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Colby, Elizabeth

Female 1758 - 1834  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Colby, Elizabeth was born on 27 Jun 1758 in Chester,Rockingham,NH (daughter of Colby, Enoch and Sargent, Sarah); died on 29 Sep 1834 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; was buried in Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Chester Vital Records, 1:108 (FHL #2057030).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Elizabeth is identified as the wife of John Wilson of Chester in a deed from the heirs of Enoch Colby to Hale Stevens, 25 Apr 1786 (Rockingham Co. Deeds, 124:530 [FHL #016251]). She was unmarried as late as 20 Mar 1783, when she was called spinster on a deed from the heirs of Benjamin Sanborn to Stephen Chase (Ibid, 175:279 [FHL #016269]).
    DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below.
    BUR: Inscriptions from Chester Village Cemetery in John Carroll Chase, HISTORY OF CHESTER (Derry, NH, 1926), 211 (FHL #974.26/C3 H2cj). Aged 76 yrs.

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    BEP: IGI

    Elizabeth married Wilson, John before 25 Apr 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Colby, Enoch was born on 7 Nov 1702 in Amesbury,Essex,MA (son of Colby, Samuel and Ambrose, Dorothy); died on 19 Jul 1780 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; was buried in Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1913), 56 (FHL #974.45/A1 V2a). Spelled "Anoch."
    MAR #1: "The Church Records of Hampton Falls, beginning January 2d 1712" (typescript, n.d.), 28 (FHL #015560 item 4).
    MAR #2: Chester Vital Records, 1:108 (FHL #2057030).
    DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below. Also see the will of Enoch Colby of Chester, 5 Jan 1779, proved 30 Aug 1780, inv 4 Oct 1780, acct 24 Apr 1782, Rockingham Co. Probate Files, #4645 (FHL #1578568).
    BUR: Personal visit to Chester Village Cemetery, 11 July 1978; photo of gravestone.
    OCC: Ensign in militia

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    BEPS1,2: IGI

    Enoch married Sargent, Sarah on 15 Dec 1748 in Chester,Rockingham,NH. Sarah was born on 8 Mar 1717/1718 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died after 24 Apr 1782 in Chester,Rockingham,NH(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sargent, Sarah was born on 8 Mar 1717/1718 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died after 24 Apr 1782 in Chester,Rockingham,NH(?).

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1913), 225 (FHL #974.45/A1 V2a).
    MAR: Chester Vital Records, 1:108 (FHL #2057030).
    DEATH: No death rec found. Sarah was living as late as 24 Apr 1782 when she made an account of the estate of her late husband, Enoch Colby of Chester (Rockingham Co. Probate Files, #4645 [FHL #1578568]).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Colby, Abigail was born on 19 Dec 1749 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; died on 12 Feb 1820 in Danville,Rockingham,NH.
    2. Colby, Mary was born on 9 Nov 1756 in Chester,Rockingham,NH.
    3. 1. Colby, Elizabeth was born on 27 Jun 1758 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; died on 29 Sep 1834 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; was buried in Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH.
    4. Colby, Judith was born on 10 Aug 1760 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; died on 17 Apr 1833 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; was buried in Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Colby, Samuel was born on 9 Mar 1671/1672 in Amesbury,Essex,MA (son of Colby, Samuel and Sargent, Elizabeth); died in (inv) 19 Sep 1746 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1913), 65 (FHL #974.45/A1 V2a).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Samuel Colby and his wife Dorothy were born at Amesbury, 1694-1713 (Ibid, 56-57). Dorothy is apparently the dau of Henry Ambrose. Dorothy and Hezekiah, two of the children of Samuel and Dorothy Colby, were baptized at Salisbury, 1 Nov 1719, as grandchildren of Henry Ambrose (VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY [Topsfield, MA, 1915], 55 [FHL #845110]). Moreover, Samuel and Dorothy Colby named a son Ambrose Colby in 1700.
    DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Samuel Colby of Amesbury, 29 Sep 1746, Essex Co. Probate, (o.s.) 323:236 (FHL #875132), inv 19 Sep 1746 (Ibid, 327:269-70 [FHL #875134]), division 8 Oct 1750 (Ibid, 329:367-69 [FHL #875135]), sale of widow's dower land 7 May 1759 (Ibid, 336:217 [FHL #875024]).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Samuel married Ambrose, Dorothy about 1693. Dorothy (daughter of Ambrose, Henry and Susannah) was born on 21 Sep 1673 in Salisbury,Essex,MA; died after 7 May 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ambrose, Dorothy was born on 21 Sep 1673 in Salisbury,Essex,MA (daughter of Ambrose, Henry and Susannah); died after 7 May 1759.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1915). 65 (FHL #974.45/A1 V2a).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Children were born to Samuel Colby and wife Dorothy at Amesbury, 1694-1713 (Ibid, 56-57). Dorothy is apparently the dau of Henry Ambrose. Dorothy and Hezekiah, two of the children of Samuel and Dorothy Colby, were baptized at Salisbury, 1 Nov 1719, as grandchildren of Henry Ambrose (VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY [Topsfield,MA, 1915], 55 [FHL #845110]). Moreover, Samuel and Dorothy Colby named a son Ambrose Colby in 1700.
    DEATH: No death rec found. Dorothy was living on 7 May 1759 when her son-in-law David Currier sold her dower land in Amesbury in response to her petition for support to the General Court, 14 Mar 1759 (Essex Co. Probate, [o.s.] 336:217 [FHL #875024]).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Colby, Elizabeth was born on 7 Dec 1694 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died after 17 Feb 1737/1738 in Chester,Rockingham,NH(?).
    2. Colby, Keziah was born on 11 May 1696 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died on 3 Nov 1754 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; was buried in Union Cemetery,Amesbury,Essex,MA.
    3. Colby, Samuel was born on 19 Apr 1698 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died after 25 Jun 1768 in Amesbury,Essex,MA(?).
    4. Colby, Ambrose was born on 11 May 1700 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died in (wd) 2 May 1778 in Wiscasset,Lincoln,ME.
    5. 2. Colby, Enoch was born on 7 Nov 1702 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died on 19 Jul 1780 in Chester,Rockingham,NH; was buried in Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH.
    6. Colby, Susannah was born on 15 Aug 1705 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died on 12 Sep 1790 in Newton,Rockingham,NH.
    7. Colby, Obadiah was born on 15 Jul 1706 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died in (inv) 28 Sep 1749 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.
    8. Colby, Dorothy was born on 25 May 1708 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; was christened on 1 Nov 1719 in East Parish,Salisbury,Essex,MA; died after 8 Oct 1750.
    9. Colby, Hezekiah was born on 25 Mar 1710 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; was christened on 1 Nov 1719 in East Parish,Salisbury,Essex,MA; died in (adm) 17 Jul 1788 in Deer Isle,Hancock,ME.
    10. Colby, Ruggles was born on 10 Jun 1711 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died before 1790 in Edgecomb,Lincoln,ME.
    11. Colby, Abigail was born on 29 Apr 1713 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Colby, Samuel was born about 1638 in Ipswich,Essex,MA(?) (son of Colby, Anthony and Susannah); died in (wp) 2 Jul 1716 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth rec found. Samuel is identified in the division of estate of his father, Anthony Colby of Salisbury, 9 Apr 1661 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 1:408-409 [FHL #974.45 P2p]). Chronology suggests that Samuel was born between his brothers John (b. 1633) and Isaac (b. 1640). Anthony Colby was living in Ipswich, Mass. on 27 Jun 1637 when he sued John Hall of Lynn (RECORDS AND FILES OF THE QUARTERLY COURTS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 9 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911-75], 1:6 [FHL #974.45 P2e]). It is very likely that Samuel was born in Ipswich.
    MAR: No mar rec found. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Colby, is identified in the will of her father, William Sargent of Amesbury, 24 Mar 1670/1, proved 13 Apr 1675 (PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 2:439-41).
    DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Samuel Colby of Amesbury, 6 Mar 1715/6, proved 2 Jul 1716, inv n.d., presented 2 Jul 1716, Essex Co. Probate, (o.s.) 311:401-403 (FHL #875127); receipts of heirs, 25 Jul 1716 (Ibid, 313:137 [FHL #875128]).
    OCC: Innholder

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    BEPS: IGI

    Samuel married Sargent, Elizabeth about 1667. Elizabeth (daughter of Sargent, William and Perkins, Elizabeth) was born on 22 Nov 1648 in Salisbury,Essex,MA; died on 5 Feb 1736/1737 in Amesbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sargent, Elizabeth was born on 22 Nov 1648 in Salisbury,Essex,MA (daughter of Sargent, William and Perkins, Elizabeth); died on 5 Feb 1736/1737 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1915), 213 (FHL #845110).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Colby, is identified in the will of her father, William Sargent of Amesbury, 24 Mar 1670/1, proved 13 Apr 1675 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:439-41 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
    DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1913), 534 (FHL #974.45/A1 V2a).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Colby, Dorothy was born about 1668 in of Amesbury,Essex,MA; died after 13 May 1728 in Amesbury,Essex,MA(?).
    2. Colby, Elizabeth was born on 1 Jun 1670 in Haverhill,Essex,MA; died before 6 Mar 1715/1716.
    3. 4. Colby, Samuel was born on 9 Mar 1671/1672 in Amesbury,Essex,MA; died in (inv) 19 Sep 1746 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.
    4. Colby, Philip was born about 1675 in of Amesbury,Essex,MA; died in (adm) 16 May 1715 in Amesbury,Essex,MA.

  3. 10.  Ambrose, Henry was born in Jun 1649 in Salisbury,Essex,MA (son of Ambrose, Henry and Susannah); died before 20 Dec 1724 in Salisbury,Essex,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1915), 14 (FHL #974.45/S3 V2t).
    MAR: Ibid, 264. "Last weeke" of Oct. Henry's wife is called Susannah Worcester. Estate recs of Timothy Worcester, late of Salisbury, deceased, show that his widow became the wife of Henry Ambrose (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:297 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
    DEATH: No death rec found. Henry died between 27 May 1720, when he deeded land to his son Nathaniel (Essex Co. Deeds, 54:158 [FHL #866038]), and 20 Dec 1724 when Nathaniel refers to his father as deceased in a deed to Sampson Underhill (Ibid, 47:263 [FHL #866035]). Deeds show that Henry lived in Salisbury almost on the New Hampshire-Mass. border. He is sometimes referred to as "of Salisbury alias Hampton."
    OCC: Weaver

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    BEPS: IGI

    Henry married Susannah in Oct 1672 in Salisbury,Essex,MA. Susannah was born about 1647 in of Salisbury,Essex,MA; died on 22 Dec 1730 in Salisbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Susannah was born about 1647 in of Salisbury,Essex,MA; died on 22 Dec 1730 in Salisbury,Essex,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
    MAR #1: No mar rec found. Estate records of Timothy Worcester of Salisbury refer to his widow Susannah and her 2nd husband, Henry Ambrose (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 2:297-98 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
    MAR #2: No mar rec found. See discussion above.
    DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1915), 524 (FHL #974.45/S3 V2t).

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    BES1,2: IGI

    Children:
    1. 5. Ambrose, Dorothy was born on 21 Sep 1673 in Salisbury,Essex,MA; died after 7 May 1759.
    2. Ambrose, Nathaniel was born on 26 Jan 1675/1676 in Salisbury,Essex,MA.
    3. Ambrose, Nathaniel was born on 14 Dec 1677 in Salisbury,Essex,MA; died in (wp) 26 Jun 1745 in Chester,Rockingham,NH.



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