Ansley Family Letters

This is a collections of 19th-century letters written to Ozias Ansley of Staten Island, primarily from his children. 

There are 15 sub-collections of letters. Thirteen of those collections are letters to Ansley from his children, with two other miscellaneous collections of dated and undated materials. While the letters are currently available to view via image browse only, each sub-collection has been arranged by sender.

Collection 1, from daughter Penelope Herring and her husband Charles

Collection 2, from daughter Elizabeth Wade-Hale

Collection 3, from brother Amos Ansley

Collection 4, from son Thomas Ansley

Collection 5, from daughter Sarah Baxter

Collection 6, from daughter Charity Brittain

Collection 7, from daughter Rebecca Garrison-Troop

Collection 8, from son John Ansley and his wife Christian, and from friends in re. John Ansley’s death

Collection 9, from son Ozias Ansley Jr.

Collection 10, from son Daniel Ansley

Collection 11, from brother Thomas Ansley

Collection 12, from uncle Robert Allison, and sister Mary Smith and her husband John, and sister Margaret Spraker and her husband John, and sister Rebecca Marsh and her husband John

Collection 13, from daughter Joanna Buckner and her husband Henry

Collection 14, miscellaneous letters (dated)

Collection 15, miscellaneous letters (undated)

This collection was generously donated to the NYG&B by Charlotte Megill Hix, FGBS.