1. MATTHEW-
b.c.1530
m.1. ?
2. MARY ______ (will 1 Dec. 1591, bur. 18 Dec. 1591 Sempringham,
will 8 Oct. 1591
bur. 10 Oct. 1591 St. Andrew, Sempringham,
Where there is a Thomas "senior" and "junior" this implies that they are children by two different mothers with Matthew's first wife dying some time prior to Thomas "junior's" birth.
There are records dating from 7 May 1505 which show a Robert Colby of Pointon who was probably the grandfather of Matthew who
received a grant of "one messuage and 20 acres
of land and meadow with all the appurtenances in the village and the fields of Pointon, which lately was inherited after the decease of
William Rogerson his father and Alice his wife".
On 12 May John Huchynson and Robert Colby deeded the
same property back to Robert Rogerson and his wife
Margaret, Katherine, sister of the late William Rogerson
and a neice. There are also records back to 3 Feb.
1421/2 relating to the
One has to wonder what sort of horrible epidemic struck this village in 1591 when both parents and their two youngest children died within 3 months of one another.
The Abbey
8 Oct. 1591- "The will of Mathew Colby of Poynton, Sempringham parish, county Lincoln, husbandman... sick in body... to be buried in the churchyard of Sempringham... to John Colbye my son one cow & a quoye (heifer), to Edward Colby one cow & a quoye, to Agnes Colby one cow & a quoye, to William Colby one cow & a quoye, to Elizabeth Colby one cow & a quoye, to Thomas Colby the younger one cow & a quoye, to Thomas Colby the elder half a quarter of barley and half a quarter of pease, to Robert Colby my brother one stricke of barley, to Alise my syster one stricke of barley, to Agnes Colby the daughter of Thomas Colby of Horbling two stricks of barley... all the rest of my goods & cattells... to Mary Colby my wyfe... she to be sole executrix... Roger Lawrence to be supervisor. Witnesses: Robert Baxter, Roger Lawrence, Thomas Colbye and Francys Barton." Proved 22 Oct. 1591.(1)
"the will of MARY COLBY of Poynton. (Sempringham), county Lincoln, widow...sick in body...to Thomas Colby the elder one horse mill & the house it standeth in, one bay nag. one red starred cow which was bought of Thomas Dinge & two of my four steers..to Edward my son the other two steers, one red sorell feelie (vealer?), one calf of this year...to Thomas Colby the younger one gray mare, one young beast & a calf...to William my son one bald foal which was in Writht's farm, one burling & a calf...to Agnes my daughter three kine, one burling & a calf, one rand bald filly...to Elizabeth my daughter three kine, two burling , one calf.. my two bullocks equally to be divided amongst them..to Thomas Colby the elder one quarter of barley and half a quarter of pease...to Robert Colby one strike of barley...all my corn & crop unbequeathed about my yard & barn to be divided amongst them...to John my son the shod cart & all the cart gears thereunto belinging...to Edward my son one wayne & the wayne gears thereunto belonging...to John & Edward my two sons the kill house, the vat & the hair...to Agnes my daughter one feather bed, one cowling & eight pair of sheets, one new chest, one new table with a frame, six table napkins which be a Bullar's, 4 pillows & pillowbears for them, two table cloths, one new press, one chafing dish. one candlestick, the best lead, 12 pieces of pewter, one brass pot & two kettles....to Elizabeth my duaghter 4 pairs of sheets, 4 pillows & pillowbears, one great brass pan, one cowling, two napkins, two table cloths, one mattress, one cowling, six pieces of pewter, one Ambry, one square table, one breuing lead & the other table & tressels, one chest & the best chair, one brass pot, two candlesticks & one bed...to Thomas Colby the younger one pair of sheets...to William my son one pair of sheets...to John & Edward my sons either of them two pair if there be so many...to Thomas Colby his daughter half a quarter of barley...to John my son one bedstead...the sheep & the field swine shall be equally divided amongst them all... my sons shall have their parts & porrtions at age 21 , daughters at day of marriage...to Elizabeth my daughter 20s, that is in the hands of Thomas Colby the elder. I give her two tubs...to Agnes my daughter 20s, which is the hands of John Bullar...two new tubs...to Thomas Colbye the younger my full executors...Supervisor Rober Lawrence, he to have 3s4d. for his pains. Witnesses: Robert Colbye, William Thorpe & John Buckminister. Proved 17 December 1591." (2)
"The two Inventories of all the goods, chattels, debts & credits of Edward Colby & Elizabeth Colby, two of the children of Mathew Colby & Mary his wife late of Poynton, deceased, praysed the sixth day of April Ao dm. 1592 by Thomas Baxter, Roger Lawrence, John Buckminster & John Essington, as followeth:
all the
housing................................................................................
40s
one covering & a mattess................................................................
8s
6 pieces of pewter, 2 candlesticks, a brass pot & a brass pan......... 10s
2
tables........................................................................................
3s 4d
one chair & a chest, two tubs & one
lead......................................... 6s
2 bedsteads..................................................................................
s 12d
5 kyne, 2 burlings, 2 quyes & 2
steers............................................. £9
12 quarters & a half of corn & other
grain....................................... £4
one shodd wayne (a cart
with iron shod wheels).............................. 30s
one stepefatt (steeping vat) & 2
sheep............................................. 20s
the third part of a yoke of
bullocks.................................................. 30s
the third part of three swine............................................................
6s 8d
in ready
money................................................................................
20s
Sum...... £21.15s
Execution was done at Sleford 10 April 1592"
The Colby family tree includes the following notable people:
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie)
Joseph Smith, Jr. (Founder of the Mormon Church) Chester A. Arthur (21st
President of the United States) William Egan Colby (CIA) Anthony Colby (Governor
of New Hampshire) Gardner Colby (Colby College & President-Wisconsin
Central RR) Carlos W. Colby (Congressional Medal of Honor - Vicksburg, 1863)
Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby (Commander-North Atlantic Fleet)
Bainbridge Colby (U. S. Secretary of State, 1920-21) Stoddard B. Colby
(Register of the U.S. Treasury) Richard Bruce Cheney (Vice President of the
United States, 2001-9)
Issue-
· William- b.c.1556, d. after 1591
· Agnes- b.c.1558, d. after 1591
· Thomas- "senior"- b.c.1561, m. 18 May 1590 Sempringham, Joan Booth (bpt. 31 May 1567 Sempringham, bur. Jan. 1615/6 Horbling), will Jan. 1590/1
· I. Elizabeth- bpt. 30 May 1563 Sempringham, d. before 1572
· II. John- bpt. 26 July 1565 Sempringham, m. 23 Oct. 1593 Sempringham, Elizabeth Davye (bur. 31 Mar. 1615 Sempringham), d. before 1612 Sempringham
· 2III. THOMAS- bpt.
20 Dec. 1567 Sempringham,
· IV. Edward- bpt. 5 Oct. 1570 Sempringham, bur. 31 Dec. 1591 Sempringham. His and his sister's estates were adm. by their brother Thomas "senior".
· V.
Ref:
(1) Consistory Court of Lincoln- 1591- Book I, p.235
(2) C.C. of
Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England- John Threlfall, Heritage Books, Westminster, MD, 2008- p. 132
Parish Registers- Sempringham, Lincolnshire
2III. THOMAS (MATTHEW 1)-
bpt. 20 Dec. 1567 Sempringham,
m. 4 May 1595 Horbling,
bur. 11 Dec. 1625 Horbling,
Thomas was a tailor and lived in Aslackby before moving to Horbling.
His will dated from 1625 mentions his five sons William, Richard, Anthony,
Matthew and Robert. Abraham had died earlier that year and was not mentioned.
St.
Andrew, Horbling- c.1200
"10 December 1625 - the will of THOMAS
COLBIE of Horbling, county of Lincoln, taylor, sick of body.... to my five sons William Colbie, Richard Colbie, Anthony Colbie, Mathew Colbie and Robert Colbie half of my goods to be equally divided amongst them,
but my will is that my son William Colbie shall have
my house at Dinnington for part of his portion of
goods aforesaid, which cose me eight pound... if nay
of these sons die before age 21 at which time the legacies shall be due unto
them, then his or their shares to be divided amongst the overlivers.
Residue to wife Agnes Colbie whom I
make executrix.
Robert
Allen supervisor.
Wienesses: Robert Allen. Thomas Baxter.
Signed by mark. Proved 21 April
1626." (1)
"Assessment agreed upon the fifth of
March 1636 for the church wardens for the repairing of the
horsebeastsheep
William Coulbe 1453s.6d.
Widow Coulby 1503s.6d."
Anne was living on 5 Mar. 1637 as an
assessment was made for repairing the church at Horbling:
"Widow Colby assessed three shilling six pence".
There are no further records in
Anthony Colby has often been listed as the
son of Thomas Colby and Beatrice Felton of Beccles,
"Examination of English Colby records sheds
light on the problem at hand. The 1612 Visitation of Suffolk contains the
family of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby as "Thomas, son and heir;
Charles, second son, obit; John, obit; Anthony; Edmond, obit; Philip; Francis;
Huntington; Beatrice, mar to Edmond Thurston of Colchester; Mary, mar. to John Copuldyke of Kirby in suff.; Penelope, mar. to Sir
Walter Aston in Chesh.; Katherin,
unm." Thus it can be seen that there was a son
Anthony belonging to this family. However, justification for rejecting him as
the immigrant Anthony is substantial, as will be further explained.
Thomas Colby of Beccles,
co.
The children of Thomas and
Beatrice (with approximate birth years based on the best documentation
available) were:
i. Thomas, b. ca. 1566; m. Brundish,
1599, Amy Brampton; lived in Brundish where six of
their children were baptized, with two additional children mentioned in the
1612 visitation of
ii. Charles, 2nd son, b. ca. 1568; appears only in the 1612 Suffolk Visitation
as already deceased; not mentioned in father's will in 1588 nor in that of
Uncle Francis in 1599.
iii. Beatrice, b. ca. 1570; under 20 years of age in 1588 when her father's
will was made; m. Edmond Thurston of Colchester; her unnamed children are
referred to in her brother Philip's will in 1643.
iv. John, 3rd son, b. ca. 1572; mentioned only as deceased in the 1612
Visitation; not mentioned in the wills of his father (1588) or Uncle Francis
(1599)
v. Anthony, 4th son, b. ca. 1574; erroneously claimed as the New England
immigrant.
vi. Mary, b. ca. 1576, m. 1598 in Beccles, John Copuldyke of Kirby,
vii. Edmond, 5th son, b. ca. 1578; mentioned in will of his father (1588) and in
his Uncle's (1599), but listed in the 1612 Visitation of Suffolk as already
deceased.
viii. Philip, 6th son, b. ca. 1580; m. 1609 in Beccles,
Lady Dorothy (Bacon) Gawdy, daughter of Sir Nicholas
Bacon, Knt. and widow of Sir Bassingbourn
Gawdy, Bart. She d. 1621 at
age 47. Philip's will in 1643 mentioned only one daughter. This will, referred
to later on, contains additional valuable information concerning his brothers,
sisters, nephews and nieces.
ix. Penelope. b. ca. 1582, m. Sir Walter Aston; mentioned in brother
Philip's will as "my loveing sister ye Lady
Aston."
x. Francis, 7th son, b. ca. 1584; m. 1610 in Beccles,
Margaret Sampson, daughter and coheir of George Sampson of Sampson's Hall,
Kersey, Suffolk; gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Prince Henry. Francis and
Margaret had one son Hertford aged 1 in the 1612 Visitation.
xi. Huntington, 8th son, b. ca. 1586; knighted 28 Nov. 1616.
xii. Katherine, b. shortly after her father's will
(1588) in which he refers to "the child whiche
my wife is at the making." Unmarried when the 1612 Visitation was
recorded.
The Anthony Colby living in
In the old
The most enlightening information concerning
his comes from the will of his brother Philip. This will, made and proved in
1643, mentions, among others, two of his sisters, two of his brothers and seven
nephews and nieces, including:
Item I doe give into my brother Mr. Anthony
Colby in present moneys xx li and doe give &
confirm unto him his anuity or porsion
being ffive pounds by ye yeare
during the terme of his naturall
life, payable at hollowmas and candlemas.
Item I doe give unto his sonne Thomas Colby three score pounds to be payd unto him within one yeare
next after my decease.
This document is important because (1) it
mentions Philip's brother Anthony with no hint whatever that he was not
residing in England, thirteen years after the American Anthony had arrived in
New England, and (2) it shows that Anthony had a son Thomas in 1643 also
presumably living in England. It would have been very unusual for Philip not to
make provision for sending Anthony's "ffive
pounds by ye yeare during the term of his natural
life" twice yearly, if this money was to have been transported to the
While use of the given name Anthony in the Beccles Colby family does provide a valuable clue as to the
immigrant's possible ancestry, the Beccles branch of
the Colby family had no monopoly of this Christian name. Edward Colbye, Gentleman, Of Banham, co.
Furthermore, two other contemporary Anthony Colbys can be located in
29 Aug. John
Colby }
Richard Colby } fratres
Ralph Davy
31 Aug Anthony Colby pater
The only similarity between the immigrant and
the son of Thomas and Beatrice was the given name. However, other Anthony's
located in
Cited nowhere is there any indication that
Anthony Colby was a member of the gentry. His name was not given the prefix
"Mr." in usage during his lifetime, as far as can be determined. As
the late Donald Lines Jacobus used to insist, it
would have been contrary to normal usage for a member of the gentry to have
shown up in
Contrary to alleged royal descent, there is
nothing in the Banks manuscripts that justifies any supposition that Anthony
Colby descended from the Colby family of Beccles.
Indeed, Colonel Banks supposed that the New England settler was akin to one
Anthony Colby of Aslackby,
In his book "The Great Migration
Begins", Bob Anderson (an editor of TAG) has an excellent discussion
concerning Anthony's origin as the son of Thomas and Ann of Horbling,
Issue-
· Margaret- bpt. 25
Sept. 1597 Aslackby, probably d.s.p.
· William- b.c.1598, m. 12 Oct. 1626 Horbling,
Ann Sewell "widow of Anwick"
· Abraham- bpt. 13 Sept. 1600 Aslackby,
· Richard- bpt. 30 Jan. 1602 Horbling, m. Ann _____, living in 1655 Horbling
· 3IV. ANTHONY- bpt. 8 Sept. 1605 Horbling,
· II. Matthew- bpt.
13 Dec. 1607 Horbling,
· Robert- bpt. 24
Feb. 1614 Horbling, bur. 1631. Robert was the
adopted nephew and son of Thomas "senior", his mother having died
when he was about 11 months old. This posibility is
reinforced by the fact that there is no record of a baptism for another Robert.
In the list of repairs for the Horbling church in
1636 Robert Coulbe was paid 5s for helping the glazer
and to wash the old glass.
Ref:
(1) Consistory
Court of Lincolnshire- 1626, fol.292 Fifty Great Migration Colonists to
New England and Their Origins- John Brooks Threlfall,
Heritage Books,
The Great Migration Begins- Robert Charles Anderson- Vol. I, p.416
"Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor
Charlemagne's Descendants"- Aileen Lewers
Langston, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, Genealogical Pub. Co.,
3IV. ANTHONY
(MATTHEW 1, THOMAS 2)
bpt. 8 Sept. 1605 Horbling,
m.c. 1632 SUSANNA _______ (
m.1. ______ Waterman, 3. c.1663 William Whitridge
(d. 5 Dec. 1668
d. 11 Feb. 1660/1
inv. 9 Mar. 1660/1
Our Anthony Colby is most likely the one born
in Horbling,
Examination of the other
three men in these groupings reveals some interesting parallels:
1) Colby, Haddon and
2) Colby moved next to Ipswich (1637) and then
3) All three were single men in 1630: Colby married about 1633, Haddon married
about 1639,
The grouping of these four men in 1630 and
1634, and the concerted migrations of the three survivors, suggest that the
four were associated in some way. The gap between church admission in 1630 and freemanship in 1634 suggests that they may not yet have
been twenty-one in 1630, and this is supported by the approximate dates of
marriage. Taken together, these facts and suggestions indicate that John
Boswell/Bosworth, Anthony Colby, Garrett Haddon and Joseph Redding came to New
England as servants, and were perhaps all from the same part of
A survey of the members of the Winthrop Fleet
produces one man who settled first in
Anthony arrived in
He was one of the first commoners on 19 Mar.
1654 of the "
Anthony Colby seems to have been always at
odds with the leaders in town affairs and was often in controversy, legal or
personal, with the authorities. Once he was fined for making a speech in town
meeting on the grounds that he had created a disturbance. He worked incessantly
to have the new settlement at Amesbury set off from
Anthony died intestate in 1661 and the
inventory of his estate amounted to £349, the division of his estate was made
on 9 Apr. 1661. By a deed dated 24 Dec. 1662 Susanna sold three acres of boggy
meadow in
"Inventory of the
estate of Anthony Collby, late of
His waring
Apparrell............................................................................................................................
£2. 10s
1 feather bed & bolster & old Cotten Rugg, a payer of course sheets & a course bed case...
£4. 15s
one old warming
pan.............................................................................................................................
3s. 4d
an other feather bed, feather pillow, feather bolster & a payer of sheets
& Cotten Rugg.........
£4. 10s
about £8. of sheeps wooll....................................................................................................................
10s 8d
five pound of cotton wooll....................................................................................................................
5s
£10. of Hopps..........................................................................................................................................
6s. 8d
a copp. kettle &
a payer of tramells.....................................................................................................
£1
a little old brass skillett & old morter &
pestle....................................................................................
3s 4d
trayes & other dary
ware......................................................................................................................
15s
a landiron, gridiron, frying pan, old cob
iron......................................................................................
5s
in old peuter.............................................................................................................................................
3s 4d
4
scythes...................................................................................................................................................
8s
2 pillow
beers...........................................................................................................................................
3s
table, two joynstooles, 2 chayres.........................................................................................................
£1
old swords & 2 old
muskets..................................................................................................................
£1
one chest & one
box..............................................................................................................................
10s
an old saddle & a
pillion........................................................................................................................
10s
old
lumber................................................................................................................................................
10s
a grindle stone with an Iron
handle.......................................................................................................
3s. 4d
a new millsaw & 1-2 an old
one..............................................................................................................
£1
a croscutt saw & half a
one....................................................................................................................
£1
a broad bow, 3 forkes, a rake, 2 axes & an Iron
Spade...................................................................... 12s
5 yoakes...................................................................................................................................................
10s
2 Iron cheynes........................................................................................................................................
10s
halfe a tymber cheine & a new draft cheyne......................................................................................
£1. 15s
an old tumbrill with an old payer of wheeles......................................................................................
£1
2 sleades...................................................................................................................................................
£1
a long cart & wheels & Spanshakle & pin
4th pt. of and other cart............................................... £2
a plough & plough
Irons......................................................................................................................
10s
2
6
oxen......................................................................................................................................................
£42
6
2 3 yeare old
steers.................................................................................................................................
£7
2 Yearlins.................................................................................................................................................
£3
2
calves....................................................................................................................................................
£1
7
swine.....................................................................................................................................................
£5. 5s
8
sheep....................................................................................................................................................
£4
1 mare &
colt.........................................................................................................................................
£20
1
horse....................................................................................................................................................
10s
a dwelling house & barne & 14 acres of upland
in tillage.............................................................. £70
a pasture of about 30
acres.................................................................................................................
£20
2 lotts att yt wch
is cald Mr. Hall's Farme..........................................................................................
£5. 10s
about eighteen acres of fresh
meadow.............................................................................................
£40
ye accoodacon bought of Mr. Groome..............................................................................................
£6
60 acres of upland towards pentuctt bounds with
meadow to be laid out................................. £10
ye 8th pt. of ye old saw mill................................................................................................................
£30
40 bushells of
wheat..............................................................................................................................
£9
10 bushels of barley & 6 of rice...........................................................................................................
£3. 4s
about 60 bushels of Indian corne........................................................................................................
£9
total................................................................................................................................................
£359. 19s. 4d
Copied from the files of the
Anthony Colby, debtor:
To Sam.
Willi
Osgood.................................................. £2.
9d
Goodman Tappin.....................................
£1. 2s. 6d
Abram Morrill....................................... £2. 10s. 10d
John Tod..........................................................
10s
Tho.
Clarke........................................................ 9s
Mr. Russell of Charlstown............................
£10
Mr. Gerish.................................................
£5. 8s. 6d
Mr. Woodman.......................................... £2. 14s
Jno.
Steven Sweat............................................ £2. 5s. 5d
John Webster................................................... 13s
Steven Greenleif...............................................
13s
Goodman Peirce...............................................
10s
Goodman Cillick................................................
£3
Jno. Lewis...................................................
£1. 10s
Orland Bagly..............................................
£5. 19s
Jno. Blower.........................................................
6s
Mr. Worcester.......................................... £1. 13s. 6d
Mr. Bradbury.................................................. 16s. 9d
to the widow Colby........................................ £10
Henry Jaques..................................................
£2. 10s
Willi.
John Severans...........................................
£1. 13s. 8d
Jno. Clough for grass........................................
6s
for 9 weeks worke........................................
£8. 2s
total............................................................ £68. 14s. 7d
Debtor p Contra:
Rodger Eastman............................................... 10s
Robert Clements.......................................... £1. 5s
from ye town...................................................... 9s
Jno. Maxfield.....................................................
£2
Leonard Hatherlee............................................
£1
Sam.
Goodman Morrill......................................... £1.
10s
Steven Flanders................................................ 6s
Goodman Randall............................................. 6s
boards at ye saw mill................................. £3. 7s. 6d
loggs to make 2000 of bord.......................
£2. 5s
for work done to ye estate........................ £1. 2s. 6d
total............................................................ £14.
15s. 6d
The division of the estate of Anthony Colby
of
To ye widdow for hir part & the two youngest children:
ye dwelling house, barne and 14 acres of upland in
tillage................................................................... £70
ye ferric
meadow..........................................................................................................................................
£30
ye household
goods............................................................................................................................
£19. 19s. 4d
a yoake of
Oxen............................................................................................................................................
£14
3
7
Swine......................................................................................................................................................
£5. 5s
in
sheep....................................................................................................................................................
£2. 10s
in Corne....................................................................................................................................................
£21. 4s
the boggie
meadow......................................................................................................................................
£10
To John Colby:
an acre of land aded to his halfe
acre at his house............................................................................
£2. 16s
two cheyns.....................................................................................................................................................
10s
a yoake of
oxen......................................................................................................................................
£15. 10s
Mr. Groom's accomodacons.........................................................................................................................
£6
in
sheep....................................................................................................................................................
£1. 10s
a cart & wheels, span, shackle & pin & ye 4th pt. of another
cart......................................................... £2
To Sarah, ye wife of Orlando Bagly:
one Cowe & one 3 yeere
old steere............................................................................................................
£8
a young horse..............................................................................................................................................
£10
another Cowe..........................................................................................................................................
£4. 10s
p. Isaac Colby.........................................................................................................................................
£5. 16s
More payd by Isaac Colby to Orlando Bagly for ye which the estate was debtor…………….. £5. 19s. 8d
To Samuell Colby:
one yoade of
oxen.......................................................................................................................................
£13
the
pasture....................................................................................................................................................
£20
To Isaac Colby:
the eleven lotts of marshe
at Mr. Hal's farme, 2 lotts
of sweepage & one higledee
pigeledee lot. £9. 10s
2 yearlins........................................................................................................................................................
£3
ye part of ye saw mill..................................................................................................................................
£30
To Rebecka Colby:
a Cowe, one 3 year old steere
& ye mare colt.........................................................................................
£14
two Calves......................................................................................................................................................
£1
a bed &
bolster........................................................................................................................................
£4. 10s
p. Isaac Colby..........................................................................................................................................
£2. 11s
p. Sam.
Colby............................................................................................................................................
£5. 4s
in corne..........................................................................................................................................................
11s
This division was consented to by the widow
Colby and all the children who were of capacity. Confirmed by the
The year after Anthony's death, the widow
sold to her son Isaac, sixty acres near
Anthony
Colby's Home- Amesbury
Anthony added a meeting room and dining room
to the front of the house, raised the roof to add two bedrooms, and added
sleeping space for children behind and above the two bedrooms. The house was
occupied by Colbys until the Twentieth Century, when
it was donated by Luther Colby to the Amesbury Historical Cemetery Society. The
Macy-Colby house is on
Upon the petition of Susanna Whittredge formerly Colbie the
Ipswich court Mar. 28, 1682 granted her power, with the advice of Samuell Colbie and Thomas Colbie, to sell enough of the estate left in her hands by
her former husband for her necessary support in her old age, not exceeding the
value of two of the parts or shares which the court on Apr. 9, 1661 allotted to
her for her part of the estate.
William Osgood and the other pert-time owners
of the the old mill at Salisbury were brought to task
for failing to pay the town its share of lumber agreed upon in return for
allowing the mill to be built on Salisbury land. Osgood had to sue the heirs of
the other owners, including "Susan Whitrige, administratrix of Anthony Colbye,"
to recover boards for
"Petition of Thomas Challis, Orlando Bagly, Ephraim Weed and Ebenezer Blasdell for some part of
the estate of their grandfather Anthony Collby
formerly of Salisbury left in the hands of their grandmother Susanna widow of
Anthony, administratrix to his estate, afterward
Susanna Whithredg, deceased: the Court Ordered the
division of the estate Apr. 9, 1661, and it was allowed 14: 2m: 1663. Also such
of us as have married the daughters of John Collby,
deceased, eldest son of said Anthony and Susanna, hath letters of
administration granted him unto the estate of Susanna Whithredg,
deceased, and hath exhibited a large account of debt from the estate and also
he designeth a further application for liberty for
alienation of more of said estate.
We address ourselves to the court :where we think we ought for ye interposing &
improvement of yt authority for ye prevention of ye
evacuation of yt estate whereunto we have right (as
we think) out of half gills or gills, and ye exhausting & wasting thereof
by such embezelling trifles, also crave your advice
whereby we may be orderly possessed of our rights. Dated
Sept. 28, 1698.
Citation of Samuell
Coleby to appear before Jonathan Corwin, Esq., at the
house of Mr. Frances Elles to take administration on
the remaining estate of Anthoney Coleby
of Amesbury, deceased. Dated
Susanna's small estate was divided on 4 Aug
1700. Samuel, as the eldest surving son, was given a
double portion. Equal shares were given to the children of John Colby, the
children of Isaac Colby, the children of Thomas Colby, the children of Sarah
Colby, the children of Rebecca Colby and the children of Mary Colby.
Many researchers have stated that Susanna's
name was Haddon, or make her either a sister or daughter of William Sargent, and others saying her name was
Nutting. None of these claims is shown by any
documented evidence, thus her maiden name remains unknown.
Issue-
· I. John- bpt. 8 Sept. 1633
· II. Sarah- b. 6 Mar. 1634/5
· 3III. SAMUEL- b.c.1638,
m.c.1668 ELIZABETH SARGENT (d. 5 Feb. 1736/7
Amesbury), will 6 Mar.-2 July 1716
· IV. Isaac- b. 6 July 1640
V. Rebecca- b. 11 Mar. 1643
· VI. Mary- b. 19 Sept. 1647
· VII. Thomas- b. 8 Mar. 1650/1
Ref:
(1) Mass. Archives- Vol.I, p.369
(2)Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury- Mary Lovering
Holman, Concord, NH, 1938- pp.137ff
(3) Essex County Probate- Vol. I, p.407
(4) Cambridge Town Records- p.
(5) Essex Quarterly Court-
(6) Ibid- Vol. VIII, pp. 250, 373-5
(7)
(8) Cambridge Town Records- p.5
(9)
(10) Essex County Probate Files- Docket 5, 896
TAG- Vol. 51, No. 2, pp.65-71
"The Old
Families of
"Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants"-
Aileen Lewers Langston, Order of the Crown of
Charlemagne, Genealogical Pub.
Co.,
4III. SAMUEL (MATTHEW 1,
THOMAS 2, ANTHONY
3)
b.c.1638
m. before 1668 ELIZABETH SARGENT (d. 5 Feb.
1736/7 Amesbury), d. of William Sargeant and
Elizabeth Perkins
will 6 Mar.- 2 July 1716
Samuel received grants of land in Amesbury in
1659 and in 1662 and was made a freeman in 1660. He was fined in 1665 for
rowdiness at his brother John's house and in Mar. 1666
he was fined for "abusing a wench". In Nov. 1679 Samuel and others
were complained of for bad behavior at his nephew John's house, yet in 1682
Samuel was the constable for Amesbury! In April 1665 Nathaniel Barnard and
Samuel Colby deposed that they were "at the house of Heaniry
Sawers" and read the court's order to Widow Peasley concerning the division of land between her and her
son-in-law Thomas Barnard Jr. and she refused. (4) On 16 Mar.
1667/8 "William Allin of
Samuel was a soldier in King
Philips War and was in "Falls Fight" near
On 22 July 1692 Samuel signed
a petition in favor of Mrs. Bradbury who was accused of withcraft.
Issue-
· I. Dorothy- b.c.1668, m. 12 Jan. 1687/8 Amesbury,
William Hoyt (b. 5 Sept. 1660
· II.
· 5III. SAMUEL- b. 9 Mar.
1671 Amesbury, m. DOROTHY AMBROSE adm. 29 Sept. 1746 Amesbury
· IV. ______- b. 3 Apr. 1672
· V. Philip- int. 1 May 1703 Amesbury & Salisbury,
Anne Webster (inv. 30 Sept. 1760), adm. May 1715
Ref:
(1) Old Norfolk
County Records- Vol. VI, p. 175
(2) Ibid- p. 176
(3) Ibid- Vol. VIII, p. 40
(4) Essex County Court Records- Vol. III, p. 253
"The Old
Families of
5III. SAMUEL (MATTHEW 1,
THOMAS 2, ANTHONY
3, SAMUEL 4)
b. 9 Mar. 1671 Amesbury, MA
m. DOROTHY AMBROSE (b. 21 Sept. 1673
adm. 29 Sept. 1746 Amesbury, MA
Samuel was in the northern regiment of Essex
Co. under Capt. Thomas Harvey 30 Mar. 1709 when he received an allowance for
snowshoes.(1) On 15 May 1736 John Chase of Newbury deposed that
Samuel Sr. was with him in the "Falls Fight" of 1676.(2)
Because of this service Samuel Jr. was granted 264 acres in Bernardston.
(3)
Issue- all children born in Amesbury
· I. Elizabeth- b. 7 Dec. 1694, m. 2 Mar. 1714/5
Amesbury, John Rowell (bpt. 30 Apr. 1699
· 6II. KEZIAH- b. 11 May 1696, m.1. 11 Dec. 1718 Amesbury, DAVID CURRIER (b. 17 Feb. 1695/6 Amesbury, inv. 20 July 1737),
2. 2 June 1748 Amesbury, Jacob Bagley (b. 21 Jan.
1685/6 Amesbury, m.1. Hannah Standwood), d. 3
Nov. 1754 Amesbury, bur.
· III. Samuel- b. 19 Apr. 1698, m. 23 Oct. 1718 Amesbury,
Anna Nichols, living in 1768
· IV. Ambrose- b. 11 May 1700, m. 22 Dec. 1720 Elizabeth
Lawrence of
· V. Enoch- b. 7 Nov. 1702, m.1. 16
Dec. 1725
· VI. Susanna- b. 15 Aug. 1705, m. 4 Feb. 1725/6 Micah
Hoyt (b. 18 Jan. 1704 Amesbury), living in 1748
· VII. Obadiah- b. 15 July 1706, m. 22 Apr. 1728
· VIII. Dorothy- b. 25 May 1708, bpt. 1 Nov. 1719
· IX. Hezekiah- b. 25 Mar. 1710, bpt. 1 Nov. 1719
· X. Ruggles- b. 10 June 1711,
m. 15 Mar. 1732/3 Amesbury, Abigail Davis of Newbury, living in 1747
· XI. Abigail- b. 29 Apr. 1713, m.1.
16 Nov. 1733 David Blaisdell (b. 5 Feb. 1711/2
Amesbury, will 10 Aug. 1756- 9 May 1757 Fort William Henry,
Ref:
(1) Mass.
Archives- Vol.
(2) Ibid- Vol.114, p.602a
(3) Ibid- p.596
"The Old
Families of
Amesbury & Salisbury V.R.
"Currier Family Records in the U.S.A. & Canada"- Vol.I, p.65
Soldiers in King Philips War- Vol. 41, pp. 211-3
The Colby Family in Early America- Frederick Lewis Weis, The
Colonial Press, 1970
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