R. C. Colby Family

Researching my COLBY Family, in America, 1630 to Present. (1). ANTHONY COLBY (Thomas 2, Matthew 1) b. Abt. 1605, Horbling, Lincolnshire Co. Eng.; m. SUSANNA ______, b. _, d. 8 Jul 1689, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA: (2). THOMAS COLBY b.1650/51, Salisbury, d. Bef. 30 Mar 1691, Amesbury, m. HANNAH ROWELL, b. Jan 1652/53, Salisbury, d. 9 Aug 1707, Amesbury. (3). ISAAC COLBY b. 15 Jul 1680, Amesbury, d. Abt. Jun 1733, Amesbury; m. HANNAH GETCHELL, b. 30 Jan 1680/81, Salisbury, d. aft. 1764, Amesbury. (4). ISAAC COLBY, III., b. 10 Aug 1707, Amesbury, d. 16 Apr 1764, Amesbury. m.1st. 3 Jan 1727/28, MARY MARTIN, b. 10 Mar 1709/10, Amesbury, d. Amesbury, m. 2nd, 16 Aug 1753, JUDITH BARNARD, b. 30 Sep 1707, d. Bef.1753. (5). ELIPHALET COLBY, b. 28 Oct 1728, Amesbury, d. 8 Apr 1812, Henniker, Merrimack Co., N.H., m. MARY ROGERS, b. 29 Nov 1727, Amesbury, d._. (6). LEVI COLBY, b. 8 Nov 1757, South Hampton, Rockingham, NH; d. 10 Nov 1827, Henniker, NH. {Levi Colby was a Soldier in the New Hampshire Militia at the Battle of Bennington 16 Aug 1777}. m. CATHERINE SMITH, b. 24 Nov 1758, Newbury, Essex, Co., Mass. d. 8 Mar 1838, Henniker. (7). SILAS COLBY ("Deacon"), b. 11 Aug 1788, Hopkinton, NH; d. 16 Dec 1858, Henniker. m. 1st. HANNAH FARRAR, b. 31 Mar 1793, Henniker; d. 5 Aug 1844, Henniker, 2nd. EMILY FARRAR, (Hannah’s sister) b. 3 Dec 1800 d. Apr 1883. Henniker, NH. (8). ISAAC FARRES COLBY, b. 2 Nov 1818, Henniker; d. 19 Feb 1889, Pana, Christian County, Illinois, m. MARGARET BISCOE, b. 9 Nov 1819, Maryland, d. 20 Apr 1894, Pana, Ill. ISAAC FARRES COLBY, my 2nd great grandfather, when at 17 years of age left his parents home in New Hampshire and along with his older cousin, OLIVER COLBY (Nicholas 8, Eliphalet 7, Isaac 6, Isaac 5, Thomas 4, Anthony 3, Thomas 2, Matthew 1); b. 10 Jul 1793, Hopkinton, d. 27 Oct 1850, Montgomery Co., IL, (and Oliver’s family), came to Green County, Carrollton Township, IL about 1835. (9). NAHUM OSCAR COLBY, b. 29 Jul 1859, Pana, IL; d. 27 Aug 1916, Kenosha, WI, m. IDA FRANCIS BROWN, b.16 Jul 1860, Assumption, Christian Co. IL; d. 5 Jan 1945 Kenosha, WI. SOURCES:

THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, Vol. I.; by: Robert C. Anderson, 1995 p. 186-187, 413-416. FIFTY GREAT MIGRATION COLONISTS TO NEW ENGLAND; by: John W.Threfall, 1990, p. 122-148 NGSQ, Jun 1974, Vol. 62, ANTHONY COLBY OF MASSACHUSETTS, by: John Hunt. NEHGR, Apr 1997, Vol. CXLI: Apr 1987. p.104-107, DISPROVED ROYAL DESCENTS, THE AMERICAL GENEALOGIST, Whole No. 202, Vol. 51, No.2, April 1975. THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND AMESBURY, MA, By: David W. Hoyt, 1897. THE COLBY FAMILY IN EARLY AMERICA, by Frederick L. Weis, Concord, Ma. 1970 Source: NSDAR, Centennial Edition of The Patriot Index, 1994, pg. 616. AMESBURY VITAL RECORDS TO 1850. "The following persons, from Essex County, settled in Henniker, N.H.: Eliphalet Colby, from Amesbury, about 1770." From: HISTORY OF HENNIKER,NH By: Leander Cogswell, 1880 Concord, NH. NH VITAL RECORDS, AMESBURY VITAL RECORDS TO 1850", HISTORY OF THE COLBY FAMILY By James W. Colby, 1895. HISTORIC CEMETERIES OF HENNIKER, NH, HENNIKER HIST. SOC. 1998. NSDAR ABSTRACT OF GRAVES OF REV. PATRIOTS, VOL. I 1981. ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOULUTIONARY WAR, 1775-1777 By: Isaac W. Hammond, A.M. 1885. ROLL of NEW HAMPSHIRE SOLDIERS at the BATTLE of BENNINGTON AUGUST 16, 1777, Compiled By: Geo. C. Gilmore, Manchester, NH 1891.

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