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Jonathan COLBY was born on 4 SEP 1809 in Corinth, Orange County, Vermont. (SOURCE: FHL Film 0027514; General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 Vermont. Secretary of State.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Corinth, Orange County, Vermont.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Jonathan Colby, Jr. 41 M Farmer 1000 VT
Malinda Colby 38 F Canada
Cordelia Colby 16 F VT
Loyal D. Colby 14 M VT
Soloman W. Colby 11 M VT
Mary C. P. Colby 8 F VT
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He appeared in the census on 13 JUN 1860 in Whitewater, Winona County, Minnesota. He appeared in the census on 23 JUL 1870 in Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota. He appeared in the census on 7 JUN 1880 in Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota. He died on 16 JAN 1898 at Plainview, Wabasha County, Minnesota.
Colby, Jonathan, who left behind him an honored memory as one of the hardy pioneers of southeast Minnesota, was born in Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, September 4, 1809. The first 46 years of his life were spent in his native state, and in 1831 he was there married to Malinda Pratt, who died in 1854. Of that union five children were born, of whom Mrs. John Q. Richardson is living. Mr. Colby continued his residence in Vermont for a year after the death of his wife, and then he and his son, L. D. Colby, joined the throng of gold seekers on the way to California, where for two years they were engaged in mining. They then returned to Vermont, remained there a year, and in 1858 came to Minnesota, stopping at Elgin until the following spring. Jonathan Colby then took a claim in Whitewater Township, Winona County the farm later owned by David McCarty but three years later moved to a farm a few miles southeast of Plainview, in Plainview Township, Wabasha County. In 1859 he married his second wife, Azubah Melendy, and until 1897, a period of 37 years, was actively engaged in looking after his farm, being recognized as a practical and successful agriculturist, and an excellent man and citizen. His health finally began to fail, and for a year before his death he was obliged to leave business affairs to the care of his wife. On January 16, 1898, he passed away, deeply mourned by his family, friends, and fellow citizens. Before leaving his native state he had connected himself with the Freewill Baptist church, and had remained faithful to its teachings. He was a man of good principle, good business judgments, and had bettered the world by his having lived.

Parents: Jonathan COLBY and Betsey BERRY.

Spouse: Malinda PRATT. Jonathan COLBY and Malinda PRATT were married in 1831 in Vermont. Children were: Cordelia C. COLBY, Loyal Dyke COLBY, Solomon W. COLBY, Mary Cornelia COLBY, George W. COLBY.

Spouse: Azubah (COLBY). Jonathan COLBY and Azubah (COLBY) were married about 1855.


Jonathan COLBY was born on 12 NOV 1824 in Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont. (SOURCE: FHL Film 0027514; General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 Vermont. Secretary of State.) He died in DEC 1893 at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was buried in the South Burying Ground at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parents: Hezekiah COLBY and Lucy TRACY.

Spouse: Fanny Almira BROWN. Jonathan COLBY and Fanny Almira BROWN were married about 1851 in Massachusetts. Children were: Foster E. COLBY.


Jonathan COLBY was born on 22 JUL 1946 in New York City, New York County, New York. Parents: William Egan COLBY and Barbara HEINZEN.


Photo Jonathan Corliss COLBY was born on 2 OCT 1806 in Bradford, Orange County, Vermont. He appeared in the census on 22 JUL 1850 in Calais, Washington County, Maine. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin.
Census Place: Easton, Adams, Wisconsin
Source: FHL Film 1255417 National Archives Film T9-1417 Page 24C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
I. C. COLBY Self M M W 73 VT
Occ: Farmer Fa: CT Mo: VT
Sarah A. COLBY Wife F M W 70 ME
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NH Mo: NOVA SCOTIA
Angelia COLBY Dau F S W 35 ME
Occ: School Teacher Fa: VT Mo: ME
Annie COLBY Dau F S W 27 WI
Occ: At Home Fa: VT Mo: ME
Warren I. COLBY Son M S W 24 WI
Occ: Farmer Fa: VT Mo: ME
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He died on 23 JUL 1887 at Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin. He was buried in the Easton Cemetery at Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin Parents: Capt. Jacob COLBY and Mehitable Pool CORLISS.

Spouse: Sarah Ann PETTIGROVE. Jonathan Corliss COLBY and Sarah Ann PETTIGROVE were married on 25 APR 1838 in Calais, Washington County, Maine. Children were: Thomas Pettigrove COLBY, William COLBY, Harriet Angelia COLBY, Lucy J. COLBY, Mary Emma COLBY, Anna E. COLBY, Warren I. COLBY.


Jonathan D. COLBY was born on 21 MAY 1962 in Contra Costa County, California. (SOURCE: Ancestry.com; California Birth Index, 1905-1995.) Parents: Norman H. COLBY and Frances N. HODDER.


Photo Jonathan E. COLBY was born on 1 JAN 1816 in Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died on 23 AUG 1884 at Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. SOURCES: (1) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (2) International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. Parents: Phineas Kelly COLBY and Sarah CLAY.

Spouse: Sarah Ann FOSTER. Jonathan E. COLBY and Sarah Ann FOSTER were married about 1843. Children were: Fannie G. COLBY, Emma E. COLBY, Asa O. COLBY.


Jonathan Emerson COLBY was born on 2 AUG 1814 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father.) He died on 1 MAR 1888 at Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Name: Emerson Colby
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Death Date (Original): 01 Mar 1888
Death Date (Standardized): 01 Mar 1888
Death Place: Lancaster
Gender: Male
Race (Original): W
Race (Standardized): White
Age: 76
Estimated Birth Year: 1812
Birthplace: Lancaster, , ,
Marital Status: Single
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Father: Beniah Colby
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Mother: Rebecca Wentworth
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Clerk's Locality: Lancaster, , New Hampshire
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Film Number: 1001068
Digital Folder Number: 4243491
Image Number: 00292
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Collection: New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947
Parents: Benaiah COLBY and Rebecca WENTWORTH.


Photo Captain Jonathan G. COLBY was born on 10 SEP 1803 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He died on 30 DEC 1843 at Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the Hillside Cemetery at Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Jonathan was a shoemaker by trade, and earned his title of Captain by his service in the militia. His readiness and fluency of speech brought him into prominence among his townsmen, and he was often chosen by them either as selectman, or to represent them at the General Court.
SOURCES: (1) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (2) "History of Weare, New Hampshire 1735-1888" by William Little, pub. 1888. Parents: Sgt. Samuel COLBY and Lucy PERKINS.

Spouse: Asenath MORRILL. Captain Jonathan G. COLBY and Asenath MORRILL were married on 13 NOV 1829 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Jonathan G. Age: 26 years, Marriage: Asenath MORRILL Age: 27 years, Date: 13 Nov 1829; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: George W. COLBY, Charles W. COLBY, Andrew J. COLBY.


Jonathan Gustavous COLBY was born on 26 APR 1820 in Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 1000378; Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: Stephen COLBY and Mary LONG.


Jonathan Leslie COLBY was born on 7 MAY 1955 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Parents: Lowell Eugene COLBY and Josephine Marie "Jo" DICICCO.


Jonathan Morse COLBY was born on 16 NOV 1798 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. (SOURCE: FHL 12011; Civil Records for Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.) He died on 12 AUG 1800 at Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 9767; Index to vital records prior to 1892 for Maine.) Parents: Samuel COLBY and Sally/Sarah MORSE.


Jonathan N. COLBY was born on 10 MAR 1808 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He was christened/baptized on 31 JUL 1808 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: "Genealogical Abstract of Books 1 and 2 of the First Church Records of Hopkinton, NH'" Taken from the Records fo the congregational church, by Franklin C. Thompson. 1948 found at the NH Historical Society Library # 929.3778b H797t.) He appeared in the census in 1880 in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois.
Census Place: Petersburg, Menard, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254236 National Archives Film T9-0236 Page 196B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jonathan COLBY Self M W W 72 NH
Occ: Farmer Fa: NH Mo: MA
Mary COLBY Dau F S W 40 IL
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NH Mo: CT
Grosvenor COLBY Son M S W 30 IL
Occ: Farmer Fa: NH Mo: CT
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He died on 28 OCT 1885 at Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois. He has more notes..
PAST AND PRESENT OF MENARD COUNTY, ILLINOIS - 1905
Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company

JONATHAN COLBY, deceased, during the period between the pioneer epoch in the history of Menard county and the latter part of the nineteenth century, so utilized his opportunities and the business conditions of this part of the state that he gained a place among its extensive landowners and substantial citizens, and, moreover, he always maintained an honorable reputation and an unspotted record for business integrity. He was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, seven miles from Concord, March 10, 1808, and was a son of Timothy and Lydia (Herrick) Colby, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Massachusetts, both representing old families of New England. Timothy Colby was a farmer and lumberman of the east and in addition to the tilling of the sail operated a lumber mill, becoming, through the careful conduct of his business interests, a well-to-do man of his locality. In addition to his other interests he furnished shipmasts for the shipwrights of Portsmouth. His last days were spent at the old homestead in the Granite state and both he and his wife died when about ninety years of age.

Jonathan Colby began his education in a district school and also attended a select school of Hopkinton, and when he attained his majority he went to Boston, where he engaged as a clerk in a mercantile store. He afterward removed to western New York, when he was about twenty-five years of age, but did not tarry long in the Empire state. Starting westward, he made his way to Chicago by canal and the Great Lakes, and thence proceeded to Salem, Illinois, where he purchased land in what is now Petersburg township, the purchase price being a dollar and a quarter per acre. Abraham Lincoln was at that time postmaster of Salem. A friend from the east brought five letters for Mr. Colby to Illinois, but stopping in Chicago he sent the letters on by mail. Mr. Lincoln, putting the letters in his big hat, went out to collect from Mr. Colby the price of postage-twenty-five cents apiece, or a dollar and a quarter for all-which at that time was the price of an acre of land. Today the land sells for one hundred and forty dollars per acre, while the postage on that amount of mail would be ten cents. Arriving in this county in 1834, Mr. Colby turned his attention to farming and as the years passed by he prospered. He invested his earnings, above what was needed for the expenses of the home and farm, in more land and eventually became the owner of twelve or fourteen hundred acres, which gradually increased in value, owing to the cultivation he bestowed upon it and a rise consequent upon the increased population. He was one of the well-to-do men of Menard county, and his success was attributable to his own efforts.

Mr. Colby was married in 1837 to Miss Lydia Ingals, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Ephriam and Lucy Ingals, of Pomfret, Connecticut, who died in that state, their children afterward coming west to Cass county, Illinois. It was in this neighborhood that Mrs. Colby met her future husband. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Colby were born six children: William D., a resident of Henry county, Illinois; Mrs. Mary F.Dixon, of Menard county; Sarah S., the widow of John Beekman, of Menard county; Henry H., who is living at Rock Creek, Menard county; Mrs. Maria L. Rucker, of Boston, Massachusetts; Grosvenor G., a resident of Petersburg township. The father died in the fall of 1885 and the mother's death occurred in the fall of 1858. They were both members of the Congregational church and Mr. Colby was a Whig in his political views, until the dissolution of the party, when he joined the ranks of the new Republican party. Eh was never an office seeker, but was interested in public progress and improvement and was the champion of many progressive measures. He enjoyed in large measure the respect, confidence and admiration of his fellow men, because of his success and the straightforward manner in which it was gained, and from pioneer times to his death he was classed with the valued citizens of his community.
(BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Timothy COLBY and Lydia HERRICK.

Spouse: Lydia INGALLS. Jonathan N. COLBY and Lydia INGALLS were married on 10 APR 1837 in Sangamon County, Illinois. (SOURCE: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.) Children were: William Davis COLBY IV, Mary Farrington COLBY, Sarah Sharpe COLBY, Henry Herrick COLBY, Maria Lydia COLBY, George Grosvenor COLBY.


Jonathan Platts COLBY was born on 23 MAR 1769 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: Elijah COLBY and Ruth PLATTS.


Jonathan Wilkins COLBY was born on 24 JUN 1812 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. Has been very successful in trade at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. No family.

(BOOK SOURCES: (1) "History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire" Vol II.-Genealogies, by Rev. M. T. Runnels, 1881; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Benjamin COLBY and Polly WOODMAN.


Joseph COLBY was born on 27 OCT 1640 in England. Parents: William COLBY and Anna SEWELL.


Joseph COLBY was born on 1 AUG 1680 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was baptized on 27 JUN 1731 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was living on 31 MAY 1752 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He had his estate probated on 23 MAY 1754 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died in 1753/54 at Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He has Ancestral File Number FHW0-08. He lived in that part of Amesbury which became Hampstead, New Hampshire in 1741. He owned the covenant of the First Church in Amesbury and was baptized, 27 Jun 1731.

In 1718, Joseph Colby sold to his brother his lands in Amesbury and bought lands in the part of Amesbury that is now in Hampstead, where he settled for the rest of his life.
SOURCES: (1) Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150; (2) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (3) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury, birth and marriages; (4) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Sgt. John COLBY and Sarah ELDRIDGE.

Spouse: Anne BARTLETT. Joseph COLBY and Anne BARTLETT were married on 22 NOV 1704 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) Children were: Benaiah COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Nathan COLBY, Judith COLBY, Hannah COLBY, Martha COLBY, Anne COLBY, John COLBY.

Spouse: Mary PHILBRICK. Joseph COLBY and Mary PHILBRICK were married on 1 AUG 1722 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) Children were: Mary COLBY, Sarah COLBY, Theophilus COLBY, Lydia COLBY, Dorothy COLBY, John COLBY, Philbrook COLBY, Susanna COLBY, Edmund COLBY, Mary COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 30 JUL 1707 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury, listed as Colbey.) He was living between 1760 and 1768 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He has Ancestral File Number MWQQ-DV. Joseph renewed covenant Jul 8 1739, Amesbury

(BOOK SOURCES: (1). "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2). "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Joseph COLBY and Anne BARTLETT.

Spouse: Abigail WARREN. Joseph COLBY and Abigail WARREN were married on 18 MAR 1735/36 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Ephraim COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Abigail COLBY, Hannah COLBY, Ephraim COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 13 APR 1739 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was baptized on 8 JUL 1739 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Signed the Association Test 1776, Concord, New Hampshire. Married possibly twice, to a Molly ______ + ?
SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (4) "Book History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine From its First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time." by William P. Lapham (1890). Parents: Joseph COLBY and Abigail WARREN.

Spouse: Molly (COLBY). Joseph COLBY and Molly (COLBY) were married before 1776 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Children were: Eleanor COLBY, Judith COLBY, Ephraim COLBY, Hannah COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Ruth COLBY, David COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 1 DEC 1740 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 6 APR 1826 at Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. He was a cordwainer.
Joseph was a "corwainer" and they both owned the covenant in the Kingston Church, May 5, 1763. His first three children were born while residing in Kingston, then they emigrated to what is now the Stonington Precinct of Deer Isle, Maine. A list of early settlers at Deer Isle has been perseved, entitled "the Number of Inhabitants of Deer Island and when settled on that lsland", which Joseph Colbe, 1765" Documents have been found in many instances which have proven many dates on this list to be incorrect. The fact that Joseph's third chid Joseph, was baptized in Newbury, Mass. March 30, 1766 might indicate that Joseph and his wife left Kingston, N.H. for Newbury, about 1765, either before or after their son was baptized in 1766, then moved permanently to Deer Isle. The 1800 Census of Deer Isle also states that Joseph emigrated to Deer Isle from Newbury. Depositions in the "Kent Claim" shows Joseph came here in 1768.

The first church record book kept by Rev. Peter Powere, 1785-6, shows that Joseph was a signer of the "Confession of Faith" and "Church Covenant" his name also appears on the petitions sent early from Deer Isle to the General Court at Mass., 1784/5. etc. Historian Hosmer says Joseph Colby, "he settled upon the lost of land lying south of and adjoinging that of Captain Belcher Tyler. He had a two hundred acre lot set off to him, which wa with the limits of the Kent Claim. In the suit at law, I have understood that he claimed, in addition to his right as an early settler, That Kent had contracted to sell him the land, and in payment he was to perform a cetain amount of labor upon the mill built by Kent and upon the dam, which he performed; but upon what ground he held the land we do not know. He was a native of Newbury, Mass., or some place in that vicinity and was born in 1744 - - and his son Thomas, born in 1768, was the first child born of white parents in that part of town.

"The Kent Claim" as it was called, was a subject of litigation for several years. It covered the land settled by Joseph Colby, the lawsuit being prolonged for several years in the Courts of Lincoln County. Mr Colby had to frequently attend court, and, as the practice was then, the jurors were chosen and could serve as often as they would return, and he was, while his case was in court, a juryman, as it enabled him to meet his expenses of travel to and from the shire-town, which was Pownalborough, near the towns of Dreseden and Wiscasset". The final divison between the Colby claim on the south and the Kent Claim on the north, can best be seen in the Peters survey map where one will find, leading from the peak of a cove in Southwest Harbor, a line that Peters marked S. 67 30" west separating Belcjer Tyler on the north from Joseph Colby on the south, same end in Elisha Dunham (20) lot.

Joseph Colby, Sr. was a soldier in the Revolutionary War having enlisted August 3, 1779, as a private in Captain Nathaniel Fale's Co. service 13 days, company marched to Majorbagaduce by order of General Lowell; Discharged August 15, 1779.

Joseph was baptized 28 Dec 1740; married at Kingston, NH, where he was a cordwainer. He and Sarah both owned the covenant of the Kingston Church, 5 May 1763, but removed to Deer Isle, ME abt 1766. All his children were born at Kingston, NH.

SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Elijah COLBY and Elizabeth DAVIS.

Spouse: Sarah THURLOW. Joseph COLBY and Sarah THURLOW were married on 27 MAR 1760 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Sarah THURIEL, Date: 27 Mar 1760; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Eunice COLBY, Elizabeth COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Thomas COLBY, Hannah COLBY, Sarah COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 1 DEC 1757 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He was baptized in MAY 1758 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He died in 1824 at Union, Butler County, Ohio. Joseph went west on his majority (the age when full civil and personal rights may be legally excerised), not heard from again. (Weis book)

He had an estate probated in Mar 1824 in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. From: Clerk of Probate Court, Butler County Courthouse, Hamilton, Ohio, 45013:
From: Archives & Testamentary, Volume 2, page 118, reating to the March 1824 administration of the estate of Joseph Colby, Sr., born 1 Dec 1757 Hampstead, Rockingham Co., NH & died 1824 Union Twp., Butler Co., OH. (doc. stated "Union Township..") with administration granted unto Joseph Colby, Junior (doc entitled "March Term 1824")
and a document filed "June Term 1824" stating that.....
"the things that the wid. Margery took at the apraisal..."), followed by a listing of items) and this document is signed by Joseph Colby. A Butler County Tax List dated 12 Jun 1807 lists Joseph Colby and refers to 3 males of age 21 years and upwards.

(BOOK SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (3) "History of Weare, New Hampshire 1735-1888" by William Little, pub. 1888.) Parents: John COLBY and Ruth STEVENS.

Spouse: Margery WILLIAMS. Joseph COLBY and Margery WILLIAMS were married about 1775. Children were: Isaac COLBY (twin), Samuel COLBY (twin), Mary COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Abraham COLBY, Margery COLBY, Martha COLBY, Timothy COLBY, Zerubabel COLBY, Elizabeth COLBY.


Photo Lieut. Joseph COLBY Esq. was born on 24 MAR 1762 in Plaistow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He died on 19 APR 1843 at New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the Old Main Street Cemetery at New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire He settled first at Hopkinton, with his father, and later removed to New London, 10 March 1786, where the rest of his busy life was spent. Joseph Colby held every elective office in New London, New Hampshire, besides being a Lieutenant of the Military Company and Justice of the Peace. He was moderator of town meetings no less than forty times between 5 May 1794 and 1839. He was selectman ten years between 1792 and 1808, and Representative to the General Court of New Hampshire, 1801, 1803, 1817, 1818, and 1819. He was innkeeper as early as 1801 and thereafter, and a member of the School Committee, 1819 and 1824, Director of the Social Library Association of New London, 1801, and thereafter. He served as highway surveyor, 1797, 1805, 1808, and 1811, and grand juror, 1793, 1794, 1802, 1803, 1809 and 1823, besides taking his turn at the lesser and probably more bothersome tasks such as petit juror, field driver, fence viewer, and hog reeve, and he shirked no task to which he was chosen.
SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Anthony COLBY and Sarah BRYANT.

Spouse: Anna HEATH. Lieut. Joseph COLBY Esq. and Anna HEATH were married on 28 DEC 1785 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Children were: Joseph COLBY, Sarah COLBY, Governor Anthony COLBY, Judith COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was baptized on 30 MAR 1766 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was born in 1766 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He has Ancestral File Number 1TTG-RDP. Jospeh Colby was baptized at the 1st Congo Church in Newbury, March 30, 1766. He married Eunice Thurlow, born in Newbury, Mass. on January 13, 1772, a sister of old Sire (Mill) David Thurlow of Crotch Island.

Joseph was a farmer, millwright, shipbuilder and carpenter. He and his brother Thomas and his brother-in-law, David Thurlow, built a mill at the mouth of the pond or crotch on Crotch Island where they sawed lumber for houses and vessels. They built several large vessels there. One was the old topsail schooner, the St. Paul, which came ashore (Captain Moody Thurlow) and rotted about 300 feet south of the Will Smith-Noyes store lot. Another was the Massey or Mercy which was blown ashore on the south side of Green Head and rotted there.

Joseph lived at Jacks Cornor and went back and forth to his work on Thurlows or Crotch Island and his brother Thomas lived on the present George Redman lot on the Cross Road. Joseph lived in a big two story house that was torn down, and stood on the foundation of the present (1903) Colby house at Jacks Corner. The house now standing there was built just opposite Bill Gross ( on the eastern side of the road, where now is only a cellar). When Abraham Colby and his wife died (Abraham was drowned, May 7, 1839 on the Penobscot River by being knocked of his pinkie, the house was bought by Stephen Colby, who bought out the heirs of the Colby lot, who then tore down the old shattered Colby house and moved the new on, purchased upon it. This is the house now standing there but the present barn next to the road was one built by Stephen Colby. Where the barn now stands the old original Joseph colby barn which rotted and was torn down. The old Joseph Colby fireplace was abotu eight feet from jam to jam and was made of brick. Part of the brick are in the chimney of the present house.

Joseph Colby was a very strong man and could carry four bushels of corn on his shoulders and carry it up stairs. Joseph and his wife Eunice died at Jacks Corner and are buried in the old cemetery.

SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Newbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (4) International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. Parents: Joseph COLBY and Sarah THURLOW.

Spouse: Eunice THURLOW. Joseph COLBY and Eunice THURLOW were married about 1789 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. Children were: Abraham COLBY, Lydia G. COLBY, Patience COLBY, Eunice Thurlow COLBY, David Thurlow COLBY, Sarah COLBY, Sabrina T. COLBY, Stephen Thurlow COLBY, Hannah T. COLBY, William R. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 5 AUG 1769 in Canterbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) Parents: Edmund COLBY and Mary (COLBY).


Lieut. Joseph COLBY was born about 1770 in Maine. Joseph was a member of the artillery co. of Fryeburg under Col. James Charles.
(BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Joshua COLBY and Sarah PEABODY.


Joseph COLBY Esq. (twin) was born on 16 SEP 1775 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 74 M Farmer $2,000 NH
Ruth M 62 F ME
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He died on 19 FEB 1853 at Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Parents: Samuel COLBY and Sarah CUMMINGS.

Spouse: Elizabeth (Betsy) EVANS. Joseph COLBY Esq. (twin) and Elizabeth (Betsy) EVANS filed marriage intentions on 7 APR 1799 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. (April 7, 1799 Marr. Intent. Mr. Joseph Colby and Mifs Betsy (Elizabeth) Evans, both of Fryeburg. Cert granted April 22, 1799.) They were married on 16 MAY 1799 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Marr May 16, 1799 by Rev. William Fefsenden.
(SOURCE: FHL Film 0010915, Town and vital records, 1776-1891 Fryeburg (Maine). Town
Clerk.) Children were: Sally Osgood COLBY, Eliza B. COLBY, Catherine COLBY.

Spouse: Ruth MERRILL. Joseph COLBY Esq. (twin) and Ruth MERRILL filed marriage intentions on 8 AUG 1840 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. They were married on 24 AUG 1840 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Aug 8, 1840, Marr. Intent. Mr. Joseph Colby of Fryeburg and Mifs Ruth Merrill of Portland. Cert. granted Aug 24, 1840.

(SOURCE: FHL Film 0010915, Town and vital records, 1776-1891 Fryeburg (Maine). Town
Clerk.)


Joseph COLBY was born on 18 FEB 1775 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Orange, Orange County, Vermont.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 75 M Cooper $200 Mass
Rhoda 75 F Mass
Polly 48 F VT
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He died in 1854 at Corinth, Orange County, Vermont. He has Ancestral File Number 1PB4-4Q. Married and then went to Corinth, Vermont.

SOURCES: (1) History of Old Chester, New Hampshire from 1719 to 1869. by Benjamin Chase; (2) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Benaiah COLBY and Abigail EMERSON.

Spouse: Rhoda BARRETT. Joseph COLBY and Rhoda BARRETT were married on 7 MAR 1797 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Rhoda BURRETT, Date: 07 Mar 1797; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire.)
(Note: The marriage of Joseph to Nancy Ann ?, 2 Dec 1797 is under review. Rhoda Barrett would have had to died very soon after arriving in Corinth, which is possible. I have not been able to locate any children for Rhoda and Joseph). Children were: Mary Ann COLBY, Sally COLBY, Polly COLBY, Calvin M. COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Rhoda COLBY, Elhanon Wayne COLBY, Louise COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 19 SEP 1777 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Jacob COLBY and Sarah MERRILL.

Spouse: Mary PEAKE. Joseph COLBY and Mary PEAKE were married about 1800. Children were: Esther P. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 9 FEB 1779 in Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Early Eaton Records, Madison Historical Society.) Parents: Joseph COLBY and Margery WILLIAMS.

Spouse: Parmelia BOOTH. Joseph COLBY and Parmelia BOOTH were married on 10 FEB 1807 in Butler County, Ohio. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 0355779; Marriage records, 1803-1930; index, 1803-1937 Ohio. Probate Court (Butler County).)

Feb 9 1807 Joseph Hunter, JP (SOURCE: Skinner, Jane Knox.. Marriage records of Butler County, Ohio, 1803-1839. Oxford, Ohio: E.W. King, librarian, Miami University, 1950.) Children were: Hiram COLBY, Joseph Samuel COLBY, Abner COLBY, Timothy COLBY, Sarah COLBY, Z COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 29 JUN 1780 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.)
Name: Joseph Colby
Birthdate: 29 Jun 1780
Birthplace: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Father's name: John Colby
Mother's name:
Recording place: Lisbon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Film number: 1000378
Digital GS number: 4243701
Image number: 02141
Collection: New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

He died on 19 FEB 1796. Parents: John COLBY and Mary QUIMBY.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1780 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. He died on 12 AUG 1822 at Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Film 15,575; New Hampshire Cemetery Records.) He was buried in the Jotham Rollins Cemetery at Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire BOOK SOURCES: (1) "History of Sanbornton, New Hampshire" Vol II.-Genealogies, by Rev. M. T. Runnels, 1881; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: John COLBY and Lydia STEVENS.

Spouse: Sally WEEKS. Joseph COLBY and Sally WEEKS were married on 17 NOV 1808 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Sally WEEKS, Date: 17 Nov 1808, Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Malinda COLBY, Chase Weeks COLBY, Aaron COLBY (twin), Moses H. COLBY (twin).

Spouse: Mehitable BUNTIN. Joseph COLBY and Mehitable BUNTIN were married on 4 APR 1822 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph; Marriage: Mrs. Mehitable HIGHLAND, Date: 04 Apr 1822; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire.)


Photo Joseph COLBY was born on 13 SEP 1781 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He died on 13 MAY 1855 at Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the East Cemetery at Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Barzillai COLBY and Mary FOWLER.

Spouse: Jane FLANDERS. Joseph COLBY and Jane FLANDERS were married on 11 OCT 1808 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Children were: Drusilla Patten COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 22 OCT 1785 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.)
Name: Joseph Colby
Birthdate: 22 Oct 1785
Birthplace: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Father's name: Joseph Colby
Mother's name: Molly
Recording place: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Film number: 1000378
Digital GS number: 4243701
Image number: 02199
Collection: New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

He appeared in the census in 1850 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living with son Marshall B. Colby.) He died on 12 JAN 1869 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the Horse Hill Cemetery at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire (BOOK SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Joseph COLBY and Molly (COLBY).

Spouse: Hannah HOYT. Joseph COLBY and Hannah HOYT were married on 29 JAN 1807 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Hannah HOIT, Date: 29 Jan 1807; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire.) Children were: Mary H. COLBY, Mahala E. COLBY, Ann C. COLBY, Joseph M. COLBY, Marshall B. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1786 in Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He died at Darien, Genesee County, New York. (BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Daniel COLBY and Mary FOLSOM.

Spouse: Betsy HARDY. Joseph COLBY and Betsy HARDY were married on 29 SEP 1812 in New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Betsy HARDEY, Date: 29 Sep 1812; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Nancy COLBY, Lewis COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 4 AUG 1787 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 63 M Farmer $1,000 Mass
Lydia 64 F NH
Milo 21 M Farmer VT
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He died on 10 OCT 1855 at Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont. He has more notes. #1.

Colby, Joseph (deceased), Lincoln, from whom descends a numerous family, was born in Ware, N. H., on August 14, 1787. He settled in South Lincoln, Vt., in 1827, on the present home of Henry Clay, taking up about 150 acres. His wife was Lydia Gove, who was born in March, 1786; she was a daughter of Stephen Gove. Joseph Colby had a family of nine children born to him -- Rodney G. (born on December 21, 1808, and died on March 6, 1855), Fannie (born on September 11, 1810, now Mrs. Simeon Palmer, of Lincoln, Vt.), Page (born on July 5, 1812; is now a resident of Bristol, Vt.), Abigail (born on June 21, 1816, now Mrs. Nelson Chase, of Lincoln, Vt.), Stephen G. (born on July 31, 1814, of Lincoln, Vt.), Louise (deceased; was born on May 12, 1818; married Esquire Gove), Mary A. (born on August 7, 1826; died on February 15, 1828), Edmund G. (born on January 24, 1822), Lydia A. (now Mrs. Stephen Colby; was born on April 6, 1824), Moses G. (born on August 24, 1827, died on April 30, 1828), Milo (born on March 13, 1829, died on March 22, 1859). Mr. Joseph Colby died on October 10, 1855, and his wife, Lydia, died on June 10, 1862. Their son Edward G., one of the prominent farmers of Lincoln, Vt., married Hannah Farr, a daughter of Jesse B. and Hannah Farr, of Bristol, Vt. She was born on September 28, 1831. Their children are Harvey C., Alson B., Emma (now Mrs. Louis Bain), Addie E., one infant who died at an early age, and Julia B., now at home.

Source: Sketches of Addison County, Vermont (BOOK SOURCES: "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (3) "The Gove book : history and genealogy of the American family of Gove and notes of European Goves." Author: Gove, William Henry, Date of Publication: 1922.)

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 58
Mrs. Abbie J. Meader Wells
DAR ID Number: 57199
Born in New Haven, Vt.
Descendant of Philbrick COLBY.
Daughter of Nathan Meader and Jennie L. Sterling, his 2nd wife.
Granddaughter of Elijah Meader and Abigail COLBY, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Joseph COLBY and Lydia Gove, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Philbrick COLBY and Ruth Lufkin, his wife.
Philbrick COLBY, of Haverhill, responded to the Lexington Alarm as a private in Capt. David Hill's company, Colonel Johnson's regiment.

Parents: Philbrook COLBY and Ruth LUFKIN.

Spouse: Lydia GOVE. Joseph COLBY and Lydia GOVE were married on 7 AUG 1808 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Lydia GOVE Age: 22 years; Date: 07 Aug 1808; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Rodney Gove COLBY, Fanny COLBY, Page COLBY, Stephen Gove COLBY, Dolly COLBY, Mary Ann COLBY, Abigail H. COLBY, Lousia COLBY, Edmund Gove COLBY, Lydia Arvilla COLBY, Moses Green COLBY, Milo COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 5 MAY 1787 in New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.) He died on 12 APR 1857 at New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the Old Main Street Cemetery at New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire Unmarried.
(BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Lieut. Joseph COLBY Esq. and Anna HEATH.


Joseph COLBY was born on 27 JUL 1788 in Webster (Sabattus), Androscoggin County, Maine. Parents: James COLBY and Maria WOOD.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1792 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Newfield, York County, Maine.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 55 M Manager of town farm $1,000 MA
Hannah 55 F NH
Charles 19 M Laborer NH Y
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He appeared in the census on 29 JUN 1860 in Newfield, York County, Maine. In 1860 he was an oversees poor farm in Newfield, York County, Maine. He appeared in the census on 23 JUN 1870 in Newfield, York County, Maine. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Newfield, York County, Maine.
Census Place: Newfield, York, Maine
Source: FHL Film 1254491 National Archives Film T9-0491 Page 424D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Joseph COLBY Self M M W 88 ME
Occ: Farmer Fa: ME Mo: ME
Hannah COLBY Wife F M W 88 NH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: NH Mo: NH
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He died on 13 DEC 1880 at Newfield, York County, Maine. (BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.) Parents: Ebenezer COLBY and Dolly BLAISDELL.

Spouse: Hannah LARY. Joseph COLBY and Hannah LARY were married on 17 DEC 1820 in New Hampshire. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Hannah LACY, Date: 17 Dec 1820; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire.) Children were: Charles A. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 4 APR 1795 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine.
Name: Joseph Colby
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 04 Apr 1795
Birthplace: , DEER ISLE, HANCOCK, MAINE
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Thomas Colby
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Patience
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C52283-1
System Origin: Maine-EASy
Source Film Number: 873822
Reference Number:
Collection: Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
He appeared in the census in 1850 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 19 M Sailor $1000 ME
Stinson 19 M Sailor ME Y
Mary J. 17 F ME Y
Olive B. 14 F ME Y
Eliza J. 11 F ME Y
Seth S. 8 M ME Y
Elmira M. 6 F ME Y
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(I think the age of Joseph is a mistake and should be 55) Parents: Thomas COLBY and Patience NORTON.

Spouse: Deborah LARRABEE. Joseph COLBY and Deborah LARRABEE were married on 7 MAR 1816 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. Children were: Deborah COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Abner Larabee COLBY, Jane COLBY, Patience Norton COLBY, Mehetable Webb COLBY.

Spouse: Olive STINSON. Joseph COLBY and Olive STINSON were married in 1829 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. Children were: Thursey COLBY, Stinson COLBY, Mary J. COLBY, Olive B. COLBY, Eliza Jane COLBY, Seth Stinson COLBY, Almira Moore COLBY, Joseph H. COLBY, Thurzey COLBY, Edith COLBY.


Col. Joseph COLBY was born on 25 JUL 1797 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Index to births, early to 1900 New Hampshire. Registrar of Vital Statistics.)

Name: Joseph Colby
Birthdate: 25 Jul 1797
Birthplace: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Father's name: John Colby
Mother's name:
Recording place: Lisbon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Film number: 1000378
Digital GS number: 4243701
Image number: 02251
Collection: New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

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Name: Joseph Colby
Birthdate: 25 Jul 1798
Birthplace: Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Father's name:
Mother's name:
Recording place: Whitefield, Coos, New Hampshire, United States
Film number: 1000378
Digital GS number: 4243701
Image number: 02250
Collection: New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

He appeared in the census in 1850 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 53 M Farmer $5,000 NH
Eunice Colby 44 F NH
Eunice N. Dodge 24 F NH
William F. Dodge 20 M Laborer NH
Ira Colby 19 M Farmer NH
Levi W. Dodge 14 M Farmer NH Y
Eliza Colby 15 F NH Y
Henry Dodge 16 M NH Y
Caroline Colby 10 F NH Y
Charles Colby 8 M NH Y
Enos M. Colby 5 M NH Y
Harriett M. Colby 4 F NH Y
Horace H. Colby 1 M NH Y
Samuel ?????? 30 M Farmer $1,000 NH
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He appeared in the census in 1860 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Census Place: Whitefield, Coos, New Hampshire
Source: FHL Film 1254762 National Archives Film T9-0762 Page 206D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Joseph COLBY Self M M W 81 N.H.
Occ: Farmer Fa: N.H. Mo: N.H.
Eunice COLBY Wife F M W 76 N.H.
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MASS. Mo: N.H.
Eunice M. COLBY SDau F S W 55 N.H.
Occ: At Home Fa: N.H. Mo: N.H.
Harriett M. COLBY Dau F S W 31 N.H.
Occ: At Home Fa: N.H. Mo: N.H.
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He died on 1 MAY 1887 at Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. Buried: Pine Street Cemetery, Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. He was buried in the Pine Street Cemetery at Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire Parents: John COLBY and Mary QUIMBY.

Spouse: Sally KING. Col. Joseph COLBY and Sally KING were married on 9 JUN 1821. Children were: Asa COLBY, James COLBY, Ira M. COLBY, Eliza COLBY, Caroline COLBY, Charles COLBY.

Spouse: Eunice NEWELL. Col. Joseph COLBY and Eunice NEWELL were married on 4 DEC 1842 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Joseph, Marriage: Eunice DODGE; Date: 04 Dec 1842; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: E. Marrietta COLBY, Harriett M. COLBY, Horace H. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 30 SEP 1807 in Corinth, Orange County, Vermont. (SOURCE: FHL Film 0027514; General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 Vermont. Secretary of State.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Washington, Orange County, Vermont.
Occupants listed at this residence:
Name Age/Sex Occupation Worth Birth School
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Joseph Colby 42 M Farmer $700 VT
Huldah T. 38 F NY
Hiram T. 17 M Farmer VT Y
Benson 11 M VT Y
Sally 8 F VT Y
Huldah 5 F VT Y
John 7/12 M VT
Clarminda Hagg 20 F VT
Elizabeth Ford 41 F VT Insane
John Thurston 68 M Joiner Mass
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He appeared in the census on 6 JUN 1860 in Washington, Orange County, Vermont. He died on 5 OCT 1862 at Washington, Orange County, Vermont. Parents: Joseph COLBY and Rhoda BARRETT.

Spouse: Huldah THURSTON. Joseph COLBY and Huldah THURSTON were married on 19 JAN 1833. Children were: Hiram Thurston COLBY, Sally Abby COLBY, Joseph Benson Aldrich COLBY, Sally Abby COLBY, Huldah COLBY, John Thurston COLBY, Lousia Carolyn COLBY.


Photo Joseph COLBY was born in 1808. He died on 18 JUL 1823 at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Buried: Bradford Burial Ground, Bradford, MA. He was buried in the Bradford Burial Ground at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Parents: Stephen COLBY and Betsey HARRIMAN.


Rev. Joseph COLBY was born on 29 DEC 1812 in Eaton [Madison], Carroll County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Early Eaton Records, Madison Historical Society.)(alt date: 12 Dec 1812.) In 1850 he was a Methodist Minister in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. He appeared in the census on 23 JUL 1850 in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. He appeared in the census on 19 JUN 1860 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. In 1860 he was a Minister in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. He appeared in the census on 14 JUN 1870 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. In 1870 he was a clergyman in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. (BOOK SOURCE: "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.)

Parents: Colman COLBY Esq. and Phebe JACKSON.

Spouse: Almeda BALLARD. Rev. Joseph COLBY and Almeda BALLARD were married on 17 APR 1834 in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. (SOURCE: FHL Film: 0010915; Town and vital records, 1776-1891 Fryeburg (Maine). Town Clerk.) Children were: Uriah Jackson COLBY, William W. COLBY, Hellen M. COLBY, Joseph COLBY, Judith Annette COLBY, Sarah E. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1817/18 in Quebec, Canada. He appeared in the census on 27 JUN 1870 in Derby, Orleans County, Vermont. He appeared in the census in 1881 in Hatley, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada.

Spouse: Sarah A. MORSE. Joseph COLBY and Sarah A. MORSE were married about 1862. Children were: Lewis Edward COLBY, Juliann COLBY, Amos D. COLBY, Jeremiah T. COLBY, Mary R. COLBY, Adelia A. COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born about 1818 in Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. He died on 22 APR 1847 at Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine. Parents: Joseph COLBY and Deborah LARRABEE.


Joseph COLBY was born on 4 APR 1819 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father.) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living with sister Rebecca.) Parents: Benaiah COLBY and Rebecca WENTWORTH.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1822 in Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census on 23 SEP 1850 in Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census on 18 JUN 1860 in Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census on 9 JUN 1870 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He appeared in the census on 11 JUN 1880 in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. (family living with mother.) He died on 13 APR 1885 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Parents: Josiah COLBY and Hepsibah WHEELER.

Spouse: Mary Ann DARRAH. Joseph COLBY and Mary Ann DARRAH were married about 1848 in Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Children were: Esther Ann COLBY, Charles COLBY, John B. COLBY, Joseph Benjamin COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1829 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: 1850 Massachusetts Census. Newburyport, Essex County, page 364. Age 21.) He was a Shoemaker. Parents: Robert COLBY and Eliza CORLISS.


Joseph COLBY was born in 1835 in Vermont. He appeared in the census on 16 JUL 1860 in Forestville, Fillmore County, Minnesota. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared in the census on 25 JUN 1870 in Forestville, Fillmore County, Minnesota. He appeared in the census in JUN 1880 in Big Creek, Russell County, Kansas. Parents: Amos COLBY and Sarah (COLBY).

Spouse: Adelia L. BELDING. Joseph COLBY and Adelia L. BELDING were married on 12 OCT 1861 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. (SOURCE: FHL Number 1316804; COLBY, Joseph; Marriage: A. L. BELDING; Date: 12 Oct 1861; Recorded in: Fillmore, Minnesota.) Children were: Dora COLBY, Cora COLBY, Sarah COLBY, Elroy A. COLBY, Sylvia COLBY, Fena L. COLBY, Henry COLBY, Inez COLBY, Child COLBY, Orient COLBY, Iva Mae COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born on 26 MAR 1843 in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Ripton, Addison County, Vermont. (living at home with father and mother) Parents: Stephen Gove COLBY and Charlotte N. GOVE.

Spouse: Lydia Ann MEADER. Joseph COLBY and Lydia Ann MEADER were married on 26 FEB 1865 in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont. Children were: Burnes COLBY.


Joseph COLBY was born in MAR 1844 in New Hampshire. He appeared in the census on 23 JUL 1850 in Paris, Oxford County, Maine. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared in the census on 19 JUN 1860 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. (living at home with father and mother.) In 1860 he was a printer in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine. He appeared in the census on 5 JUN 1900 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. (living with sister Sarah Elizabeth Colby and family.) Parents: Rev. Joseph COLBY and Almeda BALLARD.

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