Joseph RASEY I & Mary HOLLON

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Joseph RASEY I
Mary HOLLON

NOTICE: patrilineal (direct male line) descendants of our subject are participating in the RASEY Y-Chromosome DNA Surname Project. Anyone who suspects he is a patrilineal descendant of our subject can support that connection with a Y-DNA test. Descendants of Joseph RAZEE I of Rhode Island have also been tested. Results indicate they are not closely related to these RASEYs, thus disproving the assertion that he is our subject's father. Our descendants' test results have also debunked the myth of a connection to Malcolm MacLEOD of the Isle of Raasay, Scotland. These MacLEODs are Haplogroup R1b, while our subjects are Haplogroup I2, meaning they cannot have shared a common ancestor for tens of thousands of years.

Husband: Joseph RASEY / RAZEY / RAZY I
Birth: ca. 1728, of Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA — based on the average of a male being 4 years older than his wife
Death apparently: by 1790
Y-DNA Haplogroup: I2-Y7824
Parents: unknown

Marriage: 6 May 1757, Town of Mendon, Worcester Co., MA

Wife: Mary HOLLON
Birth: 1732, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
Death: 1810, Cheshire Co., NH
Disposition: buried Homestead Cemetery, West Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH
Parents: unknown

Children:

— born in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA:
1. Pelatiah RASEY, b. 25 Jan 1758; d. 10 May 1758, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
2. Pelatiah RASEY, b. 17 Feb 1759
3. Robert RASEY, b. 15 Jan 1761
4. Joseph RASEY II, b. 6 Jan 1763
5. Tryphena RASEY, b. 28 Jun 1765

— said to be born in Richmond, Cheshire Co., NH:
6. Asahel RASEY, b. 29 Apr 1767
7. Mary "Polly / Molly" RASEY, b. 14 Sep 1768
8. John RASEY, b. 7 Mar 1771
9. Silas RASEY, b. Oct 1773

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont

Sources (n.b., Windham Co., VT, is adjacent to Cheshire Co., NH):

1. Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850 (GenealogyLibrary.com):

Rasey, Joseph Hollon, Mary 6 May 1757 Uxbridge, Worchester Co., MA LDS Film #0758485

Rasey, Joseph Hollon, Mary 6 May 1757 Mendon, Worchester Co., MA LDS Film #0599198

The record is actually for a marriage in the Town of Mendon, with a groom resident in Uxbridge and the bride resident in Mendon.

2. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Joseph RASEY
Spouse: Mary HOLLON
Marriage: 06 May 1757, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Source: Film #0874034 (Item 2): Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Williams), b. 1849

Joseph RASEY
Spouse: Mary HOLLON
Marriage: 06 May 1757, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Source: Film #0599198 (Item 1): Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Williams), b. 1849

Pelatiah RAZEY
Birth: 17 Feb 1759, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Father: Joseph RAZEY; Mary
Source: Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Baldwin, Thomas W. (Thomas Willaims), b. 1849

The marriage took place in Mendon; Uxbridge was the residence of the groom.

3. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):•/NR

1776 Razey, Joseph NH Cheshire Co. Richmond

4. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3 of 7 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1790 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M637_5 p. 122 Ln. III-2 John Grimes 1-1-4-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = John (b. 1766)

1 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Son A

4 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Tryphena (b. 1765)
= Lydia (b. 1785)
= Tryphena (b. 1788)
= Mary (HOLLON) RASEY (b. 1732)

Can't find Joseph; we can't be certain the 4th woman here is Tryphena's mother, but it's likely.

5. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 8 — list was roughly alphabetized; indexed "Rosey"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•/NR

1800 NH Cheshire Co. Swanzey Roll M32_20 p. 1020 Ln. 3 Peletiah Rasey 11010-12011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Pelatiah Jr. (b. 1790/1)

1 male 10-15 1784-1790 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Pelatiah (b. 1759)

1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Daughter C

2 females 10-15 1784-1790 = Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Esther

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Mary (b. 1732)

Can't find Joseph; Mary is almost certainly living with her son, Pelatiah, who is the only RASEY/etc. in Swanzey.

6. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Mrs. Mary Hollon Razy

Birth 1732

Death 1810

Burial Homestead Cemetery
West Swanzey, Cheshire Co., NH

Contributor William Clouse, 26 May 2011

Memorial # 70396055

There's an image of the stone in files among the
Public Member Trees at Ancestry.com. It reads:

MARY.
Relict of
Joseph Razy,
Died 1810,
Ages 78 y'rs.

7. Broderbund. World Family Trees. Vol. 11, Pedigree #3354.

8. Lucinda C. Durbin. Rasey Roots! (online at www.paperdolls.org).

9. Dallas G. McColley. Ancestors of Alexander Grant McColley. Family Tree Maker User Home Pages (online at familytreemaker.genealogy.com).

10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org). A file there gives Joseph's wife as Thankfull PERKINS.

11. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com): a tree there has an image of Mary's gravestone.

12. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

13. Messages posted to the Rasey Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

14. Messages posted to the RASEY Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

15. Messages posted to the MacLEOD Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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