Some Descendants of Nehemiah Colby (Enoch,Enoch,Samuel,Samuel,Anthony) and Mary Rowe of Candia

  1. Nehemiah Colby was born in 1800. [CFEA, p. 107] He died on 12 Dec 1803, age three. [CFEA, p. 107]
  2. Enoch Colby was born about 1803. He died of consumption on 3 May 1829 in Candia, age 26. [HTCR 5,309-10][VRRI]
  3. Sherburne Colby was born about 1806. He died of consumption on 3 May 1829 in Candia, age 23. [HTCR 5,309-10] Enoch and Sherburne are buried in the same grave in the old cemetery in Candia. [HTCR 5,309-10][VRRI]
  4. Hon. Nehemiah Colby was born in Candia in 1813. [CFEA, p. 107] He died on 6 Mar 1863, age 50, in Candia. [CFEA, p. 107] He married Betsey Unknown on 6 Nov 1811. [CFEA, p. 107] She died on 31 Aug 1861 in Candia. [CFEA, p. 107]
    Nehemiah was a selectman in Candia in 1843, 1844 and 1850. [CFEA, p. 107] He was a member of the Methodist Society in 1859. [CFEA, p. 107]
    1. George Frank Colby was born on 22 Jan 1844. [CFEA, p. 108] He died on 25 Feb 1845 in Candia. [CFEA, p. 107]

"There were probably other children." [CFEA, p. 107]

References

VRRI Arnold, James N.. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths: A family register for the people, Providence, Narraganset Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912.
HTCR Moore, J. Bailey, History of the Town of Candia, Rockingham County, N.H.: From its first settlement to the present time, Manchester, NH, G.W. Browne, 1893. Online: Ancestry.com.
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.

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