Who is Moses Colby who married Abigail Eastman? Who are the parents of this Moses? It has been sugested that he is the son of Sampson Colby and Betty Hoyt. In Sampson Colby's probate the only son's listed are Ebenezer, Sampson and Abner and they are listed as Ebenezer, the eldest son, Sampson, the 2nd son and Abner, the youngest son, which leave's doubt that this Moses is Sampson and Betty's son. SAMPSON COLBY 1761 HOPKINTON [Administration on the estate of Sampson Colby of New Hopkinton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Betty Colby, March 12, 1761.] [Probate Records, Vol. 22, p. 43.] [Bond of Betty Colby, with Timothy Walker of Bow and Alexander Walker of Londonderry, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 10, 1761, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.] [Inventory, March 25, 1761; amount, £10,225. 16. 0; signed by Timothy Walker and Matthew Stanley.] Province of New Hampshire} By Virtue of & in obedience to & Egreable to the Precept Wee Record Dated at Portsmouth april ye 4th 1769 By order of the Judge of Probate of Wills Wee the Subscribers have upon oath to our fidelity & impartiallity therein set off to Betty Straw formily the wife of Sampson Colby of hopkinton Deceased now the wife of Ezekiel Straw of hopkinton afforesaid yeoman on third Part of the Real Estate of the said Sampson Colby as her Dower of said Estate to Be Enjoyed & improved By them Dureing her Natural Life Beginning at a stake & stones from thence Running Northerly upon the East side of the high way to a stake and stones fourteen Rods then Easterly Carrying the same Breadth Sixty Rods to a stake and stones then Southerly to an ash tree upon Cap. Stanleys Line then Westerly upon said Line to the Bounds first mentioned & the Rest Part of Said Estate Divided as followeth allowing to Ebenezer Colby the Eldest Son a Double Shire Viz. Beginning at a stake & stones from thence Running Northerly upon the East side of the high way to a stake and stones Sixty Rods then Easterly to a stake & stones then Northerly about Eight Rods to a stake and stones no 68 then Easterly Eighty two Rods to a Pine Tree spoted upon two sides then Southerly Eighty two Rods to a then Eighty two Rods to a stake & stones then Running Southerly about four Rods to an ash tree then Running Westerly upon his Mothers Line to the Bounds first Mentioned it Being Part of the first & Second Divisions Lots. Moreover, one whole & Part of another Enter Vale Lot the whole Lot no 21 Beginning at a Stake & Stones then N. 70d W. 28 Rods to and Elm then Down the River about fifty five Rods to Elm No 21 the south 80d E twenty two Rods to and oak tree No 21 then south 13d W. twenty Seven Rods then s 23d E. thirty Six Rods to the first Bounds the Part of a Lot no 22 Beginning at an oak from thence Running N. 80d W twenty two Rods to and Elm No 22 then Down the River Eighteen Rods to a Bas Wood tree spoted upon three sides then Southerly to a Pitch Pine tree spotted on three sides from thence to the Bounds first Mentioned. To Sampson Colby the second son set of a single shire as followeth Beginning at a stake & stones from thence Running Westerly about Seventy Rods By Land of Cap. Stanleys to a stake & stone then Northerly By Land of Caleb Burbanks & Benjamin Eastmans Seventy five Rods to a stake and stones then Easterly twenty six Rods to a stake & stones then Southerly upon the west of the highway about seventy five rods to the Bounds first Mentiond --- Likewise an Entervale Lot No 23 Beginning at a stake & stones No 25 then south 32d W. thirty Rods to a stake & stones no 25 the S 78d W. twenty Eight Rods then N. 80d W twelve Rods to the first Bound allso another Peice of Land adjoyning to the said Entv Lot Beginning at a hemlock By the River then South 19d E. Eighteen Rods then North 50d E.. forty Rods to an oak tree spoted then s. 40d E. twelve Rods to and oak then S 38 W. forty Eight Rod to an oak tree Spoted on three sides N. 83d W thirty two Rods to a hemlock at the River then Down the River to the first Bounds. To abner Colby the youngest Son Set off a second Division Lot no 69 Beginning at a Hemlock no 69 the Running N. 14d W. two hundred Rods to a stake & stones the S. 78d E one hundred & twelve Rods to a oak no 69 the S 14 E one hundred Eight Rod then S 7d W. forty Rods to a Pine tree no 69 then N 76 W. ninety Rods to the first Bounds and half an Eighty acre Lot no 68 Beginning at a stake & stones then S 76d W. By Samuel herrises Land Eighty Rods to the Bounds first Mentiond allso Part of an Entervale Lot N. 22 Beginning at a Bass wood tree By the River then Down the River about fourteen Rods to a Bass no 22 the N. 66d E to a Maple tree no 22 thirty two Rods then Down the River about twenty Eight Rods to a stake & stones no 22 then S 15d W about twenty Rod to a Pine tree spoted upon three sides then Westerly about thirty Rods to a Bounds first Mentiond Hopkinton Dec ye 30th 1771 Matthew Stanle John Putney Isaac Chandler

Ron, I don't know if Sampson is the correct parentage. Just a note to all. I saw a TV program last night that was fascinating in the research done on identifying a body discovered in a construction site dig. If you get a chance to catch it on TV the information on tracing the genealogy of the body and identification through DNA of identified descendant is worth watching. Mystery Boy in Iron Coffin Identified Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Pres Sept. 21, 2007 — Researchers have solved the mystery of the boy in the iron coffin. The cast-iron coffin was discovered by utility workers in Washington two years ago. Smithsonian scientists led by forensic anthropologist Doug Owsley set about trying to determine who was buried in it, so the body could be placed in a new, properly marked grave. The body was that of 15-year-old William Taylor White, who died in 1852 and was buried in the Columbia College cemetery, they announced Thursday. "The mystery of this young boy's life and a strong sense of responsibility to properly identify him kept me and the entire team focused and determined. This was not a one-person project. It took more than three dozen people nearly two years to make the ID," Deborah Hull-Walski, an anthropologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, said in a statement. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/21/coffinboy_his.html?category=history&guid=20070920160030 Bob Colby