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Ezra Ormsby

Also Known As: "Ormsbee"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rehoboth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony
Death: January 18, 1783 (96)
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States
Place of Burial: Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Ormsby and Mary Ormsby
Husband of Mary Ormsby
Father of Ebenezer Ormsby; Judith Garnsey; Daniel Ormsby; Zerviah Mason; Mary Ormsbee and 7 others
Brother of Deacon Thomas Ormsby; Grace Ormsby; Mary Salisbury; Rebecca Hammon; Judith Garnsey and 6 others

Occupation: Shipwright and Captain
Managed by: Sally Thomas
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About Ezra Ormsby

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Ezra Ormsbee (1686 - 1763)

Ezra Ormsbee aka Ormsby
Born 15 Aug 1686 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Thomas Ormsby and Mary (Fitch) Ormsby
Brother of Thomas Ormsby, Mary (Ormsbee) Salisbury, Jeremiah Ormsby, Judith (Ormsby) Garnsey, Jacob Ormsby, Bethiah (Ormsby) Shaw, Esther (Ormsby) Redway and Daniel Ormsbee
Husband of Mary Salisbury — married 25 Dec 1713 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Ebenezer Ormsby, Ezra Ormsbee, Joshua Ormsbee, Phoebe (Ormsby) Horton, Daniel (Ormsby) Ormsbee, John Ormsby and Joseph Ormsbee
Died 18 Jan 1763 at age 76 in Barrington, Rhode Islandmap
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Profile last modified 1 Jun 2023 | Created 6 Nov 2015
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Biography

Ezra was born in 1686 at Rehoboth in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Thomas and Mary (Fitch) Ormsby.[1]

Ezra married Mary Salisbury after intentions published 21 November 1713.[1][2][3] It seems none of their children's births or christenings was recorded. The following proposed list of children comes from Pierce:[4]

Ebenezer b. 1714 m. Hannah Cole 14 November 1744
Zerviah b. 1718 m. John Mason 26 October 1738
Mary b. 1722 m. Hezekiah Bowen 12 November 1740
Ezra b. 1729 m. (1) Elizabeth Cole 30 January 1755 and (2) Esther (Smith) Goff 12 October 1764 d. 23 March 1796
Joshua b. 1730 m. (1) Rachel Chase 13 November 1760, (2) Keziah Cranston 10 April 1783 d. 19 December 1810, and (3) Polly _____
John b. 16 March 1732-3 m. Sarah Jolls 14 March 1762 d. 19 June 1819 at Shoreham, Vermont
Phebe b. 1734 m. Jonathan Horton around 1754
Joseph b. 17 November 1736 m. Hannah Jolls 27 July 1760 d. 1819 at Moriah, Essex County, New York
Ruth b. 1738 m. John Chase 25 September 1757
Davis lists only Ezra and Joshua.[5]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul, page 198
↑ Arnold: Page 481 -- "Ezra Ormsbee of Rehoboth and Mary Sallsbury of Swanzey, Nov. 21, 1713 (intention)
↑ Rounds: Page 175 -- "Ezra Almbery and Mary Salsbury were married December the 25:1713"
↑ Pierce: Entry C-22 for Ezra Ormsby
↑ Davis: Page 11
Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1897)
Davis, Harry Alexander. The Junkins family: descendants of Robert Junkins of York County, Maine (Washington, D.C., 1938)
Paul, Edward Joy, The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, Now Mrs. William J. Young Jr. (Mil-waukee: Burdich & Allen, 1914)
Pierce, Albert Edward. Ormsby - Ormsbee family : descendants of Richard Ormesby (1602-1664) of Rehoboth, Mass. 1962, Tulsa, OK
Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)
Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. page 693. Ezra Ormsbee Record Type Birth, Birth Date 15 Aug 1686. Birth Place Rehoboth, Massachusetts. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-MY3S : 18 October 2022, Ezra Ormsbee Or Ormsby and Mary Sallsbury, 21 Nov 1713; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 07578641.
"Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QF-PBK : 17 December 2019), Ezra Ormsbee in entry for Joseph Ormsbee Birth 17 Nov 1736. Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island.





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Ezra Ormsby's Timeline

1686
August 15, 1686
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony
1714
1714
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1718
1718
Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
1718
Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1722
1722
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States
1732
March 16, 1732
Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
March 16, 1732
1734
1734
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
1734
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States