Blank ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Krapf To: Disbrow-L@ROOTSWEB.COM Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: Disbrow Hi I'm looking for anything on a Lucy Vandenburgh. She married Joshua Disbrow in abt 1840 in Greene Co. NY. I have a birth date has 1817 but not sure? Would like to know who her parents are? And if you know anything of a Rebecca Northup she marred a Thomas Scribner Disbrow. Her birth date and died and her parents that would be great. Kathy Jaskrapf@midmaine.com

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Just wanted to say thank you for sharing Cash's obituary with us. Linda T.

From: Mike Disbrow, listowner Subject: Cash Disbrow Long overdue, here is the text of Cash Disbrow's funeral card, a copy of which was kindly sent to me by Cash's daughter Georgia. For recent subscribers to the Disbrow Mailing List who may not have know him, Cash Disbrow was the editor of our Disbrow Family Newsletter for many years, and a long time enthusiast of Disbrow history and genealogy. The man spent many hours over the years corresponding and helping people find their Disbrow ancestors. Cash passed away in early June and he is very much missed. "IN MEMORY - CASSIUS L. "CASH" DISBROW, SR. 435 N. FRANKLIN AVENUE, SIOUX FALLS, SD DIED: SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2001 [at] SIOUX FALLS, SD AGE: 77 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, 10 DAYS INTERMENT - 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY JUNE 13, 2001 RIVERVIEW CEMETERY, CENTERVILLE, SD CASSIUS LEO DISBROW, SR., BETTER KNOWN AS "CASH" TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1923 IN YANKTON, SD TO CASSIUS MARCELLIS AND LUELLA G. (OLSON) DISBROW. AS A CHILD HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO CENTERVILLE, SD, WHERE HE GREW UP. HE GRADUATED FROM CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. CASH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH INEZ I. NELSON IN DESMET, SD ON JANUARY 11, 1946. THE COUPLE MOVED TO SIOUX FALLS, SD IN 1950. HE WORKED AS A MECHANICAL OPERATOR AT SIOUX STEEL COMPANY FOR 13 YEARS. HE THEN SPENT 24 YEARS AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AT THE SIOUX FALLS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT BEFORE RETIRING ON JANUARY 29, 1987. IN RETIREMENT HE RAN THE COMMISSARY AT THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY JAIL FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHEASTERN CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS. HE ALSO REALLY ENJOYED HIS COMPUTER AND E-MAIL. GRATEFUL FOR HAVING SHARED HIS LIFE ARE TWO SONS, CASSIUS L. DISBROW, JR. AND HIS WIFE BEV, MADISON, SD, WILLIAM D. DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD; TWO DAUGHTERS, GEORGIA DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD, LINDA DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; TEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND, STEVE PAINTER, SIOUX FALLS, SD; AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, INEZ, ON MARCH 29, 1994; HIS PARENTS; AND A BROTHER, WILLIAM."

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 181 (2-2-10-4) GEORGE-6 DISBROW, son of Daniel-5 & Elizabeth B. (Morehouse) b. c1802-4 prob. Saratoga Co. or Greene Co., NY d. m. MARGARET ( ) b. c1807 NY d. poss. 1889 Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY George was a farmer in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY. The 1850 census of Gilboa shows him as age 48, with Margaret 42, Phoebe A. 14, Amanda 9, William 7, Roxana 6 and "Lalelica" [as best as I can make it out] 1, all born in NY. He was listed just a few households away from his brother Orin. In 1860 Gilboa we find "George Disbroe", age 56, a farm laborer, with Margaret 53, Phoebe A. 23 (both domestics), William 17 (farm laborer), Charlotte 15 (cotton mill), and Jane 11 ("idiot") . Letters written by Abigail Disbrow, wife of Orin, to Orin's brother Hiram D., 31 Mar. and 12 May 1850, mention George and two of his children who were ill at that time [see (2-2-10-7) Orin Disbrow for text of letters]. Mention was also made of a "Franklin Disbro" who had died the previous fall. It appears, by implication, he was a son of George, but I have no other information on him. Margaret Disbro applied for a pension on her son William's service after he died in the Civil War. Date of the application was 28 Dec. 1866. She was probably the Margaret Disbrow of Gilboa listed in the Schoharie Co. index to estates, filed 1889. Children: (prob. all b. Schoharie Co.) (2-2-10-4-1) Franklin d. Fall 1849 "at his father's house" (see above) (2-2-10-4-2) Phoebe A. b. Nov. 1837; listed 1900 census Gilboa, NY, w/William Rose fam. (2-2-10-4-3) Amanda b. c1841 +(2-2-10-4-4) William O. b. c1843 (2-2-10-4-5) Roxana/Charlotte b. c1844 (2-2-10-4-6) Jane/"Lalelica" b. c1849 References: Johnson, Thomas Disbrow Sr. & His Desc., 31, 36-7; Index to Registers of Estates - Schoharie Co., NY [Cash Disbrow]; Census - 1840 Blenheim, 1850 '60 Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 182 (2-2-10-7) ORIN-6 DISBROW, son of Daniel-5 & Elizabeth B. (Morehouse) b. 19 Apr. 1814 Greene Co., NY d. 1858 Moberly, Randolph Co., MO m. 6 Mar. 1833 ABIGAIL SMITH b. 4 May 1814 NY d. 24 Apr. 1881 Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL Orin Disbrow was listed in the 1840 census of Roxbury, Delaware Co., NY, and in 1850 in Gilboa, Schoharie Co., near his brother George. Two letters written by Abigail and Orin in 1850 to his brother Hiram in Canadea, NY, have been preserved in the family [in 1970 they were in the possession of Lila Disbrow Moore of Ionia, MI], and offer an interesting perspective on life at that time [see below]. Most of the information on this family has been researched by Lewis B. and Bernice Disbrow of Warrensburg, IL. Bernice writes: "In 1853 Orin and Abigail migrated to McHenry Co., Illinois, where they appeared in Alden Twp. ... [Orin's second cousin (2-8-5) Asahel Disbrow was an early settler in Alden Twp.] Orin and Asahel had grown up in Greene Co., NY. It was only natural that Orin and Abigail joined relatives when they trekked west... After a few years, Orin went to Moberly, Missouri, where he died suddenly at work in 1858. Abigail, now a widow, eventually settled in Macon Co., IL." Bernice also relates that all of Abigail's sons enlisted and served in the Illinois volunteer regiments in the Civil War. Two letters Abigail wrote to her son Alonzo during the war are in the possession of Lewis B. Disbrow, and are reprinted below. The son Lewis Disbrow died during the war, but the other five sons returned home to Macon Co. after their discharges. Abigail and her son Alonzo purchased 95 acres in 1871 from the Illinois Central Railroad, located near Warrensburg in Macon Co. In 1874 Alonzo purchased the farm from Abigail, and eventually added to it. Lewis B. and Bernice Disbrow still live on part of this original Disbrow farm. Abigail died at the State Mental Hospital in Jacksonville, IL. Children: +(2-2-10-7-1) Lewis b. 7 Nov. 1833 NY (2-2-10-7-2) Margaret Adelia b. 1 Feb. 1835 Blenhiem, NY; d. 11 Apr. 1846 NY +(2-2-10-7-3) Charles b. 27 Jan. 1837 Schoharie Co. +(2-2-10-7-4) Robert Emmett b. 22 Jan. 1839 Schoharie Co. +(2-2-10-7-5) Thomas Jefferson b. 4 July 1841 Schoharie Co. +(2-2-10-7-6) Alonzo b. 7 Jan. 1843 Schoharie Co. +(2-2-10-7-7) James Erskin b. 6 Apr. 1845 Schoharie Co. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 183 (2-2-10-7) ORIN-6 DISBROW, cont'd Letters written by Orin and Abigail Disbrow to "Hiram Disbrow, Canadea Postoffice, Alagany County, New York": "Blenheim, March 31, 1850 Dear Brother and Sister: "We received your letter on the 30 of March. We were truly glad to hear from you as we supposed you had long forgotten us or did not want to hear anything from us. The letters that you wrote to our friends in this place has never been received. We have not heard from you but once since you was on a visit to Blenheim. Then we heard from John Miller five years ago last winter. We have heard nothing from you since that time until Orin was at John Millers this spring. We should have been willing to paid the postage of a letter to you if we had been sadisfied that you wanted to hear from us. We have long desired to hear from you and still feel anxious to hear as soon as you receive this. "We have had some trials and afflictions to pass through in the journey of our life, yet we have been enabled by the mercies and blessings of that God who has ever been our present helper in time of need to say the will of the Lord be done. "We have witnessed the death of many near relatives amongst the rest an only and a beloved little daughter who died in full assureance of a crown of never faiding Glory and a seat at Gods right hand. She dyed April the 11, 1846 aged 11 years. Her disease was inflamation of the brain. We have six sons living and well. The youngest is five years old. "We are well at present as usual. Orin had a hard fit of sickness five years ago and has never enjoyed good health since. We did not expect him to live. When you receive this we hope it will find you all enjoying good health and the presence of the Lord which we do humbly trust we enjoy dayly. "We do not know whether your letter was wrote before or after the death of father as it was not received and you did not mention the time when it was wrote. He dyed July the 20, 1847. "Franklin Disbro dyed last fall at his fathers house. He had been to Michigan for two years before his death. He had not been home but four days when he dyed. He did not leave that evidence behind that we desired although he left the evidence of being verry penitant. George still remains impenitent and hard hearted although he is often called to mourn. He has two children that is not well and probily will not live long. "The rest of the family is well. Mother lives with Hariet. We have not heard from her since last winter. They live in Middletown. They were well when we last heard from them. Dake Brown is also dead, he dyed last winter. Two of his girls live in Middletown. Hannah and Matilda both married. The letter that you desired us to get we do not know any thing about now but will try to find it if it is not destroyed. Dicksons family lives in Middletown and were well when we heard from them. Betsey is dead. "We have sold our place where we live and expect to leave next fall. Orin was as far west last fall as Corning but did not know that you lived any where in that country. He was in pursuit of a farm but did not find any. "Mary Seevens lives in a small house near the widow Nappleyea place and is well. She wrote a letter last season to you, she has received no answer. You did not mention any thing in your letter about Willard. We should like to hear from him. Tell the children that we want to hear from them all. Write as soon as you receive this from us and we shall be glad to pay the postage. We should be extremely glad to see you in this place once more if you could make it convenient to visit here. "Mother is now an old woman and cannot visit you. She would like to see you once more on the shores of time. We expect her to come up this spring from Middletown if her health is good enough. Life is uncertain and when we are separated we do not know that we shall ever meet again. Therefore let us be prepared to meet in that upper and better world where parting well never come. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 184 (2-2-10-7) ORIN-6 DISBROW, cont'd "We remain your affectionate and sister in the bonds of love. s/Orin Disbro s/Abigail Disbro" "Blenheim, May the 12th 1850 Dear Brother and Sister: "We received your letter the 28th of April. We have waited two weeks to hear from Middletown. We expected Mother but she did not come. Luther Bug has been up from there. They are all well. He did not know any thing about the letter you rote about but will find it if it is not destroyed and send it up in June when we look for some of them. Mother wants to come but has had no chance yet this spring. She will probibly be up in June. George thinks that she has the letter. We should like to know what you wanted of the letter if it is rite for us to know. "You wrote that you wanted Orin to come out there this season, which he would like to do if he could leave. He has not got much of his spring work done yet, the weather has been so cold, it snows today. We have had the hardest spring I ever new. "When we sold our place we thought to move to Ohio last fall, but after that we changed our minds and thought we would take a farm in this state. We are not able to buy at present a place as large as our family wants to work on. You wrote that there was planty of work on the canal for masons. He is not able to work at masons work nor digging canal. He wants to take a farm if he can find one that he can have a good lay on. He can work at farming better than any other work. By the childrens help he can work a large farm if not too rough. "When you write again about the country, tell us all about it. Tell us if the winters are as hard with you as they are in Blenheim and if the springs are any earlier than here. Tell us if the water is good and if the land is stony. If you know of any good chance to hire or take land in your country please tell us of it or if there is any good jobs. He cant leave home until after haying and harvest is over to go and look at a place. He thinks if you write favorable about your country that he would move with out coming to see it and if not he will look for a place after harvest. If you think it is a better country where you are and that we could do better than we could here or between here and there. Write just as you think and dont give the country any better recamend than it is deserving. We want to hear is just as it is. We expect to leave here this fall. I want you to write soon and tell us if there is any buisiness for this winter if we should move in that country. "Eliza has four girls married that I know of and perhaps more, Hannah to Stephen Halsted, Electa to Moses Brigs, Betsey to Levi Elis, Matilda to Charles Obrien. George's family is well at present except the two girls that I wrote about and they are much better. Mary Stephens family is well, Stephen has taken his miss to her friends but dont live with his family, the two youngest are with their mother. Eliza Ann works out, Lyman is gone to sea. "My children thinks that they should be verry much pleased to see their cousins and hope they will fulfil their promice in visiting us. Give my love to Elen and her family, to Philip and his family and to the rest of the children and reserve a share for yourselves. I remain your friend and sister, s/Abigail Disbro" [Same letter continued by Orin Disbrow] "Dear brother and sister: "I now have the opportunity to writ a few lines to you. Abigail wrote when I was gone to meeting. I am vary glad to hear from [you]. I hope these few lines will find you in good health and prosperity and love of God in your hearts. Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all things necessary shall be added thereunto. Let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not. For my part I feel that I am an unprofitable servent but the Lord has been vary merciful to me. I think that I enjoy that peace in my heart that this world cannot afford. I feel the love of God in my heart while I write these lines and I hope when you read ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 177 (2-2-3-8) ERASTUS-6 DISBROW, son of Simon-5 & Philana (Ray) b. 18 Nov. 1785 prob. Hubbardton, Rutland Co., VT d. The National Archives Index to War of 1812 service, lists Erastus Disbro as having served as a private in Parmenio Adams' Battalion of NY militia, and Erastus Disbrow was a private in Davis' 1st reg't and Churchill's 164th reg't of NY militia. Erastus and his brother Russell were listed in the 1820 census of Leroy, Geauga Co., OH: 2 males aged 16-25, 1 engaged in agriculture. Although nothing more is known of Erastus after this record, we have three other records in the state of Ohio which may be the same man. (1) An "E. P. Disbrow" was on an 1822 tax roll of Sandusky Twp., Sandusky Co. (2) Erastus B. Disbrow married 8 Feb. 1821 in Knox Co., to Mary Corbin, and (3) was certainly the same Erastus B. Disbrow who, in 1825, left an estate in Knox Co. References: Simon Disbrow's pension file (fam. record); National Archives Index to War of 1812 Service [Cash Disbrow]; OH Wills & Estates to 1850, An Index and also "Ohio Records and Pioneer Fams." periodical, 12:13; LDS International Genealogy Index - Ohio [Joan E. Fordl; Census 1820 Leroy, Geauga Co., OH (2-2-3-9) RUSSELL-6 DISBROW, son of Simon-5 & Philana (Ray) b. 2 Feb. 1798 prob. Hubbardton, Rutland Co., VT d. 7 Apr. 1884 bur. Temperence Hill cem., Stafford, Genesee Co., NY (also called Fargo Rd. Pioneer cem.) In 1820 Russell and his brother Erastus were living in Leroy Twp., Geauga Co., OH. Russell doesn't appear in the records again until 1 June 1837 when he purchased land in Handy Twp. of Livingston Co., MI. Whether Russell actually lived there is not known, but his brother, Simon Jr., did move to neighboring Iosco Twp. at about this same time. After this purchase Russell again disappears from the records until the 1850 census when he was back in Stafford, Genesee Co., NY, age 52, a laborer, living with his mother Philana. No known marriage or children. References: Simon Disbrow's pension file (fam. record); Saul, Genesee County People [Bernice Disbrow]; Cooley, Tombstone Inscrip. From Abandoned Cems. & Farm Burials of Genesee Co., NY, 162; Everts & Abbott, Hist of Livingston Co MI (1880), 235 [Arlynn Gantz - "Disbrow Data" #3-2]; Census - 1820 Leroy, Geauga Co., OH, 1850 '60 Stafford, Genesee Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 178 (2-2-3-12) SIMON-6 DISBROW, JR., son of Simon-5 & Philana (Ray) b. 18 Mar. 1805 prob. Genesee Co., NY d. 1885? m. (1st) unknown (a first marriage is presumed because of birth dates of his first two children) m. (2nd) 27 Nov. 1836 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI NANCY DAVIS b. c1813 NY or PA d. Simon lived in Stafford, Genesee Co., NY, until about 1836 when he moved to Ann Arbor, MI. He was listed on the 1837 tax roll of Ann Arbor Twp. with $500 personal property. His marriage to Nancy Davis was performed by Nath. Stacy, M.G. Shortly thereafter he moved to Livingston Co., MI, and settled in Iosco Twp., serving as school inspector there in 1838, director of the poor in 1847 and township clerk in 1850. Simon and his family were listed in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Iosco Twp. He and his son George were farming. The age and birthplace data sometimes conflict between the two censuses, as for instance in 1850 Simon was shown as age 40, born in NY, and in 1860 he was 55 (correct) and born in VT. Nancy was 37 and born in NY according to the 1850 census, but in 1860 she was shown as age 45 and born in PA. Children, by 1st wife: +(2-2-3-12-1) Caroline A. b. c1829 (or June 1833?) NY +(2-2-3-12-2) George W. b. c1835 NY Children, by 2nd wife: +(2-2-3-12-3) Theodore b. c1837 MI +(2-2-3-12-4) Lucy Ann b. c1840 MI +(2-2-3-12-5) Drucilla b. 22 July 1842 Fowlerville, MI +(2-2-3-12-6) Harriet Ada b. 5 Feb. 1845 Iosco Twp., MI +(2-2-3-12-7) Rhoda Jane b. c1847 MI +(2-2-3-12-8) Mary S. b. cJuly 1850 MI References: Simon Disbrow (Sr.) pension file (fam. record); fam. data of Sharlette Reardon and Joanne Shaffer (1984); marr. record, Washtenaw Co., MI [Arlynn Gantz]; "1837 Tax Roll, Ann Arbor Twp.", Detroit Soc. For Gen. Research, 26:172; Census - 1830 Stafford, Genesee Co., NY, 1850 '60 Iosco Twp., Livingston Co., MI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 179 (2-2-9-4) REBECCA SCOTT-6 DISBROW, dau. of Jesse-5 & Abigail (Patchen) b. 1805 bapt. 25 May 1806 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT m. JOHN LADD JR., son of John (of MA) b. 23 July 1805 d. prob. Schenectady Co., NY A biographical sketch of Lafayette Ladd, son of John and Rebecca, appeared in the "Portrait and Biographical Album of Lenawee Co., MI." It told of his grandfather Disbrow being a ship's carpenter, and perishing in a storm on a trip to or from the West Indies. Rebecca was only about a year old when this happened. Her mother removed to eastern NY state where "Rebecca grew to womanhood and became the wife of John Ladd. The parents of our subject after their marriage settled on a farm in Schenectady County, where they reared a family and passed the remainder of their days." Child: (2-2-9-4-1) Lafayette b. 19 Jan. 1840 nr. Braman's Corners, Schenectady Co., NY; res. 1888 Adrian, MI [NOTE: This is the only child I know of. There may have been others.] References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:307; Chapman Bros., Port. & Bio. Album of Lenawee Co., MI (1888) 519 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 180 (2-2-10-3) HIRAM D.-6 DISBROW, son of Daniel-5 & Elizabeth B. (Morehouse) b. 7 Apr. 1805 prob. Saratoga Co. or Greene Co., NY d. 31 Jan. 1881 Otisco Twp., Ionia Co., MI bur. Saranac cem., Boston Twp., Ionia Co. m. 20 Sep. 1825 SALLY MILLER, dau. of Philip & Elizabeth (Dings) b. 27 Mar. 1803 NY d. 26 Nov. 1880 Otisco Twp., Ionia Co., MI bur. w/Hiram, Saranac cem. For the first several years after their marriage Hiram and Sally lived near Hiram's father Daniel Disbrow at Blenhiem, Schoharie Co., NY. In the early 1830's they moved west, settling at Colesville, Broome Co., NY. Two of their little children died there - William Augustus in 1838 and Sarah Jane in 1840 - and were buried in North Sanford. After 1840 they moved again, this time settling at Canadea in Allegany Co., NY. Two letters written by Orin and Abigail Disbrow to Hiram at Canadea are preserved by Hiram's descendants [see (2-2-10-7) Orin Disbrow]. Their daughter Seline Lovice died during this time. By 1854 we find the family had moved to Ionia Co., MI, first living in Berlin Twp., near Saranac, and later in Otisco Twp. In Dec. 1860 Hiram and Sally were baptised into the Baptist Church of Jesus Christ in Boston Twp., Ionia Co. Hiram Disbrow's old family Bible, published in 1848, with a record of their family, is in the possession of Jane (Mrs. Garth) Hall of New Berlin, WI. Garth is a direct descendant of Hiram and Sally Disbrow. Children: +(2-2-10-3-1) Luman b. 8 Feb. 1827 NY +(2-2-10-3-2) Elenor/Ellen b. 13 July 1828 Schoharie Co. (2-2-10-3-3) Philip b. 2 June 1830 NY; d. 29 Jan. 1887; m. 27 July 1849, Maryette Frisby; listed 1850 census, Hume, Allegany Co., NY, a Shoemaker, w/Maryette, age 19 +(2-2-10-3-4) Hiram Willard b. 4 July 1832 Tioga Co., NY (2-2-10-3-5) William Augustus b. 21 Jan. 1835 NY; d. 8 Nov. 1838, bur. N. Sanford, Broome Co., NY (2-2-10-3-6) Seline Lovice b. 18 Apr. 1837 NY; d. 14 Jan. 1850 (2-2-10-3-7) Sarah Jane b. 15 Sep. 1839 NY; d. 25 Jan, 1840, bur. w/bro. Wm. A., N. Sanford, Broome Co., NY (2-2-10-3-8) Sarah Elizabeth b. 30 Nov. 1840 NY; d. 11 Jan. 1919; m. (1st) Nichols, (2nd) Henry Perrit (2-2-10-3-9) Henry Augustus b. 13 Aug. 1844 NY; d. 4 Jan. 1859, bur. Saranac cem., Boston Twp., Ionia Co., MI References: Johnson, Thomas Disbrow Sr. & His Desc. (1983) 34-39; fam. data of Jane Hall (inc. fam. Bible record and corrections to Johnson's book (1984); Ionia Co. Cem. Records, Vol, 4; N. Sanford, NY, headstone readings per William E. Brizzee to msd 1986; Census - 1830 Belnheim, Schoharie Co., '40 Colesville, Broome Co., '50 Canadea, Allegany Co., NY, 1860 Berlin Twp., '70 '80 Otisco Twp., Ionia Co., MI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 167 "SIXTH GENERATION" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 168 (blank page in book) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 169 (1-4-2-4) CAROLINE MATILDA-6 DISBROW, dau of John-5 & Priscilla (Mallory) b. 12 July 1805 bapt. 15 Sep. 1805 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 9 Feb. 1875 bur. Bates cem., Darien, CT m. 11 Feb. 1827 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT WALTER WHITNEY, son of Josiah & Mary (Smith) b. 25 May 1803 prob. Darien, Fairfield Co., CT d. Walter and Caroline Whitney were residents of Darien, CT. In the 1850 census we find Walter, age 47, a Hatter, and Caroline, age 45. In their family were Emily 22, Julia 15, Caroline 13, Orlando 10 and John 7. Also living with them was Sarah Disbrow, age 75, whose occupation was also listed as Hatter. This "Sarah" might have been Caroline's mother, Priscilla (Mallory) Disbrow. Walter Whitney's father, Josiah, served in the Sea Coast Guards at Stamford, CT, in the Revolution. Children: (prob, b. Darien) (1-4-2-4-1) Francis N. WHITNEY b. 6 Dec. 1827; d. 8 Oct. 1852, bur. Bates cem., Darien, w/mother (1-4-2-4-2) Emily Augusta WHITNEY b. 9 Feb. 1830; d. 9 Feb. 1877, bur. Bates cem., Darien, w/mother (1-4-2-4-3) Julia Ann WHITNEY b. c1835; m. 19 Oct. 1859 Darien, CT, John Orlando Minar (1-4-2-4-4) Caroline WHITNEY b. c1837 (1-4-2-4-5) Orlando WHITNEY b. c1840 (1-4-2-4-6) John WHITNEY b. c1843 References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:306; Wicks & Olson, Stamford's Soldiers, 344; Norwalk vital records (Barbour Coll.); Virginia Hawley research ms.; Census - 1850 Darien, Fairfield Co., CT; headstone inscrips. per Charles Hale Coll. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 170 (1-4-2-6) JOHN LEWIS-6 DISBROW, son of John-5 & Priscilla (Mallory) b. 1816 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT d. 3 June 1864 bur. New Haven, New Haven Co., CT m. 30 June 1838 MARY RICH MILLER b. c1814 Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT d. 26 Feb. 1878, bur. New Haven The "Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven Co., CT", has a biographical sketch of their son, John Lewis Disbrow Jr., which begins with a look at his parents: "John Lewis Disbrow Sr., was born in Norwalk, Conn., in 1816, a son of John and Priscilla (Mallory) Disbrow, the former a native of Saugatuck, this State. At the age of fourteen Mr. Disbrow learned the hatter's trade, and coming to New Haven followed same as a journeyman until about 1835, when he started in business on his own account, and for some years was the only hat manufacturer who conducted a store for himself. He continued thus for thirty years, his death, in 1864, cutting short a prosperous business career. He married Mary R. Miller, who was born in Norwalk, daughter of a sea captain in the West Indies trade; his vessel and crew were all lost at sea. When, a few years after Mrs. Disbrow's birth, her home was broken up, she was given a home with friends, and became the adopted child of Capt. Shipman, of New Haven. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Disbrow, but one, John Lewis Jr., grew to maturity. The mother died in the faith of the Congregational Church, in 1878, at the age of sixty-four years." In 1850 John L. Disbrow appears in the census of New Haven city, age 34, a Hatter, with Mary 36 and John L. 12, all b. CT. The Baldwin Genealogy indicates Mary's maiden name was Rich. She was called Mary Miller in the notice of her marriage to John L. Disbrow which appeared in the "New Haven Literary Emporium" newspaper. Children: (b. New Haven) +(1-4-2-6-1) John Lewis Jr. b. 28 Mar. 1839 (1-4-2-6-2) Henry Whitney b. c1843; d. 18 Mar. 1844 (age 1), of scarletina, bur. New Haven city burying ground References: Beers & Co., Comm. Bio. Record of New Haven Co., CT, (1902), 503; Baldwin, Chas C., Baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881, (1881), 836 [Arlynn Gantz]; headstone inscrips. & marr. notice (Charles Hale Coll.); New Haven, CT, Vital Records, II:802; Census - 1840 '50 '60 New Haven, New Haven Co., CT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 171 (2-2-1-3) EUNICE-6 DISBROW, dau. of Russell-5 & Eunice (Godfrey) bapt. 24 Dec. 1780 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 17 Oct. 1872 Oakland Co., MI (age 91) bur. North Farmington cem., Farmington Twp., Oakland Co. m. THOMAS ARMSTRONG b. c1774 d. 22 Mar. 1855 Oakland Co., MI (age 81) bur. w/Eunice, N. Farmington cem. From the "Portrait & Biographical Album of Mecosta Co., MI" (not ver batim): John V. Armstrong - farmer, section 6, Chippewa Township. Born Seneca Co., NY, 6 Oct. 1823, son of Thomas and Eunice (Disbrow) Armstrong. Father a native of Albany Co., NY. Mother was born in Fairfield Co., CT. Their early married life was passed on a farm in the Empire State. In 1833 they located in Oakland Co., MI, where the father died in 1853. The mother died in 1874... [both dates incorrect - msd] Mr. Armstrong was about 10 yrs. of age when parents brought him to Oakland Co. and he was there educated... to agricultural pursuits until 20 yrs. old. He married Dec. 1851 to Susan A., dau. of Evert and Lucy (Newton) Hawley. She was born 28 Jan. 1830 in Ontario Co., NY... In 1860 Mr. Armstrong went to Fayette Co., IA, and farmed for 7 yrs. Came to Mecosta Co. in fall of 1867 and took a farm of eighty acres. He and his son own 250 contiguous acres. They had 3 children: Thomas H. and Estella M., now [1883] living, and [*]len, dead. [* page torn here on the copy I examined - msd] Arlynn Gantz, who first discovered the above record, subsequently examined Eunice's death record in the Oakland Co. clerk's office, and found that she died 17 Oct. 1872, not in 1874, and that her parents' names were not on the record. He also read her and Thomas' headstone inscriptions in a record at the Library of Michigan. Because of close match of her age and the connection with Fairfield Co., CT, and Seneca Co., NY, we believe she must have been that Eunice, dau. of Russell, who was baptised 24 Dec. 1780 in CT. Child: (only one known, poss. others) (2-2-1-3-1) John V. ARMSTRONG b. 6 Oct. 1823 Seneca Co., NY; m. Dec. 1851, Susan A. Hawley [NOTE: Michael J. Helbig, in searching for his ancestor Thomas Armstrong who m. Caroline Disbrow (dau. of Joseph of Ogdensburg, NY - see UNPLACED DISBROWS), found a Thomas Armstrong, age 34, b. CT, in the 1860 census of Farmington, Oakland Co., MI, a Blacksmith. This may have been a son of Thomas & Eunice (Disbrow) Armstrong, although the birthplace was prob. incorrect. It was not the same man Helbig was looking for, however.] References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:311; Chapman Bros., Port. & Bio. Album of Mecosta Co., MI, (1883), 443; Gantz, "Disbrow Data" #1-1, #7-2 [Arlynn Gantz]; letter of Michael J. Helbig to msd, 22 Nov. 1987 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 172 (2-2-3-1) LEWIS-6 DISBROW, son of Simon-5 & Margery ( ) b. 17 Sep. 1781 bapt. 16 Dec. 1781 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 1 July 1810 poss. Genesee Co., NY m. poss. PHEBE ( ) b. d. Lewis' wife m. (2nd) 1811, Capt. Aaron Gary Lewis Disbrow was one of the pioneer settlers in Alexander, Genesee Co., NY, having moved there from Rutland Co., VT, between 1803 and 1805. His father, Simon Disbrow, settled in nearby Stafford. A Phebe Disbrow, possibly Lewis' widow, was listed in the 1810 census of Genesee Co., with 2 males between 16 and 26, 2 females 10-15. No known children. References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:307; Saul, Genesee County People, [Bernice Disbrow]; Simon Disbrow's pension file, fam. record; French, Gazetteer of NY, (1860), 324; NY 1810 census index ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 173 (2-2-3-2) POLLY-6 DISBROW, dau. of Simon-5 & Margery ( ) b. 5 or 6 Mar. 1783 bapt. 18 May 1783 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 18 Nov. 1858 m. (1st) NATHAN OSGOOD, son of Lemuel b. 30 Mar. 1776 Barre, Worcester Co., MA d. 7 Oct. 1820 Batavia, Genesee Co., NY m. (2nd) poss. SAWYER? or FAWYER? poss. m. (3rd) FISCHER Research by a descendant, Mr. J. Gordon Meier, has shown that Polly Disbrow is without doubt the same person listed in an Osgood genealogy as "Sally P. Distro", having married Nathan Osgood. Meier found Polly listed in the 1850 census living with her son Ira Osgood in Newstead, Erie Co., NY. She was aged 66 years, born CT, and her last name, which was very difficult to read in the census, was something like "Fawyer, Sawyer, Frayer, Fraiger, Fowyer," etc. She had evidently remarried after the death of Nathan Osgood and was a widow again by 1850. She was still living with son Ira in the 1855 census of Akron, Erie Co., NY, but her last name was clearly Fischer. Either she had married again, or else the name in the 1850 census should have read Fischer. Children: +(2-2-3-2-1) Ira OSGOOD b. 1802 Batavia, Genesee Co., NY (2-2-3-2-2) Zelates OSGOOD b. 1804; d. 1830 (2-2-3-2-3) Enos OSGOOD b. 1805; d. 1831 (2-2-3-2-4) Elisha OSGOOD] (2-2-3-2-5) Elijah OSGOOD] ]twins b. 1808; both d. 1810 (2-2-3-2-6) Lyman E. OSGOOD b. 1809 (2-2-3-2-7) Morgan L. OSGOOD b. 1811; res. 1850 Machias, Cattaraugus Co., NY (2-2-3-2-8) Alvera OSGOOD b. 1813; m. Ransom Clark of Saybrook, OH (2-2-3-2-9) Syrene OSGOOD b. 1814; m. 1834, Daniel Thayer of Alabama, NY; 10 ch. (2-2-3-2-10) Phylene OSGOOD b. 1815; m. 1836, Dexter Eggleston of E. Pembroke, NY (they were 1st cousins) (2-2-3-2-11 Nathan OSGOOD Jr. b. 1818 References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:307; Simon Disbrow's pension file, fam. record; research notes of J. Gordon Meier, 1986 & '88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 174 (2-2-3-3) MOSES-6 DISBROW, son of Simon-5 & Margery ( ) b. 22 June 1785 bapt. 21 Aug. 1785 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT (with his twin sister Mabel) d. m. ESTHER CHURCHILL b. c1788 VT d. Dr. Moses Disbrow was a Physician, an early settler in the town of Attica, Wyoming Co., NY. He evidently moved with his father, Simon Disbrow, to Rutland Co., VT, by 1790, and then to Genesee Co., NY, by 1805. In a sworn affidavit in his brother Sanford's pension file, dated 31 May 1854, Moses Disbrow deposed he had been a practicing physician in the town of Attica, NY, since February 1811. In 1823 he was a subscriber to the Presbyterian Church in Attica. 1850 census: Moses Disbrow, age 64, Physician, $3000, b. VT [?], Esther age 62 b. VT, and Esther F. age 27 b. NY. Children: +(2-2-3-3-1) Alphonzo b. 27 Jan. 1815 Attica, NY (2-2-3-3-2) Esther F. b. c1823 NY; no further record after 1850 census References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:307; Simon Disbrow's pension file, fam. record; Beers, Hist of Wyoming Co., NY, (1880), 128, 137; Brainard, Lucy A., Brainerd-Brainard Fam. in Am., 301; Census - 1830 '40 Attica, Genesee Co., 1850 '60 Attica, Wyoming Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 175 (2-2-3-4) MABEL-6 DISBROW, dau. of Simon-5 & Margery ( ) b. 22 June 1785 bapt. 21 Aug. 1785 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT (twin to Moses) d. 15 Jan. 1835 m. IRA EGGLESTON, son of Thomas b. 27 Apr. 1780 d. 2 Oct. 1856 Pembroke, Genesee Co., NY bur. "three miles east of Richville" [per Jim Stander] Ira Eggleston's father, Thomas, lived in Rutland Co., VT, and undoubtedly Mable and Ira knew each other there. It seems that a number of Rutland Co. families migrated together to Genesee Co., NY, around 1803-5, including, besides the Simon Disbrow family, the Egglestons, the Churchills, the Osgoods and the Rays. There was much inter-marrying between these families. Jim Stander, whose wife is a great-great granddaughter of Ira and Mabel's son Harrison Eggleston, informs me that Ira was a direct descendant of Nicholas Disbrowe, an early settler in Hartford, CT, whose daughter Sarah married Samuel Eggleston. [Nicholas had no known relationship to our Thomas.] Children: (2-2-3-4-1) Albert EGGLESTON b. 25 Aug. 1808; d. 6 May 1844 Pembroke, NY (2-2-3-4-2) Lewis EGGLESTON b. 10 Nov. 1811 Bethany, NY; d. 19 Jan. 1848 Darien, NY (2-2-3-4-3) Dexter EGGLESTON b. 21 May 1813; d. 16 Jan. 1887 Flushing, MI; m. (his 1st cousin) Philene, dau. of Nathan & Polly (Disbrow) Osgood (2-2-3-4-4) Ervin EGGLESTON b. 20 Oct. 1815; d. 20 June 1833 Pembroke, NY (2-2-3-4-5) Harrison EGGLESTON b. 8 Mar. 1817 Bethany, NY; d. 8 Dec. 1894 Rockford, MI; m. (1st) Polly Holt; m. (2nd) 18 Apr. 1858, Jerusha Crossman Cady (2-2-3-4-6) Lorenzo EGGLESTON b. 11 Oct. 1819 Bethany, NY; d. 31 Aug. 1889 Kalamazoo, MI, bur. Rose Hill cem., Chicago, IL (2-2-3-4-7) Henry EGGLESTON b. 4 June 1821; d. 10 May 1890 "Burrock" [Burr Oak?], MI; m. Lucinda Dunning (2-2-3-4-8) Aul...r EGGLESTON b. 4 Aug. 1823; d. 7 Sep. 1823 (2-2-3-4-9) Dolly EGGLESTON b. 9 Apr. 1826; d. 23 Aug. 1826 References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, II:307; Simon Disbrow's pension file, fam. record; fam. data of Jim Stander, 1986; research notes of J. Gordon Meier, 1986 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 176 (2-2-3-7) SANFORD WILSON-6 DISBROW, son of Simon-5 & Philana (Ray) b. 2 Oct. 1792 prob. Hubbardton, Rutland Co., VT d. 17 May 1864 bur. East Bethany cem., Genesee Co., NY m. DOSHA ( ) b. c1793/4 CT d. 4 Nov. 1868, bur, w/Sanford, East Bethany cem. Sanford Disbrow served in Capt. Ebenezer Eggleston's Company, Col. Worthy L. Churchill's Regiment of NY militia during the War of 1812. In his application for pension, dated 29 Dec. 1853, he claimed he was a private in the above company in Dec. 1813, was stationed at Buffalo, and was in the Battle of Black Rock, 30 Dec. 1813, when the British burned Buffalo. He also claimed he had been a resident of Bethany, Genesee Co., NY, from the spring of 1810 to the present time. He again enlisted as a private in the same company in June 1814, at which time he was stationed near the Cold Springs, about 20 miles east of the Niagara River. He was sent, under Capt. Seymour Kellogg, on a scout towards Fort Niagara, and after a hot day's march, spent the night on the ground, without tent or blanket, in a hard rain shower. He became very ill from the exposure and after returning home, could not do much work because of the pain and inflammation in head and joints. Affidavits of William Hooker and Joseph Adgate, who were also on the scouting expedition, affirm Sanford's statements. Testimonies of neighbor Nathaniel Churchill, his mother Philana Disbrow, and brother Moses Disbrow "a practicing physician", all attest to Sanford's good health before his war service, and his poor health since. Pension ceritificate no. 8268 dated 10 Jan. 1855 at $8 per mo. The National Archives index to War of 1812 service shows Sanford Disbrow having served in Churchill's 164th Regt. and in Boughton's 12th Regt. of NY militia. He was listed in the censuses of Stafford in 1820 and 1830, in Leroy in 1840 (as "Willson" Disbrow) and in Bethany in 1850 & 1860, all in Genesee Co., NY. In 1850: Sanford W. Disbro, age 56, a Miller, $4175, b. VT; and Dosha 56, Lucetta 30, Charlotte 26 and Harriet E. 24. Children: (prob. all b. Genesee Co.) +(2-2-3-7-1) Alonzo b. c1817 Stafford, NY +(2-2-3-7-2) Lucetta S. b. c1820 (2-2-3-7-3) Charlotte L. b. c1823/4; d. 3 Nov. 1897 (age 74), bur. w/parents, E. Bethany cem. (2-2-3-7-4) Harriet E. b. c1826 [NOTE: A Stephen Disbrow m. Apr. 1847 Bethany, NY, Fanny F. Champlain. I have found no other record of this man.] References: Simon Disbrow's pension file (fam. record); Saul, Genesee County People [Bernice Disbrow]; Sanford Disbrow's pension file; National Archives Index to War of 1812 Service [Cash Disbrow]; Census - 1820 '30 Stafford, 1840 Leroy, 1850 '60 Bethany, Genesee Co., NY; Stephen Disbrow marr. per U.S. Nat'l Youth Adm., Index to Newspapers Published in Rochester, NY, 1818-1897, [Donald W. Disbrow] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

I have found further evidence that Samuel Disbrowe was involved, through close proxies, in the trial of Mercy Disbrow for witchcraft in 1692. While Samuel himself died in 1690, he nevertheless was well-acquainted with the fathers of two prominent men who reported to the magistrates during Mercy's trial. These two prominent men were the Rev. Joseph Eliot and the Rev. Timothy Woodbridge. They emphatically recommended that she not be convicted due to faulty evidence (document dated October 17, 1692). This document would later provide justification for her reprieve eventually after her October 28 conviction. Rev. Joseph Eliot was the son of the famous Rev. John Eliot (known as the "apostle to the Indians" and Samuel's friend of some close acqauintance via the Rev. Henry Whitfield, Samuel's first father-in-law). Rev. Eliot's son, Joseph, himself had long been the pastor at Samuel's own Guilford, CT by 1692. Guilford is where Samuel Disbrowe was a founding proprietor and wealthy first settler until 1651. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge, who himself is known to have traveled often to England and therefore, undoubtedly, must be the exact same "John Woodbridge" who signed Samuel's will, dated 20 September 1680. His signature appears there with three others, including John Allin, John Cole (by his mark), and Sarah Berriff. Thomas Cole is also noted in Samuel's will as "my old, diligent servant;" a Thomas Allin is also noted there as selling property to Samuel as well. Cole and Allyn/Allin surnames appear regularly on records of early Hartford, CT, of course, along with the Butlers at that place too (perhaps as related to the Butler/Pennoyer in-laws of Samuel, via Rose Hobson Pennoyer Disbrowe who are known to have been at Greenwich and Westchester Co). Considering the several mentionings of New England in the related Pennoyer wills of the brothers William and Samuel Pennoyer (Rose's first husband), it can hardly be surprising that the "John Woodbridge" who signed Samuel's will as a witness should also be that Rev. John Woodbridge, father to Timothy, who is frequently in the early records of CT Colony too. This CT Woodbridge family line is full of preachers, with several successive generations in the pastorate. One of these even graduated from my own Williams College very early in the 19th century. Their family genealogy (apocryphal or not) has claimed nine successive generations of pastors down to the Rev. John Woodbridge, apparently. I have found from Manwaring's "Digest of Early CT Probate Records" that many early CT wills have been witnessed by these Woodbridge pastors, not surprisingly. Those records also do not indicate the formal title of "Rev." when they signed as witnesses, either by Rev. Timothy Woodbridge or his father, just as no "Rev." title also appears among the witnesses from the abstract of Samuel's will either (unfortunately for our being a bit better certain of this John Woodbridge). All of several records I have consulted, including Savage, clearly indicate that John Woodbridge was the father of Rev. Timothy Woodbridge who was born in England. Timothy and the Rev. Joseph Eliot were especially important in the witch trial of my Mercy Disbrow since they wrote a ringing indictment of the evidence given at her trial on October 17and therefore paved the way for her later reprieve after her convixction on October 28. In this way, we can say that Samuel's friends, therefore, were especially instrumental in Mercy's reprieve from her conviction for witchcraft. It looks ever more like we have no choice now but to accept that Thomas of Eltisley is also our Thomas Disbrow of Compo.. All the many facts, so far available, unmistakably point ONLY to a very close relationship between the Thomas of Mercy's witch trial and Samuel Disbrowe. They are clearly the brothers of Eltisley manor, just as records indicate that Samuel had such a brother named Thomas, born in 1625. I would also point out here that the passenger list of the CROWN MALLIGOE showing a "Thomas Desborow" on it, not only includes very MANY familiar Fairfield, CT (& area) surnames, as I have already demonstrated (eg: Butler, Barlow, Golding, Squire, Read). But there is yet another surname on that list which is very provocative too, given the history of the English civil wars and Puritan Revolution, with, undoubtedly, Thomas himself perhaps playing some part in that (yet to be discovered in the dusty, endlessly voluminous records of that era in England). One of Major General John Disbrowe's close colleagues throughout that period was another of those famous Major Generals: Thomas HARRISON (who was bloddily executed upon the Restoration of Charles II). Is it, therefore, only just a coincidence that one "Ann Harrison" appears on the 1677 passenger list of the CROWN MALLIGOE with our Thomas Desborow also?

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 164 (5-9-1) BANKS DAVIS-5 DISBROW, cont'd [NOTE: The last three ch., Hester, Arzilla and Levi L., were not mentioned in Banks' will, probably because they were deceased. They are presumed to have been his ch. because their proximity in marriage and burial records.] References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, Vol. II, p. 278; copy of will [Cheryl D. Kinsel]; Cem. inscrips. and marriage records of Clinton Co., OH [Cheryl D. Kinsel]; pension file of Asa Disbrow, Nat'l Archives [Cash Disbrow]; Census - 1810 Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT, 1820 '30 '40 '50 Chester Twp., Clinton Co., OH (6-4-1) MARY-5 DISBROW, dau. of Joshua-4 & Deborah (Squire) b. 17 Feb. 1773 bapt. 11 Apr. 1773 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 5 Mar. 1854 m. 16 Dec. 1792 THADDEUS BURR GUIRE, son of Stephen & Rebecca (Burr) bapt. 22 Sep. 1771 d. 17 Nov. 1853 Thaddeus was a brother of Hezekiah Ripley Guire, who m. Mary's sister, (6-4-5) Lydia Disbrow. Children: (bapt. Greens Farms) (6-4-1-1) Stephen GUIRE bapt. 15 Dec. 1793 (6-4-1-2) Gershom Burr GUIRE bapt. 5 May 1795; d. 7 Dec. 1875 (age 80-8); m. 29 Apr. 1817 Fannie B. Smith References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, Vol. II, pp. 310, 424; DAR Lineage Books, Vol. 154, p. 182 and Vol. 159, p. 220; Bailey, Early Conn. Marriages, Vol. 3, p. 164; Comp. of Am. Genealogy, Vol. VI, p. 673 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 165 (6-4-2) EBENEZER SQUIRE-5 DISBROW, son of Joshua-4 & Deborah (Squire) b. (27 Jan. 1775) bapt. 19 Mar. 1775 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 13 Aug. 1868 Westport, Fairfield Co., CT (age 93-6-16) bur. Upper Greens Farms cem., Westport m. 3 Sep. 1794 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT CLARINA BULKLEY, dau. of Hezekiah & Abigail (Blackman) b. 6 Mar. 1776 Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT d. 4 Jan. 1849 Westport, Fairfield Co., CT (age 72-9-29) bur. w/Ebenezer, Upper Greens Farms cem. He was usually known as "Squire" Disbrow. He was a farmer, who probably lived in the area of the old Disbrow homestead in Compo, which in 1835 became part of Westport. In the 1850 census he was listed near his son Ebenezer, living alone, 75 years old with no occupation. Children: (bapts. rec. Greens Farms) (6-4-2-1) William bapt. 22 May 1796; d. 24 Oct. 1819 in MD, bur. Upper Greens Farms cem. (headstone reads d. 27 Oct. 1819, age 20) +(6-4-2-2) Ebenezer Squire Jr. b. 1 June 1798 - bapt. 5 Aug. (6-4-2-3) James bapt. 12 Mar. 1801; d. 7 Oct. 1819, bur. Upper Greens Farms cem. (6-4-2-4) Clarissa bapt. 30 June 1805; d. 29 Sep. 1811, bur. Upper Greens Farms cem. References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, Vol. II, pp. 172, 310; Bailey, Early Conn. Marriages, Vol. 3, p. 165; Charles Hale Coll. of CT headstone inscrips.; Jacobus, Donald L., The Bulkley Genealogy, (1933), p. 809 [Arlynn Gantz]; Census - 1810 '20 '30 Fairfield, 1840 '50 '60 Westport, Fairfield Co., CT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 166 (6-4-3) SOLOMON-5 DISBROW, son of Joshua-4 & Deborah (Squire) b. (Jan. 1781) bapt. 17 June 1781 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 25 July 1854 Berlin Twp., Erie Co., OH (age 73-6) bur. West End cem., Berlin Twp. m. 26 Oct. 1800 ISABEL BENNETT, dau. of Daniel & Mary (Monroe) b. (20 Jan. 1782) bapt. 28 Apr. 1782 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 10 May 1863 Norwalk, Erie Co., OH (age 81-3-20) bur. w/Solomon, West End cem. According to the Bennett genealogy, "Capt. Disbrow owned and sailed a vessel in the coastwise trade." It further relates that the family lived in Compo, bordering Westport, CT, and that, "After the death of Capt. Disbrow the family moved to Norwalk, OH..." It appears Solomon and fam. moved from CT to OH in the 1820's, and he appears in the census of Eldred, Huron Co., in 1830. After that he is listed in Berlin, Erie Co. In 1850,"Solomen Disbro", age 69, a Farmer, with Isabella 68, Edwin 45, Mary Allen 38, Hellen Allen 11 and Emma Allen 8. The following is from "Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve": "Mrs. Solomon Disbro (Isabel Bennett), 1792-1863, from Fairfield, Conn., was a good housekeeper and kind mother. Her only son, Capt. Edwin Disbro, commanded steamers on the lakes in the early days of navigation on Lake Erie. Her daughters were most estimable women. One, Mrs. Clarence B. Sowers, was a former teacher in Berlin. The granddaughters are excellent musicians, and the gift has descended to the grandsons. One grandson, Col Edgar Sowers, is a successful lawyer of Cleveland. Mrs. Disbro lived in the same house on the State road for sixty years. She was proud-spirited, and bore with great fortitude her many trials." Children: (prob. b. Fairfield Co., CT) +(6-4-3-1) Edwin S. b. 27 Sep. 1806 (6-4-3-2) Solomon Jr. b. 8 Feb. 1808; d. 10 Apr. 1822 (age 14-2-2), bur. Upper Greens Farms cem., Westport, CT +(6-4-3-3) Mary b. c1812 (6-4-3-4) Elvira b. 6 Feb. 1814; d. 19 Apr. 1848? (perhaps should read 1818?); "did not live long - a cripple, a sweet and lovely child" [Bennett gen.; d. date from transcrip. of headstone] (6-4-3-5) Deborah perhaps the dau. who m. Clarence B. Sowers References: Jacobus, Fams. of Fairfield, Vol. II, p. 310; headstone inscrips., West End cem. [Jack L. Disbrow]; "Hist of Members of the Bennett Fam." per DAR Bible Records, Vol. 104 [Donald W. Disbrow]; Wickham, Gertrude V., Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, (1896), Part 2, p. 584; Census - 1810 '20 Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT, 1830 Eldred, Huron Co., OH, 1840 '50 (Isabella '60) Berlin Twp., Erie Co., OH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- (END OF FIFTH GENERATION)

DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 156 (5-7-5) PLATT-5 DISBROW, son of Asa-4 & Charity (Platt) b. 8 Oct. 1782 poss. New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT d. 3 Sep. 1851 bur. Hillsdale Village cem., Columbia Co., NY m. 1804 LOIS PEPPER b. 3 June 1780 Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT d. 23 Jan. 1848 Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT bur. Sherman "The Somonauk Book" identifies him as the sixth child of Asa and Charity Disbrow. Platt was not listed among the ch. of Asa in "Fams. of Fairfield", possibly because he may have been born after his parents had moved to the New Fairfield/Sherman area. In 1810 through 1840 Platt was listed in the censuses of Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT. I have not located him in the 1850 census, either in Fairfield Co., or in Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY, where his two sons, Stephen P. and Willis were living at that time. [see ADDENDA, page 323] Children: (prob. all b. Sherman) +(5-7-5-1) Willis b. June 1807 +(5-7-5-2) Joseph b. 5 Aug. 1809 +(5-7-5-3) Davis b. 20 Feb. 1813 +(5-7-5-4) Dimon b. 11 Oct. 1815 +(5-7-5-5) Stephen Pepper b. Mar. 1818 +(5-7-5-6) Flora L. b. 29 Aug. 1820 +(5-7-5-7) Levi b. 4 Oct. 1823 +(5-7-5-8) Elizabeth A. b. 24 Aug. 1826 References: Patten, Jennie M., et al, The Somonauk Book, A Hist. of Somonauk United Presbyterian Church nr. Sandwich, DeKalb Co., IL, with Ancestral Lines of Early Members, (1928), p. 93 [Jean B. Newhall]; fam. data of Jean (Beveridge) Newhall, 1989; Barber, Gertrude A., Graveyard Inscriptions - New York, (1938), Vols. 7 & 8 (Columbia Co.), pp. 48-9; headstone inscrip. (Sherman, CT), Charles Hale Coll.; Census -1810 through 1840 Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 157 (5-8-1) JAMES-5 DISBROW, son of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. 7 June 1784 Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT d. 7 Feb. 1859 Lagrange, Lorain Co., OH bur. Penfield Twp., Lorain Co. m. (1st) c1809 Delaware Co., NY POLLY KNAPP, dau. of Samuel & Mary (Lindsley) b. 4 Mar. 1787 Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT d. 26 June 1850 Lagrange, Lorain Co., OH bur. Penfield Twp., Lorain Co, m. (2nd) 10 Dec. 1850 Lagrange, Lorain Co., OH LUCY KNAPP, dau. of John & Lucy (Merwin) b. 4 May 1815 d. 23 Nov. 1887 bur. Jordan cem., Royalton Twp., Fulton Co., OH She m. (1st) Stephen Gates, and had ch.: Levi, Sarah M., Mary, Hiram L. and John. Mr. Gates died in Huntsburgh, OH, of cancer. By 1800 James, with his parents, had moved from CT, and soon settled at Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY. There he married and had a family of six children. He served in the militia during the War of 1812, and later drew a pension for his service. One of his grandsons, Hiram Alonzo Disbrow (son of Oliver Perry), later wrote about his grandfather for the 1884 "Hist. of Cass Co., IA": "Grandfather Disbrow moved his family with an ox team to Lorain county, Ohio, in the summer of 1825... Then, that part of the county was a dense forest of timber. The mill and market place was Cleveland, about thirty miles away and grandfather Disbrow used to make the trip to mill with his oxen, leaving two weeks provisions at home, allowing himself that time in which to make the trip. They had the usual experience of early settlers in those days who opened the way for a more enlightened civilization. On one occasion my grandfather encountered and wrestled with a black bear and came near being disemboweled but was saved by the timely appearance of his large black mastiff. On another occasion he and grandmother started on foot to church, some two and a half or three miles distant, through the forest. A large tree had fallen across their path; they separated, one went on one side of the tree, and the other on the other side, neither spoke but each went his own way, getting lost but not knowing it until suddenly they came upon their own house." In the census of 1850 we find James Disbro, age 66, a Farmer, and Polly, age 63, living in Lagrange Twp., Lorain Co. The census was taken on 3 Oct., and Polly had died the 26th of June of that year. But this is probably explained by the census taker's dictate to list everyone who had been living in the household as of 1 June. James' wives, Polly and Lucy Knapp, were reportedly cousins [to each other]. After James died his widow Lucy lived (in the 1860 census) in Kirtland Twp., Lake Co., OH. She was age 45, a Farmer, b. NY, with her son Hiram Gates, age 16, a Laborer, and her children Lewis and "Polly" Disbrow, ages 7 and 2, respectively. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 158 (5-8-1) JAMES-5 DISBROW, cont'd Children, by 1st wife: (prob. all b. Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY) +(5-8-1-1) Orville b. 24 Mar. 1810 +(5-8-1-2) Oliver Perry b. 13 July 1814 +(5-8-1-3) James Jr. b. 5 Dec. 1816 (5-8-1-4) Rachel b. 1818; d. 6 Aug. 1854; m. 16 Nov. 1849 Lorain Co., OH, Nelson Richardson; had a dau. Elizabeth Richardson +(5-8-1-5) Samuel b. 21 June 1822 (5-8-1-6) Polly Children, by 2nd wife: (prob. b. Lorain Co., OH) +(5-8-1-7) Lewis Kossuth b. 2 July 1852 (5-8-1-8) Horace Elbert b. 1853; d. 1854 (5-8-1-9) Mary E. "Polly" b. 1855 (?-age 2, 1850 census); d. 1888; m. 1876 Morenci, Lenawee Co., MI, Wellington Atwood; had a dau. (name?) b. 1878 References: fam. data of Cassius L. "Cash" Disbrow, 1985; headstone inscrip., per Cemetery Inscrips. of Lorain Co., OH [Lorraine Whiting]; Cleveland, Horace G., A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, (1879), pp. 229, 232; Hist. of Cass Co., IA, (1884), p.291 [Arlynn Gantz]; headstone inscrips., Jordan cem., Fulton Co. copied 1988 by Arlynn Gantz; Index of Awards - Soldiers of the War of 1812, (1860), p. 145; Census - 1810 '20 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, 1830 '50 La grange Twp., Lorain Co., OH, 1860 Kirtland Twp., Lake Co., OH; Lorain Co. marriages [A. Gantz] (5-8-3) CALEB-5 DISBROW, son of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. c1788 prob. Fairfield Co., CT d. m. POLLY DRAKE, dau. of Alexander b. c1800 VT d. She was a sister of Sally Drake who m. (5-8-6) Smith Disbrow. We suppose that Caleb died fairly young. I have found no census records pertaining to him in Schoharie Co., NY, or elsewhere. He and Polly reportedly had three children, but only Diantha has been discovered. Polly subsequently married Avery H. Allen, and was listed with him in the 1860 census of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, age 59, b. CT, with ch. Almen age 29, Adaline 28, Mary D. 23, Avery 17 and Diantha Disbrow 36. Child: (5-8-3-1) Diantha b. c1823 NY; poss. the Diantha Greene mentioned in Smith Disbrow's will, 6 Sep. 1877. References: fam. data of Cash Disbrow; "Sketch of the Disbrow Fam." by unknown desc. of Orville Disbrow [Cash Disbrow]; Census - (Diantha) 1850 '60 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 159 (5-8-4) RACHEL-5 DISBROW, dau. of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. c1790 prob. Fairfield Co., CT d. 1820 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY Rachel apparently never married. Her will, dated 10 Dec. 1819, proved 21 Mar. 1820, gives to her "second brother Smith Disbrow" land adjoining James Disbrow's and Henry Disbrow's in Jefferson, "being now in possession of said Smith Disbrow with his paying his three brothers, James Disbrow, Caleb Disbrow and Beardsley B. Disbrow their equal shares..." Also bed and bedding to Smith Disbrow, calico gown to her "eldest sister Sarah Hamilton", gown and handkerchief to her "second sister Amy Nichols", gown and handkerchief to her "youngest sister Rebecca Disbrow", and remaining household furniture to the three sisters. Smith Disbrow appointed executor. Witnessed by Silas Washborn, Deborah Washborn and Semanthy Hoyt. [Schoharie Co. Surrogate, Will Book, pp. 310-11] References: fam. data of Cash Disbrow; will, per Disbrow Fam. Newsletter #19-139 [Cash Disbrow] (5-8-5) AMY-5 DISBROW, dau. of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. c1792 d. prob. by 1835 m. DANIEL NICHOLS, son of Ezra & Elizabeth (Knapp) b. d. Henry Disbrow listed his living children in his pension file in 1835, but Amy was not on the list. Daniel Nichols was a cousin of Polly Knapp and Lucy Knapp, both of whom married (5-8-1) James Disbrow. Children: (5-8-5-1) Lura NICHOLS (5-8-5-2) Fanny NICHOLS (5-8-5-3) Sally NICHOLS (5-8-5-4) Spicer NICHOLS References: fam. data of Cash Disbrow; Cleveland, Horace G., A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, p. 230; unknown author, "Sketch of the Disbrow Fam." [Cash Disbrow] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 160 (5-8-6) SMITH-5 DISBROW, son of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. 9 Aug. 1793 prob. Fairfield Co., CT d. 14 Oct. 1881 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY m. 15 Dec. 1821 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY SALLY DRAKE, dau. of Alexander b. 17 Dec. 1798 VT d. 29 Dec. 1880 In the War of 1812 Smith Disbrow served as a private in John Prior's Regiment of NY militia. He enlisted 12 Sep, 1814 at Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, in Capt. Peter Dies' Company, and was discharged 11 Dec. 1814 at Plattsburgh, NY. He applied for bounty land 22 Nov. 1850, a res. of Schoharie Co., age 57, and received a warrant for forty acres. On 23 June 1855 he applied for additional bounty land and received a warrant for one hundred twenty acres. He applied for a pension 21 Mar. 1871, age 77, a res. of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, and was granted a pension of $8 per month, certificate no. 5956. His will, dated 6 Sep. 1877, gives to wife Sally Disbrow all property, real and personal, to use during her natural life; to Lydia Disbrow "the use of one half of the upright part of the house"; to Jacob Van Buren ten acres of land adjoining Joseph Barnum, after Sally Disbrow's death; to Jacob Van Buren or his heirs, the use of the homestead, "except the part of the house given to Lydia Disbrow [or] if she should not want to occupy it, then Maria Patchin, wife of Benjamin Patchin, during her natural life"; of the personal property remaining after Sally Disbrow's death, $200 to Smith D. Buck, $200 to Charles Buck, $50 to Diantha Greene, and anything remaining to be divided equally between Ellen Denyman [Dingman] and Addie Buck. Joseph Barnum, executor. George W. Houghtaling and Naomi A. Barnum, both of Jefferson, witnesses. [Schoharie Co. Surrogate, Will Book, pp. 506-7] Sally Drake was a sister of Polly Drake who m. (5-8-3) Caleb Disbrow. According to Cash Disbrow, Samantha was Smith and Sally's only natural child, and the others were adopted by them. Children: +(5-8-6-1) Samantha b. 24 July 1824 (5-8-6-2) Maria b. c1837 NY; m. Benjamin Patchin (5-8-6-3) Lydia M. b. c1843 NY (5-8-6-4) Thomas no record (5-8-6-5) Frederick b. c1850 PA References: fam. data of Cash Disbrow; will, per Disbrow Fam. Newsletter #19-139 [Cash Disbrow]; pension file, National Archives [Cash Disbrow]; Census - 1830 '40 '50 '60 '70 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY; pension file of (5-8) Henry Disbrow; Leggett, Grace P., Hist. & Gen. of the Patchin Fam., p. 668 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 161 (5-8-7) BEARDSLEY B.-5 DISBROW, son of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. 30 Nov. 1798 poss. Delaware Co., NY d. 20 Oct. 1879 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY m. (1st) LOIS P. ( ) b. d. m. (2nd) JULIA M. TOLES or TOLLES b. c1805 NY d. 1 Apr. 1886 In the 1850 census of Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY, we find Beardsley Disbrow, age 51, Farmer, with Julia 45, Aldin 12, Julian [sic] 7 and Charles 1, listed three households away from his brother Smith Disbrow. In 1860, same place, Beardsley Disbrow age 61, Farmer, Julia 55, Alden 22, Julia A. 17, Charles 11. And in an adjacent household were Julina Beardsley age 48 and Sally A. Beardsley 24. Child, poss. by 1st wife: +(5-8-7-1) Horace S. or L. b. c1823 NY Children, by 2nd wife: +(5-8-7-2) Alden b. c1838 poss. Delaware Co., NY (5-8-7-3) Julia A. b. c1843 NY (5-8-7-4) Charles b. c1849 NY References: fam. data of Cash Disbrow; Census - 1840 Harpersfield, Delaware Co., NY, 1850 '60 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 162 (5-8-8) REBECCA-5 DISBROW, dau. of Henry-4 & Rebecca (Barnum) b. c1803/4 Jefferson, Schoharie Co., NY d. poss. Wood Co., OH m. 12 July 1829 Lagrange, Lorain Co., OH ALBERT FORD, son of John & Fanny (Christopher) b. 12 Feb. 1805 Dutchess Co., NY d. 7 Jan. 1874 Wood Co., OH bur. Ferry Twp. cem., Wood Co. A document in her father, Henry Disbrow's pension file, dated 11 Apr. 1836, states: "Rebecca Ford declares that her father is Henry Disbrow, her brother, Smith Disbrow..." And another, dated 17 Apr. 1855: "Albert Ford and Rebecca Ford, residents of Wood Co., OH..." Joan E. Ford, a descendant, states: "On 17 Oct. 1835 Rebecca Ford bought 50 acres in Medina Twp., Medina Co., Ohio, from John F. Schroder of New York for $289.64. Deed recorded in Litchfield Co., Conn. ... 21 June 1848 the couple added to their land holdings in Medina... 9 May 1854 Albert & Rebecca sold the land in Medina to Gardner Williams for $1600. They probably then moved to Wood Co." Joan, who has been doing a considerable amount of research on this family, also writes: "I would guess that Rebecca is buried in the same cem. as Albert, but the Wood County Genealogical Soc. did not mention a listing for her in their cem. lists when they sent me Albert's. It is possible that she outlived Albert and may have been living after [his] death with one of her children somewhere in or around Wood County." She informs me that Albert & Rebbeca Ford were listed in the 1830 census of Canaan Twp., Wayne Co., OH, in 1840 and 1850 in Medina Twp., Medina Co., OH, and in 1860 in Ferry Twp., Wood Co., OH. [see ADDENDA, page 323] Children: (5-8-8-1) John W. FORD b. c1831 prob. Wayne Co., OH; m. Jennette ( ); 3 ch. listed 1860 census, Wood Co., OH (5-8-8-2) Sarah A. FORD b. c1834 prob. Wayne Co., OH (5-8-8-3) Albert B. FORD b. 14 Apr. 1836 Medina Co., OH; d. 30 July 1921 Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI; m. 15 Nov. 1860 Ferry Twp., Wood Co., OH, Martha E. (McCrory) Shafer. He served in Co. E, 144 OH Nat'l Guard in the Civil War. (5-8-8-4) Anson W. FORD b. c1838 Medina Co., OH +(5-8-8-5) William W. FORD b. c1842 Medina Co., OH (5-8-8-6) Mary R. FORD b. c1846 Medina Co., OH; d. 20 June 1878, bur. W. Millgrove, Wood Co.; m. 11 Oct. 1865 Ferry Twp., Wood Co., Lewis Whitman References: fam. data & research notes of Joan E. Ford, 1990-91; fam. data of Cash Disbrow; Lorain County, OH, marriages [Arlynn Gantz]; pension file of (5-8) Henry Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 163 (5-9-1) BANKS DAVIS-5 DISBROW, son of Levi-4 b. c1783 Fairfield Co., CT bapt. 30 Oct. 1791 Greens Farms, Fairfield Co., CT d. 1851 Chester Twp., Clinton Co., OH m. HANNAH ( ) b. c1784 CT d. after 1850 "Banks Davies" was offered for baptism at the Greens Farms Church, by Levi Disbrow. In his book "Families of Fairfield", Jacobus placed this entry in the section on the Davis family, apparently thinking Davis was this child's surname. But he shows up in later census records as "Banks D." and sometimes as "Davis" Disbrow, and so we have to assume he was a son of Levi. [Later disproved - see ADDENDA, p. 324] In 1810 "Davis Disbrow" was in Sherman, Fairfield Co., CT, with a family consisting of 1 male and 4 female children, all under 10. The other Disbrows in Sherman at that time were his uncle (5-7) Asa, and Asa's sons Platt and Jesse. Asa Disbrow moved to Ohio in 1819, and it looks as if Banks moved his family there at about the same time, all then settling in Chester Twp., Clinton Co. There Banks was listed in the censuses from 1820 through 1850. In 1850 we find Banks D. Disbrow, age 67, a Carpenter, and Hannah, age 66, both born in CT, In the next household, Willis Disbrow, age 24, with his wife Priscilla and dau. Olive J. Banks' will, dated 5 Oct. 1850, proved 5 Apr. 1851, mentions his wife Hannah, sons Gideon and Willis B., and daughters Charity Mershon, Eliza Dakin and Ann Gaddis. Willis B. Disbrow and Daniel Collett Jr. appointed executors. Witnessed by Mitchell W. Shidaker and Shubald R. Hazard. His house and lot, containing of about one and three quarters acres, situated in the town of Oakland, Clinton Co., OH, he left to Hannah and his son Willis. [Clinton Co., Will Book "C", p. 176] [see ADDENDA, page 324] Children: (not in birth order) +(5-9-1-1) Gideon b. June 1806 (5-9-1-2) Charity Ann m. 2 Feb. 1838 Clinton Co., OH, John Mershon (5-9-1-3) Eliza m. 21 Feb. 1822 Clinton Co., OH, Lewis Dakin (5-9-1-4) Ann/Anna m. 14 Apr. 1825 Clinton Co., OH, Jonathan Gaddis +(5-9-1-5) Willis B. b. Jan. 1826 +(5-9-1-6) Hester/Esther b. 22 June 1805 (5-9-1-7) Arzilla b. 23 Nov. 1809; d. 13 June 1846 (age 36-6-21), bur. Sharon Meth. Ch. cem., Clinton Co.; m. 25 Mar. 1828 Clinton Co., OH, Alanson Jones (5-9-1-8) Levi L. d. poss. by 1850; m. 28 Mar. 1846 Clinton Co., OH, Alice Jane Madden, who was living 1850 in Warren Co., OH, and remarried 10 Dec. 1850 Clinton Co., to James E. 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I noted that Banks in his "Planters of the Commonwealth" records Rowland Stebbins as bound for Springfield in 1634, this is impossible since Springfield wasn't founded by the Pynchon group until 1637. Savage simply means that Springfield is where these Stebbins first show up on the records, following their passage on ship "Francis" 1634. I have intended making the short hop to Springfield (the place of my own birth 2 Feb 1948, my mother's home!) from Storrs some 30 miles away or so. I plan to do this via my 'new" motorcycle I just changed the chain on. I used to pass thru Springfield headed to college & when I bought a brand-new Honda 160cc motorcycle in Springfield for $465 then, no kidding,... Well, I just bought my next motorcycle this past summer, 30 years later (also for abt $400+, the "witches" are kind!) 'used,' but with only 8000 perfect miles on it. Now I guess I'll "break it in" with a trip to the various archives at Springfield to look up our 'Disbrowe Network' there. Anyone have any questions you want me to look into there about our Disbrowe relations in that vicinity?? SSquires

I noted that "Roland" Stebbins (I should have written 'ROWLAND'!!) of the ship FRANCIS passage in 1634, w/ Thomas Sherwood family, etc, Rowland was from Bocking, Essex Co. (per Banks, p123)---Dare I now ask--could his given name of Rowland have anything to do with the ROWLAND surname of Fairfield?? You may just find it amusing to realize that our current CT Governor, John Rowland, is apparently descended from these very same Fairfield Rowlands, who also figured decisively in my ancestor Mercy's witchcraft trial, not very sympathetically! "Bocking" is the same town where my own cloth manufacturing FITCH forebears were from in England as well, via progenitor Thomas Fitch. But I didn't mention that the Eltisley Disbrowes ALSO had family connections to BOCKING, Essex Co. Valentine Disbrowe (b. abt 1643), the son of Maj. Gen. John Disbrowe & Jane (Cromwell), is, himself, "said to have been seated at Bocking, Essex" (p. 25, "The Disbrowes of Canada" by Eddis Johnson & Harold B. Disbrowe, sent to me last week courtesy of Doris Disbrow Lobe, thanks Doris!). A William Walford of Bocking also was "devised" the Disbrowe estate at Eltisley by Mr. John Disbrowe ("a descendant of Maj. General John Disbrowe"), in 1741, via the sons of Mr. Disbrowe's nephew, William Walford of Bocking, Essex (per Henry Waters, NEGHR Oct 1887, p 362). I note with great interest that the will of Thomas Marshall of Hartford, invt. taken 29 December 1692, prominently mentions "another Loom, which he gave to his son Thomas to possess it when he comes of age.." p. 484, vol I, Manwaring, "Digest of Early CT Probate". This, of course, implies clothing manufacture by this same Thomas Marshall as well, who died at Hartford 1692. I must point out that James Savage in his "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers", apparently shows no particular relation of Rowland Stebbins of the ship FRANCIS, 1634, to the John & Margaret Stebbins who are involved with Thomas Marshall of Hartford, per Barbour. According to Savage, Thomas' son John Marshall (b. 24 Feb 1671/2, he is also named in Thomas' 1692 will & names his f. Thomas in his own 1696/7 will, meanwhile "intending to goe to sea"), is directly named by Stebbins will, apparently, as married to the dau.of this John Stebbins of Watertown, MA. Nevertheless, the matter of who lived where/why, with an acknowledged possible New London connection for this John Stebbins by Savage, and a Northampton connection for Rowland Stebbin's son, also "John" (age 8 on the ship FRANCIS, 1634), puts BOTH these families in proximity to our Disbrowe Network I suppose (so what else is new!). I note also that Walter & Phebe Disbrowe are apocryphaly believed to be at early Springfield too, and the Rowland Stebbins family is also listed by Banks as bound for Springfield in 1634 as well. That for New London we know much regarding our "Network", including that Mason's son, Capt. Samuel I believe it was, also settled at Stonington nearby, producing many Mason's there. But MOST interestingly, Savage himself mentions a "George SHARSWOOD" (he also calls him George SHERWOOD!!) as being of New London by 1666: this George Sharswood/Sherwood "had George and William, perhaps not tw. bapt 2 Apr. 1671; Mary, 1672; and Catherine, 1674. He d. 1 May of that yr. and his wid. m. 1678, George Darrow [noted by Barbour as "Mary" under Thomas Marshall entry & who d. 1698]; and Mary m. Jonathan Hill [don't get me started on "HILL"!]." BTW, I must note here or lose it to you forever that there is ALSO a "Susannah SHEPARD sen." listed on page 583, v I of Manwaring, "Disgest of Early CT Probate Documents." Recall my interest in Elizabeth Shepard Disbrowe and Rev. Samuel Shepard of Cambridge, John of Htfd, etc...She died in Hartford, invt taken 12 April 1698 by John "MARSH" (OK you know this drill by now!) & Samuel Kellogg. She gives household items such as wainscott Chests, one marked W.S.G., "a little Pott, a quart skillet, and a frying pan and table", also "my great Brass Kettle and a bible [notice NO capitalization!] and a bodkin...", these & other precious items she gives to Pratts and Goodwin named, w/ no indicated relation. BUT, her will is witnessed by John Bigelow and one name very interesting to us: Jonathan BUTLER....She is illiterate since she signs her document with an "X" (many/most illiterate Puritans also kept "bibles", perhaps not just serving as a "mystic" amulet, but so that others would read to them from these very precious books or perhaps she was too sick to sign her name!) Can anyone give me more help with this Stebbins connection perhaps??

PART II, Much MORE Evidence... Isaac Sherwood's father, Thomas, the immigrant aboard the "Francis" 1634 (no, Isaac is not also listed), according to Schenk, p. 408-11, first appears on Fairfield land records by a1648 sale of Stamford land to John Holly (Holly also had extensive interests in RYE, ...holding several commissions from CT Colony regarding Rye specifically, per Baird). Thomas Sherwood d. 1655 & his widow Mary (d. 1693) m. John Banks (d. 1684), the mysterious, yet ever-so-present home-owner at both Fairfield and Rye at once (Schenk). According to Baird: "In 1668, John Coe sold to Stephen Sherwood [of Thomas Sherwood's line, per Schenk] his 'house and housing and home-lot, upon the north end of Manussing Island [this is in Rye, as first purchased by Peter Disbrow 1660].' The Coes, Sherwoods, and Vowles were the principal owners in 1707, when Jonathan Vowles conveyed his share of lands in that locality to his son-in-law, Roger Park." (Baird, p 31) ..."In 1680, he [Stephen Sherwood] bought the remainder of the north neck of Manussing Island--forty six acres--from John Banks, senior." (Baird, p 441) Recall too that Sherwood Island State Park (which I visit often to take pictures of a much wilder Westport, still surprisingly preserved, perhaps not so very different from 300 years ago!) is, itself, immediately across the Mill Pond, at present day Westport, CT, from our Disbrow ancestors' Compo. The land of Sherwood Island State Park was once owned by the very same Sherwood clan of Thomas & son Isaac, who also lived so near to our Disbrows at Compo! This brings me to Baird's mention of our own Thomas Disbrow (prob. the younger!) in the 1703 Rye Town Records! He seems to be acting there in a very interesting, "provocative" manner, under stressed religious/political circumstances which I touched on last year in a posting ( Baird, p 291). Can this be any other but my Thomas Disbrow II, son of Thomas Disbrow(e) of Compo and Eltisley manor?? He can hardly be any other, as I discussed then, since the son of this Thomas II, also Thomas, married Jane Sherwood and received lands from his father-in-law, Isaac Sherwood (per Mike Disbrow's 'Disbrow Descendants', vol I, p 57). Baird says of this transaction: "Isaac Sherwood-2, probably son of Isaac-1, was called senior in 1733, when he gave his son Daniel of Ridgefield all his rights to land in Rye. He was then living in Fairfield. In 1765, Isaac Sherwood of Fairfield, perhaps a third Isaac, released to Thomas Disbrow of Fairfield, for FIVE POUNDS [original emphasis], 'all his right to undivided lands both in Rye and in Fairfield;' the former of which may well have become infinitesimal by that time." (p. 441, "History of Rye"). Did the Thomas Disbrow clan also own land in Rye, just like Peter Disbrow up to his death in 1688?? I have NOT yet checked the Rye land records for any early Thomas there, such recs. as still exist, but will do so despite my very little luck with the Westchester Historical Society in a far too expensive last recent request to them! All important to this saga of several generations of Isaac Sherwood, with our THREE Thomas Disbrows, is the fact that an Isaac Sherwood ALSO shows up on the record of our Mercy Disbrow's trial in 1692! He is described as content and happy to visit the parlor of Thomas Disbrow at Compo while discussing Bible passages with our Mercy! From John Taylor's most interesting printed transcript of all, the Edward "Jesop" deposition: ..." at The: Disburrows house at Compoh sometime in ye beginning of last winter in ye evening.....& at ye same time Isaac Sherwood being there & Disburrows wife & hee discoursing concerning a certain place of scripture, & I being of ye same mind that Sherwood was concerning yt place of scripture & Sherwood telling her where ye place was she brought a bible (that was very large print) to me to read ye particular scripture, but tho I had good light & looked ernestly upon it againe when in her hand after she had turned over a few leaves I could see to read it above a yard of [off]...." (p 64, "Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial CT"). Ah yes, we in CT haven't changed a BIT! When trying to score points, if all else fails then bring out the heavy ammo: the encyclopedic printed word itself (Mercy was literate,of course, as were most Puritans to read their innovating printed English Bibles, a new and very privileged experience even then remember!). While Baird suggests that there may have been three Isaac Sherwood gens, can Elizabeth Schenk, in her monumental "History of Fairfield," actually be suggesting that only two were necessary afterall?? She says: " Isaac-2 Sherwood (Thomas-1) married Elizabeth Jackson, dau. of John & Eliz. Jackson before 1676 [the Jackson clan are also worthy of our further careful study!] , when he received grant from town of Eastchester, NY. In 1678 he was of Rye, NY, and in 1687 bought land at Compo, (Westport) Ct., where he was still living in 1733. His children were Daniel-3. Isaac-3, John-3, David-3, Abigail-3, Thomas-3, and Elizabeth-3. " (p 409) Well now, that Eastchester location jumps out immediately as also the very place down the coast-wise Sound from Rye, where our Thomas II married Abigail Godwin. Eastchester is all over the early generational history of the Sherwood family too, including Stephen of Rye (Schenk, p. 409). Finally, for my own "Olde Home Week" I give you the following odd but related two facts from Schenk: "Matthew Sherwood-2 (of Thomas-1), known as Capt. Matthew, died Oct 26, 1715 at Stratfield (Now Bridgeport) Ct., in his 72d year.....Captain Matthew Sherwood married 2nd, Mary FITCH [my emphasis], daughter of Thomas Fitch of Norwalk, Ct." This be none other than the dau. of the brother of my own Rev. James Fitch of Norwalk, who himself was also a friend of Rev. John Eliot &, like him, a pastor/mentor to the Mohegan Indians of eastern CT ( specifically), his son Major James was a benefactor to Yale University, commemorated in an archway there to this day, and their progeny includes the first president of my own alma mater, Rev. Ebenezer Fitch, Williams College, 1793! The Thomas Fitch clan of Norwalk, however, would also produce those later Fitch whom my Capt. Scudder Squires was deeply involved with at Coxsackie, NY (w/ another Fitch there who was earlier from Rev. James' line too!). Now then, Schenk has this second strangely relevant Fitch/Sherwood bit of fact for my increasingly spooky "olde home week," above: "Mary Sherwood-3, dau. of Capt. Matthew Sherwood & Mary Fitch [as above] married 1st, Captain Daniel Fitch, son of Rev. James and Priscilla (MASON [my emphasis!]) Fitch of Norwich, Ct. by whom she had five children....She married 2d, Joseph Bradford, son of Major William and Widow (Wiswall) Bradford, and grandson of Gov. William Bradford [of Plimouth Plantation], by whom she had one child, JOHN [original emphasis] Bradford, born May 20, 1717, at Mohegan; died March 10, 1787. at Montville, Ct. " (Schenk, p. 411). John T. Fitch in his excellent "Descendants of the Rev. James Fitch", vol I, 1996, adds this (p. 19): "After Daniel d., Mary was probably the 'Mary Fitch - widow,' listed at Norwich among persons in full communion, 1714. She m. (2) 25 Feb 1716, (her brother-in-law) [!!] Joseph Bradford, widowed husband of Daniel's younger sister, Anne (Fitch) Bradford, No. 12 below....[AND] Joseph Bradford was the step-brother of Alice (Bradford)-Adams Fitch, the second wife of Anne's older brother James, #2 above...." (Fitch, p 25). My Fitch/Mason forebears, as I've noted elsewhere, liked to keep it all in the family,....but there is a reason here! This is not the first time I have seen evidence for the application in Puritan society of the ancient Mosaic Law of "levirate" (look it up in dictionary!), several times I've now seen this in Puritan New England. I have seen this most recently also in the marriage of Sarah Knapp to, probably, BOTH a John and our Peter Disbrow! But then more, as I say, on that LATER (after I get some 'confirming,' doubtless to be controversial, documents from the Stamford Town Clerk, Sally Serafino (expected momentarily). BTW, this Puritan application of the ancient Mosaic Law of levirate is an original idea of my own, thank you! Now don't get me started on the Jackson family also at Fairfield, or the Robinsons there too, or especially on the WARD family connections at Fairfield (recall "Disbrow Nichols", a name from my recent post, related to this very same Fairfield WARD family, & recall also those "Wards" in the Hobson wills related to the Eltisley Disbrowes!!),...now don't get me started! Don't get me started on how Andrew Ward of this line was asked to go with Capt. John Mason & "Mr. Allen to go to Agawam or Springfield to treat with the Indians of Waronocke concerning the tribute towards the Pequot War..." Or how Andrew Ward and Robert Coe (of Wethersfield) at a Gen. Court held at New Haven, 4 March 1640, were appointed "to treat with that court about the plantation ( lately purchased by said town) called Toquams , or STAMFORD [my mphasis!]." Don't get me started on some other ships in Banks book such as the "Hercules", 1634, with Emma Mason together with a Mrs. Margaret Jones (said there to be the wife of Thomas Jones of Cambridge), or the ship "Elizabeth" also in 1634 with such as the Rayner family (later of Hempstead, LI & my Squires interest), John & Mrs. Cross (Cross surname later at Westchester & in Mercy's trial), John Palmer, John Clarke, Sarah Reynolds (surname noted in the Waters wills we are studying)....So, do you think there may be something going on here then!?? Robert Coe of Wethersfield, by the way, is the same Robert Coe of the ship "Francis" passage, 1634 above, ALONG with everyone else involved in our "Disbrowe Network" aboard that same ship, among other ships too in Banks "The Planters of The Commonwealth"...Getting bored yet? Well, just don't get me started! Hope you enjoyed my "olde home week!" Stephen T. Squires

PART I Apparently the rootsweb system may have choked on my latest sent to Disbrow-L list: "Much MORE Evidence for Thomas of Eltisley Manor". So here it is again, split in two, with typos corrected... First, let me add here what I failed to mention: ....young Mary WINCH, noted below, proves my point by an excess of evidence! She too was aboard the ship FRANCIS in 1634, along with so many others of our "Disbrow Network." At age 15, she is attached to the Stebbins family on Banks' passenger list ("Planters of the Commonwealth," p 123). Her surname, an unusual one in my estimation, is also mentioned by the will of our Samuel Pennoyer in 1654 as "Robert WINCH," with several other male names, all members of the Company of Drapers of the City of London (this Company is also mentioned by Samuel Disbrowe in his will, 1680). The clothing trades are especially important to our "Network." My Fitch of Bocking were also cloth manufacturers, and it was the textile industry that had been fueling the new economy of the 16th/17th centuries, sending many newcomers into these often urbanized trades from once traditional land-based ways. This industry was still creating a new, upwardly mobile middle class by the time of our Disbrow Network, which seems to be a prime example. My latest posting follows: I have not been idle! There has just been a flood of new information, virtually all pointing in the 'startling' Disbrowe directions I've identified, taking all my time to keep up. I do keep careful notes, & must try from these to keep those still interested up-to-date too. The "latest" (with much more to come 'proving' our early CT Disbrow(e)s were clearly VERY closely inter-linked): THE SHERWOOD CONNECTION--- A"George Sherwood" is noted married to Mary Hobson, by BOTH the wills of Rose Disbrowe, her sister, & their f., William Hobson (Rose was 2nd w. to Samuel Disbrowe, bp. Eltisley 1619, of Guilford, CT to 1651 & Elsworth, Cambs). Some weeks ago now (&, yes, 'coincident' to my posting those 'Rose' wills) I found a "George Sharswood" in early CT, as noted by Barbour's "Fams. of Early Htfd" (p. 386) under his "Thomas MARSHALL" entry which I had copied long before (this "Marshall" d. 1692; recall that James Disbrowe (#1) m. Elizabeth MARSHALL, according to Bishop's Transcripts for Eltisley, 5 Aug 1605). Here is Barbour's entry on "Thomas Marshall," relevant portions: "Hfd 1668: Wethersfield Lane [SS note: this would be modern Wethersfield Ave.; Wethsfld is very important in our early family Networking]; will proved Dec 30, 1692. Suit vs. Mary Gibson of Boston [SS: there is a Boston MARSHALL connection at this time, w/ one of Thomas' sons engaged in maritime career there, but whose will is also proved at Htfd, he also had a son named "BENJAMIN MARSHALL", d. 1701 estate proved at Htfd---recall that my ancestor's sloop was also named "Benjamin Marshall," blt 1830, Coxsackie, NY---more later on my "spooky Marshall Connections"] admit est Thomas Marshall. Savage p 176 says wife of John Marshall 1685 of Hfd is dau. of John Stebbins & Margaret. Sgt George Darrow of New London m/1 Mary widow of George Sharswood? who d 1698 [SS: Barbour lists Geo. Darrow as m. to 2nd dau. of Thomas Marshall, b. 1678, Elizabeth m. 10 Aug 1702]. He mar/2 Aug 10, 1702 Elizabeth Marsh [SS: ...HAS Barbour made a mistake in transcription---he means ELIZABETH "MARSHALL" here!! Yet he has written 'MARSH' instead----are the two names of Marsh & Marshall variant?? Or is this just a mistake, one just EXACTLY like that made by the Green County(NY) Historical Society when first notifying me in 1997 about my ancestor, Scudder Squires' probate listing of his sloop, the "Benjamin MARSH (sic)"!! Whatever,...RECALL that the son of Samuel Disbrowe, Dr James, m. a dau of John Marsh of Hertfordshire, Abigail; Hartford, CT is believed named for Hertford---Recall too that a "John Marsh," perhaps his son, was also of Htfd at this same time, according to Henry Waters; John Marsh's homelot, on Map of 1640 Hartford, is immediately beside William BUTLER's, not far from Nicholas Disbrowe's too, who is up the hill a very short way!]. He died 1704. (see Montville Hist p 102) Wife of Thomas Marshall of Hfd named as dau of John & Margaret (--) Stebbins. (See Montville p 419-420)." Who is this George "SHARSWOOD" as noted above, did he have a wife named "Mary?" ....Yours truly is 'hound-dogging' other hints about this man in early CT! But recall that these folk went back & forth to England surprisingly OFTEN(!), visiting family back home, taking care of business, some to stay there for good, etc. Thomas Pennoyer, himself, f. to Lydia 'Penoir' who is now so heroic to us for her defending role in Mercy Disbrow's 1692 trial for witchcraft, is also listed in Mercy's trial transcripts (defensive for Mercy), noting his recent trip to ENGLAND thus: "The testimony of Thomas Pennoyer he saith, that the sheep that Mary Newman mentioned that died which she gives in testimony as he have [heard?] that she thought was bewitched to death died this last spring was four year it being before he went to England: the next summer after he came home from England was a contention between Goodwife Clawson [SS: she was Mercy's co-defendant] and Mary Newman about the girl taking apples or nuts or grapes or some such thing out of Goodman Clawson's lot:.... " (SS: thereby 'proving' that the sheep death could not have been by 'malificarum' scarum witchcraft, p. 343, David Hall, WITCH HUNTING, pub. 1999) The Isaac SHERWOOD Connection: ISAAC Sherwood is closely linked to my Thomas Disbrow at Compo, Fairfield, in several major ways. Isaac was son to the immigrant Thomas Sherwood who came over on the ship "Francis", 1634 from Ipswich, Eng (Ipswich, MA is also where many familiar names crop-up very early in the 'way-stopping,' eg: very near Isaac Disbrowe's briefly recorded sojourns on American soil, also at the north shore of MA). This ship, according to Banks, also carried Hugh & Hester MASON, Anthony WHITE, Richard & Justinian HOLDEN, William 'Hailton' (Holden), John GREENE, Robert Coe family (with John Coe ae 8), Robert & Judith Wing (of my Squires family interest), Roland Stebbins family of Bocking/Essex Co. (Bocking is where my CT Fitch came from, cloth manufacturers! NOTE Stebbins above in Barbour's entry on the Thomas Marshall family) and Mary Winch ae 15, ....Thurston Clarke, Nicholas Jennings. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THESE NAMES ON THE SHIP "FRANCIS" HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH OUR DISBROWE NETWORK! FIRST: recall that our Thomas Disbrowe of Eltisley married a Susan MASON, 17 May 1650. The CT Masons, of famous Capt. John Mason of the Pequot War, etc, also very closely intermarried with another of my ancestral lines, the Rev. James Fitch line of CT, BOTH Rev. James (his second wife) & his son too (his wife is my ancestress---Capt. Mason thereby being my direct ancestor). Rev. James Fitch, himself, FIRST married the sister, Abigail Whitfield (also my ancestress), of Samuel Disbrowe's first wife Dorothy, both daus. of Rev. Henry Whitfield of Guilford, CT. The "White" surname, also on ship "Francis," is mentioned often in the wills of both Rose & William Hobson (including as his son-in-law Wm White, with a William White family also Pilgrims on ship "Mayflower", 1620---recall Peregrine White, etc). Dr. James Disbrowe's will (He was son of Samuel!) 26 Nov 1690, mentions a "spinster Mrs. Whitfield," bequeathing his house lease at Stepney to her if his own wife should not survive him "for & during so many years of the said lease the said Mary Whitfield shall live." (per Waters, Oct 1887 NEGHR, p. 354) The several "Holdens" noted as passengers too with Thomas Sherwood & family, are also listed by Waters with the Rose Disbrowe/William Hobson wills, NEGHR Ap 1891, these clearly mentioning New England, many familiar surnames, Revs. Wells, Hooker, Peters, Syms "(Ministers of New England)", one 1693 will for "Nath'l Hulton" (Holten/Holden) noted many GREENs/GREENEs (& a John Greene), and "Mr. Encrease Mather Minister of the Gospell in New England." Thomas Disbrowe's older sister, Rebecca, m. Rev. George GREENE of Eltisley in 1631, for example. One John GREENE is also aboard this same ship "Francis" with the Sherwoods in 1634. There was a John Green at Fairfield who first settled at "Bankside" (near Compo) which was named for Green, becoming "Greens Farms," my Uncle David Disbrow Squires lives still on Greens Farms Road in Westport, CT (see Schenk, p. 375). Was it this John Green, or his son or another altogether, that would also "get around," ...living at Stamford in 1650's, proprietor of Bedford by 1680, and whose estate was sold to Jeremiah Andrews (per Town of Bedford Hist Recs, vol 9, p. 61). Could the same John Green have owned homes at BOTH places: Stamford/Bedford & Greens Farms too?? The example of John Banks is instructive since that is exactly what he did. He was often a magistrate to the CT Court from both Rye & Fairfield, BOTH places at once (serving more often from Rye than even Peter Disbrow!!). The Andrews clan, related to Jeremiah above, also lived at Compo/Greens Farms for abt as many generations as our Disbrows were there too! An Andrews relative, John Jr. of Farmington branch, married into the family of the 2nd wife of Htfd's Nicholas Disbrowe (recall: she was dau. to Edward Shepard, who lived at Cambridge, MA in the same congregation of his "kinsman"--so I believe for several good reasons---the very famous Rev. Thomas Shepard, who came over on the DEFENCE with our own Rev. John Jones! There was also a "John Shepard" on early Htfd records). This John Green was a very active/important man, serving to lay boundaries for the "Country Road" within RYE, CT(NY), the same place where Peter Disbrow was a founding settler (this road is as mentioned also in Thomas Disbrow Jr's will, btw, recall he too has a VERY curious/provoking mention in the Rye Town Records of all places!). Green appears to have served as a Rep to the CT Court just as did Peter Disbrow and John Banks, Timothy Knapp....all from these very same border regions. A "Samuel Green" would operate the first printing press in America out of his house in Cambridge MA until the very important "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel" (mentioned in William Pennoyer's 1670 will) provided another press in 1665 at MA Bay Colony. It was this same "Society" which employed Marmaduke Johnson, a professional printer from England, to print Rev. John Eliot's now famous Indian Bible ("The Green Family, A Dynasty of Printers", p 90-91, "Genealogies of CT Families").. Rev. Eliot was a favorite of Rev. Henry Whitfield, and our own Samuel Disbrowe (as I noted in a previous post), & they both visited Eliot at Cambridge, MA on their way back to England in 1651 (per Guilford histories). Rev. Eliot's son Joseph would later become pastor of Samuel Disbrowe's own Guilford, CT,....and, much more significantly for us, he would ALSO figure very decisively into Mercy Disbrow's trial for witchcraft in 1692 (but more on THAT in a later post, together with the "Rev. Timothy Woodbridge" connection to Samuel Disbrowe of Elsworth, near Cambridge University in England!). The Robert Coe family, also abrd the FRANCIS in 1634, included one lad name "John Coe," ae 8, who would later go on to found the Town of Rye, CT/NY, together with our own Peter Disbrow in 1660 (w/ Thomas Stedwell,...NO, not "Stebbins!") by first purchasing Manussing Island from the Indians (per Baird, "Hist of Rye," p 9). END of Part I.

My name is Brian Disbury and I have recently joined your list. I am a descendant of John Desborough of Dry Drayton and Charlotte Sparkes of Kingston who were married in 1795. I have two main roadblocks. 1. I have accounted for all of their male descendants( that I have found), with the exception of James Desborough , John's son who was baptized in 1795.He seems to have disappeared. `2. The marriage of John and Charlotte is well recorded as are some of their progeny but I have after 2 years of research been unsuccessful in finding evidence of John's parents. . I researched most of the Cambridgeshire parishes to see if I could find a John Desborough born about 1763/4 who had not been accounted for-been married or died before 1795.Un fortunately the IGI covers very few of the Parishes and there are lots of gaps in the Parish records( Eltisley is a typical example), so I have accumulated Microfiche of many of the Parish records so that I can continue my research from Arizona where I now live..Gaps in parish recorded information can, for the most part, be obtained via the Bishops Transcripts held at the Cambridge University Library.The Cambridgeshire Family History Society(www.cfhs.org.uk) and their research members have been very helpful. By default, I found a John Desborough bp 1763 in Over, the son of John Disbrow (changed to Desborough) and Elizabeth Betts of Over. In order to find proof I extended my search to associated families(even friends) and am still working on it. Apart from the Sparkes of Kingston, the Colletts, Giffords and Kidmans I became absorbed by the Disbrows of Over. Nathaniel Disbrow's will of 1651 refers to son John(bp 1630) , who was out of the country at the time of the will in 1651 but returned with wife Ann who produced their first child in 1653. Was he the John who turned up in New haven??? Nathaniel was Isaac snr's brother and the uncle of Samuel, Thomas and Isaac jnr. My interest in the New England Disbrows is that some of the "lost" Disbrows from Cambridgeshire may turn up there. There were lots of Disbrows, with innumerable variations of spelling, living in Cambridge in the 1600's but by the 1851 census there were only a handful left/.By the 1881 census there was only 1 family left in Over, 2 in Elsworth and none in Eltisley. In fact the last person to be buried in Eltisley was James Disbrowe, referred to as a clerk,in fact a clergyman, in 1703. James' daughter Elizabeth Disbrow,a widow, (wife of Nathaniel Disbrow who was buried in Eltisley in 1702) married Robert Shipsea on October 15 1702. The Rectory and Advowson of Eltisley, inherited by Elizabeth( when a Disbrow) were conveyed in trust to a John Disbrowe of Willingham in 1713 and he sold them to Hester Baron of Little Eversden. Eltisleys answer to "the last of the Mohicans"!!!! . In just over 100 years, the Disbrowe empire that spread from Huntingdon thoughout Cambridge and Hertford down to(or back to) Saffron Walden, just inside the Essex border, had been sadly reduced. Although I am researching nearly 200 years before my roadblock of 1763 I find the Over Disbrows/Desboroughs very interesting and have got the bug...I just want to see if I can link up all of the villages, which is proving very tough as they moved around so much, particularly if they were involved in farming ,be it yeoman or labourer. . My grandfather 3, Sparks Desborough used the name Desborough for his Indenture as a Cordwainer in 1823 but was married in 1831 under the name of Disbury which has remained with us ever since. I found the" archives of messages for Disbow", very interesting and would confirm that the Church records for Caldecote show that Thomas Peck married Frances Taylor on February 28 1608, unfortunately the baptisms only started in 1640 so I shall have to look up the Bishops Transcripts for daughter Elizabeth when I get to Cambridge in September. I shall be there for some 10 days so if I can help anyone in any way, if only to point anyone in the right direction, please contact me. Incidentally there were a few Peck(a)s in both Caldecote and Eltisley around the early 1600's If any one knows anything about my John Desborough I shall be delighted to know---even if it is "bad"news..

I am very gently, and very PROPERLY, corrected by Mr. Dunn that the "John Johnson" of the 1643 New Haven census is NOT the same as he who married Elizabeth Disbrow, divorcee of Rolfe in 1651 (per Savage). I also must note several of my own up-dates of the New Haven 1643 list comparisons I was trying to make: the ship lists of the two HOPEWELL passages in 1635 show a considerable number of "Parryers" there, obviously none of these are Pennoyers, as I speculated previous post, all which I now recall as same reason I once dismissed this earlier as variant of "Pennoyer" name when first reading these ship lists,...sorry! Many other "provoking" names are, indeed, there on HOPEWELL lists, however (see these at: http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/ships/hopewell.htm ), and now including (here we go again!): "WIBROE Cooper", with other Coopers, & as noted earlier post for comparison. Seems I recall also a "Wasbrowes" parish, or some such, back in England in my notes....Ah yes, here it is: from the related wills of Rose Disbrowe and those "high-born" Holworthy, ....Waters says, Ap 1891, p. 155: " NATHANIEL HALWORTHY: My body to be buried in the parish church of St. Wasbrowes (sic) [my note, SS: this orthographic correction is made by Waters for some now "provoking" unknown reason!], near to my father Mr. Richard Holworthy, and I do appoint forty pounds to bury me and for funeral charges, at my brother Crofte's discretion...." Holworthy goes on to mention a "...Mr. Jones, the minister, to preach my funeral sermon [at Bristol England in 1668; & certainly well after death in 1664/5 of our Rev. John Jones of Fairfiield, CT]. To Mr. Palmer the minister a piece of gold of twenty shillings...etc." Here follows Mr. Dunn's very courteous private reminder to me (and he has my grateful thanks for this! But folks, please do feel very free to post ANY corrections for discussion, &/or up-date, directly onto the List, with my own sincere thanks for these). While I'm at it, I must also correct a somewhat more serious error of my own making which I noticed myself soon after, as follows from a private e-mail: "....[snip] I was WRONG(!) in one of my quickly posted List-mails (which I will be correcting next post...."before" somebody else has to!) saying that WALTER Butler was on 1640 Htfd Map,... I meant to say that "William" was this Butler (W/ both a Richard & William noted in both Samuel's & his brother, Wm Pennoyer's, two earlier wills per Waters---Samuel's notes a "Richard Butler" in 1654 will, but is HE too young, as he is "student in the University of Cambridge" it says there??? (sadly, I DO NOT have a clue whether this may mean at Cambridge, Eng. or Harvard U. at Cambridge, MA ...tho. must look up for the 1654 dates re: year of Harvard's founding/& naming of Cambridge, MA to eliminate --but unfort. NOT to confirm---this latter possibility ---perhaps they may even have a record of a "Richard Butler" matriculating early THERE, ha, ha...??? But not TOO funny since HE may have been an early Butler at Harvard, just as Wm Pennoyer set-up what is NOW known 'famously'(?) as the "Pennoyer Aid" at Harvard---of course, you have by now clicked-on that incredible Pennoyer website I gave in my earlier post to List about Harvard connection! Heady stuff going on here....! Curiously (or not! since NOW I can hardly tell about "coincidences" vs old family-networks identifiable over centuries!!), I have an old college 'chum'/acquaintance who is now [as of 1995] the Director of the [Houghton] Library at Harvard, so might just have to ask him about all this.... Of course, William's 1670 will notes TWO "William Butlers", of unknown possible links to the Wm on Htfd, CT 1640 Map also...[snip]." Mr. Dunn's correction about John Johnson: ....[snip] JOHN, New Haven 1643, counts five in fam. prob. the propr. with others of the name, 1685; may be he, wh. came in the James from London, 1630, aged 26; with w. Susan, 24; Elizabeth 2; and Thomas, 18 mos. wh. may be thot. a blunder by the custom ho. clk. for 8 mos. At New Haven had Daniel, b. 1648, bapt. 6 Mar. 1653; Samuel, 25 Feb. bapt. 1 Mar. 1654; Hannah, 4, bapt. 8 Feb. 1657; Sarah, 26, bapt. 28 Aug. 1664; and Abigail, wh. m. 1690, Joseph Foote of Branford. Perhaps he was br. of Edmund, a fellow-passeng. but it must be left for larger inq. to reach certainty. Ano. JOHN came from London 1635, in the Elizabeth, aged 23, of wh. I can guess nothing, but kn. that one John, for serv. in the Pequot war, 1637, had gr. in Conn. of fifty acres in 1671. He may be the freem. of Guilford, 1669, or of New Haven. The Guilford John m. Elizabeth Disbrow, 1 Oct. 1651, wh. had been divorc. that yr. for offence of her h. Thomas Relph, Rolfe, or Relfe, wh. ran off to R. I. He had four ch. by her, John; Ruth, b. 8 Nov. 1654; Isaac, 8 Mar. 1656; and Abigail, 5 Dec. 1659. His w. d. 23 Dec. 1669; and he d. 1681, in his will of 22 Nov. that yr. calls hims. 63 yrs. old, nam. these four ch.....[snip]"

I SEE MY SPELL-CHECK DID NOT CORRECT SPELLING OF "Sticklin", below, JUST AS I TOLD IT TOO (also my intended "disceased", below). HERE IT IS, CORRECTED, & RE-FORMATTED, FOR ARCHIVES!! Sorry, SSquires ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen T. Squires To: DISBROW-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:31 PM Subject: Jeffery Disberowe/Thomas Disbrowe Re: "Jeffery Disberowe" (see also something VERY surprising in this "multi-layered" info, within/below!).... Doris Lobe recently sent me some of her material referencing our Disbrowe relations in Cambridgeshire, England. BTW, I must apologize here for never before realizing that it was Doris (God, bless her!) who did SO VERY MUCH of the hard work in recording the English Parish records across the "big puddle" on our Disbrows. But I simply have never before had access to this material (nor was ever ready to ask for it until now), but for the very helpful posting of so much of this on List by Barbara Hutchins last year. This material seems to indicate no known relationship of the "Jeffery Disberowe/Disbrowe" to Eltisley's John "Disbrowe", the elder, etc. (of a Thomas Disbrowe line we are considering). Apparently, we can now say otherwise about Jeffery (perhaps our Thomas too, as you will note further below!!). Please recall what Henry Waters reported in his "Genealogical Gleanings in England" which I posted recently (NEGHR, Ap 1887, p. 353): "JEFFERY DISBEROWE of Borowghe [see immed. below as per Waters] in the County of Cambridge, yoeman, 19 July, 1588. pro: 18 April 1589, mentions John Disberowe of Elsely, Cambridge, yoeman, and his heirs, sister Agnes Disberowe and George Knock alias Ansell of Binckley, blacksmith." ["From Lyson's Magna Britannia (London, 1808) we learn that Burgh or Burough Green (called Borowghe in Jeffery Disberowe's will) is in the Hundred of Radfield and deanery of Camps, about four miles south of Newmarket, and about eight miles north of Linton. Close to it is the parish of Brinkley, called Binckley in the will." --p. 362] While Waters does NOT mention any direct kinship relation with the John Disberowe of "Elsely" also mentioned in Jeffery's will, above (at least as in abstract by Waters), can we not now believe at least, of course, that Jeffery had some very close relationship, "doubtless" of family blood, with the John who later would reside at "Eltisley", also of Cambridge Co.?? ALSO, I note with some fascination that Jeffery Disberowe mentions a "blacksmith" in his will, above. Excuse me for picking up on the 'small stuff', but I wonder if this converges at all with the two John "Davies" mentioned in Waters' abstract of the 1672 will of Martha Pennoyer, proved 1674. Recall that she was "relict" of William Pennoyer who is so prominent re: the Harvard Aid, see Harvard's gen/Pennoyer website at: http://drwilliams.org/doc/Web-26.htm, along with Holworthy wills as reported by Waters as "a continuation of the wills of benefactors of Harvard College and their families"; ....William Pennoyer was also brother-in-law to Rose Hobson Disbrowe, Samuel Disbrowe's 2nd wife, with Samuel's grandfather, apparently, being one "John Disbrowe", per Waters, also of Eltisley. That "blacksmith" reference in Jeffery's will abstract (though earlier in time) is so very interesting to me now because of Martha Pennoyer's will reference to: "John Davies, merchant, and his son John," which fact is provocative esp. when put together with Donald Lines Jacobus' listing in his Fairfield families of two John "Davis"(!) individuals (sr. & jr.) as resident later in 17th century Fairfield, CT. He also lists one Samuel "Davis" (s. of John Sr.) who was "the BLACKSMITH at Fairfield" (m. dau. of Benjamin Banks, 1685; my emphasis). If you've caught on to my "relational analysis" thing, what can too easily become somewhat TOO hyper-extended I should add, then you know what the next question must be: "was the Fairfield 'Davis' line somehow once involved with those 'Disberowe'/ Pennoyer lines back at England??" I note 'for curiosity's sake only' that that "John Davies" full-name, & spelled just as in Martha's will, also crops-up in the Mass. Bay Colony Records for 5 March 1638/9 (pp. 248-9), AND appearing in the same Court session with one Isaac "Deesbury," who himself was "committed & fined 5(L's?) for stealing at Pecoit, out of whc the 3 witnesses are to have 5s a peece, & the psecutor 10sh./" Hey, we can't like every little thing that our very high-spirited ancestors were up to! The many involved "offences" of this very young man, Isaac the younger, during his brief stint in America as an adventuring youth, ....well now, could they ALL have accumulated in contribution to his "hot-footing" it very suddenly BACK to olde England? If so, & I think so, then they also indicate when this return-trip may have occurred (see below & for our extended examination in a later e-mail!). And what "offence" did one "JOHN Davies", above, commit upon the good people of Mass. Bay Colony? ....Oh, Oh, now plse don't be coming after me with pitchforks(!!) or something, BUT it says in those crt. records (p. 248): "JOHN DAVIES, for grosse offences in attempting lewdnes wth divers weomen, was censured to bee severely whiped, both heare & at Ipswich, & to weare the letter V upon his breast upon his uppermost garment until the court do discharge him./ " Ipswich was exactly where a "John Davies" is shown "by 1641" as a "first settler" (per "Ipswich in the Mass. Bay Colony" lists by Thomas Franklin Waters, p. 491). Also shown in that town by 1637 is one Rev. Nathaniel ROGERS, ....you will note that Samuel Pennoyer, 1st husband of Rose Disbrowe, mentions one "John Rogers" in his later 1654 will (as one of his noted London "Company of Drapers"---were these folks some of the "merchant adventurer" FINANCIERS of our New England settlements?). The "Davis" name also appears early at New Haven Colony (per church & NH Town Records, 1655-6). Also at Ipswich on the list of "first settlers" is one surnamed "Browne" (Edward), and two more "Brown" surnamed, (Richard, "now at Newbury," and John). Brownes are also noted in Rose Disbrowe's 1698 will as "my nephew Mr. Samuel Browne and my niece Mrs. Elizabeth Browne." 'Brown,' unfortunately, is a VERY common surname, altho. she does address her nephew with the highly respectful "Mr.," reserved for "gentlemen" only then. Also on the Ipswich 1st settlers list is "my" Rev. Nathaniel WARD I've been looking for. You will recall I was looking for earlier references to this very prominent gentleman re: our Disbrowe network in CT, where Rev. Ward also apparently resided at Hartford per 1640 Map, and later at Middletown too by 1650s; together with a Rev. Samuel Stow of that place recall (....also printed in the back of Ipswich History, above ref'd, are several letters Rev. Nath'l Ward wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, Jr.---important to my book project). For your additional reference, the following "very provocative" names appear on the 1643 'census' of planters at New Haven Colony, together with our very interestingly troublesome (only a bit!!) Arthur "Halbridge" (I will have MORE later e-mail on Arthur's Massachusetts Bay Colony records, recorded by 1635-!!--; he is there together with such "provoking" names as John Crosse, John Johnson, Robert & Samuel Cole/Coles, Nicholas Frost, James & Timothy Hawkins, James White, John Greene, others ...& "together" with one James Russell --"merchant, disceased att Dorchester"--plus 'Henry Russell'---plse do recall another "James Russell," yet living, mentioned in Samuel Pennoyer's later 1654 will as also being in the Company of Drapers; ...& most provocatively for my purposes: ... Arthur is noted with a "John Sticklin" in a crt session with him in 1638, MA Bay! Could this be John Strickland of early Hempstead, LI??). Here is the list of "provocative" names from the 1643 New Haven census (which also lists these, & many more, with their estate value, plus number of persons in household; per "History of New Haven Colony" by Edward Lambert, pp. 54-55): Nicholas "ELSEY" [see above Waters reference to a "John Disberowe of ELSELY, Cambridge",... noted in Jeffery Disberowe's 1588 will]....2 persons. Arthur Halbridge......4 persons numbered William Peck..........4 " [Peck surname, & one Paul Peck of early Hartford, are as we discussed already] Timothy Forde.........2 " [the "Edward Foord" 1639 London will per Henry Waters, listed just after the 1661 will of Wm Hobson, Rose's father, may be important, CLEARLY another "merchant adventurer", as perhaps with Disbrowe connections!] Peter Browne..........3 persons numbered Widow Greene........4 " [VERY IMPORTANT NOTE which I flagged you about above: according to Doris Lobe's very fine English parish research some years ago, a dau. of James Disbrowe Sr & Elizabeth Hatley, ie: Rebecca Disbrowe, m. one Rev. George "GREENE" 15 Nov 1631; & had a dau., also Rebecca, who m. a "JOHN NICHOLS"---Oh, Oh, can THIS be getting us startlingly close to my own 'Mercy Holbridge Disbrow' herself, & her own later family of Nichols at, guess what,..."GREENS"(!) Farms (Westport!), Ct;....recall that she too had a step-son also named John, and the extended Nichols family at Fairfield had one "Disborow Nichols" named son too! According to Doris Lobe's English info, the elder Rebecca's brother was none other than "Thomas Disbrowe" of the Eltisley Disbrowe's, born 1625! Could this actually signal an early "romantic convergence" with our own Mercy Holbridge NICHOLS too and this Thomas Disbrowe,...."startling thought"!! Doris flagged the following for me (quoted from her e-mail of 6/12/01): " .....[snip] 5) REBECCA BAPT 9 MAY6 1615 m) 15 NOV 1631 REV. GEORGE GREENE HAD DAU: (REBECCA) WHO MARRIED A JOHN NICHOLS: (A MARY BEDINGFIELD OF BECCLES, SUFFOLK, WIDOW, IN HER WILL DATED 3 FEB 1681-82, PROBATED 7 FEB 1681-82, NAMED JOHN NICHOLLS OF BECCLES AS SUPERVISOR OF HER WILL, A GROCER; WITNESSES: REBECCA NICHOLLS, SARAH BURRELL AND HEBRY MASON. THE WITNESS HEBRY MASON WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO SUSAN MASON WHO MARRIED REBECCA'S BROTHER THOMAS DISBROW AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH AT CAMBRIDGE, 17 MAY 1651) NOTE: the name "Hebry" is spelled right. djl)....[snip] Back to New Haven 1643 census list : John Johnson.......5 persons numbered [He married Elizabeth Rolfe Disbrowe 1654, was it?] Benjamin Ling......2 persons numbered [he is mentioned often on MA Bay Recs, some sessions w/ Isaac Disbrowe/Arthur "Halbidge";.... he's also noted there once as "WING"---could this be the later whaleship owning Wing family line of New Bedford---....A witness to my own Capt. Scudder Squires' probate at Coxsackie, NY in 1853 was a "Wing" also, signing that document with my gggmother, Emma BROWN Squires! Brown's also owned whaleships at both N.Bedford & Sag Harbor! Ah yes, ...the spiral of the generations again ....]. William Andrews......8 persons numbered John Cooper......[he came over on the Hopewell with Isaac Disbrowe in 1635 and is also listed in early MA Bay Crt recs. And according to Waters who notes: "Isacke Desbrough, husbandman, of Ell-Tisley in Com Cambridge (aet.) 18 embarked early in April, 1635, on the HOPEWELL of London, for New England, having as fellow passengers, the families of COOPER--my emphasis--, Farrington, Purryer, Griggs and Kyrtland, from Olney, Laundon and Sherrington, Bucks, most of whom settled in Lynn, and a lot of Christians from the neighborhood of Nazing in Essex and Stansted Abbey in/Herts, many of whom formed a part of the flock of John Elliott at Roxbury. Mr. Disbrowe (as the name seems to have been more commonly spelled) probably lived in Lynn, altho. I find no record of the transfer of real estate either to or from him....etc, etc" , p. 361, NEGHR Oct 1887----SSquires notes 6/15: Please see name of FARRINGTON also there abrd "Hopewell" per Waters, since a "John Farrington" is listed carousing together with Isaac Disbrowe on records of MA Bay, and "forfecting their recognisance./" with him as well on 3 March 1639/40---...Is this then when our 'wild' Isaac may have returned to England, a bit more soberly one hopes??.. ALSO note curious surname of "Purryer" by Waters above----a wild guess, but could this be PENNOYER??? We do know Robert Pennoyer & his younger bro. Thomas shipped for NE also on "Hopewell", believed of that later passage in 1635---Were there then actually TWO such passages that year? Apparently so, since two separate captains are listed in 1635 for "Hopewell." Regarding the reference to Rev. John Elliot in Waters above: HE is very famous in our New England's early history as a pastor/teacher to Native Americans, not just for his so-called "prayer-towns", but also for a Bible translation he did in Algonquin language (all of which also happens to help explain what also became of the so-called "vanished race". Rev. Henry Whitfield of Guilford, when he returned to England with our Samuel Disbrowe in 1651, stopped to visit with the highly regarded Rev. Elliott whom he well knew. Henry would later write a treatise about this re: educating the natives, which he interestingly entitled something like, if memory serves correctly, "the Light Appearing More and More in New England" ---isn't this also a very appropriate metaphor, perhaps, for our own latter-day Disbrowe re-discoveries now!?] Back to 1643 NH census list: Mr. Marshall.......5 persons numbered [this is Thomas Marshall of New Haven colony, with "Marshall" surnamed as I've previously discussed re: Elizabeth Marshall Disbrowe of Eltisley Disbrowes] James Russell......2 persons numbered [ there is a "James Russell" also noted in Samuel Pennoyer's 1654 will, member of that VERY interesting "Company of Drapers" in London; the New Haven folks were mostly from London too, and no doubt Russells were among financial backers; ....so this is a THIRD one of that name since the one at MA Bay is "disceased" recall, or even possibly this one is that very same of Samuel Pennoyer's 1654 will] George Warde.....6 persons numbered Lawrence Ward...2 persons numbered [James Russell and the two Warde/Wards were, per 1641 Map of New Haven, situated exactly across stream, also on smaller plots of divided land, within the immediate neighborhood of ARTHUR HALBRIDGE, whose own very small house-lot was adjoining that of one William Peck, of my previous e-mail discussion, with Timothy Ford's immed. below that. These last three were within the even more crowded panhandle of New Haven, just south of the 'famous' nine squares, just above the Long Wharf.] I guess that's just about enuf of that for now, but I did want to point out also that there is only so much of this sort of "extended" research any ONE person can possibly stand, or that even makes any sense to perform, of course. So, we may never know some of the so-called "connections" above, but such research can often be very enlightening when not taken as any final authority, ...at least for those of us "crazy" enough to do it. Stephen T. Squires

Re: "Jeffery Disberowe" (see also something VERY surprising in this "multi-layered" info, within/below!).... Doris Lobe recently sent me some of her material referencing our Disbrowe relations in Cambridgeshire, England. BTW, I must apologize here for never before realizing that it was Doris (God, bless her!) who did SO VERY MUCH of the hard work in recording the English Parish records across the "big puddle" on our Disbrows. But I simply have never before had access to this material (nor was ever ready to ask for it until now), but for the very helpful posting of so much of this on List by Barbara Hutchins last year. This material seems to indicate no known relationship of the "Jeffery Disberowe/Disbrowe" to Eltisley's John "Disbrowe", the elder, etc. (of a Thomas Disbrowe line we are considering). Apparently, we can now say otherwise about Jeffery (perhaps our Thomas too, as you will note further below!!). Please recall what Henry Waters reported in his "Genealogical Gleanings in England" which I posted recently (NEGHR, Ap 1887, p. 353): "JEFFERY DISBEROWE of Borowghe [see immed. below as per Waters] in the County of Cambridge, yoeman, 19 July, 1588. pro: 18 April 1589, mentions John Disberowe of Elsely, Cambridge, yoeman, and his heirs, sister Agnes Disberowe and George Knock alias Ansell of Binckley, blacksmith." ["From Lyson's Magna Britannia (London, 1808) we learn that Burgh or Burough Green (called Borowghe in Jeffery Disberowe's will) is in the Hundred of Radfield and deanery of Camps, about four miles south of Newmarket, and about eight miles north of Linton. Close to it is the parish of Brinkley, called Binckley in the will." --p. 362] While Waters does NOT mention any direct kinship relation with the John Disberowe of "Elsely" also mentioned in Jeffery's will, above (at least as in abstract by Waters), can we not now believe at least, of course, that Jeffery had some very close relationship, "doubtless" of family blood, with the John who later would reside at "Eltisley", also of Cambridge Co.?? ALSO, I note with some fascination that Jeffery Disberowe mentions a "blacksmith" in his will, above. Excuse me for picking up on the 'small stuff', but I wonder if this converges at all with the two John "Davies" mentioned in Waters' abstract of the 1672 will of Martha Pennoyer, proved 1674. Recall that she was "relict" of William Pennoyer who is so prominent re: the Harvard Aid, see Harvard's gen/Pennoyer website at: http://drwilliams.org/doc/Web-26.htm, along with Holworthy wills as reported by Waters as "a continuation of the wills of benefactors of Harvard College and their families"; ....William Pennoyer was also brother-in-law to Rose Hobson Disbrowe, Samuel Disbrowe's 2nd wife, with Samuel's grandfather, apparently, being one "John Disbrowe", per Waters, also of Eltisley. That "blacksmith" reference in Jeffery's will abstract (though earlier in time) is so very interesting to me now because of Martha Pennoyer's will reference to: "John Davies, merchant, and his son John," which fact is provocative esp. when put together with Donald Lines Jacobus' listing in his Fairfield families of two John "Davis"(!) individuals (sr. & jr.) as resident later in 17th century Fairfield, CT. He also lists one Samuel "Davis" (s. of John Sr.) who was "the BLACKSMITH at Fairfield" (m. dau. of Benjamin Banks, 1685; my emphasis). If you've caught on to my "relational analysis" thing, what can too easily become somewhat TOO hyper-extended I should add, then you know what the next question must be: "was the Fairfield 'Davis' line somehow once involved with those 'Disberowe'/ Pennoyer lines back at England??" I note 'for curiosity's sake only' that that "John Davies" full-name, & spelled just as in Martha's will, also crops-up in the Mass. Bay Colony Records for 5 March 1638/9 (pp. 248-9), AND appearing in the same Court session with one Isaac "Deesbury," who himself was "committed & fined 5(L's?) for stealing at Pecoit, out of whc the 3 witnesses are to have 5s a peece, & the psecutor 10sh./" Hey, we can't like every little thing that our very high-spirited ancestors were up to! The many involved "offences" of this very young man, Isaac the younger, during his brief stint in America as an adventuring youth, ....well now, could they ALL have accumulated in contribution to his "hot-footing" it very suddenly BACK to olde England? If so, & I think so, then they also indicate when this return-trip may have occurred (see below & for our extended examination in a later e-mail!). And what "offence" did one "JOHN Davies", above, commit upon the good people of Mass. Bay Colony? ....Oh, Oh, now plse don't be coming after me with pitchforks(!!) or something, BUT it says in those crt. records (p. 248): "JOHN DAVIES, for grosse offences in attempting lewdnes wth divers weomen, was censured to bee severely whiped, both heare & at Ipswich, & to weare the letter V upon his breast upon his uppermost garment until the court do discharge him./ " Ipswich was exactly where a "John Davies" is shown "by 1641" as a "first settler" (per "Ipswich in the Mass. Bay Colony" lists by Thomas Franklin Waters, p. 491). Also shown in that town by 1637 is one Rev. Nathaniel ROGERS, ....you will note that Samuel Pennoyer, 1st husband of Rose Disbrowe, mentions one "John Rogers" in his later 1654 will (as one of his noted London "Company of Drapers"---were these folks some of the "merchant adventurer" FINANCIERS of our New England settlements?). The "Davis" name also appears early at New Haven Colony (per church & NH Town Records, 1655-6). Also at Ipswich on the list of "first settlers" is one surnamed "Browne" (Edward), and two more "Brown" surnamed, (Richard, "now at Newbury," and John). Brownes are also noted in Rose Disbrowe's 1698 will as "my nephew Mr. Samuel Browne and my niece Mrs. Elizabeth Browne." 'Brown,' unfortunately, is a VERY common surname, altho. she does address her nephew with the highly respectful "Mr.," reserved for "gentlemen" only then. Also on the Ipswich 1st settlers list is "my" Rev. Nathaniel WARD I've been looking for. You will recall I was looking for earlier references to this very prominent gentleman re: our Disbrowe network in CT, where Rev. Ward also apparently resided at Hartford per 1640 Map, and later at Middletown too by 1650s; together with a Rev. Samuel Stow of that place recall (....also printed in the back of Ipswich History, above ref'd, are several letters Rev. Nath'l Ward wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, Jr.---important to my book project). For your additional reference, the following "very provocative" names appear on the 1643 'census' of planters at New Haven Colony, together with our very interestingly troublesome (only a bit!!) Arthur "Halbridge" (I will have MORE later e-mail on Arthur's Massachusetts Bay Colony records, recorded by 1635-!!--; he is there together with such "provoking" names as John Crosse, John Johnson, Robert & Samuel Cole/Coles, Nicholas Frost, James & Timothy Hawkins, James White, John Greene, others ...& "together" with one James Russell --"merchant, desceased att Dorchester"--plus 'Henry Russell'---plse do recall another "James Russell," yet living, mentioned in Samuel Pennoyer's later 1654 will as also being in the Company of Drapers; ...& most provocatively for my purposes: ... Arthur is noted with a "John Sitcklin" in a crt session with him in 1638, MA Bay! Could this be John Strickland of early Hempstead, LI??). Here is the list of "provocative" names from the 1643 New Haven census (which also lists these, & many more, with their estate value, plus number of persons in household; per "History of New Haven Colony" by Edward Lambert, pp. 54-55): Nicholas "ELSEY" [see above Waters reference to a "John Disberowe of ELSELY, Cambridge",... noted in Jeffery Disberowe's 1588 will]....2 persons. Arthur Halbridge......4 persons numbered William Peck..........4 " [Peck surname, & one Paul Peck of early Hartford, are as we discussed already] Timothy Forde.........2 " [the "Edward Foord" 1639 London will per Henry Waters, listed just after the 1661 will of Wm Hobson, Rose's father, may be important, CLEARLY another "merchant adventurer", as perhaps with Disbrowe connections!] Peter Browne..........3 persons numbered Widow Greene........4 " [VERY IMPORTANT NOTE which I flagged you about above: according to Doris Lobe's very fine English parish research some years ago, a dau. of James Disbrowe Sr & Elizabeth Hatley, ie: Rebecca Disbrowe, m. one Rev. George "GREENE" 15 Nov 1631; & had a dau., also Rebecca, who m. a "JOHN NICHOLS"---Oh, Oh, can THIS be getting us startlingly close to my own 'Mercy Holbridge Disbrow' herself, & her own later family of Nichols at, guess what,..."GREENS"(!) Farms (Westport!), Ct;....recall that she too had a step-son also named John, and the extended Nichols family at Fairfield had one "Disborow Nichols" named son too! According to Doris Lobe's English info, the elder Rebecca's brother was none other than "Thomas Disbrowe" of the Eltisley Disbrowe's, born 1625! Could this actually signal an early "romantic convergence" with our own Mercy Holbridge NICHOLS too and this Thomas Disbrowe,...."startling thought"!! Doris flagged the following for me (quoted from her e-mail of 6/12/01): " .....[snip] 5) REBECCA BAPT 9 MAY6 1615 m) 15 NOV 1631 REV. GEORGE GREENE HAD DAU: (REBECCA) WHO MARRIED A JOHN NICHOLS: (A MARY BEDINGFIELD OF BECCLES, SUFFOLK, WIDOW, IN HER WILL DATED 3 FEB 1681-82, PROBATED 7 FEB 1681-82, NAMED JOHN NICHOLLS OF BECCLES AS SUPERVISOR OF HER WILL, A GROCER; WITNESSES: REBECCA NICHOLLS, SARAH BURRELL AND HEBRY MASON. THE WITNESS HEBRY MASON WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO SUSAN MASON WHO MARRIED REBECCA'S BROTHER THOMAS DISBROW AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH AT CAMBRIDGE, 17 MAY 1651) NOTE: the name "Hebry" is spelled right. djl)....[snip] Back to New Haven 1643 census list : John Johnson.......5 persons numbered [He married Elizabeth Rolfe Disbrowe 1654, was it?] Benjamin Ling......2 persons numbered [he is mentioned often on MA Bay Recs, some sessions w/ Isaac Disbrowe/Arthur "Halbidge";.... he's also noted there once as "WING"---could this be the later whaleship owning Wing family line of New Bedford---....A witness to my own Capt. Scudder Squires' probate at Coxsackie, NY in 1853 was a "Wing" also, signing that document with my gggmother, Emma BROWN Squires! Brown's also owned whaleships at both N.Bedford & Sag Harbor! Ah yes, ...the spiral of the generations again ....]. William Andrews......8 persons numbered John Cooper......[he came over on the Hopewell with Isaac Disbrowe in 1635 and is also listed in early MA Bay Crt recs. And according to Waters who notes: "Isacke Desbrough, husbandman, of Ell-Tisley in Com Cambridge (aet.) 18 embarked early in April, 1635, on the HOPEWELL of London, for New England, having as fellow passengers, the families of COOPER--my emphasis--, Farrington, Purryer, Griggs and Kyrtland, from Olney, Laundon and Sherrington, Bucks, most of whom settled in Lynn, and a lot of Christians from the neighborhood of Nazing in Essex and Stansted Abbey in/Herts, many of whom formed a part of the flock of John Elliott at Roxbury. Mr. Disbrowe (as the name seems to have been more commonly spelled) probably lived in Lynn, altho. I find no record of the transfer of real estate either to or from him....etc, etc" , p. 361, NEGHR Oct 1887----SSquires notes 6/15: Please see name of FARRINGTON also there abrd "Hopewell" per Waters, since a "John Farrington" is listed carousing together with Isaac Disbrowe on records of MA Bay, and "forfecting their recognisance./" with him as well on 3 March 1639/40---...Is this then when our 'wild' Isaac may have returned to England, a bit more soberly one hopes??.. ALSO note curious surname of "Purryer" by Waters above----a wild guess, but could this be PENNOYER??? We do know Robert Pennoyer & his younger bro. Thomas shipped for NE also on "Hopewell", believed of that later passage in 1635---Were there then actually TWO such passages that year? Apparently so, since two separate captains are listed in 1635 for "Hopewell." Regarding the reference to Rev. John Elliot in Waters above: HE is very famous in our New England's early history as a pastor/teacher to Native Americans, not just for his so-called "prayer-towns", but also for a Bible translation he did in Algonquin language (all of which also happens to help explain what also became of the so-called "vanished race". Rev. Henry Whitfield of Guilford, when he returned to England with our Samuel Disbrowe in 1651, stopped to visit with the highly regarded Rev. Elliott whom he well knew. Henry would later write a treatise about this re: educating the natives, which he interestingly entitled something like, if memory serves correctly, "the Light Appearing More and More in New England" ---isn't this also a very appropriate metaphor, perhaps, for our own latter-day Disbrowe re-discoveries now!?] Back to 1643 NH census list: Mr. Marshall.......5 persons numbered [this is Thomas Marshall of New Haven colony, with "Marshall" surnamed as I've previously discussed re: Elizabeth Marshall Disbrowe of Eltisley Disbrowes] James Russell......2 persons numbered [ there is a "James Russell" also noted in Samuel Pennoyer's 1654 will, member of that VERY interesting "Company of Drapers" in London; the New Haven folks were mostly from London too, and no doubt Russells were among financial backers; ....so this is a THIRD one of that name since the one at MA Bay is "disceased" recall, or even possibly this one is that very same of Samuel Pennoyer's 1654 will] George Warde.....6 persons numbered Lawrence Ward...2 persons numbered [James Russell and the two Warde/Wards were, per 1641 Map of New Haven, situated exactly across stream, also on smaller plots of divided land, within the immediate neighborhood of ARTHUR HALBRIDGE, whose own very small house-lot was adjoining that of one William Peck, of my previous e-mail discussion, with Timothy Ford's immed. below that. These last three were within the even more crowded panhandle of New Haven, just south of the 'famous' nine squares, just above the Long Wharf.] I guess that's just about enuf of that for now, but I did want to point out also that there is only so much of this sort of "extended" research any ONE person can possibly stand, or that even makes any sense to perform, of course. So, we may never know some of the so-called "connections" above, but such research can often be very enlightening when not taken as any final authority, ...at least for those of us "crazy" enough to do it. Stephen T. Squires

From: Mike Disbrow, listowner Doris Lobe wrote: > Dear Mike: Please add my thanks for the warm write-up regarding Cash Disbrow... <snipped> ...I hope his family will be able to find a "home" for all his material. How about you Mike? You seem to be the repository for all of us. Doris - I am in contact now with Cash's daughter Georgia regarding a home for Cash's material. It seems he wanted me to have it and even though it will probably take some time for Georgia to get it packed and sent, I have told her I am willing to accept it all. As time goes by I will go through all of it (I imagine there is quite an accumulation after all the years Cash was active in genealogy) and catalog it so that it will be useful to us all. Perhaps it can be scanned to CD eventually and made available that way. Thanks a lot to you Doris, and also to Linda Talbott and Carolyn Crockett for your comments regarding Cash. And by the way, Cash and I were seventh cousins. Some of you may have gotten the impression we were more closely related than that because I have often referred to him as my "cousin". That's all for now. It's awfully hot here tonight and this small bedroom where our computer sits is the hottest place in the house. I want to contribute to the discussion on Peter Disbrow and Joseph Guernsey/Garnsey as soon as I can, because I am a direct descendant of theirs through my mother's side of the family. I don't know if I have much to add on Peter, but I'll see what I have. Mike

The following information is as I have it in my files. Would appreciate any corrections, additions, etc, with SOURCES, please. Thank you, Fritz Knapp ------------------------------- Descendants of Peter Disbrow Generation No. 1 1. Peter1 Disbrow1,2,3,4,5 was born Abt. 1631 in [prob] England, and died 02 May 1688 in Rye, Westchester Co, CT [now NY]. He married (1) Sarah Knapp6 06 April 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT7,8,9, daughter of Nicholas Knapp and Elinor. She was born 05 January 1638/39 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA10, and died 1681 in Rye, Westchester Co, CT [now NY]11. He married (2) Femy? Aft. 1681 in Rye, Westchester Co, NY [then CT]. She died in [prob] Rye, Westchester Co, NY [then CT]. Notes for Peter Disbrow: Whether or not Peter, in fact had a second wife named "Femy" or not has been a matter of question. Some researchers believe that "Femy" was a nickname used for his wife, Sarah (Knapp). In the absence of definite resources available to this compiler, and based on the research of Harry Macy, Jr, C.G., F.A.S.G., a second wife named "Femy" is indicated in this report with question mark, pending clarification and adequate sources to satisfy the claim one way or the other. More About Peter Disbrow: APPOINTMENTS: May 1665, appointed as Deputy from Rye, CT [now NY], to the Connecticut Legislature12 Burial: May 1688, Rye, Westchester Co, CT [now NY] RESIDED AT: [prob] England; Stamford, CT; Rye, CT [now NY] Notes for Sarah Knapp: Sarah Knapp, daughter of Nicholas DID NOT marry first John Disbrow. The source for her marriage to Peter Disbrow is contained in the Stamford, CT-Town Records, where the marriage is recorded twice, e.g., m. 6 Apr 1657. [see TAG [transcript] 10:44; 112]. There is no record of a marriage to John Disbrow as early writings so state. Statements in the book "History of Stamford-Darien (1868), by (Rev) Elijah B Huntington, :158 and the Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (1953), by (Dr) A.A. Knapp, :1, are ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT! The "History of Stamford-Darien" by Rev Elijah B Huntington, :58, is also in error stating that Peter Disbrow, married Sarah Chapman, about 1650, at Stamford, CT More About Sarah Knapp: Burial: 1681, Rye, Westchester Co, CT [now NY] CHURCH AFF: 2d Congregational Church, Stamford, CT Religion: Congregationalist RESIDED AT: Watertown, MA; [poss] Wethersfield, CT; Stamford, CT; Rye, CT [now NY] More About Peter Disbrow and Sarah Knapp: Marriage: 06 April 1657, Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT13,14,15 More About Peter Disbrow and Femy?: Marriage: Aft. 1681, Rye, Westchester Co, NY [then CT] Children of Peter Disbrow and Sarah Knapp are: 2 i. Peter2 Disbrow, born Abt. 1668; died Bef. 1711 in [prob] Rye, Westchester Co, NY. He married Mary. + 3 ii. Rebecca Disbrow, born Abt. 1671 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT. 4 iii. John Disbrow, died 1751 in Rye, Westchester Co, NY. 5 iv. Mary Disbrow. She married Joseph Lyon. 6 v. Leda Disbrow. She married John Boyd, Jr. + 7 vi. Elizabeth Disbrow, born 1676 in [prob] Rye, Westchester Co, NY; died 15 September 1753 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co, CT. 8 vii. Eleanor? Disbrow. She married Joseph Guernsey, Jr16; born 13 January 1673/74 in Milford, New Haven Co, CT; died 15 September 1754 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co, CT. NOTE: The last child reflected in this report may or may not be a child of Peter & Sarah (Knapp) Disbrow. Reflected in this report for posterity pending sources to substaniate the claim. More About Joseph Guernsey, Jr: Baptism: 24 February 1676/77, Milford, New Haven Co, CT Burial: September 1754, Woodbury, Litchfield Co, CT