PEDIGREE XIII - MALTBY
Maltby of Scarborough, Yorkshire
Arms: Quart. or. and arg. p party per fess indented. Crest: A Wyren. Motto: Rear God in Life.
This coat of arms has been in the family for many generations and was always presumed to be a Maltby coat-of-arms. A correspondent in Engand writes: “This is not a Maltby coat-of-arms,” and goes on to say, “evidently someone fancies he descends from the Maultby or Maltby who married a Clavering. If this surmise is correct and he can prove his descent from Miss Clavering you have struck a good find. The Clavering arms being similar; i.e., quart, or. and gules overall a band (or bendlet) sable.”
There is absolutely no questin of this branch of the family fancying they descend from any particular person or branch of the family tree, and indeed, were quite unaware of any Clavering inter-marriage with a Maltby. They traced their ancestry back to John Maltby, b. Sept. 12, 1712, and the above arms were in the family. Further than this they had not attempted to trace. Through the Maltby Association one generation back has recently been added.
The above arms are extremely interesting as it would in fact seem that this branch of the family descend from Sir John Mautby, Kt., who m. Isabel (or Elizabeth) Clavering, dau. of Robert, and granddaughter of Roger, Lord of Clavering [1326]. See Pedigree IV.-A. The marriage was into a prominent family, and it is quite easy to see how in the course of time this coat-of-arms might have got to be regarded as a Maltby coat.
PEDIGREE XIII - MALTBY
I. 1. William Maltby of Scarborough, Yorkshire; m. before 1712. He had:
II. 2. John Maltby, “bapt. Sept. 5, 1712, John, son to Wm. Maltby.” (From a certified record made by Rev. Cecil Cooper, Vicar and Rural Dean of Scarborough). The old family record gives the date as Sept. 12, evidently an error. He m. Mary Dickenson the 7th day of August, 1738, probably at Scarborough as their children were bapt. there. The following copy of the Baptismal Register of the Parish of Scarborough (Baptisms) are transcribed verbatim from the original register by Cecil H. H. Cooper, Vicar and Rual Dean of Scarborough. Children:
III. 3. “1739, Oct. 19, Mary, dau. of John and Mary Maltby, Sept. y 21.” (The last date is b. the first bapt.)
III. 4. “1741, Sept. 24. William, son of John and Mary Maltby, b. Sept. y 10th.”
III. 5. “1743, Jan. 4, John, son of John Maltby, Dec. y 9th (1742).”
III. 6. “1745, Sept. 21, Dickinson, son of John and Mary Maltby, b. Sept. y 3rd.”
III. 7. “1747, June 5, Hugh, son to John and Mary Maltby, May 10th.”
III. 8. “1750, Aug. 23, Isabel, dau. of John and Mary Maltby.”
III. 3. Mary Maltby, b. Sept. 27, 1739. She evidently m. a John Todd, as the old Bible contains this item: “John Todd, son of John and Mary Todd, was born the 17th November, at 6 o’clock in ye morning, Thursday, 1763.” Child:
IV. 9. John Todd.
III. 5. John Maltby, b. Dec. 9, 1742; bapt. Jan. 4, 1743, at Scarborough, Yorks; m. June 3, 1765, at York to Margaret Addison, wid. of George Addison, Esq., of Whitby, Yorks. (She was probably Margaret Dent, as they name a child William Dent.) Children:
IV. 10. Thomas Maltby, b. Oct. 12, 1766.
IV. 11. Margaret Maltby, b. Aug. 30, 1767.
IV. 12. William Dent Maltby, b. Oct. 29, 1769.
John Maltby evidently died between 1769 and 1775, as we find: “Margaret, wid. of John Maltby, m. William Robinson at Scarborough and had children: George Robinson, b. Aug. 17, 1775; Mary Robinson, b. July 2, 1777; Isabella Robinson, b. July 6, 1780.
The following item evidently applies to the above John Maltby and his older brother William, whose line is not carried out: A letter dated July 29th, 1883, from B. Wilkinson of 17 Elmwood Street, Durham Road, Sunderland, to R. L. Maltby, Esq., states: “Our son has a nice old painting of two ships (that I suppose would belong to your great, great-grandfather) sailing from Scarboro, the birthplace of the old, old Maltbys, say 200 years ago; the names of the ships are on the back of the picture. They are bound for the Greenland whale fishery.” Mrs. Orr write: “The ships spoken of were owned by a John and William Maltby.” (It is worth noting that in the inventory of the estate of Daniel (2) Maltby of New England, there is mention of “One sealskin chair.” Daniel Maltby d. in 1731.
This John Maltby moved from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Sunderland, Durham Co., and taught school there for years. Lieut. Col. Richard Leighton Maltby has an account book of his dating from June, 1765, with the names of his pupils and the amounts of their tuition fees.
IV. 10. Thomas Maltby “was born” the 12th of October, between the hours of 12 and 1 on the Sunday morning in the year of our Lord 1766.”
It may be well to state here that these records are practically all taken from Thomas Maltby’s Bible. They were copied by Mrs. Percy Browne of Sunderland, England, who is a great, great-grand-daughter of the above Thomas Maltby. Mrs. Browne writes: “The spelling is evidently old English and most beautifully written—some pages of the Bible are missing which might have contained other and older dates and names. The old Bibles are very much torn and discolored but I have copied word for word and spelled as it is spelled in the pages I found.” Mrs. Orr, to whom Mrs. Browne sent her copy, forwarded it to the compiler.
Mrs. Orr writes: “Thomas Maltby was a master mariner or sea captain who sailed out of Scarboro. This Thomas Maltby was master of a vessel carrying coals up the Baltic during the Napolian wars and was taken as a prisoner of war in the year 1807 while trying to run a blockade. He was in prison seven years and while thus confined, taught navigation to the other prisoners. We have a letter written by him in 1812 to his wife and family who were then living in Sunderland, Durham County, England.” Mr. B. Wilkinson also wrote: “We have letters written by your great-grandfather when in a French prison, and I blush for my poor writing when I consider the perfect formation of every letter in the closely written epistles he sent from his prison home.”
Thomas Maltby m. Mary ------. (Probably Mary Baker, as they name a son Thomas Baker.) Their children were:
V. 13. Elizabeth Maltby, b. June 22, 1790.
V. 14. Thomas Baker Maltby, b. June 17, 1792.
V. 15. Mary Maltby, b. Dec. 14, 1797.
V. 14. Thomas Baker Maltby “was born June 17th, 1792, at a quarter before six o’clock of the Sunday marning, in Scarboro, Yorkshire, England.” Mrs. Browne writes: “The following is copied from a very old book of exquisite writing which contains texts and beautiful thoughts on religion:: ‘1817, April 28th, Monday morning, at half past 9 o’clock, Thos. Baker Maltby sailed from Sunderland as an immigrant for Quebec, with his w. Margaret and dau. Mary Ann, ae. One month and two days’ (This is crossed out and ‘five weeks tomorrow’ added). ‘Sailed from Sunderland roads, 2nd May at or between 12 and 1 o’clock in the morning.’”
Note by Mrs. Browne: “Probably they waited for a fair wind.”
Thomas Baker Maltby m. Margaret Kirton. Their children were:
VI. 16. Mary Ann Maltby, b. in England. (b. 1816?)
VI. 17. Thomas Maltby, b. in 1818, at New Castle, New Brunswick, Canada.
VI. 18. Robert Maltby.
VI. 19. John Maltby.
VI. 20. George Maltby.
VI. 21. Margaret Maltby
Note. – Thomas Baker Maltby with his wife and infant daughter, landed at New Castle, New Brunswick, and resided there until his death.
V. 15. Mary Maltby, b. Dec. 14, 1797, m. Richard Leighton. She d. at Hartlepool, Yorkshire. Child:
VI. 22. Mary Maltby Leighton, b. ------.
VI. 17. Thomas Maltby was b. at New Castle, New Brunswick in 1818, and d. in 1900. His second w. was Margaret Keymes, and they had the following children:
VI. 23. Charles Maltby, resides at Nelson, B. C.
VI. 23. Hiram Maltby, resides at Lethbridge, Atlanta.
VI. 24. Richard Leighton Maltby, b. in 1856, in New Castle, N. B.
VI. 22. Mary Maltby Leighton, b. ------; m. Bell Wilkinson, whose letters have been quoted in this article. Child:
VII. 25. John Bell Wilkinson, b. -------.
VI. 24. Lieut-Col. Richard Leighton Maltby, b. Sept. 8, 1856, in New Castle, N. B.; m. Margaret Weston. Lieut-Col. Richard L. Maltby has been in business at New Castle all his life and is at present police magistrate of that town. He served thirty-four years in the Canadian militia in the field artillery branch and was placed on the artillery reserve ten years ago with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. (See portrait)
Children:
VII. 26. Mary Ethel Keymes Maltby, b. Nov. 13, 1882.
VII. 27. Hiram Kirton Maltby, b. Jan. 31, 1886.
VII. 25. John Bell Wilkinson m. Louise Lynn. Children:
VIII. 28. Louise Marie Wilkinson, m. Percy Browne, C. E., of Sunderland, England. (The Mrs. Browne who kindly did the copying from the old Bibles.)
VIII. 29. Lynn Bell Wilkinson, m. Barbara Clough.
VII. 26. Mary Ethel Keymes Maltby, b. Nov. 13, 1882; m. Mr. Orr. Mrs. Orr sailed in April, 1915, to join the Army Medical Service Corps, and is now engaged in the splendid work of caring for England’s wounded heroes.
Note. – The earliest record found of Maltbys at Scarborough is in 1334, when the name of William de Maltby appears in a list of Freemen (p. 18, Cal. Pat. Rolls).
It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death of Col. Maltby of Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Col. Maltby had been a member of the 12th Newcastle Field Battery for nearly forty years, having risen from the rank of gunner to that of commanding officer. Upon the outbreak of the present European war, Col. Maltby was most anxious to enlist for active service, but being 59 years of age, it was impossible for him to be accepted by the Department of Militia. He was, however, made recruiting officer for the district. It was while in pursuit of his duties, while on a recuiting tour in the northern part of the province that he contracted pneumonia from which he died after a two weeks illness. The funeral, under the auspices of the Masonic order, of which Col. Maltby was a member, was most impressive, the casket being draped with the flag Col. Maltby loved so well, the Union Jack. The body was laid to rest with full military honors.
Col. Maltby leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs. Orr, now at the front as a Red Cross nurse and one son, Mr. H. M. R. Maltby.