Saturday, October 26, 2013

Surname Saturday - GARNSEY (England > colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #729, who is Mehitable GARNSEY (1673-1742) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this GARNSEY family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-????)

182.  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)
183.  Sarah Pray (1734-1819)

364.  John Horton (1696-1796)
365.  Mary Chase (1695-1735)

728.  John Horton, born 06 June 1672 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef. May 1752 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1456. Thomas Horton and 1457. Sarah.  He married 1689 in probably Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
729.  Mehitable Garnsey, born 02 November 1673 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 October 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of John Horton and Mehitable Garnsey are:
*  Thomas Horton (1690-1733), married 1721 Kesiah Carpenter (1697-1763)
*  Sarah Horton (1692-1725), married 1712 John Millard
*  Jonathan Horton (1695-1774), married (1) 1725 Ann Millard (1706-1751); (2) 1753 Elizabeth Perry (1718-????)
 John Horton (1696-1796), married (1) 1719 Mary Chase (1695-1735); (2) Elizabeth __?__.
*  Mary Horton (1704-????), married 1727 James Thomas.
*  Jotham Horton (1705-1797), married 1729 Hannah Martin (1704-1739).
*  Hezekiah Horton (1714-1787), married 1735 Mary Martin (1715-1802).

1458.  John Garnsey, born April 1648 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 31 March 1722 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1673 in probably Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
1459.  Elizabeth, born about 1652 in Massachusetts, United States; died 11 April 1714 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Garnsey and Elizabeth are:
 Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742), married 1689 John Horton (1672-1752)
*  Joseph Garnsey (1674-????)
*  Hannah Garnsey (1676-1747), married 1700 Thomas Horton (1677-1745)
*  Henry Garnsey (1679-1759), married (1) 1700 Sarah Wheelock (1679-1716); (2) 1717 Hannah __?__ (????-1721); (3) 1721 Elizabeth __?__.
*  Elizabeth Garnsey (1682-1776), married 1703 James Bowen (1680-1738).
*  John Garnsey (1684-????)
*  Sarah Garnsey (1686-1711), married 1711 John Millard.
*  Ebenezer Garnsey (1687-1736), married (1) 1710 Mehitable West (1688-1732); (2) 1735 Martha Tabor (????-1749).
*  Joseph Garnsey (1689-1737), married 1711 Elizabeth Badcock (1686-????).
*  Mary Garnsey (1692-1733), married 1713 Samuel Hicks (????-1722).
*  Waitstill Garnsey (1694-1768), married 1717 Timothy Titus (1692-????).
*  John Garnsey (1696-1789), married (1) 1717 Elizabeth Titus (1691-1752); (2) 1752 Experience Pierce (1731-????).
*  Seth Garnsey (1698-1750), married 1720 Hannah Millard (1704-????).

2916.  Henry Garnsey, born about 1620 in England; died 13 August 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5832. Henry Garnzey.  He married about 1646 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2917.  Hannah Munnings, born before 06 January 1629 in Tillingham, Essex, England; died 17 August 1686 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 5834. Edmund Munnings and 5835. Mary Herris.

Children of Henry Garnsey and Hannah Munnings are:
*  Joseph Garnsey (1646-1730), married 1673 Hannah Cole (1650-1689).
*  John Garnsey (1648-1722), married (1) 1673 Elizabeth (1652-1714); (2) 1714 Judith Ormsbee; (3) 1716 Sarah Miller.

Information about the Garnsey family line was obtained from the book:

 Judith L. Young-Thayer, The 2005 Garnsey, Garnsey, Guernsey Genealogical Dictionary (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2005).

This book provides authoritative genealogical and biographical data on Henry Garnsey of Dorchester and his descendants, and is used as the source for most of the vital records and family history information about the Garnsey families.

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