Elisha PRESBREY

Elisha married Hannah WILBOR on 12 Feb 1806. Hannah (daughter of Job WILBOR and Charity WILBOR) was born on 14 May 1783; died on 13 Jul 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Revolutionary Soldier - Massachusetts

Notes:

Name:
"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.

Elisha married Wealthy WILBOR in 1780. Wealthy (daughter of Abijah WILBORE and Phebe WHITE) was born on 28 Aug 1758 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died about 1813 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]