Joseph Colby (1680-1754) is #884 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #885 Anne Bartlett (1684-1721) in 1704 in mesbury, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #442 Joseph Colby (1707-1768), married ##443 Abigail Worthen (1714-????) in 1736/
* 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 Abbey Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Joseph Colby[1–4]
* Alternate Name: Joseph Colbey[5]
* Sex: Male
* Father: John Colby 1656-1719
* Mother: Sarah Eldredge 1655-1692
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: about 1680, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1]
* Distribution: 21 April 1719 (about age 39), granted administration of father's estate; Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Death: before 14 March 1754 (before about age 74), Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[3]
* Probate: 14 March 1754 (about age 74), administration granted; Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States[3]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Anne Bartlett 1684-1721
* Marriage 1: 22 November 1704 (about age 24) Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
* Child 1: Benaiah Colby 1705-1746
* Child 2: Joseph Colby 1707-1768
* Child 3: Nathan Colby 1710-1759
* Child 4: Judith Colby 1712-1761
* Child 5: Hannah Colby 1714-
* Child 6: Martha Colby 1717-
* Child 7: Ann Colby 1718-1799
* Child 8: John Colby 1721-1721
* Spouse 2: Mary Philbrick 1702-1754
* Marriage 2: 1 August 1722 (about age 42), Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[2]
* Child 9: Mary Colby 1723-1723
* Child 10: Sarah Colby 1725-
* Child 11: Theophilus Colby 1726-1757
* Child 12: Lydia Colby 1730-
* Child 13: Dorothy Colby 1731-1816
* Child 14: John Colby 1733-1776
* Child 15: Philbrook Colby 1735-1800
* Child 16: Susanna Colby 1736-
* Child 17: Edmund Colby 1739-
* Child 18: Mary Colby 1743-
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The book Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury provides a short summary of the family of Joseph Colby[1]. He was of Amesbury, Massachusetts East Parish and Hampstead, New Hampshire; Hampstead was part of Amesbury until 1741.
Joseph Colby was born about 1680 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the youngest son of John and Sarah Eldridge) Colby of Amesbury[1].
He married, first, on 22 November 1704 in Amesbury, to Anne Bartlett (1684-1721), daughter of Christopher and Deborah (Weed) Bartlett of Newbury, Massachusetts[1,5]. They had eight children, all born and recorded in Amesbury town records:
* Benaiah Colby (1705-1746), married 1728 Mary Webster (1709-1745).
* Joseph Colby (1707-1768), married 1736 Abigail worthen (1714-????).
* Nathan Colby (1710-1759), married 1735 Hannah Worthen (1716-1750).
* Judith Colby (1712-1761), married 1731 Thomas Carter (1707-1761).
* Hannah Colby (1714-????).
* Martha Colby (1717-????), married 1740 Joseph Kimball (1717-1763).
* Ann Colby (1718-1799), married 1740 Moses Wells (1716-1824).
* John Colby (1721-1721).
Anne (Bartlett) Colby died on 24 October 1721 in Amesbury.
Joseph Colby married, second, on 1 August 1722 in Amesbury to Mary (Philbrick) Johnson (1702-1754), the widow of James Johnson[2]. Joseph and Mary had ten children, all born and recorded in Amesbury town records:
* Mary Colby (1723-1723).
* Sarah Colby (1725-????), married 1747 Obadiah Davis (1720-1796).
* Theophilus Colby (1726-1757), married 1752 Priscilla Stevens (1733-1794).
* Lydia Colby (1730-????), married 1747 Jonathan Gile (1724-1756).
* Dorothy Colby (1731-1816), married 1746 Josiah Davis (1722-1796).
* John Colby (1733-1776), married 1755 Ruth Stevens (1736-1812).
* Philbrick Colby (1735-1800), married 1774 Ruth Lufkin (1748-????).
* Susanna Colby (1736-????).
* Edmund Colby (1739-????).
* Mary Colby (1743-????).
Joseph's father, John Colby (1656-1719), died intestate on 6 April 1719 in Amesbury[4]. The administration of his estate was granted to Joseph Colby, he only surviving son, on 21 April 1719. The inventory was apprized with personal estate of about £150 and real estate of £25.
"Mr Joseph Colby" owned the covenant and was baptized 27 June 1731 in First Amesbury church. Mary, wife of Joseph Colby, was dismissed with others from the First Haverhill church to form the church at Hampstead 31 May 1752[1].
Joseph Colby died intestate before 14 March 1754 in Hampstead, New Hampshire, when the administration of his estate was granted[3]. No burial location has been found.
Administration of the estate of Joseph Colby of Hampstead was granted to his wife, Mary Colby, on 14 March 1754[3].
The bond of Mary Colby and her son, John Colby, with Joseph Little and Benjamin Emerson as sureties, all of Hampstead, in the sum of £1000, was posted for the administration of the estate of her husband, Joseph Colby of Hampstead on 14 March 1754. The witnesses were Benjamin Norris and Thomas Hardy.
An inventory, signed by Ebenezer Gile, Nathaniel Heath, and Peter Eastman was taken, and amounted to £418. 16. 0, which was attested 23 May 1754.
The account of the settlement of the estate was filed by John Colby, the surviving administrator, with receipts of £418. 16. 0, ad expenditures of £445. 0. 0., was allowed 25 February 1756.
5. SOURCES
1. 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 659, #38 Joseph Colby family sketch.
2. Town of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), Marriages, Page 315, Joseph Colby widr. and wid. Mary Johnson entry, 1 August 1722.
3. Henry Harrison Metcalf and Otis Grant Hammond, editors, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Volume 5 (Concord, N.H.: Rumney Press, 1915), page 68, summary of Joseph Colby estate, Hampstead 1754.
4. "Essex County, Massachusetts: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881," digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), estate file 5921 (40 images), John Colby of Amesbury, 1719.
5. Town of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 311, Joseph Colbey and Anne Bartlett entry, 22 November 1704.
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