He was the son of Robert Colburn. He married Margaret Woolley 29 Feb 1715.
From the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis 1915 by Charles S. Spaulding p.34:
He settled on the old French garrison farm in Billerica, Mass., which came within the limits of Bedford, Mass., on the chartering of that town in 1729. Mr. Colburn, with others, removed from Bedford to West Dunstable in the spring of 1738, and settled at a point on the hill, north of Patch Corner, where he erected a large log hut, used a portion of the year of 1747 as a garrison by a scout or guard of fiteen men sent by the New Hampshire General Court to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian invasion. Mr. Colburn was the ancestor of nearly all the Colburns of Hollis.
Mr. Colburn died April 3, 1769, aged 79. Mrs. Margery, his wife, died February 16, 1774, aged 84. They are buried at the northeast corner of the old Church yard at Hollis.∼William Colburn son of Robert and Mary (Bishop) Colburn was born unknown, in unknown; died 03-April-1774 in Hollis, Hillsborough, Hew Hampshire, aged 80.
He married Margaret French daughter of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth French of Concord was born 1689; died 13-Feb-1774, aged 85 on 29-Feb-1715 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass. Having four children.
William's occupation was that of a shoemaker. He built a garrison house north of Hollis, N.H. He was prominent in the militia, and town clerk along with selectman of Monson.
From the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis 1915 by Charles S. Spaulding p.34:
He settled on the old French garrison farm in Billerica, Mass., which came within the limits of Bedford, Mass., on the chartering of that town in 1729. Mr. Colburn, with others, removed from Bedford to West Dunstable in the spring of 1738, and settled at a point on the hill, north of Patch Corner, where he erected a large log hut, used a portion of the year of 1747 as a garrison by a scout or guard of fiteen men sent by the New Hampshire General Court to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian invasion. Mr. Colburn was the ancestor of nearly all the Colburns of Hollis.
Mr. Colburn died April 3, 1769, aged 79. Mrs. Margery, his wife, died February 16, 1774, aged 84. They are buried at the northeast corner of the old Church yard at Hollis.∼William Colburn son of Robert and Mary (Bishop) Colburn was born unknown, in unknown; died 03-April-1774 in Hollis, Hillsborough, Hew Hampshire, aged 80.
He married Margaret French daughter of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth French of Concord was born 1689; died 13-Feb-1774, aged 85 on 29-Feb-1715 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass. Having four children.
William's occupation was that of a shoemaker. He built a garrison house north of Hollis, N.H. He was prominent in the militia, and town clerk along with selectman of Monson.
He was the son of Robert Colburn. He married Margaret Woolley 29 Feb 1715.
From the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis 1915 by Charles S. Spaulding p.34:
He settled on the old French garrison farm in Billerica, Mass., which came within the limits of Bedford, Mass., on the chartering of that town in 1729. Mr. Colburn, with others, removed from Bedford to West Dunstable in the spring of 1738, and settled at a point on the hill, north of Patch Corner, where he erected a large log hut, used a portion of the year of 1747 as a garrison by a scout or guard of fiteen men sent by the New Hampshire General Court to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian invasion. Mr. Colburn was the ancestor of nearly all the Colburns of Hollis.
Mr. Colburn died April 3, 1769, aged 79. Mrs. Margery, his wife, died February 16, 1774, aged 84. They are buried at the northeast corner of the old Church yard at Hollis.∼William Colburn son of Robert and Mary (Bishop) Colburn was born unknown, in unknown; died 03-April-1774 in Hollis, Hillsborough, Hew Hampshire, aged 80.
He married Margaret French daughter of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth French of Concord was born 1689; died 13-Feb-1774, aged 85 on 29-Feb-1715 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass. Having four children.
William's occupation was that of a shoemaker. He built a garrison house north of Hollis, N.H. He was prominent in the militia, and town clerk along with selectman of Monson.
From the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis 1915 by Charles S. Spaulding p.34:
He settled on the old French garrison farm in Billerica, Mass., which came within the limits of Bedford, Mass., on the chartering of that town in 1729. Mr. Colburn, with others, removed from Bedford to West Dunstable in the spring of 1738, and settled at a point on the hill, north of Patch Corner, where he erected a large log hut, used a portion of the year of 1747 as a garrison by a scout or guard of fiteen men sent by the New Hampshire General Court to guard the inhabitants of Monson against Indian invasion. Mr. Colburn was the ancestor of nearly all the Colburns of Hollis.
Mr. Colburn died April 3, 1769, aged 79. Mrs. Margery, his wife, died February 16, 1774, aged 84. They are buried at the northeast corner of the old Church yard at Hollis.∼William Colburn son of Robert and Mary (Bishop) Colburn was born unknown, in unknown; died 03-April-1774 in Hollis, Hillsborough, Hew Hampshire, aged 80.
He married Margaret French daughter of Lieut. Joseph and Elizabeth French of Concord was born 1689; died 13-Feb-1774, aged 85 on 29-Feb-1715 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass. Having four children.
William's occupation was that of a shoemaker. He built a garrison house north of Hollis, N.H. He was prominent in the militia, and town clerk along with selectman of Monson.
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