Descendants of
Christopher Derby
Generation One
.
1. Christopher1 Derby.
Children of Christopher1 Derby and an unknown spouse were:
Generation Two
.
2. Nicholas2 Derby (Christopher1).
Children of Nicholas2 Derby and an unknown spouse were:
Generation Three
3. Richard3
Derby (Nicholas2, Christopher1)
married Alice
Leachland.
Reference: 591.
Children of Richard3 Derby and Alice Leachland were:
- 4. i. Roger4,
b. 1642 at Topham, Devonshire,
England; m. Lucretia Hilman; m. Elizabeth Haskett.
Generation Four
4. Roger4 Derby (Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1)
was born in 1642 at Topham,
Devonshire, England. He married Lucretia Hilman, daughter of John
Hilman and Honour (--?--), on 23 Aug 1668. He married Elizabeth
Haskett, daughter of Stephen Haskett and Elizabeth Hill, in 1691.
Children of Roger4 Derby and Lucretia Hilman were as follows:
- i. Charles5; b. 27 Jan 1669; d. 8
Oct 1690 at expedition against Quebec at age 21.
- 5. ii. Experience, m. Joseph Flint; b. 18 Dec 1671.
- 6. iii. Samuel, m. Hannah Young; b. 24 Nov 1673.
- iv. Roger; b. 24 Nov 1673; d. 1698.
- v. John; b. 25 Apr 1677; d. 1708.
- vi. Lucretia; m.
Joseph Bolls; b.
17 Aug 1681.
- vii. Ebenezer; b. 9 Jul 1683; d. 1687.
Children of Roger4 Derby and Elizabeth Haskett were as follows:
- 7. i. Margaret5,
m. William Osborne; b. 10 Dec 1675.
- 8. ii. Richard, m. Martha Haskett; b. 8 Oct 1679 at Salem, Mass.
- 9. iii. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Palfrey; b. 14 Mar 1692.
- 10. iv. Anna, m. Benjamin Ives; b. 1695.
- 11. v. Martha, b. 11 Sep 1697;
m. Joshua Hicks.
- vi. John; b. 27 Dec 1705.
- vii. Mary; b. 9 Dec 1707.
Generation Five
5. Experience5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) married Joseph Flint, son of Edward
Flint and Elizabeth Hart. She was born on 18 Dec
1671.
Children of Experience5 Derby and Joseph Flint were as follows:
- i. Joseph6; b. 7 Apr 1699.
- ii. Jonathan; b. 3 Jan 1702.
- iii. Mary; b. 4 Apr 1704.
- iv. Edward; b. 1709.
6. Samuel5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1)
married Hannah
Young. He was born on 24 Nov 1673. He died in 1765.
Children of Samuel5 Derby and Hannah Young were as follows:
- i. Roger6;
- ii. Temperance;
- iii. Samuel;
- iv. Hannah; b. 1702.
- v. Anna; b. 1711.
7. Margaret5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) married William Osborne, son of William Osborne and Hannah Burton.
She was born on 10 Dec 1675. She died in 1765.
Children of Margaret5 Derby and William Osborne were as follows:
- i. Richard6; .
- ii. William; b. 8 Sep 1711.
- iii. Stephen; b. 16 Oct 1712.
- iv. Elizabeth; b. 10 Dec 1714.
- v. William; b. 12 Feb 1716.
- vi. Benjamin; b. 31 May 1718.
- 12. vii. Margaret, b. 8 Sep
1719; m. Joseph Buffum.
- viii. Jonathan; b. 1722.
- ix. Abigail; b. 1723.
- x. Benjamin; b. 1724.
8. Richard5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1)
1 married Martha Haskett, daughter of Stephen Haskett and Elizabeth
Hill. He was born on 8 Oct 1679 at Salem, Mass.2
He died on 25 Jul 1715 at Salem at age 35.2
Children of Richard5 Derby and Martha Haskett were as follows:
- i. Martha6; Reference: 576.
- ii. John; b. 27 Dec 1705.
- iii. Mary; b. 9 Jan 1707.
- 13. iv. Richard, m. Mary Hodges; b. 16 Sep 1712 at Salem, Mass.
9. Elizabeth5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) married Thomas Palfrey, son of Walter Palfrey and Elizabeth
Manning. She was born on 14 Mar 1692. She died in 1721.
Children of Elizabeth5 Derby and Thomas Palfrey were:
10. Anna5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) married Benjamin Ives, son of Thomas
Ives and Elizabeth Metcalf. She was born in 1695.
She died in 1722.
Children of Anna5 Derby and Benjamin Ives were as follows:
- i. Samuel6; .
- ii. Elizabeth;
- iii. John; .
- iv. Mary; .
- v. Abigail; .
- vi. Martha;
- vii. Margaret;
- viii. Anna; b. 20 Mar 1720.
- ix. Benjamin; b. 2 Nov 1720.
11. Martha5
Derby (Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) was born on 11 Sep 1697. She married Joshua Hicks on 22 Oct 1719
at Salem, Mass. She died in 1757.
Children of Martha5 Derby and Joshua Hicks were as follows:
- i. John6; b. 6 Nov 1721.
- ii. Joshua; b. 14 Apr 1723.
- iii. Elizabeth; b. 14 Jan 1725.
- iv. Martha; b. 14 Feb 1727.
- v. Ruth; b. 14 Jul 1729.
- vi. Mary; b. 14 Jun 1733.
- vii. Zechariah; b. 19 Dec 1736.
Generation Six
12. Margaret6
Osborne (Margaret5Derby, Roger4, Richard3, Nicholas2, Christopher1) was born on 8 Sep 1719. She married Joseph Buffum, son of Benjamin Buffum and Elizabeth
Buxton, on 12 Mar 1736.
Children of Margaret6 Osborne and Joseph Buffum were as follows:
- i. Jedediah7; b. 13 Aug 1737 at Smithfield, RI; m. Sarah Taft, daughter of Majamin Taft and Sarah Sweeting, 22
Sep 1757 at Smithfield, RI; d. Jul 1818 at Richmond, NH, at age 80.
- ii. Jonathan; b. 1 Dec 1739 at Smithfield, RI; m. Ruth Joslin 20 Mar 1762; d. 1820 at Grafton,
VT.
- 14. iii. William, b. 20 Dec
1741 at Salem, Mass; m. Lydia Arnold.
- iv. David; b. 14 Oct 1743 at Smithfield, RI; m. Waite Wilkinson, daughter of Izreal
Wilkinson, 27 Sep 1767 at Smithfield, RI; m. Mary Greene,
daughter of David Greene and Alice Hall, 6 Apr 1779; m. Hepzibah Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell and Ann Folger, 28
Oct 1784 at Newport, RI; d. 20 May 1829 at Middleton, RI, at age 85.
- v. Comfort;
b. 21 Dec 1745 at Smithfield, RI; m. Moses Allen, son of Joseph Allen and Lydia Aldrich, 5
Nov 1767 at Mendon, Mass; d. 28 Oct 1804 at Richmond, NH, at age 58.
- vi. Hannah;
m. Nathan
Harkness, son of Adam Harkness and Mary Gaskill; b. 15 Feb 1748 at Smithfield,
RI; d. 15 Nov 1773 at age 25.
- vii. Elizabeth;
m. Asa Mann;
b. 24 Apr 1748 at Smithfield, ',
RI; d. Jun 1803 at Richmond, NH, at age 55.
- viii. Anne;
b. 27 Nov 1751 at Smithfield, RI; m. Samuel Inman, son of Elisha Inman, 19 Mar 1772; d. 8 Feb 1840 at age 88.
- ix. Joseph Jr.; b. 25 Feb 1753 at Smithfield, RI; m. Anne Sarah Haskill, daughter of Elias
Haskill, 21 Mar 1784 at Harvard, Mass; d. 10 Nov
1829 at Westmoreland, NH, at age 76.
- x. Margaret;
b. 28 Nov 1755 at \, Smithfield,
RI; m. John
Wing, son of Jabez Wing, 1 Apr 1773; d. 8 Jul 1802
at age 46.
- xi. James; m. Abigail Farnam; b. 29 Oct 1757 at Smithfield, RI; d. 25 Feb 1788 at age 30.
- xii. Richard; b. 22 Mar 1760 at Smithfield, RI; m. Ruth Greene, daughter of Benjamin
Greene, 23 Feb 1783 at Smithfield, RI; d. 2 Nov 1847
at Colden, NY, at age 87.
- xiii. Abigail;
b. 22 Mar 1760 at Smithfield, RI; m. Benjamin Pearce, son of Benjamin Pearce, 5 Oct 1780; d. 11 Nov 1824 at age 64.
- xiv. Benjamin Benjamin Buffum-1535
Bejamin
Buffum removed from Salem to Smithfield Rhode Island about 1712. He married Elizabeth
Burton probably in Smithfield as the name Burton is common there.
One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families by John O. Austin
; b. 10 May 1762 at Smithfield, RI; m. Rhoda Scott 13
Feb 1784 at Bellingham, Mass; d. 1836 at Richmond, NH.
13. Richard6
Derby (Richard5, Roger4,
Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1)
Richard, one of these four children. He was born in Salem in 1712, and married Mary
Hodges of Salem by whom he had eight children. He married again in 1771 Mrs Sarah, widow
of Ezekiel Hershey M.D. of Hingham. Mr Derby was for several years Representative to the
General Court, one of the Governors Council, and delegate to the Provincial Congress in
1774. He died in Salem on November 9 1783.
He married Mary
Hodges, daughter of Gamiel Hodges and Sarah Williams. He was born on 16 Sep 1712 at Salem, Mass. He died in 1783 at Salem,
Mass.
Children of Richard6 Derby and Mary Hodges were as follows:
- i. Richard7;
- 15. ii. Elias Haskett, b.
1739 at Salem, Mass; m. Elizabeth Crowningsheild.
Generation Seven
14. William7
Buffum (Margaret6Osborne, Margaret5Derby, Roger4,
Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1) was born on 20 Dec 1741 at Salem, Mass. He married
Lydia Arnold, daughter of Thomas Arnold and Patience Cook, on
1 Nov 1767 at Smithfield, RI. He died on 27 Aug 1829
at Smithfield, RI, at age 87.
Children of William7 Buffum and Lydia Arnold all b. at Smithfield, RI, were as follows:
- i. Patience8; b. 5 May 1770; m. Pliney Earle 6 Jun 1793; d. 11 Nov 1849 at age 79.
- ii. Lucy; b.
26 Sep 1772; m. Walter
Allen 3 Apr 1800 at Smithfield, RI; d. 1844.
- iii. Hannah;
b. 26 Sep 1774; m. William
Arnold, son of Benedict Arnold, 3 Apr 1800; d. 1844.
- iv. Thomas; b. 2 Jun 1776; m. Marion Arnold, daughter of Daniel Arnold, 24 Mar 1803; d. 16 May 1852 at age 75.
- v. Arnold; b. 13 Jan 1782; m. Sarah Rebecca Gould, daughter of John Gould and Sarah
Coggleshall, 7 Jun 1804 at Quaker
Meeting House, Newport, RI; d. 13 Mar 1859 at Perth
Amboy, NJ, at age 77.
- 16. vi. Waite, b. 29 Sep
1783; m. Otis Bartlett.
- vii. Lydia;
b. 17 Oct 1787; m. Samuel
Shove 1 Jul 1818; d. 3 Sep 1835 at age 47.
- viii. William; b. 10 Nov 1789; m. Ann Lee Sheldon, daughter of William Sheldon, 7 May 1818; d. 13 Apr 1868 at age 78.
15. Elias Haskett7 Derby (Richard6,
Richard5, Roger4,
Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1) Elias Haskett Derby - 150
was born in 1739 at Salem, Mass. He married Elizabeth
Crowningsheild, daughter of John Crowningsheild and Anstiss Williams, on 23 Apr 1761. He died in 1799 at Salem.
Children of Elias Haskett7 Derby and Elizabeth Crowningsheild were as
follows:
- i. Anstiss8; m. Benjamin Pickman.
- ii. Richard; m. Martha Coffin, daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Coffin and Eleanor
Foster.
- iii. Mary Jane;
m. Ephrim
Peabody; b. 10 Jan 1760.
- iv. Elizabeth;
m. Nathaniel
West; b. 1762.
- v. Elias Haskett; m. Sarah Barton; b. 28 Dec 1763; d. 22
Jan 1861 at age 97.
- 17. vi. John, b. 1767 at Salem, Mass; m. Eleanor
Foster Coffin.
- vii. John; b. 1767 at Salem; d.
1821 at Salem.
- viii. Martha;
m. John
Prince; b. 6 Oct 1769.
- ix. Ezekiel Hershey; m. Hannah Fitch; b. 22 Nov 1772; d. 5
Oct 1852 at age 79.
Generation Eight
16. Waite8
Buffum (William7, Margaret6Osborne, Margaret5Derby, Roger4, Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1)
was born on 29 Sep 1783 at Smithfield, RI. She married Otis
Bartlett, son of Elisha Bartlett and Ruth Arnold, on 20 Oct 1803 at Smithfield,
RI. She died on 26 Apr 1823 at age 39.
Children of Waite8 Buffum and Otis Bartlett were as follows:
- i. Caroline9; b. 11 Mar 1806.
- ii. Adelia; b. 1 Jan 1808.
- iii. Rebecca; b. 1 Sep 1810.
- iv. Ruth; b. 14 Jun 1812.
- v. Oliver; b. 7 Oct 1815.
- vi. George; b. 23 Sep 1817.
- 18. vii. William Osborne, b.
3 Apr 1820; m. Agnes Willard.
- viii. Sarah E.; b. 20 Aug 1822.
17. John8
Derby (Elias7, Richard6,
Richard5, Roger4,
Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1) was born in 1767 at Salem, Mass. He married Eleanor Foster Coffin, daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Coffin and Eleanor
Foster, on 12 Dec 1801 at Salem, Mass. He died in
1821 at Salem, Mass.
Children of John8 Derby and Eleanor Foster Coffin were as follows:
- 19. i. Sarah Ellen9,
b. 1805 at Boston, Mass; m. John Rogers.
- 20. ii. Mary Jane, b. 30 Jan
1807; m. Rev. Ephram Peabody.
- iii. Nathaniel Foster; b. 25 Feb 1809; d. 13 Jul
1830 at age 21.
- 21. iv. Elizabeth Laura, m. Arnold Wells; b. 9 Feb 1811; m. John Winthrop.
- v. Martha Coffin; b. 3 Aug 1814; d. 13 Oct 1881 at
age 67.
- vi. George; m. Elizabeth Parsons, daughter of Justice William Parsons; b. 13 Feb 1819; d. 20 Jun 1874 at age 55.
Generation Nine
18. William Osborne9
Bartlett (Waite8Buffum, William7, Margaret6Osborne, Margaret5Derby, Roger4, Richard3, Nicholas2,
Christopher1) was born on 3 Apr 1820. He married Agnes
Willard, daughter of George Willard and Sylvia Chapin, on 23 Oct 1845 at Grafton, Mass. He died on 23 Apr 1881 at age 61. He was Lawyer, Professor
and Author of legal books at New York, NY.
Children of William Osborne9 Bartlett and Agnes Willard were as
follows:
- i. Willard10 . He was Chief
Judge NY State Court of Appeals.
- ii. Franklin
19. Sarah Ellen9
Derby (John8, Elias7,
Richard6, Richard5,
Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1)
was born in 1805 at Boston, Mass. She married John Rogers, son of Daniel Dennison Rogers and Elizabeth Bromfield, on 5 Feb 1827 at Boston, Mass. She died in 1877 at Boston, Mass.
Children of Sarah Ellen9 Derby and John Rogers
were as follows:
- i. Ellen Derby10; b. 23 Mar
1828; d. 22 Feb 1894 at age 65.
- ii. John; b. 30 Oct 1829; m. Harriet Francis, daughter of Charles Francis, Apr 1865.
- iii. Laura Derby; b. 4 Jun 1832; d. 8 Sep 1833 at
age 1.
- iv. Laura Derby; b. 6 Nov 1834.
- v. Henry Bromfield; b. 20 Nov 1837; m. Frances Stetson
10 Jan 1865; d. 15 Oct 1872 at age 34.
- vi. Clara Pomeroy
; b. 13 Nov 1838 at Northampton, Mass; m. John Graeme Purdon, son of John Purdon and Mary
Brian Boyle, 13 Nov 1863 at Roxbury, Mass; They
sailed for China the day after they were married; d. 1907 at Boston, Mass.
- vii. Martha Derby; b. 27 Oct 1840 at Northampton, Mass; m. Dr. John Gardner Perry 19 Mar 1863.
- viii. Elizabeth; b. 5 Dec 1844.
- ix. Frances Stetson; b. 5 Dec 1844.
20. Mary Jane9
Derby (John8, Elias7,
Richard6, Richard5,
Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) was born on 30 Jan 1807. She married Rev. Ephram Peabody on 6 Aug
1853.
Children of Mary Jane9 Derby and Rev. Ephram Peabody were as follows:
- i. Samuel A10; b. 7 Jul 1834; d.
1 Oct 1835 at age 1.
- ii. Ellen Derby; b. 22 Jan 1836; d. 13 Mar 1869 at
age 33.
- iii. Anna Huidekoper; b. 6 Oct 1838.
- iv. George Derby; b. 21 Nov 1840; d. 10 Jan 1842
at age 1.
- v. Emily Morrison; b. 22 Nov 1842; d. 21 Apr 1845
at age 2.
- vi. Robert Swain; b. 22 Feb 1845.
- vii. Francis; b. 4 Dec 1847.
21. Elizabeth Laura9
Derby (John8, Elias7,
Richard6, Richard5,
Roger4, Richard3,
Nicholas2, Christopher1) married Arnold Wells. She was born
on 9 Feb 1811. She married John Winthrop on 6 Nov 1849. She died on 26 Apr 1861 at age 50.
Children of Elizabeth Laura9 Derby and Arnold Wells were as follows:
- i. George Derby10.
- ii. John; b. 3 Sep 1836; d. 12 Feb 1838 at age 1.
- iii. Arnold F; b. 21 Oct 1839; d. 6 Sep 1847 at
age 7.
- iv. John; b. 6 Feb 1841; d. 7 Apr 1847 at age 6.
There were no children of Elizabeth Laura9 Derby and John Winthrop.
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