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        24168. LEVI FRISBIE, SR. (1/31/1758-10/5/1842) was born in Farmington, Connecticut. The 1964 Genealogy has LEVI's birthplace as Branford, Connecticut and place of death as Farmington, Connecticut both of which are wrong. Levi appears in the 1790 census of Bristol, Connecticut with a household of 1-2-2. LEVI FRISBIE was a patriot of the Revolutionary War. He was a private in the Connecticut Militia. He came to the wilderness of Pennsylvania in 1800, from Bristol, Connecticut. This was after the war, when Yankee settlers continued to come to the Wyoming Valley and on up the Susquehanna. LEVI FRISBIE and his brother Abel in 1777 were accused of sympathy with the British and were imprisoned. LEVI was later exonerated and released. The 1926 Genealogy, quoting Connecticut Men in the Revolution, p. 50, credits LEVI with service in the Connecticut troops, 2nd regiment, Col. Joseph Spencer, 7th company, Capt. Abel Pettibone, siege of Boston, May 5 to December 10, 1775, but this company was raised in Simsbury, Connecticut. The service probably relates to another Levi Frisbie, and it is doubtful that LEVI served at all in the war. Nevertheless he has been credited with service in DAR Patriot Index, and his grave in Darling Cemetery, Orwell Hill, Pennsylvania has been marked by the local DAR chapter. The 1926 Genealogy has LEVI's date of death as October 5, 1842, but his grave marker shows the year as 1841.
        LEVI FRISBIE was descended form the old Puritan stock of Connecticut, and was an acknowledged leader in all enterprises tending to the advancement or improvement of this country. Coming as he did, in the February 1800, to the wilderness of Pennsylvania, in the woods of Bradford County that contained only primitive log cabins. LEVI packed his possessions onto an ox sled and with his family moved here. It is said he crossed the rivers on the ice. In 1800 the area about Orwell was a vast forest. There were no roads, only blazed trees to mark a path. The nearest store was at Tioga Point, Pennsylvania where the Susquehanna and Tioga rivers come together or Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Levi Frisbie had to fell trees to build his log cabin. Clearing the ground was a hard task. The first winter was a severe one, but the Frisbies were tough stock and they survived and prospered. LEVI and his sons carved farms out of the forest wilderness. Orwell township was created in 1801. The first school opened in 1803 and the following year Laura Frisbie, and only 14 years old, taught the five or six children who attended.
        LEVI FRISBIE devoted his life to the advancement of the county, its churches and schools. He was the brave and fearless friend of the poor and the oppressed; in his private life, sociable and eminently hospitable, his family loved and reverenced him as more than a father, and to the shelter of his broad bosom his grandchildren always fled as a haven of refuge. Although a member of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, he identified himself with the Presbyterian Church as soon as the society was formed on Orwell Hill, Pennsylvania. The history of Orwell Hill church notes that on October 10, 1803 LEVI and his wife PHOEBE were amongst the ten persons who met at the house of Lebbeus Roberts to form the church. This church is still flourishing and many Frisbies were active in its preservation.
        LEVI FRISBIE allowed no niceties as to any proscribed creed to interfere with his labors to better the condition of his fellow-men. The seed sown by such earnest labors, nearly a century ago, is still yielding fruit in abundance; he was never known to swear, use intoxicating liquors of any kind, excepting cider, which he drank at meals in lieu of tea or coffee, which he never used, or tobacco; his word was implicitly received, and in the arbitrament of his neighbors he never failed to give satisfaction. His sons were worthy of such a father, and among the many eminent and good men of this county none stood higher than they, all living earnest workers in the Presbyterian Church, three being elders in the same for years. All the sons were liberal to the church and schools; these noble sons of an illustrious sire have been gathered to their fathers, leaving behind a spotless page in the history of Bradford County.

        LEVI FRISBIE came with his wife PHOEBE GAYLORD (11/19/1769-10/5/1852) to Bradford County, Pennsylvania. PHOEBE GAYLORD was born in Bristol, Connecticut. LEVI FRISBIE and PHOEBE GAYLORD were married on December 20, 1786. You may read more about PHOEBE GAYLORD and her family on their own page. Just follow the link at the bottom of the page. LEVI and PHOEBE FRISBIE also brought their four children:

        241681. Chauncy Frisbie (11/16/1787-5/4/1864) was thirteen when he came here. He was born in Bristol, Connecticut. Chauncy went on to be the Bradford County Treasurer. Chauncy married Chloe Howard (1790-11/7/1826) on March 17, 1812. Chloe must have died only a few months after having twins. Chauncy and Chloe also had:
        2416811. Hanson Zebulon Frisbie (6/4/1819-11/1/1896). Hanson was born in Orwell. Hanson married Mary Elizabeth Russell (10/24/1820-12/12/1858) on March 14, 1844. Hanson moved to Michigan and died there. Hanson and Mary's children were:
        24168111. Frank Howard Frisbie (7/19/1846-11/17/1861).
        24168112. Clarence L. Frisbie (b. 7/20/1848).
        24168113. Selwyn Frisbie (b. 5/18/1853).
        24168114. Charles Olin Frisbie (b. 9/17/1858). Hanson then married Julia Sophia Meracle and they had one son:
        24168115. George Arthur Frisbie (b. 12/24/1864).
        2416812. Phoebe Maria Frisbie (1/16/1821-6/7/1849). Chauncy then married Eliza (Humphreys) Humphrey (1785-9/9/1865). Chauncy and Eliza had two children:
        2416813. George Chauncey Frisbie (b. 3/1/1831) in Orwell, Pennsylvania. He married Huldah Jane Kuykendall (b. 4/23/1833) on October 17, 1855. George and Huldah's children were:
        24168131. Hector Humpgreys Frisbie (b. 1/25/1858) married Harriet Reynolds on June 28, 1894.
        24168132. Frederick Van Duzer Frisbie (b. 4/13/1858) married Josephine Dimmick on December 24, 1883.
        24168133. George McClellan Frisbie (b. 8/10/1861) married Almah Dark on December 9, 1885. George lived in Kansas.
        24168134. Frank Coleman Frisbie (b. 3/23/1863) married Elizabeth Morris.
        24168135. Hanson Chauncy Frisbie died in infancy.
        24168136. Sarah Virginia Frisbie (b. 9/26/1866) married Horace M. S. Jordan.
        24168137. William Kuykendall Frisbie (b. 11/23/1871) married Clara Arnold on March 4, 1892.
        24168138. Benjamin Llewellyn Frisbie (b. 7/20/1874).
        2416814. Rachel Frisbie (1831-4/11/1832).
        241682. Laura Frisbie (1/1/1790-4/15/1879) was ten when she came here. She married Ira Bronson.
        241683. Catharine Frisbie (4/11/1792-8/27/1822) was eight when she came here. She married Abel Eastabrook.
        241684. LEVI FRISBIE, JR. (11/19/1798-11/23/1889) was a boy of two, carried by his mother on horseback in the winter, with the rest of the family and belongings on an ox sled. LEVI FRISBIE, JR., was a strict church member, unflinching in pursuing the course he thought to be right; was honest and upright in all his business transactions, and bitterly opposed the use of intoxicants. LEVI FRISBIE married CHLOE CHUBBOCK (12/8/1803-8/20/1869) on March 13, 1825. They had seven children:
        2416841. Chloe Frisbie II (3/4/1826-12/17/1830) was a twin.
        2416842. AARON GAYLORD FRISBIE (3/4/1826-2/18/1896) was a twin. You may read more about his family by following the link at the bottom of the page.
        2416843. Chloe Catherine Frisbie (b. 6/29/1828) and married Stewart M. Line.
        2416844. Eaton Nathaniel Frisbie (6-24-1832-11/13/1893) was born in Orwell, Pennsylvania. Eaton married Elizabeth R. Foster (9/9/1832-6/21/1876) on December 9, 1857. Eaton and Elizabeth's children were:
        24168441. William Frisbie who died young.
        24168442. Mary Frisbie who died in infancy.
        24168443. Lansford Frisbie who died in infancy.
        24168444. unknown.
        24168445. unknown. Finally Eaton and Elizabeth Frisbie adopted:
        24168446. Louise Conner Frisbie.
        Eaton married Mary K. Knight in 1879. Eaton and Mary Frisbie had two children:
        24168447. Josephine Frisbie who was born in 1880.
        24168448. Eaton Nathaniel Frisbie, Jr. was born in 1882. Eaton was the president of the S. & L.V.R.R., and was the mayor of the city of Elmira, New York, for one term.
        2416845. Wilbur Erskine Frisbie (b. 6/9/1834) married Emily Buck.
        2416846. Laura Pamela Frisbie (6/3/1838-3/6/1874) married Amos Frank Bachman.
        2416847. Joseph Austin Frisbie (b. 12/14/1840) married Elizabeth Crosby Loomis (b. 5/5/1844) on June 24, 1868. Joseph was a coal merchant of Elmira, New York. Joseph and Elizbeth's children were:
        24168471. William Austin Frisbie (6/9/1870-3/27/1892).
        24168472. Elizabeth Loomis Frisbie (b. 10/28/1874).
        24168473. Marian Louise Frisbie (1/26/1877-11/26/1892).
        24168474. Josephine Augusta Frisbie (10/4/1882-11/2/1889).
        241685. Zebulon Frisbie (7/4/1801-8/29/1881) was born in their new home that summer. Zebulon later became an Associate Judge. You may find Zebulon's desk at the Bradford County Museum located in Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Zebulon married Polly Goodwin (11/6/1811-4/17/1887) on December 4, 1828. Zebulon and Polly's children were:
        2416851. Addison Cowles Frisbie.
        2416852. Warren Rush Frisbie.
        2416853. William Lawson Frisbie, MD (3/26/1834-9/14/1896) was born in Orwell, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He was reared on a farm, educated at the common schools in Orwell, and had also an academic training. When twenty-four years old he began business for himself, farming and teaching, his first school being in Warren, Pennsylvania, when he was twenty years old. He was engaged in this county for six years, and Carroll County, Illinois. When he was twenty-eight he began the study of medicine, reading under Dr. Oliver Lewis, of Orwell, Pennsylvania, and in 1867 entered Hobart College, Geneva, New York. He graduated in the spring of 1869. He then located in Potterville, Pennsylvania, and continued in the practice, except from May 7, 1874 to May 14, 1875, which time was spent on Orwell Hill. He is a member of A.Y.M., of Rome, Pennsylvania; he is a Republican and has held the office of justice of the peace for ten years. He is a school director, does a general practice, and has been highly successful. The family are members of the Congregational Church. He married Alswitha Knapp (8/6/1834-11/4/1890) on October 26, 1859. Alswitha is the daughter of Hiram L. and Elizabeth Eastabrook Knapp, the former of whom was a physician, a graduate of the Albany School of Medicine. They had four children:
        24168531. Armenia H. Frisbie (8/22/1862-5/6/1892) who married W. L. Carrington, of Orwell, Pennsylvania.
        24168532. Dr. H. Zebulon Frisbie (b. 6/30/1867) who was educated at Orwell, Pennsylvania, and has attended one course of lectures at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
        24168533. Paul Frisbie (b. 9/6/1872)
        24168534. Maud Frisbie.
        All of these Frisbies are also buried in the Darling Cemetery on Orwell Hill.
        2416854. Chauncey Montgomery Frisbie (1837-1921) a muscian and 41 REG. Pennsylvania 1, married Emogene Knapp (1845-1925). A lady in Dickson, Texas has a violin made by Chauncey Frisbie in 1902. He signed it in pencil and noted it was made in Towanda, Pennsylvania. They had a son:
        24168541. O.R.D. Frisbie (b. 2/21/1870) that died at 4 months.
        2416855. Eliza Maria Frisbie (11/29/1839-1/29/1849).
        2416856. Ruby Hannah Frisbie (6/15/1843-8/9/1905) married Edward J. Boardman.
        2416857. Orrin Goodwin Frisbie (6/8/1845-12/5/1847).
        2416858. Emily Phoebe Frisbie (10/1/1847-2/20/1847).
        2416859. Olin Gaylord Frisbie (1852-1908) married Josephine W. ? (1855-1943). Olin and Josephine are buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Towanda, PA.

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