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Born: 3 October 1737 in Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Paternal grandparents: William SALISBURY , Mary ORMSBY (ORMSBEE)
Maternal grandparents: Thomas SEAMANS , Susannah SALISBURY


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Thomas  married  Rebecca BUSHEE 19 December 1756 in Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Rebecca BUSHEE  was born 14 October 1733 in Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate).  Rebecca died 11 September 1810 in Stillwater, New York, USA.  Rebecca was the child of John BUSHEE and Rebecca SALISBURY.

Thomas SALISBURY died 17 July 1811 in Stillwater, New York, USA.



Salisbury, Thomas, d. July 17, 1811, 73y.9m.14d.

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Spouse & Children of Thomas SALISBURY

Thomas SALISBURY married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Rebecca BUSHEE
Marriage date: 19 December 1756
Marriage place: Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rebecca BUSHEE was the child of John BUSHEE and Rebecca SALISBURY

Children of Thomas SALISBURY and Rebecca BUSHEE

flag male ancestor John SALISBURY
Born: 9 October 1758, Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 4 August 1832, Genoa, New York, USA

Married: Waite SLACK? 1785

flag male ancestor Thomas SALISBURY
Born: 9 October 1758, Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 11 August 1832, Genoa, New York, USA

Married: Sarah NEWSAM? 1782

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Azuba SALISBURY

flag female ancestor Mary J SALISBURY

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Rebecca SALISBURY

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Oliver SALISBURY
Married: Sarah WALKER 16 October 1794   Place: Foster, Rhode Island, USA (North Foster)

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Preserved SALISBURY
Born: 18 September 1775, , Crown Colony of New York
Died: 28 October 1835, Stillwater, New York, USA

Married: Mary POWELL 15 December 1797   Place: , New York, USA

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Lydia SALISBURY
Born: abt. 1780, , Crown Colony of New York
Died: 1 April 1846, Stillwater, New York, USA




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BirthBirth — 1737
3 October 1737
Scituate, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1737 Swansea, Massachusetts
Thomas Salisbury the Son of Ephraim Salisbury and of Rosamond his wife was born October the 3:1737
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marriage1756 Marriage / Partner
Thomas SALISBURY and Rebecca BUSHEE 19 December 1756, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)

He was 19 years old.
1758 Birth of Child
John SALISBURY was born 9 October 1758, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)

Thomas was 21 years old.
1758 Birth of Child
Thomas SALISBURY was born 9 October 1758, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)

Thomas was 21 years old.
1765 Birth of Child
Azuba SALISBURY was born 21 May 1765, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate)

Thomas was 27 years old.
1766 Birth of Child
Mary J SALISBURY was born 6 January 1766, , Rhode Island, USA

Thomas was 28 years old.
1775 Birth of Child
Preserved SALISBURY was born 18 September 1775, , New York, USA

Thomas was 37 years old.
marriage1790 Marriage of Child
Mary J SALISBURY married 16 March 1790, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate) to Daniel WOOD
marriage1794 Marriage of Child
Oliver SALISBURY married 16 October 1794, Foster, Rhode Island, USA (North Foster) to Sarah WALKER
marriage1797 Marriage of Child
Preserved SALISBURY married 15 December 1797, , New York, USA to Mary POWELL
1800 Stillwater, Saratoga, New York
1 male 26-45, 1 male 45+, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45+
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1806
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surnames.salisbury/ 12.14.17/ mb.ashx

'In Book E, 62 (Saratoga County Clerk's Record Room, Ballston Spa, NY): Thomas Salesbury of the Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County to Oliver Salsbury of the same place. $1000, land in Stillwater, part of lot 5 in dividion of the Saratoga Patent, on west side of the Hudson River. 88 acres. 28 June 1806. Witnesses: John Salesbury, Nathaniel Ketchum.

Book E, page 275. Thomas Salisbury of the Town of Stillwater to Preserved Salisbury of Stillwater. $500. land in the Town of Malta, Saratoga County. part of lot #5 of the Saratoga Patent, 25 acres. also land bought 20 Feburary 1795, 5 acres. Witnesses: John Salisbury, Nathaniel Ketchum. 27 June 1806. (There is another one to Preserved for $1000 in Book E, page 277. Same witnesses. I am guessing this is his son, John.'
1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebecca BUSHEE died 11 September 1810, Stillwater, New York, USA
1811
Thomas Salisbury. Of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York. His will was written on 5 MAR 1811. His will was recorded on 22 July 1811.

Will
Saratoga co NY Will Book Vol. 2 page 376
Written: March 5, 1811
Recorded: July 22, 1811

Will of THOMAS SALISBURY of STILLWATER, SARATOGA, N.Y.

The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God Free and Independent
To all to whom these presents shall or may come or may come in send Greeting
Know Ye that at the Town of BALLSTON in the County of SARATOGA on the twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven before me BERIAH PALMER SURROGATE of the said County, the last will and testament of THOMAS SALISBURY late of the Town of STILLWATER in the County aforesaid Deceased A copy whereof is hereunto annexed was proved and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the deceased having whilst living and at the time of his death Goods, Chattels or Credits within the State by means ??? the proving and registering the said will and the granting administrations of all and singular the said Goods, Chattels and Credits and the auditing...Read full story


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Salisbury Cemetery
Stillwater, New York, USA

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DeathDeath — 1811
17 July 1811
Stillwater, New York, USA
He died at the age of 73.
1812 - Notice is herby given,
That on the third Saturday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling house of Thomas Salisbury, lately of the town of Stillwater, deceased, I sahll expose for sale the farm on which the said Thomas lived; also thirty acres of land, in the town of Malta; and executed to the purchaser a good deed for the same pursuant to the last will and testament of the said Thomas - Dated Stillwater, September 7 1811.
Oliver Salisbury, Executor

The Adveritser
Ballston Spa, New York
February 25, 1812
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The Salisbury Cemetery is located about three miles south of Saratoga Lake, at the east side of the intersection of Cold Springs, Joyce and Fitch Roads, in the Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
Stillwater, New York, USA
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Record added: 7/11/2008 12:00:00 AM
Last updated: 8/19/2026 11:29:17 AM

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Did You Know?The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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