Charles CHAUNCEY
NOTE: Charles Chauncey was educated at Westminster and at Trinity College, Cambridge; Fellow, M.A., 1617; B.D., 1624; Vicar of Ware, , Hertford, 1627-1633; Vicar of Marston, St. Lawrence, ,Northampton, 1633-1637; prosecuted and imprisioned by Archbishop Laud for neglect of church ceremonies; went to Plymouth MA, 1638; appointed President of Harvard college, 1654. From The Prominent Families of the USA, Burke, 1908
He married Catherine Eyre 17 Mar 1630 at Ware, Hertford, England . Catherine Eyre was born at New Sarum, Wiltshire, England 2 Nov 1604 daughter of Robert Eyre and Annie Still .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Sarah Chauncey
born 13 Jun 1631.
Isaac Chauncey
born 23 Aug 1632.
Ichabod Chauncey
born 1635.
Barnabus Chauncey
born 1637.
Nathaniel Chauncey
born 1639.
Elnathan Chauncey
born Abt 1640.
Israel Chauncey
born 1644.
Hannah Chauncey
born 1646.
Charles Chauncey died 19 Feb 1677 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts .
Catherine Eyre died 23 Jan 1667 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts .