Generation One

Generation Two

Generation Three

Generation Four

Richard Ormsby

Thomas Ormsby

Ezra Ormsbee

Daniel Ormsby

Daniel Ormsby

1732 - Unknown


Information for this line provided by Betty (Sdonsbets@aol.com)

Father: Ezra Ormsbee
Mother: Mary Salisbury
Date of Birth: 1732
Place of Birth: Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
First Marriage: Sept 19, 1751, Martha Brownell, Little Compton, RI
Date of Death:
Place of Death: .

Spouse: Martha Brownell
Father: John Brownell
Mother: Mary Carr
Date of Birth: Feb 17, 1723
Place of Birth: Little Compton, New Port, RI
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Children:

  1. Thomas Ormsby, Aug 18, 1755, Petersburgh, NY (Little Compton, Rhode Island)
  2. John Ormsby, July 3, 1752, Petersburgh, NY (Little Compton, Rhode Island)
  3. Olive Ormsby, born Dec 21, 1754, Little Compton, Newport, RI

Additional Facts:

Brownell Information

John Brownell
Father: Thomas Brownell
Mother: Mary Pierce
Date of Birth: Feb 21, 1682
Place of Birth: Little Compton, Newport, RI
Date of Death: March 1759
Place of Death: Little Compton, Newport, RI
First Marriage: About 1706, Mary Carr, Newport, RI

Mary Carr
Father: Esek Carr
Mother: Susanna Carr
Date of Birth: July 14, 1685
Place of Birth: Little Compton, Newport, RI
Date of Death: March 24, 1729
Place of Death: Little Compton, Newport, RI

John Brownell's will is in book I, page 243, made 3 Feb. 1759:
"To daughter Susannah Shaw one third of my homestead farm her part to be the west middle third. To daughter Mary Wilbour one third of household goods. To daughter Martha Ormsby one third homestead farm. To grandsons John Ormsby and Thomas Ormsby one third of homestead farm. To grandson John Wilbor one third homestead farm his part to be the southerly part and my woodland bounded east on the highway that leadeth by the Indian meeting house, north and west by William Pearce and south by the land of Elizabeth Davenport with all the buildings, etc. To grandson John Shaw 100 pounds. To granddaughter Mary Shaw one feather bed. To granddaughter Mary Wilbour one feather bed. To granddaughter Olive Ormsby my looking glass and gold necklace. To my daughter Martha Ormsby my riding beast and one third household goods. To grandson John Wilbur my Negro man named Saul and my Negro woman named Genney. .."

Will of Thomas Brownell dated 1730 and proved in LC 20 June 1732 Executors wife Mary and son Thomas.
To wife half of dwelling house and half of orchard, for life, use of all bills and bonds, or forty pounds a year instead; all my Negroes and half of chattels, for life; and use of household goods; to son Thomas ten pounds at decease of wife, and confirmation of Deed of Gift formerly made, and like legacy to sons John George and Jeremiah; to son Charles, all farming tools, and * of outdoor stock; ten pounds and confirmation of deed, he bringing his mother fire-wood for life, etc; to granddaughter Mary Carr, one hundred pounds, 2 feather beds, trunk, etc., and at death of grandmother rest of household goods, but if said grand-dau die before 18, then 5 sons of testator to have.

Inventory:
1807 pounds one shilling and sixpence, various wearing apparel and sword, 34 pounds, 14 shillings and six pence; 5 beds, churn, pair of cards, loom, shoemakers tool silver money 14 shillings and 8 pence; English half pence, 11 pounds, 12 shillings and 5 pence (at 2 pence a piece); money scales, tankard, bonds, one thousand and fifty-two pounds, 12 shillings and 5 pence; mare, pair of oxen, 6 cows, 4 young cattle, 26 sheep, 12 lambs, 3 calves, 23 geese, 11 swine, old Negro man and woman, 90 pounds; hive of bees, etc.

E-mail
From: Sdonsbets@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:46:30 EDT
Subject: Ormsby/Armsbury
I'm sure we are related -- somehow! I am wondering if you are knowledgeable
about the brothers who changed their name from ORMSBY to Armsbury in the late
1700s. Here is what I believe (but have not proved) to be my direct line (in
bold type):

It looks like Thomas ORMSBY (1644 or 45 to 1724) married Mary, lived in Salisbury, Mass. and had 11 children. Five sons and six daughters: EZRA (1686-1763), on 25 Dec. 1713 m. Mary Salabury/Salisbury (b. 15 Aug. 1686); Jeremiah (1672-unknown), m. Mehitibell; Thomas (1668-1724), m. Rebecca; Jacob (1680-1738), m. Hope; Daniel (1690-1766), m. Ruth; daughters were Mary, Rebecca, Juda, Hannah, Bethia, and Ester -- all born between 1670 and 1684.

It appears my lineage (bold & underlined) is from Ezra and Mary ORMSBY who lived in Rehoboth, Mass and Barrington/Warren/Little Compton, RI. Ezra's children were John (1733-1819), m. Sarah, children: Joseph; Ebenezer; Zerviah; Mary; Phebe; Joshua; Ezra, Jr.; James; and Daniel (1732-unknown).
On 19 Sep 1751 Daniel m. Martha Brownell at Little Compton, RI. I'm not sure if these are all of their children -- but while living in Petersburgh, NY they had: Thomas (1755-1827), m. Susannah; JOHN (1752-1845), m. Priscilla Tompkins; and Olive (1754-unknown). John and Thomas changed to Armsbury and/or Armsby prior to 1790. John/Priscilla had 4 dau: Sally; Lucy; Polly; and Abigail (1789-?). They had one son: Christopher T. ARMSBURY (1793-1853),
m. Polly. Of that union was born James (1825-1861); Jacob (1823-1852); Hannah (1819-1851); Clark L. (1827-1911); Abraham (1816-1845); Isaac T. ARMSBURY (1821-1859), m. in 1849 to Sally W. Peckham (1822-1906). They had 5 children: Isaac Newton "Newt" Armsbury, b. 13 Feb 1859 in Green Co., WI, d. 11 Mar 1943 in Lucas, KS, on 7 Mar 1886 m. Rosena Susan Mason, b. Marshall Co., KS 1870, d. 6 April 1963. Charles W. Armsbury; Clark L. Armsbury; Delia/Delilah Armsbury (Mrs. D. E. Burr).

ISAAC NEWTON ARMSBURY AND ROSENA SUSAN MASON had 13 children. One died as an infant and the rest were all daughters except for two. Of those, one never married and the other only had daughters. I have names and some birth and/or death dates for these. My mother was IOLA NADINE ARMSBURY GROSS, the next to the youngest child of Grandpa Newt and Grandma Rosena. Most, if not all, of their married life was in Lucas and/or Luray, KS.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Praising God, Betty

E-mail Dated 10/11/02, PJ Autry

Rehoboth isn't that close to Dartmouth, and according to Little Compton Families, Daniel was "of Dartmouth" at the time of the marriage. There are no births of this surname listed for Dartmouth, and the only death was that of Brownell Armsbury.

Dartmouth marriages include Olive to Stephen Cobb, her brother John to Priscilla Tompkins, the intentions of Daniel to Martha Brownell, a marriage of a Daniel to Elizabeth the widow of Judah Allen ("all of Dartmouth") in 1771, the marriage of Brownell to Sarah Mendall in 1791, and the marriage of Abraham of Seekonk to Cynthia Wordell of Dartmouth.

I have not been able to find any death information on the Daniel who married Ruth, the Daniel who married Martha, or Martha herself. Martha died after 3 Feb 1759 when her father made his will.

I have also not been able to find any information on a Daniel who married an Elizabeth, nor on Brownell - although from his name I suspect that he could have been the son of Daniel and Martha. Judging from his age at death, he would have been born about 1758. If it really was 1758 he should have been listed in his grandfathers will, but if he was born after 3 Feb 1759 that could explain why he was not listed.

The ONLY mentions of a Daniel Ormsbee in the NEHGR vol. 1-147 are:
Mary, the daughter of Daniel and Ruth married Thomas Redway.
Daniel S., son of Jesse and Hannah married Elizabeth Gray in 1822, and
Daniel S married Ann Maria Dodge in 1834.

It would be very interesting to be able to see the probate records for Martha's father to see what distributions actually were made....

Part of me is wondering if maybe Martha died giving birth to Brownell or shortly thereafter... Just another possibility <g>.


E-mail dated 10/12/01, K. Armsbury

I find in my stuff from Fuller in England that Thomas (1645-1716) and wife Mary had a son Daniel (1690-1766) that married Ruth. Then I show that one of his brothers Ezra (1636-1763) and wife Mary had a son Daniel (1732-?) that married Martha. So there is a Daniel and his nephew Daniel.....


Generation One

Generation Two

Generation Three

Generation Four

Generation Five

Richard Ormsby

Thomas Ormsby

Ezra Ormsbee

Daniel Ormsby

Olive Ormsby

Olive Ormsby

1754 - Unknown


Father: Daniel Ormsby
Mother: Martha Brownell
Date of Birth: Dec 21, 1754
Place of Birth: Little Compton, Newport, RI
First Marriage: March 14, 1777, Stephen Cobb, Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Spouse: Stephen Cobb
Father: Stephen Cobb
Mother: Abigail Chipman
Date of Birth: March 31, 1750
Place of Birth: Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Children:

  1. Rebecca Cobb, born 1776
  2. Daniel Amsbury Cobb, born 27 AUG 1797, Petersburg, Rensselaer, NY, USA

Rebecca Cobb, died 1825, married 1792

Stephen Cobb b: 27 JAN 1715/16 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Abigail Chipman b: 26 JUN 1724 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Daniel Amsbury Cobb
Birth: 27 AUG 1797 in Petersburg, Rensselaer, NY
Death: 25 OCT 1879 in Minerva, Essex, NY

Father: Stephen COBB b: 31 MAR 1750 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Mother: Olive ORMSBY b: 21 DEC 1754 in Little Compton, Newport, RI

Marriage 1 Mercy A LEWIS b: ABT 1798 in Rensselaer, NY, Married: 05 SEP 1820

Children

Frank Cobb
Stephen J Cobb b: ABT 1817 in VT
Mercy A Cobb b: ABT 1833 in NY
Sarah Jane Cobb b: 02 FEB 1836 in Johnsburg, Warren, NY

E-mail Dated 10/11/01, PJ Autry

Olive was my great great great great grandmother.

She married Stephen Cobb, and they were the parents of Rev. Daniel Amesbury Cobb.

This Daniel married Mercy A. Lewis, and their daughter Sarah Jane married Robert Boyd. Their daughter Gertrude Sarah Boyd married Emerson Stephen Latham, and their daughter Alice May Latham married Elijah Andre Guyette. Their son Arthur Emerson Guyette married Lillian Eugenia Sherman, and I am their oldest child.

My birth name is Patricia Jean Guyette. My husband, Michael Henry Autry, Sr, (Mickey), is a cousin to Gene, but I sometimes have fun because I am a Jean.

I have two natural children, and one adopted, and my husband has two children. Together we have 11 grandchildren, scattered all over the nation, between the ages of 2 and 17.

After I retired a year and a half ago, we traded in our house and motorhome for a large motorhome, and have been traveling around the nation. Right now we are in Texas, a couple hours from Houston. We are not homeless, we just take our home with us as we travel, and tow a car to make getting to research areas easier. We have a permanent address, and the people there forward our mail to wherever we might be at the moment, and we have a cell phone so the kids can reach us if they need to.

I have been playing with genealogy for about 25 years, but since I retired I have been able to work on it a lot more than I ever could while I was involved with my professional duties. When we are somewhere with a phone line I spend a lot of time on the internet seeing what I can come up with, but I also have quite a few feet of books with us, and lots of reference CDs, so that I can do research even as we go down the road.

I am still looking for information to support that Ezra and Mary were the parents of the Daniel who married Martha Brownell, but the work the past couple of days has convinced me that unless Daniel was a bigamist then he couldn't be the son of Daniel and Ruth.

The end of this month I will be going to Houston for a few days and plan to spend some time at the genealogical library there. They have a complete collection of census films and indexes, and I hope to be able to find out more while I am there. A search of their online card catalog doesn't show much specific to either Dartmouth, Little Compton, or Petersburg, but the Census records might be able to shed some light on the situation. At least I will be able to get some details on when they went to NY, and just who went.

Tricia


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