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Surnames: Colby, Gosselin, Gavin, Lawrence, Burbank
Classification: Obituary
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Message Board Post:
Lois G. Colby
Claremont, NH -- Lois G. Colby, 77, of Martha Street in Claremont and recently a patient at Sullivan County Nursing Home in Unity, died Sunday, June 26, 2005, at Valley Regional Hospital.
She was born in Springfield, Vt., on April 22, 1928, and was adopted by Joseph and Annie Gosselin of Springfield.
She graduated from Springfield High School in 1946. She worked for five years in Albany, NY, for 20 years at Bryant Grinder Corp. in Springfield, Vt., for 11 1/2 years at Joy Manufacturing Co. in Claremont, and for 6 1/2 years at American Brush in Claremont. On Aug. 17, 1973, she was married to Dawson H. Colby, who died on Sept. 14, 1993.
Survivors include one son, Alan Gavin, who made his home with Mrs. Colby in Claremont; one daughter, Diane Lawrence of Langdon, NH; three stepchildren, Susan J. Burbank of Livingston Manor, NY, Dawson H. Colby Jr. of Cement City, Mich., and Kenneth Colby of Poway, Calif.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
A memorial service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Stringer Funeral Home in Claremont, with the Rev. Shawn M. Therrien of St. Mary Parish officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Crest Cemetery in Charlestown.
Listers,
According to Newburyport, Essex Co., MA Vital Records
to 1850 (Ancestry.com), a Pamela COLBY is born to
Joseph and Polly COLBY in 1806. The 1810 census shows
a Joseph COLBY family in Newburyport with 2 males
under 10, 3 females under 10, 1 male 26-44, and one female
26-44. Another daughter of this family may have been Esther
Peake COLBY born 1801.
Does anyone know anything of this family ?
Thank you for reading this post.
John A. (Jack) Davidson
Volunteer Genealogist
Foothills Genealogical Society
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Cos., CO
http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org
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The June 2005 Colby Clan Newsletter is now on my homepage.
This issue has information on the Aug. 20, 2005 reunion in Connecticut and
much, much more.
Ronald Colby
rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
Home page:
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In the 1790 census for Corinth, Vermont 2 Colby's are listed
Capt. Ezekiel Colby 5 family members
John Colby 8 family members
Who is this John Colby??
Ronald Colby
rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
Home page:
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Surnames: Colby, Ayer
Classification: Query
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James Colby b. 1792 Vermont and went to Ashtabula County, Ohio is probably the son of Ezekiel Colby b. 7 Apr 1765 m. Betsey Ayer. Ezekiel and Betsey died in Monroe, Ashtabula County, Ohio and they had a son James b. abt 1792 in Vermont.
Ron Colby
COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS
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Ron emails, "Please jump in when ready, just as if you were jumping into the pool . . . the
Gene Pool!" Well, it's been over 100 degrees on the NJ shore, and I'm ready to jump in any and all pools!
Elise Colby is my great grandmother and the circumstances surrounding her death were always were a taboo (and thus enticing) subject in our family. After being unable to accomplish anything by phone and by mail, my husband and I flew to San Francisco last summer to see what we could uncover lo these 101 years later. Here is one of the newspaper articles we found --
THE EXAMINER
__________________________________________________________________________
SAN FRANCISO, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1893
DEATH ENDED HER SORROW
Mrs. George E. Colby,
Wife of a University Professor,
Shoots Herself Through the Heart
She Mourned over the Drowning of One of Her Children Until Her Mind Gave Way
After passing a Sleepless Night She Arose in the Morning, Dressed the children and While They Were at Breakfast With Their Father the Mother Took Her Own Life -The Discovery of the Servant Girl, Who Went Upstairs to Call Her Mistress
Oakland, November 24.-
Mrs. George E. Colby of Claremond [sic] shot herself through the heart this morning in a fit of melancholia, produced the drowning her little son some months ago. Death was instantaneous.
Mrs. Colby had brooded over the death greatly, and it was feared that her health would be affected. She had suffered from insomnia, resulting from nervousness, caused this constant thought about the death of her child, but at no time did her husband or her friends think that there was any affliction of the mind or any disposition to suicide.
On the contrary, there had been a slight improvement in her physical condition during the past few days, so much so that the physicians who were in constant attendance upon her felt encouraged.
But last evening she had another fit of nervousness and passed an almost sleepless night, and this morning she shot herself without any warning.
Whether there was anything that occurred during the long sleepless night that brought about this sudden determination to die at morning no one can tell, but it is believed that in her sorrow, with her nerves strained to the breaking point, with all the terror of a night of wakefulness, her mind gave way and she determined to end the grief that followed her through life.
The coroner's jury that investigated the case found this state of facts, but though temporary insanity was undoubtedly the cause, she gave no warning sign that would have led to greater care over her.
GAVE NO ITMATION OF HER PURPOSE.
She arose as usual this morning, but her husband noticed nothing about her that aroused his suspicion. She talked as usual, dressed the children and seemed no more disturbed than was usually the case after a sleepless night. She did not seem to be laboring under any greater excitement than usual, and her conversation was calm and coherent.
The death of her little boy was not mentioned, and had not been for a long while. It was a subject that pained Mr. Colby nearly as much as his wife, and they both avoided it by a mutual understanding that was never expressed but was understood.
After the children had been dressed they were turned over to their father. He took two of the little ones up on his shoulder, and followed by the third went down to breakfast.
This was at 7 o'clock, and they waited for Mrs. Colby to come downstairs, but she did not appear. Mr. Colby went out to get the morning paper which is left in a little box at the front gate, and when he returned Mrs. Colby was still upstairs.
Mr. Colby sat down at the table and sent the servant girl upstairs to find out whether Mrs. Colby wanted her breakfast sent up to her room, or whether she was coming downstairs.
The girl knocked at the bedroom door, but got no answer. Opening the door she walked in.
THE HUSBAND'S SAD DISCOVERY.
Mrs. Colby was in bed, with the coverlet drawn tight around her throat. She was apparently asleep, but the deathly pallor of her face made the girl think that her mistress had fainted.
"Oh Mr. Colby, There is something the matter with the misses," she called. Mr. Colby ran hastily upstairs, thinking that his wife had fainted, and that was his first impression when he saw the pale face carefully tucked in among the coverlets. But it was only for a moment that Mr. Colby thought she had fainted. When the coverlet was turned down it was found that she had taken a revolver under the covers, placed it over the heart and fired. The bullet passed through the heart and body. She had not dressed, but had gone back into bed after her husband had gone downstairs, and the noise of the shot had not been heard, as it was muffled by the covers.
The flash of the powder had burned the flesh against which the muzzle of the pistol had been placed, and the nightdress was burned, while the powder grains had been forced into the skin around the bullet wounds.
AN UNENDING SORROW.
That Mrs. Colby was driven to this step by the death of her child there is now question. That death was very sad in itself, but there was surrounding it a circumstance that made in infinitely more sad to the mother than to the father, and she brooded over it until it drove here to suicide.
The death occurred last July at Aetna Springs, in Napa County. The little boy fell into a bathing tank and was drowned before aid could reach him. The mother always felt that his death was largely due to her lack of care. "This feeling was intensified by the fact that only the day before Mr. Colby had urged his wife to be careful of the children.
The couple had four children, and one of them failing in health it was decided to take them to Aetna Springs for a while. Mr. Colby took his family up to the springs and left them there, but before he left he said to his wife: "Now, be careful, Elise, and don't let the children get out of your sight."
DRIVEN ALMOST INSANE.
It was merely a warning, such as a father would give, and not because any particular carelessness was feared. Then he went back to his duties as an instructor in the Chemistry Department of the University of California
The next day the oldest boy went out playing around with a number of other children and strayed away from his mother. He was missed a short while after and a search was made for him, only to find his body in one of the bathing-tanks. He had played around with the other children until he had fallen into the tank and drowned while his mother and the others were looking for him.
She remembered her husband's last charge before he returned to his duties, and though nothing else was ever said or gave the least intimation that he ever laid any blame at his wife's door, she still took the death of the child to herself.
The constant mental strain upon Mrs. Colby began to affect her health. She became nervous and was troubled with insomnia, until she was compelled to go away for her health.
WHERE MEMORIES WEREONLY OF SORROW.
For some strange reason she went back to Aetna Springs in spite of the unhappy surroundings and thoughts that it would bring up. She remained there for some little time, and then came back to her home about a week or two ago. But the trip had done little good, and she suffered as much from insomnia as before.
It is probable that this trip instead of diverting her mind simply called back all the unhappy circumstances surrounding the death of her child; at any rate she did not seem to have greatly improved after her return. She grew a little better after she got home, but last night spent the worst night that she had experienced since her return.
She was restless all night, and at about midnight she got up out of her own bed and coming into her husband's room she sat on the edge of his bed and talked for some little while. Then she went back to her own room.
The conversation was of the most casual kind. Though she did not speak of the great sorrow, it is the general belief that in her excited, overwrought frame of mind she dreamed of the lad, so in her half waking moments saw enacted over again the tragedy for which she held herself responsible.
Mrs. George E. Colby was the daughter of Frederick Russ, one of the owners of Russ House in San Francisco. She was thirty years of age, and married Mr. Colby in 1885. They had four children. Mr. Colby is instructor in chemistry in the University of California and Principal of the Oakland night school. Though his father-in-law is very wealthy, Mr. Colby has worked hard until he built for himself a handsome house, near that of Mr. Russ at Claremont.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury was that deceased "came to her death at the home in Claremont, Alameda county, California on the 24th day of November, 1893, from a pistol-shot wound through her heart, inflicted by herself while she was temporarily insane through grief over the loss of her child."
This is great, thanks!
For those of you who may live in Houston, Heritage Quest has most of the
census years online for library patrons (you must be a resident of Houston).
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C. Burton Bagby
"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs.
Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, U.S. President
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Subject: [COLBY] free 1920 federal census access
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Go to http://www.ancestralfindings.com/free1920uscensus.htm
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enjoying vacations or trips of a genealogical nature, please be sure
to share with us, your new found cousins, family history and research
tips or plans. The lists tend to get a bit quiet this time of year and
there are also many who can't travel or otherwise research outside the
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friendship in our family history quest.
So...........I think it would be great to take this opportunity to
post something. Who is your most elusive ancestor as in connection to
this specific list? What are your goals? Do you have tips to share? A
genealogy web site, perhaps? A flair for writing and sharing a family
story or tradition with us?
Please jump in when ready, just as if you were jumping into the pool....the
Gene Pool.
Benjamin Colby and Hannah show up in the 1850 census for Bow, NH.
Does anyone have any idea where they might fit in?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ron
Descendants of Benjamin COLBY - 14 JUN 2005
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FIRST GENERATION
1. Benjamin COLBY was born in 1792 in New Hampshire. He appeared on the
census in 1850 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (listed as pauper.)
He was married to Hannah (COLBY) about 1823. Hannah (COLBY) was born in
1803 in New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1850 in Bow, Merrimack
County, New Hampshire. (listed as pauper.) Benjamin COLBY and Hannah
(COLBY) had the following children:
2 i. Amos COLBY was born in 1820 in New Hampshire.
3 ii. Mary COLBY was born in 1845 in New Hampshire.
+4 iii. James P. COLBY (born in November 1846).
SECOND GENERATION
4. James P. COLBY was born in November 1846 in New Hampshire. He appeared
on the census in 1850 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (living at
home with father and mother. Listed as pauper.) He appeared on the census
in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared on the census
in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared on the census
in 1920 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. He appeared on the census
in 1930 in Stewartstown, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living with daughter
Cora E. and her family.)
He was married to Annie M. (COLBY) about 1885. Annie M. (COLBY) was born in
August 1849 in New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1900 in
Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1910 in
Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1920 in
Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. She died before 1930 in Columbia,
Coos County, New Hampshire. James P. COLBY and Annie M. (COLBY) had the
following children:
5 i. Harry COLBY was born in August 1885 in New Hampshire. He appeared on
the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home
with father and mother.)
6 ii. Emma F. COLBY was born in August 1889 in New Hampshire. She appeared
on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at
home with father and mother.)
7 iii. Grace M. COLBY was born in February 1891 in New Hampshire. She
appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire.
(living at home with father and mother.)
8 iv. Flossie COLBY was born in August 1894 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) She appeared on the
census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home
with father and mother.)
9 v. Addie COLBY (twin) was born in December 1896 in Columbia, Coos County,
New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County,
New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) She appeared on
the census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home
with father and mother.)
10 vi. Hazel COLBY (twin) was born in December 1896 in Columbia, Coos
County, New Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos
County, New Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) She
appeared on the census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire.
(living at home with father and mother.)
11 vii. Cora E. COLBY was born in March 1899 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1900 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) She appeared on the
census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home
with father and mother.)
12 viii. Myrtle G. COLBY was born in 1904 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) She appeared on the
census in 1920 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (lving at home with
father and mother.)
13 ix. Gertrude G. COLBY was born in 1904 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. She appeared on the census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.)
14 x. Howard W. COLBY was born in 1905 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. He appeared on the census in 1910 in Columbia, Coos County, New
Hampshire. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared on the
census in 1920 in Columbia, Coos County, New Hampshire. (living at home
with father and mother.)
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Ronald M. Colby
4814 South 4180 West
Kearns, Utah 84118-4014
COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam
Ronald,
Thank you for your reply.
I have found Esther Peake BLUNT in the 1850-1870
census records in the household of Stephen/Frances
WOODWORTH. 1850 they are in Boston and 1860-
1870 they are in Worcester. I believe Frances
WOODWORTH may be the oldest daughter of
Esther/John BLUNT. I have not tried the 1800-1840
censuses as I don't know enough to get much out of
the hash marks.
I am working of vital stats on Ancestry.com, but have
not found anything yet.
I was hoping someone on this list would be familiar with
the name and would know her parents and sibs names.
Jack Davidson
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:00:38 -0600 "Ronald Colby" <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>
writes:
> Have you checked the census for her?
> Have you checked the Vital records for Worcester County,
> Massachusetts for
> her birth?
> What about her death record in Worcester, Worcester County,
> Massachusetts?
>
>
> Ronald Colby
> rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
> Kearns, Utah
> 801-680-1317
>
> I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
>
> Home page:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John A. Davidson" <jdavid73(a)juno.com>
> To: <COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:17 PM
> Subject: [COLBY] Esther Peake COLBY (1801-1872)
>
>
> Listers,
>
> I am researching for another who is researching the works
> and life of the artist John Samuel BLUNT (1789-1835).
>
> Esther Peake COLBY was the wife of John Samuel BLUNT.
> A Family Group Record with no submitter information at
> the LDS <familysearch.org> has the parents of Esther as
> Joseph COLBY and Polly. Who are the parents of Ester
> and which, if any, of the 6 Joseph COLBY'S listed in the 1790
> census (VT, ME, and MA) is the father of Esther ? The
> <familysearch.org>
> information has Esther born in Milford, Worchester Co.,
> MA.
>
> Any help in unraveling the COLBY'S would be greatly
> apprecitated.
>
> John A. (Jack) Davidson
> Volunteer Genealogist
> Foothills Genealogical Society
> http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org
> Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Cos., CO
>
>
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> Sherry Gould's home page:
> http://www.iamnow.net/Bradford/Brdcolby.htm
>
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>
>
> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more.
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Have you checked the census for her?
Have you checked the Vital records for Worcester County, Massachusetts for
her birth?
What about her death record in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts?
Ronald Colby
rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Kearns, Utah
801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
Home page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Davidson" <jdavid73(a)juno.com>
To: <COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:17 PM
Subject: [COLBY] Esther Peake COLBY (1801-1872)
Listers,
I am researching for another who is researching the works
and life of the artist John Samuel BLUNT (1789-1835).
Esther Peake COLBY was the wife of John Samuel BLUNT.
A Family Group Record with no submitter information at
the LDS <familysearch.org> has the parents of Esther as
Joseph COLBY and Polly. Who are the parents of Ester
and which, if any, of the 6 Joseph COLBY'S listed in the 1790
census (VT, ME, and MA) is the father of Esther ? The <familysearch.org>
information has Esther born in Milford, Worchester Co.,
MA.
Any help in unraveling the COLBY'S would be greatly
apprecitated.
John A. (Jack) Davidson
Volunteer Genealogist
Foothills Genealogical Society
http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Cos., CO
==== COLBY Mailing List ====
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Sherry Gould's home page:
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Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more.
Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more:
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Listers,
I am researching for another who is researching the works
and life of the artist John Samuel BLUNT (1789-1835).
Esther Peake COLBY was the wife of John Samuel BLUNT.
A Family Group Record with no submitter information at
the LDS <familysearch.org> has the parents of Esther as
Joseph COLBY and Polly. Who are the parents of Ester
and which, if any, of the 6 Joseph COLBY'S listed in the 1790
census (VT, ME, and MA) is the father of Esther ? The <familysearch.org>
information has Esther born in Milford, Worchester Co.,
MA.
Any help in unraveling the COLBY'S would be greatly
apprecitated.
John A. (Jack) Davidson
Volunteer Genealogist
Foothills Genealogical Society
http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Cos., CO
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Colby, Miller, Crites, Huber
Classification: Obituary
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Message Board Post:
HILLSBORO - Beulah I. Colby, 94, of Hillsboro, formerly of Exeter, N.H., died Sunday, June 5, 2005, at Montgomery Nursing and Rehab Center in Hillsboro.
She was born Dec. 4, 1910, in Coffeen, the daughter of Albert and Reuie Miller Crites. She married Rodney C. Colby in 1935 in St. Louis; he died in 1968.
Mrs. Colby was a homemaker and, during World War II, was an electric welder in shipyards in Portsmouth, N.H., from 1941-45. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Order of the Eastern Star and American Legion Auxiliary, all in Exeter, Royal Neighbors in Coffeen and St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Fillmore.
Survivor: sister, Geraldine (husband, Bernard) Huber of Coffeen.
Memorial services: 11 a.m. Monday, Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home, Hillsboro, the Rev. Sylvia Miller officiating. Burial: at a later date, Exeter Cemetery.
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COURTESY OBIT ONLY: I AM NOT RESEARCHING THE COLBY FAMILY.
SOURCE: STATE JOURNAL REGISTER, SPRINGFIELD IL, 6/7/05
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Surnames: Colby Felton Haddon
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Message Board Post:
In response to Mr. Greene's note:
It is important for all of us to note phrases like "highly probable origin" and "circumstantial" in Mr. Greene's note.
While I have approached the parentage of the Anthony Colby under discussion with an open mind, many seem to have decided his parentage based solely upon some articles in various genealogical journals, which, with all due respect, are of course not infallible.
I will post the proof documents that I discover as we move forward in this discussion.
By the way, what is the proof for the birth date that many use for Anthony Colby that is after 1588?
I know that Glade Nelson and other based their opinions upon the supposition that Anthony was too old to perform his trade, marry and father children if he had been born before 1588. This is of course purely that author's opinion.
When we find an Anthony Colby baptized in Beccles and one baptized in Horbling, it becomes more difficult to discern which is which. Especially when both have fathers names Thomas.
Of course some have an investment in what they have previously published and may tend to stick to those views no matter what is found and presented for review.
I hope that we can all maintain an open mind as we move toward proving the ancestry of Anthony Colby.
We have a moral obligation to do so, both as amateur and professional genealogists.
Best regards,
Clarence Burton Bagby
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Message Board Post:
The highly probable origin of Anthony Colby of Amesbury is provided by John Brooks Threlfall in his _Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins_ (Madison, WIsc., 1990), 121 ff. He shows that the immigrant was the Thomas Colby baptized on 8 Sept. 1605 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, son of Thomas and Ann (Jackson) Colby. Threlfall does not provide a ldiscussion of the evidence, which is in part circumstantial, but a valuable discussion is in Robert Charles Anderson, _The Great Migration Begins_, 1:416; Bob Anderson (who is one of my Coeditors of _The American Genealogist_ [TAG]) accepts Threlfall's identification.
As happy as I am to have Glade Nelson's TAG article praised, I must point out, in justification to both Glade and TAG, that it is improper to post an entire article (or substantial portion) online without permission of the author and the journal. Facts, of course, are a different matter.
DAVID L. GREENE, FASG
Coeditor and publisher
_The American Genealogist_ [TAG]