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COLBATH, Betsy Caroline

COLBATH, Betsy Caroline

Female 1794 - 1863  (69 years)

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  • Name COLBATH, Betsy Caroline  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth Mar 1794  Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1850  Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1860  Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 11 Aug 1863  Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: Killed by lightning 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    COLBREATH, John Jr,   b. 1664, Ulster, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1706, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Jane,   b. Abt 1770   d. Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Mother) 
    Person ID I20157  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Father COLBATH, George,   b. 22 Mar 1761, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1853, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane,   b. Abt 1770   d. Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F13711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GARLAND, Richard,   b. 19 Aug 1783, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1845, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1815  New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 7] 
    Children 
     1. GARLAND, Isaac Woodbury,   b. 1819 Oct, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1907, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. GARLAND, George Colbath,   b. 30 Sep 1826, Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1892, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. GARLAND, David Emery,   b. 1815, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853, Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Mar 1794 - Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Sep 1815 - New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Killed by lightning - 11 Aug 1863 - Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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 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 
    1. [S2225] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    2. [S77] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
      Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915      		 Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915


    3. [S2342] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;), New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969.
      New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971      		 New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971


    4. [S2110] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_666; Page: 243; Family History Libr.
      1860 United States Federal Census      		 1860 United States Federal Census


    5. [S1441] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire; Roll: 425; Page: 128a.
      1850 United States Federal Census      		 1850 United States Federal Census


    6. [S77] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
      Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915      		 Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915


    7. [S2342] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2021;).
      New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971      		 New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971



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