Favorite Name - 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

A Parade of Priscillas (Part 3)

This post is part of a project called "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" created by Amy Johnson Crow.  The prompt this week is favorite name.  

My favorite name is that of my aunt and grandmother, Priscilla.  For over 300 years there has been a Priscilla in my direct line, or as a sibling of my direct line, in 10 of the past 12 generations.  I have covered the first two Priscillas in previous posts, Priscilla (Gould) Putnam and Priscilla (Putnam) Bailey.

Jerry, Priscilla and Priscilla (Lynch) Sullivan

Twelfth generation
Priscilla Gould, my 10th great grandmother, was born between 1585 and 1590 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England, the daughter of Richard Gould  She married, circa 1611, John Putnam.

Eleventh generation
John Putnam, my 9th great grandfather, was christened on May 27, 1627, in Salem, Massachusetts, son of John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam.  He married on July 3, 1652, Rebecca Prince,   There is no Priscilla in this generation.

Tenth generation
Priscilla Putnam, my 8th great grandmother, was born March 4, 1656, daughter of John and Rebecca (Prince) Putnam.  She married Joseph Bailey in 1675.    Joseph was born April 14, 1648, in Newbury, Massachusetts, the son of John and Eleanor (Emery) Bailey.  Priscilla (Putnam) Bailey died November 16, 1704, and is buried in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Ninth generation
Rebecca Bailey, my 7th great grandmother, was born October 21, 1675, in Newbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Joseph and Priscilla (Putnam) Bailey.  She married about 1699, Isaac Annis, born April 12, 1672, in Newbury, son of Cormac (Charles) and Sarah (Chase) Annis.  Rebecca died July 15, 1748 at Newbury.

Rebecca was the sister of Priscilla Bailey, born October 20, 1676 at Newbury, Massachusetts, married 1693, Jonathan Walcott, born September 1, 1670, son of Jonathan and Mary (Sibley) Walcott at Salem, Massachusetts.  Priscilla (Bailey) Walcott died February 16, 1770, at Windham, Connecticut.

Eighth generation
Priscilla Annis, my 6th great grandmother, was born November 13, 1707, at Newbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Bailey) Annis.  She married July 1, 1735, Daniel Mace.

Seventh generation
Priscilla Mace, my 5th great grandmother, was born December 13, 1733 at Billerica, Massachusetts, the daughter of Daniel and Priscilla (Annis) Mace.  She married on January 6, 1763, at Billerica, John French, born May 27, 1730, son of William and Mehitable (Patten) French.  

Sixth generation
Elizabeth French, my 4th great grandmother, was born January 20, 1769 at Billerica, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mace) French.  She married Joseph Blodgett, born October 14, 1770 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire,  son of Jonathan and Molly (Fitch) Blodgett.   She died December 19, 1852 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

Elizabeth was the sister of  Priscilla French, born September 1, 1766 at Billerica, Massachusetts, died September 27, 1799 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

Fifth generation
Lucinda Blodgett, my 3rd great grandmother, was born August 26, 1798 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (French) Blodgett.  She married Jehiel (Hiel) Stebbins, born circa 1801, at Winchester, New Hampshire, son of Josiah and Martha (Belding) Stebbins.   She died January 8, 1866.

Lucinda was the sister of  Priscilla Blodgett, born 1804 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire and married December 31, 1840 to William Moors.  She died March 1, 1873 at Jaffrey.

Fourth generation
Mariette Priscilla Stebbins, my 2nd great grandmother, was born October 25, 1825 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the daughter of Hiel and Lucinda (Blodgett) Stebbins.  She married George Fairbanks, born October 22, 1825, son of Cyrus and Betsey (Jackson) Fairbanks of Troy, New Hampshire. She died March 20, 1896 at Jaffrey.

Priscilla (Sullivan) Reed

Third generation
Sarah Jane Fairbanks, my great grandmother, was born March 24, 1864 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the daughter of George and Mariette Priscilla (Stebbins) Fairbanks.  She married Fred Wallace Lynch, born June 17, 1868 at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, the son of  Wallace and Mary (Wilson) Lynch.  She died December 1, 1944.  There is no Priscilla in this generation.

Second generation
Mary Priscilla Lynch, my grandmother, was born October 25, 1901 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, the daughter of Fred Wallace and Sarah Jane (Fairbanks ) Lynch.  She married September 1, 1924, Jeremiah Sullivan, son of Jeremiah and Laura (Shaw/Chauvin) Sullivan.  She died January 20, 1987, at Jaffrey.

First generation
Priscilla Fairbanks Sullivan, my aunt, was born April 21,1933 at Revere, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jeremiah and Priscilla (Lynch) Sullivan.  She married Frank Reed in 1954 in Germany.

Bride	Marriage	Groom
Priscilla Gould	m. 1611	John Putnam Sr
Rebecca Prince	m. 1652	John Putnam Jr
Priscilla Putnam	m. 1675	Joseph Bailey
Rebecca Bailey, sister of Priscilla Bailey b. 1676	m. 1699	Isaac Annis
Priscilla Annis	m. 1735	Daniel Mace
Priscilla Mace	m. 1763	John French
Elizabeth French, sister of Priscilla French b. 1767	m. ?	Joseph Blodgett
Lucinda Blodgett. sister of Priscilla Blodgett b. 1804	m. 1822	Jehiel Stebbins
Mariette Priscilla Stebbins	m. 1846	George Fairbanks
Sarah Fairbanks	m. 1891	Fred Wallace Lynch
Mary Priscilla Lynch	m. 1924	Jeremiah Sullivan
Priscilla Fairbanks Sullivan	m. 1954	Frank Reed

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