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Genealogical History
OF THE
Quinby (Quimby) Family
In England and America
BY
HENRY COLE QUINBY, A.B., LL. B.
Member New England Hiitoric-Genealoglcal Society, New York Genealogical and
Biographical Society, Society of Mayflower Descendaott, Etc.
165 Broadway
NEW YORK CITY
1915
THE TUTTLE COMPANY
Rutland, Vermont
Publishers
TO
GOVERNOR
HENRY BREWER QUINBY
AND HIS GRANDSON
HUGH NESBITT CAMP. HI.
who have the best of Quinby blood in their veins,
this book is affectionately dedicated.
CONTENTS
Page
Articles of Interest to the Casual Reader 4
Amusing, Interesting and Special Items 5
Introduction: Origin of the Family 7
Other Families Specially Mentioned 8
Quinby Reunions 8
Coats-of-Arms 9
Surmises about the Family Origin 14
The Earliest English Records 17
Quenby Hall, Leicestershire 21
Report of a Search in Early Records 23
Early English Queneby and Quarmby Families 24
The Quinbys of Wakering, County Essex 28
Public Service and Honors 29
The Family Name in Literature 29
The Family Name appUed to Towns, Rivers, etc 34
How the Family History was Compiled 37
How to use this Book 42
The Family in County Surrey, England 43
The Earliest Pedigree 44
John Quinby the Martyr (1528) 54
First Generation in America: William^ the Immigrant. . 60
Second Generation: Robert ''the Immigrant 64
Second Generation : John ' 74
Third Generation: The Colonial Period 81
Fourth Generation: The Colonial Period 99
Fifth Generation: The Revolutionary Period 139
Sixth Generation: The Revolutionary Period 209
Seventh Generation: The War of 1812 283
Eighth Generation: The Civil War 361
Ninth Generation: The Older Parents of Today 465
Tenth Generation: The Younger Parents of Today. .. . 550
Appendices, containing the latest results of the research
in the early English records 565
OF INTEREST TO THE CASUAL READER
Page
Robert Quynby's Life in Mediaeval Farnham (A.D.
1566) ■••■•■: 49
John Quinby's Martyrdom and Dying Jest (A. D. 1528) 55
Mrs. Robert '' Quinby's Struggle with Symon, the Indian 66
Josiah* Quinby's Astonishing Inventions 117
Elizabeth (Hall) HalUday Quinby Quick Quick 123
Isaiah*, Poems Read at the Reunion 1'37
Samuel" Quinby's Lively Adventures in the Revolution 171
Ephraim ' Quinby's Indian Fight 177
Josiah " Quinby's Quaker LiberaUty 189
James ' Defends his Home from Robbers 184
Nancy ' Celebrates her Hundredth Birthday 178
James *, Childish Pranks a Century Ago 203
Capt. John« Quinby's Ships Captured by the French. . 217
Joseph ' Quinby's Meeting with Gen. Washington 226
Moses " Quinby's Defence of the Indian Killer 286
Levi^ Quinby's Trial for Murder and Acquittal (A. D.
1800) 296
Moses "> Quinby's Life in Maine 299
Phoebe Adeline * Quinby's Poems 320
Rev. Dr. George W.* Quinby's Personality 366
Life of Gen. Isaac F. » Quinby 428
Moses 8 Quinby, the Bee Man (A World-Wide Celebrity) 440
Gov. Henry B. ' Quinby's Career 465
Fred ' Quinby's Poem on Spring Cleaning 474
Franklyn « Quinby's Epic Poem 487
Laurie J. ' Quinby's Delightful Sketch of His Life 488
William E. » Quinby, U. S. Minister to Holland 500
John F. ' Quinby's Experience with Christian Science. . 546
Henry Cole*' Quinby's Story of Compiling this Book. . 37
AMUSING OH INTERESTING ITEMS AND SPECIAL
ARTICLES
Page
Literary Competitions 33, 562
The Symon Indian Letter (1677) 68
John ' of the First New York Assembly (1665) 76
William' killed by Indians 81
Josiah>, "Lord of the Manor" 91
References for Westchester Land Titles 96
Philip S First Recorded Gouty Ancestor (1757) 109
The Lotd Townley Tradition 113
The Wampus Pond Graveyard 115
The "Car Rumes" (1725) 118
The Delaware Islands 121, 132-3, 201-2
Quinby Physical Characteristics 124-250
Moses*, Marriage Certificate (1730) 129
First Church in Portland (1740) 148-150
A Hessian "bumshell" loaded with molasses 172
Sketch of Ephraim' of Ohio 175
How Samuel' Quinby Lost Some Clothing (1761) 187
Jesse B. ' the Peruvian Miner 196
Isaiah', "Handsomest Quinby There Ever Was" (1783) 198
How Ellen" Lost hfer Best Bonnet 200
How Letitia" Found Herself out of Bed 203
Levi Drowned in a Spring 207
The Innocent Cat's Ladylike Trick 208
Four Presidents of Harvard College 215
Jacob' Barely Escapes Drowning (1773) 221
Benjamin' Petitions for a Lottery (1779) 223
The Fire at Saccarappa (1813) 232
The Old Quinby House at Amesbury 235
Life of Samuel' of Warren 256
Daniel', the Active Quaker 261
Obediah' "Dealt with" for Keeping a Gun (1783) 266
Adventures of Isaiah' on the Ohio (1827) 276
Quaker Life in Iowa (1868) 278
The Embroidered Samplers with Verse 290
Dr. Quinby Patents Flying Machines (1861) 357
Miss H. Anna Quinby, the Woman Lawyer 354
The Triplets, the French Lady and the Silver Tube 413, 524
M. Antoinette' Quinby, Chicago Fair Commissioner 417
Dr. William DeHart' Quinby 424
General Isaac F.« Quinby in the Civil War "428
Judge Dewitt C' Quinby of New Jersey 432
Wedding Gowns of Recent Quinby Brides
^ 435, 480, 527, 531, 548, 549, 560
J Palmer" of Nebraska Out Walked by Indian Women ... 447
Joe, Sam and Frank, the Yale Ball Players 462
Franklyn • Explains Columbus's Uplift Work 487
Family Aeroplanists 508, 541
The Prettiest Girl in America 513
What Capt. John G. » did on the Vesuvius 534
John W. • and the Fresh Air Cure 543
INTRODUCTION
The Quinby family (from which also come those de-
scendants who now spell the name Quimby) was settled in
England at least eight hundred years ago, but whether of
Saxon, Danish or Norman origin it seems now impossible
to determine. We are safe in calling it English, which has
been for many centuries a mixture of all three. Two of
our name came from England to America about 1639, Rob-
ert and William; their relationship is still undetermined;
it is believed that William was Robert's father or uncle;
and the particular parishes in England where they were
born or whence they departed have not yet been identified.
Hundreds of parish records have been searched and hun-
dreds remain to be searched. Sooner or later the right ones
will be found. The following is supposed to be our line:
1 Henry Quynbie, born near Farnham, county Surrey
as early as 1470, half owner of the manor of Freemantle
near Farnham; see appendix at the end of the book for
results of English research received while this work is
in press; had
2 John Quinby, Sr., born no later than 1500 near Farn-
ham; his will made in 1557 mentions son
3 Thomas Quinby, born at Farnham, probably about
1530; one brother was Robert, the Bailiff; another was
John, the Spanish merchant; he is said to have been
(though evidently a generation has been skipped) the
father of
4 William 1 Quinby, born perhaps about 1600, who
landed probably with Robert^ at or near Salem,
Mass., about 1636, and removed about 1639 to Strat-
ford, Connecticut, with his sons, Thomas and John
(who had a child in 1654 named on Stratford
records) ; his son (or nephew) was
5 Robert" Quinby, born perhaps about 1625, who first
appears on the Salem records in 1646, evidently over
21 years of age, married about 1656 and named his
sons William, Robert, John and Thomas.
A full account so far as the records show of the Farn-
ham family follows; and the rest of this book gives the
lives and descendants of the above mentioned William ^ and
8 The Qdinbt FamhiT
Robert". The given names of the children indicate the
probable correctness of the foregoing pedigree. It was
usual in early colonial times for a man to name his eldest
son for his father and his later sons for himself and his
brothers.
OTHER FAMILIES SPECIALLY MENTIONED
Page
Atkinson Family 204
Batchelder Family 467
Bell Family 245
Field Family 126
Freeman- Rogers-Denison 213
Jenkins Family 204
Kip Family 188
Quarmby Family 26
Sutton Family 128
Underbill Family 185, 188
QUINBY REUNIONS
Descendants of Isaiah* (1891) 136-8
Descendants of Josiah' (1914) 252
Descendants of Fowler* (1912) (Vol. II.)
The Quinby Family
COATS-OF-ARMS
Much false information has been disseminated about
the armorial bearings which appertained to the Quinby
family. Bolton's History of Westchester county, New York,
unfortunately has widely spread a coat-of-arms that never
belonged to any branch of the family, describing them as
the "Arms of Quinby of Northcastle" (New York) as fol-
lows: or, on a bend sable, three trefoils slipped argent; crest,
a cubit arm erect, vested or, with three slashes in the
sleeve; in the hand proper a simetar, hilted of the first,
blade gutte de sang (i. e., dripping blood). A descendant
of William ^ Quinby, being a grandson of Aaron ^ Quinby,
has devoted much time to the genealogy of his own line
and in his manuscript, which he kindly had copied for me,
he described this coat-of-arms as "exactly like the original
from which it was copied, by a Quinby relative now dead,
a document at Salisbury, Mass., dated Boston, July 23,
1655." The most careful and long continued investigation,
in which neither pains, time nor expense was spared, has
failed to identify the document or any record of it. This
error came about in the following manner: Savage, in his
Genealogical Dictionary of New England, published sixty
years ago, besides mentioning Robert and William Quinby
of Amesbury, Mass., speaks of a son of William * Quinby as
follows: "Quimby or Quinby, John, Stratford, 1654, had
one child born there, but after some years removed, and
was one of the patentees of West Chester in 1664, where
the family has continued."
In accordance with Savage's principle of condensation,
he didn't give the location of Stratford, which is in Con-
necticut. The unfortunate results have been that Rev.
Amos Bolton, who compiled the History of Westchester
county. New York, or his informant, perhaps thought Strat-
ford-on-Avon, in England, was referred to, famed as Shaks-
pere's home. He also knew that the Quiney family of
Stratford was famous in connection with Shakspere's affairs
Note — The tinctures or colors of coat armor include sable (black) or
or argent (silver); or (gold); gu or gules (red); az. or azure (blue).
10
The Quinby PAMiiiT
The Quernby and Quarmby arms, Quiney arms wrongly attributed to
wrongly attributed to our family. Quinby in the History of Westchester.
WWW
Arms of Quinborough.
Al^
WS/\/V\/
Arms of Quynborow.
(The lower two are those which pertained to the ancient
family from which said Mr. Morrill in 1856, the Quinbys de-
scended, the older coat being the muzzled bears, counterchanged
in sable and silver).
_ The Qtjikbt Family 11
in the 16th century j from these he guessed that the Quinby
name was originally Quiney, but without explaining this
mental process, he published the Quiney coat-of-arms (the
three trefoils and the cubit arm with bloody cimeter) in
his history as that of "Quinby of Northcastle." North-
castle is a hamlet in Westchester county, for many years
the home of descendants of William' Quinby and his son
John^ who came from England and settled at Stratford,
Connecticut, about 1639, where they remained from four
to ten years, then moved to Westchester county. New York.
The reckless statement of Rev. Bolton has caused this
coat-of-arms to be copied and borne by many persons
named Quinby and Quimby, of course without the slightest
warrant. I received only recently from Colorado a letter
from a descendant of Robert '', on paper of a pale blue tint
carrying an engraved picture of these arms done in silver.
This is not the worst result of the error. It caused a
very enthusiastic member of the family many years ago, to
spend a great deal of money in England in a search for all
the descendants of the Stratford Quineys so as to locate the
supposititious John who added the letter b and came to
America; and others of the Quinby name searched — of
course unavailingly — along similar lines for many years.
If those efforts had been directed in the true channels we
should, no doubt, have now much information that may
be lost forever.
An office of professional genealogical searchers in Lon-
don appears to be responsible for the putting forward of
the Quarmby arms as those of our family. They are as
follows: argent two bars sable, in chief a Cornish chough,
proper. These arms are described as those of the family of
Quarmby of Quarmby, near Hothersfield in the wapentake
of Agbrig and Morley; the first recorded was Hugh of Quar-
meby, living there in 1341, who married the daughter of
William Beaumont, Esq. of Crossland.
There seems to be strong indication of a connection
between that family and the Quernby family of Notting-
ham, England, whose arms are very similar, being argent,
two bars sable, the one in chief being charged with a mart-
let, or.
A descendant of William^ Quinby has had a plate
made of these arms of which a reduced copy is here given.
This he has distributed among the Quinbys as the "only
authentic" armorial bearings of the family. However pos-
sible it may be that the Quernby and Quarmby families
descended from a remote thirteenth century ancestor identical
12 The Qxjinbt FAMibT
with ours, certainly neither the Quernby nor the Quarmby
arms were granted till these spellings had become fixed and
the arms were granted to bearers of those names, after the
name of our race had crystallized into Quinby and Quenby;
there can hardly be any connection whatever between those
arms and any family of Quinbys or Quimbys.
It is a curious fact that the only armorial bearings
with which the Quinbys and Quimbys possibly have more
than a sentimental connection were described sixty years
ago in an article by W. B. Morrill, Register of Probate of
Rockingham County, N. H., and a famous historian and
genealogist, published in the Exeter (N. H.) Newsletter,
Aug. 6, 1855. A few sentences from that article have been
copied and recopied by members of the family and widely
circulated. Subject to possible errors of the copyist, the
following is what Mr. Morrill wrote: "the family of Quin-
by, Quimby, Quimbury, all of which are derived from the
original name of Quinborough, corrupted to that of Quim-
bury and finally to Quimby which is now the generally
adopted style of writing the name. The progenitor of the
family in this country was Robert Quinby, who settled at
Salisbury, Mass., June, 1653; married Elizabeth Osgood and
had children viz.: Lydia, born at Salisbury, Nov. 22, 1657;
William, April 11, 1660; John, July 7, 1665, and Thomas,
Aug. 12, 1667. Two of the sons removed to New Hamp-
shire and are the progenitors of the family in this state
which is both extensive and numerous. There is also a
family of the same name in Westchester county. New York,
presumed to be a branch of the above. The family is of
Norman French extraction, but under the name of Quin-
borough resided previous to the emigration to America in
Norfolk, England. Coat-of-arms of the family of Quin-
borough, Norfolk: Shield indented in silver and sable
ground, with three bears muzzled, counterchanged." .
Although these arms appear attributed to that family
in standard reference books, I have found few particulars
regarding the Norfolk family. There were two branches
of this Norfolk family, the spelling not exactly alike and
who carried a slight difference in their arms; thus:
Quynborow, Norfolk: Per fess indented argent and
sable, three bears, muzzled, counterchanged;
Quinborough, Norfolk, 1716: Per fess indented argent
and sable, three bears passant counterchanged. (Pepworth,
Dictionary of British Armorials,) p. 155.
The explanation probably is, that the earlier coat, evi-
dently that of Quynborow, was copied by the author from
The QuiNBT Family 13
an earlier book on the subject — say Robson's "British
Herald," or Berry's Encyclopaedia Heraldica, which con-
tain it exactly.
An additional detail to the arms of the more modern
family appears in Walter Rye's "Three Norfolk Armories"
which he inserts or after "muzzled," thus gilding the muz-
zles. He adds: "This coat-of-arms was taken from a MS.
in the possession of Mr. Joseph Bokenham, late Fellow of
Caius College."
From all of which it appears .that if the American
Quinbys ever are found to have any right to heraldic in-
signia, they are simply three muzzled bears, for the Quinbys
are descended from the earlier house, if from either. Cer-
tainly the Norfolk family was there early enough to have
been forebears of all the Quynborows, Quinboroughs, Quern-
bys, Quinbys and Quarmbys. The only time the name is
mentioned in Blomefield's History of Norfolk (eleven vol-
umes, the standard work on that county) is at page- 272 of
volume X., where it is set forth that in the fourth year of
Edward III. (A. D. 1331), Roger, parson of Lucham, con-
veyed by fine to Osceline de Quinberge and Elizabeth his
wife, lands in Whinburgh, Gerveston, Reymerston, West-
field and elsewhere. Whinburgh is probably a variant of
Quinberge (compare Quarton, later spelt Wharton, and
many other similar changes). The only similar names of
places which can be identified in the Domesday Index
(eleventh century) besides the parishes of Quenby and
Quenborough in Leicestershire, are Wemberge in Wiltshire
(containing "mol. prat, past." etc.) owned by the Bishop-
ric of Wintomenc. (Winchester) ; and Weneberge (" M.
Ecclesia, prat., silva") in the Hundred of Wochinges,
county of Surrey, owned by Godfrey de Maneville. This
last may ultimatelj^ prove significant; see further on, the
Quinby family of Surrey.
14 The Quinbt Family
SURMISES ABOUT THE FAMILY ORIGIN
William 1 and Robert" Quinby the ancestors of the
American Quinbys and Quimbys, came from England
before 1639, probably to Salem, Mass. There are several
traditions of Welsh origin, and there is even a fanciful yarn
afloat that the family originated in the Norman city of
Quemper in the south of France, whence the fabulist de-
rives our patronymic. It is very probable that they were
descendants of the well-known Quinby family of Farnham,
in the county of Surrey, England, an account of which
follows.
William* was at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639 with
his son, John", through whom he became the ancestor of
the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania family which
includes all the Quakers of the name. It is said he came
from Salem with a considerable party of colonists, leaving
Robert" at Salem, with others of the family.
In order to determine whether or not Quinby, Quimby,
or any variant of the name was characteristic of Ireland,
I examined leaf by leaf the 2758 pages of Kelley's Directory
of Ireland for 1905. This covers every city, town, village,
parish and hamlet of the whole island, and includes not
only the names of the well-to-do householders, but farmers,
the clergy and professional people and many of those per-
suing trades, etc. It omits, however, thousands of the
names of employees, laborers and what are therein re-
ferred to as the humbler classes. Nevertheless, it seems
certain that if our name is carried even by a few residents
of the Emerald Isle, at least some of them would neces-
sarily be included in the directory. The result of the
search was that innumerable representatives appeared of
the families of Qua, Quade, Quail, Quigg, Quigley, Quin,
Quinlivan, Quirk and others, but there was not one single
Quenby, Quinby, Quimby or any varying form of our
family name in all Ireland. It seems certain that if there
ever were any of our name in Erin they must by now have
died off or emigrated. This is confirmed by the Special
Report on Surnames in Ireland, a British government
publication (appendix to the 29th Annual Report of the
Registrar General of Births, Marriages and Deaths in
The QuiNBT Family 15
Ireland, 1894), which mentions no Quinby, Quimby or
variant.
There is no other but the English origin for the ex-
isting name of Quinby; but families spelling their names
Quimby may be descended from a half dozen families which
the early census records appear to show, came to the
United States from Ireland in the eighteenth century,
though census errors are frequent, and there is little con-
firmation. In short, those of our name who spell their
names Quinby indicate unmistakably their English origin;
those who spell their names Quimby leave the matter in
doubt.
Dr. Watson Fell Quinby's views about the origin of
the family name, as expressed in 1891, are interesting.
He wrote as follows to Mr. Charles F. Jenkins: "I noticed
the other day that thee tried to derive the name Quinby
from Quinborough. The Danish termination 'by' is equiva-
lent to the Saxon 'ton' or town. The term 'by-law' is so
derived. The Danes settled all the north and part of the
middle districts of England, and Lincolnshire and the East
and West Ridings of Yorkshire are full of the 'by's'.
Quinby is Danish and can be found in Denmark probably,
or in Scandinavia today. My opinion is that the Danes
are of the Hebrew tribe of Dan, which always 'abode in
ships' and have never been conquered."
B. Frank * Quinby, (John '', Joseph *, Benjamin *,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) told I. Franklyn' Quinby (Joseph
B. * Joseph '', Joseph ', etc.) "that he had seen or possessed
some ancient documents to the effect that the name of
Quinby is a corruption of Quimper, a town in France
whence the Marquis of Quimper fled at the time of the
Huguenot massacre and went to England where his de-
scendants were called Quimpery, Quimbury, Quinboro',
and so on down to Quimby and Quinby. B. Frank of
Boston is dead and his son, George F., may have the par-
ticulars." George F., however, does not respond to my
letters.
Inquiries which Dr. George Augustus Quinby caused
to be made through professional genealogists in England
resulted in the following speculation, which has been printed
and widely circulated:
"The Quinby family can lay claim to the respectable
antiquity of five hundred years. This family was supposed
to have come over to England in the Danish invasion and
the surname originated at Quarmby or Quermby near Hoth-
erfield in Yorkshire ; ' the first on record was Hugh de
16 The Qudstby Famtly
Quarmby (1341). Branches of this family moved to Farn-
ham, Surrey, near London."
The following facts and theories relating to the Quinby
family in England in the early centuries after the Con-
quest are set down not in anyway as a final report on the
subject. They are merely transcribed field-notes for the
use of future investigators. They are of no value in their
present form, beyond indicating that our remote forebears
were, on the whole, a respectable English family for the
times, probably of Norman descent, and were of the class
which the entire world at the time firmly believed were
immeasurably superior in every respect to the vast ma-
jority of their fellow humanity.
There is no reason to doubt that we descended from
one of two English families which took the name of Queni-
borough or Quinibergh, Quenby or Quinby from a village
or landed estate of that name in their possession, as is
indicated in the early centuries by the universal prefixing
in early times, of the particle de. The name was ulti-
mately modified in one or two branches of descent to
Quinby; and frequently in America then changed' to Quim-
by. The name appears never to have been spelt Quimby
by any family living in England.
The QxnNBY Family 17
THE EARLIEST ENGLISH RECORDS
The Leicestershire Quinsy Family
Our family name (but of course not our lineage) can
be traced back to the year A. D. 686, when Cwenburh
(or Quoenburg) was Abbess, sister of Ini (A. D. 688-715)
King of Wessex, and of Cuthburh, Abbess of Wimborne
(30 Somerset Arch. Soc, 1885). Another account gives
A. D. 718 as the year when St. Quinburga founded the
nunnery at Wynburn, in Dorset. Her sister St. Cuthburga
joined her in this pious work and they were buried there.
They were sisters of Tua, King of the West Saxons (John
de Tinmuthe, Historia Dursa; Saxon MS. at Benedict
College, Cambridge; Hutchins' History of Dorset, III. 183).
The names Quenby and Queniborough, perhaps from
the pious lady, were given to two hamlets in Hungarton
parish in Leicestershire, about eight miles east by north
from the city of Leicester and those names and parishes
still exist; more likely Quenby, however, is a Danish place
name. As will be seen, they as well as the city of Leicester,
were the places most thoroughly identified with the names
of Quenby and Quiniborough from the twelfth to the
fifteenth centuries, and were possibly the radiating points
from which the family spread east and southeast in Eng-
land, and thence to America. The Domesday Book records
of Quenby and of the nearby parish of Queniborough, in
Leicestershire, made by direction of William the Con-
queror, after his capture of England, A. D. 1066, are as
follows :
"Roger holds of William* five carucates of land in
Croptone (South Croxton) and Walter (holds) 2^ carucates
of land in Queneberie (Quenby) f and in demesne they
have three ploughs and four serfs; and seven villeins with
four bordars who have one plough. There (are) 24 acres
of meadow. It was worth 15 shillings; now (it is worth)
30 shillings.
"In the same vill one Frenchman holds one carucate
of land. It is worth five shillings." (Translation and
notes, I. Victorian Hist. Leics. 322).
*He was evidently tenant under Robert de Todeni.
fThis is the Quenby south of Hungarton and east of Leicester.
(2)
18 The Quinbt Family
"In Gosecote Wapentake, William holds of Geoffrey §
in Cuinberg J (Queniborough) nine carucates of land.
Eight ploughs were there. In demesne there are two
(ploughs) and 28 villeins with seven bordars have seven
ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 10 shillings, and 40
acres of meadow. It was worth three pounds, now (it is
worth) four pounds" (id. 347).
The Domesday record as amended by the Survey of
Leicestershire soon after, shows that Queniborough was a
vill of twelve carucates, and Quenby was a vill of six caru-
cates. A carucate of land was equivalent to one hundred
and twenty acres.
Leicestershire was a Danish shire, but Queniborough
was Saxon. The survey of the twelfth century says of
Queniborough: "In Quenburg (are) twelve carucates of the
fee of Belvoir." Of Quenby it says: "In Quenebia (are)
six carucates of the fee of Belvoir."
The hamlet, called Queniborough, (see illustrations)
is part of a manor on which iS a very beautiful and pala-
tial Tudor house which was built by the Ashby family in
the seventeenth century on the site of a much more an-
cient building, and is called Quenby Hall (see illus-
trations). Ralph de Quenburg was Lord of the Manor
from 1154 to 1189; it appears that one of his family was
called de Ashby and the manor passed into his hands and
has remained in the Ashby family until the present cen-
tury. It was one of this family that named his plantation
"Quinby" near Charleston, S. C.
Robert de Queneby in 1288 took Thomas de Beby's land
at Queneby in Leicestershire; and at about the same period
probably, Robert de Queneby and Nicholas de Quenibergh
were on the rent roll at Leicestershire Abbey.
There are other ancient hamlets of somewhat similar
names in England from which perhaps the feudal gentry
took their surnames.
There are today two such villages in Yorkshire from
which came one Quarmby of Huddersfield, the name of
the Sir Hugh de Quarmby who is mentioned as living in
1341. We have no certainty of any living descendants
of this worthy; a small family of Quarmby, however, is
in existence in England and Ainerica with a few members,
but they may be descended from the Quernby family of
Nottingham. Any other origin of the name of Quarmby
today, requires a gap of six centuries to be bridged with
IGeoffrey de Wirce, holding under the King.
JThia is northeast of Leicester, near the river Wreak.
The Village op Queniborough, Leicestbeshiee, England,
1 ^.^. '.'''I'f "Pl'eai'aiiee is probably exactly as it was five or six centuries ago. On the
lett IS the more recent parish church ivith its crockette.l spire, specially mentioned
m Baedeker (See p. 18),
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The QuiNBT Family ' 19
no existing records whatever; while descendants of the
Quernbys were having their names spelt Quarmbie on the
Nottingham parish registers in the late sixteenth century
and after.
The other Yorkshire village is in the parish of Queens-
bury.
A place in Hertfordshire near Buntingford is called
Quinbury; and Queenborough is a town and port in the
Isle of Sheppey, Kent, founded by Edward III. (A. D.
1322-77) and named in compliment to his Queen, Philippa.
We have no indication that any of these places gave its
name to any family, mention of which is found on the
English records. There are many references to the Quinby-
Quenby family running back to the twelfth century in
England — within a century after the Conquest by William
of Normandy. Norman given-names and the invariable
use of the particle de, together with the evident station of
the bearers of the name, render it evident that the an-
cestral line was Norman-French and came over with the
Conqueror.
The earliest of the race were recorded before the use
of surnames. The fourth of the name, for example, men-
tioned in the early archives is Henry de Quenby, described
in 1247 as "son of Henry de Babgrave," each so called
from the parish in Leicestershire in which he lived.
Evidence that the original name of the parish of
Queniborough in Leicestershire was Queniberg or Quini-
bergh is supplied by the varied spellings by the clerks of
the names of their noble but illiterate feudal patrons in
the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries — when
sound was the guide, and there were no standards of pro-
nunciation of the Saxon words by the Norman conquerors
and no standards of spelling.
The surname of Ralph, who flourished in Leicester-
shire and was lord of the manor in the twelfth and thir-
teenth centuries, was thus spelt in each of the various
documents extant from 1189 to 1204: de Queneburg, Queni-
boro, Queniburg, de Quenby. The name of the next Ralph
was spelt from 1269 to 1303, de Quenibour, Queniburg, of
Queneborough, de Queniborow, de Quenyburg.
Swamus of Leicester in 1189 was "de Queninb" on the
only record so far discovered. Roger's name in 1227 is
spelt on the Merchants' gild roll at Leicester, de Queni-
bure. In 1247, Leicestershire, Henry's name was spelt
Henry de Quenby. In 1270 John's name appears on the
tallage roll at Leicester as de Queniburg.
20 The Quinby Family
At Nottingham, a few miles from Leicester, in 1291,
appear the name of John, son of Ralph de Querneby.
It is possible that this was one of the Ralphs just men-
tioned and that this spelling marks the origin of the de-
finite use of that form for the Nottingham family.
John, lord of Queenbury was hunting in York in 1272,
and John de Queeneburg was appointed a member of the
posse comitatus for Notts and Derby. In Yorkshire 1285
was Richard de Queningburg.
The Norfolk family early adopted the vowel i in the
first syllable, as Osceline de Quinbergh and his wife, Eliza-
beth, lived there in 1331 (see Arms of the Norfolk family).
In the time of Henry III., beginning about 1272, John
Lord of Quenbury got into trouble while hunting in York,
and he and his family either pleaded, or went bail for
those who did; their names were spelt several times de
Quenburg, ajid Robert the son of William has his name
variously spelt in the records of the affair: de Quenburg,
de Quenesby and de Quernby.
In 1318 appears John de Quinberg; 1328, John de
Quinberge; 1333, John de Queneby in York, son of Elias;
1322, John de Quernby, also in York; in 1324, John de
Quynberge was hunting unlawfully in county Norfolk; in
1348, John de Quernby was jousting unlawfully in county
York; and in 1354 John de Queniburgh was accused of
unlawful acts in Leicestershire.
Thereafter, the name of Quynby or Quinby appears in
the earliest of the registers and in the probate records of
several English parishes; an account of the families taken
fron such sources appears elsewhere in this book, particu-
larly the families of Farnham^ Surrey; Great ,Wakering,
Essex; and Titchfield, Hants.
QUENBY Hall, LeICESTERSHIKE, EN(iLAKD.
This ancient house, with its predecessors on the same spot, has constituted the
parish of Quenby since lief ore the time of William the Conqueror (A. D. 1066) and
is named in Domesday, the surrey made by that king. (See p. 21.)
Thb Quinbt Family 21
QUENBY HALL
Says an account of Quenby Hall in Leicestershire: "In
the thirteenth century the convent of S. Mary at Leicester
is possessed of the lordship of Quenby, by then a separate
vil and manor, and two brothers, Henry de Quenby and
Robert le Gierke, quarrel for possession of half a virgate of
its land; when the century closes, two hundred of its acres
are held by Richard de Ashby, and to his descendants the
manor had passed by grant from the crown, sometime be-
fore Richard III became king in 1452." Investigation of
the Ashby pedigree should show how this Richard de-
scended from the parents of the two brothers above men-
tioned. The Ashby family retained the property down to
the present.
One account says that Richard de Ashby had a mes-
suage in 1304, before the manor of Quenby was granted to
Ashby (IRich. III.)
Along side the Hall stands a one-story building of
massive masonry; it has "arched doorways, and otlier
details, such as a huge open fireplace spanned by a massive
oak beam, which hint at an earlier date than the main
house," and is no doubt part of the earlier dwelling of the
owner of Quenby, possibly of the father of the two brothers,
Henry de Quenby and Robert le Gierke above mentioned.
It appears that land at Quenby continued awhile
longer in the hands of the family which bore the Quenby
name as the following records show.
Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum for the Town of Leicester from
1393 to 1483; all examined; one reference as follows: Inquisition
taken at Leicester 19 October 7 Henry IV. (1405). The jury say
it will be no damage to the King to allow William de Almanbery
and John Northburgh clerks and Thomas de Queneby to assign
three messuages five shops eleven tofts three acres o^ land 16s
lid., rents and a rent of a capon and three hens in Leycestre and
the suburb thereof and in Wykyngeston to the Dean and Chap-
ter of the Collegiate Church of Leicester in aid of the mainten-
ance of the said Dean and Chapter. There would still remain to
the grantors tenements in Queneby and Hungerton and Thorpe
held of William Barkeby esquire by Knight service worth £10
a year.
Additional Mss. British Museum, No. 4937; copies of
Charters, etc., concerning the Augustine Abbey of Leicester, etc.:
On page 172 is a copy of the Inquisition ad quod damnum noted
22 The Quinbt Family
above in favour of the Dean and Chapter of Leicester. Nothing
else referring to Quinby.
Assize Roll. Leicestershire (and other Counties), 13 Henry
IV. to 10 Henry V. Membrane 26, Essoins taken at Leicestre
on Monday before the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula. 1 Henry V.
(1413): Robert, Abbot, essoins against Isabel who was wife of
John Walsshe, Thomas Gresele chivaler, Thomas Quenby, George
de Ansty, Geoffrey Pontrell, John Folvylle, William Leeke, Simon
Leeke, William Weston, and William Fermour in a plea of novel
disseisin.
In 1863 Quenby was described as "a hamlet and manor
in Hungarton Parish, about a mile southeast of the church,
and eight miles E. by N. of Leicester, has only 26 inhabi-
• tants and about 600 acres of land, mostly a strong clay,
and the ground hilly and well-wooded. It is the property
of the Rev. Edward Quenby Ashby of Quenby Hall, a fine
old brick mansion upon a lofty eminence, in a large and
well-wooded park, near which two rivulets have their
sources. The Ashbys have flourished here since the 13th
century, but the present hall was built about the reign of
Elizabeth. It is substantial, large and commodious, and
consists of a centre, with a large and lofty entrance hall,
and two side wings, projecting from each front. The win-
dows are large, and divided into several lights by stone
muUions and transoms. The hall and grounds were greatly
improved by the late Shuckburgh Ashby, Esq. in the latter
part of last century. The terrace which surrounds the man-
sions commands extensive prospects over this and the ad-
jacent counties. One one side, the Peak of Derbyshire is
seen in the distance; and on the other is a beautiful land-
scape of hanging hills, with scattered wood, shelving in to
a winding valley. The farm of Quenby Lodge is occupied
by Mr. Slaney Jones" (White's Leicester and Rutland
counties).
Very beautifully illustrated articles on Quenby Hall
appeared in XVI. Country Life, 342-8 (No. 400, 3 Sep.
1904) and in XXX., pp. 550, 590 (Oct. 14 and 21, 1911).
The following query appeared in Notes and Queries, 7th
series, I. 508: "Would any of your Leicestershire readers
kindly tell me where I can find the legend of Quenby Hall,
which is said to be haunted. It is seven miles from Eving-
ton, so perhaps nine from Leicester. Inquirer."
The response produced was this: (Notes and Queries,
7th series, II. 456). "Inquirer may perhaps find the legend
of Quenby Hall either in a book entitled Haunted Homes
and Family Traditions of Great Britain or in one entitled
'Glimpses in the Twilight.' Celer et Audax."
QUENBY Hall.
Corners of Quenby Hall,
Leicestershire, England.
The Old Gates of QrENiiY Hall,
uo^Y in front of the Municipal Museum in the city of Leicester.
The QuiNBT Family 23
REPORT OF SEARCH IN THE EARLIER
DOCUMENTS
Connected with Leicester, Deposited at the Public Record Office,
■ the British Museum, etc., for the name of Quinby
with its Variations
Court Roll for Leicester 1 & 2 Henry V, (1413-14).
The only roll for this county at the Record Office before
the time of Henry VIII: No Quinbys.
Feet of Fines for the whole county of Leicester 1399
to 1485, (and since extended to 1377 to 1509). Throughout
this whole period and throughout the county there is no
Quinby buying or selling by fine or any variant of the
name.
Ministers Accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster for
the Bailiffs of the Town of Leicester and the Janitors of
the castle there, 1405 to 1445: There is no Quinby, etc.,
entered on these rolls as tenants or in any other connection.
Post Mortems of Duchy of Lancaster for Leicester,
1399 to 1485: No Quinbys.
Assize Roll Leicestershire 13 Henry IV. to 1 Henry
v.: No Quinby as suitor, juror, etc.
Calendars op Ancient Deeds (5 Volumes), Leicester-
shire: No Quinbys.
Calendar op Subsidy Rolls Henry IV. to Henry VI.:
No names given at this period.
Add. Mss. No. 6262. Notes from the Rentale Novum
of St. Mary of Leicester, dated 1477: These are merely
notes re the succession of Abbots privileges, etc.; there is
no mention of Quinby.
Additional Charters relating to Leicester 1291 to
1327: (Grants of Land) Nine in all; no Quinbys.
24 The Quinbt Family
EARLY ENGLISH RECORDS OF QUENEBY, QUERNBY
AND QUARMBY
If we consider it likely that the presence of the letter
r in the first syllable of the name marks a family con-
tinuity from the earliest times down to Thomas Querneby
of Derby, the grandfather of the founder of the bellfounders
and Mayors of Nottingham and that n or m is of no im-
portance, we may arrange chronologically all mention of
the name so far found in the English records, paying as
much attention as data permit, to the geography as well.
The first of the name is found in the Calendar of the Close
Rolls (A. D. 1227) and curiously enough is an order to the
Sheriff of Nottingham. It shows that thereabouts there
dwelt a Querneby of im'portance and standing during the
13th century.
I. John de Querneby, born early enough to have in
1291 a son accepted as surety on the bond of one accused
of manslaughter. John de Querneby himself went on a
similar bond seven years before. The Calendar of Close
Rolls under date Carnarvon, 24 July, 1284, gives an order
to the Sheriff of Oxford, to cause John de Northeland,
imprisoned at Oxford for the death of Robert de Sumeter,
slain in county York, to be delivered from prison, as John
de Querneby, John de Lung, Henry de Burton and others
have mainperned to have him before the Justices at the
first Assize when they come to these parts. John de Quern-
by was living as early as 1305 at Thorpe Stapleton, parish
of Whitkirk, three miles from Leeds (Maddock's Baronia
Anglica, p. 290). This son was: —
II. William de Querneby, son of John de Quernby;
order dated at Wadworth 30 Mar., 1291, directed to the
Sheriff of Nottingham, requiring him to deliver Simon de
Reresby, imprisoned at Nottingham for the death of Saer
de Sutton and Lambert, his brother, who were slain in
county Surrey, in bail to Adam, son of Ralph de Norman-
ville; William, son of John de Querneby; and others who
have mainperned to have him before the Justices at the
first assize in those parts. During the years following,
Adam de Normanville and William de Querneby main-
tained their friendship, for when Adam became "blind and
weak," he nominated 8 Mar., 1300, William de Querneby
and John de Tribergh as his Attorneys for five years. (Cal.
The Quinbt Family 25
Patent Rolls, Westminster), Shortly before the expiration
of the term, again he nominated "William de Querneby and
Hugh le Clerk of Thribergh" his attorneys for five years.
{id., Lincoln, 12 Jan., 1305), and again dated at Blyth 16
Sept., 1307, he nominated William de Querneby his at-
torney for three years, (id).
The next generation must be represented by
III. William de Querneby* who at Leicester, was
complained against by Edmund de Dacre, that William de
Querneby, John Brown, John Drinkhale and others broke
his park at Tatham, county Lancaster, hunted therein and
carried away deer, and assaulted William Whithead, his
servant; a commission of Oyer and Terminer was thereupon
issued to William de Herle and John de Denum, 5 Mar.,
1326 (id).
To complete the name of William de Querneby in the
same century, we mention the following item in Batesons'
History of Northumberland, (II., 200).
"Four years later (i. e., 1372) we find John of Gaunt,
titular King of Castile, ordering his esquire, William de
Querneby, the receiver of Dunstanburgh, to repair that
castle, and to build in it a new wall, in accordance with
the advice of William de Nesfeld, his steward in those
parts." And also, " William Querneby was buried, 1384,
in the priory of Nostel," county York. (Monasticon Ebo-
racense, Burton, p. 312).
At the present day there is in Yorkshire, besides
Quarmby parish mentioned, another parish known as
Queensbury.
I. Elias de Queneby, First op the Name. In the
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, etc., Edward I., no.
483, appears a writ to the Escheator beyond the Trent,
dated 10 Feb., 11th Edward I. (A. D. 1283), to extend the
Lands, etc., of Robert de Nevill, the King proposing to
demise them to Ranulph, his grandson and heir, until his
full age, he answering for the yearly value of them at the
Exchequer (this is the general heading). In a list of the
lands had by feudal tenure, appears a knight's fee in the
county of York and parish of Queneby, consisting of one
caracute of land held by Elias de Queneby. Elias de
Queneby had a son,
II. John de Queneby, who appears twice on records
so far found, both times described as son of Elias. The
first is a bond of recognizance, dated at York, 13 Feb.,
♦Compare with the Queniborough and Quenby family at Leicester.
26 The Quinbt Famidt
1328, whereby John, son of Elias de Queneby acknowledged
that he owed to William Pedefer, clerk, fifty shillings; in
default of payment, levy was to be made on his lands and
chattels in county York.
Five years later the second document shows that John
failed to pay, and William Pedefer, clerk, under date of
Tweedmouth, 25 June, 1333, puts in his place, (or grants
power of attorney to) Thomas de Knaresburgh and Robert
de Roderham "to prosecute the execution of a recognizance
for fifty shillings made to him in Chancery, by John, son
of Elias de Quenby." Like the two pence given by the
good Samaritan, shillings in those days meant much more
than they do today.
It seems probable that John was the spendthrift son
of Elias, and lost the one caracute of land, moved some-
where else and was promptly known by the name of the
new dwelling place, for there were few fixed surnames in
those days.
In an authority likely to be erroneous in its early
records, appears this item "Sir Robert de Bellomont, who
in 31 Edward I. (A. D. 1303) was siezed of the manor of
Over Whitley, as well as those of Crossland and Wudders-
field, and in the seventeenth year of the next reign (A. D.
1324) was a Commissioner of Array for the wapentake of
Agbrig, and Coroner for the county of York, married
Agnes, daughter of John de Querenby, (who after Sir Rob-
ert's death married Henry Deyville) and had issue" (II.
Burke's History of the Commoners, 319). Bellomont is the
earlier form of Beaumont.
From the location it is evident that the son or next
generation to this John Querenby was the first of the fol-
lowing line (found by CuUeton) :
" Quarmby of Quarmby near Hotherfield in
the wapentake of Agbrig and Morley; he bore argent, two
bars sable; in chief, a Cornish chough, proper. The next
of the family is Hugh of Quarmby, who lived at Quarmby
in 1341 and married a daughter of Willaim Beaumont, Esq.
of Crossland."
It is barely possible that Rev. John de Querneby who
became the Prebendary of Stretton in county Surrey was a
brother of Hugh de Quarmby. This Rev. John was per-
haps a representative of the family whose descendants were
the Quinbys of Farnham, county Surrey.
Sir Hugh Quarmby. "In the same century, 1341,
(reign of Edward III.) Sir John EUand being High Sheriff
The Qtjinbt Family 27
of Yorkshire, a quarrel took place between him and three
neighboring gentlemen — John de Lockwood, Sir Robert
Beaumont and Sir Hugh Quarmby," says Allen, History of
the county of York; and adds "Quarmby, in the township
of Lindley, was anciently the seat of a family of that name."
Further, there was in the fourteenth century a John
de Queneby who owned lands in York and was son of Elias
de Queneby. The records show several times during the
first half of the century a John de Quernby who was a
soldier at York; it may be his daughter, Agnes, who mar-
ried Sir Robert de Bellomont in 1324.
(Rev. John Quernby appears as a pensioner in 1363
while waiting for his appointment, and always is recorded
as Querneby, finally in 1397, but he is not identified with
county York).
"The son and heir of Hugh and (Beaumont)
of Quarmby was:
William Quarmby of Quarmby, who married Cecilye,
daughter of Thomas Copley, Esq. of Batley. Their son and
heir was
I. John Quarmby of Quarmby. They also had a daugh-
ter,
II. Joyce Quarmby, who married Henry, the second son
of Roger Perkins, Esq."
One John de Quermsby was witness to a deed dated
Feast of the Natale of John the Baptist (29 Aug.) 1313.
The next mention of a Quernby which has so far been
discovered, is 40 years later, but it is significant as prob-
ably referring to a member of the branch of the family that
became prominent in Nottingham. That they are de-
scended from the preceding family of Quarmby is evidenced
by the similarity of their armorial bearings.
A deed of 1437-8 given in I. Earwaker's History of
Cheshire, 349, is witnessed by Alexander de Quernby, and
others. It related to the town of Stockport^ and by it
Thomas de Wetenhale of Alperham grants to Ralph Dodge
and his heirs a burgage, called 'le Brokehouse' lying near
the rivulet of Stokeport, with two parcels of land in Long-
hote near the end "^f a field called Cyslyfield. Witnesses,
Simoi Wagstaffe, Alexander de Quernby
Dated at Stockport, 16 Henry VI.
Then appears in Northamptonshire about 1483, men-
tion of one Oliver Querneby. (H. Hist. Northants, Bridges
p 70, Sibertoft, list of incum. et temp, institut;.
This brings us to an unpublished pedigree prepared by
28 The Quinby Family
Mr. William Gilbert, annotating a pedigree in Thornton's
History of Notts., which gives the Nottingham Quernby family.
THE QUINBYS OF WAKERING
iQuinbe: his wife apparently married second,
Arkerson, by whom she had Mary Arkerson wife of John
Launce, mentioned as sister in John Quinbe's will, 1630.
Children, living in 1630:
I. John* Quinbe of Much Wakering, Essex (see);
II. William'' Quinbe, who died between 3 Jan. and 18
Feb., 1632, at Lee, Essex, unmarried (see will);
III. Thomas" Quinbe, born 1611-20; under 21 in 1630.
John'' Quinby married Mrs. Elizabeth (Harmon) Rich-
ardson, who survived him. John Quinbe is shown by his
will to have been a fairly well to do farmer, at Much
Wakering, Essex. He died in 1630, his will having been
dated 21 May, and proved 20 July, of that year. His will
named no children.
WILL OF JOHN OF WAKERING
John Quinbe, of Much Wakering, Essex, husbandman, 21 May
1630, (abstract) : Sick in body, etc. To Elizabeth my wife all
my corn and implements; to John Richardson, the younger, of
my wife's sons, £5 at his age of 21; to John Richardson, the other,
40 sh. at his age of 21; to Henry Harmon, my wife's brother,
10 sh.; to William Quinbe my brother £6; to Thomas Quinbe my
brother £3 at his age of 21; to Richard Abraham my kinsman
40 sh.; to Mary Arkersen my sister, the wife of John Lannce,
shoemaker, 50 sh.; to the poor of Much Wakering lOsh.; to Eliza*-
beth Brette my wife's god-daughter 5sh. to buy her a coat; to
AUes Coocke my maide 3sh. 4d.; residuary legatee and executrix,
wife; overseer: Henry Brette; witnesses: Thomas Dranne, Henry
Brette, Henry Harmon; proved 20 July, 1630, by the executrix
named, in the court of the Archdeacon of Essex (not registered;
original will examined at Somerset House, London) (42 N. Y.
Genealogical and Biographical Record, 199).
William' Quinbe, 3 January, 1632; (abstract): sick in body,
etc.; to Richard Abraham of Lee, County Essex, smith 30 sh.; to
the widow Bedman of Little Wakering 10 sh. and my cloak; to
John Dryman 5 sh.; my trusty friend Thomas Mayers to be
executor, to him 20 sh.; to my brother Thomas Quinbe the residue
of my money and goods to be paid him at the time his appren-
ticeship shall come out; witnesses: John Dyman, Robert Chap-
man; testator signs by mark; proved in the Court of the Arch-
deacon of Essex 18 Feb. 1632, by the executor named (not reg-
istered; original will examined at Somerset House, London.) (42
N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Record, 199).
Note — A search for several years from the beginning of the parish reg-
isters at Much Wakering, Essex, by Rev. Horace Serjeant, the Vicar there,
shows no name resembling Quinby on the records.
The Qtjinbt Family 29
PUBLIC SERVICE AND HONORS
Our name has been borne by a pretty respectable lot
of people who have been of service to their fellow-men in
quite a remarkable degree, when you consider that Robert ^
has had less than 1600 male descendants of the name who
lived to maturity in all the two hundred and seventy years
since he arrived here, and John" {William^) far fewer.
Among them have been a United States Minister to Hol-
land (William E. »), a Governor of New Hampshire (Henry
B. '), several Major Generals and other army officers in-
cluding Colonels, Majors and Captains in all our wars;
several state senators and holders of various important
public offices; a large number of clergymen of the Episco-
palian, Unitarian, Methodist, Adventist, Freewill Baptist
and Universalist denominations; several foreign missionaries;
a dozen or more physicians, several of them of remarkable
ability; an extraordinary number of editors and publishers,
a few lawyers, and several actors, painters and poets.
University and college degrees have been numerous; and
although none of our people have ever achieved a Ph. D.,
still, there are at least four LL. D.'s. The A. B.'s, M. D.'s,
D.D. S.'s and LL. B.'s are comparatively numerous, though
it is curious to note that the large majority of the diegrees
have been conferred on the descendants of the twin bro-
thers, Joseph ' and Benjamin *, born at Amesbury, Mass.,
in 1715, who settled in or near Portland, Maine, before the
Revolution.
THE NAME IN LITERATURE
The first literary work we know of by one of our name
in America was dictated by the wife of Robert 2, the im-
migrant; it was an account of her duel with Simon, the
treacherous Indian, at Amesbury, Mass., in 1697. It is
set forth in full, some pages further on. The author bear-
ing our name whose work is best known was Moses',
descendant of William » through John''. His book on bee-
culture is a classic and has passed through many editions.
Laurie J.' Quinby, the editor of the Omaha Chancellor is
the most prolific writer of our tribe, and has a most pleasing
30 The QiuiNBY Familt
style, as may be seen from the extracts from his auto-
biography which have been included in this work. Rev.
George W. ' Quinby published a number of widely read
books; Hon. William E.' Quimby was the publisher and
editor of the Detroit Free Press for many years; his son,
Theodore E.'" Quinby, is a newspaper editor; Fred' Quinby
was a poet and editor; Henry Cole^' Quinby was an editor,
and has written voluminous genealogical works; Melville
G. C.' Quinby published a work on dentistry; Marie
Blanche 1", daughter of Hon. Frank P. » Quimby, wrote a
series of letters on travel which were printed; Fred H.
Quimby has written much verse; Miss Phoebe Adeline*
Quinby wrote some charming poems. Mrs. Quimby of
East Concord, N. H., is also a poet, and Mrs. George F.
Quimby a songwriter; Mrs. Henry Cole'" Quinby has written
an authoritative book on Equestrian Monuments of the
World.
Joseph Bailey * Quinby and his son, Franklyn', have
both written long epic poems, some extracts from which
appear in this book. Phineas Parkhurst' and his son,
George A.*, wrote much; the former on the form of mental
healing which his pupil, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, adopted
as Christian Science, and the latter wrote many contribu-
tions to the newspapers in a humorous and critical vein
which made his work known through New England, especi-
ally in Maine, over the pseudonym "Our George."
Quinby and Quimby have frequently been selected by
authors and playwrights as the names of characters in their
works. A popular English authoress whose name I have
now forgotten, Mrs. B. M. Croker, perhaps, gave the name
of Mrs. Quimby to one of her minor characters — a whim-
sical old woman. A military drama entitled: "By the
Enemy's Hands," which used to be played by military and
veteran organizations occasionally, had a comic character.
Corporal Quimby, who was . a stutterer. In the season of
1911-12, a musical farce called "What Happened to Mc-
Quirk" was played by the Cherry Blossom troupe at the
cheaper theatres, which contained a whole family of
Quimbys, played as follows:
Jedekiah Quimby Charles R. Crolinus
Mrs. Jed Quimby Catherine Linyard
Jack Quimby George Clifford
Kittie Quimby Lillian Perry
Capt. Romeo Quimby Frank Dobson
together with ten other characters and a chorus of sixteen.
The QmNBY Family 31
Peter B. Kyne, author of "One Day's Work," "A
Desert Odyssey" and other magazine stories, published (24
Popular Magazine, 92, N. Y., 1 May, 1912), a story en-
titled "A Prophet Without Honor," one of a series in
which Judge Quimby is the village justice.
"The Finishing Touch," by the well known writer of
sea stories, Morgan Robertson, was published in the Popular
Magazine (Oct. 1911, p. 204). The hero, an American
boy, is called John Quinbey and is a sailor — a remarkable
character.
The Cavalier Magazine (XI., 339) published a short
story in Jan., 1912, by Hugh C. Weir in which Quentin
Quinby is the diabolically clever detective; he has clear-cut
features, and is introduced to the reader in his black velvet
lounging suit, reclining in his rooms on the skin of a jaguar
he had shot in Central America, and reading Caesar's Com-
mentaries in the original Latin. This story is also one of a
series, describing the detective's unusual cases. In a series
of comic sketches by Harry Grant Dart, mention is made
of the Quimby sisters, proprietors of Maple Lodge, (Met-
ropolitan Magazine, Sfept., 1914, etc.)
The New York Evening Post published 3 Aug., 1912, a
short story by Helen Smith, which contains a Quinby
family, including Miss Delia Quinby and Francis, her
brother, a college freshman. Thfe New York Evening Sun,
19 July, 1914, printed a short story by L. L. Wittick, in
which "poor easy-going Quinby" achieves fortune and the
girl of his choice.
Miss Helen Green, (now Mrs. Frank Van Campen), the
well known writer of tales, humorous dialogues and char-
acter-studies, dedicated her book "The Maison de Shine"
to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cole Quinby in 1908. She named
an amusing minor character, Tertius Quinby Mangle, in a
series of humorous dialogues, published in the New York
Morning Telegraph about the same year.
Never was freer rein given to imagination, says the
New York Times (3 Mar., 1912), than in the collaborated
work of Arthur Howard Noll and Bourbon Wilson called
"In Quest of Aztec Treasure," (Neale Publishing Com-
pany). The story begins with the disappearance of one
John Quinby Rogers, a high-rolling black sheep belonging
to an old and wealthy New England family. When the
quiet of the somnolent village was stirred by the arrival of
a stranger from Mexico who gave his name as Juan de Q.
Rodrigo and dressed the part, no one there suspected that
the foreigner was the forgotten Rogers. As the romance is
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unfolded the reader is led through the mazes of no end of
Mexican politics and history.
One of the most successful frivolous novels of the
spring of 1913 was by Earl Derr Biggers, called "Seven
Keys to Baldpate" which was published in February by
the Bobbs-Merrill Co. of Indiana, and copyrighted by that
firm. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Quimby of Upper Asquewan
Falls, a mythical town located in the northern part of New
York state were interesting rustic characters, Mr. Quimby
having invented a method of fastening rails together which
What Has Just Been Said?
The Winning Answers in Life's Picture Contest
She: Are you going to volunteer?
He : If yes, no. If no, yes.
The above answer, sent in by Wm. P. Quinby, 7^-/ Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Pa,,
is awarded the first prize of $500.
The second prize of $200 is awarded to B. H. Turnbuli,
Corporation Court, Norfolk, p'j., for the answer:
Tlie third prize of $100 is awarded to Evelyn WilUams^
1S08 Grace Street, Lynchburg, Va., for the answer:
She (dreamtly) '. 1 could never reaUy love a man
wrho hadn't died for his country.
would prevent railway accidents. In the course of the
novel, the reader gets to know Mr. Quimby very well and
is glad that at last one of the railways which had promised
to test his invention and had finally smothered it, promises
to give it a real trial and the reader closes the book satis-
fied that fame and fortune are shortly within reach^of
Elijah and his wife. This novel was dramatized by George
M. Cohan, and played at the Astor theatre, New York
city to enormous houses, during the season of 1913-4, and
afterwards throughout this country and England. The
The Quinbt Familt 33
part of Elijah Quimby was played by Edgar Halstead;
Mrs. Quimby by Jessie Graham.
It is an extraordinary circumstance that the members
of our family should have competed successfully in the two
most celebrated literary competitions of recent years, one
offered by the New York Evening Mail, the other by Life
(New York). The former was a contest to determine the
names of books represented by pictures published daily for
several months in 1914. It was known as the Book Lovers'
Contest among the fifty thousand readers of the Mail.
The second prize ($750 in gold) was won by Frederick
Foster 11 Quinby, of Orange, N. J., in June, 1914.
The first prize, of $500, in Life's Picture Contest, was
won in May, 1915, by William P. « Quimby of Philadelphia,
Pa. The contestants numbered many thousands, each
proposing the words to accompany a certain picture, which,
with Mr. Quimby 's winning dialogue is here reproduced
from page 852 of Life, (13 May, 1915). Life misspelled
Mr. Quimby's name.
(8)
34 The Qotnby Family
THE FAMILY NAME
Applied to Towns, Natural Objects, Etc.
Quenby, near Leicester, England, is elsewhere de-
scribed, as is Quenby Hall. That estate had long been in
possession of the Ashby family, a member of which came
to South Carolina and settled there.
"Quinby," on the eastern branch of the Cooper River
in South Carolina, about sixty miles above Charleston, is
thus described by Dr. Irving in "A Day on the Cooper
River" (Charleston, 1842): "Opposite to Bossis and ad-
joining Longwood (plantations) is 'Quinby.' This place
was originally owned by the ancient family of the Ashbys.
An ancestor, the great-great-grandfather of our highly
respected fellow citizen, Thomas Ashby, Esq., coming out
from England, having first settled it, called it after his
family estate in that country. The name was originally
written Quenby. From the Ashby family it passed into
the hands of Richard and Thomas Shubrick. It must have
been so owned during the Revolution, for in the campaign
of 1781, it is spoken of as Shubrick's plantation. It was
here that Lieut. Col. Coate's command, consisting of 500
infantry and 100 'cavalry was attacked by Lieut. Col. Lee
with the Legion and Lieut. Col. Hampton with the State
Cavalry. Generals Marion and Sumter coming up with
reenforcements continued the engagement. The Americans
killed and wounded upwards of forty of the British and
took one hundred and forty prisoners, besides large quan-
tities of baggage, several wagons and above one hundred
horses. The men who were killed were buried by the road
lining the hill that leads from Quinby Avenue to Quinby
Bridge. In 1802 Mr. Roger Pinckney purchased the prop-
erty."
Quinby, Va., is a small village in Accomac County,
lying at the head of a peninsula jutting out into the At-
lantic ocean, but protected from the Atlantic by two small
islands known as Revels and Hogg islands. The other side
of the peninsula is bounded by Machapongo creek, which
runs down from Accomac. Quinby, Va., is reached from
New York city by the Pennsylvania railroad to Cape
Village of Quinbt, Va. (1913).
Store, Postoffice and Boardtng House, Quinby, Gal. (1914).
(See pp. 34-5.)
The Quinby Family 35
Charles, where the farry is located for Old Point Comfort
and Norfolk. The nearest railway station to Quinby is
Pahiter, Va., four miles distant. The principal house at
Quinby is the old mansion formerly belonging to the Up-
shur family and acquired by inheritance by Upshur B.
Quinby, a descendant of John" (William^), and for many
years known as the Quinby mansion. It is surrounded at
the present day by the old slave out-houses and wide-
spread cultivated lands, which constitute the Quinby
plantation. It was purchased some years ago by Frederick
P. Piatt, the well known architect of New York city, who
has made it his permanent country home, and has made
many restorations upon the place.
Quinby, Cal., is a post oflSce in Trinity county for the
hydraulic mining plant of the New River Mining Co. It
was named for Cyrus W. « Quinby, a descendant of Robert ".
The post office, store, company offices, barn, bunk-house,
cook-house and the like, constitute the settlement. The
store carries a stock of about $5000 worth of merchandise.
Qufmby, Iowa, is a post office and village of about
four hundred inhabitants, established in 1888 and named
for Flavins W. ' Quimby, then Division Superintendent of
the Illinois Central R. R.
Besides the foregoing there are post offices of the
name, in Maine, Louisiana and other states. Quimby,
Michigan, was named for Ichabod L. Quimby.
There are also several streets and avenues in various
towns bearing our family name. The Quinby avenues, in
the Bronx, New York city, and in Cleveland, Ohio, were
named for descendants of John^ (William^); Quinby street,
in the city of Laconia, N. H., was named for Henry
Brewer' Quinby, a descendant of Roberta Quimby street
in Grand Rapids, Mich., was named for Ichabod L. Quimby
Quimby avenue, Lowell, Mass., was probably named for
Alonzo P. (Benjamin M., James). Quimby street in Port-
land, Oregon, was named for Lot P. W. Quimby.
There are Quinby Blocks, business structures, in
Wooster, Ohio, and at 5511 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio;
at Bucyrus, Ohio, named for George'; and The Quinby, an
apartment house, and Quinby avenue in Cleveland, were
all named for descendants of John^ (William^). Quinby
Hall at Stroudwater, Me., was named for Thomas ' Quinby,
and contains his portrait, suitably inscribed; Quinby Hall,
a New Hampshire state building at Laconia, N. H., is a
handsome brick structure with a bronze tablet setting forth
that it was erected during the incumbency of Governor
36 The Qtjinbt Famii,t
Henry B.» Quinby. Quimby Theatre at Zanesville, Ohio,
is run by W. C. Quimby, but as he won't answer letters,
I can't say whether he is a descendant of Robert^ or John^
Lot P. W. is the Quimby for whom the Quimby Hotel, 29
Fourth street, Portland, Oregon, was named.
There is a Quimby Field, used for baseball, at Augusta,
Me.
Several natural objects bear the family name. In
Sharon, Vt., is the well-known Quimby Mountain, in height
1699 feet. In Lake Paugus, an arm of Lake Winnipesaukee
in New Hampshire (town of Meredith) was an island,
now a mere ledge above the surface at high water, called
Quimby Reef. Stratford, Connecticut, was the first Amer-
ican home of the immigrant William ^ and a projec-
tion of land there is known from him as Quinby's Neck.
Quinby Hill, at Warren, Ohio, is on the western side of
the Mahoning river; on top of the small hill stands the
old-fashioned Quinby home, where lived Capt. Ephriam,
a descendant of John^ (William^) Near Manhattan or
Junction City in the state of Kansas ig Quinby Creek.
Quinby creek in Trinity county, California, was named for
Cyrug W. * Quinby, a native of Maine.
The Quinby Family 37
THE STORY OF THE WRITING OF THIS
GENEALOGY
This is the story of the creation from official and per-
sonal records of a history of an American family, members
of which have lived and had children in nearly every State
in the Union. Although a member of the New England
Historical Genealogical Society for twenty years, I had
worked simply on the ever doubling list of family names
that constitute one's direct ancestors in all lines, without
following down the collaterals at all.
About 1904, I printed the single threads that ran back
to the immigrants of 1640 or thereabouts in the collective
immigrant ancestry in male and female lines of my own
family. The number of inquiries received for connecting
links from ladies who wanted to prove descent from colonial
soldiers and the like astonished me. Not one gave grand-
parents, but thought I should know. I decided that I
would know, and that is how this came to be a genealogy,
the early generations of which were compiled from prac-
tically every source of information there is in America.
This is the first family history which has utilized all these
existing sources of information regarding early generations.
To write a genealogy as completely as possible, several
preliminaries are almost mechanical; a loose leaf system of
binders — say twenty of good size, each capable of holding
at least two hundred pages of punched paper, the tougher
the paper the better; five thousand sheets to fit the binders
— letter size is best. Each page should be inscribed at the
top with the head of a branch of the family, with ancestry
italicized (in parenthesis) and numbered consecutively back
to the immigrant. After the data aboftt him and his wives,
the children should then be set forth consecutively, with
Roman numerals to the left, and a consecutive serial num-
ber if the child is to be given a page later on. The second
mechanical requirement is an oak cabinet with drawers,
say six, capable of holding as many thousand small cards,
three inches by five. These cards would better be in var-
ious colored thin cardboard, two thousand to a tint for
descendants of different immigrants of the name, or of
different sons or grandsons of the only immigrant of the
name.
38 The QIuinbt FamujY
Every time a punched page goes into a binder, every
name on it with year of birth, marriage and death, male
ancestry, whom married, and places, so far as shown, must
go on the cards — one card to a person whether son, wife,
infant, or head of family. The cards should be arranged
alphabetically by initial of given name and year of birth.
About fifteen thousand cards were needed for the entire
Quinby-Quimby genealogy.
Provided with this, and having through Savage, the
N. E. Historic-Genealogical Register and nearly all other
printed sources applied the foregoing, I sent to one of the
big directory companies that keeps a library of the late
directories of all the villages, towns, counties and cities —
not to mention telephone companies — that publish them,
and paid what they charged for a list with date of direc-
tory, name of town or village, occupation and address of
every one of the name of Quinby and Quimby — giving
the several possible spellings. The printed circulars asking
for ancestral and other particulars which I had already
prepared, I sent to all the addresses received from the
directories, enclosing an envelope (stamp impressed, not
pasted) addressed to myself in letters so large and black
that no reasonable sized paster would enable the envelope
to be used for any other purpose. Ten per cent, perhaps,
came back, filled out. With this material the punched
paper began to go into its binders and the card index to
fill up.
The directories do not include one-tenth of the possible
names; and of course, those given are only of the present
generations. Next, everything from the genealogical books
was collected, starting wfth Munsell's Index and having
exhausted its references, the town histories, regimental
histories, every volume of the Massachusetts vital records —
a hundred and fifty volumes in the latter series alone.
New Hampshire is the only state that has required
all its town records from the earliest times to be copied
and lodged at the capital. I sent therefore to the Bureau
of Vital Statistics at Concord, N. H., for all records of the
name, birth, marriage and death, and obtained the same
from Boston for Massachusetts towns as far as available.
On inquiry of their respective secretaries of state I
learned that there was no law requiring the deposit of vital
records at the state capital in Vermont at all, nor in Maine
beJfore 1881; and that town clerks' records in those states
had been kept very casually as a rule, and often none of
the earlier ones could be found.
The Quinbt Family 39
It then appeared that the only sure way of leaning
what towns to send to, was by an examination of their cen-
sus reports.
It was evident that the method in common use in
compiling genealogies was to select the ancestor and then
grope down through the years for his descendants. This
is obviously an unscientific way. There is one source in
this country of definite facts as to all persons of any
selected name in existence at one time — the original manu-
script reports turned in by the individual census enumera-
tors. They are still preserved in the Census Bureau at
Washington. There was room for but one new desk avail-
able in that building, and an arrangement was made for
it to be used by Mrs. Julia S. McAllister, of 940 K St.,
N. W., Washington. She worked for many months on
the census reports for 1810, 1850 and 1860. Those years
were selected for the reason that the earliest census reports
(1790) of many of the states are printed, giving the names
of the individual heads of families by towns. In 1810
these families had spread through a wider region. The
reports of 1850 and 1860 contain much information omitted
in early reports — names and ages of all children as well
as of parents, for instance. Mrs. McAllister's keen eyes
must have observed at least ten million names which
yielded only a few hundred Quinbys and Quimbys, but
when her task was finished, we had an itemized list of
names, ages, occupations, birth places and residence, with
other information, of every individual, male and female,
of the name living in this country in 1810 and of those
living in New England, New York state. New Jersey, Dela-
ware and Pennsylvania in 1850 and 1860,
The Pension Bureau was also attacked and the rec-
ords from the French and Indian Wars, that of 1812 and
the Mexican War, were collated.
The records of the Patent Office and Bureau of Copy-
rights were also obtained. The Adjutant General's reports
of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire gave the
Civil War records in minute detail, and are accessible in
print. The voluminous Massachusetts and New Hampshire
archives were also searched, the latter by Miss Etha Sar-
gent, Concord, N. H.
While this work was going on it became evident that
there were two pre-revolutionary sources of the family, one
from Robert at Amesbury, Mass., and the other from
William at Stratford, Conn, (thence to Westchester and
40 The Quinbt Family
New Jersey); and some lines from both these immigrants
are included in this volume.
The court records of the colonial period at Salem,
Mass., had never been arranged or indexed, and I ob-
tained the services of Miss Martha T. Pond who set to
work to examine them from the earliest times. She spent
many months at the task, drawing off copies of all docu-
ments pertaining to the family name.
Lack of room prevents more than alluding to the
subscriptions to clipping agencies which sent in hundreds
of notices from newspapers all over the country; the
searches of all the records of the Quaker meetings in the
United States; the records of deeds and mortgages, probate
and administration; the personal letters to the county
judges of each of the eighty or a hundred counties apiece
which carry the meagre vital records in the mid-western
states; the thousands of reply postcards sent after the
circulars to the Quinbys and Quimbys all over the country,
and how nine out of ten recipients preferred to use the
stamp on the return envelopes and cards for some other
purpose; the thousands of miles travelled in automobile
to gather graveyard records (see the photographs) and
finally the numerous trips through England with motor
car and camera, and the hundreds of halftone blocks made
of people and places.
One Mr. Morrill wrote a history of families of Ames-
bury, Mass., fifty years or so ago, including that of Quinby,
which was completed ready for the printer when the author
died. His manuscript came into the possession of a Morrill
relative who keeps it locked in the vault of a bank in
Amesbury, never having examined it himself and refusing
with the most diabolical obstinacy to allow it to be ex-
amined by others. An offer of fifty dollars cash to give
his wife as a Christmas present for a look at the Quinby
article only, he refused. This crude proposition I made
only after months of njore diplomatic efforts had failed.
He grinned shrewdly and said he calculated his wife didn't
need no Christmas presents beyond what he give her; and
said that when he got round to it he thought he'd get the
book out and look it over some day with a view to getting
it printed. It is a hundred to one that so far as the
Quinbys are concerned it contains no fact not already in
print in the monumental work of David W. Hoyt, "Old
Families of Amesbury and Salisbury."
During this time the circulars which had been sent to
Acquiring Data for this BtoK. (See p. 40.)
The Quinby Family 41
every name found in the various directories throughout the
United States were coming in.
Several of them mentioned an ancient Quinby-Quimby
chart which must be still in existence. After a widespread
correspondence I located it in the possession of Mrs. Oliver
T. Fox (Caroline J. Quimby), of Nahant, Mass. It was
compiled by her father, Rev. Hosea Quimby, D. D., about
1830; she loaned it to me. The chart itself is on many
^heetfe of brown paper firmly backed with linen cloth and
is about four and a quarter by six feet in size. It con-
tains a number of errors, some of importance, which have
been corrected by reference to the vital records, but on the
other hand it defines a large number of relationships which
would otherwise be unknown. It will be observed that
nearly all of the descendants of Aaron Quinby now fepell
their name Quimby; these are the Sandwich, N. H. and
Lyndon, Vt., families, which are reserved for another
volume.
The family of Dr. E. Q. Marston, a famous local his-
torian and book collector, of New Hampshire, loaned me
a copy of a manuscript prepared by him during the middle
of the last century which was largely devoted to one branch
of the Quinby family.
The habit of saving clippings about the name, became
useful. References appeared to a largely attended reunion
of the New Jersey ai{d Pennsylvania Quinbys which took
place near Raven Rock Station, Bucks county, Penn., 18
June, 1891. Mr. C. F. Jenkins, one of the publishers of
the American Farm Journal, Philadelphia, Pa., who had
got up the reunion and published several articles in the
Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer on the family and the cele-
bration, sent me his entire correspondence on the subject —
a large box of letters.
Mrs. Ella R. Beebe, the wife of a well-known banker,
living at Ravenna, Ohio, had corresponded with every per-
son named Quinby she ever heard of for over thirty years,
and she too, was kind enough to send me a large box con-
taining the letters she had received during that time.
Mr Charles F. Andrews, formerly on the editorial
staff of the Evening Post (New York), but who afterwards
lived at Boulder, Colorado, had worked out his mother s
line of descent from William' Quinby, the original immi-
grant, of Stratford, Conn., and Westchester, N. Y., and
had a large amount of material. He was kind enough to
forward all his manuscript and notes, which are of great
value to the completeness of the work.
42 The Quinbt Pamilt
Another who had investigated the genealogy of branches
of the descendants of John* {William^) who wrote me
very fully, was Isaac Q. Gurnee, Esq., of Butler, N. J.
Mrs. Adeline Quinby Eaton, Boston, Mass., had at
one time commenced a compilation of the descendants of
Robert, and had visited England in a search for his an-
cestry. She and Mr. Fred E. Quinby, of Dover, N. H.,
did not hesitate to turn over all the material they had
gathered; others who were interested in one or another off-
shoot from the same stalk, and wrote me very fully, were
Rev. Silas E. Quinby, Bellefonte, Pa.; Thomas W. Quinby,
Haverhill, Mass., and Mrs. Charles E. Quinby, Westbrook,
Me.
And to all of them as well as to many others whom I cannot
here enumerate, posterity will have a debt of gratitude for their
shares in collecting data which otherwise would assuredly have
been lost.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
The arrangement of the genealogy is on the plan advo-
cated by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
of Boston. The males of the family name are numbered
consecutively from 1 William ^ the immigrant, (first gen-
eration) down to the youngest of the descendants of the
name in the present generation — the eleventh. The little
figures after each given-name show the number of the genera-
tion from William ^ The name of the head of each family
or branch is followed in parenthesis by his entire ancestral
line, printed in italics (in parenthesis) so that if you wish
to find the lives of your own ancestors back to William*,
you find your own name in the index at the end of the
book and turn to the page mentioned. Thus, for example,
your name is Henry C.'". You find from the index that
your page is . On that page you find: "1239 Henry
C. '" (Henry B. », Thomas^)" and so on. By turning back
to where 1239 appears in regular order, you find Henry C.'s
father, Henry B. », numbered 843. Turn back to where 843
appears first, and you find it under "478 Thomas' (Moses ^,
John ^)" and so on. You may thus follow any line gen-
eration by generation back to William S or Robert*, the
immigrant ancestors.
The Quinbt Family 43
THE QUINBY FAMILY OF SURREY
In the Domesday Index (eleventh century), Weneberge
(i. e., Quinboro'?) in the Hundred of Wochinges, county of
Surrey, is mentioned as belonging to Godfrey de Maneville.
The first person appearing as a resident of, or con-
nected with the county of Surrey, England, who bears a
name sufficiently like ours to be of interest, is the Rev.
John de Querneby, who was in Surrey until about 1397
and perhaps later. From the facts that he was named
John and was a clergyman, and held several church posi-
tions of considerable importance, it is conceivable that his
father was a prominent and influental man, and that it was
his family which continued to hold a place in Surrey for
about a hundred years, until we come to Henry Quinby
who must have been born before 1475 and who married
Florence Balch of Farnham in Surrey. The intervening
period is a blank, so far as concerns records yet discovered.
The spelling of Rev. John de Querneby's name, and
the fact that as a younger son he would not have ap-
peared on the Quernby pedigree, make it not wholly im-
possible that he was the son of the before mentioned Hugh
of Quarmby. But it is quite likely that all three surnames
represented different families.
Rev. John de Querneby appears on the records of the
Close Rolls first under date of Eltham, 1 Apr., 1363, in an
order to the Archbishop of Dublin to grant to John de
Querneby such yearly pension as shall befit the giver, and
should bind the receiver to him, causing thereupon letters
patent under his seal to be made and delivered to the said
John; and writing again by the bearer what he will do
upon this request, as by reason of his new creation the
Archbishop is bound in such a pension to one of the King's
(i. e., Edward III.) clerks at the King's nomination, until
he shall make provision for him of a competent benefice;
and the King has nominated the said John, whose advance-
ment the King has at heart.
The foregoing astonishing document, so highly charged
with evidence of the special favor of the King, was no
doubt followed by John's appointment to some churchly
post; but no further orders appear for sixteen years. Then
in the Patent Rolls in the Public Record office in London,
dated Westminster, 18 Nov., 1385, we find what royal
44 The Qiuinbt Family
favor — if nothing else — had done for him. The patent
ratifies "the estate of John de Querneby in the Chancellor-
ship and Prebend of Lambister in the Collegiate Church
of Abergwylly in the diocese of St. David's; in the Prebend
of Wodeburgh in the Collegiate Church of Southwell; and
in the Prebend of Stretton in the King's Free Chapel of
Pencrich."
It is obvious that John de Querneby may have been
exercising the functions and receiving the emoluments for
some time before the issuance of the patent "confirming"
them; and we find in the Patent Rolls five years earlier —
dated Westminster 12 Feb., 1379 — evidence of it, in the
shape of a "pardon to Richard Murymon of Pencrich for
not appearing to restore twenty marks to John de Querneby,
Prebendary of Stretton, in the King's Chapel of St. Michael
the Archangel, Surrey."
Finally, the name of the individual, the mention of
the King and of the county indicate identity with the John
Querneby who was pardoned 24 Oct., 1397, "for leaving
the King's service at Southwark, Surrey, before the time
agreed upon." (Pat. rolls).
First Arranged Generations op Qthnbys in England
The Quinbys were settled at Farnham in county
Surrey, England, at a very early date. Henry Quynby
married Florence, daughter of Richard Balch, of Farnham,
before 1495, and quite possibly was born forty years
earlier. We find Balch's will (Vox, 21) in Latin, dated 12
May, 1495, proved 27 May, 1495. The Essex Institute
Historical Collections (XVII. 1) contain an abstract of it.
He directs his body to be buried in the ancient chapel of
the Blessed Virgin Mary within the parish church of St.
Andrew of Farnham next the body of his father. He
leaves to Matilda, relict of William Balche a tenement in
which she is living, for the term of her life and after her
death to Nicholas Balche, son of the said William and
Matilda and his heirs and assigns. Other legatees are his
wife, Isabella; daughter, Florence (wife of Henry) Quynby,
and John and Margaret Balch, children of the aforesaid
William Balch. Thomas and Edmund Palmer and Wm.
and Alex. Cooke are also mentioned. The following docu-
ment quite likely refers to the above Henry Quinby. The
amount he demands, eight pounds, was of vastly greater
value than it is today. i
Harry Quynby. A petition of about the year 1504-15,
The QuiNBT Familt 45
in the Public Record Office, London, England. (Early
Chancery Proceedings, 350-11) (Extracted by George Sher-
wood, Esq., 2 Mar., 1915).
To the most reverent Judge in god my lord tharche-
byschop of Cantyrbury Chaunceler of England
In the most lowly wyse shewith and besechith your
gode and gracious lordeschip your dayly oratour and bede-
man Harry QUYNBY that wher the said Harry was
bounden by an obligacon of the sume of viij li sterlyng
unto Maistr Christoffer BAYNBRIGGE Dene of Wyndesor
and Maistr of the Rolls for oon George BYLLYNGTON,
clerke, at the request and desir of the said George the
whych viij li the said Harry hath content and payd unto
the said Dene by compulsion of the Comen lawe the whych
viij li was the very dette of the said George wherof the
said George promysed to discharge and to save harmles
the said Harry the whych now the said George denyeth to
do wherof your said supliant hath no remedy by the order
of the Comen lawe for as muche as your said suppliant
hath no bond ne specialte of the said George for the said
viij li Pleasith hit therfor your gode and gracious lordes-
chip the premyssez tenderly consideryd to graunt a wryte
of subpena to be directed to the said George hym com-
aundyng by the same to apper affore the Kyng in his
Chauncery at a certen day under a certen payne ther to
do and receyve in the premysses as chall accord wt reason
and consciens And your suppliant shall dayly pray for
the preservacon of your noble estate long to endur
Pledges to prosecute,
Will WATTS of London yeoman
John BILLING of the same, yeoman.
Endorsed: Before the King in the Chancery on the
morrow of All Souls next ("Coram Domine
Rex in Cam sua in crastino aiam prox
futur.")
No answer filed.
1. 1 Quinby (perhaps the above Henry)
was probably born near Farnham, in Surrey, as early as
1470, (less than seventy-five years after the record of Rev.
John de 'Querneby's pardon). Unfortunately the parish
registers at Farnham do not begin till the year 1539; no
Quinby records are found on them for the next dozen
46 The Quinbt Familt
years. The children of this Quinby patriarch certainly in-
cluded :
2. I. John' Quinby, Sr., born no later than the year 1500
(see);
II. * Quinby, born probably before 1500;
married a Mr. Fig, and had Robert and Thomas
Fig; the latter was father of several children in
1557 and they are legatees of John^ Quinby; prob-
ably another son or step-son was:
3. III. Richard Alynb* alias Quinby; born not later than
1500 (see);
The facts that John Quinby, the Martyr, was of the
Farnham family and that he must have been about twenty
years old or so in 1528, lead to the conclusion that his father
was another son here, thus:
4. IV. ' Quinby, born probably about 1480 (see).
2. John' ( 1), born probably before the
year 1500, near Farnham, Surrey. Our only information
concerning him is contained in his will, dated 30 Aug., 1557.
He died between that date and 12 November, the same
year, on which day his will was proved at London. As in
the will he says: "I forgive my brother-in-law Nicholas
Turner the money he oweth me," and mentions his wife,
Jane, his wife was probably Jane Turner. He was a man
of means, and was a devout churchman, for he left con-
siderable sums to the church and the parish poor. He had
real estate, some of which he gave his "daughter-in-law
Elizabeth Quinbye" for her life; other property he charged
with an annuity to his son Anthony. Items in his will
show that his social condition and associations were high.
He names his sons: Robert, who is to have all of his
lands and household goods after the death of Robert's
mother; Anthony, whom he expects to become a priest, is
his next eldest son, and Thomas his third son. His son
John^ Quinby, Jr., had died unmarried the previous year
in London, and there had been difficulty in getting pos-
session of his son's goods left in Spain, so that Mr. Quinby
wanted proper steps taken to obtain them. The wife of
John Quinby was named Jane, as appears from the History
of Farnham by Rev. R. N. Milford, M.A., domestic chap-
lain to the Bishop of Winchester. Farnham castle has
been the official residence of these bishops for centuries and
Mr. Milford's position enabled him to examine the records
of the bishopric and parish, many of which pertained to
The QuiNBY Family 47
temporal affairs. The table of contents of Rev. Mr. Mil-
ford's book summarizes the matter in the respective chap-
ters. Among the contents of chapter II. are indexed
"notices of John Quynby and Jane his wife." Unfortunate-
ly these notices do not appear in the body of the book, and
remain to be rewritten some day, by a future investigator
fortunate enough to have access to the records. From the
will of John', Jr., we learn the names of John^ Sr.'s daugh-
ters, Catherine, Elizabeth and Audrey.
John=' mentioning in his will "lands I have given my
daughter-in-law Elizabeth Quinby for her life;" and else-
where giving "my son Thomas 40 shillings and my daugh-
ter, his wife, 40 shillings" leads to the reasonable con-
jecture that the daughter-in-law Elizabeth was perhaps not
his son Thomas' wife, but the widow of a previously de-
ceased son of John', whose name has not come down to us.
Children of John^ and Jane Quinby:
5. I. Robert' Quinby the Bailfif of Farnham; born per-
haps about 1510-20 (see);
6. II. JoHN» Quinby, the Spanish merchant; born about
1520 (see);
7. III. Anthony' Quinby, the priest; born perhaps about
1530 (see);
8. IV. Thomas' Quinby; born probably about 1530 (see);
V. Catherine' Quinby; by 1556 she was married and
had four children living;
VI. Elizabeth' Quinby; by 1556 she was married and
had one child, as we learn from her brother John»'s
will; she is evidently the EUzabeth Quynby who
was married at Farnham 29 April, 1554, to William
Mollynos; this is corroborated by the remark by her
father, John' Quinby, in his will in 1557: "I for-
give WiUiam MuUeners the debts he oweth me;"
VII. Audrey' Quinby; all we know of her is that her
brother John' in his will leaves "to my sister
Audrey my three little hoops of gold which be
joined together, and one pearl set in gold."
Note— One Edward Quenby of Farnham died in the year 1593-4, for we
find in the record of lay subsidy assessments for the county of Surrey, the fol-
lowing item: "The Hundred of Farneham— exor of Edward Quynbye gen in
lands Xli Xls;" that is to say, perhaps, "forty shilhngs tax on ill)
value of lands fron the executor of the estate of Edward Quinby, gentleman.
John Quinby's Will
Will of John" Quinby of Farnham, dated 30 August, 1557:
(abstract) to the Vicar of the parish church of Farnham, 20sh.; to
the rehef of the poor, £4; to the maintenance of God's service and
sacraments in sd church, two patens of silver; to the reparation
of sd church 20sh.; to the sd church, two banners, one ot bt.
48 The Quinbt Family
Nicholas, and one of St. Barbara; Robert Quinbye, my son, to
have, after his mother's decease, all my lands and household
goods; if he die, then to my son Anthony; and they to have no
part of the lands I have g'ven my daughter-in-law, Elisabeth
Qumbye, for her I'fe, until after her decease; to my son Robert,
£10; to my son Anthony, £20; to my son Thomas, 40sh.; and to
my daughter his wife, 40sh.; to Bessie Baugh, £6 : 13sh. 4d at
her marriage; to my nephew Thomas Fig, 20sh.; I forgive my bro-
ther-in-law Nicholas Tumor the money he oweth me; to Mr.
Edward Cocks, merchant of London, 40sh., upon condition that
he instruct Sir Thomas White of the hole accompt between Mr.
Goodman and my executors for the goods of John Quinby left
in Spain; to Thomas Allen, 20sh., and to Richard Allen, my best
furred cote; to my son Anthony, JE6 per annum out of the farm at
Bagshotte, provided that if he be a priest and have promotion,
this shall cease; to Sir Thomas White, Knight, a piece of gold; to
my lord of Winchester, a ring; to my lady White, a ring; to
Margaret Beale, my servant, 20sh.; to John Maunt, 6sh. 8d.; to
Thomas Baugh, my russet gown; to my goddaughter, Elizabeth
Quinby, two ewes and to each of her sisters, one ewe apiece; to
Mrs. Jone Adlington, one ewe; whereas Lawrence Stoughton is
indebted to me £7:6:8, my executors are only to demand
£6 : 13 : 4; Anthony Stoughton oweth me £4 : 6 : 8; my ex-
ecutors are only to demand £3; to the children of William Eve,
the 26sh. 8d. which was put in my custody by him for them; I
forgive William Mulleners the debts he oweth me; I forgive Henry
Stone do.; to my lord of Rutland, £10; to the people of the alms-
house a hundred faggotts at Christmas; I forgive Jno. Fox the
debts he oweth me; to John Hardye and Robert Brabourne, each
a gown; they to be overseers of my will; Residuary legatee and
executrix wife Jane; witnesses: Sir William Storey, pfest, Stephen
Hardy and Richard Allen. (P. C. C, 46 Wrastley). (Proved at
London, 12 Nov. 1557).
3. Richard Altne^ alias Quinby ( 0> born at
least as early as 1500, died at Farnham, Surrey, and was
buried 20 Apr., 1566; the record on the parish register
mysteriously calls him "Richard Alyne al° Quinby" — mean-
ing alias Quinby. The "Margaret AUin otherwise called
Mother Quinby" who was buried 31 Dec, 1570, at Farn-
ham was presumably his wife; may, however, have been
his mother, if she had married an Allen, after the death of
'Quinby. This simple supposition regarding the
meaning of this double surname is not sufficient in the
light of the fact that "Thomas Allen alias Quinby" died
in 1582.
Thomas and Richard Allen are legatees mentioned in
John 2 Quinby's will, 1557; to the former he left 20 shillings
and to the latter his furred coat. Richard Allen was one
of the witnesses. His, probably, was the "Elizabeth, dar.
Papjsh Church of St. Andrew's, Farnham,
containing the tomb of Eobert Quynby, 1570. (See p. 51.)
The Raised Market House ix Castle St., at Farnham,
in which Eobert Qnyniiy hehi court at Burgess in 1566 (demolished in 1863; photo,
taken in 1850)." (See p. 50.)
The Quinbt Family 49
of Richard Quinbye" who died in the year 1568, at Farn-
ham. '
I. Elizabeth- Quinby, buried 15 June, 1568, at Farn-
ic^' w ®?' '^°^'^' Quinby mentions in his will,
1557, Elizabeth Quinby my goddaughter and her
sisttcrs.
To this family, if not to this parent, must have belonged:
II. Thomas' Allen alias Quinby, to whose widow
Juliane Allen alias Quinby, were granted 14 Feb.,
1582, letters of administration on his estate; he
was a resident of the parish of St. Savior's, South-
wark, Surrey.
Note — The word alias with another surname was used
where a man added his mother's surname or the name of
some benefactor. The mother's or even in some cases the
wife's surname was added where she was an heiress.
4. '^ Quinby ( 1)> born probably
about 1480 and a member of the family resident at Farn-
ham, in Surrey. Nothing is known about him and he is
given space here merely because there must have been a
father of John' Quinby of Farnham who was starved for
religion's sake while probationary Fellow at Oxford Uni-
versity and died in the tower of New College there in 1528.
9. John* Quinby, born about 1500-1508 (see).
Robert, the Bailiff
5. Robert' Quinby (John^, )^ was born about
1510-1520, probably at Farnham, Surrey. He was a man
of great distinction in his day at Farnham, and in 1566,
upon the granting of a charter to the town by Bishop
Home, he was elected the junior of the two initial bailiffs.
His occupation was that of clothmaker. J. W. Wright,
Esq., the clerk to the Farnham Urban District Council in
1911 reports that the only books of records of the Bailiffs
and Burgesses are as follows: Bailiffs' minute book, 1566
to 1583; ditto, 1606 to 1666; bailiffs' account book, 1604
to 1778. "They are in excellent condition. A preliminary
(4)
50 The Quinby FAitn^Y
search shows that Robert Quinby was one of the bailiffs
in 9th Elizabeth (A. D. 1567) and was for some consider-
able time afterwards one of the governing body of Bailiffs
and Burgesses. He is described in places as Robert Quyn-
by, gent. I can only trace one reference in the minutes
of transactions to him, which has reference to a bond he
gave for some one."
Rev. R. N. Milford in "Farnham and its Borough,"
says: "Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, in the
year 1551, was tried before a commissioa, of which the
Archbishop of Caaterbury was the president, upon various
charges, and amongst others that he had not supported by
his teaching and doctrine those changes which had lately
taken place in religion and politics. To meet which charge
he calls witnesses to prove the contrary, exhibits several
articles in justification of himself, and amongst them, that,
when delivered out of prison in February, 1558, in a sermon
made at Farnham in the way to Winchester, he did exhort
the people to obedience in this form:^ — 'To conform their
wills, in the exercise and ceremonies of religion, to the
superiors' order, and to think that best which they ap-
pointed to be done and used, wherein they should show
their humility and judgment.'
"To prove the truth of this he calls several witnesses
amongst whom are the vicar and curate of Farnham, also
Robert Quinby, clothmaker; Robert Braborne, clothier;
John Hardy, gentleman; and John Reade, chandler; be-
sides a long array of his own servants.
"Robert Quinby, the junior bailiff, was examined in
1551 as to Gardiner's sermon. He deposes, 'that the Bp.
was loth to offend, for the said Bp. tarrited a great space
when he came to the prayer before the sermon, waiting
for a book, which the vicar brought to him.'
"The first bailiffs and burgesses after the granting of
the charter in 1566, were nominated in the charter by the
Bishop of Winchester, and at this time the town hall,
afterwards called the market-house, (destroyed recently)
was built (see illustration). It was in this building that
the Corporation held their tri-weekly courts. The names
of the first court, held 30th September, in the eighth year
of Queen Elizabeth, 1566, were:
Bailiffs
John Clark Robert Quynby
Palace or the Bishops op Winchester,
which Eobert Quynby saw daily from Farnham until 1570. (See p. 50.)
t^ ^^^i^^^ -11^^*
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'^^iL4l
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■■■'■, **
View of the Village op Farnham, Surrey,
From the Bishops' Palace.
The Quinbt FAMiiiT 51
Burgesses
John Over George Osborne
Thomas Warner John Braborn
Richard Bennett Henry ffanshaw
John Braborn William Greenyng
John Hardy John Denham
Robert Thompson Thomas Walker
"The actions brought before the court consisted prin-
cipally of pleas of trespass, of cases of debt, and of occa-
sional cases of assault. But in the earliest accounts the
greatest care of the Corporation appears to have been di-
rected towards the price of beer and the weight of bread.
"The earliest account we have of the various ways by
which the Corporation obtained their yearly income, is
given in the year 1604: — Dewes which hath been acostomly
payed to the baylleffs of the borough and towne of ffaern-
ham, beyond the memory of any man that now liveth, as
aniail rents always retained, as followeth: —
for the borough rent 42s. 3d.
for the 4 Inns 28s. Od.
that is to saye of the George 7s. Od.
that is to saye of the White Hart 7s. Od.
that is to saye of the Antelope 7s. Od.
that is to saye of the Swann 7s. Od.
of every alehouse within the borough 2s. Od.
of every alehouse out of the borough Os. 12d.
of every alehouse, as well unlicensed as li-
censed, as every ffayre daye, every one of
them Os. Id.
of every inhabitant that hath a standing in
the market, paying half-yearly 12d., by
the year • 2s. Od.
of every fishmonger that selleth fish at his
window in the Lent, to pay on Good Fri-
day a good lb. of salmon, or of the beast
ffishe they have then least.'"
f)
The marble memorial in the wall of St. Andrew's, the
parish church of Farnham, gives the death of Robert Quin-
by as 10 Sept., 1570; the entry in the parish register gives
the date of his burial as 21 Aug., 1570; (of course one of
these is erroneous); this is followed by a pencil memoran-
dum: "First Bailiff of Farnham." His widow, Jane Quin-
52 The Qdinbt PamhiT
by, died 26 Jan., 1582. Their children are not named as
such in any record; but John' Quinby's will, 1556, leaves
twenty shillings each "to the five children of my brother
Roberd." The following entries appear on the Farnham
parish register, and are evidently the children of Robert:
I. Mart* Quymbte married John Miller 27 Aug., 1571;
mentioned as sister in Edward's will, 1612;
II. Elizabeth* Qtjtnby, married Thomas Irve, 18 Feb.,
1572;
III. Anne* Quinbt, christened 13 June, 1551, mentioned
in Edward* Quinby's will (1612) as sister;
IV. Lathorm* Quinbte, christened 28 Nov., 1552;
V. Francis* Quinbt, buried 1563; "probably a child; in
this year there were 120 deaths, many being chil-
dren," says the town clerk;
10. VI. Hbnby* Quenbt, christened 24 Feb., 1562 (see);
VII. George* Quatbe christened 19 Nov., 1562; '
VIII. Catherine* Quimbt, married Robert Winn, 6 Feb.,
1581; called sister in Edward Quinby's will, 1612;
The following does not appear on the parish register:
11. IX. Edward* Quinbt; in his will dated 1612, he men-
itions his three sisters, Catherine, Anne and Mary.
This Edward* is mentioned in the will of Henry*
Quinby, 1596, as his brother.
Note — A comparison of the wills of Edward* and Henry* leads irresistibly
to the concluBion that their father had no male grandchildren, and that the
family name was not perpetuated in his line.
6. John' Quinby, Jr., (John^, ') was born
probably at Farnham, Surrey, somewhere around the year
1520. He went to Spain very early in life evidently as
factor or agent for Thomas Goodman of London and there
acquired a considerable amount of personal property, in-
cluding at least one "chest of apparell" which he left in
that country. In 1556, he was still employed by Thomas
Goodman who was a relative: son-in-law of Edward*
Quinby's wife. According to the then use of the words,
he calls himself servant, and Goodman master, in his will
dated 28 July, 1556. Those terms in those days were used
of employe or agent, and employer (they still are so used
in law), and obviously in this instance, the probability is
strong that Goodman was a merchant who had business
relations in Spain, and that Quinby had been his agent or
manager in that country. The property that Quinby had
amassed in England and Spain and mentioned in his will.
Tomb or Robert Quynby,
first Burgess of Farnham, County Surrey, England, in the parish church of St.
Andrew. Robert was born about 1.510 and died 1.570 at Farnham. (See p. 49.)
The Quinby Family
53
included the following articles, (besides considerable sums
of money) :
1. Three little hoops of gold joined together;
2. One pearl set in gold;
3. Two great hoops of gold;
4. One pearl in gold;
5. Two small hoops of gold;
6. One cross of gold;
7. A turquoise set in gold;
8. A cross bow;
9. Two chests of apparel;
10. One diamond ring;
11. One ruby ring;
12. One turquoise ring;
13. A chain of gold;
14. A chest (in the hall of Goodman's house) ;
15. A signet of gold;
16. Two lutes.
To the Goodman family — apparently Thomas, his wife,
and daughters Jane and Ursula — he gave the diamond,
turquoise and ruby rings, and twenty pounds in money
besides eighty shillings to buy memorial rings; all three
chests, and the gold signet. He made his father residuary
legatee and executor (a brief synopsis of this will appears
in New York Biographical and Genealogical Register, 1911,
p. 321).
It appears that there was difficulty in his father's
obtaining the other property left in Spain. The following
year he followed his son to the grave. In his will he
leaves to Mr. Edward Cocks, merchant of London, 40 shill-
ings, "upon condition that he instruct Sir Thomas White
of the hole accompt between Mr. Goodman and my ex-
ecutors for the goods of John Quinby, left in Spain."
Will of John' Quinby of London (abstract): Servant with
Thomas Goodman of the same City being in good memory, etc.
28 July, 1556: — To poor 40sh. To Jane Godman 3 rings to wit: —
1 dyamond, a rubye and a turkes, and to her £20 in redy money
and a chain of Gold & my chest in the hall. , To the five children
of my brother Roberd 20- each. & ditto to the 4 children of my
sister Catherine & ditto to my sister Elizabeths child (none of
these children are named). To my sister Audrey my 3 Uttle hoops
of gold which be joined together & one pearl set in gold. To my
brother Anthony 40sh. & my two great hopes of gold. To my
brother Roberts wife a pearl in gold & to my sister Katherine a
pearl in gold & to my sister Elizabeth 2 small hoops of gold —
To my mother my cross in gold & £4 to buy her a gowne & a
54 The Quinby FAmiiY
turkis in gold. To my master 40sh. for a ring of a deaths hedd
& ditto to my mistress. I forgive Thomas Champion 20sh. of
the 40sh. he oweth me — the other 20sh. he to pay to my father.
To Joane Stell in Farnham 4 nobles. To Robert Bell my cross-
bow. To my master & mistress my two chests of apparell as
well in Spayn as here. To Alice Mathew lOsh. To Ursula God-
man my signet of gold — Residuary legatee and executor, father —
he to have my two lewtes. Witnesses not named (P. C. C. 12
Wrastley). Proved 3 May 1557, by John Quinby of Farnham.
Administration granted 1 Dec, 1557, to Jane Quinby (John'
being dead).
7. Anthony' Quinby (John^, 0 was born prob-
ably at Farnham, Surrey, about 1530. He became proba-
tionary Fellow of New College, at Oxford University in
1651, "undeterred by the fate of John Quinby, another
member of the fainily which apparently was settled at
Farnham, Surrey," (Says H. C, a contributor to Notes and
Queries, 9th ser., vol. VIII., 239). His father, John* Quin-
by, leaves in his will (1557) the remainder of his lands and
household goods to his son Anthony in case Robert dies
before their mother, which shows that Anthony was then
the second oldest son. John' also leaves to his son An-
thony "six pounds per annum out of the farm at Bags-
hotte, provided that if he be a priest and have promotion"
this income shall cease.
An unidentified record says, Anthony Quenbye from
Farnham, Surrey, Fellow of New College, Oxon, 1551-9,
received the degree of B. C. L. (Bachelor of Civil Law)
20 June, 1558, and died unmarried 20 May, 1559.
8. Thomas' Quinby {John", ^) was born probably
at Farnham, Surrey, about 1530. In 1557, (after the death
in 1556 of his brother John, Jr.) he was the third son then
living, and was left forty shillings by his father, who left
the same sum "To my daughter his wife." No further
record of him has yet come to light. This is the supposed
ancestor of the immigrants to New England, William'
Quinby and Robert ' according to the report from a London
professional ancestral research office to Dr. George A,
Quinby of New York, about thirty years ago. There is no
documentary evidence of it discovered so far, but it is
probable; no other seems a possible ancestor among the
recorded members of the Farnham family.
John Quinby, the Martyr, {A.D. 1528)
9. John' Quinby ( ', }) was born per-
haps between 1500 and 1508 at or near Farnham, in Surrey.
New College, Oxford,
showing the tower where died in 1528 John Quinby the Martyi
View from the Tower, Showing the Buildings of New College.
The Quinby Family
55
We find the first record of him as a scholar at Winchester
1? 11 ' ^""^ '? ^^^^' ^® "^^^ ^ probationary Fellow at New
College, Oxford and there he died a martyr for religion's
sake in 1528. His death has been the subject of much in-
teresting disc-assign, some of which is the following:
"In Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials, Vol, 1, p 376
we have some account of the sufferings of Mr. Quinby, a
fellow of New College, Oxford, on account of his protestant
faith, by Dr. London, warden of that college, and a violent
persecutor of the protestants in the early part of the reign
of Henry the Eighth. He was imprisoned, says Strype,
very straightly, in the Tower of the College, and half
starved with cold, and lack of food, and at length died.
He was asked by his friends what he would eat, who said
his stomach was gone for all meat, except it were a 'warden
pie.' Ye shall have it quoth they. I would have, said he
again, but two wardens baked, I mean our warden of Ox-
ford, and our warden of Winchester, (London and More),
for such a warden pie might do me and Christ's church
good, whereas other wardens of the tree can do me no good
at all. Thus jesting at their tyranny through the cheerful-
ness of safe conscience, he turned his face to the wall in
the belfry where he lay, and after his prayers slept sweetly
in the Lord."
The warden pies were made of meat and a kind of
large pears fit for baking, called warden pears. These
pears were common when Shakespeare wrote his Winters'
Tale, as the clown says "I must have saffron to color the
warden pies." From a passage in "Cupid's Revenge," by
Beaumont and Fletcher, we may conclude that these pears
were usually eaten roasted: "I would have him roasted
like a warden, in brown paper." This pear is called in
France, poire de garde. (See also Rolfe's edition of The
Winter's Tale, Act IV., sc. 3).
Dr. London at last received the punishment he de-
served. He was convicted of perjury, with one Symonds, a
lawyer, and both sentenced to be carried through Windsor,
Reading and Newbury, (for he was canon of Windsor, hav-
ing previously resigned his wardenship of New College, and
at that place the crime was committed,) with their faces
to the horses tails, and afterwards pilloried, which sentence
was put into execution. This disgrace sank so deeply into
the heart of Dr. London that he died soon after, in the
Fleet prison in the year 1543. (Oxonia, vol. II., 97, by
Rev. I. Walker, vicar of Horn church; published in 1831).
56 The Quinbt PamujT
The following is from Notes and Queries, Qth Series,
vol. VIII., p. 239:
"The story how this Lutheran, John Quinby, Fellow
of New College, Oxford, died, half starved with cold and
lack of food in the steeple of his college where he was im-
prisoned as a heretic by Dr. London, the Warden, will be
found in Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials, I. 376, and in
Narratives of the Reformation (Camden Society, 1859) p.
32.
"The latter reproduces Archdeacon Louthe's manu-
script, which Strype followed. It seems to me worthy of
notice, that the truth of this story, which Louthe set down
for Foxe's benefit some fifty years after the event, is in no
small degree confirmed by a letter, undated but ascribed
to 1536, which Richard Talbot, the antiquary, wrote to
Thomas Cromwell's servant, Morrison, and the substance
of which appears in the Calendar of Letters, etc., in the
Reign of Henry VIII., Vol. XI., No. 1185. Talbot, who
figures in Louthe's story as a Lutheran, who started back,
but was nevertheless expulsed by the Warden, probably
made some attempt to get his Fellowship restored to him,
and the letter contains* his version of how he came to lose
it:
"My adversaries will object that I put the matter in
the hands of Dr. Hunt, and must be bound by what he
has done. I answer, I did it not sponte (i. e., willingly)
but straitly exacted by the Sub- Warden of the House that
then was, whose name is Sutton, and Dr. Whyte and Dr.
Hunt, which three were sent to me and my fellow, Sir
Quynby, deceased, by the Warden, whose prisoners we then
were, and required us for the saving of the college's priv-
ileges, to put our rights respectively in the two doctors'
hands. Mr. Sutton and Dr. Whyte who are still alive, will
not deny this upon oath P. S. If you once bring
all well, your part shall be worth a doublet cloth of satin.'
"This letter not only confirms the story of Quinby's
imprisonment, but supplies, I think, an adequate explana-
tion of the entry, 'recessit 1528,' which was put against his
name in the New College register. I have heard it said
that the fact that the entry was not 'obiit 1528' militates
against the story of his being starved to death. Talbot's
letter, however, suggests that a consent to resign was wrung
from Quinby before he 'slept sweetly in the Lord.' In that
case, an entry which ignored the scandal could be justified
by the authorities as strictly correct.
"John Quinby's memory has been kept alive by his
The Quinbt Family
57
defiant jest about Warden pie, which I do not repeat here
because it has already appeared in this work (Notes &
Queries, London, 4th series, vol. VI., p. 124). But the jest
has been remembered better than the man. The college
registers show that he became a scholar at Winchester in
1518 and a probationary Fellow at New College in 1522-
yet, oddly enough, in Nichols's footnotes to 'Narratives of
the Reformation,' he, and almost he alone, of all the per-
sons mentioned by Louthe, was not identified. Again, in
Mr. Kirby's 'Winchester Scholars,' his name has been per-
verted to 'John Grumble'; and failing to recognize him in
this disguise, Mr. Leach, in his History of Winchester Col-
lege, p. 249, was tempted to reject the story as told, for
want of a Quinby to whom it could be properly attached.
"Again, in Messrs. Rashdall and Raits' 'New College,'
pp. 191-2, Quinby has been rechristened Peter, and Louthe,
who did not go to Oxford until 1538 is spoken of as his
contemporary there." (H. C, Notes and Queries, 9th
series, vol. VIII., p. 240).
"Anthony Quinby, undeterred by the fate of John
Quinby, another member of the family which apparently
was settled at Farnham, Surrey, became probationary Fel-
low of New College in 1551. This Anthony had a brother
named John, and John was also their father's name. These
two John Quinbys, father and son, both died (the son
first) in 1557. (Wills proved P. C. C. 12 and 46 Wrastley).
"Talbot's letter closes the door against any suggestion
that either of these was identical with the 'Mr. Quinby' of
Louthe's reminiscences. Talbot himself, it may be added,
was engaged in 1531 in teaching a school at 'Borned Wodde.'
(?Burntwood, co. Staff.) ' See the above cited Calendar, V.,
No. 630, which is not referred to in the life of Talbot in
the 'D. N. B.' Nichols was evidently in error in assigning
the imprisonment of Talbot and Quinby to 1533 and not to
1528." H. C. in Notes and Queries, 9th Ser. Vol. VIII.,
pp. 239-40.
A record (unidentified) says: "John Quenby, Fellow
of New College 1522-8, from Farnham, det** in Lent, 1527."
10. Henry* (Robert^, John^, 0 born at
Farnham, Surrey, in 1562, and christened at St. Andrew's,
the parish church there, 24 Feb., 1562. He went up to
London and became a grocer there. He died in London
unmarried in 1596. His will was dated 16 May of that
year and was proved 28 June, following, by his brother
Edward as executor. He left five pounds "to the poor of
Farnham, Surrey, where I was born, to be distributed by
58 The Qdinbt Family
my brother Edward Quinbye;" to Charles Leigh of London,
merchant, £100, and -to his wife Mercy, £10 for a gown,
to Beatrice wife of John Stockley of London, merchant,
£13:6:8; to Mrs. Ownestead, a chain of pearls and to her
daughter Elizabeth Laurens, a small jewall of golde; £60
to be distributed among poor persons; £3 to ten persons;
also leaves £20 to "my kinsman Thomas Ham;" and
leaves 20 sh. each to five persons and £3 to ten persons;
also £3 to Mrs. Pockeringe, widow; £30 to John Wakeman,
merchant in Barbarye; £10 to Peter fforland, a taylor. He
names as residuary legatee and executor, "my brother
Edward Quenbye;" overseers, John Stockley, John Rippin
and Charles Leigh (P. C. C. 43 Drake).
11. Edward* Quinby (Robert^, John^, 0 born
very probably between 1557 and 1560 at Farnham, Surrey.
The registers for the years 1557 to 1560 are missing; all
others are in existence and have been searched from the
beginning of the registry, 1539, down to 1660, but Edward's
birth does not appear. Edward is called brother by Henry*
in his will, 1562, was named as executor and residuary
legatee, and proved the will at London, 28 June of that year.
Edward Quinby is called Esquire in both his and his
widow's wills. At the time of his death in 1612-3 he was a
resident of AUington, county of Southampton, but had prob-
ably been longer a resident of Titchfield in the same vicinity.
Edward Quinby's wife Jane had apparently previously
married one Porter, by whom she had a considerable family,
including Richard, Susan and John Porter, and Mary, who
had married Thomas Goodman. Mrs. Quinby was mother
of Jane, who married Edmund Hawes, but by which hus-
band does not appear in either will. The will of Michael
Cobb, of Chitterine St. Mary, Wilts, dated 17 Feb., 1644,
mentions Edward and Jane as Mr. and Mrs. Quinby,
grandparents of his wife, Jane Cobb. See, with Mr. H. F.
Water's notes, 53 N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register X., 264.
"Evidently a branch of the Farnham, Surrey, family,"
says Mr. Waters. William Heynes of Che^ngton, county
Surrey, in his will dated 26 Jan., 1610, proved 22 April,
1611 (P. C. C. 30 Wood) leaves £5:34 "to my friehd Mr.
Edward Quinby of Titchfield Esq., for a ring." (III. Misc.
Gen. et Her. 2d. Ser., p. 55).
Mrs. Jane Quinby died 1624. Edward Quinby died in
February, 1613. The child of Edward and Jane was:
Lucy' Qtjinby, married Arthur Bromfield and apparently was
the mother of all his children, from whom several im-
portant Massachusetts families are descended.
The Quinby Family 59
Will of Edward* Quynbie dated 3 February, 1612, of AUing-
ton, county Southampton, Esquire (abstract): My soul to God-
to my wife Jane Quynbie, £60 per annum for her life; afterwards
to remain to Jane Brumfeild and Quinbye Brumfeild, two of my
daughters children; tb my wife,, £100, and various household
articles; £300 each to my daughter's two children above named;
£10 each to my three sisters, Katherine, Anne and Mary; to the
poor of Tichfield, £5; to my servant, Richard Pullen, £5; my ser-
vant Anne Hawkes ditto; to my servants Francis Lucas and
John Didmer, 40sh. each; to my son-in-law Arthur Brumfield, my
son-in-law Edmund Hawes, my "sonne-in-Iawes," Mr. John Porter,
Richard Porter, Thomas Porter, Anthony Fowle, and Thomas
Goodman, 20sh. each; to Mr. Alcock, Mr. Craddock and Mr.
William Marshe and his wife, 20sh. each; to each of my son
Bromfield's servants lOsh; executrix, my daughter Luce Brum-
feild; she to have residue of goods; overseers of my will: my
son-in-law John Porter, and John Craddock, clerk; witnesses, John
Craddocke and Fra. Lucas. Proved at London, 28 Feb., 1613,
by daughter Luce Brumfeild. (P. C. C. 18 Lawe).
Will of Jane ^uinhy (wife of Edward*) of St. Margarett's,
in the parish of Titchfield, in the county of South (i. e., South-
ampton) widow of Edward Quinby, late of Titchfield, deceased,
Esq., (abstract): being in good health and perfect memory, etc.;
my soul to the hands of God; to my grandson Quinby Bromfild
the copyhold tenement I late bought of my son Arthur Bromfield
Esq., holden of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Southampton and lying
within Titchfield, if he (my grandson) shall reach the age of 21;
if not, then to my granddaughter Jane Bromfield; £100 to sd
Jane Bromfild, and £100 to sd Quinby Bromfild at their ages of
21, and my household stuff to be divided between them; to my
son Thomas Porter, £10; to Jane Hawes my daughter, £20; £5
to each of my grandchildren, Henry, Elizabeth, Penelope, Honnor,
Katherine, Arthur and Frances (all Bromfild), at ages 18; £5
each to my children Richard Porter, Mary Godman, Susan Porter
and John Porter; 40sh. to poor; £5 to daughter Fowell; executor,
my son John Porter; dated, 6 August, 1618; witnesses Arth.
Bromfeild, Arth. Fowle, Sackvill Porter, Thomas Porter. Codicil,
25 June, 1621: £70 each (in lieu of £100) to Jane and Quinby
Bromfild; £20 to Jane Hawes my granddaughter; revokes the £5
each to "eight younger children of my son Bromfeild" and leaves
£20 among them; witnesses: Edward Reyner, Henrie Panton
(P. C. C. 115 Byrde); proved at London, 17 June, 1624, by
executor named).
Note — A careful search of the parish registers of Wickham, Hants, shows
only the following records:
1575, July 28, Bernard Welsman married Joan Quynbye; '
1580, Nov. 24, Joan Wilsman buryed;
1581, Apr. 6., Bernard Wilsman married Elizabeth Bemsteed;
1583, Sept. 11, Barnard Wilsman buryed.
Note — One John Quinbye married Anne Gibson 11 Oct., 1642, at bt.
Peter's, Cambridge
Note — A deed of 1578 refers to the lease of a chapel, etc., in Hampshire,
made to John Quinby and Jane, his wife, for seventy years, by the arch-
deacon of Winchester
60 The Quinbt Family
FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA
William * Quinby
1. William* Quinby is said to have been a grandson of
Thomas of Farnham, county Surrey, England, and was born
probably about 1600. He married in England and came
with his sons John and Thomas and perhaps other chil-
dren to Massachusetts about 1638, landing probably at or
near Salem. He may have been accompanied by a brother,
the father of Robert^ Quinby, or Robert may have been
a young son of his own. William * and his sons, John and
Thomas, joined the emigration of about 1638 to the new
settlements in Connecticut, and appear among the first sev-
enteen families at Stratford, Conn., in 1639 (Orcutt's His-
tory of Stratford, pp. 184-5). They left young Robert
Quinby at Salem, and he first appears on the records there
in 1646.
Charles L. Andrews, formerly an editor of the New
York Evening Post, who corresponded thirty years ago with
many of his mother's aged Quinby relatives, records a
definite family tradition to the effect that William
Quinby was an elderly man with a grown-up family when
he came to this country, and that he fled from England on
account of having been an officer in the army of Oliver
Cromwell. But Cromwell was in power from 1649 to 1660.
Orcutt suggests that he was one of the party who accom-
panied Rev. Adam Blakeman of Derbyshire and Leices-
tershire on his arrival in this country in 1638. Rev.
Adam was one of the original company of settlers at Strat-
ford the following year, and was minister of the church
there until his death in 1665. At any rate, William Quinby
was of the Massachusetts company "that came from
Wethersfield (Conn.) through the wilderness to Stratford
on foot and horseback, and tradition says forded the Housa-
tonic river somewhere above Stratford village. These
families settled on the plain, then an Indian field (where the
map of 1660, here reproduced, says 'rocks' the earlier map
of 1639 says 'wigwams'.) They were probably all com-
municants of the English or Episcopal church, and on
arrival at Stratford they organized themselves into a
'church of Christ' with the recognition of neighboring
The QmNBT Pamilt 61
churches, all of whom about 1669 were styled Congrega-
tionaL" (Orcutt. p. 187). Wethersfield, mentioned above,
had been settled in 1634 entirely by Massachusetts fam-
ilies, and It was quite natural for pioneers from that state
to Connecticut to stop first at Wethersfield to get their
bearings before moving on to new territory.
In 1651 a list of the owners of the fence about the
first common field at Stratford was made up; William
Quenby was seventh, owning four rods (id. p. 93). The
following year, 1652, a list of parcels of real estate with their
STRATFORD
IN IIBO
respective owners was compiled. William's lands are
enumerated as a house lot, two pieces of land in the , New
field and three acres on the Neck (p. 102). There was a
piece of common land at Stratford known as Quinby's
Neck field, consisting of upland and salt meadow lying
northeast of Great Neck bridge. It ceased about 1790 to
be a common field (id. p. 1097). William Quinby's home
lot is shown on the map of 1639 and on the map of 1660
(copied here) as the third lot south of the road running
62 The Qiuinbt FAistniTr
west toward the "Rocks;" it is numbered 33 on the map
and fronts on Main street, backing exactly on the middle
of the "Rocks."
Orcutt says William Quinby sold all of iiis real estate
enumerated above, to Henry Tomlinson, 1 Apr., 1657; the
above houselot is called in 1660 on Orcutt's map, the prop-
erty of Thomas Quinby, thereafter of Joshua Atwater, and
later of Henry Tomlinson. Orcutt says Thomas removed
about 1664 to "Westchester, New York (p. 136).
Shortly after the sale of his Stratford property, William
Quinby and his son John removed to Westchester county.
New York. Thomas seems to have remained a short time
at Stratford and no further record is found of him. William
and John became members of the first Congregational
church at Westchester. The town had been settled in
1654 by Puritans from Connecticut, but as early as 1642
thirty-five Massachusetts families had settled in the county,
leaving their former home "on account of the persecutions
which resulted in the expulsion of Roger Williams." The
first mention of these Quinbys on Westchester record, is
in 1662.
In 1665, Governor Richard NicoUs, successor of Stuy-
vesant, convened an assembly of representatives of the
Westchester county towns to meet with those of the
Long Island towns at Hempstead. This was the First
Colonial Assembly and John Quinby and Edward Jessup
were the representatives elected from Westchester town.
The citizens gave them as warrant of their election a
paper in which they agreed to "stand by their representa-
tives in whatever they do." The first name signed to the
document is that of William Quinby. This is the last
record we have of him; he was then no doubt over sixty-
five years of age. The only reasonably certain record of
his children is the mention on the Stratford town books of
his sons, Thomas and John (also mentioned by Savage).
Robert was also of the second generation, though whether
son or nephew doesn't appear. The second generation
therefore is so far as known, as follows:
2 I. Robert^ Quinby, born probably about 1625 (see);
II. Thomas* Quinby, succeeded his father as owner of
the home lot at Stratford; no descendants known;
Orcutt says (p. 136) "he was a land owner in
Stratford about 1660 and removed to Westchester
about 1664;"
3. III. John 2 Quinby, born before 1633 if he was 21 when
his daughter Deborah was born (1654) (see);
The Quinsy Famh/t 63
From a marriage record at Stamford, Conn., (Hun-
tington, History of Stamford, p. 165) it seems evident
that William had this daughter:
IV. Ann* Quinsy, married 9 mo. 28, 1657, George
Stukey.
Note 1. Col. Ira Quinby of Morris, N. Y., has a paper
which he received by descent, reading as follows: "William
Quinby from the south of England on the isle of Jersey, he being
the grandson of the ancestor, of the last named place and was a.
commissioned ofl&cer of the British navy; his coat-of-arms was a
unicorn with horns, a lamb and sword with the crown, etc. He
came to Saggett's Harbor, east end of Long Island about 1654
or earlier and his wife, I have not learned who she was but was
of the Welch progeny. Their children were **John** and others."
Some of the foregoing may be true, but most of it is the most
obvious nonsense.
Note 2. Lewis & Co.'s Genealogical History of New Jersey,
in an article by Mrs. Nelson Wright, apparently makes William
the son of Robert, who in turn was the son of Thomas, who is
said to have landed at Salem, Mass., about 1630. This is prob-
ably based on CuUeton's report mentioned above; the Robert is
-evidently the name ascribed to the missing link between Thomas
of Farnham, England, and William of Stratford.
Note 3. Mr. Gurnee suggests that "Goodman Quinbee" of
Massachusetts is the missing link, figuring that the word Good-
man, instead of being the usual colonial title of modest respect-
ability (like goodwife) was a given name derived £rom Thomas
Goodman, who was the patron of Thomas Quinby'a^rother John,
the Spanish merchant who died in 1556; Thomas Goodman was
the son-in-law of Edward Quinby's wife. It seems certain however
that Goodman Quinbee was Robert*, the immigrant.
Note 4. Dodd's MSS. mentions a William Quinby, Jr., of
Westchester, 1654. Perhaps this was William', in which case the
link between Thomas of Farnham was probably named William.
Note 5. In the Chesebrough Genealogy, recently published
by Mrs. Pierre W. Wildey of New York, it is stated that Robert*,
the immigrant of Salem was son of John Quinby of SaUsbury,
England, and this was quoted in the Boston Transcript, 16 June,
1915. Mrs. Wildey wrote in answer to my inquiry that she had
no record or remembrance of the source of her statement. I
have never found it elsewhere, and there appears to be neither
foundation or corroboration for it. Robert had a son John *, who
settled at Salisbury, Mass., which may be the origin of Mrs.
Wildey's statement.
64 The Qtjinbt Family
ROBERT^ QUINBY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Immigrant of 1638
2. Robert' Quinby, the ancestor of the New Eng-
land Quinbys and Quimbys came from England to Salem
probably about 1638. The first record of Robert, which
we find in America is under date of 1:5 mo: 1646 (i. e., 1
July, for in those days the year began 25th March, in-
stead of 1 January and March is therefore the "1st mo.")
It is in the records of the Quarterly Court of Essex county,
Mass., held at Salem, and on this occasion Samuel Winsley
and Tristram Coffin were suing one Richard Ayre. Mr.
Winsley deposed that "when he had carried down goods
to load Codman's vessel, Mr. Coffin desired to have his
beef carried. Deponent said he would refer it to goodman
Codman, who told him not to overload the vessel, but
rather to put some of the bolts on shore." The record
adds: "Ralph Blazdale and Robert Quinbee also deposed."
(I. Files, 98). Unfortunately their depositions are no
longer to be found; but it is obvious that Robert Quinby a
was at least twenty-one years of age, which would mean
that he was born before 1625. It is said that Robert's
name also appears in the court records of Norfolk county,
Mass., in 1643, and again 1 May, 1646, where he is men-
tioned as a ship carpenter. I have not been able to verify
this and from the date it is probable that the latter really
refers to the foregoing 1: 5 mo: 1646 entry on the Essex
county record. The earliest town records of Salem have
fortunately been preserved in Essex Institute Historical
Collections (vols. 9 and 40) and as Robert's name is not
mentioned, he may have lived at Salisbury before he is
recorded in 1659.
The next record we have of him is when he bought
for £16 a house and ten acres of land in Salisbury, Massa-
chusetts, on the west side of the Powwow river, bounded
by land of William Sargent, a lane, street, and highway,
28 Feb., 1658. (bk. I., p. 106). The deed was acknowl-
edged 10:2 mo: 1660, and is set out in full on later pages.
William Osgood, a millwright, who had recently be-
come Robert Quiliby's father-in-law, went on the latter's
bond to pay the purchase price. Robert Quinby was even
then a shipbuilder, a calling followed by some of his de-
The QxnNBT Family 65
scendants, including his great-grandson Joseph of Stroud-
water. This house was for a home for Robert and his wife
Elizabeth (History of Ampsbury, by J. Merrill, 1880, p. 61).
There they lived and had their eight children, except the
first one, Lydia.
The following year, 1659, an allotment of lands took
place and Robert Quinby drew lot No. 19.
Robert's name appears in 1659 as one of the seventy-
six tax payers of the "Country Rate" of Salisbury. The
next year he was admitted a townsman ("10 mo., 10 day.")
As one of the owners of common land in Amesbury in
1667-8 he drew certain lots 18 Feb., of that year.
A further grant of land was made in 1666 to Robert
Quinby among others, and at the incorporation of the then
town of New Salisbury (afterwards Amesbury) in that
y«ar, Robert Quinby was one of the thirty-six "freemen."
A grandson, Joseph*, sold his share of his inhi^ritance
13 Nov., 1722 (recorded 28 Sept., 1727), fifteen acres, "the
southeasterly half of the twenty-second .lot of the third
division beyond the pond originally the lott of Robert
Quinbe of Almsbury deceased" (Essex county Deeds, bk.
49, leaf 228).
The following is abstracted from a deed recorded at
Salem; Joseph Quenby, Jr., Benjamin Quenby and Joseph
Jewell, all of Amesbury, quitclaim the place called White
Thorn hill which is now enjoyed by Joseph Quenby, Senior,
provided always that that above named Joseph, Benjamin,
et. al., be not molested on account of any right, title or
interest that ever did or might belong to Thomas Quenby,
deceased, or his successor, or to Philip Quenby or his suc-
cessor. Amesbury 5 Sept., 1722. (No signatures).
At a general meeting in 1667 to arrange the seating in
the new church, Robert Quinby was "to set in the 3 seat
in the nor- west side in the metten house."
Robert married Elizabeth Osgood, the daughter of
William and Elizabeth Osgood, residents of Salisbury,
Mass., till 1660, thereafter of Amesbury, where they had
seats in the meeting houses. (A full accou^it of the Os-
good family appears in I. New England Family History, p.
7'4.) Robert and Elizabeth probably married in 1656-7,
as their first child was born 1657-8. A family record in
the possession of Thomas Weed Quinby gives the date of
their marriage as 7 Jan. (or June) 1653.
Robert Quinby and his wife Elizabeth lived in the
most stirring times New England has ever known, and took
a very active part in some of those events. The witch-
f5)
66 The Quinby Family
craft trials summoned Elizabeth's father and mother as
witnesses; her father and mother also had the notorious
Indian Symon living with them, who subsequently wounded
the daughter of his hosts, Elizabeth Quinby herself and
killed her husband Robert* Quinby, the immigrant an-
cestor, in the Amesbury massacre of 7 July, 1677 (Merrill's
Amesbury, p. 105; Drake's Indian Biography; Chase's
History of Haverhill, p. 126). In a letter dated Ames-
bury, 9:5 mo: 1677, it is set forth how Symon, the Indian,
knocked our ancestress on the head; she related that when
he came to her, she asked him not to kill her. He slaid,
"Why, goodwife Quinby, do you think that I will kill
you?"
"Because you kill all the English," said she.
"I will give quarter to never an English dog of you
all," said he, and gave her a blow on the head; where upon
she called him "Rogue!" and threw a stone at him; and
then he gave her two more and settled her for dead.
The foregoing is the very language of the letter, which
is still preserved in the Massachusetts Archives, vol. 67, p.
142, at Boston, and is set forth in full a few pages further
on.
Robert's widow Elizabeth was appointed administra-
trix on his estate 9 Oct., 1677, and afterwards, 26 Sept.,
1694, their son Robert' Quinby was appointed adminis-
trator of the estate of both his parents, and the estate was
divided in 1700.
The children of Robert and Elizabeth (Osgood) Quinby
were born as follows:
I. Lydia' Quinby, born 22 Jan., 1657-8 at Salisbury,
Mass.; she married 10 Apr., 1674, William', son of
William* and Isabel Holdridge or Holdred of
Exeter (mentioned VIII. Register, 157);
4. II. William' Quinby, born 11 June, 1660, at Salisbury
(see);
5. III. Robert' Quinby, born at Salisbury (see);
6. IV. John' Quinby, born 7 Sept., 1665, at Salisbury (see);
V. Thomas' Quinby, born 8 Feb., 1668, at Salisbury;
he is not known to have married, and deeds in-
dicate that he did not; he was living as late as
1700, in which year he was mentioned in the will
of his grandfather W'lliam Osgood (referred to in
C. H. Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts"); records
indicate he died before 1722. In the Boston Even-
ing Transcript, Genealogical note *383, one J. B. P.
suggested that "Thomas Quinby or his brother
Philip may have gone to Wethersfield," Connec-
ticut; this, if intended to imply a clue to connec-
The Qthnbt Familt 67
tion with William' Quinby, seems valueless on
account of dates;
VI. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 17 Oct., 1670, at Ames-
bury; she probably died young;
VII. Philip' Quinby, born 1 Mar., 1672-3, at Amesbury;
he was living in 1700, but he is not known to have
married;
7. VIII. Joseph' Quinby, born 6 Mar., 1676, at Amesbury,
(see) .
Note 1 — Robert' and his family are briefly set forth in "Old Families of
Salisbury and Amesbury," by David W. Hoyt, I. 295.
Note 2 — References in this Book to "Register" mean the New England
Historic-Genealogical Register of Boston, of which about seventy volumes have
been published.
68 The QnmBT Pamilt
THE "SYMON INDIAN" LETTER
The following is the letter mentioned a few pages back.
The heroine referred to is Elizabeth (Osgood) Quinby, the
daughter of William^ Osgood and wife of Robert' Quinby
of Amesbury. The original letter is preserved in the
Massachusetts Archives, vol. 69, pp. 141-2. The words
italicized (in parenthesis) are crossed out in the original.
Amesbury: 9: 5 mo: 1677
Sr: Be pleased by these to undrstand yt yestrday be-
ing ye Sabbath. There was 5 Indians seen by Jno: Hoyt
Junr follow one another in a strait file upon Thomas
Haynes's hill & goe into ye bushes & a sixth to follow ye
five (sixth) : seen by anothr : & in ye Af trnoone one Indian
wase seen by two off Sergt: Belchers men: & ye last night
ye Indians weere about ye garison wher Sergt Belchers men
keep: & Just now there was an Indian seen undr the fence
creeping towrd Thomas Hayn's towrds ye place where ye:
men were slain on fry day last: Soe yt wee doe assuredly
conclude yt Symon & his party are nott Drawne ofif fro
ye town but evr & ano& shew yms: by one two or some
few of ym to draw out or weake strength into ym & to cutt
us off And ye grounds off this or opinion is further con-
firmed unto us by ye relacn off ye wounded woman: wch
according to yr desire wee whose names are undrwritten
tooke fro her mouth: viz: That there were about ten yt
killed or men, & about twenty yt shee saw in all & yt she
knew ye most off those yt shee saw iff nott all off them to
be Indians yt Dwelt formerly here-abouts & att Newbury
ffalls: although she (m) did nott know all yr names butt
some shee knew by name: & named Symon: & Pooky John
formerly soe called now Andrew: & one Jeoffry now called
Samuel & one named Joseph as she thinks, (wee asked her
how long it was.) And yt It was Symon yt knockt her on
ye head, whome when he came to her she desired him
nott To kill her: why sd he goodwife Quinby: (wch was
her name) doe you think yt I will kill you? Sd shee be-
cause you kill all english: sd he I will give Qurtr to nevr
an english dogg off you all, & gave her a blow on ye head
whereupon she called him Rogue & threw a stone att him,
& then he gave her twoe more & settled her for Dead: Wee
The Quinby Family 69
Asked whither she was sure yt It was Symon & how long
It was ere yt she saw him before she Answrd yt about 3
years since he was att their house with an otter: wch time
pson & Token Sargt: Samll ffoot, being then att ye house
doth very well remember & Affirms ye same This Con-
sidred in Conjunction with Symon's being & living an ap-
prentisce servant with Goodwife Quinbies father att {dut-
ing) ye same time yt her selfe also lived with her father
whose name was Will Osgood seems to confirme unto us
her perfect knowledg of Simon Which things Considred
wee Doubt Nott but yt Itt is Symon & his party yt layes
siege unto or towne Neither Do wee scruple ye womans
certaine knowledg off Symon Indian.
further more shee relates yt when Symon was about
to kill her, & she called to ye garrison: He sayd why doe
you call to ye Garrison. I will have that too by and by
This is a faithfull & true relac & acct off or
present Concernmts fro Sr yr humble servts
Philip Challis Leift:
Jeremiah Belcher
Samell foot
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of the Secretary, Boston, January 24, 1908.
A true copy. Witness the Great Seal of the Common-
wealth.
(Seal.) Wm. M. Olin, Secretary.
Deed to Robert^ Quinby
(Norfolk Records. Book 1, L. 106. Ent. & Recorded ye 15 day
of the 4th Mo. 1660.)
To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come
Know Yea, that I, Rodger Eastman of the towne of Salisbury in
the County of Norfolk, Maschusetts in New England house car-
penter for divers good and lawful! consideracons mee thereunto
moveing, but especially in consideracon of sixteen pounds sterling
by an obligation or bonde under the hands and seals of William
Osgood of ye towne aforesaid Millwrite and Robert Quenby of ye
same towne ship carpenter to mee the said Rodger Eastman in
hand att and before the sealing & delivering of these presents
bareing even date with these presents and payable according to
ye tenure therof have given granted alienated bargained sold en-
foefed and confirmed and by these presents doe fully, clearly, and
absolutely give, grant, alienate, bargain, sell, enfoefee, and con-
firm unto the said Robert Quenby one messuage or dwelling house
with certaine upland thereunto adioyning apperteining and belong-
ing the same house and land now cituate lying & being within the
70 The Quinbt Family
bounds of the township of Salisbury aforesaid uppon ye west side
of ye Pawwares River the said land conteining by estimacon tenn
acres more or less lyng with the Northermost side uppon the land
of William Sargent and with the Southermost side upon ye lane
leading into the Common; the Estermost end butting uppon the
street; and the westermost end butting uppon the highway leading
between the two divisions of planting lotts. To have and to hold
the said Messuage or dwelling house and and planting ground
with all the fenceing wood and tymber growing lying or being
thereuppon with all other rights privilidges & appurtenances in
any manner or wayes therunto apperteining or belonging unto the
said Robert Quenby his heires and assignes to the only propper
use and behoofe of ye said Robert Quenby his heiers and assignes
forever, And the said Rodger Eastman for himsielfe his heirs,
executors and assigns doth covenant and promise to, and
said Robert Quenby his heires and assigns, that the said bar-
gained prmisses with every part and parcel! thereof is free and
cleare and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated, discharged from
all and all manner of former, and other guifts, grants, bargaines,
sales leases, morgages, joynters, dowers title of dower extents judg-
ments, execucons, entayles, rents and arrearages, of rents forfeit-
ures, fines amerciamts and off and from all other titles, trobles,
charges, demands and incumbrances whatsoever, had, made com-
itted suffered, omitted or done by the said Rodger Eastman his
heires and assignes, or by any person, or psons whatsoever law-
fully clayming for by or under him the said Rodger Eastman his
heires or assignes forever, And herby doe and shall from time to
time and att all tyme's, warrantize and maintains the said bar-
gained premises and every part and parcell thereof against all
manner of persons whatsoever, haveing clayming, or pretending
to have any right, title or interest, into ye baiigained premises or
any part or parcell thereof; And to doe or cause to bee done,
whatsoever farther act, or acts are by the lawes, of this Jurisdicon
required to bee acted and done for the farther assuerance and
firme confirmacon of ye bargained prmisses and ever part and
parcell thereof:
In witnesse whereof I the said Rodger Eastman have hereunto sett
by hand and seale this 28th of Ffebruary one thousand six hun-
dred fifty eight.
Signed, sealed & Dd. and
possession given in ye presence of
Tho. Bradbury
Josiah Peirce
Jno. Cutt
The X mark of Rodger Eastman with a seale to itt. This
bill of sale was acknowledged by Rodger Easlman, to bee his act
& deed & his wiffe Sarah consented thereunto surrendring up hir
right of dowrie before ye Court held at Salisbury ye lO'th. of the
2d. Mo. 1660
As attests Tho. Bkadbubt, Rec.
The QxnNBY Family 71
Administration, Estate of Robert Quinby.
Rnhiij\ 1fi77%^ ^^^It ^r'^^y- ^°^^'* *^d Elizabeth (wife of
Robert) 1677, Paper No. 1, Amesbury Records.]
Inventory, estate of Robert Quinbe deed.
Total £ sh. d.
114 08 00
27 Aug. 1677.
William Carons
Robert Jons
Thomas ffowller
Upon request of Elizabeth Quenby
Letters of Administration were granted upon
the estate of Robe;:t Quenby by the Court
at Hampton 9th, 8th mo.
Tho. Bradbury, Rec.
Administration Bond.
[Paper 2. (abstract)]
Know all men by these Presents that we Robert Quinbe of
Amsbry as P'Ciple & Jarvis Ring of Salsberry and Thomas Currier
of Amsbery as surety in Essex County husbandmen, Province of
Massachusetts Bay are holden & stands firmly bound unto Bartho:
Gedney in the sum of two hundred pounds to be pd to Bartholmew
Gedney Esq. in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Wills & for
granting letters of administration To the payment whereof we bind
ourselves, our heirs etc. by these presents Sealed with our Seals
this 26 day Sept. 1694. The condition of this obligation is such
that if Robert Quinbee, administrator of the goods etc. of Robert
Quinbee father of above sd Robert, & Elizabeth Quinbe mother of
ye above sd. Robert in the County afsd. deed, intestate do make
an inventory of the Goods, etc. of sd. deed, which shall come to
knowledge of the administrator, or persons for him, and the same
do exhibit to the Registers of sd County at or before the 1st
Tuesday of Jan. next, and the Goods etc which at any time
thereafter come into possession of the administrator or any person
for him, 4° administer according to law & make account of said
administration at or before the 1st Tuesday of January 1695 and
all residue remaining on administrator's account being examined
& allowed by the Judge of Probate of Wills, shall deliver and pay
to such persons as said Judges appoint, and if it shall hereafter
appear that any last will was made by the decease, the executors
do exhibit same to the sd Court of Probate, if said administrator,
do deliver these Letters of Administration (approbation of such
Testament being first had & made) into the Register's Office of
sd. County, then this obligation to be void or else remain full
force.
Signed Sealed Delivered
John Croadb Robert Quenby
Joseph Eaton Jabves Ring
Thomas Currier.
72 The Quinby Family
[Paper 3 (abstract)]
Inventory of the Estate of Robard Quenby and Elizabeth his
wife both lale of Amsbury in the County of Essex deed, intestate
as foUoweth as given to us by Robard Quenby son, 48
Robard Quenby Total amt. 76—19—8
Apprised by subscribers November 3rd, 1694.
Jacob Morhill
Jarves Ring
Thomas Currier.
By Hon. Bartho Gedney
Robert Quinbey Esq. pec. 25, '94 made oath to truth of above
inventory.
Attest Steph Sewall Regr.
Norfolk Records B. 3 Leaf 25.
This is a true Inventory of y* Estate of Rob* Quenby de-
ceased as it was prized by us W™ Barnes Rob* Jones Tho: Fowler
who being chosen by y^ wyfe of Rob* Quenby deceased
first wee doe prize y^ corne upon y* ground at
2 wee doe prize ye house & house lott att
3 wee doe prize six acres of land at Whithorne hill att
4 wee doe prize his land att burgmore att
5 wee doe prize his land att burchin hill meadow att
6 wee doe prize 7 neat Cattle att
7 wee doe prize 6 swine att
8 wee do prize 2 mares & a pole att
9 wee do prize six sheep att
10 wee do prize ye bedding & household stuff at
11 we doe prize ten yards of clothe att
12 wee do finds in debts due to him from ffrancis Davis
Wee do finde y ' all ye pticulars above written doe come to
one hundred & fowerteen pound eight shillings.
This a true account of ye estate of Robt. Quenby deceased
intestate as it was presented unto us by Elizabeth Quenby his late
wyfe wc was priced by us according to o^ best light as witnesses
o« hands ye 27: of August 1677.
Willi: Barnes
Robert Jones
Tho: Ffowleb
Elizabeth Quenby gave oath to ye truth of this Inventory &
if more Appeares shee is to p'sent it to ye next Court att Salis-
bury & to attend ye order of sd Court about ye disposall of sd
estate — Tho Bradbury rec"* .
Acquittance.
[Paper 4 {abstract)]
These Presents witnesseth that I William Quinby son of Will-
iam Quinby late of Almsbury deed, of Essex County, agreed with
my uncle Robard Quinby of the Town & County above sd who
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The Quinby Familt 73
was appointed administrator of the estate of my grandfather
Kobard Quinby of Almsbury now deed, and it appearing by a
paper bearing date Dec. 24, 1694 that the part belonging to my
father was 2-3 of the Homestead & one pound three shillings in
moveables, upon transfer to said William of certain land together
with all fell trees upon it, belonging to it and all privileges be-
longing I do acquitt and discharge my uncle Robard Quinby of
and from all that might be due unto my father William Quinby
late of Almsbury as his portion of estate of my grandfather Robard
Quinby.
In witness I set my hand 21 day, 2nd month 1713.
Jarves Rowell William Quenbt
Jacob Mobrill John Clarke
Upon request of Elizabeth Quenby administration was granted
her by the County Court held at Hampton 9th Oct. 1677.
Tho: Bradbury, rec.
True copy as attests Tho: Bradbury, rec.
[Paper 5 (abstract)]
To the Honored Judge of Probate Bartholomew Gidney A Squ« -
This may certify concerning the division of the estate of Rob-
ert Quenby of Almsbury and his wife Elizabeth deed, is as fol-
loweth
William Quenby's part being 2-3 of homestead and one pound
three shillings in moveables.
John Quenby's part being Bugmore Lott and ye ox: Thomas
Quenby's part being white thorne hill lott and twenty shillings
moveables; Philip Quenby's and Joseph's parts Burchin Meadow
Lott, Lydia the daughter to be pd nine pounds out of moveables
to be paid by the administrator upon demand; Robart the ad-
ministrator of estate to have the remainder part of estate, this
agreement was made by us the children, & subscribed by us chil-
dren 24 Dec. 1694.
John Quenby
Philip Quenby
Thomas Quenby
Joseph Quenby
Witness Robert Queenby
Jacob Morrill
Jarves Ring
Thomas Currier
[No. 5 (4 marked 5) (abstract)]
These presents witnesseth that I Joseph Quenby of the Town
of Amesbury, Essex County, Mass. Bay N. E. do aquit and dis-
charge my brother Robart Quenby of the same town County and
Province from all demands dues etc.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
Dated July 19, 1711.
Witness Joseph Quenby
Benjamin Currier
Thomas Currier
74 The Quinbt Familt
[Marked 5 {abstract)]
Received of my brother Robbart Quinby administrator of the
estate of our father and mother Robbart and Elizabeth Quinby
deed, to say that that pari of estate which fell to my right which
is one-half of land called Burchim Meadow Lott received by me
Phillip Quinby in full satisfaction as my part of my father's and
mother's estate heard by both for myself, heirs^ etc., have forever
quitclaim and discharged my above named brother Robbart Quin-
by his heirs etc. from ever laying claim on any part of the above
mentioned estate in witness whereof I have set my hand. All
these sometime of Amesbury. Dated Jan. 16, 1699.
Philip Quinby.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us, Jarvis Ring, Thomas
Ffraime.
Philip Quinby above mentioned and subscribed appeared and
acknowledged this receipt and writing to be his, dated 23 Jan.
1698, before me Robert Pike, J. P.
[5 (4) No. 5]
Received of my brother Robbart Quinby administrator to sd
estate of our father and mother Robbart & Elizabeth Quinby
deed, to say that part of estate which according to agreement fell
to my right which is a lott of land commonly called Bugsmore
lott received by me, received by me John Quinby in satisfaction
of my father's and mother's estate, I do for myself my heirs etc
forever quitclaim etc. my above sd brother Robart Quinby, his
heirs etc. from ever claiming etc. any part of above mentioned
estate Witness I hereunto subscribe my hand affix my seal Ames-
bury Jan. 16, 1699-10.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of us, Jarves Ring,
Thomas Ffraime. ^
John Quinby
John Quinby above subscribed personally appeared and owned
the above to be his by hand and date 23 Jan. 1698.
before me Robert Pike, J. P.
Note — Between the ancient scrivener and the modem copyist, the two papers
above seem to be a hash.
3. John 2 (William^) born in England about 161 — ;
probably arrived at Salem, Mass., in 1638; was at Strat-
ford, Connecticut, with his father from certainly 1639, till
he moved to Weatchester, N. Y., about 1660. He was
said by a great-great-grandson to have been an officer in
the King's Army at the time Cromwell overthrew the
Government, and fled to America at that time; but that
took place in 1649. He was a member of the committee
on schools and of the committee to fill a vacancy in the
pulpit of Westchester. He with Edward Jessup repre-
sented the town of Westchester in 1665, at the First New
York Assembly at Hempstead, convened by Governor Rich-
ard NicoUs, of the towns of Westchester county and Long
The Quinbt Family 75
Island. He was a member of the first Congregational
church of Westchester. He was one of six magistrates
appointed in 1662 by Governor Stuyvesant. Their juris-
diction was hmited to the affairs of their own town and it
was expressly set forth that they should have no authority
over dark and dubious matters, especially witchcraft."
(21 Albany Rec. 233-8).
"This Court doth accept of the town of Westchester
as a member of this corporation, being rece'd and accepted
as such by o'r Councill formerly. This Court doth de-
clare that all the land between the-sayd West Chester and
Stanford also, doth belong to the Colony of Connecticut.
Tho: Hunt, John Quinby, Rob. Hiiested, Nicholas Bayley,
Rich: Ponton, Smll Mills are accepted to be made free
(i. e., admitted as 'freemen' by taking the oath, etc.) ac-
cording to order of court." (Colonial Records of Con-
necticut, 1638-65; Hartford, Brown Parsons, 1850).
John Quinby, With four other persons, was a patentee
of Westchester in 1667. In 1673 New York surrendered
to the Dutch and later, upon the return of the English, the
patent was confirmed to the same trustees.
S^id Charles F. Jenkins in the Doylestown (Pa.) In-
telligencer (2 July, 1891): "As Westchester was settled by
Puritans from Connecticut in 1654, among whom were
William and John Quinby, provisions were early made for
the establishment of religion according to the Independent
or Congregational order. William and John Quinby were
members of this church. Part of John Quinby's duty as
magistrate was that of procuring a suitable minister when
there was a vacancy."
In 1662, upon the nomination of town officers the in-
habitants of the town of Westchester addressed the Gov-
ernor as follows: "Right Honorable Lord Governor of the
New Netherlands, Lord Stevensone, We, the inhabitants
of the towns, do heare present our choice unto your honor,
for the establishing of magistrates for the ensuing year;
these may give your honor for to understand what the
towns choyce is as foUoweth, namely: William Betts, Rob-
ert Huestis, John Quinby, Edward Waters, Nicholas Bayly,
Thomas Vaille, East Towne, Feb. 11, 1662." (XX. Alb.
Rec. 51). (Bolton's History of Westchester county, N. Y.
ed. 1881, II. 280).
The difficulties between the English province of Con-
necticut and the Dutch province of New Netherlands con-
tinued to increase until the subjugation of the latter by
the British forces under Governor Richard NicoUs, Aug.
76 The Quinby Family
27th, 1664, says Bolton, (II. 286). He continues by set-
ting forth in full a document dated 15 June, 1664, by which
the inhabitants of Westchester town recognized the title
of their lands in Thomas Pell; this was signed by John
Quinby, first, followed by the signatures of sixteen others.
The following day Pell signed an agreement on the same
paper "that the inhabitants might enjoy the present im-
provements of Their Labors, Their home Lotts and plant-
ing grounds with what meadows were in times past laid
out to each man's particular to mow for this yeare," etc.
When Governor Richard NichoUs convened an As-
sembly from the towns of Long Island and Westchester to
meet at Hempstead, 1 Mar. 1665, John Quinby and Edward
Jessup appear as deputies from the town of Westchester.
(Albany Records, General Entries, 1664-5, p. 96; see Dun-
lap's History of New York; II. Bolton, 296).
"August 6th, 1665. We, whose names are under-
written, doe jointly agree to set to our hands to send the
eight townsmen to Governor NicoUs, to stand by them in
what they doe in that particular, for the settlement of the
towne." The names signed to this document are thirteen
in number, headed by that of William^ Quinby.
The records of the trials held in New Amsterdam, now
New York, have been published under civic authority.
Vol. V. contains the minutes of the Court of Burgomasters
and Schepens for 1664-6. At p. 314 is this very full ac-
count of a civil trial in which John Quinby was mentioned:
"November 14, 1665, at a Court; Present, Mr. Corn: V:
Ruyven, deputy major, Mr. Olof StevenS) Mr. Johannes V:
Brugh, Mr. John Laurence, Aldermen; Mr. AUard Anthony,
Sheriff. Mr. John Laurence, pltf. vs. Denys Isaacksen,
deft. Pltf. sets forth in his declaration, that there is due
him from the deft, a balance of the sum of fl. 14:16. and
that deft, has treated him, pltf., very rudely, pushing and
threatening him as more fully appears by his declaration
and that of John Quimby.
Deft, says, that his wife agreed with pltf., that if she
brought two good beavers, the said sum should be then
erased, and he would in addition pay her 10 lbs. of butter,
which pltf. now refuses: he denies further that he either
pushed or threatened pltf. but says that pltf. and above
named Quimby have pushed and beaten him repeatedly."
After a reply and rejoinder, follows this judgment: The
Mayor and Aldermen having heard the parties, condemn
the defendant, first, to pay the plaintiff two good whole
beavers, and order the plaintiff to give him ten lbs. of
The Quinbt Family 77
butter according to the agreement; and that the defendant
shall further pay for this time, on account of his unbecom-
ing behaviour a fine of "6 guilders zewant" for the church,
together with the costs incurred in the suit.
In 1667 Governor NicoUs executed a patent dated Feb.
13, granting unto John Quinby, followed by four others
'as patentees" for and on behalf of themselves and their
associates, the free holders and inhabitants of ye said town.
"Upon the 13th Sept. 1669, we find a special warrant
addressed to Thomas Pell for unjustly keeping from Mr.
Thomas Richbell a certain parcel of meadow ground on
one of the three necks at Mamaroneck." This litigation
between the patentees had been already going on for at
least ten years.
"Upon the 20th of January, 1671, a commission was
appointed, consisting of Capt. Dudley Lovelace, Capt.
Jaques Cortelyou, Mr. Elias Doughty, Capt. Richard Pon-
ton and Mr. John Quinby, to view ye bounds in difference
between Mr. Pell and Mr. Richbell." Five days later "an
amicable composure of ye difference" was set forth in an
order duly made.
John^* Quinby appears in 1672 in the proceedings in
the estate of Asher Levy as owing seven guilders (New
York county Surrogate's records, liber B. 19, Wills).
In 1673 the province of New York surrendered to the
Dutch, and after a few years the English again achieved
control. Governor Dongan thereupon granted a new and
confirmatory patent, under date 6 Jan. 1686, to John
Quinby and the others as patentees, etc. Bolton sets these
patents out in full, spelling John's surname invariably with
an m, on pages 287-290, vol. II.
The records of deeds of Westchester county at White
Plains have been laboriously searched deed by deed by
Mr. Arthur Haviland, down through vol. E for any Quinby
as witness to these early instruments, there being of course
no index to the names of witnesses. The earliest docu-
ment witnessed by John^ Quinby is where he and Thomas
Baxter witnessed an assignment of John Pallmar of West-
chester to John Hunt of a "bill of sale" by Samuel Barrett
to Hunt of two home-lots on the highway of the town of
Westchester, dated 3-12-1677 and recorded 9-25-1686 (bk.
A, p. 104). There had been earlier recorded a separation
deed between Edward and Martha T. Hubbard, recorded
4-7-1686 (bk. A, p. 73). John Quinby and Arthur Bell
witnessed a deed of John Hunt of Westchester to Henry
Gardner, 2-9-1682 (bk. A, p. 126); John Quinby and Robert
78 The Qthnby Family
Hustiss were witnesses to a deed of Thomas Vaile of West-
chester, 3-7-1678 (bk. B, p. 395).
It is an especially interesting fact, shown in book C,
p. 6, that among those signing the oath of allegiance to
King William in Westchester c'ounty were the two John
Quinbys and Josiah' Quinby, the former two of the town
of Westchester and the last of Mamaroneck. The date
does not appear in this ancient book, now well over two
centuries old, but from the dates of records preceding and
following, the time must have been between the first day
of 1698 and the first of May, 1699.
In 1684, at a town meeting held at Westchester town,
2 April of that year, it was resolved:
"That the Justices and Vestryman of Westchester,
Eastchester and Yonckers, do accept of Mr. Warham
Mather, as our minister for one whole year, and that he
shall have sixty pounds, in country produce at money
price, for his salary, and that he shall be paid every quarter.
Done in behalf of the Justices aforesaid. Signed by us,
John Quinby, John Baley, Joseph Hunt, John Burkbee."
John* Quinby's wife's name was Deborah. It seems
certain that her surname was Haight. It is so given in the
Dodd MS. and in the article on the Quinbys in the Found-
ers and Builders of the Oranges; but certainly the latter
cannot be considered authoritative.
Through the careful search by Mr. Haviland of the West-
chester county records we learn that the first recorded instrument
to which John' Quinby was a partty was a deed dated 8-8-1685,
from John and Sarah Turner of Westchester town (vol. A, p. 37)
to John Quinby, Sr., yeoman, of the same town, which conveyed
a parcel of land on the westerly side of the Bronx river, bounded
northerly to that river by the highway, and easterly on one side
by the same river and southerly by the lot of John Quinby, Sr., ad-
joining thereunto being called the "sixth draft," and westerly by
the highway both northerly and westerly within the bounds of
Westchester; the lot so conveyed is called the "seventy draft,"
evidently referring to the original drawing of the lots; as the
original lot of John Quinby was called the sixth draft, it seems
that this lot adjoining must have been the seventh, not the
"seventy."
Under the same date, 8-8-1685 (bk. A, p. 42) is the record of
the transfer of a cow and some sheep transferred to John Turner
for the parcel of land bought by John Quinby, Sr.
The next recorded deed is of 7-26, 1693, (vol. B, p. 154)
whereby John Quinby, Sr., and Deborah, his wife, "living in the
town and county of Westchester" sold to Israel Honeywell one
and a half acre in the town of Westchester, "salt meadow, situated
at the rear of the house lot which was formerly Samuel Palmers,
butting southerly to the Town Bridge, and northerly to the mea-
dow which was formerly the said Palmer's."
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In 1697-8, John Quinby, Sr., and Deborah his wife, and John
Quinby, Jr., and Annah his wife, all of the borough and town of
Westchester, sold the home lot of five acres and privileges to
Erasmus Alton, who had married Elizabeth, daughter of John, Sr.
Erasmus wrote on the deed (bk. B, p. 393) a promise " that I nor
my heirs shall have right belonging to the said home lot which I
bought of my brother John Quinby, Jr." The meaning of this is
somewhat obscure. The deed of 3-4-1698 (B, 393) mentioned
above from John Quinby Sr. and Deborah, to Israel Honeywell
sells "all that £25 privilege with the rights thereunto belonging
situate within the borough and town of Westchester." The deed
of the home lot was by John, Jr. and Annah.
From deeds from Josiah and Mary of 9-21-1709 (bk. D, p. 33)
it appears that the home lot of John Quinby, Sr., at Westchester
town was bounded north by the common sheep pasture, south by
land formerly of Erasmus Alton, east by the highway that leads
to the town landing or mill and west by the sheep common. A
second deed (10-3-1710, bk. D, p. 93) of Josiah and Mary refers
to "my father John Quinby lately deceased," so John' Quinby
died 1709-10.
Children of John" and Deborah (Haight) Quinby:
8. I. John' Quinby, born 1651 (see);
9. II. Charles' Quinby, died intestate before 1705 at
Westchester town;
10. III. Josiah' Quinby, born 166-? (see);
IV. Maby' Quinby;
The foregoing are named by Savage in the Gen-
ealogical Dictionary and by Bolton in his history; one of
them, says Savage, was born at Stratford, Connecticut.
Probably the others were born in Westchester county.
Dodd's MS. also mentions:
V. Deborah' Quinby, born 2 Apr. 1659, at Stratford,
Conn., the only Quinby item on the town record
as printed in Cothren's "Ancient Woodbury,"
(III. 673). In an ancient MS. in the possession
of Col. Ira* Quinby, of Morris, N. Y., the list of
children is given as John, Jr., Josiah, Charles; also:
11 VI David' Quinby (born perhaps 165-6-);
The records of Westchester county deeds also show
another daughter:
VII Elizabeth' Quinby, married Erasmus Alton of
Westchester town before 1698 and lived on her
father's home lot.
Note 1-For some reason Dodd MS. does not identify t^i^ J°j>'j' J^j'"
liam^) as the one who fathered the John' who married Anne Kia^Btadt, on the
contrary it says: "John^ Quinby of EngUsh descent f^^d Deborah daugh-
ter of Charl^ Townley (son or grandson of J^^^^) ^^^ ^'^tr.fv^ Kierstea/
who married Anna Kierstead, daughter of Hance and Sarah (Janty) K^erstead
They had I. Sarah' Quinby; II. Anna' Qmnby; III. John' Quinby born 1686
80 The Qdinbt Family
at Wampus pond," etc. (see John' herein). And all this in spite of the fact that
Dodd states that the ^rife of John* (John^, William^) was named Anne, and
that he knows nothing further of him. A tradition of the Westchester fam-
ily today is that their "immigrant ancestor married J^ne, daughter of John
Townley."
Note 2 — Orcutt's Stratford gives the birth of Deborah' as 20 Apr.
Note 3 — Martha' Quinby may have been another daughter; she married
13 May, 1683, Hope, son of Kichard Chapman of Braintree, Mass., who had
removed to Stonington, Conn.; they removed later to Stratford, Conn., where
Hope "denounced" Martha in his will; they had a son Richard. There was a
Quinley family early at Stonington.
The Quinbt Family 81
THIRD GENERATION
4. William" (Robert'') was born at Salisbury in Massa-
chusetts 11 June, 1660, and as a young child went to live
in the adjoining town of Amesbury. He took the oath of
allegiance 20 Dec. 1677, at Amesbury before Maj. Robert
Pike (VI. Register, 202); was a member of the training
band in 1680, and in that year his name appears 10:3 mo.
in a petition to the General Court from Amesbury in rela-
tion to a military officer. (18 Register, 76). His wife's
given name was Sarah. He was "living in 1700," being
mentioned in his grandfather Osgood's will; but the order
appointing his brother Robert' as guardian of his property
is dated 26 Sept. 1694, and begins: "William Quinby,
being lately taken or killed by the Indians, his death not
made certain." The accompanying inventory, appraised
by Jacob Morrill, Jarvis Ring and Thomas Currier amount-
ed to over £75. Administration was finally granted to
Robert' on William's estate' 11 June, 1705. Benjamin
Eastman and Samuel Joy of Salisbury went on Robert's
bond. At that time William would have been forty-five
years old, if living; Robert was probably several years
younger. The inventory of 1705 which follows, is by
Philip and iJaniel Rogers and is appraised by Samuel Joy
and Benjamin Eastman at £15 : 16sh. There is nothing
on record refeBring to the discrepancy and it may be an
error of the copyist. From the administration papers,
which are here set forth in full, as well as from other
records, it appears that the children of William' and Sarah
Quinby were:
I. Elizabeth* Quinby, bom 6 Mar. 1689, at Ames-
bury;
12. II. William* Quinby, born 8 Oct. 1693 (see)
Records of William Quinby
(Court records, Salem, Mass , envelope 23165, William Quin-
bee, paper 1 abstract) Know all men by these presents, That we
Robert Quinbee of Almsbury as principal and Benja Easman &
Samiiell Joy of Salisbury in Essex county as Sureties of Massa-
chusetts Bay, New England, are holden and firmly bound to John
Appleton, Esq., Judge of the Court for the Probate of Wills and
granting administration in the county of Essex, in the full sum of
(6)
82 Tbo! Quinbt Pamilt
seventy pounds, current money of New England, to be paid to
said Appleton, Judge, and his successors in sd office; to payment
whereof we do bind ourselves and our heirs executors, etc., firmly
by these presents. Sealed with our Seals June 11, 1705.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above
bounden Robt. Quinbee, administrator of all the Goods and chat-
tels, etc., of the estate of William Quinbee late of Almsbury deed.,
intestate, do make inventory of all the goods, etc. of the sd dec'd.
which shall come to the hands, etc. of the administrator or other
persons for him and the same do exhibit into the Registry of the
Court of Probate of Essex county at or before the first Monday
of June next and the same of all goods etc. of the sd deceased
which at time of his death or any other time shall come into the
possession of the administrator or any persons for him and do
make a true accompt of his sd administration upon oath at or before
the first Monday in July, 1705, and all the rest of sd goods etc.
found remaining upon sd administrators account, the same being
examined and allowed by the Judges for the time being for the
Probate of Wills and granting of administration in the county of
Essex, shall pay to such persons as said Judges by decree pursuant
to law shall appoint; and if it shall hereafter appear that any last
will or testament was made hy the deceased and the executors do
exhibit the same to the Court of Probate for Essex county, mak-
ing request to have it allowed, if sd administrator do render said
letters of administration (Approbation of said testament being
first made) unto the Court before-written, then the above written
obligation to be void and of none effect; otherwise to abide and
be in full force and virtue. Robert Quenby, Ben Easman, Samuel
Joy.
Administration Papers, William' Quinby
(Essex County Probate, Salem, Mass., envelope 23164). Will-
iam Quinbey. Inventory of estate of William Quenby given in
to us the subscribers by Robart Quenby the next elder brother.
amts 07 00 00
05 00 00
(items omitted in this copy) 02 05 00
4
04 00 00
00 10 00
05 00 00
04 00 00
03 15 00
03 00 00
02 00 00
36 10 00
Apprized by us Jacob Morrill, Jarves Ring, Thomas Currier
Before ye Hono. Ct. Bartho Gedney Esq. Sept. 26, 1694, William
Quinbey, being lately taken or killed by ye Indians, his death not
yet made certain and Robert Quinbey, his brother presenting ye
above as a true Inventory of estate and alleging there are two
small children of sd William Quinbey's that need to be cared for
ye sd Robert is therefore appointed to take care of said estate
that it be not Imbezeld, till further order Steph: Sewall Regr.
00
00
16
00
10
06
00
00
10
00
The QtJiNBY Familt 83
(Essex county, paper 3) John Appleton Judge of the Probate
of Wills etc. in sd county of Essex to Robert Quinbee of Alms-
bury, Administrator of the estate of William Quinbee, late of sd
Almsbury Deed, sendeth Greeting.
Whereas complaint hath been by Josiah Clark of Ipswich
Creditor tq estate of ye sd deed, for keeping one of ye children
of ye sd deed, and you keeping ye estate in yor hands and ren-
dering no account of yor administration on sd estate wherefore
you are hereby required in her Magesti. Name to make your
personal appearance before ye sd judge on Monday next at ye
house of Mr. Ffrancis Crumpton Innholder in sd Ipswich at twelve
o'clock then and there to render an account of your management
of ye estate of sd deceased, since you took administration of sd
estate. Thereof fail not as you will ensure your default and ex-
pect ye prosecution of ye bonds. Dated: Ipswich 4 June, 1705
Daniel Rogers Regr. To Constable of Almsbury Prese & make
your return.
Sealed and delivered in presence of us, Philip Ffouler, Daniel
Rogers.
(Paper No. 2) Inventory of the estate of Wilem Qumby late
of Armsbury deed.
itt To his stock and two cows 09
itt To five sheep and two lambs 01
itt To household stuff 03
itt To his interest in his father's lands 16
itt To fifteen bushels of corn 01
Apprised June 11, 1705, Ben Easman, Samuell Joy.
Paper No. 3 (2) Robert Quinbe acco. of administration on
William Quinbe Estate of Almsbury Deed.
June 11, 1705. The said Estate Credr
L 8. d
Pr. Real Estjate as Pr. Inventory 16 00 0
Pr. Personal Estate as Pr. Ditto 15 lo "
The said Estate Debr
To bond and Letter of administration
To inventory and letter
To recording ye account n ^ 0
To allowing yte account u o u
Allowed by administrator for bringing up William
son of sd deed besides income of ye estate 07 lO u
Allowed Josiah Clarke for bringing up Eliza daugh-
ier of sd deceased before ye cow already re- 4 UU u
ceived 2 5 0
To Clark per a cow 0 4 0
To a Quietafe „ , • „ ;„
Allowed ye admr for travell and expences since in ^
sd Court _
16 6
Robert Quenby, Admr.
Sworn and allowed June ye 11, 1705.
NoTE-It i8 probable that the copyist, perhaps through the condition of
the papers, has not copied the figures exactly.
90 7 6
0 2 6
84 The Quinby Family
5. Robert' (Robert^) was born probably about 1662-3
at Salisbury, Massachusetts; he is the only one of his
father's eight children whose birth date is not found on the
town records. He was evidently a soldier at one time, for
he is called Sergeant in his administration papers. He was
one of the five constables, for 18 Oct. 1708, he with the
other four were "ordered prosecuted for not making up
their accounts according to law." (Merrill's History of
Amesbury, p. 159). He was allotted a seat in the meeting
house, 1699 {id. 142).
When his elder brother William' disappeared about
1694, Robert took charge of his estate and of the two in-
fants, who were a girl of five and a boy of one year. In
1705 the neighbors got after him to account for his broth-
er's good's, which apparently he did satisfactorily; and was
appointed administrator by the court. In 1713, however,
the court appointed Josiah Clark as guardian for the boy,
William^. It is probable that the girl, Elizabeth^, had
died by that time, as no record of her is to be found after
1705. Robert died after a long illness, if the large charge
of Dr. Bradstreet, the amount of which was fixed after
Robert's death and paid by the administrator, indi-
cates it. He died early in 1715, for 6 June of that year
administration on his estate was granted to Joseph S his
eldest son. Joseph had presented his inventory 7 Apr.
1715, showing an estate valued at £198 : 4sh. of which
£119 was in real estate. ,His widow, Mary (maiden name
unknown) survived him. Children, born at Amesbury:
13. I. Joseph* Quinby, born (perhaps about 1683-4) (see);
II. John* Quinby, born 2 Dec. 1686; died 28 Dec. 1686;
III. Mary* Quinby, born 11 Oct. 1687; died 12 Dec.
1697;
14. IV. Benjamin* Quinby, born 10 Jan. 1689 (see);
V. Hannah* Quinby, born 23 Aug. 1692; married 12
Jan. 1713-4 at Amesbury, John', son of Thomas'
and Rachel (Barnes) Sargent;
VI. Anne* Quinby, born 23 May, 169S; married at
Amesbury, 1 Jan. 1716-17, Joseph', son of Thom-
as' and Susannah (Guilford) Jewell.
Records of Robert^ Quinby
(Salem Court records, envelope 23, 161 Robert Quinbee,
paper No. 1 abstract). Know all men by these Presents that we
Joseph Quinbee as principal and Jacob Rowell and Job Rowell as
sureties, all of Almsbury, Essex county, are holden and stand firmly
bound unto John Appleton, Esq., Judge of the Probate of Wills
and Granting administration in the county of Essex in the sum
of two hundred pounds, to be paid to sd Judge his successors etc.
The QuiNBT Family 85
to the payment thereof we bind ourselves our heirs etc. firmly by
these presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated June 6, 1715.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above
bounden Joseph Quinbee elder son of and administrator of the
goods and chattels of the estate etc. of his father Robert Quinbee
late of Almsbury deed, do make inventory of all the goods etc,
and the same do administer according to law and do make a true
accompt of his sd administration upon oath, at or before tihe first
Monday in December, 1715, etc., then the above written obliga-
tion to be of none effect, otherwise to abide and be in full force
and virtue. Joseph Quinbee, Jacob Rowell, Job Rowell.
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us Robert Wood-
bery, Danll Rogers.
(Paper 2) Inventory of the estate of Sargent Robart Quenby
late of Amesbury, deed, given in by Joseph Quenby his son. Apr.
7, 1715 (the inventory then follows). Total £198 04 00
Apprized by us this 10 May, 1715, Ben Easman, Jacob Morrill
(Paper 3) Rec'd of Joseph Quenby administrator to estate of
Robart Quenby late of Almsbury deed, one pound two shillings,
tenpence 20 Nov. 1715, Per me J. Brown.
Joseph Quinbey administrator of the estate of Robart Quinby
late of Almsbury deed, his accott. of administration and disburse-
ment.
To myself and two bondsmen to take administration,
For letter and administration and bond
Inventory and prisors
To Thomas Wells money paid
To William Moulton money paid
To Joseph Brown money paid
To Dr. Bradstreet
To funeral charge 03 08 9
To John Ring
To Samll CoUby
To Jonathan Blasdell
My own time and expense, gathering and paying of
debts charge in administration 5 0 0
(Paper 3 (2) ) Essex Co. Dec. 5, 1715, Account administra-
tion on Robt. Quinbee of Almsbry exhibited Pr. Joseph Quinbee
admr.
The sd estate credr
By real Estate as Pr. Inventory 119 00 0
By personal as Pr. ditto 79 03 0
The sd estate Dr.
To Thos. Wells 11 06 2^
To William Moulton 00 08 0
To Joseph Brown 01 02 10
To John Ring 00 02 8
To Samll Coleby 00 06 3
To Jona Blasdell 00 03 0
To Do Bradstreet 0^ 1^ I
To Do Hale 00 10 0
0
15
0
0
10
0
0
09
0
11
06
2h
00
08
0
01
02
10
86
The Quinbt Family
To Several
To Thos Bean
To Bond Adm. & Inventory
To Journey, Bonds, to get power & expenses
To Allowed for fine trouble & expenses and Inven-
tory Charges an extro. chgs.
To Journey to exhibit Inventory Bonds acct. and ex-
penses
To comparing, recording, allowing accts.
To Dividing Estate
To a Quietus
Several Creditt
Ditt
Bala
Widow Mary
Joseph
Benja.
Hannah
Anne
Widow
Each "1
Each
79 03 0
28 05 09
50 19 03
39 13 4
4
4
4
8
8
03 08 9
00 05 6
00 10 0
00 15 0
03 10 0
02 00 0
00 09 0
00 05 0
00 04 0
28 05 9
13 11
6. John* (Robert") was born 7 Sept. 1665, at Salis-
bury, Mass. He married first, Mary, daughter of Thomas
and Sarah (Clement) Mudgett who was born at Salisbury,
Mass., 30 Apr. 1667; she was the widow of Abraham
Morrill.
The date of the marriage of John and Mary is on the
Salisbury town book, but is illegible; it might perhaps be
approximated by comparing the adjoining records; (see
Historic-Genealogical Register, Jan. 1912, p. 89, which dis-
cusses the record of John Quinby's marriage). The year
was probably 1687. Mary (Mudgett) Quinby died 17 Aug.
1710. John Quinby married second, Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel Hyde or Hides, of Newton, at Watertown,
Mass., 1 May, 1713. John died at Newton, 1717, and
administration was granted to his widow Elizabeth 9 July,
1717. Among the receipted bills filed is the following:
"Received of Sam. Hides, Sr., the sum of nine shillings in
full of what was due for his son John Quinby's coffin. I
say received by me. John Spring." John Quinby's widow
Elizabeth married second, Francis Blandon. Children of
John* and Mary (Mudgett) Quinby, born at Salisbury:
15. I. John* Quinby, born 8 July, 1688 (see);
16. II. Jehemiah* Quinby, born 24 Aug. 1689 (see);
The QmNBT Family 87
\l' Wr" ^^'^^^^^'QuiNBY, born 13 May, 1691 (see);
18. IV. David* Quinbt, born 19 July, 1693;
J,' °*^*«* Quinbt, born 31 Mar. 1695;
in ttVt ?o»=st« Quinby, born 13 Dec. 1701 (see);
o, x7r\r Jonathan « Quinby, born 12 June, 1704 (see);
21. »V11I. Jacob* Quinby, born 13 Mar. 1706-7; at the age of
16, Jacob seems to have got to Falmouth (now
Portland, Me.) and became a soldier in Col. Thos.
Westbrook's regiment; Col. Westbrook reported, 2
June, 1724, Jacob Quinby as deceased 24 Mar.
1723. (72 Mass. Archives, 177, 45 Register 218)
Jacob's brother Jethro also got to Falmouth later
on, it would appear, and got into trouble there;
22. IX. Jethbo* Quinby; according to the records he was
born 27 Nov. 1710; evidently, however, either this
date or that of his mother's death is wrong (see).
Note — Much of interest about 6 John' is reserved for another volume.
7. Joseph' (Robert^) born 5 Mar. 1675-6 at Salisbury,
Mass. He married about 1700, Elizabeth*, daughter of
Samuel' and Elizabeth (Jones) Getchell. She probably
died before Nov. 1722. Joseph' for second wife, married
10 Dec. 1724, Mrs. Anne (Hadlock), widow of Philip'
Greeley. Joseph died 23 Mar. 1736. The records show
that Anna Quinby, unidentifiable except as Joseph's widow,
married 2 Oct. 1755, Jeremiah Eastman at Kensington,
N. H. Joseph Quinby with his son Philip, Capt. Thomas
Meekins and others of Amesbury, were grantees of New
Amesbury, now Warner, N. H., 7 Oct. 1736, and 23 June,
1738. The children of Joseph' and Elizabeth (Getchell)
Quinby, born at Amesbury:
I. Dorothy* Quinby, born 7 Dec, 1700; married Joseph
Eastman 16 June, 1724, at Salisbury Second
church, (Hoyt, 456; 24 Sep. 1724, 21 Register, 232).
She was baptised into the covenant at the same
church, 4 Feb. 1728. She and her husband joined
with Philip* Quinby and with Mary Drisco of
New Meadows, York county, in a deed of land in
SaHsbury 24 Oct. 1737;
23. II. Philip* Quinby, born 18 Nov. 1703 (see);
III. Katharine* Quinby, born 30 June, 1706; married
1731 at Brookfield, Mass., Josiah Barrett, and was
living at Hardwick, Mass., in 1740;
IV. Eleanor* Quinby, born 15 July, 1708; she ack-
nowledged the covenant and was baptised into
Salisbury Second church, 26 June, 1726. She
married John Davis, and was living at Brookfield,
Mass., in 1737;
Note— The Getchell Genealogy as published in LXIII. Register, 266, says
that the above Elizabeth Getchell married Philip Quinby, which is contrary to
the evidence. Elizabeth's sister Mary married John Drisco.
88 The Quinby FAMiiiT
V. Maht* Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1712 (Amesbury rec.)
Mary Quinby married David*, son of Lieut.
Thomas' and Elizabeth (Huntington) Hoyt, born
27 Oct. 1709, at Amesbury. (I. Hoyt, 209).
8. John* (John^, William^) was born probably at
Stratford, Connecticut, in 1651, says Plume's MSS. He
married 1680 Anne or Annah, daughter of Hance and Sarah
(Janty) Kierstadt, born 1651; they had:
24. I. John* Quinby, "born 1686 at Wampus pond"
(NorthCiastle), Westchester county, N. Y. (see);
II. Sarah* Quinby;
III. Anne* Quinby.
John' removed to Westchester county, N. Y., with his
parents about 1660.
From Mr. Haviland's search of Westchester county
records we find that the earliest real estate transaction to
which John Quinby, Jr., was a party is of 10-1-1697, (bk.
B, p. 378^), a deed by him with his wife "Annah," both
of the county and town of Westchester, to his brother
Erasmus Alton, of the "home lot of five acres" in the
town of Westchester, "bounded northerly by the orchard
of John Quinby (Sr.?), easterly by the common land over
against Israel Hun well's; southerly by the common along-
side the highway; westerly also by the common land."
John, Jr. is mentioned in 1705 as having been made
administrator of the estate of Charles Quinby, his brother.
Evidently there was some dispute between him and his
brother Josiah' regarding the estate, for a curious docu-
ment was recorded by the latter, reading as follows:
"Westchester county: To me Benjamin Collier, clerk
of the county whereas John Quinby, Junior, of the borough
and town of Westchester, was made administrator of the
movable estate of Charles Quinby of the same place, de-
ceased, who died intestate. These are therefore to desire
you, Benjamin Collier, Clerk of the county of Westchester,
not to record any deed or writing concerning any lands or
houses, meadows or any real estate which did formerly be-
long or was in the possession of the said Charles Quinby
in his life time, and I shall give you security into your said
offices according as the laws directs. Josiah Quinby. Enter
this as a caveat. Entered this first day of January, 1705.
Benjamin Collier, CI. & Register."
The town of Westchester was the shiretown of the
county of that name from 1683 until the court house was
burned in 1759. Bolton (II. 299) gives an extract from
The Quinbt Family 89
the first record of the Court of Sessions, held there 1 Dec.
1691, John Pell, Justice, President of the Court; John
Quinby, Jun., was a member of the Grand Jury.
John?°™~'°**^'*'^ *''*°'^ regarding John' is hereinbefore set forth under
10. JosiAH' (John\ William^) born probably about
1663 at or near Westchester village in the county of that
name in New York. Josiah married Mary Molyneux, the
daughter of a neighbor, on the 17th 6 mo. 1689 (7th 6 mo.
says Jenkins). An ancient record says: "The parents of
Ann Mulneaux or MuUineaux or Molineaux God rest her,
came from the North of Ireland. They were French Hugu-
enots and Requiescant in pace."
In 1720 he bought (see I. Bolton, 476) a tract of land
of three hundred and twenty acres, described as the Great
or Middle, Neck, jutting out into Long Island Sound, and
constituting part of the town of Mamaroneck. In 1731 he
was unsuccessful in defending his title to a part of this
tract in an action for trespass.
Many of the surrounding settlers were Quakers, a
meeting having been established in 1686 at Mamaroneck,
of which Josiah and his wife became members. His de-
scendants to this day constitute the Quaker branch of the
Quinby race.
Orcutt's History of New Milford and Bridgeport,
Conui, says: "In several meetings of the people called
Quakers in the house of Josiah Quinby at Mamaroneck in
ye county of Westchester and province of New York," etc.
The official records of the Friends show that the Pur-
chase (Westchester county) Monthly Meeting was held at
the house of Josiah Quinby at Mamaroneck from 7 mo.
1728 to 9 mo. 1731; after that till the meeting house was
built in 1739 it was held "at Mamaroneck," but at whose
house does not appear on the record. Josiah is frequently
mentioned in these Quaker records from 1727 on; and
there is altogether in various archives enough to enable
an enthusiastic descendant to compile a respectable biog-
raphy of him; my own life is too short to do so.
The real estate records indicate that Josiah Quinby
was active up to 1738. In provincial times, says Arthur
Haviland, a grant was made after the Bedford grant had
been located and after Pell's and Harrison's grants, but
before the White Plains grant, fron the Croton river near
the Hudson, where it was a sharp wedge between the grants
of Van Courtlandt and F. Phillipse, to the line of the
colony of Connecticut, including the present towns of New-
90 The Qcamr Familt
castle and Northcastle, and so eastward. These patents
were bought by Josiah Quinby. In Bien's Atlas of New
York, these three grants to Josiah are indicated as the
East Patent, Middle Patent and West Patent. The
Patentee who was probably an agent, transferred to var-
ious grantees who conveyed by recorded deeds to Josiah
Quinby. The land so acquired by him amounted to some
16000 acres, and Josiah attempted to have his holdings
erected into a manor, like his neighbors on the Hudson
river; although no legal action resulted, Josiah's practical
position was the same. His household was kept in feudal
fashion; he brought whole families of slaves from the Caro-
linas or Virginia by water, from a plantation he acquired
there. These colored families survive to this day, bearing
the surname Pines, said to refer to the character of the
southern land he brought them from. One old colored
woman died aged over one hundred years as it is believed,
within the recollection of Quinbys now living.
Josiah Quinby built the old manor house, at Wampus
Pond (Northcastle) in Westchester county, now disap-
peared, cultivated his farm by slaves; and had flocks of
sheep; he also cultivated flax at Northcastle, and on the
stream below Wampus pond he had several mills. Mrs.
Eliza, widow of Edward S. Quinby, now (1915) living at
2 Agate ave., Ossining, has several samples of these textile
products.
Josiah and his family travelled a good deal and often
visited England. They took their drinking water with
them in hogsheads from their favorite spring.
The old house at Wampus Point, says Mr. Haviland,
was not the Manor house but was built by Josiah's son
Moses. He adds: "I am informed that the farm, a long
way west of the Bronx river, of the Quinby who is baggage
master at White Plains has descended without deed from
the old manorial grant; and the tract of 274 acres recently
sold by the late Edward S. Quinby was a part of the patent,
and it was on this plot that the old homestead was built."
Josiah Quinby witnessed the marriage of Richard Bur-
ling of New York to Phoebe Ferris of Westchester, 4 mo.
11, 1700, at John Ferris's (Fr. re.)
The Friends' records say: Mary Quinby of West-
chester died in June, 1728; Josiah her husband died the
same year.
The children of Josiah' and Mary (Molyneux) Quinby,
often referred to as twelve in number, (evidently omitting
VI.) were as follows:
26.
26.
The Quinby Family 91
I. Dorcas' Quinby, born 9, 9 mo. 1690; she mar-
ried first John Clapp, Jr., "of Purchase, N. Y.,"
born 1690, died 1730, (Mott Genealogy, 363) who
was Clerk of Westchester, 1704-11; she married
second, John Griffin of Mamaroneck;
II. JosiAH* Quinby, born 31, 3 mo. 1692 (see);
III. Jonathan* Quinby, born 18, 2 mo. 1695 (see);
Ihis date is from Mrs. Mary (Quinby) Weeks'
Bible; Bolton gives it as 13 Feb. 1695, obviously
a mistranslation of "2 mo." for the first month
was March under Old Style. Mrs. Weeks' Bible
says of Jonathan: "Our 3d borne 2 mo. 18,
27. IV. James* Quinby, born 18, 2 mo. 1695 (see); Bolton
says "13 Feb. 1695, a twin with Jonathan;" a
record made by Aaron' (Isaiah*, Josiah'), states
that there were twelve children; another family
record names James as a twin with Jonathan;
28. V. Samuel* Quinby, born 2nd 5 mo. 1697 (see);
VI. (son)* Quinby, born 3d 2 mo. 1699, died 18th;
29. VII. Ephraim* Quinby, born 7th 2 mo. 1700 (see);
30. VIII. Aaron* Quinby, born 30th 10 mo. 1702 (see);
31. IX. Moses* Quinby, born 12th 11 mo. 1704 (see);
X. Martha* Quinby, born 14th 2 mo. 1706 (1695 says
Bolton); married John Hallock of Northcastle,
N. Y.; Friends' records, Westchester, give "marr.
int. 9, 11, 1731; rept. ace. 11, 13, 1731;"
32. XI. Daniel* Quinby, born 14th 1 mo. 1709 (see);
XII. Phebe* Quinby, born 3d 3 mo. 1711; she married
Jacob Hunt of Westchester; "mar. int. 5, 13, 1738;
6, 10, 1738; repd. ace. 7, 14, 1738" (Fr. rec);
33. XIII. Isaiah* Quinby, born 11th 4 mo. 1716 (see).
"Lord of the Manor of Northcastle"
Josiah' Quinby' s Ambition
Josiah Quinby was always eager to acquire land, especially
in Westchester county, in the province of New York. The earliest
purchase by him which Mr. Haviland has found was of 4-20-1686
(White Plains, deeds, bk. A, p. 97), when Thomas Baxter and
Rebekah his wife deeded to Josiah Quinby, then of the county and
town of Westchester, three acres of meadow, "being taken out of
two O-acte lots of meadow adjoining to the Great Creek and to a
lot of meadow belonging to John Quinby, Sr., which said three
acres of meadow was taken out of the lots of meadow that did
formerly belong to John Pell and Thomas Molloney, Sr., which
said three acres of meadow begins at a stake by the Great Creek,
standing between the lot of John Quinby, Sr., and the lot which
was of Thomas Molloney, Sr., and so running westward towards
the Hammock." .
The next piece acquired by Josiah Quinby he got by deed of
10-29-1688 (bk. B, p. 22) from John and Elizabeth Cromwell of
Westchester for a stated consideration of six pounds, and described
as "all that 8 acre division of land lying in the range of lots front-
92 The Quinbt Pamilt
ing to the sheep pasture (so called) belonging to the town of West-
chester and is in number the twenty-second lot."
About the year 1709, Josiah inherited the home lot of his
father in the town of Westchester; and he and his wife sold it by
two conveyances first, 9-21-1709 (bk. D, p. 33) to John Penny for
forty pounds, "all the home lot of my father John Quinby,"
bounded north by the common sheep pasture; to the south by lot
formerly of Erasmus Alton, now in the occupation of the heirs of
Henry Langley (lately deceased); to the east by the highway that
leads to the town landing or mill, and to the west by the sheep
common. John Penny retransferred it the same day (D, 89), and
10-3-1710, Josiah and Mary executed a new deed to Robert Hustes,
describing the property as before, but referring to John Quinby as
"lately deceased;" Dorcas Quinby was a witness to this deed.
The book of the Court of Common Pleas (vol. D) shows that
Josiah Quinby was appointed collector for the town of Mamaro-
neck 6-7-1715 and again, 6-5-1722.
A deed from Richard Cudner of Mamaroneck to Josiah Quin-
by, (10-14-1717, bk. E, p. 408) sells to Josiah Quinby for twelve
pounds, four and a half acres bounded "northerly by ye New
Road and easterly by a small brook and southerly by Westchester
old road and westerly by ye land which is now in possession of
William Shaw, and so running northerly to ye first mentioned
bound."
Henry Disbrow of Mamaroneck, 1-2-1719 (bk. G, p.
257) sold to Josiah Quinby for sixteen pounds, three-
quarters of an acre with a house ; the property was bounded,
"beginning at the south end of a stone fence which goeth.
over a small run, which lyeth southeasterly from said
Henry Disbrow's house, thence running by and with the
County Road until it meets with ye land of James Mott,
and so run westward going with James Mott's land as far
as it will come, to a certain Great Stone or Rock, which
shall contain in all | acres running with a straight line
unto ye first bounds."
During the year 1719 and perhaps earlier, Josiah
Quinby, who was then probably between fifty-five and sixty
years of age, had been negotiating to acquire the three
patents which he finally obtained, 1-24-1720 (bk. E. p.
402) by a deed from Isabella Davis, described as widow
of William Davis, late of New York city, and sole execu-
trix of tlie will of John Cholwell of 6-4-1716; Josiah Quinby
was grantee with Richard Ogden of Rye, and afterwards
acquired his interest. The deed grants for one hundred
and seventy-four poundis, "all and every part, shares, divi-
dends and proportions of ye Several tracts of land * * *
pertaining to ye said John Cholwell," etc.
This deed recites the three patents as follows: First,
a grant of 2-14-1701, to R. Waller, L. Atwood, C. De Pey-
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93
Map showing the Three Quinby Patents and the Adjacent Town Boundaries, Westchester County,
New York (Drawn by Arthur Haviland, Esq.)
94 The Quinbt Family
ster, C. Heathcote, M. Clarkson, J. Cholwell, R. Slater, L.
Symons, R. Lurting, and B. Cosens, bounded westerly by
ye Manor of Cortland, easterly by Bedford line of three
miles square, ye Whitefield and Byram river, southerly by
the land of John Harrison, the Rye line stretching to By-
ram river aforesaid and the White Plains, and westerly by
Bronx river and ye Manor of Phillipsburgh, excepting
Richbell's patent, "according to ye lines of ye patent now
in ye receipt of Col. C. Heathcote, which first above
named tract was purchased by Col. C. Heathcote with
others with whom he was agreed, excepting James Mott
and Henry Disboro, whom he hath undertaken to satisfy;
within said bounds, there are by estimation, five thousand
acres of profitable land, besides water and woodland,"
together with, etc., "in free and common soccage as of the
Manor of East Greenwich, in ye county of Kent, England,"
paying therefor the nominal rent of six and a quarter
pounds.
The second patent recited in the deed was a grant of
2-17 in the 14th year of the reign of the late King William
to Col. C. H. J. Tinch, J. Horton, J. Purdy, R. Walter,
L. Atwood, M. Clarkson, L. Symes, C. DePeyster, R.
Slater, J. Cholwell, R. Lurting and B. Cosens, bounded
southerly by ye Colony line of Connecticut, easterly by
ye Meharas river, northerly by the Bedford Line and
marked trees to Meharas river again and southerly as ye
said River goes against ye stream to ye head of ye said
River, and so to ye said Colony line, which said tract of
land on 7-5 last past was by said Tinch, Horton and
Purdy " purchased of ye Native Indian proprietors," by
estimation containing fifteen hundred acres of profitable
land, etc., at the annual rent of one pound, seventeen shillings.
The third patent set forth in the deed of Mrs. Isabella
Davis, as executrix of the will of John Cholwell to Josiah Quinby
was the grant of 3-2, 14th year of King William, to R.
Waller, J. Cholwell, L. Atwood, C. De Peyster, R. Slater,
B. Cosens, L. Symons, M. Clarkson, R. Lurting, P. Math-
ews and Caleb Heathcote, "bounded southerly by the east
division line between ye Province of New York and ye
Colony of Connecticut, and on ye east by ye other Divi-
sion line and so long said line until it meets with ye
patent line of Adolph Phillipse and so along his southern
boundaries until it meets with ye patent of ye Manor of
Courtland and from thence by a line that shall run upon
a direct course until it meet with the end of the first
easterly line of twenty miles of ye said Manor of Court-
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landt, and from thence along said line westerly until it
meet with the patent granted to R. Walter and others,
thence southerly along ye said patent until it meet with
ye bounds of ye Township of Bedford and thence along ye
said bounds till it meet with the patent granted to C.
Heathcote and others, and along ye bounds of said patent
unto the Colony line, which said tract of land on ye 2-25
was by ye said R. Walter, J. Cholwell, L. Atwood, C. De
Peyster, R. Slater, B. Cosens, L. Symons, M. Clarkson, R.
Lurting, P. Mathews and C. Heathcote purchased of ye
Native Indian proprietors," as also "a small tract of land
bounding northerly at a great Rock on ye Westernmost
side and ye southernmost end of a Ridge known by ye
name of Richbell or Horse Ridge," and from thence north-
west and by north to Bronx river, easterly beginning at a
marked tree "at ye eastermost side on ye southernmost
end of ye said Ridge and thence north to Bronx river,
which said tract of land was by ye said Caleb Heathcote
purchased of ye Native Indian proprietors; ye said two
tracts containing by estimation about six thousand two
hundred acres of profitable land, together with," etc.; the
annual ground rent provided for was £7 : 16. This deed
was witnessed by Hannah Cholwell, Gabriel Ludlow, Jr.,
and George Ludlow.
Notes — See "Report on the Lands in the Province of New York," by
C. Colden (1732).
Among the persons mentioned in the above deed, Caleb Heathcote was a
member of the Governor's Council, 1693-7 and 1702-20; Judge of the County
Court, Mayor of New York city, 1711-13; and interested in several West-
chester county patents; R. Walters was also a member of the Council.
Josiah Quinby was appointed by act of the General
Assembly (5-25-1721) one of eight commissioners to lay out
a Highway in Mamaroneck.
It appears by the Westchester county records (vol.
F, p. 130) that "whereas Josiah Quinby of Mamaroneck
is invested by ye patentees of Rye to a right of the stream
of Byram river and hath built grist mills thereon, which,
by ponding ye water, occasions ye bridge over said River
to be much longer." By the instrument filed, Josiah
agreed to maintain those parts of the bridge from the east
and west ends "to a Knotch this day cut there" by Robert
Bloomer and Daniel Purdy, surveyors in the town of Rye
in 1726.
Another matter regarding this mill appears of record
the following year (2-7-1727, bk. F, p. 217) in the shape
of an agreement of arbitration between Josiah Quinby of
the one part, and John and Jacobus Roosevelt and Abra-
96 The Quinbt Pamilt
ham Van Wyck of New York of the other part, which
recites that Jos^ah Quinby has built mills on the Byram
river and delivered them to Messrs. Roosevelt and Van
Wyck, and a misunderstanding has arisen as to payment,
as the document appoints William Willett, Philip French
and Joseph Field to determine how many bushels of wheat
the mills can grind within six hours in one tide with both
pair of stones, and agreeing on a price of £163 : lOsh. for
every twelve bushels. The award was made 3-20-1727 (bk.
F, p. 219) by Israel Vermilye and Benjamin Hicks, who
reported that the mill was capable of grinding one hundred
and forly-four bushels of wheat in one tide; they awarded
£1962, less drawbacks of £751.
In 1727 Josiah and Mary deeded their son Aaron a
couple of parcels of land for a stated price of £153. The
particulars are given further on under Aaron* Quinby.
Qtjinbt Land in Westchester County
References by Mr. Arthur Haviland, compiled prior to the
burning of the state capitol at Albany. The following maps and
records will be useful when the history of the relation of Josiah*
Quinby to the early history of Westchester county comes to be
written.
Albany, N. Y.:
Pages of the index to maps of Westchester county: 13, 16,
43, 44, 80, 134, 143, 147, 272-7, 296, 321.
Maps Filed in the Secretary's Office, Albany:
No. 79; 1762: Grant to Robert Walters and others, 2-14-1701;
No. 119; 1774: Unsold lands of C. Heathote in the towns of
Mamaroneck, Scarsdale and Harrison's Pur-
chase;
No. 163: Lands in Controversy, West and East Chester.
Field Books:
No. 1; A, p. 1; 1766: Division of the East Patent;
No. 2; D, p. 213; 1774: Division of lands in Mamaroneck, Scars-
dale ind Harrison's Purchase;
No. 24; F, p. 209; 1701: Grant to R. Walters and others, 4151
acres, 16 lots;
No. 24; C, p. 253; 1774: Unsold lands of Caleb Heathcote;
No. 24; H, p. 325; 1-8-1762: Division under the Act, of the East
Patent to R. Walters and others;
Land Papers:
Vol. I., p. 10: Draft of the land in difference between Mr-
Pell and Mr. Richbell (see Scharf's History
of Westchester county, p. 775);
Vol. I., p. 13: Draft of Fordham and the meadows;
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Vol. III., p. 188:
Vol.
Vol.
IV., p.
VII., p.
14:
180:
Draft of the bounds of Pell's and O'Neill's
patent;
6100 acres sold to John Pell, 1703;
1560 acres in Rye, 1720.
No. 359
No. 366
No. 380
No. 400
No. 404
No. 404
No. 405
No. 416
No. 416
No. 421
No. 422
No. 424
No. 432
No. 564
In the Surveyor General's Office:
Map of the towns of Cortland, Yorktown and Stephen-
town;
Roads leading to Harlem Bridge, 1810;
Eastchester;
County of Westchester;
Town of Pelham;
Town of Harrison;
Town of Rye, 1797;
Division of the East Patent under Act, 1-8-1762;
R. Walters and others, 4l51 acres;
Town of Salem, Westchester county, 1797;
Towns of Newcastle and Bedford, 1797;
Town of Westchester;
Town of Mamaroneck, 1774;
East Patent.
Field Books in Surveyor General's Office:
Vol. 35, p. 225; 1774: Anne Bridges and others owning on Byram
river.
Burr's Atlas, 1829.
Vol.
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II., p.
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III., p,
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IV., p.
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224:
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274:
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187:
14:
40:
IV., p. 48
IV., p. 61
IV., p. 63
IV., p. 64
IV., p. 67
IV., p. 68
Comptroller's Office:
Land Papers:
Six papers, town of Bedford, 1702;
Licence to C. Heathcote to purchase, 1696;
Petition of John Brundige for lease on Byram
river;
Indians vs. Pell and Richbell, 1699;
Petition to run line between Westchester and
Pell's land, 1700;
Petition vs. R. Walters, C. Heathcote and
others, 1702;
Three papers; grant to Walters and others,
1702;
Four papers, report on Scarsdale Manor;
Six papers on Richbell and Bedford;
Four papers on Eastchester and Westchester,
1704;
Two papers, John Pell's 6100 acres, 1704;
James Mott, (east by Connecticut line, south
by Byram riVer, settled by Gov. Dongan)
1705;
Petition, John Clapp;
Petition, John Clapp (two papers);
Two papers, Westchester, 1705;
Ann Bridges, 1705;
John Clapp;
Ann Bridges, Survey;
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IV., p. 110: Petition of George Booth (Swallow field),
1707;
IV., p. 137: Ann Bridges (Cohaning brook), 1708;
IV., p. 172: Petition of Wm. Anderson (for islands in
Long Island Sound), 1708;
v., p. 54: Petition of Robert Read, 1710;
VI.,. p. 132: P. Fauconier and others (north of Sacket,
south of Livingston, east by Connecticut),
1715;
133-4: Petition for a Survey of Grants;
VI., p.
VI., p.
VI., p.
VII., p.
Vol. VII., p.
VIII., p.
VIII., p.
VIII., p.
Vol. VIII., p.
X.,p.
X., p.
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XL, p.
Vol. XLV., p. 144
Vol.
I-,P.
10:
Vol.
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33:
Vol.
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II., p.
11.. p.
30:
220:
144: Petition of R. Walter and others (1716);
147: Petition of Noah Barton (3000 acres);
171: Petition of Daniel Purdy (of Rye, at the
Long Island Sound), 1720;
159, 180: John Budd, 1500 acres (north by Har-
rison's Purchase);
John Budd (1500 acres), 1720;
Daniel Purdy;
Patent of R. Walter and others (made a
township) (104, 124, 126, 141);
89, 91-2: Joseph Budd and White Plains (warrant
of survey, 119); petition of R. Walter and
others for 4000 acres;
P. Fauconnier, petition (Wm. Anderson and
others), 1730;
Caveat by Moses Fowler against T. Pell,
1730;
Petition by T. Pell for survey, 1730;
Petition of Peter Delancey (east of Mamar-
oneck river, westerly by the old colony
line settled in 1664), 1734;
Administration on estate of Joseph Benedict
of Lower Salem.
Richbell:
Map of the differences between Mr. Pell and
Mr. Richbell, 1666;
Deed of Gov. Lovelace to J. Richbell (the
three Necks, bounded east by Mamaroneck
river, west by Gravelly or Stony brook —
Pell's) 1668;
Petition of J. Richbell in re White Plains;
Surveys of the easterly bounds of J. Rich-
bell, 1695.
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born 1721, ilieil 17S6, dai.ighter of ISJoseph* Quiiiby, Jr.,
Xhiion Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.
(See p. 99.)
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FOURTH GENERATION
12. William* (William'', Robert'') the ancestor of the
very numerous Quinbys and Quimbys of Weare, N. H.,
Sandwich, N. H., and Lyndon, Vt., is to be described with
his descendants in a later volume. It is all that can here
be said, that he married first, at Amesbury, about 1716,
Hannah, daughter of Joseph == and Mary (Jewell) Barnard,
and on her death he married second, 9 Jan. 1729, Martha
Eastman. He had nine children, the sons, with the year
of birth, being as follows:
34. Samuel ' Quinbt, born 1718;
35. Joseph' QuiNBY, born 1721;
36. Enoch' Quinbt, born 1723;
37. Aakon' Quinby, born 1733;
38. Moses » Quinby, born 1733;
39. William » Quinby, born 1749.
13. Joseph* (Robert^ Robert*) born at Amesbury,
Mass., perhaps about 1683-4, was known as Joseph Quinby,
Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle Joseph* until about
1730. He was the owner of a good deal of real estate in
Amesbury, Salisbury, and vicinity, and was a farmer. He
was frequently plaintiff in the courts and was sometimes
sued, as appears by the record following. Curiously enough
there are no records of birth, marriage or death to be
found in connection with him. By Rachel', daughter of
Moses* and Rebecca (Barnes) Morrill (born 12 Aug. 1686),
he had the following children:
40. I. Joseph' Quinby, born 1715 (see);
41. II. Benjamin* Quinby, born 1715 (see);
Note — An account of these Morrill and Barnes families appears in New
England Family History.
Note — Joanna who married Thomson, appears in
legal documents in such a connection as to lead to the conclusion that she was
another child by the same mother.
Joseph* Quinby by Lydia*, daughter of John' and
Elizabeth (Challis) Hoyt (born 15 June, 1686), published
10 July, 1717, had the following children, born at Ames-
bury:
III. Ann' Quinby, born 6 July 1718; married 26 Oct.
1754, Elijah Currier;
IV. Hannah' Quinby, born 11 Oct. 1721, died unmar-
ried 14 Sept. 1786. (I. Essex Antiquarian, 164).
Another record gives her age as 69;
100 The Quinbt Family
V. Daniel' Quinbt, born 28 July, 1723, died 8 Nov.
1729;
VI. Robert' Quinby, born 5 Apr. 1725, died 11 Nov.
1729; (Ames. Rec);
42. VII. Daniel » Quinby, born 8 Dec. 1729 (see).
13J0SBPH* Quinsy's Lawsuits
4 Sept. 1722, he obtained writ of attachment against Roger
Stevens for £20, on a bond dated 13 Sept. 1716.
10 Sept. 1722, against Thomas Flanders on a note for £5 : 10
sh. dated 21 June, 1716.
10 Dec. 1723, against Richard Kelley of Amesbury on a bond
for £40 dated 13 Nov. 1722.
8 Dec. 1726, Archelaus Adams, late of Salisbury, now of New-
ton, caused a writ of attachment to issue against "Joseph Quinbe
of Alnsbury" for non-payment of a reckoning made 12 Jan. 1723-4
of £3 : 6sh. and £4.
10 Sept. 1730, Joseph caused a writ to issue against Caleb
Pillsbury of Amesbury for a bill of Caleb's for £10, dated 25 Nov.
1727.
In 1731, he was allowed £3 : 5sh. against William Hookley of
Amesbury on a note for £20.
10 Sept. 1736, against John Page of Salisbury on a bond for
£23, dated 14 Apr. 1735.
Joseph* Quinby died about 1745, for 5 July of that
year his estate was appraised at the unusually large sum
of £433 : 4 : 2, and his widow, Lydia, was appointed ad-
ministratrix. She gave bond for one thousand pounds with
John Jones and Enoch Blaisdell as sureties to the Judge
of Probate, 30 Sept. 1745.
Inventory of Estate of Joseph* Quinby
Essex ss. Almsbury July ye 8th, 1745. Jonathan Blasdell,
John Jones and Samuel George, all freeholders in sd Town being
Appointed appered and ware sworn to make a just apprisement of
all ye Estate of Joseph Quenby Late of Almsbury aforesd deceased
Eaquel to Lawful Money and when they had affected ye same to
make return thereof Into ye Court of probates for ye aforesd
County.
Sworn before Orlando Bagly Justice a peace.
July ye 8th 1745: An Inventory of ye estate of Joseph Quen-
by Late of Almsbury in ye County of Essex deceased: apprised
by us ye subscribers being upon oath
L.
To his armes and ammunition 02
to his books and apperill 02
to his beds beding and bed stids 12
to Iron brass and puter vessels 07
to hand Irons trammels and tongs & fire peale 02
sh.
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to woodden earthen and other sundries of such ware 03
to sider cask and other cask
to a weavers Looms and tackling
to chests tubs and chaires
to Leather wool and flax
to aboute 30 bushels of Graine
to pork
to Chains and other utensils for husbandry
to four oxen
to 3 cows
to 3 yearlens about two yars ould
to 2: a year younger
to one dry Cow
to two Calves
to one horse
to Eleven sheep
to Swine
to his ochard
to his homestead Land and buildings with
orchard
to his Eight acres of Swamp Land bought of
Abner Hoyt
to one half of a Swamp lot bought of Joseph
Bagly
to 3 acres of swamp land bought of Moses Morrill
to fifteen acres of Lalnd in Salisbury bought of
Joseph Currier
to about 13 acres of Land in Salisbury bought
of Philip Grely
to aboute 3 acres of Sault Meadow near ye Cas-
way bought of Benja Perce
one half Lot in ye higheltepegeltes of Sault
madow in Salisbury bought of Jacob Morrill
Junr
one-half Lot of saulte meadow in sd Higelte-
pegeltes bought of Thomas Morrill
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Jonath Blasdel
John Jones
Samll George
Essex ss. Ipswich Sept. 30, 1745.
Then Lydia Quinby made oath to the foregoing Inventory
and if any thing further appeared she would cause it to be added.
Before Thos. Berry, Jd. Prob.
Essex ss. Probate Oflice. Nov. 18, 1903.
A true copy. Attest: J. T. Mortmay, Register.
Joseph* Quinby, Jr.'s real estate transactions recorded at
Salem Registry of Deeds:
Philip Greeley of Salisbury to Joseph Quinby, Jr., of Ames-
bury; consideration £6 in money; date 17 Mar. 1707-8; ack. 30
Oct. 1708; rec. 26 Sept. 1711, bk. 25, p. 11, i of 60 acres original
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right of Andrew Greeley, Sr., 35th lot, Mill Division above the
mills in Salisbury.
Benjamin Peirce of Newbury to Joseph Quinby, Jr., of Ames-
bury; consideration £12; date 27 Apr. 1709; ack. 25 Sept. 1711;
rec. 25 June, 1712; bk. 25, p. 7, 3J acres undivided in the Great
Marshes in Salisbury in the tract known as Dove's Meadow.
1711, Sept. 26, from Phihp Greele; book 25, p. 11; Salisbury;
Thomas and Halnnah Morrill to Joseph Quinby, Jr.; considera-
tion £20 : lOsh.; dated 20 Nov. 1711; ack. 16 June, 1712; rec. 25
June, 1712; bk. 25, p. 7:
Meadow of Jacob Morrill Jr.
SI.
Salisbury
East half of a lot
of meadow or salt marsh
in Higletypiglety
formerly of Joseph Moys.
Meadow of Jacob Morrill Sen.
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a
00*
John Jones of Amesbury to Joseph Quinby Jr.; consideration
£20 current money; dated 3 Nov. 1716; ack. 26 Apr. 1717; rec. 7
July, 1730, bk. 53, p. 279:
10 acres of
upland in Amesbury.
Moses Morrill and Joseph Quinby, Jr. to Thomas Bartlett of
Newbury, consideration £30 in money, "ye other half part of said
lot as may more fully appear in a writing between we and Philip
Feaver, Jr. for ye agreeing to divide and settle bounds between
each half part of sd lott;" date 20 Dec. 1718; ack. 7 Apr. 1719;
Lydia wife of Joseph Quenby acknowledged but did not sign,
rec. 1 Oct. 1719, bk. 37, p. 86:
New meadows
o
St-
to
-i
V
Sixty acre grant 26t|h lot
Mill Division, originally
to John Eaton, Salisbury
Jeremiah
Flanders
Highway
The Quinby Family
103
1721, Apr. 10, Joseph Quenby, Jr. of Amesbury, Mass., from
Benjamin Choat of Kingston, land in Kingston (re. vol. 28, p. 33).
Joseph Quenby Junr., Benjamin Quenby and Joseph Jewell
all of Amesbury to Joseph Quenby St.; consideration not named;
quit claim deed; provided that grantors be not molested on ac-
count of any right of Thomas Quenby deceased or his successors
or to Philip Quenby or successors; dated 5 Sept. 1722; ack. 20
Dec. 1742; rec. 3 Sept. 1744, bk. 86, leaf 153; White Thorn Hill,
Amesbury, now enjoyed by Joseph Quenby Senr.; half a lot at Bur-
chen Meadow; twenty acres of land at a place called ye Peak.
Joseph Quinbe of Almsbury to Richard Kelley of same; cons.
£75; date 13 Nov. 1722; ack. 15 May, 1727; rec. 28 Sept. 1727,
book 49, p. 228, Essex Deeds:
Wm. Osgood, deed.
56
e
Originally of Robert Quinby
of Amesbury deceased
Fifteen acres in Amesbury
the southeasterly half of
the 22d lot in the 3d
Division beyond the Pond.
C5
p
Highway.
William Jones, husbandman, to John Jones and Joseph Quin-
by Jr "true intent that William Jones and Rachel his wife" shall
liRve the premises for life; William's wife does not sign or ack-
nowledge; dated 28 Feb. 1723-4; ack. 13 Mar. 1723-4. rec. 18 Mar.
1723-4; bk. 43, leaf 7:
Benjamin Quenby
3
8
o
Homestead where grantor
now lives in Amesbury
20 acres with buildings
fences fruit trees and
other trees
Town highway
^ i
§ ?
? to
eg -i
a.
Joseph Quenby and John Jones to William Jones; cons. £100;
the S's homestead (which we formerly purchased of him) (see
under Benjamin Quinby); no wife jnentioned; dated 4 Oct. 1725,
to Johf DarUng of Kingston land in Kingston (vol. 21, p. 420).
^^^%T3TjV7TfVrjZ%fsrbo^ok^5t ^2%; Amesbury.
Mar. 1729-30).
104
The Quinbt Familt
Joseph Quenby, Jr. to William Hukeley of Amesbury, trader;
cons. £45. "passable money;" date 6 July, 1730; ack. same day
also by Lydia, his wife; rec. 7 July, 1730, book 50, p. 125:
J
Ten acres of
upland at Amesbury.
^:%,
W '
Joseph Quinby of Amesbury to Joseph Morrill of Salisbury
and Orlando Weed of Amesbury; consideration £18 bills of credit;
no wife mentioned; dated 30 Aug. 1736; ack. 30 Mar. 1739; rec.
27 Sept. 1739 in bk. 76, p. 165:
Joseph Morrill
Two acres in Salisbury
east I to Morrill
oto-,
'toow
River
Joseph Quenby and Samuel Quenby to Jacob Currier; cons.
£100; date 20 May, 1742; rec. bk. 95, p. 225:
Jacob Currier
Jacob Currier
IS
4 acres
Amesbury
s
3^ acres
Amesbury
tea
a
Elihu Gould
Aaron Rowell
o
S
a
a
$
to
a
-i
s
a
a,
Joseph Quinby: recorded Essex Deeds, 13 July, 1786, book 45,
p. 214, 2 Apr. 1754; agreement of division amongst the children
of Joseph Quinby of Amesbury, of his and his wife's estate, both
deceased, intestate, ack. 12 May, 1786, by Daniel Quinby and
David and Mary Hoyt. Hannah refused and it was ack. by a
witness to her; and to Ann:
a highway
a highway
the homestead wheiaron Daniel
now dwells, containing
For life or till
10 acres all ye orchard
married Ann and
fences and buildings
Hannah Quenby use
thereon except a
of east end of
privilege this:
house from sill to
ridge pole; privilege
in cellar; room before
ye door to lay wood; east bay in
barn, passage barn to highway.
18 acres
in ye Grate
Swamp
S
§1 David Currier
to
a
a..
a highway
The Quinbt Family
105
about 12 acres to
Mary Hoyt and Ann
and Hannah Quinby
4 acres
upland lotts
a highway |o highway
half a
quarter acre
Joseph bought
ye commoners
of
Co
Peter Sargent's meadow
2 acres of Salt Marsh
in ye Barbary Medow
in Salisbury
a crick
hi
Co ^
ex.
ffl highway
fifteen acres in
South Hampton, N.H.
o
Ezekiel and Thomas <i_
Currier
Timothy Townsend's Meadow
to
s
2 Co
§-^
eight acres of
Salt Marsh in ye
medow called Higle
picklee in
Salisbury
* a
Daniel Rowell's meadow
To Mary, wife of David Hoyt, Ann Quinby and Hannah
Quinby :
Powes River
Banjamin Quinby
O Co
8 «
ye great Swamp
near ye Cassway
^55
0, »
one acre and the
orchard thereon
a highway
ye highway
14. Benjamin* (Robert^, Robert^) was born at Ames-
bury, Mass., 10 Jan. 1689. He was scarcely more than a
boy when he enlisted for service in the French and Indian
War in the company commanded by Capt. Lane. He was
captured by the Indians and held to ransom, but four
years elapsed before the ransom was paid. He had a
opportunity to communicate with Captain Gyles, who ad-
vanced the sum of thirty pounds for Benjamin's release.
Benjamin thereupon petitioned the General Court of
Massachusetts to grant reimbursement to Capt. Gyles,
which was done by a Resolve or Act of the legislative
assembly 16 Nov. 1716. At the same time young Quinby's
unfortunate situation being made known to the legislators,
they granted the sum of twenty pounds additional out of
the public treasury to Capt. Henry True to use for Quin-
by's benefit.
Chap. 105, Resolves of 1716, Mass.: Upon reading
a Petition of Benjamin Quinby of Amesbury, Praying,
106 The Quinby Pamilt
That the Sum of Thirty Pounds may be paid out of the
publick Treasury, which he prevail'd with ,Cpt.|jGyles to
pay to Redeem him out of the hands of the Indians, with
whom he had been a Captive four years being taken when
in the Service under Cpt. Lane in the last War. In Con-
sideration of the Distressing Circumstances of ye Petitioner
— Resolved that the Sum of Twenty Pounds be allowed
and paid out of the publick Treasury to Cpt. Henry True
for the use of the sd Quinby the Petitioner. (Passed Nov.
16, 1716).
Benjamin* Quinby married 25 Dec. 1722, Judith,
daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Rowell) Gould, born 25
Dec. 1701, in Amesbury. Their homestead at Amesbury
consisted of eighteen acres with dwelling house and barn
on the road known as Lion's Mouth Way, adjoining Han-
nah Quinby's land on the west.
July 6, 1736, he joined with his wife and other heirs
of her grandfather Nathan Gould in a quit claim of prop-
erty to Stephen Webster.
It seems that Benjamin in 1736 went into the then
prevalent form of land speculation, for the Massachusetts
House of Representatives 12 Jan. 1736, gave consideration
to the petition of thirteen persons, of whom one was Ben-
jamin Quinby, "admitted into the Narragansett Township
Number Four, so called, near Amoskeag Falls" — now Goflfs-
town, N. H., and ordered that they might have a survey
of 4745 acres, each to have one thirteenth provided each
should give a bond in twenty pounds to build a dwelling
house eighteen feet square, clear, fence and plant five acres
and have a family in the house, all within three years.
(26 N. H. State Papers, 112). Perhaps Benjamin sold his
rights at a profit. I find no further record of the matter.
Benjamin probably lived to an advanced age as his
sons did not dispose of his homestead till 1774.
The children of Benjamin* Quinby and Judith (Gould)
Quinby were born at Amesbury:
43. I. Benjamin' Quinbt, born 26 Jan. 1723-4 (see);
44. II. Jonathan' Quinbt, born 15 Aug. 1726 (see).
1736, 6 July, Joseph Gould, Mary James, widow, John Kim-
ball and wife Hannah, Samuel Gould, Joseph Gould Jr., Elihu
Gould, Philip Gould, Benjamin Quinby and wife, Judith, Thomas
Beetle, Hannah Beetle, Elizabeth Beetle, all of Almsbury, (Ames-
bury) Mass., Nathan Gould, Joseph French, 4th, and wife Hannah,
Ebenezer French and wife, Elizabeth, Daniel French and wife,
Sarah, all of Salisbury, Mass., Daniel Lancaster and wife, Dam-
arass, of Methuen, Mass., in consideration of a certain deed of sale
The Quinbt Family
107
made by our predecessors" Nathan Gould and wife, Elizabeth,
both deceased, late of Almsbury, to Stephen Webster, deceased,
late of Haverhill, Mass., dated May 18th, 1672, "by Some Sup-
posed not to be duly Executed well," "for ye Support of sd Deed
& all therein Contained," release to Stephen Webster, John Web-
ster, and Nathan Webster, all of Haverhill, Mass., heirs to the
estate of Deacon Stephen Webster aforesaid, all claim to lands
mentioned in the deed aforesaid.
Signed by Joseph Gould, Mary Jones (James above), John
Kimball, Samuel Gould, Joseph Gould, Jr., Hannah Kimball, Han-
nah Bedel (Beetle above), Benjamin Quenby, Judith Quenby,
Ehhu Gould, Philip Gould, Thomas Bedel (Beetle above), Daniel
French, Sarah French, Joseph French, Hannah French, Elizabeth
Betel, Daniel Lankester, Damaris Lankester. (N. H. Deeds, vol.
60, p. 234).
Real Estate Record of Benjamin' Quinby. Essex Registry of
Deeds at Salem, Mass.
Grantee: 1737, July 14, Benjamin Quinby from Wm. Jones
lib. 74, p. 33 (Amesbury).
Grantor: 1744, Sept. 3, Benjamin Quinby et al. to Joseph
Quinby, Sr. lib. 86, p. 153 (Amesbury).
1722, Sept 5, Joseph Quinby, Benjamin Quinby and Joseph
Jewell of Amesbury quit claim to Joseph Quinby, Senior, now liv-
ing; with indemnity against Thomas Quinby deceased or successors
and against Philip Quinby or successors; acknowledged, 1742-3,
White Thorn Hill at Amesbury mentioned in the Inventory of
Robert* Q.; | lot at Burchen Meadow, mentioned in Inventory of
Robert* Quinby; 20 acres at the Peak.
(See Philip Quinby to John Jones).
1723-4 (see deed of 1725) 28 Feb., rec. 18 Mar. Wm. Jones
of Amesbury to John Jones and Joseph Quinby of Amesbury:
Benjamin Quinby
a
homestead in
Amesbury
20 acres
s a 3
1737, May 7, William Jones and Rachel his wife to Benjamin
Quitnby of Amesbury; cons. £40; date 7 May, 1737; ack. 12 May,
1737; rec. 14 July, 1737, book 74, leaf 33:
Elihu Gould
a «•.
4 acres Whittier Hill
Amesbury
V,
a
lane (o two rod way)
15. John* (Robert^, Robert^) born 1688; for his record
and descendants see vol. II. Sons who had descendants:
45. I. John' Quinby, born 1710-7;
46. II. Daniel » Quinby, born 1712-20.
47.
I.
48.
II.
49.
III.
50.
IV.
51.
V.
52.
VI.
108 The Quinby Family
16. Jeremiah* {John', Robert^) born 1689, see vol. II.
Sons, born at Kingston, N. H. :
Eliphalet ' Quinby, born 1717-24;
Moses « Quinby, born 1725,-
Aakon' Quinby, born 1727;
Jacob » Quinby, born 1728;
Jeremiah ' Quinby, born 1730;
VI. ? Tristkam ' Quinby.
17. Eleazer* {John', Robert^) born 1691;
18. David* {John', Robert^) born 1693; sons, who
had children:
53. Samuel' Quinby, born 1729;
54. David • Quinby, born 1731;
55. John" Quinby, born 1737;
56. Timothy ' Quinby, born 1750.
19. Robert* {John', Robert^) born 1701; sons who
had descendants:
57 Benjamin 5 Quinby, born 1726;
58. Eleazer 5 Quinby, born 1728;
59. Robert" Quinby, born 1729;
60. John' Quinby, born 1730;
61. AsAHEL" Quinby, born 1735;
62. Elisha" Quinby, born 1738;
63. Jacob ' Quinby, born 1740;
64. Jeremiah ' Quinby, born 174-.
20. Jonathan* {John', Robert*) born 1704; sons born
at Exeter, N. H.:
65. James » Quinby, born 1736;
66. Jonathan ' Quinby, born 1741.
22. Jethro* {John', Robert^) born before 1710 (?).
23. Philip* {Joseph', Robert'') was born 18 Nov. 1703,
at Amesbury, Mass. He was a cooper. He married 29
Dec. 1729, Anne*, daughter of Jonathan' and Hannah
(Jameson) Blaisdell of Amesbury. She was born 23 Oct.
1704. In order to be financially in a position to take a
wife, he sold, 6 Dec. 1729, twenty acres of land in the
"Peek Division," Amesbury, "being part of the eleventh
lott in no. in said Division, appertaining originally to the
right of my Hond. Grand Father Robart Quinby late of
said Almsbury, deceased." (b. 100, Essex county deeds,
127).
Philip Quinby and Enoch Blaisdell acknowledged the
covenant and were baptised 18 Apr. 1736, Amesbury First
church.
The Quinbt Family 109
Philip Quinby with Joseph Quinby and many others of
Amesbury were grantees of the township of New Amesbury,
now Warner, N. H., 7 Oct. 1736 (24 N. H. State Papers,
66b), and again the same, 23 June, 1738.
A list dated Amesbury, 25 May, 1757, of the First
company of militia in the town, commanded by Capt.
George Worthen, comprises the train band and alarm list be-
tween 16 and 60 years of age. It gives Philip Quinby as
belonging to the alarm list, but lame with the gout. (95
Mass. Archives, Index to Muster Roll Series, 1710-74,
p. 389).
He and his wife Anne were living as late as 1772, but
were dead by 1777, as appears from a deed to their son
Henrys. They are mentioned in Hoyt's Old Families, 65,
485, 494, also in the original papers in the estate of John
Blaisdell, of Amesbury, 7 Oct. 1753, where he is referred to
as a cooper; he was also mentioned in Boston Transcript,
Genealogical 383, and N. E. Family History, 62, 109, 864.
The children of Philip* and Anne (Blaisdell) Quinby:
I. Henry' Quinby, born Dec. "1730"; died young;
II. Henry' Quinby, born 3 Dec. 173iO-l; "died 15 Mar.
1735-6, ae. 5 y. and 3 m." (gravestone);
III. Joseph ' Quinby, born 23 May, 1733, "died 23 Mar.
1736, in ye thi' yer of his age" (gravestone);
"Baptised in their own house 27 Mar. 1735, by
reason of dangerous Sickness" (Hoyt, II. 494) ;
IV. Philip' Quinby, born June, 1736; died same day as
his brother Joseph, ae. 9 mo. (I. Essex Antiquarian
164; II. id. 11);
V. Elizabeth ' Quinby, baptised 20 Feb. 1737, at
Amesbury First Church; probably the Elizabeth
Quinby of AmesbvLry whose intention of marriage
with Aaron Chandler was entered 4 Apr. 1772
(Salisbury rec.) and whose marriage took place at
Amesbury First Church, 30 Apr. 1772 (Hoyt. II.
553);
67. VI. Henry' Quinby, born 7 May, 1739 (see);
67a. VII. Joseph' Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1740;
VIII. Anne' Quinby, born 19 Mar. 1743; she was living
at Amesbury 15 Sept. 1772, unmarried, when she
sued on a note (see papers following) ;
IX. Eleanor ' Quinby, born 27 Sept. 1748.
Suit of Anna ' Quinby
In drawer. Court Common Pleas, July, Sept. Dec. 1772, 4th
row of papers, 3 papers; 1st paper, attachment on the Goods or
Estate of Moses Hoyt of Amesbury Clockmaker and Thomas Hoyt
of Canterbury, County of Rockingham, Province of New Hamp-
shire Farmer to the value of fifteen pounds for want thereof to
take the body of sd Moses & Thomas, if found in your precinct.
110
The Quinbt Family
and bring them before the Justices of the Inferior Court of Com-
mon Pleas to be holden at Newburyport, Then and there to an-
swer to Anne Quimby of Amesbury, singlewoman, for that sd
MoSies and Thomas at Amesbury on the 23rd day of Dec. 1769, by
their note of hand by them promised to pay to his order ten
dollars, which plaintiff claims to be of the value of three pounds,
this third day of Dec. A. D. 1771, and although said day is past,
they refuse to pay. To the damage of Anna Quimby in the sum
of fifteen pounds, as will be made to appear together with other
due damages. Have you there this writt with your doings therein.
Witness Caleb Cushing, Salem, Sept. 15, 1772. Joseph Blaney,
Cler.
2nd Paper: Essex Common Pleas 1772.
Quimby v. plaintiff, versus Hoite, defendant.
Costs of Court 1 : 11 : 8; examined; attest; Joseph Blaney,
Cler.
3rd Paper: Amesbury Dec. 23, 1769. For value received we
the subscribers promise to pay unto Anna Quimby of Amesbury,
singlewoman, or her order ten dollars in money or goods at money
price at or before the 23rd day of Dec. 1771, as our hands. Moses
Hoyt, Thomas Hoyt.
Land transfers of Philip Quinby at Amesbury, Essex Coun-
ty, Mass. (Records, 1640 to 1799).
Grantee :
1738, May 13, Philip et al. (deposition) lib. 75, p. 246 (Amesbury) ;
1744, Sept. 3, Philip from Joseph Quinby 86, p. 154 (Amesbury);
1765, Oct. 29, to Anne from Wm. Straw Jr. 119, p. 191 (Amesbury);
1786, July 13, Ann et al. Indenture 145, p. 214 (Salisbury).
Grantor :
1738, May 13, Philip et al. (deposition) 75, p. 246 (Amesbury) ;
1742, Sept. 30, Philip et al. to Wm. Hack-
ett 83, p. 280 (Salisbury);
1743, Sept. 30, Philip et al. and Dorothy
Estman, Mary Drisco(see
next page), to Ephr. Brown 83, p. 264 (Salisbury);
1761, Apr. 25, Philip to John Jones 109, p. 127 (Amesbury);
1761, Oct. 3, Philip and wife to Thos.
Colby 112, p. 24 (Amesbury);
1779, July 14, Philip and wife to Henry »
Quimby 136, p. 284 (Amesbury);
1729, Dec. 6. Philip Quinby of Amesbury to John Jones of
same; Ack. same day; recorded 25 Apr. 1761; 11th lot in Peek
Division, being 20 acres in Amesbury, granted to grandfather Rob-
ert Quinby. Book 109, p. 127.
1772, Philip Quinby and Anne his wife to son Henry
Quinby: cons. £80; date 3 Sept. 1772; ack. 30 Sept. 1777, by
subscribing witnesses, grantors being dead; rec. 14 July, 1779;
bk. 136, p. 284:
The QuiNBT Familt
111
Eliphalet Currier
s
Abner Jones
homas & Josep
Barnard
homestead
with house and barn
14 acres
White Thorn Hill
Amesbury
5:
1
a-
John Wells
1738, May 8, date of deposition.
1738, May 13, recorded evidence of boundary; now of Samuel
Barnard and Philip Quinby then of Thomas Barnard Senior and
Kobert Quinby deceased. White Thorn Hill in Whittier Hill Divi-
sion Amesbury.
(See Deed Joseph to Philip dated 28 Jan. 1728).
m lu P Quinby, cooper, and wife Anne of Amesbury, to Thomas
Colby, several pieces from the estate of Jonathan Blaisdell de-
ceased :
Mary Lowell widow
David Merrill
Jacob Blaisdell
Abigail Blaisdell widow
a
Mary Lowell widow
If acres m
Great Swamp
a. Esther Colby widow ^
Consideration: £30: also 1-11 right of ye passing way laid out
by ye committee that divided ye estate of Jona. Blaisdell; dstte
27 Oct. 1758; ack. 12 Nov. 1759; rec. 30 Oct. 1761; bk. 112, p. 24.
Mary Drisco of New Meadows, York County; Philip Quinby
of Amesbury; Joseph Eastman and Dorothy his wife, to Ephraim
Brown of Salisbury; no coiisideration mentioned; dated 24 Oct.
1737; ack. same day; recorded 30 Sept. 1743; book 83, page 264,
Essex registry, Salem:
Widow Kimball
piece of salt marsh in
Salisbury, Mass.
a
an ancient crick.
Moses Gatchell of North Yarmouth, York county; Samuel
Gatchell of Berwick; Joseph Gatchell of Wells, John Gatchell of
New Meadow, all in York county; Hannah Colby of Amesbury,
112
The Quinbt PamiijT
widow; Nathaniel Gatchell of Haverhill, Philip Quenby of Ames-
bury; Joseph and Dorothy Eastman; to William Hackett of Salis-
bury; consid. £90 "lawful bills of credit;" date 21 Oct. 1737; ack.
22 Oc>t. 1737; rec. 30 Sept. 1742, bk. 83, p. 280:
Thomas Flanders
5 acre
^
!53
Country road
5f acres in Salis-
bury. Received by deed
of gift from grantor's
grandfather Samuel Gatchell
S5
William Hackett Judah Hackett
Joseph Quinby to Philip Quinby dated 28 Jan. 1725; warranty;
recorded bk. 86, p. 154, 3 Sept. 1744:
Mr. Wells
12 acres at
White Thorn Hill
Amesbury
with house, barn
orchard, etc.
Will Straw
24. JoHN< (John^, John^, William') born 1^686 at
Wampus pond, Northcastle, Westchester county, New York;
married first in 1720, but the name of his wife is unknown;
by her he had James and Solomon. John* settled first at
Yonkers, Westchester county, and later at Milbury on the
Hudson. John married second, Lawrence. All
foregoing is on the authority of Dodd's MS.; but Dpdd sets
forth that the grandfather of the above John' is unknown
and indicates that he believes him not to be descended from
William!. The fact that Dodd admits him to have been
born at Wampus, in Westchester county. Wampus itself
the ancestral home of William' and his descendants, seems
to be conclusive against Dodd's theory; and Dodd made
many errors; e. g., that Josiah « (son of John) married
Hannah Cornell. The printed statement in the "Founders
and Builders of the Oranges" and elsewhere, that Josiah,
the ancestor of the New Jersey family was a son of John*
(John'', William') rests on no authority and is wholly in-
credible. The late Mrs. Nelson Wright's statement that
Josiah was a son of John" (William') is still more unlikely,
as the dates show. In other words, Josiah who settled at
Orange, N. J., aaid sired that line was born 1726; all the
records agree that Hannah Cornell, (his mother according
The Quinby Family 113
to the Wright theory) was born 1711; and in her will makes
no mention of any son.
J. L. Lewis & Co.'s Genealogical History of New Jersey
contains a number of misstatements. It omits some of
Josiahs children, and adds John who married Anna Kier-
stadt, who was in reality no son of Josiah, but his brother.
The untrustworthy "Founders and Builders" states that
Josiah', son of John^ and Deborah (Haight) Quinby mar-
ried Mary Williams, evidently a misprint for Mary Mul-
hneaux.
An ancient manuscript in possession of Col. Ira» Quin-
by of Morris, N. Y., states that John Quinby married in
New York a daughter of John Lawrence and his wife, Mary
Townley; compare this with Dodd's statement that this
John's grandfather John Quinby, who married "Deborah,
daughter of Charles Townley, who was a son or grandson
of John Townley;" and with an ancient manuscript con-
cerning which Mr. W. Beach Plume told me that it was
owned by one Charles Quinby, and was for use in the claim
of the descendants of Anneke Jans to a vast amount of real
estate in New York city. It is said to be now in the pos-
session of George W. Tompkins, Esq., of Mt. Pleasant Ave-
nue, Newark, N. J. I have never been able to get a sight
of it. Mr. Plume said that it set forth that John^ (Wil-
liam^) married Deborah, daughter of Lord John Townley of
England. Of course this can be nothing but a memoran-
dum of an imperfect tradition. There never has been a
noble family of Townleys. It seems probable, however,
either that there were two John Quinbys, one the son of
William", who married Deborah Haight; the other whose
father's name is unknown and who married Deborah Town-
ley; or what is much more likely on all the evidence that
John'' Quinby had two wives. That the name of either was
Townley is extremely unlikely for there is no Deborah of
that family of the right age; and further, the pedigree of that
family has been very thoroughly worked out, but without
showing this alleged Quinby marriage; see History of the
Lawrence-Townley Estates, etc., by James Usher, N. Y.,
1883, and especially the Lawrence-Townlej-Chase book by
Frank Alden Hill, Boston, 1888; and Passaic Genealogies,
p. 438.
John Quinby moved from the borough and town of
Westchester about 1714 to Bedford in the same county, for
he is described as of the former town when he bought from
Jonathan Shepherd of Westchester, 12-13-1714 (bk. E, p.
95), two acres in Bedford "bounded easterly by a highway
(8)
114 The Quinbt Pamilt
and westerly by a highway, and south by Daniel Jones and
Josiah Jones land, and north by Richard Wescott's land,"
also, four acres of swamp land lying near Beaverdam river,
which I bought of David Cousin of Standford and is
bounded as the records of said Jones wUl make appear;"
also "two and one-half acres of meadow lying in a place
known by the name of the Narrows and is bounded, as
follows: southerly by Jonathan Miller's meadow and
easterly by the common land together with a £75 right of
commonage."
Somehow or other, John Quinby acquired a good deal
more land adjoining the first plot above mentioned, for
three years later, 12-10-1717 (bk. E, p. 192), he sold forty-
nine and one-half acres in Bedford "bounded northerly by
ye Highway, easterly to ye land of Josiah Jones, southerly
by other lands of John Waiscott, west by ye lands of Rich-
ard Westcott" (with a £75 privilege). John Quinby was
described as "of the town of Bedford, county of West-
chester, yeoman." Why John left Bedford does not yet
appear, but book D of the Court of Common Pleas, West-
chester county, shows that John was having a particularly
lively time during the three years while he lived in Bed-
for'd. The index entries are as follows:
5- 9-1714: Jennings vs. Quinby, withdrawn;
12- 7-1714: John Quinby and others appeared to take his
recognizance (i. e., to give bond of some kind);
the Court ordered it to be delivered on paying
the fees;
6- 9-1715: Jennings vs. Quinby, adjourned;
2-13-1716: Jennings vs. Quinby, adjourned;
12- 8-1717: King vs. Quinby, ordered to give special bail
in ye afternoon, and ye plaintiff a month time
to file his declaration;
6- -1718: King vs. Quinby, adjourned.
According to the New Jersey family's traditions, John
Quinby was born "at Wampus in 1686;" but doubt is cast
on this year by a Common Pleas Court entry of 12-1-1713,
which shows that Thomas Baxter was appointed guardian
of John Quinby, son of John Quinby, deceased. As he
bought the Bedford land 3 Dec. 1714, he was then of age,
and born about 1693.
It is possible that his unpleasant experiences- of litiga-
tion and the courts so soon after he attained his majority,
disgusted him with New York, and sent him to New Jersey;
The Quinby Family 115
at any rate, no further record of him on the Westchester
county records has been found.
The following list of children of John Quinby is as
given in the Dodd MS. and I am personally satisfied of its
correctness. No other list has come to light, and the other
New^ Jersey genealogists have never mentioned any of
John's children but Josiah, their ancestor, who is perhaps
the only son who went to New Jersey.
69. I. James ' Quinby;
69a. II. Solomon » Quinby;
70. III. Josiah » Quinby, born 1726 at Wampus, (see);
IV. DoBCAS 6 Quinby;
V. Martha » Quinby;
VI. Jane » Quinby;
and possibly:
71. VII. Robert' Quinby (see).
25. JosiAH* {Josiah», John", William^) born 31 May
("31, 3 mo.") 1692. The Friends' Meeting in Westchester
granted him a "certificate of clear," or permission to re-
move, 3 mo. 23, 1728, from Westchester, The records do
not state his proposed new destination.
Note — Quinby Graveyard at Wampus pond: September 18,
1910, my wife and I arrived from Armonk, in Westchester county,
N. Y., on the beautiful macadam road to Mt. Kisco at Wampus
pond. A tranquil sheet of water in area perhaps twenty-five
acres, dimpled in the sun, creeping out froni the shade of high
wooded bluffs across to the road. Not a house is in sight as we
reach the outlet of the pond, an ancient hewn stone dam through
which runs a rivulet. A notice on a tree calls attention to the
city ownership of the pond and surroundings as a part of the
metropolitan reservoir watershed. Undaunted we crawl under
the fence and a warden appears; he tells us it was the Quinby
estate and that the region is Northcastle; it was fortunate he told
us, else we should not have found on the deeply wooded hillside
the ancient family burial place. It was apparently unvisited by
man for many y^ars — no outlines — merely a few home-cut stones
standing meekly, overwhelmed by green bushes; not a path
amongst them. Across the rivulet from the road, up the hillside,
around and through the tangle for a hundred yards and a rude
headstone and footstone appear — not a foot high, selected per-
haps from a neighboring wall and unlettered. A hundred feet
further up the hill and just before the boundary wall appear al-
most in a row, five other low shapeless flat upstanding slabs let-
tered as near as could be deciphered: I. Q.; A. Q.; A. Q.; 184;
H. Q. 1821; S. Q. 180.
Twenty years earlier, however, Mary Jane Field and Frank
H. Quinby found many more stones and more legible inscriptions,
and identified the memorials according to the following chart:
116
The Quinby Family
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22,
23
24.
25.
Esther (Field) Quinby, 1852.
Moses I. Quinby, 1843.
?Sarah Quinby, 1841.
Isaiah Quinby, 1814.
Mary Quinby, 1844.
Isaiah Quinby, 1853.
Mary Griffin, 1872.
Moses Quinby?
Jane (Pelham)?
Josiah Quinby
Amy (Underbill) Quinby
Caleb Quinby, 1849.
Elizabeth Quinby
Hannah (de J.) 1821.
Samuel? 1809.
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J. J. Quinby
Isaac Quinby ? (son of Isaiah)
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The Quinby grave yard at Burial point, south elnd of Wampus
pond) Westchester, was deeded about 1802 to the Chappaqua Friendp*
Meeting; take;tt ove^ the Aqueduct Commission for the City of
New York, and now held by it as a part of the reserve.
It is impossible to determine the father of James (born
1714) the Quaker patriarch of Marlborougjh, Ulster county,
N. Y., but the only one of the sons of Josiah', the founder
of the Quaker branch, who seems possible to be the father
of James is this Josiah*, in which case it must be by a first
wife. Possible child by a supposed first wife:
72. I. James' Quinby, born 1741 in Westchester county (see);
Josiah* married Hannah* Cornell (^Richard*, John^,
Thomas^, Richard^), of Scarsdale, Westchester county,
N. Y. She was born 1711, say the records; it is therefore
likely tht she was a second wife. The only recorded child
is by wife Hannah:
II. Mary' Quinby, born 5 May, 1730, says John Cox,
Jr., custodian of Friends' records; married 15 July,
1748, at Mamaroneck, Westchester county, N. Y.,
William, son of Joshua and Charity Cornell of
Greenwich, Conn. ("Rev. Joseph Hull," etc. p.
46).
Hannah Cornell's sister Eliza, married Aaron* Quinby,
brother of Josiah*. Hannah (Cornell) Quinby's will, proved
7 Jan. 1765, is on record at New York city, N. Y. (lib. 26 p.
View or Wampus Pond,
Westchestev Count}', N. Y., from the ancient Quinby burial ground (see p. 115).
Tile gravestones are among the thick bushes at the right.
The Quinbt Family 117
39). She is described as of New Rochelle, Westchester
county; left a brother John Cornell; a daughter, Mary
t^ornell; and seven Cornell grandsons, the eldest being
Quinby Cornell.
Watson's Annals of Pennsylvania, (No. 17, p. 41.7)
cites from a contemporary source the following: "1723,
Josiah Quinby of Westchester, New York, a Friend, Adver-
tises that he has discovered Perpetual Motion, and to be
moved by the North Star, etc.!! and to be combined with
the influence of a well of water, over which his machinery
should work." Josiah S says a descendant, "was of an in-
ventive turn of mind, and it is interesting to read the fol-
lowing letter of introduction to Governor Thomas of Penn-
sylvania given Josiah by Governor Lewis Morris of New
Jersey, who was a resident of Westchester and a neighbor
of the Quinbys. What the outcome of Josiah Quinby's
negotiations with Governor Thomas and John Penn were,
I cannot say, but it does not appear that any test of the
invention referred to was ever made. The letter is as follows :
February 23, 1740 (1) Trenton.
Sir: — The bearer hereof, Josiah Quinby, has been long
a neighbor of mine in the province of New York. He has
a very good mechanical head and has been successful in
several projections. He is now upon a scheme of an extra-
ordinary nature, but will be of great use and wonderful
advantage especially to these American parts and partic-
ularly to your city of Philadelphia if it succeeds. One
part of it is by fire vessels constructed and managed in a
particular manner to destroy any number of ships of war
coming to attack any sea port or place situated on a nav-
igable river and that without danger to the defendants or
place besieged. The other is by machines of no great ex-
pense to burn the sayles and rigging of any such ships and
in probability ye ships themselves (in case the burning of
the sayles and rigging will do it) before, or as soon as they
can reach the place. He has a very large share of natural
abilities of mind and being a Quaker is willing to believe
his scheme will not prove unacceptable to friends, being
calculated only to destroy ships and not take away the
lives of men. He has communicated his scheme to me, as
I suppose he will to you and Mr. Penn if you desire it, but
in such manner as not to be made publick without his con-
sent. To me, who have not competent knowledge in the
pyrotechnical science to forme a proper judgment concern-
ing them, they carry an appearance of probability; but you
118 The Quinby Family
may have some knowing men that may discover their de-
fects or render them more fit for the purpose than they are,
should there be any occasion to use them, w'ch I hope you
never will; and am etc. L. M.
To CoUo Thomas, Governor of Pennsylvania.
The following deed is on record; but what were "carr rumes?"
Joshua Wheeler of New London to Josiah Quinby, Jr., of Mamar-
oneck. £600. 3-26-1725 F. 28, "To all people to whom these
presents shall come, Greeting, Know ye that I, Joshua Wheeler,
of New London, ye county , of New London and Colony of Con-
necticut, in New England, only son to John Wheeler, Merchant
of New London, deceased, for and in consideration of ye full sum
of £600 current money of ye Colony aforesaid and truly paid or
lawfully secured to be paid by Mr. Josiah Quinby Jnr. of Mamar-
oneck, ye county of Westchester, in ye Province of New York,
have given, granted, bargained, sold and do by these presents
fully, freely and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff,
convey and confirm unto ye said Josiah Quinby his heirs and as-
signs forever two Carr Rume Rights in ye City of London in old
England, which came to me ye said Wheeler by descent, I being
ye only son of my mother Elizabeth Wheeler, wife of John Wheeler
aforesaid, who derived her right from Mr. Wm. Ridge of Newton
Folgate in ye Parish Lenoyde Shorsdich in ye county Mid Cammar
by a deed under his hand and seal bearing date Septr. ye 21st
1688, ye one of ye said Carr Rumes No. 18, ye other No. 177, with
all ye rights, privileges, immunities, gains and appurtenances.
To have and to hold ye said two Carr Rumes, with their profits,
privileges, immunities, gains and appurtenances unto ye said
Josiah Quinby his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own
proper use, benefit and behoof, and I the said Wheeler do hereby
assure ye Quinby that I am ye true and only owner of ye two Carr
Rumes and that ye said Quinby shall by virtue hereof forever
have, hold, use and possess ye said rights of two Carr Rumes without
any trouble, demand, challenge or difficulty whatever. In Witness
Whereof I have to these presents set my hand and seal this 26th
day of March in ye 11th year of his Majesty's reign Anno Domini
1725. Joshua Wheeler.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Joseph Backus,
Samuel Williams, Peter Latimore, Geo. Richards, Jno. Stovell.
New London, this 31st day of Mch. Anno Domini 1725 then
personally appeared Joshua Wheeler ye subscriber to ye foregoing
instrument written on this and the other side of this paper and
acknowledged ye same to be his own free act and deed. Mathew
Allyn before John Hooker, Asist.
Josiah* Quinby, Jr., was twenty-two years old when
he followed his father's example in acquiring land in the
town of Mamaroneck. He bought from James Mott of
that town by a deed of 12-27-1714 (bk. E, p. 82) for eighty
pounds, a tract of two hundred acres "bounded westerly
by a red oak tree, marked, so running northerly till it meet
The Qotnbt Familt 119
with a walnut tree marked and northerly by a lot of land
northwesterly belonging to Col. Caleb Heathcote, being
one of ye long lots and ye 2nd in number, and easterly by
a lot of land which ye said James Mott hath conditionally
given to {illegible) of John Mott; southerly by a tract of
land belonging to Col. Caleb Heathcote,— ye said tract of
land which James Mott sells unto Josiah Quinby, Jr., is
ye first in number of ye long lots."
Nothing further can be identified on the Westchester
county registry as a purchase by Josiah Quinby, Jr., until
1731, when he and his wife Hannah, residents of Mamaro-
neck, sold to John Coles and Peter Boyd by deed of 1-4-
1731 (bk. G, p. 153) for £153, one hundred acres, the
boundary "beginning at a chestnut tree, bounded on ye
southeasterly by Peter Boyd's lot and John Mott's; north-
easterly by William Peener's lot so-called, now in posses-
sion of ye heirs of Caleb Heathcote and Josiah Quinby and
then beginning at ye aforesaid chestnut tree and so reach-
ing to ye northeast corner of Nehemiah Palmer's lot and
then to run within 2 rods to ye east of ye Cart road that
goes to Samuel Quinby's house until it makes up ye quan-
tity of one hundred acres."
In 1733 an agreement was put on record from which
we get a good deal of information about Josiah Quinby,
Jr.'s land transactions. He was then forty-one years old.
The document says that William Anderson and others, in
the name of John Rushton their lessee, have brought their
action in ejectment against David Brundige and a number
of others for lands claimed by Joseph DeLancey, Esq.,
Peter Franconier, Cornelius De Peyster, David Clarkson
and Peter Symes, as owners of six-tenths interest in "that
tract in Westchester county that commonly goes by the
name of Franconier's patent."
The deed then tells us that Josiah Quinby "hath pur-
chased one-twentieth part of same, and sold to adverse
persons," and that the above . Anderson and his associates,
through their man Rushton had brought two actions in the
Supreme Court, against Jonathan Ogden and Isaac Ander-
son. Josiah Quinby agrees to defend the above actions
now pending and defray expenses; while Delancey, Fran-
conier and the rest agree that Josiah shall "lay his right to
six hundred acres of land within the patent which have
already been taken up by his consent or order betweeh the
west and middle branch of the Byram river and are now
in possession of sundry persons claiming under him," and
they further agreed that Josiah Quinby "shall have his
120 The Quinbt Family
selection of two hundred acres within the same patent as
lies to the westward of that tract of land deemed and taken
to be Bedford Three Miles Square, and within such part
of such tract as is commonly called the Bedford New Pur-
chase, in one square piece."
Josiah Quinby was a claimant or owner of the com-
mon lands of New Rochelle, as appears by an agreement of
12-9-1735 (bk. G, p. 138) between a number of such, in-
cluding Josiah, appointing Capt. O. B. Cobb, A. Lispenard,
A. Allaire and others to divide up the lands.
Josiah had evidently acquired a good deal of other
property, for in a deed of 10-3-1738 (bk. G, p. 322) from
him and Hannah his wife, of Mamaroneck, to Richard
Cornell of the same place, it is recited that Josiah was
entitled by purchase to lands in the Great and Middle
Neck of John Richbell's patent in Mamaroneck, in com-
pany with Richard Cornell and others; and that Josiah
Quinby was also entitled to certain land "in ye patent of
John Pell," both tracts being undivided. By this deed
Josiah transferred to Richard Cornell three hundred acres
to be taken out of both tracts when divided; also a farm
and improvements at Horse Ridge," supposed to be in ye
said patents and be ye quarter part of ye said three hun-
dred acres;" also a dwelling house in Mamaroneck with one
and a half acres "bounded easterly by ye County Road,
northerly and westerly by land of Henry Disbrow, and
southerly by ye land of James Mott"; together with stock
and implements and household goods. For all of this prop-
erty Richard Cornell paid the goodly sum of nine hundred
pounds.
Note: Cornell. Showing intermarriages with Quinby:
1. Thomas 1 Cornell married Rebecca Briggs; had
2. Richard * Cornell, immigrant ancestor, died about 1 693 ; his son
3. Thomas' Cornell had a son
4. John* Cornell, of Cow Neck, Long Island, who was living
in 1677 and married Mary Russell. Two of their sons were
Richardl' Cornell who removed in 1725 to Westchester county; he
was born 1675 and died 1758; and Joshua' Cornell, who married
Sarah Thome. Two of Richard' Cornell's daughters, Hannah*
Cornell, born 1711, and Elizabeth* Cornell, married sons of Josiah'
Quinby and Aaron* Quinby; and Richard' Cornell's grandson
(by bfis son Joseph' Cornell) named Ferris* Cornell, married Han-
nah', Josiah' Quinby's granddaughter by his son Moses* Quinby.
John * Cornell's other son, Joshua ', who married Sarah
Thorne, had a son Joshua ' Cornell, of Harrison, Westchester
county, whose two sons John' Cornell and William' Cornell
successively married Mary' Quinby, the daughter of Moses*
Quinby, and sister of the Hannah » Quinby who married Ferris '
Cornell. (See History and Genealogy of the Cornell family, by
Rev. John Cornell).
The Quinby Family 121
26. Jonathan* (Josiah^, John', William^) born 18
Apr. 1695, in Westchester county, New York. He went to
New Jersey; I find no record as yet of marriage or children.
There is in the Pennsylvania Colonial records the following
letter from Jonathan ^
"Solebury, August 24, 1759.
"Friend Peters: I desire to know whether I can
have any assistance in regaining the island that I possessed
under a survey of the Penn right, that lies nigh to Pennsyl-
vania shore on the river Delaware. I have made inquiry
of several attorneys-at-law, and find by much advice that
I should be jointly in the action against him, otherwise he
will plead that the Penns never possessed the island; but
if I am jointly in the action, either in siezing the crop that
is upon the said island or in a suit at law to bring to jus-
tice the offender, I desire that if thee will assist me in that
way or any other to send orders that it be done at Septem-
ber Court. I find by advice that there is no danger of
losing the cause. If thee will send an order up to George
Ely's that I may have it to carry on an action against
Richard Minton the said offender, I will take care that it
shall be carried on next Court, and if it can be carried on
either way, I will be equal in the cost, for I know if we
have the benefit of the laws we shall not lose the cause.
N. B. I say the less in this paper, because I have given
my complaint in more at large in several other papers. I
desire we may have Benjamin Chew to carry on the cause,
and if we cannot have him I will see and fee another at-
torney. Jonathan Quinby.
Directed to Mr. Richard Peters, in Phila."
The island is a few miles above Bull's Island (which
is opposite Raven Rock Station, Belvidere R. R.) and op-
posite Point Pleasant. The history of Bucks County,
Penn., says at p. 507, in speaking of the islands in the
Delaware River near Point Pleasant, "Cutbush, or Cut-
belch as it is called by some, and Gondola islands belong
to John N. Solliday. They were once owned by John Prane and
also by the State. In 1769 Jonathan Quinby sold Cutbush to
Adam Hall of Amwell, N. J., for £55. There was con-
si<ierable controversy about the islands belonging to Tene-
cum a century ago.
"Jonathan Quinby claimed the two lower, but it is
alleged he sold the two upper to one Rittenhouse for two
or three ears of corn, and that George Hall had purchased
122 The Quinby PamhiT
Rittenhouse's right for a few bushels of buckwheat. John
Prane quieted Quinby's claim by purchasing his right.
"The grant is supposed to have been made by Penn
to one Mills, Mills to Marshall; part of Marshall's heirs to
Quinby, who claimed that he obtained a warrant for his
right and laid it on the two islands granted to Adam Hall."
27. James ^ (Josiah^, John^, William^) born in West-
chester county, N. Y., 18 Apr. 1695. The only record I
find of a James at this period is in a diary of Aaron '
Quinby (1833), compiled from statements of Aaron*
(Isaiah*, Josiah^) which says: "James was born about
1700 and lived at Salem, Westchester county, N. Y. He
had five sons, of whom the eldest was Ephraim, born
1724."
We have so far not discovered any record of the other
sons.
73.
I.
Ephraim ' Quinby, born 1724 at Crum's pond, West-
chester county, N. Y.; his line is not continued in
this volume;
II.
(son) ' Quinby; ,
74.
III.
(son) ' Quinby;
75.
IV.
(son) " Quinby;
76.
V.
(son) ' Quinby;
28. Samuel^ {Josiah^, John^, William^,) born 2nd
5 mo. 1697, at Northcastle. A family record implies he
died 1699, thus "Samuel died and soon after a son was
born 2 mo. 3d., died 18 same mo." i. e. 1699. Bolton says
he married Philakett Lester (sister of Phemy Palmer's
mother, says C. L. Andrews.) The Chappaqua Monthly
Meeting records give the following: "Samuel Quinby and
Philena Hitt mar. int. 1 mo. 8, 1732; 2 mo. 12, 1733; repd.
ace. 3 mo. 10, 1733."
The following is an extract from Bolton's History of
Westchester county (I. 706) in which the date is wrong, as
Samuel was only four years old in 1701. The date is prob-
ably 1741, the year after Smith's arrival: "On the 29th
day of March, 1701, Samuel Quinby', of the West Patent
of North Castle, for the sum of three pounds, sold Benja-
min Smith of the said patent, 'all that certain piece of land
containing three quarters of an acre, or thereabouts,
bounded as foUoweth: Beginning at the brook on the
west side of the high ridge, near the house where Nathaniel
Smith lives, and running along the west side of the road
northward to a heap of stoned, thence eastward and souths
ward along the partition fence, and as the same stands to
the said brook, then up said brook to where it began,' "
The Quinbt Famil? 123
(This deed was copied, says Bolton, from the original in
possession of David W. Smith, Esq., of Kensico.)
Benjamin Smith removed to Northcastle from Rye
about 1740 and became one of patentees in connection with
Joseph Quinby and Caleb Fowler. The above named
Pavid W. is his great grandson who occupied the original
farm (I. Bolton, 712).
The only time Mr. Haviland found Samuel's name on
the real estate records of Westchester county was as a
witness to a deed of 7-6-1721, from Josiah Quinby of
Mamaroneck to Richard Cudner.
29. Ephraim^ {Josiah^, John^, William^) married
Elizabeth (Hall) Halliday of New Jersey. Her first hus-
band (whom she divorced) was Moses Halliday; one child,
Moses. Another account says: "he was born in 1700; mar-
ried Elizabeth Hall Halliday, a daughter of Dr. John Hall
of "Northcastle, N. J.," and his only child. She had mar-
ried Moses Halliday who was an Episcopal Bishop, but on
the evidence being established that he had left a wife and
family in England, Dr. Hall never permitted his daughter
to see him, but raised and educated her son (named for
his father, Moses Halliday) and later when the Quinby
family emigrated to western Pennsylvania, this man be-
came the founder of Halliday's Mills. That Ephraim emi-
grated farther than New Hope, I have no knowledge."
Ephraim Quinby settled in Hunterdon county. New Jersey,
prior to 1739, in which year his name is found in a list of
those voting at Amwell for members of the State Assembly.
Ephraim died 1767. His brother Isaiah was executor of
his will, recorded at Trenton.
Mrs. Elizabeth went west to live, but not until she
had married and buried her third and fourth husbands,
cousins, both named Cornelius Quick. She then divided
her time, alternate two years, with her sons Samuel and
Ephraim. One of Elizabeth's marriage records is at King-
wood township, N. J., where she married 2 July 1772,
. Cornelius Quick of Greenwich, by Rev. William Frazier of
Amwell N J. One of these Quicks was appropriately a
dancing master. Mrs. Beebe says Ephraim's wife was a
very large, plethoric woman and adds: Ehzabeth Hall-
Halliday-Quinby-Quick-'Quick lived turns of two years about
with her sons Ephraim and Samuel. While Samuel lived
in Howland 1806-8, she occupied a small house north of
the family home. When with Ephraim he boarded her with
another family. She was first interred in a family grave
pear the homestead; she now has a monument in the City
Cemetery ei'ected by her granddaughters."
124 The Quinbt Family
The tombstone of Mrs. Elizabeth is at Warren, Ohio,
and is marked as follows: "Our Grandmother Elizabeth
wife of Ephraim Quinby, Sr. Born in New Jersey 1726,
died in 1810."
Family characteristics of the descendants of Ephraim
(says Mrs. Beebe) are "black eyes, quick motions, a pleas-
ing manner but often brusque and determined in speech;
gesture is universal amongst them, and the closed hand
with the thumb laid on top, and an up and down motion
while speaking are as characteristic of them as is possible
of any distinct race of people. Nothing is too difficult to
accomplish if once undertaken, and trials too numerous to
mention have been the life of many of the family who have
usually risen by energy to the front rank, often by sheer
industry and good management." Children of Ephraim*:
I. Mart = Quinby, "married Smith;" that
an old record says Mary married Bays and then
crosses the word Bays out and puts Smith con-
firms the following record of Bolton; for Basil was
pronounced Baysil and spelling in those days was
of no account whatever and few proper names had
acquired the modern conventional spelling. The
record in Bolton's History of Westchester county,
N. Y., is as follows: Mary Quinby married Basil'
Bartow {John^, Thomas'^) who was born at West-
chester, 1720, son of Rev. John Bartow, A. M.,
and Helena (Reid) Bartow; and upon her death
Basil married Clarina, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer
Punderson (II. Bolton, 350). This record is at
Albany: Mary Quinby and Basil Bartow of New
York city, license for marriage issued 29 June,
1757 (M. B., I., 576; printed 1860). No other
Mary Quinby on record can possibly have been
Basil's wife; Basil had no children by Mary Quin-
by (Bolton's Hist.) ;
II. Elizabeth ' Quinby
III. Sarah ' Quinby married Vance and moved
to Xenia, Ohio; she had sixteen daughters and
four sons; on marriage each received a farm of
100 acres and a 44 lb. goose feather bed. She is
buried at Urbana, Ohio;
Philene or FiLENAH » Quinby;
Samuel ' Quinby, born 1756 (see) ;
Daniel' Quinby (see);
Ephraim « Quinby, born 11 May, 1766, "founder of
Warren, Ohio" (see);
VIII. Phebe 5 Quinby, married Reuben Wright, who was
killed by cow-boys in his flouring mill; Phebe
thereupon went to England and remained; she it
was who spoke in meeting, died in England and
had no children. (E. R. B.)
IV.
77.
V.
78.
VI.
79.
VII.
The Quinbt Pamilt 125
30. Aaron* (Josiah', John', William') born in West-
chester county. New York, 30 Dec. 1702. He married
fi-T'}!' ; . (^^y^ * ^*°^'ly record) Elizabeth' Cornell,
{Richard \ John', Thomas \ Richard') born 20 May, 1720,
died 1795, the widow of Aaron Palmer (Bolton's West-
chester; Mott Genealogy, p. 363). "mar. int. 1, 13, 1739-
40; 2 10, 1740; repd. ace. 3, 8, 1740." (Friends' re.)
Her elder sister Hannah married Josiah* Quinby (Josiah^).
Aaron < Quinby was twenty-five years old when his
parents, then described as of Westchester borough and town,
deeded to him by deed of 7-13-1727 (bk. F, p. 259) for a
consideration stated to be £153, five parcels of land, the
first "bounded southerly on the land of Holona (?) Barton,
westerly and northerly on ye parsonage land and easterly
on ye highway or street;" the second, "his home lot which
he bought of John Clapp, bounded southerly on a small
road or highway between it and the land of Thomas Had-
don, westerly by ye highway or street and northerly and
easterly by ye sheep pasture;" the third was "bounded
southerly by ye sheep pasture, westerly by ye above high-
way or street, northerly by ye land of Israel Honeywell
and easterly to Brunx's hay path;" the fourth parcel was
"meadow, bounded southerly by ye meadows of Israel
Honeywell and of John Baxter, deceased, westerly by the
highway, northerly by said Honeywell's meadow, easterly
by ye Great Creek or White Pond, with all his rights in the
Hammock land," etc. The fifth parcel was salt meadow,
"bounded southerly by E. Jones" (?), etc., together with
rights in the sheep pasture.
There is also a deed of 4-29-1741 (bk. G, p. 304) to
Aaron Quinby, described as of the borough and town of
Westchester, from John and Margaret Williams, conveying
for £208, a parcel of fifty-nine acres and upwards, "be-
ginning at a stake by ye fence joining to ye highway from
ye town to ye post road and to land this day sold by ye
said John Williams to Nathaniel Underbill; thence easterly
(distance illegible) to land of Israel Honeywell," thence by
various courses to land of Nathaniel Underbill aforesaid, to
the beginning.
Children of Aaron and Elizabeth* (Cornell) Quinby:
80. I. JosiAH' Quinby, born 11 mo. 8, 1743 (see);
II. Mart ' Quinby, born 6 mo. 24, 1745, married at
Westchester 1 mo. 18, 1764, Uriah, son of Robert
and Abigail Field, of Greenwich, Conn.;
81. III. Aaron" Quinby, born 4 mo. 1, 1747; died without
issue; living in 1797 (see James" Quinby's will);
82. IV. Moses' Quinby, born 6 mo. 11, 1749 (see);
126 The Quinby Familt
V. James' Quinbt, born 10 mo. 12, 1751; died young;
VI. Hannah' Quinby, born 12 mo. 26, 1746, married
Caleb Pell of Eastchester, N. Y.;
VII. Elizabeth ' Quinby, born 9 mo. 29, 1753, married
12 mo. 20, 1775, Matthew, son of Samuel and
Abigail Bowne, of New York (Fr. re);
VIII. Phoebe' Quinby, born 4 mo. 3, 17'57; died young;
83. IX. James' Quinby, born 19 May, 1759 (see);
X. Phoebe' Quinby, born 2 mo. 6, 1761; married at
Westchester 12 mo. 17, 1783, Solomon, son of
Caleb and Rose Barton, of Great Nine Partner^,
N. Y., and had several children (mar. int. 11, 13,
1783; 12, 11, 1783 "he producing a certificate of
clear from Nine Partners; rep. ace. 1, 8, 1784;"
Fr. Re.)
Note — The above marriage records are from the Friends' records (MS.)
Westchester.
Note — Field, showing intermarriages with Quinby (compiled
from Bolton's History of Westchester county, edition of 1881).
The lineage is from John' Field of 1586 of England, a man of
prominence, through Matthew' and James' to Robert* Field of
Flushing, Long Island, 1645. His son Anthony' and wife Susan-
nah had Benjamin' who married Hannah Bowne. They had
Robert' Field born 1707; by his second wife Abigail, daughter of
Joseph Sutton, he had a ^bn, Uriah' Field of Greenwichjj Conn.,
who married 18 January, 1764, Mary' Quinby {Aaron*, Joseph*,
John*, William^.) Three of their grandchildren married three
children of Isaiah Quinby, as follows:
I. Uriah", son of Robert' Field, married Mary Jane* Quinby
(Isaiah », Af OSes *, Josiah ', John «, William ') ;
II. Esther", daughter of Josiah" and Hannah (Griffin)
Field, married Moses I. » Quinby, {Isaiah^, Moses*, Josiah', John*,
William 0 .
III. Mary", daughter of Sarah » Field, and her husband John
Griffin, married Isaiah « Quinby (Isaiah ', Moses *, Josiah ', John •,
William').
31. Moses ^ (Josiah^, John^, William^) born 11 mo.
y^ 12, 1704, at Nortbcastle, Westchester county, New York.
, He married Jean (or Jane) Pelham, daughter of Francis
and Elizabeth Pelham of Northcastle. The Friends' rec-
ords say their marriage intention was "published 2 mo. 9,
1730, and 3 mo. 14, 1730; reported accordingly."
The following item occurs in the town records of North-
castle, Westchester county. New York: "April ye 6th 1736,
at a lawful town meeting for to choose town officers in
Northcastle" were elected George Denms, Supervisor, Moses
Quinby, Clerk, etc. (I. Bolton, 712). *
Mosefe and Daniel presented a certificate of unity from
Purchase, Westchester county, N. Y., to Kingwood M.M.,
Hunterdon county, N. J., 9 mo. 11, 1758, Moses apparently
Ancient Chaie from England,
i'rom the home of .31Moses Qiiinbv. Photographed in the home of his descendant
Edward S. Quinby, at Ossining, N. Y., by the latter 's grandson, Prank Burt Freidel.
"Gen. Washington, while his head-quarters were in the vicinity, was a frequent
Tisitor at the Quinby homestead at Wampus. This was his favorite chair and has
tieen treasured as an heirloom ever since,'' says Mj-s. Mary E. (Quinby) Freidel.
The Quinby Family 127
intending to remain and Daniel acting merely as com-
panion for the journey.
Lizzie M. Quinby, (1890) says she has Moses and Jean
(Pelham) Quinby's marriage certificate and an old arm
chair that Washington sat in at the old Quinby house at
Wampus lake.
The Friends' Miscellany (IX. 319) contains Robert
Willis's Journal of about 1779. He says: "We left the
Fort about sunrise, and that day reached Moses Quinby's
at Northcastle."
The only deeds Mr. Haviland copied from the West-
chester county records to which Moses* was a party is of
1-1-1731 (bk. G, p. 219) from Nathan Smith of "Grinwig"
(Greenwich), Conn., under power from Isaac Schalai of
Elizabethtown, to "Moses Quinby of Northcastle." The
deed conveys "right to take up five hundred acres" of land
"out of my share of a certain tract and patin of land"
bounded "northerly by the manor of Cortland, easterly
with Bedford line of Three Miles Square and the White
Fields and the Birn river, southerly by the land of John
Harason and ye Rye line southerly to Birn river aforesaid
and ye White Plains and, westerly by ye Bronx river and
ye manor of Phillips Burrow, commonly called and known
by ye name of Forkenier's West Patin by virtue of my
being in pardenership and joint tennance for ye twentieth
part of ye tract or patin of land not yet divided."
The only other deed to which Moses was a party
which seems to be on record in Westchester county was
executed just before his death, to his son Isaiah, 3-10-
1786 (bk. Q, p. 161), and was not signed by his wife, who
however, was alive. It conveys for five shillings, etc., the
farm (in the West patent of Northcastle) where Moses
Quinby then lived, beginning at the northwest corner of
Francis Quinby's land, thence by Francis Quinby's land
and James Brundige's land, and crossing the road leading
from Moses Quinby's to the house of William Ogden de-
ceased to the lot of late (?) intended for Moses Quinby,
Jr., (including the middle lot on the Ridge), and by the
lands of Samuel Quinby, Obediah Quinby and B. Smith, etc,
Moses died at the age of 82 (i. e., in 1786). Children
of Moses* and Jean (Pelham) Quinby, born at Northcastle:
I. Elizabeths Quinby, born 2 mo. 17, 1731 (Fr. re);
Bolton says 28 Feb. 1736. She married Richard-
son Sutton of Croton, N. Y., fifth son of Joseph
Sutton, the first, born 11 July, 1732, died 1776
(I. Bolton, 576). She died 8 mo. 5, 1806;
128 The Quinbt Family
84. II. Samuel " Quinbt, born 7 mo. 23, 1732 (see) ;
85. III. Francis « Quinbt, born 9 mo. 30, 1734 (see) ;
IV. Mart Jane« Quinbt, born 2 mo. 22, 1738 (Mrs.
Beebe has a record giving 6 mo. 25); she mar-
ried Johli' Cornell of Purchase, N. Y.; she died 7
mo. 1794. Boltbn's Westchester giyes Mary' as
having married both John" Cornell, {Joshua',
Joshua*, John', Thomas^, Richard^), born 1738
and died 1873 (he also married Mary Ann Allen)
and apparently earlier, his brother William •
Cornell, born 1728. If this is a different Mary
Quinby no other record of the second can be
found;
86. V. JosiAH' Quinbt, born 3 mo. 20, 1741 (see);
VI. Phoebe " Quinbt, born 10 mo. 15, 1744; died 6 mo.
1800;
VII. Hannah' Quinbt, born 7 mo. 5, 1747 says Bolton;
Mrs. Beebe says 12 mo. 3^ 1749; she married 9 mo.
14, 1791, at Purchase, Westchester county, Fferris'
Cornell; the Friends' records say: "marriage in-
tention, 8, 11,^1791 and 9, 8, 1791; reptd. ace. 10,
13, 1791." Ferris « was son of Joseph » Cornell
and was born 1748; she died 5 mo. 20, 1809;
87. VIII. Isaiah' Quinbt, born 12 mo. 3, 1749 (see);
IX. Martha' Quinbt, born 10 mo. 18, 1751; she mar-
ried 12 mo. 21, 1769, at Chappaqua, Westchester
county, Samuel, son of Jacob and Mary (Amy?)
Underbill of Phillipsburg, N. Y. ("marr. Int. 11,
9, 1769; 12, 14, 1769.") She died 9 mo. 24, 1821,
at Newcastle;
X. Susannah' Quinbt, born 4 mo. 2, 1756 (new
style); married 10 mo. 21, 1784 (say the Friends'
records; Mrs. Beebe, Mr. Andrews and others
evidently in error say 4 mo. 22) Reuben, son of
Samuel and Rebecca Haigh't of Phillipsburg ("marr
int. 9, 9, 1784; 10, 14, 1784; reported ace. 11, 11,
1784"). She died 2 mo. 19, 1824, says one record;
another says she died 4 mo. 21, 1831, aged 74 y.
11 m. 29d., at Northcastle; he died 5 mo. 21,
1841, aged 81 y. 2m. 19 d. at Mt. Pleasaiit.
Note — Sutton of Westchester, showing intermarriages with
Quinby (compiled from Bolton's History of Westchester, New
York, page 760) :
Joseph Sutton married Mary Sands and died 1765-70; aged
80. His son, RicTiardson Sutton, was born 11 July, 1732, and
died 1776. He married Elizabeth' Quinby (Moses*, Josiah*,
John*, William^). They hikd a son Samuel Sutton born 22 Jan.
1764, who married Sarah, daughter of Abraham Underbill, and had
Amy Sutton, wlio married Isaiah H. ' Quinby, (William », Josiah ',
Moses*, Josiah', John", William^). Anotbler son of Richardson
and Elizabeth" (Quinby) Sutton was Moses Sutton, born 15
March, 1756, who married Rebecca, daughter of Iskac Underbill.
They had Phbebe Sutton, who married Aaron* Quinby (James',
Aaron*, Josiah', John', William^).
The Quinbt Family 129
iv/r /^ • L ., ^y month
Moses Quinby thear 7 Son was born 12 of 9- 1704
was mared to Jean Pellam Dafter of Francis
I'ellam, whou was the dafter of Justes of Peas
the Twelve month in the year 1729
and had the 10 following Children
day month
Ji/lizabeth 1 born ye 17 12 1730
bamuel Quinby 2 born ye 23: 7: 1732
Francis Quinby 3 born ye 30: 9: 1734
Mary born 4 ye 25: 6: 1738
Josiah Quinby 5 born ye 28: 1: 1741
Phebe born ye 6 ye 15: 10: 1744
Hannah born 7 ye: 5: 7: 1747
Isaiah Quinby 8 born ye 3: 12: 1749
Martha born 9 ye 18: 10: 1751
Supannar born [illegible] 22: 4: 1756
Moses Quinby lived in North
Cassel and belonged to parches [Purchase]
monthly meting had a good
Testimony that was very except
ble to us and friends in general way
He Departed this the 6 day of the 4 month, 1786
Jean Quinby deceassed the 10 of ye 5 month 1787
Elizabeth mared to Richardson Sutton
Mary mared to John Cornell
Phebe never mared & [illegible] to rest
Hannah marred to Feris Cornell
Marthar marred to Samuel Underbill
Susannar marred to Ruben Hoyght.
[This seems to be in Samuel Quinby's hand].
Note — Marriage Certificate of Moses and Jean (Pelham) Quin-
by (1730) (spelling modernized):
Whereas Moses Quinby of North Castle in the county of
Westchester, son to Josiah Quinby, and Jean Pelham of the same
place having declared their intention of marriage to each other
before several of the monthly meetings of the people called Quakers
in Mamaroneck according to the good order used amongst them
whose proceeding there after a deliberate consideration thereof,
and having the consent of relations concerned and nothing ap-
pearing to Absent were approved of by the meeting. Now these
are to certify all whom it may concern that for the accomplishing
their said intention this fourth day of the fourth month in the
year of our Lord seventeen hundred and thirty ye said Moses
Quinby and Jean Pelham presented themselves in a public meet-
ing of the said people and others at North Castle, and ye said
Moses Quinby taking the said Jean Pelham by the hand and did
in a solemn manner declare that he did take her to be his wife
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The Quinby Family
promising to be unto her a true and loving husband until the
Lord by death shall separate them, and then and there in the
same assembly the said Jean Pelham did in like manner, declare
that she did take the said Moses Quinby to be her husband prom-
ising to be unto him a true and loving wife until the Lord by
death shall separate them and moreover the said Moses Quinby
and Jean Pelham have according to the custom of marriage as-
suming the name of her husband as a further confirmation thereof
did then and thereto these presents set their hands and we whose
names are hereunder subscribed amongst others at the solemnizing
of the said marriage and subscription as aforesaid have also as
witnesses set our hands to these presents:
Moses Quinby
Jean Quinby
James Haight
James Cromwell
William Johnson
Hannah Pelham
Mary Pelham
Abigail Sutton
Maria Johnson
Phoebe Carpenter
Elizabeth Green
Micah Sutton
Phebe Thornycroft
Panelope Hutchings
Joseph Denton
Jeremiah Wood
Joseph Green
Thomas Hutchings
John Hallock
Timothy Carpenter
Thomas Hutchings
Francis Pelham
Elizabeth Pelham
Dorcas Clapp
Samuel Quinby
Aaron Quinby
Samuel Vail
John Vail
Josiah Hunt
Adam Ireland
Joseph Sutton
32. Daniel* {Josiah^, John^, William^) born 1 mo.
14, 1709 in Westchester county. New York.
Daniel requested a certificate of clearance from the
Friends in Westchester, and a committee was appointed
1 mo. 12, 1745-6. I find no further record in that county,
but Daniel with Moses, brought a certificate of unity from
Purchase, Westchester county, 9 mo. 11, 1758, to the
Friends at Kingswood, Hunterdon county, N. J. Daniel
evidently returned after making a visit to his elder brother
Ephraim, who had settled in Hunterdon county twenty
years before. We find no records of Daniel's marrying
until 5 mo. 13, 1756, when he married at Flushing, Long
Island, N. Y., Mary daughter of Benjamin Thorne of that
place. She died 1 mo. 27, 1758, and in that record Daniel
is mentioned as a resident of Westchester.
An interesting memorandum in the Friends' records of
Westchester county is as follows:
"29th 4 mo. 1760 came Joseph Mullinex, Serjant and
James Lewes and opened my desk and took out £5 for not
training, I not being at home. Daniel Quinby."
He married second Sarah Wooster ("marriage intention
8, 10, 1769; 8, 14, 1769; reptd. 10, 12, 1769") and names
her in his will, dated 1 mo. 24, 1789, proved 17 Jan. 1795
The QuiNBY Family 131
in Westchester county (liber B, p. 100) in which he gives
her one-half the house, house-lot, stock, etc., the balance
to two nephews, "cousin Daniel brother Ephraim's son,"
and "cousin Moses, brother Aaron's son," the latter of
whom he made executor, as he lived in Westchester. No
children are mentioned.
One Sarah Quimby appears on the Hicksite records of
the Chappaqua Monthly Meeting 7 mo. 11, 1782, as hav-
ing been testified against at the meeting for certain con-
duct, of which some disapproved, not involving moral
turpitude, however.
33. Isaiah* (Josiah^, John^, William^) born 11 June,
1716, in Westchester county, N. Y. He settled at Amwell,
N. J., in 1742. He married first, 6 mo. 21, 1743, in Hun-
terdon county, New Jersey, Rachel Warford, born 3 mo.
20, 1723. She died 3 mo. 10, 1777, and he married 6 mo.
24, 1778, at Buckingham Friends' Meeting House, Hannah
Kinsey of Buckingham. After her death, he married third,
9 mo. 20, 1786, Miriam Betts of Solebury, Pennsylvania.
James and Moses Quinby and thirty-eight other persons
appear as witnesses of this marriage on the records of
Wrightstown Monthly Meeting.
Isaiah's ancient stone mansion is about a mile north-
east of the Raven Rock station on the Belvidere Railroad,
on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River.
From an essay by Charles T. Jenkins, Esq., read at
the Reunion of the descendants of Isaiah S the following is
taken :
"Ephraim Quimby, Josiah's younger brother, came to
New Jersey and settled in Hunterdon county prior to 1739,
and it was no doubt this fact that induced our ancestor
Isaiah in 1742 to follow the course of empire westward and
try his fortunes in Amwell. Amwell in those days was a
very large township. About 50 years ago it was divided
and this portion was included in the boundaries of a new
township called Delaware.
"Isaiah Quinby was born the 11th of Fifth-month,
1716. He was consequently 26 years of age when he came
to New Jersey. He provided himself with a certificate
from his Monthly-Meeting, stating that he had a birth-
right among Friends and that he had behaved himself
'pretty orderly' as a youth. This certificate was afterwards
presented to the Monthly Meeting at Buckingham. He must
have met Rachel Warford soon after his arrival, for they were
married the following year, 1743, Sixth-month 21st. Three
days will make it just one hundred and forty-eight years
132 The Quinby Family
ago and this occasion will serve as an anniversary celebra-
tion of the event. The Warfords were early settlers in
that part of Bethlehem township which has since been
formed into Kingwood. Two miles above here there are
high bluffs like those of Raven Rock, called Warford's
Rocks. Here was a Warford farm of 300 acres. The War-
ford name to-day, however, is almost extinct in Hunterdon
county. I have not been able to find the names of Rachel's
parents.
"In December, 1743, six months after his marriage,
Isaiah Quinby bought of John and Catherine Howell a
tract of land containing 300 acres. It extended from the
river back over the river hills and included this island which
was valuable in these days for the facilities for shad fishing
it afforded. The fisheries were on the side towards the
main channel. The island was also cultivated as part of
it is today. Isaiah's original farm was afterwards increased
in size and when his son James owned it, it contained 312
acres, with a 30-acre wood lot in addition.
"Soon after Isaiah bought his farm he built a one-story
stone house which is part of the dwelling as it stands to-
day. The two-story part adjoining was not built until
later, about 1800. The old pear tree at the end of the
house, now half reclining and nearly dead, is considerably
over a hundred years old and is supposed to have been
planted about the time the first house was built. In this
quaint old farm house, which has stood so long over-look-
ing the Delaware Valley, Isaiah Quinby lived for more than
65 years. Thaddeus Kenderdine thus speaks of it:
"High up among the river hills
The low roofed Quinby farm house stood,
Overlooking miles of valley land
And alternating field and wood."
"Before the present bridge was built, in order to ford
the river it was necessary to go several miles lower down
or some distance above. There was, however, a public
ferry at Lumberton, a mile below us. In the spring, when
the river was high with freshets or when filled with floating
ice, crossing was hazardous and often impossible. In winter
however, a bridge of ice often stretched from shore to
shore. When Thomas Atkinson and Hannah Quinby were
married, the bridal procession from the old home glided
down the snow-clad hill and with jingling sleigh bells wound
a sinuous course over the river to Solebury Meeting House.
The Qxjinbt Family 133
"Before the meeting house at Solebury was built the
Quinbys went to Buckingham to worship, but the distance
and the often impassable crossing interfered seriously with
their regular attendance. Rachel Warford was not origin-
ally a member of the Society of Friends, but I think it
likely she was afterwards taken in. A story is told of her
mounting her horse with one child on front and another
behind and crossing the river to attend week day meeting.
"When, however, their daughter Mary was married,
the wedding was not conducted under the care of Friends
and a committee from Buckingham was appointed to visit
Isaiah for this offence and also to look into the purchase
of a slave which he had made about that time. The com-
mittee visited him and he put them in expectation of at-
tending the following monthly meeting, but the small pox
was raging in the neighborhood of the meeting house, and
as his family had never had it he did not appear. At
another time he was prevented from attending by the river
being impassable. He finally prepared a written acknowl-
edgment which was accepted as satisfactory."
It was in the same year 1765 that the fact of Isaiah's
having bought a negro woman was brought before the
meeting; "a committee was probably appointed to visit him
regarding the matter for he afterwards acknowledged that
the negress was a bad purchase." (C. F. J.) "Isaiah
Quinby, 1st, was quite blind before he died; his eyes were
afficted with cataracts, which in the present day could
probably have been removed. He was a great worker and
an early riser, a characteristic which clings to the whole
Quinby family." (C. F. Jenkins). Isaiah Quinby acquired
his title to his farm fishery as follows:
I. Proprietors of New Jersey to Richard Ball and
John Ladd, deed 11 Nov. 1712, 625 acres.
(Book A, fol. 137);
II. Richard Ball to John Ladd; partition made 1721;
lower part and Island allotted to John Ladd;
III. John Ladd to Catherine Ladd, wife of John How-
ell; will dated 1730 of John Ladd; the tract of
land in the township of Amwell containing
about three hundred acres more or less;
IV. John Howell and Catherine his wife to Isaiah
Quinby; deed dated 23 Dec. 1743; conveys the
300 acres. Isaiah Quinby and wife conveyed
part of this property to George Wall for $4000.
(recorded vol. IV. p. 6) and recited the above
conveyances in the deed, dated 24 Mar. 1801.
134 Tbe QxnNBT Family
The property is described as follows: 1st. A
tract of land containing 65 6-10 acres including
the island in the Delaware river known as
Bull's Island; 2nd. A tract opposite the island
containing 75 acres; both tracts in Amwell
township; rights are reserved to certain fish-
eries by three several leases, 1st. to Aaron
Quinby, Moses Quinby, John Wolverson and
others dated 20 Feb. 1782; 2nd, to Aaron
Quinby, Moses Quinby, Isaac Rittenhouse and
others, dated 17 Mar. 1786; 3d., to Moses
Quinby, Aaron Quinby, James Quinby and
others, dated 20 Feb. 1794.
Isaiah^ died 4 mo. 6, 1807, aged 91; Miriam, his widow,
died 7 mo. 20, 1811.
Children of Isaiah* and Rachel (Warford) Quinby:
I. Samuel 5 Quinby, born 3 mo. 20, 1743; died 5 mo.
1750; killed by the kick of a horse;
II. Mahy» Quinby, born 1 mo. 7, 1745; married 1765,
Isaac Stout, "a nice man," of Amwell, outside the
Society of Friends and in consequence was called
before the Buckingham Monthly Meeting. Noth-
ing seems to have been done about it, and Mary
afterwards became a Baptist; a descendant of
Isaiah says he often spoke of her as hie "religious
daughter." Isaiah said she was the best child
he had, said Aunt Mary Kenderdine in Upper
Dublin to Wilmer Atkinson in 1891 (reported by
C. F. Jenkins);
III. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 11 mo. 11, 1747; married
11 mo. 13, 1766, at Plumstead meeting, Joseph,
son of Joseph Brown of Bucks county, Penn., and
removed to Virginia in the fall of 1770, and took
their certificate of membership to Fairfax Monthly
Meeting. For a while they were very poor, said
Aunt Mary; and EHzabeth "had to take in spin-
ning;"
IV. Anne ' Quinby, born 1 mo. 18, 1749, died (4 mo.
7?) 1831; married at Buckingham meeting 5 mo.
13, 1772, Jeremiah, son of Robert Croasdale of
Bucks county, Penn. They had eleven children.
Jeremiah was a Quaker and a nice young man;
Mr. Jenkins's MS. says: "Cousin Letitia Haines
recalls the fact that aunt Nancy and uncle Jerry
Croasdale stopped at her father's, when he was
farming in Delaware, on their way to visit Aaron's
family in Maryland. They travelled in a chair
(i. e., chaise) and aunt Nancy carried her clothes
in a bag that was strapped underneath; 'and what
a nice old couple they were,' says cousin Letitia;"
Jeremiah died 9 mo. 27, 1829; Anne died 4 mo. 7,
1831;
The Qthnbt Family 135
V. Phoebe' Quinbt, born 1 mo. 17, 1750 (says the
Reunion program of 1891; 1751 says U. B. Q.
MS.) married 16 Apr. 1771, Ambrose Barcroft of
Bucks county (II. Penna. Archives, 2nd Series).
An essay on their descendants was prepared by
Mrs. Caroline V. Brown of Yorkanna, Pa.;
VI. Rachel" Quinby, born 5 mo. 11, 1753; died 1 mo.
17, 1842; married 1 mo. 3, 1779, John Woolverton
of Hunterdon county, N. J., son of Maurice and
Mary (Baker) Woolverton, An account of their
descendants was prepared by Rev. William H.
Woolverton of Trenton, N. J. in 1891. It is re-
lated that when John came to Isaiah Quinby and
asked him for his daughter Rachel, he was re-
fused on the ground that he was not able to sup-
port a wife. John answered, "never mind; I will
own more land than you do before I die." He
was a careful farmer and a good manager, and
before he died he owned three large farms and
twenty horses, thus fulfilling his youthful boast
(Jenkins MSS.);
VII. Sarah' Quinby, born 5 mo. 12, 1755; married 10
mo. 6, 1777, at Amwell, N. J., Seneca Lukens of
Horsham, Montgomery county, Penn. They had
a son Isaiah, a celebrated clockmaker. "He made
the clock in the tower of the old State House in
Philadelphia in 1839 for $5000." He made a
visit to Europe, and was a founder and vice-
president of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia,
and died 11 mo. 12, 1841. Seneca was also a
clockmaker; he died in the fall of 1829.
The record of Sarah's death in 1843 is as fol-
lows: "Departed this life on the 9th. inst., Sarah
Lukens, relict of the late Seneca Lukens, of Hors-
ham, Montgomery county, aged nearly 88 years.
Her remains were followed to Friends' Burying
Ground, Horsham, by a numerous company of
relatives and friends. It is seldom we follow to
the grave one who has left so many descendants.
She left no less than five children, thirty-seven
grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren,
making seventy-seven direct descendants";
88. VIII. Aabon ' Quinby, born 6 mo. 17, 1757 (see) ;
89. IX. Moses ' Quinby, born 6 mo. 20, 1759 (see) ;
X. Tabitha' Quinby, born 6 mo. 16, 1761; married 12
Jan. 1800, by Richard Opdike, J. P. to Joseph
Chapman of Hunterdon county, N. J. She died
of paralysis, 12 mo. 30, 1854, aged 93, the last of
her father's children; Tabitha (Quinby) Chapman
"was a kind, generous, tender-hearted woman; she
was useful among the sick; she had a horse which
she rode to visit her patients. When she died like
Tabitha of old there was great sorrow. Joseph
Chapman was a man of more than ordinary mind
and for many years was a Justice of the Peace.
136 The Quinby Family
He died at my father's house near Stockton, N. J.'
11 Oct. 1864, aged 90 years. (Rev. E. C. Romine,
Doylestown Intelligencer).
Isaiah Quinby was grantbe 3 May, 1775, from
Abner Mott and wife of property situate in Am-
well township, N. J., containing fifty acres on the
road leading to Pratt's Mill; he conveyed it by
deed dkted 27 Apr. 1804, to Tabitha Chapman
for £618. (Recorded vol. IX., p. 365, Fleming-
ton, N. J.) Isaiiah* Quinby sold a farm of fifty
acres in 1804 for £618 to his daughter Tabitha,
near Rosemont, N. J., where she and her husband
lived many years. (Rev. E. C. Romine).
XI. Martha" Quinby, born 8 mo. 5, 1763; she married
first John, son of William and Esther Blackfan of
Solebury, at Buckingham Meeting 6 mo. 14, 1786.
Fifty-one Friends were present. He was son of
William Blackfan. She married second, 1 mo. 10,
1809, at Solebury Meeting, Isaac, son of Joseph
and Ann Chapman, of Wrightstown;
90. XII. James' Quinby, born 8 mo. 30, 1765 (see);
91. XIII. Job' Quinby, born 1 mo. 29, 1768 (see).
Note — The marriages of Rachel and Sarah were performed by William
Frazier, a minister of the church of England.
Note — The foregoing birth dates are mostly from the printed program of
the 1891 Reunion and are the same in a MS. in possession of Upshur B. Quinby
in 1893 except that months are new style in the MS.
QUINBY REUNION.
At the Reunion of the descendants of Isaiah* Quinby, held 18
June, 1891, near his ancient homestead nearly opposite Lumber-
ville, Bucks county, Penn., at Raven Rock station, the following
officers were elected:
President, Isaiah Quinby, Lumberville, Pa.
Vice-Pres., James Quinby, Carversvillie, Pa.
2nd Vice-Pres., Letitia G. Haines, Philadelphia, Pa.
3rd Vice-Pres., Hannah Atkinson, Three Tuns, Pa.
4th Vice-Pres., Dr. John Barcroft, Alexandria, Va.
Secretary, Sarah C. Long, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer, Eastburn Reeder, New Hope, Pa.
Many of the papers and numerous letters of regret &c. were
printed in the Doylestown Intelligencer of June 19, 20, 24, 29,
July 2, 14, 1891.
Several poems were read, of which extracts follow:
"Our worthy sire a man of peace, a man oppos'ed to war.
Upheld the simple ways of Friends, their testimonies bore
Against all feuds and deadly strife, he prayed that these might
cease.
That men might learn to follow well the 'Quaker's Prince of Peace.'
Amid his fields and forests broad contented with his home
Where buds and blossom on his trees with every spring time came
His flint lock musket on its hooks, when held with truest aim.
The Quinbt Family 137
Would never fail his steady hand in bringing down the game;
Wild pigeons too, in endless flocks each coming season brought,
And hundreds of these pretty birds with his net he caught.
His life one round of ceaseless change until his years were done,
He was gathered to his fathers at the age of ninety-one.
Thro unpretending simple ways, his gains were slow but sure,
And these he saved by honest toil, and labored to secure,
A large estate, that in the end he might bequeath the same
Unto his heirs that followed him and honored kept his name.
But we should never once forget his true and faithful wife.
The trusted Mother of them all, who toiled through out her life
To gather comfort around her board, to feed and clothe them well,
And rear them up to frugal ways. There's none left now to tell
The long, long story of her life, her never ending care,
Of duties done and labors hard she was compelled to bear.
How with her card and fleecy rolls, she gave the wool and wheels
their whirls.
And how she taught these lessons well to all her many girls.
And with the busy spinning wheels that buzzed from day to day,
She spun the slender linen thread of flaxen color grey.
With spools and flyers running swift, the distaff overhead,
She crowned with flaxen fleecy folds, by gentle fingers spread.
Then deftly drawn by downward pull to even measured strand,
And dampened from the water gourd close hanging near at hand.
Ere had she knit the family yarn, that she had reeled and spun,
And taught the girls to turn as she had always done.
The big fireplace well kept and clean, where polished trammels
hung
With iron cranes above them all on which the kettle swung.
The tongs and shovel leaning stood, bright monuments of pride,
With bellows too in easy reach, near hanging by their side.
The beer jugs warming on the hearth, stood foaming at the tops,
And giving forth a pleasant smell of ginger, root and hops.
The earthen bowls and leaden spoons, with wooden handled knives,
And burnished plates of pewter ware, the pride of country wives,
Were leaning forward on the shelves, behind the bars of wood,
Along the open dresser's front, in grand array they stood.
Such was the way our Mothers lived one century ago.
And of their toils our modern wives indeed but little know."
Febsonal Reminiscences : " The writer of this family sketch
does yet remember well,
The homely ways herein described, for 'twas my lot to dwell,
In childhood years upon the farm, in my Grandmother's care.
I oft look back upon the scenes that I have witnessed there.
Three of my aunts then lived at home and ran three spinning
wheels
And I would sit and count the snaps when ere they turned the
reels,
Or held with aching arms the skeins while they wound up a ball,
Or listened to the evening talk should pleasant neighbors call.
I've walked up winding Federal Twist, up Democratic Hill,
Have wandered on the Indian Path, and watched the cider mill.
138 The Quinbt Pamilt
I've often crossed the old Sharpsfield, have drank from Mingo
Spring,
And on the grape vines in the dell have often had a swing.
Have seen the flax-break with its smoke ascending high in air,
And oftimes played among the sheaves, piled high and scattered
there.
I will remember Beckey Stout, I often met her there,
And when my aunts were sweeping up, she never moved her chair.
They boastingly would speak of it, and seeking thus to prove,
The Quinby folks the kindest folks, not asking her to move.
But Jacob Biggie leads them all, a pensioner became.
And on the Quinby's generous store he always had a claim."
(Jacob Servis, Lambertville, N. J.)
END OF FOURTH GENERATION
Tdu are cordially Invited
to Bttand a picnic Fs\inlDn of the
descendants of
ISillAH gUINBT,
to be held B mo. (Jims) IB. IBBli
at BulJ'8 Island, N.J.
18A1AH QUINBV,
LumuviLu, p*.
ELLEN K. REEDER,
New Mopt, p*.
JEREMIAH HAVMUR8T,
Umwrtvuli, N. J.
DR. WATSON P. QUINSV,
JOSEPH nowiu, wi-„.™.o^
CoaBWDoo,p*.
WILMER R JOHNSON,
Nohtm Wumm, Pa.
ELLA 0ROA8DALE RIDGE,
LUMWOMtEi P*.
CHARLES F. JENKINS,
Pmuaklfku, Pa.
OWMITTK Of AAKWOUiiNTI.
The Quinbt Familt 139
FIFTH GENERATION
At this point in regular order would follow the sons of 12
William^ {William^, Robert) numbered 34 to 39 inclusive with
their families, the sons of the sixth generation numbered from 92 to
lit, all reserved, however, for a later volume.
40. Joseph* (Joseph*, Robert^, Robert") was born in
1715, in Massachusetts, probably in the vicinity of Ames-
bury, and was a twin brother of Benjamin ^
When he was about twenty-five years of age he moved
to Falmouth, in the province of Massachusetts, now the
city of Portland, Maine. Nothing is known of his life up
to that time, beyond the fact that he learned how to build
ships.
The earliest record which has ever been found of Joseph
Quinby's life at Portland is the following: Joseph Quinby
and Samuel Cobb, who was also in the ship building busi-
ness, bought of James Mills by deed dated 30 April, 1740,
an acre of land at Meeting-House Point on Falmouth Neck,
with the house on it, and the flats in front of the house to
low watermark; also Mills' right in half the Common
lands. The consideration was one hundred and thirty-six
pounds in money, equal to silver at twenty-nine shillings
an ounce (24 Portland Deeds, 139).
This half interest Joseph Quinby sold to Benjamin
Godfrey for twenty-one pounds and five shillings by deed
recorded 17 Jan. 1744, (26 Deeds 11). The difference in
price may be explainable by some difference in the value of
the money mentioned: the price of silver in the former deed
probably equalized matters if the price in the second deed
was equivalent to gold.
A few months after Joseph made his first purchase of
land on Falmouth Neck mentioned above, his intention of
marriage to Mary Haskell was recorded 28 September, 1740.
She was born 22 Apr. 1722, the daughter of Thomas* and
Mary (Parsons) Haskell. A full account of them and their
ancestry was printed in II. New England Family History.
The marriage took p|ace shortly thereafter, though the
record was destroyed in the burning of Falmouth at the
140 The Quinbt Fajiilt
beginning of the Revolutionary War. They lived together
over twenty-six years and she long survived him.
It is interesting to note that from the year of his birth
to that of his wife's death was just a century of time!
In 1741 Joseph and his wife Mary acknowledged the con-
venant at the First church in Falmouth (King's History
of the First church, p. 11), and remained members and
pew holders there (see diagrams, picture, and description
following).
No doubt Joseph lived in the house at Meeting House
Point until he bought the house and quarter-acre lot which
extended from the Old Meeting House highway at Clay
Cove. For this he paid John Carney of Gloucester thirty-
two pounds ten shillings "lawful money," 30 April, 1743.
Joseph Quinby was on the Falmouth tax list for 1744
(perhaps the only one preserved of that period) as follows:
"Polls, 1-12; real 2; persl 3."
In the course of the next dozen years Joseph built
many ships and houses for other people in Falmouth and
invested his savings in real estate. His purchases during
the next few years were as follows:
"Joseph Quinby of Falmouth in 1753 purchased of
Samuel Cobb one-half of the hundred-acre lot, No. 75,
which lot contains the mill privilege on Little River, near
what is called Stephenson's Bridge, near the foot of Brandy
Brook Hill. On these falls he built a saw mill which was
raised 2 Oct. 1764. This mill was owned in common and
run on shares by several of the neighboring settlers." (His-
tory of Gorham, Maine, p. 257). Quinby sold his share of
the mill and privilege in 1766 to Ebenezer Mayo of Fal-
mouth (id.) He was taxed on a mill; "probably a non-
resident." (id. 103).
With Enoch Moody he bought 4 May, 1754, three
acres at Falmouth Neck (now the City of Portland) on
Green Street, extending to Back Cove, and adjoining the
lot sold to the Proprietors of the Meeting House. The
price paid was £26 : 13sh. : 4d. Thirty-two years later this
lot was appraised by Joseph Quinby's heirs at £100. (30
Falmouth deeds, 277).
He acquired of Enoch Moody over three acres on
Mountjoy's Neck in Falmouth, 27 Aug. 1754, (32 Deeds,
254-5). This property was a part of his estate at the time
of the division amongst his heirs in 1786, and was valued
at £30. The following year he bought of Samuel Cobb,
Jr., and his wife Sarah of York, half of a hundred acre lot
by deed dated 29 Mar. 1755, in the new township in York
The Qtjinbt Family 141
called Narragansett Number Seven. Mr. Cobb had bought
this of Moses Pearson, Enoch Freeman and Joshua Free-
man in 1753 (30 Deeds, 352). He bought four acres of
land in Falmouth on the Stroud water Road of Joseph and
Mary W. Thomas, 15 Mar. 1756 (30 Deeds, 352). This
land seems also to have been in his possession at the time
of his death.
It is stated by one of the historians of Portland: "He
lived on Middle Street. His house stood on the spot more
recently occupied by that of Captain Thomas Browne, and
was destroyed in the conflagration of 1775. He accumu-
lated a large landed property on the 'Neck,' as well as in
Westbrook, among which was a three acre lot lying on Elm
Street, from Congress Street to Back Cove."
He resided, (says L. B. Chapman, the historian of
Portland and vicinity), on the southerly side of Middle
Street, near India Street till the destruction of Portland by
Capt. Mowatt, 18 Oct. 1775.
Edward Shove of Dutchess county. New York, and
others for a stated consideration of twenty dollars, quit-
claimed to Joseph Quinby by deed dated 4 Dec. 1766, their
interest in the lands of their grandfather Edward Shove in
Falmouth (23 Deeds, 255-6). Thereafter by the grant of
the Falmouth proprietors, 5 May, 1774, thirty acres were
laid out to him at Ammoncongin Falls (now Cumberland
Mills) adjoining the seventy acres formerly laid out to Edw-
ard Shove. This is referred to in the divisional deeds of
Joseph's heirs, which are herein after set out.
This was not the first water-power property he had
bought, for "in 1753 h^ purchased land and a mill privilege
at Gorham, and 2 Oct. 1764, he raised the frame to a mill
which was at Stephen's bridge on Little River" (Chapman).
Joseph Quinby owned some real estate in Amesbury
Mass., and after he had long been a resident of Portland,
he sold his Amesbury property, making a trip there from
Maine for the purpose.
By deed dated 9 Dec. 1768, and acknowledged the
same day, he sold for twenty pounds to John Currier of
Salisbury, Mass., six and a half acres of land at a place
called the Lion's Mouth in Amesbury. This land was
bounded by land of Daniel Quinby and of Benjamin and
Jonathan Quinby, (sons of Benjamin') (Salem deeds, 122: 89).
He sold for £10 to Abner Jones of Amesbury six and a
half acres in the "Great Swamp" in that town by a deed
dated 11 Dec. 1768, and acknowledged the same day (Salem
deeds, 122 : 20),
142
The Quinbt Family
Gravestone of 40 Joseph^ Quinby at Stroudwater Me_An ajerisk (*)
after "JE. 61" refers to the foot note consisting of the last three bnes.
The QuiNBY Family 143
Extracts from Town Records of Falmouth
At an annual meeting of the Freeholders and other In-
habitants of the Town of Falmouth, 11 March, 1760, Joseph
Quinby was elected Surveyor of Highways, also in 1761.
In 1762 he was elected Fence Viewer and Field Driver,
also in 1763, 1764 and 1770.
In 1763, 1764 and 1766 he was elected Surveyor of
Lumber.
In 1766 he was elected Collector but refused to serve
"& promised to pay his fine."
At the burning of Falmouth in 1776, Joseph Quinby's
house was destroyed; and after a brief sojourn at Libby's
Corner, near Portland, he joined his brother Benjamin at
Saccarappa, bought into the mill privilege there, 23 Mar.
1775, although he owned at the time of his death, says the
History of Cumberland county, "a privilege on the Pre-
sumpscott River at Saccarappa, on which a mill then
stood, called Haskell's mill. Capt. Haskell had died in
1776 and had probably left his mill property to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Quinby."
Joseph died at Saccarappa, 14 Apr. 1776, and there he
is buried. His tombstone, however, is at Stroudwater.
It bears a foot note (to which attention is directed by an
asterisk thereon), explaining that his remains are at Sac-
carappa (see illustration).
His widow did not die until 12 April, 1815, aged 93.
After the destruction of Portland, the town chose a
committee to make up a list of the losses sustained by its
citizens, ("for inspection by Congress," says Willis's His-
tory of Portland; p. 900). The following item appears:
"Joseph Quinby, Sen., brother to Benjamin of Saccar-
appa, £413."
Joseph, Senior, (says Chapman), gave his eldest son,
Joseph, Jr., a house in Portland, before he made his will.
As the son died in 1775, and his widow again married and
moved away, neither he nor his descendants are mentioned
in the following deed of the settlement which took place
amongst the heirs:
Estimation on the estate of Joseph Quinby, late of Fal-
mouth, deceased, made and agreed to by the heirs of said
estate they being all present.
3 acres of land in the township of Portland near the
Meetinghouse £100.
3 acres on Mountjoy's Neck valued at 30.
144 The Quinbt Familt
1-2 pew in the Meetinghouse in Portland valued at 9.
10 acres more or less lying in Portland near John
Thomes' valued at 96.
13 acres at Ammincongin next the River valued at
3£ pr. a.
145 acres at Ammincongin valued at 48 shil. per a.
House and barn valued at £100.
Signed, sealed and delivered this 26 October, 1786, etc.
General Settlement of the Heirs of Joseph Quinby
This agreement made and concluded upon this 26th day of
October, 1786, witnesseth that we the subscribers being heirs of
the estate of Joseph Quinby late of Falmouth deceased and Hke-
wise of Messrs. Thomas and Levi Quinby late of said town de-
ceased do hereby agree that Mr. John Quinby shall take all the
lands (all that is not laid out of ye right purchased of Edward
Shove) owned by said deceased at Ammonconging (also a cow-
right on ye Neck and ye privilege for a gristmill at (illegible) and
paying to Rebecca Pierce widow £ — (sic) and likewise the said
John shall have a lot in what they call the home lot in Portland
beginning at the Middle street and adjoining land owned by
Joseph Quinby and John (illegible) and running back from said
street three rods and thence parallel with said street till it joins
with land in possession of Abraham Stevens, and that that part of
said home lot fronting the Fore street shall be divided equally
between Rebecca Pierce, Eunice Cobb and Mary Slemons, and
that Rebecca Pierce take that part adjoining land in the posses-
sion of Abraham Stevens, and that Eunice Cobb take that part
adjoining land in the possession of William Tate, and that Mary
Slemons have the middle lot where the old house stood, and it is
further agreed that Eunice Cobb shall have the lot called the
three-acre lot near Portland Meeting-House (whereon Mr. Wait
Porter now lives) and half a pew in the same; the other half of
said pew is owned by Benjamin Haskell's heirs; and that Mary
Slemons shall have the lot near Portland line by Thomes*s called
the ten-acre lot and a cow-right on Mountjoy's Neck, and the
said John Quinby for himself and his sister Rebecca Pierce agree
to maintain and defend said farm at Ammonconing at their own
risque. It is further agreed that the said John Quinby take all
the stock, receive all the deposits and pay all the creditors. Given
under our hands at Falmouth.
John Quinby for Rebecca Pierce
WiUiam Cobb for Rebecca Cobb
William Slemons for Mary Slemons (seals)
Witness
Benja Fickett
X Obadiah Sawyer
his mark
The Quinby Family 145
Summary of the Second Deed
This indenture of five parts made and concluded this 1st day
of February, A. D., 1791, by and between Mary Quinby of Fal-
mouth &c. widow of Joseph Quinby late of said Falmouth ship-
wright deceased on one part, John Quinby of said Falmouth, mer-
chant on another part, Rebecca Pierce of said Falmouth, widow
on another part, William Cobb of Portland in said County esquire
and Eunice his wife in her behalf on another part, and William
Siemens of said Falmouth &c., yeoman, and Mary his wife on her
behalf on another part, the said John, Rebecca, Eunice and Mary
being the surviving children of the said Joseph Quinby deceased
and of the said Mary, witnesseth that whereas Thomas Quinby
and Levi Quinby who were also children of the said Joseph Quinby
deceased have lately died ilitestate, Joseph Quinby junior now also
deceased; "Mary Quinby the only legal heir of her two sons the
said Thomas and Levi deceased," &c. To John Quinby also a
small lot of land, part of the homestead lot of said Joseph Quinby
deceased in Portland aforesaid bounded as follows viz. North-
westerly on Midde street, southwesterly on land of Abraham
Stevens, northwesterly on land now belonging to David Riggs,
being the same which was devised to the said Joseph Quinby
junior deceased, and running back from Middle street three rods,
the rear line being parallel with Middle street; &c.
The remainder of the homestead lot was equally divided be-
tween Rebecca Pierce, Eunice Cobb and Mary Slemons.
Eunice Cobb has the three-acre lot near the old meeting-
house "whereon Mr. W. Wait the printer now lives," also one-
half pew in the meeting-house — the other half being owned by
the heirs of Benjamin Haskell.
Mary Slemons — "also the lot of land situated near the
dividing line of said Portland and Falmouth containing ten acres,
and a cow-right on Mountjoy's Neck."
John Quinby has besides, part of the homestead and all the
lands situated at a place called Ammoncongin — twenty-five acres
of common land in said Falmouth which said deceased bought of
Joseph Noyes, esquire — as also all that remains to be laid out
of the right purchased of Edw,d. Shove; also one-eighth grist-mill
at Saccarappy, northeast side Presumpscott river, commonly
called Haskell's mill, and a cow-right in the tract of land in Port-
land commonly called Mountjoy's Neck, together with all the
stock and farming utensils and all debts due him; John Quinby
agrees to pay all debts due from said estate.
(Abstract from the original, by Hon. Andrew Hawes, of
Stroudwater, Me., into whose possession all these documents have
descended) .
Edward Shove's deed to Joseph Quinby
Know All Men by These Presents that we Edward Shove in
Beekmans precinct in the county of Dutches and province of New
York yeoman and George Shove of Dighton in the county of
Bristol in the province of Massachusetts Bay in New England
yeoman and Lydia Boys wife of William Boys of said Dighton m
the county and province above said in New England yeoman and
Sarah Purinton wife of Clark Purinton in Swanzey in said county
flO)
146 The Qthnby Family
of Bristol in the province above said in New England yeoman
being legal representatives of George Shove late of said Dighton
deceased as said deceased George Shove was the eldest son of
Edward Shove late of said Dighton deceased we the said repre-
sentatives for and in consideration of twenty dollars paid by Joseph
Quinby of Falmouth in the county of Cumberland in the province
of Maine we the said representatives have remised released and
forever quit-claimed and by these presents do for ourselves our
heirs executors or administrators forever remise release and forever
quit-claim to him the said Joseph Quinby, his heirs and assigns
forever all share right title interest claim or demand as we had
now have or ought to have in or to all the rights or lots of land
that were our grandfather's Edward Shove's late of Dighton de-
ceased which lay in the township of said Falmouth so that we the
said representatives nor our heirs executors administrators shall
have any right title or interest in or to said premises but shall
be forever excluded and barred from the same. In testimony
whereof we the said representatives have hereunto set our hands
and seals this fourth day of December A. D. 1766.
Signed sealed and delivered Edward Shove (Seal)
In presence of us George Shove (Seal)
Edwd. Shove the 2d ' Lydia Boyce
Azariah Shove William Boyce (Seal)
Timothy Soule (or Louie) Sarah Purinton
Joseph Soule (or Louie) Clark Purinton (Seal)
Bristol SS. Dighton Feb. 28, 1767.
Appeared George Shove, Lydia Boyes, William Boyes, Sarah
Purinton, Clark Puriiiton the subscribers to the within writte'n
instrument and each of them did acknowledge the same to be their
act and deed. Before Ebenezer Crane, Justice of the Peace, July
27 day, 1767.
Then personally appeared Edward Shove and acknowledged
this within instrument to be his free act and deed before me Tim-
othy Soule one of his majesty's Justices of the Peace for this
County of Dutches and province of New York, Cumberland SS.
Received October 19, 1795, recorded with the records of deeds
for said county lib 23 fol. 255 and 256 att Isaac Ilsley Register,
a true copy att Samuel Freeman clerk.
The following is the grant of land made by the Falmouth
Proprietors committee in the vicinity of Cumberland Mills, viz:
"Laid out to the right of Edward Shove at the request of
Joseph Quinby thirty acres of land in the township of Falmouth
and bounded beginning at a point of rocks twelve rods up the
river from the lowermost part of Ammoncongah Falls said point
of rocks' being the most northerly corner of seventy acres of land
laid out to said Shove June ye 1st, 1732, thence south and by east
seventy-six rods adjoining said seventy acre lot to a stake in the
line of sixty acres laid out to William Hide, thence south thirty-
seven degrees and 30 minutes east one hundred and forty-six rods
to a stake in the line of sixty acres laid out to Benjamin Larraby,
Jr., thence north, northwest one hundred and thirty rods to the
The Quinby Family
147
river; thence southwest up the river to the first bounds provided
prfetr MayTim" '""" '''''''' ^*" ^^^^^^^^ ^^ *^^ P^°-
Enoch Freeman
Stephen Longfellow
Benjamin Winslow f Committee
Joseph Noyes
(Deering News 23 Nov. 1895).
Record of the landTtransactions of Joseph Quinby of Fal-
mouth, Maine, shipwright, as recorded to 1799 at Essex County,
IVL 8(SS ■
Joseph Quinby to Abner Jones
of Amesbury, consideration £10;
warranty; date, 11 Dec. 1768;
ack. same day; recorded 20 Mar.
1769, bk. 122, p. 20; no wife men-
tioned.
feq
s
to
a
Philip Rowell
Swamp ground in
Amesbury at the
"Great Swamp" six
and half acres
John Wells
s »
I-
Joseph Quinby to John Cur- tg
rier, blacksmith, of Salisbury g,
date, 9 Dec. 1768; ack. same g-
day; rec. 14 May 1770, bk. 122, IT
p. 89; no wife mentioned; war- g
ranty deed; Daniel Quinby, g
witness. 2'
County Road to Kingstown ^ o
Six and a half
acres in the Lion's
Mouth
Amesbury.
Benjamin and Jonathan
Quinby
a
i I.
3 :?
Joanna Thomson of Pownalborough in the County of Lyndon,
widow, to Joseph Quinby of Falmouth in the county of Cumber-
land, joiner, all interest in the estate of her mother; dated 14 Oct.
1768; ack. same day, rec. 7 Dec. 1768.
Joseph Quinby to Elizabeth Currier; recorded 6 June, 1783,
bk. 137, p. 139, land in Amesbury.
The children of Joseph * and Mary (Haskell) Quinby
born at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine:
I. Mahy« Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1742; died 15 Oct.
1750. Rev. Thomas Smith's Journal (edition of
1849, p. 145) contains the following entry: "Nov.
16, 1750. I was at prayer with Quinby's child,
which is sick of a fever, that first broke out at
Gorhamtown, where it was quite epidemical,
hardly any escaping." This child must have been
either Rebecca • or Joseph '. Mr. Chapman in
Deerng News intimates that it was Mary »; but
the date of her death which he gives, if correct,
shows that Rev. Thomas could not have been re-
ferring to her;
148 The Quinby Family
II, Rebecca « Quinby, born 9 Apr. 1744; admitted to
the First Church, 28 Mar. 1773 (King, p. 25)
married Joseph Pierce at Newbury, Mass.; 22
Oct. 1776, by Rev. Moses Hale; their marriage
intention is also on record there; she gave a power
of attorney, 12 Mar. 1802, for herself and heirs to
sell improved real estate at Newburyport, estate
of Joseph Pierce, deceased, late of Atkinson, N. H.
she lived at Haverhill, Mass , and died 15 May,
1816;
112 III Joseph* Quinby, born 15 May, 1746 (see);
IV Sahah« Quinby, born 9 May, 1748, baptised the
same year; died 12 July (or June) 1772;
V Eunice" Quinby, born 2 Aug 1750; married 2 Mar
1780, Brigadier General William Cobb of Port-
land, and died 25 Jan 1795, or, according to an-
other record, 22 Jan. 1796;
113. VI. Thomas' Quinby, born 3 Nov. 1752 (see);
VII. Maby« Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1755; perhaps the child
baptised at the First Church 14 May, 1758 (King's
History of the First Church, p. 93); married
14 June (or Jan.) 1781, at Falmouth, William*,
son of William 2 and Catherine (Porterfield) Slem-
ons, born at Stroudwater, Me., 9 Apr. 1834. She
died in 1828;
114. VIII. John' Quinby, born 12 May, 1760 (see);
115. IX. Levi' Quinby, born 12 May, 1761; he was a private
in Capt. Joseph Pride's company in a detachment
of Cumberland county militia commanded by
Nathaniel Jordan; Levi Quinby joined 1 Oct. 1779;
"service at the Eastward;" discharged 23 Oct.
1779 (Mass. Revolutionary War Rolls, MS.; XII.
"Mass. Soldiers and Sailors," etc., p. 893). Levi
died without issue and probably unmarried; the
family settlement of 1786 states that he had de-
ceased and that of 1791 says: "lately died in-
testate."
Autograph of 40 Joseph' Quinby.
Note — Printed accounts of Joseph' and of all his known ancestors in all
lines and of his descendants in all lines appeared in New England Family
History; several articles by Leonard B. Chapman, Esq., were printed in Deer-
ing News of various dates, including 20 Nov. 1897; 3 Aug. 1895; 22 Oct. 1903;
other mention in XVII. N. E. Register, 33; History of Cumberland county,
Me., etc.
THE FIRST CHtJRCH IN PORTLAND
The first church in Portland — the church over which
Parson Smith and Parson Deane presided — has been the
subject of a monograph compiled by the late Marquis F.
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King, President of the Maine Genealogical Society, of
which only one hundred copies were printed. As with it
were identified a number of the families who intermarried
with the Quinbys, I present an old woodcut of the second
building, which was built and turned over to the parish 17
July, 1740. The pews on the lower floors were reserved for
the proprietors. Fortunately two plans of the ground floor,
showing the pew holders in 1753 and in 1788 have been
preserved and copies of these plans redrawn, are also pub-
lished here, the plates kindly loaned by Dr. Alfred King of
Portland.
The exterior of the house remained unfinished till 1756,
and it was not painted till after the revolution.
Mr. King says: "In 1760 the building was enlarged
in accordance with plans submitted by Simon Gookin in
1753, by sawing it through the middle and moving each
end twelve feet, thereby making room for twenty-eight more
pews on the ground floor. At the same time a tower for
the bell was raised at the west end of the building, porches
built over the east and south entrances.
The woodcut represents its appearance subsequent to
the alterations commenced in 1760; divest it of tower and
porches and reduce its length by one quarter and we may
picture the original structure.
As will be noticed in the plan, among the original pew-
holders were Joshua Freeman, Joseph* Quinby, and Esq.
Charles Frost. In 1788 as the plan indicates, here were be-
sides those just mentioned also among the pewholders the
families of Dole, Titcomb, Haskell and Cobb, all connected
with the Quinby family.
41. Benjamin' Quinby (Joseph* Robert^, Robert'')
and his twin brother Joseph * were the eldest sons of
Joseph^ Qxiinby, "Jr." and were born in 1715 in Massa-
chusetts, probably at Amesbury.
He had learned the fuller's art — or the methods of
cloth manufacture — at Salem ^y the time he was well
into his twenties; and in his twerily-sixth year he had found
a place supplying waterpower and other advantages suffi-
cient for starting a cloth factory of his own, at Somers-
worth. New Hampshire, across the river from Berwick on
the Salmon Falls river, at a place called Quamphegan.
He had made up his mind to live there, and became a
member of Capt. John Hill's Company of Berwick, 22 Oct.
1740, "training day included," says the record (II. Me.
H. & G. Rec. 204).
The Quinbt Pamilt 151
There were no ready made clothes for sale in those
days and consequently no persons whose occupation was
what we understand by the term "clothier;" that word was
m use to designate one who manufactured cloth, or had,
as they said in those days, a "fulling mill."
Benjamin Quinby bought a mill privilege at the place
above described, 1 Dec. 1741, from three Robertses, Love,
Samuel and Sarah, who were residents of Somersworth.
In the deed Quinby is called "clothier, of Salem, Mass.",
and the location of his mill privilege is thus described: "at
Quamplegen at Somersworth, there where ye Saw Mill
lately stood called ye old Brigg" (26 N. H. Deeds, 134).
The Rev. E. S. Stackpole in "Old Kittery and Her
Families," says of the spot where Benjamin Quinby com-
menced business as fuller: "The tract of land called Quam-
phegan was the private estate of Sagamore Rowles, it
seems. March 19, 1650, he sold it to Thomas Spencer for
five pounds. It was 'a Parcel of Land called by the Name
of Quamphegan & bounded betwixt the two little fresh
Creebs nearest adjoining unto the same & the uppermost
Bounds in Length to go to the First little Swamp that
lieth at the Upper End of the said Ground.' The name
was extended to the falls near the present bridge at South
Berwick, and then to the river and to a region on both
sides of the river. In a deed from John Clark to Thomas
Abbot, 3 Sept. 1701, the parcel of land sold by Sagamore
Rowles is described as 'bounded on ye Southwest side by
ye brook next below the falls and by Humphey Chad-
bourn's farm on ye Northwest end by land of John Crafford,
the maine river and Salmon fall brook bounding the re-
mainder:' In a deed from Thomas Abbot to his son, 30
Jan. 1710, fifty acres are described as being 'in Dover, at
a place commonly called by the name of Quamphegan.'
John Lovering and son John had dwelt there since 1663.
As early as 1652 Capt. Thomas Wiggin and Mr. Simon
Bradstreet had erected a saw-mill there."
This business completed, Benjamin returned to Massa-
chusetts and visited his sweetheart, Anne Plummer, of
Rowley, and caused their marriage intention to be recorded
at Salem, 6 July, 1742; and 4 Nov. 1742, they were mar-
ried at Rowley by Jedediah Jewett, and the marriage is
recorded at Rowley where the bride had lived and at
Salem, Benjamin's place of residence (6 Essex Inst. Hist.
Coll., 155).
Benjamin's capital having no doubt been reduced by
his purchase of the waterpower, and more money being
ce tne sum lor repayment as the
152 The Quinby Family
imperatively needed, he borrowed from Samuel Moody of
Newbury, 23 Nov. 1742, the sum of seventy-five pounds —
a sum vastly greater in purchasing power then than now.
He gave his bond in twice the sum for repayment as the
custom was; and his sig-
nature thereto is here re-
produced.
In the bond Benja-
min described himself as "clothier, of Berwick" (Salem
Records, drawer 1758, package 2).
He and his wife then went to the site of his future
business to live, and there, 8 Oct. 1743, he purchased of
Elisha Andrews of Berwick further rights in the water-
power upon "Quamphegon Falls on the southwest side of
the river, that is to say one-half quarter part of a single
saw which is three days in one month, with a privilege of
the logg hill & all the water and water courses with the
privilege of the land which was given with the said stream"
(40 N. H. Deeds, 327).
A week later, Oct. 16, 1743, Benjamin Quinby's first
child was born, Jacob® Quinby.
Benjamin ^ Quinby continued to increase his water-
power rights, and 25 Mar. 1747, he bought of Samuel
Libby of Berwick, the right of two more days a month in
the same privilege "of one saw, being ye stream saw in
said mill next Dover Shore" (40 N. H. Deeds, 329).
August 10 of the same year he bought an additional
six days a month in the same privilege, "or one-fourth Part
of one Saw in a Double Saw Mill" (40 N. H. Deeds, 330).
In both of the foregoing deeds Benjamin was described as
"clothier, of Somersworth."
The Colonial court files at Concord, N. H., show the
following :
1747, Aug. 13, Summersworth. Petition of the Parish
Selectmen that Mr. Benjamin Quinby living at Quamphegon
in this Parish be licensed to keep a tavern, — "himself to
be an Honest Suflficient Person to keep the same" (Court
files. No. 22292).
1750, Aug. 24, Writ of attachment. Debt of 264
pounds "current money equal to old tenor" due Archibald
Smith of Summersworth, from Benjamin Quinby, Clothier,
of Summersworth, promissory note; bill of costs; execution;
endorsement: "the within execution satisfied" (No. 17690).
1754, Nov. 28, Writ of Attachment. Debt of 24
pounds, 10 shillings Old tenor due David Parker of Billerica,
Thb Quinbt Family 153
Mass., from Benjamin Quinby, clothier of Summersworth.
"A chear attached, value two shillings" (No. 8058).
Samuel Moody having waited for his money for six-
teen years — or perhaps waited to catch Benjamin within
the jurisdiction — sued 2 May, 1758, for twice the amount
of the loan, as the bond permitted, and got a body attach-
naent 16 May. Perhaps Moody got his money; for the
bill of costs on file indicates that the attachment was duly
made.
Thomas Sanders of Amesbury, perhaps Benjamin's
early instructor in the art of cloth manufacturing, seeing
the result of the lawsuit, tried the same method 3 July,
1760. Benjamin, it seems, had borrowed three pounds,
fourteen shillings and eight pence, 6 Feb. 1756, and given
his note for £28, old tenor, of the value in lawful money of
the first sum named. Sanders sued for nine pounds. Ben-
jamin's signature on the note is ^^ e,^/7
copied here: yiorfU' UloAif^
Execution was issued 28 May, <^ ^ ff «^<w^ y
1761; but there is no record that either of these judgments
was satisfied.
The colonial court files show these cases:
1763, Nov. 24, writ of attachment, £ 78 : 14s., old tenor,
"for value reed" with interest, also £62 : 5s., old tenor, "for value
reed. According to the Annexed Acctt" due Otis Varney of Sum-
mersworth by Benjamin Quinby of Summersworth, Cloather. A
chair attached value six shillings (Court files No. 6613).
1764, Aug. 10, writ of attachment, 116 pounds, old tenor,
with fifteen per cent per Annum Interest "for value Received"
due Daniel Gale of Kingston from Benjamin Quinby of Somers-
worth, yeoman; promissory note, bill of costs, execution, endorse-
ment: "Reed March the 12th, 1765, of Mr. Benja Quimbey the
full of this Execution — Pr Jno Sullivan atto to the Creditor."
(No. 3082).
1766, July 29, writ of attachment, 38 pounds, old tenor, of
ye value of five pounds one shilling & four pence "for value re-
ceived" with Interest, due Thomas Mekins of Amesbury from
Benjamin Quinby of Summersworth, clothier. A "hatt" attached,
value one shilling (No. 4851).
1766, July 29 writ of attachment, 300 pounds in bills old
Tenor of credit (of ye value Forty pounds lawful money) due
Thomas Mekins of Amesbury, Mass., from Benjamin Quinby of
Sumersworth, clothier; a jacket attached, value one shiUmg. (No.
4852) .
1770, Mar. 23, writ of attachment; "for value received" three
sums, viz. £18: 4s: 8d: £25: 4s.; and £10: 10s., with interest,
due John Wentworth of Somersworth from Benjamin Quinby of
Somersworth, clothier. . . •. t i. x
"May ye 10th, 1770; pursuant to the within writ I have at-
154 The Quinbt Familt
tached the dwelling house of the Deft, with a half acre of land
more or less, situated and Laying in Somersworth as follows:
Northeasterly by the High way Leading from Somersworth Meet-
ing House over Berwick Bridge then Esterly by Mill Priviledge,
and Southerly by Lands in Possession of Capt. Nath. Lord &
Northwesterly by Lands of Coll. Thomas Wallingfords to the High
way of the value of twenty Pounds & gave him a summons —
Pr Moses Yeaton D^pt Sheriff;" three promisory notes; bill of
costs. Judgment . . . "it is therefore Considered by the Court
(Inferior Court of Common Pleas), that the Plaintiff recover
against the said Benjamin the Sum of Fifty Nine pounds and
Eight pence damage and Two Pounds Eleven Shillings & Six Pence
Cost . . . afterwards in the same Term the said Benjamin
appeared and moved for an Appeal to his Majesty's Superior
Court of Judicature . . and gave security . . lo prosecute
said appeal."
Benjamin Quinby failed to prosecute his appeal, wherefore
former judgment, with additional interest and cost, was affirmed
(No. 6428).
By 1770, Benjamin, having heard of the successful
career of his twin brother, Joseph, at Portland (then Fal-
mouth) determined to cross the short intervening space and
try to join forces with him; and in pursuance of this idea
and very likely upon the invitation or suggestion of Joseph,
began to dispose of his holdings in Somersworth. He was
fifty-five years of age and some of his children had grown
up, yet few if any of them decided to remain at Somers-
worth, but sooner or later appear to have joined him in
this new departure, for Benjamin and his sons and grand-
sons were very remarkable in their clan loyalty, and this
remained a characteristic of this branch of the family
through the early half of the following century.
On Nov. 24, 1770, Benjamin and his wife Anna, sold
land and buildings of their Somersworth holdings, to Icha-
bod, and twenty-five acres of land to John, Rollins (96
N. H. Deeds, 270-1).
Benjamin settled at Saccarappa, Maine, a few miles
from Portland, about 11 Sept. 1770, at which time he pur-
chased a right to use the water from the Presumpscott
River for the purpose of running "a Fulling Mill and carry-
ing on a clothier's business." The following year, 6 April,
1771, Benjamin Quinby sold seventeen acres of land in Ber-
wick; his wife Anna, did not join in the conveyance. (43
Deeds, Alfred, Maine, 99.) The record of her death, how-
ever, is "Wednesday, April 17, 1776, Mrs. Anne Quinbey,
wife of Mr. Benja Quimbey of Falmouth dyde." (From
Master Tate's Diary, copied by J. P. Willey, Salmon Falls).
The Quinby Family 155
The above mill was located on the "Island" (Saccarappa)
where the Dana Warp Mill now stands (1908).
His twin brother, Joseph 'Quinby, at the time of Mow-
att's bombardment of Portland early in the Revolutionary
War (18 Oct. 1775) went with his wife to Saccarappa, hav-
ing 23 Mar. (6 May, says Chapman) of that year pur-
chased a share of Benjamin's mill privilege there.
Most if not all of Benjamin Quinby 's sons lived and
died at Saccarappa. Benjamin, however, was not satisfied
with a lonely life in the midst of his prosperity, so at the
age of sixty-four, he married his second wife, Eleanor Star-
bird, at Portland, 6 May, 1779 (Gorham, Me., rec.)
He sold a portion of his mill privilege to his son, Ben-
jamin, Jr., and later another portion to his son Moses.
This son in 1806, purchased of his father the dye house,
fulling mill, etc., and also had previously bought a fourth
part of a grist mill. In 1798, Benjamin granted to Sally
Quinby, "wife of my late son Simeon Quinby, and her chil-
dren" the Quinby mill for a stated consideration of $30.
In 1799, Benjamin and his second wife felt themselves
growing old; he was nearly eighty-five, and they had been
married twenty years; so he entered into an arrangement
with his son Benjamin, Jr., "of Somersworth, clothier," for
a consideration, to maintain them for the rest of their days.
Benjamin Quinby died 26 Feb. 1807, aged 92 years;
and his wife Eleanor, who was only seventy-three, married
before the end of the same year, Solomon Haskell, 5 Nov.
1807, he being eighty-four. She died in August, 1822.
Mrs. Charles E. Quinby of Westbrook, formerly Sac-
carappa, Me., says: "Benjamin lived on Saco Street on
the same spot where Albion Quinby, oldest son of Aaron
Quinby, is living today (1908). Moses, the youngest son
of Benjamin married Abigail March first, then Betsey
Walker, and lived there. After him his son Moses lived
there until about 1853 when it was sold to Aaron, who
built the house over, making it two story on the same foun-
dation, leaving fireplaces, etc., as they were. Albion Quin-
by carried his wife Emily (Jordan) Quinby (daughter of
Eunice Quinby Seal and Samuel Jordan) to that house, and
there she died."
The children of Benjamin' and Anne (Plummer) Quin-
by were born at Somersworth, N. H., and were as follows:
^116. I. Jacob • Quinby, born 16 Oct. 1743 (see) •
117. II, Benjamin' Quinby, born 15 Sept. 174b (.see;;
118 III. Joseph* Quinby, born 1 July, 1750 (see);
IV. Anne« Quinby, born 19 Mar. 1754, married 8 Dec.
156 The Quinbt Family
1778, George Johnson, Jr., "The death of their
daughter Nancy (Johnson) Knight, inspired Thom-
as Shaw to write the poem ascribed in the
'Poets of Maine' to Nathaniel Hawthorne." (His-
tory of Westbrook, by F. M. Ray, Deering News,
28 Dec. 1895);
119. V. Nathan" Qtjinbt, born 5 Mar. 1766 (see);
120. VI. Moses" Quinby, born 21 June, 1759 (see);
121. VII. Simeon" Quinby, born 27 Nov. 1767 (see);
"Tradition gives Benjamin® more than two daughters,"
says Mrs. Charles E. Quinby.
Note — Mention is made in family correspondence of a George Quinby as
another son of Benjamin^, but there is no record of him.
Joseph ° and Nathan " Quinby married sisters, Azuba and Rosina Partridge;
and the husbands' niece Lydia' Quinby married the wives' nephew Joseph
Partridge; see 67 N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, 186.
Printed articles about Benjamin' Quinby appeared in New England Family
History, 170, (containing his ancestry in all lines); Deering News, 27 Apr. 1895,
17 Oct. 1903, 24 Oct. 1903, etc.; "The Waterhouse and Other Families," by
L. B. Chapman.
42. Daniel 5 (Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^), born 8 Dec.
1729, at Amesbury, Mass.; married first, 1 Jan. 1750-1 by
Rev. Joseph Secomb of the First church in Kingston, N. H.,
to Sarah, daughter of Richard Fitts of South Hampton,
N. H., (N. H. Gen. Rec.) She was born 27 Nov. 1727
{Register, 163). She was admitted to Amesbury First
church, 2 May, 1756 (II. Hoyt, 488). She died 12 Sept.
1770, aged 43 (I. Essex Antiquarian, 164).
Daniel Quinby of Amesbury purchased of Benjamin
Gould one eighth of two parcels of land in South Hampton
and partly in Amesbury, for £5:6:8. The deed was
dated and acknowledged 6 June, 1757.
Daniel Quinby was a Lieutenant in the Colonial army,
as appears by the lists given in the Record Index to Muster
Roll Series, 1710-1774, Mass. Revolutionary War Rolls
(Massachusetts Archives). His commission as an officer of
King George III. is still in the possession of a descendant,
Thomas Weed Quinby of Haverhill, Mass.
Quinby, Daniel. A list dated Amesbury May 25, 1757,
of the 1st CO. of militia in the town of Amesbury, com-
manded by Capt. George Worthen, comprising the Train
band and Alarm list between 16 and 60 years; rank, Cor-
poral; reported as belonging to the Train band. (vol. 95,
Record Index, etc., p. 389).
Quinby, Daniel. A list of Officers commissioned for
the 2d regt., of militia in the County of Essex, March 25,
1767; rank. Lieutenant, Capt. Tristram Barnard's (1st
Amesbury) 4th co.. Col. Jonathan Bagley's regt. (vol.
99, Record Index, etc., p. 88).
The Quinbt Family 157
Daniel Quinby was taxed on the "out of town list" at
South Hampton, N. H., in 1770 and 1771 for improved
lands, assessed 1:10; province rate 0:0:1:1; ditto 0:0:20-
town rate, 0:0:4:0; minister rate, 0:0:5:1; in 1771, min-
ister, 0:0:2; town, 0:0:4:2; province, 0:0:2:1. These four
hgures mean pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
Mass^-*^^^^ Quinby's land transactions, Essex Registry, Salem,
He was grantee:
1763^Sept. 30, from Theophilus Gould, bk. 113, p. 66, Salisbury.
}J«q' i^P^- o«' I'"*'™ Timothy Flanders, bk. 113, p. 68, Amesbury:
i7ftQ « ""l" on' r''°°' ^^^^ ^°'^^^' *<^™'"-' ^^- ^'^^' P- 76, Amesbury;
]lli' ^®P*- ^0, from Jonathan Barnard, bk. 113, p. 76, Amesbury;
1763, bept. 30, from Ebenezer Currier, Jr., bk. 113, p. 76, Ames-
bury;
1763, Sept. 30, from Benjamin Gould, bk. 114, p. 194, Salisbury,
1766, Oct., 4, from Thomas Hibbert, bk. 123, p. 9, Amesbury;
1771, Oct. 1, from Wm. Lowell and wife, etal., bk. 138, p. 259,
Amesbury;
1786, July 13, Daniel etal. (Indenture) (See Joseph) bk. 145, p. 214
Salisbury.
He was grantor:
1762, Oct. 2, to John Wells, bk. 114, p. 25, Amesbury;
1764, Sep. 28, to Thomas Currier bk. 112, p. 241, Salisbury;
1769, Mar. 20, to Abner Jones, bk. 122, p. 19, Amesbury;
1769, Mar. 20, to Abner Jones, bk. 126, p. 92, Amesbury (?)
1781, Oct. 1, to Robert Quinby, bk. 138, p. 259, Amesbury.
Lieutenant Daniel ' Quinby married second, 4 Mar.
1780 Sarah Bradley, born 1737.
The United States Census of 1790 gives Daniel Quinby
as head of a family at Amesbury, Mass., with one male
over 16, one male under 16 and two females, all free and
white. (There were negro slaves in New England in those
days).
Daniel died 8 Nov. 1791, and appointed his son Robert
Quinby his executor, who gave a bond 28 Nov. 1791, as
such, in the sum of £1000, with Simeon Bartlett and Philip
Jones as sureties.
The stones in the old part of the Union Cemetery at
Amesbury, Mass., are inscribed as follows:
In I Memory of | Lieut. Daniel Quinby I who died | Novr
18th, 1791 I in the 62nd Year | of his age j In memory of |
Mrs. Sarah Quinby | wife of | Lieut. Daniel Quinby | who
died Septr 12th, 1770 | in the 43rd Year | of her age |
158 The Quinby Familt
Mrs. I Sarah Quinby | died | Aug. 28, 1821 | Aet. 87 |
Ripe for glory and we trust | to glory gone | Relict of Lieut.
D. Quinby |
Children of Lieut. Daniel and Sarah (Fitts) Quinby,
born at Amesbury, Mass.:
I. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 19 July, 1751; died 18
Oct. 1770;
122. II. Robert' Quinby, born 23 May, 1753 (see);
III. Lydia' Quinby, born 24 Jan. 1757; her intention of
marriage with Joseph Osgood of Salisbury 6 Jan
1776, is on the records of Salisbury;
IV. Ann" Quinby, born 25 Mar. 1759; died 12 Mar.
1771;
V. Sarah « Quinby, died aged eight months.
Note — The first three births are on the Amesbury town records; the others
appear on family records only.
43. Benjamin* {Benjamin*, Robert^, Boberf^) born 26
Jan. 1723-4, at Amesbury, Mass.; married by Rev. William
Parsons at South Hampton, N. H., 25 Feb. 1748, to Eliza-
beth Lowell, (says 52 Register, 428; but my copy of the
town record gives Rowell). He renewed his covenant and
was received with full communion at Amesbury First church
2 July, 1749 (11. Hoyt, 483, 487). His wife Elizabeth was
received from the church at South Hampton into the First
church at Amesbury, 23 July, 1749 {id. 490). For some
reason — possibly long neglect of religious services — Ben-
jamin again renewed his baptismal covenant at Amesbury
First church, 18 Nov. 1764 {id. 488).
Benjamin "Quenby," a resident of South Hampton,
took a deed from Peter Howe of New Hopkinton (now
Hopkinton) N. H., of land in that town, 3 Mar. 1761. (92,
N. H. Deeds, 401).
It would seem from the Benjamin F. Quinby MSS.
quoted below, that the date of Benjamin's removal to
Hopkinton took place about 1770.
A curious incident is recorded in VII. New Hampshire
State Papers, p. 58, from the journal of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Under date 1 Feb. 1765, Benjamin Quinby was
"allowed £114 : 15 old tenor for money burnt in his house."
This may be the Benjamin here described, or his cousin
Benjamin* of Somersworth. Any one especially interested
might find the manuscript records more detailed than the
printed transcript from which the foregoing was taken.
In 1770, Benjamin appeared on the assessment roll of
South Hampton as follows: "Polls, 36; improved land 0;
The Qthnby Family 159
live stock, 16; houses, 0; province rate, 3:3:0; ditto, 5:5:0;
town rate, 0:10:10; minister rate, 0:15:2."
In 1774 Benjamin of Hopkinton and his brother Jona-
than of Amesbury, sold the homestead which had been
their father's and the following month they sold more of
their paternal acres — both were then called "of Hopkinton."
Benjamin Quinby signed the Association Test or oath
of fidelity to the Revolutionary cause, at Hopkinton in
1776 (VIII. N. N. State Papers, 242).
The first census of the United States, taken in 1790,
shows Benjamin Quinby and one female as householders at
Hopkinton, no children with them, apparently adjoining or
near Jonathan Quinby's house. By that time the youngest
child was thirty years old and no doubt the old folks again
were living alone.
Benjamin Quinby's land transactions.
Essex Registry, Salem, Mass. to 1799.
Grantor:
1779, Sept. 27, Benjamin et al. to Ezekiel Jones, bk. 138, p. 20,
Amesbury;
1786, Nov. 2, Benjamin et al. to John Barnard, bk. 146, p. 146,
Amesbury.
(See deed, Jones to Joseph Quinby, Jr., 1723-4).
Partly on John Wells's and parUy
Benjamin Quinby of Hopkinton, on a way on Doc. Nehemiah
Hillsboro' County, New Hamp- ^|^ Ordway's.
shire, and Jonathan Quinby of ^^
Amesbury, husbandmen, to Eze- ^jj,
kiel Jones of Amesbury; con- |i§
sideration £162; date, Feb. 1774; g:i
ack. 25 Mar. 1774; recorded 27 -^
Sept. 1779, bk. 138, leaf 20; no I"!
wives mentioned. S o-
18 acres in Amesbury
with dwelling house
and barn which was
our hon'd father Ben-
jamin's homestead.
Benjamin Quinby and Jonathan ©
Quinby of Hopkinton, to John to'S.
Lion's Mouth way
Land of the Goulds
5f acres in Amesbury
to
Barnard of Amesbury; cons. £21: ^ ^^
178h. lawful money; dated 30 q 2.
Mar. 1774; (Daniel Quinby a-^
witnessed for Benjamin.) | i^ne from Lion's Mouth road to
ack. 18 Aug. 1778; rec. 2 Nov. '^ South side of WhUtier Hill.
1786 bk. 146 p. 146.
Note— Among the MSS. of Benjamin FrankUn." CJuinby of Chicago is one
written 1874, by a descendant of Benjamin = containing the following: Ben-
jamin Quinby, the progenitor of our branch; the first known of him he moved
Into thi town of Hopkinton, N. H., in 1768, no record to denote wterefrom,
or whether he had kin at that time. He died m the year 1810 in that town.
At the time he arrived in Hopkinton, Benjamin Quinby, Jr., was ei^ht years
old, he, Benjamin, Jr., was born in 1761." (continued under Benjamin*).
160 Thb Quikbt Family
The children of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lowell)
Quinby are found on the records as follows:
123. I. Jonathan ' Qtjinbt (on the record as John) born
11 Jan. 1748 at Amesbury Mass. is identified
with the Ensign Jonathan who died at Hopkin-
ton 19 Apr. 1820 aged 71 (see);
II. Judith' Quinsy born 24 Sept. 1753 at Amesbury;
III. Elizabeth • Quinby born 23 Aug. 1759 at South
Hampton N. H.; an Elizabeth Quinby was mar-
ried 13 Oct. 1788 to Ebenezer Virgin at Hopkin-
ton where both lived, by Esq. Joshua Bailey;
124. IV. Benjamin' Quinby, born 15 Oct. 1761, at South
Hampton (see).
44. Jonathan* {Benjamin*, Robert^ Robert) was born
15 Aug. 1726, at Amesbury, Mass. He married at Dan-
vers, Mass., 20 Feb. 1755, Ruth Cook. He and his wife
were received into communion at Amesbury First church,
25 Aug. 1764 (II. Hoyt, 488).
In February, 1774, Jonathan, then of Amesbury, with
his brother Benjamin of Hopkinton, deeded house, barn
and land "which was our hon'd father Benjamin Quinby's
homestead" to Ezekiel Jones. In the next deed of their
paternal acres, Jonathan is described as of Hopkinton, 30
Mar. 1774.
The record of Jonathan's acquisition of property in
Hopkinton is 13 Jan. 1773, when Isaac Fitts of Amesbury
deeded land in Hopkinton for £70: lOsh. to Jonathan Quin-
by of Amesbury.
In 1776, he and his brother Benjamin signed the Asso-
ciation Test at Hopkinton (VIII. N. H. State Papers, 242),
and with Isaac, signed a petition there in 1786.
Jonathan had a record in the Colonial militia, accord-
ing to the Massachusetts archives as follows:
Jonathan Quinby appears in a list dated Amesbury, 25
May, 1757, of the First Company of Militia in the town of
Amesbury, commanded by Capt. George Worthen, com-
prising the Train Band and Alarm List, between the ages
of 16 and 60 years; Jonathan was reported as belonging to
the Alarm List. He is also reported as having but one eye
(vol. 95, Record Index to Muster Roll Series, p. 389).
The U. S. Census of 1790 gives Jonathan as head of a
family at Hopkinton including, besides himself and wife,
another male over 16 and another female. From the record
it appears that his son Isaac's home was adjoining, while
his brother Benjamin, and the other Jonathan — no doubt
son of Benjamin — lived in another part of town.
The QmNBT Pamilt 161
We lack the date of Johnathan's death; but Ruth Quin-
by, a widow, died 11 Oct. 1817, at Henniker.
Children of Jonathan* and Ruth (Cook) Quinby:
125. I. Isaac • Quinby, born 3 Mar. 1756, at Amesbury
(see);
II. Mart' Quinby, born 22 Sept. 1760; died an infant;
III. Mart' Quinby, born 31 July, 1765; she married
David' Colby of Henniker, who was born 15 Oct.
1759, and was in the battles of Bunker Hill and
of Bennington (see Cogswell's History of Henni-
ker, and II. Hoyt's Old Families, 687). Rev.
Silas E. Quimby, the author of a pamphlet on the
descendants of Jonathan ^ Quinby, told me that
he remembers visiting his aunt Colby in Henni-
ker when he was a little boy, in 1844;
126. IV. Benjamin' Quinby, born 4 Feb. 1768 (see).
The following brief data of the sons of Robert^ Quinby' s
grandsons, John*, Jeremiah*, David*, Robert* and Jona-
than *, serve to summarize the vast amount of detailed inform-
ation that will appear in volume II. about them and their
descendants.
45. John" (John*, Jo/in») born 1710-7, Exeter. Sons,
born at Kingston:
128. Moses', born 1755;
129. John', born 1757;
130. Jacob', born 1759;
131. Jeremiah ', born 1761.
46. Daniel s \{John*, John') born 1712-20, Exeter;
sons:
132. Eliphalet', born 1749;
133. (?) Daniel Clark', born 175-?
134. (?) John', born 1753;
134a. (?) Zachabiah ', born 1759.
47. Eliphalet 6 {Jeremiah*, John') born 1717-24; sons:
135. Andrew ', born 1750;
136. ' Jonathan', born 1753;
137. Daniel', born 1755.
47a. 6 (•? Jeremiah*, John') born 1723? Son:
138. Jonathan ', born 1760.
48. Moses" (Jeremiah*, John') born 1725; no sons.
49. Aaron" (Jeremiah*) born 1727; sons:
139. Elisha', born 1767;
140. Aaron', born "about 1777.
50. Jacob" (Jeremiah*) born 1728; sons:
141. Stephen ', born about 1754;
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162 The Qxunby Pamilt
142. Jacob «, born 1760;
143. (?) William Dyer «, born 175-6-.
51. Jeremiah^ (Jeremiah*) born about 1730; sons:
144. Jeremiah «;
145. Henry ';
146. Jacob •;
147. Ephbaim •, born 1773.
52. Tristram 5 {? Jeremiah*) born about 1720-5; sons:
148. Daniel', born 1755;
149. Eliphalet', born 1758.
53. Samuel^ (David*, John^) born 1729 at Kingston;
sons:
150. Samuel', born 1759;
151. Benjamin', born 1763;
152. Daniel', born 1767;
153. David', born 1771;
154. John', born 1774;
155. Timothy ', born 1777(?).
54. David* (David*, John^) born 1731; sons, born at
Hawke (now Danville) N. H.:
156. Benjamin', born 1757;
157. David ', born 1762;
158. Paul ', born 1764;
159. Thomas ', born 1771.
55. John' (IDavid*) born 1737; sons:
160. Samuel •;
161. Gen. John', born 1773, at Springfield, N. H.;
162. Timothy ';
163. (?) William';
164. (?) David';
165. (?) Elisha'.
56. Timothy 5 (?David*) born 1750; sons:
166. John', "over 16" in 1790;
167. Timothy ', bapt. 1777, at Hawke.
58. Eleazer' (Robert*, John^) born 1727, Hampton
Falls, N. H.; sons:
168. (?) Eleazer';
169. (?) Ebenezeb'.
60. John 5 (Robert*) born 1731; Hampton Falls; no
surviving children.
61. Asahel* (Robert*) born 1735, Hampton Falls;
sons, born at Candia, N. H. :
170. Elisha', born 1763;
171. Bradbury «, born 1764;
172. Harper ', born 1774.
The Qxjinby Family 163
62. Elisha* (Robert*, John^) born 1738 at Hampton
Falls, N. H.; no sons;
63. Jacob 0 (Robert*) born 1740 at Hampton Falls;
sons, born at Candia, N. H.:
173. Jonathan', born 1767;
174. John •, born 1769.
64. Jeremiah' (f. Robert*) born 174-50, probably at
Hawke; sons born at Candia:
175. Jacob Hook «, born 1776;
1.76. Abraham', born 1778;
177. Aaron', born 1784;
178. Jeremiah ', born 1786.
65. James* (Jonathan*, John^) born 1736 at Exeter;
sons:
179. (?) James', born 1756, Brentwood;
180. Caleb », born 1760;
181. (?) Jonathan '.
66. Jonathan s (Jonathan*, John'') born 1741 at
Exeter; son:
183. Jonathan', born about 1766, at Brentwood;
66a. «, (? Jonathan*); probably had sons:
184. Edward* born 1762;
185. John« born 1777-8.
67. Henry 5 (Philip*, Joseph^, Robert^) born 7 May,
1739, at Amesbury, Mass. In 1757 he entered the Colonial
army as a private, 25 March, in Capt. Israel Davis's com-
pany, and served to 19 June. (From a roll made up for
the part of the company not included in the capitulation
at Fort William Henry, sworn to at Boston, 25 Mar. 1758;
Mass. Archives, 96 Record Index, Muster roll series, 79).
Henry Quinby enlisted 6 Apr. 1759, "in His Majesty's
service in Col. Joseph Gerrish, Jr.'s regiment, to be put
under the command of His Excellency Jeffry Amherst,
Esq., General and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's
forces in North America for the invasion of Canada." The
report described him as aged 20 years and son of Philip
Quinby; reported served on a former expedition in 1767
at Lake George, (97 id. 107).
The last record I find of his military career is when he
was Second lieutenant, Capt. Timothy Barnard's company
of East Parish, in Amesbury, which marched on the alarm
of 19 Apr. 1775; time of service, five and one-half days.
(id.; also, XII. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors, 871).
Henry Quinby 's land transfers, Amesbury, Mass., Essex
county Registry, Salem, Mass.
164 The Quinbt Family
Crrantee:
1779, July 14, Henry from Philip and wife, bk. 136, p.
284, Amesbury;
1794, June 11, Henry from Eliphalet Martin, bk. 158, p.
101, Amesbury;
Grantor:
1784, Oct. 1, Henry et al. to Jeremiah Hibbert et al, bk. 141,
p. 246, Amesbury;
1795, Jan. 13, Henry to Eliphalet Martin, bk. 158, p. 238,
Amesbury.
Henry married 25 June, 1761, Susannah Currier, who
was born at Amesbury, 1741. The United States census
of 1790 names him as head of a family at Newbury, Mass.,
which besides himself and wife, included one free white
male over 16 years old; two same under 16; and three free
white females.
Henry * Quinby died 6 Jan. 1806. His will was dated
4 Jan. 1806, probatpd 15 Apr. 1806. Susannah, his widow,
of (Haverhill) Mass., died intestate January, 1825. Letters
of administration were granted 27 Sept. 1825 to Enoch
Foot of Haverhill, Mass. The inventory, dated 3 Oct.,
1825, showed $588.76 (Records).
27 Sept. 1825, Enoch Foot gave bond as administrator
of the estate of Susannah Quinby, late of Haverhill, widow.
23 Sept. 1825, Philip and Ebenezer Quinby and Rachel
Harvey renounced administratorship on the estate of their
parents Henry and Susannah.
27 Sept. 1825, Mary IngersoU and Anna Quinby re-
quested Enoch Foot to administer.
Susannah Quinby's real estate was one house and out-
buildings at $400; two pieces in Amesbury, about four
acres $44, household effects, $144.76. Her effects were
ordered Oct. 1825, to be sold at public auction.
Children of Henry" and Susannah (Currier) Quinby,
born at Amesbury, Mass.:
186. I. Joseph' Quinby, born 16 May, 1762 (see);
187. . II. Moses • Quinby, bprn 23 June, 1764 (see) ;
188. III. Henry" Quinby, born 11 June, 1766 (see);
IV. Rachel* Quinby, born 9 Apr. 1769; she married 11
Jan. 1796, Thomas Harvey, Jr., (Newbury rec);
marriage intention filed 8 Nov. 1794 (Newbury-
port rec); she died 1 June, 1859 (family rec);
V. Mary" Quinby, born 11 Mar. 1771; married Robert
Woodbury, M. D., born 16 Aug. 1767; she died
29 Aug. 1859;
Thb Quinbt Fahilt 165
VI. Anna* Qtjinbt, born 22 June, 1774, died 6 Mar.
1832; one Anna Quinby, probably this, married 22
May, 1800, Lieut. Joseph Danforth (Newbury rec;
intention also recorded);
^^^- ,,YJI- Philip' Quinby, born 9 Apr. 1777 (see);
,«« vi- E»=N« QuiNBT, born 1782, died 1784;
190. IX. Eben« Quinby, born 1786 (see).
Will of Henry ' Quinby
(Paper No. 1 (2) abstract, Essex county Probate). This
fourth day Jan. 1806, I Henry Quinby of Haverhill County Essex
and Commonwealth of Mass., being infirm of body but of a sound
disposing mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my
body, do make and ordain this my last will and testament and as
touching such goods & estate as I shall die in possession of, I
demise give and dispose of in following manner and form viz; I
give and bequeath to my son Joseph, two dollars to be paid to
him in one year after my decease with one-fifth part of my joiner's
and carpenter's tools. I give and bequeath to my son Moses two
dollars, to be paid to him in one year after my decease, with one-
fifth part of my joiner's and carpenter's tools. I give and be-
queath to my son Henry, two dollars, to be paid to him in one
year after my decease, with one-fifth part of my joiner's and car-
penter's tools.
I give and bequeath to my son Philip, two dollars, to be
paid in one year after my decease with one-fifth part of my join-
er's and carpenter's tools.
I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer, two dollars to be
paid to him in one year after my death, with one-fifth part of my
joiner's and carpenter's tools. I give and bequeath to my daugh-
ter Rachel, with what she has already had as her portion, one
dollar, to be paid to her in one year after my decease. I give and
bequeath to my daughter Mary, with what she has already had
as her portion, one dollar, to be paid to her in one year after my
decease. I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna fifty dollars,
to be paid her in one year after my decease.
I give and bequeath to my wife Susannah all my estate both
real and personal not disposed of in my will, during her natural
life, for her use and support, and if any part shall remain after
her decease it shall be equally divided amongst my children. I
do hereby appoint my wife Susannah sole executrix of this my
last will, etc., and for her to execute same by paying my just
debts and funeral charges and above legacies; lastly I renounce
and revoke all other wills or executors made or named by me Con-
firming this and no other to be this my last will and testament
In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal, the year and
day above specified.
Henry Quinby
Signed, sealed and declared to be this his last will, etc., in
presence of witnesses, Moses Moody, David Swan, Enoch Foot.
Probated, 15 Apr. 1806, Essex Probate court. Bond of $600 given
by the widow the same day.
166 The Qotnbt Familt
70. JosiAH* {John*, John^, John^, William^) born in
1726 at Wampus pond in Westchester county, New York.
The Founders and Builders of the Oranges, containing in-
correct statements regarding the Quinby line, calls Josiah*
born 1726, a son of Josiah* and Hannah (Cornell). I have'
never found any evidence that that couple ever had such
son. The same work gives Josiah^'s parents as Josiah^
and Mary Williams (Josiah' married Mary MuUineaux in
reality). That history therefore differs in substituting two
Josiahs*,', for the two Johns S', in the line back. Josiah
removed about 1746 to Orange, New Jersey, and there mar-
ried, first, in December, 1747, Martha, daughter of Joseph
and Martha (Sargent) Harrison, born about 1723. She
died in Orange 24 Mar. 1791, aged 63. "He married second
Martha Smith, who was the second wife of Isaac Harrison,"
says W. B. Prime, but possibly this is erroneous — two
wives of the same name are a little unusual!
At a town meeting at Newark, N. J., held 13 Mar.
1764, "it was voted that the parsonage Meadow be hired
for the ensuing year — said Meadow rented for £2, 12s. to
Josiah Quinby, James Mun and Ichabod Harrison. Nehe-
miah Baldwin, James Nutman and Amos Harrison, Esq.,
to receive the money equally to be paid to the Priests of
said Town." (Hist. Soc'y. of N. J.) He was a Lieutenant
in Capt. Potter's company in the Third Battalion of the
First Establishment of the New Jersey Line in the Revolu-
tionary War in 1776, ("Officers and Men of the Revolu-
tion") and we learn that he afterwards became Captain
(see pension affidavit of his son Josiah ') .
He was the sexton at Orange, N. J., and had a large
farm near what is now Llewellyn Park, N. J.
He died at Orange, N. J., between 28 July, 1804, and
23 Oct. 1805. A number of his descendants went into the
hat business at Orange, N. J., sixty years ago, which be-
came a craze there. In 1854 the firms of Quinby & Smith
employed twenty hands and Quinby & Northrop twenty-
five. (Founders and Builders of the Oranges p. 213). His
son Josiah ^ often stated that he had a brother who was a
fifer, a mere boy, and was killed at the battle of Spring-
field, N. J., in the Revolution (I. Q. G.)
Josiah ' Quinby's will is recorded in Book A of Wills
p. 75, Newark, N. J., Surrogate's Office. The name is
spelled Josias.
The following is an abstract made by W. B. Plume:
To my son John Quinby, one-half of lands on the
mountain, to my son Aaron Quinby the other half of said lands ;
The Quinbt Family 167
My son John is to pay to my son Moses forty pounds,
to my son Aaron one hundred and ten pounds, to my son
Josias eight pounds and to my son Joseph ten pounds;
although I have made a discrimination, I have done it in
view of circumstances which to me appears just and proper,
holding all my children in equal esteem and affection;
My son John is to pay Moses Owens five pounds;
Lydia Jones, twenty pounds; his sister Sarah Vincent,
twenty pounds; his sister Patty, thirty pounds; and de-
cently to board and provide for his sister Patty one year;
He is to pay his sister Jemima Perkins, twenty pounds,
desiring that Jemima or her heirs and not Mr. Perkins
should enjoy the legacy;
To my daughters Patty, Sarah and Lydia the house-
hold furniture;
I order one cow to be given to the daughter of my last
wife, deceased;
Sons Aaron and John, Executors. Dated 23 July 1804,
Witnessed by Isaac Pierson, Hiram Quinby and Amos Har-
rison. "Sworn" 23 Oct. 1805.
Children of Josiah * and Martha (Harrison) Quinby:
191. I. MosES' QtriNBY, born 18 Mar. 1749 (see);
II. Dorcas' Quinby, born 1751 (says Dodd MSS.) she
married first (in 1771 or 1779) Moses Owens who
was shot at White Plains during the Revolution;
she married second, Pierson; and was
probably dead by 1804;
III. Sabah" Quinby, born 18 Sept. 1752, married Peter
Vincent (born 1744); she died 7 Apr. 1819;
192. IV. Aabon" Quinby, born 1754 (see); ,
V. Martha' Quinby, ("Patty") born 1756 (says Dodd);
living in 1804; probably died unmarried;
VI. Jemima' Quinby, born 1759, married first, Daniel
Baker; second, Isaac Perkins; he was a Quaker,
of New York; she was living in 1804;
JosiAH' Quinby, born 15 May, 1762 (see);
Lydia' Quinby, born 1764; living in 1804; probably
died unmarried;
Joseph ' Quinby, born 1768 (see) ;
John' Quinby, born 1770 (see);
Phoebe' Quinby, died 14 Feb. 1789;
Hannah' Quinby, probably died before 1804.
At this point are omitted:
71. Robert* (or John*) {IJohn^ John\ John\ Will-
iam') ancestor of the numerous New Jersey family who
spell their name Quimby; his sons are thought to have been
193.
VII.
VIII.
194.
IX.
195.
X.
XL
XII.
168 The Qotnbt FamhiT
196. John •;
197. Allbn •;
198. Solomon •;
199. Isaac »;
200. Jambs •;
201. DANna. •;
202. RoBBRT •;
72. Jambs ', who lived at Marlborough, New York, and
founded the Ulster county, N. Y., family, which spread
widely into upper New York and the middle West. The
sons of James * were
203. Nathaniel';
204. James •;
205. Levi •;
206. Enob';
207. MosES •;
208. ROBEAT •.
The following also are omitted in this volume; their
descendants all spell their name Quimby:
72a. AbeTl,^ {fJosiah*, Josiah*, John^, William^ whose
sons are said to have been
209., Abel';
210. Nathaniel '.
73. Ephraim = {James*, Josiah*, John^, William^) who
lived in Rensselaer county, N. Y., and had sons
211. James';
212. John';
213. Elnathan';
214. Darius';
215. Ephbaim';
216. Levi «.
77. Samttbl^ (Ephraim*, Josiah^, John'', William^)
born in 1756 in Hunterdon county, N. J. He enlisted in
the Continental Army. The family were Quakers. Samuel
was a member of the Westchester Light Horse, a company
of picked men, and- when one uncle, John, offered to make
him his sole heir if he would not enlist, Samuel declined to
quit the company, which was commanded by Capt. Del-
avan. He served throughout the Revolution and was with
Washington at the crossing of the Delaware. Samuel al-
ways had defective vision and for many years in old age
was blind. He was present at the battles of White Plains,
Trenton and Short Hills, and was a member of the com-
pany which escorted General Washington at the evacuation
of New York city by the British.
Samuel and his brother Ephraim emigrated together
Tkb Qcinbt Family 169
and settled on Pigeon creek, Fallowfield township, Wash-
ington county, Pa. He returned and married in Hunterdon
county, N. J., and his mother when a widow came to live
with him. He took some land there in payment for his
Revolutionary services, and in his later days drew a pen-
sion which was continued to his widow Achsah (Parke).
"Samuel Quinby was a Revolutionary soldier, of seven
years' service; he emigrated with Abner Reeves (whose son
John married Samuel Quinby's daughter Sarah) and set-
tled on the Monongahela River," says a family record.
He established his farm at Horse Shoe Bend, on what
is now Monongahela River, and was tax collector. His
wife Achsah often rode on horseback across the mountains
to Hunterdon county. New Jersey, her home, (the town of
Boar's Hill where her mother still lived) and carried in her
saddle bags gold coin. Samuel engaged in hunting, and in
expeditions against the Indians; he captured the squaw who
afterward married Col. Craycraft, and was in expeditions
with Lewis and Clark, the famous explorers. He went with
his brother Ephraim* to the site of the present city of
Warren, Ohio. "It was not till 1808 or 1809 that Samuel,
moved to Sharon, Pa., where he purchased a farm and
gristmill of Benjamin Bently, and set up his three mills on
the Shenango river, and his homestead on the east bank
overlooking it and the town. He was a Justice of the
Peace at Warren. His farm comprised four hundred acres
of land, much of it underlaid with superior soft coal; the
mills and furnaces of the town today are the result of
energy brought into the Shenango valley by the Quinby
family and its adjuncts. He was Canal Commissioner; was
one of the directors of the Western Reserve Bank; was in-
strumental in getting the Mahoning R. R. through the
town. The present depot occupies the spot on which the
first Quinby home was located, where his father lived. He
had a hotel and jail and thus kept open house; and his
corn crib was used to imprison Indians when too obstre-
perous. The Ohio and Erie canal destroyed pioneer Sam-
uel's first three mills."
He died 10 Sept. 1840 (9 Sept. says his granddaughter,
Mrs. Wilson) and was buried with military honors at Sharon
on the anniversary of Commodore Perry's victory. His
wife died in 1858, aged 86; they are buried in Oakwood
cemetery. The children of Samuel^ and Achsah (Parke)
Quinby were:
I. Sarah • Quinbt, born Apr. 1786; married John, son
of Abner Reeves, and in 1815, they occupied and
170 The Quinbt Familt
kept the stone tavern on the National Pike in
Washington county, Pa., at Ginger Hill; they had
removed from Westmoreland county, Pa., to Ohio
in 1803, purchasing and occupjrSng the farm in
Howland township, Trumbull county, Ohio, says
the obituary of John Reeves, Jr., Republican
Watchman, Greenport, L. I., N. Y., 12 May, 1894.
Sarah died aged S3y. 11m.
Note — Their son John Reeves, born 21 Mar. 1815, had Ella R. born 1
Mar. 1845, married Wm. H. Beebe who Uves at Ravenna, Ohio, (1915); Mrs
Beebe for many years correspotided with Quinbys all over the country and
kindly loaned me all the letters she haU.
II. Elizabeth* Quinbt, married Daniel Budd of West-
chester, Pa., and died at the age of 93;
III. Pakke « Quinbt, died young;
217. IV. Ephkaim* Quinbt, born 5 Feb. 1792; (see);
V. Rebecca ' Quinbt married Louis Reno of New York.
Gen. Jesse S. Reno was her son; she lived at Erie,
Pa., and in 1891 was aged 87;
VI. Moses « Quinbt, died young;
VII. Nanct' Quinbt, married Isaac Deforest (who was
living in 1891, aged 99); she died aged 86;
218. VIII. Samuel' Quinbt, Jr., born 2 Sept. 1802, Sharon,
Pa. (see);
219. IX. ChabIes S. • Quinbt, born 1806 (see);
X. Julia Ann « Quinbt, born 1808, married Thomas
Jefferson Porter (who was living at Sharon, Pa.,
in 1891, aged 91); she died 13 Oct. 1849, aged 41.
Little Billy Whitla of Sharon, Pa., who was in
1908 very much in the public eye, through having
been kidnapped and restored by his ca;ptors, was
a grandson of Selena, daughter of Julia Ann*
(Quinby) Porter;
XI. Teresa' Quinbt, born 7 Apr. 1808, married 6 Aug.
1833, Conrad Gansevoort Carver of Richfield,
Otsego county, N. Y.; she died 12 Aug. 1900;
Mrs. Carver was a resident of Sharon, Pa., but
for a number of years made her home with Mrs.
Nancy' (Quinby) Larwill at Wooster, Ohio, says
Mrs. Beebe (1893) who adds: "she is one of the
exceptional daughters of the Revolution, in that
she is entitled to a pension among few others left
in the Union, and enjoys length of days in the
home of her youth, amid pleasant associations."
220. XII. Joseph Parke « Quinbt, unmarried, died aged 79.
Note — The following from the Michigan records may refer to a grand-
daughter or great-grandaughter of Samuel * and Achsah (Parke) Quinby) :" Achsah
Quinby, single, born in Penna., a resident of Sharon, Pa , married 9 July, 1903,
at Detroit, Mich., by Rev. D. Burnham, to James, son of Simon Hess, age 37.
of Scranton, Pa."
The Qthnby Family 171
Samuel^ Quinby's Revolviionary War Record
Samuel Quinby's application for pension:
Date of enhst- Length of Rank Captain Colonel State
ment or ap- Service
pointment
^"l^ \lll 2 months Private David 'Howard; Swisler
Uct. 1776 1 month Private Benj.McCuUough; not
A -1 iwww « stated N.J.
April 1777 6 months Private Jacob Winter; not
,__„ , stated N.J.
1778 few months Private Dart; Co. of
A -1 ,^-,/% ^ , ArtificersN.J.
April 1779 6 months Thos. Bay; not
,_„„ stated N.J.
1780 6 months Private Thos. Bay; not
stated N.J.
July 1781 16 months Private Geo. Bruce; Gen.
Clark N.J.
Battles engaged in Long Island
Residence at enlistment Sussex Co., N. J.
Date of application for pension Oct. 3, 1832.
Residence at date of application Hickory, Penna.
Born in Hunterdon county, N. J., 1756.
Remark: His widow, Achsah, was also pensioned.
77 Samuel's Revolutionary Record
Affidavit of Samuel Quinby, dated 3 Oct. 1832: that
he is a resident of Hickory township, Mercer county, Pa.,
aged 76; that he entered the services of United States under
the following officers, and served as herein stated.
About 28 July, 1776, I entered the service in Sussex
county, New Jersey, by volunteering in Capt. David How-
ard's company, then on their way from about Reading, Pa.,
and served with them two months. There was a regiment
of volunteers then on their way from Pennsylvania com-
manded by Col. Swisler, and the company I joined was
one of that regiment. We marched to Elizabethtown, N. J.,
remained there a few days; from there we marched to a
fort on the upper end of Long Island a few days afterward,
and then marched down to a place called Flatbush, at that
time the British had landed on Long Island and in a few
days after we got to Flatbush, the battle of Long Island
commenced, and the company and regiment I was in, were
in the battle; Lord Sterling commanded at the battle.
Our company's order was to reserve our fire until we could
see the buckles on the shoes of the enemy. The battle was
a severe one, and before we were aware of it, the enemy
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outflanked and nearly surrounded us, and we had no way
of escape, but through a dismal swamp, where many got
mired. I got clear, but the greater part of our volunteer
regiment were cut off, either killed or taken prisoner. I
got to Staten Island from there to Amboy and then to New
York, and where we were dismissed by our officers, and
went home.
Again 1 Oct. 1776, I entered the service as a volunteer
in Capt. Benj. McCuUoch's company, in Sussex county,
N. J. and served one month. We marched to Elizabeth-
town and were employed in guarding the shore from place
to place, had some skirmishes with the tories and took sev-
eral prisoners. We went to Elizabethtown and were dis-
missed 1 April, 1777.
I again volunteered in Capt. Jacob Winter's company
in Sussex county, N. J.; my lieutenant was David Hays;
ensign, Peter Smith; orderly sergeant, Peter Kidd; I en-
tered for six months. We marched to Boundbrook, and
lay there a considerable time. We started one morning
before daylight and went near to Quibbletown where the
Hessians lay; attacked their picket guard and drove them
in. We took some beef cattle and some hay and continued
skirmishing until sunset. After some considerable time we
went from there to Amboy. The Hessians were then on
Staten Island opposite to Amboy, and sometimes threw a
bumshell over to us. One came that did not burst, a
Yankee ran to it, and found it running out, tasted the con-
tents and declared it was molasses. While we lay there,
Fort Washington was taken. We heard the firing distinctly.
Soon after there were then companies sent across the river
to South Amboy. The company I was in was one of them.
At this time the British Fleet lay in Sandy Hook; they had
captured a whaling vessel, and by some means, the officers
recovered the command of 'the vessel and ran her into the
mouth of Cheesquick creek. There was a large British
vessel pursued her and ran aground; the tide left them and
they found they could not get off, and set fire to her and
left her with two or three men and a negro on board. She
burnt a long time, and then blew up; I was discharged in
the fall of 1782.
Affidavits:
Revolutionary War; widow; No. 3454; Achsah Quinby, widow
of Samuel Quinby, private, who was a pensioner under the act of
1832, and who died 9 Sept. 1842. No. 9670; Pennsylvania roll;
widow of Samuel Quinby, private in the company commanded by
Capt. Howard, in the regiment commanded by Col. Swisler of the
The Quinby Family 173
New Jersey line for two years; inscribed on the roll of Philadel-
phia, Pa., at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, to commence 4
March, 1836; certificate of pension 14 Oct. 1845.
Affidavit of Achsah Quinby, dated 21 Aug. 1843, "That she
IS the widow of Samuel Quinby who was a private in the United
States, during the Revolutionary War, and as such received a
pension of eight dollars per month. She further states that she
was married to the said Samuel Quinby on the 28th day of June,
1786; that her husband Samuel Quinby died on the 9 Sept. 1842."
Affidavit of Chas. S. Quinby, dated 10 Aug. 1843, "That he is
the son of Saml Quinby who died Sept. 1842, and who was at
time of his death a pensioner of the U. S. for services rendered
during the Revolutionary War; that he is in the 38th year of his
age and that his father and mother have been living together as
man and wife ever since his recollection; and further, that he has
now in said court the family Bible in which is an entry, of which
the following is a true copy, viz: 'Samuel Quinby was married
to Achsah Park in the year of our Lord 1786 on the 28 June.'
And further this deponent states that said Bible and the said entry
of said marriage have been in the family ever since his recollection,
which has been at least thirty years, and further that this de-
ponent has ten brothers and sisters living, the oldest one of whom
was born 27 April, 1789.
Affidavit of John Michel Tree, Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Mercer county. State of Pennsylvania: "that Achsah
Quinby by reason of age and bodily infirmity could not without
great inconvenience appear in open court of said county aiid fur-
ther, I have known the said Achsah Quinby upwards of thirty
years, and believe her to be a person of truth and veracity."
Affidavit dated 22 Apr. 1844, of Ephraim Quinby: "That he
is personally acquainted with Achsah Quinby, wi'dbw of Samuel
Quinby, late of Mercer county, Peimsylyania; that he has known
her for the last fifty-nine years past, that she was married to my
brother a'boiit the year 1784, as this deponent verily believes
though he was not present at the marriage. I well recollect the
time of the birth of their first child, living at that time in my
brother's family; the birth of the first child was about 1785; that
they continued to live together as husband and wife until the
death of the husband, which was in Sept. 1842."
Affidavit of John Reeves, dated 22 Apr. 1844: "That in the
year 1891, 16 April, he was married to Sarah Quinby, daughter of
Samuel and Achsah Quinby, the said Sarah Quinby being reported
daughter of the said Samuel and Achsah Quinby, who was reported
to be married about the year 1784-5 and has had twelve children,
four or five of the said children born previous to the year 1794.
The said Sarah was about fifteen years old when married."
No. 15395; claim for bounty land under the act of 3 Mar.
1865, dated 4 Apr. 1855, of Achsah Quinby, aged eighty-seven
years, resident of Mercer county. Hickory township. Pa., widow
of Samuel Quinby, private in the Revolutionary and Indian wars.
She was married to said Samuel Quinby 28 June, 1786, by Adam
Hale; that her name was Achsah Parke. She is still the widow of
Samuel Quinby who died 9 Sept. 1842, at Hickory township,
Mercer county, Pa. ,,„, , ,
Affidavit dated 24 Dec. 1855, of T. J. Porter: "That he has
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been acquainted with Ashsah and Samuel Quinby for thirty-two
years; that they lived together as man and wife, and are reputed
to be married, that she is still remaining his widow and has drawn
a pension of eighty dollars per annum up to 4 Sept. 1855."
78, Daniel^ (Ephraim'^, Josiah^, John^, William^)
born perhaps in Washington county, Pa., probably around
the middle of the 1700's. Mrs. Beebe says "I have reason
to believe he was the eldest of the family. He served in
the Revolutionary War, was awarded 11554 acres of land
as pay and chose to locate in Bourbon county, Ky., but
no record was kept, and on going to claim his lands, he was
lost, supposedly, as he never returned and was not heard
from. He was never married and left no trace of himself.
He was preceded by a Wright, brother of Reuben Wright,
his brother-in-law, who it was learned came to his death
by a steamboat explosion on the Ohio River." (They had
steamboats early on the Ohio!) An account of Daniel by
another descendant is as follows:
"Daniel was drowned in the Ohio River, or as tradi-
tion says, Reuben Wright had a brother and he and Daniel
Quinby were going to Kentucky to lay claim to 11554 acres
of land which Ephraim the father had given to Daniel and
both were lost."
79. Ephkaim* (Ephraim*, Josiah^, John^, William^)
born 11 May, 1766 in Hunterdon county, N. J. "The
first person to explore the Mahoning River as far as War-
ren, Ohio, was Col. Ephraim Quinby in the fall of 1799.
He made a cabin and occupied it with his wife and four
children. He married Amma Blackmore in Brownsville,
Pa., and there the children Nancy, Arabella, William and
Warren were born. Ephraim was proprietor of Warren.
He laid out the streets, gave the park, land for the Baptist
church, and always lived in the town. His home today
adorns Quinby hill, on the west bank of the Mahoning
river. He always enjoyed the respect and esteem oiF his
fellowmen. Always mild and trusting in his nature, he
nevertheless was a superior manager of the Indians who
were often very troublesome," says Mrs. E. R. Beebe.
Ephraim * Quinby married 1792 Amma Blackmore,
born 29 Oct. 1768. He died 5 June, 1850, at Warren, Ohio ;
she died there 16 Mar. 1833. The family monument at
Warren gives the dates; Mrs. Quinby's name is given as
"Amma" (she was born at Bladensburg, Md., 25 Mar.
1769, says W. P. Q.) Their seven sons and four daughters
all lived to grow up, and nearly all to marry and have
children. Children:
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I. Nancy' Quinby, born 9 May, 1793; married 22
May, 1817, Joseph Larwill, the proprietor of
Wooster, Ohio; he died 20 Nov. 1867; no chil-
dren; she celebrated her 100th anniversary at
Wooster, Ohio, and Mrs. Wm. H. Beebe of Rav-
enna, Ohio, printed a two column leaflet on the
occasion which was widely circulated, copy of
which is given a few pages further on. Mrs. Lar-
will died 25 June, 1893, at Wooster.
221. II. Samuel" Quinby, born 28 Nov. 1794 (see);
III. Elizabeth' Qtjinby, born 20 Dec. 1796, died 19
Feb. 1825; married Dr. Williams Heaton of War-
ren, college mate at Jefferson college of Dr. Eph-
raim • Quinby (Samuel », Ephraim *) ;
IV. Abrilla • Quinby, born 10 Mar. 1798; married
Judge Potter of North Lisbon, Ohio;
222. V. William B. « Quinby, born 24 Nov. 1799 (see);
VI. Maby' Quinby, born 12 Jan. 1802, died 24 Apr.
1888, at Wooster; married Thomas Girling; after
he died, she married 13 May, 1848, Dr. Sylvester
Spellman of Granville, Ohio, born 7 Sept. 1789,
died 5 Sept. 1873, son of Eber and Lucy (Thrall)
Spellman (X. Old Northwest Quarterly 170);
223. VII. James' Quinby, born 30 Apr. 1805, never married;
died 13 Sept. 1845, at New Lisbon, 0.;
224. VIII. Wakben B. • Quinby, born 3 Nov. 1807 (see) ;
225. IX. Ephhaim' Quinby, born 13 Apr. 1810 (see);
226. X. Charles A. • Quinby, born 10 Apr. 1813, never
married; died 6 Mar. 1854;
227. XI. George" Quinby, born 28 Aug. 1815 (see).
SKETCH OF EPHRAIM^ QUINBY
The History of Wayne county, Ohio, says: "Judge
Ephraim Quinby removed with his family to the site of
Warren as early as 1798, two years before the county of
Trumbull was organized, and five years before the state
was admitted into the Union, Upon his arrival, or soon
thereafter, in Trumbull county, he bought 400 acres of
land, lying on both sides of the Mahoning river. After his
emigration, and for several years, he lived on the tract
lying on the east side of the river, and during his residence
there, and in 1801, he laid out the town of Warren, and
named in it honor of Moses Warren, of Lyme. Here he
engaged in mercantile business, his store room bemg located
upon the banks of the river. In 1808-9 he removed to the
west side, although he had as early as 1807-8 erected a
grist mill and carding machine on the west side, directly
opposite to the present town of Warren. In 1812 he also
built a grist mill and carding machine on the Mahoning,
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in Liberty township, 12 miles south of Warren. Carding
machines in those days were concomitants of grist mills.
"The plat of Warren, in September, 1800, contained
but two log cabins, one of which was occupied by Capt.
Ephraim Quinby, who was proprietor of the town, and
afterwards Judge of the court. He built his cabin in 1799.
The other was occupied by Wm. Fenton, who had built his
in 1798. On the 27th of this month Cornelius Feather and
Davison Fenton arrived from Washington county, Pa. At
this' time, Quinby's cabin consisted of three apartments, a
kitchen, a bed-room and jail, although but one prisoner was
ever confined in it, viz: Perger Shehigh, for threatening
the life of Judge Young, of Youngstown.
"Judge Quinby was a member of the first Legislature
of the state of Ohio in 1803, and was afterwards chosen
Associate Judge, which position he ably filled for ten years.
He was one of the prominent, enterprising and influential
citizens of his county, and one of the founders of the Bap-
tist church in Warren. The Indians of that section enter-
tained for him a great regard, and treated him as a friend.
He inclined to cover the fierce nature, savage habits and
untutored ways of the red man with the broad mantle of a
generous and sympathetic charity.
"He was captain of a military company, and in his
history of Ohio John S. C. Abbott speaks of him: 'There
was at Warren an excellent man, mild and judicious, by
the name of Captain Quinby. He was familiarly acquainted
with the Indians, for they had often stopped at his house,
which was a great resort. His honorable treatment of them
had won their confidence and affection.'
"But if he was distinguished for his genial, glowing hos-
pitality, he was equally conspicuous for his placid determ-
ination and calm but unquailing courage. We may be
allowed to introduce a single incident recorded by Howe to
illustrate this. A serious difficulty having occurred with
the Indians in the summer of 1800, and which cast a shadow
over the peaceful prospects of the new and scattered set-
tlements of the whites: Joseph McMahon, who lived near
the Indian settlement at the Salt Springs, and whose family
had suffered considerable abuse at different times from the
Indians in his absence, was at work with one Richard
Story on an old Indian plantation near Warren. On Fri-
day of this week, during his absence, the Indians coming
down the creek to have a drunken frolic, called in at Mc-
Mahon's and abused the family, and finally Captain
George, their chief, struck one of the children a severe blow
The Quinby Family 177
with the tomahawk, and the Indians threatened to kill the
whole family. Mrs. McMahon, although alarmed, was
unable to get word to her husband before noon the next
day.
"McMahon and Story at first resolved to go immediately
to the Indian camp and kill the whole tribe, but, on a
little reflection, they desisted from this rash purpose, and
concluded to go to "Warren, and consult with Captain Eph-
raim Quinby, as he was a mild, judicious man.
"By the advice of Quinby, all the persons capable of
bearing arms were mustered on Sunday morning, consisting
of fourteen men and two boys, under the command of
Lieutenant John Lane, who proceeded towards the Indian
camp, determined to make war or peace, as circumstances
dictated. When within half a mile of the camp, Quinby
proposed a halt, and as he was well acquainted with most
of the Indians, they having dealt frequently with him, it
was resolved that he should proceed alone to the camp,
and inquire into the cause of their outrageous conduct, and
ascertain whether they were for peace or war. Quinby
started alone, leaving the rest behind, and giving direction
to Lane that if he did not return in half an hour, he might
expect that the savages had killed him, and that he should
then march his company and engage in battle. Quinby not
returning at the appointed time, they rapidly marched to
camp. On emerging from the woods, they discovered Quin-
by in close conversation with Captain George. He in-
formed his party that they had threatened to kill McMahon
and his family, and Story and his family, for it seems the
latter had inflicted chastisement on the Indians for stealing
his liquor, particularly on one ugly-looking ill-tempered
fellow, named Spotted John, from having his face spotted
all over with hair moles. Captain George had also de-
clared, if the whites had come the Indians were ready to
fight them.
"The whites marched directly up to the camp, Mc-
Mahon first and Story next to him. The chief. Captain
George, snatched his tomahawk, which was sticking in a
tree, and flourishing it in the air, walked up to McMahon,
saying: 'If you kill me, I will lie here — if I kill you, you
shall lie there!' Instantly, as the tomahawk was about to
give the deadly blow, McMahon sprang back, raised his
gun, already cocked, pulled the trigger, and Captain George
fell dead. 'Story took for his mark the ugly savage, Spotted
John, who was at that moment placing his family behind
a tree, and shot him dead, the same ball passing through
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his squaw's neck, and the shoulders of his oldest papoose,
a girl of about thirteen. Hereupon the Indians fled, with
horrid yells; the whites hotly pursued for some distance,
firing as fast as possible, yet without effect while the women
and children screamed and screeched piteously. The party
then gave up the pursuit, returned and buried the dead
Indians and proceeded to Warren to consult for their
safety."
NANCY QTJINBY LARWILL's IOOtH BIRTHDAY
"Mrs. Nancy Quinby Larwill celebrated her 100th
birthday at her home in Wooster, O., May 9. She was
born in Carroll township, or what may now be Fallowfield,
three miles from Parkinson's Ferry, which she tells me is as
familiar to her as Wooster. Her father, Ephraim Quinby,
Jr., married Miss Ammie Blackmore in Brownsville and
three children were born when he founded the colony in
Warren, O. Their names were Nancy, Samuel and William.
The latter has often been heard to say that his mother rode
on horseback behind him when he came to Ohio. As he
was a babe 6 months old, it is altogether probable he was
right. Samuel and William are deceased, as are Elizabeth
Heaton, Arabrilla Potter, Mary Girling Spellman, Charles,
James and Ephraim 3d. Warren and George Quinby live
at Wooster, Warren at the age of 85 and George at 78.
The family are and ever have been singularly and happily
united and maintain the fondest affection for each other,
Ephraim Quinby's father Ephraim never emigrated. Eph-
raim, Jr., came West with his uncle, Joseph Hall, and
family, while a lad. His brother, Samuel Quinby, lived at
the Horse Shoe Bend and did not leave Washington county
imtil some years after Ephraim, Jr., formed his settlement of
twenty families at Warren, O., in 1799, nearly all former
residents of Washington county. Joseph H. Larwill, a
surveyor, was employed by Col. Beaver to draft plans and
survey his lands. Beaver was the starting-point of emi-
gration, either by land or water. My father remembers
no sugar, tea, coffee, or calico could be had on the Western
Reserve nearer than Beaver and the produce was there ex-
changed for these, then as now necessaries of life. May 22,
1817, Joseph H. Larwill and Nancy Quinby were married
at her father's in Warren by Rev. Adamson Bentley. The
home overlooks the town, on the banks of Mahoning river,
and is known as Quinby Hill, a beautiful place now oc-
cupied by George B. Quinby, grandson of Ephraim, Jr.
The Quinby Family 179
The wedding party went to Wooster on horseback and on
July 4, 1817, Mrs. Larwill cooked her first dinner in a
house which stood where now stands the Frick Memorial
block.
"Early in life Mrs. Larwill united with the Baptist
church of Warren and has been a member of the Bethany
Baptist congregation of Wooster since it was organized and
the Quinby family in Warren has always been among the
staunch supporters of the Baptist faith. Samuel Quinby,
Sarah Quinby Reeves and Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell
were the only remaining members to charter a new church
when Adamson Bentley and his whole church membership
were converted to Disciple belief by the eloquent evan-
gelistic sermons of Alexander Campbell in 1832. It was
then the Quinby element held to the Baptist faith and be-
gan anew to build the present outlook for Baptists in
Warren. Descended from Quaker stock, born and reared
on the neutral grounds of the Revolutionary days, faith
in God and great goodness of heart had secured to them
the confidence and love of their fellow-men. Joseph H.
Larwill honored his employer, Mr. Beaver, by naming the
streets in Wooster, Beaver, Henry for the son, Marti la
for the daughter and Larwill street for his own family,
where he resided the greater part of his life, dying Nov. 20,
1867. No children blessed the union, but nieces and neph-
ews call them blessed. One, Mrs. Nannie Laubach, of
Pittsburg, was presented by her centenarian aunt with the
gold watch and chain she had carried, which had been
purchased for her by Mr. Larwill in Philadelphia in
1857.
"A hundred rosebuds arranged in an immense bowl,
from her two brothers and the nieces and nephews; a hun-
dred navel oranges, from a niece, Mrs. Estep, of San Fran-
cisco; a book entitled '100 Birthdays' from nieces in Wash-
ington, D. C, and many evidences of love and affection
were noticed. The room, which is in her own home, and
where she has lived since her husband's death, to be near
her brothers, was most handsomely decorated with flowers
in profusion from loving friends. On waking in the morn-
ing she remarked, 'If Mr. Larwill were living, we'd have a
feast today,' and though Mr. Larwill looked down from his
portrait, draped in flowers and evergreens, there was a
feast of reason and a flow of soul, for she was able to re-
ceive over a hundred friends, who each said a few con-
gratulatory sentences, to all of whom she replied fittingly
and presented them with a card on which were printed
180 The Quinbt Pamilt
these lines, arranged and suggested by a deceased loving
niece, Lizzie Quinby Stiles:
'A hundred years, a hundred years,
To walk the grand old earth,
And see a nation rise and grow
To greatness from its birth.
A hundred years, a hundred years.
To drink the air and light:
But happy when the shadows fall
To bid the world 'good night.'
A hundred years of tranquil life.
And nearer God each day:
The years, like roses, when they die.
In fragrance pass away.'
"That one could enjoy life at 100 years is evidence of
care for youth and latter day attendance most complete.
Mrs. Kate Potter Petit, a niece, has guarded her the past
seven years from every possible care and Frederika Link
has performed for thirty-eight years a loving service in the
Larwill household. Mrs. Larwill cannot be said to suffer
from the weight of years. Her hearing has been defective,
but time has not dimmed her sight or repressed for her the
voice of friends. She sits up all day and observes every-
thing about her, and in the funeral of her life-long friend.
Rev. Dr. David Kammerer, which took place the same
day, was heard to express sorrow and sympathy. She
made inquiry for absent friends and sent messages of love
to those who feared to weary her by coming. En route I
made the acquaintance of Mrs. Parkinson, of Neaver Falls,
who informed me her husband is a descendant of Joseph
Parkinson, and on telling Mrs. Larwill of the incident, she
replied, 'I was 7 years old when my father moved to War-
ren; I rode on horseback and had often in his company
been to Parkinson's Ferry, where Mr. Parkinson had his
three mills, and was entertained by Mrs. Parkinson while
the grist was being ground.' She particularly remembers
the flowers and fruit and was impressed that the surround-
ings were superior." (Mrs. Ella R. Beebe, Ravenna, Ohio.)
80. JosiAH * {Aaron*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born
11 mo. 8, 1743, in Westchester county, New York. The
Friends' records give his death as 7 mo. 6, 1818, aged 75y.
5m. 25d.; another record gives his death as 1 mo. 6, 1816,
The Quinbt Family jgl
probably wrong as his will was probated 4 Aug. 1818, at
Itn 9^T«n^ T- ^^^' ^' P- 182). The will was dated
y mo.^ Zl, 1806. Joslah "> never married. After the usual
prehmmanes the will goes on as follows:
Will of Josiah ' Quinby
K^^ FIRST: I desire my executors hereafter named to bury my
+k5^ j ?u ^^^^^^ manner if I should decease near either of
tt»em, and then soon after I desire them to take an inventory of all
my goods and chattels and all my personal and movable estate
that they may think worth their notice or proper to inventory and
nrst pay the expense of my last sickness or illness and my funeral
Charges and then as soon as they can conveniently all my just
u J^^^r'- ^ S'^® ^^^ bequeath unto Elijah Quinby, son of mv
brother, Moses Qumby, all my houses and land and salt meadow
that I have joining unto the Tow Landing and Great Creek in
Westchester, it being the Tenement that I and Ebenezar Havi-
land bought of Hezekiah Glover and Thomas Baxter. I also give
him my iron chest. I give and bequeath unto my virtuous neph-
ew, Daniel Quinby, 2 lotts of salt meadow laying near passage
bridge and joining the most northwardly part of the Great Creek
"J Westchester that I bought of my brother, Moses Quinby and
Shadrack Taylor. I also give unto the said Daniel Quinby $500,
and all my printed books and wearing apparel. I give and be-
queath unto my nephew, Aaron Quinby, (son of my beloved vir-
tuous brother, James Quinby, and dear Anna, his wife), all my
land and salt meadow laying in Westchester that I bought of Gil-
bert Honeywell at two different times laying in two places in the
said Town, together with all my right and title unto my father's
Estate as being his eldest son, and also my desk. I give and be-
queath unto my beloved virtuous niece, Amy Quinby, a certain
Tenement or house and land laying in Westchester, which I bought
of Moses Hunt. I give and bequeath unto my niece, Sarah Quin-
by, a certain lot or tract of land laying in the Township of New-
burgh in the County of Orange, which I got of Thomas Mullenax.
I give and bequeath ujito my niece, Elizabeth Quinby, a certain
small Tenement laying in Eastchester, now leased out to Ben-
jamin Barton and his wife during their Hves and also $200. I
give aiid bequeath unto my sister, Phebe Barton, during her nat-
ural life, the use, benefit and profit of my farm laying in the Town
of Monkton in the State of Vermont on which she now lives, and
after her decease the said Estate shall be the property of all her
children, share and share alike, or they may sell the said farm
after their mother's death and divide the money equally. All the
lands above given away unto all the persons above named, I give
unto the said persons and unto their heirs and assigns, forever,
together with all the deeds which I have for the said lands, but
the deeds which I have for the land which I have bought and sold
them deeds I desire my executors to take the best of care of as
some of them have not been recorded.
ITEM: I give and bequeath unto John White and Thomas
Walker overseers of Friends Meeting in Westchester in the County
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184 The Quinby Fahtut
county ("marr. int. 6, 10, 11802; 7, 8, 1802; reptd.
ace. 8, 12, 1802"); she soon died and he married
6 mo. 19, 1805, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
and Hannah Carpenter of Harrison;
229. VII. Elijah Pell* Quinbt, born 1791 (see).
83. James' (Aaron*, John*, John^, William^) bom
19 May, 1759, in Westchester county, N. Y. He married
first, 26 June, 1783, Anne", daughter of Jacob* and Amy
(Hallock) Underbill (see diagram,) of Chappaqua, West-
chester county ("marr int. 5, 8, 1783; 6, 12, 1783;
repd. ace. 7, 10, 1783")- James and Anne witnessed the
will of Stephanas Hunt of Westchester, 29 12 mo. 1788
(Lawrence Genealogy p. 153, by Thos. Lawrence, 1858).
The following memorandum of a conversation with Abraham
Underbill of Yorktown is reported in Bolton's History of
Westchester County, III. 412: "The house of James
Quinby, near the Spencer place, now owned by Doctor
Pearsall, was often robbed during the Revolutionary War,
and the family had a place of concealment to which they
always fled whenever attacked on these occasions. One
night Robert Underbill, James Underbill and Isaac Mekeel
were stopping here, when Robert Underbill proposed de-
fending the premises should the robbers make their ap-
pearance during their stay ■ — provided James his cousin,
would only assist him. Singularly enough, the maraud-
ers came that very night, demanding entrance; but the
heart of James failed him, and he fled with the rest, Rob-
ert, however, provided himself with a large club and ar-
ranged chairs along the entry, upon which he suddenly
commenced a violent attack, striking furiously with his
club, at the same their stamping furiously on the floor and
making all the noise possible, as though there were others
aiding him on the inside, then he would strike the door and
dare the robbers to come on saying, 'we are ready for you
this time!' adding occasionally the hoarsp blast of a conch-
shell. The marauders somewhat bewildered, contented
themselves with firing a volley into the house, which for-
tunately missed its brave defender, and retired. The de-
feated 'Cowboys' afterwards reported that they thought
'the Devil was in the house.' "
The census of 1790 gives James Quinby as living along-
side of his brother Moses and the latter's son Daniel.
James Quinby's family included besides himself, and wife,
two males over 16, one male under 16, and six females; evi-
dently another family, perhaps a sister's, lived with him.
Mrs. Anne, or Anna, as it appears on the Friends' record, evi-
^a<
186 The Qxjinbt FamUjY
dently died after the birth of her son Aaron in February,
1794, and James * Quinby married second, at Amawalk, 12
mo. 16,1795, Hannah*, daughter of Isaac* and Sarah (Field)
Underbill of Yorktown; to marry her, he took from the
Amawalk Preparative Meeting, 12, 10, 1795, a "certificate
of clear" to the Chappaqua Meeting. The Friends' record
reads: "marr. int. 11, 13, 1795; 12, 11, 1795; reptd. ace. 1,
15, 1796." James * Quinby died in 1799, and his widow
married at Westchester 10 mo. 14, 1818, Isaac, son of
Michael and 'Milcha' Mekeel of Yorktown, deceased, and
took a removal certificate 2 mo. 11, 1819, to Amawalk, as
Hannah I. Mekeel. She was born 15 July, 1769, and died
4 Oct. 1846 (II. Bolton, 405).
James Quinby's will was dated 12 mo. 6, 1797, proved
at White Plains 20 Apr. 1799 (lib. B, p. 104). It mentions
wife Hannah, sisters Elizabeth Bowns and Phoebe Bartow
or Barton; daughter Amy to have lands and £200 if she
live to be 18; son Aaron, if he live to be 21; legacies £100
to £500 each; wife Hannah and brother Josiah Quinby to
be executors. Children of James * Quinby, dates from a
family Bible, copied by Mrs. Caroline A. Haight:
I. Amt* Qttinbt, born 3 June, 1785; married 2 mo. 15
1809 at Westchester, Jesse, son of Isatkc and Sarah
Mekeel of Yorktown ("marr. intent. 1, 12, 1809;
2, 9, 1809, he producing certif. of clear, from Ama-
walk; reptd. ace. 6 mo. 8, 1809; she took cert, of
clear, to AmawaJlk, 6, 8, 1809;" Fr. rec);
II. Elizabeth* Quinby, born 6 Oct. 1787; married 11
mo. 17, 1819, at Westchester, Charles R. «, son of,
James » and Phoebe (Cox) Underbill of Newcastle
Westchester county; Elizabeth • died 30 Aug. (or
10 Jan. says Bolton) 1869; Charles R. was born
in 1796 and died 6 Dec. 1861;
Phoebe « Quinby, born 30 Sept. 1789;
DoKCAS' Quinby, born 14 Sept. 1791;
Aaron « Quinby, born 21 Feb. 1794 (see) ;
Hoses' Quinby, born 23 July, 1797; died unmar-
ried;
VII. Sarah' Quinby, born 2 July, 1798; died 2 mo. 1,
1822'
VIII. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 29 Oct. 1799.
Note — A. S. Underbill's chart, No. 5, in Bolton's History of Westchester
county, (III. 405) omits the above Sarah and Amy, and adds a Moses to those
named in James's will.
84. Samuel*, {Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born
7 mo. 23 i. e., 23 Sept. 1732, at Northcastle, Westchester
county, N. Y. ; married first at Chappaqua in the county,
3 mo. 17, 1757, Ann, daughter of Moses and Catherine
III.
IV.
230.
V.
231.
VI.
Elizabeth" Quixby (James^), Wife of Charles R. Underhill.
Photo, loaned by Mrs. F. C. Haight.
The Quinbt Family 187
Powell of Northcastle, born 10 mo. 2, 1736, at Bethpage,
Long Island, and died 9 mo. 5, 1774; Samuel* and his
family lived near Wampus pond in Westchester. After his
first wife's death he married second at Amawalk, West-
chester county, 10 mo. 19, 1701, Phoebe Underbill, daugh-
ter of Abel and Mary Weeks of Stephentown (both then
deceased) "marr. int. 9, 9, 1791; 10, 14, 1791; repd. ace.
11, 11, 1791"; she was born 4 mo. 21, 1747. They are ^
recorded as having removed "clear," to Creek, 12 mo. 12, '
1806 (Creek Monthly Meeting was in Dutchess county, \
N. Y.)
Samuel* Quinby while keeping the Quaker records at
Westchester made this entry: "On the 22nd of 5 mo.
1761, came John Sarles Seargent to my house with a war-
rent from Joseph Sutton Captain for a fine of 15 shillings
for my not bearing of arms for which he took a pr. of
leather breeches worth thirty shillings. Samuel Quinby."
Samuel * Quinby died 2 mo. 19, 1824. His own records
state that he had nine children, the only record I have found
which gives the names of ten is from Samuel J. Quinby, \
Esq., who adds Eliza to those mentioned on the Friends'
records, kept at that time by Samuel' Quinby:
I. Mary« Quinby, born 12 mo. 10, 1757 (12 mo. 1,
says a family record); married Nathan Mea!d of
Yorktown;
232. II. Moses' Quinby, born 10 mo. 17, 1759 (see);
233. III. Obediah« Quinby, born 3 mo. 5, 1761 (see);
234. IV. JosiAH" Quinby, born 11 mo. 1, 1763 (see);
V. Jean* Quinby born 6 mo. 27, 1765; married Zac-
cheus Marshall of Crum Elbow, Dutchess county;
she received clearance from Chappaqua to Creek
7 mo. 13, 1804; he died 7 mo. 20, 1830; she died 4
mo. 15, 1846;
VI. Kathekine" Quinby, born 2 mo. 28, 1767; "mar-
ried outside the Society of Friends before 4 mo. 15,
1791; disowned 5 mo. 13, 1791; re-instated on
acknowledgment 1 mo. 15, 1796, she then living
at Nine Partners" (Fr. re.) she is said in one
record to have married Abram Kipp of Dutchess
county; another says she married James, son of
Nathaniel and Phoebe Underbill;
VII. Anne' Quinby, born 11 mo. 30, 1769; married John
Kip of Chappaqua (see note 1 following);
VIII. Samuel' Quinby, born 9 mo. 7, 1771; died 9 mo.
16, 1772;
IX. Clara' Quinby, born 4 mo. 3, 1773; married 3 mo.
21, 1793, at Chappaqua, James, son of Nathaniel
and Phoebe Underbill of Stephentown, N. Y.
("marr. int. 2, 11, 1793; 3, 15, 1793; no report
188 The Quinbt Family
noted, 4, 12, 1793" (Fr. rec.) (see note 2 follow-
ing);
X. Eliza* Quinbt, named only in Samuel J. Quinbys
record.
Note 1.— Jacobus' Kip of Holland born 1631, married Maria de la Mon-
taigne 8 Mar. 1654, at New Amsterdam. Their son Johannes' Kip, born 3
Feb. 1655, married Catherine, daughter of William Hans Kiersted and grand
daughter of the famous Anneke Jans Bogardus. They had Benjamin' Kip
born 21 Mar. 1703, removed to Westchester county, married Dorothy Daven-
port and died, 1782. Two of his sons married sisters, daughters of Samuel
Haight, thus: Abraham' Kip, born 22 Mar. 1743, married Phoebe Haight,
and Jesse* Kip, born 23 Feb. 1740, married Ann Haight. The issue of these
two marriages were double cousins; two of them had the temerity however, to
marry sisters, daughters of Samuel' Quinby, (Moses*, Josiah', John', William^),
thus: Abraham', son of Abraham* Kip, married Catherine" Quinby and
John', son of Jesse* Kip, married Ann* Quinby. (Compiled from data in
Bolton's History of Westchester, edition of 1881, page 742).
Note 2 — James and Clara (Quinby) Underbill (see chart) had the following
children:
i. — Nathaniel, born 22 Jan. 1794; married 23 Dec. 1815, Anna Webber;
ii. — Samuel, bom 14 Nov. 1795 ; married 7 June, 1815, Deborah S^ory ; iii. — Mary,
bom 21 Sept , 1797; married 20 Apr 1825, Joseph Tompkins ; iv — Abraham K ,
bom 31 July, 1800 ; married 25 Aug. 1823, Mary Cavert ; v — Phoebe, bom 18
Mar. 1802 ; married 20 Apr. 1826, Coles Tompkins; vi —Abel, born 9 Apr. 1804 ;
vli — James, born 5 Mar. 1806 ; married 5 May, 1827, Mary Dickinson and
had Caroline ; Phoebe; and Caroline 2d who married William Dickie and had
Alice, John Edward (married Martha McLaughlin) and James Jay, (married Annie
Adams) ; viii — ^Ann H., bom Mar. 1808 ; married 23 Nov. 1836 ; ix. — Sarah, born
13 Feb. 1810 ; x —Catherine, bom 2 Feb. 1813.
Note 3 — James J. Dickie (see above) lives at Franklin, N. Y. (1912) and
has an old watch said to have belonged to Samuel' Quinby; it was hidden in
an old cellar on the Hudson river during the Revolutionary war; "Charles
Taylor, London, 15369" is engraved on the works.
85. Francis^ (Moses^, Josiah^, John^, William^) born
9 mo. 30, 1734, married 4 mo. 16, 1767, at Chappaqua,
Westchester county, N. Y., Esther, daughter of Benjamin
and Deborah Smith of Northcastle; "mar. int. 3, 12, 1767;
4, 9, 1767; rept. ace. 5, 14, 1767." (Fr. re.) Francis was
no doubt the one mentioned in the U. S. census of 1790,
for in that year he was head of a family at Northcastle,
consisting of his wife and three other females, and two
boys under 16. Isaiah and Obediah had families there
then. Twenty years later, by the census of 1810, Francis
Quinby's residence, no doubt in the same locality, is called
Eastchester, Westchester county. The Francis there men-
tioned and his wife were "45 years old and upwards" and
no doubt two of the above daughters, or one and a daugh-
ter-in-law, were the two "white females over 26" who with
his wife, constituted the grown-up women mentioned in the
census of 1810. His family (if the same Francis) then also
included a boy under 10, one between 10 and 16, one be-
tween 16 and 26, one between 26 and 45, (perhaps Francis'
son or son-in-law, and parent of the young boys and girls)
Ami, 9io.t.4^3^Jpy^^f'%
&:^^
Family Record of 848amiiel5 and Anne (Powell) Quixby. (See p. 186.)
The Quinby Pamilt 189
two males over 45, one no doubt Francis himself, and one
girl between 10 and 16. "Jonah" Quinby (Josiah?) ' was
head of a family there then, also. Francis died 19, 5 mo.
1814, at Northcastle, Westchester county; 18 : 5 mo. says
the record of deaths kept by Robert Dodge the coffinmaker
at Chappaqua. The children of Francis" and Esther
(Smith) Quinby:
I. Debobah' Quinbyj she was testified against about
1788, for joining another Society. (Friends' rec-
ords, "Westchester);
II. Phoebe' Quinby, testified against, 2 mo. 12, 1789,
same offence; one Phoebe Kipp, formerly Quinby,
married outside the Society of Friends before 1
mo. 1'4, 1791, and was disowned (re);
III. Elizabeth" Quinby; testified against with Phoebe';
236. IV. (male) • Quinby, born 1774-90;
236. V. (male) ' Quinby, born 1774-90;
Note — Esther, wife of Francis Quinby, a member by request, was testi-
fied against for the same offence as her daughters, and for neglecting meet-
ing, 3mo. 12, 1789 (Fr. rec); they evidently were all converted to another
rehgious denomination together.
86. Josiah* (Moses*, Josiah', John^, William^) born
3 mo. 20, 1741, at Northcastle, Westchester county, N. Y.
(Albert M. * Quinby gives his great-grandfather Josiah's
birth as 2 mo. 28, 1741, at Quaker Hill, Dutchess county,
N. Y., and another family record says 1 mo. 28). _ Josiah
married first, 8 mo. 15, 1764, Phoebe, born 3 mo. 29, 1745,
daughter of Thomas and Mary Vail of Rye, Westchester
county; Phoebe died 4 mo. 26, 1776, aged 27. Miss Wil-
helmina' Quinby says: "My great-great-grandparents were
married in the Friends' Meeting House at Perches (Pur-
chase), Westchester county; the Vails at that time owned
slaves." A letter from Mrs. Mary H. (Quinby) Weeks,
dated Mt. Kisco, Westchester county, 3, 19th, 1885, lent
me by Miss M. W. Quinby, The Temple, Chicago, says:
"My grandfather's name was Josiah Quinby, was born
1741, married Phebe Vail, who was born 1745. They were
married in Friends' Meeting House at Parchis. Although
the house is still standing, it has been very often repaired
and is in good order now. I must now tell thee a little
circumstance at the close of the meeting after they were
married: My great-grandfather Vail arose and asked every
one to his house to dine, and it was told to me that every
one went except one old woman, and she was deaf and did
190 The Qxjinby PamUjT
not hear the invitation. I suppose thee is well aware that
in that day they were not formal in giving invitations. I
must also add that at that time some Friends kept slaves,
which my grandfather Vail did at that time, and wished to
confer some on his daughter, which my grandfather Quinby
refused to receive, preferring to hire his help, and Friends
soon set all their slaves free. My ancestors were all
Friends as far as I can trace them. And I have the record
of the Quinbys. One grandfather married in 169-. I have
not his birth but his name was Josiah Quinby."
Josiah * Quinby married second, 9 mo. 19, 1786, at
Chappaqua, Westchester county, Mellicent, born 3 mo. 23,
1749, daughter of David and Mary La,ne of Northcastle ijn
the same county ("marr. intent. 12, 9, 1785; 1, 13, 1786;
reptd. ace. 2, 10, 1786;" Fr. re.) Samuel Smith's Journal
(IX. Friends' Miscellany, 145) says: "On 30th we stopped
at Josiah Quinby's at Eastchester, and then rode to James
Quinby's at Westchester; these Friends are nephews to
Isaiah Quinby of New Jersey."
The census of 1790 gives Josiah Quinby at North-
castle as head of a family consisting of himself and one boy
over 16 and five females; this fits with the record of this fam-
ily; but the census adds two boys under 16 years, whom I
cannot identify.
Josiah * died 2 mo. 3d, 1816, says one copy of the
Friends' record; 2 mo. 8th, says another copy; the list
made by Robert Dodge the coffin-maker at Chappaqua
gives 2 mo. "8d.;" which is preceded by the record of
"Josiah, d. 22 : 3 mo. 1814."
The will of Josiah Quinby of Newcastle, Westchester
county, was dated 11 mo. 1, 1814, and was proved at
White Plains 20 Feb. 1816 (liber. G, p. 94). The testator
mentions wife 'Melison;' daughter Abigail; son William;
daughters Mary Fowler, Elizabeth Underhill and Phoebe
Griffin. The executors were son William; son-in-law Caleb
Underhill and brother-in-law Benjamin Lane. Children of
Josiah 5 Quinby, with dates as given in the family Bible
owned by Mrs. Mary (Quinby) Weeks:
I. Abigail' Quinby, born 4 mo. 27, 1765; in 1828 at
the schism between unitarian and trinitarian
Quakers, Abigail remained with the latter while
most of the Quinby Quakers became Hicksites, or
unitarian; she was a member of the Chappaqua
Monthly Meeting; she died 1 mo. 2, 1836, aged
70y. 8m. 25d.; Croton Valley Preparative Meet-
ing; her will dated 1 mo. 16, 1831, is recorded at
White Plains, bk. R, p. 397; in it she mentions
The Quinby Family 191
(her brother) William Quinby's daughters Hannah
and Mary, to whom she leaves wearing apparel;
she names Wood, Lane and Underbill nieces and
nephews; also (her sister) Elizabeth, wife of Caleb
Underbill;. to her, she leaves one-third of the farm
if Elizabeth becomes a widow;
237. II. William ' Quinby, born 6 mo. 29, 1766 (see) ;
III. Mary» Quinby; born 12 mo. 24, 1768; married 10
mo. 19, 1786, at Chappaqua, John, son of James
and Hannah Fowler of Northcastle; the Friends'
records say: "marr. int. 9, 15, 1786; 10, 13, 1786;
reptd. ace. 11, 10, 1786; orderly except that 4he
young woman which Sat with them Stood up with
them at the marage which was not agreable;"
IV. Elizabeth" Quinby, born 1 mo. 9, 1774; married 6
mo. 16, 1761, at Chappaqua, Caleb ', son of
Isaac' and Sarah Underbill ("marr. int. 5, 13,
1791; 6, 10, 1791.");
By his wife Millicent, Josiah ^ had:
V. Phoebe* Quinby, born 5 mo. 27, 1787; married at
Chappaqua, 10 mo. 15, 1807, Job, son of John,
Jr. and Esther Griffin of Newcastle.
Note 1 — The list of Orthodox Quakers at the time of the Hicksite separa-
ion in 1828, included Abigail Quinby of Croton Valley Preparative Meeting
Chappaqua Monthly Meeting; and among the Hicksites (Unitarian Quakers)
of the Chappaqua meeting at that time were William, Phoebe and Eliza
Quinby.
Note 2 — The search of the Quaker records of New York state was made
for me by Mr. John Cox, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Committee on Records
of the Religious Society of Friends. He says of Dutchess county, that the
first monthly meeting was that of Oblong, on Quaker HiU and vicinity, estab-
lished 1744, being set off from Purchase. The Enrollment of Quakers, 1755,
(Smith's History and other sources) shows no Quinby nor does the list of
Heads of Families, Oblong Monthly Meeting, 1761. In the large list of cus-
tomers on the ledger of Daniel Merritt's store at Quaker Hill, 1771 (in Wilson's
"Quaker Hill") Ephraim is the only Quinby who appears. "The marriage certi-
ficates (1744-1884) show only the marriage of William", son of Josiah'. The
Orthodox certificates of marriage from 1828, at Quaker Hill have not been ex-
amined. The minutes from 1757 to 1815 show only an Elizabeth Quin, mar-
riage 1 mo. 16, 1786, to Abraham Hawney of Saratoga. "Quin is an unknown
name in our records," says Mr. Cox; "can this be a Quinby?" This record
also shows the marriage of William" Quinby and Phoebe Howland; the births
and deaths show no Quinby. The removal certificates are all set forth under
William • (see).
87. Isaiah 6 (Moses \ Josiah^, John^, William^) born
12 mo. 3, 1749, (i. e. 3 Feb. 1750) at Northcastle, West-
chester county, N. Y. Although Isaiah was not married
till 1793, the census of 1790 gives him as head of a family
at Northcastle, living alongside his brother Francis, the
family consisting of two males over 16, one male under that
age and three females; it is evident that he made a home
for some of his brothers or sisters and their children.
Isaiah took a "certificate of clear" to Chappaqua, 9 mo.
192 The Quinbt Family
12, 1793, and married 18 Sept. 1793, at Amawalk, West-
chester county, 18 Sept. 1793, Mary ^ daughter of Isaac*
and Sarah (Field) Underhill of Yorktown. The Friends'
record says: "marr. int. 8, 9, 1793; 9, 13, 1793; reptd. ace.
10, 11, 1793." Edward Brooks, the Quaker, says in his
diary (XII. Friends' Miscellany, 357) (1810): "then went
to Northcastle and lodged at Isaiah Quinby's." Isaiah died
3 mo. 22, 1814 (Bolton's History of Westchester wrongly
gives Isaiah's death as 1810). Mary (Underhill) Quinby
was born 31 May, 1759, and died 6 mo. 24, 1824, aged
65y. Im. lid. (Fr. rec.) at Newcastle. The will of Isaiah
Quinby of Northcastle, dated 4 mo. 17, 1812, was proved
at White Plains, 22 Apr. 1814, (Surrogate's, records, book
D, p. 122). By it he provided that his wife Mary was to
"bring up all my children until my daughter Hannah is
eighteen years old;" and mentions his daughters Sarah,
Phoebe, Hannah and' Jane; sons Moses and Isaiah; brother-
in-law Caleb Underhill. Isaiah's widow Mary made a will
which was proved 21 Dec. 1824 (bk. K, p. 479) mentioning
the children referred to in her husband's will, and leaves a
special legacy to her son Moses I. to educate his children.
Children of Isaiah ' and Mary (Underhill) Quinby, all born
in Westchester county. New York:
238. I. MosBs I. « Quinby, born 6 mo. 19, 1794 (see);
239. II. Isaiah • Quinby, born 9 mo. 11, 1795 (see);
240. III. Isaacs Quinby, born 12 mo. 30, 1796; died young;
IV. Sarah « Quinby, born 11 mo. 15, 1798, died 7 mo.
28, 1841;
V. Hannah' Quinby, born 12 mo. 19, 1802; married
8 mo. 20, 1829, at Newcastle, Daniel Griffin, son
of William and Anna Haviland of New York City,
born 16 Oct. 1799, at Fort Harrison, N. Y., died
30 July, 1864; "he was one of the founders of the
Haviland porcelain industry of France;" Hannah*
died 1 Apr. 1864; thieir son Arthur, born 8 Mar.
1848, at Brooklyn, N. Y., is interested in the gen-
ealogy of this branch of the Quinbys and has
kindly put his records at my disposal; he lives
(1913) at 1851 Morris ave., Tremont P. O., New
York city;
VI. Mary Jane • Quinby, born 4 mo. 2, 1807; married
at Northcastle 11 mo. 17, 1824, Uriah, son of
Robert and Hannah Field "of Kings Street;"
("marr. int. 10, 14, 1824; 11, 11, 1824; reptd.
ace. 12, 9, 1824," Fr. rec);
VII. Phoebe* Quinby, born — mo. 22, 1810;
Note — The foregoing is partly from the FriendB' records and partly from
Bolton. The birth records of the first three children are from the records of
the Friends' Preparative Meeting at Chappaqua, N. Y.
The Daughters of S'Isaiah'' Quinby.
Mary Jane Field Plioebe Mekeel Hannah HavilanJ
(From a dagnerreotyiie of about 1838 (See p. 192.)
The Quinbt Family 193
88. Aaron 6 (Isaiah*, Josiah\ John^, William') born
6 mo. 17, 1757, at the old homestead in Amwell township.
New Jersey; moved to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and
lived near the line of that county in Cecil county, Mary-
land. Aaron « was a man "of more than ordinary mental
ability. His judgment was often sought to settle difficul-
ties that sometimes arose among his neighbors; and with
many, Aaron Quinby's decision was to them the law by
which they were willing to abide.
"In 1780 the Meeting records show that Aaron with
another agreed to redeem a creature taken for a military
fine; and Isaiah Quinby paid the amount. It is said that
he was the first person in his neighborhood to use the crad-
ling scythe in his wheatfield and it was such a wonderful
improvement over the usual method that the farmers in
general soon followed his example. He also used the first
winnowing fan in that neighborhood. He and his wife
Lydia moved in the fall of 1802 to Lancaster county, Pa.,
and bought a tract of several hundred acres of land a
quarter of a mile south of Little Britain meeting house
where he lived during the remainder of his long life. The
tract is now divided into several good sized farms, and the
grist mill on one of them is still in operation and owned
by Isaac Bradley.
"Aaron and his family were members and regular at-
tendants of Little Britain Friends' Monthly Meeting; only
two of his children, Charlotte and Miriam, remained with
the Quakers; they live together. The latter married Ben-
jamin Cutler who died early and left one child, Chalkley
B. Cutler, who died in 1881 leaving six children. Aaron ^
and several of his family are buried in the graveyard at
Little Britain. One of his enterprising movements was in
company with others to build a bridge across the Susque-
hanna River at Conowingo. A Yankee from Connecticut
took the contract for building. The many creditors whom
the contractor had left in New England came upon him
and Aaron Quinby was left to finish the work; in conse-
quence he was financially ruined. He and his family kept
up their connection with their Bucks county (Pa.) relatives,
and the journeys back and forth were numerous. An in-
stance of his physical condition is the fact that he rode
from Lancaster county. Pa., to Ohio, on horseback after
he was eighty years old, to visit a son. About this time
he was assessor of taxes ifor the township in which he lived,
and performed the duties of the office with credit to him-
self and to those who elected him." (MSS. of C. F. Jen-
(13)
194 The Qdinbt Family
kins, Esq.) Aaron * went to live with his son Ezra S. ' in
1823; see Ezra S.'s letter, 1826 following:
A Letter from Ezra S. ' Quinby
I copy for you a letter I found among my Grandmother's
papers. It will give some light on the early emigrants of the
Quinby family.
Cecil County, Maryland, Apr. 12, 1826.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 25th of Feb. I did not receive
until yesterday, and have not had an opportunity with Mr. Sam-
uel Webster to derive any information respecting yourself or your
family.
I was much gratified in reading your letter to find that you
cherished so strong an inclination to be informed of my ancestors
and also for the information given me of the Quinby family in
your neighborhood.
My Grandfather, whose name was Isaiah, was born near West-
chester east of New York and about twenty miles from the same.
He had several brothers one by the name of Ephraim which as I
suppose was your Grandfather and a brother to my Grandfather.
Isaiah Quinby, my Grandfather, settled on the Delaware River
in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, thirty-five miles from Phila-
delphia and had 4 sons, Aaron, Moses, James and Job. My
father's name is Aaron the eldest of the boys. James the third
son lives on the mansion place in the Jerseys. Moses and Job
have deceased. My father has been with me for three years and
enjoys good health. My mother has been dead better than five
years. My father states that he thinks your Grandfather's eldest
son's name was Daniel, the next Samuel and the youngest Eph-
raim, but it is probable that he is mistaken and that you are cor-
rect in stating Isaiah as the eldest.
From your letter I presume your father's n^me to be Samuel
and that he married in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and left
there in two or three weeks or a month after he married for the
western part of our County. If so your fathfer and mine are first
cousins and in their younger days were well acquainted. My
father also recollects your uncle Ephraim but was not as well
acquainted with him as with Samuel. My father moved to Lan-
caster County, Pa., in the fall of 1802 from Bucks Co., Pa. My
father has eight children living and I shall set down their names
beginning with the eldest: Phoebe, Charlotte, Mary, Jesse B.,
Miriam, Ezra S., Aaron B., and Isaiah. The two youngest of my
sisters married and live liear me. The eldest also lives in the
neighborhood. My brother Jesse lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Aaron in New York and Isaiah moved in November last to the
state of Ohio on the little Miami — 45 miles from Cincinnati.
My father has been within the last 15 years 5 or 6 times from
Pittsburg down the Ohio on the Ohio side of the river to the mouth
of the Muskingham and up the Virginia and Pennsylvania side to
Pittsburg and has frequently inquired for the name of Quinby but
could not hear anything of them. He was out in your County in
the fall of 1820 and in the spring of 1823. I have now given you
all the information with respect to my family that I am at this
time possessed of &c. — but if father were at home I have no
The QuiNBY Family 195
doubt that he could give much information that I have not given
but 1 teel that you and I are second cousins and wish you to
write me on the receipt of this more fully and let me know more
particularly what part of the state your father and uncle live in
and how I may find them and you, as I expect to be in your
Country next fall and should be pleased to call and see you.
You must write me if you are married and settled and how old
you are. I have been married four years last November and can
count two children and shall be 33 years of age the 27th day of
next November.
I shall only say that Father and family send their best re-
spects to you and family, and believe me truly your friend and
S?"^'<?' , ^ . , Ezra S. Quinby.
Mr. Samuel Quinby.
"P. S." My father will be 69 the 17th of 6th mo. next.
N. B. Since writing the enclosed my father (sic).
Please direct to me thus: Ezra S. Quinby, Connowingo,
Cecil Co. Maryland.
Post marked: Connowingo Apr. 21.
Mr. Samuel Quinby, Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio; and re-
directed to Sharon, Mercer Co., Pa.
This was written to great uncle Samuel Quinby and gives
important information. I wrote the P. M. of Connowingo in
1891, but found no trace of the family. E. R. Beebe.
Another account of Aaron* adds: "His wife Lydia
died and he married a member of the Little Britain Meet-
ing. Thomas and Hannah Atkinson visited them in the
fall of 1848, about election time. Aaron, an old man of 91,
was a staunch Whig, and Thomas took him to the polls
some distance from his home to vote for General Taylor,
which he did. He was unwilling to go, however, until his
son had gone, and it was only on the promise that the
latter would 'come at once,' that he set off." This ac-
count goes on to say that his children by his first wife Lydia
were Jesse, Isaiah, Miriam who married a Cutler, Mary, Char-
lotte, Phebe, Mary and Ezra, and adds what seems to be
an error: "by his second wife there was a son, Aaron
named for his father."
"The Quinby homestead in Lancaster county, Pa.,
built by Aaron * Quinby, is in good repair. It consists of a
commodious brick house standing on the brow of a hill
which overlooks the surrounding country for several miles
around. There is also a large stone barn and wagon
house." His will was dated 2 Aug. 1843; his daughter
Phebe was evidently not yet married. He mentions chil-
dren and descendants as follows: One-twelfth each to his
widow, to Phebe Quinby, to Mary Allen's children, to
Miriam Cutler; two-fifteenths each to the following: Jesse,
Ezra, Aaron B., Isaiah and Josiah Quinby.
196 The Qthnbt Family
Aaron ' Quinby married first, 5 mo. 15, 1782, at Buck-
ingham Meeting, Lydia, daughter of John and Hannah
Balderston of Solebury, Pa. Lydia was born 7 mo. 1,
1759; died 10 mo. 2, 1820. Aaron « married second, about
1830, Mrs. Mary (Leek) Lewis, a member of the Little
Britain Meeting, and referred to as "a nice, clever woman;"
she had had children by her first marriage. Aaron* died
8 mo. 27, 1849 (28 Aug. 1849, aged 92y. 2m. lOd., says
another record).
A partial compilation of the descendants of Aaron *
was made by Mr. Charles L. Andrews, formerly an editor
of the New York Evening Post, and in 1910 a resident of
Boulder, Col. Mr. Andrews also compiled records of some
of the female lines of descent. He kindly loaned me his
original notes and correspondence. Children of Aaron ^
and Lydia (Balderston) Quinby:
I. Rachel* Quinby, born 4 mo. 20, 1783; died 4 mo.
23, 1783;
II. Phoebe" Quinby, born 3 mo. 3, 1785; died about
1843 at the home in North Carolina of her daugh-
ter Caroline McCooI who married Jonathan Duble;
III. Charlotte* Quinby, born 9 mo. 24, 1786; died in
Cecil county, Maryland 10 Sept. 1840; (another
record says 10, 10, 1840);
IV. Mary' Quinby, born 3 mo. 20, 1788; married Isaac
Allen, born 5 mo. 25, 1780; died 8 mo. 8, 1844; she
died 8 Feb. 1836, at Wilhamsport, Md.;
241. V. Jesse Balderston" Quinby, born 5 mo. 25, 1789;
he was living in Boston, Mass., in 1826; died 5
mo. 21, 1854 in London, England;
VI. Miriam • Quinby, born 12 mo. 22, 1790; marriedll mo.
14, 1811, Benjamin Cutler, who was born 12 mo.20,
1785; died 10 mo. 3, 1821; she died 2 mo. 28, 1875;
242. VII. Ezra Sewell • Quinby, born 11 mo. 27, 1793 (see);
243. VIII. Aaron Balderston « Quinby, born 8 mo. 19, 1795 (see) ;
244. IX. Isaiah" Quinby, born 1 mo. 27, 1799 (1797 says
another record) (see) ;
Aaron* by his second wife, Mary (Leek), had:
245. X. Josiah L. • Quinby, born after 1830 (see).
Note — Lloyd Balderston of Colora, Md., grandson of John B., wrote Mr.
Andrews in 1893 as follows: "More than fifty years ago I met with Jesse B.
Quinby (one of the brothers). He had been in Peru, engaged in some connec-
tion with silver mining and entertained us with long stories of Peruvian life and
manners. He spoke freely of his sister Miriam, widow of Benjamin Cutler and
of his brother Aaron who was of some note as a scholar." In another letter:
"Jesse B. had been a manager among silver mines in Peru. There seemed
some mystery about his movements and I never knew what became of him
until his great nephew told me today. His brother Aaron once made me a
visit, some 45 years ago. These two seemed to make more intellectual pre-
tensions than their brothers, but spoke with pride of their sister Miriam. The
home of Aaron and Lydia Quinby where this family were born and reared was
perhaps within ten miles of my present home."
The QuiNBY Family I97
« ^'^'n^'lllV (^*°*«^'' Jo8iah\ Johns William^) born
0 mo. 20, 1759, m Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and
died 9 mo. 1, 1824. He married first, at Buckingham
Meeting, 5 mo 22, 1782, Jane, daughter of John Fell, of
Warwick township, Bucks county. Pa. She was born 10
mo. 24, 1761, died 7 mo. 7, 1799. Moses ' married sec-
ond, at Plumstead Meeting, 11 mo. 13, 1800 (11 mo. 10
says W. H. Gaskill), Hannah, daughter of Edward and
Eleanor Good, of Plumstead, born 9 mo. 27, 1769, died
4 mo. 21, 1832. Moses "> died in 1824 in Newcastle county,
Delaware. He had moved to Delaware and started in
the business of peach growing. "He was an astute, ath-
letic man," says IX. American An-
cestry, 64. Among the family rec-
ords is this account of him:
"Moses 6 Quinby sold his farm
to go into storekeeping just before
the war of 1812. As he knew noth-
ing of the business and was not-
particularly adapted to it, he soon
lost all the money he had. He was
a good farmer, and his son Dr.
John * having moved to Wilming-
ton and being quite successful, had
him come there and farm a place
which he bought. Moses Quinby
when living in the neighborhood, at-
tended meeting at Solebury, Pa., and
as he had been late two or three
times in succession, one of the over-
seers said to him: 'Moses, thee is
late.' 'Yes,' said Moses, 'I have the
river to cross.' To which the Friend
answered, 'But Moses, thou knew
thee had the river to cross when thou went to bed last night.'
"Once he noticed his son Jonathan when a young man
carefully climbing over a post-and-rail fence. The father
was much astonished and provoked, and said, 'Why Jona-
than, when I was thy age, I put my hand on the top rail
and went over like this!' Suiting the action to the word,
he vaulted lightly over. When Moses married Hannah
Good, he took her to live in a little house at the bottom
of the hill called 'Under the Rocks,' and there his brother
James met the sister, Margaret, whom he married. They
were daughters of Edward Good, a carpenter who lived
in Plumstead and was a member of Buckingham Meeting;
89MOSE8' Quinby
198 The Quinby Familt
and his conscientious work can still be seen in the well-
made and well preserved woodwork of the meeting house."
(Jenkins MSS.)
"It is stated that Moses Quinby lived for a time in
Bloomsburg, Lower Makefield, Pa. This cannot be correct,
as there is not now nor has there ever been, a place of
that name in either of the Makefields. It must have been
in Brownsburg in Upper Makefield. I was in attendance
at our Quarterly meeting at Wrightstown last week and I
took dinner at which there must have been about twenty-
five or thirty of the Quinby descendants including hus-
bands and wives. This matter was freely discussed and
it was decided without dissent that this was correct."
(from a letter from I. Hay hurst to. C. F. Jenkins, dated
3 mo. 3, 1891).
The following dates are supplied by Charles F. Jen-
kins, Esq., of Philadelphia, copied from the family Bible
which was one of Jane Fell's wedding presents when she
married Moses * Quinby, and which, in 1891, was in the
possession of Letitia Haines. The dates differ frequently
and materially from those in a manuscript formerly in the
possession of Upshur B. Quinby. The records of nearly
all of Moses * Quinby's children by Jane Fell are on the
records of the Buckingham Monthly Meeting. Children
of Moses' and Jane (Fell) Quinby:
246. I. Isaiah* Quinby, born 6 mo. 14, 1783; died 10 mo.
1802, unmarried; he was known as "the hand-
somest Quinby there ever was;" he didn't like
farming and went to Philadelphia, where he died
suddenly of yellow fever and was buried in the
Potter's Field without the knowledge of his family,
who for a long time did not know what had be-
come of him;
247. II. John' Quinby, born 12 mo. 7, 1784 (see);
III. Elizabeth* Quinby, born 1 mo. 18,1786; married Josh-
ua Harlan and died 11 mo. 1815; Scharf's Delaware,
I. 500, says this Elizabeth had a frail constitu-
tion and married John Harlan;
248. IV. Joseph* Quinby, born 10 mo. 8, 1787; "he died
in 1836 near St. Joseph's river in Michigan;"
249. V. Moses* Quinby, born 7 mo. 12, 1789; moved to
Philadelphia, where he was a carpenter and
builder and died of cholera in 1834;
VI. Sarah* Quinby (twin) born 9 mo. 20, 1791;
250. VII. David* Quinby (twin) born 9 mo. 20, 1791;
VIII. Rachel * Quinby, born 2 mo. 10, 1793, (another MS.
says 1st 2 mo., 1793); married John Purdy, and
lived at Horsham; she died 8 mo. 4, 1864, and
was buried in the Friends' burying ground;
The Quimbt Family
199
Mrs. Letitia Haines, daughter of
SQMoBes' Quinby
Elizabeth •, daughter of 89 Moses '
Quinby
Mbs. Jane Lifpincott, daughter of
89MoBes< Quinby (1832)
Geobgb Etre Lifpincott
200 The Quinbt Family
IX. Anna F. • Quinbt, born 2 mo. 10, 1795, married
Joshua Harlan; she died 6 mo. 26, 1837; no chil-
dren, says one record; another says she was the
mother of Dr. Caleb Harlan of Delaware;
251. X. Amos' Quinbt, born 4 mo. 16, 1797;
262. XI. Iba« Quinbt, born 7 mo. 7, 1799;
By his second wife, Hannah Good, Moses* Quinby had
the following children:
253. XII. Jonathan" Quinbt, born 10 mo. 18, 1801, died 2
mo. 26, 1827;
XIII. Ellen" Quinbt, born 9 mo. 11, 1803; married Ben-
jamin Linton Moore (given as Moon in some
records), son of John and Mary (Linton) Moore;
a family letter says: "Ellen and her husband
were living in New Jersey when a hurricane blew
her best bonnet out of the box which was under
the bed in a spare room, out into the fields. The
same wind broke all of the dishes and upset the
dining table." She died in 1886 and the Phila-
delphia papers printed the following notice:
"Ellen Quinby, widow of Benjamin L. Moore,
died 10 mo. 23 at the residence of her son-in-law,
Wm. D. Pickels at Philadelphia in her 84 yr., a
member of the Green Street Monthly Meeting;"
XIV. Jane G. • Quinbt, born 11 mo. 8, 1805, married
George E. Lippincott; they were members of the
Green St. Meeting, Philadelphia; she died 9 m.
14, 1852; the following is from her obituary notice
in the Philadelphia papers: "she was early a tried
friend of the poor of all classes, and the cause of
the slave was ever near her heart while she lived;"
254. XV. JosiAH • Quinbt, born 12 mo. 20, 1808 "at Trenton,
N. J." (see);
XVI. Letitia G. • Quinbt, born 10 mo. 8, 1813, "at
Fallsington, Bucks county. Pa.;" married 12 mo.
29, 1836, at Philadelphia, Abraham W., son of
Abraham and Sarah' Haines, and lived at 1513
Marshall St., in that city; had four children; she
died 6 Aug. 1894.
Note on Geography. I. Hayhurst thus wrote to C. F. Jen-
kins from Lambertville, Pa., 3 mo. 4, 1891:
"The name Amwell frequently occurs. At the time spoken
of in these papers, there was a large tract of country known as
Amwell and Hopewell. They were erected in the early part of
our history into townships. Amwell township has been divided
into four parts: the city of Lambertville, East and West Amwell
and Delaware townships. It is in Delaware township the Quinby
farm is now located. This division has been in existence for a
long time. This large township extended all the way across the
south boundary of Hunterdon county. Hopewell has never been
divided, and it extends all across the north portion of Mercer
county. It is said that the names of these two townships oc-
Rachel" (Quixby) Piirdy
(Pliotogi-a]ili loaned by Mr.s. Letitia
H. (Quinby) Jackson (see p. 198).
Ellen" (Quinby) Moore
wife of William L. Moore. Photo,
loaneil Ijy Wni. (juinby Moore, Ilad-
(lonfielil, "X. J. (see p. 200).
(Daughters of 89Moses- Quinby.)
The Qxjinby Family 201
curred thus: Two brothers, living near neighbors, used to accost
one another, 'Hope you're well;' answer, 'I am well!' When the
boundary line was made, it cut the brothers apart, but the names
stand."
90. James ^ {Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born
8 mo. 30, 1765; he was a resident of Amwell, N. J., when
he married 10 mo. 13, 1813, at Plumstead Meeting-house,
Margaret, daughter of Edward and Eleanor (Harris) Good
and sister of his brother Moses ^ Quinby's second wife; she
was born 10 mo. 11, 1773. "When Moses brought his wife
to live in the little house under the rocks, her younger
sister Margaret came to visit her, and James Quinby met
her, wooed and married her. He took her to live at the
old homestead, and there they spent their lives," says a
family letter. James lived in Hunterdon county, N. J.,
and attended the Solebury Monthly Meeting in Bucks
county. Pa. He died 2 mo. 2, 1830; Margaret died 1 mo.
25, 1840.
James* is thus described by his son Isaiah «: "His
eyes were light; he had a well proportioned nose, wide
mouth; was a little over five and a half feet high, middling
broad shoulders, short neck, sound teeth, full head of hair
and wore side whiskers. The latter part of his life he was
afflicted with rheumatism so that he could not exert him-
self very much. There used to be a library in Lumberville
from which he took books to read;" Isaiah « adds: "He
had the old farm without incumbrance, stock, and some
money beside. The farm proper contained about 312 acres,
and a 30 acre woodlot beside. The island did not belong
to him but to grandfather; and his son Moses lived on the
island, or adjoining, and farmed it. My father had two
shares in the fisheries, which were valuable at that time.
This fishery was on the river shore of the island. His
shares were sold at the sale, along with the other effects."
(Isaiah* Quinby to C. F. Jenkins, dated Lumberville, Pa.,
29 May, 1891). . ^ -u u- <«„ •
His daughter Hannah* thus describes him: Hair
somewhat darker than that of his son Isaiah; and was a
little taller than Isaiah, with broad shoulders. He was a
quiet, thrifty person, with much humor and fond of a joke,
a great reader of the papers and took much interest m
politics, being an ardent Federalist. He was in early life
an active, energetic man. In appearance he probably
strongly resembled his father, Isaiah*."
His wife Margaret was a good housewife of gentle and
attractive face and manners, thoughtful of others and
202
The Quinbt Familt
notably kind and helpful to the poor. It was said by a
neighbor, one of her relatives, that "no briers grew in the
fields around her house so many people trampled across
them." His daughter Hannah is said much to resemble
her. His children, Hannah, Isaiah and James were all
present at the Reunion of the descendants of Isaiah^ in
1891.
"James was a very good man, much like uncle Isaiah,
and aunt Mary Armitage looked like hipi; he was a Friend,
belonging to Solebury Meeting; he
called it Solesberry. In addition to
his farm he had fisheries on Bull's
Island where he often exposed him-
self and became rheumatic when he
got old. His wife Margaret Good
died suddenly; she had choking palsy
which came, it is supposed, from a
fall which she had. The last year
of her life she did not walk at all."
He was the father of Hannah Atkin-
son whose son Wilmer took this
down in July, 1890, from the lips of
Aunt Martha Kenderdine at Upper
Dublin.
When Job ' died in 1804 and the
news was brought to his brother, he
exclaimed in a tone of extraordinary
emotion " Have I outlived Job!" and
remained silent for a long time.
Children of James " and Marga-
ret (Good) Quinby ; taken from records of Solebury Monthly
Meeting:
I. Mary » Quinbt, born 7 mo. 24, 1804; married James
Armitage; as a widow aged seventy years, she
attended the golden wedding of James Romine
and wife, 24 Mar. 1874, having attended the mar-
riage fifty years before; Mary and her husband
lived at Solebury; she died in 1882;
Rachel* Quinbt, born 6 mo. 11, 1806, died 11 mo.
17, 1807;
Mabtha* Quinbt, born 1 mo. 12, 1808, married
John E. Kenderdine, a well-known and highly re-
spect^ resident of Bucks county. Fa.; Martha
died at the home of her daughter Ellen, wife of
Eastburn Reeder;
Hannah' Quinbt, born 12 mo. 16, 1809, married
2 mo. 11, 1836, Thomas, son of Jonathan and
Esther Atkinson of Wrightstown, and lived in
Mrs. Hannah Atkinson,
daughter of QOJames • Quinby
II.
III.
IV.
The Quinbt Family 203
Upper Dublin, Montgomery county; their daugh-
ter Mary Anna married Howard M. Jenkins and
were the parents of Charles Francis Jenkins of
Philadelphia, (well known as the editor of the
Farm Journal) to whose records and correspond-
ence we are indebted for much of our informa-
tion about this branch of the Quinby family (see
note following);
V. Francbnia 'Quinby, born 2 mo. 4, 1812; died 2 mo.
5, 1864, "in the afternoon," unmarried, at Lum-
berton. Pa.;
256. VI. Isaiah* Quinby, born 5 Sept. 1814 (see);
266. VII. James R. • Quinby, born 19 Nov. 1817, at Amwell,
N. J. (see);
reminiscences
"When Martha* Quinby was to be married to John
E. Kenderdine, there were great preparations made in the
old home for the event. And on baking morning. Mother
Margaret found to her dismay that the flour was too dark
to make the bread as light and white as she would like.
So Hannah and Fanny and their cousin Letitia who was
visiting them, were sent down the hill to the store to get
some of the right sort. The home girls were ashamed
through false pride, to go in the store to buy such a small
quantity as was needed for the baking, so they loitered
around reluctant to enter, and even took a boat ride on
the river to delay the awkward moment. Finally they sent
in Letitia, as she was a stranger and they supposed the
storekeeper would not k^ow for whom she was buying it.
"When they had reached home, climbing the hill with
their burden, they found that some of the cousins had
arrived from Maryland to stay over night. Little Letitia,
anxious to boast of her distinction, announced her pur-
chase of the flour to all present; no applause following she
repeated her remarks in a louder tone, till a warning 'Hush!'
from Hannah caused her to realize her mistake in letting
her Maryland cousin understand the situation. 'What
flour?' they asked; and she answered 'Why, the flour for
Rachel Brisket.'
"The Maryland cousin asked who Rachel was and
poor Letitia, having woven her 'tangled web' was obliged
to invent an old woman of the neighborhood with a broken
arm which she did with a glibness which no boy of her age
could have dreamed of equalling. That night the girls,
owing to the many relatives arriving, had to double or
rather triple up, and Letitia found herself on the floor in
204 The Quinby Family
the middle of the night. Hannah and Fanny accused her
of doing it to wake them up, and although she denied it,
yet when the pressure of three in a bed put her again on
the floor before dawn, nothing could convince them that
she hadn't done it to get even with them for what their
guilty consciences told them they had put upon her that
day.
"And then after all they found out next day that the
Maryland cousins were not to stop for the wedding. They
had driven from Maryland in a two horse carriage, stopping
no doubt at Aunt Nancy Croasdale's on the way, and were
taking some of the younger ones to a boarding school."
(C. F. Jenkins MSS.)
Atkinson Family
The children of Thomas and Hannah (Quinby) Atkinson were
1. Emma E., married Smith of Lambertville, N. J.;
2. James Q., married 1st, Margaretta Foulke; married 2nd, Mary
Cleaver; address, Three Tuns, Pa.; 3. Wilmer, (see "Who's Who
in America;") address, 4104 Locust St., Philadelphia; 4. Mary
Anna, married Howard M. Jenkins (See below); 5. Albert, mar-
ried Phoebe Hillis; address. Three Tuns, Pa.
Jenkins Family
The names and dates of birth of the children of Howard M.
and Mary Anna (Atkinson) Jenkins are as follows: (1) Charles
Francis, 12 mo. 17, 1865 (see below); (2) Anna Mary, 1 mo. 7,
1867 (see below) ; (3) Thomas A., 5 mo. 24, 1868 (sfee below) ;
(4) Edward Atkinson, 7 mo. 8, 1870 (see below); (5) Algernon S.,
Jr., 10 mo. 21, 1874, died 1 mo. 21, 1878; (6) Florence, 9 mo. 1,
1876; (7) Arthur H., 12 mo. 5, 1880.
(1) Charles F. Jenkins married 2 mo. 12, 1890, Maria Gallo-
way, daughter of Edward and Isabella (Mitchell) Cope of Ger,
mantown. Pa. Mr. Jenkins entered the employ of his uncle-
Wilmer Atkinson, publisher of the Farm Journal of Philadelphia
in 1883, and has become secretary and treasurer of the corpora-
tion which owns the paper. Mr. Jenkins is president of the Site
and Relic Society of Germantown, a manager of Swarthmore Col-
lege, a publisher of the Friends' Intelligencer and oflScer and di-
rector in a number of business and philanthropic institutions; also
author of "Quaker Poems," a collection of verse, 1893; Guide Book
to Historic Germantown, 1902; "Washington in Germantown,"
1906; "Jefferson's Germantown Letters," 1906. Children born as
follows: Algernon S., 1 mo. 27, 1891; (2) Isabella C, 9 mo. 3,
1893; (3) Charles F., Jr., 1 mo. 31, 1901; (3) Edward C, 1 mo.
28, 1904.
(2) Anna Mary Jenkins graduated from Swarthmore College
in 1887, and married 5 mo. 10, 1893, Isaac Daniel, son of Isaiac
D. and Phoebe Ann (King) Webster; he was a graduate of the
Medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, later rest-
The Quinby Family 205
dent physician in the University Hospital and in 1891 settled a*
Mankato, Minn., removing in 1907 to San Diego, Cal. Chil"
dren born as follows: (1) Dorothea, 2 mo. 12, 1894; (2) Agnes
E., 3 mo. 29, 1897; (3) Alan K., 1 mo. 12, 1899; (4) Philip J.,
6 mo. 7, 1900; (6) Mariana, 3 mo. 28, 1910.
(3) Thomas Atkinson Jenkins married 6 mo. 19, 1894, Marian,
daughter of Edward H. and Sarah W. (Beans) Magill of Swarth-
more. Pa. Edward H. Magill was for many years president of
Swarthmore College, where Thomas A. Jenkins graduated in 1887,
and later from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hop-
kins University, where he received the degree of Ph. D.; he be-
came Professor of French at Swarthmore, 1900-1; Associate Pro-
fessor of French Philology at the University of Chicago since 1902;
an editor of Modern Philology; member of many societies, and
editor of several books; address, 5411 Greenwood Ave., Chicago,
111. Children born as follows: 1. Beatrice M., 7 mo. 7, 1895; 2.
Edward M., 9 mo. 7, 1897; 3. Francis A., 6 mo. 2, 1899; 4.
Wilmer A., 4 mo. 16, 1901.
(4) Edward Atkinson Jenkins married Mary Ellen, daughter
of T. Howard and Mary (Williams) Atkinson of Buckingham, Pa.;
both Edward and his wife were graduates of Swarthmore College
in 1892; they lived awhile at Chicago, but returned to Swarth-
more; Mr. Jenkins is secretary of the H. T. Paiste Co., a manu-
facturing concern.' Children born as follows: 1. Howard M.
Jr., 7 mo. 23, 1897; 2. Miriam A., 2 mo. 3, 1899; 3. Barbara S.,
8 mo. 26, 1902.
91. Job 6 (Isaiah*, Josiah\ John^, William^) born
1 mo. 29, 1768; married Martha, born 11 mo. 9, 1767, daugh-
ter of Edward and Rebecca Cadwallader; Job died 13
Sept. 1800 (or 1804); Martha married second 5 mo. 11,
1814, Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah Wiggins of Upper
Makefield, at Wrightstown Monthly Meeting (rec.) The
following biographical sketch of Job' Quinby was written
by a great grandson, Wilmer H. Johnson, Esq., of North
Wales, Pa., and was intended to be read at the reunion of
the Quinby family, held at Bull's Island, 18 June, 1891,
but the writer was unable to be present, and the sketch
with much about Job's descendants which is here omitted,
was printed in the Doylestown (Pa.) Intelligencer soon
off" pr'wfl.rci
"Job Quinby was born January 29th, 1768, 123 years
ago. He died September 14th, 1804, 87 years ago. He
was a young man 36 years of age at the time of his demise
—hardly in the prime of life. He was the youngest son of
Isaiah and Rachel Quinby, and in his early days was re-
garded as a rather precocious youth. He enjoyed fun, and,
like some of his grandchildren, was a graceful dancer. He
was a watchmaker by occupation, although it is not known
that he was ever regularly apprenticed to the trade. After
206 The Quinby Family
reaching maturity, he won the heart and hand of Martha
Cadwallader, a comely daughter of Elwood and Rebecca,
of Horsham, Montgomery county. Martha's father was a
rugged, stouthearted farmer, and, according to the assess-
ments of Horsham township at that time, owned 56 acres
of land, kept 2 horses and 1 cow. After their marriage
the young couple began farming operations on the farm at
Castle Valley, near New Britain, Bucks county, now occu-
pied by Samuel Reed, who married one of Job's great-
granddaughters. It was here that Job died. He was
known as a good neighbor, honest, industrious and a man
of genius in many ways. Being a watchmaker, he repaired
the clocks of his neighbors for miles around. His marriage
certificate was indeed a unique document. It was painted,
the work being done by his own hands. It is still in ex-
istence, and would have been an object of curiosity to his
descendants here today could it have been obtained.
"After Job Quinby 's death, his widow married Joseph
Wiggins, of Upper Makefield, at Wrightstown Meeting,
6th month, 11th, 1814 — just six months previous to the
marriage of her oldest daughter, Rebecca, to Joseph Hamp-
ton. An unusual thing on this occasion was that the
mother was the daughter's bridesmaid, while her husband
was best man. But Martha Quinby's second marriage was
of short duration, for Joseph Wiggins, a widower at the
time of his marriage to her, did not long survive, and at
his death Martha took up her residence with her daughter,
Rebecca.
"After the marriage of Joseph Hampton and Rebecca
Quinby, they settled for a short time above Point Pleasant,
two miles north of Bull's Island. From thence they re-
moved to Byberry, to the farm then belonging to James
Walton. Here they remained some 8 or 9 years, when
Joseph purchased a farm in Buckingham, about midway
between Pineville and Buckmanville, now owned and occu-
pied by his oldest living son, Quinby. It was here that
Job Quinby's widow died. Oppressed with sorrow — 'dark-
ness and solitude, and sighs and tears, and all the insepar-
able train of grief — over the death of her adored daughter
Sarah, a beautiful girl of about 17, the burden was more
than she could bear, and she died of a broken heart.
"Martha Quinby was a superstitious woman. One of
her idle fancies was the belief that at a moving, the vic-
tuals should always be carried into the house first, as it
would bring a plentiful supply ever afterward; otherwise
it was an omen of ill-luck. It is related that when Joseph
The QmNBY Family 207
and Rebecca Hampton removed to Byberry, the first article
carried into the house was the cradle. This worried Martha
and she predicted that sorrow would soon occur to the
household, and her prediction was realized for not many
months had elapsed ere the second son Levi, of Joseph and
Rebecca, fell headforemost into a spring. In that position
the little fellow was found by his mother dead. But not-
withstanding her superstitious notions, Martha Quinby
possessed all the best attributes of a dutiful wife, fond
mother and a good woman."
The children of Job ' and Martha (Cadwallader)
Quinby :
I. Rebecca' Quinby, born 8 mo. 4, 1783; married
at Wrightstown Meeting, 11 mo. 17, 1814, Joseph,
son of Benjamin and Margaret Hampton. Joseph
died 9 mo. 13, 1875, aged 81; Rebecca died 4 mo.
5, 1882, aged 88y. 8m., in full possession of all
her mental powers; "Joseph Hampton used to say
that the reason the Quinby stock lived more than
the allotted time of man is attributable to the
fact that they never tried to live more than one
day at a time. Rebecca had been a sufferer from
rheumatism for many years, and so thoroughly
had the distressing disease seated itself in her,
that for eight years she was not out of her bed.
Her limbs had become painfully deformed, and so
bent and twisted were her arms and hands that
she could not take her daily nourishment except
from the hands of another person. She was fed
as though she were a child. Yet she bore her
affliction cheerfully and with unfaltering reliance
on her God. Joseph and Rebecca Hampton cele-
brated their golden wedding 11th month 17, 1874.
At that time they had forty-two grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren living. The number
remains nearly the same today. Rebecca was my
grandmother, and I always had a fondness for her
because she named me. There were born to
Joseph and Rebecca Hampton twelve children,
six boys and six girls. Four of the sons are dead,
but the daughters are all living" (Wilmer H.
Johnson) ;
II. James' Quinby, born 7 mo. 11, 1795; died in early
childhood;
III. Rachel" Quinby, born 8 mo. 6, 1797; died unmar-
ried;
IV. Sabah' Quinby, born 8 mo. 1799; died while a
young woman, unmarried;
V. Letitia' Quinby, born 11 mo. 2, 1801; married 3
mo. 3, 1825, at Horsham, Pa., Joseph L. Iredell,
born 12 mo. 9, 1797. Mr. Johnson writes this of
them: "It is reported that in the month of their
208 The Qdinby Family
marriage, they started on a journey by wagon to
southern Central New York, to reside on a farm
he had purchased in the town of Ulysses, Tomp-
kins county, between Cayuga and Seneca lakes,
nine miles beyond Ithaca. He subsequently added
two other farms, for the farms in that part of
New York were very small. After residing on his
first purchase till advanced age, they removed to
Jacksonville, about a mile and a half distant,
where they died — Letitia dying on the 13th of
last April, (1891) aged 89 years, and two days
later, on the 15th, her husband passed away, aged
94 years. They had lived together 66 years.
The couple had nine children — all daughters —
seven of whom married. Seven survive their
parents, five living in California.
"I remember Joseph and Letitia making a visit
to my old home in Upper Makefield, many years
ago. They were accompanied by Joseph Hampton
and his wife, and I remember what a very un-
lady-like trick an innocent looking old cat of ours
played on them. As they got out of the carriage,
on their arrival, the cat jumped in and settled
back in a corner with a contented purr. Joseph
Hampton was about to dislodge it, but Letitia
said it was so cold and wet, and as Rebecca
wanted a cat at home, and as the stranger cat
looked so comfortable 'let it be and perhaps it
will go home with us, as then she will have a cat.'
When they were ready to go home they peeped
anxiously into the carriage and Rebecca said
'nice old pussy,' in a conciliatory way, as she
looked for the cat. The cat was still there, and
so were four brand new kittendi"
VI. Deborah « Quinsy, born 12 mo. 23, 1803; married 3
mo. 14, 1827, at Wrightstown Meeting, Ezra, son
of Ezra and Margery Smith and lived in Buck-
ingham, Pa. "Deborah died several years ago.
Her body reposes in the old cemetery at Doyles-
town. There is beauty all around it, but so great
was her husband's affection for his loved one that
he used to say she was worthy of a better resting
place. One of her daughters married Simeon Over-
holt, many years ago Superintendent of Schools
of Bucks county."
The QmNBT Family 209
SIXTH GENERATION
Here are as before omitted the descendants of William*
{William", Robert^), mostly of Sandwich, N. H., to appear
in a later volume. They comprise heads of families num-
bered serially 92 to 111 inclusive, with their sons numbered
257 to 321 inclusive.
112. Joseph* (Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert", Robert*),
born at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, 15 May, 1746;
Joseph, Jr., was baptised in the First church at Falmouth
in 1746 (King's History of the First church, p. 93). The
only reference to him in Smith's and Deane's Journals
(the source of much early Portland history) is where Rev.
"Thomas Smith says under date of 15 Nov. 1750: "I was
at prayer with Quimby's child, which is sick of a fever."
The prayers of the godly man were efficacious, for this child
recovered and became a ship builder with his father. An
autograph of his to a document dated 21 May, 1762, when
he was sixteen years old, shows that he wrote a good hand.
In 1766 we find a bill for work on the "Slup Cumberlin
Packet" in his handwriting. In 1772, Dec. 3, he married
at Portland, Hannah Noyes, born 12 Dec. 1751 (other
records say 5 Dec. 1751).
He was successful in business at an early age, and in a
list of the losses sustained 18 Oct. 1775 in Mowatt's bom-
bardment of Portland, his loss was given by the citizens'
committee as £310. His father's loss was £413. (Willis's
History of Portland).
He received his share of his father's estate when
young, and went to Ammoncongin, now Cumberland Mills,
a few miles out of Falmouth.
Joseph * was always known as Joseph, Junior. A
record says: "Joseph Quinby, Jr., son of Joseph, a joyner,
lived at Saccarappa; built a house, 1770."
He died 26 Dec. 1777, and his widow married Amos
Lunt, 24 July, 1785, at Portland, and took her three sons
and went to Brunswick, Maine. L. B. Chapman says:
"I have found a deed recorded of Joseph, Junior's residence
in Portland, which his father gave him before he made his
will, which his widow sold in 1778 to Jonathan Bryant."
(14)
210 The Quinby Pamilt
Over thirty years ago, Hon. Andrew Hawes, who was a de-
scendant of Joseph' Quinby and has lived all his life in the old
Quinby mansion at Stroudwater, Maine, hunted out the papers
in the attic of the old house, and among them found two bundles
of papers marked in the handwriting of Capt. John* Quinby,
"Papers belonging to the estate of Joseph Quinby, Jr., Dec'd."
The bundles are also marked respectively "1st" and "2nd and
last." They contain among others the follows:
1. May, 1768; Jos. Quinby, Jr., of Falmouth, house carpenter
and Silas Howell, partnership with Samuel Butler in a twenty-
ton schooner;
2. May 25, 1768, Boston, receipt for sundries, £42;
3. 4. Mar. 1769, bills: Schooner Lark to Joseph Quinby Jr., dr.;
5. Nov. 18, 1769, bills: Schooner Lark Cargo, shuggar and rhumb;
6. Nov. 18, 1769, sailing orders to Capt. Saml. Butler to go to
New Providence;
7. July 3, 1770, Falmouth, receipt to Jos. Quinby, Jr., £2:8:0 in
full, Silas Howell;
8. Mar. 18, 1771, note endorsed to Jos. Quinby;
9. May 4, 1771, bill of sale, for 3-16 of the share I own of saw-
mill now on Chandlers, so-called; £420;
10. Sept. 5, 1771, Joseph Quinby lets "half an house in sd. town;"
11. Oct. 28, 1771, Falmouth; order signed Enoch Ilsley;
12. Oct. 20, 1772, Almsbury, receipt of Joseph Quinby;
13. Nov. 25, 1772, Pleasant River; rec'd. on Jos. Quinby's ace.
£14, etc.;
14. Jan. 12, 1773, Falmouth; receipt;
15. May 6, 1773, Falmouth; Benjamin Haskell appoints Joseph
Quinby his attorney; John and Thomas Quinby, witnesses;
16. May 10, 1773, Charter party; Joseph Quinby, Jr., gentleman,
hires \ of sloop Chariot, 70 tons burden;
17. Jan. 28, 1774, Falmouth; bill receipted, for 1 pr. silk stock-
ings; 7 yds. cloth, etc.;
18. May, 1774, receipt to Joseph Quinby, Jr., for boards;
19. May 2Y, 1774; schooner Lark; "Mr. Joseph Quinby, Jr., de-
liver one dollar due for yr. passage from Pleasant River to
Falmouth; rec'd & Within;"
20. June, 1774, Falmouth; receipt;
21. Feb. 10, 1775, Falmouth, receipt for taxes, 19 sh.;
22. Oct. — Nov. 1775, receipt for building barn, &c.;
23. Sept. 1, 1776, order payable to Joseph Quinby, Falmouth;
24. Sept. 11, 1776, Falmouth order payable to Joseph Quinby for
"7 or 8 pounds;"
25. Oct. 8, 1776, Biddeford, receipt of Jos. Quinby;
26. Dec. 15, 1776, Falmouth, order payable to Jos. Quinby;
27. Jan. 16, 1777, Falmouth, note payable to Joseph Quinby;
28. Apr. 1, 1777, Falmouth, note to Jos. Quinby, £32;
29. Sept. 12, 1777, receipt from Robert Siemens for taxes for 1776,-
20sh. 6d.
Besides these and other papers, Mr. Hawes found in
May, 1895, an old book, probably a record of the busi-
ness life of Joseph « Quinby, Jr. Mr. Hawes says:
114 Capt. John" Quinby.
(From a miniature on ivory)
The Quinbt Family 211
"All these go to show that Joseph Quinby, Jr. was a
house carpenter, that he kept a small store, selling the
usual commodities of those times, rum, molasses and sugar,
taking pay in lumber and labor, that he worked at his
trade and, latterly, made and sold some furniture. Accord-
ing to the book and papers he began business in 1767,
finishing 1777, for there are no dates later than '77. He
was dead previous to 1783, for there is a ledger account
with the Estate of Joseph Quinby, Jr. on the books of
Jesse Partridge, of that date, and it is transferred from an
old ledger which I have not yet found. But more im-
portant than all that, there is on the last leaf of the book
(J. Q. Jr.'s) this: "Falmouth May 15th 1745, Born Joseph
Quinby Jun. — Hannah Noyes Dec. 12th, 1752, married
Decem. 3rd, 1772. Frederick Quinby Born Sept. 14th,
1773. Henry Quinby born April 17th, 1775. Joseph Quin-
by Born April 6, 1777."
Children :
322. I. Frederick^ Quinbt, born 14 Sept. 1773 (see);
323. II. Henry' Quinby, born 17 Apr. 1775 (see);
324. III. Joseph' Quinby, born 6 Apr. 1777 (see).
113. Thomas' {Joseph', Joseph*, Robert', Robert^)
born 3 Nov. 1752 at Falmouth, now Portland, Me, In
1775 he is on the list of tax payers there. When he was
about 26 years old, he became a private in the company
commanded by his relative, Capt. Jesse Partridge, of
Stroudwater, Me. He enlisted 1 Apr. 1778, and served
eight months at North River, with the Falmouth volun-
teers. Col. John Greaton's regiment. He was promoted to
be corporal, and was discharged 30 Nov. 1778 (Mass. Rev.
War rolls, MS.; XII. Mass. Soldiers and SaUors in the
Revolutionary War, 891-2). He died 27 Dec. 1781. I
suppose he was unmarried as no family of his is men-
tioned in the papers on the settlement of his father's estate
in 1791; see also the deed from his nephew Henry' to
John* (under Henry') which shows that Thomas left no
descendants.
114. John" Quinby {Joseph', Joseph^ RoberP, Robert^)
was born at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, 12 May,
1760, says the family Bible; other records give 12 May, 1758.
He received his education at the Portland public
schools and was at the age of thirteen with his brother
Levi, at Master Parsons' school in 1771. The preceptor
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The Qxjinbt Family
was Theophilus Parsons, afterwards Chief Justice of Massa-
chusetts. .The schoolhouse (says Mr. Chapman) was on
the west side of King Street just above Middle Street.
Thereafter, as appears by the penmanship sampler here
reproduced, he was a pupil of
Mylo Freeman at South school in
1774.
He inherited a large property
in Portland and vicinity on the
death of his father two years
later, and must soon after have
commenced his work of building
and owning and loading ships.
His father had removed to Sac-
carappa after the burning of Fal-
mouth in 1775 and no doubt his
son went with him; but shortly
after his father's death he returned
to Portland.
Five months after his mar-
riage he bought a lot at Stroud-
water where many of his relatives
were living, and commenced the
construction of his house. At the
same time he built a shop in connection with his business of
building and fitting out ships; a memorandum in the family
archives says it "stood on Mary p * * * 'g land from
15 Nov. 1780, to November, 1795; addition to shop, 1783;
new shop, 1796."
Deed to John Quinby
"I, Enoch Freeman of Falmouth, for a consideration of £45
7:2, paid by John Quinby, merchant, and Archelaus Lewis, gentle-
man, hereby convey a certain lot or parcel of land situated at a
place called Stroudwater, in Falmouth, late belonging to the estate
of Francis Waldo, an absentee, containing one acre and three-
quarters of an acre, and bounded as follows: Northeast by the
country road (Westbrook street) northwesterly by the land of Geo.
Tate (the old Tate house lot), and on all other parts by Stroud-
water River and mill privilege, being the lot conveyed to me and
others, by the committee for selling absentee's estates in the
county aforesaid. March 29, 1783."
"For a consideration of £100 the lot was divided on the
street line into five equal parts of four rods and three feet each."
Gravestone of George' Quinby
at Stroudwater (son of lllCapt.
John * Quinby)
Before he was thirty years of age he was commissioned
Lieutenant of the "Sixth Company, First Regiment in the
County of Cumberland in the Sixth Division of the Militia
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in this Commonwealth;" the Commission, which is pre-
served in the Quinby mansion at Stroudwater, is dated 5
Feb. 1787, and is signed by James Bowdoin, Governor, and
John Avery, Jun., Secretary.
With reference to the John Quinby house, a good pic-
ture of which is here presented, the late L. B. Chapman
says: "It is reasonable to suppose that he and Archelaus
Lewis commenced the construction of their dwellings upon
their respective lots immediately after the purchase (1783) —
both two-story square, well finished buildings. The Quinby
structure was afterwards removed by John Mahan to Port-
land, where it may now (1900) be seen on the northwesterly
corner of State and Pine Streets (still in fine condition,
1915).
"At the time of the advent of Messrs. Quinby and
Lewis the Falmouth town authorities (including what is
now Portland) had established a public landing place, and
a wharf upon it, the wharf extending from the present pub-
lic drinking fountain (there is but one) easterly to the chan-
nel of tide water. We do not know whether Messrs. Lewis
and Quinby were in company in business but they received
a permit by a vote of the town to erect a building upon
the 'town wharf and occupy it twenty years free of taxa-
tion, which building was built. It was two storied, with
outside stairs, and remained intact till about 1845 when
it was removed to the junction of what is now Frost and
Congress streets (Brewer House hill) and fitted for a shop
and dwelling by Capt. Dexter Brewer; it was then removed
to Portland where it remains and is used for a dwelling
house on Tate street."
In addition to the commission of John Quinby as
Lieutenant in 1787, there are two other documents in the
possession of his great-grandson, Hon. Andrew Hawes, at
Stroudwater, Maine. One is his commission of Captain
in the First Regiment of the Second Brigade, Sixth Divi-
sion, Militia of Massachusetts, comprehending the counties
of York and Cumberland, in the District of Maine. It is
dated 6 April, 1794, and is signed by Samuel Adams, Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts. Capt. John's resignation was ac-
cepted under date 1 June, 1796, at Headquarters, Boston,
and reads as follows: "The Governor and Commander-in-
Chief has accepted the Resignation of Captain John Quinby
of the First Regiment, Second Brigade, Sixth Division, and
he is hereby Honorably Discharged at His Own Request
from the office of Captain in the Regiment aforesaid. John
Dominons, Adjutant General."
The Home op 114Capt. John" Quinby
Still standing on State St., Portland, Me. (See p. 216.)
The QmNBY Family 217
The Captain was much interested in the Stroudwater-
Portland highway. In 1793, he was one of the incorpora-
tors of the enterprise of building the bridge over Fore River
which separates the two localities, and in 1802, was one of
the incorporators of the Maine Turnpike Association.
(Acts of Mass., 1793, ch. 52; id., 1802, ch. 139). In 1802
he, with Frederick Quinby were subscribers to the West-
brook Social Library as the list for that year, which has
been preserved, shows.
Captain John Quinby was the owner of a number of
ships and two of them were captured by the French during
the war of the last two or three years of the eighteenth
century. One of these, the schooner Mary, James Blake,
Captain, was captured "in sight of Margaretta." It was
valued at $5,500.
The ship Eunice owned by Captain John Quinby was
captained by Thomas Seal. It was named by Captain
John Quinby for his wife and daughter. He was the sole
owner, and insured it himself — in other words, he had no
insurance on it. It was built at Portland in 1795, and was
a square-sterned ship with two decks of 223 16-95 tons.
It sailed from Liverpool, England, 14 June, 1797, for Phila-
delphia, and on the voyage, besides five passengers, it
carried a cargo consisting of salt, copper, coal, dry goods
and Liverpool ware; of salt there were at least 145 tons,
and of coal 21 tons. All her crew were American except
one Dane. The ship was captured by the French privateer
L'Intrepide, 7 July, 1797, and taken to Nantes in France;
there two trials in the prize court were had, resulting in
the condemnation of ship and cargo on the purely specious
ground that there was no official passenger list.
When Capt. John learned of this he prepared papers
in substantiation of his claim against France and filed them
in the department of State 9 Mar., 1799.
The result of the negotiations between France and the
United States resulted in the United States by treaty, 30
Sept 1800, receiving from France by rehnquishment of
claims it had against us, what amounted to compensation
sufficient for the many claimants for French spohations.
Congress however did not pay out this money for many
years. Captain John had died and left his ''French claim
by will to his sons Moses and Levi; they died in due course
and their sons and daughters likewise, except Miss Almira
Quinby who died in 1910. . ^, r^ t. t
Ultimately the claim was tried out in the Court ot
Claims at Washington 1 June, 1896. The decision of the
218 The Quinby Familt
Court was transmitted to Congress in 1900 (Sen. Doc,
276), and allowed Captain John Quinby's claim in the sum
of $11,938.
Capt. John* Quinby was married by Rev. Dr. Deane
at Portland, 31 Oct. 1782, to Eunice' daughter of Capt.
Joshua and Lois (Pearson) Freeman. She was born 19
Jan. 1762, and died 12 Dec. 1790, and was buried at
Stroudwater, Maine, together with the infant son on whose
account she died.
The First Census of the United States gives him as
having in his family in 1790 at Portland besides himself
five free white males under sixteen years of age; they were
his sons the eldest of whom was about six years old, and
perhaps one other child; there were also three free white
females of no specified age.
Mrs. Eunice (Freeman) Quinby came of very remark-
able ancestry, which included among her direct ancestors
Governor Thomas Dudley (born 1576, died 1653) of Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony; Governor Thomas Prence (born
1600) of Plymouth Colony; Elder William Brewster (born
1563) of the Mayflower; Rev. John Rogers (born 1530)
President of Harvard College; Maj.-General Daniel Den-
ison, (born 1612) Commander-in-Chief of the Colonial
forces; Capt. John Appleton (born 1622) of Ipswich; Rev.
Jose Glover who brought the first printing press to New
England; and many others of distinction; several of her
ancestral line can be followed back in England with per-
fect certainty to the twelfth century. A partial chart
showing some of the foregoing is printed here. Her an-
cestry in all lines so far discovered has been printed in
New England Family History.
Capt. John died 27 Sept. 1806 "aged 48," and is
buried at Stroudwater, Me. On his gravestone are engraved
the words: "That life is long which answers life's great
end."
The children of Capt. John « and Eunice (Freeman)
Quinby were:
I. Eunice' Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1783; married by
Rev. Caleb Bradley, 24 May, 1808, to Maj.
Ezekiel Day (see portraits) and lived on Elm St.,
Portland, "where the Natural History building
now stands" (a complete account of their die-
scendants was published in New England Family
History, II. 329-331);
II. Thomas' Quinby, born 18 Sept. 1784, died at Port
Republic, now Porte au Prince in the island of
Hayti, 22 Oct. 1802. Jenk's Gazette, of 20 Dec,
Henry Ezekiel Day
husband of Eunice- (Quinby) Day, daughter of Capt. John" Quinby. (See p. 218.)
Eunice- (Quinby) Day.
From an ambrotype loaned by Miss Eunice Day Sewall. (See p. 218.)
The Quinbt Family 219
published at Falmouth, in its obituary notice,
called^ him "a promising and enterprising young
man;"
325. III. Moses' Quinby, born 19 Apr. 1786 (see);
326. IV. Levi ' Quinby, born 12 Nov. 1787 (see) ;
V. George' Quinby, born 22 May, 1789; drowned 21
Sept. 1790;
VI. (son) ' Quinby, born and died Dec. 1790.
Will of Capt. John ' Quinby
(Official abstract) Analysis of the last will and testament of
John Quinby of Falmouth, deceased.
Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my son Moses Quinby my
mansion house in Stroudwater with all the land I own adjoining
the same with all the other buildings thereon. Also I give and
bequeath unto my said son Moses, twelve acres of land which
I bought of Robert Waterhouse, a part of the farm formerly
owned by the late Thomas Slemons deceased, be the same more
or less. Also the undivided one-half of one hundred acres of land
in Standish the other one-half belongs to Jonathan Sparrow. Also
two house lots in Portland situated on Elm street and marked
with the said Moses name on a plan &c., which lots are num-
bered on said plan four and five. Also three house lots on said
Elm street below Cumberland street and numbered on said plan
thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, running to the Channel or to low
water mark, to have and to hold, &c.
I do also will and desire that the sum of one thousand dollars
be paid him the said Moses out of my personal estate &c. I also
will and desire that he shall have two beds, bedding and bed-
steads out of the seven which I own after my only daughter takes
those which I shall hereafter will to her.
Item, I give and devise unto my son Levi Quinby my brick
house in Portland aforesaid situated on Back Street & adjoining
land owned by Mr. James Deering the land to extend so far
northerly as to take in one lot which lot is numbered on the
aforesaid plan, one, &c. Also my full share in Union Wharf in
said Portland with all my right and privileges thereunto belong-
ing together with my store on said Wharf Numbered ten. Also
two house lots lying on the aforesaid Elm st., below Cumberland
street and numbered seven & eight on said Plan, to have and to
hold &c. Also the Brig Main and appurtenances; also two beds.
Item, I give &c., unto my aforesaid two sons Moses and
Levi in equal dividend the following estates, viz: the brig Dia-
mond; also all debts due by notes, bond accounts or any other
220 The Quinbt Family
way, also my store in Stroudwater together with all my trading
stock, also my fifteen shares in the Maine Fire & Marine Insurance
Company; and every other article of personal estate, excepting
those hereafter disposed of to my only daughter Eunice Quinby.
They my aforesaid two sons Moses and Levi or their legal repre-
sentatives paying all my lawful debts, likewise the sum of six
thousand dollars unto my said daughter Eunice Quinby; also one
thousand dollars unto my said son Moses, &c. Also I give unto
my aforesaid two sons Moses and Levi all the right of land which
I hold in common with the proprietors of Falmouth; also all my
wearing apparel.
Item, I give and devise unto my beloved daughter Eunice
Quinby six house lots in Portland aforesaid, viz.: two lots on the
northwesterly side of Elm street numbered two and three and
marked with her name on the aforesaid plan; also four lots on
said Elm street below said Cumberland street marked on said
plan and numbered nine, ten, eleven and twelve, to have and to
hold &c. I also give to my aforesaid daughter all my house-
hold furniture now in my dwelling house excepting four beds
bedsteads and bedding which I have hitherto willed to my two
sons, she to have her choice of the seven which I own. I also
give my daughter my side saddle and watch. I also will and
devise that six thousand dollars be paid unto her my said daughter
in twelve months after my decease by my two sons Moses and
Levi or their law representatives as heretofore directed. I will
and devise that the three lots of land which I own in New Port-
land and New Falmouth marked on the plan of said towns to
Joseph Quinby Esq., to my three children in equal dividend, also
my pew in Stroudwater Meeting House. Dated Falmouth May
31, 1806.
Application for Administration
To all whom it may concern, be it known. That we, Henry E.
Day of Gorham, county of Cumberland and State of Maine, son
of Eunice Quinby Day, deceased, Lucretia D. Sewall of Portland
in said county, daughter of said Eunice, and Lucy B. Day, Joseph
A. Day and Elizabeth A. Day, all of said Portland, children of
John Q. Day, deceased, who was a son of said Eunice, Frederick
A. Quinby of said Portland, son and only child of Levi Quinby,
deceased, Almira F. Quinby of Deering in said County, daughter
of Moses Quinby, deceased, Andrew Hawes of said Deering son
and only child of Mary A Hawes, deceased, who was a daughter
of said Moses, Henry B. Quinby of Lake Village in the State of
New Hampshire, Fred Quinby of Biddeford in the County of York
and State of Maine, apd Thomas F. Quinby of Minneapolis in the
State of Minnesota, children of Thomas Quinby, deceased, who
was a son of said Moses, and Harry C. Quinby of Saco in said
County of York, a minor son and only child of John Quinby,
deceased, who was the son and only child of John Quinby, de-
ceased, who was a son of said Moses, (the guardian of said minor
being Henrietta C. Quinby of said Saco) being all of the lawful
heirs of John Quinby late of Falmouth in said County of Cumber-
land, deceased, (whose children were the above named Eunice
Quinby Day, Levi Quinby and Moses Quinby), and being all of
lawful age excepting the said Harry C. Quinby, do hereby repre-
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sent, state and affirm that the said John Quinby left a will dated
May 31, 1806, which was proved and allowed, and of which the
said Eunice was Executrix and her husband Ezekiel Day joined as
Coexecutor, in which will the devises and bequests were as follows, in
language following, to wit: (then follows the foregoing will in full)
As is shown in the ancient paper hereto annexed entitled
"Analysis of the last will and testament of John Quinby late of
Falmouth deceased." And we hereby request the Honorable the
Judge of the Probate Court for said County of Cumberland, to
permit the estate of the said John Quinby, deceased which may
be now remaining, if any, to be administered in accordance with
the provisions of said, will, which is lost or destroyed.
H. E. Day, L. D. Sewall, Lucy B. Day, J. A. Day,
Elizabeth A.Day, F. A. Quinby, Almira F. Quinby, Andrew Hawes
Henry B. Quinby,Fred Quinby, Thomas F.Quinby, H. C. Quinby.
116. Jacob* {Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert^)
born at Somersworth, N. H., 16 Oct. 1743. Jacob married
(probably 1766-7) Tamsen Wentworth, who was born 22
Dec. 1746. (Tamsen was the usual spelling of Thomasine,
a name analogous to Pauline, Clementine, etc.)
The following is from Master Tate's diary, Salmon
Falls, copied by J. P. Willey, 1902: "Monday even May
17, 1773. A dreadful Gust of Wind and Rain with awful
Thunder and Lightening. A number of people coming up
the River loaded with Rockweed, viz., Mr. Saml. Lord 3d
of Berwick, Mrs. Lucy Lord and Mr. Jonathan Hardison,
Mr. Jacob Quinby, Mr. Josiah Tibbetts, Mr. Charles and
Mrs. Molly Stackpole. Ye Boat oversett near Sturgeon
Creek and 3 of them wer drowned, viz. Mr. Sam Lord,
Mrs. Lucy Lord and Mr. Jonathan Hardison. Ye rest
narrowly escaped ye same fate. Sd Lucy and Jonathan
were taken up on ye next day. Samuel not taken up till
Sunday May 30. Taken up on ye back River by Timothy
Clements. Saml Lord born Feb. 8 0. S. 1735."
"Jacob and Benja. Quinby raised a new Barn frame on
Friday August 4, and on Wednesday, August 9, 1775, R.
Tibbetts raised a new House."
Jacob • of Salmon Falls petitioned in 1779 (with his
brother Benjamin •) for a lottery to raise money to remove
the rocks in Quamphegon (see Benj. *) (IX. N. H. State
Papers 186).
Jacob, like his father, was a cloth manufacturer at
Somersworth, and like his father appears more or less often
as a litigant. The following are from the Superior Court
records at Alfred, Me.:
Jacob Quimby of Somersworth, N. H., clothier, vs.
Jacob Whittier of Berwick, administrator of the estate of
222 The Quinby Family
John Whittier, physician; defaulted; recovered against the
said Jacob Whittier eleven pounds, five shillings and eight
pence, money damage, and the sum of one pound, ten
shillings and three pence for costs of suit; execution issued
12 Feb. 1783.
Jacob Quimby of Somersworth in the county of Strat-
ford and state of New Hampshire, clothier, plaintiff against
Job Winchal of Berwick in the county of York, gentleman,
defendant in a plea of the case, as by the writ on file 'ap-
pears. The deft, thereupon solemnly called to come into
Court did not appear, but made default. It is therefore
considered by the Court, that the said Jacob Quimby re-
cover against the said Job Winchal the sum of three pounds
fourteen shillings and two pence, money damage, and the
sum of thirty-two shillings for costs of suit; execution
issued 16 April, 1783.
We find him again in legal trouble in 1795, as appears
from the Superior Court record at Alfred, and he was again
a defendant in 1800, being called a resident of Saccarappa.
Nathaniel W. Ela of Dover, N. H., plaintiff, vs. Jacob
Quimby of Falmouth, defendant, in a plea of the case; said
Jacob at said Dover on the 8th day of May A. D. 1795,
by his note by him signed, promised said Ela to him or
his order $28.00 on demand with interest, but Jacob though
requested has not paid the same.
He appears in the census of 1790 as head of a family
at Somersworth consisting of himself and two boys under
16 and four females, one of which was no doubt his wife,
the three others daughters. The extra boy under 16 may
have been another son, for on the tax list of Westbrook of
1814 appears a Jacob Quinby, Jr., who paid a poll tax that
year and wias therefore born before 1794. Very soon after
1790, he evidently followed the rest of his family to Sac-
carappa, (now the city of Westbrook) adjoining Portland,
Maine. The latter city was then called Falmouth, and
Maine was then a part of Massachusetts.
Jacob « Quinby died 27 Nov. 1805, aged 62. His
widow Tamsen was married by Rev. Caleb Bradley at
Saccarappa 4 Apr. 1814, to Peter Libby.
Children born at Somersworth, N. H. :
327. I. Benjamin Wbntwokth » Quinby, ("Wentworth Quin-
by") born 5 Dec. 1768 (see);
II. Eunice ' Quinby, born 15 Feb. 1771 "on Saturday;''
married Butler and died 19 Nov. 1862 »
at Somersworth;
III. Rebecca' Quinby, born 17 July, 1772, "on Friday
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morning"; married Jeremiah Paul of York, Me., and
one of her daughters married Thomas Goodwin of
Eliot Depot, Me.;
328. IV. John' Quinsy, born 5 Mar. 1777 (see);
V. Mary' Quinby, born 11 Mar. 1788; she married 2
May, 1819, Levi Bracey of Wells, Me., born 1795,
died Apr. 1861 at Eliot, where she was living in 1873;
329. VI. Jacob' Quinby, born before 1784 (see).
Notes— The first four children are given in Master Tate's Diary; see also
Wentworth Genealogy. Mrs. Henry W. Lanier states that Wentworth Quinby
had a half-brother Samuel Simpson, who lived also at York, Me.
117. Benjamin" {Benjamin \ Joseph*, Robert^, Rob-
ert^) born 15 Sept. 1746, at Somersworth, New Hampshire.
He was married by Rev. James Pike at Somersworth 2 Feb.
1775, to Lydia Clements of that place, daughter of Samuel
and Sarah Clements. The first record after that, is in
connection with his elder brother Jacob. Master Tate's
diary, in the possession of J. P. Willey, Esq., of Salmon
Falls, Me., contains this entry regarding them: "They
raised a new Barn frame on Friday, August 4, and on Wed-
nesday, August 9, 1775, R. Tibbetts raised a new House."
In 1779 Benjamin petitioned the Provincial Assembly
with his brother Jacob and many others for a lottery to
remove the rocks in Quamphegon. (IX. N. H. State
Papers, 186).
In 1780 they were both among the purchasers of pews
in the new Meeting house at Somersworth. In 1785 Benj-
amin was constable and on a committee to build bridges there.
The U. S. Census for N. H. in 1790 mentions Benj-
amin Quinby as the head of a family at Somersworth in
that year, consisting of himself and wife, one male over 16,
two boys under 16 and four other females, evidently his
daughters. The boys under 16 were obviously George and
Benjamin (which shows that Samuel was probably born
after 1790) and the girls Nancy, Betsy, Sally and Abigail.
The extra female and the male over 16 may have been rela-
tives or "hired hands."
Benjamin removed to Saccarappa now Westbrook,
about 1800, near Portland, Maine, and erected mills there.
The records of York county, at Alfred, Me., show that
Benjamin and Lydia transferred real estate to Ebenezer
Clements, 17 Apr. 1815 (bk. 92, p. 9). In 1799, "Ben-
jamin Quinby, Jr., of Somersworth, clothier" had arranged
to take over property of his father then very aged, and
maintain him for life.
In 1806 Benjamin "of Falmouth, county Cumberland,
Maine, and Lydia his wife" obtained a warrant from the
224 The Quinbt Pamilt
court for a petition which was issued 24 Mar. 1807, for the
division of a parcel of a hundred and forty acres. They
dropped the matter, it evidently having been arranged
without the need of further legal proceedings. (Court
records, Alfred, Me.) Benjamin died 6 Nov. 1810, at
Saccarappa. Lydia his widow died about 1841, at Ro-
chester, N. H.
The children of Benjamin and Lydia, born at Somers-
worth, N. H. :
I. Nancy' Quinby, born 29 Dec. 1776 ("Friday
night"); she married Moses Waldron of Rochester,
N. H., who was born July, 1774, and died 3 Feb.
1853;
II. Elizabeth' Quinby ("Betsey"), born 14 June, 1777;
her intention of marriage was recorded 25 Apr.
1801, at Gorham, Maine, with Oliver Johnson, a
lumber driver resident there; and they were mar-
ried 19 May, 1801;
330. III. George W. ' Quinby, born 1781 (see);
331. IV. Benjamin' Quinby, born 13 July, 1786 (see);
V. Sabah ' Quinby, born ; married 4 June,
1802, by Parson Bradley to Joshua, son of Jona-
than and Mary (Connolly) Webb; he died 1 June,
1841;
VI. Lydia' Quinby, born 1789; married 13 Oct. 1808,
by Rev. Caleb Bradley at Saccarappa to Capt.
Joseph « Partridge (IV. Me. Hist, and Gen. Record.)
332. VII. Samuel' Quinby, born about 1791 (see);
VIII. Abigail' Quinby, born ; married 10 Nov.
1813, by Rev. Caleb Bradley, at Saccarappa,
to Col. William *, son of Robert and Sarah (Rounds)
Siemens; he was born 1785, and died 1853; they
lived in Maine and at Corydon, Indiana, where
she died in Mar. 1877. (An account of the an-
cestors and descendants of this family appeared
in New England Family History);
Note — Rev. Caleb Bradley's Journal has been published, and contains the
marriage of the youngest three daughters above named. Rev. Caleb's regular
fee for performing the marriage ceremony was two dollars; but Abigail's hus-
band paid five dollars and Lydia's paid four dollars, all of which the parson
duly noted in his diary.
Note. — The subscription book entitled ' 'Prominent Men of Southeastern Massa
chusetts " describes this family in connection with a descendant prominent there, bu t
in its list of Benjamin's children, it omits Lydia and Abigail.
118. Joseph* (Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert", Robert*)
born 1 July, 1750, at Somersworth, N. H. His military
career in the Revolutionary war has been the subject of
much discussion. Here follows the official report:
Quinby, Joseph, Capt. James Munson's Company, Col.
Phinney's regiment order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money; dated, Cambridge camp, Fort No. 2, 25 Oct.
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1775; also, private, Lieut. Colonel's company. Col. Vose's
regiment. Continental pay accounts for service from 1
Jan. 1777, to 31 Dec. 1779; credited to town of Falmouth;
also, Capt. George W. Smith's company. Col. Vose's regi-
ment; muster roll for December, 1777, sworn to at camp
near Valley Forge; enlisted 1 Jan. 1777; period, three
years; reported as attending a court-martial (?); also, same
company and regiment, pay-rolls for November, 1778, and
February, 1779, sworn to in quarters at Providence; also,
in the late Capt. Smith's company. Col. Vose's regiment,
muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Quarters,
Providence; ref)orted on furlough (XIII. Soldiers and
Sailors of Massachusetts in the Revolution, 892).
Quinbe, Joseph, Falmouth; return of men raised to
serve in the Continental army from Col. Peter Noyes's
(1st Cumberland company) regiment dated 20 Nov. 1778;
residence, Falmouth; engaged for town of Falmouth; joined
Capt. Smith's company. Col. Patterson's regiment for the
term of three years (XII. id. 893).
Quinby, Joseph, Falmouth: Capt. John Brackett's
company. Col. Edmund Phinney's regiment (31st); com-
pany return dated 29 Sept. 1775; enlisted 10 May, 1775
(XII. id. 893).
Quinby, Joseph, Falmouth, private, Capt. John Brack-
ett's company, Col. Edmund Phinney's regiment; billeting
allowed from date of enlistment, 18 May, 1775, to date of
marching from Falmouth to Headquarters, 3 July, 1775;
credited with allowance for six weeks and four days (XII.
id. 897).
The family tradition is set forth in the following, from
a letter from his grandson, Isaac Fly Quinby, to Mrs. Ella F.
Beebe of Ravenna, Ohio, dated 30 Dec. 1893:
"Grandfather fought in the war of the Revolution, and
first enlisted in a company for the defence of Falmouth
Neck which is now called Portland, at the news of the
fight at Lexington and Concord; this company started for
Boston and arrived at Kittery Point, when they were met
by an order from the Governor for them to return and
defend Falmouth Neck, and they returned to Falmouth.
But the rumors from Boston being few and far between,
and not satisfactory, my grandfather, that is, Joseph, be-
came impatient and determined to go to scenes of greater
activity; accordingly he announced to his family his in-
tention of enlisting in the army of Washington, and learn-
(IS)
226 The Quinbt Family
ing from a scout that a few scattered parties from Dunston,
Saco and Biddeford were to start on & certain date, he
felt it necessary to go with them. Although the time was
short before their departure, nevertheless, with the assist-
ance of the community, the sheep were driven up and
sheared, the wool carded, spun and woven, the cloth cut
and made, and a suit completed in time for him to start
with those from the towns aforesaid.
"All I know of grandfather's war record was learned
from hearing my grandmother, as she related it to my
mother, and as her own knowledge was somewhat limited,
as the mail line had not been established, and as I myself
was but ten years old when she died, what I learned was
between the ages of five and ten years, therefore the de-
tails must be somewhat brief. But as you are aware, the
hardships of the Revolutionary soldier were not few.
Grandfather did not escape from hard marches, cold,
roughness of roads and more than all from hunger. For
instance, let me relate a little incident which was told by
grandmother, and which played quite an important part
in grandfather's life as a soldier.
"One morning, having been without meat rations for
some time, the squad accustomed to mess with him drew
their rations and put them into the camp kettle and when
half cooked, suddenly came the order to march. Grand-
father at once hastened to the ofiicer in command of the
company and got permission for them to remain until the
meat was cooked, with the understanding that as soon as
it was done, they should hasten on and overtake the army.
General Washington had remained behind to see that every-
thing had moved in order, and coming across these men,
asked them if they did not know the order was to march.
The squad put grandfather forward to reply. He stated
that they had obtained permission to remain, explaining
that they had not had their rations for some time previous,
and had received and got them partially cooked when the
order came to march. General Washington sent immedi-
ately an orderly forward to the officer in command of the
march, ordering him to investigate, and if the facts were
as stated by my grandfather, to halt the army, go into
camp and for the soldiers to cook their rations. The
statement was ascertained to be true. I relate this incident
to show how grandfather came to the notice of General
Washington. There is no history which gives any account
of this. The probable result of this interview I did not
learn from my grandmother, who was a woman not much
The Quinbt Family 227
given to extolling the virtues of her own family. I learned
the sequel from an old comrade belonging to the same regi-
ment with grandfather.
"When I was a young man, I went about thirty miles
back into the country on a courting expedition, and as it
happened the parents of the girl I went to see were the
next neighbors to Jacob Eastman, an old Revolutionary
soldier. Being always much interested in the soldiers of
the Revolution, I called to see him. I found him to be an
intelligent, sound-minded, well-meaning man and very glad
to make the acquaintance of, as he said, the grandson of
his old Colonel. I told him there was some mistake, since
my grandfather was only a private. "Why," said he, "I
knew him just as well as I know my neighbor Brown, who
has been my next neighbor for over forty years." I could
not but believe that he was mistaken, but I continued to
visit him for ten or a dozen years, two or three times a
year, until his death, and every time I visited him, he de-
clared that grandfather was his colonel, and in evidence
of this knowledge, he mentioned the names of a number
of old men whom I knew to be residents of our place and
vicinity. Still, I could not divest myself of the idea that
he must be mistaken, until I read the history of Commodore
Farragut, whose father was, as he said, appointed Major
in the Revolutionary army, and yet was not mentioned in
history; his father was appointed by General Washington,
as the latter was obliged to appoint such men as could
perform the duties assigned them. Consequently I came to
the conclusion that Mr. Eastman was not mistaken, but
that grandfather was appointed by General Washington a
colonel in the Revolutionary army. Col. Joseph was a
mechanic, as were all his brothers, and in fact, mechanical
genius is rather to be noticed as a trait of this branch of
the family.
"Grandfather's sons were Jacob and Archelaus who
went West, and I have no further knowledge of them; also
John, and Joseph, the latter of whom was my father. The
daughters were Anna, Martha, Rebecca, Eunice, and Mary,
who married respectively men by the names of Rolfe, Cox,
Scammon, Houston and Towle."
Now come the comments of L. B. Chapman, recently
deceased, the well-known historian and genealogist of
Maine and particularly of Portland and Saccarappa. Mr.
Chapman evidently did not understand that it was not
supposed the title of Colonel was ever oflBcially recorded.
The following is from the Deering News of 22 Oct. 1903:
228 The Quinby Family
"Joseph Quinby, senior, son of Benjamin, the clothier,
enlisted in the cause of the Colonies May 10, 1775, under
Capt. John Brackett, a land surveyor, residing at Sac-
carappa, who commenced to obtain recruits April 24 of
that year. The entire company, with five exceptions, was
made up of citizens of the parts of Falmouth, now known
as Westbrook and Deering, including all the officers. Joseph
Quinby, senior, was a private, and I cannot learn that he
ever ranked higher (Mass. Archives vol. 56, p. 215). His
name appears also upon the Falmouth town books as a
soldier. If he ever bore the title of "Colonel" it must
have been honorary and homemade."
Joseph * Quinby married Azuba *, daughter of Preserved
and Catherine (Armstrong) Partridge. She was baptized
18 Dec. 1752 (57 N. E. H. and G. Register, 187). At the
time of the Revolution, they lived on the spot where the
Manual Training School now stands. All of their chil-
dren were born there except the last. The first census
(1790) names Joseph as head of a family comprising "two
free white males under 16 years old, and five females," one,
of course, the wife.
"The family tradition is that while Joseph was gone
to the war, a man by the name of Butts, who kept a
grocery store (or a store of a little of everything) at Cap-
isic, was to provide the family with whatever was needed.
At that time it was impossible to purchase anything with-
out paying exorbitant prices, and a large bill was the
result.
"In 1792 or 1793, the times were hard and as Joseph
was not well, they decided to give up the home, and they
moved to Gray, Me., where he worked at shookmaking,
'and once, provisions being so scarce and transportation
so very limited, he walked to Saccarappa and returned
with a bushel of meal, which he carried all the way, to
keep actual starvation from entering the abode of his
family.' "
Joseph and Azuba in 1797 signed as one of the heirs
of Capt. Jesse Partridge; and Joseph died in April of that
year. Mr. Chapman says:
"Joseph Quinby resided on Capisic street, Deering, at
the date of his death, in a house that stood between the
present residences of Mr. Albion P. Chapman and Edward
L. Gould. Azuba married second Col. John Harvey, a
soldier of the Revolution. He died in May, 1812, and the
widow removed to Portland. She, in her own capacity,
March 30, 1797, as 'Zuba Quinby, wife of Joseph Quinby,'
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owned by Mrs. Charles E. Quinby, Westbrook, Me.
purchased land on each side of the highway between Sacc-
arappa and Cumberland Mills, where the schoolhouse is
located, about half way between the two places, paying
therefor $424, but May 2nd of the same year she sold the
same to Samuel Butts, then a trader at Capisic, for $246.
Elbridge G. Riggs, some years ago, informed me that it
was an exchange of titles between Azubah and Samuel,
but it does not appear thus on our Cumberland records;
but more than probable Mr. Riggs's statement was true,
for Azubah with 'Colonel' John Harvey resided in the
'low-posted residence, facing the south, with very small
glass,' located as I have represented, near Nason's Corner,
230 The Qudjby Family
in Deering, where Mr. Harvey worked for Mr. Butts in
his mill at Capisic, and in which house Mr. Harvey died,
according to Parson Bradley's diary, in February of 1812.
"June 24, 1799, Parson Bradley records that John
Harvey subscribed two dollars towards the parson's 'settle-
ment fee,' thus indicating that Mr. Harvey was hereabout
at that date.
"Mr. Harvey was a widower at the time he married
the widow of Joseph Quinby and set up housekeeping at
Nason's Corner. The indentation of the residence still
appears on the northeasterly corner of the residence of the
late Edward L.^ Goold.
"June 26, 1819, an agent of the United States govern-
ment sold the house and an acre of land to satisfy a de-
mand growing out of a special tax on account of the war
of 1812-16, the demand being against Joseph Quinby, the
Revolutionary soldier, whose son John, residing at Minot,
redeemed March 14, 1820, but the title, I think, was
worthless. Joseph Copps was the next occupant of the
house with a much larger lot."
Children of Joseph* and Azuba (Partridge) Quinby:
333. I. AHCHBiiAUs' Quinby, born 28 Mar. 1776 (see);
II. Anne ' Quinby, born 10 Feb. 1778; married 19 Apr.
1801 by Rev. Caleb Bradley to Samuel Rolfe,
Jr., of Buxton, Me.;
III. Eunice' Quinby, bom 11 Dec. 1780; married Rob-
ert Houston of Portland, Me.;
334. IV. John ' Quinby, born 2 Feb. 1782 (see) ;
V. Rebecca' Quinbt, born 1 (or 11?) Sept. 1785;
intention filed 16 July, 1803; married 8 Mar.
1804, at Saccarappa, by Rev. Caleb Bradley
("fee $2") to John Scammon, Jr., born 4 June,
1778, died 3 Sep. 1830 {Piitnam's Hist. Mag. p.
220; IV. Me. Hist, and Gen. Rec. 145); she died
24 Feb. 1842;
VI. Mahtha' Qxhnby, born 1 Sept. 1787; married by
Rev. Caleb Bradley 1 Dec. 1808, to Isaac Cox
("fee, $2") (IV. Me. H. and G. Rec);
335. VII. Joseph' Quinby, born 12 Mar. 1791 (see);
VIII. Mary ' Quinby, born 1 Feb. 1794; married by Rev.
Caleb Bradley 30 Jan. 1820, to Levi Towie; (an-
other record says 17 Mar. 1817).
119. Nathan* {Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert^)
born 5 Mar. 1756, at Somersworth, N. H. He came while
a youth to Saccarappa, Maine, and there was married by
Rev. Dr. Deane, 2 May, 1779, to Rosina^ daughter of
Preserved* and Catherine (Armstrong) Partridge (57 Reg-
The Quinbt Family 231
ister, 187). Her sister Azuba had married Nathan's bro-
ther Joseph • Quinby.
The first United States census shows that in 1790
Nathan was head of a family at Falmouth, including be-
sides himself and wife, two boys under 16, and a girl.
In 1791, says Mr. L. B. Chapman {Deering News, 27
Apr. 1895) Nathan bought the Bailey farm on the north-
easterly side of the Presumpscot river, opposite Saccarappa,
which he sold to Timothy Pike.
In 1797 Nathan and Rosina signed various papers now
on record, as heirs of Capt. Jesse Partridge.
The Saccarappa tax assessment is extent for 1814; it
shows that Nathan was assessed "house $20; barn, $25."
In 1817 Nathan sold to his son Hiram "my house and
barn," which, (says Mr. Chapman) seem to have been
located back of where the Universalist chapel stood on the
northerly side of Main Street in the village. I have no
record of the death of either Nathan or his first wife; "he
married second (says Mr. Chapman) the widow Achers.
They resided upon the 'Holy Ground' district of Saccar-
appa village." Children born at Saccarappa:
336. I. Abel' Quinbt (see);
337. II. Levi' Quinby (see);
III. Sakah' Quinby, born 7 Apr. 1783; married 2 Dec.
1811, Thomas Jordan, born 6 June, 1787; they
had Hiram, Eliza and Nathaniel; Sarah died 17
Nov. 1864; Thomas died 2 Aug. 1863;
IV. Tamsen ' Quinby, married 13 Apr. 1813, (says Mrs.
C. E. Q.; 4 Apr. 1814, says L. B. C.) Peter Libby
of Westbrook, and had Benjamin, Joseph and
Edwin;
338. V. Hiram ' Quinby (see) ;
339. VI. Simeon' Quinby, born 1789 (see).
120. Moses* {Benjamin^, Joseph^ Robert*, Roberf^
born at Somersworth, N. H. 21 June, 1759; married first
28 Apr. 1789, Abigail, daughter of Capt. Peletiah and Mary
March of Amesbury, Mass., and Portland, Me. (Gorham
rec.) She died 3 Aug. 1818. He was married second, by
Rev. Caleb Bradley, 6 Mar. 1821, to Elizabeth, daughter
of Moses G. Walker. Parson Bradley mentions in his
diary that for performing the ceremony he received three
dollars — a dollar more than the ordinary fee (IV. Me. H.
and G. Rec.) Mrs. Betsey (Walker) Quinby died in 1849.
Moses Quinby died 20 Mar. 1840. Some thirty years ago,
a monument was erected upon the burial lot in the village
cemetery at Westbrook (Saccarappa), beneath which the
232 The Qdinbt Pamilt
old gravestones were buried. The inscription is as follows:
Moses Quinby, 1758-1840; Abigail, 1770-1818; 2nd wife,
Betsey Walker, 1771-1849.
"Moses Quinby, a millwright, appears on record in
1792 as a purchaser of thirteen acres of land located upon
what is now known as Saco street, a fourth of a mile out
of the village, to which he made additional purchases and
upon which he erected a dwelling house, where he resided
and flourished till the time of his wordly demise.
"September 7, 1803, for a consideration of $900 he
purchased of Benjamin Quinby and wife Eleanor, one-
fourth part of a gristmill where, as Benjamin says, 'my
saw-mill now stands and has for many years, being on the
northeasterly side of the privilege sold my son, Benjamin
Quinby, Jr.' In 1806, he purchased the dyehouse, fulling
mill, etc., of Benjamin, Sr."
The 1810 census makes Moses and his wife as between
26 and 45 — according to the government form — and gives
them three boys under ten, besides the other children.
Moses Quinby was assessed for taxes in 1814 as follows:
house, $250; barn, $35; 20 acres mowing, $25; also pas-
turage; 2 oxen, 3 cows, 1 horse, 2 swine.
September 24, 1813, there occurred in Saccarappa a
destructive fire of mill property. The story preserved at
the time in print is as follows; the loss sustained by the
Quinby clan can be gathered somewhat from the closing
paragraph of the article:
Destructive Fire
Wednesday, the 24th of September, at Saccarappa,
were destroyed by fire, the paper mill, with its whole ap-
paratus, about twenty tons of rags (excepting four or five
tons partly consumed, preserved after the fire subsided)
and about twenty reams of writing paper; three saw mills;
the clothier's dye house; and a large building containing a
grist mill and fulling mill, and two machines for carding
wool. The cloth, most of the wool, and the carding ma-
chinery were fortunately saved.
The fire originated in the paper mill, and was first
discovered between one and two o'clock in the afternoon.
All persons had left it as early as nine or ten in the fore-
noon. In 10 or 12 minutes after the fire was first dis-
covered, this group of buildings were all in flames. Many
other buildings, saw mills, houses and barns, from four or
five to fifteen or twenty rods distant, and in one or two in-
The Quinby Family 233
stances at a much greater distance, took fire from the light
coals carried by the wind, which by extraordinary exertion
were extinguished.
"Much praise is due to all present for their activity,
and especially to the females who rendered very essential
service, without whose aid the fire would probably have
spread much further, as many men of the place and vicinity
were absent at the muster at Gorham.
"The paper mill belonged to Messrs. Partridge &
Tower, one saw mill to Samuel A. Proctor, one to Joshua
Webb, and one to Joseph Partridge, Nathan and Moses
Quinby, and the heirs of G. W. Quinby; the gristmill to
Nathan and Moses Quinby; the carding machine to Moses
Longfellow, and the fulling mill and dye house to Benjamin
B. Foster. The loss cannot be estimated at less than 10
to 20 thousand dollars." {Eastern Argus, 7 Oct. 1813).
The fulling mill, dye-house, etc., purchased in 1806 by
Moses Quinby, were sold the same year to Mr. Foster.
(1813).
Sept. 10, 1828, Moses Quinby conveyed to his son,
"Moses Quinby 3d," his homestead farm, house and mill.
The designation of "3d" was because there was another
Moses Qui^nby residing in the town at Stroudwater. Chil-
dren of Moses' and Abigail (March) Quinby, born at Sac-
carappa:
340. I. Benjamin Fbanklin^ Quinby, ("Franklin") born 10
Sept. 1789 (see);
II. Mary' Quinby, born 20 Apr., 1793; married by Rev.
Mr. Hillyard at Scarborough, Me. 23 Dec. 1813,
to David Larrabee; she died 20 July, 1863, aged
70 y. 3 m.;
III. Harriet' Quinby, born 11 July, 1797, died 3 Feb.
1798; . ,
IV. Harriet" Quinby born 22 Feb. 1799; married 20
Mar. 1820, Theodore Procter;
V. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1801; married
10 Oct. 1822, James Procter;
341. VI. MosBS' Quinby, born 3 May, 1805 (see);
VII. Abigail' Quinby, born and died 3 May, 1805;
342. VIII. Aaron' Quinby, born 3 May, 1810 (see).
Note— The birth dates are from Harriet' (Quinby) Procter's Bible, now
in possession of Arthur H.» Quinby of Liverpool, England; some of theeaxher
paragraphs above in quotation marks are from a long article by L. B. l^nap-
man, in Deering News, 11 Oct. 1899.
121. Simeon* {Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^)
born 27 Nov. 1767, at Somersworth, N. H.; married 10
Aug. 1790, at Portland, Me., Sally, daughter of John and
Mary (Fabyan) Brackett. Simeon appears on the tax list
234 Thk Quimbt Family
of Saccarappa, 1814, as assessed for part of a house, $95.
He died a few years after his marriage, and his widow was
married second, 17 Nov. 1799, to Thomas Mayberry • at
Portland, by Rev. Caleb Bradley. Children of Simeon':
I. Nancy' Quinby, married 17 Feb. 1811, at Portland,
to Charles Alden of Limerick, Me., by Rev. Caleb
Bradley;
343. II. Charles' Quinby, born 4 Apr. 1794 (see);
III. Charlotte ' Quinby, born ; she lived to an
advanced age, and never married. Her name ap-
pears as a subscriber to the Westbrook Social
Library in 1840, of which year the list has been
published.
Note — This family is mentioned in Deering News, 16 Nov. 1895, and 27
Apr. 1905; N. E. Family History, II. 132; Chapman's "Waterhouse Family"
p. 18.
122. Robert' (Daniel^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert '^)
born 23 May, 1753, at Amesbury, Mass.; married 25 Dec.
1777, at Amesbury First church, Sarah Sargent, born at
Amesbury 14 Dec. 1762, died 20 Aug. 1819. He received
a deed of land from his father 1 Oct. 1781 (bk. 138, p.
259). In 1790 the United States census shows that he was
one of two heads of Quinby families at Amesbury, the
other being his father, Daniel, who died the next year.
In 1790 Robert's family consisted of himself, the only
male, and four females, evidently his wife, Sarah, Betsy S. ^,
and another, perhaps a servant.
He had some military service, as he appears on the
records as Lieut, and is so named on his gravestone. He
was on the list of subscribers for shares in the Amesbury
and Salisbury Academy in 1804. He died at Amesbury 25
Jan. 1843, of old age (Mass. Vital Rec).
The ancient slate gravestones in the old part of the
Union Cemetery at Amesbury are inscribed as follows:
Lieut. Robert Quinby, Born May 23, 1753; Died, Feb.
26, 1843; Aged, 90y.
In Memory of Sarah Quinby, wife of Robert Quinby,
who died Aug. 20, 1819, in the 57th year of her age.
His inventory shows he was a considerable land owner
in and around his home, and at the time of his death he
owned eight pieces of real estate, comprising 135| acres.
Children, born at Amesbury, Mass.:
I. Daniel ' Quinby, born 2 June, 1779, died 5 Feb.
1780;
II. Sarah' Quinby, born 9 July, 1783; married Daniel
Gale of Amesbury; the stones in the Gale lot in the
Union cemetery at Amesbury, Mass., are inscribed
The Quinbt Family 235
as follows: Daniel Gale died Nov. 25, 1852, aged
72 yre, 8 mo. Sally Quinby, wife of Daniel Gale,
died Aug. 22, 1864, aged 81 yrs. Dear Mother thy
sufferings are o'er, thy rest begins with Jesus thy
hope, in Heaven thy home; Farewell till we meet
TTT -,*°ov«- Robert Q. Gale died Mar. 1, 1837, aged 24.
m. Elizabeth Sargent' Quinbt, born 27 Mar. 1785-
married Thomas Weed of Amesbury; '
344. IV. Robert' Quinby, born 25 June, 1797 (see);
Letters of Thomas Weed Quinby
"The house in which I was born was situated in Lionsmouth
so-called, about one mile from the center of the "Mills Village "
Amesbury, Mass., so-called, from the fact that woolen mills are
there and prior to these mills, iron mills were in operation, scythe
factory, etc.
Powwow River was the dividing line between Amesbury and
Salisbury and stone bridges covered the stream in the village.
The west end of the town was set off in 1876 as a town named
Merrimac. Since that time a part of Salisbury was annexed to
Amesbury. The Lionsmouth road on which I lived leads from
Amesbury to Newton, N. H. The house, like many others, faced
the southeast, had two front rooms and chambers, with long
kitchen on the N. W. with bedroom in south end. An ash tree
cut down when my father was 21 years old, started again, and
when he was sixty it measured 2f feet in diameter. When I was
4 years old we moved into a new house and the old house was
sold. The house stood on the south side of the street or high-
way. My grandfather and father lived in this house. Do not
know whether great grandfather lived there or not. My father
had a brother Daniel who died in infancy. Aunt Sally married
Daniel Gale, aunt Betsey married Thomas Weed; these aunts were
born in the old house." (Letter of Oct. 1909).
"The first house owned or built by a Quinby at Amesbury
was opposite the Timothy Currier house in Lionsmouth in Ames-
bury on land that afterwards belonged to Philip Jones, Sr., and Jr.
The house in which I as well as my father was born stood facing
the southeast. My father sold the old house to William B. Gale,
who used some of the lumber in building a blacksmith shop on
School street in the village. The new house that father built
faced north opposite the house owned by Philip Jones. This
house and part of the farm I sold to Levi T. Currier in 1869."
(Letter of 9 July, 1912).
Will of Lieut. Robert • Quinby
(Env. 51205, No. 1.) In the name of God amen, I Robert
Quinby of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, Gentleman, being advanced in age and weak in
body but of a sound mind and memory blessed be God therefor
Do make this my last will and Testament, First of all, I commit
my soul to God in hope of his mercy through Jesus Christ and
my body to the dust to be decently buried after my decease by
my executor hereinafter named in hope of resurrection to immortal
236 The Quinbt Familt
life, and as touching such wordly estate as it hath pleased God to
endow me with, I give, demise and dispose of the same in manner
as hereinafter mentioned.
First. My will is that all my just debts, funeral expenses,
and the cost of the settlement of my estate to be paid by my
son Robert out of what I have given him in this will, and that
my said son receive for his own use all my Just demands. Item.
I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Robert Quinby, all that
tract or piece of land belonging to my homestead adjoining land
of Thomas Currier 3d and adjoining land which I have heretofore
conveyed to my said son by deed exclusive of swamp land, be the
same more or less. I also Give and devise unto my said son a lot
or tract of salt marsh containing six acres more or less, the same
being situate in Salisbury at the Hickeltipicelties so-called, the
same adjoining marsh of Aaron Eaton, Jacob Rowell and others,
and a^iso a barn standing thereon. I also give and devise unto
my said son one-half of all the rest and residue of my real estate
situate in Amesbury and elsewhere. I also give and bequeath
unto my said son two-third parts of all my personal estate of every
kind, the above I give to my said son and his heirs and assigns
forever.
Item. I Give, devise and bequeath unto my daughter Sally,
wife of Daniel Gale and to my daughter Betty, wife of Thomas
Weed all the rest and residue of my real and personal efftate
which I have nol; herein otherways disposed of, the same to be
equally divided between them, the above I give to them and their
heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandson Daniel Quinby
Gale a son of my daughter Sally above named, one hundred dol-
lars, one-half thereof to be paid to him by my son Robert Quinby
out of what I have given him in this Will, when he attains to
lawful age, and the other half thereof to be paid to him by my
said daughters when he attains to lawful age as aforesaid, out of
what I have given them in this Will, and above I give to my said
grandson and his assigns, anything contained in this will to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Finally, I hefeby appoint and constitute my said son Robert
Quinby sole executor of this my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof, I the said Robert Quinby, have here-
unto set my hand and seal this seventh day of December, A. D.
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
ROBERT QUINBY.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named
Robert Quinby to be his last will and testament in the presence
of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to
the same in the presence, and at the request of the testator and
in presence of each other.
Philip Jones
Sargent Moody 2nd (?)
Jacob Brown.
123. Jonathan" (Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert*, Rob-
ert^). The records at Amesbury, Mass., give the eldest son
of Benjamin* as John, born 11 Jan. 1748-9. Benjamin
The Quinby Family 237
removed to Hopkinton, N. H., about 1770 with his family,
and within three or four years Benjamin's only brother,
Jonathan*, followed him to Hopkinton. They with their
families seem to be the only Quinby residents at Hopkinton
at the time.
The problem is to account for this Jonathan ^ His
tombstone at Hopkinton says he was aged 71 when he
died 19 Apr. 1820. It is evident that he was therefore not
a son of Jonathan % who was not married till 1755. Ben-
jamin*, on the other hand, married Elizabeth Lowell 25
Feb. 1748, and their first child "John" appears on the
record the following January. We have full records of all
the sons of both brothers Benjamin* and Jonathan^ except
this "John," while of Jonathan we have complete data.
The Association Test was signed at Hopkinton in 1776 by
two Jonathans; if they had been father and son one would
have probably signed as junior, the names being on the
same document, though separated by forty-seven other
signatures. Confirming the idea that Jonathan ^ is the
son of Benjamin* is the fact that on that document
their signatures are together (VIII. N. H. State Papers,
242).
Still more convincing evidence is the United States
census report of 1790, which give Jonathan and (his eldest
son) Isaac as heads of families in Hopkinton side by side;
the names of one hundred and sixty-four other heads of
families then follow, before we come to Benjamin and
Jonathan as heads of families, also side by side. These
four are the only heads of Quinby families on the census
of 1790 in Hopkinton, and their position indicates that
Benjamin* and young Jonathan lived in quite a different
part of town from Jonathan* and his son Isaac.
Jonathan* probably lived on the land deeded to him by
Daniel Flanders of Hopkinton, 28 Feb. 1781, for fifty
bushels of Indian corn. The tract was "eight acres, more
or less." The grantee was called Jonathan Quinby, Jr.,
evidently to distinguish him from his uncle Jonathan* who
was also a recorded grantee of land in Hopkinton. Land
was also deeded to Jonathan «, 3 Nov. 1781, by Edward
Stevens of Brentwood, N. H., for thirty-nine pounds. He
is styled in the deed, Jonathan Quinby of Hopkmton, hus-
bandm£i,n. , • i. t v.
He had a military career, the record of which i have
not identified. It is stated that he was a recruit in the
.Revolution in 1781; and he is styled "Ensign" on various
later records.
238 The Quinbt Pamilt
Jonathan and wife Molly of Hopkinton deeded land
there 14 Feb. 1805, to Timothy Flanders of that town.
The United States census of 1810 gives Jonathan of
Hopkinton and his wife, aged over 45, also a male and
female over 26, who I suppose were Polly and perhaps the
husband of the newly married Betty; also a male and a
female between 16 and 26, who I suppose were John and
Betty; and a girl under 10, probably the infant of the
newly married couple.
Jonathan married Mary George, born 1753. She died
10 Mar. 1850, age 96y. 10m. (4 N. E. H. and G. Reg. 294).
Jonathan died at Hopkinton 19 Apr. 1820. His will,
on the probate records of Hillsborough county, N. H.,
dated 19 June, 1819, probated 17 May, 1820, mentions
wife Mary, daughters Polly and Betsy and sons John,
Enos and Thomas. Ensign Jonathan and wife "Moley"
(as the town clerk spelt it) had the following children born
at Hopkinton (except Enos) :
345. I. Enos' Quinbt, born 30 Jan. 1775 at Salisbury,
N. H. (see);
346. II. Thomas' Quinbt, born 31 Jan. 1777 (see);
III. Mart' Quinbt, born 4 June, 1781; married to
Oliver Clement 6 Feb. 1812, by Thos. Bailey,
J. P., at Hopkinton;
IV. Elizabeth' Quinbt, born 14 Sept. 1787, married
18 Aug. 1808, at Hopkinton to Joseph, son of
Eastman' and Martha Hoyt of Windsor, Vt.,
born 21 July, 1786, and had eight children;
347. V. John' Quinbt, born 18 Aug. 1790 (see);
124. Benjamin* (Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert', Rob-
ert^) bom 15 Oct. 1761, (South Hampton, N. H, records).
He was a young lad when he came to Hopkinton with his
father. He entered the Army at the age of twenty (see
record following). He afterwards was married by Rev.
Cornelius Waters at Goffstown, N. H., to Susannah Harvey
of Derry ot Londonderry, N. H., and they had eleven
children. The census of 1790 gives Benjamin as the only
one of the name heading a family at Enfield; he had one boy,
under 16 years old, and two girls. Mrs. Susannah died in
1814; Benjamin, Jr., lived 7 years a widower, then married
Gertrude Stanley and lived with her without issue until
his death 31 May, 1837, at Enfield, N. H.; administration
papers on file at Woodsvilfe, N. H. Children, probably
all boi-n at Enfield, N. H.:
I. Elizabeth ' Quinbt ("Betsey") born 21 June*
1786; she never married.
The QuiNBY Family 239
II. Susan ' QuiNBY, born 10 Mar. 1788; she never mar-
ned; in 1850 she lived with Mr. Dunham's family
at Marshfield, Vermont;
III. Benjamin' Quinby, Jr., born 21 July, 1789; "he
went to Canada with his brother John in the
year 1815; no tidings of them since;" both are
__, _ mentioned in the father's administration papers;
IV. Sarah' Quinby ("Sally") born 4 May, 1791; mar-
ried Philister Joy of Plainfield or Meriden, N. H.,
no issue known;
V. John' Quinby, born 17 Dec. 1792; (see Benjamin'
above) ;
348. VI. James' Quinby, born 12 Oct. 1794 (see);
VII. Mary' Quinby, born 17 Jan. 1797; married William
Farnham and lived at Thetford, Vt.; no issue;
VIII. Rosamond ' Quinby, born 5 Sept. 1798; called Ro-
sanna in her father's administration papers; mar-
ried Elias Bascom of Bethel, N. H., and had chil-
dren;
IX. Freeman' Quinby, born 31 July, 1801; died at an
early age;
349. X. Harvey' Quinby, born 15 Sept. 1803 (see);
350. XI. Dunham' Quinby, born 12 July, 1805 (see).
The Census of 1810 gives this entire family with com-
plete accuracy as to number, age and sex, living at Enfield,
Grafton county, N. H.
War Record
(Pension Office Jacket 185558, Invalid File No. 18558. Ben-
jamin Quinby, Private; Revolutionary War. Act of June 7, 1832.
Index vol. I., page 306. (Arrangement of 1870) (New Hampshire
921). Benjamin Quinby of Enfield, in the state of New Hamp-
shire who was a private in the company commanded by Captain
Foy of the regiment commanded by Col. Scammel in the New
Hampshire line for six months from 1781. Inscribed on the Roll
of New Hampshire at the rate of 20 dollars per annum to com-
mence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension
issued the 22nd day of Oct. 1832, and sent to Timothy Kenwick,
Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Affidavit of Benjamin Quinby, aged 70 years, dated July 17,
1832, sworn to before Edward Webber, Judge of the Probate
Court and Moses Dow register of said court: That he enlisted
and served in the 1st company commanded by Capt. E. Foy of
Colonel Scammel's regiment he thinks, but then under the im-
mediate command of Major Scott. He enlisted 1 June, 1781,
was at the time a resident of Hopkinton, N. H., and from thence
marched and joined the army at White Plains in July, 1781, from
thence to Peekskill, thence to Gallows Hill, thence to Soldiers
Fortune, thence to Fishkill Landing, thence by water to Albany,
and from thence to Saratoga, where he was discharged in Decem-
ber, 1781.
Affidavit of Daniel Stickney and John How of Enfield, New
Hampshire, sworn to before John Bryant, Justice of the Peace;
240 The Quinbt Family
dated 24 July, 1832; "That we were residentb of Hopkinton,
New Hampshire, at the time of the Revolutionary war, and were
there well-acquainted with Benjamin Quinby, now of Enfield, and
well remember that said Quinby went into the service in 1781
and did actual service as we then understood, and do now verily
believe, for the space of six months in Capt. Foy's company of
Col. Scammel's regiment." Moses Flanders of Enfield, New Hamp-
shire, does "depose and say that to my knowledge Benjamin
Quinby of said Enfield with whom I was acquainted previous to
the commencement of the Revolutionary war, did enlist under
Capt. Ebenezer Foy, company of Col. Scammel's New Hampshire
regiment in the month of June, 1781, for the term of six months
and served all the term of his engagement. I was at and during
said time a member of said company."
125. Isaac* (Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert', Robert')
born 21 Jan. 1753, according to the record of Amesbury,
Mass. In 1777, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Joshua
Bayley's company in Col. Thomas Stickney's regiment, in
Gen. Stark's brigade. "The company marched from Hop-
kinton in July, 1777, and joined the Northern Continental
Army." Isaac enlisted 22 July, 1777, and was discharged
17 Sept. 1777, having been "1 mo. 27 da. in service," at
£4:10sh. per mo., amounting to £8:11 sh. with 15sh. for
travel to "Charleiston No. 4," sixty miles at 3d. per mile,
and £1:1 :8d. for travel home, 160 miles at 2d. per mile,
all of which totalled £10:7:8. The payroll, verified 22 Nov.
1777, showed that Isaac had received £4:10sh. and that
there was a balance due him of £5:17:8. (XV. N. H.
State Papers, 183).
Isaac married Lucy, daughter of Dea. Stephen and
Judith Sargent of Amesbury. "They lived many years in
Deering, N. H., and then moved to East Unity, N. H., in
the autumn of 1813."
Isaac is named in the U. S. Census of 1790 as head of
family at Hopkinton, N. H., consisting of himself, one boy
under 16 and three females. Nov. 7, 1792, Jonathan Quin-
by, Isaac Quinby, Ruth Quinby, Lucy Quinby (father, son
and wives), sold land in Deering, (being part of the land
laid out of the proprietors of Bow) for 234 pounds. In the
census of 1810 he and his wife, still of Deering, are over 45;
they have children thus — a boy, over 16 and under 26; a
boy and a girl between 10 and 16; and a boy and a girl
under 10.
Isaac, his wife Lucy and others deeded 13 July, 1797,
to Moses Sargent, land in Amesbury (Essex Registry,
Salem, Mass., vol. 162, p. 202). Feb. 20, 1811, Lucy Quin-
by and Isaac Quinby, of Deering, sold land in Hopkinton —
The Quinby Family 241
formerly owned by Stephen Sargent, deceased, for 60 dollars.
Sept. 5, 1811, the same parties sold land in Hopkinton,
formerly owned by Stephen Sargent, late of Hopkinton,
deceased; Cheshire county records (Sullivan county was
set off from Cheshire in 1827). Benjamin Huntoon, Jr.,
of Unity made to Isaac Quinby of Deering June 28, 1811,
for $800, a lease for 999 years, of a tract of land lying in
Unity and being in the first range of 100 acre lots, num-
ber 26, 100 acres except half an acre at the southeast cor-
ner of said lot, said lot originally drawn for a school lot;
also part of lot No. 25, in the first range of 100 acre lots,
150 acres more or less and originally drawn for a minister lot.
Isaac * died in Unity in 1813. By petition of his
widow, Lucy Quinby, a brother, Benjamin Quinby, of
Deering, was appointed administrator, 15 Sept. 1813. An
inventory of his property was filed 29 Nov. 1813, showing
real estate valued at S525 and personal property at $354.30;
20 June, 1816, the widow's third was set off upon her peti-
tion.
Benjamin* Quinby, administrator of Isaac* Quinby of
Unity, N. H., sold to Stephen ' Quinby the highest bidder,
47 acres, parts of lots 25 and 26 in the first range, for
$166, 2 Sept. 1816 (liber. 76, p. 250, Keene (N. H.) deeds).
Benjamin * Quinby, administrator of Isaac * Quinby of
Unity, sold to Jacob Chase forty acres of land in Unity,
part of lot 26, 2 Sept. 1816, 7 Dec. 1816 (liber. 75, p. 134,
Keene deeds); 16 Jan. 1817, the administrator rendered his
accounts, showing payments of $1,056.17, and receipts from
real estate and personal property of $730.27, leaving $325.90
due the administrator.
Deeds are also on record as follows: Benjamin Quinby,
admr., to Jacob Chase, 2 Sept. 1816, $188, 40 acres; Benj.
Quinby, admr., to Stephen Quinby, 3 June, 1820, $63, 37
acres, the widow's dower excepted during her natural life;
Stephen Quinby to James Cunningham, Jan. 8, 1817, $250,
47 acres, "being a part of lots No. 25 and 26 in the first
range of lots." This joins a lot set off to Lucy Quinby in
the estate of Isaac Quinby deceased. (Compare deed of 8
Jan. 1817, by Benjamin Quinby to James Cunningham).
Isaac* and Lucy (Sargent) Quinby's children, born at
Deering, N. H. :
I. Elizabeth ' Quinby, married Jonathan Colby, had
Lydia and Hiram, and died at Hillsboro, N. H.;
II. Ruth' Quinby, married to Lewis Churchill of Cor-
nish, 3 May, 1826, at Unity, by Francis Chase,
J. P.; she had one child and died at Cornish;
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242 The Quinby Pamilt
351. III. Stephen' Quinby, born 16 Dec. 1793 (see);
IV. Jonathan' Quinby, born 1796, never married; died
at Unity, 1868 (see Sarah below);
V. Sakah' Quinby, born 1799, never married; the
United States census of 1860 shows her and her
unmarried brother Jonathan living at Unity with
their married brother Isaac; she died 4 July,
1886, at Hillsboro, N. H.;
352. VI. Isaac Quinby, born 24 Apr. 1807 (see);
Note — This family ia given by Rev. Silas E. Quimby in his monograph
on Benjamin Quinby and Descendants, published at Bristol, N. H., (1910);
also mentioned in the History of Henniker, N. H.
126. Benjamin*, {Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert", Rob-
ert^) born 24 Feb. 1768, at Amesbury, Mass., and removed
when about six years old with his parents, to a farm in
Hopkinton, N. H. He married at Henniker, N. H., 17
Nov. 1791, Keziah Bickford of Hopkinton (born 10 Jan.
1773, died 14 Jan. 1833). They moved immediately to a
farm in Deering, N. H., where they made their home. The
U. S. census of 1810 gives them all. About 1813, they
moved to Unity, N. H., and there died. He died 17 Mar.
1834, at the home of his son Benjamin ^
His son, Rev. Silas', wrote 26 July, 1872, to Rev.
Hosea Quinby, as follows:
"Benjamin, my father, moved to Deering, N. H., where
he had nine children born; four died there; then he moved
to Unity, had one more. Six children lived to maturity,
three sons and three daughters. He died at the age of 66.
He used to write his name Quinby, but we boys have writ-
ten it Quimby. One word: all of the Q's of my acquaint-
ance have been industrious, prudent, honest; mostly farmers
— one machinist, three preachers." He bought and sold
land in Unity as is seen by the following abstract of deeds
from the Cheshire county records:
22 Nov. 1813, Benjamin Huntoon, Jr., to Benjamin
Quinby, land in Unity "being a part of lot No. 25 in first
range of lots and is the remaining part of said lot after
taking off 30 acres off the west side of the lot which I
deeded to William Jackson; a>nd a piece I deeded to Isaac
Quinby off of the east side of said lot." Supposed to be
49 acres more or less.
30 Apr. 1814, William Jackson to Benjamin Quinby
for $111, land in Unity, part of lot No. 25 in the first
range of 100 acre lots, containing 24 acres.
22 Jan. 1816, Benjamin Quinby sold to James Brigham
of Lempster for $500, land in Unity, containing about 73
The QuiNBY Family 243
acres more or less, "and is a part of lot No. 25, in the first
range, and contains the whole of said lot except about 21
acres on the east thereof now owned by the heirs of Isaac
Quinby, and about six acres at the southwest corner of
said lot, now owned by William Jackson, and is the whole
of the farm I now live on and improve." This land was
reconveyed by James Brigham to Benjamin Quinby 8 Jan.
1817, and was on the same date conveyed by Benjamin
Quinby to James Cunilingham of Hillsborough.
It is stated that Benjamin lost all his property by
going on a bond for a friend, and that for years he was
extremely careful to keep the doors of his house locked, as
the law of the time is said to have permitted the sheriflF to
enter and levy upon the contents of a house if he could
enter peaceably. The Sullivan county (N. H.) records
show that his estate was insolvent at his death. Children
of Benjamin * and Keziah (Bickford) Quinby, born at Unity
except X.:
I. Infant', born and died at Deering;
II. Infant', born and died at Deering;
III. Dorothy' Quinby, born 4 Nov. 1795; married by
Francis Chase, J. P., 6 Jan. 1825, to Jacob Chase
of Unity; they had sons Sylvester and Rev.
Michael R.; she died Aug. 1828, at Unity;
IV. Michael' Quinby, born 7 Mar. 1798; died before
Sept. 1805;
363. V. Benjamin' Quimby, born 18 Oct. 1800 (see);
VI. Joseph' Quinby, born 10 Mar. 1803; died young;
354. VII. Michael ' Quimby, born 3 Sept. 1805 (see) ;
VIII. Keziah' Quinby, born 19 July, 1808; she married
John L. Brewster and had Marquis, Celia A.,
Plumer, and Rev. Leroy S.;
355. IX. Silas' Quimby, born 19 May, 1811 (see);
X. Lorenda' Quinby, born at Unity, Apr. 1814, died
28 Apr. 1831.
Note — Rev. Silas E. Quimby's book contains much of the foregoing, and
our thanks are due him for the material about land transfers. Two of the
three sons who grew up became ministers, and all three spelled their names
Quimby as their descendants do.
The great grandsons of John^ {Robert^) numbered from
128 to 185 inclusive with their sons of the 7th generation,
numbered from 356 to 477 inclusive^ are omitted from this
volume. They all spell the name Quimby.
186. Joseph* (Henry ^, Philip*, Joseph'', Robert^) born
16 May, 1762, at Amesbury, Mass., says the town record.
244 The Qthnby Family
The family record gives variously 16 May, 1763 and 1764,
at Newbury port, Mass. The U. S. census of 1790 indicates
that he l,ived with his father's family at Newbury, Mass.,
at that time. The next mention of him is in the U. S.
records which show that a patent for an invention in saw-
mills was granted to Joseph Quinby of Boston, 25 Apr.
1806, which must have been the same Joseph.
Joseph removed to Charleston, South Carolina, where
he engaged in shipbuilding, and "held a commission as an
officer in the militia for thirty years, with rank of captain,
during which time he served in the war of 1812." He
married 2 Jan. 1794, Elizabeth Speissegger. He was
drowned 16 Mar. 1818, in the Stone River. He had the
following children, born at Charleston (only four married) :
478. I. Henry M. ' Quinby, born 18 Nov. 1794, died 2 Oct.
1821;
479. II. Joseph' Quinby, born 14 Oct. 1796 (see);
480. III. Thomas' Quinby, born 12 Oct. 1798 (see);
IV. Susan' Quinby, born 31 Mar. 1801, died 6 Sept.
1839;
V. Elizabeth ' Quinby, born 10 Aug. 1802; married
David Bell, Jr., and died 16 Sept. 1873, at New
York city (see obituary following);
VI. George' Quinby, born 1 July, 1804;' died 14 Dec.
1821;
VII. William ' Quinby, born 2 Jan. 1806, died Sept.
1808;
VIII. Mary' Quinby, born 8 Nov. 1808, died 18 Oct.
1815;
481. IX. Edwin '.Quinby, born 19 Sept. 1810, died in 1852
at Sacramento, California;
482. X. Laurence' Quinby, born 12 Aug. 1812 (see).
Mrs. Bell's Obituary
"In the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Quinby Bell, relict of the
late David Bell of Charleston, S. C, (of which city they were
both natives) which occurred in the city of New York, on the
16th day of September, 1873, whither she had gone to be present
at the marriage of her youngest son, her family and friends have
sustained a loss so great, and are called upon to endure a grief
so deep and holy, that the most eloquent words of condolence
can but seem as meaningless and empty, and attempts of con-
solation and comfort appear intrusive. Nor will this feeling be
confined to her immediate family and circle of intimate friends,
none who, even of her most casual associates, but will deeply
sympathize with the bereaved mourners whom this visitation more
directly affects. From early youth to vigorous maturity, and
thence down the slope to her allotted 'three score years and ten,'
when
'As one who wraps the drapery of her couch about her
She lay down to pleasant dreams.'
The QmNBY Family 24:5
her daily walk was a perpetual example of unpretending piety,
continuous good works and unfailing charity to all who came with-
in the sphere of her influence. Fervently and unaffectedly be-
lieving 'He doeth all things well,' that terrible double affliction
she was called upon to bear in the loss of her husband and second
son upon the same day — during the war — wrung from her
'No loud laments, not one unseemly word;'
humbly, patiently and hopefully she bowed to the stroke, and
murmuring to her bereaved heart, 'the Lord giveth and the Lord
hias taken away,' courageously addressed herself to the task of
impressing upon her stricken family the duty of resignation and
fortitude. Endowed by nature with mental powers and moral
attributes that would have charmed and adorned any society, she
preferred to limit their unostentatious exhibitipii to her own
family and the comparative few who were so fortunate as to be-
come her intimate friends, all of whom found in her up to the
last, both in precept and example, their best counsellor, guide and
friend.
"Fervently pious, she never approached fanaticism or asceti-
cism; firm in all of her convictions she never questioned the
honesty of opinion of those with whom she differed; rigid and
exacting with herself as to the performance of every duty, she
was ever lenient and charitable to the failings of others. A loving
wife, a devoted, affectionate, self-sacrificing and watchful mother;
a sympathetic yet always prudent friend, and a humble, devoted
Christian, she continually strove to discharge faithfully every duty
of life, never going out of her way to seek burdens and diflficulties
whereby to magnify her own merit, but doing whatever 'her
hand found to do, in the fear of the Lord.'
"That such a mother and friend should be mourned with a
grief commenstrate with the reverential affection inspired by the
manifold virtues and excellencies exhibited in her daily life, is
naturally inevitable, but even the bereaved son and daughter,
whom this visit of the 'dread messenger' most poignantly afllicts,
must find some alleviation of their sorrow in the reflection that
for such a character, death could have no terrors; that after a life
of usefulness and self-denial, she has now merely exchanged the
temporal for the eternal service and praise of Him in whose fear
she lived and died. ^- ^- ^•
Note— BeH. David' Bell, born in England in 1768, died at Charleston,
Sniifh Carolina 7 Oct 1844. His son, David * Bell, Jr., was born 15 Mar.
1801 at Charleston, married EUzabethir Quinby, and died at GramteyiUe
S C 5 Apr. 1864. They had Edwin Quinby' Bell, Sr., born at Charleston;
he had I Edidn Quinby* Bell, Jr., born 19 July, 1874, at New York City;
marrfed i6 Wr 1900, Alma W., daughter of Charles Read Shaw. He has
been for years a distinguished member of the real estate fraternity and of that
branch of journaUsm of New York City and edits that department in the
N Y Md7ll. Catherine Sadler' Bell, born 13 July, 1876, at New York
'*^NoTE-A slave belonging to Joseph! Quinby, then to his daughter, Mrs.
Bell was the "Mammy" or nurse of Edwin Q. Bell, Sr., and was known as
pinny "Quinby." The slaves very frequently assumed the name of the family
oSg them^From Joseph Quinby's slaves there may perhaps be a negro
Quinby family somewhere.
246 The Qudiby Family
187. Moses* {Henrys, Philip*, Joseph*, Robert^) born
23 June, 1764, at Amesbury, Mass. The family record
says 11 June, 1765. He was married 2,5 Apr. 1790, by Rev.
Mr. Kimball to Elizabeth Hunt, at Newbury, Mass. Both
the intention and the marriage are on record there. The
census of 1790 names him as head of a family at Newbury,
consisting only of himself and his bride. The census of
1810, gives his residence as Newburyport, Mass. Besides
his wife he thjen had two girls under ten, and one between
ten and sixteen years of age. He died 4 July, 1811; Eliza-
beth his widow died 29 Mar. 1822, at Newburyport.
Children, born at Newbury, Mass.:
I. Hannah' Quinbt, born 20 Sept. 1791; one Han-
nah's intention of marriage with Dudley Hanly is
recorded 27 May, 1805, at Newburyport; and
there is a marriage of one Hannah at Newbury-
port recorded 29 Nov. 1815, to David Emerson
of Weare, N. H.;
II. Susan' Quinbt ("Sukey") born 27 July, 1793; she
died unmarried 14 Mar. 1870, of general debility,
at Salisbury Mills, Mass., "aged 77y. 7m. 15d."
Thomas J. Clark was appointed administrator in
April, 1870; among the claims allowed against
the $1336 in the estate was $288 to Henry Bart-
lett for two years' board. She was aged 77y. 7m.
according to her tombstone, which further says:
"Death does not part us though it seems too."
483. III. Moses' Quinbt, born 25 Jan. 1799 (see).
188. Henry', (Henry ^, Philip*, Joseph^, Robert'') was
born 11 June, 1766, at Amesbury, Mass. He married
Eliza and lived at Newburyport. Eliza his wife
died there 30 Sept. 1810. He seems to have been the
Henry who married 25 July, 1824, Mehitable*, daughter
of Joseph' and Tamsen (Twambly) Waldron. She was
born 25 July, 1789, and died Mar. 1858. (Mehitable's
sister Sarah married George W.^ Quinby (Benjamin ', Ben-
jamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^). She and her ancestry
are mentioned in V. N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, p. 205).
They may have been the parents of Susan Ann, born 1826;
George W., born 1829, and Lydia J., born 1833; but this
Henry's advanced years lead me to believe they were the
children of his son Henry '.
The United States Cepsus of 1810 gives Henry as
head of a family comprising his wife aged between 26 and
45, with another woman of like age, also two girls and a
boy between 10 and 16 years old; and two boys under 10.
Children of Henry » and Eliza Quinby, born at New-
buryport, Mass.:
The Quinbt Family 247
484. I.
Joseph' Quinbt, born 9 June, 1796;
II. Maky Ann ' Quinby, born 29 Mar. 1798;
III. Harriet' Quinby, born 19 July, 1800; married
Daniel Smith, 26 Nov. 1818, at Newburyport;
their intention of marriage is also on record;
485. IV. William Currier' Quinbt, born 22 Dec. 1802;
his marriage intention with Hannah Dearborn of
Greenland, N. H., was recorded 31 Jan. 1829, at
Newburyport;
486. V. Henry' Quinby, born 14 Nov. 1805 (see);
VI. Eliza ' Quinby, born 9 Apr. 1809, died 11 Apr. 1809.
189. Philip* {Henry \ Philip*, Joseph^ Robert^) born
9 Apr. 1777, at Amesbury, Mass. He always spelled his
name Quinby and it is so recorded in the family Bible.
He was a carpenter. He married 13 Dec. 1797, at New-
bury, Sarah Foss, born at Newmarket, N. H., who died of
palsy at Haverhill, Mass., 16 Nov. 1852, aged 82. He
died at Haverhill of inflammation of the bowels, 15 May,
1855, "aged 80." (See N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg. 1853). His
will was proved in Essex county, Mass., 26 June, 1855.
The U. S. census of 1810 gives Philip as head of a
family at Newbury, Mass., consJfeting of himself, a boy
under 10, evidently Philip'; a girl between 10 and 16; two
women between 26 and 45, one of whom no doubt his wife
and two women over 45. The census olf 1850 gives Philip,
age 76, and Sarah aged 81, living together at Haverhill,
Mass.; his real estate worth $1500.
In Dec. 1879, after the death of the widow of his son
Philip, Jr., an administrator of an undivided balance was
appointed on petition of the following, the only then lega-
tees and heirs at law of Philip': C. O. ' Quinby, Caroline
Sanborn and Susan M. Quinby. The property amounted
to $3090.19, of which a house and lot on School st. was
appraised at $1200, and a house and lot on Chestnut st.,
$955. The old geiitleman had evidently loaned Philip, Jr.,
$700, and taken a mortgage on the home of the latter, so
that when Mary J., Philip Jr.'s wife, died, it was sold and
the proceeds went to his children as heirs of their grand-
father Philip, Sr., instead of to the next of kin, who got
only the balance of her estate, about $36.00 each. Children
I. Maria ' Quinby, born 8 Mar. 1799, at Newbury-
port; married Sawyer; died before 1852;
II. Ann' Quinby, born 26 May, 1801 (Newbury record);
died 16 Feb. 1802;
487. III. Philip' Quinby, born 2 Mar. 1803, at Newbury-
port (see).
248 The Quinby Family
Will of Philip • Quinby
Know all men by these presents that I Philip Quinby of
Haverhill, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, being in ill health and of sound and disposing mind and
memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament,
hereby revoking all previous wills by me at any time heretofore
made.
First, I hereby constitute and appoint Edmund Kimball,
Esq. of Bradford in said county, to be my sole executor of this
my last will and directing my said executor to pay all my just
debts and funeral expenses and legacies hereafter given out of my
estate.
Second, I give and bequeath to my son Philip Quinby, Jr.,
my chest and all my carpenter tools.
Third, I order the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be
laid out and expended by my said executor, in the purchase of
proper tomb stones or monument, and in the fencing and other
proper improvements of the burial lot owned by me in the Haver-
hill cemetery.
Fourth, after the payment of my just debts, funeral expenses
and legacies aforesaid I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah
Quinby the use and income of all my remaining estate both real
and personal to have and to hold the same during her lifetime.
Fifth, after the death of my beloved wife, I give and be-
queath to my son Philip Quinby, Jr., the use and income of five-
ninths of all my remaining estate real and personal during his
natural life, after which I give, bequeath and devise the same to
his children Mary, Susan, Sarah, Otis and Catharine to be dis-
posed of by them or their guardians and divided equally among
them.
Sixth, as soon as may be after the decease of my wife, my
will is that the remaining four-ninths of my real and personal
estate be divided into four parts and be deposited in the Haver-
hill Savings Bank for the benefit and in behalf of the children of
my deceased daughter Mariah Sawyer, whose names are Charles,
Daniel, Martha-Ann and Edward Sawyer and there remain until
each arrive at the age of twenty-one years at which times each
one will be entitled to one-fourth part which I give, devise and
bequeath to them forever.
Seventh, I constitute and appoint Edmund Kimball Esq.
my executor, to be trustee of all the property mentioned in the
fourth, fifth and sixth articles of the above will and to dispose of
the same agreeable to my request.
In testimony whereof I the said Philip Quinby have to this
my last will and testament set my hand and affixed my seal this
fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-two. t,i -t ^ • ,
Philip Quinby.
The Quinby Family 249
Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Philip Quinby as and
for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his
request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have
subscribed our names as witnesses hereof. I. B. Aldrich, C. W.
Wentworth, John Edwards.
190, Eben' (Henrys, Philip*, Joseph\ Robert^) born
25 Feb. 1788, at Amesbury, Mass. The Newbury record
says 1786. He was married at Salem, Mass., 6 Nov. 1808,
to Priscilla Teague, by Rev. S. Worcester, and he died 12
July, 1832. Children:
I. Harriet" Quinby, died in 1835;
488. II. Joseph W." Quinby, born 1825 at Haverhill, Mass. (see)
191. Moses « (Josiah\ John*, John", John^, Will-
iam^) born 18 Mar. 1749, at Orange, N. J.; married first,
in 176-, Mary, daughter of Moses and Susannah (Dodd)
Baldwin; married second Lydia (?Lyon), who died about
April, 1834, in which year, 11 Oct., her will was probated.
Mr. Quinby was township assessor; his home was on the
site now occupied by the station of the Greenwood Lake
Railroad (Erie R. R., Oranjge branch). He died in 1825
at Orange. Mr. Quinby's first three children by wife Mary
were baptised 16 Oct. 1774, in the Mountain Society, (First
Presbyterian church) at Orange. Moses and his wife en-
tered into covenant with the same church society the same
day. Children:
I. Lois ' Quinby, born 29 Oct. 1767; married Henry Force,
a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, born 1765,
died 1829; she died 1814, and their grandson,
J. F. Force, Esq., 651 South Pasadena av., Pasa-
dena, Cal., the genealogist of that family, says
she became a member of the Mountain Society,
of Orange, N. J., and that she had at least thir-
teen children, of whom eight were sons;
489. II. Caleb' Quinby, born 15 Sept. 1770 (see);
490. III. JoTHAM' Quinby, born 31 May, 1773 (see);
491. IV. Hiram' Quinby, born 5 Sept. 1775 (see);
V. Eliza' Quinby ("Betsy") born about 1780; bap-
tised 29 Apr. 1781, in the church at Morristown,
N. J.; married 10 Nov. 1803, John, son of David
Porter, of Morristown, born 14 Mar. 1781; she
died about 1824-5; their son John Porter, born 10
Dec, 1815, married his second cousin, Catherine*
Quinby {Daniel'', Aaron", Josiah^) and died 11
Dec. 1892;
VI. Sarah' Quinby, born 1783-5, married Isaac Tappan
(born 1782, died 1850); they lived at Hanover
Neck, N. J.; she died 13 Oct. 1822;
VII. Deborah' (or Rachel') Quinby, married Daniel
Baket
250 The Qthnby Family
192. Aaron* (Josiah^, John*, John*, John*, Will-
iam') born 1764 at Orange, New Jersey; married first,
Phoebe Hedden; she died 14 Feb. 1787, in the 28th year
of her age and is buried in the old Orange cemetery under
a slab of brown sandstone. Aaron married second, Jemima
Downer. He died 28 Oct. 1824, and has a white marble
slab in the old cemetery at Orange. Children:
492. I. Daniel' Quinby, born 16 Nov. 1780 (see);
II. Lydia' Quinby, born 1782, died 16 July, 1845;
married 25 Dec. 1808, Stephen P. Brittin, born
1783, died 1854; they had seven children;
III. Ruth' Quinby, married at South Orange, 8 May,
1804, Dea. Peter, son of Stephen and Naomi
(Condit) Peck, born 4 Jan. 1784; they had seven
children; Deacon Peck married second, Rhoda
Harrison; he died 5 Jan. 1865.
193. JosiAH' (Josiah^, John*, John'', John'', Will-
iam'^) born 15 May, 1762, at Orange, N. J. He, like his
father, is constantly called Josias in various records. It
is said that the record of Revolutionary pensions shows his
name, with the words: "lived in Hanover township, Morris
county, from 1768." He moved to Troy Hills, N. J., and
located in 1797 on the farm where David E. Quinby lives
(1899; History of Morris County), "and erected the first
gristmill on the Parsippanty brook at Troy Hills. He later
purchased a farm and engaged in the manufacture of shoes
for the southern trade. He was a Presbyterian and Whig."
He married first, Phoebe Harrison of Orange, born in 1760;
she died 26 Dec. 1813, "aged 50" (her brother Amos Har-
rison was an early settler at Troy Hills; his grand-daughter
Sarah Louisa married David Eugene* Quinby). Josiah '
Quinby married second, 22 June, 1814, Susannah Baldwin
of Troy, Morris county, by whom he had no children; she
was born 15 June, 1777, died 9 Dec. 1857, and is buried at
Parsippany. Josiah died 25 Mar. 1836.
Mr. Isaac Quinby Gurnee of Butler, N. J., says:
"About 1903 I questioned uncle Eugene (David E. Quinby)
who resembled Josias of Troy who died in 1835; he said he
remembered him well and that my uncle Dewitt C. Quinby
resembled him greatly. You will note from their portraits
that each had a nose strongly Roman, as had Martha
(Quinby) DeHart. Emma (Quinby) Cobb, my mother's
sister was a strong featured woman, had a Roman nose and
a strong mind." Children of Josiah ' and Phoebe (Harri-
son) Quinby:
493. I. Josiah' Quinby, born 2 Feb. 1783 (see);
II. Ann ' Quinby, married Sylvanus Howell and moved
Daniel DeHakt,
husband of Martha'' (Qiiinby) De
Hart (pl'.oto by J. Kirk, Newark,
N. J.) (p. 251)
Martha? Qdinbt DeHart,
daughter of 193.Josiah'i Quinby (p.
251).
AXN" (Quinby) Howell, Eachki. hi.' ((^uixiiv) Green
(Photo, by G. W. Mnnley, Akron, 0.) (Photo, by W. IT. Rolfs, Newark,
(p. 250.)' N. J. (p. 251.)
njTTr.MTKRS nv Ifl.'i.lo.SIAH''' QUINBY.
The QuiNBT Family 251
to Copley, Summit county, Ohio; had one child,
Anna Marie, who married Rowland Leonard and
had son Clyde, born about 1880;
494. III. James H. ' Quinby, born 1786 (see);
IV. Jemima' Quinbt, married 10 Mar. 1804, William
Davis of Orange;
495. V. Isaac Quinby, born 2 Mar. 1788 (see);
VI. Martha' Quinby (like several other Marthas of
this family, she was usually called "Patty") born
27 Sept. 1789, married 17 Aug. 1813, Daniel
DeHart who was born 20 July, 1780 (29 July,
1787, says Mr. Gurnee) and died 6 May, 1868;
Martha died 11 Sept. 1872; both buried at Parsip-
pany; their son Robert caused the following in-
scription to be cut on her gravestone: "Friend,
sister, wife, mother: To each of these sacred
titles the steadfastness of her Christian faith gave
peculiar sacredness; but especially does her un-
tiring mother-care remain an undying benediction
to her children; and oh, the kiss she gave us ere
she died, softens our spirit still." The composer
of this unusual epitaph was superintendent of
schools at Morristown;
496. VII. Moses' Quinby, born 1 Apr. 1791, died 19 Nov.
1836, aged 45y. 7m. 19d. at Parsippany, un-
married;
VIII. Phoebe ' Quinby, married 23 Nov. 1825, by Rev.
John Ford, to Stephen DeHart; Mr. Gurnee, who
supplies the portraits herewith, mentions her de-
scendants as Brainerd Childs of Kansas City, who
has no children; and Jane, who married Oliver
Freeman, lived at Newark and had one son, John,
who died in Tennessee, and it is said', left one
child; Mrs. Phoebe is living at 17 Monroe st.,
Bloomfield, N. J., (1913) with Mrs. Mary Ann (Quin-
by) Gurnee;
497. IX. David Smith ' Quinby born 17 Apr. 1795, at Orange
X. Rachel S. ' Quinby, born 28 Oct. 1800; married 20
Dec. 1820, Robert A. Green of Hanover; "she
lived at Troy Hills all her life; I remember her
well; she resembled the Quinby family very
strongly," says Mr. Gurnee. Mr. Green was
born 2 Oct. 1796, died 14 June, 1884, (10 June,
says Mr. Gurnee). She died 18 Feb. 1888 and
both are buried at Parsippany. Their daughter
Mary H. Green married 24 May, 1847, Thomas
Notes.— Daniel DeHart who married Martha' Quinby and Stephen De
Hart who married Phoebe' Quinby were brothers of Sarah DeHart who mar-
ried Isaac ' brother of Martha and Phoebe Quinby. The Qumbys also mter-
married several times with the Harrison family of Newark; Mr. Gurnee says
they are said to be "related to the Harrisons of Virgmia from whom our two
Presidents came." It is said that a very complete list of the descendants of
Josiah' Quinby is in the possession of Arthur Kimball, 64 Dodd St., East
Orange, N. J. Mr. Isaac Quinby Gurnee, of Butler, N. J., is the recognized
historian of this branch of the Quinbys; he has studied the subject much and
has published several articles about the family.
252 The Quinbt Family
A. Smith. Miss Eleanor A. Smith of Troy Hills
gives her grandmother Rachel's birth date as 8
Feb. 1800 and says her death occurred 28 Oct.
1888.
Quinby Reunion, 1914
A reunion of members of the Quinby clan descended from
193Josiah ', and particularly of those who live near the old church
at Parsippany, was held at the chapel there on Saturday after-
noon, 3 Oct. 1914. After greetings had been exchanged, a bounti-
ful luncheon was served. The chairs were then removed to the
lawn and the following exercises took place:
Address of Welcome, Miss Eleanor A. Smith;
Remarks, Thanking the Committee, Mr. Arnot Quinby;
Poem, by Miss F. Elizabeth Quinby, read by Miss Applegate;
The Origin of the Quinbys, Mr. Henry C. Quinby.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Howell, Miss
E. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Arnot Quinby, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
R. Quinby, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Quinby, Mrs. Edwin S. Wil-
son, Mrs. James H. Quinby, Miss F. Ehzabeth Quinby, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Wingfield, Mrs. William S. Applegate, Mrs.
Brainard, Mrs. Ehzabeth Wright Acken, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
T. Racey, Miss Maria D. Green, and many of the Howell and
Applegate young folks. Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Applegate, Mrs. Wil-
son, Mrs. Brainard and Miss Smith, the committee, received much
sincere praise for the splendid feast and admirable arrangements.
194. Joseph' (Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, Will-
iam^) born 1768, Orange, New Jersey; he married first, 1
Oct. 1796, Mrs. Sarah (Ross) Pierson, born 6 May, 1777,
a widow, daughter of James and Hannah (Thompson)
Ross; she died 18 Apr. 1803. Joseph was married second
15 Apr. 1804, by Rev. Dr. McWhorter of Newark, N. J.,
to Mary, daughter of Dr. Philemon Elmer of Westfield,
N, J. Dr. Joseph Quinby died 26 Mar. 1835, at West-
field, N. J., it is said without issue, though this may be
incorrect, there being some mention of children by his
second wife, who died in 1842.
The following is from the Newark Daily Advertiser:
"Essex County District Medical Society, Newark, N. J,,
28 Mar. 1835. Intelligence having been received this morn-
ing from Westfield of the death of Dr. Joseph Quinby, a
respected physician of that place, and a member of this
society from its institution, agreeably to a standing regula-
tion provided for such cases, the members of the Society,
in token of their respect for the memory of the deceased,
will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Samuel H. Pennington, Sec'ty. N. B. Publishers of papers
The Quinbt Family 253
in the County are respectfully requested to insert the above
notice."
It is a family tradition that Dr. Joseph « was fond of
spKorts, such as horseracing — a characteristic of some of
th;e family.
195. John* (Josiah^, John*, John^, John\ Will-
iam^) born in 1770 at Orange, N. J. (The statement by
Miss Marie Antoinette Quinby in Lewis & Co.'s Genealo-
gical History of New Jersey, that this John was wounded
in the battle of Brandy wine in 1777, serving in the First
battalion. Second Establishment, First regiment is mani-
festly erronenous, for his gravestone in the old cemetery
at Orange says that he died 3 June, 1839, in his 69th year
which would make him only seven years old at the time of
the battle. The Revolutionary soldier is probably 196
John *, whose line is not given in this volume) .
John * Quinby married first, Hannah, daughter of Isaac
Crane, born 4 Aug. 1773, died 4 (or 14) May, 1813; John
married second, 26 Oct. 1815, Sarah, daughter of Isaac
Smith, born 21 May, 1781, died 13 Feb. 1865. John and
his two wives are buried at Orange, where he and Hannah
have white marble headstones and Sarah a granite one.
Children :
I. Joanna' Qtjinby, born 1801; married 29 Dec. 1836,
Lemuel C. Cole of Cheshire, Mass., and died in
Michigan; Mr. Cole married second, 1849, Susan
P. Stone;
II. Martha' Quinby (called "Patty"), born 6 Aug.
1804, married John G. Smith, born 19 Sept. 1807,
of Opalitka, Alabama, and lived at Orange; she
died 26 Nov. 1867; he died 4 Dec. 1885 (Dodd
says 1895);
498. III. Joseph' Quinby, born 1807-8, died at Orange in
1846, unmarried;
499. IV. John L. ' Quinby, born 1811, died in New York
state in 1847, unmarried;
600. V. William Smith' Quinby, born 26 Sept. 1819 (see).
Numbers 196 to 216 inclusive with their sons numbered
from 501 to 550, are omitted from this volume; they are de-
scendants of Robert \ who populated Morristown, N. J., and
spelled the name Quimby and include the Nicholas Em-
mons ' Quimby family, the Solomon « Quimby family of Ohio;
also the descendants of James'', of Marlborough, N. Y., and
of Ephraim^, of Rensselaer county, N. Y.
254 The Quinby PAMHiY
217. Ephraim ' {Samuel ', Ephraim *, Josiah*, John *,
William') born 5 Feb. 1792, near Warren, Ohio, a physi-
cian, educated at Jefferson College, where he boarded with
his sister Sarah and was a college mate of Dr. Williams
Heaton, who married his cousin Elizabeth ' {Ephraim ^
Ephraim*). He lived at Marietta, Ohio. He married
first, 12 July, 1825, Sarah, daughter of Maj. John and
Priscilla (Devoe) White of Marietta, and resided there.
The descendants all give her name as Sarah White; Mrs.
Beebe and another say Sarah Guiteau; perhaps she had
both names. She died at Marietta. Children:
I. Julia A. ' Quinbt, born 3 Apr. 1826;
II. Emmeline Minerva ' Quinbt, born 28 Oct. 1828,
at Marietta, and there married 24 Feb. 1853, John
Gray Stephenson, who was born there 23 Jan.
1826, son of John and Louisa (Protsman) Step-
henson; in 1911 she lives with her granddaughter,
Mrs. M. H. Helford (nee Emeline L. Stephenson)
at 1938 Vermont Ave., Toledo, Ohio, having rented
her Marietta home;
551. III. Geobge Francis' Quinbt, born 6 Mar. 1831 (see);
IV. Sarah T. ' Quinbt, born 5 Nov. 1834;
552. V. William' Quinbt, was living at Marietta, Ohio, in
1892; "William Quinby married Mrs. Martha
Jones 21 Aug. 1879, Marietta, Ohio" (II. Old
N. W. Quarterly, lU);
Dr. Ephraim* Quinby married second, Angeline Stew-
art, and had:
553. VI. Charles Stewart ' Quinbt, born 7 June, at Mar-
ietta, 1855 (see).
Note. — As showing how tradition grows out of nothing in two generations,
I mention the fact that a grandchild of Dr. Ephraim says her Quinby grand-
parents came from England.
218. Samuel* {Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah^, John*,
William') born 2 Sept. 1802 at Sharon, Pa.; married Olivia,
born 1807, daughter of John Rankin of Hickory, Pa. Sam-
uel • died in 1886 at Sharon. In 1850, says the census, he
was a tavern keeper at Sharon, owned at least $1200 of
real estate, and he and his wife lived there with eight of
their children (numbered below, II., IV., V., VII. to XI.)
Children, born at Sharon:
I. Teresa' Quinbt, born 1827, married Samuel Wat-
son;
II. Mary' Quinbt, born 1829, married James M.
Willson, and died 1903;
III. AcHSAH ' Quinbt born 1832 in Ohio, married Joseph
Hunter; died 19 Dec. 1890;
VI.
VII.
565.
VIII.
556.
IX.
557.
X.
XI.
558.
XII.
The Quinbt Family 255
554. IV. John Rankin' Quinby, born 1834, in Ohio: died
1869;
V. Olivia' Quinby, born 1836 in Ohio; married first,
Charles Cook; she married second, Samuel Watson;
died 1900;
Charles' Quinby, born 1838; died 1839;
Julia' Quinby, born 1839, married Samuel Liddle;
died 1902;
Samuel C. ' Quinby, born 1842, died 1864;
QuiNCY Adams' Quinby, born 11 Feb. 1844 (see);
James Lewis ' Quinby, born 1847 (see) ;
Lauba' Quinby, born 1849, died 1851;
Habry C. ' Quinby, born 1851 (see).
219. Charles S. « {Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah^, John*,
William^) born 1806 near Warren, Ohio, and soon went
with his parents to Sharon, Pa. Later he returned to
Ohio, and married Laura Almira Adams of Girard, Ohio.
He died aged 61 at Sharon, Pa., where she also died. Chil-
dren:
I. Nancy De Forest' Quinby;
II. Teresa Carver' Quinby, married T. C. Hendryx
and lives (1912) at 5127 Ascot ave., Los Angeles,
Calif.; he died at Los Angeles, 10 Sept. 1914;
559. III. Samuel Augustus ' Quinby, born 30 Mar. 1844, at
Sharon (see);
IV. AcHSAH Park' Quinby married Jacob Hess and
lives (1912) at 235 South Dock st., Sharon, Pa.;
Jesse Reeves' Quinby, lives (1912) at Sharon, Pa.;
Ephraim Frederic ' Quinby, lives (1912) at Sharon,
Pa.;
Frank Benjamin' Quinby (see);
Charles Smith Emmens ' Quinby (see);
Laura Starlight' Quinby;
Lewis Reno' Quinby (see);
George ' Quinby, dead before 1912.
Note. — Mrs. Beebe mentions one Charles S. Quinby as having died 19
Oct. 1864 aged 64.
At this point should probably be included 220a ' the
father of 568Elijah'' Quimby of Millington, Maryland, whose
numerous line will await another volume in order if possible
to determine his exact connection with the earlier generations.
560.
V.
561.
VI.
562.
VII.
563.
VIII.
IX.
564.
X.
565.
XI.
221. Samuel « (Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah\ John*,
William^) born 28 Nov. 1794, in Washington county, Penn.,
married Lucy Potter, daughter of Rev. Lymaji Potter of
Steubenville, Ohio, by whom he had six children. She
died in 1833. He married second, at Warren, Ohio, 27
Oct. 1847, Mrs. Emma (Bennlett) Brown of Hartford, Ohio,
256 The Quinby Family
born 6 June, 1815. There were two children, both sons,
born of this marriage. Of Samuel's eight children, only
Mrs. Abbie P. Haymaker of the first marriage and George
H. Quinby of the second, are living in 1911. The oldest
three, (two boys and a girl) died in infancy. The first
six were born at Wooster, Ohio, and there the first Mrs.
Quinby was buried. Mr. Quinby then removed to Warren,
Ohio, with his children Abigail, Elizabeth and Samuel, and
died 4 Feb. 1873 (1874, says History of Wayne County)
at Warren. Children, born at Wooster, Ohio:
I. Ephbaim ' Quinby died an infant, by 1850;
II. Bishop^ Quinby, died an infant, by 1850;
(One son died 1841; another 1850).
III. Nancy ' Quinby, died an infant;
IV. Samuel' Quinby, died aged eight, of scarlet fever;
V. Elizabeth ' Quinby, born 8 Apr. 1827; married
William R. Stiles, 15 June, 1853, and settled at
Warren, Ohio; she died 27 Mar. 1893. Mr.
Stiles was born 27 Apr. 1827 and died 16 Sept.
1904;
VI. Abigail P. ' Quinby, born 23 Sept. 1830, at Wooster,
Ohio; married 3 Mar. 1858 at Warren, Ohio, Jesse,
son of Frederic and Mary Haymaker; she lives at
139 North Market st., Wooster, Ohio, and has
be/^n a valued correspondent of mine upon the
genealogy of her branch;
569. VII. James' Quinby, born at Wooster, 1848-50, "died
years ago;"
570. VIII. George H. ' Quinby, born 13 Apr. 1852; married
Sophia (Moore) Crafts, 4 Mar. 1876, at Warren;
she was born at Parkman, Ohio, daughter of J. L.
and N. E. (Johnson) Moore. Mr. Quinby is an
invalid from paralysis and lived in the family
mansion at Warren; in 1914, at Parkman, Ohio;
no children.
LIFE OF SAMUEL' QUINBY
"Samuel Quinby, son of Judge Quinby, throughout a long,
active and honorable public career, continued to maintain the
e|aviable name and reputation established by his father. He was,
at an early age, appointed Assistant Postmaster at Warren, by
General Simon Perkins, the first Postmaster of the territory. He
was clerk in his father's store from 1814 to 1817, and during the
last named year he became one of the proprietors of the Western
Reserve Chronicle, one of the oldeist journals on the Reserve, which
position he held till 1819. Upon the election of the late John
Sloane to Congress from the Sixth District of Ohio, he was ap-
pointefd, by Presid€&it Monroe, to succeed Mr. Sloane in the office
of ReceivejT of Public Moneys of the United States Land Office for
the district, of land^ subject to sale, at. Wooster, Ohio, removing
hither in May, 1819. During his residence in Woostar he was
The Quinbt Family 257
aTonpl*pin^/.*^^ ^^'^ party for Congress, and although it was
?hP nffilfof p^'*'-^^ 'TJ^L>'' ^^^^"^oe of his ticket. He held
that of Treasurer of Wayne county from the year 1822 to 1838.
^no+i, rT • ^ returned to Warren, where he lived until his
«t!fr™" ■^""^e.'^ost of his life political discussions were usually
Onf^^ ^1a *"'"^"i«^*- 1° the election of 1828 he supported John
2^«K^ Tf fo/ President; and when the political temp^t
which overwhelmed his administration for its alleged ^travagance
and corruption broke upon the country and defeated his r€helec-
tion, and ejected Gene/ral Jackson in his stead, the triumphant
party did not succeed in displacing Mr. Quinby, as was the case
generally of others, though great efforts were made for that pur-
f^^t' ij u"^^ *^® administration of General Jackson he continued
u-i- •* °^^^ °^ Receiver of Public Moneys at Woostei-, his
ability, integrity and purity of character, and the high esteem in
which he was held as a faithful public officer, at home and at
Washington, having insured him against removal from office. His
well known hostility to slavery transferred his allegiance from the
Whig to the Republican party, of which he continued an esteejmed
and influential member to the close of his life. He was twice
dected to the Senate from Trumbull county, serving full terms —
the first in 1844 and the second in 1861. He was for many years
a director of the Western Reserve Bank, and the associate of Per-
kins, Parsons, Freeman, and others, who gave the institution its
good name and reputation.
"The twenty years, principally of official life, spent by Sam-
uel Quinby in Wayne county, defines an era in its history. Having
but few predecessors, he inaugurated the Augustan age of public
and private virtue. He left an example of official purity and per-
sonal integrity worthy of emulation for all time. He was not a
politician, according to the construction of that term in these
d^ys of corruption, misrule and mal-administration. When ele-
vated to positions of honor and public trust he was chosen be-
cause of his signal fitne'fes for the place, and he discharged its
duties with punctilious fidelity and scrupulous regard to his con-
scientious as wdll as his official obligations. No temptation or
illicit motive swayed or swervefd the infl^ible bent and purpose
of his aim. His official reputation is without a stain. His public
records are models of methodical system, aptness and efxactndps.
His p^manship is in the perfection of the art, ekch work a litho-
graph, and as symmetrical as the scrivener's of old, who, after
a long life of devotion to his art, died with the King's syllables
upon his p^ii. A promise with him was equivalent to its fulfill-
ment. Honesty was inscribed upon his shield; it was the rule of
his life, and the assurance of that possesion by the humblest
citizen entitled him to Mr. Quinby's consideration.
"The surviving pionejers of the county bring united testimony
to his noble impulses and genfltous disposition. . He appeared at
a crisis in their midst when they sorely needed a counselor and
whefa substantial assistance be^came one of the unforgotten boons.
As treasurer of the county for many years he had opportunity of
knowing the financial distresses of the toiling, moneyless settlers.
With this lattet class is where Mr. Quinby rose to the dignity of
the pioneer's true friend. We have it from the lips of old men
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258 The Quinbt Family
yet living in Wayne county that upon a candid and truthful
ret)resentation of their financial condition, he voluntarily paid
their taxejs for years, never exacting a cent of interest, and only
asking back what he paid, and ailording any reasonable time to
pay it in. To those who spoke regretfully of leaving comfortable
homes in other States, and talkefji of selling out and returning, he
addressed worths of encouragem^t, saying, "This is a great coun-
ty, let us make it our children's." A decided affirmative answer
to the question, "Will you stay with us and help fight our bat-
tlra?" relieved the heavy heart of many a penniless tax-payer.
"His name is today laden with a fragrance in the memory of
the pioneers, and they r^Vert to his manifold kindnesses with sighs
and sadnefes. Such a man, in such times of trial rises to the maj-
esty of a benefactor, and such a life leaves more than a transient
impression upon the age and period where its activities are dis-
played. He was a prominent and respected member of the Bap-
tist church in Warren, and his daily life and conversation illus-
trated the virtue^ of the Christian gentleman. Of the six children
by the first marriage, two only, and of the first by the second,
one only, survived him. He was an older brother of Ephraim
Quinby, Jr., a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work.
"It is emphatically evident that the Quinby family was an
enviably prominent one. In their successful operations for the
development of the resources of the country, they have demon-
strated a high order of business ability and commercial integrity.
Their personal example and laudable endeavors to elevate the
moral religious tone of the communities in which they moved,,
celebrate their virtues and the excellencies of their lives. The
unstained and unimpeachable characters they maintained in the
various positions of responsibility and honor entrusted to them by
the people constitute an enduring monument." (Levi Cox, His-
tory of Wayne county).
222. William B. ' (Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah*,
John*, William^) born 24 Nov. 1799, in Washington county,
Pa.; married Sophronia, daughter of Rufus and Lydia
(Paine) Spalding, says a family record. The Vital records
of Norwich, Connecticut, say: "William Quinby of Warren,
Ohio, and Sophronia M. Spalding of Norwich, were mar-
ried there 6 Apr. 1826, by Rev. Joseph Strong." Mr.
Quinby died 11 Dec. 1871. Children:
I. Thomas G. ' Quinby, died in infancy;
II. William Rufus' Quinby, died in infancy;
571. III. William Thomas' Quinby, born 18 Jan. 1833, at
Pittsburgh, Pa. (see) ;
IV. James ' Quinby, died in infancy;
V. Augusta Matilda ' Quinby, died in her 19th year,
unmarried.
Note. — William T. ''s son William P. says that these are all of William
B«'8 children, and that except as above, the birth dates are not known.
224. Warren B. • (Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah*,
John', William^) born 3 Nov. 1807, at Warren, Ohio;
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died there 9 Apr. 1897. Children by Catherine, daughter
of Cornehus and Mary Boyd:
572. I. William ' Quinby, born 29 Apr. 1835, at Lordstown,
Ohio (see);
II. ?Samubl' Quinby, died young;
by Rebecca Hixon:
III. (?female) ' Quinby, died young.
-„„j^o''^""r'^r*''^^ ^"J" infor™at»o»i to Miss Jane Boyd, Catherine's sister,
f! M 'aTu° ^^^V*** David Quinby, R. F. D. 7, Warren, Ohio (1911), and
to Mrs. Abbie P. Haymaker, Warren, Ohio.
225. Ephraim* {Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah\ John^,
William^) born 13 Apr. 1810, at Warren, Ohio; married
Jane (?) McConahay; he was a large owner of real estate in
Cleveland, Ohio. His home was at Wooster, Ohio, where
he died 30 Jan. 1880.
Ephraim' Quinby came to Wooster, 0., from Trum-
bull county. "He married Catherine, daughter of David
McConahay who represented Wayne county in the Ohio
legislature in 1825 and was associate judge. Ephraim
was a wise and prudent man," says a local history, "and
acquired a large fortune, mostly in real estate, located in
many of the western cities, but largely in Wooster, which
was improved by him and constituted very largely the
first steps of progress of this beautiful city. Wooster re-
ceived its first impulse in 1868, when he gave twenty one
acres of land upon which the college is located; he con-
tributed additionally to the endowment of the university;
he established the Wayne county National Bank, which
yet exists as one of the most prominent banks of the city."
His son was:
573. Edward McConahay' Quinby, born 21 Feb. 1851, at
Wooster (see).
227. George* {Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah*, John*,
William^) born 28 Aug. 1815, at Warren, Ohio; married 17
May, 1855, at Bucyrus, Ohio, Wilhelmina Regina Moffett,
born 17 Dec. 1832, at Hagerstown, Md., daughter of Will-
iam and Elizabeth (Shuman) Moffett. The 1900 directory
of Wooster, Ohio, gave George and Regina as living at 65
South Market st. George Quinby died at Wooster 18 Apr.
1904. In 1910 his widow was living at 103 East Jacob st.,
Louisville, Ky. She died in January, 1914, at Los Angeles,
Cal. The obituary notice says: "The Quinby family
moved from Bucyrus to Wooster where they were promi-
nent in both civic and social affairs. The name is revered
by local citizens and the death of this aged lady Wednes-
260 The Quinbt Family
day morning will be met with universal sympathy" (Woos-
ter Democrat, 9 Jan. 1914). The Quinby block, a building
at the northeast corner of the Public Square at Bucyrus
perpetuates the name. Children of George • Quinby:
574. I. James Moffett' Quinby, born 25 Mar. 1856 (see);
575. II. Charles L. ' Quinby, born 1 June, 1858 (see) ;
III. Susan Scott' Quinby, born 3 Mar. 1861; married
6 Sept. 1881, at Wooster, George E. Kline and
lives (1911) at 535 Ormsby st., Louisville, Ky.;
IV. Sarah B. ' Quinby, born 1 Mar. 1863, died 17 Dec.
1863;
V. Nancy L. ' Quinby, born 23 Aug. 1867, married 1
June, 1892, Harvey H. Laubach, lived at Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and later moved (1910) to California.
228. Daniel* (Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah', John^, Will-
iam^) born probably in Westchester county ( a descendant
says at Henrietta), N. Y., 3 mo. 9, 1778. The Friends'
records show that he married at Purchase, Westchester
county, 11 mo. 14, 1798, Anne, daughter of David and
Naomi Halstead of Harrison in the same county ("marriage
intention 10, 11, 1798; 11, 8, 1798; reported accordingly,
12, 13, 1798"). The Frost Genealogy (p. 117, makes the
following statement in which I italicise the errors: "David
Quinby married 11 July 1803, Anna, born 16 Dec. 1775,
daughter of David and Patience (Barnes) Halstead of Long
Island."
The census of 1810 gives Daniel Quinby and wife as
under 45 years of age, living at Northeast, Dutchess coun-
ty, N. Y., his family including two girls and a boy all
under 10 years old, and one girl and a boy between ten and
sixteen years old.
Daniel married second, Deborah Powell. A deed of
1822 mentions him as a Quaker preacher, resident of Free-
dom, Delaware county, N. Y. His is the family of Hick-
sites (Unitarian Friends) recorded in the list of the Roch-
ester Monthly Meeting, Henrietta Preparative Meeting, in
1828 as follows: "Daniel and Deborah, adults; Elijah,
Naomi and Henry, minors." The marriage of Hannah in
1824 at Henrietta is the only Quinby vital record found
on the index of the Farmington Monthly Meeting, Ontario
county, established in 1803. Daniel's family is the only
branch of our name mentioned; all at Henrietta. The
Friends' minutes there show that Deborah, Rev. Daniel's
wife, was appointed on the Committee in 1838 and was
appointed an Elder, 1 mo. 24, 1845.
The minutes of the Hicksites at the Henrietta Monthly
meeting, (says William W. Cocks of Mendon) show that
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Daniel was active from the first. Thp record begins at
the end of 1825, and in the following year he took his first
minute of unity in the Henrietta meeting, 12 mo. 29, 1826.
He requested a certificate o/ unity for a religious visit in
southern and western states 5 mo. 28, 1830, and a com-
mittee was appointed to confer with him as to his tem-
poral concerns. They reported next month they believed
his affairs were agreeably adjusted, and the certificate was
granted. Daniel took also a certificate of unity tO the
Westbury and Purchase Quarterly Meetings. He requested
a similar certificate 2 mo. 26, 1836, "to pay a religious
visit to the inhabitants of Great Britain, Ireland and some
parts of the continent of Europe, more particularly Holland
and Norway."
The committee reported the following month, that
"owing to some embarrassment occasioned by his being
security for others, which is not fully settled, they have
not seen the way clear to prepare a certificate for him."
Daniel took such a certificate to the same parts however,
with the great unity of the Meeting, 2 mo. 24, 1837. He
took a certificate of unity to visit the families of Rochester
Monthly Meeting, 3 mo. 24, 1837, and in December of the
same year took a certificate to visit the Junius Monthly
Meeting, which had been set off in 1815 in Ontario and
Seneca counties, from the Farmington Monthly Meeting,
which had itself been set off in Ontario county from Sara-
toga in 1803. The Rochester Monthly Meeting, Monroe
county, was set off from Farmington in 1825.
In 1849, Daniel Quinby, (continues Mr. Cocks) having
taken a certificate of unity to the Ph^adelphia and New
York Yearly Meetings, returns it by writing, 6 mo. 22,
1849, that he had been "taken with indisposition of body,"
so that he could not attend all the meetings he had felt
a "concern" to visit; and concludes his letter, "from your
tribulated brother, Daniel Quinby, Mendon." Although
he was too indisposed to attend Monthly Meetings at this
date, he asks and receives a certificate of unity to visit
meetings within Shrewsbury, Purchase, Nine Partners and
Stamford Quarterly Meetings, which constituted nearly
one-half the meetings included in the New York Monthly
Meeting. The U. S. census of 1850 mentions Daniel as
aged 73 and Deborah, aged 78. She died 6 mo. 19, 1851.
Rev. Daniel Quinby's life is described as follows:
"I well remember hearing my mother speak of 'uncle'
Daniel Quinby. He was a 'very good old man,' who trav-
elled quite extensively in the ministry, especially in the
262 The Quinbt Family
eastern states. His first wife — by which Mr. Cocks means
Deborah Powell — was a very self-sacrificing woman, who ,
was accustomed to stay uncomplainingly at home when he
had what was called a 'concern' to travel. She was a
caretaker who nursed the babies, fed the chickens and did
all the necessary work of the home. When Daniel came
in cold and wet from his long rides in the ministry, his
wife would have him come right in to a cheerful hearth
and a hot supper, while she unharnessed the horse. In
fact she babied him; and they entertained a good deal of
company.
"But his last wife wouldn't do any of those things;
she wouldn't wait on him, nor have any company. She
was a New York woman who ma,de life miserable for him,
so that the old man went down in sorrow to his grave,
for she deserted him. The cause seems to be that she had
money earned by herself in running a bakery in the city;
one of Daniel's son's who found out about it attempted
to borrow her hard earned savings. From that moment,
so the legend runs, she said 'I hated Daniel Quinby.' "
This lady was the Sarah Billings who brought to the
Henrietta Monthly Meeting a certificate from New York
5m. 28, 1852, and she and Daniel Quinby were married
between 6 mo. 25, and 7 mo. 23, 1852; a church committee
was appointed to see to her children's rights. The bakery
story and the desertion receive no special confirmation
in the New York city directories, for she doesn't appear
there till 1862, four years after her husband's death, when
she was named as "Sarah, widow of Daniel, h. 183 W.
32nd street;" the following year her name is given as Sara,
B. In 1867 her address was 307 W. 32nd street.
Daniel « Quinby died 27 Dec. 1858 at Mendon, N. Y.
His descendants mention his wife Deborah Powell as their
ancestress. Children:
I. Mart' Quinby, born before October, 1807, for
Bathsheba Quinby her grandmother in her will
dated then, mentions her son Daniel's daughter
Mary. Mary lived at Henrietta; married Elihu
May, and died at Henrietta 28 Mar. 1875; Elihu
died in 1882;
576. II. Elijah P. ' Quinby, born 12 mo. 6, 1809 (see) ;
III. Naomi' Quinby, born 4 mo. 9, 1811, at Henrietta,
removed 3 mo. 28, 1845, say the Friends' records
"married a Crocker and was living some years ago
at Sterling, 111.;"
577. IV. Henry' Quinby, born 8 mo. 28, 1815 (see);
578. V. JosiAH' Quinby, living at Cuba, N. Y., in 1906;
VI. Hannah' Quinby, married Solomon, son of 'Acors'
The QuiNBT Family 263
and Sarah Rathburn of Verona, Oneida county,
N. Y., at Henrietta, Monroe county, 3 mo. 3,
,„- , 1824; witnesses, Daniel, Elijah and Naomi Quinby:
VII. Anna' Quinby, married a Mitchell.
Mar?H™(QSby')'wood.'''^°'''"''*'"'' *° ^^"'"^ ^^'"'"^ '^'^''^^- """^ ^"■
229. Elijah Pell" (Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah", John'',
William^) born Dec. 1790, at Westchester, N. Y. He ap-
pears m the New York city directories first in 1815, as a
merchant at 11 Bowery, the following year at 5 Pelham
street. In 1817 and 1818 he was at 83 Cherry street, and
in 1819 at 103 Bayard street. In 1820 to 1823 his place
of business was at 229 Front street and in 1824 at 27 Peck
Slip. During these years he was called "merchant," and
as stated by his granddaughter, was in the dry goods busi-
ness; 1824 was probably the year he was burned out, for
the following year the directory gives his occupation as
baker, and his place of business as 12 Dover street; his
residence is given that year as 99 Bayard street, the same
since 1820. He does not appear in the New York city
directory after 1825, and in that year removed to Henri-
etta, N. Y.
Possibly he was a partner in the firm of "Quinby &
Wood, merchants," whose place of business in New York
city in 1816 and 1817 was 207 Front street and in 1818 at
198 Front street. He was received at the Henrietta (N. Y.)
Monthly Meeting by certificate (presumably from West-
chester) 30, 6 mo. 1825; and again appears on the Henrietta
M. M. record as received from New York 6 mo. 23, 1826.
By request he was granted the right to remove from West-
chester to Rochester 5 mo. 3, 1826. (Hicksite records).
He married Mary, daughter of Richard and Mary — (daugh-
ter of Caleb Pell and Hannah ° Quinby (Aaron*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) — (Pell) Hunt, who came to Henrietta
M. M, with a certificate from de Ruyter M. M., 2 mo. 22,
1826. Elijah acknowledged his marriage outside the Friends
society (probably some considerable time before); the mat-
ter was referred to the New York Monthly Meeting, Mr.
Quinby was re-instated and was apparently transferred to
Purchase, Westchester county, 8 mo. 8, 1822. His removal
is shown on the register of Rochester Monthly Meeting,
Monroe county, Henrietta P. M. (Hicksite) as 8 mo. 26,
1828.
Elijah Pell Quinby removed 3 mo. 28, 1828, from Hen-
rietta to Junius Monthly Meeting, which then included
Ontario and Seneca counties, N. Y. They lived at Water-
264 The Quinbt Family
loo, Seneca county. He was clerk of Junius M. M. around
1850-2. He "died 1856 aged 65." "My grandfather,
Elijah Pell Quinby, was a dry goods merchant in New
York," says Mrs. Mary H.' Wood (Walter^), "was burned
out and through the advice of his brother-in-law Richard
Hunt, who was then in the woolen business at Waterloo,
N. Y., he moved there and opened a general store which
he ran till his death. He died in 1854, aged I think, 64;
my grandmother died in 1855, about 62 years old." Chil-
dren:
I. Eliza' Quinby, born 4 mo. 5, 1813; married at
Waterloo 11 mo. 27, 1832, Samuel', son of Joseph*
and Dorothy (Farwell) Cox; they went from Men-
don, N. Y. to Jackson, Michigan, about 1865;
to Juanita, Nebraska, 1874; they had two chil-
dren, Elijah Q., and Mary Eliza;
II. Maky Ann' Quinby married Joel Lundy, and had
one daughter Josephine who married John L.
Webster of Waterloo, N. Y.; their son Frank S.
lived at Lawrence, Kan.;
III. Harriet' Q.uinby, died young;
IV. Cornelia ' Quinby, married Elias (or Ellis) H.
Mackey of Waterloo, N. Y., and died soon after;
V. Matilda' Quinby, lived and died at Waterloo, un-
married, about 1860;
VI. Caroline' Quinby, married first her brother-in-
law, E. H. Mackey, and had two children, Arthur
W., now of Lawrence, Kan., and Josephine, who
died young. They lived at Waterloo. After Mr.
Mackey's death she moved to Lawrence, Kan.,
where she married second, Warren; he
died and she married third, Charles D. French.
After his death she married fourth,
Hornsby, who survived her; she died about 1909;
579. VII. Richard' Quinby; he lived in New Jersey and died
there about 1888, unmarried;
VIII. George' Quinby, died young;
580. IX. Walter' Quinby, born 27 Apr. 1825 (see).
NoTB. — Much of the foregoing was kindly supplied by Mrs. Albert S.
Wood, 57 Center St., Fort Plain, N. Y.
230. Aaron' (James ^, Aaron*, Josiah^, John', Will-
iam^) born 21 Feb. 1794, at Westchester, New York. He
married first 4 mo. 18, 1821, at Croton Valley, Phoebe,
daughter of Moses and Rebecca Sutton of Somers, born
1785. The Friends' records of the marriage give the dates
of the announcement of the intention as 3, 9, 1821; 4, 13,
1821; reported accordingly 5, 11, 1821. Aaron took a
"certificate of clear" to Chappaqua 4 mo. 12, 1821; his
wife Phoebe brought a "removal certificate" from Chap-
paqua, 11, 8, 1821; she "removed to settle" with her hus-
230AARONI5 QUINBY,
b. 1794. Photo, by Havens, Sing
Sing, N. Y., loaned by Mrs. P. C.
Haiglit (p. 2G4).
Caroline (Undeehii.l) , Wife oi'
230AARON'i QuiNBY (JrtmC.v"').
William Irish,
who married Anue' Quinby (photo,
by Folsoni, Brewsters, N. Y., loaneii
by Mrs. F. C. Haight).
Anne' (Quixby) Irish
(Photo by Folsoni, Brewsters, N. Y.)
(p. 265.)
Dr. Charles W. Gkeenleaf,
husband of Phoebe" Quinby (photo,
by Van Prelzen, Peoria, 111., loaned
by Mrs. F. C. Haight).
Phoebe? (Quinby) Grbenleaf
(photo, by Vauderbilt, Sing Sing,
N. Y.)
Daughters of 230Aaron<' Quinby and Their Husbands (p. 265).
Hexry G. Miller,
husband of Amy Jane' Quiiiby (pho-
to, by Vauderbilt, Sing Sing, N. Y.)
Aiiv Jane' (<iui.\uv),
wifo of Henry G. Miller (plioto by
rcllKini, Sino- Sing, N, V.)
Caroline A." (Quinby),
Franklin C. Haimit,
married Caroline A.' Quinby (photo,
by Fredricks, N. Y.)
Daugiiteks of 2.30AARONC Quinby and Their Husbands (p. 2G5).
wife of Franklin C. Haight (photo,
by Froih-ieks, N. Y.)
The Quinby Family 265
band at Purchase, 10 mo. 2, 1821. Phoebe died 8 mo. 28,
1827, and Aaron married second, at Purchase, Hannah,
daughter of Stephen and Hannah Barnes of that town.
Aaron was appointed Elder, 10 mo. 7, 1824. At the time
of the Hicksite schism among the Quakers in 1828, Aaron
was of the Purchase Monthly Meeting, Westchester Prepa-
rative Meeting, Orthodox. He was disowned by the Ortho-
dox Quakers as a Hicksite (Unitarian Quaker) 4 mo. 8,
1829. Hannah Quinby was also disowned for the same
reason 4 mo. 11, 1829. Hannah died 4 mo. 14, 1832, aged 36.
Aaron married third, at Newcastle, Westchester county,
N. Y., Caroline % daughter of Solomon ^ and Phoebe (Conk-
lin) Underhill of Mt. Pleasant ("marr. int. 1, 8, 1835; 2,
12, 1835; he producing a certificate of clear from Purchase;
reported ace, 3, 12, 1835"). Caroline Underhill was born
10 June, 1803, at Sing Sing, now Ossining, N. Y. In 1836
Aaron was living at White Plains.
Aaron « Quinby died 1 mo. 7, 1874, at Sing Sing, and
was buried at Chappaqua where his gravestone is. His
widow Caroline died at Sing Sing 12 mo. 31, 1887. Aaron*
Quinby's children:
I. Anne' Quinby, born 2 mo. 1, 1825; married 9 mo.
26, 1849, at White Plains, William, son of David
and Martha Irish of Pawling;
II. James' Quinby, born 1831, died 10 mo. 17, 1831,
aged 6 mo., says the Hicksite record, which also
gives James, died 4 mo. 16, 1831; both are re-
corded as "son of Aaron and Hannah, Westches-
ter;"
III. Phoebe' Quinby, born 10 mo. 1, 1836; married Dr.
Charies W. Greenleaf of Peoria, 111., in 1855;
IV. Amy Jane' Quinby born 10 mo. 11, 1839; a resi-
dent of Sing Sing, she married at Aaron Quinby's
house, 1 mo. 16, 1860, Henry G., son of Richard
and Sarah Ann (Hoag) Miller of Brooklyn, Kings
county, born 3 mo. 21, 1836, at Amawalk; Amy
J. died 3 mo. 25, 1885; their daughter Margaret
is the wife of James S. Copeland of 6 Catherine
St., Binghamton, Broome county, N. Y.;
V. Caroline A. Quinby, born 14 Nov. 1841, at White
Plains; married 9 mo. 25, 1866, Franklin C, son
of Walter and Lydia (Sutton) Haight of Wash-
ington, Dutchess county, N. Y.; address (1910)
Little Rest, Dutchess county. (Hicksite rec.)
Note.— Bolton's History of Westchester incorrectly substitutes the names
Jane and Mary for James and Amy. , „ , , . j
Note.— Except where otherwise indicated, all the places above named are
in Westchester county, New York.
232. MosES* (Samuel \ Moses*, Josiah*, John\ Will-
iam^) born 10 mo. 17, 1759, at Northcastle, Westchester
266 The Quinbt Familt
county, N. Y.; married 10 mo. 20, 1784, at Purchase in
the same county, Abigail, daughter of Benedict and Abi-
gail Carpenter ("marr. int. 9, 9, 1784; 10, 14, 1784; rept.
ace. 11, 11, 1784"). She was born 10 mo. 2, 1761, and
died 10 mo. 6, 1795. The census of 1790 gives Moses as
head of a family at Northc^'stle consisting of himself and
wife and another female, and a son under 16. The record
is separated only by the family of one Benjamin Smith
from that of Samuel', the father of Moses. Moses' mar-
ried second 3 mo. 15, 1797, at the house of Isaiah ' Quinby,
Sarah, daughter of Anthony and Mary Tripp ("marr. int.,
2, 10 and 3, 10, 1797; rept. ace, 4, 14, 1797"). Sarah was
born 12 mo. 4, 1755, died 7 mo. 10, 1822. They moved
from Chappaqua to Coeymans 6 mo. 12, 1818. Moses
brought a removal certificate from Coeymans to West-
chester 10 mo. 12, 1825; was disowned as a Hicksite by the
Orthodox Friends 5 mo. 13, 1829. Children of Moses'
Quinbly: V .^ oX^^,,. c
581. I. William' Quinby, born 8 mo. 31, 1785 (see);
II. Tamar' Quinbt, born 6 mo. 30, 1788; removed
clear from Westchester to Coeymans 10 mo. 12,
1825; was disowned as a Hicksite, 5 mo. 13, 1829;
III. Abigail' Quinby, born 7 mo. 6, 1795; married at
Northcastle 3 mo. 10, 1817, Henry, son of Samuel
and Mary Whiting of Stamford. Conn.
233. Obediah ' {Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah', John^,
William^) born 3 mo. 5, 1761 in Westchester county, New
York. He next appears on the Friends' records there as
having been dealt with by the Monthly Meeting 2 mo. 12,
1783 for two serious infractions of the rules of the sect:
"for keeping a gun to defend himself from Robbers and so
using it; also keeping company with one not a member,"
that is, not a Quaker. This companion was Freelove, born
10 mo. 27, 1761, the daughter of Caleb Haight, whom
Obediah soon married, and acknowledged to the Friends
3 mo. 11, 1783, that he had married outside the Quaker
sect. The Meeting therefore disowned him 7 mo. 8, 1784,
The minutes indicate that the testimony of his unlawful
conduct was taken a month later, for on the Friends' rec-
ords under date of 8 mo. 12, 1784, we find that he was
testified against for keeping company outside, the one he
kept company with being stated to be his wife; and also
"frequenting places of diversion."
The census of 1790 shows that he was head of a family
consisting of himself and wife, a boy under 16 years old
and two girls. The census of 1810 shows that he lived at
The QuiNBT Pamilt 267
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and that his family contained one
boy under 10 years old, two girls between 10 and 16; two
girls and two boys between 16 and 26. His descendants
say he lived at Milan, near Rhinebeck in Dutchess county,
where his children grew up and where he and his wife died
and were buried.
The list of Orthodox Quakers in 1828 of the Creek
Monthly Meeting (Little Nine Partners P. M.), gives the
names of his daughters Anna, Hannah and Deborah.
Obediah died 6 mo. 12, 1821; his widow, Freelove, 1 mo.
(or 12 mo.) 1, 1829. Children:
I. Anna ' Quinbt, born 8 mo. 25, 1785; she was called
Martha on the Friends' record at Chappaqua;
she married Jacob Vail; had no children, and
died 11 mo. 11, 1855.
II. James' Quinby, born 8 mo. 28, 1787; died a young
man, unmarried, of heart disease;
III. Maplet' Quinby, born 11 mo. 5, 1789; married 20
Oct. 1823, Caleb Griffin as his third wife, lived at
Easton, Washington county, N. Y., and died 20
Oct. 1823; they are buried at Easton;
IV. Hannah' Quinby, born 9 mo. 9, 1791; died of con-
sumption, "when a young lady," 1 mo. 30, 1839;
582. V. Samuel' Quinby, born 8 mo. 20, 1795 (see);
583. VI. Aaron' Quinby, born 8 mo. 2, 1799 (see);
VII. Deborah' Quinby, born 9 mo. 28, 1805; married
1 Dec. 1831, Merritt, son of Caleb Griffin, born
29 July, 1810, died 17 Aug. 1854; they lived at
Glens Falls and about 1850 they moved to Albaiiy,
N. Y., where Deborah died 8 mo. 20, 1890, and
was buried.
Note. — The foregoing data are from Friends' records and from Carrie
S.' {Isaac Gfi, etc.) also from A. C. Hayden, Esq.
234. Josiah' (Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, Will-
iam^) born 11 mo. 1, 1763 at Newcastle, Westchester coun-
ty, N. Y.; married 6 mo. 21, 1792, Amy, daughter of Caleb
and Abigail (or Hannah) Underbill. The Friends' records
give the marriage intentions as 5, 11, 1792; 6, 16, 1792;
reported accordingly, 7, 13, 1792. They give her birth as
1 mo. 4, 1775; a family record gives the year as 1774, and
another as 11 mo. 1, 1768. In 1828, when the Hicksites
separated from the Orthodox Quakers, the following Hick-
sites were members of the Chappaqua Monthly Meeting,
Northcastle Preparative Meeting: Josiah, Amy, Reuben,
Abraham, Caleb, Esther F., Mary; and the following minors
Alfred, Underbill, Walter, Ann, and others.
In 1850, the census shows Josiah still living at New-
castle with his daughters Ann and Eliza and grandchildren
Marietta, aged 7 and Abby, aged 4; children of Underbill'
586.
V.
587.
VI.
588.
VII.
589.
VIII.
IX.
268 The Quinby Family
Quinby. Josiah's wife died 2 mo. 28, 1841. Josiah died 6
mo. 1, 1852, at Northcastle, says the Friends' record; Dodge
says 2 mo. 5, 1853. The list of his children in the Friends'
records and in Bolton's History of Westchester county are
incomplete, and the following names are from the family
record owned by Abraham J.' Quinby, the dates mostly
from the Friends' records:
I. Phoebe' Quinby, born 4 mo. 17, 1794; went to
Nine Partners, N. Y., and died there 1 mo. 31,
1815;
II. H.\NNAH' Quinby, born 12 mo. 21 (or 24) 1795;
died at Newcastle 3 mo. 24, 1821, and is buried
at Wampus Pond, Westchester county;
584. III. Caleb Undebhill' Quinby, born 7 mo. 2, 1798
(see) ;
585. IV. Samuel' Quinby, born 1 mo. 11, 1800, died 8 mo.
8, (24 says Dodge) 1824, unmarried; the Quaker
records give his birth as 7 mo. 6, 1800, death as
8 mo. 24, 1824, aged 24y. Im. 18d.;
Abraham' Quinby, born 6 mo. 9, 1802 (see);
Daniel' Quinby, born 3 mo. 10, 1804 (see);
Reuben' Quinby, born 2 mo. 5, 1806 (see);
Undebhill' Quinby, born 5 mo. 5, 1808 (see);
Ann' Quinby, born 5 mo. 10, 1810, died 1893, un-
married; the inscription on her gravestone in the
Friends' cemetery at Chappaqua, Westchester
county, reads: "In Memory of Ann Quinby died
9th mo. 8th 1st 1893 aged 82 yrs. 3 mos. 21 dys"
(see will following);
590. X. Alfbbd M. ' Quinby, born 5 mo. 24, 1812, died at
Northcastle 11 mo. 30 (or 29) 1847, "aged 35y.
6m. 5d;"
XI. ?A. ' Quinby; a very rude gravestone at
Wampus is simply inscribed A Q B 1813; the B
stands for Born; and it very likely represents an
infant of Josiah's;
XII. Eliza ' Quinby, born 8 mo. 1, 1814, at Newcastle;
married at Chappaqua 4 mo. 12, 1855, Elijah A.,
son of Job and Phoebe Collins (Hicksite rec);
she died 6 mo. 2, 1895;
591. XIII. Joshua' Quinby, born 3 mo. 13, 1822; died 7 mo.
28, 1894, aged 72, at Newcastle; buried in the
Friend^' ground at Chappaqua.
Note. — Chappaqua, Wampus pond, Newcastle and Northcastle are very
near together in Westchester county, N. Y., and are doubtless used interchange-
ably sometimes in the records. The Quaker records specifically mention EUza
and Joshua as children of Josiah and Amy Quinby, though some family records
do not contain them.
Will of Ann ' Quinby
(Annotated to show the ancestry of the legatees) Ann' Quinby
(Josiah ', Samuel ', Moses *, etc.) resident of Bedford, Westchester
county; will proved at White Plains 24 Mar. 1893 (liber 118, p.
255). The will mentions:
The Quinby Family 269
1. Niece Marietta' Bedell, legacy, $1800 {UnderhiW, Josiah'
Samuel 1^, etc.);
2. Niece Abbie Jaue Adams, legacy $1800 {Ophelia^, Under-
hill \ Josiah «, etc.) ;
3. Niece Amy H. Schofield, legacy $100 (Abraham ', Josiah >,
etc.);
4. Niece Ann E.« Wilcox (Daniel ', Josiah ', etc.) ;
5. Sister Eliza Collins (Josiah', Samuel^, etc.);
6. Brother Reuben' Quinby (Josiah', Samuel', etc.);
7. Nephew Egbert' Quinby (Daniel'', Josiah', etc.);
8. Nephew Edward' Quinby; the only nepheW Edward Quin-
by is Edward S.», who is however again mentioned with
the initial. (Caleb C/.?', Josiah; etc.);
9. Nephew Abram J.» Quinby (Abraham'', Josiah', etc.);
10. Nephew John Palmer* Quinby (Abraham', Josiah*, etc.);
11. Nephew John J.» Quinby (Reuben; Josiah', etc.);
12. Nephew George' Quinby, i. e., George W.» Quinby (Reu-
ben ', Josiah ', etc.) ;
13. Nephew Charles' Quinby i. e., Charles Reuben ' Quinby
(Reuben; Josiah', etc.);
14. Nephew Charles J.' Quinby (Daniel ; Josiah ; etc.) ;
16. Niece Mary Stephens (Reuben^, Josiah*, etc.)
16. Nephew Edward S.' Quinby (Caleb U.; Josiah', etc.);
17. Executor, Walker B. Adams, who married Abigail J.»
Quinby ( C/rarferAiZZ ', Josiah', etc.);
18. Executor, George W." Quinby (Reuben ', Josiah ', etc.)
237. William* (Josiah*, Moses*, Josiah*, John^, Will'
iam^) born 6 mo. 29, 1766, at Northcastle (Chappaqua)
Westchester county, New York; descendants say "at Quaker
Hill, Dutchess county," but the probabilities are against
it. The Friends' records at Quaker Hill mention him as
about to remove, clear, from Chappaqua 4 mo. 10, 1789,
and his marriage intention to Phoebe Howland was pub-
lished 4 mo. 12 and 5 mo. 17, 1790, and it was reported
accordingly 6 mo. 14, 1790. The marriage took place 5
mo. 26, 1790, at Oblong, Dutchess county. She was born
1 mo. 9, 1773, and was daughter of Prince and Deborah
(Slocum) Howland. According to a descendant, Miss Mary
Wilhelmina* Quinby, "the Rowlands came from Rhode
Island; and some of Phoebe's ancestors were Fitzgeralds
of Ireland." The Old Northwest Quarterly (III. 83, 123) says
that she was of Pawling, Dutchess county; the Quaker
records at Oblong give William's residence at Northcastle,
Phoebe's as Pawling. The United States census of 1790
shows William and wife at Pawling, living with a family
consisting besides themselves, of anpther male over 16
years old and two other females.
William and his wife remained at Quaker Hill ten
years; the Friends' minutes show him, his wife, and chil-
dren Isaiah, Harilaah and John about to remove to Chap-
270 The Quinby Family
paqua 4 mo. 17, 1809. He requested and received a re-
moval certificate for his two sons Josiah and Azariah,
minors, to Chappaqua, 4 mo. 16, 1810. Isaiah and Azariah
removed clear from Chappaqua to Oblong 8 mo. 14, 1818;
Isaiah and Azariah removed clear to Chappaqua 9 mo. 17,
1821. Among the Hicksites at Chappaqua in 1828 were
William and Phoebe Quinby, also Eliza, and Moses and
Thomas, minors. The Friends' records and gravestone at
Chappaqua say that William died 2 mo. 18, 1841, aged
74y. 7m. 20d. Phoebe his widow died at Newcastle 4 mo.
17, 1859, aged 85y. 7m. They had the following children:
592. I. JosiAH Rowland ' Quinby, born 1 mo. 16, 1791
593. II. Isaiah 'h.' Qtjinby, born 5 mo. 12, 1792 (see);
594. III. Azariah Rowland ' Quinby, born 9 mo. 4, 1797
(see);
IV. Hannah' Quinby, born 5 mo. 18, 1800; her mar-
riage intention to Joseph T., son of James and
Elizabeth Carpenter was announced in the Chap-
paqua meeting house 9 mo. 15 and 10 mo. 14,
1820; it took place 10 mo. 19; and was "reported
accordingly," 11 mo. 10, 1820; Hannah died 4
mo. 26, 1874; the^r son Azariah liveB (1908) at
Ossining, N. Y.;
"595. V. John' Quinby, born 3 mo. 16, 1803 (see);
596. VI. Moses ' Quinby, born 10 mo. 3, 1809 (see) ;
597. VII. Thomas' Quinby, born 8 mo. 31, 1813 (see);
VIII. Maby M. ' Quinby, born 9 mo. 14, 1818 (9 mo. 15
says E. R. B.); her marriage intention to Benj-
amin W.', son of Lewis P. ' and Charlotte Hunt
of Newcastle, was announced at Chappaqua
(Hicksite) 12 mo. 13, 1838, and 1 mo. 10, 1839;
took place at Newcastle 1 mo. 17, 1839, and was
r^orted accordingly 2 mo. 14, 1839 (mentioned
in Bolton's Westchester, p. 740.) Mr. Hunt was
born 5 mo. 3, 1818; died 1 mo. 1, 1847. She
married second, 8 mo. 16, 1858, at her own home,
Leonard K., son of Benjamin K. and Sarah Weeks.
Mary M. died 11 mo. 20, 1902, aged 84 (grave-
stone at Chappaqua).
238. Moses I. • (Isaiah^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^,
William^) born 6 mo. 19, 1794, at Northcastle, Westchester
county, N. Y. He married there, 10 mo. 19, 1814, Esther"
Field (Josiah^, Uriah^, Robert '', Benjamin^, Anthony^, Rob-
ert*, James ^, Matthew^, John^; see p. 126) of Greenwich,
Conn. They took a clearance certificate from the Chap-
paqua Friends' meeting 6 mo. 1816, to remove to New
York city. The directories of New York city show Moses
I. as being in the drygoods busiritess first in 1817 at 394
Pearl street at the address where his nephew Josiah H. ^
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photo, by Sherwood, Sing Sing),
daughters of 237Williami' ami Phoebe (Ilowland) Qiiinby.
(see p. 270).
Thk Quinbt Family 271
had opened the business the year previous. It would
seem he had bought his nephew out, and that the latter
had begun again a block or two away (296 Pearl street).
The rivalry seems to have continued, for Josiah H. moved
to 398 Pearl street the following year only two doors away
from Moses I., and remained there to about 1826. Moses
I. remained at 394 Pearl street to 1822. Possibly they
were in business together, anid kept two different numbers
on the same store. Moses I. lived at 22 Oak street in
1818 and 1819; in 1820 and 1821 at 22 Mulberry; in 1822
at 363 Pearl. Moses' name disappears from the directory
after 1822, but in 1823 "Quinby & Kipp, grocers, 195
Bowery" occurs, which may refer to him; the firm name
does not appear again.
Moses, his wife and minor children moved to Chap-
paqua 5 mo. 31, 1826, says the record; and they are later
recorded with the Friends' meeting there, as appears from
the list of the Hicksite Quakers of the Chappaqua Monthly
Meeting at the separation between those of Unitarian faith
and the orthodox; the list includes Moses I. Quinby of the
Northcastle Preparative Meeting, and minors Walter,
George and Aaron. The Hicksites granted a certificate
from Chappaqua 11 mo. 1832, to Moses I., wife and the
children just referred to, and another record shows that
they had already returned to New York city 7 mo. 12,
1832. He reappeared in that year's directory, as a grocer,
at 1 Morton street, corner of Bleecker; (from 1836, at 262
Bleecker, near Morton and Jones streets) and there con-
tinued through 1838; in 1839, 1840 and 1841 he was at 31
Jones street, which is the last mention of his name. In 1845,
1846 and 1847 appears Esther F., widow of Moses I., 160
Eldridge street, and 1848 at 40 Rivington street in which
year her son George W. lived at the same address. Moses
I. Quinby died at New York city of diabetes 4 mo. 6, 1843;
his widow Esther died there 1 mo. 21, 1852 (1 mo. 19, says
the Hicksite record).
The only children of his appearing with dates of birth
on the Friends' records are:
598. I. Walter U. ' Quinby, born 10 mo. 28 (or 29) 1817,
(see) ;
11. Richard F. ' Quinby, born 2 mo. 17, 1820; the
Friends' records say: "a child of M. Qumby,
Westchester county, died 1822;" Dodge's list says
"child of Moses died 5 mo. 3, 1834;" it is evident
that the birth of at least one child of Moses was
not recorded;
599. III. George W. ' Quinby, born 9 mo. 27, 1822 (see);
272 The Quinby Family
600. IV. Aabon J.' Quinby, born 1828 (see);
V. Mary Jane' Quinby, born 7 mo. 14, 1837; married
11 mo. 5, 1857, Isaac W. Rushmore; the census
of 1850 names one Mary J. (or I.) Quinby, aged
13, as at boarding school at Flushing, L. I.
Note. — Other records mention sons James and Josiah F.; the latter, if he
is not the JosiaJi^, son of Walter U. ', is mentioned in the New York city
directory for 1862 as "Josiah Field Quinby, agent, 5 Abbatoir pi.; h., Waver-
ley." The next and only other mention is in 1864, "Josiah Quimby, chandler;
h. 320 W. 43d st." This is probably the son of Walter U.'
Note. — Bolton's History of Westchester, (opp. p. 706) makes the above
Moses father of "Will" who married Catherine Wilcox — an error for Walter U.
239. Isaiah* (Isaiah^, Moses*, Josiah', John^, Will-
iam^) born 11 Sept. 1795 at Northcastle, Westchester coun-
ty, N. Y. His marriage intention was set forth on the
record as announced 11 mo. 9, and 12 mo. 7, 1825. The
marriage took place 12 mo. 14, 1825, at Purchase, West-
chester county, and was reported accordingly, 1 mo. 1826;
the bride was Mary, daughter of John I. and Sarah (Field)
Griffin; she took a removal certificate to Chappaqua 11 mo.
8, 1826. She was born at Newcastle 12 mo. 2, 1804, and
died 4 mo. 20, 1872, aged 67y. 4m. 18d. at Northcastle.
John J. and Eliza were named as minors, of the Hicksite
Monthly Meeting at Chappaqua, Northcastle P. M., in
1828. Their names are followed by Aaron and Ann, also
minors. The Hicksite records mention "Mrs. Mary Quin-
by from Chappaqua 3 mo. 1851; John J. from Chappaqua
8 mo. 1851; Eliza F., daughter, from Chappaqua, 3 mo.
1851; all to Chappaqua 4 mo. 1859;" and again: "Mary
Quinby having removed to settle with her husband Isaiah,
with her dau. Eliza, from Chappaqua 1 mo. 9, 1851."
Mary and Eliza returned to Chappaqua 6 mo. 4, 1859.
Isaiah * Quinby died 9 mo. 20 (1, says Dodge) 1853 at
Brooklyn, N. Y. Children:
601.. I. John Jay' Quinby, born 28 Feb. 1827 (see);
II. Eliza F. ' Quinby, born 11 mo. 20, 1824; married
2 mo. 20, 1861, at John Jay' Quinby's house 2
mo. 20, 1861, Edward S.» Quinby (Caleb ', Josiah »,
Samuel', Moses*, Josiah', John*, William^); they
lived at Armonk, near Chappaqua, Westchester
county, N. Y. (mentioned in Bolton's Westchester,
p. 730). The copy of the Quakeir records fur-
nished me by Mr. Cox contains this inexplicable
entry: "Eliza F. Quinby, daughter of Isaiah and
Mary, born 10 mo. 20, 1814, at Northcastle, died
10 mo. 4, 1842, aged about 38, at Newcastle;
husband, Joseph Dodge."
Note. — The Quaker records for New York state and vicinity are under the
control of John Cox, Jr., Esq., of New York city, who charges a very substantial
fee for searching and copying; perhaps the records are frequently erroneous,
for I have found on one page of his copies as many as six unexpected diver-
gences from family records.
Marriace Certificate of 2391saiah ^u
Bl aNiJ UM<\ LTKliJIN (1825).
The QuiNBY Family 273
242. Ezra Sewell«, (Aaron'', Isaiah*, Josiah\ John\
William^) born 7 mo. 27, 1793; married first, 11 mo. 8,
1821, by Rev. William Stephenson of Harford county, Md.,
to Mary, daughter of William and Mary Chesney, born
2 mo. 24, 1795; died 8 mo. 7, 1855.
From a letter dated Abingdon, Knox county. 111., 9
Feb. 1841, from Jesse B. Quinby, Jr., to his uncle Jesse
B., it appears that Ezra S. and his family removed to that
place from Ohio in October, 1841, leaving Ohio the 4th
and reaching Abingdon the 24th of that month. He had
entered 120 acres of prairie and 40 acres of timberland,
about 1| miles from Abinjgdon. It tells of a trip young
Jesse made to St. Louis to get a situation in a store, and
gives a lengthy description of the country around Abing-
don. This letter is in the possession of Upshur B. Quinby.
Ezra S. ' Quinby was married second, by Rev. Wm.
Wilson at Carthage, 111., 6 Sept. 1857, to Mrs. Nancy
(Moody) Renshaw, born 1 Sept. 1805, died 23 Feb. 1874,
Carthage, 111. (rec.) Ezra S. « died 14 Mar. 1875, at Ab-
ingdon, 111. The first three children below were born on a
farm,, on the Pennsylvania line near Fort Deposit. "At
a protracted meeting held by the Methodists at Wilming-
ton, Ohio, in February, 1841, he and his children Jesse,
Adeline and Lydia Ann, joined the church." Children:
602. I. Jesse Baldebston Quinby, born 5 Aug. 1822 (see);
II. Adaline Mieiam ' Quinby, born 13 Feb. 1825,
married by Rev. Stephen P. Beggs 18 May, 1843,
at Abingdon, 111., to Oregon Peter Swarts, son of
Abraham D. and Ann B. (Carroll), born in Mary-
land, 20 Feb. 1819, died 5 June, 1871, at Abing-
don;
III. Lydia Ann ' Quinby, born 5 April, 1826, married
first, by Rev. Freeborn Haney, 5 Nov. 1846, to
Joseph C. Bett of Kentucky, who died 19 Dec.
1849; second, 9 Jan. 1856, to Luke Perkins Pren-
tice, born 23 Oct. 1817, at Otsego, N. Y.;
IV. Mary Eliza' Quinby, born 13 Dec. 1828, at Wil-
mington, Clinton county, Ohio; married by Rev.
Isaac Joel, 30 May, 1850, at Abingdon, 111., to
Marion Lafayette Brown, son of Reuben S. and
Keziah (Sarvek-?), born 25 Mar. 1826, in Summer
county, Tenn.;
V. Erasmus Chesney' Quinby, born 17 Aug. 1830, at
Wilmington, Ohio; died 8 July, 1849, near Abing-
don, 111.;
VI. Philena Ella' Quinby, born 21 Sept. 1832, at
Wilmington, Ohio; married by Rev. P. T. Rhodes,
8 Aug. 1861, at Abingdon, III., to Matthew An-
drews, born 9 June, 1833 at Kintyre, Argyle, Scot-
land (ten miles south of Campbelltown) ; she died
(18)
274 The Quinby Family
29 April, 1906, Abingdon, 111. Their children
were Charles Lincoln, born 20 July, 1864, at Bel-
videre, an editor of thte New York Evening Post,
who afterward (1908) was at Boulder, Col.; and
Frank Lester, born 1861, died 1891.
Note. — Newton' Quinby is given in other family records as a son of Ezra
S. '. The marriages of the daughters are recorded at Galesburg, Knox county,
Illinois.
Note. — Ezra S.'s family seem to have been the only settlers by the name in Han-
cock coimty, Illinois, of which Carthage is the county seat. Yet these two items I
cannot identify with his descendants or relatives: (a) Samuel Quinby was married
by Rev. James Bentley in Hancock county to Ann Wilson 25 Feb. 1848; (b) Mary D.
Quinby was married by Rev. G. S. Schaffer, in Hancock county to John S. Strimble, 31
Jan. 1901. This is from the records of Knox county, of which Galesburg is county
seat: Walker L. Quinby married to Blanche Kelley 4 Deo. 1906 by Biv. G. W.
Frizzelle.
243. Aaron Balderston* {Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah*,
John^, William^) born 19 Aug. 1795, Lancaster county,
Pa. Evidently he tried New York city for a time, for the
directories for 1825 and 1826 give A. B. Quinby, teacher,
90 Chambers street; the name does not appear in any other
years. The U. S. records show that as a resident of Hager-
stown, Md., he took out a patent for a device to prevent
the explosion of steamboat boilers, 1830, and apparently
broadened the patent to include all steam boilers 8 Jan.
1830. He married 30 April, 1839, at Baltimore, Maryland,
Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, only child of Littleton
Dennis and Elizabeth (Upshur) Teackle. Aaron B. * com-
menced teaching at Sudlersville the day after New Year's
day, 1853. He lived prior to that at York, Pa. After
his death his widow and son moved in 1856 to Accomac
county, Virginia. Aaron B. ^ died 29 April, 1853, at 6
P. M., at Sudlersville, Queen Ann county, Md. His
wife Elizabeth Ann was born 4 Feb. 1801, died 10 Mar.
1875. Elizabeth her mother, was daughter of Abel and
Elizabeth Upshur. Child of Aaron B. « and Elizabeth
Ann (Upshur) Quinby.
603. Upshub Balderston' Quinby, born 20 Aug. 1841 (see);
244. Isaiah* (Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah*, John^, Will-
iam^) born 1 mo. 27, 1799; married first, 1 mo. 31, 1823,
at Little Britain, Lancaster county, Penn., Elizabeth, daughter
of Elijah Moore, born 2 mo. 13, 1800, Centre county,
Penn.; died 12 mo. 23, 1858, near Wilmington, Ohio (buried
at Ly tie's Creek Monthly Meeting).
"Isaiah * emigrated from Bucks county, Penn., to Ohio
about 1827; first settled in Warren county and after a time
moved to Clinton county near Wilmington, where he re-
sided and raised a family of ten children. He lived there
244ISAIAH« QUINBY,
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by Jesse C' Qiiinliy).
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daughter of 244Isaiali'' Qninby,
(loaned by Jesse C.' Quinby).
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till the fall of 1866, when he removed to Page county,
Iowa, several of his children having preceded him, and
where he died in 1873 in the seventy-fourth year of his
age.']^ (I. W. Q.)
"His name was Isaiah William; he crossed the Alleg-
heny mountains in 1825 and secured a flatboat at Pitts-
burgh, and came down the Ohio river to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he sold out and went east about fifty miles to a
place near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, where he
settled and raised a large family." (H. A. Q.)
He removed from Cecil county, Maryland, in Novem-
ber, 1825, and settled on the Little Miami, 45 miles from
Cincinnati.
He married second in 1859, Mrs. Charlotte (Snook)
Morris, born 1825, in Warren county, Ohio. This marriage
was afterward legally dissolved. Isaiah died 2 mo. 6, 1873,
near Harleyville, Page county, Ohio (14 Jan. 1873, says
H. H. Q.). He had one child by Charlotte, Harris H.
In 1892 Mrs. Charlotte (Snook) Quinby lived at Lebanon,
Ohio, and died near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio.
Children :
I. Sabah Ann' Quinby, born 7 mo. 27, 1823, died 9
mo. 4, 1823, in Pennsylvania; (J. C. Q.);
604. II. Aakon Balderston' Quinby, born 10 mo. 25, 1824
(see) ;
III. Josephine Ernyra ' Quinby, born 1 mo. 4, 1827,
died 7 mo. 21, 1859; (23 July, says another record)
married Rufus A. Washburn, whose daughter
Josephine E. Guild, is now (1910) living at Ros-
lindale, Mass. Mrs. Washburn died at Lebanon,
Ohio;
605. IV. Thomas Moore' Quinby, born 11 mo. 10, 1828
(see) ;
V. Miriam Eliza ' Quinby, born 7 mo. 14, 1830, Clinton
county, Ohio, married first 9 Feb. 1856, in Page
county, Iowa, (where she had gone in late fall of
1854) Peter Beaver who died 1866; second, 28
Feb. 1870, Thomas Wasson; she lived (1892) at
Hepburn, Page county, Iowa; living 1910 near
Geyserville, California;
606. VI. Ezra Allen' Quinby, born 4 mo. 27, 1832 (see);
VII. Mercy Ann^ Quinby, born 2 mo. 27, 1835, died 8
mo. 12, 1873, at Bedford, Iowa; married 1867
George M. Gillette (born 24 June, 1835, died 7
July, 1888, after marrying a second time), lived
at New Market, Iowa; their son Henry Gillette
lives there (1910);
607. VIII. Isaiah William' Quinby, born 5 mo. 5, 1837 (see);
IX. Elijah' Quinby, born 8 mo. 12, 1839, died 8 mo.
23, 1839;
276 The QmNBY Family
X, Hannah Sophia^ Quinby, born 8 mo. 30, 1841 (see
below) ;
608. XI. Jesse Crawford ' Quinby, born 12 mo. 5, 1843,
near Wilmington, Ohio (see);
609. XII. Harris H.' Quinby, born 3 Feb. 1861 (see).
Note. — Many of the foregoing dates have been supplied by Jesse C.
Quinby, Esq.
LIFE OF 244isaiah' quinby
(For this charming family record hundreds of descendants of
this line will forever appreciate the sympathetic and graphic words
of Miss Hannah Sophia^ Quinby).
Isaiah • Quinby married Elizabeth Moore, born 2 mo. 13,
1800, daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Hollingsworth) Moore of Half
Moon valley (of Juniata river) in eastern Pennsylvania. Three
or four" years later, they started with their second child, Aaron
Balderston Quinby, one year old (their first a daughter, Sarah,
having died an infant), to go with team and some household goods
to the western part of Virginia (now West Virginia) to a tract of
land given them by his father if they would settle on it and make
it their home. The way became more rugged as they approached
their destination, and finding that the land was too rough to be
made into a farm, they turned about. Elizabeth's two sisters,
Ann Moore and Sophia ThomjDson having gone to western Ohio
with other emigrants, they concluded to follow. They drove to
Pittsburgh, and there traded their team for a flat boat and storing
their effects on it, they with their baby and the dog Bose, em-
barked on a more adventurous journey down the Ohio. They
drifted with the current of the winding river, tying up their little
craft at nightfall, and preparing their supper on shore.
Their sleep under the stars on bed spread on heaped up
leaves, the foot to the burning logs, and with their watchful dog
at the head, was both restful and safe. One night the dog sprang
up and chased some large prowling animal, which they thought
to be a panther, into the woods. Isaiah with rifle in hand, fol-
lowed some distance, but thought best to return to camp and his
wife who had by this time grown fearful that he had been killed,
or that he was lost in the forest. After a longer time the dog
returned unhurt, but they entered the boat and pushed out the
length of the chain from shore, to spend the rest of the night.
At another time they were in great danger of being capsized on
rocks toward which the current was fast carrying them, but being
warned by a man on shore, who, by loud calling and violent ges-
tures, made them understand to get quickly to the other side, he
seized the oars and rowed for life, barely escaping a great calamity.
These two adventures were the only really perilous ones of this
voyage. Their children, in after years, listened with intense in-
terest to many incidents of their journey, which at last ended at
Cincinnati, where they disembarked and sold their little craft, and
hired transportation by wagon to Waynesville, some twenty-five
miles from the city, where some of the Lukenses and other friends
of the family had already located. She was very deft with the
needle, making bonnets for the Friends of the community, on both
broadcloth and silk, and her work on the plain bonnets, and the
The Quinbt Family 277
stitching on collars and lapels, and the working of buttonholes in
the well pressed men's suits was said to be very superior.
Saving what they already had, and both earning some to add
to it, they soon bought twenty-eight acres and moved to this
place in the next county (Clinton) near Chester Monthly Meeting,
five or six miles north of Wilmington, where round about were a
number of Friends, constituting Center Quarterly Meeting, which
was tributary to Richmond, Indiana, Yearly Meeting. Here they
lived, where several of their children were born, and until their
older boys were able to help with the work when they sold out
and bought 117 acres five miles west of Wilmington, near Lytle's
Creek Monthly Meeting and began tilling the land already avail-
able, and clearing up two "deadenings" of several acres each, by
rolling and burning the logs. The fine large trees of oak, poplar,
ash and walnut were left standing, or were cut and sawn, and the
lumber seasoned and stored for a new house which was built in 1850.
Before this, in 1837 or perhaps later, his father Aajon had
ridden on horseback from eastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster county)
to western Ohio (Clinton county) at the age of over 80 years, re-
turning in the same manner, to visit his sons, Ezra and Isaiah
and now his son Isaiah fifty years old, returned this visit in the
same way.
He had a fine mare for sale, and as many horses from the
west were taken up the Ohio and on to the eastern markets,
mounted his steed, made the journey overland, visited among his
relatives .and sold her, returning by public conveyance, bringing
home the price in gold, which all the children were allowed to
handle and count. Like his father he, too, in his advanced years
wanted his own fast walking saddle horse. In the later '40's the
threte older sons Aaron, Thomas and Ezra, beside helping on the
farm, had their trades of millwrighting and carpentering, and the
two oldier daughters, Josephine and Miriam were teaching and
spending their vacations at home, spinning, weaving and making
garments for the household.
The boys here named, except the oldest, who had married
and gonJB from home, now in 1850, with the help of hired work-
men, and the lad Isaiah, built the new house, which, being sub-
stantially constructed of heavy native hardwoods, and kept well
painted, still stands, (1911) in good condition. This was a con-
tinuous job, keeping all hands busy from early spring until Christ-
mas. Mercy the next daughter, rather than teach, chose to re-
main at home helping her motHer, and had only a common school
education.
Isaiah, the next son that grew up, worked on the farm,
learned carpentering, also taught and practiced law. He after-
ward represented his county in the General Assembly, and still
later, was pension commissioner under Harrison and Cleveland.
Here were born the two youngest of the eleven children of this
mother, also another son of the second wife. These three, Han-
nah aged now, 1911, nearly 70, living at Lawrence, Kansas, a
teacher in schools in Ohio and Iowa for 33 years. Jesse C, aged
67, soldier in the Civil War, volunteering when barely old enough
to pass muster and now at Kansas City, Mo., in the real estate
business, and Harris, the youngetet, about 50, machinist and builder
at South Omaha, Nebraska, and Miriam Eliza, over 80, living
with her youngest son, Louis Wasson, at Geyserville, California,
278 The Quinby Pamilt
npw March, 1911, the only living children of this large family of
12.
Once their father Isaiah, the subject of this sketch, drove
with team, with, his two oldest daughters, to place them in the
Friends' boarding school, now Earlham college, at Richmond,
Indiana; the older one having already been in the institution as
pupil, and who afterward became one of the faculty. They wore
the garb of the Society, and their fresh young faces were sweet,
looking out from their white plain bonnets. Later, he placed
the two younger children, Hannah and Jesse C, in the more re-
cently established normal school, later the National Normal school
at Lebanon, Ohio, much nearer home, driving the distance with
provisions and necessary furniture, the outfit for' self-boarding,
going again with provisions and to see how they were getting
along, and here, from this institution, the daughter, afterward
(in 1868) graduated, as did also, 26 years later, a granddaughter,
Anna Quinby who is now a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, doing much
for the W. C. T. U., having been state organizer, etc. of this body
of women. The first child going out was Aaron, the oldest, who
emigrated with his wife's family to southwestern Iowa. In time
two other children followed, and in the late summer of 1856 he in
a strong spring wagon and with an extra large and strong horse,
in company with his brother-in-law David Thompson and the
latter's wife, with their own team, set out from the old place and
traveled overland to visit these three children and probably, with
the intention, if favorably impressed with the country, of follow-
ing them later. They made the long journey safely, and Isaiah
traded his horse and wagon for 80 acres of rich prairie bottom
land in Page county. Isaiah's visit over, he returned by private
conveyance to the nearest railroad point, across the state to the
Mississippi, and thence by rail, stopping over at Abingdon, 111.,
to visit his brother Ezra, who, with all his family had emigrated
from Clinton county, Ohio, some time in the '40's. On his return
the whole situation was discussed pro and con, but they decided
to remain where they were.
Two years later his wife Elizabeth died, 23 Dec. 1858, at the
age of 58 years, and was buried on Christmas day in Lytle's
Creek graveyard; as was, years before, their infant son Elijah,
and also their daughter Josephine (Quinby) Washburn, wife of
Rufus Washburn, she dying six months after her mother 23 July,
1859, aged 32, leaving an only child, a little daughter, Josephine,
4 months old, who became a teacher, married Alvin Guild and now,
1911, lives in Boston, Mass., and has a large family.
In 1866, Isaiah removed to Page county, Iowa, where were
then six childiren, where he farmed a little on his land there, and
where he died in February, 1875, of pneumonia, in the 75 year of
his age, and was buried in Hawleyville cemetery. Up to his last
short illness, he was still hale and well-preserved. The old farm
in Ohio was for some years rented to strangers, and at last, about
1881, was sold out of the family. This couple lived in the time
of the transition from homespun, home-woven, home-made cloth-
ing, blankets and table and bed-linen, tediously manufactured from
home-grown wool and flax, to fabrics and ready made goods ob-
tained at dry goods stores; from the scythe, sickle, cradle and
flail, to the horse-power mower, reaper and thresher. The chil-
dren were rocked in a home-made woodfen cradle, and grew up,
The Quinbt Family 279
a healthy self-reliant set, on the farm where there was always
plenty and to spare. The boys had a shop, with workbench and
a few tools, whepe they could be busy or amuse th^jtnselve^ at odd
times. The oldest when a lad of 10, very neatly restocked a
rifle which he kept and occasionally used when an old man. They
brought up their children to be industrious, and all, both boys
and girls, placed their earnings in the general family fund until
twenty-one years old.
From before Christmas until spring, as was judicious, Isaiah
drove forty-five or fifty miles, to Cincinnati market with dressed
poultry, butter and eggs that the farm and the country about
produced, and at the last trips with a barrel, or two of maple
molasses or maple sugar, home cured meat, apples, etc., bringing
home groceries and supplies to last, with little additions from the
stores near home, until marketing time the next winter. Especi-
ally at this last coming home there were usually some covejted
articles that were then considered as luxuries and were handed
out as favors to each of the group of eager children. With all
the humdrum of the farm and home, they believed in educating
their children, and to that end gave them the best opportunities
they could afford, all of which were by them embraced and ap-
preciated.
Note. — Hannah Sophia' Quinby, the author of the foregoing
skejich, attended school in the country schoolhouse near Ogden,
Clinton county, Ohio, and afterward at Clarksville. She began
to teach school at the age of sixteen. She afterward attended the
State normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated with high
honor. She taught school from that time until she was over fifty
years old, principally in Ohio; in 1889 she went further west to
Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa, where she taught in the high school,
also at Lenox, Iowa. She gave up teaching and lived upon her
forty-acre fruit farm near Bedford, Iowa. She was never married,
but generally had one or two orphan nieces living with her. "Her
home is now (1911) in Lawrence, Kansas, 613 R. I. street, where
she owns some property; but on account of the sickness of her
niece, Mrs. G. L. Brown, she has spent most of her time for over
a year, at Colorado Springs, Col." She died in September, 1915.
245. JosiAH L. « (Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^,
William^) born about 1831; married first, Matilda Ailes.
"He carried on coach making at Pleasant Grove, Fulton
township, Pa." U. S. patent 47,566 for a stone gatherer
was granted to him, a resident of Pleasant Grove, 2 May,
1865, antedated 26 Apr. 1865. He married second, Hannah
Ailes; about 1875 he and his family moved to Mt. Morris,
Ogle county. 111. Children:
I. Maxid ' Quinby;
610. II. Thomas Hollingsworth ' Quinby;
III. Mahgaret' Quinby.
247. John* (Moses ^, Isaiah*, Josiah\ John'', Will-
iam^) born 12 mo. 7, 1784, and lived in Hunterdon county,
280 The Quinbt Family
N. J.; married 6 June, 1822, Elizabeth Starr, daughter of
William D. and Phoebe (Starr) Phillips of Philadelphia,
Pa., born 5 Feb. 1773. John* "practised medicine at
Brandywine Springs, Delaware, about thirty years, always
riding in the saddle," says IX. American Ancestry, 64.
He died at Brandywine Springs, 17 Jan. 1837. Children:
I. Emily' Quinby, born 1 mo. 17, 1823, died 22 Aug.
1825;
II. Phoebe ' Quinby, born 5 Apr. 1824, in Ne'wcastle
county, Delaware; in 1891 she was living, un-
married, at 49 North 10th street, Philadelphia;
612. III. Watson Fell ' Quinby, born 12 mo. 15, 1825, New-
castle county, Del. (see);
613. IV. Isaac Chapman' Quinby, born 9 mo. 13, 1827 (see).
254. Josiah * (Moses ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, Will-
iam^) born 12 mo. 2(X, 1808 (November, says Mrs. Jackson)
at Trenton, N. J.; married 4 mo. 27, 1837 (1836 says Mrs.
Jackson) Ann Jenkins, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Ray-
mond) Brittin, born 4 mo. 28, 1814. Josiah in 1850 was
an ice merchant in Philadelphia, says the census. They
lived at 3rd and Buttonwood sts., and in 1842 at 2nd and
Noble sts. Josiah died 4 Mar. 1855 and his widow Ann
died 7 May 1899. Children:
614. I. Edward Good ' Quinby, born 4 mo. 30, 1838 (see) ;
615. II. Franklin Josiah ' Quinby, born 5, 10 mo. 1840
(see) ;
III. Letitia H. ' Quinby, born 10 mo. 17, 1842; married
29 Dec. 1864, John A., son of Thomas and Fanny
M. Jackson; Letitia H. is living (1916) at 6300
Greene st., Gejrmantown, Pa.; no issue;
IV. Anna B. ' Quinby, born 4 mo. 11, 1845, died 4
Sept. (8 says Mrs. Jackson) 1854.
255. Isaiah* (James ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John'', Will-
iam^) born 5 Sept. 1814, in Hunterdon county, N. J.; mar-
ried Ruth, daughter of Crispin P. and Mary (Shaw) Scar-
borough, born 3 Dec. 1832. They lived at Lumberville,
Pa. Children:
616. I. D. WiLMOT' Quinby; "a successful merchant at
Solebury, Pa." (1891);
II. Mary' Quinby; living 1891 at Lumberville, Pa.;
III. Margaret' Quinby, born 1866, hving in 1892 at
Lumberville.
256. James R. * (James ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^,
William^) born 19 Nov. 1817, at Amwell, N. J.; married
Grace, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wood) Ridge;
Elizabeth Wood is stated to be a great-granddaughter of
254JOSIAH" QUINB?,
(photograph loaned by Mrs. Jackson)
Ann J. (Brittin) Quinbt,
wife of Josiahti Quiuby
(photoyraiih loaned by Mrs. Jackson)
Anna B.^ Quinbt,
(photograph loaned by Mrs. Jackson)
Daughters of 254Josiah<! Quinby
Mrs. Letitia H.' (Quinby) Jackson
The Quinbt Family 281
that Edward Marshall who was connected with William
Penn's treaty with the Indians. Grace (Ridge) was born
1821, says the census of 1850, which says they then lived
in Solebury township, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Quinby
was a lumber merchant. They also lived at Carversville,
Bucks county. Pa. He died 24 Oct. 1908, at Solebury, of
mitral regurgitation of the heart, says the record, which gives his
birth as 16 Nov. 1817. Children, all born at Solebury, Pa.;
says one record, others say Carversville and Lumberville :
I. Ellen G.'' Quinbt, born 5 mo. 5, 1848; married
William Jay and lived at Bureau, Illinois; no
issue;
617. II. El WOOD K. ' Quinby, born 5 mo. 18, 1849 (see);
618. III. Joseph Ridge' Quinby, born 10 mo. 16, 1850 (see);
619. IV. Geobge Hicks' Quinby, born 12 mo. 4, 1851 (see);
V. 'Francenia' Quinby, born 1 mo. 20, 1853; married
first 27 Jan. 1870, William Worstell who died 11
June, 1875; she married second Smith Clark; they
were living 1891 at Lambertville, N. J., and were
dead by 1910;
620. VI. Henry Ridge' Quinby, born 10 mo. 16, 1854 (see);
VII. Mary Anna' Quinby, born 9 mo. 18, 1857; married
4 Aug. 1874, James Winder; no children (1891);
in 1914 Mrs. Winder is a widow, living at Port-
land, Oregon, where she is devoted to the cause
of bird protection.
James R. * Quinby's Home.
"As to the old homestead in New Jersey to which my
cousin refers in his poem enclosed, I can simply say, it is
still there and will be 300 years hence, as it was built for
time everlasting and is a most interesting place to me, at
least. I visited there a year ago and as an illustration of
why it interested me: my father when a lad was fishing
at the Delaware shad fisheries referred to in the enclosed
document. He carried home as a cane a willow branch
and when arriving home stuck it in the ground (uninten-
tionally, so he told me). It grew and kept on and is still
keeping on and I think now is 5 feet in diameter, still
growing; but odd, the planter passed away about two years
ago at 92. The old home is in as good condition apparently
as when built. Of course it was built when people were
honest; that makes for much. The flooring you could not
match today with all our much boasted castles built by the
Rockefellers and Harrimans on the hills. I have seen the
Harriman house at Arden when it was building and all
about it at a cost of two millions. I did not see a 36 in.
board for flooring 1| inch thick. But the floor of the old
282 The Qttimbt Pamiltt
homestead shows as good as the day it was laid down with
handmade nails at home, and nothing to mar it except when
the master sat down to his table and by careful scrutiny
you could see when his spike nails in his shoes have made
a slight impression, when the meals possibly were not on
time." (From a letter from Joseph R. ^ Quinby, 1910).
END OF THE SIXTH GENERATION
Gra( E' (Wood)
Francenia'
fl2nHE\RV R."
617ELVVOCD K.'
eiS.JosEPii R.7
"Marv a."
256JAMES R.«
Ellen G."
619GE0RGE II.
2i56jAMES R." (JUINBV A.ND pAMILV.
The QunsTBY Family 283
SEVENTH GENERATION
(At this point as heretofore, the descendants of William*
{William", Robert^) are omitted, to appear in a later volume;
the seventh generation are numbered 257 to 321 inclusive,
and their sons in the eighth generation, here omitted, are
numbered 621 to 781, inclusive.)
322. Frederick » (Joseph", Joseph'', Joseph \ Rob-
ert", Robert") born 14 Sept. 1773 at Portland, Me. His
widowed mother married Amos Lunt in 1785 and took her
children to Brunswick, Me., but if Frederick went there
he seems to have returned later, for the only records I
have found of him are that he and John Quinby (his uncle)
were subscribers in 1802 to the Westbrook Social Library;
and that he was a defendant in law suits, 1803 and 1813,
while a resident of Falmouth (now Portland). He was
evidently a merchant, for he is called trader in the suit
brought 25 Oct. 1803 by Samuel Cutts of Buxton, Me.
Frederick's co-defendant Was Daniel Conant, both resi-
dents of Falmouth; and the plaintiff got a judgment againist
them in the court of Common Pleas for $557.14 damages
and costs; the defendants appealed but failed to proceed,
and the court then awarded judgment to Cutts for $574.78
damages and $30.50 taxed costs. Execution was issued 21
May, 1804 (York county records at Alfred, Me.)
Birth marriage and death records of Portland are
fairly complete but no such records refer to Frederick.
323. Henry'' (Joseph", Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert",
Robert^) born at Portland, Me., 17 Apr. 1775. His mother
in 1785 married Amos Lunt and took her three sons in-
cluding Henry' to Brunswick, Maine.
In Jenks's Gazette (Portland) for 24 Oct. 1803 is a
notice of Henry's appointment as postmaster of Brunswick,
Me., and a communication animadverting upon him.
Henry and Joseph ' were housewrights at Brunswick
in 1802; the following year Henry was a trader there, and
in 1806 was mentioned as being there with son Frederick.
Thereafter Henry's property was siezed. Mr. Chapman
in "The Waterhouse Family" says of Henry' Quinby:
"He engaged in trade in Brunswick, and was postmaster.
fay' i:/%f^rry^f^^uJ^^u^
284 The Quinbt Family
Several of Ms manuscript letters are before me, in one of
which he states he is about to start for Washington with
a patent."
In 1805 Henry deeded a part of his inherited real es-
tate in Portland to his uncle John. The deed is in sub-
stance as follows:
Know all men by these presents that I, Henry Quinby
of Brunswick in the county of Cumberland, joyner, in con-
sideration of threie hundred dollars to me paid by John
Quinby of Falmouth in said county, merchant, do release
and quitclaim to the said John Quinby my rights to a lot
in Portland consisting of three acres with building, bounded
as follows: Beginning at the corner in the Back street
which marks Elm street on the westerly side of said Elm
street thence northwest to the Back Cove river; thence up
said river until it comes to land owned by Mr. James Deer-
ing, thence to Back street, thence by east Back street to the
first bounds, the same being my right by heirship to my
uncles Thomas and Levi
Quinby's estate, they being
deceased. Dated 27 May,
1805. Henry Quinby. J^ — ry^,/
Child of Henry ^ Quinby: ^ * —
782. Fbederick* Quinby; he appears in a deed recorded 23
Apr. 1827, at Alfred, Me., (vol. 125, p. 165) as grantee
from Ebenezer Moody.
324. Joseph' (Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born 6 Apr. 1777 at Portland (then Falmouth)
Me.; he went with his mother about 1785, to Brunswick,
Me. He married Martha Page of Fryeburg, 25 Jan. 1816
and was a citizen there in 1821. He was a millwright and
bought into the Brunswick waterpower. He was at Frye-
burg in 1830, says Mr. Chapman, "as I have recently found
four or five of his letters to Peter Lunt and a $15 unpaid
note among some old Lunt papers. You know his mother
married a Lunt. A deed of sale of Joseph Jr.'s house by
his widow shows that he received property by will from his
father; it was a small lot at Brunswick, 2| rods in front
and three rods back, on which his home stood." In 1802
Joseph ' and Henry ' were housewrights of Brunswick.
Henry remained there. The census of 1850 shows Martha
Quinby, born about 1787, living aged 63 at Fryeburg.
The census of 1860 gives Martha C. Quinby, age 72, as
living at Fryeburg with Russell Page and family. At my
request Miss Almira Fitch' Quinby (Moses ", John *, Joseph *,
etc.) wrote in 1894 to Miss Sewall (daughter of Eunice
325MOSES" Qdinbt,
From a painting by J. Brewster in tlie Quinby mansion at Stroudwater, Me.
The Qxjinby Family 285
Day ' (Quinby) Sewall) making inquiries about Henry ■>
Quinby. She evidently remembers the above Joseph ^ for
after saying: "I have a dim recollection of hearing my
mother mention a cousin Henry Quinby, but it is so faint
I cannot get hold of it," she describes her meeting with
his brother Joseph fully and vividly, as follows:
"One night when I was a child, Mr. Quinby, a cousin
of my mother's, and his wife passed the night at our house,
perhaps longer. They were from Fryeburg, had emigrated
to Minimachi, became disgusted, and were on their way
back to Fryeburg. It was impressed on my memory be-
cause he ate so many apples — said he had not had one
before, since he left F. His wife was a brisk little woman
and told of their discomforts and hardships at Minimachi.
I was told that he died not long after, of consumption.
His wife's maiden name was Page."
L. B. Chapman wrote me in 1894: "Henry and his
brother Joseph were house carpenters in Brunswick, Me.,
in 1802; a year later Henry went into trade. They, bought
land and a mill, but could not pay, and the sheriff inter-
posed with an execution. There was a Frederick also at
Brunswick."
Joseph ' Quinby is shown on the Cumberland county
records thus: 2 Apr. 1811 (vol. 61, p. 363): Joseph
Quinby of Brunswick, Me., housewright; consideration, $50,
paid by Levi Quinby of Portland, sold one-sixth part of a
certain mill privilege at a place called Little Folly, on the
south and west side of Androscoggin river in the town of
Brunswick, being part of same I purchased of Amos Lunt,
"from which the yarn factory at Brunswick receives its
water;" 1811 (vol. 63, p. 399) consideration, $500, same
from same, conveys privileges; 1812 still in Brunswick;
1814: Joseph Quinby's interest in the mill at Brunswick
taken on execution, or so much as amounted to $350; 1815,
Dec. (vol. 91, p. 335) consideration, $154; Amos Lunt of
Brunswick to Martha C. Quinby of Brunswick, wife of
Joseph Quinby of Brunswick, a certain lot of land in
Brunswick; 1821, Nov. 3 (vol. 91, p. 406), "We Joseph
Quinby, joiner and Martha C. Quinby wife of Joseph Quin-
by, both of Fryeburg in the county of Oxford, state of
Maine," to Samuel A. Brady (or Bradley) Esq., of Frye-
burg, the foregoing described Lunt's house at Brunswick
alluded to as "Folly Mill," etc.
This is the end of Joseph Quinby in these records.
In 1823, Feb. 12, Joseph and wife Martha C. were still at
Fryeburg. In 1836, Sept. 23 (vol. 186, p. 222), a deed
was made by Martha C. Quinby of Fryeburg of this same
286 The Quinbt Pamelt
property. In 1844, 24 Jan., Martha C. Quinby is men-
tioned, the last of her on these records. Amos was son of
James Lunt, says Smith's and Deane's Journals, p. 357.
325. Moses' (John^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert*, Rob-
ert^) born 19 April, 1786, at Stroud water, now a part of
Portland, Maine (see portrait). He fitted for college at
Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated there in the class
of 1799. He then entered Bowdoin College and was one
of the first class to graduate, seven in number.
The commencement at Bowdoin College took place 3
Sept. 1806, and Moses took part in the graduating exer-
cises, delivering number seven on the program, "A Dis-
quisition on the Solar System"!
Thereafter he entered assiduously upon a course of legal
study with Mr. Stephen Longfellow, in the office in the
ancient brick Longfellow mansion still standing at Port-
land. Several musty old lawbooks inscribed by the poet's
father to young Moses Quinby are still preserved.
Hon. Henry B. ^ Quinby, a grandson, has a copy of
"American Precedents of Declarations," published in 1802,
inscribed in the donor's handwriting, "Stephen Longfellow's
present to M. Quinby." In due course he became a mem-
ber of the Cumberland County Bar, but practised only a
few years.
The first or nearly the first case the young attorney
had is described by Mr. Chapman as follows:
"Archilaus Lewis owned a lot at Long Creek, or
vicinity, which he used for a pasture. It is traditional that
Josiah Maxfield lived with Lewis and on one occasion when
young Josiah went over with the cows, an Indian camping
there named Nicholas, somewhat under the influence of
drink, caught the boy and threatened to kill him. Josiah
thinking it no harm to punish an Indian, particularly one
that had threatened to take the life of another, got a gun
and using a spike for a bullet, secreted himself behind the
fence and when the Indian made his appearance he fired.
The sequel was, young Josiah was arrested, and carried
before Justice Lewis. Young Moses Quinby, of the first
graduating class of Bowdoin, appeared for Josiah, who was
fined $1 and discharged."
Moses appears with his wife in the census of 1810.
Their family also included a boy under ten, as well as
another male and female between 16 and 26 years of age,
no doubt servants.
Moses' was assessed for taxes in 1814 as follows:
house, and lot, $900; barn, $550; office, $20; cow and
swine.
The Quinbt Family 287
Moses Quinby was the most prominent man in Stroud-
water and vicinity and as Justice of the Peace he became
known as "Squire Moses;" his great house, built over a
hundred years ago, was the scene of much of historical in-
terest; it is still the depository of many documents and
contains many interesting portraits and other articles.
Several pictures are given herein.
The First Universalist Church Society of Westbroojc,
Me., was organized 31 July, 1829, under a warrant issued
by Moses Quinby, the request being signed by fifty resi-
dents. Mr. Quinby was a Universalist, and all his family
were liberal in their religious views; most of them became
Unitarians.
Mr. Quinby was elected a member of the first Board
of Trustees of Westbrook Seminary in 1830. He sued one
Buzzell in 1838 as indorsee of a note dated 6 June, 1831;
the case was won by him in the Court of Common Pleas;
the defendant appealed to the Supreme Court and Mr.
Quinby was again successful (Quinby v. Buzzell, 16 Me.
Rep., 470).
A grandson, Hon. Andrew Hawes of Stroudwater,
says:
"Moses Quinby was a man of marked character. He
was a tall handsome man in his youth, and remarkably
fine looking in his later years; a fine scholar, excelling in
mathematics, a great reader and brilliant conversationalist.
Though one of the most kind hearted of men, he was said
to have been of such a fiery temper in his youth that it
interfered with his practice at the bar. In religious belief
he was a Universalist. His father John, and grandfather
Joseph, were orthodox Puritans. He was first a Federalist,
afterwards a Whig and a pioneer Abolitionist — always
ready to lend a hand on the 'Underground Railroad.' He
was also one of the pioneers with Neal Dow and others
in the Prohibition movement. For many years he was the
local 'squire,' settling estates, titles, making wills, deeds,
surveys, and trying cases as Justice. I remember hearing
him say that he never had a decision reversed on appeal
to the higher court."
Moses' Quinby was married 21 Dec. 1809, by Rev.
Caleb Bradley, to Anne«, daughter of Andrew" and Mary*
(Dole) Titcomb. (A full account of her ancestry appears
in New England Family History, p. 198-9) (IV. Me. H. & G.
Record, copied from Rev. Caleb Bradley's diary: "fee,
$10," says the parson; the usual fee was $2). She was
born 17 June, 1789. He died 6 May, 1857; she died 2
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A.\'\E (TiTCOMB), Wife of 325Moses5' Quinby,
From a pninting by J. Brewster in the Quinby mansion at Strouclwater, Me.
The Pearson Quilt,
Mafic of blue lnocailed satin; made into a dress hy Miss Almira l-". Quin'oy, witliout
'.•nttiiig, and worn to a ball in Portland about 1S45.
Graves
OF 325MOSES' AND Anne
(Titcomb) Quinby,
in the cemetery next the Quinby man-
sion at Stroud'water, Me. The grave-
stones of six generations of Quinbys
are there.
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(See p. 289.)
Mart Ann«,
daughter of Mosesf Quinby, wife of
Martin Hawes.
Hon. Andrew Hawes,
son of Martin and Mary A.« (Quin-
by) Hawes.
Eunice C* (Quinby) Merrill,
daughter of SS.'jMosesT Quinby.
(See p. 289.)
Miss Ai,mira F.^,
daughter of :i25Mosos' (^iiiiiliy.
.■52(iLkvi' (juixiiY, (see p. 389.)
From a painting in tiie (,lninliy nianhion at Stroudwater, Me.
The Quinby Family 289
Agr. 1859; both are buried at Stroudwater. They had the
following children:
I. Andrew Titcomb' Quinby, born 1810, died 27 Aue.
1811, aged 9m. 4d.;
II. Maby Ann' Quinby, born 1812, married Martin'
Hawes and died 13 Dec. 1833, aged 71y. 9m.
(A full account of this Hawes family appeairs in
New England Family History);
784. III. Thomas' Quinby, born 16 Dec. 1813 (see);
IV. Andrew Titcomb' Quinby, born 4 Feb. 1816; died
9 June, 1834;
V. Eunice Day' Quinby, born 31 Mar. 1824, married
Dr. John Merrill; she died 2 Apr. 1880;
785. VI. John' Quinby, born 29 May, 1818 (see);
VII. Almira Fitch' Quinby, born 24 June, 1828; she
lived at the old Quinby mansion at Stroudwater.
A sketch of her life, with letters written during
her career as a nurse in the hospital at Annapolis
during the Civil War, was published in New
England Family History. She died in 1909.
326. Levi» ( Jo/in «, t'^^^^^'^-^ <9^^^^<^>^^''^y
Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert^, ^ >^
Robert'') born 12 Nov. t/^>~,^ 9 ' •
1787, at Portland, Me. "^'T^''**^ ^Cuui^*^
His intention of marriage *?*
to Mary*, daughter of An-
drew * and Mary® (Dole) ^^ ^^ ^
Titcomb was filed 3 Nov. ^^^^^ '"^^ ^^^44^
1811; they were married
24 Nov. 1811, by Rev. Autographs (1853) of 325Mose8? Quinby, wife
/-^ 1 t- Ti 11 1 ' and daughter.
Caleb Bradley, who en-
tered in his diary the fee of ten dollars he received there-
for, the ordinary fee being two dollars. (IV. Me. Hist, and
Gen. Record).
Levi Quinby and Robert Strong of Portland, mer-
chants, were sued on an account of $177.17 in 1813, by
Abraham Durgin of Limerick, Me., and were defeated in
a jury trial; the judgment (for $203.74) was appealed from,
but the appeal was dismissed for failure of either party to
appear (York county records). Levi was an assessor of
the town of Portland. The Bangor registry of deeds gives
a deed by Levi Quinby and Rebecca Strong of Portland
Autograph of Levi' Quinby.
(19)
290 The Quinby FAMHiT
and Moses Quinby of Westbrook, 29 June, 1820, to Joseph
Treat of Bangor.
Levi's house in Portland was on the westerly side of
Elm St. He died of consumption 27 Aug. 1828. His
wife Mary was born 19 Aug. 1791, and died 23 Apr. 1874.
Their gravestones in the Evergreen cemetery bear respec-
tively the figures: "1788-1826;" "1791-1874." They had
the following children born at Portland:
I. Maria' Quinby, born 11 Jan. 1815; a sampler
worked by her, bearing the embroidered words:
"Maria Quinby se 11, 1825" was in the possession
of Miss Almira F.' Quinby at Stroudwater; and
an interesting hair bracelet with a gold clasp bear-
ing her name is in my possession; she never mar-
ried, and the census of 1860 gives her as living
at Portland with her mother and brother Fred-
erick A. Quinby; she died 21 Aug. 1883;
II. Mary Titcomb' Quinby, born 12 Feb. 1817; died
at Stroudwater 17 Aug. 1828;
III. Robert Strong' Quinby, born 16 June, 1819, named
for a sea captain friend of the family and business
associate of Levi; he died 13 Dec. 1821, aged 2y.
6m.; gravestone in Evergreen cemetery;
786. IV. Frederick Augustus' Quinby, born 27 Dec. 1821
(see) ;
V. Elizabeth Harris' Quinby, born 6 Apr. 1824, died
30 Oct. 1841, of quick consumption, "brought on
by going with a party to the light house; got
heated and sat on the rocks, which threw her
into quick consumption;"
787. VI. Robert Strong' Quinby, born 5 July, 1826; "died
(without issue) in port at New Orleans as is sup-
posed, for he disappeared there from the ship on
which he was first mate, and was never heard of
more; he was a steady temperate man."
Mary * Titcomb, the child who made the series of
samplers more than a hundred years ago, which are pic-
tured here, was the daughter of Andrew ^ and Mary * (Dole)
Titcomb and married Levi ' Quinby whose picture is shown
here. The homespun cloth on which her childish fingers
so diligently embroidered the alphabet was no doubt spun
and woven in her own home — perhaps by herself. She
was born and lived in the Quinby mansion in Stroudwater,
Maine.
The first sampler shown which bears the little maiden's
name contains this phrase: "Stroudwater September 12th
MARY TITCOMB 7 years of age 1800." Its dimen-
sions are seven and a half by eight inches. The inscrip-
tion just quoted is in dark brown silk, the alphabet and
lower border are in light brown and the border at the sides
Samplers in the Qtiixby Mansion at Stroudwater, Me.
The lower two made bv Mary Titcomb, afterwards wife of 326Levi" Quiuby.
(See ])]), 290-1.)
The QmNBY Family 291
in green. The second sampler, made by Mary Titcomb
at the age of twelve, is homespun of much lighter brown
than the others and is an elaborate combination of half
a dozen colored silks, now toned to gentler shades than of yore.
The third sampler bears no name and may have been the
work of some other child in the family. It is thirteen by
eighteen inches. The uppermost alphabet and border of
top and sides are done in black linen thread; the second
alphabet in pink silk; the lower alphabet in light green
silk. The verse, in red silk, reads as follows:
To
Sweet vision of futurity
How oft ye cheat the young
When first upon life's stormy sea
Their untried saris are flung
With meteor light ye lead them on
To fancied scens of rest.
327. Benjamin Wentworth ' {Jacob *, Benjamin ^
Joseph*, Robert^ Robert^) ("Wentworth Quinby") born 5
Dec. 1768, probably at Salmon Falls, or Somersworth,
N. H.; intention of marriage with Eleanor Jellison 20 Aug.
1811, recorded at York, Me. This intention appears to
have been carried out, for, apparently his son,
788. Timothy Jellison* Quinby, changed his name by law
to Timothy Jellison at York, Me., in 1836. The records
at York do not give further information. A search of
the York vital records do not show any Jellison descend-
ant. A Jellison family at York in 1910, do not answer letters.
328. John ^ (Jacob ^, Benjamin^, Joseph^, Robert^,
Robert^) born 5 Mar. 1777, at Somersworth, N. H. He
was a manufacturer or fuller of cloth at North Berwick,
Me., and his grandson Alonzo^ (Jonathan H.^) says he
lived at Lebanon, Me. John ' married 8 Mar. 1804, Han-
nah Hanson, born 1783. He died in 1837 and she married,
second, Thomas Rogers, and was living in 1872 with her son-in-
law Jacob Hall at North Berwick. Children of John Quinby :
789. I. Frederick B.» Quinby, born 1804 (see);
II. Mary' Quinby, born 1807; married Eben Moultoh
and lived at York, Me.; children: Johnson, Sam-
uel, Martha, Daniel, Jeremiah;
790. III. Jonathan Hanson' Quinby, born 1810 (see);
IV. Lydia B. ' Quinby, married 1831 Jacob Hall, born
1810, son of her father's cousin John Hall and his
wife Lydia (Randall).
NoTB. — The foregoing is partly from MSS. of Fred E. Quimby, Esq.,
City Clerk, Dover, N. H. (1908).
292 The Quinby Family
329. Jacob ^ (Jacob ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born probably 1765-8 and certainly before 1784,
at Somersworth, N. H. In 1790, Jacob Quinby was h«ad
of a family at Falmouth, now Portland, Me., consisting
of a daughter and a son between 10 and 16, and a son
under 10. Tn 1814 there was living at Saccarappa (now
Westbrook) "Jacob Quinby, Jr." as shown by the assess-
ment roll. On account of the fact that Jacob * Sr. did not
die till 1805, it is impossible to identify any real estate or
probate court records as pertaining to Jacob, Jr. From
the fact that no other parentage can be idenjtified for
Jacob of Portland, Me., who married Charlotte March, it
is probable he was
791. Jacob' Quinby, born 28 Dec. 1799 (see).
330. George W. ^ (Benjamin ', Benjamin ^ Joseph *,
Robert', Robert'') born at Somersworth, N. H. 1781, and
reinoved to Portland, Me., at an early age. He married
as early as 1807, Sarah Waldron, daughter of Joseph and
Tamsen (Twombly) Waldron born 13 Mar. 1781, died 26
Dec. 1853, (V. N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, 205-6).
The census record of George W. gives his residence as
Falmouth, Cumberland county. Me., in 1810. He was the
head of a family which evidently included another family,
for (including him and his wife) theire were a male and a
female born before 1765; one male born between 1765 and
1784; orie female born between 1784 and 1794; two females
born between 1794 and 1800; one male between 1800 and
1810. These census age records are often erroneous. Mrs.
Eaton says he was a trader — i. e., retail merchant. He died
14 Aug. 1813, and Mr. Chapman, in the Deering News of
27 Apr. 1905, says: "In the old, worse- than-neglected
burying ground above Saccarappa, is a stone that reads:
'George W. Quinby, died 1813, aged 32.' " Sally Quinby,
a widow, is on the Westbrook, Me., assessment roll for
1814, "house and lot, $250; barn, $20; store, $40; 7 acres
land; 1 cow; 1 swine." Child of George W. ' Quinby:
Nancy Ann* Quinby, born 25 Oct. 1807, married by Rev.
J. M. Cleary, 12 Dec. 1824, to Joseph Morrill of Salis-
bury and Dover; she died 8 Feb. 1877.
331. Benjamin' (Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Rob-
ert', Robert'') born 13 July, 1786, at Somersworth, N. H.
He was known as Benjamin, 3rd. He married first, 13
May, 1808, Elizabeth Jones, born 17 Aug. 1787, who died
27 Oct. 1821, aged 34; he married second, 2 Sept. 1822,
Sarah Purinton, born 14 July, 1792, who died 2 Aug. 1850,
331BENJAMIN1 QUINBY,
From a pencil drawing owned by Mrs. W. D. Eaton. (See p. 292.)
The Qtjinbt Family 293
aged 58. Benjamin was called "Square Ben"; he was in
the census of 1810 with his wife and one girl under 10
years old. He was on the assessment list of 1814 at Sac-
carappa; assessed as follows: one house, $175; barn, $35;
shop, $40; 2 acres of mowing; 2 acres of pasturage; 2 cows;
1 horse; swine; stock in trade, $100. He was a sergeant
in the company commanded by Joseph Valentine, raised
about September, 1814, at Westbrook for service at Port-
land in the war of 1812. His cousins 'Benjamin F., Simeon
and Charles were also members of the same company.
He was a selectman in 1819, 1822-6, 1829-34, 1836.
His intention of marriage to Cyrene Hobbs of Bidde-
ford was filed there 18 Dec. 1851; and he married her at
Portland, 5 Jan. 1852. Benjamin died at Saccarappa, 19
Apr. 1854, aged 68.
"Of all the Quinby clan at Saccarappa (now West-
brook, Me.), in the old Conant cemetery, there is but one
memorial slab; two monuments in the village cemetery,
and a row of six slate slabs, one for Benjamin", and one
each for Benjamin^, his two wives and his first and third
daughters," says L. B. Chapman from whose quotation
of these gravestones the dates are taken. {Deering News,
15 Oct. 1903). Children of Benjamin' and Elizabeth
(Jones) Quinby, born at Saccarappa:
I. Maby« Quinby, born 11 Oct. 1808, died 12 Dec.
1822, says Mrs. Adelaide Q. Eaton; Mr. Chapman
says, died Aug. 1822, aged 15;
792. II. Geobgb Washington' Quinby, born 20 Dec. 1810
III. SoPHKONiA' Quinby, born 13 Feb. 1813; married
there 4 Dec. 1839, Clarendon Waters, born at
Livermore, Me., 8 Mar. 1805, son of Simeon and
Elizabeth (Marble) Waters; he was a graduate
of Kent's Hill Seminary and was a farmer and
teacher; died 27 Oct. 1879;
IV. LucBETiA" Quinby, born 9 Dec. 1814 (19 Dec,
says L. B. C); she died 20 Nov. 1822;
V. Harriet Jane' Quinby, born 29 June, 1816; mar-
ried 30 Oct. 1838, Levi Morrill;
793. VI. Oliver How' Quinby, born 4 Jan. 1819 (see);
794. VII. Edwin E.' Quinby, born 24 June, 1821 (see).
Note. — All of these sons became clergymen.
Note —A brief sketch of Benjamin ' appears in "Representative Men of
Southeastern Massachusetts," II., 823, in connection with the biosraphy of
one of his descendants. It misstates the date of his second wife s death.
332. Samuel' (Benjamin <>, Benjamin^, Joseph^ Rob-
ert*, Robert^) born 1791, at Somersworth, N. H., and while
young probably accompanied his parents to Saccarappa,
Maine. He was assessed there in 1814 for poll tax. He
294 The Quinbt Family
married in 1823, Elizabeth Nute, says Dr. Ham',s diary.
Mrs. Eaton says that Samuel lived at Saco and Dover and
had two daughters. They were "very handsome and in-
teresting," says an aged relative. The Saco Directory of
1856 names him as living on Middle street; no occupation
mentioned. He died 11 July, 1860, aged 69.
333. Archelaxjs ' (Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Rob-
ert^, Robert^) born 28 Mar. 1776, at Saccarappa, now West-
brook, Me. He married 5 June, 1800, at Buxton, Me.,
Patience Rounds, of that town, and is said to have settled
in Ohio.
334. John' (Joseph^, Benjamin °, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born 2 Feb. 1782 at Saccarappa, Me. He was
living at Hebron, Me., when he married 15 May, 1815,
Martha (or "Patty") Clark at Gorham, Me. She was
born 16 Dec. 1792, daughter of Moses and Martha (Rogers)
Clark.
They lived at Minot, Me., and the census of 1850
names him as a farmer there. Children, all born at Minot:
I. Harriet Hill' Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1815; married
at Portland, 25 Feb. 1840, William H. Neal, and
died at Westbrook, 1864; they had six children;
Leonard Clark* Quinby, born 23 May, 1817 (see);
Albert' Qtjinby, born 1 Nov. 1818 (see);
John Oliver' Quinby, born 17 Aug. 1827 (see);
George Washington' Quinby, born 3 July, 1830
(see) ;
799. VI. Benjamin Franklin' Quinby, born 3 July, 1830
(see);
VII. Horatio G.' Quinby, born 3 Mar. 1834, died 17
Feb. 1842.
Note. — Dates supplied by Mrs. Charles E. Quinby and Mrs. A. C. Root.
335. Joseph^ {Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) ("Joseph Quinby 3d") born 12 Mar. 1791, at Sac-
carappa, now Westbrook, Me. He was married by Rev.
Caleb Bradley 11 Feb. 1813, at Saccarappa, to Eliza, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Sally (Waterhouse) Bailey, born 17 Oct.
1792. Parson Bradley records that the fee he received for
performing the ceremony was $1.51. (IV. Me. Hist, and
Gen. Rec.) "Joseph, Jr. to whom Mr. Harvey presented
his Diary, was a house carpenter, and seems to have been
a sort of rolling stone. He purchased 17 March, 1817, what
is known as the Nicholas Harmon place, located at North Scar-
boro,' which after he sold it to one Hanson, became notorious
as an inn and which now remains. In 1823, he was residing
at the corner of Essex and Congress streets, Portland;
Me." (L. B. Chapman in Deering News, 27 Apr. 1895).
Joseph died 28 Apr. 1838; Eliza his wife died 5 May,
795.
II.
796.
III.
797.
IV.
798.
V.
The Quinbt Family
295
1874. Mrs. Charles E. Quinby, a granddaughter, has an
excellent picture of her; and silhouettes of Joseph^ and his
brother John^, taken in 1812; there is a monument to Eliza
in the village cemetery.
"In 1807, the Embargo Act
caused such an unsettled state of
affairs in the country that Joseph
could not obtain steady employment
in his chosen occupation, and pur-
chasing some horses, he engaged in
carrying merchandise between dif-
ferent points. He travelled as far
east as the Provinces and as far
west as New York, and was often
gone three months at a time. Dur-
ing the war of 1812, he belonged
to the Minute men serving in Capt.
Benjamin Bradford's company, 45th
regiment, U. S. Infantry. In poli-
tics he was a Jeffersonian Demo-
crat. After the war of 1812, he ob-
tained work as a joiner in Sacca-
rappa and Portland and so continued up to the time of
his death. Children of Joseph ', born at or near Sacca-
335Jo8BPH^ Quinby bom 1791
(From a sUhouette owned byMre.
Charlea E. Quinby;
rappa:
800.
801.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
VI.
Joseph B.» Quinby, born 14 Jan. 1814; died 23 Oct.
1822 (buried in the Eastern cemetery, Portland,
Me.);
Martha C' Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1815; married
Joseph Knight of Worcester, Mass., and lived at
Biddeford, Me.; in 1903 she lived at Kingston,
N. H., with her daughter, Mrs. John Harmon;
she died 18 Oct. 1903;
Isaac F.» Quinby, born 26 May, 1818 (see);
Eliza Ann« Quinby, born 31 Jan. 1820; married 20
May, 1849, Joseph R. Eastman of Buxton; she
died Mar. 1876;
Chaklotte a.' Quinby, born 17 Dec. 1821; died 15
Feb. 1822 (Eastern cemetery, Portland, Me.) ;
Joseph Bailey* Quinby, born 14 Mar. 1823 (see).
Note. — The foregoing dates were copied by Mrs. Charlea E. Quinby from
Eliza B. Quinby's Family Bible.
336. Abel^ (Nathan^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert'') born 178-, probably at Saccarappa, Me., He mar-
ried Mary, daughter of John and Lucy (Tenney) Barbour;
she died 13 May, 1825, and he married second, 11 Apr.
1826, Eunice Akers. He died in 1854. Children, born
probably at Saccarappa:
296 The Quinby Family
802. I. John' Quinby (see);
II. Rhoda Partridge* Quinby, married by Rev. Caleb
Bradley at Saccarappa, 30 Nov. 1823, to John
Babb, Jr., son of Joseph, and had John R., Marsh-
all L., Esther (married Joseph Knight), Almira
(married Frank Goodridge) (F. M. Ray's History
of Westbrook, in Deering News 21 Dec. 1895;
L. B. Chapman in Deering News, 27 Apr. 1905;
V. Me. Hist, and Gen. Rec.)
III. Esther" Quinby, married Dec. 1841, Daniel, son of
John and Sarah (Cobb) Cloudman, born 13 Mar.
1813, and lived in California; no children; Daniel's
sister Esther married Aaron ' Quinby, (Moses «,
Benjamin '), and his sister Reliance married Moses'
(Moses «, Benjamin ') ;
IV. Jane' Quinby married Charles Lewis; died in Cali-
forlaia;
803. V. Charles H.* Quinby, born 5 July, 1842 (the only
child by his father's second wife) (see).
Note. — An umdentified memorandum says another son was Abel Quinby, Jr.
337. Levi' (Nathan^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born 178- at Saccarappa, Me. He married Hannah
and they removed to Searsport, Me., where he
died. His widow married 24 June, 1823, William Webb,
Jr. She lived awhile at Searsport with her grandson,
Charles O. * Quimby, who told me that his grandmother
Quinby's second husband was named Webb. Children:
804. I. Frederick' Quinby, born 25 Feb. 1810;
805. II. Nathan' Quinby, born 26 Nov. 1812 (see).
THE DREW MURDER
Extract from an article by William Goold of Portland
in the Portland Star, about 1871: "Parson Bradley's Journal.
More ancient History. Murder of a Sheriff in the olden
times. Last Execution in Portland: "1800, Jan. 20. At-
tended the funeral of Parker who was killed at Saccarappa
by Drew. Joseph Drew was a blacksmith, and Parker
was a deputy sheriff who went into Drew's shop to arrest
one Levi Quinby for debt, where he had retreated for
security. Drew attempted to protect hijs friend, and in the
scuffle struck Parker twice, the last time with a piece of
wood, which caused his death. May 24. The Supreme
Court sits. Attended. Drew and Quinby indicted for
murder. May 26. Attended the trial of Drew. Poor
unfortunate fellow was convicted of murder at 10 o'clock
p. m." The Court adjourned from the Court house to the
old wooden meeting house then occupied by the First
Parish, for the accommodation of the great crowd that at-
The Quinby Family 297
tended. "May 27. Attended the trial of Levi Quinby
who was indicted for murder. He was acquitted. May
28. Attended Court. Heard the sentence of death pro-
nounced on Drew by Judge Parsons. May 30. Visited Drew
in prison. July 8. Went down to town and visited Drew
under sentence of death. Prayed with him. July 21.
The solemn day has arrived when Drew must die. At-
tended his execution. Walked with him from the prison
to the gallows. A vast multitude attended on the occasion."
Drew was executed in front of the observatory. He must
have met his fate with firm^iess, as he walked | mile from
the prison to the gallows in the last hour of his existence
on earth. Col. John Waite was sheriff, then 70 years old.
Drew addressed the crowd from the gallows, confessing his
crime. This was the third and last execution in Port-
land."
338. Hiram' {Nathan", Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert'') born about 1788-98 at Saccarappa, Me. He
served in Capt. Abel W. Atherton's company of Maine
militia under Gen. James Irish, from 16 Sept. to 24 Nov.
1814, during the war of 1812 (Roster published in Port-
land Argus, 18 May, 1912). He was on the assessment
roll at Westbrook in 1814.
In 1817 he bought from his father the latter's house
and barn "which seem to have been located at Saccarappa
back of where the Universalist church stood on the north-
erly side of Main street in the village" (L. B. Chapman in
Deering News 27 Apr. 1895). He was married at Port-
land by Rev. Caleb Bradley, 27 Dec. 1821, to Sally Jame-
son, (IV. Me. Hist, and Gen. Rec.) and removed to Old
Town, Me. The following is an imperfect list of his chil-
dren, who spelled their name Quimby:
806w I. Luther F." Quimby, born about 1823 at Saccarappa
(see) ;
II. Tamsen" Quimby, a marriage license for her to
marry George W. Dutton of Orono, Me., was
issued at Old Town, Me., 9 Apr. a849;
807. III. William J.« Quimby, born about 1832 at Old Town
(see) ;
808. IV. John J.« Quimby, born about 1833 at Old Town
(see).
339. Simeon' {Nathan\ Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born 1789, at Saccarappa. He married first, Mary
Goodwin, who died 1828; he married second, Sarah Batch-
elor, who died 11 Feb. 1842; he seems to have been the
Simeon who married 13 Oct. 1847, Rebecca Walker. It
seems scarcely probable that hfe married again, but the
298 The Quinby Family
census gives Simeon, aged 58, and Lydia, aged 46, as the
only ones of the name, living in the town of Windham
(adjoining Saccarappa) in 1850.
War of 1812: No. 37, 338; Simeon Quinby's claim for
bounty land ; affidavit dated 27 March, 1855, of Simeon
Quinby, aged sixty years, resident of Westbrook, Maine,
"that he is the identical Simeon Quinby who was a private
in the company commanded by Capt. Valentine, in the
regiment of Massachusetts Militia, commanded by Col.
Hobbs in the war of 1812; that he entered the service at
Westbrook on or about 7 Sept. 1814, for the term indefinite,
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of
fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Portland
on the 20th of Sept. 1814, as will appear by the company's
roll." The Argus list shows that he was a member of Capt.
Joseph Valentine's company raised in Sept. 1814, for the
defence of Portland.
The following is from a letter of Mrs. Charles E. Quin-
by dated 21 Feb. 1909: "You ask if I know that Simeon
was really the father of Daniel as I wrote you. I know
that that is correct, as Mrs. Bryant sent me the plates
that came from the old coffins of the grandfather Simeon
and his second wife Sallie Batchelder; Mrs. Cord well told
me that her father William Motley was next in age to
Frances, the youngest child."
Children born at Saccarappa:
809. I. George Westbrook* Quinby, born 29 Sept. 1814
(see) ;
II. Mary Ann' Quinby, born 1817; died 26 Feb. 1831,
aged 14;
810. III. Daniel T.' Quinby, bor!a 1822 (see);
811. IV. William Motley* Quinby, born 1824 (see);
V. Frances' Quinby, born 1827; according to Mrs.
Cordwell, Frances was the youngest child, and
was a year and a half old when her mother,
Simeon's first wife, died; she married her relative,
Joseph H. Towle, born 30 Mar. 1823, son of Levi
and Mary (Quinby) Towle; this Mary (Quinby)
was daughter of Joseph = {Benjamin *) ; Frances'
died in 1866.
340. Benjamin Franklin " (Moses ^ Benjamin ', Jos-
eph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 10 Sept. 1789, at Saccarappa,
Me. He was commonly called Franklin Quinby, although
his marriage record calls him Benjamin Quinby of Buxton.
He was married by Rev. Caleb Bradley at the First Con-
gregational church at Scarboro', Me., 26 June, 1813, to
Phoebe Larrabee, says the Scarboro' town record; the Me.
341MOSES' QuiNBV, Jr.,
(Photo, by Spooiier, Springfield,
Mass.) (See p. 299.)"
Eeli.\xce Cobb (Cloudjiax) Quixby.
wife of 341]\roses"
Mrs. Sarah (Cobb) Cloudmak,
mother of Reliance Cobb (Cloudman) Quinby,
and of Esther (Cloudman) Quinby (see p. 2%).
The QuiNBY Family 299
H. and G. Rec. II. 239, gives 10 Aug. 1813. He was a
member of Capt. Joseph Valentine's company raised in
September, 1814, for the defence of Portland, in the sec-
ond war with England. (Portland Argus, 21 Sept. 1912)
The tax roll at Saccarappa in 1814 shows that he was
assessed for two cows; swine; one-half the Quinby saw mill
at Saccarappa." (L. B. Chapman in Deering News, 27
Apr. 1905). From Moses « Quinby's family Bible we learn
that Franklin Quinby died 27 Sept. 1817. Children:
812. I. Daniel Franklin* Quinby, born about 1814 (see);
II. Abigail" Quinby, died at the age of five yeats.
341. Moses' (Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^
Robert^) born 3 May^ 1805, at Saccarappa, Me. He mar-
ried 30 Sept. 1827, Reliance Cobb Cloudman, daughter of
John and Sarah (Cobb) Cloudman of Gorham, Me. She
was born 11 Oct. 1803, and died of old age, 4 Feb. 1892.
Moses, known as Moses Quinby 3d., died 10 Aug. 1879.
Children, born at Saccarappa (Westbrook), Me.:
813. I. Benjamin Franklin" Quinby, born 22 June, 1828
(see) ;
814. II. Henry Clay« Quinby, born 24 Apr. 1831 (see);
815. III. John C.« Quinby, born 16 Jan. 1835 (see);
816. IV. Melville Gershon Cox» Quinby, born 12 May,
1837 (see);
V. Sarah E.« Quinby, born 14 Dec. 1841.
The census of 1860 mentions Moses, his wife Reliance,
and their four sons, living at Grafton, Mass. Nearly half
a century later, a St. Paul, Minn., paper, contained the
following :
"Unique Family Reunion. There was a family reunion
today at the residence of John C. Quinby, one of the mem-
bers of the Board of Public Works, participated in by Mr.
Quinby's three brothers, Dr. Henry C. Quinby and Dr.
Melville Quinby of Liverpool, England, and B. F. Quinby
of Chicago. This is the first time the brothers have been
all together in forty-seven years." •
Note. — The above birth dates are from the family Bible in possession of
Dr. Arthur H. Quinby of Liverpool.
Sketch of Moses' Quinby
"Moses Quinby 3d was the fifth of a family of seven. His
education was obtained in the common school; how early in his
life his father moved with his family from Falmouth to a farm in
Westbrook, Me., is not now known; he was an important help
to his father, his elder brother having died young, and the other
brother was five years younger than himself; then his father was
farjner and mill-wright; such skill was in diemand, so much of
300 The Quinbt Family
his father's time was devoted to installing water wheels, etc., that
the care of the farm rested upon the son. The farm was not
large but good and grew a large amount of fine hay, which was
partly fed to cattle and sheep, the balance sold for cash; a stock
of hens, geese and a fine breed of pigs were grown, the latter
selling for twice the ordinary prices. The, son inherited the me-
chanical skill of the father, and could do anything with tools,
making and repairing the agricultural implements, wagons, carts,
sleds, yokes for the oxen, repairing the buildings, etc. Ambitious
to learn, he busied himself winters sawing timber in one of the
village mills '(m shares,' The father and mother grew aged and
became a care and Mr. Quinby at the age of twenty-two married
Reliance Cloudman, daughter of John Cloudman and Sarah his
wife, of Gorham, Me. He built an addition to the house and gave
his parents proper rooms, a cow, etc.; he took over the farm, pay-
ing his brother a large sum to relinquish his claim; he and his
helpful wife worked hard and supported two families, both large
from a wide circle of friendly visitors. Expenses being heavy, he
contracted for the building of a section of the 'PGo-tland and Seb-
ago Canal,' and completed it. His working force. Irishmen, all
hard drinkers, with one American, also a hard drinker, as foreman,
a powerful, fearless man, hated by the men, who threatened to
kill him; with his back up to a barn he told them to 'come on'
and knocked them out as fast as they came; he proved helpful
in controUi^ig Irishmen.
"Meantime Mr. Quinby's health had failed badly; he pledged
his foreman from drink, took him and his family of four to the
farm, gave them a place to live in, gave him the farm to 'work
at the halves,' and taught him to read — he did not even know
the alphabet. The foreman kept his pledge, worked hard and well
for several years, but the plan did not prove sufficiently successful
to Mr. Quinby, ill and with increased expenses; he having become
somewhat indebted to his brother who had prospered as grocer,
he sold him the farm, moved to the village with his young family,
wife and four children, and father and mother. He supplied
his farmer with a good wagon and pair of horses; the man worked
hard, was frugal, and accumulated a handsome fortune before he
died.
"Mr. Quinby took a partner with a knowledge of the business
and went into the manufacturing of wagons; the business grew
from that to an extensive water-power factory of his own, employ-
ing twelve or fourteen skilled men. The demand for carriages
in Maine was not then what it has been since, so he closed out
his afiFairs and went to Massachusetts with a son in the same
business where he continued for some years, then retired to a
pretty home near the homestead farm and his brother.
"Mr. Quinby and his wife early became members of the
Methodist church. He was prominent and helpful; with another,
as associate, he built a handsome church, contributing largely
himself; he was musical, and led the choir in the old house of
worship with his voice and bass viol; he bought a fine organ for
the new church, the members contributing; he was a quiet Metho-
dist in those emotional, shouting days; did not approve of noisy
worship, and his influence toned it down. He was an intelligent,
well iriformed leader, with a religious library such as no other pos-
sessed; he was tolerant in days when clergymen of one sect would
The QxnNBY Family 301
not occupy the pulpit of another; as an example of his kindly
feelings, the people of a distasteful church body wanted an organ
like the one in his church; he permitted their mechanic to take
measurements and frequent visits for study, which resulted in
the construction of an exact imitation of the original.
"In Massachusetts where he lived, there was no Methodist
church, so he and his wife at once united with the local Congre-
gational church, and were acceptable members. Later he found
there were other Methodists in the place; he got them together
formed a little church body, took a hall on lease, obtained a young
minister, and went on successfully while he lived there. That
young man grew to be a bishop of the Methodist order, and the
writer believes he is living today, a retired, aged bishop. Mr.
Quinby was a military officer, a fine figure mounted, and he was
a highest degree Odd Fellow. Living in a drinking town at times
he exerted his influence toward lessening the bad effects; he opened
a general store, both grocery and dry goods, almost the only one
without a drinking place, but the people were not appreciative
and he closed it out in a year or two. Mr. Quinby lived a useful
life and passed away in Westbrook, in 1879, at the age of seventy-
four, his wife ifollowing him in fourteen years at the age of eighty-
eight. Their resting place is in what is now the city of
Westbrook, Maine. The following is from Mr. Quinby's obituary
written by his then Pastor, and signed L.:
"Brother Quinby was converted fifty-two years ago, under the
labors of Rev. Mr. Schermerhorn, and immediately united with
the Methodist church. He has been an active, prominent and
useful member of the church to the close of his life, although for
the few last years his influence was considerably limited by im-
paired health. For a long time he held the offices of class-leader
and steward, and with great fidelity he fulfilled the trust imposed
upon him by his brethren. He joyfully carried the burdens laid
upon him, and with a generous hand, almost prodigal, perhaps, he
sustained, all the interests of the church; and this interest was
maintained to the last. In my last interview with him, though
he seemed almost patet consciousness, his face lighted and his lips
moved at the name of Jesus. He has been a subscriber of the
Herald for fifty-two years. He lived well and he died well and
the church cherishes his memory."
342. Aaron ^ (Moses ^, Benjamin \ Joseph*, Robert",
Robert") born 3 May, 1810, at Saccarappa, Me. He was
married 3 Dec. 1833, by Rev. Timothy Hilliard, to Esther
Cloudman, the sister of his brother Moses's wife, daughter
of John and Sarah (Cobb) Cloudman, of Gorham, Me.,
three of whose children married Quinbys. Aaron ^ was
Town Clerk at Saccarappa (now Westbrook) 1846/-7-8;
Selectman, 1848-9; Representative, 1851-2-3; State Senator,
1855. The records show that he was a subscribed to the
Westbrook Social Library in 1840, and no doubt other
years; the census of 1860 names him and his wife as living
at Westbrook, where his real estate was valued at $1000;
their youngest sons were then living with them, attending
302 The Quinbt Family
school. Hon. Aaron' Quinby died 8 Jan. 1872; his wife
Esther died of pneumonia 2 Apr. 1893 at Westbrook. He
lived and died in the old homestead that had come down
to him from his grandfather Benjamin.
Mr. Chapman, in the Deering News of 11 Oct. 1899,
says: "He filled the office of town clerk and was re-
elected repeatedly. The work upon the town books is
neatly donfe. After passing the preparatory positionb of
selectman and representative to the state legislature he
was sent by his fellow townsmen to the state senate, leav-
ing at the close of his worldly career good reports of him-
self. Upon the manuscript records of the town of West-
brook the name is inscribed in a manner that reflects credit
upon the descendants, and in the village cemetery it is
deeply engraved upon tablets of stone. Our labor to per-
petuate has been cheerfully given."
Children of Hon. Aaron' and Esther (Cloudman)
Quinby :
1. Adeline Mabia' Quinby, born 24 Sept. 1834; mar-
ried 10 (or 22) Jan. 18G0, John W. Partridge; she
died 21 Apr. 18&3; one child, Fred, born 1863;
817. II. Albion M.» Quinby, borti 23 Jan. 1836 (see);
III. Edwin M.» Quinby, born 27 June, 1838; died 1 July
1842;
818. IV. Charles Edwin' Quinby, born 7 Sept. 1848 (see);
819. V. Geobge Albert" Quinby, born 18 Feb. 1850 (see);
Note. — The foregoing dates are from Mrs. Mary (Quinby) Quinby, wife
of Charles E.» Quinby.
343. Charles' (Simeon'', Benjamin^, Joseph*, Rob-
ert^, Robert^) born 4 Apr. 1794, probably at Saccarappa,
Me. In 1814 he was on the Saccarappa tax assessment
list for a blacksmith shop, $100, and nine acres of land.
(L. B. C, Deering News, 27 Apr. 1905). This seems to
be the only possible Charles, but was only 20 years old.
The real estate records (Alfred, Me.) show that Charles
Quinby was grantee of real esta^te 15 Apr. 1815, from David
Newbegin (bk. 92, p. 270). He was a private in the com-
pany raised in September, 1814, at Westbrook, Capt.
Joseph Valentine, for service at Portland; Benjamin Quinby
was a sergeant in this company; Charles and Simeon were
privates. He was married 16 June, 1817, at Portland, by
Rev. Caleb Bradley to Mary Weeks Roberts of Saccarappa;
he paid the minister a fee of $2 (IV. Me. Hist, and Gen.
Rec.) Charles was grantee of real estate 5 Mar. 1818, from
William Davis (bk. 100, p. 44). He was a subscriber to
the Westbrook Social Library in 1819 and he or another
Charles in 1840. In 1824, (Sept. 22) he deeded land to
344CAPT. RCBEKT" QUINBY.
From a portrait in possession of his son, Tliomas W.^ Quinljy. (See p. 303.)
The Quinby Family 303
William Davis (bk. 115, p. 199). He apparently married
second, Joanna , born 1810, as appears by the
census of 1860; he was a farmer in Westbrook then, with
$1000 real estate and $500 personalty; they then were liv-
ing with Dexter V. and Caroline A. Haskell. Children of
Charles and Mary Quinby, born at Saccarappa, Me.:
I. Eliza Ann* Quinby, born 1 Feb. 1817; married
George Rounds; no children;
II. Elizabeth V.» Quinby, born 4 Nov. 1819; married
1842, Sidney B. Chase, and had Genevieve P.,
born 1843; Ariadpe B., born 1844; Ella G., boi-n
1850; Melanie B., born 1851; Sidney B., born 1853;
Lucy W., born 1859;
III. Mary W.' Quinby, born 2 June, 1822; married Gree-
ley H. Dyer, and had Mary W., born 1844; Al-
meda S., born 1846; Charles G., born 1847; Clif-
ford W., born 1851; Howard E., born 1853; Ada-
lina F., born 1855; Lonville H., born 1865;
820. IV. Cyrus W.« Quinby, born 5 Mar. 1825 (see) ;
821. V. Johnson M.» Quinby, born 20 May, 1827 (see);
VI. Rebecca F.* Quinby, born 20 Nov. 1829; married
by Rev. John R. Adams at Gorham, Me., 7 Feb.
1857, to Eliphalet B. Robinson, age 24, clerk at
Boston, born at Portland, son of John Robinson;
Rebecca F. died 1865; children: Herman M.,
born 1857; Edgar A., born 1858; Helen L., born
1859, died 1873;
822. VII. Charles 0.« Quinby, born 6 Sept. 1835 (see);
823. VIII. Benjamin F.» Quinby, born 19 Apr. 1838.
Note. — The foregoing i.s mostly from Mrs. G. H. Dyer, 574 Congress st.,
Portland, Me. (1888). Mrs. T. j'. Ferguson, daughter of Cyrus W.« Quinby,
gives Rachel instead of Rebecca for the youngest daughter.
344. Robert" (Robert^, Daniel^, Joseph*, Robert^,
Robert^) born 25 June, 1797, at Amesbury, Mass. He was
a farmer and a captain in the militia, and selectman at
Amesbury. He married Abigail, daughter of Orlando and
Hannah (Welch) Sargent. The census of 1850 gives Rob-
ert Quinby as a farmer at Amesbury, with real estate
estimated at $3000; Sally, Orlando, Abigail and Thomas
are mentioned as part of the household; and as living with
them, Mary, aged 20 and Emma, aged 18; Mary was no
doubt Orlando's wife. Thomas W. says (1911), "Emma
was not of our family." Robert' died of dropsy, 3 Dec.
1857, at Amesbury; Abigail his wife died 9 Feb. 1849, aged
46'y. 9m. 19d. Among his personal estate as shown by the
inventory, 1858, was a pew in the Congregational Meeting
House. A copy of his will is given below. Children of
Robert ', born at Amesbury :
824. I. Daniel Osgood' Quinby, born 22 Dec. 1821 (pee);
II. Sarah Ann" Quinby, born 10 Feb. 1826; married
304 The Quinby Family
Albert, son of Joseph and Lydia Merrill, 13 Oct.
1852, by Rev. Rufus King at Amesbury; Albert
was 42, school teacher, afterwards shoe manu-
facturer; she died at Haverhill, Mass., 11 June,
1910;
825. III. Orlando Sargent' Quinby, born 1 Jan. 1828 (see);
IV. Abigail' Quinby, born 17 June, 1832; married by
Rev. A. C. Childs at Amesbury, 14 Dec. 1856,
to Daniel Quinby Gale of Washington, Mo., aged
48, his second marriage; he was Colonel of militia
and "for eight yeai-s Circuit Judge in Missouri;
826. V. Thomas Weed' Quinby, born 23 Feb. 1835 (sfee).
Note. — The foregoing ia from Thomas W. Quinby, supplemented by vital
records.
Will of Robert ' Quinby
(Env. 51206, No. 1) In the name of God Amen, I, Robert
Quinby of Amesbury in the county of Essex and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, yeoma,n, being of sound disposing mind and
memory, and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, do
make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and
form following that is to say. First, I give and bequeath uiito my
son Daniel 0. Quinby one piece of woodland situate in Newton,
New Hampshire, containing about two acres. Also one hundred
dollars in money and one bed and bedding therefor, to him, his
heirs and assigns forever. Second, I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Sally A. Merrill, wife of Albert Merrill, one-third part
of my lot of land called the "Hibbert Lot" situate near the house
of George Jewell and containing about thirty-eight acres, she pay-
ing one-third part of the debt which 1 have contracted with Sally
Gale for the purchase of her share in the premises. Also one-
fourth part of about sixteen acres of woodland situate in South
Hampton, in the southerly part of Hoyts Woods (so called) and, ad-
joining land of the heirs of Daniel Tuxbury and Page Ring, being
one-fourth part in value, to her and her heirs and assigns forever.
Third, I give and bequeath unto my son, Orlando S. Quinby,
five dollars.
Fourth, I give and bequeath unto my son-in-law, Albert Mer-
rill, onte-third part of my "Hibbert Lot" about described, he pay-
ing one-third part of the debt which I have contracted with Sally
Gale for her share in the premises. Also one-fourth part in value
of about sixteen acres of woodland situate in Southampton and
above described. Also one bed and bedding therefor and one-half
of my carriages, carts, wagons and harnesses and one*-half of all
the furniture and other stuff in the house not hereinafter disposed
of, to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Fifth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Abby Gale, wife
of Daniel Q. Gale, one-third pirt of my "Hibbert Lot" above de-
scribedj she paying one-third part of the debt which I have con-
tracted with Sally Gale for her share in the premises. Also one-
fourth part in value of about sixteen acres of woodland situate
Southampton aind herein before described, to her, her heirs and
assigns forever.
Sixth, I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas W. Quinby
on,e-fourth part of about sixteen acres of woodland situate in
The Quinby Family 305
Southampton and herein before described, being one-fourth part
in value, also one piece of salt marsh situate in Salisbury at Sandy
Cove containii^g about three acres. Also one piece of marsh at
the Hickley Picklies in said Salisbury containing about one acre.
Also one piece of marsh at Rolf's Island in Salisbury containing
about two and a half acres. Also my horse. One yoke of oxen,
the ones I raised; one cow, one yearling heifer, two yearling steers,
one colt, all my farming tools and utensils of every description.
Also one-half of all my carriages, carts, wagons and harnesses.
Also one bed and "bedding therefor, and one-half of all the furni-
ture household utensils and other things of 'every description in
the house not hereinbefore disposed of, to him, his heirs and as-
signs forever.
Seventh, It is my will that my executor hereinafter named
dispose of my large piece of salt marsh, containing about six acres
and also that part of my live stock and whatever other property
I may not have disposed of herein, to pay the legacy to my son
D. 0. Quinby, my just debts not hereinbefore provided for and
all incidental charges, and should anything remain, then the same
to be equally divided between all my children and I hereby con-
stitute and appoint Joseph Merrill, Jr., sole executor of this my
last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
twenty-second day of June, A. D., 1857. Signed) sealed and de-
clared by the above mentioned Robert Quinby to be his last will
and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his
presence, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Robert Quinby.
William H. Currier, Bailey Currier, Levi T. Currier.
345. Enos ' (Jonathan^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Rob-
ert^, Robert^) born 30 Jan. 1775, at Salisbury, N. H., and
went within a year to Hopkinton. He married at New
Grantham, N. H., 15 Nov. 1798, Anna Ring, (spelled Anor
on the Grantham record), both residents of Enfield. In
1810 he and his wife and family lived at Enfield. The only
other family of the name there then was that of Benjamin*
(Benjamin^, Benjamin*) (U. S. census). Enos's family in
1810 were as follows:
I. (girl)' QmNBY, born between 1794 and 1800;
828. II. (boy)' Quinby, born after 1800;
829. III. (boy)' Quinby, born after 1800;
' IV. (girl)' Quinby, born after 1800.
346. Thomas^ (Jonathan*, Benjamin'', Benjamin*,
RoberP, Robert^) born 31 Jan. 1777, at Hopkinton, N. H.;
married by Rev. Christopher Page, 13 Dec. 1798, to Han-
nah', daughter of Eastman « and Martha Hoyt, born 14
Feb. 1767. (Her brother Joseph" Hoyt married 18 Aug.
1808, Elizabeth^ Quinby, sister of Thomas^, and lived at
Windsor, Vt., says Hoyt Genealogy).
(20)
306 The Quinby Family
The census of 1810 gives Thomas and wife of Hop-
kinton with a family consisting of one female between 16
and 26, one boy between 10 and 26, and two girls and two
boys under 10. The town clerk of Vershire, Vt., writes
me that Thomas Quinby of Hopkinton bought and sold
real estate in Vershire in 1813.
The census of 1850 give Thomas and Betsy Quinby
as living in the same house at Thetford, Vt., he aged 72,
she 63, "both born in New Hampshire." Either he mar-
ried again, or she was the sister above mentioned, then no
doubt a widow.
In 1856 he made an affidavit in support of his claim under
the U. S. law for bounty labd, for service in the war of 1812.
No. 258, 799: Claim for Bounty Land of Thomas Quinby,
aged 78 years^, resident of Thetford, Orange county, Vt. Affidavit
of Thomas Quinby dated 15 Sept. 1856, that he is the identical
Thomas Quinby who was a private, in the company commanded
by Capt. Ebenezer Spencer in the regiment of Vermont Militia,
commanded by Col. Lyman Fitch in the war of 1812; that he vol-
unteered at Thetford, Vermont, on or about 10 Sept. 1814, for a
term indefinite and continued in actual service in said war for the
term of five days. That at the time of the alarm that the British
were about to invade Plattsburgh, N. Y., he together with the
other members of said company, volunteered and got in readjness
for marching and took up their line of march fof the defense of
that place. Saturday morning 10 Sept. 1814, on their arrival at
Burlington, Vt., a distance of seventy miles, they were informed
of the battle of Plattsburgh, N. Y., ahd the retreat of the British
and were notified their services were not further needed; where-
upon the company returned to their place of starting.
He died 7 Sept. 1859, at Thetford. Children of
Thomas' born at Hopkinton:
830. I. Leonabd" Quimby, born 20 June, 1799 (see);
831. II. Joseph Hoyt' Quimby, born 13 Apr. 1801 (see);
III. (son)8 Quimby, born between 1800 and 1810.
The census indicates that there were also two daughters
born between 1800 and 1810.
347. John ' (Jonathan ^ Benjamin *, Benjamin *, Rob-
ert,^ Robert^) born 18 Aug. 1790 at Hopkinton, N. H.;
married Hannah T. (or S.), daughter of Jonas and Selma
(White) Blanchard. The census of 1860 shows him as a
farmer at Hopkinton with $3000 real estate, $1200 personal
proplerty, living with his wife and children, Mary, Jona-
than and Enos. She died 28 May, 1882, aged 81y. 3m.
13d. John ' died of "ulcers in the stomach," 1 May, 1864,
at Hopkinton, aged 73y. 8m. 13d. Children, born at Hop-
kinton:
The Quinbt Familt 307
I. Mary» Quimby, born 1822; was living unmarried at
Hopkinton 1860 (census);
832. II. Jonathan* Quimby, born 23 Dec. 1823; lived at
Hopkinton, a farmer. The census of 1860 shows
him as a farmer with $500 real estate, and $430
persona,! property, at Hopkinton; he died there
of dropsy, 5 Aug. 1905, unmarried (Hopk. rec;);
III. Sophie B. ' Quimby, born 1825, died 4 Jan. 1827,
aged 1 y. 9m.; (C. C. Lord's rec);
IV. Enos G. ' Quimby, born about 1828; died of heart-
disease at Hopkinton, unmarried, 11 Oct. 1874,
aged 45y. 11m. 4d. (Hopk. rec).
833
348. James ^ (Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Rob-
ert, Robert^) born 12 Oct. 1794, probably at Enfield, N. H.;
married at Thetford, Vt., 11 Nov. 1832, Mercy Kendrick
of Lyme, N. H., and had two daughters Eliza and Harriet,
(says a relative in 1875). James' Quimby died at Thet-
ford, 10 June, 1872. Children:
I. Eliza' Quimby, "died young;" an Eliza died, at
Thetford 16 Apr. 1860; it may have been another;
II. Habriet' Quimby "married and now lives with the
family of Albert D. » Quimby" (Leonard', Thomas ',
Jonathan ', Benjamin ') at Thetford'.
Note. — Perhaps they had also Nancy (died at Thetford 21 Dec. 1886);
Betsy, and Judith, all on I'hetford records. There were several Quimby fam-
ilies there: John, son of David; John W.; the first of the name to settle there
was Thomas' {Jonathan^, BenjJ, Benjamin*).
349. Harvey ' (Benjamin «, Benjamin *, Benjamin *,
Robert^, Robert^) born 15 Sept. 1803, probably at Enfield,
N. H. ; married Judith Eaton, born 1802; they evidently
lived at Strafford, Vt.; and in 1838 they moved to Thet-
ford, Vt., where they remained. The census of 1850 shows
him as a farmer there with real estate valued at $1000; at
that time Laura, Luman and Wareham lived with them
and attended school. Children, all but I., born at Straf-
ford, Vt.:
I. Jeannette' Quimby, born 5 Sept. 1822, probably at
Enfield; married Joseph Smith and moved to
South Hampton, N. H.;
II. Jekusha Caroline* Quimby ("Caroline") born 3
Aug. 1829; married Ira Moore, and was living at
Thetford about 1875;
III. Laura Ann» Quimby, born 22 Dec. 1830; married
RoyaJ George and in 1875 was living at Thetford;
834. IV. Wareham Morse' Quimby, born 12 Oct. 1832 (see);
835. V. Luman Vesper* Quimby, born 4 July, 1835 (see).
Note. — The foregoing is from the MSS. of Benjamin F. Quimby of Chi-
cago, and the Strafford records.
308 The Quinby Family
350. Dunham ' (Benjamin ^ Benjamin *, Benjamin *,
Robert^ Robert") born 12 July, 1805, probably at Enfield,
N. H.; married Rebecca Proctor, and lived at Marshfield,
Washington county, Vt. The census of 1850 names him
and his wife, aged 40 as living at Marshfield with his
sister Susan ' and son Proctor*; he was a farmer with real
estate put at $1200. In 1860 the census gives Dunham
Quimby aged 52, living with wife Mary M., aged 36, at
Newbury, Orange county, Vt., with Harriet E., aged 13,
and Adeline A., aged 10, all born in New Hampshire.' He
was a farmer with $800 real estate and $201 personal.
It is evident that he had married a second time and moved
to Newbury from Marshfield, N. H. Children, born prob-
ably at Marshfield:
836 I. Proctor' Quimby, born 1836;
II. Harriet E. ' Quimby, born 1847;
III. Adeline A. ' Quimby, born 1850.
351. Stephen' (Isaac ^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Rob-
ert\ Robert") born 16 Dec. 1793 at Deering, N. H. He
married Harriet, daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah
(Bangs) Mayo 10 May, 1827; she was then a resident of
Acworth, N. H., and was born about 1803 at Barre, Mass.
Stephen ' was a farmer at Unity, N. H. Stephen received
part of lots 25 and 26 in the first range at Unity, forty-
seven acres of land for $166, from Benjamin Quimby,
administrator of his father's estate, by deed of 2 Sept.
1816; and from the same, 3 June 1820, thirty-seven acres,
for $63. The reversion of widow's dower was excepted
during her life. Stephen sold to James Cunningham 8
Jan. 1817 for $250, the above forty-seven acres. ("Ben-
jamin Quinby and Descendants," by Rev. Silas E. Quimby,
p. 28).
Stephen ' died of consumption, 15 June, 1868, at
Unity; Harriet, his wife, died there 14 Jan. 1889, of "old
age, with shock," aged 85y. 28d. Children, all probably
born at Unity:
I. Mary" Quimby, born 27 Sept. 1828, died 18 May,
186?;
II. LiCERA H.» Quimby, born 16 Aug. 1830; she and her
sister Jane lived at Quaker City (West Unity);
she died there of valvular heart disease, 7 Oct.
1912, unmarried;
III. Jane H.' Quimby, born 27 June, 1836> at West
Unity. She was appointed postmistress there
(Quaker City) 16 May, 1883, and "faithfully and
efficiently performed the work," says the Concord
Monitor, until her resignation, on account of ill
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health, took effect 31 Mar. 1890. She and her
sister were hospitable, and the local items in the
county paper contain frequent mention of their
visitors. Jane H. Quimby died unmarried, 24
Oct. 1911, aged 75y. 3m. 27d. of valvular disease
of the heart of six months' duration.
Note. — Miss Licera and Miss Jane supplied rae with data.
352. Isaac' (Isaac", Jonathan^, Benjamin \ RoberP,
Robert^) born 24 Apr. 1807 at Deering, N. H., and lived
at^Unity, where he was a farmer. He married first Chic
Mata Chlase of Unity; he was married second, while living
at New Boston, N. H., by Rev. Nathan R. Wright, 3 Oct.
1845, at Washington, N. H., to Sarah Chiase of Unity.
She died in 1853, whjile a resident of Concord, and her will
was probated there at the July term; letters testamentary
were granted to her husband Isaac, 25 July, 1853; she men-
tions in her will Marshall Quimby as her only child (Con-
cord probate. No. 3946).
Isaac was married third to Martha, daughter of Nathan
and Elizabeth (Lowell) Wright of Washington, N. H.; she
was born there about 1817 and died of paralysis 10 Feb.
1892, at Hillsborough, N. H., aged 74y. 10m. 29d.
The census of 1860 names Isaac as a farmer at Unity,
aged 53, with $3000 in real estate and $500 in personal
property; with him lived his wife Martha, aged 43, and
son Marshall, aged 10, attending school; Jonathan, aged
64, and Sarah 61, were also members of the household.
The only child of Isaac was:
837. Charles Marshall" Quimby, born about 1851 (see).
Note. — This family is mentioned in the History of Henniker, N. H., and
in "Benjamin Quinby and Descendants," by Rev. Silas E. Quimby, p. 29.
353. Benjamin* (Benjamin", Jonathan^, Benjamin*,
Robert'', Robert^) born 18 Oct. 1800, at Deering, N. H.
"He was a sturdy industrious farmer, and lived the greater
part of his life at West Unity; he accumulated a good
property for those times" (N. H. Genealogical History, p.
1544). He was married at Mario w, N. H., by Wells Way,
J. P., 23 Mar. 1826, to Percis Gee, born 12 Dec. 1805, at
Marlow; she was daughter of Asa and Rhoda (Otis) Gee.
The census of 1850 named him as a farmer at Unity, with
real estate worth $2000; his family comprised his wife and
sons Milan and Benjamin; the latter two helped in the
farming. Benjamin' died 4 May, 1859, at West Unity,
of "intestinal perforation;" Percis, his wife, died 29 May,
1871, of consumption. Children, born at Unity:
310 The Quinby Family
838. I. Milan Warhen' Quimby, born 5 Sept. 1826 (see);
839. II. Francis Levi' Quimby, born 25 Dec. 1827 (see);
III. Melissa Dorothy* Quimby, born 21 Sept. 1829;
married 5 Feb. 1849, at West Unity, Ezra Green
Johnson; she died 18 Dec. 1892, at Claremont of
pyaemia; children, Dr. Francis E.; Celia E., mar-
ried Dr. Clarence S. Putnam;
840. IV. Wilbur Benjamin', born 25 Apr. 1834 (see).
Note. — The foregoing data are mostly fiom town records; and are given
in New Hampshire Genealogical History, p. 1544; "Benjamin Quinby and De-
scendants," p. 12, also in letters from Rev. Silas E., and Emerson A. Quimby.
354. Michael ' {Benjamin *, Jonathan ^ Benjamin *,
Robert^, Robert^) born 3 Sept. 1805, at Deering, N. H.;
married by Rev. Jacob Scales at Henniker, N. H., 26 Nov.
1829, to Abigail Lydia Whipple, adopted daughter of Mrs.
Lucy (Whipple) Gibson of that town. He felt called to
preach, and was admitted on trial to the New Hampshire
Methodist Conference in 1832, as a circuit preacher. He
was ordained deacon by Bishop Hedding 31 Aug. 1834, at
West Windsor, Vt., and was ordained elder by the same
bishop, 4 Sept. 1836, at Montpelier, Vt. The pastorates
he held were as follows: Deering, N. H., 1832; Andover,
N. H., 1833; Wilmington, Vt., 1834; North Windsor, Vt.,
1835-6; Henniker and Deering, N. H., 1837; Gilmanton,
N. H., 1838; Derry, N. H., 1838-40; Chester, 1841-2. He
was stricken with consumption and was superannuated
1843; he died 17 July, 1843, at Henniker, N. H. His
widow died in September, 1872. Guardianship of Rev.
Michael's three sons were granted by the probate court at
Concord, N. H., to Frederick Whitney of Henniker (Pro-
bate file no. 2849). Children:
841. I. Benjamin Lewis' Quimby, born 29 Sept. 1830 (see);
842. II. Joseph Warren' Quimby, bom 29 Dec. 1831 (see);
III. Caroline' Quimby, died 14 Mar. 1837, at North
Wardeboro', Vt., a few months old;
843. IV. Olney Fuller' Quimby, born 28 Sept. 1838, at
Gilmanton, N. H. (see).
Note. — The foregoing is mainly from "Benjamin Quinby and Descend-
ants," by Rev. Silas E. Quimby, p. 19; Native Ministry of New Hampshire,
p. 189; N. H. Annual Register; town records.
355. Silas' (Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Rob-
ert^, Robert^) born 19 May, 1811, at Deering, N. H.; mar-
ried at West Unity, N. H., by Rev. E. Mason, 9 June,
1834, to Penelope Cowdry Fifield of Unity, daughter of
Moses and Lucy (Livingston) Fifield.
"Silas Quimby, Methodist, was licensed to preach by
the Unity Church, 1831. Admitted on trial to the New
Hampshire and Vermont Conference, 1831. Ordained dea-
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The Quinby Family 311
con by Bishop Hedding, at Northfield, July 21, 1833;
ordained elder by Bishop Emory, at Portsmouth, Aug. 2,
1835. Appointments: Gilford Circuit, Vt., Dec. 1830;
Rochester, Vt., 1831; Strafford and Thetford, Vt., 1832;
Springfield, Vt., 1833-4; Woodstock, Vt., 1835-6; Haverhill,
N. H., 1837-8; Charlestown, 1839-40; located supplying
East Alstead, 1841; Unity, 1842-3; Winchester, 1844;
Claremont, 1845; Canaan, 1846; presiding elder, Concord
District, 1847-50; Manchester, 1851; Keene, 1852-3; North-
field, 1854-5; Lebanon, 1856-7; Newbury, Vt., 1858-9;
North Haverhill, 1860-1; Warren, 1862; North Charlestown,
1863-5; Marlow, 1866; Peterborough, 1867; North Grant-
ham, 1868; Grantham, 1869; superannuated, with residence
at West Unity, 1870-85; member of the first board of
Trustees of the First Methodist Biblical Institute." (Na-
tive Ministry of N. H., p. 189-190).
"Because of an unfortunate business transaction^ his
father lost all his property. The family moved to Uiiity
from Deering when this son was in his third year. From
early childhood he experienced the deepest poverty. He
was thrust out to earn his living early in his teens. He
was deprived of the most meager education, not even beiilg
able to attend as much as six months, all told, the common
district school of those days. He was licensed to preach
at 19 and called immediately into the work. He joined
the New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal Conference at 20.
At that time he was so indifferent a reader that he prac-
ticed on a few familiar psalms so that he might without
embarrassment conduct family worship in pastoral visiting.
He was so indifferent a penman that a brother-in-law fur-
nished him with a sample copy of the written alphabet,
capitals and small. With all these handicaps he attained
at least an honorable position among his brethren in the
ministry. He became a great Biblical student. He mem-
orized the New Testament accurately, and could easily
quote, book, chapter, and verse. Often at family worship
he would repeat the entire chapter, not waiting for the
child to read the lesson. His sermons were full of Biblical
quotations. He studied Webster's Dictionary constantly,
and trained his family in correct pronunciation. He stu-
died and mastered the current works of Methodist litera-
ture, such as Wesley's sermons and works; Watson's In-
stitutes, Bledsoe's Theodicy; Clarke's and Whedon's com-
mentaries; and accumulated for those days a large library.
"In his early days he was much in demand as an evan-
gelist to assist pastors in what were termed 'protracted
meetings.' He was what we would now call a star preacher
312 The Qthnbt Familt
at camp-meetings. The management would often put him
on to preach once each day, and seemed to think that if
they could have him, the others mattered little. He was
'junior preacher' on circuits only three years, and ever after
that was appointed as preacher in charge. He was made
Presiding Elder at 36 and travelled his district in summer's
heat and winter's cold, in all kinds of weather with his own
horse and carriage or sleigh, holding old-fashioned quarterly
meetings day and evening, love feasts, communion and
quarterly conferences, week days and Sundays, preaching
several times a week. He never travelled on the Sabbath.
After leaving the district, he had such appointments as
Manchester, Keene, Tilton, Lebanon and Newbury, Vt.
He literally heeded Wesley's injunction concerning early
rising, never being idle or unemployed. He toiled inces-
santly seven days in a week, and never took a vacation.
His zeal exceeded his wisdom, and as a consequence he
faded early and superannuated at a time when he ought
to have been in his prime for effective service."
Rev. Silas appeared in the census report of 1860 at
Newbury, Orange county, Vt., as a Methodist clergyman
with $900 worth of real estate and $500 of personal estate;
his son Silas E. was teacher in the seminary; his daughter
Alice W. was a school teacher. They lived at Newbury
till May 1863. Rev. Silas died at Unity 25 Jan. 1885,
aged 73y. 8m.; his wife died at Unity of consumption 12
Feb. 1883, aged 72. Children:
I. Julia' Quimby, born 9 June, 1835, at Springfield,
Vt.; married by Rev. Silas' Quimby 17 Dec. 1857,
to Dr. John F. Butler of Chesterfield Factory,
N. H. (Lebanon, N. H., rec); one child Arthur
C, who died young;
844. II. Silas Everabd" Quimby, born 19 Oct. 1837, at
Haverhill, N. H. (see);
III. Alice Way" Quimby, born 13 Aug. 1842, at Unity;
married by Rev. George N. Bryant, 9 Jan. 1882,
at Unity, to George Nicholas, aged 29, of Clare-
mont, N. H. (of Bradford, N. H., says Rev.
S. E. Q.); she graduated at Newbury seminary in
1863; in 1909 she was living at 225 North St.,
Claremont,. N. H.;
IV. Moses Fifield' Quimby, born 14 Nov. 1843, at
Unity; died 16. May, 1845, at Winchester;
V. (daughter)' Quimby, born 13 June, 1848, at Clare-
mont, N. H.; died 14 June, 1848.
Notes. — The foregoing is from town records; Rev. Silas E. Quimby'a cor-
respondence; History of Newbury, Vt., p. 668; "Benjamin Quinby and De-
scendants," p. 25.
The Quinby Family 313
As before, at this point are reserved for a later volume
the descendants of John^ (Robert^), the seventh generation
being numbered 356 to 477 inclusive, and their sons, the
eighth generation, from 845 to 1053 inclusive. They all spell
the name Quimby.
479. Joseph' (Joseph^, Henrys, Philip*, Joseph',
Robert') born 14 Oct. 1796, at Charleston, South Carolina;
married 23 Apr. 1818, Jane Dorrell of Charleston. He
must have married second, Frances A. Pearson, for James
R.' says his father was Joseph and his mother was Frances
Ann, "a daughter of Capt. Benjamin Pearson who took
his daughter to sea at the age of ten. He was lost at sea
during a storm. Before that, his vessel was captured as
a slave trader. He gained the suit with the United States;
his vessel and cargo were sold, and the funds put in the
U. S. Treasury, and we have not received that money yet.
We have been trying over two years. My lawyer is W. L.
Bass, Lake City, S. C." Mrs. Frances A. married second,
Capt. Daniel Wells. Children of Joseph Quinby:
1054. I. « Quinby, born about 1831, is living, 1911,
totally blind;
1055. II. James Rodgaman* Quinby, born 30 Dec. 1837, at
Charleston; address, 1911, Coward's, r. f. d. 1,
box 14, Florence county, S. C; "was never mar-
ried," says he; "in trouble all my life and trouble
yet;"
1056. III. Edwin Joseph' Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1840 (see);
IV. Susannah* Quinby, married James W. Collins, over-
seer of a rice plantation near Georgetown, S. C;
she died 8 Feb. 1898;
V. Abigail" Quinby never married; "she was afflicted;
and died since the war."
480. Thomas' (Joseph^, Henry ^, Philip*, Joseph*,
Robert') born 12 Oct. 1798, at Charleston, S. C. He mar-
ried Amanda Paulina, daughter of Carl Rudolph and Mar-
tha Fasbender of Charleston, and died at Beaufort, S. C,
aged about 60y. Children ("ten in number"), all born at
Charleston :
I. Cecilia' Quinby, died aged one year;
II. Rosamond Constantia' Quinby, married Henry L.
Bolger of Charleston and had ten children, among
them Beauregard Bolger, who was living at Char-
leston in 1911; she died in 1904, aged 76;
III. Martha' Quinby, died at Pendleton during the war,
aged about 35, unmarried;
IV. Isabelle' Quinby, died at Aiken, S. C, about 1904,
aged 73, unmarried;
314 The Quinby Pamilt
1057. V. James H.« Quinby, (see);
1058. VI. Charles' Quinby, died in youth at Mt. Pleasant,
near Chatleston;
1059. VII. Thomas' Quinby, died in youth at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.;
1060. VIII. Rudolph' Quinby, (see);
IX. Amanda Elizabeth' Quinby, born 1842, living 1914
at 3600 Main st., near Hyatt Park, Columbia,
S. C; unmatried;
X. CoNSTANTiA' QuiNBY, d^cd at Beaufort, aged about 15.
482. Laitrence' (Joseph^, Henrys, Philip*, Joseph^,
Robert^) born 12 Aug. 1812, at Charleston, S. C; married
29 Apr. 1849, Martha Powell of Graniteville, S. C. They
died at Graniteville, S. C. Children:
1061. I. James Laurence' Quinby, born 1 Nov. 1851 (see);
II. Elizabeth Ann' Quinby, born 9 Feb. 1853, married
first, Albert G. Turner; second, J. G. Harrigal;
III. Josephine DeBow' Quinby, born 11 July, 1855;
married H. M. May of Edgefield, S. C, and has
seven children;
IV. Susan Allyzeuma' Quinby, born 14 Aug. 1859; she
married J. W. Rearde'n of Graniteville, S. C, and
has four cliildren.
483. Moses' {Moses ^, Henry ^, Philip*, Joseph", Rob-
ert^) born 25 Jan. 1799, at West Newbury, Mass.; married
Mary Ann Sleeper, 9 Nov. 1823, at Newburyport (inten-
tion also recorded). Children, born at Newburyport, Mass.:
1062. I. MosES Edwin' Quinby, born 18 Mar. 1824 (see);
II. Mary E.' Quinby, born 1826; married by Rev.
Daniel F. Pike at Newburyport 13 June, 1847
(intention also recorded) to Geo. Currier, Jr., aged
21, son of William and Abigail Currier; they had
George and Mary E.;
1063. III. Augustus' Quinby, born 16 Sept. 1827 (see);
IV. RuFus' Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1829, died 16 Aug.
1830.
Moses' married second, 1 Nov. 1840, at Newburyport,
Sarah Stover, born at Newburyport, daughter of Joseph
and Sarah Stover of York, Me. (intention also recorded).
He was a ship joiner. He died of a tumor, 31 Mar. 1860,
"aged 60," at Newburyport; Sarah S. his widow, died 15
Apr. 1866 of rheumatism, at Newburyport, aged 63.
Their only child so far as records show, was:
V. George Edwin' Quinby, born 31 Jala. 1841, at New
buryport, and died there 25 May, 1851, "aged
lOy."
Note. — There is no definite statement on the records indentifying the
Moses who was born 1799 with the one who married Mary Ann or the one
who married Sarah, but no doubt they are the same.
The Quinby Family 315
486. Henry' (Henrys, Henrys, Philip*, Joseph", Rob-
ert^) born 14 Nov. 1805, at Newburyport, Mass.; married
25 July, 1824, Mehitable, daughter of Joseph and Tamzen
(Twombly) Waldron, (born 25 July, 1789; died in March;
1858; V. N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, p. 205). The cen-
sus of 1850 names Henry as farmer at Dover, N. H., owning
real estate valued at $1000, with his wife and three chil-
dren. Children:
I. Susan Ann» Quinby, born 1826; married Aug. 1855,
John H. Calverley;
1064. II. George W.« Quinby, born 1829; his will at Dover,
N. H., dated 16 Mar. 1858, mentions sister Susan
Ann;
III. Lydia J.« Quinby, born 1833; her will at Dover, 16
Mar. 1868, leaves property to her sister Susan
Ann.
487. Philip' (Philip^, Henrys, Philip^, Joseph^, Rob-
ert^) born 2 Mar. 1803, at Newburyport, Mass.; married
first, 22 Apr. 1830, Abigail Brown Morse, born about 1804;
she died of consumption at Haverhill, Mass., 28 Dec. 1844,
aged 40. He was married second, by Rev. Loren Thayer,
at Windham, N. H., 22 Sept. 1846, to Mary Jane, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Jennie Armour of Windham. The cen-
sus of 1850 names Philip and Mary (aged 40) as living at
Haverhill with Sarah, aged 12; Charles 0., aged 9 and
Caroline, aged 7, attending school. Mrs. Mary (Armour)
Quinby died 25 or 26 Apr. 1879, aged 70y. 8m. 27d.; ad-
ministration was granted on her estate in June, 1879. The
papers showed that the home was at 147 Water st., Haver-
hill on a lot owned by Philip, which was sold by his
widow's administrator, 4 Aug. 1879. It had forty feet
frontage on the street, the same on the river, with a dwell-
ing house, shop and shed, and was appraised at $1400.
Children, born at Haverhill:
1. Mary F.s Quinby, born 1834, died at Haverhill,
unmarried, 4 Nov. 1878, aged 44y. 9m. 6d. Her
sister Sarah was appointed administratrix Dec.
1878, on petition of all the next of kin, to wit,
Charles 0. Quinby, Carrie Sanborn and Susan M.
Quinby;
II. Susan Morse» Quinby, born 6 Aug. 1836; died un-
married, at Providence, R. 1., 31 Mar. 1912, of
acute lobar pneumonia; buried at DoVer, N. H.;
III. Sarah' Quinby, born 1838, died at Haverhill 12
May, 1879, aged 40y. 9m. lOd.; Charles 0. was
appointed administrator in JUne, 1879;
1065. IV. Charles Otis' Quinby, ("Otis") born 12 Nov. 1841
(see) ;
316 The Quinbt Familt
V. Caroline M.» Quinby, married by Rev. Calvin
Damon, at Haverhill, 18 Jan. 1866, to John C,
son of Levi B. and Sarah Sanborn; aged 23, born
at Gilfo'rd, N. H.; childfen: Alice M. M., born
1868; William C. C, 1869; Carrie Augusta, 1871.
Caroline M. is spelled Cathierine in my copy of
her grandfather's will, and Carrie and Clarissa in
other records; she lives (1910) at 13 Pleasant St.,
Fitchburg, Mass.
488. Joseph W. ' (Eben^, Henrys, Philip*, Joseph^,
Robert'^) born 1825 at Haverhill, Mass. He was married
by Rev. Nathaniel Chaffer at Brewster, Mass., 3 April
1854, to Mrs. Bethiah Kendrick, aged 57, her third hus-
band. She was daughter of Lot and Rhoda Grey. Joseph
W. Quinby died of consumption at Brewster, Mass., 14
Oct, 1863, aged 37y. 11m. 18d. His widow Bethiah mar-
ried, fourth, 24 Nov. 1864, at Brewster, Ebenezer Gage,
mariner, widower, aged 47, born at Yarmouth, son of Judah
and Juliana Gage.
489. Caleb ^ {Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^,
William^) born 15 Sept. 1770, at Orange, N. J., where he lived
all his life. He married first, in 1789, "Rhoda, daugh-
ter of Joseph and 'Bathia' (Freeman) Tompkins, or as
Dodd MS. says, "Rhoda, daughter of Joseph and Bethia
(Tompkins) Freeman," born 1774, died 20 Aug. 1808,
aged 34. Caleb married second, Mary Tompkins, widow
of Joel Condit. Caleb was a sergeant-major in Capt.
Stephen D. Day's company, 23 Sept. 1814. Caleb's second
wife left him, and he posted the usual notice regarding the
matter at Orange, 30 Sept. 1810. Caleb Quinby died at
Orange 16 Dec. 1815, aged 45y. 3m. Id., says the flat
white stone over his grave in the old cemetery, where his
first wife is also buried. Children, all born at Orange,
N. J.:
1066. I. Silas' Quinby, born 1791 (see);
II. Mary" Quinby, born 1793, died Mar. 1819; married
John C. Lyon (Dodd says Joseph C);
1067. III. Ira> Quinby, born 5 May, 1794 (see);
IV. Elizabeth* Quinby, born 1798; married Joseph P.,
son of Joseph and Sarah (Losey) Smith; she died
12 April, 1871, and by will left her estate to the
children of her son George (bk. R, p. 47, Essex
wills) ;
V. Abigail' Quinby, born 1804; married 31 May, 1823,
Timothy, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Douglas)
Osboi-n, born 20 Jiine, 1798, a resident of Hanover,
N. J., where she died 13 Oct. 1832; he d^ed 2
Apr. 1832;
VI. Rhoda' Quinby, born 1805; married first, Viner
The Quinby Pamilt 317
Dean; she married second, 24 Dec. 1836, David
(or Daniel) Edwards; she died 16 Aug. 1875;
1068. VII. Charles' Quinby, born 8 Oct. 1807 (see).
Note 1.— William Brugiere' Quinby says: "My father Silas had a brother
Joseph. 1 have found no other mention of this Joseph.
Note 2.— H. A. de Rasines, 712 W. Grand St., EUzabeth, N. J., in 1910
was working out a genealogy of the descendants of this Caleb in all lines, per-
haps in connection with a real estate title.
Note 3. — The main part of the above record is from the MSS. of W. B.
Prime, since deceased.
490. JoTHAM' (Moses^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^,
William^) born 31 May, 1773 at Orange, N. J.; married 8
Apr. 1843, Lillias, daughter of James and Eleanor (Harri-
son) Smith of Orange. The Genealogical History of New
Jersey (p. 227) says: "He resided in a stone house built
in 1774 on the Smith property on Scotland st., South
Orange. This old house he demolished about 1834, using
the stone in the basement of the new house, which he
occupied many years." The same work gives the descent
of Lillias in the sixth generation from Gov. Treat of Con-
necticut. Children of Jotham ' Quinby, all born at South
Orange :
1069 I. Jonas' Quinby, born 1796; he was a jeweler at
Newark; unmarried; died 1 Jta,n. 1871;
II. Antoinette* Quinby, born 23 Sept. 1798; married
30 Oct. 1821, Josiah Lindsley, son of Uzal Bald-
win; the ancestral line is given in "Founders and
Builders of the Oranges," p. 44; Antoinette died
2 June, 1877, and is buried in Rosedale cemetery,
Orange;
III. Hannah' Quinby, born 2 Sept. 1799; married 20
Dec. 1831, Daniel F. Williams and died 185-;
1070. IV. James Moses' Quinby (the carriage-builder of New-
ark) born 5 Oct. 1804 (see);
V. Maria' Quinby, born 1806; died 12 Apr. 1844, "in
her 38th year;"
1071. VI. Orlando' Quinby, born about 1808 (see);
1072. VII. Hiram' Quinby, born about 1810 (see);
VIII. Lillias' Quinby, died young.
Note.— This list is from W. B. Prime's MSS.
491. Hiram' (Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^,
William^) born at Orange, N. J., 5 Sept. 1775; married 25
Sept. 1802, Mary Baldwin, born 10 May, 1781, died 3 Feb.
1823. The stone over her grave in the old cemetery at
Orange calls her Polly, and says:
Her mind was tranquil and serene
No tremor in her looks were seen,
Her temper mild dispelled the gloom
And smoothed her passage to the Tomb.
318 The Quinby Familt
Hiram Quinby married second, Nancy, daughter of
John Williams; she was born 21 Apr. 1789, and died 23
Sept. 1857. Hiram is said by Mr. Prime to have had no
children; he died "very suddenly" 18 June, 1838, at Orange.
On his gravestone is carved the appropriate text. Therefore
be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think not, the
Son of Man cometh.
492. DANiEh'' {Aaron '^, Josiah^, John \ John^, John^
William^) born 16 Nov. 1780, at Orange, N. J.; married
9 Nov. 1803, Martha ("Patty"), daughter of John Tich-
enor, born 9 Oct. 1784. The census of 1850 shows them
living at Orange where Daniel was a farmer owning real
estate worth at least $4200. Daniel died at Orange 8 Dec.
1851, aged 71y. 22d., and his white marble gravestone in
the old cemetery is inscribed, Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord. His widow Martha died 3 Mar. 1862
(Nov., says Dodd). Children born at Orange:
I. Phoebe Hedden* Quinby, born 21 Mar. 1805, mar-
ried 15 Jan, 1823, Benjamin Harrison Squire, born
18 (or 8) Dec. 1795; she died 3 May, 1842; he
married second, Sarah Peck, and died 11 (or 10)
Oct. 1876;
1073. II. Aahon' Quinby, born 13 Oct. 1807 (see);
1074. III. John Tichenor* Quinby, born 3 July, 1811, died
19 Sept. 1849, unmarried; white marble grave-
stone at Orange;
IV. Cathebine' Quinby, born 5 Oct. 1813; married 11
Mar. 1841, her second cousin, John, son of Jdhn
Porter; she died 8 Sept. 1890; John Porter was
born 10 Dec. 1815, died 11 Dec. 1892, and was
son of Eliza' daughter of 191 Moses* Quinby.
1075. V. Daniel Wickliff' Quinby, born 15 Mar. 1818
(see).
493. JosiAH ' (Josiah'^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^,
William^) born 2 Feb. 1783, in New Jersey. He studied
medicine with Dr. John S. Darcy and attended lectures in
New York city in 1815-6, and then located at Readington,
N. J. He married in March, 1818, Margaret, daughter of
William Dalley of Readington; she was born 1 July, 1789.
The census of 1850 shows him as a physician, owning real
estate valued at $5000. It is said that "he was a man of
easy and kind disposition, very moderate in his charges and
very diffident in collecting them." He continued in prac-
tice at Readington till his death; in the cemetery adjoining
the Readington church on a large monument is this in-
scription: In memory of Josiah Quinby, M. D., who died
Feb'y- 14, 1854, aged 61 years and 12 days:
493J0SIAH7 QuiNBT (See p. 318.)
Margauet (Dalley),
wife of 493Josiah7 Qiiinby.
AuRELiA Ann,
daughter of 494James Houghton''
Quinby ('daguerreotype loaned by F.
Elizabeth Quinby,) (See p. 320.)
Phoebe Adeline,
daughter of 494James H.' Quinby,
(photo by Julius Brill, N. Y.) (See
p. 320.)
The Quinby Family 319
Let friends forbear to mourn and weep,
Whilst sweetly in the dust I sleep.
The toilsome world I left behind,
A glorious crown I hope to find.
His widow died 4 Nov. 1883. The first five of the
following children named in some family records, failed to
survive their father, who died in 1854; nor are any of them
except David S. mentioned in the Bible now owned by Mrs.
C. E. Connett of Three Bridges, N. J., nor in the census
of 1850; they probably died in early youth:
I. Phoebe* Quinby;
II. Mahtha* Quinby;
III. Rachel* Quinby;
IV. Anna* Quinby;
V. David Smith* Quinby; born 19 Dec. 1827, died 9
May, 1828;
1076. VI. Moses* Quinby;
1077. VII. William Dalley* Quinby, born 30 Nov. 1818 (see);
VIII. Phoebe Ann* Quinby, born 25 May, 1820, died 1
July, 1872;
IX. Catherine* Quinby, born 3 Nov. 1821, died 21
May, 1899;
1078. X. Josiah* Quinby, born 15 Feb. 1826, died 3 Oct.
1890;
XI. Mabgaket* Quinby, born 5 Mar. 1829, died 10
Nov. 1906.
Note. — The last live lived with their parents at Readington in 1850, says
the census.
494. James H. ' (Josiah^, Josiah^, John*, John',
John^, William^) born 1786 near Troy, Morris county,
N. J., married first 31 Dec. 1805, Electa, daughter of Dan-
iel and Phoebe (Plume) Farrand, born 16 July, 1788. He
was a colonel, say his descendants, probably of militia, and
was on military duty at the time of Lafayette's second
visit to America in 1824. He moved to New York city
and is mentioned in the city directory first in 1830 as at
49 Carmine st., corner of Bedford.' His wife died 25 Mar.
1832, and the directory for that ye^r shows that James H.
was living with his son Daniel F. at 19 Bedford st. He
married second, 31 Dec. 1837, Martha Bedell of Bloom-
field, N. J., born 28 June, 1799, by whom he had two chil-
dren. His name appears once more in the directory at
6 Grove st. Mr. Quinby died 15 Feb. 1844. Children:
1079. I. Daniel Farband* Quinby, born 13 Oct. 1806 (see);
II. Phoebe Adeline* Quinby, born 23 Jan. 1808; she
was a poetess of merit; among her poems are Un-
finished Chapel; November Woods; Beautiful
320 The Quinby Family
Leaves; Lines to a Stick of Firewood. Her niece
Frances Elizabeth says: "My mother tells me
Aunt Adeline used to visit some Quinby cousins
in Dutchess county in the 1830's; they were strict
Quakers." Phoebe A. died 14 Aug. 1890, near
Belair, Md.;
IIL Isaac Smith' Quinby, born 1811, known as "Smith
Quinby;" d^ed unmarried 27 Mai-. 1843;
IV. Elizabeth* Quinby, married 10 April, 1837, Joseph
G. Davis of Orange, N. J.;
1080. V. Albert H.» Quinby, born al3out 1814 (see);
VI. AuRELiA Ann' Quinby, born 17 June, 1815; died
3 April, 1879;
1081. VII. James Houghton' Quinby, born 17 June, 1826
(see) ;
VIII. Sarah Adelia' Quinby, born 23 July, 1840, d!ed 17
July, 1844;
1082. IX. Aaron Pierson' Quinby ("Pierson") born 20 Sept.
1844 (see).
POEMS BY PHOEBE ADELINE' QUINBY
(born 1808, died 1890)
Beautiful Leaves
Thou desolate, winter reft, sorrowful earth,
Rejoice! for spring cometh, sweet source of thy birth;
Her breath the lost charms of thy youth will restore,
Lo! the days of thy mourning and sack cloth are o'er.
Arise! cast the ashes aind dust from thy head.
Wear a crown of rejoicing and triumph instead.
For she brings a bright promise, which never deceives,
To give you a garment of beautiful leaves.
O'er hill top and valley, o'er mountain and wold.
All lovely and tender I see them unfold.
The breeze sings atound them, while deftly it weaves
On thy mantle of greenness, the beautiful leaves.
Through all the sweet springtime, through summer's long day.
They disport in the sunshine and bask in its? ray.
Till thy robe in its fullness, on treetop, and sod,
Is as fair as when fresh from the fiat of God.
What meaneth gay autumn, this fairy like scene?
This wealth of bright jewels, this marvelous sheen?
Every tree stands a King, in his rubies and gold,
Outrivaling far all the fables of old.
Ah! it answers me sighing, Alas for their doom!
'Tis the mark of the spoiler, their seal for the tomb!
Hark! I hear the wind sobbing, and lowly it grieves,
'Tie thy sorrowful requiem — beautiful leaves.
Oh! wail not so sadly, nor moan in thy pain,
For spring shall restore thy lost darlings again.
495T.SAAC' QUINBY,
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Mourn rather for those whose lost youth nevermore
Nor can art, nor can springtime, in beauty reistore;
Nay grieve not for such, since a happier clime
Awaits the freed spirit unlettered by time —
And there in that new home, the fond heart believes
Waits a crown bright immortal of beautiful leaves.
Lines on the Death of Davis Vail
Oh I never again on life's dusty road
With its mingled joy and pain,
Bearing its light or heavy load
Wilt thou be found again.
For with reverent hands in the sunny ground
Of the laiid thou lovest the best,
For thee a hallowed spot we've found
And have borne thee to thy rest.
There the summer's breeze or the wintry gale
As they haste in their wrath or glee
With their sweetest song or loudest wail
Will call in vain to thee.
In a peopled place we have laid thee down,
Where gathered full oft before
Are the hoary head and youth's bright crown
Of the loved and lost of yore.
Two forms I see mid the silent hush —
Loved son and daughter fair;
The tender bud and the flower's sweet flush:
They have long been waiting there.
They are waiting still, and thou dost wait
For that which must sure betide —
Waiting for those who or soon or late
Shall slumber by thy side.
Peace to thy grave — may a requiem strain
Pour oft from yon maple tree
A jubilant song bringing ease to our pain,
And an echo loved heart to thee.
For oh! may we hear like a message clear,
"Stricken heart why grievest thbu?
His life to Heavenly Heart was dear
And a crown is on his brow."
Lines to a Stick of Firewood.
Unsightly friend, so rude and old,
Wrapped in thy grey coat fold on fold —
How may I deem that hand of mine
Round thee, poetic wreath ma^ twine
Or for such, garland hope to bring —
Flowers which on high Parnassus spring.
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322 The Qthnbt Familt
Yet fancy still with musing eyes
Sees tall and fair before her, rise
A giant form, which proudly there
Waves its broa^ banners in the air;
Sees thee, a topmost branch unfold
Thy downy bud — thy autumn gold,
Home of the nesting bird, whose trill
Doth the whole listening landi,lscape fill —
A glad sweet song, which grateful pays
Blest tribute to its Maker's praiise.
Whilst thy stirred leaves in low refrain
All trembling, haste to join the strain.
But vandal hands an axe have found.
And that tall hfead, by centuries crowned.
O'er which, so long have dtiving rain
And sleety tempest beat in vain.
Where violets came to hide away
From neath the noontide's sultry ray.
Deep groaning falls — and all abroad
Spreads its green honors on the sod:
No more to stand in conscious power.
No more to shelter bird or flower.
Thou soaring bough which sought the sky,
Alas! how lowly thou dost lie!
How shorn and reft! What ken might trace
Sweet vestige of thy leafy grace.
Those sportive forms so light and gay.
Nurtured by thee in summer's day?
Nor useless thus, for well we know.
We yet shall feel thy warmth alid glow, —
Shall sit at witching eventidje.
Watching thy sparkles upward; glide.
And by their magic light shall weave
Sweet visions which we half believe;
See tower and turret rise in air.
Baseless, yet how exceeding fair!
O happy fate, to soar so high
And in such blaze of glory, — die!
495. Isaac ^ (Josiah", Josiah'^, John*, John'', John*,
William^) born 2 Mar. 1788, at Orange, N. J.; married
24 Dec. 1812, at Parsippany, Sarah, daughter of John
and Jane (Dodd) DeHart of Hanover township, Mor-
ris county, N. J., born 3 Feb. 1794. He was a farmer,
and carried on his father's shoe manufacturing business
also; "it was an extensive business for those days, givihg
employment to a large force of workmen; the product was
sold to the government, and the south; he was a successful
business man; he acceptably served as magistrate about
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district in the state legislature and for three terms was
judge of the county court, filling all these offices with
marked ability," says the History of Morris county.
"He was one of those farmers of Parsippany who
gathered up their tools when Hardy's powerful squadron
appeared off the New England coast during the summer of
1814, and offered their services to their State and assisted
in constructing breastworks near Sandy Hook and Eliza-
beth town," says his grandson and namesake, Isaac Quinby
Gurnee, of Butler, N. J.
"Isaac was a strong Whig in politics, his son Gen.
Isaac F. was a Democrat, also nearly all of the boys ex-
cept Alonzo, who was a Republican; but they all voted for
Abe Lincoln. Isaac and his wife were members of the
Presbyterian church at Parsippany all their lives, which
was the place of worship of this branch of the Quinby
family for five generations. Isaac Quinby was a judge for
twelve years, member of the state legislature in 1844, and
a magistrate for fifty years. He died 29 Jan. 1866." His
widow died 4 Oct. 1878. They were buried in the ancient
cemetery adjoining the old church at Parsippany, N. J.
They had eleven children:
I. Phoebe' Quinby, born 5 Feb. 1815; married 27
Nov. 1834, Davis, son of Lewis and Jane (Mc-
Clure) VaSl, born 26 Aug. 1811; Phoebe died 3
Feb. 1894; they were the parents of Theodore N.
Vail of telephone fame; "Phoebe and her husband
went to Ohio, where they started farming and
where their son Theodore N. was born; they were
dissatisfied, and returned to New Jersey. Young
Theodore Vail obtained an appointment with the
railway mail service, of which telegraphy was an
important adjunct. There he became interested
in the Bell Telephone Co. and his career in con-
nection with that system is well known. In 1907
he was elected President of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., and in 1910, President
of the Western Union Telegraph Company, both
of which offices he now holds; he married Mabel R.
Sanderson; on him has been conferred the degree of
LL. D. by Middlebury, Dartmouth and Princeton col-
leges. In 1912 he donated to the trustees of the old
church at Parsippany twenty acres of land for an
addition to the cemetery and for park purposes,
and in the old cemetery he has caused to be
erected an imposing monument of Rhode Island
and Vermont granite on which are allegorical
figures representing a mother pleading with an
angel for her child" (see illustration);
1083. II. William DbHabt" Quinby, born 9 Feb. 1817 (see);
1084. III. John Alonzo' Quinby, bOrn 27 Nov. 1818 (see);
324 The Quinbt Familt
1085. IV. Isaac Ferdinand* Quinby, born 29 Jan. 1821 (see);
1086. V. David Eugene' Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1822 (see);
VI. Emma Jane* Quinby, born 26 Mar. 1825; married
1 Mar. 1860, George M. Cobb of Newark, N. J.;
born 25 Mair. 1825, died 11 Jan. 1890; no chil-
dren; she died 11 Jan. 1889;
VII. Theodore Newton" Quinby, born 27 May, 1827,
died 20 Sept. 1833;
1087. VIII. Dewitt Clinton" Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1830 (see);
1088. IX. George Augustus" Quinby, born 4 Mar. 1832 (see);
X. Sarah" Quinby, born 24 Aug. 1834; died 6 Sept.
1846;
XI. Marianna* Quinby, boVn 12 Dec. 1837; married 3
Dec. 1860, William Zachary, born 29 Aug. 1839,
son of Francis and Leah (Demarest) Gurnee, who
died 27 Mar. 1912; Mrs. Marianna visited her
relatives at Los Angeles, California in 1911, again
in 1913, and lives (1914) at Hawthorne, N. J.;
their children were Eugene A., Leah, Emma, Will-
iam T. and Clara and Isaac Q. Gurnee.
Note. — All the foregoing dates are supplied by Mr. Gurnee.
497. David Smith ^ (Josiah', Josiah^, John*, John**
John^, William^) born 17 April, 1795, at Orange, N. J.;
married 10 Apr. 1834, Jane Hathaway of Troy Hills, N. J.,
who was born 20 Feb. 1804, died 16 Feb. 1847. Mr.
Quinby died 29 May, 1857, at Parsippany, N. J., where
he and his wife are buried. Children:
I. Amzi Hathaway" Quinby, born 26 Jan. 1835, died
2 Mar. 1837, aged 2y. Im. 6d.;
II. George" Quinby, born 11 July, 1836, died 11 Oct.
1836;
III. George Elwood" Quinby, born 30 Aug. 1837, died
15 Aug. 1842;
IV. Annie Maria" Quinby, born 18 Feb. 1839; married
James S. Fitzgerald of Warwick, N. Y., and had
Adelaide, 1862; Joseph J., 1865; George W., 1870;
in 1912, Mrs. Annie Maria was living at Warwick
and writes a beautiful letter, "though crippled
in my right hand/. I am an invalid — do not
leave home at all. My doctor gave me marching
orders some months ago; it is only a question of
endurance. Our family broke up when I was very
young and most of my time was spent in New
York, with one year in Ohio (with her aunt Ann
Quinby Howell). Father made his home at Brant
Harrison's for several years, and died while I was
in Ohio."
500. William Smith ^ {John^, Josiah^, John*, John^,
John^, William^) born 26 Sept. 1819. He never engaged
in any business and never married. He was one of the
earliest members of the first lodge of Odd Fellows in New-
Dr. William DeH.s Quinby op Moe-
EISTOWN, AND LiEUT. (afterward
General) Isaac P.s Quinby,
From a daguerreotype owned by
Isaac Quinby^ Gurnee.
Vail Monument,
at Parsippany, N. J. (See p. 323.)
Phoebe? (Quinby) Vail,
daughter of 495Isaac'' Quinby (photo,
by Duryea, Brooklyn, 1890).
Marianna (Quinby) Gurnee,
daughter of 495Isaac' Quinby (photo,
by Mitchell, Paterson, N. J.)
497DAVID Smith' Qhinby and His Daughter Annie M.»
(From a daguerreotype owned hy Isaac Q. Gurnee. Note the daguerreotype in the
child's hand.) (See p. 324.)
The Home of 49oIsaac7 Quinby,
at Parsippany, N. J. (from a daguerreotype).
The Quinby Family 325
ark, Howard Lodge No. 7, and was initiated on the first
Monday of November, 1841. In December, 1905, he was
one of the four early members still living, of whom he, at
8^ was the youngest. The Newark News, 23 Dec. 1905,
said: "Mr. Quinby is well preserved and is a familiar
figure on the city's streets, as one of his greatest pleasures
is a brisk afternoon walk. He doesn't wear glasses and
his faculties are about as active as those of the average
middle aged man. The members of Howard Lodge com-
memorated his long afl&liation with the Order recently by
sending him a floral piece." From about 1898 till his death
he spent his winters in Florida. He died after a long ill-
ness of chronic malaria, 8 Feb. 1908, at the residence of
Frederick D. Egbert, 58 Arlington Ave., Newark, and was
buried in Rosedale cemetery.
At this point are omitted numbers 501 to 550 inclusive,
and their sons numbers 1089 to 1182, inclusive.
551. George Francis' (Ephraim^, Samuel^, Eph-
raim*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 6 Mar. 1831, at
Marietta, Ohio, (some relatives s&y 6 June, 1832); married
there 26 Oct. 1855, Mary F. Abbey, born 30 Dec. 1834,
at Waterford, Ohio. He died at Marietta and his widow
lived awhile at Washington Court House, Ohio; in 1912
she lived at 510-2 East Main st., Stockton, California.
Children :
I. Emma' Quinby, born 1857; married a Hosier and
lives at 1345 E. Sonera st., Stockton, Cal.;
II. Abigail' Quinby, born 1859; died, unmarried;
III. Fannie Maxon' Quinby, born 1862; married a
Broughton; lives, 1911, Marietta, Ohio, r. f. d. 1;
1183. IV. Charles E.' Quinby, born 1864; in 1912 he was
living at 102 So. Union ave., Pueblo, Col., un-
married;
V. Minnie' Quinby, born 1866, married a Way and is
now dead;
1184. VI. William' Quinby, born 1868; now dead;
1185. VII. George Conrad' Quinby, born 17 Feb. 1872, at
Marietta (see);
VIII. Josephine' Quinby, born 1874; married
Flesher; is now dead;
IX. Sadie' Quinby, born 1879; married a Morehouse;
lives (1911) Stockton, Cal.
Note— Thanks to George C. Quinby, Esq., for most of the above.
326 The Quinby Family
553. Chakles Stewart' (Ephraim*, Samuel'', Eph-
raim*, Josiah*, John^, William^) born 7 June, 1855, at
Marietta, Ohio; married Estella Marie, daughter of William
Knighton; she was born 5 Feb. 1857. Mr. Quinby together
with R. S. Macnamee, then called of Pickering, Pa., were
granted U. S. patent 436, 671 for a waterheater for cook
stoves, 10 Sept. 1890.
Mrs. Estella Quinby, wife of Charles S. Quinby of South
Penn street, dropped dead at her home, Wednesday afternoon
about 5.30 o'clock, while sitting in the reception hall conversing
with her husband. News of her sudden demise caused a profound
shock and has caused deep sorrow to her large number of friends
and acquaintances. Mrs. Quinby was 60 years old.
Although having been a sufferer with heart trouble for some-
time, Mrs. Quinby was in her usual good spirits during the day.
She had not fully recovered from an attack of typhoid fever,
which left her in a weakened condition and her heart often caused
annoyance.
Mrs. Quinby was a daughter of the late William Knighton
and was born at Goshen, Ind. When a child, the family moved
to Sharon and Mrs. Quinby had since resided there. She was
one of the most active members of the First M. E. church and
took a prominent part in the work of the Pastor's Helpers. She
was a woman of high character and she was held in the highest
esteem by all who knew her.
Surviving are her husband and the following children: Mrs.
Fred E. Cairey of Youngstown; Mrs. Jesse Robinson and William
Quinby of Sharon and Arthur Quinby of New Castle.
The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock
from the family residence, Rev. C. W. Miner officiating. Inter-
ment will be private and will take place in Oakwood cemetery.
(Sharon Herald, 31 July, 1913).
Mr. Quinby lives at Sharon, Pa. Children:
I. Susan' Quinby, born 12 Nov. 1878;
1186. II. Akthur Fokkeb' Quinby, born 18 Nov. 1880; mar-
ried at New Castle, Pa., 5 June, 1909, Anna Guyton
of Mercer, Pa.; lives, 1910, at 651 Hamilton ave..
New Castle, Pa.; in 1912 an electridian at 1509
Hamilton st.;
III. Anna* Quinby, born 15 Jan. 1884;
IV. Estella* Qotnby, bom 29 May, 1889, died of tjTJhoid
fever at 42 So. Penn st., Sharon, Pa., 23 Mar. 1908,
unmarried;
1187. V. William Knighton' Quinby, born 24 Jan. 1892, at/
Sharon, Pa., and in 1910 lives there unmarried at
42 So. Penn st.
556. QxjiNCY Adams ' (Samuel *, Samuel *, Ephraim *,
Josiah", John^, William^) born 11 Feb. 1844, at Sharon,
Pa.; married there 27 June, 1871, Nancy Jane, daughter of
Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth (Thompson) Wright,
The Quinbt Family 327
born 24 May, 1852, at Erie, Pa. They lived (1910) at 39
Grant st., Sharon, Pa. Mr. Quinby has since died. Chil-
dren:
1188. I. Charles Cabmi* Quinby, born 11 Mar. 1872 (see);
1189. II. Elmeb Hbebekt' Quinby, born 17 Mar. 1876 (see);
III. John' Quinby, born 5 Aug. 1881; died 15 Sept.
1901;
IV. Alice Grace' Quinby, born 12 Mar. 1883; lives
with her mother at Sharon (1914).
557. James Lewis ' (Samuel *, Samuel ', Ephraim *,
Josiah^, John'', William^) born 1847 at Sharon, Pa., mar-
ried Margaret Cowan and lives (1914) at Sharon, (r. f. d.
58), as do his sons:
1190. I. William* Quinby;
1191. II. John' Quinby.
558. Harry C. ' (Samuel^, Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah^
John^, William^) born 1851 at Sharon, Pa., married Kate
BoUes, and in 1914 is a cabinet maker at 326 State st.,
Sharon. Children:
I. Harriet' Quinby, born 1876, married Reuben Co-
hen; she died Oct. 1910;
II. Mary' Quinby ("Mollie") born about 1880, died
aged 6y.
559. Samuel Augustus ' (Charles Stewart ^ Samuel *,
Ephraim*, Josiah', John'', William^) born at Sharon, Pa.,
30 Mar. 1844; married there 8 Nov. 1868, Jennie Eliza-
beth Kennedy, born 5 Mar. 1846, at Harrisburg, Pa. Be-
fore marriage, Samuel A. attended Iron City college at
Pittsburg, Pa.; he was employed as engineer for the Stew-
art Iron Co. for many years, until his retirement from active
service. He and his wife are living at Sharon (1914). In
1912 his address was 63 Walnut st., Sharon, "He is in a
sanitarium having been affected by age for the last five
years." Children (possibly others):
1192. I. Charles Augustus' Quinby, born 28 Oct. 1873
(see);
1193. II. Julian K.» Quinby, born 7 July, 1886; in 1914 he
lives unmarried at Sharon; he graduated from the
schools there in 1907, attended the University of
Michigan and graduated in 1910 from the Dental
department there; dentist with oflB.ce at 206 Ham-
ory Bldg., Sharon (1914). ^
562. Frank Benjamin' (Charles Stewart^, Samuel^,
Ephraim*, Josiah", John'', William^) born probably in Ohio
in 185-6- and came early to Sharon, Pa. with his parents.
328 The Quinby Family
He married Vinnie York and lives (1912) at West Middle-
sex, Pa. In 1911 his directory address was 1115 Lee ave.,
So. Sharon. Son (probably others) :
1194. Clinton A.» Quinby, lives 1912 at Farrell, Pa.
563. Charles Smith Emmons ' (Charles S. ', Samuel ',
Ephraim*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born perhaps about
1854 at Sharon, Pa.; married Verna E. Salisbury (born 1878 at
Erie, Pa., and lived at Sharpsville, Pa. He died 5 Jan. 1912,
at Buhl Hospital, Sharon, of chronic nephritis with mitral
insufficiency; his widow lives at Roanoke, 111. They had sev-
eral children of whom two were Uving in 1906:
I. * Quinby;
II. Clyde Emmons^ Quinby, born 17 Dec. 1906 at
Sharpsville;
III. Anna' Quinby, born 19 Aug. 1909 at Sharon.
564. Lewis Reno' (Charles S.^, Samuel^, Ephraim*,
Josiah^, John^, William^). His brother Frank B. writes in
1912 that Lewis is a globe-trotter and his present where-
abouts are unknown; but the 1910 directory shows that
one Lewis Quinby with wife Kate lived at 125 East Federal
St., Youngstown, Ohio, and is president of the Durable
Steam Trap Co. He was granted U. S. patent 792, 926, for
a filter, 30 June, 1905, and was then a resident of Youngs-
town. The 1912 directory of that city does not contain his
name. His nephew. Dr. Julian K. Quinby, writes " my uncle
Lewis Porter Quinby died at Chicago, 111., 13 Sept. 1914."
Here are omitted Nos. 568, Elijah'', the patriarch of Mil-
ton, Md., and his sons (1195-1201), reserved for a later
volume.
571. William Thomas' (William B.^, Ephraim^, Eph-
raim*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 18 Jan. 1833 at Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and died 9 Oct. 1898. He married Mary,
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Chipman) Paine. Children:
I. Augusta' Quinby, born 9 Apr. 1856, at Madison,
Wis., married in 1878, in Trumbull county, Ohio,
to Joseph Shaffer; she is living, a widow, 1910,
at Encampment, Wyoming;
1202. II. William P.» Quinby, born at Memphis, Tenn., 23
Dec. 1859 (see);
III. Alice C.» Quinby, born 23 Sept. 1862, at Carters-
ville, Georgia. She lives 1910 unmarried, at
Western Springs, Illinois;
The Quinby Family 329
1203. IV. Edward C.« Quinby, born 20 June, 1866, at Car-
tersville, Georgia, died unmarried 15 July, 1905;
V. Mary" Quinby, born 25 Nov. 1872, at Leavitts-
burgh, Trumbull county, Ohio; married 22 Oct.
1896, Edwin Hayden; living, 1910, at Encamp-
ment, Wyoming;
VI. Nancy L.« Quinby, born 22 Sept. 1874, at LeaS^tts-
burgh; died unmarried, ait Western Springs, 111.,
20 May, 1895.
Note. — Thanks to William P. Quinby, Esq., for this record.
572. William' {Warren B.\ Ephraim^, Ephraim*,
Josiah'', John^, William^) born 29 Apr. 1835, at Lordstown,
Ohio; married 2 Apr. 1857, Catherine, daughter of Abraham
and Amanda (Weaver) Bailey, born 25 Sept. 1841, at
Lordstown; and there they reside (r. f. d. 7) in 1911.
Children, all born at Lordstown and living at Warren,
Ohio, except as indicated:
1204. I. Chauncey C.» Quinby, born 17 Jan. 1858 (see);
1205. II. Tracy* Quinby, born 10 July, 1859 (see);
1206. III. Sidney' Quinby, born 14 Dec. 1860; living, un-
married in 1911;
IV. Ida Belle* Quinby, born 16 Sept. 1862; married
13 Sept. 1896, Edwin Brobst, and lives (1911)
a't Leavittsburg, Ohio. Mr. Brobst was 'born 8
Sept. 1832, at Warreji, Ohio> son of John and
Mary (Kistler) Brobst;
V. Jane Orilla* Quinby ("Jennie"), born 27 Feb.
1864; unmarried; living in 1911;
VI. Anna Olive* Quinby, born 17 Oct. 18^5; married
Clement Minling and lives at Hubbard^ Pa.;
1207. VII. David* Quinby, born 22 June, 1868; married Minnie
Beal and lives at Warren, Ohio, r. f. d. 7;
VIII. Alice" Quinby, born 24 Sept. 1869; married Calvin
Nottin'ger and lives at Warren, Ohio;
1208. IX. Henry Franklin* Quinby, born 28 (or 24) Feb.
1873, at Lordstown; unmarried, and lives 429
State St., Elkhart, Ind. (1911);
X. Sylvester* Quinby, born 1874-7, died an infant;
XI. Etta Sylvester* Quinby, born 2 June, 1878;
mai-ried Daniel, son of George and Maiy Jane
(Brobst) Hewitt; they live at Leavittsburg, Ohio;
XII. Mary Delia* Quinby, born 25 Aug. 1880; married
28 Sept. 1903, Harry Winett son of Samuel and
Belle (Higgle) Oiler, born 24 Dec. 1876^ in Penn-
sylvania.
Note. — Mr.s. Catherine Quinby and several of her children have kindly
supplied the above data.
573. Edward McConahay ' (Ephraim ', Ephraim *,
Ephraim*, Josiah", John^, William^) born 21 Feb. 1851,
at Wooster, Ohio. He was the only son and heir of his
330 The Quinby Family
father, and inherited a large amount of real estate in
Wooster, Cleveland and Pittsburgh and became one of the
largest holders of realty in Pittsburgh, where he lived for
several years. He married 17 Oct. 1878, Amelia C, daugh-
ter of W^liam E. Schmerz of Pittsburgh, and subsequently
they lived at Wooster. Mr. Quinby died 2 July, 1909, at
Dresden, Saxony, where he had lived a number of years
and was a well-known and respect^ed miomber of the Ameri-
can colony there, and a member of the Anglo-American
Club since 1902. He had been Hon. Secretary of that
organization in 1906 and was a member of the house com-
mittee at the time of his death, which followed an opera-
tion for appendicitis performed at Dr. Akanel's hospital.
His wife and eight of his children were with him when he
died, say the newspaper accounts. In 1911 Mrs. Quinby
was living at Dresden with her daughter Margaret. In
1915 she is living at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Children of Edward M. '' and Amelia C. (Schmerz)
Quinby:
1209. I. Herbert Schmerz* Quinby, born in November,
1879, at Wooster, Ohio; died in September, 1903,
at Dresden, Saxony;
II. Catherine Louise" Quinby ("Louise"), born in
February, 1882, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; married first,
E. Perry Sturges of Zanesville, Ohio, who died
in February, 1908; their child, Edward Quinby
Sturges, was born 25 Dec. 1906; she married
second, in April, 1910, Walter von Hann Black;
their child, Catherine, was born 14 Dec 1913;
they live at Zanesville, Ohio;
1210. III. Edward McConahay' Quinby, born 26 July, 1884,
at Pittsburgh (see);
IV. Eleanor Beatrice* Quinby, born 28 June, 1886,
a't Pittsburgh; married first, 23 Feb. 1904, Roger
Widrington Whinfield of Fond dii Lac, Wis., who
died 22 July, 1909, at Konigsberg, Prussia; she
married secbndi 6 Juke, 1910, Thomas Osbourne
Cowdrey of Pittsburgh, and has a son Thomas 0.,
Jr., born 10 Aug. 1913; they live at 5722 Ken-
tucky ave., Pittsburgh;
V. Margaret* Quinby, born 21 Sept. 1888. In 1912,
the American papers were full of her pictures and
rumors of her engagement to a nobleman attached
to the suite of King Charles of Saxony, The
dispatch dated 8 June, 1912, said that she was
presented at Court at Dresden by the American
Consul Geiieral, and found favor in the Saxon
King's eyes on account of her gimple gown; it
consisted of "a white tunic embroidered in pearls
over white satin;"
573EDWARD McC QUINBT, Sb.
I2IIW1LLIAM E.8 QUINBY (p. 331).
The Quinby Family 331
1211. VI. William E.« Quinby, born 19 Aug. 1892, at Pitts-
burgh; graduated at Harvard College in 1914;
1212. VII. Kenneth Malcolm' Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1893, at
Wooster, Ohio; in 1914 he was completing his
course at St. John's Military school near Syra-
cuse, N. Y.;
1213. VIII. Donald' Quinby, born 29 Feb. 1896, at Wooster;
a member of the class of 1918 at Princeton Uni-
versity;
IX. Anita' Quinby, born 1 Sept. 1898, at Wooster.
Edward M. ' Quinby
"The subject of this sketch inherited the example, benevolent
spirit and business talent of his father, as well as his fortune, and
the estate grew into its present mammoth proportions uncier the
management of the great son of his father. As soon as his age
would permit, his education commenced at the private school of
Mrs. Poipe, was continued at Dennison College, Granville, Ohio,
and then at Kenyqn College, Cambier, Ohio. He soon commenced
a business career, in which he was engaged when, on October 17,
1878, he was married to Amelia C. Schmertz, of Pittsburg, Penn-
sylvania, who was ehe eldest daughter of William E. Schmertz,
of that city, who was then a member of the Board of Commerce,
president of the Second National Bank, and one of the largest
boot and shoe manufacturers in the country. She was also the
grandxlaughter of Rev. David Kimerer, one of the pioneer minis-
ters of Wooster, a noted orator, highly respected; and he was such
a grand old man that the people involuntarily raised their hats
in his presence. He was a minister of the German Reformed
Church. The Quinbys were of the Presbyterian faith. The sub-
ject of this sketch was engaged in the dty goods business a num-
ber of years, discontinuing in 1879, and engaged in the manu-
facture of window glass at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with E. C.
Schmertz as a partner, which was continued fropi 1879 until 1884.
His father having died on January 30, 1880, the large estate left
the subject o| this sketch called him to Wooster. He owned the
Wayne County National Bank for a short time after his father's
death and sold it to Jacob Frick.
"Commencing in 1884-5, he carried out a comprehensive plan
of improvement of his real property. In the spring of 1885 he
erected the Quinby block in Cleveland on the corner of Euclid
and Wilson Avenues, at a cost of seventy thousand dollars, which
is occupied in part by one of the largest branches of the Cleve-
land Trust Company. I?. 1887 he erected a large four story build-
iiig on the southwest side of the public square in Wooster, Ohio,
this building being occupied principally by the William Annat dry
goods store. In 1889 he erected a building, seventy by fifty-five
feet, in the rear of McClure's store fronting on Diamond alley.
In 1890 he built a three-story building on the northeast corner of
the public square and East Liberty street, with a modern base-
ment running the entire length of the building; this building is
occupied by the Alvin Rich hardware store. In 1894 he built
the three-story building on the southwest corner of the public
square occupied by the McClure stove and house furnishing store.
"The truth is worthy of observation that the foregoing con-
332 The Quinby Family
stitute but an imperfect schedule of the improvements that so
greatly embellish his native town, and not only illustrate the
wisdom of his management but the benevolence of his character.
Of the many private acts of charity and benevolence necessarily
connected with a large estate, the rehearsal would not be in harm-
onj' with the habits or wishes of Edward M. Quinby.
"The peculiar mental habits and reticence of Mr. Quinby
adorn his life; his splendid manhood was private; there was not
the slightest ostentation in any situation in which he was placed;
he inherited the calm, composed, reflective demeanor of the Quin-
bys and McConahays; he was as perfect a gentleman as Wooster
ever produced. Mrs. Quinby gives him the character of a prince,
so gentle, so noble, was he in all the relations of life. Intellectu-
ally, he was the equal of the highest type of man. He was com-
prehensive, discriminating, strong, not to be deceived, without
passion, without anger, generally meeting an inadmissible proposi-
tion with a smile and a reason. He had pleasant associates, was
companionable with them, belonged to clubs, lived mostly in sun-
shine; was a modest man, but it was not affectatioUj it was a con-
trolling senpe of propriety; he had a wide, modern information,
and surprised one with scientific analysis, with occult suggestions.
His success in his great business affairs was phenomenal. His
estate was largely increased in value; he contributed immensely
to taxation in Wooster and in the state; he was a public benefac-
tor; he deserved the encomiums of every inhabitant of Wooster.
"To the accomplishments of Edward M. Quinby as a native
of Wooster are to be added the refinements of travel and the
broad elegance of the manners of the international life. With his
family he found a pleasant retreat in Germany, and his children,
entering upon a system of education there, detained him longer,
perhaps, than contemplated* To the writer he expressed the in-
tention of returning to Wooster in a couple of years. He was
constantly engaged in traveling from Europe to Wooster to see
his large estates; he improved the old ancestral home on South
Market Street, and in the spring of 1909, at the hotel in Wooster,
he seemed buoyant, full of life and hope and pleased with the
familiar scenes of his early life. Without having time to do so,
he died on the 2nd of July, 1909."
574. Jambs Mopfett ' (George *, Ephraim ^ Ephraim *,
Josiah', John'', William') born 25 Mar. 1856, at Bucyrus,
Ohio; married 18 Apr. 1881, at Wooster, Ohio, Elizabeth,
born 4 Feb. 1856, at Beloit, Wis., daughter of Anthony
and Elizabeth (Walter) Wright. James M. Quinby died
3 June, 1904; his widow, Elizabeth lived (1910) at 42 Spink
St., Wooster, Ohio, and died 1 Mar. 1911. Children:
1214. I. George Wright' Quinby, born 19 Aug. 1885 (see);
II. Walter Moffat" Quinby, born 23 May, 1887, died
20 Aug. 1887, at Wooster.
575. Charles L. ^ (George *, Ephraim *, Ephraim *,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 1 June, 1858, at Bucyrus,
Ohio; married 18 Aug. 1885, at Toledo, Ohio, Nellie M.
The Quinby Familt 333
Curtis, who died 18 Mar. 1890, at Louisville, Ky. He
married second 1 Dec. 1902, Nettie C. Montz. Mr. Quin-
by's address (1911) is 103 East Jacob st., Louisville. Only
child:
Charles E.» Quinby, born 21 Dec. 1886, died 14
Apr. 1887, at Wooster, Ohio.
576 Elijah P. ^ (Daniel^, Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born in Dutchess county, N. Y., 12 mo.
4, 1809; Henrietta was his home until 1836. There his
marriage intention was announced at the Friends' meeting
11 mo. 26, and 12 mo. 26, 1834, and after he married
Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Phoebe (Carpenter) Weeks,
born 25 Mar. 1810, at Brooklyn, N. Y., the marriage was
"reported accordingly," 1 mo. 23, 1835. After the birth
of their first child they removed to Calhoun county, Mich-
igan; his Friends' certificate to the Milton Monthly Mefet-
ing was reported not till 8 mo. 24, 1838. His removal is
shown- on the register of Rochester, N. Y., Monthly Meet-
ing, Henrietta Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) as 8 mo. 26,
1838. He and his family lived in Barry county, Michigan,
until 1847 when they removed to Laporte, Indiana. A
correspondent of Mr. Cox in Rochester, N. Y., writes "I
remember my mother used to speak of him — she knew
him long before she was married. It was through him
that she became acquainted with my father in 1855. Very
likely Elijah became a member of Clear Lake Monthly
Meeting at Laporte — it was laid down long years ago."
Mr. Quinby died at Laporte, Ind., Mrs. Quinby died at
Chetopa, Kan. Children:
1215. I. Arthur Pell' Quinby, born 11 mo. 18, 1835, at
Henrietta (see);
1216. II. Daniel* Quinby, born 13 May, 1837, at Albion,
Mich, (see);
1217. III. Isaac W.» Quinby, born 1840, in Barry county,
Mich.; killed in the army, in 1868;
IV. Frances* Quinby, born 1842, in Barry county;
died in 1850;
V. Caroline* Quinby, born in Barry county in 1846;
married 1866, Henry J. Biege; died 1888 at La-
porte, Ind,; no children;
VI. Deborah Matilda* Quinby, born 23 Mar. 1847,
at Jackson, Mich.; married at Chetopa, 1868,
George W., son of Samuel Wesley and Margaret
(McCauley) Leap, born 1838, in Jefferson county,
Ind.; they have six children; residence, Chetopa,
Kan. (1911);
1218. VII. Charles Francis* Quinby, born 16 Jan. 1851 (see).
Note. — The above record was supplied by Charles Francis Quinby, Esq.'
and various Quaker records.
334 The Quinby Family
577. Henry' {Daniel^, Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 8 mo. 28, 1815, in Dutchess county,
N. Y. He married first Sarah Turner, born 1820, (who
was the mother of Byron C, according to his death record).
This marriage was outside the Friends' Society and prior
to 3 mo. 27, 1840; he was disowned for it, 6 mo. 29, 1840.
"Disownments for marrying out were becoming rare in the
Henrietta Monthly Meeting by that time," says Mr. Cocks.
The year Henjry was disowned he appears for the only
time in the New York city directory, and is stated to have
been a furrier at 166 Madison st. In the census of 1850
Mr. Quinby 's farm at Mendon, N. Y., was estimated as
worth not less than $8500. He married second, Maria
Schuyler, "born 1831." His daughter Katherine, however,
the only child by the second marriage, says her mother's
name was Maria Sternbergh, and adds, "my grandmother
was a Schuyler." Mr. Quinby is said to have died about
1895, at Rochester, N. Y. His children:
1219. 1. William Crocker' Quinby, born 23 Dec. 1838, at
Mendpa (see);
1220. II. Byron Culver' Quinby, born 1843 (see);
1221. III. George Turner' Quinby, born 1848 (see);
1222. IV. Francis Turner' Quinby; lived at Rochester,
N. Y., and was dead before 1911;
V. Katherine' Quinby, born 17 Oct. 1870, at Ironde-
quoit, N. Y.; married 24 Oct. 1894, at Rochester,
John William, son of William and Mary Alderson
(Mouncey) Horner, bom 25 Apr. 1866, in York-
shire, England; residence, 40 Comfort st., Roches-
ter, N. Y.
580. Walter' (Elijah Pell^, Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah*,
John"^, William^) born 27 Apr. 1825, probably at Henrietta,
N. Y.; married 6 Sept. 1854, Catherine A. Draper. He
died 8 May, 1889. The N. Y. city directories show a
Walter in 1845-7, and also in 1850 but the latter is prob-
ably Walter Underbill' Quinby, Children of Walter and
Catherine A. (Draper) Quinby:
I. Charles D.« Quinby, died 24 Sept. 1859, an in-
fant;
II. Mary Hitnt' Quinby, born 19 Apr. 1862; married
27 Sept. 1882, Albert S. Wood, and lives (1912)
at 57 Center st., Fort Plain, N. Y., and has sup-
plied these dates;
III. Walter DeLancey' Quinby, born 12 Feb. 1869,
died 7 Aug. 18761
581. William' (Afoses", Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John'', William^) born 8 mo. 31, 1785, in Westchester
QuiNBY House, Quaker Street, N. Y., 1831-1875,
Home of ,'i82Samuel'' Quinby (see p. 335).
Friends' Meeting House,
Quaker Street, N. T. (See p. 335.)
The Quinbt Family 335
county, N. Y. While a resident of Newcastle in that
county, he married at Northcastle 2 mo. 20, 1805, Hannah,
daughter of John and Mary Sands of Northcastle. She
was born 2 mo. 9, 1788, and died 11 May, 1837. The list
of Quakers in 1828, affiliated with Coeymans Monthly
Meeting, Albany county, N. Y., names Hannah, and Job,
aged 8 (Hicksitesi). The family with the children except
Job, had removed from Chappaqua to Coeymans, 1 mo.
10, 1817 (rec). William Quinby died 16 Mar. 1841, says
the record; Dodge's list says 2 mo. 1841. Children:
1223. I. John Sands' Quinby, born 8 mo. 4, 1805 (see);
II. Ann K.« Quinby, born 11 mo. 16, 1806; . married
Robert Wicks and died 6 Jan. 1832; buried on the
farm at Earlton;
III. Mary S.» Quinby, born 4 mo. 24, 1808; died of con-
sumption at Northcastle in 1829; the family Bible
says 4 mo. 4; Dodge's list says 9 Apr.;
1224. IV. MosES» Quinby, born 4 mo. 15, 1810 (see);
1225. V. Daniel William' Quinby, born 1 mo. 12, 1815
(see) ;
1226. VI. Job Sands' Quinby, born 12 mo. 4, 1820; lived at
Eariton and elsewhere near Coxsackie; taught
school; died of consumption, 13 Mar. 1845, un-
mairied.
582. Samuel' (Obediah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah*,
John'', William^) born 8 mo. 20, 1795, probably at Milan,
Dutchess county, N. Y. He married first, 4 mo. 23, 1823,
Patience Gaige, born 2 mo. 16, 1799. The Quaker records
at Chappaqua, Westchester county, where his family had
lived for generations, show that he "removed to New York,
6 mo. 10, 1824." He moved from Dutchess county and
settled in 1831 at Quaker Street (27 miles from Albany)
where he purchased a farm on the Schoharie road, three-
quarters of a mile from the village of Quaker Street; he
owned the farm till his death when it came to his son
Isaac. Samuel's first wife. Patience, died 19 Mar. 1843,
and he married second, 26 Dec. 1846, Esther Bowerman,
by whom he had no children. The census of 1850 names
him as a farmer, with real estate worth at least $3000.
Mr. Adelbert Carmi Hayden, of Saratoga, thus describes
him: "I knew Samuel Quinby well; he was a grand old
man. He was tall and well developed. He took a great
interest in the weekly meetings in the little Friends' Meet-
ing-house at Quaker Street (see photograph). He had a
wonderful command of language, and when he arose to
speak, as he often did in the meetings, his words were
listened to and they were wonderfully effective." His wife
336 The Quinby Family
Esther died 12 mo. 23, 1869, aged 78y. 8m. 5d, Samuel
died 12 mo. 23, 1875. Children:
I. Phoebe M.« Quinby, born 12 mo. 22, 1823; she was
a deaf mute; married 22 June, 1870, Valentine
Bradshaw, similarly afflicted; no children; she died
23 Mar. 1897;
II. Clabkson' Quinby, born 7 mo. 14, 1825; deaf mute,
never married; died 2 Feb. 1846;
1227. III. Isaac Gaige* Quinby, born 9 mo. 14, 1826 (see);
IV. Amelia' Quinby, born 9 mo. 6, 1828; died, unmar-
ried; 27 July, 1847;
V. Hannah' Quinby, born 12 mo. 22, 1830; died 22
July, 1833;
VI. Aaron» Quinby, born 12 mo. 23, 1832; died 1 Sept.
1835;
VII. Ann* Quinby, born 11 mo. 13, 1835; married 24
Jan. 1859, at Quaker street, Joel M. Griffith; they
lived awhile in Michigan, then at Northampton,
Fulton county, N. Y., where she died 27 Aug.
1890;
1228. VIII. Samuel J.» Quinby, born 11 mo. 9, 1837, died un-
married, 19 Dec. 1872;
1229. IX. Judson Hoag» Quinby, born 11 mo. 21, 1839 (see);
X. Amelia* Quinby, born 1844; she is not mentioned
in the list supplied by Carrie S. ', daughter of
Isaac G.», but is named with her age in the United
States census of 1850.
583. Aaron' (Obediah^, Samuel^, Moses\ Josiah^,
John'', William^) born 8 mo. 2, 1799, probably at Milan,
Dutchess county, N. Y., where he spent his early life.
He married there 6 June, 1826, Mary, daughter of Reuben
and Susannah (Dean) Wilbur, born 29 Nov. 1806. A. C,
Hayden says: "Soon after marriage, Aaron Quinby and
his wife moved to Duanesburg, Schenectady county, N. Y.,
where four of their children were born. About 1839 Aaron
Quinby and family moved to Glens Falls, N. Y., having
purchased fifty acres of land next to the Augustus Sherman
farm in what is now the heart of Glens Falls. Their son
Aaron Jay Quinby was born there. Soon afterward, about
1846, they moved to the town of Stillwater, Saratoga
county, N. Y., having sold the farm at Glens Falls. They
purchased another farm of sixty acres on the turnpike
about half way between Mechanicville and Stillwater.
The house was a large old-fashioned one, overlooking the
Hudson River, and commanded the best view up and down
the river of any point between the two villages. The
farm was considered the best in that locality. It was lo-
cated very near what is known as Becker Lock, on the
Champlain Canal. They lived here about three years when
582SAMTJEL' QUINBT
(Photo, loaned by A. 0. Hayden.)
(See p. 335.)
1228 Samuel J.s Quinby,
(Photo, loaned by A. C. Hayden)
(See p. 336.)
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daughter of .582SamueI7 Quinby and
wife of Joel M. GrifSth.
5S3AARON' AND Mart (Wilbur)
Quinby.
The Quinby Family 337
they sold the farm and purchased another in the town of
Edinburg, Saratoga county, N. Y., where they lived the
remaining years of their lives. Aaron and his wife, Mary
Wilbur, were both buried in the cemetery at Northville,
Fulton county, N. Y."
Aaron and Mary Quinby: real estate record, Saratoga county,
N. Y.: 1845, Oct. 14, to Aaron and wife Mary from Benjamin K.
Bryan et al., 85 acres in Stillwater for $2502, less mortgage of
$1400 (bk. UU, p. 500); 1849, from Aaron and wife to Jeremiah
Rundle et al., (bk. 55, p. 499); 1862, 17 Apr. from Aaron and
Mary Quinby of Edinboro' to Jephtha R. Wilber et al., (bk. 91,
pp. 497-8-9); 1862, mortgage, Aaron and Mary to Joseph Covell
(bk. 60, p. 49).
Children of Aaron' and Mary (Wilbur) Quinby:
I. Sarah Ann' Quinby, born 26 June, 1827, married
12 Apr. 1859, Elnathan Knapp and lived at Dan-
bury, Conn., till 1871-2, when they moved to
Henry, Marshall county. 111.; she died 14 July,
1902;
II. Susannah Fkeelove' Quinby, born 20 Sept. 1829;
was a school teacher when she married, 24 Feb.
1874, George Oakes; "she died at the old home-
stead at Edinburg, N. Y., 4 Feb. 1897;"
III. Martha Haight* Quinby, born 17 July, 1831;
married 19 Nov. 1856, John Carmi Hayden; she
died 31 July, 1891; their son Adelbert Carmi Hay-
den, of Saratoga, N. Y., has kindly supplied much
information and many photographs of this branch
of the family;
1230. IV. Edmond Carpenter* Quinby, born 17 July, 1836
(see) ;
1231. V. Aaron Jay» Quinby, born 19 Aug. 1845 (see).
584. Caleb Underhill ' (Josiah *, Samuel ^ Moses *,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born at Mt. Prospect, N/ew-
castle, Westchester coulnty, N. Y., 6 mo. 2, 1797, say the
Friends' records, (7 mo. 2, 1798 says a family record);
married at Newcastle 3 mo. 20, 1828, Elizabeth Thorn,
daughter of Brundage and Phoebe (Thorn) Tompkins,
born 14 June, 1802, of Sing Sing, N. Y. ("mar. int. 2, 14,
3, 13, 1828; reported ace. 4, 10, 1828")- He appeared in
the New York city directories first in 1828 as living
at 151 Madison street; the following year at Laurens
street, corner of Amity lane; in 1831 at 222 Laurens street.
The "Catherine, widow of Caleb, 115 Chapel street" in
the directory of 1828 is either a mistake or refers to another
Caleb.
Caleb Quinby and Eliza his wife were granted certi-
ficate by the Orthodox Friends from Chappaqua, West-
(22)
338 The Quinby Family
Chester county, and removed to New York city, 4 mo. 9,
1829, and he was "disowned" by them July, 1830, she was
disowned July, 1831. The Hicksite records say they re-
moved to New York 3 mo. 10, 1831, and a certificate
issued. The Hicksite register records Caleb, Elizabeth his
wife and Edward as from Chappaqua, June, 1831, (3 mo.
10, 1831, Hicksite re.) to Chappaqua, Feb. 1834. "Caleb
and wife Eliza, having removed clear to Chappaqua, 4 mo.
9, 1829" (Orthodox Friends' rec). "Returned to Chap-
paqua with son Edward 2 mo. 5, 1834" (Hicks, rec).
Caleb Quinby died 3, 4 mo. 1849, (says Dodge's list)
at Newcastle, Westchester county, and administration was
granted 13 June, 1849, to his widow Elizabeth. (White
Plains rec. lib. H, p. 163). He died 4 mo. 3, 1849, of con-
sumption, at Northcastle, aged 49y. 10m. Id. His wife
Elizabeth died 6 Feb, 1874; both are buried at Chappaqua,
but have no gravestones. Only child:
1232. Edward S.« Quinby, born 2 Oct. 1833, at New
York city (see).
586. Abraham^ (Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 9 June, 1802, in Westchester county,
N. Y.; married first, 3 mo. 5, 1829, Adelia P. Dereaux or
Darrow, born 1 mo. 31, 1808. The Hicksite records of
Chappaqua, Westchester county, say that Amelia P. Quin-
by, formerly Carpenter, married outside of the Society of
Friends before 4 mo. 6, 1829, and was disowned 6 mo. 11,
1829. Abraham Quinby married outside before 4 mo. 9,
1829, and was disowned 7 mo. 9, 1829. This seems un-
intelligible now, as of course if both were subject to dis-
ownment, both must have been Quakers and therefore
neither would have "married outside." Adelia made an
acknowledgment and it was accepted by the Meeting 9 mo.
10, 1829. Abraham also was reinstated as his name ap-
pears on the records later. His wife Adelia died 4 mo. 16,
1849, aged 41y. 2m. 16d., and he married second, Anna
Barmore of Dutchess county, N. Y., born 1 mo. 14, 1811,
died 5 mo. 15, 1875, aged 64y. 4m. lid., and letters of ad-
ministration on her estate were granted to her husband,
Abraham Quinby, 15 Oct. 1849, whose residence was given
as Newcastle, Westchester county (lib. 11, p. 186). Abra-
ham Quinby died 12 mo. 23, 1885, ae. 83y. 6m. 14d. say the
Friends' records. Gravestones of both are in the Friends'
ground at Chappaqua. Abraham's will was proved 22
Jan. 1886 (lib. 104, p. 492). Children:
The QuiNBT Family 339
I. Phanny P.8 Quinby, born 3 mo. 15, 1830, died 10
mo. 8, 1862;
II. Amy Haight' Quinby, born 6 mo. 10, 1832; mar-
ried Henry T. Scofield, 19 Oct. 1850, and had
several children; she "died 9 Mar. 1885, aged 53y.
'8m. 27d.", says her gravestone at Chappaqua;
1233. III. John Palmers Quinby, born 5 mo. 12, 1834 (see);
1234. IV. Samuel Harbison* Quinby, ("Harrison") born 10
mo. 16, 1836; died 12 mo. 8, 1856;
V. Mary Adelia* Quinby, born 9 mo. 30, 1840; died
3 mo. 1, 1856 (my notes say that the gravestone
inscription at Chappaqua is "B 1840 D 1850");
1235. VI. Abram Josiah* Quinby, born 12 mo. 28, 1844 (see);
VII. Isaac R.« Quinby, born 10 mo. 9, 1846, died 9 mo-
30, 1852 (10 mo. 3, says Dodge, which is prob-
ably date of burial);
VIII. Jacob' Quinby, born 11 mo. 4, 1847, died 9 mo. 2,
1848.
Note. — Thanks to Abram J. Quinby, Esq. for help on this branch.
587. Daniel' {Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 3 mo. 10, 1804, at Newcastle, West-
chester county, N. Y.; married 29 Apr. 1831, Rachel,
daughter of James and Mary Pugsley, born 1802. He
obtained a certificate of clearance from the Chappaqua
Friends' meeting having "removed clear from Chappaqua,
3 mo. 9, 1826" (Hicksite rec), and went to New York
city, where in 1827, his name appears for the first time in
the city directory, at 340 Front st., and in 1828, at the
time of the separation of the Hicksites, his name appears
as a member of the New York Monthly Meeting. In
October, 1831, he was disowned by the Friends; probably
for joining the Hicksite Quakers; and in the same year his
name again appears for the second time in the New York
city directory, at 156 Madison st., and from 1832 to 1836
at 123 Amity st., the last appearance of his name. Daniel
Quinby was the assignee of a long lease from Peter V. W.
Bishop, 14 Mar. 1837, of the rectangular property in the
ninth ward bounded by Bethune, Washington and Banks
sts. (N. Y. county deeds, vol. 348, p. 620). He probably
removed to White Plains at about that time, and in 1850
the census shows him there in remarkably flourishing con-
dition for those times for a farmer; his real estate alone is
recorded as worth at least $12,000. Daniel' Quinby died
10 Apr. 1869, aged 65y. Im. (4 mo. 11, says Dodge); his
widow Rachel died 2 Dec. 1868, aged 66y. 8m. 15d. (11
mo. 24, says Dodge) and both are buried in the Rural
cemetery at White Plains. Daniel's will was proved 5
May, 1869 (lib. 59, p. 206), and mentions his wife Rachel,
340 The Quinby Family
son Charles J. and wife Susan; Egbert's wife Maria and
their son Henry an infant; daughter Ann Eliza and hus-
band Ezekiel Wilcox, to each of whom he willed $500.
Charles J. was named executor. Children of Daniel and
Rachel (Pugsley) Quinby:
1236. I. Charles Josiah' Quinby, born 29 Feb. 1832 (see);
1237. II. Egbert' Quinby, born 5 Jan. 1837, at New York
city (see);
III. Anne Eliza' Quinby, born 1841, married Ezekiel
Halsev Wilcox and lives at Asbury Park, N. J.
588. Reuben^ (Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John^, William'^) born 5 Feb. 1806, at Newcastle, West-
chester county, N. Y.; married Susan L., daughter of John
and Mary Carpenter, and was disowned 7 mo. 13, 1836,
by the Friends for marrying outside their society. Susan
was born 24 May, 1809, at Newcastle. Reuben became
a merchant at Sing Sing, now Ossining, Westchester coun-
ty, and is so recorded in the census of 1850. He was ap-
pointed postmaster there in 1861 by President Lincoln,
and again in 1866 by President Johnson. The gravestones
in the Friends' ground at Chappaqua give their deaths as
follows: Reuben Quinby died 10 May, 1890, aged 84y.
3m. 5d.; his wife Susan Carpenter died 24 Jan. 1895, aged
85y. 8m. Children:
1238. I. John Henry' Quinby, born 9 July, 1836; killed by
railway cars, 1 mo. 11, 1872;
II. Mary R.' Quinby, born 1838, married a Stevens;
1239. III. George W.' Quinby, born 22 Nov. 1840 (see);
1240. IV. Charles Reuben' Quinby, born 26 Nov. 1847
(see) ;
589. Underhill ' (Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah",
John^, William^) born 5 May, 1808, at Northcastle, West-
chester county, N. Y. ; married first Anna Loretta van
Voorhis, born 2 Sept. 1820. One Ann Quinby is mentioned
in Dodge's list, as having died at Chappaqua, 2 mo. 17,
1849, probably the same, as John J. is recorded as born a
week earlier. Underhill married second, Sarah Barmore.
He died 7 mo. 23, 1859, aged Sly. 2m. 18d., say the
Friends' records. Letters of administration on his estate
were issued to his widow Sarah and Abram Quinby 16
Sept. 1859 (lib. J, p. 85). His residence was named as
having been Newcastle. Children:
I. Marietta' Quinby ("Etta") born 1843; Underhill
Quinby was appointed hfer guardian 10 Apr. 1854,
and Edward S. Quinby, 16 Sept. 1859; she mar-
ried Abraham Bedell; legatee of $1800 under her
The Quinby Family 341
aunt Ann' Quinby's will in 1893; in 1912 she was
living at Katonah, N. Y.;
1241. II. Alfred* Quinby, "died unmarried";
III. Ophelia* Quinby;
IV. Abigail Jane' Quinby, ("Jennie"), born 1846,
married Walker B. Adams, who was instantly
killed by burglars in 1898; she was legatee under
her aunt Ann Quinby's will in 1893 of $1800; her
husband was one of the executors; she lives (1911)
at Bedford Hills, N. Y.;
1242. V. John J.' Quinby, born 10 Feb. 1849 (see).
592. JosiAH Rowland^ {William^, Josiah^, Moses*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 1 mo. 16, 1791, probably
at Pawling, N. Y. A Friends' record says: "Josiah, son
of William Quinby, removed clear of marital engagements
from Chappaqua to New York, 10 mo. 9, 1812;" the Hick-
site record at Nine Partners, Dutchess county, show that
he married 12 mo. 26, I8I61, Deborah, daughter of Jona-
than and Phoebe (Sutton) Haight of that town, born 23
Dec. 1798. The Hicksite record says: "Deborah H. Quin-
by, removed with her husband from Nine Partners 7 mo.
17, 1817." This is the only Quinby removal record on the
Quaker records of Nine Partners.
In 1816 appears the first record in the New York city
directories of Josiah H., who was then given as dealer in
dry goods at 394 Pearl street. The following year, Moses
"L." appears as dry goods dealer at that address, while
Josiah H. is in the same business at 296 Pearl street, and
from 1818 to 1824 at 398 Pearl street. In 1825 and 1826
he was at 400 Pearl street. From 1822 to 1826 the firm
name was Quinby & Jagger. One Josiah, (possibly an er-
ror for Isaiah) living at 215 Wooster street, appears in
1828 only. His name does not occur in the directory after-
wards, as the following year Josiah returned to Nine Part-
ners, N. Y. His brother Azariah H. ' continued the dry
good business at 400 Pearl street, as appears by the direc-
tory of 1829; in 1828 he and his business were given as
155 Chatham st. There is no mentipn of them or the busi-
ness after 1829. The Hicksite record shows "Josiah H.
Quinby, wife Deborah, children Caroline, William, Phoebe
Jane, Mary Elizabeth and John Jagger removed to Nine
Partners 11 mo. 5, 1828;" another Quaker record gives the
date as 8 mo. 6, 1828. Josiah H. and his wife "lived and
died on a farm in Washington township, Dutchess county,
about twenty miles from Poughkeepsie," says a descendant.
The census of 1850 shows that they were then back in
New York city, where Josiah H. and Deborah were living
342 The Quinby Family
with their son John J. in the 14th ward; Caroline M. Sut-
ton and Phoebe and Elizabeth Wright were living under
the same roof. Perhaps the parents were visiting when
the enumerator caught them. Josiah H. Quinby died 15
July, 1856, and his widow Deborah, died 4 Sept. 1884.
Children :
I. Caroline M.« Quinby, born 10 Apr. 1818; married
first, 22 Oct. 1838, at Nine Partners, George W.,
son of Abraham and Esther Sutton of De Ruyter,
Madison county, N. Y.; he died about 1850 on
his way home by sea from California, and she
married second, in 1871, George H. Tompkins,
who died 18 July, 1883; she died 19 Nov. 1895,
at Laxton, Md.;
1243. II. William Howland> Quinby, born 17 Apr. 1820
(see) ;
III. Charles' Quinby, bo!rn 7 Oct. 1822, died 9 July,
1823 (7 mo. 19, Fr. re);
IV. Phoebe Jane' Quinby, born 19 Apr. 1825 (4 mo.
12, Fr. re); married at her father's house in
Washington township, 20 Feb. 1849, William C,
son of Asahel and Esther Haviland of New York
city; she died about 1903 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. James H. Vail at Laxton, Md.;
V. Mary Elizabeth* Quinby, born 27 Jan. 1827,
(2 mo. 19, 1826, Fr. re.) died 24 Apr. 1830;
1244. VI. John Jagger' Quinby, born 4 Sept. 1828; died at
Poughkeepsie unmarried, 16 Jan. 18—.
Note. — The foregoing records are partly from Mies Mary W.' Quinby,
partly from other sources and partly from John Cox's copies of the Frienct'
records of which he is custodian and for his copies of the Quinby items in
which, he charged over a hundred dollars; his copies ought to be correct, but
they vary frequently from other records.
593. Isaiah H. ' (William*, Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah*,
John^, William^) born 5 mo. 1792 (says C. L. Andrews;
5 mo. 5, says Mrs. Beebe; c/. death rec.) probably at Paw-
ling, N. Y.; lived at Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, until
1810, then lived at Chappaqua, Westchester county until
8 mo. 14, 1818; then lived at Oblong until in 1821 he re-
turned to Chappaqua. He married at Somers, 6 mo. 20,
1821, Amy, daughter of Samuel and Sarah M. Sutton of
Somers. The Friends' record of the marriage says: "mar-
riage intention 5, 11 and 6, 15, 1821; reported accordingly,
7, 13, 1821." (See p. 128.) Amy was born 6 mo. 29, 1797.
They took a certificate of departure from Chappaqua with
their children 8 mo. 9, 1829, to New York city. The records
of the New York Monthly Meeting in 1828 show that at
the time of the Hicksite separation they joined that sect. The
Hicksite records show their certificate from Chappaqua as
11 mo. 1827. In the New York city directories we find
592JOSIAH HOWLAND' AND DeBOKAH
(Haight) Quinby.
1244JOHN Jaggers Quinby,
son of 592Josiah HJ Quinby.
f ^^'•::^ -y-
<*li*,„.00»¥i^'
593ISAIAH H.7 Quinby,
(Photo, by Beniczky, N. Y.)
Amy Sutton,
wife of .593Tsaiah H.^ Quinby (photo,
by Green, Brooklyn).
The Quinby Family 343
his name in 1829 for the first time, as at 200 Green st.,
and in 1830-1 as at 204 Green st. He was evidently in
the carting or trucking business which he turned over to
his brother Moses in 1832 and returned to Chappaqua with
his wife and children 1 mo. 2, 1833. Orthodox Quakers
there had disowned him in January and Amy in July,
1830. He and his wife had returned to New York before
1850. The census of that year shows him as a grocer,
with real estate valued at $4000, living with his family in
the first district of the Eighth ward. The removal certifi-
cate from Chappaqua was not granted from the Hicksites
till 8 mo. 14, 1851; Amy was then a minister in the Friends'
meeting. The Hicksite records show that they returned
to Chappaqua 10 mo. 6, 1852. Their sons Valentine and
Joshua remained in New York, Joshua returning 1 mo.
1854; Valentine's name had already begun in 1848 to ap-
pear in the New York city directory and he remained in
town.
Mrs. Amy Quinby died at Chappaqua 4 mo. 10, 1872,
and administration was granted on her estate, 2 Sept.
1872, to Joshua S. Quinby (White Plains, Surrogate's rec.
lib. M, p. 254). Isaiah H. Quinby died 11 mo. 17, 1874,
says a family rejc'ord, but the Friends' record says, "aged
Sly. 11m. 12d." Their gravestones in the Friends' ground
at Chappaqua say: "Isaiah Quinby, died 18 Nov. 1874,
aged 81y. 11m. 13d.; wife Amy S. died 10 mo. 4, 1872,
aged 74y. 8m. 19d." A proceeding took place in the Sur-
rogate's court a quarter of a century later to prove his
will, made 1873, as a lost will; and 9 May, 1898, letters
testamentary were granted to Martha Quinby. His prop-
erty was left to his sons Joshua and Valentine (lib. 131,
p. 362). The children of Isaiah H. jQuinby were:
1245. I. Joshua Sutton' Quinby, born 3 mo. 31, 1822 (see);
1246. II. Valentine H.« Quinby, born 1827 (see);
III. Sarah Jane' Quinby, born 1 mo. 10, 1829, died 9
mo. 23, 1835, aged 6y. 8 mo. 13d. at Newcastle
(Fr. re).
594. AzAEiAH Rowland' (William", Josiah^, Moses*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 4 Sept. 1797, at Newcastle,
Westchester county, N. Y. He went to Oblong, Dutchess
county, with his family 8 mo. 14, 1818, and removed to
New York city 5 mo. 11, 1826. The Chappaqua meeting
granted a clear certificate to him in September, 1826, to
remove to Wilmington, Delaware. He succeeded his bro-
ther Josiah in the dry goods business in New York city in
1828, and was located at 155 Chatham st. In 1829 he
344 The Quinbt Familt
was at 400 Pearl st. At the time of the separation be^
tween the Orthodox and Hicksite Quakers in 1828, he was
a member of the New York Monthly Meeting of the latter
sect. He removed to Chappaqua again 4 mo. 9, 1830.
He married probably about 1839-40, Mary Ann, daughter
of John and Elizabeth ("Ella") Montgomery of Wilming-
ton, Delaware, and Chappaqua removal certificates to Wil-
mington are dated 5 mo. 6, 1846, and 1 mo. 5, 1848.
From a law case reported in 2 Harrington, 141, it ap-
pears that between 1^35 and 1839^ Azariah was in the
lumber business, and won a suit for the price of lumber
sold by John Montgomery, Quinby's agent, to one William
Boyd. Again, in the suit of Azariah H. Quinby vs. J. W.
Duncan (4 Harr. 383) we find that Mr. Quinby sued B. M.
Hyatt and Duncan gave bond for the latter 8 May, 1843;
Mr. Quinby won his suit and entered judgment. Hyatt
didn't pay, and Mr. Quinby sued Duncan, but he lost it
through a technicality.
Azariah H. Quinby died 2 mo. 26, 1877. Children,
born at Wilmington, Del.:
I. Ella* Quinby, born 24 May, 1841; married William
Henry Weeks of Wilmington; she died 2 Jan.
1892;
II. Phoebe J.» Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1843; married
Thomas Edward McVitty of Philadelphia, Pa.;
their daughter, Mrs. Edw. McKeon, lives (1911)
at 12 E. Eager st., Baltimore, Md.;
1247. III. Albert M.» Quinbt, born 30 Mar. 1849 (see);
1248. IV. Edgar Rowland' Quinbt, born 28 May, 1854
(see).
595. JoHN^ (William", Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah*, John^,
William^) born 3 mo. 16, 1803, in New York state; lived
at Newcastle, Westchester county; married there 11 mo.
20, 1823, Esther, daughter of John Hunter. The Quaker
record says: "marr. int. 10, 9 and 11, 13, 1823; rept. ace.
12, 11, 1823." The Friends' records note certificates of
removal of John, his wife Esther and their daughter Mary
Jane from Chappaqua 5 mo. 8, 1828. The Hicksite record
of removal gives 8 mo. 14, 1828. They were disowned by
the Orthodox Friends for joining the Hicksites, she in Aug-
ust, 1830; John was disowned in September. John Quin-
by's name appears first in the New York city directories
in 1827, as at 167 Wooster st., at which address he re-
mained until 1833. In that year, as we see on the Hick-
site register, he returned to Chappaqua 4 July, 1834.
Mrs. Esther Quinby was born 8 mo. 7, 1805, died 1 mo.
17, 1876; John Quinby died 9 mo. 24, 1880. (gravestones
594AZARIAH Rowland' Quinby.
(Photo, loaned by Edgar H. Quinby.)
595JOHN7 (William'^, Josiah'^).
(Photo, by Havens, Sing Sing.)
Esther Hunter,
wife of 595 John'' {William^, Josiah")
(Photo, by Peck, Sing Sing.)
Mary Janes (JohnT, William^),
wife of Henry Birdsell (photo, by
Sherwood, Sing Sing. )
Ellas (Quinby) and William
H. Weeks.
The Quinby Family 345
at Chappaqua). Letters of administration were granted
to his son Edward H., 31 Mar. 1882 (lib. P, p. 145).
Children :
I. Mary Jane' Quinby, born 12 mo. 19, 1824; mar-
ried at her father's home, 11 mo. 20, 1872, Henry
son of Henry and Jerusha Bird sail of Somers;
Mary Jane died 11 mo. 22, 1887 (gravestone at
Chappaqua) ;
II. Phoebes Quinby, born 7 mo. 15, 1832 (8 mo. 13,
Fr. re.) died 2 mo. 2, 1834;
1249. III. Edwabd Huntek' Quinby, born 22 May, 1835
(see).
Note. — These dates are from the family Bible formerly in the possession
of Edward H. Quinby, Esq.; and from the Friends' records" of Chappaqua.
596. Moses ^ (William*, Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 10 mo. 3, 1809, probably at Chap-
paqua, Westchester county, N. Y., and lived at Newcastle
there. He married first Jane Brown., born 1809, and was
disowned 5 mo. 12, 1831, by the Hicksites for marrying
outside the Friends' Society; the marriage took place prior
to 3 mo. 10, 1831. He was a surveyor, and the census of
1850 shows him living at Newcastle. He had no childreln
by his first marriage. He married second, after 1850,
Annie Crawford. He died 6 mo. 1875 (says Mrs. Beebe).
Children :
I. AcT0« Quinby;
II. JuviNiA* Quinby.
Note. — This family is mentioned in Bolton's History of Westchester. No
record of these wierdly named children, who I believe were girls, has come to
light.
597. TkoMAS' (William', Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John'', William^) born 31 Aug. 1813, in Westchester county;
married Susan Ann, daughter of Gilbert and Sarah A.
(Carpenter) Hunter; she was born 8 Mar. 1841, died 6
Oct. 1888. The census of 1850 shows him as a farmer at
Newcastle, Westchester county, with real estate worth at
least S3500.
William H. Quinby has written some very interesting remin-
iscences of his father, from which I take the following: "Until
about twenty years ago, some of the Quinby family lived on part
of the farm in Westchester county, N. Y., belonging to William
Quinby, which also belonged to his father, and I suppose was part
of the original grant, back about 168^^ About 1850 Isaiah,
John, Moses and Thomas owned adjoining farms, all parts of the
old homestead aind extending over a mile on both sides of the road
leading west from Mount Kisco toward Sing Sing, (now Ossining)
and commencing with my father's place, about one and one-half
miles west of Mt. Kisco. The original Quinby owned much more
346 The Qthnby Family
adjoining land) and I remember my father telling that when his
grandfather died he left the land to his father, William, on con-
dition that he pay the sisters and half sisters, six in all, a certain
sum and that this put him heavily in debt, or as they called it,
'land poor,' so that when he divided up what land he had left
among the four sons above named, who lived side by side, they
in turn had to pay a good sum to each of the two sisters as well
as the two older brothers, who had married earlier. One of these,
Josiah, lived at Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, and the other,
Azariah, lived at Wilmington, Delaware. Soon after I was born,
my father took seventy acres from the old place on the north side
of the road; and when I was three years old, we moved into the
house he had built at the top of the hill, east of the old home-
stead, which latter had been built long before the Revolution.
I do not know what he paid for the land, but I very distinctly
remember that each year on the first day of May he had to pay
about $100 interest on the mortgage to a man named White,
living up north of Croton lake. This $100 had to be raised year
after year until the farm was sold in 1865. It was a rocky, hilly
farm and try as we would, we could never make any impression
on that debt and it became a horror to have such a load to carry,
for which I have always been very thankful, for I have ever since
feared a debt as I would the plague.
"My father (Thomas' Quinby) was a birthright member of
the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and was very devoted to them,
and a regular attendant at the Chappaqua meeting until they
started a meeting at Mt. Kisco, which was less than half the dis-
tance. He was a great admirer of Jacob and Lucretia Mott of
Philadelphia, who often preached at their meetings. He never
traveled far from home, occasionally to New York to attend
yearly meeting and visit our relatives, or the Quarterly meeting
at Amawalk or Portchester. This was as far away as he ever
got except once, when with his brother Moses, he went 'out west'
to Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, and rafted dbwn the Susquehanna
river. When I was fifteen he was badly injured by cutting his
foot with an axe and after that was never able to do very much
work, and so the oldest boy had to fill the place the best he could."
He died 3 Mar. 1891, says a family record; the official
record has been "copied for me as 3 mo. 30, 1891. Children:
(born at Mt. Kisco, Westchester county, N. Y.) :
1250. I. William H.« Quinbt, born 27 Jan. 1843 (see);
II. Imogene Quinby, born 27 Nov. 1846; married 25
Feb. 1874, Edgar G. Lounsbury; no children:
III. Julia E.» Quinby, ("Juliette") born 4 Oct. 1848;
married 26 May, 1891, Frederick Hartung; she
died 20 July, 1906; no children;
IV. Wesley' Quinby, born 23 Apr. 1851, died 7 May, 1851 ;
1251. V. WiLLET J.8 Quinby, born 23 Aug. 1854 (see);
VI. Mahy I.' Quinby, married first, Benjamin Hunt and
had Deborah, Charles L. and Benjamin; her hus-
band died and she married about 1860, Leonard
Weeks by whom she had Minnie. Mrs. Mary
died about ten years ago at Ellenville, N. Y.
597Thomas^ and Susan A. (Hunt-
er) QUINBY.
Susan Ann (Hunter),
wife of 597Thomas' Quinby (tintype
owned by Willet J. Quinbj')-
Julia E." Quinby ImogeiVe* Quinby
(Note the candy in the hands. Da-
guerreotype loaned by Willet J.
Oninbv/^
Imogenes Quinby Julia E.s Quinby
The Quinby Family 347
598. Walter U. ' (Moses I. «, Isaiah «, Moses S Jo-
siah^ John^, William^) born 10 mo. 29, 1817, at Chappaqua,
Westchester county, N. Y. He married Mrs. Catherine
(Eagle) Wilcox (born 1800 says census of 1850). The
Hicksite records mark him "from Chappaqua 11 mo. 1832;
disowned 8 mo. 1837," no doubt for nonconformity. In
1850, they lived with "Isaiah F." (presumably miscopy for
Josiah) aged 13, in the 14th ward. New York city, says
the census, which adds that then he was a dealer in hides.
Walter U. Quinby appears first in the New York city
directories in 1840, as a grocer in Bank street, living at
10 Bleecker street; in 1841 his store was at 28 Howard
street, his home at 547 Pearl street. The following year
he had evidently gone out of the grocery business and was
utilizing the remains of his stock keeping a boarding house
at 27 Cortlandt street, and the Underbill Quinby who ap-
pears in the directory in 1843-45 is probably the same; he
is called a "carman," at 224 West 17th street. In 1852
he is a bookkeeper for his brother George W. in the hide
business at 193 Elizabeth street, and the following year was
taken into the business, living over the store. They had
also a place of business in 39th street near Eleventh avenue
in 1854 and 1855. That year George W. Quinby retired
from business. Walter U. Quinby carried it on to 1866 at
the same address. He live4 a-* various addresses; 1856-9
at 192 Elizabeth street; 1860, 135 E. 31st street; 1861-2,
697 Broadway; 1863, 221 Tenth avenue. His last appear-
ance in the New York city directory is 1866.
Bolton's History of Westchester county, p. 730 and
chart opp. p. 706, contain numerous errors, as does a MS.
chart belonging, 1911, to Abram J. Quinby of Chappaqua,
which has probably been copied by many; it erroneously
gives Walter U. Quinby as William, and his grandfather as
Isaac instead of Isaiah, and adds children Mary J., Aaron
J., and George W., omitting Francis W.
Walter U. died 1 Feb. 1909, "aged 66," at New Roch-
elle, N. Y. Children:
1252. I. Josiah' Quinby, born 1837; went west, and years
ago was supposed to be living in the south; the
family has lost track of him;
II. Cornelia B.» Quinby, born 1841; married John C.
Bailey; "she was an invalid from a weakening of
the mind for ten years up to her death in March,
1909;"
1253. III. George Moses* Quinby, born 11 June, 1843 (see);
1254. IV. Francis Walter' Quinby, born 1845 at New York;
he was a real estate dealer; never married; died
of cancer at 944 Gates ave., Brooklyn 30 July,
348 The Quinby Family
1908 (reo. 14860). He appears first in the New
York city directory in 1882 as 'agent,' 111 W.
12 street.
599. Gkokge W. ' (Moses I. «, Isaiah ^ Moses *, Jos-
iah*, John^, William^) born 9 mo. 27, 1822, probably at
New York city. He married Hannah, born 1828, in New
York, daughter of Scott Bowne. In 1843 George W. ap-
pears for the first time in the New York city directory, as
a clerk in his father's grocery at 31 Jones street. His next
appearance is in 1848 as a dealer in hides at 179 Elizabeth
street, living with his mothier at 40 Rivington street. The
census of 1850 names him as a merchant, living at Flush-
ing, but mentions no children. In 1850 he carried on busi-
ness at 179 Elizabeth st., as before, but lived at Flushing,
where he continued to live. He was certified by the Friends
where he continued to live. He was certified by the
Friends' Meeting to Flushing 7 mo. 2, 1851 (2 mo. 7, says
another record). In 1852 his business address became 193
Elizabeth street and his brother Walter U. ^ Quinby ap-
pears that year as his bookkeeper; the following year he
was in the hide business at 193 Elizabeth street; they also
had a place in 1855 at 39th street near Eleventh avenue.
The firm name was then Quinby, Field & Bowne. In
1858 and 1859 the firm continued as Quinby & Field, but
no longer. George W. Quinby died at Flushing 3 mo. 24,
1855. His widow, Hannah B., declined 31 Mar. 1855, to
administer on his estate in favor of her two uncles, Ben-
jamin Bowne and Isaac Hendrickson. His personal prop-
erty did not exceed $8000; his widow and one child, Mary
Esther, a minor, were his only heirs and next of kin (Queens
county records). Children:
I. Emily* Quinby;
II. Maby Estheb' Quinby, ("Esther") born probably
about 1850-4.
600. Aaron J.' (Moses 7. *, Isaiah^, Moses*, Josiah*,
John^, William^) born 1828, probably at Chappaqua, West-
chester county, N. Y.; went with his family to New York
city; married Margaret L. Munson.
Aaron J. Quinby's career in New York city is shown
by the consecutive directories. He appears there first in
1850 as a wheelwright at 27 East 26th street; his home was
at 258 East 25th street. He appears as John in 1852,
no doubt his middle name, and is at 134 East 26th street,
and in 1853 is Aaron J., wheelwright, at 134 East 26th
The Quinby Family 349
street, with his home at 192 Allen street, and continues at
those addresses till 1858, when he moved his home nearer
his place of business, to 134 East 27th street. These ad-
dresses remain to 1866, when his home was removed to
Mott Haven, though his business remained at the old ad-
dress. In 1864 the name of his occupation was changed
in the directory from wheelwright to "wagons" but changed
back again in 1866. Conditions were the same in 1870.
He had removed his place of business in 1871 to 238 East
26th street, and there continued through 1882. But his
residence though no doubt for a long time at the same
place, is hardly given twice alike for a dozen years, thus:
1871, Mott Haven; 1872, Westchester; 1873, Mott Haven;
1874, College ave. near 142nd st.; 1875, College ave. corner
of Concord st.; 1876, 143d st. near College ave.; 1877, Col-
lege ave. near 142nd st.; 1878, Mott Haven; 1879, 143d
street near College ave.; 1880, 143d street near 4th ave.;
1881, First ave. corner 120th st.; 1882, 2347 First ave.
Note. — In 1881 H. A. Quinby, carriage maker, lived with Aaron J., a'
2347 First ave.
Aaron J. Quinby died at New York city 28 Dec. 1894.
(cert. No. 41013). Children:
I. Elizabeth Jane« Quinby, married Isaac H. Barton;
1255. II. George W.« Quinby, born after 1850 (see);
III. Esther F.' Quinby, born 1859, probably the one
who died at New York city 4 Jan. 1893 (cert.
No. 736);
IV. Mary Jane* Quinby;
V. Minnie Isabel' Quinby;
VI. LuciNDA M.» Quinby, probably the one who died
at 168 East 90th st., N. Y. city, 4 Mar. 1890
(cert. 8314) arid was buried at Chappaqua.
601. John Jay' {Isaiah'^, Isaiah^, Moses*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 28 Feb. 1827, at Northcastle, West-
chester county. New York. The Quaker (Hicksite) records
show a certificate granted him to depart from Chappaqua
(in which jurisdiction lies Northcastle) 8 mo. 1850, and 4
mo. 11, 1850; to Chappaqua 4 mo. 6, 1859. He married
"at Esther Haviland's house" 9 mo. 17, 1861, Hannah
Griffin, daughter of Robert and Esther (Underbill) Havi-
land (both deceased), of Northcastle; Hannah G. was born
2 mo. 15, 1832. They lived at Armonk, a hamlet near
Chappaqua and Northcastk. U. S. patent 305,218, for a
fruit jar, was granted him 1 Sept. 1884. John J. died at
Northcastle, 9 mo. 12, 1894, aged 67y. 6m. 14d.; she died
12 mo. 20, 1904, aged 72 (Chappaqua Fr. rec). John J.'s
350 The Qthnbt Family
will, dated 7 mo. 16, 1874, was recorded at White Plains
and proved 12 Nov. 1894 (lib. 122, p. 265). He left his
wife $3000 and names his sons, giving to Robert one-third
of the remainder of the estate. His widow died intestate
and administration was granted to her son Frank H. Quin-
by, 17 Apr. 1905 (lib. 1, p. 87). Children:
1256. I. John Howard' Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1864 (see);
II. Caroline* Quinby, born 1 mo. 14, 1867; d^ed 2 mo.
23, 1868, aged ly. Im. 9d.;
1257. III. Frank Haviland" Quinby, born 24 Nov. 1868, at
Armonk (see);
1258. IV. Robert Hull* Quinby, born 10 mo. 16, 1870; lives,
unmarried, at Armonk.
Note. — The above dates are from the Friends' records.
602. Jesse Balderston ' (Ezra Sewell ', Aaron ^ Isa-
iah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 8 mo. 5, 1822, at
Harford county, Md. A record of 1843 gives the birth
dates of Adeline and Lydia Ann and begins "Jesse B.
Quinby, Jr., born 7 Nov. 1822" (called Junior on account
of his uncle). He was married by Rev. Asa D. West 4
mo. 25, 1852, at Nauvoo (recorded at Carthage), 111., to
Elizabeth H., daughter of John and Margarette Betts (born
2 mo. 9, 1830, in Braxton county, Va.; died 4 mo. 22,
1864, at Abingdon, 111.). He was married second, 1 mo.
26, 1865, at Carthage, 111., by Rev. Wm. H. Hunter to
Mary A. R., daughter of Col. Alexander and Nancy Simp-
son, (born 12 mo. 20, 1832, died 12 mo. 24, 1893, at Carth-
age, 111.). J. W. Cherry assigned to Jesse B. Quinby and
Thomas Logan, patentees, of Carthage, 111., patent 121, 752
for a fence, 12 Dec. 1871. Jesse B. ' Quinby died of teta-
nus 12 mo. 4, 1878, at Carthage, 111., and was buried in
Moss Bridge cemetery there, (county rec). He lived in
Illinois thirty-seven years. Children by first wife:
I. Mary Elizabeth' Quinby, born 3 mo. 29, 1853, at
Henderson, 111.; died 8 mo. 21, 1871;
1259. II. Erasmus Collins' Quinby, born 7 mo. 29, 1856
(see) ;
III. WiLBER Chaffee' Quinby, born 6 mo. 27, 1859, at
Lewiston, 111.; died 8 mo. 10, 1862, Kickapoo,
HI.,
by second wife, all born at Carthage:
IV. Nancy Addie' Quinby, born 3 mo. 8, 1866; mar-
ried by Rev. W. A. Head 5 mo. 1, 1890, at
Carthage, 111., to Charles F. Gill, Jr., of LaHarpe,
111., born 12 mo. 15, 1861;
V. Mattie Bell' Quinby, born 8 mo. 10, 1867;
603UPSHDR. B." QUINBT.
(Davis, photo., Eichmond, Va.)
Margaret Xt.s Quinby,
(Mrs. M. N. Franklin)
Henrietta C.s Quinby
(Mrs. E. C. Hale)
Jessie Mfi Quinby
(Mrs. C. G. Evans)
Elizabeth W.s Quinby
(Mrs. E. S. Smith)
603UPSHUR B.7 Quinby and Four Daughters.
The Quinbt Family 351
VI. Jessie May' Quinby, born 5 mo. 15, 1869, died 4
mo. 12, 1870, at Carthage;
VII. Mary Simpson' Quinby, born 11 mo. 10, 1871.
603. Upshur Balderston'' (Aaron Balderston^, Aa-
ron^, Isaiah', Josiah', John'', William') born 20 Aug. 1841,
at Washington, D. C; married 23 Nov. 1864, in Accomac
county, Va., Georgie G., only surviving child of Thomas S.
and Margaret B. (Walter) Richardson, of Accomac county,
born 14 Nov. 1845. He was living 1862 at Warwick, near
Locust Mount, Accomac county, Va. In 1892 he and his
son Thomas B. were lawyers as Quinby & Quinby at Onan-
cock, Va.
"Upshur Balderston Quinby, only issue of Aaron Bal-
derston and Elizabeth Upshur (Teackle) Quinby, moved
from York, Pa., in 1857 to ' Warwick,' a farm near
Locust-mount PostofRce, Accomac county, Va. He moved
1 Jan. 1865, from 'Warwick' to Onancock, Accomac county
Va., to a place afterwards known as 'The Poplars;' he and
his wife lived there continuously, and died there, she in
December, 1896, and he in January, 1898" (T. B. Q.).
"Upshur's Neck, opposite Broadwater island, about
twenty miles north of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, is
the original settlement of the famous Virginia family. Re-
cently Col. Thomas T. Upshur presented to Upshur B.
Quinby, who now owns the Neck, the original grant by
Colonial Governor Spottiswood." (N. Y. Herald, 4 Dec.
1892). Mrs. Georgie C. Quinby lost the sight of one of
her eyes in the '80's; and (wrote her husband to a cousin
in 1891) has for the past year or so been a sufferer from
diabetes which has caused her to become very much re-
duced in weight."
Upshur B., ' then 50 years of age, wrote to his cousin
Mrs. Adelaide M. (Quinby) Swarts in July, 1891: "We
like yourself, are comfortably situated, and live in a plain
way, without show or parade, surrounded by many home
comforts. My wife, next to my dear mother, is the best
person I have ever known — a thorough Christian, affec-
tionate, kind, thoughtful of others, intelligent, practical
and one of the best of housekeepers. Nearly all we own
is in real estate — farm property — left by my mother and
my wife's father, and some I have bought both before and
since my father-in-law's death — and which for the past
several years have been rapidly increasing in value. I own
the tract of land, or rather the homestead portion of it,
which was granted in 1664 to my Upshur ancestor. There
are the graves of my ancestors for generations, those of
352 The Qtjinby Family
the first Arthur Upshur and Mary his wife, who came from
Warwickshire, England." In Jan. 1892, he wrote: "My
daughters returned from Europe the last of September.
They had not only a delightful but a very instructive trip.
After making the regular tour they returned to Paris and
spent four weeks. The older is in Richmond, Va., at the
head of the musical department of a large female school;
the younger is at home. I have never joined any church.
My mother was an Episcopalian and I was instructed in
its faith, which is about the same as the Methodist. My
wife and daughters are members of the Methodist church.
My sons are inclined to the Episcopal." Mr. Quinby lives
at Tampa, Fla. (1915). Children:
I. Margaret Upshxtr" Quinby, born 29 Sept. 1865,
married Edgar Franklin of Lynchburg, Va., no
issue; she is a widow in 1912;
1260. II. Thomas Balderston* Quinby, born 8 Apt. 1867 (see);
III. Elizabeth Walter* Quinby, born 24 Aug. 1869;
married 6 mo. 28, 1893, Edwin Sumter Smith of
Bedford City, Va., and has several children;
1261. IV. Littleton Dennis Teackle* Quinby, born 27 Aug.
1871, (see);
V. Georgie Richardson' Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1876;
married G. Walter Mapp, of Accomac, Va.; she
died without issue;
VI. Jessie Marvin* Quinby, born 1 May, 1878; mar-
ried Charles G. Evans of Danville, Va., and has
one child^ Charles;
"VII. Henrietta Chauncey" Quinby, born 29 June, 1880,
married Robert Claiborn Hale of Baltimore ; no issue.
604. Aaron Balderston' (Isaiah^, Aaron ^, Isaiah*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 10 mo. 25, 1824, in Centre
county, Pennsylvania; he married first, Eliza Ann, daugh-
ter of Elisha Thomas, 3 mo. 31, 1846, near New Vienna,
Clinton county, Ohio; in the spring of 1848, he moved to
Page county, Iowa. Their marriage was dissolved, and she
married again a Mr. Hicks and lives (1893) at Newmarket,
Iowa. Aaron B. ' married second, 11 mo. 13, 1872, Mrs.
Hannah Marie (Spaid) Quimby, widow of William W. Quim-
by of Maine (Her first husband was D. J. Cook, whom she
married 15 Nov. 1858, and by whom she had three sonp).
They lived at Norway Ridge, Wisconsin. She was born
20 Feb. 1839, in Steuben county. N. Y. Aaron Balderston
Quinby died 30 Sept. 1892, at Norway Ridge; no children.
"He was a loving husband to me and the soul of truth and
honor," says his widow.
_ Note. — The second husband of Hannah Marie was probably 1548William Willey*
Quimby, of a branch not included in this volume.
PAMiLy Mansion on the Estate of 603TJpshur B.' Quinby,
near Quinby, Va. (p. 351).
The Quinbt Family 353
Aaron Balder ston ' Quinby
(This pleasing sketch was written by Miss Hannah S. ' Quin-
by, 1911). "The baby emigrant, Aaron, who came with his par-
ents Isaiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Quinby in the flat boat down
the Ohio river to Cincinnati, from eastern Pennsylvania, when of
age married Eliza Thomas of Vienna, Clinton county, Ohio, and
they, with her father and mother, sister and four stalwart brothers
set out with teams and some necessary household goods, mechan-
ics' tools and a few implements for farming, to find land an(| make
homes in the far west. They drove to Cincinnati, and with their
teams took passage on a steamboat to St. Joseph, Missouri, and
this baby, after twenty or more years intetruption, was thus con-
tinuing his river journey. This company of six strong men and
three women, on reaching St. Joseph, left the boat and proceeded
with their teams northward, over the grassy prairies into Iowa,
until they reached the Nodaway river, in what is now Page coun-
ty, five or six miles of where is now the countyseat, Clarinda, in
the region about to be vacated by the Pottowatamie Indians.
They built the first house, saw-mill, and grist-mill in the county;
perhaps the first in the southwest part of the state. Round about
what is now the little old town of Hawleyville, deserted for the
smarter town of Clarinda, the county seat on a railroad, they took
up claims of land for homes. This was in the spring of 1848, the
year before the rush for gold to California. Though adventurous,
they were not tempted to join this new stream of emigration.
He, Aaron, ran a saw-mill for many years, fed from the groves
along the Nodaway. He was for several years among the pines
and marshes of Wisconsin, where he died in 1892, and was buried
in the Odd Fellows' lot at Tomah, Wisconsin. Except the then
young wife, who still lives at the age of 87 on one of the farms
by the old stream saw-mill, and perhaps a brother who went
several years after to Oregon, they are all dead, having served their
day and generation as empire builders."
605. Thomas Moore' (Isaiah^, Aaron ^, Isaiah\
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 10 Nov. 1828, at Wilming-
ton, Ohio (T. M. Q.; Jesse C. Quinby says 11 Oct.). He
married 10 June, 1852, Eliza, daughter of Daniel and Mary
Cramer, born 12 Nov. 1833. He died 190- ; she lives at
Edenton, Clermont county, Ohio. Children:
I. Franklin Monroes Quinby, born 7 Oct. 1853'
died 28 Dec. 1853;
1262. II. Alfred Henry' Quinby, born 10 Nov. 1854; went
west in the '80's and never returned; died in
California after 1888;
III. Mary Elizabeth' Quinby, born 2 Oct. 1856; mar-
ried 27 Apr. 1880, Thomas Marshall; lives, 1910,
at Edenton, Ohio;
IV. Ephraim Monroe' Quinby, born 12 Jan. 1859; died
29 Aug. 1863;
V. Josephine Elmira' Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1861
(1862 says S. C. Q.) died 15 Aug. 1862;
VI. Nancy Ellen' Quinby, born 11 July, 1863; married
(S3)
354 The Quinby Family
19 Aug. 1882, Rev. Alfred M. Abbott; died 3 Oct. 1883;
1263. VII. Arthur Lyon« Quinby, born 7 Apr. 1866, at Eden-
ton, Ohio (see);
1264. VIII. Stephen Cramer' Quinby, born 3 May, 1868, at
Edenton, Ohio (see);
IX. Hannah Anna" Quinby, ("H. Anna") born 8 July,
1871; she is a lawyer, at 1207 Brunson Building,
Columbus, Ohio; lives there 1915, at 861 Neil
ave. In 1908 she was secretary of the state Loyal
Temperance Legion. In the fall of that year she
acted as attorney for the prosecution in a larceny
case at Edenton, in which Miss Ella Purcell, an-
, other woman lawyer, appeared for the defence.
This was the first case in Ohio in which both at-
torneys were women; these two the following year
organized the Ohio association of women lawyers;
Miss Quinby formed a partnership with Miss
Purcell in 1909. She graduated from the State
Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio; with the
degree of B. S. (says "Woman's Who's Who of
America," 1914-5, p. 668), and received the degree
of LL. B. from Ohio State University; taught
elocution, oratory and civics in LeMars (Iowa)
College; professor of elocution and oratory in Den-
nison (Ohio) College; for ten years lecturer and
organizer of the Ohio W. C. T. U.; editor and
business manager of the Ohio Woman, a suf-
frage paper; president of the Ohio Woman's Tax
Payers' League; she is a United Presbyterian in
religion. She is now (says the Journal World of
Lawrence, Kan., 28 Sept. 1915), president of the
Women's Association of Commerce, and is the only
Ohio woman lawyer admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court of the United States;
1265. X. Calvin Moorb" Quinby, born 2 Apr. 1873 (see);
1266. XI. Edward Wilson' Quinby, born 1 Nov. 1875 (see).
606. Ezra Allen' (Isaiah", Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 27 Apr. 1832, in Ohio; his wife was,
Elizabeth A. . Ezra A. was "of Memory, Iowa"
when he was granted U. S. patent 213,591 for a compress
for trees, 25 Mar. 1879. He died 15 Oct. 1900 at Dallas,
Taylor county, Iowa, of what the record calls "contraction
of the liver;" buried at Memory cemetery. His widow
married B. H. Combs, and lives at Newmarket, Iowa
(1910). Children:
I. » Quinby; died;
1267. II. Lee Burgess* Quinby; he was a student at Drake
University, Des Moines, Iowa, before 1911.
607. Isaiah William' (Isaiah", Aaron ^, Isaiah*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 5 May, 1837, near Wilming-
607ISAIAH William' and Josephines
QUINBY.
(jU.sJesse Crawford^ Qdinby,
(Photo, by Gibson, Kansas City, Mo.)
ISABELLE (BARR),
wife of 608 Jesse C.' Quinby.
Anna Belle (Boyd),
wife of 608Jesse C.^ Quinby.
The Quinby Family 355
ton, Clinton county, Ohio; married 12 Jan. 1863, Hannah,
daughter of James and Hannah (David) Scott, born 1840
in Warren county, Ohio. His residence was Wilmington,
Ohio, but he lived several years at Washington, D. C,
where he was a member of the Court of Pension Appeals.
He died 28 Oct. 1900 at Wilmington. Child:
Josephine' Quinby, born 4 Sept. 1866, at Wilming-
ton, Ohio.
608. Jesse Crawford' (Isaiah^, Aaron ^, Isaiah*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 5 Dec. 1843, near Wilming-
ton, Clinton county, Ohio. Enlisted in Co. I, 79th regi-
ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (20th Army Corps). "He
marched with Sherman to the sea." After the war he re-
moved to Iowa, and married first, 3 Dec. 1868, near
Hawleyville, Iowa, Isabelle, daughter of Henry M. and
Sarah Barr, born in Indiana county. Pa.; she died 9 Apr.
1877, near Bedford, Iowa, and Jesse C. married second, 31
Dec. 1878, at Albany, Mo., Anna Belle, daughter of George
and Ellen Boyd, born 14 Jan. 1860, at lUiopolis, 111.; Mrs.
Anna Belle Quinby lives, 1910, at Syracuse, Kansas.
U. S. patent 518,896 was granted 24 Apr. 1894, to Jesse
C. Quinby of Norway Ridge, Wis., who assigned a half
interest to (his brother) I. W. Quinby of Wilmington,
Ohio. One Jesse C. Quinby married at Lawrence, Kansas,
10 Dec. 1908, Laura L. Harlan of that town. Jesse Craw-
ford' Quinby in 1910 lived at Balance Rock, Garden of
the Gods, near Colorado City, Col., and later in 1910 he
was receiving mail at Kansas City, Mo.; the following year
he was with the Oklahoma Real Estate Co., 927 Locust st.,
Kansas City, Mo.; in 1912 he was living awhile with his
daughter, Mrs. Alvord, at 1126 Lincoln ave., Colorado
City, Col. Children:
I. LiLLiE Josephine' Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1873, near
Newmarket, Iowa; married 3 Dec. 1894, John D.,
son of Seth Alvord, at Albany, Mo.; both were
members of the Methodist Episcopal church;
John D. Alvord died 5 Mar. 1908, at Lawrence,
Kan., and Lillie J. married there second, 1 Jan.
1909, his brother Frank G. Alvord and immedi-
ately moved to Colorado Springs, Col.; she is
now a member of the Seventh Day Adventists;
II. Nora Ann' Quinby, born 8 Jan. 1876, near New-
market, Iowa; married 20 June, 1904, George L.
Brown of Colorado Springs, Col.; in 1910 she was
very ill of phthisis;
III. (son)« Quinby, born and died 20 Oct. 1869;
IV. (son)' Quinby, born and died 20 Aug. 1870;
356 The Qdinbt Pamilt
V. (son)» QuiNBY, born and died 9 Sept. 1879;
1268. VI. Arthur Isaiah' Quinbt, born 22 Dec. 1880, at
Albany, Mo. (see);
1269. VII. Frederick Jesse* Quinby, born 10 Feb. 1883, near
Bedford, Iowa; married and lives at Pierceville,
Kansas (1910); Garden City, Kan. (1911);
VIII. Lucy Ellen" Quinby, born 2 Nov. 1886, at Norway
Ridge, Wis.; married 7 Feb. 1907, by Rev. E. W.
Miles to Alonzo E. Gale, both of Syracuse, Kan.;
address, 1910, same place;
IX. Miriam Sophia* Quinby, born 11 Aug. 1891, at
Norway Ridge, Wis.; married 19 Apr. 1910, by
R^V. E. E. Carter at Syracuse, Kan., to E. L.
Moss of Texas;
X. Anna Moore' Quinby, born 25 Mar. 1896; lives
with her mother at Syracuse, Kan. (1910).
609. Harris H. ^ {Isaiah^, Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^,
John^, William') born 3 Feb. 1861, in Clinton county,
Ohio; married 4 July, 1889, at Lincoln, Nebraska, Beatrice
B., daughter of George T. and Eliza Ann (Otis) Puter-
baugh, born 10 Feb. 1867, at Mt. Carroll, 111. They have
been residents of Omaha, Neb., for many years; in 1910
Mr. Quinby's business address was Davidge Building,
Omaha. Children :
I. Julia Beatrice* Quinby, born 19 Feb. 1891, at
Omaha;
1270. II. Porter Harris* Quinby, born 14 Jan. 1896, at
South Omaha; in 1915, he was at the University
of Nebraska, and hved at 313 N. 16th st., Omaha.
612. Watson Fell^ {John^, Moses ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 15 Dec. 1825, at Brandy wine Spa.
New Castle county, Del.
Scharf's History of Delaware says (I. 503) "Dr. Wat-
son F. Quinby was born near Brandywine Springs, New
Castle county, Delaware, in 1825. He was educated at
Westtown and Haverford schools, studied medicine with
Dr. Harlan, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College
in 1847. He commenced the practice of medicine in Mo-
bile, Alabama, and went from there to California in 1849.
He returned to Wilmington in 1852, where he has since
remained in the practice of his profession, applying allo-
pathic treatment when required, but preferring the Hahne-
mann system."
"He was a member of the State Homeopathic Medical
Society founded in 1868, which died a natural death." (id.
p. 500). He crossed the plains with the California pio-
neers in 1849, and lived for years in the mountain camps.
He married 22 Feb. 1855, Annie, daughter of James and
614EDWARD GOOD^ QUINBY
(photo, loaned by Mrs. Letitia H.'
(Quinby) Jackson (see p. 358).
615FKANKLIN JOSIAH^ QuiNBT
(photo, loaned by Mrs. Jackson) .
The Quinbt Family 357
Mary (Foote) Giffin. She was a descendant of Robert
Giffin who left Ireland on account of religious scruples and
settled in Delaware. (IX. American Ancestry, 63). He
is a practising physician at Wilmington, Del., in 1915, aged 90.
Children :
1271. I. CouRTLAND Fell' QuiNBT, bom 16 Jan. 1856 (see);
II. Edda Belle' Quinby, born 9 Oct. 1857; married
Rev. Isaac Haldeman; lives 289 West End Ave.,
N. Y. city;
III. Annie Laurie' Quinby, born 30 Sept. 1859, at
Brandywine Springs, Del.; married Geo. W. Lu-
kens; address, 1892, West Grove, Pa.;
1272. IV. Harold Watson' Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1861, at
Brandywine Springs; (see);
1273. v. Wilfred Sidney' Quinby, born May, 1863 (see);
Dr. Quinby's Patents, Etc.
The records of the U. S. patent office show the fol-
lowing patents, granted to W. F. Quinby, Stanton, Delaware :
No. 734, cultivator
No. 2973 apparatus for navigating the air 26 Nov.
No. 38124, W. F. Quinby and G. G. Lobdell,
cultivator
No. 57567, blacking
No. 58289, diggers' rotary
No. 68789, flying machine
No. 95513, flying machine
No. 132022, flying machine
Watson F. Quinby, Wilmington, Del.
No. 106203, arching-brick
No. 132022, flying apparatus
No. 218573, aerial ship
No. 268727, hydrocarbon engine
No. 350992, two-wheeled vehicle
The records of the U. S. copyright bureau show the
following granted to Watson F. Quinby of Wilmington:
No. 12265, copyright 1876, title, "Mongrelism";
No. 2932, copyright 1878, title, "Coming Kingdom";
No. 3721, copyright 1880, title, "Solomon's Seal;"
No. 34549, copyright 1891, title, "Yard or meter, which
will you choose?"
613. Isaac Chapman^ (John*, Moses ^, Isaiah*, Jos-
iah^, John^, William^) born 13 Sept. 1827, in Newcastle
county, Delaware; married Mary J. Chandler and had:
19 Mar.
1861;
26 Nov.
1
1861;
7 Apr.
1863;
28 Aug.
1866;
25 Sept.
1866;
10 Sept.
1867;
5 Oct.
1869;
8 Oct.
1872.
9 Aug.
1870;
8 Oct.
1872;
12 Aug.
1879;
17 Jan.
1882;
19 Oct.
1886.
358 The Quinby Family
Elgasda' Quinby, born 10 Aug. 1853, at Camden,
Del.; married Bayard Derickson and lived at New-
castle, Del.; their daughter Ethel M. Derickson
was living at Stanton, Del., in 1892.
614. Edward Good ' (Josiah *, Moses ', Isaiah *,
Josioih^, John^, William^) born 4 mo. 30, 1838, perhaps at
Philadelphia, Pa., where he lived in 1850; married 4 mo.
21, 1862, Mary L. 'Newitt' who died 9 mo. 4, 1889; he
was a member of the firm of Willett, Quinby & Co., cofifee
merchants of Philadelphia; he died 7 Dee. 1909 at 503
North Marshall st., Philadelphia, of mitral regurgitation to
which chronic gastritis was contributory; he was seriously
ill six months; no children.
615. Franklin Josiah ' (Josiah *, Moses *, Isaiah *,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 5 Oct. 1840, at Philadelphia,
Pa. He was a photographer there; and 28 Aug. 1906, he
died there, of valvular heart disease. He married 7 Jan.
1867, at Philadelphia, Amelia Rose, born 17 May, 1844,
daughter of William and Phoebe (Rose) Stout. His widow,
1910, lived at 2525 North 11th st., Philadelphia. Children:
I. Okin de Luiton" Quinby, born 8 mo. 1867, died in
four months;
II. Maurice" Quinby, born 27 Nov. 1869 (Phila. rec);
died after one week;
1274 III. Paul de Haven' Quinby, born 12 Dec. 1871 (see);
1275. IV. Franklin Josiah' Quinby, Jr., born 21 May, 1874,
died 5 Feb. 1892.
617. Elwood K. * (James R. ', James *, Isaiah *, Jo-
siah'^, John^, William^) born 5 mo. 18, 1849, at Solebury,
Pa.; he lived at Bureau, 111.; married Emma C. Hallowell
1 mo. 11, 1872, and had one child:
Walter S.» Quinby, born 8 mo. 25, 1873, died 6
mo. 29, 1877.
618. Joseph Ridge ^ (James R.^, James ^, Isaiah*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 10 mo. 16, 1850, at Sole-
bury or Lumberton, Pa. He married 30 Apr. 1873, Mary
E., daughter of Samuel and Selina (Malor) Lees, born at
Oldham, England. Mr. Quinby was for many years a suc-
cessful dry goods merchant in New York city. The direc-
tory names him first in 1880 with his business at 66 Worth
St., his home at 44 East 124th st.; in 1881 he lived at 139
W. 58th St., and in 1882 at 34 E. 63d st. He lived (1910)
with his family at 317 W. 76 st. Mr. Quinby was a mem-
ber of the Colonial, Merchants and KnoUwood clubs. Mrs.
Quinby was a member of the Eclectic club, and at a meet-
618JOSEPH ElDGE' QUINBY.
Mary E. (Lees) Quinby
(Mrs. Joseph Ridge' Quinby).
Grace Etdge* (Quinby) Wallace (p. 359).
The Qxjinby Family 359
ing of that organization, Mrs. Quinby took the affirmative
of a debate on the question, "Has the Woman's move-
ment gone too far?" In 1915 Mr. and Mrs. Quinby live
at Glen Ridge, N. J. Children:
1277. I. Joseph RmoE' Quinby, born 16 Feb. 1874 (see);
1278. II. Samuel Lees' Quinby, born 17 Nov. 1875 (see);
1279. III. Frank Lees' Quinby, born 26 July, 1878 (see);
IV. Grace Ridge' Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1881; married
about Apr. 1903, Lester Wallace, and lives at
Glen Ridge.
619. George Hicks' {James R.^, James ^, Isaiah*,
Josiah^, John^, William^) born 12 mo. 4, 1851, at Sole-
bury or Lumberton, Bucks county, Pa.; married 4 Dec.
1873, at Solebury, Josephine, daughter of James and
Emmeline (Magill) Ely, born 23 May, 1847, at Solebury;
there they lived in 1910; in 1912 the directory gives their
address as 5850 Pemberton St., Philadelphia, Pa. In 1915
at 5402 Larchwood st. Children, all born at Solebury:
I. Elizabeth' Quinby, born 11 mo. 8, 1874; married
13 Feb. 1886, Edwin Shupe and had five children;
II. Grace R.' Quinby, born 6 mo. 1, 1876; married
Alfred S. Tettemer in 1901 and has had three
children;
1280. III. James' Quinby, born 2 mo. 5, 1878 (see);
1281. IV. Louis' Quinby, born 4 mo. 21, 1879 (see);
V. Maky L.' Quinby ("Mae") born 12 mo. 1, 1880
(or 1881), and holds a position with the Farm
Journal at Philadelphia;
1282. VI. Mark E.' Quinby, born 3 mo. 28, 1883 (see);
1283. VII. Joseph' Quinby, born 6 mo. 30, 1886 (see);
VIII. Emmalyne Ely' Quinby, born 4 mo. 15, 1890.
Note. — Thanks to Geo. Hioka Quinby, Esq., for much valuable informa-
tion regarding hi.s family.
620. Henry Ridge' (James R.^, James \ Isaiah^
Josiah\ John\ William') born 10 mo. 16, 1854, at Carvers-
ville, Pa.; married first, 10 mo. 6, 1875, Lettie Randall,
who died 1 mo. 16, 1890; he married second, 4 mo. 24,
1894, at Lambertville, Pa., Mrs. Ella (Wood) Hand, daugh-
ter of Heil and Sophia (Black) Wood, born 1857 in Plum-
stead township, Bucks county. Pa. They were living at
Carversville in 1891 and 1910. Children:
I. Jesse' Quinby, born 1876, died 1881;
II. Violet' Quinby, born 6 mo. 18, 1879; married 1898,
Wilson J. Miller of Carversville;
360 The Quinbt Family
III. Mary W.» Quinby, born 10 mo. 30, 1880; married,
1900, Lewis Webster of Lumberville.
by his second marriage Henry R. Quinby had:
IV. Mabel* Quinby, born 12 mo. 5, 1894; married 12
mo. 6, 1913, Lewis Wilson;
1284. V. Harky Ridge' Quinby, born 9 mo. 3, 1896.
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Mrs. Jane E. (Brewer),
wife of Thoniass Quinby
Quinby Hall, Sinioudwater, Me.,
erected in 1875, where the Sunday
service was read by 784Thomass
Quinby.
Lucretia D.i>,
daughter of 784Thomas8 Quinby.
The Quinby Family 361
EIGHTH GENERATION
{At this point, as heretofore, are omitted all of the de-
scendants of William* (William^, Robert^) numbered 621 to
781 inclusive, and their sons in the ninth generation num-
bered 1285 to 1452 inclusive).
784. Thomas* (Moses'', John^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Rob-
ert^, Robert'') was born at Stroudwater, Me., 15 Dec. 1813;
was educated at Parsonsfield Academy, Maine, and for
several terms in his young manhood was a teacher there.
He became a civil engineer after studying the science with
James Hall, of Portland, and for many years followed that
profession. He made the surveys for the Portsmouth,
Saco & Portland R. R.; the Atlantic & St. Lawrence R. R.
(afterward the Grand Trunk) ; also he was employed in
making the surveys for the proposed canal from Moose-
head Lake to the mouth of Sebasticook river. About 1840
he made a survey of the city of Portland.
He married in 21 June, 1839, Jane Elizabeth, daughter
of Dexter and Jane (Frost) Brewer. (A full account of her
ancestry in many lines was published in New England
Family History).
In April, 1841, Thomas Quinby went to Biddeford,
Maine, having made a connection with the Saco Water
Power Company, which was incorporated in 1837, and in
1852 he was elected the agent or manager of that company.
In the first city directory of Biddeford, published as of
March, 1856, he is given as president of the Provident
Society; director of the Biddeford Bank, clerk (i. e., secre-
tary) and land agent of the Saco Water Power Co.; it is
also there stated that "valuable specimens have been pre-
sented by him to the geological cabinet of the High School."
In 1866 he became superintendent of the Portland &
Rochester R. R.; he settled the land damages of that road
from Alfred to Rochester. This work was concluded in
1872; he returned to his position as agent of the Saco
Water Power Company and remained there for the re-
mainder of his active career.
Mr. Quinby was elected County Commissioner in 1866,
which position he resigned about 1869. He was a director
362 The Quinby Family
of the Biddeford Savings Bank from its organization until
1870. He was a member of Dunlap Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons, and of the York Royal Arch Chapter.
He was for at least one term an alderman of Biddeford
from ward 6, about 1864.
Thomas Quinby died at Stroudwater, Me., 18 June,
1885; Mrs. Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby died at Portland 3
Mar. 1903.
Thomas Quinby was a man of unusual intelligence
and ability. The following from a newspaper printed at
the time of his death indicates the estimation in which he
was held by those who knew him.
"He remained with the water power company until
March, 1885, when he became so ill that he was compelled
to retire from business. In everything he undertook he
showed himself a man of probity and ability. Mr. Quinby
was known by every business man in the two cities, and
by most of the prominent men throughout the country.
He possessed remarkable abilities, and it has often been
said that he understood general engineering and manu-
facturing better than any other man in the city. He was
_ _ always reckoned at the head of
y/ ^ reforms which would in anyway
benefit the business and manu-
facturing. In social matters he
Autograph of Thomas* Quinby was kind and obliging, and was
ever ready to furnish financial
aid to any deserving object or institution."
Mrs. Quinby was one of the most remarkable women
of her day and generation. Her education, which began
in the public schools at Stroudwater and then at Portland,
was continued at the academy at Stevens Plans, Maine,
and at the seminary at Framingham, Mass. She early be-
came interested in the broad subjects of benefit to the
race, and especially to women. She was instrumental in
commencing the Women's Christian Temperance Union,
the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty t,o Animals,
and was active in several an ti- vivisection societies; and was
indefatigable in the advancement of equal suffrage. Her
work was recognized abroad as well as in this country, and
she was made a member of many societies for the advance-
ment of those objects. She was a facile and brilliant
writer, and the product of her pen for years was an orna-
ment to the public press.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, the National President of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union, a life-long friend
The Quinby Family 363
of Mrs. Quinby, in a published obituary said: "Mrs.
Quinby was one of the founders of the Maine W. C. T. U.
As an oflScer, as a member, she was beloved and honored.
She was also the friend and protector of those who cannot
speak for themselves, having special interest in the Depart-
ment of Mercy. Hail and farewell, tender-hearted, true-
hearted comrade, now heaven crowned."
Of both Mr. and Mrs. Quinby it may truthfully be
said that they possessed a wide intellectual horizon, a keen
and kindly sense of humor, and a quick and ready sym-
pathy which endeared them to an ever broadening circle
of friends throughout their busy and helpful lives. Chil-
dren of Thomas* and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby, born at
Biddeford, Me.:
I. LtrcBETiA Day" Quinby born 17 Sept. 1840, died
25 Dec. 1861, unmarried;
1453. II. Henry Bbewbb' Quinby, born 19 June, 1846 (see);
1454. III. Fbed» Quinby, born 18 Feb. 1853 (see);
1455. IV. Thomas Fbeeman' Quinby, born 19 May, 1855
(see) .
785. John* (Moses'', John^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Rob-
ert\ Rohert") born 29 May, 1818, at Stroud water, Me.;
married 29 Dec. 1842, Olive Jane Woodman, born 24 July,
1820, daughter of Aaron and Anne (Milliken) Woodman
of Portland (VIII. Me. Hist, and Gen. Recorder, 60). They
lived at Buxton, Me. In 1856, John Quinby was one of
the City Surveyors of lumber, wood and bark at Bidde-
ford, Me., and was overseer of the steam mill on South st.,
says the first city directory. Mr. Quinby died 21 Aug.
1863, and his widow died 29 Feb. 1864, of consumption.
They are buried in the Eastern cemetery at Portland.
Children of John* and Olive J. (Woodman) Quinby:
1456. I. John' Quinby, born 20 Dec. 1843, at Buxton (see);
II. Anne» Quinby, born 10 Nov. 1846, died 19 June,
1847.
786. Fkederick Augustus* (Levi'', John", Joseph^,
Joseph*, Robert^ Robert^) born 27 Dec. 1821, at Portland,
Me.; in early life he adopted Augustus as a middle name.
He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business when a
young man, but later became interested in politics, and
was United States Deputy Marshal for some twenty years;
later he became secretary to Payson Tucker, president of
the Maine Central Railroad, and held that position a long
time. For several years prior to his death he was engaged
in no business (Portland Press, 22 Nov. 1887).
364 The Quinby Family
The census of 1860 shows him as a resident of Port-
land, U. S. Deputy Marshal, owning $6000 in real estate
and $1000 in personalty. With him lived his mother, aged
69, and Maria Quinby. He married 25 Oct. 1861, at Port-
land, Charlotte Angela, born 1838, daughter of John 0.
and Rebecca C. Bartels. Fred Quinby brought suit in the
Superior court, Cumberland county, Maine, 1 Dec. 1877,
against the Boston & Maine R. Ji. for not keeping their
bridge or cross walk in York street, Portland, in repair,
causing injury to the plaintiff 30 Dec. 1876. The Supreme
Judicial court decided it was not the railroad's duty to
keep that particular walk in repair, and the plaintiff was
nonsuited (Quinby v. Boston & Maine R. R. Co., 69 Me.
340). Mr. Quinby died 21 Nov. 1887, at Portland, after
an illness of not much over twenty-four hours. "He was
siezed with a severe attack of colic at noon Sunday (says
the Press) and although everything possible was done for
him he had not the strength to rally, and died from ex-
haustion at 4 P. M. Monday." Mrs. C. Angela Quinby
livete (1915) and has for many years lived at her present
address, 175 State st., Portland.
789. Fredeeick Butler* (John'', Jacob ^, Benjamin^,
Joseph*, RoberP, Robert'') born 1804, probably at Lebanon,
Me.; married 19 Sept. 1826, Mary Moulton, both living
at York, Me. She died at Boston, Mass., 1872. Frederick
B. Quimby appears as grantee of real estate, (recorded at
Alfred Me.) ten times from 1834 to 1850. Frederick B.
and Mary had:
1467. I. Ira B.' Quimby, born 1 Aug. 1830, at York (see);
1458. II. Jacob" Quimby, born "1837", at South York; resi-
dent of Newmarket, N. H., when he was mustered
27 Nov. 1861, in Co. C, Sixth regiment, N. H.
Volunteers; killed at the battle of Bull Run, Va.,
29 Aug. 1862 (N. H. Adjut. Gen. Rep. 1865, p.
480; Revised Register, p. 330);
1459. III. Frederick Hanson* Quimby, born 23 Feb. 1835
(see);
IV. Mary Jane' Quimby, born at York, married Elijah
Boston, born at Berwick, and lives (1910) at
North Berwick, Me.;
V. Hannah E. » Quimby, born about 1839 at Cape
Neddick, Me.; married by Rev. A. J. Patterson
4 July, 1865, at Portsmouth, N. H., to Samuel
E. French, aged 25, son of George W. and Sarah
A. French; born and lived at Newmarket, N. H.,
they moved to Providence, R. I., in the '80's,
and are now dead;
VI. Lena* Quimby, died at Newmarket, N. H., when
quite young; unmarried;
S9FREDERICK B.x QUIMBT
(From a daguerreotype).
78(3Fkedekick A.s Quinby (p. 363).
Hannah E.» (Quimby) French and
Lena" QniMBi
(daughters of 7S9Frederick B.s Quim-
by from a daguerreotype).
1458Jacob'i Quimby
(daguerreotype loaned by C. H.
Farvvell).
The QmNBY Family 365
VII. Caroline Rogees" Quimby, married Charles Phil-
lips and lives (1910) at Cape Neddick, a widow.
790. Jonathan Hanson * (John ', Jacob *, Benjamin '%
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 1810, probably at Lebanon,
Me. He appears as grantor of real estate in York county,
recorded at Alfred, Me., sixteen times between 1839 and
1880; he granted land to Alonzo Quinby 3 Nov. 1880 (bk.
376, p. 534). He was a resident of South Berwick, Me.,
and was sued six times between 1858 and 1880, the aggre-
gate amount of all the judgments against him being less
than $900 (York county court records). He was married
first, 28 Oct. 1832, by Alexander Mclntyre, J. P., to Theo-
dosia Moulton of York; she died without having had any
children; he married second, 10 Nov. 1850, Mrs. Almira
Eleanor (Boston) Phillips; her mother was Mrs. Almira
Boston, born at Wells, Me. Children of Jonathan H.*
Quinby :
1460. I. Jeremiah P. » Quinby; the only record I find of him
shows him as grantor of a share of land in York
county in 1881 to Charles W. and Williain H.
Phillips, and to Alonzo Quinby; and in 1894 to
W. H. Flynn; he was grantee in 1884 frotai W. H.
Flynn; in 1894 from J. E. Hanscom, and in 1897
from A. L. Hatch and M. Smith;
II. Almira Allen* Quinby, born 1858 at York, Me.;
married first, Young; married second^ 21
Apr. 1910, at Dover, N. H., Charles E. Nute,
widower, aged 63, farmer at Dover, son of Charles
H. and Mary Ann Nute of Littleton; the real
estate records of York county show a deed from the
guardian of Elijah Boston to Almira Quinby, 24
Apr. 1882 (bk. 384, p. 423);
1461. III. Alonzo » Quinby, born 1857 at South Berwick;
married by Rev. Philo W. Sprague, at Boston,
Mass., 6 Jan. 1887, to Nellie A. Murry of Somer-
ville, Mass., aged 24, born at Albany, Vt., daugh-
ter of James and Mary A. Murry; in 1910 Alonzo
was an engineer; address, 319 North Summer ave.,
Creston, Iowa.
791. Jacob' {lJacob\ Jacob \ Benjamin^, Joseph*
Robert^, Robert'^) born 28 Dec. 1799; married Charlotte,
daughter of William March; this is the surname as spelled
in such records as I have found; but as a middle name his
son William spelled it Murch. The census of 1850 shows
Jacob as living in Portland, Me., with wife and children
Harriet and Alonzo. Charlotte (March) Quinby died 6
Jan. 1880, aged 81, says the Portland record, which also
records the death at Springfield, Mass., of Jacob Quinby,
366 The Quinby Family
4 Apr. 1885, aged 86; the Springfield record gives his age
as 85y. 1 m. 6d. Children:
1462. I. William Murch' Quinby (Qtjimby) , born 18 Aug.
1824 (see);
II. Dorcas Ellen' Quinby, died 16 July, 1834, at
Portland, Me.;
III. Harriet' Quinby, born 1827; married 11 May,
1851, Charles Bradbury at Westbrook, Me.;
1463. IV. Albus Rea' Quinby, born 8 Ja!n. 1829, at Port-
land (see);
1464. V. Alonzo H.» Quinby, born 22 Dec. 1837 (see).
792. George Washington* (Benjamin '', Benjamin «,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) was born 20 Dec.
1810, in the village of Saccarappa, in the town of West-
brook, Maine, and died at Augusta, Maine, 10 Jan. 1884,
aged 73 years and 21 days.
Rev. Geo. W. Quinby passed his schooldays in his
native village and in the academies at Parsonsfield and
North Bridgeton, Maine. In 1835 he began to preach in
Poland, Maine, having previously studied for the Univer-
salist ministry with Rev. Zenas Thompson. In 1837 he
settled at Livermore, Me., making his home with Israel
Washburn, and was ordained that year. He married 26
Dec. 1837, Lucy A. Corliss, of North Yarmouth, Maine.
He remained at Livermore three years and North Yar-
mouth several years; at Saco, his last settlement in Maine,
several years. The first Universalist Society of Haverhill,
Mass., extended a call to Rev. Mr. Quinby 12 July, 1840,
who declined, (Chase's History of Haverhill, 597). Rev.
G. W. Quinby's name appears as at Falmouth, 1841, and
in the Biddeford and Saco record in 1842-3 and 1845 as
performing marriage ceremonies. From Saco he wepat to
Taunton, Mass., thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, as pastor of
the first parish in that city. There he purchased of Rev.
John A. Gurl^ the Star in the West which he published
and edited until 1857. In consequeiice of ill health, occa-
sioned by taking, through mistake of a druggist, a poisonous
drug, he sold his paper and returned to Westbrook for
recuperation. On restoration to health, he supplied vacant
pulpits, and in 1859 accepted a call to Middletown, Conn.,
where his wife died in February, 1859. He married second,
19 Mar. 1861, at Lewiston, Me., Cordelia Adeline, daugh-
ter of Ham and Margaret (Ames) Brooks, of Lewiston,
Maine. His next settlement was at Melrose> Mass. While
there he purchased, in connection with J. M. Usher, the
Trumpet, Dr. Whittemorei's paper, and the Freeman, Dr.
The Quinby Family 367
Cobb's, which were consolidated, Dr. Cobb serving as
theblo^ical editor. In 1864 Mr. Quinby moved to Augusta,
Maine, and purchased the Gospel Banner, a denominational
weekly paper, which he built up so that it became a very
prominent factor in the debomination. He published this
paper until 1883, when, on account of failing health, he
decided to give up his editorial work, and sold his property
and retired from work. He long held a conspicuous place
in the ranks of the faithful workers in the Universalist
church. As a preacher he was clear, logical and forcible
in statement and argument. His work as an editor was
characterized by all the intellectual traits which distin-
guished the man, and gave him a reputation for readiness,
skill and force. He was engaged to supply the Universa-
list church at Belfast, Me., from 13 Nov. 1830 (William-
son's History of Belfast). (This year must be a misprint).
Rev. E. Case of Canaan, Me., described Dr. Quinby as
he looked in 1850:
"He was tall, slender, and straight as an arrow, and
stood perfectly erect. There was a peculiar and striking
beauty about the face, the singular expression of which, at
the moment, I shall never forget, a certain richness and
manly air of noble and unmistakable intellectual energy and
determined capability that drew and fixed attention with a
peculiar fascination. At least it was so to me. I can see
him now just as he stood then. The forehead was high and
broad. The brows well arched, the eyes very beautiful arid
penetrating; the lips thin and firmly compressed, denoting
great energy and decision; the nose straight and har-
moniously proportioned, denoting great progressive vigor,
the chin broad and well rounded, the head firmly set, and
the whole giving token of a noble and exhalted manhood,
firm as a rock, strong in its convictions, true as steel and
unfaltering in its energies. 'Be sure you're right, and go
ahead' was written all over that remarkable face, and all
over the man, and his whole after life never for a moment
belied it." (Gospel Banner, 18 June, 1884).
"Dr. Quinby was an indefatigable worker (continues
Rev. Mr. Case). I never saw his equal. From the first
streak of daylight until after eleven and sometimes twelve
o'clock p. m., when there was work to do, he was in the
editorial chair as if he never could get weary and worn.
Nothing escaped his attention, from a sermon to a para-
graph, from a well-written editorial to a beautiful poem,
from a good story to the finest specimens of humor and
dazzling wit. Long experience had made him wise as an
368 The Quinbt Family
editor. His good sense was solid and remarkable; his judg-
ment sound and weighty; his penetration admirable, enabling
ing him to detect the weakness and sophistry of an argu-
ment at a glance. His satire, when he chose to use that
dangerous weapon, was keen and cutting as a scimeter of
Aladdin; and his blows when he struck hard, fell like those
of the battle-axe of Richard of the Lion Heart. He 'keeked
quite through other men with sharpened, sly inspection,'
and in the matter of opposing the shameless outrages of the
gallows, he was not one man, but twenty men, as his many
and mighty contested battles for years past fully avouch."
"Dr. Quinby's literary work was by no means con-
fined to his paper. He wrote and published several vol-
umes, the most famous of which is his argument against
capital punishment, published in book form in 1856 under
the title of 'The Gallows, the Prison and the Poorhouse,
A Plea for Humanity'. He was the ablest opponent of the
death penalty in the State, and it is acknowledged that the
abolition of the law was due more to him than any other
man."
As an author he was successful. His book, "The Salva-
tion of Christ," has had a large circulation, His best
known book was probably " Heaven our Home." List of
books written by Rev. George W. Quinby:
1. Fifteen Sermons. Portland'.
2. Reply to Elder Ellis (Pastor at Livermore and Winthrop),
1839;
3. Salvation of Christ (Pastor at North Yarmouth), 1843;
4. I. 0. O. F. A lecture at Saco, Me., 1844.
5. Christian Doctrine, 1851.
6. The Gallows, the Prison, and the Poorhouse, 326 pages;
published also by Geo. W. Quinby, at Cincinnati, 1856;
7. Heaven our Home; Augusta, Me., 1875;
8. Papers relating to the Press in Kennebec, 1881-2.
Mrs. Cordelia Adeline (Brooks) Quinby lived (1910) at
206 Wavei-ly Ave., Newton, Mass.; in 1915, at 26 Arling-
ton road, Wellesley Hills, Mass. (see sketch following).
The children of Rev. George W. and Lucy A. (Corliss)
Quinby :
I. George Washington* Quinby, born 8 Dec. 1838;
died 18 Dec. 1838;
II. George Strickland' Quinby, boirn 21 May, 1840;
died 3 Oct. 1841 (North Yarmouth, Me., rec);
III. Charles Ormond* Quinby, born 24 May, 1842,
died 14 Oct. 1845;
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(from a steel engraving).
The Quinby Family 369
IV. Edward Buxton' Quinby, born 24 Apr. 1845, died
6 Aug. 1846;
V. Harriet Morrill' Quinby, born 19 Jan. 1847, at
Taunton, Mass.; married (intention recorded at
Portland, Me., 20 Aug. 1870) Hollis B. Hill, born
31 May, 1845, at Stetson, Me.; their only son,
George Quinby Hill, was born 27 June, 1873, at
Portland;
VI. Frederick Augustus' Quinby, born 8 June, 1851;
died 28 May, 1853;
VII. Charles Edwin' Quinby, born 26 June, 1853, died
Oct. 1878;
VIII. Adelaide Sophronia' Quinby, born 20 Feb. 1856,
in Green township, Ohio; married 3 Sept. 1874,
by Rev. A. Battles, at Augusta, Me., to Walter
David, son of William and Julia Ann (Haines)
Eaton, born 29 Dec. 1830, at Dexter, Me.; their
only child, a daughter named Fancher, was born
9 Aug. 1876, at Dexter, Me.; Mrs. Eaton lives
at 58 Pleasant st., Brookline, Mass. (1915); she
has been of very great help in this genealogical
work, having begun long before I did and freely
given me the result of her labors;
IX. George Washington' Quinby, born 15 Feb. 1860,
died 22 Aug. 1860.
The children of Rev. George W. and Cordelia A.
(Brooks) Quinby:
1466. X. John Gurley' Quinby, born 4 June, 1865, at Aug-
usta, Me. (see);
XI. Lucy Ann' Quinby, born 5 Mar. 1868, at Augusta;
married there by Rev. Amory Battles 18 Sept.
1889, to William Bradstreet Nickels, son of Henry
M. and Elizabeth (Bailey) Nickels of Pittston,
Me., where he was born 2 June, 1860; their child
Margaret Brooks Nickels born 29 Jan. 1891, at
Leavenworth, Kan.; in 1907 they lived at 3710
Prospect place, Kansas City, Mo.;
1467. XII. John Murray* Quinby, born [2 July, 1870, at Augusta
(see).
Note. — It is interesting to observe that Rev. Mr. Quinby named three of
his sons George and two of them Charles, all by his first wife; and two of them
John, both by his second wife.
Mrs. Cordelia A. Quinby
Mrs. Quinby was for years a much beloved teacher in the
Auburn and Lewiston schools. The Lewiston Journal of 26 Aug.
1911, in a long article signed G. C. B., contained the following:
"The account in the Journal of the reunion of the Barker-
ville scholars and the presence of Mrs. Adeline Brooks Quinby,
recalls to mind many incidents of school days in Auburn. Mrs.
Quinby must have had a larger clientage of scholars in Auburn
than in the Barkerville district in Lewiston, for she taught many
terms in the former place. The second school I attended in Au-
(24)
370 The Quinby Family
burn was taught by Mrs. (Brooks) Quinby, in an old, weather-
beaten building, located at the junction oif Turner and Knight
streets, where a blacksmithshop now stands. The seats were
peculiarly arranged, a broad aisle thru the center, the teacher's
desk at the far end of the room, the scholars' on either side of the
aisle, the seats rising in amphitheatre style with narrow passage-
ways between the desks. The boys sat on one sidis, the girls
opposite, facing each other. Sometimes, as a punishment boys
were sentenced to sit over on the girls' side, but as a reformatory
measure it didn't seem to terrorize much. Seemed to actually
enjoy it, that is the boys did.
"At least one term was taught by Mrs. (Brooks) Quinby in
a room over a store in Phoenix Block, when newly built, and I
think she also 'kept school' in the town building a wooden struc-
ture, burned in 1863 or '64. The brick schoolhouse was later
condemned as unsafe — insufficient foundations; I believe — and
a wood,en one built on the lot, but nearer the railroad. Here
Mrs. Quinby taught several terms acceptably to pupils and par-
ents. She possessed a natural aptitude for her vocation — an
ability to explain, — patience to instruct, she governed largely by
love and kindness, but firmness to enforce discipline was not want-
ing. A sister. Miss Jennie Brooks, also taught here for a time.
"I recall the names of many of the pupils who attended the
schools of that day. Among them were Lucellus Gorham and his
sister Lucy; a beautiful girl, fragile as a lily, doomed, to an early
death. I remember her visiting the school a few weeks before her
death; how her passing away saddened her schoolmates, and the
touching remarks of Mrs. Quinby on the reception of the news
of Lucy's death.
"When I think of the fittings and furnishings of the old-time
schoolhouse, I wonder what some members of the old-time school-
house committees would have to say at our modern schoolhouses.
Grumble at the extravagance, I presume, as many of their lineal
descendants do today. G. C. B."
793. Oliver How* {Benjamin ', Benjamin ", Benja-
min^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 4 Jan. 1819, at Sac-
carappa, Me.; married 23 Feb. 1841, Elizabeth, daughter
of Robert and Eleanor (Crosby) McManus of Brunswick,
Me. He was a clergyman, the Unjversalist pastor at Lis-
bon, Me., whei-e he was ordained, and his onjy published
sei-mon was deWered while thejjre, 11 Apr. 1841, at the age
of 22. He appears on Portland records that year. Rev.
Mr. Quinby died at Lisbon, Me., \23 Feb. 1842_^, His
widow married seteond, Capt. Peleg Curtis, and while on a
voyage they were lost at sea. Rev. Mr. Quinby' s only
child was
1468. Oliver B.' Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1841, at Lisbon,
Me. (see).
794. Edwin F.' (Benjamin'', Benjamin^, Benjamin^,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 24 June, 1821, at Saccarappa
The Quinby Family 371
Me.; married 17 Nov. 1842, Nancy, daughter of Nathaniel
and Rebecca (Swazey) Poster at North Yarmouth, Me.
Their intention was filed 30 Oct. 1842, on the North Yar-
mouth record. He died at Norway, Me., 27 Aug. 1852.
Children:
1469. 1. Edwin Thompson' Quinby, born 1843, died 26
May, 1862 (see);
II. Julia Scott » Quinby, born 28 Dec. 1844, at Frye-
burg, Me.; in 1860 the census shows her living at
Westbrook (Saccarappa) Me., with Harriet Q.,
Levi and Charles E. Morrill; she was married 20
Dec. 1871, at Deering, Me., (says Portland rec;
13 Dec. 1871, says another record) to Dr. John
F. (or S.), son of Enoch and Submit (Woodsum)
Boothby, born 12 Apr. 1840, at Clinton, Me.;
died 31 Aug. 1893, at Maiden, Mass.;
III. Mary Ella» Quinby, born 1846; in 1860 she and
her brother lived at Ijivermore, Me., with Claren-
don Waters and family (census);
IV. Myka Jane » Quinby.
795. Leonard Clark' {John ', Joseph *, Benjamin ^
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 23 May, 1817, at Minot,
Me.; married, 1845, Dorcas L. daughter of Simeon and
Deborah (Libby) Turner, born 9 Oct. 1819, at Leeds,. Me.
He appears in the census of 1850 as a woolen manufacturer
at Readfield, Kennebec county. Me., and in 1860, is named
as at Westbrook, Me., with his wife and daughters; and it
is said that he died there in 1887. Mrs. Quinby died at
Rtichester, N. H., a widow, 9 June, 1901, aged 81y. 8m.
of "senile asthenia, progressive, resulting from a fall. She
had lived there thirteen years, having come from West-
brook." Children:
I. Martha Clark » Quinby, born 1846; married Al-
bert F. Day of Gorham, Me.; had NeUie Mabel
who married Howard Parker, and lives at Nashua,
N. H.;
II. Druzilla T. » Quinby, born 1848, married 30 June,
1881, at Portland, Edward S. Pennell and Hves
at Nashua;
III. Almira C. ' Quinby, born 1852 at Leeds, Me.; mar-
ried 1874, Samuel M., son of Samuel and Mary A.
(Mitchell) Sheehan and had Bertwell C, who
changed his surname to Root; and Percis May,
who died in 1896 aged 20; Almira C.» married
second, 1887, at Westbrook, Me., Stephen E.
Root and lives at 2 Leonard st., Rochester, N. H.;
my thaiiks to her for help on this line.
796. Albert' {John'', Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*,
Robert*, Robert^) born 1 Nov. 1818, at West Minot, Me.;
372 The Quinby Family
he was a farmer; married first, Almira Pulcifer who died of
measles a week after marriage; he married second, Martha
E., daughter of Edwin F. and Mary Ann (Hern) Rolfe,
born at Fairfield, Me.; she died at Minot of Bright's dis-
ease, 25 Aug. 1895, aged 61 y. 10m. 20d. Mr. Quinby died
at Minot 29 May, 1899, of valvular disease of the heart.
Children :
I. Bertha' Quinby, married by Rev. L. J. Thomas
at Minot, 1 Jan. 1888, to Moses C. Hodge; lives
at Mechanic Falls, Me.; had six sons between
1888 and 1897;
II. EuLALiA Pbbham' Quinby, bornr 1 Jan. 1865, at
Minot; lives 1908, unmarried with her brother
John Edwin;
1470. III. John Edwin' Quinby, born 23 Feb. 1867, at Minot
(see) ;
1471. IV. George Franklin' Quinby, born 16 May, 1872,
at Minot (see).
797. John Oliver' (John ', Joseph *, Benjamin ', Jos-
eph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 17 Aug. 1827, at Minot, Me.;
married first Mary Pendexter in 1848, and had two chil-
dren:
I. Sarah F. » Quinby, born about 1850, died 16 Feb.
1911; she was married by Rev. Wm. Full, 5 Sept.
1877, at Somerville, Mass., where she then lived,
to Charles A., son of John and Elizabeth Gardner,
age 21, lived at South Scituate, Mass.;
II. Mary' Quinby, died in infancy.
John Oliver' after the death of his first wife married
Olive A. Hampson, born 27 Mar. 1834, at Kennebunk,
Me. This marriage was performed at Biddeford, Me., by
Rev. Charles Allen, 1 Jan. 1853, says Mrs. Ayer; the Bidde-
ford record gives 1 June, 1854. The U. S. Census shows
that they were living at Westbrook, Me., 1860 as follows:
"John, aged 37, shoecutter, owning real estate appraised
at $1000; wife Olive, aged 25; Sarah F., aged 10; Isabel
age 5." Mr. Quinby in the Civil war was a musician in
Company E, 25th regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry,
having been mustered from Westbrook 29 Sept. 1862, and
mustered out with his regiment 10 July, 1863. (Me.
Adjut. Gen. Rep., 1862, p. D 781; 1863, pp. 709, 711.)
In 1865 he lived on E st., Boston, and in 1868 the address
ia. 252 E St. About 1870 it appears, he removed with his
family to Maiden, Mass., where in 1909 they lived on Bry-
ant st. He and his brothers were brush manufacturers at
Boston, and in the '80's were located at 30 Hanover st.
there. In 1909 he returned to Portland or Westbrook and
The Quinby Family 373
died 22 Mar. 1911; his wife had died 12 Oct. 1910. The
children of John 0.' and Olive A. (Hampson) Quinby were:
III. IsABELLE L. » Quinby, born 9 Dec. 1855; married
to Frederick E., son of Ebenezer and Susan Ayer,
25 Dec. 1876, by Rev. Wm. Full at Somerville;
Fred E. was born in 1854 at Minot, Me.; their
daughter Ethel, born 30 Jan. 1879, married Fred
G. Fitz of Durham, Me., and has two children,
Raymond Stanley and Frances Isabelle; they live
at Auburn, Me. Mrs. Ayer lives at Minot, Me.;
IV. Hattie W. » Quinby, born 27 Aug. 1865;
V. Lillian B.» Quinby, born 7 Dec. 1868, at 252 E
St., South Boston, Mass.; married 9 June, 1892,
at Maiden, John A. Hampson, aged 23, clerk,
resident of Maiden, born at Biddeford, Me., son
of Charles and Fannie; had four children: Ehza-
beth, born 16 June, 1893; Marjorie E., born 7
Apr. 1899; Lawrence S., born 6 May, 1900, died
24 July, 1904; and Paul D., born 25 Feb. 1906;
Mrs. Hampson died at Portland, Maine, of peri-
tonitis, 13 Apr. 1909, aged 40y. 4m. 6d. (re.)
798. George Washington* {John \ Joseph «, Benja-
min^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born at Minot, Me., 3
July, 1830, a twin with his brother Benjamin F. Quinby,
with whom for years he was in partnership in Boston,
Mass., in musical instrument making, thereafter in the
manufacture of brushes. He died in Boston, unmarried,
13 Sept. 1876. His will was executed by him 21 June,
1876, and probated 23 Oct. 1876; by it he left $1000 to
each of his brothers Leonard C, Albert and John O., and
the remainder to Benjamin F., who was named as executor.
The estate') which contained no real estate, was appraised
12 Dec. 1876, at $19,045.01, of which $4,940 was a N. Y.
Life Insurance Co. policy; $3500 in mortgage on Boston
real estate, $4000 in a mortgage on Somerville real estate,
$3300 in U. S. bonds, $2454.35 in cash. The probate court,
7 Feb. 1891, appointed Isaiah P. Lewis as .administrator of
the balance of the estate of George W.* Quinby after the
death of Benjamin F., the executor named in the will.
Later on, George F., the only son and heir-at-law of Ben-
jamin F., was appointed 1 June, 1911, as administrator for
the remainder, Isaiah P. Lefwis having died and there being
the $4000 mortgage remaining to be cancelled.
799. Benjamin Franklin* {John'', Joseph^, Benja-
min^, Joseph*, Robert^, Roberf) ("Frank") born 3 July,
1830, at Minot, Me., a twin with his brother George W.
Quinby. He was married by ReV. W. W. Dean at Boston
10 Apr. 1856, to Elizabeth H. Hallett, of Boston, born at
West Yarmouth in 1835, daughter of Daniel Halleft.
374 The Quinbt Family
Benjamin F. and his brother George W. Quinby came to
Boston as mabhinists in 1853, boarding at 101 Broadway. The
next year they both boarded at 128 Fourth street. Benjamin F.
seems not to have been in Boston in 1855, while George W. took
a position for that year as a bookkeeper, boarding at 10 Crescent
place. It is of course, barely possible that some other George W.
slipped in to Boston and took the machinist's place in the city
directory for that year, but very unlikely. In any event, in 1856
both Benjamin F. and George W. were in Boston as machinists,
the former's home being at 244 Fourth street, where he remained
through 1858, the latter at 143 Broadway, whence he moved in
1858 to 187, same street, and remained there in 1859.
In 1859, Benjamin F. lived at 285 Fourth street. In 1860
he was living in Sixth, near E street, while his brother George
W. lived at 137 Fourth street. The census of 1860 shows that
George then owned $3000 realty, and $800 personalty. By this
time both had tried living in Fourth street, and liked it so well
that in 1861 they both moved into number 334 Fourth street
and commenced business as musical instrument makers at 334
Washington street, and so continued through 1862. In 1862,
4%uiniBY BROX-UESRS, howcver, they moved their dwell-
ing place a few doors, to 339
Fourth street, but George moved
« .™n„ ™™ m back in 1864 to 334 while Ben-
62 8ITDBUB7 8TSXST % ^SafUSSBSSf rw^
BOSTON. - . . MASS. >y^55^^ jamin stayed on at 339. That
IUP.IIIIW Of M UM. •<««> un.. year they had no business address.
In 1865, however, they settled
permanently at 112 Congress street in the business of making
and selling musical instruments, Benjamin continuing to live at
339 Fourth street, while George boarded at 89 Summer street.
In 1866 the firm name at 112 Summer street was Hall «fe Co-
in 1865 they brought their brother, I^eonard C. Quinby to
Boston, where they employed him in their instrument factory and
he stayed through 1869. In 1865 he boarded at 16 Piedmont
street. The fourth brother, John O. Quinby, came to Boston and
joined the business, boarding at E street, corner of Sixth and re-
mained there through 1866.
In 1867 the firm was Hall & Quinby, with George W. as the
partner of Hall, and was located at 62 Sudbury street where they
remained through 1885. In 1876 the firm became Quinby Bros.
with George W. and Benjamin F. as partners. In 1867 Benjamin
F. lived at 339 Fourth street, moved to 453 in the* same street
the following year, and stayed there till 1873, when he settled
at 75 Dennis street and was there in 1879.
In 1867 John 0. Quinby lived at 252 E street, but in 1869
he lived at 5 Clapp street and remained there till 1872, when he
moved to 46 Gates street. He lived there to 1877 in which year
he tried living at Somerville, but moved back to town in 1878
and lived at 87 I street through 1879 and in 1880 moved to Mai-
den, where he remained;
During this period George W. was having an uncomfortable
table experience in Boston boarding houses. In 1807 he was at
40 Chauncy street, 1868-9 at 91 Chauncy street; 1870, at 16 Cam-
bridge street; 1871, at Somerville; 1872, at Arlington; in 1873-4
at 6 Stamford street; 1875 at the Merrimac House; in 1876-7 he
lived at 75 Dennis street.
The Quinbt Familt 375
B. F. Quinby patented a machine for making paper boxes 27
Apr. 1869 (No. 89433). He invented an improvement in military
brass instruments 9 Apr. 1872 (No. 125614). Twenty years later
16 May, 1882, he patented a circular brush (No. 258117), and a
circular wire saw 6 Apr. 1885 (No. 327720). His next patent
was 23 Nov. 1886, a rotary brush for finishing boots and shoes
(No. 353038). He patented another invention in connection with
the manufacture of rotary brushes 18 Jan. 1887 (No. 356158).
Benjamin F. and his brothers gave up the manirfacture of
musical instruments about 1884, and went into the making of
circular machine shoe brushes at the same address, 62 Sudbury
street, and the next year moved to 30 Hanover street, where they
stayed to 1890.
Benjamin F. went to live at 75 Dennis street in 1880 (wiiere
George W. had lived in 1876-7) and stayed there till 1890 when he
lived in Woodville st. He died 9 July, 1890, of peritonitis, at 41
Woodville St., Boston. Administration was granted on his estate
in 1890 (No. 85604, Suffolk county), and Mrs. B. F. Quinby's
name is given in the directory in 1891. In 1892, she appears as
Betsy H., widow of Benj. F., h., 41 Woodville st.; and so con-
tinues through 1894 which is the latest directory examined. In
that year the Quinby Brush Company, brush manufacturers, ap-
pears with its address at 129 Summer st.
Children of Benjamin F.« and Elizabeth (Hallett)
Quinby :
1471a. I. Geouge Franklin* Quinby, born 31 Dec. 1858,
in Fourth st., Boston (see);
II. William Alpheus" Quinby, born 24 Oct. 1864, at
339 Fourth st.; he became a clerk and died, un-
married, of pulmonary consumption, 24 Feb.
1886, aged 21y. 4m., at Dennis st., Boston.
800. Isaac Fly* {Joseph'', Joseph^, Benjamin^, Jo-
seph*, Robert^, Robert"^) born 26 May, 1818, at Sacearappa,
Me.; he marrield there 19 May, 1844, Catherine G., born 2
Feb. 1822, daughtei- of Ephraim ai^d Hannah (Hart)
Brown, of Parsonsfield, Me. "It is a family tradition that
he was born at Coal Kiln CorneV in Scarboro, Me., in
what is now known as the Nicholas Hanson residence,
which became an inn. He purchased 2 July, 1845, a house
lot at Sacearappa, located upon the easterly side of Brown
street, next northerly of the steam railway crossing, where
he erected a large dwelling to which a piece has been added
to the rear end, higher and widei-, the whole attracting
the attention of the passer-by only by its magnitude^ now
arranged for four tenements.
"In spiritual matters, Capt. Quinby espoused early in
life the cause of the Universal Father and supported with
a liberal hand the Univei-salist church. In politics he was
an original Republican and 1860 was elected County Treas-
376 The Quinby Family
urer and re-elected the following year, but vacated the
office to take up arms for the preservation of the Union,
recruited a company of 103 men, was made a captain of
company E, and placed in the 13th regimeiit of Maine
Volunteers, commanded by Col. Neal Dow." He was in
camp at Augusta when the regiment was rehdezvous'd in
1861 (Me. Adjt. Gen. Rep. 1861, p. 36). The date of his
commission as captain was 10 Dec. 1861; he resigned 23
Aug. 1862 (id. 1866, p. 239). The regimejit was assigned
to Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's expedition against New
Orleans, La.; but the climate there was too severe for his
constitution, and he was obliged to return, physicially ex-
hausted, a state from which he never fully recovered; but
he performed a large amount of business as a conveyancer,
land speculator and builder, the appearance of many resi-
dences now proving his good taste as a designer.
"He was not an enthusiast, rather slow in thought and
expression, but he possessed an intuitive knowledge of man
which made him a safe counselor, not only for himself but
for others." (Deering News, 22 Oct. 1893).
Isaac F. Quinby said in a letter to Mrs. Ella F. Beebe, dated
Westbrook, Me., 30 Dec. 1893, "I am seventy-five years of age
last May. The family moved to Portland when I was seven
months, and moved from Portland when about eight years old.
I went to school the most of each winter till I was eighteen, work-
ing the odd hours for my board, which prevented me from out-
right study. I cannot remember when I did know how to use
joiner's tools. At nineteen I went to Woburn, Mass., to work
at the cabinet business, remaining one year; the business was too
confined for me. Consequently I hired out haying that season,
and recovered my health. I then went at the joiner business
again; at the age of 24 I had built me a house to live in. I con-
sidered myself very successful in the business, even more success-
ful then many older joiners who were my competitors. I built
many houses in our town and the towns around.
"I worked in the joiner business until the year 1859, when I
was elected County Treasurer of Cumberland county, in which
office I served for two years, and declinied a third nomination.
I had made up my mind to enlist, although in doing so, at the
age of 44, I left a salary of $2200 dollars one year and $2300
another year for service rendered the county, to receive eleven
dollars a month instead in the army. When I had fully deter-
mined to enlist I gave notice in Portland papers of my intention
and called on these who would like to go with me to call before
we went into camp at Augusta. I served as a private about two
months and a half, and was then appointed Captain of Co. E,
Thirteenth regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry. We went into
camp in October, 1861, and broke camp the following February.
From the time of my enlistment, which was a week after the
first battle of Bull Run, to the time we were ordered to go to the
front, was six or seven months. The whole time was thrown away.
SOOTSAAC Flys Quinby.
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Isaac Flys Quinsy's Residence,
Mechanic Street, Westbrook, Me.
The QuiNBY Family 377
In our State alone there were Infantry regiments viz: 12th, 13th,
14th and 15th, the First Maine Cavalry, First Maine Battery and
all over the country hundreds of thousands of enlisted men, wait-
ing to be ordered to the front and they were held back by de-
signing men, whose object was to make themselves prominent for
the position of President, by showing themselves to be the great
Pacificators; but Providence defeated all of them.
"We started for New Orleans under General Butler. I went
with him in the same vessel, the steamer Mississippi, and was
cast away with him on Fryingpan Shoals. We had sixteen hun-
dred men on board and ran on the shoals, it was thought by the
treachery of the Captain, in broad daylight about 9 A. M. Soon
after entering the fort I was taken sick with swamp fever as it
was called. In time it left me very much emaciated, having re-
duced me to a hundred and twenty pounds. I have weighed one
hundred and eighty-five pounds. The forts are situated in the
most unhealthy place I ever saw. I have no doubt it is the most
unhealthy place in the United States. Although very much en-
feebled by illness I deemed it my duty to go up to New Orleans
to headquarters to obtain transportation for such of my men
as had been discharged, as well as discharges for those who could
be of no use to the Government. I arrived there the next day,
and went to headquarters, where I found a column of men four
abreast, one hundred and fifty feet long, moving up to be heard.
I felt I was not able to take my turn; I felt dreadfully and could
go no further. I saw a man just across the street, whom I had
seen on ship Island at a Masonic meeting. I told him I was very
sick and wanted him to call a carriage. He got in himself with
me and went to the Confederate States Hotel. The 12th Maine
were quartered there, whose officers I were well acquainted with,
and I thought I could get some of them to do my business for
me. They were ready to do anything they could. By the time
I arrived at the hotel I did not know hardly anything; as they
carried me in, I revived sufficiently to know what they were doing.
The surgeon examined me and said I had sunstroke, and for five
days I did not know anything; and afterwards I had a fever. I
believe I had the yellow fever, although Gen. Butler in his book
says there was no yellow fever at New Orleans that season. I
made an effort to get a furlough, but was told that furloughs
would not be granted; the sick would be examined by a board of
surgeons, and if they judged a man never could do any more ser-
vice for Government, they would give him an honorable discharge.
I was examined; they said I could never recover, and about six
weeks later I was discharged, and put on board of a steamer to
New York and came to Maine.
"I was chosen president of the Know Nothmg party for the
counties of York and Cumberland, which embrace the first Con-
gressional district of Maine. I had a district embracing at least
fifty by eighty miles in extent. I commenced in May and travelled
till the September election. We carried the election by a large
majority; all the senators in both York and Cumberland counties
and a large majority of the representatives.
"In religion, if I have any, I am a Universalist. I am a
Mason, an Odd Fellow, Son of Temperance, a Temperance Watch-
man, a Good Templar. These are all secret societies. I belong
378 The Quinby Family
to the Grand Army and the Sons of the Revolution. My poli-
tical ideas started when I was very young, when mother explained
to me the meaning and the result of intemperance and from that
to the present I have been strictly temperate.
"You will understand that my politics have never deviated
one hair from their first position, for in the year '49 the Demo-
cratic convention held to the same principles which were adopted
by the Republican party at their organization without crossing
a t or dotting an i."
Capt. Quinby died at Westbrook (Saccarappa) of
heart disease, 7 Apr. 1898; his wife Catherine died at West-
brook of Bright's disease 19 June, 1896, aged 75y. 4m.
Children :
I. Mary' Quinby, married 1869, 818Charles Edwin'
Quinby {Aaron ', Moses ^, Benjamin ', Joseph *,
Robert'', Robert') (see);
II. Ella C' Quinby, married Henry H. Hawes; in
1903 they "occupied the family homestead on
Mechanic street, Saccarappa, nearly opposite that
of Mr. Charles E. Quinby," Their son, Henry
Quinby Hawes, recently graduated from Bowdoin
College, and is a young man of exceedingly good
looks, great ability and high moral character.
801. Joseph Bailey* {Joseph'', Joseph^, Benjamin^,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 14 Mar. 1823, at Saccarappa,
Me. "He taught school, studied for the ministry, became
a photographer, went to Cuba, and was at Matanzas in
1849; he encouraged a revolution thete, and fled for his
life to New Orleans, where he became editor, writer, and
poet."
"He had a b§3,utiful country home at Biloxi, Miss., and kept
a book store in New Orleans. The people, knowing that he was
opposed to secession, made it disagreeable for him, and finally he
was warned in the night by a friend that affairs were becoming
serious and that it was not safe for him to remain longer. He
fled to Cincinnati, which he reached with only a hundred dollars
left of all his possessions. He was fortunate to get away when
he did, as the train which carried him and his family was the
last to be allowed through the Northern lines. He thereafter
served in the Federal army. He had married Annie, daughter of
John William and Elizabeth (Johnston) Laurie, then Mrs. Haven.
While in Cincinnati she was editor and publisher of a Woman's
rights paper. Mr. Quinby was editor of the Cincinnati Times
and of the Newport (Ky.) Leader. He and his wife took a copy-
right 30 Mar. 1872, on the Weekly Campbell County Leader. Mr.
Quinby afterward lived at Dayton, Ky., was one of the three
original members of the Union League and died at Dayton.
In a letter to Mrs. Ella R. Beebe dated from Dayton, 4 Jan.
1886, he says: "Personally, I am somewhat ambitious and have
taken upon myself the task of writing a book in blank verse on
theology — directly antagonistic to Milton, Pollock, &c. Should
801JOSEPH Baileys Quinby
(from a daguerreotype).
The Quinby Family 379
I succeed in making a popular work, it would help to make the
name conspicuous. I send you a copy of a sample page." The
page is as follows:
"The true religion has its ends and aims,
And high and glorious and sublime are they,
Transcendently sublime, beyond compare.
Uplifting man and glorifying good;
Proclaiming liberty, and love and law
True liberty — or right to think and act
As conscience guides, in every mooted scheme
Advanced to elevate, improve mankind.
In morals, science or mechanic arts,
Philosophy, religion, or the law:
Whereby aspiring man may higher rise,
May mean reach toward eternal truth;
Whereby the right, for its own sake alone.
All, all shall seek, and practice and obey;
Wherein pure love, divine, celestial love
Shall have full sway and purify the heart.
Where light Supernal light, shall brightly shine.
And visions ope to man divinely fair.
Of scenes Elysian, in spirit realms:
Where truth and love and righteousness abide —
And purity and concord sweetly reign:
Where fear no meaning hath, no place, no use,
For love all perfect, driveth fear away:
Where love to God; and love to man prevail.
And God is all-in-all, both now and aye —
A God, that sacrifice doth not demand
Who, infinite in Wisdbm, Power and Love,
All souls will lead, in his appointed time,
Away from sin, and every low desire.
And purify and bless, and fill with holy fire.
(With the above I have written 803 lines; 3000 will probably
complete the work.) J. B. Q."
Sketch of Joseph B. Quinby
Laurie J. Quinby of Omaha, has written of his parents as
follows: "I was in some respects peculiarly blessed with parents,
both of whom dared to think for themselves and far in advance
of their time. My mother, Annie Laurie, was born in Covent
Garden, London, England, May 31, 1830. Her father was an
artist, especially a scenic painter. They came to this country
when she was a very little girl, I believe about seven years old.
I remember her saying that they occupied four months coming
over in a sailing vessel. She was married and had four children,
when she was left a widow. Some time after that my father
came upon the scene. In all she was the mother of thirteen —
five girls and eight boys. I was the tenth one of that brood.
"My mother used to tell me that she took me as an infant
in arms to one of the first, if not the first, woman suffrage con-
ventions, held in the United States. It was in the city of New
York. She and my father then went to visit his old home at
Portland, Maine, where he was born March 14, 1823.
380 The Quinbt Family
"My father was an old time newspaper man, in the days
when a reporter on a paper was expected to have some qualifica-
tions for editorial opinions, and when he was expected to frame up
news with some degree of judgment and honesty, regardless of in-
dividual financial interests. He was at one time on the old Cin-
cinnati Times, a great paper during the days of the Civil War,
but now degenerated. I remember clearly both the old Tiyies and
the Star before they were consolidated. Then he published on
his own account at Cincinnati, the National Banner, which was
a radical Union cause paper during the dark days of the rebellion.
After the war was over, and the apparent cause for its being died
away as the fruits of that great war of emancipation and Union
ripened, the paper ceased to be. Then followed some very dark
days to which I have heretofore alluded. Father started then
the Leader over in Newport, opposite Cincinnati, but somehow
did not do very well with it. Like many of the old abolitionists,
perhaps, the vital spark in him had somewhat vanished. He
could not write, just like so many of the old veterans whose bitter
experiences of the rebellion remained with them, except in the
terms of that bloody, fratricidal strife. Of course those who en-
gaged in that awful struggle had their feelings much wrought on
both sides. They were therefore excusable for those old animosi-
ties. They had a reason that none of their children had had.
"I must tell you that both of my parents, before coming to
Cincinnati, had been residents of New Orleans, and both had
been abolitionists down there. They were there when the re-
bellion broke out, and thinking things too hot for them went to
Cincinnati, with six small children.
"My father continued to print the Leader for some ten years,
or nearly so, when he suspended, selling what good will it had to
the Kentucky State Journal. Then it was that my mother resumed
the field of publication, issuing a little paper called the Aegis,
devoted exclusively to the cause of. woman suffrage. So, you see,
how I came from a family of pioneers in these great movements
in the forwarding of mankind. She printed that, while father
went into the government service, and several of us boys worked
a small job printing plant. That paper, poor little mother printed
at her own expense, for there was no way in which it could pay
its way, in those pioneer days of the movement. Even the women
who would give an ear to it, were very few. My father remained
in the goverment service until the adVent of the Cleveland admin-
istration, when in 1885, being a staunch Republican, he was let
out. But before his dismissal he had begun to decline in health,
and he lingered in a state of partial paralysis for about four years,
when he died on the 15th of September, 1889.
"Dear old Dad. I have often thought how near akin his
was to the character of Jean Valjean. In those days in which
I knew him best, he seemed to me only the embodiment of gentle-
ness, of kindness, of devotion, of less and less of the fighting spirit,
more inclined to self-abnegation, of self-sacrifice and love. I re-
member many^a day, though I could not understand it fully then,
that he would refrain from eating a lunch with us boys in the
print shop, for those lunches consisted mainly in a bowl of soup
and a few crackers, or such victuals. And I know that many a
time when he said to us, 'Help yourselves, boys, I am not hun-
The QmNBY Family 381
gry today/ he was only trying to make us feel at ease, as we
greedily consumed what there was.
"Yes, dear old dad. If in the course of the life of the soul
of man the traits you so richly showed are ever esteemed worthy
of supernal reward, your glory shall be triumphant and luminous-
winged. Yes, if love shall eventually know its full reward, your
cup shall run over, for I remember the glance of your mild and
loving eye, the gentle caressing of your kindly hand, the tender
mellowness of your voice that was as full of the milk of human
kindness as ever issued from the mouth of man or woman either.
From those heights to which I believe noble men do soar look
down with that benignant smile of yours, which I may see only
through my tears, look down now upon your devoted son, and let
that beaming be his inspiration as along this path of life he treads.
Let its light so shine upon him that when he too shall have reach-
ed that age when the things of earth may not cling so closely
about him, as now they do, its argent rays may pass through him
to beam upon the joyous life of childhood with that same efful-
gent glory that he knew when golden locks encircled his own
head."
The children of Joseph B.* and Annie (Laurie) Quinby:
I. Sylphio Laurie" Quinby, died young;
II. Sylphia Laurie ' Quinby, died in childhood;
1472. III. Emmanuel Swedenborg" Quinby, born 1 Nov.
1859, at New Orleans, La. (see);
1473. IV. Isaac Franklin' Quinby, born 1863 (see Franklyn
Quinby) ;
1474. V. Joseph Bailey' Quinby, born 1 July, 1865, at
Cincinnati, Ohio (see) ;
1475. VI. John Laurie' Quinby, (see Laurie J. Quinby);
VII. Annie Laurie' Quinby, died young;'
1476. VIII. JosiAH Kilby' Quinby (see Cassius Clay Quinby);
IX. Henry S. ' Quinby, died young.
Annie (Laurie) Quinby's children by h^ first hus-
band, Mr. Haven, adopted the surname Quinby and are
as follows:
I. Elizabeth Quinby, in 1912 principal of the High
School at Dayton, Ky.; unmarried; address, 321
Eighth Avenue;
II. Eliza Quinby, married Robert Kennedy at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio; in 1909 lives at 200 South Gar-
field avenue there;
III. Emma Quinby, married Warren Devore in Kentucky
and lived at Cynthiana, Ky.; died at Cincinnati,
Ohio;
1477. IV. William Curtis Quinby (see).
802. John' (AbeV, Nathan^, Benjamin^, Joseph*,
Robert^, Robert^) born perhaps about 1810-15 in Maine.
He was married 10 June, 1835, at Bangor, where both
lived, to Miss Sarah Ann Wood, by David Emery, Justicfe
of the Peace (rec.) The record shows that they were pub-
382 The Quinby Family
lished 27 July, 1834, certificate issued 12 Jan. 1835. John
was a lieutenant of artillery in 1839. He died at Bangor,
26 Sept. 1841. His widow applied for bounty lands on
account of his military service, (see records following).
A report from a descendant of his grandfather says he
was a sea captain and died at sea.
Lieut. John's Military Service
U. S. Census records. No. 86919; claim for bounty land
under the act of 3 March, 1855, of Sarah A. Quinby, widow of
John Quinby, lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt.
E. R. Lambert, in the drafted regiment of Maine mihtia com-
manded by Capt. Cutler. Affidavit dated 28 March, 1855, of
Sarah A. Quinby, that her husband was drafted at Bangor, Me.,
on or about 20 Februar}', 1839, for the term of three months, and
continued in actual service for the term of two months and four
days, and was honorably discharged 23 April, 1839; that she was
married to John Quinby 13 June, 1835, in Hampden, and that
her name before she was married was Sarah A. Wood; that her
husband died at Bangor, Me., 26 September, 1841, and that she
is still his widow. Affidavit, dated 28 Mar. 1855, of Jeremiah
Baker and Daniel Floyd, that they are personally acquainted with
Sarah A. Quinby, and have known her for fifteen years, and know
that she and John Quinby Hved together as man and wife; and
that she is still his widow. Affidavit, dated 21 Jan. 1853, of
Hebron Luce of Bangor, Me.: "I served as a private and ser-
geant in the company of drafted militia, of which E. R. Lambert
was captain, in the expedition for the defence of the northeastern
boundary of said state in the year 1839 and served more than
thirty days; and that I have known John Quinby since 1835,
and have positive knowledge that he served in said expedition as
a lieutenant in the company of artillery under command of Lieut.
Lambert, for a period of at least thirty days. I also have per-
sonal knowledge that he died at Bangor, Me., 26 Sept. 1841."
Affidavit, dated 5 Feb. 1853, of David Emery, Justice of the
Peace: "The following is a list of persons joined in marriage by
me for the year past, viz: June 10th 1835. Mr. John Quinby
and Miss Sarah Ann Wood, both of Bangor, Me."
Sarah Ann (Wood) Quinby died 1 Oct. 1881, at Hamp-
den, Me., aged 67y. Children of Capt. John and Sarah
Ann (Wood) Quinby:
1478. I. John A. » Quinby, died at New Orleans, La.; he
was on a ship commanded by Capt. Noah Emery;
II. Betsey J. » Quinby, died 16 Aug. 1841, aged 4y. lOd.;
III. Charles E. » Quinby, died 13 Feb. 1838, aged 2
weeks, 3d.
Note. — Hon. John Quinby Wood of Bucksport, Mo., was named after
the above Capt. John, and is a grandeon of Sarah Ann's brother. Hon. John
Q. Wood is a graduate of Wesleyan University, class of '90, and was United
States consul at Tripoli when he gave to that "University the last S500. of the
million dollar endowment fund needed. In 1914 Mr. Quinby is in Abyssinia.
The Quinby Family 383
803. Charles Henry* (Abel ', Nathan ', Benjamin ^
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 5 July, 1842, at Saccarappa
(now Westbrook), Me. In 1861, as a resident of Casco,
Me., he volunteered and was mustered into the 10th regi-
ment, Co. I, Maine Volunteer Infantry ('61 Me. Adj. Gen.
Rep. 461); was taken prisoner 25 May, 1862, and released
on parole ('62 id. D 289) and mustered out with his regi-
ment 7 May, 1863 ('63 id. 362). He was again mustered
by the Provost Marshal at Portland, Me., 11 Apr. 1864,
for a three-year term, 8th regt. Infantry ('64 id. 815, 877).
He was discharged for disability from Co. F 8th Regt., 20
May, 1865 ('64 id. D 1042; '66 id. 49).
He appears to be the Charles H. who was married at
Casco, Me., by M. S. Eastman, J. P., to Susan P. Ballard.
He was married second, at Lynn, Mass., by Rev. Ray-
mond F. Holway, 8 Sept. 1883, (18th, says Mrs. McLean)
to Mrs. Lucy Vernettie (Titus) Randall, former wife of
Charles Randall of Auburn, Me., and daughter of John
and Betsy Jane (Clark) Titus; she was born 4 Dec. 1846,
at Methuen, Mass., and died 11 June, 1896, at Waldo,
Fla. They lived at, Lynn, Mass., till 1888, in which year
their residence was 431 Chestnut st. That year they went
to Waldo, Florida, where they lived till Mrs. Quinby's
death. After his wife's death he was admitted, 1897, to
the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at
Togus, Me., and died there 26 Feb. 1907. Children:
I. Lena Vernettie » Quinby, born 29 June, 1884, at
Lynn, Mass.; she was an actress in 1898, living
at the Hotel Pelham in Boston, where also lived
William Hadley, aged 28, widower, an actor, born
at Mt. Carmel, 111., son of William and Mary
(Cavanaugh) Hadley; Lena — who is called Leon a
in some records — and William were married at
Boston by Henry C. Stimson, J. P., 4 June, 1898.
She was living at 5 Lander Ave., Lynn, when she
was married by Rev. Charles Tilton at Lynn,
31 Dec. 1905, to James R. L. McLean, aged 33,
steamfitter, living at 41 Mulberry st., Lynn; born
in Nova Scotia, son of James R. L. and Melinda
(Bissett) McLean; lives (1913) at 25 Rockview
Ave., South Peabody, Mass., and has a child,
Ethel Lillian, born at Lynn, 18 Mar. 1907. Mrs.
McLean has confirmed many of the foregoing
dates, which are all from town records.
1479. II. Chahles William Johnson' Quinby, born 3 May,
1888 (see).
Note.— One Charles or Charles H.'s intention of marriage with Mary
Fields was recorded 25 Apr. 1874, at Portland, Me., but I find no record of
marriage. The Massachusetts records are erroneous in the name.» and parent-
age of this family in many cases. Mrs. Lucy V. had four children by Charles
Randall, of whom Alfred C, of Revere, Mass., and Effie J. Burdett of Haver-
hill, Mass., are living (1913).
384 The Quinbt Family
805. Nathan' (Levi'', Nathan'^, Benjamin^, Joseph*,
Robert^, Robert^) born 26 Nov. 1812, at Searsport, Me.
He went into the tinware business with one Currier, and
afterwards with one Lamprey conducted a stove and tin-
ware business at Searsport and had a foundry which is
said to be still at Searsport; his sign there gives his name
Quinby, but some of his descendants spell with an m.
He married Margaret Gordon Cook, daughter of Hezekiah
Cook of Casco, Me., and lived there awhile. Nathan died
at Searsport, Apr. 1850, and was buried in the lot of Marg-
aret J. Quinby in Evergreen cemetery, Westbrook, says the
Portland record, and we find a deed to her of such a lot
recorded 9 May, 1870. She married 30 Apr. 1856, at
Portland, Samuel Bragdon of Windham, Me., In 1874
she appears in the Boston, Mass., directory as Margaret
J. Quinby, widow; home, 4 Kingston st., Charlestown,
Mass. She died at 11 Baldwin st. there, after 36 hours'
suffering from strangulated hernia, 28 Feb. 1889, aged 74y.
8m. 2d., and her death at Charlestown, Mass., is also re-
corded at Portland. Children of Nathan* and Margaret
J. (Cook) Quinby:
I. RowENA M. HuLLSBURY» QuiNBT, born 3 Sept.
1834, at Naples, Me.; she married first, 25 June,
1854, at Portland, Charles H. Gooding; she mar-
ried second R. W. Gallupe and lives at 14 Park
ave., Somerville, Mass.;
II. Frances Carrie' Quinby, married at Portland, 15
June, 1854, Samuel D. Gooding; she died at Port-
land, Christmas, 1907;
Cyrus Cook' Quinby, born about 1838 (see);
Charles O. » Quinby, born 11 June, 1842 (see);
Albert True* Quinby, born 2 Mar. 1844 (see);
Frederick N. ' Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1850 (see).
806. Luther F.« {Hiram '', Nathan «, Benjamin % Jo-
seph*, Robert^, Robert^) born about 1823 at Saccarappa,
Maine. He seems to have been married at Old Town,
Me., 20 Oct. 1843, by Esquire Samuel Hersey, to Miss
Mary Hodgkins, both of Old Town (Bangor re). How-
ever, his son Frank H. mentions only his mother (wife of
Luther F.,) Rachel S., daughter of Enoch and Betsy Col-
son. She lives 1911 with her son Frank H., at 23 Bennoch
Road, Stillwater, Me. In 1860 the census shows Luther,"
his wife Racliel, aged 30, and children Albert, Franklin and
Mary V., attending school, at old Town, Penobscot county.
Me. Luther F. lived at Old Town when he was mustered
into U. S. service 11 Mar. 1864, Fifteenth Maine regiment
of Infantry ('64 Me. Adj. Gen. Rep., I. 899); he was must-
1480.
III.
1481.
IV.
1482.
V.
1483.
VI.
The QmNBT Family 385
ered in company B, 15th regiment, 11 Mar. 1865, as a
substitute for Wm. H. Wetherby of Castine, Me., for a
one year term (id. p. 1287); his term expired, and he was
discharged 11 Mar. 1866 ('66 id., 112). He died at Old
Town, Me., 16 May, 1884, aged 61. The registry of
deeds at Bangor, Me. shows that he was frequently
grantor and grantee of real estate. Children:
I. Mary V. » Quinby, born about 1853; died 18 May,
1896, aged 43 years. The Orono, Me., records
give the above Mary V. as party to an intention
filed there 3 July, 1871, of marriage to Henry H.
Finn of Orono, he aged 22, she of Old Town, aged
20; from relatives I learn that she did not marry
this suitor and it would seem from Bangor real
estate records that she married one Lyshon and
lived at Lewiston, Me.;
1484. II. Albert G. » Quinby, born 4 Mar. 1845, at Old
Town (see) ;
1485. III. Frank H. » Quinby, born at Old Town (see).
807. William J.* (Hiram ', Nathan ', Benjamin ^ Jo-
seph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1832, lived at Old Town, Me.
He appears on Bangor records as grantee and grantor of
real estate with his brother Luther F. to and from Moses
Averill of Old Town. He joined with Luther F. in a con-
veyance to William Jameson, recorded 2 Sept. 1851; and
with Luther and John J. to John H. Hilliard of Old Town,
recorded 2 June, 1858. A license issued 14 May, 1859,
appears on the records there, to marry Elvira Lancaster,
and- he is stated to have been a married man when he was
mustered into company D, 14th regiment, Maine Volun-
teers 1 Feb. 1862 (Me. Adj. Gen. Rep. 1862 p. D, 404). In
the report of the following year (p. 444) he is stated to be
in the regimental commissary department, 15 Nov. 1863.
He was discharged 18 Jan. 1865 (id. 1864, p. 1374). I
have no further information as to him or his family, ex-
cept that he is said to have died in California in 1905.
808. John Jameson' (Hiram ', Nathan «, Benjamin =,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 1837 at Old Town, Me.,
and lived there during his early years. He married at
Bucksport, Me., 20 Nov. 1856, Ann T. Averill, born 1837,
at Orono, Me., daughter of Robert and Catherine T.
(Allen) Averill. In 1860 the census shows him living at
Old Town with Robert A., age 2 mos. John J. was then
in the lumber business, and an owner of real estate. He
appears frequently on the county real estate records at
Bangor between 1854 and 1869. He joined the army,
being mustered 11 Dec. 1861, as second sergeant, company
OS)
386 The Quinbt Family
D, 14th regiment of Maine Volunteers. (Me. Adjut. Gen.
Rep. 1861, p. 556) and was commissioned 21 Nov. 1862,
as second lieutenant of the same company {id. 1862, p. 25;
1864, I. A, 1111-2). He was stationed with company D
at Vermillion Bayou, La., 15 Nov. 1863 (1863 id. p. 443).
His rank as first lieutenant was dated 1 May, 1863 {id. p.
445) but his promotion as such was 1 Sept. 1863; and he
was promoted captain 13 Mar. 1865, of company B; must-
ered out 28 Aug. 1865 {id. 1864, I. A, p. 1111-2). He re-
ported as commander of company B, Battalion of the 14th
regiment, dated 25 Mar. 1865, from Savannah, Ga. {id.
D, 488).
For some years following his return to private life, he
was superintendent of the European & North American
car shops at Mattawamkeag. He was also successfully
engaged for many years in trade in Stillwater. He went
to the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., in September, 1909,
for treatment for physical ailments, and died there 27 Oct.
following, of "stenosis of mitral valve of heart." His
obituary notice in the local paper said: "In the death of
Capt. Quimby we have lost from our midst a man of ster-
ling integrity whom men respected for the soundness and
shrewdness of his judgment. At the same time his sunny
disposition and genial manner drew about him and held as
lifelong friends men of character and worth. As the kind-
est of neighbors, the most devoted of husbands, the staunch
est of neighbors, we loved and honored him." His widow
died at the home of her brother, Nathan Averill 23 Oct. 1912,
at Stillwater.
809. George Westbkook' {Simeon '', Nathan ', Ben-
jamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 29 Sept. 1814, at
Westbrook (Saccarappa), Me., and lived there when he
was married by Jonathan K. Eastman, J. P., at Chatham,
N. H., in February, 1835 (the family record says 5 Feb.
Church rec. says 6 Feb.), to Roxana, daughter of Daniel
and Lydia (Whitford) Emerson, also of Westbrook. Mr.
Quinby died 30 Nov. 1890, at Naples, Me.; his widow died
there 9 Apr. 1892, aged 78y. 5m. Children:
Marshall H. ' Quinby, born 18.36 (see);
Leonard" Quinby, born 20 Sept. 1838 (see);
Orin W.» Quinby, born 29 Dec. 1840 (see);
William Asbuky' Quinby, born 25 Sept. 1842 (see);
Clara F. W.» Quinby, born 21 Mar. 1848;
Lydia Emily" Quinby, born 18 Sept. 1850; died 17
Aug. 1852;
VII. Emma R. » Quinby, born 19 Apr. 1853; married 15
Feb. 1873, at Harrison, Me., Silas Pitts of that
town, had two children, and died there 12 Nov. 1908.
1486.
I.
1487.
II.
1488.
III.
1489.
IV.
V.
VI.
The Quinby Family 387
810. Daniel T.* (Simeon'', Nathan", Benjamin^, Jo-
seph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 1822 at Sacoarappa (West-
brook), Me., and married there Hannah M., daughter of
Solomon and Lydia (Oilman) Nason, born 1810 at Standish,
Me. The census of 1860 shows that Daniel was then a
"mill man" at Westbrook with his wife and children, own-
ing real estate there. Mrs. Quinby died there 8 Oct. 1892,
of la grippe. Children.
1490. I. Daniel Orville' Quinby, ("Orville") born 1845
(see) ;
1491. II. William Preston' Quinby, ("Preston") born about
1849 (see);
III. Maey» Quinby, born 1857, married John Bryant.
811. William Motley* (Simeon ', Nathan ', Benja-
min^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 1824 at Westbrook,
Me.; married 27 Nov. 1849, Jane Lewis Oower, born 1825,
resident of Westbrook. In 1860 Mr. Quinby appears on
the census as a mill man at Westbrook owning realty
there. They both died in 1879. Children:
I. Ella F. » Quinby, born 1852; married Albert Cord-
well of Westbrook, and had two sons who died
young;
II. Adelaide Florence' Quinby, born 1856; married
William Jones Pennell of Westbrook, and has
Merle, married Pauline Turner of that town;
Lewis, married Irene Goodridge of Westbrook;
Ella, at Wellesley College, 1909; Mrs. Pennell
lives at 8 Haskell st., Westbrook, Me. (1909);
III. William B. ' Quinby, born 1856; died 1 Jan. 1857,
aged 22 days.
812. Daniel Franklin * (Benjamin Franklin ', Moses %
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born at Falmouth,
Me., 27 Dec. 1813, and became a Methodist minister and
lived at Brewer, Me.; removed to Lisbon in 1836; married
7 Oct. 1834, in the Methodist chapel at Saccarappa, Ariz-
ina Reed, born 9 Jan. 1813, at Albion, Me. The History
of Rumford, Me., p. 146, says that of the Methodist
preachers who supplied that circuit. Rev. D. F. Quinby
was there through 1841-2; Charles Mason was Mr. Quin-
by's colleague in 1842. In 1850 he moved with his family
to Detroit, Mich. Children:
1492. I. William Emory' Quinby, born 14 Dec. 1835, at
Brewer, Me. (see);
II. Louisa Francina' Quinby, born 7 Aug. 1839, at
Minot, Me., died at Saginaw, Mich.;
III. Sarah Abigail' Quinby, born 24 Mar. 1844, at
Waterford, Me.
388 The Quinby Family
813. Benjamin Franklin* (Moses ^ Moses «, Benjamin S
Joseph*, Robert'', Robert^) born 28 June, 1828, at Saccarappa
now Westbrook, Maine. He married 7 Jan. 1849, Almedia
Hobson Cobb, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Mc-
Kenney) Cobb, of Bridgeton, Me. They removed to Cali-
fornia, where Mrs. Quinby died 19 Aug. 1913, at their
home 815 Mallard st., Los Angeles. She was about eighty-
six years of age; Mr. Quinby says: "For nearly nine
months she was almost entirely helpless but her wondeWul
vitality enabled her to cling to life, which she loved, until
every faculty and function was entirely disabled."
At my insistent request (deploring the loss of family records
and heirlooms in two fires) Mr. Quinby wrote me a brief auto-
biographical sketch, in which he says he "was educated in the
common schools of those times, finishing in a grammar school.
In early boyhood he showed natural genius for the making of
windmills for weather vanes, running of triphammers, waterwheels
for sawing potatoes, instead of wood; constructing bowguns, very
shapely, the envy of his mates; made the first one he ever saw
discharge with a trigger, and became a good shot. At the age of
about ten his father bought him a real gun, taught him how to
load and shoot, wild-pigeons, other birds and squirrels were his
victims. He shot neither himself or other humans, though a
crabbed old neighbor seeing him returning home across his mown
field, ordered him, with a raised club to 'get out', the 3^oungster
aimed his gun with the threat that he would shoot if the owner
came nearer, which he did not, so the hunter went home without
a scalp.
"On the completion of his last term of grammar school, his
father then building a home, put him in with the carpenters to
work; he acquitted himself well, invented a new corner finish for
the doors and windows of the parlor, which was approved, and
he made and placed them; he drew a new shape for the top finish
of pickets in the enclosing fence which was approved, and he made
them and helped build the new style fence. His father had be-
come a carriage manufacturer of some note, and he put his son,
then seventeeh years of age, into the woodworking department,
building buggy bodies. He erected a workbench, constructed a
number of the peculiar tools required, meantime watching every
movement of the skilled bodymakers, then went to work and
finished duplicates of their work. In time more help was needed
in the painting department and soon he was doing good work
there; he gave attention to ornamentation, such as small animals,
birds, flowers, etc., and made good progress. When twenty years
and six months of age, he married Almedia H. Cobb of Bridgeton,
Me. Having undertaken business with his father without capital,
his share of the profits proved too small for his requirements, so
after a year's partnership he started out for himself as painter and
ornamenter, worked hard, and changed from one place to another
as prospects seemed better. When about twenty-six years of
age, his health failed suddenly; one side was paralyzed, — he was
entirely unconscious, his physician, a friend, worked vigorously
on him for hours before he could start blood; when that flowed
Edwin Howard Beach,
marrieil Sarali Emily" Qiiinby (photo.
b3' Moore, Spriiijjfield, Mass.)
Sakah Emii.y" (Quikbv) Beach,
(photo. t:y Hardy, Sprinafiehl, Mass.)
Ella Fkanceso (Quinby) Fowlek
(photo by Hartwell & Hamaker,
Phoenix, Ariz.)
Bknjamin Austin Fowler,
married Ella Frances" Quinby (photo.
by Hartwell & Hamaker, Phoenix,
Ariz.)
D.VUGHTERS OF S1.3BENJAMIN FRANKLINS QuiNBY.
The QmNBY Family 389
he slept; he woke late next morning, bloody, but clear mentally
and wondering. His doctor and his wife then informed him of his
close call; his friendly doctor gave him his professional opinion that
the cause was too close confinement and the poisonous effects of
dry white lead, used in his business, and he said, 'you must quit
it entirely; do something that will keep you in the open air to
save your life, or avoid a condition worse than death'. Hard
advice for an ambitious young man with a very dear little family;
but he took his medicine, — the doctor prescribed no other. He
sold his business, yielding a good income for the times, at a loss.
Fond of horses, by the help of good friends, he purchased a four-
horse stage line, eight miles twice daily, two coaches, two teams
of horses, thirty-two miles daily, Sundays excepted; he mounted
the box and drove, with the exception of a few days, for two and
one-half years, and regained his health fully, so that he was
stronger than ever. Then he sold out, better physically and thank-
ful, but not better financially. He took up various enterprises,
such as the shoe business; government inspector of small arms
during the civil war; superintendent of an emery mine, the pro-
duct of which was much used in the making of guns; then he
fitted up a beautiful drug store. After a time he brought to jus-
tice a dishonest clerk with $400 worth of his employer's goods in
his possession. He took back the goods and forgave the young
man; closed out the business to become superintendent of a large
iron works, acceptably, on a good salary. He was coaxed out of
it by persistent offers, until the offers more than doubled his then
salary, to go into life insurance, but did not like it, and resigned.
He then undertook the business management of a large dentistry firm
in England, and in odd hours practiced successfully, though with-
out a diploma; it was in those days no law breaking however.
His family could not live in England, so after three years he re-
signed and came home; became salesman for an extensive carriage
manufactory, and travelled largely in the west and northwest,
again all the time absent from home. His family and himself
did not enjoy that, so he resigned to become general agent for a
popular encyclopedia and school appliance manufacturing firm,
and continued in that until retirement from active business, some
twelve years since.
"The subject of this sketch has had an eventful life; thrown
out of his chosen sphere by an unusual attack of disability for one
so young in years, he has been led into changes which would have
appalled one less optimistic and confident of his many sidedness.
He has been wonderfully guided through it all; blessed with a dear
wife and children whose faith in him has always been a tower of
strength, he can never be less than devoted to them while life
lasts. He and his good wife will have completed sixty-four years
together on the 7th day of January, proximo, at the ages of
eighty-five and eighty-four years respectively."
Children of Benjamin F.^ and Almedia H. (Cobb)
Quinby:
I. Sabah Emily' Quinby, born 28 Sept. 1849, at Gor-
ham. Me.; married 19 Sept. 1876, by Rev. L. H.
Cone at Springfield, Mass., to Edwin Howard
390 The Quinby Family
Beach, age 25, born at Hartland, Conn., son of
John C. and Sarah Beach; she died 30 May, 1881,
at Springfield;
II. Ella Frances' Quinby, born 7 July, 1851, at Port-
land, Me., married by Rev. D. Augustine Newton,
17 Oct. 1888, at Medford, Mass., to Benjamin
Austin, aged 44, son of Benjamin Colman and
Sophia (Cowdrey) Fowler, a publisher at Stone-
ham, Mass.;
III. Anna May' Quinby, born 1 Aug. 1855, at Grafton,
Mass.; married by Rev. Theodore C. Pease, at
Medford, Mass., 12 Oct. 1886, to Charles Wilbur,
age 30, born and living at Medford, son of Dr.
James and Emma S. Hedenberg;
IV. Florence Almedia' Quinby, born 10 July, 1857,
at Grafton, Mass., and died there 26 Sept. 1858.
814. Henky Clay* (Moses ', Moses *, Benjamin ^ Jo-
seph*, Robert'^, Robert^) born 24 Apr. 1831, at Westbrook,
Me. He started to learn the jewelry business and was an
apprentice to a Portland jeweller in 1850; three years later
he was in Boston, as a watchmaker, at 226 Washington
St., living at Somerville; that year he was married first,
11 Apr. 1853, at Boston by Rev. H. SouthgatQ, to Fran-ces
Elya, aged 22, born at Portland, daughter of Osgood and
Mary Ann (Roberts) Noyes. They were separated by legal
proceedings and she died 22 Nov. 1905, aged 74y. 7m. lid.
of cerebral haemorrhage, at the home of William I. Griffin,
her son-in-law, 201 Metropolitan ave., Hyde Park, Mass.,
and was buried in Woodlawn cemetery.
Mr. Quinby became a dentist of great eminence at
Liverpool, England, and amassed a fortune. He married
second, 22 May, 1879, Marion G. Newell, of London, Eng.
He retired from practice, and with his wife went to the
Hotel Del Monte near Monterey, on the coast of California,
and there remained till his death after 1908. His widow
continues to reside there, and plays golf, though of advanced
years; in the newspaper dispatches of 9 Mar. 1912, she
was mentioned as winning the women's consolation handi-
cap at the golf tournament at Del Monte with a net score
of 105 (bonus 40).
Children of Henry Clay* and Frances E. (Noyes)
Quinby :
I. Agnes Morrill' Quinby, born 6 Apr. 1854, at
Portland, Me.; married by Rev. Elijah How, May,
1884, at Chelsea, Mass., where she then lived, to
Edward W. Hathaway, clerk at Chelsea, aged
44, born at Plymouth, Mass., son of Edward and
Priscilla; his second marriage, her first;
813BENJAMIN Franklins Quinby
(photo, by South Park Stuilio, Chi-
cago, 111.)
Almedia Hobson (Cobb),
wife of BeTijamiu F.s Quinby (puoto.
by South Park Studio, Chicago, 111.)
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814IiENRY Clays Quinby,
of Liverpool, Eng., and Del Monte,
Cal.
816MELVILLE G. C.8 Quinby
(photo, by Medrington, Liverpool,
Eng.)
The Quinby Family 391
II. Mary Frances" Quinby, born 13 Sept. 1855; she
was married 15 Feb. 1882,. by Rev. W. F. Mac-
calien, at Chelsea, Mass., where both parties re-
sided, to Wilbur I., son of Isaac and Sarah Griffin;
he was a clerk, aged 26, born at Chelsea.
815. John C,^ {Moses'', Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*,
Robert^, Robert^) born 16 Jan. 1835, at Saccarappa, Me.;
he was married 28 May, 1857, at Lawrence, Mass., by Rev.
C. Holman, to Hattie L. M. Edwards, aged 24, born at
Gorham, Me., daughter of James and Eliza Holman.
John C. Quinby settled in St. Paul, Minn., whete he ac-
quired a large property and was prominent in local affairs.
He was for a time a member of the Board of Public Works
at St. Paul, and died there. He invested for his brother
Melville in real estate near there. Child:
Lillian M. » Quinby, married William Brierly Haw-
thorne, and in 1909 moved to Tacoma, Wash.
816. Melville Gershon Cox« (Moses ', Moses «, Ben-
jamin^, Joseph^ Robert", Robert^) born 12 May, 1837, at
Westbrook (Saccarappa), Me. He received his education
at Gorham Academy. He was employed in his father's
business till 1861. In that year he helped to raise a com-
pany of volunteers, was commissioned by Gov. John A.
Andrew of Massachusetts, a first lieutenant in the Fifteenth
regiment, and went into camp near Worcester. While
there, he was taken ill with what was supposed to be can-
cer of the tongue and was held to be unfit for service.
A few months later, he went into the Springfield armory
to make guns, and so continued for three years. In 1864
he lived at Springfield, Mass., and was there married by
Rev. Nelson Stutson 6 May, 1863, to Eliza Stebbins,
daughter of Nathan F. and Lorain (Kellogg) Crocker of
Springfield, born at Bangor, Me., 28 Nov. 1839. Mr.
Quinby lived at Grafton, Mass., the year following his
marriage. In 1868 he went to California and was there
during the great earthquake. He went to Philadelphia in
the early seventies and graduated from the Philadelphia
Dental College. He then went to Liverpool, England,
where he commenced the practice of dentistry with his
brother Henry C, who had preceded him, in which he rose
to great prominence. He also acquired a very considerable
fortune. His beautiful country mansion and estate of Duns-
dale, Frodsham, county Cheshire is shown in a photograph
on another page. His wife died at Liverpool, 5 July, 1887.
After bringing his three sons to maturity and seeing them
392 The Quinby Familt
well established in their father's profession, he retired after
37 years of active practice, and returned in 1908 to the
United States for fifteen months' visit, and was with his
brother Henry Clay Quinby in California, where he played
golf nearly every day, and recovered his health. In 1911
he was living at Penkerris, Scorrier, R. S. O., Cornwall; in
1913, at Brynnieddyg, Aberdovey, North Wales, Children:
1493. I. Edward Melville' Quinby, born 13 Nov. 1864,
at Grafton, Mass. (see);
1494. II. Arthur Henry" Quinby, born 3 Apr. 1872 (see);
1495. III. Frank Gray» Quinby, born 7 May, 1877 (see).
817, Albion M,* (Aaron''. Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*
Roberta Robert^) born 23 Jan. 1836, at Westbrook, Me,
He married in 1888, Emily F., daughter of Samuel and
Eunice Quinby (Seal) Jordan, born 17 July, 1835. (Her
ancestry and family are given in I. N. E. Family History,
25, 47). After completing his school course Mr. Quinby
taught school for some time in this vicinity. He then went
to southern California, where he remained about nine
years. After his return he again spent a little time in
teaching, and in 1869 was appointed customs inspector at
the Portland Custom House, where he remained for a dozen
years. They had no children. Mr. Quinby was known as
"the man who walked to California." In 1899 Mr. Quinby
was living at Woodfords, Me. Mrs. Quinby died of apop-
lexy at Westbrook, 14 July, 1901, aged 65y. 11m, 27d. In
April, 1909, the newspapers reported that Mr. Quinby was
severely bruised by being thrown from his carriage while
driving on Main st., Westbrook. The carriage struck a
post and was shattered into kindling wood. Mr. Quinby
had the reins around his hands and was dragged some
distance.
Mr. Quinby died 18 Aug. 1915, at 11 o'clock p. m, at
Barrett Hospital where he had been for several months.
Shortly after being taken there for treatment he suffered a
stroke of apoplexy, and he had gradually failed, until his
death. Says the Portland Express:
"Mr. Quinby was noted for his kindness of heart and
generosity to any one in need or trouble. He carried on his
large farm on Saco street and his hired men were always
given instructions that no one should ever be sent away
hungrj' who asked for food. Of a quickness and versatility
of thought and a remarkable aptitude in written expression,
Mr. Quinby's letters and writings in general were of much
interest. He was an adept in the Spanish language. His
"DuNSDALE. " Home or Melville G. C.s Quinbt,
at Frodsham, County Cheshire, England (see p. 391).
The Qtjinbt Family 393
love of nature was great; he knew when the earliest wild
flowers grew on his farm and it was his delight to gather
them for his friends. A good neighbor and friend, his
absence from the community will be missed."
818. Charles Edwin* {Aaron ', Moses ', Benjamin *,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 7 Sept. 1848, at Westbrook
(Saccarappa), Me. He was married there 17 Nov. 1869,
to Mary', daughter of Isaac Fly* and Catherine G. (Brown)
Quinby; Rev. Thomas B. Payne performed the ceremony
and the wedding march was played by Prof. George A.*
Quinby. Mr. Quinby took his family to Boston before
1876, in which year they lived at 133 N st. ; the following
year at 64 L st. ; in 1881 at 7 Harmony place, East Boston,
during which time Mr. Quinby held a position in the rail-
way business. Soon after the last mentioned year he re-
turned to Westbrook with his family, where they have
lived ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby live at 90 Mechanic
St., Westbrook, Me. Mrs. Quinby is very active in social
and club matters; was vice-president of the Women's Relief
Corps of Maine; a prominent member of the Ammoncongin
Club, of which she was elected president 1 Apr. 1914, and
has frequently sljown her ability as a forceful and interest-
ing speaker and writer.
Children:
I. Addie May» Quinby, married 5 July, 1899, Lewis
Porter Huston of Portland and has one child,
Esther Quinby Huston; living at 773 Main st.,
Westbrook;
II. Isaac Franklin" Quinby (twin) born 26 Feb. 1875,
at Westbrook; graduated from the Westbrook
High School and died the next year 1896;
III. Catherine Ella" Quinby (twin), born 26 Feb.
1875, died in infancy;
IV. Lillian Baker' Quinby, graduated from Wellesley
College, and was librarian of the Westbrook
Memorial Library, which in 1909 according to her
published report, had 11,540 books; the local
paper in March, 1912, said that Miss Quinby was
seriously ill at North Conway; she recovered.
819. George Albert* {Aaron'', Moses ^, Benjamin^,
Joseph*, Robert^ Robert'') born 18 Feb. 1850, at Saccarappa,
Me. He married in 1883, Ida EUina Griggs. He adopted
the musical profession, and is a well-known and popular
teacher. In 1915 his musical studio is at 502 Congress
St., Portland, Me. His name appears frequently in the
press in connection with musical affairs; for example, in
1899 the Church of St. Dominic's was dedicated, and the
394 The Quinby Family
newspaper says: "Gounod's mass was sung. by a chorus
of fifty voices under the direction of Prof. Quinby." His
daughters have inherited his musical talent and Alice R.
Quinby is an especially able player of the piano. The
Quinby home on East Main street, Westbrook has long
been a centre of hospitality and of social gatherings, in
which music has been an especial feature. Mrs. Ida Quin-
by is socially popular and was elected corresponding secre-
tary of the Ammoncongin club of Westbrook, 1 Apr. 1914.
Children of Prof, and Mrs. Quinby, born at Westbrook:
I. Elizabeth M. » Quinby ("Bessie May") living at
Westbrook (1909);
II. Alice Rose" Quinby, educated at Bates College,
and became a teacher in the High School at
Wrentham, Mass.; she appears in the papers as
giving successful piano recitals in Boston (1909).
In 1915 she is a teacher in the Portland High
school.
820. Cybus W.' {Charles ', Simeon «, Benjamin ^ Jo-
seph^, Robert^, Robert^) born 5 Mar. 1825, at Sacca-
rappa. Me. He appears on the county real estate record
at Alfred, Me., in a deed of real estate from James M.
Goodwin, recorded 10 July, 1848 (bk. 201, p. 570) which
Mr. Quinby transferred 15 July, 1848 (bk. 202, p. 150).
The postmaster J. A. Cowen, Esq., at Quinby, Trinity
county, California, writes me 24 May, 1913, that "'Stephen
Noble, 86 years old, living near here, says: 'Cyrus Quin-
by came from Maine to Arizona, thence to Humboldt
county, California, which adjoins this county. There he
was employed in the lumber camps one season and came
to New River in the early '80's.' He and a man named
Thomas built a ditch for irrigating and mining purposes
which is used to this day by my company the New River
Mining Co., and we are also farming the land they cleared.
The creek from which runs the ditch is named for Mr.
Quinby. He started a store just below the site of the
present post office and store, and was very successful, both
in the store and in mining, but died a poor man. His
store was once burned by hostile Indians. He married a
woman of Indian race who bore him several children, one
of whom was Mrs. Charles Newell. The only grandchild
whose name I can give is Miss Elsie Newell, China Flat, -
Humboldt county, Cal. Cyrus Quinby sold his interests
here to his partner Thomas and took a farm in Humboldt
county where he died of cancer of the throat about ten
The Quinby Family 395
years ago. While he lived here some estate was settled
in Maine and he received his share." Children of Cyrus
W.« Quinby, born (except VI. and VII.) at New River,
now Quinby, Trinity county, Cal.;
I. Janette' Quinby, born 1 Apr. 1856; living in 1913;
married 1 June, 1876, Isaiah Ziegler; second at
Eureka, Cal., 30 Nov. 1896, Thomas Jefferson
Ferguson, her present husband;
1496. II. Cyrus W.» Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1851; killed by a
fall over a cliff;
1497. III. Charles' Quinby, born 11 June, 1859, died 22 Feb.
1893;
1498. lY. Johnson' Quinby, born 11 June, 1859, died 6 June,
1884;
1499. V. Franklin' Quinby, born 2 Aug. 1868; died 17 Apr.
1884;
VI. Eveline' Quinby, born 25 Dec. 1870, on the Quin-
by ranche. Trinity county; married Apr. 1895, at
China Flat, Cal., Charles Benjamin Newell and
died at China Flat, Cal.; the oldest of their five
children is Juha Elsie, who supports them all;
VII. William' Quinby, born 1 Aug. 1874, on the Quinby
ranche, died 3 July, 1884.
Note. — Miss Julia Elsie Newell kindly supplied the foregoing information.
821. Johnson M.* (Charles ', Simeon ', Benjamin ^
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 20 May, 1827, at Saccar-
appa. Me. (Mar., 1828, says Alvin D.); married 18 Aug.
1853, Adeline D., daughter of Walter and (Dyer)
Jordan (Portland rec). Johnson M. Quinby was third
lieutenant, 22nd company of Portland Militia in 1862
(Maine Adjut. Gen. Rep. 1862, I. 13). Johnson M. Quin-
by of Westbrook, Me., and A. S. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth,
Me., received United States patent No. 112076 for a new
door-lock, 21 Feb. 1871. Johnson M. Quinby died of
organic heart disease at Mercer, Me., 8 Jan. 1902, aged
74y. 7m. 20d. Children (Portland rec.) :
1600. I. Alvin Dyeb' Quinby, born 7 Aug. 1854 (see);
II. Sarah J.' Quinby, born 22 Aug. 1856; married Fred
Cobb, and had a son Walter.
822. Charles O.* (Charles ', Simeon *, Benjamin ^
Joseph*, Robert", Robert^) born 6 Sept. 1835, at Saccarappa,
now Westbrook, Me. He lived at Portland, and married
there 11 May, 1857, Olive Jane Thompson of that city.
Charles O. Quinby was an original member of the 1st regi-
ment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, as a private in Co. B
('61 Adjut. Gen. Rep. 52; App. E, 6). Mrs. Quinby com-
menced a divorce suit at the September term of court.
396 The Quinby Family
1862 (York Co. rec, Alfred, Me.) One Olive 'A.' Quinby
married at Portland 21 Dec. 1863, Charles F. Dunn both
of Portland. The children of Charles O. and Olive Jane,
recorded at Portland:
I. Henrietta' Quinby, died 17 September, 1858,
"aged 2 years;"
II. Claba Douglass' Quinby, born 5 Aug. 1861 (F. J.
Q. says his half sister, Mrs. Dyer, lives at Cape
Elizabeth, Me. (1910).
He married second about 1862, Henrietta, daughter
of Andrew and Mehitable Hall of Biddeford, Me.; their
first child was:
1501. III. Frederick Johnson' Quinby, born about 1863 at
Biddeford, Me. (see).
Charles O. again joined the army, while a resident of
Eastport, "age 31, married," being mustered in 29 Mar.
1865, as a Sergeant of Co. A, First Battalion Infantry,
then reorganized as the 21st Co. of Unassigned Infantry;
1 Nov. 1865, he was reported as sick in hospital ('64 Adjut.
Gen. Rep., Dl, 1241, 1243; 790). His discharge for dis-
ability was dated 25 Sept. 1865 ('66 id. 1691.)
He soon went to East Boston, Mass., to live and ap-
pears first in the Boston city directory in 1867, boarding
that year at the Webster House (also at Lamson st.) The
following year he boarded at 5 Hooten court. East Boston;
in 1869, he lived at 28 and 24 Orleans st. and 160 Chelsea
St.; in 1870 at 173 Havre st.; in 1871, he lived at 27 Vine
St., Charlestown, and in 1872-3 in Chelsea. During this
time he had other children as follows:
IV. Augustus' Quinby, born 30 Nov. 1867, at Lamson
St., say the Boston records, which also give the
death 13 Nov. 1868, of William L. Quinby, ap-
parently the same child, aged 11 months and 11
days, of congestion of the lungs, at 24 Orleans st..
East Boston;
V. Alberta' Quinby, born 4 Oct. 1869, at 160 Chelsea
St.; this is evidently the Bertha, who died 10 Apr.
1871, at 27 Vine st., Charlestown, Mass., "aged
ly. 4m. Id.," of congestion of the lungs;
VI. (male) • Quinby, born and died 10 Feb. 1872, at
Chelsea.
Charles O.' Quinby died 24 Oct. 1873, of consumption,
at Chelsea, Mass., "aged 38y. Im." Henrietta (Hall)
Quinby married second, Frank Kirk, by whom she had a
son Frank, now living in New York; she married third,
Charles Whitcomb; she died in the summer of 1910.
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824. Daniel Osgood^ (Robert \ Robert^, Daniel^, Jo-
seph*, Robert^ Robert'') born 22 Dec. 1821, at Amesbury,
Mass. He graduated at Bowdoin College and Law School.
In 1849 he was a civil engineer, and the records call him
"surveyor." He married Clarissa Bradbury Moulton, born
22 June, 1828, at Ossipee, N. H., daughter of Dr. Alvah
and Mary (Dalton) Moulton (VI. Me. Hist, and Gen.
Recorder, 463, which gives a full account of this Moulton
family). Prof. Quinby was for many years teacher in the
high school. He is mentioned in works of reference as
"distinguished educator." He went to New York to live
shortly before the Civil war, and became a tutor to the
sons of well-to-do New York families, and is recorded in
the New York city directories as living at 236 West 30th
St. In 1862 only, he appears in the Boston city directory
as "counsellor, 7 Court House square, Newburyport ;" and
in 1878 he was a teacher, living at 589 East 7th st.; in
1879 the Daniel O., patent medicines, is probably the same;
office at 178 Washington street, room 4; home, 671 East
5th street, where he continued through 1884 except in 1883,
when he is again called teacher, boarding at 84 0 street.
In 1884 he boarded at 54 Chester Park and so through
1886, the last mention of him. As the patent medicine
man, his name was always spelt Quinby in the city direc-
tory; as teacher he was always Quimby. His wife died 30
Nov. 1882, of paralysis, at 671 East 5th st., Boston.
(Other records say she died at Newburyport, Mass., 20
Nov. 1882; VI. Me. H. and G. Rec. 463; History of Parsons-
field, Me., 388). Prof. Daniel O. and Clarissa B. Quinby
had several children who died in infancy; the only one who
lived to maturity was
Mary Abbie" Quinby, born 20 Apr. 1849, at Ames-
bury, Mass.; died at Paterson, N. J., 8 July,
1870.
825, Orlando Sargent' (Robert '', Robert % Daniel^,
Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1 Jan. 1828, at Amesbury,
Mass. He married first, Mary Jane True at Sangerville,
Me.; she died 21 June, 1851, at Amesbury, aged 23; they
had one child, whose gravestone is at the Union cemetery,
Amesbury :
I. XoA» Quinby, born (and died immediately) June,
1851;
Orlando S. Quinby was married second, by Rev. C. H.
Learnard at Chelsea, Mass., 19 Sept. 1852, to Sarah Au-
gusta, daughter of Samuel and Sarah W. Lane of Chelsea,
398 The Qdinby Family
born 1834 at Gloucester, Mass. The Boston city direc-
tories show Orlando S. Quinby first in 1852, as connected
with the firm of E. H. Lane & Co., and living in Chelsea.
He was a member of that firm, commission dealers at 2
Haverhill street, Boston, In 1853-4 he boarded at the
Merrimac House; in 1853 he was a clerk at 145 Blackstone
street; in 1856 he was a dealer in produce at 34 Friend
St., and lived in Chelsea. No further record of him appears
in the directories of Boston. Orlando Sargent Quinby's
sister Abigail had married Daniel Quinby Gale of Missouri,
Colonel and District Judge. At Newport, Missouri, Or-
lando S. died 14 May, 1863. He was buried in the Odd
Fellows cemetery at Washington, Mo. His widow Sarah
A. married second, Warren Poole, aged 44, who had been
married once before as had Mrs. Quinby, when they were
married 13 Jan. 1870, by Rev. Charles H. Leon, the Uni-
versalist minister at Chelsea, Mass. Mr. Poole was born
at Rockport, Mass., and lived at Chelsea in 1870. One
of their children is Theresa, who married William R. Mans-
field and lives at 20 Yale st., Wakefield, Mass. Children
of Orlando S.* and Sarah A. (Lane) Quinby:
II. Robert Lane* Qttinby, born 24 June, 1853, died
7 June, 1855, of croup, at 50 Elm st., Charles-
town, Mass.;
1502. III. Edward Orlando' Quinby, born 1 Oct. 1855, at
Chelsea (see);
IV. Annie Augusta' Quinby, born 29 Sep. 1857, at
Chelsea; died 24 Aug. 1872, of congestion of the
brain, at Haverhill, Mass., aged 14y. 10m. 26d.;
V. Samuel Lane» Quinby, born 11 Aug. 1860, died 8
Aug. 1862;
VI. Addie Teresa^ Quinby, born 21 Feb. 1863, at New-
port, Missouri; died 13 July, 1863, of marasmus,
at Chelsea, Mass.;
VII. Abigail Jane' Quinby, born 21 Feb. 1863; married
14 Apr. 1883, at Boston by Rev. Warren H. Cud-
worth, to Frank A., son of Asa N. and Julia A.
Stubbs. He was aged 25, born at Bangor, Me.,
mariner, resident of Boston; Abbie J. was aged
19, resident of Chelsea, Mass., born at Newport,
Missouri. She lives at 42 Cedar st., Haverhill,
Mass.
Note. — The obituary of Edward O.* (Boston Olnhe), 5 Mar. 1913, says
he was survived by two sisters, Mrs. Abbie J. Stubbs and Mrs. Theresa P.
Mansfield of Wakefield, Mass.
826. Thomas Weed' (Robert '', Robert^, Daniel^, Jo-
seph*, Robert', Robert^) born 23 Feb. 1835, at Amesbury,
Mass.; married there by Rev. D. M. Reed 21 May, 1856,
to Emeline P., born there 2 Jan. 1837, daughter of Joseph
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and Dolly F. (Morrill) Merrill. They had no children.
In 1860 the census shows him as a farmer at Amesbury,
with $6000 realty, $300 personalty. He lived in the an-
cestral home at Amesbury until the '80's; then moved to
Haverhill, Mass., where he was Justice of the Peace many
years. He lives there (1915) at 37 Highland ave. He
was deeply interested in genealogy, and has greatly helped
me in his branch of this work.
830. Leonard* {Thomas'', Jonathan^, Benjamin', Ben-
jamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 20 June, 1799, at Hopkinton;
lived at Thetford, Vt.; married first 26 Mar. 1826, Sarah
Towne, born 26 Nov. 1804, at Windsor, Vermont, daughter
of Benjamin and Sarah (Burt) Towne. She died 29 Aug.
1860, at Thetford, Vt. In the year 1826 only, a Leonard
Quimby, stonecutter, house, Thacher street, appeared in
the Boston directory. The census of 1850 gives Leonard,
his wife, and children IV., VII., to XL, inclusive, all living
at Thetford where he .was a farmer, owning real estate
valued at $1000. Leonard Quimby married second, at
Thetford, 13 Mar. 1861 (or 1867) Harriet B. Morey, born
27 Dec. 1819, died 13 Aug. 1893. Leonard Quimby died
23 Mar. 1882. He had ten children by his first wife:
I. Susan Melissa' Quimby, born 14 Sept. 1827; mar-
ried 28 Sept. 1851, Edward Brown of Windsor,
Vt., and had three children;
II. Laukett M.» Quimby, born 19 July, 1829; married
June, 1851, by Rev. Joseph Turner at Clinton,
Mass., to George Haven of Lancaster, Mass., aged
27, son of .lonas and Harriet B. She died 21
Mar. 1856; no children. The only other time a
Lauretta Quimby appears on the records is in the
census of 1850, where Lauretta Quimby, age 20,
is living alone at Worcester, Mass. Her birth
place is given as Mass. She was not listed in that
census with her father's family at Thetford;
1503. III. William Carlos' Quimby, born 29 Oct. 1831; "he
was a brilliant lawyer at Indianapolis, Indiana,
where he married, lived and died, childless," 3
Feb. 1865;
IV. Benjamin Lyndell' Quimby, ("Lyndell Quimby")
born 8 Nov. 1833, died unmarried 7 Sept. 1859;
V. Maryett' Quimby, born 25 Oct. 1835 (22, says
Thetford rec); died 9 Mar. 1836;
VI. Ursula' Quimby, probably died young, as she does
not appear in census of 1850;
VII Adelaide H. » Quimby, born 1 June, 1837, died 28
Apr. 1855, unmarried; in 1850, Adelaide was liv-
ing at Tunbridge, Orange county, Vermont (same
county as Thetford) savs the census:
400 The Quinbt Family
1504. VIII. Albert Dean' Quimbt, bom 1 July, 1840 (see);
IX. Mart Elizabeth' Quimby, born 16 June, 1843;
married first, 15 June, 1864, Perley B. Titus of
Brattleboro, Vt.; he died very suddenly a few
days after their marriage; she married second, in
1892, Charles D. Imirie at Palestine, Texas,
where she died 24 Dec. 1901, having had two
children;
1505. X. Frank Augustus* Quimby, born 24 Aug. 1847; the
only survivor of this family in 1908 (see);
XL Henry R. » Quimby, born 28 Sept. 1850, died 2 Dec.
1868.
Note. — The foregoing list is from "The Burt Genealogy," compared with
Thetford records and the United States census.
831. Joseph Hoyt* (Thomas'', Jonathan^, Benjamin^,
Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 13 Apr. 1801, at Hopkin-
ton, N. H.; removed to Thetford, Vt., where he was a
farmer; married there 11 Mar. 1823, Mariah, born 1802
in Vermont, daughter of John and Anna (Brown) Tyler.
Mr. Quinby died at Thetford, 12 Feb. 1878; his widow
died there 16 Dec. 1885. Children, born at Thetford.
I. Mariah Azubah' Quimby, born 18 Apr. J 825, died
26 Jan. 1827;
1507. II. James Bushrod' Quimby, born 1 June 1827 (see);
1508. III. Thomas Munhoe' Quimby, born 20 July, 1829 (see
Munroe T.);
1509. IV. Charles Norman* Quimby, born 8 Oct. 1831 (see);
1510. V. John Tyler » Quimby, born 19 Juty, 1834 (see);
1511. VI. Latimer Albert' Quimby, born 19 Oct. 1836 (see);
VII. Julia Maria' Quimby, born 5 June, 1839; married
by Rev. David S. Packard at Somerville, Mass.,
4 Jan. 1864, to Joseph Niles Kimball, aged 24,
son of N. N. and Sarah E. Kimball of West Fair-
lee, Vt.; in 1909 living at Kansas City, Mo.;
VIII. Mary Azubah' Quimby, born 14 Apr. 1842; died
unmarried 17 Apr. 1871.
Note. — Authorities, Latimer A. Quimby, E8(|., of Thetford, Vt., and
others; Thetford town records; census of 1850.
834. Wareham Morse* {Harvey ', Benjamin % Ben-
jamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 12 Oct. 1832, at
Strafiford, Vermont. He married Eloise Gibson. Wareham
M. Quimby appears first in the Boston city directory in
1854 as a bookkeeper at 56 North street; in 1855 at 22
Milk street, boarding at 10 Crescent place; in 1856, he
was boarding at 10 Green street. Next year he joined
Munroe T. » Quimby (see) who was in business with John
Flanagan under the firm name of Quimby, Flanagan &
Co. in the fancy goods line at 20 Milk street, and boarded
The Quinby Family 401
at the City Hotel, the next year 1858, at 21 Irving street;
in 1859, 16 Chambers street; 1862, at 33 Allen street; in
1863, 30 Green street; that year he is called clerk at 14
Hanover street; it is his last appearance for twenty years
in the Boston directory, for he went to New York city.
In 1865 his cousin 1508Munroe T. « Quimby entered the
jewelry business in New York city, and in 1868, W:areham
M. joined him at 171 Broadway, under the firm name of
Quimby, Smith & Co. The directory gave his home as
Massachusetts, until 1871, when he lived at the National
Hotel. The following year his place of business was 196
Broadway and remained there until 1877, when it was at
737 Broadway for a year; in 1878 it was at 907 Broadway
and its last address was at his home, 22 East 20th street
in 1879, which is the last year his name appeared in the
New York directories. His cousin and partner, Monroe
T. Quimby, appeared last in the directory of 1873. The
firm was Quimby & Co., 1871 to 1878.
During Wareham Quimby's residence in New York
city, whidh was from 1871 to 1878, he had a hard time
suiting himself with a dwelling place, for from the National
Hotel in 1871, he moved to 314 W. 28th street in 1872;
236 West 25th street in 1873; 327 West 29th street in
1874; 125 West 11th street in 1875; 119 West 11th street
in 1876.
In 1877 he was at 22 East 20th street, where he re-
mained to 1879. In 1883 we find him back in Boston at
the old firm address, 14 Hanover st., which he had left
to others for twenty years; he lived in Charlestown. The
next year he roomed at 49 Pinkney st. in Boston; the next
year he roomed at 13 Joy st.; in 1886 at 46 Hancock st.;
in 1887-8 at 18 Chambers st.; in 1889 to 1893 at 7 Hanson
street, his longest residence anywhere. What a life! In
1891 he went to clerking it at 364 Washington street and
continued through 1893, the last time his name appears.
835. LuMAN Vesper' (Harvey ', Benjamin ', Benja-
min^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 4 July, 1835, at
Strafford, Vt. He was second lieutenant of company A,
Fifteenth regiment, Vermont Volunteers, commissioned 30
Aug. 1862; commissioned first lieutenant 12 Jan. 1863;
mustered out, 5 Aug. 1863 (Vt. Roster). He married 24
Dec. 1864, at Bradford, Vt., Francelia, born 19 Sept. 1839,
at Strafford, Vt., daughter of A. Whitney and Mary (God-
frey) Eastman. He moved to Boston, Mass., in 1865, and
31 Oct. of that year United States patent 50,733 for fasten-
ing blinds was granted to him and William Marston of
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402 The Quinby Family
West Fairfax, Va. Luman and his wife appear on the real
estate records of Vershire, Vt.
Luman V. Quimby in 1866 was a clerk for Munroe T. *
Quimby (see) who with Luman's brother Wareham M.*
Quimby (see) were manufacturers and dealers in jewelry
at 14 Hanover street. When Luman came to Boston he
was tl^irty years old. He lived the first years at 11 Vine
street, but in 1868 moved his residence to 93 Revere street,
where he stayed to 1870. That year he tried 47 Chambers
street, the next year, 67 Chambers street, and in 1872-3
he lived in Chelsea. The next year he tried Melrose for the
year, then returned to Chelsea, where he remained till his death
in May, 1883. In 1880 he was a member of the firm of M. T.
Quimby & Co., and the place of business continued at 14
Hanover st. The foregoing is from the Boston city direc-
tories.
Luman V. Quimby died 21 May, 1883; his will was
probated in that year at Boston, Mass. (Suffolk probate
rec. 69537). His widow lived at 20 Chestnut street, Chel-
sea, Mass., and in 1910 at 477 Massachusetts ave., Boston.
Children :
1512. I. RoscoE E.» Quimby, born 25 Jan. 1870 (see);
II. Gertrude Estelle' Quimby, born 24 Nov. 1871,
at 67 Chambers st., Boston; married by Rev.
R. Perry Bush at Chelsea, Mass., 6 Apr. 1897, to
Clifford L. Anderson, age 23, born at East Glou-
cester, Mass., son of Andrew and Alberta C. And-
erson; they live at Bristol, Pa., 1002 Radcliffe st.
(1910);
1513. III. Clarence L. » Quimby, born 25 Aug. 1876, at Chel-
sea, Mass. (see).
Note. — Authorities: Mrs. Luman V. Quimby, Mrs. C. L. Anderson,
MSS. of Benjamin F. Quimbv of Chicago; U. S. Patent Office reporta; town
records of Vt. and Mass.
837. Charles Marshall' (Isaac \ Isaac ', Jonathan, ^
Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 2 Oct. 1844, at Newport,
Vt. The census of 1860 gives Marshall, age 18, as working
for Levi Applebee and family on their farm at Charlestown,
Orleans county, Vt.
Marshall Quimby of Charlestown, private, Co. D,
4th regt.; enlisted 24 Aug. 1861; mustered in, 21 Sept.
1861; discharged for disability, 1 Jan. 1862 (Vermont Ros-
ter). He was a mason, and lived at Concord, N. H. He
married 2 June, 1875, at Vershire, Vt., Josephine Idella
Grant ("Grand" on records) who was born at East Leb-
anon, N. H. He was mentioned as Marshall Quimby in
The QmNBT Family 403
his mother's will. He lived (1905) at Enfield, . N. H., a
painter. Children :
1514. I. William Harbison" Quimby, born 7 June, 1878,
at Vershire, Vt. (see);
II. Mary Ellen' Quimby, born 14 Sept. 1881, at Ver-
shire; married Sanders, and lived at
Claremont, N. H.; ("the family moved away from
Vershire" says the town clerk);
III. Idella Josephine' Quimby, born 18 Aug. 1882, at
Topsham, Vt.; married 17 Oct. 1910, at Cornish,
N. H., by W. H. Sisson, J. P., to Webster 0.
Sanders; lives 1911, at Cornish, N. H.; Webster
O. Sanders was born 1876, at Morrisville, Vt.;
son of George E. and Alice E. (Hunt) Sanders of
Cornish, a farmer at Cornish, N. H.; had been
married and divorced;
IV. Caroline Almira' Quimby, born 22 July, 1884, at
Topsham; married Ernest W. Gassett of Surrey,
N. H., born about 1879; lives, 1911, Enfield, N. H.
V. Bertha Elizabeth' Quimby, born 18 Sept. 1886,
at Vershire; lives at Northfield, Vt.;
1516. VI. Charles Isaac' Quimby, born 14 Mar. 1890, at
Croydon, N. H. (see);
1516. VII. Frank Eugene' Quimby, born 24 Feb. 1893, at
West Lebanon, N. H.;
Charles Marshall' Quimby married second 9 Feb. 1904,
at Windsor, Vt., Alice Susan Chapman, born 1868 at
"Meriden", N. H., says the record; they had:
VIII. Raymond Charles' Quimby, born 13 Sept. 1905;
Windsor, Vt.; died at Enfield, N. H., of pneu-
monia (8 days) and acute nephritis (2 days), 6
Feb. 1910;
1517. IX. Earl Gilbert' Quimby, born 27 (or 29, E. re.)
Mar. 1907, Enfield, N. H.;
X. (female) » Quimby, born 23 Dec. 1910, at Enfield, N. H.
838. Milan Warren' (Benjamin ', Benjamin *, Jona-
than^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 5 Sept. 1826, at
West Unity, N. H.; married 22 May, 1851, at Unity, Lucy
Ann, born 1831, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Twitch-
ell) Neal of Unity; went from Unity to Claremont, N. H.,
in 1885, and lived there till his death, 24 Nov. 1908, at
his residence, 42 Pearl st., of "chronic heart disease and
ulcer of the stomach; contributing cause, old age." Mrs.
Quimby died 1 May, 1912, at Claremont of cerebral haem-
orrhage after three days' illness. Children, born at Unity:
I. Etta Luella' Quimby, born 11 June, 18.53; mar-
ried Edwin S. Bailev, and is hving, a widow, at
Claremont (1907);
1518. II. Elmer Warren' Quimby, born 13 Aug. 1861 (see).
Note. — This family is given in Rev. Silas E. Quimby's pamphlet "Benja-
min Quinby and Descendants."
404 The Quinby Family
839. Francis Levi' (Benjamin ', Benjamin *, Jona-
than'', Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert'') born 25 Dec. 1827, at
West Unity, N. H.; married by Rev. Silas Quimby at
Claremont, N. H., 22 May, 1849, to Lydia, daughter of
Amos and Huldah (Greene) Johnson of Weare, N. H., born
8 Jan. (or June), 1825. "Her parents were Quakers, hence
she was of that faith at the time of her marriage. She
later joined the Methodist church, of which her husband
was a member. She was a woman of superior quality of
mind and great force of character, thus bearing evidence of
her worthy ancestry."
"Francis L. Quimby was educated at the district
schools and at Milo academy," says the Biographical Re-
view of Sullivan and Merrimac counties, N. H. (1897), p.
203; "at a very early age he began to assist his father on
the farm. Since succeeding to its possession, he has man-
aged it ably and with good results, and is considerably in-
terested in the raising of stock. He is a Republican, and
has served four years as Selectman. He is a member of
Unity Grange No. ^30, Patrons of Husbandry since its
organization, and he and his wife are members of West
Unity M. E. church, of which he is steward, trustee and
collector, and Mrs. Quimby teaches in the Sunday school."
They lived in West Unity till they moved to Claremont
in 1899. May 25, 1899, Mr. and Mrs. Quimby celebrated
their golden wedding in the same house where they began
their married life. One of their sons came twelve hundred
miles in order to be present at the rare anniversary, and,
as it proved to be, the last meeting of the children in their
old home; for a few weeks later witnessed the removal of
their parents from the farm in West Unity to the new
home in Claremont village. Mrs. Quimby died at Clare-
mont, after two or three weeks' illness from cerebral haem-
orrhage, 21 May, 1906.
The Manchester (N. H.) Union (Mar. 1910) said of
Mr. Quimby, "Glorious, invigorating New Hampshire!
There's Francis L. Quimby of Claremont, for example, who
fells trees, loads them upon sleds, teams them home, and
cuts them up into firewood in winter, and tills the soil at
a good profit in summer. Mr. Quimby is 82 years old —
an age at which people raised in the enervating climates
of Kennebec county, Me.; Hampden county, Mass.; Frank-
lin county, Vt.; and of Texas, South Carolina, Virginia and
Alabama, admit that they are fit only to sit with folded
hands in the chimney corner, toasting their shins and wait-
ing for Gabriel to sound reveille."
S38MILAN Warrens Quimby
(photo, by Locke, Claremont, N. H.)
S3fiFRAxcis Levis Quimby
(photo., 1910, by Burke, Claremont,
N. H.)
S40W1LBUR Benjamins Quimby
841BEN.JAMIN Lewiss Quimby,
from a tintype loaned by Mrs. James
A. Ferguson, Charles City, Iowa
(see p. 40C).
The Quinby Family 405
"Mr. Quimby was one of the most prosperous farmers
in his community, and a highly esteemed citizen. He is
always ready to bear his share of public burdens, and has
been honored with various offices of trust by the citizens
of his native town. He is a Methodist, and at the time of
his removal from Unity had been an official in the church
for fifty years. At an advanced age he is still young in
heart and takes an active interest in whatever movements
make for righteousness in civic affairs and for the advance-
ment of God's kingdom in this world." Mr. Quimby died
18 Oct. 1913 at Claremont, of lobar pneumonia after two
weeks' illness. Children of Francis Levi* and Lydia (John-
son) Quimby, born at West Unity, N. H.:
1519. I. Irvin Wesley' Quimby, born 20 May, 1851 (see);
II. Adella Listina" Quimby, born 16 Dec. 1853; mar-
ried 22 May, 1879, at Unity by Rev. J. Hayes to
John M. Howe, a resident of Waltham, Mass.,
born 3 Sept. 1855, at Newport, N. H., son of
Seneca and Mehitabel; they live at Claremont;
"Mrs. John M. Howe is very active in church and
temperance work, and is vitally interested in all
movements that tend to the uplifting of the com-
munity;"
1520. III. George Elwin' Quimby, born 20 Dec. 1858 (see);
1521. IV. Lewis Johnson' Quimby, born 2 June, 1861 (see);
1522. V. Herbert Francis' Quimby, born 24 Dec. 1863
(see) ;
1523. VI. Emek.«on Albion' Quimby, born 22 May, 1867
(see).
Note. — Authorities: "DcscendantH of Benjamin Quinby," by Rev. Silas
E. Quimby; Genealogical History of New Hampshire, p. 15d5 (whence the last
quoted parts above); town records of Unity and Claremont; and Emerson A.
Quimby, Esq.
840. Wilbur Benjamin* (Benjamin '', Benjamin *, Jona-
than^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 25 Apr. 1834, at Unity,
N. H.; married in Wisconsin, Lucinda, daughter of John and
Maria (Abbott) Marshall of Unity, N. H.; they lived in
Wisconsin till about 1860, when he settled at Cornish,
N. H., where he was a farmer. The census of 1860 gives
him as a farmer at Cornish, with his family and his mother
Percis living with him. He had a slight shock of paralysis
in the winter of 1906-7 and died of senile debility resulting
therefrom, 8 June, 1908, at Cornish. Administration was
granted by the Sullivan county probate court at Newport,
N. H., in July, 1908, to his son Elwin W. Quimby. Mrs.
Quimby survived him. Children:
1524. I. Frederic Monroe' Quimby, born 17 Nov. 1858, in
Wisconsin (see);
406 The Quinby Family
1525. II. El WIN Wilbuh' Quimby (twin), born 6 Aug. 1863,
at Unity, N. H. (see);
1526. III. Erwin Wesley' Quimby (twin) born 6 Aug. 1863
(see);
1527. IV. Ernest Pliny' Quimby, born 7 Aug. 1868, at North
Charlestown, N. H. (see).
Note. — The foregoing facts are from Erwin W. Quimby, Esq., Rev. Silas
E. Quimby's pamphlet, and Cornish records.
841. Benjamin Lewis* (Michael ', Benjamin *, Jona-
than^, Benjamin*, RoberP, Robert^) born 29 Sept. 1830, at
Henniker, N. H.; married by Rev. A. M, Osgood 28 Aug.
1851, at Claremont, N. H., to Lydia B., daughter of Asa
and Patty (Rice) Whitney of Henniker, born 1 Apr. 1833.
Mr. Quimby moved from Claremont, N. H., to Claremont,
Minn. He fell from a load of hay which injured his brain
and he was taken to the asylum at St. Peter, Minn., where
he was burned to death, 15 Nov. 1880. His widow died
24 Mar. 1886, at Ashton, South Dakota. Children:
1528. I. Clarence E.' Quimby, borii 11 Feb. 1855, at Clay-
ton, Iowa (see);
II. Ferdinand Adelbert' Quimby, born 3 May, 1858,
at Claremont, Minn.; died 9 Dec. 1862;
III. Carrie Belle' Quimby, born 13 Aug. 1862, at
Claremont, Minn., married 20 May, 1886, at Ash-
ton, So. Dak., James A. Ferguson; they live
(1908) at Charles City, Iowa.
Note. — Authorities: Rev. Silas E. Quimby; Clarence E. Quimby, Esq.,
Claremont, N. H. rec.
842. Joseph Warren* (Michael '', Benjamin •, Jona-
than^, Benjamin*, Robert', Robert^) born 29 Dec, 1831, at
Henniker, N. H.; married first 29 Nov, 1855, Elvira Bean
Hurd, daughter of Cyrus and Jemima (Bean) Hurd; in
1857 Mr. Quimby was living at Lawrence, Mass., and the
clensus of 1860 shows him and his wife and daughter there
in the third ward; he was a machinist, and his brother
Olney F.' Quimby aged 21, was living with them. Mrs.
Quimby died at Lawrence of consumption, 17 Jan. 1863.
Joseph W. was married second, by Rev. George M. Steele
at Ashby, Mass., 15 May, 1864, to Francena M., daughter
of Timothy and Mary Osborn, born at Cambridge, Mass.,
1839; she died of heart disease at Lawrence, 14 Feb. 1867,
aged 28y. 17d. Mr. Quimby married, third, at Hampstead,
N. H., 20 June, 1868, Martha Hodge Sanborn, a resident
of Lawrencte, born at Charlotte, Vt., 1830; she died in
June, 1878; Mr. Quimby married fourth, 21 July, 1881,
Mrs. Emma Sturges (Coleman) Stone, daughter of Martin
842JOSBPH Wakrens Quimby
(photo, by Curtis, Lewiston, Me.)
8430LNEY Fuller" Quimby
Mrs. Anna Wesley (Scott),
wife of Eev. Silas E.s Quimby (photo,
by Kimball, Concord, N. H.)
^El S44EEV. Silas E.s Quimby, D.D.
The QuiNBY Family 407
and Rebecca (Doe) Coleman of Vassalboro, Me. Joseph
W.» Quimby died of apoplexy 2 Mar. 1899, at Augusta,
Me., or at Lewiston, where he was a master mechanic;
buried at Lewiston; his death is on the record of both cities.
His widow lived at 27 Bangor st., Augusta, and died there
of pneumonia 7 Apr. 1910, aged 69y. Children of Joseph
W.» and Elvira B. (Hurd) Quimby, born at Lawrence:
I. Ida Evangeline » Quimby, born 10 Jan. 1857, mar-
ried 21 Dec. 1881, at Lewiston, Me., Tracy E.,
, son of Harvey and Melinda J. (Lewis) Sanborn,
of West Unity, N. H., born 6 June, 1863; they
have three daughters and a son and lived at Clear
Lake, So. Dak., in 1908; at Date, So. Dak. in 1910;
at Eugene, Ore. (1915);
1.529. II. William E.» Quimby, born 13 Dec. 1862 (see);
Child of Joseph W.« and Francena M. (Osborn) Quimby:
1530. III. Fbed Wilson" Quimby, born 27 Sept. 1866, at
Lawrence (see).
Note. — Authorities: Town and city records; Mrs. Ida E. Sanborn; Rrv.
Silas E. Quimby.
843. Olnby Fuller* (Michael'', Benjamin '^f Jona-
than^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert'') born 28 Sept. 1838, at
Gilmanton, N. H.; in 1860 he was living with his brother
Joseph W. at Lawrence, Mass. Olney F. Quimby was a
resident of Weathersfield, Vt., when he enlisted 19 Aug.
1862, and was mustered 4 Oct. 1862, in company A, Twelfth
regiment, Vt. Volunteers Infantry; mustered out 14 July,
1863 (Vermont Roster). He was married first, by Rev.
H. Clenon at Claremont, N. H., 7 Feb. 1864, to Angeline
L., daughter of Zenas and Caroline (Cram) Sanders, born
18 Nov. 1844, the residence of both parties is given as
Brownsville, Vt.; for some mysterious reason, they had
another marriage ceremony performed at Claremont, by
Rev. Henry H. Hartwell, eleven days later, 18 Feb. 1864,
and both marriages appear on the Claremont records.
Mrs. Angeline Quimby died 2 July, 1866, and Olney D.«
married her sister Ella Maria Sanders, 11 Dec. 1867; she
was born 17 Nov. 1850, at West Windsor, Vt. Mr. Quim-
by died 21 Aug. 1875. His widow lives at Claremont,
N. H. Child of Olney F." Quimby by first wife:
I. Blanche Angeline' Quimby, born 2 Fe^b. 1865;
married 6 Sept. 1883, Elton 0. Benjamin, born 6
July, 1861, and had seven children;
Children of Olney F.« and Ella M. (Sanders) Quimby:
1531. II. Olney Duane* Quimby ("Duane") born 13 Oct.
1868, at Weathersfield, Vt. (see);
408 The Quinby Family
1532. III. Romeo Akthuh' Quimby, born 19 Feb. 1879, at
Weathersfield, Vt. (see).
Note. — Authoritieu: Claremont and Weathersfield records, and Rev.
Silas E. Quimby's pamphlet, whinb gives also all the deBcendantt< of Blanche
A. Benjamin.
844. Silas Everard* {Silas ', Benjamin *, Jonathan ',
Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert) born 19 Oct. 1837, at Haver-
hill, N. H., and for the succeeding sixteen or eighteen
years lived successively at the eight or nine villages in New
Hampshire where his father held Methodist pastorates.
He then fitted for college at the New Hampshire Metho-
dist Conference Seminary and graduated in 1859 from West-
leyan University at Middletown, Conn., a Phi Beta Kappa
man. He immediately took the professorship of Greek and
mathematics at the Newbury seminary in Vermont, and
held this position from 1859 to 1863; and from May, 1864,
to July, 1867, having been elected principal of the seminary
in February, 1866. In the meantime he married at Newbury,
Vt., 10 July, 1862, Anna Wesley, daughter of Rev. Orange and
Eliza (Dearborn) Scott, born 10 May, 1840, at Lowell,
Mass. Mr. Quimby was ordained at Tilton, N. H., in the
same year, deacon of the Methodist Episcopal church. In
1863-4 he had charge of the church at Littleton, N. H.,but was
not ordained Elder till the following year, at Keene, N. H.
In 1867 he left Newbury seminary for a pastorate at Leb-
anon, N. H., and thereafter, held appointments in the New
Hampshire Methodist Conference as follows: 1869-70,
Plymouth; 1871-3, Exeter; 1874-6, Sunapee; 1877, Tilton,
and was president of the Tilton seminary from March,
1878 to June, 1885.
"In 1878 when he was elected president of the New
Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton. At this time
the school was in a critical condition, funds low, instructors
few and students less than in former years, and the build-
ings were in need of repairs. Rev. Mr. Quimby took the
school under these circumstances as the trustees could not
guarantee a salary, and he devoted himself to strengthening
and improving the institution in its every department.
He soon added to the curriculum music and art, and estab-
lished a chemical and physical laboratory. With real self-
denial, he and his family toiled for seven years, finding
their reward in the gradual improving of the material, in-
tellectual and spiritual interest. Foreseeing the necessity
of enlargement to meet the growing demands of the school,
he formulated plans which materialized at a later period."
Thereafter he held appointments as follows: 1886-7, at
The Quinby Family 409
Whitefield; 1888-9, Laconia; 1890, Newmarket; 1891-3,
Exeter; 1894, Rochester; 1895-6, Penacook; 1897-1900,
Salem Depot, (Pleasant st. church); and was also preacher
for short periods at Milton Mills and Derry. His wife
died from congestion of the lungs with organic heart disease
of long standing, at Salem, N. H., 8 Mar. 1901. The same
year he was appointed Conference Evangelist ("State Mis-
sionary") with headquarters at Derry, which position he
held up to 1909, after which he went to Bellefonte, Pa., to
live with his daughter, Mrs. Moore.
Rev. Dr. Quimby, at Dover, N. H., 5 Apr. 1911, at
the annual meeting of the N. H. Conference, resigned the
secretaryship of that body, which he had held continuously
for thirty-four years. He was Sunday school editor of the
Christian Standard for many years, and contributed num-
erous articles to periodicals. His ability and worth and
services to the cause of religion were recognized by Syra-
cuse University, which conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Divinity; the degrees of A. B. and A. M. he
had already received from Wesleyan University. He was
twice elected delegate to the General Conference since
1877.
Rev. Dr. Quimby was deeply interested in the history
of the family and compiled and in 1911 printed a valuable
pamphlet of 29 pages, on the "Descendants of Benjamin
Quinby"; to this, and to a long and voluminous corres-
pondence with him, the writer is indebted for much that
appears in this work on Mr. Quimby's branch of the family
and for a large number of photographs which he obtained.
Mr. Quimby was a man of unaffected, cordial manner,
great kindliness of heart, a wide charity, and of innate and
confident piety. He was beloved by a great multitude,
who mourned his death, which occurred Sunday, 23 Feb.
1913, at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon, at his daughter's
home on West Curtin st., Bellefonte, Pa. His funeral took
place at Tilton, N. H. His obituary in the Boston Globe
of i^5 Feb. 1913, was about a column in length, with a por-
trait; it contained the following sentences: "Rev. Mr.
Quimby was a thorough scholar and a devout and instruc-
tive preacher. Biblical study was his specialty: he was a
skilled exegete. As a pastor, he excelled, giving every de-
partment of church work efficient supervision." The Belle-
fonte Republican (27 Feb.) said: "For the good that he
did, for the sunshine he radiated wherever he happened to
be, and for the many fine traits he possessed, his memory
will long be cherished by those who were privileged to
410 The Quinby Family
know him." Children of Rev. Silas E.' and Anna W.
(Scott) Quimby:
1533. I. Clabbnce Evekard' Quimby, born 4 May, 1863, at
Newbury, Vt. (see);
1534. II. Carl Noyeb» Quimby, born 27 Nov. 1866, at New-
bury, Vt. (see);
III. Mabel Alice* Quimby, born 6 Feb. 1870, at Ply-
mouth, N. H.; she became a kindergartner; mar-
ried at Rochester, N. H., 28 Aug. 1894, Horatio
S. Moore of Kingston, Pa., mechanical engineer,
age 29, son of M. E. and Margaret A. (Sinkle-
paugh) Moore, of Nanticoke, Pa.; she lived at
Wilkesbarre awhile, then moved to Bellefonte,
Pa., where she lives on West Curtin st. (1913);
1535. IV. Ernest Scott' Quimby, born 15 Jidy, 1872, at
Exeter, N. H. (see);
V. Anna Lucy» Quimby, born 21 Sept. 1877, at Tilton,
N. H.; died there 30 Aug. 1878, of cholera in-
fantum; buried at Newburj', Vt.
At this paint, as before, the descendants in the eighth
generation of John* {son of the immigrant Robert^) are
omitted, numbered 845 to 1053 inclusive, and their sons in
the ninth generation, numbered 1536 to 1811 inclusive. These
families all spell the name with an m.
1056. Edwin Joseph* (Joseph \ Joseph ^ Henry ',
Philip*, Joseph*, Robert^) born 9 Nov. 1840, at Charleston,
S. C. He served through the war; married Miss Clara
S. Arnan at Charleston, where she still lives, his widow, with
four children. They had two sons and two daughters, probably :
1812. I. Edwin J.» Quinby;
1812a. 11. Bertband A.' Quinby;
III. Daisy* Quinby;
IV. Ena C.» Quinby.
1057. James H.' {Thomas'', Joseph*, Henry'', Philip*,
Joseph*, Robert^) born about 1835-40 at Charleston, S. C,
and was educated there; married first, Mrs. McDonald.
Mr. Quinby was an Episcopal clergyman, and preached
at St. Augustine and at Monticello for some years. In
1872 he went to Japan as a missionary, and his second
marriage took place at Osaka, Japan, to Miss Mary Nelson
who was also a missionary. They remained in Japan
eight years longer, and returned to America in 1882, in
which year he died in Florida. He had no children.
1060. Rudolph' {Thomas'', Joseph', Henry ^, Philip*,
Joseph*, Robert^) born about 1838-42 at Charleston, S. C;
1061JAMES Laubences Quinbt
The Quinby Family 411
entered the army and fought in the Civil war. He mar-
ried first, at Anderson, S. C, and had children, Cora, Adela
and James; he married second, at Savannah, Georgia, and
had two boys. Mr. Quinby died in Georgia, aged about
35y. Children:
I. CoRA» Quinby;
II. Adela » Quinby;
1813. III. James' Quinby;
1814. IV. Laurence' Quinby;
1816. V. Henky» Quinby.
Note — These facts were kindlj- furnished by Miss Amanda Elizabeth
Qiunby.
1061. James Laurence* {Laurence'', Joseph*, Henry ^,
Philip*, Joseph^, Robert^) born 1 Nov. 1851, at Granite-
ville, South Carolina. He attended the academy there
until he was fourteen years old. He went into the busi-
ness of general merchandising at an early age, and has
owned the principal establishment of the kind at Granite-
ville for many years. He married first, 19 Dec. 1871, Ellen
Turner. Mr. Quinby is now the president of the Bank
of Graniteville and is secretary of the Graniteville Tele-
phone Co. He has held numerous public offices which
testifies to the esteem in which he is held by his fellow
citizens. He has served as a member of the State Legis-
lature; as a member of the State Board of Equalization;
as a member of the Board of Visitors, Clemson College;
he is president of the Graniteville Cemetery Association
and of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Quin-
by is a Democrat, a Methodist and a Free Mason. Mr.
Quinby married second, 15 Nov. 1911, Caroline R.
Wires of Brunswick, Mo. The children of James L.*
and Ellen (Turner) Quinby, born at Graniteville, were:
I. Ellen Elizabeth' Quinby, born 2 Oct. 1876, (fled
20 Aug. 1910;
1816. II. James Laubence' Quinby, born 15 Dec. 1882 (see).
Note — A biographical sketch of Mr. Quinby is given in "Who's Who in
Finance" (1911), p. 893.
1062. MosES Edwin* (Moses ', Moses », Henry ^ Phil-
ip*, Joseph^, Robert^) born 18 Mar. 1824, at Newburyport,
Mass. He married first, Deborah P., daughter of John
and Elizabeth Ricker, born at Wales, Me. Their marriage
intention is recorded 23 June, 1847, at Newburyport. She
died there "of fever," 26 Nov. 1853, aged 32. Moses E.
Quinby was married second, by Rev. Daniel M. Reed, 12
June, 1855, at Newburyport, to Alice E., daughter of
412 The Quinbt Family
"Wiard" and Mary Lord, born 1833, at Burlington, Vt.
The census of 1860 shows Mr. Quinby at Newburyport
with wife Alice E., aged 28. He was married third, at
Newburyport or Haverhill, Mass., by Rev. Raymond H.
Seeley, to Emily Frances, daughter of Luther C. and Sarah
(or Mary) B. Merrill, born 1843 at Newburyport. I have
failed to find their death records, from which fact I sup-
pose they removed from Newburyport. Children:
I. Sarah Elizabeth* Quinby, born 16 July, 1848, at
Newburyport (her mother was Deborah P.); she
evidently reversed her first names, for Elizabeth
S. Quinby, born 1848, at Newburyport, was mar-
ried by Rev. L. P. Cushman at Lawrence, Mass.,
30 Oct. 1872, to Richard, son of Samuel J. and
Ellen Blair, aged 34, born in Nova Scotia;
1817. II. Frederick Augustus' Quinby, born 11 Nov. 1857,
at Newburyport.
1063. Augustus' (Moses ', Moses *, Henry *, Philip *,
Joseph^, Robert^) born 16 Sept. 1827, at Newburyport,
Mass. There seems no reasonable doubt that he is the
Augustus who lived with his wife Jane at Attleboro', Mass.
Their son was
1818. Charles F. ' Quinby, born 1858, at Attleboro (see).
1065. Charles Otis' (Philip'', Philip^, Henry'', Phil-
ip*, Joseph^, Robert^) known as "Otis Quimby," born 12
Nov. 1841, at Haverhill, Mass.; married there by Rev.
B. F. Hosford, 12 Jan. 1864, to Amanda Olivia, daughter
of Samuel E. and Lavinia Fogg Williams, born at Brad-
ford, Mass., 31 July, 1843. They lived, 1910, at 6 Ferry
St., Bradford, Mass. Their children, born at Haverhill,
Mass. (list perhaps incomplete) :
1819. I. Frank H.» Quimby, born 27 Oct. 1864; unmarried
in 1909;
II. Susan Amanda" Quimby, born 18 Sept. 1871; mar-
ried by Rev. Joseph C. Snow at Haverhill, 31
Mar. 1898, to Charles H., son of Charles Henry
and Almyra (Varney) Home, born 10 Jan. 1875,
at Berwick, Me.; they live (1909) at 141 Main
St., Bradford, Mass.;
1820. III. Paul Louis* Quimby, born 15 Apr. 1886; unmarried
in 1909; address, 6 Ferry st., Bradford, Mass.
I find a newspaper item in a Haverhill paper, 14
Oct. 1909: "Paul Quimby reported to the police
that somebody had stolen a new brown melton
overcoat belonging to him, and orders were given
the police to search the pawn shops." He, with
Lucy Tulare Baldwin,
wife of 1066Silas8 Quinby (taken 1859; loaned by Mrs. C. E. Dean).
The Quinby Family 413
Mrs. Pansy J. Quimby are named in the 1915 direc-
tory as living at 6 Ferry st., Bradford.
1066. Silas' (Caleb'', Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John\
John', William^) born 1791 at Orange, N. J., and died Feb.
1873, in Illinois. He was married 11 Oct. 1812, by Rev.
Aaron Condit of IJanover, N. J., to Lucy Tulere, daughter
of Matthias and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Baldwin, of Caldwell,
N. J. He lived at one time near the top of Orange moun-
tain; he was known to some by the soubriquet of "Dr.
Franklin." He is said to have had three children, two
boys and a girl, triplets, all of whom grew to maturity,
says W, B. Prime. Another report says, "Went west in
early days. He appears to have settled in Illinois after
1832. His family moved to Ohio after his death, thence
to Charleston, 111., and after the Civil war the widow with
her sons, Morris and John R. went to Seneca, Mo., and
there is buried with them." Children, born at Morris-
town, N. J.:
1821. I. MoBHis Abram' Quinby, born 1812; died unmar-
ried at Seneca, Mo., aged 70;
1822. II. Caleb" Quinby (see);
III. Mary Jane' Quinby, married Stephen Leonard;
"she married second, a man of large means; her
first marriage was in New Jersey, but she went
west with the family;"
1823 IV. Moses » Quinby, (see);
V. Effie' Quinby, married Israel Bensley, in Ohio;
they died near Seneca, Mo.;
1824. VI. David ' Quinby (see) ;
VII. Elizabeth » Quinby, married Larkin Ellis at Ellis-
ville, III.; moved to Charleston, 111.;
VIII. Louise Schazoon» Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1832, at
Morristown, N. J.; died of brain fever, unmarried,
aged 21 at Charleston, 111., two weeks before the
day set for her marriage;
1825. IX. John Rogers' Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1832 (see);
1826. X. William Brugiere' Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1832
(see).
Note — The last three were triplets, born at Morristown, N. J. Wilham
B. says, "a lady from France, Mrs. Rogers by name, gave us our middle
names."
XI. Charles' Quinby, died in infancy.
Note 1 — John Baldwini" Quinby says, "when the triplets were born, a
French lady who claimed she had traveled from France to New Jersey to see
the babies gave my grandmother $600, $200 apiece, for the triplets, to be kept
in trust until each* was of age, for the privilege of giving them a middle name.
She had arrived too late to give them their first name, my grandmother having
already named them.
"My father and some of his brothers enlisted in the war, and all came out
alive."
Mrs. W. S. Taylor (William Brugiere Quinby's daughter) says: "Many
people came from miles to see the triplets — they were the curiosity of the
414 The Quinby Family
surrounding country. Many presents were given them. Two French ladies,
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Brugiere were given the privilege of naming the babies,
presenting each child with one hundred pounds."
Note 2 — "The old picture of my grandmother (Lucy Baldwin, born 179-,
wife of Silas' Quinby) was taken when my oldest brother William Edgari""
Quinby, (now over lifty years old) was a little baby, and has been kept by me
for a keepsake more than anything else and perhaps you cannot make use of
it at all (says Mrs. Charles E. Dean), but my father says it is very good
for those days. We are a quiet sort of family. Being left without a mother
when quite young, we naturally kept very close at home and together, until
late years when it seemed necessary for some of us to seek a different climate
for health's sake; but we sometimes feel the boys might have made a greater
effort to reach the 'top of the ladder' had they had the help of one who gave
her life for us. However, we are very proud of them in the place they hold
in life, as they are industrious, and honesty has always been their motto.
The older friends of my father say it is due to the very name of Quinby."
1067. Ira* {Caleb'', Moses^, Josiah^, John*, John^,
John^, William^) born 5 May, 1794, at Orange, N. J.
married Catherine, daughter of Thomas and Arian (Ten
Eyck) Burnside. In 1850 Mr. Quinby lived in Morris,
Otsego county, N. Y.; his wife lived with him as did their
children Elizabeth, Ira, Thomas and Margaret, the latter
three attending school. Ira, who was living at Morris
and gave his age as sixty, made an affidavit dated 22 Mar.
1855, in support of a claim (No. 46815) for bounty land
granted by Congress to those who enlisted in the war of
1812, that he "was a private in the company commanded
by David Kilbourne in the regiment of artillery commanded
by John Leonard in the war of 1812 for the term of three
months and six days." Ira» Quinby died at Morris, 5 Oct.
1873. The children were born in New York state:
I. Elizabeth Winifred' Quinby, born 19 May, 1830;
married 25 Aug. 1857, Leroy Sanderson: she died
6 May, 1895;
II. Mary' Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1831; married 24 Aug.
1864, Moses Wesley Foote; she died 11 Dec. 1870;
III. Arian » Quinby, born 19 Dec. 1832; married 24
Sept. 1856, Charles H. Carr; she died 1 Oct.
1876;
1827. IV. Ira» Quinby, born 13 Mar. 1835 (see);
1828. V. Thomas » Quinby, born Oct. 1836 (see);
1068. Charles' (Calebs Moses", Josiah^, John*,
John*, John'', William^) born at Orange, N. J., 8 Oct.
1807; married 19 Nov. 1839, Mrs. Catherine, widow of
John Teunis Brown and daughter of Peter and Sarah
(Spear) Van Giesen, born 5 Sept. 1802. The census of
1850 gives him, his wife and daughter Harriet A., and
calls him a carpenter, with real estate of at least $1000.
He prepared "16 June, 1851, at considerable expense" (says
1070HON, James Mosess Quinby,
Mayor of Newark, founder of J. M.
Quinby & Co., carriage makers.
Miss Makie Antoinette^,
daugliter of 1070 .Tames M.s Quinby,
of Newark.
Trinity Church, Newark, N. J.
(See p. 418.)
Home of IOTOJames Mosess Quinby,
Newark, N. J.
The Qthnbt Family 415
Mr. Prime) a pedigree beginning with William S to whom
in the manuscript is given an elaborate zoological coat-of-
arms and a commission in the British navy (see notes under
William' and John*). Mr. Quinby was one of the or-
ganizers of the Episcopal church at East Orange, 10 Oct.
1867. (Founders and Builders of the Oranges, p. 168)
He died 10 Oct. 1886; his widow was buried 14 Feb. 1899,
both in lot 8 P. E., Rosedale cemetery, Orange. The only
other interment in that lot was of Emily W. Quinby, 23
Dec. 1886, say the cemetery records. The child of Charles
and Catherine (Van Giesen) Quinby was
Harriet Antoinette* Quinby, born 14 Aug. 1840;
married 1858 at Albany, N. Y., Albert Rowe of
East Orange, N.J. ; "he was a shipbuilder, and became
wealthy;" she died 7 Oct. 1877, at San Francisco,
' Cal.
1070. James Moses* {Jotham\ Moses ^, Josiah^,
John*, John^, John^, William^) born at Orange, N. J., 4
Oct. 1804 (5 Oct. says Mrs. Wright) and died at Newark,
20 July, 1874. He came to Newark when a lad and served
his apprenticeship in carriage building with John Heden-
berg. Upon the failure in 1834 of G. and A. K. Carter,
in whose shop Mr. Quinby was foreman, the latter con-
tinued the business on his own account, subsequently tak-
ing in as partners George M. Spencer and Mr. Young.
"Though holding positive political opinions, he was in no
sense a partisan politician. In consideration of his worth
as a citizen and a business man of the highest probity, he
was thrice chosen Mayor of Newark, serving the three one
year terms from 1851 to 1854. In 1860 he was chosen
to the state Senate and most satisfactorily served a three
years' term representing his native county, Essex. During
his time and largely owing to the excellence of the work
manufactured under his eye, Newark-made carriages be-
came famous throughout America and even in Europe.
His firm is now with one exception the oldest in America
in the same line." (History of Essex and Hudson counties,
N. J., Everts & Peck, 1884, page 581).
U. S. patent 25044 for a furnace for making iron direct
from the ore was granted 9 Aug. 1859, to James M. Quin-
by* A. H. Brown, H. Benton and J. Creswell, Newark,
N. J.
James M. Quinby of Newark, N. J., bought land 5
Feb. 1849, in Buffalo, N. Y., on Franklin st., near Allen
St. (vol. 104, p. 44, deeds). He and his wife Phoebe A.
sold the same property 4 June, 1852, to Henry Roop (or
416
The Quinby FAMiiiY
QUIMBY
FOHE DOOR umousaiE
J. V. quiNBV ft CO^ ''^^^iSSSL "•
Ross) (vol. 134, p. 172, deeds). The census of 1850 gives
him as owner of real estate valued at eighty thousand dol-
lars and his brother Jonas Quinby, aged 55, was a member
of his household.
James M.'s name appears first in the New York city
directory in 1860, "carriages, 620 Broadway, h. Newark;"
in 1880, it appears again as J. M. Quinby & Co., carriages,
6 E. 23d street. The only U. S. copyrights standing in
J. M. Quinby's name are Nos.
11749-50, a catalogue of horses,
issued 1880.
"When James Moses Quin-
by engaged in business on his
own account, building up a
profitable trade, his transac-
tions with the south became so
extensive that he established
branch factories at Montgom-
ery, Alabama, and Columbus,
Georgia, which were highly
remunerative. Being of in-
tensely patriotic disposition,
loyal to the cause of the Union,
he was called upon to make
many sacrifices in his business
with the south during the early
and dark days of the civil war. From 1851 to 1854 he served
in the capacity of mayor of Newark, rendering valuable and
efiicient service, there being at that time no remuneration at-
tached to the ofiice, so none but men of spirit and integrity
were chosen for positions of public trust. He was a man
of pleasing personality, retiring and modest in manner,
always willing and anxious to advance the highest interests
of his city, state and nation, aiding to the best of his
ability with his means and time. He also had the honor
of being the first Republican member of the state senate
elected from Essex county. New Jersey. He was a com-
municant of and for many years a vestryman of Trinity
Church, Newark. He was one of the original managers
of the Newark Savings Institution and chairman of the
funding committee and also one of the water commission-
ers of the city" (Mrs. N. Wright in Genealogical His-
tory of N. J., p. 227). James Moses* Quinby married 12
Dec. 1838, Phoebe Ayres, eldest daughter of Richard and
Hannah (Hays) Sweazy of Newark, N. J. She was born
25 Nov. 1817, and died 25 May, 1859. Children:
James Moses Quinby never saw an
Automobile !
The Quinby Family 417
I. Anna Emmeline' Quinby, born 18 Oct. 1839, bap-
tized in Trinity church, Newark, 1 Nov. 1844;
married 5 Oct. 1865, in Trinity church. Nelson
Wright of New York city, born 26 Mar. 1838,
died 7 June, 1876; they lived at Newark, where
she resided and was the author of the Quinby
article in Lewis's Gen. Hist, of N. J. (1910);
children, Albert W., born in New York, died 1873;
Louisa E., married Arthur H. Mackie;
n. Eliza Sweazy» Quinby, born 12 Nov. 1841, bap-
tized in Trinity church 1 Nov. 1844; married 12
Aug. 1869, Charles A. Borcherling, Jr., an attor-
ney-at-law of Newark, N. J.; she died 20 May,
1875, leaving one child, Frederick;
in. James Morris' Quinby, ("Morris") born 1 May,
1844, baptized 1 Nov. 1844, died 28 Feb. 1846;
IV. Marie Antoinette' Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1846,
baptized 5 Sept. 1851, died at Newark, unmar-
ried, 7 Mar. 1909; (sketch following);
1829. V. James Milnob" Quinby, born 27 Mar. 1850 (see);
VI. Florence' Quinby, born 18 Oct. 1853, baptized 25
Jan. 1855; died 31 Jan. 1855;
VII. Ida" Quinby, born 1 Aug. 1855, baptized 27 Feb.
1856; married Wallace Mcllvaine Scudder and
died 30 Jan. 1903;
VIII. Walden' Quinby, born 2 Oct. 1857, died 2 Feb.
1859.
Marie Antoinette' Quinby
Miss M. Antoinette Quinby graduated from St. Mary's school
at Burlington, N. J. She was the founder of the Women's Branch
of the New Jersey Historical Society, and was its president from
its inception until her death, devoting much of her time to its
work and interests. She was the organizer of Section No. 11 of
the Army and Navy Relief Society and was its only president till
her death. For many years she was a member of the board of
managers of the Colonial Dames of New Jersey; a member of
Trent Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and
manager in many charitable philanthropic and public spirited or-
ganizations. She was one of the board of managers of the Newark
Exchange for Women's Work, and of the "Crazy Jane" Society, a
philanthropic association; she also had the distinction of being
appointed by the state of New Jersey with the late Mrs. Thomas
T. Kinney, to represent the state in the interest of women at the
World's Fair at Chicago in 1892. At the time of the war with
Spain, she was one of the leaders in fitting out the relief ship
"Solace", and also spent days and nights at the railway stations
assisting the sick returning soldiers. In May, 1908, she erected
a stained glass window (see description below) in the "Trinity Epis-
copal church at Newark in honor of her parents. Miss Quinby
died at her home, 14 James st., Newark, in March, 1909, after
a protracted illness of heart disease. The local papers in the
obituaries said: "The managers of the Woman's Branch and the
members of the board of trustees of the Historical Society will
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418 The Qltinby Family
hold special meetings tomorrow afternoon to take action on her
death. They will also attend the funeral services, which will be
held in Trinity Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon. Rev.
Louis Shreve Osborne, the rector of Trinity, and Rev. John S.
Miller, rector of the House of Prayer, will officiate. The pall-
bearers will be Jonathan Roberts, John A. Giflord, Robert Sym-
ington, J. Herbert Ballantine, CliflFord Smillie, Dr. Archibald Mer-
cer, Elijah Farnham, of Elizabeth, and James S. Polhemus. In-
terment will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Her sister, Mrs. Wright, said of her in the Genealogical His-
tory of N. J., (I., 227-8): "Beautiful in person, with a fine mind
and charming manners, she was a leader in society for many
years. Intense patriotism was her ruling passion, and with all
the power of her intellect and at personal sacrifice she materially
aided many a good and noble work. Gifted with great wisdom
in management, and with great executive ability, possessing a wide
influence for good, and persistently using all her efforts for the
betterment of mankind, success invariably crowned her labors.
* * * Her death removed from the community one whom all
that knew her intimately revered and loved, and the influence
of her life and work will long be felt, and will be an incentive to
others."
Quinby Memorial Window
In May, 1908, Miss Marie Antoinette' Quinby caused to be
erected in Trinity Episcopal church at Newark, N. J., a stained
glass window as a memorial to her parents. The subject of the
window is "They presented to Him gifts of gold and frankincense
and myrrh,'.' as the inscription states; which also says: "To the
glory of God and in loving memory of James M. Quinby, 1804-
1874, a vestryman of this church, and of Phoebe A. Qui°by, 1818-
1859." The rose window at the top is inscribed: "Glory to God
in the Highest." The window is very beautiful, with oriental
colorings in brilliant reds and purples, and with a large quantity
of gold ornamentation. The window was made in London, by
Heaton, Butler & Bayne. At the time, it was the second stained
glass window in the church, and it is on the north side, the second
from the chancel, and extends above the gallery. (Newark News,
11 May, 1908).
1071. Orlando' (Jotham'', Moses ^, Josiah^, John*,
John^, John^, William^) born about 1808 at South Orange,
N. J., married 19 Aug. 1838, Mary B., daughter of David
and Sarah (Chandler) Condit, born 30 Nov. 1812. Mr.
Quinby removed in 1860 to Bellevue, Ohio, with his family;
he died there 17 Mar. 1865, and Mrs. Quinby died 7 Oct.
1866 (says Prime; 1886, says Dodd). Children:
I. Sarah F. » Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1840; married 31
Oct. 1862, at Bellevue, Ohio, Cyrus Munn of
Orange, N. J., born 12 Feb. 1839; died 18 Oct.
1886; they lived at Huron, Ohio;
II. Mary' Quinby, married a Williams; no children;
The Quinby Family 419
III. Harriet* Qxtinby married George Lamkin (or Lamp-
ing) and lived in Kansas;
IV. Emma* Quinby, married Charles Keyes and lived
at Sandusky, Ohio;
V. Orlando" Quinby, died in infancy;
VI. Otis* Quinby, died in infancy.
1072. Hiram' {Jotham ', Moses ^ Josiah ^ John *,
John^, John^, William^) born about 1810, presumably at
Newark, N. J. W. B. Prime's MS. says he married Har-
riet E. Wyman. Chester W. Quinby of Los Angeles, Cal.,
son of Lewis Frank Quinby, deceased, calls Hiram his
grandfather; says Hiram's wife was Mary Ann, and adds
that James Moses' was Hiram's father (instead of brother).
He also says that Hiram lived at Montgomery, Ala., Waco,
Texas, and Los Angeles, Cal., and names a son;
1830. Lewis Frank' Quinby (see);
1073. Aaron' {Daniel'', Aaron*, Josiah^, John*,
John^, John^, William^) born 13 Oct. 1807, at Orange,
N. J.; married 26 Oct. 1829, Matilda Fordham, daughter
of Henry and Charlotte (Pierce) Williams of Caldwell,
N. J., born 14 Feb. 1809. The records show that Mr.
Quinby was an early member of the Washington Temple
of Honor and Temperance, at Orange, which was founded
in 1849. (Founders, etc., of the Oranges, p. 246). He
lived on Williams st.. Orange. In the census of 1850 he
is called constable. He died 27 Dec. 1881; she died 14
Aug. 1885. Their gravestone is in Rosedale cemetery at
Orange. Children :
1831. I., Edwin Hatfield* Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1832 (see);
II. Mary Elizabeth* Quinby, born 28 Nov. 1834;
married 23 Nov. 1859, Levi S. Gates; she died 4
Apr. 1877, at Buffalo, N. Y.;
III. Martha Matilda* Quinby, born 20 Dec. 1836; her
name is in the Buffalo city directory of 1877 as
boarding there; she was evidently then living with
her older sister; Martha M. died unmarried; the
records give 26 July, 1894, but the Rosedale
cemetery records say she was buried 22 July; the
latter date is more likely wrong;
IV. Stephen Frederick* Quinby, born 19 Feb. 1838;
called Frederick in the census of 1850; he was
buried 24 Mar. 1851, in Rosedale cemetery, and
the plane stone slab bears the following inscrip-
tion: In memory of Stephen Frederick, son of
Aaron and Matilda Quinby, who died March 22d,
1851, after a short sickness of 4 days of scarlet
fever aged 12 years, 3 mo. and 3 days.
420 The Quinby Family
The once loved form now cold and dead
Each mournful thought employs
And nature weeps her comfort fled
And withered all her joys.
But wait the . interposing gloom
And lo! stern winter flies
And dressed in beauty's fairest bloom
The flow'ry tribes arise.
1832. V. Aahon Almekon' Quinby, born 1 Nov. 1841 (see);
1833. VI. John Henry' Quinby, born 18 Feb. 1844 (see).
1075. Daniel Wickliffb* (Daniel ', Aaron », Josiah ',
John*, John^, John^, William^) born 15 Mar, 1818, at
Orange, N. J.; married 1 July, 1840, Mary Gray, born 12
mo. 2, 1816, died 20 Apr. 1872. He died 22 Feb. 1856.
Children :
1834. I. Byron Wickliffe' Quinby, born 21 May, 1843
(see) ;
1835. II. Robert Williams' Quinby, born 4 Dec. 1851 (see).
1077. William Dalley* (Josiah ', Josiah ', Josiah *,
John*, John", John^, William^) born 30 Nov. 1818, at
Readington, N. J.; married Margaret Stout, daughter of
Elijah and Sarah (Thompson) Hudnet, born 22 May, 1832.
William D. spent all his life at Readington, where he prac-
ticed dentistry, with the exception of ten years' residence
at Mt. Pleasant, N. J. He died 8 June, 1889, aged 70y.
6 m. 8 d., and ten years later his widow was still living
at Readington. Children:
1836. I. Stephen DeHart' Quinby, born 21 Dec. 1853, at
Readington (see);
1837. II. John Ditmars Vhoom' Quinby (see);
III. Elizabeth Holcombe' Quinby, born 22 Nov. 1867,
at Mt. Pleasant, N. J.; married 13 Mar. 1899, at
Readington C. E., son of Samuel and Hannah
(Thompson) Connett; address, 1915, Three Bridges
N. J. Many thanks for her kindness in supplying
information about this branch of thfe family.
1079. Daniel Farrand* (James H. ', Josiah «, Jo-
siah \ John*, John\ John\ William^) born 13 Oct. 1806,
near Troy, Morris county, ,N. J. In 1828 he set up as a
grocer at 28 Wooster st.. New York city, corner of Grand;
two years later the directory gives him as in the shoe busi-
ness at 49 Carmine st., corner of Bedford, and in 1831 as
a shoe dealer at 26 Carmine st., and there he remained
through 1834. He married in New York city, 1 Sept.
1835, Harriet Kenny Munn, born 9 Feb. 1809. From
1079DANIEL Faerands Quinby
(photo, loaned by F. Elizabeth Quinby) .
1079DANIEL F.s Quinby Plot,
Greenwood Cemetery.
The Quinbt Family 421
1835 through 1837 his brother Albert H. conducted the
shoe business at 26 Carmine st., and Daniel's name does
not appear in the directory. In 1835 only, the partner-
ship of Quinby & Hulsart appears as shoe dealers at 521
Greenwich st. Daniel's home address in 1833-4 was 19
Bedford st., where James, probably his father, also lived.
In 1839 Daniel F. appears again in the New York city
directory in the same business at 30 Morton st., and in
1840 at 266 Bleecker st., his last appearance.
Mr. Quinby died Saturday, 22 July, 1865, at Parsip-
pany, N. J., and administration was granted to his son
Stanley F., in Kings county, N. Y. (Surrogate rec. lib.
15, p. 67). His widow married William Hogland. The
fine monument in the Quinby plot at Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn, says: "Hannah C. Munn, wife of William Hog-
land, born 17 May, 1811, died 7 May, 1880. Mother."
Children :
I. William" Quinby, born 14 Oct. 1837, died 27 Nov.
1838, at Brooklyn;
1838. II. Stanley Farrand* Quinby, born 1840 (see);
III. Charles S.« Quinby, born 19 Sept. 1842, died 19
Mar. 1846;
1839. IV. Franklin' Quinby, born 1844 (see);
1840. V. JuDSON Scott » Quinby, born 1847 (see).
1080. Albert H.* (James H. ', Josiah », Josiah »,
John*, John', John^, William^) born about 1814 in Morris
county, N. J. The family tradition says, "he married,
went west and died without issue." His father was a boot
manufacturer in New York city as was his brother, and
Albert succeeded to the latter's business at 26 Carmine
St., where he was located from 1835 through 1837, after
which date his name does not appear in the New York
directory. He evidently went west about that time; he
opened a retail shoestore at Lewistown, Fulton county,
111., where the record shows he married 25 Feb. 1842,
Aureliza Buckley and soon died, as his probate proceedings
in Fulton county' took place in 1842-3.
1081. James Houghton* (James H. ', Josiah*, Jo-
siah^, John*, John^, John^, William^) born 17 June, 1826,
near Parsippany, N. J., says his daughter; came about
1830 to New York city with his parents and probably re-
turned some years later to Parsippany to live. He was
married there 7 Sept. 1853, to Nancy Benedict, daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kitchell) Farrand of that town.
A local history says: "He was a successful farmer, of in-
422 The Quinby Family
tegrity and good judgment, who was held in respect and
esteem among his neighbors." He removed to Harford
county, Maryland and died 26 Aug. 1892, near Bel Air,
Md. His widow lives at Highland Park, a suburb of Rich-
mond, Va. (1915). Children:
I. Annie Kitchell' Quinby, born 26 Aug. 1854; mar-
ried 5 Oct. 1881, Charles William Wingfield of
Richmond, Va., where they live;
II. Smith Farband* Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1856, died
7 July, 1865;
1841. III. Frank Houghton' Quinby, born 26 Nov. 1858
(see);
IV. Frances Elizabeth* Quinby ("Elizabeth") born 29
Oct. 1860, near Basking Ridge, Somerset county,
N. J., and in 1915, is living at 801 Third Ave.,
Chestnut Hill, Richmond, Va., where after years
of teaching school, her special work has been
recognized as of unusual value and distinction and
in the city directory of 1912 she is described as
"educator";
V. Phineas Farrand' Quinby, born 12 Oct. 1862,
died 29 Mar. 1865;
VI. William Stevens' Quinby, born 7 Aug. 1864, died
7 May, 1865;
VII. Caroline Smith" Quinby, born 20 Jan. 1866; mar-
ried 11 Dec. 1889, Benjamin Franklin, son of
Monroe and Henrietta Clay (Stevens) Howell,
born 29 Oct. 1862, at Troy Hills, N. J., where he
now lives (1916) address, Boonton, r. f. d. 1;
1842. VIII. Samuel Farrand* Quinby, born 23 Jan. 1868; a
civil engineer; drowned 10 Apr. 1886, in New
River, West Virginia;
1843. IX. James Henry' Quinby, born 11 Apr. 1869 (see);
X. Bertha Aurelia* Quinby, born 22 Jan. 1871; mar-
ried Thomas Howard Hanway of Harford county,
Md., 20 Dec. 1888;
XI. Stanley Benedict' Quinby, born 26 Jan. 1875,
died 17 July, 1875.
Note — I am much indebted to Miss F. Elizabeth Quinby and to Mrs.
B. F. Howell for many of the above dates.
1082. Aaron Pierson* {James H. *, Josiah », Josiah ^
John*, John^, John\ William^) born 20 Sept. 1844, at
Bloomfield, N. J.; married 25 Aug. 1864, at Newark, N. J.,
Ellen Elizabeth, daughter of David Y. and Jane (Gilroy)
Warren, born 22 Nov. 1844, at Newark. The records of
the United States patent office show that he was granted
a patent 4 Mar. 1873 (No. 136,544), for a new form of
oil-can, which he assigned to W. A. Freeman; and he re-
ceived patent No. 231,098 for a machine for flanging and
curling hats, 10 Aug. 1880. His address was then given as
The Quinby Pamu^y 423
East Orange, N. J. Aaron P. was known as Pierson Quin-
by, and died 17 Mar. 1907, at Bloomfield, N. J. (see sketch
following); Mrs. Quinby lives (1915) at 38 Hickory st.,
Bloomfield. Children :
I. William Warren* Quinby, born 13 Aug. 1865, 9,t
Newark, and died there 2 Feb. 1874;
II. Aaron Pierson' Quinby, born 2 Aug. 1867, at
Bloomfield, and died 28 Dec. 1873, at Newark;
III. Warren Booth" Quinby, born 26 Oct. 1869, at
Bloomfield, and died there 13 Dec. 1869;
IV. Martha Sylvester* Quinby, born 16 Nov. 1870,
at Bloomfield; married 8 Dec. 1897, Archibald
Currey ; and has sons, Richard and Archibald ;
V. Walter Gilroy* Quinby, born 15 Aug. 1873, at
East Orange; died there 14 Feb. 1875;
VI. Ellen Elizabeth* Quinby, born 16 May, 1875, at
Bloomfield, married 26 June, 1901, George Hiler,
and has children Hester, George, Evelyn, Nellie
and Robert;
1844. VII. Franklin Warren' Quinby, born 2 Nov. 1877, at
Camden, N. J. (see);
1845. VIII. WiLLARD* Quinby, born 9 Dec. 1884, at East
Orange, N. J. (see);
Note — The foregoing facts were kindly supplied by Mrs. Aaron P. Quinby.
Aaron Pierson Quinby
"Aaron Pierson Quinby, a civil war veteran, died at his home,
331 Franklin street, from heart trouble after an illness of several
months. Mr. Quinby was in the sixty-third year of his age. He
was born in this town and with the exception of the years he was
in the army, his life was spent here and in East Orange. He en-
listed as a soldier in his eighteenth year in Co. F, Twenty-sixth
New Jersey Volunteers, under command of Colonel Andrew Mor-
rison. He afterward served in the Thirty-ninth New Jersey regi-
ment and was in a number of engagements. At the close of the
war he returned here and started in business as a fish dealer.
Later on he was in the oil business at a period when the Standard
Oil Company was getting control of the retail business in oil.
Mr. Quinby was one of the few men who ever came out ahead
of the Standard Oil Company in a deal. Mr. Quinby started in
the newspaper business in East Orange, and his field of operations
included Watsessing. The business he founded is now in other
hands and has grown to be a large one.- While in the newspaper
business he was appointed postmaster for a postal district known
as Watsessing. The district has since been abolished. He was
employed as engineer at the East Orange sewage disposal works
for several years.
"In politics Mr. Quinby was a Republican and in his younger
days was active in party service. He was an adept in military
drill tactics, and served as captain of several political campaign
clubs. During the extensive religious movement in Watsessing
known as the Burns revival, Mr. Quinby and his family became
424 The Quinbt Fauilt
members of the Watsessing M. E. church. He was at one time
an officer in the Salvation Army, and subsequently in the religious
associations known as the Volunteers. While he was a resident
of East Orange Mr. Quinby was a member of Prospect Hose Com-
pany. He is survived by a widow and four children, Mrs. Archi-
bald Curry, of Chatham; Mrs. George Hiler, of Rockaway; Frank
Quinby, of Hackettstown, and Willard Quinby. The funeral
service was held Thursday afternoon and w^as conducted by the
Rev. S. Travena Jackson," said a local newspaper.
1083. William DeHart' (Isaac '', Josiah % Josiah *,
John*, John^, John^, William^) born 9 Feb. 1817, at Hal-
seytown, Hanover township, New Jersey. He married 13
Dec. 1853, Sarah Louisa, daughter of Dayton I. and Har-
riet (Vail) Canfield. She was born 26 July, 1826, and
died in 1890 at her daughter's residence at Rochester,
N. Y. William DeHart* Quinby was for many years a
leading physician in Morristown, N. J. (see sketch follow-
ing). He died 29 Oct. 1877. Child:
Mary Wilson* Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1865, married
15 Sept. 1885, Wilmot Castle at Morristown,
N. J.; she lives at Rochester, N. Y.
Note — I. Q. Gurnee aays: "William Quinby was one m the noted phy-
sicians in Morris county. He was a very distinguished looking man, with long
white hair to his shoulders. He was very fond of his mother and frequently
drove out to Parsippany to have a chat with her and look after her personal
comfort. When he died, all business in Morristown was suspended in his
memory. He had the dominant characteristic of this branch of the family —
he was very determined^ in his ways. I suppose today we would call it obsti-
nate. This photograph is from an oil painting in the possession of his nephew,
Edwin C. Quinby of Parsippany. A beautiful sermon preached in his memory
was printed in the local papers. He was a very lovable person. His body
lies at Parsippany park beside his mother."
Death of Db. Quinby
"A gloom has been cast over our town by the announcement
of the death of Dr. Wm. DeHart Quinby, who after a long ill-
ness expired at his residence on Monday last. The 'old Doctor,'
as he was endearingly called, has been suffering for months from
a disease superinduced by the arduous labors of his profession,
so devotedly followed for a life time, and culminated in a dropsical
affection that after all did its work suddenly, although it had been
known for days that the Doctor was sick unto death. The news
of his demise was received with sorrowful hearts and tears in many
a household where he has himself in past times warded off the
grim monster, and it will be hard to fill his place in families where
for one and two generations he has been a most welcome visitor.
"He studied medicine with the late Stephen Fairchild, of
Parsippany, and received his license from the State Medical So-
ciety. He located in Morristown, where with wonderful fidelity
he has practiced day and night, month in and month out, for
some 33 years. Three times during his practice he was compelled
to rest from his labors for a short season. On two occasions he
]083Dk. William D.'^ (^uixi-iv and Family
* (daguerreotype owned by Mrs. C. E. Connett) .
Elizabeth Holcombe",
daughter of 1083William D.s Quinby and wife of C. E. Connett (photo, by Sunderlin,
Flemington, N. J.)
The Quinby Family 425
took short respites and visited the Bermudas and in 1843 he went
to California, where his declining health warned him that a much
longer relief from business cares and exposure was necessary.
Since his return he has never enjoyed sound health and has labored
as before among the rich and poor, conscious that disease was
slowly taking possession of his system. Although of a social,
generous nature, and a close student himself, the doctor never had
a student under him. He at one time formed a partnership with
his brother Dr. Augustus, now practising near Leedsburg, Va., and
later in 1843, he connected himself with Dr. Stephen Pierson, who
was still associated with him at the time of his death.
"The Doctor's life has been one continuous deed of charity.
Able, a close student, and with large experience, he could have
established himself with but one class of patients had he been V-
so inclined, but this, his naturally charitable and kindhearted
nature would not admit. We believe he never refused a call, even
to the most humble home, no matter what the state of the weather
or the time of the day. It was always a wonder to us when he
slept. By day his horses were continually on the road, and at
night his lantern shed its genial light down street or alley-way
as he answered every summons. His face by day and his lantern
by night were as familiar objects to our citizens as the sun and
moon. Frequently, to save his horses, after a hard days work,
he has trudged two and three miles out into the country with his
lantern as an *nly companion, and his coming was always her-
alded with delight by the sick. He was to a certain extent a
'character,' and always made his visits personally a pleasant one.
He never frightened his patients or their friends, but at all times
encouraged them, and if they passed through a dangerous siege,
they never learned it from him, as he never bragged of what he
had done.
"Although graduating in allopathy, he in after years 'read up'
homeopathy, and practiced either school according to the dictates
of his judgment. His doctrine seemed to be to disregard to a
certain extent all 'pathies' and take the treatment and remedy
which his experience told him were best adapted to the patient,
and his success vindicated his actions. His loss may really be
termed a public calamity, and especially will he be mourned by
the poor, to whom he was more than a friend, serving them de-
votedly in their distress without hopes of and in many cases ap-
parently without care for remuneration. Yet with all his kindness,
all his talents in the healing art, the old Doctor has at last gone
from our midst. We all mourn his loss and may, we also emulate
his devotion to his life's work — his fidelity to the confidence
reposed in him."
Funeral of Db. Quinby
"On Friday noon last, not withstanding the terrific storm, a
large number of the friends of the family of the late Dr. Quinby
gathered in the First Presbyterian church to pay the last sad
tokens of regard to the departed. Previous to the hour of the
funeral a large number of the Doctor's former personal acquaint-
ances had visited his late residence and there took formal leave
of the mortal remains of a once valued friend. The floral gifts
were numerous and embraced almost every design, speaking in
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eloquent terms of the regard in which the deceased was held.
The funeral cortege, preceded by Rev. Drs. Irving and Green
moved up the center aisle of the church, followed by a large num-
ber of physicians, members of the Morris County Medical Society,
of which Dr. Quinby was a member. The pall bearers were
Messrs. James Anderson, Victor Fleury, George Doyle, Samuel
Muddell, John McVay, and Richard Gray. Upon the casket
rested a simple wreath of ivy. The services were opened by Rev.
Rufus Green, in reading a portion of the Scriptures, followed by
singing the 1311 hymn; Rev. Dr. Irving then followed with the
funeral discourse:
"Now one who was born near to this place,' who has spent
most of his active life in this community, whose form has been
so long well-known, whose officials and professional relations have
been so extensive, and ministry of usefulness has been so marked,
is no more. The physician endeared to so many families is taken
away, and hundreds feel that they are this day bereaved. Oh!
it is not one heart that is stricken, not one home that is desolate,
not one family that is deprived of a friend, a comforter and a help-
er. Many like myself, feel that one who has watched with us
around the sick or the dying bed, who has brought healing by
his skill, dissipated gloom from the sick chamber by his hopeful
inspiring words, and infused courage into the wavering, has done
his work and filed up the measure of his days, and we are here
to see the impotence of man, or the way to bury the dead out of
our sight — not to glory in man, but in the Lord and to thank
him for any good he allows his creatures to accomplish.
"He had zeal and self-sacrificing devotion to his profession
as well as sympathy, purity, and delicacy in its discharge. He
was quiet, unobtrusive, modest and retiring in his disposition, yet
decided, self-reliant, calm and self-possessed, forming rather than
demanding faith and showing by his acts and not by his words,
that he could be trusted. He gave himself freely and generously
to his profession, and counted no toil too great, and no attention
out of place if he could thereby save life or assuage pain, what
manner of man he was in all his professional duties and relations
you know; and beyond the immediate sphere of his daily life and
among men eminent in medical skill, he stood high as a safe, re-
liable, skillful and successful practitioner. Affection would lead
me to say more, but I forbear. The beloved physician is gone
and many of us are mourners today.
" 'For many weeks the departed was laid aside from active
service, and what took place in that silent chamber — the thoughts
that were cherished, the prayers that were offered, the feelings
experienced and the new convictions that were entertained, are
sacred. When a certain man, who was eminent in his profession
and of great learning was led to a saving knowledge of the truth,
he seemed to become young again. What his parents taught him
came rushing into his mind and filled his thoughts and ere he
retired to rest, we are told he could only say: Now I lay me down
to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before
I wake; I pray the Lord my soul to take. Without violating I
trust any secrecy, I may say that the same prayer was uttered
again and again by the departed."
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1. Bertha A. Quinby, now Mrs. G. H. Hanway. 2. Carrie S. Quinby, now Mrs.
B. F. Howell. 3. Mrs. James Houghton Quinby. 4. Miss F. Elizabeth Quinby.
5. Annie K. Quinby, now Mrs. Charles W. Wingfield.
The Quinby Family 427
"The Rev. Doctor followed with a fervent prayer, and after
announcing the 446 hymn, dismissed the congregation with the
benediction. The remains were interred in the Presbyterian bury-
ing ground, in Parsippany, in the family plot."
1084. John Alonzo' {Isaac'', Josiah*, Josiah^, John*,
John\ John^, William^) born 27 Nov. 1818, at Parsip-
pany, N. J.; studied law and practised with Judge Schofield
at Morristown, N. J. In 1849 he went to California and
married first, Minerva Moody of New York. He was in
the California legislature from 1855 to 1858, and was
prominent in state affairs; he was an aspirant to the United
States senate, but was unsuccessful. He was mayor of
San Jose, California, for two terms. He married second,
in 1867, Irene Camp, by whom he had Manfred and June;
he died 6 Mar. 1891. "He was a fine orator — the best
public speaker in Morristown, which had many good ones"
(see obituary below). Children:
I. Myra E. • Quinby, married William H. Wright and
lived at San Jose; three children:
II. MiNEBVA Marianna» Quinby, married Edwin A.
Kennedy and had a daughter;
1846. III. Fred Alonzo» Quinby, born 20 Aug. 1852, at San
Jose (see);
1847. IV. Manfred DeHart' Quinby, lives 1912 at Agnew,
Cal.; he appeared in the San Francisco directory
of 1912, as a ganger; later he was an assistant in
a hospital in California;
V. June' Quinby; in 1914 she was a professional nurse
in California, unmarried.
Hon. John A. Quinby
"Death of a Pioneer of San Jose — A Public Spirited Citizen
— One who has served faithfully in various Public Offices and did
much as a Private Citizen" (say the headlines of the following
obituary) .
"John Alonzo Quinby, one of the most active of Santa Clara
county pioneers, has passed to his home beyond. His death
occurred Thursday evening at his home, three miles east of Ever-
green, and the funeral will take place today from the undertaking
parlors of W. L. Woodrow at 11 o'clock a. m. The deceased was
73 years of age and was born in New Jersey. His life here since
pioneer days was an active one until a few years ago, when he
returned to his farm. His death was the result of a lingering ill-
ness contracted in 1886, and terminating in partial paralysis,
which for the last seven months of his life confined him to his
bed. Mr. Quinby came from his native state to this valley in
1849, and at once began a life of activity which made him promi-
nent among the residents of the county. In 1850 he constructed
the first public roadway from this city to Santa Cruz. In 1852
he was actively engaged in the lumber business in the Santa Cruz
428 The Quinbt Family
mountains with Volney D. Moody, brother of D. B. Moody of
this city, who is now a prominent banker and capitalist of Oak-
land. In 1856 he served as Assemblyman from this county to
the State Legislature and subsequently filled the position of Jus-
tice of the Peace in this city. From 1863 to 1869 he was Mayor
of San Jose, and following his retirement from that office was a
member of the Board of Supervisors for two terms. The de-
ceased was, prior to his last illness, a man of fine physique and
well known to many earnest friends throughout Central California
as the embodiment of a vigorous intellect and unswerving integrity.
Mr. Quinby was twice married, his first wife, Minerva, who died
in 1866, being the daughter of R. G. Moody, a well known pioneer,
long since departed. Three children survive: Mrs. W. H. Wright
of this city; Mrs. E. A. Kennedy, of Los Gatos and Fred A.
Quinby, now Assistant United States Consul at Tapachula, State
of Chiapas, Mexico. In 1867 Mr. Quinby married Miss Irene
Kamp, who with her two children are residents of the Quinby farm
near Evergreen. The pioneer residents of this county will bear
willing testimony to the deep regard entertained for the departed
by all who had the pleasure and profit of an intimate acquaint-
ance in social and business circles. He was in every respect an
honest, public-spirited man and he did much to advance the wel-
fare of Santa Clara county." (From a San Jose newspaper).
1085. Isaac Ferdinand* {Isaac'', Josiah*, Josiah^,
John*, John^, John^, William^) born 29 Jan. 1821, near
Morristown, N. J. "He was graduated at the U. S. Mili-
tary Academy in 1843, standing first in engineering. He
was a classmate and close friend of General Grant. He
was an assistant professor at West Point in 1845-7 and took
part in several skirmishes on the Rio Grande and Vera
Cruz lines at the close of the Mexican war. He went to
Rochester, N. Y., in September, 1851, to become professor
of mathematics in the newly founded university in that
city, and resigned from the army, 16 March, 1852. He
held his professorship until the Civil war, and then be-
came colonel of the 13th New York regiment. Under his
command, it marched through Baltimore 30 May, being
the first body of National troops to pass through that city
after the attack upon the 6th Massachusetts regiment 19
April, 1861. Col. Quinby resigned his commission 2 Aug.
1861, and resumed his chair; but he was appointed Brigadier
General of Volunteers, 17 March, 1862, and in the follow-
ing month was assigned to the command at Columbus
Ky. In October, 1862, he was relieved, to take command
of the 7th division of the Army of the Tennessee. The
division was sent to take part in the movement to turn
the Confederate right flank at Vicksburg by Yazoo pass,
the Coldwater, Tallahatchie and Yazoo rivers. Amid
great difficulties Gen. Quinby pushed on to Fort Pember-
1085GEN. Isaac F.s Quinby of Ecchester, N. Y.
(photograph of the monument at Vicksburg National Park, Miss.)
The QuiNBT Family 429
ton, where he arrived 23 March. Finding that there was
no ground suitable for camping or moving a large body
of troops, and the fire of the small gun-boats being inef-
fectual, he conceived the idea of going around to the east
side of Fort Pemberton, crossing the Yallabusha river on
a pontoon bridge, cutting the communications of the fort,
and compelling its surrender; but he also constructed works
for a direct attack, and sent back to Helena for heavy
guns. The boat that carried them brought orders from
Gen. Grant to abandon the movement by Yazoo pass, and
Gen. Quinby withdrew his force from before Fort Pember-
ton 5 April. The fatigues and anxieties of this expedition
in a malarious region brought on a severe illness, and he
was ordered home on sick-leave, 1 May, 1863. But learn-
ing, a few days after reaching home, the progress of Grant's
movement to the rear of Vicksburg, he hastened back,
assuming command of his division on the 17th, and taking
part in the assault of the 19th, and the subsequent move-
ments.
Illness again rendered him unfit for duty in the field,
5 June, and he went to the north under Grant's orders,
remaining in Rochester until 1 July. He then commanded
the rendezvous at Elmira till 31 December, 1863, when,
convinced that he would not again be able to go to the
front, he resigned- his commission and resumed his duties
as professor in the university. In May, 1869, he was
appointed U. S. Marshal for the northern district of New
York, and he held that office during Gen. Grant's two presi-
dential terms, holding his professorship also till September,
1884. In May, 1885, he was appointed city surveyor of
Rochester. He was a trustee of the Soldiers' home at
Bath, N. Y., and vice-president of the board from the foun-
dation of the institution in 1879 till his resignation in 1886.
In addition to his official duties, he was frequently employed
as a consulting engineer. He revised and rewrote several
of the works in the Robinson course of mathematics, and
the treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus in
that series is altogether his. (Appleton's Cyclopaedia of
American Biography).
Mexican War, Claim of Isaac F. Quinby, No. 874 for bounty
land. Affidavit dated 21 Nov. 1850 of Isaac F. Quinby: "That
he is twenty-nine years old, at present stationed at the post of
Fort Adams, R. I., and that he is the identical Isaac F. Quinby
who was a commissioned officer in the Third U. S. Artillery, com-
manded by Col. William Gates, during the war with Mexico, 13
May, 1846; that he graduated at the U. S. Military Academy 1
July, 1843, that he has been continuously in the army of the
430 The Quinby Family
United States from that time to the present; and that he was con-
sequently in actual service during the entire time of said war."
The official record, U. S. Army, is as follows: "Quinby, Isaac
Ferdinand, New Jersey, Cadet, Military Academy, July 1, 1839.
Graduated 6th in class. Brevet 2nd Lieut. 2nd Art. July 1, 1843;
2nd Lieut. 3rd Art. Dec. 20, 1845; 1st Lieut. March 3, 1847;
Regimental Quartermaster, Oct. 24, 1848; Regimental Adjt. Oct,
10, 1850, to Nov. 1, 1851; resigned March 16, 1852; Col. 13th
New York Infantry Mav 14, 1861; resigned Aug. 4, 1861; Brig.
Gen. U. S. Vols. March 17, 1862; resigned Dec. 31, 1863; died
Sept. 18, 1891."
The life of Gen. Grant, by Larke and Patton, contains two
letters of interest. The first refers to contraband trade carried on
thrtfugh Memphis, and is as follows: "V. S. Military Telegraph,
Corinth, July 26, 1862. Brigadier General I. F. Quinby, Colum-
bus, Ky., General: Examine the baggage of all speculators com-
ing south and when they have specie turn them back. If medi-
cine and other contraband articles, arrest them and confiscate the
contraband articles. Jews should receive special attention. U. S.
Grant, Major Gen." (p. 115). This book mentions Gen. I. F.
Quinby as sixth in Grant's class at West Point. Grant stood
twenty-first.
The other letter, written to the wife of Gen. Quinby by Gen.
Grant, explains itself: "Chattanooga, Tenn. Dec. 13, 1863. Dear
Madam: The letter of my old friend and classmate your husband
requesting a lock of my hair which I assume is to be sold at the
bazaar for the benefit of disabled soldiers and their families, is
just received. The object is so praiseworthy I cannot refuse it
. to the Ladies of Rochester. Hoping the fair may remunerate most
abundantly I remain very truly your friend, U. S. Grant, Maj.
Gen. U. S. A." (p. 463).
Isaac Q. Gurnee says: "General Quinby's oldest son, DeHart
Quinby, a graduate of West Point and a lieutenant in the army,
underwent an operation at Fort Leavenworth without notifying
his family, and died. General Quinby was deeply affected and
was a different man afterward. Uncle Eugene Quinby told me
that uncle Isaac ran away from West Point and came home;
grandfather hitched up the gray mare and went right back with
him and told him he must get through. Uncle Isaac wrote my
mother that he w^as coming to see the old homestead before he
passed away, and mother and I went over to Parsippany to see
him; his daughter Ruth, and uncle William's daughter Mary were
with him. The general wanted to have a drink out of the old
well and I went with him. The water had a mineral taste and
he said, 'I have not drank out of it in twenty years, but it tastes
just the same.' He wandered all around the old farm and said
those were his happy days and showed great emotion."
Gen, Isaac F. Quinby married Elizabeth Greenbury,
daughter of John Lane and Caroline (Goldsborough) Gardi-
ner; Gen. Quinby died 18 Sept. 1891; his widow died 31
Mar. 1902. Their children were:
1848. I. DbHart* Quinby, born 1 Sept. 1849, died 1873;
he was a lieutenant in the United States army;
1086DAVID Eugene^ Quinby.
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The Quinby Family 431
1849. II. Fbank» Quinby, born 6 Oct. 1860, died 1890;
III. Charles Goldsbobough » Quinby, born 6 Apr.
1852, died in infancy;
IV. Kate Gardner" Quinby, born 22 Jan. 1854; mar-
ried Isaac Gridley Scranton; address, 1910, 27
Strathallan Park, Rochester, N. Y.;
V. RuTH» Quinby, born 16 May, 1856; unmarried, ad-
dress, 1915, 46 Prince st., Rochester, N. Y.;
VI. Lois Olive » Quinby, born 17 Feb. 1858, died 14
- July 1892, unmarried, at Alt. Vernon, N. Y.;
1850. VII. John Gardner' Quinby, born 11 Aug. 1859 (see);
1851. VIII. Isaac Henry' Quinby, born 28 Jan. 1861 (see);
1852. IX. Arnot' Quinby, born 20 June, 1864 (see);
1853. X. Henry Dean* Quinby, born 23 Mar. 1866 (see);
XI. Caroline Wallace' Quinby, born 23 July, 1867,
lives, unmarried, 1916, 46 Prince st., Rochester,
N. Y.;
1854. XII. Edwin Rufus' Quinby, born 31 July, 1869 (see);
XIII. Elizabeth Grebnbury" Quinby, born 12 June,
1871, died 1872.
Note — These dates were kindly supplied by Arnot' Quinby, Esq.
1086. David Eugene' (Isaac ^, Josiah^, Josiah^, John*,
John', John^, William^) born 6 Dec. 1822, at Parsippany,
N. J.; married first, by Rev. John Ford, 30 Oct. 1849, to
Sarah Louise, daughter of Samuel Brant and Elizabeth C.
(Righter) Harrison; she was called Louisa, and was born
16 Jan. 1829 and died in 1895. Mr. Quinby married sec-
ond, 20 Oct. 1896, Anna, daughter of John Nelson Mitchell
of Troy Hills, N. J. "Mr. Quinby spent his boyhood on
his father's farm and was educated in the public schools.
After his marriage he settled on the old Harrison farm and
followed farming; of late years he has extensively engaged
in the dairy business to his profit, the products of his
dairy always finding a ready sale on account of their high
quality. He has served on the county board of freeholders,
and he is a member of the Methodist church, as was his
first wife." (History of Morris County). Mr. Quinby
died 20 Oct. 1896. Children:
I. Clara Louise' Quinby, born 13 Nov. 1852; mar-
ried 13 Nov. 1872, Edwin S. Wilson of Whippany,
N. J.;
II. William Harrison' Quinby, born 12 May, 1862,
died in infancy;
1856. III. Harrison' Quinby, born 11 May, 1866 (see).
1087. Dewitt Clinton* (Isaac \ Josiah", Josiah*,
John*, John\ John\ William') born 8 Feb. 1830 at Par-
sippany, N. J., married 27 Jan. 1852, Adelia S., daughter
432 The Quinby Family
of Daniel and Parmelia Ball of Hanover, N. J., born 29
June, 1830; she died 11 June, 1888. Mr. Quinby was
"one of the best known men in Morris county. He was
commissioned lay judge by Governor Green in 1887. Prev-
ious to his appointment he had never occupied a county
ofl&ce, but had held several local offices and was prominently
identified with county politicb. He died at his home at
Parsippany 12 May, 1891, of pneumonia, after an illness
of three weeks." (N. Y. Tribune, 13 May, 1891). Children:
1856. I. Edwin Clinton' Quinby, born 7 May, 1857 (see);
II. Mahy A.» Quinby, born 25 Oct. 1858 (says E. C.
Q.. 23 Oct. says W. B. Prime); married 31 Mar.
1881, Charles H. Leonard; she died 31 Mar. 1881,
and Mr. Leonard married second, 19 Jan. 1887,
Gertrude, daughter of Jesse Pierson.
HON. DEWITT C.« QUINBY
"The name of Quinby figures conspicuously in the history of
Morris county, and Judge DeWitt Clinton Quinby was one who
added new luster to the family records. A man of strong indi-
viduality and mentality, of firm purpose and sound judgment,
he left an impress for good on the community that will long be
felt. His reputation in business circles was unassailable, and he
belonged to that class of representative Americans, who, loyal
to their country and its principles, support all measures for the
public good and do all in their power to promote the best in-
terests of county, state and nation.
"Judge Quinby was born on the old family homestead, in
Hanover township, Morris county, on the 8th of February, 1830.
He received his early mental training in the schools of Hanover
township, and remained under the parental roof until he had at-
tained his majority. He then turned his attention to agricultural
pursuits, managing the farm in Hanover township upon which his
brother, David E. Quinby, now resides. In 1863 he removed to
the village of Hanover, and in 1867 returned to the old home-
stead farm, whereon he spent the remainder of his days, his death
occurring on the 12th of May, 1891. He managed his business
interests with system and precision, and his energy, industry and
sound judgment brought to him a comfortable competence.
"He was also quite prominent in public affairs, and was
frequently called to public office by his fellow townsmen, who
recognized his worth and ability. He served for five consecutive
years as tax collector, having been elected over his Republican
opponent by a majority of one hundred and fifty. In 1887 he
was appointed to the office of associate judge of Morris county by
the Governor, and his candidacy for the office received the earnest
support and recommendation of ex-Governor Werts, who at that
time was a senator from New Jersey. Mr. Quinby continued to
fill the office of associate judge until his death, and discharged
his duties with such promptness, fidelity and ability that he won
the high commendation of all concerned. In his home and in all
the other relations of life Judge Quinby was true to the duties
lOSTHoN. DeWitt C.s Quinby.
Mary and Eddie,
children of DeWitt C.s Quinby of
Parsippaiiy, N. ,1. (piioto. by Alex-
ander & Stevens, Morristown, N. J.,
loaned by Miss Frances E. Quinby).
1088DR. George Augustus" Quinby, New York City.
The Quinby Familt 433
and responsibilities devolving upon him, and his well spent life
commended him to the confidence and regard of his fellow towns-
men, which he enjoyed in an unusual degree."
1088. George Augustus' {Isaac ', Josiah «, Josiah %
John*, John", John^, William^) born 4 Mar. 1832, at
Parsippany, N. J.; prepared at Metcalf school to enter
Princeton College as a sophomore, but this was impractic-
able as a result of financial conditions, so at the persuasion
of an elder brother, Dr. William DeHart Quinby, he studied
medicine with him and graduated from New York Univer-
sity in 1856 with the degree of M. D. In June following
he passed a competitive examination and 1 July he was
appointed surgeon on the staff of the New York Hospital,
his home being at 319 Broadway. The following year he
left New York. Dr. George practised surgery with great
distinction at Morristown, N. J., until 1864, and then re-
ceived the appointment of attending surgeon at St. Luke's
Hospital in New York city. He was in active practice in
New York from 1865 to 1867 at 21 East 38th street. Dr.
Quinby was married by Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D., at
Trinity church, N. Y., 12 Jan. 1864, to Mary Gamble
Sneden. Dr. Quinby purchased "Oak Hill," the former
home of President Monroe in Loudon county, Virginia,
and on account of his wife's health lived there from 1870
to 1885, where he occupied himself with the care of the
estate and in scientific pursuits, and became a member
of the executive committee of the State Agricultural So-
ciety at Richmond, Va. Dr. Quinby had a plantation
near St. Augustine, Florida, where for some years he spent
his winters; he also has travelled extensively abroad. About
1885, he returned to New York city, and has a beautiful
residence at 24 W. 55th st., a few doors from Fifth avenue,
where he lives at the present time (1915). He is a member
of the Metropolitan Club. Children:
1857. I. George Totten' Quinby, born 4 Mar. 1865 (see);
II. John Sneden' Quinby, born 1871; died 11 Mar.
1878, at New Orleans, La., aged 7 y.; buried 16
Mar. 1878, in Greenwood cemeterv, Brooklyn,
N. Y. (Trinity ch. rec, N. Y. city. II. 518).
At this point Nos. 1089 to 1182 inclusive with sons num-
bered 1858 to 1968 inclusive, are omitted, to be included in
a future volume.
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434 The Quinby Family
1185. George Conrad* (George Francis^, Ephraim',
Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah', John^, William^) born 17 Feb.
1872, at Marietta, Ohio; married in 1899 at Fremont,
Ohio, Nellie M., daughter of John J. Baker. In 1911 he
was living at 606 North Rex st., Clinton, Ohio.
1186. Arthur Forker* (Charles Stewarf, Ephraim*,
Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 18 Nov.
1880, at Sharon, Pa.; married first, , who died 28
Feb. 1904; he married second, 5 June, 1909, at New Castle,
Pa., by Elmer E. Higby, to Anna Guyton of Mercer, Pa.,
age 28, whose previous marriage had been dissolved for
cruelty. Mr. Quinby is an electrician, living at 651 Ham-
ilton ave., New Castle, Pa.
1188. Charles Carmi* (Quincy Adams'', Samuel*,
Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah^, John", WiUiam^) born 11 Mar.
1872, at Sharon, Pa.; married 26 June, 1899, at Youngs-
town, Ohio, Clara, daughter of H. L. and Addie (Read)
Skillman of Newcastle, Pa., born 3 June, 18— at Hubbard,
Ohio; Mr. Quinby died 21 Sept. 1902; no children; Mrs.
Quinby lived at 912 Shehy st., Youngstown, Ohio; in 1915
at 53 Falls ave.
1189. Elmer Herbert' (Quincy Adams'', Samuel*,
Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah*, John", William^) born 17 Mar.
1876, at Sharon, Pa., married by Rev. J. E. FuUon, 19
Sept. 1906, Grace Patterson, age 24, at Sharpsville, Pa.;
they live at Sharon. Children born at Sharon:
1969 I. Paul Lincoln' Quinby, born 16 May, 1908;
II. Gertrude Elizabeth* Quinby, born 15 Feb. 1910.
1192. Charles Augustus' (Samuel Augustus ', Charles
Stewart*, Samuel^, Ephraim*, Josiah*, John", William^)
born at Sharon, Pa., 28 Oct. 1873. In 1901 he married
Elizabeth White of Hubbard, Ohio. IJp to 1913 he was
Inspector for the Isthmian Canal Commission for three
years. In 1914 he is an inspector for the New York State
Highway Commission. He has one child:
Julia Porter' Quinby, bom Nov. 1902.
Here are omitted Nos. 1195 to 1201 inclusive, sons of
Elijah'', the patriarch of Millington, Md., with their sons,
numbered 1970 to 1986.
1202. William P.' (William F. ^ William B. «, Ephraim *,
Ephraim*, Josiah\ John", William^) born 23 Dec. 1859,
1210EDWARD McConahays Quinbt, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.
1987
I.
II.
III.
1988.
IV.
1989.
V.
VI.
1990.
VII.
The Quinbt Family 435
at Memphis, Tenn.; married 25 Dec. 1888, by Rev. W. H.
Sweet at Salina, Kan., to Laura E., daughter of Elliott J.
and Persis (Mitchell) Peck, born 13 June, 1867, at Water-
town, N. Y. In 1915 he lived at Western Springs, 111.,
and is a lawyer at Chicago. Children:
Fremont P.' Quinbt, born 23 Sept. 1889, at Salina;
loNE M.» QuiNBY, born 21 Apr. 1891, at Salina;
named in Chicago directory, 1911, living at West-
ern Springs;
Marguerite 9 Quinbt, born 21 Feb. 1895, at West-
ern Springs;
William S. » Quinbt, born 15 May, 1896, at West-
ern Springs;
Elliott P.* Quinbt, born 13 June, 1897, at Western
Springs;
(male) » Quinbt, born and died 11 July, 1899, at
Western Springs;
Mills Rogers' Quinbt, born 11 Mar. 1904, at
Cartersville, Ga.
Note — Above list kindly furnished' by William P. Quinby, Esq.
1204. Chauncy C* {William'', Warren B. *, Ephraim^,
Ephraim*, Josiah^, John", William^) born 17 Jan. 1858,
at Lordstown, Ohio; married Laura J., daughter of William
Harrison and Barbara (Boyd) Waterman of Hicksville,
Ohio. Chauncy C, wife and family live (1911) at 9 Dickey
ave., Warren, Ohio, where he is an electrician, as are his
three sons. Children, so far as I know:
1991. I. Clarence C.« Quinbt;
1992. II. Alorvin* Quinbt;
1993. III. Wallace Edward* Quinbt.
1210. Edward McConahay* {Edward McConahay ',
Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Ephraim*, Josiah', John", William^)
born 26 July, 1884, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; married 1 June, 1911,
Henrietta M., daughter of L. Benford Bowlin of Pittsburgh,
formerly of Wheeling, W. Va. ; the wedding ceremony was
performed in Grace Reformed Church, Pittsburgh, by Rev.
John H. Prugh. The paper says: "The bride was given
away by her father; she wore a gown of white satin, the
bodice being of Chantilly lace, which also formed panels
in the skirt; a full court train was worn and a tulle veil
held with a crown of lilies of the valley." Mr. and Mrs.
Quinby live (1914) at 5645 Darlington road, Pittsburgh;
Mr. Quinby is president of the Quinby Construction Co.,
with oflBces in the Peoples Savings Bank Building at Pitts-
burgh. Child :
1994. Edward M.» Quinby, born 16 Oct. 1913.
436 The Quinbt Pamilt
1214. George Wright* {James Mofiet % George \ Eph-
raim^, Ephraim*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 19 Aug.
1885, at Wooster, Ohio; married 22 June, 1909, Julia Eliza-
beth, born 22 Aug. 1886, at Wooster, daughter of James
and Ellen (Wiler) Miller. In 1915, he lives at 214 Spink
St., Wooster, where he is in the insurance business. Child:
I. Flobence Eloisb» Quinbt, born 13 July, 1910;
II. (son)" QuiNBY, born 1912, and soon died.
1215. Arthur Pell* (Elijah PeW, Daniel^, Moses ^,
Aaron*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 11 mo. 18, 1835,
at Henrietta, Munroe county, N. Y.; and lived with his
parents at Laporte, Ind.; he married Emily E. ,
and died Oct. 1907, at Bellingham, Wash. Child:
1995. Albert Pell' Quinby (see).
1216. Daniel* (Elijah Pell'', Daniel^, Moses ^, Aaron*,
Josiah^, John", William^) born 13 May, 1837, at Albion,
Mich.; married 27 May, 1875, at Laporte, Ind., Julia,
daughter of Charles and Olive Macy (Stanton) Vail, born
20 Nov. 1847, at Laporte. Mr. Quinby's address in 1911
was Russell, Nez Perces county, Idaho; in 1912 Lordsburg,
. Cal. Children:
1996. I. Daniel Vail» Quinbt, born 3 July, 1876, at La-
porte, Ind.; died 25 Nov. 1892, at Lewistown,
Mont.;
1997. II. Robert Claire' Quinby, born 13 May, 1880, at
Chetopa, Kan. (see);
III. Olive Faith Montana' Quinby, ("Faith") born 23
Apr. 1890, at Lewistown, Mont.; in 1912 she lives
at Lordsburg, Cal.
Note — The foregoing dates were supplied by Daniel' Quinby, Esq.
1218. Charles Francis* (Elijah PeW, Daniel^, Mo-
ses^, Aaron*, Josiah^, John", William^) born 16 Jan. 1851,
at Jackson, Mich.; lived at Laporte, Ind.; married 11 Mar.
1874, at Hackberry township, Labette county, Kansas, by
Rev. C. H. McCreery, to Amelia A., daughter of Phineas
and Elizabeth (Boyd) Stanton, born 19 Oct. 1857, at
Batavia, 111. Mr. Quinby lived at Atoka, Okla., until in
November, 1911, he moved to Manhattan, Nevada. At
Atoka he was vice president and general manager of the
Atoka Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Quin-
by's children:
1998. I. Charles Stanton" Quinby, horn 10 Apr. 1874, at
Chetopa, Kan. (see);
The Quinby Family 437
II. Paul Bebtkam» Quinby, born 19 Feb. 1879, at
Harper, Kan.; died 9 Nov. 1880, at Wickes, Mont.;
III. Olive Esmeralda' Quinby, born 21 Dec. 1881, at
Aurora, Nev.; married 12 Mar. 1902, at Wichita,
Kan., by Rev. J. D. Ritchie, to Francis Edward
Montee, president of the Cherokee Belt and Inter-
urban Railway Co., at Cherokee, Okla.
1219. William Crocker* (Henry '', Daniel ^ Moses ",
Aaron*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 23 Dec. 1838, at
Mendon, Munroe county, N. Y,; married in 1861 at Hen-
rietta, N. Y., Nancy Jane, daughter of William and Minerva
(Post) Ryno, born at Henrietta, 5 Dec. 1841; went to Cal-
ifornia and became connected with the San Francisco
Journal of Commerce, and lived across the bay at Alameda.
He was a resident of San Francisco 4 June, 1887, when he
was granted U. S. patent No. 355412, for an electrolyte
and depolarizer for galvanic batteries. Mr. Quinby died
18 Nov. 1905, at Alameda, Cal. His widow Nancy J.
died 8 May, 1908, at Rochester, N. Y. Children, born
(except the first) at Henrietta, N. Y.:
I. Saeah Minerva* Quinby, born 20 July, 1862, at
Mendon; married 16 Nov. 1882, Samuel L. Jones
and lives at Henrietta, Dutchess county, N. Y.;
1999. II. Henry Ryno' Quinby, born 4 July, 1864, married
about 1892, and lived at Rochester, N. Y.
III. Nellie Jane' Quinby, born 24 Jan. 1868; married
17 Sept. 1889, Frank Hendershot;
IV. Onnolie' Quinby, born 10 Jan. 1871, died 13 Dec.
1871.
1220. Byron Culver' (Henry ', Daniel *, Moses *,
Aaron*, Josiah", John'', William^) born 1843, probably in
Munroe county; went to Massachusetts to live, and is said
to have become a wealthy manufacturer at Plymouth, Mass.
He was granted U. S. patent No. 170112, for a machine
for making rivets, 16 Nov. 1875, and patent No. 374701
for a wood screw, 13 Dec. 1887. He was killed, his skull
being fractured, in an automobile accident at Kingston,
Mass., 30 Aug. 1906, and was buried in Evergreen ceme-
tery at Kingston.
1221. George Turner* (Henry'', Daniel^, Moses ^,
Aaron*, Josiah^, John'', William^) born 1848, at Mendon,
Munroe county, N. Y.; his family were Quakers; he went
to Buffalo, Erie county, N. Y., to live, and appears there
in the city directory from 1873 to 1892, first as a law
student, then as a lawyer. The real estate records show
that he was frequently buyer and seller from about 1880.
438 The Quinby Family
He became District Attorney of Erie county. He married
20 Sept. 1876, at Buffalo, Sarah L., daughter of A. P.
Howell. He died at the Buffalo State Hospital, 17 Nov.
1895. His will, dated 1 July, 1891, is very brief, leaving
everything to his wife, Sally L., who is named executrix;
it was probated in Erie county, 8 June, 1897 (vol. 52, p.
536). His estate was described as worth "at least $5000"
personalty, not including life insurance or real estate.
1223. John Sands' (William^, Moses ^, Samuel^, Mo-
ses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 4 Aug. 1805, at Chap-
paqua, Westchester county, N. Y.; his son Thomas told
me in 1910 that John S. married Sarah Delamater, and
lived at Jacksonville, Greene county, near Coxsackie, N. Y.,
and died 31 Jan. 1836. Children:
2000. I. Thomas Sands' Quinby, born 2 Sept. 1833 (see);
II. Mary Ann* Quinby, born 10 Nov. 1835; married
Gilbert Ferris; her son William D. lives at Sunset
ave., Utica, N. Y.
1224. Moses* {William'', Moses*, Samuel^, Moses*,
Josiah^, John^, William'^) born 15 Apr. 1810, at Chappaqua,
Westchester county, N. Y.; he moved to Greene county
and married 8 Sept. 1832, Martha Powell, daughter of John
and Mary (Fosdick) Norbury, born 18 Dec. 1813, at
'Grimeles', N. Y. Mr. Quinby and his family moved to
St. Johnsville in the '50's and lived near there till his death,
26 May, 1875 (21 May, says Thomas S.»). The family
moved in 1887 to Stamford, Conn., where Mrs. Quinby
died at 349 Atlantic ave., 31 Oct. 1901; she was buried at
St. Johnsville, N. Y. Mr. Quinby was the most widely
known individual of our name, owing to his studies in bee-
culture, which are famous throughout the world. His first
copyright was in 1874, when he took out copyright No.
13306 for his well known book, re-edited by his son-in-law,
Mr. Root, with the following title: "M. Quinby's New Bee
Keeping, by L. C. Root, with one hundred illustrations and
portrait of M. Quinby"; this was again copyrighted in 1879,
No. 5818. (See biographical sketch following). Children:
2001. I. John William* Quinby, born 4 Oct. 1833, at Cox-
sackie, Greene county, N. Y. (see);
II. Elizabeth Hannah' Quinby ("Hannah E.") born
19 July, 1837; married 15 Dec. 1869, Lyman C.
Root, and died 16 Jan. 1866; children, Kathryn
Hildreth Root, and Stella Quinby Root, M. D.,
of Stamford, Conn. (N. Y. Med. Coll. & Hosp.
for Women, '96; Mem. Conn. State Hom. Soc;
The QmNBY Family 439
Amer. Inst.; professor of Obstetrics, N. Y. Med.
Coll.; asst. gyn., Stamford Hosp.).
Note — Maurice Maeterlinck, the .great Belgian literary geniun in his work
"The Life of the Bee" in §3, speaking of the hive with movable combs, and the
invention of the movable frame, "adopted in America with extraordinary suc-
cess" adds: "Root, Quinby, Dadant, Cheshire, De Layens, Cowan, Ileddon,
Howard, etc., added still further and precious improvements." (Amer. Ed.,
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1904, p. 15).
MOSES» QUINBY
AUTHOKITY ON BEES AND BEE-KEEPING
The following paragraphs are from a late edition of Mr.
Quinby's book:
"Fifty years ago," (this sketch was evidently written in 1879)
"Mr. Quinby, then a lad of nineteen, procured his first hive of
bees, and began bee-keeping. He was wholly unacquainted with
their management, save with the simplest directions for hiving
swarms, and the use of brimstone for securing the honey, when
desired. * * *
"Thus, the first steps in the right direction being taken, it
was easy to devise boxes with glass sides; and twenty-five years
ago, we find Mr. Quinby recommending boxes six inches square,
with glass on all four sides, with the remark that, 'the expense
of making is a little more for the same amount of honey, yet, when
it is marketed, a few customers will prefer this size.' Mr. Quinby's
desire to understand the minutest details of everything which
came under his observation, led him to become thoroughly familiar
with the habits of his little favorites; and, unaided by the dis-
coveries of foreign writers with which he was then wholly unac-
quainted, he demonstrated for himself many of the facts and prin-
ciples which the progress of today easily enables us to verify.
"At the end of a quarter of a century, he had so satisfactorily
established a system of bee-keeping that would insure reasonable
return for a stated investment, that he felt warranted in publish-
ing the first edition of this work entitled 'Mysteries of Bee-keeping
Explained.' He hoped thereby to benefit others by disseminating
the knowledge he had acquired, and to encourage an industry,
evidently designed by the Creator, when he caused uncounted
flowers to annually secrete tons of liquid honey, and created a tiny
insect with instinct to gather and preserve this 'treasure-trove.'
"Simultaneously with this publication, appeared the first
edition of 'Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee.' These two
works were the first of any great value that had been Written in
America. Their coincident appearance was always a great gratifi-
cation to Mr. Quinby, as it affoi-ded no opportunity for either
to accuse the other of profiting by his investigations; and gave to
both the honor of much original discovery. These books were
subsequently revised, Mr. Langstroth's in 1859, and Mr. Quinby's
in 1865. About this time., the 'Bee-keeper's Directory' by J. S.
Harbison, appeared. Mr. Harbison was the pioneer bee-keeper
of California, and has done much to develop bee-culture in that
State."
As an expression of Mr. Langstroth's appreciation of Mr.
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Quinby's work, I give the following, from his writings: "I shall
here quote from one of the most common-sense works on practical
bee-keeping which has ever been written in our language. * * •
I refer to the 'Mysteries,' etc. by Mr. Quinby. This treatise
bears marks, on almost every page, of being the work of an ac-
curate, experienced, and thoroughly honest observer."
"After the death of Mr. Quinby, the preparation of a new
and revised edition of his work, which he had in contemplation,
fell into the hands of Mr. L. C. Root, his relative and long-time
business associate. This secured the incorporation of Mr. Quinby's
latest views and methods, and
the introduction of important
I I rovements that had
ti just been tested, es-
pecially that of
comb-founda-
tion, and the
treatise thus
embodied
the experi-
ence of two
skilled api-
arians. Dur-
ing the lat-
ter years of
his life, he
was partic-
ularly anx-
ious to em-
body his
ripest experience, and most important discoveries, in a new and
thorough revision of his book; and had his life been prolonged a few
years, this work would have been done by his own hands."
QniNBY HIVE, WITH FRAMBS AND BOXES.
Memorial of M. Quinby
By Capt. J. E. Hetherington, Cherry Valley, N. Y.
"I approach the task before me with mingled feelings of love,
admiration, and duty; love for the man, cemented by intimate
friendly relations with him for more than twenty years. I went
to him when a mere lad for instruction in bee-culture, and he so
beautifully unveiled the wonderful mysteries of the natural his-
tory and practical management of the honey-bee, that I left him
that day, impressed as I had never been before. As I afterwards
learned to know him, I found that his kind, considerate manner,
and evident pleasure in imparting instruction, were but the man-
ifestation of qualities of heart and purpose, strongly marked in
his character. My admiration for his sterling, manly attributes,
and eminently useful life, inspire me to attempt, in a small meas-
ure, to discharge a duty resting on me, in common with every
bee-keeper in the land; that of putting in some enduring form, a
tribute to his unselfish life-work in promoting the science of bee-
culture.
"His writings have made their impress on bee-literature, and
The Quinbt Familt 441
his name is familiar in every home where honey bees are kept
for pleasure or profit. Thousands are today enjoying a delicious
and wholesome article of food that would have remained un-
gathered, except for his earnest advocacy of the business as a
source of revenue to the nation, and profit to the bee-keeper.
He was ever unselfishly urging people to adopt this calling, that
the millions of pounds of honey annually going to waste, might
be garnered for the use of mankind; and he devoted the best of
his life to imparting instruction that would lead to this end.
Thus, through his writings, and through his life-work for the bene-
fit of mankind, he built to himself a monument more enduring
than brass; and to complete the memorial, it is the wish of all
who knew him to have inscribed on its tablet, that which will
testify to his broad, Christian character, as well as to such quali-
ties of heart as are best revealed in home life to kindred and
friends.
"I was asked to write of Mr. Quinby because I knew him;
none could know him but to love him. We, who were accustomed
to gather at his fireside, can never forget his warm hospitality.
He was of a happy, even temperament, always ready with a
hearty welcome for his friends, and a kind word for every one;
ever willing to spread the broad mantle of charity over the short
comings of his fellows, yet equally prompt with quick censure for
a wrong that could be righted. True to his Quaker education,
he was an intense hater of shams, especially of the human kind.
He was honest, a characteristic that is getting to be as rare as it
is valuable. There is no principle in business better established
than that 'Honesty is the best policy.' Mr. Quinby, unlike many
men, was honest from principle. His lifework was to elevate bee-
keeping to the dignity of a pursuit among men, and he accom-
plished his mission. Bee-keeping as a specialty will date from his
time, and if Huber has earned the title of 'Prince of Apiarists,'
certainly Mr. Quinby is entitled to that of 'Father of Practical
Bee-Culture.'
"In apiarian history there are four names that will stand out
prominently beyond all others; Huber, the blind apiarian, who,
by his untiring perseverance, discovered more of the interior work-
ings of the bee-hive than any other man that ever lived; Dzierzon,
the Quinby of Germany, who confirmed the hitherto unbelieved
statements of Huber, and added that equally surprising one of
partheno-genesis; Langstroth, our own countryman, inventor of
the movable comb-hive (the most important invention ever made
in bee-culture), and author of a work, that for scientific accuracy
and beauty of expression is unsurpassed; and last, but not least,
our own Quinby, who, adding largely to the knowledge of his
predecessors, combined the whole into a system of practical man-
agement, unequalled in simplicity and feasibility; and, finally, as a
crowning act of a lifetime spent in the service of others, gave to
the world his celebrated discovery that the liquid part of honey is,
under favorable conditions, entirely evaporated within the body
of the bee; a discovery second to none ever made in the history
of the insect.
"He was not only author of our most practical work on bee-
keeping, but inventor of an almost perfect movable frame hive,
and the originator of numerous other useful devices. I predict
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The Qthnbt Family
that his invention of a smoker, combining the principle of an up-
right tube and bellows, will, in the near future, be in the hands
of every bee-keeper in the land. It has often been asked, 'Why,
did not Mr. Quinby accumulate a fortune in keeping bees?' To
this question, I think this answer may be given: It is true that
Mr. Quinby never became wealthy in a pecuniary point of view,
but this was not because he was unable to inake bee-keeping a
lucrative pursuit. He did reap handsome profits in his business,
but was continually distributing his gains in the search for more
knowledge, and means for imparting it to others. His views of a
true fortune did not permit him to enjoy the mere possession of
money. With him, knowledge was better fortune than gold; and
in another light, he considered the ability to do something for the
benefit of mankind, a perpetual reward — treasures laid up in
heaven, i Whenever he obtained any new idea that would benefit
^^ others as well as himself, it was forth-
with given to all who would receive.
"His life was, in every sense, a
life of usefulness, and not wholly de-
voted to the interests of bee-culture,
for he took a living interest in anything
that he thought would benefit society;
as an advocate and helper in the tem-
perance work he did no mean service.
He possessed true kindness of heart,
and believed it to be a religious duty
to make all with whom he came in
contact better and happier, and he
regarded that life a failure that did
not leave the world the better for
having been lived. The following little
incident tells its own story: On the
day of his funeral, some bare-footed
boj's had followed down the street to
the front of the house, where one of
them turned up a sorrowful-looking
face, and remarked to the officiating
clergyman : 'I am sorry Mr. Quinby is
dead;' on being asked why, he replied, 'He gave us apples, and
pears, and sometimes grapes.' They then asked if they might
see him. Generally, sickness, as a warning for preparation, pre-
cedes dissolution, but in the case of our friend, at the small hours
of night, when reposing in quiet slumber, the message came.
His wife noticed an unusual breathing — she immediately called
the family, but before they reached the bed, he had answered the
summons. A noble spirit had fled back to its Maker, a loving
family circle was broken, and the earthly life of the Pioneer Bee-
keeper closed. Thus, at the age of sixty-five, ended the life-work
of our counsellor, friend, and public benefactor. How fitting that
a life so pure should have so peaceful an ending. He passed from
IMPBOVED QUINBY SMOKER.
earth-
'Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.' "
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443
bee-keeping: the old and the new
{Further Extracts from the Book)
"I find in an article written by Mr. Quinby, in 1848, for the
Dollar Newspaper, published in Philadelphia, that he takes decided
exception to a statement made by another writer to the effect
that he had known 25 lbs. of honey to be gathered by one colony
in two weeks. Mr. Quinby lived to see 57i lbs. of extracted honey
taken from one colony in two days, and 586 lbs. from a stock
during the season. He also records a gain of 225 lbs. of box-
honey from one colony. That these results are exceptional, is,
of course, admitted, but that they have been reached, indicates
the possibilities to which we may yet attain.
"A short time before his death, Mr. Quinby remarked that
the past five years had shown more progress than the forty years
preceding, and he predicted that the five years to come would
record even greater advancement. Who shall say that in this he
was not correct? Mr. Quinby was not only a diligent student
of all the views and experiments of these scientific apiarians, but
in his own investigations, was cease-
less in the endeavor to demonstrate the
truths which a genuine enthusiasm
prompted him to seek.
Smoke, a Controlling Agent. "The
ability to subdue these insects by the
use of smoke has been so thoroughly
demonstrated that I need say little
except as to the mode of applying it.
For years Mr. Quinby used partially
decayed wood, cut in sticks of suitable
size, the smoke of which, when ignited,
could be directed to the desired point
by blowing with the mouth.
Quinby Smoker. "In 1873, Mr.
Quinby gave the matter very particu-
lar attention, which resulted in the in-
vention of the up right bellows and
tube, which has since been known as the
'Quinby Bellows Smoker.' This invention I believe all agree to have
been original with him. In 1874, it was practically improved and
offered to the public. Mr. Quinby had a characteristic dislike
of patents, and in accordance with this, he freely gave this valu-
able aid to bee-keepers, without any of the restrictions which
would have proved a protection against piracy, or which would
have made it pecuniarily profitable.
"After prolonged study and experiment, he invented, about
the year 1868, the 'New Quinby Hive,' with standing frame, and
at the time of his death, in 1875, he had so far demonstrated its
practicability, and superiority, that it was a source of much grati-
fication. The corners of the hive are held together by an appli-
ance designed for the purpose by Mr. Quinby, and known as the
'Quinby Hive Clasp.'
"In 1869, our stock of bees numbered 415 swarms, and the
exigencies of the season were such, that when it was over, only
QUINBY HIVE CLASP.
444 The Quinby Family
six colonies had enough honey to carry them through the winter,
and one-half of the whole number had none at all. This was the
most disastrous year for bees, in Mr. Quinby's experience of forty
years. It is generally conceded that Mr. Quinby was the first
to advocate the importance of keeping bees uniformly warm.
Foul Brood. "During a large portion of Mr. Quinby's bee-
keeping experience, the evil of 'foul brood' held so decided a foot-
hold among the apiaries of American bee-keepers, that his time
and attention were, for many years, greatly engrossed by its in-
vestigation. He was among the very first to become familiar
with its appearance, his first observations being made as early as
1835. In the first editions of this work, he gave a minute account
of his investigations into the cause or causes of the malady, and
search for a preventive; and, although he never satisfied himself
as to the cause, his persevering efforts in seeking remedies were
rewarded with admirable success."
1225. Daniel William* (William'', Moses ^, Samuel^,
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 12 Jan. 1815, in
Westchester county, N. Y. ; moved with his parents in 1817
to Coeymans, Albany county, N. Y. In 1836 he married
Miriam, daughter of Oliver and Mary (Smith) Waldron.
They went to New York city the following year. The
directory first mentions him in 1839 as a grocer at 222
Laurens st., the same address where his relative Caleb
Quinby lived in 1831. The directory gives Daniel W. in
1840 as a grocer at 40 Hester st.
He left New York soon after and his wife died 17
Sept. 1847, at Coxsackie, N. Y.; in 1857 his second marriage
took place at Saugerties, N. Y., to Elizabeth Ann 'Bur-
hans'; by this marriage he had two or three children who
died in infancy. He returned to New York city about
1862 and appears then in the directory, when he was in
the produce business at 145 West Washington Market.
In 1869 his number was 15 at the same market. The fol-
lowing year his firm was Quinby & Kilby for that year
only. After an absence of a few years, Mr. Quinby was
again in the produce business at 342 Greenwich st. in 1874;
at 250, same street, in 1875-6; at 97 Park Place ("fruit")
in 1876, and at the same address till 1881 except 1877
when his address is given as 99 Murray st.
In 1862, Daniel W. lived at 20 East 50th st. which
continued through several years, until 1869 when he was
living in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. On his reappearance in
New York city directory in 1874, his home was given as
New Jersey; in 1876, the location is given as Jersey City,
and in 1877 as 15 Brinckerhoflf st. in that town, and so
continued through 1881. In 1882 his name was given as
1227ISAAC Gaiges Quinbt
(photo, loaned by A. C. Hayden).
1228JUDSON Hoags Quinby
(photo. loaned by A. C. Hayden).
Edgar Emmett Tolles,
married Mary Patience" Quinby.
Mary Patience" Quinby,
wife of Edgar Emmett Tolles and
daughter of 1227 Isaac G.s Quinby,
The QmNBY Family 445
D. W. Quinby, dealer in honey, 105 Park Place; home,
New Jersey. The only children of Daniel W. who lived
to grow up were:
I. Almiha Sands' Quinby, born 6 Sept. 1837, at New
York city; married there in April, 1858, to Rev.
Henry W. Slocum; she died 30 Dec. 1907, at
Saratoga, N. Y.;
II. Caroline E. » Quinby, born 9 Dec. 1842, at Cox-
sackie, N. Y.; married 11 May, 1865, at North-
ampton, N. Y., Mortimer Charles, son of Fowler
and Juha Merritt, born 1840 in New York city:
she lives (1910) at 70 Virginia ave., J.ersev City,
N. J.
1227. Isaac Gaige» {Obediah'', Obediah^, Samuel^,
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 14 Sept. 1826, at
Milan, Dutchess county and in 1831 went to Quaker street,
N. Y.; married 11 Sept. 1851, Ellen Palmer Thompson,
born 21 Dec. 1836; she died 9 Mar. 1877. He married
second, 13 Mar. 1878, Miss Mercy A. Tripp of Quaker
Street, and died there 30 Oct. 1886, of typhoid fever. In
1891 his widow was living with his daughter Carrie, at
Quaker Street N. Y. He had no children by his second
marriage. Children :
I. Benjamin R. » Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1856; died 24
Mar. 1860;
II. Maby Patience' Qi.'inby, born 28 Jan. 1859; mar-
ried 18 Mar. 1885, Edgar Emmett, son of Phares
and Mary E. (Croasman) Tolles, born 5 May,
1855; Mrs. Mary P. was living in 1910;
III. Phoebe P.' Quinby, born 25 Mar. 1860, died 11
Sept. 1860;
IV. Carrie Sarah' Quinby, born 19 July, 1865; died
23 Mar. 1893.
1229. JuDSON Hoag' (Samuel ', Obediah ^ Samuel S
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 21 Nov. 1839, at
Quaker Street, N. Y.; married 11 July, 1865, Mary Ann,
daughter of Paul and Catherine Zeh, born 5 Oct. 1845,
living at Oak Hill, Schoharie county. Mr. Quinby died
suddenly 20 Aug. 1880. His widow lived in 1914 with
her son Frank A., at 131 Fairview ave., Schenectady.
Children :
2002. I. Morris Zeh» Quinby, born 16 Oct. 1867, died 19
Jan. 1882;
2003. II. Frank Augustus' Quinby, born 13 May, 1869; in
1914, he lives unmarried, at Schenectady, a steno-
grapher with the General Electric Company;
III. Addie* Quinby, born 12 Sept. 1872; died 4 Oct.
1873;
446 The Quinby Family
IV. Chables Ha WES' Quinby, born 21 Nov. 1874, died
24 Mar. 1885;
2004. V. JxjDSON Raymond" Quinby ("Ray") born 11 Dec.
1878 (see);
VI. Maud» Quinby, born 4 Oct. 1880; died 26 Oct.
1880.
Note — The foregoing and following facts were supplied by A. C. Hayden,
Esq.
1230. Edmond Carpenter' {Aaron'', Obediah^, Sam-
uel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 17 July, 1836,
at Edinburg, Saratoga county, N. Y.; married 17 Jan.
1866, Laura Delilah, daughter of Arad Hunt and Ann
Eliza (Trowbridge) Copeland of Edinburg, born 8 Nov.
1834. Edmond and wife have lived at Edinburg since
their marriage, and have been devoted members of the
Methodist church there; he has been postmaster there
about thirty years, and has kept a grocery in connection
with the post office. His wife died 26 Sept. 1910, and was
buried in Cold Brook cemetery there. She was called by
her relatives, Aunt Delila. Children:
I. Maby Eliza' Quinby, born 16 Aug. 1869, died 31
Dec. 1871;
II. Fbank Elmee' Quinby, born 27 July, 1873, died 12
May, 1879.
1231. Aaron Jay» {Aaron'', Ohediah^, Samuel^, Mo-
ses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 19 Aug. 1845, at Edin-
burg, Saratoga county, N. Y.; married there 20 Aug. 1867,
Mary Evelyn, daughter of Aden Cress Corey and Sarah
Ann (Snyder) Miner, born 21 Aug. 1850. After marriage,
he bought a farm adjoining his father's, in Northampton,
Fulton county, N. Y. The county line runs along the
centre of the highway between the two farms. After living
there a few years he sold the farm and moved to Johns-
town, N. Y., where they now (1914) live, at 12 Hoosac
St.; he is called "tanner" in the directory; his wife con-
ducts a large millinery store on the main street of the
city. They have no children.
1232. Edward Samuel* {Caleb UnderhiW, Josiah\
Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah\ John^, William^) born 2 Oct.
1833, at New York city. He was appointed 16 Sept. 1859,
guardian of Marietta Quinby, aged 14, in place of Under-
bill Quinby (Westchester Surrogate, lib. G, p. 180), and on
the same day was appointed guardian of John J. Quinby,
a minor under 14 (lib. G, p. 179). Mr. Quinby married
2 Feb. 1861, at Northcastle, Westchester county, N. Y.,
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(Miner) Quinby
(photo, loaned by A. C. Hayden).
The QxnNBT Family 44/7
Eliza Field » Quinby {Isaiah «, Isaiah S Moses \ etc, ; see p. 126)
They lived at Armonk, Westchester county. Bolton's History
of that county (I. 578), says: "Upon the west side of
Wampus pond arises Prospect hill, the property of Mr.
Edward Quinby. It is impossible to describe the varie-
gated prospect that meets the eye from its summit; a more
extensive view is not to be had in the town." Mr. Quinby
died at Ossining, in the same county, 16 Apr. 1909, his
widow's name later appearing in the directory of that
town as living at 12 Eastern ave. He was buried in the
Friends' ground at Chappaqua; but there is no gravestone.
In 1914 his widow lives on Prospect ave., Ossining. She
possesses many relics of the Quinby ancestors. Children:
I. Mart Elizabeth" Quinby, born 2 mo. 9, 1862;
married 12 mo. 24, 1893, Grant, son of Conrad
and Phoebe (Hoffman) Freidel; born 29 Oct.
1868, at Eddyville, Ulster county, N. Y.; they
live at 801 St. John's Place^ Brooklyn, N. Y.;
2005. II. Edward Jay» Quinby, born 4 mo. 5, 1866 (see);
2006. III. Wilfred » Quinby, born 7 mo. 12, 1868, at New- .
castle, Westchester county (see);
IV. Nellie Caroline* Quinby, born 5 mo. 7, 1875
(says the record; 1876 says a family record) at
Chappaqua; lives, 1910, at 12 Eastern ave., Ossining;
V. Florence Ethel' Quinby, born 4 mo. 23, 1878;
married 5 mo. 19, 1906, Herbert E. Whited; resi-
dence. Prospect ave., Ossining (1911).
1233. John Palmer' {Abram ', Josiah ", Samuel ^ Mo-
ses*, Josiah^, John"^, William^) born 5 mo. 12, 1834, near
New Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y. "He was the
eldest son, and lived on a small farm about a mile and a
half from the village," says Mrs. Julia E. Quinby; "his
mother died while he was yet in his 'teens. There were
but few acres between his father's farm and that of Horace
Greeley at Chappaqua, and the two were very intimate
and visited often together. After his mother's death, John
went to live with his uncle Reuben Quinby at what is now
Ossining, Westchester county, where he lived six years;
he was employed in a store in New York city a short time.
He then went with Ed. White, a friend of his, to Illinois,
thence to Nebraska. He lived in the earliest cabin twenty-
five miles west of what were then the limits of Omaha.
The Indians were all around there, and deer and other
game were very plentiful. Mr. Quinby and his companions
often shouldered their guns and walked into Omaha for
their mail. I've heard him tell of how the Indian women
would carry fifty pounds of flour, and outwalk them home.
448 The Quinby Family
"After two years in Nebraska, he returned to Prince-
ton, 111., where we became acquainted and were married
(1 mo. 16, 1869, at Bureau, 111.). We went to New York
soon after our marriage and lived there two years. From
there we returned to Illinois, and in 1893 moved to Kings
county, Ca,lifornia, where Mr. Quinby bought a ranche.
His health failed, however, and we came to Pasadena.
He died of heart failure very suddenly (24 July, 1909), at
his son's home, at Angiola, Cal., and was buried in Moun-
tain View cemetery at Pasadena. He was one of those
who answered the president's last call, for 100,000 more
troops; he enlisted 16 May, 1864, to serve a hundred days.
His discharge is dated 28 Oct. 1864. He was receiving
$20 a month pension, at the time of his death, and at
various times was in the Soldiers' Home at Sawtell, about
five miles from Los Angeles." His widow was living at
808 First st., Pasadena, Cal., when she wrote the fore-
going; she was Julia Elma, daughter of William Chandler
and Sarah (Dennis) Lee. Children of John P. and Julia
E. Quinby:
2007. I. William Harrison* Quinby, born 11 mo. 1, 1859,
at Westchester, N. Y. and lives, 1911, at Angiola,
Tulare county, Cal.;
2008. II. Obediah Palmer' Quinby, ("Palmer Quinby")
born 8 mo. 9, 1863, in Bureau county, III.; lives
1911, at Angiola, Cal.; married 16 Jan. 1894, Ella
Paul, at San Diego, Cal.;
2009. III. Clarence Buell' Quinby, born 1 mo. 28, 1870;
in 1912 he is a farmer at Angiola;
2010. IX. Charles Fell' Quinby, born 27 Dec. 1873, at
Princeton, III. (see);
V. Susan' Quinby, born 15 Nov. 1886, in Bureau
county. III.; married 8 Apr. 1904, at Pasadena,
Cal., William A., son of Benjamin and Mary
(Landrigan) Chadwick, born 27 Aug. 1882, at
New City, Nevada; in 1911 Mrs. Susan lives at
Angiola; her birth record in Bureau county gives
her name as Susan B. E.
1235. Abram Josiah* (Abraham'', Josiah^, Samuel^,
Moses*, Josiah», John^, William^) born 28 Dec. 1844, in
Westchester county, N. Y.; married 28 Nov. 1866, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Strange (Selleck)
Bailey, born 27 Aug. 1840, at Ossining. They lived at
Chappaqua, where she was received by request into the
Friends' Meeting there, 9 mo. 9, 1886. Mrs. Quinby died
at Chappaqua, 9 Oct. 1914, aged 73. Mr. Quinby lives
at Chappaqua (1915). Children:
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I. Francis Harrison" Quinby, born 28 Aug. 1867,
died 31 Aug. 1867;
2011. II. James Sidney' Quinby, born 17 Nov. 1868, at
Briarcliff Manor (see);
III. Stella Hubert' Quinby, born 6 Mar. 1872; mar-
ried 21 June, 1893, William Bischoff; he died, and
she married again, 26 Aug. 1903, Clyde McClellan
Nisbeth;
2012. IV. Thomas Herbert' Quinby ("Herbert") born 9 Oct.
1874; he had consumption, went west, came back
and died 29 May, 1908, at Chappaqua; "he was a
good boy," said J. Paul Schubert, Esq., the cele-
brated restaurateur, of New York, his employer;
V. Hester Adelia' Quinby ("Delia"), born 9 Mar.
1877; mentioned as Mary Adelia in the will of her
grandfather Abraham ' Quinby; she married 21
Oct. 1902, Charles Driffield Coleman;
VI. Mabel Frances' Quinby, born 11 Aug. 1879; mar-
ried 8 July, 1903, James, son of Charles H. and
Mary (Bronk) Dodge; she was a new member
of the Chappaqua Meeting; born there 6 mo. 24,
1876.
1236. Charles Josiah* {Daniel ', Josiah ^ Samuel ',
Moses*, Josiah", John^, William,^) born 29 Feb. 1832, at
New York city, N. Y.; in 1850 the census shows he was
a hotel clerk in the tenth ward. In 1854 he appears first
in the city directory as a daguerreotypist at 90 Chatham
St., his home being at White Plains. The following year
he had additional business places at 233 Greenwich st. and
385 Broadway, but in 1856 he had the last address only.
In 1855 his firm was Quinby & Co., which remained till
1858; neither his name nor his firm's appears again in the
directory. It was probably about that year that he mar-
ried Susan E., daughter of Jacob Hunt, born 1833 at
Greenburgh, N. Y.
Mr. Quinby got into the papers in December, 1898,
through exercising his right as a juryman in the Supreme
Court at White Plains, and failing to convince his obstinate
fellow- jury men who wanted to give a boy a $5000 verdict
against the city of Yonkers, for injuries from falling into
an excavation. Mrs. Susan E. Quinby died in 1908; her
will was dated 7 Apr. 1887, proved 21 Mar. 1908 at White
Plains. Mr. Quinby was living, 1914, on the New York
Post road, corner Sound view ave.. White Plains. Children:
I. Markie' Quinby, born 1859, died at Charleston,
S. C, 13 Feb. 1863, aged 4 y. 2 m. 1 d.;
2013. II. Frank P.' Quinby, born 1861 at Charleston, S. C.
(see) ;
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III. Julia Ann' Quinby, born 22 Feb. 1865, at Charles-
ton, S. C; married E. C. Dederer and lives at
White Plains (1914);
IV. LiLLiE» Quinby, born 1869 at Greenburgh, N. Y.;
married Asher S. Burton and lives at Asbury
Park, N. J. (1913);
V. Edith' Quinby, born 1870 at White Plains, where
she lives, 1914, unmarried.
Note — Thanks to Charles J. Quinby, Esq., for much of the foregoing in-
formation.
1237. Egbert' {Daniel^, Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*,
Josiah^, John^, William') born 5 Jan. 1837, at New York
city; married 25 Apr. 1861, at White Plains, N. Y., Maria
R., daughter of Charles H. and Huldah (Richardson) Davis,
born 21 Feb. 1840. She died intestate and letters of ad-
ministration were granted 21 Oct. 1902, to her son, Henry
R. Egbert Quinby in 1910 is Register of Vital Statistics
of Westchester county, which office he has held many
years and lives at White Plains. Child:
2014. Henry Richardson' Quinby, born 18 Apr. 1862
(see) .
1239. George Washington* (Reuben ', Josiah «, Sam-
uel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 22 Nov. 1840,
at Newcastle, Westchester ciounty, N. Y., married Caroline,
daughter of David Cox of Unionville, N. Y.; Mr. Quinby
was a storekeeper. In the war he was a Commissary Ser-
geant in the 59th regiment; he received his discharge 4
May, 1864; was thereafter appointed Second Lieutenant in the
18th regiment, N. Y. State Militia, in 1867. In 1914, Mr.
Quinby lives at White Plains, N. Y., where he is in the
automobile business, his address being 8 Martine ave.
Children :
I. Josephine' Quinby;
II. Alice' Quinby;
2015. Ill, William Mandeville' Quinby, born 20 Nov. 1877,
at Chappaqua, N. ¥.; married 5 Jan. 1905, at
White Plains, Iva Maude, daughter of Frank E.
and Nora A. (Sawyer) Smith, born 1882 at White
Plains, where both live in 1910.
1240. Charles Reuben* (Reuben'', Josiah^, Sam-
uel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 26 Nov. 1847,
at what is now Ossining, Westchester county, N. Y.; mar-
ried there in 1880, Diana Isabella, daughter of Seymour
Brusie, born in Connecticut. A United States patent No.
238965, for a buttonhole cutter was granted 15 Mar. 1881,
to Charles R. Quinby and S. W. Cornell of Pleasantville,
The Quinby Family 451
N. Y. Mr. Quinby was a well-known business man of that
village. Scharf's History of Westchester county (II., 319)
says: "The shirt factory at Pleasantville, owned by Mr.
Charles Quinby, represents a capital of about $5000, and
from it there are put out about three hundred dozen shirts
every week. This establishment provides work for a
large number of persons, either in the factory itself or at
their homes." It is called the Economy Shirt Co. (1915).
Mr. Quinby has achieved a reputation by his letters
to the New York Sun, each generally consisting of a brief
pithy paragraph on some matter of public interest. Chil-
dren:
2016. I. Charles S. » Quinby; probably the one mentioned
in the directory of 1909 as at 153 Railroad ave.,
White Plains, N. Y.;
2017. II. Henry Nelson' Quinby;
III. May Edith' Quinby.
1242. John J.* (UnderhiW, Josiah'^, Samuel^, Moses*
Josiah^, Josiah^, William^) born 10 Feb. at 1849, Chap-
paqua, Westchester county, N. Y., married 2 Dec. 1872
at Stuart, Iowa, Etta, daughter of John and Eliza Smith,
born 27 Oct. 1850, at Hennepin, Illinois. Mr. Quinby is a
grocer at Ross, Iowa, in 1911. Children:
I. Ellen' Quinby, born 16 Sept. 1874, at Golden
Bridge, N. Y.;
2018. II. Albert W.» Quinby, born 16 Sept. 1876, at Stuart,
Iowa;
2019. III. Jeston J.» Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1878, at Stuart,
Iowa; in 1914 he was an insurance broker at Des
Moines, Iowa, living at 662 W. 46th st., there.
1243. William Howland" {Josiah Rowland'', Will-
iam^, Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 17
Apr. 1820, at New York city; married 2 June, 1846, at
Albany, N. Y., May Ann, daughter of Ira and Rebecca
(Wilson) Garrison, born 13 Jan. 1828, near Albany. The
census of 1850 mentions Mr. Quinby as a merchant at
Oswego, N. Y.; he died there 7 Jan. 1852. His bones and
those of his son were brought to Oakwood cemetery at
Syracuse and buried in one grave 25 Oct. 1884. His widow
married second, in 1856, Isaac H. Upton, (said to be a
cousin of Mr. Quinby) of New York city. She died 25
Feb. 1910, at Evanston, 111. Children:
2020. I. JosiAH HowLAND' QuiNBY, bom 13 Mar. 1847, at
Oswego, N. Y. (see);
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II. William Howland' Quinby, born 21 June, 1849,
at Oswego, N. Y., and died there 20 July, 1850;
III. Maky Wilhelmina' Quinby, born 30 Oct. 1851, at
Oswego, N. Y.; she lives (1908) unmarried, at
526 Main st., Evanston, 111.; she is connected with
the Hanover Fire Insurance Co., and has an office
in the Temple at Chicago, 111. (1912).
1245. Joshua Sutton* (Isaiah H. ^ William «, Josiah «,
Moses\ Josiah\ John'', William^) born 31 Mar. 1822, at
Chappaqua, Westchester county, N. Y.; accompanied his
parents in 1829 to New York city, and returned to Chap-
paqua in January, 1833. He again went to New York
city in 1849, getting his certificate from the Chappaqua
Meeting in July of the following year. He went into part-
nership with his brother Valentine as a grocer in 1849 at
11 Orchard st.. New York city, and made his home with
his brother at 278 Walker st. The firm was Quinby & Bro.
The following year it was Quinby Bros., at 177 Spring
St., and in 1852, at 94 and 96 Thompson st., Joshua's
home being then at 196 Spring st. His name dofes
not appear in later directories, and the Hicksite records at
Chappaqua show that he returned there in January, 1854.
He married Martha Moorhouse Stephenson; they are men-
tioned in Bolton's History of Westchester. The record
kept by Robert Dodge, the coffinmaker at Chappaqua,
shows that two children of Joshua Quinby died there 4
and 9 Dec. 1869. Mr. Willet J. Quinby mentions two
daughters of Joshua S., Adah and Jane Louise. Joshua S.
Quinby died 28 July, 1894, says his gravestone at Chap-
paqua. Mrs. Martha, his widow, died suddenly of pneu-
monia, 28 Dect 1912, at the home of her son-in-law. Rev.
Taber Knox, at Warwick, N. Y., where her funeral ser-
vice was held. She was buried in the Friends' ground at
Chappaqua. The Middletown Press, 6 Jan. 1913, says,
"she had in the eighteen years of her residence at War-
wick, endeared herself to a large circle of friends." Chil-
dren (perhaps others) :
I. » Quinby; one of those who died in Decem-
ber, 1869;
II. Adah» Quinby; perhaps the other who died in De-
cember, 1869; on the Chappaqua cemetery record
.appears an Ida, buried 1869, aged 3 y. 7 m. 2 d.;
III. Jane Louise" Quinby; she married Rev. Taber
Knox, and lived at Warwick, N. Y.
1246. Valentine H.' (Isaiah H. ', William % Josiah *,
Moses*, Josiah\ John^, William^) born Feb. 1827, at Chap-
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paqua, Westchester county, N. Y.; accompanied his par-
ents in 1829 to New York city and returned in January,
1833. He married in 1849, Lucy, daughter of Matthew
and Lucy Van Orden, born 1829. He was granted a certi-
ficate by the Hicksites in August, 1850, to remove from
Chappaqua, having left there 11 Apr. 1850. In that year
the New York city densus shows that he and his wife lived
with his parents in the first district of the eighth ward.
Valentine had begun his business life in New York in 1848
by the starting of a grocery at 11 Orchard st., his lodging
being in the same building; the next year he took his
brother Joshua S. as partner, the firm being Quinby &
Bro., and lodged at 278 Walker st., with Joshua; the fol-
lowing year their place of business was 177 Spring st., the
style being Quinby Bros. They also had a firm called
Quinby & Co., dealers in prepared flour at the same ad-
dress. In 1852 and 1853 both brothers and the firm of
Quinby & Co., were at 94 and 96 Thompson st., as dealers
in flour. The home addresses of the brothers being given
in the directory as Spring st., Valentine at No. 196 and
Joshua at No. 198. Joshua left New York city soon after.
Valentine's name does not appear in the directory dur-
ing 1854-5, but in 1856 he was a merchant at 328 Wash-
ington St., living at 103 Bedford st., his firm being Quinby
& Kellogg, flour; they advertised as "wholesale dealers in
flour, meal, starch, matches, etc., agent for C. A. Davis'
Lansingburgh crackers." In 1858 Valentine H. Quinby
is a wholesale jobbing and commission merchant at 376
Greenwich street, home, 103 Bedford street. He is called
grocfer in 1859 and adds "powders" in 1860, which is in
1861 and 1862 explained as, or limited to, yeast powders,
at 173 Chambers street, home at the Bedford street ad-
dress, whence in 1863 he moved to 18 Harrison street, still
at the former business address as grocer, where he remained
through the year 1865.
He moved his place of business in 1866, to 321 Wash-
ington street, his home to 225 West 19th street, and his
firm was Quinby & Smith that year. The following year
the Washington street store was used for storage, and he
was located as grocer at 100 Murray street; his home he
moved to 319 West 24th street. It might be deduced that
he was unsuccessful, as he appears in 1868 merely as a
clerk; his home remains as before. In the following year,
1869, he was in a new business, that of machinery attach-
ments, at 185 Washington street; that continues through
1870. In 1871, his last appearancfe, his business is given
454 The Qxjinbt Family
as "new treadle motion, 191 Chambers street, and sales-
man; home, Jersey City."
Valentine died 5 mo. 17, 1872, aged 45 y. 3 m. 3 d.;
his widow MatUda died 4 Mar. 1890, aged 60 y. 10 m. 14 d.
(gravestones at Chappaqua). They are mentioned in Bol-
ton's History of Westchester. Children:
I. Sabah Jane* Quinby, born 1849, married James W.
Thompson, June, 1872; she was living in 1911;
II. Louise' Quinby; married; living, 1911.
1247. Albert M.» {Azariah Rowland'', William^, Jo-
siah'% Moses*, Josiah^, John^, Willia7n^) born 30 Mar.
1849, at Wilmington, Del.; about 1873 he was senior mem-
ber of the firm of A. M. Quinby & Co., of Wilmington.
They took a three month note dated 6 Jan. 1874, for
$625.31 from one Foulk, a carpenter, who had a lien against
the city for that amount for repairs to a city building.
Mr. Quinby and his partner, William H. Weeks, sued the
city, but lost on technical grounds. The case is printed
in the Delaware reports. Mr. Quinby lives (1908) at Hope-
well, N. J.
1248. Edgar Howland* {Azariah Howland^, William^,
Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 28 May,
1854, at Wilmington, Del.; married 9 Feb. 1891, at Newark,
N. J., Clara Louise, daughter of Charles O. and Emma
(Richards) Ripley, born 9 Feb. 1868. Mr. Quinby is a
dealer in logs, lumber and railroad ties, with an office at
68 Broad st.. New York; residence 24 Stratford Place,
Newark, N. J. (1915). Children, born at Newark:
I. Ebma* Quinby, born 20 Oct. 1891; a story of hers
was printed in St. Nicholas magazine for Decem-
ber, 1907;
2021. II. Ripley > Quinby, born 25 Jan. 1893; graduated 15
June, 1915, from Princeton University with 'the
degree of Bachelor of Science;
III. Constance* QtJinby, born 7 Apr. 1898; she received
special mention for original verse, in St. Nicholas
for July, 1913 (p. 859); and her work was men-
tioned in the Roll of Honor in that magazine.
Note — Mr. Quinby's name is given in Bolton's Westchester erroneously
as Edgar G.
1249. Edward Hunter' {John '', William «, Josiah ^
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 22 May, 1835, at
Newcastle, Westchester county, N. Y. He married there
3 Oct. 1855, Ophelia, daughter of John H. and Eliza Ann
(Purdy) Flewellin, born 8 Sept. 1838. Mr. Quinby then
1248ED0AR HOWLANDS QUINBY
Ermas> Quinby,
Graduated 1914 Smith College.
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Member Varsity Crew at Princeton,
1915.
Children op 1248Edgar H.s Quinby
(photos, by White, New York)
The Quinby Family 455
was employed by the street car company in New York
city in 1856, and lived at 133 Christopher st.; in 1858-9
he was in the same employment. He then left New York
and lived at Mt. Vernon, and elsewhere in Westchester
county. His wife Ophelia died 5 Feb. 1883, at Flatbush,
N. Y., aged 44 y. 4 m. 28 d. and was buried in the Friends'
grounds at Chappaqua. Mr. Quinby married second, Mrs.
Lettie (Linford) Miller, daughter of John and Sophia
(Jacobus) Linford, who lived near Little Falls, N. Y. In
1910 Mr. Quinby had three paralytic strokes. I had a
talk with him afterwards at his home on Matilda ave.,
between East 239 and 240th sts., N. Y. city; he was in
complete command of his faculties and gave much valuable
information about his children. He died in 1912 and is
buried at Chappaqua. Children:
2022. I. John F.' Quinby, born 23 Sept. 1856 (see);
2023. II. George Edward* Qxtinby, born 4 Oct. 1858 (see);
III. Caroline Esther* Quinby, born 18 Aug. 1861;
married 3 Sept. 1878, Albert Weeks; residence,
(1908) 16 Ridge st., White Plains, N. Y.;
2024. IV. Elwood' Quinby, born 25 May, 1863, at York-
town, N. Y. (see);
V. Anna Eliza' Quinby, born 18 Oct. 1865; married
Wiyiaro H. Vause 23 Apr. 1884; residence (1908),
211 Beech St., Arlingtpp,, N. J.;
VI. NiLETTA C.» Quinby, ("Lettie") born 8 Aug. 1868;
died 11 Feb. 1885; buried at Chappaqua;
VII. Harrie F.» Quinby, born 11 Apr. 1871, died 24
Jan. 1882;
VIII. (son)' Quinby, born 27 Jan. 1874, died 6 Feb.
1874;
2025. IX. Louis Purdy» Quinby, born 2 Sept. 1876 (see);
X. Laura' Quinby, born 28 Mar. 1879; married 16
Nov. 1898, Charles J. Thompson; resides 41 South
St., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; she has the family Bible.
1250. William H.' (Thomas'', William^, Josiah^,
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 27 Jan. 1843, at
Mt. Kisco, Westchester county, N. Y.; married 7 May,
1878, at New York city, Janette L., daughter of John M.
and Catherine H. (Lawson) Freeland, born 3 Sept. 1841,
at Easton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby called on me 21
Oct. 1912; they are an intelligent and fine-looking couple.
(See biographical sketch following). Child:
May Cameron' Quinby, born 23 June, 1880; a
graduate of Western Reserve Women's College.
456 The Quinbt Familt
William H.« Quinbt
William H.* Quinby's early education was limited. A district
school with generally poor teachers, a private school in Friends'
Meeting House two years, and part of one winter at the old 38th
Street Public School in New York, living with his mother's brother,
was about the extent. His family found that they could not
make ends meet on the farm, so they sold out the spring of 1865,
when Mr. Quinby was 22, and he went to New York and after a
long hunt secured a situation as stock boy with Calhoun, Bobbins
& Co., dealers in fancy goods and notions, corner of Vesey and
Church streets, at a salary of $25.00 a month. This was about
the close of the Civil war, when living was at the highest; Mr.
Quinby had to pay $8 a week board, but got a raise before the
year was out and took courage. Within 18 months he made his
first trip on the road with samples and shortly afterwards became
established as a regular traveling salesman and continued at this
with the exception of two years, roughing it in Kansas, until his
marriage in 1878. In the spring of 1879 he went to Cleveland,
Ohio, as agent for Butterick Patterns, but in the spring of 1881
started in his former business, ladies' fancy goods, on Euclid Ave-
nue in that city. His capital was limited and he would not allow
himself to buy more than he could pay for, so the business was
very small to start with. He paid for nearly everything in ten
days and so established a good name with the trade and gradually
grew with the city's growth, which was then only about 150,000.
He did not advertise because he felt he would have made a poor
showing in the papers compared with the stories his competitors
did not hesitate to print. He aimed to give good value and al-
ways kept his stock full and left it with his cu.stomers to learn
that it was a good place to trade, and they soon found it out.
In 1898 hte was notified thiit the old building was to be torn
down to make room for the present Williamson Building. He
could find no suitable room to move into and so was forced to
lease ground for a term of j^ears and build. He moved into the
new building at 500 Euclid Avenue, in March, 1899, and the busi-
ness responded to the improved condition splendidly and continued
to grow steadily, until near the time whfen hfe thought best to re-
tire and take life easier. During the last few years of business,
he broke away for a short trip during each winter; several times
down to the West Indies, to California, to Florida, also a longer
trip to the Mediterranean countries, Egypt, the Holy Land and
back across Europe; another to Japan and China and a summer
trip to northern Europe, taking in England, Norway, Sweden,
Russia, Austria Hungary, Germany and Holland. In 1890 with
a longing for country life, he very wisely bought about twelve
acres on the Ridge just beyond Mr. John D. Rockefeller's Forest
Hill, and here built a beautiful summer home under the grand
spreading maples and oaks. This gave Mr. Quinby something
besides business to think of, and after a few years with better
transportatioh service, he turned it into an all the year round
home. Since then he has added to both home and land until now
hb has about twenty-eight acres, the house looking out over the
city and Lake Erie, the rear of the estate extending well back in
the country. After giving up business in 1913, he also buiit a
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1250WILLIAM H.s Quinbt.
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The Quinbt Family 457
bungalow at Rockledge, Florida, fronting on the beautiful Indian
River, with an orange grove at the back and live oaks, palms
and vines in front. It bias quite a tropical appearance and he
and his family find it a welcome relief from the colder winter
to spend a few months where they can be out of doors most of the
time. Bonnie Bank, with its rocky shore and balmy air, birds
and flowers is delightful to them in winter, Mr. Quinby having an
especially keen love of nature, but when spring comes thfey are
glad to get back to beautiful Hill Crest again, among birds and
flowers of a different kind.
He takes a great interest in the Presbyterian Church of which
he has been a member for the past forty years, and in civic and
philanthropic work, but he still finds time to keep up his fine
store, which is one of the best known in Cleveland.
1251. WiLLET J.» (Thomas'', William^, Josiah^, Mo-
ses*, Josiah", John^, William^) ("Wittie"), born 23 Aug.
1854, at Mt. Kisco, Westchester county, N. Y. He came
to New York city about 1879 and appears first in the di-
rectory of that year, as a derk, living at 354 W. 4th st.
He married 12 May, 1882 (1881, says W, H. Q.), at New
York city, Minnie A., daughter of William H. and Eliza-
beth A. (Tucker) Martin, born 9 July, 1862, at Long
Branch, N. J. In 1912, Mr. Quinby is with Calhoun,
Robbins & Co., wholesale dry goods at 408 Broadway,
N. Y. city, and lives at 266 Montclair ave., Newark, N. J.
I saw him in November, 1912, at his place of business; he
is gray haired, smooth shaven, and intellectual looking, with
an air of distinction, and is much interested in the family
history. Children :
I. Herbert T. • Quinbt, born in New York city; dead
by 1910;
2026. II. Harold William' Quinbt, born 18 Oct. 1886, in
New York city (see);
III. Edna A. » Quinbt, born in New Jersey; dead by 1910.
1253. George Moses" {Walter ?7. ^ Moses /. S Isaiah'^
Moses*, Josiah', John^, William'^) born 11 June, 1843, in
Westchester county or New York city; married Mary D.
Gahn. He died 1 Feb. 1909. Funeral at New Rochelle,
N. Y. Children:
I. Ethel' Quinbt, unmarried, 1912;
II. Mabel' Quinbt married Henry W. Janssen and
lives at 115 Park ave.. New Rochelle and has one
daughter.
j^oTE The New York papers of 19 Oct. 1912, said: "Increase in Green-
wich Village Holdings. Snowber & Smith have sold for Henrietta M. Horton,
Jare F Gahn, Ethel Quinby, and Mabel Janssen the property known as 633
HudBon street, adjoining the southwest corner of Horatio street, New York
citv which was sold by the same brokers a few days ago to the same purchaser,
who' intends to improve the property. The adjoining property had been in
the same family's possession since 1808."
458 The Quinbt Family
1255. George W.« (Aaron J. ', Moses I. «, Isaiah *,
Moses*, Josiah*, John^, William^) born after 1850, prob-
ably at Flushing, Long Island, N. Y, There is a family
of Quinbys there who answer none of my letters; one of
them is proprietor of a New York-Flushing express, with
officiB in the former city at 117 John st., and is probably
a son of George W., named:
2027. A. J.» Quinbt, living 1914 at Flushing; pro-
prietor of express oflBce at 117 John st., N. Y.
city.
1256. John Howard' (John Jay'', Isaiah", Isaiah^,
Moses*, Josiah\ John^, William^) born 3 Sept. 1864 (1863,
says Cox's copy of Friends' records) at Armonk, West-
chester cbunty, N. Y.; married 23 Apr. 1896, by Rev. John
R. Davis at 100 East Uth st., New York city, to Emma
Louise, daughter of Napoleon and Annie (Johnson) Briggs,
b'orn^Aug. 1877, at Armonk (N. Y. cert. No. 6738). In
1910 the Quinbys live in a very attractive home at Armonk,
where I called on them; Mr. Quinby was spending his
odd moments arranging his collection of Indian relics,
perhaps the best in the county, and Mrs. Quinby making
a wonderful sort of cabinet work — covering tables and
other things with a mosaic of bits of china set in patterns
with putty, very curious and unusual. The little daughter
was very bright, pretty and amiable. The son was away
that day. The children of John H. and Emma L. Quinby,
born at Armonk:
I. Annie May' Quinby, born May, 1897, died aged
9 days;
II. Ella Haviland» Quinby, born 21 Aug. 1898;
2028. III. John Howard* Quinby, born 19 June, 1901.
1257. Frank Haviland* {John Jay '', Isaiah *, Isaiah *,
Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William') born 24 Nov. 1868, at
Armonk, Westchester county, N. Y.; married 3 Oct. 1900,
at Portchester, N. Y., Elizabeth M., daughter of Charles
E. and Joanna W. (Pier'cie) Purdy, born 11 mo. 17, 1877,
at Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Quinby was then a member
of the Purchase Monthly Meeting of the Friends' Society,
to which denomination her husband belongs. Mr. Quinby
is a Democrat, but is not affiliated with Tammany. He is
an architect, and besides building the Municipal bath house
at Coney Island which has received much commendation
from press and people, he has done much important archi-
tectural work in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and has re-
1251WILLET .J.8 QUIHBY.
(see p. 457).
1257FEANK H.8 QUINBY
(Brooklyn Eagle, 28 Apr., 1913).
1249EDWARD H.8 QUINBY
1251WILLET J.S QniNBY AND JENNIE,
daughter of Willet C. Hunter.
The Quinby Familt 459
peatedly been put forward for the oflSce of State architect.
Mr. Quinby is a director of the N. Y. & N. J. Terminal
Underground R. R. Co.; fellow of the American Institute
of Architects, and President of the Brooklyn chapter;
member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences;
Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Chappaqua
Mountain Institute. He is also a member of the Med-
wood and Crescent Athletic clubs. His office is at 99
Nassau st., Manhattan borough, his home at 7 Tennis
court, Brooklyn, N. Y. Children:
2029. I. Oliver » Quinby, born 11 mo. 10, 1901;
II. M.4.BGARET PiEBCE » QuiNBY, bom 28 Sept. 1904, at
11 Linden ave., Brooklyn;
III. fiLiZABBTH Lanb» Quinby, bom 15 Mar. 1906, at
7 Tennis court, Brooklyn.
1259. Erasmus Collins* {Jesse Balderston '', Ezra
Sewell^, Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah', John^, William^) born
7 mo. 29, 1856, at Prophetstown, 111.; married 1 mo. 1,
1885, by Rev. Smith H. Hyde, at Carthage, 111., to Ella
Windle, born 8 mo. 3, 1862, at Carthage. Mr. Quinby was
in the clothing business at Carthage until after 1900, when
he removed to California; in 1915, he was an ice-cream
manufacturer at 350 South Alvarado st., Los Angeles, Cal.
Children, born at Carthage:
I. HoYT C. » Quinby, born 22 Feb. 1886: died 26 Feb.
1887, at Carthage;
2030. II. Paul Windle* Quinby, born 19 Dec. 1888; in the
Metropolitan Ice Cream Co. with his father (1915).
1260. Thomas Balderston' (Upshur Balderston'',
Aaron Balderston^, Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John'', Will-
iam^) born 8 Apr. 1867, at Onancock, Accomac county,
Virginia; married 6 mo. 18, 1890, Catherine Douglas, daugh-
ter of Gen. Edmund R. and Margaret D. Bagwell, born
10 mo. 21, 1868. The patent records show that Mr. Quin-
by acquired an interest in L. Barrett's invention for a
smoke escape, 1 Nov. 1892, and took out a patent for
smokestack and conductor (No. 485535) on the same date.
He continued to occupy the ancestral acres in Accomac
county, Va., until recently, when he became the Florida
state representative of the associated selling offices of the
North American Fruit Exchange, and Mr. Quinby and his
family moved to Tampa, Florida, and now live at 196
Cardy st. there. Children (all living at Tampa in 1915):
2031. I. Edmund Balderston' Quinby, born 4 mo. 3, 1891:
merchandise broker at 837 S. Dak. ave, Tampa;
460 The Quinby Family
2032. II. William Upshur" Quinby, born 7 mo. 1893 (see);
2033. III. Thomas Richardson' Quinby, born 1896.
1261. Littleton Dennis Teackle* (Upshur Balder-
ston'', Aaron Balderston^, Aaron'', Isaiah*, Josiah*, John^,
William'^) born 27 Aug. 1871, at Onancock, Accomac
county, Virginia; in 1891 he "was just home from the Uni-
versity of Virginia, where he took the law course." He
married 27 Oct, 1897, at Atlantic, Ga., Lulu Belle, daughter
of William A. and Emma (Sanders) Hemphill, born 4 July,
1876. In 1901 he was practising law at Atlanta, with
offices in the Equitable building, a member of the Com-
mercial Law League of America, and a Notary Public.
He came later with his family to New York city, where
he practised law, and where Mrs. Quinby received a cordial
welcome from metropolitan society, and was for several
years mentioned in the daily papers as one of the most
popular members of the Southern colony. They returned
to the family home of the Quinbys in Virginia, and about
1908 Mr. Quinby became the owner and editor of the coun-
ty newspaper, the Accomack News. About 1911 he joined
his brother Thomas at Tampa, Florida, and under the
name of Quinby Bros. & Co., they went into the business
of growing and shipping oranges. "One car of this fruit,
this season, 300 boxes of oranges, netted back f . o. b. loading
point, $982," says their circular of March, 1912. In 1915
he is connected with the Empire Trust & Safe Deposit Co. of
Atlanta, Ga., and lives at Brookhaven, Ga. Children of L.
D. Teackle Quinby:
I. Belle » Quinby, born 1 Sept. 1898, died 7 Mar. 1907;
II. Elise» Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1899:
III. Margaret Teackle* Quinby, born 3 Dec. 1905.
1263. Aethuk Lyon* (Thomas Moore'', Isaiah",
Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah*, John^, William^) born 7 Apr. 1866,
at Edenton, Ohio; married 4 Apr. 1894, at Monterey, Ohio,
Hattie, daughter of John and Jemima Clemons, born 9 Dec.
1866, at Monterey. Mr. Quinby is a farmer at Batavia,
Ohio.
1264. Stephen Cbamer* {Thomas Moore'', Isaiah*,
Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah*, John^, William^) born 3 May,
1868, at Edenton, Ohio; married 31 Aug. 1891, at New
Boston, Ohio, Ida Alma, daughter of Harvey and Martha
Washburn, born 25 Feb. 1872, at Fineville, Ohio; Stephen
C. is a physician and surgeon, specializing in diseases of
women and children, at Louisville, Ky., corner 24th and
Walnut sts. Son:
2034. Ernest Thomas Moore' Quinby, born 12 Jan.
1894, at West Woodville, Ohio.
KiiR Place, Onancock, Va., Home or 1261L. D. Teackles Quinby.
1261LITTLETON Dennis Teackles
Quinby
(photo, by Cummins, Baltimore).
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Teackle Quinby
and Family
(photo, by Dellac, N. Y., 1905).
The Quinbt Family 461
1265. Calvin Mooee* (Thomas Moore'', Isaiah",
Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 2 Apr.
1873, in Ohio, probably at Edenton; married 2 Apr. 1899,
Nellie "Cliver"; he is a farmer at Mason, Ohio.
1266. Edward Wilson* {Thomas Moore'', Isaiah",
Aaron\ Isaiah*, Josiah", John^, William^) born 1 Nov.
1875, in Ohio, probably at Edenton, married there 4 Sept.
1901, Maud, daughter of James C. and Linda Jordan, born
16 July, 1882, at Pleasant Plain, Ohio; Mr. Quinby is a
farmer at Mason, Ohio. Child:
NoLA» Quinby, born 8 Feb. 1903.
1268. Arthur Isaiah^ (Jesse Crawford'', Isaiah",
Aaron", Isaiah*, Josiah^, John'', William') born 22 Dec.
1880, at Albany, Mo.; his wife's name is Julia Gertrude;
in 1910 they lived "south of Pierceville, Kansas." ChUdren:
I. Katie Belle Pauline* Quinby ("Pauline"), born
14 Sept. 1907;
2035. II. Byron White' Quinby, bom 20 May, 1910.
1271. CouRTLAND Fell« (Watson FeW, John", Mo-
ses^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 16 Jan. 1856,
in New Castle county, Delaware; married Marion Geneva
, born 1875 in Chester county. Pa. Courtland F.
Quinby is a physician at West Grove, Pa. Children:
I. » Quinby, living in 1908;
II. Helen Way' Quinby, born 12 Jan. 1908, at West
Grove.
1272. Harold Watson* (Watson FeW, John^, Moses^,
Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 8 Feb. 1 863, at Brandy-
wine Springs, Del.; married at Camden, N. J., 9 Jan. 1892,
Elizabeth Belt, daughter of George W. and Zippoha Denney
(Coverdale) Roberts, born 13 Jan. 1864 at Wilmington, and
lives (1915) at 800 W. 9th St., Wilmington, Del.; he is an elec-
trician; his father. Dr. Watson F. Quinby is still practising at
the age of 90 and lives with his family. Children:
I. Phoebe Phillips' Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1893;
II. Ellen Roberts' Quinby, born 3 Dec. 1895;
1273. Wilfred Sidney* (Watson FeW, John^, Moses^,
Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born in May, 1863 at Brandy-
wine Springs, Del. ; in 1892 he was living at Bellingham, Wash-
ington, and the directory of that city in 1915 shows that he is
the proprietor of the Bell Theatre there, that his wife's name
is Tina, and that Edda B. Quinby (perhaps a daughter) is a
462 The Quinbt Family
student at the State Normal College and lives with them at
1220 Jersey st.
1274. Paul de Haven* (Franklin Josiah'', Josiah^,
Moses ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 12 Dec.
1871, at Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.; married 26 Apr.
1905, at Germantown, Pa., Katherine Ann, daughter of
Samuel Schaeffer and Eliza (Burdette) Hergesheimer, boril
29 May, 1875, at Germantown. Address, (1910) 1140 West
Tioga St., Philadelphia. Children:
2037. I. Paul' Quinby, born 24 Aug. 1906;
2038. II. Frank Burdette » Quinsy, born 3 Dec. 1909;
III. Oran de Haven' Quinsy, born 21 Feb. 1911.
1277. Joseph Ridge' (Joseph Ridge '', James R. *,
James ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 16 Feb.
1874, at Elizabeth, N. J., and soon ckme with his parents
to New York city. He attended Yale college and became
one of its best known undergraduates for his athletic
prowess. He graduated in 1895; married 2 June, 1897, at
Port Hope, Ont., Mabel Frances, daughter of Arthur Henry
and Sarah Shuter (Smith) Wellington, born 12 Feb. 1874,
at Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Quinby in 1914 lived at Win-
netka. Cook county. 111. Children:
I. ' Quinsy, died at birth;
II. Margaret Wellington' Quinsy, born 24 Apr.
1900, at New York city (cert. 17158).
1278. Samuel Lees* (Joseph Ridge ^, James R. *,
James\ Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 17 Nov.
1875. He fitted for Yale at Phillips Exeter academy at
Exeter, N. H., entering the academy 16 Sept. 1892, and
graduating in June, 1893; he entered Sheffield Scientific
School (Yale University) and graduated in 1896 with the
degree of Ph.B. In 1903 he was business manager at
Manacas, Cuba. "He had an extensive sugar plantation,
and died 12 June, 1905, at Colonia la Fe, near Cienfuegos,
Cuba. It is suspected that his death was caused by some
of his employees." He was Captain of the Yale Varsity
Baseball team in 1896 and his name and memory are
proudly and affectionately cherished by Yale men all over
the world.
1279. Frank Lees* (Joseph Ridge ', James R. «,
James \ Isaiah*, Josiah\ John^, William^) born 26 July,
1878, at Elizabeth, N. J., and was brought by his parents
a few years later to New York city to live. He fitted for
Yale at Phillips Andover academy and was in the Yale
1274PADL deH.^ Quinby
(photo, by Tyson, Phila.)
1277JOSEPH Ridges Quinby
1278SAMUEL Leess Quinby
(photo, taken at Exeter,
N. H., 1893).
1279FRANK Leess Quinby
(Photo, at Andover, 1898).
Frances K. P. (Hinckley),
wife of ]279Frank L.s Quinby
2039FRANK Leeso Quinby, II.
The Quinby Familt 463
class of 1901, and like his brother was Captain of the Var-
sity nine; but left college at the end of his junior year.
He was married 18 Feb. 1903, by Rev. J. L. Jenkins at
Portland, Me., to Frances E. P., daughter of Rufus H. and
Frances E. (Prindle) Hinckley, born 14 Nov. 1876, at
Portland; in 1910 they live at 387 Park ave., East Orange,
N. J. In 1909 he organized the South Orange Field club's
baseball nine for competition for the N. Y. Herald cup.
That paper, (14 Apr. 1909) says: "He is displaying the
same aggressive spirit which made Yale a power in college
baseball when Quinby was a leader at New Haven. At
Yale he was a second baseman, but this season he plans
to strengthen the infield by working at third base." In
September, 1915, he was invited by Phillips Andover to take
charge of the Alumni Fund and to direct the Lawrence Edu-
cational work at the academy. Mr. Quinby retired in August
as Yale coach which he had been for three years. Mr. Quin-
by has the following children:
I. Frank Lees' Quinby, Jr., born 14 Dec. 1903; died
at Portland, Me., 28 July, 1904, of pulmonary
tuberculosis;
2039. II. Frank Lees' Quinby, II., born 23 Sept. 1908;
III. Frances Elizabeth' Quinby, born 28 July, 1910.
1280. James* (George Hicks '', James R. *, James *,
Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 2 mo. 5, 1878, at
Solebury, Pa.; married in 1902, Elizabeth Weaver. Chil-
dren:
2040. I. John Louis' Quinby, born 2 mo. 18, 1904;
II. George J.' Quinby, born 17 Dec. 1905, at Bristol,
Pa., and died there 6 Jan. 1906, of hernia and
peritonitis;
2041. III. Joseph Marshall' Quinby, born 5 mo. 10, 1907;
2042. IV. Grant' Quinby, born 6 mo. 12, 1909.
Note. — Of the descendants of John* of Westchester, N. Y., the
serial numbers show just two hundred males who grew to marriage-
able age between this George Hicks ' Quinby and his grandson Joseph
M. • about evenly divided between the two intervening generations.
Obviously there has been no increase in this branch of the family in
the last half century or so, embracing two generations.
1281. Louis* (George Hicks'', James iJ. «, James ^,
Isaiah*, Josiah', John^, William^) born 4 mo. 21, 1879, at
Solebury, Pa. In 1894 Louis Quinby went to Trenton,
and was in the grocery business about a year, then went
464 The Quinbt Family
to Philadelphia with the Acme Tea Co., the largest grocers
in the city, having about 275 stores. Mr. Quinby was with
them nine years, six of which he held the responsible posi-
tion of Manager. In 1906 he bought a 196 acre farm in
Prospectville, Montgomery county in partnership with his
cousin William G. Reynolds, a son-in-law of J. Q. Atkin-
son (see p. 204). While there Mr. Quinby was Tax Collector for
the township. In 1908 he sold out to his partner and rented
the J. Q. Atkinson Fruit Farm at Three Tuns, Pa. In
1911, Mr. Quinby went to Philadelphia and opened five
fruit stores during the year. In 1912 the directory give
him as a grocer at 134 South 2nd st. In the spring of
1912 he sold out the fruit business and moved on to the
farm in Solebury where he now lives (1914). The farm
has 72 acres and has been in his wife's family since 1834.
Louis Quinby married at Philadelphia 1 mo. 15, 1910,
Caroline Jewell, born 1883, daughter of William B. and
Melissa J. (Jewell) Sutton of Solebury. Child:
EsTHBB» Quinbt, born 7 mo. 25, 1911 (rec).
Note — I am indebted to Mr. Louis' Quinby for valuable assistance re-
garding the present generations of this branch of the family.
1282. Mark E.* (George Hicks ^, James R. *, James *,
Isaiah*, Josiah", John^, William^) born 3 mo. 28, 1883,
at Solebury, Pa.; resided at Warrington when he married
there 2 mo. 27, 1906, Lydia C. Marlin, age 23, born at
Colmar, Pa. (rec). Children:
I. Josephine E.» Quinbt, born 12 mo. 10, 1906, at
11 p. m., Warrington township. Pa.;
II. Martha C.» Quinbt, born 9 mo. 20, 1910, at 4
p. m., Upper Dublin, Pa.
1283. Joseph* (George Hicks ">, James R. «, James ',
Isaiah*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 6 mo. 30, 1886,
at Solebury, Pa.; after leaving his father's farm he spent
six months in New York city, then secured employment at
701 Pearl st., Camden, N. J. After six months, he was
obliged to return home on account of weak eyes, and
helped his father on the farm. In 1914 he is in Philadel-
phia.
END OF EIGHTH GENERATION
1453GOV. PIenry B.o Quinby of New Hampshire.
The Quinby Familt 465
NINTH GENERATION
{At this point are omitted Nos. 1285 to 1452 inclusive,
descendants of William* {William^, Robert^), comprising
among others, the Sandwich, N. H., and Lyndon, Vt., fam-
ilies, most of whom spell their name Quimby).
1453. Henry Brewer' {Thomas^, Moses'', John'^,
Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'^) born at Biddeford, Me.,
10 June, 1846. He fitted for college at New Hampton
Literary Institution, New Hampton, N. H., (where he
declaimed "The Impeachment of Warren Hastings" at the
Declamation contest, 6 July, 1863) and Nichols Latin
School at Lewiston, Me., and entered Bowdoin college
at Brunswick, Me., in 1865, graduating in the class of '69
with the degree of A. B. At the Prize Declamation con-
test at Bowdoin 6 July, 1868, Mr. Quinby declaimed
"Virginius to the Roman Army." He pulled bow oar
in the first six oared shell Bowdoin ever had. During
his senior year at Bowdoin he was a member of Psi Up-
silon, the Athenaean, Theta Kappa, and A. 0. D. At
the Exhibition of the senior and junior classes, 5 Apr.
1869, Mr. Quinby delivered an oration or thesis on Na-
poleon Bonaparte. The local paper said: "Quinby spoke
of Bonaparte, as developed in warrior, orator and states-
man, and paid a warm tribute to his genius, his labors,
coming to round up an epoch in the world's history.
Quinby is a spirited and effective speaker."
Bowdoin college also granted Mr. Quinby the degree
of A. M., in 1872. He married 22 June, 1870, at Lake
Village (now Lakeport), N. H., M. Octavia, daughter of
Benjamin James ' and Mehitable Aborn (Batchelder) Cole.
(Their ancestry in all lines is minutely traced in the four
volumes of New England Family History). Mr. Quinby
held a position for a time with the Cole Mfg. Co. In
1872 he acquired the title of Colonel as a member of the
staff of Governor Straw of New Hampshire. Mr. Quinby
was elected 2 May, 1873, first assistant foreman of Niagara
Engine Co., No. 5. He was initiated 28 Jan. 1875, into
Chocorua Lodge 51, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
(30)
466 The Quinbt Family
at Lake Village, but never pursued the subject further.
He received an appointment as special agent of the Quar-
termaster's Department of the War Department and he
took his family to Washington, D. C, where they lived
in 1878. While in Washington Mr. Quinby attended
Columbian University Medical School, and graduated with
a degree of M. D., 18 Mar. 1880. Still as special agent,
he took testimony in connection with damage claims aris-
ing out of army operations during the Civil War; he took
his wife and children with him and lived during a part of
1879 at St. Louis, Booneville, California, RoUa, Spring-
field and Sedalia, all towns
in Missouri. Except while
at California and Booneville,
his son remained with Mrs.
Quinby's parents in New
Hampshire. In the fall of
1880 Mr. and Mrs. Quinby
and the children lived at Har-
risburg, Pennsylvania. The
following year they sent their
son to boarding school at
Holderness, N. H., while they
lived at York. Pa.
PLANINTG MACHINE xi.v^vicv ^yjia., ^a. ^
Made by Cole Maoufacturing Co. lu 1885, MrS. Quittby
went to Boston for the chil-
dren's education, Mr. Quinby making the trip from Lake
Village every Friday. He commenced in 1886 hosiery manu-
facture at Lake Village with Thomas C. Clow as Quinby,
Clow & Co., their factory being called the Passaconaway
Mills. U. S. patent 355790 for an invention in connec-
tion with the manufacture of hosiery was granted 11 Jan.
1887 to the same parties; U. S. patent 358383 for an inven-
tion in connection with the manufacture of hosiery was also
granted 16 Aug. 1887, to them, Mr. Quinby being assignee
of a half interest. As president of the Cole Manufacturing
Company, much of his business career has been devoted to the
manufacture of machinery and railroad car axles.
In 1889 he formed a partnership with Stephen B,
Cole and erected large ice houses on the shore of Lake
Paugus, near Lake Village, filled them with thousands of
tons of ice and in July, 1890, completed the venture suc-
cessfully by disposing of the entire quantity to Swift Bros,,
the Chicago meat packers. The same year Col. Quinby
was elected president of the newly organized Building and
Loan Association at Lake Village. He was for many
OcTAviA (Cole) Quinby,
wife of Governor Quinby.
The Quinby Family 467
years a member of the Freewill Baptist congregation, al-
though he never joined that society and was a Unitarian
in belief. He was chairman of the building committee
that constructed the fine new church of the Freewill Bap-
tists at Lakeport in 1892. Col. Quinby was elected 31
Jan. 1894, a director of the N. H. Life Insurance Co. and
in October of that year. Vice President of the Laconia
National Bank, of which he has been President since
1901. He entered politics, and as will be shown in the
following article, held successively the offices of state leg-
islator (1887-8), State Senator (1889-90), member of the
council of Governor Tuttle (1891-2), and in 1908 was
elected Governor of New Hampshire on the Republican
ticket.
Mrs. Henry B. Quinby was M. Octavia' Cole, the daughter
of Benjamin James ' and Mehitable Aborn (Batchelder) Cole, and
was born in what is now Lakeport, a part of the city of Laconia,
N. H. She comes of a line of distinguished colonial ancestors.
Amongst those of whom she is a direct lineal descendant are the
William Copp who gave Copp's Hill to the then village of Boston
for a cemetery/; of Harmon Atwood, one of the earliest of the
members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company in the
seventeenth century, an organization which is still the pride of
Boston; of Councillor John Oilman, who was the guiding hand in
the political affairs of the newlj^ erected province of New Hamp-
shire in 1680; and of the Rev. Stephen Bachiler, the dissenting
minister and graduate of Cambridge University in England, who
came to Strawberry Bank, now the city of Portsmouth, N. IT.,
and was the most distinguished ot colonial minis-
ters before Cotton Mather's time. For his serv-
ices in the cause of religion, he was granted by
the English king a curious coat of arms showing
a sun rising below a green field, in the fore-
ground of which is a plow, which was supposed
to signify that the reverend gentleman was recog-
nized as having used the plow of religion in the
fallow ground of the hearts of the new colonists.
Brigadier General Richard N. Batchelder, until
1900 Quartermaster General of the United States regular army,
was Mrs. Quinby's uncle. She received her education at New
Hampton Institute, followed by special courses at Bates College.
Mrs. Quinby is a woman of wide reading, and together with
an extraordinary fund of general information she possesses unusual
clearness of view on the public questions of the day. She has
always been an ardent believer in equal suffrage and in temper-
ance and as opportunity has offered she has devoted herself to the
advancement of these causes. She has travelled widely, both in
Europe and America, and has the faculty of keen and incisive com-
ment upon matters connected with her experiences. During the
course of her early life she has devoted much time to music and
art and her home is adorned with several really fine examples of
her skill with the brush.
468 The Quinby Family
She is a member of the Molly Stark chapter at Manchester,
N. H., of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of the
New York City chapter of the same organization.
Governor Quinby served the state of New Hampshire
with great distinction during his term of office; he succeeded
in obtaining from the legislature the law and money to
create the famous state roads of New Hampshire at a cost
of over a million dollars; the rebuilding and enlarging
of the State Capitol were also the work of his ad-
ministration. After his term had expired the Republican
party asked for the election of Governor Quinby as United
States Senator; the Republican split brought about by the
Bull Moose party however resulted in a protracted dead-
lock in the legislature, with a Democratic senator as the
outcome.
Governor Quinby was the recipient of the degrees of
A. M. and LL. D. from Dartmouth college and of LL. D.
from Bowdoin college, and is a member of the board of
Overseers of the latter institution. He and Mrs. Quinby
spend the winter months in New York city where their
children and grandson live, and where Governor Quinby is
a director in the Sherman National Bank and has interests
in other corporations, and where he is a member of the
Union League Club and the University Club. The chil-
dren of Henry B.» and Octavia (Cole) Quinby, born at
Lake Village in the town of Gilford (now Lakeport in the
city of Laconia), N. H.:
2145. I. Henhy Colei» Quinby born 9 July, 1872 (see);
II. Candace Ellen'" Qtiinby, married by Rev. (after-
wards Bishop) Greer, at St. Bartholomew's church
at New York city 14 Apr. 1898, to Hugh Nesbitt
Camp, Jr., son of Hugh N. and Elizabeth Dorothea
(McKesson) Camp; they live at 150 Central Park
South, New York city, and have one child, Hugh
N. Camp, 3d, born 16 May, 1899, and now at-
tending St. Pail's school at Concord, N. H.
Biographical Sketch of Governor Quinby
The following biographical sketch of Governor Quinby of New
Hampshire was written by Hon. George H. Moses, the able and
brilliant editor of thfe Concord Daily Monitor, and former Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom pf Greece.
It was published early in 1908 in the Lewiston Journal. The
article is as follows:
"Governor Quinby comes of the sturdiest of Maine stock.
His grandfather was Moses Quinby, who entered the Phillips
Exeter Academy in 1799, at the age of thirteen, from Stroudwater,
Is
The Quinbt Family 469
and was contemporary there with Daniel Webster. He was a
member of Bowdoin's first class. He died fifty-three years later,
which was ten years before his grandson of whom these lines
treat put the second Quinby name in the Bowdoin general cata-
logue. With him at Exeter — as well as at Bowdoin — was
George Thorndike, whose acorn has fulfilled the tradition of its
increase at Brunswick. 'Lawyer and farmer,' say the records of
Moses Quinby; but his son Thomas born at Westbrook in 1813,
was neither. He was trained as a civil engineer and as such was a
leader in his profession. While engaged in this work he fixed his
home at Biddeford and there, June 10, 1846„ his first son Henry
Brewer, was born. Henry completed his fitting for college at the
Nichols Latin school in Lewiston. His class there was that of
1865. His class at Bowdoin was that of 1869; those were the
days when Bowdoin traditions and customs like those of most
colleges, were rather more robust than they are today. Phi Chi
was then in its hieight of fame and prowess. Its battle-hymn ran:
'Phi Chi goes forth in regal state.' But be it known that during
Quinby's sOphomore year, while he may have permitted Phi Chi
to go forth, he always went first; for he was the president of the
fratternity and maintained the place, as he had won it, by planning
and carrying out just a trifle more daring an exploit than any of
his classmates.
"These were the days too, of 'sousing the freshmen;' and Gov-
ernor Quinby can remember, if Governor Chamberlain cannot, of
an interview they had during the fall of 1866 when Quinby's dialec-
tics were too strong for the scholar so fresh from the wars, and
when he won his case by arguing that the rule of expulsion for
'sousing the freshmen'applied by its very terms to those who were
'detected' in the act and that no circumstantial evidence like that
of a sophomore and a bucket of water in a freshman entry con-
stituted 'detection' even though the so'phomore admitted that he^
had purposed 'sousing the freshmen' and would doubtless have'
been 'detected' in it if Tutor Packard hadn't hastened his appear-
ance by about two minutes. The point was a fine one, but it was
held to be well taken.
"At Bowdoin, Quinby played baseball and caught on his
class teim. He roomed in Maine Hall, boarded at the Tontine —
and must have been rather prompter to pay than most college men,
for his landlord at Brunswick, now living at Dover, was one of the
staunchest Quinby men to be found in New Hampshire during
the canvass both for the nomination and election of Quinby as
Governor. He was a Psi U, and is the third of that fraternity
to win the governorship of New Hampshire — the other two being
Prescott and Bell from the Dartmouth chapter. Taft also is a
Psi U, and Governor Quinby went to Washington for the inaugura-
tion, for the purpose, among other things, of handing from Kappa
'69 to Beta '78 the proper salutation. ,,,,_„ . .^ .
"The whispering pines at Brunswick had hardly cast their
shadow upon young Quinby's sheepskin before he was oflF to New
Hampshire to keep an appointment which he had made while in
that state some time previously and concerning which it may not
be necessary to speak more in detail than is required in setting
down the fact that in January, 1870, he was married to Miss
470 The Quinby Familt
Octavia M. Cole at Lakeport, where since then has been his home.
T^e took a degree in medicine, but if he ever wrote a prescription
it was certainly neither for pay nor for publication; and for nearly
forty years he devoted himself to the affairs of the Cole Manu-
facturing Co., the control of which for more than eighty years has
been in one family. The gathering years have brought traditions
to the Cole Manufacturing Co., all the outgrowth of the remark-
able sense of honor fostered by the sterling chlaracter of its founder,
the late Hon. Benjamin J. Cole, and maintained and extended by
his son-in-law and successor in the management. In the century
or more that the Cole name has been connected with the industrial
history of New Hampshire, it has never been clouded by a mo-
ment's suspicion of the slightest letting-down from the highest
standards. Periods of stress there have been, but they have all
been weathered; and in its relations with both customer and em-
ploye, the first regretted words yet remain to be spoken. As a
young business man under the tutelage of Mr. Cole — who en-
joyed the friendship of the leading men in New Hampshire and
who himself had had a career in politics which stopped short only
of the highest places — Mr. Quinby soon came to a wide circle of
acquaintance, which he has ever since constantly enlarged on his
own account; and in 1872 he was appointed a member on the staff
of Governor Ezekiel A. Straw and secured the title of Colonel,
which even now seems hard to shake off for the new designation.
Staff appointments are by way of political preferment in New
Hampshire, which indicates that Colonel Quinby was caught
young at the game. This is probably true, for he has always been
interested in public matters — and as a boy of sixteen was found
taking his father's place as presiding officer at a Republican rally
in Biddeford.
"As a public speaker, he is far above the average. He served
in the lower house of the legislature more than twenty years ago.
It was the session of the famous 'railroad fight,' when partisan-
ship for one or the other of the competing interests ran high.
There were none to doubt where the gentleman from Gilford (now
Lakeport) stood; for he took early occasion to notify his colleagues
of his position by coming into the debate one day with a speech
which, for good, clean-out English, and a sound, unmistakable
statement of opinion, is good reading even now when the main
occasion for its utterance is well-nigh forgotten. Two years later
he was promoted to the State Senate, where the chief work of
saving the so-called 'nuisance act,' the teeth of the old prohibi-
tory law, fell to him and another colleague. In the division of
labor. Senator Quinby drew the firing-line position and it was he
who withstood the shock of debate on the measure, giving and
taking at short range with the best of the Senate's trained men —
and saving the day for his bill.
"Two years later he took another step upward and was
elected to membership in the governor's council. Important com-
mittee assignments fell to him here, and many new enterprises of
state origin and support passed under his hand, notably the carry-
ing out of the project for New Hampshire's participation in the
Chicago World's Fair and the construction of the new plant for the
State College at Durham.
The Quinby Family 471
"In 1902 he was chosen a delegate-at-large to the Minneapolis
convention. A steadfast adherent to the theory as relates to the
presidency, that one good turn deserves another, and believing
that the Blaine movement of that year was ill-timed, futile and
sure to prove of endless embarrassment to Mr. Blaine's real
friends, he espoused the cause of Harrison's renomination; and,
never shrinking from doing battle for his beliefs, he accepted des-
ignation as a member of the committee on credentials — and
stood by the fight until victory was secured. At this juncture in
his career th,e way seemed open to him for promotion in whatever
quarter of the political field he miglit cast a yearning gaze. The
people had come to know him as a man of trained mind, sound
convictions, remarkable capacity for expression, equal capacity
for sustained effort, of attractive personality and high character,
possessing the confidence of the party leaders and holding the
admiration of the rank and file. A current commentator of those
times wrote of Colonel Quinby predicting further honors in store
for him and asked: Governor, congressman, senator — which?
"He turned aside the governorship more than once. From
1892 to 1908 there probably never was a campaign where Quinby's
name was not early mentioned as that of a suitable candidate for
the head of the state ticket and where, if he had signified accept-
ance of the honor, the party would not have rejoiced with unanim-
ity that such a man as he had been found willing to lead the
organization at the polls. In 1898 he had a nomination to Con-
gress so near to his hand that bis fingers had but to close upon it;
but they lay inert, and from 1892 to 1900 he took no specially
prominent part in politics except as presiding officer of the state
convention in 1896, when he held the gavel over the gathering
which named for governor his old colleague in Governor Tuttle's
council, Hon. George A. Ramsdell. Col. Quinby's speech on tak-
ing the chair on that day was a revelation even to those who
thoughli they had known him best. Into the limits of less than
half an hour of delivery he compacted an oration of enduring
quality, chaste in language, clear in thought, picturesque in ima-
gery, stirring in suggestion — and delivered in splendid fashibn.
More than one of his hearers that day was moved to comment
that 'Tuttle's council held two men fit to be governor' — a truth
now brought to fulfillment.
"In 1900, Col. Quinby became a candidate for the United
States Senate. That was a memorable year in New Hampshire
politics. Senator William E. Chandler was waging his sunset cam-
paign and picturesque incidents were arising in every quarter of
ftie field, where Richmonds outnumbered those of Bosworth.
Five men were finally voted for in the caucus, and of the four who
failed, Col. Quinby was the only one whose support stood at the
figure where he had placed it in prediction. 'I thought I was
running for the Senate,' says Col. Quinby by way of comment
upon it.
"A tour of Europe followed this hazard of fortunes and then
further freedom from politics, save as a formulator of party plat-
forms. In the fall of 1902 President Theodore Ro'ostevelt had been
a year in the White House; and as the party conventions approach-
ed in the various states, it was questioned whether they should
endorse his administration. Those who held to the negative
472 The Quinbt Family
argued thjat such endorsement would strengthen him for the nomi-
nation which he was certain to seek in 1904, and the contention
was animated concerning the matter. In New Hampshire a few
bold spirits decided to go the limit. By a 'few' in this instance,
is meant tWo men. One of them was Col. Quinby; and again,
he drew the firing-line job. He was made chairman of the com-
mittiee od resolutions at the state convention and was entrusted
with a resolution which not only endorsed the Roosevelt adminis-
tration to date but declared boldly 'for his renomination in 1904.'
Single-handed and alone Col. Quinby forced this declaration
through his committee and carried it triumphantly before tl^e
convention where it was hailed with enthusiasm.
"In 1908, at the fj>ring convention. Colonel Quinby was again
chairman of the plalform committee and was instrumental in
committing the party anew to the progressive declarations of the
previous canvass, little thinking at the time that he would be
called upon to make the fight for the governorship upon those
declarations. In the early summer of 1908, the embers of the
bitter contest through which the Republicans of New Hampshire
had passed two years before still smoldered; and the unsatisfied
ambitions of two of the contestants threatened to fan the coals
into consuming flame. At this juncture, as in every other canvass
for the^ past sixteen years, were heard the laments that 'so good
a man as Quinby could not be brought into the canvass;' and in
point of fact entrance into a political contest never looked so
much like a duty to one's party as did the condition of things as
presented to Colonel Quinby by qualified spokesmen for his party.
His consent was not easily gained, but when he had once given
his word, he never wavered. He won; and a party seemingly
united upon his candidacy made his nomination unanimous and
entered the campaign. He won; and to win a governorship in
New Hampshire means to secure not a plurality alone, but a
majority over all — a larger contract than Maine now requires of
its candidates for the chief magistracy.
"In Governor Quinby's career, there are no picturesque ex-
tremes of position with which to embellish the narrative. His
family had long been one of position and substance and he was
enabled from the start to possess the advantage of the well-born.
He made his way through school and college with no privation;
and his life as a whole has been that of a simple American gentle-
man. To the traditions of that class he has steadfastly conformed
and his life has been modest, unassuming, filled with good deeds
and meriting the approbation of his fellows. Parallel with his
progress in public life, which after all has been the incidental
rather than the main trend of his career, has run the straight line
of his useful endeavor as a private citizen, immersed in business,
engaged in banking and pursuing those fraternal and social con-
nections which attach to the man of natural instincts and training.
"ThHis we find his associates in two banks placing him at the
head of their boards, and his brethren in the bonds of Masonry
elevating him to the highest posts which their order in the state
and nation can command, including that of Active 33°. Social
clubs of repute in New Hampshire and in the metropolis of the
nation also carry his name upon their rosters. The church finds
him a steadfast supporter and all good causes know him to their
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1454FRED1) QuiNBT, M.D.
The Quinby Family 473
benefit. Not, however, is it that his life has continuously followed
the line of least resistance; for there are many instances where the
way has not been easy and where many a man would hiave avoided
the issue. He never has. His word has often been slow in the
giving, but his action has always squared with it. It was thus
that he came to the governorship — which, in truth, is the tribute
of his fellows to him and to his character. What he has so
hardly won a man of less lofty character might easily have lost.
And having won it, the governorship is to him what every other
public or private preferment has been, an opportunity. The good
use be is making of it has already been foretold in a lifetime of
sincerity."
1454. Fred' {Thomas^, Moses'', John^, Joseph^, Jo-
seph*, Robert^ Robert^) born 18 Feb. 1853, at Buxton, Me.,
and was educated in the Biddeford schools and at the
Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Readfield, Me. He grad-
uated at the Detroit Medical School in 1874, and after-
wards took a post-graduate course at the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons at New York city. Dr. Quinby prac-
tised his profession at Jefferson, Saco and Biddeford, Me.
He was City Physician of Biddeford during a severe epi-
demic of smallpox, with which he coped successfully. He
had great ability as a ready speaker and writer, and was a
frequent contributor to the local papers. He married
Carrie I., daughter of Henry Ross of Biddeford, and they
had one child, Fred Henry Quinby, who died in infancy.
In 1884 Dr. Quinby was Government Physician for the
Ponca and Otoe Indian Agencjies in Indian Territory. On
the formation of the city of Lexington in the new territory
of Oklahoma, he was elected its first Mayor; and he
founded and edited the local newspaper there. When it
passed into other hands, he continued to be a frequent
contributor to its columns. Dr. Quinby died 3 Feb. 1894,
at Lexington, Okla. The Leader of Lexington, under that
date says: "Dr. Childs was over from Purcell yesterday in
attendance upon Dr. Quinby, who has erysipelas in the
face and head. He reports the doctor to be in a critical
condition." Dr. Quinby died that day, and the Boston
(Mass.) Journal in a long obituary said: "He was pos-
sessed of more than ordinary ability, being a gifted writer
and a ready speaker. In the diagnosis and treatment of
cases he was very successful. Warm-hearted and sym-
pathetic, he leaves a large circle of friends to mourn his
loss." W. F. Laney, Esq., the postmaster at Lexington,
wrote: "Dr. Quinby was a good physician, a kind-hearted
gentleman, and was universally loved and respected."
Carrie I. Quinby married second, Charles Hersey of Saco,
474 The Quinby Family
Me., and after his death she married third, Randall Smith
and lives at 4 Salem st.,"* Springfield, Mass. (1910).
A poem written by Dr. Quinby when be was twenty-four years
old, entitled "Spring Cleaning," shows his whimsical fancy and
skill as a versifier. A few stanzas are as follows:
"Since ancient days the custom's been, on every first of May,
For each good wife her house to clean, and bugs and spiders slay.
The insect tribe is filled with woe, with fear each mouse doth
shake;
Even the rats turn white as snow, and with foreboding quake.
And well they may, for e'er the day shall close in evening twilight,
Each varmint she will ruthless slay, from cellar unto skylight.
The men folks are in sorry plight before the day is done;
They've been at work hard since the light of May day's morning
sun.
* * * *
0, Powers divine! All ye that be to mercy ever leaning.
Grant that this world ere long may see the end of dread spring
cleaning."
1455. Thomas Freeman' (Thomas*, Moses'', John*,
Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 10 May, 1855, at
Biddeford, Me. He attended school at Biddeford and at
Westbrook seminary, and then went to Phillips Exeter
academy, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon; he then
attended Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., and received
his medical education and degree of M. D. from the College
of Physicians and Surgeons at New York city, class of
1878. He took a post-graduate course at the University
of Heidelberg, Germany. On his return he settled in Min-
neapolis, Minn., in 1880, where he has since practised his
profession. He was for four years professor of materia
medica at the Minnesota Hospital college, and served three
years as Health Inspector of Minneapolis. In 1889, the
U. S. Pension office appointed a board of three examining
surgeons at Minneapolis which included Dr. Quinby. In
Nov. 1894, Dr. Quinby ran for election to membership in
the Board of Education and ran over 6000 votes ahead of
the nearest other candidate, and was subsequently for four
years president of the board, and also four years member
of the Library Board of Minneapolis and of the Board of
Tax Levy. The record of his election to the Board of
Education is worth including here, as it is over a thousand
votes ahead of the successful candidate for Mayor of the
city, Robert Pratt, Rep. 19626:
1455DR. Thomas F.s Quinby
of Minneapolis, Minn.
Home of 1455Thomas !P.» Quinby, M.D.,
2424 Humboldt Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
The QmNBY Family 475
T. F. Quinby, Rep. 20,652;
M. Falk Gjertsen, Rep. Pro. 14,041;
T. B. Janney, Dem. 13,570;
Mrs. Goff, Pop.-Pro.-Dem. 12,532;
Alva D. Roe, Pop. 4,129.
Dr. Quinby has received other public offices which
testify to the esteem in which he is held. In 1911 he was
elected president of the Hennepin County Medical Society.
He was for ten years local surgeon of the "S oo Line"
(Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Sainte Marie R. R.).
He married Justine I. Schaller of Hastings, Minn.
Within a few years they have built a beautiful home at 2424
Humboldt ave.. South; Dr. Quinby's office is in the Don-
aldson Building.
1456. John ' (John^, Moses ', John ', Joseph ', Joseph *,
Robert^, Robert^) born 20 Dec. 1843, at Buxton, Me.; mar-
ried 6 Sept. 1865, Henrietta Edmands Cutter, born 2 July,
1844, at Charlestown, Mass., daughter of Thomas Jefferson
and Sarah (Burton) Edmands; adopted by Abraham and
Mary (Gibson) Cutter. Mr. Quinby lived at Saco, Me.,
where he ultimately succeeded to the old established coal
business of A. and B. E. Cutter. Mr. Quinby was a
prominent. Free Mason and Knight Templar. He was sick
eight days with typhoid fever, which resulted in his death
10 Apr. 1884, at Saco. Mrs. Quinby is now (1912) Mrs.
Dyer, and lives at Saco. "She has a wonderful inlaid
table brought by Mr. Quinby's ancestors from abroad, an
heirloom."
The probate records of York county at Alfred, Me.,
show that Joseph G. Deering of Saco was appointed admin-
istrator of John Quinby's estate; that the real estate was
appraised at $2500, goods and chattels at $10924.72; rights
and credits at $7067,22. Henrietta E. Quinby was ap-
pointed guardian of the minor child at the May term of
court, 1884. This son was
2146. Harry Cutter" Quinby, born 30 Aug, 1866 (see).
1457. Ira B. ' (Frederick Butler", John ', Jacob «, Benj-
amin^, Joseph*, Roberta Robert^) born 1 Aug. 1830, at
York, Maine; married there 10 Oct. 1854, by Rev. L. B.
Knight to Lucy Ann Raynes, and took his bride to Boston
where he had settled five years before at the age of 19,
and where he had become converted to religion at the
Bromfield st. church. He commenced business in Boston
in 1862 as a carpenter with Chester Holmes, as the firm of
476 The Quinby Family
Holmes & Quimby, and in 1857 was living at Chelsea,
Mass. At the time of the census of 1860 he was at Boston
ward 2, with his family. At the outbreak of the war, he
enlisted in company F of the 39th Massachusetts Volun-
teers, and later was made lieutenant of the 30th regiment,
consisting of colored troops. "After Lincoln's determina-
tion to enlist negro soldiers, Lieut. Quimby was employed
as a recruiting officer, and was very successful. He was
ever the friend of the black man, whose freedom was his
motive for becoming a soldier."
United States patent 51120 for a fish decoy was granted
2 May, 1865, to Ira B. Quimby and Edward Low of East
Boston, to the latter of whom, Ira the inventor had as-
signed a part interest. He became a resident of East
Boston about 1859 where he lived through 1861 at 95
Princeton st., and thereafter was at 6 Lamson court in
1865-6. He lived at 39 Hayes st.. East Boston, to 1873,
when he removed to 93 Webster st., where he remained
till 1878. He was in the real estate and building business
for twenty years. He was for twenty-two years a mem-
ber of the Saratoga street church, of which for several years
he was an officer. He then spent fifteen years at WoUaston,
Mass., where he also had an official connection with the
church. Then he spent fifteen years at Maiden, Mass.,
where up to the time of his death (at the age of 80) he
was an honored member of the Robinson Methodist church.
He dropped dead at Asbury Grove, Hamilton, Mass., while
attending a Methodist camp meeting, 2 Sept. 1910. Up
to the time of his death he had carried on his real estate
business at Charlestown, Mass. Burial took place at York
Village, Me. Mr. Quimby was a deeply religious man;
"he was a staunch temperance man, which for him meant
personal total abstinence and no quarter for the liquor
traffic," says his obituary notice in a religious paper,
which adds: "Wonderful grace has been given to his widow
in her affliction. When this husband of her youth died,
she said, 'God was nearer than we thought.' He has been
very near ever since." Mrs. Quimby lives (1915) with her
son Arthur, at 158 Walnut st.," Maiden, Mass. Children
of Ira B. ' Quimby:
2147. I. Ralph Allan i» Quimby, born 28 June, 1855, at 11
Liverpool st., Boston (see);
2148. II. Charles Linnaeus i" Quimby, born 8 Apr. 1857, at
Chelsea (see);
2149. III. Frederick Butler" Quimby, born 13 June, 1862,
at 2 Lamson st., Boston (see);
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1459FEEDERIOK HaNSOND QUIMBY
(photograph loaned by Mrs. C. H. Farvvell).
The Quinbt Family 477
IV. Lucy Raynes'" Quimby, born 18 Mar. 1864, at 2
Lamson st., Boston; died unmarried, 19 Feb. 1894,
at York, Me., of tuberbulosis;
V. Habriet'" Quimby, bom 3 Apr. 1866, at 2 Lamson
ct.;
VL Ira Payson" Quimby, bqrn 18 Oct. 1867 (1 Oct.
on rec.) at 2 Lamson ct.; died there 17 Dec. 1867,
of whooping cough;
2160. VII. Arthur Curtis '» Quimby, born 11 Feb. 1872, at 39
Haynes St., Boston; in 1893-4 he lived at Maiden,
was a surveyor, with oflSce at 53 State St., Boston;
in 1912 he lives with his brother Charles and their
mother at Maiden; he is in the real estate business.
Note. — The records give Lamson st. and Lamson ct., and Boston and
East Boston as above set forth, also Hayes and Haynes sts.
1459. Frederick Hanson ' {Frederick Butler'^, John ^,
Jacob", Benjamin'', Joseph*, Roberf^, Robert^) born 23 Feb.
1835, at York (or Cape Neddick), Me. He appears next
on the records as grantee from Frederick B. Quimby and
as grantor of real estate to Nathaniel G. Marshall, both
deeds recorded 28 Jan. 1856. He married 19 Mar. 1858,
Elizabeth Ellen Welch, born 28 Mar. 1843, at Somers-
worth, N. H., where their intention was recorded the same
day. The cburt records of York county mention Frederick
H. Quimby as being sued by John and Asahel Goodwin in
1859, but the suit was apparently settled or abandoned.
Mr. Quimby was a fisherman, and was one of the crew of
the schooner Enterprise of Gloucester drowned 24 Feb.
1862, according to the record at Gloucester, Mass. The
family record says he was lost off the Georgia banks dur-
ing the big gale in February, 1861, but the Gloucester
record is probably right. His widow survived him nearly
forty years and died 30 May, 1900, at York, Me. Child:
Lydia Ellen'" Quimby, born 9 Oct. 1859; married
10 Dec. 1876; Charles H. Farwell, and lives (1910)
at Walker st., Kittery, Me.; shjb h!as been of great
help in answering my inquiries.
1462. William Murch ' {Jacob*, Jacob ', Jacob ", Benj-
amin^, Joseph*, Joseph^, Robert"^) born 18 Aug. 1824, (says
his discharge paper in the Mexican war; 17 Aug. 1824, at
Portland, Me., says the family record.) He enlisted as a
recruit, 12 Aug. 1847, in the Second regiment of Dragoons,
commanded by Col. May, to serve "during the war with
Mexico," and "was honorably discharged at Carlisle Bar-
racks, Pa., 28 June, 1848, by reason of the expiration of
his term of service; said William M. Quinby was born in
478 The Quinbt Family
Boston, in the state of Massachusetts; is 23 years old, five
feet, ten and one-half inches high, fair complexion, gray
eyes, light hair" (signed, C. A. May). (Files at Pension
office). He made his claim No. 25296, for bounty land,
3 July, 1848.
Rev. A. A. Miner married William M. Quinby at
Boston, 22 Aug. 1849, to Susan D., age 23, born in New
Hampshire, daughter of Moses Brown; he was son of Jacob,
born in Maine, and it is stated that this was his second
marriage. I find no further record of her.
William M. Quinby was commissioned 28 Apr. 1861,
as captain of Co. I, First regiment, Maine Volunteer In-
fantry. His residence was then Portland, Me., and his
age was 37. He resigned or was mustered out with his
regiment after its three months' term, 15 Aug. 1861, and
was appointed by President Lincoln, confirmed by the
Senate and commissioned hy the war department for active
service in the Regular army of the United States, and was
mustered 5 Aug. 1861, as a captain in the 12th regiment,
U. S. Infantry. (Maine Adjut. Gen. Rep., 1861, p. 48;
1862, pp. 132, ElO; 866, p. B34; 1864, I. p. 1068; 1866,
pp. 200; F1348; 342). He rose to the rank of Major. His
name is found regularly spelled with an m thereafter.
He received a gunshot wound 9 Aug. 1862, at the
battle of Cedar Mountain and was brevetted Major the
same day, for gallantry in that battle. He was married in
1863 at Buffalo, N. Y., to Helen Lefevre, born 1819, an
orphan, adopted daughter of a Mr. Foster of Portland,
Me. Maj. Quimby had post duty between 1863 and 1865
at Fort Hamilton, later at Fort Columbus, both in New
York harbor, and was on recruiting service at Williams-
burg (Brooklyn), Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y. He was
retired 20 Jan. 1865. He married at Rochester, 10 Nov.
1866, Lucy Hill, daughter of Stephen Randall Colvin.
Maj. Quimby lived at Rochester from 1869 to 1875; moved
with his family 1 Oct. 1875, to Magnolia, Va., where he
died 11 Apr. 1876, of rheumatism of the heart, induced by
his wound and exposure. After his death, his family
moved to Suffolk, Va. Children, born at Rochester, N. Y.:
I. Helen Shehwood'» Quimby, born 26 Dec. 1870;
married at Suffolk, Va., 12 Aug. 1908, Capt. Henry
Minett, U. S. Navy (retired);
2151. IL Edwin Morton Coates>» Quimby, born 17 Apr.
1873 (see);
III. Frances Loryma»« Quimby, born 14 Feb. 1875;
married 19 Julpe, 1901, Charles Lee Hutchins, boxn
Jan. 1868, at Monckton, Md.; and has six children.'
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1463. Albus Rea» {Jacob*, Jacob'', Jacob ^, Benjamin^,
Joseph*, Roberta Robert'') born 8 Jan. 1829, at Portland,
Me. He lived at Augusta, Me., where he was married
first, by Rev. A. Dalton, 3 July, 1852, to Mary Ellen
("Ellen") daughter of John W. and Mary B. Thorns.
She was born 1836 at Augusta, Me. She was married sec-
ond, by Samuel C. Eastman, J. P., at Concord, N. H., 7
Aug. 1878, to Samuel, son of John and Elizabeth Preston;
second marriage of both; he was aged 66, born at Hamp-
ton, Va., and a resident of Boston, Mass. Her death rec-
ord at Boston, however, does not refer to this marriage.
It shows that she was born at Augusta, Me., daughter of
John and Mary (Brown) Thoms; widow of "Albert Quim-
by;" died of pneumonia at her home, 2161 Washington st.,
Boston, 25 Mar. 1905, aged 70, and was buried at Augusta,
Me.
Mr. Quinby was commissioned under date of 25 May,
1861, as second lieutenant in the Maine Volunteer In-
fantry and was mustered in, 4 June, 1861, as first lieut-
enant, Co. I, 3d regiment. He resigned 27 July, 1861,
and received his discharge under that date. (Maine Adjut.
Gen. Rep. 1861, pp. 170, E21; '62, pp. 25, 65; '63, p. B34;
'64, F1348; '66, pp. 342, 207).
Deed of a lot in Evergreen cemetery, Portland, to
Albus R. Quinby is dated 8 July, 1863. He was married
second, 9 May, 1885, at Springfield, Mass., by Rev. Jos.
K. Mason, to Elizabeth C. Knowlton (born 1838, Wilbra-
ham, Mass.), her second marriage. Her parents were
Nathaniel and Temperance, but whether Knowlton or
other surname I know not. She lives in 1915 at 214
Merrimack st., Newburyport, Mass. Mr. Quinby died at
Springfield, Mass., 20 May, 1888, aged 59, of cardiac para-
lysis; buried at Wilbraham. Children:
I. Mary A.'" Quinby, born 1853, died 18 Aug. 1858,
aged 5 yrs., at Portland, Me.;
2152. II. Fkank A.i» Quinby, botn 1855, at Augusta, Me.
(see) ;
III. Mabel N.*" Quinby, born 1861 at Augusta, Me.;
in 1879 she lived at Boston, Mass., and was there
married by Rev. A. J. Gordon, 17 Nov. 1879, to
Hiram A. Sherman, Jr., living at Newton, Mass.,
age 21, son of Hiram A. and Clara A. Sherman.
1464. Alonzo H." (Jacob*, Jacob'', Jacob*, Benja-
min^, Joseph*, Joseph*, Robert^) born 22 Dec. 1837, at or
near Portland, Me. He married first in 1859, Elvira A.
Tomlinson of Portland; their intention was filed 2 July,
480 The Quinbt Family
1859. He appears to have been an original member of Co.
E, First regiment, in 1861. Later he was mustered into
Co. I, 10th regiment, Maine Volunteers, 20 Aug. 1862, and
was discharged for disability 5 Dec. 1862. He again en-
tered the service for a three-year term as a substitute for
William King, Jr., of Saco, Me., who had been drafted;
Mr. Quimby was mustered 10 Sept. 1863, in the 19th Main
regiment. He was wounded 6 May, 1865, and discharged
six days later. (Me. Adj. Gen. Rep. 1861, pp. 55, App.
E6; 1862, pp. D290, 886; 1863, pp. 363, 539, E19; 1864,
pp. 1914, B1286, D594).
Mr. Quimby married second, 20 May, 1871, at Port-
land, Alice, daughter of Thomas and Clara (Stevens)
McKay, all born in Scotland. Mr. Quimby died 11 Nov.
1892, at the Soldiers' Home, Togus, Me. His widow,
Mrs. Alice, lives at 165 Forest ave., Portland, Me. (1915),
and has kindly answered my numerous inquiries. Children
of Alonzo H.» Quimby; by Elvira A. (Tomlinson) :
2153. I. Charles W.'» Quimby, born 10 May, 1862;
2154. II. Louis A. '0 Quimby, born 11 Jan. 1864;
by Alice McKay:
III. Charlotte'" Quimby, married Arthur Ricker, of
Boston, Mass., about 1906.
Note. — Edwin M. C. Quimby says Alonzo had a daughter Harriet by a
first marriage and a son by a second marriage.
1466. John Gurley ' {George Washington^, Benjamin ',
Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 4
June, 1865, at Augusta, Me., and made that city his home
until his marriage, 20 Apr. 1892, to Mary Sumner, daugh-
ter of Walter David and Elizabeth Shaw (Hill) Eaton, of
Boston, Mass., born 26 July, 1864, at Dexter, Me. The
wedding took place at Emmanuel church, Boston; the cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Leighton Parks, D. D., in
the evening; the paper says "The bride was charmingly
attired in an ivory satin princess gown, cut en train, veil
of point lace applique, caught up and festooned with a cluster
of orange blossoms and a cluster of diamonds." In 1893
they lived at Waltham, Mass. A few years later Mr.
Quinby became a member of one of the greatest banking
houses in the United States, Blair & Co., and settled in
New York city. He has a country home at Brewster,
N. y. He is a member of various New York clubs in-
duding the Down Town, Union League, and the Sleepy
Hollow Country Club, and in the winter lives at the Hotel
Plaza. Children:
14680liVer B.9 Quinby
The Qtjinby Family 4&1
2155. I. John Gtjkleti' Qtjinby, born 15 Dec. 1893, at
Beaver Brook, Waltham, Ma^s.; fitted for Harvard
College at Phillips Exeter academy and entered
as a member of the class of '18;
II. Constance 10 Quinby, born 22 Jan. 1894.
1467. John Murray ° {George Washington^, Benjamin ',
Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 2
July, 1870, at Augusta, Me.; attended high school there,
and graduated from Westbrook seminary. He entered
Tufts college in 1890. Later he took a business course at
Bryant and Stratton's commercial college and then secured
a position with Doe, Hunnewell & Co., of Boston, manu-
facturers of fine furniture. In 1894 he was taken into the
firm as a partner and was married 12 June, 1894, by Rev.
William E. Gibbs, at Portland, Me., to Mary Florence,
daughter of Dr. Augustus Spaulding and Mary Hubbard
(Marble) Thayer, born 30 Oct. 1872, at Portland. Mr.
Quinby in 1895 inherited the business and property of
Elias R. Hunnewell. The business was closed out soon
after, and Mr. Quinby became associated with the firm of
Perry, Whitney Co., and later with James I. Wingate &
Son of Boston, well-known decorators and furnishers, of 400
Boylston st., where he has been in business since 1905.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinby visited England and Europe in 1900.
On their return, Mr. Quinby purchased an estate at Wel-
lesley Hills, near Boston, where the family now lives.
Children, born at Newton, Mass.:
2156. I. Thayebi« Quinby, born 30 Oct. 1898, at 37 Westley
St.;
2157. II. Gboege Hunnewell" Quinby, born 26 Mar. 1901,
at 52 Elmwood sti;
III. Pbiscillai" QuinBy, born 28 Sept. 1904, at 322
Franklin st.
1468. Oliver B. ' (Oliver How^, Benjamin ', Benja-
min^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 6 Dec.
1841, at Lisbon, Me.; married 13 Feb. 1868 (1867 on Aug-
usta rec.) at Augusta, Me., by Rev. George W. Quinby,
to Mary E., daughter of William H. and Elizabeth (Rob-
inson) Stacy. They live at 419 Main st., Brockton, Mass.
Sketch of Oliver B. Quinby
Oliver B. Quinby, after t^e death of his father, lived with his
grandfather at Westbrook, where hte attended the public schools
until ten years of age. He thfen went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where
for six years he lived with an uncle, and furthered his education
in the schools of that city. Returning east when he was sixteen
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482 The Quinbt Family
years of age, he followed the sea with his step-father, Captain
Curtis, whb was engaged in the merchant marine service. He was
gradually promoted until at the time he left the service he was
serving in the capacity of mate. The career of a seaman did not
appeal to him, and upon leaving the seafaring life, in 1863, he
enlisted in the 1st Maine Light Artillery, and continued in the
service of his country until the close of the Civil war. During
this service he participated in a number of battles, including Win-
che^er (in September, 1864), Cedar Creek, and others. He was
mustered out in June, 1865, and upon his return to Maine settled
at Augusta, where for five years he was employed in the mechani-
cal department of the "Gospel Banner," there mastering the
printer's trade, while also acting as bookkeeper. Mr. Quinby then
became bookkeeper for the Bodwell Granite Company, of Vinal
Haven, Maine, in which capacity he continued for a period of
about three years, at the end of that time resigning this position
to become bookkeeper and financial man for Stacy, Adams &
Jones, shoe manufacturers of Brockton. This was in 1875, and
after three years he became a member of the firm, taking the
place of S. Gardner Jones, the firm then becoming Stacy, Adams
& Co. Messrs. Stacy and Adams were salesmen, and while they
were engaged in selling the product of the factory Mr. Jones had
been the practical shoemaker, and Mr. Quinby looked after this
office and financial end of the business. From a small beginning
this business has grown steadily and rapidly, and today the pro-
duct of this well-known concern is known and sold all over the
world, having a wide reputation for superior quality and style,
[n 1908 the business was incorporated under the laws of the State
of Massachusetts as the Stacy-Adams Company (with a capital
stock of $150,000), of which William H. Stacy is president, Oliver
B. Quinby, treasurer, and James H. Cunningham, superintendent.
In February, 1910, the business was installed in a new six-story
brick factory building, erected for the purpose, on Montello
street, near Centre street, this building covering a part of the site
occupied by this concern since its first establishment. The Stacy-
Adams Company manufactures a fine grade of men's high quality
shoes, which retail from $5 per pair upward, and has a capacity
of from 1,200 to 1,500 pairs of shoes per day, giving employment
to from 350 to 400 hands, among whom are some of the most
skilled shoe workers in the city of Brockton, which city is noted
the world over for the quality of its workmen in this line. This
concern holds membership in the National Boot and Shoe Associa-
tion of Rochester, New York.
Fraternally, Mr. Quinby is a member of the Masonic organiza-
tion, holding membership in Bethlehem Lodge, F. & A. M., of
Augusta, Maine, of which he was secretary and recorder for several
years; Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M., of Hollowell, Maine; and Bay
State Commandery, Knights Templar, of Brockton. He is also
an active member of the Commercial Club and the Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Club, of Brockton, and holds membership in
Fletcher Webster Post, G. A. R., of Brockton. Mr. Quinby has
been prominently identified with the financial institutions of the
city, being an incorporator of the Brockton Savings Bank, and in
January, 1895, became a director of the Home National Bank, in
The QuiNBT Family 483
which capacity he has since continued. In political faith Mr.
Quinby is a Republican, but has avoided public honors, preferring
to give his undivided attention to his business.
Mr. Quinby is endowed with keen intelligence, marked execu-
tive ability and conservative judgment in business and financial
affairs, and enjoys the respect and esteem of the community in
which the greater part of his active business life has been spent.
Quiet and dignified in manner when first approached, he readily
displays cordial friendliness when on a subject he finds interesting.
He is fond of his intimate friends, and enjoys their company, and
can be found occasionally spending an evening at the club as a
recreation from business cares, though he is devoted to his home,
where his evenings are generally spent. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby are
active members of Unity Church of Brockton, which Mr. Quinby
has served several years as a member of tb.e stianding committee.
Mrs. Quinby is much interested in charitable work, and devotes
much of her time to the work in connection with the Day Nursery
and the Wales Home, of Brockton, both of which, together with
all benevolent projects, receive consideration from her and her
husband.
1469. Edwin Thompson » {Edwin F.^, Benjamin ', Ben-
jamin^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1843,
in Maine; he and his sister Mary Ella were living in 1860
at Livermore, Me., with Clarendon Waters and family.
The following year Edwin T. Quinby enlisted and was
mustered 7 Aug. 1861, in company C, Eighth regiment,
Maine Volunteers, and died 11 May, 1862 (Me. Adj. Gen.
Rep. 1861, pp. 380, E79; 1862, p. D204).
1470. John Edwin' {Albert, John'', Joseph^ Benja-
min\ Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 23 Feb. 1867, at
Minot, Me., and married there 14 Sept. 1891 (says J. E. Q.)
Annie May, daughter of Sidney and Annetta Dana (Cobb)
Daicy, born 8 Dec. 1869, at Poland, Me. Mr. Quinby and
family live (1915) at Auburn Me., where he is a farmer
and deals in agricultural tools. Address, r. f. d. 6, Minot,
Me. Children :
2158. I. Harold Sidney i° Quinby, born 20 (says J. E. Q.;
21 says recO Mar. 1893, at Poland;
II. Marion Annetta" Quinby, born 1 Nov. 1906 (says
J. E. Q.; 1905 says rec.) at Minot;
III. Martha i« Quinby, born 6 Apr. 1908, at Minot.
1471. George Franklin » (Albert^, John'', Joseph'^,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, RoberP, Robert^) ("Frank") born 16
May, 1872, at Minot, Maine; married by Rev. C. W.
Fisher at Mechanic Falls, Me., 23 Aug. 1898 (says rec.)
Alice E., daughter of William and Albertina (Eaton) Ban-
croft, born 12 Oct. 1875. He lived till 1903 at Minot, then
moved to Auburn, Me., where he now lives (1915) at Pearl
484 The Quinby Family
St. His occupation is that of "engineer (stationary)".
Children :
2159. I. Ralph Carlton i" Quinby, born 2 Nov. 1899, died 1
Mar. 1900 at Minot;
II. Methyl Eulaliai" Quinby, born 1 Jan. 1901, at
Minot, Me.; died 27 May, 1910, at Auburn;
III. Mildred Alice »» Quinby, born 26 Dec. 1902, at
Minot;
2160. IV. Albert William'" Quinby, born 9 May, 1904, at
Mechanic Fallsj
V. Ida Maei» Quinby, born 9 Dec. 1905, at Auburn,
Me.;
VI. Ablene Elizabeth" Quinby, born 23 June, 1907,
at Auburn, and died 14 Sept. 1907.
1471a. George Franklin' {Benjamin Franklin^,
John'', Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert, Robert^) born
31 Dec. 1858, in Fourth st., Boston (I have been unable to
entice him into correspondence, and the following facts I
have therefore collated from various records and publica-
tions.) Mr. Quinby lived with his parents in 1877 at 75
Dennis st., Boston, and was a student in the school of
Mechanicial Arts, Mass. Institute of Technology, 1877-8.
He was married first, 31 Dec. 1882, at Boston, by Rev.
O. T. Walker, to May I., daughter of James W. and Irene
M. Dunbar, aged 17, born at Warren, Me. In 1883 he
was an assistant engineer on steam fire engine 14 at Centre
St., Roxbury, rooming at 43 Linwood st. ; in 1884 he
roomed on Centre st. He joined his uncles about 1885 in
the manufacture of circular machine brushes at 30 Hanover
St. Mr. Quinby and his wife May were evidently separated
by the law, for she was married second, 23 Nov. 1887, by
Rev. Julian K. Smith at Boston, to William L., son of Asa
and Susan C. Huff, a printer, aged 22, born at Portland,
Me.
Mr. Quinby boarded at Woodville st. from 1890
through 1894, and perhaps later. He was married second,
19 Nov. 1890, by Rev. Charles R. Tenney at Boston, to
Mrs. Florence M. Wheeler, daughter of HoUis C. and Caro-
line S. Pinkham, age 23, born in Boston. About 1892 he
became manager of the machine brush factory at 129 Sum-
mer st. In the meantime he had become a member of the
National Guard, and in 1892 he was captain of company K,
First regiment of Infantry; he was one of the judges of the
prize drill of the Chauncy-Hall battalion, 27 May, 1892.
Mrs. Quinby composed a piece of music called the Fawn
schottische, which was copyrighted by Mr. Quinby 16 Nov.,
The Quinby Family 486
1899 (No. 74798). The next year Mr. Quinby took out
U. S. patent No. 637675 for the invention of a spout level
and plumb, granted 11 Sept. 1900, and 19 Nov. following
he copyrighted another of his wife's musical compositions,
agaiir the Fawn schottische (No. 17307).
Mr. Quinby was an ardent supporter of Mayor Hib-
bard of Boston, who appointed him to a position in the
delinquent division of the city collecting department in
May, 1909. By that time Capt. Quinby had been advanced
to the grade of Major in the National Guard, and his home
was at 1 Shenandoah st., Dorchester. As such, he was a
guest at the 48th annual reunion and banquet of the First
Regiment Volunteer Infantry Veteran Association, 25 May,
1909, and in August of that year participated with his
troops in the war game of Reds and Blues, which at-
tracted attention throughout the country. The papers of
28 Aug. 1909, report concerning these operations: "Re-
garding the victory of the Coast Artillery corps (blue)
over the red cavalry at South Hanson on Thursday of last
week, three times the corps beat back the attach of the
cavalry; and in the second attacik, 48 men of the Four-
teenth New York regiment were cJaptured by the Coast
Artillery. Major Quinby needed more strength in his posi-
tion, and Capt. B. B. Shedd of the sixth company went to
his assistance. He executed a flank movement and cap-
tured the New York men. The action of Capt. Shedd was
loudly cheered, and Gen. Leonard Wood, the chief umpire,
who witnessed it, smiled with delighted approval." Maj.
Quinby was detailed as cburt for the trial of privates Ma-
honey and Edgerley, Second company of the Coast Artillery
and held his first session, 6 Dec. 1909.
By 1911, Major Quinby had risen to the rank of Lieut.
Colonel. Maj. Quinby's c'onnection with the Boston Fire
department continued, and he was one of the Aides of the
Chief Marshal at the unveiling of the firemen's monument,
13 June, 1909, at Forest Hills cemetery. Mrs. Quinby
composed a piano piece, the "Ancients' Parade," which
her husband copyrighted 19 May, 1904 (No. 71131); and
she copyrighted 11 Dec. 1908 (Nos. 196096-7) two songs
entitled: "Bonita," and "One who is the Best of All."
The Quinbys live (1915) at 1 Shenandoah St., Dorchester,
Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Quinby lives with them.
1472. Emmanttel Swedenborg* {Joseph Bailey', Jo-
seph'', Joseph^ Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert^) born
1 Nov. 1859, at New Orleans, La.; went with his family
during the war to Cincinnati, and lived at Newport and
486 The Quinbt Family
Dayton, Ky. Mr. Quinby went on the stage as a player
of Shakespere and the more serious dramatic works, adopt-
ing the stage name of E. S. Laurie. He married Katherine
McDaniel of Cincinnati, by whom he had two daughters;
the marriage bond was afterward severed by the court, and
Mrs. Quinby married a man named Rivers who has died.
She lives (1912) in California. Emmanuel S. Quinby died as
the ultimate result of falling through a trap in a theatre while
playing the part of Damon in Damon and Pythias. For sev-
eral years thereafter, he had white swellings on the leg,
which finally caused his death in 1894 at Bakersfield, Cali-
fornia. He was buried there as E. S. Laurie Quinby.
Children:
I. Sylvia" Quinby, married and has (1912) one child;
II. Elizabeth'" Quinby, unmarried (1912).
1473. Fkanklyn ' {Joseph Bailey^, Joseph ', Joseph ',
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert^) born 1863 at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and recorded as Isaac Franklin Quinby; mar-
ried first, 15 May, 1887, at Centralia, 111., Carrie Morgan,
by whom he had two children. The law dissolved the mari-
tal bond, and he married second, in Sept. 1911, Mrs. May
T. (Smith), ("a cousin of the famous actor, Sol Smith
Russell"). Mr. Quinby's career has been varied; like his
father, he was a poet, and wrote a part of a blank verse
epic called the "Columbiad," of which a good sample fol-
lows. Mr. Quiiiby is also an artist, and like two of his
brothers, a Shaksperian actor; like his brother Laurie, he
was an editor. Parallelism runs through this talented
family in a remarkable fashion. In 1906 and 1908 Mr.
Quinby was the candidate of the Independence League for
United States congressman in the eighth district. New
York city. In 1906 he filed with the Board of Elections
an independent petition, which, however, was invalidated
through lacking 200 names. In the next campaign Mr.
Quinby attributed the theft of eight sheets from the peti-
tion of 1906 to opposing political interests. Mr. Quinby,
however, went down with his party. At that time and for
a number of years Mr. Quinby held a position on Mr.
Hearst's New York American, and at the same time con-
ducted a law practice with an office at 45 Franklin St.,
near the New Criminal Court building. Mr. Quinby came
into newspaper prominence again in 1909, when he was the
sole beneficiary under the will of Mrs. Mary Gertrude
Kraus, an elderly lady who died 5 June, 1909. She left
him her fortune, as she explains in her will, because of his
1473FRANKLYN9 QuiNBT
1476CASSIUS Clayo Quinbt
(see p. 492).
1472EMMANUEL S.9 QUINBY
(photo, by Core, Cincinnati) (p. 485).
The Qthnby Family 487
devotion to her during a recent family trouble with her
daughter. Mrs. Kraus's relatives contested the will and
after a four days' trial, the Surrogate of New York county
set the will aside on the ground of the lady's mental in-
competency, and Mr. Quinby received nothing. Mr. Quin-
by's children:
I. Virgil Victoh'" Qxiinbt, born and died 2 June,
1889;
II. Alltn M.>» Quinby, born 2A Oct. 1891, died 24
July, 1897 (N. Y. death cert. 22795).
Lines from the Prelude to the Columbiad, by Frankly n Quinby.
"Back in that vague antiquity ojf time —
Whereto the mind from retrospection shrinks —
The restless globe had wheeled its countless rounds.
Urging from out the everlasting day
Its alternating hemispheres to night * * *
Thie oceans too, that girdled us about
And up and down our sands the pebbles chased,
Had in their fury lashed the scornful rock
And in their slumber lulled the wavelet song
To the smooth beach, whereon the native foot
Ere Adam in the garden plucked fruit.
Strolled to the beach and bathed his swarthy skin
And worshipped to the Spirit on the deep;
And scores of times beheld the morning break
And stud the mighty sapphire with its gold;
Nor e'er beheld the stranger ships or sail
Cure the horizon's blue monotony;
And augured not the burning eye of morn
Had left a vast world of the East in night * * *
And yet the Oriental peoples slept.
Dreamless of suspicion that we shared
Th' eternal golden stove of heaven with, them —
That made their day our night, our night their day.
So went the world — ^two halves — and both alike,
In mutual ignorance, deemed itself the all * * *
* * * That worthy son of Italy
(The cradle of so many mighty men)
Who, to the genius born, plucked from the stars
His knowledge and their law; and toward their flight
* * * So even did he set his anxious sail.
Which belhed large beneath the wooing wind.
Attained, across the vessel-virgin foam.
His daring destination, to his fame
And the eternal glory of the earth —
That raised his grand ambition to his goal.
And joined the halves, and made the half-world whole."
1474. Joseph Bailey' (Joseph Bailey', Joseph^, Jo-
sephs Benjamin", Joseph*, Robert', Robert^) born 1 July
1865, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and lived there about 22 years;
488 The Quinby Family
married first, 17 June, 1892, at Dallas, Texas, by Rev.
Warner B. Riggs, to May Florence Buck, who died 11 Feb.
1894, at Chicago, 111.; no children by this marriage. He
married second, 26 Sept. 1894, at Newport, Ky., Pearl
May, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Pleasants) Thomp-
son of Rotherham, England, born 14 May, 1874, at New-
port, Ky. Mr. Quinby in 1913 lives at 433 Franklin ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1908 was the manager of the main
office at 150 Broadway, New York city, of the Passaic
Heights Realty Co., owners of Passaic Heights, N. J. In
1912 he called at my officie to announce the birth of his
second child, sixteen years after the birth of the first, and
reports his whole family as in the best of health. Children:
2161. I. Leslie Oliver'" Quinby, born 16 Oct. 1896, at
Newport, Ky.;
II. Elva Pbabl" Quinby, born 5 Jan. 1912, at Brook-
lyn, N. Y.;
III. Veba Iola" Quinby, born 28 June, 1915, at Brook-
lyn.
1475. Laurie John' {Joseph Bailey^, Joseph'', Jo-
seph \ Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 8 Dec.
1868, at Covington, Ky.; married 12 Dec. 1891 at Ash-
land, Ky., Cora A., daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Smith)
Clinkinbeard, born 15 Mar. 1868, at Cold Spring, Ky.
Mr. Quinby became a practicial printer; went to Omaha,
and founded the Omaha Chancellor, a weekly magazine of
high class, of which he is still publisher and editor in 1914.
He is a State Senator from the Fourth District of Nebraska
and is a member of the Senate Committees on Finance,
Ways and Means, Judiciary, Labor, Municipal Affairs,
Revenue and Taxation and Enrolled and Engrossed Bills,
being chairman of the last. Child:
MiNEBVA Raeio Quinby, born 8 May, 1893, at New-
port, Ky. Sh'e ^aduated from the Omabk High
school in 1913; her father with characteristic
whimsicality wrote me that "she promises to make
the name immortal."
It is a source of keen regret that space will not permit me to
print the whole of a long autobiographical letter Mr. Quinby wro^te
his daughtler; here follow some extracts from it:
"No. 916 Dodge Street, Dundee,
Omaha, May 29, 1912.
"Dearest Little Minerva: — I have often thought, during cer-
tain meditative moments, that the time may some day come when
you would be desirous of reading over the simple story of the
early life and growth of 'Daddily Dear', and so I am going to set
1474 Joseph Bailey" Quinby AiND Family (19J0).
The Quinbt Family 489
doiwn certain things in my life, just for your satisfaction in days
to come. It was in the mdrning of a certain day, I believe it was
Tuesday, thp date being th,e eighth of December, 186if8, in a frame
house on Madisbn street, between Third and Fqlirth, in th^e city
of Covington, Kentucky, that I made my advent, this time, into
this 'vale of tears.' Brother Franklyn used to tell me that his
first sight of me was when he returned from schoo) and saw a
'squalling youngster kicking his feet into the air, lying on sister
Lizzie's lap.' You see they all had the advantage of me, for I do
not recall any of this, and because I do not, I simply state it to
you for what it may be worth, leaving to your own mature dis-
crimination whether any of it is worthy of acceptance.
"Because I was born on thp birthday of my mother's brother,
John Laurie, they named me for him. Later in life I preferred to
reverse the order of these names, calling myself Laurie John; you
see the tendency always was with me to arrange things to suit
myself. For doing this, however, I had some reason. In those
days there was a prize fighter who had made himself quite noto-
rious. His name was John L. Sullivan. I had no liking for
'sluggers,' and so boys and men, whether tt) irritfete me or not,
would speak of me as John L., just as they did of him. I did not
like that. Thfen I thought that Laurie J. Quinby sounded a bit
more euphonious, that it was better balanced and such like things,
all of which at th^t time did and still do seem sufficient reason for
my writing my name as I please. Thien a name is only a label,
and I see no reason why any one should not be conceded the
right to write his name as he chooses, regardless of any other con-
sideration. However, I have always gone on the theory that if
I have ever done anything I should be sorry for I am gjad of it,
for in the doing of those things we at least learn tl\e lessons of
right conduct. We learn what not to do the next time.
"Soon after I was born, our family moved back to Cincinnati.
I used to think they had moved over to Kentucky purposely to
have me born on the 'dark and bloody ground,' but thfen what
matters where one is born? Our life there in Cincinnati, again I
do not recall, only that my older brothers used to tell me that on
one occasion the entire 'mit' of them got a 'whaling' because they
had lost track of me, leaving me to wander off into unexplored
fields alone. You note the native tendency already manifesting
itself. It is said they finally found me, after the whole neighbor-
hood had been aroused, complacently munching a monster piece
of water melon which the corner grocer had given to me. I don't
know whether I got it too, for sauntering off, or not. I forget
all about it, but I presume that was my lot, for, and I say it in
all respect, that was one of the time-honored principles of my dear
mother. She had not grown out of the old idea that 'children
should be licked once in a while, whether they need it or not.'
"The next, I presume, of any consequence since it provided
for me an entirely new and ill-adapted environment, I believe, for
my peculiar nature, was the removal of our family back to
Kentucky into the then little town of Dayton, and to the farthest
end of Dayton, When I was eleven years old, the days when I
was not at school were spent at our old print shop. It was there
I learned to set type. I have not been absent from 'the trade'
very much during the years that have followed.
490 The Quinbt Family
"Soon after I placed your mother in first place in my heart's
affections, I felt that I had to strike out into other fields, and
thinking that the West was my goal, finally, just before Christmas,
1888, joined brother Franklyn in Kansas City. I dreaded going
so far away, not only from my 'sweetheart,' but from my dear old
father, who was then in his fatal illness, but I had to go. We
never can tell why we are impelled to do some things. My first
service in Kansas City was as a deputy assessor, which brother
Frank had secured for me. It was only for a month. My duty
was in going about from house to house making the list of per-
sonal property upon which the owners were later to be 'fined.'
"In the district in which I worked, there was a carriage maker,
Calvin Toomey, who offered me a place with him. When my
assessing work was finished I went to work for him, remaining
until the following winter.
"After the funeral of dear old dad I returned to Kansas City,
taking my pjace with the carriage man, but leaving there within
a few weeks! Not long after this I retulrned to my old home at
Cincinnati. My elder brother Emanuel was an invalid, with a wife
and two children, and my mother a widow, shifting about here
and there. I felt that my duty was there. For a time, six
months or so, I worked as a reporter on the Kentucky Post at Cov-
ington. Then I engaged myself with the Big Four railroad, as a
collector on the trains running from Cincinnati to Cleveland.
"I landed in Omaha in the evening, about five o'clock, of
Thursday, June 16th, 1898. Not for a long time having any defi-
nite idea of remaining there, I made little effort at locating myself
in any profitable situation. My reception here had been so cordial
by some folks whose warm friendships I still retain, that finally I
grew to like Olmaha immensely. It has grown upon me ever since,
and I have never yet felt a desire to leave it. But in my early
months here I was awfully lonely and forlorn. I had left 'my old
Kentucky home' about the middle of May preceding, and was very
homesick to see my little family. However, I was determined
never to return to Cincinnati to live, so long as hope held out to
me the comforting thought that soon I would have my little wife
and baby with me. I was ill-prepared, financially, to receive you
and your mother, but you were good enough to oome to me at
last on the 19th of September, about four months after I had bade
you good-bye in Dayton. Some day you may know the tender
emotions you aroused in me when you, just four years old, danced
about me, merely laughing in gladness at seeing papa again.
You were too full to speak, you could only laugh.
"My varying fortunes here, with the assistance of one of thje
bravest little women that ever came to bless any one's life, while
at times very trsdng and uncertain finally have shown that their
tendency was fotward and upward, so that how I can look back-
ward over the more than fourteen years that I have been here
with the satisfaction that the entire course has been a forward one.
"I have hinted elsewhere in here of my early ambition to be
an orator or an editor. My oratory is a joke, and perhaps so are
my editorial 'triumphs.' But some seven years ago I determined
that I would make some kind of an effort in the editorial line,
and having a print shop on my hands, started what has becbme
1475HON. Laurie John" Quinby
(photo, by Liiniiere, Omaha).
Minerva Eaei»,
(laughter of 147.5Laurie J.^" Quinby
(photo, by Lumiere, Omaha).
The Quinbt Family 491
kno\yn as The Chancellor. My first thought was that I would
publish it once a month more as an advertisement for my busi-
ness, aiming to make it an artis?tic thing in appearance, and
through that publicity, aid my job printing bui^ness. I heeded,
too, some form of medium through which to express the growing
thought within me, thinking it would also afford me an opportunity
to gain through practice, some of the arts of expression and
literary training I had so signally missed in my early days. At
least in the latter attainments I have made some headway. But
it has done more than that. It not only did accomplish some
publicity for me locally, which I was able to utilize in pushing my
business, but it brought me into touch with some of the finest
minds of this day, so that while the direct returns to me have not
been sV) largely financial, they have been a splendid gain for me in
many ways.
"Don't you think I ought to quit? I do, but still the thought
mounts, and I would ask that you preserve this letter, just as a
memento from me, and in fifty years from this date (I may still be
with you), I wish you to take out this old dilapidated paper and
read these facts:
"That at that time there will not be a war ship in the world,
except such as may be found in museums. That customs tariffs,
which teach men of different nations to hate each other, will be
no more. That there will be no subject peoples in the world,
save only those lower orders of races, and they will only be under
a tutelage, as it were, to men of high type, whose only aim will
be to aid them in reaching a higher plane. That taxes upon in-
dustry and thrift will have long since been forgotten. That men
will no longer gamble in anything, much less the land, God's
footstool, given for the benefit of all his children, and that all men
shall dwell in amity and peace, each with plenty, none to starve or
shiver in winter's blasts.
"Our patent laws will be revised by rewarding the mventor
in fact and not in the fictitious way that we now do it. The in-
vention shall be free to the use of all — each paying to the in-
ventor a royalty for its use, which government may collect for
him. Money shall no longer be made of precious metals, but men
having learned wiser means of making headway in the world than
through oppressing their fellows, the government will supply a
medium of exchange based upon the needs of commerce. Elec-
tricity shall perform so many of the things that contribute to the
comfort of men, that drudgery shall be no more. Government
will still exist, but it shall be merely the agent to do the will of the
people, controlled by the people and in the interests of the people.
"Inventions of every sort will be so numerous that 1 cannot
take space to enumerate them to you. Among these things will
be a perfect system of communication and transportation. Aerial
travel will have been solved though not upon any of the plans now
in vogue. Instruments of communication will be so perfect that
men will carry telephones in their pockets by means of which they
will be able to transport themselves at will to any place without
the use of artificial means, and talk and see people under the same
"°° "Religion will be pure and undefiled. Men's thoughts will
492 The Quinby Family
be so much farther along the higher planes of life, that their
transcendent state will be almost spiritual, compared with what it
is today. Oh, there are glad times ahead for this old world, that
has travailed so long in its struggle to rise, and you shall live to
see vastly more of these things, comparatively speaking, than I
have seen, though in my time there has been wondrous progress.
We then shall see the 'parliament of man, the federation of the
world.'
"Now my little one, I must stop, and in imagination kiss
you good night, but I would also reach across that chiism of years,
when you shall be living amidst all this beauty, happiness and
peace, and placing upon your forehead the kiss of a nonogenarian,
or wafting from shadowy shores of time, some loving thoughts for
your happiness, declare that I had lived in hopes of that happy
time, and tried to bring it on.
Your loving Daddy,
Laurie J. Quinby."
1476. Cassius Clay * {Joseph Bailey^, Joseph ', Jo-
seph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert^) born in Novem-
ber 1872 at Dayton, Kentucky; his parents named him
Charles Sumner Quinby, but changed it to Josiah Kirby
Quinby; when he was about fifteen years old he changed
it to Cassius Clay Quinby, a name which had been his
parents' original choice for him. He was engaged in many
occupations directly previous and during his first few years
struggling for a foothold in the theatrical world, simply to
tide himself over many rough places in the road.
He first went to New York in May, 1893, and at that time
he did not have a relative or an acquaintance there and had two
years of struggling by himself with many barn storming com-
panies, doing nearly everything and working in nearly every
branch of the theatrical business, playing many characters of many
kinds, suffering hardships, walking from town to town, stranding
now and then and having to get to any large city that happened
to be nearest via freight trains, baggage cars or in any way pos-
sible.
In August, 1895, he secured a contract with Thomas W.
Keene, the Shakesperian tragedian, and from that year he has been
successful. He was with Mr. Keene all that season; the following
summer, 1896, he was engaged with Mr. Louis James for the fol-
lowing year; that summer he returned home to rejoice with his
mother over his first success after three years of effort. He began
an engagement with Mr. James that fall in Chicago and re-
mained with him all that season, playing such characters as the
King in Hamlet, Cassio in Othello, the title role in Julius Caesar,
lybalt in Romeo and Juliet and Crassus in Mr. James's great pro-
duction of Spartacus. At the close of his season Mr. Quinby was
engaged for a short season with Margaret Mather in her produc-
*°L^^^- ?® *° P^^y Guiderius. At the end of this engage-
ment Mr. Quinby was engaged by William Owen's Shakesperian
The Quinby Family 493
Players for the summer; then by Elihti R. Spenser and played the
season of 1897 and 1898. The summer of the Spanish war Mr.
Quinby submitted himself for enlistment with Congressman Suker
in the regiment he was endeavoring to organize. Th'e fall of 1898
Mr. Quinby worked in the Brooklyn, Newark and New York
stock companies, and played with that great actor James H. Stod-
dard in The Long Strike. In the summer of 1898 Mr. Quinby met
Miss Julia Marden and finally became engaged to marry her. He
was then engaged by James A. Hearne in his production of The
Reverend GriflB.th Davenport> He played with Mr. Hearne until
the close of his season the following May. Mr. Quinby was then
taken in. the summer of 1899 by John C. Fisher into Madame
Modjeska's Company. In the following year after the close of
her season, he played with Richard Mansfield in his great pro-
duction of Henry the Fifth and repertbire, under the management
of A. N. Palmer. Wh,en that finished, Mr. Quinby joined Maurice
Campbell for his Henrietta Crosman productions of Mistress Nell
and As You Like It. When her season ended Mr. Quinby again
went with' Mr. Bellew for the Lieblers' All Star production of
Romeo and Juliet. He also played in the special All Star per-
formance of As You Like It for Vassar college that spring; during
the summer Miss Marden became ill and died, 10 Sept. 1903.
In the fall of that year Mr. Quinby was engaged by Frank
L. Perley for Charles Dalton's company. At the close of that
engagement, he joined Florence Gale's company to play Jaques
in her production of As You Like It. At the close of her tour he
joined J. O. Ashland in his company, playing The Ninety And
Nine. Upon leaving them, he was engaged by Kirke La Shelle
for his production of Paul Armstrong's great comedy The Heir to
the Hoorah, Mr. Quinby remained with this company for three
consecutive seasons. Then, in partnership with Charles L. Dooley,
Mr. Quinby leased the play from Mrs. Kirke La Shelle, Mr. La-
ShSelle having died during its run, and took it out under joint
management. When this company closed in 1909, he became in-
terested in improving some real estate which he had purchased in
1905. This proved successful and Mr. Quinby remained off the
boards for three years. He then contracted with Klaw & Erlanger
to play in tljeir production of Ben Hur in 1912 and 1913, and was
re-engaged for th* following season.
"The press notices of Mr. Quinby's work fill two huge volumes,
and speak in the highest terms of his ability as a serious actor in
many roles. His home address (1915) is 205 W. 102nd st.. New
York city, and he is secretary of the Five Boroughs Land and
Building Corporation.
1477. William Curtis (see SOlJoseph Bailey^, Jo-
seph'', Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) was
the son of Annie (Laurie) Haven; his father died and his
mother married Joseph Bailey* Quinby; her four children
by her first husband were very young dnd were known
thereafter by their stepfather's surname. Mr. Quinby is a
resident of Dayton, Ky., of which city he is now (1914)
mayor, living at 433 Sixth ave. He married Emilia Laurie;
494 The Quinbt Pamily
they had four children; Mrs. Quinby now lives at New
Orleans, La. Children:
2162. I. Charles A. Quinby; married; has children and lives
at 1122 Sixth Ave., Dayton, Ky.;
2163. II. Joseph B. Quinby (see);
2164. III. William Curtis Quinby, born about 1897, is a printer,
and lives at Newport, Ky. (1915);
IV. Alice Laurie Quinby; married Haun and
lives at 423 Sixth ave., Dayton, Ky. (1915).
1479. Charles William Johnson' (Charles .Henry',
AbeP, Nathan^, Benjamin'", Joseph*, Robert^, Robert) born
3 May, 1888, at Waldo, Fla., married Ina B. Foss of East
Saugus, Mass., and lives at 9 Belmont st. there (1913),
Child:
(female) »» Quinby, born before July, 1913; died aged
two days.
1480. Cyrus Cook » (Nathan', Levi ', Nathan ', Ben-
jamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert^) born about 1838, prob-
ably at Searsport, Me.; married 5 June, 1863, at Portland,
Me., Carrie A. (or M.) daughter of Benjamin and Mary
E. Tukey, born 1840 at Portland. Cyrus died there 7 May,
1870, aged 32. His widow was married second, 20 Aug.
1878, at Belchertown, Mass., by Rev. J. A. Strout, pastor
of the Methodist church of Deering, Me., to William Bar-
rows Grover, age 37, a druggist at Belchertown; he was
born at Davenport, Iowa, son of Erastus and Caroline B.
Grover; his second marriage.
1481. Charles O. » (Nathan', Levi'', Nathan^, Benj-
amin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 11 June, 1842, at
Portland, Me. Charles 0. Quimby the printer appears
first in the Boston city directories as a printer at 40 Devon-
shire street in 1867, boarding at 8 Haymarket place; in
1868, he boarded at 6 Crescent street. In 1869 his busi-
ness address was 160 Washington street, and he boarded
at 12 Hayward place. The following year he boarded at
23 Green street, and in 1871 at 7 Bussey place. He then
moved his boarding place to 221 Washington street in
1872. In 1873 he is given in the city directory as Charlee
Quimby, "painter", home, 8 Crescent place; in 1874, the
mistake is corrected to read "printer", address as before.
He was married 26 Apr. 1874, by Rev. J. W. Hamilton
at Boston, Mass*., to Elnora Angenette, daughter of Absa-
lom and Eleanor A. (Johnson) Millen, age 27, born at New
Boston, N. H. He told me that after marriage he changed
the spelling of his name to "Quimby," for convenience.
The Quinby Family 495
Mr. Quimby lived (1908) at 17 Florence ave., Revere,
Mass., in 1915 at Everett, Mass. He is the proprietor of
the Lyman Rhodes Press, established in 1864, now at 16 La
Grange st., Boston (1915).
1482. Albert True » {Nathan^, Levi ', Nathan ", Benj-
amin^, Joseph*, Robert^ Robert^) born 2 Mar. 1844, at
Portland, Me. He went soon to Searsport with his family
and in 1888 came to Laconia, N. H., where he now (1915)
lives. He married 8 Nov. 1867 (says he; 1866 says rec.)
at Searsport, Mary Anna, daughter of Cyrus and Lucina
(Gould) Norris, born 1847, at Searsport. He is proprietor
of a flourishing hardware store at Laconia, of which the
"Illustrated Laconian" says:
"The Laconia Hardware establishment is a credit to Laconia
and the proprietors deserve success for their enterprise, courteous
treatment of patrons, and square dealing. Mr. Albert T. Quinby
is the financial man of the business, having charge of the whole
concern, but more especially paying attention to the settlement of
accounts, collection of bills, and other financial matters. Albert
T. Quinby, the senior member of the firm, at the age of 17 years,
entered the employ of the hardware concern in Searsport, Me.,
and after six years took an interest in the concern. This business
was continued with various changes until 1888, when Mr. Quinby,
who was then the head of the concern, sold out his interest in the
business and removed to Laconia. Mr. Quinby has always been
prominent in society and in the Masonic Fraternities, being four
times elected W. M. of his home lodge. Since coming to Laconia
be has joined Pythagorean Council and Pilgrim Commandery,
Knights Templar, in which he has taken great interest and held
offices.
"Mr. Levensaler retired from the business in 1888 and Mr.
Albert T. Quinby came into the concern, and the Laconia Hard-
ware company was born at that time. Quinby & Smart continued
for about one year, and then Mr. Quinby assumed full control,
employing his son, Edwin N. Quinby, as head salesman and Charles
Dearborn as assistant, with his daughter, Miss Nellie P. Quin-
by, as bookkeeper. The business increased rapidly, and in 1895
E. N. Quinby was admitted to the firm. It was found that the
store in Belmont block was too small to handle the increased
trade of the store, the business having thus early outgrown its
quarters. Consequently, when the Masonic Temple was erected,
the corner store and basement were leased, and the Laconia Hard-
ware Co. removed to its present location in October, 1890. This
concern can boast of the largest store and the largest stock of
general hardware, paints, iron and steel, mill supplies, bicycles,
fishing tackle, and sporting goods, to be found in northern New
Hampshire."
Children of Albert T. Quinby, born at Searsport:
2165. I. Edwin Norris" Quinby, born 29 Nov. 1868 (see);
II. Elbanora Pendleton »» Quinby, born 28 June,
496 The Quinbt Family
1870; married at Laconia, 30 0,bt. 1893, Herbert
C. Hatch, aged 33, born at Norwood, Mass., son of
Charles H. and Eunice Hatch of Amesbury, Mass.
He was a prosperous business man when he sud-
denly disappeared in May, 1894; his act was at-
tributed to some acute mental derangement; Mrs.
Eleanora P. (Quinby) Hatch applied to the probate
court at Laconia to change her name, and by de-
cree of 17 Dec. 1895, it was changed to "Eleanor
P. Quimby."
1483. Frederick Nathan * {Nathan^, Levi ', Nathan ',
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert'') born 8 Feb. 1850, at
Searsport, Me. In 1860, as the U. S. census shows, he
lived with the Bragdon family at Windham, Me. (his
mother had married second, 1856, S. Bragdon) where he
attended school. IJe spent his youth at Portland, Me., and
was for a short time in the service of the United States
at Portland. He married first, Minnie Davis, who was
born and lived in that city, daughter of William Davis.
She died of tuberculosis (says the record; denied by F. N.
Q.) at 434 Bunker Hill street, Boston, 6 Oct. 1875, aged
21. Mr. Quinby had commenced as a locksmith in Boston
the previous year, at 22 Saratoga st. In 1877 he was a
teamster and a machinist and lived at 496 Main st.,
Charlestown, Mass.
He was married second by Rev. J. J. Miller 6 Nov.
1876, at Somerville, Mass., to Mary E. Parsons, ("Meddie")
aged 18, resident of Somerville, born at Groton, Mass.,
daughter of William E. and Eunice Parsons. This mar-
riage was unfortunate, and they separated. "Here is where
I made the mistake of my life by leaving her, dear woman;
it was not her fault," says he. From 1880 to 1885, Mr.
Quinby was in the Second U. S. Cavalry in Montana. In
1912 he lived at 427 Harrison st., Portland, Oregon, but
had removed by July 1, 1913, and left no address. Children:
2166. I. Cyrus Albeet>« Quinby, born 6 Feb. 1871 (see be-
low);
II. (mfant)i« Quinby, born and died 6 Oct. 1875;
III. Evelyn Eunice'" Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1877, at
430 Main st., Charlestown.
Note.— "Minnie Davis, the mother of Cyrus Albertw was next to the
youngest of five sisters. Of the older ones, two were married, but one was a
widow and both were childless, and insane over my little son, as it was the
only young one in the family. They used to come to my home and get him,
*ili ** ^^ *^ ^ could do to get him home again. After my wife's death the
older sister, who married a man by the name of Emery, in Portland, Me.,
begged of me to let her take the child to her home somewhere in the south —
Jacksonville, N. C, T think she said, and I consented. I have never heard
?T Jl?'" since. I would give all I am worth to see him or hear from him."
(Letter from Frederick N.« Quinby, 19 Jan. 1913).
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1484. Albert G. » (Luther F*, Hiram'', Nathan <>,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 4 Mar. 1845,
at Old Town, Me.; he was a resident there, aged 18, un-
married, when he was mustered 14 Oct. 1862, in Co, I,
28th regiment, Maine Volunteers; he was of the quota of
Dover, Me., and was mustered by the provost-marshal . at
Bangor, Me., 13 Jan. 1863, for a one year term in the 14th
regiment. He was promoted corporal, and mustered out
with his regiment 31 Aug. 1863, then being in Co. B, l4th
regiment (Me. Adjt. Gen. Reports).
He became a resident of Bangor, and his marriage in-
tention was published there 7 Sept. 1872, to Clara A. Web-
ster, age 24, of Topsfield, Me., and a certificate was issued
there one week later. He died 26 Sept. 1876; no children.
1485. Frank H. ' (Luther F.*, Hiram'', Nathan^, Benj-
amin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born at Old Town, Me.;
married there 16 July, 1876, Delia W. Tyler, of Orono,
Me.; he lives (1915) at 23 Bennoch road, Stillwater, Me.,
where he is a farmer. His mother lives with him.
1486. Marshall H. » (George Westbrook^, Simeon'',
Nathan^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1836,
probably at Westbrook, Me.; the census of 1860 shows him
living there with Samuel and Dorcas Thom or Thorn. He
was an original member of Co. E, 13th regiment Maine
Volunteers, and a corporal (Me. Adjt. Gen. Rep. 1861, p.
E136). He died 17 July, 1862, at Ship Island, and is
afterward recorded as a deceased volunteer (id., 1863, p. I
22).
1487. Leonard' (George Westbrook^, Simeon'', Nathan*,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 20 Sept. 1838,
probably at Westbrook, Me.; married Mary Barker; died
22 Dec. 1877, at Naples, Me. Children:
I. Annabel" Quinby; married Thomas Joyce, and had
George, Leonard and Clara; they live at Provi-
dence, R. I.;
II. IvANiLLA" Quinby, married Rufus K. Jordan, re-
cently mayor of Westbrook, Me.; their children
are George, Carrie, William Rufus and Leonard.
1488. Orin W. ' (George Westbrook^,. Simeon ', Nathan •,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born at Westbrook,
or Naples, Me.; a resident of the latter when mustered 4
Oct. 1861, in Co. I, 10th regiment, Maine Volunteers. He
was mustered out with his regiment, 7 May, 1863 (Me.
Adjt. Gen. Rep., 1861, pp. 461, ElOO; 1863, p. 362).
He died 14 June, 1863.
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1489. William Asbury' {George Westbrook^, Simeon^,
Nathan*, Benjamin', Joseph*, RoberP, Robert^) born 25
Sept. 1842, at Westbrook, Me.; he was mustered into the
United States service 4 Oct. 1861, having been appointed
seventh corporal of Co. I, 10th regiment, Maine Volunteer
Infantry, 30 Sept. 1861; he was promoted sergeant, and
mustered out 7 May, 1863 (1861 Adj. Gen. Rep., pp. 58,
460, 462, E6, E8, E105; 1862, p. D288; 1863, pp. 362-4).
He went to East Saginaw, Mich., and became a lumberman,
and was married 15 July, 1872, by Rev. Wright Barrett
at Hubbardston, Mich., to Helen Prince Mcintosh, aged 21,
of Elm Hall, Mich. After her death he married second,
Sevilla , probably about 1882, born in Maine.
Mr. Quinby went into the real estate business. He died
6 July, 1903, at Pontiac, Mich,, 'aged, 57 y. 7 m.,' leaving a
widoV. Children by "Nellie" P. (Mcintosh):
I. Mat»« Quinby, born 1876; married 4 Jan. 1903, at
Saginaw, John F., son of Charles E. and Ella A.
(Terry) Goodspeed of Saginaw, a^d 28; Vella L.
Quinby was a witness on the record; sjie was no
doubt the step-mother^
II. LiLLiE M.i« Quinby, born 4 Apr. 1875, at Saginaw;
III. Jessie'" Quinby, died at Saginaw aged 1 y. 2 m., of
diphtheria, 11 Mar. 1878, or 9;
2167. IV. George Whittieb" Quinby, lives at 547 Catherine
St., Detroit, Mich.
William A. », by wife Sevilla L., had:
V. Jessie" Quinby, born 16 Mar. 1884, at Saginaw.
Note. — The foregoing list is perhaps incomplete and is taken from the
Michigan public records which are often extremely inaccurate.
1490. Daniel Oeville" {Daniel T.', Simeon'', Na-
than^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert*) born 1822 at
Saccarappa, now Westbrook, adjoining Portland, Me.; he
was called Orville Quinby, but my copyist says for some
reason he appears in the Portland records always as Os-
borne Quinby. He married first, 16 Jan. 1871, Sarah C,
daughter of Henry Barker of the province of Quebec; by
her he had two sons; she died 31 Mar. 1876, aged 24; he
married second, her sister Harriet E. Barker, 1 Nov. 1877;
she was the mother of Mr. Quinby's third child, and died
about a year after marriage. Mr. Quinby married third,
19 Oct. 1880, Mrs. Agnes Bunyan, a widow, daughter of
John and Margaret Foster of Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
Mr. Quinby is an electrician and for some years lived
at Fall River, Mass., while Mrs. Quinby lived at 16a Deer-
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fashionable private hotel; there I saw her 5 Aug. 1909, and
she gave me the benefit of her intelligence and memory in
straightening out the complicated records of this branch.
She was the mother of Mr. Quinby's three daughters. Chil-
dren of D. Orville' Quinby:
2168. I. Edwabd Osborne »» Quinsy, born about 1872 at
Belfast, Me. (see);
II. Harry B.»» Quinby, born 12 January, 1873; died
of consumption at Westbrook, 27 Jan. 1884, aged
21 y. 15 d. (So in Me. Tec);
2169. III. George Barker" Quinby; (this must be the child
recorded at Portland as Walter, born 16 Mar.
1878) (see);
IV. Mabel Agnes" Quinby, born 25 Apr. 1882, at
Westbrook, Me.; married Albert J. Gilman, and
lives 1910, at 16a Deering st., Portland; one child,
Sylvia H.;
V. Jessie Maud«« Quinby, born 27 Oct. 1883; married
Walter Tufts, and lives at Keene, N. H.;
VI. Ethel May" Quinby, born 28 Apr. 1885, lives
(1915) at 16a Deering st., Portland.
1491. William Preston' (Daniel T.^, Simeon^, Na-
than*, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert*) born about
1849, probably at Westbrook, Me.; I find no record of his
first marriage; he was married second, 28 Nov. 1892, by
Rev. J. B. Carruthers at Saco, Me., to Miss Annie Turn-
bull, age 38, born at Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of David
and Isabella (Reynolds) TurnbuU. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby
lived at Westbrook at the time of their marriage and con-
tinued to live there. She died there of Bright's disease, 29
Apr. 1904, aged 4 y. 4 m. 22 d. Mr. Quinby "died last
Friday night at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Bryant
of Centre st., from the effects of a shock sustained some
weeks ago," says the local paper of 14 July, 1912.
1492. William Emory' {Daniel Franklin^, Benjamin
Franklin'', Moses*, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert*)
born 14 Dec. 1835, at Brewer, Me.; he spent his early
youth at Lisbon, where his parents settled when he was a
year old. In 1850 he removed with his parents to Detroit,
Mich., which was his home for the rest of his life. He
graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree
of A. B. in 1858, and was admitted the following year to
practice law. He ultimately became the editor and prin-
cipal owner of the Detroit Free Press; he was appointed in
1893 by President Cleveland to be minister to Holland.
He returned to Detroit from the Hague in 1897, and died
500 The Quinby Family
there 7 June, 1908, at Grace Hospital of shock, following
an operation. (See biographical sketch following).
Mr. Quinby married 3 Apr. 1860, at Detroit, Adeline,
daughter of and Hannah (Metcalf) Frazier, and
had seven children; all but the youngest survived their
parents. Mrs. Quinby died 14 Sept. 1905, at Bad Axe,
Mich., while on a visit. Children, born at Detroit, Mich.:
I. Edward >° Quinby, bojrn 1861, died 11 Jan.
1864;
2170. II. Theodore Emoby'" Quinby, born 11 Mar. 1864
(see) ;
2171. III. Henry Walker^" Quinby, born 1 Dec. 1865 (see);
IV. Winifred Frazier'" Quinby, born 23 Dec. 1869;
married 18 Dec. 1905, at Detroit, John Whitney
Beals, Jr., son of John Whitney and Virginia A.
(Simmons) Beals of Boston, Mass.; he had by a
prior marriage two children, Genevieve Virginia
and Dorothy Whitney, both now adopted by their
new mother. Mr. and Mrs. Beals live (1915) at
West Hartford, Conn.;
V. Florence" Quinby, born 16 Dec. 1876; married 3
Apr. 1899, at Detroit, Ernest Alonzo, son of Fred
and 'Oliva' (Browning) de Funiak of Louisville,
Ky.; in 1908 they lived at Birmingham, Ala.;
and in 1914, at Montgomery, Ala.; their child is
William E. Q. de Funiak;
VI. Evelyn" Quinby, born 9 Nov. 1877; married Char-
les Edmund Stamp; they live at Cleveland, Ohio,
where Mr. Stamp is the head of the Charles E. Stamp
Co., electric travelling cranes, steel hoists and com-
pressors;
2172 VII. Herbert Merrill" Quinby, born 27 Nov. 1878
(see) .
Note. — The information regarding the foregoing list of the children of
William E. Quinby was kindly furnished by his daughter, Mrs. Beals. The
Detroit record which Mrs. Beals corrects, mentions a child, Adeline, born 16
Dec. 1876; (cf. above).
Biographical Sketch of William E, Quinby
Mr, Quinby's early education was obtained at Lisbon, and
in Detroit he attended the old Capitol High school and later the
private college conducted by John M. Gregory, where he prepared
himself for entrance to the University of Michigan. He was
graduated in 1858 and immediately thereafter entered the law
office of Walker & Russell in Detroit as a student. Just a year
later after an examination before a full bench of the supreme
?ourt, he was admitted to the bar. Following his admission, he
practiced law for two years and at the same time became court
reporter of the Free Press, establishing a new feature at that time,
the "Court column." He succeeded so well in newspaper work
that he eventually gave up law and became a regular member of
the Free Press staff. In 1861 he was engaged as acting city editor
The Quinbt Family 501
of that newspaper. Shortly afterward Wilbur F. Storey sold his
interest in the Free Press, and thereupon Mr. Quinby was made
city editor. He occupied this position until 1863, when he was
advanced to the managing editorship and at the same time pur-
chased a small interest in the paper.
By th^is first newspaper investment Mr. Quinby laid the
foundation for his later acquired fame as one of the foremost news-
paper publishers and editors in the United States. He purchased
from time to time sulch blocks of stock as h]e could find for sale,
and in 1872 had acquired a controlling interest and was made
editor-in-chief. For many years Mr. Quinby shaped the policy of
the paper and it became recognized as one of the best edited
papers in the country and its circulation and prestige were wide-
spread. At that time the Free Press occupied a building at Gris-
wold and Wopdbridge streets. This structure later was destroyed
by fire, and Mr. Quinby immediately caused its reconstruction.
The plant was maintained in that location until 1884, wBren it was
removed to a more commodious home at Shelby and Larned
streets. In 1894 the building on Lafayette boulevard that is still
occupied by the Free Press was purchased.
In newspaper publishing Mr. Quinby was always apace and
very often ahead of his time. He was the first to introduce the
web perfecting printing press in Michigan.
From 1872 until May 24, 1893, Mr. Quinby had active con-
trol of the Free Press. At the latter date he was appointed by
former President Cleveland as minister plenipotentiary and envoy
extraordinary to the Netherlands. He occupied this post until
August 21, 1897, when he returned and again took up the reins of
newspaper management. During his visit in Holland the degree
of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the University of Michigan.
During his newspaper career Mr. Quinby always was alive
to the value of a good writer. Among the famous contributors
to the paper, all of whom received most of their training under Mr.
Quinby, were Charles B. Lewis (M. Quad), Robert Barr, Charles
Follen Adams and George P. Goodale, the eminent dramatic
critic, who still remains a member of the Free Press staff. Mr.
Goodale says: "I was 22 when I entered his service as a reporter
of crimes and casualties. He had had experience of that branch
of the work, and knew something of the pitfalls that abounded in
it; and when any worker therein fell short of the fullest self-
discipline, he knew how to condone the sh^ortconaing and to speak
the wise and helpful words of counsel. He did it in my case, and
his gentle tolerance made possible steady continuance in the em-
ployment that has demanded all my energies and all my thoughts
and served all my ambitions for two and forty years. He is gone
and I am the last leaf on the tree; but his influence survives; his
example is yet potent; and his memory shall not fade.
"The Quinby mind was one of the finest I have known. The
Quinby store of learning represented the real opulence of scholar-
ship. The Quinby sense of personal obligation in public and in
private was exalted; and the Quinby heritage must continue to
'shine like a good deed in a naughty world.' "
The editorial page of the Free Press, 8 June, 1908, contained
the following:
502 The Quinbt Family
"The passing of William E. Quinby at this time, while not
having the immediate significance tl^at such a calamity must have
had before his retirement from participation in the activities of
the journalistic career he pursued for nearly half a century, is
nevertheless cause for grief in this community and state. Words
that were written of him in thjs place announcing his retirement to
private life are again appropriate, now that he has left forever
the scene of his labors and his love. The people of Detroit were
his friends and neighbors and fellow workers. He grew up with
them; he labored, with them to advance the fair fame of the city
and the commonwealth of his love, and he was a potential part of
Detroit's civic, social, professional, commercial, educational, moral
and political life so long that most men now active in these be-
halfs have no memory of the time when he was not on the firing-
line.
"This is a record that seems to establish the affirmative of the
debate as to whether life is worth living. To have earned and
preserved the affectionate esteem of one's neighbors, and to have
successfully withstood the fierce assaults that beat upon men in
public life, emerging from the conflict with an untainted record
and the honors that accompany clean living, patriotic service, and
devotion to duty, is to have made the most of life in any given
posture of circumstances. This Mr. Quinby did beyond question.
It is a noble renown, and it will not soon perish.
"The sweetness of his character, the entireness of his trust
in his friends, and his unsophisticated faith in the ultimate good-
ness of human nature made him especially beloved in the social
life, of which he was a genial and always active promoter. He
was free from guile. Double-dealing was tptally absent from his
code. He aimed to be helpful to his fellow men. His home was
a center of intellectual refinement and a model of hospitality in
which was no taint of ostentation. He was a teacher, patriarch,
friend and playfellow in one. No man of his time had keener
relish of wit or greater rejoicing in humor; and few could apply
those gifts to everyday intercourse with the pungency, the timeli-
ness and the appositeness that marked Mr. Quinby's facile mastery
of them.
"His life was rounded, symmetrical, complete. His work was
done, and for a brief time he hid with characteristic ardor ad-
dressed himself to the pleasures that wait on elegant leisure and
to thte cementing of old friendships. And whithersoever he went,
in what company soever hie appeared, he was always his gentle,
considerate, simple self."
Mrs. Adeline Frazier Quinby
In Memoriam. (Detroit Free Press, 15 Sept. 1905.) Mrs.
Adeline Frazier Quinby, wife of William E. Quinby, editor of the
Detroit free Press, died suddenly early yesterday morning at Bad
Axe, Mich., where she had gone from her summer home at Port
Austin to visit a friend. Heart failure, following an acute attack
of angina peptoris was the cause of her death. The remains were
brought to Detroit yesterday and the funeral will take place from
the family residence, 777 Jefferson avenue, tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Quinby was in Detroit a short time agb, and
1492WiLLiAir E>iORY» Quixby
at the age of 18 (from a daguerreo-
t.N'pe) .
Adeline (Frazieb) Quinby, also her
Brother Leandek Fkazier,
who died 11 Sept. 1913, at Cherokee,
Ala.
The Quinby Family 503
returned to Port Austin for the remainder of the season. On
Saturday she drove to Huron City with her son Herbert, and
Monday went to Bad Axe to make a short stay. While there she
was taken violently ill, and Mr. Quinby was summoned by tele-
graph. Just before leaving another message assured him that she
was out of danger. Mrs. Quinby continued to improve, and it
was intended to start for home the latter part of the week. The
fatal attack oame without warning.
For many years Mrs. Quinby hiad taken a prominent part in
the social life of Detroit, and she enjoyed a wide circle of friends
both at home and abroad. In President Cleveland's second ad-
ministration Mr. Quinby was minister to The Hague, and with
graciousness Mrs. Quinby {)resided over a home that welcomed
many guests from all parts of the world. Mrs. Quinby was a
niece of Mrs. A. C. McGraw, by whbm she bad been adopted
when a young girl. Mrs. Quinby was a member of the Jefferson
Avenue Presbyterian church.
An Appreciation. The departure of Mrs. Quinby seems like
the violent wrenching of a link out of a chain that has been so
long forged as to seem, at first thought, unbreakable. She had
lived long in this community, and she had borne an active and
helpful part in the social, charitable and other activities of an
ever-widening society. Everywhere she was a well knoWn figure.
Her travels in Europe and her years of continuous residence there
left indelible impress on a mind that habitually welcomed new and
desirable acquisitions; and her conversation was singularly inter-
esting and pleasantly instructive. She knew many distinguished
men and women, and her knowledge of character and her estimate
of actions could be generally depended on as trustworthy. One
could hardly go amiss in adopting her conclusions, or intuitions, in
that direction, especially as she was by nature disposed to see all
the good in her acquaintance without losing sight of the fact that
they were human, and therefore possibly sometimes out of true.
But it was in the home that she found her best inspiration and
gratified her dearest aspirations. As the mother of a numerous
family of boys and girls — now men and women, some of them
also wearing the honors and experiencing the joys of fatherhood
and motherhood — she created a delightful atmosphere of domes-
ticity and taught, by example, the exalted beauty of the domestic
life. Her sympathies were not, however, 6onfined to her own roof-
tree, inviting and cosy as it was. She was interested in what
went on in the larger domain of life and progress, and she kept
pace with it in the midst of duties that were pressing and many.
Carlyle wrote of his good old father: "He was to the last the
pleasantest man I had to speak with in Scotland." The senti-
ment is peculiarly applicable to Mrs. Quinby. One could not
meet her and be greeted by her nature without a strong sense
of benefit, augmented self-respect and cheerful view of the imme-
diate prospect. She was genuine. When she gave her hand there was
the touch in it of obvious sincerity. If she voiced pity for any
friend in grief, the note rang true. The surface formalities of
human intercourse were not satisfying to her. When she sat by
the sick pillow of a friend her ministrations meant something more
than perfunctory service performed under the proddings of duty.
504 The Quinby Family
She expended herself in thie earnest and conscientious effort to do
good; and I personally am able to testify that for these attributes
in particular will she be remembered "till Pity's self is dead."
G. P. G.
1493. Edward Melville* (Melville Gershon Cox*,
Moses'', Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert') born
at or near Liverpool, England, 13 Nov. 1864. He married
Clara, daughter of George Bridget ord ProcH;or, manager of
the Mersey Docks and Harbor Board. Edward M. Quinby
graduated in medicine and dental surgery at University
College, Liverpool, and St. Bartholomew's, and is M. R,
C. S. (Member Royal College of Surgeons), and Licentiate,
Royal College of Physicians (London, 1891). He attended
the Dental College of Harvard University, 1891-3, and re-
ceived the degree of D. M. D. (Doctor of Dental Medicine).
He, with his brothers, continued their father's practice at
21 Rodney st., Liverpool, until March, 1910, when he re-
moved to Boston, Mass., where he now resides, and is
an instructor in the Harvard Dental School (1915); address,
Warren Chambers, Boston. Children, all born at Liver-
pool, England:
I. Mahgeby Josephine Crocker >» Quinby, born Jan.
1900;
II. Alice Montgomery" Quinby, born July, 1901;
III. Phyllis Melville »• Quinby, born 16 Aug. 1903.
1494. Arthur Henry' (M'eit;i'Ke Gershon Cox^, Moses',
Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born at Liver-
pool, England, 3 Apr. 1872. He married 8 April, 1902,
Florence Annie, daughter of Alfred and Emily Jane (Arkle)
Bigland, ("of an historic English family, seated at a famous
mansion erected soon after the Conquest"). She was born
20 Feb. 1880. The Liverpool Mercury says they were
married at St. Saviour's Church, Oxton, near Liverpool;
"the officiating clergymen were the Rev. Canon Robson,
Vicar of St. Stephen-the- Martyr, Edgehill; the Rev. William
Wright, Vicar of Bickerstaffe; and the Rev. E. D. Pollock
Vicar of St. Saviour's, Oxton; Dr. Stanley Dale presided at
the organ."
Mr. Quinby, having acquired the medical and surgical
training characteristic of his family, commenced practice
with his father and brothers at 21 Rodney st., Liverpool,
in which he is now alone, and extraordinarily successful.
He lives at West Kirby, Cheshire, a few miles from Liver-
pool, in a beautiful house surrounded with attractive gar-
dens; and there he and his charming and beautiful wife
Florence A. (Bigland),
wife of 1494Arthur H.» Quinby.
1494ARTHUE Henrys Quinby
Liverpool, England.
2173HENRY John MELviLLEif
son of 1495Frank G.o Quinby (photo,
by Dorothy MeConnell, Shrewsbury,
Ti^Tio'lanfl^
Gertrude Lorraineio
daughter of 1494Arthur 11.0 Quinby.
The Quinby Family 505
entertained my wife and myself at dinner and afterwards
with a spin along the coast in their motor, one evening in
August, 1911. Child:
Maby Gbktrude Lokain" Quinby, born 26 Mar.
1904, at Wallasey, Cheshire.
1495. Frank Gray* {Melville Gershon Cox^, Moses \
Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert^) born at Liver-
pool, England, 7 May, 1877. He married Muriel Mont-
gomery, daughter of George Bridgefield Proctor, and sister
of his brother Edward M. Quinby's wife. He was educated
in medicine and surgery and became a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of the Royal
College of Physicians, London, 1893; Licentiate in Dental
Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1901 (Univer-
sity of Liverpool and Dental Hospital, Liverpool). He is
a member of the British Medical Association, and in 1911
is in practice at 31 St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury, England.
Children, born at Shrewsbury:
2173. I. Henry John Melville" Quinby, born 4 Mar.
1907;
II. Frank i» Quinby, born August, 1908, died Oct.
1908.
1500. Alvin Dyer' {Johnson M.^, Charles'', Simeon*,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert^) born 7 Aug. 1854,
at Portland, Me.; married there 15 Jan. 1879, Anna John-
son, daughter of Edwin and Emily (Keene) Emery, born
28 Nov. 1858. In 1908 they lived at 84 Congress st.; he
was a travelling sales agent at that time. He died in 1910,
says his daughter, Nellie A. Children:
I. Addie May'" Quinby, born 18 Feb. 1880; married
Alpha J. Grant of Poland, Me.; certificate issued
19 June, 1895;
2174. II. Edwin J." Quinby, bom 15 Apr. 1882 (see);
III. Nellie Annie i" Quinby, born 18 June, 1889; lives
(1910) unmarried, at 84 Congress st., Portland;
2175. IV. Percy A.>» Quinby, born 30 Nov. 1892; bookkeeper
at Portland; living at 84 Congress st. (1915).
Note. — Alvin D. and his wife confirmed most of these records.
1501. Frederick Johnson' {Charles 0.*, Charles'',
Simeon S Benjamin *, Joseph*, Robert*, Robert'') was born at his
grandfather Hall's house at Biddeford, Me., about 1863,
and was taken by his parents about four years later
to East Boston, Mass., to live. I get no further information
from him; the following is compiled from various sources.
506 The Quinby Family
In 1871 he lived in Charlestown and in 1872-3 in Chelsea.
In 1883 he was a clerk in the Metropolitan hotel, Boston,
where he boarded. In 1884 his business address was at 27
Boylston street, boarding at 9 Duane street. A few years
later he went into the roller-skating business and ran
rinks at Marblehead and Lynn. Along about 1889, he
became a book canvasser for P. F. Collier and was very
successful. He married about this time his first wife at
Newburgh, N. Y,, Emma Chapman, who it is said sub-
sequently was legally freed from matrimonial bonds; no
children. In the meanwhile he had made a connection
with the well known publishing firm of Estes & Lauriat
of Boston, as an agent for subscription books. He then
went to Buffalo to sell books, and obtained a situation
with J. H. Mattison of that city. About this time, by
Flora E. (Gilmore) he had a son:
2176. I. Fbederick Johnson" Quinby, born 15 Sept. 1890,
at Hyde Park, Mass. (living in New York city,
1913).
Again being legally able to marry he wooed and won
an attractive seventeen year old native of Allegheny,
N. Y., Miss Mary Elizabeth Shaw, and they were married
by Rev. Father Cronan at Buffalo 10 Nov. 1891. They
went on a combined business and honeymoon trip through
the south and west, and then leased a fine house in Wash-
ington, D. C, where Mr. Quinby was in the publishing
business under the trade name of F. J. Quinby & Co. We
find this name as the owner of c'opyright 29418, (1893),
on a book entitled, "Days that are no more," Vol. I., by
Elizabeth S. Johnson!. About this time he was doing a
little in picture brokerage, and had paintings by J. Wells
Champney and others. This resulted in complications with
the artists which however came to nothing; Mr. Quinby
sublet his Washington house and removed to Baltimore
where he opened a publishing office, and beciame an officer
in the Fifth regiment of the Maryland National Guard,
from whidi he is said to have resigned. As publisher in
various places, F. J. Quinby & Co. or the F. J. Quinby Co.
published perhaps the highest-priced series of books in the
history of the business — an extra-illustrated set of Dickens*
works, priced at $100,000 per set. It is said eight copies
of this set were actually sold. This firm copyrighted from
1901 to 1909, one hundred and forty-two engravings; and
from 1902 to 1908, forty-three novels, mostly by Paul de
Kock. In 1897 Mr. Quinby was ba6k in New York, and
Home op 1494Akthur Heneyo Quinby,
at West Kirby, Cheshire, England (p. 504).
The Quinbt Fauilt 507
on the 22nd of January of that year he entered the Ninth
regiment of the National Guard as second lieutenant of
company G, and was promoted captain of company C
in October of the same year. In 1898 he was with his
regiment at Chic'kamauga; he resigned his commission in
1899 and returned to Boston.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Quinby obtained her deciree in
New York 10 Nov. 1899; she is now a stenographer by
profession, holding an official position as one of the steno-
graphers to the New York State Assembly, at Albany,
N. Y., and later at the Washington, D. C., office of the
San Francisco World's Fair.
Five days after the decree Mr. Quinby was married
at Hartford, Conn., to Adelaide F. Olmstead, born at St.
Louis. Rev. George K. Warren performed the ceremony
15 Nov. 1899; by this wife Mr. Quinby had:
2177. II. Charles" Quinby, born 11 Nov. 1900, at 405 Har-
vard St., Brookline, Mass.; this boy is a member
of the choir of the cathedral of St. John the Di-
vine, at New York City and attends the choir school;
he lives (1913) with the family of Mr. Lichtenstein,
31 W. 127th street.
Mr. Quinby's wife Adelaide F. went with her little
son to Louisville (or St. Louis) and died at a hotel there
about 1905.
The records of Jamaica, Queens county, N. Y., show
that Mr. Quinby was married 11 April, 1906, at Grace
Church rectory there, by Rev. Horatio Oliver Ladd, the
rector, to Miss Helen S., daughter of William D. and
Katherine L. (Williams) Gardner. She was
born at Hiawatha, Kansas, about 1882. At
the time of her marriage she gave her
residence as the Hotel Cadillac, New York
city while Mr. Quinby lived at the Hotel
Vendome. Mrs. Quinby relinquished a
promising theatrical career for the quieter
joys of matrimony; on the stage her name
was Vera Cameroi;.
In 1909 Mr. Quinby was in the real
estate business, with offices in the Mono-
lith building, N. Y., and 3 June it was
published that he had bought 3600 lots for about
$200,000 at Massapequa, Long Island, where'he intended
to install electric lights, water, gas, side-walks,f and sewers.
The following year Mr. Quinby promoted the Tangier
Manor Company and the Tangier Development Company
TANGIER
Tfet ir«m cmitR Dcvttotant
TANOIBR
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508 The Quinby Family
and later became their president. This former company
is said to have acquired a magnificent tract of Long Island
property with thirty miles of water front, constituting the
famous manor of Tangier Smith, sixty miles from New
York. The company became very prominent in 1911-12
by elaborate advertising in New York, and had magnificent
offices on Madison avenue at 34th street.
Mr. Quinby's name appeared in the papers as having
been injured slightly by a fall in his Wright biplane, 11
Sept., 1910, while flying from the Wyandotte Inn to the
Tangier property. In 1915 his name does not appear in
the New York city directory and he is said to be living at
Norfolk, Va.
1502. Edward Orlando' {Orlando /S.*, Roberf, Rob-
ert^, Daniel^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1 Oct. 1855,
at Chelsea, Mass.; married first, 25 May, 1877, by Rev.
William R. Clark, at Boston, to Lily M., daughter of Allan
C. and Aurilla (Fuller) Young, age 21, born at Abington,
Mass., by whom he had a son. The Boston directory
gives Mr. Quinby first in 1876 as in the carriage business,
boarding at 144 Bremen st., East Boston, in 1877 as a
commercial agent, at 224 State st. Both he and Lily M.
claimed to be residents of Plaistow, N. H., when they were
divorced 7 Oct. 1883, by the Rockingham, N. H., Superior
court. Mr. Quinby was married second, 4 Sept. 1884, by
Rev. J. C. Snow, at Haverhill, Mass., to Etta Annie,
daughter of Horace and Sarah Hanson, of Rochester,
N. H., aged 25, born at Farmington, N. H. Mrs. Lily M.
Quinby was married second, 7 Dec. 1892, by Rev. E. A.
Haines at Haverhill, Mass., to George M., son of George
M. and Sarah E. (Ordway) Remick, age 40, born at New-
port, N. H.; his third marriage. Mr. Quinby lived at 17
White St., Haverhill, Mass., a jeweller, and in the jewelry
business in Boston also. Mr. Quinby was taken ill at
Boston about the middle of February, 1913; was taken to
the home of Benjamin F. Hatch in the Bunker Hill district
of Boston, and died there 4 Mar. 1913. He was a member
of Saggahew lodge of MasonB; Haverhill lodge of Elks;
Palestine lodge. Knights of Pythias, and of the Anc4ent
Order of United Workmen. He was survived by a widow
and children (Boston Globe, 5 Mar. 1913). He was buried
from the family home at Haverhill, 17 White st., and in-
terment was at Linnwood cemetery. (Haverhill Gazette, 5
Mar. 1913). His child by Lily M. (Young) was:
2178. I. Edward A." Quinby, born 1878 at East Boston;
fought in the Spanish war; died of apoplexy, un-
Th« Qthnbt Pamilt 509
married, 7 Mar. 1907, at Haverhill, Mass., aged
28 y. 9 m. 7 d.
Childrfen of Edward 0. • Quinby by Etta A. (Hanson):
II. Annie Florence i» Quinby, born 26 Apr. 1885, at
Haverhill, Mass.; she is a book-keeper; lives (1915)
unmarried at 17 White st.;
2179. III. Robert Hanson >» Quinby, born 5 July, 1889, and
lives at 17 White st., Haverhill, Mass., and for
several years has been assistant city clerk.
1504. Albert Dean ' {Leonard^, Thomas ', Jonathan ',
Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1 July, 1840,
at Thetford, Vt. (or possibly, Boston, Mass.); married 25
Aug. 1862, at Strafford, Vt., Harriet*, daughter of James'
Quinby {Benjamin '', Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Rob-
ert^). He was a resident of Thetford when he enlisted 29
Aug. 1862; he was mustered 22 Oct. 1862, in Co. A, 15th
regiment, Vermont Volunteers; mustered out 5 Aug. 1863.
In 1874 he and his wife lived at Thetford. He died 15
Apr. 1887, at Wichita, Kansas, and administration was
granted there 6 Sept. 1887, to his "widow, H. Quimby."
Children, born at Thetford, probably, though only II. and
III. are on the town birth record:
I. Clara" QuiMBYy born about 1866; married 1 Jan.
1884, by Rev. J. D. Hewitt, at Wichita, to W. F.
Myers (Wichita rec);
II. IsABBLLB H.'» QuiMBY, bom 24 May, 1868, at
Thetford (parents' names not recorded) ;
2180. III. George Henry •« Quimby, born 29 May, 1870, at
Thetford (parents' names not recorded, but from
other source I learn that these parents had a son
George); married;
IV. Rosa A.'» Quimby, died 3 Dec. 1872, at Thetford;
parents' names not recorded, but from another
source I learn that these parents bad a daughter
Rosa.
1505. Frank Augustus' (Leonard", Thomas'', Jona-
than^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 24
Aug. 1847, at Thetford, Vt.; married 22 Aug. 1872, at
Worcester, Mass., by Rev. A. Caldwell, to Emma M.,
daughter of Bradford E. and Lucia (Train) Strout, born
1850 at Enfield, Mass. Mr. Quinby was then a salesman
at Worcester. In 1915 he lived at 51 Piedmont st., Wor-
cester, Mass. Children :
I. Winifred C.»» Quimby, born 18 Nov. 1872, at
Worcester; married;
II. GoLDYL" Quimby (Sarah Goldyl on birth rec.) born
510 The Quinbt Family
28 July, 1877; married at Worcester, Mass.,
9 June, 1897, by Rev. Alexander Lewis to Harry
F., son of Frank and Ada L. (Putnam) Estabrook,
age 21, clerk at Worcester; they hiave two daugh-
ters.
Note. — Frank A. Quiznby has confirmed for me the forjegoing town rec.
1507. Jambs Bushrod' {Joseph Hoyt^, Thomas'', Jona-
than*, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert*, Robert*) born 1 June,
1827, at Thetford, Vt.; married 3 Jan. 1861, by Rev. W. R.
Clark, at Lowell, Mass., to Rose, daughter of John V. and
Mary C. Labounty, age 23, born in Canada, Mr. Quimby
died 20 Mar. 1909, at the Cottage hospital, at Lawrence,
Mass., and was buried at Bellevue cemetery there. Mrs.
Rose Quimby's administration papers on file at Salem,
Mass., show that Cora, wife of "James F." Quimby, the
only child, was appointed administratrix of her mother-in-
law's estate 8 Jan. 1906, on consent of the husband and
son. Her address was then 18 Fairmont st., Lawrence.
The estate was a mortgage on real estate, Hampshire st.,
Lawrence, valued at $1000. The Lawrence paper contained
an obituary of Mr. Quimby, a part of which said that
"he came from a well-respected and influential family; was
educated, cultured and had access to the best of society
in his younger days; personally he was kind and charitable,
unassuming and considerate. His gentle manner, helpful
acts and benevolences won and retained for him many
friends among Lawrence folk. Mr. Quimby first settled in
Lowell and it was in that city that he was married. He
later moved to this city with his wife and son. Mr.
Quimby worked for the city up to 14 years ago. At that
time he took a shock and had never been well afterwards.
For the past 14 years he was nearly helpless, and was taken
care of in his last years by his daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Quimby died of abdominal cancer, at her home
18 Fairmont st., Lawrence, Mass., 30 Dec. 1905, aged 67 y.
6 m., and was buried in Bellevue cemetery. Child:
2181. James Frederick" Quimby b. 1863 at Lowell (see).
1508. MuNROE Thomas' (Joseph Hoyt^, Thomas'',
Jonathan^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert*) born
20 July, 1829, at Thetford, Vermont, and was there re-
corded as Thomas Munroe Quimby.
Munroe T. Quimby was a clerk in Boston when be first ap-
pears m the directory there in 1854, and then boarded at 12 Lon-
don street, East Boston. In 1857 he formed a partnership with
Wareham M. Quimby (see) and John Flanagan under the name of
Quimby, Flanagan & Co., at 20 Milk street in the fancy goods
The Quinby Family 511
business. Mr. Quimby then lived at the New England House.
The firm soon dissolved. In 1859 he was a salesman at 14 Han-
over street, where he continued and in 1862 was head of the firm
of Quimby & Co., at that address, jewelry manufacturers.
In the meanwhile h'e was having a hard time finding a satis-
factory boarding place; in 1860 he boarded at 3 Elm place; in
1861 at 24 Greenville place; in 1862 at 77 Myrtle street; in 1863,
at 5 Cambridge street; in 1864-5 at 5 Green street; 1866-7 at 17
Staniford street; he then moved to Melrose, whiere he continued to
live through 1891. In 1879 an advertisement in the directory
shows that the factory was at Providence, R. I.
In 1867 hte took a second cousin, Luman V.* Quimby (see)
into his employ and in 1880 as a partner, who was still with him
till 1891 as Munroe T. Quimby & Co., jewelry manufacturers, 14
Hanover street.
Henry B.>» Quimby (Charles N.\ Joseph*,) was a bookkeeper
with the firm in 1883, and perhaps afterwards. Wareham M.
Quimby was also with the firm from 1883 to 1890.
In the meanwhile, Munroe T. Quimby had opened a jewelry
store at 171 Broadway in 1865 in New York city; in 1867-1868
with Wareham M. Quimby and another under the name of Quim-
by, Smith & Co.; he dealt in watches and jewelry, but both his
and Wareham M.'s home were given as Massachusetts in the New
York directory during the whole time he carried on business there,
which ceased in 1873. The directory gives his store as 471 Broad-
way in 1871; and at 196 Broadway in 1872-3. The census of
1860 gives him as "Munroe Quimby, aged 33, born in Maine,
clerk. Ward 3, Boston, Mass."
He was married 9 Jan. 1862, by B. W. D. Sidney
Frost at West Fairlee, Vt., to Ann Julia, daughter of
William L.» Kimball, of Fairlee, Vermont (Kimball Family
History, p. 1091). She died 17 June, 1877. He was mar-
ried, second by Rev. Wm. Butler, 2 June, 1882 (Spgf. rec.
gives 20 June) at Melrose, Mass., to Mrs. Ella J. Chapman,
daughter of Lewis and Rachel Harriman, her second mar-
riage; she was 35, born at Three Rivers, Conn. Mr.
Quimby was then a jeweler living at Melrose, Mass., and his
bride was a resident of Springfield. Mr. Quimby died 2
May 1893, aged 63y. 9m. 13d. of Bright's disease, at
Melrose, Mass. She was married a third time, to one Kingsley,
and died 26 Apr. 1897, at Ellsworth, Me., of gastritis, aged
50 y. 21 d.
1509. Charles Norman' (Joseph Hoyt^, Thomas'',
Jonathan', Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert', Robert*) born 8
Oct. 1831, at Thetford Centre, Vt.; married 15 Feb. 1855,
by Rev. F. W. Holland, at Cambridge, Mass., to Frances
A., daughter of Michael Law and Fanny Almira (DriscoU)
Herbon (Herbert on some records), age 22, resident of
Somerville, Mass. The census of 1860 shows Mr. Quimby
512 The Quinbt Family
living at Joy St., Spmerville. In 1872 or 1873 he was
elected to the state legislature. He died in 1884; his widow
lives (1912) at Bradford, Vt. Children:
I. Chables Edward'" Quimby, born 10 Apr. 1856, at
Post Mills, Vt., and died there 1 Sept. 1858;
II. Annie i» Quimby, born 1 Oct. 1858, at Post Mills;
married 4 June, 1885, at West Fairlee, Vt., Dr.
Julian H. Jones of Bradford, Vt., born 6 Oct. 1838,
at West Rochester, Vt., son of Rodney and Phoebe
(Lowell) Jones; Dr. Jones died 3 Mar. 1903; his
widow lives at Bradford; no children;
2182. III. Henry B." Quimby, born 1 Nov. 1860, at Somer-
ville, Mass. (see);
2183. IV. George Edward" Quimby, born 1 Aug. 1862, at
Somerville, Mass. (see) ;
V. (male)" Quimby, born 1 Qct. 1868 at Westmore-
land; died at birth, unnamed;
VI. (male)" Quimby, born 8 Mar. 1871, at Westmore-
land; died 9 Mar. 1871, of "cardiac insufficiency,"
six hours after birth.
Note. — The foregoing data are from the various town records, confirmed
in part by Mrs. Annie (Quimby) Jones.
1510. John Tyler' {Joseph Hoyt^, Thomas^, Jona-
than^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 19
July, 1834, at Thetford Centre, Vt.; enlisted as a musician
in the army 8 Oct. 1862; mustered 22 Oct. 1862, in Co. A,
15th regiment, Vermont Volunteers; mustered out 5 Aug.
1863 (Vt. Roster). John T. Quimby appears in the Boston
city directory first in 1865 as in business at 112 Faneuil
Hall Market, living at Somerville. In 1866 he was a dealer
in birds and cages at 52 Court street and boarded at 14
Hanover street, at which latter address was located the
jewelry business of his brother, Munroe T. « Quimby (see).
In 1867 his business associate in the bird business was
George E. Rice, and Mr. Quimby boarded that year at
204 Cambridge street; in 1868 he boarded at 29 ScoUay's
building. He does not appear in later directories. He
married at Providence, R. I,, 22 Feb. 1881, Laura Fidelia
(born 1840 at Charlton, Mass.), daughter of Thompson T.
and Lorene (Foster) Albee. John T. Quimby lives at Thet-
ford Centre, Vt. (1908).
1511. Latimer Albert' (Joseph Hoyt^, Thomas^
Jonathan*, Benjamin'^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 19
Oct. 1836, at Post Mills or Thetford, Vt.; married 1 Jan.
1868, by Rev. C. E. Fisher at Lawrence, Mass., to Susan
J., daughter of Allen and Susan (Porter) Wilson, born 23
Sept. 1846, at Lowell, Mass. They lived at Walnut Hillsj
Gertrude"
daughter of 1512Roscoe E. " Quimby.
The QmNBT Family 513
Mass., and then returned to Thetford, where Mrs. Quimby
died 5 Dec. 1909, of cirrhosis of the liver; buried at Bellevue
cemetery, Lawrence, Mass. Mr. Quimby lives (1915) at
Thetford; no children.
1512. RoscoE E. » (Luman Vesper*, Harvey ', Benja-
min', Benjamin \ Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 25 Jan.
1870, probably at Boston, Mass.; married Mary H. "Lavi-
erre" and lived at Ogdensburg, N. Y. in 1896-8, and died
17 Mar. 1898. His widow married A. S. Werner and lives,,
1911, 579 Audubon road, Boston. Mr. Quimby's child:
Gertrude »"• Quimby, born 1896 at Ogdensburg,
N. Y.; in 1911 unhappy in her stepfather's home,
she determined to go on the stage and went to
New York for the purpose; the newspaper re-
porters discovered that she was the most beautiful
girl in America, followed her everywhere and filled
pages of the daily papers with her pictures and
accounts of her, so that the publicity drove her
home again to Boston, where she returned to
school.
1513. Clarence Leslie » {Luman Vesper*, Harvey \
Benjamin*, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born
25 Aug. 1876, at Chelsea, Mass. He married first, 5 Apr.
1899, by Rev. R, Perry Bush at Chelsea, Mass., Lillian
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Holtzer)
Helmuth, age 20, born at New York city, living with her
family at 168 Chestnut st., Chelsea. He was a salesman,
living at 20 Chestnut St., Chelsea. This marriage resulted
in a divorce, and he married second, 27 July, 1910, by Rev.
Jonathan W. Winkley, at Boston, Mass., Adelaide M.
King, daughter of Joseph and Adelaide St. Jaques; she too
had been through an unsuccessful marriage. She was aged
26, a saleswoman, living at 471 Massachusetts ave., Boston,
born at New London, N. H. They lived in Boston in 1912
at the same address, but in 1915 at Norfolk Downs, Mass.
He is a salesman at 52 Summer st., Boston.
1514. William Harrison ' (Charles Marshall*, Isaac ',
Isaac*, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert*, Robert^) born 7
June, 1878, at Vershire, Vt.; married 1 Jan. 1900, at En-
field, N. H., Maud Stickney, who was born at Plainfield,
N. H.; her parents lived at Grantham, N. H.; her mother's
maiden name was Wheeler. Mr. Quimby lived (1908) at
Enfield; no children; after a divorce about 1910, he married
Amelia Brittain (Balch on the rec), born 1872 at Windsor,
Vt., and in 1915 they lived at 67 Elm et., Claremont, N.
H., and had children:
(33)
514 The Quinby PAMiiiT
I. (infant) >• Quimbt, died in infancy;
II. (infant)'" Quimby, died in infancy;
2184. III. Lawrence H.'» Quimby, born 28 Mar. 1911 (1912
on rec).
1515. Charles Isaac" {Charles Marshall^, Isaac'',
Isaac*, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 14
Mar. 1890, at Croydon, N. H.; married 4 May, 1912, by
Rev. Thomas J. Finning at Enfield, N. H., to Mabel A.,
daughter of John and Sophia (Patterson) Austin, aged 18,
born at Enfield. He lives at Enfield.
1518. Elmer Warren" {Milan W.^, Benjamin'', Benj-
amin*, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 13
Aug. 1861, at Unity, N. H., where he became a farmer;
married first, at Unity where both parties lived, 18 May,
1881, by Rev. George N. Bryant, to Mary Grace, daughter
of L. S. and C. A. Bailey, aged 20; she died 30 Mar. 1882.
Mr. Quimby was married secbnd, 8 Nov. 1883, at Clare-
mont, N. H., the bride's residence, by Rev. F. P. Tomp-
kins to Susan W., daughter of William S. and Martha E.
(Tasker) Judd, born 9 Oct. 1856; she died of apoplexy after
twelve hours' illness, at East Claremont, N. H., 2 Oct.
1904. Mr. Quimby was married third, 30 Apr. 1905, by
Rev. F. S. Carr at Windsor, Vt., to Mrs. Nora E. Taylor,
age 27, born at Bethel, Vt., daughter of Daniel W. and
Nellie E. (Newton) Haywood of Everett, Mass. Mr. Quim-
by appears in the Claremont directory of 1905 as a farmer,
living on the Unity road r. f. d. 1. Mr. Quimby was mar-
ried a few years later, by Duncan A. McPhie, Magistrate,
at Boston, Mass., to Elizabeth L., daughter of Daniel A.
and Annie A. (Clarke) Smith; she was born 1883 at Boston,
and was living at 36 Cooiidge road, AUston, Mass. He
took his bride to his home town about the middle of Feb-
ruary, 1910, and a reception was held on the following
Saturday evening when the bride was introduced to the
neighbors. They lived at East Unity. The marriage
was dissolved in November, 1912.- Mr. Quimby had one
child:
(female)" Quimby, born 21 June, 1910, at Newport,
N. H.
1519. Irvin Wesley ' {Francis Levi*, Benjamin ', Benj-
amin*, Jonathan*, Benjamin*, Robert*, Robert'') born 20
May, 1851, at West Unity, N. H.; married 19 May, 1881,
at Acworth, N. H., Josephine Emily, daughter of Wilbra
B. and Julia Ann (Perkins) Reed of Unity, born about
1520GEORGE Elwino Quimby
(photo, by Powers, Claremont, N. H.~i
1521EEV. IIerbebt Francis" Quimby
(photo, by Tilton, Exeter, N. H.)
1518ELMEB Warren" Quinby
(photo, by Locke, Claremont, N. H.)
1519IRVIN Wesley" Quimby
(photo, by Locke, Claieiiiont, N. H.)
Thb Quinby Familt 615
1856 at Acworth. Mr. Quimby was a farmer; he died of
valvular disease of the heart, 13 Nov. 1904 (1905 says rec.)
at West Unity. Children, born at West Unity:
2185. I. Charles Emerson" Quimby, born 21 May, 1882
(see);
II. Grace Mae'" Quimby, born 13 May, 1883; in 1911
she was keeping house for her grandfather, Fran-
cis L., at 17 East st., Claremont, N. H.; she was
married to Robert Hubbard Bruce of South Char-
lestown, N. H., 31 Dec. 1914, at Exeter, N. H.,
by h'er uncle. Rev. Herbert F. Quimby;
III. Hattie Edna" Quimby, born 11 May, 1885; mar-
ried 6 June, 1906, Guy Scott Hall, born 31 Mar.
1883; in 1909 they were living at Central Falls,
R. I., and her younger sisters were living with
them;
IV. Nettie Delle" Quimby (twin), born 25 May,
1890;
V. Nellie Belle" Quimby (twin), born 26 May,
1890; in 1916 they were living at 18 feast St.,
Claremont, N. H.
Note. — It is interesting to observe how important the month of May haa
been in the good fortunes of this family.
1520. Geobge Elwin ' {Francis Levi^, Benjamin %
Benjamin *, Jonathan ', Benjamin *, Robert ', Robert *) born 20
Dec. 1858, at West Unity, N. H. He attended the district
schools of his native town, and entered the Stevens High
school in the fall of 1877, from which he graduated in the
class of 1880; he taught school at Acworth, N. H., during
the fall and winter of 1879-80. He entered the employ of
Clark, Maynard & Co., ^the drygoods firm of Waltham,
Mass., in January, 1881, and remained there until Septem-
ber, 1885. He was married 11 Feb. 1884, by Rev. M. R.
Leonard at Waltham, to Lillian Celinda, daughter of Fred-
erick J. and Mary Celinda (Mansfield) Davis of Waltham,
born 25 Feb. 1859. Mr. Quimby accepted in the fall of
1885, a position with Bradley Bros., dry goods merchants
of Decatur, 111. He was two years with this firm, having
cliarge successively of the mail order business, and of the
silk and dressgoods department. He purchased the dry
goods business of W. A. Glines & Co. of Claremont, N. H.,
in December, 1904, and his store is now at 18 Tremont sq.
Mr. Quimby is a highly respected citizen of that town, a
Republican, active in church and temperance work; he and
Mrs. Quimby were Presbyterians, but are now members
of the Methodist church at Claremont, and live at 18 Sum-
mer St. (1915). Children:
516 The Quinbt Family
I. Lillian May»» Quimby, born 18 June 1885, at
Waltham; unmarried (1909) living 16 Summer
St., Claremont;
2186. II. Lewis Fkedekic'"' Quimby, born 22 Mar. 1889, at
Decatur, 111.; unmarried (1909) living at 16 Sum-
mer St., Claremont; in 1910 he held a position as
clerk in the Wilson Pharmacy at White River
Junction;
III. Anna Dell'" Quimby, born 2 Apr. 1897.
Note. — This branch is described in N. H. Genealogical History, p. 1545,
and in Rev. Silas E. Quimby's pamphlet on the descendants of Benjamin
Quinby.
1521. Lewis Johnson' {Francis Levi*, Benjamin^,
Benjamin*, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 2
June, 1861, at West Unity, N. H. He became a member
of the firm of Howe & Quimby at Claremont, N. H., and
was there married 25 Nov. 1886, by Rev. G. M. Carl to
Martha Lucelia, daughter of Lucius Harmon and Lucelia
(Smith) Dow, born at Cornish, N. H., 31 Aug. 1863. Mr.
Quimby held a position with the Pillsbury- Washburn Flour
Mills and lived at Dorchester, Mass. (1909). In 1910 he
was with the Clinton Wire Cloth Co. and lived at Clinton,
Mass.; in 1915 he lives at 435 Columbia road, Dorchester,
Mass. Children:
I. Ruth Isabelle" Quimby, born 17 Jan. 1888, at
Claremont; in 1912 she was a teacher, living at
152 River road, Winthrop, Mass.; in July, 1913,
the Clinton (Mass.) Item announced her engage-
ment to Dr. J. F. Cooper, and said: "After their
marriage in the fall they will accompany a party
of Congregationalist missionaries to China where
Dr. Cooper will open his work as medical repre-
sentative at Diong Loh in connection with thp
Foo Chow Mission; there he will be the only phy-
sician among 800,000 people. Miss Quimby is a
successful kindergartner at Winthrop and was an
active worker at the Methodist church while her
parents lived on Prospect st. at Clinton." She
married Dr. Cooper at Boston, Mass., 17 Sept.
1913;
2187. II. Geobge Francis '« Quimby, born 12 Oct. 1889, at
Claremont (see);
1522. Herbert Francis' {Francis Levi*, Benjamin^,
Benjamin*, Jonathan^, Benjamin \ Robert^, Robert^) born 24
Dec. 1863, at West Unity, N. H. He became a Methodist
minister. He graduated from Boston University in the
class of 1892. He was married first 1 June, 1893, by Rev.
O. S. Baketell at Salem, N. H., to Eva M., daughter of
Horace K. and Anne Maria (Gibson) Hodgman of Mason,
T523EMERSOX Albiox'i Quimby
(photo., 19] 1, by Chadbomne, C^onooid, N. II.)
The Quinbt Family 517
N. H.; she was born 2 Dec. 1870, at Mason, and died at
Salem, N. H., 19 Apr. 1895. Rev. Mr. Quimby was mar-
ried second 10 June, 1896, by Rev. O. S. Baketell at
Reed's Ferry, N. H., to Jennie M. (aged 35), daughter of
James B. and 'Elumia' (Higgins) Elliott of Reed's Ferry.
Mr. Quimby has held numerous pastorates in various New
Hampshire towns; was pastor at Derry, N. H., for the four
years up to 1909, when he became pastor at Hampton,
N. H. Mrs. Quimby is active in church and temperance
work and is a member of the Clover club at Hampton.
In 1910, Mr. Quimby took charge of the church ot Exeter,
N. H., and preached his first sermon there 10 April. Ad-
dress (1915) 7 Gill St., Exeter. Children:
I. Berenice Lydia'" Quimby, born 15 Mar. 1895, at
Salem, N. H.; in 1909 she was attending the Put-
nam High school at Newburyport, Mass.; in 1915
she is at Exeter, N. H.;
2188. II. Elliott Herbert" Quimby, born 30 Mar. 1897, at
Milford, N. H.; in 1915 he is a student at the
Exeter High school.
1523. Emerson Albion' {Francis Levi^, Benjamin'',
Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born
22 May, 1867, at West Unity, N. H.; married at North
Charlestown, N. H., 15 June, 1892, Jennie Abbie, daughter
of James E. and Emma (Hunt) Perry, born 8 Sept. 1867.
Mr. Quimby is a resident of Claremont, N. H., where he
is a merchant, a member of the firm of Howe & Quimby
and in the real estate business, controlling the Quimby-
Rossiter property, improved with modern dwellings on
Woodland st. He is a Republican, and was elected on
that ticket for town treasurer (1909) though the entire
Democratic ticket for selectman was elected. In the state
legislature he was clerk of the committee on education
(January, 1911) His home is at 143 Pleasant st. Children,
born at Claremont:
I. Doris Marie »» Quimby, born 18 Sept. 1897;
II. Miriam Emma" Quimby, born 8 Jan. 1899;
2189. III. Perry Emerson" Quimby, born 10 July, 1902i
1524. Frederic Monroe' (Wilbur Benjamin^, Benja-
min'', Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^)
born 17 Nov. 1858, at Weyauwega, Waupaca county, Wis-
consin. He became a farmer at Cornish, N. H.; married 19
Jan. 1881, by Rev. G. H. Dunlap at Charlestown, N. H.,
to Clara E., daughter of Charles H. and Laura Williams,
518 The Quinby Family
aged 19, born at Barnstead, N. H.; lives at Cornish; ad-
dress, 1915, at Windsor, Vt. Children:
I. Bessie Josephine i» Quimby, born 25 May, 1887, at
Unity, N. H.; married about 1905, Joseph Lapine
and has one child, Forrest Earle, born 22 Nov.
1906;
II. Gbbtkxtde Mayi" Quimby, born 2l July, 1891, at
Charlestown, N. H. (says the town rec; Rev. S. E.
Quimby's pamphlet says 23 July).
1525. Elwin Wilbur* (Wilbur Benjamin^, Benjamin'',
Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born at
Unity, N. H., 6 Aug. 1863, a twin. He became a farmer
and lived at Cornish, N. H.; married 14 Dec. 1892, by Rev.
James T. Jackson, to Martha Elizabeth, daughter of Will-
iam E. and Charlotte E. (Bryant) Westgate, born 8 Mar.
1869, a teacher. In 1912 Mr. Quimby was on the Demo-
cratic ticket for member of the legislature from Cornish.
He lives at North Cornish, N. H. (1915). His post-office
address is Windsor, Vt., r. f. d. 3. Children, born at Cornish:
I. Bertha •» Quimby, born 23 Mar. 1893; died of
"inanition," 13 Apr. 1893;
2190. II. Arthur Westgate i» Quimby, bom 2 May, 1898.
Note. — The Concord Monitor of 11 Feb. 1909, printed this anecdote:
"A member of the house who visited Manchester last evening paused as he
entered Representatives ball this morning, and grasped a companion by the
arm. 'Who is that there?' he asked, pointing.
'Quimby of Cornish,' was the reply, 'why?'
'How many of him is there?' was the second question, 'I can see two of
him.'
'By gosh, so can I,' said the other, 'I guess we were too gay last night.'
But investigation showed that the two members were all right. Mr. Quimby
was entertaining a twin brother, and the two surpass the tra£tional comparison
of two peas in a pod."
1526. Erwin Wesley® (Wilbur Benjamin^, Benja-
min'', Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert')
born at Unity, N. H., 6 Aug. 1863, a twin. He became a
farmer and lived at Cornish, N. H.; married at Merrimac,
Mass., the bride's home, 16 June, 1896, Grace B., daugh-
ter of John E. and Ella (Hoyt) Kimball of Gilmanton,
N. H.; she was born 4 Mar. 1876, at Canaan, N. H. Mr.
Quimby remained several years at Merrimac, but returned
to Cornish (address r. f. d. 4, Windsor, Vt.) From the
local papers it is evident they are hospitable people, fre-
quently entertaining visitors from other towns. In 1909,
Mr. Quimby sold his farm to Henry Whipple of Claremont
and bought the Ed. Jackson place and moved in about
Apr. 22. He was re-elected selectman on the Democratic
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1527EKNEST P.» Quimby
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The Quinby Family 519
ticket, in 1909, having held the same office a number of
years. Children (all living in 1908):
2191. I. Howard Ebwin'" Quimby, born 31 Jan. 1898, at
Merrimac, Mass., says Rev. S. E. Quimby; the
town rec. says 1899;
2192. II. HoYT Makshalli» Quimby, bol-n 2 Dec. 1900, at
Cornish (record says 1901);
2193. III. Daniel James i" Quimby, born 23 July, 1905, at
Cornish.
1527. Ernest Pliny' (Wilbur Benjamin^, Benjamin'',
Benjamin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 7
August, 1868, at North Charlestown, N. H.; a farmer; mar-
ried first, 16 June, 1896, at Merrimac, Mass., by Rev.
James T. Jackson, to Annie E., daughter of Levi W. and
Hattie (Ayers) Harrington of Cornish. Mrs. Quimby was
born 8 Jan. 1871, died 15 May, 1901. Mr. Quimby lives
at Cornish, N. H., off the Claremont stage road; address
Windsor, Vt., r. f. d. 4. He was married second, 27 Dec.
1905, at Cornish, N. H., by Rev. S. L. Vincent, to Cora
M., daughter of Amos and Marion (Rowell) Spalding of
Cornish, aged 29. She was born at Croydon, N. H. He
had no children by his second marriage. Mr. Quimby is
celebrated as a farmer, as the local paper shows. For in-
stance, in May, 1909, he bought two registered Holstein
cows, one with a record of 59 pounds of milk a day. On
the last day of July, he had an apple tree that presented
the curious sight of numbers of belated blossoms among
the numerous ripening apples. On the fifteenth of October,
in the same year, he was picking ripe raspberries. And
all these interesting and unusual things are recorded in a
space of less than six months. Children:
I. Veha Hattie i» Quimby, born 3 May, 1897, died 29
May, 1897, at Windsor;
2194. II. Mybon Eknesti» Quimby, born 19 Apr. 1901, at
Windsor, Vt.
1528. Clarence E. ' (Benjamin Lewis^, Michael '',
Benjamin'^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*^, Robert^, Robert^) born 13
Feb. 1855, at Clayton, Iowa; married 25 Dec. 1882, at
Huron, South Dakota, DoUie Geer, daughter of Noyes B.
and Delia J. (Geer) Gallup, born 28 June, 1858, at Dodge
Centre, Minn. In 1910 their home is at Ashton, So. Dak.
Children, born at Ashton:
I. Winifred B." Quimby, born 3 July, 1884;
II. Bernice A.i» Quimby, botn 16 June, 1890; died 20
Aug. 1891;
2195. III. Elbert W.»» Quimby, born 8 Sept. 1893.
520 The Quinby Family
1529. William E. » (Joseph Warren^, Michael'', Benj-
amin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert '^) born 13 Dec.
1862, at Lawrence, Mass.; married 16 Nov. 1892, at Au-
burn, Me., Malleville C, daughter of Andrew Jackson and
Susan P. Royal; address, 1915, 196 Main st.. Auburn, Me.
We read in the Lewiston Journal of 22 July, 1909, that the
fine pointer dog 'Jolly', owned by Mr. William E. Quimby
of Auburn, was found dead on the road near Taylor pond.
1530. Fred Wilson' (Joseph Warren^, Michael'', Benj-
amin^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert', Robert") born 27
Sept. 1866, at Lawrence, Mass.; married by Rev. L. J.
Thomas, 10 June, 1886, at Auburn, Me., to Mary Augusta,
daughter of Horatio Bridgham and Augusta Ellen (Roak)
Pulsifer, born 11 Dec. 1867. Mr. Quimby's health began
to fail seriously in 1908, and he went to Daviston, Butte
county. South Dakota, but soon moved to Date in that
state where he took up a homestead claim and commenced
farming. His health improved and he sent for his wife and
daughters Eva and Isabel, who left their home on Cook st..
Auburn, about the middle of May, 1909, and joined Mr.
Quimby at Date. Mrs. Quimby had been very prominent
in the work of the Sixth st. Congregational church and in
the Sunshine Society, in which she and her daughters had
been interested for years. In the New York Herald of 4
Aug. 1901, a very good photograph of the older three girls
was published, with an article descriptive of their activities
in that organization, the object of which is to let in the
sunshine upon the lives of unfortunate children. The
Herald said: "The three little Misses Quimby of Auburn,
Me., believe in sunshine picnics, and with the assistance of
their mother and grandmother are leaders of the Maine
juniors, who are constantly interested in fresh air work of
some kind." In 1911 Mrs. Quimby was called back home
by the illness of her mother; Isabel came with her and
they spent the winter at Auburn. Fred W. and his family
now (1915) live at 122 Seventh st.. Auburn, Me. The
children of Fred W. » and Mary A. (Pulsifer) Quimby, all
born at Auburn:
I. Fbancena Augusta" Quimby, born 3 May, 1888;
she studied at Bates college, Lewiston, Me.; in
1909 she taught school at Leeds Junction, Me.; in
1915 she lives with her parents at Auburn;
II. Eva Mahyi" Quimby, bom 25 Nov. 1889; graduated
from the East Lewiston High school in 1907 and
attended the Auburn Teachers' Training school;
she accompanied her mother in May, 1909, to
South Dakota and taught school there; "she is an
pAUdHTEIlS OF ]5;!0FR1CI> W.'" QUIMBY
(New York lienild, 4 Aug., 1901).
1528CLARENCE E.'J QUIMBY
(photo, by Lindrooth, Eerlfield, So,
Dak.) (p. 519).
1532EOMEO Arthue,!) Quimby
(photo, by Powers, Claremont, N. H.)
15310LNEY DUANE9 QuiMBY
(photo, by Powers, Claremont, N. H.)
The Quinby Familt 521
amateur artist in oils with considerable talent.'
In December, 1910, at Date, So. Dak., sbe mar-
ried Marion Merton Fuller of Date, a farmer
there, of good education^ with an attractive home
and who is highly thought of in that community;
III. Louise Helen" Quimby, born 6 Oct. 1891; in 1909
she and her sister Francena are mentioned as
planning to spend the summer at Poland Springs;
in 1915 she lives with her parents at Auburn;
IV. Marion Sanborn" Quimby, born 21 May, 1893;
died 14 May 1894;
V. Isabel Doris" Quimby, born 25 Dec. 1905; she
went to Date, So. Dak., in May, 1909, and re-
turned to Auburn in the fall of 1910.
1531. Olney Duanb* (Olney Fuller*, Michael'', Benj-
amin*, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Robert^) born 13
Oct. 1868, at Weathersfield, Vt. He married 18 Apr. 1894,
at Windsor, Vt., Minnie Ellen, daughter of Uriel L. and
Harriet E. (Perkins) Comings, born 22 Mar. 1869. Mr.
and Mrs. Quimby settled in Claremont, N. H., where Mr.
Quimby has been active in business and both he and his
wife have been among those prominent in social life and
hospitality at Claremont. He is a member of Quimby &
Quimby and lives at 16 Sullivan st. (1915).
1532. Romeo Abthtjr* (Olney Fuller*, Michael'', Benj-
amin'^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert*, Robert^) born 19
Feb. 1870, at Weathersfield, Vt.; married 30 Sept. 1892, at
Cavendish, Vt., Ellen M. Adams, born 13 Nov. 1869. He
settled early in Claremont, N. H., where he is a jeweller,
and has prospered; he is a member of the firm of Quimby
& Quimby. In the fall of 1910 the papers mention- his
purchase of the Dickinson block on Tremont square,
Claremont. The Quimbys are attendants at Congregational
church; Mrs. Quimby in 1909 was secretary of the Outlook
club of that church; they live at 99 Myrtle st. Children,
born at Claremont:
2196. I. Olney Adams" Quimby, born 15 Mar. 1904;
II. Silvia" Quimby, born 22 July, 1905;
2197. III. Arthur Phescott" Quimby, born 5 Mar. 1909.
1533. Clarence Everard' (Silas Everard*, Silas'',
Benjamin'^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert*, Robert^) born 4
May, 1863, at Newbury, Vt., married 7 Feb. 1888, at An-
trim, N. H., Stella Frances, daughter of Frank and Mary
Frances (Tyler) Cram, born 21 Oct. 1861, at Marlow,
N. H. Mr. Quimby was educated at Tilton seminary, and
remained in Tilton, where in 1902 he was an optician. He
522 The QmNBY PAMiiiY
moved to Geneva, N. Y., where he now lives. Children, all
born at Tilton, N. H., and all living at Geneva, (1913:)
2198. I. Raymond Scotti" Quimby, born 12 May, 1889;
II. Christine '» Quimby, born 29 May, 1890;
2199. III. Chester Warren»» Quimby, born 17 June, 1891;
he graduated from Tilton seminary in the class of
1912;
2200. IV. Conbad'" Quimby, born 22 Feb. 1893.
1534. Cakl Notes » (Silas Everard^, Silas ', Benjamin »,
Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert", Robert'') born 27 Nov. 1866,
at Newbury, Vt.; graduated at Wesleyan University in
the class of 1890; married by Rev. John D. Pickles 1 June,
1899, at Boston, Mass., to Grace Evelyn Frye, born 4 Nov.
1864, at Chelsea, Mass., daughter of Alphonso Gerrish and
Sarah Jane (McKinney) Frye. Mr. Quimby became a
manufacturing optician, his place of business being at 373
Washington st., Boston, as early as 1902, and his home
being at Arlington Heights, Mass.; both addresses continue
(1915). Child:
Dorothy" Quimby, born 17 Apr. 1900, at 67 Hall
ave., West Somerville, Mass.
1535. Ernest Scott' (Silas E.*, Silas'', Benjamin*,
Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Robert", Robert'') born 15 July, 1872,
at Exeter, N. H, He graduated from Phillips Exeter
academy in 1893, and from Wesleyan University in 1896.
He was married by Rev. Silas E. Quimby, 20 Oct. 1906, to
Ines W., daughter of I. D. and Victoria A. (Jenness) Hodg-
don of Rochester, N. H. She was aged 31, a musician, born
at Rochester, N. H. Ernest S. Quimby is teacher in New
York and Corresponding Secretary of the Male High School
Teachers' Association of New York city; address in 1915,
244 East 86th st.
At this point Nos. 1536 to 1811 inclusive, are omitted,
to be taken up in a later volume. They are descendants of
John", (Robert") and spell their name Quimby.
1816. James Laurence ' (James Laurence^, Laurence ',
Joseph^, Henry \ Philip*, Joseph", Robert") born 15 Dec.
1882, at Graniteville, South Carolina; married Catherine
Piatt of Columbia, S. C. Children:
I. James Lawrence i» Quinby;
II. William Futchi" Quinby.
2198RAYMOXD ScOTTin QUIMBY
(photo, by Nelson, Lakeport, X. H.)
2199REV. Chester Warrenio Quimby
2200CoNRADit> Quimby
1816JAMES L.9 Quimby, Jr.
1533CLARENCE EVERARD" QUIMBY
(Photo, by Herrick, Toledo).
1.534CARL NOYES» QuiMBY
(Photo, by Purdy, Boston).
1535PKor. Ernest Scott' Quimby
(See p. 522)
Sons of E<;v. Silas B." Quimby.
The Quinby Family 523
1818. Chables F. » {Augustus^, Moses ', Moses «,
Henrys, Philip*, Joseph^, Robert^) born 1857 at Attleboro,
Mass.; married there 31 July, 1871, by Rev. William H.
Starr, to Emma, daughter of Charles and Nancy; her name
is recorded as Underwood but as this was her second mar-
riage, that may not have been her parents' name. She was
aged 25, born at Cumberland, R. I. Mr. Quimby was an
engraver at the time of his marriage.
1822. Caleb « {Silas*, Caleb ">, Moses «, Josiah ^ John *,
John^, John^, William^) born probably about 1814 in New
Jersey and went with his parents to Illinois, thence to Ohio.
"He married Lydia Marquette and lived in Delaware coun-
ty, near Galena, Ohio, and had a family among whom was
a daughter Mary. His wife survived him. He is buried
about a mile from Galena." Among his children was
Maky'" Quinby.
1823. Moses' {Silas*, Caleb'', Moses*, Josiah^, John*,
John^, John^, William^) born 181-2- in New Jersey, and
went with his parents to Illinois; married Sarah Lake and
died at Charleston, 111.; his widow married second, David
Jones, born 1833 in England, says Katie Greenwood, her
only child by this marriage, who lives at Charleston.
Children of Moses' Quinby ("one of the sons lived in
southern Illinois and was quite wealthy"):
2416. I. George»» Quinby, born about 185-6- (see);
II. Hattie E. >» Quinby, born in Ashtabula county,
Ohio; married 17 June, 1881, at Paris, Edgar
county, Ohio, James E. Wyckoff;
2417. III. Allen" Quinby (see).
1824. David* {Silas*, Caleb', Moses*, Josiah*, John*,
John*, John'', William') born 182-, probably in New Jersey,
and went with his family to Illinois; married at Charleston,
111., Tirzah Bensley. Mr. Quinby died during the Civil
war, leaving his wife and one son surviving. Son:
2418. (son)»» Quinby, born 185-6-.
1825. John Rogebs* {Silas*, Caleb', Moses*, Josiah*,
John*, John*, John', William^) born 15 Aug. 1832, in New
Jersey; was taken while an infant to Illinois by his par-
ents; and at Charleston, 111., he married Harriet Cluff,
probably about 1855. They had eight children, of whom
three daughters were living in 1911. John R.« died 7 Feb.
1872, at Seneca, Mo., of smallpox during an epidemic; two
524 The Qijinby Family
of his children died at the same time. His widow Harriet
died 3 May, 1884. Children:
2419. I. William »" Quinby, born 17 Jan. 1856, died in June,
1884, of sciatic rheumatism after being an invalid
14 years;
2420. II. John R." Quinby, born 1858; his relatives have no
knowledge of what became of him;
III. Statira Ann>» Quinby, born 2 Mar. 1859; married
at Seneca, Mo., Douglas GaUimore; lives at Seneca
in 1911;
IV. Lucy Habbiet" Quinby, born 14 Oct. 1861; mar-
ried John Featherston at Seneca and lives at
Osceola, Mo.;
V. Maby Alice'" Quinby ("AUce") born in Jan. 1863,
at Charleston, 111.; married 19 Oct. 18~, at Neb-
sho. Mo., Thomas, son of John and Mary Jane
(Thompson) Sherer born 3 Sept. 1856, at Car-
thage, Mo.; lives at Seneca, Mo.;
VI. Walteb" Quinby, born 1865; died 14 Feb. 1872, of
smallpox;
VII. Edwini» Quinby, born 1871, died 21 Feb. 1872, of
smallpox;
VIII. Geobge" Quinby, died Oct. 1889.
1826. William Brtjgiere* (Silas", Caleb'', Moses*,
Josiah', John*, John^, John^, William^) born 15 Aug. 1832,
at Morristown, New Jersey, and was one of the famous
triplets; "he was fed on cow's milk, and one of the ladies
who came to see him presented him with a silver tube
through which to take up the milk and for years it was
kept as a curiosity in the family." He was soon taken by
his parents to a farm near Columbus, Ohio; they moved
to Charleston, III., and there he married 28 Feb. 1856,
Lucy Emmeline Griffin, born 1838 at Zanesville, Ohio; they
both taught school at Charleston.
In 1862 William B., with his brother John, enlisted in
the army; he was a member of company A, 123d Illinois
Volunteers, with which he served until discharged for dis-
ability, having been severely injured by a horse falling on
him, after which he was in the hospital for eight months.
He returned to Charleston, then emigrated to Dubuque,
thence to Waverley, Iowa, in 1864, and was for many years
in the boot and shoe business at Waverley. In 1876 his
wife went east to the Centennial Exposition at Philadel-
phia, caught a severe cold and died at Waverley two weeks
later, and is buried there. His own obituary in the Waver-
ley paper says: "After the death of his wife, he kept his
family together, though the children were all small and the
Mrs. Lucy (Quinby) Featherston and Family
daughter of 1825John R.a Quinby (photo, by H. H. Hanson)
1826WILLIAM B.i) QUIXBY AT 78 Yrs.
(photo, by Becraft, Osceola, Mo.)
Lucy E. Griffin,
wife of 1826William Brugieres> Quin-
by (from a tintype owned by Mrs.
C. E.' Dean).
Childhen or 1826William B.« Quinby
2422John B.io, 1424.Frank V.", Mrs.
Lenaio Taylor (photo, by Eeinecke,
Waverley, Iowa) .
Madora F.io
wife of Charles E. Dean and daughter
of William B.9 Quinby.
The Qthnbt FAMiiiT 525
father's task was a difficult one. There were many offers
from persons of kindly intentions who wished to take the
children and care for them, but he wanted them kept to-
gether, and in this he succeeded, much to his honor."
His daughter, Mrs. Taylor, wrote shortly before his death:
"He is now retired from active life, and although eighty-
two years old, he looks no more than sixty. In summer he
lives with his son at Waverley, Iowa, and in winter with
me at the Taylor farm near Osceola, Missouri."
"About two years ago," says the Waverley paper,
"his health began to fail, but he was able to get about
until early in November, when he suffered a severe attack
of asthma, and this coupled with disability contracted
while in the army, was more than his constitution could
stand and he gradually failed until his death at Waverley,
16 Mar. 1914, at the home of his son, John B.
"The deceased was a man well known to most of our
citizens, and he was a good man; he was a man of high
moral character and was beloved by his children, whom he
always treated with kindness and from whom in turn, he
won abiding respect." He was buried in Harlingtoh ceme-
tery at Waverley. Children:
2421. I. William Edgak>» Quinby, ("Edgar"), born 29 Feb.
1858, at Charleston, 111. (see);
II. Madora Frances" Quinby ("Dora"), born 16 May,
1860, at Charleston; married 4 July, 1883, at
Waverley, Iowa, Charles Edward, son of Charles
Thomas and Mary Ann Dean, born 5 Apr. 1861,
at Cherry Valley, 111.; they lived awhile at 'Natch-
ell', So. Dak.; in 1915, they live at 4301 Van
Buren ave., Leeds station, Sioux City, Iowa; we
are greatly indebted to Mrs. Dean for much val-
uable information about this branch of the family
and for her patience and intelligence in answering
numerous inquiries;
III. Charles »» Quinby, born at Charleston; died in in-
fancy;
2422. IV. John Baldwin" Quinby, born 18 Aug. 1864, at
Charleston (see);
V. Carrie" Quinby, born at Charleston; died, in in-
fancy;
2423. VI. Carl G." Quinby, born 11 June, 1869, at Waver-
ley, Iowa (see);
2424. VII. Frank Vernon" Quinby, born 2 Apr. 1872, at
Waverley (see);
VIII. Leonore May Alice" Quinby ("Lena"), born 3
Sept. 1874', at Waverley; married Wallace Stephen,
son of Thomas and Samantha (Welch) Taylor,
born 11 Oct. 1861 at Milwaukee, Wis.; they live
on a fine modern farm near Osceola, Mo. (1914).
526 The Quinby Family
1827. Ira' {Ira'^, Caleb', Moses*, Josiah^, John*,
John^, John^, William^) born 13 Mar. 1835, at Maryland,
Otsego county, N. Y.; he was appointed from Colorado
civil life, first sergeant of Co. D, 2nd Regiment of Colo-
rado Volunteer Infantry, 5 Sept. 1861, and was discharged
5 June, 1862. He was appointed second lieutenant. First
Colorado Volunteer Cavalry, 5 June, 1862; promoted first
lieutenant, 7 May, 1864; honorably mustered out, 18 Nov.
1865. Thereupon Mr. Quinby joined the regular aimy,
and was appointed second lieutenant, 15th U. S. Infantry,
23 Feb. 1866; promoted first lieutenant, 28 Mar. 1866.
He was transferred 21 Sept. 1866, to the 24th Infantry and
25 Apr. 1869, to the 11th Infantry. He received his com-
mission as Captain, 21 Dec. 1880; promoted Major, 30
June,. 1898; retired, 13 Mar. 1899; promoted Lieut.-Colonel,
23 Apr. 1904.
He married 10 Aug. 1868, at Nashville, Tenn., Caro-
line Frances, daughter of Charles Lockey and Martha
Wright (Jones) Collier, born 11 Dec. 1847, at Hampton,
Va.; she died 22 Oct. 1870. Ira^ Quinby married second,
6 May,' 1874, at Hampton, Elie Jones Collier, born 1 Feb.
1857, sister of his first wife. Col. Quinby lived at Morris,
Otsego county, N. Y., and died there 22 Mar. 1915. Chil-
dren:
2425. I. Charles Locket" Quinby, born 24 May, 1869, at
Galveston, Tex.;
II. Caroline Frances" Quinby, born 3 Feb. 1875, at
Fort Richardson, Tex.;
III. Elie Katherine" Quinby, born 16 Feb. 1877, at
Morris, N. Y.; married 26 June, 1901, Charles
Augustus Schumacher;
IV. Fay'« Quinby, born 16 Dec. 1878, at Hampton, Va.;
married 22 June, 1904, George Weed Wallace,
Captain, 9th U. S. Infantry;
V. Josephine Harriet" Quinby, born 29 Dec. 1880,
at Fort Sully, Dakota; married 11 Oct. 1905,
George Ross Greene, Captain, 5th U. S. Field Ar-
tillery;
2426. VI. Ira" Quinby, born 3 Oct. 1884, at Hampton, Va.;
he was a member of the class of 1911, Civil En-
gineering, Syracuse University, N. Y.;
2427. VII. Eugene Burnside" Quinby, born 21 Sept. 1891, at
Morris, N. Y.: he was a member of the class of
1914, Liberal Arts, Syracuse University, and died
30 Apr. 1914.
Note.— Col. Quinby's army record is from "Who's Who in New York:"
tne data regarding his family were kindly supplied by himself.
The Quinby Family 527
1828. Thomas' {Irn^, Caleb', Moses \ Josiah'% John*,
John^, John^, William^) born in October, 1836; married
Eleanor C. ; living, 1910, Morris, N. Y.; no issue.
1829. James Milnor' {James Moses", Jotham'', Mo-
ses'^, Josiah^, John*, John\ John'\ William^) born 27 Mar.
1850, at Newark, N. J., and was baptized there at Trinity
Church, 5 Sept. 1851; he was educated at Konigsberg,
Germany; married 6 Nov. 1872, by Rev. Father Kane, to
Mary Veronica, daughter of Jeremiah Darby and Ann
(Gilligan) Casey. Mr. Quinby engaged in the carriage
building business at Newark with his father, and retired
after many years of active life. He died at his home, 24
Elm St., Newark, 21 May, 1892. (Lewis & Co., Gen.
Hist. N. J., 1910, p. 228). Children:
I. James M.'» Qxunby, born 5 Aug. 1873, died 5 Feb.
1874;
II. Gerald'" Qtjinby, born 15 Feb. 1875, died 15 Mar.
1875;
2428. III. William O'Gorman'" Quinby, born 14 Mar. 1877
(see) ;
IV. Anna Wright '» Quinby. born 10 Mar. 1882.
Note. — In 1915, Dr. William O'G., Anna W., teacher, and Mary V.
Quinby, widow, were living at 14 James St., Newark, N. J., says the directory.
1830. Lewis Frank' {Hiram*, Jotham^, Moses ^, Jo-
siah^, John*, John^, John^, William^) born perhaps in New
Jersey about the '60's; married Ida Wiatt, and was an in-
spector, says the 1912 directory of Los Angeles, Cal., living
with his family at 150 E. ave. 58, in that city. He died
there 14 Feb. 1912, and his widow and family were living
later in that year at 411 Ezra st. Children:
I. Edna Wiatt '» Quinby, married 22 Aug. 1912, at
Los Angeles, Cal., by Rev. Wade Hamilton, to
William James Holden of New York city. The
Los Angeles Examiner contained half a column (25
Aug. 1912) from which the following: "The home
of the bride's mother, at 411 Ezra st., was beau-
tifully decorated for the event. An aisle defined
by tulle ribbons led from the door to the altar
at which the bride was given into the keeping of
the groom by her uncle, Henry Wiatt. Master
David Holden, dressed in a white suit, carried the
ring. The musical programme included singing by
soloist of 0 Promise Me, and playing of the wed-
ding marches. Miss Quinby was charmingly at-
tired in a travelling gown of pearl gray cloth, and
wore a picture hat of the same color, trimmed with
a long plume and a cluster of orchids. After the
service a wedding supper was served. After a
528 The Quinby Family
two weeks' honeymoon trip, the bride and groom
expect to welcome friends at their home, 411 Ezra
St. Several delightful pre-nuptial afifairs were
given for this charming young woman, one Wed-
nesday afternoon by the members of the J. F. T.
A. Club, with a 'shower' of hand limned china;
and another 'shower' and lawn party by Mr. and
Mrs. Westcott at Ivanhoe."
2429. II. Chester Wallace i« Quinby, in 1915, was an elec-
trician, living at 150 E. ave. 58, Los Angeles;
III. Lelia Wiatt'" Quinby;
2430. IV. Horace Hiesleri" Quinby, in 1915 was living at
150 E. ave. 58, Los Angeles.
1831. Edwin Hatfield' {Aaron^, Daniel^, Aaron",
Josiah', John*, John', John"", William^) born 4 Aug. 1832,
at Orange, N. J.; married 4 Aug. 1853, Jemima Dodd,
daughter of George Washington and Mary (Dodd) Free-
man of East Orange, bom 10 Sept. 1833, died 2 Feb. 1915,
at East Orange. "For many years Mr. Quinby was an
engraver in New York city." He had retired from active
business, and died 24 Dec. 1907, at his residence, 20 Spring
street. East Orange, of pneumonia, after an illness of a day.
He was buried in Rosedale cemetery. Children:
I. Mary Ella^" Quinby, born 9 Feb. 1855, probably
at Orange; married Charles C. Gay, of Albany,
where she was living in 1912;
II. Ida May" Quinby, born 10 May, 1857, at Chicago,
111.; living in 1915 at 20 Spring st.. East Orange;
2431. III. Charles i« Quinby, born 28 June, 1859, at Chicago;
died 28 Oct. 1883, unmarried, at Abilene, Texas,
of typhoid fever;
IV. Makgahetta M.io Quinby, born 16 Oct. 1861, at
Chicago, died 11 Jan. 1890.
1832. Aakon Almeron * {Aaron'^, Daniel '', Aaron *,
Josiah^, John*, John', John^, William^) born 1 Nov. 1841,
at Orange, N. J.; married 24 June, 1869, Annie, daughter
of John S. and Phoebe (Gibbons) Gee, born at North-
ampton, England, 24 Aug. 1843. Mr. Quinby's only ap-
pearance in the New York city directory was in 1877
when he was a "clerk at 47 White st., home in N. J." Mr.
and Mrs. Quinby were in Europe in 1909. The summer of
1911 Mr. Quinby and daughter Alice were travelling in
Europe (Newark News, 21 Aug. 1911). Mr. Quinby was a
beneficiary under the will of Hugh D. Auchincloss, the
millionaire merchant, to the extent of $2500 (N. Y. Times,
14 May, 1913). Mr. Quinby is Called in the 1915 direc-
tory, "cashier, N. Y. city;" his attractive home is at 641
[fin'itiyif
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Park avenue, East Orange, and there Mrs. Quinby died 17
June, 1915. She had lived at East Orange sixty-six years
of her life. She was a member of St. Cloud's Presbyterian
church. Children :
2432. I. Frbdkrick Foster" Quinby, born 3 July, 1872,
(see) ;
II. Alice Louise" Quinby, born 7 July, 1875; living
in 1915, unmarried, at East Orange; she is well-
known as a piano teacher, and is a member of the
Presbyterian church;
2433. III. Arthur Almeron" Quinby, born 15 June, 1879; he
graduated at Orange High school, completed his
first year at Yale, when, in October, 1899 he had
typhoid fever; he spent the following summer at
Clifton Springs, N. Y., with his mother, in search
of restoration to health, and died there 29 Sept.
1900; buried at Rosedale cemetery, Orange; his obit-
uary in the local paper says, "he was one of the pop-
ular young men of this city and had a large circle of
friends;"
IV. Mary Gladys" Quinby, born 16 May, 1886; living
in 1915, unmarried, at East Orange, and is libra-
rian of the Free Library at Orange; she is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church.
1833. John Henry » (Aaron^, Daniel ', Aaron «, Jo-
siah^, John*, John\ John^, tVilliam^) born 18 Feb. 1844,
at Orange, N. J.; married 3 Nov. 1868, at Orange, Mary
Louisa, daughter of Jacob and Phoebe S. Sharp, born 3
Aug. 1844, at Orange. Mr. Quinby lived (1909) at 358
Franklin ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; in 1910, at 357 Lafayette
ave., Brooklyn. He died 29 July, 1913, at Farmingdale,
N. J., where his widow now lives. His adopted daughter's
name is
Jessie Palmer Quinby, daughter of Albert and
Rebecca (SaUsbury) Palmer, born 31 May, 1879,
at Bethlehem, N. Y. In 1915 she is superin-
tendent of the Tuberculosis Preventorium for Chil-
dren at Farmingdale.
1834. Byron Wickliffe» (Daniel Wickliffe^, Daniel'',
Aaron*, Josiah^, John*, John^, John", William^) born 21
May, 1843, at Orange, N. J.; married 24 Dec. 1866, Mary
Lavinia Hull. He is a hatter. In 1915, they live at 63
Gary st., Orange, N. J. Children:
I. Cha'hlottb May" Quinby, born 26 May, 1867; bap-
tized at St. Mark's church. Orange, 13 May, 1877;
died 17 Mar. 1878;
2434. II. William Gray" Quinby, born 6 Dec. 1869, Hves
146 Chestnut st.. Orange, N. J.
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530 The Quinby Family
1835. Robert Williams' (Daniel Wickliffe^, Daniel^,
Aaron ^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William'^) born 4,
Dec. 1851, at Orange, N. J., and baptised at St. Mark's
church 4 Nov. 1855; married in January, 1871, Louisa S.,
daughter of William A. and Frances E. (Dey) Ward. Mr.
Quinby died 9 Nov. 1882, at Newark, N. J., and was
buried in Rosedale cemetery, Orange. Mrs. Quinby lives
at 262 Mt. Pleasant ave., Newark, in 1915. Children:
2435. I. Frank Edgak'« Quinby, born 28 Jan. 1872 (see);
II. Florence Beatrice'" Quinby, born 4 Aug. 1877;
living in 1910;
III. Emily Ward'" Quinby, born 13 July, 1882, died 26
Dec. 1886.
1836. Stephen DeHart' {William Dalley^, Josiah'',
Josiah^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William^) born 21
Dec. 1853, at Readington, N. J.; married 8 Dec. 1882, at
Neshawie, N. J., Sarah Augusta, daughter of Abram and
Mary (Bellis) Van Fleet, born at Clover Hill, N. J. About
1908 they were legally freed from matrimonial bonds; Mr.
Quinby lives at Three Bridges, N. J.; Mrs. Augusta is a
professional nurse; address (1912) 215. E. Second st., Bound
Brook, N. J. Their child was
Mary D. " Quinby, born 6 Mar. 1884; married
Charles J. Lundbeck of New York city.
1837. John Ditmars Vroom" (William Dalley^, Jo-
siah ', Josiah ', Josiah ^ John *, John ', John ^, William 0
born 1 Dec". 1863; probably at Readington, N. J.; he lived
there in his youth; married Katherine Snyder, born about
1870. In 1895 they lived at 664 East 135th st.. New York
city; in 1915, he was living at 340 East 142nd st., New
York city, an invalid. Children:
2436. I. William C.'» Quinby, born 13 Julv, 1895 (birth
cert. No. 29496);
2437. II. Albert J.'» Quinby, born 29 May, 1899.
1838. Stanley Farrand ' (Daniel Farrand^, James H. ^,
Josiah^, Josiah^ John*, John'', John'', William^) born
about 1840, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; married Hester M. Ken-
dall. His only appearance in the New York city directory
was in 1872-3 as successor to John H. Lidgerwood & Co.,
machinery, 165 Pearl st., (home) 164 Washington ave.,
Brooklyn. In 1909, he lived at 1304 Pacific st., Brooklyn;
business address, 113 Produce Exchange, New York city.
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son of Franklini" Quinby.
The Quinby Pamily 531
2438. Charles Farrand'" Quinby, born about 1869 at
Brooklyn (see);
1839. Franklin » (Daniel Farrand^, James H. ', Jo-
siah^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William^) born about
1844 in New Jersey.
Mr. Quinby appears first in the directories of New
York city in 1872, as a merdhant at 129 Broad st., and in
1873 at 35 Pearl st., where he continued to 1878, when he
was at 27 Pearl st., and so remained through 1882, and
perhaps later. His residence was first given in 1873, as
149 Willoughby st., Brooklyn, where he evidently continued;
from 1879 his home is given simply as Brooklyn. Mr.
Quinby married about 1880 in Brooklyn, May Woodward,
daughter of Samuel Moore and Adelaide Elizabeth (Evert-
son) McKay, born in New York city.
Mr. Quinby lived many years at 903 Park place,
Brooklyn, and in 1912 the papers mentioned his country
house as being at Bay Shore, Long Island. His business
address was 114 Produce Exchange, New York city, where
he was a broker. Mr. Quinby was for many years a mem-
ber of the New York Produce Exchange, and his partner, the
late Edward Rice was its treasurer. The firm of Rice, Quinby
& Co., was for years one of the most important in its line in
the city. Mr. Quinby was until 1914 a director of the Sea-
board National Bank and a member of the Chamber of Com-
merce. He was a member of the Oxford and Union League
Clubs of Brooklyn. He died 20 Oct. 1915 at his residence in
Brooklyn, of heart disease. He was a member of the Episco-
pal church of St. James. He was buried in Greenwood
cemetery. Children :
I. Paul van Courtlandt" Quinby, born 1881, died
1896;
II. Edith'" Quinby, married by Rev. E. M. Thompson
28 June, 1913, to William Frederick Ross, Jr., of
Montvale, N. J., at St. Mark's church, Islip, Long
Island, with a reception following at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Harmanus B. Hubbard, at Bay
Shore, L. I. The New York Herald says: "Miss
Quinby made a most attractive bride in her gown
of white satin, made with a tunic of embroidered
chiffon and a long court train of white brocaded
satin. Her veil was of tulle with orange blossoms
and her bouquet of white sweet peas and lilies of
the valley."
1840. JuDSON Scott » (Daniel Farrand^, James H.'',
Josiah'^, Josiah^, John*, John\ John^, William^) born 8
532 The Quinby Family
Dec. 1847, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; married at Brooklyn, 17
Oct. 1883, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary A.
Palmer. Mr. Quinby was a partner of William H. Sneck-
ner undei' the firm name of Sneckner & Quinby, produce
commission merchants of New York city, and died on Sun-
day, 16 Feb. 1908, at his home, 100 Lefferts place, Brook-
lyn, after a long illness. In 1915 his widow was living at
31 Fort Greene place, Brooklyn; no children.
1841. Frank Houghton* (James Houghton', James
H.\ Josiah\ Josiah^, John*, John", John^, William^) born
26 Nov. 1858, at Parsippany, N. J.; married 11 Mar. 1886,
Lina Ford Cutler of East Orange, N. J.; no children; he
died 10 Apr. 1886.
1843. James Henry ' (James Houghton^, James H. ',
Josiah^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William') born 11
Apr. 1869, near Bel Air, Md.; married 21 Oct. 1891, Emma
Hyde Baldwin of Baldwin, Baltimore county, Maryland.
They lived at San Jose, Cal., from 1902 to 1910, then in
Maryland four years, then back to San Jose, w^here they
now live, at 472 N. 3d st. In 1912, he lived at Towson,
near Baltimore, Md. Child:
2439. Jambs Abraham '" Quinby, born 28 May, 1895,
near Bel Air; attending Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University, Palo Alto, Calif.
1844. Franklin Warren' (Aaron Pierson*, James
H. ', Josiah «, Josiah S John *, John ', John ", William ') born
2 Nov. 1877 at Camden, N. J.; married 25 Apr. 1905,
Mabel, daughter of Cortlandt B. and Minnie (Hulmer)
McCracken, born 4 Oct. 1884, at Hackettstown, N. J.;
child:
2440. Cortlandt Wabben" Quinby, born 26 Sept. 1907,
at Hackettstown, N. J.
1845. Willard » (Aaron Pierson<^, James H. ', Josiah •,
Josiah', John*, John", John\ William'^) born 9 Dec. 1884,
at East Orange, N. J.; married 3 Mar. 1908, Laura Livings-
ton. Children, born at Bloomfield, N. J.:
2441. I. WiLLABD" Quinby, born 12 Aug. 1908;
2442. II. Edward" Quinby, born 15 Mar. 1910;
2443. III. Charles'» Quinby, born 10 July, 1912.
1846. Fred Ai.onzo» (John Alonzo', Isaac'', Josiah <>,
Josiah \ John*, John", John'', William') was born 20 Aug.
1852, at San Jose, California. "He received his education
there, and at the age of 26 married Rose Keefer. After
1843JAMES Henkyo Quinby
(photo, by Baeliracli, Baltimore).
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wife of 1843.Janies Henry' Quiii)iy
1841FRANK Houghton" Quinby
2439,Tames Abrahamio Quinby
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leaving school he was first employed as bookkeeper in a
large milling firm, afterwards in a bank, and also as an
expert bookkeeper. He owned and managed a large ranch
in the Santa Cruz mountains which he disposed of, and
went with his family to southern Mexico, where he first
engaged in planting a coffee plantation, and was also for a
time Consular Agent at Tapachula, Chiapas. Leaving his
two sons to attend to his coffee plantation, he engaged in
the rubber business, planting a large plantation to rubber,
which at the end of ten years was yielding large returns.
He sold out to an English syndicate at a splendid profit
and came to California with his wife and daughters for the
educational advantages. His two sons remained in Mexico
to protect their property where their positions are of great
responsibility. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby lived, 1911, at 1078
Green St., San Francisco. In 1912 they moved to 115
Presidio ave., San Francisco. In 1915 they live at 1327
College ave., Santa Rosa, Cal. Children:
2444. I. Walter Alonzoi» Quinby, born 30 Oct. 1880, at
San Jofee, Cal.;
2445. II. Alfred" Quinby, born 11 July, 1882, at San Jose,
(see) ;
III. Lily Minerva" Quinby, born 22 Nov. 1885, at
Chiapas, Mexico; married 7 Jan. 1915, Stanley
Neville of San Francisco:
IV. Elma" Quinby, born 31 Aug. 1895, at Chiapas;
V. EvA'» Quinby, born 13 Nov. 1897, at Chiapas.
"There have been no deaths among the children"
(1915).
1850. John Gardneb ' (Isaac F.^, Isaac \ Josiah %
Josiah^, John*, John*, John^, William^) born 11 Aug. 1859,
at Rochester, N. Y.; entered the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolisj Md., in 1874, and graduated in 1878. Two
years later he was on the U. S. roll as cadet midshipman,
aboard U. S. S. Richmond, and was finally graduated the
same year, in November receiving his appointment as mid-
shipman, U. S. S. Minnesota. The following year he was
aboard U. S. S. Lancaster, flagship of the European squad-
ron, in August, and was present at the bombardment of
Alexandria, Egypt, by the British under Admiral Seymour
1881-2. In February, 1882, he received his promotion to
the dignity of Ensign and was stationed at the Naval
academy 1884-6, the last mentioned year on U. S. training
ship Jamestown, and for ten months of the cruise, attached
to the Constellation while the Jamestown underwent re-
534 The Quinby Family
pairs. He was stationed at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va.,
1889-90; the Franklin, 1890-91; the Lancaster, flagship of
the Asiatic squadron, 1891-4, during ten months of this
cruise being attached to the Petrel; at the Norfolk navy
yard again, July to October, 1894, and for the next three
years had charge of the branch of the U. S. Hydrographic
service there.
He was on the Vesuvius from Jan. 1897, to Sept. 1898.
That ship had a battery of three dynamite guns built
rigidly into the bow. They were fifty-five feet long, with
a fixed angle of eighteen degrees, and fifteen inches bore.
They did great execution at the battle of Santiago during
our war with Spain and were fired by Lieut. John G. Quin-
by, then the senior lieutenant and ordnance officer on the
dynamite cruiser, and an expert in high explosives, having
taken a course of study in that subject at the Naval War
College at Newport. It was stated that the Vesuvius could
drop 500 pounds of nitrogelatin nearly two miles away with
accuracy, and do it fifteen times in ten minutes.
Lieut. Quinby was transferred to the Nashville in 1898
and served there about two years; was aboard the Solace
Jan.-Mar. 1900; was at the navy yard at Norfolk Apr.-
July, 1900. He was inspector of ordnance, 1900-2. He was
promoted to Lieut.-Commander, 11 Dec. 1901, and was at-
tached to U. S. S. Texas, 1903, and to the Franklin and
Richmond.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander, 1 July,
1905, and was in command of the Rainbow from 4 June,
1906. He was given command of the Montana about 20
Nov. 1909; during the maneuvers of Sept. 1910, he com-
manded the Montana in the fifth division of Rear Admiral
Schroeder's fleet. The following month he was on the
Montana off Portsmouth, N. H., which left as a member
of the special service squadron 1 Nov. for tropical waters
under his command as convoy for the Tennessee.
John G. Quinby was promoted Captain, and in May,
1913, was in command of the receiving ship Franklin, and
the following month became embroiled in a dispute with
Rear Admiral Doyle, which resulted at Capt. Quinby's re-
quest, in a Court of Inquity, held at the Norfolk Navy
yard, which was followed by an admonition to both parties
by the Secretary of the Navy, although Admiral Doyle's
reflections on Capt. Quinby were not sustained by the
court and were ordered stricken from the record. This
Secretary of the Navy was Hon. Josephus Daniels. Capt.
1S50CAPT. John G." Qtixby, V. S. N. (i-etired)
1852ARNOT9 QUINBY.
The Quinbt Family 535
Quinby was in command of the Naval Training Station at
Norfolk, Va., up to the time of his retirement from active
service 1 July, 1913. In 1915 he was living at Norfolk;
address, care of Navy Dept., Washington, D. C.
1851. Isaac Henry" {Isaac Ferdinand^, Isaac'', Jo-
siah^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William^) born 28 Jan.
1861, at Rochester, N. Y.; attended the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., as a cadet, 1878-1883.
Isaac Henry* Quinby practiced surveying and civil engineer-
ing with offices at Rochester, N. Y., several years and then
moved to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1894, where he is now (1915)
engaged as architect and surveyor; he became a United
States patent attorney in 1905; present address No. 228
Hoyt street. "Member of First Church of Christ Scientist,
of Buffalo, N. Y., and of the mother church of Christian
Science in Boston, Mass., and of the Patriotic Protestant
Organization for the separation of Church and State, the
restoration of the Bible to the public schools, and the
emancipation of American politics from the present sub-
servience to and domination by the Papal hierarchy so
clearly foreshadowed in the thirteenth chapter of the Apo-
calypse, indicated by the number 666, the carnal mind,
which is enmity against God-good."
He was married by Rev. Henry RoUinson, 1893, to
Miss Marianna Young, only daughter of Charles H. Young
of Steuben county, at Saint Andrews P. E. Church, Ro-
chester, N. Y. Children:
I. Elizabeth Marion^" Quinby, born about 1897; at-
tends the Lafayette High school at Buffalo in 1916;
II. Cabolyn Leonard >» Quinby, born about 1899; at-
tends Lafayette High school at Buffalo, in 1915.
1852. Arnot» (Isaac Ferdinand^, Isaac'', Josiah^, Jo-
siah^, John*, John^, John', William^) born 20 June, 1864,
at Rochester, N. Y. In 1882 he went to Boston, Mass.,
and took a position with the National Bell Telephone Co.;
in 1884 he was with the N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
at 50 Pearl st., and he lived at 62 Chandler st. He left
in 1886, as manager of the same company at Burlington,
Vt.
In 1888 he was with the Metropolitan Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., at New York city, leaving that corporation after two
years to join the Boston Heating Co. He remained with them
about two years, when they went out of business. From 1892 to
1895 Mr. Quinby was manager at New Brunswick, N. J., for the
N. Y. & N. J. Telephone Co., and 1895-8 was manager at Staten
Island, N. Y. In the latter year he joined the Staten Island Elec-
536 The Quinby PAMibT
trie Light and Power Co. It changed management the same year,
and Mr. Quinby resigned, to go with the New York Telephone Co.
In 1902 he resigned, to go with the Bell Telephone Co., of Phila-
delphia, Pa. The following year he went with the N. Y. & N. J.
Telephone Co., and remained with it five years when it was
merged with the N. Y. Telephone Co. Mr. Quinby then took a
position with the Degnon Contracting Co. of New York city, to
assist in the work of constructing the Sixth avenue section of the
Hudson tunnel and the Centre st. tunnel. From 1909 to 1915,
he has been with the Empire City Subway Co., Ltd., of N. Y.
city in constructing electrical subways.
He married first, 21 Aug. 1889, at New York city,
(cert. No, 8926) Margaret Cecilia, daughter of Capt.
Charles and Anne (Kelley) Malloy, born 13 Dec. 1865, who
died 15 Apr. 1906. In 1908 Mr. Quinby lived at Newark,
N. J., address, 35 .Third ave. He married second, 2 Sept.
1908, at Troy Hills, N. J., Jeannette W., daughter of Benj-
amin Smith and Sarah Augusta (DeHart) Condit, born 27
Oct. 1868, at Troy Hills. In 1912 they were living at 151
Clifton ave., and in 1915 at 134 Broad st., Newark, N. J.
Children, living at Newark:
I. Elizabeth Greenbuby'" Quinby, born 31 Mar.
1890, at Jersey City, N. J.;
II. RuTH>» Quinby, born 12 Aug. 1891, at New Bruns-
wick, N. J.;
III. Anne Cecil Goldsbokough'" Quinby, born 9 Jan.
1900 at 2002 Webster ave.. New York city, died
2 Oct. 1900, of gastro-enteritis; buried in St. Ray-
mond's cemetery (cert. No. 3401);
IV. Jeannette Goldsborough" Quinby, born 4 Oct. 1910.
1853. Henry Dean* (Isaac Ferdinand^, Isaac'', Jo-
siah\ Josiah^, John*, John\ John^, William^) born 23 Mar.
1866, at Rochester, N. Y. In 1896 he was cashier of the
Union Bank there. In March of that year John C. Wright,
a lawyer of that city, had his face slapped by Harry D.
Quinby and on the 23rd of March Harry came to Wright's
office in response to a letter, "and as Quinby turned to
leave the officie, Wright drew a revolver from his pocket
and pointed it at the young man's back. The weapon sent
a bullet into Quinby's side. It glanced on a rib and
emerged making a bad wound which bled profusely.
Wright fled after the shooting. It is thought he is insane "
(N. Y. Herald).
Mr. Quinby was married 5 June, 1897, at New York
city, by Rev. George H. Houghton, to Laura Marion,
daughter of Emory B. and Mary Jane (Burt) Chace, aged
28, born in Canada.
1854BDWIN E." QUINBT,
son 2447Edwin Jayio Quinby.
Inez (Zetlitz),
wife of 1854Edwin E.s Quinby;
(laughter Aime E.io Quinby.
Thb Quinbt Family 537
In April, 1900, the newspapers mentioned the fact
that Mr. Quinby's old colored nurse, 90 years old, left his
infant son, Henry D. Quinby, Jr., residuary legatee of an
estate of ten thousand dollars by will and appointed Mr.
Quinby executor. Harry D. Quinby was granted a copy-
right 9 Feb. 1903, No. 5311, for a card 5| x 3 inches, en-
titled "Values of Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co.
Rights." Mr. Quinby is a broker and lives at 44 Prince
St., Rochester; next door live his sisters, the Misses Ruth
and Caroline Quinby. Children:
2446. I. Henbt Dean" Quinby, born 2 Mar. 1898;
II. Jane" Quinby, born 15 Oct. 1901.
1854. Edwin Rufits* {Isaac Ferdinand*, Isaac'', Jo-
siah', Josiah^, John*, John^, John'', William^) born 31
July, 1869, at Rochester,. N. Y.; educated at the public
schools, the Rochester high school, and at the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from 1884 to 1888.
Mr. Quinby became a civil engineer at New York city,
and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engin-
eers. He has been Chief Engineer of the Consolidated
Telegraph and Electrical Subway Co. of New York city
since November, 1898.
He was married at 209 E. 16th st., New York city, by
Rev. Dr. W. L. Rainsford, 6 Apr. 1893, to Margaret Louise,
daughter of Hon. Richard C. and Margaret L. (Slattery)
Jennyss of Troy, N. Y. The family lived at Mt. Vernon,
a suburb of New York city, where Mr. Quinby's business
ofl&ce was located. Mrs. Quinby was talented as a painter
in oils and as a dancer and was clever at amateur theat-
ricals. At the Cuban Fair held in New York she was very
much admired as thte fortune teller, "Princess Mariquita."
Mr. and Mrs. Quinby separated 11 May, 1896, and their
union was subsequently dissolved by the courts. Mrs.
Quinby was living at 610 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City, in
1910, and at 2297 Sedgwick ave. in 1912.
Mr. Quinby was married 14 Aug. 1912 at Hoboken,
N. J., to Inez M., born at New York city, 3 Aug. 1894,
daughter of John and Anna Zetlitz, of a Norwegian family
which has produced several famous artists. The Quinbys
live on Mile Square road, Yonkers, N. Y. Son (by first
wife) :
2447. I. Edwin Jay" Quinby, born 13 Jan. 1894, at 77 W.
12th St., N. Y. city; in 1912 as E. Jay Quinby,
he is a dealer in wireless telegraph instruments at
2297 Sedgwick ave., N. Y. city;
538 Thk Quinby Family
by second wife:
II. Anne Elizabeth »" Quinby, born 13 May, 1913, at
New York.
1855. Harrison ' {David Eugene^, Isaac \ Josiah ', Jo-
siah", John*, John', John\ William') born 11 May, 1866,
in New Jersey; "his primary education, obtained in the
public schools, was supplemented by a course at the Ford-
ville Boarding School. He was thereafter connected with
the telephone business in New York city for a time," says
the History of Morris county; and at Hamburg, N. J., he
was married 27 Nov. 1888, to Evaline, daughter of Thomas
J. and Elizabeth (Lane) Edsall. He is said to have in-
herited about fifty thousand dollars. "He purchased the
paper mill at Hamburg, N. J., and conducted that enter-
prise for eight years. On his retirement from that line of
business, he returned to the old homestead at Parsippany,
N. J., where he is now engaged in the cultivation of roses
and carnations for the New York market; his business is
extensive and is constantly increasing. He is a man of
sound judgment, keen discretion and energy, and is meet-
ing with good success in his undertakings," continues the
History of Morris county, which prints his portrait on p.
595. It adds: "He is a member of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, and his wife belongs to the Episcopal church. In
his political associations he is a Democrat, and for six years
has filled the office of township clerk, his continuance in the
office standing in evidence of his fidelity to duty."
He gave up his flowering plant in New Jersey and in
1910 was at Muncie, Ind., where he took out U. S. patent
No. 945803 for a universal joint, 11 Jan, 1910; he assigned
a half interest to W. J. Killian of Muncie, Ind. In 1915 he
lives at 417 N. Wayne st., St. Mary's, Ohio. Children,
(all except I. living in 1915 with their parents):
I. Clara Louisa'" Quinby, born 13 Jan. 1890, died 29
Dec. 1896;
2448. II. Eugene Edsall" Quinby ("Edsall") born 26 Aug.
1891; in the automobile supply business at 110
West High St., St. Mary's, Ohio;
III. Elizabeth" Quinby, born 15 Mar. 1893; she is a
trained nurse;
nAA,^ ^y* MaRgabet" Quinby, born 5 Mar. 1899;
2449. V. Harbison" Quinby, born 17 Nov. 1900.
1856. Edwin Clinton' (Dewiti Clinton^, Isaac i, Jo-
siah \ Josiah^, John*, John', John\ William^) born 7 May,
1857, Parsippany, N. J. The History of Morris county
1856EDWIN C.9 QUINBY
(History of Morris County, N. J., p.
646).
1855HARRISON!' QUINBY
(History of Morris County, N. J., p.
595).
The QmNBY Family 539
prints his portrait on p. 646, and gives a biographical
sketch, from which the following is an extract. "To the
public schools near his home he is indebted for the early
education which he received. Later his preliminary educa-
tion was supplemented by knowledge acquired in the pur-
suit of a course of study in the Centenary Collegiate In-
stitute, at Hackettstown, New Jersey. When his school
days were over and his text-books were laid aside, he re-
sumed the labors of the farm, with which he had become
familiar in his youth, and followed agricultural pursuits on
the old Quinby farmstead until 1891, when he came to his
present home near Malapardis. Here he carries on general
farming and also conducts a dairy, finding in both branches
of his business a profitable source of income. The place
is supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences for
the successful conduct of his labors, and the latest im-
proved machinery, well kept fences and substantial buildings
all indicate the progressive and enterprising spirit of the
owner. The Quinby household is noted for its hospitality,
and the members of the familj"^ ocfcupy an enviable position
in social circles. They attend the Presbyterian church of
Parsippany. Mr. Quinby is also somewhat prominent in
local political circles and is an enterprising, progressive
man, who gives his support to all measures which are cal-
culated to advance the general welfare." Edwin C. ' Quiii-
by married 1 Mar. 1878, Elizabeth K., daughter of < John
and Elizabeth HoUoway. Children, born at Parsippany:
William Dkwitti" Quinby, born 1 Apr. 1879;
Mary A." Quinby, born 15 Apr. 1882;
Augusta »« Quinby, born 20 Mar. 1888;
Wertz" Quinby, born 27 Dec. 1889; there is a "Werts
Quimby" at 1349 Newport ave.. Long Beach, Cal., in
1914;
Elizabeth K.'» Quinby, born 31 May, 1893;
Edwin C. »° Quinby, born 22 June, 1894;
Dewitt C.'" Quinby, born 8 Apr. 1898.
1857. George Totten^ (George Augustus^, Isaac'',
Josiah\ Josiah^ John*, John^, John^, William') born 31
Oct. 1865, at New York city. He lived with his parents
in Loudon county, Virginia, during his youth, fitted for
Harvard College from which he graduated with the degree
of A. B. in 1887, and remained at Cambridge, attending the
Harvard Graduate school, and obtained the degree of A. M.
in 1888. He was about to receive the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy when he left for New Mexico. He entered the
2450.
I
II
III.
2451.
IV,
V.
2452.
VI.
2453.
VII.
540 The Quinby Familt
Harvard Law school in the fall of 1889 as a second year
student, from which he graduated in 1891 after two years,
with the degree of LL. B.
While he was working for the degree of Ph.D. after
graduation from college, he was with Prof. Nathaniel S.
Shaler, the geologist, and was sent by the latter to New
Mexico as geologist for the Arid Land Survey of the U. S.
Government. "My son made a trip through the Florida
swamps with Prof. Shaler, and saving the professor's life
under very dangerous circumstances (being the only swim-
mer in the party when their boat upset, three miles from
shore) with the hardships and exposure which they sub-
sequently underwent, may have created conditions which
conduced to his death some years later," says Dr. Quinby.
George T. Quinby was married 4 Mar. 1892, by Hon.
John H. Oerter, Alderman, at New York city, (cert. No.
2849) to Annette L., daughter of Arthur and Mary P.
(Wells) Lee, born about 1871 at Boston.
Mr. Quinby lived awhile at Seattle, Wash,, then com-
menced the practice of law at New York city, and 1 Nov.
1898, associated himself with Eugene Van Schaick and
Eliot Norton under the firm name of Van Schaick, Norton
& Quinby, with offices at 100 Broadway. After a few
years he returned to Seattle, Wash., where he died of pneu-
monia, 15 Apr. 1903; buried in Greenwood cemetery, N. Y.,
27 Apr. 1903 (Trinity ch. rec). Mrs. Annette L. Quinby
lives at 363 Edgecomb ave., N. Y. city, in 1915. Children:
2454. I. William" Quinby, born 17 May, 1894, at Seattle,
Wash.; fitted at the Columbian Preparatory school
at Washington, D. C, and entered the U. S.
Naval Academj'^ at Annapolis, Md., in July, 1912;
in 1914 the academy report says: "he is a good,
strong, reliable, young man of excellent habits,
and seems determined to be a credit to himself and
to his people;" he entered Harvard College in the
class of 1919;
2455. II. Robert Emoby'» Quinby, born 23 June, 1896, at
Seattle, Wash., and was baptized at Trinity
church, N. Y. city, by Rev. E. P. Bartow, 4 May,
1900; in 1912 he is at St. Paul's school, Concord,
N. H., where he is an editor of the Horae Scolasti-
cae, the school paper; Dr. Drury, the head master,
writes that he "knows no boy who has such re-
markable ability in English prose composition."
Note. — These boys have been adopted and brought up by their grand-
father, Dr. George Augustus Quinby, 24 W. 55th st., N. Y. city.
18.j7Geokge Tottens>
(p. 539).
OUINBY
2454WILLIAM P.l" QUINBY
(p. 540).
The QuiNBT Familt 541
At this point are omitted Nos. 1858 to 1986 inclusive,
among whom are most of the Quimby family of New Jersey,
and the Quimby descendants of the patriarch James ' of Marl-
borough, N. Y., who include Miss Harriet^" (William*,
Inaac^, Levi^, James ^, IJosiah*, Josiah', John", William^)
born 1884 in California, became well-known as a prolific
writer on many topics and an editor of Leslie's Weekly,
attained world-wide fame as an aviator, and was killed near
Boston, Mass., 1 July, 1912.
1995. Albert Pell' {Arthur PeW, Elijah PeW, Dan-
iel*, Moses ^, Aaron*, Josiah*, John*, William^) born prob-
ably about 1860; probably the A. P. Quinby living in Har-
per county, Kansas, who was married 19 May, 1880, by
R. H. Sparks, J. P., at Wichita, Kansas, to Minnie S. Blod-
gett. In 1911 Albert Pell» Quinby ("Bert") lives at Fay-
ette, Idaho; his son:
2600. Floyd Richard" Quinby, lives (1913) at Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
1997. Robert Claire' (Daniel^, Elijah PeW, Daniel*,
Moses*, Aaron*, Josiah^, John', William^) born 13 May,
1880, at Chetopa, Kan.; married 15 Feb. 1904, at Nez
Perce, Idaho, Josephine Frances, daughter of John and
Julia (Chamberlain) Smylie, born 6 Aug. 1885, at Hum-
boldt, Iowa. The Quinbys live, (1914) at Russell, Idaho.
Children :
I. Frances Louise ^ Quinby, born 25 Feb. 1905, at
Nez Perce, Idaho;
2601. II. Robert Leslie" Quinby, born 27 July, 1907, at
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho;
2602. III. Glenn" Quinby, born 2 July, 1909, at Russell,
Idaho.
Note. — For these dates we are indebted to Daniel' Quinby, Esq.
1998. Charles Stanton' (Charles Francis*, Elijah
PeW, Daniel*, Moses*, Aaron*, Josiah*, John", William^)
bom 10 Apr. 1874, at Chetopa, Kan.; married 29 June,
1903, Francps B. Baskett; in 1910 they lived at 503 North
Emporia St., Wichita, Kan., and in 1912 at 837 North
Market st. Their child:
Jean Frances" Quinby.
2000. Thomas Sands' (John Sands*, William'', Mo-
ses*, Samuel*, Moses*, Josiah*, John", William^) born 2
542 The Quinby Fauilt
Sept. 1833, in Greene county, New York, six or seven
miles from Coxsackie, near what was called the Community,
9r Jacksonville. He married Mary A., daughter of Michael
and Sally (Lacy) Hoose.
He called at my office in New York city, 21 Oct. 1910,
and was a tall, dignified, patriarchal figure, with a shock,
of iron gray hair and a long beard. His eyes were keen;
his manner alert and vigorously intelligent; he had a promi-
nent nose with a humped bridge. He told me the facts
about his family and with a noticeable tinge of melancholy
said that he and Rev. John W.» Quinby were the last of
the name, of the descendants of William ^ He has been
all over the United States, mostly on vacations during his
occupation as a railway engineer. On one such vacation
he was on a train cut off for two weeks by flood in the
Rocky mountains; the engineer was a Quimby of Wisconsin.
Thomas S. lived at Gloversville, N. Y., where he recently
died. Children:
I. Maet Elizabeth '» Quinby, born 1857, died un-
married in 1877;
II. (girl)'» Quinby, died aged two weeks;
III. (boy)'" Quinby, died aged four months.
2001. John William' (Moses^, William \ Moses",
Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John\ William^) born 4 Oct.
1833, at Coxsackie, Greene county, N. Y. "Mr. Quinby
entered Co. F of the 152d regiment of New York Volunteer
Infantry in 1862 at Mohawk, and in a short time worked
himself up from a private to the rank of first lieutenant.
Although never attaining the rank of a captain, mainly
through his modesty, he served for some time in command
of Co. H, of the same regiment. In December, 1863, he
was granted an honorable discharge for disability. While
in the service he was at one time within ten miles of Rich-
mond with his company, and was called on to quell the
riots in New York in 1863. He was in the Mine Run
campaign and part of the engagements in which he fought
were Manton's Ford, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Jerusalem
Plank Road, Deep Bottom and Strawberry Plains. Mr.
Quinby is the only man in the section ever known to have
refused to take a pension from the government. He told
the pension agent he did not need it and would not take
it." (Brockton Times, 25 June, 1911).
"Rev. Mr. Quinby was a great lover of music and probably
no one in this section had made more of a study of it than he.
He played the piano, cornet, violin and flute, and was very effi-
The Quinby Family 543
cient on them all. He was a Good Templar for many years and a
member of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Benevolent society. Being a
very quiet man, he kept much to himself, and never joined any
Grand Army post. He was a great student and was especially in-
terested in the work of the Psychical Research society. Although
he was pastor of Unitarian churches for so many years, he was in-
terested in other denominations."
He graduated at Amherst college in the class of 1869,
and at the Theological school of Harvard University in
1871. He held a few small pastorates, then went to East
Bridgewater, Mass. in 1871 and remained pastor of the
First Parish Unitarian church there until he was forced to
resign in 1901 because of failing health. He lived for 39
years in the home of Miss Lucy Horton on Union st., and
after a period of gradually failing health, culminating in a
fortnight's illness in bed, he died there at the age of 77
years, 23 June, 1911. He never married.
In an article contributed to the Popular Science Monthly
(1891) he gives these personal reminiscences. "I remembered some
curious facts of my own experience in the army in 1862 and 1^63.
I was not strong, and indeed was hardly fit to be in the army at
all. And when I found myself exposed all day long to a steady
rain, and at night to the outdoor air, with no fire, no change of
clothing, no shelter but a canvas covering, open at both ends
through which the rain dripped constantly, it seemed certain that
the 'death o' cold' so often predicted must surely follow. Why it
did not follow was more of a mystery then, however, than it is
now, for I was in a place where the art of man no longer ex-
cluded one of the prime principles of health. I breathed pure
air, because I could not help it. During a service of fifteen
months, with severe exposures, but fresh air constantly, the same
immunity from colds prevailed. I remembered, too, that when I
came home from the army the blessing and the curse — at least
one of the curses — of civil life came back together. I had com-
fortable rooms to eat, breathe and sleep in on one hand, but very
soon colds, sore throats and related troubles on the other. This
was the second count in the argument for pure air. Finally, after
nearly twenty years of suffering according to the common lot of
men, I resolved to try the pure air cure, and from that time to
this the windows of my room have been open almost constantly
day and night. The result was immediate and striking, and for
the last seven years I have not had one serious cold. My sore
throats are wholly a thing of the past, and certain other physical
derangements not usually associated with colds have also dis-
appeared."
In the '90's Rev. John W. Quinby is mentioned among
the long list of benefactors of Harvard as donor of $1250.
It is interesting to note that in 1901 he performed the
marriage ceremony for Ira Albert'" Quimby, (a descendant
of Robert^) and Dora F. Greene.
544 The Quinbt PAMiiiT
2004. JuDSON Raymond' {Judson Hoag*, Samuel'',
Obediah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John*, William^) born
11 Dec. 1878, at Quaker street, N. Y.; married at Scranton,
Pa., by Rev. F. Q. Price 7 Feb. 1906, to Edith May Cur-
wen, age 25, born at Jersey Shore, Pa. Mr. Quinby is now
an electrical engineer, connected with the New York city
office of the General Electric Co. The marriage record
gives Mr. Quinby's occupation as electrical engineer, hers
as lady. At the time of the marriage both' were residents
of ScrantoUj Pa.
2005. Edward Jay® {Edward Samtiel^, Caleb Underhill'',
Josiah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 4 mo.
5, 1866 at Newcastle, Westchester county, N. Y.; married 8
mo. 14, 1891, Florence M. Devoe of New York City. He lived
in Florida in 1899; in 1911 he was living at San Pedro, Cal.;
no children:
2006. WiLFKBD ' (Edward S.^, Caleb ', Josiah «, Sam-
uel*, Moses*, Josiah*, John^, William^) born 7 mo. 12,
1868, at Newcastle, Westchester county, N. Y. He mar-
ried 8 mo. 18, 1900, at Williamsport, Pa., Alice, daughter
of Charles and Sarah (Ernst) 'Lighow.' She was born at
Danville, Pa., 8 mo. 10, 1868. Wilfred Quinby received 16
Nov. 1909, U. S. patent No. 940059 for culinary utensils.
His address was then 61 Post Road, White Plains, N. Y.
In 1910 the directory of White Plains gives him as 24 Oak-
wood ave. His address, 1911, was 60 Grove st.. White
Plains. Child:
Dorothy" Quinby, born 2 mo. 27, 1904, at Mt.
Kisco, N. Y.
2010. Charles Fell» {John Palmer^, Abram'', Jo-
siah^, Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John", William^) born 27
Dec. 1873, at Princeton, Illinois. He married 4 Oct. 1904,
(24 Aug. 1905, says his sister Susie), at Selma, Calif., Mary
Albert Walter, ("Birda Walter") born 4 Oct. 1884, at
Colon. Mich., daughter of Oliver A. and Ellen (Hazzard)
Walter. She died 29 De'c. 1909, at Fresno, Cal., and was
buried at Selma, Cal. Charles Fell* Quinby lives at Selma
(1911). In April, 1911, he was at Taft, California, (care
of the Mt. Giri Oil Co.) Children:
2605. I. Charles Carroll •» Quinby, born 12 Apr. 1908, at
Selma, Cal.;
II. Alberta" Quinby, born 22 Dec. 1909, at Fresno,
Cal.
2011. James Sidney' {Abram Josiah^ Abram'', Josiah *>
Samuel «, Moses *, Josiah \ John ^ William ') ("Sidney") born 17
The Quinbt Family 545
Nov. 1868, at Briarcliff Manor, Westchester county, N. Y.;
married at Ossining in the same county, 5 Feb. 1896,
Sadie, daughter of John and Jane (Ross) Washburn, born
10 Nov. 1871, at Ossining. Mr. Quinby, a birthright
Friend, was received on request into the Meeting at Chap-
paqua, same county, 7 mo. 22, 1888; his wife Sadie was re-
ceived by letter "from the Methodist church" at Ossining,
4 mo. 12, 1906. In 1915 Mr. Quinby is living at Chap-
paqua, where he is a well known and successful contractor
and builder. The New York city Evening Mail mentioned
him 3 Oct. 1913, in the 'Westchester Whisperings' thus:
"Sid Quinby of Chappaqua backporched your cor. on Mon.
telling your cor. how the statue of Horace Greeley still lays
in Al. Turner's strawberry patch," etc. Mr. Quinby lives
on King St., Chappaqua. Mr. Quinby's children, born at
Chappaqua:
I. Mellicent Harriet "> Quinby, born 4 Sept. 1897;
2606. II. Carlton Bliss '» Quinby, born 2 Dec. 1900;
2607. III. Sidney Turniere"> Quinby, born 28 Feb. 1904.
2013. Frank P. ' {Charles Josiah*, Daniel ', Josiah •,
Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William'^) born 1861,
"the night Anderson left Fort Moultrie for Fort Sumpter,"
at Charleston, S. C; came with his parents early to New
York state; lives (1915) at 30 New York Post Road, White
Plains ; he is in the insurance business in New York city ;
married, and has a daughter:
Dora" Quinby, who is married (1914).
2014. Henry Richardson « {Egbert*, Daniel ', Josiah •,
Samuel^, Moses*, Josiah^, John^, William^) born 18 Apr.
1862, at White Plains, Westchester county, N. Y.; married
23 Dec. 1885, Caroline M., daughter of Valentine Mott and
Eliza Jane (Requa) Hodgson, born 9 Jan. 1862, at White
Plains. In 1902 Mr. Quinby was appointed administrator
of his mother's estate by the county Surrogate (lib. 7, p.
280). Mr. Quinby has been for years the freight agent at
White Plains, and lives at 13 Davis ave. Children:
I. Elsie M.>« Quinby, born 28 June, 1887, at White
Plains; lives there unmarried at 13 Davis ave.
(1915);
II. Milton Halsey" Quinby, born 17 Nov. 1888, at
White Plains; died 5 Aug. 1889, at Asbury Park,
N. J.;
Ill, Alice H." Quinby, born 14 Mar. 1890, at Asbury
Park, N. J.; lives at White Plains, and kindly sup-
plied these dates; she was married at her parents'
(30)
546 The Quinb¥ FAMitflr
home 16 Oct. 1913, by Rev. Willaim F. Compton
to John Walker Martin of White Plains, assistant
Traffic Manager of the United Cigar Stores of
N. Y. Her sister Elsie was bridesmaid and his
brother Archibald was best man, and his brother
Charles one of the pages.
2020. JosiAH HowLAND* (William Howland*, Josiah
Rowland'', William \ Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah^, John*,
William^) born 13 Mar. 1847, at Oswego, N. Y. On the
death of his father in 1852, the Surrogate of Oswego
county appointed his grandfather his guardian, on whose
death four years later young Josiah went to Syracuse to
live, and there the Surrogate appointed Ira Garrison, his
guardian. Josiah went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and there mar-
ried 26 Oct. 1871, Emma S., daughter of Edwin Hillyer.
His name appears only in 1874 in the New York city di-
rectory, as a clerk at 34 William st., living at 87 Woodhull
St., Brooklyn. In 1908 Mr. Quinby was living at 290 Mill
St.; in 1915 he lives at the Nelson House Annex, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y. Child:
Blanche Hillyer >• Quinby, born 12 June, 1874, at
Brooklyn, N. Y.; she married in 1909, Morgan
Wolcott and lives in New York city.
2022. John F.» (Edward Hunter^, John'', William*,
Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah", John^, William') born 23 Sept.
1856, in Westchester county or New York city; married 26
Oct. 1870, Georgie S. Thorn. They lived at White Plains,
when in October, 1902, they achieved national notoriety
and filled columns and columns of the newspapers through-
out the country, as a result of the following circumstances.
Coroner Banning of White Plains was called upon to conduct
an inquest 22 Oct. 1902, to ascertain the cause of the death of the
Quinbys' seven year old daughter Esther on the Monday previous.
The child had diphtheria, 19 Oct. 1902, and her parents called
in John C. Lathrop and other Christian Science healers, who failed
to effect a cure. No regular physician was called, as both parents
state that they were and have continued to be firm believers in
the Christian Science treatment. The cause of the death was not
known until the physicians performed an autopsy and reported
that the child died of "diphtheria, and Christian Science neglect."
The coroner determined if possible to hold one or both parents
responsible for the death. The parents said the science treatment
had saved the life of their little daughter Bessie shortly before
from the same disease. Interviewed, Mr. Quinby said Mr. Lath-
rop by mental prayers had cured Mrs. Quinby of a fifteen years'
case of valvular heart disease after he had spent hundreds of dol-
lars for regular physicians. The facts that diphtheria had raged
unquarantined in the Quinby home, and the child for several days
2020JOSIAII Howlando Quinby
2022JOHN F.!> QUINBT
The Qcinbt Family 547
after her sister was taken ill was allowed to attend school and
play with other children, caused the residents of White Plains to
be quite outspoken in their views.
When the inquest began 22 Oct. 1902, it was "disclosed that
Mrs. John Quinby was ill with diphtheria and that Bessie aged 16
and one of the older boys had unmistakable symptoms," says the
New York Times. Mr. Quinby testified he had been married 24
years, had had "ten" children of whom now only three were living.
Mrs. Quinby was examined at home and stoutly defended her be-
lief in the treatment. She said she had three children living and
four dead. Bessie also testified that she was a believer. The
result of the inquest, the testimony in which was printed at great
length in the papers, was that the healer and the parents of little
Esther were held for the Grand Jury on a charge of manslaughter
in the second degree for neglecting to provide medical attend-
ance. Bail in $2000 each was furnished by the accused. The
grand jury of Westchester county found a true bill of indict-
ment against all thtee of the accused, but nothing more serious
resulted, for the indictment was dismissed by the Appellate Divi-
sion of the Supreme Court 8 June, 1906, on the ground that the
indictment was too indefinite and failed to state any particular
act of culpable negligence (People v. Quimby, 113 App. Div. 793).
John F. » and Georgianna S. (Thorn) Quinby live
(1909) at Bennington, Vt. Children (several others died
young) :
2608. I. John T.»« Quinby, living 1908, at Bennington, Vt.;
II. Elizabeth" Quinby, born about 1886; married 9
Sept. 1909, at Bennington, Vt., Karl Hathaway;
III. Esther i« Quinby, born 1895, died 19 Oct. 1902, of
malignant diphtheria, at White Plains, N. Y.;
IV. Annie 1° Quinby.
2023. George Edward ' {Edward Hunter'^, John ', Wil-
liam^, Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah*, John^, William'^) born 4
Oct, 1858; married Eliza Frances Hynard ("Frank"); he
has been for years baggage agent at White Plains station,
N. Y., and lives at 47 Spring st. Son:
2609. Irving George" Quinby, lives at 47 Spring st.,
White Plains.
2024. Elwood* (Edward Hunter*, John'', William'^,
Josiah^, Moses*, Josiah", John^, William^) born 25 May,
1863, at Yorktown, Westchester county, New York. He
married 6 Dec. 1886, Harriet S., daughter of James and Ann
Elizabeth (Hennion) Wilkinson. They have lived for years
at 34 North Terrace Avenue, Mt. Vernon, Westchester
county, New York. When I talked with her on the piazza
of her neat and attractive home, Sunday, Oct. 9, 1910, she
was a young and extremely pretty dark eyed matron, who
548 The Qthnby Family
had her children's birthdays at her tongue's end and was as
intelligent as she was good looking. She was appointed
guardian, 23 May, 1908, at White Plains, Westchester
county, N. Y., of the following infants (lib. R, pp. 154-9):
Carrie M., Florence 0., Edna H., Jenniei F., "Nebetta,"
and Edward J. Elwood Quinby and August Kohl are in
business as Quinby & Kohl at 157 East 128th st., N. Y.
city (1912). Children:
I. Etta Elizabeth '» Quinby, born 29 Nov. 1887, died
29 July, 1888;
II. Florence Opheliai" Quinby, born 24 Nov. 1888;
the Mt. Vernon directory says she is a dress-
maker; in 1912 her name is not given;
III. Carrie May" Quinby, born 14 Dec. 1889; steno-
grapher, living with her parents;
IV. Edna Harriet" Quinby, born 21 Nov. 1891, living
with her parents;
V. Jennie Frances" born 15 May, 1895;
2610. VI. Edward James" Quinby, born 7 Sept. 1898;
VII. Niletta" Quinby, born 30 Sept. 1899.
2025. Louis Purdy' {Edward Hunter^, John'', Wil-
liam'^, Josiah^, Moses*, 'Josiah\ John^, William^) born 2
Sept. 1876, in Westchester county, N. Y.; married 10 Oct.
1898, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Ella Rebecca Loder (cert. No.
5095). In 1908 they were living at 152 Adams st., Newark,
N. J.; in 1910, at 118 Walnut st., same city. Children:
2611. I. Edward Elmer" Quinby, born 22 May, 1900;
2612. II. Oliver" Quinby;
III. MiLLY" Quinby.
2026. Harold William » (Willet /.», Thomas'', Wil-
liam •, Josiah ', Moses *, Josiah ', John ^ William *) born 18
Oct. 1886, at New York city. He was married 15 Feb.
1910, by Rev. D. B. F. Randolph at 87 Mercer st., Jersey
City, the bride's hoii^e, to Helen Mills, daughter of John
Nimmo, former Director of the Board of Education. "The
bride entered on the arm of her father; she was gowned in
white duchesse satin, made Empire style, with yoke and
sleeves of hand embroidery. A long tulle veil edged with
lace was caught back from her face with orange blossoms
and she carried a shower of white roses: her single orna-
ment, the groom's gift, was a crescent brooch of diamonds.
The bride gave her bridesmaids imported fans, and her
maid of honor a chain of gold beads. The groom's gift
to the best man was a gold and opal stickpin, and gold
cuff links to the ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Quinby left for
The Quinbt Family 549
Palm Beacli, Fla., and before their return will visit Havana,
Cuba. They will make their home in the Forest Hill sec-
tion," says the Newark paper. In 1915 they live at 773
Mt. Prospect ave., Newark. Child:
Eleanor Mills'" Quinby, born 16 May, 1911.
2032. William Upshur* {Thomas Balderston^, Upshur
Balderston'', Aaron B alder sion", Aaron ^, Isaiah*, Josiah^,
John^, William^) born 7 mo. 1893, and lived at Onancock,
Accomac county, Virginia until his family went to Tampa,
Florida, a few years ago. He was married 11 Nov. 1914,
at St. John's-by-the-Sea Episcopal chapel by Rev. Ernest
Cornish, at Tampa, to Ruth Robinson formerly of 12
Shapley ave., Medford, Mass. Edmund B. Quinby, brother
of the groom, was the best man, and T. Richardson Quinby,
the other brother, was one of the ushers. "The bride's
dress was of lace and net with long veil trimmed with
pearls and caught Juliet fashion with dainty white flowers.
Later, she changed to a travelling suit of dark blue serge
and satin and a handsome black velvet hat trimmed with
pink ostrich plumes. As the pair left the house they were
showered with rice; a crowd followed them to the station
where they took the train for their honeymoon," says the
Medford Messenger, 20 Nov. 1914.
END OF NINTH GENERATION
550 The Quinby Family
TENTH GENERATION
At this point are omitted the descendants of William*,
{William'', Robert^) numbered serially from 2045 to 2144
inclusive, nearly all of whom now spell the name with an m.
2145. Henry Cole*" {Henry Brewer^, Thomas^, Mo-
ses'', John^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert '^) born 9 July,
1872, at Lake Village, in the town of Gilford (now Lake-
port, in the city of Laconi^,), N. H. He received his school-
ing in Mrs. De Haven's kindergarten at Booneville, Mo.
about 1878; Franklin public school in Washington, D. C.
about 1879; the Misses Tompkinson's school at Harrisburg,
Pa. in 1880; the Holderness School for Boys at Plymouth,
N. H. in 1881 (in 1905-6 he served as president of the Old
Boys' Association of the school); public schools at Stroud-
water. Me., and Lake Village 1882-4 (where he published
the Stamp-Collector's Journal); and Chauiicy-Hall School,
Boston, 1885-8; (where he founded the Chauncy-Hall Ab-
stract and edited it for several years); studied law in the
oflSce of E. A. and C. B. Hibbard, at Laconia, N. H., in
1889; at Harvard College, 1890-93 (where he was Manager
of the Harvard Advocate several years); Harvard Law School
1894-6, receiving the degrees of A. B. in 1894 and LL.B. in
1897. He was married first, by Rev. Leighton Parks, D.D.,
7 Nov. 1895, at Boston, to Maria Coffin, daughter of Oliver
and Cora (Doane) Stimpson, who died. Mr. Quinby entered
the law oflBce of Joseph H. Choate at New York, and remained
with him until Mr. Choate was appointed Ambassador. Later
Mr. Quinby married at Bridgeport, Conn., Florence Ade-
laide, daughter of Charles Ward and Amanda Maria (Hoag)
Cole (see II. N. E. Family History, p. 225). They live
(1915) at 235 West 75th st. His law office is at 165 Broad-
way, New York city. He edited and published "New Eng-
land Family History," in four volumes. He is a member
of the Union League Club of which he was elected secretary
in January, 1914, and is serving his second term; Harvard
Club, The Player's, Collector's, Midday, and others; New Eng-
land Historic-Genealogical Society; New York Genealogical
Flokence Cole,
wife of 2145 Henry Coleio Quinby
(photo, by Marceau, N. Y. City).
2145HEKRY CoLEio Quinby
(plioto. by Gessford, N. Y. City).
The Quinbt Family 551
and Biographical Society; Society of Mayflower Descend-
ants; Boston Philatelic Society; Association of the Bar,
County Lawyers' Association and several other clubs and
societies in Boston and New York^ and of the American
Universities Club of London, England.
Mrs. Florence Cole Quinby is the author of "Eques-
trian Monuments of the World," published in New York,
1913; is President of the West End Women's Exchange,
and is a member of the National Board of Censors (of
moving pictures).
2146. Harry Cutter*" (John*, John*, Moses'', John*,
Joseph <^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert') born 30 Aug. 1866, at
Saqp, Me.; by 1889 he had been taken by his father into
the coal business at Sacb; he married 10 Oct. 1889, Bertha
Mary, daughter of Joseph Green and Martha P. (Dyer)
Weymouth, born at Biddeford, Me.; the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Quinby was at 75 Main st., Saco. The York county
records show Mr. Quinby's real estate transactions to have
consisted between 1889 and 1909 of taking title to seven
pieces and the deeding of five; his name appears in only
one lawsuit, brought by him and another in 1897, which
was of slight importance. Mr. Quinby disposed of the
coal business, and became coroner at Saco, with a place of
business at 294 Main st. Mrs. Quinby died 11 Feb. 1915.
She was interested in the advancement of women and was
connected with the Federation of Women's Clubs; she was
a speaker of ability and lectured before women's clubs in
various towns in New England with great success. One of
her lectures entitled "The Present Handicraft Movement"
was especially well received.
"Mrs. Quinby passed the greater part of her life in Saco, and
was educated in the Saco schools, graduating from the old High
school in the class of 1886. For the greater part of her life she
had been very active in a£Fairs and her long and painful illness
and death constitute a loss to the community and many of its
best activities," said the Biddeford (Me.) Journal, in the course
of a long obituary, 11 Feb. 1915, and continued: "She was an
accomplished artist and musician, an interested and efficient
worker in the cause of better living and in everything that per-
tained to human welfare and happiness. She was personally very
popular for her charm of manner and kindness of heart."
2147. Ralph Allan'" (Ira B.\ Frederick BJ, John^,
Jacob', Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert ') born 28 June,
1855 (Boston rec. says 8 June, at 11 Liverpool st.). In
1860 he appears in the census report as living with his par-
ents in ward 2, Boston. Ralph A. Quimby was only eight-
552 The Quinby Family
een when he first appears in the Boston city directory in
1873. He was a civil engineer in the Surveyor's office,
City Hall, and lived till 1876 at 39 Haynes street, East
Boston; in that year he removed with his parents to 93
Webster street, East Boston, and continued to live there
until 1879, when he moved to 141 in the same street. In
that year he was transferred to the City Sewer office, and
in that department he was a draughtsman in 1889 and an
engineer in 1890. The following year, as a member of the
firm of Morton & Quimby he had an office as civil engineer
and real estate dealer at 53 State street, room 827, where
he continued through 1894 and perhaps later. In 1893 he
also had an address at 298 Boylston street. In the mean-
while he moved his residence in 1881 to 26 Eutaw street
where he lived six years; in 1887 to 125 London street;
thence in 1888 to 106 Richmond street, Dorcjiester, where
he continues to live. He practices his profession as civil
engineer and landscape architect at 53 State st. (1915).
He was married 10 Oct. 1880, at Boston, by Rev.
L. B. Bates to Emma A., daughter of Francis and Char-
lotte A. Ordway, born at Boston in 1860. His name ap-
pears on the real estate records of York county, Maine, as
grantor and grantee seven times between 1896 and 1909.
Children:
2630. I. (male)" Quimby, born 16 Sept. 1881, at 26 Eutaw
St., Boston;
II. Grace Eleanor" Quimby, born 13 Mar. 1884, at
26 Eutaw St., Boston;
III. Edith Mariana" Quimby, born 4 Mar. 1886, at
Quincy, Mass.;
IV. Gladys" Quimby, born 7 Mar. 1895, at 106 Rich-
mond St., Dorchester.
2148. Charles Linnaeus i" (Ira B.^, Frederick BJ,
John'', Jacobs, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 8
Apr. 1857, at Chelsea, Mass. ; mentioned in the census of
1860, as living with his parents in ward 2, Boston; married
22 Nov. 1887, Katherine E. Moore, and resided in Phila-
delphia, where she died. While a resident there, Mr.
Quimby was granted United States patent, 10 Aug. 1897,
for a valve-registering device (No. 588010). About 1910
he moved from Philadelphia to Maiden, Mass., and lived at
158 Walnut st. His occupation was given as draughtsman.
He died about May, 1915, of pneumonia. Children:
I. Alice Lucy" Quimby;
II. Dorothy" Quimby, born Dec. 1890.
2146HARRY CuTTERio QuiNBY (see p. 551).
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2149. Frederick Butler'" {Ira jB. », Frederick B.*
John'', Jacob ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born,
says the Boston record, at 2 Lamson st., 30 June, 1862; the
family record says 13 June. He was an artist, and in-
terested in photography. He took out U. S. patent No.
439556, 28 Oct. 1890, for an invention of a photographic
focussing attachment. His residence was Quiiicy, Mass.,
and he took out copyrights in 1894 on a series of photo-
graphs by himself entitled "Springtime on the Farm,"
"Summer on the Farm," etc. (Nos. 59246, 59249-51).
His residence was then given as Maiden, Mass. The rec-
ords of York county, Maine, show Frederick B. Quimby as
grantee and grantor of real estate seven times from 1894 to
1897.
Mr. Quimby was married 2 Oct. 1895, by Rev. M. J.
Allen at York, Me., to Cora L,, daughter of George A. and
Elizabeth J. (Avery) Donnell, aged 21, born at York.
Frederick B. Quimby was not strong physically and died
of consumption at Maiden, Mass., 2 Dec. 1896; "his wife,
a beautiful girl who nursed him devotedly, contracted the
same disease," and died 18 May, 1897, aged 22 y. 1 m. 26d.
Mr. Quimby's will, dated 11 Nov. 1896, appointed his bro-
ther Ralph A. Quimby of Boston, executor, and named his
son, wife, father, mother and brothers. George A. Donnell
was appointed guardian of the boy. (Probate records at
Alfred, Me.) Child:
2631. Charles Fbedbkick" Quimby, born 17 July, 1896,
at York, Me.; he lives (1910) with his grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Donnell at Cape
Neddick, Me.; "he has a beautiful home, and
they think everything of him, being their only
comfort in their declining years; he has been
sickly and they have expended a large amount in
medical and surgical treatment, which has at last
proved entirely successful. He attends the high
school, and we are convinced he will make his
mark," writes a neighbor, unrelated to the family.
2151. Edwin Morton Coates'" {William Murch",
Jacob^, Jacob ">, Jacob ', Benjamin ^ Joseph *, Joseph ', Rob-
ert^) born 17 Apr. 1873, at Rochester, N. Y.; accompanied
his parents 1 Oct. 1875, to Magnolia, Va., and a year or
two later to Suffolk, Va., where he still lives (1915). He
married there, 27 Apr. 1905, Mary Wrenn Jordan, daughter
of L. W. Jordan, Esq., of Suffolk. Mr. Quimby was ap-
pointed postmaster of Suffolk 16 Feb. 1906, by President
Roosevelt, and reappointed 10 Mar. 1910, by President
554 The Qthnby Family
Taft. Mr. Quimby was commissioned in February, 1913,
by Gov. William Hodges Mann of Virginia, First Lieuten-
ant and Adjutant, Third Battalion, Fourth Regiment of In-
fantry, Virginia Volunteers. Mr. Quimby by inheritance
is a member (First Class) of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, District of Columbia chapter; also of Lincoln
chapter, Sons of Veterans, of Washington, D. C. Mr.
Quimby in 1914, is secretary and treasurer and a director
of the Hall Realty Corporation at Suffolk, Va. In 1915 he
is secretary and treasurer of the Nansemond Truck Package
Co., Inc., manufacturers of fruit and vegetable packages, berry
cups and till baskets at Suffolk. Child:
2632. Edwin Morton Coatbs" Quimby, born 15 Apr.
1908, at Suffolk, Va.
2152. Fkank a.'" {Albus Rea\ Jaco¥, Jacob ^ Jacob*,
Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 1855 at Augusta,
Me.; he lived at Springfield, Mass., where he was married
22 July, 1879, by Rev. Washington Gladden to Annie F.,
daughter of James B. and Emma F. Squires, born about
1860 at Utica, N. Y. Mr. Quinby died at Springfield of
double pneumonia 5 May, 1895, aged 39. Child:
Mabel" Quinby, born 25 Sept. 1880, at Spring-
field, Mass.
2163. Joseph B. (William Curtis, see SOlJoseph Bailey',
Joseph'', Joseph^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert*)
born 186- 7-? at Dayton, Ky.; he was till recently in the
automobile business at Pasadena, Cal.; is married and has
children, of whom one is
Janet Eunice Quinby.
2165. Edwin Norris*" (Albert True*, Nathan'^, Levi'',
Nathan'^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert', Robert') born 29 Nov.
1867, at Searsport, Me. He received his education in the
Searsport schools, and at the age of 17, entered the employ
of a wholesale hardware concern at Portland, Me., where
he remained until he moved to Laconia, N. H., with his
father in 1888, and became associated with him in the
Laconia Hardware Co. He was married 25 May, 1892, by
Rev. Charles H. Watson, at Arlington, Mass., to Elizabeth
Hobart, daughter of Eugene H. and Julia Frances (Lewis)
Freeman of Arlington, born 11 Jan. 1867, at Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Quinby are socially prominent at Laconia
and very popular. They attend the Unitarian church.
2151 EDWIK MOKTON C.l" (^UIiMIJY
Mary \V. i" Jordan),
wife of 21olK(lwi)i M. 0.1" (^iiimby
^
1
^t^^^^k
i
i;G32EDWiN M. C.ii QuiMBY, Jr.
The Quinby Family 555
Mr. Quinby is a Mason and Knight Templar. Mrs. Quin-
by is (1909) vice-president of the Laconia Woman's Club,
and in 1911 Grand Representative, 'Eliacoya' chapter.
Order of the Eastern Star. Child:
2633. Fbed Mayberry" Quinby, born 25 Mar. 1896, at
Laconia; in 1911 I find his name printed on the
roll of honor of Ninth grade school there.
2168. Edward Osborne'" {Daniel Orville*, Daniel T.^,
Simeon^, Nathan^, Benjamin % Joseph*, Robert*, Robert^)
born about 1872 at Belfast, Me. In 1898 he lived at 107
Eastern ave., Lynn, Mass., and was married 8 June, 1898,
by Rev. A. K. McLennon at Boston, Mass., to Christine,
daughter of Daniel and Christine (Morrison) McLeod, who
was then living at 613 Massachusetts ave., Boston; she was
born about 1875 at Cape Breton. They have lived for
years at 25 Sidney ave., Lynn, Mass. Children, born at
Lynn:
I. Eldora Agnes" Quinby, born 27 Mar. 1899, at 6
Locust pi.;
II. Gladys May" Quinby, born 24 May, 1906, at 25
Sidney av.
2169. George Barker '" {Daniel Orville*, Daniel T.^,
Simeon'', Nathan*, Benjamin'', Joseph*, Robert*, Robert'^)
born about 1878 at Portland, Me.; married 25 Oct. 1896,
by Rev. Lee Maltbie Dean at Westbrook, Me., to Grace
Gatley, daughter of Alexander and Charlotte (Plummer)
Spiers, age 25, born at Hiram, Me. In 1907 he was an
electrician and lived at 12 Benner ave.. Maiden, Mass.
In 1909 he lived at 167 Central ave., Medford, Mass., and
is still there (1915). Child:
Dorothy S." Quinby, born 4 Dec. 1907, at Maiden,
Mass.
2170. Theodore Emory '• {William Emory", Daniel
Franklin^, Benjamin Franklin'', Moses ^, Benjamin^, Joseph*,
Robert", Robert^) born 11 Mar. 1864, at Detroit, Mich.,
where he has lived much of his life. He was married there
12 May, 1886, by Bishop Samuel Harris, to Sarah E. Put-
ford. He was on the staff of the Detroit Free Press, when
he was elected president of the Michigan State Press As-
sociation en route to its convention held at Chicago in
July, 1903. In 1906 he lived at Colorado Springs, Col.,
where he was editor and publisher of the Telegraph. Mr.
Quinby was general manager of the Upper Peninsula De-
velopment Bureau of Michigan till May, 1912, and the
556 The Quinby Family
papers said that "much of the marked success which has
been achieved by the bureau is attributable to Mr. Quinby.''
In 1910 the Detroit directory names him and 'O.' Eloise
Quinby as living at 182 Seyburn ave., in that city. He is
now an editor of the Boston Evening Transcript and lives
at 134 Upland rd., Newton, Mass. (1915).
2171. Henky Walker"* (William Emory*, Daniel
Franklin^, Benjamin Franklin ', Moses ^ Benjamin *, Jo-
seph*, Robert^ Robert^) born 1 Dec. 1865, at Detroit, Mich.;
married at Manlius, N. Y., 16 June, 1892, Frances Hale
Jordan of San Mateo, Cal., daughter of Albert Henry and
Alpha Isabel (Bingham) Jordan. In 1893 Mr. Quinby
visited Europe to see his father, who was then IJnited
States Minister to Holland. In 1900, Mr. Quinby took out
a trademark (No. 3436, 27 Feb.) for remedies for diseases.
In 1911 he was secretary and treasurer of the Western
Lands Co., at Detroit, and was living at the Pasadena
apartments. In 1915 he lives at 104 Baldwin ave., Detroit.
Child:
Mild BED June" Quinby, born 19 June, 1894, at
Detroit.
2172. Herbert Merrill^" {William Emory*, Daniel
Franklin^, Benjamin Franklin '', Moses *, Benjamin ', Joseph *,
Robert^, Robert^) born 24 Nov., 1878, at Detroit, Mich. I
have no information about him, except that he had the
children named below. One Herbert M. married Maude
Reese Davis at Glens Falls, N. Y., and was legally released
without objection in Wayne county, Mich., 23 Oct. 1902.
Herbert M. Quinby married Blanche . The chil-
dren of Herbert M. i» Quinby:
I. Edith Ikeneii Quinby;
II. Adeline Fkazieb'i Quinby.
2174. Edwin J.i» {Alvin Dyer*, Johnson M.», Charles'',
Simeon^, Benjamin^, Joseph*, Robert^, Robert^) born 15 Apr.
1882, probably at Portland, Me., where he has lived most
of his life. He was granted United States patent No.
865937 for a telephone receiver, 10 Sept. 1907. In 1909
he is electrician for the Cumberland Telephone Co., Port-
land. In 1915 his home is at 236 High st.
2181. James Frederick i" (James Bushrod*, Joseph
Hoyt^, Thomas'', Jonathan", Benjamin \ Benjamin*, Robert*,
Robert^) born 1863 at Lowell, Mass.; married 31 July, 1890,
by Rev. J. M. Portal at Lawrence, Mass., where both
parties then lived, to Cora, daughter of Stephen and Mary
The Quinby Family 557
'Lairgne', age 24, born in Canada. Mr. Quimby was a
coal dealer of Hampshire st., Lawrence, living at 18 Fair-
mont St., where Mrs. Cora and her sons now live (1915).
Children :
2637. I. Fred" Quimby.
2638. II. Monroe" Quimby.
2182. Henry B.*" (Charles Norman^, Joseph Hoyt^
Thomas'', Jonathan^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert^, Rob-
ert^) born 1 Nov. 1860, at Somerville, Mass. Henry B.
and his brother George E. appear in the Boston directory
for the first time in 1883. Henry was a bookkeeper at 14
Hanover st. in the jewelry manufacturing business of Wareham
M. Quimby, his grandfather's first cousin, and boarded at the
factory. This job evidently scarcely lasted out the year, for
his name is gone until 1887, when he was a salesman living at
Worcester. In 1888 he lived at Maiden with his family where
he continued and in 1889 began business at 244 Washington
st., Boston, as H. B. Quimby & Co., bankers and investment
securities. This was evidently very short lived, for the
following year he was a bookkeeper, though at the same
address, and so continued through 1891. In the next year
he was in business at 13 School st., with Leone F. Quimby
who began there in 1890, whose relationship to him was not
as near as second cousin. In 1892 Henry B. conducted
that business, and also was in the real estate business with
his brother George E. as Quimby & Co., at 113 Devonshire
st. In 1893 he removed to Worcester but continued the
Boston business; that was the situation also in 1894. Later
directories have not been examined.
He married 24 Nov. 1886, at West Fairlee, Vt., Mary
E,, daughter of Ferdinand and Mary J. Proctor. Mary E.
Proctor was a teacher at Worcester, Mass. She was born
in 1858 and died 24 Dec. 1900. In 1904 he was a salesman
with the Thayer-Moore Brokerage Co. at Kansas City, Mo.,
living at Kansas City, Kan. He married second, in 1905,
Grace M. George, born at Holden, Mo., 1 May, 1882; no
children. In 1911 the directory gives him as salesman, ad-
dress, 6303 Independence ave., Kansas City, Mo. C. D.
Quimby, clerk, was also at that address. In 1912 he gives
his address as 105 W. 8th st. there. In Sept. 1912, his
firm, Chas. I. Zirkle & Co., had bought land at Garden
City, Kan., and he had gone there to live. Children:
1. Helen Tyler" Quimby, born 6 Sept. 1887, at 33
Raymond st., Boston; married in June, 1910, Sam-
uel S. Edwards of St. Joseph, Mo.; she died 11
558 The Quinbt Family
Nov. 1911; her newly born baby died two day*
later;
2639. II. Cakl Dudley" Qoimby, born 20 Aug. 1889, at
Maiden, Mass; in 1914 he is with the Missouri
and Kansas Telephone Co., and lives at 3226
Lockeridge st., Kansas City, Mo.;
III. RuFus MuNROE" Qoimby (twin with Carl D.), died
at Maiden, 27 Dec. 1889, aged 4m. 7d., of heart
failure;
IV. Marguekette" Quimby, born 21 July, 1893 at Wor-
cester, Mass.; died aged 14 mo.;
2640. V. Homer Russell" Quimby, born 29 Sept. 1898
("Russell Quimby"); lived four years with his
aunt, Mrs. Annie Q. Jones at Bradford, Vt., re-
turning to Kansas City in July, 1909.
2182.Henry B.^" Quimby' s Lawsuit
Joseph R. Beharrell vs. Henry B. Quimby, 162 Mass. 571;
appeal from Middlesex county, argued 13 Nov. 1894, decided 3
Jan. 1895; opinion by Hon. Charles Allen. This was an action on
a written agreement dated 22 March, 1892, reciting that "there
is now due to Joseph R. Beharrell from Edward R. Orcutt a sum
of money under and by virtue of a certain written contract," by
the terms of which the plaintiff undertook, "for a consideration
therein specified to be paid by said Orcutt at the times and in
the manner therein mentioned," to erect a dwelling house on
Orcutt's land; that the defendant had taken from Orcutt a deed
of such land, and that the plaintiff had, at the defendant's request,
refrained from attaching the property "for the sum due him under
said contract," and convenanting, in consideration of the prem-
ises, that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff "all sums of
money now due and to become due to him under said contract
according to the tenor thereof;" and signed by the defendant.
The case was referred to the auditor. At the trial in th'e Superior
Court, without a jury. Judge Bishbp found for the defendant
Quimby, and, at the request of both parties, he reported the case
for the determination of this court. F. W. Qua appeared for the
plaintiff and H. L. Boutwell appeared for the defendant. The
court held in an opinion by Judge Allen th^t the finding was
warranted by the evidence and the judgment was affirmed for the
defendant Quimby.
2183. George Edward'" {Charles Norman^, Joseph
Hoyt», Thomas'', Jonathan^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Robert*,
Robert') born 1 Aug. 1862, at Somerville, Mass. George
E. Quimby appears in the Boston directory first in 1883,
with his business address at 518 Washington st. He
boarded at 36 Hancock st., and the addresses remained the
same in 1884. He then went to Kansas City, Mo. His
name next appears in the Boston directory in 1890 as at
244 Washington st. His brother Henry B. Quimby had
opened an office there the previous year as H. B. Quimby
The QuiNBY Family 559
& Co., bankers and investment securities. Both brothers
then lived at Maiden. In 1892, George E. began to do
business at 113 Devonshire st., as Quimby & Co., and so
continued through 1894 and perhaps later. He lived at
Newton, Mass., in 1903, while in the real estate business in
Boston and in 1909 he was in the same business there.
George E. Quimby married 3 Jan. 1886, at Kansas City,
Mo., Edith R., daughter of John Braden; she was born 20
Oct. 1862, at Kansas City, Mo., or Greensburg, Ind. In
1914 George E. was in the real estate business at 29 Wash-
ington St., Boston, his home being at Natick. Children:
I. Bessie L." Quimby, born 29 Nov. 1886, at Kansas
City, Mo.;
II. Ada B." Quimby, born 30 June, 1888, at Kansas
City, Mo'.; in 1912 she is a stenographer; address,
2920 Brooklyn ave., Kansas City;
2641. III. Charles Nobman" Quimby, born 5 Jan. 1890, at
Maiden, Mass.; lives 1909 at Bradford, Vt.; in
1914 he is manager of the furniture store at Wells
River, Vt., and was married 2 Dec. 1914, at
Danielstown, Conn., by Rev. E. A. Legg, to Ethel
I., daughter of William M. Gove of Bradford, Vt.;
IV. Edith Habt" Quimby, born 30 May, 1903, in Ward
3, Newton, Mass.
2185. Charles Emekson^" {Irving Wesley^, Francis
Levi', Benjamin ', Benjamin *, Jonathan °, Benjamin *, Rob-
ert\ Robert^) born 21 May, 1882, at West Unity, N. H.,
and is a farmer there. He was married 31 Oct. 1906, at
North Charlestown, N. H., by Rev. C. F. Matthews, to
Bertha Amanda, daughter of George and Catherine (Liv-
ingstone) Walker of Unity, born 3 May, 1882, a teacher at
the time of marriage. Children, born at West Unity:
2642. I. Cedbic Dean" Quimby, born 6 Apr. 1909;
II. Esther Blanche" Quimby, born 28 Mar. 1911;
2643. III. Clyde Warren" Quimby, born 24 Dec. 1912.
2187. George FrancisI" (Lewis Johnson^ Francis
Levi*, Benjamin'', Benjamin'^, Jonathan^, Benjamin*, Rob-
ert", Robert^) born 12 Oct. 1889, at Claremont, N. H. In
1912 he lived at 372 Quincy st., Dorchester, Mass.; grad-
uated in June, 1912, at Boston University and was a mem-
ber of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Soon after, he became the
secretary of the Immigrant Department of the Young Men's
Christian Association at Fall River, Mass., 199 North Main
St., which office he now (1915) holds; his work among the
foreigners in Fall River is highly commended and is of
great value.
560 The Quinbt Pamilt
Mr. Quimby was married 29 June, 1915, at Naperville,
111., to Frances Nelda, daughter of Dr. Anton Huelster,
formerly of Clinton, Mass. The ceremony took place at
the bride's home and was performed by her father; she was
attended by her uncle, Rev. William Huelster. "The bride's
gown was of bridal satin trimmed with Chantilly lace,"
says the long newspaper account, which describes the
gowns of the four bridesmaids and the maid of honor, the
floral decorations, the music and the supper, and adds:
"Mrs. Quimbj' attended Western college of Oxford, Ohio,
and graduated from the Library school of Simmons college,
Boston, in 1913. Since then she has been assistant librarian
at Clark University library at Worcester, Mass. She has
made herself beloved wherever she was and though she has
lived in Naperville but a short time, has made many warm
friends." Mr. and Mrs. Quimby will live at Fall Riv6r on
their return from a five weeks' trip to the two California
Expositions. (Clinton Item, 7 July, 1915).
At this point are omitted the descendants of John^ (Robert') in
the tenth generation, numbered from 2201 to 2^06 inclusive.
2416. GeohgeI" {Moses\ Silas*, Caleb'', Moses \ Jo-
siah\ John*, John^, John^, William^) born about 185-6- at
Charleston, 111.; married there Edith Barger (or Ruggles);
he died at the age of fifty. She married second, 2 May,
1889, at Paris, 111., Henry C. Hardy, and lives there at 621
Blackburn st. Children:
I. Henry" Quinby, dead by 1911;
II. Charles" Quinby, dead by 1911;
III. Hattie Mat" Quinby, born at Paris, HI.; married
there in 1900 William Gilbert, born in Clark
county, 111., 1877, and lives at Paris; another rec-
ord says Hattie Quinby married 21 Mar. 1897, at
Paris, Frank Crossley; the marriage legally dis-
solved, she married 20 Feb. 1900, William B.
Johnson; lives at Paris.
2417. Allen i" (Moses', Silas», Caleb', Moses', Jo-
siah^, John*, John\ John^, William') born about 185-6- ;
married Mary Hudson and lived at Charleston, Coles coun-
ty, 111. After his death she married James and
lives at 329 North B st. in 1910. Children (perhaps
others) :
The QmNBY PamiiiY 561
2680. I. Walteb a." Quinby, born 8 Mar. 1882; "in 1911
he was employed in a newspaper office at Chicago;"
in 1915, lives at 103 Fulton st., Peoria, 111.;
2681. II. Otto M." Quinby, born 8 Sept. 1887, at Charleston,
and in 1911 lives there unmarried;
2682. III. George W." Quinby, born 20 Mar. 1891; lives
(1911) at Charleston;
2683. IV. Eddie G." Quinby; left Charleston; address un-
known;
V. Ettie M." Quinby; left Charleston; address un-
known ;
2421. William Edgar '" (William Brugiere\ Silas^,
Caleb'', Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John^, John^, William^)
("Edgar") born "29" Feb. 1858, at Charleston, III., mar-
ried Mary 'Tropple', and in 1910 was living at Herrick,
South Dakota. Children:
2685. I. David" Quinby;
2686. II. Roy" Quinby;
III. Caroline E." Quinby, born about 1886, married
7 Aug. 1909, by Rev. D. J. Gillanderis at Hetland,
So. Dak., to Will E. Mogler, age 23; her residence
is given on the record as 'Monaiva', Wis.;
IV. Hazel" Quinby
2422. John Baldwin i" (William Brugiere^, Silas^,
Caleb'', Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John^, William^) born 18
Aug. 1864; married 6 June, 1906, Anna May Quish of Chi-
cago, 111.; lives 1910 at 420 Webster st., Waverley, Iowa.
2423. Carl G.^' (William Brugiere", Silas^, Caleb'',
Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John*, John^, William^) born 11
June, 1869, at Waverley, Iowa; married Alice Meddows,
and in 1911 lives at 320 W. 4th st., Waterloo, Iowa; in
1912 at 316 North Oak st., Waverley, Iowa; he doesn't
answer inquiries; his father says his name is "Carl, born
1869"; his sister Dora says his name is "Carroll G., born
Jl June, 1868." ChUdren:
2687. I. Harold" Quinby;
II. Doris" Quinby;
III. LuciLE" Quinby;
IV. Muriel" Quinby.
2424. Frank Vernon i" (William Brugiere^, Silas^,
Caleb'', Moses", Josiah^, John*, John', John^, William^)
born 2 Apr. 1872 (1871 says his sister, Mrs, Dean) at
Waverley, Iowa; married 26 June, 1895, at Chicago, 111.,
Clara May, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca ('Goforth')
Dean, born 27 May, 1869, at Waverley. The law separated
(36)
562 The Quinby Family
them at Des Moines 18 Mar. 1908, where he then lived.
Mr. Quinby is agent for the Brunswick-Balke-CoUender Co.,
having been champion billiard player of Iowa; in 1910 he
was in Colorado for his health and was at 1701 Fifteenth
St., Denver; in 1913 was agent for the same company at
Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a member of the Order
of Elks. In 1915 he is stopping with his sister, Mrs. Dean,
at 4301 Van Buren ave., Leeds, Sioux City, Iowa. The
son is at present with his mother at Denver; his name is
2688. Fay Brugieee'i Quinby, born 8 July, 1902, at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; lives, 1916, at 2309 Clarkson
St., Denver, Col.
2428. William O'Corman'" {James Milnor^, James
Moses'', Jotham'', Moses ^, Josiah^, John*, John", John^,
William^) born 4 Mar. 1877, at Newark, or Orange, N. J.
"For his early education he was sent to the public school,
after leaving which he entered and graduated in 1896 from
the Newark academy. He then took a course in the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons at New York city, and re-
ceived his M. D. degree from that institution in 1900.
For the next two years he was one of the internes of the
City Hospital, New York, and for a time also one of the
ambulance surgeons at Roosevelt hospital. In 1902 he
came to Newark, where he has since been engaged in the
general practice of his profession. In January, 1908, he
enlisted in the Essex Troop, of which he is now the Sur-
geon. He is also a member of the State, County and City
Medical societies of New Jersey, and of various other medi-
cal organizations of the country. In politics Dr. Quinby is
an independent, and in religious convictions a Roman
Catholic." (Lewis & Co.'s Genealogical Historv of New
Jersey, (1910) p. 228.) His office and home are at 14
James st., Newark (1915).
2432. Frederick FosterI" (Aaron Almeron\ Aaron^,
Danief, Aaron ^, Josiah\ John*, John", John\ William.^)
born 3 July, 1872, at Orange, N. J.; married 18 Oct. 1873,
Emma Louise, daughter of Augustus W. and Emma Louise
(Odgers) Griffing, born 15 Apr. 1874, at Newark, N. J.
Mr. Quinby for many years has lived at 130 North Centre
St., Orange. He won the third prize, $750 in gold, 22 June,
1914, in a "Booklovers' contest" conducted by the New
York Evening Mail; that paper printed a picture every
night for months; each picture represented the title of a
book; the Evening Mail supplied a printed list of many
2423CARL G.io QuiNBY
2432FREDERICK FOSTERI" QuiNBY .
(l^hoto. from N. Y. Evening Mail).
The Quinby Family 563
book-titles, from which were taken the titles represented
by the pictures. The paper said: "This is the fourth of
the six contests directed by the Mail in which Mr. Quinby
has taken part, and the first in which he has been success-
ful. Beginning in mere fun, in which he encouraged his
wife and younger children to join, he later developed a
deep interest in the results he was obtaining. (See p. 33).
"He is a tall, distinguished looking American, 43 years
old, and employed as an assistant manager in the office of
Auchincloss Bros., commission merchants, at 22 William
St.," says the Mail; "being a family man and a commuter,
he spent his evenings at home, figuring out titles to pic-
tures, partly for recreation and partly because he doesn't
care for the movies, and mostly to prove to his own satis-
faction that he has more ability in the title figuring direc-
tion than the big majority of those 60,000 persons who
matched their wits against his." Children of Frederick F."
and Emma L. (Griffing) Quinby, born at Orange:
Mildred Aveky" Quinby, born 3 Sept. 1894;
Fbedebick Foster' ' Quinby, born 15 Dec. 1898;
Louise" Quinby, born 30 Nov. 1901;
Arthur Griffing" Quinby, born 23 Aug. 1903;
died 3 Oct. 1903;
Kathryn" Quinby, born 21 Aug. 1905;
Alfred Almeron" Quinby, born 10 Feb. 1907;
John Odgers" Quinby, born 14 Apr. 1909.
2435. Frank Edgar'" (Robert Williams", Daniel Wick-
liffe", Daniel'', Aaron ^, Josiah^, John*, John", John", Wil-
liam^) born 28 Jan. 1872, near Newark, N. J.; married
Mary Woodall, born 20 June, 1871; he is assistant treas-
urer of the Howard Savings Institution at Newark, and
lives at 28 Morton place. East Orange, N. J. (1915).
Children :
I. Dorothy Louise" Quinby, born 7 Sept. 1895;
II. Alice Fuller" Quinby, born 2 Apr. 1897;
2704. III. Edgar Woodall" Quinby, born 31 May, 1899.
Note. — Thanks for Mr. Frank E. Quinby's assistance on this line.
2438. Charles Farrand** (Stanley Farrand", Daniel
Farrand^, James H.'', Josiah*, Josiah^, John*, John", John*,
William^) born about 1869, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; married
there 19 Jan. 1899, by Rev. Edwin W. Husted, to Jennie
M., daughter of Charles A. and Emma F. (Brown) Place;
in 1915 he lives at 1155 Dean st., Brooklyn.
I.
2694.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
2695.
VI.
2696.
VII.
564 The Quinby Famidy
2445. Alfred 1" {Fred Alomo^, John Alomo*, Isaac ^t
Josiah^, Josiah^, Josiah*, John*, John^, John'', William^)
born 11 July, 1882, at San Jose, Cal. For some years he
lived in Mexico, where he helped manage his father's coffee
plantation, and in 1914 he was plantation manager of the
Zacapulco Plantation Co,, rubber growers in the famous
Sosconusco district of Chiapas, Mejdco. The headquarters
of the corporation are at 612 Plymouth building, Minneapolis.
Mr, Quinby married at St, Paul, Minn., 3 Jan. 1915, Helen,
daughter of Percy Vittum, Esq., of that city. They spend
most of their time on their plantation "Buenos Aires" in
Guatemala, sixty miles from the capital.
At this point, as they are descendants of lines omitted
throughout this work, we here reserve for a future volume num-
bers 2456 to
The End
2445ALFRED10 AND HELEN (ViTTUM) QuINBY
(at Guatemala City, 1915).
APPENDICES
Appendix No. 1. New facts about Henry Quynby, the earli-
est identified ancestor of the family at Farnbam, England, men-
tioned in the Introduction on page 7 as born near Farnbam "as
early as 1470," have come to light through researches now being
conducted in England. Since the foregoing part of this work was
printed, we have found in the Public Record office in London,
Early Chancery Proceedings (560-3) A. D. 1618-29, a petition of
John Quynby "son and heir of Henry Quynby of Farnbam in
the county of Surrey, gentleman," which sets forth that Henry in
his lifetime was the owner of the following real estate: one house
and 300 yards of land, a grove called Sheppe house grove, a wood
called Catson wood and a peat-yard containing an acre and a half,
in the parish of Froyle, Hampshire county; also a house and 30
yards of land called "Camboys and Fillys" with two groves called
"Daylys and Fillys," also in Froyle; also a house and 26 acres of
land, and seven acres of ground in Benstead in Hampshire; also a
house in Farnbam, and half of the manor of Free Mantle; also "one
mese, a watyr mille," and 43 acres of arable land, 20 acres of
meadow, 20 acres of pasture, 20 acres of wood, 12 acres of heath
and 18 shillings of rent with the appurtenances in Windlesham
and Bagshot; also of a property consisting of 5 acres of arable
land, two acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture with the ap-
purtenances in Ash; all these properties said Henry died possessed
of "yn hys demean as of fee."
John further says in his petition that the ownership of these
properties came to him on his father's death as heir; but his
father's wife Agnes and John Bruen whom she married after
Henry's death took possession of all the deeds and evidence of
ownership of these properties, and John as the rightful owner
asked the Chancery Court ("the most reverend father in God,
Thomas, Lord Cardinal Legate of the See Apostolic, Archbishop
of York and Chancellor of England") to require John Bruen and
Agnes his wife to appear and answer.
Their answer is also on file, and in effect offered to deliver
over the properties if John Quynby the complainant would yield
her dower in them. John replies, asking that they be compelled
to deliver the deeds, etc., to him.
These papers were filed in the ten year period between 1518
and 1529 and John Quinby was over twenty-one; this seems to
confirm the suggestion on page 45 that the ^ Quinby there
mentioned was the Henry Quinby mentioned on page 44, who
married Florence Balch; she was very probably the mother of
John*, Henry having married Agnes as his second wife.
Appendix No. 2. After the account of John' ( ') of
Farnbam was printed on pages 46 and 47 of this book, an in-
teresting deed was found in the Public Record Office, London,
566 The Quinby Family
filed under Ancient Deeds*, C. 7994, about 1578, showing that
John Quinby and Jane his wife of Farnham had a lease of con-
siderable property at Frensham, county Surrey, from the Arch-
deacon of Winchester, which property apparently included the
chapel and parsonage of Frensham. This is the document men-
tioned in the note on p. 59, where the county is wrongly given.
An abstract, so far as decipherable, is as foUoWs:
This Indenture made 9 Jan. 20th yere of our Soveraigne Ladie
Elizabeth Between Robert White of Aldershot co.
Southampton William Lewyn of London, Doctor of the
. .Witnesseth that [whereas] . . ... [decayed
away] clerke, late Archdeacon and incubent of the Archdeaconry
of [Winchester] by Indenture bearing date did
lett unto one John Quinbye of Farnham .... his wief
lands, cldses, [etc.] Fremesham [ i. e. Fren-
sham, Surrey] paying therefore the yerly rent of
xiijli. vjs. viijd. unto the said Archdeacon and his successors dur-
ing the said terme And also payinge to the sayd bushop of Wyn-
chester & his successors the like sume of xiijli. vjs. viijd. yerely
during the said terme the interest of wch said John
Quinby and Jane his wief during the said terme of yeres ' from
henceforth unexpired the said Robert White by good and sufficient
conveyance hath at the instant tyme of then sealinge and delivery
of these presents Now the sayd Robert White for divers good
causes doth by these presents give, etc., unto the sayd Willm
Lewyn all that the sayd estate in the sayd chappell and parsonage
of Fremesham etc. To have and to hold thie same to the sayd
Willm Lewyn his executors, administrators and assigns upon con-
dicon that the sayd William his executors, etc., shall yerely pay
unto the sayd Robert ... at the now dwelling house of
Lawrence Huse Doctor of the Lawes situate ... at Pater
noster Rowe in London xiijli. vjs. viijd., etc.
by me Robert Whit, [large pieces decayed away.] [Endorsed]
Sealed, etc. Edward Whals. Robrt. Hewer. . Moonne.
Appendix No. 3. Among the Bills and Answers in Chancery
filed in the Public Record office in London before 1714 appear
Bills of complaint as follows:
A. D. 1655; William Quinbee of Rolvenden county Sussex and
Mary (Tolhurst) his wife of Silsley, county Sussex against Mary
Martin and Robert Bonicke for concealing from the complainants
"a certaine deske or box" belonging to John Franckwell, deceased,
which he had given to Mrs. Quinbee who had been affianced to
him before her marriage to William Quinbee. She said the box
contained "Jewells, rings, moneys, bills, bonds and writeings to the
value of £100 and upwards." No answer was filed and we may
suppose that Mary Quinbee got the things she asked for (filed
Bridges 404-281).
A. D. 1692, Nov. 28. Robert Quenby of Chiltington, county
Sussex, hu^andman, complained of Maurice Greenfield, yeoman,
who, about Michaelmas, 1687, demised to Robert and John Quinby
his brother a farm and 60 acres of land in Chiltington for 21 years
at the yearly rent of £17 : 10s. They moved in and lived there
four years; after they had been there one year they agreed with
*No other Quinby documents are found in vols. I.-VI. of Ancient Deeds.
The Quinby Family 567
Greenfield that they should each have only half the premises, and
thereafter Robert paid half the rent; but John Quinby about 1691
became sick and died. Now Jane Quinby, widow of John, to-
gether with Greenfield combine to charge Robert with the whole
yearly rent of £13 :6s.
Greenfield answered, denying any agreement to accept Robert
as tenant of only half; and said that John Quinby died about 2
Jan. 1691 and Jane his wife kept possession till Michaelmas, 1692.
That a year before that, Robert Quinby had departed without
paying his rent. Sworn to 8 May, 5 Wm. and Mary (1693).
^Ham. 391-9).
A. D. 1698, June 10. Henry Quenby of Stuftloe in the parish
of Bugden ( i. e., Buckden) in county Huntingdon, yeoman, com-
plains against Guy Nicholson and others, saying that while owner
of 70 acres of arable land, six acres and three roods of meadow
and one acre of leys in Bugden, lately purchased of Richard Wyne,
gent., he desired to borrow £200 on the property and applied to
John Rugg, who said he had that much belonging to Thomas
Brooks and loaned it to Quenby on the security of the land, the
money to be paid 20 May, 1690 to said Brooks. Quenby paid in-
terest however to June 1692 when "Rugg said Brooks had occasion
for the principall moneys and did pretend that he would pay the
same to the said Brooks," and Rugg thereupon was secured by the
property; this happened again, but Rugg didn't give up the bond,
which he "pretended was in his chamber in the Inner Temple,
London." Brooks then claimed that Quenby still owed the £200
and Rugg refused to give up the bonds (Collins, 550-397).
The answers of three of the respondents are also on file, 16
June, 1698 and 22 and 25 July, 1698 (288-48; Bridges, 137-28.)
One Hall said he had loaned Quenby £200 on the security of the
lands mentioned, and on August or September last, he promised
to pay it; and denies any confederacy with Rugg or the other
respondents. Skelton said he had loaned £200 to Rugg for Quenby.
From all this we may deduce that a rascally solicitor was at
the bottom of Quenby's troubles and that ultimately he had to
pay the £200 at least twice; but he could afford to, for all the
property he had pledged included not only the 70 acres of arable
land, six acres and thtee roods of meadow and one acre of leys
(i. e., lea or field) lying in Bugden, but he added to it for the
later loans, his "messuage, etc., maulting and dove house, close of
pasture ground, etc., a cottage and one hundred and ten acres of
arable land, and leys in Bugden."
A. D. 1716, May 14. John Quenby of Ringstead, county
Northampton, and Mary his wife, daughter of Samuel Pratt, late
of Raunds, same county, deceased, complain that whereas Samuel
Pratt made his will about 27 Mar. 1705, giving Mary £100 at her
age of 18 and his freehold cottage at Aldwinckle after the decease
of Henry Fish his father-in-law, with reversion in case of her
death, to Agnes Pratt his wife, whom he made sole executrix;
that Mary is over 20 and has asked Agnes and her new husband
Simon Smart of Stanwick, county Northampton, to pay the legacy
and interest from the death of Henry Fish who died seven years
previous; but they refuse.
As Agnes and her new husband seem not to have filed any
answer it is to be supposed they gaye Mary Quenby her £100 and
568 The Quinby Family
the cottage, with interest as prayed for. (Chan. Pro. 1714-58
Bdle. 1128, A. D. 1716).
Apfendix No. 4. Quenby Family of Bythorn, Huntingdon-
shire, England. The parish registers give the dates and names
upon which the following arrangement is based r
1. JoHNi Quenby, "ye Elder" born before 1520, buried 14
Oct. 1567, probably father of
2. John" Quenby, born perhaps about 1543; married in
February, 1564, Thomasin; this John was probably father of
3. John' Quenbte, born perhaps about 1570; if not, then it
was John" who as second wife, married perhaps about 1590, Alice
who was buried 25 Mar. 1602; they were very likely the parents of
I. Henry < Quenbey, born perhaps about 1592;
married 24 Nov. 1614, Anne Fisannes, who was
buried 2 Mar. 1635; they were perhaps parents
of Anne Quenbey, buried 24 , 1624; and of
George Quenbey, who married 18 Dec. 1634, Mary
Markerne; George was buried 26 Mar. 1639;
II. Joan* Quenby, buried 15 Jan. 1607-8;
III. ' Thomas* Quineby, whose wife Helen was buried
15 Dec. 1643.
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Moore, Mrs. Mabel Quimby
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Quinby, A. M.
Quinby, Alfred
Quimby, Alfred C.
Quinby, Alice C.
Quinby, Arnot
Quinby, Arthur C.
Quinby, B. F.
Quimby, C. N.
Quimby, Clarence E.
Quimby, Mrs. Clarence E.
Quinby, Mrs. Cordelia A.
Quinb^, Mrs. E. M.
Quimby, E. M. C.
Quinby, Edg&r Howland
Quinby, Edna Harriet
Quinby, Edward M.
Quinby, Edwin R.
Quimby, Mrs. Ella M.
Quimby, Elwin W.
Quimby, Emerson A.
Quimby, Ernest P.
Quimby, Mrs. Ernest S.
Quimby, Erwin W.
Quimby, F. A.
Quinby, Miss F. E.
Quinby, Frank E.
Quinby, Frank H.
Quinby, George A., M. D.
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344 12 E. Eager St., Baltimore,
Md.
St. Paul, Minn.
410 120 West Curtin St., Belle-
fonte. Pa.
226 West 58th St., New York
City
170 Central Park W., New
York City
Concord, N. H.
454 Hopewell, N. J.
564 612 Plymouth Bldg., Minnea-
polis, Minn.
Wichita Club, Wichita, Kan.
328 620 S. College Ave., Fort Col-
lins, Colo.
535 134 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
477 158 Walnut St., Maiden, Mass.
388 815 Mallard St., Los Angeles,
Cal.
522 60 Hillside Ave., Arlington,
Mass.
519 Ashton, South Dakota
522 2639 Scottwood Ave., Toledo,
Ohio
369 400 B(^lston St., Boston, Mass.
330 432 Denniston Ave., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
553 Suffolk, Va.
454 8 Summit St., E. Orange, N. J.
548 22 Mt. Vernon Ave., N. Y.
435 337 Bealle Ave., Wooster, Ohio
537 54 Lafayette Street, New York
407 41 Sullivan St., Claremoiit,
N. H.
518 R. F. D. 3, Windsor, Vt.
517 Claremont, N. H.
519 R. F. D. 4, Windsor, Vt.
522 244 E. 86th St., New York City
518 R. F. D. 4, Windsor, Vt.
509 51 Piedmont St., Worcester,
IMass
422 801 Third Ave., Richmond, Va.
563 Howard Savings Inst., New-
ark N. J.
458 7 Tennis Ct., Brooklyn, N. Y.
433 24 West 55th St., New York
City 2
465 Lakeport, N. H. 1
The Quinby Family
571
Name
Quimby, Henry B.
Quinby, Horace H.
Quimby, Howard Erwin
Quimby, Hoyt Marshall
Quinby, J. S.
Quinby, James L.
Quinby, John Gurley
Quinby, JuUa E.
Quinby, L. D. Teackle
Quimby, Lewis Johnson
Quinby, Miss Mary W.
Quinby, Miss Minerva Rae
Quinby, Melville G. C.
Quinby, Oliver B.
Quimby, R. A.
Quinby, Thos. B.
Quinby, Thos. F., M. D.
Quinby, Thomas W.
Quinby, W. H.
Quinby, William M.
Quinby, Wm. O'G., M. D.
Quimby, W. S.
Rains, Samuel G.
Ruth, Mrs. Ethelyn Quimby
Schumacher, Mrs. C. A.
Scranton, Mrs. I. G.
Stamp, Mrs. C. E.
Stechert & Co., G. E.
ToUes, Mrs. Edgar E.
Vail, Theodore N.
Weeks, Mrs. Carrie E.
Weeks, Dorinda E.
Wilcox, Mrs. E. H.
Wilder, Frank J.
Wilson, Mrs. Edwin S.
Page
Address
Copies
557 Garden City, Kansas 1
528 922 Dos Robles Ave., Alham-
bra, Cal.
519 R. F. D. 4, Windsor, Vt.
519 R. F. D. 4, Windsor, Vt.
544 Chappaqua, N. Y.
411 Graniteville, S. C.
480 Plaza Hotel, N. Y.
448 Angiola, Cal.
460 P. 0. Box 68, Atlanta, Ga.
516 30 Windemere Rd.j Dorchester,
Mass.
452 526 Main St., Evanston, 111.
488 4916 Dodge Street, Omaha,
Neb.
391 Brynmeddyg, Aberdovey, Eng.
481 Brockton, Mass.
521 99 Myrtle Street, Claremont,
N. H.
459 196 Cardy St., Tampa, Fla.
474 310 Donaldson Bldg., Minnea-
polis, Minn.
398 37 Highland Avenue, Haver-
hill, Mass.
455 Terrace Rd., E. Cleveland,
Ohio
450 White Plains, N. Y.
562 14 James St., Newark, N. J.
69 So. Market St., Boston,
225 Fifth Ave., New York City
5429 Cornell Ave., Chicago,
111.
526 39 Walnut St. Oneonta, N. Y.
431 27 Strathallan Pk., Rochester.
N. Y.
500 725 Citizens Bldg., Cleveland,
Ohio
151 W. 25th St., N. Y. City
445 Quaker Street P. 0., N. Y.
323 26 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City
455 R. F. D. 3, Hillsdale, N. Y.
New York City
340 516 Asbury Ave., Asbury Park,
N.J.
46 Cornhill, Boston, MasB.
431 Whippany, N. J.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Aaron' Quinby 264
Aaron ' Quinby 336
Aaron A. » Quinby, Home of 528
Aaron B. ' Quinby 274
Aaron J.« Quinby 446
Aaron P." Quinby 426
Acquiring Data for this Book 40
Adeline (Frazier) Quinby 498-502
Alfred" Quinby 532-564
Almedia H. (Cobb) Quinby 390
Almira F.' Quinby 288
Amy Jane ' Quinby 264
Amy (Sutton) Quinby 342
Ann ' Quinby 250
Ann' Quinby 336
Ann J. (Brittin) Quinby 280
Anna B. ' Quinby 280
Anna Belle (Boyd) Quinby 354
Anna E." Quinby 536
Anna W. (Scott) Quimby 406
Anne ' Quinby 264
Anne (Titcomb) Quinby 288
Anne (Titcomb) Quinby, Gravestone of
288
Annie K. ' Quinby 426
Annie M' Quinby 324
Arnot* Quinby 534
Arthur H. » Quinby 504
Arthur H. ' Quinby, Home of 506
Atkinson, Hannah ' (Quinby) 203
Aurelia Ann' Quinby 318
Azariah H. ' Quinby 344
Baldwin, Emma H 532
Baldwin, Lucy T 412
Barr, Isabelle 354
Beach, Edwin H 388
Beach, Sarah E. > (Quinby) 388
Benjamin ' Quinby 310
Benjamin ' Quinby 292
Benjamin F.« Quinby 390
Benjamin L.' Quimby 404
Bertha A. » Quinby 426
Bigland, Moraice A 504
Birdsall, Mary Jane^ (Quinby) 344
B«Mrd, Anna Belle 354
Bnttin, Ann J 280
Camp, Candace E." (Quinby) 468
Camp, Hugh N 468
Camp, Hugh N. Ill 468
Candace E." Quinby 468
Carl G." Quinby 562
Carl N. » Quimby 522
Caroline A. ' Qumby 264
Caroline (Underbill) Quinby 264
Carrie S. » Quinby 426
Caesius C. » Quinby 486
Chadwick, Susan • (Quinby) 448
Chair from England 126
Charles F. » Quinby 448
Chester W.>» Quimby 522
Clarence B. ' Quinby 448
Page
Clarence E. » Quimby 520
Clarence Everard » Quimby 522
Cloudman, Reliance Cobb 298
Cloudman, Sarah (Cobb) 298
Cobb, Almedia H 390
Cole, Florence A 550
Cole, Octavia 466
Colvin, Lucy H 478
Connett, Ehzabeth H. » (Quinby) 424
Conrod'" Quimby 522
Copeland, Delia 446
Dalley, Margaret 318
Daniel F.» Quinby 420
David E.« Quinby 430
David Smith ' Quinby 324
Day, Eunice' (Quinby) 218
Day, Henry E 218
Dekn, Madora F.'» (Quinby) 524
Deborah (Haight) Quinby 342
DeHart, Daniel 250
DeHart, Martha' (Quinby) 250
DeHart, Sarah 320-322
Delia (Copeland) Quinby 446
Dewitt C.» Quinby 432
Eddie C. • Quinby 432
Edgar H.« Quinby 454
Edmond C Quinby 446
Edward G. ' Quinby 356
Edward H.« Quinby 458
Edward McC.» Qumby, Jr 434
Edwin C. » Quinby 538
Edwin J." Quinby 536
Edwin M. C.>» Quimby 554
Edwin M. C." Quimby, Jr 554
Edwin R. ' Quinby 536
Elizabeth • Quinby 186-198
Elizabeth H. » Quinby 424
Ehzlabeth (Moore) Quinby 274
Elizabeth W.« Quinby 350
Ella' Quinby 344
Ella F. » Quinby 388
Ellen • Quinby 200
EUen G. ' Quinby 282
Etna" Quinby 532
Ebner W. » Quimby 514
Elwin W. » Quimby 518
Elwood K. ' Quinby 282
Emerson A. » Quimby 516
Emma H. (Baldwin) Quinby 532
Emmanuel S. » Quinby 486
Erma' Quinby 454
Ernest P. » Quimby 518
Ernest S. » Quimby 522
Erwin W. » Quimby 518
Esther (Hunter) Quinby 344
Eunice' Quinby 218
Eunice D.' Quinby 288
Eunice ' (Freeman) Quinby, Gravestone of
213
Eva>» Quinby 532
F. Elizabeth • Quinby 426
574
The Quinby Family
Page
Family Record of Moses < Quinby 128
Family Record of Samuel' Quinby ... 188
Farnham, Parish Church of St. Andrews
48
Farnham, raised market house at 48
Farnham, Village of 50
Farrand, Nancy 426
Featherston, Lucy (Quinby) and Family
524
Field, Mary Jane' (Quinby) 192
Fifield, Penelope Cowdery 310
Florence (Cole) Quinby 550
Florence A. (Bigland) Quinby 504
Fowler, Benjamin A 388
Fowler, Ella F. » (Quinby) 388
Francenia' Quinby 282
Frances E. P. (Hinckley) Quinby 462
Frances L.'» Quimby 478
Francis L.« Quimby 404
Frank H.« Quinby 458
Frank H. » Quinby 532
Prank L.« Quinby 462
Frank L. » Quinby II 462
Frank V.>» Quinby 524
Franklin » Quinby 530
Franklin J. ' Quinby 356
Franklyn' Quinby 486
Frazier, AdeUne 498-502
Frazier, Leander 502
Fred' Quinby, M. D 472
Fred A. • Quinby and Family 532
Fred W. » Quimby, Daughters of 520
Frederic M. ' Quimby 518
Frederick A." Quinby 364
Frederick B.' Quimby 364
Frederick F.>» Quinby 562
Frederick H. » Quimby 476
Freeman, Eunice', Gravestone of . . . .213
Freeman, Eunice', Pedigree of 212
Freeman, Joshua ', Mansion of 220
French, Hannah E. » (Quimby) 364
Friends Meeting House 334
Furniture in Quinby Mansion 288
George ' Quinby, Gravestone of 214
George A.« Quinby 432
George E. » Quimby 514
George H. ' Quinby 282
George T. » Quinby 540
George W.« Quinby 368
Gertrude" Quimby 513
Gertrude L.'» Qiiinby 504
Governor Henry B. » Quinby 464
Governor Henry B. ' Quinby and Council
472
Governor Quinby at Home 472
Governor Quinby's Home at Lakeport
470
Governor Quinby and Staff Frontispiece
Grace' (Wood) Quinby 282
Grace R.' Quinby 358
Gravestone of Anne (Titcomb) Quinby
288
Gravestone of Eunice' (Freeman) Quinby
213
Gravestone of George' Quinby . . . .214
Gravestone of Hannah' Quinby 98
Gravestone of John ' Quinby 213
Gravestone of Joseph' Quinby 143
Pag*
Gravestone of Orlando S.' Quinby 396
Green, Rachel S.» (Quinby). 250
Greenleaf, Dr. Charles W 264
Grednleaf, Phoebe' (Quinby) 264
Griffin, Lucy E 524
Griffith, Ann* (Quinby) 336
Gurnee, Marianna (Quinby) 324
Haight, Caroline A. ' (Quinby) 264
Haight, Deborah 342
Haight, Franklin C 264
Haines, Letitia (Quinby) 198
Hannah' Quinby, Gravestone of 98
Hannah* Quinby 192-203
Hannah ' Quinby 270
Hannah E. » Quimby 364
Hannah S. ' Quinby 274
Hanway, Bertha A. (Quinby) 426
Harrison • Quinby 538
Harrison, Sarah L 430
Harry C." Quinby 552
Haviland, Hannah • (Quinby) 192
Hawes, Aiidrew 288
Hawes, Martin 288
Ha:wes, Mary Ann' (Quinby) 288
Helen S." Quimby 478
Helen (Vittum) Quinby 564
Henrietta C.« Quinby 350
Henry B. » Quinby, Gov 464
Henry B. ' Quinby, Gov., and Council 472
Henry B. ' Quinby, Gov., at Home ... 472
Henry B. • Quinby, Gov., Home at Lake-
port 470
Henry B. ' Quinby, Gov., and Staff
Frontispiece
Henry C.« Quinby 390
Henry Cole" Quinby 550
Henry J. M." Quinby 504
Henry R ' Quinby 282
Herbert F. » Quimby 514
Hmckley, Frances E. P 462
Howell, Ann' (Quinby) 250
Howell, Carrie S. » (Quinby) 426
Hunter, Esther 344
Hunter, Jennie 458
Hunter, Susan A 346
Hutchins, Frances L." (Quimby) 478
Imogene' Quinby 346
Inez (Zetlitz) Quinby 536
Irish, Anne ' (Quinby) 264
Irish, William 264
Irvin W. ' Quimby 514
Isaac ' Quinby 320-322
Isaac ' Quinby. Home of 324
Isaac F.« Quinby 324
Isaac F.' Quinby, Monument 428
Isaac Fly« Quinby 376
Isaac Fly" Quinby, Residence 376
Isaac G.' Quinby 444
Isabelle (Barr) Quinby 354
Isaiah ' Quinby 274
Isaiah ' Quinby, Marriage Certificate of
272
Isaiah W. ' Quinby 354
Jackson, Letitia H. ' (Quinby) 280
Jacob » Quimby 364
James A. '» Quinby 532
James H.« Quinby 426
James H." Quinby, Mrs 426
The Quinby Family
574a
Page
James H. ' Quinby 532
James L.' Quinby 410
James L. » Quinby, Jr 522
James M." Quinby 414
James M.* Quinby, Home of 414
James R. « Quinby 282
Jane G. « Quinby 198
Janette L. Quinby 456
Jesse C. ' Quinby 354
Jeesie M.« Quinby 350
John ' Quinby 210-222
John « Quinby, Gravestone of 213
John * Quinby, Home of 216
John ' Quinby's Sampler of penmanship
214
John ' Quinby 228-334
John" Quinby 476
John A.» Quinby 426
John B.'° Quinby 524
John F. 9 Quinby 546
John G. » Quinby 534
John J.» Quinby 342
John P.' Quinby and Family 448
Jordon, Mary W 554
Joseph' Quinby, Gravestone of 143
Joseph ' Quinby 228-294
Joseph B.» Quinby 378
Joseph B. 9 Quinby and family 488
Joseph R. ' Quinby 282-358
Joseph R.' Quinby 462
Joseph W.' Quimby 406
Josephine* Quinby 354
Joshua S." Quinby 452
Josiah ' Quinby 280
Josiah ' Quinby 318
Josiah H. ' Quinby 342
Josiah H. » Quinby 546
Judson H." Quinby 444
Julia E.« Quinby 346
Julia (Lees) Quinby 448
Keefei, Rose 532
Lakeport, Governor Quinby's Home at
470
Laurence' Quinby 314
Laurie John • Quinby 490
Lees, Julia E 448
Lees, Mary E 358
Lena" Quimby 364
Lena M. A." Quinby 524
Letitia' Quinby 198
Letitia H. ' Quinby 280
Levi' Quinby 288
Lily M." Quinby 532
Lippincott, George E 198
Lippincott, Jane (Quinby) 198
Littleton D. Teackle' Quinby 460
Littleton D. Teackle* Quinby, Home of
460
Littleton D. Teackle" Quinby,
Mr. and Mrs. and Family 460
Louise • Quinby 452
Lucretia D. » Quinby 360
Lucy (Colvin) Quimby 478
Lucy E. (Griffin) Quinby 524
Lucy H." Quinby 524
Lucy T. (Baldwin) Quinby 412
Madora F." Quinby 524
Map showing Quinby Patents, etc 92
Page
Margaret (Dalley) Quinby 318
Margaret U.« Quinby 350
Marianna' Quinby 324
Marie Antoinette' Quinby 414
Marriage Certificate of Isaiah ° Quinby
272
Marriage Certificate of Moses* Quinby
128
Martha ' Quinby 250
Mary A. ' Quinby 282
Mary A. » Quinby 432
Mary Ann* Quinby 288
Mary C. » Quinby 456
Mary E. (Lees) Quinby 358
Mary E. (Miner) Quinby 446
Mary Jane ' Quinby 192
Mary Jane* Quinby 344
Mary M. ' Quinby 270
Mary P. ' Quinby 444
Mary (Wilbur) Quinby 336
Mary W. (Jordan) Quimby 554
Mekeel, Phoebe » (Quinby) 192
Melville G. C.« Quinby 390
Melville G. C.« Quinby, Home of 392
Merrill, Eunice D.* (Quinby) 288
Milan W.» Quimby 404
Miller, Amy Jane ' (Quinby) 264
Miller, Henry G 264
Miner, Mary E 446
Minerva R.'" Quinby 490
Minett, Helen S.'» (Quimby) 478
Moore, EUzabeth 274
Moore, Ellen' (Quinby) 200
Moses* Quinby's Family Record 128
Moses* Quinby, Marriage Certificate of
128
Moses' 196
Moses ' Quinby 284
Moses ' Quinby 222-288
Moses ' Quinby, Diploma of 288
Moses ' Quinby, Gravestone of 288
Moses ' Quinby, Home of 288
Moses' Quinby, Jr 298
Nancy (Farrand) Quinby 426
Newark, N. J., Trinity Church 414
O. Palmer' Quinby 448
Octavia (Cole) Quinby 466
Oliver B. » Quinby 480
Olney D. » Quimby 520
Olney F.» Quimby. , 406
Onancock, Va., Ker Place 460
Orlando S.' Qmnby, Gravestone 396
Oxford, New College 54
Palace of Bishops of Winchester 50
Paul'" Quinby 530
Paul de H.> Quinby 462
Pearson Quilt 288
Penelope C. (Pifield) Quimby 310
Phoebe" Quinby 192
Phoebe' Quinby 264
Phoebe" Quinby 324
Phoebe Adeline* Quinby 318
Planing Machine 466
Portland, First Church 148
Presidents of Harvard College, chart of 215
Purdy, Rachel' (Quinby) 200
Quaker Street, N^ Y., Friends' Meeting
House 334
574b
The Quinby Family
Page
Quenby HaU 20-22
Quenby HaU, Comers of 22
Quenby HaU, Old gates 22
Queniboro', Church at 18
Queniborough, ViUage of 18
Queniborough, Ancient houses 18
Quinby, Cal., Store, postoflSce, etc 34
Quinby, Va., ViUage of 34
Quinby HaU, Stroudwater, Me 360
Quinby, Hive 441
Quinby, Hive Clasp 442
Quinby, Smoker 443
Rachel' Quinby 200
Rachel S.» Quinby 250
Raised market house at Famham 48
Raymond S."> Quimby 522
Reliance Cobb (Cloudman) Quinby . . 298
Ripley' Quinby 454
Robert' Quinby 302
Robert Quynby, Tomb of 52
Romeo A.» Quimby 520
Rose (Keefer) Quinby 532
St. Andrews, Parish Church of 48
Samplers in Quinby Mansion 290
Samuel Quinby Family R«cord 188
Samuel ' Quinby 336
Samuel ' Quinby, Home of 334
Samuel F. » Quinby 426
Samuel J.' Quinby 336
Samuel L.» Quinby 462
Sarah (De Hart) Quinby 320-322
Sarah E. » Quinby 388
Sarah L. (Harrison) Quinby 430
Scott, Anna W 406
Shirk, Mrs. J. H 448
Silas ' Quimby 310
Silas E.» Quimby 406
Stanley F.» Quinby 530
Stratford in 1660 60
Stroudwater, Me., Quinby Mansion at
288
Susan' Quinby 448
Susan A. (Hunter) Quinby 346
Sutton, Amy 342
Page
Taylor, Lena" (Quinby) 524
Thomas'Quinby 346
Thomas* Quinby 360
Thomas F. » Quinby 474
Thomas F. » Quinby, Home 474
Thomas W." Quinby 398
Titcomb, Anne ; . .288
Titcomb, Anne, Gravestone of 288
ToUes, Edgar E 444
ToUes, Mary P. » (Quinby) 444
Trinity Church. Newark, N. J 414
UnderhiU, Caroline 264
UnderhiU and Quinby, chart showing in-
termarriage 184
Upshur B. ' Quinby 350
Upshur B. ' Quinby, Family Mansion 352
Vail Monument 324
Vail, Phoebe' (Quinby) 324
Vittum, Helen 564
Wallace, Grace R.« (Quinby) 358
Walter A." Quinby .532
Wampus Pond 116
Weeks, Mary M. ' (Quinby) 270
Weeks, Ella' 344
Weeks, WiUiam H 344
Wilbur B.' Quimby 404
Wilbur, Mary 336
Willet J.8 Quinby 4.')8
WiUiam B. ' Qumby 624
William D." Quinby and family 424
WiUiam De H.' Quinby 324
William E.' Quinby 330
William E. ' Quinby 498-502
WUham H.« Quinby 452
William H.' Quinby 456
William H.' Quinby, Home of 456
WiUiam H. » Quinby 448
WilUam M. ' Quimby 478
WiUiam P." Quinby 540
Winchester, palace of Bishons of 50
Wingfield, Annie K. • (Quinby) 426
Wood, Grace 282
Zetlitz, Inez M 536
INDEX OF CHRISTIAN NAMES
of persons by the name of
QUINBY (QUI M BY)
Figures refer to pages. Boldface figures indicate page on which name ap-
pears as head of a familiy.
Names of married women have their maiden names in parentheses.
A. J. ' 458
Aaron< 91-116-125
Aaron' 99-108-125-135-161-
193
Aaron* 161-163-167-186-
250-264
Aaron ' 9-233-267-296-301-
336
Aaron' 318-336-419
Aaron A. ' 420-528
Aaron B. • 196-274
Aaron B. ' 275-352
Aaron J. ' 272-348
Aaron J.» 337-446
Aaron P.> 320-422
Aaron P. » 423
Abel' 168
Abel' 168
Abel ' 231-295
Abigail" 190
Abigail '224-233-266
AbigaU' 299-304-313-316-
325
Abigail J.« 341
Abigail J. » 398
Abigail P. ' 256
Abigail (Carpenter) 266
Abigail (March) 155-231
Abigail (Morse) 315
Abigail (Sargent) 303
AbigaU (Whipple) 310
Abraham ' 163
Abraham '268-338
Abram J." 269-339-448
Abrilla' 175-178
Ach8ah'254
Achsah P. ' 255
Achsah (Parke) 169
Acto" 345
Ada B." 559
Adah '452
Adaline M. ' 273
Addie»445
Addie M. » 393
AddieM.i»505
Addie T. • 398
Adela»411
Adelaide F. » 387
Adelaide H. • 399
Adelaide 8. • 369
Adelaide (Olmstead) 507
Adelaide (St. Jaques) 513
Adelia L. » 405
AdeUa (BaU) 431
AdeUa (Deareaux) 338
Adeline A.» 308
Adeline F." 556
Adeline M.» 302
Adeline (Frazier) 500-502
AdeUne (Jordan) 395
Agnes M. » 390
Agnes (Foster) 498
Albert'294-371
Albert D. • 400-509
Albert G. » 385-497
Albert H.« 320-421
Albert J." 530
Albert M.' 344-454
Albert P. » 436=-541
Albert T. • 384-495
Albert W. » 451
Albert W." 484
Alberta '396
Alberta" 544
Albion 155
Albion M.« 302-392
Albus R. » 366-479
Alfred' 341
Alfred" 533-564
Alfred A." 563
Alfred H.' 353
Alfred M. ' 268
Alice" 329
Alice* 450
AUce C.» 328
Alice F." 563
Alice G.» 327
Alice H." 545
Alice L. 494
Alice L.'» 529
Alice L." 552
AUce M." 504
Alice R. » 394
Alice (Bancroft) 483
Alice (Chapman) 403
Alice (Li^ow) 544
Alice (Lord) 412
Alice (Meddows) 561
Alice (McKay) 480
AUen « 168
AUen" 523-560
AUynM."487
Ahnedia (Cobb) 388
Aknira A. ' 365
Almira C. » 371
Almira F.' 289
Almira S. ».445
Almira (Boston) 365
Ahnira (Pulcifer) 372
Alonzo<365
Alonzo H. » 366-479
Alonzo P. 35
Alorvin»435
Alvin D. » 395-505
' Amanda E.« 314
Amanda (Fasbender) 313
Amanda (Williams) 412
Amelia' 336
Amelia (Brittain) 513
Amelia (Schmerz) 330
Amelia (Stanton) 436
Amelia (Stout) 358
Amma (Blackmore) 174-178
Amos « 200
Amy' 186
Amy H.' 339
Amy J. ' 265
Amy (Sutton) 342
Amy (Underbill) 267
AmziH. 324
Andrew • 161
Andrew T.« 289
AngeUne (Sanders) 407
Angeline (Stewart) 254
Anita' 331
Ann' 63
Ann' 99
Ann' 158
Ann '247-250-268
Ann' 336
Ann K.» 335
Ann (Averill) 385
Ann (BrittiR) 280
Ann (KimbaU) 511
Ann (Powell) 186
Anna' 165
Anna '267
Anna' 278-319-326-328
Anna B. ' 280
Anna D." 516
576
The QxnNBY Familt
Anna E. ' 417-455
Anna F.« 200
Anna L. » 410
Anna M.« 356
Anna M.» 390
Anaa 0.« 329
Anna (Bannore) 338
Anna (Boyd) 355
Anna (Emery) 505
Anna (Guyton) 326-434
Anna (Mitchell) 431
Anna (Quish) 561
Anna (Ring) 305
Anna (Scott) 408
Anna (Voorhis) 340
Anna (Wright) 627
Annabel" 497
Anne* 52-84-88
Aim^ 109-134
Anne' 155-187
Anne '230-265
Anne' 363
"Anne C.G." 536
Anne E.« 340
Anne E.'° 538
Anne (Blaisdell) 108
Anne (Hadlock) 87
Anne (Halstead) 260
Anne (Kieretadt) 88
Anne (Plummer) 151-155
Anne (Titcomb) 287
Anne (Underbill) 184
Annette (Lee) 540
Annie" 512-547
Annie A. » 398
Annie F.'» 509
Annie K. » 422
Annie L.» 357
Annie L. » 381
Annie M.» 324
Annie M. » 458
Annie (Crawford) 345
Annie (Daicy) 483
Annie (Gee) 528
Annie (GiflSn) 356
Annie (Harrington) 519
Annie (Squires) 554
Annie (Turnbiill) 499
Anthony' 47-54
Antoinette* 317
Archelaus' 230-294
Arian ' 414
Arizina (Reed) 387
ArIeneE."484
Arnot' 431-535
Arthur A. "529
Arthur C." 477
Arthur F.* 326-434
Arthur G." 563
Arthur H. > 392-504
Arthur I.' 35&461
Arthur L.« 354-460
Arthur P.' 333-436
Arthur P." 521
Arthur W." 518
AsaheP 108-162
Audrey' 47
Augusta* 328
Augusta" 539
Augusta M. ' 258
Augustus* 314-412
Augustus' 396
Aurleia A.« 320
Aureliza (Buckley) 421
Azariah H. ' 270-341-343
Bathsheba»183
Bathsheba (PeU) 182
Beatrice (Puterbaugh) 356
Belle' 460
Benjamin* 84-105-141
Benjamin' 29-99-106-108-
139-143-150-155-156-
158-160-236
Benjamin » 155-160-161-162-
223-238-242
Benjamin' 224-239-243-
292-309
Benjamin F. ' 233-298
Benjamin F.« 294-299-303-
373-388
Benjamin L.« 310-406
Benjamin L. » 399
Benjamin R. " 445
Benjamin W. ' 222-291
Berenice L." 517
BemiceA."519
Bertha' 372
Bertha" 518
Bertha A. ' 422
• Bertha E. ' 403
Bertha (Walker) 659
Bertha (Weymouth) 551
Bertrand A. ' 410
Bessie J." 518
Bessie L." 559
Bethiah (Grey) 316
Betsey J. » 382
Betsey (Walker) 155-231
Bishop '256
Blanche A. » 407
Blanche H." 546
Bradbury « 162
Byron C.» 334-437
Byron W. ' 420-461-529
Caleb « 163
Caleb ' 249-316
Caleb '413-523
Caleb U. ' 268-337
Calvin M.» 354-461
CandaceE."468
Carl D. 11 558
Carl G." 625-561
Carl N. ' 410-522
Carlton B." 545
Caroline '264
Caroline* 333-360
Carohne A. ' 265
Caroline A. » 403
Caroline E. ' 445-456
CarolineE.il 661
Caroline F." 526
Caroline M.* 342
Caroline R. » 365
Caroline S. » 422
Caroline W. " 431
Caroline (Collier) 526
Caroline (Cox) 450
Caroline (Hodgson) 546
Caroline (Underbill) 265
Caroline (Wires) 411
Carolyn L." 535
Carrie" 525
Carrie B. ' 406
Carrie M." 548
Carrie S. ' 445
Carrie (Morgan) 486
Carrie (Ross) 473
Carrie (Tukey) 494
Cassius C. » 381-492
Catherine' 47
Catherine* 62
Catherine* 249-318-319
Catherine E. ' 393
Catherine L.* 330
Catherine (Bagwell) 459
Catherine (Bailey) 329
Catherine (Boyd) 259
Catherine (Brown) 375
Catherine (Bumside) 414
Catherine (Draper) 334
Catherine (Eagle) 347
Catherine (Piatt) 522
Catherine (Van Giesen) 414
Cecilia* 313
CedricD.11659
Charles' 79
Charles '234-255-302
Charles* 269-314-317-342-
418
Charles' 595-413
Charles" 507-525^28-532
Charles" 560
Charles A. 494
Charles A. ' 175-178
Charles A.» 327-434
Charles C* 327-434
Charles C." 544
Charles D.» 334
Charles E.* 302-325-333-
378-393
Charles E. ' 369-382
Charles E." 512-515-559
Charles F.» 333-436
Charles F.' 412-448-523-
544
Charles F." 531-563
Charles F." 563
Charles G.» 431
Charles H.* 296-383
Charles H.» 446
Charles I. » 403-514
Charles J.* 269-340-449
Charles L. ' 260-332
Charles L." 476-526-552
Charles M.' 309-402
Charles N. » 400-511
Charles N. 11 559
Charles O.* 303-315-396-412
Charles O.' 368-384-494
Charles R.* 340-450
Charles S. « 170-255
Charles S. ' 264-326
The QmNBY Family
577
Charles S.« 421-43fr451-
541
Charles S. E. ' 255-328
Charles W.'« 480
Charles W. J. » 383-494
Charlotte" 196
Charlotte '234
Charlotte'" 480
Charlotte A.» 295
Charlotte M.>» 529
Charlotte (Bartels) 364
Charlotte (March) 292-365
Charlotte (Snook) 276
Chauncey C." 329-435
Chester W." 522-528
Chio (Chase) 309
Christine" 522
Christine (McLeod) 555
Clara* 187
Clara" 509
Clara D.« 396
Clara F.W.« 386
Clara L. • 431
Clara L." 538
Clara (Aman) 410
Clara (Dean) 561
Clara (Proctor) 504
Clara (Ripley) 454
Clara (SkiUman) 434
Clara (Webster) 497
Clara (Williams) 517
Clarence B. » 448
Clarriice C. " 435
Clarence E.' 406-410-519-
521
Clarence L. » 402-513
Clarissa (Moulton) 397
Clarkson' 336
Clinton A.' 328
Clyde E.» 328
Clyde W." 559
Conrad" 522
Constantia' 314
Constance • 454
Constance" 481
Cora » 411
Cora (Clinkinbeard) 488
Cora (DonneU) 553
Cora (Lairgne) 657
Cora (Spalding) 619
Cordelia (Brooks) 366-369
ComeUa' 264
Cornelia B.» 347
Cortland W." 632
Courtland F.« 357-461
Cyrene (Hobbs) 293
Cyrus A." 496
Cyrus C. » 384-494
Cyrus W.» 35-36-303-394
C^s W. » 395
Daisy" 410
Daniel* 91-130-141
Daniel' 100-107-124-156-
168-161-174
Daniel' 161-162-168-183-
260
(37)
Daniel' 234-250-268-318-
339
Daniel" 333-436
Daniel C. • 161
Daniel F.« 299-319-387-420
DanielJ."519
Daniel 0." 303
Daniel O. » 387-498
Daniel T." 298-387
Daniel V. » 436
Daniel W.» 318-335-420-444
Darius « 168
David' 79
David* 87-108
David" 108-162
David" 162-198
David" 329
David" 413-523
David '1 561
David E.» 324431
David S. ' 251-324
David S.« 319
Deborah" 79
Deborah » 189-208
Deborah '249-267
Deborah M.» 333
Deborah (Haight) 78-79
341
Deborah (Powell) 260
Deborah (Ricker) 411
DeHart»430
Delia (Tyler) 497
Dewitt C." 324^31
DewittC."539
Diana (Brusie) 450
Dollie (Gallup) 519
Donald" 331
Dora" 545
Doris" 561
Doris M.IO 517
Dorothy* 87
Dorothy ' 243
Dorothy" 522-544
Dorothy" 552
Dorothy L." 563.
Dorothys." 556
Dorcas* 91
Dorcas" 116
Dorcas" 167-186
Dorcas E. « 366
Dorcas (Turner) 371
Dunham '239-308
Druzilla T. » 371
D. Wilmot'280
Earl G." 403
Eben" 166-249
Ebenezer"162
Edda B. 461
Edda B.« 357
Eddie G." 661
Edgar H.« 344-454
Edgar W." 563
Edith" 460
Edith" 531
Edith H." 659
Edith I." 656
Edith M." 562
Edith (Barger) 560
Edith (Braden) 559
Edith (Curwen) 544
Edmund B. » 469
Edmond C.» 337-446
Edna A. » 467
Edna H." 548
Edna W." 527
Edward* 52-58
Edward" 163
Edward" 600-532
Edward A. "508
Edward B. » 369
Edward C.« 329
Edward E." 548
Edward G. ' 280-358
Edward H." 345-454
Edward J. ' 447-544
Edward J. "648
Edward M. » 392-435-504
Edward Mc ' 259-329
Edward Mc" 330-435
Edward O. • 398-508
Edward O." 499-555
Edward S." 90-269-272-338-
446
Edward W.» 354-461
Edwin '244
Edwin" 524
Edwin C.» 432-538
Edwin C." 539
Edwin F.» 293-370
Edwin F. • 371-483
Edwin H. » 419-528
Edwin J.« 313-410
Edwin J. » 410
Edwin J. "605-537-556
Edwin M.« 302
Edwin M.C." 478-553
Edwin M.C." 554
Edwin M." 495-554
Edwin R." 431-537
Effie»413
Egbert" 269-340-450
Elbert W." 619
EldoraA."555
Eleanor* 87
Eleanor" 109
Eleanor B." 330
Eleanor (JeUison) 291
Eleanor (Staxbird) 156
EleanoraM."649
Eleanor P." 495
Eleazer* 87-108
Eleazer" 108-162
Eleazer "162
Electa (Farrand) 319
Elgarda" 358
EUeK."626
Elie (CoUier) 526
EUjah'275
EMjah P. " 184-263
Elijah P. ' 262-333
Eliphalet" 108-161
EUphalet" 161-162
Elisha" 108-163
Elisha" 161-162
Eliza 381
578
The Quinby Family
Eliza' 188
Eliza '247-249-264-268
Eliza' 307
EUza A.« 295-303
EUza F. ' 272-447
Eliza S. » 417
Eliza ( ) 246
Eliza (Bailey) 294
Eliza (Cornell) 116
Eliza (Cramer) 353
Eliza (Crocker) 391
Eliza (Hynard) 547
Eliza (Thomas) 352
Elizabeth 381
EUzabeth' 47-49-67-79
Elizabeth' 52-81-84
Elizabeth' 109-124-126-127-
134
Elizabeth" 158-160-170-175
178-183-186-189-191-
198-254
Elizabeth' 224-233-238-
241-244-256
Elizabeth' 316
EUzabeth»413
Elizabeth" 486-538-547
EUzabeth A.' 314
Elizabeth G. " 431
EUzabeth G.'» 536
Elizabeth H.» 290
Elizabeth H. ' 420-438
EUzabeth J.« 349
EUzabeth K. ' 539
EUzabeth L. » 459
EUzabeth M. ' 394
EUzabeth M." 535
EUzabeth S. ' 235
Elizabeth V.» 303-359
EUzabeth W.« 352
EUzabeth W. » 414
EUzabeth (Bailey) 448
EUzabeth (Betts) 350
EUzabeth (Burhans) 444
EUzabeth (ComeU) 125
EUzabeth (Freeman) 554
EUzabeth (Gardiner) 430
EUzabeth (Getchell) 87
EUzabeth (Hall) 123
EUzabeth (Hallett) 373
EUzabeth (HoUoway) 539
Elizabeth (Hunt) 246
EUzabeth (Hyde) 86
EUzabeth (Jones) 292
EUzabeth (Knowlton) 479
EUzabeth (LoweU) 158-160
EUzabeth (McManus) 370
EUzabeth (Moore) 274-276
EUzabeth (Nute) 294
EUzabeth (Osgood) 12-65-
66-68
Elizabeth (Pabner) 532
EUzabeth (PhiUips) 280
EUzabeth (Purdy) 458
EUzabeth (Roberts) 461
Elizabeth (Smith) 514
EUzabeth (Teackle) 274
EUzabeth (Tompkins) 337
EUzabeth (Welch) 477
EUzabeth (White) 434
EUzabeth (Wright) 332
Ella' 344
Ella C. ' 378
Ella F. 9 387-390
EUa H. » 458
EUa (Harriman) 511
Ella (Loder) 548
Ella (Paul) 448
EUa (Sanders) 407
Ella (Wood) 359
Ellen « 200
EUen»451
EUen E. » 411-423
EUen G. ' 281
EUen R. » 461
Ellen (Adams) 521
Ellen (Thompson) 445
EUen (Turner) 411
EUen (Warren) 422
EUiott P. « 435
EUiottH."517
Ehna" 533
Elmer H.» 327-434
Elmer W. » 403-514
EUiathan«168
Elnora (MiUen) 494
Eloise (Gibson) 400
Elsie » 460
Elsie M." 545
ElvaP."488
Elvira (Hurd) 406
Elvira (Lancaster) 385
Elvira (TomUnson) 479
Elwin W. 9 406-518
Elwood » 455-547
Elwood K. ' 281-358
Emeline (MerriU) 398
Emilia (Laurie) 493
Emily '280
Emily' 348
Emily W." 530
Emily (Jordan) 392
Emily (MerriU) 412
Emily ( ) 436
Emma 381
Emma' 325
Emma' 419
Emma J.' 324
Emma R. » 386
Emma (Baldwin) 532
Emma (Bennett) 255
Emma (Briggs) 458
Emma (Chapman) 506
Emma (Coleman) 406
Emma (Griffing) 662
Emma (HaUoweU) 358
Emma (Hillyer) 546
Emma (Ordway) 552
Emma (Stout) 509
Emma (Underwood) 523
Emmalyne" 359
Emmanuel S. » 381-485
EmmeUne M.' 254
Emmerson A. » 405-517
EnaC.»410
Enoch* 99
Enos» 168
Enos' 238-305
Enos G.' 307
Ephraim* 91-123-174
Ephriam' 122-124-168-169-
174-175-178
Ephraim « 162-168-170-175-
178-254-259
Ephraim '256
Ephraim F. ' 255
Ephraim M.» 353
Erasmus C. ' 273
Erasmus C 350-459
Erma»464
Ernest P. ' 406-519
Ernest S. » 410-522
Ernest T. M. ' 460
Erwin W. ' 406-518
EsteUa' 326
Estella (Knighton) 326
Esthers 296
Esther '464
Esther" 547
Esther B." 559
Esther F.« 349
Esther (Bowerman) 335
Esther (Cloudman) 296-301
Esther (Field) 270
Esther (Hunter) 344
Esther (Smith) 188
Ethel 9 457
Ethel M.'» 499
Ethel (Gove) 559
Etta E." 548
Etta L. » 403
Etta S.' 329
Etta (Hanson) 508
Etta (Smith) 451
EttieM. 11561
Eugene B." 526
Eugene E." 538
EulaUa P. ' 372
Eunice' 148
Eunice' 218-222-230
Eunice D.' 289
Eunice (Ackers) 295
Eunice (Freeman) 212, 213,
215
Eva" 533
Eva M." 520
Eva (Hodgman) 516
EvaUne (EdsaU) 538
Eveline' 395
Evelyn" 500
Evelyn E." 496
Ezra A. ' 275-354
Ezra S. « 194-196-273
Fannie M.' 325
Fay" 526
Fay B. 11 562
Ferdinand A. » 406
Flavius W. ' 35
Flora (Gilmore) 506
Florence' 417
Florence" 500
Florence A ' 390
Florence B." 530
Florence E. » 436-447
The Quinby Family
579
Florence O.'" 548
Florence (Bigland) 504
Florence (Cole) 550
Florence (Devoe) 544
Florence (Pinkham) 484
Floyd R.>» 541
Francelia (Eastman) 401
Francena A.»»520
Francena (Osborn) 406
Francenia«203
Francenja' 281
Frances" 298-333
Frances C. » 384
Frances E. » 422-463
Frances L.'» 478-541
Frances (Baskett) 541
Frances (Herbon) 511
Frances (Hinckley) 463
Frances (Huelster) 560
Frances (Jordan) 556
Frances (Noyes) 390
Frances (Pearson) 313
Francis * 52
Frames' 128-188
Francis H ' 449
Francis L.« 310-404
Francis T.» 334
Francis W." 347
B. Frank' 15
Frank '431
Frank" 505
Frank A. » 400445-509
Frank A." 479-554
Frank B. ' 255-327
Frank B. ' 462
Frank E. " 403-446
Frank E." 530-563
Frank G. « 392-505
Prank H.» 350-458
Frank H. « 385-412-422-497-
532
Prank L.' 359-462
Frank L. ' 463
Frank P. » 30-449-545
Frank V.'» 525-561
Franklin '395-421-531
Franklin J. ' 280-358
Franklin J.» 358
FrankHn M.» 353
Franklin W. • 423-532
Franklyn' 15-30-381-486
Fred '30-363-473
Fred" 557
Fred A. » 427-532
Fred M." 555
Fred W. » 407-520
Frederick' 211-283
Frederick* 284-296
Frederick A.» 290-363
Frederick A. » 369-412
Frederick B.« 291-364
Frederick B." 476-553
Frederick F.'» 529-562
Frederick F." 33-563
Frederick H. » 364-477
Frederick J.» 356
Frederick J. » 396-505
Frederick J." 506
Frederick M. ' 405-517
Frederick N. » 384-496
Freelove (Haight) 266
Freeman ' 239
Fremont P. » 435
George* 52
George' 175-178-259
George ' 35-219-244-255-264
George* 269-314-324
George" 523-524-560
George" 561
George A.* 7-15-302-324-
393-433-540
George A. » 30
George B.'» 499-555
George C.« 325-433
George E. » 405455-515-547
George E.'» 512-558
George F. 15
George F. ' 254-325
George P. » 372-375-483-484
George F.i» 516-559
George H. ' 256-281-359
George H.i« 481-509
George M.» 347-457
George S. « 368
George T.' 334-437
George T. ' 433-539
George W, ' 224-271-292-
348
George W.* 30-269-293-294-
298-315-332-340-349-
366-373-386-436-450-
458
George W.» 368-369
George W." 498
Georgie R.« 352
Georgie (Richardson) 351
Georgie (Thorn) 546
Gea-ald" 527
Gertrude" 513
Gertrude E. ' 402-434
Gertrude M." 518
Gladys" 552
Gladys M." 555
Glenn" 541
Goldyl" 509
Grace E." 552
Grace M." 515
Grace R.» 359
Grace (Prye) 522
Grace (George) 557
Grace (Kimball) 518
Grace (Patterson) 434
Grace (Ridge) 280
Grace (Spiers) 555
Grant ' 463
Hannah* 84
Hannah' 99-126-127-263
Hannah' 167-183-192-202
Hannah' 246-262-267-268-
270
Hannah' 317
Hannah A.' 354
Hannah E. » 364
Hannah S. ' 276-279
Hannah (Ailes) 279
Hannah (Barnard) 99
Hannah (Barnes) 265
Hannah (Blanchard) 306
Hannah (Bowne) 348
Hannah (Crane) 253
Hannah (Dearborn) 247
Hannah (Good) 197
Hannah (Hanson) 291
Hannah (Haviland) 349
Hannah (Hoyt) 305
Hannah (Kinsey) 131
Hannah (Nason) 387
Hannah (Noyes) 209
Hannah (Sands) 335
Hannah (Scott) 355
Hannah (Spaid) 352
Harold" 561
Harolds." 483
Harold W.' 357-461
Harold W. » 457-548
Harper ' 162
Harrie»455
Harriet ' 233-247-249-264
Harriet' 307-327-509
Harriet "366-419
Harriet" 477
Harriet A. ' 415
Harriet E.» 308
Harriet H.' 294
Harriet J.' 293
Harriet M. » 369
Harriet (Barker) 498
Harriet (Cluff) 523
Harriet (Lyman) 419
Harriet (Mayo) 308
Harriet (Munn) 420
Harriet (Walkinson) 547
Harris H. ' 276-356
Harrison » 431-538
Harrison" 538
Harry B." 499
Harry C ' 255-327
Harry C." 475-551
Harry R.' 360
HattieE." 515-523
HartieM."560
Hattie W. » 373
Hattie (demons) 460
Hattie (Hohnan) 391
Harvev' 239-307
Hazel" 561
Helens." 478
Helen T." 557
Helen W. ' 461
Helen (Gardner) 507
Helen (Lefevre) 478
Helen (Mcintosh) 498
Helen (Nimmo) 548
Helen (Vittum) 564
Henrietta" 396
Henrietta C.» 352
Henrietta (Bowlin) 435
Henrietta (Cutter) 475
Henrietta (Hall) 396
Henry* 52-57-58
Henry' 109-163-165
Henry' 162-164-246
580
The Quinby Family
Henry' 211-247-262-283-
315-334
Henry • 411
Henry" 560
Henry B.» 29-36-286-363-
465-468
Henry B.»» 511-512-557
Henry C.» 299-390
Henry C.'» 30-468-550
Henry D. » 431-536
Henry D.i» 537
Henry F.« 329
Henry J. M."505
Henry M. ' 244
Henry N. ' 451
Henry R. ' 281-359
Henry R. ' 400-437-450-545
Henry S.» 381
HenrvW." 500-556
Herbert F. » 405-516
Herbert M." 500-556
Herbert S.» 330
Herbert T. » 457
Hester A. ' 449
Hester (Kendall) 530
Hiram ' 231-249-297-317
Hiram' 317-419
Homer R." 558
Horace H." 528
Horatio G.» 294
Hosea 41
Howard E.'» 519
Hoyt C. ' 459
HoytM.»°519
Ichabod L. 35
Ida' 417
Ida B.» 329
Ida E. 9 407
Ida M.'» 484-528
Ida (Griggs) 393
Ida (Washburn) 460
Ida (Wiatt) 527
Idella J. > 403
Imogene" 346
Ina (Fose) 494
Inea (Hodgman) 522
Inez (Zetlitz) 537
lone M. « 435
Ira '200
Ira> 316-414
Ira '79-414-526
Ira" 526
Ira B. » 364-475
Ira P. "477
Irvin W. » 405-514
Irving G." 547
Isaac' 161-168 192-240
Isaac ' 242-251-309-322
Isaac C. ' 280-357
Isaac F.s 295-324-375-428
Isaac F. ' 381-393
Isaac G.« 336-445
Isaac H. » 431-535
Isaac R.> 339
Isaac S.» 320
Isaac W.« 333
Isabel D." 521
Isabellc' 313
l8abelleH."509
IsabelIeL.»373
Isabelle (Barr) 355
Isaiah < 91-131-134-136
Isaiah' 128-191
Isaiah' 192-196-198-203-
272-274-276-280
Isaiah H. ' 270-342
Isaiah W. ' 275-354
Iva (Smith) 450
Ivanilla" 497
Jacob < 87
Jacob' 108-161-163
Jacob '152-155-161-162-221
Jacob '223-292
Jacob' 292-339-365
Jacob '364
Jacob H. ' 163
James* 91-122
James'108-1 15-11 6-126-136-
163-168-184-201
James' 163-168-175-178-
207
Jame^s' 239-256-258-265-
267-307
James' 359-463
James '411
James A. 1° 532
James B. ' 400-510
James F." 510-556
James H. ' 251-319
James H.« 314-320-410-421
James H. ' 422-532
James L.« 255-314-327-411
James L. " 411-522
James L." 522
James M. ' 260-332
James M.' 317-415
Jamas M. ' 417-527
James M."527
James R. ' 203-280
James R.« 313
James S. » 449-544
Jemima' 167
Jemima' 251
Jemima (Downer) 250
Jemima (Freeman) 528
Jane^ 115
Jane* 296
Jane" 537
Jane G. ' 200
Jane H.' 308
Jane L. ' 452
Jane 0.» 329
Jane (Brewer) 361
Jane (Brown) 345
Jane (Darrell) 313
Jane (Fell) 197
Jane (Gower) 387
Jane (Hathaway) 324
Jane (McConafiav) 259
Janet E. 554
Janette ' 395
Janette (Freeland) 455
Jean' 187
Jean F." 541
Jean (Pelham) 126
JeanetteB 307
JeanetteG."536
Jeannette (Condis) 53G
Jennie F." 548
Jennie (Elliott) 517
Jennie (Kennedy) 327
Jennie (Perry) 517
Jennie (Place) 563
Jeremiah* 86-108
Jeremiah' 108-162-163
Jeremiah • 161-162-163
Jeremiah P. ' 365
Jerusha C.» 307
Jesse' 359
Jesse' 196
Jesse B. ' 273-350
Jesse C. ' 276-355
Jesse R. ' 255
Jessie" 498
Jessie M.' 351-352
Jessie M."499
Jessie P. 529
Jeston J. » 451
Jethro* 87-108
Joanna ' 253
Job' 136-202-205
Job S.' 335
John' 11-14-28-29-35-36-43-
46-47-48-49-52-54-57-
58-60-62-74-79-112-113
John' 49-52-53-54-63-66-79-
86-88
John* 84-85-88-107-112
John' 107-108-149-161-162
John' 148-161-162-163-
167-168-197-198-211-
212-253-279
John' 223-229-230-238-
239-253-254-270-291-
294-306-344
John' 289-296-327-363
John '363-475
John A.« 323-427
John A. ' 382
John B." 525-561
John C 299-391
John D. V. » 420-530
John E. ' 372-483
John F. ' 455-446
John G. ' 369-431-480-533
John G." 481
John H.' 340-350458
John H. ' 420-458-529
John J. ' 272-349
John J.« 269-297-341-342-
385-451
John L. » 381-463
John M. • 369-481
John 0.« 294-372-374
John O." 563
John P.« 269-339-447
John R. • 413-523
John R." 524
John S.' 335-138
John S. ' 433
John F.« 318
John T. « 400-512-547
The Quinbt Family
581
John W. • 438-542
Johnson M.» 303-395
Johnson • 395
Jonas' 317
Jonothan* 87-91-108-131-
141
Jonothan' 106-108-160-161
163-237
Jonothan* 160-161-163-
200-236
Jonothan '242
Jonothan* 307
Jonothan H.* 291-365
Joseph' 67-87-99-101
Joseph* 65-84-99-100
Joseph' 29-99-109-139-142-
147-148-149-150-154-
155
Joseph' 148-155-164-167-
198-209-224-243-252
Joseph' 211-229-230-243-
244-247-253-284-294-
313
Joseph' 359-464
Joseph B. 494-554
Joseph B.' 30-295-378
Joseph B. » 381-487
Joseph H.' 306-400
Joseph M. > 463
Joseph P. « 170
Joseph R. ' 281-358
Joseph R.' 359-462
Joseph W. ' 249-316
Joseph W.' 310-406
Josephine* 325
Josephine ' 450
Josephine DeB.» 314
Josephine E. ' 275
Josephine E.* 353
Josephine E. » 464
Josephine H." 526
Josephine (Ely) 359
Josephine (Grant) 402
Josephine (Reed) 514
Josephine (Smylie) 541
Joshua' 268
Joshua S.* 343-452
Josiah' 78-79-89-91-92-116
Josiah* 91-115-116
Josiah' 115-125-128-166-
180-189
Josiah' 166-167-187-200-
250-267-280
Josiah ' 250-262-318
Josiah" 319-347
Josiah H. ' 270-341
Josiah H. » 451-546
Josiah K. ' 381
Josiah L. ' 196-279
Jotham ' 249-317
Judith ' 160
Judith (Eaton) 307
Judith (Gould) 106
Judson H.« 336-445
Judson R. » 446-544
Judson S.« 421-531
Julia '255
Juha* 312
Julia A. • 170
Julia A. ' 254
Julia A. > 450
Juha B.' 356
Julia E.' 346
Julia M. • 400
Julia P. • 434
JuKa S. ' 371
Julia G. 461
JuUa (Lee) 448
Julia (Miller) 436
JuUa (Vail) 436
JuMan K.» 327
Justine (Schaller) 475
Juvinia' 345
Juntf » 427
Kate B. P. » 461
Kate G. » 431
Kate (BoUes) 327
Katharine* 87
Katherine' 187
Katherine' 334
Katherine (Hergesheimer)
462
Katherine (McDaniel) 486
Katherine (Moore) 552
Katherine (Snyder) 530
Kathryn" 563
Kenneth M.' 331
Keziah ' 243
Keziah (Bickford) 242
Lathorm * 52
Latimer A. ' 400-512
Laura ' 255
Laura » 455
Laura A.' 307
Laura S. ' 255
Laura (Adams) 255
Laura (Albee) 512
Laura (Chace) 536
Laura (Copeland) 446
Laura (Harlan) 355
Laura (Livingston) 532
Laura (Peck) 435
Laura (Waterman) 435
Laurence ' 244-314
Laurett M. » 399
Laurie J. » 29-381-488 '
Lawrence H.'" 514
Lee B.* 354
LeliaW."528
Lena' 364
Lena V. » 383
Leonard' 306-399
Leonard* 386-497
Leonard C* 294-371-374
Leonore M. A." 525
Le8UeO.'»488
Letitia'207
LetitiaG.* 199-200
Letitia H. ' 280
Lettie (Linford) 455
Lettie (Randall) 359
Levi' 148-168
Levi' 219-231-289-296
Lewis F. » 419-527
Lewis F." 516
Lewis J. • 405-516
Lewis R. ' 255-328
Licera H.» 308
Lillian B. » 373-393
Lillian M.o 391
Lillian M." 516
Lillian (Davis) 515
Lillian (Hehnuth) 513
LiUias' 317
Lillie'450
Lillie J.* 355
LimeM."498
Lily M." 533
Lily (Young) 508
Lina (Cutler) 532
Littleton D. T.» 352-460
Lois '249
Lois O. > 431
Lorenda'243
Lot P. W. 35-36
Louis' 359-463
Louis A." 480
Louis P. » 455-548
Louisa F. » 387
Louisa (Ward) 530
Louise ' 454
Louise" 563
Louise H.'» 521
Louise S. » 413
Lucille" 561
Lucinda M.' 349
Lucinda (Marshall) 405
Lucy' 58
Lucy A. » 369
Lucy E.« 356
Lucy H." 524
Lucy R.'» 477
Lucy (Baldwin) 413
Lucy (Colvin) 478
Lucy (Corliss) 366
Lucy (Griffin) 524
Lucy (Neal) 403
Lucy (Potter) 255
Lucy (Raynes) 475
Lucy (Sargent) 240
Lucy (Titus) 383
Lucy (Van Orden) 453
Lucretia' 293
Lucretia D. » 363
Lulu (Hemphill) 460
Luman V.' 307-401-611
Luther F.» 297-384
Lydia' 66
Lydia' 158-167
Lydia '224-250
Lydia A. ' 273
Lydia B.» 291
Lydia E. » 386
Lydia P:." 477
Lydia J.' 315
Lydia (Balderston) 193-196
Lydia (Clements) 223
Lydia (Hoyt) 99
Lydia (Johnson) 404
Lydia (?Lyon) 249
Lydia (Marquette) 523
582
The Quinbt FAMOiT
Lydia (Marlin) 464
Lydia (Whitney) 406
Mabel" 360
Mabel" 457
Mabel»i 554
Mabel A. » 410
Mabel A." 499
Mabel N." 479
Mabel S. » 449
Mabel (Austin) 514
Mabel (McCracken) 532
Mabel (WeUington) 462
Ma<loraF.'»525
Malleville (Royal) 520
Manfred DeH. ' 427
Maplet'267
Mai-garet' 279-280
Margaret* 319-330
Margaret'" 538
Margaret P. » 459
Margaret T. » 460
Margaret U.» 352
Margaret W. ' 462
Margaret (Cook) 384
Margaret (Cowan) 327
Margaret (Dalley) 318
Margaret (Hudnet) 420
Margaret (Jennyss) 537
Margaret (Malloy) 536
Margaret (Munson) 348
MargarettaM."528
Margery J. C."'504
Marguerette" 558
Marguerite' 435
Maria' 247
Maria* 290-317
Maria (Davis) 450
Maria (Stimpson) 550
Mariah A. » 400
Mariah (Tyler) 400
Marianna* 324
Marianna (Young) 535
Marie A. ' 417
Marietta* 340
Marion A.' » 483
Marion S.i« 521
Marion (Newell) 390
Mark E.« 359-464
Markie » 449
Marshall H. » 386-497
Martha* 91
Martha' 115-128-136
Martha « 167-202
Martha ' 230-251-253
Martha* 313-319
Martha'" 483
Martha C* 295
Martha C. » 371-464
Martha H.* 337
Martha M. » 419
Martha S. » 423
Martha (BedeU) 319
Martha (Cadwallader) 205
Martha (Clark) 294
Martha (Dow) 516
Martha (Eastman) 99
Martha (Jones) 254
Martha (Norbury) 438
Martha (Page) 284
Martha (Roife) 372
Martha (Sanborn) 406
Martha (Stephenson) 452
Martha (Tichenor) 318
Martha (Westgate) SIS
Martha (Wright) 309
Mary' 79
Mary* 52-88
Mary' 116-124-125-134
Mary*147-148-161-164-
175-178-183-187-191-
196-202
Mary '223-230-233-238-239-
244-254-262-280
Mary* 291-293-307-308-
316-327-329
Mary » 372-378-387-393-
414-418
Maryi" 523
Mary A. ' 247-264-281
Mary A.* 289-298-339
Mary A. « 397-400-432-438
Mary A. '» 479-524-539
Mary D.* 329
Mary D.'» 530
Mary E. ' 273
Mary E.* 314-342-348-350-
353
Mary E. » 371-400-403-419-
446-447
Maty E.'» 328-542
Marv F.* 315
Mary F. » 391
Mary G.'° 529
Mary G. L.'" 505
Mary H.* 334
Mary I.* 346
Mary J.* 128
Mary J. « 192
Mary J. ' 272
Mary J.* 345-349
Mary J. » 364-413
Mary L.* 359
Marj' M. ' 270
Mary P. ' 445
Mary B,.« 340
Mary S.* 335-351
Mary T.* 290
Mary V. » 385
Mary W.» 303-360
Mary W. » 424-452
Mary ( ) 84
Mary (Abbey) 325
Mary (Armour) 315
Mary (Bailey) 514
Mary (Baldwin) 249-317
Mary (Barbour) 295
Mary (Barker) 497
Mary (Casey) 527
Marv (Chesney) 273
Mary (Condit) 418
Mary (Eaton) 480
Mary (Elmer) 252
Mary (Gahn) 457
Mary (George) 238
Mary (Goodwin) 297
Mary (Gray) 420
Mary (GriflSn) 272
Mary (Haskell) 139-147
Mary (Hoose) 542
Mary (Hudson) 660
Mary (HuU) 529
Mary (Hunt) 263
Mary (Jordan) 553
Mary (Lavierre) 513
Mary (Leek) 196
Mary (Lees) 358
Mary (Miner) 446
Mary (Molyneux) 89-90-
113
Mary (Montgomery) 344
Mary (Moulton) 364
Mary (Mudgett) 86
Mary (Nelson) 410
Mary (Newitt) 358
Mary (Norris) 495
Mary (Paine) 328
Mary (Parsons) 496
Mary (Pendexter) 372
Mary (Proctor) 557
Mary (Pulsifer) 520
Mary (Roberts) 302
Mary (Sharp) 529
Mary (Shaw) 506
Mary (Simpson) 350
Mary (Sleeper) 314
Mary (Sneden) 433
Mary (Stacy) 481
Mary (Thayer) 481
Mary (Thoms) 479
Mary (Thome) 130
Mary (Titcomb) 289-290
Mary (Tropple) 561
Mary (True) 397
Mary (Underbill) 192
Mary (Walter) 544
Mary (Wilbur) 336
Mary (WoodhaU) 563
Mary (Zeh) 445
Maryett » 399
Matilda' 264
Matilda (Ailes) 279
Matilda (Williams) 419
Mattie B.» 350
Maud ' 279
Maud » 446
Maud (Davis) 556
Maud (Jordan) 461
Maud (Stickney) 513
Maurice* 358
May'" 498
May C. » 455
May E. » 451
May (Buck) 488
May (Dunbar) 484
May (Garrison) 451
May (McKay) 531
May (Smith) 486
Mehitable (Waldron) 246-
315
MelviUe G. C.» 30-299-391
Mellicent H.'»545
MeUicent (Lane) 190
Melissa D.* 310
The Quinby Family
583
Mercy • 183
Mercy A. ' 276
Mercy (Kendrick) 307
Mercy (Tripp) 445
Methyl E." 484
Michael '243-310
Milan W.' 310-403
Mildred A. "484
Mildred A." 563
Mildred J." 556
Mills R. > 435
MiUyi» 548
Milton H." 545
Minerva M. ' 427
Minerva R.i» 488
Minerva (Moody) 427
Minnie* 325
Minnie J.' 349
Minnie (Beal) 329
Minnie (Blodgett) 541
Minnie (Comings) 521
Minnie (Davis) 496
Minnie (Martin) 457
Miriam • 193-196
Miriam E. ' 275
Miriam E.»« 517
Miriam S.« 356
Miriam (Betts) 131-134
Miriam (Waldron) 444
Monroe" 557
Morris A. » 413
Morris Z. » 445
Moses' 91-126
Moses" 99-108-125-135-182-
197-201
Moses' 155-156-161-164-
167-168-170-186-187-
198-231-246-249-265
Moses' 219-233-246-251-
270-286-296-299-314-
345
Moses* 29-319-335-438
Moses '413-523
Moses E.» 314-411
Moses F.8 312
Moses r. « 192-270
Munroe T. • 400-510
Muriel" 561
Muriel (Proctor) 505
Myra E. « 427
Myra J. ' 371
Myron E." 519
Nancy' 170-175-178
Nancy ' 224-234-256
Nancy A.» 292-350
Nancy DeF. ' 255
Nancy E.» 353
Nancy L. ' 260
Nancy L.' 329
Nancy (Farrand) 421
Nancy (Foster) 371
Nancy (Moody) 273
Nancy (Ryno) 437
Nancy (Williams) 318
Nancy (Wright) 326
Naomi ' 262
Nathan ' 156-230
Nathan' 296-384
Nathaniel* 168
NeDieA."505
Nellie B.>» 515
Nellie C. • 447
NeUie J. ' 437
NelUe (Baker) 434
Nellie (Oliver) 461
Nellie (Curtis) 332
Nellie (Murry) 365
Nettie (Montz) 333
Niletta" 548
Niletta C. • 455
Nola»461
Nora A.* 355
Nora (Haywood) 514
Obediah ' 187-266
Obediah P. » 448
M. Octavia (Cole) 465-467
Olive E. 9 437
OUve F. W. » 436
Olive (Hampson) 372
Olive (Thompson) 395
Olive (Woodman) 363
Oliver* 459
Oliver ■« 548
OUver B. » 370481
OUver H.» 293-370
Olivia '255
Olivia (Rankin) 254
OhieyA.«»521
Ohiey D. » 407-521
Olney F.* 310-406-407
Onnolie»437
OpheUa* 341
Ophelia (Flewellin) 454
Oran DeH. » 462
Orin*358
Orin W. » 386-497
Orlando* 317-418
Orlando' 419
Orlando S.* 304-397
Otis' 419
Otto M." 561
Parke' 170
Patience (Gaige) 335
Patience (Rounds) 294
Paul ' 162
Paul ' 462
Paul B. » 437
Paul De H.' 358-462
Paul L. » 412-434
Paul W. » 459
Paul van C." 531
Pearl (Thompson) 488
Penelope (Fifield) 310
Percis (Gee) 309
Percy A." 505
Perry E." 517
Phanny P.* 339
Phebe* 91
Phebe' 124
Philene or Filenah* 124
Philena E. ' 273
Philip 2 67
Philip* 87-108
Philip' 109
PhiUp • 165-247
Philip '247-315
Phineas F. » 422
Phineas P.* 30
Phoebe» 126-128-135
Phoebe' 186-189-191-192-
196
Phoebe' 251-265-268-280
Phoebe* 323-345
Phoebe A.* 30-319
Phoebe H.* 318
Phoebe J. '442-444
Phoebe M.* 336
Phoebe P. • 445-461
Phoebe (Harrison) 260
Phoebe (Hedden) 250
Phoebe (Howland) 269
Phoebe (Larrabee) 298
Phoebe (Sutton) 264
Phoebe (Sweazy) 416
Phoebe (Underhill) 187
Phoebe (Vail) 189
PhyUi8M."504
Porter H.* 356
Priscilla" 481
Priscilla (Teague) 249
Proctor* 308
Quincy A. ' 255-326
Rachel' 135
Rachel' 164-196-198-202-
207
Rachel* 319
Rachel S. ' 251
RAchel (Colson) 384
Rachel (Morrill) 99
Rachel (Pugsley) 339
Rach^ (Warford) 131-133-
134
Ralph A." 476-551
Ralph C." 484
Raymond C. ' 403
Raymonds. "522
Rebecca' 148-170-207
Rebecca' 222-230
Rebecca F.« 303
Rebecca (Hixon) 259
Rebecca (Proctor) 308
Rebecca (Walker) 297
Reliance (Cloudman) 296
Reuben ' 268-269-340
Rhoda* 316
Rhoda P.* 296
Rhoda (Tompkins) 316
Richard '264^271
Richard A. « 46-48
Ripley '454
Robert '7-8-11 -14-29-35-36-
54-60-62-63-64-66-67-
68-69
Robert' 47-49-66-81-84
Robert, < 87-108
Robert' 100-108-115-167
Robert' 158-168-234
Robert '235-303
Robert C. ' 436-541
584
The Quinby Family
Robert E.'« 540
Robert H.» 350
Robert H." 509
Robert L. ' 398
Robert L.»° 541
Robert .S.» 290
Robert W. ' 420-530
Romeo A. ' 408-521
Rosa A.'" 509
Rosamond '239
Rosamond C.» 313
Rose (LabouBty) 510
RoscoeK.s 402-513
Rosina (Partridge) 230
Rowena M. H. » 384
Roxana (Emerson) 386
Roy" 561
Rudolph' 314-410
Rufus»314
Rufus M." 558
Ruth '241-250
Ruth' 431
Ruth" 536
Ruth I." 516
Ruth (Cook) 160-161
Ruth (Robinson) 549
Ruth (Scarborough) 280
Sadie" 325
Sadie (Washburn) 545
SaUy (Brackett) 233
Sally (Jameson) 297
Samuel* 91-122
Samuel' 99-108-124-128-134-
162-168-186
Samuel" 162-170-175-178-
187-254-255
Samuel' 224-256-259-267-
268-293-335
Samuel A. ' 255-327
Samuel C. ' 255
Samuel F. » 422
Samuel H.» 339
Samuel J.' 336
Samuel L.s 359-462
Samuel L. • 398
Sarah* 87-88
Sarah' 124-135
Sarah « 148-158-167-169-
179-186-192-198-207
Sarah ' 224-231-234-239-
242-249
Sarah" 315-324
Sarah A. ' 275
Sarah A." 303-320-337
Sarah A. » 387
Sarah B. ' 260
Sarah E.« 299
Sarah E. » 389-412
Sarah F. » 372-418
Sarah J.« 343
Sarah J. ' 395-454
Sarah M. » 437
Sarah T. ' 254
Sarah (Barker) 498
Sarah (Barmore) 340
Sarah (Batcheler) 297
Sarah (Billings) 262
Sarah (Bradley) 157
Sarah (Canfield) 424
Sarah (Chase) 309
Sarah (DeHart) 322
Sarah (Delamater) 438
Sarah (Fitts) 156-158
Sarah (Fqsb) 247
Sarah (Harrison) 431
Sarah (Howell) 438
Sarah (Lake) 523
Sarah (Lane) 397
Sarah (Peck) 318
Sarah (Purinton) 292
Sarah (Putford) 555
Sarah (Ross) 252
Sarah (Saigeot) 234
Sarah (Smith) 253
Sarah (Stover) 314
Sarah (Towne) 399
Sarah (Tripp) 266
Sarah (Turner) 334
Sarah (Van Fleet) 530
Sarah (Waldron) 292
Sarah (Weeks) 333
Sarah (White) 254
Sarah (Wood) 381
Sarah (Wooster) 130
Sidney* 329
Sidney T." 545
Silas '243-310
Silas" 316-413
Silas E.» 42-161-312-408
Silvia" 521
Simeon" 156-233
Simeon '231-297
Smith F. • 422
Solomon" 112
Solomon • 168
Sophia (Moore) 256
Sophie B.» 307
Sophronia" 293
Sophronia (Spalding) 258
Stanley B. • 422
Stanley F. » 421-530
StatiraA.'»524
SteUa H. » 449
Stella (CrS,m) 521
Stephen" 161
Stephen ' 242-308
Stephen C.» 354-460
Stephen DeH. » 420-530
Stephen F. » 419
Susan '239-244-246
Susan" 326
Susan "448
Susan A." 314-315
Susan A. "412
Susan M. • 399
Susan S. ' 260
Susan (Ballard) 383
Susan (Brown) 478
Susan (Carpenter) 340
Susan (Hunt) 449
Susan (Hunter) 345
Susan (Judd) 614
Susan (Wilson) 512
Susannah" 128
Susannah' 313
Susannah F.» 337
Susannah (Baldwin) 250
Susannah (Currier) 164
Susannah (Harvey) 238
Sylphia L. » 381
Sylphio L. • 381
Sylvia'" 486
Sylvester" 329
Tabitha" 136
Tamar'266
Tamsen'231
Tamsen" 297
Tamsen (Wentworth) 221
Teresa" 170
Teresa '254
Teresa C. ' 255
Theodore N." 324
Theodore E." 30-500-555
Theodosia fMoiiIton) 365
Thomas" 28-60-62-65
Thomas' 47-49-54-66
Thomas" 148-162-211
Thomas' 35-218-238-244-
258-270-305-313-345
Thomas" 289-314-361
Thomas "414-527
Thomas B.« 352459
Thomas F. » 363-474
Thomas H. ' 279
Thomas H. » 449
Thomas M. ' 275-353
Thomas M. » 400
Thomas R. • 460
Thomas S. » 438-541
Thomas W.« 42-156-304-398
Thayer" 481
Timothy" 108-162
Timothy "162
Timothy J." 291
Tina 461
Tracy" 329
Tirzah (Bensley) 523
Tristram" 108-162
Upshur B. ' 35-274-351
UnderhiU' 268-340
Ursula "399
Valentine H.« 343-452
Vera H." 519
Vera L»» 488
Vema (Salisbury) 328
Violet" 359
Vinnie (York) 328
Virgil V." 487
Walden»417
WaUace E. • 436
Walter '264-334
Walter" 524
Walter A. "533
Walter A." 561
Walter DeL." 334
Walter G. • 423
Walter M.« 332
Walter S.« 358
Walter U. ' 271-347-348
The Quinbt Family
585
Wareham M.' 307-400
Wairen B. • 175-17»-258
Warren B. » 423
Watson F. ' 15-280-356-461
Wertz" 539
Weslev* 346
Wilber C.» 360
Wilbur B.» 310-405
Wilfred* 447-544
Wilfred S.« 357-461
Wilhelmina (Moffett) 259
WiUard » 423-532
Willard" 532
Willet J.« 346-457
William' 7-9-11-14-29-36-
41-54-60-63-67-75-76
William* 28
WiUiam' 66-81-82-84 '
Wilbam« 81-84-99
WilHam' 99
William* 162-191-269
WiUiam' 244-254-258-259-
266-329-334
William' 325-327
William '395-421
WiUiam" 524-540
William A. » 375-386-498
WilUam B. • 175-178-258
WilUam B. » 387-413-524
William C. 381-493 494
William C. ' 247
William C.« 334-437
WilUam C. » 399
William C." 530
William D. • 162
William D.» 319-420
William D.'» 539
WiUiam DeH.» 323-424
William E.» 331
William E.« 29-30-387-407-
499-520
WilUam E." 525-561
William F.'« 522
WilUam G." 529
WiUiam H.« 342-346451-
455
WilUam H.» 403-431-448-
452-513
WiUiam J.« 297-385
WilUam K.» 326
WiUiam M.« 298-387
WiUiam M. • 366-450-477
WiUiam 0'G.'» 527-562
WilUam P.» 328434
WiUiam P. » 33-387-499
WiUiam S. ' 253-324
WiUiam S. » 422-435
WiUiam T. ' 258-328
WiUiam U. ' 460-549
Wmiam W. » 423
Winifred B.»» 519
Winifred C.>« 509
Winifred F." 500
Xoa»397
Zachariah < 161
INDEX
Surnames other than Quinby (Quimby)
Figures refer to pages.
Names of mamed women have their maiden names in parentheses.
Abbott
Alfred M. 354
Nancy' (Quinby) 353
Adams
Abbie J. 269
Abigail' (Quinby) 341
Ellen M. 521
Laura A. 255
Walker B. 269-341
.Ailcs
Hannah 279
Matilda 279
Akers
Eunice 295
Alden
Charles 234
Nancy' (Quinby) 234
Allen
Isaac 196
Mary' (Quinby) 196
Alton
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 79
Erasmus 79
Alvord
Frank 355
John 355
LilUe' (Quinby) 355
Anderson
Clifford L. 402
Gertrude' (Quimby) 402
Andrews
Charles F. 41-60
Andrews
Mathew 273
PhilenaE.' (Quinby) 273
Armitage
James 202
Mary' (Quinby) 202
Amon
Clara S. 410
Armour
Mary Jane 315
Ashby
Edward Quenby 22
Shuchburgh 22
Thomas 34
Atkinson
Hannah' (Quinby) 202
Thomas 202
Austin
Mabel A. 514
Averill
Ann T. 385
Ayer
Frederick E. 373
Isabelle" (Quinby) 373
Babb
John 296
Rhoda P.» (Quinby) 296
Bagwell
Catherine D. 459
Bailey
Catherine 329
Cornelia B.' (Quinby) 347
Edwin S. 403
Eliza 294
Ehzabeth 448
Etta' (Quimby) 403
John C. 347
Mary G. 514
Baker
Daniel 167-249
Deborah' (Quinby) 249
Jemina • (Quinby) 167
NeUie M. 434
Batch
Florence 44
Balderston
Lydia 196
Baldwin
Emma H. 532
Lucy T. 413
Mary 249-317
Susannah 250
Ball
AdeUa S. 431
Ballard
Susan P. 383
Bancroft
Alice E. 483
Barbour
Mary 295
Barcroft
Ambrose 135
Phoebe' (Quinby) 135
Barger
Edith 560
Barker
Harriet 498
Mary 497
Sarah 498
Barmore
Anna 338
Sarah 340
Barnard
Hannah 99
Barnes
Hannah 265
Barr
Isabelle 355
Barrett
Josiah 87
Katharine' (Quinby) 87
Bartels
Charlotte 364
Barton
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 349
Isaac H. 349
Phoebe' (Quinby) 126
Solomon 126
Bartow
Basil' 124
Mary* (Quinby) 124
Bascom
Elias 239
Rosamond' (Quinby) 239
Baskett
Frances B. 541
Batchelor
Sarah 297
Beach
Edwin H. 389
Sarah » (Quinby) 389
Beal
Minnie 329
Beals
John W. 500
Winifred" (Quinby) 500
Beaver
Miriam E. ' (Quinby) 275
Peter 275
Bedell
Marietta' 269
Martha 319
Beebe
EUa (Reeves) 170
Wm. H. 170
Bell
David 244
Ehzabeth' (Quinby) 244
Beniamin
Blanche' (Quimby) 407
Elton O. 407
Bensley
Tirzah 523
Betts
Ehzabeth 350
Miriam 131
Bett
Joseph C. 273
Lydia Ann ' (Quinby) 273
Bickford
Keziah 242
Biege
Carohne' (Quinby) 333
Henry J. 333
Bigland
Florence 504
588
The Quinby Family
Billins
Bathsheba" (Quinby) 183
James 183
Billings
Sarah 262
Birdsall
Henry 345
Mary Jane' (Quinby) 345
BischoS
Stella' (Quinby) 449
William 449
Black
Catherine' (Quinby) 330
Walter von Hann 330
Blackfan
John 136
Martha' (Quinby) 136
Blackmore
Amma 174-178
Blair
Richard 412
Sarah' (Quinby) 412
Blaisdell
Anne* 108
Blanchard
Hannah 306
Blodgett
Minnie S. 541
Bolger
Henry L. 313
Rosamond' (Quinby) 313
BoUes
Kate 327
Boothby
John F. 371 >
Juha' (Quinby) 371
Borcherling
Charles A. 417
EUza» (Quinby) 417
Boston
Almira 365
EUjah 364
Mary» (Quinby) 364
Bowerman
Esther 335
BowUn
Henrietta M. 435
Bowne
EUzabeth' (Quinby) 126
Hannah 348
Mathew 126
Boyd
Anna 355
Catherine 259
Bracey
Levi 223 i
Mary' (Quinby) 223
Brad en
Edith R. 559
Brackett
Sally 233
Bradburv
Charlra 366
Harriet' (Quinby) 366
Bradley
Sarah 157
Bradshaw
Phoebe» (Quinby) 336
Valentine 336
Brewer
Jane K 361
Brewster
John L. 243
Keziah' (Quinby) 243
EUzabeth • (Quinby) 183
Emma 458
James 183
Brittain
Amelia 513
Brittin
Ann J. 280
Lydia' (Quinby) 250
Stephen P. 250
Brolwt
Edwin 329
Ida" (Quinby) 329
Brooks
Cordelia 366
Broughton
Fannie* (Quinby) 325
Brown
Catherine G. 375
Edward 399
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 134
George L. 355
Jane 345
Joseph 134
Marion L. 273
Mary E. ' (Quinby) 273
Nora 8 (Quinby) 355
Susan' (Quimby) 399
Susan D. 478
Bruce
Grace (Quimby) 515
Robert H. 515
Brusie
Diana I. 450
Bryant
John 387
Mary' (Quinby) 387
Buck
May 488
Buckley
Aureliza 421
Budd
Daniel 170
Elizabeth « (Quinby) 170
Bumside
Catherine 414
Burton
Asher S. 450
Lillie' (Quinby) 450
Butler
John F. 312
Juha' (Quimby) 312
Cadwallader
Martha 205
Calverley '
John H. 315
Susan* (Quinby) 315
Camp
Candace (Quinby) 468
Hugh N. 468
Canfield
Sarah L. 424
Carpenter
Abigail 266
Elizabeth 184
Hannah ' (Quinby) 270
Joseph T. 270
Susan 340
Can-
Arian ' (Quinby) 414
Charles H. 414
Carver
Conrad G. 170
Teresa" (Quinby) 170
Casey
Mary V. 527
Castle
Mary ' (Quinby) 424
Wilmot 424
Chace
Laura M. 536
Chadwick
Susan ' (Quinby) 448
William A. 448
Chandler
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 109
Chapman
Alice 403
Enuna 506
Isaac 136
Joseph 135
Martha' (Quinby) 136
Tabitha" (Quinby) 135-
136
Chase
Chio M. 309
Dorothy' (Quinby) 243
Elizabeth* (Quinby) 303
Jacob 243
Sarah 309
Sidney B. 303
Chesney
Mary 273
Churchill
Lewis 241
Ruth' (Quinby) 241
Clapp
Dorcas* (Quinby) 91
John 91
Clark
Francenia' (Quinby) 281
Josiah 84
Martha 294
Smith 281
Clement
Oliver 238
Mary' (Quinby) 238
Clements
Lydia 223
Clemens
Hattie 460
Clinkinbeard
Cora A. 488
Cliver
NelUe 461
Cloudman
Daniel 296
Esther* (Quinby) 296
Esther 296-301
Reliance 296-299
Thb Quinbt Family
589
Cluff
Harriet 523
Cobb
Almedia 388
Emma" (Quinby) 324
Eunice* (Quinby) 148
Fred 395
George M. 324
Sarah' (Quinby) 395
William 148
Cohen
Harriet' (Quinby) 327
Reuben 327
Colbv
David « 161
Elizabeth ' (Quinby) 241
Jonathan 241
Mary • (Quinby) 161
Cole
Florence A. 550
Joanna' (Quinby) 253
Lemuel C. 253
M. Octavia 465-467
Coleman
Charles D. 449
Emma S. 406
Hester » (Quinbv) 449
CoUier
Carolme 526
EUe J. 526
Collins
Elijah A. 268
Eliza' (Quinby) 268-269
James W. 313
Susannah' (Quinby) 313
Colson
Rachel S. 384
Colvin
Lucy 478
Comings
Minnie 521
Condit
Jeannette W. 536
Mary B. 418
Connett
O E 420
Elizabeth » (Quinby) 420
Cook
Charles 255
Margaret G. 384
Olivia' (Quinby) 255
Ruth 160
Co(^er
J. F. 516
Ruth" (Quimby) 516
Copeland
Laura D. 446
Corliss
Lucy A. 366
Cornell
Eliza 116
EUzabeth' 125
Ferris' 128
Hannah 112-116
Hannah' (Quinby) 128
John • 128
Mary' (Quinby) 116
Mary Jane" (Quinby) 128
Cornell
Richard 120
William 116
William « 128
Cowan
Margaret 327
Cowdrey
Eleanor* (Quinby) 330
Thomas O. 330
Cox
Caroline 450
Eliza' (Quinby) 264
Isaac 230
Martha' (Quinby) 230
Samuel 264
Crafts
Sophia (Moore) 256
Cram
SteUa F. 521
Cramer
Eliza 353
Crane
Hannah 253
Crawford
Annie 345
Croasdale
Anne* (Quinby) 134
Jeremiah 134
Crocker
Eliza 391
Crossley
Frank 560
Hattie" (Quinby) 560
Currier
Ann' (Quinby) 99
Elijah 99
George 314
Mary E.' (Quinby) 314
Susannah 164
Archibald 423
Martha' (Quinby) 423
Curtis
NelUe M. 332
Curwen
Edith M. 544
Cutler
Benjamin 193-196
Chalkley B. 193
Lina F. 532
Miiiam (Quinby) 193-196
Cutter
Henrietta 475
Daicy
Annie 483
Dalley
Margaret 318
Danforth
Anna '(Quinby) 165
Joseph 165
Davis
Eleanor* (Quinby) 87
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 320
John 87
Joseph 320
Lillian C. 615
Maria R. 450
Maude R. 556
Minnie 496
Day
Albert F. 371
Eunice' (Quinby) 21.S
Ezekiel 218
Dean
Charles E. 525
Clafa M. 661
Madora" (Quinby) 526
Rhoda' (Quinby) 316
Viner 317
Dearborn
Hannah 247
Dederer
E. C. 450
JuUa» (Quinby) 450
Deforest
Isaac 170
Nancy ' (Quinby) 170
DeHart
Daniel 251
Phoebe' (Quinby) 251
Martha' (Quinby) 261
Sarah 322
Stephen 261
Delamater
Sarah 438
Dereaux
AdeUa P. 338
Derickson
Bayard 358
Elgarda' (Quinby) 368
Devoe
Florence M. 544
Devore
Emma (Quinby) 381
Warren 381
Dodge
James 449
Mabel' (Quinby) 449
Donnell
Cora L. 553
Darrell
Jane 313
Dow
Martha L. 516
Downer
Jemima 260
Draper
Catherine A. 334
Duble
Caroline (McCool) 196
Jonothan 196
Dunbar
May I. 484
Dutton
George W. 297
Tamsen' (Quimby) 297
Dyer
Greeley H. 303
Mary W.« (Quinby) 303
Eastman
Dorothy* (Quinby) 87
Eliza Ann' (Quinby) 295
- Francelia 401
Jeremiah 87
Joseph 87
Joseph R. 296
Martha 99
590
The Quinbt Family
Eaton
Adelaide' (Quinby) 369
Judith 307
Mary S. 480
Walter 369
Edwards
David 317 t
Helen" (Quimby) 557
Rhoda' (Quinby) 316
Samuel S. 557
Edsall
Evaline 538
Elmer
Mary 252
Elliott
Jennie M. 517
Ellis
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 413
Larkin 413
Ely
Josephine 359
Emerson
David 246
Hannah ' (Quinby) 246
Roxana 386
Emery
Anna 505
Estabrook
Goldyl" (Quimby) 509
Harry F. 509
Evans
Charles G. 352
Jessie M.« (Quinby) 352
Famham
Marv ' (Quinbv) 239
William 239
Farrand
Electa 319
Nancy B. 421
Farwell
C. H. 477
Lydia (Quimby) 477
Field
Esther 270
Marys (Quinby) 125
Uridh 125
Fifield
Penelope 310
Fitts
Sarah 156
Fitzgerald
Annie' (Quinbv) 324
James S. 324
Flesher
Josephine* (Quinby) 325
Flewellin
Ophelia 454
Foote
Mary' (Quinby) 414
Moses W. 414
Force
Hffliry 249
Lois' (Quinby) 249
Fobs
Ina B. 494
Sarah 247
Foster
Agnes 498
Nancy 371
Fowler
Benjamin A. 390
Ella' (Quinby) 390
John 191
Mary' (Quinby) 191
Franklin
Edgar 352
Margaret' (Quinby) 352
Frazier
Adeline 500-502
Frye
Grace E. 522
Fuller
Eva" (Quimby) 520
Marion M. 521
Funiak
Ernest A.de 500
Florence" (Quinby) 500
Freeland
Janette L. 455
PVeeman
Elizabeth H. 554
Eunice' 213-218
Jemima D. 528
Joshua' 213-218
Freidel
Grant 447
Mary ' (Quinb^) 447
French
Caroline' (Quinby) 264
Charles D. 264
Hannah ' (Quinby) 364
Samuel E. 364
Gahn
Mary D. 457
Gaige
Patience 335
Gale
Abigail' (Quinby) 304
Alonzo E. 356
Daniel 234
Daniel Q. 304
Lucy' (Quinby) 356
Sarah' (Quinby) 234
Gallimore
Douglas 524
Statira" (Quinby) 524
GalluD
Doilie 519
Gallupe
R. W. 384
Rowena ' (Quinby) 384
Gardner
Charles A. 372
Helen S. 507
Sarah ' (Quinby) 372
Garrison , ,
May Ann 451
Gassett
Caroline' (Quimby) 403
Ernest W. 403
Gates
Levi S. 419
Mary ' (Quinby) 419
Gee
Annie 528
Percife 309
George '
Grace M. 557
Laura A.' (Quimby) 307
Mary 238
Royal 307
Getchell
Elizabeth' 87
Gibson
Eloise 400
Giffin
Annie 356
Lucy E. 524
Gilbert
Hattie" (Quinby) 560
William 560
Gill
Charles F. 350
Nancy' (Quinby) 350
GiUette
George M. 275
Mercy A. ' (Quinby) 275
Gilman
Albert J. 499
Mabel" (Quinby) 499
Gihnore
Flora E. 506
Girling
Mary ' (Quinby) 175
Thomas 175
Good
Hannah 197
Margaret 201
Gooding
Charles H. 384
Frances' (Quinby) 384
Rowena' (Quinby) 384
Samuel D. 384
Goodspeed
John F. 498
May" (Quinby) 498
Goodwin
Mary 297
Gould
Judith 106
Gove
Ethel I. 559
Gower
Jane L. 387
Grant
Addle" (Quinby) 505
Alpha J. 505
Josephine I. 402
Gray
Mary 420
Green
Rachel' (Quinby) 251
Robert A. 251
Greene
George R. 526
Josephine" (Quinby) 526
Greenleaf
Charles W. 265
Phoebe' (Quinby) 265
Griffin
Caleb 267
The Quinbt Pamilt
591
Daniel 192
Deborah' (Quinby) 267
Dorcas* (Quinby) 91
Hannah* (Quinby) 192
Job 191
John 91
Maplet' (Quinby) 267
Mary 272
Merritt 267
Phoebe" (Quinby) 191
GrifBng
Emma L. 562
Griffith
Ann* (Quinby) 336
Joel M. 336
Griggs
Ida E. 393
Guild
Alvin 278
Josephine (Washburn)
275-278
Gumee
Isaac Q. 42
Marianna' (Quinby) 324
William Z. 324
Guyton
Anna 326-434
Hadley
Lena» (Quinby) 383
William 383
Hadlock
Anne 87
Haight
Caroline' (Quinby) 265
Deborah 78-79-341
Franklin C. 265
Freelove 266
Reuben 128
Susannah' (Quinby) 128
Haines
Abraham W. 200
Letitia ' (Quinby) 200
Haldeman
Edda» (Quinby) 357
Isaac 357
Hale
Henrietta' (Quinby) 352
Robert C. 352
HaU
Elizabeth 123
Guy S. 515
Hattie'» (Quimby) 515
Henrietta 396
Jacob 291
Lydia' (Quinby) 291
Hailett
Elizabeth H. 373
Hallock
John 91
Jonothan 183
Martha* (Quinby) 91
Mercy • (Quinby) 183
Halstead
Anne 260
Hampton
Joseph 207
Rebecca* (Quinby) 207
Hampson
John A. 373
Lillian" (Quinby) 373
Olive A. 372
Hanson
Etta A. 508
Hannah 291
Hanway
Bertha' (Quinbv) 422
Thomas H. 422
Harlan
Anna* (Quinby) 200
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 198
Joshua 198-200
Laura L. 355
Harrigal
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 314
J. G. 314
Harriman
Ella J. 511
Harrington
Annie E. 519
Harrison
Martha 166
Phoebe 250
Sarah L. 431
Hartung
Frederick 346
Julia E.» (Quinby) 346
Harvey
John 228
Rachel* (Quinby) 164
Susannah 238
Thomas 164
Haskell
Mary 139
Solomon 155
Hatch
Eleanora'o (Quinby) 495
Herbert C. 496
Hathaway
Agnes » (Quinby) 390
Edward W. 390
Jane 324
Haven
George 399
Laurett" (Quimby) 399
Haviland
Hannah G. 349
Phoebe* (Quinby) 342
WiUiam C. 342
Hawes
Andrew 210
EUa C. ' (Quinby) 378
Henry H. 378
Martin 289
Mary Ann' (Quinby) 289
Hawthorne
Lillian' (Quinby) 391
William B. 391
Hayden
Edwin 329
John C. 337
Martha' (Quinby) 337
Mary' (Quinby) 329
Haymaker
Abigail' (Quinby) 256
Jesse 256
Haywood
Nora E. 514
Heaton
Elizabeth* (Quinby) 175-
178-254
WilUams 175-254
Hedden
Phoebe 250
Hedenberg
Anna" (Quinby) 390
Charles W. 390
Helmuth
LiUian E. 513
Hemphill
Lulu B. 460
Hendryx
T C 255
Teresa' (Quinby) 255
Herbon
Frances A. 511
Hergesheimer
Katherine A. 462
Achsah' (Quinby) 255
Jacob 255
Hewitt
Daniel 329
Etta* (Quinby) 329
Hiler
EUen" (Quinby) 423
George 423
Hill
Harriet" (Quinby) 369
Hollis B. 369
Hillyer
Emma S. 546
Hinckley
Frances E. P. 463
Hixon
Rebecca 259
Hynard
Eliza F. 547
Hobbs
Gyrene 293
Hodge
Bertha' (Quinby) 372
Moses C. 372
Hodgman
Eva M. 516
Ines W. 522
Hodgson
Caroline M. 545
Holden
Edna" (Quinby) 527
WiUiam J. 527
Holdridge or Holdred
Lydia' (Quinby) 66
WiUiam' 66
HoUoway
EUzabeth K. 539
Holman
Hattie L. 391
Hoose
Mary A. 542
Home
Charles H. 412
Susan" (Quimby) 412
592
The Quinby Family
Homer
John W. 334
Katherine' (Quinby) 334
Houston
Eunice' (Quinby) 230
Robert 230
Howe
Adelia" (Quimby) 405
John M. 405
Howell
Ann' (Quinby) 250
Benjamin F. 422
Caroline* (Quinby) 422
Sarah I,. 438
Sylvanus 250
Howland
Phoebe 269
Hwt
EUzabeth ' (Quinby) 238-
305
Hannah 305
Joseph 238-305
Lydia< 99-100
Hwt
David 488
Mary< (Quinby) 88
Hudnet
Margaret S. 420
Huelster
Frances N. 560
Hull
Mary L. 529
Hunt
Benjamin 346
Benjamin W.» 270
Elizabeth 246
Jacob 91
Mary 263
Mary ' (Quinby) 270
Mary' (Quinby) 346
Phebe* (Quinby) 91
Hunter
Achsah ' (Quinby) 254
Esth^ 344
Joseph 254
Susan A. 345
Hurd
Elvira B. 406
Huston
Addie» (Quinby) 393
Lewis P. 393
Hutchins
Charles L. 478
Francee" (Quinby) 478
Hyde
Elizabeth 86
Imirie
Charles D. 400
Mary » (Quinby) 400
IredeU
Joseph L. 207
Letitia* (Quinby) 207
Irish
Anne' (Quinby) 265
William 265
Jackson
John A. 280
Letitia' (Quinby) 280
Jameson
SaUy 297
Janssen
Henry W. 457
Mabel' (Quinby) 457
Jay
EUen' (Quinby) 281
WiUiam 281
Jellison
Eleanor 291
Timothy 291
Jennyss
Margaret L. 537
Jenkins
Howard M. 203-204
Jessup
Edward 62-74-76
Jewell
Anne* (Quinby) 84
Joseph' 84
Johnson
Anne* (Quinby) 155
Elizabetjhi' (Quinby) 224
Ezra G. 310
George 156
Hattie" (Quinby) 560
Melissa* (Quimby) 310
Oliver 224
William B. 560
Wihner H. 205
Jones
Annie" (Quimby) 512
Elizabeth 292
Julian H. 512
Samuel L. 437
Sarah' (Quinby) 437
Jordan
Frances H. 556
Mary W. 553
AdeUne D. 395
Emily F. 155-392
Ivanilla" (Quinby) 497
Maud 461
Rufus K. 497
Sarah ' (Quinby) 231
Thomas 231
Joy
Philister 239
Sarah ' (Quinby) 239
Joyce
Annabel" (Quinby) 497
Thomas 497
Judd
Susan W. 514
Kendall
Hester M. 530
Kenderdine
John E. 202
Martha' (Quinby) 202
Kendrick
Mercy 307
Kennedy
Edwin A. 427
Eliza (Quinby) 381
Jennie E. 327
Minerva' (Quinby) 427
Robert 381
KweB
Charles 419
Emma' (Quinby) 419
Kierstadt
Anne or Annah 88
Kimball
Ann J. 511
Grace B. 518
Joseph N. 400
Julia' (Quimby) 400
Kinsey
Hannah 131
Kip
Ann' (Quinby) 187
John 187
Kipp
Abram 187
Katherine' (Quinby) 187
Kline
George E. 260
Susan' (Quinby) 260
Knfipp
Elnathan 337
Sarah' (Quinby) 337
Knight
Joseph 295
Martha C (Quinby) 295
Knighton
Estella M. 326
Knowlton
Elizabeth C. 479
Knox
Jane' (Quinby) 452
Taber 452
Labounty
Rose 510
Lairgne
Cora 556
Lake
Sarah 523
Lamkin
George 419
Harriet' (Quinby) 419
Lancaster
Elvira 385
Lane
Mellicent 190
Sarah A. 397
Lapine
Bessie" (Quimby) 518
Joseph 518
Larrabee
David 233
Mary ' (Quinby) 233
Phoebe 298
Larwill
Joseph 175-178
Nancy • (Quinby) 170-
,175-178
Lavierre
Maty H. 513
The QuiNBY PamujT
593
Laubach
Harvey H. 260
Nancy ' (Quinby) 260
Laurie
Emilia 493
Leap
Deborahs (Quinby) 333
George W. 333
Mary E. 358
Lee
Annette L. 540
Julia E. 448
Lefevre
Helen 478
-Leonard
Charles H. 432
Mary » (Quinby) 413
Mary' (Quinby) 432
Stephen 413
Libby
Peter 231
Tamsen' (Quinby) 231
Liddle
Julia' (Quinby) 255
Samuel 25$
Lighow
Alice 544
Lindsley
Antoinette" (Quinby) 317
Josiah 317
Linford
Lettie 455
Lippincott
George E. 199-200
Jane G.« (Quinby) 199-
200
Livingston
Laiira 532
Loder
Ella R. 548
Lord
Alice E. 412
Lounsbury
Edgar G. 346
Imogene^ (Quinby) 346
Lowell
Elizabeth 158
Lukens
Annie" (Quinby) 357
George W. 357
Isai^ 135
Sarah' (Quinby) 135
Seneca 135
Lundy
Joel 264
Mary' (Quinby) 264
Lundbeck
Charles J. 530
Mary" (Quinby) 530
Lyon
John C. 316
Mary" (Quinby) 316
Lyshon
Mary' (Quinby) 385
McConahay
Jane 269
McCracken
Mabel 532
McDaniel
Katherine 486
Mcintosh
Helen 498
McKay
Alice 480
May W. 531
McLean
James R. L. 383
Lena" (Quinby) 383
McLeod
Christine 655
McManus
Elizabeth 370
McVitty
Phoebe" (Quinby) 344
Thomas E. 344
Mackey
Caroline' (Quinby) 264
Cornelia' (Quinby) 264
Elias (or EUis) H. 264
M alloy
Margaret C. 536
Mapp
G. Walter 352
Georgie" (Quinby) 352
. March
Abigail 155-231
Charlotte 292-365
MarUn
Lydia C. 464
Marquette
Lydia 523
Marshall
Jean' (Quinby) 187
Lucinda 405
Mary« (Quinby) 353
Thomas 353
ZaccheuB 187
Martin
Alice" (Quinby) 545
John W. 546
Minnie A. 457
May
Elihu 262
H. M. 314
Josephine^ (Quinby) 314
Mary' (Quinby) 262
Mayo
Harriett 308
Mead
Mary* (Quinby) 187
Nathan 187
Meddows
Alice 561
I^ekeel
Amy' (Quinby) 186
Jesse 186
Merrill
Albert 304
Emeline P. 398
Emily F. 412
Eunice" (Quinby) 289
John 289
Sarah Ann" (Quinby) 303
Merritt
CaroUne " (Quinby) 445
Mortimer C. 445
Millen
Elnora A. 494
Miller
Amy ' (Quinby) 265
Hannah' (Quinby) 183
Henry G. 265
James 183
Julia E. 436
Violet" (Quinby) 359
Wilson J. 359
Minling
Anna" (Quinby) 329
Clement 329
Miner '
Mary E. 446
Minett
Helen" (Quinby) 478
Henry 478
Moffett
Wilhehnina R. 259
Mogler
Caroline" (Quinby) 561
WiU E. 561
Molyneux
Mary 89-113
Montgomery
Mary A. 344
Montee
Francis E. 437
Olive* (Quinby) 437
Montz
Nettie C. 333
Moody
Minerva 427
Nancy 273
Moore
Benjamin L. 200
EUzabeth 274r276
EUen« (Quinby) 200
Horatio S. 410
Ira 307
Jerusha" (Quinby) 307
Katherine E. 552
Mabel' (Quimby) 410
Sophia 256
Morehouse
Sadie" (Quinby) 325
Morgan
Carrie 486
Morrill
Harriett" (Quinby) 293
Joseph 292
Levi 293
Nancy Ann' (Quinby)
292
Rachel" 99
W. B. 12
Morse
Abigail B. 315
Mobs
E. L. 356
Miriam" (Quinby) 356
Moulton
Eben 291
Clarissa B. 397
594
The Quinbt Family
Moulton
Mary 364
Mary» (Quinby) 291
Theodosia 365
Mudgett
Mary 86
Munn
Cyrus 418
Harriet K. 420
Sarah' (Quinby) 418
Munson
Margaret L. 348
Murry
Nellie A. 365
Myers
Clara" (Quimby) 509
W. F. 609
Nason
Hannah M. 387
Neal
Harriet H.' (Quinby) 294
Lucy A. 403
WiUiam H. 294
Nelson
Mary 410
Neville
Lily" (Quinby) 533
Stanley 533
Newell
Charles 6. 395
Eveline' (Quinby) 395
Marion G. 390
Nicholas
Alice* (Quimby) 312
George 312
N\ckels
Lucy » (Quinby) 369
William B. 369
Nimmo
Helen M. 548
Nisbeth
Clyde Mc C. 449
StfeUa' (Quinby) 449
Norbury
Martha P. 438
Norris
Mary A. 495
Nottinger
Alice* (Quinby) 329
Calvin 329
Noyes
Prances E. 390
Hannah 209
Nute
Almira' (Quinby) 365
Charles E. 365
Elizabeth 294
Oakes
George 337
Susannah* (Quinby) 337
Oiler
Harry W. 329
MaryS (Qiiinby) 329
Olmst^ad
Adelaide F. S07
Osgood
Elizabeth 12-65-66-68
William 64-68
Ordway
Emma A. 552
Osborn
Abigail' (Quinby) 316
Timothy 316
Prancena M. 406
Owens
Dorcas » (Quinby) 167
Moses 167
Page
Martha 284
Paine
Mary 328
Palmer
Elizabeth 532
Jessie 529
Parke
Achsah 169
Parsons
Mary E. 496
Partridge
Adeline M.' (Quinby) 302
Azuba' 228
John W. 302
Joseph 224
Lydia' (Quinby) 224
Rosina' 230
Patterson
Grace 434
Paul
Ella 448
Jeremiah 223
Rebecca' (Quinby) 222
Pearson
Frances A. 313
Peck
Laura E. 435
Peter 250
Ruth' (Quinby) 250
PeU
Bathsheba 182
Caleb 126
Hannah' (Quinby) 126
Pelham
Jiean 126
Pendexter
Mary 372
Pennoll
Adelaide' (Quinby) 387
Druzilla' (Quinby) 371
Edwards. 371
William J. 387
Perkins
Isaac 167
Jemima* (Quinby) 167
Perry
Jennie A. 517
PhilUps
Caroline' (Quimby) 365
Charles 365
Elizabeth S. 280
Pierce
Joseph 148
Rebecca • (Quinby) 148
Pinckney
Roger 34
Pinkham
Florence 484
Pitts
Emma' (Quinby) 386
Silas 386
Place
Jennie M. 563
Piatt
Catherine 522
Frederick P. 35
Plunmaer
Anne 151-155
"Porter
Catherine* (Quinby) 249-
31S
Eliza' (Quinby) 249
John 249-318
Julia* (Quinby) 170
Thomas J. 170
Potter
Abrilla* (Quinby) 175-
178
Judge 175
Lucy 255
Powell
Ann 186
Deborah 260
Prentice
Luke P. 273
Lydia' (Quinby) 273
Proctor
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 233
Harriet '(Quinby) 233
James 233
Theodore 233
Proctor
Clara 504
Mary E. 557
Rebecca 308
Pugsley
Rachel 339
Pulcifer
Ahnira 372
Pulsifer
Mary A. 520
Purdy
Ehzabeth M. 458
John 198
Rachel' (Quinby) 198
Purinton
Sarah 202
Puterbaugh
Beatrice B. 356
Putford
Sarah E. 555
Quick
ComiJius 123
Quish
Anna M. 561
Randall
Lettie 359
Rankin
OUvia 254
The Quinby FAMUiV
595
Rathbum
Httnnah ' (Quinby) 282
Solomon 262
Rwnes
Lucy A. 475
Rearden
J. W. 314
Susan" (Quinby) 314
Reed
Arizina 387
Josephine E. 514
Reeves
Ella R. 170
John 169
Sarah* (Quinby) 169-179
Reno
Louis 170
Rebecca* (Quinby) 170
Richardson
Mrs. Elizabeth (Harmon)
28
Richardson
Georgie G. 351
Ricker
Arthur 480
Charlotte" (Quimby)480
Deborah P. 411
Ridge
Grace 280
Ring
Anna 305
Ripl^
Clara L. 454
Roberts
Elizabeth B. 461
Mary W. 302
' Robinson
Eliphalet B. 303
Rebecca F.« (Quinby) 303
Ruth 549
Rolfe
Anne' (Quinby) 230
Martha E. 372
Samuel 230
Root
Almira» (Quinby) 371
Elizabeth* (Qmnby) 438
Lyman C. 438
Stephen E. 371
Ross
Carrie I. 473
Edith" (Quinby) 531
Sarah 252
William F. 531
Rounds
Eliza Ann' (Quinby) 303
George 303
Patience 294
Rowe
Albert 415
Harriett* (Quinby) 415
Royal
Malleville C. 520
Rushmore
Isaac W. 272
Mary Jane ' (Quinby) 272
Ryno
Nancy J. 437
Salisbury
Vema E. 328
Sanborn
Caroline" (Quinby) 316
Ida"(Quimby)407
John C. 316
Martha H. 406
Tracy E. 407
Sanders
Angeline L. 407
Ella M. 407
Idella" (Quinby) 403
Mary* (Quinby) 403
Webster O. 403
Sanderson
Elizabeth "(Quinby) 414
Leroy 414
Sargent
Abigail 303
Hannah < (Quinby) 84
John" 84
Lucy 240
Sarah 234
William 64
Scammon
John 230
Rebecca' (Quinby) 230
Scarborough
Ruth 280
Schaller
Justine I. 475
Schmerz
Amelia C. 330
Schofield
Amy H. 269
Schumacher
Charles A. 526
Elie" (Quinby) 526
Scofield
Amy" (Quinby) 339
Henry T. 339
Scott
Anna W. 408
Hannah 355
Scranton
Isaac G. 431
Kate' (Quinby) 431
Shaffer
Augusta" (Quinby) 328
Joseph 328
Sharp
Mary L. 529
Sheehan
Ahnira" (Quinby) 371
Samuel M. 371
Sherer
Mary" (Quinby) 524
Thomas 524
Sherman
Hiram A. 479
Mabel" (Quinby) 479
Mary E. 506
Shubrick
Richard 34
Thomafi 34
Shupe
Edwin 359
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 359
Skillman
Clara 434
Sleeper
Mary A. 314
Slocum
Aimira ' (Quinby) 445
Henry W. 445
Slemons
Abigail '(Quinby) 224
Mary" (Quinby) 148
William' 148
William < 224
Smith
Daniel 247
Deborah" (Quinby) 208
Edwin S. 352
Eleanor A. 251
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 316-
352
Elizabeth L. 514
Esther 188
Etta 451
Ezra 208
Harriet '(Quinby) 247
Iva M. 450
Jeannette^ (Quimby) 307
John G. 253
Joseph 307
Joseph P. 316
Martha' (Quinby) 253
May 486
Sarah 253
Thomas A. 251
Smylie
Josephine T. 541
Sneden
Mary G. 433
Snook
Charlotte 275
Snyder
Katherine 530
Spaid
Hannah M« 352
Spalding
Cora M. 519
Sophronia 258
Spellman
Mary" (Quinby) 175-178
Sylvester 175
Spiers
Grace G. 555
Squire
Annie F. 554
Benjamin H. 318
Phoebe" (Quinby) 318
Stacy
Mary E. 481
Starbird
Eleanor 155
Stamp
Charles E. 600
Evelyn" (Qumby) 500
Stanton
Amelia A. 436
596
Thb Qcinbt Family
St. Jaques
Ad^de M. 513
Stephens
Mary 269
Stephenson
Emmeline' (Quinby) 254
John 254
Martha M. 452
Sttilvens
Mary» (Quinby) 340
Stewart
Angeline 254
Stickney
Maud 513
Stiles
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 256
William R. 256
StimpBon
Maria C. 550
Stout
AmeUa R. 358
Isaac 134
Mary' (Quinby) 134
Stover
Sarah 314
Stubbs
Abigail* (Quinby) 398
Frank A. 398
Stukey
Ann' (Quinby) 63
George 63
Sturges
CHthetim^ (Quinby) 330
E. Perry 330
Sutton
Amy 342
Caroline" (Quinby) 342
EUzabet^' (Quinby) 127
George W. 342
Phoebe 264
Richardson 127
Swarts
Adaline M. ' (Quinby)
273
Oregon P. 273
Sweazy •
Phoebe A. 416
Tappan
Isaac 249
Sarah '(Quinby) 249
Taylor
Leonore" (Quinby) 625
Wallace S. 525
Xeackle
Elizabeth A. 274
Teague
Fri8cilla249
Tettemer
Alfred S. 359
Grace" (Quinby) 359
Thayer
Mary F. 481
Thompson
Charles J. 465
EUen P. 445
James W. 454
Laura" (Quinby) 455
Olive J. 395
Pearl M. 488
Sarah "(Quinby) 454
Thorns
Maiy E. 479
Thome
Mary 130
Thorn
Georgie S. 546
Tichenor
Martha 318
Titonab
Anne "287
Mary" 289-290
TituB
Lucy V. 383
Mary" (Quimby) 400
Perley B. 400
Tomlinson
Elvira A. 479
Henry 62
Tompkins
Caroline M.* (Quinby)
342
Elizabeth T. 337
George H. 342
Mary 316
Rhoda 316
Tolles
Edgar E. 445
Mary " (Quinby) 445
Towle
Frances" (Quinby) 298
Joseph H. 298
Levi 230
Mary '(Qumby) 230
Towne
Sarah 399
Tripp
Mercy A. 445
Sarah 266
Tropple
Mary 561
True
Mary J. 397
Tufts
Jessie" (Quinby) 499
Walter 499
Tumbull
Annie 499
Turner
Albert G. 314
Dorcas L. 371
EUen 411
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 314
Sarah 334
Tukey
Carrie A. 494
Tyler
DeUa W. 497
Mariah400
Underbill (See page 597)
Underwood
Emma 523
Vail
Anna' (Quinby) 287
Davis 323
Jacob 267
Julia 436
Phodbe 189
Phoebe" (Quinby) 323
Sarah" (Quinby) 124
Van Fleet
Sarah A. 530
VanGieaen
Catheiine 414
VanOrden
Lucy 453
Vause
Aima' (Quinby) 455
William H. 455
Vincent
Peter 167
Sarah "(Quinby) 167
Viron
Ebenezer 160
Elizabeth" (Quinby) 160
Vittum
Helen 564
Voorhis
Anna L. van 340
Waldron
Mehitable 246-315
Miriam 444
Moses 224
Kancy' (Quinby) 224
Sarah 292
Walker
Bertlia A. 559
Betsey 155-231
Rebecca 297
Wallace
Fay" (Quinby) 526
George W. 526
Grace" (Quinby) 359
Lester 389
Walter
Mary A. 544
Ward
Louisa S. 530
Warford
Rachel 131-133-134
Warren
Ellen E. 422
Washburn
Ida A. 460
Josephine' (Quinby) 375
Rufus A. 275
Sadie 545
WoMon
Miriam E. ' (Quinby) 276
Thomas 276
Waterman
Laura J. 435
Waters
Clarendon 293
Sophronia^ (Quinby) 293
The Quinbt Pamilt
597
Watson
Olivia' (Quinby) 255
Samuel 254-255
Teresa' (Quinby) 254
Way
Minnie^ (Quinby) 325
Webb
Joshua 224
Sarah' (Quinby) 224
Webster
Clara A. 497
Le\ns360
Mary» (Quinby) 360
Weed
Elizabeth' (Quinby) 235
Thomas 235
Weeks
Albert 455
Caroline ' (Quinby) 455
EUa« (Quinby) 344
Leonitfd 346
Leonard K. 270
Mary' (Quinby) 270
Maty* (Quinby) 346
WiUiam H. 344
Wellington
Mabel F. 462
Walch
Elizabeth E. 477
Wentworth
Tamsen 221
Westgate
Martha E. 518
Weymouth
Bertha M. 551
Whinfield
Eleanor^ (Quinby) 330
Roger W. 330
Whipple
Abigail L. 310
White
EUzabeth 434
Sarah 254
Whited
Florence" (Quinby) 447
Herbert E. 447
Whiting
Abigail' (Quinby) 266
Henry 266
Whitney
Lydia B. 406
Wiatt
Ida 527
Wicks
Ann» (Quinby) 335
Robert 335
Wilbur
Mary 336
Wilcox
Ann E.« 269
Wilkinson
Harriet S. 547
Williams
Amanda O. 412
Clara E. 517
Daniel F. 317
Hannah' (Quinby) 317
Mary»(Qumby)418
Matilda F. 419
Nancy 318
WiUson
James M. 254
Mary' (Quinby) 254
Wilson
Clara' (Quinby) 431
Edwin S. 431
Lewis 360
Mabel' (Quinby) 360
Winder
James 281
Mary' (Quinby) 281
Wingfield
Annie* (Quinby) 422
Charles W. 422.
Wires
Caroline R. 411
Wolcott
Blanche" (Quinby) 546
Morgan 546
Wood
Albert S. 334
EUa 359
Jacob 183
Mary' (Quinby) 183
Maiy« (Quinby) 334
Sarah A. 381
Woodbury
Mary' (Quinby) 164
Robert 164
Woodhall
Mary 563
Woodman
Olive J. 363
Woolverton
John 135
Rachel' (Quinby) 135
William H. 135
Wooster
Sarah 130
Worstell
Francenia' (Quinby) 281
William 281
Wright
Anna* (Quinby) 417
Elizabeth 332
Martha 309
Myra' (Quinbv) 427
Nancy J. 326
Nelson 417
Phebe* (Quinby) 124
Reuben 124-174
William H. 427
Wyckoff
Hattie" (Quinby) 523
James E. 523
Wyman
Harriett E. 419
Young
Almira' (Quinby) 365
Lily M. 508
Marianna 535
Ziegler
Isaiah 395
Janette' (Quinby) 395
Zeh
Mary A. 445
Zetlitz
Inez M. 537
UnderhiU
Amy 267
Anne 184
CaroUne'265
^^ Clara' (Quinby) 187
Elizabeth ' (Quinby) 186-
191
Hannah' 186
James 187
Katherine ' (Quinby) 187
Martha' (Quinby) 128
Mary ' 192
Phoebe 187
Samuel 128
INDEX
of places mentioned
Abingdon, Knox County,
lU., 273
Acworth, N. H., 308
Agnew, Calif., 427
Aftany, N. Y., 267
Albany, Mo., 356
Albion, Mich., 333
Amawalk, N. Y., 186-187-
192-265
Amesbury, Mass., 9-29-39-
65-67-68-81-84-87-88-99-
101-105-106-108-109-139-
141-150-156-157-158-160-
161-163-164-231-234-236-
240^242-243-246-247-249-
303»^97-398
AmweU, N. J., 131-135-136-
193-200-201-203-280
Angicla, Cal., 448
Ar^G^ton Heights, Mass.,
522
Arlington, N. J., 455
Armonk, Westchester Co.,
N. Y., 272-447-458
Asbury Park, N. J., 340-
450
Asbton, S. Dak., 519
Atkinson, N. H., 148
Atlanta, Ga., 460
Atoka, Okla., 436
Attleboro, Mass., 412-523
Auburn, Me., 373-483-520
Aupista, Me., 36^69-479-
480-481-554
Bakersfield, Calif., 486
Baltimore, Md., 274
Bangor, Me., 381
Batavia, Ohio, 460
Beaufort, S. C, 313
Bedford, Iowa, 275-356
Bedford, N. Y., 113-268
Bedford HiUs, N. Y., 341
Belfast, Me., 555
Bellefonte, Pa., 42-410
Bellevue, Ohio, 418
Bellingham, Wash., 436-461
Bennington, Vt., 547
Belvidere, 274
Bethel, N. H., 239
Biddeford, Me., 292-295-
361-396-465-473-474
Binghamtbn, Broome Co.,
if. Y., 265
Bloomfield, N. J., 251-319-
422^2
Boston, Mass., 9-15-42-66-
68-196-278-372-373-374-
3^-393-396-398-400-401-
47&478-479-480-484-494-
504-508-510-513-522-535-
552-557-558
Boulder, Calif., 41
Boulder, Col., 274
Bourbon Co., Ky., 174
Bradford, Mass., 412
Bradford, Vt., 559
Bfandywine springs, Del.,
280-356-461
Brattleboro, Vt., 400
Brentwood, N. H., 163
Brewster, Mass., 316
Bristol, Pa., 402
Brockton, Mass., 481
Brookfield, Mass., 87
Brookline, Mass., 369
Brooklyn, IQngs County,
N. y., 265-272-333-347-
459-488-529-530-531-532-
546-563
Brownsburg, Pa., 198
Brownsville, Pa., 174
Brownsville, Vt., 407
Brunswick, Me., 209-283-
284
Brynmeddyg, Aberdovey,
North Wales, 392
Buckingham, Pa., 208
Buckingham, N. J., 131
Bucks County, Penn., 134-
135-202
Bucyrus, O., 35-259-332
Buenos Aires, 564
Buffalo, N. Y., 419-437-506-
535
Bureau, 111., 281-358
Butler, N. J., 42
Buxton, Me., 230-294-295-
363-475
CaUfomia, 36-260-353-385
Candia, N. H., 162-163
CartersviUe, Ga., 328-329
Carthage, 111., 350-459
Carversville, Pa., 359
Cecil County, Maryland
193-196-275
Central Falls, R. I., 515
Centre County, Penn., 274
Chappaqua, N. Y., 128-184-
186-187-188-190-191-265-
266-268-270-272-338-342-
345-438-448-450-545
Charles City, Iowa, 406
Charleston, 111., 413-523-
524-560-561
Charleston, S. C, 244-313-
314-410
Charlestown, Mass., 496
Charlestown, Orleans Co.,
Vt., 402
Chelsea, Mass., 396-397-
402-513
Cherokee, Okla., 437
Cheshire, Maas., 253
Chetopa, Kan., 333-436-541
Cincinnati, Ohio, 366-378-
486-487
Claremont, Minn., 406
Claremoift, N. H., 312-403-
404-405-406-407-514- 515-
517-621
Cleveland, O., 35-259-456
Clinton, Ohio, 434
Clinton Co.. Ohio, 275
Colorado City, Col^355
Colorado Springs, Col., 355
Columbia, S. C, 314
Columbus, Ohio, 278-354
Concord, N. H., 309-402
Connecticut, 9
Connowingo, Cecil County,
Md., 193-195
Copley, Summit Co., Ohio,
251
Cornish, N. H., 241-403-
405-518-519
Corydon, Ind., 224
Creston, Iowa, 365
Croton, N. Y., 127
Cuba, N. Y., 262
Cumberland Mills, Me., 209
Dallas, Taylor Co., Iowa,
354
Danbuiy, Conn., 337
Danville, N. H., 162
Danvers, Mass.', 160
Date, S. D., 520
Dayton, Ky., 378-472-493
Deering, Me., 228
Deeiing, N. H., 240-241-
242-308-309-310
600
The Quinby Family
Dea Mcnnes, Iowa, 451-562
Detroit, Mich., 387-498-
555-556
Delaware,200
Denver, Col., 562
Dorchester, Mass., 516
Dover, N. H., 42-292-315-
365
Diesden, Saxony, 330
Duanesburg, Schenectady
Co., N. Y., 336
East Bridgewater, Mass.,
543
Eartch^ter, N. Y., 126-182-
188
East Concord, N. H., 30
East Saueus, Maea., 494
Easton, Washiogton Co.,
N. Y., 267
East Orange, N. J., 463-528-
563
EdantoQ, Cl^mont Co.,
Ohio. 353^60
Edg^d, S. C, 314
Eduibwg, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., 337-446
Eliot Depot, Me., 223
Elkhart, Ind., 329
EUakvifle, N. Y., 346
Encampment, WycHoing,
328-329
Enfirid, N. H., 238-305-307-
308403^13-514
England, 7-.11-17-74-124
East Unity, N. H., 240
Erie, Pa., 170^28
Evanston, IIU, 452
Everett, Mass-, 4^
Exeter, N. H„ 12<66rl08r
161-163-410-517
Fall Eiver, Maw., 498-559
Farmingdale, N, J^ 529
Famham, Surrey Co., 7-14-
43-44-45-46-47-^49-52-
54-57-58-60
Farrell, Pa., 328
Fayette, Idaho, 541
I^tchburg, Mass., 316
Florida, 410
Flushing, Long Island,
N. Y., 130-272-458
Fordshana, County Chesh-
ire, Eng,, 391
Fort Harasonj N. Y., 192
Fort Plam, N. Y., 334
Freedom, Delaware Co.,
N, Y„260
Fryeburg, 284
Garden City, Kan., 336
Geneva, N. Y., 522
Georgetown, S. C., 313
Gennaatown, Pa., 280
Geyserville. Calif., 275
Girard, Ohjo, 255
Gltens Falls, N. Y., 267-336
Glen Ridge, N. J., 359
Gloversville, N. Y., 542
Gorham, Me., 224-299-389
Goshen, Ind., 326
Grafton, Mass., 299-390
391
GraniteviBe^ S. O., 314-411
Grand Rapids, Mich., 35
Granville. Obio^ 175
Gray, Me., 228
Great Nine Partners, N. Y.,
126
Greenland, N. H., 247
Greenwich, Conn., 116-125-
270
Haekettstown, N. J., 532
Hagerstown, Md., 259.
Hampton Falls, N. H., 162-
163
Hanovffl- Neck, N. J., 249-
251
Hardwick, Mass., 87
Harrison, Westchester Co.,
183-184r260
Hanisburg, Pa., 466
Hartford, Ohio, 255
Harleyvilte, Page Co., Ohfo,
275
HaverhiU, Mass., 4^148-
156-164-247-249-304-315-
398-399-412-508
Haverhill, N. H., 312-408
Hawthorne, N. J., 324
Hebron, Me., 294
Hend««OB, lU-, 350
Henniker, N. H., 161-242-
310
Henrietta, N. Y., 262-333-
334-436
Henry, Marshall Co., 111.,
337
Hepburn, Page Co., Iowa
275
• Herrick, S. D., 561
Hickory, Pa., 254
Hillsboro, N. H., 241-242
HopewiU, N. J., 200-454
Hopkinton, N. H., 160-237-
238-240-242-305-306
Horsham, Montgomery Co.,
Pa., 135-198-207
Hothersfidd, 11
Bubbard, Pa., 329
Hunterdon Co., N. J., 123-
135-168-174-197-201- 279-
280
Indianapolis, Ind., 399
Jiackson, Miqh., 264-436
Jacksonville, N. Y.; 208-438
Jers^ dt^, N. J., 444
Juamta, Nebraska, 264
Kansas, 36-419
Kansas City, 251-277-355-
400-557-558
Katonah, N. Y., 341
Kickapoo, 111., 350
Kingston, N. H., 108-156-
161-162-295
Kingswood, Hunterdon Co.,
N. Y., 130
Kintyre, Argle, Scotland,
273
Kittery, Me., 477
Laconia, N. H., 35-495-554
Lakeport, N. H., 465-550
Lambertville, N. J., 281
Lancaster County, Pa., 193-
274
Laporte, Ind^ 333-436
Lawrence, Kan., 264-277-
355
Lawrence, Mass., 406-510-
556
Laxton, Md., 342
Leavittsburgh, Trumbull
Co., Ohio, 329
Lebanon, Me., 291
Lebanon, Ohio, 275
Leicester, Eng., 23
Leicestershire, Eng., 17
Lewiston, 111., 350-421
Lewiston, Me., 385-407
Lewiston, Mont., 436
Limerick, Me., 234
Lisbon, Me., 370
Little Britain, Lancaster
Co., Pa., 274
Livermore, Me., 293-366-
371-483
Liverpool, Eng., 299-390-
391-504-505
Llewellyn Park, "N. J., 166
London, Eng., 45-46-57-58-
196
Londondernr, N. H., 238
Long Island, N. Y., 74-76
Lordstown, Ohio, 259-329
Lordsburg, Cal., 436
Los Angeles, Cal., 255-259-
388-459-527
Louisiana 35
Louisville, Ky., 259-260-
333-460
Lowell, Mass., 35
Lumberton, Pa., 203
LumberviHe, Pa., 280
Lyme, N. H., 307
Lyndon, Vt., 41-99
Lynn, Mass., 383-555
Magnolia, Va., 478
Maine, 35-36
Maiden. Mass., 371-372-
476-477-552-553-555^357
Mamaroneck, N. Y., 7*-89-
91-116-118-U9
Manhattan, Nov., 436
Marietta, Ohio, 254r323-
326-434
Marftorough, N. Y., 168
Marshfield, Vt.,, 239-308
Maryland, 273
The QtnNSY Family
601
Muon, N. H., 517
Mason, Ohio, 461
Medfnrd, Mass., 555
Meh-ose, Mass., 866-611
Memphis, Tenn., 328
Mendon, N. Y., 262-264-
437
Meredith, N. H., 36
Meariden, N. H., 239
Michigan, 253
Milan, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
335-336-445
Minneapolis, Minn., 474
Minot, Me., 294-372-373-
483
Monaiva, Wis., 561
Monterey, Calif., 390
Montgomery, Ala., 500
Morris, N. Y., 79-414^26
Morristpwn, N. J., 249-413-
424-437
Mt. MottiA, Ogle Co., III.,
279
Mt. Kisco, Westchester Co.
N. Y., 346-455-457
Mt. Pleasant, S. C, 314
Mt. Vernon, Westchester
Co., N. Y., 547
Much Wakering, Essex, 28
Nahant, Mass., 41
Nashua, N. H., 371
Newark, N. J., 166-251-317-
324-415-417-419-454-457-
527-530-536-548-562
Newbury, Mass., 148-164--
246-247-312
Newbury, Vt., 410
Newburyport, Mass., 246-
247-314-315-411-412-479
Newcastle N. Y., 190-191-
265-267-268-270-338-339-
343-344-447-450
New Castle, Pa., 326-434
Newcastle Co., Delaware,
197-280-357
New Jersey, 123-264
New Lisbdn, O., 175
Newmarket, Iowa, 275-355
Newmarket, N. H., 247-364
New Rocheile, N. Y., 117-
347-457
New Orleaos, La., 378-494
Newton, Mass., 86-368-556
New York, 126-253
New York City, 35-116-192-
244-263-270-274-319-337-
339-341-342-344-347-348-
357-358-397-401-420-421-
433-444-446-449-450-451-
452-453-455-457-460-462-
468-480-486-492-506-507-
51 1-522-530-536-537-540-
546-550
Nine Partners, N. Y., 268-
341
Norfolk, Eng., 12
Norfolk, Va., 608-535
Northampton, Fulton Co.,
N. Y., 336-446
North Berwick, Me., 291-
364
North Carolina, 196
Northcastle, Westchester
Co., 11-91-112-122-126-
128-186-188-189-190-191-
265-269-272-335-349
Northfield. Vt., 403
North Lisbon, O., 175
North Wales, Pa., 205
Norway Ridge, Wis., 362-
356
Norwich, Conn., 258
Ohio, 254-294
Ogdensburg, N. Y., 513
Old Town, Me., 297-384-
385-497
Omaha, Neb., 356-488
Onancock, Accomac Co.,
Va., 459-460-549
Opalitka, Ala., 253
Orange, N. J., 33-112-166-
249-250-261-252-253-316-
317-318-320-322-324-413-
414-415-419-529
Orono, Me., 297
Osceola, Mo., 524
Osaka, Japan, 410
Ossining, N. Y., 265-340-
447-450
Oswego, N. Y., 451
Otsego, N. Y., 273
Oxford, Eng., 55
Page County, Iowa, 275
Painter, Va., 35
Palestine, Texas, 400
Parkman, Ohio, 256
Paris, lU., 560
Parsippany, N. J., 251-322-
324-421-427-431-538
Pasadena,CaI., 249-448-554
Pawling, Dutchess Co., N.
Y., 265-269-342
PenkerriB, Scorrier, R. S. 0.
Cornwall, 392
Peoria, IB., 265-561
Philadelphia, Pa., 33-135-
198-200-280-368-369-462-
464-552
Phillipsburg, N. Y., 128
Pierceville, Kan., 356-461
Pittsburgh, Pa., 260-330-
435
Plymouth, Mass., 437
Plymouth, N. H., 410
Porte au Prince, Hayti, 218
Portland, Me., 29-87-139-
140-141-147-148-154-156-
209-211-213-214-218-230-
231-233-234-283-284-286-
289-290-292-293-294-297-
302-303-361-363-365-373-
392-393-395-479-496-498-
505-556
Portland, Ore., 35-36-281
Portsmouth, N. H., 364
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 267-
342-444
Pueblo, Col., 325
Purchase, N. Y., 91-128-
130-260-265-266
Quaker Street, N. Y., 335-
445
Quenby, Eng., 22-34
Quenibwou^, Eng., 18
Quimby, Iowa, 35
Quimby, Mich., 36
Quinby, Calif., 35-394
Quinby, S. C, 34
Quinby, Va., 34
Quincy, Mass., 563
Ravenna, Ohio, 170
Readington, N. J„ 318-420
Richfield, Otsego Co., N. Y.
170
Richmond, Va., 352-422-433
Roanoke, 111., 328
Rochester, N. H., 224-371
Rochester, N. Y., 334-428-
431-437-478-633-S35-536
Rosemont, N. J., 136
RosUnda^e, Mass., 275
Ross, Iowa, 461
Rowley, Maes., 161
RusseU, Nez Perces Co.
Idaho, 437-541
Rye, Westchester Co., N.
Y., 189
Saccarappa, Me., 143^154-
156-200-214-222-223-224-
230-233-293-297-298-301-
302-366-370^75
Saco, Me., 294-366-476-551
Sacramento^ Calif., 244
Saginaw, Mich., 498
Salem, Mass., 7-12-60-64-
66-74-249
Salem, N. Y.. 122
Salisbury, Mass., 9-64-66-
66-81-84-86-87-99-My.
238-292
Salisbury Mills, Mass., 246
Salisbury, N. Ef., 305
Sandusky, Ohio, 419
Sandwich, N. S., 41-99
San Francisco, Cal., 416-
437-533
San Jose, Calif., 427-532-
533
San Pedro, Qal., 544
Santa Rosa, Calif., 533
Scarborough, Me., 233-298
Scarsdale, N. Y., 116
Schenectady, N. Y., 446
Scranton, Pa., 644
Searsport, Me., 296-384-
495-564
Seattle, Wash., 540
Sebna, Cal., 644
Seneca, Mo., 413-524
602
Sharon, Pa., 169-170-254-
255-326-327-328-434
Sharon, Vt., 36
Sharpsville, Pa., 328
Shrewsbury, Eng., 505
Sing Sing, N. Y., 265-337-
340
Sioux City, Towa 525
Solebury, Pa., 131-136-196-
197-202-280-281-358-359-
463-464
Somere, N. Y., 264
Somervillc, Mass., 511-512
Somersworth, N. H., 150-
155-221-222-223-224-230-
231-233-291-292-293
Somerville, Mass., 372
South Berwick, Me., 151-
365
Southfield, Orange Co., 183
South Hampton, N. H., 156
157-158-160-307
South Omaha, Neb., 277
South Orange, N. J., 418
Springfield, Mass., 554
Springfield, N. H., 162
St. Johnsville, N. Y., 438
St. Mary's, Ohio, 638
St. Paul", Minn., 391-564
Stamford, Conn., 63-266-
438
Stephentown, N. Y., 187
Steubenyille, Ohio, 255
Stillwater, Me., 497
Stillwater, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., 336
Stockton, Calif., 325
Stockton, N. J., 136
Strafford, Vt., 307-400-401
Stratford, Conn., 7-11-36-
39-41-60-62-74-79-88
Stroudwater, Me., 35-65-
142-143-148-210-212-286-
289-290-361-363
Sudlersyille, Queen Ann
Co., Md., 274
Suffolk, Vay 478-553
Summer County, Tenn.,
273
Surrey Co., Eng., 43
Syracuse, Kan., 355-356
Tampa, Fla., 352-459-460-
549
The Quinbt Family
Tennessee, 251
Thetford, Vt., 239-306-307-
399-400-509-512-513
Three Bridges, N. J., 420-
530
Tilton, N. H., 408-521
Toledo, Ohio, 254-332
Trenton, N. J., 135-280
Troy Hills, N. J., 250-251
324
Ulysses, Tompkins Co., N.
Y.,208
Unity, N. H., 242-243-308-
309-312-403-514
Urbana, O., 124
Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y.,
263
Vershire, Vt., 403
Waldo, Fla., 383
Warner, N. H. 87
Warren, O., 36-124-169-174-
175-178-254-255-256-258-
259-329-435
Warren Co., Ohio, 275
Warrington, Pa., 464
Warwick, Bucks Co., Pa.
197
Warwick, N. Y., 324-452
Warwick, Va., 351
Washington, D. C, 351-
355-466-506
Washington, Dutchess Co.,
N. Y., 265
Washington, N. H., 309
Washington, Mo., 304
Washington, Co., Pa., 174-
258
Waterloo, Iowa, 561
Waterloo, Seneca Co., N.
Y.,264
Watertown, Mass., 86
Wayerly, Iowa, 524-561
Weare, N. H., 99-246-404
Weathersfield, Vt., 407
Wells, Me., 223-365
Wellesley Hills, Mass., 368
Westbrook, Me., 42-223-
231-287-294r371-378-386-
387-391-392-393-395-497-
498-499
Westchester, N. Y., 41-62-
74-75-76-78-79-88-89-91-
130-131-186-263-2frl
Westchester Co., N. Y., 11-
12-62-74-79-121-122-125-
130-131-166-180-182- 184-
260-266-334-444-448
Westchester, Pa., 170
Western Spiings, 111., 328-
329-435
Westfidd, N. J., 252
West Groye, Pa., 357-461
West Hartford, Conn., 500
West Kirby, Cheshire
County, Eng., 504
West Middlesex, Pa., 328
West Unity, N. H., 559
Wethersfield, Conn., 60
Weyauwega, Waupaca Co.,
Wis.
White Plains, N. Y., 265-
339-449-450-455-544-545-
546-547
Wichita, Kan., 541
WiUiamsport,, Md., 196
Wihnington, Del., 197-344-
454-461
Wilmington, Clinton Co.,
Ohio, 273-274-275-353-
355
Windsor, Vt., 238-305-399-
403
Winnetka, Rock Co., 111.,
462
Worcester, Mass., 295-509-
657
Wooster, O., 35-170-176-
178-256-259-260-329-332-
333-436
Wri^tstown, 136-202
Xenia, O., 124
Yonkers, N. Y., 112-537
York, Me., 223-291-314-
364-476-477-563
York, Pa., 274-466
Yorktown, 186-187
Youngstown, Ohio, 328-434
Zanesyille, O., 36-330
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