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Hi,
I'm new to this list and would like to hear from anyone interested in
following Colby families.
Cap't Ezekiel Colby, B:ca 1735, M:Sally Tucker.
John Colby, his son, B:ca 1760, M:Abigail West.
Michael Colby, John's son, B:18 Jun 1802, M:Abigail Wilkes.
Adoniram Judson, Michael's son, B:28 Mar 1829, NY, M:Sophronia Elsie
Howland.
Bob Fuller, Texas
Do you ever feel overworked, over-regulated, under-leisured and
underbenefited? Take heart, this notice was found in the ruins of a
London office building. It was dated 1852:
WORK RULES:
1. This firm has reduced the hours of work, and the clerical staff
will now only have to be present between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7
p.m. weekdays.
2. Clothing must be of sober nature. The clerical staff will not
disport themselves in raiment of bright colors, nor will they wear
hose unless in good repair.
3. Overshoes and topcoats may not be worn in the office, but neck
scarves and headwear may be worn in inclement weather.
4. A stove is provided for the benefit of the clerical staff. Coal
and wood must be kept in the locker. It is recommended that each
member of the clerical staff bring four pounds of coal each day
during the cold weather.
5. No member of the clerical staff may leave the room without
permission from the supervisor.
6. No talking is allowed during business hours.
7. The craving for tobacco, wine, or spirits is a human weakness,
and as such is forbidden to all members of the clerical staff.
8. Now that the hours of business have been drastically reduced, the
partaking of food is allowed between 11:30 and noon, but work will
not on any account cease!!!.
9. Members of the clerical staff will provide their own pens. A new
sharpener is available on application to the supervisor.
10. The supervisor will nominate a senior clerk to be responsible for
the cleanliness of the main office and the supervisor's private
office. All boys and juniors will report to him 40 minutes before
prayers and will remain after closing hours for similar work.
Brushes, brooms, scrubbers, and soap are provided by the owners.
11. The owners recognize the generosity of the new labor laws, but
will expect a great rise in output of work to compensate for these
near Utopian conditions.
- ----------------------------
They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies.
Mine isn't all that communicative, but I heard from
it the other day after I said "Body, how'd you like
to go to the nine o'clock class in vigorous toning?"
Clear as a bell my body said, "Listen buster....
do it and you die!"
While searching for ancestors in Norfolk, ENGLAND, I came across the village
of COLBY.
Entry in Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.276.
COLBY is a parish and village 3½ miles north-east from Aylsham station on
East Norfolk branch of the Great Eastern railway and 3 miles from Aylsham
Town station on the Eastern and Midlands railway, in the Northern division
of the county, South Erpingham hundred, Aylsham union and county court
district, rural deanery of Ingworth and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich.
The church of St. Giles is a structure of flint in the Perpendicular style,
and has chancel, nave and south porch: the east window is Decorated, with
some handsome specimens of ancient stained glass, selected by the Rev.
George Colby, a former rector, who also presented the altar piece,
representing Moses and Aaron: the font is beautifully carved with figures of
the Evangelists: there are three memorial tablets to the Colby family and
three to the Roper family. The register dates from the year 1554. The living
is a rectory, with 7 acres of glebe and residence, the tithes commuted at
£361 16s. yearly, in the gift of Lord
Suffield and held since 1870 by the Rev. Edward Maynard Goslett B.A., LL.D.
of Trinity College, Dublin. Richard Snelling of Colby, yeoman, left £1 to be
distributed among the aged poor, every Christmas day, and £1 10s. every
Easter day to clothe four poor children of the parish, and charged two
closes of his land in the north field of Colby to secure the payment of the
lagacies. Lord Suffield is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The
soil is mixed; subsoil, gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and
barley. The area is 1,101A. 3R. 25P.; rateable value, £1,871 10s.; the
population in 1881 was 241.
Leslie S. Nutbrown
1355 Mitchell Road
Lennoxville, Quebec
Canada J1M 2A3
http://www.geocities.com/~nutbrown
>From the Arizona Republic, 25 Oct 1995:
Here's a short history of U.S. military chow, war by war:
AMERICIAN REVOLUTION -- Pickled beef, salt fish, peas or beans,
cornmeal, rice, fire cakes (flour paste cooked on a hot stone),
molasses, rum. Soldiers or units cooked their own food. Utensils
issued included a kettle and a tomahawk.
WAR of 1812 -- Fresh meat, bread, vegetables, rum. Pickles were added
to rations as a "stimulant to the stomach."
CIVIL WAR -- Bread. pork or bacon, salt beef, dissociated (dried)
potatoes, yeast, hardtack (flour and water mixture fried in grease),
beans Borden's canned condensed milk, coffee. Soldiers sometimes held
mock funerals for spoiled beef.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR -- Canned beef (often tainted or mixed with
antiseptics and dubbed "embalmed beef"), "tinned tomatoes and beans,
hardtack, fatty bacon, coffee. Poor nutrition lowered soldiers
resistance to malaria, typhoid and yellow fever.
WORLD WAR I -- Beef, beans, canned soup, condensed milk, cheese, sweet
potatoes, spices and candy. Field kitchens were put into use.
Schools were started for cooks and bakers. The American Army became
known as "the best fed on earth."
WORLD WAR II -- C Rations (tins of meat, tins of bread, sugar, instant
coffee, candy), D Rations (for emergency quick energy -- three 4-ounce
unpalatable, gas-proof chocolate bars), K Rations (boxed meats,
malt-dextrose tablets, lemon beverage powder - sometimes used to scrub
floors).
Field kitchens served such fare as cereal, sausages, chipped beef,
Spam, soup, potatoes, vegetables, salad, desert. Aircraft carriers
served steak and ice cream.
KOREA -- Two daily hot meals in the field, including rolls and
pastries, well-prepaired dehydrated potatoes, frankfurters and turkey.
Soldiers discovered that the farther north they were stationed in
Korea, the better the food.
VIETNAM -- Fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs, ice cream. More than 90
percent of meals were served hot. Hot meals were delivered to units
on patrol in insulated containers. Military laboratories developed
the MCI (Meal, Combat, Individual -- similar to the C ration) and LOng
Range Patrol Ration (freeze-dried entrees, cereal, coffee, dessert,
condiments, toilet paper).
OPERATION DESERT STORM -- Soldiers feasted on MRE's (Meals, Ready to
Eat), which replaced the MCI in 1980.
Source: Chow: a Cook's Tour of Military Food, by Paul Dickson.
The foundations of our national policy will
be laid in the pure and immutable principals
of private morality.
George Washington in his inaugural speech.
Hi Beth and All;
I can't make a hit with this info. Can anyone out there help Beth?
Please answer to the list.
Will in Phoenix
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 06:52:24 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, I'm new to the COLBY family surname list, but I saw your posting
>saying that you have over 9000 COLBY's in your db. Do you, by chance
>have Alice COLBY of NY>MI?
>Here is what I have on her:
>
>
>Alice COLBY, b NY state, unknown date,
>
>m. Calvin HEWLET (HEWLETT?) m. date
>unknown, place unknown
>
>They had 3 children that I know of:
>Alec (?Alex)
>Mae (?May)
>Harry b11/20/1888 Holly, MI
>d. 11/27/1968 m.Myrtle SIMMONS (my GR grandparents)
>
>I know that this isn't much info, but please contact me if you have any
>leads for me. Thanks,
>Beth
>
They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies.
Mine isn't all that communicative, but I heard from
it the other day after I said "Body, how'd you like
to go to the nine o'clock class in vigorous toning?"
Clear as a bell my body said, "Listen buster....
do it and you die!"
Thanks Don for posting the information on John Colby.
It would be great to locate a copy of the following publication:
"John Colby, captive, New Hampshire"; Quebec Lifelines, Vol. 11, Issue 1,
1994 .
Surname Colby
Periodical Title Lifelines
General Subject Area: U.S.
Topics: NY
Other Titles:
Notes:
ACPL Holdings: v.1- 1984-
ACPL Call Number: OPEN
ISSN Number: 8755-920X
Other repositories holding this title include: Allen County Public
Library,State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
Publisher: Northern New York Amer-Can Gen Soc
Publisher Address: POB 1256
Publisher City: Plattsburgh
Publisher State: NYPublisher Zip: 12901
Subscription Price: 25.00
PERSI Code: NYCN
Bob
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At 05:48 PM 1/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The following copied in part from paper of Roger Lawrence of the Canadian
>-American Genealogical Ass'n of Manchester, NH
>
>John Colby of Sandown NH enlisted at age 23 in 1775 as a soldier in Jacob
>Bayley's (of Hopkinton ) Co. He was sent toFfort Dummer for sentry duty.
>A letter dated 20 Jun 1755 to his father, Peter Colby, said he was in
>good health and well. On Jun 22 he and 6 other left the fort to cut
>timbers for the stockeade wall . About a 1/3 mile from the fort, 3
>soldiers cut wood while the others keep guard. A sudden Iindian attack
>led to the death of one soldier, and the capture of John Colby. He was
>taken to the Abenaki village of St Francois du lac, to which he walked
>barefooted. He some how
>paid a ransom of 300 Livers to the Indians and was free in Montreal, but
>held there until the British victory in 1760
>
>Coleman's book says that John was taken captive and that his first wife
>was a French woman.
>
>Fortnier says that John was held at St Regis, Called Akwasasne for
>several years. and that he was likely baptised there as Jean Baptiste.
>
>On Jun 29 Oct 1759 with dispensations of two banns in Notre Dame de
>Montreal Jean Colby, a 26 year old native of Newton NH, Married Marie
>Josephe Lamare the 26 year old daughter of Jean Lamare and Francoise
>Jolivet. Her father was present at the wedding , but her mother was
>deceased. the witnesses were Jean Louis Menard and Joseph Denis. Jean
>Colby is said to be the son of Pierre Colby and Maria Stra in the
>marriage register. In theTanguay record no children are listed but a
>child of the couple, Jean Baptiste, was baptisted 19 Sep 1760 at
>Chateauguay P Q. The couple went to New Hampshire in Oct 1760 after the
>fall of Canada to the British. More children were born to them in Sandown
>NH, and baptised in the local protestant church. John was able to get the
>soldiers wages for 5 years in Canada .
>
>Marie- Joseph Lamare may have died betwen 1765 and 1768 probably in
>Sandown NH or did she return to Canada?, and that is where her son John
>had gone with his mother and still was, when his father made his will .
>John Colby Sr. could have remarried even with his Canadian wife still
>alive if the local minister considered the Catholic marriage invalid or
>if she had been gone 5 years and delcared dead.
>
>Charbonneau, Hubert & Jacques Legare, "Notra Dame de Montreal" in
>Reperertoire des actes de bapteme mariage sepulture et des resncements du
>Quebec ancien 1981
>
>John ( Peter 1709, John, John, John, Anthoney)
>
>Coleman, Emma, New England Captives Carried to Canada 1925
>
>Fournier, Marcal De la nouvelle- Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France 1992
>
>Holmes, Richard AView from the Meetig House Hil_ A history of Sandown NH
>1988
>
>
>
Hi All;
This meets the names. I think he/she had the dates wrong.
Will in Phoenic
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:56:26 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a new Colby cousin online.
>Can anyone connect his family to Anthony
>
>Ebenezer Colby 12 March 1790
> Coleman Colby born 1760 in Eaton, New Hampshire; married
>Phoebe Garland
>
>Ronald Colby
Descendants of Abraham Colby - Jan 26 1999
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FIRST GENERATION
1. Abraham Colby was born on Oct 10 1714 in Amesbury, Ma.1,2 He died
on May 17 1806 in Conway, N.H.. Vital Records to 1850, Amesbury, Ma
He was married to Phebe Colman on Feb 6 1738/39 in Kingston, Ma.3
Phebe Colman was born in 1721 in Kingston, N.H.. Abraham Colby and
Phebe Colman had the following children:
2 i. Sarah Colby was born on Jan 27 1739 in
Amesbury, Ma.4 Noted as Colbuy in VR to 1849, Amesbury births, page
57 She was born on Jan 27 1739 in Amesbury, Ma. She died on Jul 27
1746 in Amesbury, Ma.
+3 ii. Sampson Colby.
+4 iii. Colman Colby.
SECOND GENERATION
3. Sampson Colby was born in 1745 in Hopkinton, N.H..
Sarah Hammond was born in 1745. Sampson Colby and Sarah Hammond had
the following children:
+5 i. Ebenezer Colby.
4. Colman Colby was born on Jul 7 1765 in Hopkinton, N.H.. He died
in Poss Eaton, NH?.
He was married to Phebe (Abigail?) Garland on Nov 27 1786 in Eaton,
N.H.. Phebe (Abigail?) Garland was born. She died in Poss Eaton, NH.
Colman Colby and Phebe (Abigail?) Garland had the following children:
+6 i. Ebenezer Colby.
+7 ii. Colman Colby II.
+8 iii. Abraham Colby.
9 iv. Timothy Colby was born in Eaton, N.H..
10 v. Richard Colby was born in Eaton, N.H..
11 vi. Lorenzo Colby was born in Eaton, N.H..
THIRD GENERATION
5. Ebenezer Colby was born on Mar 12 1777 in Poss Hopkinton, N.H..
He died on Aug 6 1846 in Webster, Me.
Mehitable Cowen was born on Apr 27 1781. Ebenezer Colby and Mehitable
Cowen had the following children:
+12 i. William Hannibal Colby.
6. Ebenezer Colby was born about 1788 in Madison, N.H.. He died
after 1870 in Liberty, Me. 1870 Census, Liberty, Me
SAMSON, John R. 26, farmer
Emma E. 18
William S. 10/12
COLBY, Ebenezer 82, b Me
Elvira 79, b Me
It appears to be Ebenezer, Jr's father and mother and perhaps this
Emma is a granddaughter? If so Ebenezer's wife was Elvira.
He was married to Elvira (Colby) before 1810. Elvira (Colby) was born
about 1791. Ebenezer Colby and Elvira (Colby) had the following
children:
+13 i. William Wallace Colby.
+14 ii. Ebenezer Colby Jr.
7. Colman Colby II was born on May 14 1791 in Eaton, N.H.. He died
on Aug 28 1849 in Madison, N.H.. He was buried in Jackson Cem.,
Madison, N.H..
Mehitabel Rebecca Carlton was born on May 19 1796 in Eaton, N.H.. She
died on Dec 19 1849 in Eaton, N.H.. Colman Colby II and Mehitabel
Rebecca Carlton had the following children:
15 i. Thomas Colby was born about 1816 in Prob
Madison, NH.
+16 ii. Julia G. Colby.
+17 iii. Colman Colby III.
8. Abraham Colby was born on Jun 19 1805 in Modison, NH. He died on
Jul 11 1857 in Haverhill, Ma.
Betsey Lord was born on Mar 16 1812 in Modison, NH. She died on Sep
25 1882 in Haverhill, Ma. Abraham Colby and Betsey Lord had the
following children:
+18 i. Charles H. Colby.
19 ii. Abraham Colby was born on Jan 10 1848 in
Newburyport, Ma.5
FOURTH GENERATION
12. William Hannibal Colby was born on Nov 7 1807 in Gardner, Me. He
died on Jun 7 1883 in Brunswick, Me. BIO: Obituary in the Brunswick
Telegraph newspaper for June 8, 1883,
(p. 3,col. 2) A follow on comment -
June 15, 1883 - page 2; "We intended to give a word to W.H. Colby
last week when recording the death of this old citizen, one of the
first to call on us, after we commenced to publish TELEGRAPH, to renew
his subscription. Dr. McKeen had informed him that we had served as
Private Sec. to the elder Com. J. Downes on the Boston station. Mr
Colby served as Quartermaster on the Potomac, commanded by Com. Downes
when he bombarded and reduced to submission the natives of Quallah
Battou on the island of Sumatra, for some murderous rascality of
theirs. We had a pleasant talk then, of those days being sailors, not
bedeviled by steam. The deceased was a man of marked intelligence and
he exhibited his sailor characteristics in hailing us as a shipmate,
though we had served the same officer years apart and we had never
been at sea. We know Mr. Colby's worth when he spoke generally and
favorably of the officers with whom he had served."
Sarah Pinkham was born on Aug 21 1812 in Lisbon, Me. He died on Apr
25 1857. Sally is buried in the Colby Tomb in Topsham, ME. He was
also known as Sally. William Hannibal Colby and Sarah Pinkham had the
following children:
+20 i. Valentine G. Colby.
He was married to Clarissa M Pray about 1858 in Prob Brunswick, ME.
Clarissa and Walter H. were probably married in late 1857 or 1858.
Williams first wife died April 1857 and Walter was born 1859. I
suspect they were married in 1857 since the 1860 census shows 10
children in the household - 4 Jordans and 6 Colbys. I can't imagine
William H. coping alone with 6 kids. The Jordans and the Colbys were
neighbors in Sabattus William Hannibal Colby and Clarissa M Pray had
the following children:
21 i. William J. Colby was born on Feb 8 1859 in
Brunswick, Me.
+22 ii. Lincoln Hannibal Colby.
13. William Wallace Colby was born about 1810 in Prob Haverhill, Ma.
He was a cordwainer.
He was married to Elizabeth A.F. George on Nov 26 1840 in Haverhill,
Ma.6 Elizabeth A.F. George was born in 1810. William Wallace Colby
and Elizabeth A.F. George had the following children:
+23 i. George M. Colby.
24 ii. William Rufus Colby was born on Jul 10 1844 in
Haverhill, Ma.7
+25 iii. May Colby.
14. Ebenezer Colby Jr was born on Apr 13 1823. He died in 1863 in
Mound City, ILL. He was also known as Eben.
He was married to Nancy Prescott (daughter of Sewell Prescott and
Abigail Cargill) on Jan 28 1849. Nancy Prescott was born on Jul 18
1824. She died on Oct 27 1924. Ebenezer Colby Jr and Nancy Prescott
had the following children:
26 i. Alfred Colby was born on Jan 20 1850 in So.
Montville, ME.
+27 ii. Abby P. Colby.
28 iii. Henry M. Colby was born on Mar 17 1853 in So.
Montville, ME.
+29 iv. Sewell Colby.
+30 v. Arvilla Prescott Colby.
31 vi. Nancy A. Colby was born on Oct 11 1857 in So.
Montville, ME.
32 vii. George W. Colby was born in 1860.
+33 viii. Mary Ella Colby.
16. Julia G. Colby was born on May 9 1822 in Bartlett, N.H.. She
died on Aug 11 1878 in Rockford, Il.
Isaac A. Johnson was born on May 9 1822. He died on Jan 12 1882 in
Rockford, Il. Julia G. Colby and Isaac A. Johnson had the following
children:
+34 i. Fred H. Johnson.
17. Colman Colby III was born on Jun 30 1827 in Eaton, N.H.. He died
on Apr 22 1901 in Haverhill, Ma.
Mary Ann Downs was born on May 24 1830 in Cornish, Ma. She died on
Nov 18 1904 in Haverhill, Ma. Colman Colby III and Mary Ann Downs had
the following children:
+35 i. Mary Jeanette Colby.
18. Charles H. Colby was born on Jun 19 1831 in Modison, NH. He died
on Jul 2 1895 in Haverhill, Ma.
He was married to Emily S. Drew on Jul 12 1853 in Conway, N.H.. Emily
S. Drew was born on Oct 20 1830 in Glover, Vt. She died on Aug 4 1912
in Haverhill, Ma. Charles H. Colby and Emily S. Drew had the
following children:
36 i. Clarissa C. Colby was born on Apr 13 1854.
She died on Mar 9 1862.
37 ii. Charles H. Colby was born on Mar 8 1856. He
died on Mar 12 1862.
38 iii. Lenora E. Colby was born on Nov 14 1857. She
died on Mar 18 1862.
39 iv. Philander M. Colby was born on Jul 18 1859.
He died on Mar 27 1862.
40 v. Haram E. Colby was born on Feb 6 1861. He
died on Apr 4 1862.
+41 vi. Frank W. Colby.
42 vii. Nettie A. Colby was born on Jun 28 1866. She
died on Aug 12 1866.
43 viii. Willie E. Colby was born on May 26 1867. He
died on Jul 12 1867.
+44 ix. Ethan Lord Colby.
45 x. Bessie Colby was born on Jun 12 1872 in Poss
Bradford, Ma. She died on Oct 19 1872 in Poss Bradford, Ma.
Prepared by:
Wilson H. Roberts
641 N. 68th Ln. #94
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willr(a)netzone.com
SOURCES
1. Early Vital Records of Essex County, MA
CD-ROM, @1998. Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. page 57, Amesbury births
Listed as Colbey.
2. Ibid. Amesbury marriages, page 311.
3. Ibid. Amesbury marriages, page 316
married in Kingston.
4. Ibid. page 57, Amesbury births
Listed as Colbey.
5. Ibid. Newburyport births, page 86.
6. Ibid. West Newbury marriages, page 52
listed as 'int Nov 1, 1840.
7. Ibid. Haverhill births, page 75.
They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies.
Mine isn't all that communicative, but I heard from
it the other day after I said "Body, how'd you like
to go to the nine o'clock class in vigorous toning?"
Clear as a bell my body said, "Listen buster....
do it and you die!"
The following copied in part from paper of Roger Lawrence of the Canadian
-American Genealogical Ass'n of Manchester, NH
John Colby of Sandown NH enlisted at age 23 in 1775 as a soldier in Jacob
Bayley's (of Hopkinton ) Co. He was sent toFfort Dummer for sentry duty.
A letter dated 20 Jun 1755 to his father, Peter Colby, said he was in
good health and well. On Jun 22 he and 6 other left the fort to cut
timbers for the stockeade wall . About a 1/3 mile from the fort, 3
soldiers cut wood while the others keep guard. A sudden Iindian attack
led to the death of one soldier, and the capture of John Colby. He was
taken to the Abenaki village of St Francois du lac, to which he walked
barefooted. He some how
paid a ransom of 300 Livers to the Indians and was free in Montreal, but
held there until the British victory in 1760
Coleman's book says that John was taken captive and that his first wife
was a French woman.
Fortnier says that John was held at St Regis, Called Akwasasne for
several years. and that he was likely baptised there as Jean Baptiste.
On Jun 29 Oct 1759 with dispensations of two banns in Notre Dame de
Montreal Jean Colby, a 26 year old native of Newton NH, Married Marie
Josephe Lamare the 26 year old daughter of Jean Lamare and Francoise
Jolivet. Her father was present at the wedding , but her mother was
deceased. the witnesses were Jean Louis Menard and Joseph Denis. Jean
Colby is said to be the son of Pierre Colby and Maria Stra in the
marriage register. In theTanguay record no children are listed but a
child of the couple, Jean Baptiste, was baptisted 19 Sep 1760 at
Chateauguay P Q. The couple went to New Hampshire in Oct 1760 after the
fall of Canada to the British. More children were born to them in Sandown
NH, and baptised in the local protestant church. John was able to get the
soldiers wages for 5 years in Canada .
Marie- Joseph Lamare may have died betwen 1765 and 1768 probably in
Sandown NH or did she return to Canada?, and that is where her son John
had gone with his mother and still was, when his father made his will .
John Colby Sr. could have remarried even with his Canadian wife still
alive if the local minister considered the Catholic marriage invalid or
if she had been gone 5 years and delcared dead.
Charbonneau, Hubert & Jacques Legare, "Notra Dame de Montreal" in
Reperertoire des actes de bapteme mariage sepulture et des resncements du
Quebec ancien 1981
John ( Peter 1709, John, John, John, Anthoney)
Coleman, Emma, New England Captives Carried to Canada 1925
Fournier, Marcal De la nouvelle- Angleterre a la Nouvelle-France 1992
Holmes, Richard AView from the Meetig House Hil_ A history of Sandown NH
1988
Ron: That's my direct line. The info I have is as follows:
Ebenezer Mar 12, 1789 Eaton, NH
Colman Jul 7, 1765 Hopkinton, NH
Abraham Oct 10, 1714 Amesbury, MA
Abraham Oct 7, 1687 Rowley, MA
Isaac Abt. 1640 Salisbury, MA
Anthony Abt. 1590 Beccles
John Colby Cornelson
johnwp61(a)aol.com
Recently, one asked how to obtain a Civil War grave marker from the
government.
The note below tells how one of my wife's distant cousins did it for our
War of 1812 relative. We **believe** it to be the same for Revolutionary
and Civil War.
Regards, Johnieo in Tucson
-------fwd-----
The form, available from the Veterans
Administration or a local monument company is self-explanatory. Really
you
need a proof of service from the National Archives and the form. If you
really want to work and are able, you can have the stone type sent to
your
home and you can place it yourself!!!
The choices are granite or marble stone (flat or upright) or a bronze
plate
(flat only).For a nominal fee or for free a monument company will place
it
on the gravesite.
For our ancestor I ordered the bronze flat as "acid rain" from the huge
nearby coal-burning power plant has eaten the other stones. The bronze
plate will be placed on and screwed into a heavy granite base to protect
from theft.
------end fwd----
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Dear Bob,
I am also not a geneologist, although my first cousin Alice Colby Volkert
is.
As a newcomer to the Colby list, I am appreciative of both your research
and your conciseness.
Thank you.
Sandra Colby Browne
Sandra(a)Browne.com
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:19:59 -0800 (PST) COLBY-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
writes:
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:18:21 -0500 Sherry L Gould <gould(a)iamnow.net>
writes:
>Hi Janis and All,
>
>I just checked the Deering families as outlined in the Hist
>of Hillsborough County and the Hillsboro Town History and
>found nothing on Rebecca Wheeler. My husband descends from
>the Wheeler's in Hillsboro, but there doesn't appear to be
>any close link.
>
>I am interested in the identity of Daniel Colby. Is he the
>same listed in the Hist of Hillsborough County, brother of
>Nathaniel who came from Hopkinton to Deering? Don Rice and
>I are both at work on separate projects, attempting to sort
>out the Colby's from Henniker, Hopkinton and Warner which
>includes those found in Hillsboro, Bradford and it looks
>like Deering as well.
>
>Thanks,
>Sherry
Sherry
I have 6 Daniel from Warner none have a brother Nathaniel
While I have a father for all the information in most cases ends there
Don
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This is the same form on the front page of ancestry.com
Tiffany
Hi everyone, this is Ken colby46(a)juno.com and I am back.
I have just recived a copy of my grandfathers marriage, it relates that:
Walter Frank Colby b. August 11, 1898 Locke, NY
m March 3, 1918 Owego, Ny
Father Watson W. Colby
Mother Ada L. Mosher
Where or where do these people fit on the Colby Family Tree?
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Hi all, Someone recently was asking about Willoughby Colby and I came
across his name in my notes. I have him b. 1789, son of Daniel Colby, b.
27 April 1754 and Elizabeth Gilman b 1754 poss. in Kingston or South
Hampton, NH. Janis
Hi Sherry and All, I have Daniel Colby(b.16 Nov 1780) married to Ruth
Emery first then to Lucy Cowen. I have Sylvester's birth record and it
says his father is Daniel and mother is Ruth. Wonder why I don't have
any of the children you listed? I found a notation that says perhaps
there were 13 children so that would account for all but three.Janis
Hello all,
For those interested at the Ancestry web site there is a data base listing
genealogy records at various libraries. A quick check of the surname Colby
revealed 137 hits. I would say that, for example if your are living in the
state of California, there are a number of references in the Calif. State
Lib. for Colby's.
To view go to: <http://www.ancestry.com>
"Genealogy Library Master Cataglog"
Bob