Nathaniel Libby (1735 - 1798)

Born 5 Sep 1735 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Meserve) Libby — married 19 Dec 1759 in Scarborough, Maine

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1798 at age 63 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Libby Name Study.

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.

Molly Libby is Libby 10-5-5-3

p. 83 The Libby Family in America

10-5-5

Nathaniel Libby, born 5 Sept 1735; married 19 Dec 1759, Mary Meserve. He was a farmer and lived on his father's homestead. Later he sold this, and bought land of the Pront estate, on which he lived until his death, 18 Oct. 1798. His widow died 13 May 1832.

Their children were:

1. Robert, b. 20 Oct 1761; m. Elizabeth March, 11-6-1-5

2. Harvey, b. 18 Dec 1763; m. Sarah Small

3. Polly m. 13 Sept 1786 Andrew Plaisted, 11-7-3-6

4. Sally, m. 20 June 1790, Benjamin Weeks of Durham

5. Jemima, m. 2 April 1790, George Meserve of Limington.

6. Betsey, m. 29 Nov. 1790; Joseph Dearborn of Buxton

7. Joseph, died 10 March 1802, in the West Indies; unmarried

8. Lydia, m. 4 Oct 1797, Stephen Meserve of Hollis

9. Nathaniel, m. 1st Lucy Weston, 2d. Loran Moses

10. Luke, b. 2 Feb 1780; m. Susannah Matthews

11. Simon, died on shipboard, a young man, unmarried.

12. Dorothy, b. Sept. 1787; m. Capt. Reuben Libby, 10-5-2-1-1

Private Nathaniel Libby served with 2nd Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Libby is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070240.

Nathaniel Libby is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-236350
Rank: Soldier

Sources

• ”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
• 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 780.