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Elizabeth (Harvey) Colby (abt. 1683 - aft. 1724)

Elizabeth Colby formerly Harvey
Born about in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , and
Wife of — married 8 Dec 1710 in Amesbury, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died after after about age 41 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Elizabeth was born in about 1683 at Amesbury, Massachusetts to Thomas Harvey and Sarah Rowell.[1][2]

Elizabeth Harvey married Theophilus Colbey (sic) Dec 8, 1710 at Amesbury, Massachusetts.[3]

She was living at the time of her husband Theophilus Colby's death in about 1724; she declined to serve as administrator in favor of his brother, Timothy Colby.[4]


Sources

  1. ↑ Treat, John Harvey 'Ancestry of Col. John Harvey, of Northwood, New Hampshire, an officer of the line in the war of revolution, and an original member of the New Hampshire society of the Cincinnati, published 1907. Reference pages 9-10
  2. ↑ Hoyt, David Webster The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, published 1897. Reference pages 195-6
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, published 1913. Reference page 311
  4. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Reference page 5940:1-10. Subscription




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Carolyn Adams
Harvey-12286 and Harvey-5179 appear to represent the same person because: appear to be the same person
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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
What is the source of her death date? I am wondering if she is the Widow Colby who married Gideon Lowell in 1735 at Amesbury.

Thank you.

posted by S (Hill) Willson

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