The name we bear comes from the English word queen together with the word bye, the latter meaning village - we have it yet in use as a part of the word byway, which was a village road, leading to the highway. In England, the word survives in the term bye-election. In short, Quinby or Queen-bye, is a word formed the same way as were Princeton and Kingston or King's town, and the place from which our English ancestor got his surname in the thirteenth century.
The early Quinby given-names of Norman-French origin and the continuous use of the French particle de show that our ancestral line was Norman-French and came over to England as a part of the troops of William the Conqueror in the eleventh century.
According
to the several books on which the above is taken from, there are
various spellings of the Quinby/Quimby surnames - these examples
include:
De
Quenby, Quynby, Qwenbye, Quinbee, Quinby and Quimby.
(Excerpts taken from "The Quimby Family")
Descendants of Robert Quimby
Generation No. 1
1. Robert Quimby* was born Bef. 1625 in Farnham, Surrey, England, and died July 07, 1677 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Osgood* January 07, 1653 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of William Osgood* and Elizabeth Clere*.
Children of Robert Quimby* and Elizabeth Osgood* are:
2 i. Lydia Quimby, born January 22, 1657 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She married William Holdridge April 10, 1674.
3 ii. William Quimby, born June 11, 1660 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died Abt. September 1694. He married Sarah ?.
+ 4 iii. John Quimby*, born September 07, 1665 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died January 23, 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
5 iv. Thomas Quimby, born February 08, 1667 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef. 1722.
6 v. Elizabeth Quimby, born October 17, 1670 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Died Young.
7 vi. Philip Quimby, born March 01, 1672 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft. 1700.
8 vii. Joseph Quimby, born March 06, 1676 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 2
4. John Quimby* was born September 07, 1665 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, and died January 23, 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married (1) Mary Mudgett* 1687 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas Mudgett* and Sarah Clements**. He married (2) Elizabeth Hyde May 01, 1713 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel Hyde and ?.
Child of John Quimby* and Mary Mudgett* is:
+ 9 i. Jeremiah Quimby*, born August 24, 1689 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 3
9. Jeremiah Quimby* was born August 24, 1689 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Hannah George* June 14, 1716 in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, daughter of Samuel George* and Elizabeth Frame*.
Child of Jeremiah Quimby* and Hannah George* is:
+ 10 i. Moses Quimby*, born 1725 in Hawke (Danville), New Hampshire; died December 18, 1797 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Generation No. 4
10. Moses Quimby* was born 1725 in Hawke (Danville), New Hampshire, and died December 18, 1797 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire. He married Judith Bean* June 05, 1754 in Kingston, New Hampshire, daughter of Samuel Bean and Mary Buzzell*.
Children of Moses Quimby* and Judith Bean* are:
+ 13 iii. Hannah Quimby*, born October 18, 1758 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire; died April 16, 1831 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Generation No. 5
13. Hannah Quimby* was born October 18, 1758 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, and died April 16, 1831 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire. She married Philip Nelson* October 24, 1778 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, son of Jonathan Nelson* and Hannah Cheney.
Children of Hannah Quimby* and Philip Nelson* are:
+ 20 ii. Jonathan Nelson*, born April 27, 1783.
Generation No. 6
20. Jonathan Nelson* was born April 27, 1783. He married Sally Putney* August 27, 1807 in Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, daughter of Joseph Putney* and Marion Piper*.
Children of Jonathan Nelson* and Sally Putney* are:
+ 29 v. Lydia M. Nelson*, born May 06, 1817 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire; died February 28, 1870 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 7
29. Lydia M. Nelson* was born May 06, 1817 in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, and died February 28, 1870 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married Francis Lewis Bryant* November 17, 1842 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, son of Lewis Brian* and Mary Ward*.
Children of Lydia Nelson* and Francis Bryant* are:
+ 34 ii. Mary Wyman Bryant*, born October 18, 1845 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died August 12, 1896 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 8
34. Mary Wyman Bryant* was born October 18, 1845 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died August 12, 1896 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married Charles Shaw Menchin* May 28, 1863 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, son of Robert Menchin* and Rebecca Carter*.
Children of Mary Bryant* and Charles Menchin* are:
+ 40 iii. Fannie Menchin*, born February 23, 1868; died August 23, 1951 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Generation No. 9
40. Fannie Menchin* was born February 23, 1868, and died August 23, 1951 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She married Charles Francis Remington* November 22, 1897 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, son of Samuel Remington* and Ellen Warren.
Child of Fannie Menchin* and Charles Remington* is:
+ 51 i. Lester Menchin Remington*, born November 18, 1899 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died May 14, 1972 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California.
Generation No. 10
51. Lester Menchin Remington* was born November 18, 1899 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died May 14, 1972 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California. He married Eugenia Louisa Coney* March 14, 1920 in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, daughter of John Coney* and Mary Williams.
Child of Lester Remington* and Eugenia Coney* is:
+ 74 i. Louise Mary Remington*, born January 31, 1921 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died May 11, 1982 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
Generation No. 11
74. Louise Mary Remington* was born January 31, 1921 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died May 11, 1982 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. She married (1) Ralph F. Spencer, Jr. November 19, 1938 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She married (2) James Carlton April 27, 1940 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She married (3) Othar Lee Kirtley* March 12, 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of George Kirtley* and Verdie Carter. She married (4) Kenneth Leroy Hocker May 06, 1946 in San Diego, California. She married (5) William Robert Hull September 03, 1954 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. She married (6) Carl Lee Seeberger December 31, 1960 in El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma.
Child of Louise Remington* and Othar Kirtley* is:
+ 105 i. Mary Jean Kirtley*
Generation No. 12
105. Mary Jean Kirtley*, She married (1) Charles Stafford Withers* October 09, 1961 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, son of Robert Withers* and France Weast*. She married (2) Danny Leo Davis* September 05, 1962 in Welling, Oklahoma, son of John Davis* and Bessie Tyner*.
Child of Mary Kirtley* and Charles Withers* is:
+ 146 i. Toni Lea Davis*
Generation No. 13
146. Toni Lea (Birth name - Withers, Adopted Name - Davis*) Lasseter
(* - indicates direct line)
*Sources include: Genealogical History of the Quinby (Quimby) Family - In England and America by Henry Cole Quinby, The Quimby Family, Salisbury and Amesbury, Ma Vital Records, History of Sutton, NH by Worthen, The Life and Family of John Bean of Exeter, NH by Bernie Bean and Woburn, Ma Vital Records.*
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