Phoebe (Canby) Ely (1699 - abt. 1774)

Born 19 Sep 1699 in Solesbury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Smith — married 30 Sep 1719 in Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Wife of Hugh Ely — married 16 May 1753 in Buckingham, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 19 Jan 1774 at about age 74 in Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Phoebe was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Birth

Phoebe Canby was born on Sep 19, 1699 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Thomas Canby and Sarah Jarvis ^[1][2] The Buckingham Monthly Meeting recorded her birth as the seventh month, 1699, which would be September, as the Quakers used the Julian calendar until 1752. At the time of her death, the Buckingham Monthly Meeting recorded her birth being in Abington, Montgomery County, but it is likely that her birth location was in Solesbury, Bucks County.

Religion

Phoebe Canby was a member of the Society of Friends (also known as the Quakers.) As an "approved minister," she would have been one of the few people to speak during meeting, and her ideas and words would have carried weight. Other family members were also well-respected members of Buckingham Friends. Her father, Thomas Canby, was one of the first clerks of the Buckingham Men's Monthly Meeting (1720-1739.) A Martha Canby (probably Phoebe's sister, Martha) was the clerk of the Buckingham Women's Monthly Meeting from 1727-1729.

First Marriage

In 1719, Phoebe Canby married Robert Smith.^[3] The marriage was recorded by the Falls Monthly Meeting. Robert Smith married, 7 mo. 30, 1719, Phebe Canby, daughter of Thomas Canby, one of the most prominent men of his time, a preacher among Friends, and many years a member of colonial assembly.  Robert Smith settled on a farm in Buckingham, adjoining the Makefield farm of William Smith, and died there 6 mo. 26, 1745.  The house built by him on this tract in 1738 was the home of his descendants for six generations.  He was an overseer of Buckingham Meeting, and his wife was an approved minister among Friends. 

Second Marriage

Husband: Hugh Ely

Wife: Phebe Canby

Marriage:

Date: 16 May 1753

Place: Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[4][5] The marriage to Hugh Ely took place at the Buckingham Monthly Meeting.

Death

Phebe (or Phoebe) (Canby) Smith Ely died in 1774 in Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^[6]

A memorial was written by the Buckingham Monthly Meeting. Her date of burial was given in this record as 20 Jan 1774, interred in Buckingham. This would confirm a date of death of 19 Jan 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births, Bucks County 1682-1800 (Humphrey Publications, Washington, D.C. 1993), pg. 47 (records of the Buckingham Friends Monthly Meeting)
2. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; The Book of Births and Burials; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B8 3.7; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #173119
3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Oversized Marriage Certificates; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #4135681
4. ↑ Anna Miller Watring, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, 3 Volumes (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, PA 1994), 2: 40; Jane Brey, A Quaker Saga pg. 416 (on CD, Quintin Publications
5. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births, Burials and Marriage Certificates, 1720-1801; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 47; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #6572405
6. ↑ Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1686-1850; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Ancestry Record 2189 #8448116

See Also:

• WikiTree profile Canby-40 created through the import of WIKITREE James_Tasker Family Tree.ged on Oct 8, 2012
• Birthdate- Southeastern PA 1680-1800 Birth Index; Date of death- Brey, Quaker Saga, 381
• William W. H. A.M Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Second Edition</i> (New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905). Note: Free online access to the book (scanned images of the book's actual pages) available at openlibrary.org Also, a transcription of the text was published May 2007 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/
• The two hundredth anniversary of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: fifth day, eighth month, sixteenth, 1923. Philadelphia, PA: Walter H. Jenkins, 1923. Found on Heritage Quest books.
• Pennsylvania Genealogies: Genealogy of the Canby Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Title: Pennsylvania Genealogies: Genealogy of the Canby Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Author: Joshua Eyre Hannum Publication: Auburn, Alabama, 1957
• State Library of Pennsylvania Address: State Library of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Name: State Library of Pennsylvania Address 1: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Lists of Buckingham Friends' Clerks (Mens and Womens meetings) on page 26 in the book