An American Family History

The Derbyshire Family

Daniel Derbyshire was born about 1765 in Saratoga County, New York. He was the son of Benjamin Derbyshire.

He married Lovina Blanchard.

Anne Derbyshire (1790, married Eri Hayes and William Knowles),
Daniel Derbyshire (1792, married Nancy Wiltse),
James Derbyshire (1794, married Polly Wiltse),
Joseph Derbyshire (1797, married Anna Wing), and
Harvey Derbyshire (1798, married Susannah Austin).

In 1804 Daniel was ordained as pastor along with Abel Stevens of the Steventown Baptist Church

In 1805 he bought a parcel of land in Elizabethtown (now Brockville) from Isaac Palmer for £27.

He made a will on April, 15, 1808. It was registered on March 17, 1827.

After his death his widow married Jedediah Wing.

Brockville, Ontario was called Elizabethtown. The area was first settled by English speakers in 1785, when Americans who had remained loyal to the crown fled to Canada after the American Revolution.

Brockville

Brockville
1840

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