Person:Richard Dalby (3)

Some researchers believe that Richard Dalby (Dalbey) came to America from France, and his name may have been spelled "D'Alby", but other researchers have disputed this claiming that the Dalbey's more possibly (as handed down through some family members) came from Wales and that there are no records to support the theory that they were from France.

Richard Dalby (according to some) also had an earlier marriage to an Ann Williams in 1750, and his second wife was supposedly Susannah Harris. There are few records to conclusively tie his possible/probable children from his first marriage, especially to an Abel Dalby, whose parentage is under extensive discussion on several genealogical sites, including the following:

http://www.jenforum.org/dolby/messages/201.html

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Probable Records of Richard Dalby

TAXABLES IN 1753. - Willstown Township, Chester County, PA:

Thomas Smedley, William Garratt, James Massey, Thomas Massey, Benjamin Hibbert, Moses Yarnell, Jacob Thomas, John Yarnell, Sener, John Yarnell, Juner, Joseph Yarnell, Isaac Thomas, Peter Thomas, Owen Williams, Jemima Thomas, Lorence Cox, Thomas Malin, Robert Cox, George Harris, Nicholas White, Thomas White, Uriah White, Randal Croxen, William Cornock, Tho. Treviller, Tho. Lloyd, Edward Peers, Marey Bertten, Nathan Griffith, Mary Crockson, Bennoney Griffith, Lewis Williams, William Bennett, Moris Griffith, Walter Lloyd, Lewes Reeis, John Bogs, James Farrow, Richard Dolby, Amos Yarnell, Sener, Frances Yarnell, Dan'el Yarnell, Amos Yarnell, Junr., Isaac Garratt, Bengman Hamton, Thomas Hall, Samuel Hall, Nathaniel Grubb, Joseph James, Frances Smedley, Thomas Smedley, George Smedley (fuller), John Hebbert, Frances Norton, Samuel Maccue, Thomas Harris, Owen Howell, Joseph Bowen, Robert Jones, John Dolbey, John Weyn, Giles Fagon, Joseph Lewis, George Smedley. [Source: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania; Futhey & Cope; Louis H. Everts; Philadelphia; 1881]

Note: the relationship between Richard Dolby and the "John Dolbey" listed is not known.

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