DEACON WILLIAM MALTBY

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Deacon William Maltby of Northford, Conn,. was the first child of Henry and Ruth Hart Maltby, and was born March 19, 1825.  He married Esther Hall, daughter of Dr. Pierce and Esther (Hall) Hall of Wallingford.

We give a short extract from a sketch of Mr. Maltby’s life, which appeared in a local newspaper at the time of his death:

“In the death of Deacon William Maltby the town loses one of its oldest and best citizens.  In his younger days he was a school teacher and taught school in Wallingford and other towns.  Later, he settled on the farm.  He represented his town in the state legislature in 1881.  He was a member of the school board for thirty-five years, and for over forty years was a deacon in the Congregational  Church.”

Deacon Maltby died May 31, 1908, aged 83 years.  He was a member of the Maltby Association.  He descended from Henry (5), James (4), Samuel (3), Samuel (2), William (1).