PEDIGREE XXIII - MALTBY

Speaker George R. Malby of New York.

Frequent inquiries are received as to the branch of the family to which George R. Malby, Esq., who was speaker of the House at Albany, New York, in 1894, belongs.  On March 7^th, 1894, Mr. Malby wrote to Mr. George Ellsworth Maltby of New Haven, Connecticut, as follows:

“I have no doubt but that if the matter could be traced back that it would be found that we all belong to the same family.  You are spelling your name correctly and as our ancestors spelled it.  I am spelling it incorrectly.  However, it is a result of the way I was taught when I was a boy and I have always continued to spell it so.

“My ancestors emigrated to this country about 60 years ago; (1834?) coming from Yorkshire, England.  They settled in Northern New York.  My grandparents died when I was a boy and I know little of the family history.  Two brothers come to this country at that time named William and John. .

“I am doing what I can in my modest way to keep up the reputation of the family for honesty and integrity.”

                                           Signed: “GEO. R. MALBY.”