William and Philadelphia (WINN) MALTBIE
His Parents - Captain Jonathan MALTBIE and Elizabeth (ALLEN) MALTBY
Spouce's Parents -
Kids - John , Elizabeth , Harriet , William , Mary , Henry , James , Maria , Richard , Martha , E. , Walter and Kate
CHA-AG. William MALTBIE, bp. Apr. 11, 1783, Fairfield (Jonathan 4, Jonathan 3, Jonathan 2, Wm. 1). He went to Savannah, Georgia, on account of his physical infirmities and established there a mercantile business, having a partner. They decided to open a branch house near Lawrenceville, Ga., for the purpose of trafficing with the Indians, which were then quite numerous in that region. In exchange for hides of wild animals and venison, beads and other trinkets were given.
William Maltbie's partner subsequently died near Lawrenceville and he went to Lawrenceville to wind up the estate. "Here he met Grandmother," writes Mr. Frank Pentecost, "a well developed country lassie of fourteen summers, and married her, remaining here permanently, after closing up his Savannah business, investing in forrest lands and shares here.
It is of interest to know that, in these days of rapid transit even in rural districts by motor cars, my ancestors traversed this then wilderness country, a distance from here to Savannah of 296 miles, on horseback. My Grandfather purchased many of his supplies in Augusta, Georgia, 171 miles distant; such as sugar, coffee, etc., and they went after it in wagons.
He married Philadelphia Winn, in 1817-18. She was born in Jackson County, Georgia, July 27, 1804, and died in Lawrenceville, Ga., Sept. --- 1887. He d. in 1865.
Children (of William MALTBIE and Philadelphia WINN), all born
in Lawrenceville, Guinnett Co., Georgia."
CHA-AGA. John Winn Mallbie, b. May 5, 1819, He was an M.D. Practised
in Laurenceville, Ga. Buried there.
CHA-AGb. Elizabeth Ann " b. Aug. 23, 1820.
CHA-AGc. Harriet Chester" b. Dec. 1, 1823.
CHA-AGD. William Hall " b. Oct. 6, 1826.
CHA-AGe. Mary Louisa " b. Feb. 19, 1829.
CHA-AGF. Henry R. " b. Jan.20,1831; d. Sept.20,1867,Calif.
single.
CHA-AGG. James " b. May 1,1833; d. Jan.30,1857, single.
CHA-AGh. Maria J. " b. Mar. 23, 1835, unmarried.
CHA-AGI. Richard " b. Jan. 5, 1837.
CHA-AGj. Martha " b. Feb.26,1839; d. Feb.26,1858, unmar.
CHA-AGK. E. Winn " b. June 15, 1841; d. 1864, unmar.
CHA-AGL. Walter " b. July 22, 1843.
CHA-AGm. Kate " b. Oct. 9, 1845.
William Maltbie was appointed Admin. of the will of his brother John (5) Maltbie, who d. at Fairfield, Ct., 8 Jan. 1809. Mrs. Anna Gray Taylor of Fairfield Hist. Society writes me: " I have a letter written by William Maltbie from Savannah, June 4, 1814, to a Buckingham Sherwood, who was a well-known merchant of Fairfield. Maltbie is down South, trying to sell a cargo of cotton. He may have to 'buy a poney or contrive some other way to get on from Augusta---'
There were many Sherwood letters in an old trunk in my father's attic."
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Parents
John