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COLBATH, Dependence

Male 1743 - 1838  (95 years)

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  1. 1.  COLBATH, DependenceCOLBATH, Dependence was born on 17 Feb 1742/43 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (son of COLBATH, James and LEIGHTON, Olive); died on 28 Jul 1838 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Revolutionary War: Yes
    • Residence: New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1776, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    • _MILT: Dec 1777, New Hampshire, USA; Revolutionary War
    • _MILT: 8 Mar 1778, New Hampshire, USA
    • _MILT: 10 May 1781, New Hampshire, USA
    • Public Service: 1790, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Selectman
    • Residence: 2 Aug 1790, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; According to the census, in 1790, Dependence Colbath's family was the only Colbath family in Barnstead. There were nine people in the household; two males over 16, one under 16, and 6 females.
    • Residence: 1810, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    • Residence: 1830, Formerly Strafford County, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    • Burial: 28 Jul 1838, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA

    Notes:

    In the History and Genealogy of the Barnstead Early Families, Stuart Merrill asserted that Dependence Colbath was the son of Benjamin Colbath. This is incorrect. He is the son of James and Olive (Leighton) Colbath and Benjamin was his uncle. Benjamin did have a son named Dependence, but he was at leas 15 years younger than "our" Dependence and he also moved to New York state, where he died in 1840.

    In 1816, Dependence and Eeleanor lived on lot 13, 1st division, below Roy Witham's property. In 1808, he owned lot 58, 1st division.

    According to the census, in 1790, Dependence Colbath's family was the only Colbath family in Barnstead. There were nine people in the household; two males over 16, one under 16, and 6 females (one would have been Eleanor). So, Dependence probably had 2 sons and 5 daughters, although birth records have proved impossible to find. Unforunately, many of Barnstead's records were lost in a fire, so these may have been among them.

    There are many online trees that connect George Colbath, son of Pitman Colbath, with a marriage to a woman named Jane and 4 daughters. These trees also indicate that George died in Barnstead in 1843. The problem is that I can find zero evidence of any of this other than a Betsey C. (Colbath) Garland, widow, born in 1794, who died in Medland, MA in 1863 of a lightning strike, and her parents are listed as George and Jane.

    Now, there is a Betsey C. Colbath among the four daughters attributed to George Colbath, but she was living with her son Isaac Garland in Gilmanton, NH in both 1850 and 1860. It is possible that she had moved to Medland or was visiting Medland in 1863 when this lightning strike killed her, but it is also quite possible that her parents names were listed incorrectly.

    Also, I can find no evidence that George, son of Pitman Garland, had any connection with Barnstead. He didn't actually die in Barnstead in 1843, he died in Portsmouth in 1853. Also, if he ever married a woman named Jane, there is no record of it. In fact, the Portsmouth Athenaeum (The Athenæum houses an outstanding collection of documents and artifacts relating to local history. It also preserves what is undoubtedly the finest collection in the state of materials relating to the history of New Hampshire’s only major seaport.) has a record for George (https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Colbath%2C%20George%2C%20c1759-1853) in which it attributes no children and lists him as unmarried (with a question mark).

    The other daughters attributed to him are Jane Colbath born in 1782 in Barnstead, who married Daniel Sherburne.

    Also a Hannah Colbath born in 1792 who married an Ezra Straw. They moved to Ohio and Hannah died theire in 1886. She was born in Portsmouth according to her obituary, but was married in Barnstead.However, Ezra was born in Barnstead, so this may account for that fact.

    Finally, there is my ancestor Sarah Sally Colbath, born in 1789 in Barnstead, who married Ebenezer Adams Jr. of Barnstead in 1805, and died in Portsmouth in 1864. Ebenezer died in 1820 leaving her with young children to raise, and she never remarried, It would have been very difficult for a single mother in those years, so it makes complete sense that she moved her family to Portsmouth where there would have been more work than in Barnstead.

    There are a few issues in resolving all of these inconsistencies, and the most significant is that the early vital records from Barnstead were lost in a fire. The second is that most of the early founding families of Barnstead had family ties in the Portsmouth/Newington areas, and I've found a lot of fluidity among them.

    In my tree I have left George "married" to Jane, but only for research purposes, and have listed the four daughters I found in online trees. I have also listed Jane and Sarah Sally with Dependence and Eleanor, again, to aid with research, as explained below.

    It is my belief that Jane and Sarah Sally were**very** likely the daughters of Dependence Colbath and Eleanor Walker. Dependence is from a branch of the family that was well established in Barnstead. He was, in fact, the only Colbath listed as a head of family in Barnstead in 1790 and the 1790 census lists them as having 2 sons and 5 daughters. We know they had one daughter Lydia, born in 1788 and died (unmarried) in 1832. She is buried with her parents in Barnstead. The two sons, it is believed were John and Dependence/Independence Jr. The names of the other four daughters living in 1790 are lost. As stated, I believe that two of them are Jane and Sarah Sally.

    Dependence married WALKER, Eleanor on 25 Nov 1773 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Eleanor (daughter of WALKER, John Edward and NUTTER, Sarah) was born in 1750 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Apr 1834 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Belknap, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. COLBATH, Sarah "Sally" was born about 1789 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; died on 26 Feb 1864 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in New Hampshire, USA.
    2. COLBATH, Lydia was born in 1788 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; died on 31 Jul 1836 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. COLBATH, Jane was born in 1783; died in 1839.
    4. COLBATH, Independence was born in New Hampshire, USA; died in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  COLBATH, JamesCOLBATH, James was born in 1715 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (son of PITMAN, Mary, son of COLBATH "COLBREATH", George and PITMAN, Mary, son of COLBATH "COLBREATH", George and PITMAN, Mary); died in 1800 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 7 GGF
    • _DNA: Match (paternal)
    • Public Service: Between 1745 and 1762, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Selectman

    James married LEIGHTON, Olive in 1738 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Olive (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas III and BUNKER, Deborah) was born in 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1800 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  LEIGHTON, Olive was born in 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas III and BUNKER, Deborah); died in 1800 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relation to Me: 7 GGM
    • _DNA: Match (paternal)

    Children:
    1. 1. COLBATH, Dependence was born on 17 Feb 1742/43 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Jul 1838 in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. COLBATH, Hunking Sr was born on 17 Feb 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Jan 1825 in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. COLBATH, Amy was born on 9 Jul 1758 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. COLBATH, Deborah was born on 9 Oct 1745 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. COLBATH, Leighton Pvt. was born on 3 Nov 1739 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 14 Mar 1830 in Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, USA.
    6. COLBATH, Independence was born in 1761 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 26 Jul 1840 in Maine, USA.
    7. COLBATH, Winthrop was born on 18 Mar 1751 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 May 1831 in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    8. COLBATH, Keziah was born in 1750 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 16 Jun 1751 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    9. COLBATH, Keziah was born in 1756 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in Walden, Caledonia, Vermont, USA.
    10. COLBATH, Benning was born on 28 May 1762 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 27 Sep 1824 in Buried at Colbath Farm hillside, Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  COLBATH "COLBREATH", George was born in 1690 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland (son of COLBREATH, John Jr and HOLLONSHEAD, Susanna); died in 1781 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: George Colbath "Colbreath" Sr
    • Birth: 1690, Ulster, Donegal, Ireland

    George + PITMAN, Mary. Mary was born about 1690; died on 17 Jan 1753 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  PITMAN, Mary was born about 1690; died on 17 Jan 1753 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Notes:

    This is not Mary Ann Pitman born in 1703 in Lee, NH to Joseph Pitman and Elizabeth Ham. Many online trees have listed her as such, but that Mary Pitman married Daniel Downs, and she would have been far too young to already be married and having children in 1712.

    Our Mary Pitman was likely born around 1690.

    Children:
    1. 2. COLBATH, James was born in 1715 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1800 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. COLBATH, Benjamin was born about 1720 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 20 Mar 1778 in Valley Forge, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. COLBATH, George Jr was born in 1712 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1738 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. COLBATH, Mehitable was born in 1723 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 17 Jun 1794 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. COLBATH, Joseph Sr was born in 1728 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    6. COLBATH, Pitman was born in 1717 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1790 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    7. Living
    8. Living

  3. 6.  LEIGHTON, Thomas III was born in 1670 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (son of LEIGHTON, Thomas and NUTTER, Mary Elizabeth); died on 29 Aug 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

    Thomas married BUNKER, Deborah in 1700 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Deborah (daughter of BUNKER, James II and NUTE, Sarah) was born in 1683 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  BUNKER, Deborah was born in 1683 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of BUNKER, James II and NUTE, Sarah); died in 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. 3. LEIGHTON, Olive was born in 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1800 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. LEIGHTON, John was born on 27 Jun 1719 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1778 in Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    3. LEIGHTO, Elizabeth was born on 11 Mar 1737 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1776 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. LEIGHTON, Thomas was born on 13 May 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1725 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. LEIGHTON, Hatevil was born in 1712 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1770 in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, USA.
    6. LEIGHTON, Elizabeth was born on 11 Mar 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 19 Mar 1776 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    7. LEIGHTON, Deborah was born in 1714 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    8. LEIGHTON, Hatevil was born in Apr 1712 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1770 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    9. LEIGHTON, Keziah was born in 1722 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
    10. LEIGHTON, Abigail was born on 14 Jan 1710 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1779 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    11. LEIGHTON, Thomas IV was born on 13 Nov 1725 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 9 Mar 1813 in Steuben, Washington, Maine, USA.
    12. LEIGHTON, John was born in 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1756 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  COLBREATH, John Jr was born in 1664 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland; died in 1706 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

    John married HOLLONSHEAD, Susanna in 1690 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland. Susanna was born in 1670 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland; died in 1708 in Ulster, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  HOLLONSHEAD, Susanna was born in 1670 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland; died in 1708 in Ulster, Northern Ireland.
    Children:
    1. 4. COLBATH "COLBREATH", George was born in 1690 in Ulster, Donegal, Ireland; died in 1781 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

  3. 12.  LEIGHTON, Thomas was born in 1642 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (son of LEIGHTON, Thomas, son of LEIGHTON, Thomas and SILSBY, Joanna); died in 1677 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1642, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
    • Death: 1677, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

    Thomas married NUTTER, Mary Elizabeth in 1670 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of NUTTER, Hatevil and AYRES, Anne) was born in 1646 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Dec 1674 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  NUTTER, Mary ElizabethNUTTER, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1646 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of NUTTER, Hatevil and AYRES, Anne); died on 28 Dec 1674 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. 6. LEIGHTON, Thomas III was born in 1670 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Aug 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

  5. 14.  BUNKER, James IIBUNKER, James II was born in 1628 in Slapton, Devon, England; died on 24 Jan 1698 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Immigrant; First families of NH
    • Web Address: https://bunker.org/jbunker.html
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bunker-168

    Notes:

    The Bunker Garrison house survived both the 1689 and 1694 attacks.
    https://www.northamericanforts.com/East/nh.html#durham

    James married NUTE, Sarah about 1650 in USA. Sarah (daughter of NUTE (NEWTE), James and SARAH) was born on 11 Jan 1648 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 14 Oct 1698 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  NUTE, Sarah was born on 11 Jan 1648 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of NUTE (NEWTE), James and SARAH); died on 14 Oct 1698 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: More research needed

    Children:
    1. BUNKER, James III was born in 1665 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 5 May 1722 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    2. BUNKER, JOSEPH was born in 1661 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Mar 1719.
    3. BUNKER, MARY was born in 1664 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1738 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. BUNKER, John was born in 1667 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Jul 1707 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    5. 7. BUNKER, Deborah was born in 1683 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1744 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.


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