Stephen Colby

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Stephen COLBY was born on 16 JUN 1712 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 7 JUN 1745 at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. He had administration granted for estate on 2 OCT 1749. He was a shipwright in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Died at Cape Breton during the French and Indian War. Land partly in Salisbury and partly in South Hampton, New Hampshire, was sold by the widow Elizabeth in 1775, to John Colby of Newbury.

SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Birth & Marriage, Amesbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970.

Parents: Philip COLBY and Anne WEBSTER.

Spouse: Elizabeth MAXFIELD. Stephen COLBY and Elizabeth MAXFIELD were married on 27 MAR 1738 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury. At Hampton.) Children were: Sarah COLBY, Samuel COLBY, Stephen COLBY, John COLBY, Michael COLBY.