BIRTHS 23 November 1700-1800

 

• Jonathan EMERY was born 23 November 1722 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts[1]; son of James and Ruth (WATSON) EMERY; husband of Jerusha BARRON.
• Sarah CHIPMAN was born 23 November 1722 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts[2]; daughter of Jacob and Abigail (FULLER) CHIPMAN; wife of John CHIPMAN and Samuel KEEP.
• Mary RICE was born 23 November 1723 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts[3]; daughter of Edward and Lydia (FAIRBANKS) RICE; died 5 January 1741.
• Paul BOWDEN was born 23 November 1723 in York, York, Maine[4]; son of Abraham and Martha (WORMWOOD) BOWDEN; husband of Prudence PROVENDER.
• Nathaniel ANDREWS was born 23 November 1745 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts[5]; son of Nathaniel and Mary (HIGGINSON) ANDREWS; died 12 September 1754.
• Pliney WARNER was born 23 November 1771 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts[6]; son of Ichabod and Hannah (RYTHER) WARNER; husband of Jerusha JONES.
• Lavina CHIPMAN was born 23 November 1783 in Cornwallis Park, Annapolis, Nova Scotia[7]; daughter of John and Eunice (DIXON) CHIPMAN; died 12 March 1810.
• James MARR was born 23 November 1785 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[8]; son of John and Sarah (JORDAN) MARR; husband of Dorothy “Dolly” SMALL, Lydia ANDREWS, and Mary BLANCHARD.
• Ambrose EMERY was born 23 November 1790 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[9]; son of Ambrose and Rebecca (YOCUM) EMERY; husband of Mary ANDERSON.

[1] Heritage Consulting, compiled, “Millennium File,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017), Jonathan Emery; 23 November 1722, June 1807; 7 December 1753.  Rev. Rufus Emery, Genealogy of the Emery Family: four generations of the descendants of John Emery, Sen., of Newbury, Mass., and Anthony Emery of Kittery, Maine, print (Salem, Mass.: Emery Cleaves, n.d.), 12; images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017; Jonathan Emery #35.ii and family.  Online, Earle Gibson Emery, national 65776, Massachusetts state 5683, descendant of David Emery; National Sons of the American Revolution, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, Kentucky.  Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection – Individual Records,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017), Jonathan Emery; 23 November 1722, 7 December 1753, June 1807.  Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection-Births,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017), Jonathan Emery; 23 November 1722.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017), Jonathan Emery; 23 November 1722; Haverhill Vital Transcripts p. 122.

[2] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 10 February 2016), Sarah Chipman; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001250 V. 3, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 6, 0161968 V. 10, 0161969 V. 12, 0161969 V. 14, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 25, 0161973 V. 27, 0161974 V. 31, 0161974 V. 32, 0161975 V. 33, 019196.  Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 21 [Sarah Chipman #68].

[3] Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family: in America, 1633-1897, print (Boston: American Printing and Engraving Company, 1897), 48; images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 8 July 2017; Lydia Fairbanks and family.  Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 17 Novembe  r 2017), Mary Rice; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.  Charles Hudson, History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from the first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1860 and an account of the celebration of the two hundredrth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, print (Boston: Pres of T. R. Narvin & Son, 1862), 435; images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017; Edward Rice Family; 7-44.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 17 November 2017), Mary Rice; 23 November 1723; Marlborough Vital Transcripts p. 158.

[4] Lester MacKenzkie Bragdon, “Vital Records of York, Maine,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 26 August 2013), Abraham Bowden his children born in York of Martha his wife.

[5] “Descendants of Robert Andrews of Rowley Village (Boxford),” The Essex Antiquarian, 3 (1899), online archives, AmericanAncestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 29 September 2015), Nathaniel Andrews; vol. 3, page 116; #89-vii.

[6] Lucy Cutler Kellogg, Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts: 1736-1900. With Genealogies (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E.A. Hall & Co., 1902), 514; database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 20 June 2015; Pliney #iii.

[7] Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 43 [Lavina Chipman #318].

[8] Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, FHL microfilm 001205261, James Marrs, 23 November 1785; images online, Family Search, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 12 September 2014); Maine Division of Vital Statistics. Maine State Board of Health.  Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 46, 111 [James Marr #392].  Maine State Archives, “Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 29 November 2017), James Marr; 23 November 1785.

[9][9] Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Mary Anderson and Ambrose Emery; 1795, 1812, 9 pages.  Rufus Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, print (Salem, Mass.: Cleaves, 1890), 27; images online, Internet Archives, Internet Archives (https://archive.org : online 29 November 2017; Ambrose Emery #203.

BIRTHS 24 October 1700-1800

 

• Ruth WOOD was born 24 October 1718 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut[1]; daughter of Thomas and Abigail (HARTSHORN) WOOD; wife of Peres ANDERSON.
• Jonathan CHIPMAN was born 24 October 1729 in Groton, New London, Connecticut[2]; son of Thomas and Abigail (LOTHROP) CHIPMAN; husband of Catherine REED.
• Elizabeth APPLETON was born 24 October 1736 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts[3]; daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (SAWYER) APPLETON; wife of Samuel BARTLETT.
• Deacon Elias ABBOT was born 24 October 1757 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire[4]; son of Reuben and Rhoda (WHITTEMORE) ABBOT; husband of Elizabeth BUSWELL.
• Polly JORDAN was born 24 October 1775 in Cape Ann, Essex, Massachusetts[5]; daughter of Samuel and Lydia (GROVER) JORDAN; wife of Edmond Clark MEGQUIER.
• Elizabeth “Betty” LOWELL was born 24 October 1780 in Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire[6]; daughter of John and Martha (HASTINGS) LOWELL; wife of John HUSE.
• John Fairfield SCAMMON was born 24 October 1786 in Wells, York, Maine[7]; son of James and Elizabeth (FAIRFIELD) SCAMMON; husband of Sarah COLE.
• Lydia TYLER was born 24 October 1788 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine[8]; daughter of Joseph and Phebe (BANKS) TYLER; wife of Joshua C. HOWARD.
• Orlin CHIPMAN was born 24 October 1800 in Massachusetts[9]; son of Daniel and Mercy (TURNER) CHIPMAN; husband of Sarah M. BURRITT.

 

 

[1] Genealogical Society of Utah, “Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : online 3 October 2018), Ruth Wood; FHL batch 7450379.

[2] Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 18, 28 [Jonathan Chipman #43].

[3][3] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 3 October 2018), Elizabeth Appleton; FHL microfilm 0873749 IT 4.

[4] “New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904,” database online, Family History Library, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : online 2 May 2017), Elias Abbott; FHL microfilm 1000480.  New Hampshire New Hampshire Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord, “New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900,” online images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : online 2 May 2017), Elias Abbott; FHL microfilm 1000480.  AmericanAncestors.org, “New Hampshire: Births, to 1901, Deaths and Marriages to 1937,” database online, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 3 May 2017), Elias Abbott; Births A to 1901 page 688.  Lucy R. H. Cross, History of Northfield, New Hampshire 1780-1905: in two parts with many biographical sketches and protraits also pictures of public buildings and private residences, first (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Printing Co., 1905), 5-6; images online, Dr. Dallan Quass, Genealogy Gophers (www.gengophers.com : online 3 May 2017; ABBOTT I..  James Otis Lyford, editor of History of Concord, N.H., History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire 1727-1912: in two volumes; volume two; Genealogy and Appendix, first (Concord, N. H.: The Rumford Press, 1912), 1-2; online images, Google, Google Books (www.google.com : online 3 May 2017; Abbott.

[5] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 120 [Polly Jordan #1556].

[6] Delmar R. Lowell, editor, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America: from 1639-1899 (1899; reprint, Rutland, Virginia: The Tuttle Company, 1899), 73, Elizabeth Lowell; #209.X; digital images, Google, Google (google.com/books : online 30 October 2015.

[7] Material for a Genealogy of the Scammon Family: in Maine (Salem: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., 1892), 13; images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 8 July 2017; John Fairfield Scammon; ref. 9.i.1.  Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 8 July 2017), John Fairfield Scammon; FHL microfilm 12243.  Scammon: genealogy of the family (Ogden: Ogden FamilySearch Library, n.d.), 31; images online, Dr. Dallan Quass, Genealogy Gophers (www.gengophers.com : online 9 July 2017; James Scammon #77 and family.

[8] Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 10 June 2017), Lydia (Tyler); FHL microfilm 10836.

[9] Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 79 [Orlin Chipman #680].

BIRTHS 13 September 1700-1800

 

• Joshua BANKS was born 13 September 1713 in York, York, Maine[1]; son of Lieutenant Moses and Ruth (WEARE) BANKS; husband of Mary MUCHMORE.
• William GOODRICH was born 13 September 1730 in Berwick, York, Maine[2]; son of John and Dorcas (POWELL) GOODRICH; husband of Mary FLETCHER.
• Joseph GERRISH was born 13 September 1732[3]; son of Colonel Timothy and Sarah (ELLIOT) GERRISH; husband of Anna THOMPSON.
• Deborah JORDAN was born 13 September 1761 in Danville, Androscoggin, Maine[4]; daughter of Stephen and Mary (JORDAN) JORDAN; wife of Thomas PROCTOR.
• Ignatius JORDAN was born 13 September 1786 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[5]; son of Dominicus and Susannah (SIMONTON) JORDAN; husband of Jean McCray JOHNSON.
• Storer DYER was born 13 September 1794 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[6]; son of Caleb Anthony and Mary (RANDAL) DYER; died 28 September 1812 at sea.
• Rufus JORDAN was born 13 September 1795 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[7]; son of Nathaniel and Dorothy (JORDAN) JORDAN; husband of Mary WATERHOUSE.
• Susanna CHIPMAN was born 13 September 1797 in Poland, Androscoggin, Maine[8]; daughter of William and Esther (LANE) CHIPMAN.
• Anna Margareta ANDERSDATTER was born 13 September 1797 in Tärna, Västmandlands Län, Sweden[9]; daughter of Anders ANDERSON and Christina LARSDATTER; wife of Johan “Jan” PEHRSSON; she is my third great grandmother.
• Sally HILL was born 13 September 1800 in Biddeford, York, Maine[10]; daughter of Captain James Plaisted and Sarah (PERKINS) HILL.

 

[1] Lester MacKenzkie Bragdon, “Vital Records of York, Maine,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 30 May 2017), Joshua Banks; v. 110, p. 60.  Wm. E. Chute, A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: with some account of the family in Great Britain and Ireland with an account of forty allied families gathered from the most authentic sources (Salem, Mass: self published, 1894), Allied families; ix; images online, Internet Library, Archive.org (us.archive.org : online 11 September 2015; Joshua Banks.

[2] Robert E. and Barbara W. Gee, “Descendants of Josiah Goodridge of Berwick, Maine,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 152 (1998), online archives, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 25 October 2014), John Goodridge; page 198, 200-201.

[3] Delmar R. Lowell, editor, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America: from 1639-1899 (1899; reprint, Rutland, Virginia: The Tuttle Company, 1899), 9, Joseph Gerrish; digital images, Google, Google (google.com/books : online 3 September 2015.

[4] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 26 [Deborah Jordan #152].

[5] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 58, 153 [Ignatius Jordan #624].

[6] Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, FHL microfilm 001205260, Storer Dyer, 13 September 1794; images online, Family Search, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 19 January 2018); Maine Division of Vital Statistics. Maine State Board of Health.

[7] Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, FHL microfilm 001205260, Rufus Jordan, 13 September 1795; images online, Family Search, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 21 January 2016); Maine Division of Vital Statistics. Maine State Board of Health.

[8] Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 75 [Susanna Chipman #637].

[9] “Sweden, Church Records, 1500-1941,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 21 July 2014), Margreta Andersdr, born 13 Sept 1797, baptized 17 Sept 1797, Västmanland, Tärna, Födde (Births), 1762-1861 (C:2), image 55/161.

[10] Genealogical Society of Utah, custodian, “Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,” online database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : online 16 July 2015), Sally Hill.

BIRTHS 8 March 1700-1800

• Nathaniel EMERY born 8 March 1743 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts[1]; son of James and Ruth (WATSON) EMERY; husband of Phebe CLOUGH, Patience WRIGHT and Patricia.
• Peter B. BUTLER born 8 March 1752 in South Berwick, York, Maine[2]; son of Moses and Sarah (GOODWIN) BUTLER; husband of Sarah SPRINGER.
• Asa NORRIS born 8 March 1778[3]; son of Simeon and Mary (LOWELL) NORRIS; husband of Sally DOW.
• Samuel EMERY born 8 March 1779 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[4]; son of Ambrose and Rebecca (YOCUM) EMERY; husband of Sarah ANDERSON.
• William CUSHMAN born 8 March 1788 in Paris, Oxford, Maine[5]; son of Caleb and Hepsibah (BOLSTER) CUSHMAN.
• Lucy KEYES 8 March 1789 in Putney, Windham, Vermont[6]; daughter of Deacon Israel and Abigail (LOWELL) KEYES; twin to Sally KEYES.
• Sally KEYES born 8 March 1789 in Putney, Windham, Vermont[7]; daughter of Deacon Israel and Abigail (LOWELL) KEYES; wife to Dana MILLER and Reverend WORDSWORTH; twin to Lucy KEYES.
• Olivia CHIPMAN born 8 March 1790 in Cornwallis Park, Annapolis, Nova Scotia[8]; daughter of John and Eunice (DIXON) CHIPMAN; wife of John WADE.
• Jane MARR born 8 March 1798 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine[9]; daughter of John and Sarah (JORDAN) MARR.
• John P. HASLAM born 8 March 1799 in Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine[10]; son of George and Hannah (JORDAN) HASLAM; husband of Louisa P. HOPKINS.

[1] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 19 February 2018), Nathaniel Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.

[2] Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection – Individual Records,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 19 February 2018), Peter B. Butler; 8 March 1752; 1 January 1777; 17 March 1839.

[3] Delmar R. Lowell, editor, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America: from 1639-1899 (1899; reprint, Rutland, Virginia: The Tuttle Company, 1899), 40, Asa Norris; #96.I.3; digital images, Google, Google (google.com/books : online 15 October 2015.

[4] Rufus Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, print (Salem, Mass.: Cleaves, 1890), 27; images online, Internet Archives, Internet Archives (https://archive.org : online 29 November 2017; Ambrose Emery #203.

[5] Henry Wyles Cushman, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: the descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the year 1617 to 1855 (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855), 273; images online, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : online 19 February 2018; William Cushman #658.III.

[6] Delmar R. Lowell, editor, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America: from 1639-1899 (1899; reprint, Rutland, Virginia: The Tuttle Company, 1899), 51, Lucy Keyes; #130.VII.7; digital images, Google, Google (google.com/books : online 20 October 2015.

[7] Delmar R. Lowell, editor, The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America: from 1639-1899 (1899; reprint, Rutland, Virginia: The Tuttle Company, 1899), 51, Sally Keyes; #130.VII.6; digital images, Google, Google (google.com/books : online 20 October 2015.

[8] Bert L. Chipman, The Chipman Family: A Genealogy of the Chipman’s in America, 1631-1920 (N.p.: n.p., 1920), 43 [Oliva Chipman #322].

[9] Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection – Individual Records,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 29 November 2017), Jane Marr; 8 March 1798.  Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 46 [Jane Marr #396].

[10] Adelbert Jean Annonson, Compiled, The Family Jordan, 3 volumes in 1 book (Maine: Penobscot Press, 1998), 98, 263 [John Haslam I #1252].

Ambrose EMERY

Ambrose EMERY is my first cousin eight times removed; we are related through John and Ruth (HARTSHORN) WATSON.  He in the French and Indian War also known as the Seven Years War, he was in Captain Jonathan Butterfield’s Company, enlisted 11 October 1756; during the Crown Point Expedition he was listed as “killed or taken,” but in reality, was wounded by an arrow.[1]  It is believed that he participated in the Boston Tea Party, but there is some doubt as he lived in Philadelphia at the time; he served in the Revolutionary War as a private 6^th class in the 3^rd battalion, 1^st company Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania under Captain Israel Jones.[2]  He also lived near General Washington’s winter home; it is believed that his wife cooked the soldiers rations while they camped nearby.[3]

Ambrose EMERY was born 25 February 1737 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[4]  He was the son of James and Ruth (WATSON) EMERY.  He died 1824 in Jefferson, Green, Pennsylvania.[5]  His body was interred at Emery Cemetery on the W. L. Price Farm in Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania.[6]  Ambrose married Catherine FOSTER 17 July 1762 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts[7].  Catherine was born in 1742.  She was the daughter of John and Catherine (RAGIN) FOSTER.  Ambrose married second to Rebecca YOCUM in 1770.[8]  Rebecca was born 5 June 1754 in Upper Marion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.[9]  She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (DEHAVEN) YOCUM.  She died 1843 in Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania[10].

Ambrose and Catherine had the following children:

• Sarah EMERY was born 14 March 1762 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[11] She died in 1848 in Massachusetts.  Sarah married David MCCLEARY 2 July 1801.  David was born 14 January 1750 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts[12].  He was the son of Daniel and Mary (MILLIKEN ) MCCLEARY.  He died in 1839 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts.  His body is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts.[13]
• Ruth EMERY was born 2 February 1764 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[14]
• Daniel EMERY was born 2 November 1765 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[15] He died 25 December 1765 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[16]  He was interred in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[17]
• Lydia EMERY was born 12 April 1769 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts; She is also listed as born 4 April 1768 in Massachusetts on her death record. [18] She died 17 July 1844 of old age in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.[19]  Lydia married Abel WILLEY/WILLIS 12 August 1788 in Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire.[20]  Abel was born 6 February 1761 in Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire.  He was the son of Abel and Mary (FOWLER) WILLEY/WILLIS.  He died 9 May 1835 in Shipton, Richmond, Quebec.

Ambrose and Rebecca had the following children:

• John Gidden EMERY/EMERIE born 1771 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[21] He died 1842 in Old, Forsyth, North Carolina.  His body was interred at the Presbyterian Cemetery in New Market, Highland, Ohio.[22]  He served in the War of 1812.[23]  John married Margaret Crawford ROSS March 1800 in Hillsborough, Highland, Ohio[24].  Margaret was born 11 August 1779 in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.  She was the daughter of Oliver Crawford and Frances Eleanor (ST CLAIR) ROSS.  She died 20 September 1838 in New Market, Highland, Ohio.  Her body was interred at the Presbyterian Cemetery in New Market, Highland, Ohio.[25]
• Charles EMERY born 1773 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[26]. Charles died in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• James EMERY born 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[27] James died in 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Elizabeth EMERY born 30 April 1776 in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died 5 March 1830 in Chester, Pennsylvania.  Her body is interred at Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania.[28]  Elizabeth married John CROWL 20 September 1795 in West Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania.  John was born 10 June 1766 in Scotland, United Kingdom.  He was the son of Alexander CROWL.  He died 15 July 1825 in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania.  His body was interred at Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania.[29]
• Samuel EMERY born 8 March 1779 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[30] He died 5 April 1856 in New Market, Highland, Ohio.  He is interred at Presbyterian Cemetery in New Market, Highland, Ohio.[31]  Samuel married Sarah ANDERSON 8 April 1808 in Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania.[32]  Sarah was born 11 September 1790 in Green, Forest, Pennsylvania.[33]  She was the daughter of Richard and Mary ANDERSON.  She died 6 April 1881.  Her body is interred at Presbyterian Cemetery in New Market, Highland, Ohio.[34]
• Clementine EMERY born 17 November 1784 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[35]. She died 30 October 1862 in Clarksville, Greene, Pennsylvania.  Her body is interred at Arford Cemetery, Cross Plains, Ripley, Indiana.[36]  Clementine married Samuel KENNEDY 11 February 1813 in Greene, Pennsylvania.  Samuel was born 1785 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland.  He was the son of James and Margaret (WHITE) KENNEDY.  He died December 1850 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
• Rebecca EMERY born 1786 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[37] She died unmarried, September 1869 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.[38]
• Jonas Reece EMERY born 23 July 1788 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[39] He died 13 June 1857 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.  Jonas married Susan MORRIS.[40]  Susan was born 4 February 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She was the daughter of Asa and Susan (HERROD) MORRIS.  She died 17 June 1879 in Greene, Pennsylvania.  He married second to Rebecca Edwards MARSHALL.[41]
• Ambrose EMERY born 23 November 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[42] He died 8 July 1873 in Scotland, Greene, Pennsylvania.  He is interred at Taylor Ridge Cemetery in Scotland, Greene, Pennsylvania.[43]  Ambrose married Mary ANDERSON in 1812 in Greene, Pennsylvania.[44]  Mary was born 1795 in Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania.[45]  She was the daughter of Richard and Mary ANDERSON, sister of Sarah ANDERSON married to Samuel EMERY.  She died 21 March 1870 in Scotland, Greene, Pennsylvania.  She is interred at Taylor Ridge Cemetery in Scotland, Greene, Pennsylvania.[46]
• Nathaniel EMERY born 8 February 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[47] He died 12 January 1846 in Pike Township, Coshocton, Ohio.  His body is interred at Broomstick Cemetery in Coshocton, Ohio.[48]  Nathaniel married Elizabeth BOTTS in 1816 in Greene, Pennsylvania.  Elizabeth was born 1794 in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania.  She was the daughter of John and Hannah BOTTS.  She died 9 June 1856 in Coshocton, Ohio.  She is interred at Broomstick Cemetery in Coshocton, Ohio.[49]
• Jesse EMERY born 1794 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[50] He died 4 June 1873 in Mt. Vernon, Knox, Ohio.  Jesse married Hannah SIMONTON about 1819 in Greene, Pennsylvania.  Hannah was born about 1796 in Knox, Ohio.  She died in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio.

[1] Rev. Rufus Emery, Genealogy of the Emery Family: four generations of the descendants of John Emery, Sen., of Newbury, Mass., and Anthony Emery of Kittery, Maine, print (Salem, Mass.: Emery Cleaves, n.d.), 12; images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017; Ambrose Emery 25.vii.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  New England Historical and Genealogical Society, “Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775,” online database, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 29 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; citing Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers In the French and Indian Wars, 1755-1756; page 261.  Annabelle Kemp, Lucas Genealogy, print (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: The Bookman Press, 1964), 313; images online, Dr. Dallan Quass, Genealogy Gophers (www.gengophers.com : online 29 November 2017; Swan Lucas E-6-236.  Rufus Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, print (Salem, Mass.: Cleaves, 1890), 27; images online, Internet Archives, Internet Archives (https://archive.org : online 29 November 2017; Ambrose Emery #203.

[2] Emery, Genealogy of the Emery Family, 12.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  Kemp, Lucas Genealogy, 313.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com, images online (www.ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012.

[3] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[4] Emery, Genealogy of the Emery Family, 12.  Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Rebecca Yocum and Ambrose Emery; 1746; 1738; 1770; 9 pages.  Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Ambros Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection-Births,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; 25 February 1738; Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts.  Edmund West, comp., “Family Data Collection – Individual Records,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; 25 February 1738; 1824.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; Dracut Town Records with births, marraiges and deaths; image 301 of 1744.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambros Emery; 25 February 1738; Vital Records of Dracut.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001–2016), 47; images online, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 29 November 2017; Ambros Emery; Dracut v.1.  Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., “American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI),” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; Boston Transcript vol. 50, page 430.

[5] Edmund West, “Family Data Collection-Deaths,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambrose Emery; 1824.  West, “Family Data Collection – Individual Records,” database Ambrose Emery; 25 February 1738; 1824.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[6] Ancestry.com, images online, Ambrose Emery.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.

[7] “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambros Emery and Mrs. Katherine Foster; 17 July 1762; Vital Records of Dracut.  Dodd Jordan, Liahona Reseach, “Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Ambros and Mrs. Katherin Foster; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001–2016), 173; images online, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (www.americanancestors.org : online 29 November 2017; Emery, Ambros and Mrs. Katharine Foster of Pelham, N.H., int. July 17, 1762.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[8] Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 27 November 2017), Rebecca Yocum and Ambrose Emery; 1746; 1738; 1770; 9 pages.  Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Ambrose Emery; memorial 73794092.  General Court of the Order, The Order of the Founders and Patriots of American: Register: 1902, print (General Court of the Order, MCMII [1902]), 92; images online, Dr. Dallan Quass, Genealogy Gophers (www.gengophers.com : online 29 November 2017; Charles Theodore Greve of Cincinatti, Ohio.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[9] Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database Rebecca Yocum and Ambrose Emery; 1746; 1738; 1770; 9 pages.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[10] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[11] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Sarah Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Sarah Emery; 14 March 1762; Vital Records of Dracut.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Sarah Emery; Dracut town records; pg. 304.  Rufus Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, print (Salem, Mass.: Cleaves, 1890), 27; images online, Internet Archives, Internet Archives (https://archive.org : online 29 November 2017; Ambrose Emery #203.

[12] “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), David McCleary; Methuen vital record transcripts; page 78.

[13] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Capt. David McCleary; memorial 162015514.

[14] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Ruth Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Ruth Emery; Dracut Vital Record Transcripts; page 47.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Ruth Emery; Dracut Town records; page 304.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Ruth Emery; Vital Records of Dracut.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[15] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Daniel Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Daniel Emery; Vital Records of Dracut.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Daniel Emery; 2 November 1765; 25 December 1765.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[16] Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Daniel Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Death Records; 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Daniel Emery; Dracut; 25 December 1765.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Daniel Emery; 2 November 1765; 25 December 1765.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[17] Society, Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850.

[18] “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Willis; Springfield births, marriages and deaths; line 124.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.  Genealogical Society of Utah, collected data, “Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,” database online, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : online 27 November 2017), Lydia Emery; FHL microfilm 0844947 IT 3.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, “Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Emery; vital Records of Dracut.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Emery; Dracut Vital Record Transcripts; page 47.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Emery; Dracut town records with births, marriages and deaths; p. 304.

[19] “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Willis; Springfield births, marriages and deaths; line 124.  “Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,” digital images, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Willis; Springfield births, marriages and deaths page 313-314.

[20] New Hampshire New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, “New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947,” online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Abel Jr. Willey and Lydia Emery; FHL microfilm 1001318.  “New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947,” images online, Ancestry.com, Ancestr.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Lydia Emery and Abel Willey; 12 August 1788.

[21] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[22] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), John Emerie; memorial 18977806.

[23] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, John Emerie; memorial 18977806.

[24] Edmund West, “Family Data Collection-Marriages,” database online, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), John Emery and Margaret Ross; 1800.

[25] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Margaret Ross Emerie; memorial 60527227.

[26] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[27] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[28] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Elizabeth Emery Crowl; memorial 18903749.

[29] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), John Crowl; memorial 18903746.

[30] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[31] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Samuel Emery; memorial 92743273.

[32] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, Samuel Emery; memorial 92743273.

[33] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., “American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI),” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Sarah Emery; Boston Transcript vol. 50, p. 474.

[34] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Sarah Anderson Emery; memorial 92743866.

[35] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[36] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Clementine Emery Kennedy; memorial 59838544.

Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27. 1590-1890, 27.

[38] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[39] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[40] Order, The Order of the Founders and Patriots of American, 92.

[41] Order, The Order of the Founders and Patriots of American, 92.

[42] Yates Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online 28 November 2017), Mary Anderson and Ambrose Emery; 1795, 1812, 9 pages.  Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[43] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Ambrose Emery, Jr.; memorial 8161532.

[44] Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database Mary Anderson and Ambrose Emery; 1795, 1812, 9 pages.

[45] Publishing, “U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900,” database Mary Anderson and Ambrose Emery; 1795, 1812, 9 pages.

[46] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Mary Anderson Emery; memorial 8161544.

[47] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

[48] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Nathaniel Emery; memorial 82231534.

[49] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, online images (www.findagrave.com : online 28 November 2017), Elizabeth Emery; memorial 82239873.

[50] Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Mass., 1590-1890, 27.

Name of the week: Keturah

Gender: feminine

Usage: Biblical

Pronounced: ki-TOOR-Ə (English), kee-TYOOR-Ə (English) keh-too-rah (Hebrew)

Nicknames: Ketura, Katura, Katie, and Tori

Meanings and history: means “incense” in Hebrew.  In the Old Testament she is Abraham’s wife after Sarah dies. (Genesis 25:1) She bore Abraham six sons.

When looking at baby name lists, this name comes up under Colonial Names for Girls and Unusual Biblical Baby Names.

Some famous Keturah’s

• Keturah ORJI – American triple jumper
• Keturah “Katie” ANDERSON – Canadian hurdler
• Keturah Moss Leitch TAYLOR – American settler in Kentucky, wife of Quartermaster General James Taylor
• Keturah KAMUGASA – Ugandan journalist
• Keturah STRONG – daughter of Selah and Anna Strong

Keturah’s I’m related to:

• Keturah Fairbanks NORRIS born 3 December 1807 in Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine; wife of Ebenezer Coolbroth MILLIKEN.
• Keturah RAWLINS born about 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; daughter of Benjamin and Eunice (MORSE) RAWLINS; wife of Joseph ALCOCK; mother of Joseph and Benjamin ALCOCK.