Elisha PRESBREY

1756 - 1825  (69 years)

• Name	Elisha PRESBREY  [2]
  	"William Presbrey and His Descendants": Elisha Presbrey was a Revolutionary soldier, and gave three brief terms of service in the Massachusetts miliitia, as may be seen by the following records copied from "The Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." "Elisha Presbrey, pay roll of Sergt. Enos. Dean's detachment of guards, service one day by order of Committee of Correspondence, etc., in order to prevent the escape of Highlanders and other prisoners from Taunton Jail during the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776." vol. XII: p 747 "Elisha Presbory, private, Capt. Josiah King's Co. Col. Daggitt's regt. entered service Aug. 25, 1778, discharged Sept. 1, 1778, service eight days at Rhode Island; Co. detached from roll sworn to at Taunton." Vol. XII: p. 797. "Elisha Preisberry, Capt. Nehemiah Pratt's Co.: Col. Mitchell's regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. James Williams' brig. George Godfrey's (Bristol County) Brigade, service eight days. Company marched to Tiverton, R.I. on the alarm of Aug. 2, 1780." Vol. XII: p. 735. Elisha Presbrey lived in Raynham, where seven of his ten children were born. In the spring of 1794, he moved with his family to Keene, NH. He bought land in Keene, July 8, 1794. About 1799, he moved with his family to Lyman, NH., where he bought land, Apr. 22, 1799. In 1811 he went back to Keene, and lived for some tie in Westmoreland, NH., where some of his wife's relatives, the Wilburs lived. The date of his wife's death has not been found, but it is believed that she died in Westmoreland about 1813. Soon after that he returned to Lyman and spent his last years with his son Elisha in Lisbon, NH. He died in Lisbon in 1825. [1]
  Birth	1756	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Revolutionary Soldier - Massachusetts   [1]
  Death	1825	Lisbon, New Hampshire   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I70738	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph PRESBREY,   b. 1727, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1802, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary BAKER,   b. 1 Jun 1727
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	21 Nov 1745
  Family ID	F28613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wealthy WILBOR,   b. 28 Aug 1758, Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt 1813, Westmoreland, New Hampshire (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1780  [2]
  Children	1. Elijah PRESBREY,   b. 3 Aug 1779, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1827, Lyman, New Hampshire (Age 47 years)   2. Elisha PRESBREY,   b. 21 Sep 1782, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Feb 1853, Lunenburg, Vermont (Age 70 years) + 3. Samuel PRESBY,   b. 7 Sep 1785, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Aug 1856, Lunenburg, Vermont (Age 70 years) + 4. Abiatha PRESBREY,   b. 22 Oct 1786, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Oct 1839, Lunenburg, Vermont (Age 52 years)   5. Wealthy PRESBREY,   b. 17 Apr 1789, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Feb 1878, Monroe, New Hampshire (Age 88 years)   6. Joseph PRESBREY,   b. 10 Apr 1791, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. Young   7. Mary PRESBREY,   b. 25 Jun 1792, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. Lunenburg, Vermont  [Birth]   8. Warren PRESBREY,   b. 23 Jun 1796, Keene, New Hampshire d. 1811, Lyman, New Hampshire (Age 14 years)   9. Sarah PRESBREY,   b. 27 Mar 1800, Lyman, New Hampshire d. 15 Jul 1871 (Age 71 years)   10. Joseph PRESBREY,   b. 1 Feb 1803, Lyman, New Hampshire d. Infancy
  Family ID	F28602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2013

  
  

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  Death - 1825 - Lisbon, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5273] Rev. Joseph Waite Presby, Ph.D., "William Presbrey of London, England and Taunton, Mass. and His Descendants" 1690-1918. [S03490] John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "The Wildbores In America" A Family Tree , ( 1933).