On This Day : January 16

1647: Mary CROSBY married Nicholas LONGHORNE in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.  They were my 10x great-grandparents.


1671: Mary CLARK married David MORGAN in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.  Mary was the daughter of John CLARK and Elizabeth STEBBINS. David was the son of Capt. Miles MORGAN and Prudence GILBERT.  They were my 8x great-grandparents.


1692: Matthias BUTTON born.  Matthias was the son of Peter BUTTON and Sarah CRANDALL.


1696: Patience BEALS born in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Patience was the daughter of John BEALS and Mary CLAYTON.


1708: Jonathan MAXSON born.  Jonathan was the son of Jonathan MAXSON and Content ROGERS.


1715: Aaron MENDENHALL married Rose PIERSON in Chester County, Pennsylvania.  Aaron was the son of John MENDENHALL and Elizabeth MARIS.


1730: Aeltje KOUWENHOVEN married William WILLIAMSEN.  Aeltje was the daughter of Pieter Williamse VAN KOUWENHOVEN.


1733: Hannah CHEW married John DILKS in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Hannah was the daughter of John CHEW and Sarah JENNINGS.


1758: Wells KENYON born.  Wells was the son of Nathaniel KENYON and Eleanor UTTER.


1761: Daniel BEALS born.  Daniel was the son of Jacob BEALS and Elizabeth GRIEST.


1771: Abner HUNT married Mary POPE in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Abner was the son of Thomas HUNT and Ann BEALS.


1820: Mary PEGG died in Indiana.  Mary was the daughter of John MILLS and Sarah BEALS.


1822: Nathan BALES married Jemima HIATT.  Nathan was the son of Jacob BEALS and Mary ________.


1826: Elizabeth M. PEFLEY born in Virginia.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Solomon PEFLEY and Frances ROOF.


1828: Minerva Ann COOK born.  Minerva was the daughter of James S. COOK and Eunice HUNT.


1863: Catherine E. CUNNINGHAM died in Jay County, Indiana.  Catherine was the daughter of William E. CUNNINGHAM and Rachel LEMASTERS.


1881: Emeline MOULTON died.  Emeline was the daughter of Joel PHILBRICK and Sally FOX.


1986: Lester SWAFFORD died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Lester was the son of George W. SWAFFORD and Elizabeth HAMILTON.

Today in my database : Mary Crosby (b. December 4, 1629)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 10th-great grandmother, Mary Crosby.

Mary was born December 4, 1629 at Holme-on-Spradling, Yorkshire, England. Mary married January 16, 1646/47 at Rowley, Essex Co., MA to Nicholas Longhorne. Nicholas was born 1622 in Yorkshire, England and died February 12, 1687/88 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA. Mary died November 29, 1667 in Rowely, Essex Co., MA.

I descend from Nicholas and Mary (Crosby) Longhorne through their daughter, Elizabeth, as follows:
Mary Crosby and Nicholas Longhorne
Elizabeth Longhorne and Abraham Hazeltine
Bethiah Hazeltine and Thomas Spofford
Elizabeth Spofford and Bennett Field
Bethiah Field and Seth Pierce
Gordon Pierce and Thirsa Smalley
Francis S. Pierce and Rebecca Page
Edmund G. Pierce and Catherine Groenendyke
William Francis Pierce and Clara Pennisten
Edna Muriel Pierce and Virgil Lee Wright (my great-grandparents)