Saturday, March 1, 2014

Surname Saturday - AMBROSE (England to colonial New England)

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 #871, but I don't know who she is, nor do I know #873 to #879. So onward to #881, who is Elizabeth AMBROSE (1698-1792
).   [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations in this AMBROSE family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

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


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbey Ardell Smith (1862-1944)

26.  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1884)
27.  Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931)

54.  Samuekl Vaux (1814-1880)
55.  Mary Ann Underhill (1816-1883)

110.  Amos Underhill (1772-1865)

111.  Mary Metcalf (1780-1855)

220.  John Underhill (1745-812)
221.  Hannah Colby (1745-????)

440.  John Underhill (1721-1793)
441.  Joanna Healey (1723-1809)

880.  Sampson Underhill, born about 1692 in England; died before 27 March 1732 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  He married 15 January 1718 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
881.  Elizabeth Ambrose, born 02 October 1698 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1782 in New Hampshire, United States.  

Children of Sampson Underhill and Elizabeth Ambrose are:
*  John Underhill (1721-1793), married 1741 Joanna Healey (1723-1809)
*  Jeremiah Underhill (1724-????)
*  Moses Underhill (1726-1804), married 1753 Anna Glidden
*  Hezekiah Underhill (1727-1800), married 1751 Tabitha Sargent (????-1803).

1762.  Nathaniel Ambrose, born 26 February 1678 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 26 June 1745 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  He married 08 December 1697 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1763.  Sarah Eastman, born 08 November 1674 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 28 August 1728 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 3526. Nathaniel Eastman and 3527. Elizabeth Hudson.

Children of Nathaniel Ambrose and Sarah Eastman are:
*  Elizabeth Ambrose (1698-1782), married (1) 1718 Sampson Underhill (1692-1732), (2) 1742 Benjamin Batchelder.
*  Henry Ambrose (1701-1746), married 1722 Hannah Hoyt (1701-1727)
*  Abigail Ambrose (1704-1718)
*  John Ambrose (1707-????), married 1729 Elizabeth Hayes (1706-????)
*  Sarah Ambrose (1716-????)

3524.  Henry Ambrose, born June 1649 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1724 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married October 1672 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3525.  Susanna, born 1646 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 22 October 1730 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Henry Ambrose and Susanna are:
*  Dorothy Ambrose (1673-1759), married 1693 Samuel Colby (1671-1746)
*  Nathaniel Ambrose (1676-1676)
*  Nathaniel Ambrose (1678-1745), married (1) 1697 Sarah Eastman (1674-1728), (2) 1733 Hannah Hunt.

7048.  Henry Ambrose, born before 13 June 1613 in Kersey, Suffolk, England; died before 19 November 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 14096. Henry Ambrose and 14097. Mary.  He married about 1640 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
7049.  Susanna, born 1625 in England; died after 22 July 1692 in Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Henry Ambrose and Susanna are:
*  Ebenezer Ambrose (1640-????)
*  Samuel Ambrose (1641-1666), married 1665 Hope Lamberton (1636-1702)
*  Henry Ambrose (1649-1724), married 1672 Susanna (1646-1730).
*  Abigail Ambrose (1654-1715), married 1672 William Osgood (????-1723).

Information about these Ambrose families was obtained from:

1)  Elizabeth French Bartlett, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The English Ancestry of Henry Ambrose of Hampton," The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Volume 9, Number 2 (April 1992) and Number 3 (June 1992).

2)  David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton (Providence, R.I., Snow & Farnham, printers, 1897-1917).

3)  Vital Record books for Salisbury, Amesbury, and Chester.

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