David Pillsbury (1764 - aft. 1801)

Born 28 Mar 1764 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Molly (Harris) Pillsbury — married 24 Mar 1801 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died after 1801 after age 36 in Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

David Pillsbury (recorded as "Pilsbury") was born at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, in late March of 1764, a son of David Pillsbury and Anna (Unknown) Pillsbury; he married Molly Harris at Newbury in 1801.

He appears in the U.S. Census of 1800 for Newbury, but is reported, in an 1898 Pillsbury genealogy^[1] to have emigrated to Canada; no death record for him or for Molly has to date (Feb. 2021) been found.

Research Notes

For an explanation of the distinction between the two David Pillsburys (father and son) in the 1790 and 1800 U.S. Census records, see the Research Notes section of the father's profile.

Sources

1. ↑ David B. Pillsbury and Emily Getchell, The Pillsbury Family in America, 1898, family #22

• Birth 28 March 1764 at Newbury: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9S-P8Y : 15 January 2020), David Pilsbury in entry for David Pilsbury, 1764.

• Residence (presumed; as single head of household; with image of handwritten original): "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH51-8YG : accessed 16 February 2021), David Pilsbury, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 214, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 205,613.

• Marriage intentions (with image of handwritten original): "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHND-74X : 10 November 2020), David Pilsbury, 6 Mar 1801; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.

• Marriage: "PILLSBURY, David, and Molly Harris, Mar. 24, 1801." -- Record with image of handwritten original: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL2-NQZ : 10 November 2020), David Pilsbury, 24 Mar 1801; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.