Some Descendants of Thomas Colby (Anthony) and Hannah Rowell of Amesbury

  1. Thomas Colby was born on 1 Jul 1675 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 11] He died on 4 Jun 1741. [CFEA, p. 36] He married Frances Unknown. [CFEA, p. 36]
    Thomas was a "snoeshoe" man. [CFEA, p. 36]
  2. Hannah Colby was born about 1677 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 11] She was living in 1730. [CFEA, p. 36] She married John Tuxbury. [CFEA, p. 36] John, the son of John and Martha (Copp) (Harvey) Tuxbury, was born on 27 Jul 1674 in Amesbury and baptised on 20 Aug 1676 in Newbury. [CFEA, p. 36]
  3. Isaac Colby was born about 1679 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 11] He died before 18 Jun 1733, when his estate was administered. [CFEA, p. 38] He married Hannah Getchell on 5 Dec 1701 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 37] Hannah, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jones) Getchell, was born on 30 Jan 1680/1 in Salisbury. [CFEA, p. 37]
    Hannah was baptised and owned the covenant in the First Church in Amesbury on 7 Mar 1735/6. [CFEA, p. 37] She was admitted to full communion on 4 Apr 1736. [CFEA, p. 37]
  4. Abraham Colby was born after 1679 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 11] He was living in 1700, "non compos mentis". [CFEA, p. 11]
  5. Jacob Colby was born on 13 Apr 1688 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 11] He died on 22 Feb 1735/6 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 38] He married first Hannah Hunt on 9 Apr 1711 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 38] Hannah, the daughter of Edward and Ann (Weed) Hunt, was born on 23 Mar 1688. [CFEA, p. 38] Jacob married second Elizabeth Elliot on 11 Nov 1724 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 38] Elizabeth, the daughter of John and Naomi (Tuxbury) Elliot, was born on 11 Nov 1691 in Amesbury. [CFEA, p. 38]
    Jacob was baptised and owned the covenant in the First Church in Amesbury on 22 Feb 1735/6 [!] and Elizabeth did the same on 13 Jun 1736. [CFEA, p. 38]

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.