John Quinby (bef. 1633 - abt. 1709)

Born before 1633 in Farnham, Surrey, England

Husband of Deborah (Haight) Quinby — married about 1648 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1709 after about age 76 in Westchester, New York

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Joyce Weaver [send private message]

Biography

John Quinby was born before 1633, if he was 21, when his daughter, Deborah, was born in 1654. John immigrated, with his father, William and his brother, Thomas, to Massachusetts, about 1638 ^[1] and on to new settlements in Connecticut, where they appeared among the first seventeen families at Stratford. ^[2]

John moved to the fledgling settlement of Westchester (called Oostdorp by the Dutch) in New Netherlands by 1 Jan 1657 when he signed the oath of allegiance to Dutch rule.^[3] John was one of the six magistrates appointed in 1662 by Governor Stuyvesant. With Edward Jessup, John represented the town of Weschester in 1665, at the First New York Assembly at Hempstead, convened by English Governor Richard Nicolls. ^[4] John, with four other persons, was a patentee of Westchester in 1667.

In 1685, he bought land from John and Sarah Turner.^[5]

John married Deborah Haight. Children of John and Deborah are:

• Deborah Quinby, born at Stratford, Connecticut

• John Quinby

• Charles Quinby, died intestate before 1705 at Westchester

• Josiah Quinby

• Mary Quinby

• David Quinby,

• Elizabeth Quinby, married Erasmus Alton

Researcher's Notes

Children's names are from Henry Cole Quinby's History. Find A Grave memorial gives John's date of birth as April 12, 1618, but no source. Also a date of death of 1709, in Westchester county, New York. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family in England and America, by Henry Cole Quinby, Published by the Tuttle Company, 1915, page 60
2. ↑ A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Reverend Samuel Orcutt, Published by the Fairfield County, Historical Society, 1886, pages 136, 184-185
3. ↑ "Correspondence 1654-1658," Translated from the Dutch by Charles T. Gehring, 2003, p. 117
4. ↑ Albany Records, General Entries 1664-65, page 96
5. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WX-3SC4 : 7 March 2023), Westchester > Deeds 1681-1698 vol A-B > image 31 of 396; multiple county courthouses, New York.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134172607/john-quinby

"Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family in England and America" by Henry Cole Quinby. The Tuttle Company, Rustland, Vermont Publishers 1915. Page 53; 74 - 80.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to K Leap for starting this profile.
• WikiTree profile Quimby-128 created through the import of PaulAncestry.ged on Jan 26, 2012 by Joyce Rosnel. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Joyce and others.