Joshua LOBDELL

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"Simon Lobdell and his Descendants": Joshua, an only son, b. at Springfield, Mass., 23 Dec 1671, m. for his first wife at Milford, Conn. 11 Aug. 1695 - Gov. Robert Treat performing the ceremony - Mary, dau. of John and Alice Burwell, early settlers of Milford. upon one of the stones of "Memorial Bridge" at Milford, is carved the name of the father of Mary. No record can be found of her death, but perhaps it occurred soon after the firth of her dau., Susannah, who was bapt. 5 March 1710, and on 9 April, 1710, Simon Lobdell, then an old man, was admitted to the First Church of Milford.......


(The following item of Joshua is contributed by Mr. Henry Lobdell of Salem Center, who is now living on part of the original farm in the manor of Cortland, Westchester Co., NY, leased by his great grandfather - Ebenezer Lobdell before the Revolution - of Stephen De Lancey, and afterward purchased by him at sheriff's sale."
"After the death of Mary, Joshua, with his children moved to the town of Ridgefield, Conn., 'in 1712, in which year on 3 March, he bought of James Brown of Norwalk, Conn., one twenty-ninth part of the town of Ridgefield. (the above James Brown was one of the original proprietors who purchased of the Indians, in1708, all that land, now called Ridgefield.) during the succeeding twenty or thirty years Joshua was continually adding to his estate by purchase from the proprietors or their grantors. The date of the death of Joshua cannot be determined from Ridgefield records but it must have occurred before 31 Oct. 1743, as on that date, Caleb agrees to assume the support of his mother, Eunice, widow of Joshua Lobdell (deceased), late of Ridgefield".

From Burt's first century of Springfield, Mass.:
"In 1743 a deed in Book S. Springfield records mentions - "Samuel Lobdell; Caleb and John Lobdell; Jabez Northrup and wife Sarah; Seaborn Burt and wife Susannah - all of Ridgefield, Conn. Samuel Plum and wife Mary, of Derby, Conn., and Joshua Lobdell of Cortlandt Manor, NY, to Ebenezer Lobdell of Ridgefield, Conn., all interest in estate of our father Joshua - and land that formerly belonged to Simon Lobdell, formerly of Springfield, Mass."

About 1713 Joshua m. for his second wife, Eunice, dau. of Lieut. John Olmstead and his wife Mary Benedict of Norwalk, Conn.

Eunice was b. about 1689, and was aunt of Rebecca St. John, who married Samuel, eldest child of Joshua and Mary (Burwell) Lobdell.

Joshua married Mary BURWELL on 11 Aug 1695 in Milford, Connecticut. Mary died after Mar 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joshua LOBDELL, II was born on 16 Mar 1703; died in Poss. 1767 in North Salem, Westchester County, New York.
2. Ebenezer LOBDELL was born on 24 Feb 1707 in Milford, Connecticut; died in 1801 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Joshua married Eunice OLMSTEAD about 1713. Eunice (daughter of John OLMSTEAD and Mary BENEDICT) was born about 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Simon Lobdell and His descendants": The name of "Simon Lobdell" appears among the "after-planters" names of Milford, Conn. - about forty - a framed list of which is now hanging in the Town Clerk's office at Milford, Conn.

My supposition (the author) after much study - is that Simon came as a young lad with one of a party fromHereford, England (a shire in West of England, bordering on Wales) in 1645, at which time history tells us the second party came - that his sisters Ann and Elizabeth came at same time but remained in Boston.

From public records at Milford it appears that Simon Lobdell, in 1646, had given him by the "first planters" of the town, for a house lot, a triangular shaped half-acre of ground.

A. In 1655 we find his name given as a resident of Milford. He took the freeman's oath at Hartford Conn., May 21, 1657 and was a tax-payer of that place in 1667. A. He went to Springfield, Mass., probably through the influence of his brother-in-laws (his sisters both having married prosperous men of Springfield). There he was prison-keeper from 1666 to 1674, and there he must have accumulated considerable property.

B. In 1681 Simon purchased 60 acres (but was not a settler) at Stony River, between Springfield and Windsor, and had interest in Hull, Mass., in 1682. No proof of his marriage or birth of Mary, his first child, has been found, but I assume without proof that he married Persis Pierce, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of Charlestown, Mass., and that the families were members of the same party on their way to the new home in New England.

Simon returned to Milford, Conn., where his wife Persis was admitted to the First Church of Milford, 7 January, 1677, and on 9 April 1710, Simon united with the same church.

At. Milford his children married and there Simon died, previous to 4 Oct. 1717, as on that date, at Probate Court held at New haven, Conn., his son Joshua Lobdell of Ridgefield, Conn., moved for administration on the estate of Simon Lobdell of Milford, lately deceased, which was granted on his bond. The same administrator exhibited a jointure made between the deceased and the widow of full satisfaction....

Simon married Persis PIERCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]