Sgt. John Colby

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• Land/House: 1659; John received 'children's land' in 1659 and a 'township' in 1660.
• Military: 1676; He was a soldier in King Phillips War in the Falls Fight under Capt. Turner. Later, in 1680, he was a member of the training band.
• History: 1677; He took the oath of fidelity.
• Estate Admin: 21 Apr 1719

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 19 (9) 1656.

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John married Sarah Eldridge on 1 Dec 1675 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of William Eldridge and Anne Lumpkin) was born on 10 Oct 1650 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Osgood before 1700. Sarah (daughter of William Osgood and Elizabeth) was born on 2 Feb 1652/53 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth on 8 Feb 1714/15 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Ruth died before May 1748 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Dec 1702, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary Frame, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Rowell) Frame. She was born on 2 March 1674/75 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. After John's death, on 9 December 1725 Mary, at age 50, married William Huntington. Issue: 1. Jonathan Colby (1703-____) 2. Daniel Colby (1705-____) 3. John Colby (1707-____) 4. Peter Colby (1709-____) 5. David Colby (1711-____) 6. William Colby (1713-____) 7. Mary Colby (1714-____) 8. Sarah Colby (1714-____) 9. Ebenezer Colby (1717-____)

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Birth:
John was listed as the 'oldest son' of his father.

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• Married: 22 Nov 1704, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Anne Bartlett, the daughter of Christopher and Deborah (Weed) Bartlett. She was born on 29 March 1684 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 24 October 1721 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Benaiah Colby (1705-____) 2. Joseph Colby (1707-____) 3. Nathan Colby (1710-____) 4. Judith Colby (1712-____) 5. Hannah Colby (1714-____) 6. Martha Colby (1717-____) 7. Ann Colby (1718-____) 8. John Colby (1722-____)
• Married: 1 Aug 1722, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary Philbrick, the daughter of Lt. James and Hannah (Perkins) Philbrick. She was christened on 7 December 1701 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. On 4 February 1719/20 Mary, at age 18, married James Johnson, at age 21, son of Joseph Johnson and Hannah Baker, in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary was from Haverhill when she married for the second time. In 31 May 1752, Mary, wife of Joseph Colby, and several others were dismissed from the First Church in Haverhill to form a church in Hempstead. Issue: 1. Mary Colby (1723-____) 2. Sarah Colby (1726-____) 3. Theophilus Colby (1728-____) 4. Lydia Colby (1730-____) 5. Dorothy Colby (1731-____) 6. John Colby (1733-____) 7. Philbrook Colby (1735-____) 8. Susannah Colby (1737-____) 9. Edmund Colby (1739-____) 10. Mary Colby (1743-____)

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Birth:
Joseph was listed as the 'youngest son' of his father. They lived in that part of Amesbury which later became Hempstead, N.H.

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• Living: 1720; When husband, Daniel, signed a receipt for his wife" in that year.
• Complier's Note: 1995; Is Sarah Osgood her mother? You indicate also that Sarah Jane Colby might have been the child of John?s second wife, Sarah Osgood who married John sometime before 1700. If Sarah Eldridge had a child with John as late as 1692, then Sarah Jane Colby (who is the person here I am ultimately interested in, must have been born no earlier than 1692 or 1693. The problem is that Sarah Jane Colby married Daniel Flanders in May of 1701 and had a child the following January. I think this must mean that Sarah Jane Colby must have been born around 1680 and must have been the child of Sarah Eldridge. There is one line of thought that the two Sarahs are the same person and perhaps someone wrote down Eldridge or something like it instead of Osgood n the birth register. I wondered if you had any light to shed on this matter given your attribution of Sarah Jane Colby to Sarah Osgood rather than Sarah Eldridge. While Dunbar gives her mother as Sarah Osgood, the dates just do not match, unless she was married at two and had children at three. That the two Sarah's are one person is a possibility.

Sarah married Daniel Flanders on 1 May 1700 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Daniel (son of Steven Flanders and Abigail Carter) was born on 16 Mar 1674/75 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in Mar 1735 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
He died young.

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• Married: 20 May 1726, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Jonathan Watson, the son of John and Ruth (Griffin) Watson. He was born on 12 October 1696 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and he was christened on 2 November 1707 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Nichedamas Watson (1727-____) 2. Jonathan Watson (1728-____) 3. Palletiah Watson (1730-____) 4. Zebediah Watson (1732-____) 5. Daniel Watson (1735-1823) 6. Palletiah Watson (1737-____) 7. Parmenas Watson (1739-____) 8. Ithamar Watson (1743-____) 9. John Watson (1745-____)

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• Will: 10 Apr 1776, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Eleanor, and his children, Hannah, Barnard, and Jedidiah.

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Christened:
At the same time Jedidiah owned covenant and was admitted to full communion.

Jedidiah married Eleanor Barnard on 3 Jan 1727/28 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Eleanor (daughter of Samuel Barnard and Anne Currier) was born on 9 Feb 1706 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 3 Nov 1726, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Kingsbury Eastman, the daughter of John and Huldah (Kingsbury) Eastman. She was born on 3 March 1708/9 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts and she was christened on 24 April 1709. She and Daniel Flanders filed marriage intentions on 16 July 1726 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Flanders (1727-____) 2. Tabitha Flanders (1729-____) 3. Ezekiel Flanders (1732-____) 4. Daniel Flanders (1734-1735) 5. Elizabeth Flanders (1736-____) 6. Enoch Flanders (1739-1810) 7. Ezekiel Flanders (1741-1813) 8. Sarah Flanders (1743-before 1777) 9. Miriam Flanders (1746-____) 10. Thomas Flanders (1749-1828) 11. Tabitha Flanders (1752-____)
• Residence: 1765, Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
• Land/House: 5 Sep 1774, Poplin (now Fremont), Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Daniel Flanders and Elizabeth Kingsbury Eastman deeded land in Poplin, now Fremont, to Daniel Brown.
• Moved to: Before 1776, Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire

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• Married: 22 Oct 1728, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Samuel Hadley III, the son of Samuel and Dorothy (Colby) Hadley. He was born on 5 May 1707 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He and Judith Flanders filed marriage intentions on 21 September 1728 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was living in 1747. Issue: 1. Samuel Hadley IV (1746-____)

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• Married: 20 Dec 1733, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; Obadiah Clement, the son of Job and Mehitable (Ayer) Clement. He was born on 22 May 1707 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. On 18 December 1729 Obadiah, at age 22, first married Priscilla Heath, at age 17, daughter of Joseph Heath and Hannah Bradley, in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died before 30 November 1759 probably in the French and Indian War. Issue: 1. Job Clement (1734-before 1763) 2. Daniel Clement (1736-____) 3. Abraham Clement (1738-1738) 4. Ezekiel Clement (1739-____) 5. Abigail Clement (1741-____) 6. Col. Obadiah Clement (1743-1829) 7. Philip Clement (1745-1745) 8. Ruben Clement (1746-1749) 9. Sarah Clement (1748-____) 10. Ruben Clement (1750-____) 11. Jonathan Clement (1753-c1822)

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• Married: 19 Dec 1751, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Joseph Cass of Epping, the son of Jonathan and Tabitha (Ring) Cass. He was born on 21 August 1731 in Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He and Sarah Flanders filed marriage intentions on 29 November 1751 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. After Sarah's death, on 30 October 1765 Joseph, at age 34, married Miriam Flanders, at age 19, daughter of Daniel Flanders and Elizabeth Kingsbury Eastman, in South Danville, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Daniel Cass (c1753-1801) 2. Major Jonathan Cass (1753-1839) 3. Benjamin Cass (1758-____) 4. Eleanor Cass (1764-____)

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Birth:
Dunbar (1935) gives her birth date as 21 June 1730.

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• Married: Abt 1752; Elizabeth "Betty" Fitz, Richard and Sarah (Brown) Fitz. She was born on 5 February 1733 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and she was christened on 9 March 1733 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She and Timothy Flanders filed marriage intentions on 2 December 1752 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Nancy Flanders (1754-____) 2. Levi Flanders (1758-1836) 3. Daniel Flanders (1760-1845) 4. Sarah Flanders (1762-____)
• Probate/Proved: 26 Aug 1765, Essex County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 25 Aug 1756, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Samuel Jones. He was born in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was also known as Lemuel Jones. He died before 1776.
• Married: After 1776; Levi Mills. He was born in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire. He was also known as Levi Wells.

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Died:
She young as she is not mentioned in her father's will.

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• Military: Abt 1755; He was a soldier in the French and Indian War.
• Married: 10 Dec 1761, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Weed, the daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Banard) Weed. She was born on 28 February 1742 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She and Daniel Flanders filed marriage intentions on 14 November 1761 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 30 March 1831 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Daniel Flanders (1762-____) 2. Moses Flanders (1762-1853) 3. Molly Flanders (1764-____) 4. Timothy Flanders (1766-before 1817)
• Land/House: 2 Dec 1771, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire ; Daniel purchased land.
• History: 1776, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire ; Daniel Flanders signed the Association Test.
• Military: 1777; Daniel served in the Continental Army in Capt. Moses Newell's Company, Col. Titcomb's Regiment in the Rhode Island campaign. Later, he enlisted in Captain John Hale's company, Col. Henry Gerrish's regiment as a sargent. He was discharged 25 October 1777.
• Census: 1790, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
• Will: 13 Apr 1810, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire ; He mentions his wife, Sarah, and his children, Molly, Timothy, and Moses.
• Probate/Proved: 28 Oct 1817, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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• Married: 1764; Anne Currier, the daughter of Philip and Ruth (Merrill) Currier. She was born on 27 August 1744 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and she was christened on 2 June 1745 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She and Barnard Flanders filed marriage intentions on 17 November 1764 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 25 February 1827 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She was buried in the Old Cemetery, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Timothy Flanders (1766-after 1808) 2. Sarah Flanders (1769-1857) 3. Anne Flanders (1771-____) 4. Samuel Flanders (1773-1858) 5. Reuben Flanders (1776-1847) 6. Hannah Flanders (1778-1829) 7. Elizabeth Flanders (17
• Occupation: say1768, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; He was a farmer.
• History: 1776, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Barnard Flanders signed the Association Test.
• Will: 30 Mar 1813, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; He mentions his wife, Anne, and his children, Timothy, Sarah, Hannah, Reuben, Samuel, and Anna.

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• Married: 14 Dec 1766, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Capt. Parker Flanders, the son of Jonathan and Judith (Merrill) Flanders. He was born on 13 June 1733 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Mitchell filed marriage intentions on 29 November 1754 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. On 15 April 1755 Parker, at age 21, married first Sarah Mitchell, in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Before 1764 Parker, married second Hazeltine _____, in Massachusetts. He was a blacksmith and a celebrated hoe maker. He and Eleanor Flanders filed marriage intentions on 16 August 1766 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 23 November 1797 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He was buried in Old South Cemetery, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Parker Flanders (1756-____) 2. Sarah Flanders (1759-1831) 3. Betty Flanders (1769-1794) 4. Merrill Flanders (1772-1854) 5. Parker Flanders (1779-1858)

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Married:
The published vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts give his death as 22 November 1797 in Salisbury.

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• Census: 1790, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; In the 1790 US Census he was recorded living in Salisbury, Massachusetts: 3 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 4 - Free White Persons - Females 9 - Number of Household Members
• Land/House: 11 Apr 1791; Apr. 11, 1791, Thomas Tuxbury, of Nottingham, and Jacob Tuxbury, Jerediah Flanders, Judith Flanders, Josiah Tuxbury, Anna Tuxbury, Elijah Rowe, Dorothy Rowe, Daniel Collins, Mary Collins, being heirs to the estate of Mary Tuxbury, deceased, late wife of Thomas Tuxbury, late of South Hampton, deceased, grant land in South Hampton to Jonathan Currier of Newton, N. H. Wit. by Christopher Sargent & Thomas Flanders.
• Land/House: 16 Jan 1795; Jan. 16, 1795, Jedidiah Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., yeoman, & Judith, my wife, grant land in Amesbury to Jonathan Bartlett of Newton, it being the share set off to Judith Flanders &Molly Collins out of the estate of the late Thomas Tuxbury (I :11).
• Moved To: say Apr 1795, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine; Jedidiah and Judith Flanders moved to Cornville, Somerset County, Maine in the Spring of 1795. There he purchased 1,000 acres of land built a grist, saw, shingle and fulling mill.
• Offices Held: 1799, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine; In 1799 he became a Selectman of the Town of Cornville, Maine.
• Tax: 4 Apr 1799, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine; At the Town Meeting on 4 April 1799, Cornville voted to tax his sawmill.
• Estate Admin: 14 Mar 1814, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine; Mch. 14, 1814, Jedidiah Flanders of Cornville, Me. & Judith, his wife, for $95 paid by Peter Teuksbury of South Hampton, yeoman, quit claim to right and title to our part of the estate of our honoured father, Thomas Teuksbury of South Hampton, deceased, Gentleman, which was set off to his widow, Sarah Teuksbury, as her dower or thirds of the estate in South Hampton.” Wit., by Thomas Flanders &John Lawrence.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2021

Jedidiah married Judith Tuxbury on 8 Feb 1770 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Judith (daughter of Thomas Tuxbury and Mary Currier) was born on 13 Feb 1752 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]