Jonathan Bixby (abt. 1685 - 1714)

Born about 1685 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1714 at about age 29 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jonathan Bixby, son of Daniel and Hannah (Chandler) Bixby , was born at Andover, Massachusetts about 1685. ^[1]

He married Rachel Hobart at Watertown, Massachusetts on April 16, 1709. ^{[2] [3]}

Jonathan died at Newton, Massachusetts on November 2, 1714. ^[3]

Administration on his estate of Jonathan Bixby, blacksmith of Newton, was granted to his widow Rachel on December 6, 1714. His inventory was valued at L73 10s 1d and included only personal items. He had a 14 year lease of 12 acres of land from Henry Seager. ^{[4] [1]}

In his father Daniel Bixby's will, written on April 12, 1715 among his bequests he left a bequest of 20s to daughter-in-law Rachel, should she have a living child by my son. ^[5]

Rachel Bixby, as widow received town support for which Thomas Marshall was reimbursed 10s on February 27, 1718, supported from Poor Stock 1719. ^[6] And on April 19, 1719, widow Bigsbye was paid 5s. ^[1]

Child

1. Hannah born on April 30, 1715. ^[3] No further record.

Research notes

Watertown Marriages

Jonathan Bixby and Rachel Hobart, both of Newtown, were Joyned in Marriage April 16, 1709 by Jonas Bond, Justice of the peace. ^[2]

Newton Marriages

BIXBY, Jonathan and Rachel Hobart Apr. 16, 1709, in Watertown . [May 6 PR1]. (p. 243)

Newton Births

Bigsby, Hanah [dup. Hannah Bixby], d.Rachell [dup. d. Jonathan and Rachel], Apr. 30, 1715. (p. 22)

Newton Deaths

BIGSBY, Jonathan [dup Bixby], Nov. 2, 1714. (p. 425) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite, compiler. A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby family in England, descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, Published by the Aurthor, New York, New York, 1914, p. 34: 56
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possession, and the First Book and Supplement of Births, Deaths and Marriages, The Historical Society, Press of Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1894, p. 40
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Vital Records of Newton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1905, p.
4. ↑ Case 1815: p. 1-3 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ Case 2496: p. 1-9 : Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ Ritter, Priscilla & Thelma Fleishman. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779: a biographical directory, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982, p. 6