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ORMSBY.
JOHN ORMSBY, the original of the name to settle in western Pennsylvania, was born in Ireland in 1720; he was the son of Oliver Ormsby by his wife Deborah Barry, daughter of Colonel Barry. He came of an ancient and honorable family, the first of the name of whom we have record being,
Sir Richard de Ormesby, Kt., who held the lands of Ormesby in the county of Lincolnshire, England.[1]
The king gave him, after the Conquest, all the lands he possessed before. He had son,
Sir William de Ormesby, Kt., who had two sons, one of whom was,
Sir Oswald de Ormesby, Kt., who was the founder of the priory of Ormesby in the time of Henry II, and had son,
Sir Oswald de Ormesby, Kt., who, by his wife Anastatia . . . . . had son,
Richard de Ormesby, who had son,
Ansketill de Ormesby, who, by his wife Agnes Langton, had son,
William de Ormesby, who, by his wife Anne Meeres, had son.
Sir John de Ormesby, Kt., who, by his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Lamworth of Leake, Kt., had son,
- ↑ Harl. MS., B. M., No. 1408.
