Hannah? Colburn

Not the same as Hannah Rolfe

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Book entitled; "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation." There are 4 volumes. Pages: 2,149 pp. in all Published in 1913 Reprinted in 1997 Currently out of print.

Compiled by William R. Cutter, the former corresponding secretary and historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, this four-volume work boasts detailed genealogical and biographical essays on nearly 1,000 venerable New England families.

In the book, it states this about Edward Colborne;

(I) Edward Coburn, Colborne or Colburn, as the name is variously spelled by his descendants, was born in England. He sailed in September, 1635, in the ship "Defence", and arrived in Boston October 30. His age stated as seventeen, and Robert Colburn, aged twenty eight years, was a fellow passenger. He settled first at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was a farmer for Nathaniel Salton stall. He was a soldier in King Philip's from Chelmsford and was in charge of was called Colburn's garrison on the river, having the rank of corporal. He guarding the ferry, March 18, 1675, when Vamesit Indians killed two sons of Varnum and burned Coburn's home. King William's war, 1689-90, he again commanded a garrison. He was probably the settler of Dracut, Massachusetts. He died 1712. Children: Edward, born 1642; John, 1644; Robert, 1646; Thomas, mentioned below; Daniel, 1654; Hannah, 1656; Ezra, March 16, 1658; Joseph, June 16, 1661; Lydia, August 20 1666.

• Note; No metion of a wife for Edward Colborne, at all, lest of all, her name.

And it states this about Thomas Coburn, Edward's son;

(II) Thomas Coburn, son of Edward Coburn, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1648, died before 1728. His land was conveyed to him by his father, February 22, 1671. He married (first) August 6, 1672, Hannah Rolfe, (second) November 17, 1681, Remembrance (Underwood) Richardson. Children by first wife: Hannah, born 1673; Thomas, May 14, 1675; Jonathan, May 16, 1677; Daniel, January 19, 1679. Children by second wife: Josiah, March 15, 1684; James, January 31, 1689; Margaret, March 12, 1691; Jonathan, December 22, 1693; Zachariah, April 26, 1697; Mary or Mercy, March 1, 1699; Henry, May 2, 1700; Sarah, October 7, 1703; Ephraim, April 24, 1706.

Note; Thomas DID marry a Hannah Rolfe.

I hope this will help with there being documentation on the matter. But..., I agree, there needs to be a birth record for Hannah Rolfe, as proof of her parents, and a marriage record for this same Hannah Rolfe marring Edward Colborne (Coburn). Otherwise, I believe Edward's wife shall be left nameless.