At the age of 21, he resolved to penetrate the forests of New Hampshire for the purpose of selecting a location for his father, four brothers, and himself. The spot selected was on Wood Hill in the town of Bow. The homestead was originally on both sides of Wood Hill Road. The section east of the road was later separated by the road from Wood ??hill to Great Hill. The house is at the northeast corner of the intersection. Willaby soon went back to his Amesbury home and married Sarah Sargent of Newton, NH on 14 Jan 1767. His first child, James was born in the Fall of 1767. The next Spring, they all started for their new home in Bow, his wife on horseback with their child in her arms. He soon built a frame house east of where his son Philip afterward lived. In 1774 he purchased of Benjamin Noyes, a hundred acre lot. This lot was called Nottencook. He was well skilled in the use of carpenter's tools. Their first log house stood a short distance south of where William Elliot lived in 1892, where his father, Abraham, with the youngest son, Jonathan lived and died. He was a Revolutionary soldier. In July 1777, Lt. Willaby Colby, with seven others, under Capt. Benjamin Bean, marched for the relief of Fort Ticonderoga. On their arrival at the Fort in Charlestown, NH news came of its evacuation and orders to return. They were in service seven days. In February 1781, he petitioned the General Court for payments for his services in the war. Capt. Bean died shortly after their return and did not pay them. He was one of the Town Selectmen in 1796 and 1797. His wife, Sarah, died at Bow on 22 Apr 1796 at the age of 54.
At the age of 21, he resolved to penetrate the forests of New Hampshire for the purpose of selecting a location for his father, four brothers, and himself. The spot selected was on Wood Hill in the town of Bow. The homestead was originally on both sides of Wood Hill Road. The section east of the road was later separated by the road from Wood ??hill to Great Hill. The house is at the northeast corner of the intersection. Willaby soon went back to his Amesbury home and married Sarah Sargent of Newton, NH on 14 Jan 1767. His first child, James was born in the Fall of 1767. The next Spring, they all started for their new home in Bow, his wife on horseback with their child in her arms. He soon built a frame house east of where his son Philip afterward lived. In 1774 he purchased of Benjamin Noyes, a hundred acre lot. This lot was called Nottencook. He was well skilled in the use of carpenter's tools. Their first log house stood a short distance south of where William Elliot lived in 1892, where his father, Abraham, with the youngest son, Jonathan lived and died. He was a Revolutionary soldier. In July 1777, Lt. Willaby Colby, with seven others, under Capt. Benjamin Bean, marched for the relief of Fort Ticonderoga. On their arrival at the Fort in Charlestown, NH news came of its evacuation and orders to return. They were in service seven days. In February 1781, he petitioned the General Court for payments for his services in the war. Capt. Bean died shortly after their return and did not pay them. He was one of the Town Selectmen in 1796 and 1797. His wife, Sarah, died at Bow on 22 Apr 1796 at the age of 54.
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