William Davis
(1675-1753)
Mary Kelly
(1678-)
Isaac Anthony Colby
(1711-Bef 1785)
Sarah Davis
(1714-1755)
William Davis Colby
(1742-1812)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Straw

William Davis Colby

  • Born: 15 Mar 1742, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Straw in 1765 in New Hampshire
  • Died: 12 Jan 1812, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire at age 69
  • Buried: Old Hopkinton Cemetery Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
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bullet  General Notes:

Wayne Colby research on genforum site; DAR records and research of Randy Bohannon; children's names per Alice Volkert (alicevolkert@wans.net)
Hoyt claims there may have been a son James and some other daughters?

William Davis COLBY was born on 15 MAR 1741/42 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Haverhill.) He was baptized on 21 MAR 1741/42 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 12 JAN 1812 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Settled in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.

(BOOK 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 Sanbornton, New Hampshire" Vol II.-Genealogies, by Rev. M. T. Runnels, 1881.)
Parents: Isaac COLBY and Sarah DAVIS

www.ancestry.com
LW&T of Wm Davis Colby of Hopkinton, NH; 3 Nov 1810; probate 14 Feb 1812
Elizabeth Colby [wife]
children: [sons] Wm [executor]; Benjamin, Jonathan, Isaac, James and Timothy [executor]; [daus] Molly Smith; Betsey Herrick and Sally Colby

Find A Grave Memorial 78846060


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William married Elizabeth Straw, daughter of Capt Jonathan Straw and Mary Carr, in 1765 in New Hampshire. (Elizabeth Straw was born on 22 Dec 1752 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 26 Feb 1840 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Old Hopkinton Cemetery Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA.)




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