John Story (1694 - abt. 1737)

Born 19 Jun 1694 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Choate) Story — married after 16 Feb 1717 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

John Story was born on 19 Jun 1694, in Ipswich, Essex County, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Samuel Story and Elizabeth Burnham.^[1]

John and Sarah Choate published their intention to marry on 16 Feb 1716/7, at the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich.^[2] They were probably married there shortly afterwards. After their marriage, John and Sarah lived in Ipswich until 1723 or 1724, when they relocated to Norwich, New London County, in the Colony of Connecticut. Although there are no records of their children in Ipswich from before their move, a clerk in Norwich apparently entered all eight of them into the records there, including the two who had been born in Ipswich:

1. John Storey (b. 22 Nov 1717, Ipswich)^[3]
2. Sarah Story (b. 2 Jun 1722, Ipswich)^[4]
3. Henry Story (b. 31 Aug 1724, Norwich)^[5]
4. Ephraim Story (b. 9 Nov 1726, Norwich)^[6]
5. William Story (b. 2 Dec 1728, Norwich)^[7]
6. James Story (b. 16 Jul 1730, Norwich)^[8]
7. Mary Story (b. , Norwich)^[9]
8. Solomon Story (b. 26 Mar 1737, Norwich)^[10]

Sarah's father, Samuel Choate had died intestate in 1713. The court, therefore, apportioned his estate among the heirs. The eldest son, Samuel, chose to pay his siblings their share of the value of the real estate, rather than break it up between them or sell it. Some years after John and Sarah married, on 25 Oct 1723, John signed a receipt indicating that he had received Sarah's portion of the value from her brother.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Story, John, s. Samuell and Elizebeth, June 19, 1694:" Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 358.
2. ↑ "Story, John, and Sarah Choate, int., Feb. 16, 1716-17," citing records of the Chebacco Parish Church: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts,Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, p. 415.
3. ↑ "John Storey Son of John and his wife Sarah was Borne att Ipfwich [sic] the 22^nd day of November 1717:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
4. ↑ "Sarah Story Daughter of John and his wife Sarah was Born att Ipfwich [sic] the 2^nd day of June : 1722:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
5. ↑ "Henry Story Son of John & his wife wife [sic] was Borne in Norwich y^e 31^st of August 1724:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
6. ↑ "Ephraim Story Son of John & his wife Sarah was Born y^e 9^th of Novem^r 1726:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
7. ↑ "William Story Son of John & his wife Sarah was Born the 2^nd day of Decem^r 1728:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
8. ↑ James Story Son of John : & his wife Sarah was Born the Sixteenth day of July 1730:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
9. ↑ Mary Story Daughter of John Story and Sarah his wife was Born february [sic] 4^th 1732/3:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
10. ↑ Solomon : y^e Son of John Story & of his wife Sarah was Born march [sic] 26^th 1737:" Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, pt. 1, p.112. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).
11. ↑ Receipt for Sarah Choate Story, dated 25 Oct 1723, signed by John Story: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #5376 (accessed 4 Aug 2023 - subscription required)

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (subscription required)
• Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913. (subscription required)
• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
• Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Parts 1 - 2, Hartford, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913. Also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (subscription required).

Other Sources

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Cameron (Story) Perry.