[Silver1 15] Mary Williams, daughter of John Williams and Rebecca Colby.

WILLIAMS, John (-1698) & 1/wf Rebecca COLBY (-1672); 9 Sep 1661; Haverhill {Warner-Harrington 136, 781; Reg. 12:297, 62:185; Pillsbury Anc. 138; Waterman (1939) 8; Bassett-Preston 37, 66, 331; Utah Gen. Mag. 20:53; Smith-Hale 176; Essex Ant. 4:139; Williams (#7) 3; Williams (#15) 17, 23; Williams (#16) 21; Sv. 1:424}

[1831] Susanna --

d. 8 July 1689

Salisbury Mass

[Salisbury 104] [TAG 51:65-71]

[Salisbury 103-4] Anthony Colby (or Colebie) of Salisbury and Amesbury, planter. In Boston in 1630, a church member, probably came tieh Winthrop. May have been in Cambridge in 1632; had two houses in 1635. Freeman's oath 14 May 1634, and at Ipswich 1637. Received land in the first division of Salisbury in 1640 and 43. Was one of the first commoners of Amesbury where he received land in 1654 and 58 and his widow in his right in 62 and 64. In 1654 Thomas Macy sold to AC the house west of the Powow River where his Widow Susanna, the mother of John Colby was living in 1664. SH married 2) William Whitredge in 1663 or 1664, widowed again in 1669.

[TAG 51:65-71] AC died intestate in Salisbury Mass and the inventory was taken 9 March 1660/1 with the division made 9 April 1661. AC married after coming to New England, probably between 1630 and 1632, the widow Sarah Waterman of Boston Mass (who died in Salisbury - and whose maiden name is variously listed as either the sister or daughter of Jarrad Haddon, the daughter of of William Sargent, or as having the last name of Nutting - none of which have any documented evidence). AC is NOT the son of Thomas and Beatrice (Felton) Colby.

[Colby] AC born in England, perhaps at Beccles, Co Suffolk, or Banham, Co Norfolk

[TorreyCD] COLBY, Anthony (-1661) & Susanna ?NUTTING/?SARGENT/ ?HADDON [WATERMAN], wid; m/3 William WHITRIDGE 1669?; by 1633; Boston/Salisbury {Tubbs (1956) 66; EIHC 57:77, 70:160; Pillsbury Anc. 122, 137, 661; Waterman (1939) 8; Snow-Estes 1:105; Salisbury Fam. 104-5, 380, 895; Suffolk Deeds 11:176; Smith-Hale 174; Sewall 20; Ferrin-Preston 28; Sanders Anc. 19; Essex Ant. 5:181; Utah Gen. Mag. 20:53; Sterling 302-3; Bassett-Preston 66, 351}

WHITRIDGE, William (1599-1668) & 2/wf Susanna (_____) [COLBY] (-1691), w Anthony; ca 1663; Salisbury {Salisbury Fam. 104, 357, 651, 820, 866, 895; Sterling 1:303; Sv. 1:424; Bassett-Preston 66; EIHC 5:142, 57:77, 70:160; Pillsbury Anc. 137; Waterman (1939) 8}