Some Descendants of Abner Colby (Enoch,Enoch,Samuel,Samuel,Anthony) and Ruth Cheney of Thornton

  1. William Colby was born before 1790. [CFEA, p. 182]
  2. Unknown Daughter Colby was born before 1790. [CFEA, p. 182]
  3. Unknown Daughter Colby was born before 1790. [CFEA, p. 182]
  4. Ruth Colby was born in 1795. [CFEA, p. 182] She died on 5 Dec 1814, age 19, in Thornton. [CTN]
  5. Samuel Colby was born in 1796. [CFEA, p. 182] He died on 30 May 1833, age 37, in Thornton. [CFEA, p. 182]
  6. George Colby was born in Sep 1806. He died on 10 May 1828, age 20 years, 8 mos, in Thornton. [CFEA, p. 182-3]

"Undoubtedly there were other children not found." [CFEA, p. 183]

References

CTN AmericanAncestors.org, Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.
CFEA Weis, Frederik Lewis, The Colby Family in Early America: Early Generations of Descendants of Anthony Colby of Boston, Cambridge, Salisbury, Massachusetts 1595-1661, Colonial Press, Concord, 1970.