Son of Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
Husband of Sarah Thurlow
Marriage 27 Mar 1760 • Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Joseph Colby's death also reported as 1823 and 1828.∼Joseph Colby Sr.
b. Dec. 1,1740 Amesbury;
d. April 6,1826 Deer Isle, ME
s/o Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
m. March 27, 1760
Sarah Thurlow
b. July 6,1737 Newbury, MA
d. Dec. 29,1833 Deer Isle, ME
d/o Thomas Thurlow and Joanna Pike
CHILDREN:
1. Eunice Colby b. June 22,1761 d. Apr. 26,1828 at Deer Isle m. bef. 1782 Thomas Stinson Jr. [9 children]
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Colby b. May 2,1763 m. Nathaniel Robbins Sr.
3. Joseph Colby Jr. bapt.Mar. 30, 1766 Newbury 1st Congo. Ch; m.(March?) 26, 1789 Eunice Thurlow
4. Thomas Colby b. Deer Isle Feb. 24, 1769 d. Aug. 6,1837 m.(1)Patience Norton d/o Noah Norton and Jerusah (Dunham) of Brooksville; d. Jan. 16,1799 ; m.(2)Elizabeth "Betsey" Thurlow of Newbury b. Sept. 2,1770; m.(3) Mary "Polly" (Sheldon) Pressey Merchant, the widow of Nathaniel Merchant and d/o Nathaniel Sheldon, her 1st husband was John Pressey, Jr.; her fourth husband was Thomas Cooper of North Haven (Thomas Colby was credited by Hosmer as being the first child born of white parents in the south end of the island.
5.Hannah Colby b. March 27, 1772 Deer Isle, m.(May 12?)1793 Edward Small s/o Job Small [10 children]
6.Sarah Colby b.June 4, 1774 Deer Isle m.(pub)Feb. 24, 1800 Leonard Judkins [6 children]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a cordwainer.
Article The day before YESTERDAY from the ISLAND AD-VANTAGES, Stonington, ME March 6,1997 by Clayton H. Gross: "...Joseph Colby Sr. was born in Newbury, MA , in 1744. When he was 18 years old he married Sarah Thurlow who was then 26...Apparently Joseph was apprenticed to someone to learn a trade, and in order to free him to marry her, Sarah (who must have felt drastic action was necessary lest she end up an old maid) "bought up his time"; that is, she paid the person to whom he was apprenticed for the work remaining on his contractor indenture."
From March 13, 1997 issue: "...Mrs. Joseph (Sarah) Colby was an interesting character. During the American Revolution, tradition says that she carried the news of Cornwallis' surrender to the British at Castine.
Mrs. Colby and her two oldest sons went to Castine in a longboat to do their trading. When passing down the thorofare, they met Seth Webb who was returning from Kimball Island where he had spent a good deal of time hunting. The previous evening a passing ship had anchored in Isle au Haut Thorofare. Her captain had given Webb some handbills proclaiming the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He asked Webb to distribute as many as he could, and the first one given out was to the Colbys. Upon their arrival at Castine, an officer at the wharf asked if they brought any news. Mrs. Colby looked him in the eye and said, "My Lord Cornwallis has surrendered his army at Yorktown." the officer was shocked and incredulous because he realized, if true, this meant that the British cause in America was in a bad way. He asked Mrs. Colby to accompany him to see the commanding officer at Fort George, who after he had read the handbill said sadly, "Alas, we fear that it is too true." [Compare this version of the story with the same one as passed down in the family, as told by Amasa Holden.]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1779. He was a private in Capt. Nathaniel Fales Co., service 13 days. Discharged Aug. 15, 1779. Company marched to Majorbagaduce by order of Gen. Lowell.
From handwritten copy: Will of Joseph Colby of D. Isle, Yeoman, mentions wife Sarah. Eldest son Joseph "the new field in fence" & to son Thomas, the "old field with buildings that is within fence now" also a strip of land between the fence and Edward Small's line to him and his wife and after that to his sons. Eldest dau. Eunice Stinson ++land on line of Edward Small (?) on the road +++to Joseph Colby's line. dau. Hannah Small (woods?)land +++ to Joseph Colby jrs. and to my dau. Elizabeth Robbins ++ land by Hannah Smith's ++southward of Thomas Colby's and Sarah Judkins.--my dau. Sarah Judkins land by the spring+++ westward of Judkins barn. Appoints Samuel Webb executer. Sept. 17, 1922 signed by Joseph Colby Witnessed by: Stephen Babbidge, Samuel Webb, and Richard Warren. p.359 Vol. XI, probated June 1, 1826 by Samuel Webb. p.481 Appraisers report of inventory by Stephen Babbidge and Richard Warren shows Real Estate: 760.88, personal prop. 71.06, 1/2 value of home 25.00, and two cows at 9.00=18.00.
Record of the "Court of common pleas" Lincoln Co., Maine Sept. 1791 shows BISHOP VS COLBY, John Bishop of Medford, Middlesex Co., Mass. Merchant vs Joseph Colby of Deer Isle. Yeoman.
Husband of Sarah Thurlow
Marriage 27 Mar 1760 • Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Joseph Colby's death also reported as 1823 and 1828.∼Joseph Colby Sr.
b. Dec. 1,1740 Amesbury;
d. April 6,1826 Deer Isle, ME
s/o Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
m. March 27, 1760
Sarah Thurlow
b. July 6,1737 Newbury, MA
d. Dec. 29,1833 Deer Isle, ME
d/o Thomas Thurlow and Joanna Pike
CHILDREN:
1. Eunice Colby b. June 22,1761 d. Apr. 26,1828 at Deer Isle m. bef. 1782 Thomas Stinson Jr. [9 children]
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Colby b. May 2,1763 m. Nathaniel Robbins Sr.
3. Joseph Colby Jr. bapt.Mar. 30, 1766 Newbury 1st Congo. Ch; m.(March?) 26, 1789 Eunice Thurlow
4. Thomas Colby b. Deer Isle Feb. 24, 1769 d. Aug. 6,1837 m.(1)Patience Norton d/o Noah Norton and Jerusah (Dunham) of Brooksville; d. Jan. 16,1799 ; m.(2)Elizabeth "Betsey" Thurlow of Newbury b. Sept. 2,1770; m.(3) Mary "Polly" (Sheldon) Pressey Merchant, the widow of Nathaniel Merchant and d/o Nathaniel Sheldon, her 1st husband was John Pressey, Jr.; her fourth husband was Thomas Cooper of North Haven (Thomas Colby was credited by Hosmer as being the first child born of white parents in the south end of the island.
5.Hannah Colby b. March 27, 1772 Deer Isle, m.(May 12?)1793 Edward Small s/o Job Small [10 children]
6.Sarah Colby b.June 4, 1774 Deer Isle m.(pub)Feb. 24, 1800 Leonard Judkins [6 children]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a cordwainer.
Article The day before YESTERDAY from the ISLAND AD-VANTAGES, Stonington, ME March 6,1997 by Clayton H. Gross: "...Joseph Colby Sr. was born in Newbury, MA , in 1744. When he was 18 years old he married Sarah Thurlow who was then 26...Apparently Joseph was apprenticed to someone to learn a trade, and in order to free him to marry her, Sarah (who must have felt drastic action was necessary lest she end up an old maid) "bought up his time"; that is, she paid the person to whom he was apprenticed for the work remaining on his contractor indenture."
From March 13, 1997 issue: "...Mrs. Joseph (Sarah) Colby was an interesting character. During the American Revolution, tradition says that she carried the news of Cornwallis' surrender to the British at Castine.
Mrs. Colby and her two oldest sons went to Castine in a longboat to do their trading. When passing down the thorofare, they met Seth Webb who was returning from Kimball Island where he had spent a good deal of time hunting. The previous evening a passing ship had anchored in Isle au Haut Thorofare. Her captain had given Webb some handbills proclaiming the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He asked Webb to distribute as many as he could, and the first one given out was to the Colbys. Upon their arrival at Castine, an officer at the wharf asked if they brought any news. Mrs. Colby looked him in the eye and said, "My Lord Cornwallis has surrendered his army at Yorktown." the officer was shocked and incredulous because he realized, if true, this meant that the British cause in America was in a bad way. He asked Mrs. Colby to accompany him to see the commanding officer at Fort George, who after he had read the handbill said sadly, "Alas, we fear that it is too true." [Compare this version of the story with the same one as passed down in the family, as told by Amasa Holden.]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1779. He was a private in Capt. Nathaniel Fales Co., service 13 days. Discharged Aug. 15, 1779. Company marched to Majorbagaduce by order of Gen. Lowell.
From handwritten copy: Will of Joseph Colby of D. Isle, Yeoman, mentions wife Sarah. Eldest son Joseph "the new field in fence" & to son Thomas, the "old field with buildings that is within fence now" also a strip of land between the fence and Edward Small's line to him and his wife and after that to his sons. Eldest dau. Eunice Stinson ++land on line of Edward Small (?) on the road +++to Joseph Colby's line. dau. Hannah Small (woods?)land +++ to Joseph Colby jrs. and to my dau. Elizabeth Robbins ++ land by Hannah Smith's ++southward of Thomas Colby's and Sarah Judkins.--my dau. Sarah Judkins land by the spring+++ westward of Judkins barn. Appoints Samuel Webb executer. Sept. 17, 1922 signed by Joseph Colby Witnessed by: Stephen Babbidge, Samuel Webb, and Richard Warren. p.359 Vol. XI, probated June 1, 1826 by Samuel Webb. p.481 Appraisers report of inventory by Stephen Babbidge and Richard Warren shows Real Estate: 760.88, personal prop. 71.06, 1/2 value of home 25.00, and two cows at 9.00=18.00.
Record of the "Court of common pleas" Lincoln Co., Maine Sept. 1791 shows BISHOP VS COLBY, John Bishop of Medford, Middlesex Co., Mass. Merchant vs Joseph Colby of Deer Isle. Yeoman.
Son of Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
Husband of Sarah Thurlow
Marriage 27 Mar 1760 • Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Joseph Colby's death also reported as 1823 and 1828.∼Joseph Colby Sr.
b. Dec. 1,1740 Amesbury;
d. April 6,1826 Deer Isle, ME
s/o Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
m. March 27, 1760
Sarah Thurlow
b. July 6,1737 Newbury, MA
d. Dec. 29,1833 Deer Isle, ME
d/o Thomas Thurlow and Joanna Pike
CHILDREN:
1. Eunice Colby b. June 22,1761 d. Apr. 26,1828 at Deer Isle m. bef. 1782 Thomas Stinson Jr. [9 children]
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Colby b. May 2,1763 m. Nathaniel Robbins Sr.
3. Joseph Colby Jr. bapt.Mar. 30, 1766 Newbury 1st Congo. Ch; m.(March?) 26, 1789 Eunice Thurlow
4. Thomas Colby b. Deer Isle Feb. 24, 1769 d. Aug. 6,1837 m.(1)Patience Norton d/o Noah Norton and Jerusah (Dunham) of Brooksville; d. Jan. 16,1799 ; m.(2)Elizabeth "Betsey" Thurlow of Newbury b. Sept. 2,1770; m.(3) Mary "Polly" (Sheldon) Pressey Merchant, the widow of Nathaniel Merchant and d/o Nathaniel Sheldon, her 1st husband was John Pressey, Jr.; her fourth husband was Thomas Cooper of North Haven (Thomas Colby was credited by Hosmer as being the first child born of white parents in the south end of the island.
5.Hannah Colby b. March 27, 1772 Deer Isle, m.(May 12?)1793 Edward Small s/o Job Small [10 children]
6.Sarah Colby b.June 4, 1774 Deer Isle m.(pub)Feb. 24, 1800 Leonard Judkins [6 children]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a cordwainer.
Article The day before YESTERDAY from the ISLAND AD-VANTAGES, Stonington, ME March 6,1997 by Clayton H. Gross: "...Joseph Colby Sr. was born in Newbury, MA , in 1744. When he was 18 years old he married Sarah Thurlow who was then 26...Apparently Joseph was apprenticed to someone to learn a trade, and in order to free him to marry her, Sarah (who must have felt drastic action was necessary lest she end up an old maid) "bought up his time"; that is, she paid the person to whom he was apprenticed for the work remaining on his contractor indenture."
From March 13, 1997 issue: "...Mrs. Joseph (Sarah) Colby was an interesting character. During the American Revolution, tradition says that she carried the news of Cornwallis' surrender to the British at Castine.
Mrs. Colby and her two oldest sons went to Castine in a longboat to do their trading. When passing down the thorofare, they met Seth Webb who was returning from Kimball Island where he had spent a good deal of time hunting. The previous evening a passing ship had anchored in Isle au Haut Thorofare. Her captain had given Webb some handbills proclaiming the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He asked Webb to distribute as many as he could, and the first one given out was to the Colbys. Upon their arrival at Castine, an officer at the wharf asked if they brought any news. Mrs. Colby looked him in the eye and said, "My Lord Cornwallis has surrendered his army at Yorktown." the officer was shocked and incredulous because he realized, if true, this meant that the British cause in America was in a bad way. He asked Mrs. Colby to accompany him to see the commanding officer at Fort George, who after he had read the handbill said sadly, "Alas, we fear that it is too true." [Compare this version of the story with the same one as passed down in the family, as told by Amasa Holden.]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1779. He was a private in Capt. Nathaniel Fales Co., service 13 days. Discharged Aug. 15, 1779. Company marched to Majorbagaduce by order of Gen. Lowell.
From handwritten copy: Will of Joseph Colby of D. Isle, Yeoman, mentions wife Sarah. Eldest son Joseph "the new field in fence" & to son Thomas, the "old field with buildings that is within fence now" also a strip of land between the fence and Edward Small's line to him and his wife and after that to his sons. Eldest dau. Eunice Stinson ++land on line of Edward Small (?) on the road +++to Joseph Colby's line. dau. Hannah Small (woods?)land +++ to Joseph Colby jrs. and to my dau. Elizabeth Robbins ++ land by Hannah Smith's ++southward of Thomas Colby's and Sarah Judkins.--my dau. Sarah Judkins land by the spring+++ westward of Judkins barn. Appoints Samuel Webb executer. Sept. 17, 1922 signed by Joseph Colby Witnessed by: Stephen Babbidge, Samuel Webb, and Richard Warren. p.359 Vol. XI, probated June 1, 1826 by Samuel Webb. p.481 Appraisers report of inventory by Stephen Babbidge and Richard Warren shows Real Estate: 760.88, personal prop. 71.06, 1/2 value of home 25.00, and two cows at 9.00=18.00.
Record of the "Court of common pleas" Lincoln Co., Maine Sept. 1791 shows BISHOP VS COLBY, John Bishop of Medford, Middlesex Co., Mass. Merchant vs Joseph Colby of Deer Isle. Yeoman.
Husband of Sarah Thurlow
Marriage 27 Mar 1760 • Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Joseph Colby's death also reported as 1823 and 1828.∼Joseph Colby Sr.
b. Dec. 1,1740 Amesbury;
d. April 6,1826 Deer Isle, ME
s/o Elijah Colby and Elizabeth Davis
m. March 27, 1760
Sarah Thurlow
b. July 6,1737 Newbury, MA
d. Dec. 29,1833 Deer Isle, ME
d/o Thomas Thurlow and Joanna Pike
CHILDREN:
1. Eunice Colby b. June 22,1761 d. Apr. 26,1828 at Deer Isle m. bef. 1782 Thomas Stinson Jr. [9 children]
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Colby b. May 2,1763 m. Nathaniel Robbins Sr.
3. Joseph Colby Jr. bapt.Mar. 30, 1766 Newbury 1st Congo. Ch; m.(March?) 26, 1789 Eunice Thurlow
4. Thomas Colby b. Deer Isle Feb. 24, 1769 d. Aug. 6,1837 m.(1)Patience Norton d/o Noah Norton and Jerusah (Dunham) of Brooksville; d. Jan. 16,1799 ; m.(2)Elizabeth "Betsey" Thurlow of Newbury b. Sept. 2,1770; m.(3) Mary "Polly" (Sheldon) Pressey Merchant, the widow of Nathaniel Merchant and d/o Nathaniel Sheldon, her 1st husband was John Pressey, Jr.; her fourth husband was Thomas Cooper of North Haven (Thomas Colby was credited by Hosmer as being the first child born of white parents in the south end of the island.
5.Hannah Colby b. March 27, 1772 Deer Isle, m.(May 12?)1793 Edward Small s/o Job Small [10 children]
6.Sarah Colby b.June 4, 1774 Deer Isle m.(pub)Feb. 24, 1800 Leonard Judkins [6 children]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a cordwainer.
Article The day before YESTERDAY from the ISLAND AD-VANTAGES, Stonington, ME March 6,1997 by Clayton H. Gross: "...Joseph Colby Sr. was born in Newbury, MA , in 1744. When he was 18 years old he married Sarah Thurlow who was then 26...Apparently Joseph was apprenticed to someone to learn a trade, and in order to free him to marry her, Sarah (who must have felt drastic action was necessary lest she end up an old maid) "bought up his time"; that is, she paid the person to whom he was apprenticed for the work remaining on his contractor indenture."
From March 13, 1997 issue: "...Mrs. Joseph (Sarah) Colby was an interesting character. During the American Revolution, tradition says that she carried the news of Cornwallis' surrender to the British at Castine.
Mrs. Colby and her two oldest sons went to Castine in a longboat to do their trading. When passing down the thorofare, they met Seth Webb who was returning from Kimball Island where he had spent a good deal of time hunting. The previous evening a passing ship had anchored in Isle au Haut Thorofare. Her captain had given Webb some handbills proclaiming the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He asked Webb to distribute as many as he could, and the first one given out was to the Colbys. Upon their arrival at Castine, an officer at the wharf asked if they brought any news. Mrs. Colby looked him in the eye and said, "My Lord Cornwallis has surrendered his army at Yorktown." the officer was shocked and incredulous because he realized, if true, this meant that the British cause in America was in a bad way. He asked Mrs. Colby to accompany him to see the commanding officer at Fort George, who after he had read the handbill said sadly, "Alas, we fear that it is too true." [Compare this version of the story with the same one as passed down in the family, as told by Amasa Holden.]
Joseph Colby, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1779. He was a private in Capt. Nathaniel Fales Co., service 13 days. Discharged Aug. 15, 1779. Company marched to Majorbagaduce by order of Gen. Lowell.
From handwritten copy: Will of Joseph Colby of D. Isle, Yeoman, mentions wife Sarah. Eldest son Joseph "the new field in fence" & to son Thomas, the "old field with buildings that is within fence now" also a strip of land between the fence and Edward Small's line to him and his wife and after that to his sons. Eldest dau. Eunice Stinson ++land on line of Edward Small (?) on the road +++to Joseph Colby's line. dau. Hannah Small (woods?)land +++ to Joseph Colby jrs. and to my dau. Elizabeth Robbins ++ land by Hannah Smith's ++southward of Thomas Colby's and Sarah Judkins.--my dau. Sarah Judkins land by the spring+++ westward of Judkins barn. Appoints Samuel Webb executer. Sept. 17, 1922 signed by Joseph Colby Witnessed by: Stephen Babbidge, Samuel Webb, and Richard Warren. p.359 Vol. XI, probated June 1, 1826 by Samuel Webb. p.481 Appraisers report of inventory by Stephen Babbidge and Richard Warren shows Real Estate: 760.88, personal prop. 71.06, 1/2 value of home 25.00, and two cows at 9.00=18.00.
Record of the "Court of common pleas" Lincoln Co., Maine Sept. 1791 shows BISHOP VS COLBY, John Bishop of Medford, Middlesex Co., Mass. Merchant vs Joseph Colby of Deer Isle. Yeoman.
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