Anthony Colby Ancestors
   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
  
  


  

Anthony Colby's Macy-Colby House in Amesbury, MA
(Photo Courtesy of Ronald Colby)

 

Anthony Colby was born September 8, 1605 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England.  It is understood that he left London (Isle of Wright) and came to Boston around 1630 on the ship Arbella, the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet.  He remained in Boston at least until 1634 when he took the oath of "freemen" and then moved on the Salisbury and then Amesbury.   Anthony Colby, one of the first commoners of Amesbury, Massachusetts received land in the first division of Amesbury in 1640 and 1643.  One of these lots is pictured below.   Among others in his line of descendants is Peter Colby, a Revolutionary War Patriot.   There are many sites online with information from serious researchers.  Visit the links page for some of these.  To start with, you must visit Ronald M. Colby's website which contains a wealth of detailed information on Anthony Colby, the entire Colby line and more with over 34,000 names documented. 

 

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Revolutionary War Patriots

 

Peter Colby was born 18 Mar 1709 in Amesbury, MA and died 14 Oct 1791 in Sandown, NH.

Revolutionary War Patriot DAR Application Number 614653 Birth Record

 

Lineage from John Straw to Peter Colby is proven, but not all data is posted due to copyright issues.

 

John Colby, Peter Colby's son was born 23 Feb 1733 in Amesbury, MA

and died around 1798 in Sanbornton, NH.

 

DAR Index Card Image for record requests Ancestor # 4024049

Lineage from John Straw to Peter Colby is proven on this site complete with online records

 

John Straw was born 22 Aug 1756 in South Hampton, NH and died 25 Mar 1823 at age 86.
Revolutionary War Patriot Record Volume 51 W22339 Birth Record

Revolutionary War Patriot DAR Application Approved - 849163

 

Moses Jr. Straw was born in Apr 1762 in Hopkinton, NH.
(This is John's brother and is not in my direct line although he is a descendant of Anthony Colby.)
Revolutionary War Patriot Record Volume 51 S43178 Birth Record