29TH GENERATION

2021. John Hussey was born on 2 Feb 1635 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA. He died in 1711 in New Castle, Delaware. John and his wife Rebecca, who were Quakers, were charged with being absent from Friends Meetings on several occasions and for working on a "fast day". He possessed somewhat of a rebellious nature, as evidenced by his refusal to take the oath of o ffice after he was named Representative in 1692. He and Rebecca removed to New Castle, Del. where oaths were not taken, and where Quakers could live in more freedom than in New Hampshire.

John and Rebecca Hussey are ancestors of United States President Richard Milhous Nixon. His lineage is through their son John, and his son John. Nixon is then doubly descended through this John's son Record Hussey "by his first wife" and daughte r Elizabeth Hussey "by his second wife". Record Hussey's daughter Lydia Griffin had a son Amos Griffin who married Edith Price, the daughter of Elizabeth Hussey. Their daughter Elizabeth married a Milhous, and their son Franklin was Nixon's grandf ather.

He was married to Rebecca PERKINS on 21 Sep 1659. Rebecca PERKINS was born about 1637 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She died before 1707 in New Castle, Delaware. John Hussey and Rebecca PERKINS had the following children:

+2286 i. John HUSSEY.
+2287 ii. Bathsheba HUSSEY.
2288 iii. Christopher HUSSEY.

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