Pension: Enoch Colby (Lydia, widow), 1832: Thornton, Grafton Co, NH

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Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@worldpath.net
Date: September 24, 2000
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This abstract is from a book called "N. H. Revolutionary Pension Papers",
abstracted & prepared by Mrs. Amos G. Draper 1917-1922
It is available at the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Enoch Colby (Lydia, Widow) Revolutionary War pension application, 1832
W. F. 16215
Massachusetts & New Hampshire Service.

Feb. 28, 1832, Enoch Colby, of Thornton, Grafton Co., N. H., aged 76 years,
deposed:

that he enlisted April 20, 1775, at Candia, N. H., on the Lexington alarm,
and "having previously made preparation to start on a minute's warning",
marched to Cambridge, Mass., under Capt. Nathaniel Emerson, where he served
three weeks, until a sufficient army was collected to guard Boston and
vicinity, when he was dismissed and returned to Candia;

that he had a brother, John Colby, who enlisted the latter part of April,
1775, under Lieut. Moses Dustin, Capt. Thomas Cogswell, of Haverhill, Mass.,
and this brother marched with his company to Brookline, Mass., where he was
taken sick; and with the consent of the officers, deponent took his place
May 15, 1775, and served until October, when his brother returned and
completed the service, and deponent returned to Candia, having served five
months;

that immediately after his return he enlisted under Capt. Daniel Runnels, of
Londonderry, N. H., Lieut. Moses Baker, of Candia, and served two months at
Portsmouth and New Castle, N. H.;

that in Dec., 1775, or Jan., 1776, he enlisted under Capt. Moses Baker, of
Candia, and served two months, possibly three, in and near Winter Hill,
Mass.;

that in June, 1776, he enlisted under Capt. Joseph Dearborn, of Chester,
N. H., and served five months at Mount Independence;

that August 10, 1777, he enlisted under Capt. Stephen Dearborn, of Chester,
N. H.; went to Bennington, Vt.; was in that battle; then to Stillwater,
N. Y., where he served out his term of two months, which expired a few days
before the surrender of Burgoyne;

that in June, 1778, he enlisted under Capt. Jacob Worthen, and served in
Rhode Island until Sullivan retreated, which he thinks was in August or
September of same year;

that in the early fall of 1779 he was at Campton, N. H., and word came of
the Indians' attack on Peacham, Vt., &c.; he immediately enlisted, marched
through the woods from Thornton to Haverhill, N. H., serving one month;

that he was born at Candia, N. H., Nov. 27, 1756; lived there until 1781,
when he moved to Thornton, where he has lived ever since; and that in his
enlistments he signed his name Enoch Colby, Jr.

                            Enoch Colby.
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Rev. Shubael Tripp, of Campton, and Samuel Fish, of Thornton, N. H.
certified to their belief in soldier's statement.

Feb. 28, 1833, Winthrop Bagley, of Thornton, N. H., aged 70 years, testified
to service with soldier at Rhode Island in 1778.
                             Winthrop Bagley.

In letter of Transmittal from Edward Webber, Rumney, N. H., March 5, 1833,
to Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy, he states that "a few days
since he went to Hon. Enoch Colby's Esq., at Thornton for the purpose of
taking his declaration in order to obtain a pension; found him in a low
state of health, not able to leave his home. He has buried his own son, Col.
E. Colby, and has his own family and his son's to see to"... Esq. Colby
informed me that he had represented his town about twelve years and was a
member of the Hon. Council eight years." &c.

Claim allowed June 1, 1833.

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Sept. 18, 1838, Lydia Colby, of Thornton, N. H., aged 82 years, deposed:
that she is the widow of Enoch Colby, Revolutionary pensioner, who died at
Thornton, N. H., Dec. 3, 1833, and that she was married to him July 4, 1781.
                           Lydia Colby.

Dorothy Colby, of Thornton, testified to death of Enoch Colby, as stated,
and that Lydia remained his widow.
                           Dorothy Colby.

The town clerk of Amesbury, Mass., certified that the intention of marriage
of Mr. Enoch Colby, jun., of Candia and Miss Lydia Worthen, of Amesbury,
March 15, 1781, was recorded on books of the town.

Oct. 2, 1838, Rev. Lucius W. Clark, of West Amesbury, Mass., certified that
among the list of marriages performed by the then Pastor of the
Congregational Church at West Amesbury, Rev. Paine Wingate, is that of Enoch
Colby, Jr., and Lydia Worthen, on July 4, 1781.

Claim allowed, and Certificate 5137, New Hampshire Agency, was issued March
6, 1840, Act of July 7, 1838, and sent to Hon. F. Pierce, Senate, U. S.