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COLBY, Noah

Male 1739 - 1790  (51 years)


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  • Name COLBY, Noah 
    Birth 1739  Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Noah COLBY was born about 1739 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in 1790 at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine. In 1783, he and wife Elizabeth sold land to Josiah Parsons. Noah Colby Rev. War Soldier as a private.
      SOURCES: (1) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Marriage, Ipswich; (2) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: Ruggles COLBY and Abigail DAVIS.. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.
    Gender Male 
    Death 1790  Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8385  Ward
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2011 

    Father COLBY, Ruggles,   b. 10 Jun 1711, Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1790, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 78 years) 
    Mother DAVIS, Abigail,   b. 20 Jun 1708, Haverhill, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1744, Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 15 Mar 1732  Newbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Spouse: Ruggles COLBY. Ruggles COLBY and Abigail DAVIS were married on 15 MAR 1732/33 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records to 1850, Amesbury, Mass.) Children were: Edmund COLBY, Mary COLBY, Noah COLBY, Henry COLBY, Abel COLBY, Dorothy COLBY, Mary COLBY, Spencer Eliot COLBY. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.
    Family ID F2174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DAVIS, Elizabeth,   b. 1741, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1800, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 14 Aug 1764  Ipswich, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Elizabeth DAVIS was christened/baptized on 19 OCT 1741 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Parents: James DAVIS and Mrs Elizabeth DAVIS.
      Spouse: Noah COLBY. Noah COLBY and Elizabeth DAVIS were married on 14 AUG 1764 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: Ruth COLBY, James COLBY, William COLBY, Betsey (Betty) COLBY, Mary "Polly" COLBY, Abigail COLBY, Samuel COLBY, John COLBY, Hannah COLBY. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.
    Children 
    +1. COLBY, Betsey Betty,   b. Abt 1774, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1840, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Family ID F2173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1739 - Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Aug 1764 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1790 - Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • In 1783, he and wife Elizabeth sold land to Josiah Parsons. Noah Colby Rev. War Soldier as a private.
      SOURCES: (1) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Marriage, Ipswich; (2) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970From 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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