Samuel and Abigail (WILFORD) MALTBY
Samuel and and Rebecca (FOOTE) MALTBY
His Parents - Captain Samuel and Elizabeth (BARKER) MALTBY
Spouse Parents -
Kids - Anne , Thomas , Thomas , Abigail , Samuel , James , Jonathan and Rebecca
CGB. Samuel MALTBY, (Junior), b. Oct. 21, 1718 (Branford Rec. Vol. II.) (Samuel 2, Wm. 1). It has always been supposed that his first wife was Abigail Wilford. However, I think it probable that he m. (1) (Boston Rec.), the following: "Intentions of marriage of Samuel MALTBY and Anne DYER, May ?, 1739. They were married June 7, 1739."
Children of Samuel MALTBY, Jr., and Anne DYER:
CGB-a. Anne Maltby, b. Jan. 24, 1739/40.
CGB-B. Thomas Dyer " b. Dec. 24, 1740. (evidently d. young)
CGB-C. Thomas Dyer " b. Dec. 17, 1742.
Samuel MALTBY, (Jr.), m. Oct. 13, 1743 Abigail WILFORD, (for which see Branford Rec. and Bailey Early Conn. Marriages). Ceremony performed by Rev. Philemon Robbins. (Was she first or second wife?)
Children of Samuel Maltby, Jr. and Abigail WILFORD,
CGB-d. Abigail MALTBY, b. April 22, 1744 (Branford Rec. Vol. "1694").
Samuel MALTBY, Junior, m. Jan. 22, 1745/6 at Branford Rebecca FOOTE. Rev. Philemon Robbins performed the ceremony. (Bailey Early
Conn. Marriages, Branford Rec.).
Children of Samuel MALTBY, Jr. and Rebecca FOOTE:
CGB-E. Samuel Maltby " b. Nov. 15, 1746, at Northford.
CGB-F. James " b. May 30, 1749.
CGB-G. Jonathan " b. Oct. 21, 1751.
CGB-h. Rebecca " b. May 25, 1754; d. May 16 (or 15) 1755 (Branford
Rec. of deaths.)
Samuel Maltby, Jr., mar. May 1, 1755, Mary Fowler, of Guilford. Notes on the ancestry of Abigail Wilford:
She was b. Sept. 17, 1720 at Branford, dau. of Richard and Eliz- abeth (Pollard) Wilford. Elizabeth Pollard was the dau. of Thomas Pollard of Maidstone, Co., Kent, Eng. Richard Wilford, son of Richard and Anne (Griffith) Wilford of Walton, Surrey, England.
The record of the death of Richard Wilford reads: "Oct. 24, 1734. Mr. Richard Wilford, late of London. Free citizen, a "salter," died in the 81st year of his age." (Branford Rec. "1694") Mrs. Cushman wrote: "The old Wilford house still stands and was pointed out by my Aunt Foote." (N.B. I think this was at Northford.)
The tombstone of Abigail Wilford Maltbie is in the old burying yard at Northford.
"Mrs. Abigail
ye wife of
M. Samuel Maltbie, Jun.
died June 2nd, 1744
in her 23rd year."
Mrs. Cushman wrote: "The grave is near that of her father-in-law and
I am lead to believe that Capt. Samuel and his son's family had moved
to Northford before this time. The old house in which Aunt Ruth now
lives, was built by Capt. Samuel or his son Samuel."
Notes on the ancestry of Rebecca Foote, 2nd or 3rd wife of Samuel
Maltby, Jr.
(Branford Rec. and Foote Genealogy by Goodwin, 1848). Rebecca Foote
was b. Oct. 20, 1723; d. Feb. 9, 1755; dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth
(Nash) Foote, of Branford. Stephen Foote was b. Dec. 14, 1672, mar.
(1) in 1702, Elizabeth Nash who d. Jan. 15, 1739. He m. (2) Hannah
Howd, who d. Sept. 1754. He d. Oct. 23, 1762 at Branford, Conn.
Stephen Foote was a son of Lieut. Robert Foote was a son of Nathaniel
Foote who was b. in 1593, d. in 1644.
Note. Another authority states the 2nd wife of Stephen Foote was "Hannah Howe." Lieut. Robert Foote was of Branford, Wethersfield and Wallingford. The wife of Nathaniel Foote was Elizabeth Deming, sister of Mr. John Deming, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield. He married her about 1615. After his death in 1644, she mar. (2) Mr. Thomas Wells, Magistrate, and later Governor of the Colony. She d. July 28, 1683, aged about 85. (Ref. Foote Gen. by Goodwin).
Elizabeth Nash probably descended from Thomas Nash, who in 1651 had charge of all the town muskets in New Haven.
Under "Howd" I have the following: "Anthony Howd died in 1671 and his widow, Elizabeth, mar. (2) in 1677, John Nash. Possibly Elizabeth Nash, who mar. in 1702, Stephen Foote, was dau. of the above, and grand-dau. of John, of New Haven.
(Branford Rec. Vol. II). "In April, 1746, Samuel Maltbie, Jun. was
made a Freeman of Branford."
(Vol. "1694." p. 147). "May 16, 1755. The infant daughter, Rebekah,
died aged one year and two months."
Rebecca (Foote) Maltby died Feb. 9, 1755. By her Samuel had four children. He mar. (3) (Branford Rec. "1694," p. 165) "May 1, 1755. Samuel Maltbie and Mary Fowler of Guilford, were married in Guilford, by Ichabod Camp, Clerk." (Branford Deeds. Vol. IX, p. 102)
"1 Sept. 1768. Samuel Maltbie of Branford. To my daughter Abigail Tyler, wife of Bille Tyler, all my right, title and interest in a tract of land in Branford, it being the whole of what descended to my late wife Abigail, from her father, Richard Wilford, deceased."
Mrs. Cushman wrote: "In 1763 our ancestor this side of the water first made any movement toward breaking away from the Puritan form of worship, and establishing the Church of England. Samuel Maltbie in 1763, moved with others to build an Episcopal Church."
This evidently was at Northford, and it is clear that many of the Maltby family who were living in Northford, constantly appear on records as "of Branford."
Note. A recent letter, Feb. 19, 1954, from Ruth G. Beers, Town
Clerk of North Branford, clarifies Northford Maltbys as being record-
ed as "of Branford." Miss Beers writes: "Prior to 1831 North Bran-
ford which includes the village of Northford was a part of the town
Branford, and the records are in the town of Branford up to that
date."
(Records of the Episcopal Society. (St. Andrews) of Northford,
"Deed of land from James Howd. A.D. 1763.--King George III.
Jas.
Howd of Branford, Co. of New Haven, Colony of Conn., for
consideration of five hundred pounds, lawful money, reced. of Ichabod
Foot, Paul Tyler, Samuel Maltby, Jonah Todd and John Johnson, all of said Branford.
I do give, grant, etc., to the said Ichabod Foote, Paul Tyler, Samuel Maltby, Jonah Todd and John Johnson, Professors of the Epis- copal Church of England and other professors of said Church, inhab- itants of said Branford, etc." (Deed recorded with town records of Branford March 19, 1764--N.S. Barker, Town Clerk. febu 80, felie 280)"
"Branford, April 20, 1763. We the Subscribers, professors of
the Church of England, being desirous to build a church, etc.,---to
build on Paul Tyler's lot on the East side of the road above the
meeting house in the Parish of Northford in Branford.
2. Agreed by Subscribers to tax themselves according to their sev-
eral lists of Retale Estates, etc., Signed:
Paul Tyler Ichabod Foot Joseph Darwin Samuel Maltby David Rogers Jonah Todd Phineas Beach Joseph Finch John Johnson"and jointly and severally to pay Rev. John Lyon, # yearly and every year during his continuing to perform divine service with and for us, also 1/2 expense of his house-rent, keeping of his house, 2 cows and 1/2 firewood. In proportion of our list. The conditions of this obligation are such that whenever we of ourselves or in unison maintain a minister ourselves, our connection with the Church of Guilford we expect will be void. In witness where- of we sign our names.
Joseph Darwin John Johnson, Jonah Todd Sam'l Maltby, Jun. Bille Tyler Paul Tyler John Beach James Boyles"(?) (Baylis, I think.) Samuel Maltby Ebenezer Foot. "Branford, Dec. 12, 1765."Agreement how to defray expense of building the house according to lists of John Todd to collect. Signed.
Paul Tyler Jonah Todd David Rogers John Johnson Sam'l Maltby Ichabod Foot Phineas Beach.(6th page) "Ichabod Foot. Amount of labor, money and sundries paid in building the house appears by account found.
"Samuel Maltby and Son, Dc. do. 16 - 13 - 2
17 - 4 - 5."
"Our connection with the Church People of Guilford we expect
will be void in witness whereof we sign our names.
Joseph Dowd Jonah Todd Bille Tyler John Beach
Samuel Maltby Ichabod Todd (?Foot) John Johnson Samuel Maltby, Junr. Paul Tyler James Bayles. (?)" Ebenezer Foot (p. 9) (?) Northford. Dec. 28, 1768.At a meeting of the Professors of the Church of England, held at the house of Mr. Jonah Todd, church warden, unanamously agreed and bind ourselves." (The rest is apparently missing on notes sent.)
Abstract of Will of Samuel Maltbie. Dated Feb. 19--1767.
At a Court of Probate held in Guilford Feby 16, 1773
Present Aaron Eliot, Esqr Judge, Eben. Parmelee, Junr Clerk - - - - - - -Preamble consisting of fourteen lines - - - - - - - -I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner & form - - - -
Imprimis I give & bequeath to Mary my beloved Wife One third part of my Estate both Real & personal, that is to say One third part of my Real Estate so long as she continues my widow, the improvement of which shall be One third part of Each particular Piece of Land & Buildings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Maltbie Junr the house I now Live in with six acres of Land thereto adjoining - - - - with all the Buildings & A purtenances thereto belonging (excepting the Cidar Mill which I give and bequeath equally to be divided be- tween my three beloved Sons.
Item I Give and bequeath to my beloved Sons James & Jonathan Maltbie; my House I bought of Titus Parker (lands described therewith) - - - - equally divided between my two Last mentioned Sons.
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Abigail Tyler half an Acre of Land, Laying as mentioned in the Deed on which she now Lives & over and above the movables that I have already given her, I give and bequeath to her One Cow and a pair of Hand Irons - - -I give and bequeath to my three mentioned beloved Sons all my Lands in Branford and my Properties Right, to be equally divided among them, as they Can agree (Excepting a Lot laying upon the Great Hill - - -about six Acres, which I give to my Eldest Son Sam'l Maltbie - - -acknowledge- ment of his Birth Right. - - -He directed distribution among his sons of several items which had been "my Honoured fathers",; "to Jonathan my 3rd Son I give my Case of Bottles & my half bushel and one Silver Spoon marked with my father's Honoured name. The remain- ing part of my movables - - -to be equally divided between my three Sons - - -And lastly I constitute make & ordain my Son Samuel Maltbie of Branford my Executor of this my Last Will & Testament.
The witnesses to this Will were Bela Hubbard, Stephen Peck, jr., and John Linsly, 3rd, as written the nineteenth of February 1767 His son, Samuel Maltbie, Jr., accepted the trust therein committed to him. (Samuel, the executor, died Aug. 18, 1774.) The above Abstract of Samuel Maltbie's Will is made from a certified three page transcript furnished by S. Sonia Baskin, Clerk, State of Connecticut, Probate District of Guilford, Town of Guilford, certified the 6th day of July, 1954. A certified copy of action by the same court shows that Mary Maltbie widow & Relict of Sam'l Maltbie late of Branford prayed for and obtained court action for distribution of the estate, same was ordered recorded Dec. 12, 1774; the court action allotted to her use specific thirds of lands and house and cellar. (Abstract by F. A. Molby)
(omit 2 lines)
(B. "Aunt Ruth" - Ruth Collins, wife of Samuel (6) Chauncy Maltby,)
( (Please omit these two lines.) b. 1792 )
(C. "Aunt Foot" - Selina (6) Maltby (John (5), Sam (4), Sam (3), )
Sam (2)).
Copy of Samuel Maltby's tombstone at Northford.
In memory of
Mr. Samuel Maltby
who died
Dec. 1st A.D. 1771, in ye 53rd year
of his Age.
Kind reader prepare for the
important hour of death."
CGB
Parents
Anne