Person:Nicholas Busby (1)

Nicholas Busby
b.Est 1582 England
m. Est 1575
  1. John BusbyEst 1580 - Aft 1615
  2. Nicholas BusbyEst 1582 - 1657
m. 24 Jun 1605
  1. Richard Busbey1606 - 1608
  2. Anne Busby1607/08 - Aft 1686
  3. Nicholas Busbey1610 - Bef 1657
  4. John Busby1611/12 - 1614
  5. Susanna Busby1613 - 1614
  6. Catherine Busbey1615 - Aft 1661
  7. John Busbey1616/17 - 1669
  8. Abraham Busbey1618 - 1687
  9. Sarah Busby1618 - 1699
  10. Amy Busby1622 - 1625
  11. Livewell Busby1627/28 - 1629
Facts and Events
Name Nicholas Busby
Gender Male
Birth[5] Est 1582 England
Marriage 24 Jun 1605 Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandSt. Mary's Coslany
to Bridget Cocke
Occupation[4] 1637 Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandWeaver
Occupation? 6 Dec 1639 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesSelectman
Occupation? 28 Nov 1643 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesSelectman
Death[1][7] 28 Aug 1657 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Evelyn Wood Keeler, wife of Willard Underhill Taylor. (Brooklyn, N.Y.: unknown, 1939, 638 pgs.)
    page 29, 1939.
  2.   Miscellaneous Notes, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    66:87, 1912.

    ‘Busby.—St. Mary Caslany, Norwich, June 24, 1605, Nicholas Busbye and Bridgett Cocke (Phillimore’s Norfolk Mar., vol. 3, p. 5).
    Nicholas Busby of Watertown came from Norwich in 1637, aged 50, with wife Bridget, aged 53, and four children (Savage’s Gen. Dict.).’

  3.   Abstracts of Early Wills, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    8:278-79, 1854.

    abstract of Nicholas's will

  4. The Founders of New England, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    14:325, 1860.

    ' “Aprill 8th 1637. The examinaction of Nicho: Busbie of Norwich in Norff. weauer, aged 50 yeares and Bridgett his wife aged 53 yeares with 4 children, Nicho: John: Abraham: and Sarath: are desirous to goe to boston in New England to inhabit.’

  5. Bush, Richard L. The English Ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Oct 2011 (published May 2013))
    85:251.

    'Nicholas Busby ... was born probably in or near Claxton, Norfolk, England, say 1582 [estimate from Prindle, Crosby Ancestors, 1:6], son of Nicholas Busby; he died at Boston, Massachusetts, on 28 6th month [August] 1657 [citing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston Record Commissioners' Report, 9(Boston, 1883):61].'

  6.   Nickerson family, in Smith, William Christopher. A history of Chatham, Massachusetts: formerly the constablewick or village of Monomoit : with maps and illustrations and numerous genealogical notes. (Hyannis, Mass.: F.B. & F.P. Goss, 1909).
  7. Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners): Document 130. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883)
    p. 61.

    1657. Town.
    Nicholas Busby died 28th - 6th month.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the sixth month is August. More info may be found here.]