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Author: RachelSchildgen
Surnames: Colby, Mickelson, Kristofferson
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Could someone please do a look up for me? I noticed that Ancestry has a new resource and I know that the people I'm looking for are listed. Would anyone mind seeing what the results are?
The resource: Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905
Who I'm looking for: Hans Colby, born about 1835-ish in Norway, married to Ellen, also from Norway. Their children are Matilda, Hans, Charles, Henry, and Albert [A. K.]
I know that they came to America about 1871 or 1872 and settled in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. Therefore the family should appear in the subsequent censuses taken in 1875, 1885, and 1895. However, Hans Colby Sr. died about 1878, so if you have a few minutes, would you mind searching for Ellen [sometimes Ella] Colby in 1885 and 1895? She married a man named Hans Mickelson, but I don't know when so she might be using the name Ellen Mickelson by 1885.
Thank you so, so much in advance!
Rachel S.
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a charles colby, son of abraham colby and mary ann march fought in
the civil war for illinois
marilyn
there is a charles a colby whose picture is in vol 2 of andreas'
history of chicago as part of a militia. i believe that this was as
part of a crack drill team(Ellsworth's Zouaves) that toured the
states.,possible pre civill war.
On 31-Jul-07, at 6:37 PM, dmcolby01(a)msn.com wrote:
> Charles A Colby (b. abt. 1832) could possibly be the son of Abraham
> Colby & Mary Ann March. He was born in New Hampshire, however he &
> wife Cordelia had their last 2 children in Massachusetts.
>
> I have a James L Colby con of Johnson Colby & Ann Thompson of
> Boston married to an Elizabeth (Unknown). She was born in Mass and
> their children were born in Mass
>
> Sorry....no clue On Julia
>
> Deb Colby
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Charles A Colby (b. abt. 1832) could possibly be the son of Abraham Colby & Mary Ann March. He was born in New Hampshire, however he & wife Cordelia had their last 2 children in Massachusetts.
I have a James L Colby con of Johnson Colby & Ann Thompson of Boston married to an Elizabeth (Unknown). She was born in Mass and their children were born in Mass
Sorry....no clue On Julia
Deb Colby
Deb
James L. Colby married 29 Jan 1845 Waltham, MA Elizabeth Caroline Bill
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Charles A Colby (b. abt. 1832) could possibly be the son of Abraham Colby &
Mary Ann March. He was born in New Hampshire, however he & wife Cordelia had
their last 2 children in Massachusetts.
I have a James L Colby con of Johnson Colby & Ann Thompson of Boston married
to an Elizabeth (Unknown). She was born in Mass and their children were born
in Mass
Sorry....no clue On Julia
Deb Colby
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In Worcester, MA I ran across 3 Colby deaths that I'm not able to identify.
Charles A. Colby d. 1884 (age 51) place of birth looks like Newfield ?
Elizabeth (Johnson) Colby d. Dec 1 1890 (age 83) widow of James Colby
Julia (Richardson) Colby d. Apr 10 1909 (46-11-4) b. Orange, VT widow of
James A. Colby
Any help identifying these would be greatly appreciated.
Ronald Colby
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1-801-680-1317
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my bad.
m.
On 28-Jul-07, at 10:12 AM, Guy I. Colby IV wrote:
> Marilyn & Bob --
>
> Nope, not mine -- there were quite a lot of Illinois Colbys, and my
> bunch were relative latecomers. My great grandfather (Guy Irving
> COLBY) and his family lived in Chicago from 1887 or 1888 until
> about 1895. My grandfather (Guy Irving COLBY Jr.) and his family
> lived there from 1920 until 1928. There was no John A. COLBY in
> either family, and we had nobody in the furniture business.
>
> Guy I. Colby IV
> Irving, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marilyn Colby
> To: colby(a)rootsweb.com
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [COLBY] Colby's FURS??
>
>
> John A. Colby and sons
>
> maybe related to Guy...
>
> marilyn
> On 27-Jul-07, at 10:21 PM, RC Colby wrote:
>
>> There was a "Colbys" furniture chain of stores here in Chicagoland
>> years ago. I never found out who they were, but I showed a
>> salesman my drivers license and he said the chair still cost 100
>> dollars mister!
>>
>> Bob Colby
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John August Colby b. 1 Apr 1833 Fryebug, ME d. 18 Apr 1909 Chicago, Ill
Is the John A. Colby and Sons
Ron
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Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [COLBY] Colby's FURS??
John A. Colby and sons
maybe related to Guy...
marilyn
On 27-Jul-07, at 10:21 PM, RC Colby wrote:
> There was a "Colbys" furniture chain of stores here in Chicagoland
> years ago. I never found out who they were, but I showed a
> salesman my drivers license and he said the chair still cost 100
> dollars mister!
>
> Bob Colby
>
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There was a "Colbys" furniture chain of stores here in Chicagoland years ago. I never found out who they were, but I showed a salesman my drivers license and he said the chair still cost 100 dollars mister!
Bob Colby
Interesting Marilyn,
So much of everyone's ancestors history and possessions just disappeared, most through neglect, but some to theft and greed.
Bob Colby
I'm forwarding this to the list in hopes someone can help.
I had to change the message to "plain text" for the list and it lost the
pictures so I included the link to Don's website.
Ron
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From: collector
To: rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:30 PM
Subject: Clara Colby miniature portrait
Hello,
I am sorry to trouble you, but I am trying to identify an artist named Clara
Colby who painted miniature portraits. I please was wondering if you have
come across her? The portrait can be seen on my website at
http://american-miniatures20c.blogspot.com:80/2007/06/colby-clara-portrai...
Colby, Clara - portrait of Commodore Edward Preble... but is also shown
below. As you would know there are a number of people named Clara Colby and
to date I have not been pick her out.
Any suggestions you can make would be very welcome.
Many thanks
Don
Colby, Clara - portrait of Commodore Edward Preble
To date, nothing has been found about Clara Colby, who appears to be a
hitherto unrecorded artist. However, she was obviously a very talented
artist.
The profile miniature portrait has a plaque reading "231 Commodore Preble -
Clara Colby". It is signed on the lower right "Clara Colby" and on the
backing paper it is inscribed "Commodore Preble - painted on ivory by Clara
Colby". The significance of the number 231 is unknown, perhaps it relates to
an exhibition reference number.
The frame is of solid wood with a thick, turned ivory fillet surrounding the
miniature itself. This is a very expensive and unusual type of frame. A
little unfortunately, it appears when Clara Colby copied the portrait from
the medal, she was not aware of the correct shade of blue for his uniform,
as it should have been navy blue.
The obverse and reverse of the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to
Commodore Edward Preble (1761-1807) of Falmouth, Maine, in 1805 for his
efforts against the Barbary pirates of Tripoli, are shown here. The reverse
shows the attack on Tripoli.
The medal was based upon a portrait drawn by Rembrandt Peale, a member of
the famous American family of miniature painters. It was drawn as Preble
passed through Philadelphia on his way home, about two weeks after the award
was made public. The actual medal was given to him in 1806, not long before
he died in 1807 at the age of 46.
For much more about him, see United States of America Congressional Gold
Medal Recipient Edward ...
Interestingly, a miniature portrait painted by his great-granddaughter Alice
Preble Tucker De Haas, was a recent addition to this collection, see De
Haas, Alice Preble Tucker - portrait of a young... 1230
Interesting! I had found Gabriel and he was among my 'lost lambs' <g>
Tracing on back in Wallkill, before the land was in James Colby's name, it seems that it was in his mother's name (in 1820 census). She was Catherine, too. In 1810 there were no Colbys (by any spelling! I looked through all the C names) In 1790 & 1800, the listing was for Thomas Colby, so that would be his father. He was over 16 in 1790 and over 45 in 1800, so must have been born before 1755.
I do not recognize anyone that fits that description!
Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com> wrote:
I'm trying to identify the Colby family from Wallkill, New York.
In the 1850 census we find:
James Colby 57 m b. NY
Catherine 48 f b. NY
Gabriel 22 m b. NY
James Colby dies prior to 1860. In the 1860 census Catherine is living by
herself.
In 1860 census Gabriel Colby is married
Gabriel Colby 29 m b. NY
Mary 32 f b. NY
Ann A. 3 f b. NY
Catherine J. 1 f b. NY
Gabriel Colby enlists in Civil War 8 Aug 1862 from Wallkill, NY
Mary receives Gabriel's pension Aug 3 1906
In 1870 census Gabriel and family are in Middletown, NY
The last census I find Gabriel Colby in is 1900 Middletown, NY
Gabriel Colby b. Nov 1827
Mary b. Apr 1825
William b. Jun 1869
George b. Mar 1885 listed as adopted.
>From the Middletown Daily News I find that Gabriel has a sister Emeline
(Colby) Myers.
Any help on the ancestry of James & Gabriel Colby would be greatly
appreciated.
Ronald Colby
rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Kearns, Utah
1-801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
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Author: RonColby41
Surnames: Colby, Brown, Hendrickson, Clark
Classification: marriage
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Grandma, 73
Grandson, 19
Take Mates
MILFORD, N. H., Jul 11, 1948 (UP)
About everybody in this village turned out to see the double wedding of a 73-year-old great-grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson.
The old gray Baptist church was packed. Many stood outside as Mrs. Lillian H. Brown repeated her vows with Charles H. Colby, 73 at the same ceremony in which her grandson, Arthur A. Hendrickson, Jr. was married to 16-year-old Ruth Clark.
Hendrickson, a high school baseball and basketball hero, who was graduated only a few weeks ago, married his school sweetheart, a junior at Milford High.
"Charles and I have been engaged since last Christmas and didn't plan to be married for a while," Mrs. Colby said. "But Arthur came over last Monday night and said 'Granny, how about you getting married along with me this week' and I said I guessed I would."
Mrs. Brown said there was scarcely time to call up her family that includes six children, 12 grand children and seven great-grandchildren.
"So Arthur and I just told the whole town (pop. 4,068) to come," she said.
"Ruth will finish school." she said. "Arthur probably will enlist in the Air Force because he's subject to the draft."
(SOURCE: 12 and 21 Jul 1948; Stars and Stripes Newspaper, WWII Europe and North Africa Editions, 1942-1958.)
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TOO FUNNY!!! Good for them! Now, who is this Charles H. Colby? Could it be Charles Henry Colby, born in 1874- who was previously married to Ella M. or B.?? They were still together in Milford in the 1930 census, but she could have died and left him waiting for Lillian H. Brown!!
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Surnames: Colby, Brown, Hendrickson, Clark
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Grandma, 73
Grandson, 19
Take Mates
MILFORD, N. H., Jul 11, 1948 (UP)
About everybody in this village turned out to see the double wedding of a 73-year-old great-grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson.
The old gray Baptist church was packed. Many stood outside as Mrs. Lillian H. Brown repeated her vows with Charles H. Colby, 73 at the same ceremony in which her grandson, Arthur A. Hendrickson, Jr. was married to 16-year-old Ruth Clark.
Hendrickson, a high school baseball and basketball hero, who was graduated only a few weeks ago, married his school sweetheart, a junior at Milford High.
"Charles and I have been engaged since last Christmas and didn't plan to be married for a while," Mrs. Colby said. "But Arthur came over last Monday night and said 'Granny, how about you getting married along with me this week' and I said I guessed I would."
Mrs. Brown said there was scarcely time to call up her family that includes six children, 12 grand children and seven great-grandchildren.
"So Arthur and I just told the whole town (pop. 4,068) to come," she said.
"Ruth will finish school." she said. "Arthur probably will enlist in the Air Force because he's subject to the draft."
(SOURCE: 12 and 21 Jul 1948; Stars and Stripes Newspaper, WWII Europe and North Africa Editions, 1942-1958.)
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TOO FUNNY!!! Good for them! Now, who is this Charles H. Colby? Could it be Charles Henry Colby, born in 1874- who was previously married to Ella M. or B.?? They were still together in Milford in the 1930 census, but she could have died and left him waiting for Lillian H. Brown!!
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Surnames: Colby, Brown, Hendrickson, Clark
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Grandma, 73
Grandson, 19
Take Mates
MILFORD, N. H., Jul 11, 1948 (UP)
About everybody in this village turned out to see the double wedding of a 73-year-old great-grandmother and her 19-year-old grandson.
The old gray Baptist church was packed. Many stood outside as Mrs. Lillian H. Brown repeated her vows with Charles H. Colby, 73 at the same ceremony in which her grandson, Arthur A. Hendrickson, Jr. was married to 16-year-old Ruth Clark.
Hendrickson, a high school baseball and basketball hero, who was graduated only a few weeks ago, married his school sweetheart, a junior at Milford High.
"Charles and I have been engaged since last Christmas and didn't plan to be married for a while," Mrs. Colby said. "But Arthur came over last Monday night and said 'Granny, how about you getting married along with me this week' and I said I guessed I would."
Mrs. Brown said there was scarcely time to call up her family that includes six children, 12 grand children and seven great-grandchildren.
"So Arthur and I just told the whole town (pop. 4,068) to come," she said.
"Ruth will finish school." she said. "Arthur probably will enlist in the Air Force because he's subject to the draft."
(SOURCE: 12 and 21 Jul 1948; Stars and Stripes Newspaper, WWII Europe and North Africa Editions, 1942-1958.)
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I'm trying to identify the Colby family from Wallkill, New York.
In the 1850 census we find:
James Colby 57 m b. NY
Catherine 48 f b. NY
Gabriel 22 m b. NY
James Colby dies prior to 1860. In the 1860 census Catherine is living by
herself.
In 1860 census Gabriel Colby is married
Gabriel Colby 29 m b. NY
Mary 32 f b. NY
Ann A. 3 f b. NY
Catherine J. 1 f b. NY
Gabriel Colby enlists in Civil War 8 Aug 1862 from Wallkill, NY
Mary receives Gabriel's pension Aug 3 1906
In 1870 census Gabriel and family are in Middletown, NY
The last census I find Gabriel Colby in is 1900 Middletown, NY
Gabriel Colby b. Nov 1827
Mary b. Apr 1825
William b. Jun 1869
George b. Mar 1885 listed as adopted.
>From the Middletown Daily News I find that Gabriel has a sister Emeline
(Colby) Myers.
Any help on the ancestry of James & Gabriel Colby would be greatly
appreciated.
Ronald Colby
rmcolby(a)micro-net.com
Kearns, Utah
1-801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
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I was sent this review of a book and was wondering if anyone knew which
Enoch Colby they are referring to.
PRINT REVIEWS
- November 23, 2003 (Sunday): Foster's Sunday Citizen (Dover, NH): feature
article by staff writer Robert Cook: "Was he as old as the hills? Book says
Old Man may have lasted just 200 years. The Old Man of the Mountain's rugged
granite profile atop the Cannon Cliffs appeared to be as ancient and
steadfast as the White Mountains.
But six months after Mother Nature toppled the geological formation on May
3, one man says the Old Man may not have been as old or as rugged as the
public was led to believe. According to Robert Hutchinson, a former research
fellow at the American Museum of Natural History..., the Old Man may have
only been a little more than 200 years old. Last summer, Hutchinson
published a book, "The Old Man of the Mountain," in which he suggests the
Old Man may have been created by falling rock shortly before Enoch Colby's
survey party discovered the feature from the shores of Profile Lake in 1805.
Using a series of geological calculations, Hutchinson determined the rate of
exfoliation to support his theory. 'The huge volume of talus indicates that
Cannon Cliffs is the most rapidly disintegrating mountain face in the White
Mountains, as sheets of granite continually pop off the glacially quarried
face by the process of exfoliation,' Hutchinson wrote."
Ronald Colby
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Kearns, Utah
1-801-680-1317
I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.
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Anyone interested in a copy of the U.S. Department of State's "Report of the Death of an American Citizen" for Mr. Frederick Bronson Colby, please contact me so I can conduct research to locate the record. Mr. Colby died in China on February 29, 1932.
Dave Ellison
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View British musket taken off of dead British soldier by Rowell Colby Revolutionary War soldier .
Go to:
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM - Americans at war
http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html?path=...
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Background family history of Rowell Colby that I have compiled so far. Please let me know if you have any additions or corrections:
Descendants of Zaccheus Colby
1 Zaccheus Colby 1711/12 - 1769 b: 01 Jan 1711/12 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts d: Aft. 1769 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
.. +Mary Eastman 1716/17 - b: 25 Feb 1716/17 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts m: 02 Oct 1735 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts m: 02 Oct 1735 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts Father: Roger Eastman Mother: Hannah Kimball m: 02 Oct 1735 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts
............. 2 Roger Colby 1736 - b: 19 Apr 1736 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts Military service: 1775 Revolutionary War Soldier
................. +Eleanor Challis m: 17 May 1760 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire m: 17 May 1760 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire m: 17 May 1760 in South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
............. 2 Jacob Colby 1739 - b: 01 Jun 1739 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts d: in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
................. +Sarah Merrill m: 24 Mar 1764 m: 24 Mar 1764 m: 24 Mar 1764
............. 2 Ephraim Colby 1740 - b: 22 Dec 1740 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachussetts
............. 2 Sarah Colby 1741/42 - 1808 b: 19 Feb 1741/42 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d: 12 Sep 1808 in Andover, New Hampshire
................. +Thomas Scribner 1736/37 - 1821 b: 01 Jan 1736/37 m: 10 Sep 1760 in Kingston, New Hampshire d: 24 Nov 1821 in Andover, New Hampshire m: 10 Sep 1760 in Kingston, New Hampshire m: 10 Sep 1760 in Kingston, New Hampshire
............. 2 Mary Colby 1743/44 - b: 03 Jan 1743/44
............. 2 Ephraim Colby 1747 - 1823 b: 06 May 1747 in Newton, Rockingham County, New York d: 07 May 1823 in Ogden, Monroe County, New York
................. +Mary Merrill 1745 - 1806 b: 1745 in New Hampshire m: 1770 in New Hampshire d: 07 Aug 1806 in Ogden, Monroe County, New York m: 1770 in New Hampshire m: 1770 in New Hampshire
............. 2 Zaccheus Colby 1749 - 1822 b: 10 May 1749 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire d: 10 Aug 1822 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Burial: Aug 1822 Auburn Long Meadow Cemetery, Auburn, NH Occupation: Bet. 1780 - 1803 Pastor of Congregational Church, Pembroke, New Hampshire Military service: Rev War Soldier, NH Burial: Aug 1822 Auburn Long Meadow Cemetery, Auburn, NH Occupation: Bet. 1780 - 1803 Pastor of Congregational Church, Pembroke, New Hampshire
................. +Mary Calfe 1759 - 1837 b: Abt. 1759 in New Hampshire m: 11 Dec 1780 in New Hampshire d: 20 May 1837 in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire m: 11 Dec 1780 in New Hampshire Father: John Calfe m: 11 Dec 1780 in New Hampshire
............. 2 Hannah Colby 1751 - b: 16 Apr 1751
............. 2 Timothy Colby 1753 - b: 01 Apr 1753
............. 2 Rowell Colby 1758 - 1832 b: 22 Nov 1758 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire d: 27 Jan 1832 in Enfield, New Hampshire Military service: 1777 Rev. War Soldier, at The Battle of Bennington, VT. NH Sol. at Battle of Bennington, pg. 15. Census: 1790 U.S. Census of NH
................. +Lydia Pettengill 1762 - 1838 b: 13 Mar 1762 in Sandown, New Hampshire m: 09 Nov 1780 d: Aft. 1838 in Enfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire m: 09 Nov 1780 Father: David Pettengill m: 09 Nov 1780
............. 2 Philip Colby 1764 - 1842 b: 05 Oct 1764 d: 10 Jul 1842
................. +Abra Greeley 1768 - b: 1768 in Newtown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire m: 08 Jan 1786 in New Hampshire m: 08 Jan 1786 in New Hampshire m: 08 Jan 1786 in New Hampshire
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ROWELL COLBY NOTES
"Rowell, Lydia, W22824, Continental & NH Line, sol lived at Salisbury NH at enl, sol m Lydia daughter of David Pettingill of Salisbury NH on 9 Nov 1780, sol d 27 Jan 1832 at Enfield in Grafton Cty NH & wid appl there 25 Aug 1838 aged 76, they had son Rowell, Jr aged 42 in 1839 & Thomas aged 33 in 1839."
From: Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files."
According to "Abstracts of Revolutionary Was Patriots, Vol. I" --
"Buried in the "George Hill Cemetery, Enfield, NH."
_______________________________________________________________
"Rowell Colby, one of the pioneer settlers, came to Enfield, New Hampshire, from Salisbury, New Hampshire, in 1779, and settled on George Hill, where his granson, Lewis T. Colby, later lived. "He came to the town in March, with a pair of cattle and a sled, camping one night in the woods, when he was entertained with a free concert by a pack of wolves. The roads were indicated by marked trees. he frequently made journeys back to Salisbury, and on one occasion he brought sixty young apple trees on his back, which he planted, and lived to eat the fruit thereof." One of these trees is still living and measures nine feet in circumference. He lived on the place where he first settled until his death. he held several town offices. he commenced with very small means, but added to his possessions until he owned a thousand acres of land. He served in the revolution and took part in the Battle of Bennington.
On 25 August 1838, Lydia Colby, of Enfield, New Hampshire, aged 76 years, deposed: that she was the widow of Rowell Colby, a private in the Revolutionar War who enlisted in the summer of 1777, under Captain Ebenezer Webster, marched to Manchester, Vermont, and was in the battle of Bennington, after which he marched to Stillwater and Bemis Heights. He took a prisoner on the way, and now she has the powder horn he took from the Indian. She also has a copper teakettle, which he said he took from a Hessian soldier on this same tour. She said her husband served in New York for a year in 1776, and the he was serving in 1776, when he enlisted in 1777. His service was in the continental Army, of Massachusetts, and new Hampshire. Lydia, his wife, was granted a pension."
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Source:
"THE COLBY FAMILY IN EARLY AMERICA"
By: Frederick Lewis Weis, Pub. Concord, MA, 1970, p. 143-145.
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Pension: Rowell Colby, (Lydia, widow) 1838, Rev War, Enfield, Grafton, NH
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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/grafton/military/revwar/colbyrow.txt
Submitted by: rickman(a)worldpath.net
Date: September 30, 2000
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COLBY, ROWELL (Lydia, Widow)
W.F. 22824
Cont., Mass., & New Hampshire Service
Aug. 25, 1838, Lydia Colby, of Enfield, N.H., aged 76 years deposed:
that she is the widow of Rowell Colby, a private in the Revolution, who
enlisted in the summer of 1777 with others, under Capt. Ebenezer Webster;
marched to Vermont; was in the battle of Bennington, and was absent two
months. She has heard him tell of taking an Indian prisoner while on this
tour, and now has a powder horn which he said he took from said Indian. She
also has a copper teakettle, which he said he took from a Hessian on this
same tour;
that she has also heard her husband tell of serving in New York for a year
in 1776, and that he was living in Salisbury, N.H., when he enlisted;
that she was married to him Nov. 9, 1780; and that her husband died Jan.
27, 1832.
Sept. 5, 1838, JOHN ELLIOTT, of Concord, N.H., "now a little rising
eighty-two years of age", testified that he served eight months in 1775;
was in the battle of Bunker Hill; also the entire year of 1776, and three
months in 1777, under Capt. Sherman; and that during 1776 and 7 Rowell
Colby served in the same regiment with him - Col. Loammi Baldwin -
frequently saw and conversed with him, as they came from the same section
of the state.
Jan. 1, 1839, JONATHAN FOSTER, of Tunbridge, Vt., testified that he and
Rowell Colby lived in Salisbury, N.H., during the Revolution; enlisted
together in June, 1777, under Capt. Ebenezer Webster; went from Salisbury
to Manchester, Vt.; staid there two weeks, then went to Bennington and
staid until after the battle occurred; went in the battle, and afterwards
marched to Stillwater, N.Y., and from there to Bemis Heights; were
discharged together, having served our term out - two months; that Colby
married Lydia Pettengill, old Capt. David Pettengill's daughter, of
Salisbury, N.H.
in presence of Gustavus Rolfe and Charles M. Lamb.
Thomas Merrill, clerk of the town of Enfield, N.H., certified to the
marriage of Rowell Colby, of Enfield, and Lydia Pettengill, of Salisbury,
as stated, being recorded on the books of the town.
July 29, 1839, Peter Whittier, of Enfield, N.H., testified that he had known
the Colbys since 1812, and often heard him speak of the injustice of
according pensions to men who had served a much shorter time than he,
simply because, through misfortune or shiftlessness, they had not
accumulated any property; that he told him he served in 1777, the year
declarant was born, and also under Capt. Webster, and was always considered
to have been a Revolutionary soldier, who was barred from receiving a
pension simply on account of the property clause.
July 29, 1839, Jonathan C. Pettengill, of Enfield, N.H., aged 72 years,
testified that Rowell Colby came to live with his father while young, and
lived with him until he was twenty-one years of age, excepting the time he
was in the army; that he moved from Salisbury to Enfield and lived within
half a mile of declarant for thirty years before his death, &c.
July 29, 1839, Joseph Merrill, of Enfield, aged 65 years, testified that he
had lived in Enfield about forty-five years, within two and a half miles of
Colby, and that it was always considered that the only reason Colby did not
apply for a pension was on account of property.
Joseph Merrill.
Claim allowed Aug. 27, 1839, as were also her claims under later Acts made
March 27, 1843, and Aug. 5, 1848, the last being when she was 86 years of
age, and her signature was witnessed by Malinda A. Colby. Certificate 3157,
Concord, N.H. Agency, was issued Jan. 19, 1849, Act of Feb. 2, 1848.
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HISTORY OF SALISBURY
The following biography is from "The History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire". Edited by D. Hamilton Hurd and Published in 1885.
BY JOHN J. DEARBORN, M.D., TOWN HISTORIAN.
CHAPTER IV.
SALISBURY---(Continued).
MILITARY HISTORY.
THE REVOLUTION.---The people of Salisbury caught the first echo of the shot at Lexington, and, although not in season to participate, they were at Bunker Hill. They went, too, uninvited to that banquet of death and fame which was celebrated on the 17th of June, 1775.
The following is the list of soldiers from Salisbury who were in Captain Ebenezer Webster's company, which fought in the battle of Bennington, on the 16th of August, 1777:
Edward Evans, one of the staff officers of Colonel Stickney's regiment; Captain, Ebenezer Webster; Lieutenants, Robert Smith, Andrew Bohonon ; Fourth Sergeant, Abraham Fifield; Third Corporal, Samuel Lovering; Fourth Corporal, Joshua Morse ; Drummer, John Sanborn; Fifer, Jonathan Foster; Privates, Elder Benjamin Huntoon, William Searle, Richard Piermont, Iddo Scribner, Benjamin Scribner, Peter Severance, Rowell Colby, John Fifield, Joseph Fifield, Edward Flfield, Jonathan Fifield, Jacob Bohonon, William Calef, Edmund Sawyer, John C. Gale, Jacob True, John Jemson, Robert Barber, Joseph Tucker, Moses Elkins, John Smith, William Newton, Israel Webster, David Pettengill, Abel Elkins, James Johnson, Jacob Garland, George Bayley, Moses Welch, Daniel Brottlebank, Matthew Pettengill, Edward Eastman,rank and file from Salisbury, forty-one men.
To this number add Enaign Andrew Pettengill, who served in the Concord and Boscawen company. We also had three other men in Colonel George Reed's regiment, viz.: Samuel Saunders, Jacob Morrill and Joseph Maloon, making, of the Continental and militiamen in actual service in the summer of 1777, forty-five militiamen and seventeen regular troops, a total of sixty-two men.
Though the Salisbury men were largely exposed, and though Saunders was reported among the missing at Hubbardton, Pettengill wounded at Stillwater, yet no death resulted except that of Andrew Pettengill. Early in 1778 disease began to thin the ranks of our veterans, and in March and April we lost four of our men in camp at Valley Forge, viz.: Ephraim Heath, Reuben Greeley, Philip Lufkin and William Bayley.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcsalis/history2.htm
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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
Tower Musket
Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History
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Tower Musket
Catalog #: 70364M Accession #: 275433
Credit: Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History
Maker
London Armoury Company (Manufacturer)
Dimensions / Weight
Dimensions: 8" H x 61.75" W x 3.5" D
Physical Description
British Tower musket, .80 caliber. Marked on the lock plate behind the trigger hammer with Tower.
Specific History
Private Rowel Colby saw service at the Battle of Bennington, and took this Tower Flint-lock musket from a dead British soldier, during the Battle on August 16, 1777. Colby of Salisbury, NH was on the muster rolls of Captain Ebenezer Webster's Company in Colonel Thomas Stickney's Regiment in General Stark's Brigade raised out of the Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia, July 1777 which joined the Northern Continental Army at Bennington.
Keywords
Country: United States
Era: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Source:
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Bob Colby
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Surnames: Colby, Buxton, James
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Shirley Buxton
Shirley Buxton, 77, a longtime resident of the Forest Grove, Ore., community, died Thursday morning, April 20, 2006 at her home.
Funeral services were held on April 25, in Forest Grove, Ore., with the Rev. C. Eugene Sabin, retired, officiating. Concluding rites and interment followed at the Forest View Cemetery, 1161 W. Pacific Ave., in Forest Grove.
Shirley Buxton was born March 8, 1929 in Broomfield, Colo., the daughter of Albert Colby and Mazora (James) Colby. She was raised in Leadville, Colo., until the age of 10 when she moved with her family to Oregon, settling in the Cherry Grove community. Shirley continued and completed her education in the Gaston community.
She was united in marriage to Millard M. Buxton on April 6, 1947 in Vancouver, Wash. They celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary earlier this month. Following their marriage, they resided in the communities of Gaston, Ore.; Honeydew, Mendocino and Santa Rosa, Calif.; and Hilo, Hawaii until 1980 when they returned to Oregon, settling in Forest Grove.
Shirley was a member of the Gaston Congregational United Church of Christ, known today as the Gaston Community Church since her childhood. She was also a longtime member of the Gaston Pythian Sisters.
Among her special interests she enjoyed collecting antiques, visiting the Oregon Coast and oil painting, especially ocean scenes, barns and old houses.
Shirley was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Debbie Buxton; a son, Stephen Millard "Steve" Buxton in 2004; two brothers, Oris Colby and Eugene Colby; and a sister, Pearl Morgan.
Survivors include her husband, Millard M. Buxton, of the family home in Forest Grove; a daughter and son-in-law, Melody and Glen Fuller, of Penngrove, Calif.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Larry and Lori Buxton, and Michael Buxton, all of Forest Grove, Oregon; a brother and sister-in-law, Evan and Frances Colby, of Hebo, Oregon; and a sister and brother-in-law, June and Ted Anderson, of Gaston, Oregon.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren and their spouses, Tara Grinder and Jeff Buxton, both of Prosser, Wash.; Tyler Buxton, of Concord, Calif.; Chad and Andrea Fuller; Cory Fuller and Melissa Fuller, all of Penngrove, Calif.; Silas Knights, of Forest Grove, Ore.; and Andrea and Jason Koski, of Buffalo, N. Y.; five great-grandchildren, Taylor Grinder, Dawson Grinder and Dylan Buxton, all of Prosser, Wash.; and Abrianna and Malik; and several nieces and nephews.
The family suggests that remembrances may be contributions to the Shirley Buxton Memorial Fund, c/o the Gaston Community Church, 202 Church St., Gaston, OR 97119, in her memory.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home in Forest Grove is in charge of the arrangements.
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