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In a letter dated Dec. 20, 1893, he wrote to George R. Malby, Esq., Speaker of the New York House, later Senator. "In 1666 the traditional two brothers, John and William Maltby (fleeing probably before the wrath of Providence in the shape of the great plague of London or some oppressive decree of King or Parliament) came from London to New Haven, Conn., and settled in the vicinity. The family hive was at North Bradford nearby. Hence issued all the Maltbys that I ever heard of, being of American birth.
They are of sturdy New England stock and have scattered after our people's fashion over the face of this country.
My particular branch went early in the century to Oswego County and Western New York, and I myself came from the South. Generally they have been an energetic, moral and temperate, law-abiding people.
Our name is derived from two towns in the north easterly part of England, "Maltby" and "Maltby-le-Marsh and the word is Danish, in origin, meaning Malt-town."
Note. Senator George R. Malby comes from Yorkshire, England. There is a strong resemblance to Julius Maltby of Waterbury, Conn., and George Ellsworth Maltby of New Haven, Conn.
Our name is definitely derived from the Manor of Maltby in Cleveland (North Yorkshire) which they held as early as prior to 1200. Maltby-le-Marsh is near the east coast, Lincolnshire. But there are two other Maltbys. Maltby near Rotterham, South Yorkshire, which is not known to have had any of the name there, unless at a very early date. Maltby, near Louth, Lincoln, is far more likely to be the place our family was of as one of the chief Lincolnshire manors of our ancestors was at Elkington, Lincoln, but a few miles from Louth.
The name Maltby in Danish would be Malt-town as "by" a town. It seems tenable that the Danes who were in England prior to the Norman Conquest, named these places.
Charles Anson Maltby mar. Dec. 20, 1877, Mary D. Breckenridge, she b. Mar. 31, 1854, dau. of General John C. Breckenridge of Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Maltby practiced Law at 48 Wall Street, New York City. Records furnished by him and his widow.
Children: (The number IX.4515 omitted due to an oversight.) IX.4516. Marion (son) Maltby, b. and d. Nov. 2, 1878. IX.4517. Frances " b. May 3, 1880; d. 1931, unmarried. IX.4518. Mary Breckenridge " b. Aug. 20, 1883. IX.4519. Lees " b. Dec. 19, 1889; d. Nov. 1, 1890. IX.4520. Elizabeth Marshall " b. Apr. 8, 1892.
Breckenridge.Alexander Breckenridge, emigrated from Ireland, 1728; had a son, Robert Breckenridge who mar. Letitia Preston; his son, John Breckenridge mar. Mary Hopkins Cabell, and had son, Joseph Cabell Breckenridge who mar. Mary Clay Smith; dau. of Samuel Stanhope and ---- (Witherspoon) Smith; she a dau. of John Wotherespoon, one of the "Signers of the Declaration of Independence." Their son, John Cabell Breckenridge, was Senator, Vice-President, U.S.A., mar. Mary Cirene Birch. Their dau., Mary Desha Breckenridge mar. Anson Charles Maltby.
Cabell
Dr. William Cabell, emigrated 1724. Mar. Elizabeth Burks. Their son, Col. Joseph Cabell, mar. Mary Hopkins, dau. of Dr. Arthur and Elizabeth (Pettus) Hopkins, a descendant of Sir John Pettus, one of the Founders of Virginia. Their dau. Mary Hopkins Cabell mar. John Breckenridge.