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David Colby

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David Colby

Birth
Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
3 Jan 1826 (aged 66)
Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.175591, Longitude: -71.8237939
Plot
640
Memorial ID
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Son of Isaac and Hannah (Allen) Colby:

David Colby was a soldier in the Revolution - at the Skirmish at Lexington, battle of Bunker Hill, and one of a scouting party driven from Concord, Mass. He came to this town, (Henniker), and purchased a portion of the farm now occupied by Eri Colby, of his father, Isaac, where he resided until his death.

August 16, 1777, David Colby participated in the Battle of Bennington, Vermont.
Son of Isaac and Hannah (Allen) Colby:

David Colby was a soldier in the Revolution - at the Skirmish at Lexington, battle of Bunker Hill, and one of a scouting party driven from Concord, Mass. He came to this town, (Henniker), and purchased a portion of the farm now occupied by Eri Colby, of his father, Isaac, where he resided until his death.

August 16, 1777, David Colby participated in the Battle of Bennington, Vermont.

Inscription

Remember that I once like you
Was active fair and gay;
As I am now so you must be,
Here all your heads must lay.



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