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Descendants of Ebenezer Ormsby

Generation No. 1

1. Ebenezer¹ Ormsby¹ was born August 22, 1760 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island ², and died April 18, 1832 in Mexico, Oswego, New York ³. He married Experience Clark November 29, 1787 in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire³. She was born 1766, and died May 14, 1855 in Mexico, Oswego, New York ⁴.

Notes for Ebenezer Ormsby:
1 free white male over 16 [Ebenezer]
1 free white male under 16 [Benjamin]
1 free white female [Experience]
Ebenezer's pension files show Oneida County as his home pri or to Oswego County.
Ebenezer was a owner of land.
$96 a year.
1 male 16-26 -- Philander
1 male over 45 -- Ebenezer
1 female 16-26 -- Pedee
1 female over 45 -- Experience
2 in agriculture -- Philander and Ebenezer

James Roberts (Hannah's husband) is on line 11 and Ebeneze r (Jr.) is line 12.
1 male 70-80
1 female 60-70
Ebenezer enlisted on March 1, 1776, and served as a pr ivate in Captain Francis Simmons' company, Colonel Hitchcoc k's Rhode Island regiment. He was discharged the last of De cember 1776. In January 1777, he enlisted as a private i n Captain Hait's company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's* Conn ecticut regiment. In 1779, at the battle of Fort Montgomer y, he was wounded in the thigh and was discharged in Jun 1 779 after having served two and a half years.
On 16 April 1818, he applied for and was granted a pen sion for his military service during the Revolution. He wa s a resident of Mexico, Oswego County, New York at the tim e of his application. He had previously lived in Whitestow n, Oneida County, New York. In 1820, he was sixty years o f age. He signed his surname as Ormsbee but stated that hi s surname was frequently spelled Armsbury. He died in Mexic o, New York, April 18, 1832.
He married Experience Clark on November 29, 1788, in R ichmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. They were both res idents of Richmond and their marriage was recorded in th e Richmond Town Clerk's Office. Experience was a member o f the Baptist Church.

*Philip Burr Bradley (Connecticut). Colonel Connecticut Sta te Regiment, May to December, 1776; Colonel 5th Connecticut , 1st January, 1777; retired 1st January, 1781. (Died 4th J anuary 1821.)
(Research): Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshir e: In the spring of 1776, there were three men named Ormsb ee living in Richmond. They were Ebenezer ORNSBE, Ezra ORM SBEE, and Oliver ORMSBE.
Betsey Ormsbee Bumpass' record shows that she wa s born in Herkimer County. Ebenezer's pension files show O neida Count y as his home prior to Oswego County. Herkime r County was formed in 1791 from Montgomery County. Oneid a County was formed in 1798 out of Herkimer County. Osweg o County was formed in 1816 out of Oneida and Onondaga coun ties. It is entirely possible for Ebenezer and family to h ave been in the area of Mexico during all this time while t he county names were changed around them.

On 15 Mar 1770, in Richmond, NH, Oliver Ormsby married Al ice Cass, daughter of Deacon John Cass. They had eight chi ldren, whose names are now illegible on the records. Par t of his children were born in Charlemont, and in Buckland , Mass. He died 1790. The family probably returned to on e of those places.
Ruth Ormsby was probably the daughter of Oliver Ormsby, w ho married Alice Cass. She was never married. Lived at va rious places, at Moses Tyler's, at Peregrine Wheeler's, an d other places. She was a comical genius, occasionally wit ty, but on the whole was considered below mediocrity. Sh e died about 1830. p. 553
On 17 Aug 1789, in Richmond, Joseph Ormsby married Debora h Stone. He may have been the son of Oliver.

The following statement was found on p. 454 in the Histor y of Richmond NH: "Ebenezer [Ormsby] was probably the firs t settler on L. 15, R. 1, the place where Reuben and Laba n Phillips lived."
The First Settlers and some of their Successors: L 16 , R 1, Ebenezer Ormsby, first settler. Succcessors: Reube n and Laban Phillips. p. 566

More About Ebenezer Ormsby:
Burial: April 1832, Arthur Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego, New York ⁵
Census: 1790, Westfield, Washington, New York ⁶
Pension: April 16, 1818, Mexico, Oswego, New York
Record Change: October 07, 2002
Residence: Bet. 1790 - 1810, Whitestown, Oneida, New York ⁷

Notes for Experience Clark:
1 free white male over 16 [Ebenezer]
1 free white male under 16 [Benjamin]
1 free white female [Experience]
1 male 70-80
1 female 60-70

James was on line 6, Ebenezer on line 8, Philander on lin e 9, and Oliver on line 15.
She was living in the home of her son, Philander.
$96 a year, Revolutionary War widow's pension.
[The following is a verbatim copy of the Bounty Land gran t awarded to Experience Ormsbee in the name of Ebenezer fo r his service in the Revolutionary War. Waiting until near ly all the veterans are dead before rewarding them for thei r service is apparently nothing new. Congress approved the se Bounty Land grants for the veterans of the Revolutionar y War on March 3, 1855. Ebenezer had died 23 years earlie r at the age of 71, and Experience died two months after th e enactment at the age of 89. The land was not officiall y awarded to Experience until Febuary 6, 1868, by which tim e she had been dead for 13 years. In addition, the War o f 1812 and the Civil War had also been fought. Her land we nt to a John G. Williams. I do not know what, if any relat ionship, he had to Experience and Ebenezer.]

The United States of America,
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas, in pursuance of the Act of Congress, approv ed March 3, 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain A cts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers w ho have been engaged in the military service of the Unite d States," there has been deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFF ICE, Warrant No. 7076 for 160 acres, in favor of Experienc e Ormsbee, widow of Ebenezer Ormsbee, Private, Revolutionar y War, with evidence that the same has been duly located u p the South West quarter of section Twelve, in Township nin eteen, north of Range eight, west, in the District of land s subject to sale at Ionia, Michigan, containing one Hundre d and Sixty acres, according to the Official Plat of the Su rvey of said Lands returned to the General Land Office by t he Surveyor the said warrant having been assigned to Betse y Bumpus, Adminisratrix of the Estate of the said Experienc e Ormsbee deceased to John G. Williams, in whose favor sai d grant has been located.
NOW KNOW YE, That there is therefore granted by th e UNITED STATES unto the said John G. Williams, as assignee , as aforesaid and to his heirs the tract of Land above des cribed: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract of Land, with th e appurtenances thereof, unto the said John G. Williams, a s assignee, as aforesaid and to heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, Andrew Johnson PRESIDENT O F THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters t o be made Patent, and SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE to b e hereunto affixed.
GIVEN under my hand, at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, th e Sixth day
of February, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and
Sixty eight and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UN ITED STATES the
Ninety second
BY THE PRESIDENT: Andrew Johnson
By Frank Corbin (?), Sec'y
S. (?) W. Granger Recorder of the General Lan d Office
(Research):Also living in Mexico in the 1840 Census was Elg in Ornesby, p. 228.

More About Experience Clark:
Burial: Unknown, Arthur Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego, New York ⁸
Census: 1790, Westfield, Washington, New York ⁹
Pension: July 01, 1848, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁰
Record Change: August 15, 2002

Marriage Notes for Ebenezer Ormsby and Experience Clark:
Ceremony, 29 Nov 1788, Rev. P. Arteman Aldrich, Baptist Chu rch. They were both residents of Richmond, Cheshire County , New Hampshire, and their marriage was recorded in the Tow n Clerk's Office.

Children of Ebenezer Ormsby and Experience Clark are:

+	2	i.		Benjamin F.² Ormsby, born August 21, 1789 in Westfield, Washington, New York; died September 09, 1869 in Denmark, Tuscola, Michigan.
	3	ii.		Hannah Ormsby, born 1791 in Westfield, Washington, New York ¹¹; died 1858 in Mexico, Oswego, New York. She married James Roberts; born 1782 in Connecticut ¹²; died 1871 in Mexico, Oswego, New York.

Notes for Hannah Ormsby:
The Baptist Church of Mexico was founded on this date wit h 18 members. James Roberts and is wife, Hannah Ormsby Rob erts, were two of the 18 founding members.
Present in the home:
1 male 26-45
1 female under 10
1 female 26-45
Agriculture

James Roberts was on line 11 and Ebenezer Ormsby line 12.
Present in the home were:
1 male 20-30
1 male 40-50
1 female under 5
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40

James was on line 6, Ebenezer on line 8, Philander on lin e 9, and Oliver on line 15.

More About Hannah Ormsby:
Burial: Unknown, Arthur Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹³
Census: 1820, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁴
Record Change: August 13, 2002
Religion: August 24, 1815, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁵

Notes for James Roberts:
The Baptist Church of Mexico was founded on this date wit h 18 members. James Roberts and is wife, Hannah Ormsby Rob erts, were two of the 18 founding members.
1 male 26-45
1 female under 10
1 female 26-45
Agriculture

James was on line 11 and Ebenezer (his father-in-law) on li ne 12.
1 male 20-30
1 male 40-50
1 female under 5
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40

James was on line 6, Ebenezer on line 8, Philander on lin e 9, and Oliver on line 15.
Roberts, James, 65, Farmer, $800, Connecticut
Roberts, Hannah, 59, New York
Wescott, Allen, 17, Sawyer, New York, attended school
Knowles, Joseph L., 43, Sawyer, New Jersey
Wallen, Elvira, 36, New York
Wallen, Minerva, 6, New York, attended school
Wallen, Charles, 4, New York

More About James Roberts:
Burial: 1871, Arthur Cemetery, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁶
Census: 1820, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁷
Record Change: August 13, 2002
Religion: August 24, 1815, Mexico, Oswego, New York ¹⁸

+	4	iii.		Jr. Ebenezer Ormsby, born November 01, 1792 in Westfield, Washington, New York; died October 27, 1845 in Newton Township, Pike, Ohio.
	5	iv.		Betsey Ormsby, born May 12, 1794 in Cheshire County, New Hampshire ¹⁹; died 1884 in Clinton, Oneida, New York. She married Hiram Bumpas November 16, 1812; born 1797 in Herkimer County, New York ²⁰; died Unknown in Y.

Notes for Betsey Ormsby:
In Surrogate's Court of Oswego County, New York, 19 A pr 1865, a petition for administration of the intestate est ate of Experience Ormsbee was filed by Betsey Bumpas in whi ch she named the heirs of Experience Ormsbee as:
Benjamin F. Ormsbee of the State of Michigan
Pede Sunderlin, supposed to be somewhere in the Weste rn States
Emory Ormsby, a grandson of the deceased, Now in th A rmy of the U.S. but resides when at home in Syracuse, N.Y.
Maragret [sic] Ormsby, a granddaughter, resides in Ci nncinati, Ohio.
Ebenezer Wingston or Kingston, Grandchild resides i n Wisconsin.
Clark Ormsby and Leonard Ormsby reside somewhere in t he State of Ohio.
Grandchildren residing in the State of Michigan:
Morrace (Morris) Ormsby
Morgan Ormsby
Abby Potter
Celinda Huntington
Grandchildren residing in Oswego County, New York:
Minerva Huntington
Angenett Howlett
Hannah Roberts, a daughter of the deceased, resides in Mexi co, Oswego County.

More About Betsey Ormsby:
Burial: Unknown, Clinton, Oneida, New York
Record Change: August 15, 2002
Residence: 1855, Richland, Oswego County, New York

More About Hiram Bumpas:
Census: 1830, Richland, Oswego County, New York
Record Change: August 13, 2002

+	6	v.	Pedee Ormsby, born 1795 in New York; died Unknown in Y.
+	7	vi.	Oliver Ormsby, born December 25, 1797 in Westfield, Washington, New York; died 1853 in Pike County, Ohio.
+	8	vii.	Philander Ormsby, born May 23, 1800 in Westfield, Washington, New York; died October 29, 1856 in Mexico, Oswego, New York.

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