16. ENSIGH ENOCH COLBY, son of Samuel Colby and Dorothy Ambrose
17. ABIGAIL SANBORN, daughter of Benjamin Sanborn and Sarah Unknown
Enoch Colby was born on 7 November 1702 in Amesbury. [VRAB] He married Abigail Sanborn on 16 December 1725. [VCS1]
Abigail Sanborn was born on 22 July 1700. [VCS1]
Enoch's father-in-law Benjamin Sanborn gave him half of his right in Chester and the house on thie right. [HO5]
Abigail's father refered to his daughter as Abigail Colby in his will of October 1740. [VCS1]
Enoch was a surveyor of highways and fence viewer in Chester in 1730. He was a selectman in 1731. He was a tythingman in 1734. [HO1]
Enoch was one of three empowered to call the first meeting of the Congretional Church. A warning to call this meeting is dated 27 August 1740. [HO3]
Enoch was an ensign in Chester in 1749. [HO2]
Children of Enoch Colby and Abigail Sanborn
i. Enoch Colby married Abigail Blaisdell.
ii. Sarah Colby died on 30 May 1810. [HOC] She married William Turner.
iii. Dorothy Colby was born on 5 January 1730. [HOC] She died don 15 August 1816. [HOC] She married first David Worthen. [HOC] She married second Jacob Chase. [HOC]
iv. Jethro Colby was born on 8 May 1733. [HOC] He died on 4 April 1803. [HOC] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Bartlett, on 1 November 1756. [HOC] She died on 13 July 1778. [HOC] He married second Nannie Moulton. [HOC] She died in 1793. [HOC]
v. Susanna Colby was born on 22 August 1735. [HOC]
vi. Abiel Colby was born on 10 July 1741. [HOC]
vii. Abigail Colby was born on 10 December 1749. [HOC] She married James Towle of Hawke. [HOC]
viiii. Mary Colby was born on 9 November 1756. [HOC] She married Benjamin Long. [HOC]
Benjamin and Mary went to to Schenectady, New York. [HOC]
ix. Elizabeth Colby was born on 9 June 1758. [HOC] She married John Wilson. [HOC]
x. Judith Colby was born on 27 August 1760. [HOC] She married Joseph Long. [HOC]
References:
VRAB. Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 57–68.
VCS1. V.C. Sanborn, Genealogy of the Family of Samborne or Sanborn (Albany: Rumford Press, 1899), 86–87.
HO5. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 29.
HO3. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 92–934.
HO1. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 454–6.
HO2. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 365.
HOC. Benjamin Chase, History of Old Chester (Auburn, NH: author, 1869), 493–4.
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