Sixth Generation678. Philbrick COLBY257,258 was born on 16 March 1735 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts. He died in 1795 at the age of 60 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. HISTORY OF THE COLBY FAMILY PHILBROOK COLBY. "This name appears with much frequency upon the Haverhill rolls about 1750-60. He was a young blacksmith; enlisted for a short term, and was honorably discharged; enlisted again, and at Fort Edward, near the Hudson river, deserted. We trust he had good reasons for thus putting himself on record. The next season he went again for two years; and was at Crown Point and Ticonderoga. After the war he settled in Weare." "Philbrick Colby, of Haverhill, is among the list at Weare, NH who served in the Revolution." DAR Lineage Book, pg. 238 "RETURN of the Men inlisted for his Majesty's Service within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in the Regiment whereof John Osgood Jun. Edq: is Colonel, to be put under the immediate Command of His Excellency JEFFRY AMHERST, Esq: General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, for the Invasion of CANADA." Name Philbrook Colby When Enlisted Apr 4 IN a former Expedition 1757 Where L. George Where Resident Haverhill Age 23 "History of Haverhill" "In the Muster Roll of Captain Timothy Parker's company, at Fort Edward, July 26, 1756, were the following who give this town as their last place of residence, though not all of them were born here: -- Philbrook Colby, Blacksmith "Philbrick Colby, of Haverhill, is among the list at Wear, NH who served in the Revolution." From: DAR Lineage book, Vol. 22, pg. 238. "Philbrick Colby, of Haverhill, responded to the Lexington alarm as a private in Capt. David Hill's Company, Colonel Johnson's regiment." From: DAR Lineage book, Vol. 58, p. 67 Philbrick COLBY and Susannah BRADLEY were married in 1758 in New Hampshire. Susannah BRADLEY258 was born about 1740 in Massachusetts. Philbrick COLBY-17287 and Susannah BRADLEY-21914 had the following children:
Philbrick COLBY and Ruth LUFKIN were married about 1774 in Massachusetts. Ruth LUFKIN258 was born on 15 August 1748 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Philbrick COLBY-17287 and Ruth LUFKIN-21913 had the following children:
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