When Herbert Ormsbee was born about 20 October 1773, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Ichabod Ormsbee, was 37 and his mother, Esther Bacon, was 37. He married Betsey Parker about 1794, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died about 1820, in Hammond, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 47.