Some Descendants of Rebecca Colby (Anthony) and John Williams

  1. Sarah Williams was born on 27 Jun 1662 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 10] She married Joseph Bond on 26 Nov 1679 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 30] Joseph, the son of John and Esther (Blakeley) Bond, was born on 14 Apr 1643 in Newbury and died on 26 Feb 1724/5 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 30]
    Joseph served in King Philip's War under Lieut. Benjamin Swett. [CFEA, p. 30]
    1. Rebecca Bond was born about 1685 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 30] She died on 19 Mar 1775 in Bradford. [CFEA, p. 30][HHPP, p. 379] She married Benjamin Hardy of Bradford on 19 Jan 1709 in Bradford. [CFEA, p. 30][MVRB only gives the year][HHPP, p. 372]
  2. Mary Williams was born on 24 Nov 1663 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 10] She married first Thomas Silver on 28 Dec 1681 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31] He died on 26 Aug 1695 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31] She married second Capt. Simon Wainwright on 7 Aug 1700 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31] He was killed by the Indians on 29 Aug 1708 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31] She married third John Boynton on 19 Feb 1718/9 in Bradford. [CFEA, p. 31] John, the son of William and Elizabeth Boynton, was born on 17 Sep 1647 in Rowley and died on 22 Dec 1719 in Bradford. [CFEA, p. 31] Mary married fourth John's brother Joshua Boynton on 30 Oct 1727 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31] Joseph was born on 10 Aug 1646 in Newbury. [CFEA, p. 31]
    John Boynton was a weaver and an original member of the Bradford church in 1682. [CFEA, p. 31] Joshua was a carpenter and a soldier under Maj. Appleton in the Narragansett Swamp Fight in 1676. [CFEA, p. 31] He tood the oath of fidelity in Dec 1678 in Newbury. [CFEA, p. 31]
  3. Rebecca Williams was born in May 1668 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 10] She married Samuel Marble on 14 Oct 1686 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 31]
  4. Daughter Williams was born on 1 Aug 1668 in Haverhill. She died in Aug 1668 in Haverhill. [CFEA, p. 10]
  5. Mercy Williams was born on 4 Dec 1669 in Haverhill. She was living and unmarried in1700. [CFEA, p. 10]
  6. Susanna Williams was born on 11 Apr 1672 in Haverhill. She was living and unmarried in 1700. [CFEA, p. 10]

References

HHPP Hardy, H. Claude, Hardy and Hardie, Past and Present, unknown, unknown, 1935.
MVRB Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield, Topsfield Historical Society, 1907.
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.

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