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Anthony Colby
(1605-1660)
Susannah Hadden Waterman
(1610-1689)
John Hoyt
(1610-1687)
Frances Tuxbury
(1622-1642)
John Colby
(Abt 1633-1672)
Frances Hoyt
(1635-1720)
John Colby
(1656-1719)

 

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1. Sarah Eldridge

John Colby

  • Born: 1656, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Eldridge on 27 Dec 1675
  • Died: 6 Apr 1719, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts at age 63
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research of Ronald Colby: Sgt. John COLBY was born on 19 NOV 1656 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 6 APR 1719 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He has Ancestral File number FHW0-GN. Sergeant John Colby took the oath of allegiance and fidelity, Dec 1677 and was a soldier in King Philip's War, at the Falls Fight under Capt William Turner, 18 May 1676, and was sergeant of the Amesbury train band, 1680. Administration on the estate of John Colby was granted to Joseph Colby, the only surviving son, 21 April 1719. Robert Ring, son of the widow Ruth Ring, administered her estate, May 1748.
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John rec'd "children's land" in 1659 and a "township" in 1660. Member of "training band" 1680. He d. 06 Apr 1719 in Amesbury; adm est. gr Joseph Colby, only surviving son, 21 Apr 1719.

He was married to Sarah Osgood (daughter of William Osgood and Elizabeth (Osgood)) before 1700 in Prob Amesbury, Ma. Sarah Osgood was born on Feb 7 1653 in Salisbury, Ma. She died about 1716 in Amesbury, Ma. It is cetain from deeds that Sarah Osgood, b 1652/3, was in 1700 and 1708 wife of John Colby, and that she was dead in 1716. The only doubt is whether Sarah Eldridge and Sarah Osgood were the same person. The records may be reconciled in three ways: 1. Perhaps Eldridge should read Osgood. 2. Perhaps Sarah Osgood married 1st _____ Eldridge, of whom we have no other record, and m. 2nd John Colby. 3. the two may be distinct persons, as given above, which seems most probable, though we have no trace of the family of Sarah Eldridge. Wm and Anne Eldred, or Eldridge, of Yarmouth had Dau. Sarah, b.t 1850; but she was six years older than John Colby, and we know of no intercourse between Yarmouth and Salisbury. There was a John Eldred of Hampton in 1640, who apparently soon died or moved away.

SOURCES: (1) Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, pg 106, by David Hoyt, Compiled 1897 - 1919. Reprinted by New England History Press Somersworth, NH 03878. Reprinted 1981,1987, 1990. ISBN 0-89725-026-5; (2) Essex County Vital Records to 1850, Salisbury, Massachusetts. Listed as Colby. Death, Amesbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970. Parents: John COLBY and Frances HOYT .
He was married to Sarah ELDRIDGE <d286.html> on 27 DEC 1675 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children were: John COLBY , Sarah COLBY , Joseph COLBY , Infant Son COLBY , Infant Son COLBY (twin) , Infant Son COLBY (twin) , Judith COLBY , Hannah COLBY .
He was married to Sarah OSGOOD about 1699.
He was married to Mrs. Ruth RING on 8 FEB 1714/15 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.


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John married Sarah Eldridge on 27 Dec 1675. (Sarah Eldridge was born circa 1656 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and died after Jul 1692 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.)




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