admin COL. CHARLES E. WALBRIDGE, founder of the well-known house of Walbridge & Co., represents a high type of American business character, citizenship and patriotism.
The ancestors of Col. Walbridge were among the settlers of New England. Henry Walbridge lived in Norwich, Conn. In 1760 he removed to Bennington, Vt. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety, and with his three sons was engaged in the battle of Bennington. His wife, Anna Safford, was a granddaughter of Captain Samuel Robinson, the founder of Bennington. David, son of Henry and Anna Safford Walbridge, married Ruth Brush. About 1819 or 1820 the family removed to Byron, Genesee County, N. Y. Shortly afterward they came to Buffalo. Finally the family removed to Erie, Pa., where, in 1829, David Walbridge died.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I