Edward Colcord, Sr.

Edward Colcord

• Born 1615/1616 - England.
• Deceased Feb.10,1681/82 - Hampton, N.H.
• Places of residence
  • Arrived c1631 to Portsmouth, N.H. or arrived c1635 to Salem, Mass.
  • Exeter, N.H. - 1638.
  • Dover, N. H. - 1640-1645. (Dover Point Rd.)
  • Hampton, N.H. - 1645.
• Occupation Lawyer.
• Spouse Anne Warde*, daughter of Francis Warde, b. c1622 in England, d. Jan. 24, 1688/89

Family

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Children

• 1. Jonathan Colcord, b. c1640, d. Aug. 31, 1661.
• 2. Elizabeth Colcord, d. 1675, m. by 1644 to Robert Evans (d. c1696).
• 3. Hannah Colcord, b. c1643, d. Jul. 17, 1720, m. Dec. 28, 1668 to Thomas Dearborn.
• 4. Sarah Colcord, b. c1646, m. John Hobbs.
• 5. Mary Colcord, b. Oct. 4, 1649, d. 1741 in Hampton Falls, N.H., m. cenjamin Fifield.
• 6. Edward Colcord, served in King Philip's War, b. Feb. 2, 1652, d. Jun. 13, 1677 (killed by indians).
• 7. Samuel Colcord, b. 1656, m. by 1683/84 to Mary Ayer.
• 8. Mehitable Colcord, b. c1658, m. Nathaniel Stevens, son of John and Katherine Stevens of Dover, N.H.
• 9. Shuah Colcord, b. Jun. 12, 1662, m. 1. Richard Nason, son of Richard and Sarah Nason and m. 2. Sept. 16, 1687 to John Douglas.
• 10. Deborah Colcord, b. May 21, 1664, m. Tristram Coffin (b. 1665) son of Peter T. Coffin and Abigail Starbuck..
• 11. Abigail Colcord, b. Jun. 23, 1667, d. young.

Notes Returned to England for a time - 1656.
Some sources say Anne Nudd, daughter of Francis Nudd.

Came to Portsmouth NH from Hants County England 1631 (age 15)

Notes

Research by the author at the Norfolk Record Office, City Library, Norwich, England into the records for the Flegg region has with certainty answered this question. The wife of Robert Page WAS Lucy Warde, the daughter of Francis and Susanna Warde of Filby. She was baptised there on 13 March 1604/5. Her marriage to Robert Page occured at So. Walsham on 8 Oct 1629. They lived at Ormesby St. Margaret until emigrating to Boston in 1637. Lucy's family pedigree that follows is based on information found in Parish Registers, Wills and documents at the Public Record office, Chancery Lane, London. Lucy had a younger sister, Anne (b.c. 1622) who emigrated as a servant of the Robert Page family in 1637 to New England. She married Edward Colcord there and was the mother of 10 children.

“COLCORD GENEALOGY. Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908.” By DOANE B. COLCORD, B. S., M. D., Late Prof. of Chem. Kansas Med. College, Creswell, Ore. Published by MAHLON J. COLCORD. Coudersport, Pa. 1908. PRESS OF POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL. < PDF > Page 7-8.

Of Edward Colcord,1 the first of that name to settle in America.

Edward Colcott, or Colcord, came to Portsmouth, N.H., from Hants County, England, about 1631, when he was fifteen years old. The name is derived from Cole, an old English name, and Cote or Cot, a cottage or house with lands adjoining. The Colcott "Crest" is a sitting lion ("lion sejant") collared and lined with the motto: "Dieu Avec Nous" beneath, which is a part of the coat of arms of the Earl of Berkeley-conferred by authority. The first Earl of Berkeley was created in 1421 (Burke). His name was also spelled Colcote.

When Edward1 came to Portsmouth, in 1631, "there were," he affirms, "but three houses in all that side of the country adjoining Pascataqua River."

He went to Exeter and resided in or near there until after 1638. He married Ann (e) Page and was in Pasquat- iquate, or Dover, in 1640, being 5th grantee in the list of the first grants given. He signed a petition for an inde- pendent government, sent to the King in 1642, and in 1643, June 14, was appointed "Magistrate" of Dover with two associates by the "Court of Mass." He returned to Exeter in 1644, was in Hampton, a few miles east of Exeter, in 1645, and by "grants" and trading acquired lands in Dover, Exeter and Ñ ew Market.

He was often engaged in litigation, a man of independent spirit who chafed under restraint, and loved ad venture. He had many friends and not a few enemies. He raised a large family, the daughters marrying into some of the best of the colonist families, and becoming the mothers of the Dearborn, Hobbs, Fifield, Coffin, and Stevens families. His oldest son, Jonathan, died in his twenty-first year (1661) and his two remaining sons marched to Rhode Island in the King Phillips' War, in which Edward, Jr., was slain by the Indians at North Hill, June 13, 1677; a young man of promise "whose death was greatly regretted."

Edward1 was now past 60 years old and February 10, 1681-2, he died at Hampton, N. H., where all his children were raised.

Noyes Sybil I et al. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. New England Historic Genealogical Society 2012. Reprint of the 1928-39 ed., which was originally published in five parts; with a new foreword by David Curtis Dearborn, FASG

COLCORD, See Foxwell. 1 *EDWARD, b. 1615. Here early, went back in 1656, and was at Teignmouth, Devon; farther up the Teign, at Bovey Tracy, one Edward, s. of Richard Colchard, was bap. 26 Aug. 1635. He must have learned the Ind. tongue, as Wheelwright empl. him to make his purchase in 1638. At Dover he was Com.t.e.s.e., and in 1642 was Rep. to the General Court in Boston. Later he claimed to be agent of the patentees for collecting their rents in Dover (Hubbard called him an ‘apochryphal’ governor), and in 1647 Richard Cutt, Pickering and Nutter were app. referees between Edward Colcord and the town of Dover. He had rem. to Hampton in 1645, and was then about rem. to Exeter. In 1651 he was bringing suits as attorney for Rev. Stephen Bachiler. In 1654 he was an owner in the Dover and Squampscot patents, and had bot James Wall’s mill at Exeter, hiring it run by Anthony Day and Thos. Tyler the Indian. In 1661 he was arrested for barratry, and petition was freely signed to shut him out of the courts. In 1676 he was employed by Maj. Waldron to collect evid. against the Mason claim, and 11 Aug. 1681, in Boston prison, he was allowed £5 for 33 days service of self and horse under orders of Gov. Leverett. Feb. 10, 1681-2, he died. One of the best, and to many most unfavorably, known New Englanders of his day, he spent his life looking for trouble, reckless of all manner of abuse, except when accu. of picking a drunken man’s pocket. Evid. sis. of Robert Page’s wife, Anne Colcord was app. Anne ‘Wadd’ (Nudd?), who came with them ag. 15. She d. 24 Jan. 1688-9. Lists 392c, 393a, 394, 52, 96. Ch: Jonathan, d. 31 Aug. 1661 in 21st yr. Elizabeth, m. by 1664 Robert Evans (12). Hannah, mar. 28 Dec. 1665 Thomas Dearborn (5). Sarah, m. 30 Dec. 1668 John Hobbs. Mary, b. 4 Oct. 1649, m. Benj. Fifield. Edward, b. 2 Feb. 1652, k. by Ind. 13 June 1677. Samuel, b. 1656. Mehitable, m. 20 Dec. 1677 Nathaniel Stevens. Shuah, b. 12 June 1662, m. Richard Nason, John Douglass. Deborah, b. 21 May 1664, m. Tristram Coffin (6). Abigail, b. 23 June 1667, d.y.

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From the Dudley Stoddard Collection. < link >

Deed between Edward Colcord (or Colcott) of Hampton and Valentine Hill of Dover for rights of the lower falls of the Lamprey River. Dated 1657. Historical Note: The lower falls of the Lamprey River is present day Newmarket.

References

1. Early Settlers of Hampton, NH From Ormesby, St. Margaret, Norfolk- William Haslet Jones, NEHGR, Vol.141, pp.119-21 (Apr. 1987) < AmericanAncestors >
2. ”Genealogical Item relating to Dover, N.H.” (1855) Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.). Page 365. “Colcord, Edward.” < AmericanAncestors >
3. “American-Canadian Genealogist,” Issue #147, Volume 42, Number 3, 2016; ISSN 1076-3902 Official Journal of American-Canadian Genealogical Society. “Edward Colcord” by Dennis Taylor (page 130-137); < PDF >
4. “COLCORD GENEALOGY. Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908.” By DOANE B. COLCORD, B. S., M. D., Late Prof. of Chem. Kansas Med. College, Creswell, Ore. Published by MAHLON J. COLCORD. Coudersport, Pa. 1908. PRESS OF POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL. < PDF >
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovey_Tracey Bovey Tracey (/ˌbʌvi ˈtreɪsi/) is a small town and civil parish in Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor, its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the town's boundary signs, "The Gateway to the Moor". It is often known locally as "Bovey". It is about 10 miles south-west of Exeter and lies on the A382 road, about halfway between Newton Abbot and Moretonhampstead.