Person:John Libby (21)

From Source:Genealogical dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (33860), p. 313, though Source:The Libby family in America, 1602-1881, p. 49, by the same author is nearly identical.

John, fourth son of David and Eleanor Libby, was born, Probably in Portsmouth, NH, about 1697, and died in Scarborough July 1, 1764. He received from his father by deed of gift dated March 1719, all his lands in Scarborough and doubtless moved at once to his father's old home as he was present at the first town meeting in Scarborough. Three of his sons, Matthew, Nathaniel and Luke, he settled on parts of his homestead, and Elisha and Allison, he gave lands in the interior of town. He had an extra finger on each hand, below the little finger, and from this was called, to distinguish him from the other John Libbys in Scarborough at the time "Five Fingered John Libby". He married (first) November 14, 1724, Sarah Libby, who was born in Kittery, September 7, 1702, daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth (Brown) Libby. After her death, he married (second) January 9, 1755, Deborah Dunnivan, of Falmouth, who probably died before him. His children, all by the first wife and born in Scarborough, were: Elisha, Matthew, Mark, Allison, Nathaniel, Luke, and John.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Libby, Charles T. (Charles Thornton). The Libby Family in America, 1602-1881. (Portland, ME: B. Thurston & Co., 1882)
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