8. ENOCH COLBY, son of Enoch Colby and Abigail Blaisdell

9. ABIGAIL BLAISDELL, daughter of John Blaisdell and Ebenzer Stevens

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Abigail Blaisdell was born on 28 September 1726 in Amesbury. [VRAB]

Children of Enoch Colby and Abigail Blaisdell:

i. John Colby died at Valley Forge. [HOC]

ii. Jethro Colby died on the "dark day" in 1780 after he returned home from the Revolutionary War. [HOC]

Jethro served in Rhode Island. [HOC]

iii. Enoch Colby married Lydia Worthen. [HOC]

Enoch settled in Thornton. [HOC]

iv. Nehemiah Colby married Mary Rowe. [HOC]

v. Abner Colby [HOC]

vi. Samuel Colby married Ruth French.

vii. Abigail Colby married John Colby of Amesbury. [HOC]

viii. Mary Colby died in 1780. [HOC]

References:

HOC. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 493–4.

VRAB. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 33–39.

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