Lavinia Frisbie (1786 - 1866)

Born 5 May 1786 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Died 4 Nov 1866 at age 80 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Lavinia was born 5 May 1786 and baptized 25 Jun 1786, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Frisbie ^{[1] [2]}. She lived in New Haven, CT, all of her life and appears in many city directories from the 1840s to 1860s. She does not appear to have married or had children. She passed away in 1866 ^[3]. In her will ^{[4] [5]} she leaves everything to her nephews and the daughter of her niece.

Research Notes

Some sources have a Lavinia Frisbie of about this age married to Joel Tryon. There are a surprising number of Lavinia Frisbies, or small variations on that name, and there is a lot of evidence that this Lavinia Frisbie is not that wife.

Sources

1. ↑ Levine Frisbie in the Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), b. 5 May 1786, Branford, CT, parents Josiah and Sarah Frisbie (ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Levinia Frisbie in the Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, baptism 25 Jun 1786, Branford, Connecticut, USA, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Frisbie (ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Lavinia Frisbie in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, 4 Nov 1866, Connecticut, age 82 (ancestry.com)
4. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 for Lovinia Frisbie, New Haven, Probate Records, Vol 106, 108-109, 1865-1867
5. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 for Lavinia Frisbie, Hartford, Probate Packets, Fowler, S-Fuller, J, 1683-1880

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68R-47W : 4 April 2020), Lavinia Frisbei, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 3351, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5R-RTD : 18 March 2020), Lavinia Frisbie, 1860.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30674751/lavinia-frisbie: accessed 28 December 2022), memorial page for Lavinia Frisbie (12 Apr 1786–4 Nov 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30674751, citing Damascus Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).