REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS
Capt. Benjamin Maltbie (3), Daniel (2), Wm. (1). There is only one record to show that Benjamin Maltby had the title of “Captain.” It is doubtful if he went to “the front,” as he was about 60 years of age at the time of the Revolution, but doubtless was captain of a company for “home defense.” The record is from the Northford Church records, page 127 and reads: “Apr. 2, 1778. This church make choice of Capt. Benjamin Maltbie and Phineas Baldwin to be their Deacons who accepted this office.* Test. Warham Williams, Pastor.
* Is this a reference to the same person? “Dan’el Maltbie Enl. May 27. Discharged Oct. 31, Ninth Comp., Capt, Wadsworth, 2nd Regiment, 1758.”
* Mr. Gillete of Branford states: “The people of North and South societies (Northford and Old Branford) entered with ardor into the war of the Revolution and furnished a full quota of men by voluntary enlistment, both for land and sea service. Benjamin Maltby was captain of trained band.”
Col. Jonathon Maltbie (3), Jonathon (2), William (1). History of Stamford by Rev. E. B. Huntington, says of him: “He was born in 1720, and attained the rank of Colonel in Military life.
William Maltby (4), Joseph (3), Daniel (2), William (1). William M. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sent the following certificate of service: “William Maltby, residence not given, as serving in a company commanded by Captain Oliver Belding of Lenox, Colonel John Brown’s regiment in 1777.” Enlisted Sept. 21, 1777. Discharged Oct. 14, 1777. Service: 24 days at Northward, p. 152.
Noah Maltby. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Goshen, Conn. “Malbye, Noah, private, Goshen, 17th Rev. Conn., Col. Sheldon,” (Ref. p. 562, “Conn. in Rev.”) “for defence of coast and forests, until 1st March, 1780.”
Note. – Noah (4) Maltby was a son of Joseph (3), Daniel (2), William (1).
Jonathon Maltby. Wm. Olin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sent the following certificate of his service:
“Jonathon Maltby, residence not given, as serving as a private in a company commanded by Capt. Josiah Yale, of Lee or Lenox, in 1781, on an alarm at Stillwater.” Enlisted Oct. 10, 1781, discharged Oct. 20, 1781. Service: 12 days. Company marched from Lee and Lenox to Stillwater by order of Brig. – Gen. Rosseter on an alarm. (Ref. Mass. Sold, and Sailors in Rev. War., Vol. X.) Joseph (3), Daniel (2), William (1).
Benjamin (4) Maltbie, Daniel (3), Daniel (2), William (1), served as a private in the Revolutionary War. He was in two different regiments and was in the battles of Lost Island and Saratoga. (Ref. “Old Northwest Quarterly,” Vol. IX., No. 4, Oct., 1906).
Zacheus (4) Maltbie, Daniel (3), Daniel (2), William (1), was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. First Regiment, General Wooster, 1775, Recruited in New Haven, Conn. Raised on first call for troops by Gen. in April-May, 1775. Marched to New York latter part of June and encamped at Harlem. Took part in operations above Lake Grorge and Champlain. Assisted in the reduction of St. John’s in October. Stationed at Montreal. Adopted as Continental, 6th Company, 1st Regiment, Captain William Douglass of Northford. (Enlistment Roll is missing.) Discharge Roll, Zacheus Maltbie discharged in Northorn Department, November 28, 1775. (Ref. Conn. Hist. Soc., Vol. VIII., Rev. Rolls and Lists.)
Thaddeus Maltby. Rev. Jonathon (4) Maltby, his brother, [Benjamin (3), Daniel (2), William (1)] wrote of him: “He was brought home sick from the Northern Army and died December, 1776.”
Note. – The Society of the Children of the American Revolution have a chapter named for this patriot, called “The Thaddeus Maltby Society.” It was organized in St. Paul, Minn., March, 1896, by Mrs. Ferederick E. Foster, a descendant of Gen. Isaac (4), brother of Thaddeus (4) Maltby. In an address Mrs. Foster give a brief sketch of this young Revolutionary War hero, who gave his life for his country, and from this we quote. “He enlisted at the breaking out of the war, being then but eighteen years of age. For gallant conduct he was soon made Corporal of his company. He lived to see some victories, but unused to the hardship and privations he fell fatally is from exposure at Ticonderoga and was sent home to die. Of his brothers, one was a student at Yale,” [Jonathon(4) “another was in the army” (Query: Was this Benjamin?) “and of the youngest non was large enough to undertake to bring home the dying soldier. A young cousin* was therefore sent for him” (Who was this “cousin”?) “and from the Northern Army to Northford, Connecticut, the long journey was performed slowly and painfully, both boys riding the same horse. Thaddeus leaning forward on his cousin’s shoulders for support. Exhausted and spent he reached the pleasant home from which he had departed but a few months before strong and brave, dying shortly after his return and leaving no descendants to tell of his heroic sacrifice. This brief story of a short life was learned from a bundle of old family letters and the facts since verified from printed records in the State Library.” Elizabeth Fowler Maltby, mother of Thaddeus said when she lost her baby she thought it terrible but when a grown up son died in the army “the loss of the baby was nothing in comparison.”
William Maltby. From Papers of the First Council of Safety of the Revolutionary Party in South Carolina, Jane-November, 1775. William Maltby, 8 (St. Helena, 26 October). Unplaced in Maltby Genealogy. Information desired.
Wm. Malaby. State Records of N. Carolina. Vol. XVI., p 1117, 1782-83. “Wm. Malaby, Pt., Co. Bradley’s. Date enlistment July 20, 1778: 9 months service, 10 reg. Abraham Shepard, Colonal.” Unplaced in Maltby Genealogy. Information desired.
* One descendant writes: “I have always heard that a brother of Thaddeus, who was also in the army, brought him home.” If this statement is correct, it must have been Benjamin. Can some authority for this statement be produced? An item of interest concerning this branch of the family was recently received from Mrs. Shipp. She writes: “I know that Rev. Jonathon (4) was one of the students at Yale who carried the valuable books and records up to West Rock when New Haven was alarmed by the enemy.”
Wm. Maltby, private, Capt. Charles Dibbel’s Co., Col. Rosseter’s (13th Bershire Co.) regt. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1780; service; 4 days, on the alarm at the Northward of Oct. 18, 1780. (Ref. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of Rev. War., Vol. X., p. 152.) Query: Is this William (4), Joseph (3), Daniel (2), William (1)?
Rev., Jonathon (4) Maltby, Benjamin (3), Daniel (2), William (1). He was one of the reconnoitering party on East Haven Heights in July, 1777, and was under fire. See under biography of Rev. Jonathon (4).
Jonathon (4) Maltby, Samuel (3), Samuel (2), William (1). According to Rev. Jonathon (4) Maltby he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. “He and Sol’m Talmage were detached from the troop under Capt. Treat of Milford and were with him at the capture of Bygoih.”
Capt. Jonathon (4) Maltbie. 1st Lieut. Of Continental cruiser “Trumbull.” His commission as lieutenant is dated Oct. 12, 1776, and signed by John Hancock. His commission as Captain is dated March 21, 1791, and signed by general George Washington, (For copy see biography of Capt. Jonathon Maltbie.) In Dec., 1775, Lieut. Jonathon Maltbie was on the “Alfred,” Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, and 1st Lieut. John Paul Jones. (Vide Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1800-1850, by Smith, p. 704.) Descended from Janathon (3), Jonathon (2), William (1).
David (4) Maltbie, soldier in the Revolutionary War. “Capt. Jonathon Whitney’s Company. David Maltbie, discharged Jan. 8, 1777. Served 1 month, 21 days, 9th Regiment Militia under General Wooster. In 1776-77 marched to Westchester border. The 9th Regiment had but lately returned from New York.” After the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, the Assembly ordered the 9th, 10th, and 16th Militia Regiments to march to Westchester border and place themselves under General Wooster’s command. The 9th had but lately returned from New York. Captain Jonathon Whitney’s Campany, Canaan, Fairfield County, David Maltbie, private, discharged Jan. 23, 1777; one month, five days’ service. (Vide p. 485. Rev. War. Records.) He was a descendant of David (3), Jonathon (2), William (1).
Rob’t Mabey (Va.) 2nd Lieut., 15th Virginia, 25 Nov., 1776, 1st. Lieut. 19 March, 1777; reg. designated 11th Virginia, 14th Sept., 1778. Capt.-Lt., 14th Sept., 1779, and served to (was in service in 1780). (Name also spelled Mawbrey and Mabries.) The compiler has a theory this was a descendant of Robert Maltby, emigrant, said to have “gone South.”
These records of Maltbys who served in the Revolutionary War may be far from complete, as the author has no reference library to consult. At the same time we find that practically all the Maltbys of a suitable age to serve their country did so upon the break with England. Meanwhile, their English cousins were serving their country and a list of British officers serving in America will be found in the N. E. H. & Gen. Reg., about the year 1907. This list contains the names of several Maltbys. (See below.)
According to Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 1864-1865, there was a Captain Maltby on the British ship “Glasgow.” The record is not to his credit, however. It is a court martial record, dated “January 13, 1775, which continued two days this week on board the “Somerset.’” The account is in the letter of John Andrews, Esq., of Boston.
BRITISH OFFICERS SERVING IN AMERICA
Name, Rank, Regiment, Commission.
Maltby, John Lieut. 22 1 Oct. 1762
Maltby, Thomas Ensign 22 1 Oct. 1762
Mawby, John Lieut. 18 13 Feb. 1762
Capt. 18 19 July, 1771
Mawby, John Ensign 18 23 Nov. 1768
Adj. 18 4 Feb. 1769
Lieut. 18 19 July 1771
Reference. Page 434, New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Rev., Vol. XLVIII. Oct. 1894.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR NOTE
The descendants of Benjamin and Elizabeth Fowler Maltby will be interested to know that his ancestor was an officer in the Revolutionary War, though 60 years of age at the outbreak of hostilities. The Rev. Mr. Gillette said in his Branford address: “The people of North and South societies (Northford and Old Brandford) entered with ardor into the war of the Revolution, and furnished a full quota of men by voluntary enlistment, both for land and sea service. Benjamin Maltby was Captain of trained band.” He resided near his older brother Daniel (3), “both of them commanded trained bands, as then called, whence his title of Capt.” (Ref. Statement of his son, Rev., Jonathan (4) Maltby) as Capt. Daniel (3) Maltby did not die till late in October, 1776, it is possible that descendants would be eligible through him to any Revolutionary War society.
The Northford Church Records, p. 127, has the following: “Apr. 2, 1778. This church makes choice of Capt. Benjamin Maltbie and Phineas Baldwin to be their Deacons who accepted their office. Test. Warham Williams, Pastor.”
Further proof that this Capt. Benjamin is none other than the one claimed is found in a Bond owned by Mrs. F. E. Foster, in which “Benjamin Maltby, Junr., Jonathan Maltby, Isaac Maltby and Stephen Maltby, promise to pay their Honoured Mother Elizabeth Maltby and sum of Twenty pounds lawfull Money within one year from the deceased of our Honoured Father, Capt. Benjamin Maltby, in case she survive him,” etc. “Dated Branford 20 day Febru’y, 1792.”
This Bond, with many other valuable papers, was carefully preserved by Martha Church Maltby, daughter of General Isaac Maltby, (v. v.) and it is to her that we owe the very complete records now existing of this branch of the family. There are no words of praise too high for the work she accomplished, and against the difficulties which frequently beset the path of the gerealogist.