Catherine Naylor

Biography

Katherine (or Catherine) Wheelwright, daughter of John Wheelwright and Mary Hutchinson, was born 1 Nov 1630 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England, and died 10 Apr 1716 at age 85 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay.

She married, first, to Robert Nanney, born about 1613 (age 22 in 1634), possibly in London, England. They emigrated from England to New England about 1635.

He was in Dover, Maine by 22 Oct 1640, when he signed the Dover Combination.[7] There are records of his presence there as late as 1649.

Meanwhile, starting in 1646, he started acquiring property in Boston.[8]

He was also a member of the church in Hampton, invested in property, oxen and a sawmill there. His father-in-law also lived there.

He was certainly in Boston by the 1656 birth of his son, John.

He died 27 AUG 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[9]

His estate papers reference a house in Barbados..

Children

1. John Nanney, b/d Boston Feb 1653/4
2. John Nanney, b Boston 12 Aug 1656; died Dec 1658
3. Joseph Nanney, b Boston 1 Jun 1658; died 21 Jun 1658
4. Samuel Nanney, b Boston 27 Aug 1659; d Bermuda 1690
5. Mary Nanney, b Boston 22 Jun 1661; m Benjamin Dyer
6. Elizabeth Nanney, b Boston 2 Jan 1663/4; died in July that year.

His widow married by 1667 Edward Naylor.

References

1. http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), 503.
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nanney-35 cites
   1. Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, vol V, M-P; Boston, MA: NEHGS (2007), pp 219-229; link for Ancestry.com subscribers; link for NEHGS members.
   2. Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908. Ancestry.com. Maine Pioneers, 1623-60. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
   3. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Robert Nanny, Boston, Deaths Prior to 1700; Vol. 3
   4. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for Robert Nanney, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34RB-DYW : accessed 2016-03-15), entry for Robert /NANNEY/.
   6. Anderson, p 228, citing multiple sources
   7. Anderson, p 228, citing NHPP 10:700-11
   8. Anderson, p 228, citing BBOP 39-40
   9. Anderson, p 227, citing Boston Vital Records, p 90
   10. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 January 2022, 15:40), entry for Robert Nanney (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:29HB-8L4 ); contributed by various users