Abigail (Worthen) Colby (1714-????) is #443 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #442 Joseph Colby (1707-1768) in 1736 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their daughter #221 Hannah Colby (1745-????), married #220 John Underhill (1745-1816), in 1767.
* their son, #110 Amos Underhill (1772-1865), married #111 Mary Metcalf (1780-1855) in 1801.
* their daughter, #55, Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1882) in 1839. married #54 Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) in 1839.
* their daughter, #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), married #26 Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894) in 1861.
* their daughter, #13 Abby Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977).
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Abigail Worthen[1–3]
* Alternate Name: Abigail Warren[5]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Ezekiel Worthen (1672-1755)
* Mother: Abigail Carter (1686-1752)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 24 May 1714, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Distribution: 19 October 1755 (age 41), father's will proved; Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Death: probably Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Joseph Colby (1707-1768)
* Marriage 1: 18 March 1735/6 (age 22), Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
* Child 1: Ephraim Colby (1736-1737)
* Child 2: Joseph Colby (1739-1839)
* Child 3: Abigail Colby (1742- )
* Child 4: Hannah Colby (1744- )
* Child 5: Ephraim Colby (1750- )
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The typescript We Are Because They Were by Malva Lynn Teed and Mary L. Emil, has a sketch of the Worthen families of Amesbury, Massachusetts and Chester, New Hampshire, which indicates that Abigail Worthen married Joseph Colby[2].
The book, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, provides a short sketch of the Ezekiel and Abigail (Carter) Worthen family and the Joseph and Abigail (Worthen) Colby family[3].
Abigail Worthen was born 24 May 1714 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ezekiel and Abigail (Carter) Worthen[1-3].
On 18 March 1735/6, Joseph Colby married Abigail Worthen (listed as Warren) in Amesbury[5]. They had five children between 1737 and 1750, all born in Amesbury and recorded in the town records:
* Ephraim Colby (1737-1737).
* Joseph Colby (1739-1839), married Molly --?-- (1750-????) before 1776, resided in Concord, New Hampshire.
* Abigail Colby (1742-????).
* Hannah Colby (1745-????). married John Underhill (1745-1816) in 1767, resided in Chester, New Hampshire.
* Ephraim Colby (1750-????).
Abigail's father, Ezekiel Worthen, wrote his will on 2 September 1752, and it was proved on 19 October 1755 in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Probate Court. He bequeathed 45 pounds to each of his five daughters, to be paid by his son Jacob Worthen[4].
The Joseph Colby family removed to Chester, New Hampshire before 1760. His father, Joseph Colby, died there in 1754, and Abigail's father, Ezekiel Worthen, died there in 1755. If Abigail was still alive, she certainly went with him with their youngest children.
There are no death or burial records for Joseph or Abigail Colby in the Amesbury, Massachusetts or Chester, New Hampshire areas.
There are no probate records for Joseph or Abigail (Worthen) Colby in the Essex County, Massachusetts or Rockingham County, New Hampshire probate court records.
5. SOURCES
1. Town of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), Births, page 262, Abigaill Worthen entry.
2. Malva Lynn Teed and Mary L. Emil, We Are Because They Were, 1983, typescript, accessed on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 1033945, Item 6, Ezekiel Worthen sketch.
3. David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton (Providence, R.I., Snow & Farnham, printers, 1897-1917), page 372, Ezekiel Worthen sketch .
4. "New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), All Counties > Vol. 18-19, 1750-1756, Volume 18, pages 378 to 380 (images 542-3 of 667), Ezekiel Worthen probate records, 1755.
5. Town of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 315, Joseph Colby and Abigail Warren entry.
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