THE CHEEVER FAMILY OF DRACUT, MASSACHUSETTS
Ezekiel and Abigail Cheever of Dracut had a son Nathaniel
Cheever, buried in Dracut September 4, 1762. Ezekiel Cheever had
a brother who also resided in Dracut who had a son Ezekiel.
Nathaniel was the executor of his brother's estate. Ezekiel, son
of Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel was executor of Nathaniel's estate.
But as yet, there is no direct evidence of the following John
Cheever's relationship with any of the above.
I. John Cheever, married Moley _____. They had issue:
A. John Cheever, born March 7, 1764.
B. Moley Cheever, born January 12, 1766.
C. Moses Cheever, born May 12, 1768. Married Polly Cutter
on August 20, 1789. They had issue:
1. Polly Cheever, born November 2, 1791.
2. Moses Cheever, born May 20, 1793. Married on
September 3, 1815 to Rachael Harris.
4. John Cheever, born December 10, 1794. Married Mary
Ann Homes Shipley of Londonderry, New
Hampshire, filed int. February 19, 1826 in
Chelmsford. They had issue:
a. George Sumner Cheever, born June 12 or 14,
1830 in Massachusetts. According to a
biography of his son Edward, he was from
Lowell, Massachusetts. Died January
21, 1888 in Los Angeles, California. He was
of Dracut, Massachusetts when he married in
Westminster, Massachusetts on June 6, 1850
[another record says 1868] to Lucy Marie
Young, daughter of Orange Young and Lovina
Baker. She was born in Westminster,
Massachusetts born June 6, 1833 and died in
Los Angeles, California December 1, 1901.
They had issue:
(I) Edward A. Cheever, born January 30, 1869
in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a
printer in Los Angeles, California. He
married Emma Louise Winter, the daughter
of Karl Heinricke Winter and Wilhelmina
Charlotte Reismeyer. She was born April
22, 1871. They were married on Thursday
evening, at 8:00 PM, March 8, 1894 by
the Reverend Dr. Stein at the English
Lutheran Church in Los Angeles,
California. They had issue:
(A) Sumner Charles Cheever, born
June 15, 1896. He died in
World War II. He married on
January 11, 1924 to Violet
Lafin Kelly. There was no
issue.
(B) Marguerite Vivian Cheever,
born April 25, 1898 in Los
Angeles, California. She was
baptized by the Rev. Herbert
J. Weaver on May 28, 1906 in
Evangelican Lutheran Church in
Los Angeles, California with
Mrs. Minna Winter, Ms. Lillie
Ehlers, and Mrs. Emma Cheever
as her sponsors. Marguerite
died July 24, 1988 at Mt.
Towers Healthcare, Cheyenne,
Laramie County, Wyoming. She
was buried with her husband in
Golden Gate National Cemetery,
San Bruno, California, South
Drive [between Second Drive
East and Third Drive East,
Section "T," Grave number
2267. She married Alvin
Sargent Hambly on July 2 [some
records, even Marguerite's say
July 21, yet the marriage
certificate says July 2], 1923
in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony was performed by
W. S. Dysinger, "Minister of
the Gospel," in the presence
of Harry B. Hambly. Alvin
Sargent Hambly, was the son of
Harry Bishop Hambly and Nyna
Emma Sargent. He was born
August 27, 1894 in San
Francisco, California and died
July 10, 1957, in an
automobile accident on the way
home from Plumas County. He is
buried beneath his wife in the
National Cemetery, San Bruno,
California. Ensign Alvin
Sargent Hambly "enlisted in
the Naval Reserve force on
April 18, 1917 and was first
stationed at San Pedro,
California. He obtained a
transfer to the U.S. Naval
Reserve Flying Corp and was
sent to San Diego, Cal. and
later to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology at
Boston. Upon completion of his
ground training there he was
sent to Key West Fla. later to
Miami and then to Pensacola
for flying instruction. He was
commissioned an Ensign on
November 8, 1918 and is at
present [?] instructor of
flying at the U.S. Naval
Reserve Air Station at
Pensacola, Florida. [From a
hand-written letter on
Bancroft-Whitney Company
stationery, on file at the
California Section, California
State Library, Sacramento,
California in 'Biography info.
file.']" He was Ensign in
night bombing when Armistice
was signed on November 11,
1918. He stayed as flight
instructor for one year. They
had two children. For issue,
see HAMBLY FAMILY.
(C) Lucille Wilhelmina Cheever,
born May 6, 1901. She married
on September 13, 1921 at
Annapolis, Maryland to Arthur
H. ("Speed") Graubart, born
December 8, 1901. No
issue.
b. Joel Bradley Cheever, born December 25, 1833.
c. Isabella Ann Cheever, born May 28, 1834.
d. John Shipley Cheever, born May 6, 1827.
Married Sarah _____.
e. Joseph Cutter Cheever, born April 13, 1828.
5. Jonah Cutter Cheever, born August 2, 1796.
6. Patta Cheever, born April 27, 1798.
7. Jacob Cheever, born February 6, 1800.
8. Harry Cheever, born April 29, 1802.
9. Ephraim Richardson Cheever, born October 18, 1804
in Chelmsford.
D. Solomon Cheever, born May 16, 1775.
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