Thanks,Ron. M. On 10-Oct-05, at 2:52 PM, Ronald Colby wrote: > Marilyn > I think the Massachusetts probate records are on microfilm and > available > through the LDS > Family History Centers. > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Colby" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:05 AM > Subject: Re: [COLBY] Abner Colby > > > Ron, > These may be of general interest. > > I would like to know if anyone has the Colbys in Essex Mass. probate > records after1840.I am particularly interested in the Salisbury > records of Charles A. and John (file 5923) and a second John (file > 5924)whose cases were carried into 1840, also George file 5906. > > > John 5923 probably fits into your Merrimac Maritime History. > > Essex Mass. Probate Records 1638-1840 > > file 5902 > Sarah O. > Salisbury > minor > guardianship > same file > Ebenezeer T. > Salisbury > minor > > > file? > Charles A.Colby > file date 12 March, 1839 > Salisbury > minor > guardianship > case beyond 1840 > > file 5906 > George > Salisbury > minor > > file 5912 > Hannah > file date October 28, 1793 > Amesbury > administrator > widow > > file 5923 > John Colby > file date 25 June, 1822 > Amesbury > Shipwright > > > file 5924 > John Colby > file date 12 March,' 1839 > Salisbury > Esquire > case beyond 1840 > > File5928 > Lydia > file date Aug.6, 1833 > Haverhill > Type:non campos mentis > case beyond 1840-widow > > file 5930 > Nicholas > file date March 3, 1818 > Amesbury > cordwainer > > file 5932 > Obadiah > file date February 7, 1815 > Amesbury > blacksmith > > file 5934 > Polly > file date March 3, 1818 > Amesbury > minor > guardianship > > file 5936 > ( ? ) > file date December 28, 1824 > Amesbury > minor > guardianship > > file 5938 > Dorothy Colby > widow of Samuel > file date May 7, 1759 > Amesbury > sale > > file 29779 > Susanah (sic.) Colby > Amesbury > alias Whitridge (Marilyn's note...think this is the wife of the > first Anthony .I think that she remarried and had a son.) > > ------- > > file5951 > Valentine Colby > file date October 16, 1827 > Amesbury > yeoman > will(testate) > > ----varia > I have as a note that a son was born to William C.Colby and Olive on > April 9, 1849 in Newburyport > > Marilyn > > On 9-Oct-05, at 2:15 PM, Ronald Colby wrote: > > >> In the book >> "The Maritime History of the Merrimac River < Shipbuilding" 1964 >> by Robert >> K. Cheney >> There are several references to Colby. >> >> One is Abner Colby who owned the Sloop 'Pearl' in 1813 (a 46 Ton >> Sloop). He >> was listed as Abner Colby, Salisbury (I assume Massachusetts but >> might be >> New Hampshire). >> >> Any ideas on who this might be?? >> >> >> Ronald Colby >> [email protected] >> Kearns, Utah >> 801-680-1317 >> >> I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. >> >> COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam >> COLBY'S BOOKS: >> http://trinity.psnw.com/~rmcolby/index.htm >> >> >> >> >> ==== COLBY Mailing List ==== >> COLBY CLAN ASSOCIATION >> for membership information contact >> Adeline S. Stack >> 26 Coolidge Ave. >> South Portland, Maine 04106-5013 >> Phone (207) 799-1648 >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ==== COLBY Mailing List ==== > For posting to Colby Boards at Rootsweb & Ancestry.com: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=Surnames.Colby > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== COLBY Mailing List ==== > Search Colby resources: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/c/o/COLBY > - > Need to search the Rootsweb List Archives? > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > - > To contact the list administrator, use [email protected] > - > Please don't send ATTACHED FILES to the list! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >