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Aaron Colby

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Aaron Colby

Birth
Bow Center, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
14 Jan 1877 (aged 84)
Bow Center, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Bow Center, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
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Father: James Colby
Mother: Susan Stewart

Marriage 1 Edith Rowell b: 30 Jul 1795 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Married: 25 Dec 1817 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Children
Harrison Colby b: 11 Apr 1820 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Sylvanus Rowell Colby b: 29 Jan 1827-14 Sep 1853 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire

He died of gangrene at the age of 84 ys, 9 ms, 3 ds. He and Edith are buried in the Evans cemetery on White Rock Hill Road in Bow, NH. This was known as the North Cemetery in the early 1800's. On 8, April, Aaron, with his brothers Willaby and Levi, bought a saw mill in Bow Bog, which was located at the juncture of Parsonage Meadow Brook and Moores Brook. Aaron served in the War of 1812. They lived in the Potter Place section of Andover, NH between 1838 and 1867. They moved back to Bow and lived at the farm house owned by Isabelle Downing (1963) on Woodhill-Hooksett Road. It was situated on the north side of the road about half way between Wood Hill Road and Allen Road. This was known as the Hoag farm in 1895.
SOURCES: (1) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (2) "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895
Father: James Colby
Mother: Susan Stewart

Marriage 1 Edith Rowell b: 30 Jul 1795 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Married: 25 Dec 1817 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Children
Harrison Colby b: 11 Apr 1820 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Sylvanus Rowell Colby b: 29 Jan 1827-14 Sep 1853 in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire

He died of gangrene at the age of 84 ys, 9 ms, 3 ds. He and Edith are buried in the Evans cemetery on White Rock Hill Road in Bow, NH. This was known as the North Cemetery in the early 1800's. On 8, April, Aaron, with his brothers Willaby and Levi, bought a saw mill in Bow Bog, which was located at the juncture of Parsonage Meadow Brook and Moores Brook. Aaron served in the War of 1812. They lived in the Potter Place section of Andover, NH between 1838 and 1867. They moved back to Bow and lived at the farm house owned by Isabelle Downing (1963) on Woodhill-Hooksett Road. It was situated on the north side of the road about half way between Wood Hill Road and Allen Road. This was known as the Hoag farm in 1895.
SOURCES: (1) "The Colby Family in Early America" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Caledonia, The Colonial Press, pub 1970; (2) "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, his wife Who settled in Bow in 1768" By one of them, Concord, NH Printed by the Republican Press Association 1895


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