Samuel Colby (1766 - 1834)

Born 1766 in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (French) Colby — married about 1785 in New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1834 at about age 68 in Derby, Orleans, Vermont

Biography

Samuel Colby has English ancestors.

Samuel was the son of Enoch Colby and Abigail Blaisdell 1726–Deceased, Marriage 1753 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Ruth French 1775–1831, Marriage 1785 in Thornton, 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 1. Sarah Sargent, and died in Chester. He married 2. Abigail Blaisdell, by whom he had nine children: John, Enoch, Nehemiah, Jethro, Abner, Samuel, Abigail, William, Mary Clemens. John, Enoch and Jethro were soldiers in the Revolution. The first named died at Valley Forge, sinking under the hardships of that memorable winter, having served four years from the commencement of the War. Jethro was in Rhode Island and died in 1780, on the "dark day," six months after his return home. Enoch 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 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

Dictionary of Canadian Biography http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=4360

Children of Samuel and Ruth:

Colby 1787–1787

Colby 1789–1789

Nehemiah Colby 1790–1862

Sarah Colby Verback 1793–1852

Moses French Colby 1795–1863

Ruth French Colby 1797–Deceased

Emily Colby Kendall 1800–1843

Sources

BURIAL: Derby Center Cemetery, Derby, Orleans, Vermont

Find A Grave: Memorial #134402555 Samuel Colby

Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954; Samuel Colby; Age 68; Event Type Death; Event Date 23 June 1834; Event Place Derby, Vermont; Birth Year (Estimated) 1766; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJN-LPK

SECONDARY SOURCE: Family Tree https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KJPD-91B