John Libby II (1636 - bef. 1720)

Born 26 Apr 1636 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1720 before age 83 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Note: Because of a great deal of similar names, as well as multiple intermarriages in the Libby family tree, Charles Libby, author of The Libby Family in America devised a numbering system from the Immigrant. The immigrant on WikiTree is John Libby. Each child is numbered in order, so John Libby is Child 1 (or Libby 1). Each of his children is numbered in order (1-1, 1-2, 1-3) etc. (As a descendant of John Libby, my number in this system is 1-6-5-5-6-4-1-2-8-2-1 (I am the oldest child or the 2nd child of the 8th child of the 2nd child of the first child of the 4th child of the 6th child of the 5th child of the 5th child of the 6th child of the first child John Libby of the Immigrant John LibbyMarland-3 17:28, 15 May 2015 (EDT))

Biography

John, son of John Libby, was probably born in England, in the year 1636, and was reared in Scarborough. In 1668, he bought fifty acres adjoining his father’s plantation at Black Point, where he resided. Subsequently he received several other grants from the town. He took an active part in the public matters of the town, and served as selectman in the years 1670-74-83-87. In 1690 Fort Loyal, a few miles north of Black Point, was captured by the French and Indians, and the inhabitants of Scarborough left their homes and went to safer localities. John Libby with his whole family fled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There he lived the remainder of his life. He followed the vocation of miller, and during the earlier years of his residence there was frequently chosen to fill the minor town offices. He lived to be very old, and probably died soon after 1720. His wife Agnes, was living in March, 1717, but probably died before her husband. Their children, all born in Scarborough were: John, Joseph, Samuel, James, Daniel, Benjamin and Jeremiah.^[1]

In Aug. 1668 he bought 50 acres adjoining his father's property:

This Indenture made ye first day of August 1668… between Joshua Scottow of Boston… & John Libbey Junr of Blackpoint… sd Joshua Scottow… doth… sell… fifty acres of upland… Abutting on ye East of his father Libbys field… with Scottows Land Easterly… with Six acres of Marsh land lying next to ye Clay pitts bordering upon blackpoint river Near Oposite to Sarah Mills house… paying yearly Two days work for ever… & Also forever to repair & maintaine all that fence belonging to sd Scottows Marsh both that Set up by sd Libby &c and before his house & Land & that before his fathers Land Joyning to Wm Sheldon & Likewise… ye fence Needful for ye Salt marsh bordering upon his father Libbys Marsh…
Joshua Scottow…

It is agreed by both partyes that ye Two due dayes… are to be remitted Intirely & that ye fence above Expressed is to be Sufficient Against Great Cattle & to be a three raile fence & that Jno Libby is to have Liberty to Cutt for maintainance of ye fences in any part of Scottows Comon Land. Dated ye 19th June 1675.
Henry Williams
Joseph Oliver

This Agreemt of fifty acres is to be understood with John Libbey Senr owning ye Land in his possession on ye Easter side of his old plantation for fifty Acres. (2)

Looks like they took their fences seriously!

John was a selectman in Scarborough in 1669, 1673-4, 1676, 1684 and 1688. John's estate on 28 Nov. 1681 consisted of 50 acres of land, 12 acres of marsh, 1 cow, 2 mares and 1 sheep. John was a soldier in Philip's War.

The settlement at Black point was still in poor condition when the Indians and French attacked Fort Loyal on Casco Neck in May 1690. After a siege of five days the fort surrendered and the inhabitants of Scarborough without waiting to be attacked themselves left their homes and moved to safer localities. John and his family moved to Portsmouth, NH at this time and never returned to Scarborough. In Portsmouth as a miller he and his sons built and ran the grist mill on the Vaughan privilege.

I John Libbey Senr of Portsmo in New Hampshr formerly of Scarborough or Black Point… for ye Love and Affection I bare… have given… unto my Son John Libey That my Tract & farm of Land & Marsh scittuate… at Black point… whereon my father John Libbey decd formerly Lived… wch my sd father Obtained of Mr Henry Joslyn… this first of Novembr 1713…
John Libbey Senr
his HH mark
In psence of
Geo: Vaughan
James Gray (1)

John Libbey being Eighty years of Age Testifieth… that he being an Inhabitant of Black point Alias Scarborough… Between Sixty & Seventy years Since he very well knew Joseph Whinick of that place & ye land where he lived & that above Sixty Years Since he was in Quiet possession of a Certaine neck or parcel of Land & Salt marsh lying in that place & So Continued in Possession thereof Dureing his life… and has been Ever since Quietly possessed by his Children without any Mollestation from any person Except ye Indians… Containing about forty Acres at ye other end Nonesuch river… & blue point river… Agnes Libbey… Testifieth to ye truth of all the Above… Portsmouth 15th March 1717.(3)

The following probate papers concerning John and his father are found in the folder for John Libby of Scarborough, son of Matthew, who died in 1756, whose wife was Keziah and estate was administered by his son Peter. The mix-up occurred quite some time ago as they are all marked with docket number 11542. Unfortunately, this happens not infrequently… so if you are researching and something seems out of place… it may be!

John Libby Senr of the Town of Portsmouth… Miller… Know ye that whereas the sd John Libbys Senr ffather John Libby: Died Intestate and administration of his sd ffathers Estate… belongs unto him he being the eldest son- But now being very aged and not capeable to undertake the sd administration upon him- But… the said Estate might be settled. Both in this Province and the Province of the Massachuset & especialy in the County of York… Doe therefore renounce sd Right to sd administration and Impowers his Eldest son John Libby of Portsmouth aforesd Labourer to administer on the Premises… this nineteenth Day of febuary… 1719/20…
Marke of
John HH Libby
In psence off
Jer: Libby
George Ayers

We John Libby of Portsmouth… husbandman, Principal, Thomas Perkins of Portsmouth… husbandman and Richard Rice of Kittery… his Suretys… Dated at yorke ye 6, day of aprill… one Thousand Seven Hundred and twenty… the above bounden John Libby administrator of all… the Goods… of his grandfather John Libby late of Scarborough… deced…

the Eleventh day of November 1720… We a prieas the Saelt marshes at twenty shilling P acer and the freas meados at ten shielings P acer and the up Lands at seven shieliengs P acer P us
Humphrey Scammon Juner
Roger Dearing
Ebenezer Hill

Ouer Charges for attending this sarveres three Dayes Eaich man att 5s P day £2.05s.0d

The above is the trew Inventory of John Libbe deseced Estate of Lands & marshs… bounded as is in henry Josling deed to said deseced Libbe having dat ye first day of January 1663…

That is to say 100 acres of upland
About 9 acers of fresh medow
About 100 acres of salt marsh (4)

Sources

• (1) York Deeds- Vol. VIII, fol. 14
• (2) Ibid- Vol. VIII, fol. 225
• (3) Ibid- Vol. IX, fol. 51
• (4) York County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 11542

• Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Libbey, Libby Family- Historical Research Bureau, Washington, D.C., MS at Auburn Public Library, p.2
• The Libby Family in America: 1602-1880- Charles T. Libby, pp.26-7
• Scarborough Becomes a Town- Dorothy Shaw Libbey, B. Wheelwright Co., Portland, 1955
• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire-p.432-3
• The Genealogy of Herbert Cornelius Graves- Clara Edith Baker, Washington, 1963-pp.327-8

Name

Name: John /Libby/

Source: #S18

Name: John /Libby/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 26 APR 1636

Place: England

Source: #S18

Birth also listed as Maine

Birth:

Date: 1637

Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Death

Death:

Date: 1720

Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Source: #S18

Death:

Date: 28 Feb 1718

Place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Occupation

Occupation: Miller

Source: #S36

: Marriage:

Date: 17 APR 1635

Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Marriage:

Date: 1668

Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME^[18][19]

Husband: John Libby

Wife: Agnes Hanson

Child: John Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joanna Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Daniel Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joanna Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Benjamin Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jeremiah Libby

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: Aug 1668

Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States^[20]

Sources

• The Libby family in America,1602-1881, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America

Source S18

Type: Web Site

Author: Jan Bengry (submitter)

Title: Pedigree Resource File, FamilySearch.org (AFN: 93VS-Q9)

URL: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp

Source S36

Type: Book

Text: Stearns, Ezra S., William F. Whitcher, and Edward E. Parker. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, published online by Google Books, 2008 (http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false); original publisher: The Lewis Publishing Company, NY, 1908.

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• Repository: R-2139398877 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
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1. ↑ Stearns, Ezra S., William F. Whitcher, and Edward E. Parker. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, published online by Google Books, 2008 (http://books.google.com/books?id=M80UAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false); original publisher: The Lewis Publishing Company, NY, 1908.
2. ↑ Source: #S-2052921796 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=345024&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Eng, Maine, New Hampshire, Miller, Selectman APID: 1,3599::345024
3. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1637; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387279&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1637Birth place: Scarborough, MEDeath date: Death place: Portsmouth, NHMarriage date: 1668Marriage place: APID: 1,4725::4387279
4. ↑ Source: #S-2053290243 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoold&h=1602193&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1720Death place: Portsmouth, NH, USA APID: 1,5771::1602193
5. ↑ Source: #S-2053482518 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=101610704&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USADeath date: 1719Death place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USA APID: 1,7249::101610704
6. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1636; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4995235&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 1717Death place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1666Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4995235
7. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Scarbourgh; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387170&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1649Birth place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 28 February 1718Death place: Hampton, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1682Marriage place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4387170
8. ↑ Source: #S-2052921796 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=345024&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Eng, Maine, New Hampshire, Miller, Selectman APID: 1,3599::345024
9. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1637; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387279&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1637Birth place: Scarborough, MEDeath date: Death place: Portsmouth, NHMarriage date: 1668Marriage place: APID: 1,4725::4387279
10. ↑ Source: #S-2053482518 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=101610704&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USADeath date: 1719Death place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USA APID: 1,7249::101610704
11. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1636; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4995235&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 1717Death place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1666Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4995235
12. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Scarbourgh; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387170&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1649Birth place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 28 February 1718Death place: Hampton, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1682Marriage place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4387170
13. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1637; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387279&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1637Birth place: Scarborough, MEDeath date: Death place: Portsmouth, NHMarriage date: 1668Marriage place: APID: 1,4725::4387279
14. ↑ Source: #S-2053290243 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoold&h=1602193&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1720Death place: Portsmouth, NH, USA APID: 1,5771::1602193
15. ↑ Source: #S-2053482518 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=101610704&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USADeath date: 1719Death place: Scarborough, Cumb, Maine, USA APID: 1,7249::101610704
16. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1636; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4995235&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 1717Death place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1666Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4995235
17. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Scarbourgh; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387170&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1649Birth place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 28 February 1718Death place: Hampton, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1682Marriage place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4387170
18. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1637; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387279&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1637Birth place: Scarborough, MEDeath date: Death place: Portsmouth, NHMarriage date: 1668Marriage place: APID: 1,4725::4387279
19. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1636; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4995235&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1636Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 1717Death place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1666Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4995235
20. ↑ Source: #S-2052921884 Page: Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Scarbourgh; Birth state: ME. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4387170&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1649Birth place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, MEDeath date: 28 February 1718Death place: Hampton, Rockingham, NHMarriage date: 1682Marriage place: Scarbourgh, Cumberland, ME APID: 1,4725::4387170