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Family: COLBY, Samuel / AMBROSE, Dorothy (F2176)

m. Est 1691


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  • Male
    COLBY, Samuel

    Birth  09 Mar 1671  Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Sep 1746  Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Marriage  Est 1691  Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  COLBY, Samuel | F2178 Group Sheet 
    Mother  SARGENT, Elizabeth | F2178 Group Sheet 

    Female
    AMBROSE, Dorothy

    Birth  21 Sep 1673  Salisbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Est 1753  Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  AMBROSE, Henry | F2179 Group Sheet 
    Mother  WORCESTER, Susanna | F2179 Group Sheet 

    Male
    + COLBY, Ruggles

    Birth  10 Jun 1711  Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 1790  Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  DAVIS, Abigail | F2174 
    Marriage  15 Mar 1732  Newbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Dorothy AMBROSE was born on 21 SEP 1673 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died after 1759 at Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. The widow Dorothy was appointed administrator of the estate of Samuel Colby, Jr., 29 September 1746 and the estate was divided 1748/1750. As Samuel Colby of Amesbury, son of Samuel Colby deceased, he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for a grant of land west of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts for the services of his father in King Philip's War; the petition was not granted.

      (BOOK SOURCE: "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt.)
      Parents: Henry AMBROSE and Susanna WORCESTER.. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.


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