When Anson Kingsbury Cheever was born in 1823, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, George Cheever, was 52 and his mother, Abigail Kingsbury, was 36. He died on 16 April 1823, at the age of 0, and was buried in Plainville, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French chivere, chevre ‘goat’ (from Latin capra ‘nanny goat’), applied as a nickname for an unpredictable or temperamental person, or a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd. This surname is now extinct in Britain.
History: Born in London c. 1614, the son of spinner William Cheaver, Ezekiel Cheever came to Boston in June 1637. After a brief sojourn in New Haven, CT, he was master of the Boston Latin School from 1670 until his death in 1708. He had twelve children; his youngest son, also called Ezekiel, was the clerk to the court in the infamous Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
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