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Colby, Dorothy

Female 1731 - 1816  (85 years)


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  • Name Colby, Dorothy  
    Birth 5 Jan 1730/1731  Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 14 Feb 1730/1731  No. Cong'l Church,Haverhill,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Aug 1816  Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Village Cemetery,Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Chester Vital Records, 1:108 (FHL #2057030).
      CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF HAVERHILL, 2 vols. (Topsfield, MA, 1910-11), 1:75 (FHL #014767).
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. The wife of David Worthen is identified as Dorothy Colby on their children's birth recs, 1758-1765 (BIRTH: Chester Vital Records, 1:145 [FHL #2057030]).
      MAR #2: She is identified as Dorothy "Cheese" [Chase] in the will of her father, Enoch Colby of Chester, 5 Jan 1779, proved 30 Aug 1780, Rockingham Co. Probate Files, #4645 (FHL #016194). Dorothy is identified as the wife of Jacob Chase of Chester in a deed from the heirs of Enoch Colby to Caleb Hall of Chester, 27 Oct 1781 (Rockingham Co. Deeds, 198:108 [FHL #016277]). Dorothy married Jacob Chase between 1775, when his 1st wife Prudence died, and 1779, when Enoch Colby wrote his will.
      DEATH: From gravestone inscription, below.
      BUR: "Cemetery Inscriptions of Chester, New Hampshire" (typescript, 1936; WPA), 13 (FHL #015555 item 7).

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I10550  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Colby, Enoch,   b. 7 Nov 1702, Amesbury,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1780, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sanborn, Abial,   b. 21 Jul 1700, Hampton,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Dec 1748, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 48 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1725  Hampton Falls,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Chase, Jacob 
    Family ID F4683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Worthen, David,   b. 24 Oct 1734, Amesbury,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1766, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1757 
    Children 
     1. Worthen, Michael,   b. 6 Jan 1758, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1841, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +2. Worthen, Sarah,   b. 9 Feb 1760, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1839, Springfield,Sullivan,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Worthen, Dorothy,   b. 14 Apr 1763, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1839, Springfield,Sullivan,NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Worthen, David,   b. 2 Aug 1765, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2 Mar 1769 (Age < 3 years)
     5. Worthen, Thomas,   b. Abt 1767, Chester,Rockingham,NH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart