Jonathan Sibley (1701 - 1779)

Born 25 Nov 1701 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Goodridge) Sibley — married 27 Nov 1730 (to 1813) in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1779 at age 78 in Poplin, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jonathan Sibley was born in Salem [later Danvers], Massachusetts on Nov 25, 1702. He was son of Samuel Sibley and Sarah Wells. ^[1]

His second wife, Patience Thurrell, was an ardent Christian and a great influence on her husband. She was almost 101 years old at her death.

Jonathan died in [Poplin] Fremont, New Hampshire on Dec 18, 1779 and is buried at Village Cemetery in Fremont. ^[2]

"To resume the notice of Jonathan b Nov 25 1701 fourth child of Samuel and Sarah Wells Sibley It is not improbable that his mother after she m John Sawyer took him and other ch with her to Newbury He was a resident in Amesbury in 1723 in Newbury in 1726 and when Nov 27 1730 he m Hannah b Feb I 1712 13 dr of Samuel and Hannah Frazer Goodridge of Newbury Joshua Coffin Esq says Hannah Frazer b Aug 31 1692 who m June 30 1710 Samuel Goodridge was third child of Colin Frazer who m Anna Stuart Nov 10 1685 Samuel Goodridge b Aug 15 1681 was s of Benjamin who m second Nov 16 1678 Sarah Croad and Benjamin was s of William Goodridge Jonathan afterward settled in Stratham NH was farmer and maker of chairs and wooden heels The hill where he lived is yet called Sibley Hill and the inhabitants to this day gather pond lilies from roots which he planted in a running brook in the vicinity Many amusing and some ridiculous stories are told about him It is even asserted that he whipped his beer barrel because it worked on Sunday and his cat because she caught a mouse when he was at prayers Becoming embarrassed and indebted to a physician and Baptist preacher named Shepherd he exchanged with him his farm for one in Poplin where he d Dec 18 1779 about one year afterward in the seventy eighth year of his age He is said to have been quite petulant and his w to have been a very worthy pious woman There is a tradition that a short time before his w died the question was put to her whether she thought her husband was a Christian She replied If he marries after I am gone and his w pays all my debts he will probably die a Christian Not long before his decease he m an execrable woman b Nov 15 1719 named Patience Thurrcll probably from Newbury Her extravagant professions of Christian conversion and reformation prevailed more with him as he had become somewhat childish than the advice and opposition of all his friends and neighbors She d Nov 16 1820 nearly one hundred and one years old at Poplin where she had been a pauper twenty seven years If tradition is true before her husband d she paid all the first wife's debts with compound interest Jonathan Sibley's descendants all by his first wife I Abigail b Oct 6 1731 m a widower Rogers and d c at Meredith NH where she lived the last ten years of her life with Mrs Iiobinson the dr of her brother Samuel II Hannah b April 2 1734 taken sick March 5 d March 7 1736 probably of the throat distemper III Jonathan b March 8 1736 lived six years seven months and three days and d Oct 11 IV Hannah b Feb... "^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD7-3WT : 15 January 2020), Jonathan Sibley, 1701.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132594021/jonathan-sibley: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for Jonathan Sibley (25 Nov 1701–18 Dec 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #132594021, citing Village Cemetery, Fremont, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Linda Sibley Zimmerman (contributor 48374111) .
3. ↑ Text continues, but without the punctuation it is easier to go to the source to read! Pg. 501 - A history of the town of Union, in the county of Lincoln, Maine: to the By John Langdon Sibley - https://books.google.com/books?id=XzkrAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA501

• Sibley Family in America 1629-1972, By James Scarborough Sibley

• LDS, Batch #: 7540080, NH Registrar of Vital Statistics, Index to births, early to 1900

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132594021
• Pg. 501 - A history of the town of Union, in the county of Lincoln, Maine: to the By John Langdon Sibley - https://books.google.com/books?id=XzkrAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA501
• Pg. 791 - Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire By E.S. Stearns - https://books.google.com/books?id=jbkOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA791&lpg=PA791