Tracy Family Line

Tracy/de Tracy

Name origin: The surname is taken from the castle and barony of Tracie near vire arron-dissement of Caen, France. There also is a village of the name in the Department of Oise, France. The word may signify a rampart, a terrace. Sire de Tracye was an officer in William the Conqueror's army. Some genealogists claim the family is descended from Ecgbert, a Saxon King, through Alfred the Great, to Sir William de Tracy.--From Directory of the Ancestors of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes.

  • Henry de Tracy (1202- )
  • William Tracy
  • Christopher Tracy (1539- )
  • Stephen Tracy (1559-1630)
  • Stephen Tracy (1596-1654)

    Henry de Tracy

    b.abt.1202; parents ukn

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Eva de Tracy b.abt.1228 m.Guy de Bryan

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    William Tracy

    b.parents ukn

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Christopher Tracy b.1539

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    Christopher Tracy

    b.1539 Easton Ruston, Norfolk, England; s/o William Tracy
    d.England
    m.1558 East Ruston, Norfolk, England; Margaret _____
    b.1539 Norwich, Norfolk, England

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Thomas Tracy b.1555 East Rushton, Norfolk, England bur.Jan. 31, 1615 Lessingham, Norfolk, England
    2. Stephen/Christopher Tracy b.1559 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.Dec. 22, 1630 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

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    Stephen Tracy

    b.1559 England; s/o Christopher and Margaret Tracy
    d.Dec. 22, 1630 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
    m.Feb. 23, 1586 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; Agnes Erdley Fardley
    b.Feb. 22, 1569 England
    d.June 15, 1640 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

    CHILDREN included:

    1. William Tracy b.Nov. 30, 1587 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.Feb. 15, 1650 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England m.Elizabeth ________
        CHILDREN of William and Elizabeth included:
      • Elizabeth Tracy b.abt.Sept. 1649
    2. Thomas Tracy b.Jan. 11, 1589 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.1685 England
        CHILDREN of Thomas included:
      • Thomas Tracy b.June 10, 1650
      • William Tracy b.June 10, 1650
    3. Christopher Tracy b.March 1, 1592 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.Oct. 25, 1630 England m.Priscilla ______
        CHILD of Christopher and Priscilla:
      • John Tracy b.abt.Aug. 1625
    4. Ann or Annas or Agnes Tracy b.Apr. 25, 1594 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk England d.June 15, 1640 England m.aft.Oct. 25, 1630 Robert Wells
    5. Stephen Tracy b.Dec. 28, 1596 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.March 20, 1654 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
    6. Margaret Tracy b.Sept. 23, 1599 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d.Sept. 30, 1603 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
    7. John Tracy b.Dec. 29, 1601 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
    8. Margaret Tracy b.May 12, 1604 Farist, Norwich, England d.Oct. 25, 1630 unmarried

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    Stephen Tracy

    b.Dec. 28, 1596 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; s/o Stephen and Agnes Tracy
    d.March 20, 1654 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
    m.Jan. 2, 1620 Leyden, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; Typhosa (Tryphesa) Lee
    b.1596/99 Leiden, South Holland, Holland; d/o Joos Lee and Anne Hungerford
    d.1655 Plymouth, MA

    CHILDREN included:

    1. Sarah Tracey b.1621/22 Leiden, Holland d.Nov. 16, 1708 Duxbury, Plymouth, MA m.1638 George Partridge
    2. Jane Tracy b.Jan. 1623 Plmouth, MA d.Nov. 16, 1638 Plymouth, MA
    3. Rebecca Tracy b.1623/27 Plymouth, MA d.Dec. 3, 1686 Eastham, MA m.ca.1642 Eastham, MA, Ensign William Merrick s/o John and Dorothy (Bishop) Merrick
    4. Ruth Tracy b.1628 Plymouth, MA d.aft.1654/55 Plymouth, MA
    5. Mary Tracy b.1630 prob. Wethesfield, Hartford, CT d.1655 Norwich, New London, CT
    6. Susanna Tracy b.bef.1633 Plymouth, MA
    7. John Tracy (Leacy) b.1633 Duxbury, Plymouth, MA d.May 30, 1718 Windham, CT m.Mary Prence d/o Gov. Prence
        CHILDREN of John and Mary included:
      • Sarah Tracy
      • Stephen Tracy b.1673
    8. Thomas Tracy b.abt.1633 Plymouth, MA
    9. John Tracy b.1642/43 Marshfield, Plymouth, MA d.Aug. 16, 1702 Norwich, CT

    NOTES: Stephen Tracy arrived in the Plymouth Colony three years after the Mayflower, in 1623, on the Anne.

    From Directory of the Ancestors of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: STEPHEN, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, removed Duxbury, Mass., 1645.

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