Dear Lisa and all,
I have come to a brickwall with my Susan Anscombe who married a Jesse Dancy. I'm trying to discover who her parents were and any more information about them.
Kind regards,
Penny
Date of her birth (3rd January 1817) gleaned from info from her grave.
Birth area; the only indication to Susan's birth area being Cuckfield, Sussex, is from an IGI individual record, which of course could be erroneous. Having searched for ordinary baptismal records on Ancestry.co.uk a baptism for this Susan in Cuckfield was not found.
Suspected parentage;
1830: A William Ancombe aged between 40 and 50 (so born abt 1780-90) was living next door to Jesse Dancy in the 1830 US Fed census in Pittsford, Monroe New York. This William had a female under 20 yrs living there too. Suspect this William was possibly the father of Susan.
Otherwise a Thomas and a James Anscombe along with a William (possibly this William) had sailed together from England to New York, as Farmers, around 1825.
In 1840 there was a William Anscombe aged under 60 with a female aged under 60 living in Pittsford, Monroe, New York.
In the 1850 census for Monroe, there was a Hannah Anscombe born about 1780 who was the only Anscombe born before 1800. There were marriages recorded on the IGI in Lindfield, Sussex of a William Anscombe to a Hannah Mason on 28 Sept 1803 and to same lady also on 28 May 1804.
1855 census returns for New York State Census, Monroe County: Pittsford Village:
Anscomb, Abram 31, b. England, Butcher, THIS Tn 25Yrs, Nat
Jane 39 wife b. England, in Tn 5 yrs, Alien
Write, Elizabeth E. 12 daughter, b. Albany Co, ibn Tn 5 yrs
William 10, son, b. Monroe, in Tn 10 yrs
Thomas 9, son, b. Monroe, in Tn 9 yrs
John 2, Son, b. Monroe, in Tn 2 yrs
Amind 1, daughter, b. Monroe, in Tn 1 yr.
Anscomb, Harriet see McAlpin
Anscomb, Mary 44, b. England, Widow, in Tn 14 yrs.
Sarah J. 11, daughter, Monroe, in Tn 11 Yrs
John 9, son, b. Monroe, in Tn 9 yrs
Fredrick, 7, son, b. Monroe, in Tn 7 yrs.
See McNelly Family /. Patrick 40, b. Ireland and Catherine 26, b. Ireland…
I found a baptism on 18 March 1827 in St Mary's Lambeth, Surrey of a Susanna Anscombe born to parents William and Ann, and another entry for same baptism to parents William Hanscombe and Ann.
Found no immigration records of a Susan or William Ancombe or Anscombe coming to the USA on Ancestry.co.uk. born at suitable times.
Could not find any Dancy or Anscombe or similar entries for 1830 +/-1 in the New York Passenger Index on Ancestry.co.uk