Thomas CHEESMAN

Birth:
Abt 1640
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
Death:
Abt 1713
Long Island, New York
Marriage:
Abt 1670
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
Pedigree Resource File
Rootsweb.com
The Cheesman Family, by Albert Stirling Adams
New.familysearch.org, Aug 2011
Notes:
                   Thomas came to America (mid 1660's) to escape England's bloody civil war.  He purchased an 8 acre plantation in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, known as the "Hungry Harbour" and there married Mary Margaret Valentine.  He was a Freeholder in Hempstead in 1702.
Margaret VALENTINE
Birth:
Abt 1640
Eccles, Lancashire, England
Children
Marriage
1
Ephraim CHEESMAN
Birth:
Abt 1670
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Death:
2
Richard CHEESMAN
Birth:
9 Nov 1674
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Death:
2 Sep 1744
Waterford Twp., Gloucester, New Jersey
Hannah STRINGHAM 
Marr:
1 Jan 1695
Long Island, New York 
Notes:
                   Richard Cheesman was a cooper, miller and yeoman by trade, as well as a plantation owner. In 1728 became a justice of the peace.
Served in Col. Thomas Farmer's New York Militia.
Purchased a 484 acre plantation known as "Christianity" from William Thorne, Gloucester Co.
On 26 Sep 1726, Richard purchased 93 acres in Gloucester Twp., and settled there.
3
Benjamin CHEESMAN
Birth:
Abt 1678
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
William CHEESMAN
Birth:
Abt 1680
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Samuel CHEESMAN
Birth:
Abt 1681
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Death:
 
Marr:
 
FCID:5800:3278
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Thomas Cheesman - Margaret Valentine

Thomas Cheesman was born at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England Abt 1640.

He married Margaret Valentine Abt 1670 at Hempstead, Long Island, New York . Margaret Valentine was born at Eccles, Lancashire, England Abt 1640 daughter of Richard Valentine and Deborah Mott .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Ephraim Cheesman born Abt 1670.
Richard Cheesman born 9 Nov 1674.
Benjamin Cheesman born Abt 1678.
William Cheesman born Abt 1680.
Samuel Cheesman born Abt 1681.

Thomas Cheesman died Abt 1713 at Long Island, New York .