Lucy, This Enoch who married Elisa would have been in his late 40's during the Civil War? Your Enoch is most likely Enoch Colby, Jr. born 1841. Name: Enoch Colby Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818 Birth Place: New Hampshire Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Campton, Grafton, New Hampshire Household Members: Name Age Enoch Colby, Jr. 9 Elisa Colby 27 Enoch Colby 32 Francelia Colby 0 Laurentia Colby 6 Sullivan Colby 3 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Campton, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: M432_431; Page: 254; Image: 501. I don't know if this is the same Enoch in the Civil War soldier list: Colby, Enoch W. Union Artillery 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Colby, Enoch W. Union Infantry 32nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry It appears that your grandfather was a British citizen? New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Joseph Rutherford Colby Arrival Date: 5 Jun 1931 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Age: 51 Years 6 Months Gender: Male Port of Departure: Trinidad, Cuba Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English Ship Name: Northern Prince Search Ship Database: Search the Northern Prince in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: New York, New York Nativity: United States of America Line: 1 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_4973 Birth Location: United States of America Birth Location Other: newport ver Page Number: 213 Source Citation: Year: 1931; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_4973; Line: 1; . Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Bob Colby --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Marilyn Colby <macolby@videotron.ca> wrote: > From: Marilyn Colby <macolby@videotron.ca> > Subject: Re: [COLBY] Enoch Colby civil war > To: colby@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 10:15 PM > Campton, New Hampshire > On 3-Mar-09, at 11:08 PM, Alice Volkert wrote: > > > Hi, Lucy > > > > Actually Enoch was born in Compton, Grafton, New > Hampshire. He > > married > > Eliza Ann Mitchelland they had 11 children. Including > John > > Sullivan Colby > > > > As for Joseph Rutherford Colby -!! I only have him as > a child / > > young man > > living at home with his parents or mother & > grandfather! I would > > love to > > know more about him! He was born in January of 1880 > to John > > Sullivan Colby > > & Helen Isabel Rutherford. He has a sister Ruth > and a brother Enoch > > Clifford. In 1900 Ruth & Joseph were living with > their mother and her > > father in Newport, Orleans, Vermont. > > > > I hope this helps you!! And that you would care to > share more on > > Joseph > > Rutherford Colby - what happened to him after 1900?? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Lucy Tarr > <lucytarr@charter.net> > > wrote: > > > >> I have a discharge paper dated July 10th 1865 for > Enoch Colby who was > >> 24 years of age at the time. He was born in > Cramfton, New Hampshire. > >> My grandfather was Joseph Rutherford Colby I think > he was born about > >> 1880. Would love to hear from someone in this > connection. Lucy > >> >