[note from Byron: The chart after the pages from "Genealogies of Long Island Families From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", Vol I, Selected and Introduced by Henry B. Hoff, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987 is based on that reference, "A History of the Town of East-Hampton, N. Y." by Henry P. Hedges, Sag-Harbor, J. H. Hunt, Printer, 1897, and also "Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691-1703, An Unabridged Copy of the Manuscript Volume Known as 'The Lester Will Book'; Being the Record of the Prerogative Court of the County of Suffolk, New York, With Genealogical and Historical Notes", by William S. Pelletreau, A. M., Francis P. Harper, New York, 1897. and the following sources sent to me by the Suffolk County Historical Society, 300 West Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901-2894 : "East Hampton History Including Genealogies of Early Families" By Jeannette Edwards Rattray, East Hampton, Long Island, New York, pages 297-319, "Foster-Penny-Squires Families" by Alonzo Foster, p. 69, "Topping Genealogy" by Charles E. Topping (1980), p. 180, "Early History of Southampton" by George Rogers Howell (1887), pages 238-240, "Memorials of Old Bridgehampton" by James Truslow Adams, M.A. (1916), pages 68-70, 127, and "Oakland Cemetery", Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY, pages 59, 100, 101, 109. The following three paragraphs are on page 297 of the book by Rattray.
EDWARDS
"ACCORDING TO Pelletreau's "American Families of Historic Lineage", the surname Edwards is of Welsh origin, and was found there as early as 1350. From there, they apparently made their way to England, whence the first American Edwardses came in the early 1600's. In this new land, the Edwards family contributed its full quota-or more-of educators, jurists and divines to the early development of the country, and the current volume of "Who's Who in America" lists Edwardses who are bankers, economists, clergymen, historians and lawyers. The famous Jonathan Edwards of New England was not a direct connection of the Eastern Long Island family, although in the Long Island Collection of the Library there is a small brown book containing a sermon preached by him at the installment of the Reverend Samuel Buell on Sept. 19, 1746: "The Church's marriage to her sons and to her God."
Most of the descendants of that first William Edwards who came to East Hampton from Maidstone in England settled down as farmers or fishermen, and the Amagansett branch contributed several of the last generation of off-shore whalers in the town. Revolutionary War records of Suffolk County included such familiar Edwards names as Daniel, David, Gilbert, John, and Samuel.
[note from Byron: I looked up the word "goody" in our Oxford English Dictionary. It says:
Goody [shortened from Goodwife, as hussy from housewife]. A term of civility applied to a woman, usually a married woman, in humble life; often prefixed as a title to the surname. Hence, a woman to whose station this title is appropriate. Goody-Madam: a lady who has risen from a lower rank. ]
The book "Genealogies of Long Island Families..." by Hoff mentions an incident between Goody Edwards and Benjamin Price. Before going to those pages, here is another description of the same event, with some of the details different. This is from page 12 of "The Town of East Hampton" which is contained in a collection "History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, and Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals." New York: W.W. Munsell and Co, 1882. The section of East Hampton is written by William S. Pelletreau. From "The Town of East Hampton":
SLANDER AND WITCHCRAFT.
Two of the most curious episodes of the earliest days of the town are in connection with the trial and punishment of "Goody" Edwards for scolding and slander, and the charge against " Goody " Garlick for witchcraft. And here we may explain that, contrary to the opinion which is commonly held, social distinctions were much more strongly defined and marked in those times than at present. Men who were not of social standing high enough to be entitled to the style of "Mr." and "Gent. were addressed as "Goodman." A woman of similar position would be called "Goodwife," which was commonly contracted into "Goody;" hence the women mentioned above were known as Goody Edwards and Goody Garlick.
In June 1653 a formal charge was brought against Goody Edwards, by Benjamin Price, for slandering his wife. Price opened the case in true lawyer style, by making the charge seem as hideous as possible, declaring that Goody Edwards had put his wife's life in danger by declaring her to be a "base lyinge woman." He also expressed in the quaintest manner his fear for his posterity, lest on the strength of such an accusation people in future times should say, "There goe the brats of a base lyinge woman." The testimony in this case is very extensive and highly amusing, and a perfect picture of life in the primitive times. Goody Edwards might have come off better perhaps if it had not been proved that she had said that her husband "had brought her to a place where there was neither Gospel nor Magistrate." The court evidently felt bound to convince her that the latter part of her statement was a decided mistake, and she was sentenced to stand with a split stick on her tongue for one hour. Goody Edwards seems to have been a woman of muscle as well as temper, for when the constable came to perform his duty "she kicked him and broke his shins." Her husband-henpecked man, who perhaps had wrongs of his own to avenge-stood by and advised her "to take her punishment patiently." Instead of following this sage advice "she threatened to kill him." And what was the cause of all this trouble? Alas! An old woman said that "Goody Price said she had a petticoat that came from England." Another version was that " the money that bought that petticoat came from England." And this was the origin of the war that shook East Hampton from center to circumference.
The case of witchcraft, when stripped of all its superstitious features, seems to be simply this: The wife of Arthur Howell (daughter of Lion Gardiner) was suddenly attacked by a fever, which caused temporary derangement. To account for strange symptoms by attributing them to supernatural and infernal agency was characteristic of the times. The belief in witchcraft may have been absurd, but it was certainly universal. The dread of its power mav have been groundless, but it was certainly unfeigned, and our ignorant ancestors may well be pardoned for believing what the greatest of British jurists never ventured to doubt. The depositions in this case cover many pages of the town record 4....
Note from Byron: the above account of the incident seems to have a detail or two mixed up, but it does seem to summarize rather nicely what happened. For example, it appears that William Edwards sued Benjamin Price and his wife for slander, so Benjamin Price was the defendant, not our great-great-...-grandfather William Edwards. The incident of Goody Edwards threatened with having to have her tongue in a cleft-stick seems to be from an earlier incident (see page 21 of "East Hampton Town Records, Vol 1, Sag Harbor, John H. Hunt, printer, 1887.) I see from the town records that the Edwards family and the Price family seemed to have a long-standing feud. There were two previous lawsuits before the above-mentioned one. Perhaps you would like to read for yourself the description of the trial from the Town Records. The following four pages are from "East Hampton Town Records, Vol 1, Sag Harbor, John H. Hunt, Printer, 1887:
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The following pages are from "Genealogies of Long Island Families..."...Hoff cited above.
Click here for the will of William Edwards
This chart is very similar in content to the chart based on files from the Family History Center of LDS that used to be on this web page, but some dates differ and a few names have been removed.
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Richard Edwards b. abt 1579, Maidstone, Kent, England married Ann b. abt 1583 England |
William Edwards b. 1605/1612 |
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William Edwards 1 b. 1605/12 Maidstone, Kent, England d. 1685 East Hampton, Orange, NY married Ann Cole b. 1610/1616 Maidstone, Kent, England, d. June 3, 1700. From "History of East Hampton" by Hedges, p. 258: "He seems to have been a man of mind, heart and means, fully up to the average of his fellow townsman."
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John 2, d. 1693 Thomas 2, d. Apr 16, 1698 Ephraim 2, probably d. y. and unmd. Sarah 2 who m. 1st Nathaniel Domony, 2nd Robert Moore, both of East Hampton Ann 2 who m. John Squires of East Hampton Elizabeth 2 who m. a Baker of E. Hampton Hannah 2 who m. William Rundle. These are listed in Hedges History. The East Hampton Town Records, Vol. 5, also mention William 2 (by 2nd m.), bapt. Nov 11, 1705); and Ebenezer 2 bapt. May 2, 1708. [note from Byron: I am not sure what the reference to William 2 and Ebenezer means. These are probably grandchildren of William and Ann. William 2 could be the son of Thomas 3. ]
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John Edwards 2 b. 1640 (see "Early Long Island Wills...") m. 1666/7 Mary Stanborough b. 1642 Suffolk, NY, d. Mar 17, 1702 Suffolk, NY. Another reference, Arthur Adams, lists the marriage as Sept 30, 1661.
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Thomas 3 b. 1668, d. Oct. 31, 1736 Josiah 3 b. 1670, NY, d. Feb 12, 1713 on Apr, 1699 married Mary Churchill who was born April 6, 1675, died Feb 13/14, 1713. John 3 b. 1678 d. 1727 William 3 b. 1679, NY Sarah 3 who m. James Stanborough in 1703 Margaret 3 who m. Isaac Stratton in 1703 Mary 3 who m. Samuel Daniels |
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John Edwards 3 b. 1678 d. 1727 married Ann Hudson r. East Hampton. His will, dated 1726, recorded in N.Y. City. His occupation was that of cordwainer.
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John 4 bapt. 1701, d. 1727 Annie 4 Elishaba 4 Frances 4 d. 1722 Phebe 4, b. 1718, d. 1738 Esther 4 Elizabeth 4, b. 1726, d. 1737 Timothy 4 Henry 4 John 4 b. 1727, d. 1798
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John Edwards 4 b. 1727 , d. 1797, married Mehetable Russell, r. Southampton. His Will dated March 15, 1794, recorded in Riverhead. |
John 5 Silas 5 Ann 5, m. Henry Edwards Phebe 5, m. Braddock Corey Lucretia 5 m. Aaron Drake "It was said of Aunt Lucretia Drake 'She was a smart woman, she could build more rods of sheep fence in a day than any man in Southampton Town.' " Jemima 5 m. Samuel Cook
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John Edwards 5 b. 1749, d. 1829 m. Mercy Van Scoy. John 5 was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and drew a soldier's pension in later years. The library of the Suffolk county Historical Society has the original muster rolls of Col. Josiah Smith's Regiment. John Edwards is listed in the muster of Capt. David Pierson 's "Company of Minute Men of Bridgehampton" , the 2nd Southampton Co. [See notes below] |
Russell 6, d. Apr 7, 1836, aged 53 years. His wife Temperance b. 1780, d. 1861 Isaac 6 b. 1785, d. 1846, m. Betsey Van Bushkirk, b. 1788, d. 1869 John 6, see below. Abraham 6 b. Oct 1, 1795, d. Oct 10, 1858. Second wife Lucy Downs, b. 1820, d. 1878 Patience 6 b. 1785, d. 1858, m. Gilbert Budd, b. 1766, d. 1854, r. Noyac Matsey 6, b. 1799, d. 1846, m. Capt. Thomas Smith, b. 1791, d. 1863, r. Sag Harbor
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John Edwards 6, b. Nov 9,1791, d. Dec 22, 1858 on Jan 21,1814 married Deborah Penny, b. Dec 21, 1791, Bridgehampton, Suffolk, NY, d. Jan 8, 1877, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY. John 6 was in the War of 1812. [See notes below] Also see below for more on the ancestors of Deborah Penny. |
Deborah Caroline, b. Oct 26, 1814, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY, d. May 7, 1900, m. Jul 10, 1835 Henry Snook. Buried Greene Cemetery, Glastonbury, Conn. First Church of Glastonbury- Vol 5, p.394. 2nd m. to Rensselear Topping (1796-1881) Joseph Alfred, b. Aug 20, 1816/17, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY, d. April 13, 1903, Florence, Fremont, Co, married Caroline Snooks on Jan 25, 1836, two other wives. Mary Jane b. May 15, 1819, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY, d. May 26, 1893, married Henry B. Tuthill in March 1838 Lodowick Herman, b. Mar 10, 1821, d. Sep 3, 1849, married Lucy Avery Frances Sage, b. Mar 15, 1823, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, d. Jul 29, 1892, Sag Harbor. Married Atwater Hale Hannah b. Apr 12, 1825, d. Feb 8, 1900, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY. Married William White Charlotte Marie, b. Feb 13, 1827, d. 1913, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY. Married Samuel Polley John Penny Edwards, b. Jan 3, 1830, married Sarah Hayes Austin, b. Mar 1, 1832, d. Mar 16, 1832, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY Henrietta, b. Jul 16, 1835, d. May 31, 1904, Sag Harbor, Suffolk, NY. Married Charles G. Douglas (May 8, 1826-June 1884) |
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The following item is about Isaac Van Scoy, who was the father of Mercy Van Scoy, and who was the grandfather of John Edwards who married Deborah Penny.
VAN SCOY
THE GREATER part of this genealogy was compiled by the late Henry L. Van Scoy in 1897. This has been added to and brought up to date largely by Mrs. Everett J. Edwards.
With the first settlers who came to the New Netherlands from Holland were three brothers, Abraham, Peter and Isaac Van Schaick or Van Scoyack. Abraham settled in Albany, Peter near the present city of Hudson, N.Y., and Isaac in or near the Town of Oyster Bay, L.I. We find no account of their children but there is proof that Cornelius Van Scoy I (the East Hampton branch has always spelled the name thus). grandson of Isaac Van Schaick, came to East Hampton and in October, 1727 married Patience, daughter of Isaac Barnes of Amagansett. This Cornelius and his wife in 1737 removed to New Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y. with three or four children, one of whom was Jonathan, bapt. 1736, leaving one, Isaac, then five years old, to be brought up by his grandfather, Isaac Barnes. No Van Scoys are now living in East Hampton Township, but a few still live in Eastern Suffolk County.
The following bit of history concerning the first Van Scoy to live permanently in East Hampton was found in an old account book, and is probably a word-of-mouth tradition handed down to his great-grandson, the late Henry Van Scoy.
In February 1757, Isaac Van Scoy of Amagansett married Mercy Edwards, and in the spring moved to that section of the town known as Northwest, or Alewife Brook Neck, about six miles north of East Hampton Village. Northwest was a wooded wilderness of large timber. Into this lonely spot he went, with his wife, his axe, and his gun, game such as deer being plenty at that time. For a tenement for himself and his wife, he took out some dirt from the side of a hill, split some logs and put them up for a ceiling, putting turf on top for a roof. In a few years he built a snug frame house, and in or about 1771, he had built for himself a two-story 34 by 30 foot frame house, and in this he lived the rest of his life.
William D. Halsey, in his "Sketches from local history" relates that when Isaac Van Scoy's oldest child was born, "he set out in his door yard an oak tree (yellow bark) which was five feet high at that time. At this time (October, 1934) 1 have measured this tree and the following are the dimensions-height 98 ft., circumference one foot from ground 17 ft., diameter 5 ft., spread of branches 90 ft." The venerable giant was blown down in the hurricane of September, 1938.
Fifteen children were born to Isaac and Mercy in this wilderness; seven died in infancy. Mercy died in 1782, and Isaac then married the widow of Jonathan Osborn, who had a large family by her first husband. Isaac spent his time chopping and carting wood and clearing and tilling the soil. He was a man who did not believe there was any such thing as "I can't do it." When he was married he did not know the letters of the alphabet, but he soon learned, and was a fair reader for his time. He was 85 when he died, never was sick in his life. He rode six miles to church, and home again, walked into the house, and sat down dead. The day he died his courage was equal to his will.
In the Revolutionary War, the British lying in Gardiner's Bay often made raids on Isaac Van Scoy's farm. For safety, nights he had a handy hayfork standing by the head of his bed. On a certain day he had 50 English pounds paid him by some one. Some of the British being on shore, got wind of it, and broke into his home to get it. "The money!" they demanded. He told them they should not have it. They asked him where it was. He told them-they made a rush for it. With his two-tined pitchfork he killed one on the spot, and wounded two more. Arnold Squires Van Scoy of Hampton Bays, L.I. tells the same story, which he heard from his grandfather, with this added: Isaac was taken prisoner and put aboard a British warship at Sag Harbor to await trial. One dark night some friends and neighbors rowed out to the warship and managed to free him through a porthole. He had to hide out until the war ended.
ISAAC VAN SCOY 2 (s. of Cornelius Van Scoy, he actually 3d generation in America and originally Van Schaick) b. April 1732 d. Nov. 2, 1816, m. 1757 Mercy, dau. David Edwards of E.H. and settled in Northwest, E.H.,* where she d. Oct. 5, 1782 ae 50, and he d. Nov. 2, 1816. After the death of his first wife, Isaac 2 m. Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Osborn; she was b. a Dibble, 1729, and d. 1824.. Ch. of Isaac 2 and Mercy who survived were Isaac 3 b. 1758, Mercy 3 (who m. John Edwards of Sag Harbor and had ch. Russell, Patience, Isaac, John and Abraham); Elizabeth 3 b. 1759 (who m. Jeremiah Bennett, had 10 ch. and d. Oct. 11, 1858 ae 98;) Patience 3 (who m. John Payne, merchant of North Haven, Sag Harbor, and had 9 ch.); Elsie 3 (who m. John Edwards of Amagansett and had ch. Nancy, Joseph, Rebecca, John Dudley, and d. Sept. 17, 1838); Mebetable 3 (who m. Jonathan Osborn, Jr. and had ch. Polly, Harvey, Jonathan, Mulford, Abraham, Isaac Van Scoy, Betsey; and d. ae 79); David 3 b. March 9, 1765, d. Feb. 2, 1854; Mary (Polly) 3 b. July 4, 1774 (who m. Dering Ranger of Northwest Nov. 1796 and d. 1833; she had ch. Stephen b. Jan. 9, 1798, Sylvester b. Aug. 23, 1801, and Alfred b. June 29, 1807).
*The once extensive sheep and cattle farm, the fields of grain and hay, have all reverted to forest; only a stony hollow, the well, a few lilac bushes and stunted apple trees mark where the old house stood. The old Northwest school house stood on Van Scoy property. [The above is taken from "East Hampton Histories..." by Jeanette Edwards Rattray. The genealogy of the Van Scoys continues in the book.]
[note from Byron: The following is from "New York in the Revolution as Colony and State", vols 1 and 2., Albany, N.Y., J.B. Lyon Co, 1901-1904. This book is also available as a reprint from the Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore. From page 131:] "THE REFUGFES FROM LONG ISLAND TO CONNECTICUT The Refugees from Long Island to Connecticut Soon after the British took possession of the Western end, and practically the whole, of Long Island, the Convention passed the following:- In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York Harlem August 28th I776. Ordered that Mr. Gelston proceed to Connecticut with the Letters to Governor Trumbull & the Committee & that this Convention will bear his Expenses. Robt. Benson, Secr'y. In convention of the Representatives of the State of New York Harlem August 29th I776 Resolved that it be recommended to the Inhabitants of Suffolk, Long Island, to remove as many of their Women, Children & Slaves and as much of their live Stock and Grain to the main as they Can and that this Convention will pay the Expense of Removing the Same John McKesson, Secr'y. Acting under the latter Resolution, three of the Refugees were appointed Auditors of the Accounts for Transporting Families from Long Island to Connecticut. They were:- Thomas Dering, John Foster and Thomas Wickham. In their Accounts they charged, per day, as fol- lows:- time, 12/-; board, 2/-; horsekeeping, 1/6. Nearly all of their work was carried on at Middletown, Connecticut. The town Committees of Inspection, in that State, usually approved of the Claims brought before the Auditors; in fact, the Committees often sent boats to Long Island for transporting the Refugees and their effects. The places from which most of the emigrants embarked were:- Sag Harbor, Southold, East- hampton, Sterling and Shelter Island. Their destinations, with few exceptions, were: Middle- town, Killingworth, Saybrook, Haddam, East Haddam, Stonington, New London and Guilford. Previous to the flight, many Guns had been taken from the inhabitants by the Committee of Suffolk County, and delivered to Col. Henry B. Livingston. During the flight, and afterward, Col. Livingston secured other Guns and Munitions of War, some of which were used for the Troops of New York and others were loaned to Connecticut. ..." On page 132, the names Edwards Ebenezer Edwards John, Edwards Mercy appear in the list of refugees from Long Island to Connecticut. On page 169 Suffolk County Militia--First Regiment of Minute Men COLONEL JOSIAH SMITH ... David Pierson is listed as a Captain. Under enlisted men the following names are included: Edwards Daniel Edwards David Edwards Henry Edwards Isaac Edwards John Edwards Silas Edwards William
Ancestors of Deborah PennyCompiled by John S. Penney: Penny/Penney Family Home Page
Generation One1. Deborah Penny; bur. at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, NY;1 b. 21 Dec 1790;2 m. John Edwards 21 Jan 1814;3 d. 8 Jan 1877 at age 86.4 Generation Two 2. Joseph Penny; bur. at Red Creek Cem., Southport, NY;5 b. 1768;6 m. Deborah Squires (see #3), daughter of Ellis Squires and Phebe Russell, 1789;7 d. 15 Apr 1845.8 He Joseph and Deborah moved from Aquebogue to Red Creek after 1790 (Flanders?). Children of Joseph Penny and Deborah Squires (see #3) were as follows: 1 . i. Deborah. ii. Austin; bur. at Good Ground Cem, Hampton Bays, NY;9 b. 27 May 1807;10 m. Sarah Ann Benjamin 19 Mar 1828;11 d. 25 Feb 1890 at Good Ground, Southampton, Suffolk, NY, at age 82.12 He See Suffolk probate file no. 11464. iii. Esther A.; bur. AE 76 at Fournier Cemetery, Red Creek; b. May 1809;13 d. 11 May 1885 at Flanders, Suffolk, NY. She Esther never married. See Suffolk Probate File no. 10130(A). iv. Lodewick; bur. AE 8 3 7 at Fournier Cemetery, Red Creek; b. 13 Jul 1811; d. 20 Oct 1819 at age 8. v. Frances; b. 18 May 1814; m. Oliver K. Buckley 6 Jan 1835;14 d. 11 Jan 1892 at age 77. vi. Joseph Penny; bur. AE 68 at Webb St. Cem., Greenport, NY; b. 26 Aug 1791;15 m. Harmony Squires 1813;16 d. 1 Nov 1859 at Greenport, Suffolk, NY, at age 68.17 He was also known as Capt.. He Sea Captain from Greenport, NY. See Suffolk probate file no. 5168. vii. Mary; m. Jonathan Norton Robinson; b. 25 Jun 1793;18 d. 13 May 1888 at Sabetha, Kansas, at age 94.19 viii. Phebe; b. 6 May 1795;20 m. John Sawyer Foster, son of Wakeman Foster and Martha Sawyer, 12 Dec 1812 at Pon Quogue, Southampton, NY;21 d. 25 Oct 1881 at age 86.22 ix. Harvey; b. Jun 1797;23 m. Abigail Raynor circa 19 Aug 1824;24 d. 22 Feb 1865 at age 67.25 He (Date of Marriage to Abigail Raynor given as Aug 19, 1824 in Pennypacker Coll., Index 2, Marriages.). x. Hannah; b. 24 Feb 1799;26 m. Sylvester F. Terry 20 Jun 1823;27 d. 18 Oct 1881 at age 82.28 xi. Millie M.; b. 28 Apr 1801;29 m. Benjamin Davis 10 Apr 1827;30 d. 13 Apr 1889 at age 88.31 xii. Nathan; b. 22 Jan 1804;32 m. Hannah Fournier, daughter of John Fournier, 28 Dec 1828;33 d. 6 Nov 1880 at age 76.34 He Nathan claims (mistakenly?) that he 'traces his ancestry back to one Joshua Penny, who located here on his emigration from England, and during the war of 1812 participated in that conflict.' -Portrait & Biographical Record of Suffolk County, NY., Chapman Publishing, New York, 1896. This conflicts with: Wines, Pioneers of Riverhead Town. See Suffolk probate file no. 9066. xiii. Manassah; m. Phebe Robinson; m. Rosetta Goodale; b. 1805;35 d. 1892.36 He Removed to Illinois in 1858 accompanied by his mother. On the 1860 Federal Census Menassah Penny lives in Andover, Henry County, Illinois, p.888. 3. Deborah Squires; b. 1767;37 m. Joseph Penny (see #2), son of Nathan Penny and Mary Paine, 1789;38 d. 14 Nov 1859 at Andover, Il.39 Generation Three 4. Nathan Penny; bur. at Jamesport; b. 1725; m. Mary Paine (see #5) 23 Oct 1755 at First Church of Southold;40 d. 16 Jun 1768.41 He New York Historical Society, Abstracts of Wills, v7 p124, Liber 26 page 434. Nathan Penny, Southold, Carpenter. Will dated June 15, 1768. Proved June 28, 1768. Sons: Nathan, Joseph. Daughters: Mary, Katherine, Hannah, Esther and Pergis. Wife: Mary. Brother: Abner Wells, Executor. Witness by Edward Penny. (Abner Wells was Nathan Penny's half-brother.) 'Nathan Penney is reportedly buried in the Jamesport (Lower Aquebogue) Cemetery but his headstone is missing. His footstone is in the Mattituck Historical Society Kitchen.' Jack E. Phillips, Sr. to JSPIII. Children of Nathan Penny and Mary Paine (see #5) were as follows: i. Mary; m. Hezekiah Reeve; b. 1757; d. 10 Jan 1816. ii. Catherine; m. James Reeve before 7 Oct 1790. iii. Nathan; d. 6 Oct 1784. He Salmon Records notes the death of Nathan Panny d. __ Oct 1784. iv. Hannah; m. Joseph Howell 28 Oct 1779 at Mattituck-Aquebogue Parishes;42 d. before 7 Oct 1790. v. Ester; m. James Raynor before 7 Oct 1790. vi. Pergis; m. Richard Sweezy Jennings; b. 1766; d. 16 Dec 1787. She See Wines p.31. 2 . vii. Joseph. 5. Mary Paine; bur. at Aquebogue (Upper Aquebogue) Cem; b. 1724;43 m. Nathan Penny (see #4), son of Edward Penny and Katherine _____, 23 Oct 1755 at First Church of Southold;44 d. 19 Dec 1789.45 6. Ellis Squires; b. 1737/38;46 m. Phebe Russell (see #7), daughter of Daniel Russell and Content Norton, 7 Jul 1761 at Nantucket, MA;47 d. Oct 1822 at Good Ground, Southampton, Suffolk, NY.48 He was also known as Sr. Children of Ellis Squires and Phebe Russell (see #7) were as follows: 3 . i. Deborah. ii. Seth; m. Martha Corwin; b. circa 1769;49 d. 16 Dec 1830 at Good Ground, Southampton, Suffolk, NY.50 7. Phebe Russell; b. 3 Oct 1739 at Nantucket, MA;51 m. Ellis Squires (see #6) 7 Jul 1761 at Nantucket, MA;52 d. 10 Apr 1826 at Good Ground, Southampton, Suffolk, NY, at age 86.53 Generation Four 8. Edward Penny; m. Katherine _____ (see #9); d. 13 Feb 1726/27.54 He Edward Penny lived in East Hampton from bef. 1718 to his death in 1726/7. His widow, Katherine removed from Rev. Huntting's East Hampton church on 23 Feb 1728/9 and married Abner Wells in Southold in 1734 (Salmon). Children of Edward Penny and Katherine _____ (see #9) were as follows: i. Mary; b. 1718; m. Daniel Youngs, son of Christopher Youngs and Elizabeth Moore, 16 Oct 1732;55 d. 8 Jun 1798 at AE 81.56 She 'This Mary may have married Oct 16, 1732 Daniel Young and been the mother of Rev. Daniel Young of Aquebogue. The widow of Daniel (1712-1755) died June 8, at the age of 81 and it seems likely that she was the infant Mary baptized in 1718.' V. Wines, Pioneers of Riverhead Town, p.30-1. ii. Edward; bur. at Old Burying Ground, East Cutchogue, NY;57 b. 1720;58 m. Bathsheba Case 27 Sep 1739 at Southold, Suffolk, NY;59 m. Lucresia Hart 17 Sep 1749 at First Church of Southold;60 d. 27 Oct 1796.61 He From Abstracts of Suffolk County wills: Liber A, p.464 Edward Penny, (Probably of Southold) 23 Oct 1796...given grandson Benjamin whole estate and pay Abraham Corey Jr. 50 pounds... Executor: Benjamin Penny...Witnesses: Joseph Glover, Joseph Glover Jr., James W. Booth, Proved 9 Nov. 1796 by Joseph Glover Jr. Administration granted 9 Nov. 1796 to Benjamin Penny. 1790 Census for Suffolk County NY lists Benjamin, John, Edward Jr. and Edward Sr. in Southold. Edward Penny is buried in the Old Burying Ground in East Cutchogue. Inscription is as follows: 'In memory of Edward Penny who died Oct 27th 1796 in the 77th year of his age.' iii. Hannah; b. 1722. 4 . iv. Nathan. v. Isaac; m. Margaret Howell, daughter of Richard Howell and Deborah _____; b. 1726/27. He Muster Roll begun 18 April 1758, Suffolk County: Isaac Penny; Date of inlistment April 3, 1758. Muster Roll of the Men raised by Israel Horton, Suffolk Co., April 1760: Isaac Penny; Date of Inlistment April 28; age 32 (b.1728), Born Suffolk Co.; Trade , Carpenter; Raised out of the Militia of Daniel Wells, 2nd New York Regiment, campaign of 1760. In the Militia Company of Israel Horton, Suffolk Co., Isaac Penny is listed as a Corporal. See: 'Some Records of the French & Indian War,' NYGBS Record, v.26 pp.73-79. 9. Katherine _____; m. Edward Penny (see #8), son of John Penny and Mary ____; b. circa 1695; m. Henry Wells I 2 Oct 1734.62 She After the death of Edward Penny, Katherine married Henry Wells on 2 Oct 1734. 10. Daniel Russell; m. Content Norton (see #11), daughter of Jacob Norton; d. 13 Jun 1776.63 Children of Daniel Russell and Content Norton (see #11) were: 7 . i. Phebe. 11. Content Norton; m. Daniel Russell (see #10), son of Daniel Russell and Deborah Macy; d. 7 Sep 1768.64 Generation Five 12. John Penny; m. Mary ____ (see #13); d. 14 Feb 1713/14.65 He Tanner from Southold, Suffolk, NY See: 'Note to Thomas Moore,' Pennypacker Col., Doc Bk #5, p.61. A 20c note enclosed with this document says that John had a son William whose son died in 1738; Sarah Howell married William Penny on January 13, 1732; their daughter died in 1748; and Sarah Howell died June 15, 1749. (all dates from Salmon Records). Children of John Penny and Mary ____ (see #13) were as follows: 8 . i. Edward. ii. William; b. 1700 OR 1705 7; m. Sarah Howell, daughter of Richard Howell and Deborah _____, 13 Jan 1732;66 d. 19 Mar 1781.67 He Worked on the construction of the first Meeting House in Riverhead, NY, 1731. See: V. Wines, Pioneers of Riverhead Town. 13. Mary ____; m. John Penny (see #12); d. 31 Mar 1733.68 14. Daniel Russell; m. Deborah Macy (see #15). Children of Daniel Russell and Deborah Macy (see #15) were: 10 . i. Daniel. 15. Deborah Macy; m. Daniel Russell (see #14). 16. Jacob Norton; m. an unknown person. Children of Jacob Norton and an unknown spouse were: 11 . i. Content.
Endnotes
1. Phillips, Jack Elmer, Sr. to John Penney, Letter 6 July. 1995, 8p including 4p Family Group records dated 12/18/88, 3/8/89, 3/9/89, 3/10/89.
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