Samuel Libby (1737 - 1825)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Samuel Libby served during the Revolution with Colonel Benjamin Foster Foster-1174 in the 6th Lincoln County. Active with the the capture of the British vessel, Margaretta.^[1][2]

Note: Because of a great deal of similar names, as well as multiple intermarriages in the Libby family tree, Charles Libby, author of The Libby Family in America devised a numbering system from the Immigrant. The immigrant on WikiTree is John Libby. Each child is numbered in order, so John Libby is Child 1 (or Libby 1). Each of his children is numbered in order (1-1, 1-2, 1-3) etc. and each of their children takes the digits of the parent and adds their birth order number.

Samuel is Libby 1-5-2-4

4. Samuel, b. 1 Feb 1737 in Falmouth;

m1. Mary Frost

m2. Jemima Leighton.

Excerpt from The Libby family in America,1602-1881 follows:

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1-5-2-4      Capt. Samuel LiBBY, born in Falmouth, Me., 1 Feb. 1737; married first, Mary Frost ; (died 1762, in Gouldsborough)  ; second, Jemima Leighton.
      With his first wife's family, Leighton and family, and John Tracy and family, he left Falmouth and became one of the first settlers of Gouldsborough. He was a farmer and settled on the farm now owned by H. M. Soule and Elisha and James Libby, 1-5-2-4-2-1-2 and 3. During the Revolution he was captain of a company that was formed to guard the coast from Castine to Machias. He died in March, 1825. Children, all by second wife  :

1	Mary, b. 1763, the first female child born in Gouldsborough; died Mar. 1848; unm.
2	Joseph, b. 25 April 1765 ; m. Bathsheba Gibbs.
3	Abby, married, 1791, Job Gibbs.
4	Betsey, b. 1770; d. 1842; unm.
5	Lydia, b. 1780; m. 7 May 1798, Gowen Wilson.

Research Notes

1. Falmouth was part of York County until 1760
2. Gouldsborough was unofficially shortened to Gouldsboro in the 1850's

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-10-04), "Record of Samuel Libby", Ancestor # A070247.
2. ↑ Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 9, Page 782.

• ”The Libby family in America,1602-1881”, by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948 Published 1882 Publisher Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co. Libby Family in America