I am searching for the ancestors of Sarah (Sally) Nye who was probably born about 1797 in New York. She married John Holley who was born about 1795 in New York. I have determined from census records that they had at least seven children and maybe more. The children were probably born in Genesee, New York between about 1820 and 1838. Their names starting with the eldest are: Emeline, Caroline, Adeline, Hanford, Heman, Henry, and Mary.

The 1840 census and the later censuses do not show John Holley. I have to assume that he died shortly before 1840; possibly in New York. The family moved from New York to Michigan before 1840 possibly with other Holley's or Nye's.

Emeline Holley is a direct ancestor of mine. She married Robert Mitchell, and had three boys: Franklin, George, and a baby who died in infancy.

Sarah Nye Holley died in 1870 in Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan, but her daughter, Emeline, preceded her in death in 1866 in Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan.

Warren Mitchell