The Maltby Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

This is an old English family early transplanted to America. William Maltby, Esq., the emigrant ancestor, was born in England, 1645. He came to America with his elder brother John from Yorkshire, England, both with the rank of “gentlemen.” They settled in New Haven colony about 1670. They are the founders of the various Maltby families of the United States, found as Maltby, Maultbey, Maltbie, etc. William Maltby was deputy to the general court at Hartford several sessions, and died at Branford, Connecticut, September 1, 1710, aged sixty-five years. His first wife Hannah joined the church with him at Branford, 1688. His second wife was Abigail Bishop.

Children of William Maltby:

1. John Maltby
2. William (2) Maltby, born January 9, 1673
3. Elizabeth Maltby, married Abraham Hoadley
4. Daniel Maltby, of whom further
5. Captain Samuel Maltby, one of the two graduates of Yale College, 1712
6. Jonathan Maltby, born July 26, 1698
7. An unnamed daughter Maltby, married Daniel Parker.

(II) Daniel Maltby

Daniel, fourth child of William and Abigail (Bishop) Maltby, was born May 19, 1679, died December 26, 1731; married, October 27, 1702, Esther Moss, who survived him and married (second) June 20, 1739, Samuel Todd; children:

1. May Maltby, born 1703
2. William Maltby, February 17, 1705
3. Daniel (2) Maltby, June 16, 1708
4. Joseph Maltby, May 11, 1712, a sea captain
5. Abigail Maltby, March 16, 1713
6. Daniel Maltby, October 29, 1715
7. Benjamin Maltby, of whom further
8. Martha Maltby, September 10, 1720
9. John Maltby, April 25, 1722.

(III) Deacon Benjamin Maltby

Deacon Benjamin Maltby, seventh child of Daniel and Esther (Moss) Maltby, was born June 20, 1717, died July 9, 1796. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Deacon Samuel Harrington, (second) 1753, Elizabeth, born October, 1728, died December 31, 1820, daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Baldwin) Fowler, of Durham, and sister of Captain Josiah and Jonathan Fowler, of White Hollow.

Children of second wife:

1. Elihu Maltby, died in infancy
2. Benjamin (2) Maltby, born January 10, 1755
3. Corporal Thaddeus Maltby, December, 1757, revolutionary soldier
4. Rev. Jonathan Maltby, May 2, 1759, graduate of Yale
5. Elizabeth Maltby, April, 1761
6. Sarah Maltby, May, 1763
7. General Isaac Maltby, of whom further
8. Colonel Stephen Maltby, born July, 1769, an eminent teacher, died January 22, 1812.

(IV) General Isaac Maltby

General Isaac Maltby, fourth son of Deacon Benjamin Maltby, was born November, 1767, died September 9, 1819. He was an officer of the war of 1812-14. In the summer of 1814 many portions of the militia of Massachusetts were called into actual service for the defence of the seaboard, especially in and near Boston. Another brigade of the volunteer militia was organized and placed under the command of Brigadier-General Isaac Maltby, of Hatfield. The regiment went into camp at Cambridgeport for a few days, but was soon removed to Commercial Point, Dorchester, where there were better accommodations. General Maltby was a representative to the legislature prior to his removal to Waterloo, New York, where he died in 1819. He published “Elements of War” (1812), and “A Treatise on Courts Martial and Military Law” (1813). He was a graduate of Yale College, 1786, and an eminent teacher and scholar. He married Lucinda, only child of Brigadier-General Seth Murray, of the revolution, and his wife, Elizabeth White.

Sons of Isaac and Lucinda Maltby:

1. Zaccheus Maltby,
2. Jonathan Maltby and
3. Samuel Maltby.

(V) Zaccheus Maltby

Zaccheus, son of General Isaac Maltby, was born in Connecticut, about 1801. Early in life he removed to Evans, Erie county, New York, following his trade of shoemaker at Evans and Eden until his death in 1871. He was a Whig and later a Republican, and both he and his wife were members of the Congregational church, which he served for several years as deacon. He married Elizabeth Gifford, born about 1804, died 1864, at Evans, where both are buried. She was a native of Lee, Massachusetts, where her family had lived for several generations. She had a brother Lewis who came to Erie county, a farmer, and is buried at Eden, New York. Zaccheus Maltby had two brothers, Jonathan and Samuel, the latter settling at Evans, New York, where he and several of his children are buried.

Children of Zaccheus and Elizabeth Maltby, all born in Evans, New York:

1. Frederick Lewis Maltby, of whom further.
2. Johanna Maltby, 1823, died in Angola, New York, 1883; married Nelson Wood, deceased; their only child,
   1. Nelson Bradley Wood, resides in Buffalo, New York.
3. Nathaniel Bradley Maltby, born about 1834, died 1899. He was a deputy sheriff of Erie county, serving under Sheriff Grover Cleveland. He married Frances Slater, who survives him and resides in Buffalo with her only daughter. Children:
   1. Johanna Maltby, born 1855;
   2. William Maltby, born 1869, also resides in Buffalo.

(VI) Frederick Lewis Maltby

Frederick Lewis, son of Zaccheus Maltby, was born in Evans, Erie county, New York, March 31, 1822. He was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools. He was a farmer all his life, and a salesman of agricultural implements. He was a Republican, and a member of the Congregational church. He died at Eden, New York, September 6, 1898. He married Harriet Lathrop, born in Canandaigua, New York, March 9, 1823. When seven years of age her parents, Rufus and Betsey (Lovejoy) Lathrop, removed to Eden, New York, where Rufus died at the age of sixty years, and is buried in the cemetery there. Betsey Lovejoy was born in New Hampshire, a descendant of the ancient Lovejoy family of Massachusetts, whose heirs claim ownership of the land in Cambridge upon which the buildings of Harvard University are standing.

Children of Frederick Lewis Maltby:

1. Frederick Rufus Maltby, born in Evans, Erie county, New York, March 29, 1849; now a resident of Buffalo in the employment of the Lake Shore railroad. He married (first) Mary Fairbanks, of Evans, who died without issue about 1900; he married (second) a widow, Grace (Wilson) Morton, of Niagara county, New York.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Maltby, born in Evans, 1852; married Thomas Piper, born in England, died in Buffalo, 1906; children:
   1. Jennings Piper, died at age four
   2. Harriet Piper, proprietor of a millinery store in Buffalo, New York, married Charles Kruger
   3. Adelaide Piper, a graduate of Syracuse University, afterward taught school, now a partner with her sister Emma in the millinery business in Buffalo
   4. Emma Piper, a partner with her sister Adelaide in the millinery business in Buffalo;
   5. William S. Piper, graduate of Harvard College, now a civil engineer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, married a Miss Vandewater and has
      1. William T. Piper;
   6. Arthur L. Piper, a practicing physician of New York City
   7. Archie Piper, with his brother, William S., in Pittsburgh.
3. Harriet Sophia Maltby, born 1836; married Frank M. Phelps, a farmer, who died in 1909; she survives him, a resident of Eden, New York.
4. Lewis Lathrop Maltby, of whom further.
5. Mary Maltby, died 1902; married Willis G. Clark, who survives her, a resident of Springville, New York; their children:
   1. Fred Clark, resides in Buffalo, New York
   2. Beulah Clark, manages a millinery store in Cattaraugus, New York
   3. Walter Clark, a student of Syracuse, New York
   4. Erma Clark, resides in Buffalo
   5. Nurma Clark, twin of Erma, resides in Buffalo
   6. Wilma Clark;
   7. Willis Clark.

(VII) Lewis Lathrop Maltby

Lewis Lathrop, son of Frederick Lewis Maltby, was born in Evans, Erie county, New York, November 9, 1859. He was educated in the public schools, finishing his studies in the academy at Angola, New York. He resided in Evans until his eighteenth year, when he came to the Bradford oil field, where he was employed until 1881. In the latter year he purchased a stock of merchandise and opened a general store at Wyandale, New York, where he continued in successful business until 1889. In 1890 he came to Bradford and opened a grocery store; since then he spent five years as traveling salesman for William Elwood & Company, of Buffalo, New York, wholesalers of men’s furnishing goods. Then for about eight years he was with Brewster, Gordon & Company, wholesale grocers, of Rochester, New York. He then returned to the grocery business in Bradford, and is now so engaged with William H. Freemeyer as partner, located at 1-3 Summer street. He is an Independent in politics, dividing his allegiance between the Republican and Prohibition parties. In 1901 he was the nominee of the Prohibitionists for councilman from the fourth ward of Bradford. He was beaten by the Republican candidate by only ten and by the Democratic candidate by only eight votes. In 1911 he was the Prohibition candidate for city treasurer. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Bradford; Tent No. 4, Knights of the Maccabees; and Tuna Lodge, No. 411, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

He married, June 9, 1881, Nora Alice Martin, born at North Bay, Oneida county, New York, February 28, 1860. She was educated in the public schools and resided with her parents until her marriage. She was a daughter of John Caleb Martin, and a granddaughter of Thomas Martin, who was born September 5, 1780, and died January 22, 1865. He was born in England, where he lived and married his first two wives. In 1829 he emigrated to the United States, settling at McConnellsville, New York.

Thomas Martin

He married (first) Mary West, June 28, 1804, born February 6, 1778, died January 8, 1827; children:

1. Mary Martin, born August 3, 1805, died in Philadelphia
2. Thomas Martin, born December 29, 1807, died in England
3. Jabez Martin, born July 8, 18—, died in England
4. Ann Martin, born March 15, 1811, died in Philadelphia
5. Joseph Martin, born October 10, 1812, died February 19, 1813
6. William Martin, born August 4, 1816, died in Sherburne, New York
7. John Caleb Martin, of whom further.

Thomas Martin married (second) February 7, 1828, Frances West, born August 17, 1789, died March 5, 1847; children:

1. Fannie A. Martin, born December 12, 1828, died in Wisconsin
2. Frances A. Martin, born April 7, 1832, died May 10, 1832
3. Stephen Martin, born September 6, 1834, now living in Oneida, New York, married Etta Yeager, deceased, and has three living children:
   1. Chester Martin,
   2. Orissa Martin and
   3. Adelbert Martin.

Thomas Martin married (third) April 9, 1842, Sarah Crippen, born March 13, 1788.

John Caleb Martin

John Caleb, seventh child of Thomas Martin, was born in the town of Stoke Brewing, Northamptonshire, England, September 30, 1822. He was brought by his parents to the United States in 1829, the family settling at McConnellsville, New York. Later he moved to North Bay, New York, where he was engaged in the milling business until his death, December 31, 1891. He married, September 25, 1842, Margaret Bristol, born in McConnellsville, September 20, 1823, died May 16, 1875.

Children:

1. Laforest J. Martin, born April 13, 1844, died December 13, 1862; he enlisted in the Sixteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg.
2. Cordelia M. Martin, born December 21, 1846; married J. D. Bodine, now a retired employee of the Tide Water Oil Company; children:
   1. Laforest John Bodine, lives in Illinois;
   2. Lewis Bodine, deceased;
   3. Harry M. Bodine, enlisted in Sixteenth Pennsylvania Regiment, served in the Spanish-American war, died while in the army at Ponce, Porto Rico;
   4. Angie Beatrice Bodine, resides with her parents in Simpson, McKean county, Pennsylvania.
3. David Thomas Martin, born October 11, 1849; married Cora Brainerd, of Fredonia, New York; both living; children:
   1. Odella Martin, lives in Fredonia;
   2. Laforest Martin, lives in Seattle.
4. Mary Emily Martin, born February 19, 1852; married (first) William Godfrey, who died at North Bay, New York, leaving a son; she married (second) John Walters, retired, living at Rew; no issue. Son by first marriage:
   1. John Godfrey, who resides at Rew, McKean county, Pennsylvania.
5. Olive Huldah Martin, born May 3, 1854, died December 2, 1889; married Andrew Kittell; their only child,
   1. Zela Kittell, is deceased.
6. Henry B. Martin, born January 8, 1857, died November, 1909; married Flora Kittell; children:
   1. Dora Martin, of Buffalo, New York;
   2. Flora Martin, of Tonawanda, New York;
   3. Olive Martin, of Tonawanda;
   4. Herbert Martin, of Duke Center, Pennsylvania;
   5. Henry Martin, resides in Buffalo;
   6. Joseph Martin, also resides with his mother.
7. Nora Alice Martin, born February 28, 1860; married Lewis L. Maltby, of previous mention.
8. Harriet Ann Martin, born March 18, 1862, died 1883; married M. L. Acox, a hotelkeeper of Pittsfield, Pennsylvania; children:
   1. James Acox, lives in Ohio;
   2. Clarence Acox, deceased.
9. Angie J. Martin, born November 22, 1864, died October, 1906; married (first) Alfred Roberts, (second) James Griffin; children, all residents of North Bay:
   1. Thomas,
   2. Charles,
   3. Harry.
10. John William Martin, born November 11, 1866, died September 17, 1867.

Children of Lewis Lathrop Maltby

1. Olive Harriet Maltby, born at Eden Centre, New York, September, 1882; married, March 5, 1902, Wesley J. Benjamin, of Bradford, born February 20, 1879; children:
   1. Myron L. Benjamin, born February 14, 1903;
   2. Aletha Benjamin, September 26, 1906.
2. Frederick Valors Maltby, born at Wyandale, New York, March 22, 1884; married, June 9, 1909, Nelle Brown.
3. Bessie Lathrop Maltby, born in Wyandale, New York, April 22, 1887; married Norman Rathfon, born November 19, 1884; children:
   1. Griffith Lewis Rathfon, born February 12, 1906;
   2. Ruth Louise Rathfon, September 21, 1907;
   3. Norman L. Rathfon, September 12, 1909;
   4. Donald Lathrop Rathfon, December 8, 1910.
4. Clara Belle Maltby, born in Wyandale, New York, December 25, 1889, died January, 1890.
5. Sarah Alice Maltby, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1892, died September 25, 1893.
6. Louise Irene Maltby, born November 9, 1894, in Bradford; a student in Bradford high school.
7. Margaret Beatrice Maltby, born November 28, 1897, in Bradford; a student in the high school, passing her entrance examinations with the highest general average ever given a student in similar examinations.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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