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    Abraham Macy Jr.

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    • 3rd Great-grandfather of Ezra Pound — 6th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 38 
    • Birth Date:
    • 7 Oct 1739 
    • Birth Location:
    • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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    • Death Date:
    • from 30 Jun 1820 to 1 Jul 1820 
    • Death Location:
    • Ghent, Columbia, New York 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 3 Dec 1761 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
    • Children:

    • Phebe Macy

      Eunice Macy (Ahnentafel No:19 )

      Aaron Macy

    • Notes: 
    • Although most publications, including the transcribed copies of the Nantucket vital records, give Abraham Macy's birth date as 07 AUG 1739, the original record actually states “Abraham Macy was born ye 7th Day of ye 8th mo. 1739” indicating it was actually 07 OCT 1739 according to the Julian calendar in use at the time.

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  • Sources for Abraham Macy Jr.

    • 1 Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 2, p. 882.
    • 3 Macy, Silvanus J., Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635 - 1868, Albany: Joel Munsell (1868), beware frequent errors in dates, 109, 137, 149-153.
    • 5 White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 587.