MATRILINEAL DESCENDANTSOFCATHERINE (ALLISON) ANSLEY
Of England, Montgomery County, New York andCanada
Compiled byCharlotte Megill Hix
P.
O. Box 2277Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
2000
INTRODUCTIONJohn and Catherine (Allison) Ansley's descendants in the male line have beenresearched and much has been published about them. In 1933, Harold Ansley Davidsoncompiled the book Our Ansley Family. A great deal of this work about their descendants,especially those of Ozias Ansley, 1743-1828, was based on letters that were in thepossession of his descendants. These letters descended to me and contain material that isnot available elsewhere.The sons of John and Catherine did not remain in the area ofthe Mohawk Valleyof New York. Ozias, Daniel, Amos and Samuel were all Loyalists and after theRevolution, were living in Canada. Ozias retumed to the United States about 1805, buthis three brothers remained in Canada. The other two sons, John and Thomas, were,according to family tradition. Loyalists, but they both went to Allegheny County, PA,where they married and died.The four daughters of John and Catherine married Montgomery County, NYPatriots and remained in that area for the balance of their lives. In several branches ofthefamilies of these daughters, there has been a question about the maiden name of thesefour women. To my knowledge, there is not any primary evidence in the public sectorthat proves that they were the daughters of John and Catherine (Allison) Ansley. TheAnsley family letters contain the evidence that proves that the maiden name of MarySmith, wife of John Smith, Elizabeth Empie, wife of Philip Empie, Margaret Spraker,wife of John Spraker and Rebecca Marsh, wife of John Marsh was Ansley.The desire to find more information about these four women led me to do theresearch on their descendants. Others have done research on both the Empie and Sprakerfamilies, and I decided to stick with a matrilineal search ofthe female descendants. Manyofthe descendants left Montgomery County and became part ofthe westward migrationand settlement of this country. I also found a Patriot, John C. Smith, who went to CayugaCounty, NY and settled on his bounty lands and on whom no one has joined the DAR..Loyalist and Patriot, Catherine (Allison) Ansley's descendants are an integral partofthe growth and development ofthe United States. They all stood for what theybelieved in. Even though they fought on different sides during the Revolution, the lettersreveal that family ties remained intact and they respected each other and their individualopinions.Charlotte Megill Hix , . J
April 2000
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MATRILINEAL DESCENDANTS OF CATHERINE (ALLISON) ANSLEYCompiled by Charlotte Megill Hix1
CATHARINE' ALLISON
was bom about 1720, probably in England. It is stated that she marriedabout 1741 John/Gilbert Ansley. It is not known when or where John Ansley died, but old family lettersrelate that Catherme died in Canada in 1816'. Catherine had a brother Robert Allison who was bom in 1735and died in 1822
2
. There is a story on file at Fonda, New York titled "The Romance of Margaret Ansley"
3
.Very little of this article is based on fact, but it does state that Margaret Ansley was from Colchester, EssexCounty, England, hi the IGI there is a listing for a Robert Allison bp. in 1701. Further research has not beendone on this possible connection.Children of John and Catherine (Allison) Ansley2 i. Ozias
2
, b. 1743 England; d. 1828 Staten Island, NY; m. (1) Dorothea - (2) CharityWhitenait, d. 6 May 1801 in
53
rd
year, buried St. John Loyalist Burial Ground, Canada;(3) Elizabeth (Simonson)) Johnson
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.3 ii. Daniel, b. abt. 1745; d. 1824
5
; New Brunswick, Canada; m. (1) Patience -; (2) 1815"Widow" McAdams.+ 4 iii. Mary, b. abt. 1747.5 iv. John, b. abt 1750; d. 1822; Allegheny Co., PA; m. name unknown
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.+ 6 v. Elizabeth, b. 1753.7 vi. Thomas, b. 1758; d. 25 Jan. 1817 Allegheny Co., PA; m. Sarah -
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.8 vii. Amos, b. 12 Oct. 1757, bp. 4 June 1769; d. 1830 Kingston; Canada; m. 1780 ChristinaMcMichael
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.9 viii. Samuel, bp. 11 Dec. 1758; prob. unm.; d. Canada
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. He stood 5 feet 8 inches tall
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.+ 10 ix. Margaret, b. abt. 1761.+ 11 x. Rebecca, b.abt. 1763.4 MARY
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ANSLEY was bom about 1747 and she died after 24 April 1827 when she wrote a letterto her brother Ozias Ansley. She married before 24 April 1768 John Smith when they were the sponsors asJohn Smidt, married and Maria, at the baptism of Maria, daughter of
Hoseas
and Dorothea (-) Hansle[Ozias a^d Dorothea (-) jAnsley]. They were living in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York when they wrote aletter to Ozias Ansley dated 18 December 1810. They stated that they had had ten children, six sons andfour daughters, and that they 'now had four sons living and one daughter living they are all married exceptone and we live with one of our sons Jacob at present'. The next letter from John and Mary Smith is dated 1October 1819 and repeats that they had had ten children and had buried five of them. Their youngestdaughter had died and left five children, all of them boys. They were then living with their son-in-lawAbram Flinn. Her one daughter had seven children and one of them was dead and one was married. Theson Jacob with whom they had previously lived with had gone to Ohio with his wife and ten children.Another son lived at the Genesee country near the Caledonia Springs and he had eleven children. Anotherson lived at Cayuga and had eight children. The last letter from Mary Smith was written from Springport,New York on 24 April 1827. John Smith was not mentioned and was probably deceased. j\n indenture was
1
Ansley Family Letters in possession of Charlotte M. Hix; letter from Amos Ansley to his brother Ozias.
2
Davidjon, Harold Ansley, Ow Ansley Family, Jenkintown, PA, 1933, page 14, hereafter Ansley Family.
3
Nellis, James Dewitt Clinton, Romance of Margaret Ansley, Published in the "Topeka Daily Capital" 3Sept. 1906, on file at the Montgomery County Department of History and Archives, Old Court House,Fonda, New York 12068, hereafter Ansley romance.
4
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Oct, 1996, Hix, Charlotte M., "Elizabeth(Simonson, Johnson) Ansley, Mother of
Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt", pp.
209ff,
hereafter Record.
5
Bell, Ola Walter, Lineage of Mildred LuciUe Bell, 1871, page 37, hereafter Bell.
6
Ibid., p. 37.
7
Alleghany County, FA, Will #109, volume 2, dated 17 January 1817.
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Ansley Family, p 24.
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p. 38.
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Cruikshank, E. A., Kings Royal Regt. of New York, 1984, page 167.
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