John Hussey

  General Notes:

John Hussey was baptized "the last day of ye last mo: Ao 1635" in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, the son of Christopher Hussey and Theodate Bachiler. John married Rebecca Perkins 2 September 1659. Rebecca was the daughter of Isaac Perkins and Susannah \emdash . The Husseys were Quakers.
The Husseys moved to Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts (now Rockingham County, New Hampshire). There, the Husseys were fined in 1663 and 1664 for not attending church meetings and in 1668 for working on a fast day (these were Puritan observances, not Quaker). In 1670, John was again fined for not attending meetings and for "using reproachful speeches against Mr. Cotton and his doctrine". John was appointed a Representative in 1692 but refused to take the oath of office (taking oaths being against Quaker tenets) and was refused the office.
In 1671, John's father gave his Nantucket lands to John and his brother Stephen but John later sold his interest in the island to Stephen. In 1688, the family moved to Newcastle, Newcastle, Delaware, where, according to Savage, John "was a preacher to the Quakers". In 1696, he served as a Representative, being being required to make an oath in his new home. John also owned a plantation named Nonesuch, was a yeoman, and was appointed a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1696 (Quakers there were not required to take an oath of office.) John's will was dated 8 May 1707.

  Research Notes:

According to Marie Mimbs, John sold his interest in the Island of
Nantucket to his brother Stephen.

Source: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, John was of
Hamton, now Seabrook. They were Quakers in 1662.

Source: Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, Vol II.

He moved to New Castle, Delaware in 1692.

By deed of 1 Jul 1695, purchased three hundred and forty acres of land
near New Castle, Deleware, being then described as "late of Hamp Town in
New Hampshire, near Piscatoway in New England." His will was probated 18
Feb 1707.

He had a large family, several of his grandchildred were members of the
Sadsbury Meeting of Friends in Lancaster Co., Penna., in 1737 and of the
Warrington Meeting in York Co., in 1745.

According to Marie Mimbs, John was a representative to the Colonial
Provincial Assembly in 1696.

Source: Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County.

John Hussy. May 8, 1707. Feb 1707. B. 137. Son Christopher; son
Jededeah; dau. Rebecca, wife of Samuel Collins; dau. Mary, wife of Moses
Swett; dau.
Ann, wife of James Stanyon; dau. Susannah, widow of Richard Otis; dau.
Bathshabo, wife of Thomas Babb; dau. Charity, wife of Garit Garitson;
dau. Content, wife of Henry Land; son, John Hussy. Exc. son, John Hussy.

From Borden's Hisdtory of the Society of Friends, page 54:

John Hussey second son of Christopher was appointed member of the
Assembly before he removed from Hampton, N.H., to Delaware in 1688, but
being unwilling to take oath he did not serve. After his removal to
Delaware he was appointed Member of the Pernnsylvania Assembly and as Pa.
Quakers were permitted to enter office wwithout oath, he was enrolled in
1696.

Another source, Plumstead to Clear Creek, A History of the Family of
Samuel Carey, compiled by Ruth (Carey) Haines in 1969, includes the text
of the will:

The last will and testament of John Hussey, of the County of Newcastle on
Delaware, altho wake in body, yet competent and rasonable in memorie and
understanding. I do give and bequeath to my respective children
hereafter mentioned, viz.: I do give to my son, Christopher L00.s10.d00.
I do give to my son Jedidiah, 0L.10s.0d. I do give to my daughter
Rebekah, wife of Samuel Collins, 5L.0s.0d. I do give to my daughter,
Mary, wife of Moses Swett, 5L.0s.
0d. I do give to my daughter, Susanah, relict of Richard Otis,
L5.s0.d0. Daughter, Bathesba, wife of Thomas Babb, 5L.0s.0d. Daughter
Charity, wife of Samuel Garetson, 10L.0s.0d. Daughter, Content, wife of
Henry Laud, L10.s0.d. To be paid at the town of Newcastle by my executory
to this my will in curant money of the aforesaid county to my aforesaid
children, being demanded to them or their order within three years after
my death (deces). All the residue and remainder of my estate I do give
to my son, John Hussey, and him do I make full and sole executor to this
my last will and testament. And for the full configrmation of all the
above mentioned I do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal, this 8th day
of the month called May, in the year 1707.

Signed, sealed and declared in the presence of:
Henry Swett, William Dowgeres, Sarah Swett.

Newcastle, February 18, 1707, is the date of Register's certificate,
at which time the will is supposed to be proven or probated. Either this
date or the date of the will is evidently wrong. (According to the
Pettit Family, p 122.)

Robert A. Hussey, 1993, indicates John Sr. died 1707.

Subject: Delaware Husseys
From: XKJD31B@prodigy.com (MRS LINDA C KOEHLER)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 09:43:36, -0500

-- [ From: Linda * EMC.Ver #3.1a PRODIGY ] --

Hi All,

Mention of Christopher Hussey farming in New Castle County, DE has
inspired me to post some of the deed information I have about the Husseys
there. Although there are few direct land transactions by Christopher
Hussey (son of John & Rebecca (Perkins) Hussey), there is never any
mention of a title of "Captain" for him or any implication that he
followed whaling as an occupation. Linda

NCC = New Castle County. "Cripple" = a swampy, densely overgrown tract
of land.

Abstracts from New Castle County land records in Books A-N (1660's to
about 1743) on microfilm. Deed Book and page number are found at end of
abstract entry. These are bare-bones abstracts tracing the division of
one particular tract of land owned by John Hussey Sr. There are many
other land transactions involving Husseys in the NCC deeds. The will
abstracts, also very condensed to focus on land isues, come from
photocopies of the original record or "Calendar of Delaware Wills".

DEEDS AND WILLS - Dividing up the 640 Acre "Nonesuch Plantation" of John
Hussey Sr.

[A 640 acre plantation called "Nonsuch" is divided into 2 parcels of 300
and 340 acres]

19 Apr 1687 RUMSEY/RICHARDSON - Charles Rumsey of NCC sells to John
Richardson 300 acres, it being part of a 640-acre-tract called Nonsuch on
the south side of Christiana Creek below Swart Nuton Island. Metes &
bounds of 640 acres: lines of marked trees, run called Bessie, Nonsuch
Creek. Metes & bounds of 300 acres: Beginning at stake with the S SW
line running to corner, line of marked trees, run called Bessie. B:31-
33

[John Hussey Sr. reunites the tract by buying both sections.]

1 July 1695 RUMSEY/HUSSEY - Charles Rumsey of Christina Creek sells to
John Hussey, yeoman late of Hamp Town in New Hampshire near Piscotaway in
New England a 340-acre tract of land called Nonesuch bounded on N by
Christina Creek, on W by Swart Nutton Island, on S by Bessie spring & on
E by the ffyronhook [Fernhook]. B:89-91

6 Aug 1695 RICHARDSON/HUSSEY - John Richardson yeoman of Christina
Creek sells to John Hussey yeoman, late of Hamp Town province of New
Hamshire in New England 300 acres, the "within mentioned piece of land"
(no metes and bounds given). B:91

[John Hussey Sr. divides his 640 acre tract among his 3 sons by deed of
gift]

22 May 1706 HUSSEY/HUSSEY - John Hussey Sr., farmer of NCC gives to his
sons John & Jedediah Hussey for love and good will all of his plantation
on which he now lives except 150 acres. Bounds: Beginning at the creek
which makes Black Walnut Island and extending southerly until within 80
perches of the head line of my said plantation which joins to the town
common; also all the cripple grounds at the end of the said land. Also,
"I reserve to my own disposal my beds, bedding and clothes, .... All
other residue to my sons John & Jedidiah as a certain and sure
inheritance; provided my sons allow me whatever I require for my
comfortable subsistence during my natural life." B:341-2

22 Aug 1706 HUSSEY/HUSSEY - John Hussey Sr., farmer of NCC, gives to
his son Christopher Hussey for love & good will a tract of land (no
acreage given) as his right of inheritance. The land is on westerly side
of his father's plantation. Bounds: beginning at 80 perches of the head
line of my plantation next to the Town Common, extending to the cripple
ground adjoining the creek which makes Black Walnut Island, with all the
cripple ground between the said land and creek. B:401-2.

27 Jan 1707/8 HUSSEY/HUSSEY - John & Jedediah Hussey quit claim to
their brother Christopher Hussey, yeoman, all the "within mentioned tract
of land with marsh & cripple as it now stands". X:178-79

Abstract of will of John Hussey of county of New Castle on Delaware
[from photocopy of original]
Dated 18 May 1707. Proved 18 Feb 1707/8.
To 7 daughters - 5 or 10 pounds each.
To sons Christopher & Jedediah 10 shillings; all remainder of estate to
son John Hussey.

18 Mar 1707/8 HUSSEY/HUSSEY - Agreement - John Hussey, planter of NCC
and his brother Jedidiah Hussey divide up a plantation given to them
jointly by their father by deed dated 22 May 1706; no total acreage given
- Jedidiah's share described by metes and bounds; residue (undescribed)
belongs to John Hussey "being the better part of the plantation" in
consideration of maintaining their father. Jedidiah's bounds: Beginning
at old white Oak standing by the Common, metes & bounds with no named
features. Also, half the mill, half the marsh and half the cripple
ground, with John having right to pass through to go to town and Jedidiah
having right to pass through to "the Sound through Gales or Barrs".

[Christopher Hussey's 1/3 share of the original tract is divided when his
son Eliacum sells half to brother-in-law John Stoops, husband of
Eliakim's sister Judith]

14 Feb 1729 HUSSEY/STOOP - Eliacum Hussey, cooper of NCC, sells a
parcel of land (76 + 25 acres) on the south side of Christiana Creek to
John Stoop, cordwainer of NCC. Bounds of 76 acre tract - Beginning at
old corner black oak on Jediah Hussey's line, marked trees, corner near
Besshys run, new corner of said Eliacum Hussey's land, new line of marked
trees dividing Eliacum Hussey land from John Hussey's. Together with
half of 50 acres of marsh & cripple adjoining to Besshy's Run. This
includes liberty of a cart road through the land adjoining to the above.
I:163-164

[John Hussey Jr. divides his 1/3 third share of the original tract into 2
almost equal parts for 2 of his sons, Nathan & John.]

Will Abstract of John Hussey of Christiana Creek in county of New Castle
upon Delaware, yeoman [from photocopy of original] Dated: 28 August 1729,
probate 12 April 1733.
To son Stephen 5 shillings and he is cut off from all other residue of
estate.
To son Nathan, confirm to him an 80 acre parcel + 20 acres of marsh I now
live on, adjoining the land formerly belonging to Christopher Hussey
deceased; nothing else except 5 shillings.
To son Christopher Hussey 40 pounds; and to 4 daughters 5 pounds each.
To wife Anne Hussey, 1/3 life estate in the land; and after her death,
her share to son John Hussey.
All residue of estate to son John Hussey.

[Jedidiah's entire 1/3 share of the original tract was sold by his son
Silvanus to brother-in-law Stephen Lewis, husband of Silvanus' sister
Rebecca]

Will Abstract for Jedidiah Hussey [as given in "Calendar of Delaware
Wills, New Castle County 1682-1800"].
Dated 9 Dec 1734. Probated 29 Dec 1734. New Castle.
Mentions: wife Esther, children - Rebeccah wife of Stephen Lewis,
Sylvanus, Jedediah, Esther; and James Cooper, relationship unknown.
Executors: son-in-law Stephen Lewis, friend Cornelius Garretson, son
Sylvanus.

26 Dec 1734 HUSSEY/LEWIS - Silvanus Hussey, currier of the town of New
Castle, NCC, sells to Stephen Lewis of Town of New Castle all right in
his father's estate - land in New Castle Hundred commonly known as
Jedediah Hussey's plantation which "Jedediah Hussey, my father late
deceased bequeathed to me" by last will & testament - includes all of
this estate here or in Philadelphia or elsewhere. This includes all
horses, cattle & sheep, 2 mulatto girls, etc. Provided Stephen Lewis
agrees to comply with my father Jedediah Hussey's will in respect of
paying his debts & providing for and taking due care of "his poor
afflicted son (my brother)" Jedediah Hussey. L:52

[John Hussey [the third in this line] sells his share of his father John
Hussey Jr.'s plantation (approximately 1/6 of the original) to Stephen
Lewis, who has already acquired all of Jedidiah Hussey's 1/3 share]

8 May 1735 HUSSEY/LEWIS - John Hussey, yeoman of New Castle County and
Margaret his wife sell to Stephen Lewis, tanner of the town of New Castle
110 acres of land and marsh, part of a larger tract commonly called John
Hussey's Plantation in New Castle Hundred. Bounds: Morton's line, John
McComb's line, the side of the marsh, over the marsh nigh an old Dyke to
a branch of Nonesuch Creek, Miln Island, Christiana Creek. K:353-354

[Nathan Hussey sells his approximately 1/6 share of the original estate,
acquired through his father John Hussey Jr. For the first time part of
the original 640 acre tract is - temporarily - owned outside the family.
John Stoops reunites Nathan's 1/6 share with another 1/6 share that he
had already acquired (from Eliakim) so that all of the original tract is
back in the family again.]

12 May 1735 HUSSEY/MCCOMB - Nathan Hussey of Christiana Hundred and Ann
his wife sell to David McComb, yeoman 80 acres of land and 20 acres of
marsh in New Castle Hundred. Bounds of 80 acres: beginning at corner
black oak thence by metes & bounds, marsh. Bounds of 20 acres of marsh:
begins at corner stake of said land, Stephen Lewis' marsh, Nonesuch
Creek. K:338-339

16 Feb 1736 MCCOMB/STOOPS - David McComb, yeoman, of New Castle
Hundred, NCC and Agnes his wife sell to John Stoops, cordwainer, of the
same hundred, 80 acres of land and 20 acres of marsh. John Hussey late
of the same place, yeoman, at the time of his death was seized in fee
simple of a certain tract of land; he did on 28 Aug 1729 make his last
will and bequeathed to his son Nathan Hussey with these bounds: 20 acres
of Marsh or meadow ground - adjoins to land formerly belonging to
Christopher Hussey dec'd, Nonsuch Creek which divides the marsh or meadow
ground from Black Walnut; 80 acres - beginning at said marsh extending
from said Christopher Hussey dec'd end line, Samuel Silsbee's land.
L:58-60

[John Stoops reunites another 1/6 share (Eliakim's) to the 2/6 shares he
had already acquired. Notice that this next deed specifies that this is
part of the land Christopher Hussey inherited from his father, whereas
the 1729 deed in which the first half was sold never mentions that this
was Christopher Hussey's 1/3 share of John Hussey Sr.'s estate.]

20 May 1741 HUSSEY/STOOP - Eliakim Hussey, cooper of Town of New Castle
and Elizabeth his wife sell to John Stoop, yeoman of New Castle Hundred
half of 150 acres of fast land & 51 acres of marsh & cripple; by
indenture dated 14 Feb 1730 they had sold 1/2 of the described land to
Stoop and now they are selling the remaining half. By virtue of deed of
gift from John Hussey the elder late of NCC to his son Christopher Hussey
likewise deceased and also by virtue of a survey dated 22 Jan 1707/08
under hand of George Dakeyne then surveyor & a release annexed under hand
& seal of John & Jedediah Hussey now likewise deceased, "brethren" of
aforesaid Christopher. Christopher, father to Eliakim Hussey & to
Judith, wife of John Stoop, was in his lifetime & at his death seized of
a certain tract of land & marsh in New Castle Hundred. Bounds:
Beginning at corner black oak on back line of late Jedediah Hussey,
several courses of Bessey, Switzers path, Nonesuch creek, through the
Cripple. N:97-100

[So, as of 1748, all of the original 640-acre Nonsuch Plantation of John
Hussey Sr. purchased in 1695 still remains in "the family", with half
owned by Stephen Lewis, husband of Rebecca Hussey, a granddaughter of
John Hussey Sr.; and half owned by John Stoops, husband of Judith Hussey
, also a granddaughter of John Hussey Sr. However, part of that land now
goes out of the Hussey family - a 1/6 share of the original tract owned
by Stephen Lewis is sold, so he (actually, his estate) is down to a 1/3
share of the original]

19 May 1748 SWETT & LEWIS/HYLAND - Benjamin Swett & Rebecca his wife
(widow of Stephen Lewis) & Josiah Lewis, administrators of the estate of
Stephen Lewis late of NCC, deceased tanner, are executing a deed for land
sold by Stephen Lewis to John Hyland, late of NCC, weaver now deceased;
administrators for John Hyland are John Garretson and Joseph Abraham.
They are selling 110 acres of land & marsh commonly called John Hussey's
Plantation lying in New Castle Hundred (excepting the right to maintain a
road to and from the marsh formerly belonging to Jedediah Hussey deceased
and then belonging to Stephen Lewis). Bounds: beginning at corner stake
of land of John Morton standing by Christiana Creek, Morton's line,
MCoomb's line, side of marsh, over the marsh nigh an old Dyke to a branch
of Nonesuch Creek, Miln Island, Christiana Creek . Q:3-4

20 May 1748 HYLAND (GARRETSON & ABRAHAM)/MORTON - John Garretson and
Joseph Abraham, administrators of John Hyland, late weaver, deceased, of
New Castle County sell at auction 110 acres of land in New Castle Hundred
commonly called John Hussey's Plantation to Matthias Morton yeoman of New
Castle county. [Deed gives the exact same bounds for the plantation as
given in deed of 19 May 1748.] Hyland had died "seized of the
plantation", but Hyland's administrators had petitioned the Orphan's
Court to sell the land because Hyland, who died intestate, was "under
encumbrance of £100 due the estate of Stephen Lewis" for that land. Q:
59-60

[I have not examined deeds after this date to see how John Stoops &
Stephen Lewis' widow eventually disposed of the other Nonsuch plantation
tracts.]

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[Below is the only other land that I have a record of for Christopher
Hussey, son of John & Rebecca (Perkins) Hussey Sr. I find no evidence in
the deeds that Christopher Hussey, son of John & Ann (Inskeep) Hussey
ever owned land himself in New Castle County.]

24 Jan 1697 GODIN/HUSSEY - Christopher Hussey of New Castle County buys
a house & lot in the town of New Castle from Peter Godin of New Castle
County (heir of John fforatt). Lot towards SW end of town, bounded by
river, Wm. Peter Urich, Edward Blake dec'd, and Jacobus Urich (part of a
lot of John Moll sold to John fforatt in 1688). B:154-5

17 Feb 1743 HUSSEY/DYER - Eliacum Husey and wife Elizabeth of town of
New Castle, son & heir of Christopher Hussey of same town deceased are
selling rights to some land to Robert Dyer. History of lot included, but
no metes & bounds or more specific info given: Gov. Lovelace in 1669 sold
lot by Patent to William Tom, .... John Moll sold to John Farratas in
1688, whose heir Peter Godine "son-in-law" sold the lot to Christopher
Hussey on 24 January 1697. Now for £20 Eliacum & Elizabeth Hussey are
making over all their right and title in that land together with a "Bank
Lott" fronting the aforesaid ground with bounds as appear by Gov. William
Penn's patent to Christopher Hussey on 2 Sep 1708 (recorded in Patent
Book A vol.4 p.92).

John married Rebecca Perkins, daughter of Isaac Perkins and Susannah Wise, on 2 Sep 1659 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. (Rebecca Perkins was born on 28 Feb 1635 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA and died about 1711 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.)