Isaiah (Quimby) Quinby (1716 - 1807)

Born 11 Apr 1716 in Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Warford) Quinby — married 21 Jun 1742 in Loudoun, Virginia

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1807 at age 90 in Amwell, Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Isaiah Quinby was born June 11, 1716, in Westchester county, New York. He setled at Amwell, New Jersey, in 1742. On June 21, 1743, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, Isaiah married Rachel Warford. Rachel was born March 20, 1723 and died March 10, 1777. Children of Isaiah and Rachel are:

• Samuel Quinby, born March 20, 1743, died May, 1750, killed by the kick of a horse

• Mary Quinby, born January 7, 1745, married Isaac Stout, in 1765. Raised a Quaker, she converted to her husband's faith and became a Baptist

• Elizabeth Quinby, born November 11, 1747, married Joseph Brown, on November 13, 1766, at Plumstead Meeting. They moved to Virginia in the fall of 1770 and took their certificate of membership as Quakers to the Fairfax Monthly Meeting

• Anne Quinby, born January 18, 1749, died April 7, 1831, married Jeremiah Croasdale and had eleven children

• Phoebe Quinby, born January 17, 1750, married Ambrose Barcroft on April 16, 1771

• Rachel Quinby, born May 11, 1753, died January 17, 1842, married John Wooverton, son of Maurice Woolverton and Mary (Baker) Woolverton, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey

• Sarah Quinby, born May 12, 1755, died 1843, married Seneca Lukens on October 6, 1777. She survived her husband, and when she died she had five living children, thirty-seven grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren

• Aaron Quinby, born June 17, 1757, died August 28, 1849, married 1) Lydia Balderston, of Solebury, Pennsylvania and 2) Mrs. Mary (Leek) Lewis, mother of eight children by her first marriage

• Moses Quinby, born June 20, 1759, died September 1, 1824, married 1) Jane Fell, daughter of John Fell, of Warwick township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania and 2) Hannah Good, daughter of Edward and Eleanor (Harris) Good, of Plumstead

• Tabitha Quinby, born June 16, 1761, married Joseph Chapman on January 12, 1800

• Martha Quinby, born August 5, 1763, married 1) John Blackfan of Solebury, and 2) Isaac Chapman

• James Quinby, born August 30, 1765, married Margaret Good, daughter of Edward and Eleanor (Harris) Good, a sister of Hannah, who married his brother, Moses

• Job Quinby, born January 29, 1768, died September 13, 1804, married Martha Cadwallader. After his death, Martha married Joseph Wiggins

On June 24, 1778, at the Buckingham Friends Meeting House (Quaker church) Isaiah married Hannah Kinsey of Buckingham. After Hannah's death, Isaiah married a third time, on September 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 died April 6, 1807, at the age of 91. Miriam, his widow died July 20, 1811.

Sources

• Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family in England and America, by Henry Cole Quinby, Tuttle Company, Publishers, Rutland, Vermont, 1915

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Rodney Timbrook Ancestors and Relatives_2010-09-10.ged on 10 September 2010