John Gilbert Ansley (abt. 1718 - abt. 1816)

Born about 1718 in London, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1816 at about age 98 in Fulton, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Gilbert Ansley was born 1718. John Gilbert Ansley ...

Genealogical Records

Vital Records

Birth Records

Birth of son, Amos:

• Primary Source, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 ^[1] Data Summary:

1. ) Page 171; Image 88 of 157: Margareth Ensly, 7 yrs. old, and Samuel Ensley, 9 yrs. old; children of John and Catharina Ensly were baptized on 11 Dec 1768 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone Arabia, Tryon County, New York. {Editorial: Calculated Dates of Birth: Margaret =1761; Samuel 1759} The sacrament was witnessed by Henry and Catharina Walrath. {Note: Page one (image 4 of 157) of this church record confirms the first 317 pages of this Church Records Book, having records for both Stone Arabia and Staten Island, New York, are indeed the records for the church at Stone Arabia, New York.}
2. ) Page 175; Image 90 of 157: Amos Ensly, son of John and Catharina Ensly was born on 12 October 1757 at Stone Arabia, Tryon County, New York. Amos was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church on June 4, 1769; the sacrament was witnessed by Henry and Margaretha Wohlleben. {Page one (image 4 of 157) confirms the records on the first 317 pages of this Church Records Book is for the church at Stone Arabia, New York (this is important because the hand written record book contains records for both the church at Stone Arabia and at Staten Island.) This birth record for Amos Ensly, in addition to providing the identity of his parents as John and Catharina Ensly, confirms the presence and residence of the family at Stone Arabia, Tryon, New York no later than 1757.}

Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index, ^[2] Data Summary:

1. ) John Gilbert Ansley, was born in 1718 at Essex, England and he died 1816 (aged 97–98) at Fulton County, New York, USA
   1. ) Children:
      1. ) Ozias Ansley (1743–1828)
      2. ) John Ansley (1745–1806)
      3. ) Elizabeth Ansley Empie (1753–1808)
      4. ) Thomas Ansley (1758–1817)
      5. ) Rebecca Ansley Marsh (1764–1848)
2. ) BURIAL. John Gilbert Ansley was buried in a Rural Cemetery at Fulton County, New York, USA
   1. ) Tombstone Inscription, {No Tombstone Photo}

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, Davidson, Our Ansley Family, ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Page 4: Six groups of Ansley immigrants to North America are identified, the earliest group is identified as the "Loyalist Group." This group first appears in the Sir William Johnson lands in Eastern New York, from which a settlement in Sussex, New Jersey is formed, by four of sons of the founding immigrant. After the Revolutionary War, two sons stayed in Nova Scotia, two sons settled in newly opened lands in Western Pennsylvania, the two youngest sons went to Kingston, Canada, while the daughters married New York farmers and took up residence in the mid-section of what became New York State. {Note the book later defines identity of the founder of this group to be Gilbert Ansley}
2. ) Ansley Family; Page 5: The Loyalist Group. Gilbert Ansley, patriarch. Due to the disruption of the Revolutionary War, particularly to the Loyalist families, the author notes that no actual data has been found on Gilbert Ansley and that what is known has been passed down through family tradition. This family tradition states that Gilbert Ansley, a native of England, immigrated to North America sometime between 1755 and 1760, along with several of his children, and settled near Johnstown in present day Fulton County, New York. Prior to departing from England he married a Miss Allison, sister of Robert Allison, a prominent man in the settlement of Western, NJ. There are no known records on his immigration and it is assumed he came as a British soldier, taking land in the Kingsborough and Sacandaga Patents, later found to be in the possession of his sons after the War. It is noted that Sir William Johnson, an influential British Indian Agent had succeeded in amassing and distributing vast tracts of land, in particular to British soldier, in the New York area where Gilbert is purported to have settled. Gilbert and his wife had ten children, the youngest being born in 1762. It is not known where he died, but old letters show his wife to have survived until 1816. Four of Gilbert's sons, Ozias, Daniel, John, and Thomas went with their Uncle Robert Allison and became farmers in the Western frontier of New Jersey prior to the War. Sons, Amos and Samuel remained with their mother in New York State, and daughters Mary, Rebecca, Margaret, and Elizabeth remained in New York State and married farmers in Tryon County, as it was known at the time. {Editorial, the progenitor of the "Loyalist Group" is identified as Gilbert Ansley and only as Gilbert Ansley, the text never offers a hint that he may have also been identified by the name John Ansley; hence inserting a bit of fog in the record regarding other sources which clearly identify this same man to be either John or John Gilbert Ansley}
3. ) Ansley Family; Pages 6 -10: The Story of the Loyalists. An informative narrative on the disruptive and damaging impact the Revolutionary War had upon citizens who remained Loyal to the English government during and after the Revolution.

Research Notes

1. ) On 1 Aug 2018, Bill Ansley, administrator of the Ansley Wikitree y-DNA project informed the profile manager, of this profile, that the descendant DNA record excluded John Gilbert Ansley from being the father of John Ansley, the husband of Eunice Meech. Prior to this date, John Ansley had been shown as a son of Gilbert Ansley in this profile. Subsequently this link has been severed.
2. ) Birth record for son John Ansley:
   1. ) Primary Source, England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 ^[4] Data Summary: John Ansley was the son of John Ansley and Catherine Ansley.
3. ) Possible immigration record for John Ansley:
   1. ) Source Citation: Place: America; Year: 1750; Page Number: 8. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. John Ansley passenger list record
   2. ) John Ansley arrived in America in 1750. John was the primary immigrant. Source Publication Code: 1217.2. Primary Immigrant: Ansley, John. Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 2. Middlesex, 1617-1775. 334p.
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Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York. Dutch Reformed Church Records from New Jersey. The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.Amos Ensly scanned birth document
2. ↑ Find A Grave Index, Burial record 13 December 2015, John Gilbert Ansley, Burial, Fulton, New York, United States of America, Rural Cemetery; citing record ID 70145408, Find a Grave, John Gilbert Ansley tombstone and burial record
3. ↑ Davidson, Harold Ansley, Our Ansley Family, a record of the lives and times of the early members of the Ansley house in America, with ancestral tables covering a number of the family groups of their descendants. Self-published. Copyright 1933.
4. ↑ "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

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