Pension: Rhoda Colby, heir & sister of David, 1819 :Merrimack County, NH

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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net
Date: December 16, 2000
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Pension Application of Rhoda Colby only heir & sister of David Colby,
Revolutionary War Soldier

This abstract is from a book called "New Hampshire Revolutionary Pension
Papers,", abstracted & prepared by Mrs. Amos G. Draper 1917-1922
It is available at the New Hampshire Historical Society.


BLWT. 730-100
David Colby
January 9, 1819 Rhoda Colby, of Salisbury, New Hampshire, applied for bounty
land due her as heir of David Colby, deceased, and asked that the warrant be
given to Hon. Enoch Lincoln, M.C. from New Hampshire. Signed by mark, in
presence of Moses Eaton. Certificate from Probate Court of Grafton Co.,
New Hampshire, was filed, showing that she was heir of David Colby.

July 31, 1818, John Elliott, of Concord, New Hampshire, Revolutionary
soldier, testified that David Colby, late of Newton, New Hampshire, enlisted
in the Continental Army for the war; that declarant enlisted at Morristown, 
New Jersey, in March, 1777, under Capt. Caleb Robinson of Exeter, New
Hampshire, Col. Baldwin, and was a non-commissioned officer in the company
in which David served; saw his discharge, etc. that david died at Newton
(Elliott's native place) about thirty years ago, unmarried, having no
children; that his father, mother, and brother are dead, and his sister,
Rhoda, now living at Salisbury, New Hampshire, is his true and lawful heir.
                      John Elliott

August 14, 1818, Aquilla Ferrin, of Concord, New Hampshire, yeoman,
testified that he formerly lived in Newton, New Hampshire, within half a
mile of David Colby's residence; that David died about thirty years ago;
that David's mother died about sixteen years before David did and that
Nathaniel, David's father, died about seven years after David's death; and
Rhoda Colby, his sister, now living in Salisbury, New Hampshire, is the
only heir of David and of his father, Nathaniel Colby.
                     Aquilla Ferrin

July 31, 1818, Robert B. Wilkins, of Concord, New Hampshire, late Lieutenant
in the Continental Army, testified that Colby enlisted for the war.
                    Robert B. Wilkins

Blwt. 730, for 100 acres, was issued February 2, 1819