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Ephraim Darby
In brief
Born March 6, 1733, in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey. He married November 8, 1756, at the Luteran Church in Kisketamesy, Greene County, New York. He died May 28, 1795, in Kisketamesy, Greene County, New York.
Family
Children
- Margaret Ann Darby · in this lineb. December 23, 1765, in Kisketemesy, Greene County, New Yorkm. Johannes “John” Schram, Abt. 1785 in Loonenburg, Greene County, New Yorkd. April 10, 1856, in Grimsby, Lincoln County, Canada West
Siblings
- Mary Darbyb. 1742, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jerseym. ____ Congerd. 1798 in Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Darby
- William Darby
- John Darby
- Elias Darby
- Margaretm. ____ Casterline
Life story
A Continental Line Officer
Ephraim Darby was born March 6, 1733, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and served through most of the Revolutionary War in the New Jersey Continental Line, enlisting as a private around 1776 and rising to quartermaster in 1777 and then lieutenant, eventually serving as a brevet captain before retiring from service in September 1782. In 1791 he petitioned for over 600 acres of land in Cairo Township, Greene County, New York, alongside his son Samuel. Ephraim died May 28, 1795, in Kisketamesy (Coxsackie), Greene County, New York.
Sources (1)
- Estate of Edward Burnice Kipp, “Ancestors of Edward Burnice Kipp”; 2024; pdf publication (http://www.kipp-blake-families.ca/publications/Ancestors%20of%20Edward%20Burnice%20Kipp.pdf : accessed 17 January 2025).