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COLBATH, Sarah "Sally"

COLBATH, Sarah "Sally"

Female Abt 1789 - 1864  (75 years)

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  • Name COLBATH, Sarah "Sally"  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    Birth Abt 1789  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16] 
    Gender Female 
    Possessions 1821  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Late husband's farm was auctioned to pay his debts 
    Residence 1830  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1839  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 19] 
    Living at 25 Court Street 
    Residence 1860  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Living with her daughter Mary Jane, and two granddaughters Sally Ann and Mary Jane 
    Burial 26 Feb 1864  Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Burial    		 Burial
    Death 26 Feb 1864  Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 8, 11, 16] 
    pl_008272014_1022_32551_843    		 pl_008272014_1022_32551_843
    Burial New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 11] 
    Person ID I738  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father COLBATH, Dependence,   b. 17 Feb 1742/43, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1838, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother WALKER, Eleanor,   b. 1750, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1834, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1773  Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ADAMS, Captain Ebenezer Jr,   b. 5 Jun 1784, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1820, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1808  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 21, 22, 23] 
    Children 
    +1. ADAMS, Joseph Colbath,   b. 25 Feb 1815, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1907, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. ADAMS, George Washington,   b. 8 Mar 1811, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1888, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. ADAMS, Mary Jane,   b. 19 Feb 1813, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1901, Eliot, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. ADAMS, Ebenezer Gilman,   b. 1 May 1809, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1898, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. ADAMS, John Q,   b. 30 Mar 1819, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1885, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. ADAMS, Sally Ann,   b. 13 Jul 1820, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1837 (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. ADAMS, Permela,   b. 9 Jul 1812, Gilmanton Iron Works, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1862, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1789 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1808 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Late husband's farm was auctioned to pay his debts - 1821 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Living at 25 Court Street - 1839 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Living with her daughter Mary Jane, and two granddaughters Sally Ann and Mary Jane - 1860 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 26 Feb 1864 - Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Feb 1864 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    1830 United States Federal Census
    Sarah C2
    1850 United States Federal Census
    Burial
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    guardianship-of-children
    1860 United States Federal Census
    Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922
    probate-record-ebenezer-adams-jr
    probate-record-2-ebenezer-adams-jr
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
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  • Notes 
    • Based on Census and death records she was born approximately 1789 in Barnstead.

      People online have listed that she was the daughter of George Colbath and Rebecca Milken, but I haven't been able to verify that. 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. I believe that Sally was the daughter of Dependnce and Eleanor.

      She marrried Ebenezer Adams Jr. in Barnstead in 1808

      Ebenezer Gilman was born 1 May 1809
      George Washington was born 8 Mar 1811
      Mary Jane was born 19 Feb 1813
      * Joseph Colbath was born 25 Feb 1815
      John Quincy was born 30 Mar 1819

      Her husband, Capt. Eben Adams Jr. died 1 Jun 1820 (causes unkown)

      Sally Ann, the youngest daughter, was born 13 Jul 1820 (yikes! a month after her husband died!)

      On 12 Oct 1821, Sally was granted guardianship of her children following their father's death

      The 50-acre farm owned by her husband in Barnstead was auctioned in 1821. His estate was insolvent. (see attached)

      The1830 Census notes one Sally Adams and one young female living in Portsmouth. I am assuming this is OUR Sally, but what happened to the other children??

      In 1837, Sally Ann, the youngest daughter dies in a tragic drowning in Portsmouth. The newspaper notes her mother and siblings. (see attached)

      In 1839, her residence is listed in the city directory as 25 Court St., Portsmouth. Her son Joseph C is also in Portsmouth at this time, living not far away where he had a blacksmith shop at 57 Daniel

      In 1860 she was living in Portsmouth with her daughter Mary Jane, and two granddaughters Sally Ann and Mary Jane.

      Sally died from "consumption" on 25 Feb 1864. Her burial spot is unknown.

      My questions????

      How did Ebenezer die? He was so young!

      What happened to Sally and the children after Ebenezer died?

      I do NOT yet know enough about probate and land records but I'm guessing that Ebenezer got his land from the original Adams holdings (his great grandfather Rev. Joseph Adams). I'm thinking there would be a record of that?? Rev. Adams will left the land in Barnstead to Dr. Joseph Adams, Ebenezer's father. I can't find a probate record for Dr. Joseph Adams so far, but maybe there is some record of a land transfer to be found.

      Also, that after he died, the court must have made some provisions for his children. Did they really leave them homeless and without any support? There must be some record.

      Where did Sally come from? Who are her parents?
    • 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.

  • Sources 
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      1830 United States Federal Census      		 1830 United States Federal Census


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      1850 United States Federal Census      		 1850 United States Federal Census


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      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


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      Granting Sally Adams guardianship of her children following the death of her husband and their father Ebenezer Adams Jr.
      guardianship-of-children      		 guardianship-of-children


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      1860 United States Federal Census      		 1860 United States Federal Census


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      probate-record-ebenezer-adams-jr      		 probate-record-ebenezer-adams-jr
      probate-record-2-ebenezer-adams-jr      		 probate-record-2-ebenezer-adams-jr


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      Provides proof of lineage for Ebenezer and Sally (Colbath) Adams' children
      probate-record-ebenezer-adams-jr      		 probate-record-ebenezer-adams-jr
      probate-record-2-ebenezer-adams-jr      		 probate-record-2-ebenezer-adams-jr


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      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254674474/sarah-adams
      Burial      		 Burial


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