Jonathan Ormsby, Jr.

1705 - 1808

Father: Jonathan Ormsby
Mother: Mercy Abbe
Date of Birth: May 1, 1705
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Mass
First Marriage: Nov 7, 1728, Experience Chaffee, Rehoboth, MA
Second Marriage: July 13, 1730, Rebecca (Hammond) Carpenter, Rehoboth, MA
Third Marriage: Feb 19, 1759, Ruth Staples, Cumberland, RI
Date of Death: 1808
Place of Death: MA

First Spouse: Experience Chaffee
Father: Thomas Chaffee
Mother: Margaret Carpenter
Date of Birth: July 1, 1705
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, Mass.
Date of Death: Aug 1729
Place of Death: Rehoboth, MA

Second Spouse: Rebecca (Hammond) Carpenter
Father: William Hammond
Mother: Rebecca Ormsbee
Date of Birth: Oct 11, 1707
Place of Birth: Rehoboth, MA
Date of Death:1747-1758
Place of Death: Cumberland R.I.

Third Spouse: Ruth Staples
Father: Joseph Staples
Mother: Hannah Bartlett
Date of Birth: Aug 20, 1728
Place of Birth: Wrentham, MA
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Children:

1. Jonathan Ormsby, born Aug. 21, 1729, Rehoboth, MA
2. Experience Ormsby, born May 22, 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA
3. Dorothy Ormsby, born Apr. 27, 1731/4, Rehoboth, MA
4. Gideon Ormsby, born Sept. 24, 1736, Attleboro, MA
5. Jeremiah Ormsby, born Sep 8, 1765, Cumberland, RI

Additional Facts:

This last is recorded in vital records of Attleborough, Mass. to the end of the year 1849 by Essex Institute, Salem. Mass.
Gideon Ormsby, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Carpenter) Ormsby, born Sept. 24, 1736. This is the Gideon Ormsby who settled at Manchester, Vt., where he is buried in Dellwood Cemetery (GR)

Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont, Town of Manchester. In 1853, Zadock Thompson described the town of Manchester as follows: It was first represented in the General Assembly in 1778, by Gideon Ormsby and Stephen Washburn.

From: Old Dutchess Forever by Henry McCraken "Jonathan Ormsby in 1764, at Amenia (N.Y.) was among a group who bought 23,000 acres. He helped survey it in 1766."
From: Vermont Historical Proceedings Vol. 1 N.S. 1930
Foot note at bottom of page 151
"Jonathan Ormsby, Clerk for the proprietors meeting at Amenia, N.Y. in Feb. 14, 1764, was the father of Gideon. He was killed by the smuggling crew of the "Black Snake". (See Crockett's Vermont 3-11.)

From: Vermont Historical Gazeteer by Heminway Vol. 2
"A notorious smuggling boat, in the time of the embargo of 1808 was called the "Black Snake". Its seizure resulted in the murder of Elias Drake, Jonathan Ormsby, and Asa Marsh." In the same Vol. mentions Capt. Jonathan Ormsby of Burlington, Vt.
In Land Record Book 6 of Town of Manchester, Vt. is a deed dated Jan. 26, 1801, from Jonathan Ormsby of Burlington, Vt. to Gideon Ormsby of Manchester, Vt.

Questions concering the marriage to Ruth Staples. Listed also as being Jonathan Ormsby Jr..

Wife also listed as Experience Ingraham in the Perkins Family Genealogy.

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