Samuel Ormsby

1775 - 1853

Father: Nathaniel Ormsby
Mother: Elizabeth Perkins
Date of birth: Aug. 30, 1775
Place of Birth: Norwich CT
First Marriage: Feb 20, 1804, Rachel Day, Chester MA
Second Marriage: Dec 12, 1832, Betsey Kelso, Chester MA
Date of Death: Sept. 10, 1853
Place of Death: Chester, MA

First Spouse: Rachel Day
Date of Birth: April 1, 1785
Place of Birth: Chester, Mass
Date of Death: October 15, 1830
Place of Death: Chester, MA

Second Spouse: Betsey Kelso
Father: John Kelso
Mother: Sarah Josphine Crawford
Date of Birth: Oct 25, 1778
Place of Birth: Worcester, MA

Children:

1. Rachel Philena Ormsby
2. Samuel Jackson Ormsby, born March 8, 1805
3. Cordelia Ormsby, born Feb 28, 1808, Chester, MA
4. Calvin Ormsby, born Dec 4, 1810
5. Selah Ormsby, born March 28, 1812, North Hampton, MA
6. Lysander Ormsby, died in infancy
7. Lysander Ormsby, born July 5, 1815, W. Hampton, Mass.
8. Sarah Clark Ormsby, born Dec 5, 1817, Westhampton, Hampshire Co., MA
9. Elizabeth Perkins Ormsby
10. Erastus Day Ormsby, born Around 1823, Chester, MA
11. Alvin Dewight Ormsby, born May 2, 1825, Chester Hampden, MA
12. Almena Frances Ormsby, born Aug 1827, Westhampshire MA

Additional Facts:

From the book: Southwestern MichiganI Pioneer Families Especially Lenawee County and New York Origins compiled by Helen F. Lewis and published 1994 by Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY:

Ormsby, Samuel, son of Nathaniel, born ca. 1775, Norwich, Conn., moved with his parents to Huntington, Mass. He married Rachel (Day) born 1 Apr, 1785, Chester, Mass. He died in Chester on 15 Oct. 1830. Twelve children, of whom 11 grew to maturity, and only known are Lysander & E.D. (who also came to Michigan).

Note: Thus far I have found Samuel Jackson, Cordelia, Calvin, Lysander, Selah, Sarah, Erastus Day and Alvin Dewight.

Samuel Ormsby, 1850 Massachusetts Census, Hampden Co, Chester Township.

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