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Jonathan Tracy I (1646 - bef. 1712)

Lieut. Jonathan Tracy I
Born in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticutmap
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 11 Jul 1672 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co CTmap
Husband of — married 21 Aug 1711 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died before before age 65 in Preston, New London, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Birth Jonathan Tracy, 3rd son of son of Lt. Thomas and "the widow Mason" Tracy, was born 21 February 1646, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. [1] According to Torrey he was born about 1640[2] which is unlikely as his parents are on record marrying in 1641. [3]

Marriage and Children Jonathan Tracy married Mary Griswold on 11 July 1672, Preston, New London, Connecticut. [4] Derivative vital records record the location as Saybrook, Connecticut and also as Norwichtown. [5] These records reflect the same physical location but changing boundaries. Their known children were:

  1. Jonathan, Jr., b. 21 Feb 1674/5 [5]  ; m. Annah Palmor (Palmer) 11 Feb 1700/1 [5] ; d. 25 Feb 1704 (had 2 children) [5] wf Anna Tracey "of Stonington" in his Will*Hannah, b. 8 Jul 1677 [5] ; m. Thomas Davidson (aka Davison) 28 Nov 1695, Preston, he d. 1724; she m. 2nd Daniel Geer (1673-1749); she d. 23 Jan 1751, Preston
  2. Hannah, b. 8 Jul 1677, Norwichtown, New London, CT. dau of Jonathan & Mary [5]
  3. Christopher, b. 1 May 1680 [5] ; m. Lidia Parrish, 20 May 1705; named executor in his father's Will
  4. Mary, b. 7 Sep 1682 [5] ; m. Benjamin Parrish, 18 Apr 1705, Preston
  5. Maryam [Miriam], b. 23 Apr 1685 [5] ; m. Isaac Clarke
  6. David, b. 24 Sep 1687 [5] ; m. Sarah Parrish, 6 Oct 1709, Preston ; Will probated 1752, Hartford, CT.
  7. Frances, b. 1 Apr 1690 [5] ; m. Elizabeth Parrish, 6 Jan 1713/4, Preston ; d. 28 Nov 1755, Preston
  8. Sary [Sara], b. 2 Aug 1692 Pg. 237.; d. 6 Sep 1693 [5]
  9. Samuel, b. 6 Jun 1697 [5] ; d. 28 Feb 1789, Plainfield, Norwich, CT., age 92 yrs, wf. Esther d. 22 May 1780, age 68 yrs

"Mary Tracy wife of Jonathan, Sr. age 55 yrs, born 1656, passed away at Norwich, Connecticut, 24 April 1711." [6]

Widower Jonathan Tracy married 2nd Mary Richards on 21 Aug 1711 at Preston. [7] She was baptized Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay.[8] the daughter of John Richards and his wife, Elizabeth Woodbury.[9]

Town Service Jonathan Tracy was one of the original Preston settlers where he became the first town recorder; the first lieutenant of the trained band in 1690; he was a selectman in 1698; a deputy for Preston in the legislatures of 1699, 1700 and 1710; he was the first justice of the peace a position he held until his death in 1711. [10] [11]

Death Jonathan Tracy passed away soon after his second marriage in August of 1711[10] His Will was probated February 1711/12. Mentioned in the court administrative papers were: his widow Mary (Richards) Tracy; son Christopher Tracy, made estate administrator; two children of deceased eldest son Jonathan Tracy, Jr. (who d. 25 Feb 1704); dau Hannah (Tracy) Davison; dau Mary (Tracy) Parish; dau Meriam (Tracy) Clark; son David; son Samuel. Christopher Tracy; James Harris and Ebonezer Dart all of New London placed administrative bond in the estate of Jonathan Tracy on 12 February 1711/12. [12]

Research Notes

Generations of Jonathan Tracey's in the same local.

  • Jonathan Tracey, (Sr.), son of Thomas, b. 21 Feb 1646/7, Saybrook, CT.; m. Mary "Griswould" 11 Jul 1672 [5] ; m. 2nd Mary Richards 11 Jul 1672, Saybrook, CT.; d. prob. 1709 [see Torrey] but before his will was probated 1711/12 which names his children and 2nd wife. [13] Caution: d. date of 1704 precedes his town service ; Torrey, p.751, records his d. in 1709. -Note error with d. date of 25 Feb 1704/5, Preston VR's which is same d. date as his son Jonathan Tracy, Jr. the next record in the same vital record page (typed transcription record).
  • "Jonathan Tracey, (Jr.), son of Jonathan & Mary, b. 21 Feb 1674/5, Preston, CT." [5] ; m. "Annah Palmor" (Palmer) 11 Feb 1700/1 [5] see also, Torry, pg. 751; d. 25 Feb 1704, Preston, CT. [5]
  • "Jonathan Tracey, (3rd), son of Jonathan & Annah, b. 30 Nov 1702, Preston, CT." [5] ; m. 1st 19 Feb 1723, Amee Palmer ; m. 2nd Lucy Avery, 19 May 1747, Preston, CT.; d. 1777, Hartford county, CT. Will mentions sons Samuel, Perez, Moses and Israel Tracy, daughters Amy Tracy and Submit Hartshorn and Tracey Wilmot, Reuben Wilmot and Ashor Willmot. Witnesses, Robart Crary, Esq., Ens., John Morgan and Timothy Palmer. [14]
  • "Jonathan Tracey, (IV), son of Jonathan & Amee, b. 11 Apr 1741, Preston, CT." [5]
Cousin lineage from Johnathan Tracy, Sr. b. 1646:
  • Jonathan Tracey, b. 16 Dec 1713, Preston, CT. son of Christopher & Lidia Tracy [15] Note Christopher was a son of Jonathan Tracy, Sr. b. 1646. This Jonathan relocated to Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. where he m. Abigail Riggs and they relocated to Guildsboro, Hancock, ME.

Error date for death of Jonathan Tracy, Sr. as seen in the "Connecticut Vital Records (The Barbour Collection, 1630-1870)" which are reissued, typed vital records, show both Jonathan Sr. and Jonathan (Jr.) dying on the same day in sequential records although Jonathan, Sr. was in town public service up through 1710. The record in mention reads as follows:

  • Jonathan Tracy, d. 25 Feb 1704 [quoting from Vol.1:13]
  • Jonathan Tracy, Sr. d. 25 Feb 1704 [quoting from Vol.1:37]

Note that in addition to his town service through 1710 and the date of his probated Will (Apr. 1711/12) source Stackpole (p.265) records his death as being in 1711.

Second wife, Mary Richards. A prior version of this profile included a comment about the second marriage, "[Caution Richards probably isn't her maiden name.]" His second wife was Mary Richards, daughter of John Richards and Elizabeth Woodbury.[16][17]

Caution. 20th c. Vanity Genealogy publications assert that the family line of Lt. Thomas Tracy has direct links line to royal ancestry, and that this family line came from Gloucestershire, England. These are assertions which have been disproven by scholarly research. Refer to profile Thomas Tracy

Sources

  1. ↑ Abbey, Matilda. Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Connecticut Pg.8. (D.S. Harkness & Co., Milwaukee, 1888) [1]
  2. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" pg.751. Pub. 2004, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21686246?h=d45e2d
  3. ↑ Clarence Almon Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" pg.751. Pub. 2004, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21686246?h=d45e2d
  4. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Pg. 235. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=577747&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 "Preston Vital Records; Part I, 1687-1850" Connecticut Town Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    Pg. 235 (Jonathan) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21694187?h=7ccbd7
    pg. 234 (Hannah & Francis) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21686425?h=f73e39
    pg. 233 (Christopher & David) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22608531?h=18139f
    pg. 236 (Mary & Maryam) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22608543?h=bda0d5
    pg. 237 (Sarah & Samuel) https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22608551?h=cc735d
  6. ↑ "Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)" p.236; quoting Vol. 1:13. Reprinted (online db) 2006, Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 9 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22579532?h=8c12f6
  7. ↑ "Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)" Preston, Vital Records: p.199 (quoting original Vol.1:13). Reprinted (online db) 2006, Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 12 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22607852?h=7051c4
  8. ↑ [https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B281.shtml Massachusetts Vital Records Project; Beverly Births; page 281
  9. ↑ Susan Kilbride, "The Identity of Elizabeth (Richards) Standish and the Richards Family of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Preston, Connecticut," Mayflower Descendant 68 (2020):187–191, at 190, 190n; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Stackpole, Everett S. comp. "History of Durham, Maine with Genealogical Notes" p.265. Pub.1899, Lewiston, ME., USA: Published for the Town; Press of Lewiston Journal Co., Accessed 12 Jan 2021. https://archive.org/details/historyofdurhamm00stac_0/page/265/mode/1up?q=Tracy
  11. ↑ Evert E. Tracy,Tracy Genealogy: Ancestors & Descendants of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut, 1660 (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publisher,1898) p.25; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  12. ↑ "Connecticut, Wills & Probate Records, 1609-1999" Hartford, Probate Packets; Town of Preston, Yr. 1711, No.5351, [note these case numbers were assigned after-the-fact by transcribers and are not calendar date sequence] New London Probate District Bonds, Inventories, Distributions, Administrative Accounts, Misc., 8 documents total. Hyperlinks to these particular mentions:
    Will cover page: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21695474?h=1356ce
    Widow Mary (Richards) Tracy: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22592015?h=f344b4
    Children named: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22592110?h=5d4d6b
  13. ↑ "Connecticut, Wills & Probate Records, 1609-1999" Hartford, Probate Packets; Town of Preston, Yr. 1711, No.5351, New London Probate District Bonds, Inventories, Distributions, Administrative Accounts, Misc., 8 documents total. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21695474?h=1356ce
  14. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999" New London county Probate; Case 10790. Reprinted [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Accessed 10 Jan 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22586002?h=1bc5d0
  15. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-TXL : 7 January 2020), Jonathan Tracy, 1713 son of Christopher & Lidia.
  16. ↑ Susan Kilbride, "The Identity of Elizabeth (Richards) Standish and the Richards Family of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Preston, Connecticut," Mayflower Descendant 68 (2020):187–191, at 190, 190n; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  17. ↑ David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, in particular, 215-216 (Elizabeth3 Woodbury Richards). The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors.
See also--
  • Susan Kilbride, "The Identity of Elizabeth (Richards) Standish and the Richards Family of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Preston, Connecticut," Mayflower Descendant 68 (2020):187–191, at 190, 190n; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  • David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, in particular, 215-216 (Elizabeth3 Woodbury Richards). The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors.
  • Tracy, Martin Booth. Lt. Thomas Tracy (1610–1685) of Norwich, Connecticut, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., March 2017) Vol. 49, No. 3, Page 214. Birth: 1646. Death: 1711.

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GeneJ X
Identity of his second wife as Mary Richards, daughter John Richards and his wife, Elizabeth Woodbury, published in Mayflower Descendant, 2020. See Susan Kilbride, "The Identity of Elizabeth (Richards) Standish and the Richards Family of Beverly, Massachusetts, and Preston, Connecticut," Mayflower Descendant 68 (2020):187–191, at 190; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

Reports Mary Richard married (1) at Preston, 21 August 1711, Jonathan Tracy, as his second wife; married (2) 3 September 1717, Eleazer Jewett.

This identity, citing above Mayflower Descendant, 2020, followed in David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William^1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, in particular, 215-216 (Elizabeth Woodbury Richards). The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors.

Susan Kilbride (2020) includes footnote (p. 190n), reporting that Frederic Clare Jewett (1908, ... the Jewetts of America) "incorrectly states that Mary Richards was the daughter of Francis Griswold of Norwich." Kilbride further writes, "Mary Griswold was the name of Jonathan Tracy's first wife."

So, Kilbride, followed by Dearborn and Arthaud, reports Jonathan Tracy married twice--first to Mary Griswold, and second to Mary Richards. Mary (Richards) Tracy married (2) Eleazer Jewett.

posted by GeneJ X
B-404 Anne B
Does he need Project protection?
posted by Anne B
Johnson-43462 Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Anne, I'm responding for the PM because he doesn't appear to be active at this time. Thank you for the project protection suggestion. So far no-one has attempted to add the claim about royal ancestor descent to this profile although said claim is in several secondary sources and all sorts of heraldic COA's are posted to personal family lines in Ancestry.com. I imagine the profile protection surrounding his father is the reality check safe-guarding this particular son although I can't blame folks for 'having the dream'. Don't we all at some level of our imagination.  :-)
posted by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Bob Tonsmeire
Tracy-709 and Tracy-164 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, similar dates, no conflicts
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Bob Tonsmeire
Tracy-1180 and Tracy-164 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birth date, same wife
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Bob Tonsmeire
Tracy-663 and Tracy-164 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same dates
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Jeanette (Gartman) Barott
Tracey-200 and Tracy-164 appear to represent the same person because: Child is proposed for merge.
posted by Jeanette (Gartman) Barott
Jewett-369 Bob Jewett
Tracy-594 and Tracy-164 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by Bob Jewett
Welland-12 Scotty Welland
Tracy-164 and Tracy-565 appear to represent the same person because: Both of these files represent Lt. Jonathan Tracy, husband of Mary Griswold
posted by Scotty Welland

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