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David Macwithey
(1678-1756)
Elizabeth Osborne
(Abt 1682-After 1765)
Josiah Luce
Sarah Allen
John Macwithey
(1711-)
Elizabeth Luce
(Abt 1721-)
Nathan Macwithey
(1739-Abt 1823)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rachel Hendee

2. Eleanor Ellsworth
3. Anne

Nathan Macwithey

  • Born: 5 May 1739, Preston, New London, Connecticut 2
  • Christened: 16 Sep 1739, Preston, New London, Connecticut 3
  • Marriage: (1): Rachel Hendee 8 Jul 1764, , Dutchess, New York 1
  • Marriage: (2): Eleanor Ellsworth East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Marriage: (3): Anne
  • Died: Abt 1823-1826, Williston, Chittenden, Vermont, about age 84

  General Notes:

"Nathan McQuivey of East Windsor, Conn and West Springfield, Mass" by Gerald J. Parsons,THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; v.27 p.183. NOTE: Served in War 1776. Dutchess Co., NY 1764; E. Winsdor, CT 1774; W. Springfield, MA 1778. "The American Genealogist" says there are said to be thirty-one different spellings of the name: McQuivey, MacQuivey, Quivey, Quibby, McTehy, MacWithey, Qewoy, Mackerlithee, McQorthy, Makarory, etc.

"The MacWithey Family of Preston, Connecticut" by Ada R. Chase, THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST; v.19 p.146; Salt Family History Library.

James MacWethey Descendant Chart compiled by Eva Lena Quivey (1881-1962). NAME: Nathan McWethey, 5 Mar 1739-1823. NOTE: "Nathan served in the Revolution in Conn. where the troops used the spelling Quivey."


Nathan married Rachel Hendee, daughter of Jonathan Hendee and Martha Millington, on 8 Jul 1764 in , Dutchess, New York.1 (Rachel Hendee was born on 29 Oct 1741 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, christened on 26 Apr 1742 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut and died about 1778 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.)

Nathan also married Eleanor Ellsworth, daughter of Charles Ellsworth and Betsey Bell, in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. (Eleanor Ellsworth was born in 1751 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.)

Nathan also married Anne. (Anne was born about 1743 of Vermont and died on 15 Sep 1820 in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont.)


1 NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Idaho Historical Library, v.39 p.126.

2 Preston (Conn.) Registrar of Vital Statistics, Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1672-1933, FHL film 1311194, Births, p.80.

3 Second Congregational Church Records of Preston, Connecticut, FHL film 0004374, p.66.