Person:John Lamb (16)

1790 US Census shows a John Lamb in Ballstown, Albany, NY. One male over 16, 3 males under 16, and 3 females. Page 300.

John Lamb enlisted, 1778, in Capt. Barent T. Ten Eyck's company, Col. Philip Van Cortland's 2d New York regiment. He was born in Albany County, NY; died in Tobinsport, Ind. (Source: DAR ID 123629)

John Lamb was born May 22, 1757 in Albany County, New York. Before he was twenty one years old he enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Barent J. Ten Eyck, which was a unit of the Second New York regiment. He served from May 5, 1778 to February 5, 1779. Later in the same year he reenlisted and served three years in Capt. Cornelius Wiltse's Company of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Albany County, New York militia, commanded by Col. Peter Yates. He married Beulah Curtis March 21, 1779. She was born April 26, 1760 and died July 19, 1851. No record has been found that he was a pensioner but his name is listed in the Land Bounty Rights Register. Hardships of frontier life meant nothing to this sturdy pioneer for it was not until he was fifty two years old or in 1809 that he left New York and came out to Indiana Territory and on February 28 of the same year bought 508 acres of land in Tobin Township near Rome. He died April 9, 1811 and his was the first burial in the Upper or Lamb cemetery at Tobinsport. His grave is easily identified as it lies at a different angle from any other grave in the cemetery. In 1935 a government military marker was placed at the grave by Lafayette Spring Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. His will is of record at Vincennes, Knox County as Perry County was not organized until 1814. His wife, who survived him for forty years, is buried in the same cemetery. His Revolutionary service is authenticated by the Adjutant General's office of the U.S. War Department. His service is also noted by dela Hunt's "History of Perry County, Indiana." (Source: Revolutionary Soldiers of Perry County, Indiana, & Marriage Records 1814 - 1850, Lafayette Spring Chapter, DAR, Tell City - Cannelton, Indiana, February 1950.)

LAMB. John Lamb was the founder of that family in Perry County. He was first born in Salisbury, Conn. May 19, 1757 mar. Beulah Curtis also of Conn. March 21, 1779. She was born April 26, 1760, the daughter of Azor Curtis and Margery (Andrews) Curtis. Her father served in American Revolution and died at Valley Forge. John died in Polk's Bottom, Knox County, Indiana Territory (now Tobinsport in Perry Co., Ind.) April 9, 1811. He is buried there in the Lamb Cemetery. Beulah died July 19, 1851 age 91 and is buried beside her husband. John Lamb was the son of Isaac Lamb and his second wife Elizabeth Dillie (Dillis, Deleys). He was a descendant of Thomas Lamb who was in Gov. John Winthrop's party. They came to America in 1630 from England and founded Boston. From there the family migrated to Connecticut, thence to New York where John served in American Revolution. He was a private in Col. Phillip Van Courtlandt's 2nd New York Regiment, Continental Line, Capt. Barent Ten Eyck's Company before he was 25. He served from May 5, 1778 until February 5, 1779. In the meantime he was married and re-enlisted the same year serving in Yates' Regiment, Captain Cornelius Wells Co. 1779-80-81. In 1794 he lived in Ballston, New York. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church in Pittstown, New York. In 1794 he moved to Onondaga County (Pompey) New York where he served in the New York Assembly in 1802. He signed Articles of Association 1775 in Beckman Precinct-Duchess County, New York. In 1808 he, with most of his family, came to Indiana Territory. It is recorded that they came down the Ohio river by boat. In 1809 he made the hazardous trip to Vincennes to buy a considerable amount of land near Rome and Polk's Bottom. He died of consumption April 9, 1811. He is buried in the Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Ind. (Polk's Bottom). John and Beulah had twelve children all apparently born in New York. They were: Solomon, b. 7/21/1780. Beulah b. 4/19/1782. John, Jr. b. 12/22/1783. Katherine b. 4/4/1786. Ezra b. 5/21/1788. Israel b. 4/29/1790. Israel Thompson b. 4/29/1791. Bathsheba b. 5/28/1793. John Dillis b. 12/10/1795. William Blanchard b. 9/8/1797. Dorastus b. 6/25/1799. Ralph Rudolphus Phelps b. 2/24/1804. Israel and John Lamb, Jr., died as infants less than a month apart, on July 13th and August 2nd, 1790. It has been learned that Katherine Lamb (Catherine) who mar. William Blanchard came later to Indiana, circa 1814. (Source: The Living History of Perry County by James Mosby)

Vincennes Western Sun, Sept 15, 1810, Page 2, Col 4. Also appeard on Sept 22. 1910 (page 2, col 4) and Sept 29, 1910 (page 2, col 4). "Notice, I intend to apply to the next March court of Common Pleas, for the county of Knox, and Indiana territory, to establish a ferry from my land, opposite the mouth of Clover, on the Ohio, to the opposite bank. John Lamb. September 13th, 1810."

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} DAR ID 123629.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Genepool Individual Records, Ancestry.com.