Nathaniel Colburn

Nathaniel Colburn (1611-1692) was an early settler and selectman in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1]

Early life

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

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]

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.[6] Part of Mother Brook ran through his land.[7] 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.[8] In March 1867, Colburn testified that he personally witnessed Metacomet sign the deed to the lands.[8]

Death and legacy

Colburn died August 12, 1692.[4] He was an ancestor of Waldo Colburn.[9]

References
  1. Worthington 1827, p. 79-81.
  2. Clark, Christopher Gleason (1999). "Colborn Origins and Clark Revelations". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 153: 180–182.
  3. Todd 1939, p. 171.
  4. "The Colburn Family of West Dedham". Dedham Historical Register. Dedham Historical Society: 108. 1891. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  5. Mann 1847, p. 84.
  6. Mann 1847, p. 129.
  7. Mann 1847, p. 16.
  8. 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.
  9. 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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