Jonathan and Betsey (Willoby)

Grimshaw, from Washington County in Western Pennsylvania

 

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Jonathan Grimshaw was apparently born in 1773, and Betsey Willoby was born in 1782, both in Pennsylvania. Jonathan and Betsey appear to have met and married in Washington County, and they subsequently lived in Beaver County (1820 Census, 1825 tax record, 1830 Census) and Carroll County in easterm Ohio (1840 Census). They were married in 1802 and had at least one child, Richard Grimshaw, who migrated to Scioto County, Ohio. There is one record that indicates that Richard may have had a brother, Benjamin, who was also in Scioto County.

Richard and Nancy (Rickett) Grimshaw are the subject of a companion webpage. Several of Richard and Nancy's children in turn migrated to Missouri from Ohio, as described on another companion webpage. Jonathan Grimshaw is almost certainly somehow connected to the Grimshaw family line that settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, near Erie, as described on another companion webpage, but the exact nature of the connection has not yet been established. 

 

 

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Webpage Credits

Thanks go to William Nathan Lewis for making information available on this family line on the internet.

(There is a "Grimshaw" surname file at the Beaver County (PA) Genealogical Society location.)

 

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betsy willoby grimshaw

Posted by: emily andrews (ID *****8886)

Date: November 10, 2004 at 17:57:22

looking for info /parents of betsy. she married jon grimshaw and had son richard in 1819 in washington co Pa. also may have been from beaver co Pa.

 

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Name:

William Nathan Lewis

Member Since:

2002-03-06

Email Address:

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 by William Nathan Lewis

Jonathan Grimshaw

 

Birth:

1773 in Penn

Death:

3 Dec 1823 in Hillsboro (Washington Co.) Penn

Sex:

M

Father:

 

Mother:

 

 

 

Spouses & Children   

 

Betsey (Wife) b. 1782 in Penn

 

 

Marriage:

1802 in Penn

Children:

 

  1. DescendantsRichard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

 

 

 

 

Nancy Ann Ricket

Birth:

18 Aug 1823 in Germany

Death:

6 Oct 1902 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio

Sex:

F

Father:

John Ricket b. 1767 in Germany

Mother:

Sarah Clark b. 1784

 

 

 

Spouses & Children

 

Richard Grimshaw (Husband) b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

 

 

Marriage:

25 AUG 1842 in Carroll , Ohio

Children:

 

  1. DescendantsNancy Anna Grimshaw b. 12 Jun 1858 in Lucasville, Scioto , OH
  2. John Wesley Grimshaw b. 7 Sep 1843 in Carroll , Ohio
  3. James Madison Grimshaw b. 13 Nov 1845 in Carroll , Ohio
  4. Mathew Joseph Grimshaw b. 15 May 1847 in Carroll , Ohio
  5. Ralph Grimshaw b. 1848 in Ohio
  6. William Grimshaw b. 1849 in Ohio
  7. Sara Elizabeth Grimshaw b. 19 Apr 1850 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio
  8. Dorcas S. Grimshaw b. 19 Apr 1852 in Ohio
  9. Mary Jane Grimshaw b. 27 Mar 1854 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio
  10. Richard Benton Grimshaw b. 29 Aug 1860 in Scioto , Ohio
  11. Jonathan A. Grimshaw b. 19 Dec 1862 in Scioto , Ohio
  12. Emily Alice Grimshaw b. 30 Dec 1865

 

   

John Wesley Grimshaw

Birth:

7 Sep 1843 in Carroll , Ohio

Death:

10 Apr 1916 in Bevier (Macon Co.) Mo

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

Spouses & Children

 

 

 

Esther Tripp (Wife)

 

 

Marriage:

1867 in Scioto , Ohio

 

 

 

 

James Madison Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

13 Nov 1845 in Carroll , Ohio

Death:

7 Jun 1846 in Carroll , Ohio

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

   

Mathew Joseph Grimshaw

 

Birth:

15 May 1847 in Carroll , Ohio

Death:

5 Aug 1918 in Macon , Mo.

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

Ralph Grimshaw

 

Birth:

1848 in Ohio

Death:

1848 in Ohio

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

William Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

1849 in Ohio

Death:

1849 in Ohio

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

Sara Elizabeth Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

19 Apr 1850 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio

Death:

 

Sex:

F

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

Dorcas S. Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

19 Apr 1852 in Ohio

Death:

9 Jan 1922 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio

Sex:

F

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

Mary Jane Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

27 Mar 1854 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio

Death:

13 Feb 1855 in Lucasville (Sciota Co.) Ohio

Sex:

F

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Benton Grimshaw

 

Birth:

29 Aug 1860 in Scioto , Ohio

Death:

6 Mar 1923

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

 

Jonathan A. Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

19 Dec 1862 in Scioto , Ohio

Death:

31 Jul 1921 in Illinois

Sex:

M

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn

Mother:

Nancy Ann Ricket b. 18 Aug 1823 in Germany

 

 

 

 

Emily Alice Grimshaw

 

 

Birth:

30 Dec 1865

Death:

 

Sex:

F

Father:

Richard Grimshaw b. 1823 in Beaver Co. Penn