Ephraim (Quimby) Quinby (abt. 1700 - 1767)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hall) Quick — married 1758 (to 1767) in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1767 at about age 66 in New Jersey

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Biography

Ephraim was born about 1700. He passed away about 1767.

^[1]His earliest paternal American ancestor was William Quinby, a native of Farnham, Surrey, who came from England in 1638 and settled at Salem, Mass. From him the line of descent is traced through his son John, likewise a native of England, and his wife Deborah Haight; their son Josiah and his wife Mary Molyneux ; their son Ephraim and his wife Elizabeth Hall Halladay, to their son Ephraim Quinby and his wife Anna Blackmore,

Will

^[2]1767, Aug. 12. Quimby, Ephraim, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co.; will of.

Sons, Daniel, Samuel and Ephraim Quimby, and my wife Elizabeth, and my daughters, Pheby, Elizabeth, Marcy, Sarah, and Filenah Quimby, all my lands.

Executors—my wife and Isaiah Quimby.

Witnesses—William Rettinghousen, Peter Rettinghousen, Adam Hall, Jr.

Proved Sept. 25, 1767.

1767, Sept. 23. Inventory, £418.12.0, made by John Mullinner and William Rettinghousen. Lib. 14, p. 90.

Sources

1. ↑ The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. United States: J. T. White, 1921. p. 273
2. ↑ New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Volume XXXIII. p. 340

• S. M. Quick, "BEHIND THE RESERVE: The Quick Family of Colchester, Essex County, Ontario, Canada 1601-1820" (Private Publication, 2016), Part I, Chapter 6, "The Dancing Master"
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [Ephraim Quinby, Birth Date: 7 Feb 1700, Death Date: 1767, SAR Membership: 63856, Application Date: 1 Apr 1944, Father: Josiah Quinby, Mother: Mary Molyneux, Spouse: Eliz Hall]
• H. C. Quinby, "Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family in England and America" (New York, 1915), p.123-124 (https://archive.org/details/cu31924085658379)