John Tracy (1695-1751) is #362 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #363 Mary Hawkins (1710-1767) in 1728 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
I am descended through:
* their daughter, #181 Deborah Tracy (1730-after 1800) who married #180 Simon Wade (1731-after 1800) in 1763.
* their son, #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857) who married #91 Phebe Horton (1772 - after 1820) in 1790.
* their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850) , who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.
* their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
=====================================================
1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: John Tracy[1–4]
* Sex: Male
* Father: John Tracy (1661-1701)
* Mother: Deborah --?-- (1662- )
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1695, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]
* Death: 1751 (about age 56), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1-2]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Mary Hawkins (1710-1767)
* Marriage 1: 2 January 1727/8 (about age 33), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States[1-4]
* Child 1: John Tracy (1728- )
* Child 2: Deborah Tracy (1730-1800)
* Child 3: Prince Tracy (1730- )
* Child 4: Mary Tracy (1732- )
* Child 5: Sarah Tracy (1735- )
* Child 6: Eve Tracy (1738- )
* Child 7: Adam Tracy (1742- )
* Child 8: Olive Tracy (1744- )
* Child 9: Lois Tracy (1746-1790)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Information about the Tracy family of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was published in two books:
1) Cuyler Reynolds, Genealogical and family history of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume 3, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914).
2) Sherman Wild Tracy, The Tracy Genealogy; Being Some of the Descendants of Stephen Tracy of Plymouth Colony, 1623 (Rutland, Vt.. : The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1936).
John Tracy was born in about 1695, probably in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to John and Deborah (--?--) Tracy, the 6th of 7 children[1-2]. There is no birth record for this event.
The John Tracy family moved to Providence, Rhode Island some time before 1723, when the records show that he bought land. He bought other land in 1728 and 1730 from William Hawk [probably Hawkins, Mary's father]. He was a farmer. John Tracy lived in what is now Johnston, Rhode Island[1].
John married Mary Hawkins on 2 January 1727/8 in Providence, Rhode Island, which was recorded in the Providence town records[1-4]. Mary Hawkins was born in about 1710 in Providence, the daughter of William and Mary (--?--) Hawkins of Providence. The marriage record says:
"TRACY, John, and Mary Hawkins; m. by Elisha Knowlton, Justice, Jan. 2, 1727-8."
John and Mary (Hawkins) Tracy had nine children between 1729 and 1751. All births were recorded in the Providence town records. The Tracy book lists them as:
- John b. 20 January 1728-29; m. Eunice Jenks
- Deborah b. 20 Feb 1730-31; m. 1750 or 1760 Mr. Wade of Foster, RI
- Prince, b. 20 Feb 1730-31. Went to Maryland or Pennsylvania.
- Mary b. 22 March 1732-33; d. probably young
- Sarah b. 18 May 1735; m. 1 - Peter Smith; 2 - Sewell Hewitt. (Lived a widow at Clarksburg, Massachusetts 1812)
- Eve b. 14 May 1738; d. probably young
- Adam b. 27 May 1742; d. probably young
- Olive b. 27 August 1744; unm. 1812, d. at Providence (Johnston 1812-1820).
- Lois, b. 18 October 1746; d. 1790
John Tracy died in about 1751, and Mary died in about 1767, probably in Providence[1-2]. There are no death records in the Providence town records for them. There are no burial records available, since they were probably buried on a family farm. There are no probate records for either John or Mary Tracy in the Providence County, Rhode Island probate court records.
5) SOURCES
1. Sherman Wild Tracy, The Tracy Genealogy; Being Some of the Descendants of Stephen Tracy of Plymouth Colony, 1623 (Rutland, Vt.. : The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1936), John Tracy sketch.
2. Cuyler Reynolds, Genealogical and family history of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume 3, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914)., John Tracy sketch.
3. "Rhode Island, Vital Records Extracts, 1636-1899," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Vol. 2: Providence County Births, Marriages, Deaths, Providence Marriages, page 188, John Tracy and Mary Hawkins marriage entry.
4. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," indexed database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Mary Hawkins and John Tracy entry.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2018 to 260 Ancestors in 260 Weeks.
The URL for this post is: https://www.geneamusings.com/2018/08/52-ancestors-week-237-362-john-travy.html
Copyright (c) 2018, Randall J. Seaver
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment