Ephraim Ormsby

1736

Father: Samuel Ormsbee
Mother: Dinah Fisher
Date of Birth: Sept. 5, 1736
Place of Birth: Norwich, CT
First Marriage: Ruth Hibbard, Sept. 16, 1762, Windham Co. CT
Second Marriage: Apr. 7, 1778, Mrs. Ruth Hyde, Norwich Co. CT
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

First Spouse: Ruth Hibbard
Date of Birth: About 1742
Date of Death: Apr. 20, 1771
Place of Death: Windham, Co., CT

Second Spouse: Ruth Hyde
Father: Abner Hyde
Mother: Mehitable Smith
Date of Birth: Feb 26, 1749
Place of Birth: Norwich, New London, CT
Date of Death: 1805

Children:

1. Lucinda Ormsby, born July 10, 1763, Windham Co, CT
2. Lydia Ormsby, born July 8, 1765, Windham Co, CT
3. Bela Ormsby, born June 7, 1767, Windham Co, CT
4. Phebe Ormsby, born Sept. 25, 1779, Norwich, CT
5. Luther Ormsby, born May 8, 1781, Norwich, CT
6. Lucy Ormsby, born Oct. 26, 1782, Norwich, CT
7. Lucretia Ormsby, born 1784
8. Betsey Ormsby, born 1785
9. Aenath Ormsby, born 1785

Additional Facts:

Barbour Collection Connecticut Vital Records
Windham County, CT
Births, Marriages, Deaths 1692 1850

Name     Data                                  Vol. Page
Bela     s. Ephraim & Ruth, b. June 17, 1767   2    76
Ephraim  m. Ruth Hibbard, ( ) 16, 1762         2    76
Lucinda  d. Ephraim & Ruth, b. July 10, 1763   2    76
Lydia    d. Ephraim & Ruth, b. July 8, 1765    2    76

First three children from first marriage, remaining six children from second marriage.

Fom the book: SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN PIONEER FAMILIES ESPECIALLY LENAWEE COUNTY AND NEW YORK ORIGINS compiled by Helen F. Lewis and published 1994 by Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY:

Ormsby, AMOS & brothers, EPHIRAIM & NATHANIEL, came from England to Colonial America. One settled in New Hampshire, one went to an unknown location; and Nathaniel settled in Norwich, Conn. (Not sure if these three brothers are actually from this line. Of this information may not be correct. These brothers would have been born in America.)

Windham co., Ct. grave record. "In memory of Mrs. Ruth, wife of Mr. Ephraim Ormsby, who died Apr. 20, 1771 in the 29th year of her age."

Ephraim was admitted to the church, May 15, 1774 (Cong. Church records, Windham, CT)

Robert F. Ormsby
November 30, 1987

Ephraim Ormsby was born in Norwich, Conn. on Sept. 5, 1736, the third child of Samuel Ormsby and Dinah Fisher. In 1762 he married a Ruth Hibbard in Windham, Conn. and they had three children.Deeds show that Ephraim moved from Windham to that part of Norwich, Conn. that became Franklin. His wife, Dinah, died prior to 1778, for on April 7th of that year he married his second wife, a Ruth Hyde in Norwich. Ephraim Ormsby and Ruth Hyde had a total of six children. There is a stone in the old Franklin Plains Cemetary for Ruth Ormsby, wife of Ephraim Ormsby, died Aug. 16. 1805, age 55. The Franklin VR entry calls her a widow and states that she died in Lebannon, Conn., but the Hyde Family genealogy states that Ephraim survived and went to live in Pennsylvania after her death.

NOTE: The above information was compiled in 1965 by Dr. Claude W. Barlow of Clark University, Worchester, Mass.