John Ansley

1740 - 1805  (~ 64 years)

• Name	John Ansley
  Born	c1740	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigrated	c1760	Connecticut
  Resided	7 May 1765	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   [2]
  Resided	3 Jul 1767	Preston, New London County, Connecticut   [3]
  Resided	Aug 1776	Lackaway District, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Census	1790	Wallenpaupeck, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
  	Household of 6; four males and two females.
  Resided	28 Jun 1793	Wallenpaupack, Northampton County, Pennsylvania   [5]
  Resided	1798	Palmyra Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
  	U.S. Direct Tax List shows him owning two houses (one 30 x 18 feet, the other 40 x 18), a framed barn, a log barn, a stables, a blacksmith shop, and five pieces of property totaling about 1150 acres.
  Census	1800	Palmyra Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
  	Household of 4 people: man and woman over 45, boy and girl under 10.
  	Age: 45+
  Occupation	Blacksmith  [6]
  Resided	1801	Palmyra Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania   [7]
  Died	1805	Wayne County, Pennsylvania   [8]
  Person ID	I3912	The Ancestry of David Ansley and Jeanne Huber
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2017

  
  

  Family	Eunice Meech,   d. Aft 1807
  Married	6 Nov 1763	Preston, New London County, Connecticut   [9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth (Betsy) Ansley,   b. 19 Jul 1764,   d. 25 Jun 1819  (Age 54 years) + 2. Eunice Ansley,   b. 14 Feb 1767, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 4 Aug 1846, Kimbles, Pike County, Pennsylvania  (Age 79 years) + 3. John Ansley, Jr.,   b. 18 Apr 1768, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 13 Jun 1818  (Age 50 years) + 4. Simeon Ansley,   b. Abt 1770, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 20 Nov 1824, Palmyra Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 54 years) + 5. William Ansley,   b. 7 Jul 1773, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 15 Nov 1840, Seneca, Ontario County, New York  (Age 67 years) + 6. Joseph Ansley,   b. 17 Jun 1775, Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Sep 1831, Paupack, Pike County, Pennsylvania  (Age 56 years) + 7. Anna Ansley,   b. c1777, Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Apr 1841, Paupack, Pike County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2011
  Family ID	F1540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - c1740 - England Immigrated - c1760 - Connecticut Married - 6 Nov 1763 - Preston, New London County, Connecticut Resided - 7 May 1765 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Resided - 3 Jul 1767 - Preston, New London County, Connecticut Died - 1805 - Wayne County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Site of John Ansley homestead in Paupack, Pennsylvania.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3252] "Our Ansley Family", Harold Ansley Davidson, (Harold Ansley Davidson, Jenkintown, Pa., 1933), 71A. Ira W. Travell estimated his birthdate as 1745. No reliable record has yet been found of his birth or emigration. [S3258] Norwich Probate Records, Vol. 3, (New England Historic Genealogical Society), 50. Derby, Wm., Court of may 7, 1765, the last will of wm, Derby of Norwich Deceased, exhibited by John Ansley Exec. he declared his refusal to execute said will. [S3260] "Jabez Fitch Diary", (The Mayflower Descendant), XXVII:170. Ye 3rd I went up to Cooks and Got a Tooth Pul'd -- This Day I also Serv'd a Writ on John Aynsley. [S3348] Westmoreland County Tax List. [S3259] Pennsylvania Land Records, 1793, Surveyor-General's Office, No. 132. [S3260] "Jabez Fitch Diary", (The Mayflower Descendant), XXX:164. Augt 1768 ye 10th. I Carried a pair of Plow-Irons Down to Aynsley's to be sharpened, while I was there I heard that Ebenezr Bishop's Wife was a Dieing, & Soon after I heard she was Dead. [S3310] "History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe", Mathews, 945. The following is a list of the taxables in Palmyra township, returned by Abisha Woodward,assessor, in 1801: John Ansley ... [S35] Wayne County Probate Records, I:1. Probate index shows letters of administration for John Ansley Sr. were issued to John Ansley Jr. in December, 1805. [S3253] "Early Connecticut Marriages", 42. [S3524] Preston Vital Records, 6:11.