Pillsbury, Stephen, 1781-1851

The Pillsbury family line represented by these papers is that of the Reverend Stephen Pillsbury (1781-1851) and his wife Lavinia (Hobart) Pillsbury (1795-1871).

STEPHEN PILLSBURY (1781-1851) was born October 30, 1781 at Amesbury, Massachusetts to Micajah and Sarah (Sargent) Pillsbury. On March 3, 1816, he married LAVINIA HOBART (1795-1871), born October 31, 1795 at Hebron, New Hampshire to Josiah and Joanna (Hazelton) Hobart. Five of the children born to Stephen and Lavinia Pillsbury emigrated to Kansas--three of them emigrating to Kansas Territory in the 1850s, and two moving to Kansas in the first two decades of its statehood. The Reverend Stephen Pillsbury died at Londonderry, New Hampshire on January 22, 1851. His wife Lavinia died October 29, 1871 at Concord, New Hampshire.

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