Generation No. 3

5.  CHARLES3 MALBONE (EVAN2, REODOLPHUS1) was born 02 Oct 1755 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died Abt. 1824. He is the son of EVAN MALBONE and MARY BREWER.  He married JERUSHA . She was born Abt. 1767 in either Vermont or Connecticut; she died 21 Oct 1818.

Notes for CHARLES MALBONE:
In his will of 1787 Solomon Malbone mentioned a nephew, Charles Malbone, of Coventry, Connecticut.

Source Citation Year: 1790 Census Place, Coventry, Tolland, CT: Roll: M637_1; Page: 133; Image: 0460.
Charles Malbone is enumerated on the 1790 census for Coventry, Tolland, CT; his household includes 1 male over 16 yrs, 1 male under 16 yrs, and 3 females --  The respective family members may be Charles Malbone, age 35;Charles, Jr. age 5; Jerusha age 23; Nancy age 4; Elizabeth (infant) .

Source Citation: Year 1800; Census Place: Jay, Essex, NY; Roll: 22; Page: 1038; Image: 406.
Charles Molbone is enumerated on the 1800 census for Jay, Essex, NY; his household includes 2 males under 10 yrs, 1 male 10-15 yrs, 1 male 45 yrs+, 2  females under 10 yrs, 1 female 10-15 yrs and 1 female 26-44 yrs -- The respective family members may be John, age 4; Solomon, age 6; Charles, Jr., age 15; Charles, age 45;  1 unknown female under age 10; Elizabeth, age 9; Nancy, age 14; Jerusha, age 33

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Jay, Essex, New York; Roll  27; Page: 20; Family History Number: 0181381; Image: 00020.
Charles Malbone is enumerated on the 1810 census for Jay, Essex Co., NY; his household includes 1 male 10-15 yrs, 1 male 16-25 yrs, 1 male 45+ yrs, 1 female under 10 yrs, 1 female 10-15 yrs and 1 female 26-44 yrs. --  The respective family members may be John, age 14; Solomon, age 16; Charles, age 55; Armelia, age 5; 1 unknown female, age 10-15; Jerusha, age 43.

Notes for JERUSHA Unknown:
Age at Death: 51 yrs.
Burial: Malbone Cemetery, Wilmington, NY

Children of CHARLES MALBONE and JERUSHA are:

         i.CHARLES4 MALBONE, JR., b. Abt. 1785; d. 09 Feb 1876, Wilmington, New York; m. SARAH                           UNKNOWN; d. 06 Aug 1875.

    Notes for CHARLES MALBONE, JR.:
    Burial: Malbone Cemetery, Wilmington, NY
    Age at Death: 91 years
    Military:  War 1812
    Served: Unregimented Battalion (Sanford's) New York Militia
    Rank: Sargent
    Source: CMSR, Roll Box #131; Roll Exct. #602
    Essex County
    Thirty-Seventh Regiment (R. Noble, Lieutenant Colonel)
    Fortieth brigade - battalion lately commanded by Major Reuben Sanford:
    Promoted: Charles Malbone, Jr., Lieutenant
    Source: Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821
    State of New York, 1901-02,  pgs. 3042

    More About CHARLES MALBONE, JR.:
    Census 1: 04 Sep 1850, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#169 (Age 65)
    Census 2: 11 Aug 1860, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#111 (Age 74) CT
    Census 3: 25 Jun  1870, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#16 (Age 84) CT
    The 1850 census for Wilmington, NY shows an Abner Hickah (age 34) and an Arnsia Malbone (age 45) living in        the Charles Malbone household.
    The 1860 census for Wilmington, NY shows a George Oswin (age 21) and a Henry Nichols (age 20) living in the       Charles Malbone household.

    Additional Note:   
    In 1876 the following persons are named as next of kin to Charles Malbone, Jr. 
Evan Malbone, Mary, wife of Isaac Torrance, Armelia, wife of John Miles, Charles Thayer and Elijah Thayer, all of Wilmington, Essex County, N.Y.: Sarah, wife of VanBuren Miller, of Harrietatown, Franklin County, N.Y..: Solomon Malbone and Jerusha Malbone, his wife, of South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan; Bateman Hawley, of Comstock, Kalamazoo County, Michigan: Charles Gibbs and Elizabeth Gibbs whose places of residence unknown ...  (view a transcription of the newspaper article).
fultonhistory.com,  Newspaper:  Evening Journal [Albany NY], 1876
   
Notes for SARAH UNKNOWN:
    Age at Death: 86 years
    Burial: Malbone Cemetery, Wilmington, NY
    More About SARAH UNKNOWN:
    Census 1: 04 Sep 1850, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#169 (Age 62)
    Census 2: 11 Aug 1860, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#111 (Age71) VT
    Census 3: 25 Jun 1870, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York, pg#16 (Age 81)  VT

          ii.       NANCY MALBONE, b.. Jan 1789 in Coventry, CT; d..18 Feb 1869 in Wilmington, NY. She married                       APOLLOS THAYER. b. 1788, d. 24 Apr 1856.  He is the son of Paul Thayer, a Revolutionary War
                    soldier originally from  Mass., and one of the first settlers of Wilmington, New York. 

    Notes for NANCY MALBONE:
    Age at Death:  80 years and 1 month
    Burial:  Haselton Cemetery, Wilmington, NY

    Notes for APOLLOS THAYER:
    Age at Death: 68 Years
    Burial: Haselton Cemetery, Wilmington, NY
    Military:  War 1812
    Thirty-Seventh Regiment (R. Noble, Lieutenant Colonel)
    Fortieth brigade - battalion lately commanded by Major Reuben Sanford:
    Apollos Thayer, Ensign
    Source: Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821
    State of New York, 1901-02, 3042  pgs.

    More about Apollos Thayer and Nancy Malbone:
    On the 1840 census for Wilmington, Essex Co., NY the household of Apollas Thayer is enumerated immediately       following that of Armelia Malborne, a female, age 30-40.  Perhaps she is a sister to Apollos wife, Nancy    
     Malbone Thayer.

    The 1850 census for Wilmington, Essex Co., NY shows Apolos and Nancy Thayer living in the household
     immediately next to that of Charles and Sarah Malbone   (Roll M432_503, Pg #168).

    Nancy Thayer is show on the 1860 census for Wilmington, New York;  she is living in the household of her son,
    Charles Thayer  (Roll M653_753, Pg #654).

Children of Nancy Malbone and Apollos Thayer are:  Elijah Thayer (1814-1892);  Jerusha Thayer (1815-1842); Charles Thayer (1823-1908);  Apollos Thayer (1827-1850).

        iii.       ELIZABETH "BETSEY" MALBONE, b. Abt. 1790; d. Apr 1858, at Kalamazoo Co., MI. She
                  married JOHN HAWLEY.  He was b. Abt. 1786; d. 23 Feb 1860 at Comstock, Kalamazoo
                  Co., MI.

Children of Elizabeth Malbone and John Hawley are:  Chester Hawley (1812-1878); John Hawley (1817-  
1897);  Calvin Bateman Hawley (1827-1943). 

6.       iv.      SOLOMON MALBONE, b. Abt. 1794; d. 09 Sep 1819, Clinton Twp., Franklin Co., Ohio.

7.       v.      JOHN MALBONE, b. 22 Jul 1796; d. 22 Nov 1868, Wilmington, Essex Co., New York    

         vi.       ARMELIA MALBONE,  b. Abt. 1805 in NY; d. Aft. 1880. She married  JOHN MILES aft. 1860.  
                      He was born Abt. 1817 in VT and died bef. 1880 in NY.

    Notes for Armelia Malbone:
    Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilmington, Essex, New York; Roll  M593_936; Page: 380B; Image: 768; Family History
    Library Film: 552435.
    In 1870 John and Amelia Miles are enumerated at Wilmington, Essex Co., NY; their household is near that of Evan and Josette
    Malbone.  John Miles, Age 63 (VT), Amelia Miles, Age 64 (NY)

    Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilmington, Essex, New York; Roll  833; Family History Film: 1254833; Page: 382B;
    Enumeration District: 67; Image: 0433.
    In the 1880 Amelie Miles and Elner Malbone are both enumerated in the household of Edward Linnen; the household is near that of
    Evan and Josette Malbone:  Amelie Miles, Age 74, widow, (NY CT CT); Elner Malbone, Age 78,  widow, (NY)

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Newspaper Articles by Corwin M Thayer, grandson of Apollos Thayer and Nancy Malbone

The Malbone families of South Haven, Michigan descend from these two brothers, Solomon and John Malbone;
correspondingly, they are the paternal and maternal 2nd great-grandfather's of our Malbone ancestor, Howard Douglas Malbone.

Additional Note:
The Paul Thayer family is identified on the 1800 Jay, NY census.  Paul Thayer's son, Apollis, married Nancy Malbone in 1814.
 
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Thursday,  Sep 10, 1903
Elizabethtown NY
POST AND GAZETTE
Title: Another Interesting Letter from Dr. Bishop.
        South Haven, Sept. 2, 1903.
Dear Friend Brown:
The business of tracing the history of families becomes very interesting
and shows how extensively your paper is read. If you keep on you
will become as famous as the Danbury News man.
I interviewed Mr. John Malbone today and he said Mr. Thayor was
right about Solomon Malbone who went to Franklin Co., Ohio, and
died comparatively young, leaving a son named Solomon Martin
Malbone who went back to Wilmington when a young man, and in
1842 went back to Ohio again, and from there here in 1875.
So you see Solomon Malbone was John Malbone the merchant's grandfather.
Mr. Malbone was much pleased with the article about the "Malbone"
of Newport, R. I. He said that a young man ran away from home in Queen
Anne Co., Va. This was many years ago, and for a good many years his
people did not know what had become of him, till at last they heard of him as
living at Newport. R. I. The young man's parents name was Malbone,
John Malbone has corresponded with some of his ancestors now living in
Queen Anne Co., Va., and learned that the story of the Newport Malbones
being half pirates and merchants was true.
One can see that I have been able go a little farther back in the history
of the Malbone family than Mr. Thayer.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
March 19, 1903
Elizabethtown, NY
POST AND GAZETTE
[Excerpt]
Mr. Thayer is a descendant on his mother's side from the famous Malbone
family of Rhode Island. His grandfather, Charles Malbone, was
born at Newport. He was one of the pioneers of Wilmington, and being
an educated man, unused to manual labor, it is said that his
awkward  attempts in that new country at felling trees and milking cows
were subjects of amusement and derision by his more practical neighbors.
His daughter Nancy was born at the town of Coventry, Conn. She
went in her youth to the wilds of northern New York. Marrying
Apollos. She became the mother of Charles Thayer ...

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Thursday Aug 27, 1903
Elizabethtown, NY
POST AND GAZETTE
Title: More About the Malbone Family.
August 23, 1903.
Frinnl Brown:
As I count the Malbones among my ancestors, I was very much
interested in Dr. Bishop's letter, published in the Post on the 6th last.
My father, Charles Thayer, of this city, is a son of Nancy Molbone
Thayer, who was a sister of Solomon Malbone.
Father was born in Wilmington in 1823, and lived there until 1882, and
has a good knowledge of his family history.
He says that Dr. Bishop has made a mistake in his letter. His version
is: That Solomon Malbone went west from Wilmington and died
many years ago, a comparatively young man, whereas Dr. Bishop
says he "died last year at the advanced age of 84." He further says that the
father of John the strawberry raiser and merchant was Martin Malbone,
son of Solomon.
Martin Malbone was born in the west. He came to Wilmington a
young man. While there he married his first cousin, Jerusha, daughter
of the late John Malbone. He returned to the west with his wife
about 1842 or 1843.
Martin Malbone may have been named Martin Solomon or Solomon
Martin, or known by one name in the east and the other in the west.
We would like to hear what the good Dr. has to say in regard to
this correction or interpretation.
Enclosed you will find an item that I clipped from one of our local
papers, that may be of some interest to readers of the Post:

"MALBONE" IN THE MARKET.
Historic Newport Mansion Dating
Back to Colonial Days.
Newport. R. I, Aug. 12. Yesterday day one of the oldest and nicest
estates in Newport were put on the market for sale. It is known as
"Malbone," and was built in 1742 by Col. Godfrey Malbone, a wealth
merchant of Newport. Here was a garden of many acres, wherein grew
the choicest fruits that could be found in Europe.
In the war of 1740 between France and Spain he fitted out several
private armed vessels of war, which made important captures. 
In the summer of 1766 the house was destroyed by fire. Mr., Malbone died
In 1768,  and was buried under Trinity Church.
Later the property came into the hands of J. Preseott Hall
of New York, and another fine mansion was erected. and afterward
was purchased by the present owner, Henry Hedlow. This is
probably one of the most historic mansions in America.
When a boy in Wilmington I often heard my grandmother relate inci-
dents in the life of Col. Malbone and heard from her the story of this fine
mansion.
The Col. and other members of his family at the time, were said
to have been half merchants, half pirate. He was a bachelor,
eccentric, very wealthy, and very homely.
It is said that after he had completed his mansion he caused to be
inscribed over its front entrance
'See What Money Can Do."
Some wag of the time wrote underneath
"All the money in this place,
Can't buy old Malbone a handsome face."
It is said that on the day the house was burned Col. Malbone was
giving his guests a grand dinner. The tables were set upon the
lawn, or else ho had the servants carry them therewith their contents
after the fire started. When it was well under way the host surveyed
the scene and remarked that although they could not "save the house they
could not afford to lose their dinner." So, leaving the mansion and its contents
to the firemen and the flames, he continued to help his guests to the roast duck
and the wines.
Upon the occasion of my first visit to Newport some years ago, I
sought out the spot of which I head such wonderful stories when a boy.
by the fireside, winter evenings, on the hills of Wilmington.
CORWIN M. THAYER
Worcester, Mass.