Some Descendants of Obadiah Colby (Samuel,Samuel,Anthony) and Elizabeth Gee

  1. Elizabeth Colby was born on 28 Dec 1729. [CFEA, p. 56] She was baptised on 4 Jan 1729/30 in the New Brick Church in Boston. [CFEA, p. 56] Perhaps she is the Elizabeth of Amesbury who married Aaron Colby in 1750 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 52]
  2. Dea. Obadiah Colby was born in Dec 1731 in Boston. [CFEA, p. 109] He was baptised on 12 Dec 1731 in the New Brick Church in Boston. [CFEA, p. 57] He died on 29 Dec 1814 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] He married Mary Merrill on 26 Dec 1756 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] Mary, the daughter of David and Eleanor (Blaisdell) Merrill was born on 28 Jan 1735/6 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] She died on 7 Feb 1816 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109]
    Obadiah was a blacksmith. [CFEA, p. 109]
    1. Dorothy Colby was born on 16 May 1758 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] She married Charles Squires of Amesbury after 10 Mar 1783, when they published their intention in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109]
    2. Capt. Gee Colby was born on 16 Dec 1760 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] He died on 20 Apr 1822 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] He married Hannah Edwards on 23 Mar 1785 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184] Hannah, the daughter of Rice and Anna (Morrill) Edwards, was born on 26 Jun 1761 in Salisbury and died on 21 Nov 1820 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
      1. Abraham Colby was born on 28 Nov 1785 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184] He married Sally Smith on 26 Nov 1807 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 245] Sally, the daughter of Jacob and Molly (Morrill) Smith, was born on 26 Jan 1788 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 245]
        1. Mary Odiorne Colby was born on 13 Dec 1807. [CFEA, p. 245] She married David Mann after 2 Oct 1831, when they published their intention. [CFEA, p. 245]
        2. Samuel Smith Colby was born on 9 Dec 1810. [CFEA, p. 245]
        3. Sarah Smith Colby (possibly) [CFEA, p. 245]
      2. Polly Odiorne Colby was born on 12 Sep 1787 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184] She married Enoch Fowler on 20 Nov 1813 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
        1. Sarah Ann Fowler was born on 14 Aug 1814 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
        2. Harrison Bradley Fowler was born on 2 Jun 1817 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
        3. Hannah Colby Fowler was born on 10 Sep 1822 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
      3. John Colby was born on 27 Mar 1790 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] He was killed by a falling stick of lumber on 15 Feb 1839 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] He married Dolly Bagley on 8 Mar 1812 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] Dolly, the daughter of John and Sally (Hackett) Bagley, was born on 14 Apr 1792 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        1. Capt. Edward John Colby was born on 31 Jul 1812 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] He married Mary Follansbee Wigglesworth on 2 May 1836 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] Mary, the daughter of Samuel and Joanna (Hackett) Wigglesworth, was born on 10 Apr 1814 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        2. Elizabeth Ann Colby was born on 15 Aug 1817 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] She married Nathaniel Montgomery Horton on 7 Nov 1839 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        3. Charles Abraham Colby was born on 9 Nov 1820 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        4. Sarah Bagley Colby was born on 3 Jun 1823 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] She married Alfred Bailey of Amesbury on 13 Nov 1844 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] Alfred, the son of Thomas and Besey (Currier) Bailey, was born on 15 Mar 1823 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        5. Patrick Henry Colby was born on 27 Jan 1826 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        6. John Bagley Colby was born on 28 Jul 1828 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246] He died on 23 Feb 1830 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 246]
        7. Anna Edwards Colby was born on 2 Jan 1831 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 247]
        8. Col. Ebenezer Thompson Colby was born on 19 Sep 1833 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 247]
          Ebenezer was an officer in the Civil War. [CFEA, p. 247]
    3. Obadiah Colby was born on 20 Mar 1763 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] He died on 10 Aug 1832 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] He married Sally Hoyt of Amesbury after 2 Apr 1785, when they published their intention in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] Sally, the daughter of Theodore and Mary Hoyt, was born on 20 Nov 1764 in Amesbury and died on 10 Aug 1832 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
      1. Anna W. Colby was born on 13 Nov 1785 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] She married Nathan Bartlett on 13 Nov 1785 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
      2. James Colby (probably) was born on 7 Jun 1788 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] He married Nancy Rand on 25 Oct 1809 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 247]
      3. Polly Colby was born on 13 Jul 1790 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184] She died on 20 Dec 1831. [CFEA, p. 184]
      4. John Kendrick Colby was born on 2 Jun 1792 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 184]
      5. William Colby was born on 17 Aug 1794 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185]
      6. Enoch Kendrick Colby was born on 14 Apr 1797 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185]
      7. Robert Colby was born on 2 Feb 1799 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [CFEA, p. 247]
      8. Miriam H. Colby was born on 30 Jun 1803 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] She married Henry Elkins of Hampton, New Hampshire after 30 Jun 1802, when they published their intention. [CFEA, p. 185]
      9. Charles Colby was born on 28 Oct 1807 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185]
    4. John Waterhouse Colby was born on 15 Nov 1765 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 109] He died on 29 Oct 1815 in South Hampton, New Hampshire. [CFEA, p. 185] He married first Mehitable Cough on 23 Apr 1789 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] Mehitable, the daughter of Elijah and Sarah Clough, was born on 3 Oct 1768 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] She died on 6 Jun 1797 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] He married second his second cousin Abigail Colby after 21 Jul 1798, when they published their intention in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 108]
      1. Elijah Colby (son of Mehitable) was born on 17 Jul 1792 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185]
      2. True Colby was born on 17 Feb 1800 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 185] He married Sophronia Flanders of Amesbury on 19 Oct 1823. [CFEA, p. 248]
        1. Moses Carter Colby was born on 11 Jan 1825 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248] He married Nancy O. Currier on 29 Sep 1846 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
        2. Hiram Colby was born in 1830 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
        3. Mary A. Colby was born on 18 Mar 1832 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
        4. Charles True Colby was born on 26 Jul 1834 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248] He died on 9 Nov 1835 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
        5. Charles True Colby was born on 14 Jun 1836 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
        6. John Davis Colby was born on 28 May 1842 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 248]
      3. Ebenezer Colby was born on 29 May 1802 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 248] He died on 1 May 1886 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. [CFEA, p. 248] He married Sarah Philbrick on 12 Jul 1825 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248]
        Ebenezer was a farmer and a carpenter. [CFEA, p. 248]
        1. Albert Philbrick Colby was born about 1828 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248] He died on 3 Sep 1905 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248] He married Charlotte M. Emerson on 2 Nov 1847. [CFEA, p. 248]
        2. Moses F. Colby was born in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248] He married first Sarah Lane Robinson on 3 Jun 1784 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248] He married second Viola C. Smith on 27 Dec 1908 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248]
        3. Washington Colby was born on 22 May 1832 in Brentwood, New Hampshire. [CFEA, p. 248] He married Arvilla Nesmith on 1 Nov 1855 in Londonderry. [CFEA, p. 248]
      4. Mary Clement Colby was born on 20 May 1805. [CFEA, p. 185] She married Nathaniel Ring. [CFEA, p. 185]
      5. Elizabeth L. Colby was born on 27 Jul 1808. [CFEA, p. 185] She married Rufus Davis. [CFEA, p. 185]
      6. Moses Colby was born on 30 Aug 1811. [CFEA, p. 185] He died on 5 Oct 1818 in Concord, New Hampshire. [CFEA, p. 185]
  3. Benjamin Colby was baptised on 20 Oct 1732 in the New Brick Church in Boston. [CFEA, p. 57]
  4. Ann Colby was baptised on 14 Oct 1733 in the New Brick Church in Boston. [CFEA, p. 57]
  5. Gee Colby was born on 30 Aug 1743 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 57] He died young. [CFEA, p. 57]

References

CFEA Weis, Frederik Lewis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts 1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970.