See also
| Husband: | Anthony + COLBY (1605-1661) | |
| Wife: | Susanna + (1608-1689) | |
| Children: | John COLBY (1633-1672) | |
| Sarah + COLBY (1635-1663) | ||
| Samuel COLBY (1639-1716) | ||
| Isaac COLBY (1640-1723) | ||
| Rebecca COLBY (1643-1672) | ||
| Mary COLBY (1647- ) | ||
| Thomas COLBY (1649-1694) | ||
| Marriage | 1631 | Boston, Middlesex, MA, US |
Anthony + COLBY
| Name: | Anthony + COLBY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas + COLBY (1567-1625) | |
| Mother: | Anne + JACKSON (1574- ) | |
| Birth | 8 Sep 1605 | Horbling, Linconshire, England |
| Immigration | 1630 (age 24-25)1,2 | |
| Arrived on the vessel "Arbella" | ||
| Census | 1634 (age 28-29)3 | |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA, US | ||
| Census | 1650 (age 44-45)3 | |
| Essex County, MA, US | ||
| Occupation | sawmill owner | |
| Will | ||
| Estate of Anthony Colby of Salisbury 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. Norfolk Co. Quarterly Cout Files, vol. 1, leaf 33. 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. Norfolk Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 34. 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 coutr Apr. 9, 1661 allotted to her for her part of the estate. |
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| Death | 11 Feb 1661 (age 55) | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US4,5 |
| Burial | Golgotha Burial Ground | |
| Amesbury, Essex, MA, US | ||
| Name: | Susanna + | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | Margaret + ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1608 | England |
| Death | 8 Jul 1689 (age 80-81) | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Burial | Golgotha Burial Ground | |
| Amesbury, Essex, MA, US | ||
| Name: | John COLBY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1633 | Boston, Middlesex, MA, US |
| Death | 11 Feb 1672 (age 38-39) | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
Spouse: Orlando + BAGLEY
| Name: | Sarah + COLBY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Orlando + BAGLEY (1628- ) | |
| Birth | 1635 | Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, US |
| Death | 18 May 1663 (age 27-28) | Boston, Middlesex, MA, US4 |
| Burial | Golgotha Burial Ground6 | |
| Amesbury, Essex, MA, US | ||
| Name: | Samuel COLBY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1639 | Ipwsich, Essex, MA, US |
| Death | 5 Jul 1716 (age 76-77) | Amesbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Name: | Isaac COLBY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 6 Jul 1640 | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Death | 13 Jul 1723 (age 83) | Amesbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Name: | Rebecca COLBY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 11 Mar 1643 | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Death | 10 Jun 1672 (age 29) | Haverhill, Essex, MA, US |
| Name: | Mary COLBY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 17 Sep 1647 | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Name: | Thomas COLBY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 8 Mar 1649 | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
| Death | 30 Mar 1694 (age 45) | Salisbury, Essex, MA, US |
He came to the U.S. on the ship "Arbella" in 1630. He was the first Colby in America, and the Colby from whom most present day Colbys living in America originate.
There are many Colbys that have left their mark on America. As America expanded the Colby family moved with it. When America moved towards independence, no Colby refused to sign the New Hampshire Association Test of 1776.
The ancient home of the Colby family, at least in the United States, can still be found in Amesbury. Amesbury is in the northernmost part of Massachusetts, almost to the border with New Hampshire. The directions to see this wonderful home, exit 495 at the route 110 Amesbury exit, follow route 110 (Haverhill Road) east until you come to the next set of traffic lights, go right onto Main Street, the Macy Colby house is about a half mile down on the right. There is a paved drive going to the cemetery at one side of the house along with a large marker placed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission. The house is dark brown, with a bright coral-colored door. Over the door is a sign - "1654". There is a window on either side of the door on the ground floor and three windows on the upper floor. There is a large bush at each corner.
The original house consisted of just the two front rooms on the ground floor and a loft above. Later, a keeping room was added at the rear and two rooms on a second floor. Much later still, a kitchen was added behind the keeping room. To this day, no running water, electricity, or modern heating has been added. The last Colby moved across the street in 1958. The house belongs to the Bartlett Cemetery Association, as it is on their land. It has been cared for by the local Josiah Bartlett Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Access to it can be had, sometimes, through the Amesbury Public Library.
There are treasured items of the Colby family still in the house. The items in the fireplace area of the keeping room are the ones that have always been there. In the corner of the front room, is a corner cabinet that Anthony had brought over from England as a present for Susannah. Also, in the front room in front of the fireplace is a cradle. Just as if it were ready to have a baby placed in it. This cradle belonged to a friend of the family - Susannah North Martin. She was hanged in Salem as a witch. There is a good story here, too! There are items of bric-a-brac, portraits on the wall of unnamed Colbys, and of the last Colby (with his faithful dog) who lived in the house. Upstairs is the loom-room. Who was the weaver? We don't know, now. At the back of the loom-room is a door leading to a storage room. There are trunks, boxes, bags and stacks of books among the boards and old windows. What treasures must be there!
There is also a stairway down to the keeping room. You can see the wear of the years on the stairs. The original narrow steps & high treads stairs is at the front of the house. The floor boards are about 15" wide throughout the house. Some of the latches on the doors are handmade - by who? When?
He was one of the founding Fathers in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
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MACY-COLBY HOUSE The house, at 257 Main Street, was first built in 1654 by Thomas Macy, a merchant who served as Amesbury's first Town Clerk and a Baptist preacher. A few years later, Macy was forced to leave town, after he allowed a group of Quakers to take shelter in his home for a few hours, during a thunderstorm. ("Harboring Quakers" was considered a criminal offense.) The house was acquired by prominent Amesbury citizen Anthony Colby. Around 1712, the original house built by Macy was torn down. By 1745 the saltbox style house that exists today was completed by Obadiah Colby. The house remained in the Colby family for nine generations, and was used as a private residence by Colby's descendants until 1958 [1], after which time it was acquired by the Daughters of the Revolution, which owned it up until 2000. The Friends of the Macy-Colby House have maintained the house as a museum since 2000. In 2008 the house was added to the list of National Register of Historic Places.[2] ASintonadded this on 22 Oct 2012 elizabethhenryburnettoriginally submitted this to Henry-Burnett Family Tree on 21 Mar 2011
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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 you 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.
Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 5,896
| 1 | "Passenger and Immigrations Lists Index 1500-1900". |
| 2 | "New England, The Great Migration and the The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 record". |
| 3 | "MA Census, 1790-1890". |
| 4 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
| 5 | Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998). |
| 6 | "Find a Grave". |