Showing posts with label Canney. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

Joseph Canney 1650 Mary Dam 1651-1719


    

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8th Great Grandparents

Joseph Canney 
Parents: Thomas Canney and Jane (unknown surname)
Born abt 1650 Dover, Stratford, New Hampshire
Married 1) Mary unknown surname about 1668 (she died in 1670)
2) Mary Clements 25 December 1670 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Children: Jane
(This second wife named Mary died sometime between 1671 when she had Jane and before he married Mary Dam).
3) Mary Dam abt 1673

3 marriages for Joseph Canney  - all to women named Mary


Life Note: He was given a house and land east of Huckleberry Hill, Dover Neck, NH in 1673 and added the Stokes lot
Died before 17 Nov 1690 - the administration date of his will - widow Mary mentioned.
Sources
Book: History of Rockingham and Strafford Counties, New Hampshire, with biographical sketches of its pioneers and prominent men, compiled by  D. Hamilton Hurd, published 1882, page 769
Book: Early Records of New Hampshire Families Vol 7, Published by Committee in 1853, in Boston, outside biding claims 1913, page 117
Marriages from Book: U.S. Marriages Prior to 1700
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Mary Dam
Parents: Deacon John Dam and Elizabeth Pomfret
Born 4 May 1651 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married 2) William Harford 22 Nov 1701 New Hampshire
Died after 27 May 1718 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Sources
Birth: Collections of the Dover, N.H. Historical Society - Vol 1 Early Records of NH families
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI) Vol 39 Page 270
North American Family Histories




                   CHILDREN with second wife, Mary Clement

Jane Canney
Born 15 Dec 1671 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Married Richard Hussey 1690 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Children: Richard, Job, Robert, Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Abigail, Jane, William, Margaret, Esther, Benjamin
Died 21 August 1761 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7
Family Search
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CHILDREN with third wife, Mary Dam

Joseph Canney
Born 14 Oct 1674 Dover, New Hampshire
Married Leah Allen 1 December 1699 Dover, New Hampshire

Joseph and Leah's marriage record
Life note: in 1707 he sold to John (his youngest brother) his part of the homestead and settled in Cocheco Point and afterward, the Waldron's suit new Campion's rocks. Was still alive in 1735.
Children: Abigail 
Died after 1735
Buried
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7
Book: Early Records of New Hampshire Families 
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 629 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Marriage: American Marriages before 1699 AND U.S. New England Marriages before 1700
Family Search
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7th G grandparents
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Mary Canney

Born 15 Feb 1679 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married Samuel Willey 3 June 1702 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

List showing Mary among her birth and marriage
among other things about her siblings
Children: Samuel Willey Jr.
Died 2 June 1703 Dover, Stafford, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, published 1853 by committee, page 117, Vol 7
Clip: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Family Search
ancestry.com
Thomas Canney
Born abt 1680 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Life note: Thomas had his stepfather's (William Harford's) homestead.
Married Rose Pinkham (widow of James Tuttle) 15 May 1709 Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire
Children: Thomas, Susanna, Martha, Benjamin, Rose, William, Joseph, John, Elizabeth
Died 30 June 1761
Will written: 10 April 1758 Proven 30 June 1762: all but Joseph among the children are named in his will, meaning that all others were alive in 1758.

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Canney 1680

In the name of God, Amen, the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord Christ, 1758, I Thomas Canne of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England, yeoman, being something aged and infirm in body but of a sound disposing mind and memory therefore as I conceive it, the fittest time, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.

In the first place I humbly recommend my soul to God the father of spirits hoping for his pardoning mercy thro the merits of Jesus Christ and my body to a decent interment at the discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned and as touching my worldly estate my will is that my just debts be first paid my funeral charges defrayed within convenient time after my decease by my executor of this my last will and testament

Secondly, I give and bequeath to my eldest son Thomas Canne ten acres of land more or less where he now dwells. Also, one hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid him by my said executor with which three hundred pounds old tenor more I paid him myself heretofore which sums together is in full of his portion out of my estate.

Item: I give to my daughter, Susanna Hanson, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid her by my executor in three years after my decease.

Item: I give to my daughter, Martha Meder, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid her by my executor in three years after my decease in manner aforesaid.

Item: I give to my son, Benjamin Canne, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid in manner aforesaid, which sum together with what I have already given him complete his portion.

Item: I give to my daughter, Rose Canne one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid by my executor, also one feather bed and furniture for the same also one iron pot, one iron skillet, one frying pan, and one pewter platter, together with free and full liberty of one room in my house to dwell in and also to have an equal share or comfortable support out of my real and personal estate so long as she shall remain single and unmarried.

Item: I give to my son William Canne, one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid him by my executor, in manner and term aforesaid with what I have already given him complete his portion.

Item: I give to my son John Canne, all my homestead farm where I now dwell (?) a small orchard with the land whereon it stands joyning to Ephraim Tibbets land. I likewise give to my said son John Canne all edifices, buildings, and other orchards thereon together with all that tract or tracts of land of mine on the westerly side of the Back River also one in the ox pasture (so called) together with one piece of thatch bed at or near partridge point, also one feather bed and furniture for the same together with all my farming utensils viz.; plows, harrows cart and wheels sleds, yokes, chains, axes, and with all the iron in or about my house, except what I have already given my daughter Rose Canne to be to him the said John Canne and his heirs and assigns forever he and they carefully complying with and paying out the above-mentioned debts and legacies

Item: I give my grandson Joseph Canne, the within mentioned small orchard with the land whereon it stands. Joining to the land which formerly belonged to Joseph Hall, deceased, also to the land of Ephraim Tibbets aforesaid and I desire that my son, Benjamin Canne may have the care and management of the same aforesaid grandson until he is twenty-one years of age.

Item: I constitute and appoint my son, John Canne, sole executor of this my last will and testament making null and void all and every will or wills heretofore made by me. Rectifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness hereof I hereunto let my hand and seal the year and day first above written.

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Thomas Canne as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers

Elijah Tuttle

Alex Caldwell         April 10, 1760

P.S. Memo I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rose Canne  over and above what is mentioned in the foregoing will (viz) one fire shovel, one pair of tongs, and one trammel and all the rest and residue of my estate real and personal or of whatever name nature, or kind or whosoever the same is or shall be found I give or bequeath to be divided in equal shares or proportions amongst all my children.

In witness whereof, I have also hereunto to set my hand and seal in the presence of Elijah Tuttle, Signed: Nathaniel Austin, Alexander Caldwell. N.B. the words all equal was entered before signing

 Thomas Canne’s signature was an X

Province of New Hampshire, June the 30th 1762 this will was proved by the oaths of Alexander Caldwell and Elijah Tuttle in common form

R Wibird Judge of Probate

Recorded according to the original

Province of New Hampshire: To all people to whom these presents shall come Richard Wibird, Esquire, Judge of the probate of wills in and for the Province of New Hampshire, sendeth greeting.

Know ye that on the day of the date hereof before me at Portsmouth in said province the instrument’ a copy of which is hereunto annexed purporting the last will and testament of Thomas Canne late of Dover in same province, deceased)  was presented for probate by John Canne, sole executor. Therein named and Alexander Caldwell and Elijah Tuttle two of the witnesses whose names are thereto subscribed being then present made solemn oath that they saw the said testator, sign, seal, and heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will and testament. That he was then, to the best of their judgment of sound and disposing mind and that they with Nathaniel Austin subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in the presence of the said testator. I do therefore prove, approve, and allow of the said instrument as the last will and testament of the deceased and do hereby commit the administration thereof in all matters the same concerning and of his estate whereof he died, seized and possessed in said province unto him the aforesaid executor, well and faithfully to execute the said will and testament, and to administer the estate of the said deceased, according to the same who accepted of the said trust and is directed to bring in an inventory thereof according to law and he shall render an account  (upon oath) of his proceedings therein when lawfully thereto required.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the court of Probate for said province. Dated at Portsmouth aforesaid 30th day of June Anno Domini 1762.

Buried
Sources
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, p. 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Death: Family Search
ancestry.com
John Canney
Born abt 1682 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Life note: He lived on the family homestead after his father's death and was his father's executor.
Married Sarah Austin 22 Dec 1712 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Children: Mary, Sarah
Died 1747
Buried
Sources
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 127 by Walter G. Davis, Sybil Noyes and Charles Libby
Family Search
ancestry.com
Elizabeth Canney
Born 1684 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married Reynold Jenkins 19 May 1712 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Reynold Jenkins and Elizabeth Canney family


Children: Elizabeth, Jabez, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, Elijah
Died 1765 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
Book: Kittery and her Families by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, Lewiston, Maine, 1903, page 550, 559
Family Search
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Sunday, May 23, 2010

William Willey 1647-1706 Rebecca Nock 1650

H - 8th Great grandfather

William Willey

Parents Thomas Willey and Margaret Geaffit
Born abt 1647 Oyster Point, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married Rebecca Nock about 1680
Death 15 October 1706 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
Some Descendants of Allen Willey by Ken Willey, 1998
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123175764/william-willey
New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Page: 98:61
Everett S Stackpole & Winthrop S Meserve. (1913). History of Durham NH.
Family Search
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Rebecca Nock
Parents Thomas Nock and Rebecca Tibbits
Born abt 1650 New Hampshire
Married 2) Captain Samuel Tibbets (probably a cousin)
Died 1730 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 456, by Davis, Noyes, and Libby
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

H- 7th Great Grandfather

Samuel Willey

Born 1681 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married 1) Mary Canney 8 June 1701 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Children: Samuel
2) Elizabeth German Randall 19 Feb 1705 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Children: Mary
Died 30 Jan 1754 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Buried First Settlers Burial Ground, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Sources
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 629, by Davis, Noyes, and Libby
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123169853/samuel-willey
Family Search
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Samuel Willey Sr 1683 - 1754 Mary Canney 1679-1703

History of New Hampshire

Samuel Willey Sr

Parents: William Willey and Rebecca Nock
Born 1683 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Note: Some say 1693, but this would be impossible considering his marriage date
Married 1) Mary Canney 8 June 1701 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
2) Elizabeth German Randall 19 Feb 1705 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Children: Mary
Died 
Buried First Settlers Burial Ground, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Sources
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123169853/samuel-willey
Family Search
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Mary Canney
Parents: Joseph Thomas Canney and Mary Dam
Born 19 Feb 1679 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Died 2 Jun 1703 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Buried First Settlers Burial Ground, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Sources
Birth: New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Early Records of New Hampshire Families page 117
Family Search
ancestry.com


CHILDREN

Samuel Willey's
birth record
Samuel Willey Jr

Born 25 Feb 1703 Dover Township, Strafford, New Hampshire
Note: Name and father's name is spelled Samuell in record
Married Elizabeth Glazier 16 June 1726 Dover, Stratford, New Hampshire
Children: Benjamin, John, Mary, William, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Andrew, Stephen, Charles, Ezekiel
Died 
Buried First Settlers Burial Ground, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Sources
Birth: IGI Film 1001054 Batch 7540095 (extracted from a statewide index for NH) 
Birth: New Hampshire Births and Christenings
Family Search
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Samuel Willey Jr 1683-1754 Elizabeth Glazier abt 1704

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6th Great Grandparents


Samuel Willey Jr

Parents: Samuel Willey and Mary Canney
Born 25 Feb 1703 Dover Township, Strafford, New Hampshire
Note: Name and father's name are spelled Samuell in the record. 
Samuel's birth record indexed in 1906 - see the bottom for the date it was indexed by the doctor. 
Also note: Until the 1750's the year did not start until March, so they recorded this as 1702, but it should be (according to current calendars, 1703)


Married Elizabeth Glazier about 1726 New Hampshire
Died 14 Jun 1744 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Buried: First Settlers Burial Ground, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Sources
Birth: New Hampshire Birth Index
Book: History of Dover, New Hampshire, by John Scales, Vol I. 1923: page 267
Book: Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England by James Savage
Family Search
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Birth: IGI Film 1001054 Batch 7540095 (extracted from a statewide index for NH)
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123168578/samuel-willey.
Elizabeth Glazier
Parents Stephen Glazier and Sarah Eveleth
Born abt 1704 New Hampshire
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN
(-H- 5th g grand aunts and uncles, except for his direct line)

Benjamin Willey
Born about 1727 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
Married Mary Durgin 10 May 1759 Durham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America
No Children found so far
Died after 1770
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Jonathan Willey
Born abut 1729
Married ?
Children
Died 1800 Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mary Willey
Born 8 August 1731 New Hampshire
Married 
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
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5th G grandparents
William Willey
Born 19 Mar 1734 Brookfield, Carroll, New Hampshire
Married Mary Whitehouse abt 1757
Children: John, William, Josiah, Nathaniel, Stephen, Moses, Turner, Polly, Elizabeth, Charles, Betsy
Died 18 Mar 1823
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Dover, NH vital records 1693-1838 and 1686-1850
Some Descendants of Allen Willey Compiled by Ken Willey (1998)
Elizabeth Willey
Born abt 1703
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Elizabeth Willey
Born 1736 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married ?
Children
Died 1800
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Jeremiah Willey
Born 1737 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married  Unknown wife
Children: Jeremiah, Mary
Died 24 Nov 1815 Durham, Stafford, New Hampshire
Buried
Sources
1790 US Census
Note: Note: if this is him, there are three boys and two girls with parents 
1800 US Census Durham, Stafford, New Hampshire
Note: if this is him, there are three boys and two girls with parents 
1810 US Census Durham, Stafford, New Hampshire
Note: If this is him, there are 2 adults and 1 teenage girl
Death: New Hampshire Death and Burial Records
Family Search
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Andrew Willey
Born 1738 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Married ?
Children ?
Died after 12 August 1819 which is the date he enrolled for his pension as a vet of the Revolutionary army. 

U.S. Pension roll of 1835 - when Andrew would have been 97 years old.
It shows his rank (dittoed from the previous page) as Private. The next column: annual allowance, the third Sum received so far, the fourth, the description of service (in this case N.H. Continental line), Date placed on pension roll, date of when pension commenced, and age at time it began


Buried
Sources
U.S. Pension roll of 1835 
Family Search
ancestry.com
Stephen Willey
Born 1740 Dover, Stratford, New Hampshire
Married Comfort McCoy
Note: This marriage is listed on Family Search and has a source. However, I'm not convinced he married this woman at age 70. It needs more research. There are two children listed with similar names, but different birth/death dates. They are both listed as born in 1765 - now that would have been an ideal time for Stephen and Comfort to get married. If they were not married until 1809, Comfort would have been nearly 70 as well - beyond the age of a woman being able to give birth. 
Children: not going to list either girl that is listed on Family Search  
Died 1810 New Hampshire - I've also seen 1823 in Brookfield, New Hampshire - birthplace of their supposed daughter.
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Robert Willey (twin to Ezekiel)
Born 10 June 1742 Durham, New Hampshire
Married?
Children?
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Ezekiel Willey (twin to Ezekiel)
Born 10 June 1742 Durham, New Hampshire
Married? 
Children?
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Charles Willey
Born August 1745 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Military: American Revolutionary War
Note: Rank: Private according to the pension he received
Married Comfort Hilton 
Children: none found
Died 21 January 1853 Almshouse, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire (age 107)
Note: I've seen August 1853 as a date, but given his probate record, which took place in February, August of 1853 is impossible.

Doctor's record of his death at the Alms House in New Hampshire Deaths and Burials

Death found in New England Historical and Genealogical Record


Part of Charles Probate - according to this letter, he and Comfort lived
with James Griffen and his wife. With that said, the death record the doctor turned in claims that Charles died in the Poor House and his widow, Comfort, lives with them.




Letter petitioning court to have the pension Charles was receiving
go to his widow, who is living with James Griffen and his wife.
The Court was satisfied that this was the case and ordered it to be so.
Though, this is odd since a doctor claimed he died at the poor house (alms house).
Comfort shows up in the 1860 US  Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index

Sources
1800 US Census Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
Note: conducted 4 Aug 1800.  
1850 US Census Poor House, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire (age 104, names him Solider of the Revolution and a pauper, Comfort is with him in the Alms house)
U.S. New Hampshire Burial and Death Records Index (listing age of death as 108)
Death: New England Historical and Genealogical Record Vol 8 page 102
Death: New Hampshire Deaths and Burials
Probate: 16 February 1853 
Family Search
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