Enoch Colby II (1726 - 1811)

Born 1726 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Blaisdell) Colby — married about 1753 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1811 at about age 85 in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Biography

Enoch Colby II has English ancestors.

Enoch was the son of Enoch Colby and 1. Abial Sanborn

Husband of Abigail Blaisdell 1726–Deceased, Marriage 1753 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire

COLBY, ENOCH Came to Candia about 1750. His grandfather, whose name was also Enoch, came over at an early period from England in the Mayflower, which vessel was employed several times in bringing over passengers after her first famous voyage with the Pilgrims. He at first settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and died soon after moving to Chester, New Hampshire. His father, named Enoch, married twice. He married first on 16 December 1725 to Abial Sanborn daughter of Banjamin Sanborn, one of the grantees of Chester, New Hampshire. He married second, on 15 December 1748, to Sarah Sargent.

Enoch Colby II married Abigail Blaisdell, by whom he had nine children: John, Enoch, Nehemiah, Jethro, Abner, Samuel, Abigail, William and Mary [Colby] Clemens. John, Enoch and Jethro were soldiers in the Revolution. The first named [John Colby] died at Valley Forge, sinking under the hardships of that memorable winter, having served four years from the commencement of the War. Jethro Colby was in Rhode Island and died in 1780, on the "dark day," six months after his return home. Enoch Colby married Lydia Worthen, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and moved to Thornton, New Hampshire, where he for some years was a member of the House of Representatives and of the State Senate. It is told of John Colby that being one of the first of his division at the Battle of Stillwater to attack the enemy, he jumped on a piece of cannon which had been so heated by repeated discharges as to burn his feet. Nehemiah Colby married Mary Rowe, and settled on the home farm. He died in 1840, aged 82. Abner Colby married Ruth Cheney, of Thornton, New Hampshire. Samuel Colby married Ruth French, and carried her behind him on horseback to Derby, Vermont, then a wilderness, where he died leaving a family in prosperous circumstances. William Colby died in Ohio, in 1846. Abigail married John Colby, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. Mary died in 1780.

Notice of Early Families of Candia: SOURCE: HISTORY OF CANDIA: Once known as Charmingfare; with Notice of Some of the Early Families, by F.B. Eaton, Press of the Granite Farmer, James O. Adams, Printer, Manchester, New Hampshire,1852, Pages 63-64

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John Colby 1755–1779

Enoch Colby 1756-1833

Jethro Colby 1757–1780

Nehemiah Colby 1758–1840

Abner Colby 1763–Deceased

Mary Colby Female 1764–1780

Samuel Colby 1766–1834

William Colby 1768–1846

Abigail Colby 1770–1842

Clemens Colby 1774-Deceased

Sources

New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949; Name Enoch Colby; Event Type Death; Event Date 13 July 1811; Event Place Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Record Image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDK4-1X3