In Part I, we have endeavored to give as much data
as possible of the early English Maltbys and all English pedigrees procurable; notes
which should be interesting to all those of Maltby descent.
In Part II, we deal almost entirely with the family
records of William Maltby, Esq., of Branford, Connecticut, his ancestors and
descendants.
As is well known to most of the American branch the
English research work has been carried on by
The Maltby Association, and most successfully so, owing to the excellent
services of Gerald Fothergill, Esq., of London.
There seems to be little room to doubt that the
ancestry of William Maltby, Esq., has been found back to John Maltby of Kexby
Hall, Kexbie, Lincolnshire, whose will was proved in 1557. (See Pedigree No. 10, Part I.)
The earliest Maltby record in New England yet
discovered is on 27 June, 1664, and reads as follows: Town Records 1662-84, page 4 (New Haven, Conn., Records). “I, underwritten, doe acknowledge to have
Rec’d of John Maltbie Twenty gall, of Rum which I doe promise to make saile of
(at or upon my arrival in Virginia) to his best advantage, and likewise to make
him Returns in the ship of Capt. Newton’s goods, or by the first ship to Mr.
John Rookeby, merchant in Barbadoes, as witness my hand this Twenty-seventh day
of June, 1664.
JOHN GORING.
Samuel Hopkins,
This is a true Record of the original Bill, examined
and proved soe to be this 26th of ye 12th mo. 1666, per
me.
JAMES BISHOP, Recorder.
Recorded at ye desire of John Maltbie.
If we turn to Part I, under date 1662, we find John
Maltby selling his property in East Retford, West Retford, Babworth,
Notts. And it would appear that it was
from these sales that he obtained the capital to start him in business in the
New World, As his father’s will read
that the houses in Briggate, E. Retford, etc., to be sold and ₤100 to son
John at 21, and the residue for my youngest son (Robert) “lately born,” we can
place the birth of John as in 1640-41.
Another early Maltby record is given below
(1664-65) Page 61, Derby Records,
1655-1710, page 14:
“This Indenture made the six day of January in the
yere of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty foure; Between Lieutenant
Thomas Wheler of Pagaset in the Jurisdiction of Connecticut, on the one Part
& Alexander Bryan of Milford within the Jurisdiction of Connecticut
Aforesaid on the other Part, wittneseth that the said Lieutenant Thomas Wheler
for a consideration of two hundred pounds in hand paid; hath granted, bargained
& sould & by these presents doth bargain & sell to & with the
afore Said Alexander Bryan one parcel of land & houses where in now he
liveth & oc Cupyeth it being as followeth Bounded with Potatuck River
South, west Nagatuck River north East & bounded on the Northwest with trees
marked by Towtaemoe Sachem. This Land
Containing forth acres more or less Scituate & being as aforesaid to have
and to hold the aforesaid land with all appurtenances thereunto Belongin to him
his heirs forever without any Lawful Eviction, Erection or molestation from him
the aforesaid Lieutenant Thomas Wheler, his heirs, executors, administrators or
assignes or any of them or from any Person or Persons clayming Right from, by
or under them or any of them War Rending him Both for himself, his heirs,
executors, administrators, assigns to save the aforesaid allexander Bryan
blameless from all former Seales Suits in law morgages Debt a Reorages or in
Cumbernesses A Rising ffrom the premises by any act or acts of his or any of
them by or from under him, & the said Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler doth
further assure the aforesaid Allexander Bryan that he hath lawfull Right &
power To Bargain & Sell the aforesaid Premises & also that the Said
Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler Doth give Allexander Bryan full Power to Record the
same to himself & to his heirs forever; in witness whereof the afore Said
Lieutenant Thomas Wheler hath hereunto sett his hand & Seale the day & yere
above written.
“THOM. WHEELLER.
“THOMAS OVIAT,
“I. MALLBIER,
“JOHN WEBB.”
NOTE. The above record was copied from the printed
Colonial Records, and it is quite likely the original signature was
“Maltbie.” The “I” was of course “J” as
I and J were interchangeable in the early colonial days. This “I. Mallbier” was, of course, John
Maltby. Alexander Bryan was the
grandfather of Mary Bryan, who married John Maltby about 1670-71.
The next Maltby record we have is in 1666, as
follows: New Haven, Town Records,
1662-1684. p. 100. “Att a Towne meeting held at New Haven,
ffeb. 18, 1666. [1666-1667].
“Mr. John Maltbie ppounded to ye towne for
Admittance as a planter to buy as he shall see cause. It was Left to ye Committee, formerly appointed by the Towne for
admitting of planter. Sometime
hearafter making application to ye sd committee, upon ye testimony of John
Harriman & John Winston was admitted.”
In this connection it is well to insert an item
which appeared in the Hartford “Times,” Sept. 23, 1907 in answer to query
4,300, Maltby-Downing. The answer
reads: “Either a New Haven, Branford or Milford name.” (i.e. Maltby). “The original Maltby married a daughter of
John Harriman, Milford.” Signed
(Ed.). Again on Dec. 22, 1910, the
Hartford “Weekly Times” had under query 6,297; “New Haven genealogist (L. M.
C.) quoted from memory of years back; one of my ancestors, John Harriman, who
was one of the first innkeepers in New Haven, had twin daughters, and one
married a Maltby—given name forgotten.
(Noel Little.)’*
* This is an error.
Since this went to print it has been conclusively proved that John
Harriman had no daughter who could have married a Maltby.
Note.—A letter dated “1866” from Ralph D. Smith says:
“I think he” (referring to William (1) Maltby) “had two wives—the first, Mary
------. The second who married him
certainly was Abigail (Bishop) Maltby.”
Another letter from a friend who was searching the Branford records for
Maltby-Harrison records wrote: “Somewhere I found an item which, as I recall
it, gave the name of William Maltby’s wife as Mary.” It occurred to the compiler that perhaps this information was in
a Harriman record and not a Harrison one, as the lady was looking up Harrisons
at the time, and might easily have read some Harriman record, mistaking the old
writing, under the impression she was glacing over Harrison data. The compiler has long been under the
impression from genealogical deductions that the first wife of William Maltby
was Mary -----. We have as yet found no
proof that she was a Harriman, but the idea is worth investigating. Of course the above references may not refer
to the first wife of William (1) Maltby, but may apply to a first wife of John
Maltby, for technically speaking, he was the “original” Maltby. So far as is known, however, John Maltby;
emigrant, had only the one wife, Mary Bryan, and certainly he had only the two
children, John (2), and Mary (2), twins, by her.
Shortly after the above record we find in the
Winthrop Papers. 1666-7. Mass. Hist. Collect. Vol. VIII, Fifth Series
Winthrop Papers, Part IV., p. 115, a letter from John Winthrop, Jr., to Richard
Nicolls.
“Hartford, Mar. 6, 1666 [7].
“I could never yet heare of it at Mr. Bryan’s to
whom it was directed, at the seaside.
Last Friday come a letter from Mr. Charles Hill of N. London, who was
newly arrived fro Barbadoes. There was
a letter for Capt. Delavall—Understanding by Ed. Messinger, by whom I receive
yours of Jan. 18, at his return fro N. Yorke, that the report of it (fire) was
gone beyond Milford as he came thither, whc could not but be at New York then
quickly, Mr. Malbye at that time being on his journey thither.
Letter to Gen. Nicholls, governor of all his Royall
Highnesses, the Duke of York, his territories in America at N. York. The Index refers to “Mr. John Maltby
(Malbye).”
This letter gives us the information that John
Maltby made a trip to New York in the spring of 1666-7 and that he had carried
with him news of some fire. (Was this
the fire of London or a fire at Barbadoes?)
To again quote from Winthrop Papers, Vol. VIII., p.
568, a letter from William Leete to John Winthrop, Jr.
“Newhaven, Apr. 13, 1671.
“I have herein inclosed Governor Lovelace his letter
but the instructions are with Mr. Eliot for perusal. Here is no newes with us, but of Mr. Malby’s arrival safe at
Nevis; that ship he went in being there cast away by herracane after the goodes
were landed & he since gone for England.
Goodman Glover of N. H. saith that he heard at Long Island that Capt.
Pearce was arrived in England safe.
There is also much speech about Commission and ffriggots coming to N.
E. Sorry to hear of the grief and damage
to your relations at Antego.* Signed
William Leete.”
* John Winthrop, Jr., had a brother, Samuel, who
resided at Anteguar, of which island he was deputy governor. The idea has sometimes presented itself to
the compiler that the first wife of William Maltby may have been a Winthrop,
possibly this would explain whence came the name Samuel in the family of
William (1) Maltby.
From the above letter of William Leete, who at this
time was deputy governor of the Colony of Connecticut, we learn that “Mr.
Malbye” had arrived safe at Nevis, W. I., prior to April 13, 1671, that the
goods were landed, and he had gone on to England. From the foregoing records it is clearly shown, we believe, that
John Maltby was engaged in a West India merchant trade, and up to this we find
him the only Maltby in New England. He
was very evidently the older brother who sold his property at East Retford,
etc., Notts, in 1662, and set himself up in business.
There is a very strong point, discovered by Mr.
Fothergill, namely, that no Maltby was assessed at Retford to the Hearth Tax of
1663 (Lay Subsidy Roll, 160-322). This
is a most important fact as it establishes that the Maltbys had left Retford at
this date. i.e., the year following the
sale of John Maltby’s property. On this
visit to England John Maltby very evidently fetched his two younger brothers
and also his cousin, Robert Maltby of Bawtry, as we shall see from both the
English and American records.
If we trun to the English records, under date 1662,
where John Maltby sold his property we find “George Holmes. Farther on, in 1664, there is an indenture
between various people including “William Maltby of London, Haberdasher of
Hats,” and the names Francis Holmes and Alexander Holmes also appear. The theory presents itself that if the
widow, Mary Maltby, did marry George Holmes and moved to London, that William
might have gone with her, or already have been in London, possibly, almost
probably, with London relations. Hence
the tradition that our emigrant ancestor “came from London.”
The above is only a theory and as a William Maltby,
Haberdasher of London died about 1664-5, this may be one and the same person,
and in no way connected with the Retford Maltbys, but in genealogical research,
every clue or theory is worth following till it ends in failure.
To return to the New England records: New Haven, Conn.,
records, p. 165.
“Dec. 29, 1671.
:Mr. Robert Maltbye, Sr., and Robert Maltbye,
junior, being present with them in drinking, but noe disorder appearing &
they strangers were dismist with a caution for the future.
“Robt Maltby, Sr., was minded of his disorder ye
other night before Authorities as being Distempered with drinke. He acknowledge his evill & sd he was
fasting and had been drinking wine with a stranger which distempered him. He was sentenced to pay ten shillings fine
but pleading his lowness & ye wrong he had sustained in his coming from
England & being to return again it was not required of him.”
This record requires careful study and it may be
well to analyze its contents. First, we
find the prefix of respect applied to Robert Maltby, Sr. Secondly we must remember that in Colonial
days “Sr.” and “Jr.” did not apply to father and son, but was a distinction of
age between those of the same name and might apply to uncle and nephew, or to
cousins, as it evidently did in this case.
Third, we find them called “strangers,” so we may be sure they had but
recently arrived in the New Haven Colony and what more likely than that they
returned with John Maltby, older brother, to Robert Jr. and cousin to Robert
Sr., whom we saw en route for England in April 1671 (see also record
following). Next let us consider the
“disorder” of Robert, Sr. This may have
been a new occurrence with him, but if we turn to the will of his older
brother, William Maltby of Bawtry, 1665, we find a lack of confidence in his brother
Robert, and he leaves all his houses and lands, etc., to his youngest brother
Daniel and his sister Barbara, and after their deaths to his cousin William
Stokeham. His bequest to his brother
Robert is “₤5”—the same sum that he left his “cousin John Maltby” – i.e.,
the John Maltby who we believe brough Robert Maltby of Bawtry to New
England. He also left his “cousin
William Maltby, ₤5.” (i.e.,
William Maltby, brother of John, emigrants) also to his “cousin Jane
Turnell.” (Query: Was this Jane Maltby, sister of John,
William and Robert of Retford? If so,
did she marry, first, Robert White? See
Agreement, dated 1662.)
To return to the New Haven record, Robert Maltbye,
Sr., pleaded “his lowness and ye wrong he had sustained in coming from England
& being to return again.” I think
“his lowness” in this instance refers to the expense he had been to in coming
to New England. By the will of his
father in 1660, he was to have “the house I now live in” (i.e., at Bawtry)
“land called Catts Bethey Moore, land at Springthorpe in Lincolnshire.” Now we find that Robert Maltby sold this
house in Bawtry about the time he went to New England. This appears in an abstract from the will of
one Richard Beare of Bawtry, will dated 1672, and is only of interest to us
because he leaves his “daughter Mary Boare a house in Bawtrey wherein one
Elizabeth Carbonell now dwelleth, lately purchased of Robert Maultby and John
Phillips. Dated 6 August, 1672.” No doubt the sale of this house gave him
funds for his voyage to New England.
His cousin, John Maltby, probably thought that in the “new world” Robert
might acquire the good fortune which seemed to elude him at home. But the sale of this house was not his one
source of revenue for under Maltby vs. Maltby in 1672-3 (when Robert Maltby had
evidently returned to England) we find his brother, Daniel Maltby, stating that
“Robert Maltby borrowed ₤50 from Robert Langley of Bawtry and for
security mortgaged three messuages in Bawtry.
Langley conveyed his interest in the mortgage to Daniel Maltby and
Robert Maltby has failed to pay the principal and interest.”
Again we find that the widow, Anne Maltby, mother of
Robert Maltby of Bawtry, seems to have left her property to the children of
Robert and not to him, which would also indicate that there was lack of
confidence in him. And we find, 15
June, 1673, Robert Maltby, guardian, trying to recover rents, he claimed due
his infant daughter Sarah. Robert
Coulston of Cottingham was agent for Anne Maltby, the elder, as collector of rents
and he was “ready to perform the trusts.”
We have seen from the above that two Robert Maltbys
were in New Haven on Dec. 29, 1671, and that Robert, Sr., was going to
return. We shall now see that the name
of William Maltby appears in New Haven for the first time about this time, and
that
Robert Maltby, Jr., evidently remained in New England. The record is dated 29 March, 1672, three
months later than the preceding record and is as follows: Town Records, New
Haven, 1662-1684, p. 18:
Know all men whom it may concern, That I, John
Maltbie of Newhaven in New England, merchant (ffor & in consideration of my
beloved brother, William Maltbie, now resident in Newhaven in New England,
aforesd merchant ingaging with mee in a bond for the payment of thirty five
pounds in porke & pease unto Mr. Richard Raymond, Senior, of Saybrook, in
New England afsd, mariner, some time in March next as in and by sd bond doth
more fully appear) Have and by these
presents, Doe, by way of mortgage, make over unto my beloved brother, Wm.
Maltbie afsd, Vizt.: Three horses,¥ one
cropt on both ears called Bonny, one bay horse and one black horse, which sd
horses I have wrought with ye last winter, also on horse cart¥ and wheels
withal the irons thereunto belonging, also the harness for the afsd horses,
also one plow¥ & irons with a Terse of Rape seed, also one mare with what
stocke of hers bay bee with her at a place called Eaton’s neck on long Island.*
also one cow.¥ now at home.¥ and a
heifer in the keeping of Thomas Meeker, also four gigges now at home, also one
case of pistols and houlsters and one gun for his securitie in case any of
pistols and houlsters and one gun for his securitie in case any Damage shall
come to him by ye afsd ingagement upon my ------; And in case of failure of payment on my part (by anything that
may fall out) of the aforesd sume of thirty five pounds, that my bloved
brother, aforesd, be necessitated thereby to make good and same, then the
aforesd horses, horse cart and sheels, harness, plow, rape seed, mare &
stocke, cow, heifer, pigges, pistols and gun shall be ye proper Estate of my sd
brother, his heyres or assignes for ever; or so much of them as shall be to his
full satisfaction. But in case of
payment by mee made or my order according to the said bond without Damage to my
sd brother, That then the aforesd Estate mortgaged, to returne to mee, my
heyres or assignes or just satisfaction for any part of that may bee made use
by my sd brother. In witness hereof I
have hereunto sett my hand & seale this hwenty-ninth Day of March, Anno
Domini, one thousand six hundred and seventy-two.
1672—Signed, sealed and Delivered
In the presence of
James Bishop
Her
Martha R. Roundketell
Mark
JOHN MALTBIE.
* The fact that John Maltby owned “a mare” which was
then at Easton’s Neck, on Long Island, would rather indicate that he owned land
there.
¥”At home.” The compiler has never felt sure of
where “home” was to John Maltby. The
inventory of his estate taken at New Haven in 1676, is very small, amounting to
only £58, 5s, 6d. Whereas he seems to
have know positively that his brother, William, owned ships.
This, so far as is known, is the first record of
William Maltby at New Haven. Scarcely
more than a month later we find on the New Haven register, “Born, Mary,
daughter of Mr. William Maltbye,” p. 131.
This shows us that William Maltby was of New Haven
in May, 1672, that he must have had his two oldest children, John (2) and Jane
(2) prior to coming to New Haven. Where
these two oldest children were born and the dates of birth are not known, nor
is the name of their mother, the first wife of William Maltby, Ralph D. Smith,
in a letter dated 1866, states, referring to John (2), son of William (I), “He
lived in Saybrook all of his life and died in August, 1727, aged 57,” hence
born in 1670. Where Mr. Smith found his
authority for this statement is not known, but very probably from his tombstone
in Saybrook, which has likely been long since destroyed. His sister, Jane (2), may have been a twin
sister. She married David Parker at New
Haven, 4 March, 1689-90. From those
records we deduce that William (I) Maltby was married about 1669.
¥ The inventory of William Maltby mentions:
£ s d
5 grown swine . .
. . . . . 4 0 0
a black horse . .
. . . . . 4 0 0
9 smale swine . .
. . . . . 3 3 0
a mare and colt. . .
. . . . 2 15 0
a black mare . .
. . . . . 2 0 0
a cart and irons belonging
to it. 1 5 0
Plow and plow irons . .
. . . 1 0 0
7 cows . .
. . . . . 16 0 0
The “case of pistols and
gun,” I do not find mentioned in the
above inventory.
A year from the time we find
the birth of Mary (2) Maltby at New Haven, we have the record of William Maltby
purchasing his homestead and land at
Branford, Conn., and this deed is witnessed by “Robert Maltbye” under date
“April 16, 1673.” There seems to be
every reason to believe that this Robert Maltbye was Williams’s younger
brother, the Robert Maltby, Jr., who was a “stranger” in New Haven, “Dec. 29,
1671,” and that he was the Robert Maltby, son of John, of East Retford, Notts.,
born in 1648; hence he would have been twenty-five years of age when he
witnessed the deed, a copy of which we give under the date 1673.
This is the last record
discoverable of Robert Maltby. He may
have returned to England or removed to some other place. It is possible he may be the “Sergeant
Maltby” mentioned in 1697, (see “America and West Indies,” p. 326, Vol.
X.) but this is hardly probably as he
would have been nearly fifty years old.
There is a record in Vol. VI., p. 366, from Abstracts of records of all
grants made in South Carolina in 1682, which seems more likely to refer to the
Robert Maltby above. It reads: “Robert
Maltey, Town Lot, 23 March, 1682.” As
this copy was made from the printed abstracts it is very likely that on the
original the name Maltey is spelled Malby or Maltby. This would account for the tradition that “there were three
Maltby brothers emigrated to New England, one of them going to Virginia.: The fact remains that there are early Maltby
records in New England which as yet seem impossible to trace William and John Maltby.
There is little more known
of John Maltby, emigrant, and may as well be summarized here. He married Mary Bryan, daughter of Richard
Bryan, she born at Milford in 164.” (If
is well to note that her sister, Hannah Bryan, married John Harriman of
Elizabethton, Province of New Jersey, as we find on Milford Records, Vol. 3, p.
188, 8 July, 1677, a bequest of “£50 to the sd John Harriman upon the ack, of
his wife are from the estate of sd Mr. Richard Bryan, her father.”) If will be seen that Mary Bryan was at least
thirteen years the junior of John Maltby; most records say she was married
“about 1670” but a record taken, I think, from the Baldwin
Genealogy, p. 1324-1397, says: “She married (1) John Maltby, Feb’y 28, 1666, of
New Haven, Conn., d. about 1671.”
* This is an error. W. A. N. of Bayonne, N. J., kindly sent the
following notes on the Bryan-Maltbys to the Hartford Weekly Times. Note 12.202: “In the town records, on a loose scrap of paper, I found a note
giving the date of Mary Bryan’s birth as February 15, 1649. As the first two leaves are missing from
this book from 1639 to about 1653, there is no proff that this note is correct
as to the time of her birth: but as the town record shows John Maulbie (Maltby)
and Mary Bryan, daughter of Richard (merchant), were married February 28, 1666,
it certainly seems more likely that she was born in 1649 that 1654. From the church records of Milford, Conn.,
under baptisms, is the following: ‘May 21, 1654, Mary, daughter of Mary, wife
of Richard Briant, and Alexander, her son.’
‘Sept. 3, 1654, Hannah, daughter of
Mary, wife of Richard Briant.’
The town record has: ‘Hannah Bryant, daughter of Richard Brian, was born
on the last of August 1654.’ From the
above it seems very evident that Mary Bryan was born in 1649. She would have been seventeen in 1666 when
she married, whereas were her birth placed in 1654 she would have been only
twelve years old on the date of her marriage.”
This record would make her but twelve or thirteen
when married, and John Maltby was not dead in 1671, as the New Haven Records
give the birth of his son, John (2), as “Born, John, son of John Maltby, 1
June, 1673.” The Strong Genealogy says
Mary (2) Maltby was a twin with him, but I did not find her name on the
register. He had a sister, Mary (2),
however, as is shown in the will of their great-grandfather, Alexander Bryan of
Milford. Mr. Bryan made his will before
1679 and mentions: “To grandchildren: (they were in reality
great-grandchildren) “John and Mary
Maltby, £5,” (p. 1321, Baldwin Genealoby).
He also deeded property in 1677 to his “granddaughter, Mary, widow of
John Maltby.” John Maltby was
considered to be dead a year previous to this, however, for in Vol. Il, pl 175,
of New Haven Records, is the following:
“Jno. Maltbye.
An inventory of the Estate of Mr. John Mallbye, reported to be lost at
sea and apprized by underwriters, 10th 4h, 1676.” (The writing was hard to decipher and there
may be many mistakes in the following copy.):
£ s d
Impr woolen wearing
cloathes . . . . 2 0 0
a hatt and leather (?)
stockings . .
. 0 4 0
It. A shirt, drawer, bands
and bandstrings 2 5 0
6 payre of sheets . .
. . 4 0 0
6 pillow covers . . . . 2 0 8
It. 24 lb. of flax . . . . 1 4 0
3 yds. of tufted holland .
. . . 0 9 0
table cloaths and towels .
. . . 1 0 0
I yd. ½ of cotton . .
. . 0 5 2
It. Ribbing . .
. . 0 12 0
3 bibles . .
. . 0 10 0
5 yds. Of girtnad (?) .
. . . 0 1 3
2 brushes . .
. . 0 0 13
cotton & linen yarns .
. . . 1 13 0
It. Several baskets .
. . . 0 17 0
Boxes, buttons &
manchester . .
. . 0 9 8
cases with knives . . . . 0 4 0
It. One dozen of cushions . . . . 1 10 0
chests and trunks .
. . . 2 12 0
one bushel of rye . . . .
one bush of indyan meal .
. . .
It. Old ---- & tube .
. . . 1 15 0
1 pagod (?) Cottons iron .
. . .
Earthern ware . . . . 3 2 0
3 glasses & bottles .
. . . 0 2 6
powder . .
. . 2 4 3
1 piece of gold . . . . 1 0 0
Iron ware . .
. . 3 2 0
bedsteads, pillows &
bolsters . .
. . 2 10 0
Several books . . . . 0 10 0
1 pillion, saddle &
furniture . .
. . 1 10 2
carpets . .
. . 0 6 2
Wheells (?) . .
. . 0 9 2
old cases (?) bottles .
. . . 0 6 0
tin wares can house (?) .
. . . 0 10 0
brasse ware . . . . 1 4 0
2 tables . .
. . 0 4 0
hogs .
. . . 2 0 0
casthosope (?) . . . . 1 18 0
2 looking glasses and
cubbard cloth . . 0 5 0
2 ounces of spices .
. . . 0 2 8
7 alcumy spoons* .
. . . 0 2 0
a child’s cradle . . . . 0 4 0
2 sives . .
. . 0 2 0
books (?) . .
. . 3 3 1 ½
---------- . .
. . 0 14 0
1 payre of glases . . . . 0 3 0
A piredosa (?) Map .
. . . 0 8 0
For debts due to ye Estate . . . . 9 5 4
½
---------------------
Total . .
. . 58 05 06
* The alcumy spoons, of
which we quote below, from Allce Morse Earle’s “China Collecting in America,”
p. 43. She mentions how few people
possessed spoons and says: “Extremely elegant people had spoons of alchymy or
occomy, alcaney, alcamy, acoury, askamy, accamey, as I have seen it spelt, a
metal composed of pan brass and arsenicum.”
Signed:
William Bradley
John Winston
As has previously been
stated, this Inventory would appear to be part only of the property belonging
to John Maltby. Where the bulk of his
possessions were is a quandary, possibly England, or some place in the West
Indies, or mayhap on Long Island, or at Milford. In this inventory we note the “several books,” indicating that he
cared for the intellectual side of life.
Also we may be sure that only gentlemen of a good station in life wore
gloves at this period.
Before
leaving the subject of John Maltby, it may be of interest to descendants to
learn something of his wife’s family.
The following notes of the Bryan family are from the New Eng. Hist. and
Gen. Register.