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According to Descendants of Edward Colburn:
Generation No. 1
1. Edward1 Colborne (Colburn) was born 1618 in England. He died 1712, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married Hannah Rolfe in 1641 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hannah was born in 1625 and died in 1712.
Children of Edward Colborne and Hannah Rolfe are:
i. Edward2 Colburn, born 1642; died 1675. Killed in an Indian raid.
ii. John Colburn, born 1644, died 1695. Married Hannah Read.
iii. Robert Colburn, born 1646, died 1701. Married Mary Bishop on March 16, 1699.
iv. Thomas Colburn, born 1648, died 1728. Married (1) Hannah Rolfe: (2) Mary Richardson.
v. Daniel Colburn, born 1654. Married Sarah Blood. died 1712
v. Hannah Colburn, born 1656. Married (1) Thomas Richardson; (2) John Wright
vi. Ezra Colburn, born March 16, 1658, died 1739. Married Hannah Varnum
vii. Joseph Colburn, born June 16, 1661, died 1733. Married Hannah ________
viii. Lydia Colburn, born August 20, 1666.
Notes on Generation 1
Taken from Descendants of Edward Colborne
Edward immigrated from London, England on October 8, 1635 on board the ‘Defense.’ Capt. Bostock arrived at Boston, Ocotober 30th. Amongst the passengers, Edward Colborne, whose age is given as 17 years and Robert Colburn, whose age is given as 28 years. They may have been brothers.
No records are found of the years following his arrival, but allusions are made in legal papers to Edward as being of Ipswich and he is call Nathaniel Saltonstall’s farmer. We can conclude that he was the manager of the estate of Nathaniel Saltonstall, who was a prominent citizen of the town. In proof of this, we find no record of his owning a farm until, with his family, he moved to Dracut.
Edward purchased the Webb farm which laid on the river in an then unnamed wilderness known as “The Wilderness North of the Merrimac.”
Gen. Philip Read, who made a careful study of Dracut history, and who is a descendant of Edward wrote:
Corp. Edward Coburn
He was a soldier in the local Military Co. of Chelmsford during King Philip’s War, 1675-77, was in command of Colbron’s Garrison on the east side of the Merrimac as strengthened after the attack upon Chelmsford by the Indians 25 Feb. 1676 and continued in charge and pay until Nov. 17 1692, perhaps still longer.
He was guarding the ferry 18 March 1675 when the Wamesit Indians killed two of the sons of Samuel Varnum and burned the Corporal’s house. Was in command of local Garrison 23 July 1689 during the first French and Indian or King William’s War.”
As Edward was the first settler on the north of the Merrimac, it was necessary to provide against the assaults of the Indians. They roamed through the woods and paddled their canoes on the river, and the lives of the white settlers were of no value to them. He erected a Garrison House, and with his seven sons, and his sons-in-law, he was able to protect himself from the thieving bands of Indians, while aid could be summoned in time of danger, when larger bands would be on the warpath. His Garrison House he left in his will to his son, Joseph, and it is still standing today on Varnum Avenue nearly opposite Totman Road is the two-story house, which was for many generations the home of the Coburns. It has been known as the Garrison House for five generations, and the size of the timbers, the low posted rooms, and the style of building, all furnish evidence of its age
Generation2
Generation No. 2
2. Robert2 Colburn (Edward1) was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1647. He died in Concord, Massachusetts, June 17, 1701. He married Mary Bishop on March 16, 1669. Mary Bishop was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on August 12, 1651.
Children of Robert Colburn and Mary Bishop are:
i. Edward3 Colburn, born September 4, 1670.
ii. Mary Colburn, born January 24, 1673.
iii. Ebenezer Colburn, born February 20, 1676.
iv. Daniel Colburn, born August 11, 1678
v. Benjamin Colburn (twin), born March 13, 1680.
vi. Joseph Colburn(twin), born March 13, 1680, died September 21, 1758.
vii. John Colburn, born April 18, 1686.
viii. Thomas Colburn, born 1691.
ix. William Colburn, born 1694.
.x. Nathaniel Colburn, born 1698.
xi. Robert Colburn
Notes on the Bishop Family
Mary Bishop was the youngest daughter of Edward Bishop (b. 1611 in England; d. 1706 in Salem MA) and Hannah _______. After Hannah’s death Edward Bishop married Bridget Oliver, a flashy dresser and tavern-keeper. Bridget was accused by three teenaged girls of delving into voodoo and being a witch. She was the first person to be hanged as part of the Salem Witch trials. She was hanged on June 10, 1692. Although she was not a witch, Edward shed no tears after her death. Edward was a good man, but Bridget was hard to get along with. The townspeople felt sorry for poor Edward. He lived to be 95 years old. He fought in the French and Indian War under Capt. Turner in 1676. Mary’s brother, Edward Bishop, Jr., and his wife fled from MA after Edward Jr.’s wife was also accused of being a witch.
Arrested on April 18, she was examined the following day at
Ingersoll's ordinary in Salem Village. "I am innocent to a Witch," she told the
magistrates. "I know not what a Witch is." On June 2, she was tried and found guilty
of witchcraft and was executed eight days later, the first of the nineteen persons
hanged. Years earlier, her neighbors had complained to Reverend John Hale that she
"did entertaine people in her house at unseasonable houres in the night to keep
drinking and playing at shovel-board whereby... young people were in danger to bee
corrupted." Bridget also owned a second house which stood in Salem. In the cellar
walls of the Salem house, John Bly and his son William "found Severall popitts [dolls]
made up of Raggs And hoggs Brusells w'th headles pins in Them." The Bishop house is
privately owned.
Generation 3
William (3) Colburn (Rober2, Edward1) was born in ____; married, Feb. 29, 1715, to Margaret French, dau of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth French of Concord; was was born 1689. They dwelt in Concord, where he was a shoemaker; he died in Hollis, NH, April 3, 1774, aged 80; she died in Hollis, NH, Feb. 16, 1774; aged 85.
William’s occupation was that of a shoemaker. He built a garrison house in north of Hollis, NH. He was prominent in the militia, and town clerk and selectman of Monson. In Brown’s History of Bedford, the name of William’s wife ifs given as Margaret Wooley. This seems to be incorrect, as we find in the County records, the following entry: “Feb. 29, 1715, Joseph French, Lieut. Of Concord to my son in law, William Colburn of the same and my daughter Margaret, his wife, in consideration of the good will, &c.”
Children:
i. Robert
ii. Keziah
iii. Jemina
iv. William
Generation 4
Lieut. Robert (4) Colburn (William3, Robert2, Edward1) was born in Concord, March 21, 1717, and died July 19, 1783; Married (10 March 2, 1745, Elizabeth, dau. Of Samuel Leeman, who died 1746; (2) Elizabeth Smith, March 21, 1747.
Children
i. Robert
ii. Elias
iii. Benjamin, b May 11, 1751; d young, Dec. 30, 1751
iv. Nation
v. Benjamin, b May 5, 1755
vi. Peter
vii. Elizabeth
viii. Lucy, b Jan 12, 1761; m Thomas Hardy of Dublin, NH
ix. Anna
Generation 5
Benjamin (5) Coburn (Robert4, Wiliam3, Robert2, Edward 1) was born in Hollis, NH, May 5, 1755, and died at Langdon, NH, Jan. 21, 1847; married, Feb. 24, 1770, Ester Wheeler, dau. of Peter, Jr. and Mehitable (Jewett) Wheeler, of Temple, NH, who was born Jun 7, 1758, and died Aug. 2, 1809; they dwelt in Hollis, NH, till 1803, when they removed to Langdon, NH.
Children:
i. Benjamin
ii. Ester
iii. Mary
iv. Lucy
v. Elizabeth
vi. Mehitable
vii. Hannah
viii. Joseph, b May 20, 1793.
ix. John
x. Elias
xi. A daughter
xii. Elias
He married (2) Patient Farr
Generation 6
Joseph (6) Colburn (Benjamin5, Robert4, William3, Robert2, Edward1) was born May 20, 1793, and died Feb. 18, 1864; married Laura Underwood, daughter of Thaddeus and Mary (Farr) Underwood of Marlborough, Vt, where she was born feb. 16, 1795, and died July 17, 1885; they dwelt in Langdon, NH.
Children:
i. Samuel
ii. Emily, b June 2, 1819; m. Dec. 24, 1845, _______ Hardy
iii. Roxana
iv. Ebert
v. Almira
vi. Adaline
vii. Williard
viii. Chester
ix. Son
x. Daughter
xi. Lucy
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