{"id":90677,"date":"2023-04-13T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=90677"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:13:26","slug":"paternity-drama-in-colonial-america-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/paternity-drama-in-colonial-america-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about out-of-wedlock births in some of the earliest colonial settlements in America. Melissa is a genealogist who has a blog, AnceStory Archives<\/a>, and a Facebook group, New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today I continue with the paternity dramas of Joseph Quinby (1684-1745) of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and focus on some of his descendants.<\/p>\n

To recap: Quinby fathered two illegitimate daughters in 1712: one with Lydia Hoyt, whom he would later marry; and another with Rachel Morrill.<\/p>\n

In 1715, still single, Quinby fathered two more tots (twin boys) with Rachel Morrill. For full details, see: Paternity Drama in Colonial America (part 1)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Court records reveal Quinby made custody payments to Rachel until 1722.<\/p>\n

The twin Quinby boys \u2013 Benjamin and Joseph \u2013 married, prospered, and settled in Maine leaving many descendants.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Quinby (1715-1807) married Anne Plummer, daughter of Nathan Plummer and Barbara Davis. More on their family in a future article.<\/p>\n

Joseph Quinby (1715-1776) married Mary Haskell, daughter of Thomas Haskell and Mary Parsons. He was a shipbuilder and owned a substantial amount of land.<\/p>\n

The Quinby Family, Account Books, 1743-1805<\/a> are housed at the American Antiquarian Society in Boston.<\/p>\n

Among the account ledgers in the collection is Joseph\u2019s son Captain John Quinby (1758-1806), also a ship builder. He married Eunice Freeman, daughter of Joshua Freeman and Lois Pearson.<\/p>\n

\"Illustration:<\/a>
Illustration: Captain John Quinby (1758-1806), son of Joseph Quinby and Mary Haskell. Courtesy of the Maine Historical Society, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eunice was a descendant of Governor Thomas Dudley, Captain John Appleton, Rev. Dr. John Rogers, William Cottle, John Pearson, and Jose Glover, as well as Mayflower<\/em> passenger Elder William Brewster through his daughter Patience Brewster, who married Governor Thomas Prence.<\/p>\n

And not to confuse matters, but the first few generations of the Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newbury lines that fathered the parents of the Quinby babes born from the paternity cases intermarried, so the Quinby marriages into the Titcomb family below are related and are double cousins. This is explained in the Quinby Genealogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Children born to John Quinby and Eunice Freeman:<\/p>\n