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About John Colby
- John Colby (December 9, 1787 – November 28, 1817) was an evangelist and itinerant preacher in the early Free Will Baptist movement in New England and various other American states.
- Born to Thomas and Elizabeth Colby in Sandwich, New Hampshire, he became popular as a gifted preacher in his youth.
- Colby's preaching was instrumental in the conversions of hundreds of new believers and the formation of many new Free Will Baptist churches in Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
- He was known as a self-sacrificing, humble man who travelled tirelessly from town to town throughout the United States in search of "lost souls".
- Colby developed consumption and died at the house of William M.
- Fauquier, Deacon of the Baptist church in Norfolk, Virginia at the age of 29.
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