Stephen Ormsby Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: ORMSBY
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 342-343

Ormsby, Stephen, was from Windham, Ct., and came to Walpole some time about 1790. He brought his 
wife, whose maiden name was Phoebe Calkins, with him. He was a barber by trade, and had a shop where 
the Unitarian meeting-house now stands, which was the resort of John Livingston, George Aldrich, and a 
coterie of others of the same kith.
His children were:
I. Jemima, m. Elisha Hooper (see Hooper.)
II. Lucy, b. 1788; d. Feb. 10, 1869. She is remembered as the good-natured maiden lady who taught 
many of those now living their A B C s, and cared for their little wants.
III. George, b. 1796; m. Martha, dau. of Nathaniel Blanchard, of Westmoreland, and had four sons; one 
of whom, George, is a professor in one of the western colleges.
IV. Harriet, m. Joseph Mason (see Mason.)
V. Mary, b.1798; m. Samuel Whiting, of Concord, Mass., and had five ch.,--three d. young. The 
surviving ones were 1st, Thomas S., m. Rhoda Mead, of Hanover, N.H., and had three ch., two of 
whom are living; she d. March 15, 1863. Ch. (1) Mary, d. about 1868. (2) Clarence. (3) Lucia. 2d, 
Mary H., m. George Miller, of Lowell, Mass.; he d. 1865.