Thomas Colby

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Lieut. Thomas COLBY was born on 24 JUN 1756 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.) He died on 25 DEC 1848 at Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Thomas and Susannah came to Bow, NH, 30 March, 1775. He enlisted in the Northern Army in Captain Nay's company, July 1776/ In 1818, Thomas Colby of Bow, NH, aged 62 years, deposed: that he enlisted 6 January 1776, under Captain Samuel Richards for one year. He served at Winter Hill, Albany, New York; Montreal Sorel, and St. John's Canada, Mount Independence, Vermont; Ticonderoga, New York; Pennsylvania; and back to Albany. Only 16 out of 70 who enlisted with him were living when he was discharged. Jacob S. Colby testified that Thomas Colby enlisted "in my father's home," and he enlisted with him. Thomas's pension was approved and Mr. Colby received a pension until his death in 1848.

SOURCES: (1) "The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts" by David W. Hoyt; (2) Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850. Amesbury; (3) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (3) "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 43

Mrs. Clarissa J. Robertson.

DAR ID Number: 42690

Born in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Wife of W. J. Robertson.

Descendant of Thomas COLBY, of New Hampshire.

Daughter of Lucian B. Gould and Elizabeth A. Foss, his wife.

Granddaughter of Deacon Samuel Gould and Mary P. COLBY, his wife.

Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel COLBY and Sarah Partridge, his wife.

Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Thomas COLBY and Susanna (COLBY) (1749-1832), his wife, m. 1775.

Thomas COLBY, (1756-1848), enlisted 1776 for one year in Capt. Samuel Richard's company, Col. John Stark's regiment, and served at Mount Independence. In 1818 he was allowed a pension for one year's actual service as private, New Hampshire line. He was born in Amesbury, Mass.; died in Dunbarton, N. H.

Parents: Abraham COLBY and Elizabeth BLAISDELL.

Spouse: Susannah COLBY. Lieut. Thomas COLBY and Susannah COLBY were married on 30 MAR 1775 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. SOURCE: FHL Number 1000976; COLBY, Thomas, Marriage: Susannah COLBY, Date: 30 Mar 1775; Recorded in: Birth and Marriage Index for New Hampshire. Children were: Samuel COLBY, Hannah COLBY, Mary COLBY, Anna COLBY, Abraham COLBY, Thomas COLBY.