SILSBY Surname - NH  1700s & 1800s  (Charlestown, NH)
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Surname:  SILSBY
Source:   History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4 by
          Rev. Henry H. Saunderson
p.546
The first occurence of the name Silsby in the history of
Charlestown (NH) is in connection with the scenes of the
Revolution.  Henry Silsby was a member of Capt. Abel
Walker's company with which he marched in Feb. l776 to
Quebec.  Three of the name were in Capt. Walker's Co.
No. 1, Col. Benjamins Bellows' regiment, with which, in
the spring of l777 he marched to Ticonderoga.  These
were: Lazedell Silsby (now written as Lasell) one of the
sergeants of the company, Julius Silsby, lst Corporal,
and Eliphaz Silsby, private (see also the History of
Acworth, NH)

Julius Silsby settled at Charlestown and married soon
after the close of the Revolution.  He m. Rebecca Putnam
dau of Deacon Ebenezer Putnam and wife Mary Putnam.  She
b. May 25, l759.

Isaac Silsby, son of Julius and Rebecca (Putnam) Silsby
b. Jan 23, l787 m. Dec 9, l809 Anna Langley b.June l3, 
l787.  Isaac Silsby settled in Charlestown and was for
many years one of its most enterprising citizens.  He 
was lst Selectman, also representative of the town in
l835.  He d. Dec 24, l850 age 63 - he had been engaged
in fulfilling a contract on what was then called the
Western Vermont Railroad.  Wishing to spend Christmas
with his family he started out on the 24th to return
home.  A deep snow had fallen and the roads were diffi-
cult.  At length he came to a badly drifted portion of
the way over which he was told he could not pass.  But
being a man of great energy he told his informers he
thought he could, or at least, he could try.  But making
the attempt, his horse almost immediately floundered in
the snow and he was obliged to get out of the sleigh for
the purpose of helping the horse out.  He had scarcely 
stepped into the snow before he was observed to fall.
They went to him and he was dead.  Instead, therefore,
of gladdening his family by his presence at Christmas,
they were saddened by the tidings of his death.
The children of Isaac Silsby as follows:
1.  Isaac Silsby Jr. b. Sep l0, l808 m. (l) Margaret
    Price of Newport, RI. He m. (2) Susan Claxton of
    Washington, D.C. (she born in England)
2.  Emily A. Silsby b. Sep l5, l8l0 m. George Olcott,
    Sr.
3.  Maria Silsby b. June l7, l8l2 m. Richardson Robert-
    son.
4.  Harriet Silsby b. Dec 8, l8l4 m. Charles Hapgood of
    Bellows Falls in l834.
5.  Esther Silsby b. April l7, l8l7 m. (l) Marcus
    Dougherty of Marlboro, NY in l836.
    He died and she m. (2) Russell Hyde of Bellows Falls.
6.  Anna Langley Silsby b. July 7,l823 m. Samuel L.
    Wilder, Jr.  She d. Jan l8, l856.
7.  Caroline Silsby b. Dec 7, l826 m. Frederick Porter
    of Springfield, VT.
8.  Elizabeth Silsby b. Sep 22, l828 m. Charles H. West
    of Charlestown, NH
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Submitted by Janice Farnsworth 5/22/98

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