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Anthony Colby's descendants owned the Macy–Colby property for 245 years; nine generations of Colbys lived in this house. In 1899, Moses Colby (1822–1901) donated the house and property to the
Bartlett Cemetery Association as a memorial to the Colby and Macy families, and to the people of Amesbury,
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The Macy–Colby House was originally built by Thomas Macy, probably about 1649, and sold to
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