Caleb was born in 1719. He was named in the will of his father James Colvin.[1]
He married Anne Burlingame on 3 August 1740 at Providence, Rhode Island. He was living at Scituate at the time; Anne was from Providence.[2]
According to a local history text, Caleb was the son of Reverand James Colvin, from whom he inherited land in Coventry, Rhode Island. He was, according to the text, "a prosperous farmer" in Coventry. His wife, Anne, was the daughter of Reverand Thomas Burlingame.[3]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caleb by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caleb:
Colvin-1830 and Colvin-617 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same parents, the same year of birth, and the same date of death.