wheels & part of a bed & other things as yoake clevice & other irons
about the Cart 003:00:=

,,: one pr of iron traces & whipiles a clevice a plow share Cutter & Coller with 5
fforkes 001:02:=

,,: 2 bills due from John Parepoint 018:15:=

,,: in debts due from several men 012:14:9

,,: in Cart nailes 001:11:6

,,: in boards provided for shingling the barn lento 002:02:=

,,: in shingles 11000m at 16s 008:16:=

,,: in nailes & clapboard 003:00:=

,,: in money to be received for to releive his widow in case of necessity now in the
hands of Thomas Cheny by advice to bee ready upon all demands 020:12:=

,,: 37 Acres of woodland given to Joseph Cheny by Will 040:00:=

,,: in Corne upon the Ground Indian & English 008:00:=

,,: in grass upon the Ground fresh & salt 003:00:=

,,: 8 Acres of wood Land Given to John Cheny 008:00:=

,,: 20 Acres in John Cheneys possession as by will 060:00:=

,,: in two parcells of meddow given by will unto John Cheney 016:00:=

886:11:4


William Parke: Thomas Weld:
Edw: Dennison. On 10 July 1667.

Margaret Mason (F)
b. circa 1604, d. 3 July 1686, #87845
Relationship=9th great-grandmother of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Margaret Mason was also known as Margaret Cule. Margaret Mason was born circa 1604 at England. She married William Cheney Sr., son of Lawrence Cheney and Julian Waldron, between 1625 and 1625 at England. Margaret Mason married an unknown person. She died on 3 July 1686 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Suff. nervous prostration-sev yrs.

Margaret Cheney (F)
b. 26 November 1628, d. 29 September 1678, #87846
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     Margaret Cheney was born on 26 November 1628 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. Margaret Cheney married Deacon Thomas Hastings on 10 April 1651 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Margaret Cheney died on 29 September 1678 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 49.

Thomas Cheney (M)
b. 1633/34, d. before 4 March 1694/95, #87847
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     Thomas Cheney was born in 1633/34 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. Thomas Cheney married Jane Atkinson on 11 January 1655 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Thomas Cheney was Farmer. He married Jane Atkinson on 11 January 1655/56 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Thomas Cheney died before 4 March 1694/95 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Wife liv 69 yrs aft marr.

William Cheney Jr. (M)
b. 1641, d. September 1681, #87848
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     William Cheney Jr. was born in 1641. He was the son of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. William Cheney Jr. married Deborah Wishwell in 1661. William Cheney Jr. died in September 1681.

John Cheney (M)
b. 29 September 1639, d. 29 November 1671, #87849
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     John Cheney was born on 29 September 1639 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. John Cheney died on 29 November 1671 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at age 32. Att Harvard Drowned catching eels.

Joseph Cheney (M)
b. 6 June 1647, d. 16 September 1704, #87850
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     Joseph Cheney was born on 6 June 1647 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Joseph Cheney was born on 6 June 1647 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Cheney Sr. and Margaret Mason. Joseph Cheney married Hannah Thurston on 12 March 1668 at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Joseph Cheney married Mehitable Plimpton on 21 July 1691. Joseph Cheney married Mehitable Plimpton on 21 July 1691 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Joseph Cheney was Frmr. He died on 16 September 1704 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 57. He died on 16 September 1704 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 57.