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Colby Clan Communications 1 COLBY CLAN COMMUNICATIONS Descendants of Anthony and Susannah Colby Editor: Barbara J. Zdravesky 123 Mulberry Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 401-724-2827 [email protected] Treasurer: James Colby Box 6663, Scarborough, ME 04070 [email protected] June 2009 I NSIDE T HIS I SSUE 1 From the Editor, Colby Reunion 1 News from the Members 3 In Memoriam 5 Interesting Colby Facts 56th Annual Colby Clan Reunion Saturday, August 15 Amesbury, Massachusetts The Macy-Colby House will be open beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15. Lunch will be an old-fashioned picnic beginning at 12:00 noon. The cost will be $5.00; children under 12 are free. Menu: Sandwiches, steamed hot dogs, homemade baked beans, potato salad, garden salad, cold slaw, chips, pickles, soda, punch, coffee, cookies, desserts, fresh fruit. The business meeting will take place at 1:00 p.m.; we will gather on the lawn or choose a place where folks are most comfortable. At 2:00 p.m. there will be a tour of the oldest part of the cemetery, looking for Colby relatives. The Friday evening gathering on August 14 will be held at the Macy-Colby House from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Hotel rooms can be reserved for $139.00/night at the Fairfield Inn in Amesbury, MA. (978) 388-3400 There are also several other hotels in the area. The reunion RSVP form is on page 8. You may also email Jim with the information on the form, and pay the fee at the reunion. In order to make sure there is enough food for everyone, please let us know you’re coming. Since this reunion will take place outside, please bring your blankets, lawn chairs, umbrellas and/or raincoats, and your cameras! We hope to see you at the reunion! News from the Colby Members From Gene Colby of Waterford, ME: We now have five Colby grandsons. Daniel (the oldest) Jeff, Seth and Sean. All sons of Steve and Judy Colby. Daniel will receive his Eagle Scout Badge this month (May 2009) and graduate from high school. He will attend Virginia Tech this fall. Jeff is a sophomore in high school and Seth and Sean are twins in the 7th grade. The fifth Colby Grandson belongs to Ed and Jennifer Colby of Glenn Ellen, CA. His name is Tiernan, an Irish name. He is four. His mother is Irish. From the Editor First, my apologies for this issue being late. June crept right up on me, and I didn’t even notice it! Second, the Colby Family has a Facebook page. If you wish to join the group on Facebook, you can find the page at “Colby Clan Association.” Anyone can post photos, comments, links, anything you think is relevant to the group. I’m still eager to get articles, photos, or any other news you think is interesting for the newsletter. It would be terrific to publish some great photos of new Colby babies! Our reunion in August is going to be an outside picnic, so pile everyone in the car, bring your chairs and blankets, and come along to enjoy the day. We’ll also have a tour of the cemetery, in case you’ve been wondering where some of your Colby relatives are buried and you’re hoping to get rubbings of the gravestones. Of course we know the weather will be terrific as well, so bring your cameras, your Frisbees, and perhaps even the family dog (on a leash of course). I can’t wait to see you there and have a great day of fun.
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COLBY CLAN COMMUNICATIONS Descendants of Anthony and Susannah Colby

Editor: Barbara J. Zdravesky 123 Mulberry Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 401-724-2827 [email protected] Treasurer: James Colby Box 6663, Scarborough, ME 04070 [email protected]

June 2009

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1 From the Editor, Colby Reunion

1 News from the Members

3 In Memoriam

5 Interesting Colby Facts

56th Annual Colby Clan Reunion Saturday, August 15

Amesbury, Massachusetts

The Macy-Colby House will be open beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 15.

Lunch will be an old-fashioned picnic beginning at 12:00 noon. The cost will be $5.00; children under 12 are free. Menu: Sandwiches, steamed hot dogs, homemade baked

beans, potato salad, garden salad, cold slaw, chips, pickles, soda, punch, coffee, cookies, desserts, fresh fruit.

The business meeting will take place at 1:00 p.m.; we will

gather on the lawn or choose a place where folks are most comfortable.

At 2:00 p.m. there will be a tour of the oldest part of the cemetery, looking for Colby relatives.

The Friday evening gathering on August 14 will be held at

the Macy-Colby House from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Hotel rooms can be reserved for $139.00/night at the

Fairfield Inn in Amesbury, MA. (978) 388-3400 There are also several other hotels in the area.

The reunion RSVP form is on page 8. You may also email Jim with the information on the form, and pay the fee at the reunion. In order to make sure there is enough food

for everyone, please let us know you’re coming. Since this reunion will take place outside, please bring your blankets, lawn chairs, umbrellas and/or raincoats, and your

cameras! We hope to see you at the reunion!

News from the Colby Members

From Gene Colby of Waterford, ME: We now have five Colby grandsons. Daniel (the oldest) Jeff, Seth and Sean. All sons of Steve and Judy Colby. Daniel will receive his Eagle Scout Badge this month (May 2009) and graduate from high school. He will attend Virginia Tech this fall. Jeff is a sophomore in high school and Seth and Sean are twins in the 7th grade. The fifth Colby Grandson belongs to Ed and Jennifer Colby of Glenn Ellen, CA. His name is Tiernan, an Irish name. He is four. His mother is Irish.

From the Editor First, my apologies for this issue being late. June crept right up on me, and I didn’t even notice it! Second, the Colby Family has a Facebook page. If you wish to join the group on Facebook, you can find the page at “Colby Clan Association.” Anyone can post photos, comments, links, anything you think is relevant to the group. I’m still eager to get articles, photos, or any other news you think is interesting for the newsletter. It would be terrific to publish some great photos of new Colby babies! Our reunion in August is going to be an outside picnic, so pile everyone in the car, bring your chairs and blankets, and come along to enjoy the day. We’ll also have a tour of the cemetery, in case you’ve been wondering where some of your Colby relatives are buried and you’re hoping to get rubbings of the gravestones. Of course we know the weather will be terrific as well, so bring your cameras, your Frisbees, and perhaps even the family dog (on a leash of course). I can’t wait to see you there and have a great day of fun.

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From Ron Colby of Kearns, UT -- You might have heard thatGeocities will be closing down later this year (2009). There are many genealogy sites on Geocities, and sadly, many of these sites may be lost if the webmasters don't move the sites to a new location. Yahoo is not notifying anyone about this by e-mail and many webmasters have not updated their sites in years, so— more likely than not--are not even aware the pages they have posted will be lost. You or someone you know may have genealogy information posted on a Geocities site. USGenWeb & Rootsweb also have had links to Geocities sites. Please help spread the word so genealogy websites won't be lost-- http://ancestorsearch.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-genealogy-site-is-on-geocities-now_29.html http://ancestorsearch.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-genealogy-site-is-on-geocities-now.html http://ancestorsearch.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-genealogy-site-is-on-geocities-now_05.html From Maurice Vercoe -- After reading the latest Colby Clan Communications, I decided to revisit my own genealogy notes. I have the two lines which are interesting to New Englanders. I thought you would be interested in them, too. James W. Colby has done most of the research on the Colby Clan and the book THE COFFINS was the basis for the Coffin Clan. Colby Family Coffin Family 1 Anthony Colby 1 Tristram Coffin, Sr. 2 John Colby 2 Tristram Coffin, Jr. 3 Sargent John Colby 3 Stephen Coffin 4 Joseph Colby 4 Daniel Coffin, Sr. 5 Benaiah Colby, Sr. 5 Daniel Coffin, Jr. 6 Benaiah Colby, Jr. 6 Napthali Coffin 7 Jonathon Colby 7 Napthali H. Coffin 8 Edson Emerson Colby Sr. 8 Ferdinand Coffin 9 Jennie Colby 9 Lionel Coffin 10 Velma Lillian Coffin/Philip Osborne Vercoe 11 Maurice Coffin Vercoe From Pam Hudson -- I just got the recent newsletter and read it with interest, as I always do. Even though I live in Hawaii and may never be able to make it to a reunion, I hear about them through my cousin Natalie Cross. Natalie and I have the same Colby line. As I get older (I'm now 65), I find myself more and more interested in genealogy. I teach writing and literature at Hawaii Community College. If I ever retire (in 2 or 3 years??), I'd like to find out more about the Colbys. From Dorothy Williamson of Newburyport, MA -- On June 16, 2008,

the Macy-Colby House was included in the National Register of Historic Houses. It wasn't until October 1, 2008, that we had a historic

celebration. Mayor of Amesbury, Thatcher Kezer and State Rep. Michael Costello attended the ceremony and open house. Harriett

Gould read to a gathering outside the Macy-Colby House in Amesbury, MA.

Frances Justin ( member of the Friends of the Macy-Colby House) and Ruth Woodsum Twomey are being served appetizers by Herb

Williamson.

Group gathers in front of Macy-Colby House for ceremony with Mayor Kezar and State Rep. and former State Rep. Michael and

Nicholas Costello.

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I N M E M O R I A M

WHITEFIELD, ME -- Doris E. (Colby) Miete, 91, passed away May 20, 2009, at Country Manor Nursing Home in Coopers Mills, with family by her side. Born Nov. 17, 1917, she was the first of seven children born to Chester and Marieta (Kennedy) Colby. Doris attended the Coopers Mills grammar school and graduated from Cony High School. She then went to Gorham State Teachers College in Gorham. Doris taught school in both of the one-room schoolhouses in Somerville. During World War II, she worked at Bath Iron Works, piloting training planes to teach new pilots how to fly. During the Korean War, she was a civil defense airplane spotter in Coopers Mills. In 1946 she married Olavi (Ool) Miete. They had one son, Jon. Doris went back to school at the University of Maine at Orono, then taught fourth grade at Sheldon Street Grammar School in Farmingdale until her retirement. She loved teaching and was very passionate about it. In her spare time, she took classes in oil painting, tole painting, pottery, stained glass and many other crafts. She had an insatiable hunger to learn new things. She would master one thing, then move on to something new. Her hunger to learn was as strong as her hunger to teach. Doris was more than a grandmother to her granddaughter, Jessica. She helped tremendously in raising her. Doris had a vegetable garden. Most years, her pride and joy was having peas before the Fourth of July. She loved to spend summers at the Colby camps on China and Sheepscot lakes. She would go to Pemiquid Trail and stay at Vi McCormic's camp with other teachers every summer for a couple of weeks at a time. In her spare time, she enjoyed a good game of golf with her sister, Joanne, and husband Richard. She enjoyed every season and had an activity that she enjoyed for each one. In the fall, she loved to go leaf peeping. She was a member of St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She devoted more than 15 years and countless hours to delivering Meals on Wheels for Senior Spectrum, based in Hallowell. She always said it was so much more than just volunteering to drop off meals. "Sometimes I might be the only person they see, and it's that smile I get when I walk through their door that makes me feel so good," she said. She always put others ahead of herself, and it gave her great satisfaction to do just that. Doris was predeceased by both her parents; brothers Rufus and Russ Colby; and a sister, Margaret Mooney. She is survived by her son, Jon A. Miete, of Whitefield; the granddaughter she raised, Jessica J. and husband Dustin Ward of Whitefield; special great-grandchildren Matthew J. Miete and Shauna M. Wade, both of Whitefield, and Morgan J. Ross of Colebrook, N.H.; sisters Jaunita Foye, of Coopers Mills, Joanne Gross and husband Richard, of Farmingdale, and Jeanne Feyler and husband Clint, of Mount Vernon; her brother, Jerre Colby and wife Carolyn, of Windsor; along with several nieces, nephews and friends. Because education and children were such a large and important part of who Doris was, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a college fund for her great-grandchildren in care of Jon Miete, 428 Mills Road, Whitefield, ME 04353. A celebration of her life will be set forth at a later date. I (Guy I. Colby, IV) regret to report the passing of my father's 1st cousin, Dell Siscine (Colby) Souther, on 23 May 2009 in Springfield, IL. Following is her obituary, cut and pasted from the 26 May edition of the Springfield Journal-Register: "SPRINGFIELD - Dell Siscene Souther, 88, of Springfield passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009, at St. John's Hospice. She was born July 20, 1920, in Springfield, the daughter of Warren Wallace and Eva Dell Stadden Colby. She married Howard Chase Souther; and he preceded her in death in 1986. She was also preceded in death by three brothers,

Warren, George and Ralph Colby and a sister, Lucy Lockie. Dell was a 1938 graduate of Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI and received her master's degree from Sangamon State University in 1972. She was employed by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax auditor. Her many interests included, golf, genealogy, art and photography. She is survived by son, George C. Souther (companion, Marlene Maholland) of Springfield; daughter, Tameysin D. Adelhardt (husband, Terry) of Troy; son, Timothy E. Souther (wife, Arlene) of Springfield; son, Latham Colby Souther (wife, Ruth) of Springfield; and Thomas W. Souther (wife, Kelly) of Parker, CO; 14 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be at Boardman-Smith Funeral Chapel Saturday, May 30, 2009, from 2:00 p.m. until the time of memorial services at 4:00 p.m. Interment will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Mini O'Bierne Crisis Nursery, 1101 N. Seventh St., Springfield, IL 62702." With Dell's passing, there now remains only one surviving grandchild of my great grandfather, Guy Irving Colby (1865-1911) -- Linda Mae Colby, the younger daughter of my grandfather's half brother, Logan Hall Colby. Charles F. Colby of Greenwood, SC, Aug. 1, from heart failure. He was a partner in the Upper Savannah Radiological Assoc., and a licensed private pilot and instructor. He was a member of the board of trustees of Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, a past president of the medical staff of Self, and a member of the American Medical Assoc., the American Radiological Society of North America, and the Greenwood County Medical Assoc. He is survived by his wife, Maureen, 1711 Old Abbeville Hwy., Greenwood 29649; two daughters; his mother; and two brothers. PLYMOUTH, NH -- Shirley F. Colby, 83, died April 6, 2009, after a period of declining health. She was born on June 30, 1925, in Concord, to J. Langdon and Myra F. (Flanders) Prescott. She attended Concord schools and graduated from Concord High School in 1943. She was office manager of her husband's business for 20 years. She was involved with Girl Scouts and PTA. She was Past Noble Grand of Colfax Rebekah Lodge of Franklin and Fidelity Rebekah Lodge 14 of Concord, and Past District Deputy President of the Rebekah Assembly. She was a Rebekah for more than 50 years and was recognized in 2008 for her years of service by Enterprise Rebekah Lodge 46 of Bristol, which she joined in 2005. She also belonged to Cardigan Lodge 38, Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.). Mrs. Colby enjoyed decorative painting and participated in craft fairs in Maine and New Hampshire. She was always busy recycling wood, glass, slate and furniture pieces into one-of-a kind hand-painted items. She was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Ladies Guild in Concord. She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Harold R. Colby, in 2001. The family includes three daughters, Sarah A. Colby of Concord, Nancy C. Aldrich, of Plymouth, and Shirley "Jean" Colby of Concord; a brother, Edwin H. Prescott of Tucson, AZ; a stepdaughter, Linda B. Kersting of Mt. Prospect, IL; nine grandchildren;and 19 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at First Congregational Church, 177 North Main St., Concord, with the Rev. David B. Keller officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Plymouth Regional Senior Center, attn: Director, PO Box 478, Plymouth 03264 or Pemi Baker Home Health & Hospice, attn: Hospice, 101 Boulder Point Drive, Suite 3, Plymouth 03264. Bennett Funeral Home of Concord handled the arrangements.

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L-R - Stephen Foster, Lars Johannesson, Nicholas Costello, Dorothy Williamson & Kathy Colby (Friends of the Macy-Colby House), Mayor

Kezer, Harriett Gould (Pres. of Friends of the Macy-Colby House) and Rep. Michael Costello.

12th and 13th generation descendents of Harold Colby (9) who lived in the Macy-Colby House @ 1885 as a boy, father of Zelma Colby

Jackman (10).

Reception inside the Macy-Colby House.

Dorothy Williamson (11), granddaughter of Edwin Colby

(9) who lived in the Macy-Colby House @ 1885 as a boy, Jane Sullivan (12), great granddaughter of Harry Colby, brother of Edwin

and Frances Justin, Friend of the Macy-Colby House.

Massachusetts Historic Commission Document

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Harriett Gould holding the framed document of the National Register of Historic Places

Mayor Kezer and Harriett Gould holding National Register of

Historic Places framed document.

Interesting Colby Facts

Editor’s contribution -- In Doris Colby Meite’s obit on page 3, it mentions Doris spending summers at the Colby Camps on China and Sheepscot Lakes. The only information I have been able to find is on the China Lake Conference Center, which is a Baptist conference center in Maine. There are also some camp grounds near the Sheepscot River in Maine. My guess is that some Colby relatives had summer “camps” in these locations. Does anyone know about them, or have any information on them? Sent via [email protected]: There is a website that sells family history books, and what makes it unique is that with each book comes a free searchable CD. No other site offers this deal. They have A Genealogy of the Descendants of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, His Wife Who Settled in Bow in 1768 - by Colby, Harrison Concord, NH , 1895 The website address is: http://www.ancestralbooks.com A Birth in Colby, August 30th, 1886 The Thomas County Cat Thomas County Thursday September 2, 1886 There arrived at the house of our popular pioneer grocer last night, Aug. 30th, a girl baby. May it live long and prosper. It is a good thing that the town-site company are not giving a lot for each child born in Colby, or they would soon be bankrupt, we declare there is something in this western Kansas climate that is positively alarming to us married men.

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Sent by Grace Thompson – “A sister sent the enclosed newspaper obituary. Last week, I decided to check on the internet to see what I could find. Mary Ellen, being born in 1931, isn’t listed on the 1930 census. I did find her obit from Hampton, NH. For her husband, Gene Colby, I found the Social Security and Death Indices. I was unable to locate him in the 1930 census. I was hoping to locate his father’s name to find out where he fits in the Colby lineage.”

Colby Parish Church of Saint Giles in Colby, Norfolk

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Colby (Manx: Colbee) is a small village in the south of the Isle of Man in the parish of Arbory. It lies on the road between the towns of Castletown and Port Erin and close to the similarly sized village of Ballabeg. The name Colby is of Scandinavian origin and is derived from Kolli's Farm which was home to the lexicographer, Archibald Cregeen (1774-1841). The word Colby is thought to derive from the Viking words Col (meaning Hill) and Byr (meaning farm). The village has a railway station on the Isle of Man Steam Railway and is home to Colby Glen, one of the seventeen National Manx Glens. The village is home to Colby Football Club who play

in the Isle of Man Football League and are based at Glen Road. Colby has long been associated with Methodism. John Wesley preached at Balladoole in 1781, invited to do so by a local family. The first Methodist preacher arrived in the village in 1822 and a local house was set up as the Preaching House for Primitive Methodists. By 1883 two Methodist chapels were built, Colby Primitive Methodist Chapel on Main Road which closed in 1950, when the two chapels united and is now a private house. Colby Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Station Road was also built in 1833. Colby Glen is the biggest and only glen in Colby, it consist of Ash, Beech, Elm, and Sycamore trees . Its size is 2.0 hectares or 4.9 acres. It is also home to the Colby river which runs right through the center.

Colby Glen

Colby cheese is a cow's milk cheese. It was originally called Colby "Swiss" Cheddar. Joseph F. Steinwand in 1874 developed a new type of cheese at his father's cheese factory near Colby, Wisconsin. The cheese was named after the village, which had opened three years previously. An 1898 issue of the "Colby Phonograph" noted that "A merchant in Phillips gives as one of the 13 reasons why people should trade with him, that he sells the genuine Steinwand Colby Cheese." After the turn of the century Wisconsin became known as one of the great cheese producing centers in the United States. Colby is similar to cheddar, but does not undergo the cheddaring process. Colby is a softer, moister, and milder cheese than cheddar because it is produced through a washed-curd process. Colby is considered semi-hard. The washed-curd process means that during the cooking time, the whey is replaced by water; this reduces the curd's acidity, resulting in Colby's characteristically mild, gentle flavor. Like most other cheeses, it takes a little more than a U.S. gallon of milk to produce just 1 pound (just over 8 liters for a kilogram) of cheese. Monterey Jack cheese is produced in an almost identical fashion as Colby, but is uncolored and softer. Longhorn is the best known of the Colby cheeses. Colby should not be aged. Colby dries out quickly, so it is best used shortly after purchasing. Colby cheeses are typically sold in half-rounds. Pinconning cheese is a sharp aged relative of Colby cheese. Because it is such a mild cheese, Colby is seldom used in cooking. It is used as a table cheese, for grating and grilling, and in snacks and salads. Colby is sometimes mixed with Monterey Jack to produce a marbled cheese often called Colby-Jack or Co-Jack.

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Reunion RSVP

I will attend the reunion and am including my luncheon fee of $5.00 per person (children

under 12 are free) Persons attending with me: ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

I will not attend the reunion, but have enclosed my annual dues payment of $5.00 You may pay at the door when you arrive at the reunion; try to have the correct cash amount. However, to make sure we have enough food, please email your reservation to Jim. Or if you prefer to pay ahead of time, return this RSVP form along with your annual dues and/or luncheon fee soon as possible to Jim Colby Box 6663, Scarborough, ME 04070 or [email protected]

Barbara J. Zdravesky 123 Mulberry Street Pawtucket, RI 02860


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