Individual Details
Joseph Somerby
(26 Oct 1755 - 22 Feb 1800)
Events
| Birth | 26 Oct 1755 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1779 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts - Elizabeth Frazer |  | ||
| Death | 22 Feb 1800 | Newburyport, Massachusetts | |||
| Biography |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Frazer (1761 - 1821) |
| Child | John Frazier Somerby (1780 - 1813) |
| Child | William Somerby (1788 - ) |
| Child | Ebenezer Somerby (1790 - 1823) |
| Child | George Somerby (1793 - ) |
| Child | Betsey Somerby (1795 - 1797) |
| Child | Sophia Ann Somerby (1798 - 1865) |
| Father | Daniel Somerby (1728 - 1785) |
| Mother | Mary Bartlett (1731 - 1821) |
| Sibling | John Somerby (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Somerby (1753 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Eunice Somerby (1754 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Daniel Somerby (1757 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Cutting Bartlett Somerby (1758 - ) |
| Sibling | Moses Somerby (1760 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Mary Somerby (1761 - 1786) |
| Sibling | Sarah Somerby (1763 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Lois Somerby (1766 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Cutting Moody Somerby (1768 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Somerby (1770 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Judith Somerby (1771 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Thomas Somerby (1776 - 1854) |
Notes
Biography
Schoolmaster at NewburyportHe drew a map of Newburyport in 1795 – or maybe he is not the one who drew the map
https://books.google.com/books?id=Nr0WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=joseph+somerby+schoolmaster+of+newburyport&source=bl&ots=MEdlqOMEDj&sig=ACfU3U3Y04WUUwIJbI-ik95B-JMXZKkw0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-pZzj1dnzAhVGRjABHSqrDwEQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=joseph%20somerby&f=false
Guardianships for four of the children in 1807 –this relates to the estate of Timothy Dexter who made a bequest to Joseph Somerby in his 1799 will – probate 1806 – William, Ebenezer, George, Sophia
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image?volumeId=13855&pageName=25859:2&rId=31487823
probate of Timothy Dexter
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1638-1881/image?volumeId=13764&pageName=7650:1&rId=245208333
this is Timothy Dexter
https://books.google.com/books?id=bjptAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA319&lpg=PA319&dq=joseph+somerby+schoolmaster+of+newburyport&source=bl&ots=UgRUlxfXid&sig=ACfU3U2bxxE-CPsINX45V_r1BCuKOFsI3w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-pZzj1dnzAhVGRjABHSqrDwEQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=joseph%20somerby%20schoolmaster%20of%20newburyport&f=false
6 children born at Newburyport
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).