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Matthew Colby 1530–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 10 October 1591

Death Location: Redditch, Redditch Borough, Worcestershire, England

Father: Thomas Colby

Mother: Isabel Colby

Spouse(s): Mary Colby), Mary Matthew, Elizabeth Wytham

Children(s): Thomas Esq, Thomas Esq, Edward Colby, Agnes Colbye, Thomas Colby, Elizabeth Colby, John Colby, William Colby, Sir Co., Elizabeth Colbye, Francis Colby, John Colby, Thomas Colbie, Margaret Colby

Matthew Colby was born in 1530 in England, the child of Thomas Colby And Isabel Colby. Matthew Colby married Alice Colby, Elizabeth Wytham, Mary Deol Radcliffe Matthew, Mary Maria Marye M Matthew Colby, and had children including Agnes Colbye, Edward Colby, Elizabeth Colby, Elizabeth Colby Colbie Colbye, Francis Colby, John Colby, Margaret Colby, Matthew Coleby, Sir Edward Colby Helped Fund Original London Co, Thomas Colbie, Thomas Colby, Thomas Colby Colbie I Esq, Thomas Esq, William Colby. Matthew Colby passed away in 1591 in Redditch, Redditch Borough, Worcestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew Colby was born in 1530 in England, the child of Thomas Colby And Isabel Colby.
  • Matthew Colby married Alice Colby, Elizabeth Wytham, Mary Deol Radcliffe Matthew, Mary Maria Marye M Matthew Colby, and had children including Agnes Colbye, Edward Colby, Elizabeth Colby, Elizabeth Colby Colbie Colbye, Francis Colby, John Colby, Margaret Colby, Matthew Coleby, Sir Edward Colby Helped Fund Original London Co, Thomas Colbie, Thomas Colby, Thomas Colby Colbie I Esq, Thomas Esq, William Colby.
  • Matthew Colby passed away in 1591 in Redditch, Redditch Borough, Worcestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Colby
1501–1538
Birth Location: England
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Isabel Colby
1506–1549
Birth Location: England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Colby)
1532–1591
Birth Location: Poynton, Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
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Mary Matthew
1532–1591
Birth Location: Poynton, Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
MM
Elizabeth Wytham
1544–1619
Birth Location: Bretonby, Yorks, England
EW

Children(s)

Thomas Esq
1567–1625
Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
TE
Thomas Esq
1558–1625
Birth Location: England
TE
Edward Colby
1570–1591
Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
EC
Agnes Colbye
1558–1591
Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
AC
Thomas Colby
1555–1556
Birth Location: England
TC
Elizabeth Colby
1563–1591
Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
EC
John Colby
1565–1612
Birth Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
JC
William Colby
1556–1591
Birth Location: Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
WC
Sir Co.
1557–1620
Birth Location: England
SC
Elizabeth Colbye
1572–1591
Birth Location: Semperingham, Lincolnshire, England
EC
Francis Colby
1552–1559
Birth Location: Beccles, Suffolk, England
FC
John Colby
1556–1559
Birth Location: Suffolk, England
JC
Thomas Colbie
1561–1640
Birth Location: Semperingham, Lincolnshire, England
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Margaret Colby
1569–
Birth Location: –
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Matthew Colby's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Colby
1530–1591
Birth Place: England
Parents
Thomas Colby
1501–1538
England
Isabel Colby
1506–1549
England
Grandparents
John (Colby) II
1470–1512
Suffolk, England
Avelyn Colby
1474–1502
England
Alice (Ives of) Boyton
1480–
Suffolk County, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Colby's Descendants

1.
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Matthew Colby (1530–10 October 1591) m. Mary (Maria Marye (m. Matthew) Colby) (1532–18 Dec 1591) m. Mary (Deol Radcliffe) Matthew (1532–18 Dec 1591) m. Elizabeth Wytham (1544–14 September 1619)
  1. 1. Thomas (Colby \ Colbie I,) Esq 1567–1625 m. Beatrice (\ Beatrix ( Lady )) Felton 1574–1661
    1. 1. Anthony Colby 1605–1660 m. Susannah (Whittridge) Haddon\Haydon 1610–1689
      1. 1. Samuel Colby 1638–1716 m. Elizabeth (Sargent) 11children 1630–1736
        1. 1. Samuel (Colby\ II) II 1671–1746 m. Dorothy (Colby) Hadley 1677–1756
  2. 2. Thomas Esq 1558–1625
  3. 3. Edward Colby 1570–1591
  4. 4. Agnes Colbye 1558–1591
  5. 5. Thomas Colby 1555–1556
  6. 6. Elizabeth Colby 1563–1591
  7. 7. John Colby 1565–1612
  8. 8. William Colby 1556–1591
  9. 9. Sir (Edward Colby helped fund original London) Co. 1557–1620
  10. 10. Elizabeth (Colby Colbie) Colbye 1572–1591
  11. 11. Francis Colby 1552–1559
  12. 12. John Colby 1556–1559
  13. 13. Thomas Colbie 1561–1640
  14. 14. Margaret Colby 1569–

Matthew Colby's Timeline

3 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Matthew Colby in England
England
1591
10 October 1591
Age 61
Death of Matthew Colby in England
England
1626
1626
Age 96
Matthew Colby was married
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1626

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lincolnshire & Huntingdonshire: - Calendar of Lincolnshire Wills, 1601-1652, Calendars of Huntingdonshire Wills, 1479-1652

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 October 1591
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Redditch, Redditch Borough, Worcestershire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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