WAR RECORDS

FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS

Muster Roll of New York Provincial Troops, 1759:

“William Maltby, April 19, age 28, Seabrook (Saybrook) Conn.  Capt. Strong’s Company Militia.  (From a Muster Roll of the men raised and passed muster in the County of Suffolk, 1759, Gilbert Potter, Capt.; Jesse Platt, Joseph Brewster, Lieutenants.)

Note. – This is an unplaced Maltby.  Does the following record refer to the same person?

Conn. Hist. Soc., Vol. IX., p. 193:

Maltby, Wm.  Campaign of 1757; Col. Lyman’s Regiment, 13^th Co., Capt. Preston.  Time of enlisting, March 26.  Time of return, Nov. 9.  French-Indian War Rolls, 1755-57.

Note. – The General Assembly in Feb., 1757, resolved to raise 1400 men for the next campaign, to be formed into one Regiment of 14 companies to act in conjunction with the regular troops under command of Earl of London.  In October the Assembly ordered the enlisting of three companies of 94 men each, officers included, out of the troops already in service, to remain in service throughout the winter.  An alarm in August at the time of the capture of Fort Wm. Henry called out many of the militia.

From French and Indian War Rolls, Vol. I.; Conn. Hist. Soc. Vol. IX., p. 224; Campaign of 1757; Lieut. Maltbie’s Company.

Danel, Maltbie (of Northford in Branford), Lieut.  The Colony of Connecticut to Lieut. Daniel Maltbie, Lieut, of the company under his command in ye 2^nd Regiment under Col. Newton, for their service att ye time of the Alarm for the Relief of Fort Wm. Henry, and parts adjacent, August, 1757.  Days in service:  Daniel Maltbie, Lieut, 8 to 23 – 15 days.

Note. – This was Daniel (3), Daniel (2), William (1).*

“Jonathon Maltbie, Capt. Co. 2, French and Indian Wars.”  This note was, we believe, taken from a History of Stamford, Conn., by Rev. E. Huntington.