State designates Lot No. 11 as one of those reserved for school and gospel purposes.

Mar. 8, 1813. William I. Vredenburgh of Marcellus Town to Chester Molby of Camillus Town for $750. Part Lot 11, being subdivision No. 2 agreeable to the survey of the surveyor-general, containing 139 acres, more of less.

Recorded Aug. 25, 1828. Book NN. p. 101.

R.S. Hess, Clerk.

(The Land Grant made to William Lee, of Lenox, Mass., included lot 11 and lot 12).

1820 Census.
    Chester Maltby (so spelled)
       3 males under 10.
       1 male 26 to 45.
       1 female 16 to 26.

1830 Census.  In Town of Van Buren (newly formed from Camillus)
    Chester Maltby
       2 males 10 to 15.
       1   "   15 to 20.
       1   "   30 to 40.
       2 females under 5.
       2   "     5 to 10.
       1   "    30 to 40.

(By 1840 Census, Chester was dead).

     Children of Chester Molby and Sally Wigent: (all born on the
             farm in the town of Van Buren)
CGB-GEA.  Samuel Molby, b. Mar. 10, 1815; d. July 28, 1872;
             m. Orillas Delight Griffeth, Mar. 10, 1836.
CGB-GEB.  John Molby, b. Apr. 14, 1817; d. Feb. 6, 1859;
             m. Clarissa E. Holcomb, July 22, 1837.
CGB-GEC.  Benjamin Molby, b. July 27, 1819; d. June 1, 1880;
             m. Betsey Standley, Nov. 10, 1841.
CGB-GEd.  Susannah Molby, b. Nov. 7, 1821; d. May 15, 1891;
             m. Truman Hart.
CGB-GEe.  Harriet Molby, b. Nov. 11, 1823; d. Apr. 17, 1887;
             m. Harrison Rouse, June 27, 1847.
CGB-GEf.  Polly Molby, b. Mar. 16, 1826; d. Mar. 2, 1908;
             m. Atchison Tappan, Feb. 19, 1848.
CGB-GEg.  Lydia Molby, b. May 16, 1828; d. Nov. 21, 1896; m. 1st,
             M.Dewitt Skinner, Dec. 8, 1847; m. 2nd, Ashabel Fox,
             Dec. 2, 1869.
CGB-GEh.  Loanna Molby, b. Oct. 2, 1830; d. June 11, 1911;
             m. Ruel Meigs, May 25, 1854.
CGB-GEi.  Jane Molby, b. Apr. 10, 1833; d. May 21, 1833, in infancy.
             Probably buried on the farm.
CGB-GEJ.  Daniel B. Molby, b. June 10, 1834; d. May 3, 1905;
             m. Sallie Rouse, Nov. 16, 1859.

The foregoing information is from Sally Wigent's large size quarto Family Bible and other sources. The Bible is owned by Mr. Fred A Molby and has the records of births, deaths, and marriages of Chester and Sally and their own children. The records were made by several writers, and some are water stained. The copies made by others at earlier times have been compared with the Bible and dates given here are believed correct.

The data about the "in-laws" was gathered from individuals, from cemetery, census records, and grave-stones.

The Bible was published by B. Waugh and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 200 Mulberry St., New York, 1833. It has been in the keeping of Lydia, of Polly, of Polly's daughters, of her grandson, Glenn Whitbeck, of Lansing, Mich., and of Fred A Molby. Bernard D. Foot, great-grandson of Polly, has Sally's Bible (1967) at Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan.

The death of Chester Molby was caused by a fall from a run-away load of hay. He was buried on his farm. His remains and grave- stone were buried below plow depth and left on the farm when other bodies were removed.

Samuel, son of Chester and Sally, sold 160 acres of land one mile east from Reading, Mich. to Israel Slauson, 2nd husband of Sally, and to Susannah Molby in 1844. (Records of Deeds. Hillsdale).

Chester Molby died May 18, 1837, in the town of Van Buren, and was buried on the farm. His widow, Sally (Wigent) Molby, Slauson, d. July 3, 1846, Reading, Mich. She is buried in the Methodist Ceme- tery at Reading, a few miles S.W. from Hillsdale. Her stone reads: "'Sally', wife of Chester Molby," and dates. No mention is made of Israel Slauson, her second husband.

Note on Chester Molby: "It is said that Chester Molby was a temperate man, and a staunch Methodist. Not much is known to the writer concerning him. It was told me by Thad. Maltby, son of Lyman, and grandson of Jacob Maltby, that the four brothers, Jacob, Chester, William and Isaac, agreed that of the two going to Michigan to make their future homes, one, William, would use the spelling Maltby, and the other, Isaac, would use the spelling Molby. It was also agreed that of the two remaining near Baldwinsville, Jacob would use the name Maltby, and Chester should use the name Molby. So far as the writer can learn, this has been followed by the descendants of the four brothers. A pretty attempt to simplify matters, but the dif- ference seems insignificant to the general public, and land deeds copied in County offices show sometimes one and sometimes the other spelling applying to the same piece of property when bought and sold by the same individual." F.A.M.

(Note by D.M.V.) The various spellings of a given family name are a source of puzzlement to many. It is really quite simple, the Town Clerk spelled the name as it sounded to him. Many of our Malt- by family pronouncing the name did not sound the "t", hence Malby and Molby very naturally sounded like Molby. In cases where the same person is recorded in a deed by more than one way of spelling, it was usually done with the purpose of making it clear that, for example, Jonathan Maltby was one and the same person as Jonathan Mol- by. I have a Yorkshire will, in "1613/14. I, John Conyers alias Maultbie of Blawgill in parish of Hawnbie. . .I give, etc. unto John Maultbie my son. . .and I make the said John Maultbie alias Conyers my son, Exex."

Also, as stated previously, often more than one family of the same name resided in a nearby place, and it simplified verious things, if both did not spell the name in the same way. All of the above reasons occurred over and over again.

Mr. Fred A Molby of Baldwin, Kansas, makes acknowledgment to the following for assistance in compiling the records of Chester and Sally Molby:

Mrs. John T. Sherwood, Howell, Michigan

Mrs. Clarence Verrill, genealogist for Maltby-Maltbie, Molby

Miss Lesley E. Voorhees, Baldwinsville, New York. Mr. Fred A Molby is descended through Samuel James, father; Samuel, grandfather; to Chester, great-grandfather.

June 29, 1953. Fred A Molby, Baldwin, Kansas

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Parents

Samuel

John

Benjamin

Susannah

Harriet

Polly

Lydia

Loanna

Jane

Daniel