Anthony Colby
(1605-1660)

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Spouses/Children:
Susannah  

Anthony Colby 1 2

  • Born: 8 Sep 1605, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: Susannah 
  • Died: 11 Feb 1660 at age 54

  Notes:

"The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt, Vol. 1-3 1981 pg. 103

Of  Salisbury and Amesbury, "planter", received land in the first division in 1640 and 1643. One of the first commoners of Amesbury where he received land in 1654 and 1658.

Anthony married Susannah Waterman. (Susannah was born in London, England and died 8 Jul 1689 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Pg 104.)

There is a great description link below of Anthony Colby by Ronald Colby.  He came to the U.S. on the ship "Arbella" in 1630. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/b115.html#P1180

Sources


1 The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, David Webster Hoyt (b. 1833), The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Sommersworth, NH, New England History Press, 1981), Book
Originally Published 1897-1919, First Settler of Amesbury - http://www.wpoplin.com/Colby/Anthony_Colby_First_Settler.pdf.  Family Listing

2 ANTHONY COLBY AND HIS HOME AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA, Anthony Colby House Photos -http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~anthonycolby/house.html

3 Jane Foster's Ancestors Website - www.straw.ws

Website, Jane Ann O'Connor Foster, Straw Family Genealogy (http://www.straw.ws/jao/pub/jao/4546.htm),

4. Ancestry of Richard Bruce Cheney - Vice President - http://www.wargs.com/political/cheney/html

5. Amesbury Vital Records Birth Record pg 2; Marriage Record pg. 6


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