Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 29 Apr 1675

Notes:

Birth:
William SARGENT was christened/baptized on 28 JUN 1606 in Bath, Somerset, England. He immigrated in 1630 from England to America. He signed a will on 24 MAR 1670/71 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

Will:
The following is the will of William SARGENT ca 1606-1675, as recorded in Edwin Everett Sargent's book, "The Sargent Record," self-published in 1899.

In the name of God Amen. the 24 day of March 1671\72 I William Sargent of ye town of Emefbury in ye County of Norfolk Maffachufettf in Newengland Seaman being in pritty good health of body & of found & pfect memorie (praise bee given to god for ye same) & knowing ye uncertainty of thif life on earth & being Defirouf to fettle thingf in order doe make thif my laft will & teftamt in manner & form That if to fayFirst & principally I comend my soule to Allmighty God my Creator affurdely believing yt fhall recieve full pardon & free remiffion of all my fins & bee faved by ye peciouf death & meritte of my bleffed Savioc & Redemmer Chrift Jefuf & my body to ye earth from whence it waf taken to bee buried in fuch Decent & Chriftian manner af to my Executoed hereafter named fhall be thought meete & convenient.

And af touching fuch wordly eftate af ye lord mercy hath lent mee my will & meaning if ye fame fhal bee imployed & beftowed af hereafter by thif will & Teftament

Item I give & bequeath to my grand child William Challis five poundf & to my grandchildren Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary & Phillip watson Challif to each of them twenty fhillings

Item I give & bequeath unto my grand children Dorothie & Elizabeth Colby to each of them twenty fhillings

Item I give unto my grand child William Sargent thirty shillings

Itt I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth ye wife of Sam Colby five poundf

Item I give all ye remayndere of my estate (these my legacies & my funeral chargef being firfte paid) unto my daughter Sarah both howfing & landf, chattelf & other movablef wt foever alwayf pvided that if fhe die wth out children that these howfing & landf: to bee equally divided: unto my four children hereafter named, i: e: my fons Thomaf & William & my daughters Mary & Elizabeth

Item I do conftitute ordaine & appointe my fone Thomaf Sargent & my daughter Sarah Sargent Executors unto thif my will & Teftamt & doe make my loving brother in law Tho Bradbury & my efteemed friend Major Pike my overfeerf to take care that thif my will may bee prformed according to ye true intente & meaning thereof

And to thif my last will & Teftament I doe hereunto fess my hand & feale ye day & year above named
William Sargent (Seal)
Signed, fealed and thto in
ye prfence uf
Thomas Bradbury
The mark of MB Mary Bradbury
John Bradbury
Tho Bradbury & Jno Bradbury testified upon oath yt they faw Wm Sargent senr. figne, feale & declare thif to bee hif will before ye court held at Salifbury 13 Aprill 75
Tho Bradbury rec
Entered and Recorded in ye County recordf for Norfolk (tit 3d pa 6 ye 29th of Aprile 1675) as attefte
Tho Bradbury recr

He died in MAR 1673/74 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He will was proved on 13 APR 1675 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
The inventory of the estate of "Willi. Sargent, Senr.," taken 8 April 1675 by Thomas Sergeant and John Weed, totalled ?196, of which the real estate totalled ?137 10s., including "housing & lands about the house & orchard on both sides [of] the country way," ?85; "half the lot in the tide meadows, ?16; "a Higledee Pigledee lot in the salt marsh" ?25; "a lot lying in ... Lyons Mouth," ?5 10s.; "a lot in the great swamp," ?2; "a lot in ... Bugmore," ?4.

He has Ancestral File Number 8JD9-XN.
In the General Court of records of Massachusetts Colony in April, 1633, by an act of the court, protecting certain grantees of land then at Agawam, now Ipswich, Massachusetts, in their rights and "Willm S'jeant" was one of those grantees.. He took the oath of allegiance to the Colony and King in 1639. He was one of the first settlers of Newbury in 1635. He was at Hampton, New Hampshire in 1639, and is taxed in Salisbury New Town, December 25, 1650, 7s.4d. He was next located at same place, now Amesbury and Merrimac, in 1655 where he resided until his death in 1675.
. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

William married PERKINS, Elizabeth about 1633 in Massachussetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of PERKINS, John and GATER, Judith) was born in 1611 in Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England; died before 18 Sep 1670 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Colby

Notes:

Birth:
Elizabeth SARGENT was born on 22 NOV 1646 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on 5 FEB 1736/37 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She has Ancestral File Number 8JDB-4N. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Sargent, a friend of Anthony. William's wife was Elizabeth Perkins. William was born in England in 1602. His Father was Richard Sargent, an officer in the Royal Navy. William also immigrated with Winthrop in 1630. from 'Lineage of Philander M. Colby of Arborville & Bradshaw, Me., and Spencer Colby of Hamilton County, Me. by Claudia K. (Miller) Foster, Seattle, Wa.

In 1703 she was granted the liberty of making pew in our meeting house and to have half of ye hindermost seate towards the southeast corner of the meeting house betwixt the greate post and the women's gallery stairs.
(SOURCE: Lynn Hist. Reg. Mass. 27A-7B, B4 D8, B6 3A.) Parents: William SARGENT and Elizabeth PERKINS. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

Elizabeth married COLBY, Samuel in 1667 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA. Samuel (son of COLBY, Anthony and UNKNOWN, Susannah) was born in 1638 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA; died on 05 Jul 1716 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Samuel COLBY was born on 9 MAR 1671 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in 1746 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He had administration granted for estate on 29 SEP 1746 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
In a letter to the Boston Transcript, a New England Genealogy publication, asks "I have read that three decendants of Anthony of Amesbury - Ruggles, Ambrose and Benjamin went to Wiscasset, Maine." This is true. In 1749, a petition was sent to the governor of Massachusetts (Maine was part of Mass untill 1820) asking that Wiscasset be made an independent town. This petition was signed by Ambrose, Ruggles, (Brothers) and Benj'n Colby. A similar petition was repeated in 1754 signed by Ambrose. The town was incorporated in 1760 as Pownalborough, in honor of Governor Pownall. It later was divided into three towns, Wiscasset, Dresden, and Alna. fron Lineage of Philander M. Colby of Arborville $ Bradshaw, Ne., and Spencer Colby of Hamilton County, Ne. by Claudia K. (Miller) Forster.

Widow Dorothy was appointed administratrix of the estate of Samuel, 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.

SOURCES: (1) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (2) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (3) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury. Parents: Samuel COLBY and Elizabeth SARGENT.. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

Died:
From web site of userAnthonyMWeed in tree 'Weed Family Tree'. Mar 2011.

Samuel married AMBROSE, Dorothy est 1691 in Massachussetts, USA. Dorothy (daughter of AMBROSE, Henry and WORCESTER, Susanna) was born on 21 Sep 1673 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA; died est 1753 in Massachussetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Ruggles COLBY was born on 10 JUN 1711 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury, listed as Colbey.) He died before 1790 at Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine. He was a Shipwright in Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine. They lived in Amesbury, East Parish, South Hampton, New Hampshire and settled in Wiscasset, Maine in 1749. He served in the militia in 1757. The record of baptisim of the First Amesbury Church, gives Mary as the name of marriag, but Hoyt says this is probaly a mistake as Abigail wife of Ruggles' was baptized and owned the covenant and was baptized at the First Church in Amesbury 16 May 1736. He was a shipwright and one of the early settlers on the Sheepscot River, Maine. On 26 January 1774 he signed a petition for the incorporation of a new town called Freetown, later Edgecomb, Maine. He signed a petition as one of the inhabitants of Kennebec River for protection 22 April 1755. Ruggles sold half of 1800 acres to Elijah Packard of Bridgewater, Mass. on 10 October 1765; 102 aacres to Joseph Huff on 22 March 1782 and to Moses Huff 50 acres on 1 October 1789. A number of his grandchildren were living at Wiscassed, Edgecomb, and other nearby places, and we suppose them to be the children of his son Edmund Colby. SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (3) "History of the Colby Family" by James W. Colby, pub 1895. Parents: Samuel COLBY and Dorothy AMBROSE. From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

Died:
From site. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b406.html], "COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS" by owner Ronald M. Colby. Mar 2011.

Ruggles married DAVIS, Abigail on 15 Mar 1732 in Newbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of DAVIS, William and KELLY, Mary) was born on 20 Jun 1708 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachussetts, USA; died in Sep 1744 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]