Aaron Quinby (1757 - 1849)

Born 17 Jun 1757 in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Balderston) Quinby — married 15 May 1782 in Harford, Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1849 at age 92 in Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Aaron Quinby was born June 17, 1757, on his father's homestead in Amwell township, New Jersey. On May 15, 1782, at the Buckingham Meeting (Quakers) Aaron married Lydia Balderston, daughter of John and Hannah Balderston of Solebury, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.

In the fall of 1802, Aaron and Lydia moved to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He bought a tract of several hundred of acres of land a quarter of a mile south of Little Britain Meeting House (Quaker church) and lived near the dividing line between Pennsylvania and Cecil county, Maryland. It is said that Aaron was the first person in his neighborhood to use the cradling scythe in his wheatfield and that it was such a wonderful improvement, that neighboring farmers soon followed his example. He also use the firs winnowing fan in that neighborhood. (Wind winnowing is an agricultural method developed by ancient cultures for separating grain from chaff. It is also used to remove weevils or other pests from stored grain. Threshing, the loosening of grain or seeds from the husks and straw, is the step in the chaff-removal process that comes before winnowing.)

Children of Aaron and Lydia are:

• Rachel Quinby, born April 4, 1783, died April 23, 1783

• Phoebe Quinby, born March 3, 1785, died circa 1843, in North Carolina, at the home of her daughter Caroline, who married Jonathan Duble

• Charlotte Quinby, born September 24, 1786, died in 1840, in Cecil county, Maryland

• Mary Quinby, born March 20, 1788, died February 8, 1836, at Williamsport, Maryland, married Isaac Allen

• Jesse Balderston Quinby, born May 25, 1789, was living in Boston, Massacusetts, in 1826, died May 21, 1854, in London, England

• Miriam Quinby, born December 22, 1790, died February 28, 1875, married Benjamin Cutler

• Ezra Sewell Quinby, born November 27, 1793, died March 14, 1875, at Abington, Illinois, married 1) Mary Chesney and 2) Mrs. Nancy (Moody) Renshaw

• Aaron Balderston Quinby, born August 19, 1795, died April 29, 1853, at Sudlersville, Queen Ann county, Maryland, married Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, daughter of Lilleton Dennis Teackle and Elizabeth (Upshur) Teackle

• Isaiah William Quinby, born January 27, 1799, died February 6, 1873, married 1) Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Elijah Moore and 2) Mrs Charlotte (Snook) Morris

Lydia (Balderston) Quinby died October 2, 1820 and Aaron married secondly, a Mrs. Mary (Leek) Lewis, mother of eight children by her first marriage. Aaron and Mary became the parents of one child:

• Josiah L. Quinby, born circa 1831, married 1) Matilda Ailes and 2) Hannah Ailes

Aaron died August 28, 1849, and is buried in the graveyard at Little Britain, as are several other members of his family.

Sources

• Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family in England and America, by Henry Cole Quinby, Tuttle Company, Publishers, Rutland, Vermont, 1915, Ancestor #88, biography begins on page 193