Now that we have taken a quick look at generations 1 and 2, it is time for something different. Our first genealogy puzzle comes from Thomas’ line. According to the 1935 Gorby Book, Thomas was born about 1730 and married Elizabeth Allman, birth year unknown. Where they were married is unknown. Job is listed as their first child, born before 1772. We make this stipulation because his sister Rebecca was supposedly born in 1772. If we can trust the Census…
When we go back to Alva Gorby’s book published in 1935, we are told that Samuel Gorby and Mary May had three sons; Joseph, born about 1725 Thomas, born about 1730 William, born about 1742 Again, this information is all anecdotal, primarily coming from notes kept by Josephus Gorby (son of John, son of Job, son of Thomas). With a date span of 17 years between the eldest and youngest sons, likely there were other children who are not documented. …
According to the book written by Alva Gorby in the 1930s, Samuel Gorby and Mary May were the first Gorby family in North America. From Alva’s book: “Little of definite information can be found concerning Samuel Gorby. Traditions there are in plenty, but so far they seem to be all that can be found. One story is that Samuel Gorby married Mary May in Manchester, England, and came directly to America, settling in Chester Co, Pennsylvania, where he bought a…
This blog acts as a supplement to the Gorby Family website at http://www.gorby.org The software that created that site (Ultimate Family Tree) no longer exists and I have not found a satisfactory replacement for it. It has been more than 10 years since I last generated that web site and research on the Gorbys has continued. I now have over 12,600 individuals in my Gorby database. So there is a lot of information to be shared. Additionally, there are other…