See also
| Husband: | Edward * COLCORD (1615-1681) | |
| Wife: | Ann* PAGE (1609-1689) | |
| Children: | Jonathan COLCORD (1640- ) | |
| Elizabeth COLCORD (1641- ) | ||
| Hannah * COLCORD (1643-1720) | ||
| Sarah COLCORD (1649- ) | ||
| Mary COLCORD (1649- ) | ||
| Edward COLCORD (1652- ) | ||
| Samuel COLCORD (1656- ) | ||
| Mehitable COLCORD (1658- ) | ||
| Shuah COLCORD (1660- ) | ||
| Deborah COLCORD (1664- ) | ||
| Abagail COLCORD (1667- ) | ||
| Marriage | 1640 | |
| Name: | Edward * COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard * COLCORD (1590-1620) | |
| Mother: | Margaret * BORDUN (1585-1618) | |
| Birth | 1615 | Bovey Tracy, Devonshire, England |
| Death | 10 Feb 1681 (age 65-66) | Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US1 |
| Name: | Ann* PAGE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Robert * PAGE (1577-1617) | |
| Mother: | Margaret * GOODWIN (1570-1637) | |
| Birth | 26 Jan 1609 | Ormsby, Norfolk, England |
| Death | 24 Jan 1689 (age 79) | Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: | Jonathan COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1640 | |
| Name: | Elizabeth COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1641 | |
| Name: | Hannah * COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Thomas * DEARBORN (1632-1710) | |
| Birth | 1643 | Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death | 17 Jul 1720 (age 76-77) | Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US1 |
| Name: | Sarah COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1649 | |
| Name: | Mary COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1649 | |
| Name: | Edward COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1652 | |
| Name: | Samuel COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1656 | |
| Name: | Mehitable COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1658 | |
| Name: | Shuah COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1660 | |
| Name: | Deborah COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1664 | |
| Name: | Abagail COLCORD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1667 | |
Edward Colcord must have learned the Indian tongue, as Wheelwright employed him to make his purchase.
To support the reputation of the famous forged deed of Indian Sachems, that grants to John Whieelwright and others all the Exeter and center region of N.H. 17 May 1629, it was pro. by O. of Wheelwright 13 Oct 1663 that he employed Colcord to purchase from some Indian the lands upon or near where he design to found the new town of Exeter. At that time Edward Colcord was 14 years of age.
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[From Colcord Genealogy. Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630-1908, by Doane B. Colcord, 1908.]
Pages 7-8:
Edward Colcott, or Colcord, came to Portsmouth, N.H., from Hants County, England, about 1631, when he was fifteen years old. The name is derived from Cole, an old English name, and Cote or Cot, a cottage or house with lands adjoining. The Colcott "Crest" is a sitting lion ("lion sejant") collared and lined with the motto: "Dieu Avec Nous" beneath, which is a part of the coat of arms of the Earl of Berkeley -- conferred by authority. The first Earl of Berkeley was created in 1421 (Burke). His name was also spelled Colcote.
When Edward cam to Portsmouth, in 1631, "there were," he affirms, "but three houses in all that side of the country adjoining Pascataqua River."
He went to Exeter and resided in or near there until after 1638. He married Ann (e) Page and was in "Pasquatiquate," or Dover, in 1640, being 5th grantee in the list of the first grants given. He signed a petition for an independent government, sent to the King in 1642, and in 1643, June 14, was appointed "Magistrate" of Dover with two associates by the "Court of Mass." He returned to Exeter in 1644, and by "grants" and trading acquired lands in Dover, Exeter and New Market.
He was often engaged in litigation, a man of independent spirit who chafed under restraint, and loved adventure. He had many friends and not a few enemies. He raised a large family, the daughters marrying into some of the best of the colonial families, and becoming the mothers of the Dearborn, Hobbs, Fifield, Coffin, and Stevens families. His oldest son, Jonathan, died in his twenty-first year (1661) and his two remaining sons marched to Rhode Island in the King Phillips' War, in which Edward Jr., was slain by the Indians at North Hill, June 13, 1677; a young man of promise "whose death was greatly regretted."
Edward was now past 60 years old and Februrary 10, 1681-2, he died at Hampton, N.H., where all his children were raised.
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yeoman, planter, Salem, 1637. Rem. to Dover. He contracted Nov. 5, 1639, to deliver clapboards "at Pascatt rivers mouth." [L.] Signed the combination in 1640. Proprietor in 1642. Lived at York in 1644. [Mass. Arch. 39, 70.] Rem. to Hampton; proprietor and commoner 23 (12) 1645. Bought a mill of James Wall in 1652. Lawsuit with Capt. Thos. Wiggin in 1654. Suit before Gen. Court of Mass. in 1658. [Mass. Arch. 39, 20-35.] He deposed 8 April, 1673, ae. about 56 years, regarding the gift of Mr. Stephen Bachiler to his dau. Hussey before he went to England. Dea. Robert Page who came from Ormsby, Eng. calls him brother and his wife Ann sister, in a deed of land; this tract he deeded 24 June, 1673, to his children, Sarah Hobbs, Mary Fifield, and the children at home, viz. Mehitable, Samuel, Shuah and Deborah.
Wife Ann; ch.: Jonathan d. 31 (6) 1661, Hannah, Sarah, Mary b. 4 (8) 1649, Edward b. 2 (12) 1651, d. 1667, Samuel, Mehitable, Shuah, Deborah b. May 21, 1664, Abigail b. July 23, 1667.
He d. Feb. 10, 1681-2.
See also Brooks, Redman, Shrewsbury.2
| 1 | "NH Death and Disinterment Records 1754-1947". |
| 2 | Charles Henry Pope, "The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660". |