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Personal data Richard Cheesman Sr. 


Household of Richard Cheesman Sr.

He is married to Hannah Stringham.

They got married on January 10, 1694 at St. George's Church, Queens Co. Long Island, New York, he was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Naomi Cheeseman  1696-???? 
  2. Peter C. Cheesman  1704-1788 
  3. Anne Cheeseman  1705-????
  4. Thomas Cheeseman  1707-1792
  5. Hannah Cheeseman  1709-1776 
  6. Benjamin Cheeseman  1709-1755
  7. Margaret Cheeseman  1711-????
  8. Richard Cheeseman  1711-1789 
  9. William Cheeseman  1713-1766
  10. Elizabeth Cheeseman  1716-???? 
  11. Deborah Cheeseman  1717-1754
  12. Isabella Cheeseman  1723-????


Notes about Richard Cheesman Sr.

103852806 & 8th Gr Grandparents
BORN THE DAY AFTER THE BRITISH TROOPS INVADED NEW NETHERLANDS AND TOOK IT FROM THE DUTCH . SON OF THOMAS AND MARY MARGARET VALENTINE / CHEESMAN OCCUPATIONS WERE COOPER , MILLER , YEOMAN , PLANTATION OWNER ********************************************************************************* DEATH SEPTEMBER 2, 1744 AT HIS PLANTATION IN GLOUCESTER CO., COLONY OF NEW JERSEY HIS WILL WAS DATED MARCH 19, 1743
AND WAS PROBATED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1744 FROM THE CHEESMAN FAMILY RICHARD SERVED IN COLONAL THOMAS FARMER'S MILITIA WITH SERVICE IN NEW JERSEY (IN 2ND ANN REPRESENTATIVE STATE HISTORY 1897-1-534 ) AND EVIDENTLY SETTLED IN MONMOUTH COUNTY, COLONY OF NEW JERSEY IN CONNECTION THERE WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF HIS WIFE'S SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW MARY STRINGHAM AND ADRIAN HEDGEMAN. ON MARCH 26, 1720 RICHARD CHEESMAN OF MONMOUTH COUNTY , COLONY OF NEW JERSEY IN YE EASTERN DIVISION OF YE PROVINCE AFORESAID MENTIONED , COOPER PURCHASED FOR 145 POUNDS FROM WILLIAM THORNE OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY, YEOMAN, PLANTATION, WHERE THOMAS DWELT IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SOUTHERLY BRANCH OF TIMBER CREEK, CALLED OR NAME BY YE CHRISTIANITY 484 ACRES DEED BOOK A -173 IN ( TRENTON, NJ) SEPTEMBER 26, 1726 HE PURCHASED 93 ACRES OF LAND IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLONY OF NEW JERSEY FROM LANSLOT BROWN FOR 73 POUNDS .

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Birthday November 9, 1674

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1674: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
    • March 14 » The Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of Ronas Voe results in the Dutch East India Company ship Wapen van Rotterdam being captured with a death toll of up to 300 Dutch crew and soldiers.
    • May 21 » The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
    • September 24 » Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
    • November 10 » Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.

Day of marriage January 10, 1694

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1694: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
    • July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.

Day of death September 2, 1744

  • The temperature on September 2, 1744 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1744: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
    • July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
    • September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.


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