37. Mary³ Libby (Elizabeth² Brown, Andrew¹) (#10369) was born in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 1693.⁽²⁵⁹⁾ AF says b Portsmouth, NH; Charles Libby says Scarborough, ME Mary died Jan 1774 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, at 80 years of age.⁽²⁶⁰⁾

She married Samuel Libby in Kittery, York, ME, 31 May 1713.⁽²⁶¹⁾ Mary and Samuel were cousins; AF says m Scaraborough, ME (Samuel Libby is #10351.)

Samuel was born 1690 in Kittery, York, ME.⁽²⁶²⁾ poss Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH Samuel was the son of David Libby and Eleanor (Libby).

Samuel died bef 15 May 1754 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, at approximately 63 years of age.⁽²⁶³⁾ His body was interred 15 May 1754 in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME.⁽²⁶⁴⁾ Occupation: carpenter.⁽²⁶⁵⁾ He resided in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME 1731.⁽²⁶⁶⁾ He made a will in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, 6 Apr 1754.⁽²⁶⁷⁾ Extract from MMF by Davis, V 2, p 478:

Samuel Libbee of Scarborough, yeoman, made his will April 6, 1754. He gave to his wife Mary "One third of the Income of this Farm whereon I now live,during her natural Life, and likewise one Chamber and one lower Room in the House which She Shall choose, with all the Household Goods to be disposed of by her amongst her Children as She Shall think best, And likewise four Thousand of Boards yearly out of my Mill during her Life to be paid by them that improve Said Mill, and three Cows and Six Sheep, and one yokeof Oxen." To son Samuel, "One Hundred and ten Acres of Land that I bought of William Cotten, with Ten Acres more that I laid out adjoining to the Same, and one half of my Land and Meadow at Nonesuch River, And one half of that piece of Land adjoining to Martyn Josse's Land where Said Jose now lives. And one half of my part of that Land that I bought of Benja Hartford. And also one half of my Negro Man Nimrod to be Sold or to work for him one half of his time as he and his Brother can agree." To son Enoch, "my Homestead both Land and Marsh, excepting the three Acres of Marsh that I bought of Martyn Jose, as also my part of the Saw mill," the other half of the lands at Nonesuch river, half of the land next Martyn Jose's land, half of the land bought from Hartford, half of the slave Nimrod, "the Land I bought of Joseph Munson," "all debts owed to me and all my stock of Cattle." The pine timber upon each parcel of land is to be divided equally between his two sons. To daughter Mary Waterhouse, the thatch bed adjoining her husband's marsh and 34pounds:6:8 in household goods or cattle to be paid by his son Enoch. To daughter Olive Smith, 21pounds in goods or cattle to be paid by his son Enoch. To daughter Abigail Graffam, three acres of marsh bought from Martyn Jose and 34pounds6:8 in goods or cattle to be paid by his son Enoch. Executors: sons Samuel and Enoch. Witnesses: Nathaniel Harmon, Edward Milliken, junr, Martyn Jose.

The will was probated July 8, 1754, and two inventories were returned July 22, 1754, one at 923pounds:2:8 and the other at 135pounds:2:8 Libby No. 10-2

Abstract from MMF by Davis, 2:476-478:

4. SAMUEL(3) LIBBY (David(2), John(1)) was born about 1690, possibly in Portsmouth where his family fled when Scarborough was deserted because of the Indian raids. He married in Kittery on May 31, 1713, his cousin Mary Libby, daughter of his uncle Matthew. On his father-in-law's farm in that part of Kittery which later became the town of Eliot he built a house in which he and his young family lived until about 1731 when he moved to Scarborough which was in process of being resettled. Samuel's first purchase of land in Scarborough was made with his father from his uncle Daniel Fogg on January 28, 1726/7. It was a hundred acre lot which Fogg had bought from Rev. John Emerson of Portsmouth to whom it had been granted by the town of Scarborough in 1720 (York Deeds, XV:32) In 1729/30 he added to this holdings by two deeds from William Cotton of Portsmouth, both given on March 2, the first of which covered one hundred and twenty acres of land "lying by the great hill," or Scottow's Hill, which Cotton had bought from John Libby, millwright of Portsmouth and Samuel's cousin, in 1727, and the second conveyed one hundred acres of upland and twenty acres of marsh which had been granted to Cotton by the Scarborough proprietors in 1720 (York Deeds, XIII:38, 222, 223).

On leaving Kittery, Samuel Libby and Mary, his wife, deeded to his brother Ephraim ten acres in Kittery on November 11, 1730/1 (York Deeds, XIV:213). On January 10, 1732/3, Libby bought from Nathaniel and Samuel Harmon a business property which he was to hold for the rest of his life - one-third of a sawmill, falls, stream, dam, ironwork, and flume on Mill Creek on the east side of Scarborough River (York Deeds, XVI:101). His next purchase, made on March 18, 1733, was from George Walker, gentleman, of Portsmouth, covering several small acreages which had been part of the original Andrew Brown farm jutting out into the marshes at the foot of Scottow's Hill (York Deeds, XVI:103). On a high piece of isolated ledge which, in its conspicuous and isolated position, was a local landmark until in recent years other houses were built along the farm road which led to it from the highway.

Samuel Libby was buried on May 15, 1754. His widow Mary Libby survived until January 1774. In the Scarborough records he appears as Samuel Libby "junior," his cousin Samuel (Henry(2)) being "senior."

Abstract from Early Families of Eliot and Kittery by Fogg, p 113:

Samuel2 LIbbey, s/o David1, m 1713 Mary d/o Matthew Libbey. It is supposed he soon after removed with his family from town; a son born in Eliot: Samuel b 7 Jul 1714.

Abstract from The Libby Family by C.T. Libby, V 1, p 48:

Samuel Libby, b c1690, m 31 May 1713 Mary Libby. He was reared in that part of Kittery which is now Eliot and became a carpenter. He built a house on a portion of the homestead of his father-in-law (his uncle Matthew Libby), and there lived until about 1731, when he removed to Scarborough and settled on the farm now occupied by Samuel Manson Libby (10-2-4-9-3). He was a thrifty, enterprising man, and accumulated a large property for those times. His inventory mentions his homestead (valued at 280 pounds), 322 acres of land besides half a sawmill, a negro man (named Nimrod), 8 oxen, 8 cows, 4 steers, 4 heifers, 1 horse, 1 bull, 30 sheep, 4 swine, a clock (this was in 1754), 1/8 of a sloop, 1/6 and 1/16 of a schooner, and a pew in the meeting house. He was buried 15 May 1754. His wife outlived him 20 years and d in Jan 1774. Children: (1) Samuel; (2) Mary; (3) Olive; (4) Enock; (5) Abigail.

Abstract from ME/MA Gen Dict, by Libby, Noyes, Davis, p 431:

Samuel (Libby), b ab. 1690, carpenter, m. his cousin Mary Libby(9), and built on her fa.'s land. Ab. 1731 he removed to Scarb. and settled on the homestead of Andrew Brown(2), his wife's gr.fa. 5 ch, or 6 if Elizabeth was one, and childless, 'of Biddeford', 17 Nov 1743, m Abraham Townsend (or poss that Elizabeth was dau of Daniel and Eleanor(6).

Libby No. 11-3

Mary Libby and Samuel Libby had the following children:

+ 101 i. Samuel⁴ Libby Jr was born 7 July 1714.

+ 102 ii. Mary Libby was born 12 Apr 1716/17.

+ 103 iii. Olive Libby was born 1718/9.

+ 104 iv. Enoch Libby was born 1720/4.

105 v. Abigail Libby (#10397) was born in Kittery, York, ME 2 Mar 1733.⁽²⁶⁸⁾ She married Josiah Graffam in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, 9 Jan 1752.⁽²⁶⁹⁾ Second Congregational Church (Josiah Graffam is #10398.) Libby No. 10-2-5

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