WALLBRIDGE:
ZEBULON3 (William2 Henry1), b. July 17, 1718, at Norwich, Conn. (N.T.R.), d. April 27, 1809, at Stamford [Stanford], N.Y., m. Jan. 27, 1742-3 (P.T.R.), at Preston, Conn., Sarah, dau. of Caleb and Abigail (Gates) Fobes. She was b. Sept. 3, 1718 (P.T.R.), at Preston, Conn., d. March 19, 1795, at Stamford [Stanford], N.Y. After her death Zebulon m. Sarah Filkins.
Dec. 3, 1741, Zebulon and John gave a deed to John Read, "conveying all that farm or tract of land wh. was our Honored Father's William Wallbridge late of Norwich deed and being in New Eng in Norwich * * * set our hands and seals in the 15th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Geo. ye 2nd of Great Britain &c King."
Feb. 12, 1746-7. Zebulon Walbridge, of Preston, for £250 old Tenor unto Thomas Bailey conveys "one Certain parsel of Land with a Dwelling house, orcharding and fenceing thereon—Situate in Preston aforesaid, butted and bounded as follows, Namely, Beginning at a peace a punk or hot house at Patchague River being ye Southwesterly Corner of Land belonging to Israel Herrick, thence upstream Sd River about Six Rods to a Large white Oak tree thence * * * Northward of a Pole tree the Northwest corner of John Walbridge's Land. * * * ." This deed witnessed by Ebenezer Walbridge.
March 28, 1749. Zebulon has a deed made to him by "John Walbridge, Caleb Fobes and Ede his wife all of Preston, Zebulon Button and Sybal his wife of Stonington, and John Ford Junr. and Eunice his wife of Norwich for £15. to us paid by our brother Zebulon Walbridge of Preston."
John, Sibyl and Eunice make their mark, the others sign. In 1784 Zebulon was deprived by an Act of the N.Y. Legislature of all his rights, privileges and immunities as a citizen, owing to his views and actions in regard to war with Gr. Britain.
In 1786 he had his civil rights restored on taking the oath of abjuration and allegiance. Zebulon, after selling his property at Norwich, moved with his family
to the township of Stamford [Stanford], Dutchess Co., N.Y., where they remained until the Revolution, when Zebulon and his son Asa fled to Long Island, which was then under protection of the British, while the other children with their mother remained on the farm. Fearing, however, that in case the British were defeated, they being Tories would lose their land, they sold it, divided the money, and rented farms until after the Revolution, when Elijah bought a farm in Milton Township, Saratoga Co., N.Y.; Elias one in Stamford [Stanford], Dutchess Co., N.Y.; Zebulon one in North East, Dutchess Co., N.Y., while Asa wandered through Nova Scotia and the Canadas.
North East is now divided into three townships, Milan, Vine Plain and North East, all in Dutchess Co. The part where Zebulon lived is near the river and about the centre of what is now Milan.
Zebulon, as mentioned elsewhere, changed the spelling of his name, saying one "l" was enough; he was a poor boy, and used to work by the month, but married into a wealthy family; was by profession a Baptist. He and his first wife are both buried in the same burying ground on the borders of Stamford [Stanford], N.Y. His second wife survived him, but no record of her is known. Another account of Zebulon says he was buried in the Red Baptist Meeting House at Stamford [Stanford], Dutchess Co., N.Y., and his funeral sermon was preached by J. Hill, a Quaker.
