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Nathaniel Colburn

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Nathaniel Colburn
Born1611 (1611)
Died14 May 1691(1691-00-00) (aged 79–80)
Spouse
Priscilla Clarke
(m. 1639)
Children11
RelativesWaldo Colburn (descendent)

Nathaniel Colburn (1611–1691) was an early settler and selectman in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1]

Early life

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He was baptized in 1611 in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England.[2] His parents were Leonard Colborne and Sara (née Lewes) and he had a sister named Sarah.[2] In 1630, Governor John Winthrop organized a group of men to move to New England and Colburn joined the group.[3]

Dedham

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Colburn arrived in Dedham shortly after it was incorporated in 1636.[4] Colburn married Priscilla Clarke on July 25, 1639, and together they had 11 children.[4] He signed the Dedham Covenant[4] and was an original proprietor.[5] In addition to being selectman for five years,[1] he held a number of roles and positions of responsibility within the new town including tithingman.[4][3] He had 11 children, the youngest of whom was Joseph.[6]

Colburn was admitted to the First Church and Parish in Dedham on January 29, 1641, "after long and much inquisition into his case,"[3] nearly a year after his wife was.[4] They lived nearby,[4] on the west side of what is today Wigwam Creek.[7] Part of Mother Brook ran through his land.[8] He owned considerable property.[3]

Ten years after King Phillip's War, question arose as to whether or not the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts was on land legally purchased from the Wampanoag people.[9] In March 1667, Colburn testified that he personally witnessed Metacomet sign the deed to the lands.[9]

Death and legacy

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Colburn died May 14, 1691.[4] He was an ancestor of Waldo Colburn.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Worthington 1827, p. 79-81.
  2. ^ a b Clark, Christopher Gleason (1999). "Colborn Origins and Clark Revelations". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 153: 180–182.
  3. ^ a b c d Todd 1939, p. 171.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "The Colburn Family of West Dedham". Dedham Historical Register. Dedham Historical Society: 108. 1891. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Mann 1847, p. 84.
  6. ^ "Dedham Historical Society & Museum trivia answer". The Dedham Times. Vol. 29, no. 45. November 12, 2021. p. 8.
  7. ^ Mann 1847, p. 129.
  8. ^ Mann 1847, p. 16.
  9. ^ a b Warner, Samuel (1890). History and directory of Wrentham and Norfolk, Mass. for 1890. Containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, etc., etc. History of the towns, from the first settlement to the present time. A.E. Foss & Co.
  10. ^ Rand, John Clark (1890). One of a Thousand: A Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First national publishing Company. p. 135. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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