John Hussey Sr. (1636 - bef. 1707)

Born 28 Feb 1636 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Perkins) Hussey — married 21 Sep 1659 in Hampton, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died before 18 Feb 1707 before age 70 in Christiana Creek, New Castle, Delaware

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Biography

John Hussey Sr. descends from Christopher Hussey, a Nantucket founder.

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John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Hussey was the 6th (and 7th) great grandfather of US President Richard Nixon.^[1][2]

Christopher Hussey, in his will dated 28 February 1684/5, proved 28 October 1685, gave his sons Stephen and John 200 acres in equal portions; he names sons John Hussey and John Smith as joint executors.^[3]

John Hussey Sr was born to Christopher Hussey and Theodate Batchelder, and was a grandson of Stephen Batchelder, (a noted nonconformist preacher in early 17th century England, who was a refugee for a while in Holland because of religious views.) He married Rebecca Perkins. Five married daughters remained in New England, but perhaps ten of their other children arrived in New Castle with them in about 1695 from Hampton, New Hampshire, which probably made a big difference in the amount of church members for the Quaker community. ^[4]

"Hampton, now of Seabrook, m. 1 Sept. 1659 Rebecca Perkins (Isaac). Friends, they were abs. from meeting; he in Apr. 1662, 26 times abs.; both in Apr. 1663, 20 days abs., in Mar. 1668 he worked on fast day. Named Rep. 1692, he declined to take oath, but aft. remov. to New Castle, Del., where he bot 1695, he served as Rep. 1696, the oath there unnecessary. In N.J. he adm. the est. of his mo.-in-law Susanna Perkins, as princ. creditor, 1699." ^[5]

Birth

The Hampton town records show John as baptized in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the last day of the last month of 1635. In the profile of Christopher Hussey in "Great Migration Begins", Vol. 2, Anderson points out that due to the double date situation, this would be February 29, 1636, as 1636 was a leap year.^[6][7] The assumption is that John was born one day prior to his baptism, 28 February 1636.

Marriage and Children

John married Rebecca Perkins on 21 September 1659, at Hampton.^[8]

Child: Theodate Hussey

Child: Rebecca Hussey

Child: Mary Hussey

Child: Susanna Hussey

Child: Ann Hussey

Child: Hulda Hussey

Child: Bathsheba Hussey

Child: Christopher Hussey

Child: John Hussey

Child: Hope Hussey

Child: Jedidiah Hussey

Child: Patience Hussey

Child: Charity Hussey

Child: Unknown Hussey

Child: Content Hussey

Child: Comfort Hussey

Death

Will dated 8 May 1707, proved 18 February 1707/8 at New Castle, Delaware.^[9][10]

In his will, John Hussey of New Castle, Delaware names son Christopher, son Jedeiah, daughters Rebecca wife of Samuel Collins, daughter Mary wife of Mason Swett, daughter Anne wife of James Stanyan, daughter Susanna relict of Richard Otis, daughter Bethsheba wife of Thomas Babb, daughter Charity wife of Garret Garretson, daughter Content wife of Henry Sand, and gives the rest of his estate to his son John, who he appoints sole executor. He does not mention his wife, so she had died before 8 May 1707.

Residences

On 6 December 1681, Christopher Hussey, Esq., late of Hampton, Norfolk, MA now Hampton, New Hampshire gave his lands in Nantucket to his sons Stephen and John.^[11] This deed was also recorded at Nantucket.^[12]

On 2d 2m 1681, gave his son John half an acre of land next to his farm for the purpose of building a gristmill and building a dam.^[13] John later conveyed this to his brother Stephen on 12 June 1703.^[14]

On 18 June 1685, John Hussey of Hampton sold land in Nantucket to his brother Stephen. John was at Nantucket on 17 June 1685.^[15]

On 4 June 1694, John Hussey of Hampton, New Hampshire sold to his brother Stephen his land in Nantucket he had received from his father.^[16] This deed was also recorded at Nantucket.^[17]

On 4d 2m 1695, John Hussey of Hampton sold about 100 acres that was formerly the part of his father's farm granted by the town of Hampton. He appeared 4 April 1695 with his wife Rebecca.^[18]

Shortly after 4 April 1695, John went to Delaware.

On 1 July 1695, John Hussey of Hampton, New Hampshire, yeoman, purchased several hundreds of acres on the south side of Christiana Creek, New Castle, Delaware.^[19]

On 6 August 1695, John Hussey of Hampton, New Hampshire, yeoman, purchased another 300 acres.^[20]

In 1696, John Hussey of New Castle was a member of the Assembly under Penn.^[21][22]

On 17 July 1699, he was named as the principal creditor for Susanna Perkins in the New Castle, DE court records.^[23]

On 17 December 1700, John Hussey, planter, purchased 160 acres at Christiana Creek, which John then sold on 17 June 1701.^[24]

In 1703, John made a trip back to New Hampshire. On 22 June 1703 (see deed from Nantucket on same date referring to New Hampshire), John Hussey personally appeared before a magistrate at New Hampshire.^[25]

John Hussey Senior, farmer, purchased more land on 16 May 1705.^[26]

On 22 May 1706, John Hussey Senior of New Castle County, Delaware, farmer, gave his 150 acre plantation to his sons John and Jedediah Hussey.^[27] On 18 March 1707/8, John Hussey of New Castle and his brother Jedidiah reached an agreement to partition their father’s planation.^[28]

On 22 August 1706, John Hussey gave land to his son Christopher.^[29]

Sources

1. ↑ The American Genealogist, (1970), 46:90.
2. ↑ Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society), p. 153, 451, 560.
3. ↑ Albert Stillman Batchellor, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 1, 1635-1717, State Papers Series Vol, 31, (Concord, NH: Rumford Printing Co., 1907), p. 287, available at: https://archive.org/details/newhampshireprov31none/page/286/mode/2up?q=hussey.
4. ↑ Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn, by Herbert Standing, p. 137-138: http://nc-chap.org/church/quaker/standingDH3crop.pdf
5. ↑ Sibyl Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012, page 364.
6. ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1701/i/40198/3/1085549291
7. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1050/23895409
8. ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1701/i/40198/74/1085550736
9. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware, Probate Case files, Hunter, John - Huston, George, 1680-1925, "Hussey, John," 1721, digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRJ-67YW-3 : accessed 11 November 2019); citing Digital Genealogical Society no. 104,529,535, Record Group 2545, Roll 217, file of John Hussey.
10. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware, Wills of New Castle County, Delaware, 1682-1854; index to wills, 1682-1885, "John Hussey" 8 May 1707, digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95D-F36H-7 : accessed 11 November 2019); citing Digital Genealogical Society Number 007652939, Film Number 6539, Wills, v. A-I, K 1682-1777, image 108, will of John Hussey.
11. ↑ Province [New Hampshire] deeds and probate records from 1623-1772, vol. 3, p. 168.
12. ↑ Nantucket Deed Book 3, p. 26, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z8-R7QP?i=287&cc=2106411&cat=213270.
13. ↑ Province [New Hampshire] deeds and probate records from 1623-1772, vol. A, p. 65.
14. ↑ Nantucket Deed Book 3, p. 25, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z8-RQ1Y?i=288&cc=2106411&cat=213270.
15. ↑ Nantucket Deed Book 2, p. 49, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z8-R7GN?i=175&cc=2106411&cat=213270.
16. ↑ Province [New Hampshire] deeds and probate records from 1623-1772, vol. 6, p. 49.
17. ↑ Nantucket Deed Book 3, p. 59, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z8-R79G?i=321&cc=2106411&cat=213270.
18. ↑ Province [New Hampshire] deeds and probate records from 1623-1772, vol. 7, p. 123.
19. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 88, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-679D-R?i=143&cat=333475.
20. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 91, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-679Z-G?i=145&cat=333475.
21. ↑ Henry Clay Conrad, History of the State of Delaware, 1908, vol. 1, p. 271, available at: https://books.google.com/books?id=JhhRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=%22john+hussey%22+delaware&source=bl&ots=mwaJpEOai6&sig=ACfU3U3ZKoie_v1VqazBHZsYz7d-wwhbzw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCjei38Yv6AhXumGoFHSC8AKA4WhDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%22john%20hussey%22%20delaware&f=false.
22. ↑ ohn Thomas Scharf, History of Delaware : 1609-1888: General History, 1888, p. 408, available at: https://books.google.com/books?id=IGk3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=%22john+hussey%22+delaware&source=bl&ots=isNJCKi_uO&sig=ACfU3U3EeaQRgIefIaKA2Edvgkp2IJasPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCjei38Yv6AhXumGoFHSC8AKA4WhDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22john%20hussey%22%20delaware&f=false.
23. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware, Register of Wills, Book B, p. 80, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95D-F36F-J?cat=37876.
24. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book I, p. 243, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYD-2QQX-M?i=555&cat=333475.
25. ↑ Province [New Hampshire] deeds and probate records from 1623-1772, vol. 7, p. 17.
26. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 317, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-67MR-7?i=259&cat=333475.
27. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 341, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-6799-W?i=270&cat=333475.
28. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 466, available at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-67MX-B?i=333&cat=333475.
29. ↑ New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book B, p. 401, available at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-67ML-2?i=300&cat=333475.

See also:

Raymond Martin Bell, The Ancestry of Richard Nixon, (Washington, PA: 1970), p. 56, available at: https://archive.org/details/ancestryofrichar00bell/page/n117/mode/2up.

Frederick Clifton Pierce, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy, (Chicago, IL: Press of W. B. Conkey Co., 1898, p. 78, available at: https://archive.org/details/batchelderbatche00pier/page/78/mode/2up.

Joseph Dow, History of the Town of Hampton New Hampshire, (Salem MA: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., 1893), vol. 2, p 761, available at: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj/page/760/mode/2up.