Abigail Milam
Wife of Richard Cheever, cordwainer of Boston, whom she married in 1680, and mother of his eleven children, among them Susanna (Cheever) Rand. Probably the daughter of Humphrey and Mary Milam, born at Boston in 1660, she was a widow by 1709 and died at Boston in 1732/3, in her 73rd year.
Life
- 1660Born10 Oct 1660, Boston, Massachusetts
"Abigail of Humphry & Mary Milam born Oct. 10" [1660]. That Richard Cheever's wife was this Abigail is Torrey's identification (via WikiTree); her age at death fits exactly.
- 1680Married Richard Cheever7 Oct 1680
"Richard and Abigail Cheever was mareyed 7 October 1680" (the family Bible).
- 1732Died21 Jan 1732/3, Boston, Massachusetts
"this morning my Honered mother Departed this Life ... in the 73 year of her age Abigal Cheever" (her son Bartholomew, in the family Bible); administration to him on 6 Feb 1732/3.
Family
- Father
- Humphrey Milam
Of Boston, with his wife Mary.
documentedprobable - Spouse
- Richard Cheever
Their children's births name Richard and Abigail; Abigail administered his estate in 1709.
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Mother of Susanna (Cheever) Rand. The daughter of Humphrey and Mary Milam of Boston, if the usual identification is right; she married Richard Cheever, cordwainer, on 7 Oct 1680 and bore him eleven children between 1681 and 1702. She administered his estate in 1709 and lived a widow twenty-four years more, dying at Boston on 21 Jan 1732/3 “in the 73 year of her age,” as her son wrote in the family Bible (source).
Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md.