Person:Abel Colby (2)

Military Service

From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the War of the Revolution, Vol 3, p. 745:

"Colby, Abel, Edgecomb. Private, Capt. Josiah Stearns's co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle's (24th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 21, 1775; service, 2 mos. 15 days ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Winter Hill, Nov. 11, 1775 ; also, Capt. Israel Davis's co., Col. Joseph Fry's regt.; marched from home March 7, 1776; service to May 31, 1776, 2 mos. 25 days, in defence of seacoast; roll sworn to in Lincoln Co.; also, same co.; service from June 1, 1776, to Dec. 5, 1776, 6 mos. 5 days, at Boothbay in defence of seacoast; rolls dated Boothbay."

1.   Colby, Abel, in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: A compilation from the archives. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Wright and Potter Printing, 1896-1908)
   Vol. 3, p. 745, viewed online 6/8/2018.

   Viewed via FamilySearch database extracted from this title. See "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-8YBK : 18 March 2018), Abel Colby, 1776.