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Samuel Colby 1638 – 1716 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Aug 1638

Birth Location: Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 July 1716

Death Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Anthony Colby

Mother: Susanna Whittered

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sargent

Children(s): Samuel II

In 1638, Samuel Colby entered the world in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom, born to Anthony Colby and Susanna Sargent Waterman Colby Whittered. Samuel Colby married Elizabeth Sargent, and had children including Samuel Colby\ II. Samuel Colby passed away in 1716 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1638, Samuel Colby entered the world in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom, born to Anthony Colby and Susanna Sargent Waterman Colby Whittered.
  • Samuel Colby married Elizabeth Sargent, and had children including Samuel Colby\ II.
  • Samuel Colby passed away in 1716 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Anthony Colby
1605 – 1660
Birth Location: Horbling, Lincolnshire Beccles, England
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Susanna Whittered
1608 – 1689
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sargent
1648 – 1737
Birth Location: Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Samuel II
1671 – 1746
Birth Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Samuel Colby's Ancestors

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Samuel Colby
1638 – 1716
Birth Place: Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Anthony Colby
1605 – 1660
Horbling, Lincolnshire Beccles, England
Susanna (Sargent Waterman Colby) Whittered
1608 – 1689
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas ((the older)) Colby\Colbie
1567 – 1625
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
Beatrice (\ Beatrix ( Lady )) Felton
1574 – 1661
Plymouth, Devon, England
Garrett\Jarrett Haddon\Haydon
1584 – 1689
Cholderton, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Colbie\Colbye\Colby
1530 – 1591
Mary Radcliffe
1550 – 1625
William Haddon
1547 – 1595
Margaret (13ggm)
1532 – 1595
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Colbie
1501 – 1530
Isabel Ive
1505 – 1530
Elizabeth Howard
1518 – 1594
Sir Haddon
1515 – 1560

Samuel Colby's Descendants

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Samuel Colby (10 Aug 1638 – 5 July 1716) m. Elizabeth Sargent (22 November 1648 – 5 February 1737)
  1. 1. Samuel (Colby\) II (9 Mar 1671 – 29 Sep 1746) m. Dorothy (Colby) Hadley (15 Jun 1677 – 18 May 1756)
    1. 1. Kezia Colby (11 May 1696 – 3 Nov 1754)
    2. 2. Keziah Colby (11 May 1696 – 3 Nov 1754)
    3. 3. Samuel (Colby\) III (19 April 1698 – 1768)
    4. 4. Ambros Colby (11 May 1700 – 2 Mar 1778)
    5. 5. Enoch COLBY (7 Nov 1702 – 30 Aug 1780)
    6. 6. Obediah Colby (15 Jul 1706 – 2 Oct 1749)
    7. 7. Dority Colby (25 May 1708 – 1748)
    8. 8. Hezekiah Colby (25 March 1710 – 17 Jul 1788)
    9. 9. Rouggles Colby (10 June 1711 – 1782)
    10. 10. Abigail Colby (29 April 1713 – )
    11. 11. Susannah Colby (27 Jul 1715 – )
    12. 12. Hannah Stone (04 Aug 1716 – Aft. 1717)
    13. 13. Priscilla (Nancy) Colby* (1719 – 1758) m. Lewis (Hall Sr.) RS (1715 – 1796)
      1. 1. Captain (Thomas) Hall (13 Jan 1734 – 1811) m. Rachel Goff (4 Jun 1725 – 1832)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hall (1747 – )
        2. 2. Elinor Hall (1749 – )
        3. 3. Mary Hall (1751 – 1850)
        4. 4. Nancy Hall (1755 – )
        5. 5. Jemima Hall (17 Nov 1756 – 21 Mar 1831)
        6. 6. Sivil Hall (1757 – )
        7. 7. Livol Hall (1757 – )
        8. 8. Hannah (Hardy) Hall (1760 – 1850)
        9. 9. Lucretia ("Treecy") Levi (1761 – 1820) m. Josiah DANIEL(Elaines) (1756 – OCT 1805) m. Joseph ((James ‘Drury’ Fake name to throw you off Lucretia NOT her mom or she had Millicent W\Josias Dad)) Daniels (1740-1749 – 1781)
        10. 10. David Hall (1764 – )
        11. 11. Jemima Hall (1765 – 1837)
        12. 12. Thomas Hall (27 Jun 1778 – 1855)
        13. 13. Rebecca Hall (1780 – 12 Sep 1842)
        14. 14. Mary ("Pollie") Hall (1783 – 1870)
        15. 15. Jacob Hall (1784 – )
        16. 16. Hardy Hall (1790 – 1830)
    14. 14. Dorothy Stone (05 Jul 1719 – Aft. 05 Jul 1719)
    15. 15. Elizabeth Stone (15 Feb 1723 – aft 1750)

Samuel Colby's Timeline

2 Records

1638
10 Aug 1638
Birth of Samuel Colby in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1716
5 July 1716
Age 78
Death of Samuel Colby in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1638
    Event Place: Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Americ, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 July 1716
    Event Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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