Brief Life History of Ensign
When Ensign Colby was born on 13 December 1748, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Colby, was 31 and his mother, Mary Catherine Chase, was 22. He died on 3 February 1769, in his hometown, at the age of 20.
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Sources (1)
- Ensign Colby, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Parents and Siblings
1717–1795 Male
1726–1785 Female
Siblings (10)
1743– Female
1745–1769 Male
1748–1769 Male
1752–1853 Male
1754–1841 Female
+5 More Children
Name Meaning
English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .
Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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