Name |
Capt. John "Blue John" LIBBY |
Birth |
abt 1669, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine25 |
Death |
bef 3 Dec 1748, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine22 |
Father |
Capt. John* LIBBY (1636->1719) |
Mother |
Agnes* HANSON (~1649->1716) |
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Marriage |
29 Dec 1692, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire15 |
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Spouse |
Eleanor KIRKE |
Birth |
abt 1669, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire |
Death |
aft Jan 1734, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine25 |
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Children: |
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2 F |
Bethia LIBBY |
Birth |
abt 1696, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire |
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3 F |
Agnes LIBBY |
Birth |
abt 1698, Portsmouth, Rockingham, Massachusetts |
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4 M |
James LIBBY |
Birth |
1700, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire25 |
Death |
18 Feb 1776, Kittery, York, Maine25 |
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Spouse |
Mary FURBER |
Marriage |
abt 1723, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine |
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5 F |
Mary LIBBY |
Birth |
abt 1701, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire |
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6 M |
John LIBBY |
Birth |
1702, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire |
Death |
abt 1767, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine25 |
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Spouse |
Mary MILLER |
Marriage |
10 Nov 1726, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire25,46 |
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Spouse |
Joseph FOGG |
Marriage |
28 Nov 1738, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine |
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9 F |
Lydia LIBBY |
Birth |
abt 1710, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire |
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Spouse |
Joseph BERRY |
Marriage |
28 Dec 1729, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine22 |
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Spouse |
Anna SMALL |
Marriage |
23 Mar 1737, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine22,25 |
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Notes for Capt. John "Blue John" LIBBY |
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Capt. John, �68 in June 1737, �74 in June 1743; depos he was near 21 when Scarb. was abandoned. Dubbed usu. millwright, rarely ho. carp., wheelwright, gent. As Lt. Libby he was the hero of the Breakfast Hill attack in 1696, and in Dummer's War was Capt. of a Portsm. company. In 1738 he and w. Eleanor (Kirke, m. 29 Dec. 1692) depos. that from 1704 to 1729 they liv. on a farm hired of Major Wm. Vaughan on the road to Newington. But in 1697 he was lic. to keep tavern and retail liquors at the Creek and about 1717, in part. with his uncle Matthew, Roger Hunnewell and Roger Deering, Esq., he went to Scarb. and built the first mill on Nonesuch River. Later he was half-owner and presum. the builder of the grist mill on Libby River, and in 1729 was part owner in the double sawmill farther up the river. In 1746 he deeded to his three eldest sons the orig. Libby homestead, then occup. by Samuel Brown. He is not ment. alive aft. that yr., but d. bef. 3 Dec. 1748. The following were cert. his ch., except poss. Lydia: Elizabeth, Bethia, Agnes, James, John, Eleanor, Lydia. [ref 22]
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LIBBEY, John Kirk, Elinor 29 December 1692 Dover, N.H. [ref 15]
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CAPT. JOHN LIBBY, born in Scarborough, probably as early as 1665; married 29 Dec. 1690, ELEANOR KIRKE, dau. of Henry and Ruth (Glanfield) Kirke, of Portsmouth. He accompanied his father to Portsmouth in 1690. He was a mechanic, and we find him mentioned at different times as housewright, millwright, and wheelwright. He, with his uncle Matthew Libby and others, went down to Scarborough and built a sawmill some years before 1720, and in the winter of 1729-30 he transferred his residence thither, and settled on the original homestead of his grandfather. He was part owner in, and probably the builder of, the gristmill on Libby River, a little below the bridge, afterward known as Fogg's mill. He acquired the title Captain in New Hampshire, and always retained it. The time of his death is unknown, but it was between August, 1746, and December, 1751. The last time that his wife's name appears in any records is in January, 1734. Children: Elizabeth, James, John, Eleanor, Jonathan, Josiah. Capt. John Libby, like his father, disposed of his property in his lifetime. No full list of his children appears. He probably had a number of daughters whose names cannot be learned. [ref 25:35]
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Notes for Eleanor KIRKE |
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daughter of Henry KIRKE and Ruth GLANFIELD
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