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Samuel Colby 1638–1716 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 August 1638

Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 5 July 1716

Death Location: Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Susanna Whittered

Mother: Anthony Colby

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sargent

Children(s): Dorothy Hoyt

Samuel Colby was born in 1638 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Susanna Sargent Waterman Colby Whittered And Anthony Colby. Samuel Colby married Elizabeth Sargent, and had children including Dorothy Colby Hoyt. Samuel Colby passed away in 1716 in Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Colby was born in 1638 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Susanna Sargent Waterman Colby Whittered And Anthony Colby.
  • Samuel Colby married Elizabeth Sargent, and had children including Dorothy Colby Hoyt.
  • Samuel Colby passed away in 1716 in Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

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

Elizabeth Sargent
1646–1736
Birth Location: Salisbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Dorothy Hoyt
1668–1728
Birth Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Samuel Colby's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Colby
1638–1716
Birth Place: Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Susanna Sargent Waterman Colby Whittered
1608–1689
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Anthony Colby
1605–1660
Horbling, Lincolnshire Beccles, England
Grandparents
Garrett\Jarrett Haddon\Haydon
1584–1689
Cholderton, Wiltshire, England
Thomas ((the older)) Colby\Colbie
1567–1625
Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England
Beatrice (\ Beatrix ( Lady )) Felton
1574–1661
Plymouth, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Margaret (13ggm)
1532–1595
Matthew Colbie\Colbye\Colby
1530–1591
Mary Matthew
1532–1593
Sir Jackson
1542–1607
Lady Coney
1540–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Isabel Ive
1505–1530
Thomas Colbie
1501–1530
Sir Ratcliffe
1505–1566
Isabel Ellenstow)
1512–1594
Lord Witham\Watham\Wytham-Bretonley,
1463–1545

Samuel Colby's Descendants

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Samuel Colby (10 August 1638–5 July 1716) m. Elizabeth Sargent (22 November 1646–5 February 1736)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Colby) Hoyt 1668–1728 m. William Hoitt 1400–1728
    1. 1. Maria Hoyt 1694– m. Moses Ingalls 1687–1751
      1. 1. Dorothy Ingalls 1725–1788 m. Thomas Bragg 1720–1788
        1. 1. Ruth Bragg 1748–1823 m. Jonathan (Lovejoy “John” [RevWar] b1747 Abbot Abbott Abbet) Abbett 1748–1833

Samuel Colby's Timeline

2 Records

1638
10 August 1638
Birth of Samuel Colby in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
1716
5 July 1716
Age 78
Death of Samuel Colby in Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 August 1638
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 July 1716
    Event Place: Amesbury, Essex Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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