Anthony Colby was born at England. He immigrated in 1630 to New England; with the Winthrop fleet.1 Anthony married Susanna (?).2,3 Anthony Colby was living in 1632 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.1,4 He became a freeman on 14 May 1634 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 He moved circa 1637 to Ipswich, Massachusetts.1 He was granted land in 1639 at Salisbury, Massachusetts.1 On 19 March 1654, he was made a commoner of Newtown, now Amesbury.1 He died on Friday, 11 February 1661 at Salisbury, Massachusetts, his death was recorded as 11 (12) 1660 and he died intestate.2,1,4 Anthony's estate was inventoried on 9 March 1660/61.