Mathew Mathias (d.1669) lived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives through the fifth generation lived chiefly in Virginia.

John Chezem was born at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1760, probably the son of Edward Cheeseman. He served in the Maryland militia during the Revolutionary War. He married 1) Mrs. Melvin (nee Price). They had six children, 1795-1804. He married 2) Lydia Fiddleman in 1806 in Delaware. They had three children, 1806-1810. He married 3) Mary Percen Turner, widow of Daniel Chezem. They had a son born in 1815. He married 4) Comfort Morris in 1819. They had eight...