Moses Colburn (1765 - 1845)

Born 24 Nov 1765 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Spaulding) Coburn — married 27 Jul 1794 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 4 May 1845 at age 79 in Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States

Biography

Private Moses Colburn served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia during the American Revolution.

Moses Colburn is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023998.

Moses was born in 1765. He is the son of Caleb Colburn.^[1]

Moses served in the American Revolution as a private in Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's regiment. He aoolied for bounty land in 1835.^[2]

Moses married Easter Spaulding on 27 July 1794 in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

Moses was in a pension record in 1833-1848 in Maine, United States.^[4]

Moses (age 83) died on 4 May 1848 and was buried in 1848 in Powers, Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States.^[5] Moses was mentioned on a memorial in Sunday River Cemetery, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, United States with a death date of 4 May 1848.^[6]

Moses's estate passed probate on 5 January 1848 in Oxford, Maine, United States.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Coburn, Silas Roger Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn (Courier-Citizen Press, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1913) 48 & Page 99
2. ↑ "Maine, U.S., Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-1836"
   Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Applied for State Bounty under Resolves of March 17, 1835, March 24, 1836, and March 20, 1836, as Appears of Record in Land Office. n.p., 1893
   Ancestry Record 4461 #180 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Name: Moses Coburn; Gender: Male; Residence: Newry; Enlistment Place: Dunstable, Mass.; Application Date: 1835-1836; Application Place: Maine, USA.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81516089 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Moses Coburn marriage to Easter Spaulding on 27 Jul 1794 in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, USA.
4. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872"
   The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1116 #141989 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Name: Moses Coburn; Year range: 1833-1848; Pension Office Place: Maine, USA.
5. ↑ Burial: "Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980"
   Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2016
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61897 #43163 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Moses Coburn burial (died on 4 May 1848 at age 83) in 1848 in Powers, Newry, Oxford, Maine, USA.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #40347679 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Memorial page for Moses Coburn (24 Nov 1765-4 May 1848), citing Sunday River Cemetery, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Lucy Morin (contributor 46829619).
7. ↑ Probate: "Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999"
   Probate of Wills and Letters Testamentary (Probate Records Vol. 1), 1836-1865; Author: Maine. Probate Court (Oxford County); Probate Place: Oxford, Maine
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8994 #96021 (accessed 11 June 2023)
   Moses Coburn probate on 5 Jan 1848 in Oxford, Maine, USA.