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COLBY, Ruggles

Male 1711 - Bef 1790  (< 78 years)


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  • Name COLBY, Ruggles 
    Birth 10 Jun 1711  Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1790  Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8389  Ward
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2011 

    Father COLBY, Samuel,   b. 09 Mar 1671, Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1746, Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother AMBROSE, Dorothy,   b. 21 Sep 1673, Salisbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1753, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Est 1691  Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Family ID F2176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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.
    Children 
    +1. COLBY, Noah,   b. 1739, Amesbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +2. COLBY, Henry,   b. Abt 1742, South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1805, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F2174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Mar 1732 - Newbury, Essex, Massachussetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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