Elisha TARBOX

Male 1782 - 1862  (80 years)


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  • Name Elisha TARBOX 
    Born 1782  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • - Census 1852. Alt Miss-spelling: Tarboz, Turbox, Turbon.
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Oct 1862  Caledon East, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. ( Now Albion Twp.) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lot 6 Con 1 & Lot 14, Con 2, Caledon E
    Buried St. James Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Well letter monument lies on the ground in 2009.-(Just across the Caledon-Albion Country Line rd. ( Bushes crowding out tall Monument. 2010.)
    Person ID I453  John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2018 

    Family Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .13, DUE
              b. Est 1795 ±, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1864, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married By 1819  Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • (Markham was near home of elizabeth Lawrence)
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . Three & 4 years ago there were families in Lancashire, England, of some note, of the name Tarbock. The name in those times was variously spelled-Tarbock, Tarbocke, Tarback, Torbock & Torbocke. The word is usually pronounced Tarbock or Tarback, of which probably Tarbox is a variation.
      John Tarbox died in 1674. Lewis in his History of Lynn says "John Tarbox, one of the first farmers of Lynn, Mass., an orchard, 3 cows & 9 sheep, at the time of his decease he was a small proprietor in the Iron Works. His descendants spread out to various places, such as Rhode Island, New Hampshire & Connecticut.
      Ref: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register.

      . Land granted to his wife, Elizabeth Lawrence was Lot 4, Con 6,Toronto Twp. - at what is now the intersection of Airport Road & Walkers Line meet in Caledon East. They were the original settlers & the town was first named Tarbox Corners after Elisha. The village was later renamed Caledon East. In his will Elisha left some land to John Osborn, the grandson of his wife, Elizabeth Lawrence.

      . THE 1st innkeeper was its founding father, Elisha Tarbox,
      Elisha Tarbox was buried in the St. James Anglican Church. In 1843 the first Anglican church was built. The remains of those beginnings rest in St. James Cemetery at the intersection of Old Church & Innis Lake Roads.
      Ref: Settling the Hills, Caledon East, Caledon East Historical Society.

      . Their home is now by the laneway & parking lot of the Caledon East LCBO store & just north of Berney’s Hardware, raise their crude log cabin. The village became known as Tarbox Corners, then Munsie’s Corners then, long before the railroad had arrived & departed, Caledon East & before becoming the seat of Municipal Government for the Town of Caledon.
      Ref: Tayler Parnaby Talks, Caledon Enterprise.com, newspaper dated 2011 Nov 1.

      . Buried St. James Anglican Cemetery, Albion Twp., Peel County
      Monument inscription reads: In memory of Elisha Tarbox, who died Oct 2, 1862, Aged 80 yrs.
      Blessed are the dead ...in the Lord. White monument with weeping willow. Good condition, but lies flat & embedded in the grass. (2009). In 1843 the first Anglican church was built. The remains of those beginnings rest in St. James Cemetery at the intersection of Old Church & Innis Lake Roads.

      * 1861 Feb 1 - Caledon East Agricultural Census lists ELISHA Tarbox on Concession 6, Lot 4.
      . 1861 York Co. Directory: Caledon East - a small post village in Twps. of Albion & Chinguacousy, County Peel, 18 miles from Brampton & 33 from Toronto, Population, 60.
      . 1837 Toronto, York County Directory: George Tarbox C6 L 4, Caledon E, Ontario.

      X-Ref: Near by Neighbor: 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory
      George Tarbox resided Con 6, Lot 4, Caledon, East of Hurontario Street, which not too far from Elisha Tarbox.1.
      . Niagara X Terry, Jane, 1819 May 21-1847 Feb 15, Winter Quarters, NE. Surely Tarbox is too rare of a surname to be a coincidence. (PJA 2010).

      . Their son: Elisha Terry Tarbox (1844 Sep 9) or born NY on 1837 Jul 22-1906, San Francisco. California.
      Census 1900 June 1: Washington St., Occ: Clerk, Father Born NY & Mother born New Jersey, X Mary Galighan & Julia A, Born NJ in 1848 Jan. Father born New Jersey, mother born NY. - . -

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      Recorded for further research:
      . Lydea married 15 Dec 1763, Hebron CT, to Elisha Tarbox.
      . Belinda, 2.22. 1791 m. 1 Elisha Tarbox had Lorenzo D. Gould Tarbox, m. Wm Clark Buffalo, NY

      . Abigail West, married 1800, Elisha Tarbox, Residence, Hebron, Conn.
      Their children were [being of the eighth generation :
      Socrates Tarbox, born June 1, 1802. *
      George W. Tarbox, born August 7, 1805.
      Ralph R. Tarbox, born September 10, 1808.
      Abigail Porter, daughter of Nehemiah Porte? & Abigail Strong, married, 1798, Samuel Wright, of Hebron, Conn. Removed to Ohio.
      Ref: Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn 1635-9
      Ref: Elihu Marvin, J.P., Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut.

      * Socrates, son of Elisha & Lydia (Porter) Tarbox of Hebron; born Dec. 9, 1806, at Hebron; died Sept. 23, 1859, at Portland. He was a merchant, living at Hebron, Hartford, & Portland, Conn.

      . 1800 Jun 27 - List of vessels captured by the French out of Guadeloupe from Mar 12 to 1st June: Captains Baker, Bird, Bokes of Boston, Molton, Newburyport; Trowbridge of New Haven, Montgomery of Norfolk; McCray of Wiscasset; TARBOX of Biddeford & the crews of 58 vessels are in the prison of Basseterre, Guadaloupe.
      Ref: Columbian Courier, New Bedford, Mass & Newburyport Herald..

      . 1805 May 21, Arrived at Boston May 15th: Schooner George Tarbox, 30 days from Grenada, via Pepperelborough.
      1827 Jul 18, At a Probate Court holden at Herbron, 23 Jun 1827, Judge John S Peters, Upon the Petition of Daniel burrows Jr & Ralph Tarbox, Guardians to Socrates Tarbox & George Tarbox, minors representing to this Court that the shade miners are owners of Real Estate situated in said Hebron, praying for liberty to sell, Petition to be held 5 Sep 1827.
      Ref: Sentinel & Witness, Middletown, Conn.

      . 1842 Feb 26, List of Bankrupts, Socrates Tarbox, Marlboro.
      Ref: Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Hartford, Conn.

      . 1861 Oct 11 Connecticut. A large dwelling house in Portland, owned by the heirs of Socrates Tarbox, was burned down on Saturday afternoon. It was occupied by 4 families, who lost most of their furniture & clothing.
      Ref: Springfield Republican Newspaper, Mass. - - -