 1700 - 1790 (89 years)
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| Name |
James Brisbin [2, 3] |
| Birth |
7 Jul 1700 |
Scotland  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Lived in |
1765 |
Northumberland, Saratoga, New York, USA [4] |
| Immigrated |
America |
| Death |
1781-1790 |
Northumberland, Saratoga, New York, USA [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I4291 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2009 |
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| Notes |
- From Town of Northumberland, N.Y. web site:
"We believe the name Northumberland which means border town has a Scottish origin. In 1765 James Brisbin a native of Scotland came here when we were part of Saratoga. He settled 1 1/2 miles westerly of Fort Miller, towards Bacon Hill a hamlet in Northumberland that became the hub of activity with the Hudson River nearby. The river was a major asset and one of the main reasons pioneers settled here was for the water power. Fort Miller was built in 1755 under the direction of Colonel Miller, it was located on the flat, above the rapids. A State marker is on site. The Western shore of the river was the theater for border warfare common to all this valley. According to Sylvester's History of Saratoga County indian scouting parties climbed these hills. Farmers still find arrowheads and cannon balls (I have a cannon ball retrieved from a farmers field in our Archives) as they dig deeper with more modern equipment into these Historic soils. In 1823 the Champlain Canal opened. The D&H Railroad opened in 1834. "
From: The History of Saratoga County by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvestor 1878, Evert & Ensign p. 401
James was a Cadet (descendant of the younger line) of the ancient and historic Family of the BRISBANE of Bishoptoun (Renfrewshire) and Brisbane (Largs, Ayrshire), Scotland, and heads a Cadet Branch of that Family.
James and his family left Scotland about 1737 and settled in Northern Ireland, probably in Tyrone County.
As early as the year 1765, James Brisbin, a native of Scotland, came to what is now Northumberland, then Saratoga, New York, and settled about one and a half miles westerly of Fort Miller, towards Bacon Hill.
His first wife died in Scotland, and his two sons born there, William and Samuel, about the same time settled in what is now Wilton, in the Laing neighborhood. James Brisbin for his second wife married in Scotland, Margaret Carruth, a somewhat remarkable woman. By her he had the following children: Margaret C.,died in Scotland; Elizabeth; John, who settled in Old Saratoga in 1771; Margaret, who married Conrad Cramer; Carruth; James, who married Mary taylor of Argyle, Washington County; Robert; and Jane. [2, 3, 5, 6]
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| Sources |
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S982] Liza Brisbin, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1966558&id=I398.
- [S622] 1881 Canadian Census, (1881), http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/household_record.asp?HOUSEHOLD_CODE=1881CN_754828&HOUSEHOLD_SUB=1&frompage=5.
- [S985] Town of Northuberland NY web, 1765. http://www.townofnorthumberland.org/Northumberland_OurHistory.htm.
- [S983] Nathaniel Bartlett, History of Saratoga County, (Sylvestor 1878, Evert & Ensign
A transcription is on the web here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysarato/Sylvester/chap32a.html), p. 401.
- [S985] Town of Northuberland NY web, http://www.townofnorthumberland.org/Northumberland_OurHistory.htm.
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