Jean (Crandon) Nye (1722)

Born 16 Nov 1722 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jean was born 16 November 1722 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. She is the daughter of John Crandon and Jean Best.^[1]

She married James Cellar (Seller or Saler) on 10 May 1740 in Plymouth.^[2]

When James died in 1751, Jean and her brother Thomas Crandon were granted the administration of his estate.^[3]James Seller's inventory was taken on 16 March 1752.^[4]

She married her second husband Alexander Anderson on 22 February 1754 in Plymouth.^[5]

She married her third husband Thomas Nye on 7 February 1767 in Dartmouth.^[6]

In 1770, she, now Jane Nye and her brother Thomas Crandon presented an account of her late husband, James Sellar's estate which included debts paid, funeral costs, provisions for supporting the children, and administration fees.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GCXB : 20 May 2022), Jean Crandon, 16 Nov 1722; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Shared Ancestry.com image
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-F6LQ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 116 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-F646 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 248 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQ5-R2L : 20 May 2022), Jean Seller in entry for Alexander Anderson, 21 Mar 1755; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009252.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNF-V8J : 20 May 2022), Jenne Anderson in entry for Thomas Nye, 7 Feb 1767; citing Marriage, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004279436.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J36N : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 520 of 641; State Archives, Boston.

• Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1911) Vol. 13, Page 171.