William Ansley

1773 - 1840  (67 years)

• Name	William Ansley
  Born	7 Jul 1773	New London County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1800	Seneca, Ontario County, New York
  Buried	1840	Brookside Cemetery, Seneca, Ontario County, New York
  Census	22 Oct 1840	Seneca, Ontario County, New York
  Occupation	Farmer
  Died	15 Nov 1840	Seneca, Ontario County, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I3892	The Ancestry of David Ansley and Jeanne Huber
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	John Ansley,   b. c1740, England ,   d. 1805, Wayne County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Eunice Meech,   d. Aft 1807
  Married	6 Nov 1763	Preston, New London County, Connecticut   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Witter,   b. 22 Apr 1778, Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Aug 1817, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 39 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1795  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Julia Ansley,   b. 28 May 1796, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 15 Aug 1880  (Age 84 years) + 2. Hylie Ansley,   b. 7 Jul 1798, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. Aft 1841  (Age > 44 years) + 3. Albert Ansley,   b. 1 Jan 1800, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 30 Mar 1877, Pine Creek, Pennsylvania  (Age 77 years) + 4. John Ansley,   b. 18 Jul 1802, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 24 Sep 1885, Potter, Yates County, New York  (Age 83 years) + 5. Joel Ansley,   b. 14 Feb 1804, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 12 Feb 1881, Jerusalem, Yates County, New York  (Age 76 years) + 6. William Ansley, Jr.,   b. 26 Jan 1806, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 9 Aug 1885, Addison, Steuben County, New York  (Age 79 years)   7. Esther Ansley,   b. 14 Feb 1808, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 10 Oct 1833, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 25 years)   8. Sylva Ansley,   b. 1810, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 1813, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 3 years) + 9. Hiram Ansley,   b. 17 Apr 1812, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 2 Jan 1886, Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin  (Age 73 years) + 10. George W. Ansley,   b. 3 Sep 1814, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 23 Apr 1870, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F1530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Sayre Gramesley,   b. 18 Nov 1787, Warwick, Orange County, New York ,   d. 19 Jul 1865, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 77 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1818	Ontario County, New York
  Children	+ 1. Alanson Ansley,   b. 3 Sep 1819, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 21 Jul 1900, Geneva, Ontario County, New York  (Age 80 years) + 2. Margaret Antoinette Ansley,   b. 11 May 1821, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 6 Sep 1910, Geneva, Ontario County, New York  (Age 89 years) + 3. Matilda Sayre Ansley,   b. 6 Jun 1822, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 25 Jul 1844, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 22 years) + 4. James B. Ansley,   b. 3 Jun 1824, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 20 Sep 1888, Geneva, Ontario County, New York  (Age 64 years) + 5. Marcus Ansley,   b. 15 Mar 1826, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 16 Sep 1907, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 81 years)   6. Marvin D. Ansley,   b. 11 Dec 1827, Seneca, Ontario County, New York ,   d. 9 Jun 1841, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 13 years)
  Family ID	F1539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Jul 1773 - New London County, Connecticut Census - 1800 - Seneca, Ontario County, New York Married - 27 Aug 1818 - Ontario County, New York Buried - 1840 - Brookside Cemetery, Seneca, Ontario County, New York Census - 22 Oct 1840 - Seneca, Ontario County, New York Died - 15 Nov 1840 - Seneca, Ontario County, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  William Ansley's gravestone

  
  

  Histories

  William Ansley biographical sketch

  
  

• Notes

  "William Ansley was born in Massachusetts in 1773, removed with his parents to Pennsylvania when about four years old, and was educated and reared a farmer. In 1792, he in company with Powel Carpenter walked from Lackawanna county, Pa., with nothing but the clothes they wore, and their axes on their shoulders, settled together in Ontario county, N. Y., on the pre-emption line, five miles southwest of Geneva. Geneva then contained one frame and some half dozen log houses. ... "In 1794 William Ansley married Esther Witter and they had ten children. His first wife died in 1817. For his second wife he married Margaret (Sayre) Gramesly. They had six children. ... The ... old homestead ... was built and opened as a country hotel in 1794, and used for that for forty years. "William Ansley died in 1840, and his wife in 1865." -- History of Ontario County, 1893. "He was reported to be very rich. ... We remember his visiting the Settlement once, coming in style with a fine pair of horses and close carriage or coach. On that occasion his wife and one son and daughter were with him, and it created quite a sensation among the people in the Settlement. But in their visits they knew no distinction as to rich or poor, visiting their poorer relatives as well as those in better financial circumstances." -- From p.129 of the Ephraim Killam manuscript (1887), an account of early life in Paupack, Pennsylvania. Buried: Stone there may be memorial only

  
  

• Sources

  [S3255] Gravestone, Brookside Cemetery. [S3257] Ansley Family Bible, p. A. William Ansley was born in July the 7th in the year 1773. [S3257] Ansley Family Bible, p. C. William Ansley, Sen., died November 15th in the year of our Lord 1840. [S3253] "Early Connecticut Marriages", 42. [S3524] Preston Vital Records, 6:11. [S3252] "Our Ansley Family", Harold Ansley Davidson, (Harold Ansley Davidson, Jenkintown, Pa., 1933), 61.