Henry Libby 
Henry was born in 1647 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.1 Henry's father was John Libby and his mother was Judith. His paternal grandparents were John Libby and Elizabeth. He had four brothers and two sisters, named David, Matthew, John, Anthony, Rebecca and Hannah. He was the second oldest of the seven children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Daniel and Sarah. He died at the age of 85 on October 21st, 1732 in Scarborough, Maine, USA.1 General Notes
[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]
2 SOUR S332582
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4 TEXT Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004
[daveanthes.FTW]
ID: I15177
Name: Henry LIBBY
Sex: M
Birth: 1647 in Scarborough,Maine 1 2
Death: 21 OCT 1732 in Scarborough,Maine 3 4
Note
Lived in Lynn, MA 1690, and Scarsborough, ME 1703. Henry Libby was selectman of Scarsborough in 1686. In 1690 he fled with his father-in-law to Lynn, MA, but was one of the first to resettle. He returned in a sloop in 1703 and built a garrison on Prout's Neck, successfully defending from a force of 500 French and Indians.
From Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire.[:UND] under heading "Libby"
HENRY(5), 78 12 Aug. 1786, near 83 in June 1731. Garrison soldier in Philip's War. Selectm. Scarb. 1686. . . . . In 1690 he escaped with his wife's family to Lynn where in 1701 he was tenant on a farm of John Cogswell. In 1709 he was a creditor of Moses -Hawkes's est. Among the first to resettle Scarb., his sons depos. that they came July 1717 and that in 1718 they liv. in the Jordan garrison at Spurwink. They stood their ground in Dummer's War, and helped defend the garrison on Prout's Neck.
In 1728, at 80, he joined the newly formed Scarb. church. His ho. stood near the east corner of the old Black Point burying ground, and the site was taken into it. Will 21 Feb. 1729-30, d. 21 Oct. 1732. He m. Honor Hinkson(1), who d. 24 Aug. 1724, ag.60. Ch: Mary, m. in Marblehead 13 Jan 1714-5 Richard Webber. Samuel, Lt., b 1689, had the homestead. . . .Town clerk 6 yrs.; Proprietors' Clerk from 1727 until old age; Selectm. 1721-1742, except one yr.; often moderator, As lot-layer, be laid out most of the town. In 1726 divine service was held alternately in his ho. and in Col. Westbrook's ho. at Dunstan. In 1726 he was of the committee to build the meeting ho. D. 1 Jan. 1770. He m. 29 Feb. 1727 Abigail Mcserve, who d. 10 Nov. 1734 ( ch. d. y.); 2d 17 Jan. 1739 Mary Jones, who d. June 1754. 5 ch:. Sarah. The Ports So. Oh. minister hap. in Scarboro 25 May 1722 Samuel, Sarah, James and John. She d. 1 Mar. 1723. James, turner, eldest of the three Jameses in Searb. . . . . He d bef. 28 Dec. 1754. Of his daus. Abigail m. Elisha Douglass, Joanna and Priscilla bros. Isaac and Andrew Myrick, Hannah, m Jethro Starbird. Hannah, m. in Marblehead 15 Dee. 1720 John Pollow. Elizabeth, m. 16 Mar. 1727 Sampson
Plummer. John, Capt, Lieut. in 1st F. & I. War, liv. on Oak Hill Scarb. Drowned by upsetting of a boat. M lst 15 June 1728 Mary Goodwin and 2d 4 Aug. 1738 Anne Fogg(1 Jr) . . . . .
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Change Date: 3 NOV 2001 at 18:28:23
Father: John LIBBY b: 11 NOV 1610 in Plymouth,Devonshire,England
Mother: Judith
Marriage 1 Honor HINKSON b: Abt 1664 in Scarborough,York,ME
Married: SAY 1688 in ?
Children
John LIBBY b: Abt 1700 in Lynn,Essex,MA
James LIBBY
Sources:
1. Title: Carmichael World Wide Database, Location: 54 Limekiln Row,
Castlefields, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2LT, Eng, Url:
http://www.mersinet.co.uk/~jimmy/jimstree/dat367.htm#0
Author: jimmy@@carmichael.mersinet.co.uk
Publication: 02 Feb 2001
Abbrev: Carmichael World Wide Database, Location: 54 Limekiln Row,~~Castlefields, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2LT, Eng, Url:~~http://www.mersinet.co.uk/~jimmy/jimstree/dat367.htm#0
2. Title: Family Tree, Location: World Family Tree, Url:
http://pedigree.ancestry.com/zipfiles/773691.exe
Author: dbob640@@aol.com
Publication: 05 Feb 2001
Abbrev: Family Tree, Location: World Family Tree, Url:~~http://pedigree.ancestry.com/zipfiles/773691.exe
3. Title: Family Tree, Location: World Family Tree, Url:
http://pedigree.ancestry.com/zipfiles/169009.exe
Author: kstrobe@@attglobal.net
Publication: 05 Feb 2001
Abbrev: Family Tree, Location: World Family Tree, Url:~~http://pedigree.ancestry.com/zipfiles/169009.exe
Page: gives death date as 21 Oct 1732
4. Title: The Libby Family in America
Author: Charles T. Libby
Publication: C.T. Libby, Portland, ME, 1882
Abbrev: The Libby Family in America
Page: p 27
Henry and Honor were married in a religious ceremony about 1685 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA.1 They had three sons and four daughters, named Samuel, James, John, Mary, Hannah, Sarah and Elizabeth.
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Children
John Libby
John was born about 1700 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA.1 He died on June 9th, 1755 in Scarborough, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA.1
1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
2 The Libby Family in America
Further sources/citations:
Carmichael World Wide Database, Location: 54 Limekiln Row,, daveanthes.FTW, The Libby Family in America @ Page: p 27
2 The Libby Family in America
Further sources/citations:
Carmichael World Wide Database, Location: 54 Limekiln Row,, daveanthes.FTW, The Libby Family in America @ Page: p 27
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