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VIII JOHN,5 b. Jan. 23, 1721-2[A] [20-1?] [by 1st wife]; prob. d. young. IX MARY,5 b. May 23, 1723[A] [by 2d wife]; prob. d. young.
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122 X SARAH,5 b. Feb. 8, 1725-6[A]. A Sarah m. ab. 1747, OBADIAH' DAVIS (John, 8 86 Ephraim2). +
123 XI THEOPHILUS,5 b. July 20, 1728[A]; m. June 18, 1752, Priscilla Stevens. +
124 XII LYDIA,5 b. Jan. 10, 1729-30[A]. A Lydia m. Nov. 12, 1747[Hmst], Jonathan Gile.
125 XIII DOROTHY, 5 b. April 26, 1731[A]; bp. June 6, 1731[1A] .* A Dorothy m. Dec. 2, 1745]Hmst], JOSIAH4 DAVIS (John,3 86 Ephraim2). I If it was this one, she was then only 153 yrs. old.
126 XIV JOHN,5 b. Jan. 30, 1732-3[A]; bp. Feb. 4, 1732-3[1A]; m. ab. 1755, Ruth Stevens. +
127 XV PHILBROOK,5 b. March 16, 1734-5[A]; bp. Aug. 3, 1735[1A]; m. 1st, July 13, 1758, Susanna Bradley; 2d, Ruth Lufkin. +
128 XVI SUSANNA,5 b. -; bp. Sept. 25, 1737[1A]; per. m. (141) ELIAS' COLBY.
129 XVII EDMUND,5 b. May 14, 1739[A]; bp. May 27, 1739[1A] .* An Edm. of Hmst. served in Crown Point Expedition, 1756 and '57. 130 XVIII MARY,5 b. Feb. 6, 1743[Hmst].
* The baptismns from 1731 to 1739 were rec. as chil. of Joseph and Dorothy: which must be an error, as the town rec. of A. and Hmst. give Mary.
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45 THEOPHILUS4 COLBY (Thomas,3 John,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, b. 1689; m. Dec. 8, 1710[A], (7) ELIZABETH3 HAR- VEY; prob. d. in 1724; bro. Timothy ap. adm. est., Sept. 7, 1724 .* A wid. Eliz. Colby m. June 4, 1735[A], (26) GIDEON4 LOWELL. Children :
131 I MARY,5 b. Aug. 30, 1711[A]; m. Dec. 5, 1728[A], Joseph Gould 3d. 132 II FRANCES,5 b. Oct. 24, 1714[A]; m. July 22, 1736[A & 2A], Ezra Badger. 133 III HANNAH,5 b. May 3, 1717[A]; m. Jan. 5, 1735[A], Daniel Goodwin (5 Samuel ?).
134 IV ER,5 b. Jan. 11, 1719-20[A]; m. Ang. 7, 1744, Judith Ring. +
48 ELIAS4 COLBY ( Thomas,3 John,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, W. Parish, b. 1696; m. Nov. 4, 1714[A], (8) HANNAH3 PRESSEY. He owned covenant and bp. Oct. 9, 1726, 2A. chh. Children :
135 I SUSANNA, 5 b. July 27, 1715[A]. A Susanna m. July 13, 1738[A & 2A], Wm. Straw Jr.
136 II HUMPHREY,5 b. April 13, 1718[A]; prob. d. young.
137 III RHODA,5 b. Feb. 8, 1718-9[A]. [See (143) RHODA.5]
138 IV LOIS,5 b. -; bp. May 4, 1740[2A].
139 V HANNAH,5 b. -; bp. May 4, 1740[2]. [See Unclassified Mar- riages.]
140 VI ESTHER,5 b. -; bp. May 4, 1740[2A] ; prob. m. Oct. 22, 1754[Hmst], Jacob Eaton Jr., of Hmst.
141 VII ELIAS,5 b. -; bp. May 4, 1740[21]; prob. m. Dec. 28, 1757[Hamp- stead], (128?) SUSANNA5 COLBY. An Elias served in the colonial army, from N. H., April to Oct., 1755, expedition against Crown Point; March to Aug., 1757; and March to Nov., 1760.
142 VIII HUMPHREY,5 b. ---; bp. May 4, 1740[2A]; served in army, from N. H., 1760; deserted from Crown Point, Oct. 21; also served in Rev. army, 1775.
49 TIMOTHY COLBY (Thomas,3 John,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, W. Parisb, b. 1698; m. July 4, 1718[A], Hannah Heath. He owned covenant and bp. Oct. 9, 1726; recd. to full commun- ion, Dec. 10, 1727, 2A. chh. Adm. est. May 31, 1756; inv. June 3, 1756; acct. 1757. Wid. Han. m. April, 1757, (72) ISAAC4 COLBY. Children :
143 £ I RHODA,5 b. April 6, 1719[A]; per. m. Jan. 13, 1736-7[A & 2A], Nathan Goodwin; res. Hampstead; 7 chil rec. there; she d. Nov. 29, 1765. [Per. (137) RHODA5 ?].
144 II MARY,5 b. April 1, 1721[A]; d, young.
* Theophilus Colby of Jamaica [W. Ames.] was bp. June 1, 1718, by Rev. Henry Lucas, of the Episcopal chh., Nb.
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145 III THEOPHILUS,5 b. Feb. 25, 1723-4[A]; prob. m. Oct. 18, 1750, Eliza- beth Hastings. +
146 IV MARY, 5 b. Jan. 19, 1724-5[A]. A Mary m. March 11, 1741-2[Hv], Nehemiah Stevens.
147 V MARTHA,5 b. Jan. 15, 1726-7[A]; bp. Feb. 26, 1726-7[2A].
148 VI HANNAH,5 b. March 21, 1728-[A]; bp. April 6, 1729[2A]. [See Un- classified Marriages.]
149 VII RACHEL,5 b. May 27, 1732[A]; bp. May 28, 1732[2A].
150 VIII JUDITH,5 b. March 9 [1733-4?][A]; bp. March 31, 1734[2A].
151 IX DOROTHY,5 b. -; bp. Aug. 24, 1735[2A].
152 X PATIENCE,5 b. Aug. 23, 1739[A]; bp. Aug. 26, 1739 [2A]; prob. m. May 4, 1758[E Hv], Robert Hastings.
51 THOMAS4 COLBY (Thomas,3 John,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, W. Parish, " yeoman," b. 1706 ; [pub. July 20, not " m." as on p. 107]; m. Jan. 21, 1728-9[A & 2A], (9) SARAH3 PRESSEY ; liv. 1737. He was Thomas 3d, 1727-'38; Thomas Jr., 1738-'41; liv. in A., 1743 and prob. 1745; but may have d. or moved away soon after .* [See (87) THOMAS.4] Child :
153 I JONATHAN,5 b. Dec. 19, 1730[A]; bp. Nov. 5, 1732[2A]; d. Feb. 11, 1735-6[A].
Perhaps other children.
54 SAMUEL4 COLBY (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, b. 1698; m. Oct. 23, 1718[A], (22) ANNA NICHOLS; liv. 1768. He was Jr. till 1746. Children :
154 I SAMUEL,5 b. Dec. 30, 1720[A]. A Sam Jr. m. March 19, 1746-7[A & 2A], Sarah Ash.t
155 II MOSES, 5 b. June 26, 1723[A]; prob. m. Feb. 24, 1742-3, Mary Sargent. + 156 III AARON,5 b. Oct. 13, 1726[A]; m. 1750[1A], ELIZABETH COLBY Of A .; res. A., W. Parish;# adm. est. gr. wid. Eliz., March 30, 1752. Child : Ann,6 b. April 4, 1751[A]; bp. April 7, 1751[2A].
157 IV GIDEON,5 b. May 13, 1729[A]; m. April 29, 1747, Elizabeth Tucker. + 158 v BARZILLAI, 5 b. Oct. 22, 1731[A]; m. 1st, Jan. 1, 1756, Elizabeth Plum- mer; 2d, Sept. 30, 1779, Merriam Worthen. +
159 VI LYDIA, 5 b. June 26, 1735[A]. A Lydia of A. m. Feb. 1, 1753[2.1], Timothy Smith of Hv.
* In 1742 he and wife Sarah sold part of homestead in A .; in 1743 he sold remainder, with " dwelling house where I now dwell," but without wife's signature.
t The Ames. rec. also give David, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Colby, h. Sept. 9, 1746.
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55 AMBROSE4 COLBY (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Charlestown and Newbury, Mass., and Wiscasset* [Pownalbor- ough], Me., " blacksmith," b. 1700; m. Dec. 22, 1720[W Ch], Elizabeth Lawrence (Benj.) of Charlest. He was bp. Dec. 21, 1718, adm. March 1, 1718-9, Ch. chh .; of Nb. 1731-'37 but of Pownalboro', 1766, wife Betty. Will March 2, 1778, ment. wife Betty, dau. Anna Hoyt, and grandson Ambrose Colby. Children : 160 I BENJAMIN, 5 b. -; bp. Oct. 20, 1728 [New Brick chh., Boston]. + +
161 II SPENCER, 5 b. ab. 1725; m. Lydia -. + +
162 III [JOHN, 5 b. ab. 1727; m. June 19, 1748[Nb], Elizabeth Hogin; soldier from Nb. at Cape Breton, 1745?]
163 IV ELIZABETHII,5 b. Nov. 4, 1729[Nb].
164 V SAMUEL, 5 b. Dec. 4, 1731[Nb] [d. young ?].
165 VI DOROTHY,5 b. -; bp. Feb. 9, 1735[Epis. Nb].
166 VII SAMUEL,5 b. - -; bp. Aug. 17, 1735 [p. 559] .;
167 VIII ABIGAIL,5 b. -; bp. July 24, 1737 [p. 550].
168 IX AMBROSE,5 b. -; d. bef. his father, but left a son Ambrose.6
169 X ANNA,5 b. at Pownalboro; m. Moses Hoyt; d. aged 81.
[Nos. IX and x are given on the authority of the " Colby Family " and the will.]
56 ENOCH+ COLBY, Ens., (Samuel,s Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Chester, N. H., b. 1702; m. 1st, Dec. 16, 1725[D Hm], Abial San- born (Benj.) ; 2d, 1748, Sarah Sargent. It is said that he was of Hm. Falls in 1727, rem. to Chester ab. 1728. Will Jan. 5, 1779; Aug. 30, 1780; wife Sarah ment. ; she liv. 1782. Children :
170 I.ENOCH, 5 b. -; " oldest son " in 1779; m. ABIGAIL5 BLAISDELL. +
171 II SARAH, 5 b. -; m. William Turner of Candia. She d. May 30, 1810.
172 III DOROTHY, 5 b. Jan. 5, 1730; m. 1st, David Worthen; 2d, bef. 1779, Jacob Chase. She d. Aug. 15, 1816. Hist. Hmst. gives Jacob Chase and wife " Mary " [Dorothy] owned covenant, Dec. 10, 1769.
NOTE. The family of Enoch+ is mostly copied from Chase's History of Chester.
* He was of " Sheepscot " [Me.], 1740, exec. est. Benj. Lawrence of Charles- town.
t We have found proof that Benj. and Spencer were bros., and indirect proof that they were sons of Ambrose.
# A Sam., b. ab. 1764, and Spencer, both of Edgecomb [Me.], served in Rev. army for Nb. There were also Sylvanus, b. ab. 1758, Abel, and Noah, all of Edgecomb, who served in the Rev. army. Some of these, perhaps all, were of the 6th generation, possibly grandchil. of (61) Ruggles.4 (161) Spen- cer' was then dead.
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173 IV JETHRO, 5 b. May 8, 1733; m. 1st, Nov. 1, 1756, Elizabeth Bartl ??? (Sam.), who d. July 13, 1778; 2d, Sept. 21, 1779[Hawke chh], Nanny Moulton [wid. of Josiah Bradley Sen. ], who d. 1793. Res. Chester, served on the committee of safety, 1775 and '78; signed Associa- tion Test, 1776; d. April 4, 1803. Chil .: Lydia,6 b. Feb. 17, 1700; m. 1779, Edmund Sleeper; d. Jan. 3, 1803.
174 V SUSANNA, 5 b. Aug. 22, 1735; m. [Henry ?] Blake of Hm. [D. Hm. p. 604]; liv. 1779.
175 VI ABIAL, 5 [dau.], b. July 10, 1741 [by 1st wife]; m. - Hill; liv. 1779. 176 VII ABIGAIL, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1749 [by 2d wife]; m. Sept. 13, 1768[Hwk chh]. . James Towle of Hawke; liv. 1779.
177 VIII MARY,5 b. Nov. 9, 1756; m. Benj. Long; rem. to Schnectady, N. Y .: name Colby in 1779.
178 IX ELIZABETH, 5 b. June 27, 1758; m. John Wilson; name Colby in 1779. 179 X JUDITH,5 b. Aug. 10, 1760; m. Joseph Long, ab. 1778.
58 OBADIAH4 COLBY (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury and Boston, " blacksmith," b. 1706 ; m. April 22, 1728 [Boston], Elizabeth Gee. She was recd. to full communion, 1 .. - chh., March 19, 1749. Adm. est. gr. wid. Eliz., Oct. 2, 1749. Children :
180 I ELIZABETH, 5 b. Dec. 28, 1729[Boston]; bp. Jan. 4, 1729-30[ Boston). . 181 II OBADIAH,5 b. [Dec .? ] 1731; bp. Dec. 12, 1731[Boston],* m. Dec. 16, 1756, Mary Merrill. +
182 III ANN,5 b. -; bp. Oct. 14, 1733[Boston] .*
183 IV GEE,5 b. Aug. 30, 1743[A] : d. young.
184-189 Probably other children.
60 HEZEKIAH4 COLBY (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Newbury, and Deer Is., Me., " shipwright," b. 1710; m. Sept. 3, 1730[Nb], Sarah Cole. He was of Newburyport, July 21, 1770, deed to Obadiah Colby; but ackn. that deed at Fort Pownal, Lincoln Co. [now Me.], Aug. 13, 1770. Adm. est. gr. Joshua Colbyt of "New Rowley," Essex Co., July 17, 1788. Children : 190 I SUSANNA, 5 b. Sept. 5, 1732[Nb].
191 II SARAH,5 b. Oct. 28, 1734[Nb].
192 III MARY,5 b. Sept. 5, 1736[Nb].
193 IV HEZEKIAH, 5 b. Dec. 20, 1738[Nb]; m. Nov. 25, 1760, Mary Wait. +
194 v JOSHUA, 5 b. Feb. 20, 1740[Nb]; prob. pub. April 7, 1761[Nb], to Sara !! Peabody.t A Joshua of Nb., soldier in French war, 1759, and at Crown Point, 1756. " Colby Family " gives 4 sons, in Maine.
* "New Brick " church.
t A Joshua Colby and wife Sarah were of Rowley in 1784. She was appar- ently Sarah Dall, of Boston, as she deeded one-third of house lot in Boston to Wm. Dall Jr., of Boston, the other two-thirds belonging to him.
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195 VI MAKEPEACE, 5 b. March 25, 1743[Nb] [m. Oct. 23, 1760, Sarah Pressey. + ?]
196 VI AMBROSE,5 b. Nov. 3, 1751[Nb]; prob. m. Sarah --. +
61 RUGGLES4 COLBY (Samuel,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, E. Parish, and Wiscasset, Me., "shipwright," b. 1711; m. March 15, 1732-3[A & Nb], Abigail Davis of Nb. ; liv. 1747. Ab. wf. of Ruggles* owned covenant and bp. 1A. chh., May 16, 1736. Children :
197 I MARY,5 b. -: bp. privately, June 26, 1736[1A] .*
198 II EDMUND,5 b. J. n. 25, 1733-4[A]; bp. July 10, 1737[1A] .* His grand- father, (21) Samuel3 Colby, deeded him an acre of land in A , E. Parish, in 1745, which Edmund,5 " of Wiscasset on Shepscot River," sold in 1759.
199-203 Other children.
63 ICHABOD4 COLBY (Philip,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, E. Parish, "innholder," b. 1704; m. Jan. 24, 1723-4[A], (25) ESTHER; NICHOLS; d. 1748-9, wife Esther surviving. Will Dec. 9, 1748; March 27, 1749: ment. "cousin David Nichols "; wid. Esther recd. to full communion, 1A. chh., March 19, 1749 ; liv. 1768. Children :
204 I NICHOLAS, 5 b. Dec. 22, 1724[A]; bp. Aug. 1, 1736[1A]; not named in will.
205 II JANE,5 b. Sept. 22, 1726[A]; bp. Aug. 1, 1736[1A]; m. Dec. 1, 1743[A], Joseph5 Bartlett (40 Stephen4) ; had sons Leri and Nicholas Bart- lett in 1748.
206 III ANNE, 5 b. Feb. 26, 1728-9[A]; bp. Ang. 1, 1736[1A]; liv. 1748.
207 IV ELIZABETH, 5 b. Oct. 29, 1731[A]; bp. Aug. 1, 1736[1A]; liv. 1748.
65 PHILIP4 COLBY (Philip,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, E. Parish, and Kingston, "shipwright," b. 1707; m. Sept. 4, 1729[A], (38a) TABITHA3 WEED (Ephraim2). Inv. est. Philip of. Kg., Dec. 10, 1746 ;¿ Tabitha admm. est. May, 1747[Concord]. A wid. Tabitha m. Jan. 24, 1750[A], Philip Gould. Children :
* The baptisms give " Mary " as the narne of the mother, which is prob- ably a mistake.
t Her name is given " Mehitable " in record of baptism of the four chil- dren, but it is Esther on town and probate records.
# The " History of the Colby Family ' states that some letters written by Philip to his wife Tabitha, from the army at Cape Breton, in 1745, are still extant. He must have d. there, or very soon after his return.
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208 I TABITHA, 5 b. Feb. 4, 1731-2[A]; bp. Sept. 12, 1736[14]; per. m. O.c. 30, 1750[S], Joseph Osgood.
209 II MARY, 5 b. Jan. 8, 1733-4[A]; bp. Sept. 12, 1736[1A].
210 III PHILIP, 5 b. -; bp. Sept. 12, 1736[1A]: prob. m. March 26, 176: Betty Ring. +
211 IV HANNAH, 5 b. March 12, 1737-8[A]; bp. March 19, 1737-8[1A].
212 V NICHOLAS, 5 b. Aug. 9, 1740[A]; prob. m. 1st, Dec. 4, 1764, Susanta. Pressey; 2d, Oct. 8, 1775, JUDITH5 WELLS.
213 VI ELIZABETH, 5 b. Feb. 19, 1742-3[A].
214 VII ANN,5 b. July 3, 1745[A].
67 STEPHEN COLBY (Philip,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames. bury, "shipwright," b. 1712; m. March 27, 1738[A], in Hm ... Elizabeth Maxfield of S. He d. in 1745, prob. at Cape Breton :. Adm. est. gr. wid. Eliz., Oct. 2, 1749; she, still his wid., rendered acct. in 1774 ;* "remains of his wages at Cape Breton" men :. She was dead in 1794.f Children :
215 I SARAH,5 b. April 24, 1738[S]; prob. d. young.
216 II SAMUEL, 5 b. Feb. 18, 1740[A]; liv. ab. 1747; [m. Aug. 28, 1764, Mar; Carr. + ?].
217 III STEPHEN, 5 b. Jan. 14, 1742[A]; liv. ab. 1749; prob. m. Miriam -. - 218 IV JOHN, 5 b. March 20, 174[A]; m. Betty -. +
219 v MICHAEL, 5 b. Nov. 5, 1745[A], posthumous; liv. ab. 1752.
68 SAMUEL4 COLBY (Philip,3 Samuel,2 Anthony1), of Ames. bury, b. 1714 ; m. Hannah Child : 220 I ICHABOD, 5 b. July 8, 1738[A]. An Ichabod served in French war, 1733 and '60, and in Rev. war, '77 and '8.
221-6 Perhaps other children.
69 ANTHONY4 COLBY (Anthony,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1) [. Haverhill ?], b. 1704, bp. July 1, 1705[1Hv]. We have found De rec. of wife or child; he may have d. young. An Anth. signed the petition for the E. Hv. chh. and was the moderator of the first E. Hv. Parish meeting, in 1743. This may have been (69) Anth.,' or possibly his father, (24) Anth.,3 who, if then liv., was 73 yrs. of age.
* Land partly in S. Hm. and partly in Salis., was sold by wid. Eliz., adm., in 1775, to John Colby of Nb.
t Sarah, wife of John Eaton 3d, of Seabrook, and Molly, wife of Jacob Dow of Seabrook, were prob. grandchil. of Stephen4 and Eliz. Colby, as they deeded all interest in est. of wid. Eliz. Colby to Stephen Colby of Pop!in and John Colby of Nb. in 1794. Sarah and Molly may have been daus. of Samuels or Michael.5 Sarah Colby m. John Eaton, July 21, 1786[S Hm chh].
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70 ELIJAH4 COLBY (Anthony,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, W. Parish, b. 1707; m. May 21, 1734*[A & 2A], (69) ELIZABETH4 DAVIS. He renewed covenant 2A. chh. 1726- '8.f Wid. Eliz. m. Nov. 26, 1746[A & 2A], Abraham Chase of Plaistow; and she was again a wid., 1773-'5; per. liv. in 1785. Children :
227 I ELIJAH, 5 b. April 12, 1734*[A]; d. May 27, 1734*[A].
228 II ANTHONY,5 b. Nov. 1, 1735[A]; bp. Nov. 2, 1735[2A]; d. Nov. 23, 1736[A].
229 IIT ANTHONY,5 b. Oct. 19, 1737[A]; bp. Oct. 23, 1737[2A]; prob. m. Sarah - +
230 IV JOSEPH, 5 b. Dec. 1, 1740[A]; bp. Dec. 28, 1740[2A]; m. March 27, 1760[Kg], Sarah " Thorla," or "Thuriel "; res. Kingston; " cord- wainer"; both owned covenant Kg. chh., May 5, 1763. Chil. : Eunice,6 b. June 22, 1761[Kg], bp. Aug. 3, 1761[Nb]; Elizabeth, 6 b. May 2, bp. May 5, 1763[Kg]; Joseph,8 bp. March 30, 1766[Nb].
71 RICHARD4 COLBY (Anthony,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Hav- erhill, E. Parish, b. 1710; m. 1st, HANNAH4 DAVIS (47 Eph.3) ; 2d, June 26, 1766[E Hv], Tabitha Ela [or Ely] of Hv. He signed petition for E. Hv. chh., 1743; d. May-Nov., 1796. Children : 231 I MARY,5 b. July# 19, 1739[Hv]; bp. May; 6, 1739[2A]; m. July 26, 1764[E Hv chh], James Cheney, of Plaistow; res. Londonderry, N. H., in 1796.
232 II RICHARD,5 b. Dec. 26, 1741 [Hv]; bp. Feb. 28, 1741-2[2A]; m. May 25, 1786, in Hv., Anna Kelly (Edward); prob. a 2d wife. A Rich. Jr. of Hv., " cooper," in 1777. Res. Sanbornton, N. H., in 1796; 3 .chil. [Hist. Sanb.].
233 III EPHRAIM,5 b. March 29, 1745[Hv]; bp. April 21, 1745[E Hv]; m. Dec. 1, 1768, Hannah Ela. +
234 IV JOHN," b. June 30, 1748[Hv]; bp. Sept. 11, 1748[E Hv]; m. June 3, 1773[Hv], Lydia Stevens of Plaistow; res. Sanbornton in 1796; 3 chil. [Hist. Sanb. j.
235 v HANNAH, 5 b. May 24, 1752[Hv] [by 1st wife]; m. Oct. 26, 1773[E Hv chh], Edward Ela of Hv .; res. Londonderry in 1796.
236 VI SARAH, 5 b. May 19, 1767[Hv] [by 2d wife]; bp. May 24, 1767 [E Hv]; m. Elias Bootman of A., pub. Sept. 28, 1783[A]; liv. 1796.
237 VII ELA, 5 b. Feb. 10, 1769[Hv]; bp. May 7, 1760[E Hv]; res. Londonderry in 1796.
* A mistake in some of these dates ?
t The " Colby Family " states that he "worked on boats at Lake George, for the army against Canada." He may have d. there.
# A mistake in one of these dates.
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72 ISAAC4 COLBY (Anthony,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Haver- hill, E. Parish, b. 1712; m. 1st, April 25, 1734[Hv], (76) SARAH' DAVIS, who d. June 3, 1755[Hv]; 2d, April, 1757[E Hv chh], Hannah Heath [wid. of (49) TIMOTHY4 COLBY], and she was alive in 1762. He [called Isaac Jr.] renewed covenant 2A. chli. ab. 1733-'5,* and his wife Sarah in 1744 or '5. He was dead in 1785. Children :
238 I WILLIAM,5 b. Feb. 13, 1734-5[Hv]; d. young.
239 II ANTHONY,5 b. Feb. 13, 1734-5[Hv] [twin]; d. young.
240 III ELIZABETH,5 b. June 3, 1736[Hv]; bp. July 26, 1736[2A]; m. Feb. 19, 1765[A & E Hv chh], Thomas Harvey of A .; both of Newtown, N. H., in 1766.
241 IV SARAH, 5 b. March 5, 1738-9[Hv]; bp. March 18, 1738-9[2A]; m. Nov. 20, 1760[E Hv chh], John Cheney; both liv. in Hv., 1766.
242 V WILLIAM DAVIS,5 b. March 15, 1741-2[Hv]; bp. March 21, 1741-2 [2A]; m. Elizabeth - - +
243 VI ANTHONY,5 b. June 25, 1744[Hv]; bp. July 15, 1744[2A]; prob. m. July 10, 1769[E Hv chh], Abigail Chase; res. Hv .; adm. est. gr. John Chase of Plaistow, N. H., Oct. 6, 1783; wid. Abigail ment. Chil .: Wm.6 (afterwards named Anthony"), b. July 24, 1776, m. June 12, 1799, Mercy Judkins; Betsey," m. May 17, 1800, James Chase; Abigail,6 unm .; all rem. to Sanbornton, N. H.
244 VII ISAAC,5 b. June 30, 1746[Hv]; bp. Aug. 10, 1746[E Hv]; m. Sept. 27, 1768[E Hv chh], Phebe Hunt (Philip). He was Isaac Jr. of IIv., "cooper," in 1767; rem. to Sanbornton ab. 1773; 9 chil. b. 1769-'80 [Hist. Sanb.].
245 VIII BENJAMIN,5 b. July 14, 1750[Hv]; bp. July 22, 1750[E Hv]; m. Ist, Oct. 19, 1773[Hv & E Hv chh], Elizabeth Hunkins; 2d, Sarah (Eastman) Carter; rem. to Sanbornton in 1773; 4 chil. [Hist. Sanb. ].
246 IX MARY,5 b. Oct. 30, 1753[Hv].
247 X MARTHA,5 b. Oct. 30, 1753[Hv] [twin].
248 XI ABIGAIL,5 b. May 14, 1755[Hv]; rem. to Sanbornton; d. unm. in 1831.
76 ABRAHAM4 COLBY (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, Mass., and Concord, N. H., b. 1714; m. Feb. 6, 1738- 9[A], Phebe Colman of Kg. Ab. and wife renewed covenant, 2A. chh., 1738-'40. He was liv. 1747, and prob. in 1757. Children : 249 I PHEBE,5 b. Jan. 27, 1739-40[A].t
250 II MARY,5 b. July 22, 1741 [Conc].
* He signed the petition for E. Hv. chh. in 1743. He and his bro., (71) Richard, 4 seem to have attended the W. A. chh. till the E. Hv. chh. was formed, Nov., 1744.
t The 2A. chh. rec. have Sarah dau. of Abraham bp. April, 1740. per. a mistake in name. The Sarah who d. July 27, 1746, in C., was prob. wid. of (31) Abraham,8 or possibly the dau. bp. 1740.
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251 III MERIBAH,5 b. July 20, 1743[Conc].
252 IV ABRAHAM,5 b. Jan. 22, 1745[Conc]. Either he or his father may have signed the Association Test in Bow, 1776.
78 LOT4 COLBY (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Concord, N. H., b. 1717; m. 1st, Ann Walker, pub. Sept. 9, 1738(Conc) ; 2d, July 31, 1764[S Hm chh], Elizabeth Rogers ; signed Assoc. Test, 1776. He d. April 2, 1790. Chil. [from Bouton's Hist.] :
I SAMUEL,5 b. May 22, 1740 ;* prob. m. Sarah -; res. Concord. Chil. :
253 Sarah,6 b. April 25, 1764; Asa,6 b. March 26, 1766; Daniel,6 b. July 10, 1768.
254 II ANN,5 b. Sept. 9, 1742.
255 III RUTH,5 b. Dec. 5, 1744; m. David Hall; d. Feb. 1, 1810.
256 IV "ZOROBABEL, "5 b. Aug. 15, 1747.
257 V ISAAC,5 b. Nov. 3, 1750 [by 1st wife].
258 VI JOHN,5 b. March 27, 1765 [by 2d wife]; m. Anna Carter; res. Concord; d. Aug. 19, 1811; 9 chil. b. 1785-1806.
259 VII MOSES,5 b. Sept. 10, 1767.
80 SAMSON4 COLBY (Abraham,3 Isaac,2 Anthony1), of Con- cord, and Hopkinton, N. H., b. 1723; m. Betty5 Hoyt (38 Abner4), pub. Sept. 19, 1742. He was member of a company "scouting on the Frontiers of N. H." in 1748. Adm. est. of Samson of " New Hopkinton " gr. wid. Betty, March 12, 1761. She m. Ezekiel Straw. Children :
260 I EBENEZER,5 b. Feb. 1, 1745[Conc].
201-3 Probably other children. [" Hist. Colby Family" gives 3 daus. of . Samson and Betty.]
83 EZEKIEL4 COLBY, Sen., (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, W. Parish, "yeoman," b. 1699; m. Dec. 24, 1724, (8) MARY3 ELLIOT. Ezek. and Mary Colby owned covenant and bp. March 19, 1726-7[2A]. Will May 18, 1756; May 4, 1761; wife Mary ment. Children :
264 I DANIEL,5 b. -; bp. May 5, 1728[2A]; m. Dec. 24, 1751, Abigail Williams. + 265 II EZEKIEL,5 b. Sept. 14, 1730[A]; bp. Dec. 6, 1730[2A]; m. March 11, 1755, Mary Tuxbury. +
266 III JOHN,5 b. Feb. 12, 1732-3[A]; bp. Feb. 25, 1732-3[2A]; not ment. in will, 1756.
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267 IV ELLIOT,5 b. May 22, 1735[A]; m. 1st, June 17, 1760, Judith Sargent; 2d, Nov. 30, 1782, Hannah Smith. +
268 v MARY,5 b. Aug. 23, 1737[A]; bp. Aug. 28, 1737[2A]; liv. 1756.
269 VI ANNE,5 b. Dec. 29, 1739[A]; bp. Jan. 6, 1739-40[2A]; liv. 1756.
86 ORLANDO COLBY (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, W. Parish, Chester, Kingston, and Sandown, N. H., " blacksmith," b. 1706; m. 1st, Sept. 12, 1728[S & 2S], KEZIAH' ROWELL (22 Job4), who d. Feb. 16, 1775[Sand]; 2d, July 25, 1775 [Hwk chh], Judith Quimby of Hm. Falls. He was of Chester in 1743, of Kg., 1746 and later, of Sand., after it was set off from Kg., 1756-'81; owned land in Hampstead in 1746. Wife Keziah recd. to 2A. chh. from 2S. chh .; Orl. bp. Nov. 26, 1727, recd. to full communion 2A. chh., Feb. 23, 1728-9; both dism. to Chester chh., Nov. 18, 1744; both members Sandown chh., 1759. He served in the expedition against Crown Point, April to Oct., 1755; and was "gone to the wars " in 1758. Will Sept. 19, 1781; Feb. 16, 1785; wife Judith ment .* Children:
270 I RUTH,5 b. Aug. 10, 1729[A]; bp. Aug. 17, 1729[2A]; m. - Davis; dead in 1781, leaving chil.
271 II MOSES,5 b. Oct. 30, 1731[A]; bp. Nov. 7, 1731[2A]; m. June 22 [1754?], Anne Tuxbury. +
272 III JEMIMA,5 b. Jan. 3, 1733-4[A]; bp. Feb. 10, 1733-4[2A]; m. Jan. 29, 1756[Kg chh], David Straw; dead in 1781, leaving chil.
273 IV JONATHAN,5 b. Feb. 24, 1735-6[A]; bp. March 14, 1735-6[2A]; m. Mary -. +
274 V KEZIA,5 b. July 23, 1738[A]; bp. July 30, 1738[2A]; member Sd. chh., 1759; d. Sept., 1773[Sd].
275 VI ROWELL,5 b. Feb. 5, 1740[A]; bp. Feb. 15, 1740-1[2A]; d. Dec. 26, 1761, of small pox [Sd].
276 VII ENOS,5 b. April 16, 1746[Kg]; not ment. in will, 1781.
277 VIII THOMAS,5 b. April 16, 1746[Kg] [twin]; d. May 2, 1746[Kg].
278 IX THOMAS,5 b. --; m. Nov. 19, 1767[ Hmst], Alice Davis, of Hampstead; res. Sandown; adm. est. gr. Alice Colby, Oct. 30, 1776. Chil. bp. at Sd .: Rhoda6 and "Nabbe,6 " bp. Aug. 21, 1774; Thomas,6 bp. Sept. 11, 1775.
279 X DOROTHY,5 b. May 17, 1749[Kg]; d. Jan. 29, 1753[Kg].
87 THOMAS4 COLBY ( Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Anthony1), of Ames- bury, E. Parish, and Newton, N. H., b. 1708; m. Nov. 5, 1731
* M. Ames. states that wid. Judith Colby d. March 2, 1806, aged 98 yrs., 5 mos. The wid. of (86) Orlando+ may be the one, though she was not a resi- dent of Ames. most of her life.
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[Nb], MARY WELLS of Nb. [wid. of TIMOTHY4?], who was recd. to 1A. chh. from 3Nb. chh., Sept. 19, 1742. He was Thomas 4th,* 1729-'38; 3d, 1738-'41; Jr. of A., 1745, when he sold his dwell- ing house there .; Will Jan. 30, 1777; April 24, 1782; wife Mary ment. Children :
280 I TIMOTHY,5 b. July 29, 1732[A & Nb]; m. Oct. 20, 1757, HANNAH5 BLAISDELL. +
281 II SARAH,5 b. [Dec .? ] 11, 1734[A]; bp. Nov. 15, 1734[1A]; m. May 17, 1753[A], Robert Hazeltine; she was dead in 1777, leaving chil. Martha and others.
282 III ADONIJAH,5 b. April 19, 1738[A]; bp. April 23, 1738[1A]; m. Feb. 27, 1760, Hannah Flanders. +
283 IV THOMAS,5 b. Oct. 12, 1743[A]; liv. 1777; prob. m. Ruth -. +
90 NATHANIEL4 COLBY (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Anthony1), of Amesbury, E. Parish, and Newton, N. H., b. 1716; m. July 6, 1738[A], Elizabeth Clough, who d. Aug. 26, 1771[Nt]. She re- newed covenant and recd. to full communion 1A. chh., Oct. 14, 1744. Children :
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