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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------