COLBY

1. MATTHEW-

b.c.1530
m.1.
?
2. MARY ______ (will 1 Dec. 1591, bur. 18 Dec. 1591 Sempringham, Lincoln)
will 8 Oct. 1591
bur. 10 Oct. 1591 St. Andrew, Sempringham, Lincolnshire

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 land of William Colby of Pointon who was probably the great grandfather of Robert.

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 Church of St. Andrew, Sempringham c.1131- home of St. Gilbert

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, Lincoln, m. 4 May 1595 Horbling, Lincoln, ANN JACKSON, bur. 11 Dec. 1625 Horbling

·  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. Elizabeth- bpt. 14 Mar. 1572 Sempringham, bur. 10 Jan. 1591 Sempringham

Ref:

(1) Consistory Court of Lincoln- 1591- Book I, p.235
(2) C.C. of Lincoln- 1591- Book I, p. 286

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, Lincoln
m. 4 May 1595 Horbling, Lincoln, ANN JACKSON (d. after 5 Mar. 1637 Horbling), d. of Richard and Elizabeth Jackson
bur
. 11 Dec. 1625 Horbling, Lincolnshire

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 church of Horbling and other duties by us whose names are here under written - Mathias Browne, William Stringer, John Hardie, with others. Every horse 7d., every beast 7d., and every score of sheep 2s 4d.

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 Lincolnshire concerning Anthony or Matthew after this time giving the impression that Matthew may have journeyed to New England with his brother, however, there are no records to support this theory.

Anthony Colby has often been listed as the son of Thomas Colby and Beatrice Felton of Beccles, Suffolk. However, Glade Nelson makes a good case against this ancestry for Anthony in his article "Anthony Colby's Purported Ancestry" in TAG, Vol. 51, No.2:

"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. Suffolk, England, wrote his will 8 June 1588 and it was proved that same year at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. In this will Thomas referred to "Beatrice my well beloved wife" to whom he gave all his manors for life as well as other items. He then bequeathed to his "son Thomas from and after the decease of my wife all my manors. . ." Provision was made that should the son Thomas die without legal heirs, the lands were to be entailed to his other living sons, Anthony, Edmond, Philip, Francis and Huntington, in that order. Concerning these last five sons mention is made of a distribution of an annual rent in the sum of 9 pounds and 6 shillings to each of the sons from a farm in Brundish, co. Suffolk, that "eache and every of them shall begin to receyve their saide annuitic or portion at twentie years of age untill whiche time I will and devise that my executors shall putt the saide money during their minorities or manage to the only profit and bringing upp of my said sonnes in vertu good education and bearinge. . ." Thomas also mentioned "my thre (sic) daughters and the child whiche my wife is at the making. . . at their age of twentie yeares or at their severall dayes of marriage. . ." Thomas made his son Thomas and his brother-in-law Anthony Felton executors of his will, with his brother Francis Colby as supervisor.

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 Suffolk.
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, Suffolk.
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 Beccles, England, son of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby, as has been pointed out, was under 20 years of age in 1588 when his father made his will. His eldest brother Thomas was the only one of the family not designated as under age. Consequently Thomas's birth year cannot be placed later than 1568 and was probably just one or two years before that date. The Visitation of Suffolk taken in 1561 (10) indicated the father as then married to Ursella, Lady Brend, his first wife. Therefore, Thomas's second marriage, to Beatrice Felton, occurred subsequent to 1561. The 1612 Visitation of Suffolk lists the children of Thomas and Beatrice, listing Anthony as the fourth of their eight sons along with four daughters. Other listings of the brothers follow the same basic position of Anthony as fourth son. Given this information, and knowing all of Thomas and Beatrice's children were born between 1561 and 1588, their son Anthony's birth year can be approximated as 1574. Certainly a few years variance is possible, one way or the other, but reason dictates it cannot be placed earlier than 1570 nor later than 1579. If this was the Anthony Colby who came to New England in 1630, he would then have been at least 50 years of age! That by itself would not be too astounding, but his next feat, marriage to a young, recent widow who had the attractive attribute of owning property and not under the necessity of making an undesirable marriage arrangement, certainly would have been. Next, this Anthony would have sired at least eight children, the last arriving when he was at least 70 years of age. For this to be the case, the wife Susannah would have had to be at least twenty years his junior. While not biologically impossible, these accomplishments are not very probable. Their improbability is further accentuated by a knowledge of what the immigrant Anthony did after coming to New England.

In the old Norfolk County, Mass., records, can be found an agreement made 4 Nov. 1658 between Willi: Osgood, Phillip Challis, William Barnes, Anthony Colby and Samll Worcester, copartners, present possessors of a saw mill situated in Salisbury. David W. Hoyt in his work, "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury", presents information concerning each of these men. According to Hoyt's records, William Osgood was born about 1609 and hence would have been about 49 years of age in 1658. Philip Challis, according to his own deposition, was born in 1617, and therefore 41 years of age in 1658. William Barnes would have been born between 1605 and 1615, as his children are recorded as born from about 1640 to 1653; his age then in 1658 would have been between 43 and 53, say 48 as a compromise. Samuel Worcester was first married in 1659 when he was about thirty, placing his birth about 1629. Compare these ages of 49, 41, 48 and 29, with the 78 years of the son of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby. The wording of the sawmill agreement is such as to make it seem that all were able-bodied men who would be personally laboring at the mill. For a man of 78 this would have been difficult, even if in excellent health. Association of a elderly man with men of middle years might be reasonable if he had superior financial capacity, but this does not seem to have been present to the advantage of Anthony Colby. The total value of his estate when appraised just three years later was only £ 359, of which £185 was in real estate and the remainder in various sundry personal goods. Of interest also is the fact that the inventory contained several items belonging to the saw mill and its activities. The logical conclusion that must be reached is that the Anthony Colby associated with the saw mill in 1658 was not in his late seventies, and therefore could not have been the son of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby of Beccles, England.

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 New World! Failure to make such a provision is further indication that two Anthonys are involved. The second item quoted shows that Anthony had a son Thomas in 1643 who was to receive a substantial legacy within one year after his uncle Philip's death. An examination of the American Anthony's family, as presented earlier, indicates that his son Thomas was not born until 1650, with only sons John, Samuel and Isaac in 1643! Furthermore, none of the American Colbys would have been anywhere near their majority when the will was written. Had Philip's nephew Thomas then been a minor, provision would certainly have been made for supervision of his legacy monies until a specified age was attained. In fact, this is exactly what Philip did with two of his three grandchildren with legacies to become due and payable when the grandchildren reached the ages of 16 and 14, respectively. The logical conclusion to be reached, again, is that Philip's brother Anthony was not the same person as the Amesbury Anthony.

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. Norfolk, wrote his will 31 March 1580, proved 17 May 1580, in which he named, among others his wife Elizabeth, daughter Alice and sons Thomas, Francis, Anthony and Edward. The Banham parish registers contain the baptismal records of Edward (28 Jan 1560) and Thomas (14 Sept. 1561), but not those of Alice, Francis and Anthony. There seems to have been a break in the Banham registers from about 1565 to about 1580, and their births probably occurred during this time. This Anthony could logically be estimated as born about 1568, making him even older than the Beccles Anthony. The Colby family of Banham, co. Norfolk, and that of Beccles, co. Suffolk, were branches of the same family, sharing common ancestry. It can be seen that the name Anthony was known in both branches at least one generation before the American Anthony came to New England.

Furthermore, two other contemporary Anthony Colbys can be located in England. In 1622, Elizabeth Colby, singlewoman of Matshell (Mattinshall?) , co. Norfolk, made a nuncupative will in which she left the majority of her goods to "Anthoney Collby my brother Also his wife" but as Thomas and Beatrice did not have a daughter Elizabeth, this must be another Anthony, especially in light of the significant distance. The parish registers of St. Nicholas, Ipswich, Suffolk, contain the baptismal record on 29 April 1597 of Richard, son of Anthony Colby. The burials of this church show in 1604 -

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 England, without any additional documentation, have just as valid a claim to be the New England immigrant. Further research into source material in Suffolk and Norfolk may reveal the parentage of the immigrant to New England who now has a large posterity in America, including the author of this article. Nevertheless, until documentation is forthcoming, the parentage of Anthony Colby of Amesbury must be regarded as unknown , and the previously accepted connection with the son of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby must be discarded."

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 America without being accorded the style "Mr."

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, Lincolnshire, six miles from Sempringham, home of the earl of Lincoln, and of Thomas Dudley, and five miles from Horbling, the home of Bradstreet.

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, Lincolnshire. Anthony's origin is also discussed in John Threlfall's book "Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins". This point of view is also shared by David L. Greene, FASG, another editor of TAG.

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, Lincoln, bur. 2 Sept. 1625 Horbling

·  Richard- bpt. 30 Jan. 1602 Horbling, m. Ann _____, living in 1655 Horbling

·  3IV. ANTHONY- bpt. 8 Sept. 1605 Horbling, Lincolnshire, m. 1632 SUSANNA HADDON (m.2. c.1663 William Whitridge (d. 1669), d. 8 July 1689), d. 11 Feb. 1660/1 Salisbury, MA

·  II. Matthew- bpt. 13 Dec. 1607 Horbling, Lincoln

·  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, Westminster, MD, 1990- pp.121ff
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., Baltimore 1986, Vol.II, pp.95-6


3IV. ANTHONY (MATTHEW 1, THOMAS 2)

bpt. 8 Sept. 1605 Horbling, Lincolnshire
m.c. 1632 SUSANNA _______ ( m.1. ______ Waterman, 3. c.1663 William Whitridge (d. 5 Dec. 1668 Gloucester), d. 8 July 1689 Salisbury)
d. 11 Feb. 1660/1 Salisbury, MA
inv. 9 Mar. 1660/1

Our Anthony Colby is most likely the one born in Horbling, Lincolnshire in 1605 based on his association with several men who arrived in Massachusetts about the same time. In the Boston church records, Anthony Colby is first in the following sequence of names: Anthony Chaulby, John Boswell, Joseph Reading, Garrett Hadden. In the Massachusetts Bay lists of freemen, Anthony is third in this sequence: Jerad Hadden, Joseph Redding, Anthony Colby, John Bosworth.

Examination of the other three men in these groupings reveals some interesting parallels:

1) Colby, Haddon and Redding all moved from Boston to Cambridge by 1633.(8)
2) Colby moved next to Ipswich (1637) and then Salisbury (1640); Haddon moved next to Salisbury; Redding moved next to Ipswich (1639).
3) All three were single men in 1630: Colby married about 1633, Haddon married about 1639, Redding married about 1640.

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 England.

A survey of the members of the Winthrop Fleet produces one man who settled first in Boston, then moved to Cambridge and on to Ipswich, and who was wealthy enough to have brought four servants with him - SIMON BRADSTREET. As a working hypothesis, then, we propose that this grouping of four young men were from the vicinity of Simon Bradstreet's home at Horbling, Lincolnshire, and came to New England in 1630 in his service. As John B. Threlfall suggests, our Anthony Colby is mostly likely the Anthony baptised in Horbling who subsequently disappears from the English records and appears in Massachusetts.

Anthony arrived in Boston in 1630 with Gov. John Winthrop on the "Arabella" and lived on shipboard for four months before housing could be made. He lived in Boston where he was member No. 93 of the church. He went with Saltonstall's company to Watertown in the fall of 1630, however, during the winter the company's assistants selected Cambridge as the best place to fortify. In the fall of 1631 three families from Boston had settled there, the Colbys, Jarred Haddon and Joseph Redding. By 1 Jan. 1632 the construction of houses outside the village was prohibited, however, since Anthony's home was up the Watertown Rd. he must have built his house before the ban. Soon more people moved to Cambridge and he then built a second house up near Observation Hill by 1635. After he moved, he sold some of the property to Simon Crosby in 1639. He took the freeman's oath in Cambridge 14 May 1634(1). On 2 Jan. 1632/3 he was ordered to build four rods of fence around the town commons in Cambridge. (4) He is listed in the account records for William Pynchon, the colony treasurer for 1632-4: "paid Anthony Colby for 2 days attendance at court to witness against William Coling and 3 others for drunkeness." He then lived in Ipswich where he signed a petition on 21 June 1637 and on 3 Oct. 1637 "Anthony Colebie" of Ipswich sued John Hall of Saugus.(5) The family then moved to Salisbury where he received land in the first division of 1639 and had additional grants in 1640 and 1643. He became one of the large land owners in Salisbury and became known as a “planter” as well as being a sawmill owner. Anthony was appointed “appraiser” for the local government in1640, a member of the trail jury in 1648, 1653, and in 1656 and was on the grand jury in 1650. During this time Anthony was officially a member of the First Church of Boston but on 02 August 1646 he was discharged by the Boston First Church to the First Church of Salisbury.

He was one of the first commoners on 19 Mar. 1654 of the "newtown" or Amesbury where he received land in 1654 and in 1658.(2) In 1654 Thomas Macy sold the house west of the Powow River to Anthony where Susanna was living in 1664. The price of the house was written as: "38 pounds, to be paid as follows: by a mare fole at ten pounds, three pounds in boards and in course, twelve or fourteen pounds in money, rest in pipe-staves or hogshead staves, cattle all at prices current; Indian corne at three s., wheat & Barley five s." The bill of sale was dated 23d, 2d mo, 1654. Susanna received grants from the town in 1662 and in 1664. Their lots included: Back River, Fox Island, Lion's Mouth, Great Swamp, Hampton, River, Whiskers Hill, and lots from the third and fourth divisions.

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 Salisbury as a town. The fight was carried on after his death by his sons, and the separation was finally accomplished in 1666.

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 Salisbury to her son Samuel for a young mare. Susanna acknowledged this in court on 12 Apr. 1664.(7) "Upon petition of Susannah Whitridge, formerly Colbie, the Ipswich Court, on 28 March 1682 gave her power to sell enough for support in her old age." Susannah died in 1689 and her son Samuel was her administrator, the inventory of her estate amounted to £151. (3)

"Inventory of the estate of Anthony Collby, late of Salisbury, deceased, taken Mar. 9 1660, by Sam. Hall, Tho. Bradbury and Tho. Barnett:

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 Canoas & 1-2 a canoa......................................................................................................................... £3. 15s
6 oxen...................................................................................................................................................... £42
6 Cowes.................................................................................................................................................. £27
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 Norfolk county court records, and sworn to by the widow Colby, Tho. Bradbury, rec.

Anthony Colby, debtor:

To Sam. Worcester........................................ £1. 7s
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.
Bartlett............................................... £2. 2s. 1d
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.
Huntington............................................. 11s
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.
Worcester............................................... 14s. 6d
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 Salisbury, late deceased, made by Tho. Bradbury and Robert Pike, Apr. 9, 1661, by order of the county court held at Salisbury.

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 Cowes.................................................................................................................................................. £13. 10s
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 Norfolk county court at Salisbury, 14:2:1663, and recorded by Tho. Bradbury, rec." (9)

The year after Anthony's death, the widow sold to her son Isaac, sixty acres near Haverhill to pay for her board. She also had to defend her homestead against the claim of Thomas Macy from whom it had been purchased. At about the time of the sale, Macy had fled to Nantucket to escape the penalty of sheltering two Quakers during a thunderstorm, but later he denied the sale and tried to expel the widow and her family by legal process. He was unsuccessful and the premises were in the possession of her descendants as late as 1895. In 1678, the son Thomas was deeded half of all the lands remaining in consideration of services rendered the widow.

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 Main St. in Amesbury and is open to the public on Saturdays in the summer.

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 Salisbury, which he did at court at the September Term in 1682. Among the depositions establishing the number of boards due were several describing immigration into Essex County, such as that of John Pressy "aged about fourty-four years, testified that the first summer he came into this country, in 1651...I do well remember the saw mill at Salisbury was one thing that was accounted a rare thing and I did go see it and I did see it going and sawing boards that very summer"(6)

"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 Salem, Nov. 16 1699, Said citation read to Samuell Colby Nov 18, 1699 by Ebenezer Blasdell, Constable of Amesbury." (10)

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 Boston by Rev. Cotton Mather, m. 14 Jan. 1655/6 Salem, Frances Hoyt (m.2. 27 Dec. 1676 Amesbury, Capt. John Barnard (b. 12 Jan. 1654/5 Salisbury, d. 15 July 1718 Amesbury), d. 2 Jan. 1720/1 Amesbury), d. 11 Feb. 1673/4 Amesbury

·  II. Sarah- b. 6 Mar. 1634/5 Cambridge, m. 6 Mar. 1653/4 Salisbury, Orlando Bagley (d. after 1662), d. after 1662

·  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 Salisbury, m. Martha Parrat (b. 9 Oct. 1649 Rowley, MA, d. 13 July 1730 Amesbury), will 29 Mar.- 15 Apr. 1684

V. Rebecca- b. 11 Mar. 1643 Salisbury, m. 9 Sept. 1661 Amesbury, John Williams (m.2. 5 May 1675 Haverhill, Esther Blakeley (m.1. 15 Aug. 1649 Newbury, John Bond (d. 3 Dec. 1674 Haverhill), living in 1698), d. 30 Apr. 1698 Haverhill), d. 10 June 1672 Haverhill

·  VI. Mary- b. 19 Sept. 1647 Salisbury, m. 23 Sept. 1668 Amesbury, William Sargent Jr. (b. 2 Jan. 1645/6 Salisbury, d.c.1700)

·  VII. Thomas- b. 8 Mar. 1650/1 Salisbury, m. 16 Sept. 1674 Hannah Rowell (b. Jan. 1653 Salisbury, m.2. c.1691 Henry Blaisdell (b. 28 May 1663 Salisbury, m.1. Mary ______, 3. 27 Oct. 1707 Amesbury, Dorothy Martin (m.2. 7 Mar. 1708/10 Haverhill, Thomas Ayers (b. 9 June 1666 Haverhill, m.1. Ruth Wilford (killed by Indians)), inv. 11 Mar. 1707/8), d. 9 Aug. 1707 Amesbury), inv. 31 Mar. 1691

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
(5) Essex Quarterly Court-
Vol. I, p. 6
(6) Ibid- Vol. VIII, pp. 250, 373-5
(7) Old Norfolk County Records- Vol. V, p. 135

(8) Cambridge Town Records- p.5
(9) Norfolk County Quarterly Cout Files- Vol. I, folios 33 & 34
(10) Essex County Probate Files- Docket 5, 896

TAG- Vol. 51, No. 2, pp.65-71

"The Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, Mass."- David Hoyt, Vol.I, pp. 103-6
"
Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants
"- Aileen Lewers Langston, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, Genealogical Pub.
Co., Baltimore 1986, Vol.II, p.96


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 Salisbury released Samuell Colby, late of Salisbury of a lost bill of twenty pounds, given for land he bought of me, March 16, 1667/8". (1) He took a lot in the Ox Common in East Haverhill without asking leave and was living there in 1668, 1672, and 1674. On 23 Apr. 1668 "Samuel Colby of Haverhill, planter for 10 pounds, conveyed to Jn Clough of Salisbury, house carpenter, my division of upland, of 108 acres, in Salisbury new town, bounded by Robert Quenby, lot formerly of Mary Peasly, highway and Nathan Gold". (2) On 12 Apr. 1670 "George Martyn of Amsbery, blacksmith, conveyed to Samuel Colby of Haverhill, planter, 3 acres of meadow I had of Isaac Colby and which was formerly Mr. Bradburies" bounded with Fox Island creek, Goodman Stevens, Mr. Winsly, Robert Fitts and Richard Goodale. (3) The contest for ownership between the squatters and the legal proprietors continued for 40 years, however, Samuel and his family returned to Amesbury by 1676. In 1678 he was running an inn at Bartlett's Corner near the old homestead which he ran until his death in 1715. He was fined for selling drink without a license in 1686. He took the oath of allegiance in Amesbury in Dec. 1677 and was a representative to the General Court from Amesbury in 1689. He was tything man for several years until resigning in 1707.

Samuel was a soldier in King Philips War and was in "Falls Fight" near Deerfield, under Capt. Turner 18 Mar. 1676. "John Chase, of Newbury, certifies that he was in the expedition with Capt. Turner, and helped to bury him, and that Samuel Coleby, late of Almsbury, deceased, was with him." A grant was made of a township of land near the scene of Falls Fight to all the officers and men involved. Samuel Coleby, elsest son of Samuel Coleby of Almsbury, were admitted to first choice of lots on the new tract by act of the General Court 1 Aug. 1741.

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 Salisbury, will 13 May- 5 Aug. 1728), d. after 1728

·  II. Elizabeth- b. 1 June 1670, ?d.s.p.

·  5III. SAMUEL- b. 9 Mar. 1671 Amesbury, m. DOROTHY AMBROSE adm. 29 Sept. 1746 Amesbury

·  IV. ______- b. 3 Apr. 1672 Haverhill (daughter), d.s.p.

·  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 Salisbury & Amesbury, Mass."- David Hoyt, Vol.I, p. 105


5III. SAMUEL (MATTHEW 1, THOMAS 2, ANTHONY 3, SAMUEL 4)

b. 9 Mar. 1671 Amesbury, MA
m. DOROTHY AMBROSE (b. 21 Sept. 1673 Salisbury, living in 1759)
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 Salisbury, MA), living in 1748. Moved to Chester, NH in 1732.

·  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. Bartlett-Union Cemetery

·  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 Charlestown, will 2 Mar. 1778 Pownalborough, ME

·  V. Enoch- b. 7 Nov. 1702, m.1. 16 Dec. 1725 Hampton, NH, Abial Sanborn, 2. 1748 Sarah Sargent (living in 1782), will 5 Jan. 1779- 30 Aug. 1780 Chester, NH

·  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 Boston, Elizabeth Gee, adm. 2 Oct. 1749 Boston

·  VIII. Dorothy- b. 25 May 1708, bpt. 1 Nov. 1719 Salisbury, int. 5 Nov. 1727 Samuel Watts of Haverhill, MA

·  IX. Hezekiah- b. 25 Mar. 1710, bpt. 1 Nov. 1719 Salisbury, m. 3 Sept 1730 Sarah Cole, adm. 17 July 1788 Fort Pownal, ME

·  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, Lake George), 2. 15 Oct. 1760 Amesbury, Titus Wells (b. 5 Feb. 1705/6 Amesbury, m.1. int. 5 July 1729 Newbury, Mary Sawyer (b. 29 Apr. 1709 Newbury), d. after 1780), d. before Aug. 1751

Ref:

(1) Mass. Archives- Vol.
(2) Ibid- Vol.114, p.602a
(3) Ibid- p.596

"The Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, Mass."- David Hoyt, Vol.I, pp. 107-8, Vol.II, pp. 656
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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