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Rev. James Quisenberry, Sr.

1759–1830

Joyce c. 1722–c. 1797Aaron Quisenberry c. 1725–c. 1795Thomas Quisenberry 1698–1795Humphrey Quisenberry 1674–1723Anne PopeJohn Quisenberry, Sr. 1627–1717Ann Fallowell 1611–1683Thomas Pope 1608–1683Joane (Jesse) Johnson 1607–1672Thomas Johnson (Questenbury) Quesenberry 1608–1672
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✦ direct ancestor — Owen's 6×-great-grandfather · Carpenter line appears 2× in the tree — pedigree collapse

Life

Born
13 Jun 1759 · Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Died
5 Aug 1830 · Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA

Parents

Father✦ Aaron Quisenberry (c. 1725–c. 1795)
Mother✦ Joyce (c. 1722–c. 1797)

Marriage & children

SpouseChloe Shipp-Quisenberry (1788–1863) m. 24 Dec 1811 · Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA
Leticia "Letty" Quisenberry (1813–1814)
Joseph Harrison Quisenberry (1813–1872)
Louis Colby Quisenberry (1816–1844)
Catherine "Kitty" Quisenberry (1817–1819)
Martha "Patsy" Quisenberry (1819–1830)
Chloe Quisenberry (1820–1921)
Sophia Ann Quisenberry (1821–1908)
James Harvey Quisenberry (1823–1901)
George Washington Quisenberry (1825–1842)
Mary Ann "Polly" Quisenberry (1829–1901)
Spouse✦ Jane Burris-Quisenberry (1759–1811) m. 24 Dec 1776 · Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
✦ Jeanette "Jane" QUISENBERRY (1782–1859)
Joyce Quisenberry-Duncan (1777–)
Joel Quisenberry (1784–1847)
Colby Burris Quisenberry (1788–1870)
Tandy Quisenberry (1792–1869)
✦ Roger QUISENBERRY* (1792–1877)
Mourning Ann Quisenberry-Haggard (1795–1846)
Sarah Banks "Sally" Quisenberry-Ragland (1805–1894)
Aaron Quisenberry (1779–1830)

Timeline

Records behind this page

Unnamed source
1897 Genealogical Memoranda - Rev. James Quisenberry's family list incl. son Roger (pp. 56-58)
Family-Bible-derived list; re-verified in the archive.org text 4 Aug 2026 ('8. Roger Quisenberry, born in Clark county on November 23...'). Compiled testimony from the family Bible.
Unnamed source
Spencer, History of Kentucky Baptists I:206-207 - the James Quesenberry sketch
Re-verified verbatim 4 Aug 2026: 'a native of Orange county, Va., where he was born, June 13, 1759, and from whence he emigrated to Kentucky in 1783... He departed this life August 5, 1830'; Separate Baptist, Unity church (Clark Co.) with Andrew Tribble; baptized Dr. Wm. Vaughan Oct 1810. Printed p. 206 confirmed by the volume's own index.

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.

Research note · 26 Jul 2026
Audited 26 Jul 2026 - Junction #6: Separate Baptist minister, CONFIRMED by Spencer History of Kentucky Baptists (1886) + an eyewitness baptism narrative (1810). Parentage PROVEN by Aaron Sr 1786 Orange Co. deed of gift naming my Son JAMES QUISENBERRY of the Co. of Fayette, Caintukey. Unsourced middle initial T. dropped. See ancestry/quisenberry-junction.md.
Research note · 26 Jul 2026
Audited 26 Jul 2026 - Junction #6 de-duplication. Absorbed [3012] James Quesenberry, b. 13 Jun 1759 Spotsylvania, d. 5 Aug 1830 Clark Co., KY - identical birth and death to this record. A hint-merge duplicate of our own direct ancestor. See ancestry/quisenberry-junction.md.

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