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Anne Greeves
 Born
17d 9mo 1796 in Bernagh, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Ireland [ s2171 ]
 Died
31d 7mo 1877 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States of America
 Buried
in Hicksite Quaker Burial Ground, Collins, Erie County, New York, United States of America
 Father
John Greeves
Born 25d 3mo 1761 - Died 12d 9mo 1843
 Mother
Margaret Sinton
Born 29d 4mo 1767 - Died 18d 3mo 1824
 Spouse
William O'Brien
Born 26d 12mo 1790 - Died 17d 2mo 1849
 Married
25d 2mo 1818 in Friends Meeting House, Grange, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom [ s2311 ]
 Child 1
Maria Wright O'Brien
Born 4d 12mo 1818 - Died 3d 8mo 1895
 Child 2
Joseph Sinton O'Brien
Born 12d 8mo 1820 - Died 14d 12mo 1914
 Child 3
Thomas Emlyn O'Brien
Born 7d 5mo 1822 - Died 23d 5mo 1856
 Child 4
John Greeves O'Brien
Born About 1824 -
 Child 5
Margaretta Jane O'Brien
Born 12d 8mo 1826 - Died 20d 6mo 1847
 Child 6
Daniel O'Brien
Born 9d 5mo 1830 - Died 4d 2mo 1853
 Child 7
Anson John O'Brien
Born 28d 6mo 1832 - Died 27d 12mo 1852
 Child 8
William Greeves O'Brien
Born 15d 4mo 1839 - Died 15d 3mo 1853
Ancestral View
GENERAL NOTES
Anne Greeves O'Brien 1796 to 1877
Anne Greeves O'Brien 1796 to 1877
Photograph courtesy of Joy H Jones

Quaker Records Ireland - Birth Details
Anne Greeves
Gender: Daughter
Date of Birth: 17d 9mo 1796
Place of Birth:
Parents: John & Margaret Greeves
Residence:
Description of Father:
Registration Meeting: Grange Meeting, Volume 1, Page 62
Notes:
[RFSS Jan 2012]

1850 Census record taken on Thursday, 31 October.
Free Inhabitants in Collins in the County of Erie, State of New York, USA.
 NameAgeSexColorProfessionValue of
Real Estate
Owned		BirthplaceMarried
within
the year		Attended
School
within
the year		Read
or
Write		Whether deaf
and dumb, blind,
insane, idiotic,
pauper,or convict
1Ann O'Brien53F- 2,350Ireland---
-
2Joseph S. O'Brien29M-Farmer-New York---
-
3Thomas E. O'Brien27M-Farmer-New York---
-
4Daniel O'Brien20M-Farmer-New York-Y-
-
5Anson J. O'Brien17M-Farmer-New York-Y-
-
6William G. O'Brien12M---New York-Y-
-
7Ann Wildafield18F---New York-Y-
-
8Esther Peasley17F---New York-Y-
-
Film Number: 17075, Digital GS Number: 4196823, Image Number: 00312, Line Number: 12, Dwelling House Number: 529, Family Number: 551
[RFSS Jul 2011]

August 1992; Wilbur Sinton saw the tombstones for Anne and William O'Brien and their sons, Anson John, Daniel, and William and a tiny unmarked stone that may have been that of the baby John who died. They are in the Hicksite Quaker Burying Ground.

Anne (Greeves) and William O'Brien were the recipients of the letters. Their family is extensively covered. When their grandchildren were beginning to be born Anne requested the name change to Sinton. She wanted them spared from the persecutions she had suffered from the Irish Catholic connotation assumed from the name O'Brien. (Joseph Sinton's information to LBS) All her grandchildren carried the names either Candee or Sinton.

Note: William wore the Quaker hat until he was fifty (Joseph's newspaper article). William leaned toward the Hicksite persuasion. William made caskets, etc. and in the later 1840's was trying to get a mill, probably lumber, started.

Unlike many Quakers, Anne had a wedding ring, a single row of little pearls, cut in half. Margaret Sinton Otis gave it to LBS when her mother Margaretta Jane Sinton Otis died, and LBS and Bell (Sinton) Willett gave it to me when I graduated from college. I also have a few of the old coin silver spoons from Aunt Morton of Philadelphia. The encyclopedia set, also from Aunt Morton or Aunt Greeves, used by this family is in Tutt.
[JHJ]
MARRIAGE NOTES
Quaker Records Ireland - Marriage Details
Marriage of: William O'Brien and Anne Greeves
Date of Marriage: 25d 2mo 1818
Place of Marriage: Grange, Near Charlemont
Husband's Parents: Daniel & Mary O'Brien
Husband's Residence: Carlow
Description of His Father:
Wife's Parents: John & Margaret Greeves
Wife's Residence: Grange
Description of Her Father:
Reference: Grange Meeting, Volume 4, Page 3
Notes:
[RFSS Jan 2012]
SOURCES
[ s2171 ] Birth Registration - Birth of Anne Greeves to John and Margaret Greeves on 17 September 1796 in Bernagh, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Ireland - The Religious Society of Friends, Grange Meeting, Volume 1, Page 62 - BR1796-17-09-AG
[ s2311 ] Marriage Registration - Quaker Records Ireland - Marriage Details - Marriage of William O'Brien and Anne Greeves on 25 February 1818 in Friends Meeting House, Grange, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom - The Religious Society of Friends, Grange Meeting, Volume 4, Page 3 - MR1818-25-02-WO-AG
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THEM  WILD  WOODS

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