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     John Ladd Colby was born on 16 May 1820 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Jonathan Colby and Hannah Ladd.¹ He was graduated in 1846 from University of the City of New York.³ In 1847, John Ladd Colby was a physician in Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.⁴

He married Mary Ann Stuart Tannatt on 30 June 1847 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York.³ In 1848, John Ladd Colby was a member of the School Committee in Hollis.⁴ In 1850, John Ladd Colby moved to Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.⁴ In the fall of 1852, John Ladd Colby moved to Harlem, New York.⁴ In 1853, during the cholera panic, he went largely among the poor, endangering his own life by his efforts to save his patients by constant attention at the critical stage of the disease.³ For many years, John Ladd Colby was head physician of the House of Refuge on Randall's Island.³

The census of 1880 shows John L. Colby, John was a physician. His son Albert was a student at college. Also in the household was a servant, Lizzi Elder, 20, from Ireland, and Mary A. Colby, listed with Albert L. Colby and Hellen L. Colby living at New York, New York County, New York.⁵

He died on 4 February 1885 in New York, at age 64 He was the oldest practising physician in Harlam.³

     John M. Colby was born on 20 December 1862 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.^1,2 He was the son of Cyrus Colby and Mehitable Brown.¹ The census of 15 June 1880 shows John M. Colby in the household of Cyrus Colby and Mehitable Colby, at Bow.³

He married Enola M. Colby, daughter of Lewis Colby and Mary E. Mills, on 6 September 1893 in Bow, Date was originally shown as August 6. August was crossed out, and Sept. written above it.⁴

He died in 1920.² He and Enola M. Colby were buried in Alexander Cemetery on River Road, Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, in the same plot with Mary E. Mills.⁵

     John Norman Colby was born on 21 September 1928 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.² He was the son of Paul Keating Colby and Ida Heafner.¹

He died on 7 April 1992 at age 63.³

     John Paine Colby was born on 2 November 1925 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.² He is the son of Solon Baker Colby and Marion Shirley Paine.¹

     John Raymond Colby was born on 7 August 1903 in Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Arthur Myron Colby and Emma E. Whitehead.¹

He married Kathryn Wright about 1926.²

He died in 1975.² He was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, in the same plot with Arthur M. Colby and Emma E. Colby.³

     John S. Colby was born on 14 March 1835 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.^2,1 He was the son of Capt. Sargent Colby and Ruth Ann Colby.¹ The census of 1850 shows John Colby, 15, at school, in the household of Sargent Colby and Ruth Colby, at Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.³

John S. Colby served three years in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment.¹

In 1864, John S. Colby was a jeweler.⁴

He married Sarah S. Grover on 25 September 1864 in Foxborough, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, by Isaac Smith, a Foxboro clergyman.⁴
John and Sarah lived at Prescott, Pierce County, Wisconsin.¹

The census of 1870 shows John Colby, 35, a farmer with $3000 real estate and $540 personal estate, and Sarah S. Colby, 35, keeping house, listed with Jennie Colby and Herbert H. Colby living at Prescott P.O., Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin.⁵

The census of 1880 shows John S. Colby, 47, a farmer, and Sarah S. Colby, 46, keeping house, listed with Jennie L. Colby, Herbert H. Colby and Mabel Colby living at Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin.⁶

The census of 1900 shows John S. Colby, 66, and Sarrah S. Colby, 66, listed with Herbert H. Colby living at Prescott.⁷

He died on 7 May 1902 in Pierce County, Wisconsin, at age 67.⁸

     John S. Colby was born on 5 September 1839 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.² He was the son of Jesse Colby and Sally Persis Austin.¹ The census of 1850 shows John Colby in the household of Jesse Colby and Sally Colby, at Bow.³

He married Caroline D. Sulloway on 20 October 1864 in Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁴

The census of 1870 shows John S. Colby, 30, a farmer with $600 real estate and $250 personal estate, and Carrie D. Colby, 25, keeping house living at Bow.⁵

The census of 1880 shows John S. Colby, 40, a farmer, and Caroline D. Sulloway, 35, keeping house living at Springfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Living with them were his father-in-law, Joseph Sulloway, 79, who worked on the farm, and his sister-in-law, Betsy A. Sulloway, 55, employed in dress making.⁶

He died on 16 October 1886 in Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, at age 47.^1,7 He was buried in Maple Street Cemetery, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.⁸

     

Johnson Colby was an employee for many years in the record department at City Hall at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.² He was born on 13 March 1791 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.³ He was the son of Archelaus Colby and Jemima Johnson.¹

He married Ann Thompson on 3 July 1822 in Boston.⁴

He married Elizabeth Howe on 16 May 1828 in Boston.⁵

He died on 8 August 1856 in Boston, at age 65 of paralysis.⁶ He was buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.²

     Johnson H. Colby was born in September 1879 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.¹ He was the son of Andrew Glass Colby and Elma Godfrey.¹

     Johnson N. Colby was born in 1815 or 1816 in New York.² He was the son of Moses Colby and Betsey Glass.¹

He married Matilda Medcraft on 8 December 1846 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.³

The census of 1880 shows Johnson N. Colby, 64, a farmer, and Matilda Colby, 59, keeping house living at Union Township, Union County, New Jersey.²

He died on 30 December 1880 in Union, Union County, New Jersey.⁴

     Jonathan Colby was born on 13 February 1762 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell.^1,2 He moved to Wood Hill, Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, In the spring of 1768 with Willaby Colby and Sarah Sargent They started for their new home, his wife on horseback with her child in her arms. He soon built a frame house at the northeast corner of the intersection, east of the road where his son Philip afterwards lived. Their first log house stood a short distance south of where William A. Elliot lived in 1892, where his father, Abraham, with the youngest son, Jonathan, lived and died. William "Willie" Colby, and his wife, Frances, lived there until his death on 25 Jul 1969.⁴

He married Martha Alexander about 1784 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.^1,5 He appeared on the census of 1 May 1791 in the household of his parents, Abraham Colby and Elizabeth Blaisdell, at Bow, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.⁶
Jonathan lived cared for his aged parents in their declining years, and inherited the homestead. Soon after the death of his father the house was superseded by a two story, single house, a few rods north of the old one, which crippled his resources and, having a large family, he was obliged to struggle to provide for their necessities.⁷

He died on 8 June 1831 in Bow, at age 69 . His house was sold to parties in Concord, and Silas Call moved it, on wheels, to the corner of State and Washington Streets, where, with an addition, it stood in fair condition as of 1894.⁷ He was buried in East Dunbarton Cemetery, Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁸

     Jonathan Colby was born on 29 May 1792 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.¹ He was the son of Hezekiah Colby and Sarah Sargent.

     "Mr. Jonathan Colby...possesses the power of healing which a seventh son' can excercise."³ Jonathan Colby was born on 8 March 1796 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁴ He was the son of Jonathan Colby and Martha Alexander.^1,2

He married Hannah Todd on 24 June 1819 in Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁵

He married Fanny W. Stinson on 15 October 1857 in Dunbarton.⁶

He died on 27 February 1876 in Dunbarton, at age 79.⁴ He was buried in Dunbarton Center Cemetery, Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.⁷

     

Jonathan G. Colby was a shoemaker.²

Jonathan G. Colby was a captain in the militia.² He was born on 10 September 1803 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.³ He was the son of Samuel Colby and Lucy Perkins.¹

He married Asenath Morrill on 13 November 1829 in Weare.⁴

He died on 30 December 1843 in Weare, at age 40.² He was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Grasmere, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.⁵