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About John Libby, Jr.
"Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH" [Noyes, Libby, Davis], pp. 432-433:
JOHN LIBBY JR., 'being 80 yrs of age' 15 Mar, 1717/18, [age] about 83, 24 Mar 1719/20. Soldier in King Philip's War. In Scarborough, he was selectman 1669, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1684, 1688. In Portsmouth, [he was a] miller, he and his sons ran (and apparently built) the grist mill on the Vaughan privilege. Thinking that the Libby lands passed to him as eldest son under English law, he deeded them to his eldest son [John Libby III], and deeded his own Scarborough lands to his son Daniel; so his other children are unnamed. But the 1736 division of his father's lands among all the heirs shows that his brothers James and Samuel left no descendants, and all his other brothers, except Daniel at Marblehead, left wills naming their children. So it seems certain that all others about Portsmouth of proper age were his children.... He and wife AGNES deposed together in 1718...
[The sons were:]. John (b. 1669), Joseph (b. c1671), Samuel (b. c1674), James (b. 1676), Daniel (b. 1678), Benjamin (b. 1682), and Jeremiah (b, 1689).
The daughters are not listed but were likely: Mary (b. c1685) [wife of Joseph Berry Jr.] and Elizabeth (b. c1691) [wife of Jonathan Barlow]
It has been conjectured that a third daughter may have been Agnes (b. c1680), wife of Samuel Clark Jr. of Portsmouth, then later, of John Meader of Oyster River. See Agnes [Clark] Meader
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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 3 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stub
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) Libby by his first wife, was born probably in England, in the year 1636. He was brought up in Scarborough. In August, 1668, which was probably soon after his marriage, he bought fifty acres of land adjoining his father's plantation. There he probably lived during his sojourn at Black Point. Afterward he received several other grants from the town. The part he took in town business was active, and he served as selectman during the years 1670-74-83 and 1687. In May, 1690, while the settlement at Black Point was still ill equipped to repel an invader, Fort Loyal, on Casco Neck, a few miles north of Black Point, was attacked by a large body of Indians and French. The fort stood a siege of five days, and then surrendered, and the inhabitants of Scarborough, not waiting to be attacked, immediately deserted their homes and fled to safer localities. John Libby assembled his family and betook himself to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his youngest son Jeremiah then being ten years old. Mr. Libby remained in Portsmouth the remainder of his life, and followed the occupation of miller. During the earlier part of his term of residence there he was often chosen to fill minor offices. In 1720, when he was very old, he made a deposition about early affairs in Scarborough. How much longer he lived after that is unknown. His wife's name was Agnes; she was living in 1717 (1717/18) but probably died before her husband. They had seven children, all born in Scarborough: John, Joseph, Samuel, James, Daniel, Benjamin and Jeremiah.
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH" [Noyes, Libby, Davis], pp. 432-433:
JOHN LIBBY JR., 'being 80 yrs of age' 15 Mar, 1717/18, [age] about 83, 24 Mar 1719/20. Soldier in King Philip's War. In Scarborough, he was selectman 1669, 1673, 1674, 1676, 1684, 1688. In Portsmouth, [he was a] miller, he and his sons ran (and apparently built) the grist mill on the Vaughan privilege. Thinking that the Libby lands passed to him as eldest son under English law, he deeded them to his eldest son [John Libby III], and deeded his own Scarborough lands to his son Daniel; so his other children are unnamed. But the 1736 division of his father's lands among all the heirs shows that his brothers James and Samuel left no descendants, and all his other brothers, except Daniel at Marblehead, left wills naming their children. So it seems certain that all others about Portsmouth of proper age were his children.... He and wife AGNES deposed together in 1718...
[The sons were:]. John (b. 1669), Joseph (b. c1671), Samuel (b. c1674), James (b. 1676), Daniel (b. 1678), Benjamin (b. 1682), and Jeremiah (b, 1689).
The daughters are not listed but were likely: Mary (b. c1685) [wife of Joseph Berry Jr.] and Elizabeth (b. c1691) [wife of Jonathan Barlow]
It has been conjectured that a third daughter may have been Agnes (b. c1680), wife of Samuel Clark Jr. of Portsmouth, then later, of John Meader of Oyster River. See Agnes Clark Meader (Libby?)
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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 3 By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stub
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) Libby by his first wife, was born probably in England, in the year 1636. He was brought up in Scarborough. In August, 1668, which was probably soon after his marriage, he bought fifty acres of land adjoining his father's plantation. There he probably lived during his sojourn at Black Point. Afterward he received several other grants from the town. The part he took in town business was active, and he served as selectman during the years 1670-74-83 and 1687. In May, 1690, while the settlement at Black Point was still ill equipped to repel an invader, Fort Loyal, on Casco Neck, a few miles north of Black Point, was attacked by a large body of Indians and French. The fort stood a siege of five days, and then surrendered, and the inhabitants of Scarborough, not waiting to be attacked, immediately deserted their homes and fled to safer localities. John Libby assembled his family and betook himself to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his youngest son Jeremiah then being ten years old. Mr. Libby remained in Portsmouth the remainder of his life, and followed the occupation of miller. During the earlier part of his term of residence there he was often chosen to fill minor offices. In 1720, when he was very old, he made a deposition about early affairs in Scarborough. How much longer he lived after that is unknown. His wife's name was Agnes; she was living in 1717 (1717/18) but probably died before her husband. They had seven children, all born in Scarborough: John, Joseph, Samuel, James, Daniel, Benjamin and Jeremiah.
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John Libby, Jr.'s Timeline
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1637
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England or on Richmond Island, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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| 1668 |
1668
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Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1671
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Scarborough, Maine, United States
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1674
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Scarborough, Maine, United States
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1676
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Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts
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1678
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Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine
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June 4, 1682
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Scarborough, York County, Massachusetts
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1685
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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1689
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, United States
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