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'''Ezekiel Cheever''' (1614–1708) was a [[schoolmaster]], and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", ''[[Accidence]], A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue''.<ref name="bartleby.com">[http://www.bartleby.com/227/1610.html The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21) – VOLUME XVII. Later National Literature, Part II – XXIII. Education. – § 10. Ezekiel Cheever], accessed July 15, 2011</ref> Upon his death, it was said that "[[New England]] [had] never known a better teacher."<ref name="bls.org">[http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113646&rc=0 ABOUT BLS – History (375 Years) – Reflections on Alma Mater] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213171748/http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113646&rc=0 |date=2009-12-13 }}, accessed July 15, 2011</ref> He has been called "the chief representative of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|colonial]] schoolmaster".<ref name="bartleby.com"/>
'''Ezekiel Cheever''' (1614–1708) was a [[schoolmaster]], and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", ''[[Accidence]], A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=§10. Ezekiel Cheever. XXIII. Education. Vol. 17. Later National Literature, Part II. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 |url=https://www.bartleby.com/227/1610.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.bartleby.com}}</ref> Upon his death, it was said that "[[New England]] [had] never known a better teacher."<ref name="bls.org">[http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113646&rc=0 ABOUT BLS – History (375 Years) – Reflections on Alma Mater] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213171748/http://www.bls.org/podium/default.aspx?t=113646&rc=0 |date=2009-12-13 }}, accessed July 15, 2011</ref> He has been called "the chief representative of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony|colonial]] schoolmaster".<ref>{{Cite web |title=§10. Ezekiel Cheever. XXIII. Education. Vol. 17. Later National Literature, Part II. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21 |url=https://www.bartleby.com/227/1610.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.bartleby.com}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Cheever came to Boston, [[Massachusetts]] in June 1637. Not much later, he went to [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] and taught school.<ref name="cheever"/> In 1650, Cheever moved the family back to Massachusetts. On December 29, 1670, he was invited to become Head Master of the [[Boston Latin School]].<ref name="bls.org"/> He taught for seventy years, the last thirty-eight as master of the [[Boston Latin School]].<ref name="bartleby.com"/><ref>Parker, Franklin. "Ezekiel Cheever: New England Colonial Teacher," ''Peabody Journal of Education,'' Vol. 37, No. 6, Symposium: Our Carnegie Students (May, 1960), pp. 355-360, Taylor & Francis, Ltd. (Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1490347).</ref><ref>Gould, Elizabeth Porter. ''Ezekiel Cheever, Schoolmaster,'' 1872.</ref> [[Cotton Mather]] gave the sermon at his funeral.<ref name="cheever">Hassam, JT (1879) ''Ezekiel Cheever and some of his descendants'', David Clapp & Son (via [https://books.google.com/books?id=JCYAAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ezekiel+cheever+and+some+of+his+descendants&cd=5#v=onepage&q&f=false google.com])</ref>
Cheever came to Boston, [[Massachusetts]] in June 1637. Not much later, he went to [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] and taught school.<ref name="cheever"/> In 1650, Cheever moved the family back to Massachusetts. On December 29, 1670, he was invited to become Head Master of the [[Boston Latin School]].<ref name="bls.org"/> He taught for seventy years, the last thirty-eight as master of the [[Boston Latin School]].<ref name="bartleby.com">[http://www.bartleby.com/227/1610.html The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21) – VOLUME XVII. Later National Literature, Part II – XXIII. Education. – § 10. Ezekiel Cheever], accessed July 15, 2011</ref><ref>Parker, Franklin. "Ezekiel Cheever: New England Colonial Teacher," ''Peabody Journal of Education,'' Vol. 37, No. 6, Symposium: Our Carnegie Students (May, 1960), pp. 355-360, Taylor & Francis, Ltd. (Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1490347).</ref><ref>Gould, Elizabeth Porter. ''Ezekiel Cheever, Schoolmaster,'' 1872.</ref> [[Cotton Mather]] gave the eulogy at his funeral.<ref name="cheever">Hassam, JT (1879) ''Ezekiel Cheever and some of his descendants'', David Clapp & Son (via [https://books.google.com/books?id=JCYAAAAAQAAJ&q=ezekiel+cheever+and+some+of+his+descendants google.com])</ref> In it Mather praised Cheever for his "untiring abjuration of the devil."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lee|first=Alwyn|date=March 27, 1964|title=Ovid in Ossining|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|volume= 83| issue = 13|pages=68}}</ref>


==Family==
==Family==
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On November 18, 1652, Ezekiel married Ellen Lathrop who was the sister of Capt Thomas Lathrop, a casualty during [[Muttawmp|King Philip's War]].<ref name="cheever"/><ref>Perley, Sidney (1924) 'The History of Salem, Massachusetts' ([http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Perley/vol1/images/p1-283.html V I, P283 @virginia.edu])</ref> Ezekiel and Ellen had five children. Their son, Rev Thomas, graduated from Harvard in 1677. Their son, Ezekiel Cheever, was a resident at Salem Village during the time of the [[Salem witch trials|Witch Trials]].
On November 18, 1652, Ezekiel married Ellen Lathrop who was the sister of Capt Thomas Lathrop, a casualty during [[Muttawmp|King Philip's War]].<ref name="cheever"/><ref>Perley, Sidney (1924) 'The History of Salem, Massachusetts' ([http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Perley/vol1/images/p1-283.html V I, P283 @virginia.edu])</ref> Ezekiel and Ellen had five children. Their son, Rev Thomas, graduated from Harvard in 1677. Their son, Ezekiel Cheever, was a resident at Salem Village during the time of the [[Salem witch trials|Witch Trials]].

Ezekiel was an ancestor of author [[John Cheever]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bailey|first=Blake|title=Cheever: A Life|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4000-4394-1|location=United States|pages=8}}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 30 December 2023

This article is about the Latin school teacher of New England. For the minor character based on his son in the Arthur Miller play about witchcraft hysteria in Salem, see The Crucible.
Ezekiel Cheever
BornJanuary 24, 1614
London, England
DiedAugust 21, 1708(1708-08-21) (aged 94)
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Schoolmaster, author
Known forEducation
Children11

Ezekiel Cheever (1614–1708) was a schoolmaster, and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", Accidence, A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue.[1] Upon his death, it was said that "New England [had] never known a better teacher."[2] He has been called "the chief representative of the colonial schoolmaster".[3]

Biography

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Cheever came to Boston, Massachusetts in June 1637. Not much later, he went to New Haven, Connecticut and taught school.[4] In 1650, Cheever moved the family back to Massachusetts. On December 29, 1670, he was invited to become Head Master of the Boston Latin School.[2] He taught for seventy years, the last thirty-eight as master of the Boston Latin School.[5][6][7] Cotton Mather gave the eulogy at his funeral.[4] In it Mather praised Cheever for his "untiring abjuration of the devil."[8]

Family

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In 1638, Cheever married Mary Culverwell, his first wife. She was the daughter of Ezekiel Culverwell, niece of Nathaniel Culverwell and cousin of William Gouge. Ezekiel and Mary had six children. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was grandmother of Ezekiel Goldthwait.[9] Their son, Rev Samuel, graduated from Harvard in 1659. Mary died on January 20, 1649.

On November 18, 1652, Ezekiel married Ellen Lathrop who was the sister of Capt Thomas Lathrop, a casualty during King Philip's War.[4][10] Ezekiel and Ellen had five children. Their son, Rev Thomas, graduated from Harvard in 1677. Their son, Ezekiel Cheever, was a resident at Salem Village during the time of the Witch Trials.

Ezekiel was an ancestor of author John Cheever.[11]

Legacy

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References

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  1. ^ "§10. Ezekiel Cheever. XXIII. Education. Vol. 17. Later National Literature, Part II. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  2. ^ a b ABOUT BLS – History (375 Years) – Reflections on Alma Mater Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 15, 2011
  3. ^ "§10. Ezekiel Cheever. XXIII. Education. Vol. 17. Later National Literature, Part II. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  4. ^ a b c Hassam, JT (1879) Ezekiel Cheever and some of his descendants, David Clapp & Son (via google.com)
  5. ^ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21) – VOLUME XVII. Later National Literature, Part II – XXIII. Education. – § 10. Ezekiel Cheever, accessed July 15, 2011
  6. ^ Parker, Franklin. "Ezekiel Cheever: New England Colonial Teacher," Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 37, No. 6, Symposium: Our Carnegie Students (May, 1960), pp. 355-360, Taylor & Francis, Ltd. (Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1490347).
  7. ^ Gould, Elizabeth Porter. Ezekiel Cheever, Schoolmaster, 1872.
  8. ^ Lee, Alwyn (March 27, 1964). "Ovid in Ossining". Time. Vol. 83, no. 13. p. 68.
  9. ^ John Singleton Copley portrait, Ezekiel Goldthwait, 1771
  10. ^ Perley, Sidney (1924) 'The History of Salem, Massachusetts' (V I, P283 @virginia.edu)
  11. ^ Bailey, Blake (2009). Cheever: A Life. United States: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4000-4394-1.
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