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HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS
NEW HAMPSHIRE

1638-1911
By REV. JAMES HILL FITTS

EDITED AND ARRANGED
By REV. N. F. CARTER

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EXPLANATION.

The first name opposite any number is that of the builder or earliest known owner, and

last, of present owner.

1. S. Kennard. Ch. Palmer.

2. Wentworth. Brodhead. Pike.
3. M. E. Parsonage.
4

. Rev. 8. Norris. J. M. Paul. Mrs. N.
Howard.
. R. Clarke. J. M. Paul. (Burned 1903.)

5
6. Hilton Estate.

7. 3.M.&J.W. Paul. A. W. Richards.
8. Edgerly, Choate, Hobbs.

9. Shute, Brodhead, Pike.

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10. H. Wiggin, E. Sanborn & A. Field.

11. Michael Wiggin, L. Pike, Tilton &
Durell, Bean.

12. . Fernald, Coleman, Kennard,
Badger.

13. Amos Paul.

14. William Paul.

15. Lovering, Paul.

16. Rogers, Folsom, Lovering, Paul.
17. Folsom, Wood, Locke, Pike.
18. Store, Jas. A. Spead.

19. Capt. French, Dr. Varney.

20. Geo. O. Hilton, C. C. Littlefield.
21. Spead, Pat. H. Quinn.

22. P. Quinn Estate.

23. Patrick Quinn.

24. Jer. Malchy.

25. Plumer Thompson.

26. James Hayden.

27. Smart, B. & M. R.R. Pat. Conner Est.
28. Sam. H. Tarlton.

29. Ephraim Hill Estate.

30. D. Manson, LeVangie.

31. Peter Murphy, T. P. Connor.
32. Jas. Kimball, Thos. O’Connor.
33. Ann Wiggin. C. E. Smith.

34. W. Hilton, H. Andrews.

35. Grain Store.

36. Field, Leddy, Neal Store & P. O.
37. A. Paul Est., Library.

38. Lane, Hanson Store.

39. Colcord, Lane, R. Sanborn.

40. Freeze, Lane, Hanson.

41. Palmer, Kennard, Badger.

42. B. Jones, S. P. Badger.

44, L. Pike, Badger.

45. Cram, Locke, Fowler.

46. Geo. & E. A. Hanson.

47. Swampscot Machine Co.

48. Sullivan, O’Leary.

49. Jos. Smith, A. Field.

50. Wm. Pease. (Burned 1900.)
51. A. Field.

52. John E. Simpson.

53. A. Stover. Geo. S. Littlefield.

54, Bunker & Dow. Chase.
55. Dan. C. Wiggin.
56. Store, D. C. Wiggin.
57. Old Academy, D. C. Wiggin.
58. J. B. Tetherly.
59. Tim J. Connor.
60. D. C. Langlands, L. Hanscomb.
61. Aus. Neal, Chick, Clough.
62. Maj. Norris, S. M. Co.
63. I. B. James, A. Field.
64. Calvin Varney, J. F. C. Rider.
65, H. Andrews.
66. Capt. Burleigh, Univ. Parsonage.
67. Cario, Trull, Beal.
68. E. Sanborn, N. F. Kimball,
Simpson.
69. Albert Morton Estate.
70. Skinner, Colby, H. J. Paul, W. Sheehy.
71, Frank W. Clough.
72. J. C. Todd.
73. Freeman Jones, J. O. Hanson.
74. John Torrey.
75. Shop, John Torrey.
76. Store, & Res. John Torrey.
77. Jas. Robinson, W. D. Cobb.
78. Beal, Locke, Torrey.
79. Tarleton, S. M. Co.
80. S. M. Co. Boarding Ho., M. Sheehy.
81. S. Paul, Fifield.
82. Geo. O. Paul.
83. Fifield Mac. Shop.
84. Geo. Thompson.
85. Jos. Wiggin Estate.
86. B. & M. R. R. Station.
87-91. S. M. Co.
91. J. McGlinsey, T. Leddy.
92. McGlinsey Store.
93. Lyons & McCabe.
94. Jas. Kelly.
95. Thos. Kelly.
96. Store, A. Henderson.
97. R. Smart, A. G. Henderson, C. Jones.
98. R. Howarth, J. A. Connor.
99. Michael Quinn Estate.
100. S. M. Co.
101. J. Doeg, H. Thompson.
102. C. Horsford, M. Herlihy.
103. Coffey, J. Goodwin, J. Herlihy. .
104. Danie] Lynch.
105. Will. Foley.
106. S. M. Co. Boarding Ho.
107. Shute, 8S. M. Co.
108. Shute, S. M. Co.
109. Tetherly, J. C. Todd.
110. L. Kelley, H. Jenness, 8. M. Co.

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Iirrs, Rev. James H.. . . . . . . Frontispiece.
BropweaD, Rev. Joan. Portrait msg. ‘4 4 . 323
BropHeap, Hon. Joun M. Portrait. . . . a . 332
Carter, Rev. N. F. Portrait doe ira b8 2 oe «» « 421
Cor, Rev. Curtis. Portrait : ¥ a8 é . 406
Fow er, Green C. Portrait ae i 2 8 4 : . 517
Hitron, Grorce FE. Portrait ‘ ‘ : . 419
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Hosss, Wituiam R. Portrait . 2. . 1 ‘ . 414
Pau, Amos. Portrait. eb & B & - oo. . 412
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Boston AnD Marne STATION s 8 eo ome 4 341
CatHo.ic CaurcH Ba weal Gey oe A be eo Us 396
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Pome ee a hea: oa laoa Ly 380
Duprey ComMIssion : em dey el ser cane . 16
FRANKLIN AND WESLEYAN ACADEMIES AND M. E. Cuurco .. 330
Hitton Coat or Arms. Bs fio xara, am. Se hlce xe : . 650
Hitton House nis i $9 glow au ack folate Li 5. soba
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Metsopist Caurcu Pui Gan Gee wants . . 3891
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UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. . . fe he Aeris nett: Gs . 394
Ovurtiine Mar or ANCIENT NEWMARKET . . , se « UbL
Map or NEwFIELDs, 1837 a Gs et. 2 Par 2 & og 4-1 B40.
Map or Newrietps Vitnacr, 1890 . . . . . l,l, 360

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CHAPTER

I.

II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
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X.
XI.
XII.
XII.
XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.
XX.

XXII.

XXII.

XXIII.
XXIV.

XXYV.

XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
Part II.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY

Earty SETTLEMENTS AND ‘Miemeny

Ear.y SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS Commruan

Earty Lanp Grants .

In YE OLDEN TIME

SomE or THE EARLIEST Bieri

Some or THE Earuiest SETTLERS CONTINUED

SoME or THE Earuiest SETTLERS CONTINUED

SoME OF THE Ear.iest SETTLERS CONCLUDED

Inp1ian Wars ‘

FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER Sonica River

Roaps AND MILLs

Earzy Civit AFFAIRS 5 a

Tae Ministry or Rev. JoHN Moony, "1730-1778

Crvit, Lecisuative anD Miurrary, 1727-1787

Tue REVOLUTION AND War oF 1812

Various OFFICERS OF EXETER AND Maa Hanix
MARRIAGES AND BaPTISMs .

RELATIVE TO CHuRcH Matrers. . . oe os

RELATIVE TO CourcH Matrers Conmaremn

EpucaTIONAL—SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY .

Business InpUSsTRIES

Hatr-CENnTURY OF CHANGES, 1800 7 TO 1850, AND ee
TION 2

Sour Neweemar IN THE CIVIL Win :

Civit Arrairs, Town Orricers, List or Potts, Tax Lier,
Cueck List, MARRIAGES ‘

RELATIVE TO THE CHURCHES, uigerune i

FRATERNAL ORDERS AND MISCELLANY .

CEMETERIES

BIOGRAPHICAL .

GENEALOGIES

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34
51
59
91
114
128
142
165
190
199
208
226
257

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327
335

340
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359
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398
403
405
423
 
PREFACE.

Tue meagre story of this community was told for the first
hundred years merely as a part of ancient Dover and Exeter.
During the century this intervening territory had only briefest
mention in the records of those earlier townships. The Pas-
cataqua plantations had no William Bradford or John Winthrop
to chronicle their history.

Since the corporate parish existence of Newmarket in 1727, a
large fatality seems to have attended her annals. With the
exception of a list of marriages beginning in 1774, the earliest
town records now to be found, commenced in 1783, and the ear-
liest church records in 1828. Perhaps no other attempt was ever
made to write a history with so scanty material. In the absence
of records it is impossible to determine accurately what persons
were members respectively of town, parish and church. The
aim has been to include all whose membership in town, church
or parish may be inferred from some action of their own. The
Newfields and Lamprey River families worshipped with the
Dover and Exeter churches.

It is greatly to be regretted that the collector of the material
for this history could not have lived to complete the manuscript
according to his original plan of form and arrangement. But the
town has reason to be profoundly grateful, and is to be con-
gratulated, that such a wealth of material was gathered by a
historian so scholarly, thorough and accurate as Rev. James Hill
Fitts, during his long pastorate over the Congregational Church.

The editor has endeavored to carry out the original plan as
far as it could be ascertained, and as far as practicable, give in
his own words the substance of the topics under consideration.
Gaps, where found, have been filled, and noteworthy occurrences
since his lamented death added. Subsequent students, it is
certain, will find here some materials which will form the back-
ground of their fuller histories. It is a satisfaction to have done
vill PREFACE.

something to preserve these items of biographical and historical
interest. Such work a few persons could have done. Much of
the material is already beyond the reach of most students, and
is receding still further with every passing year.

Many and appreciative thanks are hereby tendered to all who
have rendered valuable assistance in bringing the History to its

present completeness.
THE Epitor.
HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.
Chapter I.

INTRODUCTORY.

The Hilton brothers of an old English baronial family were
thrifty merchants in London. William Hilton came to Ply-
mouth, Mass., November 9, 1621, in the ship Fortune, the first to
follow the Mayflower. He was an adherent of the Church of
England, but was pleased with the country and the Pilgrim
society, as his letter home to his kinsman, by the Fortune, which
sailed December 13, 1621, abundantly shows:

Louing Cousin.—At our arriuall at New Plimouth in New England,
wee found all our Friends and Planters in good Health, though they
were left sicke and weake, with very small meanes; the Indians round
about us peaceable and friendly; the Country very pleasant and temper-
ate, yeelding naturally of itself great stores of Fruites, as Vines of
diueres sorts in great abundance. There is likewise Walnuts, Ches-
nuts, Small Nuts and plums, with much Variety of Flowers, Rootes
and Herbes, no lesse pleasant than wholesome and profitable. No place
hath more gooseberies and strawberries, nor better; timber of all sorts
you have in England, doth couer the land, that affords beasts of diuers
sorts, and great flocks of Turkies, Quails, Pigeons and Partridges;
many great lakes, abounding with fish, fowl, beaver and otters. The
sea affords us great plenty of all excellent sorts of sea fish, as the
riuers and isles doth variety of wild fowl of most useful sorts. Mines
we find to our thinking, but neither the goodness nor Qualitee we
know. Better Grain cannot be than the Indian Corne, if we will plant
it upon as good ground as a man need desire. Wee are all Freehold-
ers; the Rent-Day doth not trouble us; and all those good Blessings we
have, of which and what we list in their Seasons, for taking.

Our Companie are for most Part very religious, honest People. The
Word of God sincerely taught us eury Sabbath; so that I know not
any thing a contented mind can here want. I desire your friendly care
to send my Wife and children to me, where I wish all the Friends I have
in England, and so I rest.

Your louing Kinsman,
WILLIAM HItTon.*

But William Hilton did not have ‘‘a contented mind.’’ By
1631 he had planted ‘‘corne’’ at Kittery, and was correspond-
1 Baylie’s New Plymouth, I: 258, note.
2 History OF NEWFIELDS.

ing April 18, 1633, with John Winthrop, Jr., of the Massachu-
setts Bay government. He received many grants of land from
Dover and Exeter, uplands and marshes at Oyster and Lamprey
rivers, 1636 to 1642. Civil honors also were conferred on hin —
was commissioner in 1642, and deputy in 1649. Nevertheless
he removed to the royal and church settlement of Agamenticus,
to which Sir Fernando Gorges gave a town incorporation April
10, 1641, and a city charter, with the name Gorgeana, now York,
November 1, 1642. Here he died in 1665 or 1666, leaving a
widow, Frances, and children.

Edward Hilton joined the wealthy fraternity of the Fish-
mongers’ Guild, in London, in 1621. In the spring of 1623 he
led a company of adventurers, who ‘‘set up their stages’’ and ar-
ranged their flakes for fishing at Wecanacohunt on the Pascat-
aqua? since known as Dover Point.

This enterprise at Hilton’s Point was commercial rather than
civil or religious. It scarcely looked for permanence, or recog-
nized either government or church. The planters, however,
were manifestly sympathetic with royalty and the established
church. The despotic, bigoted, ungainly James Stuart was
upon the throne, a ‘‘finished specimen of all that a king ought
not to be.’’ The colony languished. In 1630 Edward Colcord
found only ‘‘three houses’’ on the Pascataqua.

The Plymouth Council granted the Hilton Patent, including
Wecanacohunt and Squamscot, March 12, 1629-30, ‘‘in con-
sideration that Edward Hilton & his Associates hath already at
his and their owne proper costs and charges transported certain
servants to plant in New England, . . . where they have
already Built some houses and planted Corne, And for that
he doth further intend by God’s Divine Assistance to transport
thither more people and cattle to the good increase, &.’’”*

Mr. Hilton was put into formal possession of this patent by
Thomas Lewis, July 7, 1631. Hilton’s associates in England
were merchants of Bristol, Shrewsbury and other western towns.
Thomas Wiggin came over to look after their interests in 1631,

1Pascataqua means “a divided tidal-place” and is the original spelling, which
Belknap always follows, and is followed in this history, though later so often
spelled Piscataqua.

2Gen. Reg. 24: 264-5.

3 Tbid., 266.
INTRODUCTORY. 3

and was employed ‘‘to begin a Plantation higher up the river
for some of Shrewsbury . . . upon a point of land that
lieth in the midway betwixt Dover and Exeter.’’ When Wig-
gin began to make improvements Capt. Walter Neal, agent for
the London adventurers, ordered him to desist. ‘‘Captain Wig-
gans intended to have defended his right by the sword. But it
seems both the litigants had so much wit in their anger as to
wave the battle, each accounting himself to have done very man-
fully in what was threatened: so as in respect, not of what did,
but what might have fallen out, the place to this day retains the
formidable name of Bloody Point.’”

Wiggin went to England for recruits and supplies in 1632,
and on December 5 Hilton and Neal sent four pumaces and
forty men to Pemaquid, Me., against Dixy Bull. The Bristol,
but not the Shrewsbury, men, March 25, 1638, sold two thirds of
their interests in the double patent, now divided into twenty-
five shares, to the Puritan lords, Tay, Teal:and Brooke, and
Wiggin is continued in the agency. Winthrop calls these forty
lords, knights and gentlemen, ‘‘honest men’’ and styles Wiggin
“‘governor at Pascataquack under the Lords Tay and Brook.’’
Wiggin landed at Salem October 10, 1633.

William Hilton’s wife and two children arrived in the ship
Anne July, 1623. One of the children was baptized in 1624 by
Rev. John Lyford, who had received Episcopal ordination. This
baptism of an Episcopal child in the Pilgrim congregation was
the commencement of the trouble with Lyford. About this time
Hilton joined his brother at Pascataqua.

History affirms that Edward Hilton came to Dover Point in
the spring of 1623. Daniel Neal’s description of a Puritan por-
trays what we know of Edward Hilton. He says, ‘‘If a man
maintained his steady adherence to the doctrines of Calvin and
the Synod of Dort; if he kept the Sabbath and frequented
sermons; if he maintained family religion, and would neither
swear nor be drunk, nor comply with the fashionable vices of
the times, he was called a Puritan.’’

The religious no less than the civil character of a community
depends largely upon its founders. The planters of Plymouth
and Massachusetts Bay were impelled by advanced views of the

1 Hubbard.
4 History or NEWFIELDS.

sacred rights of conscience. Purposes enkindled at the fires of
their intense love for personal and social freedom inspired them.
They fled from the intolerance and persecution of the old world,
to found in the new world a free church and a free common-
wealth —‘‘a church without a bishop, a state without a king.’’

But the settlers on the Pascataqua: were never persecuted.
Their early patrons were Church-of-England men and they
themselves were mostly conformists, not Puritans, and were not
harassed by either the established government or the established
religion of Great Britain. The Hilton brothers were ‘‘fishmong-
ers of London,’’ and came here to fish, to trade, to plant vines
and dig mines.

The ecclesiastical history of New Hampshire properly com-
mences with the year 1633. Ten years had passed since the set-
tlement began at Pascataqua. The English proprietorship had
changed hands. The colony had not prospered under Episcopal
patronage. The owners now desired to make New Hampshire
Puritan. In the autumn of 1633 they sent over to Dover Point
a number of families from the West of England. Hilton wel-
comed his friend Wiggin with this accession of about thirty col-
onists. These families adopted the Congregational form of
worship, and built the first meeting-house in the state in 1634
at Dover Point. William Leveridge, who came with the col-
onists, became pastor, the first one of New Hampshire, and was
ardent, industrious and spiritually enterprising. But he re-
mained at Dover less than two years. His three successors were
ambitious politicians, prelatical demagogues, and, worse than
all, immoral refugees from England and Massachusetts. During
these disorders Edward Hilton contended efficiently for good
government and religious order. He was the personal friend
and confidential correspondent of Gov. John Winthrop in 1638
—a testimonial of great significance. His neighbors of Mas-
sachusetts thought him the man most entitled to confidence in
the colony. And when at length the better elements prevailed,
and in 1641 New Hampshire entered the confederation of the
four New England colonies, Edward Hilton was the first named
in the list of magistrates. He was also made deputy for Dover
in 1644. Such was the man who first settled at Newfields, on the
west bank of the beautiful Squamscot. Here he had built his
house and occupied land in 1639.
INTRODUCTORY. 5

In 1635 the planters at Dover claim to have purchased the
marshes at Lamprey River.

In 1636 the Bay government erected their Bound or Possession
House at Winnecowett—now Hampton—made known in 1638 at
Wecanacohunt their intention ‘‘to survey the utmost limits of
their patent and make use of them,’’ and sent expeditions to
establish their northern boundary at Aquedoctan—now Lake-
port—in 1639 and 1652.

In 1637 George Burdett came to Dover and supplanted
Thomas Wiggin, having been chosen a chief magistrate by a
combination. The troubles of 1637 and onward were occasioned
by the conflicting English and Scotch theories of civil and re-
ligious polity—on the one hand imperialism and episcopacy,
and on the other hand republicanism and presbytery.

In October, 1638, a church was formed at Dover under Han-
sard Knollys, a graduate of Emmanuel College, ordained Jan-
uary 30, 1729, who had renounced his Episcopal ordination and
joined the Puritans.

Thomas Larkham, a Churchman, succeeded in 1640. Upon
request the governor and assistants of Massachusetts commis-
sioned Simon Bradstreet, Hugh Peters and Timothy Dalton to
inquire into the difficulties. Both sides were found to be in
fault. The matter was settled by one party rescinding the ex-
communication, and the other the fines and banishment. The
celebrated Hugh Peters testified before Parliament in 1647 that
he had not seen a drunken man, nor heard a profane oath, dur-
ing his residence of five years in New England.

In 1641 Dover and Strawberry Bank—now Portsmouth—
joined Massachusetts, and Hampton was joined June 2 of that
year to the jurisdiction of Ipswich.

When Exeter put herself under Massachusetts and was re-
ceived September 8, 1642, the Bay colony, which adopted for
herself in 1631 church membership as a convenient testimonial
of fitness for the exercise of the elective franchise, required no
such test of the New Hampshire towns.

In 1643 the County of Norfolk was formed, comprising the
towns of Salisbury, Haverhill, Hampton, Strawberry Bank,
Dover and Exeter. The county continued till the four New
Hampshire towns were severed by royal charter from Massachu-
setts in 1679.
6 History of NEWFIELDS.

From 1652 public worship in Dover and Exeter was sustained
for many years by a rate upon pipe bolts, hogshead staves, lum-
ber and mill-sites. Coopers, lumbermen and mill owners were
efficient members of the parish.

The Hilton family now worshipped with the First Parish in
Exeter. As the banished John Wheelwright had left his pas-
torate in 1643 and the dubious Stephen Bachiler had been re-
fused settlement by the General Court in 1644, an endeavor was
later made to purchase Mr. Wheelwright’s house and land as a
parsonage for Mr. Nathaniel Norcrosse, a ‘‘university scholar’’
in Massachusetts. But the ‘‘university scholar’’ eluded their
grasp.

The Rev. Samuel Dudley, son of Gov. Thomas Dudley, was
settled at Exeter in 1650. In 1652 Edward Hilton, Sr., was
“‘requested to go along with Mr. Dudley to the General Court to
assist him,’’ and he no doubt was helpful in religious matters.
The same year Edward Hilton, Jr., was among the ‘‘surveyors
or overseers appointed to build’’ the second meeting house in
Exeter; and he also further assisted the minister by marrying
in due time the clergyman’s daughter. The son, however, was
more in sympathy with prelacy than were either the father or:
father-in-law. In 1665 Edward Hilton, Jr., and John Foulsham
were among the few principal actors in trying to procure the
taking off of hands from the Bay government. Their prayer was
that they might be ‘‘gouerned by the laws of England, and
enjoy both the sacraments of which they have been too long
deprived.’’ Here are both imperialism and episcopacy. Their
notions of the ordinances were ‘‘that all persons of good and
honest liues and conversations should be admitted to the sacra-
ment of the Lord’s Supper according to the Book of Common
Prayer, and their children to baptism.’ It is evident New
England institutions were not founded on such ritualistic basis.
The position of the younger Hilton and his associates was firmly
resisted. But the action of the General Court, May 19, 1699,
releasing the elder Hilton from the imposition of county rates,
must be interpreted as bearing witness to their respect for his
continued loyalty to Puritan ideas of civil and religious polity.

But Edward Hilton, Sr., had now become an old man. The

? Palfrey 22.521.
Earty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 7
aged patriarch died in the beginning of the year 1671. He had
lived in the colony nearly half a century. It is supposed that
he was buried in his own grounds on the sunset bank of the
Squamscot river. Here in this field of grass the first planter of
New Hampshire, the founder of Dover, the early resident of
Exeter and the first settler of Newfields, with many of his de-
scendants of seven generations, slumber together.

Chapter II.

EArLy SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS.

All roads in New Hampshire, historically speaking, lead to the
Pascataqua. Capt. Martin Pring of Bristol, England, ‘‘a skillful
navigator,’’ sailed for America in the year 1603. He entered
the channel of Pascataqua for three or four leagues, and with
his shipmates landed on the soil of New Hampshire. It is no
longer doubtful that other navigators had preceded Capt. John
Smith in exploring these shores; but Captain Smith was the
first to map out and give locality and name to his discoveries. In
the early summer of 1614 that remarkable voyager cruised along
the Atlantic coast from Penobscot to Cape Cod. He says, ‘‘Ac-
cominticus and Piscataquack are two conuenient harbors for
small barks, and a good country within their craggy cliffs.’’
Returning to England in August, 1614, Captain Smith presented
his map to Prince Charles, afterward the ill-fated Charles First,
who graciously gave the country the name of New England.

There is no evidence that Capt. John Smith ever landed on
the Isles of Shoals. A rude cairn of rough stones, however,
thrown promiscuously together and covered with lichens, on the
highest point of Appledore, commemorates his exploits. He is
also remembered by a triangular monument of marble erected in
1864, on one of the highest eminences of Star Island. The shaft,
which is eight or ten feet high, rests on a pedestal of rough
granite, and is covered with three Moslem heads — now falling
from their places — to represent the three Turks slain by Smith.
Inscriptions on the three sides of the pillar eulogize at length
8 History of NEWFIELDS.

this hero of the land and sea. The whole is surrounded by a
railing to protect it from vandal hands.

King James, November 3, 1620, signed a patent incorporating
‘‘The Council Established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon,
for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New
England in America.’’ Sir Fernando Gorges, president, and
Capt. John Mason, secretary, were among the most enterprising
members. To this Plymouth Council was entrusted the manage-
ment of the whole country between the fortieth and forty-eighth
degrees of latitude. Their grand Charter became the great
civil basis of all the subsequent grants and patents by which
New England was divided. Nothing is more evident today than
that these grants were so indefinitely described as to occasion
interminable controversies. The Patent itself manifestly in-
vaded the chartered rights of the Virginia Company granted in
1606.

Contrary to their expectations the Pilgrims made their ever-
famous landing within the limits of the Plymouth Council.
They had intended to settle within the boundaries of the Vir-
ginia Company.

The first ship which followed the Mayflower in the interest of
the Plymouth colony was the Fortune, arriving November 11,
1621, and bringing thirty-five colonists. Among these was Wil-
liam Hilton, from London. His wife and two children came
over in the ship Anne, which with the Inttle James, built for the
Plymouth colony, arrived in July, 1623. The same year the
lands at Plymouth were assigned in severalty to be cultivated
by families. William Hilton, as coming in the Fortune, was
allotted ‘‘one acre lying to the sea eastward.’’ His wife and
two children who arrived in the Anne received ‘‘three acres
beyond the brook to Shawberry Hill.’’ John Lyford and friends
affirmed ‘‘that the first occasion of the quarrel with them was the
baptizing of Mr. Hilton’s child, who was not joined to the church
at Plymouth.’’ As Hilton’s name does not appear among those
present at the division of cattle in 1627, he must have removed
from Plymouth, and was now at the settlements of the Pascat-
aqua river. :

The Plymouth Council, August 10, 1622, granted to Gorges
and Mason the territory lying between the Merrimack and the
EarLty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 9

Kennebec, which they called Laconia. The year 1623 marks
the establishment of a colony of fishery at Pascataqua.t

David Thomson and his companions landed at Little Harbor.
The name Portsmouth was given this settlement by Capt. John
Mason, who was treasurer and paymaster of the king’s armies,
and governor of Portsmouth castle in old Hampshire, England.
The next year, 1624, Thomson, dividing his settlement, removed
to the island now bearing his name in Boston Bay. His removal,
however, did not break up the plantation at Portsmouth.

The settlement at Cocheco — Dover — was nearly coincident.
The brothers Edward and William Hilton, ‘‘fishmongers of
London,’’ settled Dover Neck in 1623. These fish merchants
must have had an artistic as well as commercial outlook. It is
not easy to find a more beautiful location than Hilton’s Point
or Dover Neck. Both banks of the river and bay are charming.
Though the beauties of the scene have been often sung, still
fresh descriptions will not exhaust the theme. The Pascataqua
settlements, however, progressed but slowly.

One of the earliest acts of friendly interest among the several
New England plantations was the breaking up of the profligate
establishment at Mt. Wollaston. Thomas Morton and his asso-
ciates were disorderly, drunken and licentious. He also sold
arms and ammunition freely to the Indians, besides teaching
them the use of pistol and rapier. The Indians were ready
pupils in the use of firearms and soon became more expert than
the English. The infant settlements as far as Pascataqua were
alarmed. A messenger sent to Morton ‘‘in a friendly and neigh-
borly way to admonish him to forbear these courses,’’ was re-
pulsed. A second remonstrance was ineffectual. Morton proved
utterly refractory and continued his scandalous practices.
Nothing but force could avail. The third messenger sent was
“‘Capt. Miles Standish and some other aid with him.’’ Morton
barricaded his house, defied the invaders, and fortified his men
with drink. But they were disarmed and dispersed without
bloodshed, and their leader was conducted to Plymouth, whence

21One of Capt. John Smith’s returning ships in 1614 was laden with dry fish
for Spain, where the cargo brought “forty ryals’” or five dollars the quintal.

“Therefore, honorable and worthy countrymen,” said Captain Smith to the
New Hampshire colonists, “let not the meanness of the word fish be distaste
to you, for it will afford as good gold as the mines of Potosi, with less hazard
and charge, and more certainty and facility.”
10 History of NEWFIELDS.

he was sent to England by way of the Isles of Shoals in the
ship Whale. This was a political expedient, not religious per-
secution. Morton’s extradition was a measure of self-defence in
1628, Edward Hilton of Cocheco showed his sympathy with the
Plymouth colony by paying his proportion towards the expense
of crushing out this growing mischief — one pound.

The Hiltons were not mere adventurers. They were merchant
proprietors with a personal interest in their plantation. This is
assigned as a reason fur granting Edward Hilton, March 12,
1629-30, lands on the north and on the south of Pascataqua ‘‘up
to the falls of Squamscot, and three miles into the main land
for breadth.’’ The grant sets forth that Hilton and his asso-
ciates had, ‘‘at their own cost and charges, transported servants,
built houses, and planted corn at Hilton’s Point, and intend the
further increase and advancement of the plantation.’’ This
grant was commonly called Bloody Point, Squamscot, or Hilton’s
Patent. William Hilton was one of the witnesses July 7, 1631,
to the ‘‘liuery of seizin’’ to his brother, Edward Hilton, of the
lands embraced in this Squamscot or Hilton’s Patent.

In 1631 Hilton sold their languishing plantation at Cocheco to
some merchants of Bristol, England. When Capt. Thomas Wig-
gin came to look after the affairs of the new company he found
only three houses on the spot. These had probably been occupied
by the two Hiltons and Thomas Roberts. Three houses were
perhaps the extent of Hilton’s colony up to this date. Very
little improvement had been made; only unwrought mines of
iron had been discovered; no profit whatever had accrued to
the proprietors. But the feeble settlement was about to be re-
plenished. William Hilton writes the following letter to John
Winthrop, Jr.:

PascaTagua, April 18th 1633
Ser,

There ariued a fishing shipe at Pascataqua about the 15th of this
p’sint moneth wherein is one Richard ffaxwell whoe hath fformerly
liued in this cuntery, he bringeth nuse yt there were tow shipes making
ready at Barstaple whoe are to bring passingers & catell ffor to plant
in the bay, he hath leters ffor Mr wearow & diuers others at Dorchester
wceh hee intends to bring in to the bay so svone as posible he can, like
wise he heard from mr Merton whoe was making ready at Bristole ffor

to come ffor this cuntery; other nuse he bringeth not that I can heare
of, onely mr Borowes purposeth to come ffor this cuntery ffrom lon-
EarLty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 11

don. & soe desighing you to convey thes leters in to the bay wth what
conveniency you can, desighing the lord to blesse you in your law-
ffull, designes, I humbly rest

Your wo.t ashured to com.
WILLIAM HILTON.
Ser, I purpose eare long be if ye lord will to see you.

The masters name of the shipe is John Corbin of Plimouth.
To the wo. m. John Wintbrope the younger, at aguawam give these.

October 10, 1633. The Cocheco patent has again been sold. But
Thomas Wiggin is still agent. He visits the plantation a second
time bringing with him about thirty persons from the west of
England, ‘‘a part of whom haue been of good estate and of some
account for religion.’’ They take up small lots at Dover Point.

It is said the Pascataqua planters came here to fish and trade
and search for mines of precious metals; that their main object
was commercial rather than religious. This is true. But it is
not all the truth. The London adventurers, on their part, were
engaged in a commercial speculation. Even of those who sym-
pathized, more or less, in religious sentiment with John Robin-
son, considerations of pecuniary interest were preéminent.
Gorges and Mason were in sympathy with the church of Eng-
land. William Hilton, while at Plymouth, was of Episcopalian
sentiments. The Plymouth Council would never have preferred
to employ separatists in founding a colony and giving value to
their land. The taunt that the colonists were Puritans would
depress the value of their stock. But the option was not theirs.
At that period no other persons than separatists were disposed
to confront the hardships of emigration; none could be relied
on like the Puritans to carry the business through. Hence the
actual settlers were largely dissenters; the colonists of 1633
were Puritans.

The Hiltons were lovers of good men. Edward Hilton was
the confidential friend of John Winthrop, ever opposed to the
immoralities and political ambitions of bad men. Both Gov.
John Wentworth and Lt.-Gov. Joseph Dudley held personal cor-
respondence with him respecting these evils, October, 1638.

Among the colonists of 1633 was William Leveridge, a gradu-
ate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, in 1625, receiv-
ing the degree of A. M. in 1631, ‘‘an able and worthy Puritan
12 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

minister.’? During his ministry in 1633-34, the first meeting
house in New Hampshire was built. It stood on a most invit-
ing eminence at Dover Neck. In 1667 it was surrounded with
an entrenchment one hundred feet square, with logs on top
and plankarts at opposite corners. The building was occupied
till 1720. Its foundations and fortifications are still pointed
out. On December 9, 1880, the author first stood on the spot.

One of the exiles from Massachusetts, on account of the Anti-
nomian controversy was John Wheelwright. He was born about
1592, the son of Robert Wheelwright of Salesby, Lincolnshire,
England. He graduated at Sidney College, Cambridge, in 1614,
and received the degree of A. M. in 1618, the classmate and
friend of Oliver Cromwell. Wheelwright is generally supposed
to have been brother-in-law of the celebrated Anne Hutchinson,
having married for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Edward
and Susannah Hutchinson. He was ordained vicar of Bilsby
in 1623, and remained till silenced for non-conformity by Arch-
bishop Loud in 1631. Records there mention four children — a
son buried May 19, 1627; Catherine, baptized November 4, 1630;.
Mary, baptized May 19, 1632, and buried July 28, 1632; and
Elizabeth, baptized June 9, 1633. A fugitive, like John Cotton,
from the persecutions of Archbishop Loud, he arrived at Boston
with his wife and children, May 26, 1636. Himself and wife
were admitted to the church in Boston, John Cotton, teacher,
June 12, 1636, seventeen days after their arrival. He soon be-
came pastor of the church at Mt. Wollaston, Boston, October 30,
1636-37, ‘‘a gentleman of learning, piety and zeal.’’ His
famous Fast-day sermon, January 19, 1637, remained in manu-
script till 1867. It was criticised as inflammatory and tending to
sedition. Being produced in General Court, March 9, 1637,
Wheelwright justified it, and proceeded to decry the New Eng-
land ministry as ‘‘loyalists.’? After much deliberation the court
adjudged him guilty of sedition and contempt of court. Gov.
Henry Vane protested ; the Boston church, of which Wheelwright
was a member, petitioned in his behalf; the court deferred its
sentence, and asked the judgment of the clergy.

The first General Synod of New England assembled at New-
town, Cambridge, May 30, 1637. All the pastors, teachers and
elders in the country were present. Eighty-two opinions were
EarLy SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 13

condemned as erroneous. Prominent among these were the pecul-
jar tenets of Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson.

Although after nine months delay, the General Court, Novem-
ber 2, 1637, pronounced upon Wheelwright its sentence of dis-
franchisement and banishment, Mrs. Hutchinson was, after long
forbearance on the part of the church, excommunicated. She
finally died by a Mohawk scalping-knife.

On leaving Boston Wheelwright came to Squamscot in 1638,
and was pastor at Exeter from December 13, of that year, till
the union with Massachusetts in 1642.

There is extant an Indian deed conveying land between the
Merrimack and Pascataqua to John Wheelwright, for a consider-
ation in ‘‘coats, shirts and kettles.’’ It is signed by Passacona-
way, chief sagamore of Penacook, Runawit, sagamore of Pen-
tucket, Wahangnonawit, sachem of Squamscot, and Rowls, sachem
of Nuchawanack. Thomas Wiggin, agent, and Edward Hil-
ton, steward, of the plantation at Hilton’s Point, were witnesses
to the deed, May 17, 1629.

In 1633 the authorities of Portsmouth and Dover agreed with
Wheelwright that his proposed town at Squamscot Falls should
be called Exeter. The genuineness of the above transactions has
been a matter of learned controversy. Perhaps the deed is gen-
erally believed to be a forgery executed not far from the year
1700.

John Wheelwright, Philemon Pormout, and seven other men
received letters from the Boston church to ‘‘the church at the
Falls of Piscataqua,’’ January 6, 1639. Thirty-five associates
joined in the settlement at Exeter. These ‘‘combination’’ set-
tlers were from the neighborhood of Wheelwright in Lincoln
County, England. They organized a body politic October 4,
1639. Their civil compact was a pure democracy, and their
church was among the first three in New Hampshire.

At the end of more than a year’s negotiation, Portsmouth and
Dover placed themselves under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts
June 14, 1641. Exeter followed their example September 8, 1642.
Hampton had been planted by avowed subjects of Massachu-
setts. The settlement at Winnicummet? September, 1638, was
the fourth, and for more than half a century, the last in New

1 Incorporated Hampton, 1639.
14 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Hampshire. Rev. Stephen Bachiler, who had been minister at
Lynn, Mass., in 1632, more than any other person may be re-
garded as the father of the church and founder of the town.
It was incorporated May 22, 1639.

The year 1643 also marks the consummation of The New Eng-
land Confederacy, or ‘‘The United Colonies of New England.’

The Hiltons were still prominent men at Dover. On June 2,
1633, land is sranted on the east side of Pascataqua River,
‘“where William Hilton lately planted corne.’’ October 4, 1639,
‘Will Hilton and goodm. Smart were to have lots on the other
side of the river.’’ In 1640 William Hilton was surety for Ed-
ward Coleord of Dover, whose dignity was that of one of three
commissioners for cases under twenty shillings. December, 1640,
William Hilton is to enjoy marshes at Oyster River. September
27, 1642 the General Court at Boston appointed him commissioner
to order small cases. That year he had a grant of twenty acres
of land in Dover. He was a deputy from Dover to the General
Court at Boston in 1644; also sold land and marshes at Oyster
River. About this time William Hilton removed to Kittery
Point; then to York, where he was selectman, 1652-54, and where
he died in 1655 or 1656, leaving a widow Frances and several
children.

In 1641 Edward Hilton of Dover, was magistrate of the As-
sociate Court with the power of the quarter courts of Salem and
Ipswich. Before this time he seems to have joined the planta-
tion at Exeter, now Newfields. In 1639 a division of land was
ordered. ‘‘A division of the upland from the cove against Rocky
Point to the ereek next on this side Mr. Hilton’s.’’ These lots
are described as ‘‘On and abutting on the river eastward, and
the other end running up into the maine sixty-four pooles in
length.’’ This division took place previous to 1643. Among the
thirty-three names are those of several Newmarket families.
About the same time, 1639-43, the marshes were divided. Wil-
liam Hilton, probably a son of Edward, received marsh land.
The Rev. John M. Whiton, D. D., in his History of New Hamp-
shire, has the following sentence near the date, 1672. ‘‘Edward
Hilton, the founder of Dover, died this year at Exeter, having
lived in the Colony almost half a century.’’

When Exeter placed itself under the jurisdiction of Massachu-
Earty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 15

setts, John Wheelwright, jealous of that Colony and still under
its sentence of banishment, withdrew to the territory of Gorges.
He gave to the tract of land he bought the name of Wells. In
the quiet of his new solitude his past course presented itself un-
der a different aspect from what it had worn in the ardor and
pride of conflict. He soon sought a reconciliation with the Mas-
sachusetts magistrates and elders. His confession is dated Sep-
tember 10, 1643. He was offered a safe conduct to Boston. He re-
sponded March 1, 1644, by a respectful and dignified letter
which was considered satisfactory. At the next session of the
General Court in 1645, without his appearance, the sentence of
banishment was revoked and he restored to former rights and
privileges. He returned to Hampton in 1647, where he was
assistant pastor with Rev. Timothy Dalton about ten years. In
1656, Wheelwright visited England, where, like other ministers
from New England, he enjoyed the special regard of Lord Pro-
tector Cromwell. After the Restoration in 1660, he returned to
America and was installed at Salisbury, Mass., in 1662, dying
there November 15, 1679, aged 87, at the time the oldest minister
in New England.

Upon the withdrawal of Wheelwright and his friends, the
church at Exeter was regarded as extinct. The same year an
attempt was made to form a church and settle a pastor. Their
candidate now fourscore years of age, was the Rev. Stephen
Bachiler, who had been dismissed from Hampton for irregular
conduct. But the General Court at Boston in 1644, interfered.
The following law had been enacted March 3, 1636:

‘‘Forasmuch as it hath been found by sad experience that
much trouble and disturbance hath happened both to the church
and civil state by the officers and members of some churches
which have been gathered within the limits of this jurisdiction
in an undue manner, and not with such public approbation as
were meet, it is therefore ordered, that all persons are to take
notice that this Court doth not, nor will hereafter, approve of
any such companies of men as shall henceforth join in any pre-
tended way of church-fellowship, without they shall first ac-
quaint the magistrates, and the elders of the greater part of the
churches in this jurisdiction, with their intentions, and have their
approbation herein. And further it is ordered, that no person,
16 History OF NEWFIELDS.

being a member of any chureh which shall hereafter be gathered
without the approbation of the magistrates and the greater
part of the said churehes, shall be admitted to the freedom of
this commonwealth.’’

At this time the freemen of Massachusetts probably did
not constitute more than one fifth of the adult male population.
Universal suffrage was not known in any of the colonies. But
there was no such religious test in Plymouth, or in Connecticut.
And by the act of September 3, 1642, the freemen and deputies
of New Hampshire were specially exempt from the obligation of
being church members. With respect to matters at Exeter the
court affirms that the divisions there were such, they could not
comfortably and with approbation proceed in so mighty and
sacred affairs; the court therefore directs them to ‘‘defer gather-
ing a church or any other such proceeding, till they, or the Court
at Ipswich, upon further satisfaction of their reconciliation and
fitness, shall give allowance therefor.’’

Rey. Thomas Rashleigh was admitted to the church in Boston
in 1640, while a divinity student; was ‘‘chaplain’’ at Cape Ann,
1641; Exeter, spring of 1643, and granted a house lot, May 6,
1643; and stayed ‘‘something less than a twelvemonth.’’+

In 1656 or 1657, the Rev. Mr. Bachiler went back to England
where he died at the great age of 100 years.

In 1643, Hatevil Nutter was probably sometime minister at
Exeter. He was an ‘‘exhorting elder’’ in the church at Dover
in 1638, and owner of land at Lamprey river as early as 1645,
which Exeter covenanted to enclose with fence. The inhabi-
tants were ordered out several times to do their shares of fenc-
ing. June 11, 1650, Mr. Nutter accepted the fence which the
town ‘‘engaged by covenant’’ to set up for him, and he was
heard of no more in Exeter.”

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Towne that the ground of Mr Nutters w* is att Lamperell River containeing
60 rod of fencing shall be fenced for him att our Townes charge before the
Next planting time.” Samuel Grenefield and Anthony Stanyan were chosen
to carry this agreement into effect.

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chose Mr. Stanyan and James Wall to “Agree and bargain with Mr. Nutter of
Douer to buye or purch — for the Towne that psell of Land lyeing by Lamprell
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Earty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 17

Rev. Samuel Dudley was the next minister of Exeter, who
was born in England about 1610, and qualified for the clerical
office as early as 1637, preached at Portsmouth in 1649, ‘‘a per-
son of good capacity and learning.’’ Having preached a short
time at Dover, he settled at Exeter in 1650, ‘‘until such time
as God shall be pleased to make way for the gathering of a
church, and then to be ordained pastor and teacher according
to the ordinance of God.’’ Edward Hilton was chairman of the
committee of six who made agreement with Mr. Dudley, May
18, 1650. ‘‘Its agreed June 26, 1650, that a meetinghouse shall
be built of twenty feet square.’’ Edward Hilton, Jr., was an
overseer to see the meeting house finished forthwith, July 8, 1652;
but was released from this service, October 23, 1652, on account
of press of private business. Mr. Dudley received a call from
Portsmouth, October 27, 1656, which he declined and remained
in the pastorate of Exeter till his death, February 10, 1683. He
was son of Gov. Thomas Dudley, son-in-law of Gov. John Win-
throp, and brother of Gov. Joseph Dudley.2 It is evident such
aman was a great acquisition to the little community of Exeter.

Rev. John Cotton, who was born May 18, 1658, son of Rev.
Seaborn Cotton of Hampton, and a graduate of Harvard Col-
lege in 1678, preached at Hampton in 1678, and at Exeter in

Riuore wc the Towne by A former order was Injoyned to fence for the s? mr
Nutter.”

It seems that they failed in their attempt to buy, as at a meeting held
January 31, 1645, “It is ordered that Mr Nutter his 60 rod of Fencin att
Lamprell Riuer shall be set up for him by the 17th day of next moneth by
euery Inhabitant equal pportion, and whoseouer shall neglect to doe his ppor-
tion or to cause it to be don by the Aforesay he shall pay 3s 4d the rod vnto
him that shall dooe It for him.”

The names of those who had done their share by March 6, 1645, were as
follows: “Anthony Stanian, Will Mauer, Hent™. Robey, John Legat, John
Cram, Rob. Smith, Tho. Pettet, Ralph Hall, ath Boulton, Tho. Biggs, Drake,
Godt Dearborn, George Barlo, Rowel, Francis Swaine, James Wall [Conner],
Hemp’ Willson, Tho. King, Samuel Grenfeld [hilton], John [Manly], Thomas
Jones, Bellshasur Willie, Thomas Weight, Robert hithar [Hersy].”

At a meeting held November 7, 1649, “It is Agred vpon by the Towne that
euerey of the Inhabitants of the Towne shall goo downe to Lampell Riuor or
send downe A sufficient man in his Roome vpon the first second day of Aprell
for the sufficiant and seting vp of Mr Nutters fence ther for the preuention
of further damage &c.”

1Rev. Samuel Dudley’s first wife was Mary, daughter of Governor Winthrop,
who died at Salisbury April 12, 1643. He had a second and a third wife.
Among his descendants was the wife of Gen. Henry Dearborn, Rev. John Moody,
John Burgin and Gen. James Sullivan.

For a list of Mr. Dudley’s descendants, see Exeter News-Letter for August
31, 1846.

2
18 Tiistory oF NEWFIELDS.

1684. He was invited to Portsmouth in 1691, but declined, and
was ordained at Hampton, November 19, 1696, successor to his
father till his death, March 27, 1710.

Rev. William Wentworth was baptized at Alford, England,
March 15, 1616; signed the Exeter combination October 4, 1639;
removed to Wells, Me., with Mr. Wheelwright, 1642; elder of
the Dover church, 1650; officiated as minister at Cocheco in the
winter of 1665-66, and was one of the committee to arrange with
Dover Point for the ministry at Oyster River, April 1, 1657.
He was asked to continue his ministry at Exeter, October 6,
1690. Further arrangements were made with him October 6,
1691, and he was requested, March 30, 1693, to ‘‘supply and per-
form the office of a minister one whole year ensuing if he be able.’’
He was now 78 years of ave, and probably unable by reason of
natural infirmities to comply with the request. He died at
Dover, March 16, 1697, aged 81. From him several of the
New Hampshire governors of the name were descended.

The present First Church of Exeter dates back only to Septem-
ber, 1698. The ancient volume of records begins thus: ‘‘The
order of proceedings in gathering a particular church in Exeter.
After conferring together and being mutually satisfied in each
other, we drew up a Confession of Faith, and the terms of the
Covenant, which we all signed the Sabbath before the ordina-
tion.’’

The Rey. John Clark, third minister of Exeter and first pas-
tor of this First Church, was ordained September 21, 1698. The
church was reorganized the same day. The record continues:
““We were, by the elders and messengers of the several churches,
owned as a church of Christ, and John Clark declared a minister
of Christ Jesus.’’ Mr. Clark was born at Newbury, Mass.,
January 24, 1670, and died in office, July 25, 1705.

His suecessor was the Rev. John Odlin, born in Boston, Novem-
ber 18, 1681, who graduated at Harvard College in 1702 and was
ordained at Exeter, November 11, 1706. He married the widow
of his predecessor, and died in office, November 20, 1754. During
his ministry the towns of Newmarket, Epping and Brentwood,
were incorporated from the territory of Exeter, and their re-
spective churches organized together with the present Second
or Phillips Church at Exeter.
Earty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 19

The first two meeting houses in Exeter stood on the hill near
the brick and tile factory of Wiggin and Dolloff. The third was
erected near the place where the old church now stands. It was
‘‘seated’’ by vote of the town February 3, 1697. A pew was
assigned to ‘‘Edward Hilton for wife Ann, daughter of Rev.
Samuel Dudley, & son Winthrop, his wife & two daughters, Mary
and Sobriety, on the north side of the meeting house joining to
the Pulpit.’”’ At the same time his nephew, Richard Hilton,
received seats ‘‘for himself, wife, children, mother & sister Re-
becca, on the North side of the meeting house joining the
parsonage pew.”’

The second Hilton, who is styled ‘‘Colonel,’’ died April 28,
1699.

Col. Winthrop Hilton was the eldest son of the second Edward.
He was the personal friend and firm supporter of his uncle Gov.
Joseph Dudley. After the death of Col. Richard Waldron of
Dover, June 28, 1689, Hilton became the principal military
chieftain in New Hampshire. His commission as Colonel is
dated April 3, 1707. His letter to his wife, on his way a second
time in command of troops against Port Royal, is introduced as
exhibiting his lively trust in the overruling providence of God.

Casco Fort, July 16th, 1707.
My dear Spouse,

I can’t but take all opportunities to salute you. I do earnestly em-
brace this as ye last before our departure. Notwithstanding a thousand
difficultues in our way, It is ordered that ye fleet prepare to take ye
signal for weighing anchor to morrow. The soldiers are utterly averse
and will at best be but passive in returning to Port Royal. Nevertheless
if Providence cast advantages into our hands there, they will eagerly
embrace them; and if we obtain a victory, God will now haue a much
greater share in our songs of triumph, than if we had been successful
at first. Dear Heart, pray hard for us, and cheerfully commit to ye Al-
mighty’s protection.

Your louing, louing husband,
WINTHROP HILTON.

Colonel Hilton with his brother Dudley Hilton, and one or
two other men were killed by the Indians near the ‘‘Mast Road’’
in Epping July 23, 1710. ‘‘He was a gentleman of good temper,
courage and conduct, respected and lamented by all who knew
him.’’ His tombstone bears upon it the earliest date of any
monument in town."

1 Penhallow.
20 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Here Lieth Interd the Body of Colo.) Winthrop Hilton Esq. Who De-
parted this Life June 234 A. D, 1710, In ye 39th year of his Age.

Settlers at Oyster River petitioned for a parish, November 11,
1715, which was incorporated May 4, 1716; church organized
March 26,1718. The scholarly, but eccentric Rev. Hugh Adams,
took the spiritual oversight and began his ministry at Oyster
River, April, 1717, with Lubberland* and Lamprey River, as a
part of his Oyster River parish. He was born in Massachusetts,
May 7, 1676; graduated from Harvard College in 1697, and was
ordained pastor at Oyster River, now Durham, September 10,
1707. He died in 1750, aged 74 years.

Chapter III.

EarLty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS CONTINUED.

The settlement of Exeter was undoubtedly commenced in the
spring of 1688, and soon became of sufficient importance to at-
tract attention. During that year a church had been gathered
there, and a letter was written to the church in Boston about the
middle of December, 1638, ‘‘to desire Mr. Wheelwright’s dis-
mission to them for an officer or minister,’’ but because Mr.
Wheelwright did not desire it the matter was dropped for the
time. But soon after, as he had been the year before sentenced
to depart out of the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, he, with cer-
tain others, at their own request, were dismissed from the Bos-
ton church. In obedience to the sentence he had already lo-
cated on ‘‘a Plantation begun about the falls of Pascataqua,
on the south side of the Great Bay, up that river called by the
first inhabitants Exeter,’’ supposing it to be beyond the juris-
diction of Massachusetts. The number and names of those
accompanying Mr. Wheelwright are unknown. The following
persons, however, were dismissed from the Boston church at the
same time: Richard Morrys, Richard Bulgar, Philemon Purmot,

2A portion of Newmarket was called Lubberland as early as 1669. It was

a part of Oyster River precinct. In 1717 Rev. Hugh Adams called it Lover Land.
It extended to Crummet’s Creek.
EarLty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 21

Isaac Grosse, Christopher Marshall, George Baytes, Thomas
Wardel and William Wardel and most of them probably were
in his company, as all but Baytes and Marshall were early in
Exeter. In this place they gathered a church and walked to-
gether in an orderly and Christian way till it appeared, by
stretching the line of Massachusetts further northward, they
were still within the ‘“‘liberties of the Massachusetts,’’ which,
it is judged, occasioned Mr. Wheelwright’s removal ‘‘to the
Province of Maine to a Plantation since by the inhabitants
ealled Wells.’’+

The government during the year 1638, so far as any govern-
ment was recognized, was patriarchal. In 1639 it was found
necessary to establish some form of government. On July 4 of
that year a combination? was entered into, but was soon after
modified so as to make their subjection and loyalty to their
Sovereign Lord, King Charles, somewhat questionable. The
whole matter, therefore, was reconsidered, and on April 2, 1640,
the former combination in substance was renewed. The docu-
ment was recorded in the book of records, and there signed by
the inhabitants themselves with their own proper names or with
their mark. Twenty-one subscribed and fourteen signed the
combination. The Preamble thereto, not having been published
by Belknap, is subjoined:

Whereas a certen Combination was made by us the brethren of the
Church of Exeter, wth the rest of the inhabitants bearing date Mon.
5th, D. 4, 1639 wh afterwards, upon the instant request of some of the
brethren, was altered & put into such a form of wordes, wherein howso-
ever we doe acknowledge the King’s Majesty our dread Sovereigne &
ourselves his subjects; yet some expressions are contained therein wh
may seeme to admit of such a sence as somewhat derogates from that
due allegiance wh we owe to his Highnesse, quite contrary to our true in-
tents and meanings; Wee therefore doe revoke, disannull, make voyd
and frustrate the said latter Combination as if it never had been done, &
doe ratify, confirm and establish the former wh wee only stand unto
as being in force & vertue— the wh for substance is here set down in

manner and form following.’
Mon. 24, D. 2., 1640.

1 Hubbard. :

*A similar Dover combination was formed October 22, 1640. Bell’s Exeter,
page 15.

’Then follows the combination, as in Belknap, Farmer’s Edition, page 432.
22 History oF NEWFIELDS.

The subscribers thereto on the town book are John Wheel-
wright, Augustus Storrs, Thomas Wight, William Wentworth,
Henry Elkins, George Walton, Samuel Walker, Thomas Pettit,
Henry Roby, William Wenborn, Thomas Crawley, Charles
Helme, Darby Field, Robert Read, Edward Rishworth, Francis
Matthews, Ralf Hall, Robert Seward, Richard Bulgar, Christo-
pher Lawson, George Barlow, Richard Morris, Nicholas Need-
ham, Thomas Willson, George Rawbone, William Cole, James
Wall, Thomas Leavitt, Edmund Littlefield, John Cram, Godfrey
Dearborn, Philemon Purmort, Thomas Wardell, William War-
dell, Robert Smith.

Of many of the men who signed the Exeter Combination we
know but little, of some of them nothing. Any one interested
to learn what may be known of them is referred to Bell’s ‘‘ His-
tory of Exeter,’’ pp. 21-40.

A few persons who came to Exeter with Mr. Wheelwright
did not sign the Combination. They either had died or re-
moved before that instrument was executed. Others came into
the place soon after the date of the Combination, but did not
subscribe to it. Edward Hilton was here in 1639, and the very
first paragraph of the town records which is still preserved re-
lates to his land and house, and the ‘‘creek next from his house
towards Exeter,’? now known as Pease’s brook.

Wheelwright and his company were good men, peaceable and
well-disposed. Their aim was to serve God, subdue the for-
est, get a living in this world and secure inheritance in a better.
Their posterity are engaged in no better business or with higher
ends in view.

During the first year they had no need of law, and do not ap-
pear to have had any government, court or record. It seems
probable that early in the next year a spirit of independence
or insubordination manifested itself, which suggested to the
fathers of the plantation the importance of establishing a civil
government which resulted in the Combination of which we
have spoken. The handful of our ancestors who settled on the
banks of the Squamscot, although acknowledging their allegiance
to the king of England, claimed to possess and exercise all the
powers of an independent state. Perhaps Plymouth and Exeter
EarLy SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 23

alone of all the towns in New England ever claimed such right
or exercised such powers.

The Exeter Records commenced in 1639, and the first items
recorded have for their caption, ‘‘Certain ordinances made at
the Court holden in Exeter.’’

On January 19, 1640, ‘‘it was agreed to by the inhabitants that
Isaac Grosse, Ruler, Augustine Storrs, and Anthony Stanion
shall have the ordering of all town affairs according to God.’’

Orders made by the Court held at Exeter, February 6, 1640,
were as follows:

1. That no man shall set fire upon the woods to the destroying of
the feed for the cattle or the doing of any other hurt, under pain of
paying the damage that shall ensue thereby —after the middle of
April.

2. That every man shall fall such trees as are in his lot being offen-
sive to any other, and if after due warning any shall refuse,— to pay
half a crown for every tree that is so offensive.

3. That every action that is tried, the party that is cast in it shall pay
to the Jury four shillings.

Thus early the hundred inhabitants of Exeter, {hough they had
three good men to order all town affairs according to God, still
preserved their rights to trial by jury.

On March 6, 1640, it was ordered,

That no wine or strong water shall be sold by retail to the English,
but by Thomas Wardle.

That whosoever shall dig a saw pit and shall not fill it or cover it,
shall be liable to pay the damage that shall come to man or beast
thereby.

That all the swine that is not taken down the river by the 4th day of
the second month, (April) the owners shall be liable to pay the damage
that shall befall any thereby.

That every man that is an inhabitant of the town shall have free
liberty to trade with the Indians in anything except it be powder, shot
or any warlike weapons, or sack, or other strong waters.”

It is here recorded that Anthonie Stanion hath satisfied the Court
concerning the offence given by him to our Ruler Needham.

On April 9, 1640, a convocation of the people was held on im-
portant matters as the following record shows:
1 Old style till 1752.

2 Over-reaching traders acted upon the principle that it was a praiseworthy
deed to cheat an Indian.
24 History oF NEWFIELDS.

AN ORDER AND LAW.

It is enacted for a law constituted, made and consented unto by the
whole Assembly at the Court, solemnly met together in Exeter, the
9th day of the 2d month 1640,—

That if any person or persons shall plot or practice, either by com-
bination or otherwise, the betraying of his country or any principal
part thereof into the hands of any foreign State, Spanish, Dutch or
French, contrary to the allegiance we profess and owe to our dread
sovereign Lord King Charles, his heirs and successors, it being his
Majesty’s pleasure to protect us, his legal subjects — shall be punished
with death.

If any person or persons shall plot or practice any treason or shall
revile his Majesty the Lord’s Annointed, contrary to the allegiance we
profess and owe to our dread Sovereign Lord King Charles, his heirs
and successors (ut Supra)— shall be punished with death. Numb. 16.
Exo, 22: 28. I Kings 2: 8, 9, 44.

The Squamscot plantation, no less than the Bay colony, claim
the sanction of Revelation for their laws.

The other laws or orders made during the year, required any
person purchasing a town lot to build a habitation thereon within
six months; forbidding any person to fell timber within half
a mile of the town, except it be upon his own particular lot,
without it be for building or fencing, upon the penalty of five
shillings for every tree so felled; imposing a penalty of ten
pounds on any person making sedition or commotion; declar-
ing all creeks free, only he that makes a ‘‘ware’’ therein is to have
in the first place the benefit of it in fishing time, and no other
may set a ware either above or below it, and enjoy the same
liberty.

The same year Edward Rishworth was ‘‘chosen by order of
the Court to be Secretary to the Court, and look to the book, and
to enter such actions as are brought, and to have 12d laid down at
the entering of every action.’’

The General Court at Boston September 8, 1642, ‘‘ordered that
all the present inhabitants of Pascataquak who formerly were
free there, shall have liberty of freemen in their Seuerall townes
to manage all their towne affairs & shall each town send a deputy
to the General Court though they be not at present Church
members.”’

In 1644 a movement was made to gather a church and invite
Earty SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 25

Rev. Mr. Bachiler to be the minister, but because of the ‘‘divis-
ions & contentions which are among the inhabitants there’”’ the
General Court ordered that the matter be deferred till the Court
at Boston or Ipswich (upon further satisfaction of their recon-
ciliation and fitness) shall give allowance thereto. It would seem
that those early settlers were so outspoken and strenuous in the
exercise of their strong personal convictions as for a time to bar
them from the religious privileges they were so anxious to enjoy.

At a town meeting held May 25, 1646, Edward Hilton and
Thomas King were chosen to purchase Mr. Wheelwright’s house
and land for a parsonage for Mr. Nathaniel Norcrosse, and it
was agreed that every inhabitant of the town shall pay his
proportion of the expense. At the same time Thomas Jones,
Robert Hithersay, Humphrey Willson, Abraham Drake, Nicholas
Swain, Robert R. Smith, John Cram, Thomas Pettit, Frances P.
Swain, Anthony Stanyan, Samuel Greenfield, John Smart, James
Wall, Henry Roby, Nathaniel Boulter and John Legat entered
their names on the town book binding themselves ‘‘to saue harme-
less the sayd purchasers If our somas do not Amount vnto the
full price of the sayd purchase.’’

On November 16, 1648, the town voted to extend a call to a
minister of Braintree, Mass. This seems to have proved un-
availing, and on April 22, 1649, Mr. Emerson of Rowley, Mass.,
was invited to become minister, but he declined the call.

The same year James Wall, John Legat and John Cram were
elected townsmen of Exeter. John Legat was chosen clerk, and
was to have four pence for every ‘‘order,’’ and five pence for
every grant to be paid by the person to whom the grant was
made.

It is evident that the people valued their religious privileges
for we find them zealous in their endeavors to avail themselves
of a permanent ministry, and provide first of all for its main-
tenance. Whether few or many of the settlers were members of
the church all felt themselves to be authorized defenders, and
all were cheerful supporters of the church. On April 22, 1650,
those ‘‘chosen for the ordreinge of the sole afares of the
Towne,’’ ordered first ‘‘that euerie inhabitant of the towne shall
pay for euery thousand of pipes staues they make, tow shillinges
wich shall bee for the mentainence of the minuistre and for
26 Tistory oF NEWFIELDS.

eury thousand of hogshed staues one shillinge six pence, and for
euery thousand of boultes that is sould before they bee made into
staiveses fore shillinges, and also what is due from the sawe milles
shall bee for the maintenence of the minnistree.’’ It was also
ordered that any man delivering any staves or bolts before he
has satisfied the town orders shall pay ten shillings for every
thousand of staves, and twenty shillings for every thousand
bolts. These orders were signed by Edward Hilton, Edward Gil-
man, John Cram, Thomas Pettit, John Gilman and Henry Roby.

Early this year the town extended a call to Rev. Samuel Dud-
ley to become its minister which was successful, as we learn from
the record of a town meeting held May 13, 1650, when it was
“unanimously Agreed by M™ Samuel Dudley and the Towne That
M' Dudley Is fourthwith so soone As comfortable subsistance can
be made by the Towne for him and his famelye In the house
w was purchased of M" Whelwrit, That then the said MT’
Dudley Is to com to Inhabet att Exeter And to be A minester
of God's word vnto vs vntil such time as God sheall be pleased
to make way for the gathering of A church, And then he to be
ordained or Pastor or teacher According to the ordinance of
God. And in Consideration of this promise of M™ Dudley The
Towne doth mutually Agree to fitt vp the Aforesaid house And
to fence In A yard and gardon for the said M™ Dudley And to
Allow fourtey pounds A yeare towards the maintenance of the
said m™ Dudley and his family, and that the vse and sole Im-
provement of the Aforesaid house bought of M™ Whelwrit and
All the lands and meddows there vnto belonging shall be to the
propper vse of him the said m™ Dudley dureing the time that he
shall continue to be A minester of the word Amongst vs. And
what Cost the said M* Dudley shall bestowe About the said house
and lands In the time of his Improuement, The Towne Is to Al-
low vnto him or his so much as the said house or lands are bet-
tered by It att the time of the saide m™ Dudlyes Jeaueing of It
either by death or by some more then ordenarey Call of God
otherwais. And It is further Agreed vpon that the ould cow
house which was m™ Whelwrits shall by the Town be fixed vp fitt
for the setting of Cattle In, And that the Aforesaid pay of 40 £
A yeare Is to be made In good pay euerey halfe yeare In Corne
EarLy SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 27

and English comodities att A price current as they goo gin-
erally In the country att the time or times of payment.
To the pmisses w* concerne myselfe I consent vnto. Witness
my hand.
Sam. DuDLEY.

And for the Townes p’formance of there part of this Afores#
Agreement, we whose names are here vnder written do Joyntely
and seuerally engagge o" selues to m™ Dudley. witnes o° hands.

Epwarp HIwTon,
Epwarp GILMAN,
JN° LEGAT,

Henry Rosy,
JAMES WALL,
HuMPERE WILSON.’’

On June 26, 1650, it was decided to build a meeting house
twenty feetysquare. It was also voted ‘‘That the bridges, stocks,
and wach house shall be maintained and finished by the Townes
Labore.’’

Though a decision had been made to build a meeting house,
it seems that the work for some reason was delayed, for we find
another record of a meeting July 8, 1652, when it was ordered
‘that the meeting house shall forthwith be built and that euerey
man both seruants as well as others, shall com forth to work
vpon It as they are Called out by the Seruayers of the work
vpon the penaltye of 5s A day for euerey dayes neglect, and
teames are to be brought forth to the work by the oners as they
are called for by the said seruayers vpon the penalltye of 10° A
day for there neglect. And the seuayers or ouerseers Appointed
for the s* work are m™ Edw. Gillman, Tho. King and Edw. Hil-
ton Jun. and they are to see the work fineshed and not to have it
neglected.’’

At a later town meeting October 23, 1652, John Robinson and
John Gilman were chosen in the place of Edward Gilman and
Edward Hilton, ‘‘hauinge the same power giuen them to man-
age or cary on the work aboute the meetinge howse with Thomas
Kinge, according to the formur acte of the towne.’’

At the same meeting Mr. Colcord, John Legat, and Thomas
28 History OF NEWFIELDS.

Biges are ‘‘ Appointed to call to Accounte the owners of the
sawmills and to make demand of such bord or planke as are due
to the Towne, and vpon non payment to take A legall Course
for the Recouerey of the same.’’

At a meeting held February 15, 1654, Mr. Coleord, Nicholas
Leson and Thomas Biggs were granted power ‘‘to call the saw
mills to acount and likwis to Reseaue payment acording as they
shall see met for time past and likewise for this present yeare
coming.”’

October 31, 1655, at the request of the town of Hampton the
fifth day of every week was ‘‘ordered’’ as a market day.’

At a town meeting held April 28, 1656, a vote was passed re-
quiring all the sawmills of the town to be rated ‘‘for the main-
taining of the publique ordinances—Mr. Hilton’s mill at fifty
shillings.’’

On March 4, 1658, Mr. Dudley and Mr. Hilton were given
power by the town to treat with Captain Wiggin and agree with
him as to the annual payment he is to make to the town towards.
the support of the public ministry according to present and
future rates ‘‘by the sawmills and pipe staves.’’

On July 26, 1665, Edward Hilton, John Foulsham, Philip
Chesley, Anthony Brackett, William Cotton, Robert Watson,
John Pike and others petitioned the King to free them from
the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and join them to the Province
of Maine ‘‘that they may be gov®4 by the knowne lawes of Eng-
land and enjoy the use of both the sacramts w°" they have bin
too long deprived of.’’ The petition sent from Portsmouth com-
plained that the Government of Massachusetts “‘have kept us
under hard servitude, and denyed us in our publique meeting
the Common prayer Sacram‘* and decent buriall of the dead
contrary to the Laws of England & his Majt** lve sent by
Simon Bradstreet & John Norton in the yeare 1662.”’

Nicholas Shapleigh, May 20, 1667, recommended to Mr. Mason
that Edward Hilton and others be commissioned to look after
his interests here, and ‘‘to joyin the Governmnt to the prouince
of Maine.’’

The letters also notified Mason that ‘‘Seuerall masts? which

1 Fairs and market days obviated the necessity of any early stores.
2 While New Hampshire was a royal province, it was the custom for the king’s
surveyor to pass through the forests and put a certain mark, called a broad
EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 29

were cutt and taken of the property On the shipp the greate
Duke of Yorke are Loaden Seuerall &c’’ and suggests the arrest
of Richard Walderne and Peter Coffin ‘‘for their soe cutting
and carying away the Masts aforesaid,’’ and leaders in favor of
Massachusetts and against Mason.

It is recorded at the same time, that Richard Walderne and
Peter Coffin have ‘‘encouaged many to ship to the Govment
of the Massachusetts,’’ and their arrest is recommended for cut-
ting and carrying away from Mason’s claims, several masts
laden on ‘‘the shipp the greate Duke of Yorke.’’

“That all the masts sent his Majtee fom New England upon the shipp

called the Greate Duke of York or yt had been sent for England Two
years before were cutt of the Lands of Robt Mason.”

In 1677 the following Exeter men are recorded as favoring
eontinuance with Massachusetts: ‘‘Sam Dudley, John Gilman,
Rob: Wadleigh, Robert Smart, senior, Samuel Leane, John
Foullsom, Jnath. Thing, Bily Dudley, Daniel Gilman, Ralph
Hall, Samewell ffoulsham, Peter ffoullsham, Eph ffoulsham,
Charles Gliten, Samuel Hall, Antip** Maverick, John Gillen
guner, Conealles Learey, Edward Gilman, William More, Thomas
Rolines, Linsley (Kingsley) Hall, Humphrey Wilson.’’

As reference has already been made to rates to meet civil
and ministerial expenses, to give an idea of what they were we
append:

The Province rate for 1680, made April 20, for Exeter.

£. 8s. d. £ os. a.
Imp. Gov. Rob Wadlee 1 0 6 George Jones, 0- 6- 6
Mr. Moses Gilman, 1-2 0  Jona’n Robinson, 0- 5- 2
Nic. Norris, 0- 3-1% Jeremy Canaugh, 0- 3- 9
Peter Follsham, 0- 8 Eleazer Elkins, 0- 3-11
‘Christian Dolhoff, 0-5-2 Alexander Gorden, 0- 4
Saml, Leavitt, 0-13- 5 Robt. Smart, Senr., 0- 7-10%
John Follsham, Jun., 010-1 John Young, 0- 4-10%
David Lawrence, O- 38% David Robinson, o- 4-9
Moses Leavitt, 0O- 7- 7% William Hilton, 0-10- 2
Sam. Follsham, 0- 3- Sam’! Hall, 0- 5-%
‘Cornelius Larey, Q- 4- Ralph Hall, 0- 5- 1%
Edward Gilman, 0-5-5 John Sinckler, 0- 7- 6

‘arrow, on such trees as would make masts for the royal navy. These trees
-were not to be cut for any other purpose.
30 Flistory OF NEWFIELDS.

£ os. d. & s a
Philip Cartey, 0- 4+ 714 Robert Powell, 0- 3-5
John Wedgewood, 0- 4-10 Andrew Constable, o- 8- §
John Gilman, Jun’r, 0- 8-112 Mr. Barthol’w Pipping, 0- 7- 3%
Henry Magoon, 0- 4- 2 Mr. Edward Hilton, 0-11-
Kinsley Hall, Q- 4-11 Major Sharpleigh, for
Major Clark, for his mill 0- 8- 7 Hilton’s mill, 0- 1-101%%
Nat. Follsham, 0- 2-9 Mr. Sam’! Hilton, 0- 4-3
Tho’s Tidman, 0- 2- 3 Nic. Listen, 0- 2-9
John Clark, 0- 4-101%, John Bean, 0- 8-11
Jonathan Thing, 0- 9 Tege Drisco, 6- 3- 3
Mr. Wiggin’s Mill, 0- 1-101%, Joell Judkins, 0- 2- 6
Joseph Taylor, 0- 2- 41%, Ephraim Marston, 0- 4- 6
Anthony Goff, 0- 2- 414 Theop. Dudley, 0- 2- 4%
Charles Gledon, 0- 2- 6 Tho’s Mek’nis, 0- 2- 4%
Mr. John Thomas, 0- 2- 3 Biley Dudley, 0- 2- 4%
Edw’d Sowell, 0- 5-10 Robert Smart, Jun’r, 0- 2- 7%
Jonathan Smith, 0- 4-9 Mr. Richard Scamon, 0-10- 2
Samuel Dudley Jun’r, 0- 2- 414 Richard Morgan, 0- 3
Robert Stewart, 0- 2- 4% James Kid, 0- 3- 3
Humphrey Wilson, 0-11- 8 Nad Lad, 0- 2-101%
Ephraim Follsham, 0- 3-11 James Perkins, 0- 2- 4

This rate was made Anno 1680, vercissimo April 20, and delivered to
the constable to collect, as before specified.’

By us, JOHN GILMAN, SEN’R | Trustees
RALPH HALtl, \ for
Epw’p SMITH, | Baeter.

After New Hampshire became a distinct province in 1680
everything passed off satisfactorily to the people as long as
the principal offices were filled by her own citizens. At this
time Robert Mason, as heir of John Mason, patentee, laid claim
to the state as his property, and as the governor then in office
failed to prove the helper he needed to gain possession, he
made application to the King for a new governor, and the
King in compliance with his desire, sent the mercenary Edward
Cranfield, whose sole purpose seems to have been to exercise
the authority with which he had been invested, first of all, for
his own selfish ends. The people were not long in learning his
character, nor slow in showing their dislike to him and his
actions. They soon became satisfied that any endeavor on their

1In the list of rateable estates of the several towns, as settled by the Gen-
eral Assembly, March 18, 1768, for a new proportion which each pays to £1,000,
Newmarket had rateable estate amounting to £9,330, with rate of £22 5s. per
£1,000; number of polls, 266.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 31

part to secure justice in any disagreement would be an utter
failure. His high-handed act in dissolving the assembly be-
cause it would not pass certain bills in his favor did much to
arouse a feeling of hostility against him. Without doubt it
had much to do in stirring up Edward Gove, who had been a
member of the assembly, and his associates, to open rebellion.
Meanwhile in all his official acts he tried to evince great loyalty
to the King. Anything he discovered in the acts of the people
which could be construed as an act of disloyalty to the King he
was sure to take up, if possible, to their discomfort. It seemed
to gratify him more to find fault and punish, than to praise
and please. As a matter of course his associates in office were
ever ready to do his bidding and evince their fealty by showing
themselves jealous of his honor before the people. The follow-
ing document furnishes an illuminating instance:

To the Worp! William Vaughan Esqr Judge, Richard Martin & Walter
Barefoot Esqrs Assistants now sitting in Court in Portsmouth in ye
province of New Hampsheire ffeb. 14: 1682—

Edward Randolph Esqr: his Majties Attorney Genl! in this Province
doth in behalfe of his Majties inform against Danniell hilton Thomas
ffilbrook ye elder, Benjamin ffifield Joshua Dow, Kingley Hall, ffrancis
Page, Mathias Haines: all of them Inhabitants of this Province, ffor
that they & Every of them in a riotous manner & in contempt of his
Majties Laws & authority, in & upon ye 13th day of this Instant ffeb-
ruary, did meet & assemble in the now dwelling house of the Honble
Edward Cranfield Esqr his Majties Govr of ye Said Province & did in
presence of the said Govr & unto him declare & avow their abhorence
of & non Conformity to the methods and knowne practice of the Laws
of England, in the matter of taking oathes, tending to the disturbance
of his Majtis peace & the Evill Example of some persons mutinously
affected in this his Govr and in order that the said persons may be
duely prosecuted.

Its on his Matis behalfe Desired, that they find security for their
good be haviour & also for their & every of their appearance to make
answers for this their riot & misdemeanour

Ep RANDOLPH.

The Exeter jurymen for the trial of Edward Gove were
‘Humphrey Willson, Peter Foulsam, Dan. Gilman, Lieut. Hall,
Moses Gilman, Sen., Ensign More, Edward Gilman.’’

In 1685 the inhabitants of Exeter petitioned against Lieuten-
ant-Governor Cranfield, unable doubtless to put up with his
usurpations and tyranny longer. This petition was signed by
32 History of NEWFIELDS.

‘‘Andrew Wiggin, Thomas Wiggin, Sen., Thomas Wiggin, Jr.,
Robert Smart, Sen., John Young, John Foulsham, Edward
Smith, Peter Foulsham, Theophilus Durdly, Richard Morgan,
Samuel Leavitt, John Cotton, Jr., John Gilman, Sen., Edward
Gilman, David Robinson, Kinsley Hall, Biley Dudley, James
Sinkler, Christian Dolloff, Philip Charte, Jeremiah Low, Ralph
Hall, Samuel Hall, John Sinkler, John Wadleigh, Samuel Foul-
sham, Eleazer Elkins, Ephraim Foulsham, Moses Leavitt,
Jonathan Robinson, Thomas Rawlins, Humphrey Wilson, Na-
thaniel Foulsham, Jonathan Thing.”’

We are not aware of the effect of this petition upon Cranfield,
but we know that becoming discouraged with his ill success in
enriching himself in his official position he soon after abandoned
his office, and was succeeded by Walter Barefoote.

But little is known of the transactions of the town for several
years, from 1680 to 1690, owing probably to the purloining
by Robert Mason in his searching of the books of different towns
for evidence to support his land claims. The town was practi-
cally for a time without any government of its own which led
to the following petition of certain citizens:

To the Honable the Governour and Councill of their Majts Colony of
Matthathusets in New England

The humble Addresse of the Inhabitants and train soldiers of the
Province of New Hampshire, Febry 20 1689

Humbly sheweth

That whereas since the late Revolution in yor Colony you have Ex-
erted a power of Government over their Majts Subjects Inhabitants
therein whch wee are given to understand their Majts have been
graciously pleas’d to approve off, and Impower'’d you to continue the
same till further order; And wee who were formerly under yor Goy-
ernment having been for some time destitute of power sufficient to put
our selves into A capacity of defence against the comon enemie, and
having wth great expectation awaited their Majts order for A settlemt
amongst us weh not yet ariving considering also how liable wee are
to destruction by the Enemy web of our selves wee cannot prevent;
wee are therefore Necessitated at present to supplicate yor Honours for
Government and Protection as formerly untill their Majts pleasure shall
be known concerning vs Hereby obliging our selves to A doe submis-
sion ther-to, and payment of our Eqvall proportion (accoding to our
capacity) of the charge yt shall arise for the defence of the country
against the common Enemy, praying also that such persons may be
Commissionated to comand the Militia as have already been, or shall
EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND MINISTERS. 33

be chosen by the trained soldiers in the respective Towns desireing yor
Honr to grant vs this our reqvsts

& yor petrs shall ever pray

Moses Gilman, Moses Gilman, Jr., Jeremiah Gilman, James Gilman,
John Gilman and 262 others in Exeter.1

At a town meeting held October 6, 1690, it was

“voted that Elder william winworth is to be treated with for
his continuence with us in the work of ye Ministry in this towne
for one Complete yeare Insueing.’’ Biley Dudley, Kinsley Hall
and Moses Leavitt were the committee chosen for this purpose.

At a meeting October 8, 1691, Capt. Wiliam Moore and Capt.
Peter Coffin were chosen ‘‘to treate with Elder winworth to sup-
ply and carrey one ye worke of Ministry in the Towne y* Insuen
yare.’’

At a meeting November 30, 1693 (?) an agreement was made
with ‘‘m™ William wintworth to supply and performe ye ofice
of A minister in this towne one whole yare if he be Able, and
if performed the towne doe promise to paye him ye sume of forty
pounds in current paye, or proporshonable to any parte of ye
yare.”’

The date of the above meeting was doubtless 1692, as we find
that at a meeting held June 23, 1693, Capt. John Gilman and
‘‘Billey Dudly’’ were chosen ‘‘to goe to the Naiboring ministers
and take thayer Aduice for a mette person to supply the ofice
of the ministry in ye towne of Exeter.’’

The inference is that failing health compelled Mr. Wentworth
to give up the work of supply, after a brief time, thereby leaving
a vacancy to be filled. A suitable candidate was shortly
brought to their notice, as we learn that at a legal meeting held
September 18, 1693, Capt. John Gilman, Capt. Peter Coffin and
Capt. Robert Wadleigh were chosen a committee ‘‘to treat with
m’ John Clarke, and procure him to come to this towne to be our
minister.’’

At another meeting ‘‘of ye free houlders of ye towne of
Exiter’’ the same committee were ‘‘Impowered to Agree with
m' John Clarke to be our minister and what salery they doe
agree with him for, ye first halfe ye towne doe ingage to paye.’’

On April 20, 1694, Peter Coffin, Capt. Robert Wadleigh and

1N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg. VIII, 233; Mass. Archives, 35: 229.
8
34 HIstorY OF NEWFIELDS.

Richard Hilton were chosen in behalf of the town to purchase
‘a sartin house and land near the present mettin house’’ for the
use of the minister.

Mr. Clark was not ordained as pastor till September 21, 1698.
After a brief ministry of seven years he died July 25, 1705.

Chapter IV.

Earty LAND GRANTS.

If Wheelwright’s Indian deed be valid, the Rev. John Wheel-
wright at Squamscot Falls, May 17, 1629, cancelled the claims
of the lords of the soil, by purchasing New Hampshire of Passa-
conaway and other chiefs on the Merrimack and Pascataqua rivers
for ‘‘a valuable consideration in coats shirts and kettles.’’ It
is alleged that Gorges and Mason divided their patent, and took
separate grants November 17, 1629, Mason taking the territory
west of Pascataqua which he called New Hampshire, and Gorges
taking that east of Paseataqua which was called Maine.

Another division of Pascataqua soon took place. On March 12,
1630, a patent was obtained whereby there was granted to
Edward Hilton ‘‘all that part of the river Pascataqua, called or
known by the name of Hilton’s Point with the south side of said
river, up to the falls of Squamscot, and three miles into the
main land for breadth.’’

The London adventurers also, November 3, 1631, obtained
a grant on both sides of the river Pascataqua to the extent of five
miles westward by the sea coast, then to cross over towards the
other plantation in the hands of Edward Hilton, the whole ex-
tent being thus divided into two parts. Thus Wiggin was ap-
pointed avent for the upper or Hilton’s patent, and Walter
Neal for the lower patent.

The doubtful ‘‘Letters from Neal and Wiggin relating to the
division of Lands at Paseataqua 1633 May 13,’’ anticipated
names given to the respective towns, to Squamscot Falls —
Exeter—in 1638; to Weeanacohunt—Dover—in 1639; to Winne-
Earty LAND GRANTS. 85

cowett—Hampton—in 1639; and to Strawberry Bank—Ports-
mouth—in 1653.

When the charter of Plymouth Council was surrendered in
1635 Mason had well nigh succeeded in securing for himself the
whole of New Hampshire, but his death in November of that
year put an end to his ambitious projects. He received no ade-
quate compensation for his large outlays. By 1644 nothing re-
mained for his heirs except their interest in the soil.

In 1680 a nephew of Edward Hilton, and son of William Hil-
ton, for a confirmation of a sale of lands made in 1636 by
Tahanto, Sagamore of ‘‘Peneacooke’’ to William Hilton, Sr.,
thus petitioned, ‘‘ Whereas your petitioners father William Hil-
ton came over into New England about the yeare Anno: Dom:
1621 & yo" petitioner came about one yeare & an halfe after, and
In a little time following settled ourselues vpon the River of
Pascattaq. with Mr. Edw: Hilton who were the first Inglish
planters there.’’

William Hilton, Jr’s. testimony is conclusive that William Hil-
ton, Sr., came to Plymouth in the ship Fortune, November 11,
1621, and his wife and two children followed in the Anne in
July, 1623. This agrees with the ‘‘about a yeare & an halfe
after’’ given above.

The original grant given by the Plymouth Council was as fol-
lows:

Now know yee that the said President and Councell by Virtue &
Authority of his Majesties said Letters Pattents and for and in con-
sideration that Edward Hilton & his Associates hath already at his and
their owne proper costs and charge transported sundry servants to plant
in New England aforesaid at a place there called by the natives Weca-
nacohunt otherwise Hiltons point lying som two leagues from the
mouth of the River Pascataquack! in New England aforesaid where
they have already Built some houses, and planted corne. And for that
he doth further intend by God’s Divine Assistance, to transport thither
more people and cattle, to the good increase and advancemt & for the
better settling and strengthing of their plantacon as also that they
may be the better encouraged to proceed in soe pious a work which may
Especially tend to the propagation of Religion and to the Great in-
crease of Trade to his Majesties Realmes and dominions, and the ad-
vancement of publique plantacon, Have granted Enfeoffed and con-

1 Pascataquack means a division of the fingers of the hand, and refers to the
divisions or branches of the river at Dover Point.
36 History or NEWFIELDS.

firmed, and by this their p’sent writing doe fully clearly and absolutely
give grant enfeoffe and confirme unto the said Edward Hilton his heires
and assignes for ever, all that part of the River Pascataquack called
or known by the name of Weconacohunt or Hiltons Point with the
south side of the said River up to the ffall of the River, and three miles
into the Maine Land by all the breadth aforesaid. Together with all the
Shoares Creekes Bays Harbors and Coasts, alongst the sea within ther
limits and Bounds aforesaid with the woods and Islands next adjoening
to the said Lands not being already granted by the said Councell unto
any other person or persons together alsoe with all the Shoares Creeks
Bays Harbors and Coasts, alongst the sea within the limits and Bounds
aforesaid with the woods and Islands next adjoyneing to the said Lands,
not being already granted by the said Councell unto any other person
or persons together alsoe with all the Lands Rivers Mines minerals of
what kinde or nature soever, woods Quarries, Marshes, Waters, Lakes,
ffishings, Huntings, Hawkings, ffowlings, Comodities Emolumts and
hereditaments whatsoever with all and singular their and every of their
sppts in or within the limits or Bounds belonging or in any wise ap-
pertaining . . unto the said Edward Hilton his heirs, Associates,
Assignes forever to the onely proper use and behalfe of the said Edward
Hilton his heires Associates & Assignes for ever, yielding and paying
unto our Soveraigne Lord the King one ffith part of Gold and silver
oares and another ffith part to the Councell aforesaid and their suc-
cessors to be holden of the said councell and their successors or As-
signes for every hundred Acres of the said Land in use the some of
twelve pence in Lawfull money of England into the hands of the Rent
gatherer for the time being of the said Councell yr successors or As-
signes for all services whatsoever.

This land was laid out (rightly or fraudulently) by the Massa-
chusetts government in Newington and Stratham. The terri-
tory of this grant was located in 1656 by order of the General
Court November, 1655. This grant is the foundation of all the
land grants in Dover and several neighboring towns.

This grant to Edward Hilton conveyed some specific title or
enlargement of title to lands. The actual delivery of the land
was made by Thomas Lewis, by power of attorney, to Edward
Hilton on the premises, July 7, 1631, in presence of Thomas
Wiggin, William Hilton, Samuel Sharpe and James Downe.
This grant was on the north and south sides of the Pascataqua
river. It undoubtedly conflicted with the Pascataqua grant,

but this was to be expected, as conflicts were not unusual in
those early grants.
Earty LAND GRANTS. 37

This grant constituted the foundation of the early grants made
to individuals in the course of time by the towns.

‘Towns had the right to grant or sell unoccupied lands or stand-
ing timber and also to control the fisheries.

Grants of land included within the original territory of
Exeter were made from time to time by vote of the town at its
regular or special meetings. Such grants as lie within the
present limits of Newmarket and Newfields are hereby given,
mainly in the language of the records, spelling and all. It may
interest the reader in comparing the past with the present.

At a meeting held in Exeter October 4, 1639, the ‘‘Courte’’
ordered :

Imprimis. That Mr Eduard Hilton his vpland ground is bounded in
Breadth from the creeke next from his house towards Exeter on the
one side & a Certaine point of Land ovr against Captaine Wiggins his
house between the Marsh and the vpland thats his bounds one the othr
side, and it is to extend into the maine the same distance in Length
as it is in Breadth, and that hee shall haue all the meadowes web hee
formerly ocupied from his howse to the mouth of Lamprell River.

The boundary of this grant at a meeting held April 3, 1671,
was defined as follows:

Old mr Hiltons grant made to him by composition by the towne
measurers, wos bounded Southeast vpon the river, vpon the townes land
northwest, with Robert Smarts land northeast, with the creeke next to
his house and the townes land southwest, and this land being a mile and
forty eight rod square;—vpon the north west corner there is a white
wood tree marked with the letter E, vpon the southwest syde at the
upper corner in the woods a Pyne tree marked with the letter E.

24 Lye That all the Meadows web belong vnto the Town of Exeter
leying betweene the Town and mr Hiltons howse as Likewise the Mea-
dowes from Lamprell River vnto the head of the little Baye shall bee
equally divided into fouer parts whereof the 4th pte shall be divided by
lott to such of the inhabitants of the Towne of Exeter as haue noe
eattle or fouer Goates, and the profitt of the haye weh ... growes
thereupon shall bee devided amongst them weh haue the . . . othr
pts vntill such tyme as they haue cattle of there owne or till they sell
the Grounds to those that haue Cattles.

34 Ly. That the three othr pts. shall bee equally deuided amongst
those that haue Cattle to each head of Cattle there pportion to bee
deuided to each of them by lott, weh deuisions are to bee made betwixt
this and the next Cote.

4th Lye. That all the inhabitants of the Towne of Exeter shall haue
38 History oF NEWFIELDS.

ye vpland lotts for planting laid out by the Rivr between Stony Creeke
and the creeke on this side Mr Hiltons according to the numbr of ye
psons and cattle in equall pportion wen pportion is to bee devided to
them by lott exept such psons as liue one the othr side the Rivr and
Will. Hilton and goodm. Smart who are to haue the lotts one the othr
side the Rivr where the Towne shall bee thought most convenient By
G. Rul. Needam and mr Starre deputies to this purpose.

5th Lye. That whosoevr shall Carry themselves disorderly vnreuerently
in the Cote Towards the magistrates or in yr presence shall bee lyable
to such a Censer as the Cote shall thinke meate.1

In 1640 a division of the uplands from the Cove against Rocky
Point, off against Mr. Connor’s and railroad bridge, to the creek

on the side next to Mr. Hilton’s was made as follows:

1 Impr Mr Stanyan 27 acres 135 poole, one end butting vpon the
river Eastward & the other end running up into the mayne six score
poole in Length.

[Lot] 29 80 acres to Mr Wheelwright, butting as aforesayd.

32 Griffine Monntegue 10 acres 50 poole butting as aforesy¢ bought
by Mr Edward Hilton of Thomas Croly.

Thirty-two persons are numbered in this division, viz.: Mr.
Wheelwright, Mr. Morris, Mr. Grosse, Mr Stanyan, Goodman
Moore, Goodman Littlefield, Mr. Stone, Mr. Pormot, Goodman
Cole, Mr. Needham, Goodman Compton, Thomas Wardell, Good-
man Dearborn, James Wall, William Wardell, Griffin Montague,
Robert Read, Goodman Cram, Goodman Winborne, Robert
Smith, Thomas Weight, Goodman Pettit, Goodman Walker,
Thomas Lavitt, William Wentford (Wentworth), Edward Rish-
worth, Goodman Littlefield, Jere. Blakewell, George Raburne,
Goodman Elkins, Goodman Willie, and Goodman Bulgar.

The amount divided to each man varied from 4 acres 20 poles
to 80 acres with the following note attached: ‘‘Note here a great
mistake in this Record viz: euery aker herein mensioned stands
but for halfe an aker as attests

RosBert Boot
Sept. 26. 1760.’’

At a town meeting held September 29, 1640, ‘‘there was
granted to Lieftenant John Gilman that parcell of vpland, No.
33, lyeing between Griffin Monntague Jot abouesaid and the
brooke which divides betweene m*™ Hilton’s Land and the towne of
Exeter.’”’

1 Exeter First Book of Records, Vol. 1: 137.
Earty LAND GRANTS. 39

The ‘‘lot Lyers to the towne of Exeter’’ report that ‘‘wee

have taken a view of the lotts between the parting
brooke of Mr. Hiltons and the towne of Exeter beginning our sta-
tion at the towne syde of the 29 lot which was granted to m™
Wheelwright and measured through it and left eighty acres, aud
through Robert Reads lot 9 acres and fyfty pole, and M* Stors
lot twenty acres & one hundred pole, and Griffin Montegue ten
acres & fyfty pole which was the last lot, and the lay’d the rest
to John Gilman seno™ according to what was granted him, be-
ginning at the highway marking a sloping white oake on the right
hand marked with H, and so tooke our station Eastward downe
to Jonathan Things medow & marked a tree and then run a lyne
six score rod west & marked a tree in a little swamp.’’

In the first division Goodman Smart received ‘‘one acre & 26
poole bee it more or less.’? In all there were five lots, and
fourteen acres of marsh.

‘In the second Division 19 acres on this side Mr. Hiltons is
divided, & six acres at Lamproue River? as Followeth.’’ This
consisted of four lots.

‘In the Third Division 16 acres on this side mr Hiltons &
six acres at Lamproue River.’’ William Hilton was granted ‘‘2
acres & 40 poole bee it more or less & 120 poole at Lamproue
River.’’ And ‘‘m? Stanyan 8 acres more or less & 2 acres & halfe

at Lamp: river.’’ There were six lots in all.

In the 4th Division 19 acres on this side Mr Hiltons & 14 acres at
Lamp: River diuded & given to them yt haue noe cattle & to eury man
an equall pportion weh comes to euery one an acer & an halfe.

At a meeting held at Exeter December 3, 1640, orders were

made and agreed upon as follows:

Its agreed vpon yt mr William Hilton is to enjoy those two marshes
in Oyster Riuer weh formerly hee hath had possession of & still are in
his possession & the other marsh weh mr Gibbies doth wrongfully de-
tayne from him with the rest of those marshes weh formerly hee hath
may4 use of soe fare forth as they may bee for the publique good of
this plantation: And soe much of the vpland adjoining to them as shall
bee thought conveiyent by the neighbores of Oyster Riuer web are be-
longing to this body.

1 According to David Murray, the eldest Beckett is authority for saying that
Lamprey River received its name from John Lamprae. Pascassooke was the
Indian name of Lamprey River. The word is retained as the name of its princi-
pal branch in the form of Piscassic. The river at Newmarket is called
“Lamprey” for the first time in 1652.
40 HIstoryY oF NEWFIELDS.

It is further agreed vpon yt vpon or former agreement euery one shall
fence his pportion of ground, & if any refuse, whosoeuer will fence it
shall haue the use of it till they bee fully satisfy4 if it bee ould ground,
& if it bee new hee shall haue it for his payens.

Its likewise agreed that whosoeuer buyes the Indean ground by way.
of purchase is to tender it first to the towne before they are to make
pper use of it in particular to themselues.

The following is

A note of what meadows haue bine found by sundry of ye Inhabitants
of Exeter since ye order made ye 21th of August 1643. ‘

Found by James Walle & Ralph Hall 2 parcells both of them by esti-
mation 3 shares . ‘

found by Robert Hatharcie, Thomas Jons & Richard Bullgar tow
pieces of land fifth of August 1644 . . up fresh riuer.

In 1644 also land was granted to Rev. John Wheelwright in
Exeter on condition ‘‘that he come amongst us again.’’ For a
time the people of Exeter expected his return to them.

At a town meeting held November 16, 1644:

9ly It is ordered that John Smart senior shall haue Three psells of
meddow containeing in all About 10 Akers, the Two psells being be-
tween pascasak Riuer and Lamprell Riuore beyond the great Swampe,
and the other psell between John Smarts house and Capphole Swamp
Right vp Into the woods.

10 It is agread that John Sanderes shall haue the medue that Robert
hersy and Richard Bullar and Thomas Jones found as a next by the
towne.

At a town meeting held February 26, 1645:

It is vnamemously Agreed vpon that Edward Colcord of Hampton
(According to his desire made Knowne vnto us) Is Reseiued An In-
habetant Amongst us, and there Is giuene vnto him for his Accomoda-
tion An Iland lying between Lamprell Riuer falls and Oyster Riuore
falls with A large peece of meddow lyeing neere the foote path to
oyster Riuore not fare from the sd Island and as much vpland Adjoyn-
ing to the sayd meddow as may make it vp one hundred Akers, All
weh sayd lands and meddow wee do giue vto the sayd Edward granteing
him as full tytle to It as we may or Can giue him by vertue of or first
purchase of those lands.

At a town meeting held October 31, 1645:

John Legat hath granted vnto him halfe An Aker of land lyeing by
the Riuore side before his houses for the sittin of A cowhouse and for
Earty LAND GRANTS. 41

landing and setting of his hay, or for the makeing of A cowyard, puided
The hyghway be kept the vsieall bredth of Three poole.
SAMI! GRINFELDS X MARK
Epwarp HILtTon
ANTHONY STANYAN
Townesmen.

At a town meeting held December 4, 1645:

Thomas Biggs hath granted vnto him Three small spotts of meddow
att the mouth of Lamperell Riuore And as much vpland Adjoyneing to
It as may make vp the sayd meddow thirteen Akers.

At a meeting held March 25, 1646:

Goodman Smart hath granted vnto him Three hundred Akers of Land
lyeing beyond mr Hiltons from the Riuer side Toward the northwest
Into countrey And halfe A milde In bredth, Reserueing six rod In
bredth for A highway bitween Mr Hiltons march and this say¢ land.
This land by the towne measurer is layd out according to grant; wher-
vpon there was a tract of land granted to goodman Smart in
aforesaid, vpon some considerations we moving, it was measured again &
boundé as followeth, It takes its beginning at a red oake near the
waters syde joyning to the said land which was formerly mr Hiltons,
now in the possession of Will. Perkins, and runs by the said land to
a white oake marked R and from thence northeast & by Hast to a burch
tree in a Swamp by a little creeke marked M HE, & from thence Southeast
& by south to a pitch pine by the marsh syde marked M, and thence
to the said red oake where we first began which runs by the highway
between the said land & the marshes. In witness wherevnto I have set
my hand 21 July (80) being a layer for the towne of Exeter, & Copt.
Gilman the other being [agreed & not appearing] & mr Shepway
[assisted]

RALPH HALL Lot Layer
JouN SHEPWAY. .

On April 8, 1646, Edward Hilton, Anthony Stanyan and
Samuel F. Grinfield formally certify that:

John Legat & humphrey Willson have purchased of ye Sagamore all
ye Land weh Lies within y fense by ye ffalls Next unto y mills, that Is
to say ye Land weh Is planted or to bee planted or to be broken up
within ye sd fense, weh Land Lies within ye same fense where John
Legat & humphrey Willson hous lott Lye, unto weh purchas ye Towns
men doe giue or Consent, & ye land weh Is purchased by them is by esti-
mation about 6 or 7 acres be It more or less.1

1 Court Papers, Vol. 1: 29.
42 History OF NEWFIELDS.

June 8, 1646, we have the record:

Goodman Smart hath granted vnto him formerly weh wos not booked
All the marsh which Is att Stoney brooke on both sides of the brooke,
and ther is 4 Akers of vpland we lyeth on both sids of the s¢ marsh
web goon Smart bought of Ralph Hall.

At a town meeting held November 12, 1648:

It is Agreed vpon that

6ly John Bursley and Thomas Biggs haue granted vnto them 10 Akers
A piece of land lyeing between mr Stanyans Creek and Monteguse, both
to cutt fyre wood or any other timber, but the land it selfe is to lye
comon still for feeding cattle.

The same day that Exeter voted the mill privilege to Edward
Hilton and associates, March 22, 1649, there was granted to
George Barlow, Nicholas Listen, Francis and Nicholas Swain,
and John Warren, ‘‘liberty to set up A saw mill at Lamperall
Riuer att the falls A little Aboue the Wigwams.’’ These grants
were renewed, May 10, 1652. Exeter voted to Thomas Pettit,
Nicholas Listen, Thomas Cornish, John Warren and Francis
Swain ‘‘priviledg for A Saw mill at Lamprell Riuer on the
next great fall, Aboue the fall that som of them have Already
taken posesion of, paying 5 1d A yeare for the priveledg, begin-
ning presently after next Michallmas.’’ The same persons re-
ceived forty acres of land apiece at Lamprey river, May 20, 1652.

At a meeting held September 29, 1650:

Tho. Biggs hath granted vnto him twenty Akers of vpland beyeond
John Smarts land butting toward the Riuor.

March 20, 1652:

It is granted vnto Tho. Petet, Nickolas Leeson, Thomas Cornish, John
Warren and Francis Swaine fourty akers of land A peece att Lamperell
Riuer About A mile and A halfe or two miles Aboue there grante of A
Sawmill beginning att or nere too A little Iland In the Riuer there.

$. Granted to Jno. Warren and Francees Swaine 20 Akers A peece
of land att Lamperall Riuer Aboue the land which is granted In the
last order but one before this.

At the same meeting Edward Gilman, Sr., Edward Gilman,
Jr., Edward Colcord and Humphrey Wilson had granted them
liberty for a sawmill at the lower falls at Lamprey river by the
bridge, ‘‘payine 5 £ a vear to the town.’’
EarLty LAND GRANTS. 43

March 24, 1652:

Petitions of Edward Hilton and others for meadows 7 or 8 miles west-
ward or northward wos granted.

At a meeting held May 10, 1652, we find the following record:

2ly Mr Edw. Gilman senior and his son Moses and Edw. Colcord
vpon there Request to the Towne Are Accepted of for Inhabetants and
to come and Liue Amongst vs.

1lly Robert Smart hath a lott granted him In the new Comon By
the fresh Riuer According to his Ratement layd out according to the
grant next to George Barloes.

August 18, 1652, the following deposition of John Nutt was
taken :

The deponent sayth that in the yere 1635, that the land about Lam-
preele riuer was bought of the Indanes & mad use of by the men of
Douer & myself both for planting & fishing & feling of timber.

JOHN NUTT.

Sworne before me

GEORGE SMITH

Richard Yorke doth testifie the same aboue specified.1

At a meeting held September 6, 1652:

It was ordered and alsoe granted to Mr Edward Hilton in regard that
he hath been at charge in setting vp of a sawmill, that he shall enjoy
for himselfe and his heirs forever, a qrter of a mile below his mil] with
the land and timber belonging thereunto, and alsoe aboue his mill a
mile and a quarter with the land and timber belonging thereunto. This
land and timber is to Lye square, only on this syde of Pisasucke riuer
to come about a stones Cast.

At the same meeting ‘‘there was granted to m’ Gilman all the
masts that stand in the swampe w lyes towards Lamprey riuer
between m™ Edward Hiltons mill and John Gilmans.’’

At a town meeting held March 16, 1660, ‘‘there was granted
ynto John Hilton nyne and twenty acres lying on the left hand
of the path betwixt the great hill and the little brooke going into
m™ Nutters creeke, and one acre between the cart way & the
brooke. At the request of James Godfrey this land was lay*
out as aboue specified by John Robinson and John Folsom
Senior towne measurers.”’

1Prov. Papers, Vol. 1: 204.
44 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In 1659 Thomas Wiggin had a grant of 200 acres of land on
a branch of the Belley (?) river near the ‘‘ Great Beaver Dam.”

In 1660 Wadononamin gave to Edward Hilton, Jr., a deed of
lands as follows:

Know all men by these p’sents that I Wadononamin, in English, John
Johnson, ye Indian & Sagamore of Washucke! & piscataqua now Liue-
ing at Washucke within ye collony of New England, for the Loue I
beare to Englishmen & especially unto Edward Hilton of piscataqua,
Eldest son of Edward Hilton of ye same piscattaqua, gent of ye sd Col-
lony, as for divers other reasonable Causes & Considerations me there-
unto moveing, Have Volluntarily & ffreely giuen, granted, enfeofed &
Confirmed, & by these prsents doe give, grant, enfeoffee & confirme unto
ye sd Edward Hilton Junr all my Lands of what nature, quallitie or kind
soeuer they are of, Lying bounded betweene two branches of Lamprell
Riuer, called Washucke being about six miles in Length & in breadth
aboute some place of it six miles, being a Neck of Land, together wth
all meadows, Timber, mynds or Myneralls & all privilidges & app’ten-
ances, To Have, Hold possess & onjoy all & every part of the aforesa
Land with all ye app’tenances, rights & priviledges thereunto belonging,
unto ye sd Edward Hilton Junr his heires & assignes for euer, in such
Large & ample manner, sort & forme as I ye sd Wadononamin in English
John Johnson may grant convey & assure the same, only excepting ye
vse & improvement of ye one halfe (if need be) of convenient planting
Land for & during my naturall Life; — The s4 Land & euery parte there-
of as before bounded wth ye app’tenances rights & priveledges thereunto
belonging as aforesd (Excepting part thereof for Life as before is Ex-
cepted), Then & from thenceforth to be, continue & remaine unto ye sd
Edward Hilton Junr his heires & assignes for Euer as is aforesd, as his
& their own propr right of a good, p’fect & absolute estate of Inheri-
tance & gift without any ye Least Lett mollestation or expulsion of me
ye sd Wadononamin in English John Johnson my heirs or assignes or
any claiming any title claime or Interest to the same or any part or
p’cell thereof from or undr me.—In Witnes whereof I have hereunto
put my hand & seale this seaventh day of January in ye year of or Lord
one Thousand six hundred & sixtie. Anoq. Regni Regis Caroli Secunde
& H alias X iij.

WADONONAMIN alias
JONN JOHNSON signed [His Seal]
Signed sealed & did in prsents of vs
Epw.rp Hinton Senr
WALTER BAREFOOTE,
Mr WILLIAM INDIAN
wth one Eis his
X N Marke

* Washucke was a little strip between two rivers, near where Lee, Epping and
Newmarket unite.
Harty LAND GRANTS. 45

_ Wadononamin alias John Johnson appeared before me & acknowledged
this deed above written to be his voluntary act & deed to ye use of
Edward Hilton Junr this 22 of march 1668:69
Before me
SAMUEL DALTON
Comissr

In connection with this deed the following affidavit is ap-
pended: ;

Be it remembered that upon ye day of the date hereof quiet & peace-
able possession of ye Land with in granted wos given & delivered by
the within named Wadononamin Indian, in English John Johnson unto
the within named Edward Hilton Junr in name & possesion of all ye
Lands

Containd in ye deed within written in prsents of us, January ye
14th 1668 To have & To hold unto ye sd Edur. Hilton his heirs and As-
signs forever According to ye Tenor and true meaning of ye Deed wth
in written —

FRANCIS THORNES.
ANTIPAS MAUERICE.

Recorded according to ye originall the 10th of June 1669.

Pr ELIAS STILEMAN
Recordr,

Proe N Hampshr the foregoing is a True Copy from ye Publick
Records of ye Proe Aforesd in Book No. 3: Page 12th Compard Nov
23. 1731

Per Josu: PrEtrce Record:

At a meeting held January 21, 1664, ‘‘there was granted vnto
Philip Chesley thirty acres of vpland for a planting lot lying
vpon Lamprey riuer, from m* Nutters creeke to the great rocke
lying in the riuer, the land to lye as neere as may be square, but
if in case the said Philip shall not improue the land within one
yeeres tyme by planting or building on it, then the land is to
returne to the towne againe; alsoe in case there shall be found
in the said land any myne, if the towne pleases they are toe
enjoy the land again, and Philip Chesly is to haue full satisfac-
tion of any improuem' vpon the said land, and moreouer is to
haue the said quantity of land layd out in leiw of it in some
other place vpon the same riuer as may be most convenint for
him, And vpon this the said Philip is admitted an inhabitant
of the towne.’’

1 County Records, Vol. 3:12.
46 History of NEWFIELDS.

It is recorded October 10, 1664, that the land granted to Philip
Chesley was now forfeited and granted to William Bromfield.

January 21, 1664, twenty acres were granted to William Tay-
lor. Also twenty acres in 1698.

October 10, 1664, the records show that there was

Granted to Moses Gilman fyfty acres on the other side of the great
coue joining to the vpper end of Captaine Morrices lot.

To Cornelius Lare fifteen acres adjoining land that was giuen to
Driscoe and Jeremy Coner.

Ralph Hall formerly of Douer fifty acres.

To Theophilus Dudly and Bily Dudly to each of them fifty acres
adjoining to Robert Smarts land between that & Lamprey riuer.

Granted to Joseph Hall fyfteen acres adjoining to the syde of John
Hiltons grant on the towne syde.

It was granted to Robert Smart at this towne meeting twenty acres
of swampe & meadow beginning at the markt tree of Douer lyne vp
the two branches of the brooke of Pescasack, and fore score acres of
vpland adjoining to it. This land is laid out according to grant by the
towne measurers.

April 3, 1665, John Gilman, Jr., was granted ‘‘twenty acres
lying on the left hand of the way going to Pascasack joyning
vpon Douer lyne.’’

At a meeting held April 4, 1666, ‘‘there was granted vnto
James Godfrey ten acres of land joyning to John Hiltons grant
with the same condition that the lands are granted, w lot of
John Hiltons the said James Godfrey hath bought of him. These
ten acres were measured and layd out joyning to the single acre
granted to John Hilton by John Robinson and John Folsom,
senior, towne measurers.”’

At the same meeting there was granted to Charles Gilman thirty acres
of land at Lamprey riuer, to adjoyne to his brother John Gilmans land,
provided he improue the said land by fencing & planting, & alsoe that
there may be a highway through it to mr Hiltons saw mill.

March 15, 1668, the town ‘‘Granted to Nicholas Lissen and
Robert Wadley ten acres of ypland between them by Lamprey
riuer syde nere the landing place of their boards.’’

Edward Hilton died early in 1671. The inventory of his estate
mentions: ‘‘landes & heredetements, proprites & tentaries; or-
chards, gardens, corne fields, pastures, marsh & meadows ;
saw mills upon Pusseassett River with the housing thear built ;
Earty LAND GRANTS. 47

loges & p. timber ; Cattle field implements & servants; ye mannor,
his manner house, barne, houses, edifises & buildings; ye parlar,
son Edward’s room, Edward’s chamber, middle bed-chamber,
servant’s chamber, chitchin; one Smith’s vise, 4 axes, two can-
noos; 3 silver cups, one Beaker, other silver, pewter & brass
ware.’’

September 20, 1674, Leiftenant (John) Gilman’s grant of 600
acres returned by the town measurers, mentions ‘‘the great red
oake hil,’’—‘‘high way going to Wadleighs vpon a pine plaine
to an Indian field,’’—‘‘to a branch of Lamprey riuer half a
mile, the turne of the river being neere little Neds wigwam, &
from that wigwam vpon a triang", neare to another Indian wig-
wam & an Indian path, that leads to Teaghacquell.’’+

The deed of Kathrine Hilton conveying land to Samuel Tre-
worthie is as follows:

Kathrine Hilton of Exeter in ye County of Norfolk, Widow —‘for
my motherly louing affection weh I bear unto my Louing son Samuel
Treworthy of Portsmo in piscattaq Riuer mariner’— grants to her lou-
ing Samuel Treworthie of Portsmo afores4—all my necke or Tract of
land situated aboue Sturgeon creeke in township of Kittery in piscattaq
Riuer formerly called Thompsons point now Known by ye name of
Treworthys poynt lying between two Creeks —weh neck or tract of
Land I bought of Mr Roules ye Indian —

In witness, &c, set my hand & seale this second day of November
Ano Dom 1674.

the mark of
KatuRine K H HILTon [seal]
Signed in pts of
JOHN GILMAN
Moses MaAveERicH.?

The sons and administrators of Edward Hilton sold 300 acres
of his grant of 1652 to Walter Barefoote, November 16, 1674.
The grant fell to Samuel and Charles Hilton in the division of
their father’s estate January 1, 1677. Robert Tufton Mason, as
Lord Proprietor, issued writs of ejection against Richard Wal-
derne and 40 other New Hampshire land holders, February 14,
1683, and put Walter Barefoote in possession of the Hilton and
Wadleigh estates at Lamprey River. But Mason’s clients were

1Town Records, Vol. 1: 123.
2 Book of Rec., Lib. 8, fol. 100, Gen. Reg. 27: 272.
48 History of NEWFIELDS.

able neither to oceupy or sell the estates, and the settlers en-
joyed disturbed and not peaceful possession still. William Ardell
was sued by Mason, May 22, 1684, for trespass in entering the
half part of lands and cutting and sawing timber at Hilton’s
mill on Lamprey river. This was followed, June 15, 1685, by an
attachment, in the name of Barefoote, of timber and lumber at
Piscassie or in default thereof the seizure of the body of Ardell.

Piscassic rivers were conveyed by the will of Barefoote, October
9, 1688, to his nephew, Thomas Wiggin, Jr. Suits were insti-
tuted against the Hiltons for carrying off masts, March 29,
1697. Samuel Hilton deeded the grant to Richard Hilton and
Joseph Smith, February 28, and September 2, 1699. The Hil-
tons on the Grant Road are still in possession of portions of this
estate.

March 30, 1675, a grant of 600 acres was made to Moses Gil-
man by the town measurers, bounded as follows:

From mr Hiltons tree marked E at northwest, running southeast forty
rod to a corner tree of Robert Smarts marked on four sides being a
white oake & with the letter M for Moses, and from hense six score
& four rod, meeting at Lamprey riuer path being the old path, north-
east to a white oake marked with three mark, on mark being the path
and two marks on each syde of the tree as the path goes, so due north
according as Lamprey riuer path runs, being fourtene score rod, to a
young red oake at Gliddens fence, from thence to a white oake tree
marked on three sydes, one myle and forty rod due west ouer to the
tayle of the mill, Northy ten score rod to a white oake vpon the pitch
pyne playne marked on four sydes, from thence easterd eight score rod
butting upon Douer lyne to a great pyne marked & so long to Rob.
Smarts mil by the bridge foote & from thence to Gliddens tree before,
marked, in which land there is an allowance for an hundred acres &
highways.1

At a town meeting held April 2, 1675, ‘‘there was granted to
William Moore three hundred acres of vpland which is to lye
two miles from the towne, where he can find it which land is
to be layd out by the last of June, bounded on Roberts Smarts
on the northeast. & against Leiftenant Hall to the southwest,
butting toward Edward Hiltons southeast & against Pascascek
riuer northwest.’’

Granted to Robert Smart senior three hundred acres after the same

2 Town Records, Vol, 1: 125-6.
Earty LAND GRANTS. 49

manner, bounded on the common north east, to the southwest next to
Ensigne Moores, butting against mr Hiltons grant & Pascasack riuer.

The above lands were granted March 30, 1675, and ordered
to be laid out April 2, 1675.

Lamprey River Neck was granted by Dover to Peter Coffin of
Exeter April 26, 1675, who sold it to Richard Waldron June 25,
1675, and Waldron sold it to Sampson Doe March 22, 1709.

John York, October 14, 1680, conveyed to Roger Rose 80 acres
of land granted to his father. Roger conveyed the same to
John Smith July 17, 1705.

January 31, 1681, lands were granted to John Wadleigh, John
Clarke, Henry Magoon, Samuel Hall and Joseph Hall.

At a meeting held March 14, 1681, ‘‘There was granted to
Mr. Robert Wadleigh two hundred acres of land about Lampril
riuer, where he may soe find it out, not intrenching vpon former
grants or other mens proprieties nor to come within four miles
of the meeting house.’’

At the same time Moses Gilman, Jr., J eremy Gilman and others
were granted two hundred acres each.

At a legal town meeting held March 30, 1681, ‘‘There is
granted vuto Joseph Wadleigh one hundred acres of land in the
township of Exeter, if it doth not intrude vpon any former grant
or highwayes.’’

Also ‘‘vnto Ephraim Folsom one hundred acres of land vpon
the said termes aforesaid.’’

‘* Also to John Young and David Robinson as above.”’

March 23, 1682, John Young’s hundred acres was laid out
““at the head of Jonathan Things lot and at Cattaile Swamp.’’

At a public town meeting held at Exeter October 6, 1690, it
was ‘‘granted to Peter Coffin A Conveanance of land at hye
water mark wheare ye Maj" part of the selectmen shall see con-
venant for the Building of wharfe and house.’’

At a meeting held October 10, 1693, there was ‘‘Granted to
Capt. Peter Coffin all that parcell of land lying and being and
joyneing to douer line, on the north side and upon ye hy waye to
Pascaset mille on the west, and so downe to ye mille at Lamperell
River falls, not to Infrendg upon any formore grant or posses-
sion of Charles Gliden and ye ould Indaine feild at ye landing

4
50 History oF NEWFIELDS.

place, and all ye land of m* Nutters sould to John Godard and
william follit as may Apeare by bill of salle ye said Peter Coffin
In gageing in Consideration of ye former primises to paye to ye
towne of Exeter the sume of ten pounds forthwith after ye date
hereof.”’

Fifty acres of land were granted to Capt. Thomas Parker,
April 11, 1694, on the east side of Lamprey river.

March 26, 1707, Joseph Chesley bought of Sampson Doe all the
land between John Goddard’s and Richard York’s.

The ‘‘Two Mile Streak’’ was a strip of land two miles wide at
the head of ancient Dover granted in 1719 and confirmed in
1722, to the proprietors of the iron works at Lamprey River ‘‘for
their encouragement’’ and to supply them with fuel. In 1747
there were 16 familes and two garrisons on this Streak.

Joseph Hall of Newmarket conveyed to Thomas Millet, Feb-
ruary 11, 1736, two tracts of land in Dover which originally
belonged to his grandfather, Lieut. Ralph Hall.

The following Newmarket men were among the original pro-
prietors of Nottmgham in 1722-23; William Young, Nathaniel
Hersey, Job Gilman, Capt. John Gilman, Edward Hall, Joseph
Hall, Peter Gilman, Nathaniel Rogers and Joseph Moulton.
  

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In YE OLDEN TIME.

English settlers brought with them notions and customs re-
specting landed estates that had grown up in the long ages of
tribal and national development. These they applied to land
holdings in America without thought of their unfitness. To
take a minor example: Among the first colonists land was often
transferred by the ancient ceremony known as ‘‘livery of
seisin.’’ The seller stood upon the tract that had been sold and
plucking a twig from a bush or tree passed it into the hand of
the purchaser; or gave a bit of turf with a twig stuck in it, and
in some cases a splinter also. If there was a house, the seller
took hold of the ring of the house-door and formerly gave it to
the new owner. The ground with its products and appurten-
ances was thus symbolically delivered in a manner very suitable
to illiterate times and restricted territories. But remote and
unsurveyed tracts of wilderness could not well be handed over
“by twig and turf.’’

After a while laws were made to cover the omission of ‘‘ livery
of seisin,’’ and it passed gradually out of use.

The ancient notions of land tenure crossed the sea. At first
America seemed destined to be a country of great lords and
their liegemen. All the territory embraced in the thirteen col-
onies was at one time or another covered by grants made to
proprietaries. In some regions royal grants overlaid and over-
lapped one another in bewildering confusion. ILand-holding al-
most everywhere in the colonial period retained some features of
feudalism. In Virginia a quit rent of a shilling for every fifty
acres was paid to the crown, or to some grantee of the crown.
Land was rarely conveyed by a proprietary without at least a
nominal rental to some dignitary of the lordship.

But the ‘‘manors’’ in Pennsylvania, and the ‘‘baronies’’ in
Carolina, appear to have been such in name only. The people

1By this process Mr. Hilton came in possession of his grant.
p2 History oF NEWFIELDS.

of a township anciently held their land under the manor law,
alloting a portion of the township to each family according to
rank or wealth. This practice antedates the remotest history
and traditions of our race.

In Massachusetts, Connecticut and Long Island the townships,
as corporate land holders were to ‘‘go the rounds’’ of their
several tracts, renewing the marks in the line trees, at regular
intervals. And each individual owner of plow-land, mow-land
and forest within a ‘‘town,’’ must trace his boundary every
winter, if his next neighbor located it. The colonists were thus
following a custom whose origin is lost in the obscurity of the
ages before written records.

It was the township plan that obtained generally in New Eng-
land. From the beginning of these colonies the parties fenced
their fields together, and shared upland, meadow, and woodland
between the families in proportion to their investment, their so-
cial importance and some other qualifications not now easily
made out.

Each New England family in a town held land in several
widely separated pieces. Each individual had his ‘‘home lot’’
and his ‘‘acre right’’ in the undivided meadow, forest and other
estates of the ‘‘town.’’ ‘‘ Field meetings’’ regulated the times of
planting and turning of cattle into the ‘‘Commons.’’ The
“‘towns’’ made dividends of lands to individuals. The common
field system was only a temporary makeshift.

The Royal Charter vested all power in the General Court. No
individual or company could lawfully hold land except by grant
of the General Court. Power was granted to the township to
hold lands on certain conditions; to support ministers and main-
tain public worship; for self-defence; in 1630, to demand and
supply all able-bodied men with firearms; in 1634, to maintain
a watch of two men by night, and furnish a place for the safe
keeping of arms and ammunition; to apportion taxes on the
people; to fix wages of labor when required by employers; in
1635, to provide standard weights and measures; to decide the
location of houses; in 1636, to elect constables and surveyors of
highways; in 1637, to restrain swine; to nominate to the Gen-
eral Court persons ‘‘to sell wine and strong water’’; in 1639, to
erect posts on which intentions of marriage might be lawfully
In YE OLDEN TIME. 53

put in case there was no public lecture; to require to make re-
turns of births, marriages and deaths; to select two or three men
to lay out highways who were afterwards called ‘‘selectmen’’;
in 1641, to authorize selectmen to lay out town ways and erect
town bounds; to send to the General Court the names of all idle
and unprofitable persons, and to perambulate their town lines
once in three years.

It may be interesting to note that the town was the outgrowth
of the wants of the people. Planters would settle compactly for
convenience of public worship and defence. The church was a
powerful force from within, holding the town compacted. Be-
sides the unflagging hostility of the savages for nearly a hun-
dred years gave a pressure from without, making it convenient
to live on home lots rather than upon farms. Thus the old Eng-
lish land community acquired vigor in crossing the sea.

Parishes were ecclesiastical bodies exclusively, and bodies cor-
porate only for religious purposes. Each parish was a cor-
porate unity. They were generally divided by geographical
lines.

After the Indians became hostile every town or neighborhood
maintained at least one garrison or ‘‘stronghouse,’’ as a refuge
for all the settlers when the red man was on the war path. At
times all the women and children would be in the garrison for
several weeks. These houses were usually owned and occupied
by one family, but when used as a garrison the expenses of liv-
ing and defence were shared.

In those early days there were few fences and cattle and
swine were allowed to run in the highways and on the ‘‘common
lands’’ and sometimes overran the limits granted them, thus
becoming an annoyance and doing damage. This became an evil
which could not long be borne, and a law was passed in 1692, re-
quiring that one or more sufficient pounds should be made and
maintained in every town for impounding swine or cattle found
doing damage.

Wolves were the most troublesome and dangerous animals
encountered by the early settlers of New Hampshire.

As early as 1716, laws were passed with a view of lessening
their depredations. It was voted, January 8, 1725, ‘‘that there
be paid out of the Public Treasury for the head of every grown
54 History of NEWFIELDS.

wolf thirty shillings besides what is already allowed, which will
make the Sum four pounds for every wolf’s head killed as
above.’? Under this law, during the years 1735-37, some 500
pounds were paid out. The bounty for killing wolves was in-
creased April 11, 1764, from fifty shillings to seven pounds ten
shillings new tenor.

The frequency of taverns in the early times when the popula-
tion was sparse and travelers were few, excites some surprise.
But it must be remembered that the tavern was the common
gathering place. It had a bar-room, and a comfortable fireside,
and a company who were wont to talk over current events, and
express their private opinions. It was considered a respectable
place. Inn keepers were considered town officers. Their ap-
pointment was an honor and mark of respectability. To obtain
a license to keep such a house of entertainment, a man must be
of good repute and possessed of a comfortable estate.

But this state of things did not continue. As might have been
foreseen and expected, the open bar and jovial company fur-
nished occasion for broils and disorders. This led the General
Assembly for the public good to pass an act limiting the number
of taverns in the town of Exeter to two, and ordering the sup-
pression of all tippling houses, and that the justices of the
quarter sessions be appointed to license said town. This act was
passed December, 1715.

January 3, 1716, it was voted, ‘‘That an Act be passed for the
suppression of disorders in licensed houses and in ord" thereto
that tything men be chosen and sworn in each town wi'in the
Province.’’ But those days have vanished. The old taverns
and old tavern keepers, with the old stage, will never be re-
produced.

There were no regular public conveyances anywhere north
of Boston prior to 1761. In the spring of that year the first
regular stage line was opened, running from Portsmouth
through Newbury, Ipswich and Medford to Boston (or Charles-
town ferry). One round trip was made each week. The stage
left Staver’s Inn, Portsmouth, at 8 a. m., Tuesday, reaching
Boston Wednesday night. Returning, left Boston Friday morn-
ing and reached Portsmouth Saturday night.

John Balch, postrider, set out from Portsmouth Saturday
In YE OLDEN TIME. 55

morning, July 27, 1781, and rode by way of Conway and Plym-
outh to Haverhill, N. H., then down the river to Charlestown,
Keene and to Portsmouth again. This was repeated every four-
teen days.

The Pascataqua bridge from Durham to Newington was built
in 1793-94. It was 2,600 feet long and cost $65,000. <A great
enterprise for those times!

The first turnpike constructed in New Hampshire was from
Concord to Pascataqua bridge, Durham. The company was in-
corporated June, 1796.

The first newspaper printed in New Hampshire was the New
Hampshire Gazette, first issued October 7, 1756, at Portsmouth.

In those early days houses were first made of logs, and later
with frames. The rooms generally were not more than seven
feet in height. Some fireplaces would take in wood from four
to six feet in length, back logs, fore stick and kindling. On a
cold day the fire was a ‘‘roarer.’? Common chairs were bot-
tomed with strips of the brown ash. In the company room were
from three to six black, high-back, rush-bottomed chairs. In the
living room there would be in winter the bed, trundle bed,
cradle, spinning wheel, linen wheel, and sometimes the loom.
The kitchen ‘‘dressers’’ contained the table furniture of wooden
plates, pewter platters, earthern mugs and tin dippers, with
knives, and later iron forks and pewter spoons. The knife
basket hung at the side of the room. There was also an eight
day clock, often without a case, a gun on wooden hooks and on
the mantel-piece, a mug of cider and several pipes. Possibly
you would see antlers of a moose or deer.

The old settlers used for lights pieces of resinous pitch pine,
which, when lighted, were placed in the corner of the fireplace
where the smoke would be drawn up the chimney. Sometimes
the lighted torch would be carried in the hand about the house
and down to the cellar. The light used during the last century
was the tallow or wax candle. The wick was made of home-
spun tow, linen or cotton. The candle was frequently run in
moulds and as often called a ‘‘dip’’ from the manner in which
it was usually made. The candle was followed by the old sperm
oil lamp, and later by coal gas and kerosene oil.

Their diet also lacked the luxuries of the present day. Pota-
56 History OF NEWFIELDs.

toes were introduced by the Londonderry settlers in 1719, but
very few were raised about the time of the Revolution. Tur-
nips and parsnips were grown in large quantities and were the
vegetables most commonly used.

One common article of food was bean porridge, which was
eaten for breakfast, and often for supper. When milk was
plenty it was eaten with brown bread for the evening meal.

Another common article of food was baked pumpkin. A
hard shelled pumpkin was selected, a hole cut in the stem end,
the seeds and soft portions removed, leaving the solid meat. It
was then partly filled with new milk and baked six or eight
hours and allowed to cool in the oven. Some ate it with milk
from bowls; others poured the milk inside and ate from the
pumpkin. Pumpkins were much preferred to squashes and few
of the latter were raised.

The bread everywhere eaten was the rye and Indian, morn-
ing, noon and night. Rye flour was used as we now use wheat.
Indian puddings, both boiled and baked, were almost daily
eaten. Some families had 365 Indian bannocks for breakfast,
and 365 boiled Indian puddings for dinner, in the year. Their
quality was improved by adding beef suet and sweet apples.
Wild meats and fish were eaten freely. When salmon or venison
was out of season a lamb or calf was right to entertain com-
pany of standing and position. Liquors were used freely, all
drinking from the same earthen mug or bowl. Prior to the
Revolution, no tea, coffee, nor cocoa was used, but instead hop
and spruce beer, cider, punch, flip, toddy, rum, eggnog and
black strap. The gallon bottle in which drink was carried to
the field and forest was called a ‘‘rundlet.’’

They had no sweet corn, but used the old yellow or red field
corn to boil, roast or hull. Oat and barley cakes were eaten
with relish. Indian hominy and succotash made a feast. Wheat
and even rye, was used only for company. Beef steak was little
used. Salted beef, pork and fish were common.

Flax was raised in great quantities and pulled by the hand,
not mown or reaped. Then came the rotting, threshing, comb-
ing, swingling and hetcheling by the men, and the combing and
spinning by the women, who also often wove it into cloth for
family use.
In YE OLDEN Time. 57

Trade was generally by barter. In 1635, musket balls were
made to pass as farthings. Not more than twelve could be
given in any one payment.

At the bi-centennial celebration at Exeter in 1838, Judge
Jeremiah Smith in his historical address, said of Edward Hil-
ton: ‘‘He can be justly called the Father of New Hampshire.’’
The exact date of his settling upon the Squamscot is not known.
Tradition locates him here before the coming of Wheelwright
and his associates to Exeter. In the allotment of lands, Wheel-
wright certainly concedes Hilton’s prior claim to his extensive
possessions at Newfields.

These first settlers found a remnant of the Squamscot tribe
of Indians in possession of the soil, but they migrated from this
vicinity in 1672 and settled on the Hudson River near Troy,
N. Y. They were peaceful and friendly, otherwise Mr. Hilton
could not have made a home for himself so far from any settle-
ment. The natural advantages of the location were appreciated
by both the red and white men. Fine forests, convenient water-
ways, abundance of fish and before the dam was built at Exeter
salmon and bass were very plentiful in their season.

For a century Exeter was on the frontier. Unbroken forests
extended to the west, and on the north to Canada. Bears and
wolves abounded, and wrought havoc among sheep, swine and
poultry, and destroyed much corn. Gen. James Hill was once
pursued by a pack of wolves, one Jumping upon his horse. A
neighbor hearing the wolves and fearing trouble, fired a gun
from his door and frightened them away, thus preventing pos-
sible harm.

In view of all the hardships and discouragements confronting
them, we may say nothing but the hope of better times kept our
fathers alive. When many of the eastern settlements were whol-
ly broken up, they stood their ground. Thus they gained a
reputation for fortitude of which their posterity boast to this
day.

The principal garrisons were on high land commanding a view
of the river. The Capt. William Hilton garrison, erected about
1680, stood on ‘‘Fowler’s Hill’’—a little west of the present
dwelling. It was a log house surrounded by a palisade with a
sentry box on the barn. In the Indian attack of 1690, the men
5S Ilstory oF NEWFIELDS.

were at work in the field, and the sentry had fallen asleep. The
Indians stealthily approached and fired on the defenceless farm-
ers who rushed for the garrison. Some were killed, among them
a gentleman who had lately come from England with consider-
able money for those times. In that time of terror he had buried
his gold in the field and died without revealing the location, and
the deposit has not been found to this day. The garrison re-
mained till about 1822.

The Col. Edward Hilton garrison (later Col. Winthrop Hil-
ton's), stood on or near the site of the first Hilton house, in the
field near the family graveyard. In the attack upon the hay-
makers in this field in 1706, the Indians intercepted the return
of the white men to the garrison.

In 1719 Jeremiah Folsom built a two-story brick garrison
house upon the hill south of Lamprey River Village, now the
property of Mrs. C. Mathes. This garrison was patterned after
the Weeks ‘‘Brick House,’’ in Greenland. It stood till 1874.

Susanna Folsom, afterwards Mrs. John Mead, the daughter
of Jeremy Folsom, when about ten years of age, stepped to the
door one evening at dusk and saw Indians peering around the
corner of the house. She quickly shut the door and gave the
alarm. All was made secure and there was no trouble.

A brick garrison, built by Capt. Edward Hall in 1722, stood
upon the spot now occupied by the residence of George W.
Pease. It had a wooden portico over the front door, upon which
was a small cannon. One evening the family discovered a pine
bush standing in the garden on the south side of the house.
Suspecting an Indian might be skulking behind the bush, a
gun was fired into it, when the bush toppled over and disap-
peared in the darkness. In the morning traces of blood were
found. This garrison stood until 1845.

There was a garrison also on Hall’s Mill Road at the Hanson
place.

The square at Exeter was adorned with stocks and a whipping-
post, but we have no tradition of such instruments of punish-
ment in Newmarket.

The old ‘‘pound”’ stood on the northeast corner of the burying
grounds towards the Junction. It was made of wood.

Teamsters often forded the Squamscot a little below the pres-
SOME OF THE EAR.Liest SETTLERS. 59

ent bridge. Many crossed the river on the ice in winter. This
was done after the bridge was built to avoid the payment of
toll.

Most of the houses were unpainted. The first one painted in
Newfields was the Dudley Watson house, near the Junction,
now the home of Mr. George Robinson. The first meeting house
was never painted. Meeting houses were not heated in any way.

Chapter VI.

SOME OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS.

It is eminently fitting that we should give a prominent place
to some of the earliest settlers who had so much to do with the
laying of the foundations of the Plantation at Pascataqua, and
giving it character, ever acting in the interest of good govern-
ment and the best welfare of its civil institutions. Though the
dominant motive influencing their coming to America may have
been commercial, yet they were deeply cognizant of the fact
that the highest commercial prosperity could only be assured as
justice and righteousness should rule in the life of the people,
and they were ever ready to shape word and action accordingly.

1. Edward Hilton stood at the head of the list who sustained,
a sterling character for wisdom and integrity. He had built his
house on the Squamscot, December 4, 1639, in a field between
the road and the river, a little west of the graves which have
since been made there. This is the earliest date on the Exeter
records and describes Mr. Hilton’s uplands at Newfields and his
marshes at Lamprey River. He was possessed of this land about
1628, and it was afterwards sold to some merchants of Bristol,
who retained it for about two years. His patent, March 12,
1631, included land on both sides‘of the Pascataqua, ‘‘up to the
falls of Squamscot and three miles into the main land for
breadth.’’ He assisted in sending a force against the pirates De-
cember 5, 1632; was the first magistrate of New Hampshire after
the union with Massachusetts, receiving the appointment Oc-
tober 7, 1641; assistant for Exeter, 1642-52; townsman, 1645,
60 History OF NEWFIELDS.

and nearly every year to 1652; one of the purchasers of Rev.
Mr. Wheelwright’s house and land, May 25, 1646; and sold
James, his Indian, to George Carr, 1649. The town of Exeter,
April 22, 1649, empowered Edward Hilton, James Wall, John
and Robert Smart and Thomas Biggs to set up a sawmill *‘vpon
Pascasoke Riuer which Runs Into Lamprell Riuer.’’ He was
appointed April 22, 1650, to make out parish rates in pipe and
hogshead staves; May 12, 1650, to make an agreement with Rev.
Samuel Dudley on the terms of his settlement ‘‘in pipe staves
and what is due from the sawmills’; was on a commission to
agree with Hampton and Dover about the town bounds Decem-
ber 29, 1651; and to go along with Rev. Samuel Dudley to the
General Court to assist him respecting the boundaries between
Exeter, Hampton and Dover, May 20, 1652. He received a grant
of land at Piscassic River one and a fourth miles square, Novein-
ber 6, 1652, ‘‘in respect that he had been at charges in setting
up a sawmill.’’? This mill, for which he was rated £5 to the
ministry in 1656, stood on the lower Piscassic, where also he built
his ‘‘Piscassic house.’’ His upland embraced the whole village
of Newfields. Edward Hilton and Valentine Hill settled the
line between Exeter and Dover, April 14, 1657. He was chosen
March 4, 1658, to treat with Thomas Wiggin respecting his rate
toward the public ministry of Exeter; was one of the principal
men of the Province and associate + on the bench of the Supreme
Court, 1661-64; left depositions dated 1661, 1662 and 1669. The
deposition of 1661 states that Philip Chesley had put aboard
the vessel ‘‘ Nineteen moose skins for Samuel Hall.’”

Tle was one of those commissioned to agree with the court in
Boston in behalf of the inhabitants of Pascataqua, the court de-
claring May 19, 1669, ‘‘that Mr. Edward Hilton is according
to the articles, excepted from the County rates; and that accord-
ingly he be freed from such impositions, and that the Treasurer
of the County discount Mr. Hilton’s £20 for public worship.’’

Mr. Hilton died in the spring of 1671, leaving wife, Katherine
—not the mother of his children —, four sons, Edward, Wil-
liam, Samuel and Charles, and two daughters, Mrs. Palmer and
Mrs. Moulton.

1The associates continued for some time to be appointed by the General

Court. The towns were subsequently authorized to elect then by popular vote.
2 Court Papers, Vol. 1: 109.
SOME OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. 61

Letters of administration were granted to the sons March 6,
1671. The estate was appraised March 9 and 10 at 2204 pounds,
and described his lands as ‘‘ye estate,’? one mile and forty-
eight rods square, his residence as ‘‘ye manor house,’’ and re-
fers also to the ‘‘Purcassett house.’’ The estate was divided
January 1, 1677.

Edward Hilton was an enterprising, thrifty leader among
men having no doubt many retainers on his princely estates and
about his baronial residence.

The deposition of Mr. Hilton dated June 25, 1662, testifies
to Philip Chesley’s demand made several times on Samuel Hall
to recover his ‘‘tobacco tongs,’’ which Mr. Hall had failed to
return.*

The deposition dated Dover, June 30, 1669, testifies to his
hearing Antipas ‘‘Mabbricke’’ say that he gave order to Capt.
Walter Barefoot to pay Robert Couch twenty pounds in money
for taking his son Moses as an apprentice, and eight pounds to
provide his son with clothes; also that Mr. Maverick was to give
Moses one year’s schooling and at the expiration of his appren-
ticeship to furnish him ‘‘as much in clothes as he brought with
him.’”?

At the same time Ann Hilton ‘‘aged about 27 years,
firms the above testimony.®

The sons of Edward Hilton, administrators of the estate,
bind themselves jointly by an agreement dated June 28, 1671:

”? eon-

In consideration of the 34s of ye sd estate due unto or mother-in-law
mrs Katheren Hilton ‘‘to pay or cause to be paid unto ye sd mrs Hilton
during her naturall Life the just sume of Thirtie pounds pr Annw In
Currant New England Siluer or mrchantable goods at money price, to
be delivered & paid unto her quarterly at ye place of her abode, & to
provide for her a chamber or convenient room with bed & beding suit-
able for accomodacions with other necessaries for her comfortable be-
ing soe Long as she liueth.’*

June 1, 1677, the sons came to the following agreement as to
the division of their land:

Edward Hiltons share begins at a creek by Capt. Gilman’s farm and
runs down to a Creek called Smarts Creeks mouth; Samel. Hiltons

2Court Papers, Vol. 1:123.
2 Court Papers, Vol. 1: 281.
3 Court Records, Vol. 1: 285.
4 Records, Vol. 3:50.
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share from that Creek down to ye place where Georg Norten built a
vessell thats his share; William Hiltons Share from thence to ye first
marsh Point,—so all to run a norwest point in ye woods to ye head
of ye land granted. Samll. Hilton & Charles is to have ye old mill and
grant with Lampreele Riuer marsh for their shares.

This agreement was duly signed by all, William, as usual,
making his W mark."

2. James Wall came with other carpenters to Pascataqua in,
the ‘Pied Cow,’ under written contract with John Mason, dated
March 4, 1634, to build sawmills and houses for him at Newich-
wannock; was at Exeter April 3, 1638, as witness to a deed of
Wehanenonawit to John Wheelwright and others; signed the
Exeter Combination, July 4, 1639; received in the first division
of land, December 4, 1639, ten acres and ninety poles upland,
and one acre and fifty-four poles marsh with ‘‘halfe an acree at
Lamproue riner’’; was nominated magistrate ‘‘to put an Ishew
to small differences amongst us,’’ and also petitioned for peace-
able possession of ‘‘thouse small quantitie of meddows which
are at Lamperell riuer that Douer men now seeme to lay claim
to,’? May 12, 1643; was allowed for ‘‘Corne spoyled by swine’’
and presented Christey Lawson to court for extortion, July 5,
1643; was assigned meadow land August 21, 1643; on committee
to meet Dover men at Lamprey River ‘‘to consult conclude and
bargain with them concerning the making of a bridge ouer the
s? Riuer,’’? January 27, 1645; local magistrate, 1646; townsman
and was granted permission with Edward Hilton and others to
put up a sawmill on Piscassic River, April 22, 1649; committee
on the settlement of Rev. Samuel Dudley, May 13, 1650; ap-
pointed special surveyor of highways, September 1, 1651, and
April 20, 1652; authorized, in behalf of the town to sign a peti-
tion to general court respecting the Exeter boundary of Hamp-
ton and Dover, October 15, 1651; and died at Hampton October
3, 1659, leaving his second wife, Mary Philbrick, who married
(1) Edward Tuck, and two children.

3. Thomas Biggs petitioned that Exeter might be received
within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts in May, 1643. Exeter
court, September 5, 1643. ‘‘ordered that Thomas Biggs shall pay
vnto Grifing Mounteen for taking Away his oure 2° 67 and

1Court Records, Vol. 11:86
SoME OF THE EaAruiest SETTLERS. 63

charges, or a nee owre and the Court charges .. . shall pay
vnto the Sagamoure for takeing Away his Net and part of it
5°. . . shall be whipt 6 strips for takeing Away a sith of Cap-
taine Wigons and other petey lasones.’’ The young culprit aft-
erwards became a useful citizen. He was granted lands Janu-
ary 16, 1646; thirteen acres at the mouth of Lamprey River,
February 4, 1646; ten acres February 5, 1646; fifty acres, March
4, 1648; sixteen acres, January 12, 1649; twenty acres, Novem-
ber 24, 1650; and was granted permission with Edward Hilton
and others to set up a sawmill at Piscassic River, April 22, 1649.

4. John Goddard, a servant of Capt. John Mason, came in
the ship Warwick to the Pasecataqua with Walter Neale, Septem-
ber 9, 1631. He went first to Newichwannock; then settled on
Lubberland side of Lamprey River, and remonstrated in 1643
against being assessed at the Pascataqua patent. He had a
grant of land on Great Bay, and held lot No. 14 at. Cocheco
marsh in 1648. He was on Dover tax list in 1648, only three
persons rating higher. The settlement of the line, September
8, 1652, left him in Exeter, apparently the first settler at Lubber-
land, Lamprey River. In October, 1653, he, with others, was
arraigned before the court in Boston, and a verdict rendered
against him in October, 1655, for trespass in ‘‘entering upon the
lands and houses, disposing of the goods and cutting down the
timber without permission’’ of the Mason proprietor of New
Hampshire. This was doubtless considered willful trespass, as
on July 5, 1653, notices had been posted on the meeting house
doors in Dover, Exeter and Portsmouth, and other places protest-
ing against the proceedings of the Massachusetts government,
‘‘forbidding all persons to feed upon the lands, cut the grass or
fell any timber without license or composition first had or ob-
tained from the said Joseph Mason,’’ he being the agent of Anne
Mason, widow of John Mason.

He was rated at Oyster River precinct, September 22, 1659.
When the line between Dover and Exeter was established, April
14, 1657, the land of John Goddard was to belong to Exeter.
In 1657 he held goods to the value of twenty-five pounds of
Mrs. Anne Mason, executrix to Capt. John Mason, for which
his estate was attached by Edward Colcord, who held a claim
against Walter Neale, agent for said Mason.
64 History OF NEWFIELDS.

John Goddard died in 1660, leaving a widow, Welthena, who
married (2) in 1667, Michael Symonds, and children. Mrs.
Symonds was living Aueust 8, 1705, being non compos mentis
‘‘through much infirmity and exceeding old age.’? An inven-
tory of Goddard’s estate made June 27, and returned Septem-
ber 16, 1667, mentions 100 acres of land joining to John Wood-
man’s above the Falls; ‘‘3-8 of pascasick mill’’ and ‘‘50 acres
of upland at the further end of the township of Douer joining
to Robert Smarts land in Exeter.’’

The division of his estate, dated Lubberland, May 10, 1670, and
approved by court, June 10, 1670, mentions Welithena Symonds,
her son, Benjamin Goddard, and her sons-in-law, John Gilman,
Arthur Bennick and James Thomas. Goddard’s Cove and Creek
now point out his name and location. The cellar of the God-
dard-Symonds garrison is mentioned March 16, 1736, when
Abraham Bennick conveyed to his son Abraham, a ‘‘messuage
in Lubberland being part of the estate of John Goddard, be-
ginning at the old garrison cellar.’’

By an agreement between ‘‘Goodwife Simmons’’ and her chil-
dren, approved in court at Portsmouth, June 25, 1678, John
Goddard was to have two thirds of the farm; Mrs. Arthur Ben-
nick and her children, the part of the sawmill that was John
Goddard’s and the sixty acres of land belonging to it; James
Thomas, forty pounds which was his wife’s portion; John Gil-
man, his wife’s portion; and Benjamin, 100 acres of land lying
at the second falls and sixty acres near Mr. Symonds’ sawmill.

5. John Goddard, Jr., a selectman in Dover in 1661, had been,
absent in 1662, from public worship on the Sabbath four days
and had heard the Quakers twice, for which he paid the penalty,
— absence from church five shillings each day, attending a
Quaker meeting ten shillings. He was joint administrator of his
father’s estate, June 25, 1667, and died about 1675, without
wife or children.

6. Edward Starbuck was born in 1604, and was an elder in
the church at Dover in 1638; was at Dover as early as 1641,
and had a grant on Great Bay in 1643; with Hatevill Nutter
was granted by Dover, December 27, 1647, ‘‘accommodation of
the upper and lower falls of Lamprill Riuer for the erectinge or
settinge up a sawmill’’; received Lot No. 14 ‘‘ouer ye Back
SOME OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. 65

Riuer’’; protested against union with Massachusetts, March 4,
1641; was taxed at Dover in 1648 and 1659; deputy to the Gen-
eral Court in 1643 and 1646; was recognized to appear Octo-
ber 3, 1648, with Thomas Joyes at the Court of Assistants at
Boston, ‘‘to answer for such offences and misdemeanors as have
been by him committed against Anabaptists; and furthermore,
he will be of peacable and good behaviour towards all man, and
especially towards the Reverend Teacher of Douer’’; was
granted a mill-site at Cocheco second fall, July 4, 1650. In
1653 he conveyed his estate to his son-in-law, Peter Coffin, and
retired to Nantucket in 1659. He died December 4, 1690, aged
86 years.

7. Hatevill Nutter was ‘‘exhorting elder’’ in the church at,
Dover in 1638, and probably sometime minister at Exeter;
was assigned Lot No. 20, ‘‘ouer ye Back Riuer,’’ recorded 1642;
and was owner of land at Lamprey River as early as 1645, which
Exeter covenanted to enclose with fence. In carrying out this
covenant the inhabitants were ordered out several times to do
their shares between 1645 and June 11, 1650, when he formerly
accepted the fence which the town ‘‘was engaged by covenant”’
to set up for him. He had Lot No. 11, at Cocheco marsh in 1648
and 1649; was taxpayer at Dover and grand juror, 1649. In
1652 ‘‘the meeting house on the hill neer Elder Nutter’s’’ was
erected and he makes deposition August 18, 1652, ‘‘that in
1636 the land on both sides of Lamprey River was in the posses-
sion of the inhabitants of Dover for fishing, planting and fell-
ing of timber.’’ He was zealous against the Quakers, 1662. He
died in 1675. His will dated December 25, 1674, gives ‘‘to my
son Anthony Nutter, my mill graunt at Lamprell Riuer.’’ The
inventory of his estate, June 25, 1675, mentions ‘‘right in Lamp-
rell Riuer for the erection of a sawmill in partnership.’’ This
mill-site had been granted him and Elder Starbuck by Dover,
as mentioned above.

8. George Barlow joined the Exeter combination, April 2,
1640; petitioned the governor, deputies and magistrates, May
3, 1643, ‘‘to appoint the bounds of our town’’ and also ‘‘that
we may still peacbly enjoy those small quantities of marshes
which are at Lamperel riuer’’; was allowed September 5, 1643,
one bushel of corn from John Bursley for ‘‘corne spoyled by

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66 History oF NEWFIELDS.

swine’’; received lands November 4, 1647, forty acres, March 4,
1648, four acres; perhaps was preacher at Exeter, certainly so
at Saco in 1652, where he was forbidden to ‘‘prophesy’’ in 1653.
He was a lawyer at Plymouth in 1660.

9. Francis Swain is first mentioned in town books, March 31,
1645; received grants of land in 1646, 1647 and 1650, some of them
in connection with Nicholas Swain; received of the parish, June
26, 1650, twenty shillings for his pains and time ‘‘in going into
the Bay to receive Mr. Dudley his pay;’’ and committee of the
parish, December 5, 1650, ‘‘to bargain with some able merchant,
in the Bay to furnish Mr. Dudley forty pounds worth of English
commodities. ’’

10. John Warren is first mentioned in town books in the grant
for sawmill and lot, April 22, 1649; received lands in 1650 and.
1664: was appointed September 1, 1651 ‘‘to go to the Bay to re-
ceive the town’s pay of Mr. Kimball for Mr. Dudley ;’’ and com-
mittee of town on boundary in 1661 and 1668.

11. Thomas Pettit was allotted uplands December 4, 1639;
joined the combination April 2, 1640; petitioned that Exeter be
joined to Massachusetts in May, 1643; held office and was on a
committee June 13, 1655, to make a new agreement with Mr.
Dudley respecting his support. He had a wife, Christian, and
daughter, Hannah, born in February and died in December,
1647.

12. Edward Gilman, Sr., the emigrant ancestor of the family
in America, came from Hingham, Norfolk County, England, to
Hingham, Mass.; seems to have been in sympathy with the
Puritan movement, and came to Hingham, Mass., with Rev. Rob-
ert Peck in the ship Diligent, August 10, 1638, with his wife,
three sons, two daughters and three servants; was admitted free-
man, December 13, 1638; was granted, with others, the township
of Seekonk, now Rehoboth, Mass., 1641, and his estate was rated
at £300, in 1643. His name appears in Ipswich in 1646, and soon
after in Exeter, where his sons, Edward and John, had pre-
viously located, where he is first mentioned in connection with a
mill grant; was ‘‘accepted, with his son Moses, at their request,
to become inhabitant of Exeter and to come and live amongst
us,’? May 10, 1652; with his sons, John and Moses, and John
Legat, was granted July 8, 1652, ‘200 acres of swamp towards
SoME oF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. 67

Mr. Stanyan’s meadow lying about a brook that way in distance
about two or three miles from the town;’’ signed in favor of
continuing with Massachusetts in 1677. With others he was al-
lowed, February 18, 1679, ‘‘to erect a gallery at the end of the
men’s gallery for their wives;’’ also ‘‘the gallery wherein they
do sit, and have upon their own proper charges built, we do fur-
ther confirm and allow of.’’ He died June 22, 1681.

13. Edward Gilman, Jr., was accepted as an inhabitant of
Exeter November 4, 1647, with the privilege of setting up mills
‘‘in any Riuer within the liberty of Exeter.’’ He had a saw-
mill in operation at Squamscot Falls by the summer of 1648; was
on a committee to present the call of the parish to Rev. William
Thompson of Braintreee, Mass., November 16, 1648; to agree
with Rev. Mr. Dudley, May 13, 1650; committee on bounds of
Exeter, May 10, 1652; and to oversee the building of the meet-
ing house July 8, 1652, from which service he was excused
October 23, 1652, because about to sail for England. He was
lost at sea in 1653. He was a capable, enterprising and trusted
man.

14. Edward Colcord was born in 1609; came to the Pascata-
qua in 1631, finding there only three houses; received the deed
of Wehangnonawit, and other sagamores of ‘‘Paschataquacke,”’
with John Wheelwright and others, April 3, 1638; joined the
Dover combination October 22, 1640; signed the protest against
annexation to Massachusetts, March 4, 1641; received one hun-
dred acres of land at Exeter, April 26, 1645, where he was ac-
cepted an inhabitant in 1646, and again as early as May 10, 1652,
“‘to come and live amongst us;’’ was in Hampton in 1644, and
received grant of land, 1646, but soon returned to Exeter; was
chairman of a committee to call to account the owners of saw-
mills for such boards or plank as were due the town, 1652-54;
trusteed John Goddard for goods of Capt. John Mason in God-
dard’s hands, 1657; testified, 1668, ‘‘that the northern bounds
of Exeter, mentioned in an agreement made with Wehangnonawit,
the chief sagamore of the Indians located here, was the westerly
part of Oyster River, about four miles northerly beyond Lam-
periele River;’’ made deposition August 25, 1676, that he was
‘faved 67 years living in ye country about 46 years,’’ was one
of three commissioners to end small cases under 20 shillings in
68 History or NEWFIELDS.

value; petitioned with Hampton men, October 22, 1677, to be
continued under the government of Massachusetts.

Court records prove him to have been incorrigibly litizious.
Some of the trouble arose from the fact that he was a sturdy op-
ponent of Massachusetts, up to a certain date. William Hilton
was once his surety. Notwithstanding his litigiousness he was
one of the most prominent men in the province. On June 10,
1680, the governor and council after a full hearing, made the
following order and decree:

Edward Colcord and Ann his wife, being bound over to appear before
the council for their disorderly living, upon a full hearing of the case,
the council doth order that the said Edward Colcord and Ann his wife
shall stand bound to the treasurer of this province in the sum of 5 £&
a piece to be of good behavior each to the other during the pleasure
of the council, and that the said Ann do attend her duty toward her
said husband in the use of the marriage bed according to the rule of
God’s word, which, if she refuses so to do, upon complaint to the next
court at Hampton, the council doth order that she shall be whipped to
the number of ten stripes.

Having a case in court with Henry Williams, the issue depend-
ing on the ‘‘equal judgment’’ of the president and council ‘‘of
his Majesties Province of New Hampshire,’’ he petitions them,
April 20, 1681, if they shall ‘‘see meet to cause myself to be once
possessed of ye estate yo™ honours judge mine’’ ‘‘to Appoint
Cap :' Gillman Cap :t Hussey & Sam! Dalton Esquires & ye Rev-
erend M™ Sam:' Dudley and M™ Seaborn Cotton to give me
peaceable possession of my estate violently detained from me that
I may both enjoy myne own & justly pay others their due.’’ He
died at Hampton, February 10, 1682.

15. John Smart came, with his wife and two sons, John and
Robert, from Norfolk County, England, to Hingham, Mass., in
June 1635, where he received a grant of land, and drew his
house lot September, 1635. Goodman Smart was allotted plant-
ing land at Exeter, on the east side of the river, December 4,
1639, with marshes on Squamscot and ‘‘at Lamproue Riuer.’’
He petitioned in May, 1643, that Exeter might be received within
the jurisdiction of Massachusetts; also petitioned the governor,
deputy governor and magistrates ‘‘to appoint the bounds of our
Towne,”’ ‘‘to establish three men among us to put an Ishew to
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small differences amongst us’’ and ‘‘that we may still peaceably
enjoy thouse small quantitie of meddows which are at Lamperell
riuer,’’ May 12, 1643; his house is mentioned in 1644; received
ten acres of meadow between Piscassic and Lamprey Rivers
beyond the great swamp, January 16, 1645, which was re-
surveyed July 21, 1680; joined in the agreement to purchase
Mr. Wheelwright’s house to be used for a parsonage, May 3,
1646; was granted 300 acres of land, May 25, 1646, ‘‘a mile in
Breadth reserving six Rods in Breadth for a highway,’’ on
Squamscot River between Newfields and Lamprey River, becom-
ing Edward Hilton’s first and adjoining neighbor on the north.
The six rods in breadth for a highway was voted April, 1705, to
‘belong to those now in possession of said marshes Lying or
butting against said Land.’’ It seems that half of this 300
acres was given to his son, John, and August 4, 1682, was laid out
by Ralph Hall and Moses Leavitt, town lot-layers, to William
Vaughan for his daughter, Mary, as a gift from her Grandfather
Cutt, coming to him from John Wedgewood, nephew of John
Smart, Jr., through Edward Hilton. John Smart, Jr., had a
son, Robert, and a daughter who became the mother of John
Wedgewood.

16. Humphrey Wilson was the son of Thomas Wilson, who
came to America in June, 1633, and to Exeter with Mr. Wheel-
wright in 1638, where, in the first division of lands, he was
allotted uplands towards Mr. Hilton’s and marsh at ‘‘Lamp:
-Riuer;’’ joined the combination, April 2, 1640; erected the
first mill at Squamscot Falls, the town regulating ‘‘the millers
toll,’? November 2, 1640; was elected ‘‘ruler’’ October 20, 1642;
and died in the summer of 1643.

After the death of his father, Humphrey Wilson became
proprietor of the gristmill; petitioned the governor, deputies
and magistrates, May 3, 1643, ‘‘to appont the bounds of our
town,’’ and also ‘‘that we may still enjoy peacably small quan-
tities of marshes which are at Lamperel riuer;’’ and that Exeter
be joined to Massachusetts, May, 1643; is first mentioned in
Exeter records, 1645; with John Legat bought land of the
sagamore, May 8, 1646; was on the committee to agree with Mr.
Dudley respecting his settlement, May 13, 1650; on the jury of
trials at Salisbury Court, 1651, and one of a committee appointed
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to make an agreement with Hampton and Dover, and, if they
could not agree, to apply by petition to the General Court ; rated
on his sawmill for the support of the ministry, April 28, 1656;
was forewarned not to set his dam over the highway, October 25,
1670; granted 400 acres of land by the town, 1674; signed in
favor of continuing with Massachusetts, 1677; juror for the
trial of Edward Gove, 1683; was sued by heirs of Capt. John
Mason, 1684; and on committee to purchase house and land for
Rev. John Clark, April 20, 1694. A place for a pew was as-
signed February 3, 1698, ‘‘To Mr. Wilson and his wife, and his
son Thomas, and two daughters, Martha and Mary Wilson, and
Elizabeth Gilman, joining to Richard Hilton’s pew on the east
side of the meeting house.’? Humphrey Wilson married, De-
cember 21, 1665, Judith, daughter of Willian Hersey, Sr. Their
son, Deacon Francis Wilson, was born May 20, 1672.

17. Valentine Hill, called deacon, was granted by the town
of Dover, June 7, 1652, ‘‘the whole accommodations of Lamprell
Riuer for the erectinge & settinge up saw mill or mills,
Poushasicke graunt excepted.’’ He was of Boston in 1636,
where he was made freeman, May 13, 1640. He was one of the
most enterprising of the proprietors of Oyster River as early
as 1646. The falls at Oyster River and 500 acres of land was
granted him November 19, 1649, where he had set up a saw-
mill by July, 1652, which his son Nathaniel conveyed to others,
September 13, 1697. Reference is made to ‘‘M*™ Hill’s works’’
which ‘‘stood at high water mark below Lamper Eel Riuer falls.’’
In behalf of the town these grants were made subject to rates
for the support of worship to provide for ‘‘the erection of a
meeting house upon the hill neer Elder Nutters,’’ December 5,
1652. He was deputy for Dover, 1652-55; appointed one of a
committee to arrange with Dover Point for the ministry at
Oyster River, April 1, 1657; was appointed, with Edward Hilton
“‘to settle the line’’ between Dover and Exeter, April 14, 1657;
resided at Oyster River Point, near the mouth of Oyster River,
where a meeting house was built in 1655, with Edward or Seth
Fletcher, minister up to 1657; and was taxed at Oyster River
precinct November 20, 1659. He married (1), Frances
and (2), Mary, daughter of Gov. Theophilus Eaton of New
Haven, and died in 1661.
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18. Robert Wadleigh, son of John Wadleigh of Saco, Me.,
was granted by Dover, May 3, 1669, ‘‘accommodations for the
erecting and setting up of a Sawmill or Mills at the vppermost
falls uppon Lamperele riuer comonly called by the name of ye
Tleand falls;— he to pay vnto the Towne of douer the some of
ten pounds per an: in Marchanta: pine bords at price Currant
at the ordinary Landing place by Lamperele river lower falls.’’
He was of Wells, Me., and bought land at Island Falls in 1666,
and received a grant of ten acres from Exeter, March 16, 1668,
both possessions divided with Nicholas Listen. He had a saw-
mill at the falls as early as April 21, 1668, and Dover confirmed
his right May 3, 1669. He was accepted as an inhabitant of
Exeter, September 20, 1676, and received large grants, January
31, 1681, 200 acres March 14, 1682, and 120 acres of it laid out
at ‘‘Spocasoick’’ December 28, 1688, and March 14, 1689, 200
acres about Lamprey River. He excused himself for having
spoken against the President and council, March 9, 1681. He
was sued by Capt. John Mason in 1683, but won the verdict of
the jury, from which Mason appealed to the king, and Wadleigh
himself visited England in 1683. Robert Tufton Mason, as
Lord proprietor, February 14, 1683, issued writs of ejectment
against Richard Waldron and other land holders. Walter Bare-
foote, Mason’s agent, was put in possession of Wadleigh’s land
and sawmill at Lamprey River, and by will October 9, 1688, con-
veyed the estate to his sister, Sarah, wife of Thomas Wiggin. He
was nominated by Edward Cranfield for commissioner of the
peace, January 6, 1684; delegate from Exeter to the convention
which decided it best for New Hampshire to return to the union
with Massachusetts, January, 1690; and appointed justice March,
1690. He was on the committee to treat with Rev. John Clark
respecting the terms of his settlement, September 18, 1693, and
to buy house and land for Rev. Mr. Clark, April 20, 1694. A
place for pew in the meeting house was assigned, February 3,
1697 ‘‘to Capt. Robert Wadleigh and his wife and his son
Jonathan Wadleigh, at the south side of the meeting house,
Joining to the wumins stares.’’ He was delegate in 1690, justice
in 1698, and judge, 1693-97. He died about 1700.

Three of his sons, Joseph, John and Robert, were indicted
for high treason in connection with Edward Gove, February,
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1682. His grandson, Philip Wadleigh, was tithing-man in 1732.

19. John Gilman, son of Edward Gilman, was born at Hing-
ham, England, January 10, 1624, and appears first on the Exeter
records, January 12, 1649. He received large grants and also
bought lands at Squamscot Falls, Newfields, Piscassic, Washucke,
(reat Oak Hill and the Plains; was chosen to oversee the work
on the meeting house, October 23, 1652; to make a new agree-
ment with Mr. Dudley, June 13, 1665; signed in favor of con-
tinuing with Massachusetts, 1677; built the ‘‘log house’’ opposite
to Great Bridge, Exeter, which is still standing; was selectman,
1652, and fourteen subsequent years to 1680; on committee to
settle the bounds between Exeter and Dover, 1657, and to run
the line between Exeter and Hampton, March 29, 1668; captain
of Exeter Military Company, October 12, 1669; on committee
to run the line between Exeter and Dover, July 10, 1671, and to
adjust all difficulties between Exeter and Hampton concerning
bounds, April 29, 1672; councillor, 1680-82; judge of court of
common pleas, 1682; relieved of both offices by Governor Cran-
field, 1683; petitions for the government and protection of
Massachusetts as formerly, February 20, 1690; on committee
to assess the expenses of the Indian War about 1692; represen-
tative, and speaker of the House, 1693; chosen to purchase house
and land for parsonage, April 20, 1694; representative, 1697;
joined the church in covenant and confession of faith, Septem-
ber 21, 1698; was captain, selectman, representative, counsellor
and judge; town measurer of land, 1700; received December 1,
1664, 600 acres, laid out June 22, 1703, beyond the Piscassic
between the road from Lamprey River landing to Wadleigh’s
and Lamprey River on the Plains; also ten acres, September 20,
1673, between Hilton’s creek and Griffin Montague’s lot and be-
tween the Exeter road and Squamscot River known as ‘‘Gil-
man’s pasture’’ and perhaps a portion of ‘‘Nicholas Gilman’s
farm,’’ the south line of which formed the boundary between
Newmarket parish and first parish of Exeter, October 9, 1727;
also 600 acres for a farm at Washucke, March 30, 1674, willed
July 16, 1700, with upper mill to sons, John and Nicholas, but
liberty was granted April, 1703, to lay out this grant at the
Great Oak Hill — said Gilman to relinquish ‘‘the land formerly
laid out at Washucke ye bounds not to be found;’’ also 50 acres
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of swamp at Washucke, February 3, 1698; and 100 acres, April,
1702. Capt. John Gilman and William Moor, town measurers
of Exeter, certify, May 8, 1705, to their laying out 600 acres
of land of Moses Gilman.

John Gilman died July 24, 1708. His will dated July 16,
1700, gives son Nicholas one half of the 600 acres at Washucke
and one half of all his meadow flats at Lamprey River; gives son
John interest in upper sawmill, and half of the 600 acres at
Washucke, with ‘‘half of my land at Lamprey river ;’’ and makes
his wife, Elizabeth, sole executor.

Administration on the estate was granted his sons, John and
Nicholas, May 2, 1709, inventory ordered July 1, and taken
July 9, 1709. It mentions land and marsh at Lamprey River,
salt marsh at Bray’s, Temple meadow, and 700 acres granted by
the town.

20. William Badger, son of William and Abigail, was born in
1752. Sold land in Portsmouth for £6,300 to Nathaniel
Melcher, boatbuilder, November 11, 1780; became an eminent
shipbuilder at Newfields and on Badger’s Island in Pascataqua
River, the island having previously been called Langdon’s and
Governor’s Island. Tradition places his shipyard and that of
William Shute on the Stratham side of the Squamscot. The
island had been previously used exclusively by the government
for naval purposes, 1775-1800, when the present navy yard was
established. At the two places in time Mr. Badger launched a
fleet of 100 ships, giving to the last one his own name.

He bought, February 8, 1785, of Nathaniel Lord, feltmaker,
for £95, 1 1-4 acres and 15 square rods of land on the
highway leading to Newfields Landing, with the buildings
thereon, which estate Lord had purchased February 26, 1771, of
William Odiorne; also, October 24, 1786, for £60 of Zebulon,
son of John Neal, 1-8 acre of land, together with the
mansion house thereon, on the highway from Durham to Exeter,
and sold the same, January 14, 1790, to Ebenezer Wilson of
Newmarket, mariner; petitioned the selectmen, March 10, 1791,
with reference to the location of the new meeting house, and
bid off gallery pew No. 36; was approbated by the selectmen,
November 7, 1801, as a retailer of spirituous liquors.

In 1804 William Badger of Kittery, shipwright, bought of
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John Badger of Portsmouth, tin plate worker, land there, and
also, 1809, house and land in Deerfield, of Samuel Badger;
took a mortgage deed from William Shute, shipwright, April
6, 1810, of land at Newfields Landing set off to the heirs of
William Shute, deceased.

21. Moses Gilman, son of Edward Gilman, was baptized at
Hingham, England, March 11, 1630. He is mentioned first on
Exeter town books, February 10, 1648; accepted, with his father,
to be an inhabitant, May 10, 1652; was selectman, 1653, 1660,
1673, 1677 and 1693; committee on boundary, 1668 and 1671;
juror for the trial of Edward Gove, 1683; received important
grants of land running from 1652 to March 28, 1698, the grant
of March 30, 1674 of 600 acres being known as ‘‘ Moses’ Farm”’
and was laid out between ‘‘the uper corner tree of Mr. Hiltons
farm,’’ and ‘‘ye teaile of Mr. Hilton’s mill at pascasick.’? A
part of this grant was sold by his sons in 1715, and became the
Bennett homestead. He was one of a committee to purchase
house and land for parsonage, April 20, 1694. His will was
dated January 12, 1691, and probated August 6, 1702. His house
is mentioned October 10, 1664. Tradition says it stood about 20
or 30 rods northwesterly from the residence of Joseph Furnald.
He was active in town affairs and often elected to posts of trust;
was selectman, 1653, 1660, 1673-74, 1677 and 1693, and was suc-
ceeded in this office by his son, Moses, 1694; was chosen to run
a line between the two meeting houses of Exeter and Hampton,
also between Exeter and Hampton, March 29, 1668; also between
Exeter and Dover, July 10, 1671; in connection with his father,
brother, John, and brother-in-law, John Leavitt, received July
8, 1652, 200 acres of swamp; October 10, 1664, 50 acres; was
taxed among 66 persons in Exeter, April 20, 1680, and with
others petitioned for the government and protection of Massa-
chusetts, February 20, 1690; granted 50 acres of land where he
can find it clear of other grants, March 28, 1698, ‘‘the said Gil-
man to give up a grant he had of fifty acres formerly at grass
Swamp to the town again.’’ In 1684 his wife gave Thomas
Thurston, Governor Cranfield’s provost marshal, to understand
that she had kettles of boiling water for him, if he came to her
house to demand rates.

Intimately associated with the Gilman family in the owner-
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ship of land and mills, were their kindred of the Folsom family.

22. John Folsom, son of Lieut. Peter, and grandson of John
Folsom, lived in Piscassic near the Exeter line, where the old
cellar still remains. He administered on his father’s estate and
returned an inventory, April 18, 1718; petitioned for a bridge
over Squamscot River, November 21, 1746; and for a lottery in
aid of bridge, 1759-60, and 1768. In his will dated February
1, 1756, he gave ‘‘the mill & to Joshua, and the land on the line
of Newmarket and Exeter to Peter.’’ Peter was the eldest son,
and settled on the homestead. Joshua had built a gristmill at
West Epping about 1746. He was a preacher among the
Friends.

23. Benjamin Folsom, brother of John, was born in 1696,
and lived at Piscassic west of Mackesill Brook; was tithingman,
March 29, 1725; petitioned to be governed by Massachusetts
in 1739; was a soldier, 1746; and died March, 1752, aged 56. He
married Rachel, daughter of James, and granddaughter of Moses,
Gilman. She was born in 1699, and died March 16, 1785.

24. Lieut. Ralph Hall, son of John Hall of Dover, was born
in England in 1618. Tradition locates him on the east side of
Salt River at the falls of the Squamscot, near Wheelwright’s
creek, earlier even than the arrival of Wheelwright’s company in
1638. He joined the Exeter combination October 4, 1639, and
April 2, 1640; petitioned the governor, deputies and magis-
trates, May 3, 1648, ‘‘to appoint the bounds of our town,’’ and
also ‘‘that we may still peacably enjoy those small quantities
of marshes at Lamperel River;’’ granted 50 acres of land, and a
marsh he had found, January 21, 1644, 20 acres February 10,
1648, March 21, 1650, September 30, 1655, 10 acres near Stony
Brook, sold later to Cornelius Leary, 1664, 1670 and 1674; was
on committee on boundaries in 1668 and 1671; commissioned
lieutenant in 1656; selectman in 1674, 1676 and 1677; select-
man and lot-layer in 1680; was sued by the heirs of John Mason,
1684; is supposed to have gone to Dover for a time where he was
taxed in 1659, but returned and was admitted an inhabitant of
Exeter, October 10, 1664. The town voted him, March 15, 1668,
“full power to arrest and sue any inhabitants who refuse to pay
the rate of the ministry ;’’ was on a committee of Dover April 1,
1657, to arrange with Dover Point for the ministry at Oyster
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River; to run line between Hampton and Exeter meeting
houses, May 29, 1668; and to lay out the line between the Shrews-
bury patent and Exeter, March 30, 1668; with his wife, Mary
Chesley, was put under bonds to appear at court on a charge of
witcheraft, from which they were released by the governor of
New York, August 21, 1668; received a grant of 50 acres October
25, 1670; on a committee to consider difficulties between Hamp-
ton and Exeter about conveying lands, April 29, 1672; was
granted 400 acres of land at Newfields, February 9, 1674, which
was laid out the same year on the west side of the Exeter road
adjoining the Edward Hilton estate; selectman, 1674 and 1676—
77; signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts, 1677; lot-
layer, 1679; deputy from Exeter, 1680 and was sued on behalf of
Mason’s claims, 1684. He died March, 1701, leaving sons, Joseph
Kinsley and Edward.

25. Joseph Hall, son of Lieut. Ralph Hall, and grandson of
John Hall, is first mentioned on the town records October 10,
1664, when he received a grant of fifteen acres of land. Per-
haps he first settled at Newfields. Another grant of fifty acres,
January 31, 1681, was laid out in September, 1702,—‘‘he having
lately deceased’’— to his two sons, Joseph and Edward, on ‘‘the
west side of pascasick riuer at the head of the Land that was
their father’s the boue s? Joseph Hall.’’ These sons were large
land owners at Newfields and at the falls of Piscassic on which
they probably built ‘‘Hall’s mill.’’ Joseph Hall married Mary,
daughter of the second Edward Hilton.

26. Kinsley Hall, brother of Joseph, was born in 1652. He
received land, February 9, 1674, 10 acres August 27, 1677, 100
acres January 31, 1681 and 1702; took the oath of allegiance and
fidelity November 30, 1677; was sued by the heirs of Capt. John
Mason, 1684; signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts
in 1677; selectman, 1681, 1690 and 1693; was complained of be-
fore the court of assistants by Attorney-General Edward Ran-
dolph, February 14, 1682, for assembling in a riotous manner at
the house of Gov. Edward Cranfield and declaring his abhorence
of the ‘“‘known practice of the Laws of England in the matter of
taking oaths;’’ was on committee, October 6, 1690, to treat with,
Elder William Wentworth ‘‘for his continuance with us in the
work of the ministry ;’’ administered on the estate of his brother,
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Samuel, March 28, 1692; assembly-man in 1693-94 and 1698;
councillor in place of Richard Waldron in 1696-98; declined the
position of associate judge, May 26, 1697; was judge of the
superior court, 1697-99; captain of a garrison at Exeter from
August 31 to September 28, 1696; and was on committee, Feb-
ruary 3, 1698, to seat the new meeting house, when a place for
a pew was assigned ‘‘to Kingsley Hall and his wife and five
children at the west dore;’’ was chosen, August 26, 1698, to make
provision that a church be gathered and Mr. John Clark or-
dained September 21, 1698, on which day he joined the church
in covenant and profession of faith; was moderator, 1700 and
1704; on committee to call the selectmen to account April, 1702;
town clerk, 1720-22, and 1724—25; and ordered by a vote of the
town to deliver the town books to Josiah Hall, town clerk, 1726;
sold a grant of 100 acres of land, and had it laid out to his
sons, Josiah and Paul, ‘‘on the north side of the mast way lead-
ing from Gilman’s mill at Piscassic into the country,’’ February
15, 1725; and 10 acres laid out westward of Piscassie River,
March 11, 1725; was apportioned 200 acres of common land,
1725. He died in 1736, no son surviving.

27. Edward Hilton, Jr., son of Edward Hilton, was an adher-
ent of royalty and of the established church. He was appointed,
July 8, 1652, one of the ‘‘overseers to build the meeting house
forthwith, twenty feet square each inhabitant to do work’’
‘fand euery man shall come forth to work upon it as they are
called out by the surueyor;’’ was relieved of this service, October
23, 1652, because of the pressure of his private business. With
others he petitioned for meadow land, May 24, and received a
erant November 6,1852. He received a deed of Washucke ‘‘about
six miles square between the branches of Lampy Riuer’’ from
Sachem Wadononamin in 1660, ‘‘y® Indian Sagamore of
Washuck and Pascataqua,’’ ‘‘now lining at Washuck.’’ He was
among the petitioners to King Charles II, July 15, 1665, to be
taken from the Bay government which has ‘‘denyed us in our
publique meeting the common prayer, sacram'* and decent
buriall of the dead contrary to the Laws of England.’’ He sold,
June 13, 1681, to John Folsom, Jr., two pieces of land, contain-
ing 12 acres of upland and four of marsh, ‘‘ye upland beginning
at the water side in the field commonly called W™ Hilton new
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field and so running up to a small white oak by the way-side yt
goeth down to W™ Smarts and so running on a square line to
John Wedgewood's land between which said line & ye water
side.—four acres of marsh joining at the east end with ye land
of Mr. John Cutt and so running up a creek commonly called
Mr. Hilton’s first ereek;’’ by the will of Walter Barefoote,
October 3, 1688, was released from the payment of a debt of his
father due to Barefoote; gave name to a garrison, 1690; was re-
inforeed by two men from Hampton, April 24, 1693. Mr. Hil-
ton was an amiable and hospitable man, but not ambitious of
public honors. He kept up the reputation of his place as the
house of those who needed homes, furnished work for those able
to work, and bread and cheese for those who needed a support,
which from age or infirmity or misfortune they were unable to
earn. He married Ann, born October 16, 1641, daughter of Rev.
Samuel Dudley of Exeter, and granddaughter of Gov. Thomas
Dudley. Her mother was Mary, daughter of Governor Winthrop
of Massachusetts. His children were Winthrop, Dudley and
Joseph, and several daughters. He died April 28, 1699.

28. Col. Winthrop Hilton, son of Edward, Jr., and grand-
son of Edward, Sr., was a man above the medium size, muscular,
active, well-formed, among the most fearless of the brave, the
most adventurous of the daring; had a garrison on his farm,
and his neighbors looked to him for counsel in difficulty and
protection in danger; became after the death of Col. Richard
Waldron, the leading military man in the province, and had
chief command in several expeditions against the Eastern In-
dians; was commissioned by Governor Allen, May 17, 1689, Lieu-
tenant of the Troop of Horse. Was selectman, 1696; as-
signed seats in the meeting house February 3, 1697; and made
surveyor of highways, 1697.

At a town meeting held in Exeter March 29, 1697, ‘‘It was
voted and agreed upon that Theophilus dudley and David Law-
rence and Sam*! Thing be a Committy with full power from the
Town to make demand or sue m" Peter Coffin or Richard Hilton
or Winthrop Hilton for money due to the town for halling or
carrying of masts out of this Township as by said town axts
may appear to be dou the town.’’ Accordingly suit was brought
against them. He received 100 acres of land, February 3, 1698,
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and 400 acres the first Monday of April, 1706; and the same
day was on a committee ‘‘to mark a full agreement With m™
John Odlin for his sallary & other things needful;’’ was promi-
nent in the Indian wars, and commanded an Exeter expedition;
was granted 50 acres of land, February 3, 1698, which was laid
out August 10, 1717, and sold by Benjamin Thing to Robert
Barlow, March 7, 1757, at Piscassic, 40 rods north of Piscassic
River; constable, 1701; is called Major and marched with
Colonel Church to the east against the enemy, 1703-04; marched
to Norridgewock, 1704-05; was granted 200 acres of the com-
mon land by the town of Exeter, April, 1706, cornering on the
land of Theophilus Dudley, running parallel with land of
James Gilman and the town commons, and along Piscassic River.
A main way was laid out December 4, 1707, between his
dwelling house and that of Dudley Hilton’s, from Newfield land-
ing to the extent of the town’s lands by Gilman’s sawmill; jus-
tice of the Court of Common Pleas, April 15, 1707, retaining
the office till his death; was out as a scout to Amesbury with
64 men, 1707; his farmers attacked in the hayfield, with four
killed, one wounded and three captured, July, 1707; commis-
sioned colonel of the new forces raised by Gov. Joseph Dudley,
1707; proceeded to Port Royal, May 26, 1707; marched to Pig-
wacket, 1709; councillor, 1710; and was killed, with his brother
Dudley and others, by the Indians ‘‘up the mast way,’’ June
23, 1710.

29. William Hilton, son of Edward Hilton, Sr., was styled
**Captain ;’’ had a mill at Lamprey River, and was granted sixty
acres of land, April 14, 1657; received land of Symmes, February
18, 1667; had a grant made out to him by the town measurers,
April 3, 1671, ‘‘bounded southeast upon the river, upon the
Towne’s land northwest with Robert Smarts land North east with
the creek next to his house and the Towns land southwest, and
this land being a mile and forty eight rod square;’’ sold sixty
acres on Exeter River adjoining land of Robert Smart, to Wil-
liam Perkins of Oyster River, July 25, 1675; received his share
of his father’s estate, the northern portion extending from
George Norton’s shipyard to first marsh point, January 1, 1677;
paid province rates at Exeter, April 20, 1680; was grand juror
in 1681; juryman, 1683-85; provost marshal, September 20,
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1684; petitioned for the government of Massachusetts, as form-
erly, February 20, 1690; was selectman, 1690; made his will in
1684, and diced about 1690. He married Rebecca Symmes of
Kittery.

30. Richard Hilton was the son of Capt. William and Rebecca
(Symmes) Hilton, and grandson of Edward Hilton, Sr. He was
commissioned lieutenant, 1692; bought mills and marsh at Pis-
cassic River of John Folsom, August 2, 1693; was on a com-
mittee April 20, 1694, to purchase house and land near the
meeting house to be improved by the town for the use and bene-
fit of the minister. A place for a pew was assigned February 3,
1698, ‘‘to Richard Hilton’’ and family ‘‘on the north side of the
meeting house Joyning to the parsonage pew;’’ received with
his brother Winthrop a grant of 100 acres joing to their mill
in Piscassic, February 3, 1698; and 20 acres of meadow land
‘“‘up paseasick river,’? February 21, 1698; was commissioned
justice of the Superior Court, March 13, 1699; purchased a salt
marsh and flats at Lamprey River, May 24, 1699; received a
grant of 20 acres, April 17, 1700; was granted the privilege of a
ferry over Squamscot River for fifty years, June 12, 1700, which
privilege was granted to Jonathan Wiggin for 29 1-2 years, July
18, 1721; selectman, 1701 and 1707-08. In 1703 we find there
was ‘“‘y® Schoulmaster to keep scoul at Richard Hiltons’’ he ‘‘to
provide s* schoul master with hous rome & fire wood convainent.’’
He was on a committee to collect Mason’s claims due to Sam-
uel Allen, June 4, 1704; also to call the selectmen to account
1704; and to provide preaching for three months, September 3,
1705; sold 21 acres of land lying near his house to Robert Bar-
ber, April 17, 1705; was on a committee April, 1706, ‘‘to mak
a full agreement with M™ John Odlin for his sallary & other
things needful,’’ which was signed June 6, 1706; bought land
of Joseph Hilton, January 23, 1710; mortgaged 50 acres to
George Jaffrey, 1713; sold land to Richard Hilton, Jr., 1715;
with George Jaffrey mortgaged 284 acres, reserving 12 acres for
Jonathan Hilton, to Mrs. Mary Plaisted, January, 1717; deeded
land to his son, Samuel, 1719; and all his estate, subject to in-
cumbrances, to Edward Hall, December 28, 1721; was appor-
tioned 150 acres of common land, 1725; deeded to his sons, Wil-
liam and Samuel, 900 acres in Newmarket, October 12, 1732;
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assigned 10 aeres laid out to Samuel Hilton, August 9, 1738;
deeded buildings and 30 acres of land to Josiah Burley, 1739.
He finally removed to Portsmouth.

His descendants were numerous. One of his granddaughters,
a girl of fine face and form, but wanting in fortune, was a house-
maid in the family of Gov. Benning Wentworth during his
widowhood, and struck his excellency’s fancy, as also that of
a joiner in the neighborhood. The governor saw danger in
such a rival, and a press gang swept him out of the way and
carried him on board of a 74-gun ship. The governor’s court-
ship was short. He had the gout and wanted a nurse. Martha
handled his gouty foot with discretion, and convinced him that
nothing should be wanting on her part to keep his excellency
comfortable. So one day he had a large party to dinner, and
before the feast conducted Martha into the room and invited the
minister to marry them. He did so and Martha Hilton, the
maid, became the governor’s lady and took her seat at the head
of the table.

It is fitting to note here the agreement of the Hilton brothers,
Winthrop, Dudley and Joseph, for dividing the estate left them.

Whereas our Honored ffather Edward Hilton Late of Exeter Deseased
hath given and bequeathed unto us Lands Meddows and Interests in
Mills,

wee, the said Winthrop Hilton, Dudley Hilton and Joseph Hilton haue
unanimously Agreed To Divide and Alott, and do hereby own, Ac-
knowledge and Declare That we haue unanimously Divided and Allotted
to eatch other our Soule and Hoole Right Tittle and Interest of or unto
all the Lands meddows or Mills giuen us abouesaid, to Eatch and Euery
of our Satisfactyon and Content, Which Diuisyon and particular allot-
ment is as ffollows:

“To Winthrop Hilton The Dwelling House Barn oarchard and all the
Land and Marsh Lyinge between The Parkings Brooke and a Ded Red
oake tree at the north Este corner of the oarchard, and ffrom said Red
oake to Run on a North Weste Line to the Haed of said Hiltons (De-
seased) Land, and the one halfe of the ffiuety Acres of Land at Pick-
pocket and Allso the Grist mill, and saw mill upon the Parkins Brooke
to be ye Soule and Propper use Benefitt and Beehoofe of him the said
Wintrop Hilton;—

“To Dudley Hilton all the Land between the aboue said Red oake and
a Rock in the ground and an other upon that Rock near ouer Against
Liftenant Wiggins Poynte and so to Run that Breadth vizt, about fforty
Hight Rods on a north west Line to the Hed of said Hilton Deseased

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Lands, and six Acres of Marsh and flats bee it Moore or Less commonly
Called the upper End of the ffirst Marsh, and Allso one sixth parte of a
saw mill on Piscassart Riuer web was his ffathers, and also one quarter
part of the ffiuety Acres of Land at Pickpocket, To haue and to hold
to him the said Dudley Hilton;

“To Joseph Hilton all the Land that was his ffathers at his Desease
between the Line Last mentyoned and John Wedgwoods Land up to the
Hed of said Land, and one quarter parte of the ffiluety Acres of Land
at Pickpocket, and the marsh that was our ffathers at the upper and
Lower End of the ffirst Crike, and also the Sixth part of a Saw mill
on Piscasset Riuer wch was their ffathers, to haue and Hoold to him
the said Joseph Hilton.

“June 7, 1700.
“WINTROP HILTON (Seal)”
DupLey Hutton (Seal)
ANN Hizton Guardian to
JosEPH HILtTon (Seal)

This was signed in presence of Kinsley Hall and Biley Dudley before
Moses Leavitt, Justice of the Peace.’

On June 18 following, the three brothers signed the accom-
panying document in the presence of the same witnesses:

unto our Sister Jane Matoon . . .. all the right title and Inter-
est that we or either of us haue or ought to haue in fiue acres of Land
allotted to her by our father Edward Hilton late of Exeter’ deseased.”

From the first settlement of Newfields till 1710, the Hiltons
stood high in society and gathered around them the mass of the
community. They were generous and hospitable. Their houses
were as taverns in everything but the payment of bills, and a
hurrah for the last was received as satisfaction in full for all
favors. Such a family could not grow rich. The grants made
to Edward Hilton have been divided among the community. A
small portion thereof has come down to his posterity and still
remains in their hands. George E. Hilton has still in possession
a portion of the patrimony, and has in him a respectable portion
of the modified and corrected characteristics of his ancestors.
The homestead of the progenitor curtailed by many alienations,
with the graveyard of the family where the remains of eight
generations repose in peace, is still in possession of a descendant.

31. Samuel Symonds of Ipswich, Mass., June 3, 1657, in the
presence and with the consent of the Indian Sagamore Mohari-

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met, took possession of 640 acres ‘‘on Lamper Eele Riuer, at
Island falls,’’ now Wadleigh’s. His will is dated February 16,
1673.

When the Gilman and Folsom families arrived at Hingham,
Mass., they found the family of Hersey already there. Several
members of these families intermarried and came to Exeter.

82. William Hersie, Sr., one of the original planters of Hing-
ham, Mass., received a grant of land, June, 1635; was made a
freeman, 1638; member of the artillery company, 1652; and died
March 24, 1658.

33. Robert Hersey petitioned the governor, deputies and
magistrates May 3, 1648 ‘‘to appoint the bounds of our town,”’
and also ‘‘that we may still peaceably enjoy those small quan-
tities of marshes which are at Lamperel Riuer.’’ He also ‘‘peti-
tioned that Exeter might be joined to Massachusetts, May, 1643,
and received a grant of meadow, January 27, 1645.’’

34. Thomas Hersey belonged to Exeter, 1650.

35. Peter Hersey married Elizabeth, daughter of James, and
granddaughter of Moses Gilman, and settled at ‘‘Hersey Lane,”’
where sixty acres of his estate were ‘‘within y* Tract of Land
Comonly Called & knowne by y® name of Moses Gilman’s six
hundred acre grant.’’ Here he died in 1722. A son, Peter, Jr.,
served his time as a farmer with his grandfather, James Gilman,
who gave him land and mill at Piscassic where he built the Her-
sey house in 1740 to 1742. A: daughter, Polly, married Col.
Jeremiah Folsom of the brick house. They were devout fol-
lowers of Whitefield.

36. Capt. Jeremiah Gilman, son of Moses Gilman and grand-
son of the first Edward Hilton, was born August 31, 1660. The
Gilmans, who early came to Exeter, branched off into that part
of the town which is now Newfields. He petitioned to be governed
by Massachusetts as formerly, February 20, 1690; was a soldier
in garrison in 1696. His wife was admitted to the church at
Hampton, April 4, 1697, as there was then no minister at Exeter.
A place for a pew in the meeting house was assigned, February
3, 1698 ‘‘to Jeremiah Gilman and his family joining to the south
door.’’ On same date he received a grant of land at Piscassic;
had mill at Piscassic, 1706, and land there, 1721; was one of the
proprietors of Gilmanton, May 20, 1727; gave'a deed to his son,
84 History of NEWFIELDS.

Ezekiel, December 10, 1729; was apportioned 100 acres of land
‘Cover Piscassic river’? August 9, 1738; and petitioned for the
formation of a parish at Brentwood, in 1743.

37, 38. Peter and Robert Coffin were sons of Hon. Peter and
Abigail (Starbuck) Coffin of Dover and of Exeter. Peter was
taxed in Dover in 1659, and was deputy for Dover in 1672,
1673 and 1679; was authorized to build a turret and hang the
bell, February 15, 1665, in the second house of worship at Dover
Point; and also a fortification around it, May 4, 1667. Peter and
Robert inherited Elder Edward Starbuck’s interests in land and
mill rights at Lamprey River.

Capt. Peter Coffin was born in Brixham, England, in 1630;
came to this country and resided in Dover until late in life
when he removed to Exeter; lived in the present location of
Phillips Exeter Academy; sold to John Hall of Greenland, 1662,
land granted to Elder Starbuck; was selectman, 1668 and 1675;
judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1670-74; representative,
1672-73 and 1679-80; counsellor, 1688; was a member of the
court that tried and condemned Rev. Joshua Moody of Ports-
mouth; bought of the town of Dover, June 25, 1675, all its
‘*Right in Lamper-Eel River Neck both Land and timber from
the head of John Goddards Creek so far as the tide flows upon
a strait Line to the Cove at high water mark below Lamper-Eel
River fall where M" Hills works stood, for the sum of one hun-
dred and Fifty Pounds and upon the said Coffins procuring
the said Waldrons note for so much accepted In part of what
the Town doth owe him that the Selectmen shall Confirm to
the said Coffin, or his order the Neck of Land;’’ encouraged
many to stick to the government of Massachusetts, 1677.

Under date of June 25, 1675, the selectmen, Job Clements,
Peter Coffin and Timothy Nutter, make known the fact ‘‘that
the said Peter Coffin doth make over the said Neck of Land
with all Towns Rights to the same which the said Coffin bought
of the Town unto the said Capt. Richard Waldron, his heirs and
assigns forever & whereas the Selectmen upon the Discounting
of one hundred & fifty pounds Due to Capt Richard Waldron
from the town of Dover Due in Behalf of the towns assign and

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set over and Grant unto the said Richard Waldron his heirs &
assigns forever the above said Neck of land, with all Rights
and Privileges Belonging to the Town upon the said Neck at
the time of the sale thereof.’’ His garrison was attacked in
the Indian massacre at Dover, January 27, 1689.

The town granted to Capt. Peter Coffin, February 21, 1698,
‘Liberty to Lay Logs in the Eddy and creek afore his mill
att Lamperill river.;’’ also at the same time 200 acres of land
on ‘‘the north side of Lamperill river saw mill above M* Wad-
leighs mill for the Land the new meeting house stands upon not
to preiudice any former grant nor highway.’’

The town measurers, Biley Dudley and Robert Coffin, August
22, 1698, laid out 100 acres according to this grant, ‘‘bounded by
Lamperell riuer opposite Nicholas Doe . . . near the path
that leads to ye Seacon fall.’’ He presented a claim for enter-
taining soldiers in garrison at Oyster River, May 15, 1694, and
of Exeter for soldiers at Oyster River, November 30, 1694; was
commissioned Justice by William III, August 16, 1699; and
agent of Richard Waldron of Portsmouth in renewing the
bounds of Squamscot with the lot-layers of Exeter, Moses Leavitt
and Robert Coffin, 1697. In March, 1702, the governor and
council ordered him to send two men to scout from Exeter to
Pickpocket mill, thence to Kingston and so back to Exeter; also
to send two men to Lamprey River to the house of John Smith
and so back to Exeter; had 200 acres of land granted him, April,
1702; acted as justice of the peace, Exeter, 1704-05 and 1713;
on committee of the parish, 1706; had an account against the es-
tate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, 1711. He died at Exeter, March
21, 1715.

39. Peter Coffin, Jr., was born August 20, 1660; was ap-
pointed September 18, 1693 ‘‘to agree with Rev. John Clark to
come to this town to be our minister;’’ in 1695, ‘‘to keep the
account of the work done on the meeting house;’’ January 1,
1696, ‘‘to build the meeting house;’’ and petitioned in 1697 for
the renewal of the bonds of Squamscot.

He was chosen August 26, 1698, to make provision for the
gathering of a church and the ordination of Mr. John Clark
September 21, 1698, when he and Deborah Coffin, his wife,
joined the church in covenant and profession of faith. The first
86 History oF NEWFIELDS.

parish voted November 16, 1728, that a new meeting house should
be built and set on ‘‘some part of that land which the present
meeting house standeth on, which land the town purchased of
Captain Peter Coffin for that use.’’ Mr. Coffin was a contribu-
tor to the building of the high steeple, April 4, 1739; petitioned
to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739; was trader in Exeter pre-
vious to the Revolution, and major in Col. David Gilman’s regi-
ment.

40. Robert Coffin, son of Peter Coffin, Sr., was born in 1667,
and married Joanna, twin daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Treworgie) Gilman, who was born April 30, 1679. He was
town measurer in 1697-98, 1700 and 1703; received, September
9, 1701, ‘‘all ye right ye town of Exeter hath or had in ye Lower
falls att Lamperell riuer with all ye priueleg of ye flats 20 rods
below s? falls,’ . . . he ‘‘to pay fiue pounds per annum
a yer yearly to the town or ministry by way of rent.’’ ‘‘Fiue
Aykers’’ of the 100 granted him in April, 1702, were laid out
August 9, 1713, with bounds, ‘‘a p*kit Rock which Layes in Lam-
perill Riuer Lower falls . . . Douer Line, . . . God-
dards Creek, . . . lLamperill Riuer Lowwater mark.’’ A
place for a pew in the meeting house was assigned February 3,
1698 ‘‘to Robert Coffin and his Wif and Elizabeth Coffin, and
the widda Coffin, and his children, joining to Captain Wad-
leighs pew.’’ He died May 19, 1710.

41. William Moore received lands in the first allotment at
Exeter, December 4, 1639, 22 acres and 110 poles upland and 2
acres 40 poles marsh ‘‘this side Mr. Hiltons,’’ and 120 poles at
Lamprey River. He petitioned the governor, deputies and magis-
trates, May 3, 1648 ‘‘to appoint the bounds of our town,’’ and
also ‘‘that we may still peacably enjoy these small quantities
of marshes which are at Lamperel riuer;’’ received grants of
land January 16, 1645, November 4, 1647, 10 acres, December 15,
1647, 30 acres, January 21, 1666, 36 acres, March 3, 1674, 12
acres, and April 2, 1675, 300 acres, which was laid out with
Robert Smart’s 300 acres, April 22, 1698, at the ‘‘Head of m*™
Edward Hilton’s Land and to Pascasick Riuer and joyning to
Lieut Hall’s four hundred acres;’’ was also granted 60 acres,
February 21, 1680; was on a committee to run the line between
Exeter and Hampton, March 29, 1668, between Exeter and Dover,
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July 10, 1671; and to equalize the distribution of land, March
11, 1679; signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts in
1677; was on a committee to make a new agreement with Rev.
Mr. Dudley, June 13, 1655, and to seat the new meeting house,
February 3, 1698; was a delegate for Exeter to the convention
which decided it best that New Hampshire return to its former
union with Massachusetts, January, 1690; was commissioned
captain, March, 1690; joined the church in covenant and con-
fession of faith, September 21, 1698. His name appears last up-
on the town records as moderator, in 1699.

42. Andrew Burley, son of Giles Burley, was born at
Ipswich, Mass.; married Mary, daughter of Roger Conant,
March 14, 1681; was granted liberty to burn a kiln of brick at
Jeffries Neck, March 20, 1687; purchased lands at Bayside, New-
fields, January 18, 1695, of Samuel Cutt, Richard Waldron and
Samuel Penhallow; subscribed for ‘‘a bigger bell,’’ 1699, and
January 16, 1700, was assigned a seat in the new meeting house
at Ipswich; divided land with his brother, James, at Newmarket,
1715, and died, Ipswich, February 1, 1718.

43. James Burley, his brother, was born in Ipswich; bought
150 acres of upland and meadow at Bayside of Daniel King,
January 31, 1685; settled there, 1699; was surveyor of high-
ways, 1704; bought marsh of Stephen Minot, 1712, and land of
Joseph Hilton, 1714; divided land with his nephew, son of
Andrew, May 22, 1718; was appraiser of the estate of Robert
Smart, May 22, 1718; conveyed lands to his sons, Joseph, James
and Giles, 1719; and died at Bayside about 1721.

44, Josiah Burley, son of James, and grandson of Giles Bur-
ley, was born in 1701; chosen tithing-man, March 29, 1725; mar-
ried Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Abigail (Follett) Wig-
gin, and died in 1756.

45. Richard Glidden, probably son of Charles, was of Ports-
mouth in 1665, and of Exeter in 1677, in which year he signed
in favor of continuing with Massachusetts. He received grants
of land in 1698 and 1725; joined the church in covenant and
profession of faith, September 21, 1698; was administrator of
his brother John’s estate, January 4, 1710. His will, dated
October 18, 1727, and probated December 4, 1728, mentions wife
Sarah and seven sons and three daughters. The family lived
88 History oF NEWFIELDS.

in the vicinity of Wadleigh’s falls. His heirs had 10 acres of
land assigned them, August 9, 1738.

46. John Wedgewood, son of John and Mary Wedgewood of
Hampton, received from his uncle, John Smart, one half of the
300 aeres of land which was granted to Goodman John Smart
May 25, 1646, and re-surveyed July 21, 1780; received by his
father’s will, November 24, 1654, a dwelling house and other
estate in Exeter. He is first mentioned on Exeter records, March
3, 1673, when he was chosen to look after the manufacturers of
pipe staves with reference to their ministerial rates; was one of
62 persons taxed in Exeter, April 20, 1680, and was landowner
at Newfields, June 13, 1681; was commissioned to lay out lands,
1698; of Exeter, 1700; was with Hampton men at Fort William
and Mary from May 18 to June 1, 1708; taken captive by the
Indians, June 1710, carried to Canada, but escaped and returned
with two other men; enlisted from Major Smith’s company with
the scout of Capt. James Davis, 1712. Wedgewood Point, lying
between Shute’s Point and the Fowler place, locates his residence.

The name appears here for more than a century and a half
and represented an orthodox faith. ‘‘Mr. John Wedgewood died
March 6, 1828, aged 95.’’ ‘‘Mrs. Mary Wedgewood died August
20, 1824 aged 79.’

47. Capt. Eliphalet Coffin was apportioned 100 acres of com-
mon lands, April 12, 1725; bid off pew No. 30 on the main floor
for £18 10s. March, 1731; was on committee to call the selectmen
to account in 1732; sold to Stephen Pendergast 84 acres of land
with the garrison house at Lamprey River second falls, now
known as the Pendergast Garrison, October 9, 1735. Captain
Coffin died August 16, 1736. His will dated January 15, 1735,
and probated September 13, 1736, gives to his wife ‘‘my mulatto
girl named Tinne and my negro girl named Peg, and my negro
man Jack,’’ and to his son, Peter, lands in Exeter, Stratham and
Dover with the orchard upon it, including 100 acres at Lamprey
River and ‘‘my negro man Jack after his mother has done with
him.’’

48. Philip Chesley, son of Philip, and grandson of Philip,
bought of Thomas Packer, December 1, 1711, 50 acres of land
adjoining Lamprey River together ‘‘with ye privilege of erecting

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a mill or mills upon ye said riuer.’’ Samuel, his brother, sold
to Samuel Lindsey, March 1, 1728, one eighth of the sawmill
at the falls in Lamprey River ‘‘commonly called Packers falls.’’
The falls were so named from Thomas Packers who received from
Dover a grant in this region, April 11, 1694.

49. Joseph Chesley, son of Thomas, and grandson of Philip,
acquired land, March 26, 1707, on Lubberland shore, where his
garrison stood, purchasing of Sampson Doe all the land between
John Goddard’s and Richard York’s. He also secured at the
same time six acres, and two islands, since called Chesley’s and
now Channell’s Islands.

50. Jonathan Wadleigh, son of Captain Robert, and grand-
son of John, styled Lieutenant and Captain, married Ann,
daughter of Humphrey Wilson, and widow of Col. Winthrop Hil-
ton. He was assigned a seat in the pew of his father, February
3, 1698; received a grant of 50 acres of land, February 21, 1698;
was appointed by General Sessions to run lines between town
and town throughout the province, December 3, 1701, March 6,
1711, and December 24, 1715; witness for Samuel Allen in his
entry upon Mason’s claims, December 22 and 23, 1707; on a com-
mittee of Exeter to locate roads in the province March 16, 1711;
with his wife petitioned the council board for a re-hearing of the
case between them and George Jaffrey, and John Brown and
wife Mary, October 11, 1718; received 200 acres in the distribu-
tion of common lands, 1725; was selectman, 1727-28; on the
committee to build a new meeting house, October, 1729; paid
£15 for pew No. 22 in the new meeting house, March, 1731; on
committee to secure and deliver the town books to the newly
elected clerk, March 1738; petitioned to be joined to Massachu-
setts in 1739; and against a township in the southwest of Exeter,
1642.

51. William Ardell was a merchant at Boston in 1684, at
Portsmouth about 1686, and resident of Lamprey River in 1700,
where an inventory of his estate was returned June 5, 1710,
by Richard Hilton. A writ of attachment was served upon him
by Robert Tufton Mason, May 22, 1684, ‘‘for entering &e the
half part of Hilton’s mill at Lamprey river ;’’ complained of the
exorbitant taxation by Governor Cranfield, November 6, 1684;
had timber and boards attached at Hilton’s mill at Piscassie,
90 History of NEWFIELDS.

July 15, 1685, or his body seized by writ of Walter Barefoote ;
had account with Mr. Hilton, January 24, 1686, to July 8, 1689,
which was allowed against the estate November 14, 1701; was
sheriff of the province, 1697-99; received a grant of 100 acres
of land February 21, 1698, which was laid out March 12, 1699,
near his sawmill at Piscassic River; mortgaged all his lands,
houses and will or mills on Piscassie River to George Jaffrey, July
26, 1700, and gave him possession September 3, 1701; brought
action against B. Young in 1707 to recover a book account; had
account with Col. Winthrop Hilton in 1710; his house, barn
and sawmill were given in possession to Mr. Culton about 1710.
He died, and an inventory of his estate was returned by Richard
Hilton, June 5, 1710.

52. Archibald McPheadris of Scotland was an opulent mer-
chant at Portsmouth and a leading projector of iron manufac-
ture in America. He was at the head of a company which es-
tablished the Lamprey River Iron Works in 1719. The general
court encouraged the enterprise by granting them a strip of land
two miles wide at the head of Dover line. The company en-
deavored to procure workmen from Europe.

53. John Doe, son of Nicholas and Martha Doe, was born
August 25, 1669, and lived in the garrison house on the Neck,
where he joined in asking for 15 or 20 soldiers to defend Lub-
berland, 1694; petitioned, November 11, 1715, that a ministerial
tax be assessed in Oyster River; and for the incorporation of
Durham, May 15, 1732. He died intestate about 1742, leaving
his wife, Elizabeth, and children.

54. Sampson Doe, brother of John, was born April 6, 1671;
served ten days in Capt. James Davis’s Scout, 1712; petitioned
for a parish at Oyster River November 11, 1715, which was incor-
porated May 4, 1716; selectman, and committee of the parish
in 1717; and became a member of the church at Oyster River at
its organization March 26, 1718; was mentioned in the records,
1720; apportioned 20 acres of land by the committee of Exeter,
1725, and 80 acres, 1738 ; petitioned for the incorporation of Dur-
ham, May 15, 1732; for a bridge over Squamscot River, 1746;
and with Nicholas, Joseph and John Doe, Jr., and others,
‘‘having endured the brunt and hardships of the late war,’’ for
a township anywhere.
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50. Joseph Hall was the son of Joseph and Mary (Hilton)
Hall. He married (1) Mary Moody of Newbury, who died April
1, 1755, aged 73 years, and (2) Eunice , who died his widow
March 27, 1790, aged 97 years. He was among his Uncle Col.
Winthrop Hilton’s haymakers when attacked by the Indians
July 1, 1706, and escaped, while others were killed or captured ;
was selectman in 1715-17, 1721, 1723-25; lieutenant, 1720,
and in June and July, 1744, on Capt. John Gage’s scout of seven
men ‘‘to guard Mast men’’; received grants of land November
1, 1718, ten acres; March 9, 1725, ten acres; certified to taking .
ten acres of swamp land by fencing and clearing, December 16,
1718 ; in 1725, was apportioned 150 acres; original proprietor of
Nottingham, May 10, 1722; on committee to regulate the streets
of Nottingham, October 12, 1727; and at a meeting of the pro-
prietors March 25, 1729, was chosen with Andrew McClary ‘‘to
Lay a Flore and fitt one End of the Block house for a minister
to preach in’’; received in the second division of lands in Not-
tingham, November 4, 1730, ‘‘Lot No. 9, Summer St.,’’? and in
the third division, 1733, drew Lot 7 Range 4 and Lot 15 Range 3;
lot-layer reporting to the town the action of lot-layers, 1731; on
committee to receive claims of persons whose lots had been over-
laid on other lots, October 18, 1731; at Newfields he was assessor
of the parish in 1729 and 1732; committee of the parish on the
settlement of Rev. John Moody, February 9, 1730, and on the
parish committee to convey to Rev. John Moody the land voted
him in settlement. The committee bought twelve acres of Jona-
than Hilton which they deeded to Mr. Moody August 7, 1780, for
the pastor’s home. He protested against the proceedings of a
town meeting as illegal, June 17, 1738; was moderator, 1745;
justice, 1746; petitioned the general assembly for a bridge over
Squamscot River, November 21, 1746; for a lottery to aid in
building the bridge, 1759-60, and for its location at Newfields in
1766. In 1769 Joseph Hall had died leaving a widow and six
daughters.

 
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56. Edward Hall, brother of Joseph, married (1) Mary, |
daughter of Humphrey and Judith (Hersey) Wilson, who died
December 2, 1737, aged 57; and (2) Hannah, daughter of Rob-
ert Lord, and widow (1) of John Light, and (2) of Josiah Hall.
He was captured by the Indians among Col. Winthrop Hilton’s
haymakers July 1, 1706, and suffered greatly in making his
escape after several months’ captivity; his experience as cap-
tive and surveyor was valuable and he was consulted about the
Indian troubles by the governor’s council in 1716; was surveyor
of his majesty’s woods in 1715; on important committees in town
and Legislature in 1713, 1722, 1724, 1726-27, 1729, 1732 and
1740; selectman, 1718, 1720, 1722, 1726-27; took a mortgage
of Richard Hilton’s estate subject to previous incumbrances,
December 28, 1721; appointed to cut a highway to ‘‘Lake Win-

-nispesseogee,’’ 1722; was an original proprietor of Nottingham,
May 10, 1722, where he was on a committee, 1724, 1726-27 and
1729; lot-layer, 1730 and 1732, and received in the second
division of lands, November 4, 1730, Lots No. 29 Range 9, and
No. 1 Range 8; was ‘‘Essessor for the parish of new-market,’’
1723, 1728, 1732, 1734-35 and 1738; apportioned 150 acres of
land in 1725; overseer to go with the chainmen to keep tally and
give just allowance in running the line between Chester and
Londonderry, January 6, 1726, making return to the General
Court, October 18, 1726; also between Exeter and Chester, 1727;
to regulate the streets of Nottingham, October 12, 1727; select-
man of Nottingham, 1728-31; empowered ‘‘to Gitt a horseway
cutt to Amuskeige as Chepe as he can gitt it done and as Low as
possible he ecan,’’ December 10, 1729; lot-layer, 1726, 1732, 1736-
39; he headed the petition to the general assembly, December 14,
1727, for the formation of Newmarket parish, and was named in
the act of incorporation, December 15, 1727, as one of the parish
officers till others should be chosen; and appointed to take the
census of Newmarket in 1731. He gave quitclaim deeds, March
26, 1734, to Rev. John Moody, of the twelve acres in settlement,
and to the parish of the one acre for a burying ground. He was
captain in 1736; representative, 1736, 1738-40, 1748, and
1752-53 ; commissioner of the peace, 1738; certified in the quaint
petition of Rev. Hugh Adams to Gov. Jonathan Belcher, May
3, 1738, to be ‘‘exemplary in Church communion and attendance
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on the other ordinances of the Gospel of Curist;’’ was among
the 263 petitioners to be joined to Massachusetts in 1739; on a
committee of the House to draw up and act relating to the ad-
mission of ‘‘Town Inhabitants,’’ February 19, 1740; petitioned
for Squamscot bridge, November 21, 1746, and for a lottery in
aid of bridge at Newfields, 1759-60 and 1766. He died about
1767, leaving no son, but several daughters. The eldest, Ann,
was the wife of Rev. John Moody, and another daughter married
Rev. Mr. Page.

57. Andrew Glidden, son of Richard and Sarah Glidden, had
the old homestead of fifty acres laid out to him March 22, 1716,
by the heirs of Moses Gilman’s grant of 600 acres; was tithing-
man, 1721; constable, 1722; assigned March 27, 1725, by virtue
of the town order in 1681, ten acres of meadow at the Sand
Banks, but afterwards laid out to his heirs ‘‘at the head of
Hilton’s Grant line,’’ August 9, 1738; was apportioned 100 acres
of common land, 1725; named executor of his father’s will, Octo-
ber 18, 1727; named in the act of parish incorporation as
‘“selectman’’ till others should be chosen; and died before the
close of 1730. Edward Hilton, son of Richard, January 5, 1731,
caused the arrest and fine for profanity and personal assault of
‘a negro man called Sambo who was formerly servant to Andrew
Glidden dece*. & belongs now to the Widdow of said Glidden or
her son-in-law Joseph Smith.’’

58. William Perkins, born in Cornwall County, England, in
1616, was one of Oliver Cromwell’s old soldiers, and was visited,
May, 1729, by William Burnet, the accomplished governor of
New Hampshire, in the summer of 1729 to talk over the stirring
events during the civil wars of the Commonwealth. He was in
Dover, 1662; took the oath of allegiance, 1669; and died at New-
fields, 1732, at the age of 116 years, the greatest age ever attained
by any resident in New Hampshire. His son died in 1757 aged
87, and several of his children lived to be more than 70.

‘William Perkins’ family came here from Oyster River, and
purchased of William Hilton, July 28, 1675, sixty acres by the
First Creek in Squamscot River near the old centre.

59. William Perkins, Jr., held claims against the state of Wil-
liam Hilton, November 14, 1701, and of Col. Winthrop Hilton
October 3, 1717; was apportioned forty acres of land in 1725;
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named in the act of parish incorporation, December 15, 1727,
‘‘seleectman’’ until other parish officers should be chosen; com-
mittee of the parish to agree with Mr. John Moody respecting his
settlement, February 9, 1730; elected on parish committee, June
29, 1730, to convey to Rev. John Moody the land voted him in
settlement, and assigned, August 7, 1730, twelve of the twenty
acres voted, which became the home of Mr. Moody; ‘‘constable
to some in the parish of New-market,’’ 1734. Ten acres of land
were assigned his heirs, August 9, 1738. He died intestate and
Mary Perkins, ‘‘Widdow & Relict,’’ administered on the estate.

60. Samuel Doe, son of Sampson Doe, was baptized at Lub-
berland by Rev. Hugh Adams, March 21, 1718; apportioned by
the town of Exeter twenty acres of land in 1725, and twenty
acres in 1738; committee of parish on the settlement of Mr. John
Moody, February 9, 1730; petitioned for a bridge over Squam-
scot River, 1746; bought of John Boreman his right as a soldier
to Louisburg, 1746; sold to Stephen Bordman, May 1, 1754, for
£7,000 old tenor, land with edifices on Doe’s Neck; petitioned for
a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge, 1746; joined the church in
Durham, December 31, 1780. He married Abigail, daughter of
Judge Andrew Wiggin, who is mentioned in the settlement of
her father’s estate, November 24, 1757.

61. Thomas Young was a cordwainer; petitioned, February
20, 1690, for the government and protection of Massachusetts
‘fas formerly’’; was counted, April 25, 1715, among the ‘‘house-
holders and inhabitants that live nearer the old meeting house on
Dover Neck than the new one at Cocheco’’; presented his claim
against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, October 3, 1717; was
of Exeter and purchased part of the 600 acres granted to Moses
Gilman of his sons, Jeremiah, James and Caleb, September 4,
1720; bought John Willey’s proprietor rights in the township
of Canterbury, March 16, 1730; committee of Newmarket parish
on the settlement of Mr. Moody, February 9, 1730; justice, 1744;
representative ‘‘unduly elected’’ and superseded, 1745; peti-
tioned for bridge, November 21, 1746; bought a portion of the
homestead estate of Benjamin York ‘‘over against Lamprey
river landing place,’’ November 9, 1749; with widow Eliza Young
was rated for parish dues at Dover, 1753. His will was dated
May 2, 1767, but not signed. He died May 11, 1767, aged 76.
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His wife Sarah, daughter of Ephraim Folsom, died May 13,
1768, aged 76.

62. Jeremy Folsom, son of Dea. John, and cousin of John at
Piscassic, settled about 1712 on the hill south of Lamprey River
village, where in 1719 he built the two-story brick house which
stood till 1874; was highway surveyor, 1725, and 1727; on parish
committee, 1730; bought fifty acres of land of Richard Hilton
on the west side of Hilton’s mill grant at Piscassic River, on south
side of Wadleigh’s mill grant, January 4, 1730. His father’s
will, dated November 24, 1715, has the following:

“Item. I give to my son Jeremiah Foulsom one hundred acres
of land at Lamperele River where he lives.’’

In 1720 he was chosen tithing-man; in 1725, apportioned fifty
acres of common land; on the parish committee June 29, 1730,
which conveyed to Rev. John Moody, August 7, 1730, twelve of
the twenty acres voted him in settlement. He had eight children,
and died in 1757. His wife, Mary, died October 8, 1744, aged 57
years.

The descendants of the Folsom family have resided in the
vicinity for more than 200 years.

63. Robert Pike, son of Robert, who died August 22, 1690,
aged 35, grandson of Major Robert, and great-grandson of John,
was born September 3, 1687. He came to Exeter as early as
1720, and was admitted proprietor of Nottingham, June 13,
1722; constable at Exeter in 1723; apportioned fifty acres of com-
mon land in 1725; was of one party in a division of land which
had belonged to Winthrop Hilton, September 25, 1725; chosen
on the parish committee June 29, 1730, to lay out twelve of the
twenty acres voted to Mr. Moody in settlement; gave land for a
highway from Newfields landing to Nottingham, 1733; petitioned
for Squamscot bridge, November 21, 1746; for its location at
Newfields, November 25, 1755; for lottery in aid of its building,
1760, and again for its location at Newfields, 1766; entered the
company of Capt. Jeremiah Marston in Colonel Goffe’s regiment
for invading Canada by way of the Green Mountains, from which
he was reported ‘‘deserted 6th Oct, C. Point’’; states in a peti-
tion June 14, 1764, that he was in the expedition against Canada
in 1760, and among others left Crown Point about a fortnight
before dismission, yet prays for pay for that year, but the peti-
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tion was dismissed; petitions for a bridge at Newtields, 1766; and
signed the Association Test, 1776.

64. Joseph Smith, son of John and Susannah (Chesley), and
grandson of Joseph Smith, was born September 7, 1701; bap-
tized Feb. 28, 1720; and married November 10, 1729, Sarah,
daughter of Andrew Glidden, hy whom he had eleven children,
He received of his father the property at the lower falls of
Lamprey River where he built the three-story briek house, sinee
known as the Dr. George W. Kittredge place, and became one
of the largest land owners in New Hampshire; was on the parish
committee June 29, 1730, which conveyed to Mr. Moody twelve
of the twenty acres voted him in settlement; was justice of the
peace; sold part of the 600 acres granted to Moses Gilman to
Samucl Brackett of Exeter, 1730; conveyed to Abraham Ben-
nick, Jr., all his right and title to the mill dam and falls, and
land granted io John Goddard at Packer's Malls, May 10, 1739;
bought of John Burleigh, 1740, land granted by Exeter, 1681;
was an inhabitant of Chester, 1744; petitioned the general court
for a grant of land in favor of Durham, viz: New Durham;
“having endured the brunt and hardships of the late war,’’ peti-
tioned ‘‘for a township anywhere’? January 8, 1754; was an in-
habitant of Exeter, 1755; petitioned for a bridge at Newliclds,
November 21, 1755; favored the location of the bridge at, New-
fields rather than at the lower ferry, January 7, 1766; was repre-
sentative to the general assembly, 1755-56, 1758, 1762 and 1775;
served on several important committecs, among them one to
purchase the Archibald MePhaedris mansion for a provincial
house, March 18, 1767; one to prepare an address ‘‘to his Majesty
in Council praying a reémbursement of the expense incurred to
the Province in supplying provisions and warlike stores for the
Troops raised and sent out for the several expeditions avainst
Crown Point,’’ 1776, and signed the celebrated Association Test,
July 12, 1776. Ile died March 29, 1781, and his wife, Novem-
ber 26, 1785.

65. Walter Neal of the fifth gencration through Samuel,
Samuel, Walter, Walter, enlisted from Captain Weck’s company
into the scout of Capt. James Davis, 1712; was surveyor and
fenee viewer of Newmarket, 1723; received thirty acres of land,
1725; constable, 1782; gave land for a highway from Newfields
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to Nottingham, 1733; is mentioned in 1738 and 1741; pctitioned
for a bridge over Exeter River, November 21, 1746. THe married
Anna Matoon, daughter of Richard, who was a widow in 1758,
and died September 25, 1766. Ilis son, Walter, signed the Asso-
ciation Test, July 12, 1776.

66. Robert Gilman was ‘‘assessor of the Parish of new-mar-
ket,’’ in 1734.

67. Jonathan Hilton, son of William, and brother of Richard
Ililton, married his cousin Sobriety, daughter of Edward and
Mary (Dudley) Hilton. He had a son, Jonathan, and it is dif-
ficult to distinguish between them in the records. Charles Ililton,
son of Jonathan, was baptized December 10, 1727, ‘‘in minority.’’
Fifty acres of land were assigned Jonathan Ililton, April 17,
1710; also a grant of fifty acres ‘‘on the south side of Lam-
percel river at a place called Dudley wigwam’’; he was with
Capt. Nicholas Gilman's scout for two days, July 5, 1710; pre-
sented a claim against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, for his
wife’s portion given her by her father’s will. Fifty acres of land
were apportioned to Jonathan Hilton, father and son, cach,
April 12, 1725. There were reserved for Jonathan Iilton twelve
acres out of 284 sold to Joseph Jacob in 1728 by Mrs. Mary
Brown, ‘‘lately Plaisted.’’ The parish committee purchased of
him twelve acres which they deeded to Mr. Moody, August 7,
1730; and ten aeres were assigned him August 9, 1738. Ile
petitioned for bridge over Squamscot River, November 21, 1746;
and having ‘‘endured the brunt and hardship of the late war,’’
for a township, 1754.

68. Joseph Jacob, son of Joseph and Susannah (Symonds),
and grandson of Richard and Martha (Appleton) Jacob, was one
of the arms-hearing families of Ipswich, Mass. Ile had a wife,
Mary, and daughter, Susannah, who married July 5, 1716, Philip
Fowler; sold, July 23, 1716, ‘‘to our brother Joseph Jacob all
right in the farm that was our honored father’s, Mr. Joseph
Jacob’’; bought in 1728, 248 acres of land, reserving twelve acres
for Jonathan Hilton, as in preceding sketch. He was witness to
the deed conveying to Rev. John Moody twelve acres purchased
by the parish of Jonathan Ifilton, August 7, 1730; quitelaimed,
March 26, 1734, the same land to Mr. Moody; and the same day
sold to the parish one acre of ‘‘land on which y® mecting house

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standeth,’’ now the burying ground at the old center; was a
‘‘joiner’’ in Newfields, 1733. He sold to his son-in-law, Philip
Fowler, December 26, 1735, ‘‘one Narragansett right Derived
unto me by my Hon. Uncle Richard Jacob, who was actually a
soldier in ye Narragansett War’’; and to the same, February 14,
1738, for 2,000 pounds, 236 acres of land with two houses and
two barns.

69. Thomas Tash, son of Maj. Thomas, and grandson of Maj.
Thomas and Ann Tash, was born in 1722; captain to Forts Ed-
ward and William Henry, 1755; acting major at No. 4, in 1757,
his battalion being the first New Hampshire soldiers to occupy
the post; captain against Crown Point, 1758; petitioned for
bridge, 1760 and 1766; authorized to call the first town meeting
at New Durham, 1762; chairman of the committee of safety at
Newmarket to assist soldiers’ families, June 5, 1775; built fire
rafts at Newington, 1775; delegate from Newmarket to the fifth
Provineial Congress, December 21, 1775; on committee of Con-
egress to draft an oath for members of the House, December 25,
1775; on committee of the House, January 23-24, 1776; carried
to the president of council the account of the committee of
safety for fire rafts, £39 6s 3d; representative from Newmarket,
1776; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was recom-
mended by the Provincial Congress as candidate for field officer,
January 24, 1776; nominated heutenant-colonel of the Conti-
nental Battalion, June 12, and appointed June 19, 1776; ap-
pointed colonel of the First Regiment of reinforcements, Septem-
ber 4, 1776; writes to the New Hampshire committee of safety,
October 26, 1776; receives letter from Colonel Welch, October 31,
1776; on committee of the parish to request the resignation of
Rev. Mr. Moody, 1777; representative for New Durham, the
Gore and Wolfborough, though still residing in Newmarket,
December 17, 1777; justice at the trial of Elisha Thomas, 1778;
representative for Barnstead, New Durham Gore and New Dur-
ham, and on frequent committees of the House, 1784-86; and
for New Durham and New Durham Gore, 1791-92; selectman of
New Durham, 1783; petitioned in behalf of the inhabitants of
New Durham, April 7, 1784; licensed taverner and retailer of
New Durham, 1785; delegate from New Durham to the conven-
tion at Concord to revise the state constitution, September 7,
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1791, and September 15, 1792; petitioned for the incorporation
of New Durham Library Association, May 25, 1797; removed to
New Durham at the close of the Revolution and died, 1809.

70. Thomas Bennet petitioned for Newfield’s bridge, Novem-
ber 21, 1746; was innholder, and bought land in Nottingham,
December 9, 1771; credited with labor on fire rafts at Newing-
ton, October 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12,
1776; committee of parish for the dismission of Rev. John Moody,
April 28, 1777; joined the West Society, January 10, 1778; and
died March 13, 1789. He probably had ason, Thomas, who was
born January 14, 1761; married Sarah Davis in 1780, and prob-
ably died before his father; his widow died August 26, 1826.

71. Caleb Clark, brother of Richard, petitioned for bridge
over Squamseot River, November 21, 1746; was captain in the
French War, 1757-60; cornet in the company of Capt. Anthony
Towle and battalion of Maj. Thomas Tash from August 24 to
December 17, 1757, for the defense of Fort Edward; petitioned
for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760; was on the muster rolls for
the expedition under General Amherst from January 29 to
February 14, 1760; committee of parish to settle arrearage of sal-
ary with Rev. Mr. Moody, August 31, 1761; bought land of
Samuel Tilton and wife, Jemima, 1764; petitioned for a bridge
at Newfields, 1766 and 1772; enlisted February 13, 1777, from
the Fourth Regiment of militia, for three years or during the
war, and mustered with Capt. James Norris’ company, receiving
twenty pounds state bounty; justice of the peace for Grafton
County, April 3, 1779, and settled in Canaan.

72. Joseph Young, son of Thomas and Sarah (Folsom)
Young, was born August 24, 1726, and married (1) about 1753,
Ann, daughter of Jeremy Folsom, who was born August, 1731,
and died October, 1763; and (2) 1764, Mary, daughter of
Zechariah and Sarah (Gains) Foss, who was born November
25, 1739, and became the mother of thirteen children. He
bought of John Mason of Durham all his ‘‘Right, title Interest

unto a certen tract or parsel of Land containing six
miles Square or thirty six Square miles, which was granted by
the purchers of Mason’s claims to Jonathan Chester, Ebenezer
Smith, my Self and others,’’ March 26, 1750; paid, February 21,
1753, to John Palmer of Newmarket, blacksmith, eighty pounds
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old tenor, for ‘‘my dwelling house in newmarket, it being the
house in which I now dwell together with the strip of Land on
which s? house stands’’; was connected with the Western Parish
of Dover in 1753; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, November
25, 1755 and 1766; was first lieutenant in Lieut.-Col. John Hart’s
company under Col. Nathaniel Meserve in the Crown Point
expedition; captain, January 1, 1757; wounded August, 1757;
paid 2,600 pounds in bills of credit of the old tenor, April 19,
1758, to Benjamin York of Newmarket, for land, ‘‘being all my
homestead Estate in said Newmarket and Containing by Estima-
tion about thirty-two acres and Three Quarters of an acre’’;
petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge and its location at New-
fields, 1760; on committee of parish to settle arrearages of salary
with Rev. John Moody. August 31, 1761; paid Daniel Mason
of Newmarket, December 23, 1762, 550 pounds old tenor for
seven acres and a half, adjoining land of Nathan Keniston, John
Tash and Ebenezer Smith; paid Eliphalet Wiggin of Durham,
May 1, 1766, sixty-five pounds for one-half acre of land ‘‘near to
Lampereal River Low falls’’; received by his father’s will
about 140 acres ‘‘now in his possession on ye north side of Pis-
cassick River,’’ with one half of the sawmill and mill privilege
on both sides of the river, and ‘‘one half the Grist mills after his
mother’s Decease and one acre of Salt marsh and thatch Bed
Laying on the South west Side thereof’’; was made sole executor
of his father’s will, dated May 2, 1767: paid George Dutch of
Newmarket, December 28, 1767, ten pounds for two and one-half
acres of land ‘‘at the Bottom of the Long hill so called’’ on the
south side of ‘‘Wadleys Road,’’ his wife, Hannah, surrendering
her right of dower, January $8, 1768; on committee to manage
lottery, 1768; paid forty-six pounds, January 28, 1768, ‘‘to the
administrator on the Estate of John Willey late of Durham
millwright,’’ for twenty-nine acres and twenty-six rods of land
in Durham; bought of William Willey of Durham, weaver, two
and three-quarters acres of land in Durham, May 8, 1770; paid
Walter and Jeremy Bryent, both of Newmarket, 250 pounds
‘‘for all their right and title to the falls at Wadley’s falls with
two thirds of fulling mill thereon and one half the grist mill on
the north side of the river, as also two thirds of the utensils
belonging to said fulling mill, and all the Island joining to and
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below the dam, except one rod round the Griss mill, and also
land to run down the river and all our land on the north side
of the river’’; received for $300, of Jonathan Chesley of Durham,
deed of land in Durham, adjoining land of Samuel Joy, and
east of the road from Lamprey: River landing to Packer’s Falls;
had an interest in ‘‘the third Class of the Lottery’’ and an
account with the directors of the bridge, July 16, 1769, to May
28, 1770; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; and died
April 11, 1806.

73. Bradstreet Doe was ensign in Capt. Somersbee Gilman’s
company, Col. John Hart’s regiment, against Crown Point, 1758;
petitioned for road from Lamprey River to Durham, February 11,
1768, and for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; allowed for labor on
fire rafts built at Newington, October 22, 1775; signed the Asso-
ciation Test, July 12, 1776; and on committee of parish for the
dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28, 1777.

74. John Mead was a sea captain in his early days, and his
large sea-chest is still in the possession of the Plumer family at
Epping; was of Stratham, 1709, and later Newmarket; remon-
strated against the gathering of a township at Squamscot, Decem-
ber 5, 1709; united with the church in Stratham, 1746; received
an order from Walter Bryent, one of the proprietors of Bow,
January 27, 1749; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot
bridge and its removal to Newfields, 1760; was ensign in Capt.
Somersbee Gilman’s company, Col. John Hart’s regiment,
against Crown Point, 1758; petitioned for a road from Lamprey
River to Durham, February 11, 1768, and for lottery in aid of
bridge, 1768; allowed for labor on fire rafts built at Newington,
October 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
and was on committee of parish for the dismission of Rev. John
Moody, April 28, 1777. He was connected with the Congrega-
tional parish, 1803.

75. Dea. Stephen Bordman of Stratham, blacksmith, was
born in Ipswich, Mass., 1718; bought of Samuel Doe of New-
market, for 7,000 pounds old tenor, March 1, 1754, land in New-
market with edifices, at Doe’s Neck, including marsh and thatch
land at the Boathouse Creek on ‘‘Lamperil river’’; was dismissed,
September 8, 1764, from the church in Gloucester, Mass., to the
church in Stratham; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Newfields
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bridge, 1760, and was appointed on a committee to manage said
lottery, 1768; bought, November 28, 1769, 132 rods of land in
Stratham of John Hill, of Stratham: also, January 11, 1772.
of Mary Hill, thirteen acres of the estate of her father, John
Hill, deceased; was representative from Stratham, .\pril 8, 1774:
was an ardent patriot and died before June 9. 1788.

76. Walter Bryent married Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremy
and Elizabeth Folsom; was a resident of Lamprey River, 1735-
90, and an enterprising, capable and highly useful citizen; lot-
layer and land surveyor; commissioned by Goy. Jonathan
Belcher, Mareh 12, 1741, to run the boundary between New
Hampshire and the district of Maine, which line was in dispute,
1735-36; appointed by the council to provide two good chain-
men, all under oath, to run the southern line and make a plan
of the town of Kingston, April 15, 1742; made his return June
11, and the boundary was fixed June 12, 1742; was soldier,
1746-47; on committee to locate the meeting house in Bow,
October 12, 1759, and of Newmarket parish August 31, 1761, to
settle arrearage of salary with Rev. John Moody; selectman,
1765; manager of the lottery for building Squamscot bridge,
1765 and 1768; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; sur-
veyed the town of Londonderry, 1742; was surveyor of a com-
pany in the intended expedition against Canada, 1747, and
passed over the ground where Lovell’s sanguinary fight with the
Indians took place in which Lovell was killed, discovering
Indian camps large enough to hold thirty men, and trees full of
bullet holes, having also imitations of men’s faces cut upon
them. Major Davis was in command of this company, marching
by compass and chain, raised by act of the General Assembly,
June 4, 1746, as a portion of the 1,000 men who were designed
for the immediate reduction of Canada.

Walter Bryent made a survey of Bow in 1749, employing five
men for twelve days, from September 18, making return October
31; was authorized to call the first meeting of the inhabitants of
Pembroke, November 1, 1759; was on a committee, October 12,
1759, to locate the meeting house in Bow; petitioned for a lot-
tery in aid of Newfields bridyve, 1760; reecived land in Bow, 1760;
surveyed the boundary line of Chester, 1761; petitioned, January
18, 1765, in behalf of Daniel Ames for bringing Mary Flood
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from Canterbury, who had been tried for her life and acquitted;
appointed, 1765 and 1768, one of the managers of the lottery to
build a bridge over Exeter River; petitions for a bridge at New-
fields, 1766; with William Pottle, made return August 26, 1767,
of the inventory of Philip Fowler’s estate; as one of his Majesty’s
justices of the peace, warned a meeting of the inhabitants of
Hampton Falls to be held January: 30, 1770; with others, re-
ceived from Gov. Benning Wentworth, February 7, 1767, grant
of the town of Chatham; selectman and lot-layer of Bow, 1774;
credited, October 22, 1775, with labor on rafts built at Newing-
ton; interested in the business settlement of Bow affairs; Asso-
ciation Test, July 12, 1776; justice of the peace and quorum,
1776; committee of parish for the dismission of Rev. John
Moody, April 28, 1777; joined the West Society, January 10,
1778; with his wife joined the church at Durham, October 31,
1780; non-resident land owner in Pembroke, February 22, 1754;
moderator, 1785-86 ; administrator on estate of Jeremiah Bryent
of Newmarket, October 17, 1786; also on the estate of his sons,
Walter and Jeremy, 1786; bid off pew No. 32 in the new meeting
house, October 24, 1791; and was still active in the parish,
1798-99.

77. Wentworth Cheswell, son of Hopestill and —— (Kenni-
son) Cheswell, was born, 1746; educated at Dummer Academy,
Byfield, Mass.; is mentioned in the records, 1768-69; justice
of the peace; executor of the will of Dea. Joseph Judkins, 1770;
eredited with labor on rafts at Newington, October 22, 1775;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; clerk of committee
for the dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28 to June 13,
1777; on committee to petition the Legislature for the formation
of the West Society, November 7, 1777; selectman, 1783, 1785
and 1795; assessor, 1784, 1786-87, 1791, 1797-99; auditor, 1786,
1799, 1801, 1804-12, and 1814-16; coroner, 1786-87; active in
parish affairs 1791, 1794, 1796-98, 1800-01, 1806 and 1816; bid
off pew No. 9 in new meeting house, October 24, 1791; representa-
tive, 1801; moderator, 1801, 1804-07, 1809-11, and 1813-16;
and retailer, 1818. He died March 8, 1817, and his wife, Mary,
June 22, 1829, aged 79.

78. James Folsom, son of William and Hannah (Gilman),
and grandson of Ephraim Folsom, was a cousin of Dea. Joseph
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Judkins, and an executor of his will in 1770; moved to Gilman-
ton in 1772, and died there in 1776. He married Margaret
Firnal Cotton, and his estate was divided among six children
in 1787.

79. William Cario was the Newfields silversmith, and lived
in the Dr. Phineas Trull house; made the Joseph Judkins’ com-
munion cup in 1770, which bears his mark, ‘‘W. Cario’’; with
Rev. Arthur Brown and others, petitioned against theatrical
amusements, January 13, 1773; signed the Association Test, July
12, 1776; bought land in Newfields of Stephen Hardy of Ports-
mouth, January, 1790; active in parish affairs, 1794-1800 and
1809; and was among the last of our townsmen to wear the gen-
tleman’s short clothes with knee buckles. He died April, 1831,
and his wife, November, 1831.

80. Joseph Merrill was baptized at Stratham in 1719; mar-
ried Mercy, daughter of Dea. Edward Hall, and settled on Pis-
cassic Road; petitioned for a road, 1765; sold land and buildings,
March 4, 1771, to his brother-in-law, Rev. John Moody, and also
June 23, 1772; selectman, South Hampton, 1773 and 1775-76;
signed the Association Test at Stratham, September 3, 1776,
and returned it.

81. Benjamin Smith, son of Capt. John and Susannah (Ches-
ley) Smith, was born March 22, 1709, and baptized February 28,
1720; lived at Lamprey River, Durham side; was selectman, and
one of the committee of safety; joined the church in Durham,
October 31, 1780; received of his father the eastern portion of
the property at Lubberland containing 280 acres; had also a
farm adjoining the first falls of Lamprey River, and built the
large house on the Durham side as the road turns down the hill
towards Lubberland, and owned here a mill. He died October
12, 1791.

82. Winthrop Smith, son of Col. Joseph and Sarah (Glidden)
Smith, was born May 5, 1732. He married Mary, daughter of
Rev. John Moody, November 9, 1756, and had seven children.
He bore the military titles of ‘‘cornet’’ and ‘‘lieutenant,’’ and
was credited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts at New-
ington, October 22, 1775; was on committee of parish, 1791; bid
off pews No. 44, and Nos. 7 and 9, in the new meeting house,
October 24, 1791; active in parish affairs in 1797, 1804 and
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1809; and died June 11, 1811. Mrs. Smith, a woman of strong
intellectual powers and great amiability of character, was born
March 4, 1732, and died February 138, 1815.

83. Hubartus Neal, of the fifth generation through Walter,
Samuel, Walter, Walter, was born October 22, 1719. He was a
shipwright of Stratham, where he united with others in calling
Rev. Joseph Adams, February 14, 1745; bought his farm on the
south of Pine Hill of Rev. John Moody, April 22, 1747; had land
bordering on that of Philip Fowler, May 22, 1754; received a
quitelaim deed of land from the heirs of Richard Matoon, March
7, 1758; was selectman, 1760-61 and 1770; on committee of
parish to settle arrearage of salary with Mr. Moody, August 31,
1761; petitioned respecting Hall’s mill road July 3, 1765, and
for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; bought five acres of land of
John Bartlett and son, Joseph, 1773; was delegate to the Pro-
vincial Congress, April 21, 1775; coroner, 1776; signed the Asso-
ciation Test, July 12, 1776; on committee of the parish for the
dismission of Mr. Moody, April 28, 1777; moderator, 1778 and
1788; auditor, 1784-85 and 1787; committee of parish, 1789;
lot-layer, 1791, 1793 and 1795; bid off pew No. 24 in the new
meeting house, October 24, 1791; was member of the church,
1797-99; active in parish, 1799; and died December 18, 1806.
He married Mary Perkins, March 24, 1742. She died June 18,
1806, aged 91.

84. Nicholas Doe, son of Sampson Doe, was baptized June 7,
1719; petitioned for lottery in aid of bridge over Squamscot
River, November 21, 1746, and 1760; was soldier in the French
War, 1754; petitioned for a township for hard service rendered
in the war, and for bridge, 1760; and signed the Association
Test, July 12, 1776.

85. Israel Gilman, son of Capt. Jeremiah, was apportioned
fifty acres of land, 1725; commissioned lieutenant, 1731, and
captain 1741-42 and 1744-47; bought thirty acres of land
granted to James Sinkler, August 30, 1734; protested against the
proceedings of a town meeting as illegal, June 17, 1738; sold
100 acres of land to Robert Barber above Coffin’s grant by
Dudley’s wigwam, August 9, 1738; petitioned to be joined to
Massachusetts in 1739; representative, 1744-46, 1752 and 1754;
on committee of the House, 1744; at a hearing before the Legis-
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lature, August 22, 1744, seceders from the first parish of Exeter
particularly objected against Capt. Israel Gilman and asked for
his withdrawal as having prejudiced the cause against them, but
their objection was overruled. The inhabitants of Epping,
March 9, 1747, ‘‘Voted that Cap" Israel Gilman shall be the man
to undertake in the behalf of the 34 parish to cary in a petition
to the General Court in order to get the wild land rated’’; an-
swered objections to the building of a bridge over Squamscot
River, 1747; was delegate to the convention at Portsmouth, 1754;
ran line for Bow proprietors, 1759; petitioned for bridge at
Newfields, 1766; lived on Bald Hill Road, and died about 1768.

86. Col. Israel Gilman, son of Capt. Israel and Abigail
(Thing) Gilman, was appointed one of a committee of the
General Court on a road in Newington, 1755; petitioned for a
road, 1765, and bridge at Newfields, 1766; was selectman, 1765
and 1773; representative, 1773; justice and made return of the
census, February, 1773; wrote home from Charlestown, Mass.,
to the committee of safety, June 16, 1775, and was lieutenant-
colonel in Col. James Reed’s regiment at the battle of Bunker
Hill, June 17,1775. He was a man of many parts and discharged
his duties with great faithfulness, and to the general satisfac-
tion. He died February 20, 1777, aged 47.

87. Jonathan Colcord, son of Samuel and Mary (Ayer) Col-
cord, was born March 4, 1684; was a grantee of Kingston, Aug-
ust 6, 1694, and settled there, but for fear of the Indians in
1707, left and settled in Newfields; was ‘hay ward and field-driver
of Exeter, 1720-21; apportioned forty acres of common land,
April 12, 1725; gave land for a road from Newfields Landing to
Nottingham, March, 1733; was surveyor of highways, 1735; and
petitioned for bridge over Squamscot River, November 21, 1746,
and for lottery, 1760-61. He married Sarah Burleigh.

88. Stephen Lyford, son of Francis, received thirty acres of
land at Piscassic, ‘‘next to ye river’’; was apportioned 100 acres
of common land, 1725; taxed for his trade, 1731; on committee
to call the selectmen to account, 1732-33; gave land for a high-
way from Newfields Landing to Nottingham, March, 1733; select-
man and assessor, 1734; petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts,
1737; and furnished a horse for military service, 1746. He mar-
ried Sarah Leavitt.
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89. Francis Durgin entered his name at Exeter, taking up
100 acres of meadow north of ‘‘Lamperel’’ River about a mile
above Dudley’s wigwam, April 4, 1717; was apportioned thirty
acres by the committee of Exeter, 1725; had seventeen acres laid
out to him on the north side of Lamprey River, 1731-32; was
soldier in the French War, and having ‘‘endured the brunt and
hardship of the late war,’’ petitioned for ‘‘a township any-
where,’’ 1754; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot River,
November 21, 1746; is mentioned in the records, 1763 and 1768;
and signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776.

90. William Taylor is first mentioned in town books, June 26,
1650, when a portion of his corner lot was appropriated for the
meeting house; he was granted twenty acres of land, January
21, 1664; an inventory of his estate was ordered December 30,
1677, and return made January 2, 1678.

91. Benjamin Taylor ‘‘served his majestie in garrison under
Capt. Kinsley Hall,’’ October to November, 1696; was granted
twenty acres of land February 21, 1698; remonstrated against
being set off from Exeter, September 9, 1701; and the granting
of a ‘‘Township at Squamscot,’’ December 5, 1709; sentinel in
Capt. John Edmonds’ company in pursuit of the Indians who
killed Col. Winthrop Hilton, August 16, 1710; selectman of
Stratham, 1719; and apportioned thirty acres of common land,
1725.

92. Robert Barber, son of Robert, who settled near the Pis-
cassie schoolhouse and was killed by the Indians July 1, 1706,
was granted by the town of Exeter, April 12, 1725, 30 acres
of common land which he sold to James Marden of Rye for 230
pounds, December 13, 1744. He bought, December 2, 1726, of
Israel Gilman, seven acres at Piscassic ‘‘on ye South side of ye
mast way joining to s* Barbers other lands’’; bought out the in-
terest of heirs to the twenty acres of his father’s estate, Septem-
ber 25, 1731; gave land for a highway from Newfields, leading
to Nottingham, March, 1733; with wife, Sarah, quitclaimed,
June 18, 1734, ‘‘all right of ye real Estate yt our Hon‘ father
Jn° Bean, at the time of his death was possessed of’’; bought of
Israel Gilman, September 10, 1734, the Samuel Sinkler place,
fifty acres, north of land formerly owned by Deacon Coffin of
Newbury, forty acres of which, for love and good will, he con-
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veyed to his son, Daniel Barber, May 3, 1758; bought of Israel
Gilman, October 4, 1744, two pieces of land joining lands of
said Robert Barber: petitioned the General Court respecting
the unfair election of Thomas Young as representative of New-
market, 1745; bought ten acres joining his own lot of Daniel
Leary of Exeter, September 12, 1746; petitioned November 21,
1746, for a bridge over Squamscot River and again, 1766; bought
three sevenths of about fifty acres of land on Piscassic River of
Benjamin Thing for 700 pounds old tenor, March 7, 1757; pur-
chased two thirds of an 100-acre lot in Nottingham of John Hoag
of Stratham, May 1, 1758, and conveyed one half of the pur-
chase to his son, Daniel, November 27, 1758; bought of Daniel
Leary for 200 pounds, two parcels of land, twenty acres, by
‘‘Broad Turn on the Mast Way,’’ April 2, 1759; bought seven-
teen and one-half acres in Newmarket, January 2, 1764; had
son, Robert. and wife, Sarah, 1768; signed the Association Test,
July 12, 1776; and sold to son, Daniel, May 3, 1779, forty acres
joining the land given him May 3, 1758.

93. Samuel Drown, son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Abbot)
Drown, was asoldier in the service of the province, wounded
by the Indians at Rochester, May 23, 1747, and being in needy
circumstances, petitioned Mav 28, 1747, the General Assembly
for relief, and it was voted that he ‘‘be taken care of at the ex-
pense of y® Province ’til further order,’’ and a committee was
appointed ‘‘to take proper suitable care of him ’til further order
in y® most frugal manner with power to draw money out of y®
Treasury to defray v® Expense thereof to be accounted for to
the Gen! Assembly’’; was allowed August 20, 1747, and October
23, 1747, ‘‘five Pounds for his further support,’’ and Dr. Jo-
seph Pierce was allowed by vote December 2, 1747, ‘‘Sixteen
Pounds, ten shillings & Seven Pence half Penny in full’’ for
medicines, ete., and Dr. John Ross ‘‘Eleven Pounds, Eleven
Shills in full’’ for similar service; was voted March 11, 1748,
“That Doc’ Joseph Atkinson be allow’d fifty shillings & nine
pence in full’’ for attendance: also May 19, 1748, ‘‘That Elizt®
Drown be allow’d twenty shill! & Mary Drown ten shill* in full
of their acc's for Nursing of Sam! Drown’’; was finally voted
“three Pounds as a full & final Satisfaction for his being
Wounded by y*® Indians.”’
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94, Daniel Hilton, of the fifth generation through Dudley,
Joseph, Edward, Edward, petitioned for bridge over Squamscot
River, November 21, 1746, 1760 and 1766, and for a lottery in
aid of bridge, 1760; for Hall’s mill road, 1765; and bridge at
Newfields, 1766; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; and
died January 6, 1800, aged 75.

95. Capt. John Perkins, a descendant of William, was born
1744, and lived in the field between Ash Swamp Road and Her-
sey Lane. He was a soldier in Capt. Stephen Clark’s company,
November 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
petitioned the selectmen with respect to the location of the new
meeting house, March 10, 1791; was active in parish affairs,
1794, 1799 and 1810; pound keeper, 1801-13 and 1818; fence
viewer, 1831; and died, 1837. His will was dated April 18,
1825, and probated September 13, 1837.

96. Lieut. Samuel Smith, son of Capt. John and Susannah
Smith, brother of Col. Joseph, was born February 6, 1706; bap-
tized February 28, 1720; received from his father the western
part of the homestead, afterwards occupied by Robert Channel;
moved to Lamprey River Village; was town clerk of Oyster River,
1739; and soldier, 1745; was second lieutenant in Capt. Som-
ersbee Gilman’s company, Col. John Hart’s regiment, in the
Crown Point expedition ; credited with labor on fire rafts at New-
ington, October 22, 1775, and adjutant in Col. Thomas Tash’s
regiment, September 14, 1776, and onward. The road from Lam-
prey River to Durham passed through his land, 1768.

97. Lieut. John Burleigh, son of John and Mary (Eastman),
and grandson of Andrew Burleigh, was born December 18,
1717, O. S.; petitioned for bridge over Squamscot River, No-
vember 21, 1746, 1760, 1768 and 1770; and for lottery in aid of
bridge, January 4, 1760, and 1768; and for extension of time to
run the lottery, 1770; was selectman, 1761 and 1765; on com-
mittee of parish, August 31, 1761, to settle arrearage of salary
with Rev. John Moody; representative, 1765-68, 1770-71 and
1775; petitioned against Lieut.-Col. Jeremiah Folsom, 1775;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; built the mansion on
the north of Pine ‘Hill with its wine cellar and imported Dutch
tiles, fifty of them adorning the fire-place in the north parlor;

1 Now the Tibbetts place.
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was an enterprising man, and purchased for himself and work-
men, West India rum and molasses by the hogshead. <A black-
smith’s shop afterwards used as a carriage house and barn, stood
on the west side of the road south of the house. The road used
to go around Pine Hill with the schoolhouse standing near the
top of the hill. He died November 18, 1776.

98. Philip Fowler, of the fourth generation through Philip,
Joseph and Philip, was born in Ipswich, Mass., October, 1691;
purchased of Jacob 236 acres of land with two houses and two
barns, probably including the garrison, February 14, 1788, and
came to Newfields in May, 1743. Richard Hilton had mortgaged
fifty-six acres of this land to George Jaffrey in 1713, 300 acres
to Mrs. Mary Plaisted in 1717, and his whole estate to Dea. Ed-
ward Hall in 1721, which Mrs. Plaisted,—in 1728 Mrs. Brown,—
sold to Jacob and Jacob sold to Fowler. This transferred from
the mortgagees to the Fowlers a tedious and celebrated lawsuit of
fourteen years with the Hiltons. In 1768 the Fowlers were
ejected, and Edward Hilton moved on the estate. Mrs. Fowler,
then a widow, carrying her silver porringer with her, went to
Rev. John Moody’s where she found refuge.

99. Philip Fowler, son of the above, was born June 21, 1719;
with Robert Smart gave land for road from the country road
to the bridge, January 7, 1760; was credited with labor of men
and oxen on fire rafts at Newington, October 22, 1775; signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; mustered as drummer, with
Capt. Nathan Brown’s company, Col. David Gilman’s regi-
‘ment, April 1, 1776; also with Capt. William Stillson’s com-
pany, Col. Isaac Wyman’s regiment, July 4, 1776; returned
with Capt. Smith Emerson’s company, Col. Thomas Tash’s
regiment, September 16, 1776; as drummer, was mustered with
Capt. Daniel Gordon’s company, Col. David Gilman’s regi-
ment, and on its pay roll from January 5 to March 15, 1777;
enlisted for two years in Captain Drew’s company, Col. John
McClary’s regiment, February 3, 1778; when the family was
dispossessed he was lodged in jail at Portsmouth till the Revo-
lution in 1778 put him into possession again. He was credited
with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts for Pascataqua Bay
October 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
committee of parish for the dismission of Mr. Moody, April
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28, 1777; was active in parish affairs in 1791, 1793-94, 1797-
99; bid off pew No. 29, and gallery pew No. 1, October 24,
1791; and died ‘‘a professor of Christianity’? September 18,
1811. He was a man of sound sense and uncompromising
Christian integrity.

100. Gideon Colcord, son of Jonathan, married Rachel Par-
sons; settled his father’s estate; petitioned for bridge January
4, 1760 and 1772; and for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760.

101. Dea. Samuel Pease, was son of Nathaniel and Phebe
(Sanborn), and grandson of Samuel, who came from Martha’s
Vineyard; settled on 50 acres of land granted February 4,
1698, and laid out October 26, 1700, at Piscassiec, and was killed
by the Indians July 1, 1706. He was born December 14, 1727;
received bounty on wolf, 1744; was a soldier, 1745; petitioned
for Hall’s mill road, July 3, 1765; selectman, 1776; and signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; removed to Parsonsfield,
Me., prior to 1780, where he was one of the original settlers; and
died January 6, 1805.

102. Samuel Chapman, son of Samuel, Jr., and Phebe
(Balch), of Hampton, and Greenland, where she united with
the church in 1716, was born at Hampton, December 7, 1706;
baptized at Greenland, 1717; and taxed in Newmarket, 1732;
petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot River, November 21,
1746, and lottery in aid of bridge, 1760; was returned as mem-
ber of Capt. Nathaniel Hobb’s company: on Pierce’s Island No-
vember 5, 1775; and died at Danville, Vt., aged nearly 90.

103. Daniel Ames bought or sold lands in 1714, 1720, 1731,
1740, 1744 and 1746-47. The Ames homestead was on the Pis-
cassic River near the corner of Hall’s Mill and Lee road. He
purchased 30 acres of this homestead of the family of Joseph
Hilton, June 25, 1714; mortgaged this messuage and the dwell-
ing house upon it, August 19, 1720, to William Hooke of Salis-
bury. As a free-holder of the parish of Newmarket, September 6,
1731, sold to Richard Perryman of Exeter, 30 acres of common
lands, apportioned to him by a committee of the town of Exeter;
sold 150 acres of Jand on Piseassic River, May 3, 1740, to Nathan-
iel Ames, his son, for ‘‘one thousand & two Hund? pounds in
passable Bills or Credit of ye Province’’; received, January 4,
1744, a quitelaim deed from Edward Hilton’s ‘‘old lot’’ being
112 History OF NEWFIELDS.

part of the Piscassie mill grant; with his sons, Simon and
Nathaniel, conveyed to Edward Hilton, June 3, 1746, a portion
of the Piscassic mill grant; sold to Edward Hilton, November 22,
1747, ‘‘certain strips or points of land Joyning to ye s* Ameses
home Place.’’ He died about 1754.

104. Roger Racklif petitioned for lottery in aid of bridge
and its location at Newficlds, 1760; had his son, Roger, baptized
at Stratham, January 31, 1762, and daughter, Sarah, September
5, 1764; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776.

105. Samuel Brackett, son of Joshua and Mary (Weeks)
Brackett of Greenland, was baptized, 1712; had a dwelling house
in 1730, near the bridge over Piscassic, and bought land of
Joseph Smith on the river, on the south side of the way to Wad-
leigh’s mills; bought marsh land, 1732, at ‘‘Lamperel river creek”’
of William and Samuel Hilton; bought of James Goodin,
December 20, 1734, land on the north side of the highway lead-
ing to Wadleigh’s mill; of Ephraim Folsom, July 18, 1740, eight
acres near the ‘‘Pontoon Bridge;’’ of Joshua Brackett, 1741,
and of Nathaniel Gilman, 1743; of Robert Perkins, June 3,
1745, his dwelling house, barn and three acres of land on the
country road; with others, quitclaimed to John and James
Brackett, and others, February 18, 1751, land one mile square
at Wadleigh’s falls, known as the Symonds grant; bought of
Robert Perkins, June 3, 1755, for 462 pounds, land, dwelling
house and barn; sold to his son, Ichabod, June 1, 1763, for 2,000
pounds, part of his homestead estate at the bridge over Piscas-
sic River; and to his son, Joshua, blacksmith, land in New-
market and Durham, December 17, 1764.

106. Rev. Elipheny Chapen Brackett, son of Samuel, was
born March 7, 1750; settled at Madbury, 1770-73, and later
at Methuen, Mass., and Bethel, Me. Te married (2) Hannah
Jackman of Newbury, Mass.; and died January 20, 1814. His
widow died December 15, 1839, aged 92.

107. Col. Jeremiah Folsom, son of Jeremy, was born July
25, 1719, and married, March 28, 1742, Mary, daughter of
Peter Hersey. He petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge,
1760; was innholder, 1767. He was an elder in the church,
1774; delegate to the Provincial Congress, Exeter, April 21 and
May 17, 1775; and lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Regiment
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of militia, August 24, 1775; on committee to procure firearms,
July, 1775; signed the Association Test, 1776; was dismissed
from office on petition of the North Company of Newmarket,
September, 1776; called himself a Presbyterian in 1794 and
1798; died in 1802. He and his wife were enthusiastic follow-
ers of George Whitefield, and used to drive long distances with
their span of horses to attend his preaching.

108. James Cram married Mary, daughter of William, and
granddaughter of Ephraim Folsom; was a blacksmith, and
lived in the large house, later the Messer Tavern and
Simeon Locke house; was a soldier, 1758 and 1760; petitioned
for bridge and lottery, 1760, 1766 and 1768, and for a road
from Lamprey River to Durham, February 11, 1768; was cred-
ited with labor on fire rafts at Newington, October 22, 1775;
signed the Association Test July 12, 1776, and as selectman re-
turned it to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety; tithing-
man, 1789; with his son, James, demanded the polls respecting
the location of the new meeting house, May 30, 1791; was active
in parish, 1794 and 1798-99, and was called ‘‘Deacon.’’
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109. Rev. Nathaniel Ewer was the son of Nathaniel and
Mary (Stuart) Ewer, and born at Barnstable, Mass., April 11,
1726. He became the second minister of Newmarket, his min-
istry overlapping that of Rev. John Moody by several years;
and is generaly thought, without sufficient reason, however, to
have been a colleague. He was amember of the first church of
Barnstable, Mass., but not a college graduate. He became a
follower of Whitefield and a New Light preacher; was ordained,
according to a list of ‘‘Separatist Ordinations’’ compiled by Rev.
Isaac Backus, at Barnstable, May 17, 1750, as a separatist min-
ister. It appears in his itineracy he came to Durham, Lee and
Newmarket, and gathered a congregation at the Plains, where we
find him as early as 1772. It is amatter of history that the
family left Barnstable on account of the French and Indian War
of 1756-63. It is supposed they were induced to come to New-
market from the fact that Rev. Mr. Ewer was already established
there. The dwelling house of Daniel Wiggin now stands near
the spot where his meeting house stood. The graves to the
north and west were about the church. Mr. Ewer was undoubt-
edly buried here, though no stone has ever marked the spot.

Rey. Mr. Ewer joined the Presbytery of which Rev. John
Murray of Newburyport was moderator at Topsham, Me., May
31, 1774. At the same time the church was received under the
eare of the Presbytery, and remained there ‘‘until its combina-
tion with the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Londonderry in
179+4.’’ Col. Jeremiah Folsom was an elder in his church,
who, with his wife, was a devout follower of Whitefield, driving
here and there to hear him preach. Mr. Ewer left a list of mar-
riages solemnized by him, 1774-96, which are the earliest church
records extant. He was signer of the Association Test July
12, 1776. The inhabitants of Newmarket, ‘‘being divided in
Religious Sentiments,’’ met November 3, 1777, and ‘‘mutually
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agreed upon a Division between the Congregational & Presby-
terian Societies by Poll.’’ They chose Jeremiah Folsom, Josiah
Adams and Wentworth Cheswell their agents to ‘‘petition the
Hon" Court for Leave to Bring in a Bill to recognize & es-
tablish said Division: and enable said Societies respectively to
transact the Prudential Affairs of their Ministry seperately in
the same Manner the Town might do if united.’’ The agents ap-
peared before the Legislature, November 27, 1777, and their peti-
tion was granted the same day. Sixty-two persons entered their
names as members of the Western Society, January 10, 1778;
thirty-two others, April 12, 1779; one other March 31, 1782; an-
other April 5, 1782; and six more March 2,1784. But the people
seemed to have reached a point in religious matters where they
could not be easily satisfied whether they worshipped separately
or together. The old parish voted June 29, 1789, ‘‘to Receive
& Except the Rev. Mt Ewer for the Ministry of the whole Town
provided the two Societies in said Town shall unite.’? Mr.
Ewer preached at least one Sabbath in the old meeting house
which stood in the burying ground at the Centre. The building
was now in a delapidated condition. In 1792 proprietors from
the two societies built their stately new edifice near the pres-
ent railroad junction. The old meeting house at the Centre was
sold and removed, and Mr. Ewer’s meeting house at the Plains
was for a time abandoned.

At adjourned meetings of the East and West Societies at the
new meeting house, May 29, 1793, a united committee was chosen
consisting of Ichabod Hilton, Dr. Nathaniel Kidder and Capt.
Andrew Gilman ‘‘to petition the General Court for a Repeal
of an Act passed the 27% Day of November 1777, dividing the
Town into Two Societies.’’ The committee presented the peti-
tion to the Legislature June 5, 1793. They say referring to
the act of division, ‘‘The Operation of which from Experience
has been found to be very in convenient & prejudicial to the In-
terest of the parties concerned.’’ Their prayer was granted
June 13, 1793.

An effort to secure a colleague with Rev. Mr. Ewer com-
menced in 1793. Rev. Jonathan Brown, born at Madbury in
1757, a graduate of Dartmouth College, 1789, and student in
theology with Rev. John Murray, was ‘‘hired to assist the Rev.
116 History of NEWFIELDS.

Mr. Ewer in supplying the Desk’’ January 7, 1793. The Pas-
cataqua Association met at Rev. Mr. Gray's, Dover, June 12,
1793, ‘‘On which oceasion M." Brown Candidate at Newmarket
opened the public exercise.’’ The parish invited Mr. Brown
“to settle as a colleague with the Rev. Mr. Ewer in the Min-
istry.”’ July 8. 1793, but he declined the invitation December
21, 1793, and was ordained at Derry, May, 1795. The follow-
ing items of parish expenses, dated in 1795, show how candi-
dates were secured.

To Ichabod Hilton for boarding Mr. Jonathan Brown seven weeks &
a third, £3-6-0.

To Majr. Hill for time & Expence himself & horse to Newbury after
Mr. Brown, 0-13-6.

To Daniel Hilton Jr. for horse & Expense carrying Mr. Brown to
Newbury, 0-10-6.

Rev. Samuel Tomb was ordained and settled as a colleague
with Mr. Ewer October 22, 1794. After a short, but stormy,
ministry, Mr. Tomb was dismissed, and Mr. Ewer’s salary dis-
continued, July 10, 1797.

Mr. Ewer was slightly affected with paralysis some years
before his death, but his interest in the religious welfare of the
church and parish continued unabated. He was highly esteemed
as long as he lived, and is remembered with great respect and
affection. He died April, 1806. His widow died in 1810,
aged 83. They were undoubtedly buried at the Plains close
by the meeting house, near which they lived and in which he
had so long preached. It is sad that this resting place of the
fathers should remain in neglect. At the burning of the Ewer
homestead it is supposed the records of the church were con-
sumed.

By the year 1787 several of the Presbyterian churches had
adopted, as they say, ‘‘some material alterations in our ecclesi-
astical policy making nearer approaches to the Presbyterian
form, for the honor of Christ and the edification of our Chhs.’’
Through the influence of Rev. Mr. Ewer, doubtless, the church
of which he was pastor came under the care of Presbytery.

110. Col. John Folsom, son of Col. Jeremiah, was born Octo-
ber 12, 1745; married, Elizabeth Smith; signed the Association
Test July 12, 1776; was an officer in the Revolution, 1777-80;
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on committee of the parish, 1789; active in parish affairs, 1787-
89; and died, 1820. A monument was erected to his memory
on his farm half a mile east of Wadleigh’s Falls. Their daugh-
ter, Betsey, married Elder Israel Chesley.

111. Jonathan Roberson was born in 1745; married (1)
Constance Covill, a sister of Rev. Nathaniel Ewer’s wife, and
(2) September 16, 1784, Elizabeth Goodsoe. He was on the
roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman’s company, June 6, 1775; signed
the Association Test July 12, 1776; tithingman, 1778, 1784 and
1792; bought land of Rev. Mr. Ewer, 1794; active in parish
affairs; and an Osbornite, 1800.

112. Joseph Smart, son of Joseph at the Plains, was a soldier,
1756-57 ; bid off pew No. 31, in the meeting house, October 24,
1791; and was active in parish, 1794 and 1797-99. He died
January 14, 1820.

113. David Wiggin, son of Simon, was born June 17, 1769;
deeded the Rev. Samuel Tomb place to the committee of the
parish for a parsonage, May 30, 1803. He married Mehitable
Pike, who was born April 20, 1784, and died September 25,
1861. Rev. J. Henry Wiggin was their grandson.

114. Joshua Brackett, son of Samuel, bought land of his
father in Durham and Newmarket, December 17, 1764; peti-
tioned for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; was credited with la-
bor of men and oxen on military rafts at Newington, October 22,
1775; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; sold to John
Bennett and John, Jr., 1782, a house formerly owned by Wil-
liam Simpson, was tithing-man, 1785; and collector for parish,
1815. He married Mary, widow of Adon Nye, and sister of
Mrs. Levi Folsom and Mrs. Rev. Jacob Bailey.

115. Nicholas Hartford, from Captain Tebbet’s company,
served on the scout of James Davis from May 15 to October
12, 1712; was a householder and inhabitant of Dover, April 25,
1715, living nearer to the old meeting house on Dover Neck than
the new one at Cocheco; selectman of Dover, 1723; representa-
tive, 1732; and sent a remonstrance to the General Court against
the division of Dover, May 13, 1729. Administration on his
estate was granted to Matthew Severance — intestate, insolvent
—; inventory taken July 21, 1737, and claims adjusted October
29, 1737.
118 History of NEWFIELDS.

116. Nicholas Hartford, perhaps son of above, petitioned the
House for a revision relating to a judgment by default in the
Supreme Court, August 27, 1747; entered Capt. Samuel Ger-
rish’s company, May 1, 1756, for the Crown Point expedition
under Col. Nathaniel Meserve; for the same expedition, was in
the service with Capt. John Titeomb from March 5 to November
5, 1757; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; signed
the Association Test, 1776; was of Middleton, February 10,
1790.

117. Smith Chapman, son of Joseph, married Sarah Burley.
He was mustered with Capt. Joseph Parson’s company, Novem-
ber 22, 1775; active to secure a candidate to preach, 1793; active
in parish affairs, 1797-99; and tithing-man, 1810. He was
brought up by Thomas Bennett and given the old Chapman
place.

118. Thomas Wiggin, son of Cornet Thomas, with his son,
Thomas, petitioned for a bridge, 1746; was representative for
Stratham, 1752, 1755 and 1760; with his son, Thomas, signed
the Association Test at Epping, 1776; was a soldier, 1775 and
1812; and sexton, Congregational Society, 1836. His wife,
Elizabeth, died December 1, 1837, aged 88.

119. Joseph Gilman, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, and grand-
son of Capt. Jeremiah, petitioned for a bridge November 2,
1746; and signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776.

120. Josiah Hilton, older brother of Capt. Edward, peti-
tioned for a bridge across Squamscot River, November 21, 1746;
and for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760. As lessee of Edward
Hilton, he sued Philip Fowler for 56 acres of land, including
homestead, 1760; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1766;
Hall’s mill road passed through his land, 1766; was credited with
labor on rafts at Newington, October 22, 1775; signed the As-
sociation Test, July 12, 1776; was on committee of parish to dis-
miss Rey. John Moody, April 28, 1777; constable, 1784 and 1786;
bid off pew No. 21, in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; active
in parish affairs, 1791, 1793-94, 1797 and 1799; lived at the
‘““Four Corners;’’ owned a sawmill at Haine’s Falls or below,
and ‘‘used to come home to dinner while his saw made a run.”’

121. William Renton married Elizabeth Mason, March 2,
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1775; was ensign in the army, July 4, 1776; and signed the As-
sociation Test, October 12, 1776.

122. Zabulon Neal, son of John, refused to sign the Associa-
tion Test July 12, 1776; sold house and land to William Badger,
October 24, 1786; which Badger sold to Ebenezer Wilson, Jan-
uary 14, 1790, and petitioned the selectmen with reference to
the location of the new meeting house March 10, 1791. His
wife’s name was Comfort.

123. Dr. John Marsters petitioned for bridge, 1766 and 1772;
refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was arrested as a
Tory, 1777; petitioned the New Hampshire Committee of Safety
for release from jail, September 5, 1777; active in parish affairs,
1797 and 1799; petitioned the selectmen in reference to the loca-
tion of the new meeting house, March 10, 1791; his bill for doc-
toring Eliphalet Colcord allowed April 1, 1799. He lived by the
river. The railroad near the station passes over the cellar of his
house. He was buried in the Hilton field. He had a wife, Mary,
in 1769.

124. Michael Shute, son of Michael and Welthea Shute, was
a ship-builder; petitioned for bridge, 1760 and 1772; refused to
sign the Association Test, 1776; was received to membership in
the West Religious Society, April 12, 1779; sold pew in Stratham
meeting house to Theophilus Smith, June 28, 1782; and died
December 18, 1784. His wife, Elizabeth, and son, Benjamin,
were baptized at Stratham May 6, 1759, and daughters, Anna
and Mary, September 6, 1767.

125. Vincent Farr, son of Vincent, from Devonshire County,
England, was born in 1758. He was a soldier, 1775-76; active |
in parish affairs, 1791 and 1798-99; bid off pew No. 47 in the
meeting house, 1791; and had tax abated March 13, 1804, on
account of his son’s sickness.

126. James Smith, perhaps son of Edward, and brother of
Walter, was appointed justice of the peace, 1784; sold land to
John Bennett, 1785; bid off pew No. 39 in the meeting house,
October 24, 1791; was on committee to secure a candidate to
preach, 1793; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1794, 1798 and 1803;
and witness to deed of parsonage, May 30, 1803.

127. Ichabod Hilton, grandson of Lieut.-Col. Winthrop, was
born June 22, 1740; married Susanna Smith November 24, 1763;
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moved into the new house now oceupied by Miss Brodhead and
Miss Sanborn; petitioned for lottery in aid of bridge, 1760;
signed the Association Test July 12. 1776; was auditor, 178+;
selectman, 1785-96 and 1804-05; assessor, 1802; on committee
of parish, 1789, 1791, 1793-94, 1796-97, 1803 and 1817-18,
and to sell the old meeting house and build a new one, March
28, and to receive deed of land for the new meeting house, No-
vember 7, 1791; bid off pew No. 25, in the mecting house, Oc-
tober 24, 1791; was on committee to repeal act of division,
1793; active in parish affairs, 1799-1800, 1803, 1805 and 1807;
on committee for procuring parsonage, 1801; tithingman, 1805
and 1818. He died, March 25, 1822, aged 82.

128. Bradstreet Gilman, son of Capt. Israel, petitioned for
a bridge at Newfields, 1766; was a soldier in Capt. James Hill’s
company, November 5, 1775; on committee of parish for the dis-
mission of Rey. John Moody, April 28, 1777; was connected with
the ‘‘Particular auto-pedo-baptise Church of Christ in Brint-
wood with its branches;’’ was moderator thirty times, 1780-
1816; exhorter, committee, messenger, delegate to sister churches
thirteen times, 1794-1818; ordaining councils, four times, 1795-
1806; ruling elder, 1780-1820; petitioned for lottery to repair
bridge, 1780; constable, and on committee to build the meeting
house, 1789; selectman, 1790-91; bid of pew No. 28, and gallery
pew No. 16 in the meeting house, October 24, and was on com-
mittee to receive deed of land for the meeting house, November
7, 1791; assessor, 1793, 1808, 18138, 1815 and 1818; active in
parish affairs, 1794, 1796 and 1798; justice and solemnized a
marriage, 1822; and was deacon in Elder Samuel Shepard’s
branch church at North (?) River; selectman, 1804-05; tith-
ingman, 1805-06, 1809, 1814, 1817-21; auditor, 1818; collector,
1816-17 ; school committee, 1822. He had a distillery in the cor-
ner of his garden, where George B. Wiggins now lives, and
made whisky from potatoes, which his girls, when spinning,
and his neighbors, used freely. He wore a red cap and short
clothes with knee buckles; and died November 11, 1834. He
married Mary Marshall, who died May 5, 1823, aged 83.

129. Nicholas Hersey, son of Peter and Polly (Colcord) Her-
sey, was born August 14, 1749; petitioned for bridge, 1772;
sigened the Association Test July 12, 1776; was on committee
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of parish, 1789; active in parish affairs, 1793; on school com-
mittee, 1813; collector, 1815; and died August 1, 1822. He
married Betsey Colcord.

180. Gen. James Hill, son of Benjamin, and descendant of
Valentine, was born December 20, 1734; was a shipbuilder;
soldier, 1754-55; delegate to the Provincial Congress April 21,
1775; captain in the Revolution, 1775; signed the Association
Test July 12, 1776; was lieutenant-colonel in the militia, 1777;
on committee of parish for the dismission of Rev. John Moody,
April 28, 1777; representative, 1779, and seven times after; com-
missioned colonel, 1785; general, 1789; was in company with
John Shute in shipbuilding, 1785; on court martial for the trial
of insurgents in Shay’s Insurrection, 1786; auditor, 1786-87;
on committee for locating meeting house, October 26, 1789;
petitioned the selectmen in reference to its location, March 10,
1791; offered land, May 30, which he deeded November 7, 1791,
for the meeting house; bid off pew No. 2, and gallery pew No.
14, October 24, 1791; was on committee to secure a candidate to
preach, 1793, and to purchase parsonage, 1801; active in parish
affairs, 1794, 1797-1800, 1805 and 1810; representative, 1799-
1802; licensed taverner, 1806; moved onto the Rev. John Moody
estate. He married (1) Sarah Coffin, January 1, 1760, who died,
1774, (2) Sarah (Hoit), widow of John Burleigh, Jr., who
‘‘died in the full belief of the Christian religion’’ December 10,
1789, aged aged 43, (3) Martha (Wiggin) Brackett, widow of
Col. John Folsom, April 6, 1790, who died June 12, 1812, aged
84. He died August 22, 1811, aged 77. His son, John Bur-
leigh, was born June 3, 1776; lived at Portsmouth and was treas-
urer of the Rockingham Charitable Society, 1818-20.

131. James Sinclair was born April 23, 1764, son of James
and Rachel (Folsom) Sinclair. The Sinclair family received
many grants of land, 1664-1725. They settled early near the
corner of Newmarket, Epping and Brentwood. Here they long
held, and gradually pushed back, the savage border line of
wood, Indian, wolf and bear. James joined the Baptist Church |
at Brentwood, September, 1800, and was on a committee of the
church in a case of admonition, May 28, 1805.

132. David Chapman, son of Samuel, and brother of Benja-
min, was born December 7, 1753; on committee of parish, 1789,
122 History oF NEWFIELDS.

1791, 1793 and 1803; petitioned with reference to location of the
meeting house, 1791; received of Gen. James Hill deed of land
on which to place it; bid off pew No. 15, and gallery pews Nos.
3, 11, 13, 17, 21 and 25, October 24, 1791; sold land to Joseph
G. Bennett, 1793; was active in parish affairs, 1794, 1797, 1799-
1800, 1803, 1805 and 1807-09; licensed retailer, 1809; constable,
1811, auditor, 1815 and 1818, and moderator, 1818.

133. Dea. John Bennett petitioned for bridge, 1746; was sol-
dier, 1757; credited with labor on fire rafts October 22, 1775;
signed Association Test July 12, 1776; was compensated for ap-
prehending a deserter from the army, March 13, 1780; called
‘‘Deacon’’ in records, 1787; active in parish affairs, 1789, 1791,
1793 and 1799-1800; bid off pews Nos. 19 and 38, in the meet-
ing house, October 24, 1791. He died, June 17, 1819. ,

134. Dr. Nathaniel Kidder was on committee of parish, 1784
and 1789; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1796-99; on com-
mittee to secure repeal of act of division, May 29, 1793; and to
purchase parsonage, 1803; on school committee, 1803 and 1814;
auditor, 1804; assessor, 1805 and 1808-09. His son, Nathaniel,
was active in parish affairs, 1810 and 1814. He died, Novem-
ber, 1828.

135. Andrew Gilman, son of Col. Israel, was lieutenant in
the army, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
petitioned the selectmen with reference to locating the new meet-
ing house, March 10, 1791; was selectman, 1792-93; on com-
mittee of the parish, 1793-94; active in parish affairs, 1791,
1794, 1797-1800, 1805 and 1809-10; on committee to secure
repeal of act of division, 1793; tithing-man, 1792, 1802, 1804 and
1810; auditor, 1810 and-1821; assessor, 1811; selectman, 1818—
19. He wore a wig, and was chorister ‘‘to pitch the tunes
and deacon the hymns of which the version of the 62d Psalm by
Isaac Watts was a favorite.’’ He died unmarried April 23,
1836, aged 80.

136, 137. Thomas and William Wardell, supposed to be broth-
ers, joined the Boston church,—Thomas, November 9, 1634, and
William, February 9, 1634. Both were disarmed in 1637, as
supporters of the Antinomian party, and emigrated to Exeter
in 1638; dismissed and recommended by the Boston church, ‘‘to
the church of Christ at Piscataqua Falls,’’ January 6, 1639; re-
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ceived uplands and marshes in the first division of lands, De-
cember 4, 1639; signed the Exeter combination, April 2, 1640,
and left with Mr. Wheelwright in 1643. The court at Exeter,
March 6, 1640, ordered ‘‘That noe wines or Strong watter shal
be Sould by retaile to the English but by Thomas Wardle.’’
William Wardell’s proportion of lands, December 4, 1639, was
ten acres, fifty poles upland and one hundred twenty poles
marsh on Squamscot River towards Mr. Hilton’s, and one hun-
dred twenty poles of marsh ‘‘at Lamp. Riuer.’’ He was com-
missioned by Massachusetts to try small cases in 1643.

138. Ephraim Folsom, the son of John and Mary (Gilman)
Folsom, was baptized at Hingham, Mass., February 25, 1654, and
was the first person of the name to locate at Lamprey River,
settling near the falls on the Piscassic, on land still owned in
the family. He signed in favor of continuing with Massachu-
setts, 1677. His name first appears on the town books, April 1,
1678; and received grants of land in 1681 and 1700. Timber
and lumber, the property of Ephraim Folsom and his brother-
in-law, John Gilman, was attached in the interest of Robert
Mason, April 14, 1684. He petitioned against Governor Cran-
field in 1685; for the government and protection of Massachu-
setts, February 20, 1690; and was killed by an Indian at New-
fields near sunset, June 11, 1709, as he was riding home on horse-
back from the village of Exeter. His wife was Phaltial, daugh-
ter of Ralph Hall.

139. Josiah Burley, son of Josiah, was born in 1728; is men-
tioned in his father’s will, dated February 3 and probated Feb-
ruary 25, 1756; sold and moved from the Doe-Perkins-Chesley
place and built, in 1768, the house on Bald Hill now occupied by
his great-grandson, Harrison G. Burley; was credited with haul-
ing pitchwood for fire rafts to defend Portsmouth harbor,
October 22, 1775; was a member of Capt. James Hill’s New-
market company on Pierce’s Island, November 5, 1775; signed
the Association Test July 12, 1776; and became a member of the
West Religious Society, January 10, 1778. He married Judith,
daughter of Nicholas Tuttle, who died June 15, 1801, aged 73.
He died November 20, 1808. Their daughter, Mary, married
Elder Elias Smith, January, 1793, and became the mother of
Revs. Daniel D. and Matthew Hale Smith.
124 History of NEWFIELDS.

140. John Taylor was on garrison duty at Oyster River, 1695—
96; and at Fort William and Mary, July 12, 1704; was wounded
among Col. Winthrop Hilton's haymakers, July 1, 1706. He
had a wife, Mary, 1750: was a soldier under John Goffe and Jo-
seph Blanchard on the Connecticut River, 1754; selectman of
Stratham, 1773; signed the Association Test, September 3, 1776.

141. Nathan Taylor was on garrison duty under Capt. Kinsley
Hall, April to August, 1696; was granted 30 acres of land, Feb-
ruary 21, 1698; and apportioned 30 acres of common land, 1725.
He married Mary, daughter of Robert Barber, 1731.

142. William Taylor, son of William probably, was on garrison
duty under Kinsley Hall, August 31, to September 28, 1696,
and granted 20 acres of land, February 3, 1698. It was ordered
that ‘‘ye schoul master to keep scoul at . . . Richard Hil-
ton and Will™ Taylers, the men above named to provide s?
schoul master with house rome—fier wood convainient,’’ 1703;
with his son, Joseph, took up‘10 acres apiece of swamp land on
the south side of Exeter River, April 7, 1717; and was appor-
tioned 80 acres of common land, 1725. He died in 1736. The
settlement of his estate mentions wife, Margaret, son, Joseph,
administrator, and five daughters.

143. Edward Taylor was killed by the Indians, and his wife,
Rebecea, and son captured at the lower Piseassic, April 26, 1704;
Mrs. Taylor was saved from death at the hands of her brutal
master by the intervention of the chief, Bomaseen, and returned
home. Administration on his son Edward’s estate was granted to
Nathan Pillsbury, his son-in-law, September 7, 1727, with Andrew
Glidden and Thomas Young as appraisers, who made return of
inventory, November 22, 1727. Another son-in-law was Aaron
Rollins, who settled on the Taylor place; he was granted 100
acres of land April, 1706; on scout of Capt. James Davis, 1712;
and was also killed by the Indians, and his family broken up on
the night of May 29, 1723. The old cellar of his homestead is
still pointed out near the lower falls of the Piseassic.

144. Dea. Joseph Judkins, son of Joseph and Abigail (Folsom)
Judkins, married Widow Sarah Foss; was in Captain Light’s
company at Louisburg, 1745; served in Capt. Jethro Pearson’s
company, Col. Peter Gilman's regiment, to reinforce the army
at Lake George from September 19 to December 11, 1755; a
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Quaker soldier at Brentwood, 1759; bought land in Nottingham,
1768, and died, 1770. His will was dated February 22, and
probated March 28, 1770. It contained this ‘‘Item: I give &
bequeath unto the church of our Lord Jesus Christ in New Mar-
ket, whereof my antient, Cordial & faithful friend the Rev. Mt
John Moody is now Pastor, a handsome Silver Communion Cup
at the Discretion of my Executors in Convenient time after my
Decease.’? The Congregational Church of Newfields is the old
church of Newmarket, organized in 1730 when Newrfields was a
part of Newmarket.

So the cup has come down to us—a beautiful memorial of the
good deacon’s helpful piety. The will further names wife Sarah,
cousin James Folsom, brother Joel, deceased, and his son Joseph,
daughter-in-law Molly Foss, son-in-law Jacob Foss, sister Cath-
erine Quimby, late brothers Samuel, Job, John, Benjamin and
Jacob Judkins, late sisters Mary Welch, Sarah French, and Han-
nah Webster, and Executors Wentworth Cheswell and James
Folsom.

145. Richard Clark, son of Richard, the emigrant from Eng-
land, was born in Greenland about 1693; settled in Newmarket
where he was assigned forty acres of land in 1727, and ten acres
August 9, 1738; ‘‘Constable for the Parish of newmarket,’’ 1729;
and petitioned for bridge at Newmarket, November 21, 1746; and
with his son, Richard, for a bridge at Newfields, 1766. He mar-
ried a Marston who died September 19, 1767. He died in 1784.

146. Philip Chesley, the emigrant was of Dover neck as early
as 1642, and at Oyster River, 1644; rated there September 22,
1659; with others petitioned the king to be ‘‘gov®? by the known
laws of England and enjoy the use of both the sacraments w™
they have ben too long deprived of,’’ July 26, 1665. This is the
Philip Chesley who put ‘“Nineteen Moose Skins’’ on board the
vessel for Samuel Hall.

147. Arthur Bennick was of Dover in 1665, and appears as a
witness in 1674. On June 13, 1679 ‘‘wae Arthur Benick and Mary
my wife of or neare that part of Douer comonly caled Piscasick,

said Arthur then being in prison upon Execution,
mortgaged to Nicholas Harrison of Foxpoint, Douer,
estate which formerly belonged or appertained unto our Honored
Father Mr. John Goddard of that part of y°® aforesaid Douer
126 History or NEWFIELDS.

commonly called Lubberland . . . our now Dwelling hous,
orchard and garden, as likewise our part of ye Sawmill of said
Piseassick . together with all ye ground and lands
thereunto belonging.’? An inventory of the estate of Arthur
Bennick, deceased, was ordered January 20, 1682, taken by
James, Thomas and Benjamin York, January 2, and returned
April 11, 1683, upon oath of Mary, administrator of the estate.
He married Mary, daughter of John Goddard.

148. Nathaniel Rogers, son of Dr. Nathaniel Rogers, was born
November 24, 1745, and married Elizabeth Carpenter; settled in
Newfields; supposed to have built the Benjamin Lovering house
on Main Street, having for his office the present house of Mrs.
William Paul; petitioned for bridge, 1772; was appointed jus-
tice, February 2, 1773; selectman, making return of census,
1773 and 1789; arrested as a Tory, 1775-76; refused to sign the
Association Test, 1776; was selectman, 1784 and 1789-90; rep-
resentative, 1787-91; on committee to locate meeting house,
1788; was delegate from Newmarket to the convention at Exeter
which adopted the Federal Constitution, February 13, 1788;
senator, 1789; moderator, 1790, 1792 and 1794; counsellor for
Exeter, 1791; auditor, 1794 and 1802; active in parish affairs,
1791, 1794, 1797 and 1799-1801; bid off pews Nos. 2 and 26 in
the meeting house October 24, 1791; on committee to purchase
parsonage, March 30, 1801; judge of probate, 1802-15; became
unreliable in banking business on account of intemperate habits,
and died May, 1829, aged 83. His son, John, of Exeter, was on
the executive committee of the New Hampshire Society for the
promotion of temperance, 1829.

149. William Shute married Phebe, daughter of Joseph Jew-
ett. He petitioned for bridge, 1760 and 1766; had account with
Jacob Jewett, December 23, 1769; refused to sign Association
Test, 1776; and was active in the parish, 1799. IIe and his
wife owned the covenant at Stratham, and their daughter, Anna,
“and son, William, were baptized, respectively, December 5, 1762,
and June 22, 1766. William, Jr., married Naney, ‘‘an exem-
plary Christian woman’’ who died June 14, 1818, aged 48. He
died February 14, 1820, aged 53.

150. Daniel Hilton, son of Dudley, petitioned for bridge,
November 21, 1746, 1759-60 and 1766; for Hall’s Mill road,
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1765; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was active in
the parish, 1799, and died January 6, 1800, aged 75. His wife,
Ann, died March 26, 1808.

151. Maj. Joseph Young, Jr., son of Joseph, was born April
5, 1754, and married June 16, 1774, Dorcas Ewer. He was cred-
ited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts, October 22, 1775;
mustered with Capt. David Copp’s company, November 25,
1775; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was on the roll
of Capt. Samuel Wallingford to reinforce the army of New
York, from December 5, 1776, to March 15, 1777; selectman,
1784; auditor, 1785-86, 1791, 1802 and 1804; constable, 1788;
bought of Walter and Jeremy Bryent all their right in Wad-
leigh’s falls and mills, December 11, 1777; on committee for
the location of the meeting house, October 26, 1789 ; active in par-
ish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1797-1800, 1808 and 1810; bid off pew
No. 5, and gallery pews Nos. 26 and 27, October 24, 1791;
planned with others to rebuild the sawmill on Lamprey River,
October 22, 1792; was assessor, 1793; protested as a Presbyte-
rian against the vote of the parish to hire Rev. Seth Noble,
1798; was elder in the Presbyterian Church, 1800, and member
of the Congregational Church, 1801; bought land in Durham,
June 11, 1800; moderator of parish, 1803; active in parish,
1808 ; and died, July 6, 1812.

152. Edward Hilton, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Folsom)
Hilton, was credited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts
to defend Pascataqua harbor October 22, 1775; is mentioned
in his father’s will June 1, 1776; signed the Association Test,
July 12, 1776; was captain in the Revolution in Col. Joshua
Wingate’s regiment, going to Rhode Island, 1777-78; on com-
mittee of the parish, 1788-89; active in the parish, 1791, 1793-
94, 1796, 1804, 1810 and 1815; bid off pew No. 35, in the meet-
ing house, October 24, 1791, was assessor, 1813, 1817-18 and
1821; and overseer of the poor, 1815. His home was at Grape
Hill on the Grant Road, where later Josiah Hilton lived.

153. Asa Folsom, son of Nathan and Elizabeth, was born Sep-
tember 24, 1757; inherited the homestead; was credited with la-
bor on fire rafts, October 22, 1775; signed the Association Test
July 12, 1776; was a lieutenant in the Revolution; on committee
to locate the new meeting house October 26, 1789, and of parish,
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1789; active in parish affairs, 1791 and 1799; bid off pew No. 48,
in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; was an intelligent
Christian man, and died a Revolutionary pensioner at Deerfield,
July 15, 1842.

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154. John Andrews of Kittery died in 1671, leaving a son
John and a widow Joan, who probably became the wife of Ben-
jamin Atwell. John of Newmarket lived on Hilton’s mill grant
in 1696, and died there. Was a witness in 1730.

155. Henry Wiggin, son of Simon, was born May 8, 1740.
He petitioned for bridge at Newfields, November 25, 1755,
1766 and 1772; was a soldier in Amos Gage’s Company, Maj.
Thomas Tash’s battalion, August 21, and discharged October 29,
1757; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; furnished the
plan, and with his sons, Michial and Henry, built the new meet-
ing house, for $2,500, 1791-92, the three making only 50 cents
a day as wages. He bid off pews Nos. 20 and 51, October 24,
1791; assessor, 1791-92; auditor, 1793; was on committee of
parish, 1793; selectman, 1796; active in parish affairs, 1796-98;
and removed to Tuftonborough, 1798.

156. Dudley Watson was born in Exeter, February 2, 1756;
was on the muster roll of Capt. Daniel Gordon, September 20,
1776; bid off pew No. 10, in the meeting house October 24, 1791;
was active in parish affairs, 1797, 1804 and 1807-9; assessor,
1803, 1806 and 1816; representative, 1814; and rented to
Andrew Wiggin the Gerrish place on the Grant Road. He died
June 26, 1828.

157. Winthrop Hilton, son of Winthrop, was born September
26, 1766. His mother, Sarah, was the daughter of Col. Joseph
Smith. He settled on the Capt. Edward Hilton estate on the
Grant Road, which he finally sold to Josiah Hilton and went
West; was active in the parish, 1791, 1799, 1805 and 1812; con-
stable and collector, 1800; and seleetman, 1815. He died July
6, 1826.
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158. Samuel Neal, son of Samuel, was born June 8, 1749,
and married Abigail Conner, who died September 22, 1827.
He petitioned the selectmen respecting the location of the meet-
ing house, March 10, 1791; was on committee to procure a can-
didate to preach, 1793; constable and collector, 1795 and
1804-05; constable, 1811-12; active in parish affairs, 1798-99;
and member of the Congregational parish, 1824. He died Feb-
ruary 19, 1824.

159. Capt. Robert Pike, son of Robert, was born in 1747;
petitioned for a bridge, 1772; was first sergeant on the muster
roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman from May 26 to August 1, 1775;
received four dollars for a regimental coat October 4, 1775;
signed the Association Test, 1776; was appointed first lieu-
tenant January 16, 1777; received enlisting orders, with head-
quarters at the Elm House, and received £25 bounty, June 26,
1777; had a pay roll from February 11, to March 14, 1778;
was first lieutenant and captain in Colonel Scammell’s regiment
at the battle of Saratoga; was at the execution of Major André
October 2, 1780; served in the war seven years; was constable,
Newmarket, 1790-93 and 1797; active in parish affairs, 1791,
1793, 1797-98, 1800, 1803 and 1809-10; collector, 1797; select-
man, 1800-01; deeded parsonage to the parish, May 30, 1780;
and died, February 3, 1819.

160. Capt. Hubartus Neal, son of Captain Hubartus, was
eredited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts at Newington,
October 22, 1775; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776;
was assessed in Lee, 1787; with Samuel and Zebulon Neal
petitioned in reference to the location of the new meeting house,
March 10, 1791, and was on committee to dispose of the old
meeting house and build a new one, March 28, 1791; lot-layer,
1791, 1793 and 1795; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1797,
1799-1800, 1803 and 1805; bid off pew No. 12 in the meeting
house, October 24, 1791; was treasurer and taverner, 1794;
member of the Congregational Church, 1797; and on committee
to purchase parsonage, 1803. He married Mary, daughter of
Col. Joseph Smith, who was born April 6, 1755, and died July
11, 1815. He died May 3, 1807.

161. Col. Richard Hilton, son of Josiah, married Martha
Leavitt of Exeter, and settled at the corner above the Four

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Corners, where later Jasper H. Burleigh lived. He bid off pew
No. 23 in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; was active in
parish affairs, 1794, 1796-97, 1799-1800 and 1809-10; con-
stable and collector, 1807-09; and died December 12, 1821.

162. Benning Brackett was born March 24, 1745; bought,
February 20, 1768, one acre of Smith’s grant near Piscassic
River, of John Bartlett, ‘and of Simonds Fowler, October 17,
1774, land on the country road; was in Greenland, 1765, and
Newmarket, 1768; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776;
was active in parish affairs, 1794, 1797-1800; and died January
21, 1815.

163. Michial Wiggin, son of Henry, was born December 12,
1765. He was assessor, 1804-05 and 1807; selectman, 1808-09 ;
auditor, 1812; tithing-man, 1813; and died September 13, 1820.
The brothers, Michial and Henry Wiggin, united with their
father, Henry, in building the new meeting house, 1791-92; bid
off pew No. 42, October 24, 1791. Michial also built the house
now oceupied by Charles E. Durrell, and Henry the Ezekiel
Sanborn house, and was active in parish affairs, 1799, 1805 and
1810.

164. Capt. John Colcord, son of Edward, was born November
30, 1745; lived in the garrison house on Hall’s Mill Road;
petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1772; was mustered with
Capt. Samuel Gilman’s company, Col. Enoch Poor’s regiment,
May 26, 1775; on its pay roll August 1, 1775; received four
dollars for regimental coat, October 4, 1775; was second lieu-
tenant in James Norris’ company of Epping, second brigade of
Nathan Hale, November 7, 1776; discharged May 6, 1777; was
titled captain, 1816-18.

165. Henry Wiggin, Jr., brother of Michial, was born Jan-
uary 5, 1767; built and occupied the house next to Mr. Pike’s;
was active in parish affairs, 1794-95, 1805 and 1810; had an
account with Dea. Thomas Drown, 1803-22; justice, 1817, and
solemnized a marriage in 1822; assessor, 1820; auditor, 1824;
and died December 6, 1828. He was a prominent man. He had
three wives. The first two were daughters of Gen. James Hill,
and his third wife, Olive, was the daughter of Samuel and
Azuba (Hopkins) Smith, all of whom were ‘‘of the best.’’

166. Maj. Daniel Hill, son of General James, was born
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July 16, 1761; was active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793-94, 1797-
1800; bid off pew No. 37, and gallery pew No. 18, in the meet-
ing house, October 24, 1791; was tithing-man, 1803; parish clerk,
1817; town clerk, 1815-25; moved on to the Burleigh estate, and
died October 28, 1826. He married August 22, 1784, Elizabeth,
daughter of Lieutenant John and Mehitable (Sheafe) Burleigh.
She was born June 10, 1767, and died March 29, 1845.

167. Josiah Adams, son of Colonel Winborn and Sarah
Hobart (Hall) Adams, was born in Durham, July 10, 1748,
and married, February 21, 1772, Nancy, sister of Gen. James
Hill and Mrs. John Shute. He, with other heirs of Joseph Hall,
sold land in Newmarket to Jonathan Colcord, November 10, and
to Gideon Colcord, November 11, 1769; was selectman, 1775;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was on committee
of parish for the dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28, 1777;
justice of the peace, and on committee to petition the Legisla-
ture to divide the Congregational and Presbyterian Societies,
November, 1777. He purchased, May 24, 1781, one acre of land
with mansion house and barn of Mary, daughter of Joseph
Hall, and widow of Fitz William Sargent, she reserving to her-
self ‘‘the southeast floor room with the chamber and garret
over the same and the south west end of the cellar to be
divided at the middle of the arch, with the privilege of passing
and repassing to the kitchen to bake, wash and roll her cyder in
and other things in the cellar door.’’ This mansion, long the
residence of the Adams family, has been known to us as the
Elm House. The office of Mr. Adams joined to the northeast
of the house and may be seen still among the out buildings
of the estate; was town clerk, 1784-1809; was clerk of court,
1785-86; and of the parish building committee April 21, 1791;
bought land between his estate and that of William Cario, 1790;
bid off gallery pew No. 34 in the new meeting house 1791; sold
April 10, 1793, to Michial Wiggin about 11 1-2 acres of land,
his wife Nancy surrendering her right of dower; on commit-
tee to secure a candidate to preach, 1793; was recorder of deeds
for Rockingham County, 1793-96 and 1800-09; representative
of Newmarket, 1794-96; active in the parish, 1794, 1798-1800
and 1803; gave a quitclaim deed of land in Londonderry to
Lydia, wife of John Neal, March 26, 1795; was administrator
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on the estate of Arthur Branseomb, Sr., and sold land July
1, 1802; excentor, with others, of the will of John P. Williams
of Newmarket, trader, and sold lands March 8 and August oO}
1804: bought of Nathaniel Rogers, June 4, 1804, part of the
Gen. James Hill estate; and sold by power of attorney Novem-
ber 10, 1806, land in Pembroke. Administration on his estate
was granted to his widow, Nancy Adams, September 27, 1809.
The inventory included three pews in the meeting house, a share
in the bridge and Newmarket Library, and books.

168. Dea. Thomas Drown, son of Rev. Samuel and Sarah
(Read) Drown, was born in Coventry, R. I., April 27, 1757;
married November 27, 1785, Comfort Wiggin. He early learned
the trade of shoemaker with Thomas Wiggin of Stratham; was
a minute man and Revolutionary soldier; sold land to Zebulon
Barber, February 9, 1778; came to Newfields, October 12, 1790;
purchased at auction the old meeting house, November 7, 1791,
and raised his dwelling house September 12, 1792; active in par-
ish affairs, 1794, 1798-1800, 1807, 1824, and 1828-29; with his
wife, Comfort, was received to the church at Newmarket, No-
vember 23, 1800, and eight of their children, Samuel, Peter,
Dummer Wiggin, John, Mary, Thomas, Richard and Andrew,
December 17, 1800; was tithing-man, 1801-03; deacon, 1802,
and chorister in Elder Brodhead’s day, and at the reorganiza-
tion of the Congregational Church, February 12, 1840; name
on the old church roll, 1814; had charge of the toll bridge,
1814-37; was surveyor of lumber, 1815-16; retailer, 1822, 1824
25 and 1828; and was corporate member of the South Conegre-
gational Church, January 16, 1829. He died August 31, 1846,
and his widow, February 28, 1848, aged 80.

169. Benjamin Mead, son of Captain John, and brother of
John, lived at Bayside; petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts,
1739; and for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; was credited with
labor on fire rafts at Newington for the defense of Pascataqua
Harbor, October 22, 1775; signed the Association Test July 12,
1776; with others demanded the polls on the location of the
new meeting house, May 30, and bid off pew No. 1, October 24,
1791; was on committee to secure candidate to preach, 1793;
and active in the parish, 1797-99. His daughter, Elizabeth, was
the first wife of Hon. John Harvey of Northwood.
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170. Daniel Smith, son of Lieutenant Samuel, was a wealthy
merchant of Portsmouth; sold land to Cotton Bennett Decem-
ber 31, 1787; was active in parish affairs, 1791, and 1798-1800;
bid off pew No. 19 in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; was
on committee to deed the parsonage to the parish, May 30, 1803;
assessor, 1804; and dréw a map of Newmarket for the state map
of Philip Carrigan, 1805. He afterwards fell off a wharf and
was drowned.

171. John Bryent, son of Walter, was a soldier, 1756-58, and
in the Revolution, 1775-81; petitioned for a lottery in aid of
bridge; was delegate to the convention at Exeter, December 18,
1776; appointed justice of the peace for Rockingham County,
March 27, 1782; active in the parish, 1791, 1794, 1797-99 and
1803; on committee on parsonage, 1801; and assessor, 1802.

172. Jeremy Mead, son of Captain John, was born February
14, 1760, and married Mary Frost of Neweastle. He lived on
the homestead south of Lamprey River Village; was a mem-
ber of the Congregational parish, 1791, 1797-1800, and of the
Congregational Society, 1817; bid off pew No. 13, and gallery
pew No. 6, in the meeting house, 1791; was active in the parish,
1800, 1807, 1809-11, 1814 and 1817; on committee to purchase
a parsonage, 1801; representative, 1803-04, 1806-08 and 1816—
20; auditor, 1809 and 1814-15; retailer, 1810 and 1815; and
died August 11, 1839.

173. Lieut. John Smith, son of Benjamin, was born September
20, 1732, and married, April 3, 1758, Lydia, daughter of Thomas
Millet of Dover Neck. He was deacon, and held in Dover the
offices of selectman, moderator, representative, and became
judge of the Superior Court.

174. William Folsom, son of William and Hannah (Gilman),
administered on his father’s estate, 1755; was credited with
labor on fire rafts, October 22, 1775; signed the Association
~ Test July 12, 1776; was active in parish affairs, 1797-98; lived
at the Four Corners; and died February, 1809. He married
Mary Low. ,

175. Dea. Paul Chapman, son of Benjamin, was born Novem-
ber 9, 1761. He married (1) January 20, 1785, Sally Smart,
and (2) Naney, daughter of Smith Chapman; is mentioned in
the records, 1786; was active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1797—
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1800 and 1810 va church member, 1797; Osbornite, 1800; and rul-
ing elder, September, 1801; on school committee, 1803; tithing-
man, 1803-04 and 1815; auditor, 1804; collector, 1804 and 1814;
selectman, 1814-15 and 1817-25; moderator, 1817 and 1820;
assessor, 1826; and died January 26, 1827.

176. Joseph Doe was a soldier, 1754; having ‘‘endured. the
brunt and hardships of the late war,’’ petitioned for a town-
ship, 1754; for Hall’s Mill Road July 3, 1765; purchased land
of John Bartlett, 1768; petitioned for bridge, 1772; signed the
Association Test, July 12, 1776; was on committee of the parish
for the dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28, 1777; pur-
chased horses for the state in 1780 for which he was credited by
the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, January 11, 1783;
was auditor, 1785; active in the parish, 1791, and bid off pew
No. 27 in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; was witness to
deed of land for meeting house, November 7, 1791; on commit-
tee to secure a candidate to preach, 1793; active in the parish,
1797-99 ; collector, 1812; constable, 1812-13; assessor, 1815; and
died November 7, 1817, aged 80. His wife, Ruth, died October
29, 1812, aged 68.

177. Philip Fowler, 3d, son of Philip, Jr., was born May 25,
1764, and married February 25, 1790, Hannah Cutts; was a
drummer boy in the Revolution; ‘‘admitted to the Ch®s fellow-
ship’’ at Stratham, April, 1791; is mentioned in church records,
1793-94 and 1799-1800; was on committee to present a call to
Rev. Jonathan Brown, July 8, 1793, and to Rev. Samuel Tomb,
July 28, 1794. He died November 6, 1807.

178. George Hilton, son of Daniel, formed a partnership
as trader and shipbuilder, with William Coffin of Newfields,
and amassed a fortune estimated at $40,000. He bid off pew
No, 8, in the meeting house, October 24, 1791; was active in par-
ish affairs, 1794, 1797-1800, 1805, 1807 and 1809; auditor,
1805-08 ; selectman, 1809-10, 1818 and 1820; assessor, 1812-14
and 1816-17; tithing-man, 1817 and 1820; and representative,
1821. He could go to church at the Junction without leaving
his own lands, passing only the houses of Rev. Curtis Coe and
Philip Fowler on the way. His old house has been moved, and
now joins the Ward Hilton house as the insurance office of
J. H. Wilkinson; he died September 2, 1821, aged 56. He mar-
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ried Mary, daughter of Andrew and Anne (Ross) Wiggin. His
wife was a licensed retailer at the store of George Hilton,
1821-22 and 1824; subscribed to the salary of Rev. Jacob Cum-
mings, January 10, and Rev. W. M. Cornell, October 8, 1829,
and was the same year member of the Newfields S. 8., Union.
She died June 10, 1832, aged 52.

179. Jeremiah Colcord, son of Gideon, and: brother of Gideon,
Jr., was born October 17, 1760, and married, September 27,
1787, Sally Perkins; lived in the Rufus Sanborn house; lost his
leg below the knee and used a wooden splice; is mentioned in
the Newmarket records, 1781 and 1784; bid off pew No. 49, in
the meeting house October 24, 1791; was a licensed retailer, 1809,
1811, 1813 and 1816-17.

180. James Burleigh, son of James, was born September 19,
1761, and married Drusilla Ewer; received from his father in
1785 the homestead which had descended from his great grand-
father, the first of the family who settled at Bayside; petitioned
for a lottery to repair Squamscot bridge, October 24, 1780; bid
off pew No. 4, in the meeting house October 24, 1791; was active
in the parish, 1797-1800 and 1810; on committee of parish to
purchase a parsonage, 1803; tithing-man, 1803; overseer of the
poor, 1815; corporate member of the South Congregational So-
ciety, 1829, and became member of the church, March 14, 1841;
sold his farm and the house he had built, and moved to Newfields,
1817; bought the Henry Wiggin house; was a widower for more
than half a century, and died August 13, 1854.

181. John Shute, perhaps brother of Michael, petitioned for
a bridge, 1766 and 1772; refused to sign the Association Test,
1776; was executor of the will of Michael Shute, December 17,
1784; innholder, ‘‘Shute House,’’ Newfields, 1785, which house
continued until 1884, and ‘‘Newfields House’’ since; bid off pew
No. 6, and gallery pew No. 10, in the meeting house October 24,
1791; was on committee to secure a candidate to preach, 1793;
active in parish affairs, 1794, 1798-1800, 1805 and 1809-10; li-
censed taverner, 1806, 1809-10, 1812 and 1814-17; and died
September 26, 1819, aged 75.

182. Lieut. John Moody Smith, son of Winthrop, was born
January 29, 1758. With his brother he received property by the
will of his grandfather, Rev. John Moody, which names David
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Moody his guardian, April 14, 1774; bid off pew No. 18 in the
meeting house October 24, 1791; was active in parish affairs,
1794 and 1799-1800: on committee of the parish to purchase a
parsonage, 1803; selectman, 1804-10, clerk, 1810-14; auditor,
1811 and 1813; representative, 1815; chorister in Elder Brod-
head’s day, and with his brothers and sister who were singers,
occupied the gallery of the old church. He lived in the Samp-
son Doe garrison, and died June 27, 1815.

183. Moses Burley, son of Giles and Elizabeth (Joy) Burley,
lived in Newmarket; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot
bridge, 1768; memorialized the Provincial Congress against Lieut.
Col. Jeremiah Folsom, 1775; signed the Association Test, July
12, 1776: bought one acre of marsh land of Rev. John Moody,
July 21, 1778; bid off pew No. 22 in the meeting house October
24. 1791: was on committee of the parish, 1793; active in the
parish, 1797-1800 and 1809; and died January 25, 1822. His
widow died June 26, 1822.

184. William Coffin bought land, house, barn, wharf and
warehouse at Newfields Landing of Samuel Baker, March 20,
1777; bid off pew No. 40, October 24, 1791; was active in par-
ish affairs, 1797 and 1799; was somewhat crippled by freezing
his feet down the Bay on the cold Friday; and died May 22,
1819.

185. Gideon Colcord, son of Gideon, was born in 1745; set-
tled on his father’s estate, where John Giddings now lives;
bought land of Josiah Adams and others, November 11, 1769;
petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760; and for bridge
at Newfields, 1772; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
bid off pew No. 46, in the meeting house October 24, 1791; was on
committee to secure candidate to preach, 1793; and active in the
parish, 1798, 1800 and 1810. He died April 16, 1819, aged 74.

186. David Colcord was a soldier, 1775; tithing-man, 1784;
lieutenant, 1789; bid off pew No. 50, and gallery pew No. 15
in the meeting house October 24, 1791. Have not been able to
establish his family connections.

187. Joseph Colcord, son of Jonathan, Jr., was born in 1754;
settled on the homestead of his grandfather, Jonathan, which for
a century and a half remained in the family, but is now owned
by Austin Neal; was a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and
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a corporal in Capt. James Hill’s company on Pierce’s Island;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was at Saratoga at
the surrender of Burgoyne; probably built and moved into the
old Colcord house which became a famous place for religious
meetings, and is now owned by Mrs. John Giddings; bid off
gallery pew No. 52 in the new meeting house, October 24, 1791;
was collector, 1813-14 and 1824; selectman, 1816-17; assessor,
1818 and 1822; and died October 30, 1839; aged 85. His wife
was Fanny Russell, a young English girl whose parents were in
comfortable circumstances. She came in her uncle Captain
Armet’s vessel to Portsmouth to visit his family. The Revolu-
tionary War breaking out prevented her return and she never
saw her parents afterward. She became a school teacher at
Portsmouth, where she met and married Joseph Coleord of New-
fields. Though unaccustomed to work at her father’s house, she
was a capable and cultured woman and proved an excellent
housekeeper and much respected matron. She died July 6, 1827,
aged 70. Her Uncle and Aunt Armet seem to have been buried
in the Coleord lot on the homestead.

188. Richard Prasson bid off pew No. 4 in the meeting house
October 24, 1791; was active in the parish, 1792 and 1799;
had tax abated, 1805, and died January, 1817.

189. Joseph Smith, son of Colonel Joseph, was born Novem-
ber 11, 1757; credited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts
at Newington, October 22, 1775; sergeant in Capt. James Hill’s
company on: Pierce’s Island, November 5, 1775; received a blan-
ket as soldier in the army December 4, 1775; adjutant in Col.
Thomas Tash’s regiment September 14, 1776; bid off gallery pew
No. 9, in the meeting house October 24, 1791; was on committee
of parish, 1793; and died January 21, 1816. He married Abigail
Clark, who died October 4, 1819, aged 59.

190. William French, son of William, petitioned for a bridge
at Newfields, November 25, 1755; was a soldier in the Revolu-
tion; objected to paying for the raising of the meeting house,
November 25, 1793; had parish tax for 1795 abated May 29,
1796. He married Olive Winan.

191. Thomas Hanniford was born in 1745; petitioned for
bridge over Squamscot River, 1766; was soldier in Capt. Samuel
Gilman’s company, June 6 and October 4, 1775; and received
138 Turstory of NEWFIELDS.

four dollars for a regimental coat; signed the Association Test,
July 12, 1776; was a tailor in Newmarket, 1787; bought land
and barn of Zebulon Barber, 1787; and objected to paying for
raising the meeting house, March 25, 1793. His wife died July,
1825.

192. Peter Hersey, son of Peter and brother of Nicholas, was
born in 1751; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was
mustered with Capt. Simon Marston’s company, Col. Joshua
Wingate’s regiment, and marched July 22, 1776; and with Capt.
Nathaniel Hutchin’s company, Col. Joseph Cilley’s regiment,
and reeeived £20 bounty for continental service; objected to
paying for the raising of the meeting house, March 25, 1793; and
died February 17, 1831, aged 79.

193. Josiah Bennett, son of John and brother of Cotton,
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; bought of John Ben-
nett, March 13, 1789, 38 acres of land on the road leading from
the Grant Road to Ash Swamp; also land of Nathaniel Rogers,
1789, of Charles Smart, 1791, of Andrew Burley, 1801, and of
Josiah Hilton, appraiser of the estate of Daniel Ames, February
7, 1810; was on the committee of parish to secure a colleague
with Rev. Mr. Ewer, 1793; active in parish affairs, 1799 and
1807; had name on the old church list, 1814; and died May 20,
1832. He married Katherine Goodin, June 13, 1776.

194. Joseph H. Smith, son of Winthrop, was born January
16, 1766; is: mentioned in the will of Rev. John Moody, April 14,
1774; was active in parish affairs, 1794; joined Alfred Met-
ealf’s ‘‘Class,’’ 1809, and with his wife, was a member of a class
at Lamprey River prior to 1825; and died January 7, 1841. He
married October 17, 1790, Betsey, daughter of Gen. James Hill.
She died September 5, 1865.

195. Samuel Smith married Azubah Hopkins, sister of Jeru-
sha. She was a member of the Congregational Church, and
died July 5, 1854. He was active in parish affairs, 1794 and
1799.

196. Henry Tilton married Olive Plaisted, daughter of
Nathaniel Rogers, May 20, 1792; and was active in parish af-
fairs, 1794 and 1799. His wife was born December 8, 1771.

197. Jacob Fowler, son of Philip, was born August 24, and
baptized August 27, 1721. He petitioned for lottery, 1768;
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was credited with labor on fire rafts October 22, 1775; signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was a soldier, 1776; with his
brother, Philip, was put into possession of the homestead of which
his father had been dispossessed 14 years earlier, 1778; pound-
keeper, 1786, 1789, 1791 and 1795; sold land to his grandson,
Jacob Gilman, 1790, which Gilman sold to Rev Samuel Tomb,
1795; was active in the parish, 1794; found glass to mend win-
dows of the meeting house November 7, 1796, and died October
4, 1796.

198. Isaac Jenness, son of Deacon Francis and Sarah (Gar-
land) Jenness of Rye, came from near Breakfast Hill and set-
tled in Piscassic ; petitioned respecting the election of a represen-
tative, 1783; and for lottery in aid of bridge, December 23, 1789;
was taverner where John 8. Weeks lives, 1794, 1797 and 1812;
active in parish, 1794 and 1799; tithing-man, 1809-10; and
died June 13, 1835, aged 90. His wife, Merey, died October O29
1832, aged 84.

199. Walter Neal, son of Walter, was born June 22, 1731;
petitioned for a bridge, 1766 and 1772; was mustered with
Capt. Joseph Parson’s company November 22, 1775; was in
Capt. Henry Elkins’ company of Hampton, Col. Enoch Poor’s
regiment, and on its pay roll from May 27 to August 1, 1775;
received 10 shillings billeting money, August 4, 1775, and four
dollars coat money, October 10, 1775; was returned with Capt.
James Hill’s company on Pierce’s Island, November 5, 1775;
mustered into Capt. Samuel May’s company, Col. Joshua Win-
gate’s regiment, July 10, 1776; of Newmarket on muster roll of
Capt. Daniel Gordon’s company, September 20, 1776; first ser-
geant in Capt. John Haven’s company, guarding prisoners from
New Hampshire to Newport, R. IL, June 26, 1777; signed the
Association Test July 12, 1776; was officer in the militia; tith-
ing-man, 1790; active in parish affairs, 1794, 1797 and 1799-1800;
is remembered as among the last wearing breeches and long
stockings with knee and shoe buckles. He died April 23, 1820,
aged 88.

200. Dea. Timothy Murray, son of Timothy, petitioned for
lottery, and for highway from Lamprey River to Durham, 1768;
was active in parish affairs, 1794 and 1797-98; member of the
Presbyterian and afterwards of the Congregational Church,
140 History of NEWFIELDS.

1800; tithing-man, 1804; collector, 1813; and died August 26,
1814. He married Elizabeth Chapman.

201. Walter Smith, son of Edward, was active in the parish,
1794 and 1799; had an account with James Pickering, 1802;
deeded land, 1807; was on old chureh roll, 1814; on committee
to build meeting house at Lamprey River, 1826: erected hall for
public worship, 1827; and died August 26, 1853, aged 79.
His widow died May 15, 1867, aged 91.

202. Benjamin Hill, son of General James, was born Septem-
ber 9, 1779; had care of the meeting house, 1794-95; and was
tithing-man, 1800. He was a merchant at Portsmouth.

203. Elder Thomas Cheswell, son of Wentworth and Mary
(Davis), was born about 1764, and married (1) October 28, 1787,
Betsey Eastham of Exeter, (2) Mrs. (Wright) Bell of New-
castle. He was active in the parish, 1797 and 1800; licensed re-
tailer, 1803; overseer of the poor, 1815; selectman, 1816-17; and
assessor, 1822. He died in Newmarket.

204. Nathaniel Ewer, son of Rey. Nathaniel and Drusilla
(Covill) Ewer, was born August 4, 1772, and married Sarah,
daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Goodhue of Nottingham, who joined
the church at Lamprey River, July 7, 1833, and died in Con-
cord; paid the Smart heirs, March 20, 1790, $241.60, for 14 acres
of land on the road leading from Newmarket Plains to Grant
Road; bought of Hilton Smart, November 29, 1792, for £30,
9 acres of land on the cross road from Wadleigh’s Road to
Grant Road: and for $200 the home estate of his father, No-
vember 30, 1792; sold land to Andrew Fox, 1813; was active in
the parish, 1797: seleetman, 1807 and 1811; with his father,
objected March 25, 1808, to increasing the minister’s salary;
selectman, 1807 and 1811; assessor, 1810 and 1820; licensed re-
tailer, 1821-24; on school committee, 1822; joined the Congre-
gational Church at Lamprey River, January 6, 1833; moved to
Coneord, 1834; with his wife and others, March 1, 1842, peti-
tioned the North Church in Concord for letters of recommenda-
tion for the purpose of being organized into the East Congre-
gational Church, which petition was granted and the church
formed March 30, 1842, with 42 members.

205, Winthrop Hilton, Jr., son of Ichabod, was born October
26, 1770, and married (1) Elizabeth Folsom, daughter of Colonel
SoME OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. 141

John, and granddaughter of Jeremy, who was born June 23,
1769, and died March 8, 1800, and (2) May 22, 1800, Theodate,
daughter of Francis Jenness, who was born February 11, 1780,
and died December 16, 1866. He was active in parish affairs,
1797, 1799, 1810 and 1817; assessor, 1810 and 1816; selectman,
1811 and 1813-14; tithing-man, 1815; warden, 1817; and died
October 15, 1817.

206. Rev. Samuel Tomb was born in Wallkill, N. Y., January
1, 1776, and married March 1, 1793, Mehitable Searle, daughter
of Dea. Jeremiah and Mary Thurston of Georgetown, Mass.
He was for a time a student in Columbia College, but did not
graduate; studied theology with Rev. Dr. John Mason of New
York City; received a call from Newmarket church July 28, and
was ordained colleague pastor, October 22, 1794, with Rev.
Nathaniel Ewer. The relation of the two pastors was not har-
monious and cordial, and a mutual council, April 27, 1797, fail-
ing to reconcile them, Mr. Tomb was dismissed by vote of the
parish, July 10, 1797. He was afterwards installed over the
Second Church, Newbury, Mass., November 28, 1798, continuing
about ten years; then was pastor of the Presbyterian Church,
Salem, N. Y., for more than 20 years. He then returned to his
native place where his stormy but efficient ministry closed, and
he died March 28, 1832. Among his printed discourses were an
oration on the death of Washington, pronounced February 22,
1800, and a sermon delivered at the annual fast, April 7, 1803.
‘‘Ffis mind was clear, vigorous and comprehensive, and while ex-
pounding the great doctrines and principles of Christianity,
in which his whole heart and soul was engaged, he gave utter-
ance to thoughts that were eloquent and impressive.”’

207. Robert Mitchell was mustered with Capt. Joseph Par-
son’s company November 22, 1775; soldier, 1777-80; and bid
off pew No. 41 in the new meeting house October 24, 1791.
Chapter X.

INDIAN WARS.

On November 21, 1632, a letter from Capt. Walter Neal to the
governor of Massachusetts gave the information that Dixy Bull
and fifteen other Englishmen had turned pirates and taken sev-
eral boats and rifled Pemaquid. Later on December 5, Captain
Neal and Mr. Hilton by letters certified ‘‘that they had sent
out all the forces they could make against the pirates, viz. four
pumaces and shallops and about forty men who coming to
Pemaquid were there wind-bound three weeks.’’? Bull was
finally executed in England.

In 1641 Richard Bullgar was commissioned lieutenant, and
Thomas Wardell sergeant of the ‘‘band of souldiers at Exeter,
to be installed and confirmed by the freemen the next training
day.’’

On October 18, 1669, the General Court in session at Boston,
understanding there were about 60 soldiers in Exeter with no
‘common officer’’ over them, appointed John Gilman a leuten-
ant to take command and ‘‘exercise the Company as the Law re-
quires.”’

King Philip’s War, 1675-78. King Philip’s War was the first
serious trouble New Hampshire had with the Indians. The
Pascataqua planters paid the Indians a valuable compensation
and fair equivalent, in coats, cloths, kettles, hatchets and kinos,
for untrodden forests and untilled lands, while the aborigines
retained unmolested possession of all occupied planting, hunting,
fowline and fishing grounds. Both dwelt side by side in neigh-
borly good will for more than half a century. Passaconway, the
statesman-sagamore of all the Merrimac tribes, lived a Chris-
tian life, and died in the faith of the true God. The Rev. Wil-
liam Hubbard bears this testimony: ‘‘The Indians always car-
ried it fair, and held good correspondence with the English until
the news came of Philip’s rebellion, and rising against the in-
habitants of Plimouth colony in the end of June, 1675.’’
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The Wampanoag sachem, like Sassacus of the Pequots 40
years before, was ambitious to exterminate the English, and was
able to engage most of the New England tribes in his enterprise.
Thousands of praying Indians remained neutral, the Penacooks
still continued friendly, the Squamscots had emigrated about
1672 to the Hudson; but the Ossipees, the Pequakets and the
Tarateens of Maine ardently joined Philip’s hostile confederacy.

In September, 1675, the frontier invasion swept down upon
the Pascataqua settlers. The enemy appeared upon both sides
of the river, burning houses and killing all who fell in their way.
All the settlers were now filled with alarm, those on the Kenne-
bee withdrawing to the Pascataqua and Merrimac, and business
was suspended. A day of public fasting and prayer was ob-
served by the New Hampshire towns, October 7, 1675. This
month another party of Indians ‘‘got over or beyond the other
branches of the Pascataqua river, towards Exeter and Lamprey
Eele river, where they killed one man. Many of them were in
the woods about Exeter, and between Hampton and Exeter,
where they killed one or two men in the woods as they were
traveling homeward, occasioning the people of those towns to
stand continually upon their guard, which proved a great an-
noyance to the inhabitants.’’

Before winter set in sixty were killed in this vicinity, and
nearly as many buildings burned. The following account with-
out date from the letter of Maj. Robert Pike to the governor
and council belongs to this period, 1675-76.

At Hampton on Saturday last about 9 at night seeing an Indian
coming from goodman Sleeper’s barn toward his dwelling house
having fire in his right hand and straw under his other arm, they
shot at him about four rod from the house, and he tumbled down and
the straw fell afire and blazed up. They saw another run away
between the fire and the barn, but no hurt was done. In the morning
they saw pieces of birch bark where the fire was, but found no Indian.

When the first house was built in Kensington by Stephen
Green, it is said there was not another dwelling between it and
Canada, except the wigwams of the savages. People used a lad-
der to enter the house and at night drew in the ladder to pre-
vent the intrusion of Indians.

The following summer, June 13, 1677, four persons at North
144 History of NEWFIELDS.

Hampton, Edward Colcord, Jr., Abraham Perkins, Jr., Benja-
min Hilliard and Caleb Towle, fell victims to savage cruelty.
In July, 1677, Capt. Benjamin Swett of Hampton went to
Kennebee with 200 Indians and 40 English soldiers, but was de-
feated and slain with 60 of his men.

A formal treaty of peace was concluded with Squando and
other chiefs at Saco, April 12, 1678, which put an end to this
harrowing three years’ war. But the New Hampshire settlers had
learned to distrust their savage neighbors and kept themselves
on the defensive. They palisaded their houses, gathered them-
selves into garrisons, carried their guns afield and stacked arms
at the church door, while a sentry kept watch during divine wor-
ship.

In 1680 Robert Pike was commander of a troop of horse
which was divided by the cutting off of Hampton and Exeter
from old Norfolk County. In 1684, by order of Lieut. Gov.
Edward Cranfield, the meeting houses in Hampton, Exeter,
Portsmouth and Dover were fortified for garrisons. In 1687,
the town of Hampton ‘‘ordered by vote that the selectmen shall
take care to build a convenient watchhouse according to law,
and to sett it where the ould watch-house stood, and to provide
Powder, bullets, machflints, or what els the Law requires for a
Perm. stock for the soldiers, and to make a rate for the same up-
on the inhabitants not exceeding £10.”’

King William’s War, 1689-97, between England and France.
French emissaries now taught the Indians to call the English
heretics, and incited them to hostilities and to find profit in
the sale of scalps and prisoners in Canada. The inhabitants of
New Hampshire in their danger and distress were on the point
of abandoning the province, and in 1690 sought the government
and protection of Massachusetts. Hampton and Portsmouth be-
ing less exposed than Exeter and Dover suffered least in the
common calamities.

On July 30, 1689, Capt. Samuel Sherburne of Hampton wrote
to Maj. Robert Pike respecting the burning of houses by the
Indians at Oyster River, who sent men to help; Major Pike wrote
June 23, 1691, ‘‘Many Hampton men were out in the woods
after the Indians, to release a person captured at Salisbury,
INDIAN WARS. 145

with little hope of recovering him. On Sunday last Capt.
Greenleaf with 34 horses went to Hampton.

P. §. Hampton men are not gone out against the enemy as
we heard they had.’’

On July 4, 1690, eight persons were killed as they were mow-
ing in a field near Lamprey River, and a lad was carried away
captive. The next day Capt. William Hilton’s garrison on
Fowler’s Hill at Newfields was assaulted, and relieved by Lieu-
tenant Bancroft with a loss of eight or nine ment who were
buried in one grave on the hillside southwest of the garrison.
Simon Stone, afterwards of Groton, Mass., received nine wounds
and two cuts with hatchets, and was thought dead, but recovered.
In the course of a week forty persons were killed between Lam-
prey River and Amesbury, Mass.

Edward Walker, with others, was killed by the Indians at
Lamprey River, July 6, 1690.

August 4, 1691, Capt. Samuel Sherburne and James Dolloff,
both of Hampton, were killed by the Indians at Casco Bay.

The following letter from Henry Dow to Major Pike, dated
September 29 or 30, 1691, will give some idea of the situation:

Sir. We have received intelligence from Sandybeach — Rye — that
since 12 o’clock this day the enemy have killed or carried away sixteen
persons of which old goodman Bracket’s and goodman Rand’s families
have the greatest blow. The messengers that brought this news, on
their returning home about the time the moon did rise this night, at
a place called Raggy Neck, about half a mile this side of Sandybeach
garrison, they do affirm to me they saw, as they adjudged, about
forty enemies coming toward Hampton with five or six canoes on their
heads, which caused them to come back to Hampton again, and
brought us word of it; which we have thought it convenient to signify
to your worship, lest they should come along with their canoes in
the night and do damage to houses near the sea. We are in a sad
condition, the enemy is so violent. The Lord give us all wisdom to
teach us what we ought to do.

So with my respects presented to you, I remain your loving friend
and servant,

Henry Dow.

1 Bancroft was a civil engineer with Sir William Phipps in erecting the new
fort at Pemaquid in 1692. It was now rebuilt with stone, called William
Henry, and believed to be impregnable. Mather says it was the finest fortress
that had been seen in those parts of America. Some primitive defensive works
had existed here as early as 1630, and rifled in 1632 by Dixy Bull.

10
146 History oF NEWFIELDS.

At a meeting of the town of Hampton, October 26, 1691,
Nathaniel Weare, Henry Dow and Joseph Smith were sent to
Portsmouth, ‘‘as a committee to Advize what is most requisite
& needful to be done in our defense against the common Enemy.”’

Hampton voted May 17, 1692, ‘‘that liberty is given to so many
as are willing to remove the Fortification from about the Meet-
ing House and to Sett it between the Minister's House, the
Prison and the Meeting House in some convenient place, that
there may be liberty for any concerned in it, to build Houses
in it according to custom in other Forts.’’

Voted that there shall be a House builded in said Fort at the
Town's charge, of 14 feet wide and 16 feet long, and finished for the
use of it; it shall be improved for a Scout House, or the Watch House
removed and made habitable.

The General Court at Goat Island, April 24, 1693, required
Hampton to impress ten able bodied men with arms and ammu-
nition to be posted at the several frontier garrisons. Two of
these men were stationed at Edward Hilton’s garrison, New-
fields, and two at Lubberland garrison.

Oyster River was attacked July 17, 1694, by 250 Indians who
burned five of the twelve garrisons, and twenty-one houses.
Ninety-four persons were lost. Rev. John Buss was killed and
his house and valuable library destroyed. The garrisons of
Smith and David Davis at Lubberland were defeated, and
Thomas Edgerly’s destroyed.

The Council at New Castle, July 24, 1694, ‘‘Ordered, That
warrants be issued for detaching 100 men, viz. out of Hampton
50, out of Exeter 20, out of Portm. 30. Ordered, That they
rendezvous at Exeter with four days provision, to range the
woods head the towns and rivers from thence to Newiehawan-
nick—Salmon Falls—river.”’

On May 20, 1695, it was ordered that ‘‘the selectmen in each
town to provide Bread by an assessment upon the inhabitants
to be ready for four days march of those men that are im-
pressed.’’ These 50 Hampton men were placed under the com-
mand of Capt. Joseph Smith who in 1695 succeeded Maj. Wil-
liam Vaughan in command of the increased militia of the state.

The following men were on Capt. Kinsley Hall’s pay roll in
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1696. They were ‘‘prest men in Exeter’’ who served in Exe-
ter and Oyster River from November 4, 1695.

John Young, Sr., and Job Judkins, serving from November
4 to December 2, 1695; Thomas Rollins, John Sinkler and John
Judkins, serving from November 14 to December 12, 1695;
Edward Dyer serving from December 2 to 30, 1695; John Beane,
James Beane and Stephen Gilman serving from December 30,
1695, to January 27, 1696; Freeman Lyford, Biley Dudley serv-
ing from February 6 to March 5, 1696; James Young serving
from February 24, to March 23, 1696; Peter Folsom serving
from March 5 to April 2, 1696.

Jonathan Thing served in the garrison at Oyster River from
April 2, 1696, being still there when the pay roll was made up,
as certified by Capts. Kinsley Hall and John Woodman, April
8, 1696.

The ‘‘billetting’’ of Andrew Wiggins, Edward Hilton and
Richard Hilton, was appended, the expense amounting to
£18, 12s., 4d.

Capt. John Woodman April 8, 1696, certifies that the fol-
lowing soldiers were boarded at Oyster River from November
2, 1695 to March 6, 1696, at an expense of £51.

Joseph Smith Thomas Bickford Thomas Edgerly
William Durgin Jeremiah Burman ‘Stephen Jones
Joseph Meder James Bunker Lieut. Davis
David Davis John Woodman

On December 2, 1695, Capt. Henry Dow of Hampton stationed
four men with Captain Hall of Exeter, and seven with Captain
Woodman of Oyster River, and his other seven went home. The
men of Newfields in garrison service in 1695 were John Young,
Sr., Jacob Smith, Job Judkins, Ebenezer Dwyer and John
Beane.

On March 5, 1696, Capt. Joseph Smith had two men at Exeter
and two at Oyster River. In July the men in garrison service
at Newfields were Francis Lyford, Biley Dudley, Job Judkins,
Ephraim Folsom, William Taylor, Philip Dudy, Jacob Smith,
John Beane, Sr., and Cornelius Leary.

The following is the account of ‘‘Exitors Charge of Clames’’
for soldiers serving in the Exeter garrisons, from April 13 to
November 9, 1696:
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‘‘Ephraim Folsom, Samuel Dudley and David Roberson, serv-
ing from August 3 to August 31, wages and subsistence, £20.
Charles Glidden, William Taylor and Jonathan ‘‘wodlash,”’
serving from August 31 to September 28, 1696, wages and sub-
sistence, £20. James Gilman, Theophilus Smith and Jeremiah
Gilman, serving from September 28 to October 26, 1696, for wages
and subsistence, £20. For John Gilman and Nathaniel Stevens go-
ing to Haverhill by the Lieutenant Governor’s order two days,
10s. James Godfrey for riding the Governor’s horse from Exeter
to ‘‘y® Bank’’ 3s. To subsistence of two Hampton men at Mr.
Wiggin’s six days each from April 7 to 13, 1696, 8s. To sub-
sistence of two Hampton men at Mr. Hilton’s from April 9
to 12 or 13, 4s.”’

The account was presented by: Capt. Kinsley Hall.

November 3, 1696, the Council ‘‘Ordered that Maj. Smith &
Cap. Hall dismiss the soldiers posted at Hampton and Exeter
on Monday next, untill farther orders.”’

‘A treaty of peace between England and France was signed
at Ryswick, Germany, December 10, 1697, oceasioning the bury-
ing of the hatchet and returning of the captives.

Queen Anne’s War, 1702-18—England against France and
Spain. Massachusetts and New Hampshire bore the chief calam-
ities of the war. The government now offered a bounty of
thirty-two pounds for every Indian scalp. In 1702 Hilton’s
scout was between John Smith’s, Lubberland, on the north and
Pickpocket on the south.

A party of thirty Indians August 17, 1703, under Captain
Tom, made a descent on Hampton Village, now Seabrook, and
killed five persons. The first person slain was the Widow Muzzy,
a talented speaker among the Friends and much honored by
them. She was passing by a swamp when seized, dragged into
the woods and her brains beaten out with a tomahawk. Thomas
Lancaster, another Quaker, was next killed on his way to mill.
Jonathan Green was slain, beaten on the head with the butts of
guns and mangled in a horrible manner. Nicholas Bond was
killed and scalped in his own house. The widow of William
Hinckley had left her boy in the care of two girls and gone into
the field to pull flax. When the Indians came to the house,
INDIAN WaARs. 149

the girls fled, and the lad, endeavoring to follow, was seized and
his head dashed against a plough standing near.

These outrages coming to Governor Dudley’s ears, he soon
issued the following command:

Hampton, 11 Oct. 1703.

I hereby Direct that you forthwith order a convenient Number of
Garrisons for the Town of Hampton, particularly one in the body of
the Town, Near the Church, to be of large Contents, where the women
and children may repayr in Case of Danger, that your soldiers may the
better defend the place, and that you command all the soldiers of your
Towns to attend thereof till they be finished. Given under my hand

the day and year above written.
J. DUDLEY.

On January 27, 1704, Major Hilton undertook an expedition
with three companies, 360 volunteers, on snowshoes to Pequacket,
—Conway— which resulted in taking no scalps, and receiving
no bounty, but his service was deemed honorable and a hand-
some gratuity of 12 pounds was awarded him, and his captains
were given five pounds each. Hilton, however, did excellent
service in an expedition sent to Port Royal the following May
and lasting all summer. Col. Benjamin Church with 550 men
accompanied him. Prisoners were taken and some French set-
tlements destroyed.

On March 27, 1704, the Council ‘‘Ordered that the Secretary
give notice with all possible expedition to Capt. Henry Dow and
Capt. Jacob Green of Hampton that they muster their several
Companies under their respective Commands on Monday next,
being the third of April, by ten of the clock in the forenoon,
and that Major Winthrop Hilton, or such as he shall employ,
may have liberty of listing Volunteers for the service aforesaid.’’
On September 18, following, the Council ordered that ‘‘from all
the towns 36 laborers and 12 carpenters be impressed to labor
on the fort at Hampton.”’

On April 25, 1704, Edward Taylor was killed and his wife and
son captured at Lamprey River.

In 1705 a nightly patrol watched the seashore from Hampton
to Portsmouth to prevent any surprise by sea.

January 8, 1705, Colonel Hilton with 270 men started on an
expedition to Norridgewock, Me., where he burned wigwams and
150 History oF NEWFIELDS.

the chapel of Sebastian Rasle. On June 5, he was ordered to
send men to the fort, and beginning with September 5, reduced
his scout from twenty to ten men every ten days.

February 25, 1706, he made another expedition to Norridge-
wock.

On June 17, 1706, the Council acting upon a letter from the
governor, ‘‘Ordered that in case the Selectmen of Hampton
and Exeter have not their stock of provisions for scouting ready
in four days time from the date hereof, to be delivered to the
Capts. of the several Towns when called for, that they may be
sent for to the next Council Board in order to be proceeded
against as they shall deserve.’’

On July 6, Colonel Hilton was called before the Council
Board and answered that ‘‘as to the little scout, Province scout,
he was forced to leave it off, there being eight of the souldjers
from Hampton, and the town of Hampton had no provisions
for them as the law directs.’’

Early in July, 1706, notice was received that a large body of
French Mohawks were on their way towards Pascataqua.
Colonel Hilton with 64 men marched from Exeter to intercept
them, but was obliged to return, for want of provisions, without
meeting them.

About 20 of these Mohawks lurked around the house of
Colonel Hilton intending to destroy this brave and energetic
officer. On the morning of July 6, observing ten men going out
into the field with their scythes to mow, the Indians crept
stealthily between them and the weapons which they had laid
aside, thus intercepting their return to the garrison, and sud-
denly fell upon them, killing Richard Matoon, his son, Hubartus,
Robert Barber and Samuel Pease, and taking captive Edward
Hall, Samuel Mighill, and a mulatto. Joseph Hall, John Taylor
and one other escaped. Hall, a nephew of Colonel Hilton, and
Mighill were carried to Canada, where Hall built a sawmill and
obtained much favor from the French and Indians therefor, so
that they were allowed to go into the woods to hunt. Taking ad-
vantage of this they made their escape, and after traversing the
forest for three weeks on foot, subsisting on lily roots and the
rind of trees, Mighill became so exhausted that he lay down to
die. Hall made all possible provision for his comfort and left
INDIAN WARS. 151

him. Reaching Deerfield, Mass., he sent out a relief party,
which found Mighill alive and brought him to the fort where he
recovered his strength, and they returned home.

There is a family tradition that Robert Barber was killed in
his own cornfield between the schoolhouse and the river at Pis-
eassic. One Indian made an assault, and while Mr. Barber,
though a small man, was defending himself successfully, an-
other Indian appeared, and the two were too much for the
brave man.

On July 9, 1706, the Council ‘‘Ordered that the Secretary
summons the Selectmen of Hampton to appear before the Coun-
cil to-morrow by ten of the clock in the forenoon, to answer to
the complaint of Lieut. Col. Hilton, in not having their Town
stock of provisions ready to supply the souljers of the town
in Scouting &.’’ On the following day it was ‘‘Ordered that
the Selectmen of the town of Hampton do forthwith send a
Barrel of pork to Lieut. Col. Hilton’s house, out of their Town
stock of provisions for Scouting as he shall see meet, and that
the Secretary issue forth his warr.' to the Selectmen accord-
ingly.”’

The same day sixty men with provisions were ordered to
Colonel Hilton’s house, and on July 20, more provisions to be
furnished him.

Colonel Hilton made a horseback trip to Boston, December 21,
1706, to consult with Governor Dudley, and as a result was off
to the east January 21, 1707, with 220 New Hampshire and 90
Massachusetts troops. On his return to Black Point he cap-
tured a squaw and papoose, and by her assistance surprised and
slew eighteen of the enemy.

In 1707, the government commanded the captains of Exeter
and Hampton to arrest the deserters from Kingston and cause
them to return to the defense of the settlement, or to do duty
at Fort William and Mary.

Colonel Hilton commanded the Second Regiment on an ex-
pedition to Port Royal. With 1,000 men he left Nantasket
May 18, 1707, reaching Port Royal May 26, returning on June
5. July 16, on the eve of a second departure, he writes his wife
from Casco. By August the expedition had proved a total
failure.
152 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In the following September eight young men with Capt. Sam-
uel Chesley: were killed in the woods at Oyster River. Colonel
Hilton pursued the Indians to Cocheco with 54 men, and to
Ossipee and Pequacket with 360 men, but ‘‘made only a few
discoveries.’’

On September 23, 1707, Colonel Hilton sent out on a scout
towards ‘‘Winnepissauke pond, fifty six fresh men from Hamp-
ton, on Monday morning last, who was [were] to tarry out five
days.’’ In October of that year ‘‘£175-1-0 is allowed and or-
dered to be paid to Colonel Hilton for himself and the Exeter,
Hampton, Portsmouth and Dover men.’’

Throughout the summer of 1708, an additional force from
Hampton and Portsmouth was stationed at Fort William and
Mary.

On February 19, 1708, Hilton was out with a scout of 20 men,
and made an expedition to Pequacket with 270 men.

On August 2, 1708, it was ordered that Colonel Hilton ‘‘for
the future send but sixteen men out of Portsmouth and Hamp-
ton in proportion, to her Majesty’s Fort Wm. and Mary, to
make up the standing souldjers there twenty persons and noe
more.’’ And on August 15, it was ‘‘Ordered that Lieut. Colonel
Hilton imediately draw out twenty proper souldjers from
Hampton, Exeter and Dover as a Scout to march to Winne-
pissiacoe pursuant to his Excellency’s letter.’’

Winthrop Hilton of Newfields, born in 1761, was a distin-
guished officer in the wars with the Indians and killed by them
June 23, 1710. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in 1706 and Councillor just before his death, but
he never took his seat before the council board.

February 21, 1709, Biley Dudley certifies to the committee
“‘seting at Portsmouth to examine the province depts’’ that he
‘“subsisted’’ one of Lieutenant Bancroft’s soldiers about five
months, Lieutenant Bancroft being commander-in-chief at
Exeter in 1690. Lieutenant Peter and Susanna Folsom attest
the fact.

Also a blanket ‘“‘prest by the order of Peter Coffin esquire for
the Cuntry sarves when the soldiers went to pigwockit under the
Command of Capn John Gilman,” the blanket having been
appraised at 16 shillings.
INDIAN WARS. 153

On June 11, 1709, as Ephraim Folsom was riding home from
Exeter to Newfields on horseback with a grist of corn, about
nightfall, he was fired on by an Indian and killed.

February 21, 1710, Francis Lyford of Exeter presents his bill
to the committee of disbursements for boarding soldiers dur-
ing the Indian War: namely two men at Captain Kinsley’s gar-
rison under the command of Captain Bancroft, eight weeks, and
ten men at Mr. Moses Gilman’s garrison, five months.

The following is the muster roll of soldiers at Colonel Hilton’s
garrison July 3, 1710, which were in the detachment under com-
mand of Captain Gilman, the last three serving 14 days, and
the rest 7 days.

Daniel Hames Bartholemew Thing
Jonathan Young Jeremiah Arringotine
Samuel Bean John Munsey
Cornelius Lary Samuel Lovering
Thomas Lowel Armstrong Horn
John York Thomas Lary

They were paid at the rate of six shillings for seven days.

Col. Winthrop Hilton was slain by the Indians July 23, 1710.
Accompanied by a party of 17 men he had gone out to peel
some hemlock logs he had cut for masts the previous winter
and which were liable to be injured by worms unless stript of
their bark. They were lying several miles to the westward of
his house on what is now known as the mast road in Piscassic.
The day had been stormy, and while busy about their work
they were fired on by a body of Indians in ambush and Colonel
Hilton and two others were killed. Two others were taken cap-
tive, and the rest, intimidated by their loss and finding their
wet guns unserviceable, fled.

The next day 100 men marched in pursuit of the Indians,
but discovered only the bodies of the fallen. The enemy in
their triumph had struck their hatchets into the brain of
Colonel Hilton and left a lance sticking in his heart. His body
was brought to his home, and buried with every mark of respect
and honor.

The party were under the command of Capt. Nicholas Gilman,
and the place of the ambush was between Piscassic and
154 History of NEWFIELDS.

Washucke. Besides the three killed, Dudley Hilton and John
Lougee were captured. Lougee was carried to Canada, then to
England, and afterwards returned to Exeter. The same day
John Wedgewood was captured with three daughters of Rich-
ard Dolloff, and John Magoon killed in the very place where he
dreamed, a short time previously, he would be slain by the In-
dians.

On May 5, 1711, additional soldiers were ordered to Richard
Hilton’s garrison.

News having arrived July 27, 1711, of ‘‘a Great fleet from
France likely to make their Impression upon this Coast,’’ Gov-
ernor Dudley ‘‘judged it necessary that the fort be strengthened
with forty men, and the halfe of the Militia be drawn and made
ready for a march from Hampton, Exeter and Dover to the Bank
and New Castle at a minutes warning.’’

The golden news of peace was proclaimed at Portsmouth,
October 29, 1712, and a treaty was made with the beligerent
tribes July 11, 1718. New Hampshire and Massachusetts had
lost hitherto 6,000 young men killed, and boys captured without
being recovered.

The following is a list of the soldiers in a scouting party under
the command of Capt. James Davis in 1712, with the number of
days’ service of each, at one shilling per day.

From Major Smith’s Company. Capt. Michael Gilman’s Company.

Days. Days.
Benjamin Dow 18 Tho: Lary 13
Job Chapman 18 Jer: Conner 12
Israel ffolsam 14 Jer: Folsom 12
Jonathan Dearborn 14 Joshua Gilman 10
John Wedgewood 14 John Beane Junr 10
Nath: Drake 14 John Beane 12
William Lane 14 Jona: Dudley 12
Samuel Brown 12 Richa Yourk 12
Abra: Folsom 12
Irusterem Coffin 9
Capt. Green’s Company. John Yourk 12
Jona: Prescot 18 Capt. Davis’s Company.
Jacob Browne 14 Sampson Doe 9
William Sanborn 12 Joseph Dudly 9

Robert Wadleigh 12 Benj: Pinnar 9
INDIAN WARS. 155

Days. Days.

From Col. Vaughan’s Regiment. Jeremiah Beane 11

Joseph Mead 10 John Clark 11

Samm! Brown 6 Daniel Smith 18
eee he 7 Capt. Tebbet’s Company.

Capt. Phip’s Company. Nich: Hartford 8
Sammuel Bennick 12 Capt. Week’s Company.

Israel Folsom 6 Samll Neale 9

(Scouts, 1712) Robert Bryent 11

Capt. Westbrook’s Company. John Neal 8

Christo: Noble 10 vebn ioutshon s

Sam! Manson 12 Christo: Keniston 12

Joseph Hill 12

Capt. John Gilman’s Company. walter Meals 16

Aaron Rawlins 13 Joseph Hill 12

The account was allowed May 9, 1713.

The Council learning that the Indians were planning a new
attack upon some point in New England, another scout was
ordered March 20, 1716, to set out eight days hence into the
woods under pretence of hunting to ‘‘see what discovery might
be made of the Ind™* & their motives,’’ each soldier to be al-
lowed four shillings per day for their service, they furnishing
their own provisions.

Lovewell’s War, 1723-25. By July, 1722, another war with
the Indians began, and continued to disturb the Pascataqua
settlements for three years. The enemy now attacked the coast
in shallops, sloops and schooners which they had seized. The
bounty on Indian scalps was increased to £100 each.

The previous June Captain Tilton and his brother, while fish-
ing from a boat at Damaris Cove, were boarded by Indians under
Captain Samuel. The Tiltons were bound, but cutting them-
selves loose overcame the five Indians on board, and, a light
breeze springing up, sailed away. Captain Tilton used to tell
the story at Newfields about 1750.

In the spring of 1723 eighteen Indians fell upon the family
of Aaron Rollins in their home, they having neglected to retire
to the garrison for greater security, resulting in the killing of
Mr. Rollins and his eldest daughter, and the carrying away cap-
tive of Mrs. Rollins, a son and the other daughter, to Canada.
Mrs. Rollins was redeemed after a few years.
156 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In September, 1724, Peter Colcord was captured and carried
to Canada. In the spring of the following year Capt. John
Lovewell and 46 men were ambushed. Sixteen were killed and
eighteen escaped. Paugus was slain.

In June, 1725, hostilities ceased, and articles of peace were
signed December 15, 1725, at Casco. Peter Weare of Hampton
Falls was one of the commissioners on the part of the New
Hampshire House of Representatives to ratify this treaty with
the Indians, at Exeter, August 5, 1726.

The Council, September 2, 1726, ordered that ‘‘Hampton,
Exeter, Kingston, Dover and Derry be served w a copy of a
Proclam.* of Peace, to be sent to ye chief Military officer in each
town to be proclaimed by beat of Drum.’’ And on October 31,
1726, it was ordered that a Thanksgiving Proclamation ‘‘be is-
sued out for a Thanksgiving day y® 10‘* November next; and y°
Gen.! Assembly be prorogued till ye 21st 9°".’’

On July 12, 1731, Governor Belcher issued a captain’s com-
mission to Peter Gilman and Samuel Gilman, and a lieutenant’s
to Israel Gilman.

King George’s War, 1744-48. France joined with Spain
against Great Britain, and consequently involved the colonies in
the conflict, but the frontier settlements were removed further
inland. The Pascataqua forces performed signal service in the
reduction of Louisburg, the Gibraltar of America, which capitu-
lated June 17, 1745. Thirty years after, Pepperill’s engineer,
Colonel Gridley, laid out the entrenchments on Bunker Hill and
the same old drums beat again on June 17, 1775.

William Hilton was in the expedition to Louisburg, and died
during the winter of 1745. His name by mistake was omitted
from the muster roll, but his widow, Joanna, was by vote of the
government paid an allowance of seven pounds and ten shillings.

The Spanish Armada was destroyed in 1746. The same year
Capt. Nathaniel Drake of Hampton, with a squad of 14 of his
troopers, went on a scout of 10 days into the woods of Notting-
ham. .

Preliminaries of peace were signed at Aix La Chapelle April,
1748, and the Definitive Treaty was ratified in October, 1748.
Hostilities ceased, prisoners were released without ransom, and
all conquests were mutually restored.
INDIAN WARS. 157

-

We give below a muster roll of men that enlisted in his Maj-
esty’s service in 1744 out of the ‘‘Second foot Company’’ under
the command of Capt. Theo. Smith.

Enlisting May 21 for 28 days.

John Edgerly
Jobn Rollins
Joseph Govwel

Hezekiah Swaine

Winthrop Blake

Enlisting June 25 for 14 days.

Sergt. Samuel Fogg
Samuel Norris
Daniel Smith

Jabez Smith
James Calfe

Enlisting July 23 for 14 days for Canterbury.

Corp. Daniel Lovering
Benjamin Folsom
Josiah Sanborn
William Sanborn
Daniel Gilman

Richard Beane
Josiah Folsom
Timothy Gordon
Joseph Leavitt
Joseph Wadleigh

Joseph Wadleigh, Jonathan Fogg and Peter Hersey were in
Captain Dudley’s troops of Exeter from July 29 to August 7,
1745, scouting to Nottingham, and on the frontiers in that

neighborhood.

Enlisting April 10, 1746, for Canterbury.

Caleb Gilman

Aaron Rollins

John Leavitt

Enlisting June 3, for Canterbury to carry provisions for

three days.

Clerk Joseph Rollins, with horse
Josiah Sanborn, with horse
Sergt. Jonathan Robinson
Sergt. Benjamin Smith

Joseph Leavitt, with horse
Samuel Norris, with horse
Josiah Rollins, with horse
Josiah Folsom, with horse

Josiah Robinson, with horse
Wadleigh Cram, Jr., with horse
Joshua Folsom

Samuel Hall

Jeremiah Bean

Daniel Grant

Thomas Kimball

Enlisting June 29 for Nottingham for 14 days.

Henry Steele
John Moody
Jonathan Cilley
Seth Fogg

Benjamin Graves
Benjamin Gorden
George Dutch
Josiah Fogg
158 History of NEWFIELDS.

Enlisting August, 1746, to scout in Epping for six days.

Sergt. Jonathan Robinson
Josiah Rollins

Joshua Rollins

Nathaniel Robinson
Benjamin Norris
Benjamin Smith

John Pike

Wadleigh Cram

Daniel Clark

Dudley Leavitt

Benjamin Sinkler
Joseph Leavitt
Jeremiah Beane
Richard Beane
Daniel Grant
Samuel Hall
Theo: Gilman
Thomas Kimball
Antipas Gilman

Enlisting May 4, 1747, for Nottingham. First two for 14

days, the rest for 28 days.

Daniel Thurston
Joseph Knight
Joseph Mudgett

Antipas Gilman
John Pike
James Adikison

Enlisting June 1, 1747, for Nottingham for 28 days, except

the last two, 14 days.

Joseph Taylor, Jr.
Joseph Smith
Carty Gilman

Thomas Edgerly
Joseph Lawrence
Samuel Ames

Enlisting Angust 24, 1747, for Nottingham, the first four for
14 days, the others for 28 days.

Sergt. Caleb Kimball
Sergt. John Kimball
Nathaniel Leavitt
Jonathan Leavitt

Wadleigh Cram
John Scribner
Samuel Magoon, Jr.

Enlisting September 21, for Nottingham for 14 days.

Joseph Scribner
John Glidden
Joseph Thing
Joseph Robinson

Edward Scribner, Jr.
Nathaniel Glidden
James Gorden

Josiah Folsom

Enlisting April 21, 1748, for Canterbury for six months at
fifteen pounds per month, including the province wages.

Carty Gilman
Jobn Rollins
Jeremiah Bean

Jonathan Crosby, hired by Samuel
Hall

May 19, 1748, hired for five months.

Joseph Mann

Timothy Knox
INDIAN WARS.

159

Ellis Tarlton was a guard for Rochester and Barrington under

Capt. Job Clement June 38, 1748.

April 21, 1748. Money paid to hire soldiers for Canterbury

during the year 1748.

Capt. Theo: Smith

Lt. Robert Light

Ens. Oliver Smith
Sergt. Benjamin Smith
Sergt. Joseph Leavitt
Joseph Lovering
Samuel Dudley
Dudley Leavitt
Benjamin Kimball

April 22, to hire.
Carty Gilman

May 19.

Joseph Mann
Timothy Knox
Carty Gilman
John Rollins

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Sergt. Benjamin Smith 0
Sergt. John Kimball 3
Joseph Knight 3
Joseph Thing 3
Ens. James Leavitt 3
Joshua Wilson 2
Jabez Smith 3
Sergt. Caleb Kimball 3
Daniel Grant 3
William Sanborn 3
Thomas Kimball, Jr. 3
Corp. Peter Folsom 4
Daniel Smith 1

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Samuel Ames 1

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Samuel Engels
James Rundlett
Simon Drake
Josiah Rollins
Daniel Clark

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Carty Gilman
Jobn (?) Rollins
Timothy Knox
Joseph Mann

old tenor.

Benjamin Sinkler
James Rundlett
Daniel Folsom
James Calfe

Joseph Scribner
Samuel Norris
Edward Scribner, Jr.
Henry Little
Lameaguah Calfe, Jr.
Benjamin Folsom
George Dutch
Joseph Robinson

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Enlisting September 24, 1747, as volunteers to scout for
three days and find themselves, and no wages, under Capt.

Theo: Smith.

Capt. Theo: Smith
Ens. Oliver Smith
Clerk Joseph Rollins
Sergt. Jonathan Robinson
Sergt. Benjamin Smith
Sergt. Joseph Leavitt
Corp. Timothy Gordon
Corp. Josiah Robinson
Corp. Caleb Kimball
Nathaniel Gilman
Samuel Norris

Daniel Smith

Moses Leavitt

Dudley Leavitt
Josiah Fogg

Seth Fogg

Aaron Rollins

Daniel Clark

Thomas Dean

Samuel Hall

John Hall

Joseph Scribner
Joseph Scribner, Jr.
Richard Glidden
John Glidden
Joseph Kimball
Henry Steele
Ebenezer Lovering
Daniel Gilman
Carty Gilman
Joseph Taylor 3d
Joseph Smith
Samuel Ames
Thomas Edgerly
Joseph Magoon
Joseph Mudgett
Benjamin Smith, Jr.
Joseph Doloff
Joseph Wilson
James Ouer
Emerson Leavitt
Edward Wadleigh

Robert Barber of Newmarket was taken by the Indians at

Bakerstown and sold to a Frenchman near St. Francis, Canada,
in 1754, and the Legislature voted £150 for his release and that
of others.

The French and Indian War, 1756-63. England formally de-
clared war against France, May 18, 1756. Hostilities, however,
began much earlier, again throwing the colonies into anxiety
and distress. The scene of the conflict was now transferred to
the Connecticut, Champlain and St. Lawrence waters. When
Fort William Henry capitulated to the French, August 3, 1757,
the New Hampshire battalion suffered severely in this bloody
Indian massacre consequent on the perfidy of the French gen-
eral, Louis Joseph Montcalm. Amid the general consternation
that followed, Jeremiah Marston of Hampton enlisted as lieu-
tenant from August 19 to October 30, 1757, in Capt. John
Ladd’s company, Maj. Thomas Tash’s battalion, stationed at
No. 4 [Charlestown, N. H.].
INDIAN WaArs. 161

Edward Fox of Newmarket was in the service of the Province
in 1756, under the command of Capt. Abraham Perry, and as
by some mistake he was not credited on the roll with the full
time of his service, he petitioned for the balance of pay due him,
and received it.

Chase Wiggin of Newmarket was at Fort Edward under
Colonel Meserve in 1756, and on his return home from the army
where he had been all summer, he was taken sick of smallpox
about December 3, of that year. His bill for expense of sick-
ness amounted to £198, 10s., old tenor, and he was allowed £7,
18s., 9 1-2d., sterling.

In 1758 Jonathan Blunt of Chester presented to the General
Court a bill for the care of Benjamin York who was a soldier
in Colonel Meserve’s regiment, and was allowed £271, 10s., old
tenor.

In 1758 Capt. Thomas Tash was in Col. John Hart’s regiment
in the Canada expedition to Crown Point.

Maj. John Gilman of Colonel Meserve’s regiment, in behalf
of the soldiers of the regiment under Lieut. Col. Goffe at Fort
Edward, petitioned the General Assembly June 20, 1757, as
follows:

‘Shews, That the said Troops were ordered to March from No. 4,
(where with much fatigue they had arrived) to Fort Edward and in
their Way rested a while at Albany Flatts from which by order of Said
Colonel & the Request of the Captains Emery Moony & Bayley your Pe-
titioner Came to Represent the Condition & Circumstances of said Troops
which are greatly Fatigued & Dispirited by Such a Long & unexpected
March & want of Necessary Supplies—That there is need of a Tent for
the Officers of Each Company & one for Every Six Soldiers—Kettles,
Cantoons, & Beds for the Sick—An allowance of Rum & Sugar—Store
of Shirts, Waste Coats Shoes Stockings—Some farther allowance for
fresh Provisions—Provision for their Relief in Case the Small Pox
Should Prevail & Spread among them it being very General at Albany
& in all Probability at Fort Edward whither they are Bound—Billeting
from the time of Enlisting till they Marched—An Armourer a Doctor a
Chaplain—A: Baker An allowance for the Officers Table—Money to pay
the Extraordinary Charges in Marching up to Fort Edward & other
Incidental & contingent Charges—These being the most Material Ar-
ticles of which the Said Troops stand in Great Necessity Your Petitioner
Humbly Prays Pursuant to his order That the Premises may ‘be Cousid-
ered that Speedy Relief therein may be Provided that the Said Troops
may not be Dispirited and their Present uneasiness & Discontent may
be Removed — And your Petitioner Shall Ever Pray, &c.

l
162 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In 1759 Ticonderoga, Niagara and Crown Point surrendered
to the English. Captain Marston was again in command of a
company drafted out of Col. Meshech Weare’s 3d regiment of
militia. The several companies rendezvoused at Dunstable
and marched by way of Worcester, May 25, and Springfield,
where they were mustered, and Albany, to serve at the reduction
of Fort Niagara. Governor Wentworth’s order to Captain
Marston is preserved.

Province of New Hampshire.
To Capt. Jeremiah Marston:

You are hereby directed to assemble the company of foot, raised for
the Canada expedition, and under your command, without loss of time,
and march them to Dunstable, where you will receive orders from Col.
Lovewell for your further proceeding towards Albany. If your whole
company can not ‘be got together at once and the same time you are to
have a prudent and careful person to collect them and follow you to
Dunstable.

Josiah Wiggin of Newmarket was a soldier in Capt. George
March’s company, Colonel Goffe’s regiment, in 1760, came home
and had the smallpox, and petitioned for payment of his bill
of expense amounting to £188 old tenor, and was allowed
£7, 10s., 5d., sterling.

On February 18, 1761, the selectmen of Newmarket, Hubartus
Neal, John Burleigh and Peter Folsom, petitioned the governor
and General Assembly for reimbursement of the expense in-
curred in the sickness and death from smallpox of Lieut. Sam-
uel Baldwin and David Doe, amounting to £394, 12s., 6d., and
£128, 3s., old tenor. This request was granted and the town
was allowed £20, 8s., 2 1-2d., sterling.

The same year Maj. Thomas Tash petitioned for payment
for the use of a horse of Trueworthy Ladd impressed to send a
courier to inform the government of the condition of the forces
under his command at No. 4 on Connecticut River, many of the
men having deserted. On the return by hard riding the horse
fell lame, and was left at a tavern in Peterboro, the whole expense
amounting to £38 old tenor. This petition seems to have been
dismissed June 18, 1761.

Gen. James Wolfe met Montcalm on the Heights of Abraham,
September 13, 1759. Both generals fell in battle, but victory
INDIAN WARS. 163

rested with the English. Five days after, Quebec, the strongest
city in America, surrendered.

Jeremiah Marston was again captain in the regiment of Col.
John Goffe of Derryfield in the campaign of 1760, and was
present at the surrender of Montreal. With that surrender,
hostilities ended. The war was now transferred to Europe
much to the relief of America. A treaty of peace was signed
at Paris, February 10, 1763, by which Nova Scotia, Canada and
the islands in the gulf and river of St. Lawrence were ceded to
Great Britain. Great and universal joy spread throughout the
colonies. From this time may be dated the flourishing condition
of New Hampshire. Population and cultivation progressed with
unprecedented rapidity. The people made themselves ready for
the War of the Revolution a decade later.?

Attacks were made by the Indians upon Oyster River as fol-
lows: 1675; 1675; August 18, 1690; 1693; July 17, 1694; August,
1703; April 25, 1704; May—July, 1704; August 11, 1706; April
27, 1707; May. 22, 1707; July 8, 1707; September 15, 1707; June
30, 1709; 1711; spring of 1711; 1712; April, 1724; 1724. For
some reason that place was made to suffer more than any other
in the vicinity from the invasion of the savages.

Capt. Robert Clark had a brother who swam the Hudson river
from buoy to buoy along the chain stretched across, tapped a
barrel of rum on the wharf watched by a sentry, filled his
canteens, and swam back again unobserved.

As Mrs. Fanny Shute spent the last years of her life at New-
fields it may interest some to learn the particulars of her cap-
tivity. She was the daughter of Lazarus Noble who lived with
his father-in-law, James Whidden, on Swan’s Island in the Ken-
nebee River. The Indians used to visit Mr. Whidden at the gar-
rison for the purpose of trading. One morning shortly after
daybreak two boys went out of the garrison leaving the gate
open. Upon this 90 Indians lurking in the vicinity entered the
garrison and took Noble, his wife and seven children prisoners.
Mr. Whidden and wife concealed themselves and escaped cap-
ture. The Indians with their prisoners and plunder immediately
started for Canada, and all but one child arrived there safely.

1 Lists of Exeter men engaged in these various Indian wars may be found in
Bell’s History of Exeter, pp. 218-19, 224-31, 233-34.
164 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Fanny Noble, afterwards Mrs. Shute, was then about 13
months old. She was taken to the house of Mons. St. Auge
Charles, a French merchant. His wife going into the kitchen
found Fanny crawling on the floor in dirt and rags, and pick-
ing apple parings out of the cracks. The child caught hold of
her dress and burst into tears. Madam St. Auge had lately
lost a child by death, was touched by her cries, and at length
bought her of the Indians, and cared for her as kindly as for an
own child. She had her baptized by the name of Eleanor, and
brought her up a Catholic.

When four or five years old she was enticed to Three Rivers
and taken back to the Indians by the old squaw who had at first
sold her to Mr. St. Auge. Lamenting her separation from her
French parents she was at last restored to them in Montreal, and
kept secreted from the English who were searching for captives
to redeem them. Her own father returned to Montreal to seek
those of his children who remained there, and saw her through
the window. She withdrew from his gaze, and he returned home
without seeing her again.

She was put into a school attached to a nunnery and remained
several years and was taught geography, needlework, painting,
etc. At the age of 11 or 12 she was sent to Quebec to a school
of Ursuline nuns to complete her education. She did not like
the strict discipline and was taken back to the school at Montreal.

In her fourteenth year she was demanded by an agent of her
father to be restored to her home. Her French parents tried
to keep her, and she herself resisted the removal, making the en-
forced parting affecting and painful. She was taken to Quebec
and thence sailed for Boston, arriving there just before she was
fourteen. Her father died soon after her return, and she went
to Newbury to live with a relative of her father’s. She became
a teacher for a time at Hampton, and there met Mr. Jonathan
Tilton and married him about 1776. He died in 1798, and in
1801 she married John Shute of Newmarket, and lived in New-
fields till her death, September, 1819. She was highly re-
spected and lived and died a Christian.
 

 
Chapter XI.

FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER.

Previous to the year 1700 the crossing of Squamscot River
at Newfields was probably by fording at low tide, or transient
ferriage. This often doubtless occasioned inconvenience and de-
lay, and led Richard Hilton, June 12, 1700, to petition the Gen-
eral Assembly and Council for the privilege of establishing a
permanent ferry, as follows:

Humbly Sheweth

That there being a great occasion for travellers and other persons
Liveing neare yor petitioner to transport themselves & horses over the
River from Swamscott to the other side opposite to yor Petitioner’s
House; for the cutting the way by severll miles short to Lamperell
River and other parts, and there being noe ffery settled; yor petitioner
Humbly prays that yor Honrs would be pleased to Grant unto him Lib-
erty for keeping a ffery betwixt Swamscott and his owne House for
the tearme of fifty years and that he have Liberty to keep a public

House as is accustomed to all fferyes.
RICHARD HILTON.

This request was promptly granted for the term of fifty years,
‘‘Provided there be a convenient way on both sides the river
laid out to said ferry, without making it a Province charge;
every man and horse to pay 67 a time, and a single person’ two
pence.’’

Richard Hilton was the son of Capt. William Hilton, and
grandson of Edward Hilton, Sr., all residents of Newfields.

There was a ‘‘boom”’ or floating bridge across Lamprey River
in early times. December 15, 1712, Dover voted to give twenty-
five pounds for building a boom over ‘‘Lamperel’’ River.*

Nine years after, April 22, 1721, Jonathan Wiggin, son of
Andrew, and grandson of Capt. Thomas Wiggin, of Stratham,
petitioned Gov. Samuel Shute, ‘‘Council and Representatives
convened in General Assembly’’ for a ferry on the southerly

1 Before this boom was built there was a ferry. In 1671 Philip Crommet was licensed

to keep a ferry across Lamprey River at the rate of two pence for every person, and
six pence for man and horse.
166 History of NEWFIELDS.

side of the river, on the ground that Mr. Hilton had failed to
fulfil the conditions of his grant, as follows:

most humbly Sheweth:

That Capt. Rich. Hilton of Exeter was formerly favored by the Gen!
Assembly in this his Majesties Province with a Grant of the ferry over
Exeter river, which Grant was attended with a particular condition
that he should procure a way to the Ferry, so that the Publick should
not be charged therewith; but tho he has had the improvement of the
Ferry for the space of near Thirty years yet never procured any way
thereto on the southerly side of the s4 river, but all Travellers have
trespassed on yor Petitioner by passing over his pastures, meadows and
fields, for the space of one full mile in one part of his farm & almost
halfe a mile in another part thereof, extremely to yor Petitioners dam-
age, who cannot obtain any redress from the sd Hilton, altho his Grant
is thereby forfeited to the Government.

And the aforesd Capt. Hilton doth live at so great a distance from
the river that Travellers are oftentimes hindered in getting over and
necessitated to burden your Petitioner with themselves and horses for
entertainment in the night, which is expensive to yor Petitioner and
an hindrance to them in their journey, many of whom have often times
put your Petitioner upon praying for the Ferry on that side of the
river adjoining to his land. And if your Petitioner should stop up the
afore sd ways, Travellers would be extremely prejudiced.

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly prays that your Excellency
and this Honorable Assembly will please to grant to him the privilege
of the Ferry on the southerly side of the sd river; with the liberty of
Keeping or hanging Gates through his own farm, & the liberty of the
Ferryman keeping an house of entertainment for Travellers free of
Excise: So yor Petitioner shall ever pray as in duty bound &c. & sub-
scribes,

JONATHAN WIGGIN.

‘

Three days after, the petition was ‘‘read at y’ Board, and
ordered that the hearing and consideration of said petition be
suspended till the next session of General Assembly, and that
in the mean time the said Wiggin serve Rich’ Hilton, Esq., with
a copy of the said petition and this order.’’

Accordingly Richard Hilton was duly summoned to appear at
the hearing, July 12, 1721, but it does not appear that he was
present. Mr. Wiggin, however, was there to prosecute his peti-
tion. The next day the General Assembly voted that he should
have the ferry and ‘‘the improvement hereof, for the space of
twenty nine years and half from y* date hereof; he finding and
providing a sufficient boat and canoe for transportation of trav-
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 167

ellers, taking for each horse and rider six pence and no more,
and for each single person two pence and no more; providing
that the said Wiggin allow to all travellers sufficient ways or
passage from the King’s road down to the ferry as the ways now
go, he having the liberty of hanging Gates where needful in
said ways, he always keeping his bridge and cosway in repair
at his own cost and charge, and to have liberty to sell beer and
Cyder free of Excise, and to give due attendance.”’

This term of 2914 years fills out the 50 years of Hilton’s
original grant. It is supposed that Hall’s ferry crossed the river
at Newfields Landing, while Hilton’s and Wiggin’s ferry crossed
just below the present bridge. So in 1772, half a century later,
when the time drew near for a bridge to take the place of the
ferry, we read of ‘‘the New Market Lower Ferry place’’ and of
“the upper ferry place called Newfields.’’

On June 9, 1742, as the time grew near when Jonathan Wig-
gin’s grant would expire, and a movement had been started to
petition for a new one about a mile above, we find Andrew
Wiggin, Jr., petitioning for an extension, as follows:

Shews that for many Years past a Ferry has been kept from the
Land now belonging to Your peticoner over Exeter River to New
Market and a Way kept open thro’ his Land to come down to the said
Ferry Place and a Tavern has been kept in a House belonging to him
near the said Ferry place— That your peticoner understands that the
pivilege was formerly Granted by the General Court (or otherways)
for a Term of Years now near Expired and that a petition is now pre-
ferrd or about to be preferrd to have a Ferry kept a Cross the said
River about a mile Higher up — That your peticoner humbly Conceives
there is the same Reason for keeping the same at the usual place now
as there was for fixing it there at first and that this Court will see
Cause to Renew the Grant to him and his Heirs and Assigns in Con-
sideration that his Ancestor was at the Charge of opening a way keep-
ing a Boat and hands to tend the same when the profit was Incon-
siderable—

That if another Ferry place should be settled so near neither of
them would be worth attending and there is no Necessity for it with
Respect to Conveniency of Travellers or any other Consideration
whatsoever

‘Wherefore Your peticoner Humbly prays that a new Grant of a Ferry
may be made to Your peticoner to be kept at his Landing place where
it has been usually, to hold to him his Heirs and assigns that he may
have the sole privilege of keeping it there and that there may none be
Established Els’where over the said River that will be prejudicial to
168 History oF NEWFIELDS.

him without such an Advantage to the Public as will Counterballance
the damage to him and your peticoner as in duty Bound shall ever
pray &c.

ANDREW WIGGIN Junr

Wiggin’s prayer for the renewal of his grant was presumably
availing, and the movement for a new ferry for the time sus-
pended, for we find him eight years later remonstrating against
the granting of the following petition, dated September 24, 1750:

The Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of Newmarket in Said
province and others most humbly Sheweth— That there is a Country
Road Laid out by the general Court Several Years Ago from Notting-
ham to Exeter River in the upper part of Newmarkett and there is no
Established ferry over Exeter River in the upper part of Newmarkett
that if there was it would be of great service and benefit for Travellers
That Travell to and from Nottingham Ipsum Bow and Pennecook and
other places to Portsmouth Wherefore Your petitioners most humbly
Pray Your Excellency and Honours to Hstablish a ferry over said River
near the Late house of Nathan Presberry at the new field so called in
the upper end of Newmarkett aforesaid and that he Joseph Hall Esqr
may have the benefit of said ferry and Your Petitioners as in Duty
bound shall ever Pray &c.

James Marston, Edward Hall, Ebeneser Bean, David Lyford, Edward

, Jacob Tilton, John Perl, Charles Hilton, Andru Burly, James
Hinson, James Sinkler, Joseph metcalf, Fitz Wm. Sargent, Daniel Lad,
Joseph —————,, John Mattoon, Jonathan Folsom, Rich4d Mattoon, Win-
throp Hilton, Isaac marston, Samuel nel, Samuel Mighell, John Wedge-
wood, peer harsee, Joseph merrill, Hubartes Mattoon, Israel Gilman,
Richard Clark, Robert Pike, Edward Colcord.

The following is Andrew Wiggin, Jr’s., remonstrance to the
foregoing:

Humbly shews Andrew Wiggin Junr of Stratham in s¢ Province That
he is informed that Joseph Hall of Newmarket in s4 Province Esqr (with
others) hath Petitioned your Excellency and Honours that there may
be a Ferry over Exeter River so called at some Distance above the
Ferry over said River, at a place call’d Hiltons Ferry And that it will
affect your Petitioners Interest very much in Case the Prayer of the
said Joseph Hall and others should be granted—

Wherefore your Petitioner Most humbly prays your Excellency and
Honours that the Prayer of the said Petition of Joseph Hall Esqr and
others may not be granted untill your Petitioner can be heard in oppo-
sition thereto which your Petitioner prays may be granted him — and
your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray—

ANDREW WIGGIN Junr

Descr 25th 1750.
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Hall’s ferry was finally granted notwithstanding the remon-
strance of Mr. Wiggin, doubtless with the thought that one
man’s personal interests should not block the way to the greater
good of the general public.

As early as 1746 measures were taken to secure a permanent
and substantial bridge across the river between Stratham and
Newmarket. Experience had shown that in late autumn and
the weakening and breaking up of the ice in the spring, the
operating of ferries was attended with great inconvenience and
difficulty. For this reason and others the following petition for
such a bridge, of the date, November 21, 1746, was addressed to
the Governor and the General Court:

We the subscribers Conceiving it will be for the great advantage of
this Province in general as well as for our own particular Interest and
for the benefit of the Inhabitants of the Several Towns to which we
respectively belong that there should be a bridge over the river which
Divides Stratham from New Market where the ferry is now kept or a
little higher up the river at the Place Called the New Field Do humbly
Petition this honorable Court for License to build a Strong and Sub-
stantial bridge there Sufficient for Teams to pass and repass Laden and
if you will Vouchsafe to take the matter under your Consideration and
permit us to offer to your Consideration the reasons Inducing us to offer
this our petition we doubt not you will readily grant us License for
which we hereby make humble request by which grant you will greatly
Oblige your most humble Supplicants, the Inhabitants as in Duty
bound shall ever pray.

Robt Smart, Sam! Miles, Jona Colkit, Jona Colkit Jun, Joseph Chap-
man, Walter Neel, Sam! Neel, Richd Clark, Caleb Clark, David Hanes,
Jon Jedkins, Josiah Persons, Thos Young Sr., Charles Smart, Joseph
Smart, John Burley, Jams Burley, Jams Burley Junr, Josiah Burley,
Joseph Burley, Isaac Marston, Andrew Burley, Wm. Burley, Edward
Hilton, Josiah Hilton, Wentworth Hilton, Fitz W. Sergant, John Bennet,
Joseph Burley Jun, Jon Elice, Nath! Piper, Peter Folsom, Robt Pike,
Charles Hilton, Thoms Gilman, Robt Barber, Sam! Sinkler, John San-
born, Nath! Pees, Sam! Stevens, Jona Bachler, Ezekiel Sanborn, Joseph
Sinkler, Wm. Crocket, Jona Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Joseph Gilman
Jr, Thoms Sinkler, Conste Gilman, Joshua Sanborn, Timo Gilman, Joseph
Glidden, Abner Cofin, Nathan Folsom, John Meder, Ichabod Whidden,
Thoms Bennet, James Goodwin, Jams Goodwin Jun, Sam! Rolins, Jams
Rolins, Sam! Brecket, Hope Cheswill, Sam! Doe, Israel Folsom, John
Kenneston, Francis Durgan, W™ Durgan, James Kenneston, Sam! Dooly,
Thoms Packer, Nicholas Doe, Daniel Hilton, Jacob Burley, Samson Doe,
Benja York, Benje York Jun, Thoms Young, Joseph Jedkins, Thoms
York, John Neel, Abneze Neel, Nathan Presby, Ephraim Sanborn, Jacob
170 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Tilton, John Wedgewood, John Pender, John Fose, Edward Fose, David
Litefoot, Daniel Ames, Simon Ames, David Ames, Jacob Ames, Joseph
Hall, Edward Hall, Arthur Slade, James Maston, Nath! Ames, Robt
Perkins, Jon Miles, Benja Smart, Giles Burley, Wm. Perkins, Jona Hil-
ton, Philip Herris, Jon Hilton, Timo Emerson, Bartes Metoon, Joseph
Hilton, Joseph Young, Joseph Midcalf, John Birgan, Richa Matoon,
Benja Thomson, John Hersey, James Hersey, John Perkans, John Per-
kans Junr, John Folsom, Andrew Folsom, Wm Folsom, Jon Barber,
Jon Barber Junr, Andrew Wiggin, Joseph Wiggan, Edward Fose, Benja
Fose, Sams Chapman, John Taylor, Jon Palmer, Groth. Palmer, Ephraim
Folsom, Ephraim Folsom, Jr.

A second petition from Nottingham with 34 signatures, of the
same date, was sent in, giving as the reason, ‘‘That this and Sev-
eral other Towns in this Province are exposed to Great Diffi-
culties being Separated from the Metropolis and the Main Body
of the Settled Part of this Province by a narrow River Running
between Stratham and New Market which Lais us under a
Necessity to travel many miles Round the Head or else Cross
said River at a Ferry which is often times Not Less Difficult
and at Certain Seasons of the year is altogether Impracticable
and is always so for Carte and Teams.’’

A third petition of the same date, signed by Richard Calley
and 44 others, adds the following: ‘‘We the Subscribers Sign
with that reserve that s? bridge be no hendrance to vesels &
Rafts of any kind Passing & Repassing up & down S? River.”’

Still another petition, without date, for the same object, is
signed by Joshua Brackett and 44 others.

The four petitions were duly read in the Council and House,
and January 19, 1747 was fixed as the date of hearing the
petitioners, with the proviso that the public be advertised pre-
viously three weeks successively ‘‘in y® Post-Boy & Evening Post
News Papers (so called) of vy° Ten" of y* Prayer of said Peti-
tions, Viz' that there may Liberty be granted for Building a
good sufficient Draw Bridge over Exeter River at Wiggin’s Ferry
so called, or at y® New Field at y* proper Cost & charge of
y® Petitioners that any or every one may have opportunity to
shew Cause if any they have why y® Prayer of s? Petitioners
should not be granted.’’

At a meeting of the ‘‘free holders & Inhabitants’’ of Exeter
held at the town house January 19, 1747, Nicholas Perryman,
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 171

Maj. Ezekiel Gilman and Capt. Daniel Gilman were chosen
agents of the town ‘‘to shew Cause why the Prayer of the peti-
tioners should not be granted.”’

The hearing was deferred by the House from January 21 to
March 3, and again to the first Monday in May. Meanwhile 36
freeholders of Stratham, 64 of Kensington, 62 of Hampton Falls
and 60 of Epping, petitioned the General Court ‘‘that the prayer
of s* Petition may not be Granted.’’ These petitions were with-
out date. Kingston, March 3, 1747, ‘‘Voted unanimously that
we are not willing that there should be any Bridge Built over
Exeter River any where below the falls at Exeter Town.’’
Jedediah Philbrick was chosen to oppose the building at the
General Court.

The parish of East Kingston, March 3, appointed a commit-
tee to object. Likewise Brentwood, March 16, 1747, voted
against building the bridge.

The parties were finally heard in the House May 13, 1747, by
their attorneys for the opponents. The attorney for the peti-
tioners asked leave to lay before the House an answer in writing,
which was granted, the House adjourning till the next day.

The Exeter objections were as follows:

Humbly Shews

The Freeholders & Inhabitants of Exeter by their Agents the Sub-
scribers hereof That whereas Notice hath lately been given in the
Public Prints That the Towns of Newmarket Stratham & Towns Adja-
cent have Petitioned your Excellency and this Honble Court Praying
Liberty to Build a Strong Substantial Draw Bridge over the river that
Divides said Stratham and New Market at the Ferry place in Said
Stratham or a Little above, And your Excellency & honrs having ordered
said Petitioners a hearing of their Petitions on the Second day of the
Sitting of this Court after the Seventeenth day of January then next
and that said Petitioners give Public notice Thereof.

Whereupon we the Subscribers agents as aforesaid on behalf of our
Constituents as well as for our Selves Most Humbly Crave Leave to
offer the Following reasons why the Prayer of said Petitioners Should
not be Granted, Viz:

1st For that the building such a Bridge would in a Great measure
Stop the Course of the Fish Especially the Bass which Providence has
hitherto greatly supplyd us with great Quantitys of to the Great Support
of our Selves and Towns above us, and many Poor Familys if the
Course of the Fish be Stopped will be Likely thereby to be Great
Sufferers.
172 History oF NEWFIELDS.

galy For that whereas the said river having been free Ever since The
settling the Town of Exeter (upwards of one hundred years) for the
passing and repassing of Vessels from hence to Portsmouth & Boston
and other Ports, and there being Generally water sufficient for the pass-
ing and repassing of any Vessel of one hundred Tons Loaden whereby
this Town as well as other Towns above it have reaped great advan-
tuges By means of Transporting their Lumber and by having retura’d
to them by the same Vessels The Provisions and Necessaries for the
Support of Life & for Commerce and Trade with Each other; Which
the building of the aforesaid bridge would greatly hurt if not Totally
Stop, & also Prevent Carrying on the building of Vessels in the Town
of Exeter which they have as Just a right to do as any other Towns in
the Province.

3aly For that the Free use and Privilege of That river to the head
thereof was the Principal reason and cause of Peoples settling so far
into the Country and Defending their Settlements in such Dangerous
& Difficult times as have been since the Settlement of the Same and
was also Incouragement to the Inhabitants of Kingston and other
Towns to Settle Father into the Country they hopeing to Enjoy the
Benefit of Transporting their Lumber in this river without such an
Incumbrance as the Proposed bridge would be. And now if the Prayer
of the Petition should be granted Those invaluable Priviledges which
the respondents have so long Enjoyed and so highly Prised (more than
any other part of their Estates) would in a great measure if not Totally
be cutt off and would be more Damage to the Town of Exeter and otber
Towns above it Than to Maintain men and Boats forever to carry over
the Petitioners and Every thing they have as often as they please to
remove, and Cannot be of such Service to the Petitioners as to Equal
the Damage that would be consequent upon it. Neither would the
Petitioners themselves be willing that any such Incumbrance should be
made upon the river below their Landing places to prevent the Free
passage of Vessels to them.

Neither is it likely if Possible for the Petitioners to make and main-
tain & Duly attend Such a Bridge in such manner as to Lett all Vessels
pass and repass in said river For Vessels going up & Down swiftly with
a strong tide cannot come to anchor and wait for any Persons to come
and open the Passage for them without great Difficulty & Danger and
Damage more than can be at Present Discerned.

4thly For that the building the aforesaid Bridge would be a great
Impediment to the conveying Down to Portsmouth the Mast Trees
which are Yearly Procured in & brought to the Town of Exeter for his
Majestys use, and would also make it very Dangerous to pass with Ves-
sells rafts & Gundelows in the Narrow Passage of Thirty foot. For the
Straitening of the river must of Consequence Cause the Current to run
very swift and Rapid and thereby Greatly Endanger the Lives of the
People as well as the Loss of their Vessels Lumber and Gundelows.

5ly We humbly Conceive that the Granting the Prayer of the Petition
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 178

by this honble Court will not only be a Depriving of our Constituants
as well as the Towns above us, and others, of their Lawfull right &
Privilege but also be a Leading Example for other injuries of the like
nature and be a much Greater Injury to the Province in Generall Than
Benefitt to the Petitioners or others, in That it would cause the People
of this Town and the Towns above us Instead of Transporting their
Lumber to Portsmouth to convey the Same to Haverhill and Newbury
and thereby greatly obstruct the Trade of the Province.

We do therefore Humbly Intreat That your Excellency & this Honble
Court will duly Consider the foregoing reasons and what we may
Further Crave Leave to offer why the Prayer of the said Petitions should
not be Granted Considering the many bad Consequences it might be
attended with, and humbly hope and Desire That Your Excellency and
honrs will in your great wisdom Prevent the Same by not Granting the
Prayer of said Petition.

EZEKIEL GILMAN
DANIEL GILMAN
NICH! PERYMAN.

Jedediah Philbrick, agent for Kingston, presents the foregoing
reasons as expressing Kingston’s objections to granting the de-
sired permission.

Exeter’s objections led to the following reply of Israel Gilman
in behalf of himself and the petitioners:

The Reply of the Petitioners for a Bridge over the River at New
Market to the Objections made by the agents of the Town of Exeter.

1st It is objected a bridge would stop the course of the fish &c This
is wt the objectors cannot prove, it is Gratis dictum, nor does it carry
probability with it that an open Bridge as this is proposed to be should
stop the passage of Fish only by having a few Piers stand in the River,
it may with almost Equal truth be said that ships & Vessels in the
River Stop the Course of the fish, & so there should none of them be
Suffer’d to pass, besides the advantage made by fishing at the head of
the River is too Inconsiderable to be put in the Scale against the ad-
vantage of such a bridge.

‘24 their second Objection supposes that the building this bridge would
prevent all Trade &c. it is not fair to suppose the case otherways than
it Really is, or will be. An open Bridge will not prevent trade, passing
& Repassing with Vessels &c. a bridge may be so Contrived as to be
very little Impediment to that. Some Inconveniencys allways attend
the building of Bridges, and if none was to be built but only where
there should be no Inconvency attending there will never be another
built, & if that had been the Rule of judging concerning those that have
been done, there never would have been one made over a River.

But in Such a Case the Greater Public Benefit is to have the Prefer-
ence, if the building the bridge will serve 100 People in the Course of a
174 History OF NEWFIELDS.

year to the Same Degree it disxserves of prejudices 99 the Bridge ought
to be built. that a bridge can be so made as to be very little Damage to
the passage on the River, we need only to look about us & see what has
been done in other places. Vessels of near 100 ton pass & Repass Lon-
don bridge (as well as many other places) tho’ they are forced to strike
their Masts, yet the trouble was not tho’t Equal to the advantage of the
Bridge. As to the Lumber Trade tis well Known it Decreases every
year at Exeter. Lumber bro’t out of the Country is earry’d to other
places more than to Exeter, & if this Bridge is built more will come over
it or to it in one year, than come down the River from Exeter in three.

3a their third objection is but little different from the 24, it sup-
poses that there could be no passing the Bridge without Insuperable
difficulties, which is only beging the Question. the Petitioners think a
Bridge may be so contrived as to be no other Impediment in passing
but only a few Minutes time & a little care, and they have the Examples
of other places & People to support them in their Opinion. as to what
they say about the Inducemt to settle at Exeter is a great mistake
for they settled there as soon as at Portsmo for the sake of the falls for
Grist Mills & not for the Sake of transporting Lumber to Portsmo
whence every man there might cut it at his own door or within a few
Rods of the River.

4th their 4th objection is still the Same only to make it a little more
formidable. the Mast Trees are bro’t in & His Majestys name made use
of. and is it more difficult for a Mast tree to Swim under a Bridge than
for a Gundeloo of wood or a Raft of Boards, what may easily pass as
the bridge may be contrived. But how many mast trees are bro’t to the
head of Exeter River in a year, & those that are might with as Little
Difficulty be hal’d below this Bridge & would be so was the bridge
erected. but this objection was made only to fright People with those
Potent words his Majestys use, and to carry a more frightful idea they
Suggest the Lives of the People would be in danger which is nothing
but suggestions.

5th The fifth Objection Relates to the depriving People of their Privi-
lege. this objection operates Equally in all other cases of this nature
& if attended to, no bridge had ever been built, nor tyde mills, nor any
works upon Rivers which makes the passage more difficult for they are
always some disadvantage to those whose Hstates lay above such works,
and ’tis almost impossible but that every Public work is a prejudice to
Particular Persons. the Repair of a Bridge that the Public maintains
is a prejudice to the Owners of the Lands adjoining, & yet it shall be
done & the Law will give them no Remedy Because Private Right must
give way to the Public advantage. and if it is considered that a great
advantage this Bridge must be to two thirds of the People in the four
old Towns, & all the new settlems above New Market, Durham, Dover
&c, both in peace & war, what is the little difficulty of the trading part
of Exeter & those concerned with them in comparison of the advantages
of such a bridge which are so plain they need not be mentioned. the
wisdom of all well ordered Governments have Esteemed such Building
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 175

a Great advantage. & if it be fact that more of the vessels which fetch
Lumber from Exeter Stop at the place proposed for this bridge & Raft
it down, which may be easily prov’d, this Lessens the Difficulty to those
that object. as to many of the People brot in as objectors it is plain they
proceed on this principle, that it will be some charge to them as they
fear. upon the whole it is Humbly Submitted whether the advantages
will not abundantly over Balance the supposed disadvantages.

On May 14, 1747, after the petitioners and anti-petitioners
had been heard by their attorneys and withdrawn, the House
after due consideration, ‘‘ Voted That y® Petitioners have Liberty
at their own Cost to build a Draw Bridge over Exeter River for
y® Publick use,’’ and appointed a committee to join with a sim-
ilar one chosen by the Council, to go and view the proposed lo-
cation and report.

On May 18, 1747, this committee reported as follows:

We the Committe Have been and Viewed the places as mentioned in
a petition for building a Sufficient Draw bridge over the River between
new market and Stratham and we have unanimously agreed that the
bridge be built over said River to begin to be built about twenty foote
below a white Pine tree Standing about the ferry place on Wigginses
land and so to Run as straight over or across said River to Robert
Smarts land as it can be built for conveniency of Setting Said Bridge.
The Distance between the Peers under the Draw bridge to be twenty-six
foote and the Distance between the Pears for Rafts and other Necessary
to be forty or fifty foot and the tops of the Caps between these vacancies
to be Seven foot above high water mark in a middling tide, the width of
the aforesaid bridge to be Eighteen foote wide between the rails of
sd bridge from end to end.

This is our Report In this affair of said Bridge

SAM! SMITH

JOHN DOWNING

RicHaRD JENNESS Comunittee.
JONATHAN CHASE

JOSEPH WADLEIGH J

This report was approved with certain amendments which are
included in the Act as finally passed, June 4, 1747, by the Gen-
eral Assembly, divested of its formalities, and preliminary de-
tails as follows:

Be it therefore Enacted By His Excellency the Governor Council and
Representatives in General Assembly Convened and by the Authority
of the Same, That the Petitioners aforesaid and Such others as shall
join with them therein shall have Liberty to Erect and Build a Good
176 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Strong and Convenient Bridge over the River at New Market and
Stratham to run from about Twenty foot below a white pine Tree
Standing a Little way above the Ferry place on the land of Andrew
Wiggin strait a Cross the River to the Land of Robert Smart on New
Market Side, on the following Terms and Directions that is to say that
it Run as Strait a Cross the River from and to the Place aforesaid as it
may be for the Conveniency of Setting and Laying the foundation there-
of in the River, that the Said Bridge be Built on Peers set at Con-
venient Distances form’d in the Best manner for passage Between them
that a Passage for Vessels Gundelos Rafts and other water Carriage be
Left where the Deepest water is of forty feet wide Between the Peers,
that a part of the said Bridge be made to Draw in the most Convenient
manner twenty-eight feet wide for the Passage of Vessels That the said
bridge be built with Rails on the Top on Each Side and to be eighteen
feet wide between the Rails that the Tops of the Caps between the
Vacancies be seven feet above high Water in a Middling Tide and that
all the said Bridge be built in a strong workmanlike manner at the
Cost of the Petitioners and others as aforesaid and so maintained and
Kept in Repair and that they Procure and get Laid out all such Con-
venient Ways and Passages to and from Said Bridge as shall be want-
ing and Necessary and that the Draw Part of sad Bridge be made so
that it may Conveniently be Drawn by two men.t

For reasons now unknown, the petitioners for the draw
bridge neglected to use the liberty given them for more than
eight years, making no movement further towards its building,
as is shown by the following petition to the General Assembly,
dated November 25,1755. After referring to the Act passed in
1747, it goes on to say:

That a Bridge is not yet Built there nor Ever Begun the More than
Hight years are Elapsed — Since the Passing the Said act, That your
Petitioners Humbly Conceive that If a Bridge was Built over the river
from Stratham to a Place Called the Newfields in New market it would
be of Much Greater Benefit & Advantage to the Publick than one Built
at the fferry Place aforesaid—

That a Bridge May be much Cheaper & More Easily Built and Main-
tained at the New ffields than at the ferry Place the Current Not being
So Strong at the Newfields as at the ferry Place the Water Being
Almost twice as Deep at Lowwater at the Ferry Place as at the New-
fields the Bottom of the river at the New ffields Being much more Even
that the Rafts Brought from Exeter Generally Get But Little further
than the Newfields the first tide So that a Bridge there will be no
Hindrance to rafts Passing Down the river that it is a much more
Direct Way into the Country than where the other Bridge was Pro-
posed to be Built— That your Petitioners See no Proofs at Present of a

1Proy. Papers, IX, 576.
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 177

Bridge Being Built at the other Place — That your Petitioners are will-
ing to Build And will Immediately go about Building a Bridge over the
river at ye Newfields aforesaid If they may have Liberty So To Do
By Act— Wherefore Your Petitioners Most Humbly Pray your Excel-
lency & Honours that they may Have Liberty to Build Such a Bridge
over that river att the Newfields aforesaid as Your Excellency & Hon-
ours shall Judge Most Suitable and Convenient And your Petitioners
as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray.

This petition was signed by 304 persons.*

It seems that a subscription of about two thousand pounds,
old tenor, was secured to build the proposed bridge across the
river between Stratham and Newmarket near Wiggin’s ferry,
but on condition that it was not to be paid till the bridge was
built, and finding it impossible to complete it on credit, and the
sum itself not sufficient, and that future subscribers would ex-
pect the same terms, sundry inhabitants of Stratham and other
places conceived the idea of establishing a lottery in aid of the
project, and January 4, 1760, petition the General Court for
permission so to do, urging it on the ground:

That as there are Several Examples of Raising money for such Pur-
poses by Public Lotterys many have tho’t it a very feasible method &
giving a fair prospect of Success in this Case, and many Persons would
contribute in this Way who would Refuse to do it in any other, and as
Building said Bridge appears to be a Projection of very Considerable
advantage to the Public, and is therefore on that account worthy of
Encouragement and much to be wished to be well Executed—

Your Petitionrs therefore Humbly Pray that they may have Liberty
to Set up a Public Lottery for the End aforesaid and for maintaining
said Bridge, all to be under Such Regulations & managed by Such Per-
sons as in your Great Wisdom you shall judge Proper and that the
Petitioners may have Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly, and they
will as in Duty bound Ever Pray &c.

This petition was signed by Samuel Lane and 167 others.

On January 7, following, Philip Fowler and Robert Smart,
over their own signatures bind themselves and their heirs in the
sum of £500 when the bridge shall be completed, to give
‘a good Deed of a Way two rods Wide through each of our
Lands for the Benefit of the Publick, to pass & repass in with
Liberty of hanging Gate or Gates, the Said Way’’ to begin at
the ‘‘southwest end of Mr. Fowler’s garden at the country road

1 Prov. Papers XIII, 15-18.
12
178 History oF NEWFIELDS.

in New Markit and so running near upon a Streight line to the
foot of said Bridge.’’

The petition for a lottery fixed the location of the bridge near
the Wiggin ferry, but it appearing that the expense of building
the bridge there would be much greater than at Newfields, Jona-
than Chase and 80 others, January 30, 1760, petitioned the Gen-
eral Court to reconsider their former vote, and grant permission
to build at Newfields, alleging the following reasons for the
change of location:

For that since the first Grant for building said Bridge at the lower
Ferry place, The Country is Largely Settled back so as to make the
Trading & Travelling by the said New Fields much more Convenient
and Proffitable to the People in General than at the other place.

2ly For that the Damage (if any) to the People that Trade in Lum-
ber at Exeter & other places above the New Fields will be much less if
the bridge be built at New Fields than if it be built below as the Rafts
& Lighters which Come down from thence, Commonly stop at the New
Field to make up their Load & Rafts bigger.

3ly For that the River at the New Fields is at bottom Evener and
Firmer for making a bridge to stand fast than it is below and Not so
wide by Eight rods, so that the Charge of building Said Bridge at New
Fields would be Vastly Less than to build it below.

4ly For that there is already a high way laid open from the Country
road in New Market to the upper End of the Landing at New Fields,
and (if the bridge be built at New Fields) there will be a highway given
to the owners of the Land in Stratham on the South side of said River
From the said river to the Country road in Stratham which will be
more Serviceable & Convenient for People that Travel into the Country
than the other way would be as also there will be a highway given from
the Lower End of the Landing at New Fields to the Country Road in
New Market near the Dwelling house of Hubartus Mattoon to Accommo-
date the People that live in the lower part of New Market and in Dur-
ham, which will make that way as Commodius for that people as if the
bridge was to be built below.

5ly For that there is a Great Trade and business Carry’d on at the
Said New Fields (Particularly Shipbuilding) which (as People are
Frequently Settling there) is likely to Increase very Largely in Case
the Said Bridge be built there:

For all which Reasons and many more that may be offered Your
Petitioners Most Humbly Hope that your Excellency & Honrs will Take
under your wise Consideration the Premises aforesaid and Take Such
order Concerning the Same as your Excellency & your Honrs In your
Great Wisdom Shall think Most Convenient and proper And Your Peti-
tioners as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c.

A second petition like the above, January 7, 1766, signed by
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 179

James Johnston and 190 others, was sent to the General Court,
to which the following letter was appended:

Mr. Speaker,

‘Having seen a Petition which is to be preferd to the General Assembly
for a Removeal of the Bridge that was to be maid a Cross Exeter River
Near the Lower ferry (so called) between New Market and Stratham
and am doubtfull whether Ever a bridge will be built at the place where
the act has Proposed tharefore hope the Generall Court will adhear to
the Petitioners and another Reson for the bridge to be above is that
Merss Shut [e] and Mattoon has Given from under their hands to open
a Road from the upper ferry to the main Road which is a Great advan-
tage to the North End of New Market

furthermore as the back Settlements Increas the bridge is much more
wanting.

‘With Submiston I am your Humble Seryt

JOSEPH SMITH.

P. S. What cased me to write you is to Let you know the Reson as

above why I Incline the upper place.

The original petition for a lottery to aid in building the
bridge, it seems, was passed by the House February 22, 1760,
but according to Bouton,? ‘‘it does not appear from the Journal
of Council & Assembly the bills for lotteries were concurred.’’

A hearing was ordered by the House upon these later peti-
tions to be held February 18, 1766, after due notice had been
given in the New Hampshire Gazette for three successive weeks,
that any opposed to granting the prayer of the petitions may
have opportunity to show cause why.

On June 26 following, a motion was made to revise the peti-
tion, and it was so voted, and another hearing on the same
condition ordered for September 3, 1766.

Again, February 23, 1768, ‘‘Sundry of the Inhabitants of
Newmarket Stratham & other Places,’’ petition the General
Court for the same reasons as formerly expressed in a similar
petition, praying ‘‘that they may have Liberty to Set up a Pub-
lic Lottery to raise money to erect and compleat Said Bridge
and for the future maintaining of the same, under Such regula-
tions and managed by such Persons as in your great Wisdom you
shall Judge proper, And they will as in Duty bound ever pray
&e.”’

This petition was signed by Thomas Wiggin and 131 others.

1 Prov. Papers VI, 742.
180 History oF NEWFIELDS.

The petition met with favor and on March 26, 1768, the House
passed an Act giving the required liberty. Omitting the pre-
amble, we give its substance as follows:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council & Assembly that
the persons hereinafter named be & hereby are authorized & permitted
to set up & Carry on a publick Lottery to raise Money for the End afore-
said in so many Classes & Drafts as they shall judge proper not exceed-
ing in the whole the Sum of one Thousand Pounds Lawful my of said
province provided the said Lottery be drawn & finished within the Term
of Two Years from the passing of this Act. And Andrew Wiggin &
Walter Bryent Esqrs Deacn Stephen Boardman, Cornet Thomas Wiggin,
Lieut. Joseph Young & Lieut. John Burley, or the major part of them
are hereby appointed to be managers of said Lottery who shall be under
oath to be administered by any Justice of the peace to the faithful
Discharge of that Trust & shall duly pay all benefit Tickets according
to the Tenor & True Meaning of their Scheme & shall refund all sum
and sums of Money that shall be paid for Tickets in Case the said
Lottery shall not be drawn and compleated within the Terms aforesaid.
And the said Managers or the Major part of them are hereby appointed
& authorized to apply the Money which they shall so raise by Causing
the said bridge to be built agreeable to the Act aforesaid with this Dif-
ference, that The Passage of twenty eight feet shall be where the deep-
est Water is instead of the Passage of forty five feet as mentioned in
said Act & the forty five feet to be in the next birth on the side of New
Market, and the Passage for Vessels may be made in any manner that
shall be more Convenient than that proposed in said Act & they shall
Cause the said Bridge to be finished within one year after the said Lot-
tery shall be finished & they shall be allowed their reasonable Demand
for their Time & Trouble as the General Assembly shall Judge proper to
whom they shall render their Account of their proceedings & all Charges
& Demands concerning the Premises & if any money shall remain after
the Bridge shall be finished it shall be applied for the Support &
Repairs thereof as the General Assembly shall Order.

And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid that there be a
Convenient high Way each side of said Rivers from the Country Road
to said Bridge when built in the Town of Stratham, to begin where the
South East end of said Bridge shall be & from thence to run South
easterly Thro’ the Land of Andrew Wiggin Esar. to the Country Road
as the Road now goes, & in New Market To begin where the North West
End of said Bridge shall be & from thence to run North-westerly a
Straight Line to the Country Road near the Southerly side of Philip
Fowlers garden, the said Road in both Towns to be three Rods wide &
to be under the same regulations as tho’ it was laid by the quarter
Sessions.

The owners of the Land giving the Land for that purpose which they
have engaged To do provided they may have Liberty to hang & Main-
tain Two Gates on each side which Liberty is hereby granted.
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 181

After years of the prevalence of lotteries in the Colonies to
raise money for public purposes, it was seen by some that the
influence was detrimental to the public welfare. <A petition, un-
der date of June 30, 1769, was sent to Gov. John Wentworth
asking him not to assent to any such Act for raising money
without first transmitting a draft of such act to the petitioners,
giving as a reason ‘‘that such practice doth tend to disengage
those who become adventurers therein from that spirit of In-
dustry and attention to their proper callings and occupations,
on which the publick welfare so greatly depends,’’ and that lot-
teries ‘‘hath been also extended to the enabling private persons
to set up such Lotteries, by means whereof great frauds and
abuses have been committed.’’+

It seems that Walter Bryent, Andrew Wiggin and Lieut. John
Burley, who had charge of building the bridge over Exeter River,
found it impossible to do it within the specified time allowed
them, so under date of March 29, 1770, they petitioned for an
extension of time, and were given ‘‘two years longer.’’

Two years later the bridge had not materialized, though
some ‘‘material’’ had been provided, for a petition was sent in
to the Governor and General Court convening March 31, 1772,
signed by James Hill and 123 others, stating ‘‘that they find by
experience that the Plan for building a bridge of New Market
Lower ferry is not so well suited for that Design as the upper
ferry place called the New Fields,’’ adducing as reasons that
the ‘‘Several points of Land runs so much across the River that
the Rafts will almost unavoidably be thrown on to the Piers,’’
occasioning damage ‘‘to the Piers or the rafts,’’ and the dis-
tance will nearly ‘‘double the cost.’’ They also state that
they ‘‘are at a Loss’’ as to reason why it was the bridge was
ever located as it is, and affirm that if it had not been fixed by
‘‘an act,’’ the people concerned would have changed it to the
New Fields, and probably would ‘‘have finished it there by this
time.’’ They state further that with the materials already pro-
vided 350 pounds ‘‘will be sufficient to finish it,’’ and if the pro-
posed change of location is made they can raise the amount by
subscription, and ‘‘there will appear a number of Persons to
give sufficient Security that the whole work shall be compleated

1Prov. Papers VIII, 231.
182 History or NEWFIELDS.

within One Year after Liberty shall be granted.’’ They there-
fore ask that the change of location be made, and that they may
have the materials already provided.

On June 11, 1772, the Governor laid the petition before the
Board ‘‘recommending that the undertakers to build the same
[bridge] be called to acct with the Gen.'! Assembly for the monies
produced by the Lottery granted by the Gen.' Assembly for that
purpose, & to know what Expenditures have been already made
& why the said Bridge is not finish*.”’

The House apointed Mr. Waldron, and the Council, Colonel
March, to make the inquiry.’

On May 20, 1774, the petition of Dea. Stephen Boardman
praying that the managers of the Newmarket lottery be called
upon ‘‘to settle the account of their Proceedings in said Trust
&c.’’ was laid before the House, and it was voted ‘‘That the said
Managers be Notified forthwith to Lay the accompts of their
Proceedings in their said Trust before the General Assembly in
order to be adjusted and settled,’’ with an amendment ‘‘that
the other managers be notified and a hearing had.’”*

The exact date of the finishing of the bridge has not been
learned but was probably about 1775, for we find by a petition,
dated October 24, 1780, that the bridge already needed repairs
as will be seen:

Humbly Shew We the Subscribers, freeholders and Inhabitants of
divers towns in the State that Stratham & Newmarket Lottery Bridge,
so Called, is now become ruinous and almost impassable, and unless
Speedily Repaired the Great Expence of building it & Great Benefit and
Convenience the Public might Still Receive therefrom will be entirely
Lost — As the Said Bridge was built by Lottery for the Public advan-
tage and as no particular Towns are Chargeable with the Repairs
thereof your Petitioners humbly Conceive that a Lottery for the Repair
of Said Bridge would be found the most eligible way, Wherefore your
Petitioners humbly Pray that your Honors would (as in Some Cases
you have) Grant a Lottery for that purpose, or that the same bridge
be Supported in future at the Charge of the County of Rockingham or
such other manner as your Wisdom may dictate, and your Petitioners
as in Duty bound will ever pray &c.

‘Walter Bryent, Thos Tash, Jeremy Bryent, Joseph young, Joseph
Young Jur, Benjamin Chapman, Edward Smith, Samuel Burleigh, Benj

1 Neither the report of the committee nor vote of the House relating to this
matter is found on record.—N. Bouton. Prov. Papers VII, 307.

2 Proy. Papers VII, 365.
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 183

Stevens, Jeremy pineo, Benjamin Smith, Simeon Folsom, Jerh Folsom,
Rufus Ewers, Elipht Neal, Paul Chapman, Wiggin Doe, Jona Stevens,
Josiah Parsons, Josh Clark, Nicholas Hartford, Jere Young, Zebulon
Durgin, Benja Smith, Jn° Smith, Nath! Kidder, James Cram, John
young, Robert Hill, Enoch Stevens, Jonathan Doe, John Bennett Ju.,
Levi Mead, Joseph Saevy, John Cooke, David Chapman, Benj. Nudd,
William Boardman, William Cram, Hubartus Neal, Stilmon Tarlton,
Asa Folsom, Ich4 Brackett, Sam!! Durgin, John gile, Edward fox, Wil-
liam Coffin, Joseph Brackett, James Burley, John young, Robt. york.t

In 1785 the following proposal was made:

The subscribers in behalf of the Petitioners for the removeal of New-
market Bridge beg leave to make the following proposal:

If the Honorable General Court will be pleased to grant the prayer
of the Petitioners for the purpose aforesaid We will give sufficient Bonds
to build A Bridge at Newfields Two feet higher than it now is the Piers
with half Diamonds up & down the River the Ship Passage Thirty One
feet wide and keep it in repair Twenty Years.

Nat. ROGERS
HENRY WIGGIN.

The following petition signed by Daniel Rindge and 230 others
was sent to the General Court convening at Portsmouth, June 1,
1785:

Humbly shews, The subscribers, that, Newmarket Bridge, so called,
leading from Stratham to Newmarket, is, and for a long time has been,
in a ruinous condition —that unless immediate repairs prevent, the
great design of building the same will be defeated, and the public
essentiall injured thereby—

Wherefore, as the continuance of said Bridge would be a public bene-
fit, your petitioners humble pray, that your honors would devise some
way, for its speedy Repair, and future support.

A committee appointed to consider the petition reported: it
was their ‘‘opinion that the former Act respecting the Bridge
be repealed & that an Act pass enacting that in future the said
Bridge be repaired & supported in manner following viz that
the end on Newmarket side so far as to the hoist be repaired &
supported at the expence of the said Town of Newmarket and
the end on Stratham side be repaired and supported at the ex-
pence of said Stratham so far as the hoist and that the hoist be
repaired & supported at the expence of the Towns of Portsmouth
greenland Rye Portsmouth to pay three quarters of said expence
greenland & Rye the other quarter for & during the Term of
ten years and no longer which is submitted.’’

1Prov. Papers XIII, 28-9.
184 History OF NEWFIELDS.

This report was accepted by the House, but the Senate did
not concur.

A petition signed by Joseph Cilley and 26 others was ad-
dressed to the General Court convening at Concord the third
Wednesday of October, 1785, as follows:

Humbly shew the Subscribers, that Newmarket Bridge is impass-
able and in a ruinous condition, that the Remaining materials of the
Bridge will be lost soon unless the Bridge is repaired, or materials re-
moved —that your petitioners conceive there is no prospect of the
Bridge being Repaired, and that the remains of the Bridge were they
removed to the Newfields, would Serve to build a Bridge across the
River there, where the River is narrower and the Tide less rapid than
the place where the Bridge Stands, if a Bridge were erected and kept
at the Newfields the Public would be better Accommodated and the
River less obstructed — And as many Persons are Willing to Subscribe
considerable sums of Money to build a Bridge at the Newfields Your
petitioners conceive there is a fair prospect of a Sufficient Sum being
subscribed for building a Bridge there and keeping the same in repair
for ten years from the building thereof in case leave were given to move
the Materials of the Old Bridge to help build the new one, before the
removal of which Materials Sufficient caution shall be given for building
and keeping the new Bridge in Repair as aforesaid and your petitioners
as in duty bound &c.

A remonstrance to the foregoing petition was sent into the
General Court convening February 1, 1786, by the towns of
Durham, Newmarket, Madbury, Lee and Northwood through
their committees, urging the following reasons:

1st That a very considerable Part of the Petitioners themselves do
not wish the Bridge to be removed: and were only induced to sign the
Petition upon a Misrepresentation, that there would not be any Bridge
unless it was Removed: the Contrary of which will not so clearly ap-
pear; that we presume to hope the honble Court will consider the said
Petition, as in fact it is a Measure calculated to serve the private Views
of a few Persons about the Newfields to the manifest detriment of the
Public in general—

2dly Because the principal Reasons therein assigned for Removal of
the Bridge are not True, for they say that at the proposed Place the
river is narrower & the Tide less Rapid than at the Place where the
Bridge Stands. the bare denial of which we presume might be a suf-
ficient Answer — For the River at the Bridge being not only broader but
much deeper, consequently the Tide cannot be so rapid—tThe very
Water Courses of the present Bridge by their Width & depth afford a
larger Passage for the Water, than the whole wedth of the River at the
newfields and from which deducting the Spaces which the Piers & abut-
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQUAMSCOT RIVER. 185

ments of a Bridge will necessarily take up, the Course of the Water
will be so much obstructed as will affect the Navigation to a very great
Degree as well as endanger the Bridge it self— They also say that a
Bridge at the Newfields would better Accommodate the Public & less
obstruct the River — neither of which facts are True, for the Contrary
will clearly appear by the Memorials: and also by the Plan (herewith
exhibited) it will appear that for all Travellers on the lower Road
leading over said Bridge the way by the Proposed Bridge is a Mile &
three quarters further than by the Present Bridgé and a much worse
road especially for Carriages — And even the Western Road thro’ Epping
Nottingham Deerfield, Epsom &c the lower Road is 154 Rods nearer —
so that upon the very moderate computation of only 50 Persons a Day
passing said Bridge by each of said Roads such Removal will Occasion’
the Public more than 6,000 miles Travel in a Year; besides more than a
quarter of a Days work for every Team passing to and from Ports-
mouth that Way; which will be a Cost far exceeding the Repair of the
Bridge; so that the Public cannot (with any Propriety) be said to be
Accommodated by a Measure which will be detrimental to more thou-
sands than it can really Benefit single Persons—The same we must
still object & say with Respect to the Obstruction of the River, untill
we hear upon what new Principles they will prove That, the Smaller
the Passage the same Body of Water passes through in the same Time
the less rapid the Stream—

3dly Because a Work of such Importance as a Bridge over a Navigable
River, in its own Nature ever is should be done not only in such manner
& Place as would best Accommodate the Public in passing over the
same, but also be the least detrimental to the Water Carriage; and
which in that River is of considerable Consequence And accordingly the
Place where the Bridge now is was fixed upon for that purpose by a
Committee of both Branches of the Legislature, accompanied by an
approved Engeneer, sent on Purpose to view & examine the River before
the Bridge was built and now many Years tryal clearly shows that the
place was well chosen: Whereas it is uncertain whether a Bridge could
be made to stand at the proposed Place where the current is quicker
and the Botom sandy—

4thly Because there has been more than a Mile of Road laid out on
purpose to accommodate the Present Bridge, which upon Removal
there of, if continued open will be a needless burden on the Public: and
if shut up, will leave those Persons who upon Confidence in the public
Faith have purchased or divided their Estates in Conformity thereto,
to purchase Roads for themselves: some of them thro’ the same Land,
which their Ancestors generously gave the Public: And several Miles
more of New Road, must be purchased by the Public—

5thly We object & Answer that aJl the other Reasons by them assigned
for the Removal of the Bridge; either opperate as forcably for the re-
pair of the same where it now is; or are mere Suggestions without the
least Foundation—
186 History oF NEWFIELDS.

All which we are ready to Prove to the honle Court on Trial aud for
which among other Reasons, We humbly pray that the Prayer of said
Petition may not be granted—

And that Leave may be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the Repair
of the Present Bridge & prescribing the Method in which the Same shall
be supported in future by Subscription, or otherways as to your Honrs
in Wisdom shall seem meet: And your Memorialists as in Duty bound
shall pray—

Lee, 30th January 1786.

This remonstrance was signed by the committees of the sev-
eral towns. Samuel Gilman, Joseph Young and Wentworth
Cheswell were the committee of Newmarket.

Eighteen citizens of Epping also remonstrated against the
removal of the bridge.

Hubartus Neal, for the remonstrants, makes deposition rela-
tive to the bridge as follows:

The Deposition of Capt Hubartus Neal of Lawful Age Testifies and
says, that he the Deponent has been well acquainted with Exeter River
for many years, more particularly with them Parts of said River, where
both the Ferries were formerly kept between Stratham & Newmarket,
and say that at the lower place where the Bridge is now built the Bot-
tom is very hard, & firm, and about Ten feet deepth of Water in the
Channel at low Water, and the River is about four hundred feet wide —
the Deponent also says that at the Newfields Landing the River is about
Two hundred and ninty-five feet. wide, & from three to Six & half feet
Deep and the Bottom, Sand & loose Bottom—

‘And the Deponent further saith, that he viewed the said Bridge last
week & upon Examination the Deponent found the Stone Abutments of
said Bridge which extend about two hundred & fifty feet to remain
almost intirely firm and good as when first built, and also all them
parts of the Piers below half Tide.

HUBARTUS NEAL.
Feb. 6, 1786.7

Capt. Archelaus Woodman and Walter Bryent also made
depositions of substantially the same import.

That the bridge between Stratham and Newmarket was built
with money raised by a lottery sanctioned by the state is an
established fact. It was generally known as the ‘‘Lottery
Bridge.’’

Some may be interested to see a lottery ticket issued in aid

Prov, Papers XIII, 41-2.
 

 

 

 

 

 
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of the bridge, and we give herewith a fac-simile of an original
now in possession of Dr. Charles F. Hussey of Portsmouth.

pipais TICKET [No. 24] entitles the:
: Poffeffor thereof, to any Prize:
: drawn againft it's Number, in the:
: SEconp Cuass of a LOTTERY granted :
: by the General Court of the State of:
: New Hampfhire, 9th November 1780, :
: for repairing and fuppotting Stratham :
: and Newmarket LOTTERY BRIDGE,:
: (fo called) in faid State. :

E HABATTUS NEAL.

The Town Records of 1792 show that ‘‘The Public Bridge had
been supported a long time by subscription.’’ It was now
‘“given to a few private persons to have a toll thereon, which we
102 inhabitants of Newmarket presume will amount to more than
ten times as much as will keep the Bridge in repair.’’

The act making it a toll-bridge was passed by the Legislature,
June 21, 1792.

In 1806 a chartered company was organized to rebuild and
care for the bridge. The charter was signed by Gov. John Lang-
don June 18, 1807, and the bridge built by Henry Wiggin of
Newfields by contract for $4,900. Its formal opening occurred
December 10, 1807. The bridge was again rebuilt about 1838,
and in 1884 the ‘‘draw’’ was repaired.

In 1892 the selectmen of Stratham and Newfields, acting as
proprietors of the bridge, took up the stock of the bridge, issuing
promissory notes therefor.

The Legislature, March 21, 1901, provided:

That the proprietors of the Stratham and Newmarket bridge are
hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey all the property
and franchises of said corporation, upon such terms and to such person
or corporation, as it may, by vote of a legal meeting, direct: provided
that all obligations of said corporation, existing at the time of such
sale, shall be first paid and discharged.

The bridge has now been placed by deed in full possession of
Rockingham County, authority having been given by the Legis-
lature April 10, 1907, and accepted by both Stratham and New-
market at their annual meetings, March, 1908. The outstanding
debt of $7,000 is assumed by the two towns equally. The entire
188 History OF NEWFIELDS.

expense of maintenance will hereafter devolve upon the county.
The care of the ‘‘draw’’ will be the most expensive item. H. F.
Marden was the last toll-collector.

Coneerning bridges of the early times it should be added that
in 1722 in consideration of the heavy burden laid upon the citi-
zens of Dover ‘‘in building and renewing the many bridges in
The said town, over and above the ordinary annual repairs of
Highways through the same,’’ occasioning a ‘‘much greater and
more grievous tax than any other Town in the province, more
especially for the Erecting and maintaining Two very large
Bridges over the river of Cocheco and Lamprey river,’’ through
their committee consisting of Richard Waldron, Stephen Jones
and Paul Gerrish, they petition Governor Shute and the General
Assembly ‘‘that the bridging of The Said Two rivers may be
made a province Charge to be defrayed out of the public Treas-
ury,’’ believing they ‘‘are more than even w" the Inhabitants of
any Neighboring town in y® Costs of bridging,’’ exclusive of the
two large bridges. They were spurred to such action at this
time from the fact that a freshet the year preceding had ‘‘floated
away the boom at Cocheco with 3 piers and the Standing bridge
at Lamprel river’’ and they were now to be rebuilt.

This petition was duly considered, and the House voted £60:
in aid of the town, but the Council did not concur, and the
endeavor failed.

On June 1, 1723, the selectmen of Dover again petition, but
this time for the appointment of a committee ‘‘to view the said
river and the landings on Each side in order to finding a more
convenient place to build anew so as to prevent the like Mis-
fortune w' y* former, and Make a report of their doings at y®
next Sessions.’’ They preface their petition with the fact that
the bridge over Lamprey River had been carried away ‘‘for want
of firm foundation.’’

This petition resulted in a vote ‘‘That Six Indifferent Persons
be chosen a Committee to Survey Lamprey River and Report

: y® Most commodious place for building a bridge across
Said River, and That Col. Walton, Mr. Edw" Ayres & Mr. Benj?
Thomas be three of y° Committee to joyn’’ with the same num-
ber appointed by the House, consisting of Col. Peter Weare, Col.
FERRY AND BRIDGE OVER SQuaMScoT RIVER. 189

John Plaisted and William Moor. A proviso was added that
‘ye Petitioners pay y® Charges of the Committee.’’

On July 12, 1723, Thomas Walton, Edward Ayers and John
Plaisted, ‘‘being the Maj." Part of s1 Committee,’’ reported ‘‘that
met at time and place appointed did view and find out a place
which in our best Judgment is at the Picked rock so called a
little above y® first Dam on s‘ River w wee according to our
understanding think the most proper place to erect the Bridge.”’

Benjamin Thomas on the above committee, not receiving sea-
sonable notice of the time fixed for the action of the committee,
afterwards made investigation and concurred in the judgment
of the reporting members.

In the General Assembly, July 22, 1723, it was ordered that
copies of the committee’s report be sent to the selectmen of Dover
and Exeter and they be given to understand that the Governor
and Council ‘‘expect that a suitable bridge be built as soon as
possible at the place mentioned in y® s? Report, w" they have ac-
cepted, and that they communicate the same to the selectmen of
Exeter, in order to that town’s bearing their proportionable pact
of the charge of said bridge, as to right and justice doth apper-
tain.”’

The letter commanded to be sent to the selectmen of the two
towns with the copies of the report expresses the expectation
‘‘that you will improve every opportunity in forwarding so
necessary a work and that there be no failure on any part or by
any means in Complying with this order.”’

Pascataqua bridge was erected in 1794, and the Concord turn-
pike built.
Chapter XII.

Roaps AND MILLS.

Roads in the colonies were hardly ever laid out, but were left
where Indian trail or chance cart tracks in the woods had marked
them. The footpath was blazed by cutting the bark from trees
on the right and left every 10, 20, or 30 yards.

Our ancestors were content to travel on horseback and so had
but indifferent roads. Such roads as there were usually hugged
the streams. Remote planters were satisfied if they kept open
a track by which their houses could be reached on horseback.

As the settlers increased in number and spread out through
the town and into adjoining towns, public highways became es-
sential for intercommunication, to take the place of the earlier
bridle paths, and in the records they are often mentioned. We
have not been able to determine when the first one was laid
out, but in 1645, on the ‘‘last day of the 10 month’’ John Legat
received half an acre of land ‘‘by the river side before his houses
for the sittin of a cowhouse’’ on condition that ‘‘the highway”’
be kept the usual breadth of three rods.

On June 3, 1645, Goodman Smart received a grant of land
‘‘Reseruing six Rod In bredth for A highway between m’ Hil-
ton’s march and this say? land.”’

The lot layers assign to John Gilman, September 29, 1648, land
south of Mr. Hilton’s ‘‘begifiing at the highway.’”’

The selectmen in 1652, ‘‘23 day 10 mon.’’ give liberty to any
man receiving land grants between Mr. Hilton’s and Thomas
Biggs’ to fence it in provided they make gates for the country
highway, or any necessary highway for carting.

In 1657 were ‘‘conveniente carte waies’’ from the upper to the
lower fall of Lamprey River.

March 16, 1660, we learn that John Hilton’s 29 acres of
land was ‘‘on the left hand of the path betwixt the Great hill
and the little brooke going into m™ Nutters creeke’’ and his one
acre ‘‘between the cart way & the brooke.”’
Roaps AND MILLs. 191

John Gilman received land, April 3, 1665, ‘‘lying on the left
hand of the way going to Pascasack joyning upon Dover lyne.’’

April 4, 1666, Charles Gilman received land at Lamprey River
““provided there may be a highway through it to m™ Hiltons saw
mill.’’

Moses Gilman and othersewere appointed, March 29, 1668, to
run the line [bridle path] between the two meeting houses of
Hampton and Exeter, and Robert Smart and others to do the
same between Dover and Exeter, and July 10, 1671, a committee
was appointed to run the line between Exeter Falls and Lam-
prey River Falls.

March 30, 1675, several persons received grants of land that
were to have been laid out ten years earlier. The one to John
Gilman mentions the ‘‘highway going to Wadleighs upon a pine
plaine to an Indian field,’’ and also ‘‘an Indian path that leads
to Teaghaquell.’’ The grant to Moses Gilman mentions ‘‘Lam-
prey river path being the old path,’’ and makes allowance for
‘‘highways.’’

April 1, 1678, Moses Gilman was ‘‘surveyor of highways for
the west syde of the river.’’

In 1680 we find that Goodman Smart’s 300 acres on the south
east ‘‘runs by the highway between the said land & the
marshes.”

The sale of a portion of ‘‘m™ Hiltons newfield’’ in 1681, men-
tions ‘‘ye waye side yt goeth down to m™ Smarts.’’

Peter Folsom and Richard Hilton were chosen, August 15,
1692, ‘‘surveyors of ye hy ways.”’

Capt. Peter Coffin received, October 10, 1693, a grant of land
‘‘joyneing to douer line on the north side and upon ye hy waye
to Pascaset mille.’’

The main way was laid out, December 4, 1707, between Cor-
net Winthrop Hilton and Dudley Hilton’s dwelling houses from
Newfield Landing to the extent of the town’s lands by Gilman’s
sawmill.

At a meeting of the Council held at Portsmouth, April 30,
1719, it was voted that lands ‘‘be appropriated to the encourage-
ment of the iron works building at Lamprill river for cole, wood,
& for settling people thereon, to be imported for that service, &
192 History oF NEWFIELDS.

settled in such order as a Committee appointed for that purpose
shall direct.’’

The General Assembly, May 2, 1719, passed a vote ‘‘respecting
lands on either side of the line between Exeter and Dover, always
excepting highways through any lotts granted as abovesaid, &
land sufficient to mills or works sett up on Lamprile river.’’

In 1721 a ‘‘mast way’’ was made leading from Colonel Hil-
ton’s ‘‘to patuckawaye mills.”’

A petition of the selectmen of Dover, dated May 4, 1722, men-
tions a line to run ‘‘northerly two miles for the depth of the
Land granted to the Iron works.’’

Edward Hall and others were appointed, May 5, 1722, to sur-
vey and make highways from Dover and from Exeter ‘‘to Winu-
pissokee Pond.’’

It seems that the people of Nottingham labored under great
difficulties and disadvantages for want of a suitable road to a
convenient landing place. One had already been laid out at
great expense for clearing and bridging, but was longer than
necessary, and except at low water in the rivers was impassable
for loaded carts. A ‘‘pretty good cart way’’ commonly called
‘*Hall’s way’’ only four or five miles from the landing place at
Newmarket ‘‘towards Nottingham’’ had already been made,
“‘which if continued thro’ that part of Exeter which is between
Notingham and y* Parish of New Market would be above three
miles nearer, & on every other ace’t more convenient,’’ and the
town through its committee petitions Governor Belcher and the
Legislature for a continuance of this highway through Exeter
and Newmarket, September 23, 1731. Interested parties having
been duly notified, a public hearing was had upon the petition,
and on March 6, 1733, the prayer of the petition was granted,
and the town of Exeter required to ‘‘lay out the said Highway
forthwith, as Commodiously as may be for the Town of Not-
tingham.’’

In 1731 the following persons give land for this road: Joseph
Hall, Moses Coffin, Robert Barber, Christopher Robinson, Sam-
uel Sinclair, Samuel Stevens, Benjamin Sanborn, Theophilus
Hardy, Jonathan Colcord, Stephen Lyford, Richard Mellon,
James Marston, Samuel Hilton, Robert Pike, Samuel Mighell,
Richard Clark, Isaac Marston, Winthrop Hilton, John Perkins,
Roaps AND MILLS. 193

Richard Sinkler, Fitz W. Sargent, James Gilman, Jonathan Gil-
man, Thomas Gilman, Walter Neal, Nathaniel Taylor and
Nathaniel Pease ‘‘being interested in the Land thro’ which it is
supposed the Highway’’ will pass, and expressing their desire
that the highway be laid out as a public highway. This high-
way passed through the land of Robert Barber, Jonathan Col-
cord, Steven Lyford, Robert Pike, Samuel Mighell, Isaac Mars-
ton, Winthrop Hilton, John Perkins, James Gilman, Walter
Neal and Nathaniel Pease, as it is recorded that they gave land
for it.

Hall’s Mill Road was laid out by a committee of the General]
Assembly, 1763-66.

The selectmen of Newmarket laid out, August 18, 1763, a high-
way two rods wide in Newmarket through the land of several per-
sons to the general satisfaction, but afterwards it was discovered
that through inadvertency of the surveyor a mistake was made in
several of the courses between the ‘‘Gate near Piscassick Bridge
and Josiah Hilton’s South West Corner’’ so that instead of the
“‘Returns Directing it in such convenient Places as was in-
tended and agreed on it directs it to such Places as are very In-
convenient and almost Inaccessible to the damage of some and
the great Dissatisfaction of others.’’ The selectmen, John Bur-
leigh, Israel Gilman, Jr., and Walter Bryent, and 23 others,
petition the governor and ‘‘Hon':’’ to interfere, appoint, send a
committee to investigate and provide a remedy. The petition
is dated July 3, 1765. A hearing was ordered, and afterwards,
November 28, 1765, the Legislature appointed Col. John Went-
worth, Andrew Wiggin and Richard Jenness, a committee to
investigate and report. March 20, 1766, this committee viewed
the said highway, heard the parties, and reported:

That the Highway above Mentioned ought to be & Remain as follows.
Beginning at a Gate about twelve Rods to the North West of Piscasuk
Bridge then Running Northerly as the Way was formerly Laid out and
as it now goes through the land of Joseph Hall Esq. and through the
Land of Edward Colcorde as it now Goes to Joseph Lovering’s Land
then Beginning by Lovering’s Land on the west side of Said way and
Running through the Same as followeth North ten degrees West thirty
two rods then north fourteen degrees west twenty two rods to Jacob
Ames Land then North forty degrees West thirty rods to a Stone
Bridge, over a small Brook the way to be two Rods wide and on the

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194 History oF NEWFIELDS.

North Easterly side of said Line through Lovering’s land to the stone
bridge then north eight degrees east fifty eight rods to Stephen Lyfords
land the way to be on the westerly side of said line then North nineteen
degrees East thirty four Rods as the way is now fenced out then North
forty two Degrees East twenty four Rods then North forty nine De-
grees East thirty five Rods to Nath Ames his Land then North forty
five Degrees Bast Sixteen Rods then North Sixty Seven Degrees East
thirty Rods then North twenty two Degrees East twenty two Rods as
the way is now fenced out to Jacob ‘Ames Land then through Said
Ames his Land North twenty two Degrees East ten Rods then North
thirty one Degrees East Sixteen Rods then North fourteen Degrees west
twenty Rods on a Strate Line to Josiah Hilton’s South Corner Keeping
the way as it now goes till it comes to a High way formerly Laid out
the way to be on the Westerly side of said Line throw Said Ames’ Last
mentioned Land.

‘Never-the-Less since the Said Jacob Ames has by an agreement with
the Select men Partly fenced the Road from Said Last mentioned
Bridge on the Westerly Side of his orchard up a steep hill if the Said
Jacob Ames will within thirty days from the tenth of July next Cause
the Said way on the Westerly Side of his orchard to be made Passable
in the Judgment of the Selectmen of Said New Market then we think
it ought to go on the west side and if not to go through his Land as
above said.

And also that there be paid unto the Person whose names here after
mentioned for their Lands by the Select men of the above Said New
Market.

Lawful money.
To James Marston 3: 4:9

to Edward Colcord 8: 5:6
to Nathaniel Ames 2:11: 0
to Stephen Lyford BP. 959
to Joseph Lovering 4: 0:0

All which is Humbly Submitted by
JNo WENTWORTH
ANDr WIGGIN (come
RicHad JENNEsS 34

This report was accepted, allowed and confirmed.

A road was laid out, in 1768, from Lamprey River to Oyster
River.

Benjamin Coe, in 1854, was chairman of the Board of County
Road Commissioners, and laid out a new road from South Deer-
field to Candia.

Turnpikes were never popular in New Hampshire, as the peo-
ple looked upon them as monopolies. The toll gates set up were
in great disfavor. The turnpike continued its exactions at the
Roaps anp MILs. 195

gates till 1841 when the pressure of public opinion forced the
owners to cease their demands and the roads became free.

The town made grants of mill sites with the right to cut tim-
ber in specified tracts, the occupants paying annual rents for
the rights. thus conferred. These rents were set apart for the
support of the ministry at Dover. Sawed lumber was floated
to Portsmouth in rafts and then transported to the West Indies.
The extensive forests became a source of wealth and the various
water-falls were rapidly improved.

The early settlers on the Pascataqua were compelled to secure
most of their bread from England and Virginia. There was
no grain mill nearer than Boston, and even that was a wind-
mill.

In May, 1631, Thomas Eyre wrote to Ambrose Gibbons, ‘‘T will
now put on the sending of you the modell of a saw mill that you
may have one going.’’

In 1632, Stephen Dean, who came to Plymouth in 1621, in
the Fortune, built the first corn mill in New England on Copps
Hill, Boston. This was a wind mill. On ‘‘October 18 Captain
Camock and one Mr. Godfrey a merchant came from Piscata-
quack in Captain Neal his pumace and brought sixteen hogsheads
of corne to mill. They went away in November.’’

In 1634 Capt. John Mason sent eight Danes to Pascataqua to
make potash and build mills. The saw mill they erected at the
falls of Newichewanock was sold in September, 1635. Mason
wrote, May 5, 1634, ‘‘ Those people I have sent with Mr Jocelyne
are to sett up two mills.”’ At this time he sent with the
Danes 22 women.

Miller’s toll was established by law in 1640.

At a town meeting held in Dover, October 7, 1647, it was
ordered ‘‘That Mr Ambrose Gibbons, Mr Richard Walderne,
Thomas Dayton, Anthony Emr’, William Pomfrett, are to treat
with Elder Nutter & Elder Starbucke about the accommodation
of a saw mill at Lamprell Riuer & as these men shall agree it
shall be the acte of the towne.”’

The following agreement was made November 4, 1647, be-
tween the inhabitants of Exeter and Edward Gilman, Jr.:

Imprimes, That We doe acsept of Edward Gillman the younger to be
a tounsman amongst vs and doe give and grant hime liberty to set vp
196 History or NEWFIELDS.

a Sawmill or mills in any River within the liberty of Exeter, and to
have the priuelg of the Riuer for the use of the miles and of the pines,
for Sauing or masts, or any other timber for sauinge to have the pri-
uelg of it within the liberty of Exeter.

24 The aforesd Edw4 Gilman do engage himself to come and live as a
townsman among you and to sett up a mill by the last of March next
Ensueing if he can or at the farthest by the last of August next Ensue-
ing.

3ly the sayd Gillman doe ingage himself to let the tounsmen have
what bords they stand in ned of for ther oun vse in the toune at three
shillings a hundrd and what towe inche planks they shall ned for
Floering at the same prise, and to take contery pay at prise curent if
the mill shall saue it.

4ly the sayd Gillman doe engag himself that what masts he make
vse of to giue them as mutch as if he saued them into bords, and to al-
low half a hundered in eueri 2000 to the towne.

5ly It is Agreed that Anthony Stanion shall have the liberty to put
in a quarter part for a saw mill, provided he doe make good his pro-
portion or quarter part in every respect of charges as a partner so that
the work be not hindered by him, if he doe so forfeit his share to the
aforesd Gillman, and to pay wceh damage he shall sustain by it, for the
true and sure performance of wch we do bind our selves in fortie pounds
Sterling.

In Witness whereunto we have sett our hands —

EDWARD GILMAN
‘WM Moke
SAM! GRENFIELD
his mark
NatTH!! BOULTER
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t Townsmen

On November 19, 1647, the following record is made:

‘Wee the Townsmen in aboue mentioned haue accordinge to the order
given us by the Towne agreed with Elder Nutter & Elder Starbucke as
followeth: That is to say wee haue granted unto them accommodation
of the upper or lower ffalls of Lamprill Riuer for the erectinge or set-
tinge up a sawmill & likewise for what Timber They shall make use of
for sawinge by the said mill, Oake or Pine, They shall pay for euery
Tree six pounds to the Towne, this is to be paid in board or Plancke at
price currant. They haue Liberty to fall their Timber where they shall
see most fitt wthin our Bounds.

At a town meeting held in May, 1649, Edward Hilton, James
Wall, John and Robert Smart, and Thomas Biggs, had the same
liberty granted them to set up a sawmill upon ‘‘Pascasoke
Rioure which Runs Into Lampell Riuore,’’ on the same terms as
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Roaps AND MILLs. 197

was granted Mr. Gilman. It was added that ‘‘the bords or
planke w the Inhabitants of the towne shall have for there
one vse Are by the oners of the mill to be brought to the water
side att 3s the hundred.”’

At the same meeting liberty was granted George Barlow,
Nicholas Leeson, Francis Swain, Nicholas Swain and John War-
ren ‘‘to set vp A Saw-mill att Lamperell Riuer att the falls A lit-
tle Aboue the Wigwams, And to haue there libertey of felling
timber and of payments to the towne According to the two
ents Above writtene.’’

May 8, 1652, Thomas Biggs of Exeter conveys to John Gil-
man of Exeter his interest in a gristmill for a sawmill at
“*Pascasuck’’ river, and also land at the mouth of ‘‘Lamprell’’
river granted to him.

At a town meeting held May 10, 1652, Edward Gilman, Sr.,
Edward Gilman, Jr., Edward Coleord and Humphrey Wilson
were given permission to erect a sawmill at the lower fall ‘‘att
Lamperell Riuer by the bredge, and timber on the Comons there
for there mill, paying 5 A yeare to the Towne for the priuelage
After the mill is built.’’

Also the same permission was given to Thomas Petet, Nicholas
Leeson, Thomas Cornish, John Warren and Francis Swain to
build a sawmill ‘‘at Lamprell Riuer on the next great fall
Aboue the fall that som of them haue Already taken posesion
of paying 5 a yeare for the priuiledg beginning presently
after next micklemas.’’

Other grants on the same river were August 7, 1652:

Giuen and Granted to Mr Valentine Hill, his Heires & Assignes of
Dover; the whole accommodations of Lamprill Riuer for the erectinge
& settinge up a sawmill or mills wth all the Timber upon the South
side of the said Riuer, wceh doth ly within our Line a mile in breadth
or thereabouts (Poushasicke Graunt excepted) as also all our Timber
upon the North side of the aforesaid Riuer one mile in breadth, & so
all our Land in Length; And in Consideration of this grant, Mr. Val-
entine Hill aforenamed is to pay to the Towne of Douer the summe of

twenty pounds pr yeare in Board or Planke at price Currant & this pay
toe be paid yearely by the said Valentine Hill.

In 1656 mention is made of the ‘‘saw-mills in Piscataqua
River’? of Capt. Thomas Wiggin.
At a town meeting held May 11, 1657, Edward Hilton, Jr.,
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was granted fifty acres of pine swamp ‘‘adjoyning to m" Hiltons
lot, for to make vse of solely for that mill he intends to set vp
vpon the falls of Exeter opposite to the new mill, with liberty
to set vp the said mill as granted to him, and for which he is
to pay five pound annually & is to begin to pay it by next mick-
almas halfe of the sume and the other halfe the midsmer fol-
lowing, but vpon this proviso that he is not to prejdice the new
mill any way in respect to water, if John Gilman & the rest be
willing that he should hav liberty vpon the comon to fel timber,
then this grant is to be relinqus’, but if in case he keeps this
grant then he is to make no vse of timber vpon the comons.”’

On June 3, 1669, a similar grant as that to Valentine Hill, and
on similar conditions, was made to Robert Wadleigh, on Lam-
prey River a place ‘‘Commonly called by the name of y® Ileland
falls,’’ ‘‘provided it doth not Intrench, upon any former grant
either in pt: or the whole.’’ In case there was such intrench-
ment the town was to abate the rent proportionally.

In April, 1734, David Dunbar, lieutenant-governor of New
Hampshire and surveyor of the ‘‘ King’s woods,’’ twice sent his
assistant, Charles Gorwood, in a boat up the river to Exeter to se-
cure and remove what he chose to call the King’s tribute lying
about the Squamscot, especially to visit Gilman’s mill at Lam-
prey River and mark for his majesty’s use all such lumber as
he found sawn from mast trees.

Also at Piscassic mill, and Wadleigh’s mill.

The boat arrived at Exeter late in the afternoon. The tavern
of Samuel Gilman was guarded by ‘‘Indians’’ which frightened
the men who spent the night in the alders and the next morning
run for shelter to Portsmouth?

1 Bell.

2The mill owners and teamsters from Nottingham used to ford the river,
just below the bridge, waiting for low water, just at the turning of the tide.
Chapter XIII.

Earuy Civiz AFFAIRS.

At the annual town meeting of Exeter, March 26, 1722, a
vote was taken giving ‘‘the Inhabitants of Lamperel River be-
low Cap. Jeremiah Gilmans house. . . . Leave to build a
pound for the use of said town at thair one Cost and charge.’’
This pound appears to be the first public institution in what was
afterward the township of Newmarket.

On September 22, 1723, Robert Achmuty preferred a petition
in behalf of Richard Hilton praying for a special act to enable
Mr. Hilton to bring forward an action before the governor and
council against Mrs. Mary Brown. On December 14, both
houses voted that the consideration of the petition ‘‘be deferred
till y® Session of General Assembly in May next.”’

On February 13, 1724, King George delivered into the hands
of the sheriff of the Province of New Hampshire the following
writ:

GREETING.

We command you that you summon Richard Hilton of the town of Ex-
eter within our said Province, Esq. Jonathan Hilton, Natha.l Pease
and William Perkins Jun. all of Exeter afores.4 Husbandmen if they
may be found in your Precinct, to appear before our Justices of our
inferiour Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Portsmouth
within and for our said Province of New Hampshire on the first Thurs-
day next following the first Tuesday in March next, then & there in our
said Court to answer unto Mary Brown of Portsmouth aforesd Widow
Lately Mary Plaisted of Portsmo afores¢ Widow, in a Plea of Trespass
& Ejectment for unjustly withholding from the Plaintiff the Posses-
sion of one messuage & three hundred acres of Land be it more or less
thereunto adjoining with the appurtenances, all lying and being in
Exeter aforesd & bounded on Exeter river on the Southeast on the Land
of John Wedgwood and Land in the Possession of Rob.t Smart on the
Southwest the Land of William Moor and Land in the Possession of
the sd Robt Smart on the northwest & on the Land of William Perkins,
John Perkins & Robt Smart on the northeast, for that whereas the s.d
Rich.4 Hilton Esq. on the first day of Jan. anno Domini Seventeen hun-
dred and Sixteen Seventeen being Seized of the Premises Demanded in
200 History oF NEWFIELDS.

his demesne as of fee among other Tenaments by his deed of conveyance
of the Same date (with whom George Jaffrey Esqr therein Joyned for
Confirmation thereof in court to be produced) bargained sold and con-
veyed the Same to the Plaintiff, in fee and so ought to be in the pos-
session thereof, yet the Defendants have entered into the Premises and
tho’ often Requested refuse to Deliver the possession thereof to the
Plaintiff but Still unjustly with hold the Same from her to the dam-
age of the said Mary Brown (as she Saith) the Sum of two thousand
pounds which Shall then and there be made to appedr with other due
Damages, and have you there this writ with your doings therein.
Witness Richard Waldron Esq.r at Portsmouth this thirteenth day of
Feby in the Eleventh year of our Reign annoq Domini 1724.2

Errors having been detected in the writ by the defendant, on
the request of the plaintiff the court ordered an amendment. The
case was afterwards given to the jury which rendered a verdict
for the defendant with costs. On request of Mrs. Brown an
appeal to the Superior Court was granted.

The case was finally decided in favor of the plaintiff as we
find under date of May 10, 1728, that ‘‘Dame Mary Brown of
Berwick . . in consideration of £1618, 16s., current money
of New England paid by Joseph Jacobs of Newbury, Joyner sold
a Messuage in ye Parish of Newmarket . . . 284 acres,’’
—excepting certain small reserves—‘‘which premises is part of
the Estate which the said Mary Brown Recov” of Richard Hil-
ton of Exeter, Esq’ & was put in the possession of by Benjamin
Gambling Esq. high Sheriff of ye province of N. Hampshire by
virtue of an Execution & writ of Possession.’’

Under date of November 22, 1734, it seems that Joseph Jacob
of Stratham sold certain land and a dwelling house to Jonathan
Hoag for £440 saying ‘‘it is part of y® Land I y® st Jacob Bo:t
of Mad: Mary Brown Dec:*.’’ On February 25, 1738, Jon-
athan Hoag ‘‘Quit claims the above house and land to Joseph
Jacob of Newmarket,’’ for £494, 5s., 4d.

It seems from the records that the above settlement of the
case so long in litigation did not peacefully end the matter as
we find, October 11, 1737, that Ellis Husk, his wife, Mary, ‘‘in
right of his said wife, and Icabod Plaisted of Salem,’’ Mass.,

1The reason of this transaction will perhaps be made clearer when it is
remembered that Richard Hilton mortgaged fifty-six acres to George Jaffrey in
1713, 330 acres to Mary Plaisted in 1717, and his whole estate to Edward Hall
in 1721. This whole property was later purchased by Philip Fowler, and
was the occasion of litigation for several years.
Earty Civiz AFFAIRS. 201

became appellants vs. Richard Hilton, and at an appointed
hearing, the latter not being present in person or by attorney,
‘his default was receorded.’’ The appellants by their coun-
sel, Matthew Livermore, state their ‘‘reasons of appeal from
the Judgment had & obtained against them by the appellee at
his Majestys Superior Court of Judicature held at Portsmouth

September, 19, 1737,’’ and pray for ‘‘a reversion of
the Judgment of Said Superior Court & of recovering their
Cost.”’

In consequence of the defaulting of the case Richard Hilton
petitions the General Assembly for the passage of an Act for the
reopening of the case before the Court of Appeals which was
granted June 25, 1748. How the matter finally terminated is
not ascertained.

At the meeting in March, 1727, James Burleigh of Bay Side
was elected constable, but subsequently Jacob Smith qualified
in his stead. Edward Hall of Newfields was chosen selectman.

Capt. Edward Hall seems to have ranked high in public esteem
and his services were in constant demand. The Nottingham pro-
prietors at their meeting held December 10, 1729, voted that he
‘“have power to Gitt a horse way Cutt To Amuskeige—Amoskeag
—as Chepe as he Can Gitt it done and as Low as posible he
ean.”’

On March 30, 1731, Capt. Edward Hall and Peter Gilman
were chosen a committee to join with the Chichester committee
“to Run the Head line of Nottingham.’’ And on July 28 of the
same year he and Samuel Goodhue were chosen a committee to
join with the committees of Epsom and Chichester ‘‘to Run the
Dividing lines between Ipsum and Nottingham, and between Chi-
chester and Nottingham.’’ Also it was voted that Capt. Thomas
Pierce and Nathaniel Rogers be a committee ‘‘to Gitt a way from
Nottingham to New Market down by. Mr. Halls.’’

At a meeting at Block House, October 12, 1727, Edward Hall
and Joseph Hall were ‘‘appointed to regulate the streets at Not-
tingham and clear them and make them fit for transporting
lumber.’’ At a meeting held in Hampton, the same committee
was chosen ‘‘for perfecting: out the lots in Nottingham and to
compleat the same, and to let the Block House out to be shingled
and underpinned at the cheapest rate.’’
202 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In 1728 Edward Hall was surveyor of highways, and in addi-
tion in 1729 was chosen selectman. In 1730 he was also select-
man, as also ‘‘lot layer’’ with Joseph Hall and John Gilman, ‘‘to
lay out the Land and the latter to each proprietor according to
Quantity and Quality.’’

In 1731 he was selectman, and in 1732 ‘‘committee to warn
meetings.’’? In 1736 Capt. Edward Hall and Capt. Samuel Gil-
man were representatives for Exeter to the ‘‘New Assembly.”’

On January 1, 1731, ‘‘Edward Hilton of the Parish of New-
market,’’ entered a complaint ‘‘In His Maj'’s behalf,’’ against a
‘‘negro man’’ Sambo, formerly a servant of Andrew Glidden,
and now of his widow, or Joseph Smith, her son-in-law, who on
December 28, 1730, put said Hilton ‘‘in Great fear (even of his
life) by the threatening Speeches and actual attempts made
against him with force & arms, the said Sambo holding an ax in
his said hands of y® value of 12s. Struck at the Complainant a
feel blow with the Said ax, and prophanely Swore that he the
said Sambo would split out the brains of the Complainant and
bury him in the Swamp: and other Enormitys the Said Sambo
then & there did,’’ and he prays that ‘‘Sambo may be dealt with
as to Law and Justice doth appertain.’’

This resulted in the-fining of Sambo ten shillings for profane
swearing, and that ‘‘for his threatening & Attempts ag*t Edw?
Hilton He procure 2 Suretis to recognise in y* Sum of £10 to be
of good behaviour til ye next q’ Sessions of y® peace and pay
Costs of Court & Stand committed til Sentence perform’d.’’
Joseph Smith paid fine and costs, and with Joseph Glidden be-
came surety.

The warrant given to the sheriff for the arrest of Sambo re-
quired him also ‘‘to Summon John M*math of Newmarket afore-
said mariner, and Joseph Smart of Dover w''in the Province
afore’ husbandman to be present as Witnesses at the Tryal of
the said Sambo.”’

In October, 1739, Capt. Edward Hilton was chosen ‘‘to serve
in General Assembly’’ for Newmarket, and February 1, 1740,
was committee ‘‘to acquaint his Excell’ that the House had made
choice of Andrew Wiggin, Esq. for their Speaker.’’ He also
appeared before the Council Board with Capt. Thomas Walling-
EarRLy Civin AFFAIRS. 203

ford that the latter ‘‘might be sworn as a member of the As-
sembly.’’
The House, February 12, 1740,

Voted That there be an Additional act made to the Militia act of the
4th George relating to the delinquents non appearance on Training days,
viz. that every [one] liable to Traine & duly warned and not appearing
& attending the same shall for each dayes neglect pay ten shillings In-
stead of five shillings in the abovesaid Act of the 4th of George and
that the fine in Millitary Watches for non attendance in Watching or
Warding be ten shillings instead of five shillings mentioned in the said
act of the 4th of George. And that every Trooper for non appearance
at the time and place of Exercise for each dayes neglect shall pay a
fine of twenty shillings instead of ten mentioned in the Act of the 4th
of George, and that the act continue for three years & no longer & that
the fines be gathered and disposed of as in the act of the 4th of George
aforesaid and that an act be drawn up accordingly and that Capt. Ed-
ward Hall & Capt. Thomas Wallingsford be a Committee of this House
to joyne with the Honble the Council shall appoint to draw up the above
Additional Acts and present them to the House as soon as may be.

This act was duly drawn and enacted February 21, 1740.

The House made Capt. Edward Hall and Ebenezer Stephens
its committee ‘‘to Joyn Such as the Council shall app‘ to sur-
vey the Prison & see what repairs are wanting and make their
Return as soon as possible.’’

On February 13, 1740, Capt. Edward Hall was placed by the
House on a committee to join with one appointed by the Council
“‘to go on the place and view Kingstown line and make return
to the Gen! Assembly at their next Session.’’ Walter Bryent
was appointed surveyor of this line April 15, 1742.

On February 15, 1740, Capt. Edward Hall, with others, en-
tered his ‘‘dissent against the answers of the House to his Ex-
cell’* speech of Feb. 1.’’

William Parker having brought in a memorial for an act to
be made relating to the admission of town inhabitants, the
House after reading and considering,

Voted that Mr. Hunking Wentworth & Capt. Edward Hall be a Com-
mittee of this House to joyne with such as the Honble the Council shall
appoint to draw up an act Relating to admission of Town Inhabitants
& appointing Committees &c for viewing old defective Houses and chim-
neys & for regulating the Poor and putting out such children apprentice
as are like to become chargeable to any Town or precinct or whose
Parents do not take due care of them.
204 History OF NEWFIELDS.

Joseph Smith of Newmarket, October 6, 1748, for nine pounds
of lawful money deeded to Philip Fowler of Newmarket ‘‘a cer-
tain parsell of Salt Marsh and flats.’’ His wife, Sarah, gave up
‘‘all rite & power of thirds.”’

Joshua Hill of Stratham, February 6, 1753, ‘‘for 1224 pounds
old tenor money,’’ sold to Philip Fowler, Jr., 34 acres of land in
Newmarket, 20 of which he purchased of Joshua Kennison Jan-
uary 16, 1739, seven of Joseph Smart, and seven of Jacob Tilton.
His wife, Rachel, gave up her right of dower.

It would seem that Philip Fowler had ‘‘unjustly withheld put
out and removed’’ Josiah Hilton from his possession of 56 acres
of land and appurtenances, presumably the 56 acres specially
mentioned in his will, and that the said Josiah Hilton recovered
the same April 19, 1764, by a writ of attachment and costs
amounting to £77, 18s., 9d.

Jacob Fowler of Newmarket, November 5, 1753, sold to Philip
Fowler for £56, 5s., one half of 50 acres in Nottingham, his wife,
Deborah, signing the deed.

Philip Fowler mentioned in his will, dated May 22, 1754, be-
sides his wife, sons, Philip, to whom he bequeathed 108 acres,
Jacob, 50 acres, Simonds, 70 acres; daughters, Elizabeth, Su-
sanna, Judith and Mary, to whom he bequeathes ‘‘30 pounds.
old tener each.’’ Judith was then unmarried. His son, Philip,
was made executor. The will had a codicil attached, dated July
25, 1764, referring to the fact ‘‘56 acres of his land on which his.
house stands is since the will was written in the Law, & my son
Philip has bound himself to Defray one half of the charge for
the carrying the case home to Eng.’’

Thomas Young and Ichabod Whidden were witnesses to the
will, and Robert Smart and John Moody, to the codicil. The
will was probated August 26, 1767.

Edward Hilton, November 18, 1768, brought action against
Philip Fowler, executor, for the same premises on the ground.
that the covenant was broken when the plaintiff, April 19, 1764,
“‘was Seized in his Demesne as of fee of a Certain Messuage and
Lands with the appurtenances in Newmarket . . . Con-
taining by Estimation Fifty-six acres.’’ The writ stated that
he ‘‘unjustly refuses to keep the same [covenant] To damage of
the said Edwrd as he saith the sum of Fifty pounds.’’
EARLY Civiu AFFAIRS. 205

It seems that the court of appeals rendered judgment for Hil-
ton, granting a writ of possession, which, however, was deemed
illegal, and Philip Fowler and his brother, Jacob, petitioned: the
General Assembly for a rehearing, and this was granted June 27,
1777.

Jacob Fowler of Newbury had been ‘‘practicing things very
inimical to the country’? . . . and was sent to Exeter in
the care of the committee of safety by Col. John Hurd, August
7, 1776.

To give an idea of the binding out of apprentices in those early
days we copy the following indenture:

This Indenture Wittnesseth, That James Cobbey Jur of Newmarket In
the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire With the Consent
of his Father James Cobbey & Anna his wife

Hath put him Self, and by the Presents doth Volluntarily and of
his own Free will and accorde, and with Consent of His Father &
mother afore Said put and binde him Self Apprentice to Philip Fowler
of Newmarket & County afore Said and to Sarah his wife and with them
after the manner of an apprentice to Serve from the Tenth Day of May
Next for during the term: of Ten years To be Compleate and ended:
During all which Terme the said apprentice his said master and mistris
faithfully Shall Serve, there Secrets keepe there lawfull commands
gladly every where obey: he shall do no damage to his said master or
mistris, nor see it to be done of others without leting or giving notis
there to his Said master and mistris, he Shall not waste his Said master
and mistrises Goods, nor lende them unlawfully to any: He Shall not
Commit fornication nor Contract matrimony with in the Said Terme:
at cardes, dice, or aney unlawful game he shall not play, Where by
his Said master or mistris may have damage with there own goods or
the goods of others: he Shall not absent him Self by day or night from
His Said master or mistrises Servis without there leave: nor havnt
alehouses Taverns or Play House, but in all Things he have him Self
as a faithful apprentice ought to do towards his Said master and
mistris during the said term.

And the Said Philip Fowler for him Self and his wife doth by cou-
enant and promis to teach and in Struct, or Cause the said apprentice
to be taught and in Structed to Reade wright an Sypher Sufficient to
Keep a Tradesmans Book finding unto the Said apprentice Good and
Sufficient meat drink Washing and Lodging in Sickness and in helth
during the Said terme. And at the Expiation there of to give unto
the Said apprentice two Sutes of apparrell Sutable for Him one fitt
and propper for Holy Days and one for Common ware Sutable for Such
an apprentice to gather with one yoke of oxen to be Delivered to Said
apprentice at the Expiation of Said Terme

In testimony Where of the parteys to these Presents have here unto

‘
206 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

interchangeablee Sett there Hauds and Seales the Sixth Day of July in
the year of Our Lord one thousand Seaven Hundred & Seaventey Hight.

his

JAMES X CoBy Ju. (Seal)
mark

JAMES COBBEY (Seal)

A record of ‘‘Dec™ 3° 1788,”’ states that

The within named James Cobbey Junr ran away from said Fowler —
& carried away with him a suit of clothes, about 10 yards of woolen
fulled homespun cloth — 4 pair of woolen stockens — a pair of buskins —
4 shirts — pair of tow or linnen drawers —6 yards of linnen & woolen
cloth.

The overseers of the poor at Portsmouth, January 3, 1786,
bound out in much the same way John Gammon ‘‘a minor poor
Child’’ to Philip Fowler for the term of twelve years or till he
reached the age of twenty-one, to be taught ‘‘the art trade or
Calling of a Husbandman.’’

Rufus Wiggin gave Philip Fowler a written agreement that
he would live with him and ‘‘perform the service of a hired man
for the term of one year from the fifth day of April 1791,’’ for
‘*fifteen pounds twelve shillings lawful money to be paid in neat
stock & clothing at the rate of six feet oxen at twelve pounds per
yoke—& also a sheep & lamb. The neat stock to be paid May
20 1792 & the sheep & lamb in November next following the
date hereof, as witness our hands April 16 1791.

Attest Philip Fowler. Rurus WIaGIN.’’

Richard Preson of Newmarket, March 15, 1794, sold to Philip
Fowler for £60, 48 rods purchased of Samuel Smart April 30,
1785, and 13 1-2 rods of land with mansion house standing on it,
purchased by Samuel Smart, November 16, 1786, Mrs. Preson
surrendering her right of dower.

The inspector at Portsmouth, June 5, 1794, certifies that Philip
Fowler had paid duty on one chaise — two dollars — to Septem-
ber 30, 1795.

Edward Hilton, April 22, 1808, sold land to Philip Fowler for
£30, formerly owned by his brother, Richard Hilton.

By his will, dated May 30, 1810, Philip Fowler, Jr., bequeathed
to his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Plummer, 50 acres of land. The
will was probated October 14, 1811.

Under date of April 23, 1812, William Plummer of Epping,
Earty Civin AFFAIRS. 207

husband of Sarah, leases the same 50 acres, received by be-
quest, till March 1, 1818, for £40, to Thomas Drowne, ‘‘cord-
wainer,’’ and Hannah Fowler, widow of Philip. Certain con-
ditions of tillage were made, the taxes to be paid, and the fences
to be left in as good repair as when the lease was given.

Thomas Staples, October 15, 1818, agrees to fix John C. Fowl-
er’s ‘‘one story house in order to be moved from the spot where
it now stands.”’

Hannah Fowler is appointed, December 12, 1814, by Nathaniel
Rogers, judge of probate, guardian of Charlotte Fowler, a minor
under 14, daughter of Philip Fowler, Jr.

John Cutts Fowler, grandson of Philip, January 29, 1818, for
£46, receives from Joseph Pinder and wife, Mary, of Stratham,
a quitclaim of the 13 1-2 rods of land of Philip Fowler bought of
Richard Preson, with the buildings thereon. This land lay ‘‘on
the Easterly side of the Road leading from the great Bridge
to the main Road leading from Newmarket to Exeter.’’

Samuel Twombly, September 22, 1838, agrees to dig a well
‘‘near the North west corner of the cellar of the old garrison
house,’’ for which John C. Fowler is to pay ‘‘7 shillings for
every foot in depth & 14 shillings for every foot it may be neces-
sary to dig over or more than 45 feet.’’
Chapter XIV.

Tue MINISTRY OF REV. JOHN Moopy, 1730-1778.

More than thirty persons in the north part of Exeter, in the
autumn of 1727, petitioned that they might be set off for
parochial purposes. The mother parish granted their request
October 9, 1727,

Provided that the aboue said Parrish Do Settle an orthodox minister
and pay the minister them Selues att their one Charge, that then the
said new parrish shall be Excused from paying to the ministry of the
old parrish.

The Legislature passed the bill of incorporation, December 15,
1727, the year of the earthquake, ‘‘Setting the North part of The
Town of Exeter to be a parish by the Name off New Market.’’
By act of incorporation Edward Hall, Andrew Glidden and Wil-
liam Perkins, Jr., were appointed ‘‘selectmen’’ of the new
parish till other parish officers should be chosen. In 1727 there
were 78 ratable polls in Newmarket.

The house of worship was already well under way. It stood
in the burying ground at the old centre, one hundred rods
sotith of the present railroad junction. Rev. Nicholas Gilman
was invited to the ministry in February, 1728, but declined.

Exeter generously apportioned her officers to the two parishes,
and, March 25, 1728, remitted the Newmarket school tax. Not
only church but school affairs were now entrusted to the new
parish. Other municipal affairs were still transacted at Exeter.

A call was extended August 12, 1729, to Rev. John Moody,
who had been preaching at Biddeford, Me., since early in that
year, and in April received an invitation to settle, but declined
““by reason he was too young and wanted further acquaintance of

10n November 7, 1738, the inhabitants of the west end of Exeter in their re-
quest for a parish refer to “priviledges belonging to a Parish as Newmarket
hath which they had by their Last Charter granted by the government.”

About 62 petitioners of Portsmouth, representing 101 ratable heads and
450 souls or thereabouts, press their claim before Governor Belcher March
10, 1732, for an act of incorporation as a parish, by citing the fact that
Newmarket had been thus incorporated as a parish with only 78 ratable polls.
Ministry oF REv. JoHN Moopy. 209

learning at some college.’’ He accepted the invitation to New-

market, now Newfields. Joseph Hall, Jeremy Foulsom, Robert
Pike, William Perkins and Joseph Smith were chosen a parish
committee to make full settlement with him, June 29, 1730, and
he was ordained, and perhaps the church organized, November
25, 1730, becoming one of the sixteen ministers then in New
Hampshire. Some proposition was made to him August 7, 1730,
but the agreement of February 9, 1730, was considered binding
by both parties, and he continued minister there till his death,
October 15, 1778. He married, April 5, 1730, Ann, daughter of
Dea. Edward and Mary (Wilson) Hall, of Newfields, a descend-
ant of Govs. John Winthrop and Thomas Dudley.

The agreement with Mr. Moody was as follows:

We, under written chosen a Committee for the Parish of Newmarket
in Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire to treat and agree with
Mr John Moody to settle with us in the work of the ministry upon his
Excepting the invitation given him by the Parish, we as a committee
in the name of the Parish Do promise to fulfill ye following Perticulars
to him.

we Promise in the first, we promise to give him one hundred pounds
in money or Pasable Bills of Credit pr year for the three first years
of his abode with or amongst us, and the fourth year to give him one
hundred and fiue Pounds, the fifth year one hundred and ten pounds,
the sixth year one hundred and fifteen, the seventh year one hundred
and twenty, and the Haighth year one hundred and thirty Pounds, and
still to make further additions as his family shall stand in neaid,— and
to pay the Salery Quarterly.

secondly we Promise to Bring to his house what firewood he shal
stand in nead of for his family.

thirdly we Promise to give him twenty acres of Land we Purchased
of Joseph Jacobs for his own, and one hundred acres or upwards or as
much as any one of our Parish has for their Right in the Commons
in the township of Exeter for his own.

fourthly we Promise to give him one hundred pounds in money or
Bills of Credit towards Bulding his house and to pay it in three years,
one third part per year; we also promise to pay and make his yearly
salery good as money now Pases in this Province

Dated February 9th 1729-30. Sam! Doe, Joseph Hall, Thomas Young,
William Perkins, Robart Smart, Richard Mattoon.

A committy in the Behalf of said Parish. a tru Coppey from a Coppey.

The following proclamation to the people was also made:

To all People to whom these Psents shal come Greeting.
Joseph Hall Jeremy ffoulsam Robert Pike Wm Perkins Joseph Smith
4
210 History oF NEWFIELDS.

a Comitte Chosen by ye Parish of n-market In Exeter wthin ye sé
Proe of n-Hampshr: In N-Engl4@ at a Legal Parish meeting holden In
n-market June ye 29 1730 & Impower¢ In Behalf of sd Parish to take &
Giue Deeds of Land in order to make a full Settlem: wth mr John
moody ye minister of sd Parish Send Greeting

know ye yt whereas ye Inhabitants of ye Parish aforesd at a meeting
Regularly Assembled on ye 18th day of augt 1729 did vote & grant unto
Mr Jno moody (Besides other particulars) twenty acres of land for
his own, Upon Condition he acceptd ye Call weh was then Given him to
Settle a minister of ye Gospel In sd Parish & whereas ye sd Jno Moody
hath Since accepté of ye Invitation or Call given him by s4 Inhabitants
of sd Parish according to ye above mentiond Vote & wras we ye comtte;
aforesd have Since Purchas4 of Jonathan Hilton twelve acres of Land
for Mr Jno Moody In part of ye sd twenty acres of Land web was votd
him at s¢ meeting

therefore know ye yt we ye sd Jos Hall Jery ffoulsam Robt: Pike Wm
Perkins Jos Smith In ye capacity aforesd & In ye name & on ye Behalf
of ye Inhabitants of sd Parish for ye Consideration aforesd have Given
& Granted4 & by these prsents do fully freely & absolutely Give & Grant
unto ye sd Jno moody his heirs Exers & admrs & assigns forever a Cer-
tain Tract or pcell of Land Scituate Lying & Being In n-market aforesd
Butta & Bound as followeth, viz: Beginning at ye Cross Gutter by ye
highway at ye head of Wm Perkins Land Running northeast half a
point East to Robt Smarts Land & from thence running north West
half a point more north to ye highway & so running Southwardly by ye
highway til it comes to ye Bounds first mentiond wth al ye pvileges &
appurtens thereunto Belonging or In any ways appertaining to ye Same.

To have & to hold ye sd grantd & Bargaind pmis:s wth al ye pvileges
& appurtens Belonging thereunto to him ye sd Jno moody his heirs &
assigns forever to his & their only Proper vse Benefit & Behoof for-
ever; & ye sd Jos Hall Jery ffoulsam Wm Perkins Robt Pike Jo— Smith
in ye Capacity Aforesd & In ye name & Behalf of ye Parishes aforesd
Inhabitants now Being & for & In ye Behalfe of those yt shal there be
& Suruive from time to time forever hereafter do Covent & Engage ye
above given & Grant4 pmises to ye sd Jno moody his heirs Exers admrs
& assigns forever hereafter to Warrant Secure & Defend agt ye Law-
ful Claims of al psons wtsoever

In Witness wrof we ye sd Jos Hall Jery ffoulsam Robt Pike Wm Perkins
Jos. Smith In ye Capacity aforesd have hereunto Set our hands & Seals
this Seventh day of August one thousd seven hundred & thirty & In ye
third year of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord George ye 24 King De-
fender of ye faith &¢

JosEPH HALL (Seal)
JEREMY FFOULSAM (Seal) .
Rost; PIKE (Seal)
WILL: PERKINS (Seal)
Jos SMITH (Seal)

sign4 seald & D4 In ye presence of us Edward Hall Joseph Jacob
Ministry oF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 211

Proe; of n-Hampshr: Stratham March ye 25th. 1734. then ye wthin
namé Jos Hall Jery ffoulsam Robt Pike Wm Perkins & Jos Smith pson-
ally appeard Acknowledg4@ ye foregoing Instrumt: to be their free act
& Deed Before me

Moses Leavit Just: Peace

Record¢ According to ye Origl: ye 9th of Augt. 1734

JosH: PEIRCE Recordr.

Quitclaim deeds of land within these identical bounds but
containing ‘‘about fourteen acres & one hundred rods were also
given to Mr. Moody by Edward Hall Gent®., March 26, 1734, and
by Joseph Jacob Joyner, March 26, 1734.’’ Edward Hall fur-
thermore quitclaims to the parish one acre of land on which the
meeting house stood and which we now recognize as the old
burying ground in the same deed as follows:

Furthermore I ye sd Edw4: Hall do also by these Psents for my Self
my heirs & assigns freely Clearly & absolutely Remise Release & for-
ever Quit Claim for divers good Considerations me hereunto moving
unto ye Parish of n-market In ye Town & Proe aforesd one acre of Land
on weh ye meeting house now Standeth wceh sd Parish have Purchasé
of Joseph Jacob

In Witness wrof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal ye 26th day of
march In ye Sixth year of ye Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George
ye Second Annoq: Dom : 1733-4.

Epwarp HALL (Seal)

Signd Seald & Dd In psence of

Eliza HALL
Mary HAL

Mr. Moody added by purchase other lands to this gift by the
parish, and the estate has since been in the possession of his
grandson, John Moody Smith, Esq., Gen. James Hill, Capt.
Charles Treadwell and Mr. Thomas J. Chesley, and is now
owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad.

The salary of Mr. Moody, for the time and circumstances of
his people, was far more liberal than any of his successors in the
ministry have enjoyed.

A severe check was given to the growth of the parish in 1735,
by the prevalence of a malignant throat distemper. This
malady, previously unknown in medical schools, appeared first
at Kingston in May, 1735, and spread rapidly through the coun-
try. Its virulence baffled the skill of the most eminent physi-
cians and proved very fatal, especially among children. In
little more than a year, a thousand persons, chiefly children,
212 History oF NEWFIELDS.

died in New Hampshire. Twenty families in Hampton Falls
buried all their children. In Newmarket, during the fourteen
months preceding July 26, 1736, there died of persons over
thirty years of age, one; between ten and twenty, one; under
ten, twenty — total twenty-two. In Exeter 127 died.*

The Newmarket parsonage became celebrated for culture and
refinement, and dispensed its generous hospitality to all minis-
terial travelers. Rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, a college
companion, in his horseback journeys to and from Portsmouth,
sometimes lodged there. Mrs. Moody died July 14, 1771,
aged 62.

During the period of the Revolution the civil affairs of the
community were perplexing, and the religious affairs dishearten-
ing. The support of churches and schools became very preca-
rious. An astonishing depreciation of the currency fell like an
avalanche upon the ministry and swept away their salaries. Mr.
Moody and Rev. Nathaniel Ewer, who is generally supposed to
have been his colleague, joined 164 of their people in signing
the celebrated Association Test, 38 refusing to sign. The pray-
ers and discourses of the clergy of that day breathed the spirit
of fervid patriotism. As the piety and integrity of the clergy
had secured the confidence of the people, they had great suc-
cess in advancing the patriot cause. To their exertions under
the great arbiter of nations has justly been ascribed no incon-
siderable share of the victory that crowned the American arms.

We do not know how much Mr. Moody did in the clerkly writ-
ing of wills, deeds and other legal documents, but he probably
wrote the codicil to the will of Philip Fowler, Sr., to which he
was witness, July 25, 1764.

Tradition says Rev. Mr. Moody had a colored slave by the
name of Scipio. The Moody-Hill-Treadwell-Chesley mansion
had a second or lower cellar beneath the first and entered by a
trap door. Here the parson used to keep his cider and West
India goods. The first cellar was entered by a bulk head. Once
upon a time men were getting a hogshead of cider through the
bulkhead and down the trap door into the lower cellar. While
the men were outside holding back, Scipio was inside and be-
neath, when by some mishap he was crushed and killed by the
rolling hogshead.

1 Belknap, 234-5.
Ministry oF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 213

Rev. John Moody well sustained the character of a ‘‘learned,
orthodox minister.’’ His scholarly and religious qualities gave
him influence and reputation. He was a patron of sound learn-
ing, and evinced a marked interest in general and higher educa-
tion. As the original design of the New England college was to
fit persons for the work of the Christian ministry, the New
Hampshire Ministerial Convention was organized July 28, 1747,
at Exeter for the establishing of a collegiate institution in New
Hampshire. Mr. Moody took an active part in promoting the
object. At an annual meeting of this convention, September
26, 1758, after disposing of sundry local religious matters, taking
into consideration the great advantages which may arise both
to the church and state from erecting an academy or college in
the province, the convention unanimously voted to petition Gov.
Benning Wentworth to grant a charter for said purpose. Rev.
Messrs. Joseph Adams, James Pike, John Moody, Ward Cotton,
Nathaniel Gookin, Woodbridge Odlin, Samuel Langdon and
Samuel Haven were chosen to wait upon the governor, and
further petition the General Court ‘‘for such assistance as they
shall think necessary.’’

At the next annual meeting held at Newington, September 25,
1759, this committee made a verbal report that ‘‘notwithstanding
some unwillingness to grant a Charter, agreeable to the Con-
vention, yet there remains some hope that after mature con-
sideration and advice of Council, his Excellency will grant such
a Charter as will be agreeable to us and our people.’’ It was
therefore voted that ‘‘Messrs. Joseph Adams, James Pike, Ward
Cotton, Samuel Parsons, Nathaniel Gookin, Samuel Langdon
and Samuel Haven, or a major part of them, be and they hereby
are a committee of this Convention to do every thing which to
them shall appear necessary in the aforesaid affair in behalf of
the Convention, and moreover consult upon any other measures
for promoting the education of youth and advancing good litera-
ture in the Province, and make report to the next Convention.”’

As Gov. Benning Wentworth was an ardent Episcopalian he
took care in the grant of townships to reserve a glebe for the
Church of England, and rights to the society for propagating
the Gospel, of which he was a member. This explains his ‘‘un-
willingness to grant a charter agreeable to the Convention.’’ He
214 History oF NEWFIELDS.

declined to eharter the college unless it were put under the
direction of the Bishop of London. This would necessitate the
use of the liturgy, which was repugnant to the sentiment of the
people. So the project of establishing a college during his
administration failed.

Eleazer Wheelock, pastor of the second parish, Lebanon, Conn.,
1735-70, early received Indian youths of superior abilities into
his family for instruction, among them the noted Samson Occum
of the Mohegan tribe, and in 1748 decided to open a school to
educate Indian preachers and received two Delaware Indians
as pupils. Joshua Moor, a farmer of Mansfield, Conn., donated
a house and two acres of land adjoining Mr. Wheelock’s house,
and the institution was called Moor’s Indian Charity School.
Wheelock now associated with himself several gentlemen as trus-
tees, and appealed to the public for funds. His petition to the
New Hampshire Legislature was acted upon June 18, 1762, when
it was ‘‘Resolved & voted That the sum of Fifty pounds Sterlé
be paid yearly by the Province for the term of five years unto
the Rev. Eleazer Wheelock or his order. When the plan
of this school, commended by 25 Connecticut pastors. was
brought before the New Hampshire Convention, September 28,
1762, it received their efficent codperation. The convention at
its meeting held with Rev. Mr. Langdon in Portsmouth, after
considering the matter, chose a committee of four, consisting
of Rev. John Moody, chairman, and Messrs. Langdon, Haven
and Foster, to consider and make report, which was as follows:

We A Convention of Congregational Ministers assembled at Portsmo
Sept 28, 1762, having read & considered the foregoing Attestation from
a Number of Revd Gentlemen in connecticut, taking into consideration
the Many obligations the Supreme Ruler has laid upon Christian Chhs.
to promote his cause and enlarge the Borders of his Kingdom in this
Land, the signal victories He has granted to our Troops, the entire Re-
duction of all Canada, so that a way is now open for the spreading the
Light and purity of ye Gospel among distant Savage Tribes, & a large
Field white unto the Harvest is presented before us:—Considering the
infinite worth of ye souls of Men, ye Importance of ye Gospel to their
present and everlasting Happiness, and the hopeful Prospect that the
Aboriginal Natives will now listen to Christian Instruction; consider-
ing also the great expence which must unavoidably attend the Prosecu-
tion of this great Design, Think ourselves obliged to recommend, in the

warmest manner, this subject to the serious consideration of our Chris-
tian Brethren & the Public.
MInistry oF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 215
\

It is with gratitude to ye Great Head of ye chh. who Jhas the Hearts
of all in his Hands, that we observe some hopeful steps taken by the
societies founded for the Gospelizing the Indians, and that the Hearts
of such Numbers both at Home & in this Land, have been disposed. to
bestow their Liberalities to enable such useful societies to effect the
great Ends for which they are founded.

But as we wish to see every favorable method taken to forward so
benevolent & Christian a Design, We therefore rejoice to find that the
Reva Mr Wheelock has such a Number of Indian youths under his care
& Tuition, and in that abundant testimony which his Brethren in the
Ministry have born to his Abilities for & zeal & Faithfulness in his
important undertaking.

And we do hereby declare our hearty Approbation of it as far as
we are capable of judging of an affair carried on at such a Distance;
and think it our Duty to encourage and exhort all christians to lend a
helping Hand toward so great & generous an undertaking.

We would not indeed absolutely dictate this, or any other particular
scheme for civilizing & spreading the Gospel among the Indians; but
we are perswaded that God demands of the Inhabitants of these Colonies
some Returns of gratitude in this way for the remarkable success of
our arms against Canada, and that Peace & Security which he has now
given us:

‘We must therefore rely on the wisdom & prudence of the Civil Au-
thority to think it as a matter in which our Political Interests as well
as the Glory of God are deeply concerned; and refer it to our Chhs. and
all private Christians as peculiarly called to promote the Redeemer’s
Kingdom everywhere, to determine what will be the most effectual
Methods of forwarding so noble & pious a Design, and to contribute to
the utmost of their power either towards the Execution of the Plan
which the Revd. Mr. Wheelock is pursuing, or that of the Corporation
erected in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, or any other which
may be tho’t of here or elsewhere for the same laudable Purpose.

JoHN Rocers, Moderator.

This report, evidently the work of Mr. Moody, warmly com-
mending Mr. Wheelock’s plan to the Christian brethren, the pub-
lic and the civil authorities, resulted soon after in the removal
of Wheelock’s school to Hanover, and by his persevering exertion
and that of his friends, received from Gov. John Wentworth,
December 13, 1769, its charter as Dartmouth College.

Mr. Moody was a moderator of a council held at Keenborough
(Brentwood), December 2, 1747, for the ordination of Nathaniel
Trask, the first minister of the town, and gave the ‘‘charge’’ to
the pastor. He also represented the Newmarket church in a
joint ecclesiastical council of the parishes of Keenborough and

1 Records of Convention, pp. 31-33.
216 History oF NEWFIELDS.

“‘The Gulley?’ in Brentwood, February 22, 1751, O. S., respect-
ing the united pastorate of Rev. Mr. Trask over the two societies.

By the year 1758 paper currency was greatly depreciated, ten
pounds equalling only one in silver. In 1761 a committee con-
sisting of Walter Bryent, John Burleigh, Hubartus Neal, Caleb
Clark and Joseph Young were chosen to settle with Mr. Moody
‘‘as to his Sallery’’ and agreed to pay 1500 pounds old tenor’ for
that year and ‘‘the two years Last past’’ in full, taking a receipt
for the same. In 1762 Mr. Moody gave receipt in full to the
selectmen for 225 pounds new tenor, March 25, 1761; for the
same amount March 25, 1762. In 1763, 1764 and 1765 he gave
one receipt each; 1766, two; 1767, four; 1768, twelve; 1769,
fifteen ; 1770, twelve; 1771, seven; 1772, fourteen.

On July 3, 1738, John Moody, clerk, paid Samuel Rollins 32
pounds in bills of credit ‘‘for one Certain peel of Salt Marsh,’’
and August 3, 1738, ‘‘Edward Hall, Gent! 180 pounds passable
Bills of Cred‘ for one messvage of eleven acres by y® highway y*
goeth to Exeter.’’

He bought, June 29, 1742, of John Downing one messuage of
five acres, formerly belonging to Jonathan Hilton, paying him
100 pounds ‘‘in passable Bills of Cred‘.’”’ Also April 30, 1746,
of Robert Smart and his wife, Ann, ‘‘30 acres with the Large
Dwelling house joining s‘ Moody’s land,’’ paying £178, 10s.,
“lawful money,’’ and of the same, April 13, 1747, an acre and
a half and nine rods joining his land for £11, 10s.

Mr. Moody sold, April 22, 1747, to Hubartus Neal ten acres
and a large dwelling house for £87, 10s.

He paid, April 9, 1754, 960 pounds, old tenor, currency to
heirs of Daniel Barber for 20 acres of land which Robert Barber
bought of Richard Hilton, April 17, 1705.

On April 22, 1755, ‘‘ John Moody Clerk and Lt. John Burley
paid James Pike Clerk and Sarah his wife 3614 Pounds Old
Tenor, for all their Right to one half of Gilman’s Neck.’’

+The Province of Massachusetts, on which New Hampshire depended for
its currency, between 1690 and 1741, having issued nine different emissions of
bills of credit, or ‘fiat money,” the provisional government in 1741 took
Measures to redeem them all, and decreed that they should be valued at only
one fourth of their original face value, and they were styled old tenor. In
1742 the government made another issue of bills of credit, which were styled
new tenor. Hence it was necessary in making a contract, or selling property,
to state whether the debt should be paid in old or new tenor money, one pound
of the latter being worth four of the former.
MINISTRY OF REV. JoHN Moopy. 217

Mr. Moody, May 12, 1760, sold Joshua Wiggin for 2000
pounds, old tenor, 11 acres and 59 rods of land on the ‘‘highway
which goes to Exeter,’’ and John Wiggin, March 12, 1767, seven
pounds ‘‘of lawful money for one acre of salt marsh and thatch
ground.’’

Mr. Moody and Lieut. John Burley, April 20, 1768, bought of
Paul and John Wentworth for £180, 14s., ‘‘all their right in one
half of Gilman’s Neck,’’ containing 192 acres and 66 poles.

Mr. Moody paid Isaac Marston, September 7, 1769, 15 pounds
for three acres of salt marsh, and March 4, 1771, 109 pounds to
Joseph Merrill for 36 acres on the road from the ‘‘Newfield
Landing Place (so called) to Nottingham,’’ also, June 23, 1772,
Joseph Merrill, £127, 10s., for 51 acres ‘‘on road from Newfields
Landing to Pascassick River.’’

On June 26, 30, and December 13, 1772, Mr. Moody bought
of the heirs of Edward Hall the real estate of said Edward
Hall, and sold Moses Burley, July 21, 1778, for 30 dollars, one
acre of marsh. The deed was witnessed by his second wife,
Elizabeth Moody.

By the year 1777 Rev. John Moody had become an enfeebled
old man. Difficulties in raising his salary had existed for a
score of years. Most of his church and congregation of a former
generation had died, and many of those who remained had with-
drawn from communion, and for the last five years sought a
Presbyterian connection under Rev. Nathaniel Ewer at the
Plains. Partial attempts on the part of Mr. Moody and of the
parish to call a council for advice had failed. A committee of
18 persons were appointed April 28, 1777, to represent to
Mr. Moody the disaffection of the people and to request his
resignation of the pastoral relation. This committee organized
by choosing Col. Thomas Tash, chairman, and Wentworth Ches-
well, clerk. They also appointed a sub-committee to wait upon
Mr. Moody ‘‘and represent unto him the universal Dissatis-
faction and great uneasiness of the People of the Town under
his Ministry; and in behalf of the Town to desire him to desist
from pretending to officiate in said Office here any longer.’’

In ease of his refusal they were ‘‘authorized & directed to
apply to M™ Moody or any Members that may remain of his
Church and with him or them join in Calling a Council to
218 History oF NEWFIELDS.

advise whether the usefulness of his Ministry in this Town is not
apparently over.’’ And in case of the refusal of either or both
“to proceed to call a Council ex parte and take their Advice.’’
And if any new matter should arise ‘‘to report from time to time
as they may think expedient for further Instructions.”’

They were also authorized ‘‘to call another Meeting of the
Inhabitants of this Town to report their Proceedings when they
were ready.’’

At a meeting of this committee it was decided to ask Mr.
Moody ‘‘for a List of Male Members remaining in his Church
that the Committee may Know who to apply to.’’

Accordingly, Mr. Moody declining to join in calling a mutual
council, the committee in connection with the ‘‘Christian congre-
gation of Newmarket’’ proceeded to call an ex parte council,
May 5, 1777, to hear the grievances of the people and advise
thereon. The churches invited were the following: South of
Portsmouth, Greenland, North Hampton, Hampton, Stratham,
Exeter and Epping. The council convened May 29, and held
sessions May 30 and June 11-13, 1777. On May 30 Mr. Moody
decided to refer all matters in dispute to this council, making it
mutual. On June 11 a mutual agreement of articles of refer-
ence was signed by the two parties, as follows:

The Rev. John Moody on the one Part, and the Committee of the
Town of Newmarket on his affair of the Other Part, Hereby agree that

Whereas Mr. Moody does now consent and agree to relinquish his
ministry here,

The Parties in Consequence of such resignation, do hereby agree to
Submit to the Present Council now setting Here vizt. the Pastors &
Delegates from the South Church in Portsmo & the Churches in Green-
land, North Hampton & Epping, to determine the Sum due either Party
to discharge all Contracts,— both Parties to acquiess in their Judg-
ment, & his Ministry & all Disputes of an Ecclesiastical kind to cease,
be the Sum they judge due what it will

By order of the Committee
THos: Tasu, Chairman
JOHN Moopy.

The letter of the committee to the council was as follows:

To the Revd, and venerable Council of Pastors and Delegates from
the south Church of Christ in Portsmo, and the Churches in Greenland,
Northampton, and Epping, convened at the call of the Town and
Ministry oF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 219

Christian Congregation in Newmarket, to hear the Grievances of the
People of Newmarket aforesaid, who earnestly complain and say, That

Whereas a former Generation, Inhabitants of this Town, did on or
about A. D. 1729, make Choice of the Revd. John Moody to be their min-
ister, and in Consideration of their own HEdification and Comfort, and
we hope with a good view of the rising Generation, and for the Ad-
vanecement of the Redeemer’s Kingdom, did by their Committe call
and invite him to the work of the Ministry among them; and so they
the Inhabitants aforesd: voluntarily became the People of his Charge,
and he was ordained to the Pastoral Office over the same Inhabitants as
comprehending all Visible Professors of the Christian Faith here, as
well as over a Certain Number of the same Inhabitants as a Particular
Corporation of Covenanting Believers entrusted by our Lord with the
Keys of the Kingdom according to the Discapline of the Congregational
Sect of the Protestant reformed Churches,— In which Sosiety we Chari-
tably suppose he and they continued in such Profession of Faith &
Holiness so long as such their Connection was consonant to good Con-
science and Profitable, agreable & convenient to them.—

But in the Course of more than forty years, Providence having re-
moved the greatest Part of the said Church and Congregation by Death,
and now almost if not all the Survivers, conceiving themselves to be
no ways profited by his Ministry and being Disaffected to the same,
have withdrawn from Communion with him in Word and Ordinances,
and many of them have joined themselves to other Sosieties of Covenant-
ing Believers who also profess Submission to the same Laws of Christs
Kingdom, tho. practicing the Dissapline of his faithful Household ac-
cording to their Different views of the System of Church Government:

By Reason of all which, We find great Difficulties attends any steps
we can take to settle ourselves in such Gospel State & under such other
Gospel Minister as we think would be for our own Hdification, Mutual
Comfort, Peace & Prosperity.

Yet Mr. Moody wholly disregards the aforesaid Circumstances, as well
as all mild & Peaceable Measures heretofore taken to remove such
abuse of Christian Liberty.

‘Wherefore the present agrieved Complainants, Inhabitants of New-
market aforesaid, now Pray the Advice of this reverend and Venerable
Council, whether the Continuance of Mr. Moody’s ministry here is in
any Degree likely to promote the Interest of Christs Kingdom, or the
Good of the Town.

Newmarket, 29th May 1777.

By order of the Town’s Committee,
Tuo. TasH, Chairman.

After the council was made mutual, the committee wanted
further instructions, and asked the council to adjourn, pending
their reception, and their request was granted.

At a legal meeting held June 9, 1777, it was
220 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Voted that the Committee may Proceed before the Council on Sal-
lary or any other Affairs as they think best, only takeing Care to use
their utmost Endeavour, either to have Judgment on the Present Com-
plaint before the Council before any further Submission, or,at least to
have it therein Speceally provided, that there be from this time a final
Period to Mr. Moody’s Ministry here, That being the Principal Object
that the Town now Invariably has in view; inasmuch as the Whole
Tenor of his Life and Conversation has now become disagreable to the
Town, and they Consider him as having totally divested himself of every
becoming Quality proper to his Order and altogether alienated the Af-
fections of the People from him, so that any further Concern Spiritual
or Temporal between him as a Minister & the Town will only tend
to irritate that Spirit of Resentment Which we think is but too justly
raised by his Treatment of the People in this Case, and thereby promote
the unhappy Divisions & Retard any future Settlement in Church &
Congregation here.

Receiving these fresh instructions, when the council reassem-
bled June 11, the committee were ready to proceed. Mr. Moody
tendered his resignation, and the parish referred all matters in
dispute to the council. After spending three days in considera-
tion of the matters presented a result was reached June 13,
1777, which was accepted by both parties as mutually satis-
factory. The final result of the council was as follows:

We, ye Elders & Delegates of ye following Chhs.— the South Chh in
Portsmouth, the Church in Greenland, the Church in- Epping & the
Church in North Hampton, met at Newmarket, May 29, 1777, at ye
Desire of sd Town by their Letters missive to consider whether ye Revd.
Mr. Moody’s usefulness as a minister is not at an end &c. After a
proposal made by him to ye Town’s Comttee to Concur in mutual Council
& submit all ye matters in Dispute to us, & yr. Compliance so far as
they suppos’d yr power extended & Desire to have an opportunity to
consult ye Town in order to a full Compliance, adjourn’d Wednesy,
June 11th,

When, being met accordingly & formed into a mutual Council, after
solemn prayer for Divine Direction, ye. Parties concerned, upon Confer-
ring together, agreed to Certain preliminary articles which were to be
ye rule of our proceeding viz,

That Mr, Moody will voluntarily relinquish his ministry; in Consid-
eration of which ye Parties mutually agree to refer it to us to Judge &
Determine what is Due from either Party to Discharge all Contracts
between ym, which agreement we understand to include ye matter of
compensation for resigning up his Civil Contract,— all ecclesiastical dis-
putes to be excluded, and the judgment of this Council to be final &
decisive, which is as followeth viz.

It is found that Mr. Moody’s Salary at a medium from the original
Ministry oF Rev. Joun Moopy.

221

Contract, striking the medium from the prices of the necessaries of Life
at the time of his settlement & in the year 1775, is £58" 9” 3 L. My."

Pr, anm,

From March 25th, 1762, at which time Mr. Moody
gave a rect. in full for Salary, to March 25.
1777, is 15 Years @ £58.. 9.. 3 pr. anm,

Allowance of £5. L, My pr. an. be made Mr Moody
from March 1762 to March 1777, in considera-
tion of the follows. article in the Contract, vizt.
“And still to make further additions as his
family shall stand in need,” is

Deduct £8.. 9.. 3 pr. year for three years, (he be-
ing paid by the people £55 pr. an.) vizt. the
years from March 1770 to March 1776, in
which years Mr. Moody gave receipts in full
for said years,

Mr. Moody’s Salary from March 25th. to June
13th 1777 is two months 19 Days, say

Allow’d Mr Moody 20 Cords wood from Octbr.
22. 1776 to June 13, 1777, @ 9s pr. Cord.

Allow’d Mr. Moody in consideration of the high
prices of the necessaries of life the last year, &
his resignation of his civil Contract,

Deduct a surplusage of wood computing it at 9
cords pr. anm, from 1762 to 1777, except one
year in which Mr. Moody supplied himself is
14 years, @ &s. 64. pr. Cord.

pr. Contra.—
By amount of Receipts & orders pr. List ex-
hibited

Balance due Mr Moody,

75.. 0.. 0

25.. 7.. 9

12..18..

50..

71..18..

53..

11.

876.. 18.. 9
is 49.. 12.. 3
18.. 7.. 0
£944,, 18.. 0
770.. 0... 3
£174.. 17.. 9

Upon compliance of the Town with this our judgment, either by im-
mediate payment or giving Mr. Moody such security as will be satis-
factory to him, his civil contract with them is to be considered as an-
nulled & his ministerial relation to them dissolved, agreeable to the
preliminary articles in which Mr. Moody has agreed voluntarily to re-
sign his ministry in consideration of his advanced age & often Infirm-
ities which render him in a great measure unable to perform the public
duties of his office, and the local circumstances of the Town which, in

1 Lawful money.
222 HIstTorY OF NEWFIELDS.

their present state require them to be divided into Two Societies, and
from a regard to the general advancement of religion in it.

It would afford us singular pleasure to find that our result & judg-
ment is fully satisfactory to the parties concerned, yet we can hardly
expect this considering the wide difference of their sentiments about
the nature & meaning of the Contract. However we have this for our
rejoicing, the testimony of our Consces that we have, upon the evidence
offered us, endeavored to give such a judgment in the case as appcars to
us, all things considered, agreeable to truth & righteousness; and we
must presume that both parties will do us the justice to believe that
we have not acted from prejudice or partiality.

We heartily lament the unhappy occasion of this Council, the great
misunderstanding that has so long subsisted between Pastor & People,
which seems to have taken its rise principally from their different ap-
prehensions of the spirit and meaning of the Contract, and to have been
the main cause of the alienation of their affections from him which
is become so general & fixed that the breach appears irreparable.

Notwithstanding which, as they have mutually agreed to have the
relation that has so long subsisted between them as minister & people
dissolved, we hope they will lay aside all animosities & evil speaking
& for the future walk together in love & friendship as becometh men &
Christians, & carefully study the things that make for peace & things
wherewith one may edify another.

We heartily sympathize with the Revd. Mr. Moody under his bodily
infirmities & all his trials. We rejoice to find that even by ye. pre-
liminary articles nothing was to be alleged in charge against his Doc-
trine, or moral Character. We recommend him to the grace of God & to
the cordial affections of fellow Christians.

At the same time that we desire to bear a solemn sense of it on our
minds, we would take liberty to remind the parties that both ministers
& pple must e’er long appear at the judgment seat of Christ to give an
acct. to him how they stand in to one another, & may the consideration
of this awakening truth excite in you proper reflections on their past
Conduct towards each other,

We would intreat the beloved people of this Congregation who are
now as sheep without a Shepherd that they will guard against a careless
indifference to the things of religion & will take all seasonable care &
prudent measures to have the ministry of the gospel resettled among
them, from a regard to their own spiritual edification & the advancement
of the Redeemer’s Kingdom, of which we can entertain no reasonable
doubt as this was the grand argument urged by them for having the
relation of their late minister dissolved.

And now, Brethren, we commend you to God & to the word of his
grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance
among al] them that are sanctified. We heartily wish all the blessings
of the upper & the nether springs to flow upon you from the eternal
fountain of all felicity. Amen.

SaMl. HAvEN, Moderator.
Ministry oF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 223

Voted that the Moderator sign the foregoing result in the name &
behalf of the Council.

After the Result of Council was read to the Comtee. & Mr. Moody,
the Comtee withdrew & after a short conference return’d & expressed
their hearty thanks to us for our Care & friendship, & acquiesed in
the determination of the Council.

Mr. Moody then declared his acquiesence in the result of the Council.

The Council concluded with prayer & then dissolved.

DAVID MaccLure, Scribe.

Newmarket, June 13th, 1777.

Rev. John Moody was born in Byfield parish, Newbury, Mass.,
January 10, 1705, and died October 15, 1778; graduated at Har-
vard College, 1726, and afterwards studied theology. His only
settlement in the ministry covered a period within two years of
half a century. To his integrity, intelligence and piety Newmar-
ket owes much of her social, civil, educational and religious
character. Rev. John Moody, decked in his canonicals, his robe
and bands, his tri-cornered hat in hand, was an object of venera-
tion for man and boy, maid and matron. None looked upon him
lightly, but all felt some personal relation to him. Scarcely an
inhabitant in the parish but had been baptized or married by
him. During his pastorate of three decades, 1731-60, records
show that there were 754 baptisms and 416 deaths. His will,
date April 16, 1774, and probated October 28, 1778, names his
wife, Elizabeth, daughter, Mary Smith, and other relatives. His
inventory was appraised at £7015, 11s., 11 1-2d.

Rev. John Moody was so prominent in the early history of the
town it is eminently fitting that something should be said of his
ancestry. The family originally lived in Wales, whence Wil-
liam, his great, great grandfather, emigrated to America in the
ship Mary and John of London, having taken the oath of alle-
giance so to do March 24, 1634. He settled first in Ipswich,
Mass., receiving four acres of meadow and marsh land, January
5, 1635. He was made freeman May 6, 1635, and removed to
Newbury, Mass., with the first settlers. Here on the river Parker
he became the settlers’ blacksmith, and was the first person in
New England who shod oxen to enable them to walk on ice.
His wife’s name was Sarah, by whom he had three children:
Samuel, Joshua and Caleb. He probably was a proprietor of
Salisbury in 1650, and died October 25, 1673.

William and his sons were of considerable note in civil and
224 History oF NEWFIELDS.

ecclesiastical affairs. Their names often occur on various com-
mittees of town and church. That they were generous patrons
of letters appears from the fact that so large a number of their
descendants entered the learned professions, including a long
line of distinguished ministers.

Dea. Samuel Moody was probably born previous to his parents’
emigration. He married, November 9, 1657, Mary, daughter of
Capt. John Cutting; was made freeman in 1666, and died April
4, 1675. Their children were: Mary, born November 16, 1658;
William, born July 22, 1661; Dea. William, born June 20, 1663,
who married Mehitable, daughter of Henry and Jane (Dummer)
Sewall, and died about 1730; Mary, born February 18, 1665, who
married June 26, 1683, Henry Somerby, born November 13,
1662, son of Abiel and Rebecca (Knight), and grandson of
Anthony Somerby of Newbury, 1639; Lydia, born August 5,
1667; Hannah, born January 4, 1670; Samuel, born December,
1671; Cutting, born April 9, 1674; John, who was among 249
persons to whom Exeter assigned common lands in 1625, and
received 40 acres, Exeter also assigning to his heirs,. August 9,
1738, ten acres of common land, married Hannah, mother of
Rev. John Moody; Sarah.

Rey. Joshua Moody, another son of William, was born in
Wales in 1632; graduated at Harvard College, 1653; commenced
preaching at Portsmouth, 1658; was elected to the pastorate,
1660, but not ordained till July 21, 1671; was pastor of the First
Church, Boston, May 23, 1683-92; elected president of Har-
vard College, July 2, 1684, but declined; joined an association
of ministers in Boston and vicinity, October 13, 1690; opposed
the witcheraft delusion in 1692; at Portsmouth condemned and
imprisoned for non-conformity, 1693; and died on a visit to
Boston, July 4, 1697. Some of his children were: Martha, who
married about 1680, Jonathan Russell; Sarah, who married
May 5, 1681, Rev. John Pike of Dover, 1681-1710, and died
March 2, 1686; Samuel, born about 1669, who graduated at
Harvard College, 1689, preached at Gosport, and died April
5, 1729.

Caleb Moody, youngest son of William, was born in 1637;
married (1), August 25, 1659, Sarah Pierce, who died August
25, 1665, and (2), November 9, 1665, Judith, daughter of Capt.
MINISTRY OF Rev. JoHN Moopy. 225

Thomas Bradbury, and had a large family; was representative
to the General Court from Newbury, 1677-78; imprisoned
five weeks under the administration of Andros, 1688. He was
the father of Rev. Samuel Moody, who was born January 4,
1675; graduated at Harvard, 1697; commenced preaching at
York, Me., May 16, 1698, and was ordained December 20, 1700,
and died November 13, 1747. ‘‘Faithful Moody’’ as he was
called, of Agamenticus, was an able, eccentric man, the open
friend of Rev. George Whitefield, chaplain in the expedition
against Louisburg in 1745, and wielding his axe, saying the
sword of the Lord and Gideon, he hewed down the images in the
church and preached the first Protestant sermon on the island.
He married Hannah, daughter of John Sewall, by whom he had
three children: Rev. Joseph, born in 1700; graduate, Harvard,
1718; called ‘‘Handkerchief Moody’’ of Scotland parish, York;
and father of Samuel Moody, the celebrated preceptor of Dum-
mer Academy, who died at Exeter, December 14, 1795, aged 70;
Mary, who married Rev. Joseph Emerson of Malden, Mass.; and
Lucy, who died in infancy.

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Chapter XV.

Civin, Leeisbative anp Mumirary, 1727-1787.

The original territorial grant of Exeter of nearly or quite 81
square miles remained intact till 1727. As the population in-
creased and the different parts of the town became more thickly
settled, the consequent greater ability to sustain religious priv-
ileges, which were deemed so essential by the early settlers, *‘it
being as unnatural for a right New England man to live without
an able ministry as for a smith to work his iron without a fire,’’
it is not to be thought strange that for their greater convenience
they should desire to break up into a sufficient number of par-
ishes. The parish just north of Exeter was Oyster River, now
Durham, where Rev. Hugh Adams became pastor March 26,
1718. His spiritual oversight extended to the outlying district
between the two parishes and he was often called upon by the
people of the north part of Exeter to solemnize marriages, bap-
tize children and officiate at funerals. The area of the town
was too great for the regular minister of the town to cover it
to meet all calls. So the time came for the separate parish ac-
tion of Newmarket. After the death of Col. Winthrop Hilton in
1710, Capt. Edward Hall, grandson of Ralph Hall of the Exeter
Combination in 1639, became the principal man of affairs in
this part of Exeter. He headed a petition signed by more than
thirty persons of the town, ‘‘for the Setting the North part of
The Town of Exeter to be a parish by the Name of New Mar-
ket.’’* The petition was granted by the Legislature, and the
parish was incorporated December 15, 1727, and the town Au-
gust 20, 1737. The territory thus set off included what is now
Newmarket and Newfields. The latter was not incorporated as
a separate town till June 27, 1849. It should be remembered
that the formation of a new parish did not originate in any dis-
affection, but grew out of the remoteness from the place of pub-
lic worship.

2A. L. Mellows, Esq., has suggested that the name Newmarket may have
been derived from the fact that a new market was opened for the sale of
fish.
Civit, LEGISLATIVE AND MinitAry, 1727-1787. 227

Though the new parish was at liberty to choose its own of-
ficers to manage its affairs, it was not fully released from paying
taxes for municipal purposes to Exeter till more than five years
later. The reason for this is not apparent. In August, 1737,
the Legislature on petition granted to the parish enlarged pow-
ers. Their nature was not specified.

The disorderly character of ‘‘the majority of the inhabitants,”’
vexing doubtless his righteous soul, led Rev. Hugh Adams, pastor
of Oyster River, to send the following petition to Gov. Jonathan
Belcher and the lieutenant governor, asking for the appoint-
ment of Commissioners of the Peace:

Mat. 2:7, Luke 10: 16.
Durham May 38, 1738.

Honorable Sir

This is to request the favour of his Excellency and your Honour
That my nomination of two persons for commissioners of the peace
may be granted, Namely, for Mr. Joseph Drew in the town of Durham
and for Captain Edward Hall in the parish of New Market of Exeter,
Each of which persons, in many years observation I judge in my
conscience, for said office of each people, is the best qualified accord-
ing to those sacred characters in Exod XVIII: 21 Acts VI:3, Being
each of them able in estate and understanding in the law, in writing
a good hand, Fearing God above the most of his neighbors, A man
of truth, hating covetousness, of an honest report, competently full of
the Holy Ghost and wisdom; having the best rule of government over
his own spirit, appetites and passions, humble, meek, modest, cour-
teous, and resolute in his duty, and willing therein to be admonished;
And likewise exemplary in Church communion and attendance in
the other ordinances of the Gospel of Christ, the Prince of the Kings
of the earth as in Rev. 1:5—The said town and parish being (too
long time) the majority of the inhabitants of each, sadly grown
exceedingly vicious, disorderly and unruly, especially on each publick
day and night following—For want of such an overseer in said
authority, to see the good laws of this Province for regulation of
disorders duly prosecuted: Which might be (with a Divine Blessing
on the consciencious endeavors of such a ruler among them) much
for the reformation of each (otherwise lawless) people. Col. D.
in our Town being now doting, superannuated, selfish, covetous and
partial, utterly unqualified for such an office any longer; being grown
so old and foolish that he will be no more admonished, As contemptibly
characterized in Eccle. IV:18. Which (that Name of our Lord Jesus
Christ may be glorified in them, as in II Thess. 1: 12, And the peoples
welfare may be promoted) is the earnest petition of a sincere minister
of Christ.

 

Hugh Adams.
228 History orf NEWFIELDS.

Mr. Adams surely must be given eredit for his unsparing plain-
ness in the bestowal of praise and blame, and it is presumed that
his endeavors were successful in the interest of peace and quiet-
ness in the community.

We give here a few extracts from the transactions of the Coun-
cil Board and House of Representatives relating to men and mat-
ters pertaining to Newmarket:

The governor, November 9, 1738, laid before the Board a let-
ter from ‘‘ Justice Hall touching the Execution of Patrick Fisher
on whom were found some counterfeit bills of this Province, as
also the Examination.’’

In his message to the Legislature, February 15, 1739, the gov-
ernor recommended that a committee be chosen to visit Fort
William and Mary and investigate its condition. Accordingly
Capt. Edward Hall and Jotham Odiorne were so chosen ‘‘to
joyn such as the Hon” the Council shall appoint to go down as
soon as possible & view what is absolutely necessary to be done
at the said Fort & Stores and to bring a particular return as
neare as they can compute what the charge may be & make their
returne to the Gen' Assembly as soon as they can.’’ When this
committee acted and made report we have not ascertained.

October 24, 1739, Capt. Edward Hall was returned ‘‘according
to the King’s Writ to serve in the General Assembly’’ for New-
market.

February 1, 1740, Captain Hall prayed the Board to swear in
Thomas Wallingford as a member of the Assembly, and this was
accordingly done.

Captain Hall, February 5, 1740, ‘‘entered his dissent against
the vote of hearty thanks in the name and behalf of the good
People of this Province to John Thomlinson of London, agent
of the Assembly of Great Britain, for settlement of Boundary
Lines,’’ and February 15, ‘‘against the answer of the House to
His Excell** speech.’? On February 12, he was put on a commit-
tee to ‘‘draw up an Additional Militia Act.’’

For the years 1742-47, Capt. Israel Gilman was the representa-
tive for Newmarket in the General Assembly. On May 31, June
4 and 9, he acted as ‘‘messenger between the House of Represen-
tatives and the Governor relating to the choosing of a Recorder,’’
and as a member of the House, July 19, 1744, he ‘‘bro' up a
Civit, LEGISLATIVE AND Miuirary, 1727-1787. 229

vote for a Committee to Inspect the repairs of fort W™ Mary
&e.,’’ and such committee was duly chosen.

That elections in those early days did not always run smooth-
ly and satisfactorily is made plain from the following petition
to the Legislature, dated June 5, 1745:

The Humble Petition of Sundry of the Freeholders of the Parish
of New Market in said Province Shews—

That ye Freeholders of the said Parish being Intitled to the Privilege
of Sending a Representative to the General Assembly met on the 3rd
Instant (Pursuant to a precept Issued according to Custom) in order
to make Choice of a Suitable Person for that purpose—

That upon Counting the votes it appeared they Exceeded the Num-
ber of voters present which Rendered it Probable there was some
unfair practice in the proceedings, & made it Doubtful whether the
Person said to be elected, was Really so, upon which Seven at Least
of the said Freeholders Desired the Matter might be decided by the
Poll (as the Law in such Cases Provides) which the Moderator
(Joseph Hall Esqr) utterly refused & denied & thereupon Dissolved
the Meeting taking the matter in Doubt to be as he Declared it
without giving the Dissatisfyed Persons the least Satisfaction—

That your petitionrs Conceive the Freedom of Elections is the
foundation of the Rights of the People, & a fundamental Principle in
the form of Government they are under, on which freedom every
Instance or Partiality is an Infringement, & the very suggestion there-
of ought to awaken a Judicature subsisting only by that freedom, to
Examine whether Such Suggestions are true or false—Wherefore
your Petitioners pray that this Honble House will take Cognizance of
the premises Examine & Determine as to the truth of the facts &
the Merits of the Cause Requires & in order thereto to Order the
usual and necessary process with all Convenient Speed—and your
Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c—

Israel Gilman Ezekiel Sanborn Robert Pike
Robert Barber Joseph Sinclair Richard Clark
Nathaniel peas Nathaniel Piper Joseph Gilman
Edward Jonathan Bachelder

 

The man said to be elected was Thomas Young, but the Legis-
lature, after a hearing with the selectmen, clerk and moderator
of Newmarket present, declared the election illegal, June 12,
1745, and a new precept was issued and Capt. Israel Gilman was
elected and sworn in.

April 2, 1745, Meshech Weare and Capt. Israel Gilman were
chosen by the House as a committee ‘‘to joyn with such as may
be appointed by the Hon*'* Council to draw up an act’’ relative
to a law for the relief of poor prisoners for debt.’’
230 History oF NEWFIELDS.

In the controversy of the date of January 19, 1745, between
Gov. Benning Wentworth, respecting the call of members ‘‘simp-
ly by the King’s writ without the previous consent of the Gen-
eral court,’’ reference is made to the precedent of Newmarket
and other places as ‘‘intitled to the privilege of sending members
to sit in y* Gen' Assembly, by vote of the General Court.’’ It
seems the difficulty arose from excluding five members ‘‘who
were called to be present by the King’s writ,’’ in the organizing
of the House. Governor Wentworth demanding the grounds of
their rejection, the House appointed Capt. Israel Gilman, Me-
schech Weare and Jonathan Look a committee to go to James
Jaffrey, the late clerk of the House, and demand of him all
books, records and files belonging to the House and bring them in.
After due examination the House cites Newmarket and other
places as precedents and concludes that ‘‘such persons as are
called on from places yt are not Privileged by the Gen! Court
ought not to vote in this House in the choice of speaker, but the
House ought to exclude them as much as if they came from an-
other Province.’’ The governor then waived further discus-
sion and approved the choice of Nathaniel Rogers as their
speaker.

Capt. Israel Gilman, October 5, 1745, ‘‘brot up from the
House’’ a vote for paying an account of Dr. Nathaniel Rogers
‘‘for Sund’ Administration to the French prisoners & a vote of
the House thereon for Paying the same,’’ which the governor ap-
proved.

The Legislature, December 20, 1745, ‘‘Voted That there be
five hundred pair of snow shoes & five hundred pair of Manh-
gazins — moccasons — with strings forthwith provided at y® pub-
lick expense .. . & that they be disposed of & kept in conven-
ient Places — Vizt one hundred & fifty pr of each in Exeter &
Newmarket.’’

Capt. Israel Gilman, July 8, 1746, is again made ‘‘a mes-
senger of the House to the Governor,’’ and on July 30, entered
his protest ‘‘against action in the Mason claims.’’ Also May 22,
1747, ‘‘dissents to a vote to lure the good will of the Six Na-
tions.’’

Edward Hall was chosen to represent Newmarket in the House
of Representatives for 1749, and appeared there January 17,
Civiz, LEGISLATIVE AND Mivitary, 1727-1787. 231

1749, not having been qualified. A request was then made that
he repair to the Council Chamber and be sworn in, which he ac-
cordingly did and was admitted to his seat..

The House chose July 1, 1749, Thomas Millet, Edward Hall
and Zebulon Giddings as their committee ‘‘to joyn such as shall
be appointed by y® Hon Council to Examine ye Muster Rolls
of the soldiers in y* service of this Governm! in defence of the
frontiers in the year 1748 in the Recess of y® Court, and that
said Com‘ give publick notice to all whose proper business it is
to bring in Said Muster Rolls to y? Com to be Examined by
them & they to Report to y* Gen' Ass™ as soon as may be that
said Muster Rolls may be past & ye soldiers paid.’’

Capt. Israel Gilman was again chosen to represent Newmarket
in the Legislature in 1752, and by him and Jedediah Philbrick,
September 28, the House ‘‘sent up’’ to the Council a vote ap-
pointing Daniel Pierce, recorder of deeds.

An inquiry was instituted September 25, 1752, respecting the
“Right and method of Newmarket — and other towns — then
sending Representatives to serve in the Gen! Assembly.’’ New-
market, October 5, was classed with other towns to form a dis-
trict for the collection of excise upon liquors, and Zebulon Gid-
dings was to be allowed five per cent. for collection.

In 1752, the calendar was corrected, making the year begin
January 1, instead of that date or March 25, and September 2,
O. S., September 14, N. 8.

A new proportionment of the Province tax was made February
1, 1753, and May 17, 1753, by vote the travel of Edward Hall to
the General Assembly at Portsmouth was fixed at thirteen miles.

As a member, Capt. Israel Gilman was present August 21 and
September 6, 1754, at special conventions of the General <As-
sembly at Portsmouth.

John Wentworth, January 22, 1755, was appointed collector
of the ‘‘Excise’’ to have six per cent. for his service.

The Journal of the House has the following record for Febru-
ary 1, 1755:

Whereas Capt. Israel Gilman is willing at the desire of this house
to go to Haverhill with proper officers and endeavor the apprehending
of Ebenr Kimball and David Emerson Junr, two persons suspected

to be concerned in counterfitting and altering Bills in imitation of
the Bills of Credit of this Province,
232 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Voted, That s¢ Gilman receive out of the publick Treasury twelve
Pounds ten shillings new Tenr to enable him to conduct and manage sd
affair, and that he render account thereof to the Gen! Assembly.

With Jonathan Livermore, he took, March 18, 1755, the oath
of secrecy, and on April 3, at his desire, his dissent was entered
“‘against the act passed the forenoon granting his Maj’ £30,000.”’
This had reference to the prospective expedition to Crown Point.

Joseph Smith was sworn in October 23, 1755, as a member of
the House from Newmarket. He was one of a committee, July
18, 1756, ‘‘on his Excellencys speech to both houses,’’ and on
September 2 and 3 attended ‘‘a special Convention of the Gen!
Assembly, pursuant to his Excellencys orders.’? He was also
on a committee of the House ‘‘to prepare a Bill for licensing
taverns.’’ At that date Newmarket had three.

The House, February 23, 1760, and January 28, 1761, ordered
the selectmen to take an inventory of certain towns, and April
25, 1761, a petition of the selectmen of Newmarket was granted
‘‘for reimbursement of charges for taking care of soldiers with
small pox.’’

Col. Joseph Smith of Newmarket was chosen January 29,
1762, to inform the governor that the House had made choice of
Hon. Henry Sherburne for speaker.

On January 18, 1765, the petition of Walter Bryent in behalf
of Daniel Ames for bringing Mary Flood, who had been tried for
her life and acquitted, from Canterbury, was presented in the
House.

Lieut. John Burley was representative from Newmarket
in 1766, and on July 1, was chosen messenger of the House to
the Council. He also represented the town in 1767.

The first census of New Hampshire on which any reliance is
to be placed was taken in the year 1767. It was made under the
selectmen of each town, and returned by them to Governor Went-
worth. He had several times before attempted to ascertain the
number of the population, but with little success. The census
of Newmarket was as follows:

Unmarried men from 16 to 60 years of age, 120
Married men from 16 to 60, 182
Boys 16 years or under, 288

Men 60 years and above, 28
Civit, LEGISLATIVE AND Miuivary, 1727-1787. 233

Unmarried females, 407
Married females, 198
Male slaves, 13
Female slaves, 16
Widows, 34

The total was 1,286, the seventh town for size in the state.
The census as taken at later dates was as follows:
Census of 1778.

 

 

 

Unmarried men from 16 to 60 113
Married men from 16 to 60, 178
Boys 16 years and under, 341
Men 60 years and above, 22
Females unmarried, 435
Females married, 188
Male slaves, 8
Female slaves, 16
Widows, 43

Total 1,344

Census of 1775.

Males under 16 years of age, 322
Males from 16 years to 50, 212
All males above 50 years of age, 50
Persons in the army, 30:
All females, 658
Negroes and slaves, 17

Total 1,289

Census of 1786.

Whites, 1,172
Slaves, 2

Total 1,174

In 1790 the population was 1,187; in 1800, 1,027; in 1810,
1,061; and in 1820, 1,033; in 1830, 2,013; in 1840, 1,109 males,
1,614 females, 29 colored—total, 2,732.

In 1771, the year New Hampshire was divided into counties,
Capt. Israel Gilman was a member of the House from Newmarket
as also in 1772, and was credited respectively with 19 and 57
234 History orf NEWFIELDS.

days attendance at two sessions, the latter of 34 days, ending
February 10, 1773. The certified amount of his pay for 34 days
and 17 miles travel, was £12, 8s., 2d.

The governor, with advice of Council, February 2, 1773, ap-
pointed Capt. Israel Gilman and Capt. Nathaniel Rogers, jus-
tices of the peace. In May, 1773, the number of polls was 252;
ratable estates, 362; and proportionate tax of the town, £17, 10s.
per £1,000.

Capt. Israel Gilman was also member of the General Assembly
in 1774.

The Assembly at Exeter chose delegates January 5, 1775, to
the General Congress at Philadelphia, and the following May to
the Provincial Congress at Exeter. The towns in voting to send
deputies to this Congress, quietly passed from the jurisdiction of
a king to that of a republic. Notifications for town meetings
were no longer warned in ‘‘His Majesty’s’’ name. The dele-
gates from Newmarket to the Provincial Congress at Exeter
were Capt. Jeremiah Folsom, Capt. Hubartus Neal and James
Hill, and to the General Assembly, Col. Joseph Smith.

After the capture of Fort William and Mary, the initial act
of the American Revolution, the desire of the people to throw
off the British yoke grew stronger and preparations began to be
made in readiness for the open outbreak which was foreseen to
be inevitable. Committees of Safety were chosen and soldiers en-
listed. The Second New Hampshire Regiment was organized
with the following officers: Colonel, Enoch Poor; Lieutenant-
Colonel, John McDuffee; Major, Joseph Cilley; Adjutant, Jere-
miah Fogg.

Captains, Henry Elkins, Winborn Adams, Philip Tilton,
Benjamin Titcomb, Jeremiah Clough, Winthrop Rowe, Samuel
Gilman, Jonathan Wentworth, James Norris, Richard Short-
ridge.

The officers of the Third New Hampshire Regiment were:
Colonel, James Reed; Lieutenant-Colonel, Israel Gilman; Major,
Nathan Hale; Adjutant, Stephen Peabody; Quartermaster,
Isaac Frye; Surgeon, Ezra Green; Surgeon’s Mate, Nathaniel
Breed; Captains, John Marcy, Benjamin Mann, Josiah Crosby,
William Walker, Ezra Town, Jonathan Whitcomb, Jacob Hines,
Levi Spaulding, Hezekiah Hutchins.
Civin, LEGISLATIVE AND Mivitary, 1727-1787. 235

Lieut. John Burley was at this time, June, 1775, a member
of the House from Newmarket. By vote of the Committee of
Safety: at Newmarket, June 6, 1775, of which Thomas Tash was
chairman, Mr. Parsons was chosen to present the following peti-
tion:

To the Honb! Provincial Congress at Exeter—Gent.

Whereas many Inhabitants of this Town are inlisted in the Prov-
incial Service, whose Family whilst they are absent will stand in a
great need of Support—and as it might be very Convenient if the
Committee of Safety of the Town, could assist such Familys with
Provisions or other Necessaries of Life in such Manner that the same
might be allowed The Town or any Private Person that inclined to
advance for that Purpose; in any Future Proposition of Charges that
may be made to Pay of s@d Soldiers—

Wherefore we pray the advice of this Honb! Convention— And that
your Honb! would direct accordingly—

The Fourth Provincial Congress met at Exeter May 17, 1775.
The deputies from Newmarket were Capt. Jeremiah Folsom and
Edward Parsons.

On motion of General Sullivan by ‘‘vertue of orders from his
Excellency, George Washington,’’ certain persons having been
brought to the attention of the Congress ‘‘on suspicion of their
being inimical to the Country and Cause of Liberty,’’ it was
voted ‘‘That Capt. William Torry remain at Newmarket and
not on any occasion leave said Town or Parish without Leave
from the Congress or Committee of Safety.’’ Also ‘‘That Capt.
Nathaniel Rogers confine himself to his own house & Farm in
New Market, or if he shall choose to remove himself Twenty
miles from Portsmouth and from the Sea, not on any occasion
Leave the town or Parish he shall remove to, without leave of the
Congress or Committee of Safety.’’

That the Honble Peter Gilman Esqr confine himself to the town of

Exeter, and not on any occasion Leave the said Town without Leave
of the Congress or Committee of safety. ;

Twenty days were allowed them for removal.
It was also voted that in the opinion of the Congress

Samuel Dyer ought to confine himself to his present place of abode
in Berwick and that it will not be prudent for him to be allowed to
Pass & repass this Colony at present.

John Parker, who doubtless had been under suspicion was
236 History oF NEWFIELDS.

voted ‘‘a Friend to this Country and is Accordingly Set at full
Liberty.’’

Tories were brought before the Committee of Safety and re-
quired to give bonds to be of good behavior towards the subjects
of the United States, and New Hampshire in particular, not to
go more than half a mile from their residence without leave.

This Congress voted to pay Nathaniel Rogers twenty shillings
for his services in settling accounts as a Committeeman, and Col.
Jeremiah Folsom the balance of his account for fire arms
amounting to twenty-four shillings and eight half pence.

July 4, 1775, it was voted ‘‘That a Publick Stock of Fire arms
be provided for this Colony,’’ and Capt. Jeremiah Folsom was
on a committee ‘‘to procure 500 good fire arms as soon as may
be.’’

As vacancies were from time to time occurring in the differ-
ent regiments which needed to be speedily filled, the field officers,
headed by Col. John Stark of the New Hampshire Regiments,
sent in a petition to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety,
September 29, 1775, for blank commissions to be filled in by the
brigadier general for such persons to fill these vacancies as he
deemed qualified, thereby saving time and expense.

In reply, the Committee of Safety, October 10, 1775, sent a
letter to Gen. John Sullivan acknowledging the receipt of this
petition of the field officers, and expressed a willingness to grant
the request, but filling vacancies had been made by the Provincial
Congress, their special duty, and they were not authorized to
delegate such action to any one else. They therefore asked for a
list of vacancies, with dates of becoming vacant, and names of fit
persons to fill them, and the committee would send commissions
as soon as possible.

In accordance with this reply a list of vacancies in Colonel
Reed’s Regiment was sent in and the following persons were com-
missioned to fill them: George Aldrich, Lieutenant in Captain
Spaulding’s Company; Richard Coughlin, Ensign in Captain
Hutchin’s Company; William Hawkens, who distinguished him-
self in the battle of Bunker Hill, Ensign in Captain Hind’s
Company, and Stephen Peabody, ‘‘who hath ever done the
duty,’’ Adjutant.

Lieut.-Colonel Israel Gilman writes to the Committee of
Civin, LegisuaTivE AND Mititary, 1727-1787. 237

Safety, June 16, 1775, from Charlestown, saying that Colonel
Reed’s regiment was fully officered and enjoying a good degree
of harmony, but needed very much a chaplain, surgeon and
“‘armor.’’ In a postscript he adds that it is a still time with
the regular troops, but ‘‘we expect they will make a push for
Bunker Hill or Dorchester Neck very soon.’’ The battle of
Bunker Hill occurred the next day.

The Provincial Congress, November 8, 1775, voted ‘‘That the
Selectmen of Newmarket be sent for to attend the Congress
forthwith and answer for their neglect of Numbering their In-
habitants according to the order of this Congress.’ This Con-
gress ended November 16, 1775.

The Fifth Provincial Congress, December 23, 1775, Thomas
Tash, delegate from Newmarket, gave leave to those who had
previously been ordered to confine themselves to certain places
“‘to go to their respective Business for the space of fifteen days,
unless they or any of them should be called for Sooner; and
then to make their appearance before this Congress.’’ It was
voted January 3, 1776, that they ‘‘be Liberated from their con-
finement till Further Orders.’’

For reasons that do not appear, the Provincial Congress is
asked to reconsider their action in appointing Capt. Jeremiah
Folsom to the office of lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Regi-
ment. Several petitions from the inhabitants of that part of
the Colony which composed this Regiment contain 205 names.
Another petition contained the following Newmarket names:
James Hill, Hubartus Neal, Richard Clark, Charles Wiggins,
Edward Hilton, Moses Edgerly, Nathaniel Lord, Zebulon Davis,
Robert Barber, Jr., Eliphalet Pease, Jonathan Sanborn, John
Wedgewood, Josiah Burley, William Burley, William Higgins,
Benjamin Stevens, Jacob Burley, Nicholas Doe, Jr., Joseph
Meloon, Robert Pike, John Burleigh, David Wiggin, Benjamin
Mead, Josiah Hilton, Samuel Baker, Charles Smart, Jr., An-
thony Pickering, Benning Brackett, Anthony Pickering, Jr.,
Levy Pickering, John Perkins, Winthrop Smith, Peter Drown,
Stilman Tarlton, John Marston, Jacob Pearson, Daniel Connell,
Nat Ames, Edward Colcord, Samuel Dyer, Samuel Neal, Brad-
street Gilman, John Bennett, Cotton Bennett, Joshua Brackett,

1 Prov. Papers 7: 648.
238 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Nicholas Hartford, Joseph Smart, Thomas Churchill, John Til-
ton, Samuel Chapman, Aaron Kenson, James Burley, Jonathan
Wiggin, John Tash, Job Savage, Reuben Doe, Thomas Bennet,
John Coleord, Robert Jackson, Joseph Folsom, Walter Shute,
David Folsom, William Coffin, John Mason, Enoch Remick, John
Meader, David Chapman, John Cooke, Jonathan Doe, Moses Bur-
ley, John Bennet, Jr., Caleb Clark, John Ames, Andrew Burley,
Nat Gilman, Joseph Adams, David Smart, William Folsom and
Nat Ames, Jr.

Samuel Baker, James Hill and Wentworth Cheswell, in behalf
of the town of Newmarket, sent the following petition to the
Provincial Congress, which speaks for itself:

Humbly Shews—That when all America are Asserting and your
Honours are specilly delegated to maintain amoung other Things;
the Rights of a free Representative, of Representatives being liable to
& bound by the Instructions of their Constituents, and of Petitioning for
Redress of Grieviances—We doubt not that your Honrs will vouchsafe
to hear this Petition, respecting infringements on some of the Rights,
by a Member of your Body—The Exercise of arbitrary Power over
Places of Honour & Profit has once we have seen overballanced free
Representation and helped to Reduce this Nation to a Civil War; may
not therefore appointments to such Trusts, solicited or Accepted by
Delegates in violation of the Instructions of their Constituents, be
justly esteemed Things of a bad and dangerous Tendency especially
when such Honours fall upon Persons either of small Accomplishments
or Low Merits— We therefore humbly Pray your honours to Eye the
Hand of Freedom in our present case and preserve even in small Things
the Priviledges & Immunities of Each Individual— The Town of New-
market being the Second in the Regiment have usually had the Second
Field Officer appointed there: They still humbly pray for a continuance
of the Same Favour; and they did specially order and Instruct their
Delegates to represent to your Honours the Desire of the Town That
Major Thomas Tash might be appointed a Field Officer here, and
themselves to use their Influence and Vote for said Tash accordingly—
tho’ not with any the most distant view of an exclusive Right to dictate
to your Honours in the Matter, but only on a Confidence founded on
Evidence of his Courage and good Conduct manifested in the last War,
and his firm and generous Exertions in Defense of the Common .Cause
from its earliest rise: and from the Advantages they have from their
Situation to gain the Knowledge of the Person in this Town most worthy
of such an office above that of many of your Honours to whom the
inhabitants of this Town are Strangers—And it cannot justly
alarm us that Capt Jeremiah Folsom one of our sd Delegates should,
repugnant to such Instructions not only neglect to inform your Honours
Civin, LEGISLATIVE AND Mititary, 1727-1787. 239

of his sd Instructions or even regard them himself, but Presumptiously
(to use his own Words) “crawl into the Gap” The very place which
he by the ties of his Word & Honour was obliged to endeavor to precure
for another—

This Conduct (had his Accomplishments as an Officer been equal to
those of Major Tash or even greater) would we conceive have Apolli-
gized for this Petition—it was this amoung other Reesons that induced
the Town of Newmarket at a meeting of its Freeholders and other
Inhabitants to Vote to dismiss the said Folsom from all further Service
and to chose us a Committee to prefer this Petition—humbly to beseech
your Honours to reconsider said Appointment, and permit this Town
still humbly to recommend the said Tash to your Honours Consideration
& humbly pray your Honours gracious Acceptance and Approbation of
such Choice—And your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall pray—

Newmarkett 5th September 1775

The return of Capt. James Hill’s Company on Pierce’s Island,
November 5, 1775, includes the following Newmarket names:

James Hill, Captain, Capn Sam! Baker 1t Lieut., Sam! Gilman, 24
Lieut., Zebulon Barber, Ensign, Joseph Smith Serjent, Josiah Hall
Bartlett, Sergent, John Foss, Serjent, James Gilman, Joseph Colcord,
Corporals, Eliphalet Smith, Drummer, Privates, Robert Mitchel, Joseph
Neal, Joseph Pease, Edward Folsom, Josiah Colcord, Levi Pickering,
Dudley Hilton, Hugh McBride, Jonathan Mason, Aaron Kyneston,
Jonathan Folsom, David Colcord, John Folsom, Josiah Burnham,
Ebenezer Bean, William Hersey, Theophilus Wiggins, Sam! Burley,
Abram Parsons, David Wiggins, Jacob Durgan, Sam! Ward, John Neal,
Josiah Burley, Nathi Cobbey, Stephens Lyford, Nath! Pease, Brad-
street Gilman, Zebulon Davis, Walter Neal.

In the return of the companies of the New Hampshire Militia
in the Continental Army, December, 1775, we find ‘‘Co. 14 New-
market, Capt. Sam! Barber, Lieut. Zebulon Barber, 2d Lieut.
John Allen, 3 Sergeants, 3 Corporals, 2 Drummers & Fifers, 44
Privates.’’

And in the return of a part of Capt. Jos. Parson’s company
left at Goat Island, December 6, 1775, ‘‘Lieut. Nathaniel Gilman,
Seret. Josiah Hall Bartlett, Joseph Hall, William Trefethen,
John Foss, James Pickering, Levi Pickering, David Wiggin,
Smith Chapman, Jonathan Folsom.”’

At a meeting of the North Company of Militia in Newmarket,
March 5, 1776, the following petition and remonstrance of the
non-commissioned officers and soldiers was adopted and sent ‘‘To
the Honourable Council & House of Representatives’ for the
Colony of New Hampshire:
240 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

Humbly Shews—

That Jeremiah Folsom under pretence of acting Lieut. Col. of this
Regiment, has as we humbly conceive, deprived us of the Liberty
of Choosing our own Officers; agreeable to the Resolution of the Honble
Continental Congress; by assuming, & wantonly exercising, the Power
of Moderator of the Meeting of s4 Company: & as such to adjourn
from Time to Time; & from Place to Place; untill he had surrep-
titiously obtained a Vote for Edward Hilton Jr to be Captain: not by
the free suffrages of the Soldiers, which we conceive ought to have
been had: but by a Small Majority of the Company, in Conjunction
with several Commissioned Officers; & others that Did not belong
to the Company & even some that did not belong to the Town—

Which Vote so obtained, he the s¢ Folsom afterwards refused to
have reconsidered; tho’ repeatedly demanded by a far greater Number
than it was passed by and still persists in further adjourning the
Meeting Contrary to the Sence of the Majority of the Company Present
—and other unfair, partial, & oppressive behaviour of s@ Lt. Colonel,
compels us Humbly to pray, the interposition of this Honb! Court; &
that sd Folsom may be removed from the Office of Lt Colonel; and We
be restored to the Privileges of Soldiers, in Common with Other
Americans: Which Privileges, we are determined to Assert, maintain,
& defend; acording to the Resolutions of the Honle Continental Con-
gress—or have our Aforesaid Greivances Redressed, in Manner as shall
Seem Meet to your Honrs & your Petitioners shall Pray—

Peter Drown, John Nason, Zebulon Doe 3d, William Simson, John
Perkins, Samuel Gill, william Burley Junr., John Watson, Josiah Ben-
nett, Volentine Rollins, Willom Spriggens, John meder, Joseph meloon
Andrew Doe, Josh Clark, Jonathan Dudley, Richard perkins, Peter
Hersey, Francis Durgain Jr, Connton Bennet, Reuben Doe, Nicholas
Doe Junr, Zebulon Duda, Joshua Brackett, Smith Chapman, Edward
Folsom, John Bartlett, Joseph Folsom, Anthony Pickering Jr., Aaron
kinston, Joseph Saweige, John Bennett Jnr, John Tash, Samuel Chap-
man Senr, william folsom jr, Benja Mead, Lewis Kinnison, Benning
Brackett, Jeremiah Foss, Jonathan Folsam, Samuel Chapman, Joseph
Chapman, James Dearborn, Gideon knight, Abraham Parsons, Robert
Jackson, Jonathan Doe.

This petition was read and received due consideration, and a
time was fixed by the House for a hearing, with the instruction
“‘that the Petitioners at their own cost serve the said Lieut.
Col? Jeremiah with a copy of the Petition & order thereon, That
he may appear & show cause if any he have why the Prayer
thereof should not be granted.’’!

After the hearing and due consideration in conference a com-
mittee was chosen to join with a similar committee of the Coun-

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 87.
Civin, Le@IsLATIVE AND Miuivary, 1727-1787. 241

cil to try to effect a reconciliation between the parties, but
Colonel Folsom, not being able to attend the meeting of these
committees in person, a reconciliation could not be effected, and
therefore they ‘‘advise, That for the sake of the Peace, Union
& Good order of that part of the Regiment, He, the said Lieut.
Col. Folsom, Resign his Commission — all which is humbly sub-
mitted in the Name & pr order of the Committee.’ Jonathan
Blanchard was chairman.

It was ordered that a copy of this report be sent to Colonel
Folsom ‘‘that he may Give his answer to this house as soon as
may be.’’

It seems that Colonel Folsom refused to resign his commis-
sion, and was ‘‘discharged from his office,’? and the House a
week later, September 19, 1776, voted ‘‘That Samuel Dudley,
Esq., be Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Militia
in this State in the room & stead of Jeremiah Folsom, Esq., who
is dismist.’’

As early as October 18, 1775, our delegates in the Continental
Congress, in compliance with instructions from the Colony of
New Hampshire ask ‘‘the advice and direction of the Congress
with respect to a method of our administering justice and regu-
lating our civil police.’’ Accordingly on November 3, 1775, Con-
gress adopted the following resolution:

Resolved, That it be recommended to the provincial convention of
New Hampshire, to call a full and free representation of the people,
and that the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish
such a form of government as in their judgment will best produce the
happiness of the people and most effectually secure peace and good

order in the province during the continuance of the present dispute
between Great Britain and the Colonies.

Accordingly on November 14, 1775, the Provincial Congress
of this state adopted a plan of representation, upon which an
election of delegates was held, who assembled in convention De-
cember 21, 1775, and on January 5, 1776, adopted the first writ-
ten Constitution of government, and resolved themselves into a
House of Representatives thereunder. This is believed to be the
first written Constitution of the United States. It was not de-
signed to be permanent, but to continue in force during the war,
or until superseded by a new Constitution.

1 Prov. Pap. VIII: 101-2.
16
242 History orf NEWFIELDS.

Proclamation to the people that this Constiution was in force
and that officers had been chosen and qualified under it, was
made ‘‘by Order of the Council and Assembly at Exeter the
19th Day of March, Anno Domini, 1776.’’

A petition headed by Portsmouth and including Newmarket
and several other towns of Rockingham County, sent to the
House ‘‘against Taking up Government in the New Form Es-
tablished by this House.’’ Portsmouth, January 10, 1776, op-
posed chiefly on the ground that they ‘‘humbly conceive that
Such a measure is an open Declaration of Independency, which
we can by no means Countenance until we Shall know the Senti-
ments of the British Nation in General.’’ The towns were
Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester, Newington, Greenland, Rye,
Stratham, North Hampton, Kensington, Newmarket, with a num-
ber of individuals of Brentwood.

On January 19, 1776, Colonel Morey, Col. David Gilman
and Colonel Evans were chosen a committee of the House to
confer with a corresponding committee of the Council ‘‘about
Laying our Plan of Government before the Hon? the Contin-
ental Congress and Taking their Advice thereon and make report
to this house as soon as May be.’’

A convention to form a second and more complete constitution
voted on June 5, 1779, to submit to the people the bill of rights
and constitution which they had formed. When the Convention
reassembled on the succeeding third Tuesday of September, it
was found that the people had rejected their work. Thereupon
the Convention was dissolved.

Another constitutional convention met in June, 1781, and after
various failures succeeded at length in producing a bill of
rights and constitution which were acceptable to the people.
This second constitution of New Hampshire went into effect on
the first Wednesday of June, 1784.

Jonathan Colcord of Newmarket, having petitioned the Fifth
Provincial Congress for a permit to carry certain cattle and
sheep to Passamaquoddy to winter ‘‘Where he has hay,’’ De-
cember 27, 1775, Wyseman Claggett and Thomas Tash were
chosen a Committee to attend to this matter, and ‘‘take security
from him — Mr. Coleord — for their safe landing there.’’

The following is the text of the permit thus granted:
Civit, LEGISLATIVE AND Minirary, 1727-1787. 243

Colony of
New Hampshire

Exeter, Decr 27th 1775.

To all Masters or Commanders of Vessels in the service of the
united Continental Colonies or well-wishers to their cause;

Greeting—

We, the subscribers (Members of the Honble Congress for said
Colony now sitting at Exeter aforesaid) being 2 Committee appointed
for that purpose, do now Certify, That Jonathan Colcord of Newmarket
in the County of Rockingham and Colony afores4, yeoman, hath
obtained permission from the said Congress to export to Passamaquoddy
Tow 4 year old steers, two Heifers, and eight sheep in a schooner
belonging to Messieurs Clark and Wallace, and it is the Pleasure of
the said Congress that said Colcord do pass unmolested.

Witness our hands this 27th day of December, 1775.

WISEMAN CLAGGETT
TuHos. TasH.

After the safe arrival of the schooner at its place of destina-
tion, Robert Wilson and James Cockran of the Committee of
Safety for Passamaquoddy certified the fact to the Congress at
Exeter and ‘‘that it is the pleasure of us a Committee that the
said vess! pass to Piscataqua unmolested, &c.”’

On December 28, 1775, the Fifth Provincial Congress placed
Major Tash on a committee of six to join a former committee
to draft an oath or obligation to be entered into by the mem-
bers.

The Continental Congress, March 14, 1776, recommended by
‘‘Resolution’’ to the several ‘‘ Assemblies, Conventions, and Coun-
cils, or Committee of Safety of the United Colonies, immediately
to cause all persons to be disarmed, within their respective Colo-
nies, who have not associated, and refuse to associate, to defend
by Arms, the United Colonies, against the hostile attempts of the
British Fleets and Armies.’’

Accordingly the Committee of Safety, April 12, 1776, in order
to carry out this ‘‘Resolution’’ sent by Meschech Weare, its
chairman, a request to the selectmen of Newmarket ‘‘to desire
all males above twenty-one years of age (Lunaticks, Idiots, and
Negroes excepted) to sign’’ what is known as the Association
Test, and make return of all that refuse. The test was as fol-
lows:

We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise that
we will, to the utmost in our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and
244 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British
Fleets and Armies, against the United American Colonies.

Those signing such Test in Newmarket were the following:

John Perkins, Thos Tash, Sam. Baker, Sam! Gilman, Benj. Mead,
John Mason, William Shriggens, John Tash, Jonathan Robinson,
Joseph Sanborn, Joseph Smith, Walter Bryent, Jr., Jacob Brown, John
Watson, Josiah Burnham, Joshua Brackett, Nicholas Hartford, Samuel
Burleigh, John Folsom, Thomas Bennett, Ichd Brackett, Tho.
Churchill, Zebulon Doe, Jr., Joseph Young, Jr., Andw Bowman, Asa Wig-
gins, John Cooke, Jonathan Doe, Jonathan 8. Dudley, David Chapman,
Robert Jackson, Samuel Ward, Benjamin Stevens, Lewis Kennison,
David Folsom, Edward Smith, Edward Hilton, Jr., John Young, Job
Saweay (?), Simeon Folsom, Morgan Conner, Walter Bryent, Josiah
Adams, John Meder, Jeremy Bryent, Nathaniel Ewer, Jeremiah Foss,
William Renton, Levi Folsom, John Mead, Nath! Gilman, Levi Picker-
ing, Jacob Burley, John Bennet, Jr., John Bennet, Cotton Bennet,
Josiah Bennet, Arthur Bennet, John Folsom, James Goodwin, Robert
Goodwin, Zebulon Duda, Jonathan Wiggin, David Wiggin, Benjamin
Stephens, Peter Drowne, Rebuen Doe, John Weeks, Bradstreet Doe,
Josh. Clark, Wentworth Cheswell, Zebulon Doe, 34, Joseph Folsom,
Enoch Stevens, Jonathan Colcord, Joseph Colcord, Walter Neal,
Gideon Colcord, Josiah Colcord, Jacob Thomson, Joseph Wiggin,
Joseph Doe, Edmund Chase, Hubartus Neal, Hubartus Neal, Jr., Nat.
Ames, Winthrop Smith, Andrew Folsom, William Folsom, Jr., Samuel
Chapman, Jeremiah Folsom, Joseph Joy, Thomas Kenson, Aaron Kin-
stone, James Cram, Winthrop Hilton, Ichabod Hilton, Benj. X (his
mark) Piner, Wm Cario, Benja Folsom, Daniel Hilton, Jacob Fowler,
David Smart, Charles Smart, Jr., Bening Brackett, Philip Fowler,
Charles Smart, Francis Durgan, Francis Durgan, Jr., Enoch Remick,
Chas Wiggin, Moses Edgerley, James Hill, John Burleigh, Joseph Chap-
man, Abraham Parsons, James Dearborn, Robert Barber, Thomas Hana-
ford, Peter Folsom, Nelson Barber, Josiah Hall Bartlett, Robert Barber,
Jr., Andrew Gilman, John Bean, Jonathan Sanborn, John Wedgwood,
Josiah Burley, Nicholas Doe, John Doe, Joseph Meloon, Samuel Meloon,
Jacob Durgan, Asa Folsom, William Burley, Joseph Gilman, Josiah
Hilton, Wm. Foulsom, Joseph Smith, Robert Pike, James Gilman,
Nicholas Hersey, Samuel Neal, Samuel Dyer, John Ames, Bradst Gilman,
Edward Colcord, Nat Ames, Jr., Eliphalet Peas, Simonds Fowler,
Nathel Peas, Joseph Bean, Sam! Peas, Joseph Peas, Moses Perkins,
Nicholas Doe, Jr., John Moody, Moses Burley, Benjamin ?, Wil-
liam Burley, Jr., Edward Folsom, John Bartlett, John Perkins, Jonathan
Folsom. 164.

 

The following persons refused to sign the Test:

Stephen Hardy, Stephen Thurston, Nathan Preson, Jacob Parsons,
William Badger, Walter Shute, Joshua Wiggin, William Perkins, John
Civin, LEGISLATIVE AND Miuitary, 1727-1787. 245

Mighels, Isaac Marston, John Marston, Samuel Mighels, Samuel Mighels,
Jr., Joshua Mighels, Samuel Gilman, Nathaniel Rogers, John Neal,
Michael Shute, Willm Shute, Doct. John Marster, Anthony Pickering,
Henry Wiggin, William Odiorne, Roger Racklyft, Richard Perkins,
George Hart, Zebulon Neal, Jonathan Kinnison, Samuel Smart, Josiah
Smart, Jacob Ames, Stephen Lyford, Elisha Thomas, Benjamin Pease,
Peter Hearsay, Thomas Piper, John Shute, Nath! Lorde. 38.
Newmarket, July 12, 1776.

Sam! Gilman,

James Cram, \ Selectmen.’

Samll Baker. J

It is not to be understood that all who declined to sign the
Association Test were tories, or disaffected to the American
cause. Some were Quakers whose principles forbade them to op-
pose the enemy in battle; some were physically infirm and
thought it mere bravado in them to threaten resistance with
arms; others had conscientious scruples, and still others doubt-
less were timid. <A few citizens inclined to allegiance to the
mother country. But perhaps they were not deficient in patriot-
ism. At the opening of the Revolution every man who had any-
thing to do with the practice of the law was looked upon with
distrust as a tory.

It would seem that the Committee of Safety were troubled at
the state of things in Newmarket, and July 12, 1776, addressed
the following letter to the selectmen:

Gentlemen—The Committee feel the greatest anxiety, and are strongly
depressed with the account from New Market, that any Internal Broil
should in the least obstruct the forwarding those things so absolutely
necessary for the preservation of all that is dear to us. Probably a
Neglect of speedily Reinforcing our Northern Army may occasion the
Slaughter of our Bosom friends & Innocent offspring, while we are
mingled in the common carnage. The truly forward and Patriotic Dis-
position often shown by the Inhabitants of New Market, in the common
cause, convince the Committee that they will not now attend to any
particular difficulty and neglect the main object, while their neighbors
are nobly exerting themselves at this important time. Therefore they
desire you will with all possible speed, call a meeting of the Inhabitants
of your Town, and proceed to raise the men proportioned to you in Colo
Gilman’s Regiment; at which time Colo Gilman will attend & lend you
all the assistance in his power to accomplish so noble and so necessary
a purpose.”

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 257-9.
2Prov. Pap. VIII: 303.
246 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

The House voted, January 25, 1776, that the payment of the
account of the Committee of Safety of Newmarket for fire rafts
amounting to ‘‘Thirty nine pounds six shillings & three pence
half penny be allowed & paid out of the Treasury & that the
President of the Council give order on the Treasurer for pay-
ment.’”

The account for which the above sum was ordered paid is as

follows:
Acco’t of Labor on Fire Rafts built at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775.

 

Col. Jos. Smith 9 days Walter Bryent, 1 days
Thos Tash Esq, 4 Caleb Bennit, 1
Josiah Hilton 4 Levi Folsom, 1
Nath! Ames 2 Benj. Mead, t
Hub. Neal 5 Jarmey Bryent, 1
Bradstreet Doe 2 George Tuttle, 1

Col. Hilton 1 Zeb. Doe 1%
Jeh’ Hilton 3 Rufus Euers 1%
Jobn Bennit 2 Tho. Churchwell 1%
James Cram a Enoch Stephens 2
David Folsom 2 Sam Burley Jr. 1

Asa Folsom 4 Nicholas Harford, 1
Jonatha Robinson 2 Col. James Folsom 8%
John Doe 1 William Folsom, Jr., 1
Wentworth Cheswell a Jonathan Doe, 1%
David Wiggin 2 Will. Folsom, 8%
Tho. Bennit, 3

Jonath» Colcord 1 80 Days*®

Account of Labor of Men and Oxon, Percuring Pich wood & other
Combustables for Fire Rafts, &c.

Winthrop Smith, 514 Philip Fowler, 1%
Nicholus Dudley, 2 Ichd Bracket, 2%
Jona Stephens, 1 Caleb Barnet 1
Nath. Stephens, 1 Capt. Jos. Young, 5
John Folsom, 2% Samll Burley, 2%
Sam! Durgin, % David Davis, Le
Robert Goodwin, wy James Burley, =
Hubt Neal, Jr., 1 Nathan Bennit, 1
Edward Hilton, Jr., 2 Jonathan Wiggin, 1%
Mrs. Perkins Oxen WB Aaron Kineson, 1
Walter Bryent, Jun, 6% Samll Chapman, 2
Jos. Smart, 2% —_—
Josh. Bracket, 2% 52
Jacob Fowler, 1%

52 Days in men & oxen?
1Prov. Pap. VIII: 57.
2Prov. Pap. VII: 632.
8 Prov. Pap. VII: 633.
Civin, LEGISLATIVE AND Miuitary, 1727-1787. 247

The House voted June 11, 1776, ‘‘That Major James Hackett
be the first officer of the Battalion now to be raised in this
Colony on the Continental Establishment. That Major Thomas
Tash be the second officer, and Major David Copp be the third
officer of said Battalion.’’

The above vote, eight days after, was ‘‘Reconsidered and made
Null and Void.’’

On June 12, Thomas Tash was ‘‘nominated to the Hon!
Continental Congress to the appointed Lieut. Colonel of Counti-
nental Battalion ordered to be raised here.’’

The next day it was voted ‘‘That James Hill of Newmarket be
appointed Captain in the Battallion now to be raised in this
Colony on the Continental Establishment.’’

These last two votes were the occasion of the repealing of the
vote of June 11.

June 28, 1776, Major Tash was placed on a committee of the
House ‘‘to take into Consideration the matter of Col° Bailey’s
letter rec’ this day.’’

The same day Joseph Smith of Newmarket was made Justice
of the Peace and of the Quorum for the County of Rockingham.

By vote of the House, September 17, 1776, Thomas Tash was
made ‘‘Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, now raising to rein-
force our Army at New York,’’ and Maj" Joseph Welch ‘‘Lieut.
Colonel of said Regiment,’’ and Lieut. Col. William Gregg,
““Major of said Regiment.’’

Nahum Baldwin was made ‘‘Colonel of the Second Regiment
of said Reinforcement.”’

It was also voted ‘‘That the field officers & staff officers of the
Two Regiments Destined for New York be paid one month’s
advance pay before the march.’’*

On the muster roll of Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Company in
Colonel Tash’s Regiment raised to reinforce the Continental
Army at New York, September 20, 1776, were the following
names credited to Newmarket:

Jeremiah Foss, John Meder, Walter Bryent Junr, John Mason,
Reuben Doe, Jon? 8S. Dudley, Zebulon Davis, Elisha Thomas,
Jona® Burleigh, Dudley Smart, Lewis Keniston, Jon* Robinson,
Rufus Ewers, Theo® Wiggins, Benj* Pinner, Nath! Colby, Walter
Neal.

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 329.
248 History oF NEWFIELDS.

It would seem by the following letter that there had been, by
what right we have not learned, a shipment of New York Tories
into New Hampshire to the care of the Committee of Safety of

New Hampshire:
In Committee of Safety,
November 14th 1776.

The Committee, taking into Consideration what is necessary to be
done with a number of persons sent into this State by order of the
State of New York Have determined that at present [nine persons] be
committed to the Prison in Hxeter, having the Liberty of the yard in
the daytime only; and that all the other persons may provide their own
lodgings any where within six miles of the State House in the Town of
Exeter, except in the Town of New Market, at no time going beyond
these limits. . . . [Quakers may go to reside with Quakers?!]

On the next day after the above letter was written the state-
ment is made that ‘‘Capt. A. Funda of the State of New York
has guarded by order of said State (as he says) seventy four
Persons and delivered them into the custody of this Committee.’’
It is stated November 23, 1776, that there were about 200
prisoners; some were ordered to the town of Nottingham, some
to the parish of Deerfield.

On January 9, 1777, a ‘‘Remonstrance & Petition of Lieut.
Colonel Joseph Welch praying that the Sheriff may be authorized
& required to detain in prison sundry prisoners committed by
him to the Gaol in Exeter from the State of New York, viz. [six
persons]’’ was received and it was voted, ‘‘That the Sheriff of
the County of Rockingham be directed to detain in the Gaol or
Gaols of said County all such Prisoners sent by said Welch
from New York until further orders. The said Joseph Welch,
Esqr. being at the whole charge of their imprisonment & sup-
port on account of said State of New York.’’

Thomas Tash, though a member of the House, November 27,
1776, did not attend during the session as he was with the army.
Capt. Samuel Gilman for attendance 14 days as member, was
allowed December 17, £9, 4s.

It is stated December 11, that Lieut. John Weeks ‘‘has an ac-
count for escorting prisoners to goal.’’ '

At this session Elisha Thomas was allowed £10 on account of a
wound received in the service. A Committee was also ‘‘ap-

7 Prov. Pap. VIII: 393-4.
Civin, LegisLaTivE AND Miuitary, 1727-1787. 249

pointed to examine an article in the Exeter Gazette which re-
flected on the town of Newmarket.’’

The House voted that ‘‘Capt. Samuel Gilman of New Market
wait on the Secretary & request him to certifie how far the late
Committee of Safety were concerned in the publication of
several pieces in the Exeter Chronicle, reflecting on the Town of
New Market, and that if the said Committee were no ways con-
cerned in the said Publications, that then the said Town of New
Market apply to the Printer for Satisfaction.’ ”*

A return in 1777 of the men that were enlisted or hired for
three years or during the war belonging to the Fourth Regi-
ment of Militia in New Hampshire to complete the three Bat-
talions of the Continental army, included the names of the fol-
lowing for Newmarket:

Samuel Baker, Jonathan Mason, Reuben Roberts, Ebenezer
Bean, Caleb Clark, James Moody, Jon? Stone Dudley, Barnabas
M°Bride, William Downs, Samuel Ward, John Folsom, Jonathan
Folsom, Joseph Sanborn, James Kennistone, Benjamin Dout,
John Foss, Thomas Foss, John Smart, Oxford (negro), Phillip
Crummet, James Remick, James Goodwin, Benjamin Folsom,
John Barter, Aaron Rollins, Winthrop Wiggin, Dav’ Watson,
James Colby, Robert Mitchel, Daniel Remick.

The following were on the pay roll of Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s
Company in Col. Stephen Evan’s Regiment which marched and
joined the Continental Army at Saratoga September, 1777:

Zebulon Gilman, Captain, who entered September 8 and was
discharged December 15, 1777; Zebulon Barber, First Lieuten-
ant; Benjamin Taylor, Ensign; Levi Chapman, Sergeant; Wil-
liam Simpson, Corp!; Smith Chapman, Corp'; Joseph Pease,
Drum’; Eliphalet Smith, Fifer; John Folsom, Samuel Dyer,
Joseph Neal, William Chesley, Noah Wedgewood, Abraham Par-
sons, Joseph Colcord, Jacob Burley, Eliphalet Pease, Joseph
Loverin, Levi Chapman, Josiah Burleigh, John Smith, Privates.

This was an Exeter and Newmarket Company.

The following were Newmarket absentees belonging to the
Second Battalion of New Hampshire troops commanded by Col.
Nathan Hale at this time prisoner of war in New York.

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 443.
2 Prov. Pap. VIII: 451.
250 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Ebenezer Bean of Captain Norris’ Company, age 19, stature
5-7, light complexion, red hair, blue eyes, left at Albany on fur-
lough.

Ben Hicks of Captain Bell’s Company, age 20, stature 5-7,
dark complexion and hair, black eyes, deserted at Stillwater.

Nathaniel Frost of Captain Bell’s Company, age 27, stature
6, light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, ‘“‘left at H. Town,”
missing.

John Foss of Captain Robinson’s Company, age 28, stature
6, dark complexion, brown hair, dark eyes, left at Skeenborough,
missing.

John Barker of Captain Blodget’s Company, age 20, stature
5-4, dark complexion, light hair, black eyes, left at Albany, sick.

Jona S. Dudley of Captain Robinson’s Company, age 22,
stature 5-8, dark complexion, brown hair, dark eyes, left at
Manchester, deserted.

Robert Pike, Jr., of Newmarket, was appointed January 16.
1777, First Lieutenant in Colonel Scammell’s Regiment in the
Continental service. And March 26, Samuel Gilman and Mr.
Odiorne were ordered to provide barracks for said Regiment.

The Portsmouth Committee of Safety gave notice to the State
Committee at Exeter May 19, 1777, ‘‘That they have committed
to Gaol as Tories refusing to take the oath, the following persons,
viz.: Isaac Rindge, John Pierce, William Hart, James Sheafe
& Peter Pease & William Torrey.’”

The same day these prisoners in the Gaol at Portsmouth,
memorialized the State Committee of Safety as follows:

The Humble Memorial of Isaac Rindge, William Torrey, William
Hart, Peter Pearse, John Pierce & James Sheafe, all prisoners in
Portsmouth Gaol, Sheweth, That your Memorialists on February last
were laid under Bonds in the sum of five hundred Pounds each, to
remain good and peaceable subjects within this State for the term of
one year;—which obligation your Memorialists have on their part
strictly adhered to;:— And the Honble Committee at the same time
on their part, promised them safety and protection; Notwithstanding
which to the great surprise of your memorialists The Committee of
Portsmouth without any accusation of any crime, have confined them
to close gaol.

Now your Memorialists further relying on the good faith plighted
them to take the matter under their consideration and make such order
thereon as may liberate your memorialists according to the tenor of

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 569.
Civit, LEGISLATIVE AND Minitary, 1727-1787. 251

the Bonds and according to the promises and assurances made them by
that Committee at the time as afore-mentioned.

The census of June 1, 1777, gave Newmarket 238 polls, and
amount of ratable estate, £468, 16s., 8d., the proportion of £14,
4s., 1144d., to £1,000. Newmarket was exceeded in number of
polls and amount of ratable estate by five towns in Rockingham
County, and by ten towns in the State.

Josiah Adams of Newmarket, June 7, 1777, was appointed
Justice of the Peace for the County of Rockingham.

Lieut. Robert Pike received, June 26, authority to enlist men
to be marched to Providence for the defence of Rhode Island. He
probably enlisted the 34 men required and so earned his Cap-
tain’s commission.

Capt. James Hill, June 27, of Newmarket, was ‘‘chosen &
appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the fourth regiment of Militia
in this State commanded by Col° Nicholas Gilman.’’

Dr. John Marsters, September 5, 1777, petitioned the Commit-
tee of Safety for release from Gaol.

Captain Gilman was placed upon a committee, November 20,
1777, ‘‘to consider the accounts & abstracts of Brigadier-General
Stark and report thereon.’’

Capt. Samuel Gilman was a member of the House from New-
market, December, 1777, and was allowed £9, 4s., for 14 days at-
tendance and six miles travel.

During the time from February 11 to March 14, 1778, the ac-
counts, ete., of the roll of Capt. Robert Pike’s Company amount-
ing to £759, 12s., were paid.

Walter Bryent, April 2, 1778, was appointed Justice of the
Peace for Rockingham County.

A convention met at Concord, June 10, 1778, ‘‘to form a Per-
manent Plan of Government.’’ Newmarket failed to send a
delegate.

An act was passed, November, 1778, ‘‘to prevent the return
to this State of certain persons therein named and of others
who have left or shall leave or either of the United States of
America and have joined or shall join the Ennemies thereof.’’
John Wentworth, late governor of the state, heads the list of 77
names including ‘‘Jacob Brown and George Bell of Newmarket,
Traders.’”

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 810-12.
252 History oF NEWFIELDS.

The Committee of the House, on sick and disabled soldiers, re-
ported, October 31, 1778, ‘‘that Lieut. Joseph Hilton who was
wounded while fighting with the enemy on the 7 of Oct. 1777
near Stillwater ought to be enrolled and receive half pay from
the first day of Oct. 1778.’’ He was ordered to be enrolled ac-
cordingly.

Resolutions were passed, April 20, 1780, affirming that New
Hampshire will ‘‘comply with the requisition of Congress with
respect to the furnishing supplies for the Continental army,’’
and that all pastures belonging to ‘‘absentees from the United
States’’ should be used for the fattening of cattle for the use
of the army, and that Capt. Samuel Gilman, trustee of Governor
Wentworth’s estate, ‘‘be directed to exchange any horses or
horse-kind or any other cattle unfit for beef on said farm, for
beef cattle for the same purpose.’’ By a vote, April 27, Captain
Gilman was directed ‘‘to deliver to Mark Hunking Wentworth
Esq. all the furniture now in his hands at Portsmouth, also fam-
ily pictures at Wolfborough,’’ belonging to the estate of Gov-
ernor Wentworth.?

By a vote of the ‘‘Council Board June 9, 1780, a bill empow-
ering Samuel Gilman, trustee, to sell the stock of cattle &c., on
the Gov. Wentworth estate,’’ was passed.?

The General Assembly gave the towns of Stratham and New-
market, November 2, 1780, leave ‘‘to raise money by a Lottery
to repair the Bridge between said Towns.’’

The Council Board voted, November 14, 1781, ‘‘to receive the
report of the Com* on Col. Gilman’s selling the Lands of the late
Gov. Wentworth ;’’ and that he ‘‘sell no more of said Estate until
the further order of the General Court.’”

A vote was passed, January 11, 1782, ordering Captain Gil-
man ‘‘to proceed in selling the Estate of the late Gov. Went-
worth.’’

The selectmen of Newmarket—Walter Bryent, Jr., Joseph Doe
and Wentworth Cheswell—October 31, 1782, warned the ‘‘legal
Inhabitants paying taxes’’ ‘‘to meet at the Old Meeting House’’
November 18, to choose certain officers, and ‘‘To take into Con-
sideration the Plan of Government proposed by the Convention

1Prov. Pap. VIII: 861.

2 Prov. Pap. VIII: 915.
® Prov. Pap. VIII: 855-7.
Civn., LEGISLATIVE AND Minitary, 1727-1787. 258

of this State, by their Resolution of the 21% of August last to
be laid before the People—and Take such order thereon as the
Meeting may think proper.’’

At the meeting November 18, after the vote electing Col.
James Hill representative was declared, objection was made that
the proceedings of the meeting were not legal because the voters
had not taken the oath of allegiance, and after discussion ‘‘for
Some Time’’ the meeting was adjourned to November 25.

At the adjourned meeting it was voted by a large majority to
proceed to finish the business of the Warrant. Whereupon Capt.
Samuel Gilman, Captain Neal, Theodore Carlton and Nathaniel
Gilman ‘‘dissented against the above Vote by Reason the Voters
not being Qualified—’’ After votes for councillors had been
brought in, the meeting was adjourned to December 9. At this
second adjourned meeting a paper was presented by the dis-
senters giving reasons for their action, which were as follows:

1st Because when the Votes were brought in for a representative
and an objection was made against any Persons Voting who had not
taken the Oath of Allegiance to the State the Moderator did not take
eare to see the Voters quallified according to Law, but Declared Cole
Hill chosen by a Majority of only One Vote, when it was Notoriously
known that many of the Persons that voted had not taken the Oath
according to Law.

2dly Because after the Objection was made aforesaid and debated
upon and the Act of the State enjoining the Aforesaid Oath was Read
and the Mecting adjourned —on that Account no Entry thgreof was
made, but on the adjournment the Moderator proceeded in the Vote for
Counsellors in the Same Manner as before without the Voters being
Quallified and further Adjourned the Meeting to Consider of the Plan
of Government without any Notice being taken of the utter illegality
of such proceeding—

34ly Because we Apprehend that many People were misled into such
undue measures by Colo Hill publickly declaring in the Meeting that
the Act enjoining an Oath of Allegiance was not intended for the people
here but only made for the People in the upper part of the State — and
therefore because many who were not Quallified and others that were
Qualified Conceiving the proceedings to be illegall did not vote either
for Representative or Councellors, We as aforesaid do Dissent and
Protest against the proceedings had or to be had in the Premises — and
request an Entry of the foregoing on the Records —

Samuel Gilman, Robert Pike, Bradstreet Gilman, Andrew Gilman,
Samuel Neal, James Gilman, Daniel Hilton, Nath! Gilman, Joseph S. Gil-
man, Theodore Carlton, Hubartus Neal, Jacob Fowler—
254 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

After the reading of the paper, upon motion, it was voted ‘‘to
adjourn the Meeting to the Widdow Longfellow’s House Imme-
diately—’’ and meeting there, ‘‘after Reading the Plan of Gov-
ernment and debateing thereupon—it was put whether the said
Plan Should be Received or Not, it past in the Affirmative Ten
for it, and Three against it—’’ The meeting then dissolved.

In the House, December 20, 1782, it was voted ‘‘That the elec-
tion of Col. James Hill as a member from Newmarket be con-
sidered as irregular and insufficient to entitle him to a seat in the
House.’’ Yeas 43, nays 17.

On the first Tuesday of June, 1783, the Constitutional Conven-
tion sent out a ‘‘Third Form of Government’’ which was ratified
by the people and established by the Convention, October 31,
1783. Slavery was never legalized in New Hampshire, though
it practically existed to some extent, Indians and negroes hav-
ing been held and sold as property.

Nathaniel Rogers of Newmarket was delegate to the Consti-
tutional Convention adopting the Federal Constitution, voting
yea. Also a delegate to the Convention in 1791-92 at Concord
to revise the Constitution.

A definitive treaty with Great Britain was consummated,
September 30, 1783, on November 4, the army was disbanded,
and December 23, Washington resigned his commission.

Nathaniel Ewer and 38 others sent, March 23, 1784, a peti-
tion to ‘“his Excellency the President and Hon” Council for the
State of New Hampshire,’’ asking the appointment of James
Smith, ‘‘a person of good reputation and well qualified,’’ as Jus-
tice of the Peace for Rockingham County.

Another petition, April 5, 1784, is similarly addressed by the
inhabitants of Newmarket as follows:

 

humbly Shews—

That the necessity of appointing civil Officers of integrity uprightness
& ability is of the last importance, & deeply felt by your Petitioners—
That as your Petitioners wish that Persons may be appointed in this
town to the Office of Justices of the Peace, whose lives, Abilities &
Estate will not only do honor to the town, but tend to make the govern-
ment under which we live permanent & respectable. That as a multi-
plicity of business is transacted in that part of the Town called
Lamper-River, which part of the town for some time past has been,
& now is, destitute of a person in Commission for the Conservation
Civin, LEGISLATIVE AND Miuitary, 1727-1787. 255,

of the Peace— Your Petitioners humbly beg leave to mention to your
Excellency & honours, Jeremy Bryent Esqr as a Person (resident in
said part of the town) best qualified, in their opinion, for that Important
office— Your Petitioners mean not to dictate, but humbly pray your
Excellency & honours, if you think the above named Person worthy,
that he may be appointed to the aforesaid important Office &, as in
duty bound, will ever pray &c—

James Hill, Daniel Hill, John Shute, Jacob Fowler, Edward Hilton,
Sam! Gilman, Andrew Gilman, Thos Taylor, Levi Chapman, Robert Pike
Jr., William Cario, Philip Fowler, Nath! Gilman, Thomas Bennett,
Walter Bryent Jr, John Bennet, Winthrop Smith, Eliphalet Smith,
Benj2 Mead, Wentworth Cheswill, Levi Kinnison, Moses Kinnison,
Josiah Hilton, Robert Goodwin, Jonath Wigens, Jacob Ames, John
Watson, Cotton Bennet, David Chapman, Levi Pickering, Dudly Smart,
Richard Hilton, Samuel Ward, John Sanborn, Solomon Daniels, Edward
Wells, W™ French, Thomas Hanaford, Zebulon Barber, John Ames, Thos
Carlton, Charles Smart, jr, Joseph Saweige, Samuel Waymouth, Hilton
Smart, Wiggin Doe, Sam Chapman, John M. Smith, Andrew Smith,
thomas Wiggin, Benning Brackett, Daniel Hilton, Samuel Pickering,
John Perkins, Jacob Folsom, William Folsom, Jacob Hersey, John
Marston.

Hubartus Neal and 38 others of the leading men of Newmarket,
June 14, 1785, petitioned the House of Representatives then in
session for authority to call a special meeting to make choice of
a representative as follows:

Humbly Shows the Subscribers Inhabitants of Newmarket, That at
the last Annual Meeting held in Newmarket for the Choice of a Repre-
sentative a Vote was Obtained to desolve said Meeting without any
Choice being made, Contrary to the Minds of a great Number of said
Inhabitants—

Your Petitioners conceiving themselves Injured they therefore pray
your Honrs would Grant Liberty to the Selectmen of Newmarket, to
call a meeting to make Choice of a Representative to Represent said
Town in the General Court the Current year—and as bound Shall
pray &c—

John Langdon and Nicholas Gilman were delegates from New
Hampshire to the National Convention, holding a session from
May to September, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation,
and September 17, the Convention sent out a new plan of govern-
ment, the Federal Constitution.

Elisha Thomas, presumably a citizen of Newmarket, sent,
April 18, 1788, the following petition to the President and Privy
Council of New Hampshire:
256 History oF NEWFIELDS.

The Petition of Elisha Thomas now a Prisoner in the Gaol at Dover
in the County of Strafford in said State—humbly sheweth— That at the
Supreme Court of Judicature of said State, holden at Dover in said
County of Strafford, on the third Tuesday of April instant, your peti-
tioner was convicted upon an Indictment for the Murder of Captain
Peter Drowne of New Durham upon the fourth day of February last,
upon which conviction the Honble Judges of said Court passed upon
your petitioner the Sentence of Death & appointed Thursday the
twenty second day of May next for carrying into execution the dreadful
Sentence. The love of life implanted by the Supreme Creator & disposer
of it, in the breasts of all his Creatures, the anxious solicitude each
Child of Nature discovers to grasp one short space more; added to a
full conviction of the necessity of a serious & solemn preparation to
meet the Judge of Judges, Empires & Worlds— induces him most
humbly to implore your Excellency & Honors to respite for a space,
that to you may appear reasonable, the execution of the awful Sen-
tence,— that thereby in the fragment that yet remains of a life, like
that of other Mortals greatly sullied & dishonored by frailty & imper-
fection; he may have an opportunity of importuning an all merciful
God for the pardon & expiation of his many Sins, of Securing an
interest in the sufferings of his Redeemer, and of obtaining that peace
which the World cannot give, & without the attainment of whith, he
and all his fellow Mortals must forever be miserable—

Your Petitioner might here suggest, that he has an Innocent wife,
& two remaining children, whom the hand of public Justice is about to
bereave of their only hope of Support—for whom he feels the most
earnest Sollicitude— & whom he should wish might be so left, as to be
above necessity—or compulsion to depend upon the cold hands of
Charity—that as he is about to quit the World, he would also wish to
to do justice to his fellow Mortals & thereby be enabled to die in peace
with all men—From the Benevolence Humanity and mercy, which
constitute so conspicuous a part of the Characters of your BPxcellency
& Honors, he is fully sensible that your Goodness will add a few to
the days of life now allotted him; and while he approaches the throne
of Grace and most devoutly implores the pardon of all his Sins, he
shall not cease ardently to pray, that Heaven will be pleased to bless
your Excellency and Honors—with Wisdom Health & long and uninter-
rupted happiness, and his latest breath while employed in requesting
Mercy for himself will also implore the benediction of Heaven upon
you & your Posterity—

ELIsHA THOMAS.1

The next day two other petitions, one signed by fifty-five per-
sons and the other by fifty-three ‘‘ladies of Dover,’’ were sent in
asking for such reprieve, saying ‘‘if the request be granted it
will afford them great sensible pleasure.’’ In due order these

1Proy. Pap. NI: 547.
THE REVOLUTION AND Wak oF 1812. 257

petitions were considered and a respite was granted ‘‘until Tues-
day the third day of June next.’’

Col. Thomas Tash, January 10, 1791, resigned his commission
as Justice of the Peace in favor of his son Thomas, ‘‘If the presi-
dent & Counsel Sees fite to appoint him in my Room.’’

Chapter XVI.

THE REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812.

The citizens of Newmarket, like those of other towns in the
vicinity, felt the chafing of the British yoke, and when the time
was ripe for open rebellion for the most part were ready to take
up arms for their independence. The forced reshipment and
removal out of the province of two cargoes of tea, in June and
September, 1774, by the citizens of Portsmouth and vicinity, in-
dicated the growing feeling of the colonists towards the mother
country and heralded the coming storm. But the first overt act
of the Revolution was doubtless the seizure, under the leadership
of John Langdon and John Sullivan, of Fort William and Mary,
December 14 and 15, 1774, with its store of arms and ammuni-
tion and all without bloodshed. Its one hundred barrels of
gunpowder, fifteen cannon and sixty stand of arms, wisely se-
ereted for the time in different localities, afterwards did good ser-
vice at Bunker Hill and other places. The primal cause was the
reception of the copy of an order passed by the King and Council
prohibiting the exportation to America of military stores of any
kind, and was precipitated by information received by way of
Paul Revere’s express from Boston, that the British war frigate
Scarborough was to be sent to Newcastle to take possession of the
Fort.

Capt. Eleazer Bennett, who died in 1851, aged 101 years and
six months, who was at work December 15, 1774, in the employ of
General. Sullivan in his mill at Packer’s Falls, received word,
and went to the Fort with Sullivan, Capt. Winborn Adams, Job
Demeritt, and others. Peter French was also of the company.
They took a gondola belonging to Benjamin Mathes who was too
old to accompany them.

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258 History or NEWFIELDS.

A convention of delegates, meeting at Exeter January 25,
1775, addressed the people counselling peace, harmony and union
among themselves, the practicing of economy, the promotion of
manufactures, the avoiding of law suits, drilling themselves in
military tactics, and appealing to the Divine Being to espouse
their righteous cause and secure to them liberty.

Such counsel had its effect, companies were formed and drilled,
and on April 19 the men of New Hampshire dropped their imple-
ments of industry, seized their weapons of war, and in companies
larger or smaller hurried to the front. The women hastened to
make clothes, bake bread and mould bullets for their husbands
and sons, and at daylight bade them good bye with quivering
lips. And later, while the men went forth to repel the invading
army, the women tilled the soil, and spun yarn and wove cloth to
clothe the family.

The Third Provincial Congress at Exeter, April 21, 1775, ap-
pointed Col. Nathaniel Folsom to take chief command of the
troops who had gone or might go to the assistance of their suf-
fering brethren in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. On May
18 a regiment of New Hampshire men, consisting of 584, exclu-
sive of drummers and fifers, had enlisted, and.others in Massa-
chusetts regiments. Israel Gilman of Newmarket was commis-
sioned lieutenant-colonel of Col. James Reed’s Regiment.

The Fourth Provincial Congress, August 24, 1775, voted ‘‘ That
Nathaniel Folsom Esq. be the General Officer over the Militia in
this Colony,’’ and ‘‘That Col° Nicholas Gilman be appointed
Colonel of the Tenth Regt of Militia in this Colony, & Capt
Jeremiah Folsom be Lieut Colonel, Lieut. Thomas Bartlett his
first Major, & Capt. Stephen Clark his second Major.’’

This Congress, November 15, 1775, voted ‘‘That Col. Jeremiah
Folsom be allowed & paid out of the Treasury the ballance of his
account for fire arms amounting to Three pounds seven shillings
twopence.’’

The Fifth Provincial Congress ordered that Robert Holmes,
a soldier in Capt. George Jerry Osborne’s Company, whose name
had been omitted on the roll, be paid out of the treasury six-
teen shillings and six pence in full for his wages, ‘‘which ought
to have been entered upon the roll.’’

Robert Holland of Newmarket, aged 19, enlisted May 1, 1775,
THE REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812. 259

in Captain Moore’s company, Colonel Stark’s regiment. He
marched with Capt. Henry Dearborn’s company in Col. B. Ar-
nold’s detachment, to Quebec. He also served for Newmarket
in the Fifth company of Colonel Cilley’s regiment, in 1781.

The following is the pay roll of Captain Gilman’s company,
Col. Enoch Poor’s regiment, from the time of entry, May 25, to
August 1, 1775:

Capt. Samuel Gilman
Lt. Benjamin Kimball
2d. Lt. Harvey Moore
Sergt. Robert Pike
Sergt. John Colcord
Sergt. Ward Cotton Weeks
Sergt. James Huse
Corp. Eliphalet Neal
Barnabas McBride
Corp. William Renton
Corp. Joseph Boynton
Drummer Jonathan Robinson
Fifer Dudley Leavitt Chase
Ater Bennett

Moses Bly

Joseph Bean

Joseph Clark

Edward Chase
Eliphalet Coffin

Joseph Chapman
Zebulon Doe

Moses Davis

Jonaa Stone Dudley
Eliphalet Emery
Thomas Foss

James Goodwin
Thomas Honyford
Jonathan Heath
Enoch Heath

Thomas Hale

James Kennison
Benjamin Knight

Samuel Leavitt
Jonathan Leavitt
John Mason
Edward Mason
James Morrison
John Morrison
William Pike
David Robinson
Job Rowell
William Simpson
Daniel Stevens
Joseph Sawyer
Jonathan Sawyer
Joseph Tallant
Blisha Thomas
Eliphalet Veazie
Joshua Veazie
Thomas Veazie
Thomas Wiggin
Gideon Wiggin
Nehemiah West
Eliphalet Woodward
Thomas Wood
Solomon Smith
Jonathan Severance
Phinehas Wiggin
William Badger
Solomon Howard
Levi Chapman
Gideon Knight
Moses Bradley

In October, 1775, the same men, besides Edward Fox and
Thomas Sperling, acknowledge the receipt of four dollars from
Timothy Walker, Jr., for the regimental coats promised by the
Colony of New Hampshire.

Andrew Nealley received for Moses Davis.
260 History oF NEWFIELDS.

The Third Provincial Congress, June 1, 1775, commissioned
Israel Gilman of Newmarket leutenant-colonel of Col. James
Reed’s regiment. This regiment was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, and was still encamped on Winter Hill June 21, 1775,
with 455 men and officers.

Capt. Jeremiah Folsom, Capt. Hubartus Neal and James Hill
‘were members of this Congress, meeting at Exeter April 21,
1775, and Capt. Jeremiah Folsom, Edward Parsons, of the Fourth
Provincial Congress meeting at Exeter, May 17,1775. On July
4, 1775, this Congress voted ‘‘That a Publick Stock of Fire arms
shall be provided: for the use of this Colony;’’ ‘‘That five hun-
dred good fire arms be Provided & that a committee of three
members of this body be chosen to procure them as soon as may
be, and that Capt. Jeremiah Folsom, Mr. Moses Parsons and
Capt. Stephen Evans be the committee for that Purpose, and that
they Previously Enquire how cheap they can procure them, and
make report as soon as may be to this Congress, if sitting, or
otherwise to the committee of Safety, upon whose appropbation
they are to procure the same. Also that the committee of Safety
be and are hereby Impowered to Advance out of the Treasury
such sums as they shall think proper to the said Committee for
procuring Materials for the Purpose of making Fire arms &c.”’

Wentworth Wiggin, aged 30, and Lewis Kynoston, aged 24,
were mustered in Captain Adams’ company, Colonel Poor’s regi-
ment, June 2, 1775.

List of soldiers from Newmarket in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s
company, Colonel Poor’s regiment, June 6, 1775:

Capt Samuel Gilman
Lt. Benjamin Kimbel

Lt. Henry Moore Age

Robert Pike Junr 28 Husbandman
John Colcord 28 Husbandman
Eliphalet Neal 23 Joiner
Joseph Chapman 22 Husbandman
William Badger 23 Ship Wright
Ward Cotton Weeks 21 Clothier
Jeremiah Foss 21 Husbandman
James Goodwin 50 Husbandman
John Mason 30 Husbandman
William Renton 31 Husbandman
Jonathan Robinson 30 Cooper

William Simpson ae Ship Wright
THE REVOLUTION AND War oF 1812. 261

Gideon Wiggin 25 Husbandman

Barnabas McBride 39 Husbandman

Jona Stone Dudley 21 Cordwainer

Thomas Haniford 30 Tailor

Levi Chapman ‘ 20 Husbandman

Joseph Bean 22 Husbandman

Elisha Thomas 26 Husbandman

James Keniston 26 Husbandman

Dudley Leavitt Chase 24 Mariner, Stratham
Joseph Boynton 22 Mariner, Stratham
Harvey Moore 33 Husbandman, Stratham
John Marvel 20 Husbandman, Stratham
Samuel Leavitt, Jr., 17 Husbandman,: Stratham
Edward Mason 19 Husbandman, Stratham
Eliphalet Veasey 27 Husbandman, Stratham
Edw4 Chase 21 Husbandman, Stratham
Joseph Clark, 22 Husbandman, Stratham
Thomas Wiggin 33 Husbandman, Stratham
Gideon Knight 21 Blacksmith, Newmarket
Edward Fox, 19 Cordwainer, Lee
Solomon Smith, 41 Husbandman, Stratham
Jona Leavitt, 24 Husbandman, Stratham
Phinehas Wiggin 18 Husbandman, Stratham
David Robinson 22 Husbandman, Stratham
Andrew Neale, 18 Husbandman, Stratham
Thomas Veasey 25 Husbandman, Stratham
Zebulon Doe, 26 Cloatheir, Newmarket
Arthur Bennett 52 Husbandman, a

The following were not accepted:

Jono Hilton, Noah Marsh, Robert Mitchel, Edward Calkert, Reuben
Roberts, Negro, Benja Robinson.

Colonel Reed received an order from headquarters June 12,
1775, to quarter his regiment in the houses near Charlestown
Neck and keep all his men as guards between his barracks and
the Ferry and on Bunker Hill. Accordingly he marched his
regiment the next day, and the following reported at Charles-
town Neck with 539 men fit for duty and 28 sick.

The precautions taken at this time to guard against sudden
attacks is shown by the following regimental order issued by
Colonel Reed, dated June 15, 1775:

The main Gard this day is to consist of one Capt 2 Sub [subal-
terns], 4 sergeants 4 corporals and 50 privets. The Capt of the Gard is

to keepe a trusty Sergeant with the Senterys in the Street below the
Gard house to examine all passengers Let none pass without shoing
262 History oF NEWFIELDS.

proper passes in the Daytime and none to pass after Nine o’clock at
Knight without giving the counter sine and no Sentrey is to set down
on his post and when any field officer passes them to stand with their
firelocks rested no soldier to swim in the water on the Sabath day
nor any other Day to stay in the water Longer than is necessary to
wash themselves.

The battle of Bunker Hill occurred two days after, and had
the men under Prescott, Stark, Reed and Knowlton been armed
with bayonets and fully supplied with ammunition they would
undoubtedly have held their position against the extra force
under General Howe, and not been obliged to retreat.

The following is Lieut.-Colonel Gilman’s account for sundry
losses at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775:

to par of new Boots 26s i 6 6
to one Ratan whip 6s, one inck [ink] pot 1s 6 0 7 6
to one new case of knives & forks 4s 4 0 4 4
to other waer 1s 1 O
f £1 18 10

pd mis Blanchard for lodging when sick 2 7 6
pd for lamb & fowl 1s 10 0 di. 10
pd for shugar 1s 6 paid for Bread 1s 3 0 2 9
paid for one Quart of Brandy 2s 0 2 0
pd for Quart of claret 3s 0 3 #0
2 18 O

On receiving news of the engagement at Charlestown the Com-
mittee of Safety, June 18, directed Colonel Poor to order all his
companies except that of Captain Elkins to march immediately
to Cambridge.

Gen. Nathaniel Folsom, June 22, ordered 70 good effective men
from the regiment of Colonel Stark and 50 from that of Colonel
Reed, with arms, tools, and provisions for 24 hours, to labor on
Winter Hill. Two days later tents arrived and camps were
divided between the two regiments.

On the pay roll of Capt. Daniel Moore’s company, Colonel
Stark’s regiment, August 1, 1775, were Benjamin Folsom and
John Wadleigh, serving from April 23, three months and six-
teen days, and Ezekiel Gilman and Andrew Wiggin, serving
three months and eight days.

A company of minute men was enlisted by order of the Com-
mittee of Safety, October 12, 1775, and mustered at Portsmouth
THE REVOLUTION AND War oF 1812. 263

November 22, 1775, portions of which went to Winter Hill,
December, 1775.

Joseph Parsons, captain; Nathaniel Gilman, second lieutenant;
Josiah Hall Bartlett, sergeant; John Foss, corporal.

The following is a list of Newmarket Minute Men, October 12,
1775:

Joseph Hall James Sinclair
Joseph Collcutt David Jewett,
Smith Chapman, Jonathan Folsom
Walter Neal, John Smith
Dudley Hilton, John Smith, Jr.
Peter Coffin Joseph Smith.

A company raised by the same order mustered at Portsmouth,
November 24, 1775, portions of which went to Winter Hill in De-
cember, 1775, to take the place of the returning committee troops,
included Peter Coffin, captain; John Hall, first lieutenant;
Simeon Wiggin, second lieutenant; James Sinclair, ensign;
Joshua Wingate, sergeant; Joseph Bennett, John Hill, Ebenezer
Speed, Jon* Folsom, Andrew Neal, John Mason, Josiah Beel,
John Sinclair, Noah Wiggin, Joseph Smith, Joseph Louge, fifer;
Samuel Chapman, and others.

Another company raised in pursuance of the same order was
mustered November 25, 1775, a portion of which went to Winter
Hill in December, 1775, to take the place of the returning com-
mittee troops. It included: David Copps, captain; Andrew Gil-
man, second lieutenant; James Pike, Seth Shackford, Anthony
Vincent, William Vincent, Joshua Neal, Henry Pike, Dudley Gil-
man, Dudley Smart, Joseph Sanborn, Joseph Young, and others.

At the beginning of the second year of the war many persons
in all our towns were suspected of toryism. The New Hamp-
shire Committee of Safety in accordance with the recommenda-
tion of the Continental Congress, requested the selectmen to
circulate papers for signatures of those offering opposition to the
national government. ‘Those over 21 years refusing to sign the
so-called Association Test, excepting those refusing because of
religious scruples, were accounted tories.. Newmarket had her
share. The offensive name was given to those leaning to the
British side in the war for independence. They are known now
by the less opprobious name of loyalists. Many of them were

1See Chapter XV.
264 History oF NEWFIELDS.

on the shady side of fifty. The ambition and enterprise of their
days were gone. After the struggles of the Indian wars they
desired rest, peace and quiet undisturbed by war’s alarms.

Some persons, however, who were opposed to taking up arms
against their own countrymen, willingly took the oath of al-
legiance and pledged themselves to oppose in no way the effort
to secure independence.

The Committee of Safety of New Hampshire was the executive
power of the government in relation to the war, and was con-
tinued in power under the first Constitution, adopted January
6, 1776, until May 29, 1784, after the close of the Revolution.
It was familiarly styled the ‘‘Little Congress.’’ It met at Exe-
ter in a room furnished for its use by Hon. Joseph Gilman from
December, 1776 to May, 1784. Samuel Gilman of Newfields
served on the Committee from May 28, 1778, to April 7, 1779.

The following facts pertaining to Newmarket are culled from
the Journal of that Committee:

The Committee of Safety was appointed by Congress May 19,
1775, and on May 24, 1775, gave orders to Samuel Gilman of
Newfields, and nine others, to enlist each a company. This was
in accordance with orders issued by the Fourth Provincial Con-
gress to raise the second New Hampshire Regiment, of which
Enoch Poor of Exeter was appointed colonel. The ten com-
panies were to consist of 62 able-bodied effective men each.

The Committee delivered to Israel Gilman, June 13, 1775, his
commission as lieutenant-colonel of the Third Regiment of the
New Hampshire forces, administered the oath, and ordered him
to join his regiment at Cambridge.

On June 17, the Committee received and filed a letter from
Lieut.-Colonel Gilman, dated Charlestown, June 15.

It ordered the Receiver General, July 1, to pay Jonathan Rob-
inson forty shillings being his month’s pay as a soldier in Cap-
tain Gilman’s company, he being home on furlough.

Daniel Rogers, November 23, 1775, was brought before the
Committee as a person unfriendly to the liberties of America, but
on examination the Committee exonerated him.

The Committee sent enlisting orders, December 3, to Capt.
James Hill of Newmarket, and wrote to Col. David Gilman en-
closing like orders for his captains. On the same day the pay rolls
THE REVOLUTION AND Wak OF 1812. 265

of the companies of Capts. James and John Hill, were examined,
allowed and ordered to be paid, amounting respectively to £64,
18s., 1d. and £58, 17s., 5d. Two days later it ordered the treas-
urer to pay Lieut. Andrew Gilman forty shillings in part of
wages due him.

The Committee, July 12, 1776, ordered the Receiver General
to pay Thomas Mehany ten shillings for his expenses as a guard
‘bringing Samuel Dyer as a prisoner to this Town,’’ and July
18 to pay Joseph Stacey 11 shillings ‘‘for dieting Samuel Dyer
in prison.’’ Also September 23, to pay Col. Thomas Tash seven
pounds, 10 shillings, for a month’s advance wages for Dr. Cook,
surgeon in his regiment. It also voted a month’s advance pay
to Joseph Smith, adjutant in his regiment.

Orders were given Col. Nicholas Gilman, September 24, to send
Benjamin Folsom ‘‘to Prison unless he pay the whole money
back he rect to march to Ticon? & neglected going.’’ Also the
same day gave Peter Gilman an order on the treasurer for £20,
16s., 1-2d., to pay a carpenter’s bill.

Col. David Gilman marched with his regiment for New York
December, 1776.

The Committee, January 21, 1777, furnished Capt. Zachariah
Beal of Colonel Poor’s regiment £100 bounty money for his com-
pany for which he was to give account. He received, February
14, another £100 for recruiting purposes.

John Colcord was promoted, April 19, from second to first
lieutenant in Captain Norris’ company. Also, April 22, papers
were given to Levi Chapman of Newmarket, John Bartlett
of Epping and David Jewett of Exeter, to go to Fishkill, N. Y.,
to drive Continental teams.

Captain Blodgett was sent, May 10, to apprehend and bring
before the Committee Nathaniel Rogers and Doctor Marsters of
Newmarket. Rogers was given, July 2, a parole of eight days
““to tarry on his own farm and then return to prison.’’ The
same day Nathaniel Gilman of Newmarket was appointed first
lieutenant in Captain Beal’s company to fill the vacancy occa-
sioned by the resignation of Robert Pike. An order for £25
was given Robert Pike ‘‘to pay Bounties to men he Enlists, for
which he is to be accountable.”’

The jailer was ordered, July 22, 1777, to ‘‘nermit Capt.
266 HISToRY OF NEWFIELDS.

Nathaniel Rogers to remove into one of the Porter Chambers
and his wife to be with him while he is sick,’’ and the next day
gave order for his liberation on his signing a parole drawn by
the Committee.

The Receiver General was ordered, September 4, to furnish
Capt. Jonathan Robinson £80 to pay his expenses to Albany, to
be accounted for by him, and September 10, to pay Capt. Robert
Pike £23, 16s., the balance due him for enlisting 41 men, ‘‘a
Dollar p" Head & Bounties paid them.’’ Also September 12, to
pay Capt. Samuel Gilman £225 to pay bounty money to the
men he musters in Capt. Enoch Page’s company, and Capt.
Jonathan Robinson £1, 11s., 1d., the balance due him for appre-
hending Colonel Hall.

William Simpson and Jacob Burleigh of Newmarket, belong-
ing to Capt. Zebulon Gilmans’ company, Col. Stephen Evans’
regiment, are reported as deserting October 19 and 20, 1777.

An order was given on the treasurer, January 15, 1778, for
the payment of the roll of Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s company,
amounting to £591, 5s., 6d. :

Orders were given to Peter Drowne of Newmarket, March 26,
to enlist soldiers to go to Rhode Island, and £60 were put into
his hands to pay bounties to the soldiers who should thus enlist.
The next day the treasurer was ordered to pay Peter Folsom £3,
12s., ‘‘for mending Prison.’’

The treasurer was ordered, May 5, to pay Capt. Robert Pike
£14 for two months’ wages of Phineas Dolloff, one of his soldiers,
his account as by pay roll being ‘‘two months short.”’

Capt. Samuel Gilman was ordered, July 20, by the Committee
to muster the company enlisted by Lieutenants Pike and Pink-
ham, and also the treasurer to furnish him £324 to pay bounty
to said company.

Jonathan Hilton, an enlisted soldier in Capt. Enoch Page’s
company, who did not join the army, July 12, paid back the
money he had received for bounty.

The Receiver General was ordered, September 18, to pay Peter
Folsom £1, 16s., for repairing ‘‘Exeter Gaol,’’ and December 9,
to pay Capt. Eliphalet Giddings for Ebenezer Smith £26, 15s.,
2d., as a volunteer to Saratoga.

The Committee ordered, May 22, 1779, the Receiver General
to pay the roll of Capt. Peter Drowne for his company in Col.
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Stephen Peabody’s battalion, amounting to £678, 5s. Also
ordered Simeon Ladd, keeper of the prison, to release Philip
Crommet, Jr., a soldier belonging to Whitcomb’s Rangers, on
the condition that Capt. Peter Drowne shall become surety for
his appearance again when called for. The bond was given and
placed on file.

John Neal, a sergeant in the Continental service, but then an
invalid, was ordered, July 23, to proceed to Portsmouth without
loss of time and put himself under the command of Colonel Dame
and do duty there till further orders.

The Committee, August 20, ordered the Receiver General to
pay Ebenezer Thompson £3, 10s., for Hubartus Neal for the
attendance of himself and wife as evidence in the trial of Major
Richardson.

The Committee gave, October 14, a permit to James Hill ‘‘to
clear the Schooner Property, with fourty Bushels of corn & Ten
Barels of Cider for Biddeford in the State of the Massachusetts
Bay.’’

The Committee wrote to Capt. Peter Drowne, May 13, 1780, to
deliver Philip Crommet to Major Whitcomb’s order, and on
June 30, ordered the Receiver General to pay Capt. Samuel Gil-
man £8,019, for cattle and corn bought for the use of the state
out of the confiscated estate of Governor Wentworth.

A captain, lieutenant, ensign and 55 men were drafted, July
7, for three months from Colonel Gilman’s regiment, then at
Kingston.

The Committee ordered, July 19, the treasurer to pay James
Thurston £66, 12s., for a dinner provided by them for the enter-
tainment of the Hon. Mr. Gerry who came by the desire of the
Committee of Congress and General Washington to communicate
some things relative to the state of the army.

The Committee ordered the treasurer, May 19, 1781, to pay
Peter Folsom £8 ‘‘New Currency’’ and endorse the same on
Lieut. Jonathan Perkins’ ‘‘first Note for Depreciation’’ now in
the hands of said Folsom.

On July 12, the day for hearing the dispute between New-
market and Stratham about double returns, and between New-
market and Northwood, was fixed for July 19. At this hear-
ing the Committee decided that James Keniston, claimed by New-
268 History oF NEWFIELDS.

market and Stratham, belonged to Newmarket and Benjamin
Dowe, claimed by Newmarket and Northwood, belonged to North-
wood.

The Committee ordered the treasurer, November 14, to deliver
to Lieut. Robert Clark his order for the payment of his roll for
three months’ men in 1780, and charge the State with ‘‘thirty
pounds new Emission,’’ who paid the same and endorsed it on
the order.

James Thurston was paid £1, 6s., December 7, 1782, for the use
of a ‘‘Hay Chase.’’

The Committee, March 14, 1783, recompensed William Hilton,
a drummer, who enlisted at Ticonderoga in 1776 and received no
bounty.

Robert Holland of Newmarket, a farmer, aged 19, was a mem-
ber of Captain Moore’s company, Colonel Stark’s regiment, serv-
ing from the time of his entry, May 1, to September 1, 1775,
when he was paid two pounds for his service. He reénlisted Sep-
tember 8.

The pay roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman’s company contained
the names of 65 officers and men, and he drew rations for that
number from June 26, 1775 to July 18, and July 25 to August 5,
and from July 18 to 21, for 64 men, and July 21 to 24, for 62
men. His men received, October 4, 1775, four dollars for the
regimental coat which was promised by the colony of New Hamp-
shire. Shoes were furnished to Eliphalet Coffin, Thomas Wig-
gin, Joseph Clark, Gideon Knight and William Pike, members of
the company, at the expense of £1, 12s., 8d.

Samuel Gilman was returned as second heutenant with Capt.
James Hill’s company on Pierce’s Island, November 5, 1775. He
enlisted February 6, 1776, in Capt. Samuel Young’s company,
Col. Timothy Bedel’s regiment, to join the northern army under
General Washington, and was on the pay roll June 24, 1776,
and on the muster roll of Capt. Simon Marston’s company, Col.
Joshua Wingate’s regiment, which marched, July 22, 1776, by
order of the Committee of Safety, to Charlestown on Connecticut
River, to join the northern army ‘‘wherever it might be found.”’

Samuel Gilman, Jr., was on the muster roll of Capt. John
Mudge’s company, Col. Baldwin’s regiment, going to join the
Continental army in New York in 1776.
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 269

Other men of Newmarket in Captain Winborn’s company,
Colonel Poor’s regiment, were Winthrop Wiggin, a carpenter,
aged 30, and Lewis Kynoston, a tailor, aged 24. Also Second
Lieut. Nathaniel Thing in Capt. Richard Shortridge’s company.

Reuben Roberts of Newmarket, enlisting in Capt. Jeremiah
Gilman’s company, Col. John Nixon’s regiment, encamped at
Winter Hill, September 30, 1775. In 1781 he enlisted for the
war.

Robert Cameil, October 6, 1775, enlisted in the place of John
Duch of Newmarket in Capt. W. H. Ballard’s company, Col.
James Frye’s regment, at Cambridge.

Capt. Henry Dearborn, October 30, 1776, gave the following
list of soldiers who went with him to Quebec in June, 1775, and
had not received pay for their service: John Bean, Robert Hol-
land, John Pike Hilton, William Taylor, John Clark, Corp. Moses
Gilman, Seret. Joseph Thomas, Seret. Jonathan Perkins, Sergt.
Joseph Lovering, and Joseph Smith.

Under date of October 31, 1775, John Wadleigh, then. of Ep-
ping, presents a bill of 36 shillings, due to Dr. Ebenezer Fisk
for services, stating that he was in the American army under
Capt. Daniel Moore, and in the battle of Bunker Hill, and soon
after was taken sick and advised by the doctors to go home to
recover his health.

Capt. James Hill of Newmarket, November 5, 1775, commanded
one of the companies of Col. Joshua Wingate’s regiment, sta-
tioned for the defence of Pascataqua Harbor. At the same time
Capt. Samuel Baker of Newmarket commanded one of the thirty-
one companies of six weeks’ men.

On the pay roll of Capt. Joseph Paine’s company, Colonel
Senter’s regiment, were Jeremiah Folsom and Elisha Thomas.
The return of what remained of his company, at Newcastle,
November 6, 1775, gave the names of First Lieut. Nathaniel Gil-
man, Sergt. Josiah Hall Bartlett, Joseph Hall, Isaac Remick,
James Pickering, Levi Pickering, David Wiggin, Smith Chapman
and Jonathan Folsom.

General Sullivan, by command of General Washington, Novem-
ber 30, 1775, wrote the Committee of Safety that the Connecticut
forces have ‘‘absolutely refused to tarry till the first day of Jan-
uary, but will quit the lines on the 6th of Decemb’.,’’ and asked
for 31 companies of 64 men each from New Hampshire to serve
270 HIsTorY OF NEWFIELDS.

till January 15,1776. Accordingly, December 2, the Committee
issued an order for the enlisting of the men.

In another letter to the Committee, December 8, General Sulli-
van told of the high estimation in which the New Hampshire
troops are held. He said ‘‘Gen. Washington and all the other
officers are extremely pleased & bestow the highest encomiums on
you and your troops, freely acknowledging that New Hampshire
Forces for bravery & resolution far surpass the other Colonies,
& that no Province discovers so much zeal in the common
cause.”’

Samuel Baker was made captain of the Newmarket company
thus enlisted, Zebulon Barber, heutenant; John Allen, second
lieutenant. Three sergeants, three corporals, two drummers and
fifers with 44 privates completed the roll.

Nearly 5,000 men from New Hampshire were in the army in
December, 1775.

Zebulon Doe, aged 28, and Andrew Wiggin, aged 22, enlisted
January 1, 1776, in Captain Tilton’s company, Colonel Poor’s
regiment, and deserted the same day.

Josiah Burnam, age 24, of Newmarket, enlisted the same day
in Captain Adams’ company, Colonel Poor’s regiment, and in the
return, July 8, 1776, was reported as having been discharged,
March 29.

By vote of the House January 25, 1776, the state treasurer
was ordered to pay the Committee of Safety of Newmarket
their account for fire rafts amounting to £39, 6s., 314d.

The retreat of our army from Canada caused considereble
alarm on the frontier. In consequence the house and council
met in convention of the whole, July 2, 1776, and voted to raise
another regiment of 750 men to reinforce the army, to be under
the command of Col. Joshua Wingate of Stratham. Colonel
Wingate afterward was directed by the Committe of Safety to
proceed to Charlestown on Connecticut River to take care of the
companies there and to join the northern army. The following
Newmarket men were in Capt. Simon Marston’s company :

Lt. Zebulon Barber John Neal

Peter Stillings Samuel Ward
David Robertson Zebulon Doe
Samuel Gilman John Watson
Benjamin Stevens James Moody

Jacob Folsom Peter Hersey
THE REVOLUTION AND War oF 1812. 271

This company marched July 22, 1776.

On the muster and pay roll of men raised for Canada out of
Colonel Evans’ and Colonel Badger’s regiments, were the fol-
lowing Newmarket men who went in Capt. Joseph Badger’s com-
pany:

James Goodwin, 3d Sergt. Moses Drown
Josiah Wiggin, 4th Sergt. John Barber
Chase Wiggin, Corporal John Folsom, Jr.
Asa Wiggin William Burleigh
John Folsom Asa Duda
William Moore Stephen Burleigh

Thomas Foss of Captain Adams’ company, and Levi Chatman,
aged 21, of Captain Tilton’s company, Colonel Poor’s regiment,
in return made July 8, 1776,1 were reported sick.

Ebenezer Bennick, Philip Fowler, Eliphalet Neal and Daniel
Rogers, of Capt. Smith Emerson’s company, Second New Hamp-
shire Regiment, receive advance wages and bounty, to join the
Continental army in New York, September 16, 1776.

Col. Thomas Tash, the old French soldier, September, 1776,
led a regiment to reénforce the Continental army, who with
others joined Washington in Pennsylvania, and was at Trenton
and Princeton. Joseph Smith was his adjutant, and Jonathan
Chesley his quartermaster.

Samuel Keniston of Newmarket was in Capt. Mark Wiggin’s
company, Colonel Pierce’s regiment, stationed at Portsmouth,
from July 22 to December 7, 1776, and Richard Critchet in Capt.
Nathan Brown’s company, Colonel Pierce’s regiment, from Sep-
tember 19 to December 7, 1776.

The Council and Assembly met in special convention Septem-
ber 14, 1776, and voted to raise in this state one thousand men,
officers included, to reénforce the army in New York, to be
divided into two regiments, the first to be under the command of
Col. Thomas Tash. The following Newmarket men in Capt.
Daniel Gordon’s company, were mustered in September 20:

Jeremiah Foss Dudley Smart
John Meader, Lewis Keniston
Walter Bryent, Jr. Jonathan Robinson

1 The striking contrast between the past and present in the way of communication
will be seen from the fact that the news of the signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, July 4, did not reach Exeter until July 18, being 14 days on the way.
272. History oF NEWFIELDS.

Jobn Mason Rufus Ewers
Reuben Doe, Theophilus Wiggins
Jonathan S. Dudley Benjamin Pinner
Zebulon Davis Nathaniel Colby
Elisha Thomas Walter Neal.

Jonathan Burleigh

In Capt. Jonathan Robinson’s company were: John Kenis-
ton, Francis Jenness, Jr., James Keniston, Jonathan Keniston,
Joshua Brackett.

In Capt. Smith Emerson’s company, mustered in September
16, 1776, were: Philip Fowler, Eliphalet Neal, Daniel Rogers.

Col. Thomas Tash and Maj. Joseph Smith of Newmarket were
among those sent to reénforce the army in New York, September
24,1776. And Lieut. Zebulon Doe with the forces at Charles-
town on Connecticut River, July 17.

In Capt. Daniel Runnals’ company were Jonathan Dearborn,
William Moore, and in Capt. William Prescott’s company, Rob-
ert Fowler and Jacob Fowler.

Philip Crommet of Newmarket enlisted for the war in Maj.
Benjamin Whitcomb’s rangers, December 2, 1776, and deserted
July 20, 1780. He returned March 1, 1784.

On the roll of Capt. Joseph Parson’s company, Col. David Gil-
man’s regiment, were Second Lieut. Joshua Weeks, John Marston
and James Keniston, going to New York, and serving from De-
cember 5, 1776, to March 11, 1777.

In answer to a requisition from General Washington, the
Legislature, December 4, 1776, voted to draft 500 men from the
several state regiments to be sent to New York for the garrisons
at Fort George and Ticonderoga. They were under the com-
mand of Col. David Gilman of Pembroke, and served till March
15, 1777, beyond the time for which they were engaged. The
regiment did excellent service in the battles of Trenton, Decem-
ber 26, 1776, and Princeton, January 3, 1777. We cannot re-
frain from quoting from the letter of General Sullivan to Hon.
Meshech Weare from Chatham, dated February 13, 1777: ‘‘Gen-
eral Washington made no scruple to say publicly the remains of
the Eastern Regiments were the strength of his army, though then
their numbers were comparatively speaking but small; he ealls
them in front when the Enemy are there; he sends them to the
rear when the Enemy threaten that way; all the general officers
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 2738

allow them to be the best of Troops. The Southern officers and
Soldiers allow it in times of danger, but not all at other times.
Believe me, sir, the Yankees took Trenton before the other Troops
knew anything of the matter more than that there was an en-
gagement.

At Princeton when the 17th Reet. had thrown 3,500
southern militia into the utmost confusion, a Regiment of
Yankees restored the day. This Gen! Miffen confessed to me:—
though the Philadelphia papers tell us a different story.’’

Thus New Hampshire troops honored themselves in these two
battles and did their full share of the work during the year.

The loyalists of 1776, as a class, were men of wealth, education,
and respectability, many of them holding offices under the crown.
It is no wonder they hesitated to go into rebellion, leading many
who leaned to the royalist side to come over to the patriots.

Among the loyalists of Newmarket there were none, who, by
the act of November 19, 1778, were proscribed and banished. It
does not appear that any one suffered confiscation. Among the
tories in town none were prominent enough to cause much
trouble. The women of that day had their politics as well as
the men.

Philip Crommet of Newmarket enlisted in the Independent
Corps of Rangers under Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb, December 2,
1776, and deserted July 20, 1778.

Elisha Thomas of Newmarket served as sergeant in Captain
Gordon’s company, Colonel Tash’s regiment, in Verplanks, N. Y.,
in 1776, when he was wounded in the hand by the bursting of his
gun, so as to unfit him for garrison duty, and he was discharged
November 30, 1776. He was awarded a pension in 1787, to com-
mence July 31, 1786, of 24 shillings a month for the above dis-
ability. On the pension roll of November 28, 1789, he was
noted as dead."

Jonathan Prescott enlisted in Maj. James Norris’ company,
third regiment, January 7, 1777, for three years, and was dis-
charged January 27, 1780. He also served at West Point in
Capt. Henry Battle’s company, Col. Bartlett’s regiment, from
July 13 to October 25, 1780.

Eleazer Neal was corporal in Capt. Isaac Frye’s company,

1 Received sentence of death for murder with date of execution finally fixed

for June 3, 1788.
18
274 History of NEWFIELDS.

Colonel Scammell’s regiment, enlisting for the war January 20,
1777, promoted to a sergeant October 8, 1777, and died December
1, 1777.

Walter Neal of Newmarket was one of 19 men under Capt.
John Haven sent to Newport, Rhode Island, to guard pris-
oners, serving 16 days from January 26, 1777. Captain Haven
took charge of 56 prisoners with orders to turn them over to the
commander of the British troops at Newport.

On the muster roll of Capt. Michael McClary’s company, Col.
Alexander Scammell’s regiment, were James Colby and Jonathan
Prescott, mustered February 6, 1777, and Jonathan Mason and
Samuel Baker, mustered March 4, 1777, all of Newmarket. Cap-
tain McClary was killed in battle at Saratoga.

Jonathan Mason of Newmarket in a petition dated March 10,
1780, states that he enlisted in Maj. James Norris’ company,
Third Battalion of New Hampshire troops, February 12, 1777,
and served till the retreat from Ticonderoga when he had the
misfortune of being taken prisoner by the enemy ‘‘from whom he
soon after made his escape.’’ He received supplies from the
town in 1779 and was discharged, January 30, 1780.

Barna McBride of Newmarket was mustered February 13,
1777, in Capt. James Norris’ company, Col. Enoch Poor’s regi-
ment, for continental service, and received £20 bounty.

Benjamin Chapman enlisted February 21, 1777, in Capt. Sol-
omon Cushman’s company, Col. Timothy Bedel’s regiment, for
Canada, serving till his discharge, March 31, 1778.

In March, 1777, Newmarket had 242 men from 16 to 50 years
of age in Col. Nicholas Gilman’s regiment, of New Hampshire
Militia.

Jonathan Bean enlisted in Capt. James Gray’s company, Col.
Scammell’s regiment, March 8, 1777, for three years, and was dis-
charged April 20, 1780.

Jonathan Folsom enlisted in Capt. James Gray’s company,
Colonel Scammell’s regiment, for three years, March 29, 1777,
and deserted February 1, 1778. He was returned by the select-
men of Newmarket as soldier, July 6, 1781.

John Shute enlisted for the war for Portsmouth March 29,
1777, deserted May 1, 1779, and returned and joined May 1, 1780,
Col. Henry Dearborn’s regiment. Portsmouth furnished sup-
plies for his family from March 30, 1780, to June 1, 1781.
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 275

Seth R. Shackford enlisted for three years in Capt. Isaac
Frye’s company, Colonel Scammell’s regiment, April 1, 1777,
and was killed October 7, 1777.

Edward Taylor enlisted for three years, April 10, 1777, in
Capt. Daniel Livermore’s company, Third Continental Regiment,
Col. Alexander Scammell, and was discharged April 10, 1780.

Benjamin Taylor was a soldier in the third company, First
Regiment, Col. Joseph Cilley.

Joseph Sanborn enlisted for Newmarket for three years in the
first company, Third Regiment, Col. Alexander Scammell, April
16, 1777, and was discharged April 16, 1780.

On the pay roll of Capt. George Tuttle’s company, Col. Ste-
phen Evans’ regiment of militia, joining General Gates at Sara-
toga, were Philip Fowler, Samuel Chesley, William Smart,
Nathaniel Stevens and Eliphalet Tufts, serving from September
8 to October 19 or 20, 1777, all of whom deserted.

On the pay roll of Capt. Jeremiah Gilman’s company, Colonel
Stickney’s regiment, which marched to reénforce the Northern
Continental Army, July 20, 1777, were Benjamin Perkins, drum-
mer, Joseph Perkins, John Brown, John Hicks and Thomas
Young.

Elisha Thomas of Newmarket enlisted in Capt. Stephen Dear-
born’s company, Col. Thomas Stickney’s regiment, April 14,
and was discharged September 28,1777. The company marched
to join the Northern Continental Army. He received a bounty
of £4, 10s., and travel money, September 8, 1777, in Capt. Joseph
Parson’s company, Lieut.-Colonel Senter’s regiment, going to
Rhode Island August, 1777. He enlisted in the company July
is was mustered in at Warwick, R. I., December 10, 1777, and
on the pay roll from July 7 to January 6, 1778. He was on the
pay roll of Capt. Nathan Brown’s company, Col. Jacob Gale’s
regiment, from August 5 to August 25, 1778. He enlisted for
North Hampton in Capt. Jonathan Leavitt’s company, Col. Her-
cules Mooney’s regiment, July 7, 1779, to join the army at
Providence, R. I., for its defence, and was on the pay roll till
January 9, 1780. The selectmen of North Hampton, July 10,
1779, paid him £30 bounty, and £12 travel money to Providence,
R. 1.

Simeon Wiggin, fifer, Joseph Hill and William French, were
members of Capt. John Folsom’s company, Col. Moses Kelly’s
276 HISTORY OF NEWFIELDS.

regiment, from August 4 to August 28, 1778, marching to Rhode
Island.

Capt. Samuel Gilman was muster-master of Capt. Enoch
Page’s company, September 20, 1777, pursuant to orders from
the Committee of Safety, to muster in and pay bounty to the
men. This company of 63 members seem to have been in Col.
Joseph Senter’s regiment, marching to Rhode Island.

John Mead served in Capt. Nathaniel Ambrose’s company, at
Saratoga, from September 30 to October 27, 1777.

Lieut. John Colcord was enrolled as one of the officers of the
second battalion, November 7, 1776, as reorganized, April, 1777.

The roll of Capt. Joseph Parson’s company, Colonel Senter’s
battalion, December 18, 1777, included the following names: Jere-
miah Folsom, Solomon Smith, William Palmer, Winthrop Smith,
Samuel Beck, Elisha Thomas and Benjamin Young.

Prices, December 25, 1777, according to the journal kept by
Samuel Lane, Jr., of Stratham, were: corn, three dollars per
bushel; pork, one shilling, six pence per pound; sugar, four
shillings, six pence; pepper, four shillings per ounce; cider, ten
dollars per barrel, and rum ten or twelve dollars per gallon by
the hogshead.

Daniel, William and Dudley Hilton served in Capt. Robert
Pike’s company, going to Rhode Island, from June 30, 1777 to
January 6, 1778.

John Keniston served in Capt. Enoch Page’s company, Col.
Joseph Senter’s regiment, in Rhode Island, from August, 1777,
to January 1, 1778.

James Colby, aged 46, of Newmarket was disabled at Bemis
Heights, September, 1777. His pension commenced March 17,
1786, and was paid to July 31, 1789.

We give the following muster-roll of Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s
company, Col. Stephen Evans’ regiment, September 12, 1777.
Zebulon Barber and Jonathan Norris were first and second lieu-
tenants of the company, serving at Saratoga:

‘

Daniel Smith, Joseph Bartlett,
Jonathan Dudley, Joseph Colcord,
John Colcord, Nathaniel Thing,
John Pease, Dudley Thing,
Joseph Loverin, Jacob Burley,

John Smith, Josiah Burley,
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 277

Benjamin Bean, Eliphalet Pease,

Joseph Pease, Francis Lyford,
John Folsom, Edward Moody
Samuel Dyer, Samuel Moody,
Joseph Neal, Smith Chapman,
William Simpson, Levi Chapman,
Eliphalet Smith, Charles Hilton,

Noah Wedgewood, Daniel Hilton.
Abraham Parsons,

Of the above John Folsom was discharged December 15, 1777.

In a company of volunteers under Col. John Langdon, which
joined the Continental army under General Gates at Saratoga,
serving from September 29 to October 31, 1777, including 13
days for the travel home of 260 miles, were Lieut. Nicholas Gil-
man, Ens. James Hill, Maj. James Hacket, Capt. Samuel Gilman,
Capt. Eliphalet Giddinge, Capt. Edward Hilton, Capt. Samuel
Baker, Capt. Robert Barber, Capt. Samuel Shackford, Capt. Na-
thaniel Giddinge, Walter Bryent, Jr., Peter Drowne, Lieut. Asa
Folsom, Josiah Adams, Bradstreet Doe, Andrew Gilman, Samuel
Gilman, Levi Folsom, Edward Fox, Wentworth Cheswell, Aaron
Rollins, Samuel Ames and Edward Fox, serving from August
5 to September 27.

On the roll of Capt. Robert Pike’s company, Lieut.-Colonel
Senter’s regiment, raised to go to Rhode Island, were the follow-
ing Newmarket men, entered June 26, 1777, and discharged Jan-
uary 6, 1778:

Capt. Robert Pike
Corp. Robert Mitchel
Corp. Daniel Hilton

William Smart
Benjamin Pinner
Dudley Smart

William Hilton Timothy Weymouth

Dudley Hilton Jonathan Smart
Perkins Pike John Gilman
Eliphalet Colcord Andrew Wiggin
Zebulon Pease Jairus Doe.
John Smart

The company was raised in answer to a request of Gov. Nich-
olas Cooke of Rhode Island and was at Providence and Warwick,
R. I, the pay roll of the company of 54 officers and men amount-
ing to £773, 14s., 8d.

Walter Bryent of Newmarket was adjutant on the staff of Col.
Joshua Wingate from August 8 to August 28, 1778, marching to
join the Continental army at Rhode Island.
278 History of NEWFIELDS.

Edward and Ichabod Hilton furnished soldiers’ supplies at
Newmarket in 1778.

Joseph Sanborn, aged 19, of Newmarket, a soldier of Captain
Hutchins’ company, Colonel Cilley’s regiment, was an absentee
from Valley Forge, January 10,1778. He was wounded and left
at Albany on a furlough.

Philip Fowler of Newmarket enlisted, February 3, 1778, for
two years, in Captain Drew’s company, Col. John MecClary’s regi-
ment, for Northwood.

Peter Stevens acknowledged, April 1, 1778, the receipt of six
pounds lawful money as a bounty. And in Newmarket, July
11, 1778, Stephen Jones Thomas, first lieutenant, and Joseph
Randall, second lieutenant, acknowledged the receipt of Capt.
Peter Drowne, respectively, eight pounds, two shillings, and one
pound, sixteen shillings, as ‘‘travel money’’ to Providence.

Sergt. Thomas Taylor served in Capt. Peter Drowne’s com-
pany, Col. Stephen Peabody’s regiment, in Rhode Island, from
July 23, 1878, to January 4, 1779.

Winthrop Smith served in Capt. Joseph Parson’s company,
Col. Joseph Senter’s regiment, from July 5, 1778 to January 7,
1779, and Solomon Smith from July 11, 1778 to January 6, 1779.

Corp. Winthrop Pickering served in Capt. Peter Drowne’s
company, Colonel Peabody’s regiment, from July 8 to September
26, 1778.

William Gladin enlisted for Newmarket in Captain Dinsmore’s
company, Colonel Moses Hazen’s regiment, June 22, 1778, serv-
ing six months and eight days. He was returned March 9, 1782,
in Colonel Hazen’s regiment.

Thomas Drowne enlisted in Colonel Peabody’s regiment July
23, 1778, and served till January 1, 1779.

Aaron Rollins served in Capt. Joseph Parsons’ company, Col.
Moses Nichols’ regiment, in Rhode Island, from August 5 to
August 27, 1778.

George Hart, Samuel Shackford, Samuel Drowne, Daniel Rog-
ers, and Nathaniel and Benjamin Folsom were in Col. John
Langdon’s company, going to Rhode Island, entering August 6,
and discharged August 27, 1778.

Josiah and Samuel Burleigh were in Capt. Edward Hilton’s
company, Col. Joshua Wingate’s regiment, going to Rhode
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 279

Island, entering August 8 and receiving discharge August 28,
1778.

George Bell was among the 77 persons whose property was con-
fiseated and themselves banished with Gov. John Wentworth,
November 11-19, 1778.

Nathaniel Church of Barrington, who was a soldier in Capt.
Peter Drowne’s company, Lieut.-Col. Stephen Peabody’s regi-
ment, and wounded in Rhode Island, losing his leg and a portion
of his thigh, petitions November 5, 1779, for relief and half pay,
which was granted, commencing January 1, 1779.

Among those who were debarred from entering again the state
by an act passing the Legislature November 19, 1778, because of
their joining its enemies, were Jacob Brown and George Bell of
Newmarket, traders.

On the pay roll of Capt. Edward Hilton’s company, Col.
Joshua Wingate’s regiment of volunteers in the expedition to
Rhode Island, August, 1778, were the following Newmarket men:

Sergt. Arthur Bennet Josiah Burleigh
Corp. Jeremiah Bryant Samuel Burleigh
Capt. Jonathan ‘Folsom Arthur Branscomb
Asa Folsom John Murray.

Nicholas Doe

Samuel Ward of Newmarket served at Ticonderoga, in 1779.

Robert Rollins of Newmarket enlisted for Portsmouth for three
years, April, 1779, in Captain Beal’s company.

In 1779, John Foss, a native of Newmarket, but residing in
Newburyport, Mass., aged 32, a rope maker, was reported an
absentee from the Second New Hampshire Regiment under the
command of Lieut.-Col. George Reid.

Ebenezer Speed furnished supplies for soldiers for Newmarket
June 8, 1779.

On the muster roll of men raised in the fourth regiment of
militia to fill up the New Hampshire battalions in the Continenal
army, Thomas Taylor was mustered in for one year for New-
market.

Samuel Rollins served in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s company,
Colonel Hercules Mooney’s regiment, in Rhode Island, from July
18, 1779, to January 8, 1781.

Aaron Hart and Josiah Perkins enlisted, August 3, 1779, for
280 History of NEWFIELDS.

Newmarket in the regiment of Col. Hercules Mooney for conti-
nental service in Rhode Island.

In 1779 the town of Newmarket became debtor to supples of
various articles furnished to Joseph Barter by Joseph Young,
Joshua Bracket, David Chapman, Walter Bryent, Jr., and Icha-
bod Bracket, amounting to £1,666, 7s.

Stephen Batchelder of Newmarket, a soldier in Col. George
Reid’s regiment, was wounded in the second battle of Saratoga,
October 7, 1777, and died November 2, 1777.

John Barter, born in 1739, was a soldier in Capt. Jeremiah
Marston’s company, Colonel Goffe’s regiment, at Crown Point,
September 30, 1762; on the pay roll of Capt. James Norris’ com-
pany, Colonel Enoch Poor’s regiment, to August 1, 1775; artil-
lery man in Capt. Pierse Long’s company, at Portsmouth, April
1, 1776; corporal in Capt. Ebenezer Deering’s artillery, Col.
Pierse Long’s regiment, for Ticonderoga, September 2, 1776,
to January 7, 1777; reported ‘‘fit to march to Ticonderoga,’’ Jan-
uary 13, 1777; corporal and received advance pay, January 14,
1777; of Kittery, in Capt. Ebenezer Deering’s company, and re-
fusing to march to Ticonderoga, was put on board the Raleigh,
January, 1777; again joined the army, was wounded September
19, 1777, and placed on the pension list at two dollars per month.
His petition to the General Court, dated Middletown, November
4, 1788, stated ‘‘that whiles He was in the service of the United
States being a Sergeant in Capt. Blodget’s company in the
New Hampshire regiment, He received a dangerous wound in
Battle, was shot through the thigh.’’

Reuben Roberts enlisted for Newmarket for the war in Capt.
Jeremiah Gilman’s company, Col. Joseph Cilley’s regiment, 1780.

Winthrop Wiggin of Newmarket was a private in the eighth
company, Colonel Reid’s regiment, in 1780. Was also sergeant in
Capt. William Rowell’s company, Colonel Reid’s regiment, Feb-
ruary, 1781. The town furnished him supplies for the years
1778 and 1779.

Richard Presby was corporal of the ninth company, Colonel
Reid’s regiment, 1780, and of Captain Cherry’s company, Feb-
ruary 7, 1781.

David Watson was a soldier in the eighth company, Colonel
Reid’s regiment, in 1780. Was returned in Capt. Josiah Fogg’s
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 281

company February 15, 1781, for Newmarket. He was furnished
supplies by Newmarket in 1779.

William Burleigh, Jr., aged 18, William Taylor, aged 20, and
Jonathan Leavitt, aged 22, enlisted June 27, and served till De-
cember 31, 1780. All served for Stratham.

John Wedgewood served in Capt. Moses Leavitt’s company,
Col. Thomas Bartlett’s regiment, going to West Point, from
July 1, to October 25, 1780.

Samuel Burleigh served in Capt. Richard Sinclair’s company,
Col. Thomas Bartlett’s regiment, for West Point, from July 4,
to October 28, 1780.

Thomas Neal served in Captain Jewell’s company, Col.
Thomas Bartlett’s regiment, at West Point, from July 4 to
October 25, 1780.

Seret. Joseph Robinson served in Capt. Jonas Heath’s com-
pany, Col. Moses Nichols’ regiment, from July 5 to October 23,
1780, at West Point.

John Mead served with Capt. Eleazer Webster’s Rangers from
July 5 to October 24, 1780.

Samuel Smart enlisted July 6, 1780, for six months in Capt.
Samuel Reynold’s company, Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb’s Rang-
ers. Simons Fowler also belonged to the same company.

Eliphalet Smith enlisted in Capt. Richard Sinclair’s com-
pany, Col. Thomas Bartlett’s regiment, for West Point, July 6,
1780, serving to October 28, 1780.

Perkins Pike, aged 19, enlisted as a recruit July 6, and served
to December 15, 1780, for Newmarket.

William Perkins served in Capt. Daniel Gordon’s company,
Col. Thomas Bartlett’s regiment, at West Point, from July 10,
to October 25, 1780.

Lewis Keniston enlisted as recruit from Newmarket July 12,
1780, and served till December 15, 1780.

Henry Sheafe enlisted as a recruit for Newmarket, July 12,
1780, and was sent to Worcester.

Benjamin Clark was corporal from July 12 till October 21,
1780, in Capt. Peter Page’s company, Col. Moses Nichols’ regi-
ment, at West Point.

John Chapman of Newmarket, aged 17, enlisted as a recruit,
for Seabrook, July 5, was sent to Worcester, and discharged
December 5, 1780.
282 History ofr NEWFIELDS.

Thomas Taylor, aged 28, Lewis Keniston, aged 28, Perkins
Pike, aged 19, David Keniston, aged 22, Henry Sheafe, aged 17,
Nicholas Keniston, aged 19, and Benjamin French, aged 18,
enlisted July 12 to recruit the Third New Hampshire Regiment,
till December 31, 1780, and were sent to Worcester. They were
members of the ‘‘New Levies’’ called to serve six months.

Winthrop Wiggin of Newmarket was sergeant in Capt. Wil-
liam Rowell’s company, Col. George Reid’s regiment, enlisting
February, 1781.

Aaron and Robert Rollins enlisted for Newmarket in Capt.
Enoch Chase’s company, Col. George Reid’s regiment, February
14, 1781.

James Keniston of Stratham enlisted for Newmarket in
Captain Cherry's company, Colonel Reid’s regiment, February
14, 1781.

David Watson of Newmarket enlisted in Capt. Josiah Fogg’s
company, Second New Hampshire Regiment, for the war, Feb-
ruary 14, 1781.

Samuel Ward of Newmarket, Robert and Aaron Rollins and
Jonathan Folsom, enlisted in Capt. Enoch Chase’s company of
Dover, Second New Hampshire Regiment, February 14, 1781.
Also John Barter of Newmarket enlisted in Capt. Samuel
Cheney’s company of Londonderry, Second New Hampshire
Regiment, February 24, 1781.

Jonathan Shute engaged for Portsmouth, June, 1781, and
Portsmouth furnished supplies to his family to July 2, 1782.

William Downes is returned by the selectmen July 6, 1781,
as a soldier from Newmarket.

Richard Presson from Newmarket was claimed by the select-
men of Newmarket, July 6, 1781.

Simeon Dow makes his deposition July 18, 1781, to his brother
Benjamin as being a soldier to Newmarket.

John Sanborn enlisted for three years in the First Company,
Second Regiment, Col. George Reid, May 15, 1782, and was
engaged with Sergt. Philip Page’s scouts on Androscoggin
River from August 22, to November 27, 1782.

Leonard Weeks, aged 21, of Greenland enlisted June 26,
1782, for the war, and claimed for Newmarket June 26, 1782.

Jonathan Smart enlisted for three years or the war, Septem-
ber 21, 1782, and received a bounty.
THE REVOLUTION AND War oF 1812. 283

William Hilton in an order to the Legislature dated ‘Camp
New Hampshire Village, Dec. 22, 1780,’’ states that he enlisted
in the service of the state at Ticonderoga in 1776, ‘‘under the
encouragement of ten Dollars per month, since which have not
had an opportunity of being in the State consequently could
not reinlist under the second encouragement,’’ and therefore
asks the Legislature to settle for the deficiency with Capt. Moses
Dustin, to whose company he belonged, and his receipt ‘‘shall
be a Discharge.’’

Under date of December 19, 1784, John Bryant gives order
to the paymaster of the New Hampshire troops to pay Thomas
Tash ‘‘the whole of my wages & bounty for my Service In the
Continental armey In 1781 In Capt. Livermore’s Company,’’ and
this shall be a full discharge.

In behalf of the selectmen of Newmarket, Samuel Gilman,
July 6, 1781, makes the following return of men engaged by the
town in the Continental Army:

 

Aaron Rollins Reuben Roberts
Joseph Sandborn Jona Stone Dudley
Robert Holland Jobn Barter
Robert Rollins Winthrop Wiggin
Dowe James Kennistone
Jonathan Folsom David Watson
Richard Presson John Foss
Samuel Ward William Downs

Leonard Weeks returned June 26, and Jonathan Smart, Sep-
tember 21, 1782:

Town accounts for bounties and supplies were reimbursed: by
the state according to vote of November 8, 1780. We note the
following:

For supplies furnished Winthrop Wiggin by Edward Hilton
in 1778, £3, 12s.

Josiah Perkins and Aaron Hart receive each by the hands of
Josiah Adams £30 state bounty, and £10 travel money in de-
fence of Rhode Island. Allowed by the committee on claims,
March 11, 1780, and Daniel Hilton in behalf of the selectmen
receives an order on the treasury for £80.

To form an idea of prices we give in full the town’s account
for supplies for Jonathan Mason in 1779 and 1780. Deprecia-
tion of the currency was the occasion.
284 History oF NEWFIELDS.

To Ich¢ Hilton for 1/2 bush! Corn

To Josiah Adams Esqr for 1 Bush! Corn, 6!b Sugar,
11/2 Cord Wood,

Hubartus Neal Jr 1 Bush! Corn £9 in May

Colo Hilton 41» Lamb 20/ 3! Salt Fish 12% bu
Rye, Aug.

Dee To John Bennet Jr. 8 month House Rent 6-13-8, 1

Bushel Corn 9£ 8 cords Wood @ 18 é, 63-0

To Nath! Gilman 2!» Coffee in July, 2-8-0 1 gall

Molasses in Aug. 96/—, 1 gall do & 2 qts Rum
in Sept., 14-8-0

To Eben Speed.1 bushel Corn in Sept.,

June § To Miss Burleigh 1/2 bus. Corn & 6lbs Pork @ 18
1 Bushel Potatoes 48, 1/2 Bus. Corn & 6lbs Pork
1/2 Bushel Corn 90/—

April 20 Icha Hilton Corn, Meal, Potatoes—moving her
from Wxeter—
To Dr John Marster for visits & Med. in Sept.
To Walter Bryent Jr Esqr for 1 gall Molasses 5-2-0
lb Coffee 24/ 1 qt Rum 54/. 3-18-

June To Ichd Bracketts Acct.
To Philip Fowler 1/2 bushel Rye in Augt 5-12-6
I B. Corn in November, 4-10-

To Cole Hill 1/2 B. Corn,
To Francis Durgin 1/2 B. Corn,
To Jona Colcord 1 pr Shoes 120/ mending do 40/,

In 1779 were bills of supplies to Samuel Ward, :
To Winthrop Wiggin
To David Watson,
To Reuben Roberts

In committee of claims, Exeter, October 4, 1782,

accounts £73-19-5.’’

Josiah Gilman, Jr., states, March 25, 1785, that the ‘‘supplies
to the Soldiers by Newmarket in 1780, 1781, & 1782 amount to
ence, which

one hundred fifty two pounds five shillings & eight p

1-16-0

4-12-0

69-13-8

16-16-0
9-0-0

, 9-18-0
12-6-0
4-10-0

9-12-6
27-0-0

9-0-0
123-14-6

10-2-6
4-10-0
4-10-0

8-0-0

354-3-2
104-18-0
235-12-0
154-77-0
224-10-0

Josiah Guil-
man ‘‘certifies that the Town of New Market advanced to Con-
tinental Soldiers for Bounties & supplies seventy three pounds
nineteen shillings and five pence equal to good money (before
the year 1780) which is charged to them in their depreciation

has been deducted from their depreciation. £152-5-8.’’
THE REVOLUTION AND War OF 1812. 285

William Neal was a soldier at Newcastle from October 13,
1785, to February 13, 1786, from June 13 to September 18,
1786, and from September 14, 1786, to January 14, 1787.

James Cobbey of Newmarket, a member of Captain Bancroft’s
company, Col. Ebenezer Bridge’s regiment, Twenty-seventh
Massachusetts, by reason of a wound by a musket ball entering
“‘the rim’’ of his abdomen and passing out at his right hip,
disabling him for service, under the resolution of Congress of
June 7, 1785, was granted a pension of 20 shillings per month.

Walter Bryent makes oath, July 18, 1781, that Benjamin Dow,
son of Jeremiah, who had been apprenticed to Asael Blake of
Northwood, was a resident of Newmarket, and had been a soldier
in the army, having bought his time of his master, and expected
that ‘‘Newmarket would Do something for him, as he was re-
turned for Newmarket, &c.’’

Simon Dow, brother of Benjamin, and Thomas Bartlett, make
depositions confirmatory to the above.

James Colby of Newmarket, aged 44, became an invalid unfit
for duty, and was pensioned in 1787, receiving $3.30 per month.
He belonged to Colonel Bridge’s regiment of Massachusetts and
was paid to July 31, 1789, possibly longer.

Deacon Drown had a brother Peter in the war who crept
between the lines and secured a horse belonging to the British,
and sold it to an American officer for $150.

We give the following:

Return to the Men that were Inlisted or Hired for three years or
during the War Belonging to the fourth Regiment of Militia in New
Hampshire to compleat the three Battalions of the Continental army
for Newmarket: Samuel Baker, Jonathan Mason, Reuben Roberts,
Bbenezer Bean, Caleb Clark, James Moody, Jona Stone Dudley, Barna-
bas McBride, William Downs, Samuel Ward, John Folsom, Jonathan
Folsom, Joseph Sanborn, James Kennistone, Benjamin Dow, John
Foss, Thomas Foss, John Smart, Oxford (negro), Philip Crommet,
James Remick, James Gooding, Benjamin: Folsom, John Barter, Aaron
Rollins, Winthrop Wiggin, Dav Watson, James Colby, Robert Mitchel,
Daniel Remick.

The new community suffered great inconvenience for want
of a circulating medium. There was but little money in the
settlement. Most business was done by means of barter. Corn,
beans, poultry, pine boards, short lumber and shooks took the
286 History oF NEWFIELDS.

place of money. In the emergencies arising from the Indian
wars, the government was compelled to issue bills of credit.
All such bills authorized before 1742 were called ‘‘Old Tenor,”’
and the issue of that year and subsequently to the Revolution
were designated as ‘‘New Tenor.’’ Over issue led to deprecia-
tion, bankruptey, embarrassment and distress. The depreciation
of continental money wrought financial ruin to large numbers
of the people. Continental bills at par January 1, 1777, by
June, 1781, were passed for 12,000 per 100.

So far as New Hampshire was concerned the Revolution was
achieved by public spirit and voluntary action rather than by
obligation and law.

In 1786 the state of New Hampshire was agitated in regard
to the issuing of paper money which should be receivable as a
tender in payment of state taxes, fees and salaries of public
officers. Taxation was oppressive. Debts had accumulated
during the war. The circulating medium was deficient. A bill
was introduced in the Legislature authorizing the issue of paper
money to the amount of 50,000 pounds to be lent at four per
cent. on the security of real estate and receivable as tender in
payment of taxes and debts. Copies of the bill were sent to
the several towns, and the opinions of the voters were to be
expressed in open town meeting. In this town the vote was
against the emission of such paper. A majority of the towns
voted in the same way. The remedy, it was seen, would ulti-
mately prove a greater evil. The disaffected in the state held
conventions in several counties and resorted to an armed inter-
vention to obtain redress of grievances. This is what is known
as Shay’s Rebellion, led by Daniel Shay, which included some
12,000 or 15,000 young men throughout New England. On
September 20, of that year, some 200 insurgents, one half of them
mounted, under Joseph French of Hampstead and others,
marched by way of Kingston to Exeter, surrounded the judicial
and General Courts, and kept the Legislature prisoners for
several hours. They demanded the issue of paper money to
relieve the pressure of the times. President John Sullivan
addressed them, saying: ‘‘You ask for justice, and justice you
shall have.’’ The cry was then raised, ‘‘Hurrah for govern-
ment! Here comes Hackett’s artillery.’’ The mob dispersed
and bivouacked west of Little River. The next day 2,000 armed
THE REVOLUTION AND WaR oF 1812. 287

men under Capt. Nicholas Gilman marched in pursuit. Col.
Joseph Cilley of Nottingham with his cavalry forded the stream
and seized the ringleaders and led them to jail. With the up-
rising of the citizens the movement was crushed out in a few
hours. Colonel James Hill was on the court martial for the trial
of the insurrectionary officers, accused of ‘‘stirring up and
exciting the citizens of this state to levy war against the same.’’

War with Great Britain was declared June 19, 1812, and
produced great consternation among the people. The political
sentiment of Newmarket was largely in opposition to the war,
and voluntary enlistments were few, consequently most of the
men were drafted. These soldiers were quartered at the Plains
at Portsmouth ready for service when called upon, but had
little opportunity to show the measure of their heroic qualities.

We give the roll of Capt. Peter Hersey’s company from May
24 to July 6, 1814:

Peter Hearsay, Capt.
Ebenezer Smith, Lieut.,
Benj French, Ensign,
John Kaim, Sergeant,
True Osgood, Serg.
Jona. Dearborn, Serg.
Peter Drown, Serg.
Joseph R. Doe, Corporal,
David McQuillan, Corp.
Arthur Branscomb, Corp.
George Doe, Fifer

John Clark, Fifer,
Ebene. Pease, Fifer,
William Pike, Drummer.
Oliver Brooks

John Brown,

John Bean

Daniel Cram

Ephraim Downs

John Edgerly

Joseph Fifield

Zebulon Gilman

‘David Goodwin

James Glidden

John T. Hill

James W. Hale

Levi Kennison

Walter Little
Jonathan Leavitt
Nath. Lovering
Prescott Lawrence
Andrew Miles
George Marble
Thomas Montgomery
Oliver Pinner
Stephen Pendergast
Theodore Ricker
George Russell
Josiah Randlett
Enoch Sanborn
Nath. Souther
Daniel Smith
Daniel Stevens
William Tarlton
Wm. Trefethen
James Thompson
Vincent Torr
John Wadley
Samuel Wiggin
Winthrop Watson
Jonathan West
Noah Davis

Wm. Greenough
288 History of NEWFIELDS.

The following is the roll of his company from September 9

to September 27:

Peter Hearsey, Captain
Joseph Furnald, Lieut.,
John Kennard, Ensign,
Andrew B. Shute, Serg.,
Amos Paul, Serg.,

Jere. Hearsey, Serg.,
Josiah Burleigh, Serg.
Samuel Brown, Corporal,
Andrew Hall, Jr Corp.

William Wedgewood, Corp.

Daniel Smith, Corp.,
William Pike, Drummer,
Daniel Hilton, Fifer,
John Shute

John Miles
Eliphalet Neal
Henry. Gilman

Asa Neil

George Miles
William Keniston
Benj. Norton

Nathan Presson
James Cram, Jr.
W. Willis
Zebulon Gilman
John Parks
Stephen Caswell
Winthrop Watson
James Speed
Mark Burleigh
Winthrop Burleigh,
Josiah Smith
William Rosho
Israel Gilman
Isaac Tuttle
Benj. Shaw

Benj. Leathers
Thos. W. Fuller
Andrew Drown
John C. Fowler
Oliver pinder.

The following Newmarket men were in Capt. Jacob Dear-
born’s company for sixty days, from September 26, 1814: James
Burleigh, first heutenant; John D. Shackford, sergeant; James
Pearson, Thomas Graves, Joseph R. Doe, Samuel Stacey, Zebulon
Keniston, Aaron Keniston, Nathan Presson.

The war continued till the treaty of peace was signed at
Ghent, December 24, 1814. New England suffered very little

comparatively in consequence.

The greatest disaster was the

burning of 373 buildings covering fifteen acres at Portsmouth.
Chapter XVII.

Various OFFicerRs OF EXETER AND NEWMARKET, EARLY
MarRIAGES AND Baptisms.

It seems fitting here to make record of the various civil offi-
cers of the olden time in Exeter and Newmarket whose resi-
dence was within the present limits of Newfields. Only such,
as far as ascertained, are given. Possibly some have been
omitted. Early marriages and baptisms are appended.

GENERAL OFFICERS.

Care of Mast Trees.
1664—John Folsom.

Committee to Meet Boundary Commissioners.
1652—Samuel Dudley, Edward Hilton, Edward Gilman, Thomas King.

Councillors.
1679-80—John Gilman, Robert Waldron.
1789—James Cram.

Delegate to State Convention.
1791—Nathaniel Rogers.

Deputies.
1652—Samuel Dudley, Edward Hilton.
1681—William Moore, Robert Wadleigh.

Justices of Court of Common Pleas.

1659-63—Thomas Wiggin. 1737-42—Nathaniel Rogers.
1661-64—Edward Hilton. 1743-48—William Moore.
1670-74— Peter Coffin. 1776-90—Nathaniel Folsom.
1700-10—Winthrop Hilton. 1809-13—Richard Jenness.

1729-30—Nicholas Gilman.
Justices of Supreme Court.

1694-99—Robert Wadleigh. 1729-30—Andrew Wiggin.

1698-99—Richard Hilton. 1731-39—Nicholas Gilman.

1699-1712—Peter Coffin. 1740-47—Samuel Gilman.
Magistrate.

1641—Edward Hilton.
Assistant Magistrate.
1642, 1652—Edward Hilton.
19
290 History or NEwFI£ELbs.

Overseer of Pipe Staves.
1673—John Wedgewood, Samuel Leavitt.

Packers of Beef.
1795—Theodore Carlton, Paul Chapman, Daniel Hilton, Jr.

Provost Marshall.
1684—William Hilton.
Rulers.

1639—Isaac Gross. 1642-43—Thomas Wilson.

Assistant Rulers.

1639—Augustine Storrs, Anthony Stanyan.
1789, 1791—Nathaniel Rogers.

Townsmen.

1645—Edward Hilton, Anthony Stanyan.

1646—Edward Hilton, Anthony Stanyan, Samuel Greenfield.

1649—Edward Hilton, James Wall, John Cram.

1650—Edward Hilton, Nathaniel Drake, John Legat?.

1683—Humphrey Wilson, Peter Folsom, Moses Gilman, Sr.

1691—William Moore, Samuel Leavitt, John Folsom, Moses Leavitt, Ephraim
Folsom.

TOWN OFFICERS.

Assessors.

1705—Thomas Webster, William Moore.
1728—Nicholas Gilman, Robert Drisco.
1729—Joseph Neal.
1732—Joseph Hall, Edward Hall.
1734—Edward Hall, Robert Gilman.
1735—Stephen Lyford, Edward Hall.
1784—Samuel Baker, Wentworth Cheswell.
1785—Nathaniel Rogers, Samuel Baker.
1786—Nathaniel Rogers, Jeremy Bryent.
1787—Samuel Baker, Wentworth Cheswell.
1788—Nathaniel Rogers, William Boardman.
1789—Nathaniel Rogers, Eliphalet Smith.
1791—Henry Wiggin, Wentworth Cheswell.
1792—Eliphalet Smith, Henry Wiggin.
1793—Bradstreet Gilman, Joseph Young.
1794—Wentworth Cheswell, Andrew Gilman.
1797—John M. Smith, Wentworth Cheswell.
1798—Wentworth Cheswell, Daniel Hilton.
1799—Daniel Hilton, Samuel Pickering.
1Exeter, Aug. 26, 1650. ‘‘being townsmen the last yeare, have at this meeting
power giuene them by the Towne to gather vp by Asseocements or otherwais all

such Rates or debts due from the Towne w« was proper for them to gather vp when
they were Townsmen. Voated.”
Orricers or Exeter AND NEWMARKET. 291

1800—Bradstreet Gilman, John M. Smith.

1802—Ichabod Hilton, John Bryent.

1803—Bradstreet Gilman, Dudley Watson.

1804—Daniel Smith, Michael Wiggin. _

1805—Nathaniel Kidder, Michael Wiggin.

1806—David Chapman, Dudley Watson.

1807—Nathaniel Kidder, Seth R. Shackford.

1808—Nathaniel Kidder, Benjamin Lovering.

1809—John Shute, Jr., Stephen Boardman.

1810—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Nathaniel Ewer.

1811—Samuel Pickering, Andrew Gilman.

1812—Samuel Pickering, George Hilton.

1818—George Hilton, Seth R. Shackford, Bradstreet Gilman, Joseph S. Neal,
James C. Churchill, Edward Hilton.

1814—Benjamin Lovering, George Hilton.

1815—Benjamin French, Bradstreet Gilman.

1816—Winthrop Hilton, Dudley Watson, George Hilton.

1817—Bradstreet Gilman, George Hilton, Samuel Pickering, Seth R. Shack-
ford, Joseph 8. Tash, Edward Hilton.

1818—William Tenney, Joseph Colcord, Edward Hilton.

1819—Benjamin Lovering, Seth R. Shackford, William Tenney.

1820—Henry Wiggin, Abraham Pike, Samuel Lyford. Josiah Folsom, Nathan-
iel Ewer, Seth R. Shackford.

1821—John Smart, Jr., Henry Watson, Charles Treadwell, Eliphalet Neal,
Joseph Jenness, Edward Hilton.

1822—Thomas Cheswell, Joshua Brackett, Joseph Smart, Joseph Colcord.

1824—Eliphalet Neal, Asa Neal, Nathaniel Stevens, Jr., Nathaniel Norton.

1826—Paul Chapman, Charles Treadwell, Hall J. Jenness.’

Auditors.
1720—Joseph Hall.
1723—Edward Hall, Bartholemew Thing.
1732—Eliphalet Coffin, Stephen Lyford.
1733—Stephen Lyford, Peter Gilman.
1784—Samuel Gilman, Ichabod Hilton, Hubartus Neal.
1785—Hubartus Neal, Joseph Young, Joseph Doe.
1786—James Hill, Joseph Young, Wentworth Cheswell.
1787—Hubartus Neal, James Hill, William Boardman.
1788—James Hill, Samuel Baker, Jeremiah Young.
1789—William Boardman, Henry Wiggin, Wentworth Cheswell.
1790—Jacob Burleigh, Joseph Young, Daniel Hill.
1792—Bradstreet Gilman, Wentworth Cheswell, John Perkins.
1793—Nathaniel Rogers, Jr., Henry Wiggin, Jr., Wentworth Cheswell.
1794—Nathaniel Rogers, Jr., Joseph Young, William Boardman.
1799—Wentworth Cheswell, John M. Smith, John Bryent.
1800—Richard Hilton, Daniel Hilton, John Bryent.
1801—David Chapman, Wentworth Cheswell, William Boardman.

1 Further records to 1849 not available.
292 History or NEWFIELDs.

1802—Wentworth Cheswell, Nathaniel Rogers, Jr., Joseph Young.
1804—W entworth Cheswell, Nathaniel Kidder, Paul Chapman.
1805-8—W entworth Cheswell, George Hilton, Stephen Boardman.
1809—Wentworth Cheswell, Jeremy Mead, Robert Pike.
1810—Samuel Pickering, Stephen Boardman.

1811—Wentworth Cheswell, Stephen Boardman, John M. Smith.
1812—Wentworth Cheswell, Michael Wiggin, Stephen Boardman.
1813—John M. Smith, Wentworth Cheswell, John Pease.
1814—David Chapman, Wentworth Cheswell, John M. Smith.
1815—Jeremy Mead, Wentworth Cheswell, David Chapman.
1816—Wentworth Cheswell, Benjamin Lovering, Seth R. Shackford.
1817—Edward Ordway, Nathaniel Sias.

1818—David Chapman, Bradstreet Gilman, Benjamin Lovering.
1820—Charles Treadwell, William Tenney, Arthur Branscomb.
1821—Seth R. Shackford, Samuel Lyford, Samuel Pickering.
1824—Henry Wiggin, Benjamin Lovering, Warren Gilman.
1826—Seth R. Shackford, William Tenney, Stephen A. Chase. *

Collectors.

1792—Robert Pike, Richard Hilton.

1793-4— Robert Pike.

1795—Samuel Pickering, Samuel Neal.
1796—Robert Pike.

1797—Joseph Pease, Robert Pike.
1799—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Daniel Chapman.
1800—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Richard Hilton.
1801—Joseph Pease, John Mead.
1802—Joseph Doe, Jr., David Chapman.
1803—Joseph Pease, Stephen Boardman,
1804—Samuel Neal, Paul Chapman.
1805—Samuel Neal, David Chapman, Jr.
1806—David Chapman, Jr.

1807—Richard Hilton.

1808—Richard Hilton, Stephen Boardman.
1809—Richard Hilton, Joseph Doe, Jr.
1810—Stephen Boardman, Benjamin French. ,
1811—David Chapman, Jr., Samuel Neal.
1812—Samuel Neal, Benjamin French.
1813—Joseph Colcord, Jr., Timothy Murray.
1814—Daniel Perkins, Joseph Colcord, Jr.
1815—Daniel Perkins, Nicholas Hersey.
1816—Josiah Burleigh, Bradstreet Gilman.
1817—Bradstreet Gilman, Joseph R. Doe.
1818-20—Joseph R. Doe, Hall J. Jenness.
1821—Daniel Perkins, Hall J. Jenness.
1822—Joseph R. Doe, Hall J. Jenness.
1823—William Pike, Daniel Perkins.

1 Further records to 1849 not available.
Orricers OF EXETER AND NEWMARKET. 293

1824—Hall J. Jenness, Zebulon N. Doe.
1825—Hall J. Jenness, Seth R. Shackford,
1826—Hall J. Jenness, Zebulon N. Doe.’

Constables.

1690—David Lawrence, Richard Hilton.
1700—Thomas Rollins, Sr., Moses Gilman, Jr.
1701—Peter Folsom, Winthrop Hilton.
1708—Thomas Rollins,

1720—Theophilus Hersey.

1721—Ephraim Folsom.

1722—Abraham Folsom, Andrew Glidden.
1723—Robert Pike.

1724—Stephen Lyford.

1725—Jethro Presson.

1727—James Burleigh, Jacob Smith.
1728—Oliver Smith, Richard Mattoon, Daniel Young.
1729—Richard Clark.

1732—Walter Neal,

1734—William Perkins.

1735—Samuel Joy.

1783—Samuel Baker.

1784—Joseph Hilton.

1785-6—Josiah Hilton.

1787—Nicholas Hersey, Jeremiah Young.
1788—Levi Chapman, Joseph Young.
1789—Bradstreet Gilman, Benning Brackett.
1790—Robert Pike, Samuel Pickering.
1791-2—Robert Pike, Richard Hilton.

1793-4—Robert Pike. ‘
1795—Samuel Pickering, Samuel Neal.
1796—Robert Pike.

1797—Joseph Pease, Robert Pike.
1799—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Daniel Chapman.
1800—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Richard Hilton.
1801—Joseph Pease, John Mead.
1802—Joseph Doe, Jr., David Chapman.
1803—Joseph Pease, Stephen Boardman.
1804—Samuel Neal, Paul Chapman.
1805—Samuel Neal, David Chapman, Jr.
1806—David Chapman, Jr.

1807—Richard Hilton.

1808—Richard Hilton, Stephen Boardman.
1809—Richard Hilton, Joseph Doe, Jr.
1810—Stephen Boardman, Benjamin French.
1811—David Chapman.

1812-3—Edward Ordway, Benjamin French.

1 Further records to 1849 not available.
294 History or NEWFIELDs.

1814-6, 9—Nathaniel Sias, Edward Ordway.
1820—Edward Ordway, David Murray.
1821—Warren Wheeler, Edward Ordway.
1822-4—Edward Ordway, Nathaniel Sias.
1825—Hall J. Jenness, Nathaniel Sias.
1830—John C. Fowler.’

Fence Viewers.

1690—Robert Smart, Jr. 1705—Dudley Hilton.
1703—Jeremiah Bean.

Field Driver.
1723-4—William Hilton.

Hogreeves and Haywards.

1784— Joseph Folsom, John Speed, Reuben Roberts, Thomas Hanaford.
1785—John Mighels, John Speed, Moses Kenniston, Joseph Folsom.
1788—Nathaniel Cobbey, Wiggin Doe.

Jurors, Grand.
1654—Moses Gilman.
1680—Moses Gilman.
1791—James Hill, Daniel Tilton.
1792—Daniel Hill, Andrew Gilman, James Smith.
1793—Eliphalet Smith.

Jurors, Petit.
1672—Moses Gilman.
1680—Kinsley Hall.
1683—William Hilton, Andrew Wiggin.
1684—William Hilton, James Marston, John Marston, John Mason, Jacob

Brown.

1685—William Hilton, Samuel Hilton. ‘i
1707—William Hilton, Samuel Hilton, Charles Hilton.
1791—Ichabod Hilton, David Chapman.
1792—Robert Pike.
1793—Joseph Young.
1828—Newman Durrell, Samuel Perkins.
1829—Temple Paul, William Norris.

Lot Layers.
1674—Moses Gilman, John Gilman, Lt. Hall.
1680—Ralph Hall, John Gilman.
1726—Bartholemew Thing, Edward Hall, Edward Gilman.
1732—Joseph Hall, Peter Gilman, Edward Hall.
1733—Peter Gilman.
1736-8—Edward Hall.
1773—Eliphalet Smith.
1784-5, 8, 91—Hubartus Neal.
1793—Hubartus Neal, Eliphalet Smith.
1794—Hubartus Neal, Daniel Smith, Wentworth Cheswell, Paul Robinson.

1Further records to 1849 not available.
Orricers or Exeter AND NEWMARKET. 295

Measurers.
1660—John Robinson, John Folsom, Sr.

Moderators.
1696, 1705—Peter Coffin. 1785-6— Walter Bryent.
1698—William Moore. 1787-8—Hubartus Neal.
1700, 4—Kinsley Hall. 1789—Samuel Baker.
1706, 9—Theophilus Dudley. 1790-2, 4, 6—Nathaniel Rogers.
1707-8—Moses Leavitt. 1793—Nathaniel Kidder.
1711—John Gilman. 1795—Joseph Young.
1713-5— Moses Leavitt. 1797—Daniel Smith.
1716-8—Nicholas Gilman. 1798-9—Nathaniel Kidder.
1720, 4-5—John Gilman. 1800-1, 4, 6, 8S—Wentworth Cheswell.
1721-2, 8—Samuel Thing. 1810-1, 3-6—Wentworth Cheswell.
1723, 6—Moses Leavitt. 1812—Stephen Boardman.
1727, 9—John Gilman. 1817, 20—Paul Chapman.
1730-5—Nicholas Gilman. 1818—David Chapman.
1736, 8—John Gilman. 1819, 21—William Tenney.
1737, 9—Nicholas Gilman. 1822—Moses White.
1743-8—Nicholas Gilman. 1823—Seth R. Shackford.
1745—Joseph Hall. 1824, 6—Abner P. Stinson.
1778—Hubartus Neal. 1825—William Tenney.
1782—Samuel Baker. 1829—Charles Treadwell.

1784—Jeremiah Folsom.
Pound Keepers.

1680—John Bean. 1814-5— Winthrop Watson.

1786, 9-95—Jacob Fowler. 1818—John Perkins.

1796, 8-1800—Chase Wiggin. 1819—Samuel C. Davis.

1801-13—John Perkins. 1823—John C. Fowler.
Representatives.

1680—Ralph Hall.

1681—William Moore, Robert Wadleigh.

1684—Robert Smart, Thomas Wiggin.

1685—Samuel Leavitt, John Folsom.

1692—William Moore, Samuel Leavitt.

1693—John Gilman, Jonathan Thing, Moses Leavitt, Theophilus Dudley,
1694-5—John Folsom, Kinley Hall.

1696—Samuel Leavitt.

1697—John Folsom.

1698—Theophilus Dudley, Moses Leavitt.

1702—Moses Leavitt, Theophilus Dudley.

1703—Samuel Leavitt, Samuel Thing.

1709—Theophilus Dudley, Nicholas Gilman, Richard Gilman.
1711-2—Theophilus Dudley, Nicholas Gilman.
1713-5—Samuel Thing, Nicholas Gilman.

1716-22—Capt. John Gilman, Lt. John Gilman.
296 History or NEWFIELDs.

1727—Samuel Thing, Bartholemew Thing.

1728—Samuel Thing.

1732—Nicholas Gilman.

1734—Peter Gilman.

1736, 8-40—Edward Hall.

1741-7—Israel Gilman.

1748-52—Edward Hall.

1752-5—Israel Gilman.

1755-6, 8, 62—Joseph Smith.

1765-7, 71—John Burleigh.

17714— Israel Gilman.

1775—Joseph Smith, John Burleigh.

1775-6—Thomas Tash.

1776-8, 80—Samuel Gilman.

1781—Samuel Gilman, James Hill.

1782, 4-5, 92—James Hill.

1783—Samuel] Gilman, James Hill.

1786—Voted not to send.

1787—Samuel Brooks.

1788-91—Nathaniel Rogers.

1793—None chosen.

1794-6— Josiah Adams.

1797-8—James Smith.

1799-1802, 5—James Hill.

1803-4, 6-8—Jeremiah Mead.

1809-10—David Chapman, Jr.

1811, 4—Dudley Watson.

1812-8—David Chapman, Jr.

1815—John M. Smith.

1816-20—Jeremiah Mead.

1821—George O. Hilton.

1822-5, 8, 30—Arthur Branscomb.

1826-7—Abner B. Stinson.

1829, 34, 6-—James P. Creighton.

1831-8—David Murray.

1835—George W. Kittredge.

1837—Nathaniel E. Burleigh, Oliver Lamprey.

1838—Oliver Lamprey, George O. Hilton.

1839-40—George O. Hilton, W. W. Stickney.

1841—W. W. Stickney. Second not chosen.

1842—John M. Towle, Nathaniel E. Burleigh.

1843—John M. Towle. Second no choice.

1844-5—Joseph R. Doe, Benjamin Brooks.

1846-7—Joseph Pinder, George W. Dearborn, who died 1847 and to fill va-
cancy, George W. Kittredge.

1848—George W. Kittredge, Nathaniel Stevens.

1849—Nathaniel Stevens, George O. Hilton.
Orricers or Exeter anp NEWMARKET. 297

Retailers of Liquors.
1822, 4-5, 8—Thomas Drowne.
1822—John Watson, Jr.
1823—Joseph B. Doe.
1823-4, 6, 83—James Coleman.
1824—Joseph 8. Brackett.
1825-6—Nathaniel Long.
1826—David Manning, James P. Harvey, Samuel Smith.
1827—Joseph Adams, Burton & Smith, Chapman & Doe.
1827-8—David Murray.
1827, 31—James P. Hanscomb.
1828—Samuel Shackford, Tenney & Wheeler.
1828, 30—Temple Paul.

Retailers in House.

1822—Ann E. Treadwell, Prudence Dyer.
1822—-4—Nathaniel Ewer.
1822-6—Hannah Pease.

1825—Moses Pike.

1827—John Stevens,! Levi Kennison.

Retailers in Store.
1821—Joseph R. Doe.
1821-2, 4-5—Arthur Branscomb
1822—John Kennard, Andrew Hall, James Coleman, Andrew W. Doe.
1822-4, 6-8—Benjamin Coe.
1822, 4—Widow Mary Hilton.
1823—-Edward Smith, Robert Clark, James P. Harvey.
1823-4—Newmarket Manufacturing Company.
1825—Samuel Smith, Benjamin M. Burnham, John Cogswell.
1826—Benjamin Brown.
1827—George O. Hilton, Charles Goss.
1828—Thomas Tuttle, Daniel Tuttle.

Town Clerks.
1649—John Legat. 1784-1809—Josiah Adams.
1689—Johnathan Thing. 1810-4—John M. Smith.
1700-19—Samuel Thing. 1815—John Chapman, Jr.
1720-5—Kinsley Hall. 1815-26—Daniel Hill.
1726-8—Josiah Hall. 1828-32—James Coleman.
1729—Bartholemew Thing. 1848—J. S. French.

School Committees.
1813—Henry Wiggin, Thomas Churchill, Joseph 8. Niel, Nicholas Hersey,
James C. Churchill, Samuel Lyford.
1814—-Nathaniel Kidder, Nathaniel Huntoon, Rev. John Brodhead, Rev.

Curtis Coe.

1822—William Tenney, Moses White, Rev. John Brodhead, Bradstreet
Gilman, Samuel Lyford, Nathaniel Ewer.

1823—Rev. John Brodhead, William Tenney, Benjamin Lovering.

1 Revoked because of disorderly house.
298 History or NEWFIELDS.

1825—William Tenney, Dr. Sanborn, Stephen A. Chase, James Coleman,
Robert Clark, Benjamin Coe, Abner P. Stinson, Charles Treadwell.
Thomas Perkins.

Sealer of Leather.
1784—Levi Colcord.

Sealers of Weights and Measures.
1784—Hubartus Neal. 1813-6—John Kennard.

Selectmen.

1644—Richard Bulgar.

1645-6—Edward Hilton, Anthony Stanyan.

1647—William Moore, James Wall, John Legat.

1648—John Legat, Godfrey Dearborn, John Cram.

1649—James Wall, John Legat, John Cram.

1650—John Legat, Thomas King, Henry Roby.

1651—Edward Hilton.

1652—Edward Hilton, Thomas King, John Gilman, Thomas Pettit, John
Legat.

1653—John Robinson, Humphrey Wilson, Moses Gilman.

1654—William Moore, John Gilman.

1655-7—John Gilman.

1658—William Moore, Thomas King, Humphrey Wilson, Jonathan Thing.

1659—Moses Gilman.

1660—Moses Gilman, Thomas Biggs.

1661—John Gilman, John Robinson, Jonathan Thing.

1662—Thomas Thing.

1666—John Robinson.

1668—John Gilman, Jonathan Thing, John Folsom.

1671-2—William Moore, John Gilman, Jonathan Thing.

1773—John Robinson, Moses Gilman, Ralph Hall.

1674—Moses Gilman, John Gilman, Ralph Hall.

1675—John Gilman, Ralph Hall, Samuel Leavitt.

1676—John Gilman, Jonathan Thing, Ralph Hall.

1677—John Gilman, Moses Gilman, Ralph Hall.

1678—John Gilman, Ralph Hall.

1679—Edward Smith.

1680—Edward Smith, Ralph Hall, Edward Gilman.

1681—Kinsley Hall, Edward Gilman, John Folsom, Jr.

1682-3—Edward Gilman, Jonathan Thing.

1687—John Wadleigh. :

1690—William Hilton, Biley Dudley, Kinsley Hall, Francis Lyford, Edward
Gilman.

1691—John Folsom, Samuel Leavitt, William Moore, Ephraim Folsom.

1693—Moses Gilman, Sr., Richard Hilton, John Wilson, Theophilus Dudley,
Kinsley Hall.

1694— William Moore, Theophilus Dudley, Biley Dudley, Robert Smart, Sr.,
Moses Gilman.

1695—Biley Dudley, Theophilus Dudley, James Sinclair.
Orricers or EXETER AND NEWMARKET. 299

1696—Samuel Leavitt, Moses Leavitt, John Folsom, Jr., Winthrop Hilton,
James Gilman.

1699—William Moore, Theophilus Dudley, Andrew Wiggin, Nicholas Gilman.

1700—Biley Dudley, Nicholas Gilman, James Sinclair.

1701—Theophilus Dudley, Richard Hilton, Simon Wiggin, Nicholas Gilman,
John Gilman.

1702-3—Richard Hilton, Jonathan Thing, John Gilman.

1704—Theophilus Dudley, Jonathan Thing, Simon Wiggin, John Gilman,
Samuel Leavitt.

1705—Jonathan Thing, Simon Wiggin, John Gilman, Robert Coffin, Jona-
than Wadleigh.

1706—James Sinclair, John Robinson, Bradstreet Gilman, Theophilus Dud-
ley, Theophilus Smith.

1707—Theophilus Dudley, Samuel Leavitt, Richard Hilton, Robert Coffin,
Jonathan Wadleigh.

1708—Richard Hilton, John Gilman, Robert Coffin, Theophilus Dudley,
Jonathan Wadleigh.

1709—Theophilus Dudley, Nicholas Gilman, William Moore, William French,
Jerome Connor.

1711—Theophilus Dudley, Capt. John Gilman, Lt. John Gilman, Theophilus
Smith, William Moore.

1712—Andrew Wiggin, William Moore, Lt. John Gilman.

1713—Capt. John Gilman, William Moore, Andrew Wiggin, Theophilus
Smith, Jonathan Wadleigh.

1714—Capt. John Gilman, Andrew Wiggin, Jonathan Wadleigh, Jonathan
Thing, Lt. John Gilman.

1715—Richard Hilton, Jonathan Thing, Capt. John Gilman, Joseph Hall.

1716—Jonathan Thing, Capt. John Gilman, Joseph Hall.

1717—Moses Leavitt, Lt. John Gilman, Joseph Hall.

1718—Nicholas Gilman, Capt. John Gilman, Edward Hall.

1720—Capt. John Gilman, Thomas Wilson, John Robinson, Edward Hall,
Cornelius Connor.

1721—Joseph Hall, Nicholas Gilman, James Leavitt, Bartholemew Thing,
James Sinclair.

1722—Edward Hall, Nicholas Gordon, Samuel Thing.

1723—Capt. John Gilman, Jonathan Wadleigh, Joseph Hall, Thomas Wal-
dron, James Leavitt.

1724—Capt. John Gilman, Jonathan Wadleigh, Thomas Wilson, Joseph Leav-
itt, Joseph Hall.

1725—Nicholas Gilman, Eliphalet Coffin, Nicholas Gordon, John Robinson,
Caleb Gilman.

1726-7—Nicholas Gilman, Bartholemew Thing, Jonathan Wadleigh, Edward
Hall, Andrew Glidden.

1728—John Gilman, Jonathan Wadleigh, Bartholemew Thing, Joseph Thing,
James Leavitt.

1729—Nicholas Gilman, Capt. John Gilman.

1730—Capt. John Gilman, Caleb Gilman, Joseph Thing.

1731—Caleb Gilman, Lt. John Gilman, Joseph Young.

1732—Lt. John Gilman, Joseph Young.
300 History or NEwFfiELps.

1733—Eliphalet Coffin, Joseph Young, Samuel Gilman.
1734—Stephen Lyford, Joseph Young, Edward Gilman.
1735—Edward Colcord, Ezekiel Gilman.

1736-7—Caleb Gilman, Joseph Young, Samuel Gilman.
1738—Samuel Gilman.

1739—Joseph Young.

1740—Edward Gilman.

1755—Robert Smart, Winthrop Hilton.

1760-1—Hubartus Neal, John Burleigh, Peter Folsom.
1765—John Burleigh, Israel Gilman, Jr., Walter Bryent.
1770—Hubartus Neal, John Burleigh.

1775—Thomas Tash, Samuel Pease, Josiah Adams.
1776—Samuel Gilman, James Cram, Samuel Baker.
1780—Daniel Hilton.

1782—Walter Bryent, Jr., Joseph Doe, Wentworth Cheswell.
1783—Samuel Gilman, Wentworth Cheswell.

1784—Jeremiah Folsom, Nathaniel Rogers, Joseph Young.
1785—Samuel Gilman, Wentworth Cheswell, Ichabod Hilton.
1786-7—Samuel Gilman, Ichabod Hilton, Eliphalet Smith.
1788—Ichabod Hilton, Eliphalet Smith, Jacob Burleigh.
1789—Nathaniel Kidder, Ichabod Hilton, Jacob Burleigh.
1790-1—Ichabod Hilton, Nathaniel Kidder, Bradstreet Gilman.
1792-3—Nathaniel Kidder, Ichabod Hilton, Andrew Gilman.
1794—Bradstreet Gilman, Ichabod Hilton, Nathaniel Kidder.
1795—Wentworth Cheswell, Ichabod Hilton, Richard Hilton.
1796—Henry Wiggin, William Boardman, John Burleigh.
1797—William Boardman, Richard Hilton, Daniel Hilton, Jr.
1798—William Boardman, Samuel Pickering, Richard Hilton.
1799—Daniel Smith, Nathaniel Lord, William Boardman.
1800—Nathaniel Lord, Daniel Smith, Robert Pike.
1801-3—Robert Pike, Daniel Smith, Samuel Pickering.
1804-5—John M. Smith, Ichabod Hilton, Bradstreet Gilman.
1806—John M. Smith, John Shute, Jr., Jacob Burleigh.
1807—John M. Smith, Jacob Burleigh, John Shute, Jr.
1808—John M. Smith, John Shute, Jr., Michael Wiggin.
1809—John M. Smith, George Hilton, Benjamin Lovering.
1810—John M. Smith, Benjamin Lovering, George Hilton.
1811—Benjamin Lovering, Winthrop Hilton, Nathaniel Ewer.
1812—Henry Wiggin, Benjamin Lovering, Joseph Pease.
1813—Paul Chapman, Winthrop Hilton, Benjamin Lovering.
1814—Paul Chapman, Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Joseph 8. Neal.
1815—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Paul Chapman, Thomas Churchill.
1816—Thomas Churchill, Joseph Colcord, Samuel Lyford.
1817—Paul Chapman, Joseph Colcord, Thomas Cheswell.
1818-9—Paul Chapman, Samuel Pickering, George Hilton.
1820—Paul Chapman, George Hilton, Hall J. Jenness.
1821-2—Paul Chapman, Benjamin Lovering, Abraham Pike.
1823-4—Paul Chapman, Abraham Pike, Andrew Doe.
1825—Paul Chapman, Eliphalet Neal, Andrew Doe.
Orricers oF EXETER AND NEWMARKET. 301

1826—Benjamin Coe, Thomas Perkins, George Robinson.
1827—Benjamin Coe, Thomas Perkins.

1829—Samuel Lyford, John R. Shackford, Thomas Perkins.
1830—David Murray, John R. Shackford.

1835—-George O. Hilton, David Murray, Hall J. Jenness.
1848—J. M. Chapman, J. S. Bennett, S. Neal.

Surveyors of Highways.

1678—Moses Gilman.

1690—Richard Matoon, Francis Rollins.

1692—Peter Folsom, Richard Hilton.

1697—Winthrop Hilton.

1699—John Perkins.

1702—Dudley Hilton, Henry Wadleigh.

1703—John Bean.

1735—Joseph Burleigh.

1784—Jonathan Colcord, Stephen Lyford, Nicholas Hersey, Philip Fowler,
Jacob Burleigh, Jeremiah Young, Joseph Smart, Samuel Burleigh,
Samuel Chapman.

1785—Jonathan Colcord, Joseph Smith, Jobn Folsom, Joseph Smith, Jr.

1786—Nathaniel Rogers, Joseph Young, Nicholas Hersey, Edward Hilton,
Samuel Chapman, Hubartus Neal, Jr., Stephen Lyford, Charles Smart.

1788—William Boardman, John M. Smith, David Chapman, Gideon Col-
cord, Charles Smart, Joseph Smart, Nicholas Hersey, Francis Lyford,
Richard Hilton, John Folsom.

1789—Walter Bryent, Joseph Young, Paul Chapman, Daniel Hill, Daniel
Hilton, Joseph Smith, Walter Neal, Smith Chapman, John Colcord,
Samuel Pickering, Samuel Burleigh, Joseph Folsom.

Surveyors of Lumber.

1784—Walter Bryent, William Odiorne, Jeremy Young.
1785—Walter Bryent, William Odiorne, Benjamin Folsom.
1815-6—Thomas Drowne.

Tavern Keepers.
1822-6—Abner P. Stinson.
1822—Robert Clark, William W. Messer, Thomas Perkins.
1823-5—Anna E. Treadwell, John Clough.
1826-7—Benjamin B. Tuttle, Arthur Branscomb.
1827—Charles Treadwell.
1828—John Hoit.
1828-9, 35—John Stephens.
1829—Ira Weeks, David Murray.
1831—Robert Clark, Miles Durgin.

Tithingmen.
1678—Jonathan Robinson.
1720—Abraham Folsom, Nathaniel Bartlett, Jeremiah Folsom.
1721—Andrew Glidden.
1724—Joseph Perkins.
302 History or NEWFIELDS.

1725—Benjamin Folsom, Trueworthy Leavitt, Josiah Burleigh.

1728—Joseph Robinson, Samuel Edgerly.

1729—Nathaniel Gilman, Nathaniel Webster.

1732—Joel Judkins, Benjamin Rollins, Philip Wadleigh.

1784—Jonathan Robinson, David Colcord.

1785—Joshua Brackett, Jacob Burnham, Daniel Hill.

1789—Robert Mitchell, Zebulon Doe.

1790—James Burleigh, Walter Neal.

1792—Jonathan Robinson, David Colcord.

1794—David Smart, Paul Chapman.

1795—William Coffin, Zebulon Doe, Paul Chapman, David Smart.

1797—Paul Chapman, Andrew Gilman, Daniel Hill.

1799—William Coffin, Paul Chapman, Jeremiah Colcord.

1801—Paul Chapman, Thomas Drowne.

1802—Thomas Drowne, Andrew Gilman.

1803—David Hill. James Burleigh, Benjamin Hill.

1804—Timothy Murray, Andrew Gilman, Paul Chapman.

1805—Bradstreet Gilman, Thomas Churchill, Ichabod Hilton.

1806—Timothy Murray, Bradstreet Gilman.

1809—Isaac Jenness, Bradstreet Gilman.

1810—Smith Chapman, Andrew Gilman, Isaac Jenness.

1813—Michael Wiggin, Ebenezer Smith.

1814—Daniel Hill, Seth R. Shackford, Bradstreet Gilman.

1815—Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Paul Chapman.

1817—Benjamin Lovering, George Hilton, Charles Treadwell, Bradstreet
Gilman.

1818—Ichabod Hilton, Bradstreet Gilman, John N. Watson.

1819—Seth R. Shackford, Bradstreet Gilman.

1820—Seth R. Shackford, George Hilton, Bradstreet Gilman.

1822—William Tenney, John N. Watson, John Kennard.

Marriages by Rev. Nathaniel Ewer.

1774—January 9, Joseph Folsom to Martha Graves.
1774—January 26, Reuben Aisten to Mary Speed.
1774—February 2, Jacob Joy to Hannah Cram.
1774—February 17, Robert Jackson to Olive Farnum.
1774—March 20, Benjamin Stevens to Love Hardy.
1774—June 16, Joseph Young, Jr., to Dorcas Ewer.
1774—August 4, Benjamin Drew to Mehitabel Savage.
1774—September 24, William Burleigh to Comfort Taylor.
1774—December 24, Samuel Ward to Rebecca Perdean.
1775—March 2, William Benton to Elizabeth Mason.
1775—July 20, John Meader to Mehetabel Ewer.
1775—October 8, Francis Durgan to Sally Remick.
1775—December 10, Daniel Durgan to Anna Smart.
1776—June 13, Josiah Bennet to Catey Gooden.
1776—July 30, Elisha Cummins to Jemima Marston.
1777—March 17, Solomon Huntress to Lucy Burleigh.
1777—June 2, William Stevens to Martha Bennet.
MarRIAGES. 303

1777—August 25, John Elliot to Hannah Kinnison.
1777—November 26, John Young to Mary Burleigh.
1777—December 4, Levi Folsom to Joannah Weeks.
1778—February 23, John Barter to Phebe Bennet.
1778—March 22, Israel Gilman to Abigail Folsom.
1778—July 4, Samuel Dyer to Keziah Young.
1778—July 21, Col. David Gilman to Sarah Hilton.
1778—July 28, Walter Bryent, Esq., to Molley Watson.
1778—October 18, Joseph Shute to Salley Mead.
1778—October 28, William Stockman to Lydia Bennet.
1778—December 10, Asa Wiggin to Anna Mash.
1779—May 20, Jacob Burleigh to Sally Burleigh.
1779—August 1, Jacob Ames to Mehitabel Goodin.
1779—September 30, Smith Chapman to Sarah Burleigh.
1779—October 28, Thomas Solomon to Jane Thompson.
1779—November 28, Daniel Sanborn to Lydia Marston.
1780—January 30, Peter Hersey to Polly Sheafe.
1780—April 6, Dudley Watson to Anna Hilton.
1780—May 8, Richard Secomb to Dinah Bennet.
1780—August 21, Samuel Pease to Comfort Marston.
1780—August 21, Jonathan Whicher to Mercy Pike.
1780—November 5, Robert Hill to Phebe Murry.
1780—November 9, Morgan Conner to Mary Doe.
1780—December 7, John Young, Jr., to Anna Mason.
1780—December 26, Josiah Parsons to Susanna Chapman.
1781—May 10, Nathaniel Chesley to Hannah Murry.
1781—May 30, Abraham Persons to Abigail Burleigh.
1781—June 14, Jeremiah Young to Sarah Cram.
1781—August 9, David Wiggin to Patty Rowe.
1781—-August 26, Philip Fowler to Apphia Stevens.
1781—October 1, Lot Wedgewood to Elizabeth Smith.
1782—March 12, Joseph Burleigh to Mary Hilton.
1782—March 28, Wiggin Doe to Mary Churchel.
1782—May 9, Jonathan Foss to Mary Burleigh.
1782—October 13, Eliphalet Smith to Nancy Bryent.
1782—October 28, Levi Chapman to Sally Barber.
1783—January 9, Samuel Smith to Abigail Burleigh.
1783—March 6, Joseph Osband to Martha Jewett.
1788—March 20, Benjamin Tuttle to Jean Folsom.
17883—August 17, Richard Lasco to Dinah Bennet.
1784—March 24, George Curtis to Temperance Dam.
1784—March 25, John Pike Hilton to Love Lyford.
1784—March 25, Andrew Smith Hilton to Deborah Gilman.
1784—March 25, James Burleigh to Drusilla Ewer.
1784—March 29, Zebulon Pease to Mary Burleigh.
1784—June 18, William Burleigh to Sarah Ames.
1784—July 22, Nathaniel Burleigh to Rhoda Ames.
1784—September 8, Moses Ferren to Aseneah Roberson.
1784—-September 16, Jonathan Roberson to Elizabeth Godso.
304 - History or NEWFIELDS.

1784—October 5, William White to Polly Longfellow.
1784—October 7, Daniel Smith to Hannah Clark.
1785—January 20, Paul Chapman to Sally Smart.
1785—April 24, Noah Wedgewood to Abigail Mason.
1785—June 7, Richard Preson to Love Smart.
1785—June 21, Reuben French to Lydia Churchil.
1785—July 23, Henry Wiggin to Ami Herrick.
1785—October 6, Simeon Moulton to Lydia Pease.
1785—November 13, Isaac Burleigh to Eunice Bracket.
1785—December 7, Jonathan Folsom to Prudence Weeks.
1786—January 15, Andrew Doe to Polly Follet.
1786—February 16, Thomas Chamberlain to Judith Burleigh.
1786—February 16, Benning Smart to Betsey Duda.
1786—March 14, James Marston to Comfort Hilton.
1786—March 23, Walter Bryent, Jr., to Hannah Goodin.
1786—June 14, David Cram to Susannah Clough.
1786—July 23, Simon Dow to Abigail Murry.
1786—December 28, Thomas Watson to Abigail Wiggin.
1787—February 3, Ebenezer Willson to Abigail Smart.
1787—February 25, Stephen Moulton to Deborah Hilton.
1787—June 4, Jacob Folsom to Elizabeth Smart.
1787—June 5, Jacob Randal to Nancy Shute.
1787—September 6, John Edgerly to Temperance Duda.
1788—January 24, Ebenezer Smith to Elenor Hilton.
1788—March 6, Thomas Ham to Elizabeth Chapman.
1788—April 3, Ichob Churchel to Elizabeth Doe.
1788—July 22, Nicholas Duda to Judith Kinnison.
1788—October 23, Peter Colcord to Elizabeth Rooks.
1788—November 23, Henry Watson to Nancy Smart.
1788—November 27, Hezekiah Smith to Betsey Smith.
1789—January 29, Andrew Folsom to Anna Folsom.
1789—April 9, Michael Wiggin to Deborah Perkins.
1789—September 17, Joseph Low Burleigh to Elizabeth Ewer.
1789—September 21, Henry Burleigh to Betsey Rogers.
1789—October 4, Gilman Gale to Polly Wiggin.
1789—October 22, Daniel Bodge to Polly Cram.
1790—March 23, Dudley Gilman to Betsey H. Persons.
1790—September 12, James Cram, Jr., to Polly Sanborn.
1790—October 22, John Willes to Susannah Scriggins.
1790—December 15, Richard Bartlet to Deborah Thurston.
1790—December 16, Peter Hearsey to Polly Folsom.
1790—December 28, Samuel Pickering to Betsey Bracket.
1791—January 6, Edmund Pendergast to Lydia Murry.
1791—January 12, John Doe to Ruth Dearborn.
1791—March 3, Joseph Badger to Deborah Gilman.
1791—March 20, Samuel Shackford to Sally Hannafort.
1791—April 9, William Hersey to Polly Smart.
1791—April 9, Ebenezer Plummer to Ruth Dole.
1792—January 12, Benjamin Perkins to Mary Neal.
MarRIAGES. 305

1792—March 18, Joseph Duda to Nancy Stevens.

1792—March 27, John Hodge to Polly Stevens.

1792—May 20, Henry Tilton to Olive Plaisted Rogers.
1792—July 2, Jonathan Barker, Jr., to Mary Ewer.
1792—September 11, Edward Hilton, 3d to Betsey Watson.
1792—September 20, Jeremiah Bracket to Polly Smart.
1792—November 15, Lawrence Gordon to Martha Hilton.
1793—January 3, Robert Burnham to Nancy Doe.
1793—January 20, Richard Hubbard of Shapley, Me., to Sally Parsons.
1793—February 10, Alexander Johnson of Northwood to Betsey Murray.
1793—April 29, Jeremiah W. Ham of Somersworth to Susannah Smart.
17983—May 19, Nicholas Grace to Abigail Scriggens.
1793—August 1, John Crockett to Mary Bryant.

1793—August 4, Reuben Doe, Jr., to Lydia Stevens.
1793—August 15, Thomas Seavey to Nancy Kinnison.
1794—-February 4, Moses Chandler to Sally Gooden.

1794—April 7, Samuel Tarlton to Mrs. Jerusha Hopkins.
1794—October 13, Lawrence Gooden to Betsey Hilton.
1794—December 28, Joshua Pickering of Gilmanton to Polly Doe.
1795—January 24, Benjamin Hobbs of Effingham to Sally Hilton.
1795—August 7, Jonathan Elliot to Anna Kinnison.
1795—October 7, Joseph Churchel to Sally Tash.
1795—December 1, Winthrop Hilton to Abigail Hilton.
1796—June 9, John Bryant to Sally Young.

1796—December 15, Henry Stockbridge to Lydia Follet.

1797— 5, Josiah Tuck to Mrs. Love Hilton.

1797—April 12, Samuel Brooks to Sally Dow.

1797—May 3, Abraham Kinnison to Sally Tucker.
1797—December 24, Francis Doe to Deborah Smith.
1798—February 5, Samuel Ward to Polly Critchet.
1798—February 6, Daniel Cooley to Hannah Folsom.

1798—July 9, Samuel Mason to Betsey Burleigh.

By Rev. Samuel Shepard.

1777—July 10, John Colcord to Helena Carpenter.

1791—November 24, Benjamin Pinder to Susannah Perkins.
1796—August 28, Zebulon Dudy, Jr., to Mrs. Polly Gilman of Exeter.
1797—April 16, Josiah Hunniford to Mrs. Olive Lary of Brentwood.
1798—June 10, Jonathan Sanborn to Betsey Dalton.

By Rev. Samuel Tomb.

1794—November 19, John Thurston of Parsonfield, Me., to Susannah Duda.
1794—December 11, Henry Wiggin, Jr., to Hannah Hill.
1794—December 25, John Mead to Lucy Lord.
1795—February 8, Samuel Scriggans to Betsey Baker.
1795—February 18, Capt. Aaron Deale of Salisbury, Mass., to Sally Gilman.
1795—November 12, Joseph Pease to Polly Jenness.
1795—December 31, Samuel Calfe of Kingston to Patty Wiggin.
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306 History or NEwFIELDs.

1796—January , John Jack of Chester to Grace Hoit.
1796—February 19, Barker Wiggin to Deborah Bracket.

By Rev. Samuel Kelley.

1829—February 5, James F. Sanborn of Sanbornton to Mary E. Meserve.
1829—March 19, William A. Shackford to Entwinett C. Lanveat.
1829—September 10, Henry Baker to Susan Murray.

1830—January 18, John Folsom of Raymond to Sally Pillsbury.

By Rev. Ossemus Tinker.

1830—December 13, David French of Stratham to Susan Burley.

1831—September 22, John 8. Meserve to Ann Hill.

1831—November 25, Jonathan Bruce of Lynn, Mass., to Susan Hilton.

1831—December 26, Ebenezer E. Demeret of Madbury to Sophia Young.

1832—February 14, Mark Brewster of Somersworth to Harriet Coon.

1832—July 4, Ephraim Day to Mariah Wetherby.

1832—July 30, James W. Smith to Mehitable Smart.

1832—August 26, Lemuel Perkins to Maria B. Young.

1832—September 9, Joel Laney to Sarah Weymouth.

1833—January 14, William C. Page to Dorcas Felker.

1833—January 22, Thomas Leach of Lowell, Mass., to Sarah Ann Wiggin.

1833—February 9, Thomas Haywood of Portsmouth to Abigail Berry.

1833—February 28, Ebenezer Joy of South Berwick, Me., to Mehitable M.
Doe.

1833—April 11, Jacob Johnson to Betsey Farnsworth.

1833—July 24, Benjamin Mathes to Abigail Smart.

By Rev. Ezekiel M. Stickney.
1832—August 27, John Johnson to Mary 8. Fernald.
1832—November 15, Joseph D. Pinder to Hannah Ham.
1832—November 27, Christopher Rymes to Louisa Bean.
1833—January 7, Samuel C. Carlton to Eliza Goodwin.
1833—June 22, Alfred Pinkham to Harriet Burnham.
1833—October 7, George P. Kelley of Stratham to Martha Speed.
1833—December 11, Stephen Jones to Mary Holt, both of Durham.

By Rev. Daniel P. Cilley.

1833—February 26, Smith Chapman to Harriet Furnal.

1833—March 1, Asa Caverly to Sally Pinkham.

1833—March 7, William W. Smith of Lynn, Mass., to Lavinia A. Sanborn.
1833—March 7, Joseph H. Smith to Sarah B. Lamprey.

By Rev. Elijah Mason.
1833—April 14, Samuel 8. Pickering of Durham to Ann E. Brackett of
Greenland.
1833—April 21, John Speed to Sarah Tuck.
By Rev. John Brodhead.

1810—January 4, Thomas Ayers of Greenland to Catherine Bracket.
1812—August 3, John Dearborn of Durham to Mary Watson.
MarRIAGES. 307

1812—September , Dr. Enoch Falkner to Mrs. Mary Louise Lord.

1813—January , Dr. Daniel Cook to Clarissa Watson.

1815—June , David Godfrey to Sarah Pinder, both of Exeter.

1816—March 4, Peter Hersey to Mahala Wood.

1816—April 11, Moody Smith to Charlotte Durgin.

1816—July 21, Warren Smith to Susannah Chapman.

1817—April 6, Thomas Pendergast to Charlotte Smart.

1817—May 10, Ebenezer Flanders to Nancy Pinders of Sandown.

1817—September 29, Stephen Nudd to Elizabeth Wiggin, both of Durham.

1817—December 21, James Burleigh to Martha Watson.

1818—March 8, James West of Bloomfield, Me., to Betsey Smith.

1818—March 25, Phinehas Willey of Durham to Welthern Sias.

1818—September 9, George Ayers to Perney Bracket.

1818—December 16, Moody Smith to Sally P. Smith.

1818—December 31, Benjamin Watson of Northwood to Rebecka Chapman
of Lee.

1819—March 19, Nathan Presson to Elizabeth Downing of Durham.

1819—March 31, John Ayers of Greenland to Lydia Bracket.

1819—April 11, Joseph R. Doe to Sarah Gains.

1819—July 21, Abner P. Stinson to Mrs. Olive R. Neil.

1819—October 24, Thomas Dodge of Portland, Me., to Betsey Smith.

1819—November 4, Nathan Smith of East Kingston to Martha H. Pilsbury
of South Hampton.

1819—November 6, John Edgerly of Durham to Mary Langley.

1819—November 23, John Marsh to Betsey Osgood, both of Exeter.

1819—December 1, Edmund Pilsbury to Elizabeth Barnard, both of South
Hampton.

1820—February 1, Thomas Chapman to Almira Robinson.

1820—September 12, William Plummer of Epping to Margaret F. Mead.

1820—November 18, Henry Wiggin to Olive Smith.

1821—March 12, Thomas B. Hall to Mehitable Bennett.

1822—April 4, John C. Fowler to Mary Nutter of Newington.

1822—April 4, Capt. Robert Clark to Mrs. Hannah Fowler.

1822—April 5, James Thurston to Deborah Chase, both of Epping.

1822—April 27, Jonathan Davis of Brentwood to Mary S. Tetherly.

1822—September 20, Jeremiah Sanborn to Mehitable Wiggin, both of
Epping.

1822—December 4, John Kelley of Exeter to Mary Ann Henderson of Dur-
ham.

1822—-December 8, Temple Paul to Susan W. Burley.

1823—January 3, Nathan Smith to Sally Kenniston, both of Epping.

1823—January 8, Nathan B. Wiggin of Boston to Deborah Wentworth.

1823—January 13, Noah Johnson of Lee to Susan Kelley of Nottingham.

1823—March , George Robinson of Greenland to Betsey Watson.

1823—April 16, Henry Gilman to Mrs. Mahala Hersey.

1823—August 30, Rev. Samuel Norris of Barre, Vt., to Elizabeth H. Brod-
head.

1823—October 12, Thomas J. Clark to Priscilla C. Lang, both of Stratham.

1823—November 12, Dr. George W. Gale to Ruth Wood.
308 History or NEWFIELDSs.

1823—November 19, Theodore Hilton to Polly Butler, both of Deerfield.

1823—December 7, Jonathan Fogg, Jr., to Nancy Pike, both of Epping.

1824—February 24, Hall J. Jenness to Mercy H. Tarlton.

1824—February 24, Asa Sanborn of Brookfield to Judith Burley.

1824—August 1, Thomas Caswell of Barrington to Betsey 8. Burley.

1824—October , Hale Stephens to Sally J. Tilton of Exeter.

1824—November , Hamden Williams of Exeter to Mary G. Smith.

1824—December , Chase Gilman to Eliza Lawrence.

1825—March), Winthrop H. Clarage to Lydia Fullington, both of Ports-
mouth.

1825—August 30, James Rundlett, Jr., to Eliza Plummer, both of Epping.

1825—September 20, Dr. Nathaniel Batchelor of Nottingham to Sarah A.
Hoit of Epping.

1825—September 25, Rufus K. Seargent of Haverhill to Hannah Shaw of
Poplin.

1825—September 25, Samuel Chesley, 2d, of Madbury to Mehitable Demerit
of Durham.

1825—November 24, James Coleman to Lydia Tredwell.

1825—December 4, Andrew D. Stockbridge to Nancy B. Smith.

1826—November 7, Lt. Benjamin Burley of Epping to Elizabeth A. Cilley
of Nottingham.

1826—November 21, Daniel Emerson of Lee to Sukey C. Dow of Epping.

1826—November 23, Benjamin Winkley, Jr., of Dover to Eliza C. Holt.

1833—April 10, Alexander Ewin to Ann M. Brodhead.

1833—August 16, William B. Glidden of Tuftonboro to Drusilla B. Pendex-
ter of Dover.

By Rev. David Sanford.

1828—April 17, John Marsh to Abigail Thomas, both of Durham.

1828—August10, Ebenezer Meserve to Olive Jane Pickering.

1828—October 5, Daniel Jewell to Clarissa Cox.

1828—November 9, Capt. Nathaniel E. Burley to Mary Ann Hilton.

1828—December 9, James G. Page to Maria Davis.

1828—December 16, Alexander Whipple to Dorothy Shepard.

1828—December 25, James Pickering to Mrs. Elisabeth Flanders.

1829—January 18, Dana Ballard of Somersworth to Mary Ann Tarlton.

By Various Ministers and Justices.
1749—June 13, Ichabod Whidden to Eunice Mason.
1754—April 11, Dr. Joseph Sanborn to Sarah Towle.
1759—May 19, Chase Wiggin to Mary Perkins.
1765—March 31, Henry Wiggin to Lucia Shute of Newburyport, Mass.
1774—June 20, Gen. James Hill to Sarah Burleigh.
1778—September 13, Walter Shute to Elizabeth Furbur.
1784—-August 22, Daniel Hill to Elizabeth Burleigh.
1787—September 27, Jeremiah Colcord to Sally Perkins.
1790—February 14, Solomon Chapman to Polly Hanaford.
1790—April 6, Gen. James Hill to Martha Folsom.
1790—October 17, Joseph Smith to Elizabeth Hill.
Baptisms. 309

1793—April 11, Moulton Smart to Martha Graves.

1793—September 15, Samuel Badger to Susannah Churchill.

1798—February 22, David Chapman, Jr., to Mary Lord.

1802—June 28, Giles Smart to Mary Bracket.

1804—October 15, Edmund Chapman to Susan Lord.

1807—February 15, Nathaniel Paul to Mary Masters.

1810—September 10, James Speed to Elsie Downing.

1812—January 27, Henry Gilman to Lydia Gilman.

1815—February 13, Samuel Paul to Marthy M. Tarlton.

1816—January 20, Arthur Branscomb to Sarah Chapman.

1817—March 4, Amos Paul to Deborah Gilman.

1820—February 23, Jacob Burleigh, Jr., to Lois Mathes.

1821—March 27, Abraham W. Marden to Mary H. Messer.

1821—April 10, Moses O. Demeritt to Sarah Ann Dresser.

1822—March 4, John Lesthers of Lee to Sarah York of Exeter.

1822—August 5, Caleb W. Norris to Lucy Hill.

1822—November 28, Nathaniel Flood to Elizabeth Miles.

1822—December 31, Nathaniel Huntoon to Mary G. Meader, both of Ep-
ping.

1823—January 19, Parker Johnson to Mary Johnson, both of Portsmouth.

1823—April 20, John Perkins to Sarah Morrison, both of Dover.

1825—January, Jason Sawyer to Sarah Newhall.

1825—July 4, Daniel Tuttle to Judith French.

1826—March 1, David Griffin of Epsom to Mary Gilman.

1828—July 22, David Hartwell to Joanna Drew.

1830—March 18, Ebenezer H. Hanscomb to Deborah G. York.

1830—August 22, Joseph Smith to Sarah Colcord.

1833—March 11, John Burley to Sally Perkins.

1833—March 31, Ezekiel Wentworth to Shuah Carter, both of Exeter.

James Brown to Mary Foot.

 

Baptisms by Rev. Hugh Adams.

1717-8—March 19, At Loverland, Mary Doe, wife of Samson. Nathaniel,
their infant.

1717-8—March 21, Samson Doe, Samuel Doe.

1719—June 7, Nicholas Doe, minor son of Samson Doe.

1722-3—January 6, At Lubberland, Elizabeth Doe, infant daughter of
Samson Doe.

1725—July 15, Zebulon Doe, infant son of Samson Doe.

1727—December 6, Sarah Doe, infant of Samson Doe.

1725—July 15, Jeremiah Doe, infant of Daniel Doe.

1726—October 30, Margaret Doe, wife of Daniel.

1728-9—February 5, James Doe, infant of Daniel Doe.

1729—June 8, John Doe, infant of Daniel Doe.

1717—November 10, Joseph Doody (Duda), Rebekah his wife, and Benmore
and Susannah, their children. His infant daughter, Temperance, was
baptized September 18, 1726.

1717-8—March 21, At Lubberland, Sarah Mason.
310 History or NEWFIELDS.

1718-9—March 5, Mary Thomas, Joseph Thomas, son of Widow Mary
Thomas, at Loverland.

1719—June 16, At Loverland, Abigail Thomas, who joined the church at
Durham, December 31, 1780.

1719—September 26, At Lampereel-River, James Gypson, John Gypson,
eight days old, son of James Gypson.

1719—December 17, At a Lecture at Loverland, on account of her faith and
engagement for its education, our sister Sarah Bennick having an
infant maid servant born in her house of a negro father and Indian
mother, had her baptized Mary Robinson.

1719-20—January 11, James Tilley, James the infant son of James Tilley
at the Garrison House, second falls, perhaps now the Pendergast
garrison.

1719-20—February 28, Susannah Smith, wife of Lt. John Smith and her
children, John Smith, Jr., Joseph Smith (these two of age), Samuel,
Benjamin, Ebenezer, Winthrop (minors). Mrs. Smith was daughter
of Capt. Thomas Chesley, and married Lt. John Smith, June 17,
1694. She was admitted to the church, March 17, 1723. He peti-
tioned respecting Oyster River parish affairs in 1716, was parish clerk
in 1717, and died in 1722.

1721—September 16, At Lower Falls, Lampereel River, Margaret Macdonel
(Donald), infant daughter of Robert Macdonel.

1722-3—January 3, At funeral of Lt. John Smith (at Loverland) youngest
son of Winthrop Smith, Jonathan and Treworthy Durgan, sons of
Susannah Durgan, wife of James.

1723—January 2, Hubartus, son of Richard and Jane (Hilton) Hilton.

1729—February 5, Abraham, son of Arthur and Mary (Goddard)Bennick.

1729—June 29, Caleb, son of James Marston.

1729—October 5, Sarah, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Abigail and Joseph, children
of Benjamin Pindar.
Chapter XVIII.

RELATIVE TO CuuRcH MartTsrs.

For more than forty years Rev. John Moody was the only
minister, and his church the only church in Newmarket, but
after 1750 there was great uneasiness in the religious mind.
The passion for liberty, political and religious, ran into ex-
travagance. Not a few were restless under the customs and
doctrines of staid orthodoxy. New modes of expression and
worship came into vogue that strangely jarred and contrasted
with the decorous notions and customs of what was reproach-
fully called the “standing order.’”? The support of religious
institutions by taxing the people was regarded as an infringe-
ment of religious liberty. The story of the “standing order
taking the last cow from some poor family to pay the minister ”’
was told again and again.

This stir and revolt was largely.the result of the preaching
of Rev. George Whitefield who came to New England about
1740. His followers were called ‘“‘ New Lights” or ‘ Separat-
ists.”

Rev. Nathaniel Ewer, who was ordained by the Separatists
at Barnstable, Mass., in 1750, came to Durham, Lee and New-
market in 1772. He gathered a congregation and built a meet-
ing house at the Plains. This was cglled the ‘‘ West Society,”
—Presbyterian rather than Congregational in polity. Mr.
Ewer proved so attractive that Mr. Moody was left with a
small congregation at the Centre several years before he closed
his pastorate in 1777. The people of Newmarket had never
hesitated to petition the General Assembly for such legislation
as at the time would be to their greater advantage. The fol-
lowing petition was signed and sent by Jeremiah Folsom, Josiah
Adams and Wentworth Cheswell, agents for and in behalf of
the town of Newmarket, November 7, 1777:

Humbly Shews That the Inhabitants of said Town being divided in Relig-
ious Sentiments; and the Circumstances of the Town not admitting of a
312 History or NEWFIELDS.

local Division into two Parishes at Present: They have mutually agreed
upon a Division between the Congregational & Presbyterian Societies by
Poll—In which Case neither Society having any legal Authority to call
or settle a Minister of the Gospel in any way but as Individuals, nor can
they Respectively as Seperate Bodys, vote assess or collect any Sums of Money
for the Support of the Gospel nor Transact any other Prudential Affairs
of the Ministry—which obvious Difficulties being increased by a Vacancy
in the Ministry of one Society—The Inhabitants in legal Town Meeting
Assembled the 34 Inst mutually agreed upon a Mode of Division by Polling
as by the Journal of said Meeting appears—and appointed the Subscribers
Agents to petition this Hon»'e Court for Leave to Bring in a Bill to recognize
& establish said Division: and enable said Societies respectively to transact
the Prudential Affairs of their Ministry seperately in the same Manner the
Town might do if united—Which we humbly pray your Honours to take
under Consideration; and grant such Relief as to your Honours shall seem
meet.

The petition was granted.

The members of the West Society, January 10, 1778, sent to
the town clerk of Newmarket, Josiah Adams, the following
notification:

We the Subscribers desire our Respective Names be Entered as Members
of the Western Society in the Town Agreeable to Charter.

Jeremiah Folsom, Walter Bryent, Jun. Wm. Burleigh, James Cram,
Thomas Bennet, Will Renton, Arthur Bennett, Levi Folsom, Joshua Bracket,
Aaron Kinnison, Niche Harford, Jones Wiggen, W= Burleigh, J, Zebulon
Duda, Smith Chapman, Rufus Ewer, Benje Tayler, John Folsom, Josiah
Burleigh, Jon» Roberson, John Watson, David Wiggin, Joseph Smart, Robert
Gooding, Jacob Ames, Joseph Young, Joseph Joy, John Young, Nicholas
Doe, Edward Smith, W= Simpson, Jacob Durgan, Thomas Wiggen, Joseph
Gilman, John Cook, Joseph Clark, John Meeder, Elizabeth Folsom, Samuel
Burleigh, Simeon Folsom, Edward Hilton, Asa Folsom, Thomas Kinnison,
Walter Bryent, Josiah Hilton, Ichabod Bracket, Charles Smart, Israel Gil-
man, Jacob Burleigh, Jun, Gamalil Ewer, Job Savage, Zebulon Doe, Lewis
Kinnison, Benjamin Chapman, ’Jon» Doe, Elizabeth Hilton.

The following were received April 12, 1779:

Nathaniel Gilman, Zebulon Neal, Jonathan Colcord, Jun:, Stephen Hardy,
Nath'e Rogers, John Marster, Theodore Carlton, John Mighels, John Neal,
E. Mighels, Samuel Mighels, William Shute, in behalf of Sam! Smart, Nath
Rogers, in behalf of Josiah Smart, Nath Gilman, Dudley Smart, Joseph
Shute, Jeremiah Young, Jeremiah Foss, John Mead, Eliphalet Colcord, Peter
Colcord, Ebenezer Speed, Michael Shute, Jun:, Anthony W. Carpenter,
Stephen Liford, Francis Durgin, George Hart, Thomas Tayler, Ede Hall
Bergin, Joseph Weeks, David Gilman.

James Gilman was received March 31, 1782, Daniel Hilton, April 5, 1782,
and “ W=» Boardman, Eliz. Boardman, Vincent Tar, John Young Ju:, Benj.
Vernam, James Smith,”’ March 2, 1784.
ReELatiIve to Caurcu Matters. 313

The town clerk, Josiah Adams, attests the above names as
a true copy of those belonging to the Western Society in New-
market.

The meeting house, which had stood for more than sixty
years in the old burying ground at the Centre, had a sounding
board, a steeple and a belfry, but no bell. As it began to show
signs of decay the parish contemplated building a new one.
A committee was chosen September 14, 1788, consisting of Capt.
Edward Hilton, Capt. Samuel Gilman and Capt. Hubartus
Neal “to treat with the East Society respecting the place
where their meeting house should stand to give the best satis-
faction.”

It was voted December 15, 1788, ‘“‘ that the selectmen shall
board up the windows in the old meeting house at the expense
of the town.”

The committees of the East and West Societies made reports
February 2, 1789, ‘‘ respecting the union of the said societys
building a new meeting house.”” The old parish voted June 29,
1789 “to receive and except the Rev. Mr. Ewer for the min-
istry of the whole town provided the two societies in said town
shall unite.”

We find as late as March 17, 1790, that the location of the
contemplated new meeting house had not been fixed, but ‘‘ May
30, 1791, a committee, consisting of Maj. Daniel Tilton, Ichabod
Hilton, Cornet Wentworth Smith, Bradstreet Gilman, David
Chapman, Capt. Hubartus Neal, Jr., and Jeremiah Young,
was authorized and empowered to build said meeting house at
General Hill’s without any expense to the town, by the sale of
pews.”’ A plan for the house was presented by Henry Wiggin,
and October 24,1791 ‘‘ most of the 54 floor pews and 27 gallery
pews were sold at auction.” The following is the list of purchas-
ers and number of pew each purchased:

FLOOR PEWS.
No. 1 Benjamin Mead No. 17 Daniel Smith
38 General Hill 19 John Bennet
5 Major Young 21 Josiah Hilton
7 Daniel Tilton 23 Richard Hilton
9 Wentworth Cheswell 25 Ichabod Hilton
11 Jeremy Young 27 Joseph Doe
13 Jeremiah Mead 29 Philip Fowler
15 David Chapman 31 Joseph Smart
314

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14
16
18
20
22
24
26

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10
11
13
12
14

Gen. James Hill gave bond that he would give “‘a deed of
waranty of land opposite to his house sufficient to set the meet-
ing house on provided the committee proceed and compleat

the same.”

A ‘public vendue ”’ was held November 7, 1791, at the house
Henry Wiggin bid off the building of the
new meeting house at 765 pounds, and Thomas Drowne bought

of Gen. James Hill.

History or NEwFIELDs.

Benjamin Mead
Edward Hilton
Daniel Hill
James Smith
Robert Mitchell

Nathaniel Rogers
James Burleigh
John Shute
George Hilton
Dudley Watson
Henry Burleigh
Ministers
William Boardman
John M. Smith
Henry Wiggin
Moses Burleigh
Hubartus Neal
Nathaniel Rogers

No. 43 Paul Chapman

45 Sam Baker

47 Vincent Tarr
49 Jeremy Colcord
51 Henry Wiggin

. 28 Bradstreet Gilman

30 Stilman Tarlton
32 Walter Bryent
34 Josiah Adams
36 William Badger
88 John Bennet

40 William Coffin
42 Michael Wiggin
44 Wentworth Smith
46 Gideon Colcord
48 Asa Folsom

50 David Colcord
52 Joseph Colcord

GALLERY PEWS.

Philip Fowler
Major Tilton
David Chapman
Richard Preson
William Boardman
Jeremiah Mead
Winthrop Smith
Cornet Smith
Joseph Smith
John Shute
David Chapman
David Chapman
Captain Neal
General Hill

15 David Colcord

16 Bradstreet Gilman
17 David Chapman
18 Daniel Hill

= ; Daniel Hill
21
22
23 Jeremy Young
24 Cotton Bennet
- \ David Chapman
27 Major Young

: David Chapman

the old one on the following conditions:

1 the old meeting house shall be struck off to the highest bidder as it

now stands.
RELATIVE TO CuurcH Marrers. 315

24 The person to whom the same shall be struck off shall give his obliga-
tion to the committee . . . to pay them or their order jointly and
severally the purchase sum in cash, Beef, fish Rum and boards or either of
said articles at the cash price—

The meeting house was erected during the year 1792 accord-
ing to the plan. On January 9, Mr. Wiggin presented a schedule
of the spars, spar-shores, etc., for raising the meeting house
as follows, viz:

4 Spruce spars for shores 44 feet long—6 inches at the top end.
8 raising shores 36 feet long, 4 inches at top end, spruce or hemlock.

6 spruce spars 30 feet long, 4 inches at top end.
20 pick poles from 12 to 20 feet long with iron picks and ferrels.

On May 14, “ Voted that the following articles be provided
for the raising of the meeting house, vizt:
60 gallons good West India Rum, 3 Quintals of fish, 3 Bbls Cyder.—pro-

vided by M:* Drown 1 Bbl cyder—7 Bushels Potatoes 751» Butter 12ivs
Coffee 1-4 C Sugar

“Voted that Mt. Jeremy Young be appointed to provide the
articles for Raising the meeting house.”’

Mr. Smith, Ichabod Hilton and Captain Neal were appointed
“to provide house & cooking the Provisions for raising the
meeting house and Superintend the Intertainment.”

The new meeting house was erected at the Junction of the
Newmarket and “ Ash Swamp ”’ roads. It was a stately edifice
with two rows of windows and three entrances—a steeple above
the main entrance, which was at the end of the building facing
the road to Newfields, at the apex of the triangle upon which
the house stood. The high pulpit with “ sounding-board ”’
above it stood opposite the main entrance, and upon the wall
in gilt letters upon a black ground was the inscription

O Thou that hearest prayer
Unto Thee shall all flesh come. Ps. LXV. 2.
1792.

There were galleries on three sides. Two ‘horse blocks ”’
were outside. It had no bell. The article which was in the
warrant, March 28, 1796, “to paint the meeting house and
purchase a bell ’’ was dismissed.

Wentworth Cheswell had care of the meeting house in
1794-95, and Amos 8. Hill in 1807-09, at $3 per year.
316 History or NEWFIELDS.

At legal meetings of the East and West Societies, held sep-
arately, May 29, 1793, in the new meeting house, Ichabod
Hilton, Dr. Nathaniel Kidder and Capt. Andrew Gilman were
chosen a committee to petition the General Court for a repeal
of the act passed November 27, 1777, dividing the two societies.
The committee in their petition give as the reason for their
act that ‘“‘ The Operation of which [the Act of 1777] from Expe-
rience has been found to be very inconvenient & prejudicial
to the Intrest of the parties concerned.”” The petition was dated
June 5, 1793, and granted in the repeal of the act, June 13,
1793.

The tax list of March, 1794, was distinguished by separation
into town and ministerial rates, and the selectmen instructed
the constable: ‘if any Person or Persons neglect or refuse
to make payment on his, her, or their share or proportion
set against their names respectively in said List, you are to
Levy the same by distress.”

On July 21, it was “ voted nem con that the town join with
the church in giving Mr. Samuel Tomb a call to settle in the
ministry as a colleague with Mr. Ewer.” Provision was also
made for his settlement and salary. Philip Fowler, James
Cram and Zebulon Doe in behalf of “ the Presbyterian church
of Newmarket,” and James Hill, Edward Hilton, Wentworth
Cheswell, Joseph Young and Andrew Gilman, a committee
of the town, extended a call to Mr. Tomb, July 28, giving among
other reasons the following: ‘‘ Our dear pastor being advanced
in Life & under such bodily Indisposition as not to be able to
discharge all the various duties of a Minister.”

Rev. Samuel Tomb, who was born in Wallkill, N. Y., January
1, 1767, and studied at Columbia College, and with Rev. Dr.
John Mason, accepted the call to Newmarket, and was ordained
October 22, 1794, with Mr. Ewer, moderator of the meeting, and
Rev. William Morrison of Londonderry, preacher of the sermon
from I Tim. 6:20. A number of Congregational ministers
were present and participated. The church at Stratham, Rev.
James Miltimore, pastor, was invited. Its records say, ‘‘ Letter
missive was read from the church at Newmarket, the 2 Sab.
Oct™ 1794: Voted compliance, and y‘. D'. Lane, J. Lane & B.
Green attend.”

With the new meeting house, a beloved pastor and a talented
young colleague, and the two societies united once more, an
ReEwative To Cuurcn Matters. 317

era of prosperity for the Newmarket society seemed in prospect.
But troubles soon multiplied. Mr. Ewer, as a “ New Light”
preacher, had attracted many from the old church and pastor,
Mr. Moody. Now the Baptists appeared in the town and won
many from the “standing order.’”’ Dr. Samuel Shepard had
founded a Baptist church at Brentwood in 1775 and by “ in-
defatigable labors”’ established branch churches in Stratham,
Nottingham, Lee, and other neighboring towns. Elder Elias
Smith was ordained pastor of the church in Lee in 1792. He
was a gifted speaker and gained much influence in the vicinity.
He married, January, 1793, Mary, daughter of Josiah Burleigh
of Newmarket, and several of the Burleigh families and others
became Baptists. He afterwards preached at Portsmouth.

This hastened the revolt against paying taxes to support
a church with which the tax-payer had no sympathy. In March,
1796, the selectmen of Newmarket were sued at law for refusing
to abate the parish rates of the brothers, William and Samuel
Burleigh.

Ata meeting held August 8, 1796, Ichabod Hilton, Wiliam
Boardman, Richard Hilton and Daniel Hilton were chosen
agents in behalf of the parish as defendants in the lawsuit.

The selectmen had the right to abate rates, if best, as will
be seen by the following act of the General Assembly passed
July 2, 1776:

Every Person having Eighteen Shillings ratable Estate including his Poll,
and every Freeholder shall be deemed a legal Voter in all Affairs of the Town
or Parish where he dwells. . . . And the Selectmen and Church Wardens
of the several Towns and Parishes within this Colony shall have Liberty
to make such Abatements of any Persons Rates, as shall, or may appear
to them to be equitable and just.

An effort was made March 26, 1798, to refer the matters in
dispute with the Burleighs to three “disinterested men.” A
proposition to refer it to ‘‘ three of the Presbyterian and three
of the Baptist societies ” was refused September 17, 1798; but it
was “ voted that the levy of the Execution the Town has against
Wm. Burleigh be suspended until further orders,’ and again
April 1, 1799, that it be ‘‘ postponed six months agreeable to
his request.” On March 31, 1800, the selectmen were “ im-
powered to negotiate all matters with William Burleigh & the
Baptists respecting the demands against William Burleigh and
the demand the Baptists have against the Town.”
318 History or NEwri£._ps.

On March 29, 1802, it was finally ‘“‘ Voted To leave to the
selectmen to adjust the Execution against William Burleigh
with the Baptist Society.”

About this time others seceded from the “ stated ministry,”
and in 1797 Elder John Osborne of Portsmouth “ laboured
with them,” and their numbers increased somewhat. They held
meetings in barns, school houses and private dwellings, and later
seem to have met at times in Mr. Ewer’s old church at the Plains.

Rev. Mr. Tomb was a talented and able preacher, but the
relation between the two pastors and the multiplying sects
in the congregation failed to make a harmonious and cordial
connection.

An ecclesiastical council convened April 27, 1797, by mutual
request of the pastors and church. The council found occasion
to reprove both the aged and the young pastor, also the members
of the church ‘‘ who have left the stated ministry and ordinances
in the usual place of worship to follow strangers—contrary
to gospel orders.”’ This council failed to reconcile the parties,
and the breach between the church and parish widened. The
salary of both pastors was in arrears. Difficulties multiplied
and the whole community was greatly agitated. At a stormy
parish meeting held July 10, 1797, the resignations of Mr.
Ewer and Mr. Tomb were accepted, and they were accordingly
dismissed.

A committee was chosen August 7, 1797, and the selectmen
directed “to hire preaching for three months—to except all
those persons that they know have polled off to any other
society, but not to abate the minister’s rate committed to
Constable R. Pike to collect.” It was voted March 26, 1798, “ to
hire Rev. Seth Noble! to supply the desk six months and that
every person entering his dissent any time before the taxes are
made shall be exempt from paying any part thereof.”

The following document shows the method of procedure in
becoming identified with a religious society to secure exemp-
tion from the payment of ministerial rates:

To the Selectmen or Town Clerk of Newmarket. This is to let you know
that Peter Colcord has applied for a certificate, desiring to Join the Baptist
Society, and we have received him.

Bradstreet Gilman, Clerk.
February ye 8» 1799.

1Seth Noble was born in Westfield, Mass., April 15, 1742, and died in 1807.
RevatTivE To Cuurcu Marters. 319

Mr. Gilman was clerk of a branch of the Baptist Church
organized in Epping under the pastoral care of Rev. Mr.
Shepard. It does not appear that it ever was incorporated,
nor is it known when it became extinct. Mr. Gilman was chosen
deacon.

At the annual meeting April 1, 1799, the town “‘ Voted to hire
John Osborne to preach in the new meeting house for the term
of six months.’”’? But Mr. Osborne was a Baptist and many ob-
jecting, another parish meeting was held April 22, and the vote
to hire Mr. Osborne was reconsidered.

It was not until June 19, 1800, that the town and church
reached an agreement, and a formal call was extended to Rev.
James Thurston “ to settle in this town as a gospel minister.”

Joseph Young, Hubartus Neal, Philip Fowler, James Cram,
Timothy Murray and Samuel Pickering were on the committee
of the church, and Walter Neal, Joseph Young, Jr., William
Boardman, Daniel Smith and Aaron Deale, of the town, to
carry this vote into effect. Rev. Nathaniel Ewer expressed his
‘‘ cordial approbation.”

Rev. James Thurston was the son of Capt. James and Mary
(Jones) Thurston, born in Exeter March 17, 1769. He was a
student in the first class of Phillips Exeter Academy, but not
a college graduate. He married October 9, 1791, Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Shaw) Peabody. He
accepted the call to Newmarket August 24, 1800.

Accordingly at a meeting held August 25, 1800, it was voted

That the Ordination be appointed on the third Wednesday of October
next. That a Committee be appointed to Join the Committee of the Church
to make the necessary arrangements & provision for the Ordination, free
from any expense for their time. That John P. Williams, Nathaniel Kid-
der Esq., Jeremy Mead, Daniel Smith & Hubartus Neal Jun., be a Com-
mittee for arranging the Ordination &c. agreeably to the above vote. That
the Selectmen be directed to see that the meeting house be shored and well
secured on the Ordination day. That Mr. Thurston have liberty to be absent
from the desk three days in a year.

At the Ecclesiastical Council convened for his ordination
October 15, 1800, Rev. William Miltimore of Stratham gave the
sermon from Rev. 14:6; Rev. Curtis Coe, of Durham, the
charge to the pastor; and Rev. William Pidgin of Hampton,
the right hand of fellowship. The sermon, charge, right hand
320 Hisrory or NEWFIELDS.

of fellowship, and Mr. Thurston’s answer to the call of the church
were printed.

At this time some of the members who seceded had returned
to the church, while others joined the church in Lee over which
Elder John Osborne was ordained in November.

Chapter XIX.

RELATIVE TO CourcH Matters CONTINUED.

It may be well to state here the existing conditions in the
community as affecting the cause of religion.

In 1800 there were no Sunday schools nor Bible classes. Even
the catechizing of children had been suspended, and the cate-
chism, and with it Bible study, went out of use in families. The
sacramental lecture had been discontinued because so few at-
tended it. There were no meetings for social prayer; seldom a
week-day lecture or more than forenoon and afternoon exercises
on the Sabbath. The new movement of charitable societies and
Sunday schools, missionary and Sunday school concerts excited
alarm in the minds of some respectable people as tending to
enthusiasm and irregularity.

Intemperance and its consequent misery and poverty also
abounded, and some good farms were spent for rum.

No agitation like that of paying parish dues! has since arisen.
A fire was kindled before which neither minister nor congregation
could stand. The Christian laborer is worthy of his hire. To
love and prize the Gospel we must support its preaching. To be
taxed for its support should not be considered a burden, but a
privilege. Such investment returns large interest in worldly
profit. But some were determined not to pay a minister tax.
They seem to have supposed it might be a public benefit and
certainly a private boon, to be released of the encumbrance of a
settled minister.

In 1803 the number of tax payers in town was 277, and of
ministerial tax payers, 158. In 1808 the latter numbered 79,
and in 1809, 89.

1 The laws in 1800 admitted of enforcing the payment of ministerial taxes where the per-
sons taxed had not obtained actual legal exemption. In a few instances the taxes of the
dissentients were collected by distrait.
RELATIVE to CaourcH Marrters. 321

In 1801 it had become strictly true that conflicting interests
and party feuds existed in the nation. Washington had warned
the people against party names and measures, and now party
spirit had risen high in the Republic. The whole body of the
people had ranged under the banner of one or the other of the
contending parties. Only in history can we recall the turmoil
of those days when differing parties strenuously opposed each
other. Disaffected persons adopted rough methods to show their
political prejudices and preferences. Our modern differences are
only fresh gales compared with the earlier storms of party.
Families were divided, brother against brother; and influenced
by directly opposite political interests. In the latter,part of the
century many of our churches had sunk into a bad state of de-
clension. The ebbing current had impaired some of the founda-
tions of social and religious progress. Seasons of commotion
usually originating in political struggles had threatened to
destroy the foundations of religious society here. The religious
and local affairs of the people were blended with their political
excitements.

Congregational ministers in those days very generally adhered
to the political doctrines of the Washington administration.
There was in the nation a strong and zealous party whose politi-
-cal sentiments were of a different character, who considered the
influence of Congregational ministers an obstacle to their politi-
cal progress.

These were the conditions when Mr. Thurston began his
ministry in Newmarket. In 1803 a parsonage was purchased.
Mr. Thurston was chosen chairman of the school committee
March 18, 1804. The next year, March 25, 1805, at his request
it was “voted to give Mr. Thurston twelve cords of wood
annually” and to increase his salary ‘‘Twenty pound for the
present year.’ This increase of salary was repeated April 28,
1806.

A committee appointed to examine the selectmen’s accounts
reported, March 25, 1805, ‘‘ Upon the whole, as the Town &
Ministerial accounts are so blended together, the short time we
have had to examine, dofes] not permit us to make a more
particular Report. . . . Only itis said that there is now due
from the Town to the Ministerial Society about Two hundred
& twenty dollars.”

The next year April 28, 1806, the warrant was made out to

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322 History or NEWFIELpDs.

“Persons qualified by law to vote in the Congregational minis-
terial affairs,’ and the society’s meetings were no longer held in
connection with the annual town meeting.

Early in 1808, Mr. Thurston requested a “‘dismission from his
ministerial office.’ We find that January 6, 1808, it was ‘“‘Voted
Mr. Thurston a dismission agreeable to his request,” that he
“have the Thanks of the town for his labour of love & kindness
among us during his ministry with us;” also “the use of the
Parsonage till the first day of April next.”

After the departure of Mr. Thurston the church was without
a settled pastor for many years, though with many preachers.

Mr. Thurston was subsequently installed at Manchester,
Mass., April 19, 1809, where he remained in the pastorate till
June, 1819. In 1820, he returned to Exeter where he died Decem-
ber 12, 1835. He possessed a truly Christian spirit, was thoroughly
devoted to his calling, and gave to it his undivided powers. His
efforts were blessed and his ministry was a successful one. His
wife survived him, dying October 15, 1845, aged 71. Two of
their nine children were buried in the cemetery near the Junction.
Their son, James, was born in Newmarket December 11, 1806;
fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy; graduated at
Harvard College, 1829, and at the Divinity school, Cambridge,
1835. He was a Unitarian, and had pastorates at Windsor, Vt.,
Billerica, South Natick, Cambridge, and Leicester, Mass. He
was agent for a time of the Massachusetts Temperance Society,
and after the rebellion a teacher among the freedmen at Wilming-
ton, N. C. He died at West Newton, Mass., January 13, 1872.

The town could not and would not settle as minister one who
was not thoroughly educated according to the standard of the
times and of decided orthodox views. Yet the people preferred
to secure to themselves a minister of the gospel in accord with
their cherished convictions. They were aided in this by their
dislike of orthodox Congregationalism. Some, if not decided
Baptists, did not incline to sympathize with orthodox Congre-
gationalism.

The parish voted, April 11, 1808, “‘ That the selectmen be
authorized to let out the Parsonage for the insuing year to the
best advantage for the benefit of the society;”’ and again April
27, 1808, “‘ That the selectmen shall open the meeting house
doors to admit any minister of Respectable character that they
Judge proper to Preach.”
 

 

Rev. JOHN BRODHEAD.
Reuative to CourcH Matters. 323

In 1808, Rev. George Pickering, a Methodist, and member of
the New England Conference in 1793, who married Mary,
daughter of Benjamin Bemis of Methuen, Mass., and made his
home there, left his charge in Boston to be missionary-at-large.
He always wore the Quaker-like dress of the first Methodist
ministry. His itineracy brought him to Portsmouth, where he
was heard by Dea. Thomas Drowne, and, by permission of the
church, invited to Newmarket. He soon came and at the close
of his sermon, Dea. Paul Chapman rose and said, ‘‘ We wish to
hear you again concerning this matter.’’ Mr. Pickering responded
“T will come again in two weeks, God willing, or send a better
man.” At the time specified Alfred Medcalf preached, and was
soon after employed as minister.

In a parish meeting, December 8, 1808, it was ‘‘ Voted that
all those persons who wish not to pay anything towards preach-
ing may have liberty to enter their dissent with the Town Clerk
in ten days; . . . that the sum of twenty cents & so in
proportion on all rateable estate be raised & applied for hiring
Mr. Medcalf till the whole be expended; . . . that the select-
men be directed to employ Mr. Medcalf to preach so long as the
money be expended, and that they shall provide a place for his
board.” Again April 3, 1809, ‘‘ Voted That the selectmen be
authorized to let out the parsonage to the best advantage for
the purpose of hiring the Rev. Alfred Medealf to supply the
desk till it be expended; . . . that thirty cents be raised on
the poll & so in proportion on all rateable estate to hire Mr.
Medealf, giving liberty to all to enter their dissent in ten days.”
The parsonage was struck off to David Chapman for forty
dollars.

Mr. Medealf married Sophia W., daughter of Josiah Adams of
Newfields. She died September 14, 1812. Mr. Medcalf finally
settled in Greenland, and died there June, 1837.

Rev. John Brodhead, a Methodist preacher, was appointed
April, 1809, to a circuit including Portsmouth, Newmarket and
Durham. He came to Newfields village and lived in the ‘‘ Major
Norris” house on the site of the present Universalist Church.
The parish, April 10, 1810, voted ‘“ that Mr. Brodhead have the
use of the Parsonage the present year, and that he supply the
Desk with preaching till the worth thereof be expended
to raise thirty cents on a poll & so in proportion on all rateable
Estate for the use of preaching the current year; . . . that
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the Bible belonging to the society be returned to the Desk im-
mediately ; . that the Selectmen call on all that are
delinquents in payment to the Society to make payment
immediately; . . that they have a Subscription paper to
collect money for the use of preaching; . . . that they open
the meeting house doors to any regular preacher when there is no
Methodist preaching.”

Similar society action was taken, giving Mr. Brodhead the
parsonage and other compensation by tax or contribution till
1823.

On March 29, 1817, the ‘“‘ Ministerial Society in Newmarket ”’
effected a more complete organization by choosing Samuel
Pickering, moderator, Daniel Hill, parish clerk, John C. Fowler,
collector, Samuel Pickering, Winthrop Hilton, Jr., Jeremiah F.
Young, wardens, John Kennard, Jeremy Mead and Nathaniel
Young, “a committee to procure the Bible and other church
matters belonging to the Society & lodge the same with the
wardens.”

In the summer of 1818, the parishes of Newmarket, Stratham,
Kittery, and perhaps others, enjoyed the novelty of a woman
preaching in their pulpits. In Newfields, August 7, 1818, we
have the record, ‘‘ A woman preached in this Town, and many
flocked to hear her;” and at Stratham, August 9, 1818, “‘ Our
meetings were very thin; most of the people went to hear a
woman which preached with the Baptists.”

About this time the eccentric Lorenzo Dow, a heavily bearded
man, then a great curiosity, appeared in the Newmarket pulpit.
As he entered he stripped off his coat and threw it one side,
rolled up his shirt sleeves and announced his text from Canticles,
5:3, “I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on?”

The first Sunday school in Newfields was opened by Miss
Ann Coe, daughter of Rev. Curtis Coe. This was in the spring
of 1818 at the old centre school house,

The “ Toleration Act,” passed in 1819, provided “ that no
person shall be compelled to join or support any congregation,
church or religious society, without his express consent first had
and obtained.” “And any person may (if connected with a
society) by leaving a written notice with the clerk of the society,
be exempt from any future expenses &c.’’ This led to the
formation of religious societies whose members taxed themselves.
On the whole this has doubtless been best, as it has taken the
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matter out of the arena of local politics, and enabled each
religious society to know its friends.

More particulars need to be given of the parsonage. Rev.
Mr. Moody had lived in his own house. Rev. Mr. Ewer had a
home at the Plains.

Rev. Mr. Tomb, April 1, 1795, bought of Jacob Gilman twenty-
eight and three-fourth acres of land with buildings adjoining
the old centre burying ground. This estate Mr. Gilman had
received from his grandfather, Jacob Fowler, June 24, 1790. It
was sold by Mr. Tomb, to Enoch Hale, Jr., April 18, 1798, his
wife Mehitable relinquishing her right of dowry.

The procuring of a parsonage had long been held in contempla-
tion, but no decisive action was taken till February 14, 1803,
when it was voted “to pay David Wiggin $900 for house and
land formerly owned by Mr. Tomb.” The purchase was made
March 21, and the property deeded May 30, 1803 to the “ In-
habitants of Newmarket,”’ by Robert Pike, Daniel Smith and
Samuel Pickering, committee, ‘‘ To be and remain a parsonage
for the use of the minister of the Congregational persuasion that
shall be settled here;”’ for Mr. Thurston’s use “‘so long as he
shall continue to be the settled Congregational minister of said
town & then forever after.”’

Mr. Brodhead occupied the parsonage thirteen years, 1810-23,
and six of his children were born there. After he left it it was
repaired and rented.

Winter congregations met in the old centre school house as
early as 1817, and in the academy in 1818 and onward. The
Society voted April 19, 1819, to “lay out something for repairs
on the meeting house.’”’ When the academy was conveyed, May
24, 1825, to the Newfield’s school district a reserve was made
that the building should be ‘ free for all denominations to hold
meeting in at all times when not occupied for a school.”

Piscassic was for a long time largely a community by itself
for school, religious and social purposes. It is not certainly
known that Samuel Pease of Bald Hill road had not received his
title of deacon before his removal to Maine at the close of the
Revolution. Samuel Shepard, a doctor and Baptist minister,
had a deacon of his branch church at North River, Bradstreet
Gilman, a man who magnified his office whether civil or ecclesi-
astical. Elder Shepard’s death in 1815 was carefully entered
by Josiah Smith in his family Bible. This family in 1824 wel-
326 History or NEwFIELDSs.

comed Elder Thomas Cheswell, a Free Baptist, to hold meetings
in their house. Rev. Elias Smith, once a Baptist minister at Lee,
had married Mary Burleigh of the Bald Hill road, and was in-
fluential in all the social life at Piscassic. Rev. John Osborne was
always a welcome visitor among the Piscassic farmers whether
he came to preach, or to levy contributions of produce for his
large and needy family. Elder Israel Chesley, a Christian
Baptist, was connected by marriage with the Hersey family and
was gladly welcomed there and in all the neighborhood for many
years. Private dwellings, school house and chapel, were in
constant requisition for religious meetings down to the death of
Elder John Foss in 1884.

As new business interests were springing up at Newfields and
Lamprey River it became impossible to gather the people for
worship at the old centre any longer, and some change was made
necessary. Hence in 1825 the way seemed prepared for establish-
ing a Congregational church at Lamprey River Village. During
that summer Timothy Chamberlain, chorister of the Tabernacle
Church, Salem, Mass., who was superintending the erection of a
mill, conducted religious services in the warehouse of the com-
pany reading a sermon and leading in singing. By his request
the Pascataqua Association, at its meeting in Durham, July 19,
1825, appointed Rev. Messrs. Federal Burt and Jacob Cummings
“to visit the village and agent of the Factory Co. at Lamprey
River, to make inquiry whether a stated lecture may be estab-
lished among them every Sabbath evening & make proposals
for this purpose.” The committee reported at the meeting in
Eliot, Me., August 16, 1825, and the Sabbath lecture was es-
tablished. This led later to the establishing of a Sunday
school, a regular preaching service, and the organizing of a
church March 27, 1828.

As the manufacturing establishment of the village was growing
in importance and the population increasing, the Methodists, in
accordance with the true spirit of their mission, thought best to
have a house of worship and the regular means of grace more
accessible to the people. Through the personal influence and
faithful efforts of Rev. John Brodhead a site was secured free,
and deeded November 16, 1827, to Rev. John Brodhead, Elha-
nan W. Fenner and Benjamin Wheatland, trustees, the church
was built and dedicated the same month, and in the spring of
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1828 the church was organized. In July of that year Rev.
Samuel Kelly was appointed pastor.

The first Baptist meeting house in Lamprey River stood near
the residence of G. K. Leavitt. Rev. John Osborne, a prominent
Christian Baptist, was the first preacher. Services were held there
from 1827 to 1836 when a Freewill Baptist church was built in
the village. Rev. Daniel P. Cilley was the first pastor.

Chapter XX.

EDUCATIONAL — SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY.

Religious freedom necessarily involves the priceless boon of
secular education. The right of private judgment presupposes
knowledge and education. Hence the duty of the state to edu-
cate her children. Education was a passion with our Pilgrim
Fathers.

One of the earliest records of Boston, of the date of April 2,
1635, says, “It was generally agreed upon yt our brother Phile-
mon Purmout shall be intreated to become schoolmaster for ye
teaching and nourturing of all children with us.”

We quote the School Law of 1647:

It being one cheife project of y* ould deluder, Satan, to keep men from the
knowledge of y® Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknowne
tongue, so in these latter times by perswading from y® use of tongues, y* so at
leaste y® true sence & meaning of y® originall might be clouded by false glosses
of saint-seeming deceivers; y’ learning may not be buried in -y* grave of our
fathers in y® Chureh & Commonwealth, the Lord assisting o* endeavors:

It is therefore ordered y* every township in this jurisdiction, after y° Lord
hath increased them to y® number of 50 householders, shall then forthwith
appoint one within their towne to teach all such children as shall resort to
him to write & reade, whose wages shall be paid either by y’ parents or mas-
ters of such children, or by y’ inhabitants in generall, by way of supply, as
y° major part of those that order y® prudentials of y® towne shall appoint; pro-
vided those y* send their children be not oppressed by paying much more
than they can have ym. taught for in other townes; & it is further ordered y*
where any towne shall increase to y° number of 100 families or householders,
they shall set up a gramar schoole, y® master thereof being able to instruct
youth as farr as [that] they may be fited for y” university, provided y* if any
towne neglect y® performance hereof above one year, y* every such towne
shall pay £5. to y® next [nearest] schoole till they shall perform this order.’

1 Mass. Col. Records, II; 23.
328 History or NEWFIELDS.

In New England it has been a steady and governing principle, from the very
foundation of the Colonies, that it is the right and duty of Government to pro-
vide, by means of fair and just taxation, for the instruction of all the youth
in the elements of learning, morals and religion.’

In the earlier days schools were taught in private houses, and
not unfrequently barns were used as school rooms. The various
divisions of the town for school purposes were first called “clas-
ses,” but later “districts.” Some of the teachers of those days
were strict disciplinarians even for those times. Mischievous
boys were accustomed to get sundry raps from ferule and cane.

At a meeting held in Exeter the first Monday in April, 1703,
it was voted “that the selectmen shall hire a schoolmaster for a
whole year and order him to keep school three months in the old
meeting house, and the rest of the time according to their dis-
cretion at Lt. Samuel Leavitts, Jonathan Robinsons, Richard
Hiltons and William Taylors—each one to provide the school-
master with convenient house room and fire wood.”

It was also voted ‘that the old meeting house shall be sold by
the selectmen, and a school house be built at the town’s expense
and set below Jonathan Thing’s house next to the river.’”

Ata meeting, May 20, 1706, held for making choice of a school-
master, it was voted ‘that the town hire a schoolmaster.”

At a meeting held the first Monday in April, the town voted
to build a school house on land bought of ‘“Mr. Coffin by ye new
meeting house, . . . to be 380 feet in length & 20 feet in
breadth & 8 feet stud.”

On March 25, 1728, the town voted that the parishioners of
Newmarket shall be free from paying for the school in Exeter
town provided they “keep a school among them Selves att
their own Charg.”’

The first school in Newfields was at Richard Hilton’s at the
old garrison, probably in 1703, as it is recorded that ‘‘ye school-
master is to keep school at Richard Hilton’s,’”’ he ‘to provide
s? schoolmaster with housrome «& fire wood convanient.”

Dates of the erection of school houses are not known. A
school house at Pine Hill, which the children in the vicinity of
the Junction and Ash Swamp attended, was on the south side
of the hill beyond the Catholic cemetery. The road at that time
passed around the hill easterly.

1 Commentaries on American Law II; 192.
2Exeter Town Records, vol. 2, p. 97.
EpucATIONAL—SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY. 329

Piscassic had a school house early on the present site. The
present building was erected in 1875. The first school house
in Newfields village was on Main street, corner of Hilton
Avenue, north of the ‘“Elm House.’”’ Among the teachers who
are remembered as teaching in that building, were Dudley 8.
Palmer, afterwards publisher at Concord, ‘‘master Clough,”
“master Ordway,’’ Mark Lane, the Misses Sally and Mary
Adams, and Miss Coe.

The first Methodist Academy in New England was opened
at Newfields in 1817. The building stood on the hill where the
present school house is located. When the academy was removed
to Massachusetts in 1825, the school district, through its com-
mittee, Hall J. Jenness, Charles Lane and Henry Wiggin, pur-
chased the lot and building, with this proviso: ‘Said building
was built & occupied for an academy & a reserve is made in the
sale that it shall be free to all religious denominations to hold
meetings at all times when not occupied for a school, said school
district to support the fence round said land.” This building,
which had a hall in the second story, was used for school, reli-
gious and town meetings till 1854, when a new building was
erected with two school rooms on the first floor, and a town hall
above. The old academy building was sold and removed, and
is still standing as a private dwelling, with porch and belfry—
the bell having been stolen—removed, between the pattern
shop and the Wiggin store. The primary school building was
built in 1859. The school and town hall building, built in 1854,
was destroyed by fire January 25, 1907. A new school building,
without a hall was built on the same site and was first occupied
November 13, 1907.

The resident members of the Grand Army of the Republic,
May 17, 1890, presented the schools with the national colors,
and on the following day they were hoisted on the grammar
school building. The flag was presented by H. Jenness Paul,
and accepted in behalf of the school by Austin J. Neal.
Speeches were made by Rev. Mr. Fitts, Rev. Mr. Trickey, and
the teacher, Charles Strout.

The veterans raised a new flag on the Centre school building,
May 31, 1897, replacing the one given by them in 1890.

A flag for the new school building, the gift of the Village
Improvement Society, was raised on Memorial Day, 1908, the
flagstaff having been given by Daniel R. Smith. The veterans’
330 History or NEwrieE.ps.

flag of 1897 was first raised, saluted, and lowered by them, follow-
ing which the new flag was raised, saluted by the school chil-
dren, and the singing of the “Star Spangled Banner” by the
audience.

Notwithstanding the prevalent feeling among the Metho-
dists against a “man-learned ministry,” Rev. John Brodhead
strongly urged the necessity of an educated ministry, and
mainly through his efforts and influence the first Methodist
academy in New England was started here in 1817, with Rev.
Moses White, A. M., as its first principal. The institution was
incorporated in 1818 as the “Newmarket Wesleyan Academy,”
and Mr. White was succeeded by Rev. Martin Ruter, who was
born in Sutton, Mass., April 8, 1785. He was one of the noblest
sons of New England. No mistake was made in appointing
him to the academy. His self-culture was a remarkable example
of the acquisition of knowledge under difficulties. He became a
very learned and scholarly man, a good debater and writer, an
able preacher and leading educator East and West. His influ-
ence was important in promoting studious habits among the
preachers. He now sleeps on the bank of the Brazos in Texas.

For a few years the school prospered, but Ruter went West,
and it was deemed best to seek another location for the school.
It was removed in 1824 to Wilbraham, Mass., and still flourishes
as ‘‘Wesleyan Academy.”

The one student to bring fame to the Newfields academy was
Rev. Edward T. Taylor, the sailor-preacher who ten years later
found in Boston his life-work and wonderful renown as Bethel
preacher and evangelist of the sea. While a student of the
academy in 1818 he roomed with Charles Lane in the house
of Jeremy Colcord, now owned and occupied by Rufus Sanborn.
Taylor was no student, but he was bright in debate and an adept
in interesting wayside and school house congregations.

When Taylor was to preach in the evening, Lane would read
the Bible to him. If a verse was reached that attracted Taylor’s
attention, he would cry out “Stop there, Lane; put your finger
there; read that verse again, again, again; that will do.” And
the verse would be his text.

In 1884 Charles Lane was the sole survivor of the pupils.

Amasa Buck started a second school in 1835, called “Franklin
Seminary.’ The new academy building was upon the hill
opposite the first academy. Mr. Buck aroused great enthu-
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siasm among his pupils in the study of nature. He had a valuable
cabinet.

William T. Harlow, Erastus O. Phinney and a Mr. Langley
succeeded Mr. Buck as principals. It was an excellent school,
prepared youths for college, and for a few years was well patron-
ized by the young people of both sexes from neighboring towns.
A few are still living who attended it. It came to be a Methodist
institution, and was under the patronage of the New England
Conference. Again the location was deemed undesirable and a
new Conference Seminary was established at Northfield in 1845,
and removed to Tilton in 1863, where it continues to live in a very
flourishing condition.

The building was sold to Amos Paul and was the first build-
ing of the Swamscot Company on the west side of the railroad
track. The bell was taken to Northfield.

Among the many faithful and successful teachers for a longer
or shorter time it is worthy of note that Miss Harriet E. Sanborn
taught in the village schools more than thirty-two years, in
many cases teaching two generations of a family.

We append the names, as far as ascertained, of those who
availed themselves of the excellent educational advantages of
Phillips Exeter Academy, with the date of entrance; also col-

lege, of which certain afterwards became students.

1783—James Thurston.
1784—Thomas Cheswell.
John Mead.
1785—Jeremiah Mead.
1787—Zebulon Smith
1788—Ezra Smith.
1790—Nathaniel Rogers.
1791—Benjamin D. Bryant
Joseph 8. Folsom
Nathan Hilton.
Nathaniel Pease.
Edward Philbrook.
Walter Smith.

1792—Andrew McClary Chapman.

Warren Gilman.

Jonathan Longfellow.

Paul Robinson.
1794—Charles 8. Bryant.
1795—Bradstreet Gilman.
1796—Simeon Folsom.

1797—-George Rogers.

William Walker.
1798—Jacob Longfellow.
1799—Jacob Folsom.

John Williams.
1803—Nicholas B. Doe.
1804—John Rogers.

Richard W. Rogers.

James Smith.

Winthrop Watson.
1814—Ebenezer H. Neil.
1816—George O. Hilton.
1822—James Thurston, Harvard.
1827—George H. Brodhead.
1828—Nicholas E. Paine.
1830—Erastus E. Tuttle.
1833—Thornton I’. Brodhead.

William C. Tenney, Harvard
1835—Timothy J. Murray.
1839—Charles H. Branscomb.
332 History or NEwFfiE.Lps.

1842—W alter D. Smith. 1886—George L. Chase.
1847—Edward F. Eaton. George 8. Fifield.

Joseph L. Elkins. James O. Pike.

John B. Webster. 1888—Daniel J. Lynch.

Henry K. Wetherbee. 1890—George E. Andrews, Wesleyan.
1853—Amos Masters Paul. William C. Hanson, Harvard.
1854—William J. Quinn, Holy Cross, John F. Simpson, Tufts.

Montreal. 1891—Edward H. Richards, Dart-

Albert E. Kennard. mouth.
1855—Daniel G. Neal. 1893—Elmer D. Paul.
1856—Charles W. Fifield, Yale. Ernest E. Richards.
1866—John W. Sanborn. Wesleyan. 1894—J. Warren Stuart.
1868—Frank W. French. 1895—Jared A. P. Neal, Harvard.
1879—Charles M. Howard, Boston Charles W. Richards.

University. : Harry K. Torrey, Harvard-
1885—Ralph E. Connor, Tufts Divin- Dartmouth.
ity. 1896—Charles J. Leddy, Boston.
Charles L. Hanson, Harvard. 1898—Dayton C. Wiggin, Baltimore
Medical.
LIBRARY.

At the annual town meeting, March, 1880, the town accepted
“with gratitude” the legacy of $10,000! bequeathed by Dr.
John M. Brodhead for the purchase of books for a town library.
At the same time the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That Mr. Brodhead’s being the first gift to the town,—his name
shall be perpetuated by calling the institution which his generosity endows,
by his name, the Brodhead Library.

Dr. Brodhead also bequeathed his private library to the town,
though the legacy was not to be available till after the death
of his widow.

The New Hampshire legislature having passed an act, approved
April 11, 1891, ‘““To Promote the Establishment and Efficiency
of Free Public Libraries,” and providing for the appointment
of a State Board of Library Commissioners to carry the act into
effect, the town of South Newmarket, with the prospect of re-
ceiving it, deemed it best to accept the assistance offered by the
state, and under a special article in its annual warrant, March
14, 18938, “Voted to accept the conditions proposed by the state
in regard to public libraries,” and “appropriated $50 for the use
and maintenance of its Free Public Library.”’ The selectmen,
April 14, 1893, appointed three persons as library Trustees “for
the care, custody and distribution of the books furnished by the

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state in a manner satisfactory to the State Board of Library
Commissioners, and the trustees attended to the duties assigned
them.

Josiah H. Whittier, Secretary of the State Board of Library
Commissioners, called upon the trustees April 18, 1893, to
pledge the town to establish a free public library, to appropriate
annually a sum not less than $25 for the use and maintenance
of said library, to secure a fitting place for keeping the library,
to appoint a librarian, to make suitable regulations for cata-
loguing, shelving and circulating the books, and to insure the
books received by gift from the state. Upon complying with
these conditions, the state would furnish the town books to the
value of $100.

By the kindness of C. B. Stuart, a place for the library
was secured in his store, where it was of comparatively easy
access. One hundred volumes were received from the state in
the month of August. The Ladies’ Book Club generously placed
their valuable library of 408 volumes in the care of the trustees
in December. The heirs of Dr. John M. Brodhead also placed
his private library of 520 volumes of standard authors, in
superior binding and of great value, in the custody of the trus-
tees, to:be guarded and circulated in the town. Other volumes
of a miscellaneous character, comprising many Congressional
reports and documents were added for the service of special in-
quirers. Thirty-three additional volumes were received from
various sources, making a total of 1,061. They were insured for
$1,000 February 20, 1894.

The library was opened for the circulation of books Septem-
ber 23, 1893. The first persons to apply for distribution cards
and receive books on the evening of its opening were Lewis C.
Hall, Charles J. Leddy, Susie M. Stuart, George E. Andrews and
Mrs. Ida S. Stuart. During the first six months 176 distribu-
tion cards were given out. Asis generally true, the call for fiction
has been much greater than for any other class of books.

The patronage given the library during the years of its exist-
ence has made increasingly manifest the wisdom of its estab-
lishment. The original trustees were Rev. James H. Fitts,
George 8. Paul and Harriet E. Sanborn, and Edna H. Paul,
librarian.

Practically there was no change in conditions and methods
from 1894 until the death of Mr. Fitts, who was foremost in the
334 History or NEwriEwps.

movement for its establishment, and served as chairman till his
death in 1900. His unobtrusive oversight and wise and kindly
counsels endeared him to his co-workers, and they, with all
other friends of the library sincerely mourned his loss. Mrs.
Fitts was elected to fill her husband’s unexpired term. In 1901
the Brodhead Library fund came into the town’s possession.

In 1902 a reading-room was established in connection with
the library.

In 1904 the building in which the library was located was re-
moved from the village, and the library found quarters in the
adjacent house, where two adjoining and connecting rooms
were attractively fitted for library and reading-room purposes.

In 1906 the library joined the “Library Art Club” and re-
ceives “varied and valuable exhibits of photo copies of the
works of the masters, ancient and modern.” These are much
enjoyed by the patrons of the library.

On the reading-room table the following magazines may be
found: uSmerican Boy, Century Magazine, Current Literature,
Country Life in America, Garden Magazine, Granite State Monthly,
Harper’s Monthly, Harper’s Weekly, Human Life, Judge, Ladies’
Home Journal, Life, McClure’s, National Geographic Magazine,
St. Nicholas, World’s Work, Youth’s Companion and the Exeter
News-Letler. These magazines, excepting the latest number,
may be taken on a borrower’s card.

The average weekly circulation from 1894 to 1909 has been
57, from 27 to 129. More than 4,000 volumes were circulated
in 1909. Many valuable books for reference are not circulated.
The average percentage of fiction called for has been 56.

The following persons have served as trustees:

1894-1901—Rev. James H. Titts, Harriet E. Sanborn, George 8. Paul.
1901—Mrs. Mary C. Fitts, Harriet E. Sanborn, George S. Paul.
1902—Harriet E. Sanborn, George 3. Paul, Emma P. Conner.
1903—Harrict E. Sanborn, Emma P. Conner, Eugene C. Patridge.
1904—Emma P. Conner, Eugene C. Patridge, Harriet A. Paul.
1905—Eugene C. Patridge, Harriet A. Paul, A. W. Richards.
1906-08—Harriet A. Paul, Rev. Otis Cole, A. W. Richards.
1909-10—Harriet A. Paul, A. W. Richards, Eugene C. Patridge.

Edna Hobbs Paul (Mrs. George 8. Paul) has served continu-
ously as librarian.

The dwelling house in which the library is now located is the
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and electric lighting are most kindly given by them, but it
seems unfortunate that the town cannot afford to build a more
commodious and safe home for its large and valuable library.

Chapter XXI.

Business INDUSTRIES.

The extensive forests of this section were the most valuable
possessions of the first settlers. As early as 1650 there are
records of timber for masts marked with the “ Broad Arrow ”’
as belonging to the Crown, reserved for the king’s navy.

Mr. Edward Hilton erected a sawmill on the Piscassic in 1653
and from that time mill sites were in great demand.

The lumber business of Newfields early assumed large propor-
tions. An immense amount of timber from the ‘‘ Oaklands ”
the “ Mast-way”’ and ‘Ash Swamp” was hauled to the
“ Landing” at Newfields and floated to Portsmouth. A large
number of men and oxen were thus employed. Tradition recalls
one massive pine mast eight feet in diameter at the butt end
and 111 feet long, requiring the strength of 70 oxen to draw it to
the river side. Masts and lumber from this region were shipped
abroad from Portsmouth.

Gen. James Hill got out the timber at Newfields for the
America, a warship of 74 guns, built at Portsmouth under the
personal supervision of John Paul Jones, launched November,
1782, and immediately presented to France by the United States
government. It was the largest and heaviest war ship that had
been built on this side of the Atlantic—an honor to Pascataqua
shipwrights and our forest oaks!

As early as 1665 fish from the Squamscot was an important
article of commerce, and was exported to France and Spain.

Previous to the Revolution trade with the West Indies was
very profitable. Deal boards, masts, pipe-staves and shooks
were sent, and sperm oil, molasses and spirits returned directly
to our wharf. There was also a valuable coastwise trade as far
south, at least, as Virginia. Pork, beef and pelts were the prin-
cipal shipments, and rice, sugar and tobacco the returns.
336 History or NEwrieLps.

To what extent ship-building was carried on in Newmarket
before the Revolution it is impossible to tell. No records of the
business are available, but it was an important industry both at
Lamprey River and Newfields. At one time seven vessels were
on the stocks in the shipyard of Lamprey River, and the ‘‘ Land-
ing’ at Newfields was a very busy spot. So pressing was the
work that the shipwrights were exempted from military training.
In 1778 the privateer General Sullivan was overhauled and
refitted at Newfields Landing. The Shutes, Badgers and Gen.
James Hill were the principal ship-builders of that period.

The ship-building and commercial interests of Newmarket
were seriously injured by the war of 1812. After the spring of
1813 our seacoast was blockaded by a British squadron. Three
years of blockade practically destroyed ship-building on the
Squamscot. Among the last to engage in the industry at New-
fields were Zechariah Beals, Dudley Watson, Samuel G. Tarlton
and George Hilton. The last vessel built here was the Nile in
1827. When we were a ship-building town the launching of a
ship was an event of great importance and interest. Men,
women and children, all attended, and refreshments were pro-
vided for all. The ships were floated to Portsmouth where they
were rigged and prepared for sea.

Brick making was an early industry of Newfields. The most
important kilns were located along the banks of Cobbey’s Brook,
so called, on either side of the highway, within easy reach of
water transportation on the river.

Previous to the Revolution our village boasted a skilful
silversmith— William Cario.

The Squamscot furnishes no mill site in Newfields, but there is
an excellent water privilege on the Piscassic, about a mile from
the village. This is believed by some to be the site of Edward
Hilton’s first mill. While this may be disputed we know a mill
was erected on this site early in the history of the town, and was
known for about a century as ‘‘ Hall’s mill.” In later times,
known as ‘“ Neal’s mill,” it was owned by a stock company, the
stock being divided into 24 shares, each share entitling the
holder to one day’s privilege in the use of the mill. For many
years a controlling majority of the stock was held by Samuel
Neal, and after his death by his son, Daniel G. Neal. This
mill was thoroughly equipped as both grist and sawmill, having
attachments for planing and matching boards, and did a large
Business INpustTRIEs. 337

business. After the coming of portable mills the business de-
clined. The mill was not kept in repair, and was swept away by
a freshet in February, 1900.

In the early records the creek or brook next south of Mr.
Hilton’s home is often mentioned. It separated or parted his
estate from the Exeter town lands and was sometimes called
** Hilton’s parting brook.” The second Edward Hilton built a
saw and gristmill upon this brook west of the Exeter road. About
1720, Capt. Edward Hall was in possession of the estate im-
mediately south of the “ parting brook.” His grandson, Capt.
John Perkins, built a gristmill on the brook east of the Exeter
road. About 1820 this mill was purchased by Charles Lane,
formerly of Stratham, and enlarged. Mr. Lane was a tanner,
and the mill was used for grinding bark and fulling hides. The
grinding of bark had been done by horse power previously and the
use of a mill for this purpose was considered “ a great advance.”

In the lower story were pits or vats for tanning. Later,
about 1840, he built an addition to the mill for the purpose of
sawing shingles. There has been no mill on the site since 1867.
Mr. Lane was also a shoemaker and had apprentices.

Winthrop Hilton, son of Ichabod, was tanner and currier.
Prior to 1800 his tan pits were on the west side of the Exeter
road near Hilton’s or Pease’s Brook.

Nathaniel Lord was hatter and had a shop adjoining his
house, on the site of Amos Paul’s house. Both house and shop
have been torn down.

John Kennard was brass-worker and Newfields’ clock-maker.
Henry Wiggin, Jr., was a cabinet maker and made cases for Mr.
Kennard’s clocks. Mr. Folsom was trunk and harness
maker. His house and shop stood on the street near the store of
James A. Spead. Both were afterwards removed to the rear of
the lot. ,

Capt. Archibald McPhaedris of Portsmouth was leading pro-
prietor of the first tron works in America. He was at the head of
a small company which commenced the manufacture of iron from
the ore at Lamprey River.

In 1719 an act was passed by the Legislature for the encourage-
ment of iron works within the province. The “ two-mile streak ”’
was granted to John Wentworth, George Jaffrey, Archibald

McPhaedris and Robert Wilson, ‘‘ proprietors of the iron works
22

 
338 History or NEWFIELDS.

lately started at Lamprey River for their encouragement and
accommodation.”

Captain McPhaedris built the ‘‘ Warner house’ of Ports-
mouth. Some of the iron fixtures now in use in the mansion
were from the Lamprey River Iron Works. We have not been
able to learn how long the iron works were in operation. Captain
McPhaedris died in 1729.

The iron works were quite an important industry estab-
lished in Newfields in 1830. The first blast was blown on
Christmas day. The works were owned by John Kennard,
Temple Paul, Freeman Drake and Lincoln Drake. They were
afterwards purchased by George O. Hilton, Amos Paul, John B.
Rider and Joseph Skinner, and in 1834 were incorporated as
“The Newmarket Iron Foundry.” Its officers were Amos
Paul, president; George O. Hilton, treasurer; Amos Paul, John B.
Rider and Joseph Skinner, directors. The company manu-
factured castings for cotton and woolen mills, and stoves which
at one time was an extensive part of the business. As this was
almost the only foundry for casting heavy machinery in this
region, the business increased rapidly.

In 1846 the Swamscot Machine Company was incorporated
by the Legislature with George O. Hilton, Amos Paul, Seneca C.
Kennard, Walter E. Hawes and Ira Chamberlain as incorpora-
tors, and a capital stock of $200,000, all paid in. Amos Paul
was chosen agent. This company purchased the Iron Foundry
’ Company’s works in 1865 and united both branches of the
business. It manufactured all kinds of machinery and gas
pipe. The manufacture of engines and boilers was commenced
soon after, and some of the finest and best have been made
there. The manufacture of gas and steam pipe and fittings
was added, and placed on sale with George K. Paul & Co., 98
Milk Street, Boston.

The number of men employed ranged from 230 to 300, and the
monthly pay roll is said to have risen to $11,000. This distribu-
tion gave a vigorous impulse to the village and the town. Much
of this prosperity is attributable to the late Hon. Amos Paul,
the agent of the company.

Years of difficulty and disaster, however, came. Mr. Paul
in advanced age retired, and the company’s works passed in
October, 1893, into the hands of receivers. The total assets
were estimated at $333,646.10, and liabilities in the neighborhood
 

 
Business INDUSTRIES. 339

of $250,000. Frank P. Cotton, of the receivers, issued the
following statement in regard to the matter: “‘ The directors of
the company hope that by their action in applying for the
appointment of receivers the creditors may be fully paid and the
company’s plant be preserved to continue its business, which
gives employment practically to the whole town of Newfields.”’

According to the figures returned for the year ending January
1, 1881, the Swamscot Machine Company paid out for labor a
sum equal to $10 a month for every man, woman and child in
the town; and including that paid out by the locomotive and
mill works of George E. Fifield, swells the amount to $13.

Ultimately the machinery was sold and also the vacated shops,
and became the property of Walter B. Grant, Esq., of Boston.
Since then the foundry has been in active service under the
direction of Christopher A. Pollard, giving employment to from
20 to 60 men according to the demands of the business.

George E. Fifield for many years had a machine shop opposite
the railroad station, where he did repair work of all kinds of
machinery, and also manufactured steam engines, sawmills,
steam fittings, tools, etc. His sales were largely in the south
where his engines and mills secured high repute.

Mr. Fifield’s locomotives were of a peculiar pattern of his own
invention, most of them going to Georgia, and used on wooden
tramways, though adapted to iron rails as well. The boilers
were upright instead of horizontal, and the engines combined
many modern improvements.

In 1865 Charles H. and Rufus Sanborn, Levi L. Pollard and
John F. C. Rider bought of the Ira Choate Company the brass
foundry which he sometime earlier had put in operation. The
business then was known under the name of the Union Machine
Company. After a few months Mr. Rider became sole owner.
Under his management prosperity was assured and 36 men were
employed. In the midst of his success, in April, 1869, the build-
ings were burned down, and were not replaced. The brass
business in part, went to the Swamscot Company, and the
balance of patronage was dispersed. These brass works were
located on Main Street, just south of the house long owned and
occupied by Simeon Locke.
Chapter XXII.

Haur-CeNTURY OF CHANGES, 1800 To 1850, anp INcORPORA-
TION.

The period from 1800 to 1850 was marked by great and
radical changes in the customs and methods of a century and
affected every phase of the industrial, social, domestic and
religious life of the people.

An era of road-making and bridge-building rendered con-
spicuous the years from 1790 to 1820. During that time no less
than thirty turnpikes were constructed in New Hampshire, and
fifty bridge companies were incorporated. Stage routes were
opened in all directions, the number of post offices rapidly in-
creased, and mails were transmitted with much greater regu-
larity. The sound of the stage-driver’s horn and the crack of his
whip enlivened country life, and stage taverns became centres
of interest and activity. Two lines of stages passed through
Newfields from Dover to Boston, one line going by way of
Haverhill, and the other by Newburyport. The stages reached
Newfields about 9 a. m. and were due in Boston about 5 p. m.
Returning the next day they reached Newfields about 5 p. m.
The fare to Boston was $2.50.

A line from Portsmouth to Concord passed through Exeter
and Raymond. Bids were made for the privilege of keeping a
stage tavern where horses were changed, refreshments and
lodgings provided for travelers. Captain Treadwell and Abner
Stinson were near neighbors and rival inn-holders at the Junc-
tion. Sometimes one accommodated the stage and sometimes the
other. In 1810, and prior to that date, the principal taverns in
Newfields village were the ‘‘Shute House,” and ‘Lord House.”
Later came the ‘Elm House” kept by Mrs. Mehitable Wiggin,
and the taverns of Captain Clark, Lucian Pike, and Captain
Pike in Piscassic. Numerous other so-called taverns flourished
from time to time for longer or shorter periods. Many of them
were merely for the sale of spirituous liquors, no effort being
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made to provide other entertainment for man or beast. Prior
to 1825 the use of intoxicating beverages was universal in social
life, and great quantities were provided and consumed on all
public occasions. Beginning about 1818 a temperance move-
ment swept over New England like a tidal wave. Public senti-
ment was strongly aroused, and practically all the ministers and
very many influential citizens became ‘‘total abstainers,” and
by 1835 a barn could be raised without the use of strong drink.

The town records, up to 1819, were burdened with matters
relating to the meeting house, the minister, his salary and fire-
wood, and the parsonage property. In many towns the most
exacting and complicated part of the duties of the selectmen
were those relating to the adjustment of church and parish
matters. All this was changed by the passage of the ‘‘Tolera-
tion Act’’ which exempted the citizens from taxation for the
support of the church and ministry, and granted equal rights
and privileges to all religious denominations. During the next
twenty years five churches were built in the two villages of the
town, and the old parish church was used as a town house.

There was no city in New Hampshire in 1820. Portsmouth
was still called ‘‘the metropolis.’”’ Exeter was the second largest
village in the state, Newfields was the most prominent part of
Newmarket, and the post office centre for the whole town. But
the starting of the cotton mills at Lamprey River in 1823 made
a great difference in the relative importance of the two villages.
Newfields was soon outranked in population, business activity
and general prosperity. In fact business interests at Newfields
were declining at this time, the old industries dying out and as
yet no new ones had taken their places. For this reason great
interest and enthusiasm were aroused by the opening of the
“Tron Works” in 1830, and the building of a foundry in 1834.
This business was successfully conducted for many years and
proved a benefit to the community.

On December 10, 1834, the post office at Newfields received
the name of South Newmarket. At that time James Coleman was
postmaster.

The Boston and Maine Railroad from Boston to Haverhill was
completed in 1838, and the stage line was discontinued beyond
the latter city. The stage connected with the cars at Haverhill
and passengers from Boston reached Newfields at noon. Such
“rapid transit” was most astonishing and was attended by
342 History or NEWFIELDS.

great excitement. Interest in the railroad steadily increased as
the work advanced toward Newfields, and many interested
spectators watched the upturning of the sods in ‘‘Samuel Paul’s
lot.’’ To aid the work wooden rails were laid upon which short
dump cars were run. All the iron rails laid between Exeter and
Dover were brought to the wharf in Newfields by water and
landed at high tide. Often two or three, and at one time five,
two-masted schooners laden with rails were at the wharf together.
These rails came from Liverpool, England, to Boston, and were
reshipped to Newfields. The first regular passenger train went
through the village to Newmarket July 28, 1841. The first
train from Portsmouth to the Junction on the Concord and
Portsmouth Railroad was run October 4, 1849, and the road was
completed to Concord in August, 1852.

One of the most important events in the history of the town
was the opening of the Swamscot machine shops in 1846. This
was followed by years of activity, prosperity and honorable
standing in the business world.

As the two growing villages came to hold less and less in com-
mon it became increasingly difficult to adjust town business to
the satisfaction of the different sections and the advantage of the
various interests. Separation was agreed upon, and the cul-
minating event of the period under consideration was the forma-
tion of a new town, which, unfortunately perhaps, retained the
name of its post office, and was incorporated June 27, 1849,
under the name of South Newmarket.

The following is the act of incorporation:

CHAPTER 839.
An Act To ConstTITUTE THE Town or SoutH NEWMARKET.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened, That all that part of the town of New Market, in the
County of Rockingham, lying southerly of a line commencing at the easterly
line of said town, on the northerly line of the Portsmouth and Concord Rail-
road, and running thence westerly on said northerly line of said railroad to the
westerly side of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and thence westerly in a
straight line six rods south of the southerly side of Jonathan Sanborn’s house,
to the westerly line of said town, be and the same is hereby severed from the
town of New Market and made a body politic and corporate by the name of
South New Market.

Sect. 2. All real and personal property, including all debts, claims and
demands of every kind now owned by and due to the town of New Market,
Haur-Century or CHANGES, AND INCORPORATION. 343

except the town house, all school and other funds owned by said town, and the
public money deposited with said town of New Market, and the proportion
of the literary fund which may be payable to said town, shall be divded be-
tween said towns in such proportions as said towns may agree; and if said
towns cannot agree upon the division of any such property, James Foss of
Stratham, and George W. Kittredge and Nathaniel E. Burleigh, upon the
request of either town, may make division of the same. When in their opinion
any of said property cannot be divided without loss or detriment, they may
assign the whole or any part thereof to the town wherein it lies, and may order
said town to pay over such sums of money to the other as in their opinion is
equitable, and may fix the time of payment.

Sect. 3. All the taxes assessed since March last upon the polls and estates
of those residing within the limits of said South New Market, and all non-
resident taxes assessed within any school district within said South New Mar-
ket, and upon all corporate porperty within said limits, shall be collected by
the collector to whom the same has been committed for that purpose, and after
deducting therefrom the state and county taxes, and such sums as have been
expended for schools and the repair of roads within the limits of said South
New Market, shall be by him paid over to the town of South New Market,
in the same way and manner in which he is directed to pay over the same to
said New Market, and the treasurer of said South New Market, when chosen
and qualified, shall have the same power to issue an extent against such
collector for neglect to comply with the provisions of this act, that he would
have if such collector had been chosen by said town of South New Market.

Sect. 4. All debts and liabilities heretofore incurred by said town of
New Market, and all sums which may be recovered on any process against
said town, or to which said town is a party in any court, and the municipal
expenses of said town since the thirteenth day of March last, shall be paid by
said towns in the same proportions in which the property is divided; excepting
the liabilities and expenses incurred by the purchase of a site for, and the build-
ing of a town house, which shall be paid for and owned by said New Market
alone.

Sect. 5. All paupers who have a settlement in and are now supported by
said New Market shall be supported by said towns of New Market and South
New Market, in such way and manner, each of said towns contributing
thereto in such proportions as said towns may agree. And when either of said
towns shall request, said paupers shall be divided between said towns as
said towns may agree; or in case they cannot agree, as the referees herein-
before mentioned shall agree.

Sect. 6. In all assessments of state and county taxes, until the legislature
shall otherwise order, the said towns shall pay that portion of every thousand
dollars which may be ordered against the town of New Market as it now is,
in such proportions as may be determined, in the same way and manner as is
hereinbefore provided for the division of property and funds between said
towns, and the state and county treasurers shall issue their respective warrants
accordingly.

Secr. 7. Nathaniel E. Burleigh, Samuel Neal and Charles Lane, or any two
of them, may call the first meeting of said town of South New Market, by
posting up a warrant for that purpose as the law directs, at which meeting
344 History or NEWFIELDs.

either of said persons may preside until a moderator be chosen; and at such
meeting all necessary town officers may be Chosen.

Secr. 8. The town of South New Market shall form a part of councillor
district numbered one, and of senatorial district numbered two, and the
militia thereof shall belong to the fourth regiment.

Secr. 9. Any and all school districts in the town of New Market as it now
is, which may be divided by the boundary line hereinbefore mentioned be-
tween said towns, shall remain and continue as they now are; and all moneys
for the same shall be raised and assessed and paid over in the same way and
manner as is provided by law in cases of districts founded by the union of
inhabitants of neighboring towns.

Secr. 10. Whereas the dividing line between said towns crosses the
homestead farms of sundry persons; all that part of such farms which are now
owned by persons residing in South New Market as may be situated in New
Market, shall for all purposes of taxation be deemed and considered to be
part of said town of South New Market; and all that part of such farms which
are now owned by persons residing in New Market as may be situated in South
New Market, shall for all purposes of taxation be deemed and considered to be
part of said town of New Market.

Secr. 11. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, June 27, 1849.

Chapter XXIII.

SoutH NEwMaRKET! IN THE CIVIL War.

During the first half of the last century the military spirit
was manifest in the ‘‘ Little Training” in May, and the “‘Great
Training,” ‘‘ Muster,” ‘Regimental Inspection” and “‘ Review,”
inthe autumn. The company of cavalry was called the “Troop.”
There was a company of artillery and several companies of light
infantry belonging to the regiment. Other companies were
called by names hardly dignified enough for mention in a history.
But the day was a notable one and called together the masses.

The utility of these “trainings’’ and ‘‘musters”’ in the matter
of military discipline and efficiency was happily never brought
to the test. They, however, served to keep alive the military
spirit for the time. But after they were given up not many years

1Thus far in this history when reference has been made to the town we have almost in-
variably spoken of it as Newfields, its present name. But as South Newmarket was its
legal name up to 1895, and as the records of soldiers furnished in the Civil War by the
town in the United States War Department and in “New Hampshire in the Civil War”

credit them to South Newmarket, to prevent confusion or seeming injustice, we deem it but
tight and best to retain such name in this chapter.
Soutn NEWMARKET IN THE Crivit War. 345

elapsed before South Newmarket, in common with all the towns
of all the Northern States, heard the startling thunder of that
first shot of the Confederates aimed at Fort Sumter as it sped on
lightning wing around the world, and ushered in the greatest
and bloodiest civil war of the ages. In common with the general
uprising of the patriotic North her citizens were stirred as never
before to attest their loyalty to the Union, and their readiness to
take up arms in its defence. While so many of her sons were
quick to respond to the call for soldiers at the front, those who
remained at home sent them away with their blessing and did
what they could for their comfort and help as they were called
to face the enemy on the tented field and show themselves a
strong bulwark of protection for their homes and loved ones.
The cheering word from home, the thought that the eyes of
their loved ones were upon them nerved them to the best there
was in them in the way of brave and heroic daring. The starry
flag that led them on to the fray stirred them to the utmost to
show their loyalty in its defence. It symbolized as nothing else
the holy cause for which they were contending. They fought
for a united country, some of them at the sacrifice of their lives.
The victory was finally won.

The following is the roll of South Newmarket’s contribution
of soldiers in the different regiments of the New Hampshire Vol-
unteer Infantry.

SEconD REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 22 engagements, all in Virginia.

William C. Bean of Company E, born in Montville, Me., but
a resident of South Newmarket, 23 years of age. He enlisted for
three months May 3, 1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted
May 27, 1861, for three years; mustered in as private June 3,
1861; was wounded in the second Bull Run Battle, August 29,
1862, and discharged on account of wounds June 6, 1863. He
died October 11, 1866.

_John W. Jones of Company E, born in Rye, but a resident of
Newfields, South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted as a private
for three months May 8, 1861, but was not mustered in; re-
enlisted May 7, 1861, for three years, and was mustered in June 8,
1861; was appointed corporal, and was captured in the Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. He died in Andersonville, Ga.,
November 1, 1864.
346 History or NEwFIE.Lps.

Nathan E. Kuse of Company E, born in South Newmarket,
aged 19; enlisted for three months May 3, 1861, but was not
mustered in; reénlisted for three years May 25, 1861, and was
mustered in June 3, 1861, as corporal; appointed sergeant
May 1, 1863; was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 2, 1863, and died of his wounds July 31, 1863.

Nicholas Long of Company E, born in Ireland, but a resident
of South Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted for three months May 38,
1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted for three years May 25,
1861, and mustered in June 8, 1861, as a private; appointed
corporal July 1, 1863; was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg,
Pa., July 2, 1863; was at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864, and
mustered out June 21, 1864. Afterwards resided at Providence,
R. I.

Charles A. Masters of Company HE, born in New York City,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 21; enlisted as a
private May 3, 1861, and was mustered in June 3, 1861;
deserted near Fairfax Seminary, Va., November 1, 1862.

William J. Quinn of Company E, born in Providence, R. I.,
aged 18; enlisted for three months May 3, 1861, but was not
mustered in; reénlisted for three years May 25, 1861, and was
mustered in as a private June 3, 1861; appointed corporal
March 3, 1863, and sergeant July 1, 1863; was wounded in the
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and mustered out June
21, 1864. On his return from the army he was for a time sta-
tion agent at South Newmarket, and later for four or five years
clerk in the second auditor’s office, Washington, D. C. He
graduated from the National Law School, Washington, and for
a time practised his profession in Holyoke ard Lawrence, Mass.
Afterwards went to Minneapolis, Minn., where he proposed to
open a law office, but was taken ill and died in 1882.

Charles H. Smith of Company E, born in Dover, Me., but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted for three
months May 3, 1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted for
three years May 25, 1861, and was mustered in as a private
June 3, 1861; discharged for disability at Bladensburg, Md.,
August 16, 1861. He afterwards enlisted in the Eleventh Regi-
ment. He was living at Lawrence, Mass., in 1901.

Daniel G. Smith of Company E, born in South Newmarket,
aged 26. He enlisted for three months May 3, 1861, but was
not mustered in; reénlisted for three years, and was mustered
South NEWMARKET IN THE Crviu War. 347

in June 3, 1861, as a private; was wounded in the second Bull
Run Battle, August 29, 1862, and missing; returned and died
of wounds at Concord, March 2, 1863.

Horace O. Smith of Company E, born in Montville, Me., but
a resident of South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted for three
months May 3, 1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted for
three years, and was mustered in as a private June 3, 1861, and
mustered out June 21, 1864. Resided for a time at Somerville,
Mass., but is now in Newfields (1907.)

Alcott Stover of Company E, born in Bowdoin, Me., but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 25; enlisted for three
months May 3, 1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted for
three years May 25, 1861, and was mustered in as a private
June 3, 1861; and appointed corporal September 1, 1861; was
wounded and captured in the second Bull Run Battle, August 29,
1862; paroled September 2, 1862, and discharged for disability
at Washington, D. C., January 5, 1863. His present residence
is Haverhill, Mass.

John B. Tetherly of Company E, born in Newmarket, but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 25; enlisted for three months
May 3, 1861, but was not mustered in; reénlisted for three years,
and was mustered in as a private June 3, 1861, and mustered out
June 21, 1864. Has since resided at Newfields.

Francis G. Trefethen, born in Rye, but a resident of South
Newmarket, aged 21; enlisted for three months May 3, 1861,
but was not mustered in; reénlisted for three years and was
mustered in June 3, 1861, as a private. He died of disease at
Yorktown, Va., June 29, 1862.

TuirRD REGIMENT.

The regiment was in 24 engagements in Virginia, North and
South Carolina.

William Lyman of Company H, a substitute born in Ireland,
aged 21; enlisted and mustered in as a private December 16,
1864; mustered out July 20, 1865.

George W. Odiorne of Company D, born in Portsmouth, aged
22; enlisted August 13, 1861, and mustered in August 23, 1861,
as a private; reénlisted and was mustered in February 13, 1864;
was wounded at Drury’s Bluff, Va., May 13, 1864; appointed
348 History or NEWFIELDS.

corporal August 9, 1864, and sergeant August 24, 1864; first
sergeant, March 1, 1865, and was mustered out July 20, 1865.
Afterwards lived at Jamaica Plain, Mass. Still there in 1907.

Firto REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 23 engagements, all in Virginia.

George Bell of Company C, born in Dublin, Ireland, but a
resident of New York City, aged 28; enlisted and was mustered
in as a private December 4, 1863; was wounded and captured
at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864. Died of disease at Anderson-
ville, Ga., September 11, 1864.

Patrick Clancy of Company H, a substitute, born in Ireland,
aged 24; enlisted and mustered in August 9, 1864, as a private;
was missing at Sailor’s Creek, Va.; returned, and was mustered
out June 28, 1865.

John M. Distler of Company C, born in New York City, aged
23; enlisted and was mustered in as a private December 4, 1863;
was wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; and sent from
the hospital, Annapolis, Md., to his regiment July 11, 1864. No
further record.

Edward Harris of Company C, born in Manchester, Eng., aged
21; enlisted August 11, 1864, as a substitute, and mustered in the
same day as a private; deserted near Petersburg, Va., September
6, 1864.

Joseph Keison of Company C, a substitute, born in Wurtem-
burg, Germany, but resident of New York City, aged 26; enlisted
and mustered in as a private December 3, 1863; discharged at
Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1865.

Patrick Laude of Company C, born in Cork, Ireland, but resi-
dent of New York City, aged 20; a substitute, enlisted and mus-
tered in as a private December 4, 1863; discharged at Washington,
D.C., July 21, 1865.

George Saulpaugh of Company G, born in Dublin, Ireland,
aged 32; enlisted and mustered in as a private August 29, 1864;
was appointed sergeant; and mustered out June 28, 1865.

Louis Steffens of Company E, a substitute, born in Germany,
aged 21; enlisted and mustered in as a private August 11, 1864;
was wounded at Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865; discharged for dis-
ability at Washington, D. C., June 14, 1865.
South NEWMARKET IN THE Crivit War. 349

SixtH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 21 engagements in Maryland, North
Carolina, Mississippi and Virginia.

John A. Brown, unassigned substitute, born in Pennsylvania,
aged 30; enlisted and mustered in as a private May 17, 1864,
and deserted at New London, Conn., June 7, 1864.

John Burns, a substitute unassigned, born in New Jersey, aged
28; enlisted and was mustered in May 29, 1864. No further rec-
ord.

Robert Miles of Company C, born in South Newmarket, but a
resident of Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted October 3, and mus-
tered in as a private November 21, 1861; discharged for disa-
bility at Roanoke Island, N. C., March 4, 1862.

Thomas Watson of Company K, a substitute, born in Liver-
pool, Eng., aged 21; enlisted and mustered in as a private, May
17, 1864; was wounded at Petersburg, Va., July 19, 1864, and
discharged for disability July 7, 1865.

Oliver B. Spead of Company I, born in South Newmarket, but
a resident of Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted October 31, and was
mustered in as a private November 28, 1861; was appointed
corporal. Died of disease at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., February
20, 1862.

Nugent Grimes of Company G, a substitute, born in Ireland,
aged 23; enlisted and mustered in as a private May 25, 1864; de-
serted and was apprehended, but escaped from jail at Alexandria,
Va., September 1, 1864. No further record.

John Smith, a substitute unassigned, born in Lancashire, Eng.,
aged 29; enlisted and mustered in as a private May 25, 1864;
was reported on the muster and descriptive roll June 6, 1864.
No further record.

EigutH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 21 engagements, all in Louisiana.

Reuben Haworth, Jr., of Company B, born in Stockport,
Eng., but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted
December 9, 1861, and mustered in December 20, 1861, as a
private; was wounded at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863; trans-
ferred to Company B, Veterans’ Reserve Corps, 1864, and dis-
charged at Washington, D. C., December 19, 1864. Afterwards
lived in Everett, Mass.
350 History or NEwFIELDs.

Warren F. Jones of Company B, born in Stratham, but a resi-
dent of South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted November 25, 1861;
was mustered in as a private December 20, 1861, and discharged
for disability at Camp Kearney, La., October 15, 1862, and re-
turned to South Newmarket. He died at East Boston, April,
1906, and was buried at Newfields.

NIntH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 19 engagements in Maryland and
Virginia.

George T. Armstrong of Company D, born in Haverhill,
Mass., but credited to South Newmarket, aged 16; enlisted
June 23, 1862, and mustered in July 26, 1862, as a musician;
mustered out June 10, 1865, and died at Strafford, December
31, 1887.

George W. Morton of Company F, born in Gloucester, Mass.,
but a resident of South Newmarket; enlisted June 23, 1862, and
mustered in as a musician August 7, 1862; and was discharged
for disability at Newport News, Va., February 23, 1863. After-
wards resided at Berlin, Wis.

Nicholas Moore of Company C, a substitute, born in St.
Johns, N. B., aged 27; enlisted and mustered in as a private
August 11, 1863; transferred as a seaman to the United States
Navy, May 1, 1864; discharged from U. 8. 8. Atlanta, as quarter-
master. Afterwards resided in Boston, Mass.

TENTH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 18 engagements, all in Virginia.

Patrick H. Quinn of Company I, born in Galway County,
Ireland, but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted
August 14, 1862, and mustered in as a private September 4,
1862; was transferred to Company H, Second United States
Calvary October 25, 1862, and was discharged at Monrovia, Md.,
August 14, 1865. Returned to Newfields and resided there till
his death, September 29, 1910.

ELEVENTH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 19 engagements in Virginia, Mississippi
and Tennessee.
Soutah NEWMARKET IN THE Crivit War. 351

Charles W. Adams of Company A, born in Brunswick, Me.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 35; enlisted August 13,
1862, and mustered in as sergeant August 28, 1862; was wounded
at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, and discharged at
Boston, Mass., for disability, March 9, 1863. Is now dead.

Samuel P. Badger of Company A, born in Exeter, but a resi-
dent of South Newmarket, aged 32; enlisted August 14, 1862,
and was mustered in as a corporal August 28, 1862; was dis-
charged May 25, 1865. Returned to Newfields, and died there
July 18, 1900.

Albert A. Caswell of Company A, born in Lowell, Mass., but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 18; enlisted August 16, 1862,
and mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was captured at
Poplar Springs Church, Va., September 30, 1864, and paroled
October 7, 1864; mustered out June 4, 1865. Afterwards resided
at Salem, Mass.

George W. Caswell of Company A, born in Lisbon, but a resi-
dent of South Newmarket, aged 42; enlisted August 13, 1862,
and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; appointed ser-
geant, and afterwards second lieutenant, Company B, July 25,
1864; was wounded severely in the Mine Explosion, Petersburg,
Va., July 30, 1864; discharged for disability as sergeant at Con-
cord, May 20, 1865. He died at Salem, Mass., September 21,
1876.

J. Lewis Chase of Company A, born in Epping, but a resident
of South Newmarket, aged 20; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was
mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was wounded severely
in the Battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864, and mustered
out June 4, 1865. Lost with the steamship, City of Columbus,
January 18, 1884.

John Grant, a substitute, unassigned, born in Canada, aged
24; enlisted and was mustered in June 30, 1864, as a private;
sent to his regiment. No further record.

William D. Houghton of Company A, born in Concord, Mass.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 26; enlisted August 14,
1862, and mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was wounded
at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, and died of his
wounds at Newfields, April 23, 1863.

Edward L. Kennard of Company A, born in Birmingham,
Conn., but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 20; enlisted
August 14, 1862, and was mustered in August 28, 1862, as a
352 History or NEwFIELDs.

private; transferred as a second-class musician to the band of
the Second Brigade, Second Division of Ninth Army Corps.
He died of disease at Mound City, Ill., August 30, 1863.

Frank H. Kennard of Company A, born in Derby, Conn., aged
21; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was mustered in as a private
August 28, 1862; was wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December
138, 1862, and discharged for disability at Boston, Mass., March
27, 1863. He died at Dedham, Mass., April 29, 1868.

John F. Kennard of Company A, born in Newmarket, but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 32; enlisted August 14, 1862,
and was mustered in as a corporal, August 28, 1862; was dis-
charged for disability at Concord, April 22, 1864. Afterwards
resided for a time at Boston, Mass., but is now (1907) at Dedham,
Mass.

Joseph W. Kuse, Jr., of Company A, born in Danvers, Mass.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 22; enlisted August 15,
1862, and was mustered in as a private, August 28, 1862; was cap-
tured at Poplar Springs, Va., September 30, 1864, and paroled
February 28, 1865; discharged June 4, 1865. Afterwards resided
at Kittery, Me., and was killed by cars at Lynn, Mass., June,
1893.

Augustus Littlefield of Company A, born in South Newmarket,
aged 22; enlisted August 13, 1862, and mustered in as a private
August 28, 1862. He died of disease at London, Ky., September
27, 1863.

Arthur W. McCann of Company A, born in Exeter, but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 31; enlisted August 13, 1862,
and was mustered in as a private, August 28, 1862; mustered
out June 4, 1865. Died at Newfields, February 25, 1866.

James McCuin of Company A, born in Alburgh, Vt., but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 20; enlisted August 13, 1862,
and was mustered in as a wagoner, August 28, 1862; transferred
to Company H, Nineteenth Veterans’ Reserve Corps, March 31,
1864; discharged at Elmira, N. Y., July 13, 1865.

James L. Neal of Company A, born in South Newmarket,
aged 22; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was mustered in as a
private August 28, 1862; wounded and captured in the Battle
of the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864, and died of wounds at
Lynchburg, Va., July 21, 1864.

Hall Jenness Paul of Company A, born in South Newmarket,
aged 23; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was mustered in as a
South NEWMARKET IN THE Civit War. 353

private August 28, 1862; transferred to the band of the Second
Brigade, Second Division of Ninth Army Corps, October 15, 1862,
and mustered out as second-class musician June 4, 1865. Has
since resided at Newfields. He represented the town in Legis-
lature in 1873; was Town Clerk from 1884 to 1907, and post-
master, 1899-1908.

Edward Richardson of Company A, born in Roxbury, Mass.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 25; enlisted August 14.
1862, and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; trans-
ferred to the band of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the
Ninth Army Corps, October 15, 1862, and mustered out as second-
class musician June 4, 1865. Afterwards resided at Newmarket,
till his death.

Joseph M. Richardson of Company A, born in Roxbury, Mass.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 28; enlisted August 14,
1862, and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; trans-
ferred to the band of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the
Ninth Army Corps, October 15, 1862, and mustered out as third-
class musician June 4, 1865. He died at Lawrence, Mass.,
January 11, 1886.

Edward T. Rand of Company A, born in Rye, but a resident
of South Newmarket, aged 27; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was
mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was wounded at
Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, and died of his wounds
December 15, 1862.

Oliver G. Sanborn of Company A, born in Epping, but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 25; enlisted August 13, 1862,
and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was transferred
to the band of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the Ninth
Army Corps, February 6, 1863, and mustered out as a third-class
musician June 4, 1865. Resided afterwards in Wakefield, Mass.

Charles H. Smith of Company A, born in Dover, Me., aged 21;
enlisted August 13, 1862, and was mustered in August 28, 1862;
transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-first Company, Second
Battalion of the Invalid Corps, February 4, 1864; discharged for
disability at Louisville, Ky., June 26, 1865.

C. Henry Smith of Company A, born in South Newmarket,
aged 27; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was mustered in as private
August 28, 1862; was wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Decem-
ber 13, 1862; and was killed at Bethesda Church, Va., June 3,
1864.

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354 History or NEWFIELDs.

Daniel C. Smith of Company A, born in Ipswich, Mass., but a
resident of South Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted August 13, 1862,
and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; transferred to
the band of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the Ninth
Army Corps, October 15, 1862, and mustered out as first-class
musician June 4, 1865. Afterwards resided at Danville. Died at
Berwick, Me.

Plumer Smith of Company A, born in Epping, but a resident of
South Newmarket, aged 24; enlisted August 14, 1862, and was
mustered in as a corporal August 28, 1862; was appointed ser-
geant; was wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862,
and died of his wounds December 16, 1862.

Nathan E. Stover of Company A, born in Bowdoin, Me.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 28; enlisted August 15,
1862, and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; mus-
tered out June 4, 1865. Has since resided in Exeter.

John Spead of Company A, born in Durham, but a resident of
South Newmarket, aged 28; enlisted August 14, 1862, and was
mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; died of disease at Mill-
dale, Miss., July 9, 1863.

Moses 8. Taylor of Company A, born in Epping, but a resident
of South Newmarket, aged 30; enlisted August 13, 1862, and was
mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; was appointed corporal;
wounded and captured at Poplar Springs Church, Va., Septem-
ber 30, 1864, and paroled. He died of wounds at Annapolis, Md.,
October 30, 1864.

Alfred W. Waterman of Company A, born in Belfast, Me.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 30; enlisted August
16, 1862, and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862;
mustered out June 4, 1865. Afterwards resided at Crewe, Va.

Josiah Watson of Company I, born in Newmarket, but a resi-
dent of South Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted August 18, 1862,
and was mustered in as a private September 2, 1862; was severely
wounded in the Battle of Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864; mus-
tered out June 4, 1865. Returned to Newmarket.

James H. Wilkinson of Company A, born in Stockport, Eng.,
but a resident of South Newmarket, aged 34; enlisted August
14, 1862, and was mustered in as a private August 28, 1862; and
mustered out June 4, 1865. Returned to Newfields, and died
there June 13, 1901.

Charles Hanson, a substitute unassigned, born in Stanstead,
South NEWMARKET IN THE Crivin War. 355

Canada, aged 22; enlisted and was mustered in December 21,
1863; supposed to have deserted on the way to his regiment.
No further record.

THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.

This regiment was in 18 engagements, all in Virginia, its
colors the first to enter Richmond.

John Taylor, a substitute, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 36;
enlisted and mustered in as a private August 11, 1863; deserted
near Portsmouth, Va., October 19, 1863.

STRAFFORD GUARDS.

Laural D. C. Hayes, born in Newfields, aged 15; enlisted as a
musician, and was mustered in May 5, 1864; mustered out July
28, 1864. Died in St. Paul, Minn., December 18, 1870.

UNITED States Naval SERVICE.

Daniel Brackett, born in Newmarket, but a resident of South
Newmarket, aged 26; enlisted at Boston, Mass., April 9, 1864,
for one year, as second-class fireman; served on U. 8. 8. Ohio
and Cherokee; discharged as first-class fireman at the expiration of
his term of service, from the receiving ship, New York City, May
4, 1865.

Michael Farrell, a substitute, born in New York, aged 21;
enlisted in Portsmouth as an ordinary seaman June 17, 1864,
for three years; served in U.S. 8. Vandalia, Colorado, Fort Jack-
son, Cherokee, and Mahaska; deserted from the latter ship May
26, 1866.

Patrick Kelly, a substitute, born in Ireland, aged 31; enlisted
as a coal heaver, for three years; served on U.S. 8. Vandalia, and
Colorado; discharged from the hospital, Norfolk, Va., for dis-
ability, May 15, 1865.

Edward H. Parks, a substitute, born in Portsmouth, aged 24;
enlisted as a seaman, May 25, 1864, for three years; served on
U. 8. 8. Vandalia, and Alabama; deserted from the latter ship
May 15, 1865.

Unitep States Marine Corps.
George Rodgers, born in New Brunswick, aged 22; enlisted at

Portsmouth June 2, 1864, for four years; served on U. S. S.
Sabine and deserted July 13, 1864.
356 History or NEWFIELDS.

Edward Hanson, born in Lowell, Mass., but a resident of
South Newmarket, aged 19; enlisted as a private for four years
September 3, 1864; served on U.S.S. St. Mary’s and Jamestown;
discharged at Mare Island, Cal., at the expiration of his time of
service, September 17, 1868; died in Newfields, October 3, 1907.

The following persons enlisted in Massachusetts regiments:

Ferdinand Howard enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment, Massa-
chusetts Volunteers; lost an arm at Chancellorsville, Va., and was
discharged.

James Armstrong enlisted as a private in the Seventeenth
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and was discharged at the
expiration of his term of service. Is now dead.

James Norton enlisted in the Nineteenth Regiment, Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, and was discharged for disability.

Almond Porter enlisted as a private in the Twenty-second
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteeers, and discharged for cause
unknown.

Joseph H. Kelley was a corporal in the Twenty-ninth Hovinreiih
Massachusetts Volunteers, and was discharged at the expiration
of his term of service.

Joseph H. Hanson was a private in the Thirty-second Massa-
chusetts Regiment; returned to Newfields and died December
31, 1881.

The following is the report forwarded to the state department
December 29, 1865:
Money expended to fill Quotas of the Town.

1861. Second Regiment, 12 men at $27 each.......... $324.00
1862. Tenth Regiment, 1 man at $200............... 200.00
1862. Eleventh Regiment, 30 men at $200 each....... 6,000.00
1863. August, 3 Substitutes at $300 each........... 900.00
1863. December, 9 volunteers at $580 each......... 5,220.00
Received from state.... 2.0... ccc cece ee cc nee $900.00
Received from United States................0.00008 758 .00
7 $1,658.00
1864. Calls for February, March, July, December,
32 men at $300 each............... 000 ccc cae $9,600.00
$22,244.00
Incidental): Expenses... ..:4 eden gw hiwn ¥ odes 5 400k $315.00

$22,559.00
South NEWMARKET IN THE Crvit War. 357

Amount Received from state and United States de-

Gucted sc soecccgeveastriewesssens tes Sedaee eee $1,658 .00
$20,901.00

In addition to the above 18 citizens paid for substi-
CULES iio. ceed cats ors Sea aes Ma ean ge ARES Ou oa 4,397 .00
‘Lotalicc: mance cee sand es ae ees eee eae eee ete $25,298.00

More men than are here enumerated have enlisted in the regi-
ments of this and other states, but none have received bounty
excepting those here mentioned.

Names of the individuals who furnished substitutes, and the
amount paid by each:

Daniel C. Wiggin......... $87.00 Daniel Trefethen.......... $200.00
John A. Clark............ 200.00 Nathaniel D. Oakes....... 230.00
A. E. Locke.............. 100.00 Patrick J. O’Connor....... 230.00
Thomas Kelly............ 350.00 Charles E. Lane........... 325.00
John Coffee.............. 200.00 Frank A. Sanborn......... 250.00
Rufus Sanborn........... 325.00 Asa D. Neal.............. 375.00
Charles Sanborn.......... 325.00 Perley B. Gilman.......... 200.00
Horace C. Smith.......... 200.00 William McMillen........ - 200.00
Josiah 8. Clark.......... 200.00 Alfred B. Choate..........
George B. Wiggin........ 200.00 Ephraim G. Hill..........

$4,397.00

The above report was signed March 13, 1866, by the selectmen
of South Newmarket, Patrick Quinn, Samuel Neal and Charles
H. Sanborn.

The following items of the town’s action in connection with the
war are given:

At a special town meeting in 1861 it was

Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to pay nine dollars per month for
three months to all residents of this town who have enlisted in the service
of the United States.

Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to pay to each volunteer’s wife,
and to the mothers of John B. Tetherly and Alcott Stover, the sum of six
dollars per month for three months.

At a later meeting the same year,

Voted, that the town adopt the act of the Legislature to raise money in aid
of the families of volunteers.

Poll taxes of all soldiers were also abated.
In 1862, $200 bounty was offered to enlisting soldiers, and the
town ordered the borrowing of $7,000 for this purpose.
358 History or NEWFIELDS.

On August 28, 1862, the following resolutions were adopted:

We, the assembled citizens and legal voters of South Newmarket say,
that whereas our Government is in a state of insurrection, rebellion and civil
war, and whereas notwithstanding all the efforts of the government to suppress
it the rebellion is daily becoming more formidable, and our army is in great
need of immediate aid, and whereas our Chief Magistrate has called for
additional men to be forthwith mustered into the service of the Government,
either as volunteers or by draft, and whereas we believe it to be our first and
highest duty to respond immediately and earnestly to the Government in all
its demands therefore,

Resolved, that we pledge ourselves by our lives, our property and our most
sacred honor, to stand by our Country in its hour of peril.

Resolved, that all those who go out from our midst as volunteers to fight
the Battles of our Country are entitled to our best wishes, and our most
hearty support.

On August 29, 1863, it was

Voted, that the town pay to each conscript or drafted man, or his substitute,
the sum of three hundred dollars within ten days after being mustered in the
United States service.

Also the selectmen were authorized to aid ‘‘the families of con-
scripts or drafted men, agreeable to the laws of the state.”’

In 1864 the selectmen were authorized ‘‘to pay to each Drafted
man or his substitute, all the law will allow to fill our town’s
quota under the late call for 500,000 men.”

In April, 1865, the number of male citizens between 18 and 45
years of age, liable to render military service, was 73. The esti-
mated number entering the army and navy from April 15, 1861, to
April, 1865, was 95. A surplus of four remained after filling
quotas under all calls. Of all the infantry companies, the Fifth
New Hampshire suffered the heaviest losses. Of the 303 present
at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., 193 were killed or wounded.
In all its engagements 295 were killed, or died of wounds. It was
the only New Hampshire regiment whose loss in killed exceeded
200.

The following soldiers from Newfields served in the Spanish
War, all in the First New Hampshire Regiment: Herbert
Clough, Company A, enlisted May 9, 1898, mustered out Octo-
ber 31, 1898; Arthur Munsey, Company K, enlisted May 7,
1898, mustered out October 31, 1898; James O. Pike, Company
F, enlisted June 17, 1898, mustered out October 31, 1898; Frank
Gladding, Company F, enlisted June 17, 1898, mustered out
October 31, 1898. All were sent to Chickamauga and were
mustered out at Concord.
Chapter XXIV.

Crviu Arrarrs, Town Orricers, List or Pouis, Tax List,
Cueck List, MARRIAGEs.

The following warrant was “posted up,” July 10, 1849, at
“the tavern of Lucien M. Pike being a public place in said town.”’

To the inhabitants of the Town of South Newmarket, in the County of
Rockingham, qualified to vote in town affairs. You are hereby notified and
warned to meet at the school house in Newfields district, South Newmarket,
on Saturday the 28th day of July inst. at three o’clock in the afternoon to
act upon the following subjects: —

1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.

2. To choose all necessary town officers for the present political year.

N. E. Burleigh Committee
Samuel Neal to call the
Charles Lane first meeting.

The selectmen, August 11, 1849, received the following pe-
tition:

Your petitioners represent that for the accommodation of the public there
is now occasion for a new highway in said town beginning at the southerly
‘corner of the depot of the Boston and Maine Railroad and running north-
easterly to the eastern end of a pair of bars on the land of Benjamin Coe,
Esq., situated fifty feet more or less on the western side of a certain brook
running through the land of said Benjamin Coe. ‘

Amos Paul

J. G. Skinner
William Paul
George O. Hilton
P. Quinn.

The petition was granted and the road opened.
The town warrant of February 27, 1854, contained the follow-
ing article:

Article 5. To see if the town will vote to number the school districts, and
also the highway districts instead of naming them as at present. The town
voted at the meeting to number the school and highway districts instead of
naming them, the Newfields district to be No. 1, and the Piscassic district to
be No. 2.
360 History or NEWFIELDS.

At an adjourned town meeting, May 6, 1854, a committee,
consisting of Amos Paul and Albert Morton for the town, Rev.
Winthrop Fifield, John Pease and Patrick Quinn for the school
district, made a report which was accepted and adopted.

Voted: To proceed at once to build a Town hall and school house agreeable
to the plan recommended by the committee.

Until 1867 the towns of Newmarket and South Newmarket
continued to use the “poor farm” in common. At this time
South Newmarket sold its part of the farm to Newmarket for
$1,300.

Dr. John M. Brodhead of Washington, D. C., who died in
South Newmarket February 22, 1880, left all his property to his
widow during her life, but his will contained the following pro-
vision:—‘‘Ten thousand dollars to the town of South New-
market, N. H., for the purpose of purchasing books for a town
library to be under the control of the selectmen, under condition
that the name of the town shall be legally changed to the name
of Newfields and so remain. On the same condition and for the
same purpose I bequeath to said town my private library.
Neither of these bequests shall take effect until the name of the
town shall have been changed.”

At the next town meeting, March, 1880, the town voted to
accept the bequest of Doctor Brodhead with its condition.

Rev. James H. Fitts was chosen representative November,
1894. Though Mrs. Brodhead was still living it was deemed a
favorable time for changing the name of the town by legislative
enactment. Mr. Fitts accordingly introduced a bill for this pur-
pose which was passed February 21, 1895, as follows:

An Act to change the name of the town of South Newmarket. Be it enacted
by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

Section 1. That the town of South Newmarket shall hereafter be known
and called by the name of Newfields.

Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

This was signed by Stephen S. Jewett, speaker of the House
of Representatives, Frank W. Rollins, president of the Senate,
and Charles §. Busiel, governor, and certified by Ezra S. Stearns,
secretary of state.

Thus the name of South Newmarket under which the town
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years, was quietly dropped and the older name of Newfields
restored with the sanction of the law.

A special town meeting was called by the selectmen May 14,
1895, “To see what action the town will take in regard to exempt-
ing from taxation any manufacturing firms that will locate and
do business in this town. Voted, That any new manufacturing
firms that shall locate and do business in the town of Newfields
and employ ten or more persons shall be exempted from all taxes
for a term of ten years.”

Another special town meeting was called by the selectmen
April 7, 1897, ‘To see if the town will vote to exempt from
taxation the manufacturing establishment to be put in operation
by Walter B. Grant, being the old Swamscot Machine Co., and
the capital to be used in operating the same for a term of nine
years. Vote: affirmative 50, negative 67.’ The moderator de-
clared ‘‘That it was the sense of the voters present that said
establishment shall be taxed.”

Another special meeting was held May 29, 1897: ‘To see if
the town will vote to exempt from taxation the manufacturing
establishment of -Walter B. Grant now in operation on the plant
of the old Swamscot Machine Co., for a term of eight years and
that the taxes assessed for the year 1897 be abated.

“Voted: That the whole matter be referred to a committee
of three.”’ Charles H. Sanborn, Albert H. Varney, John Torrey,
were chosen to act as that committee.

The report of this committee was submitted March 8, 1898.
By advice of the most eminent lawyers of the county the finding
of the committee was: ‘“‘That the business plant held by Walter
B. Grant should be assessed for a just and equitable share of the
public tax.”

The report was accepted and adopted.

This issue was of more than local importance. It enlisted the
attention and interest of many outside the town.

The death of Mrs. John M. Brodhead in 1900 was followed by
litigation in the, courts of Washington, D. C., respecting the
settlement of the estate. It was contended that Newfields had
forfeited her legacy by reason of failing to comply strictly with
the conditions imposed. To meet this contention the legislature
of 1901 was asked to amend and ratify the act of 1895 as follows:
362 History or NEwFiE.Lps.

AN ACT

To Amend Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1895, Entitled an Act to Change the
Name of the Town of South Newmarket, and to Ratify the Same.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court con-
vened :

Section 1. Amend Section 1, Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1895 by adding
at the end of said section the words ‘‘and so remain,”’ so that said section as
amended will read ‘‘That the Town of South Newmarket shall hereafter be
known and called by the name of Newfields, and so remain.”

Sect. 2. Chapter 176 of the Laws of 1895 is hereby ratified and confirmed
as amended.

Sect. 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

[Approved March 14, 1901.]

The Newmarket Electric Light Company erected poles and
extended their wires through Newfields village in the autumn
of 1901, and the streets were lighted by electricity in December.

The Town Warrant of 1902 had

Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the selectmen to contract with
the Newmarket Electric Light, Power and Heat Company for street lighting
for a term of years, determine the annual compensation therefor and make
an appropriation for the ensuing year.

The article passed, and a contract was signed April 1, 1902,
for the term of five years with an annual compensation of $350.
The Town Warrant of February 23, 1907, had

Article 3. To see if the town will vote to build a schoolhouse, and raise
and appropriate money for the same.
Voted: To erect a school building.1

George L. Chase, Charles E. Smith, Augustus W. Richards,
Albert H. Varney and Thomas Sheehy were elected a building
committee.

The legislature of 1907 passed the following act relating to
the bridge between Stratham and Newfields, which was
approved March 7, 1907:

CHAPTER 233, LAWS OF 1907.

Section 1. The selectmen of the towns of Stratham and Newfields are
hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of said towns, to execute and deliver
to Rockingham county, a good and sufficient conveyance of the interest of said
towns in and to the Stratham and Newmarket bridge, with its appurtenances,

1 Frank P. Neal was designer and builder.
Civit AFFAIRS. 363

over the Exeter river, subject to the condition that said Rockingham county
is to maintain said bridge as a free bridge for the public travel.

Sscr. 2. The county commissioners of Rockingham county are hereby
authorized and directed, on behalf of said county, to receive said conveyance,
and to maintain said Stratham and Newmarket bridge over said Exeter
river, as a public highway, on the same terms and with the same rights and
liabilities as are provided for highways not in any town.

Ssct. 3. The town of Stratham and the town of Newfields shall each assume
as a part of its town debt one half of the debt existing on account of said bridge.

Ssct. 4. Each of said towns shall vote upon the acceptance of the terms
of this act as its next annual meeting, and if a majority of the qualified voters
present and voting in each of said towns shall vote in the affirmative on said
question, this act shall thereupon take effect.

Ssct. 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.

[Approved March 7, 1907.]

Town Orricers, 1849-1910.

Auditors.

1849—Nathaniel Burleigh, Amos Paul, Joseph Lang.
1850-51—Hall Jenness, William L. Walker, George O. Hilton.
1852—Hall Jenness, William L. Walker.
1853-54—William L. Walker, John F. Locke.
1855—William L. Walker, Mark D. Hayes.
1856—Seneca C. Kennard, Daniel R. Smith.
1857—John Fogg, Seneca C. Kennard.

1858—John C. Fowler, James P. Tilton.
1859—John T. Locke, Hollis Pease.
1860—Benjamin Coe, James P. Tilton.
1861—Samuel Cilley, James P. Tilton.
1862—George E. Fifield, James W. Tetherly, John T. Locke.
1863—Joseph Lang, Benjamin Coe.

1864-65— William E. Gilson, Daniel R. Smith.
1866—James P. Tilton, Albert Field.
1867-70—Samuel E. Williams, Albert Field.
1870-77—Samuel E. Williams, George O. Paul.
1877-94—Samuel E. Williams,

1894—-George W. Pollard.

1895-1904—Frank C. Neal.

1904—Christopher A. Pollard.

1905-07—Harry R. Torrey.

1907—Christopher A. Pollard.

1908-10—John F. C. Rider.

Collectors.

1850-53—Joseph Smith. ; 1855-57—Andrew Thurston.
18538-55—Robert Hervey. 1857-59—Charles E. Smith.
364 History or NEwFIELDS.

1859-62—Robert Hervey.
1862—Samuel P. Badger.
1863—Charles H. Littlefield.
1864—Edward J. Beal.
1865—Albert Field.
1866-68—Daniel C. Wiggin.
1868—Samuel P. Badger.
1869—Samuel Cilley.
1870-73—John E. Simpson.
1873—Jeremiah Towle.
1874-77—Nathan G. Howard.
1877—Robert Hervey.

1849-54—George O. Hilton.
1854-55—Samuel H. Tarlton.
1856-57—Amos Paul.
1858—George O. Hilton. ss
1859-60—Albert Field.
1861—Seneca C. Kennard.
1862-64—Charles E. Smith.
1865—George O. Hilton.
1866—Samuel H. Tarlton.
1867—Charles E. Smith.
1868—Amos Paul.
1869—Samuel Cilley.
1870—Charles E. Smith.
1871—John F. C. Rider.
1872-73—Amos Paul.
1874-75—Daniel C. Langlands.

1878—Ephraim G. Hill.
1879-81—Stephen C. Hayes.
1881—Ephraim G. Hill.
1882-84—Charles E. Clark.
1884—James A. Spead.
1885-87—George W. Paul.
1887-90—James H. Wilkinson.
1890—James W. Robinson.
1891-93—Daniel C. Wiggin.
1894-95—John C. Hanson.
1895-1904—Herbert W. Smith.
1904-10—J. Lewis Coe.

Moderators.

1876-78—Albert Field.
1879-80—Edward J. Beal.
1880-82—Albert Field.
1882-83—H. Jenness Paul.
1884—Daniel C. Langlands.
1884-85—Amos Paul.
1886—Albert Field, J. Towle.
1887—Daniel C. Langlands.
1888-90—Daniel C. Langlands, Ed-
ward J. Beal.
1891—Edward J. Beal.
1895-1903—Charles E. Smith.
1903-06—Albert H. Varney,
1906-10—Charles E. Smith.
1910—Herbert W. Smith.

Representatives.

1850-51— Joseph Lang.
1852—Seneca C. Kennard.
18538-54—Samuel H. Tarlton.
1855-56—Samuel Neal.
1857—Samuel Cilley.
1858—Amos Paul.
1859—John B. Rider.
1860—Daniel R. Smith.
1861—Albert Field.
1862—Albert Morton.
1863—William M. Paul.
1864—George O. Paul.
1865—Joshua W. Neal.
1866—Joseph W. Kuse.
1867—George E. Fifield.

1868—Charles E. Smith.
1869—Patrick Quinn.
1870—Charles H. Sanborn.
1871—Albert H. Varney.
1872—Daniel G. Neal.
1873—H. Jenness Paul.
1874—Ephraim G. Hill.
1875—Alcott Stover.
1876—Daniel Lynch.
1877—J. Lewis Chase.
1878—Daniel C. Wiggin.
1878—(Fall) William R. Hobbs.
1880—Samuel P. Badger.
1882—Daniel C. Langlands.
1884—John E. Simpson.
Civit AFFAIRS. 365

1886—Edward J. Beal. 1900—James Thornton Pike.
1888—Austin J. Neal. 1902—George L. Chase.
1890—Jeremiah Towle. 1904—John Torrey.
1892—William H. Conner. 1906—Thomas Sheehy.
1894—Rey. James H. Fitts. 1908—Harry K. Torrey.
1896—Charles E. Durell. 1910—Christopher A. Pollard.

1898—Thomas Leddy.
Selectmen.

1849—Seneca C. Kennard, Samuel Neal, Jacob Smart.
1850—Seneca C. Kennard, Jacob Smart, Daniel R. Smith.
1851—Seneca C. Kennard, Daniel R. Smith, Joshua W. Neal.
1852—Daniel R. Smith, Joshua W. Neal, Alvin C. Trull.
1853—Joseph Lang, Nathaniel E. Burleigh, Joshua W. Neal.
1854—Joseph Lang, John B. Rider, George O. Paul.
1855—Benjamin Coe, Samuel Cilley, Albert Morton.
1856—Joseph Lang, Samuel Cilley, Albert Morton.
1857—Joseph Lang, Joseph Smith, Ezekiel Sanborn.
1858—Ezekiel Sanborn, Joseph Smith, Henry P. Neal.
1859—Joseph Lang, Henry P. Neal, Thomas 8. Kennard.
1860—Joseph Lang, Thomas 8. Kennard, George E. Fifield.
1861-62—Joseph Lang, William P. L. Badger, Benjamin Coe.
1863-64—Samuel Neal, Patrick Quinn, Ira Choate.
1865—Patrick Quinn, Samuel Neal, Charles H. Sanborn.
1866—Charles H. Sanborn, Asa D. Neal, George B. Wiggin.
1867—George B. Wiggin, Asa D. Neal, Daniel C. Wiggin.
1868—George B. Wiggin, Daniel C. Wiggin, Josiah 8. Clark.
1869—Daniel G. Neal, Josiah S. Clark, Greenleaf B. Rundlett.
1870—Daniel G. Neal, Greenleaf B. Rundlett, Albert Field.
1871—Greenleaf B. Rundlett, Albert Field, Daniel G. Neal.
1872—Albert Field, H. Jenness Paul, Daniel Lynch.
1873—Samuel Neal, Albert Field, Daniel Lynch.
1874—Daniel Lynch, Austin J. Neal, Hollis Pease.
1875—Daniel Lynch, Austin J. Neal, Daniel C. Langlands.
1876—Austin J. Neal, Daniel C. Langlands, James E. Coe.
1877—James B. Martin, Austin J. Neal, George O. Paul.
1878—George O. Paul, Daniel Lynch, Austin J. Neal.
1879—Charles V. Jenness, Daniel G. Neal, Hollis Pease.
1880—John E. Simpson, Dependence F. Davis, Daniel C. Langlands.
1881—John E. Simpson, Daniel C. Langlands, Daniel Lynch.
1882—Daniel G. Neal, Samuel P. Badger, Daniel C. Wiggin.
1883—Daniel G. Neal, Daniel C. Wiggin, Samuel P. Badger.
1884-85—Austin J. Neal, Jerry Malchy, Nathan C. Howard.
1886—Daniel J. Neal, Henry T. Taplin, Thomas Sheehy.
1887—Daniel G. Neal, Thomas Sheehy, Charles F. Durell.
1888—Daniel G. Neal, Henry T. Taplin, Thomas Sheehy.
1889—John E. Simpson, William H. Conner, George W. Paul.
1890-91— William H. Conner, George W. Paul, Frank P. Neal.
366 History or NEwFIELps.

1892—George W. Paul, Frank P. Neal, Charles F, Simpson.
1893—Charles F. Simpson, Frank P. Neal, J. Thornton Pike.
1894—Charles F, Simpson, J. Thornton Pike, Edward A. Hanson.
1895—Daniel C. Wiggin, Thomas Leddy, Daniel Lynch.
1896—Daniel Lynch, Daniel C. Wiggin, Thomas Leddy.
1897—Frank P. Neal, Daniel C. Wiggin, Daniel Lynch.
1898-99—Daniel C. Wiggin, Frank P. Neal, Daniel Lynch.
1900—Frank P. Neal, Albert H. Varney, Elmer D. Kidder.
1901-02—J. Thornton Pike, George W. Paul, George L. Chase.
1908—J. Thornton Pike, George W. Paul, Eugene C. Patridge.
1904—George W. Paul, Eugene C. Patridge, George L. Chase.
1905—Eugene C. Patridge, Thomas Sheehy, Joseph T. Haley.
1906-07—Thomas Sheehy, George L. Chase, Albert H. Varney.
1908—Thomas Sheehy, George L. Chase, Josiah Robinson.
1909—Herbert W. Smith, Clement C. Littlefield, Thomas Sheehy.
1910—Thomas Sheehy, Josiah Robinson, Frank P. Neal.

School Committee.

1850—Rev. Frederic Hewes.

1851—Rev. Charles E. Lord.

1852—Ezekiel Sanborn.

1853-55—Rev. Winthrop Fifield.

1855—Rev. N. L. Chase.

1856-58—Rev. Winthrop Fifield.

1858—James Thurston.

1859—Rev. William Hewes.

1860—Rev. Winthrop Fifield.

1861—Dr. Albert H. Varney.

1862—Rev. Josiah W. Adams.

1863—Dr. Albert H. Varney.

1864—Rev. Elias Chapman.

1865-68—Dr. Albert H. Varney.

1868—Rev. George N. Bryant.

1869-72—Rev. Joseph Bartlett.

1872—John W. Sanborn.

1873—Rev. H. A. Matheson.

1874—Rev. Luther F. McKinney.

1875—Rev. Luther F. McKinney (resigned), Olive J. Varney.
1876—Olive J. Varney.

1877—James H. Martin (resigned), Rev. O. S. Baketel.
1879-80—Rev. Benton Smith.

1881-86—Rev. James H. Fitts.

1886-89—Rev. James H. Fitts, Augustus W. Richards, Austin J. Neal!.
1889—Fred A. Hoyt, Augustus W. Richards, Austin J. Neal.
1890—Austin J. Neal, William H. Trickey, Augustus W. Richards.
1891—Augustus W. Richards, George W. Paul, Albert L. Smith.

1 The new school law went into effect March 1, 1886, abolishing school districts and requir-
ing a committee of three thereafter.
Civit AFFAIRS. 367

1892-94—Rev. James H. Fitts, William H. Conner, Augustus W. Richards.
1895-99—Rev. James H. Fitts, William H. Conner, Augustus W. Richards.
1899—Rev. James H. Fitts, Charles E. Smith, A. W. Richards (resigned).
1900—Rev. James H. Fitts, Charles E. Smith, George L. Chase.
1901-02—-Mrs. Mary C. Fitts, Charles E. Smith, George L. Chase.
1903—Mrs. Mary C. Fitts, Charles E. Smith, Frank C. Neal.
1904—Charles E. Smith, Frank C. Neal, Joseph F. Haley.

1905—Joseph F. Haley, Frank C. Neal, Jared A. P. Neal.

1906—Joseph F. Haley, Daniel R. Smith, Augustus W. Richards.
1907-09—Christopher A. Pollard, Daniel R. Smith, Augustus W. Richards.
1910—Augustus W. Richards, Christopher 8. Pollard, Daniel R. Smith.

Town Clerks.

1863-83—Albert H. Varney.
1883-1907—H. Jenness Paul.
1907-10—Ernest 8. Neal.

1849-55—Nathaniel F. Kimball.
1855-62—John F. Kennard.
1862—Nathaniel F. Kimball.

Treasurers.!

1877—James B. Martin.
1878-86—George O. Paul.
1886-91—-George W. Pollard.
1891-93—John C. Hanson.

1865—Patrick Quinn.
1866-69—George B. Wiggin.
1869-70— Daniel G. Neal.

1871—Greenleaf B. Rundlett.

1872—Albert Field.
1873—Samuel Neal.
1876—Austin J. Neal.

Isaac Abbott.
Charles W. Adams.
William P. Boyd.
Owen Bramin.
Henry Bryant.

Nathaniel E. Burleigh.

Samuel Cilley.
Benjamin Coe.
John Colcord.
Joseph Colcord.
Joseph A. Colcord.
Michael Connor.
John Crockett.
Joseph Dennison.
Daniel Emery.
Henry Fagan.
John Fogg.

Noah D. Folsom.

1893-1901—-Charles H. Sanborn.
1901-05—William H. Conner.
1905-10—Charles W. Palmer.

List of Polls, 1850.

Green C. Fowler.
John C. Fowler.
John F. Fowler.
Albert 8S. Freese.
George W. Gale.
Thomas Galighin.
John Giddings.
Andrew Hall.
Andrew Hall, Jr.
William Hayden.
Mark D. Hayes.
Jacob Hersey.
Jeremiah Hersey.
Peter Hersey.
Robert Hersey.
William Hersey.

Frederic A. Hewes.

Ephraim G. Hill.

1 Prior to 1865 the selectmen acted as treasurer.

Francis J. Hilton.
George O. Hilton.
Winthrop Hilton.
John N. Howard.
John 8. Howell.
Francis Jenness.
Isaac Jenness.

Paul Jones.

George P. Kelley.
John Kennard.
Seneca C. Kennard.
Thomas S. Kennard.
Nathaniel F. Kimball.
Joseph Kuse.

Joseph W. Kuse.
Charles Lane.

John W. Lane.
Joseph Lang.
368

John Lawlor.
Cyrus Littlefield.
George O. Locke.
John T. Locke.
Simeon Locke.
John Lovering.
William Lyford.
Peter Lyons.
Michael Macabee.
John McClensey.
Henry Mathes.
Asa Neal.

Asa D. Neal.
Conner Neal.
Eliphalet Neal.
Henry P. Neal.
John C. Neal.
Joshua W. Neal.
Samuel Neal.
George F. Nelson.
Walter Ordway.
John Palmer.
Nathaniel Palmer.
Amos Paul.
George O. Paul.
John M. Paul.
Samuel Paul.
Samuel T. Paul.
William M. Paul.

Charles W. Adams,
Joseph Allen,

William Bacon,

Samuel P. Badger,
William P. L. Badger,
James Bennett,

James P. Brackett,
Joseph N. Brackett,
Patrick O’Brien,

Widow Mary Brodhead,
Charles Brown,

Nutter Brown,

Henry Bryant,

Heirs of James Burleigh,
Henry Burleigh,

Moses Burleigh,
Nathaniel E. Burleigh,

Charles F. Pease.
Henry Pease.

Hollis Pease.

John Pease.

John A. Pease.
Joseph Pease.
Lucian Pease.
Edward H. Peavey.
Edward H. Perkins.
Abijah Perry.

Jobn Phelan.

John Phelan, Jr.
Michael Phelan.
Peter McPhillips.
Thomas P. Phillips.
Lucien M. Pike.
Patrick Quinn.

Asa Reynolds.

John B. Rider.
George K. Robinson.
Rufus Sanborn.
Joseph G. Skinner.
Daniel E. Smith.
Daniel R. Smith.
Jacob Smart.
Joseph N. Smart.
Robert Smart.
Eben Smith.
George Smith.

Tax List, 1855.

History or NEwWFIELDs.

George R. Smith.
Horace E. Smith.
Hugh Smith.
Joseph Smith.
Josiah Smith.
Lycurgus N. Smith.
Nathan Smith.
Augustus Spead.
George W. Spead.
Harrison Spead.
James Spead.
Samuel Tarlton.
Andrew Thurston.
Richard Trotter.
Alvin C. Trull.
William Walker.
William L. Walker.
John B. Wentworth.
Richard Wentworth.
Albert J. Wiggin.
George O. Wiggin.
Jacob Wiggin.
Jacob F. Wiggin.
Samuel Willis.
Eben Wilson.

John Winney.
Josiah York.

$1.68 John T. Burnham, $1.68
1.68 Samuel C. Carlton, 1.68
3.78 Nathaniel L. Chase, 1.68
1.68 Ira Choate, 1.68
5.18 Samuel Cilley, 5.18
1.68 Isaac M. Clark, 2.45
1.68 John Clark, 1.68
3.26 Josiah S. Clark, 8.89
1.68 Benjamin Coe, 22.05
15.40 Richard Colby, 1.68
1.68 Joseph Colcord, 23.68
1.68 Joseph A. Colcord, 29.70
1.68 James Collins, 1.68
7.00 Michael O’Connor, 1.85
5.78 Thomas O’Connor, 1.68
1.68 Charles O. Cummings, 4.48
36.40 Thomas Cushman, 1.68
Leander M. Dame,
Joseph Dennison,
Morris Dovayne,
Lorenzo Dow,
William Dowty,
Michael Dunn,
William Emery,
Albert Field,
Winthrop Fifield,
Timothy M. Fisk,
Richard Fleming,
John Fogg,
John H. Fogg,
Heirs of Jeremiah Folsom,
Samuel Foot,
John Foss,
George P. Foster,
Green C. Fowler,
John C. Fowler,
John F. Fowler,
Mary Fowler,
Albert 8S. Freeze,
John C. Giddings,
Mary M. Giddings,
Heirs of Warren Gilman,
William E. Gilson,
Andrew Hall,
Sarah M. Hall,
Michael Hallihan,
Patrick Hallihan,
Robert Harvey,
William Harvey,
William Hayden,
Daniel Hayes,
Mark D. Hayes,
Jacob Hersey,
Peter Hersey,
Heirs of Porthenia Hersey,
Ephraim G. Hill,
Deborah Hilton,
Francis J. Hilton,
George O. Hilton,
George W. Hilton,
Mary A. Hilton,
Winthrop Hilton,
Leavitt C. Horne,
John Houghton,
Reuben Howarth,
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Henry Johnson,

Paul Jones,

Hall J. Jump,

Isaac Jump,

Heirs of Joseph Jump,
Edward Kealing,
Edmund Kelley,
George P. Kelley,
John Kelley,

Robert Kelley,

John Kennard,

John F. Kennard,
Seneca C. Kennard,
Thomas 8. Kennard,
Nathaniel F. Kimball,
Joseph Kuse,

Joseph W. Kuse,
Perry T. Kuse,
Charles Lane,
Elizabeth B. Lane,
Joseph Lang,

Joseph EF. Lang,
Elizabeth Lawlor,
John Lawlor,

Nathan H. Leavitt, Jr.,
Cyrus Littlefield,
Leonard Littlefield,
William E. Littlefield,
John T. Locke,
Simeon Locke,
Daniel Lynch,

Peter Lyons,

James Mahoney,
Jeremiah Mahoney,
Patrick Mahoney,
Charles Marston,
Henry Matthews,
Michael McCabe,
Michael McCabe, Jr.,
Arthur W. McCann,
John McCann,
William McEvay,
John McGill,

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Asa D. Neal,

Conner Neal,

Henry P. Neal,

John Neal,

Joshua W. Neal,
Samuel Neal,

William Neal,

George Niles,

Heirs of William Norris,
Nathaniel D. Oaks,
Widow Sarah Ordway,
Walter Ordway,

John Palmer,

Amos Paul,

George O. Paul,

John M. Paul,
Samuel Paul,

Samuel T. Paul,
William M Paul,
Charles F. Pease,
George Pease,

Henry Pease,

Hollis Pease,

John Pease,

Joseph Pease,

Lucius Pease,

Edward H. Peavey,
Widow Sarah Perkins,
John Phelan,

Patrick Phelan,

Heirs of Abraham Pike,
James Pike,

Lucien N. Pike,
William Pike,

Oliver Pinder,
Michael Quinn,
Patrick Quinn,

Heirs of Asa Reynolds,
Asa J. Reynolds,
Erastus W. Ricker,
Peter Roach,

Caroline 8. Robinson,
John B. Ryder,
Charles H. Sanborn,
Ezekiel Sanborn,
John D. Sanborn,

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Gilman Sawyer,
Joseph G. Skinner,
Joseph N. Smart,
Robert Smart,
Robert Smart, Jr.,
Charles H. Smith,
Charles J. Smith,
Daniel E. Smith,
Daniel R. Smith,
Ebenezer Smith,
George K. Smith,
Horace C. Smith,
Hugh Smith,

John Smith,

Joseph Smith,

Josiah Smith,
Nathan Smith,
Samuel G. Smith,
Augustus D. Spead,
Elizabeth Spead,
George W. Spead,
Harrison B. Spead,
Samuel Tarlton,
Samuel H. Tarlton,
Heirs of William Tetherly,
Winthrop Thing,
Andrew L. Thurston,
James P. Tilton,
Josiah Tilton,

John C. Todd,

Alvan C. Trull,

John Stackpole,
Oliver P. Tuckerman,
Heirs of Ira Waldron,
William L. Walker,
Sarah Washburn,
Charlotte Watson,
Albert J. Wiggin,
Deborah Wiggin,
George O. Wiggin,
Heirs of Henry Wiggin,
Mehitable Wiggin,
James H. Wilkinson,
Ebenezer Wilson,
Ebenezer Wilson, Jr.,
Samuel Willis,
Boston & Maine R. R.,
Congregational Society,

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Methodist Society,
Newfields Iron Foundry,

James L. Bennett,
John Boody,

Joshua Brackett,
Jonathan Burleigh,
Heirs of Jacob Burley,
Josiah P. Chase,
Joseph Cilley,
Samuel Dame,

John Haines,
Thomas J. Haines,
Nathaniel Hill,
Charles Hodgdon,
Samuel Jones,
Joseph Langley,
Augustus T. Locke,
Edwin Locke,
George A. Locke,
Joseph H. Locke,
Samuel Locke,
Simeon Locke,
William Lyford,
Heirs of George F. Nelson,
Mrs. Sophia Peavey,
Edmund Pendergast,
Thomas Pendergast,
John Pickering,
Jonathan Sanborn,
Charles Smart,

John Smith,

Henry Thing,

Henry Thing,

Henry Thing,
Jonathan Thing,
Jonathan Thing,
Zebulon Thing,
Gardner Towle,
Joseph Towle,

Heirs of Charles Tredwell,

Atwood, Harry G.
Barron, Robert
Barton, Frank H.

Crvit AFFaIRs. 371

$4.20 Stratham & Newfields Bridge, $14.
56.00 Swamscott Machine Co., 40.

Non-Residents.

Newmarket $0.

Epping

Newmarket
Newmarket
Newmarket
Epping

Nottingham
Lowell

Newmarket
Newmarket
Newmarket

Epping

Newmarket 1.

Newmarket
Melrose, Mass.
Great Falls
Suncook
Charlestown
Boston, Mass.
Milton
Newmarket
Newmarket
Exeter
Newmarket
Exeter
Newmarket

Newmarket 2.

Newmarket

Exeter 1:

Exeter

Exeter 2.
Exeter 5.
1

Epping
Epping

Exeter 2
Lee 27.
Epping 1.

Newmarket

Presidential Check-List,

/ 1908.
Beal, Edward J. Bean, Everett L.
Bean, Charles W. Bean, Perley R.

Bean. C. Oscar Bennett, James F.

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Brown, Charles W.
Brown, William
Buckley, Timothy
Candler, Henry
Chamberlain, George C.
Chase, George L.
Chesley, Henry H.
Chesley, John H,
Chipman, Charles C.
Clay, Curtis S.

Clay, Francis A.
Clay, John D.
Clough, Albert
Clough, Frank W.
Cloutier, John

Coe, James E.

Coe, J. Lewis
Coffey, Leonard J.
Conner, Alfred
Conner, William H.
Connor, John H.
Connor, Thomas J.
Connor, Thomas P.
Corson, Charles
Daley, M. Edward
Dixon, Alphonto
Dixon, Clifford 8.
Doe, Bert P.
Donovan, Daniel
Donovan, Dennis
Donovan, Eugene
Donovan, Eugene
Donovan, James
‘Donovan, John
-Donovan, Michael
Dudley, 8. Gunnison
Ellis, Moses B.
Fifield, George 8S.
Foley, William

Foss, Fred 8.
Fowler, J. Edward
Goodrich, Fred G.
‘Gray, Jesse S.
‘Griffin, Charles
Gutterson, J. Herbert
Hale, William H.
Hanscomb, Albert
Hanscomb, Andrew J.
Hanscomb, Levi

Hanson, Joseph O.
Hartnett, Richard J.
Hayden, Charles S.
Hayden, G. Forrest
Hayden, Wilber G.
Herlihy, John

Herlihy, Michael
Hervey, Charles F.
Hill, Frank

Hill, Samuel

Howard, Charles E.
Howard, Irvin G.
Ingram, George H.
Jacques, Mattie J.
Jones, Charles E.
Kelley, Hugh

Kelley, James E.
Kelley, Thomas
Keniston, Levi

Kidder, Henry 8.

Kuse, Perry T.
Laderbush, Albert
Laderbush, Albert, Jr.
Lamie, Alexander
Lamie, Peter, Jr.
Lamothe, William G.
Legendre, Frank
Levangie, David
Littlefield, Clarence C.
Littlefield, George S.
Lyford, Edward P.
Lynch, D. John

Lyons, Alfred

Lyons, Charles E.
Malchy, Jeremiah
McMurphy, George B.
MecWhinney, William J.
Miles, Alvin H.

Miles, John H.

Miles, Lewis A.

Neal, Charles F.

Neal, Ernest S.

Neal, Frank P.

Neal, Fred H.

Neal, Samuel
O’Connor, Thomas
O’Connor, Timothy J.
Otis, Atwell B.

Otis, Leroy P.

History or NEwFIELDs.

Palmer, Charles W.
Patridge, Eugene C.
Paul, Elmer D.

Paul, George E.
Paul, George 8.
Paul, George W.
Paul, H. Jenness
Pease, George W.
Pease, Lucius 8.
Pease, William

Pike, James O.

Pike, J. Thornton
Pollard, Christopher A.
Putney, John

Quinn, Charles E.
Quinn, Daniel J.
Quinn, Patrick H.
Reynolds, Charles H.
Reynolds, Lucius C.
Richards, Augustus W.
Richards, Charles W.
Rider, John F. C.
Robinson, George D.
Robinson, Josiah E.
Rumford, James T.
Sanborn, Frank A.
Sanborn, Rufus
Savoie, J. Edmund
Shaltrey, Maxine
Sheehy, Thomas
Sheehy, William E.
Simpson, Charles F.
Simpson, W. Arthur
Smith, Carl F.
Smith, Charles E.
Smith, Daniel R.
Smith, Herbert W.
Smith, Horace O.
Smith, Lewis R.
Smith, Loren E.
Spead, Fred A.
Spead, James A.
Spencer, Leander
Taplin, Henry T.
Tarbox, Samuel B.
Tarlton, George H.
Tetherly, John B.
Thomas, Henry
Thomas, James
Civit AFrairs. 373

Thompson, Clarence Turner, Frank R. Wiggin, George B.
Thompson, George K. Turner, Winfield S. Wiggin, Thomas J.
Thompson, Henry Varney, Albert H. Wilson, Charles J.
Torrey, Henry K. Varney, George W. Wilson, William E.
Torrey, John Vaughn, Charles F.
Towle, Jeremiah Wiggin, Dayton C.

Marriages.
1851, , Arthur W. McCann to Emily J. Conerley.

 

1851, ———,, George York to Harriet Foreman.

1851, Jan. 27, John F. Cutts to Mary Pike of Exeter.

1851, July 18, Eben Smith to Margaret Martin.

1851, Dec. 14, David Brewer to Mary Ann Eaton Hamilton.

1853, May 3, Charles H. Smith to Sarah York.

1853, Aug. 24, John K. Smith to Sarah A. Littlefield.

1854, Sept. 19, George E. Fifield to Hannah M. C. Paul.

1854, Oct. 3, Joseph Langley to Clarissa P. Bennett.

1854, Dec. 25, Madison Sleeper, to Mary Isabelle Crummett.

1855, Jan. 5, John H. Fogg to Sophia A. Littlefield.

1855, Feb. 7, George W. Hilton to Martha J. Chapman of Newmarket.
1855, March 18, Henry Balcom of Salem, Mass., to Elizabeth L. Sanborn.
1855, April 15, John J. Mason to Mary H. Mooney.

1855, May 21, Moses S. Taylor to Sarah P. Tuck.

1855, July 15, George H. Giddings to Elizabeth E. Channing.

1855, Sept. 16, James Sinclair of Stratham to Caroline 8. Robinson.
1855, Oct. 11, Joel H. Davis to Abby Langley.

1855, Nov. 4, Joseph Smith of Stratham to Sarah Y. Folsom.

1856, , Josiah York to Elizabeth Stott of Durham.

1858, Sept. 2, Joseph G. Bailey to Susan H. Griffin.

1858, Oct. 5, Benjamin Spead to Clarissa Jones.

1858, Nov. 20, James P. Brockett to Mary A. Kelly of Newmarket.
1859, April 2, Franklin Littlefield to Mary Burleigh.

1859, May 5, Joseph B. Goodwin to Annie E. Kennard of Allegan, Mich.
1859, Sept. 10, James P. Barber to Mary 8. Weir.

1859, Sept. 15, Samuel G. Smith to Margaret McKee.

1859, Nov. 19, Lyford Connor to Sarah E. Kennard.

1859, Dec. 28, Daniel E. Smith to Harriett D. Sanborn of Epping.
1860, April 5, Bard P. Roberts to Mary E. Furnald of Exeter.

1860, April 10, Joseph W. Kuse, Jr., to Ruth A. Stover.

1860, May 1, George P. Kelley to Susan A. Smith.

1860, June 1, Samuel Drew to Nancy D. Clay of Newmarket.

1860, Sept. 13, Franklin G. Burleigh to Annie L. Willis.

1860, Nov. 24, Enoch J. Conner of Exeter to Adelaide Pease.

1860, Dec. 6, Daniel M. Josselyn to Emma Richardson.

1861, April 30, Parsons Doe of Newmarket to Vina B. Fogg.

1861, Sept. 16, Sylvester Card to Ellen E. Clement.

1861, Oct. 24, Horace C. Smith, to Rosillie Wentworth.

1862, March 9, Daniel G. Neal to Mary A. Sanborn of Epping.

 
ST4 History or NEWwFIELDs.

1862, Sept. 7, John Fogg to Dorothy S. Tilton of Sutton.

1862, Sept. 16, Franklin Sawyer to Addie Demeritt.

1863, April 19, Horace W. Langley to Mary L. Hodgdon.

1863, May 28, Asa G. Dame to Martha A. Sinclair.

1863, , Leonard Littlefield to Martha A. 8. Shaw of Newton.

1863, July 29, John S. Locke to Sarah W. Treadwell.

1863, Sept. 11, Andrew S. Taylor to Mary E. Spead.

1863, Nov. 16, John F. Fowler to Dorcas A. Winn of Great Falls.

1863, Nov. 21, John F. C. Ryder to Helen A. Freeze.

1863, Dec. 6, Francis V. Randall of Montpelier, Vt., to Fannie G. Colby.

1864, Jan. 5, Alexis D. Tuttle to Sarah J. True.

1864, Jan. 24, John McCloud to Margaret Keniston.

1864, May 7, George E. Paul to Abbie H. Neal.

1864, , Greenleaf B. Rundlett to Martha H. Hayes of Rochester.

1864, , John B. Tetherly to Addie M. Houghton.

1864, Dec. 21, Joseph E. Brackett to Almenia C. Rand.

1865, Jan. 13, William B. Parks to Sarah R. Bickford.

1865, Jan. 20, Frank H. Kennard to Sarah M. Mitchell.

1865, April 17, Sherburn Marston of North Hampton to Olive L. Corson.

1865, May 8, William E. Langlands to Mary G. Tilton.

1865, July 4, Daniel Brackett to Olive M. Keniston of Nottingham.

1865, Sept. 23, H. Jenness Paul to Mattie B. Smith of Exeter.

1865, Oct. 5, Charles W. French of Boston to Helen J. Tetherly.

1865, ———, Oliver G. Sanborn to Mary G. Hodgdon of Barnstead.

1865, Nov. 22, James Winn to Mary 8. Blom.

1865, Nov. 29, William H. Conner of Exeter to Juliette Pease.

1865, Dec. 7, Charles E. Smith to A. Augusta Burley of Newmarket.

1866, Jan. 1, John S. Boody of Epping to Nellie A. Wiggins.

1866, April 21, Josiah W. Goodman to Jane W. Cram.

1866, May 21, Jerry Malchy of Newburyport, Mass., to Kate J. Quinn.

1866, May 22, Charles E. Ham of Lawrence, Mass., to Josephine P. Haughton.

1866, June 30, Walter S. Ordway to Charlotte W. Horne of Dover.

1866, Oct. 31, John W. Downing to Charlotte L. Taylor.

1866, Dec. 1, Benjamin F. Spead to Jane Cousons of Portsmouth.

1866, Dec. 3, Augustus J. Leavitt to Sarah M. Freeze.

1867, March 25, James Tibbetts to Jane Newcomb of Scarboro, Me.

1867, June 30, Horatio Twombly of Portsmouth to Mary E. McCann.

1867, July 14, Charles Jenness to Ella F. Neal.

1867, July —, John F. Adams of Greenland to Sarah W. T. Locke.

1867, July —, William J. Quinn to Sanborn of Brentwood.

1867, Sept. 27, A. L. Diamond to Ann D. Husoe.

1867, Oct. 20, Arthur S. Robinson of Stratham to Mary R. Neal.

1867, Oct. 28, Arthur B. Brackett to Martha M. Anderson.

1867, Nov. 9, John A. Yeaton to Josephine M. Weymouth of Freeman, Me.

1867, Nov. 19, Moses Pettingill, Jr., of Newburyport, Mass., to Harriett N.
Wentworth.

1867, Nov. 28, John C. Hanson to Annie L. Lane.

1867, Nov. —, George W. Harrington of Eliot, Me., to Sarah E. Floyd.

 

 

 

 
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1867, Dec. 19, William E. Butterfield to S. Josie Joy of Manchester.

1867, Dec. 22, Daniel E. Smith to S. E. Harriman.

1868, Feb. 26, Scott B. Trickey to Miriam F. Bickford.

1868, May 7, Patrick H. Quinn to Margarett F. Hanley of Portsmouth.

1868, June 17, Charles F. Dockum to Hannah J. Ellison.

1868, Aug. 20, Charles F. Averill to Mary Hayden.

1868, Oct. 11, Samuel S. Hodgdon to Mary F. Stevens.

1868, , Andrew J. Philbrick to Beede of Epping.

1869, April 1, Charles S. Tilton to Mary O. Locke.

1869, June 1, Henry P. Neal (2d m.) to Charlotte M. Perkins of Amesbury,
Mass.

1869, June 14, Charles Hoagg to Laura E. Colcord.

1869, Aug. 28, Henry E. Perry to Camelia M. Gilson.

1869, Oct. 18, Charles A. Larabee to Mary A. Johnson.

1869, Oct. 26, Samuel P. Chase to Lizzie M. Kuse.

1869, Nov. 18, Charles B. Kendall of New York to Annie G. Pike.

1870, Jan. 1, John W. Young to Arrolin A. Trickey.

1870, Feb. 13, Patrick Lynch to Mary Hallihan.

1870, March 23, Frank W. Flanders to Hattie P. Smith.

1870, April 29, Eben Lovering to Martha Mellen.

1870, May 26, James E. Coe to Emma A. B. Harvey.

1870, June 6, Richard Hartnett of Boston to Alice Kelley.

1870, Oct. 17, John T. Blaizo to Roena C. Laskey of Wakefield.

1870, Nov. 30, Benjamin B. Tuttle to Nettie E. Kimball.

1871, Jan. 5. Reuben M. Burley of Newmarket to Olive B. Littlefield.

1871, Jan. 28, Daniel D. Neally to Mary A. Hagner.

1871, Feb. 19, John F. Ham to Annie M. Mathes.

1871, March 10, Alcott Stover to Mary E. Dame of North Reading, Mass.

1871, May 26, Henry T. Taplin to Annie M. Coe.

1871, June 29, Charles A. Scruton of Great Falls to Carrie A. Rider.

1871, June —, Alphonso B. Smith to Emma F. Wiggin.

1871, Aug. 20, Henry O. Neal to Josephine Beal.

1871, Sept. —, Levi E. Ferrin of Natick, Mass., to Abbie Spead.

1871, Oct. 5, James H. Hayden to Lydia A. Ramsdell of Newmarket.

1871, Dec. 10, James Tibbets to Sarah Kelly.

1872, Jan. 10, George W. Pease to Betsey A. Thing of Exeter.

1872, April 15, Lewis F. Prescott of Lawrence, Mass., to Ida E. Rollins.

1872, July 4, Nathan G. Howard to Hannah B. Stover.

1872, Oct. 7, George E. McCarty to Florence E. Spead.

1872, Oct. 13, George E. Hodgdon to Ruth A. Pease.

1872, Nov. 30, Wilmot H. Hersey to Sarah A. Jones.

1872, Dec. 25, Edmund Hoxie to Helen M. Preston of Dover.

1873, March 1, George W. Murch to Lizzie E. Willey.

1873, April 18, Frank L. Durrell to Georgie M. Smart.

1873, July 3, James Tibbetts (5th m.) to Sarah Burgess (2d m.) of Brent-
wood.

1873, July 18, James G. Bennett to May E. Mendun.

1873, Aug. 2, John W. Sanborn to Julia A. Sanborn of East Kingston.

1873, Sept. 6, James E. Trickey to Viola S. Leavitt.

 

 
376 History or NEWFIELDS.

1873, Oct. 9, John H. Murch of Boston to Abbie R. Harvey.

1878, Nov. 22, Patrick Kennedy to Mary Cummans of Lawrence, Mass.
1874, Jan. 7, W. Burleigh Glidden to Emma E. Davis of Dover.

1874, Jan. 9, Edward J. Smith to Mary E. McCann.

1874, Jan. 13, Thomas Morris to Annie Hopkins.

1874, Feb. 4, Reuben Haworth, Jr., to Lulie S. Stickney of Eastport, Me.
1874, April 26, John Torrey to Addie M. Anderson of Newburyport, Mass.
1874, June 1, Albert Rollins to Mary Batchelder.

1874, July 12, Frank Cookson to Nellie Plummer.

1874, Aug. 24, John Ford of Lawrence, Mass., to Mary J. Quinn.

1874, Aug. 31, David A. Curry to Sarah J. Thompson of Strafford.

1874, Oct. 4, Samuel Neal, Jr., to Lizzie S. Howard.

1874, Nov. 30, Melvin L. Thurston to Lucretia A. Buzzell.

1874, Dec. 19, Perry T. Kuse to Carrie Thompson of Haverhill, Mass.
1875, May 5, George E. Hardy to Emma B. Hanson.

1875, May 13, N. J. Smith to Hattie Williams.

1875, May 18, Matthew Carney of Lawrence, Mass., to Sarah E. Quinn.
1875, May 22, Albert R. Pennell to Martha Bumery.

1875, May 27, George T. Spencer to Lizzie E. Boothley.

1878, June 5, Lewis 8. Hodgdon to Mary M. Paul.

1878, Nov. 14, John F. Fowler to Mary F. Pollard of Boston.

1878, Nov. 28, Albion Keniston to Ella F. Colcord of Exeter.

1878, Dec. 5, John W. Paul to Ellen W. Clark.

1879, May —, Charles F. Littlefield to E. Mabel Knox of Lebanon, Me.
1879, July 5, John A. Smith to Margaret A. Ewins.

1879, Aug. 6, J. Harry Prentiss of Haverhill, Mass., to Annie E. Chesley.
1879, Sept. 17, Charles 8. Hosford of Boston to Mary A. Harvey.

1879, Oct. 4, George S. Littlefield to Annie A. Smith of Newmarket.
1879, Oct. 11, Frank Tilton to Alice K. Gibney of Concord.

1879, Nov. 27, Moses B. Ellis to Emma A. Miles.

1880, Feb. 24, Jacob Hersey (2d m.) to Elizabeth M. Bowley.

1880, Feb. 24, Daniel C. Wiggin to Isabelle J. Varney.

1880, June 23, Charles F. Simpson to Lillie McMillan.

1880, June 29, Levi A. Hanscom to Mary E. Bennett.

1880, Oct. 21, John M. Paul to Ina E. Miller.

1880, Oct. 27, Frank M. Spofford to Clara Todd.

1880, Dec. 25, Alvin H. Miles to Abbie E. Weeks.

1881, Jan. 29, Charles A. Freeze to Mary E. Goodrich of East Kingston.
1881, Feb. 25, Alexander Curry to Jane B. Ferrin of Exeter.

1881, April —, Romer G. Coon to Nellie J. Conner.

1881, Dec. 11, Herbert D. Ellison to Viola L. Broughton.

1881, Dec. 31, Fred W. Dixon to Edith M. Fogg.

1882, Jan. 25, Alvin J. Howard to Carrie M. Fraser of Somerville, Mass.
1882, Aug. 10, James A. Spead to Flora J. Richardson.

1882, Aug. 30, Henry Thompson to Annie Mendum.

1882, Oct. 26, John C. Giddings to Mary E. Scammon.

1882, Nov. 30, George W. Stillson to Nettie J. Marden of Kittery, Me.
1883, Jan. 28, George E. Weeks to Maggie Rice.

1883, Feb. 2, Simeon Dearborn to Lizzie M. Brown of Naples, Me.
Civit AFFAIRS. 377

1883, March 1, Caleb P. Davis of Newburyport, Mass., to Huldah B. Jones.
1883, May 15, George H. McDuffee to LeVertie A. Smith.

1883, Sept. 10, George W. Chase to Mary P. Smith.

1883, Oct. 18, John Garvey to Ellen Devine.

1883, Nov. 8, George W. Paul to Clara E. Sanborn.

1884, Jan. 20, William O. Clifford to Henrietta A. Cheney.

1884, April 8, Moses B. Ellis to Annie E. Willis.

1884, June 24, Charles E. Howard to Annie M. Lyons.

1884, June 25, James L. Goodwin to Catherine Coffey of Stratham.

1884, Aug. 8, William Pease to Mary E. Thompson of Exeter.

1884, Sept. 20, Frank W. Clough to Annie F. Fogg of Seabrook.

1884, Sept. 23, Fred L. Melcher to Etta M. Swett of Wolfeboro.

1884, Sept. 27, Fred A. Hoyt to Mary A. Farnsworth of Malden, Mass.
1885, Feb. 2, Frank O. Kuse to Myrta M. Jillison.

1885, April 9, Alfred Miles to Amy York.

1885, May 1, George P. Hanson to Jennie H. Dockum of Newmarket.
1885, May 23, William H. Wentworth to Ida F. Corson.

1885, May 30, John P. Goggon of Manchester to Martha E. Quinn.

1885, June 1, Frederick A. Ball to Fannie Mitchell.

1885, June 11, Daniel A. Langlands to Ella A. Paul.

1885, July 15, Albert Miles to Flora A. Foss.

1885, Aug. 22, Charles G. Ramsdell to Annie Corson.

1885, Sept. 24, Frank A. Fagan t6 Mary A. Donovan.

1885, Oct. 29, George W. Pollard to Minnie C. Wadleigh of Exeter.

1885, Dec. 17, Hosea D. Swaine of Concord to Esther A. Beckett.

1886, April 11, Walter E. Marshall to Mary C. Cannon.

1886, June 3, George R. Blinn of Boston to Clara A. Pollard.

1886, Oct. 21, Albert E. Grey to Maggie A. Stewart of Portsmouth.

1887, May 25, Charles E. Benson to Anna M. Thompson.

1887, May 29, Elmer E. Kimball to Mary H. Brown of Hampton.

1887, June 15, Fred A. Hoyt to Jennie M. Hayes of Portsmouth.

1887, July 12, Warren E. Macomber to Ella J. Neal.

1887, Aug. 23, Joseph D. Hanson to Sarah F. Pierson.

1887, Sept. 11, John W. Purington to Susie M. Gerrish of Newburyport, Mass.
1887, Sept. 29, Joseph E. Perkins of Exeter to Nettie M. Gray.

1887, Oct. 5, George S. Paul to Edna A. Hobbs.

1887, Oct. 26, Maurice Spellman to Marie E. Cavey.

1887, Dec. 21, Howard S. Chick to Lulu H. Francis of Durham.

1888, May 23, Timothy J. O’Connor to Katherine Ryan of Stratham.
1888, June 14, Albert Pease to Abbie M. Pollard of Epping.

1888, Oct. 19, Christopher A. Pollard to Bessie P. Ordway.

1888, Oct. 30, Valentine G. McMurphy to Katie J. Dowling of Dedham, Mass.
1889, Feb. 28, Sidney Conner to Lizzie B. Smith of Newmarket.

1889, Aug. 22, James M. Hanson of Stoneham, Mass., to Laura A. Smith.
1890, April 27, Edward Sheehy to Bridget Cannon of Exeter.

1890, May 7, William H. Riley to Maggie E. Kelly.

1890, May 28, Walter H. Pease to Minnie W. Johnson of North Berwick, Me.
1890, June 4, Clarence H. Paul to Alice B. Tilton.

1890, July 9, Eugene E. Jenness to Elmira N. Rundlett of Stratham.
378 History or NEWFIELDS.

1890, Sept. 15, Arthur J. Durrell to Abbie B. Brackett of Greenland.
1890, Nov. 26, Charles W. Fraser to Bessie Brannan.

1891, June 25, James S. Ward of Wythville, Va., to Ida Alice Varney.
1891, Oct. 1, Albert E. Crafts of Boston to May H. Wilkinson.

1891, Nov. 25, Alfred Lyons to Sarah F. Sloane.

1892, Jan. 14, Cyrus W. Scott of Andover, Mass., to Elizabeth P. Field.
1892, June 22, Albert Field to Augusta E. Russell of Newburyport, Mass.
1892, July 25, William Knott to Sarah Glenister of Providence, R. I.
1892, Sept. 1, Charles S. Strout to Edith Bernard Paul.

1893, April 4, Michael J. Griffin to Lizzie A. Dowling of Dedham, Mass.
1893, April 8, Edward Spellaine to Kate Monahan.

1893, May 18, George 8. Littlefield to Ellen R. Muncey.

1893, Sept. 18, Merton A. Gray to Jane Collins.

1893, Sept. 19, Leonard H. Pinkham to Abbie J. Forbush.

1894, May 5, Frank A. Morse to Belle C. Clough.

1894, Aug. 6, Ole Syvertsen to Ellen G. Badger.

1894, Oct. 4, Herbert W. Smith to Jennie May Davis of Epping.

1894, Oct. 24, Percy Oliver to Myrtis D. Woodman.

1894, Nov. 28, William L. Clough to Mary L. Perry of Exeter.

1895, Feb. 27, Sylvester D. Gray to Ida M. Keniston.

1895, April 24, John Herlahy to Katherine Sullivan of Newmarket.
1895, May 6, Fred Davis to Cora French.

1895, May 12, John F. Dearborn to Carrie A. Beal.

1895, June 5, Herbert T. Jenkins to Sarah L. Knowles of Chester.

1895, July 4, George H. Howard to Josephine L. Burgess of Exeter.
1895, Sept. 11, Daniel R. Smith to Alice B. Kuse.

1895, Oct. 22, Ralph P. Jones to Sarah P. Richards.

1896, Jan. 29, Fred A. Hanson to Josephine K. Lydston of Portsmouth.
1896, June 18, Albert A. Caswell to Isabella M. Hudson.

1896, June 22, William Callihan to Annie Shannon of Exeter.

1896, July 6, Mitchell Broder to Emma Jones.

1896, July 15, James W. Conner to Gracilla M. Willis.

1896, Aug. 17, Charles F. Littlefield to Mary 8. Hemmingway.

1896, Sept. 1, George S. McKenna to Cornelia W. Tuttle.

1896, Sept. 24, Edward Feltch to Annie Dunno of Epping.

1897, Jan. 16, Alvah W. D. Ridley of Alfred, Me., to Jennie May Otis.
1897, May 18, Richard 8. Abbott to Maggie Sullivan.

1897, June 9, Wilbur A. Littlefield to Ruth H. Wiswell of Durham.
1897, Oct. 5, Perley R. Bean to Rose Althea Todd.

1898, April 6, Levi A. Dunn to Emma B. Corson.

1898, May 11, Frank C. Taplin to Elizabeth M. E. Sanborn.

1898, June 2, Michael J. Herlihy to Mary Cronin of Newmarket.

1898, Aug. 2, Michael J. Donovan to Mertie Tuttle.

1898, Sept. 6, George A. Merrill of Augusta, Me., to Harriett Tetherly.
1898, Sept. 19, Charles F. Pease to Huldah Symonds of Epping.

1898, Oct. 6, Herbert O. Prime of Portsmouth to Harriett G. Simpson.
1898, Oct. 26, Elmer D. Paul to Annie L. Gardner.

1898, Nov. 3, George Otis Ruster of Laconia to Sarah R. Stobert.
1899, Jan. 2, Joseph E. Haley to Maud A. Robinson.
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1899, May 20, Ralph 8. Haley to Lillian Robinson.

1899, Nov. 29, Loren E. Smith to Hattie D. Staples.

1900, Jan. 3, Jeremiah A. Towle to Etta M. Bickford of Lawrence, Mass.
1900, Jan. 18, Ralph W. Furbush to Addie Corson.

1900, June 27, Charles H. Mathes of Newmarket to Mary F. Burns.

1900, June 30, James L. Goodwin to Lizzie J. Foman.

1900, Nov. 19, Ernest L. Howard of Schenectady, N. Y., to Mattie Lamie.
1901, June 29, John F. Hartnett to Mattie B. Thompson.

1901, July 10, James Harmon Neal to Ellen F. Bresnahan of Newmarket.
1901, Aug. 11, Simon L. Provencher of Somersworth to Katherine E. Dowd.
1901, Dec. 23, Joseph O. Hanson to Margaret M. Proctor.

1902, June 12, J. Lewis Coe to Alice M. Jewell of Stratham.

1903, Aug. 24, Bert F. Atkinson of Tilton to Mary F. Smith.

1903, Nov. 14, Albert H. Ham to Maud A. Wheeler.

1903, Nov. 15, John M. Towle to Sadie M. Davis.

1904, March 30, Everett S. Davis to Elizabeth M. Goodwin.

1904, June 16, Joseph C. McCarthy of West Springfield, Mass., to Hannah

Kelly.

1904, June 27, Lewis R. Smith to Elpsey M. Brown.

1904, June 28, Fred G. Goodrich of South Lawrence, Mass., to Mabel P. Neal.
1904, Oct. 23, Albert P. Sherry of Dover to Abbie E. Sullivan.

1904, Nov. 24, Nathan E. Kuse to Mary E. Eaton of Lynn, Mass.

1904, Dec. 21, Elmer D. Paul to Minerva F. Sargent of Exeter.

1905, Aug. 23, Jared A. P. Neal to Marion F. Rundlett of Medford, Mass.
1905, Oct. 7, Edward F. Robinson to Marcia E. Brackett.

1905, Oct. 10, James F. Hayden to Eva Maud Goodrich of South Lawrence,
. Mass.

1905, Dec. 20, Charles F. Neal to Annie L. Perkins of Epping.

1906, April 4, Rufus E. Graves to Georgiana Broadway.

1906, May 10, Charles Corson to Augusta Sampson of Exeter.

1906, June 9, Nathan G. Howard to Sarah A. Moulton.

1906, Dec. 11, Horace Clough to Mary E. Foss of Rochester.

1907, April 3, John F. C. Rider to Sarah E. Perkins of Malden, Mass.

1907, April 5, Wilbur H. Haggett to Mary Nichols.

1907, July 14, Leon W. Otis to Sadie A. Merrow of Alfred, Me.

1907, July 14, Ernest R. Richards to May Elizabeth Forrester of Haverhill,

Mass.

1907, Sept. 8, George 8S. Fifield to Elizabeth C. Hayes of Portsmouth.

1907, Oct. 12, Frank B. Lenzi to Ethel M. Marr.

1908, March 9, Bliss C. Eadon to Bertha M. Mersereau.

1908, Sept. 5, William Wilson to Josie Carpenter.

1908, Sept. 11, Peter Lamie, Jr., to Martha Ann Wilcox.

1908, Sept. 15, Joseph John Keen to Margaret Ann Donovan.

1908, Oct. 12, Harry Tolman Pond to Helen Amanda Sanborn.

1909, May 27, Eugene Donovan to Addie F. Dow of Exeter.

1909, June 23, Charles W. Richards to Nellie L. Ladd of Raymond.

1909, Nov. 25, Fred H. Neal to Annie F. Locke of Exeter.
Chapter XXV.

RELATIVE TO THE CHURCHES, NEWFIELDS.

Congregational:—With the close of the first century in the
religious history of Newmarket, there had come a change in
the administration of ministerial affairs. New business inter-
ests sprung up in the villages of Newfields and Lamprey River,
and it was found impossible to gather the people for worship
at the old center near the railroad junction. Both villages had
occasional preaching services by various denominations from
1810 onward. As early as 1825 regular Congregational services
were held at Lamprey River, and in 1826 assistance was asked
in erecting a house of worship. The church was organized there
March 27, 1828. Newfields contributed means and members.
to this enterprise. Meanwhile the Lamprey River pastors,
from 1827 onward, maintained a third service on the Sabbath,
or a weekly lecture, at Newfields. Rev. David Sanford, from
May 22, 1828, to June 22, 1830, abounded in labors of this kind -
here. During the spring of 1829, the Pascataqua Association
appointed several of the neighboring pastors to preach at New-
fields.

The Society at Newfields, April 11, 1827, chose Benjamin
Loverin, moderator, and John Kennard, clerk. Benjamin Loverin
and Charles Treadwell were appointed ‘‘to adjust the accounts
of the past year, and to rent the parsonage the present year.”
It was also voted, ‘“‘That the proceeds of the income of the
parsonage for the two last years and the presént year be appro-
priated to the repair of the parsonage House.”

The Society purchased land from the Shute estate for the
location of a meeting-house, July 3, 1827.

The Pascataqua Association at Kittery, September 18, 1827,
made the following record: “By vote from the Pascataqua
Conference of churches, the care of visiting certain destitute
churches in our neighborhood was referred to this association;
whereupon, voted, that Messrs French, Putnam, Cummings
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and the ordinances of the Supper administered. Among these
churches visited was Newmarket.

At the Society meeting of the Congregationalists, April 7,
1828, Benjamin Loverin was chosen moderator, and Charles
Treadwell, clerk. At an adjourned meeting April 19, 1828,
Benjamin Loverin and Charles Treadwell were chosen the
committee of the society for the year. Also voted “That the
money belonging to the parish in the hands of Samuel Pickering
be given to Mr. Brodhead to be accounted for by him in preach-
ing at the South or original Congregational meeting House.”
Under date of November 11, 1828, Mary Coe makes the follow-
ing record: “I have been favored with many religious privileges
of late. Mr. R. [a young man] spent five weeks in this place.
Mr. Merrill has likewise been laboring here for the good of souls.
Mr. 8. has recently come to this place, a young man who appears
much devoted to the cause of religion. May the labours of
these young men, with those of the stated pastor, be abundantly
blessed.”

Ten members petitioned December 20, 1828, for a meeting
of the Congregational Society on the first Monday in January,
1829, and it was voted. ‘2d, To see whether the Society
will adopt a Constitution and report themselves a Body Cor-
porate.” In this petition reference was had to the Act of the
legislature, July 8, 1827. A meeting of the Society at the
South or Central meeting-house was held January 5, 1829,
with Abner P. Stinson, moderator. It was voted ‘‘that the
2d article be dismissed. Voted that the Selectmen be a com-
mittee to examine the account of the parsonage & Report at the
next annual meeting.”

On January 16, 1829, James Burleigh, Robert Clark, Curtis
Coe and Thomas Drowne issued the following:

“Public Notice is hereby given that we Curtis Coe, Thomas Drowne,
Robert Clark and James Burleigh and others, Inhabitants of Newmarket,
for the purpose of Exercising the powers and enjoying the privileges granted
to religious associations by an Act of the Legislature of this State passd. July
3, 1827, Entitled An Act Empowering Religious Associations to Assume and
Exercise Corporate Powers, have formed ourselves into a Religious Society
to be known by the name of the South Congregational Society of Newmarket,
and have caused the same to be recorded in a Book of Records;””—the present
church of Newfields.

The above was formulated at a meeting held at that date,
and duly published in the Portsmouth Journal. At the same
382 History or NEWFIELDs.

meeting the society organized by the choice of William Norris,
moderator, Charles Lane, clerk, and Benjamin Loverin, Hall J.
Jenness and John Kennard, wardens.

The members met at the Newfields school house, March 31,
and voted ‘to raise fifty dollars to support preaching the ensu-
ing year.” Also “that any person hiring the parsonage shall
give bonds to the Wardens for the payment of the rent.”’

Rev. Bezaleel Smith’s appointment to Newfields by the Mis-
sionary Society was the next supply. Having heard January
18, 1829, that his time had expired, sixteen persons, January
20th, subscribed $22 for the purpose ‘of further securing his
services. At a meeting of the Pascataqua Association at Strat-
ham, January 20-21, 1829, ‘‘The subject of Mr. Smith’s leaving
his mission for the present & supplying at Rye was discussed and
opinion expressed individually in favor.” He settled in Rye,
May 13, 1829, leaving his mission in “Newington and New
Market” for the time, but was requested by the Association
“to give as much attention to the societies in those places as
his labors in Rye will permit.’”” Meanwhile Messrs. Rowland,
Porter, Pearson and Kent, members of the Association, were
designated to supply the pulpit respectively the fourth Sab-
bath in January, and second, third and fourth, in February,
1829. June, 1829, Rev. William M. Cornell, a licentiate,
commenced preaching, boarding in the family of Rev. Curtis
Coe till the death of Mrs. Coe, October 11, 1829, and then with
Benjamin Loverin, and afterwards with Charles Lane. The
meetings were held in the academy building, no school then
being in session.

At the annual meeting of the Congregational Society at the
South or Central meeting-house, April 6, 1829, William Norris
was chosen moderator, and it was voted:

That the committee for the last two years, 1828 & 29, Loverin & Treadwell,
proceed Immediately to the Settlement of all accounts accruing within the
two years term of their serving and bring the same to a close as soon as may be.

Voted That the business heretofore transacted by the nominal Congrega-
tional Society, in future be transferred to the Wardens of the Congregational
societies now existing.

Voted that the book & papers of the nominal Society be transferred to the
Wardens of the Societys & that the present committee have Recourse to the
same for the purpose of examination for the Rectitude of their doing &c.

Rev. William Mason Cornell, M.D., LL.D., commenced
preaching at Newfields in June, 1829, and was present at the
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meeting of the Pascataqua Association at North Hampton,
July 21-22, 1829. A subscription list ‘for Mr. Cornell to
preach”’ October 8, 1829, secured thirty-one names and $114.
At the meeting of the Pascataqua Association at Rye, October
13, 1829, “A communication from Newmarket, N. Fields,
being laid before the association, a committee of three were
were chosen to act in behalf of the association to communicate
with the Wardens &c. Chosen Brs. French, J. Smith and
Cummings. Closed the session with prayer by Mr. Cornell.”
On the death of her mother, Mary Coe writes in her diary,
“Mr. C [ornell] has been present and witnessed the suffering
of my dear mother, sympathized in our tryals, and repeatedly
presented our petitions to the throne of grace... .”
November 26, 1829, she writes, ‘There are some pleasing
indications of a revival in this place,’ and December 20, 1829,
““Many appear anxiously concerned for their soul’s salvation.”
The following is the ‘Constitution of the New Fields S.8.
Union.”

Art. Ist. This association shall be called the Newfields Sabbath School
Union.

Art. 2d. The officers of this Union shall consist of a President, Secretary,
Treasurer & Librarian, who shall be chosen annually, shall perform the appro-
priate duties of their respective offices, & shall together constitute a Board of
Directors to manage the general business of the Union.

Art. 3d. Any person may become a member of the Union by paying
annually into the treasury a sum not less than 1214 cents.

Names Sum Names Sum
Phineas Trull, $0.25 Hannah Lane, $0.25
Hall J. Jenness, .25 John Kennard, 25
James Coleman, .50 Sarah E. Kennard, 25
Charles Lane, .50 George Hilton, 25
Nancy Trull, .12 Nancy W. Hilton, "25
Mercy H. Jenness, 25 Mary Hilton, .50
Ann Coe, .28 Mary Coe, 25
Abigail W. Drowne, 25 Nancy Norris, 17
Elizabeth A. Drowne, .20 Mary Ann Burleigh, .25

$5.02

The Union credits itself 1829-30, with money paid by Charles
Lane for Sunday school and Question books, $7.45.

Mary Coe writes in her diary, Lord’s Day October 11, 1830,
“O that the men in this place of the town might become fol-
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lowers of the meek and lowly Jesus; that our Sabbath School
may be a school of prayer.”

Rev. Mr. Cornell labored in Newfields till sometime in 1880.
He was supported in part by the New Hampshire Missionary
Society, and used to visit its treasurer, Rev. Abraham Burnham
at Pembroke, for his quarterly pay. Church records show money
paid for his service. In the winter of 1829-30, he was called
to solemnize a marriage at some distance beyond Lamprey
River. He hired a horse for which he paid $1.50, and received
a marriage fee of $.75.

Mr. Cornell preached inthe Academy. Father Jonathan Ward
would occasionally drive over from Brentwood, put up his horse
at Winthrop Hilton’s and meeting Mr. Cornell just as he was
entering the academy would preach for him. Rev. W. F. Row-
land, then lately dismissed from his pastorate of the First
Church, Exeter, used to come to Newfields regularly on the
Sabbath and preach half a day for Mr. Cornell.

Maj. Robert Clark used to think the sermons of this young
minister were too short, because he got through his sermon
before the major had finished his nap.

While at Newfields Mr. Cornell made application to the
Pascataqua Association for ordination as an evangelist. He
was accordingly examined, and the examination proving satis-
factory, he was ordained January 19, 1830, Rev. Jonathan
French of North Hampton preaching the sermon.

This application for ordination ‘‘as an evangelist” caused
the Association to query whether it was a proper thing to do,
it being at variance with the prevailing usage. A committee
was therefore appointed, consisting of Rev. Messrs. Page and
Ward, to prepare a resolution on the question. This committee
subsequently reported as follows:

Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association there may be cases in
which it is not inconsistent with the Scriptures nor with the principles of
Congregationalism, for a Council of ministers, called by an individual who
wishes ordination as an evangelist, to be organized for the purpose and to
ordainhim. Nevertheless we consider it expedient and proper that application
for this purpose be always made, when it can be done, to some appointed
body of ministers.

This resolution after discussion was finally adopted.
Mr. Cornell also asked the advice of the Association as to the
propriety of organizing a church at Newfields, and a committee
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was appointed to consider the subject in connection with Mr.
Cornell.

Mr. Cornell, son of Dr. William and Abigail (Briggs) Cornell,
was born in Beverly, Mass., October 16, 1812; graduated at
Brown University, 1827; was approbated to preach by the
Berkshire Association, October, 1829; ordained as an evangelist
by the Pascataqua Association at Exeter, January 19, 1830;
pastor at Woodstock, Conn., 1831-34; Quincy, Mass., 1834-39;
graduated at the Berkshire Medical Institute, 1845; was physi-
cian, professor and president of the medical college in Boston
and Philadelphia. He published many addresses, sermons,
and volumes on theological, medical and historical theses. He
died in Boston April 7, 1895. He married in 1832, Emeline A.
Loud of Weymouth, Mass., who died about 1886.

At the reorganization of the old parish January 16, 1829, it
took the form of an incorporated religious society, annually
raising money for the salaries of their ministers. Among these
were Revs. Bezaleel Smith, William Cornell, M.D., LL.D.,
Ossemus Tinker, 1831-32, Samuel Harris, Mr. Barton,
Constantine Blodgett, D.D., Charles D. Jackson, William F.
Rowland, and Thomas T. Richmond. These ministers preached
in the old meeting-house and the old academy. In 1839 a
new house of worship was erected at Newfields, and the old
house was practically abandoned, and in 1852 taken down,
moved to Exeter for mechanical purposes, and later burned.

In 1853-55 the parsonage property was transferred to New-
fields and the present buildings erected. The meeting-house
was enlarged and refurnished in 1871, the vestries refitted in
1880, and parsonage enlarged, 1882.

The old parsonage used to have a portico on the south side,
and a porch on the north side. The barn stood further to the
north. The old kitchen hearthstone is now the front doorstep.

In 1824 the Congregational proprietors repaired and rented
the parsonage.

In 1836 the parsonage was repaired and barn built.

In 1852 the old meeting-house was sold to John Pease for
$100.

In 1853 the parsonage was leased to Robert Smart for 99 years
for $800.

In 1854-56 land was bought and the present parsonage built.

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In 1859 it was painted inside and out, and in 1863 it was papered,
and elms planted.

In 1864 part of the parsonage lot was sold to J. B. Rider who
sold it to Mr. Merrill for $450, and in 1879 one and one-fourth
acres were sold to Lucius 8. Pease.

Further repairs were made on the parsonage in 1875, and in
1882 the stable and ell were moved back, and additions made to
the main house. In 1906 repairs were made on the inside of
parsonage and on the cellar wall.

On May 19, 1872, it was announced that the debt of $400
was paid. This furnished an occasion for great rejoicing.

On January 7, 1840, the Pascataqua Association meeting at
Lamprey River voted “that a committee of Messrs. Tomb,
Smith, Richmond and Newman be appointed to look up the
professors of religion at Newfields, Newmarket, and advise
and assist them with reference to the reorganization of the old
church.”

In 1843 the pastor at Newfields writes, ‘‘During the year we
have enjoyed the outpourings of God’s Spirit among us, and the
cause has been strengthened. Seven family altars have been
erected; a good proportion of the subjects of grace have been
heads of families. Ten have been added to the church by pro-
fession. The cause of temperance has made good progress
during the year.”

The report for 1846 states that ‘‘There is nothing of special
interest in the state of the church to be noticed.’”? The old church
in the town of Newmarket having become nearly extinct, it
was revived and reorganized in 1840. The place of worship
is in Newfields village in the south part of the town about one
and a half miles from the old meeting-house and parsonage
near the center, Rev. Preston Pond, stated supply.

Rev. Elijah W. Tucker was ordained to the ministry Septem-
ber 15, 1841, and became pastor of this church and labored
faithfully for four years. During his ministry sixteen were
added to its membership. Mr. Tucker was dismisesd August,
1845, and the September following Rev. Preston Pond was
engaged to supply one year. Subsequently Rev. Edwin Holt
supplied the pulpit on the Sabbath for six months. After this
there was only occasional preaching until 1851, when Rev.
Charles E. Lord supplied one year. Among the good things
of his ministry was the forming of the Ladies’ Sewing Circle
CuurcHES OF NEWFIELDS 387

which, still continues its activities and proves a real helper of
the church.

Rev. Winthrop Fifield became pastor February 15, 1852,
and so remained till his death May 9, 1862. Under his admin-
tration the church was greatly encouraged and a score of persons
were added to its membership. The parish purchased in 1855
nine acres of land, and largely through his efforts a convenient
set of buildings for a parsonage was erected at an expense of
$3,000, and conditions became more hopeful than for several
years previous. In 1857 the average attendance on church
services was 160.

Before Mr. Fifield entered the ministry he studied medicine
and became a practising physician, and was thus prepared to
minister to the physical as well as spiritual needs of the people,
which he did most faithfully. The following tribute is quoted
from the church records: ‘‘Rev. Winthrop Fifield was pastor of
this church from February 15, 1852, till his death May 9, 1862.
As a citizen he was public spirited, interested in everything
that would benefit community, active in the temperance cause
and strong in anti-slavery sentiments. As a Christian he was
humble, prayerful, steadfast; as a preacher he was plain, prac-
tical and earnest; as a pastor he was social, sympathetic and
laborious. His health, always feeble, gradually failed, and his
death was peaceful and triumphant.” His death was greatly
lamented and a serious loss to the church and community.

After the death of Mr. Fifield the Pascataqua Association
supplied the pulpit several months for the benefit of his family.

Rev. Elias Chapman became pastor December, 1862, and so
continued till 1867. In 1864 the statement is made that ‘there
are some things in this little society which indicate vitality in
some additions to the congregation, and in a considerable feeling
that the little chapel must be enlarged. For this object the
ladies have received $130.”” Rev. Isreal T. Otis supplied the
pulpit in 1868, and was followed November, 1869, by Rev.
Joseph Bartlett, brother of Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D.D., for
many years president of Dartmouth College. During his
pastorate the church, for many years a beneficiary of the Home
Missionary Society, became self-supporting. The church build-
ing was enlarged and a vestry made beneath the audience
room. The Sabbath services, including the Sabbath School,
were well attended and twelve were added to the church. Mr.
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Bartlett was very fraternal in thought and method and was
highly esteemed throughout the community. His pastorate
continued till August 31, 1877.

He was succeeded by Rev. Alexander C. Childs who was
pastor from October 1, 1877 to September 30, 1879.

His successor, Rev. James H. Fitts, began to supply the pul-
pit April 18, 1880, and on May 11 the church and society gave
him a call to become pastor. He accepted and immediately
began pastoral work. For several years the affairs of the
church were very prosperous. The Sabbath services and
social meetings were well attended, and frequent additions made
to the church. The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary
Societies increased in interest, a Mission Circle was formed in
which the young people found much pleasure and profit. The
parsonage was renovated in 1882, enlarged and painted. Later
repairs were made on the exterior of the church.

Thus the years passed bringing God’s spiritual and temporal
blessings. But in the midst of this prosperity the business of
the community began to decline, and so continued till by deaths
and removals churches and schools were greatly depleted, and
nearly every good work was interrupted. Yet the pastor and
people who remained labored on till the morning of November
22, 1900, when the pastor, apparently in good health, while
conversing with a neighbor, dropped lifeless to the ground, a
victim of heart disease, thus closing his earthly ministry. Mr.
Fitts was a devoted pastor, an influential citizen, active in the
schools, and interested in every good work. After his death
neighboring ministers supplied the pulpit for a few Sabbaths.

This church became associated January 6, 1901, with the
church in Stratham under the pastoral care of Rev. George E.
Lake, and held its service in the afternoon. The people were
soon inspired with new courage and the work of the church
revived.

Much needed repairs in the interior of the church were made in
July, 1901, including new steel ceiling, carpet and curtains.
Also extensive repairs on the exterior in July, 1904.

Mr. Lake labored earnestly and faithfully till October 30,
1904, and was succeeded April 10, 1905, by Rev. Bernard Cop-
ping who has continued pastor till the present time. His
enthusiasm enlivens and inspires the people in the work of the
church. Most of the congregation are members of the Sunday
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School. The missionary societies and temperance work are
well sustained, and according to its membership, it ranked the
last year among the first in the county in its benevolent contri-
butions, and exceeded its apportionment.

Very few names of the early members can be found as some of
the records have been lost. At the reorganization of the old
church February 12, 1840, the following persons are mentioned:
Dea. Thomas Drowne, Mrs. Comfort Drowne, Mrs. Azubah
Smith, received the same day by letter from the church at
Lamprey ‘River, Rev. William J. Newman officiating, Mrs.
Jerusha Tarlton, Mrs. Mary K. Jenness, Mrs. Abigail Hervey,
Mrs. Hannah Lane, George Wiggin and Benjamin Coe.

The names of the deacons on record are: Thomas Drowne,
Benjamin Coe, William Hervey, Jonathan Colby, in the order
of their service.

After the death of Deacon Hervey and the removal from
town of Deacon Colby, John C. Hanson officiated for a time,
then removed from town, and Lorenzo Dow took his place till
his death, September, 1901. Since'then J. Lewis Coe has been
the officiating deacon.

Several from this church have entered professional life.

Rev. John William Lane, son of Charles and Hannah (French)
Lane, graduated from Amherst College, 1856, and Andover
Theological Seminary, 1859; was pastor, Whately, Mass.,
1860-79; and North Hadley, Mass., since 1878.

Charles Edward Lane, his brother, graduated from Phillips
Andover Academy, 1861, Amherst College, 1865, and Andover
Theological Seminary, 1868; was licensed to preach, December,
1867, and during vacations was missionary in Vermont. He
preached in Rindge, August 9, 1868, and died in Stratham,
August 17, 1868.

Charles W. Fifield, son of Rev. Winthrop Fifield, entered the
ministry and had pastorates in New York state.

Charles Lane Hanson, son of John Clinton and Anne Lucy
(Lane) Hanson, graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, 1888,
and Harvard College, 1892; was instructor in English, Worces-
ter (Mass.) Academy, 1892-95; English High School, Worcester,
1895-97; Durfee High School, Fall River, Mass., 1897-98;
and since 1898 has been master and head of the English Depart-
ment in the Mechanic Arts High School, Boston. He is one of
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the editors of “the Standard English Classics,” and author of
“English Composition,’”’ both published by Ginn & Co.

His brother, William Clinton Hanson, M.D., graduated from
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1894, Harvard College, 1899, Har-
vard Medical School, 1905, and was appointed assistant of the
secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Health May 1, 1907.

Olivia Emeline, daughter of Charles and Hannah (French)
Lane, was for years before the Civil War a teacher in the South.

Mary Elizabeth, a sister, married September 14, 1871,
Rev. Jacob Chapman, a native of Tamworth, N. H., who was
pastor of the Congregational Church in Deerfield, and after-
wards of Kingston, N. H.

Anne Lucy, another sister, was student at the Merrimack
Normal Institute under Prof. William Russell, 1852; taught in
this and neighboring towns for a few years; was assistant in
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, 1861; graduated from Mount Holy-
oke Seminary, 1865; and taught the High School, Newfields,
1865-67. She married John Clinton Hanson, a thriving mer-
chant in town, November 30, 1867. For several years they
have resided in Cambridge, Mass.

Isophene K. and Annie H. Dow, daughters of Lorenzo and
Elizabeth (Winslow) Dow, graduated from the Plymouth
Normal School, 1875, and for years ranked among the most
successful teachers in the state.

This church has had a special interest in Miss Abby Colby,
a missionary in Japan many years. She was a niece of Dea-
con Colby, a member of his family, and connected with this
congregation much of the time while he resided in Newfields.

Probably there have been others in the history of the church
equally worthy of mention, who, with God’s blessing, have gone
out into the world to give it faithful and helpful service.

We append a list of supplies and pastors:

John Moody, 1730-78. Samuel Harris, 1833.
Nathaniel Ewer, 1773-97. Mr. Barton, 1834.

Samuel Tomb, 1794-99. Constantine Blodgett, 1835-36.
James Thurston 1799-1808. Charles D. Jackson, 1836.
John Brodhead, 1809-22. William F. Rowland, 1836-37.
Bezaleel Smith, 1828-29. Thomas T. Richmond, 1839.
William M. Cornell, 1829-30. John L. Ashby, 1840-41.

Ossemus Tinker, 1831-32 Elijah W. Tucker, 1841-45.
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Preston Pond, 1845—-46.1 Joseph Bartlett, 1869-77.
Edwin Holt, 1846-47. Alexander C. Childs, 1878-79.
Charles E. Lord, 1851-52. James H. Fitts, 1880-1900.
Winthrop Fifield, 1852-62. George E. Lake, 1901-05.
Elias Chapman, 1862-67. Bernard Copping, 1905-10.—

Israel T. Otis, 1868.

Methodist Episcopal:—Rev. George Pickering, presiding elder
of the Boston district, was the first Methodist minister to preach
in Newfields. This was in 1807, by invitation, in the parish
church at the Junction. He was soon followed by Rev. Alfred
Medealf who supplied the pulpit of that church for a year.
During 1808 Mr. Medealf organized a “Class” in accordance
with early Methodist Church usage. This ‘Class’ seems to
have had a nominal connection with the Society at Portsmouth,
but for more than twenty years no record of membership or
action can be found. For many years the town was without a
“settled” minister. In 1810 Rev. John Brodhead was invited
to occupy the parish parsonage and preach in the parish church
when his duties did not call him elsewhere. This arrangement
continued for thirteen years by annual vote of the town. For
those times it was a most unusual exhibition of cordiality towards
a Methodist preacher.

In 1828 Rev. Matthew Newhall was appointed to Durham
and Newmarket. This is probably the date of the full organi-
zation of the church. Sabbath services were held in the school
house, formerly the Wesleyan Academy, also at the Piscas-
sic school house. A “‘class-room” was fitted up in ‘‘Father
Brodhead’s’”’ house and meetings were often held in the homes
of Samuel Tarleton, senior, and Samuel Paul. Land was
obtained from Miss Sally Hilton and deeded to the church
May 5, 1835, and a church edifice erected. Rev. John Brodhead,
Samuel Paul and George W. Kittredge were appointed building
committee, and John Pease and Samuel Cilley were the builders.
During the process of erection Mr. Cilley fell from the belfry
to the ground, but strange to say did not sustain permanent
injuries.

Daniel D. Brodhead gave the bell, also violoncello, flute,
clarinet, and music books to the choir. The church was com-
pleted and dedicated in the spring of 1836. At that time the
church membership was 64.

1 Rev. Preston Pond was of Wrentham, Mass., a nephew of Prof. Enoch Pond of Bangor

Theological Seminary. From Newfields he went to Milford, Mass., and died while making
ready to take charge of a new movement in Boston.
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While in Washington, D. C., 1828-32, Rev. John Brodhead
enjoyed the friendship of Rev. William Ryland, chaplain of the
navy yard, who was pronounced by the statesman, William
Pinckney, ‘‘the greatest pulpit orator he had ever heard.”
Mr. Ryland contributed generously toward the new church,
and in his memory it was named Ryland chapel. Father
Brodhead died in 1838. His portrait still hangs in many homes
and ‘‘his name was spoken with reverence and affection by all
who knew him.”

In 1854 Miss Mary Fowler gave a lot opposite the church for
a parsonage which was built in 1855. Samuel Neal, Joseph
Kuse and Henry Thing were the building committee. The
barn was built in 1866.

During the pastorate of Rev. Moses T. Cilley in 1870 the
church was raised, according to the fashion of the time, and
vestries were finished underneath.

In 1881, Rev. Otis Cole, pastor, the auditorium was remodeled
by a new altar, pulpit platform, pews and furnishings, and the
organ removed to the recess in the rear of the pulpit. By a
noteworthy coincidence, during Mr. Cole’s second pastorate,
in 1906, the auditorium was again improved by the introduction
of electric lights, steel ceiling and steel covering of the walls.

The following is a list of ministers who have served the church:

Matthew Newhall, 1828.
Caleb Lamb, 1829.
Daniel I. Robinson, 1830.
Elijah Mason, 1831-32.
Samuel A. Cushing, 1833.
William J. Kidder, 1834.
James H. Patterson, 1835.
John Brodhead, 1836.
William Padman, 1837.
G. W. Stearns, 1838.
William Padman, 1839.
John Adams, Henry Drew,
(supplies) 1840.
Amos H. Worthen, 1841.
Franklin Furber, 1842.
George W. T. Rogers, 1843.
H. N. Taplin, 1844-45.
C. N. Smith, 1846-47.

Frederick A. Hewes, 1848-49.

Charles Greenwood, 1850.
William Hewes, 1851.

Samuel Beedle, 1852.
Matthew Newhall, 1853.

N. L. Chase, 1854-56.
William Hewes, 1857-58.
Frank K. Stratton, 1859-60.
John W. Adams, 1861-62.
Eleazer Smith, 1863-65.

W. P. Ray, (supply), 1866-67.
George N. Bryant, 1868.
David W. Downs, 1869.
Moses T. Cilley, 1870.

A. A. Cleveland, 1871.

H. A. Matteson, 1872-73.
Charles H. Chase, 1874-76.
O.S. Baketel, 1877-78.

8. C. Farnham, 1879.

Otis Cole, 1880-81.

Mellen Howard, 1882.
Charles W. Taylor, 1883.
Cadford M. Dinsmore, 1884-86.
Edward R. Perkins, 1887-89.
CHURCHES OF NEWFIELDS. 3893

Buel O. Campbell, 1890, Idelbert B. Miller, 1903-05.
Albert L. Smith, 1891-95. Otis Cole, 1906-07.

Almon B. Rowell, 1896. Henry Candler, 1908.

Alvah E. Draper, 1897-98. Lyman D. Bragg, 1909-10.—

William B. Locke, 1899-1902.

The list is long. We make no attempt to estimate the ability,
character, or labors of these men, but it may be of interest to
note a few facts concerning some of them.

Rev. John Adams who supplied in 1840 was somewhat widely
known as an eccentric revivalist who did much good, familiarly
called “Reformation John.” His home was at “Adam’s Point,”
Durham.

Rev. William Hewes, pastor for two terms, was a physician
and practised as well as preached on his various charges.

Rev. John W. Adams was the efficient and beloved chaplain
of the Second New Hampshire Regiment of Volunteers, 1863-65.

Rev. Eleazer Smith was chaplain of the New Hampshire
state prison for many years.

Rev. Buel O. Campbell has been a missionary teacher in
Chile since 1892.

Rev. A. L. Smith has been twice an occupant of the parsonage
—first during the pastorate of his father, Rev. Eleazer Smith,
and later as pastor for five years— the longest single term of any
incumbent to date.

Rev. O. 8. Baketel has become prominent in the Sabbath
School work of the denomination. The present year (1910)
he has been appointed editor of the Methodist year Book and
General Minutes.

Two members of the church have entered the ministry—the
late John B. Wentworth, D.D., long an influential member of
the Genessee Conference, and John W. Sanborn, also a member
of that Conference.

The Sabbath School has been well organized and well attended
from the beginning.

Auxiliaries of the denominational foreign and home missionary
societies have been sustained with intelligent interest and given
hearty support.

The Female Benevolent Society formed in 1842 by Mrs.
Brodhead, Miss Deborah Hilton, Miss Mary Fowler, Mrs.
Lydia (Locke) Kimball and others has had a continuous exis-
tence from that time to the present, Mrs. Kimball having been
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an officer and an efficient member for fifty-four years previous
to her death in 1896.

It may not be out of place here to refer to the influence upon
the community of the two academies (Methodist schools) aside
from the educational advantages offered to the young people
of both sexes. Helpful and pleasant associations were shared
by many who were not directly connected with the schools.
The teachers were men and women of superior attainments
and sterling character. The out-of-town pupils were intelligent,
ambitious, promising young people from many different locali-
ties, boarding in the families of the village and mingling freely
with the people. Neither of the schools remained here many
years before being removed to broader fields, but the stimulat-
ing influence they exerted lingered long as a distinct benefit to
both young and old.

Universalist:—Rev. John Murray, the first apostle of Uni-
versalism in America, preached in Portsmouth soon after 1770.
It is probable that his influence reachcd this locality; for, when
a little later, Rev. Hosea Ballou went horseback over Massa-
chusetts and southern New Hampshire, he found Universalists
here. Mr. H. Jenness Paul says he remembers when Hosea
Ballou was regularly entertained at ‘“‘Uncle Sam Tarleton’s.”

In 1824 Universalist sentiment hereabout was crystallized
by organization of the Rockingham Association, a very popular,
prosperous body. This Association met in Newmarket in 1831,
holding business meetings at the house of Benjamin Brooks.
This village was represented by George O. Hilton and Joseph
Lang. During the fifties this village was a mission station for
Universalist preachers, and Rev. A. J. Patterson, D.D., of
Portsmouth, Rev. George W. Bicknell, D.D., of Portland, Me.,
Rev. B. F. Eaton of Hampton and Rev. Mr. Hicks of Dover
came often and preached in the town hall.

The Ladies’ Universalist Social Union was organized in 1859.
They held weekly social meetings and while the ladies sewed,
George O. Paul read a sermon and all joined in singing. The
membership fee for ladies was twenty-five cents, and for gentle-
men fifty; weekly dues for ladies three cents and for gentlemen
five. Out of these small but regular contributions they sustained
preaching and bought a Sunday School library.

At this time more than fifty names are recorded as follows:
Mrs. C. Thomas, president; Mrs. A. Morton, vice-president;
 

 

 
CuurRcHES OF NEWFIELDS 395

Mrs. W. M. Paul, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. George O. Paul,
Miss Mary A. Paul, Mrs. William Badger, Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs.
Charles Sanborn, Mrs. D. Joslyn, Mrs. I. James, Mrs. R. Her-
vey, Mrs. A. Houghton, Mrs. 8. C. Kennard, Mrs. E. B. Locke,
Mrs. Plummer Smith, Mrs. 8S. P. Badger, Mrs. A. White, Mrs.
J. Saunders, Mrs. C. H. Littlefield, Miss Helen Morton, Miss
Adeline Houghton, Miss Josie Houghton, Miss Caroline Hay-
den, Miss Juliette Pease, Miss Rose Pease, Miss Adelaide Pease,
Mrs. Lucius Pike, Mrs. Rufus Sanborn, Miss Lois Barton,
Amos Paul, William Paul, Samuel Tarleton, Hollis Pease,
Joseph Lang, Oliver Sanborn, Calvin Smith, G. Oliver Hilton,
Joseph Pease, George W. Pease, Charles Sanborn, Albert Mor-
ton, Andrew Thurston, Plummer Smith, William Houghton,
John Houghton, James M. Tetherly, Charles W. Littlefield,
Samuel P. Badger, Edwin B. Locke, W. O. L. Badger, Charles R.
Paul, John B. Tetherly, George O. Paul, George W. Morton,
Albert Field, Lucius M. Pike, Seneca C. Kennard, Plummer
Thompson.

In 1871 the Universalist State Convention met here and
held its sessions in the Methodist church. A parish was organ-
ized July 31, 1872, when the following signed the paper: Amos
Paul, Samuel Tarleton, Hollis Pease, John Pease, W. L. Walker,
Charles E. Durell, L. M. Pike, D. F. Davis, J. B. Tetherly,
J. M. Robinson, G. O. Paul, George W. Pease, G. B. Rundlett,
W. M. Paul, G. B. Spead, C. H. Littlefield, John E. Simpson,
Calvin Smith, F. J. Beal, A. J. Philbrick, N. G. Tripp, W. P.
Spead, Stuart 8. Ricker, Frank Tilton.

The leading spirit in the movement was Amos Paul without
whom the church would probably not have been built. They
began at once to raise funds for a church edifice which was
completed and dedicated December 17, 1873, and at the same
time Rev. Luther F. McKinney was installed as its first pastor.
His successors have been as follows:

Rev. E. A. Read, 1875-77. Rev. William H. Trickey, 1887-91.
Rev. Royal T. Sawyer, 1877-79. Rey. Edward Smiley, 1892-96.

Rev. Benton Smith, 1879-82. Rey. Allen Brown, 1896-97.

Rev. A. L. Rice, 1882-83. Rev. Nancy W. P. Smith, 1897-1907.
Rev. Henry S. Fiske, 1883-87. Rev. Winfield S. Turner, 1907-1910.

Of the above Rev. L. F. McKinney, after several years in the
ministry, served the state as congressman two terms, 1886-87
and 1890-91. He was appointed minister plenipotentiary to
396 History or NEWFIELDs.

the Republic of Columbia, South America, April 25, 1893, and
served four years.

Maj. W. H. Trickey was appointed May, 1907, commandant
of the Soldiers’ Home, Tilton, N. H., and still holds the position.

The church organization was effected in 1874. Careful
records of the religious life of the Universalists have been kept
and are still in existence.

The parsonage, a commodious and handsome dwelling form-
erly the home of Capt. Nathaniel Burleigh, a retired sea cap-
tain and son-in-law of Ward Hilton, was bought in 1879. The
Sunday School was started long ago but no early records are
obtainable. Mrs. W. M. Paul, however, started it in her own
house where it continued to meet till large enough to use the
town hall. Mrs. Paul has the unparalleled record of seventy
years of continuous Sunday School teaching. For several
years Charles E. Durell was superintendent, and has been suc-
ceeded by George W. Pollard, Miss Bertha J. Hobbs, Mrs.
Juliette P. Conner, Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, Mrs. Isabelle V.
Wiggin and Miss Juliette P. Conner.

For nearly twenty years there has been a prosperous young
people’s organization for religious and social purposes in con-
nection with the church. It began in 1889 under the name of
Young People’s Guild, later called Young People’s Christian
-Union. The Constitution is signed by ninety-two names
This list includes many of the young people from other churches
who found in the Guild a needed social and literary center.

This church has been highly favored in her ministers—persons
of high moral worth and Christian character who have labored,
not alone for the church, but for the improvement and upbuild-
ing of the town. The following is quoted from the historical
address given by Rev. N. W. P. Smith at the thirtieth anniver-
sary of the organization of the parish:

We have stood for a generation a lighthouse to warn from dangerous places,
salt to save from corruption, a school to instruct, a hearthstone to warm, a
mother dispensing bread.

Rev. William Cutter Hanscomb was the first Universalist
minister at Lamprey River. His memoir was written previous
to 1840.

Roman Catholic:—The first mass was celebrated in Exeter
in the fall of 1849 at the house of Daniel Fenton by Rev. J. O.
 

 

CATHOLIC CHURCH.
CuuRCHES OF NEWFIELDS 397

Donnell of Lawrence, Mass. Rev. John McDonald of Haverhill,
Mass., commenced making regular visits to Exeter and New-
market about 1850. Services were first held in a building,
later converted into a dwelling house, in which in 1882 lived
Thomas and John Griffin. The first pastor was Rev. Father
Walsh, who occupied the stone house on “Zion’s Hill” pur-
chased of the Universalists. He was succeeded by Revs. Father
Charles Egan, Lewis McDonald, C. W. Calligan, Dennis Ryan.

Previous to 1882 services were held several years in private
houses and the town hall. During that year a beautiful house
of worship was erected at a cost of about $17,000. It was
built under the supervision of Rev. J. R. Powers who was in
charge in Epping and Newfields, and spared no pains in making
preparations for the structure which should supply a long-felt
need. The building is a parallelogram 75 feet long and 35 wide,
substantially made, of simple and tasty exterior, with high-
peaked roof on each end of which is a gilt cross, and stands on a
commanding eminence. The windows are of stained glass
donated by Rev. Father Power, M. J. Buckley, Michael Sheehy,
in memory of Honora L. Liddy, Thomas Kelly, Thomas Phelan,
P. J. Quinn, C. G. Murphy and Peter Lyons. The large one
‘over the gallery was the gift of C. Coffey and Thomas Coffey.
The interior is appropriately finished and furnished with every-
thing needful for its ritual of service, and will seat about two
hundred people. The society may well be proud of the beauty
and convenience of its church. It was designed by P. W. Ford
of Boston, Mass., and built by Thomas Phelan of Haverhill,
Mass. It goes by the name of ‘‘The Church of the Sacred
Heart.’ It was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day in 1882 by
Bishop Healey of Portland, Me.

Rev. John R. Powers was succeeded in 1883 by Rev. John
Canning who remained till 1898, when he was followed by Rev.
James Hogan. In 1902 Rev. Fabian Deshaies assumed the
charge thus left vacant and continued his pastorate till May,
1907, when Rev. Herbert Hennon was appointed to the place.
Chapter XXVI.

FRATERNAL ORDERS AND MISCELLANY.

Golden Cross.—The Newfields Commandery, No. 238, United
Order of the Golden Cross, was instituted in this town June 4,
1883, with twelve charter members, being among the first
commanderies to be chartered in New Hampshire by the
Supreme Commandery which was organized and incorporated
at Knoxville, Tenn., July 4, 1876, as a Fraternal Beneficiary
Order of temperance people. It was the first to admit women on
equal privilege with men. It is licensed to do business by the
Insurance Departments of the several states. On account of
its restricted principles its growth has been less rapid then that
of other orders which do not stand on such lofty moral grounds.
Its growth, however, has been steady and uniform. In the
first thirty-three years of its existence it paid the families of
departed members, on death claims, over $10,000,000, and it
meets every obligation promptly. It has never lost a dollar
by bad investment, nor has it had a dollar stolen.

The members make twelve payments per year. No assess-
ment is made on account of death in the local commandery.

The meetings of the order are entertaining, elevating, instruc-
tive and uplifting.

Newfields’ Commandery starting with twelve charter members
has continued to grow in membership until 114 have joined its
ranks.

The order has paid on death claims to the families of departed
members of this Commandery during the first twenty-seven
years of its existence $12,500.

Members of the order are pleased to furnish any information
at all times.

Grange—The South Newmarket Grange was organized
March 17, 1892, by Deputy White with twenty-one charter
members. In December, 1904, the name was changed to
Piscassic Grange. Land near Littlefield’s Crossing for a new
hall was given by Charles E. Smith April 14, 1904. A building
FratERNAL ORDERS AND MISCELLANY. 3899

formerly occupied by Charles Lane and John C. Hanson for a
store was given by the Misses Paul through Frank P. Neal,
taken down and the timbers hauled by the members to the
building site. The building was completed and dedicated
January 18, 1905. Electric lights were furnished by the gener-
osity of Arthur J. Conner and Herbert W. Smith. Contribu-
tions to the building fund were also made by George L. Chase
and George W. Paul. The regular meetings are held on the
second and fourth Mondays of the month. The membership
now numbers fifty-eight and the society is in a very flourishing
condition. It has always manifested a great deal of interest
and enthusiasm, and is still an important factor in the social
life of the vicinity.

Within the past three years the losses by death have been
many.

A lodge of “Good Templars” had a flourishing existence
from 1868-74, also the ‘‘Rockingham Guards” organized in
1867 with John E. Simpson, captain, was for a time a popular
military company.

Odd Fellows.—An organization of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows has existed for many years. They have a very
attractive hall, and in the days of the greater prosperity of the
town were a strong and active society.

We give here many miscellaneous items—the recollections of
Rev. John Lane and others—which are deemed of sufficient
importance to be included in this history, but do not easily
fall into connected narrative. No special order has been fol-
lowed in their arrangement.

 

The hay scales that stood in the triangle at the junction of
Piscassic and Exeter roads are described by Mr. Lane as “‘look-
ing like a lighthouse whose roof extended over a shed through
which loads of hay were driven and, in the shed with a strong
wooden frame under the loads, with chains attached to a roller
above, were raised by turning a crank in the lighthouse side,
and weighed.”

The stone pound, between the old burying ground and the
Exeter road, was built in 1825. The stones of which it was made
were taken by the town in 1900 to construct a new culvert
under the highway for Cobbey’s brook—so named for a family
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that long lived on the north side of it, just west of the Exeter
road.

Deacon Drowne had a store and wharf near the toll bridge.
The toll-house was moved back and forth across the bridge, as
the toll-takers lived on one or the other side of the river. On
the creek just above the bridge on the Stratham side was a
tide-mill with gates which the tide opened as it rose and closed as
it ran out. The water thus shut in was used to grind corn. This
mill was bought by Charles Lane, and some of its timbers were
used in building his store, with hall above, on the main street
in Newfields. It has since been taken down, removed and
rebuilt for Grange Hall.

James Perkins, Esq., of Williamsport, Pa., a native of New-
fields, in 1885 recalled the time when all the houses facing the
river at “the Landing’’ were owned and occupied by members
of the Shute family. They were all in good condition and with
pleasant surroundings. He also remembered two houses where
the foundry now stands. One was the ‘Coffin house,’ later
occupied by John C. Rider, who was one of the owners and
managers of the foundry, and the other, a large, pretentious
house on the bank of the river, having a large entrance hall
with open fireplace, and a dance hall at the rear of the house.
Dudley Watson was, perhaps, the last owner. It was probably
erected by one of the earliest ship-builders.

In Epping, just across the Newfields line on the Piscassic
road, was the famous stage tavern of James Pike. Travelers
from the north bound for Portsmouth would spend the night
there, proceed to Portsmouth the next day, and spend the night
there on the return trip. It was said the stable had housed
100 oxen and horses in a single night. Its use as a tavern was
discontinued after the opening of the Portsmouth & Concord
Railroad. It was destroyed by fire in June, 1907.

The Stinson tavern near the Junction was remodeled and a
piazza built across the front of the house—the first one
remembered in this section.

Previous to the building of the Boston & Maine Railroad
raw materials for manufacture were transported by water
conveyance. Packets and schooners from Boston and gondolas
from Portsmouth did a lively business on the Pascataqua River,
across Great Bay, and up Lamprey and Squamscot rivers.

It having proved a difficult matter to fix upon a satisfactory
FraTERNAL OrpERS AND MISCELLANY. 401

site for the “depot”? at Newfields, it was first located on the
river side of the track at the right, then moved across the street
to the left, and then across the track. Levi Kelly was the
first “depot master.” The new station, built in the early
seventies, was located farther from the street toward the north.

Coal for fuel was introduced into Newfields about 1850, and
has to a considerable extent taken the place of wood.

Street lights were first introduced in November, 1886.
Kerosene lamps were used and the lamplighter made a nightly
round.

In the first foundry were huge leather-sided bellows blown by
horse power.

One evening Joseph Smith and his wife, living on the Piscassic
road very near the Epping line, visited a neighbor taking with
them the twins, Polly and Betsey. On the way home, meeting
a bear, Mr. Smith dropped the twin he was carrying and ran for
his gun which was in the house a few rods distant. His wife then
seized both of the twins and ran back to the house where they
had been calling, followed by the bear, and screaming as she
ran. The neighbor opened the door, which was in two parts,
and as she entered, closed the lower part, but before they could
shut the upper half, the bear put his head in and prevented
their closing it. Meanwhile Mr. Smith, having secured his
gun, shot the bear. Taking it home he dressed it, and put both
children in the cavity. Ever after they boasted they had
been inside a bear.

When the ‘‘musters’” were the principal events of the year
and were attended by all the community, they were usually
held in Piscassic, in any field available, but by 1837 or 1838
a new generation looked upon the ‘‘military training” as an
irksome task to be avoided if possible. The last ones were
held on the school house hill and were attended with little
interest or enthusiasm. It is remembered that at probably
the last of these occasions the inexperienced and sadly embar-
rassed officer of the day, forgetting his military phrases, shouted
frantically, ‘Attention the whole, spectators and all! Training’s
begun!”

“A “Note” in the town records gives the following statement:

This is to call the attention of the people in the future to the fact that some-
time in the Anniversary year, 1876, Amos Paul, Esq., caused to be planted in
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the Square near the Universalist Church in this town an Elm tree—and Mr.
Paul wishes this record made that future Generations may know the exact
age of said tree. /

The record was made October 15, 1884, as affirmed by H. J.
Paul, town clerk.

The most destructive fire that has occurred in Newfields
broke out about midnight September 23-24, 1894, in a stable
on the main street owned by J. C. Hanson. The house adjoin-
ing, the old ‘‘Kennard house,” a two-tenement house built by
Brackett Jones, the ‘Shute House’”’ with its stable and various
sheds, were burned. With the limited water supply only the
persistent and praiseworthy efforts of the men of the town
kept the fire in check until timely assistance from Exeter and
Dover arrived.

The Methodists of Dover district held their annual camp-
meetings from 1857 to 1863 in Fowler’s grove near the Junction,
at the rear of the cemetery. Since 1863 the meeting has been
held at the Hedding grounds in Epping.

The daughters. of Rev. Curtis Coe were most estimable
maiden ladies of the old school. They spent much time cultivat-
ing their beautiful garden just south of the house, through which
the brook ran, known later as Coe’s brook. They had also
mulberry trees and silk worms. The number of cocoons of
silk the worms, feeding on the mulberry leaves, produced is
unknown.

But few young men of Newfields have entered the ministry,
but it is a noteworthy fact that eight ‘‘elect ladies,’ members
of the Methodist Church, became wives of ministers.
Chapter XXVII.

CEMETERIES.

Necessity at first compelled the settlers to bury their dead
where best they could, beneath some spreading oak or towering
pine, perhaps on rising ground, in garden or field. Because
of failure to rear some permanent memorial all trace of these
graves became obliterated, and it is greatly to be regretted that
the pioneer forefathers of the hamlet sleep in unknown and
unhonored graves in field or pasture. Somewhat later it
became the custom to bury in a lot reserved for the purpose
upon their own grounds. For nearly one hundred years there
was no public burying ground in Newfields. The Hilton “‘grave-
yard” is the oldest of the private lots and upon the stone erected
to the memory of Col. Winthrop Hilton is the oldest legible
inscription in the town. Another inscription of interest in this
lot is that of ‘Ichabod Hilton grandson of Col. Winthrop Hilton
who was grandson of Edward Hilton the first settler of New
Hampshire. ”’

Burial lots are also found upon the Hersey, Burley, Bennett,
Brackett, Pickering; Thing and other farms, some of which have
passed from the families of the original owners. In some
instances—as the Colcords—the bodies have been removed
to the public cemeteries.

Cemetery at the Junction. The first parish meeting-house
was built upon land that was included in Edward Hilton’s
“upland ground.” In the division of the estate it fell in the
northern half, beyond the second creek and Cobbey’s brook,
to his son, Capt. William Hilton. In 1694 it became the inher-
itance of his sons, Richard and Jonathan. ‘‘One acre on which
the meeting house standeth” was deeded March 26, 1734, to
the parish “for a burying ground.” MHere rest the mortal
remains of many whose names often appear on the pages of
this book.

The oldest tomb-stones now standing were erected in 1744
to ‘Mary, wife of Jeremiah Folsom;” in 1749 to “ Nathaniel,
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son of Josiah & Eunice Parsons;” in 1752 to ‘Susannah Clark,
dau. of Caleb & Mary;” in 1755 to “Capt. Josiah Parsons,
mariner;”’ in 1757 to ‘Sarah, wife of Lt. John Burleigh;” and
in 1759 to “Ann Tash, wife of Maj. Thomas Tash.” This
cemetery was enlarged in 1893.

Piscassic Cemetery. In this cemetery rest generations of
those who lived in this locality, Neals, Sanborns, Smiths, Pikes,
Peases. Many inscriptions are not legible. ‘Nathaniel Pease,
1799,”’ being one of the oldest that can be read. This cemetery
has also been enlarged in accordance with a vote of the town at
the annual town meeting in March, 1893.

Locust Grove Cemetery. About 1855 a new cemetery was laid
out by Hon. Amos Paul, who devoted a part of one of his hill-
side fields for the purpose, and was sole manager. All the lots
have now been sold, and unless more land shall be added, burials
must soon be largely in the extension of the old burying ground
near Rockingham Junction. In 1886 the town received $1,000
from the estate of William L. Walker for the Care of Locust
Cemetery.

The body of Rev. John Brodhead rested for many years in
the Methodist churchyard, but was finally removed to this
cemetery.

In 1879 the town purchased a hearse and built a hearse house
in this cemetery upon land given for the purpose by Hon. Amos
Paul.

The following is a copy of the bequest of the late William L.
Walker:

I give, devise and bequeathe as follows: To the Selectmen of the town of
South Newmarket, in trust, the sum of one thousand dollars. This sum I
direct shall be held by the Selectmen of said town as a perpetual trust, to be
by them invested in the note of said town, if practicable, but in any event in
safe security; permanence and safety being the object and not high rate of
interest; and from such income from time to time annually to expend such sum
as may be regarded as a judicious amount in the care, protection, repair,
renewal and adornment of my lot in Locust Grove Cemetery at said South
Newmarket and of such sum any amount not needed for such outlay, I direct
to be in like manner judiciously and economically expended in the general
care, repair and permanent improvement of said cemetery forever.

Since 1882 the town has annually appropriated $25 for decor-
ating the soldiers’ graves Memorial Day.
The cemetery trust funds are invested as follows: The
CEMETERIES. 405

Walker Fund of $1,000 in City of Newton bond; the Fowler
Fund of $200 bequeathed by the will of the late G. Clark Fowler
‘to the town of Newfields in trust to keep my burial lot in order,”
and received in 1903, Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Com-
pany; and the Allen Fund of $200 received in 1909, Portsmouth
Trust and Guarantee Company.

Chapter XXVIII.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

Rev. John Osborne, son of George Jerry Osborne, who com-
manded the Raleigh in 1777, was a popular school teacher at
Portsmouth, Newcastle, and afterwards at Lee where he was
chosen on the superintending school committee in 1813 and
was its chairman in later years. He was ordained over the
Congregational church in Lee November 26, 1800, and is thought
to have relinquished his salary during the years of the war,
1813-15. He was town clerk, 1816-18; several years repre-
sentative, and tithingman, 1818. He was immersed in Lam-
prey River by Elder Eliphalet Merrill of Northwood, and with
Elias Smith became a pioneer and champion of the Christian
Connection. His favorite text in neighboring pulpits was
I Sam. 17:45. He held meetings at Joseph Colcord’s, Win-
throp Thing’s in the Oak-Lands and at Peter Hersey’s, Piscas-
sic, where he baptized Mrs. Hersey. About 1827 he was among
the first to take a stand for temperance as a total abstainer.
He was twice married, second to Mary Frost of Portsmouth,
and had fifteen children. His daughter, Abigail Smith, born
February 7, 1792, married August, 1808, Hon. Andrew Pierce,
of the seventh generation from John Pierce, and died March 5,
1875. He was born December 18, 1785, and died in Dover
September 14, 1862.

Mr. Osborn’s last sickness was an influenza brought on while
laboring in a protracted meeting at Lamprey River. Rev.
Henry Pottle of Stratham preached his funeral sermon, and a
funeral procession a mile in length extended from the church
at Lee Hill where he had so long been settled. His tombstone
bears the following inscription:
406 History or NEWFfIELDs.

To the memory of the Rev. John Osborne late Pastor and Teacher of the
town of Lee. Ordained Nov. 26, 1800. Died Feb. 28, 1832. Aged 63 years.

As a Christian he was eminent for picty; As a minister faithful in his office;
And the people over whom he was settled for more than thirty years, erect
this Stone as a token of their lasting affection and respect.

Mary, wife of Eld. John Osborne, Died October 8, 1840. AEt. 69.

Rev. Curtis Coe, took up his residence at Newfields in 1809.
He was born in Middletown, Conn., July 21, 1750; graduated
at Brown University, 1776, and was ordained pastor at Durham,
November 1, 1780, having previously preached there as early as
August 18, 1779, joining the church October 31, 1780. He
continued pastor till May 1, 1806, when he entered the mis-
sionary field in the employ of the New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts Missionary Societies, laboring in the remote parts of
New Hampshire and Maine from 1807, as long as he was able to
preach. He often preached at Stratham where he administered
the rite of baptism, May 30, 1809, May 20, 1819 and May 13,
1821. He preached at Newfields July 1, 1810, January 13, April
15, May 6, 1811, Sept. 29, 1816, March 9, 1817, June 16, and fun-
erals September 20, 1818, and April 1, 1820. When Mr. Coe
was not publicly employed on the Sabbath, he conducted a
service in his own family. We have memoranda of such ser-
vices, May 6, 1810, March 1, September 27, October 4, 1812,
August 8 and 15, October 2, 1813, March 27, May 8 and 15,
August 27, December 1, Fast Day, 1814, April 9 and 16, 1815,
May 26, June 2, September 22, 1816, March 2, 1817, May 3,
December 30, 1818, April 18, 1819, January 19, March 21,
December 16, 1821, March 19, 1823. He died June 7, 1829,
and lies buried in the old cemetery at the center. He married
in 1781 Anne, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer Thompson, who
died October 11, 1829.

Rev. John Brodhead, was born in Pennsylvania, October 22,
1770, ordained to the ministry by Bishop Francis Asbury in
1796, sent at once to Maine, and became one of the “pioneers
of Methodism” in New England. It was no “settled minis-
try”? to which he was called, but he joined the “‘itinerants”
in name and fact. For twelve years as “circuit rider” and
“presiding elder” he rode many hundred miles yearly on horse-
back, and experienced great hardship and exposure. In 1801
he married at Lisbon, N. H., Mary, daughter of Capt. Thomas
and Ruth (Giddings) Dodge formerly of Ipswich, Mass.
 

 

 

 

 

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In 1809 he was appointed to Portsmouth, Durham and the
Pascataqua region, and made his home at Newfields village.
In 1814, during the epidemic of ‘‘typhus fever,” he contracted
the disease and was dangerously ill for sixty days. His strength
had been overtaxed during his early ministry and he never
recovered from the effects of his illness. Heart disease devel-
oped at that time and he was never after able to give full and
continuous service to his chosen life-work, but preached and
took appointments as he was physically able to the end of life.

In 1817 Elder Brodhead entered political life as senator
from District No. 2, and continued in the service of the state
as senator and chaplain of the legislature about ten years.
From 1829 to 1833 he was representative in Congress under
Jackson’s administration. He afterwards declined to stand as
- candidate for the governership of New Hampshire. He spent
about forty-five years in the ministry, forty-two in New England,
and died of heart disease from which he had long suffered.
His end was peaceful, even triumphant. His monument is
thus inscribed:

In memory of the Rev. John Brodhead, born in Lower Smithfield, Pennsyl-
vania, 1770. Died in this place April 7, 1838, aged 67 years, Having been an
Itinerant Minister in the Methodist Episcopal church 45 years; Senator and
Chaplain to the Legislature of this state & a member of the Congress of the
United States. He was beloved as a husband & father, honored as a citizen,
esteemed as a stateman & venerated as a minister.

“Peace to the just man’s memory, let it grow Green with years blossom
through the flight of ages.”

Rev. Abel Stevens, LL.D., in his History of Methodism
says “he was a fine looking man; large in person, six feet in
stature, erect and finely built, slight when young, in mature
years robustly stout and towards the end of his life somewhat
corpulent, forehead high, eye dark, large and glowing, a man
of extraordinary power in the pulpit.”

He drew all New Hampshire unto himself, and redeemed his
church from obloquy by the public preferment with which he
was honored. While in civil office he retained unabated the
fervency of his spiritual zeal. In Washington he maintained
at his lodgings a weekly prayer meeting, and on the Sabbath
preached more or less in the neighboring churches.

He “was a good man, deeply pious, ardently and sincerely
devoted to the interests of the church and world.”
408 History or NEwFi£ ps.

The Boston Post paid him this tribute, ‘‘ Possessing natually
a strong mind, warm affections and an imposing person, he
was a popular as well as an able and pious preacher and, prob-
ably no man in New England had more personal friends, or
could exercise a more widely extended influence. The
soundness of his judgment and the known purity of his life,
gave much weight to his opinions. In the early days of his
ministry he endured almost incredible fatigue and hardship
in carrying the glad tidings of the gospel to remote settlements,
often swimming rivers on horseback, and preaching in his
clothes saturated with water, till he broke down a naturally
robust constitution, and laid the foundation of disease which
affected him more or less during his after life. In his last days
the gospel which he had so long and faithfully preached to
others, was the never-failing support of his own mind.” His
widow died, Newfields, August 28, 1875, aged 93.

Rev. David Sanford, son of Elisha and Rachel (Strong)
Sanford, was born in Medway, Mass., August 23, 1801; gradu-
ated at Brown University, 1825, and was student for a time
in Andover Theological Seminary, class of 1828; was licensed
to preach by the Pascataqua Association, January 16, 1828;
ordained pastor at Newmarket, May 22, 1828; dismissed June
22, 1830. He died December 17, 1875.

Rev. James Pike, D.D., son of Caleb and Mary (Pike) Pike,
was born November 10, 1818, in Salisbury, Mass., on the farm
which has been in the family in unbroken succession since 1638.
He was educated in the common schools of his native town,
the Franklin Academy of Newmarket (Newfields), and Wes-
leyan University. He married Mary R., daughter of Rev.
John Brodhead, in Newfields, April 19, 1840.

He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in 1841 and served faithfully and acceptably in the itinerant
ranks until 1853 when he was appointed presiding elder of the
Dover district. While serving in that position and living in
Newfields he was elected in 1855 to the 34th Congress, and
re-elected to the succeeding Congress in 1857. Of this period
a contemporary wrote:—‘‘ While in Congress he never lowered
his standard as an advocate of freedom, truth, righteousness
and good government, nor did he forsake the higher office of
a minister of the gospel, few Sundays passing when he was not
 

 

 

 

 

 

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found in some pulpit in or about Washington, rendering gratui-
tous and most acceptable service.”

In 1860 he was appointed presiding elder of the Concord
district.

He accepted November 1, 1862, the unsolicited appointment
as colonel of the sixteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and
served in the Department of the Gulf under Maj. Gen. N. P.
Banks. The regiment was actively engaged in the defence of
New Orleans, the capture and occupation of Fort Burton, and
the memorable siege and conquest of Port Hudson. He was
mustered out with his regiment at the expiration of service
August 20, 1863.

Subsequent to his army service he held few pastorates, but
was presiding elder twelve years, serving upon each of the three
districts of the New Hampshire Conference. During this
time he preached in every Methodist pulpit in the state and in
many churches of other denominations.

He was elected by the Conference a delegate to the General
Conferences of 1860, 1864, 1868 and 1872. He was persuaded
to accept the nomination of his party for governor of the state
in 1871. There was no election by the people and in the legis-
lature he was defeated by two votes.

In 1873 Wesleyan University conferred upon him the degree
of Doctor of Divinity.

He was appointed by the bishops the New Hampshire dele-
gate to the Ecumenical Council of Methodist bodies, meeting
at Cincinnati in 1876, and also to the centennial celebration of
American Methodism at Baltimore in 1884. In 1886 his health
becoming seriously impaired he retired from active public
service, and spent his later years at his home? in Newfields.

A few hours before his death, July 26, 1895, with impressive
gesture and solemn emphasis he pronounced the apostolic bene-
diction, and that act, at once invocation and farewell, closed
a useful and honored life.

Rev. Winthrop Fifield, M.D., was the son of Capt. Win-
throp and Mehitable (Pettengill) Fifield, and born in Franklin,
January 3, 1806; studied medicine with Dr. Jesse Morrill and
practiced three years in Pittsfield; and later, theology with
Rev. Jonathan Curtis of Pittsfield, and was licensed to preach
by the Derryfield Association September 20, 1836. He was

1 The old Brodhead home which he purchased in 1868.
410 History or NEWFIELDs.

ordained at Epsom, May 10, 1837, and was pastor there, 1837-
46; East Concord, 1847-50; and Newfields, 1852-62, dying
there May 9, 1862. He was a man of excellent Christian spirit
and thoroughly consecrated to his work.

He married (1) Sophia Garland of Franklin, October 7, 1833,
who died at Pittsfield, November 19, 1836, and (2) Sarah Ann
Olivia, dau. of Col. Jonathan and Sarah (Harvey) Piper of North-
field, at Epping, January 17, 1842.

Rev. Joseph Bartlett, son of Samuel Colcord Bartlett, was
born in Salisbury January 26, 1816; graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1835; was teacher, Phillips Andover Academy, 1837-38;
tutor, Dartmouth College, 1838-41; graduated at Andover
Theological Seminary, 1843; licensed to preach by the Hopkinton
Association October 10, 1843; acting pastor, Waterville, Me.,
1846-47; ordained an evangelist, Buxton, Me., October 7, 1847,
and acting pastor, 1847-67; acting pastor, Newfields, December
1868-77. Retiring from the ministry he was in North Spring-
field, Mo., 1877-78, and at Gorham, Me., 1878, till his death
August 12, 1882. He was scholarly and greatly endeared
himself to his people in Newfields. He married Margaret,
daughter of Capt. Robert and Mary (Marble) Motley of Gor-
ham, Me., October 26, 1847. She died at Westbrook, Me.

Rev. James Hill Fitts, twenty years pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, and the industrious and persevering gatherer of
the material included in this volume, deserves an extended
notice. He was the son of John and Abigail (Lane) Fitts, and
a descendant of Robert Fitts the American ancestor of the family
who settled in Salisbury, Mass., in 1635, and was born in Candia,
March 3, 1829; received his education in the public schools of
his native town, Pembroke Academy, Normal Institute of
Merrimack, and also Lancaster, Mass.; was teacher several
years in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and in Ashby
Academy; and studied theology at Bangor Theological Semi-
nary, 1855-58 and later took special studies at Andover. He
was ordained an evangelist at Candia, November 2, 1859, and
had pastorates at Boxboro, Mass., 1858-62; West Boylston,
Mass., 1862-70; Topsfield, Mass., 1871-80; and Newfields,
1880-1900. He served the Christian Commission, 1863-64,
and on school boards for twenty years. He was a member of
the New Hampshire legislature in 1895, and through his influence
the name of the town was changed to the original Newfields.
BIoGRAPHICAL. 411

He was a trustee of the Newfields Library, and a member of the
New Hampshire Historical and New England Historic-Geneal-
ogical Societies, also for thirteen years scribe of the Pascataqua
Association of Congregational Ministers.

He loved the work of the ministry, esteemed it a great privi-
lege to deliver to the people the gospel messages of salvation,
and according to his own words, made it his highest ambition
to be a good preacher of the Word. Though not unmindful
of manifest successes, he did not delay to count them up, but
was content to render his most efficient service and leave results
in the care of the Heavenly Master he sought so well to serve!

He was also a great lover of science and history, and his
researches were thorough and extensive. His leisure hours
were largely given to them.

He married January 1, 1862, Mary Celina, daughter of Coffin
Moore and Dolly (Pillsbury) French, of Candia, who survived
him.

He died suddenly of heart disease November 22, 1900, greatly
lamented not only by his own people, but the entire community,
and a host of friends widely scattered. His funeral occurred
November 27, and was largely attended by the teachers and
children of the public schools, townsmen, parishoners and
the clergy and friends from other towns. A brief service was
held at the home, and the more formal and impressive one in
the church where he had so long and faithfully taught the
people. A service was also held in the church in Candia, and
his body was laid away in the Hill Cemetery of his native town
to await the morning of the resurrection!

His publications were: (1) Nineteen Annual School Reports;
(2) Genealogy of the Fitts Family, 1869; (3) Commemorative
Services of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the 8. S., West
Boylston, 1870; (4) Manual of Congregational Church, West
Boylston, 1870; (5) A Sketch of South Newmarket, [Newfields]
1882—in County History; (6) Historical Address at the Reded-
ication of the Brick Meeting-House, West Boylston, 1890;
(7) Lane Genealogies, 3 vols., 1891, 1897, 1900—associated with
Rev. Jacob Chapman, in Vol. I.

Hon. John Montgomery Broadhead, M.D., second son of
Rev. John and Mary (Dodge) Brodhead, was born at Canaan,
N. H., November 11, 1803. When he was six years of age the
family settled in what is now Newfields, where his boyhood
412 History or NEWFIELDS.

was spent. Receiving his preparatory education at the New-
market Wesleyan Academy, he studied medicine, took his
degree of M.D. at Dartmouth Medical College in 1826, and
began practice of his profession at Deerfield, N. H. He married
Mary Josephine Waterman, only daughter of Rev. Thomas
Waterman, formerly of London, England. Finding he was not
robust enough physically to endure the hardship incident to
his profession in this climate, in 1830 he removed to Wash-
ington, D. C., and was several years in the treasury department
as clerk, chief clerk and acting second comptroller. He was
appointed in 1853 second comptroller and served in this capacity
four years. He also held responsible positions in the city
government, serving as councilman, alderman and commissioner
under the Emancipation Act, April 16, 1862. He was a strong
unionist when most of his associates were disloyal. In 1863
he was again appointed second comptroller, whose duties by
reason of the Civil War had become very exacting and impor-
tant. ‘He had the final adjustment and settlement of all
accounts and claims arising in the army and navy, the pension
and Indian offices. In a single year these claims amounted to
$1,300,000,000. A digest of some 1,500 of his decisions was
made and became authority with the department.”

He filled this office with signal ability till 1876, when he
tendered his resignation to President Grant and retired from
public service.

From early childhood a lover of good books and a tireless
reader, possessing a singularly retentive memory, his mind was
stored with valuable knowledge that was at instant command.
Of a calm, sunny, amiable disposition and a ready wit he was
a delightful companion, a man of pure character and unimpeach-
able integrity.

He died at Newfields February 22, 1880, and his wife Feb-
ruary 13, 1900. Both Doctor and Mrs. Brodhead were buried
with their three sons in the Congressional cemetery, Wash-
ington, D. C.

Amos Paul was the third son of Nathaniel Paul, a millwright
who came early in 1800 from Eliot, Me., where his ancestors had
lived since the middle of the seventeenth century, and settled
in what is now Newfields, where he married Mary, daughter of
Dr. John and Elizabeth (Shute) Marsters. He was born
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1827, when owing to the death of his father he was thrown
upon his own resources, and apprenticed himself to James Derby
of Exeter, where he stayed for five years, learning the cabinet
maker’s trade. He then returned to Newfields and went into
the foundry of Drake, Paul & Co., as a pattern maker.

At the end of two years with three associates he purchased
the foundry, and was chosen its president. The first year
being somewhat unsatisfactory, Mr. Paul suggested that the
entire management of the company should be given into his
hands for one year, which was done, with the result that the
foundry was well established and dividends soon began to be
paid. It was burned; but was immediately rebuilt which was
due to Mr. Paul’s energy and strong will, for none of the insurance
was ever paid.

In 1846 The Swamscot Machine Company was incorporated
by Mr. Paul, the management of the two companies being in
his hands. By 1865 the Machine Company had absorbed and
purchased the foundry, and constant additions were made to
the plant which was located near the river. Two hundred and
fifty to three hundred men were employed and the village had
the stir and bustle of a prosperous place. Mills which were fast
being put up in that part of the country caused an ever-increas-
ing demand for machinery, which gave The Swamscot Machine
Company all the business they could do. They manufactured
various kinds of machinery as well as boilers, engines and wrought-
iron pipe, and from this kind of pipe small fortunes were made,
this company being one of the last in New England to manu-
facture it.

Mr. Paul was for nearly fifty years, president, agent, treas-
urer and the controlling power of the company, which stood in
the front ranks of the early New England manufacturies. In
addition to these duties he was for twenty-six years a director
in the Boston & Maine Railroad to which he gave more or less
time. An early Abolitionist, and later a staunch Republican,
Mr. Paul was a presidential elector in 1868. He also served his
town as representative, and he had its interests ever at heart.
It was largely due to his encouragement and help that the
Universalist church was built, and he was always one of its
liberal supporters.

Mr. Paul lived in the village on a farm which with his garden
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414 History or NEwFIELbDs.

was his chief recreation. He was very hospitable and every
one was warmly welcomed at his house.

Mr. Paul died at his home January 31, 1896.

His first wife, whom he married December, 1836, was Mary
A., daughter of Moses Randlet of Epping, N. H. Their three
children were Mary, Amos and Charles R., all of whom are
deceased. Mrs. Paul died May, 1860.

His second wife was Harriet A, daughter of Thomas Randlet,
of Newburyport, who died April 13, 1894, leaving two children
Isabel and Harriet.

Green Clark Fowler was born in Newfields February 27,
1823, son of John Cutts and Mary W. (Nutter) Fowler. He came
of an old, highly honored and honorable English ancestry, and
represented the eighth generation of the Fowler family in this
country. He acquired his early education in the schools of
Newfields. In 1849 he entered the employ of the Concord &
Portsmouth Railroad, and by his industry, energy and manifest
capability worked his way up to the position of assistant road
master, residing meanwhile in Raymond.

Mr. Fowler married September 25, 1859, Sarah M. Hall,
who was born in Lee, September 25, 1825, and died August 25,
1877. She was a descendant of the Hall family so prominent
in early Newfields affairs. He married (2) Ellen A. Locke of
Newfields November 1, 1882.

On account of physical disabilities Mr. Fowler retired from
active business in 1873. Soon after his second marriage he
returned to his native town, spending the remainder of his days
in comfortable leisure.

His second wife died in May, 1893, and he, December 1, 1902,
leaving one son, James E., who was born in Raymond June 17,
1861, and married in Philadelphia December 31, 1895, Elizabeth
C. Zingraf, a native of Germany, and has since resided in New-
fields.

William Robinson Hobbs was the third child of Robinson
and Lavinia (Hale) Hobbs, and was born in Norway, Me.,
June 3, 1823. His mother was the daughter of Major Elijah
Hale, a descendant of Hatevil Hale, brother of Deacon John
Hale of Dover. His father was the third son of Amos Hobbs,
who had seen considerable service in the continental army, and
at the close of the Revolutionary War, emigrated from Hop-
kinton, Mass., to Maine. He stopped in Falmouth for a
 

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BioGRAPHICAL. 415

time, but soon removed to Gray. In 1786 he, with four others,
began the settlement of the town of Norway. The first year
he cleared some land and built a house and the next spring he
and his young wife moved into it. She was the daughter of
Ezekiel Cushing who settled in Falmouth, now Portland, early
in the eighteenth century and held many offices under the
colonial government.

The early life of the subject of this sketch was that of the
ordinary New England boy of his day. In the summer he
worked on his father’s farm and in the winter attended the
district school. Later he attended the private school of Rev.
Samuel Cobb who was famous as an instructor in that part of
Maine seventy years ago.

After completing his course Mr. Hobbs taught school for a
few years and was a very successful teacher, but as he intended
to engage in business he removed to Andover, Mass., in 1845,
and entered the employ of Davis & Furber with whom he learned
the machinist’s trade. He remained in Andover several years.
In 1851 Mr. Hobbs went to Durham, N. H., and opened a
‘machine shop of his own. His business was the manufacture
of steel spindles for cotton and woolen mills. He was successful
from the first and for more than thirty years was engaged in
making spindles for many of the New England mills.

After twenty years of business in Durham, in 1872 he removed
to this town where he continued the manufacture of spindles
until failing health compelled him to retire from business.

He married December 16, 1852, Dolly Collins Hale of Athens,
Me. She was the daughter of Andrew Hale, a lineal descendant
of Deacon John Hale of Dover, and Dolly Collins, a lineal descend-
ant of Quaker John Collins of Salisbury, Mass. They resided
in Durham until Mr. Hobbs removed his business to this town.
Two daughters were born to them in Durham—Edna Adelaide
who married George S. Paul and lives in this town, and Bertha
Janette who married John E. Young and lived in Exeter, N. H.,
where she died August 24, 1906.

Mr. Hobbs died April 28, 1894, and his wife January 1, 1907.
Mr. Hobbs was a life-long Republican. He represented the
town in the legislature in 1879. His marked characteristics
were his business judgment and industry which made him one
of the substantial citizens of the town, his ingrained integrity
and dignity which made him respected by all who knew him,
416 History or NEWFIELDS.

and his kindness and sociability which made him a good citizen
and neighbor. He also possessed that indefinable substance
which gives weight to a man’s simplest utterance, and makes
him the wise counselor and valued friend.

Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were life-long Universalists and generous
supporters of their church, but their interests were not limited
to their church. They were always ready to help any cause
calculated to promote the public welfare. They were great
readers and enjoyed traveling. Their home was to them the
happiest of all places.

Charles E. Smith, youngest son of Daniel R. and Deborah
(Wiggin) Smith, was born January 5, 1831, in Newfields on the
Piscassic farm which had been the home of several generations
of his ancestors, and there he spent his boyhood. Later he
became interested and active in local politics, and held many
of the minor town offices. He was tax collector, 1859, and
representative, 1868. For several years he was proprietor of
the ‘Shute House,’’ Newfields village, and later of the ‘‘ Kimball
House,’’ Dover. He served as state senator from the Dover
‘District, 1879-80. Returning to Newfields a few years later,
he conducted the “Elm House’” for a time, then retired to his
farm in Piscassic where he passed the remaining years of his
life.

Mr. Smith was a regular attendant, and frequently speaker,
at meetings of the Rockingham County Republican Club and
other political gatherings. He attended as delegate sixteen
Republican county conventions, and presided over more than
one. He was a member of the school board for ten years, and
was for many years moderator of Newfields, a position for which
he was unusually well qualified, and died in office.

He was an enthusiastic member of the Grange subordinate
and Pomona, and had a wide acquaintance and many friends.

He married December, 1865, A. Augusta, daughter of Jonathan
and Sally (Neal) Burley, and died at his home April 30, 1909.
His wife died March 31, 1903, leaving no children.

Dr. Albert H. Varney, son of Calvin and Eliza (Nowell)
Varney, was born in North Berwick, Me., March 27, 1836.
His parents on both sides were descendants from reputable
English families. His mother, Eliza Nowell, was a daughter
of Mark Nowell, Esq., whose ancestors came to this country
 

Dr. ALBERT H. VARNEY.
BIoGRAPHICAL. 417

early in the sixteenth century, settling in York County, Maine,
where many of his descendants are now living.

Doctor Varney was educated at the Phillips School in Boston,
and Berwick Academy in South Berwick, Me. He studied
medicine with the skilled and then celebrated Dr. Moses Sweat
of Parsonsfield, Me., and was graduated from the Medical
Department of Harvard University, and later took a post-
graduate course at the Baltimore (Md.) Medical College. He
began the practice of medicine in Chicago, IIl., where he remained
one year, and in January, 1860, came to New Hampshire and
settled in South Newmarket, the present Newfields, and has
resided here all his professional life. He soon acquired an
extensive and lucrative practice in this and surrounding towns,
and established a reputation as one of the leading physicians
in Rockingham County, for several years having an office in
Exeter where he had a lucrative business among its leading
citizens. When the Cottage Hospital was founded he was
among its earliest supporters, and from its opening has served
on its staff of physicians. Although largely occupied with his
professional duties he has yet found time for extensive reading,
and has taken an active part in all things pertaining to the
interest of the town. Broad and progressive, he has always been
identified with the Republican party in politics, and has been
chosen at various times to discharge the duties of important
public trusts which he has faithfully done. He has filled the
position of notary public twenty years, justice of the peace and
quorum thirty-five years, town clerk for twenty consecutive
years, member of the board of selectmen three years, chairman
of the board of health ten years, superintending school committee
seven years, and represented the town in the legislature of 1871.
He was an industrious legislator, serving as chairman of the
special committee on the bill to regulate the sale of medicines
and poisons. He was commissioned October 2, 1867, assistant
surgeon of the second regiment of New Hampshire militia and
served three years.

From his character one would expect to find Doctor Varney
in accord with the feeling of universal brotherhood, and we
find him not only a member of the Rising Sun Lodge, No. 47,
A.F. and A.M., but also a member of Fraternity Lodge, No. 56,
1.0.0.F., in which he was a charter member, and has occupied

the highest position.
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418 History or NEwFIELDs.

Doctor Varney is a good representative of his profession,
and one of the active, successful men of Newfields. In Jan-
uary, 1857, he was married to Miss Olive J. Fernald, daughter
of Hercules Nelson Fernald and Melinda Bracket Chadbourne
whose ancestors came from England in the sixteenth century
and settled in Berwick, Me. They have three children—lIsa-
bella J., born July 19, 1858, wife of the late Daniel C. Wiggin,
one of Newfields’ staunch citizens; Ida Alice, born August 1, 1864,
wife of James Stuart Ward of Wytheville, Va.; and Edith
Charles, born August 31, 1870, a prominent physician of Lynn,
Mass.

H. Jenness Paul was born in South Newmarket, now New-
fields, September 23, 1839, the youngest of ten children of
Samuel and Martha (Tarlton) Paul. His father was born in
Eliot, Me., September 7, 1789, and died in South Newmarket
September 3, 1878. His mother was born in Newmarket April
18, 1796, and died February 19, 1883. His paternal grand-
parents were Amos and Sally (Dixon) Paul who were born and
died in Eliot, dates unknown. His maternal grandparents
were Samuel Tarlton, born in Newmarket December 11, 1769,
and died in the same house in which he was born July 10, 1855,
and Jerusha Hopkins born in Brewster, Mass., July 16, 1774,
and died July 3, 1854. She was a lineal descendant of Stephen
Hopkins of the Mayflower.

The subject of this sketch April 2, 1855, entered the employ
of the Swamscot Machine Company as an apprentice, and at
the expiration of his term of service attended the Putnam Free
School of Newburyport, Mass., for a year. He enlisted in
Company A, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers August 13
and left for the seat of war September 11, 1862. He re-enlisted
October 15, 1862, in the band of the Second Brigade, Second
Division Ninth Artillery Company and was mustered out
June 4, 1865, returning home June 11.

He married September 23, 1865, Mattie B. Smith, born
May 12, 1845, and died January 29, 1900. She was the daughter
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Burley) Smith of Beech Hill, Exeter,
N. H. Two children were born of this marriage, a son born
July 6, 1869, who died in infancy, and Edith, born September 6,
1871, who married September 1, 1892, Charles §. Strout, born
in Winterport, Me., November 16, 1859, son of Rev. Silas and
Nancy (Moore) Strout. Three children have been born to
 

GEORGE E. HILTON.
BIoGRAPHICAL. 419

them—a son who died in infancy, Edwin M., born July 30,1895,
and died August 7, 1907, and Elizabeth P., born November 25,
1899, and died December 2, 1904.

Mr. Strout was a teacher in the Biddeford (Me.) schools for
sixteen years and is now a florist in the same city.

The subject of this sketch was elected March, 1872, a member
of the board of selectmen and in March, 1873, was chosen repre-
sentative to the legislature. He was chosen March, 1884,
town clerk and resigned after a service of twenty-three years.
He was appointed postmaster March 28, 1899, and resigned
January 15, 1907. He is a member of the G. A. R. and the
local lodge of Odd Fellows, and a Republican in politics.

George Edward Hilton, son of John and Sally Hilton,
was born in Lynn, Mass., June 13,1841. Heisa worthy descend-
ant of a noble ancestry, the ninth generation from Edward Hil-
ton, the first settler of Newfields and vicinity, and inherits many
of the excellent traits of preceding generations. He was edu-
cated in the public schools of Lynn, graduating from its High
School.

Mr. Hilton is a veteran of the Civil War having served in
1862-63 as second lieutenant in Company I, Eighth Regiment
of Massachusetts Volunteers.

From 1866-84 he was a successful business man in Chicago.
He received the highest Masonic honors and was prominent in
political life. In 1884 he returned to Lynn and resides in the
house in which he was born. He continues his interest in
Masonic affairs and is also deeply interested in military organi-
zations, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Boston. He has a fine physique, a cultivated mind,
is affable in manner, and a lover of the beautiful in nature and
art.. He takes much pride and pleasure in the possession of
the homestead of the first Edward Hilton, which portion of the
original grant has not passed from the Hilton name in nearly
three hundred years. During the warmer months he spends
much of his time in Newfields, beautifying and decorating the
ancestral home which he has made an interesting museum.

Mr. Hilton has never married. He is much interested in
the publication of this history, toward which he has given gener-
ous financial aid.
Appendix.

Daughters of the American Revolution. The Granite Chapter of Newfields
organized October, 1904, with the following members: Mrs. Rebecca B.
Badger, Miss Juliette P. Conner, Miss Sarah W. Cheswell of Newmarket,
Mrs. Dolly C. Hobbs, Mrs. Eleanor A. Langlands, Mrs. Clara E. Paul, Mrs.
Edna A. H. Paul, Mrs. MaryS. Pike, Mrs. Lucy M. Sanborn, Mrs. Nancy W. P.
Smith, Mrs. Olive J. Varney and Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin. During the years
1904 and 1905 the following were admitted: Mrs. Sarah E. Tasker, Mrs.
Rebecca P. Bennett, Mrs. Annie D. Pepler—all of Newmarket, Mrs. Soph-
ronia W. York—real daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Scott and Miss Alma J.
Morse. The following officers were then chosen: Mrs. Mary S. Pike, regent;
Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin, vice-regent; Miss Sarah W. Cheswell, secretary.
Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. Lucy M. Sanborn, registrar; Mrs. Edna
A. H. Paul and Miss Sarah W. Cheswell, historians.

At the annual meeting, October, 1908, officers were chosen as follows:
Mrs. Rebecca P. Bennett, regent; Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, vice regent; Mrs.
Saran E. Tasker, secretary; Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. Lucy M.
Sanborn, registrar; Miss Juliette P. Connor, historian; Mrs. E. A. Langlands;
Mrs. C. E. Paul and Miss A. J. Morse were constituted a board of management,

The following officers were chosen at the annual meeting October, 1909,
and re-elected in 1910:

Mrs. Annie D. Pepler, regent; Mrs. E. A. Langlands, vice-regent; Miss A. J.
Morse, secretary; Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. L. M. Sanborn, regis-
trar; Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, historian; and Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin, Miss
Juliette P. Connor and Mrs. R. P. Bennett, members of the board on manage-
ment. The present membership is 17.

ERRATA.

Page 9. Footnote. Date should probably be 1624 instead of 1674.

Page 12. Archbishop Laud.

Page 19. Colonel Hilton was killed June 23 instead of July 23, 1710.

Page 51. Formally instead of formerly in the 11th line.

Page 75. Mackerill instead of Mackesill Brook in 14th line.

Page 81. Note. ‘Parkings Brooke” is undouhtedly a corruption of “The
parting brooke of Mr. Hiltons and the town of Exeter,” page 39.

Page 83. In 9th line from the bottom Edward Hilion should be Edward
Gilman.

Page 89. Date ninth line from the bottom should be 1742 instead of 1642.

Page 138. Alfred Metcalf should be Medcalf.

Page 139. In the 7th line the date November 7, 1796, should doubtless be
1794.

Page 153. July 23, 1710, should be June 23.

Page 187. Third line from the bottom Stratham and Newmarket should
be Stratham and Newyields.

Page 365. Selectmen, 1886, Daniel J. Neal should be Daniel G. Neal, and
Charles FE, Durell instead of Henry T. Taplin.

Page 365. Charles F. Durell should be Charles E. Durell.

Page 366. School committee 1862. Rev. Josiah W. Adams should be
Rev. John W. Adams.

Page 372. John H. should be John A. Connor.

Page 387. Isreal should be Israel.

Page 395. F. J. should be F. £. Beal.

Page 399. Rev. John should be Rev. John W. Lane.

Pages 414-415, Read Hall wherever Hale occurs.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. N. F. CARTER.
PART II. GENEALOGICAL.
ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.

b. born. dau. daughter. d. died. m. married. res. residence. unm. unmar-
ried, O. S. old style. N.S. new style. s. son and sons. ch. child or children.
pub. published. bap. baptized.

The family name is given only once. In the female line the surname of the
husband is appended to the name of every child.

Heavy faced figures indicate that they are to appear again in a parenthesis
followed by the same name with descendants.

Figures in a parenthesis appearing at the end of an individual sketch indi-
cate the page in the Narrative where additional facts of the person are given-

Some of the family genealogies, we regret to say, are very meager and unsat-
isfactory, but as given are correct as far as known to the compiler. Where no
representative of the family is now living in the vicinity, the needed informa-
tion cannot be supplied.

Two numbers connected by a hyphen indicate occurrence of name on
inclusive pages.
Genealogy.

ADAMS.

1. Rev. Hugh: Adams was the ancestor of the Newmarket family. He was
born in Massachusetts, May 7, 1676; graduated at Harvard College in 1697;
studied for the ministry, and was ordained September 10, 1707; began to
preach in Durham, March 26, 1718; dismissed January 23, 1739; and died in
1750. “A very eccentric character.”

2. Son? (Hugh) who married and had children.

8. Winborn: (Son,: Hugh!) married Sarah Bartlett, granddaughter of
Joseph Hall of Newfields; was Lieutenant Colonel and killed at Bemis
Heights, Sept. 19, 1777.

4. Josiah: (Winborn?, Son?, Hugh:) was born in Durham, July 10, 1748, and
married in Somersworth, Feb. 21, 1772, Nancy Hill of Kittery, Me., who was
born Nov. 12, 1750. She was sister to Gen. James Hill and Mrs. John Shute.
They had twelve children but only four attained their majority. (131.)

Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Nancy Adams,
Sept. 27, 1809, Thomas Folsom, Jr., and Freeze Dearborn becoming her bonds-
men. Gideon Colcord, James Burleigh and Freeze Dearborn were appraisers
of the estate, and returned the inventory Oct. 8, 1809. It included mansion
house—later the Elm House—barn and out buildings, 20 acres of pasture and
woodland, three pews in the meeting house, family books and large Bible,
nine volumes of N. H. Laws, and a share in the Newmarket library, the whole
amounting to $2,032.62. His wife died Sept. 29, 1820.

5. Nancy® (Josiah‘, Winborn:, Son?, Hugh) was born July 15, 1774;
married Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas Folsom of Exeter and Portsmouth,
who was born June 12, 1772.

Their son, Rev. Albert Adams* Folsom was born in Exeter, April 4, 1809,
and became “a most excellent man and minister of the Universalist denomi-
nation.”

6. Josiah’ b. March 24, 1776; d. March 27, 1776.

7. Mary Neals b. Feb. 1, 1777; was a celebrated school teacher till past
80 years of age; d. unm. Feb. 5, 1865.

8. Sally‘ b. Oct. 25, 1780; m. Ephraim Coleman, father of James; d. March
23, 1863.

9. Betsey b. Oct. 18, 1782.

10, 11. Samuels and Rebecca, twins, b. Nov. 11, 1784; d. respectively, Nov.
23, and Nov. 17, 1784.

12. Nathaniel: b. July 20, 1788; d. Aug. 17, 1788.

13. Sophia W.* b. July 5, 1790; m. Rev. Alfred Medcalf; d. Sept. 14,
1812. A monument to the “Adams girls” stands in the cemetery at the
old center.
424 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Rev. John Adams, son of John and Abigail (Coleman) Adams, a Methodist,
known as Reformation John, was born in Newington Feb. 14, 1791; married
Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Dudley) Sanderson, of Waterford, Me.,
in 1820, who attended the academy at Newfields to fit her for the station of a
minister’s wife; and died, Newmarket, Sept. 30, 1850. Burial in Durham.

AMES.

The Ames place is now occupied by Smith Sanborn. The old house was a
garrison, two story building with two rooms on the floor, and two chambers,
and stood near Piscassic River and the old mast-way, where the neglected
graves of the household may be seen.

1. Danieli Ames was a husbandman, and lived on Piscassic River. His
Will mentioning him as “aged & well stricken in years & in a Weak habit of
body,” was dated Dec. 24, 1753, and probated Jan..30, 1754. It makes his
sons Nathaniel? and Jacob? executors, and gives to them the homestead.
(111). Children:

2. Simon? witnessed, May 3, 1740, to a deed of land from Daniel Ames to
Nathaniel Ames; was of Canterbury as early as 1749. His Will was dated
Dec. 14, 1786, probated May 13, 1793, and mentions daughters, Mercy*
Heath, Elizabeth: Gordon, and Mary: Ladd, and grandson, Simon Ames*
Heath, who is executor.

8. Samuel, witnessed, Nov. 22, 1747, to a deed from Edward Hilton to
Daniel Ames; was of Canterbury in 1749. His Will signed June 22, 1793,
and probated May 18, 1803, mentions wife, daughters, Sarah? Merrill and
Hannah: Bean, and sons, Samuel’, and David who is appointed executor.

4. Daniel2, husbandman, received, Nov. 15, 1744, from Nathaniel Ames
deed of land on Piscassic River; was of Canterbury, 1750. The Journal of
the House of Representatives says, ‘“Fryday Jany 18, 1765. The petition of
Walter Bryant in behalf of Daniel Ames for bringing Mary Flood from Can-
terbury, who was tryed for her life & acquitted on the supposed murder of a
child, with his attendance &c. of the Acct therewith presented, Amount’é to
£15-2, old tenor, being read,

Voted, That there be allowed twenty five pounds New Tenor in full for said
petition & Acct thereto annexed & pé. to the s¢ Daniel Ames on his order, out
of money in the Treasury for contingencies.’’!

5. Nathaniel? bought of Daniel Ames, May 3, 1740, 150 acres of land on
Piscassic River; sold land on Piscassic River to Daniel Ames Nov. 15, 1744;
petitioned for Newfields bridge, Nov. 21, 1746; with David Ames bought,
April 17, 1753, land joining the Ames possession and the mill grant line of
Charles Rundlett; and with Jacob, petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov.
25, 1755; received, Dec. 11, 1758, of Josiah and Sarah Hilton, administrators
on the estate of David Ames, a quitclaim deed of land bought of Charles
Rundlett, April 17, 1753; sold Jacob Ames 10 acres of land in two pieces,
Dec. 11, 1758. The name of Nathaniel Ames Jr., appeared on records 1758,
who was awarded damages 1766 in the laying out of Hall’s mill road; and sold
April 15, 1775, to John Burleigh “all my Farm whereon I now live containing

1Prov. Pap. VII: 56.
GENEALOGY. 425

ninety Acres more or less, with the Buildings thereon.” Nathaniel Ames 2d,
was credited for labor, with other Newmarket patriots, in building fire rafts
on the Pascataqua at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; with Nathaniel Ames Jr.
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; and sold John Ames, Aug. 28, 1782,
“all my Farm whereon I now live containing ninety acres, with the buildings
thereon.”

6. Jacob:, with his wife, Sarah, sold to her brother James Hersey, Dec.7,
1743, all their right in the estate of their ‘“Hon¢ Father Peter Hersey,’ by esti-
mation about 60 acres, “within ye Tract of Land Commonly Called & known
by ye name of Moses Gilman’s Six hundred acre grant;” with Nathaniel,
petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot River, Nov. 21, 1746; bought of Win-
throp Hilton, Oct. 23, 1752, ten acres of land that said Hilton bought of
Thomas Haley; purchased of David Lyford, May 30, 1753, land adjoining
his own and that of Walter Neal on Piscassic River; bought land of Nathaniel
Ames Dec. 11, 1758, and the same year sold to Andrew Burleigh the land he
had bought of Winthrop Hilton, Oct. 23, 1752; purchased 12 acres of land of
Joseph Young, April 21, 1763. Hall’s mill road passed through his land 1766.
He refused to sign the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was of Newmarket
and sold to James Hersey of Sanbornton, Aug. 22, 1786, “the ten acre Lot on
the Great Hill so called in Newmarket, it being the Land I had by deed from
Brother James Hersey of Newmarket;’ died about 1786, leaving ason Daniel 5,
His son, Jacob? Ames Jr., m. Mehitable Goodin, Aug. 1, 1799.

7. David? purchased of Richard Smith and his wife, Mary, daughter of
Richard Mattoon, Dec. 11, 1749, land “att or upon a Place called Smarts
Crike In Newmarket,’’ and sold the same land to Walter Weeks, Jan. 9, 1753;
with Nathaniel Ames, purchased of Charles Rundlett, April 17, 1753, land
adjoining the “Ames Posession.” He died intestate, Dec. 24, 1753, leaving
widow, Sarah, to whom his father wills the easterly end of his house so long as
she remains a widow. His interest in the last purchase was sold to Nathaniel
Ames, in 1758, by Josiah Hilton and Sarah Hilton his wife, who were appointed
Feb. 23, 1757, administrators of the estate.

8. Anna? m. Powell. 9. Lydia? m. Charles Rundlett.

10. Mary? was given by her father’s will a legacy and a room in the westerly
end of his dwelling house so long as she ‘“‘lives single.”

(3). Samuel? (Daniel+) was born in Newfields, Feb. 13, 1723; settled in
Canterbury, near the center meeting house, about 1749; moved to that part
of the town called the “Borough,” 1791; married about 1744, Hannah Dolloff,
who was born Jan. 18, 1728, and died Canterbury Jan. 23, 1804; and died,
Canterbury, Jan. 16, 1803. Children:

11. Samuel b. May 12, 1745; m. Jane Gerrish.

12. Sarah? b. March 25, 1747; m. Laban Morrill.

13. Davids b. May 27, 1749; m. Phebe Hoyt.

14. Hannah? b. June 23, 1754; m. Benjamin Heath.

15. Daniel bought of John Perkins, Sept. 9, 1790, salt marsh on the river
leading to Exeter “containing one acre & one half acre be it more or less;”
bought of Moses Burleigh, April 2, 1791, ‘the Northerly Moiety or half part
of thirty acres of land which s¢ Burleigh & Charles Smart bought of John
Ames;” purchased of Benning Brackett, May 21, 1795, one acre of salt. marsh

 

1See Kimball's Samuel Ames Family for descendants.
426 History oF NEWFIELDS.

and thatch bed on Exeter River, and sold to George Hilton 80 acres of land in
two pieces situated on Piscassic River and Hall’s mill road; married
Marston, who was killed by lightning in 1806, and he soon married a second
time. He was an ‘‘Osbornite.”

His will, dated Nov. 25, and probated Dec. 26, 1809, mentions wife, Abigail,
and children: Peter, Susanna‘, Sally 4, Foster‘, Mary‘, who m. a Gould,
Jacob Marston‘ and Phebe‘, and makes John Osborne sole executor. The
inventory returned by Nathaniel Kidder, Richard Hilton and Josiah Bennett,
yoeman, Feb. 7, 1810, mentions “Homestead of 55 acres with buildings.”
Dower was set off to Abigail Ames, his widow, Oct. 22, 1811, by Jeremy Mead,
Paul Chapman, Benjamin Lovering, John French and Simon Magoon. The
executor was licensed Feb. 26, 1814, to sell the estate to defray expenses, and
rendered his account of administration, May 15, 1823. His son, Peter, a hus-
bandman, purchased of George Hilton, 70 acres of land in two portions on
Piscassic River and Hall’s mill road, April 10, 1810; also received from George
Brackett, April 3, 181i, a quitclaim deed to 80 acres of land, more or less,
being the same piece of land the said Peter had conveyed to said Brackett by
deed dated April 11, 1810; sold to Shadrach Robinson 80 acres of land joining
Piscassic River, 1811.

 

John Ames of Newmarket, yeoman, paid William Moore, 1700 pounds old
tenor money, for 30 acres of land on Piscassic River, Jan. 6, 1769, and sold the
same, March 15, 1781, to Charles Smart Jr., and Moses Burleigh; signed the
Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; bought, Aug. 22, 1782, the
farm of Nathaniel Ames consisting of 90 acres of land on PiscasSic River, with
all the buildings thereon; sold to Nathaniel Rogers, Oct. 20, 1786, land on
Piscassic River “containing sixty acres & eighty seven rods as (shown) by a
plan made by Hubartus Neal dated 29th day of August, 1786, together with
all the buildings standing on said Premises;” with his wife, Elizabeth, of Par-
sonsfield, Me., heir of Samuel Neal, deceased, quitclaimed land to Samuel Neal
of Newfields, Dec. 24, 1788.

ANDREWS.

Hilary B. born in England in 1837; came to this country and settled in
Newfields early in the sixties; bought the Ward Hilton place, and died March,
1896, leaving a widow and son, George E. Andrews, who was born in 1874,
graduated at Phillips Exeter Academy, 1894, Wesleyan University, 1898, and
engaged in business in New York.

BADGER.

1. William: Badger, of Newfields, petitioned the legislature for a lottery
in aid of Squamscot Bridge, and its location at Newfields, 1760, and July 3,
1765, for a resurvey of a road, now called Hall’s mill road, “between the
gates near Piscassick Bridge and Josiah Hilton’s South West Corner;’’ also,
1766, for the location of the bridge at Newfields; refused to sign the Asso-
ciation Test, July 12, 1776, and died previous to March 28, 1781, tradition
says, a young man. He was a barber, and had the following children and per-
haps others:
GENEALOGY. 427

2. William: b. about 1760; m. Elizabeth ;

3. Thomas? b. about 1766; taxed in Lee, 1787. William was appointed
his guardian, with Daniel Jones and Bradley Sandborn, blacksmiths of Exeter,
bondsmen, March 28, 1781; active in the parish, 1797.

 

1. William P. L.1 Badger, with his wife, Mary A. (Puffer), came to New-
fields from Kensington by way of Concord, Mass. He was a machinist and
husbandman, died Feb. 2, 1876, aged 73 years and 11 months. His wife died
Nov. 19, 1899, aged 93 years and 10 months. Children:

2, William P.2 b. Sept. 1827; d. May 1832.

3. Samuel P.? b. 1830; m. (1) Mary Spalding, (2) Rebecca Spalding.

4, William P.2 b. 1832; d. in Liverpool March 30, 1851.

5. Lucy M.? m. Charles H. Sanborn.

(3). Samuel P.2 (William P. L.1) was born in 1830; a machinist and trader;
a veteran of the Civil War serving in Co. A, 11th N. H. Volunteers; tax
collector; representative, 1880; selectman, 1882-83. He married (1) Mary,
daughter of Charles and Polly (Brown) Spalding of Kensington, who died
leaving no children, (2) Rebecca Spalding, sister of his first wife. Children:

6. Mary S.* m. Charles Pike; two ch. (See Pike.)

7. Charles W.3 m. Minnie E. Yomans.

8. Nellie G.s m. Ole Syvertsen.

(5). Lucy M.:2 (William P. L.1) married Charles H. Sanborn. Children:

9. Clara E.2 Sanborn; m. George W. Paul. (See Paul.)

10. Charles A.t Sanborn; m. Mary A. Edmunds. (See Sanborn.)

11. Mabel A.s Sanborn; d. Sept. 1883. :

(7). Charles W.2 (Samuel P.2, William P. L.1) married Minnie E. Yomans;
in business in Chicago, with residence at Evanston, Il]. Children:

12. Cecil. 13. Margaret Y.«

(8) Nellie G.2 (Samuel P.2, William P. L.t) married Ole Syvertsen, a native
of Norway; residence, Taunton, Mass. Children:

14. Rolfet Syvertsen. 15. Helen‘ Syrvetsen. 16. Clinton: Syvertsen.

17. Alice: Syvertsen.

A William Badger of New Market, carpenter, married the widow of Capt.
Zachariah Beal prior to 1784. He may have been the William Badger of
Newmarket, a shipwright, 23 years of age, in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Com-
pany, June 6, 1775. (78).

Samuel E. Badger married Susannah Churchill in 1793. A daughter,
Sally True, b. 1797, married Reuben French, Jr., of Lamprey River.

Joseph Badger married Deborah Gilman in 1791; was active in the parish,
1797-99.
428 History oF NEWFIELDS.

BAKER.

1. John : Baker owned a house lot on High Street, Ipswich, Mass., in 1638;
married, May 13, 1667, Katherine Perkins; and died in 1710.

Children:

2. Thomas? b. Sept. 13, 1668; m. Priscilla Symonds.

3. John.: 4. William.: 5. Elizabeth.2

(2). Thomas: (John!) was born Sept. 13, 1668; married Priscilla, daughter
of Samuel Symonds; and died March 18, 1718. Children:

6. Thomas b. Feb. 17, 1688.

7. John? b. Jan. 6, 1691; m. (1) Anna Perkins, (2) Mary Perley.

8. Priscilla: b. Dec. 8, 1674; m. Isaac Appleton.

9. Martha: b. Oct. 14, 1682; m. Sargent.

10. Rebecca’ b. Nov. 16, 1685.

11. Elizabeth, m. Feb. 16, 1717, Michael Farley.

(7). John (Thomas,? John!) was born Jan. 6, 1691; married (1) Anna
Perkins, who was born Dec. 28, 1697, and died April 27, 1716, (2) (published
Nov. 16, 1717,) Mary Perley, who was born May 16, 1697, and died March 26,
1738; and died, Aug. 1, 1734. Children:

12. John.« 18. Samuel.« 14. Thomas.« 15. Mary.«

(13). Samuel,+ (John, Thomas,? John !) married and had a son.

16. Samuels; m. Mary Emerson.

(16). Capt. Samuels (Samuel, John, Thomas,? John!) bought in New-
market of Stephen Emerson, innholder, and his wife Lydia, for 5,000 pounds
old tenor, one acre of land with dwelling house, wharf and privilege of ferry at
Newfields landing; petitioned the legislature for a lottery in aid of Squamscot
bridge and its location at Newfields, 1760; bought of Nicholas Duda of Dur-
ham, March 16, 1764, for 5,000 pounds old tenor, 35 acres of land in New-
fields; jointly with widow Lydia Emerson, administrators of the estate of
Stephen Emerson, trader, deceased, sold to Thomas Bartlett of Newburyport,
cordwainer, April 27, 1764, for 2,300 pounds old tenor, sixty square rods of
land at Newfields landing, together with the wharf, warehouse, barn and that
part of the dwelling which belonged to the estate of the deceased; petitioned,
July 3, 1765, for the laying out of Hall’s mill road, and in 1766 and 1772 for the
bridge at Newfields; purchased, Jan. 7, 1768, for 170 pounds, lands in Not-
tingham and in Bow, which Joseph Thomas of Durham had previously bought
of Maj. Thomas Tash of Newmarket; sold Joseph Judkins of Newmarket,
Feb. 1, 1768, for 140 pounds, 100 acres of land in Nottingham which he had
bought of Joseph Thomas, and Thomas of Tash, and Tash of Edward Peavy
and Eldad Langley; was lieutenant in Capt. James Hill’s company from New-
market, stationed, Nov. 5, 1775, on Pierce’s island in Pascataqua harbor; and
captain of the Newmarket company, Dec., 1775, which marched to supply the
place of the Connecticut troops, and encamped on Winter Hill; selectman,
1776; signed the Association Test, and returned to the Committee of Safety
a list of 164 signers, and 38 refusing to sign; enlisted from the 4th regiment of
militia into the Continental service for three years, or during the war, and was
mustered, March 4, 1777, with Capt. Michael McClary’s Co., 3d N. H. Con-
tinental regiment. Sergt. Samuel Baker, probably Samuel, Jr., of Newmarket,

 
. GENEALOGY. 429

of Colonel Scammell’s Regiment, General Whipple’s Brigade, was killed in the
second battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777.

Capt. Samuel Baker, trader, sold to William Coffin, trader, March 20, 1777,
for 200 pounds, his land, dwelling house, barn, wharf and warehouse at New-
fields landing; was assessor, 1784-85 and 1787, and auditor, 1788; chosen
February 2, 1789, by the parish, committee at large to act with other com_
mittee men in locating the meeting house; bought, May 13, 1790, 10 acres in
the Oak Lands of Nathaniel Rogers, administrator of the estate of John Gid-
dings; petitioned the selectmen, March 10, 1791, respecting the location of
the new meeting house, and October 24, bid off pew No. 45; purchased of
James Hill, January 25, 1792, for 50 pounds, about 44 square rods of land on
the road from Exeter to Durham by the corner of Mr. Hill’s garden, together
with the buildings on the same. He married (1) 1748, Mary, dau. of Stephen
Emerson, who was b. June 20, 1727, and d. Jan. 9, 1772, (2) Elizabeth
who d. Sept. 6, 1804, aged 74; and died Feb. 16, 1792, aged 66.

 

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BARBER.

1. John: Barber was doubtless the ancestor of the Barbers at Piscassic. He
was of Dover in 1659, and of Exeter April 1, 1678. He married and had
children:

2. John: m. Anna Smart.

8. Robert.2, He may have had also a son Thomas? who m. April 27,
1671, Anne Chase, and had Thomas: b. Feb. 16, 1672.

(2). John? (John1) lived on Hilton’s mill grant in 1696; was proportioned
50 acres of land by the committee of Exeter, April 12, 1725; with his wife
Anna quitclaimed, March 6, 1727, to John Smart all “right in the Estate of
our Father Robert Smart of Exeter, deceased ;’’sold 50 acres in the third Range
and 30 acres next to Walter Neal’s lot, March 15, 1744, to his son Josephs
Barber of Newmarket; sold to his ‘‘Dutiful son Jn°. Barber Jr.,” June 25, 1744,
‘Jand in Newmarket on Piscassic River;” sold Joshua Crummet of Durham,
May 20, 1756, 50 acres of land in Newmarket; sold to John Smart, Sept. 6,
1757, for 1500 pounds, 50 acres in Newmarket bounded on Piscassic River,
and on ‘‘ye way that leads by my house to Wadleys way:” and died before
1759.

On June 23, 1759, his wife Anna, aged about 83 years, made deposition
referrring to the early proprietorship of Hilton’s mill grant.

Children:

4. Joseph: bought of “his honored Father John Barber,” March 15, 1744,
20 acres of land which he sold to Benjamin Fox, Jan. 21, 1747; sold to Benja-
min Fox March 5, 1747, 50 acres in the third Range, “aid out to the original
Right of John Barber;” was a soldier in the Crown Point expedition of 1756.

5. John? considered himself entitled by a vote of Exeter, March 14, 1682,
to a 10 acre meadow lot which he sold to Joseph Smith of the parish of New-
market, Nov. 30, 1740; was proportioned 30 acres of common land by the
committee of Exeter, April 12, 1725; bought 30 acres of the “Towns Com-
mons,” Nov. 23, 1736; bought of his father, June 25, 1744, land on Piscassic
River which he conveyed to John Brackett of Greenland, Aug. 10, 1744, and
which he received back again, May 20, 1756; sold to Walter Bryent, Jr., Dec.
430 History oF NEWFIELDS.

24, 1768, “all my Right to land which was formerly the property of my Hon
Father & mother John and Ann Barber both of Newmarket dec’. which land
is bounded southerly by the Dividing Line between Durham and Newmarket
and Easterly on Piscassic River.” He married Ann

(3) Robert? (John:) settled near the Piscassic school Higuss where he
built his house previous to 1705, standing near the corner between the school
house and the Chapman-Wood-Jenness cellar now visible, and mentioned
in 1754 as “Robert Barber’s house now fallen down;” was granted Feb. 21,
1698, by the town of Exeter 50 acres on Piscassic River; purchased of Richard
Hilton, April 17, 1705, 20 acres near the present Piscassic school house, and
was killed by the Indians, July 1, 1706. Tradition says he was attacked by
three Indians in his own cornfield. His neighbor, Samuel Pease, was slain
the same day. Children:

6. Abigail,s single woman, for 23 pounds current money, quitclaimed to
Robert Barber, Sept. 25, 1731, all her “right in fifty acres of land we» was
granted to our Hon: father Robt. Barber Dec.”; also the same day to Daniel
Barber of Gloucester, mariner, for 20 pounds, “all right’? in 20 acres pur-
chased by her father of Richard Hilton.

7. Mary?, who m. Nathan Taylor of Exeter, quitclaimed Sept. 25, 1731,
to Daniel Barber of Gloucester, for 20 pounds, all right in 20 acres purchased
by her father of Richard Hilton.

8. Daniels; m. Anna Baker. 9. Robert; m. Sarah Bean.

10. Abigail.s 11. Mary.:

(8). Daniels (Robert?, John!) was a sea captain residing at Gloucester,
Mass.; married Sept. 29, 1727, Anna, daughter of Jabez Baker, of Gloucester;
bought of his sisters, Abigail and Mary, for 20 pounds each, their right in
20 acres of land originally purchased of Richard Hilton; sold Sept. 25, 1731,
to Robert Barber for 20 pounds, his interest in 50 acres of land on Piscassic
River originally granted to his father in 1798; and died on the Island of An-
tigua, Nov. 8. 1735, aged 29. His widow afterwards married a Plumer. “Anna
Plumer alias Barber’ gave up her right of dowry, April 9, 1754, and Anna
Davis, Mary Tarr and Rachel Doliver, all of Gloucester, sold to John Moody
of Newmarket, the 20 acres purchased of Richard Hilton in 1705.

Children:

12. Anna,‘ m. Samuel Davis 3d.

13. Mary,’ m. Dec. 22, 1748, Benjamin Tarr, son of Benjamin, and grand-
son of Richard, of Gloucester.

14, Rachel,s m. Feb. 27, 1749, Paul Doliver Jr., who was born in 1728, died
at sea of small pox, and was buried on Milk Island. She d. June 15, 1820,
aged 88. Their children were two sons who died young, and three daughters.

(9.) Roberts (Robert,? John!) married Sarah, daughter of John Bean of
Exeter. (107)

Children:

15. Robert,‘ perhaps the one captured by the Indians at Bakerstown, Aug.
15, 1753; was a soldier with Maj. Thomas Tash at No. 4, 1757; allowed £ 3-15,
for loss of blanket, 1760; purchased of Constantine Gilman and Elizabeth,

 

1 Kingston marriages give 1759: Oct. 9, Robert Barber and Abigail Bean. Abigail may have
been his first wife.
GENEALOGY. 431

widow of Joseph Gilman, 48 acres of Exeter commons in Newmarket with house
and barn, April 14, 1760; petitioned for laying out of Hall’s mill road, 1765;
for bridge at Newfields, 1766 and 1772; had wife Sarah, 1768; bought land
of Daniel Barber, July 3, 1773; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776;
sold to John Langdon, Jr., of Portsmouth, his wife Sarah resigning her right of
dower, Sept. 5, 1778, ‘the farm whereon I now live containing 120 acres and
situated on both sides of the County Road;” sold a 100 acre lot in Dorchester,
County of Grafton, Jan. 15, 1779.

16. Daniels of Epping; m. Anna Davis.

17. Sally+ m. Oct. 28, 1782, Levi Chapman and lived on the Barber home-
stead near the Piscassic school house

18. Zebulon: purchased land of Daniel Barber, May 18, 1774; was ensign
in Capt. James Hill’s Newmarket Co., at Portsmouth Harbor, Nov. 5, 1775;
Lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Newmarket Co., on Winter Hill, near
Boston, Dec. 1775; and in Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s Co., against Burgoyne,
Sept. 24, 1777; bought one moiety of land, saw-mill and privilege at North
River, Nottingham East, Feb. 9, 1778, which he sold July 21, 1786; purchased
of Eliphalet and Polly Pease in 1781, land on either side of the road from
Newmarket to Nottingham, with the house and barn; mortgaged to Levi
Chapman, Feb. 4, 1786, 140 acres of land on the southerly side of the road
from Newmarket to Nottingham, and both sides of the cross road from New-
market to Exeter; sold 25 acres, Aug. 10, 1786; and his home place of 150
acres with buildings, for 500 pounds, Jan. 22, 1787; land with one half of
dwelling house, March 8, 1787; and 30 acres of land and barn, April 9, 1787.
He had a son Daniel,’ who had a son Daniel.* Daniel* had a son Eazra.7

19. Nelson *—perhaps, who signed the Association Test at Newmarket,
July 12, 1776.

(16). Daniel (Robert, Robert, 2 John‘) built his dwelling house on the Samuel
Sinkler place in Epping, 1755; received from his father, Robert Barber of
Newmarket, May 3, 1758, 40 acres of land “in the Parish of Epping near
s¢ Daniel Barber’s Dwelling house by y« highway that leads from Newmarket
to Nottingham, excepting the privilege for me and my Heirs to pass and
repass through s¢ land ‘by gates & Bars;’’ was innholder, and sold Job Judkins
April 12, 1764, 3014 acres of land in Epping “‘at a place called the Eagle Tree
and running to Piscassick River;” bought lot No. 14, 4th range at Notting-
ham, June 2, 1773, and sold land to his brother Robert Barber, Jr., of New-
market, July 3, 1773; bought “land on the northerly side of Watchuk River,”
Feb. 2, 1774, and sold land to Zebulon Barber, May 13, 1774; was styled
“Tieutenant”’ and was on the Committee of Inspection, Jan. 2, 1775; signed
the Association Test in Epping, 1776; bought 40 acres of land of Robert
Barber, 1779; sold land in Deerfield to Benjamin Weeks, Feb. 11, 1780, “in
consideration of the regard I have & bear unto Benjamin Weeks of Deerfield;”
sold land to Jacob True, 1789; deeded 26 acres of land on Piscassic River to
his son Daniel « Barber, March 6, 1790, and sold land in Epping with the
buildings thereon, Anna Barber relinquishing right of dower, to Daniels Barber,
Jr.,1790, and sold Feb. 26, 1795, a mill privilege at Mt. Delight in Deer-
field to Daniel Barber, Jr., and land to Jonathan Philbrick, 1803; married
about Aug. 7, 1761, Anna Davis of Gloucester, Mass.; and died about 1804,
432 History oF NEWFIELDS.

His widow Anna quitclaimed to Thomas Stevens, March 17, 1804, all his
right to part of lot No. 14, 4th Range, Deerfield, given to Betsey Stevens by
the “last Will & Testament of her Honé Father & my late husband Daniel
Barber.”

This farm remained in the Barber family until about 1880 when it was pur-
chased by “Hedding Camp Meeting Association” from Ezra’ Barber (Daniel,*
Daniel,* Zebulon‘).

BARTLETT.

1. Richard Bartlett 1 was the ancestor of this Bartlett family. He came
from Stopham, England, to Newbury, Mass., and died May 25, 1647.

2. Richard? (Richard!) was born in 1621; was four years representative
for Newbury in the Massachusetts Legislature; and died, 1698.

3. Samuels (Richard,? Richard:) was born Feb. 20, 1646; married May
23, 1671, Elizabeth Titcomb of Newbury, Mass., who died Aug. 26, 1690;
and died May 15, 1732.

4. Thomas‘ (Samuel, Richard,? Richard:) was born Aug, 13, 1681; mar-
ried Sarah Webster.

5. Israel’ (Thomas,‘ Samuel, Richard,? Richard!) was born in Newbury,
Mass., April 30, 1712; married Love, dau. of Joseph Hall of Newfields; who
was born June 10, 1716; settled early in Nottingham on the North side of
the square where traces of his tan pits are still visible; became an extensive
land owner, and held many offices of trust with credit to himself and advantage
to others. His wife was an energetic and intelligent woman, and died in
1754, Children:

6. Joseph Halls b. March 7, 1739.

7. Sarah b. Nov. 25, 1741; m. (1) Col. Winborn Adams, and (2) Col.
Hubbard of powder-making fame.

8. Thomas b. Oct. 22, 1745; cordwainer; paid, April 7, 1764, to Samuel
Baker and Lydia Emerson, administrators of the estate of Stephen Emerson,
2,300 pounds old tenor for 60 square rods of land at Newfields Landing, to-
gether with the wharf, warehouse, barn and that part of the dwelling house
which belonged to said deceased; conveyed, 1768, real estate to Joseph Hall
Bartlett of Newbury; was colonel in the Continental army and brigadier-
general of the New Hampshire militia.

9. Israels b. May 8, 1748; res. Haverhill, Mass.

10. Mary D.sb. Aug. 17, 1751; m. Gen. Henry Dearborn.

11. Josiah D.* b. March 15, 1753; res. Lee.

1. Nathaniel: Bartlett of Exeter was assigned by the town 20 acres of land,
1725; was a tanner; bought of Joseph Glidden, May 30, 1726, right in land at
Lamprey River, which he conveyed to his son, John? Bartlett of Newmarket,
tanner, May 23, 1763; bought of Joseph Bayley of Newbury, Nov. 5, 1733,
2514 acres of land in Exeter, and conveyed the same with buildings thereon,
March 29, 1747, for five pounds, to his son John? of Newmarket, it being the
land ‘“whereon he now lives;” sold May 23, 1763, to his son John, for 1,000
pounds, 52 acres of improved land in Newmarket, bounded by the country
road leading to Lamprey River, and by lands of John Mead, Walter Bryent,
GENEALOGY. 433

Col. Joseph Smith, Ephraim Folsom, deceased, and Francis Durgin; as resi-
dent in Newmarket, conveyed April 23, 1764, for six pounds by his grandson,
Josiah Hall + Bartlett of Newmarket, single man, a lot of land laid out by the
committee of Exeter for an additional right in Exeter commons for 20 acres,
bounded on the highway of the fourth Range to Folsom’s meadow grant.

Children:

2. Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth Dennet. $8. John,? m. Abigail Hall.

(2.) Nathaniel? (Nathaniel!) m. Oct. 23, 1739, Elizabeth Dennet.

Children:

4. Elizabeth: b. Feb. 7, 1741.

5. Dorothy: b. April 19, 1742; m. Eliphalet Hall; d. April, 1804.

6. Mary: b. Jan. 17, 1744. 7. Nathaniels b. Dec. 9, 1745.

8. Catherine: b. Jan. 21, 1748. 9. Mary: b. Oct. 22, 1749.

10. Priscillas b. June 16, 1751.

(3.) John? (Nathaniel:) was a tanner; received from his father, Nov. 29,
1747, the 25 acres of land and buildings in which he was then living at New-
market; was a Nottingham petitioner to the General Court, 1753; sold land
in Nottingham to John Tash, 1759; paid his father, May 23, 1763, 1,000 pounds
for 52 acres of land in Newmarket, on the country road to Lamprey River;
sold to Walter Bryent, April 4, 1765, 50 acres of land near Lamprey River;
sold to Benning Brackett, Feb. 20, 1768, for five pounds, one acre of Smart’s
grant near Piscassic River; and to Josiah Hall Bartlett of Newmarket, March
10, 1768, 25 acres of land with all the buildings thereon ‘‘on which I now live,’
the same land purchased by his father March 27, 1747; sold to Joseph Doe of
Newmarket, joiner, April 7, 1768, 29 acres on the Ash swamp road, and May
9, 1768, 44 acres on the country road near Lamprey River to John Burleigh;
with his wife Abigail, sold Aug, 31, 1770, to Joseph Doe 23 acres in Ash swamp;
with his son Josiah Hall Bartlett and wife Mary, for 175 pounds, sold to
Hubartus Neal of Newmarket, June 13, 1773, 25 acres of land with dwelling
house and barn, on the road from Durham to Exeter, being the land bought
of Joseph Bayley, 1733; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was liv-
ing at Epping Aug. 17, 1776, and the same day conveyed the place to his son
Joseph +; deeded part of a lot of land in Deerfield to his sons, John * and
Nathaniel, which they conveyed, March 12, 1799, to Bradstreet Gilman; mar-
ried Abigail, dau. of Josiah Hall of Exeter. Children:

11. Josiah Hall, single man of Newmarket, received of his grandfather
Nathaniel: Bartlett, April 23, 1764, for six pounds, 20 acres of land laid out
by the committee of Exeter, for an additional right in Exeter commons; paid
his father John : Bartlett 500 pounds, March 10, 1768, for 25 acres with all
the buildings thereon, being land purchased March 29, 1747; had a wife
Mary, 1773; joins his father in selling the homestead to Hubartus Neal,
June 13, 1773; was sergeant at Newcastle Nov. 6, 1775, mustered Nov. 22,
1775, and on Great Island, Dec. 6, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Parsons’ Co., recruited
for the Continental service out of Col. Joshua Wingate’s Regt., and stationed
for the defence of Portsmouth Harbor; signed the Association Test at New-
market July 12, 1776.

12. Joseph: received from his parents, Aug. 17,’ 1776, “for the love &
affection we have & do bear towards our son Joseph Bartlett of Epping,

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434 History oF NEWFIELDS.

yeoman, for his promotion in this life,’ 40 acres of land which came to Abigail
as one of the heirs of her father, Josiah Hall, deceased.

13. John: m. Hepzibah Stevens in Chester; was in Deering, 1773.

14. Nathaniel,: of Epping, husbandman.

BEAL.

1. Zachariah: Beal came from England with a family of children who settled
near him in the vicinity of Portsmouth. ‘

2. Captain Zachariah? married Abigail Goodwin of South Berwick, Me.;
was first lieutenant in Capt. Shortridge’s Co., of Portsmouth, Col. Enoch Poor’s
Reg’t from June 8 to Aug. 1, 1775; received his captain’s commission Nov.
7, 1776; was on the roster of officers of Col. Alexander Scammell’s Reg’t. serv-
ing from January 1, 1777, to Jan. 1, 1780; did not return from the war as he
was killed by a comrade. Children:

8. Zachariah? m. Hannah Tarleton. 4. 5. Two daughters +; names unknown,
though one of them may have been Hannah who m. Benjamin Knight, Feb. 12,
1792. William Badger of Newmarket, carpenter, and Abigail, his widow, were
appointed adnimistrators of his estate Nov. 11, 1780, and sold land in Ports-
mouth to Nathaniel Melcher. His widow afterwards married William Badger
and with her husband petitioned to the Legislature Oct. 20, 1780, for half-pay
during her widowhood according to a resolve of Congress of Aug. 24, 1780, and
for her children for the same “until this time,” with interest thereon. She
was allowed £80 and her children £324.

(3.) Zachariah? (Capt. Zachariah,? Zachariah!) was born in 1772; married
Hannah, daughter of Stillman and Martha (Manning) Tarelton, 1798; was
a shipbuilder and lived in the ‘‘Deale house’’ next to the Tarleton house belong-
ing to his father-in-law. The Tarleton house is still standing, but the Deale-
Beal-Locke house, finally known as the “Locke House,” was bought a few
years ago by Mr. Torrey and taken down. He died in 1817, and his widow
married (2) Jonathan Locke. :

Children:

4. Josiah‘; m. Elinor Melcher. 5. Abigail‘; m. Joseph Moulton.

6. Martha‘; unmarried. 7. Mary‘; m. Stacey H. Locke (See Locke).

8. Luther W.‘; m. Bruce of Derry, N. H.

(4.) Josiah (Zachariah, Capt. Zachariah,? Zachariah!) was born May
21, 1800; married Elinor Melcher who was born Jan. 15, 1802 and died Oct.
1884; lived in Portsmouth and died Sept. 16, 1869.

Children:

9. Mary E.*‘b. Jan. 16, 1826; d. Nov. 12,1909. 10. Joseph F.‘b. July,1828.

11. Henry R.* b. Jan. 1831; d. Aug. 1896.

12. Edward J.5 b. 1834; m. Sarah E. Rider.

13. Luther A.,* b. Oct. 1837; d. 1858. 14. Elizabeth + b. 1839.

15. Levi W.,5 b. 1841; d. 1858.

(12.) Edward J.s (Josiah,‘ Zachariah,s Capt. Zachariah,? Zachariah!) was
born May 21, 1834; married Sarah E., daughter of John B. and Elizabeth
(Colcord) Rider, who died Jan, 6, 1906; owned and occupied the Cario-Trull
house on Swampscot street; died Dec. 21, 1909.

Children:

16. Fred K.* b. Sept. 1862; d. Aug. 1884.

 
GENEALOGY. 435

17. Carrie A.t; m. John F., s. of Josiah and Nancy Dearborn of Hampton.
Children:

18. Marion B.7 Dearborn. 19. Henry W.7 Dearborn. 20. Grace E.*
Dearborn. 21. Eleanor K.7 Dearborn.

BEAN.

1. John: Bean emigrated from Scotland, and settled in Exeter as early as
1660. His wife died during the passage, and he married (2) Margaret
the Irish maid who accompanied them, who died in 1714; was a Presbyterian,
and probably left Scotland to enjoy his religious belief without persecution;
received 1661, a grant of land by the town, and other grants October 10, 1664,
April 1, 1671, and February 21, 1698; also had conveyed to him, by John Ted
of Exeter, July 10, 1664, a house lot in Exeter of 20 acres, and other lots of
10, 5 and 26 acres; took the oath of allegiance, November 30, 1677; was
assessed among 66 persons a “Province rate,” April 20, 1680; petitioned,
1688-90, to be governed by Massachusetts Bay; deeded to his grandson, Johns
Bean, son of James? Bean, January 4, 1715, the Hackett lot of 12 acres and his
fresh meadow lot; and June 27, 1715, to his son John? Bean, two tracts of
land in Exeter, one of them bounded partly on “‘ye land I gave my grandson
John: Bean,” “together with ye half of my dwelling house and ye one-half of my
barn,” on condition of his providing ‘suitable maintenance for me during my
natural life;’”’ and died between January 24, and February 8, 1718.

Children by first wife:

2. Mary? b. June 18, 1655; m. (1) Joel Judkins, (2) David Robinson.

3. Henry? b. March 5, 1657; died young.

By second wife born in Exeter:

4, John? b. Aug. 15, 1661; d. May 18, 1666. 5. Daniel? b. March 23,
1663; m. Mary :

6. Samuel? b. March 23, 1666; m. Mary
1668; m. Sarah Wadleigh.

8. Margaret? b. Oct. 27, 1670; m. William Taylor. 9. James: b. Dec. 17,
1672; m. (1) Coleman. (2).

10. Jeremiah? b. April 20, 1675; m. (1) Ruth
(3) Mrs. Mary Crosby.

11. Elizabeth? b. Sept. 24, 1678; m. John Sinkler. 12. Catharine; m.
Richard Dolloff.

(2). Mary? (John!) was born, June 18, 1655; married (1) June 25, 1764,
Joel Judkins, and (2) David Robinson of Stratham.

Children born in Exeter:

13. Job: Judkins b. Jan. 25, 1675. 14. Sarah? Judkins b. Nov. 18, 1676.

15. Hannah: Judkins b. Nov. 18, 1676; m. July 25, 1709, Ebenezer Web-
ster of Kingston.

16. Mary? Judkins b. Nov. 7, 1678.

(5). Daniel? (John!) was born March 23, 1663; married Mary ;
owned land in Exeter and Kingston; was surveyor, 1693; received April,
1709, a grant of 80 acres; died in the spring of 1718.

Children born in Exeter:

17. Daniel; m. Ann Sanborn. 18. John *; m. Martha Sinkler.

 

 

 

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19. Samuel; m. Sarah 20. Marys; m. John Quimby of Exeter.

(6). Samuel? (John!) was born March 23, 1666; married Mary, perhaps
his second wife; conveyed land in Oyster River and Exeter, 1716-20, and one
eighth of “upper Petuckaway Sawmill in Exeter;” died, 1738.

His will was probated May 31, 1738.

Children born in Exeter:

21. Margarets; m. John March. 22. Ann; m. Oct. 16, 1739, Joshua Snow
of Woburn, Mass.

23. Curtiss; m. Hannah 24. Samuel.»

(7) John? (John:) was born in Exeter October 13, 1668; married Sarah,
daughter of Robert Wadleigh, who survived him and married (2)
Robinson of Exeter; received, March 28, 1698, from the town a grant of 60
acres; bought of Biley Dudley, May 10, 1700, 25 acres in Exeter; sold one
half of his 60 acre grant, June 16, 1716; was a soldier in Capt. Davison’s
Co., Lieutenant Colonel Walton’s Regt., for Port Royal, July to November,
1710; died, 1718. Children born in Exeter:

25. Dinahs; m. Oct. 13, 1720, Jonathan Dudley of Brentwood.

26. Jeremiahs; m. (1) Mary , (2) Mrs. Mehitable Bean.

27. Sarah; m. Robert Barber. 28. William; m. (1) Mary
Margaret Dolloff.

29. Ebenezer; m. Mehitable Bartlett. 30. Johns; m. 5

(8). Margaret? (John!) was born in Exeter, October 26, 1670; married
William, son of William and Ann Taylor, who survived her; died, 1755.

Children born in Exeter:

31. Joseph? Taylor. 32. Williams Taylor. 33. Margaret? Taylor, who
m. April 25, 1711, Tristam Sanborn.

(9). James? (John1) was born in Exeter, December 17, 1672; married (1)
Coleman, (2) Children by first wife born in Exeter:
34. Johns; m. Sarah . 35. Edward 4; m.
By second wife born in Kingston:

36. Benjamin,?b. May 15, 1699. 37. Margaret, b. April 16, 1702.

38. Joseph,* b. Oct. 17, 1704. 39. Jeremiah,’ b. April 9, 1707.

40. Samuel,?b. Jan 11, 1711. 41. Catharine, b. Aug. 2, 1714. 42. Rachels,
(10). Jeremiah? (John!) was born in Exeter, April 20, 1675; married Ruth
, (2) December, 1697, Sarah Bradley, and (3) November 2, 1738, Widow
Mary (Prescott) (Coleman) Crosby: and died January 6, 1753; served in a
garrison from Oct, 26, to Nov. 9, 1696, and was in Capt. James Davis’s Co.,
1712; conveyed to James Dudley, Nov. 1, 1712, 50 acres of land in Exeter,
with dwelling house, barn and orchard; died about 1727. Children born in
Exeter:

43. Margaret.2 44. Deborah; m. James Dudley.

45. James; m. (1) Abigail Sanborn, (2) Lydia Hoag.

46. Jeremiah:; m. Abigail Prescott.

47. Tabitha.s 48. Richard.s 49. Elizabeth. 50. Hannah.*

(11). Elizabeth? (John:) was born in Exeter, Sept. 24, 1678; married John,
son of John Sinkler, who died, 1731, his wife surviving him. Children born
in Exeter as mentioned in will:

 

 

 

 

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51. Johns Sinkler. 52, Samuels Sinkler. 53. Abigails Sinkler. 54. Marys
Sinkler. 55. Elizabeth: Sinkler.

(12). Catharine? (John:) was born in Exeter about 1680; married Richard,
son of Christian and Sarah (Grammon) Doloff, who died in Exeter, 1750,
surviving her husband. Children born in Exeter:

56. Sarahs Dolloff, b. Jan. 10, 1702.

57. Margarets Dolloff, b. March 18, 1704.

58. Abigails Dolloff b. Feb. 26, 1706. 59. Johns Dolloff, b. April 20, 1708.

60. Jonathan: Dolloff, b. Oct. 17, 1710.

61. Davids Dolloff. 62. Ebenezer? Dolloff.

63. Abner? Dolloff. 64. Anns Dolloff.

Succeeding generations settled in Exeter, Brentwood, Nottingham and
Kingston, not in Newmarket.

1. Charles W.1 Bean purchased in 1891 the Joseph Lang estate in Piscassic.
He purchased in 1910 of the heirs of George Tilton one half the Tilton-Durell
dwelling house on Main Street, where he now lives; among his children were
the following sons living in Newfields:

2. Oscar C.2 now occupying the “Lang place;’”’ has a son Everett? and other
children.

3. Perley R.2;m. R. Althea Todd; one daughter Gladys.:

BECKETT.

1. Francis: Beckett was born in 1768; came from Wales, England, and set-
tled in Exeter; died there Aug. 22, 1823. Beckett’s Brook and the old
cellar are still recognized on the Newfields road. Child:

2. Dudley?; married Deborah Folsom; lived at the corner of MainStreet and
Newfields road in Exeter. Children:

3. Sarah3; m. Ebenezer Pettingill of Newbury, Mass.

4, Franks; m. Mary Kimball.

5. Susannah; d. unm. 6. Betsey; m. Isaac Crockett.

7. Dudley:; m. Hannah Langley by whom he had 10 children, only two
surviving infancy.

8. Dolly,s m. Thomas Brookings. 10. Joseph L.1;m. Esther A. Colcord.

(10). Joseph L.« (Dudley,s Dudley,? Francis!) was born Oct. 1813; mar-
ried Esther A., daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Jenness) Colcord of New-
fields; was a writer and printer of versatile talent connected with the pub-
lication of many papers at Newmarket, Exeter, Lawrence, Mass., and Boston;
wrote one of the three addresses which William J. Dolloff issued at Christmas-
tide when he was an apprentice under editors Sleeper and Gerrish of the
Exeter News-Letter, each address netting Mr. Dolloff $12 or $15; printed the
first number of the Granite State Democrat at Exeter in 1840, and soon became
its editor and publisher, removing it to Lamprey River in 1841, which in 1842
was dated Exeter and Newmarket, and printed at Exeter; commenced the
issue of the Factory Girl and Ladies’ Garland, Nov. 1, 1841, which in 1842 was
438 History oF NEWFIELDS.

dated Exeter and Newmarket, and after 1842 published at Exeter twice a
month; removed to Lawrence, Mass., with the Weekly Messenger, Literary
Wreath and Factory Girls’ Garland, 1846; compiled and printed at Boston the
Gazetteer, Exeter, Newmarket and South Newmarket Directory and History,
1872; became insane in later years through softening of the brain, and was
taken to the county farm July 10, 1880, where he died July 4, 1882.

Children:

11. Sarah Augusta’, m. Frederick Dodge of Boston; died leaving one
daughter, L. Augustas Dodge.

12. Joseph C.s died in infancy. 13. James M.: 14. Jenness* D. died in
Lawrence.

BENNETT.

1, Arthur: Bennick, or Bennett, was born in 1640, and was of Dover, 1665;
married Mary, daughter of John and Welthena Goddard who was sent over
by John Mason to his plantation, as servant with Walter Neal, in 1631, and
settled on the Lubberland side of Lamprey River, where he died in 1660,
leaving widow Welthena, who afterward married Michael Simond. Mr.
Goddard’s other children were John who died unm. about 1675, Benjamin,
a daughter who m. John Gilman, a daughter who m. James Thomas.

Arthur Bennick’s name appears as a witness in 1674, and June 13, 1679,
then of Piscassic; with his wife Mary, mortgaged the Goddard estate, con-
sisting of a dwelling house, orchard, garden and part of the ‘“‘saw-mill of
said Piscassick,”’ to Nicholas Harrison of Fox Point, Dover, ‘‘said Arthur
then being in prison,” the said land estimated to be about 60 acres. William
Ardell’s grant of 100 acres is described, March 25, 1699, “‘as lying on the
south side of ye highway that goes from Lamperelle river Landing place to
bennetts.”’ He died in Exeter Jan. 1682. His widow Mary was adminis-
tratrix. Inventory ordered Jan. 20, 1682, was taken April 2, 1683, and
returned April 11, 1683. Children:

2. John.2 3. Abraham.? 4. Ruth?; m. 1692, Francis Mathews.

(2.) John? (Arthur!) was mentioned in the will of John Goddard, Jr., in
1672. The colonial court records say that he was surety for John Doe, guard-
ian, June 6, 1691, and signed a petition with other citizens of Lubberland
praying for a company of soldiers to be stationed in that district, 1694. He
married and had with probably others:

5. Arthur? b. about 1695; m. Dorcas Rawlins.

(3) Abraham? (Arthur!) was a resident of Lubberland and Piscassic;
engaged in real estate transactions, 1677-1736; petitioned for Oyster River
parish, Nov. 11, 1715; and commanded a company of scouts in Indian warfare
in 1724. Children:

6. Abraham:b. 1704. 7. Mary: bap. Feb. 19, 1729. 8. Benjamin.® 9. Eleazer.

Their descendants included Smiths, Youngs, Griffiths, etc.

(5). Arthurs (Arthur:) was born about 1695; married about 1715, Dorcas,
daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Lawrence) Rawlins of Stratham, who was
b. 1698; bought of the Gilmans in 1715 land between ‘“‘Wadleys Way” and
Piscassic River, now included in the farm of Robert G. Bennett; was drummer
GENEALOGY. 439

in Lieut.-Col. John Hart’s Co., Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s Regt. in the Crown
Point expedition, June 5, to Oct. 13, 1756; and again with Capt. Jonathan
Swett and Col. John Hart from April 19, to Nov. 3, 1758; mustered with
Capt. Jeremiah Marston’s Co., Col. John Goffe’s Regt. March 18, 1760, and
returned Oct. 5, ‘Deserted’ from Crown Point; petitioned for a lottery in
aid of Newfields bridge 1760; died, 1762. Thomas Rawlins settled his estate
for his daughter, as appointed June 6, 1762. Inventory was returned Dec. 5,
1762. Children: .

10. John? b. about 1716; m. Lydia Durgin. 11. Calebs; m. Abigail Lovering.

12. Thomas; m. Catharine, dau. of Joseph and Mehitable (Tilton) Lawrence;
d. childless, March 13, 1789, having willed his estate to Smith Chapman, whose
descendants still own and occupy it.

13. Arthur,? b. 1723; m. Ann Pease, and had one dau. who m. William
Gilman, and possibly other children, but probably no sons; was a drummer
at Crown Point, 1756, and soldier, 1758 and 1760.

(6.) Abraham? (Abraham,? Arthur!) was born Feb. 14, 1704; received
from his father, March 16, 1736, a messuage in Lubberland which originally
belonged to the estate of his great grandfather, John Goddard; also from
Joseph Smith of Newmarket, May 10, 1739, all right and title to the mill dam
and falls and land granted to John Goddard of Dover at the place known as
Packer’s Falls; married Abigail Wingate, who was born March 22, 1701, and
died March 23, 1788; died Dec. 15, 1792. Children:

14. Mary: bap. Feb. 5, 1729.

15. Martha: b. 1730; m. Burleigh; d. March 18, 1800.

16. John‘ b. Nov. 11, 1740; m. Mary Bennett.

(10). Dea. John? (Arthur,? Arthur!) was born about 1716; m. about 1745
Lydia, daughter of Francis Durgin of Oyster River; as eldest son he appears to
have inherited the homestead, and afterwards added to the land thus received,
deeds showing that the possessions of the other sons bordered on ‘‘Wadley’s
Way” above and away from the river; with his brother Thomas,? petitioned
Nov. 21, 1746, for Newfields bridge; bought of John Taylor and wife Mary,
Nov. 28, 1750, 30 acres and 50 rods of land; bought for 50 pounds old tenor
of Zebulon Doe and wife Deborah, a thatch bed; of John Wiggin, Jr., land in
1755; petitioned for bridge over Squamscot River, Nov. 25, 1755; was enrolled
Capt. Jacob Bayley’s Co., Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s Regt. for the Crown Point
expedition from March 5, to Nov. 5, 1757; received a deed of land from
Walter Wiggin in 1762; bought of John Brackett and his wife Anna, for
145 pounds, Jan. 14, 1769, two pieces of land and buildings in Newmarket
where he later lived; bought land of Simon Johnson of Epping, 1781; with
his son John,‘ received Dec. 19, 1782, a quitclaim deed of Joshua Brackett,
blacksmith, of land and house, lately owned by William Simpson, on Wad-
leigh’s way near Piscassic brook; bought land, 1785, of James Smith; and
records refer to his pasture at Piscassic River 1787; was chosen Feb. 2, 1789,
on a committee of twelve to locate the new meeting house; sold March 13,
1789, to his son John ¢ 45 acres of land joining the country road, and the same
day to his son Cotton, « 35 acres of land with buildings, adjoining the country
road, and also to his son Josiah ‘ 38 acres of land on the road leading from the
Grant road to the great swamp so called; with his son John¢ and others in

 
440 History oF NEWFIELDS.

parish meeting, May 30, 1791, demanded the polls relative to locating
the meeting house, and Oct. 24, 1791, bid off pews Nos. 19 and 38 on the ground
floor; also the same year bought land of Mehitable Burleigh, administratrix
of the estate of John Burleigh; was a carpenter; deacon of the church, and
greatly interested in the affairs of the town. Probably died about 1800.

Children:

17. John‘; m. Deborah Burley (138). 18. Cotton‘; m. Mary Norton;
d. June 17, 1819. (122).

19. Sarah‘ b. April 25, 1750; m. 1767, Benning Brackett of Ash Swamp.
16 ch.

20. Josiah‘ b. Aug. 4, 1753; m. Katherine Goodwin.

(11). Caleb: (Arthur,? Arthur:) was born in Exeter; married 1746, Abigail,
daughter of Ebenezer and Esther (Dearborn) Lovering of North Hampton,
who was born April, 1722; was Ensign in Capt. Ezekiel Worthen’s Co., Col.
Nathaniel Meserve’s Regt. in the expedition to Crown Point from May to
Oct. 1756; drafted and received half pay, April 17, 1759, from Col. Meshech
Weare’s Regt. of militia into the company of Capt. Jeremiah Marston and
Col. Zebulon Lovewell’s Regt., which rendezvoused at Dunstable, and
marched by way of Worcester and Springfield to Albany and Fort Niagara;
with Arthur, John and Thomas Bennett was credited, Oct. 22, 1775, with
labor on the fire rafts at Newington; testified, with other officers of his regiment,
in Delaware, Oct. 14, 1777, in favor of Gen. John Sullivan.

Children:

21. Arthur‘ b. 1747; m. Molly Mason and had Mrs.‘ Piper, Mrs.* Norton and
John’ who m. a daughter of John Hall of Strafford and settled in Waterville,
Me.; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Newfields bridge; was on the pay roll
of Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Newmarket company from May 3, 1775, to Aug. 1,
1775, at 40 shillings per month, and traveled 60 miles; credited with labor on
fire rafts at Newington Oct. 22, 1775.

22. Nancy: b. 1749; m. John Mason of Newmarket, who was a soldier in
Capt. Paul Gerrish’s Co., Col. Peter Gilman’s Regt. from Sept. 19 to Dec. 14,
1775, to re-enforce the army at Lake George; on the muster roll of Capt.
Nathaniel Doe, Col. Nathaniel Meserve, from May 12 to Nov. 21, 1756, in the
expedition against Crown Point; on the pay roll of Capt. Thomas Tash, Col.
John Hart, from April 28 to Nov. 30, in the expedition against Louisburg, 1758;
signed the Association Test in Newmarket July 12, 1776.

23. Lucy b. 1751; m. Thomas Haines. 24. Olivet b. 1753; m. Joseph
Garmon of Gilmanton.

25. Lydiat b. 1755; m. John Stockman. 26. Mary: b. 1757; m. Thomas
Rollins of Newmarket.

27. Dolly b. 1759; m. Eliphalet Durrell of Lee.

28. Thomas: b. Jan. 14, 1761; m. 1780, Sarah Davis. (99).

29. Deborah‘ b. 1763. 30. Eben‘b. 1765; m. Sarah Priest.

31. Esther‘ b. 1767; m. Benjamin Johnson.

(16). John‘ (Abraham,* Abraham,? Arthur’) was born Nov. 11, 1740;
married Mary Bennett, who was born June 26, 1746, and died Sept. 19, 1825;
died June 17, 1819. Children:
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32. Abraham’ b. June 26, 1768; d. Jan. 10, 1859. 33. Isaacs b. Jan. 14,
1771; d. Dec. 15, 1853.

34. Abigails b. June 19, 1773; m. John Smith. 35. Jacobs b. Dec. 23,
1775; d. May 23, 1856.

36. Sallys b. Aug. 25, 1779; m. Henry Thing, who was b. July 238, 1773;
d. April 21, 1853.

37. Martha: b. Feb. 4, 1783; m. William Young.

(17). John 4 (Dea. John,: Arthur,? Arthur 1) married May 5, 1775, Deborah,
daughter of Lt. John and Sarah (Hall) Burley; signed the Association Test,
July 12, 1776; bought of Walter Bryent, Jr., May 9, 1783, 20 acres of land near
Piscassic river, and the same year land of Ichabod Brackett; bought land of
Walter Bryent and Ichabod Brackett, 1784; with his father bought land of
David Chapman, 1793; of Benjamin Mead, 1795, and of Sarah Perkins, 1804;
was active in parish affairs, 1808; died June 17, 1819. His wife was born
April 1, 1748, and died Sept. 19, 1825. Children:

38. Thomas; m. April 6, 1794, Patience Ham of Dover.

39. Johns; non compos. 40. Sarah’; m. James Burley.

(18). Cottons (Dea. John,: Arthur,? Arthur,’) married Mary Norton;
signed the Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; bought jointly
with his brother Josiah‘ of Daniel Smith, Dec. 31, 1787, for 130 pounds, 20
acres and 50 rods of land adjoining the pasture of his f ather at Piscassic river,
by the road that leads from Wadleigh’s road through Hilton’s grant, and by
the river including the falls; bought of Josiah Bennett and his wife Catherine,
1789, their share in this land; sold to John Bennett 36 acres of land with build-
ings on Piscassic river and the country road; bid off gallery pew No. 24 in
the new meeting house, Oct. 24, 1791. Children:

41. Sarah’. 42. Edwards. 43. Emelines; m. John Watson.

44, Pollys; m. Bradbury Wiggin of Stratham.

(20). Josiah‘ (Dea. John,? Arthur? Arthur,!) married June 13, 1776, Kath-
erine, daughter of Robert Goodwin, who was born March 14, 1759, and died
Feb. 2, 1815; died May 20, 1832, aged 78. Children:

45. James Goodwin: b. June 17, 1777; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard
Hilton.

46. Arthurs b. April 4, 1779; followed the sea; d. young unm.

47. Robert Goodwin: b. Aug. 31, 1783; m. (1) Hannah Lovett, (2) Sally
Putnam. ;

48. Cotton’ b. Sept. 30, 1786; d. Beverly, Mass., 1859. 6 ch.

49. John® b. April 22, 1795; lived in Lowell and Manchester, Mass.

(28). Thomas‘ (Caleb,s Arthur,? Arthur) was born Jan. 14, 1761; married
1780, Sarah Davis of Lee, who was probably baptized and received to Elder
Osborne’s Conference, Dec. 19, 1800; died Aug. 26, 1826. Children:

50. Nancy® b. 1781; m. Zebulon Garmon. 51. Abigails b. Oct. 22, 1784.

52. John’ b. July 21, 1786; m. (1) 1810, Mary Elliot of Northwood, (2)
Aug. 1839, Mrs. Adeline, dau. of Benjamin Mead, and widow of John Harvey
of Newmarket.

53. David D.* b. Dec. 12, 1788; m. Sarah Collins; d. Oct. 16, 1866.

54. Samuels b. Jan. 1, 1791; d. at Shreveport, La., Sept. 1853.

55. Jamess b. Feb. 1793; d. April 23, 1809.
442 History or NEWFIELDS.

56 Eben: L. b. May 6, 1795; m. Mrs. Catharine, widow of Joseph Stevens
of Lee.

57. Jeremiahs b. May 1797; m. ——— Brown of New York; d. in Alabama,
1850.

58. Hannaht b. March 17, 1799; d. Sept. 18, 1823.

59. Jonathan’ b. March 13, 1801; m. Namcy Niel of Loudon; d. in Lee,
May 12, 1849.

60. Williams b. May 13, 1803; m. Mary Bennett of Northwood.

61. Sallysb. Aug. 13, 1805; m. Timothy Cooley of New York; d. Alabama.

62. Rebecca’ b. Oct. 23, 1807; m. James Cane of Shreveport, La; d. at
St. Louis, 1835.

(30). Eben (Caleb,s Arthur,: Arthur!) was born in 1765; married 1783,
Sally Priest of Nottingham. Children:

63. Betseys b. Aug. 1784.

64. Nancy b. Sept. 10, 1785; m. Jerry Durgin.

65. Samuels b. Feb. 13, 1787; m. Sally Demeritt of Nottingham.

66. Olives b. Feb. 12, 1788; m. James Cate of Strafford; d. May, 1858.

67. Sally: b. Aug. 10, 1790; d. Sept. 26, 1826.

68. Susans b. Feb. 24, 1793; m. Israel Swain of Strafford.

69. Pollys b. Dec. 5, 1796; d. May 3, 1853.

70. Josephs b. Oct. 1, 1799; m. Hannah Hanson of Barnstead.

71. Ebens b. 1801; m. Hannah Tuttle; d. April 1, 1865.

(34). Abigails (John,1 Abraham,s Abraham,? Arthur!) was born June 19,
1773; married Nov. 4, 1792, John, 3d, son of Lt. John Smith. Children:

72. Pollys Smith b. May 17, 1793.

73. Johns Smith b. Aug. 21, 1795; had his name changed to John Wellington.

74, Valentines Smith b. June 22, 1800. 75. Matildas Smith b. Oct. 30,
1802.

76. Stephens Smith b. July 4, 1805. 77. Leonards Smith b. June 8, 1807.

78. Warren® Smith b. March 12, 1815.

(45). James Goodwins (Josiah,t Dea. John,s Arthur,? Arthur!) was born
June 17, 1777; married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hilton; lived on the
Ames farm, still known as the Bennett place; was active in the parish, 1799,
1809, 1817 and 1824; died Sept. 11, 1844. His widow died Aug. 10, 1863, aged
87. Children:

79. James. 80. Mehitable L.*; m. Thomas B. Hall

(47). Robert Goodwins (Josiah, Dea. John,+ Arthur,? Arthur!) was born
Aug. 31, 1783; married (1) Nov. 7, 1809, Hannah Lovett, at Beverly, Mass.,
(2) 1819, Sally Putnam of Beverly; learned the tailor’s trade with Dea.
Murray, and settled in Salem, Mass., but later returned to Newmarket; died
near the old homestead Jan. 20, 1860. Children by first wife:

81. Josiahs b. Beverly, Jan. 9, 1810; d. unm. April 17, 1829.

82. Emma Catherine*b. Oct. 10, 1812; m. 1837, Jonathan Smith of Beverly,
who died at sea; d. Garnet, Kan., and was buried at Newmarket Aug. 27,
1898.

83. Caroline Lovetts b. Feb. 3, 1814; m. 1838, Charles D. Towle of Epping;
living in Exeter, 1900.

84. Clara Whitneys b. Sept. 1, 1816; d. unm. Newmarket, Dec. 1895.
GENEALOGY. 443

85. George Augustuss b. April 13, 1818; m. March 30, 1852, Abigail Adams,
dau. of Seth Shackford; was along time druggist in Newmarket; also station
agent of the Boston and Maine railroad; served the town as selectman; after-
wards retired to his farm; was an intelligent man with a well-read library;
died June 24, 1900. Had a daughter, Helen C.? Bennett of Newmarket.

Children by second wife:

86. Hannah Putnamé b. Oct. 14, 1820; d. Newmarket, July 3, 1886.

87. Martha Putnamt b. Jan. 17, 1825; d. Newmarket, Nov. 29. 1880.

BERGIN.

1. John! Bergin married Tamzen, daughter of Edward Hadl.

Children:

2. Ede Hall?; was witness to a dead from John Bartlett to Walter Bryent,
April 4, 1765, of 50 acres on the road leading to ‘“Lamperell river;” quitclaimed,
June 30, 1772, to Rev. John Moody all right to lands and edifices of Edward
Hall, deceased.

3. John,? was cordwainer, Newmarket; quitclaimed, Dec. 13, 1772, to Rev.
John Moody all right in the real estate of his grandfather, Edward Hall,
deceased; probably lived in Rochester later, and was in Capt. Benjamin
Titcomb’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., June 13, 1775, and in the army under
Gen. John Sullivan, at Providence, R. I., in Aug., 1778.

4. Mary?; m. Thomas Furbour, and like her brothers, quitclaimed to
Rev. John Moody all her right in the real estate of her grandfather, Edward
Hall.

BORDMAN.

The name of this family is variously spelled, Boreman, Bordman, Bowman.
Thomas Boreman was of Ipswich, Mass., 1635; commoner, 1641. His will
dated June 19, 1673, mentions his wife Elizabeth, sons, David and Thomas,
and daughters, Mrs. Kinsman, and Joanna unmarried.

John Boreman, fisherman, of Falmouth, late of the Isle of Shoals, bought
land of Joseph Berry at Sagamore Creek 1674; married April 10, 1729, Widow
Elizabeth Fish, of New Market Parish, Exeter; deeded to Samuel Doe Jan. 9,
1746, “all right that is coming to me by virtue of my being one of the soldiers
at the Taking of Louisburg with the places adjacent thereunto under the
command of Lieut. General Pepperell, in the company under Capt. Henry
Sherburne of Portsmouth.” Louisburg capitulated June 17, 1745.

—_

1. Dea. Stephen! Bordman was born in Ipswich, Mass., 1718; married
Elizabeth, dau. of William Cogswell, grand daughter of Andrew Wiggin, and
step daughter of Andrew Burley who died July 9, 1798; died prior to June 9,
1788. Children:

2. William?; b. Aug. 25, 1755; m. Martha Lane.

3. Thomas? was of Stratham; quitclaimed to his brother William, June 19,
1788, for 100 pounds, all his right in the real estate that belonged to his father,
deceased, that is within the town of Newmarket and his interest in the buildings.

4, Sarah:; m. Asa Folsom of Newmarket.

(2). William? (Stephen') was born Aug. 25, 1755; married April 25, 1776,
444 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Martha, daughter of Dea. Samuel and Mary (James) Lane of Stratham, who
was born Feb. 22, 1755, and died June 10, 1803; settled on the Newmarket
Neck, March 11, 1777; received, June 1788, from his brother Thomas and
sister Sarah Folsom a quitclaim of all right in their father’s estate and build-
ings in Newmarket at the Neck; was active in the parish, 1791, 1794, 1796-97
and 1799-1800; bid off pew No. 16, and gallery pew No. 5, 1791; on a com-
mittee of the parish to purchase a parsonage March 30, 1801; died March 28,
1808. Children:

5. Samuel Lane; sold May 28, 1808, for 2000 pounds, to his brother
Stephen, one half of the common and undivided homestead in Newmarket
where he was then dwelling, being the moiety given him by the last will of
his father; was active in the parish, 1805.

6. Stephen: b. July 5, 1777; m. Mary Blydenburg.

7. Williams b. 1780; lawyer; d. Feb. 4, 1808.

8. Mary: b. July 29, 1783; m. April 14, 1807, Daniel Thompson.

9. Martha: b. April 10, 1789; m. June 1, 1806, Seth R. Shackford; d. July
11, 1863. 9 ch.

(6). Stephen? (William, Stephen) was born July 5, 1777; married Mary
Blydenburg, who was born in Durham, March 14, 1784, and died Jan. 12,
1816; was a trader and ship-builder at Lamprey River; active in the parish
1805 and 1807-08; constable and collector 1803; moderator 1809-12; auditor,
1805-08 and 1810-12; assessor, 1809; bought of Joseph Doe Jr.,April 7, 1809,
12 acres more or less, of the Drisco field; also of James Smith, June 18, 1809,
a part of the Drisco field, so called; d. 1816. Children:

10. John Blydenburg: b. Dec. 6, 1804.

11. Martha Millen b. April 1, 1807.

12. William: b. April 10, 1809; d. Dec. 19, 1809.

13. Mary Janet b. Nov. 16, 1811.

Andrew Bowman signed the Association Test July 12, 1776. No further
record has been found.

BOYCE.

Antipas Boyce, son-in-law of Valentine Hill traded with Barbadoes and
died there about 1706. His son Antipas ? whose estate fell to his cousin,
Nathaniel Hill of Oyster River, son of Valentine Hill, married Hannah Hill in
Boston Jan. 24, 1659, Gov. John Endicott officiating.

During one week Sept. 17-22, 1692, four vessels entered Portsmouth harbor
from Barbadoes laden with salt, rum, sugar, molasses, and English goods.

BRACKETT.

The name Brackett appears among the 48 immigrants of Mason who came
to Pascataqua in 1631. William Brackett was of Portsmouth, 1624, employed
by Mason the patentee.

1, Anthony: Brackett was of Portsmouth in 1640, and one of 20 men who
deeded 50 acres of land for a glebe in Portsmouth; removed to Exeter and was
there in 1657, but perhaps afterwards at Casco, Me.

2. Anthony: (Anthony!) and his father were proprietors at Portsmouth in
GENEALOGY. 445

1657; was of Falmouth, Me., 1662; and of Greenland, 1688, as was also John
Brackett; married Ann Milton:

3. Joshua’ (Anthony,? Anthony!) was doing garrison duty at Oyster River
in 1696; united with the church in Greenland, 1712, and his wife, 1714;
bought of Richard Hilton, Jr., Feb. 16, 1719, 31 acres of land on the south
side of ‘“‘Lamperell river,” granted by the General Court to Samuel Symonds;
also one half of Hilton’s saw mill with privileges, at Wadleigh’s falls, Oct.
12, 1720; of Samuel Hilton, July 24, 1721, 45 acres of land, “it being 7;
part of a mile square, sold, 1719, by Richard, the father of Samuel Hilton;”
of Caleb Gilman, Oct. 4, 1726, 33 acres on the north side of Piscassic river
near Smart’s mill; of Joseph Sinkler, July 25, 1727, 30 acres of fresh meadow
at Beaver dam, North river; 4 acres of Samuel Rawlins Oct. 31, 1727, at
the bridge over Piscassic river on the road to Wadleigh’s falls; of William
Hilton, May 15, 1733, the marsh called “Lamperele river marsh;” of Bar-
tholomew Thing, March 7, 1734, 59 acres at Wadleigh’s falls; of William Hilton,
Feb. 25, 1740, 27 acres on the country road near Hilton’s house; conveyed
to his son Samuel + of Newmarket, July 1, 1741, the land bought of Joseph
Sinkler and others, July 21, 1727; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river,
1746; married Mary, daughter of Leonard Weeks of Greenland, who was born
July 19, 1696, and survived him. His will was dated April 13, and probated
June 28, 1749. Children:

4. Johns of Greenland. 5. Joshua‘ of Falmouth, Me. 6. Thomas,

7. Samuels; 8. Anthony: of Falmouth. 9. Mary Fabian. 10 Abijah«
11. Elinor Foulsom:, all of whom were baptized in 1712. 12. James‘ of
Greenland bap. 1714. 18. Keziah Clark: bap. 1718. 14. Margaret bap.
1720. 15. Nathaniel+ bap. 1722.

(7). Samuel: (Joshua,s Anthony,? Anthony!) was baptized 1712.

Children:

16. Samuel: of Rye, born before 1747; was active in the parish, 1794.

17. Ichabod: bought of his father June 1, 1763, 113 acres of the homestead
near Piscassic bridge; sold lands July 14, 1766, to Edward Hilton, which he
recovered June 1, 1767; petitioned, 1768, for a lottery to build bridge at New-
fields; bought land April 20, 1771 or 1774, of Edward Hilton between the
Hilton and Smith Grants; credited with labor of men and oxen on rafts at
Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, 1776; and is mentioned
as late as 1782.

18. Joshua‘; received six pounds advance pay Sept. 1776, in Capt. Jonathan
Robinson’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt. for New York.

19. Johns of Newmarket, 1768; had a wife Anna, 1769.

(18). Joshuas (Samuel, Joshua,s Anthony,? Anthony) was a blacksmith;
may have been, though not certainly established, the father of the following
children:

20. Joshua’ petitioned in 1768 for a lottery in aid of a bridge; signed the
Association Test, 1776; perhaps the father of Dr. Joshua Brackett of Ports-
mouth who was one of two physicians certifying, May 13, 1776, to the purity
of 308 pounds of saltpetre made by Rev. Dr. Samuel Haven for the patriot
service.

21. George’ petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; was selectman
446 History oF NEWFIELDS.

of Greenland, 1786; and gave funds for the Congregational parish and Brackett
academy there.

23. Benning’ b. March 24, 1745, and named by Gov. Benning Went-
worth who promised him a hat for the privilege, but as the hat never came
he dropped the “Wentworth; married May 14, 1767, Sarah Bennett of the
Plains on the Lee road; died Jan. 21, 1815. His wife was born April 23, 1750,
and died Jan. 8, 1823. Children:

24. John? b. Feb. 22, 1768; m. Betsey Folsom; active in the parish, 1797;
settled in Wolfeboro; d. March 6, 1842.

25. Sally? b. May 16, 1769; was on the church roll, 1814; d. unm. Sept. 8,
1851.

26. Elizabeth? b. June 27, 1770; m. Dea. Samuel Pickering; d. June 25, 1857.

27. Benning? b. Jan. 6, 1772; lived “down east” and was a very large heavy
man; m. ; d. Oct. 22, 1852. His wife died Nov. 29, 1832.

28. Daniel’ b. Aug. 2, 1773; d. in infancy.

29. Nancy’ b. July 12, 1774; m. Andrew Burleigh; d. April 21, 1817.

30. Comfort? b. Sept. 22, 1776; m. Samuel Lyford; d. Nov. 24, 1851.

31. Daniel? b. Aug. 6, 1778; d. April 4, 1837.

32. Joshua’ b. Sept. 30, 1780; m. Abigail Pickering; was assessor, 1822;
a member of the Congregational parish, 1824; lived on the Ash Swamp road;
d. Dec. 21, 1860. She was born March 26, 1787, and died April 19, 1872.
Their only child, Marthas, m. W. H. H. Treadwell.

33. Polly? b. April 19, 1782; m. Giles Smart; d. May 23, 1853.

34. Huldah? b. March 14, 1784; m. Johnson of New Durham;
d. Aug. 16, 1846.

35. Katherine’ b. Dec. 27, 1785; m. Thomas Ayers of Greenland; d. Dec.
13, 1847.

36. Hannah’ b. June 21, 1788; d. unm. Aug. 1, 1852.

37. Purney’ b. June 10, 1790; m. George Ayers; d. July 26, 1875.

38. George’ b. May 6, 1792; member of the Congregational parish, 1824;
d. unm. Dec. 5, 1861.

39. Lydia? b. Dec. 5, 1795; m. John Ayers; d. July 18, 1843.

Three sisters married three brothers.

(31). Daniel? (Benning*, Joshua,’ Samuel,: Joshua,? Anthony,? Anthony),
was born Aug. 6, 1778; married (1) Norris, and (2) Wiggin;
was called the N. H. giant, weighing the last dozen years of his life 550 or more
pounds; a pleasant man who was wont to welcome the academy boys at his
house near the Junction, and place four of them in his chair at one time. His
usual weight previously had not exceeded 150 pounds. Child by first wife:

40. Joseph Norris’; m. Mary Jane

By first or second wife: 41. Charles.s

(40) Joseph Norris* (Daniel,7 Benning, Joshua,’ Samuel,« Joshua,’ An-
thony,? Anthony:) married Mary Jane Children:

42. Daniel® b. Sept. 1830; d. Oct. 18, 1831.

43. Lydia® b. May 20, 1835; d. Dec. 24, 1861.

44. Mary Jane® b. Aug. 1849; d. May 7, 1854.

A tombstone gives the record: Joshua Brackett 1805-1854. Mary his wife,
1798-1875.

 

 

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 447

James P. Brackett died Dec. 14, 1863, aged 31. He may have been the son
of Joseph Norris Brackett.
Jeremiah Brackett was active in parish affairs, 1797-1800.

BRADSTREET.

1, Simon: Bradstreet was a “non-conformist” minister in Lincolnshire, Eng-
land, and Middelburg, Holland; married, and died about 1617.

2. Gov. Simon? Bradstreet (Simon!) was born at Holling, Lincolnshire,
Eng., March 1603; married (1) about 1628, Anna, daughter of Gov. Thomas
Dudley, who was born about 1612, and died at Andover, Mass., Sept. 16, 1672,
celebrated as the first female poetess in New England, and (2) June 6, 1676,
Anna, widow of Capt. Joseph Gardiner who was killed at the Narragansett Fort
Fight, Dec. 19, 1675, and daughter of Emanuel Downing, who died April 19,
1713, aged 79; graduated at Cambridge University, 1620; came to Salem,
Mass., 1630; was secretary of the Massachusetts Colony, 1630-43; settled
in Ipswich, Mass., 1638; commoner, 1641; at Andover, Mass., 1658; was deputy
governor, 1673-78; governor, 1679-86 and 1689-92; died, Salem, March 27,
1697. Children by first wife:

3. Samuel,: M. D.; Harvard College, 1653; Fellow of Harvard College; m.
(1) Mercy, dau. of William Tyng; who was born Jan. 13, 1642, and d. Sept. 6,
1670, and (2) ; representative to the General Court, 1670; went
to Jamaica, W. I.. where he d. Aug. 1682.

4. Dorothy:; m. June 14, 1654, Rev. Seaborn Cotton, who was b. 1633
and d. 1686; d. Feb. 26, 1672.

5. Sarah?; m. (1) Richard Hubbard of Ipswich, Mass., Harvard College,
1653, and (2) Maj. Samuel Ward, who d. in the Canada expedition, 1690.

6. Simons; b. Ipswich, Sept. 28, 1640; Harvard College, 1660; m. (1) Oct. 2,
1667, Lucy, dau. of Rev. John Woodbridge, who was b. March 13, 1642, and
(2) Daniel Epes; ordained, New London, Ct., Oct. 5, 1670; d. Medford, Mass.,
June 18, 1710.

7. Hannah: sometimes called Ann; m. June 3, 1659, Andrew Wiggin of
“Quamscot,” N. H.

8. Dudley: b. 1648; m. Nov. 12, 1673, Anne (Wood), widow of Theodore
Price.

9. Mercy,? b. about 1650; m. Oct. 31, 1672, Maj. Nathaniel Wade of Med-
ford, Mass.

10. John*b. July 22, 1653; m. June 11, 1677, Sarah, dau. of William Perkins.

 

 

BRANSCOMB.

The Branscomb family was from the south of England.

1. Arthur’ Branscomb’s house at Lamprey River stood on the site of the
present Methodist church, and his store where is now B. F. Haley’s clothing
shop; m. (1) June 25, 1786, Mary, dau. of Gen. James Hill, who was b. Nov. 2,
1764, and was drowned in Great Bay Nov. 1, 1792. His widow m. (2) April
19, 1801, Benjamin French of Deerfield who d. Jan. 16, 1827; and d. Troy, O.,
June 7, 1860. Their dau. Mercy French was b. April 14, 1802, and m. June
21, 1821, Dea. Paul Chapman Jr. who died Dee. 9. 1863. Children:
448 History or NEWFIELDS.

2. Arthur: b. April 27, 1789; m. Sarah Chapman; engaged in privateering
in the war.

3. Betsey2 b. March 1, 1792; m. Dr. Jacob Thresher.

(2) Arthur? (Arthur!) was born April 27, 1789; corporal 1814; after the war
was in trade at Lamprey River; was a member of the Legislature, 1826, and
appointed on a committee to investigate the obstruction of Pascataqua river
by the Portsmouth bridge, which reported July 28, 1826; was vice president of
the Whig convention at Exeter, Sept. 1840; ‘‘a man widely known and much
respected.” It is said that at one time that Elder Osborne not having a suit-
able coat of his own, borrowed that of Mr. Branscomb, to wear when immersing
a candidate for baptism in Lamprey river, but in the transfer the pocketbook
had been overlooked, and came out thoroughly soaked requiring great care in
separating and drying the bank bills for circulation. He married Jan. 20, 1816,
Sarah, dau. of Dea. Paul and Sarah (Smart) Chapman, who was born July
27, 1794, and died Jan. 23, 1853; and died Oct. 23, 1853. Children:

4. Mary Hills b. June 28, 1818; d. April 21, 1832.

5. Lucy Ann: b. June 28, 1818; m. 1847, Dr. Jonathan S. Curtis of Merri-
mack, Mass.; d. April 10, 1853. She was educated at the Franklin Academy,
Newfields.

6. Charles Henry:b. June 16, 1822; fitted for college at Phillips Exeter
Academy; graduated Dartmouth college, 1845; studied law and practiced
for a time at Holyoke, Mass.; went to Kansas during the anti-slavery contest
and was agent of the Emigrant’s Aid Society; member of the legislature and
constitutional convention; special U. S. mail agent with headquarters at St.
Louis, Mo., during the civil war; member of the Missouri legislature; U.S.
consul at Manchester, Eng., 1869-74; declined ministry to China; a teetotaler
and speaker at temperance meetings; resident of Lawrence, Kan. He m.
Georgie Hubbard of Northampton, Mass. Child:

7. Fannie‘; m. Ranlett; res. Holyoke, Mass.

 

 

In 1792 Arthur Branscomb, Henry Sheafe Branscomb, and Samuel Sheafe
seem to have been heirs of Jacob, son of Sampson Sheafe.

BRAY.

The Bray family was early in town.

Richard Bray received from Exeter a grant of 30 acres of land, Oct. 10, 1664,
adjoining a grant Bray purchased of Samuel Dudley, and was laid out March
10, 1714, to Jeremiah Gilman who had obtained it by purchase. The deed
describes it as “beginning about six score rod from the salt water at a popel
tree marked on three sides, from thence Running west forty Rods to a Red
oak tree, etc.”

The old Bray cellar is still pointed out at Bray’s brook on the Newfields
road to Exeter beyond the ‘‘Haley place.”” Tradition says goodwife Bray
was a witch. Aged people tell us how they used to run quickly over Bray’s
brook of an evening for fear the old witch would catch them.

The family has long since disappeared from the town.
GENEALOGY. 449

BRODHEAD.

1. John: Brodhead of England was the ancestor of the Brodhead families
of Pennsylvania and New England.

2. Son? (John :)

8. Daniels (Son,? John!) was born at Royston, England; was an officer of
King Charles II. and came to America with the expedition under Col. Richard
Nichols in 1644.

4. Richard: (Daniel,s Son,? John:) was born in 1665.

5. Daniels (Richard,*Daniel,# Son,? John) was born in 1693.

6. Capt. Luke (Daniel,* Richard, Daniel,s Son,? John!) was born in 1737;
a soldier of the Revolution on the staff of Lafayette; resided in Smithfield,
Northampton Co., Penn.; married Elizabeth Harrison; and died in 1806. He
had eight children, among whom were:

7. John? b. Oct. 5, 1770; m. Mary Dodge.

8. Betsey’ b. Smithfield, April 15, 1787; m. Jan. 3, 1814, Richard Went-
worth.

(7). Rev. John? (Capt. Luke, Daniel!,s Richard,‘ Daniel,* Son,? John‘) was
born in Smithfield, Penn., Oct. 5, 1770; married Mary, daughter of Capt.
Thomas and Ruth (Giddings) Dodge of Ipswich, Mass., who was born in 1782.
(406). Children:

9. Daniel Dodges b. June 18, 1802; m. Almena Cutter.

10. John M.* b, Nov. 11, 1803; m. Mary J. Waterman.

11. Elizabeth Harrison’ b. June 27, 1805; m. Rev. Samuel Norris.

12, Ann Mudges b. Sept. 2, 1807; m. 1833, Dr. Alexander Ewins of Salem,
N. H., who d. March, 1885; died Hyde Park, Mass., Feb. 1883; two children
d. in infancy.

18. Joseph Crawford: b. Sept. 22, 1809; m. Sarah Wheeler.

14. Mehitable S.2 b. Nov. 18, 1811; m. William Weeks.

15. Epaphras Kibbys b. Jan. 1, 1814; m. Julia Phelps.

16. Mary R.® b. Sept. 11, 1815; m. Rev. James Pike.

17. Olive Neils b. May 28, 1818; d. May 6, 1826.

18. Thornton Fleming? b. Dec. 5, 1820; m. Mrs. Arcange (McComb) Abbott.

19. Josiah Adams? b. Dec. 31, 1822; m. Eliza Tufts.

20. Almena J.¢ b. March 1, 1825; d. Jan. 22, 1832.

(8). Betsey? (Capt. Luke,t Daniel,s Richard,s Daniel,s Son,s John:) was
born in Smithfield, Penn., April 15, 1787; married Jan. 3, 1814, Richard, son
of Isaac Wentworth of Dover who was born ,1789, and died Feb. 18, 1854; died,
Newfields, Oct. 17, 1867. Children:

21. Elizabeth,* Wentworth b. 1814; d. unm. 1882.

22. Olive C.¢ Wentworth b. Oct. 1816; m. April. 1841, Jeremiah P. Sanborn.

23. John Brodhead? Wentworth b. 1823; m. Clara M. Drew, (See Went-
worth.)

24. Harriet N. Wentworth; m. 1867, Capt. Moses Pettingill of Newbury-
port, Mass.; d. Sept. 30, 1888.

25. Hiram* Wentworth; d. unm. 1870.

(9). Daniel Dodge® (Rev. John,? Capt. Luke,* Daniel, Richard, Daniel,s
Son,? John!) was born June 18, 1802; married 1825, Almena, daughter of

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450 History or NEWFIELDS.

William Cutter of Boston, Mass.; a broker and business man there for fifty
years, with residence in Brookline; retired to Newfields, 1880; and died there
July 17, 1885. His wife died later the same day. Children:

26. Ellen G.*; m. S. 8. MacDonald Winsor of Canada; d. 1875; six ch.

27. Franks; d. unm. in Newfields, May 1895.

28. Edward C.*; m. Isabel Hooker, Prescott, Canada; broker, New York.
Five ch.

29. Cornelia A.*; res. Newfields; unmarried.

30. Gertrude*; m. F. Foster, Toronto, Canada; d. 1877. Two ch.

(10). John M.* M. D. (Rev. John,? Capt. Luke,* Daniel, » Richard, Daniel,®
Son,? John!) was born Nov. 11, 1803; married 1826, Mary J. Waterman who was
born Dec. 1806, and died Feb. 14, 1900; died Feb. 22, 1880. Children:

31. Thomas Waterman? b. Dec. 10, 1827; Lieutenant, U.S. Navy; d. West.
Indies, Feb. 20, 1855, leaving a widow but no children.

32. Alfred Waterman? b. Feb. 28, 1835; d. Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md., Jan. 23, 1853. 33. Arthurs; d. in infancy.

(11). Elizabeth Harrison® (Rev. John,7 Capt. Luke,* Daniel, Richard,¢
Daniel,? Son,? John!) was born June 27, 1805; married 1823, Rev. Samuel
Norris who died May, 1881; died, 1893. Children:

34. John Brodhead® Norris. (See Norris.) 34/2. Gordon» Norris; d. in
infancy.

(13) Joseph Crawford? (Rev. John,? Capt. Luke,* Daniel,’ Richard,«
Daniel, * Son,? John +) was born Sept. 22, 1809; married Sarah Wheeler of
Orford, N. H., and died, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1868. Children:

35. Louise*; m. Rev. Robert Burkley, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; two ch.

36. Walter®; d.unm. 37. Sarah; d. in infancy.

(14). Mehitable S.2 (Rev. John,7 Capt. Luke, Daniel, Richard, Daniel,*
Son,? John') was born Noy. 11, 1811; married, 1842, William Weeks of Green-
land who died, May 1894; and died Nov. 20, 1890. Children:

38. Almena* Weeks; m. George Francis; one dau.

39. Josephine* Weeks; m. Rev. Charles E. Hall; onedau. (adopted).

40. John® Weeks; m.S. Elizabeth Lord of Somersworth. (See Weeks).

(15). Epaphras Kibby* (Rev. John,7 Capt. Luke,* Daniel,s Richard,¢
Daniel, Son,? John 1) was born Jan. 1, 1814; had his name changed to George
Hamilton Brodhead; m. (1) 1837, Julia, daughter of Dr. Phelps of New York
city, who died, 1857, (2) Sallie Lewis of Philadelphia,who died, 1885, leaving
no children; was member of the New York Stock Exchange, its Secretary,
1850-66, Vice-President, 1866-74, and President, 1874-75; died, March,.
1902. Children:

41. M. Frances*; m. G. Clinton Gardner of Washington, D.C. Five ch.

42. Delia S.* m. Joseph S. Harris, Philadelphia; d. 1881. Five ch.

43. DeWitt®; m. Ariadne Liebenau, Brooklyn, N. Y. Three daus.

44. 45. John® and Alfred® (twins); d. in childhood.

(16). Mary R.* (Rev. John 7 Capt. Luke,* Daniel, Richard,‘ Daniel,* Son, ?
John ') was born Sept. 11, 1815; married, 1840, Rev. James Pike. Children:

46. James Thornton® Pike; m. Augusta M. White. (See Pike).

47. Anna G.* Pike; m. Charles B. Kendall. 48. Mary B.°* Pike; d. in
infancy.
GENEALOGY. 451

(18). Thornton Fleming? (Rev. John,? Capt. Luke,* Daniel,s Richards,
Daniel, Son,? John!) was born Dec. 5, 1820; married, 1850, Mrs. Arcange
(McComb) Abbott of Detroit, Mich.; was educated at Phillips Exeter Acad-
emy and graduated from Harvard Law School; served with distinction through
the Mexican War as adjutant; brevetted Captain for gallant and meritorious.
conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco; settled in Detroit and
practiced law; in the Civil War was Colonel of the First Michigan Cavalry;
a brave and gallant officer. He was wounded and captured by the enemy
when leading a charge at the second battle of Bull Run, and died the next day,
Aug. 31, 1862. Children:

49. Josephine A.°; m. Hon. William Balfour, Toronto, Canada. Six ch.

50. John Thornton®; m. Jessie Willis, Detroit, Mich.; d. 1902. Two s.,
four daus.

51. Mary J.°; m. Maj. Webster, Detroit. One son.

52. Ellen McComb*; unmarried. 53. Catherine.» 54. Lizzie A.» m.
Howard, Detroit.

(19). Josiah Adams: (Rev. John,? Capt. Luke,* Daniel,s Richard,‘ Daniel,*
Son,? John!) was born Dec. 31, 1822; married 1851, Eliza, daughter of Otis
Tufts of Boston; served as paymaster in the army during the Civil War, and
in the regular army with rank as Colonel until his death, April 3, 1884.
Children:

55. Eleanor W.*; m. Frank R. Kimball of Salem, Mass. One son.

56. Mary O.»; d.in childhood.

57. Caroline S.*; m. Francis A. Seamens of Exeter; res. Boston and Salem.
Two sons.

58. George H.»; m. Julia B. Gardner of Washington, D. C.; res. Rochester,
N.Y.

59. Rebecca A.*; m. Henry P. Benson, Salem, Mass. Two daus.

(22). Olive C.s Wentworth (Betsey,7 Capt. Luke,* Daniel,* Richard,«
Daniel,: Son,? John!) was born Oct. 1816; married April, 1841, Jeremiah
P. Sanborn of Epping and Newfields who died Aug. 1893; and died Feb.
1899. Children:

60. Harriet® Sanborn; res. Newfields; teacher; unm.

61. Sarah* Sanborn; d. unm., 1878.

62. John® Sanborn; m. Julia Sanborn of East Kingston. (See Sanborn).

(47). Anna G.* Pike (Mary R.,* Rev. John,’ Capt. Luke, Daniel,' Richard,¢
Daniel, Son,? John) married Charles B. Kendall of Worcester, Mass.

Children:

63. Mary B.1° Kendall; m. Frank L. Locke of Malden, Mass.

64. Helen B.1 Kendall; m. Franklin O. Poole of Somerville, Mass.

65. Edward Kendall.

 

 

BROWN.

We are unable to give any connected account of thisfamily. Jacob Brown
of Hampton was at Daniel Hill’s garrison from April 8 to Oct. 29, 1696; a
soldier at Fort William and Mary from June 29, to July 13, 1708; and in Capt.
James Davis’s band of scouts, 1712.

A Jacob Brown married widow Gilman, daughter of Richard and Jane
452 History or NEWFIELDS.

(Hilton) Matoon of Newmarket; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1772;
signed the Association Test, 1776; and, Nov. 11-19, with John Wentworth and
76 others, was banished from Newmarket.

Jacob O.: Brown was born July 9, 1791, and died Dec. 17, 1839. His wife
Dorothy W. was born Feb. 28, 1795, and died May 19, 1870. Their daughter
Louisa? born Jan. 2, 1814, was first wife of John Ewer of Concord and Candia,
and died Dec. 29, 1865.

Thomas Brown was a Revolutionary pensioner, who died June 22, 1844,
aged 84.

Samuel Brown was corporal, 1814; and John Brown was asoldier, 1814.

Mrs. Mary W. Brown was on the old list of the Congregational church.

BRYANT—BRYENT.

Walter! Bryent was probably born about 1710, in Newcastle; was a resident
of Newmarket—Lamprey River village— by 1735; married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Folsom, sister of Col. Jeremiah Folsom of
Revolutionary fame. He was an eminent land surveyor and prominent
‘citizen. (102) Children:

2. Walter?; m. (1) July 28, 1778, Molly Watson, (2) March 23, 1786,
Hannah Goodin; run the line between Exeter and Kingston, 1761; was a land
‘surveyor, 1764; petitioned for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768, and for extension
of time for lottery, 1770; soldier in Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas
‘Tash’s Regt., receiving six pounds advance pay and bounty, Sept. 20, 1776;
in the expedition to Rhode Island, summer of 1778; also adjutant in Col.
Joshua Wingate’s Regt., Gen. Whipple’s brigade; and is said to have surveyed
the town of Pigwacket, 1765; was on committee to dismiss Rev. John Moody,
April 28, 1777; justice, 1779; died, 1785.

His son Walter,? probably, was active in the parish, 1798-9.

3. Jeremy?; petitioned for Newfields bridge, 1766, and for lottery in aid,
1768; signed the Association Test, 1776; was a soldier, 1777; d. 1786.

4. John?; was of Pembroke, and agent for the Presbyterian society, 1768;
allowed pay for taking a deserter, Dec. 31, 1776; member of the legislature
from Bow and Dunbarton, March 13, 1782; member of the Congregational
parish, 1803; soldier, 1812; and selectman of Chester, 1831. His wife died
at Exeter, Feb. 21, 1840, aged 50. (133)

5. Mary?; m. Edward Smith. 6. Anne?; m. Eliphalet Smith.

7. Daughter?; m. Eddy Hall Burgess of Newmarket.

Elisha Bryant petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and for its removal
to Newfields, 1759 and 1760.

Henry Bryant of Morristown, Vt.; settled in Lowell, Mass.; was a car-
penter, and married about 1832, Martha, daughter of John, and granddaughter
of Aaron Keniston; removed to Newfields; died Jan. 12, 1862, aged 50, and
was buried at Piscassic. His widow afterwards married Samuel R. Spiller
and lived in Haverhill, Mass.

James Bryant was a soldier, 1755.
GENEALOGY. 453

BUNKER.

1, Andrew: Bunker married Mary Bickford. Child:

2. John? was born in New Durham March 1818; married Angelina S.,
daughter of Josiah and Joanna (Sanborn) Sawyer of Lee, who was born August
1819 and died at Newfields Sept. 29, 1902. They moved from Newmarket
to Newfields about 1855. He died Nov. 10, 1896. Children:

3. J. Franks b. 1846; d. unm. Sept. 30, 1903.

4. Ida Frances? b. 1850; m. J. Lewis Chase, 1868; d. Jan. 18, 1889. Ch.

5. George E.« (See Chase).

BURLEY—BURLEIGH.

This family originated in Ipswich, Mass., and in the History of that town
the name is spelled Burley. In Newfields one branch of the family spells it
Burley and another branch, Burleigh. In the following history no distinction
is made. In the Narrative wherever any of the family names occur, they are
given as the family spell them, as far as known.

1. Giles: Burley was the ancestor of the family of Newmarket. He may
have come to America when a boy with his uncle Andrew Hodges; was a
resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1648; married about 1656, Rebecca and
died, 1668. His widow granted ‘‘trees for 100 rayles and 100 posts,”’ and mar-
ried (2) Jan. 7, 1669, ‘‘Abraham ffits of Ipswich;’’ deeded to her son Andrew
Jan. 6, 1679, all her right in the estate her husband, Giles Burley, gave to
her in his last will &c, witnesses testifying in court March 80, 1680 that they
saw her signit. Giles Burley sold land of which his executors gave deed, his
wife yielding her right of dower. Children:

2. Andrew? b. Sept. 5, 1657; m. Mary Conant.

8. James?b. Feb. 10, 1659; m. (1) Rebecca Stacey; (2) Elizabeth .

4. Giles? b. July 13, 1662.

5. Johnzb. July 13, 1662; d. Feb. 21, 1688.

(2). Cornet Andrew? (Giles!) was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 5, 1657;
married March 14, 1681, Mary, daughter of Roger Conant; and died, Ipswich,
Feb. 1, 1718. His widow was published to Sergt. Caleb Kimball April 14,
1722; and died Nov. 23, 1743. (87) Children:

6. Rebecca? b. Ipswich, Mass., March 29, 1683; m. Robert Kinsman June
28, 1705.

7. Andrew: b. April 5, 1686; d. Aug. 5, 1686.

8. John: b. about 1688; m. Mary Eastman.

9. Martha’ b. March 8, 1692; d. Sept. 26, 1698.

10. Andrew? b. June 14, 1694; m. (1) Lydia Pengry, pub. Nov. 9, 1717;
(2) Jan. 9, 1738, Mrs. Hannah Burnham; d. Dee. 15, 1753.

11. Mary: b. April 28, 1696; pub. Sept. 28, 1706, to Samuel Adams.

12. Sarah: b. Oct. 6, 1698; pub. Feb. 12, 1715 to Richard Kimball.

13. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 25, 1700; m. Daniel Caldwell. Two children sur-
vived them:

14. Daniel‘ Caldwell; m. Hannah Burley. 15. John + Caldwell.

(3). James? (Giles 1) was born Ipswich, Feb. 10, 1659; m. (1) May 25, 1685,

 

 
454 History or NEWFIELDS.

Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Worcester) Stacey, (2) Elizabeth
. settled at Bayside, 1699; died about 1721. (87). Children:

16. William: b. Ipswich, Feb. 27, 1693; m. Eleanor

17. Joseph: b. April 6, 1695; m. Mary Stevens.

18. Thomas? b. April 5, 1697; m. Dorothy Lyford.

19. James: b. Exeter, 1699; m. Abigail ;

20. Josiah: b. 1701; m. Hannah Wiggin.

21. Giles? b. 1703; m. Elizabeth Joy.

(6). Rebecca: (Andrew,? Giles!) was born in Ipswich, Mass., March 29,
1683; married June 28, 1705, Robert, son of Robert and Mary (Boreman)
Kinsman, whose father received a grant of land in Ipswich in 1634; moved
to Norwich, Ct., 1721; was selectman, 1725-28; d. June 7, 1761. Children:

22. Rebecca‘ Kinsman b. Aug. 15, 1706; d. Dec. 17, 1719.

23. Mary: Kinsman b. Jan. 20, 1708; m. (1) Benjamin Burnham; (2)
—— Little.

24. Joanna‘ Kinsman b. July 11, 1710; d. Dec. 19, 1729.

25. Robert‘ Kinsman b. May 3, 1713; m. 1749, Bethiah Daggett of Boston;
d. Dec. 16, 1788.

26. Margaret+ Kinsman b. May 25, 1718; m. Murch.

27. Jeremiah‘ Kinsman b. Feb. 28, 1719; m. Sarah Thomas of Marblehead,
Mass.; lived at Lisbon, Ct.

(8) John: (Andrew,? Giles!) was born about 1688; married Nov. 24, 1714,
Mary Eastman, who survived him, and married (2) John Folsom; was a
farmer and sea-captain; chosen March 26, 1722, hayward and field driver;
died about 1724. His widow Mary, was appointed administratrix of his
estate, Jan. 21, 1724. Inventory was taken Feb. 1, and returned March 4,
1724. Children:

28. Mary: b. Oct. 19, 1715; m. Samuel Joy.

29. John‘ b. Dec. 18, 1717; m. (1) Sarah Hall, (2) Elizabeth Chesley,
(3) Mehitable Sheafe.

30. Jacob‘ b. Jan. 23, 1720; m. Abigail z

31. Andrew: b. about 1722; m. Martha

(16). William: (James, ? Giles!) was born in Ipswich, Feb. 27, 1693; married
Eleanor ; settled in Greenland; was one of the original proprietors of
Pembroke; in Newmarket, 1746; with his son William, petitioned for a bridge
across Squamscot river, Nov. 1, 1746; and fora lottery in aid of bridge, 1759;
and Jan. 4, 1760. Children:

32. Rebecca‘ bap. Greenland, 1721.

33. William: bap. Greenland, 1722; m. (1) Hannah , (2) Olive
; blacksmith, Stratham, 1746; soldier with Maj. Thomas Tash at No.
4, 1757; sold land in Bow, 1777; of Candia, and sold land in Stratham, 1793;
d. Candia June 18, 1801, leaving a large family of children of whom William,®
b. Dec. 21, 1761, settled in Candia, and had three sons who were blacksmiths.

34. Hannah‘ bap. Greenland, 1725. 35. Caleb‘ perhaps of Poplin.

36. John‘ perhaps of Chester or Salisbury.

(17). Joseph: (James,? Giles!) was born in Ipswich April 6, 1695; married
Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Folsom) Stevens; settled in New-
market where he was granted 20 acres of land, 1718, and again 20 acres, 1725;
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others, petitioned for Squamscot bridge, Nov. 21, 1746, for abridge at New-
fields, Nov. 25, 1755, and for lottery in aid of building bridge, Jan. 4, 1760.

Administration on his estate was granted March, 1761. Their children
settled in Sanbornton. Children:

37. Joseph: b., Newmarket; m. Comfort Stevens.

88. Samuel‘; m. Martha Low; d. Lee. 39. Nathaniel‘; m. Sarah Powell.

40. Davids m. (1) Smith; (2) Pearsons, who d. Nov. 13,
1816; went to Sanbornton about 1778; d. there Nov. 10, 1809.

41. Susannahs; d. unm. Sanbornton, Nov. 16, 1823.

42. Jemima‘; m. James Hersey; d.Sanbornton. 48. Alice‘.

(18). Thomas: (James,? Giles!) was born in Ipswich, April 5, 1697; married
Dec. 26, 1720, Dorothy Lyford; settled in Nottingham. Child:

44, Thomas‘ b. July 2, 1723; m. Sarah Haley.

(19) James: (James,? Giles!) was the first person of the name born in New-
market, 1699; was granted 20 acres of land, 1724; chosen constable March 27,
1727, but not wishing to serve, hired Jacob Smith to serve in his stead, which
the town by vote allowed; assigned 20 acres of common lands, 1732; and
petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 1, 1746. He married
Abigail Children:

45. James‘ b. Oct. 20, 1720; m. Sarah Foss.

46. William: b. about 1722;

(20). Josiah: (James,? Giles). was born in 1701; married Hannah, daugh-
ter of Andrew and Abigail (Follett) Wiggin; was granted 30 acres of land, 1718,
which was allotted by the committee of Exeter, 1724; chosen fighingmen,
March 29, 1725; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746.
His will was dated Feb. 3, 1756 and probated Feb. 25, 1756. (87) Children:

47. Josiah; m. Judith Tuttle. 48. Thomas.s 49. Samuel.‘ m.
50. Elizabeth.«

(21). Giless (James,? Giles!) was born, 1703; married Dec. 9, 1727, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Samuel Joy of Salisbury, Mass.; received a grant of 20
acres of land, 1718, and was assigned 30 acres, 1724; petitioned for a bridge
over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746. His will was probated May 2, 1761.

Children:

51. Moses.« 52. Anna‘; m. Joseph Burley. 53. Elizabeth‘; m. Francis
Follett. 54. Sarah.« 55. Lydia.«

(29). Lt. John4 (John, Andrew,? Giles!) was born in Ipswich, Dec. 18,
1717 o. s.; married (1) Feb. 11, 1740, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary
(Hilton) Hall, born at Newfields Sept. 12, 1721, and died June 25, 1757, (2)
Dec. 15, 1757, Elizabeth Chesley, born in Durham, June 30, 1734, and died
March 6, 1760, (3) Oct. 16, 1760, Mehitable, daughter of Sampson and
Sarah (Walton) Sheafe, born in Newcastle, July, 1731; administered on the
estate of John Burleigh, 1791; and died April 14, 1802; and died Nov. 18,
1776. (109) Children by first wife:

56. Marys b. April 9, 1741; d. June 3, 1754 n.s.

57. Sarahs b. March 9, 1743; m. (1), ; (2) Gen. James Hill.

58. Johns b. Sept. 19, 1745; m. (1) Anna Hilton, (2) Sarah Hoit.

59. Deborah: b. April 21, 1748; m. John Bennett.

60. Elizabeth’ b. Nov. 9, 1751; d. June 14, 1763.

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61, Benjamins b. Nov. 16, 1758; d. Dec. 6, 1758.

62. Lydia’ b. Nov. 24, 1759; d. Jan. 20, 1760.

Children by third wife:

63. Mehitables b. April 24, 1763; d. unm. March 23, 1847.

64. Marys b. Sept. 20, 1765; m. Daniel Hill.

65. Elizabeth b. June 10, 1767; m. Aug. 22, 1784, Daniel, son of Gen.
James Hill; d. March 29, 1845.

66. Henry*b. April 24, 1768; m. Elizabeth Rogers.

67. Margarets b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. George, son of Judge George and
Margaret (Weeks) Frost, of Durham; d. March 1846.

68. Marciasb. Aug. 21, 1772; m. Ezra, son of Winthrop and Mary (Moody)
Smith; d. Bethel, Me., April, 1859.

(30). Jacob+ (John,s Andrew,? Giles!) was born Jan. 23, 1720; married
Abigail ; petitioned for Squamscot bridge, Nov. 21, 1746, and lottery
in aid of bridge, Jan. 4, 1760; with other citizens of Newmarket, petitioned
the Provincial Congress against the appointment of Capt. Jeremiah Folsom
as Lt. Col. of the 4th regiment of N. H. militia; signed the Association Test,
July 12, 1776; probably died soon after. His will was dated July 17, 1776.
Children:

69. Marys b. Oct. 21, 1752; blind from infancy and lived with her brother
Jacobs; d. March 12, 1828.

70. Lucys; m. March 17, 1777, Solomon Huntress.

71. Abigailt; m. Ezekiel Sanborn, and had Asa * Sanborn, who m. Feb. 24,
1824, Judith Burley.

72. Jacob sb. June 23, 1756; m. May 20, 1779, Sarah Burley.

73. Jonathan’ b. 1757; enlisted, Sept. 20, 1776, in Capt. Daniel Garland’s
Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt., for New York; m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas
and Mary Haley, of Epping; settled in Wakefield; d. there May 24, 1814.

(31). Andrew: (John,: Andrew,? Giles!) was born about 1722; married
Martha } petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746,
and for a ferry at Newfields, Sept. 24, 1750; bought ten acres of land of Jacob
Ames, 1758; with others petitioned the Provincial Congress against the ap-
pointment of Capt. Jeremiah Folson as Lt. Col. of the 4th regiment of N. H.
militia; became insane, and May 28, 1774, on petition of his wife, his brother
Jacob was appointed guardian; d. April, 1790. Children:

74. Marys; m. March 29, 1784, Zebulon Pease; settled in Readfield, Me.

75. Susannah.s 76. Andrew’; m. Nancy, dau. of Benning Brackett, who
lived on the old Lee road; active in parish affairs 1799; is mentioned in records
Dee. 3, 1802, and March 14, 1803; d. April 21, 1817, aged 43.

(37). Joseph (Joseph,* James,? Giles!) was born in Newmarket; went to
Sanbornton, about 1776; married Comfort Stevens; and died, Sanbornton,
Feb. 17, 1795. Children:

77. Stevens b. Newmarket, Dec. 25, 1755;m. Sept. 3, 1787, Abigail Tay-
lor of Gilmanton, who was b. June 7, 1769, and d. June 3, 1847; d. North-
field, Dec. 31, 1829.

78. Rhoda‘ b. Nov. 25, 1750; m. Daniel Gale Jr., who was b. in Exeter,
Jan. 6, 1747, and d. Oct. 16, 1825; d. Sanbornton, Jan. 29, 1819.

79. Keziah’ b. 1753; m. Jotham, son of Moses Rollins; d. Oct. 1805.

80. Nancy; m. Sept. 15, 1785, Bartholemew Gale of Gilmanton.

 

 
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81. Comfort'; m. John Taylor. 82. 55m. Palmer.

(38). Samuel (Joseph,* James,? Giles!) was born in 1731; married Martha
Low; died in Lee, Feb. 17, 1784. Children:

83. Dea. Josiaht b. Oct. 23, 1756; m. Ruhamah, dau. of Winthrop and
Martha (Story) Marston; d. March 14, 1817.

84. Joseph Low § b. June 7, 1761; m. Sept. 17, 1789, Elizabeth Ewer, who
was born Sept. 24, 1766, and d. July 31, 1844; was a clothier, and settled in
Sanbornton; d. March 19, 1836.

85. Samuels b. Dec. 20, 1776; m. Abigail Laskey; d. April 14, 1854.

86. Enoch'; d. unm. 87. Martha+; m. Samuel Smart of Newmarket.

88. Elizabeths; d. unm.

(39). Nathaniel« (Joseph, James,? Giles!) married Sarah Powell, who died
about 1817; went from Newmarket to Canterbury, and to Sanbornton, April,
1767, dying there Feb. 7, 1805. His team was the first one that ever crossed
Sanbornton bridge. Children:

89. Williams b. Newmarket, March 28, 1760; m. Sarah Ames of New-
market, who was b. April 23, 1752, and d. Sept. 14, 1841; d. Sanbornton,
Dec. 28, 1796.

90. Josephs b. 1761; m. (1) May 27, 1784, Molly Cate, (2) Melinda Holt;
d. St. Armand, Canada, April 1, 1841.

91. Nathaniel: b. Canterbury, March 23,1763; m. (1) July 23, 1784, Rhoda
Ames of Newmarket, who was b. Aug. 9, 1765, and d. Sept. 4, 1804. (2) Mrs.
Elizabeth Jewell, widow of Jonathan Thompson; a farmer in Sanbornton.

92. Sarahs b. 1766; d. unm. Aug. 4, 1786.

93. Robert® b. Sanbornton, June 4, 1769; m. (1) Nov. 13, 1792, Elizabeth
Gale, who d. March 5, 1808, (2) Sarah Sargent of Canterbury; d. June 20, 1810.

94. David § b. Oct. 13, 1771; m. July 3, 1804, Polly Osgood, who d. March
5, 1864; d. April 27, 1843.

95. Mary*b. 1773; m. Stuart Hoyt, who was b. Nov. 17, 1768, and d. 1853;
d. Sanbornton, 1840.

96. Daniels b. July 3, 1777; m. (1) Sarah Rowe, (2) Agnes Darling, who d.
March 1820, (3) Sarah Coffin of Alton, who d. Sept. 1846, (4) Susan Curry;
a farmer in Sanbornton.

97. Nancy b. May 8, 1781; m. Edward Mason.

(44) Thomas: (Thomas, James,? Giles!) was born July 2, 1723; married
Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Gordon) Haley, who was born April 10,
1725, and died Dec. 2, 1809; settled in Epping; died June 1, 1805.

Children:

98. Josephs b. Epping, Dec. 25, 1748; d. young.

99. Allaces b. Feb. 15, 1751; d. young.

100. Dorothy*b. July 4, 1753; m. John Nealley of Epping; d. Feb. 12, 1839.

101. Joseph‘ b. Aug. 7, 1755;m. Mary Hilton of Epping; d. Franklin, 1838.

102. Allace® b. June 20, 1757; m. Zebulon Dow; d. Oct. 20, 1842.

103. Joshua’ b. Oct. 5, 1759.

104. Gordons b. April 10, 1763; m. Elizabeth Dow; res. Dorchester; d.
Jan. 30, 1823.

105. Thomas: b. Aug. 14, 1766; m. July 21, 1798, Nancy Hoitt, and had
Benjamin‘ b. April 10, 1803, who married Elizabeth Ann Cilley, and had J.C.+
Burleigh b. Jan. 13, 1830, who was for many years station agent at Newmarket.
458 History or NEWFIELDS.

(45) James‘ (James,! James,? Giles!) was born Oct. 20, 1720; married
June 11, 1752, Sarah Foss; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov.
21, 1746, and for a lottery in aid of bridge and its removal to Newfields, 1759,
and Jan. 4, 1760, and again for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; petitioned
against the appointment of Capt. Jeremiah Folsom as Lt. Col., 1775; was
paid Oct. 22, 1775, for hauling pitchwood; died Sept. 6, 1788. His wife was
born March 10, 1732, and died Oct. 31, 1817. Children:

106. Mehitables b. May 20, 1753; m. Edward Folsom; settled in Gil-
manton.

107. Abigails b. April 11, 1755; m. May 30, 1781, Nahum Parsons Jr.,
grandson of Josiah Parsons of Cape Ann, who was b. March 2, 1754, and d.
1846.

108. Sarah’ b. Dec. 7, 1757; m. Sept. 30, 1779, Smith, son of Joseph Chap-
man, and had Levit Chapman, Smith Chapman, Kates Chapman, who m.
Paul Chapman, Marys Chapman who m. Thomas York, Burleight Chapman,
b. 1784.

109. James: b. Sept. 19, 1761; m. Drusilla Ewer.

110. Isaacs b. April 19, 1764; m. Eunice Brackett.

111. Anna‘ b. Oct. 11, 1766. 112. Betsey + b. April 23, 1770.

(46). William‘ (James,? James,? Giles!) was born about 1722; married;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; received as member of the West
religious society in Newmarket, Jan. 10, 1778; petitioned, March 23, 1784,
for the appointment of James Smith as justice of the peace at Lamprey
River. Children:

113. Samuel; m. Sarah Stevens, who was born, Durham, 1780, and died
March 9, 1853; petitioned, Jan. 4, 1760, for a lottery in aid of Squamscot
bridge, and Nov. 18, 1765 for the formation of the parish of Lee; was paid
Oct. 22, 1775, for hauling pitchwood for fire rafts for the defence of Ports-
mouth harbor; received one month’s pay and travel, Dec. 1776, in Capt.
Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s Regt., and was on the pay roll of
that company at New York from March 15, to May 26, 1777; a member of
the West Society, Jan. 10, 1778; petitioned for lottery to repair Squamscot
bridge, Oct. 24, 1778; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, and 1795-98; d.
Oct. 29, 1824. Their children settled in Maine.

114, Williams; m. Sept. 24, 1774, Comfort Taylor who d. about 1820;
mustered with Capt. Joseph Parsons Co., Nov. 22, 1775; was a member of
the North Co., in Newmarket, March 5, 1776; requested that Lt. Col. Folsom
be removed from his office; as a Baptist, refused to pay parish rates 1795;
active in parish affairs, 1797-98; purchased, 1798, 500 acres of land in Ossipee.
Their children settled in Ossipee.

115. Marysb. May 16, 1757; m. Nov. 16, 1757, John Young of Newmarket;
settled in Wolfeboro.

116. Abigails; m. Jan. 9, 1783, Samuel Smith of Newmarket, and moved
to Ossipee.

117. Rachels; m. Benjamin Young; settled in Ossipee.

(47). Josiah‘ (Josiah, James? Giles!) was born 1728; married Judith,
daughter of Nicholas Tuttle, who died June 15, 1801, aged 73; d. Nov. 20,
1808. His Will was probated Dec. 8,1811. (123) Children:
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118. Sarah’ b. Newmarket, June 23, 1757; m. Jacob, son of Jacob and
Abigail Burley; d. Jan 18, 1829.

119. Josiah’ b. May 20, 1760; m. Susan Edgerly.

120. Judith’ b. Oct. 27, 1762; m. Feb. 16, 1786, Thomas Chamberlain of
Brookfield, who was b. Feb. 11, 1758, and d. April 1815; d. April 9, 1852.

121, Hannah. 122. Deborah‘; m. Richard Philpot, son of Col. Jonathan
Wentworth.

123. Mary’; m. Jan. 1793, Rev. Elias Smith, who was b. Lyme, Ct., June
17, 1769, and ordained a Baptist minister in Lee, 1792. Children:

124. Rev. Daniel D.s Smith. 125. Rev. Matthew Halet Smith.

(49). Samuel‘ (Josiah,? James,? Giles!) was born, 1731; married Martha
Low; and died in Lee, Feb. 17, 1784. Children:

126. Joseph Low’ b. June 7, 1781; m. Sept. 17, 1789, Elizabeth Ewer who
was born Sept. 24, 1766, and d. July 31, 1844; was a clothier and settled in
Sanbornton where he d. March 19, 1846.

127. Josiah’ b. Oct. 23, 1756; m. Ruhamah, dau. of Winthrop and Martha
(Story) Marston; d. March 14, 1817.

128. Samuel* b. Dec. 20, 1776; m. Abigail Laskey; d. April 14, 1854.

129. Enoch’; d.unm. 1380. Martha; m. Samuel Smart of Newmarket.

131. Elizabeth; d. unm.

(51). Moses‘ (Giles, James,? Giles!) lived in Newmarket; petitioned for
 lottéry in aid of Squamscot bridge, 1768, and Provincial Congress against
Lt. Col. Jeremiah Folsom, 1775; signed Association Test, July 12, 1776;
bought one acre of marsh of Rev. John Moody, July 21, 1778; petitioned for
4 special town meeting June 8, 1785; bid off pew No. 22 in the new meeting
house Oct. 24, 1791; died Jan. 25, 1822. His widow died June 26, 1822.
(136). Children:

132. Moses:; active in parish affairs, 1798-99 and 1809; d. Feb. 15, 1822,

133. Johns; Jonathan Foss, his brother-in-law, was principal, and Seth R.
Shackford, surety, “‘to see that said Burleigh fulfil his father’s Will toward
his sisters, to render it unnecessary to place him under guardianship;” was
active in the parish, 1798 and 1809; d. unm.

134. Mollys; m. May 9, 1782, Jonathan Foss.

135. Rebeceas; m. Davis. 136. Nancy.’ 137. Phebe. 138. Bet-
sey’; m. Charles Smart.

(58) John,* (Lt. John,‘ John, Andrew,? Giles!) was born Sept. 19, 1745; m.
(1) Anna, daughter of Col. Winthrop and Martha (Weeks) Hilton, who was
b. July 19, 1745, and died Oct. 26, 1769, (2) Sarah Hoit. Children:

139. Marthas b. Newmarket, Aug. 29, 1769; m. Col. Ebenezer
Durham.

140. Anna Hilton; m. Joseph Clark.

(64). Marys (Lt. John,‘ John,s Andrew,? Giles) was born Sept. 20, 1765;
m. Aug. 22, 1784, Daniel Hill, who was born in Newmarket July 10, 1761; died
Oct. 1, 1791. Children:

141. John Burleighs Hill b. April 22, 1785; d. Feb. 27, 1786.

142. Olive Frost* Hill, b. Jan. 21, 1787; d. April 6, 1822. 143. Betsey® Hill,
b. Jan. 11, 1789. 14334. Daniels Hill, b. Feb. 13, 1791; d. June 8, 1815.

(66). Henrys (Lt. John,‘ John,* Andrew,? Giles!) was born April 24, 1768;
m. Sept 21, 1789, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Rogers of Exeter, who was

 

 

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born in Newmarket, May 15, 1769; was a licensed retailer of spirituous
liquors, 1792, 1794, 1798 and 1799. Children:

144. Elizabeth Rogers* b. Oct. 8, 1790; d. young. 145. Henry* b. June
20, 1792.

146. Mehitables b. May 18, 1794; m. ——— Smith of Exeter. 147. John'
b. July 24, 1796; m. 1817, Ann Atwood.

148. Nathaniel Rogers b. Jan. 13,1799; m. Mary Jane Odiorne, who was
b. Nov. 21, 1800, and d. May 18, 1835.

(72) Jacobs (Jacob,* John, Andrew,? Giles!) was born June 23, 1756;
married May 20, 1779, Sarah, daughter of Josiah and Judith (Tuttle) Burley;
petitioned against the appointment of Capt. Jeremiah Folsom as Lt. Col., 1775;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; drafted in the Revolution and
reached the army in season to be present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne;
received as member of the West Society Jan. 10, 1778; highway surveyor,
1784-87; tithingman, 1785; selectman, 1788-89 and 1806-07; auditor, 1790-91;
lived on his father’s homestead at the corner of Grant road and Bald Hill;
d. Feb. 13, 1828. His widow d. Jan. 18, 1829, aged 72. Children:

149. Abigail b. Aug. 16, 1781; m. Jan. 19, 1804, Trueworthy Chamberlain,
of Brookfield; d. June 2, 1856.

150. Jacobtb. Nov. 17, 1783; m. (1) Mary Chamberlain, (2) Feb. 23, 1820,
Lois Mathes.

151. Josiah* b. March 30, 1787; m. Margaret M. Newcomb;

152. John‘ b. Feb. 27, 1790; m. Feb. 1814, Betsey, dau. of Jacob and Mary
(Peabody) Page; d. New Durham, July 23, 1812.

153. Judith b. Nov. 6, 1793; m. (1) Asa, son of Joshua and Abigail (Bur-
leigh) Sanborn, (2) Col. Isaac Jenness of Rochester.

154. Ezrasb. June 18, 1796; m. 1819, Lucy Hyde of Boston, Mass.; d. June,
1878.

155. Henrys b. Aug. 23, 1801; m.; and had children.

(109). Jamess (James,‘ James,? James,? Giles!) was born Sept. 19, 1761;
married March 25, 1784, Drusilla, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Ewer, who was
born Aug. 30, 1764, and died June 25, 1802; lived on the homestead; died
Aug. 13, 1854. (135) Children:

156. Drusillat b. Newmarket, April 18, 1785; m. Joseph Pendexter of
Barrington; d. there Feb. 12, 1813.

157. Sarah Ewert b. June 10, 1786; m. July 3, 1806, John Kennard of
Newfields; d. May 15, 1864.

158. Clarissa* b. June 22, 1788; m. Feb. 23, 1817, Samuel, son of Joseph L.
and Elizabeth (Ewer) Burleigh of Sanbornton; d. there Dec. 3, 1823.

159. James* b. Feb. 12, 1790; m. Dec. 21, 1817, Martha Watson of New-
market, who was b. Feb. 3, 1794, and d. Feb. 26, 1828; d. Waterville, Me.,
March 3, 1830.

160. Annet b. March 24, 1792; d. unm. Jan. 20, 1815.

161. Capt. Nathaniel Ewer: b. Aug. 21, 1793; m. Nov. 9, 1828, Mary Ann,
dau. of Ward Hilton of Newmarket, who was born 1807, and d. Sept. 17, 1875;
was a sea-captain in the West India and South America trade; retired to New-
fields where he built and occupied the present Universalist parsonage; was
Justice of the peace, 1837; selectman, 1854; member of the Congregational
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society 1859; “‘always doing his duty toward God and man,” and was noted
or his benevolence; paid for building the chimney to the church, and fitting
up the vestry; andd. Sept. 23, 1878. His wife left no children but entailed
the Hilton estates for religious purposes; d, Sept. 20, 1878.

162. Susan W.¢b. Nov. 11, 1796; m. Dec. 8, 1822, Temple Paul; d. Somer-
ville, Mass., Nov. 20, 1823.

163. Gen. Theodore Atkinson* b. April 16, 1798; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1823,
Ann Hart of Portsmouth, (2) Mrs. Comfort (Weeks) Coleman.

(110). Isaacs (James,1 James,? James,? Giles!) was born April 19, 1764;
married Nov. 18, 1785, Eunice Brackett; was a farmer at Newmarket and
Concord; died, Concord, 1818. Children.

164. James* b. April 2, 1786; m. Sarah J. Bennett.

165. Eunice; m. Wiggin of Wolfeboro. 166. Eliza*;m. Dr. Merrill
of Dover.

167. Deborah:; m. Napoleon B. Horne of Wolfeboro. 168. Sarahs; m.
John P. Rand of West Amesbury, Mass.

169. Mary Anns; m. Fullerton of Wolfeboro. 170. Addisons; res.
Wolfeboro.

(113) Samuels (Samuel,s Joseph, James,? Giles!) was born in New-
market; married Sarah Stevens, who was born in Durham, 1780, and died
March 9, 1848; died 1825. Children:

171. Williams b. Newmarket, 1796; was blind; d. unm. Newfield, Me., Feb.
19, 1854.

172. Lucinda‘ b. 1805; m. Thomas Goold of Saccarappa, Me.; d. Jan. 26,
1874.

173. Mary Janetb. May 17, 1806; m. April 14, 1825, Daniel Shaw of Lee.

174. Olives; m. Frank Gulliver of Saccarappa, Me.

175. Charles Grandison® b. June 20, 1808; m. June 1831, Augusta M.
Huston of Portland, Me.

(114) Williams (Samuel, Josiah, James,? Giles!) married Sept. 24, 1774,
Comfort Taylor of Newmarket; settled in Ossipee, 1798; was killed by a
dead limb of the tree he was chopping falling on him, May 11, 1801. Children:

176. Sally +b. Newmarket, Jan. 8, 1775; m. William Young of Wolfeboro; d.
Nov. 1858.

177. Mary* b. Dec. 2, 1776; George Stevens of Newmarket; settled in
Ossipee; d. May 6, 1861.

178. John‘ b. March 16, 1778; m. (1) Olive Taylor, who d. 1803, (2) Tem-
perance Smith, who d. Sept. 8, 1833, (3) Elizabeth Wentworth of Brunswick,
Me., who d. Feb. 4, 1869.

179. James b. 1780; m. Nancy Blake of Springvale, Me., who d. Great
Falls, Nov. 16, 1852; d. Ossipee March 6, 1846.

180. Temperancet b. Dec. 18, 1785; m. James Scheggel; d. Ossipee, March
7, 1860.

181. Nancyt b. May 27, 1787; m. Samuel Young of Wolfeboro; d. March
31, 1860.

182, Samueltb.1790; merchant and town clerk of North Wolfeboro; d.unm,
1822.

183. Nathanielt b. May 18, 1792; m. Betsey Hodsdon of Tuftonboro; a
farmer in Ossipee; d. April 20, 1875.

 

 
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(119). Josiah (Josiah‘ Josiah,s James,? Giles!) was born May 20, 1760;
married Susan, daughter of Zachariah and Susanna (Taylor) Edgerly, who
was born June 30, 1767, and died Nov. 9, 1851; was a soldier in the Revolution,
at Saratoga, and Rhode Island, and reported from Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s
company, among the sick, absent and deserted; and died May 10, 1842.
Children:

184. Josiahs b. Newmarket, March 26, 1792; d. unm. May 4, 1837.

185. Susan Edgerly* b. Feb. 3, 1794; m. Dec. 13, 1830, David French of
Stratham; d. Jan. 3, 1894.

186. Marktb. Aug. 22, 1796; m. Eliza Wadleigh; d. Exeter, July 12, 1874.

187. Clarissa‘ b. July 26, 1798; d. unm. June 9, 1829.

188. Deborah¢ b. Aug. 29, 1800; m. John Rand of Lee.

189. Betsey S.tb. Epping, Aug. 25, 1802; m. Aug. 1, 1824, Thomas Caswell
of Barrington.

190. Jonathans b. Oct. 9, 1804; m. Dec. 28, 1831, Sarah C. Neal.

191. Jeremiah‘ b. April 9, 1808; d. unm. May 18, 1869.

192. Levina’ b. Aug. 25, 1809; m. John Fogg of Newmarket; d. Jan. 19,
1837.

(150). Jacobs (Jacob,* Jacob,‘ John, Andrew,? Giles!) was born Nov. 17,
1783; married (1) Mary Chamberlain of Brookfield, (2) Lois Mathes, who was
born July 26, 1798, amd d. April 21, 1848; was a farmer and blacksmith
and lived on the homestead in Newmarket; died Sept. 30, 1840.

Children by first wife:

193. Jasper H.’ b. April 5, 1811; m. Jan. 16, 1845, Harriet 8. Hayilen of
Quincy, Mass., and later, Newmarket.

194. Prederiel Plumer? b. Dec. 25, 1814; m. Jan. 16, 1839, Martha J.,
dau. of John and Hannah M. (Gilman) Burleigh; and settled in Middleton.

195. Mary Chamberlain’ b. June 7, 1817; d. unm. Sept. 5, .1840.

Children by second wife:

196. Reuben Mathes’ b. Jan. 8, 1822; m. Olive B. Littlefield; farmer,
living on the homestead in Newmarket.

197. Jacob Chamberlain 7b. Aug. 17, 1831.

198. John7b. Oct. 13, 1840; m. Ada Jane, dau. of John and Hadnah (Brown)
Perkins; res. Everett, Mass.

(151). Josiahs (Jacob, Jacob,4 William,? James,? Giles!) was born March
30, 1787; m. Newburyport, Mass., June 13, 1812, Margaret M. Newcomb of
Machias, Me.; died, Newmarket, Sept. 20, 1832. Children:

199. Sarah C.7 b. Newmarket, May 3, 1813; m. Hale; d. Oct. 22,
1876.

200. Oliver P.7 b. April 10,1815; m. Mary Jane Demerritt of Rochester;
res. Dover; d. Nov. 8, 1848.

201. Marietta S.7b. April 18, 1817; d. June 2, 1864.

202. Adaline C.7 b. Wakefield, Sept. 10, 1819; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1859.

203. Josiah? b. Jan. 29, 1822; d. Dec. 21, 1827.

204. John W.N.7b. Dec. 10, 1824; d. Dec. 21. 1827.

205. John W. N.7b. March 18, 1829; d. unm. July 7, 1855.

(163). Gen. Theodore Atkinson’ (James,' James,‘ James, James,? Giles?)
was born April 16, 1798; married (1) Sept. 23, 1823, Mary Ann, daughter of
Oliver and Ann F. (Gookin) Hart, of Portsmouth, (2) Comfort, daughter of

 
GENEALOGY. 463

Joshua and Nancy (Rollins) Weeks, and widow of Phineas Coleman of Newing-
ton; a man of superior abilities; represented Greenland in the legislature ten
years; Generalin the N. H. militia; died, Greenland, Nov.3, 1878. Children:

206. Ann Elizabeth’ b. Sept. 22, 1823; m. Leonard Colcord of So. Berwick,
Me.

207. Sarah Kennard’ b. Dec. 9, 1825; m. John C. Lyford of Exeter.

208. Carolime Weeks’ b. Nov. 9, 1827; m. Henry Barker.

209. Mary Clarissa’ b. Feb. 7, 1830; d. in California, May 23, 1862.

210. James Oliver’ b. Feb. 27, 1831; d. July 30, 1831.

211. Theodore’ b. Aug. 3, 1833; d. March 7, 1848.

212. Helen Augusta’ b. Aug. 19, 1835; m. Alonzo P. Moore of Lewiston,
Me.; d. May 5, 1851.

(164). James* (Isaac,s James,‘ James, James,? Giles!) was born April 2,
1786; married Sarah Jaques Bennett; resided at Newmarket; died April 30,
1862. Children:

213. John Bennett’ b. Newmarket, July 19, 1807; m. (1) Lydia Caverly,
(2) Susan A. Matthews.

214. James’ b. May 15, 1809; m. Oct. 29, 1833, Lucy A. Davis.

215. Sarah Jaques’ b. April 15, 1811; m. Joseph Bodge.

(177). Jonathan® (Josiah,* Josiah,‘ Josiah,: James,? Giles!) was born Oct.
9, 1804; married Dec. 28, 1831, Sarah C. Neal, who was born Sept, 28, 1807;
a farmer in Newmarket. Children:

216. Ann Augusta’ b. Nov. 13, 18382; m. Charles E. Smith of Dover.

217. Harrison Gray’ b. Dec. 9, 1834; m. Fannie E. Connor of Exeter;
farmer in Newmarket on the homestead. Children:

218. Walter D.tb. Oct. 24,1877. 219. Lillian M.s

220. Levina’ b. May 25, 1838; m. Nov. 16, 1864, Horace B. Doe of Exeter

(213) John Bennett? (James,* Isaac,* James,‘ James,? James,? Giles!) was
born in Newmarket July 19, 1807; married (1) Lydia Caverly, who was born
in Newington, 1809, and died Feb. 23, 1855, (2) Aug. 17, 1855, Susan Augusta,
daughter of Samuel and Love (Kendall) Matthews of Lee, who was born Aug.
17, 1818; a farmer and ship-carpenter of Nottingham. Children:

221. Charles H.* b. March 23, 1830; m. Aug. 19, 1855, Olive Russell.

222. Mary Abby: b. Jan. 5, 1833; m. Nov. 6, 1855, Stephen Smith of
Nottingham.

223. Jennie b. 1849. 224. John O.*; res. Luverne, Minn.

225. Sarah Frances* m. April 20, 1876, Ira F. Twombly; res. Haverhill,
Mass.

226. Ida Augusta? b. Feb. 23, 1855; m. April 1877, George M. Gear of
Barrington.

(214.) James’ (James, Isaac,* James,‘ James,’ James,? Giles!) was born
May 15, 1809; married Oct. 29, 1833, Lucy A. Davis; a carpenter and farmer
at Newmarket. Children:

227. Lucy A.*b. Oct. 8, 1834; d. Nov. 26, 1837.

228. Lucy A.* b. Sept. 12, 1838; m. Sept. 12, 1870, Charles E. B. Edgerly
of Boston.

229. Elbridge Tylers b. Jan. 10, 1842; m. July 14, 1869, Carrie Bonnie
of Lawrence, Mass.; graduated at Phillips Exeter academy, 1862; studied
law with W. B. Small of Newmarket, and established his office in Lawrence,
464 History oF NEWFIELDS.

1865; was president of the Essex Bar Association, and one of the most promi-
nent lawyers of Lawrence; was prominent in municipal affairs, and city
solicitor, 1877-78; died at Rangely Lake, Me., Sept. 1, 1896, his wife and
daughter surviving him. Child:

230. Carrie® b. Sept. 12, 1871.

(221). Charles H.? (John Bennett,’ James,* Isaac,* James,‘ James, James, *
Giles !) was born March 23, 1830; married Aug. 19, 1855, Olive Russell.

Children:

231. Frank Augustus* b. Newmarket, Sept. 26, 1856; res. Brooklyn, Minn.

232. Flora Belle* b. Lee, May 1861; res. Norridgewock, Me.

BURNHAM.

Robert Burnham of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, was born in 1581;
married, 1608, Mary Andrews and had seven children, of whom John, Robert
and Thomas came to America in the ship “‘Angel Gabriel’ which was wrecked
on the coast of Maine.

Josiah Burnham, presumably a descendant, a tailor of Lee, aged 23 years,
was a soldier in Capt. Winborn Adams’ Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. June
2, 1775; and in Capt. James Hill’s Newmarket Co., on Pierce’s Island, Nov.
5,1775; was of Newmarket, aged 24, enlisting Jan. 1, and reported as deserted,
March 29, 1776; entered Jan. 27, 1776, Capt. Samuel Young’s Co., Col. Bedel’s
Regt., and joined the northern continental army under Gen. Washington;
returned as absent from Col. Poor’s Regt. at Chimney Point July 8, 1776;
signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was mustered in from Epping into
Capt. Joseph Chandler’s Co., Col. Wyman’s Regt., Aug. 10, 1776.

Thomas Burnham, perhaps the son of Josiah, was a soldier of the Revolution;
signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was active in the parish, 1797
and 1799.

CHANNELL.

Abraham: and Robert: Channell were brothers from Essex, Mass. James?
and Sally Peasley? Channell were children of Abraham.

CHAPMAN.

1. Edward: Chapman came from Yorkshire, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass.,
where he died April 18, 1678. He married (1) 1642, Mary, daughter of
Mark Symonds, the mother of his children, who died June 18, 1653,(2) Dorothy,
daughter of Richard Swain, and widow of Thomas Abbott of Rowley, Mass.
5 children:

2. Samuel? (Edward!) married May 26, 1678, Ruth Ingalls who died in
Ipswich, June 22, 1700; removed to North Hill, Hampton; died there Jan.
26, 1722, aged 67. 8 ch.

3. Samuels (Samuel, Edward') was born Feb. 12, 1679; married March
11, 1702, Phebe Balch of Manchester, Mass.; settled in Hampton; later
removed to Greenland, where he died April 21, 1742. His widow died April
11, 1758. (111).
GENEALOGY. 465

Their sons Samuel‘ and Joseph‘ were the ancestors of the Newfields and
Lamprey River families. A son Paul‘ was the great-grandfather of Rev.
Jacob Chapman.

4. Samuel‘ (Samuel, Samuel, Edward:) was born in Hampton Dee. 7,
1706; was in Newmarket as early as 1732; married (1) York, (2).

Children:

5. John. 6. Mary. 7. Samuel.s 8. Benjamin.s 9. Phebe.s 10. Ed-

mund.s 11. Noah.» 12. Elizabeth.s 18. Eliphaz.s 14. Martha.s

15. David.s 16. Hannah.».

17. Josephs (Samuel, s Samuel, 2 Edward) was born June 10, 1713; petitioned
for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746, and for a lottery in aid of
bridge, 1759 and 1760; was on the pay roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co.,
Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. from May 27 to Aug. 1, 1775, of Capt. Timothy
Clement’s Co., Col. Pierse Long’s Regt., from Sept. 10, to Dec. 7, 1776, from
Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777, and from Jan. 7 to Feb. 7, 1777; marched to.
Ticonderoga; with his brother Samuel, was taxed in Exeter, Newmarket
section, 1732. Children:

18. Smiths; m. Sarah Burleigh. 19. Levis; m. Sally Barber.

(7). Samuels (Samuel,+ Samuel,* Samuel2, Edward!) was born March 9.
1734; married Aug. 4, 1754, Mary Barber, who was born Feb. 4, 1729, and
died Dec. 29, 1816; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; was
credited with labor of men and oxen on rafts built at Newington Oct. 22, 1775;
mustered with Capt. Peter Coffin’s Co., Nov. 24, 1775; signed the Association
Test, 1776; is mentioned, 1784 and 1786; active in the parish, 1797-98 and
1800. Children:

20. Jenney.« 21. Mary. 22. Elizabeth. 23. Samuel.s 24. Shadrach.s
25. Comfort. 26. John.¢ 27. Rhoda.s 28. Andrew McLary.+

(8). Benjamin‘ (Samuel,: Samuel, Samuel,2 Edward') was born Jan. 4,
1737; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge, 1780; active in the
parish affairs, 1798; married, 1768, Brackett. Children:

29. Pauls b. Nov. 9, 1761; m. (1) Sally Smart, (2) Mary Chapman.

30. Lydia.© 31. Noah.¢ 32. John.s 33. Josephs; lived in Meredith.

(15). Davids (Samuel, ‘ Samuel, s Samuel, Edward:) was born Dec. 7, 1752;
married Elizabeth Clark of Stratham; was a cordwainer. (121). Children:

34. Elizabeth. 35. David.« 36. Edmund.* 37. James.*. 38. Nancy.¢

39. Sally. 40. Daniel. 41. Susan.«

(18). Smiths (Joseph, ¢ Samuel, Samuel, ? Edward) married Sept. 30, 1779,
Sarah, daughter of James and Sarah (Foss) Burleigh. (118). Children:

42. Levi. 43. Smith.s 44. Kato.s 45. Nancys; m. Paul Chapman.

46. Mary. 47. Burleigh.*

(19). Levis (Joseph,* Samuel,? Samuel,? Edward:) was born in 1755;
enlisted May 27, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co.; married, Oct. 28, 1782,
Sally Barber. (133). Children:

48. Levi. 49. Eben.e 50. Irene.s 51. Mary.s

(29). Dea. Pauls (Benjamin,’ Samuel,‘ Samuel,» Samuel,? Edward:)
was born Nov. 9, 1761; married (1) Jan. 20, 1785, Sally Smart, (2) Nancy,
daughter of Smith Chapman. Children by first wife:

52. Nancy’; m. Elder William Demerett of Durham.

 

 

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466 History oF NEWFIELDS.

53. Mary’; m. Benjamin Brackett. 54. Sally’; m. Arthur Branscomb.

55. Lydiat; m. John Shackford.

56. Paul; m. June 21, 1821, Marcia, dau. of Benjamin and Mercy (Barker)
French of Deerfield, who d. Dec. 9, 1863, aged about 64.

(35). Davids (David,s Samuel,‘ Samuel, Samuel,? Edward!) was born
May 3, 1776; married Feb. 22, 1798, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Lord, who
was born Nov. 3, 1776 and died Nov. 14, 1818; was active in parish affairs,
1797-99, 1801, 1808-11 and 1814; constable and collector, 1802 and 1805-
06; assessor, 1806; representative, 1809 and 1812-13; collector, 1811; inn-
keeper and retailer, 1811 and 1814; auditor, 1814; died, Nov. 14, 1818.
Children:

57. Nathaniel Lord. 58. Mary.’ 59. Mary Louisa.’ 60. David."

61. James.’ 62. Emily.? 63. John.7 64. Lucy.’ 65. George.’

®

CHASE,

1. Aquila: Chase was born in Cornwall, Eng., about 1618; was of Hampton,
1639, and Newbury, Mass., 1646; married Anna, daughter of John Wheeler of
Hampton; died Newbury Aug. 29, 1670. Children:

2. Sarah.s 3. Anne.? 4. Priscilla.2 5. Mary.2 6. Aquila.2 7. Thomas.»
8. John.» 9. Elizabeth. 10. Ruth. 11. Daniel.2 12. Moses.

(7) Thomas: (Aquila:) was born July 25, 1654; married Nov. 22, 1677,
Rebecca Folansbee.

13. Jonathan* (Thomas, Aquila!) was born, 1683; married Joanna Palmer;
settled in Stratham.

14. James‘ (Jonathan,* Thomas,? Aquila!) went by way of Chester to
Epping, North River, where his descendants still reside.

1. Prescott! Chase married Sally Sanborn, and settled in Epping. Two of
their sons were among the young men of sterling worth who were attracted to
Newfields by the Swamscot Machine works and remained to become valuable
citizens. They were:

2. J. Lewis? who married Ida F., daughter of John and Angelina Bunker;
lived in Newfields, but for several years held a responsible position with the
Exeter Machine Co. Both were lost in the wreck of the City of Columbus off
Gay’s Head, January 1884. Child:

3. George L.,* a lumber dealer; influential in town affairs; selectman;
member of the school board; representative, 1902; m. Alice, dau. of Dr. John
Chase of Epping, and Dedham, Mass.

4. Samuel P.: who married, 1869, Lizzie, daughter of Joseph and Ruth
Kuse; removed to Exeter, 1885; died by accident, March 1902.

Children:

5. Harry P.+; dentist; d. 1909, leaving a widow, but no children,

6. Edna*; m. Prof. H. A. Ross of Phillips Exeter Academy.

Edmund Chase signed the Association Test at Newmarket, 1776.
GENEALOGY. 467

CHESLEY.

1, Phillip: Chesley, the emigrant, was of Dover Neck as early as 1642;
married (1) Elizabeth Thomas who was living in 1661, (2) Joanna who
was living in 1685. (125). Children:

2. Thomas! b. about 1642; m. (1) Elizabeth Thomas, (2) Anna

$. Philip: b. 1644; m. (1) Sarah L. Crommett, (2) Sara :

4. Esther?; m. Aug. 9, 1705, John, s. of John, and grandson of Dea. John
Hall of Dover.

5. Mary?; m. May 26, 1701; Ralph, son of Dea. John Hall of Dover.

Child by second wife:

6. Joanna,= perhaps.

(2). Thomas? (Philip!) was born about 1642; married (1) Aug. 22, 1663,
Elizabeth Thomas, (2) Anna ; was killed by the Indians Nov. 15, 1697.
The warrant for the appraisement of his estate mentions Ann ‘“ widow of said
Thomas, now the wife of Joseph Daniels, Sept. 5, 1704.” The inventory was
returned by Joseph Daniels Dec. 5, 1704, prior to which time Anna (Chesley)
Daniels had died. Joseph Daniels made provision for John? Chesley, son of
said Thomas, June 29, 1708.

Children by first wife:

7. Thomas.* 8. John.: 9. Georges of Oyster River; m. Deliverance
; inventory ordered June 8, and taken Dec. 3, 1710. 10. Joseph. (89).
11. Elizabeth.» 12. Sarah.» 13. Susanna.s 14. Mary.+

(3) Philip: (Philip:) was born in 1644; married (1) Elizabeth, widow of
Philip Crommett, and daughter of Thomas Laighton, (2) Sarah ; was
constable, 1695; disposes of land in “Newtowne ” by his will dated Dec. 16,
1695. Children:

15. Capt. Samuel of Oyster River; was killed by the Indians Sept. 15, 1707.
The warrant for inventory and division of this estate dated Aug. 3, 1708,
mentions his widow Elizabeth, and the return April 4, 1709, mentions Elizabeth
Pinkham, formerly his wife. 16. Philip.» (88).

17. Ebenezer. 18. Hannah.* 19. Jamest;m.Tamson Wentworth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Thomas: Chesley, perhaps the son of Thomas (7) above, was born
Jan. 1792; married Susan , who was born Sept. 1787, and died April 25,
1875; bought and settled on the Joseph Doe-Perkins place at the Junction;
died July 28, 1865. Children:

2. Daughter?; m. Samuel . 3. Henry Harrison, m. Elizabeth Alley.

4. Daughter,? m. Giddings. 5. Mary; never married.

(3). Henry Harrison? (Thomas!) married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
and Elizabeth Alley of Exeter; settled on the homestead near the railroad
station at Rockingham Junction; his father’s house was in Newmarket, but
his own was so near the line that both towns claimed him as a citizen and sent
him bills for poll-tax. After much controversy he insisted on a re-survey of
the line, which proved to pass through his house and bed room, but the bed
stood on the Newfields side of the room, and so he was adjudged a citizen of
that town. Children:

6. Frank H.* b. 1858; m. , who d. Aug. 2, 1900, leaving a son:

7. John Henrys; in business, Lynn, Mass.

8. Ann Elizabeth:; m. J. Harry Prentiss of Haverhill, Mass.

 

 

 

 

 
468 History oF NEWFIELDS.

CHESWELL.

1. Hopestill March: Cheswell was a capable master carpenter; married
Kennison; settled in Newmarket; petitioned for a bridge over Squam-
scot river, Nov. 21, 1746; soon after the Revolution he built several two story
houses with gambrel roofs on Pleasant St., Portsmouth. Children:

2. Wentworth, ? named for Gov. Wentworth; m. Mary Davis.

3. Daughter,? d. young.

(2) Wentworth: (Hopestill!) was born in 1746; m. Mary Davis; d.
March 8, 1817. Very influential in the community. (103). His widow
died June 22, 1829, aged 79. Children:

4. Elder Thomas:; m. (1) Oct. 28, 1787, Betsey Eastman, (2) Mrs. (Wright)
Bell. (140).

5. Pauls; active in the parish, 1798. 6. Samuel,: d. 1801.

7. William, b. 1785; d. Dover, Oct. 21, 1806.

8. Marys; m. Daniel Perkins. 9. Nancy3; m.

10. Sally:; m. Moses Chase; d. Nov. 9, 1829, aged 55.

11. Mehitables; m. John Smart. 12. Abby:; d. March 31, 1855, aged 63.

13. Marthas; d. unm. July 20, 1876, aged 79. 14. Daughter* b. Oct. 2,
and d. Oct. 9, 1790. 15. Daughters; probably d. in infancy.

 

 

Hanniford.

CHURCHILL.

Tradition says the Churchills are descendants of James II and Mary
(Stuart), Queen of Scots.

1. Thomas: Churchill of Plymouth, Mass., married, 1758, Mary, daughter
of Nathaniel Ewer, and sister of Rev. Nathaniel Ewer, who was born Aug. 7,
1737; was a weaver; removed to Newmarket accompanied by his wife’s
father, who died at her home; was credited with labor on rafts at Newington
for the defence of Pascataqua harbor, Oct. 22, 1775; signed the Association
Test, 1776; active in parish affairs, 1797-99; died and was buried at the
Plains north of his house in the family burying ground. A part of the Churchill
house is still standing and occupied by William Kennison at the Plains.

Children:

2. Rev. Thomas?; m. (1) Anna H. Wentworth, (2) Cragin; lived
at the Plains west of the homestead; active in the parish, 1797-99; Osbornite,
1800; tithingman, 1805; on school committee, 1815; after his second mar-
riage lived in Lawrence, Mass.; died in Maine. His first wife was b. Dec. 18,
1807, and d. in Newmarket.

3. Joseph?; m. Oct. 7, 1795, Sally Tash.

4. John? b. May 11, 1776; m. Nov. 14, 1799, Sarah True, who was b. in
Deerfield, May 15, 1782, and d. May 29, 1830; the first persons of the name to
settle in Deerfield; d. there Aug. 24, 1846.

5. Lydia?; m. June 21, 1785, Reuben French.

6. Mary Ewer?; m. Nov. 26, 1782, Wiggin Doe; d. Dec. 8, 1853, aged 93.

(3) Joseph? (Thomas:) married Oct. 7, 1795, Sally, daughter of Dea. John
Tash; settled on the homestead, but about 1825 moved to Brookfield; active
in parish affairs, 1797-99; an Osbornite, 1800; among his large family of
children were:

 
GENEALOGY. 469

7. John. 8. Joseph.: 9. Nathaniel.s 10. Eben.: 11. Jamess; m. Eliza,
dau. of Rev. John Osborne.

Ichabod Churchill m. April 3, 1788, Elizabeth Doe.
Sarah Churchill m. May 18, 1849, John H. Chapman.

CLARK.

1. Richard? Clark, son of Richard,: was born in Greenland about 1693;
married Marston who died Sept. 19, 1767; settled in Newmarket;
died 1784. Children:

2. Richard? b. 1693. (125). 38. Caleb,s m. Mary 4. Stephen, s
probably. 5. Joshua,s perhaps; bought land, Sept. 24, 1746, in Epping of
Jonathan Norris and Joseph Hall; was 2d Major in the 4th regiment under
Col. Nicholas Gilman, Aug. 24, 1775; and Captain of the Epping company
of 60 six weeks’ men who marched to Cambridge Dec. 1775 to take the place of
the Connecticut troops; signed the Association Test, 1776; was justice of the
peace and conveyancer.

(3) Caleb? (Richard, Richard:) married Mary ———. (99). Child:

6. Susanna‘ b. Jan. 1750; d. Feb. 13, 1752.

 

 

1. Maj. Robert: Clark of Epping was mustered as sergeant, Sept. 10, as
ensign Oct. 10, and reported in Capt. Timothy Clement’s Co., Col. Pierse
Long’s Regt. at New Castle, Dec. 7, 1776; witnessed the pay roll of Capt.
Timothy Clement Jan. 6, 1777; was Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co.,
Col. Thomas Bartlett’s Regt., for the defense of West Point, 1780; after the
Revolution went by the title of ‘‘ Major,” and later ‘“Captain;” gave his sword
to his name sake Green Clark Fowler, the grandson of his second wife. He mar-
ried (1) Sarah Barker, who died about 1820, (2) Hannah (Cutts), widow of
Philip Fowler, April 1822, who died Nov. 9, 1854, aged 77; settled in New-
fields about 1785; kept a tavern in the house just west of Exeter road on road
to Piscassic, which was destroyed by fire Aug. 1903. His sign ‘‘ R. Clark ”
swung from the elm in front of the house; was on the school committee, 1825;
charter member of the Congregational church, 1829; died about 1835: Child:

2. Nathaniel Green; a remarkably precocious boy, who went to sea and
was never heard from afterwards.

John Cutts Fowler was married at Newington in the morning, and returned
with his bride to the marriage of his mother to Maj. Clark in the evening.

1. Daniel: Clark of Sanbornton and Exeter married Elizabeth Smart.

Children:

2. Susan M.? b. Jan. 7, 1821; m. 1840, Capt. George W. Fernald. One ch.

3. Alice M.2; m. E. Newton Chase of Exeter. 4. Joseph F.? of Exeter.

5. John N.2; m. Fanny, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Gilman) Peavey, and
granddaughter of James and Mercy (Dame) Peavey, who d. Feb. 14, 1882,
(2) May 1, 1884, Lydia A., dau. of Chase and Lydia A. (Neal) Wiggin.
Sarah (Gilman) Peavey was dau. of James and Betsey (Lyford) Gilman.

1. Josiah Smith: Clark was born Feb. 18, 1825; married Dec. 1849, Adaline
J. Wentworth; was selectman, 1868-69; owned and lived on the Nathaniel
470 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Paul farm on the Lee road. His widow married (2) Moses Humphrey of
Concord. Children:

2. Ellen?; m. John W. Paul; d. 1897; one dau. Adaline: Paul.

3. Ida C.2; m. Stillman Humphrey of Concord; secretary of “‘ Home of
the Aged.”

4. Charles1; res. Concord; unm.

COBBEY.

William and Richard Cobbey petitioned for a lottery in aid of a bridge at
Newfields, 1759 and 1760, and for a bridge at Newfields, 1766.

James: Cobbey of Newmarket was mustered in Capt. Michael McClary’s
Co., Col. A. Scammell’s Regt. for three years, Feb. 6, 1777, and received 20
pounds state bounty.

James? Cobbey Jr., with consent of his parents James and Anna Cobbey,
apprenticed himself to Philip and Sarah Fowler for ten years from May 10,
1779, but ran away five months before his time expired.

James Cobbey is mentioned, 1803.

COE.

1. Robert: Coe was born in 1596 in Suffolkshire, England; married Anna,
who was born in England in 1591; came to Watertown, Mass., in the ship
Francis in 1634; moved to Connecticut, 1636; and thence to Long Island,
1644, where he died. 3 ch.

2. Robert? (Robert+) was born in Suffolkshire, 1627; came with his parents
to America, 1634; married Hannah ; settled in Stratford, Conn.,
where he died, 1650. 3 ch.

3. John: (Robert, Robert!) was born, Stratford, Conn., May 10, 1658;
anarried Mary Hawley, Dec. 20, 1682; died Stratford, April 19, 1741. 10 ch.

4. Joseph‘ (John,* Robert,? Robert:) was born, Stratford, Feb. 2, 1686;
married Abigail Robinson 1708; died Durham, Conn., July 15, 1754. 5 ch.

5. Joseph (Joseph,‘ John,* Robert,? Robert!) was born, Durham, Conn.,
Sept. 3, 1713; married, Abigail Curtis, 1739; died June 10, 1784. 10 ch.

6. Rev. Curtiss (Joseph,s Joseph,‘ John,* Robert,? Robert!) was born,
Middletown, Conn., July 21, 1750; married Anne, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer
Thompson, 1781, who died Oct. 11, 1829 aged 68; graduated, Brown Univer-
sity, 1776; studied theology with Rev. Mr. Benedict of Middletown; was
ordained pastor, Durham, N. H., Nov. 1, 1780, the last minister settled and
supported by the town; dismissed, April 23, 1806; remained a member of the
church there till June 1817, then joined the First church, Exeter; was made a
trustee of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, 1805, and appointed mis-
sionary, 1807, laboring in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont;
preached at Newmarket a portion of the time, 1810-11; superintended the
organization of the church of Milton, 1815, and continued as long as he was
able to preach laboring in mission fields. He removed to Newfields, 1819,
purchasing an estate of Major Hale; was active in the Society, 1828; charter
member of the Congregational Society, Jan. 16, 1829; died June 7, 1829, and
lies buried in the old cemetery at the centre. ‘He was a-good man, rigorous

 
GENEALOGY. 471

in doctrine and discipline, clear and impressive.” His tombstone bears the
inscription, ‘He has gone to receive the fruits of his faithful labours and the
reward of a well spent life.’ (406). Children:

7. Joseph? b. June 1, 1782; m. Temperance Pickering; was a merchant and
ship master, 1827; published The True American, Concord 1840; d. Durham,
April 26, 1852.

8. Abigail? b. Feb. 29, 1784; m. Daniel Mathes.

9. Ebenezer’ b. Dec. 6, 1785; m. (1) Mehitable Smith, (2) Mrs. Mary W.
Barker. :

10. Curtis? b. Sept. 16, 1787; d. South Carolina, Sept. 3, 1817.

11. Mary? b. Nov. 22, 1789. Her diary which is preserved from April 4,
1810, to June 18, 1836, records Nov. 12, 1815, “I have this day publicly pro-
fessed religion.’ This was in connection with the First Church, Exeter. She
became a member of Congregational church, Newfields, 1829; d. unm. Nov.
23, 1836.

12. Ann7b. June 28, 1792; m. Dea. Edward Berry of Pittsfield; united with
the First Church, Exeter, June, 1817, having been “ propounded” according
to her sister Mary, June 1, 1817; started a Sunday School in the old Newfields
school house, April 26, 1818; was a school teacher; d. April 1, 1864.

13. John’ b. Jan. 18, 1797; m. Lavinia T. Senter of Center Harbor.

14. Benjamin’ b. July 20, 1801; m. Louisa F. Mead.

(8). Abigail? (Rev. Curtis,* Joseph,* Joseph, ‘ John, + Robert, 2 Robert!) was
born Feb. 29, 1784; married Daniel Mathes. Child:

15. Abigails Mathes b. 1806; d. Feb. 1, 1825.

(9). Ebenezer? (Rev. Curtis, * Joseph,* Joseph, ‘ John, ? Robert, 2 Robert) was
born Dec. 6, 1785; married (1) Nov. 13, 1818, Mehitable, daughter of Ebenezer
Smith of Durham, who died May 18, 1833, (2) Nov. 30, 1835, Mrs. Mary W.
Barker, widow of Hon. David Barker and daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Upham;
lived at Northwood Narrows; moved to Bangor, Me., 1846; died there Oct.
1862. Coe’s Academy was named in his honor.

Children by first wife:

16. Ebenezer 8.* b. Nov. 5, 1814; m. Mary U., dau. of Hon. David Barker
of Rochester; an extensive lumber merchant; d. Bangor, Dec. 9, 1899.

17. Henry W.,# b. Feb. 1820; m. 1858, H. H., dau. of Rev. Henry Smith;
settled in California.

Children by second wife:

18. Thomas Upham? b. 1837; graduated, Bowdoin College, 1857; and
Jefferson Medical College, 1861; a practising physician, Bangor, Me.

19. Mehitable Smiths b. Nov. 1839; d. May 1842.

The Coe and Speed houses were the only dwellings between Philip Fowler’s
and George Hilton’s.

(14). Dea. Benjamin’ (Rev. Curtis,* Joseph,» Joseph,‘ John,+ Robert,2
Robert!) was born July 20, 1801; married Louisa Frost, daughter of Levi H.
Mead, who was born in Northwood, June 3, 1806; was farmer and trader; on
school committee, 1825; selectman, 1826-27; united with the Congregational
church, Sept. 1839, and by letter at Newfields, Feb. 12, 1840; was clerk of the
church, 1840; warden of the society, 1841; justice of the peace, 1852, and of
the quorum, 1854; county road commissioner, 1854; died, April 8, 1873.
472 History or NEWFIELDS.

His wife was admitted to the church July 7, 1844, and died Feb. 24, 1868.
Child:

20. Annas; m. May 26, 1871, Henry T. Taplin, s. of Rev. Horatio N.
Taplin, and foster son of Henry and Nancy (Giddings) Thing. One child.
(See Taplin).

21. James Edward* (adopted) was b. in Lynn, Mass., Sept. 3, 1843;
was the son of James Babb who was b. in Epsom, Jan. 11, 1794, and
Susan S., dau. of Levi and Susan (Hilton) Mead, b. Jan. 18, 1811, who were
m. in Northwood Aug. 25, 1825; adopted by his uncle and aunt, Dea. Ben-
jamin and Louisa (Mead) Coe, 1845; entered the Swamscot Machine Co.
as an apprentice Dec. 2, 1861, and, excepting the year 1868, which he spent
as an engineer in Cuba, has been employed there continuously; m. May 26,
1870, Emma Blake—adopted dau. of Dea. William and Abigail (Drowne)
Hervey—who was b. in Exeter, Dec. 24, 1843. Was teacher in the public
school, 1868. Children:

22. John W.*b. March 6, 1871; m. Abbie T. Hall.

23. James Lewis »* b. April 9, 1872.

24, Arthur Babb» b. April 15, 1875; d. Nov. 19, 1880.

(22). John W.* (James Edward,* Dea. Benjamin,’ etc.) was born March 6,
1871; graduated at Coe’s Academy, Northwood 1894; student New Hampshire
Agricultural College, Durham, 1894-95; employed in the United States
Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., as ordnance machinist and coast inspector of
ordnances; married Nov. 16, 1895, Abbie T., daughter of William C. and
Flora (Wheeler) Hall, of Watertown. Children:

25. Arthur Lewis..° 26. Edward Curtis... 27. Ralph Williams. 28.
Eleanor I. 1

(23). James Lewis * (James Edward,* Dea. Benjamin,’ etc.) was born April
9, 1872; resides in Newfields; a skillful machine pattern maker; tax collector
and active in town and church affairs; married June 12, 1901, Alice M., dau.
of Erastus B. and Mary A. (Dow) Jewell, of Stratham.

Child: 4

29. Helen Jewell.

COFFIN.

1. Peter: Coffin was a resident of Brixham parish, Plymouth, Devonshire,
England, and died in 1613.

2. Tristam? (Peter+) was born in 1609; married Dionis, daughter of Robert
Stevens of England; came to America, 1642, bringing with him his wife and
five children, his mother who died in Boston, May 30, 1661, aged 77, and two
sisters, Eunice and Mary; came to Salisbury, Mass., 1642, the same year to
Haverhill, to Newbury, 1648, to Salisbury, 1655, and a company having been
formed in 1659, Tristam moved to Nantucket, 1660, with his wife and sons
James and Stephen; died Oct. 1661. Children:

3. Peter? b, 1630. 4. Tristam: b. 1632. 5. Elizabeth.» 6. James.:

7. John.s 8. Stephen: b. in Newbury, 1652.

(3). Hon. Peter? (Tristam,? Peter!) was born in Brixham, Eng., 1630;
married Abigail, daughter of Elder Edward Starbuck of Dover. (84).
Children:
GENEALOGY. 473

9. Abigail‘ b. 1657; m. Daniel Davison.

10. Capt. Peters b. Aug. 20, 1660; m. Deborah ———. (85).

11. Jethro« b. Sept. 16, 1663.

12. Tristam: b. Jan. 18, 1665; m. Deborah Colcord.

13. Edward‘ b. Feb. 20, 1669. 14. Judith‘ b. 1672.

15. Elizabeth1; m. Maj. John Gilman June 5, 1693; d. July 10, 1720.

16. Parnelt. 17. Capt. Robert‘; m. Joanna, dau. John and Elizabeth
(Treworgie) Gilman who was b. April 30, 1679, survived him and m. (2) Henry
Dyer, and d. Dec. 24, 1720. (86).

As it had been the “Royal Pleasure” of ‘‘their Majtie”’ to give to John
Taylor or his agents employed in providing masts for the supply of naval
stores, in which Robert Coffin was then concerned, on Sept. 9, 1694, he peti-
tions the Lt. Governor and Council, ‘that such Persons as are by mee
Employed in that Service may not be interupted therein but be free from all
Impresses whereby they may be taken out of the s¢ Employmt being will-
ing they shall doe their duty of Watching and Warding at the Garrisons to
web they belong.”

This was answered by an order to Capt. John Everett to guard with his
Massachusetts soldiers persons so employed “ ffor the Halling a Pcell of Masts
out of Exeter Woods.”

(4). Tristam: (Tristam,2 Peter!) was born in Brixham, Eng., 1632;
married Judith, widow of Henry Somerby, and daughter of Capt. Edman
Greenleaf; lived in Wales, and Plymouth, Mass., 1653; died Feb. 4, 1704.
His wife died Dec. 15, 17038, aged 80, leaving 177 descendants. Ten children
of whom the youngest was

18. Hon. Nathaniel‘ (Tristam,* Tristam,? Peter!) born March 22, 1669,
married March 29, 1693, Sarah, widow of Henry Dole, and daughter
of Samuel Brockleback of Rowley, Mass. Children:

19. Moses: b. June 11, 1711; m. Anna Dole.

20. Rebecca‘; m. Stephen Gilman, who sold land in Piscassic, 1767.

(19). Mosess (Nathaniel,+ Tristam,* Tristam,? Peter1) was born June 11,
1711; married Nov. 28, 1732, Anna Dole; had land in Piscassic, May 3, 1758
and 1779. Children:

21. Enochs; was clerk in Capt. Perry’s Co., from May 10 to Dee. 21, 1756;
justice, 1764, 1776, 1778-79, 1781, 1787, 1790 and 1799; deputy from Epping
to convention at Exeter, Jan. 2, 1775; corporal in Capt. Clement’s Co., Col.
Gilman’s Regt., April 15, 1776; selectman, Epping 1776. 22. William.«

1. Capt. Eliphalet: Coffin married Feb. 11, 1710, Judith, widow of Parker
Noyes, and daughter of James Coffin of Newbury; died, 1736. (88). Children:

2. Abigail? b. Nov. 13, 1711; m. Israel Gilman.

3. Peter? b. Dec. 3, 1713. 4. Judith? b. Dec. 12, 1717.

5. Eliphalet? b. Feb. 11, 1721; d. May 3, 1722.

6. Deborah? d. Sept. 25, 1721; probably b. before Eliphalet.

(2). Abigail? (Eliphalet1) was born Noy. 18, 1711; married Dec. 2, 1731,
Israel, son of Richard and Sarah (Clark) Gilman, who was born Feb. 25, 1709,
and died Dec. 14, 1792. Child:

7. Sarah Gilman: b. Jan. 28, 1740; m. Capt. Theophilus, son of Theophilus
474 History oF NEWFIELDS.

and Mary (Wiggin) Smith, who was b. May 15, 1741, and d. Feb. 26, 1805; d.
Feb. 26, 1805.

There was an Enoch and Mary (Daniel) Coffin at Piscassic. Also a William.
(136). The Coffin tavern, since the Pike-Thing tavern, was between Smith’s
and Barber’s.

COLBY.

1. Phineas: Colby of Candia married Sally, widow of Richard Emerson,
and daughter of John and Lydia (Robie) Clay.

2. Jonathan E.: (Phineas:) married Sarah Ann Foster of Topsham, Vt.;
died at Northfield, Vt., 1684; buried in Newfields. His wife survived him
and m. (2) Otis Colcord of Candia, surviving him, and dying Mar. 1899.

Children:

8. Fannie G.*b. 1844; m. Francis V. Randall;

4. Emma E.: b. 1848; d. June 1, 1866; buried in Newfields.

5. Asa O.3 b. 1852; d. Nov. 9, 1868.

(3). Fannie G.* (Jonathan E.,2 Phineas!) was born in West Topsham, Vt.;
married, Newfields, Francis V. Randall, born Braintree, Vt., Colonel of the
13th and 17 Regts. Vt. Volunteers, and died Northfield, Vt., 1885; died Ellen-
dale, N. D., Oct. 1893; buried in Newfields. Children:

6. Phils Randall b. 1865; lawyer, Ellendale, N. D.

7. Volney‘ Randall b. 1875; druggist, Ellendale, N. D.

The Colbys lived many years on Swamscot St. in the house owned
by H. Jenness Paul, but in 1910 bought by William Sheehy.

COLCORD.

1. Edward: Colcord was born in 1616 or 1617; married Ann ;
came to America in 1661, settling at Pascataqua; died in Hampton Feb. 10,
1682. (67). Children:

2. Jonathan? b. 1640; d. Aug. 31, 1661.

3. Hannah? b. 1643; m. Dec. 28, 1668, Dea. Thomas Dearborn; d. July 17,
1720.

. Sarah? b. 1646; m. Dec. 30, 1668, John Hobbs.

. Mary? b. Oct. 4, 1649; m. Dec. 28, 1670, Benjamin Fifield.
. Edward? b. Feb. 2, 1652; killed by Indians, June 13, 1677.
. Samuel? b. 1655; m. Mary Ayer.

. Mehitable? b. 1658; m. Nathaniel Stevens of Dover.

. Shuah? b. June 12, 1660.

10. Deborah? b. May 21, 1664; m. Tristam Coffin.

11. Abigail: b. July 23, 1667.

(7). Samuel? (Edward:) was born in 1655; married Mary Ayer of Haverhill,
Mass. Children:

12. Samuel? b. March 11, 1682; m. ———

13. Jonathan: b. March 4, 1684; m. 14. Hlicabeths b. Dec. 26, 1686.

15. Hannah: b. April 17, 1689; m. Nov. 2, 1709, Samuel Dudley:

16. Edward: b. April 1, 1692. 17. Thenessn b. May 20, 1695; m. Hannah
Fellows. 18. Mary: b. March 24, 1698.

 

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(12), Lt. Samuels (Samuel,? Edward!) was born in Hampton March 11,
1682; married Sept. 13, 1704, Elizabeth, daughter of Lt. Peter and Susanna
(Cousins or Coffin) Folsom; was a soldier on garrison duty, Hampton, 1696;
settled in Kingston; left Kingston with his brother Jonathan and other
settlers, 1707, on account of Indian alarms, and refused to return for a time;
afterwards returned and died there about 1718. Theinventory of his estate was
taken May 27, and return made June 14, 1718. Administration was granted
to his widow Elizabeth June 4, 1718. She married (2) Aug. 19, 1718, Lt.
Samuel Sanborn of Kingston, and died April 8, 1756. Children:

19. Peter‘ b. June 27, 1705; was captured, with others, in 1724 by the
Indians and sent to Canada, but made his escape after six months.

20. Elizabeth: b. June 13, 1708.

21. Samuel: b. Aug. 22, 1710; m. Dec. 28, 1732, Mehitable Ladd; signed the
Association Test at Kingston, Sept. 28, 1776; probably d. June 22, 1783.
Between 1733 and 1751 seven children were born to him who may have been
Samuel, Elizabeth, Peter, Mary, Albert, Bessie F., and ;

22. Hannah‘; m. Dr. Joseph Bartlett; moved to Salisbury about 1749,
and became the mother of Hon. Ichabod Bartlett.

23. Benjamin‘ b. Jan. 15 and d. Jan. 30, 1714.

24, Mary*‘b. Jan. 1, 1715; m. 1736, Col. Eben Stevens, and had

25. Ebenezer’ b. Feb. 16, 1739.

(13). Jonathan: (Samuel,z Edward!) was born March 4, 1684; married
(106).

 

 

 

Children:

26. Jonathan‘; m. Sarah Burleigh.

27. Hannah‘ b. Dec. 21, 1708; m. Daniel Gilman.

28. Gideon‘; m. Rachel Parsons. 29. Edward‘; m. Jane Coffin.

(26). Jonathan‘ (Jonathan, Samuel, Edward!) married Sarah Burleigh;
sold to Ens. Joseph Jewett an eighth part of ‘‘our’” sawmill in
Nottingham, Nov. 20, 1753; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1766;
bought land of Josiah Adams and others, Nov. 10, 1769; with his son Jonathan
petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1772; exports cattle to Passamoquody
1775; was allowed for labor on fire rafts at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; signed
the Association Test at Newmarket July 12, 1776; on committee to dismiss
Rev. John Moody April 28, 1777; is mentioned as late as 1785. Children:

30. Jonathan® b. about 1749; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1772;
m. Nancy Marshall. Child:

31. Emilys; m. John A. Burleigh.

32. Samuels b. 1752; m. (1) Mary Pearson, (2) Anna Robinson.

33. Joseph’ b. 1754; m. Fanny Russell.

34. William.s 35. Mary.® 36. Jesse.®

(28). Gideon* (Jonathan, Samuel,? Edward1) married Rachel, daughter
of Josiah and Eunice (Sargent) Parsons, and granddaughter of John Parsons
whose father Jaffrey was born near Exeter, Eng., in 1631, and died at
Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 1689. His wife was born at Cape Ann, Mass., June
29, 1726; survived him and married (2) June 22, 1774, Dea, Samuel Lane; died
Jan. 18, 1813. (111). Children:

37. Gideon: b. 1745; m. (1) Mary Moore, (2) Lois Lyford.

38. Jobs; settled in Tuftonborough.
476 History oF NEWFIELDS.

39. Josiah‘; a soldier in Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5,
1775; signed the Association Test in Newmarket, July 12, 1776; settled in
Parsonsfield, Me.

40. Nathaniels; settled in Hallowell, Me.

41, Benjamin:; settled in Northwood.

42. Jeremiah’ b. Oct. 17, 1760; m. Sept. 27, 1787, Sally, dau. of John and
Elizabeth Perkins, who was b. Oct. 2, 1767 and d. Feb. 13, 1792; is mentioned in
the Newmarket records, 1781 and 1784. (135).

43. Eunices; m. Oct. 2, 1783, her step-brother, Jabez Lane of Stratham,
who was b. May 16, 1760, and d. April 3, 1810.

(29). Edward‘ (Jonathan,* Samuel,: Edward!) married Jane Coffin; had a
garrison house on Hall’s mill road; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge,
1760, 1766 and 1772; was awarded damages on the laying out of Hall’s mill
road, 1766 and 1772; was not accepted with Capt. Samuel Edmund’s Co., June
6, 1775; signed the Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; on com-
mittee for the dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28, 1777; is mentioned in
the Newmarket records, 1787. His will was probated about 1799. Children:

44. John® b. Nov. 30, 1745; m. Helen Carpenter.

45. George b. 1750; m. Joanna , who d. June 24, 1823, aged 54; d.
Exeter, July 23, 1825.

46. Eliphalets b. 1756; lived in the Oak lands; d. Exeter, Jan. 28, 1829.
At a town meeting, April 16, 1798, Dr. Josiah Bartlett was allowed $3.97 and
Dr. John Marsters, $15, for ‘“‘ Doctoring Eliphalet Colcord.” An Eliphalet
Colcord also lived on the hill south of Zebulon Thing in Exeter, and d. Aug. 13,
1854, aged 62. Probably son of the above.

47. Peters b. March 7, 1758; m. (1) Jane Coffin, (2) Phebe Hamilton.

48. Elizabeth; m. Nicholas Hersey. 47. Hannah‘; m. John Gilman.

(83). Joseph (Jonathan, ‘4 Jonathan, * Samuel,? Edward!) was born in 1754;
married Fannie Russell. His wife was born in England in 1756; came to
this country in her uncle Capt. Armet’s ship with his family; was prevented
from returning to her parents, who were in good circumstances, by the breaking
out of the Revolutionary war, the ship having been blockaded at Portsmouth;
was an educated and cultured young lady and became a school teacher; met
Joseph Colcord for the first time at her school house where he was drawing a
load of wood; became acquainted with and finally married him; came to the
farm in Newmarket; though unaccustomed to work at her father’s home,
became a capable woman and proved an excellent housekeeper and a much-
respected matron. She never saw her parents after coming to America. Her
husband was at the battle of Bunker Hill; corporal in Capt. James Hill’s Co.,
on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 1775; and at the surrender of Burgoyne; signed the
Association Test, 1776. He settled on the homestead of his grandfather
Jonathan Colcord. (136). Children:

50. Thomas R.*;m. Esther W. Robbins. 51. Caroline; m. Josiah Watson.

52. Sally*; m. William Safford. 58. Josephe b. March 1781; m. Sally
Jenness.

54. John A.* b. Aug. 31, 1787; m. Comfort Folsom, who d. May 24, 1860,
leaving daughters Rhoda’ and Harriet?; was the “ Jack Colcord” of Hall’s
mill road, and built a cottage just north of the railroad crossing; d. Jan. 23,
1854.

 
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55. Fanny Russells; m. Daniel Prescott.

56. Betsey A.s; m. Cotton S. Brown.

(37). Gideon (Gideon, Jonathan,: Samuel, ?*Edward:) was born in 1745;
married (1) Mary, daughter of William and Abigail (Gilman) and sister of
Dr. Coffin Moore, who died Sept. 5, 1798, aged 50, (2) (published July 19, 1799)
Mrs. Lois, daughter of Kinsley and Mary (Hilton) James, and widow of The-
ophilus Lyford, who died June 21, 1826, aged 86; died, April16,1819. (136).
Children by first wife:

57. John.* 58. Elizabeth. 59. Marys; m. John Giddings.

60. Abigail’; m. Eliphalet Neal.

(44). Capt. Johns (Edward, Jonathan,: Samuel,: Edward:) was born in
Newfields Nov. 30, 1745; married July 10, 1777, Helen, daughter of Anthony
W. Carpenter, who was born in Norwalk, Ct., Nov. 17, 1757. Children:

61. Betsey Ann‘ b. June 15, 1778. 62. Polly Carpenters b. Jan. 31, 1780.

63. Abigail Stephenson‘ b. Dec. 17, 1781.

64. Tristam Coffins b. March 8, 1784.

65. John Carpenter‘ b. Jan. 20, 1787.

66. Anthony Carpenters b. Dec. 18, 1788.

(47). Peters (Edward,+ Jonathan,s Samuel,? Edward!) was born March
7, 1758; married (1) Jane Coffin, (2) Phebe Hamilton; is mentioned in
Newmarket records, 1785 and Feb. 8, 1799, as a Baptist; located for a time,
tradition says, near the Colcord estate in the pasture toward the Oaklands;
also lived in a cottage near the Coffin estate just beyond the entrance to Hed-
ding camp ground; afterwards moved to the vicinity of the Sanborn place in
Epping; active in the parish, 1797; died Jan 15, 1836. Child:

67. Coffins b. in the cottage near the Hedding camp ground; became the
millionaire builder and owner of the Philadelphia horse railroads, with John
O. Stearns, brother of Gov. Onslow Stearns, partner. The trustees of ‘‘ Coffin
Colket ” of Philadelphia, Nov. 1892, conveyed to Lorenzo Nealy and Jacob
R. Pettingill, for $205, land and buildings on Water St., Exeter.

(50). Thomas R.* (Joseph,* Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,: Samuel,2 Edward +)
married Esther W. Rollins of Salem Mass.; member of the Congregational
Society, Newfields; settled in Salem. His wife died there, Aug. 1866. Children:

68. Edward’; m. Sarah Smith of Newburyport.

69. Thomas’; m. Eleanor Tracey of Newburyport.

70. Joseph?; d. unm. 71. Clara’; m. Dr. William Fletcher of Concord.

72. Laura’; m. Charles Hoag. 73. Susan7; d. unm.

(51). Carolines (Joseph,* Jonathan,‘ Jonathan Samuel, Edward:) married
Josiah Watson; lived at Great Falls (Somersworth). Children:

74. Joseph? Watson. 75. Caroline? Watson. 76. Frances? Watson.

77. Thomas? Watson.

(52). Sallys (Joseph,: Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,? Samuel, Edward1) married
William Safford of Exeter. Children:

78. Thomas? Safford; m. Lydia Bott of Salem.

79. William? Safford; settled in Yarmouth, Me.

80. Lavina’ Safford; m. Perley Tuck of Kensington; settled in Exeter, Me.

81. John? Safford; went to Yarmouth, Me.

82. Sarah’ Safford; m. Thomas S. Kennard, selectman of Newfields, 1859.

83. Joseph’ Safford; m. Frances Bott of Salem.
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84. George’ Safford; m. Sarah E. Evans of Concord; res. Boston.

85. Frances’ Safford; m. Stephen Bailey; res. Chelsea, Mass.

(53). Josephs (Joseph,* Jonathan, : Jonathan,? Samuel, 2 Edward!) was born
March 1781; married Sally, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Batchelder)
Jenness, who died Dec. 31, 1872, aged 89; settled first on his father’s home-
stead, but built and lived in the house lately occupied by his daughter Mrs.
Esther A. Beckett—Swain; selectman, 1816-17; assessor, 1818; connected
with the Congregational Society, 1829; died Sept. 21, 1857. Children:

86. Francis J.,7b. 1807; d. July 3, 1825.

87. Sarah A.7; m. Joseph Smith. 8714. Joseph7; d. March 1812.

88. John’ b. 1811 or 1812; d. Feb. 25, 1833.

89. Frances R.7 b. June 11, 1815; m. Joshua W. Neal.

90. Esther A.7 b. April 1819; m. (1) Joseph L. Beckett, (2) -——-— Swain.

91. Elizabeth Armet7 b. April 1824; d. Oct. 1825.

(55). Fanny Russells (Joseph,® Jonathan,+ Jonathan,’ Samuel,? Edward 1)
married Daniel Prescott of Kensington. Children:

92. Mary Elizabeth’ Prescott; m. Rev. James Smith.

93. Lorenzo? Prescott; m. Mary Jane Wiggin of Salem.

94. Frances Esther? Prescott; m. Joseph D. Wadleigh.

95. Lydia Ann? Prescott; m. John Adams Blake of Kensington.

96. Daniel Russell? Prescott; m. Lavina R. Simpson; res. homestead in
Kensington.

(56). Betsey Armet* (Joseph,* Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,s Samuel,2 Edward')
married Cotton 8. Brown of Concord. Children:

97. Alfred? Brown; d. young. 9714. Newell R.7 Brown; m. Nancy J.
Simpson.

98. Frances? Brown; m. Hosea Barton.

99. Emeline? Brown; m. Augustus Culberton.

100. George? Brown; m. Mary Burton.

101. Caroline? Brown; m. John Perrin.

(59). Marys (Gideon,s Gideon,+ Jonathan, Samuel,: Edward:) married
John Giddings of Exeter. Children: :

102. Edward? Giddings; m. Elizabeth Smith.

103. Mary M.7 Giddings, b. 1818; d. unm, April 19, 1891.

104. Elizabeth? Giddings; d. young.

10414. Nancy? Giddings; m. Henry Thing.

105. Charlotte? Giddings; m. George Hardy.

106. John’ Giddings; m. Ellen M. Scammon.

(60). Abigails (Gideon,* Gideon,‘ Jonathan,+ Samuel,: Edward!) married
Eliphalet Neal. Children.

107. Lydia Ann’ Neal; m. Chase Wiggin.

108. Joshua W.7 Neal; m. May 1843, Francis R. Colcord.

(87.) Sarah A.? (Joseph, * Joseph, * Jonathan,‘ Jonathan, Samuel, Edward!)
married Aug. 22, 1830, Joseph Smith of Newmarket, who was born July 1805,
and died May 6, 1884; settled in Salem, Mass.; died Nov. 27, 1887, aged 78.
Children:

109. Sarah Francess Smith; m. Capt. Paul Upton, who d. Jan. 1884.

110. Joseph Smith; m. Emma Joselyn; settled in New York.
GENEALOGY. 479

111. Lawrence P. Smith; res. Charleston, S. C.

112. George Jenness* Smith b. 1845; d. Newfields, Sept. 5, 1847.

(89). Frances R.7 (Joseph,s Joseph,» Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,: Samuel,?
Edward?) was born June 11, 1815; married May 1843, Joshua W. Neal; died
Feb. 12, 1888. Children:

113. George R.s Neal; m. 114. Frank C.s Neal; m. 115. Daughters; d.

(90). Esther A.7 (Joseph,s Joseph,» Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,: Samuel,?
Edward:) was born April 1819; married (1) Joseph L. Beckett, (2)
Swain; resided in Boston till after the death of her first husband, then
Newfields; survived her second husband; died, Newfields, Oct. 26, 1898.

Children:

116. Sarah Augustat Beckett, m. Frederick H. Dodge; and had

117. Lottie Augusta’ Dodge; m. Henry Whiton.

118. James Merrills Beckett; d. Feb. 8, 1879, aged 35 years.

(91). Elizabeth Armet’ (Joseph,* Joseph, Jonathan,+ Jonathan,: Samuel,?
Edward:) was born March 28, 1817; married John B. Rider; settled in
Newfields; died Aug. 11, 1898. Children:

119. Sarah E.s Rider; m. Edward J. Beal. (See Beal)

120. John F. C.s Rider; m. Helen A. Freeze. (See Rider)

121. Caroline A.s Rider; m. Charles Scruton; d. Jan, 12, 1878.

 

COLEMAN.

1. Ephraim! Coleman married (1), (2) widow Holyoke, (3) Sarah, daughter
of Josiah Adams, who died March 23, 1863, aged 88; lived in Newington.
Children by first wife:

2. Sumner.? 3. James? b. 1798; m. 1825, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Charles
and Elizabeth (Drowne) Treadwell; owned and lived in the Fernald house
where Samuel P. Badger resided, having his store near by the corner of Amos
Paul’s garden; an open horse shed connected house and store; trader;
town clerk, 1828, 1830 and 1832; on school committee, 1825; postmaster,
1829-37; member of the Congregational society, 1829; interested in building
the meeting house at Newfields; was a small round built man of lovely disposi-
tion; trusted with untold sums of money by his neighbors; could not refuse
when money was pressed into his keeping; finally failed in business, went to
Great Falls, and died a broken-hearted man, Feb. 18, 1862. His widow died
May 9. 1875, aged 75.

CONNER.

 

1. Cornelius: Conner married Sarah , and settled first in Exeter,
but afterwards removed to Salisbury, N. H.

2. Jeremiah? (Cornelius:) was born Nov. 6, 1672; married July 3, 1696,
Ann, daughter of Edward Gove, who died Feb. 12, 1722; was probably on
Capt. Kinsley’s pay roll from Dee. 12, 1669 to Jan. 9, 1696; is first mentioned
on Exeter town books, Oct. 10, 1664; was in Capt. Nicholas Gilman’s scout of
1712; selectman, Exeter, Jan. 26, 1732; about April 1731, paid £20-10s for
pew No. 28 in the meeting house, and Nov. 7,:1731, £10-5s for gallery pew
No. 6; was on committee Sept. 28, 1731 “to discourse with workman about
480 History or NEwrFI£LDs.

taking down the old meeting house and building a court house’; settled on the
farm where the late Jewett Conner died.

3. Jonathan: (Jeremiah,? Cornelius!) was born Dec. 5, 1699; married
Jan. 23, 1724, Mehitabel, daughter of John and Mehitabel Thing, who was
born July 19, 1706; paid £21-15s early in 1731 for pew No. 2, in Exeter
meeting house; commissioned quarter-master under Gov. Belcher, Oct. 21,
1737; selectman, Exeter, 1742; wagoner at Louisburg, 1745.

4. Jonathan‘ (Jonathan,* Jeremiah,? Cornelius!) was born Oct. 14, 1737;
married March 10, 1765, Mary Jewett, who died Nov. 25, 1816; died Nov. 13,
1820.

5. Nathaniels (Jonathan, ‘ Jonathan,? Jeremiah, ? Cornelius!) was born Oct.
16, 1773; married (1) Tirzah, daughter of Thomas Jr. and Anne (James)
Lyford, who was born March 31, 1775 and died July 26, 1828, (2) Jan. 22, 1833,
Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer; was a noted builder.

6. John L.» (Nathaniel,s Jonathan,: Jonathan,: Jeremiah,? Cornelius:)
was born Aug. 16, 1803; married Hannah Thurston. Children:

7. Enoch J.7; m. Adalaide, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Bean) Pease; settled
in Portsmouth.

8. William H.7 b. Exeter, 1842; m. Juliette, dau. of Joseph and Sarah
(Bean) Pease, who was b., Newfields, 1846, and d. May 29, 1897; served
Newfields, as representative, selectman and treasurer; d. Aug. 30, 1909.
Children:

9. Sydney’ b. 1868; m. 1889, Lizzie B. Smith; d. Oct. 1890.

10. Ralph E.7 b. July 4, 1869; graduated Phillips Exeter Academy, 1888;
Tufts College, 1892; ordained to the Universalist ministry, May 1892, with
pastorates at Gardner, Mass., Waltham, Mass., Sacramento, Cal., and North
Attleboro, Mass.; m. Oct. 16, 1895, Blanche, dau. of George F’. and Octavia
A. (Lynde) Peabody, of Gardner, Mass.

11. Olive’; d.in childhood. 12. Mabel’; d. April 1888, aged 12.

13. Juliette P.7 14. Emma P.7 15. Alfred.7

CRAM.

John Cram was of Boston, 1637, and of Exeter, 1639; received lot No. 17
in the division of lands between Rocky Point and Hilton’s creek; joined the
Exeter combination.

1. Dea. James: married Mary, daughter of William Folsom. (113).
Children:

2. William2—probably. Like his father he was a blacksmith and lived in
the Locke-Fowler house. His shop stood where now stands the Hanson cottage.

3. Nancy? or Hannah?;m. Ward Hilton. 4. James?:;m. Mary S. Rawlins.

(4). James? (Dea. James,1) married Sept. 12, 1790, Mary Sanborn, daughter
of Nicholas Rawlins, who was born in Stratham June 3, 1772, and died Feb. 1,
1824; was a blacksmith, and his shop was later fitted up by A. M. Wiggin into
the dwelling which stands between the Elm House and Ward Hilton’s residence;
was active in parish affairs in 1794 and 1797-99; was soldier, 1814. Children:

5. Levi? b. Oct. 24, 1806; m. Love Bunker.

6. Ann? b. 1813; d. 18438.

7. Mary+; m. a Methodist minister, possibly Rev. W. J. Kidder.
GENEALOGY. 481

(5). Levis (James,? Dea. James!) was born Oct. 24, 1806; married Love
Bunker, who died Sept. 8, 1875, aged 71.

David Cram married June 14, 1786, Susanna Clough; was active in parish
affairs, 1797-99.
Daniel Cram was a soldier, 1814.

DEALE.

1. Capt. Aaron: Deale, of Salisbury, Mass., sea-captain, married, 1795,
Sarah, daughter of Col. Israel Gilman; was active in parish affairs, 1797
and 1799 and 1800. Children:

2. Capt. Gilman.2 3. Sarah?; m. John J. Williams.

4. Mary Ann;? m. Benjamin J. Williams.

DOE.

1. Nicholas: Doe married Martha ; was in Dover as early as 1667,
and later at Oyster River; died, 1691. Children:

2. John? b. Aug. 25, 1669. 3. Sampson? b. April 1, 1671; m. Mary

4. Elizabeth? b. Feb. 7, 1679.

(2). John? (Nicholas!) was born Aug. 25, 1669; married Elizabeth
was at Lubberland, 1694; died about 1742. (90). Children:

5. Daniels; m. Margaret 6. John:;m. Ruth Dearborn. 7. Joseph.

8. Benjamin.» 9. Mary Mason.? 10. Elizabeths; m. Joshua Woodman.

11. Martha;; m. Edward Woodman.

(3). Sampson? (Nicholas!) was born April 6, 1671; married Mary z
who was baptized March 19, 1718; was at Lubberland, 1694; is mentioned
in the records, 1720; apportioned 20 acres of land by the committee of Exeter,
1725, and 80 acres, 1738; petitioned for the incorporation of Durham, May
15, 1732; and for a bridge over Squamscot river, 1746. (90). Children:

12. Nathaniel: bap. March 19, 1718.

13. Sampson: bap. March 21, 1718; with Nicholas, Joseph, John Doe, Jr.
and others, “having endured the brunt and hardships of the late war,”
petitioned for a township “anywhere.”

14. Nicholas bap. June 7, 1719. 15. Elizabeth: bap. Jan. 1723.

16. Zebulon: bap. July 15, 1725. 17. Sarah? bap. Dec. 6, 1727.

18. Samuels bap. March 21, 1718.

(5). Daniels (John,2 Nicholas!) married Margaret
1754. Children:

19. Jeremiah: bap. July 15, 1725. 20. James: bap. Feb. 5, 1729.

21. John: bap. June 8, 1729.

(6). John: (John,2 Nicholas:) married Ruth Dearborn; was a soldier,
1754; for “hard service in the war” petitioned for a township, 1754; was
credited with labor on fire rafts at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; signed the
Association Test, 1776; was mustered from Col. John McClary’s Regt. of
militia into the continental service from Deerfield, 1777; was of Effingham,
1778; and one of the original settlers of Parsonsfield, Me., prior to 1780.
Child:

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22, John.?

(7). Joseph: (John,: Nicholas:) was born in 1730; married Ruth ;
who died Oct. 29, 1812, aged 68; died Nov. 7, 1817. (134). Child:

23. Joseph: b. Nov. 15, 1776; m. Mary Bodwell Ricker.

(14). Nicholas: (Sampson,? Nicholas!) was baptized June 7, 1719; married
and had a child: (105).

24. Nicholas,‘ m. Elizabeth Sanborn.

(16). Zebulon: (Sampson,? Nicholas:) was baptized July 15, 1725; married
before 1753, Rebecca ; sold thatch land to John Bennett, Jan. 18,
1753; petitioned for lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge and its removal to
Newfields, 1760; was a hatter. Child:

25. Zebulon.+

(18). Samuels (Sampson,? Nicholas!) was baptized March 21, 1721 at
Lubberland; married, Abigail, daughter of Judge Andrew Wiggin. (94).
Children:

26. Samuel‘; m. April 26, 1763, Eliza ‘Pickering; lived in Newmarket;
was lieutenant, 1756; petitioned for lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge,
1760.

27. Wiggins b. 1758; m. Mary E. Churchill.

(23). Joseph (Joseph,? John,? Nicholas:) was born in Newmarket, Nov.
15, 1776; married Mary Bodwell, daughter of Ebenezer Ricker; active in
the parish, 1799 and 1811; constable, 1802 and 1809; dissented ‘against
being taxed any more for the support of Congregational or Presbyterian
Society”; sold Stephen Boardman of Newmarket, trader, for $15, 12 acres,
more or less, of land in Newmarket, part of the Drisco field, being land con-
tained in deed given by Edward and Walter Smith, dated Nov. 9, 1807;
moderator of the parish, 1812; soldier, 1812; early took up his residence
in Rollinsford; after several years removed to Derry, but soon returned
to Rollinsford; lived in the house afterwards occupied by his son, Judge Doe;
was a large land owner and successful farmer; though not a professional
lawyer, wrote many legal documents; filled many offices of trust; several
times represented his town in the legislature; was a man of powerful intel-
lect, and exerted a controlling influence on the surrounding community;
died Rollinsford, Feb. 28, 1860. Children:

28. Ebenezer Ricker‘ b. Nov. 29, 1810.

29. Mary E.* b. Aug. 30, 1812.

30. Martha W.* b. Dec. 7, 1813.

31. Joseph Bodwell* b. April 20, 1818.

32. Thomas Bartlett: b. Feb. 17, 1820.

33. Charles Cogswell b. April 11, 1830; m. Haven.

(24). Nicholas‘ (Nicholas,s Sampson,? Nicholas!) married Elizabeth,
daughter of Ezekiel Sanborn; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776;
active in parish affairs, 1797. Child:

34. Nicholas,* m. Deborah Parsons.

(25). Zebulon: (Zebulon,: Sampson,? Nicholas‘) petitioned for a road
from Lamprey River to Durham, Feb. 11, 1768; and for a lottery in aid of
Squamscot bridge, 1768; was credited for labor on fire rafts at Newington,
Oct. 22, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776. Child:

 

 

 
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35. Zebulon: b. 1748; entered Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co. May 1, 1775, and
on the pay roll Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted in Capt. Tilton’s Co., Col. Enoch
Poor’s Regt., Jan. 1, 1776; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was
mustered from Col. Gilman’s Regt. into Capt. Simon Marston’s Co. Aug.,
1776; was tithingman, 1789 and 1795; innholder, 1796; taverner, 1797;
Osbornite, 1800, and deacon.

(27). Wiggins (Samuel, Sampson,? Nicholas!) was born in 1758; married
March 26, 1782, Mary Ewer Churchill, who was born Aug. 22, 1760, and
died Dec. 8, 1853; died May 19, 1831. Children:

36. James.s 38. John.» 38. Andrew.' 39. Joseph R.s 40. Zebulon.s

41. Daughters; m. Pinder. 42. Daughters; m. Wood.

43. Daughter; m. Fullington. 44. Deborah: b. Jan. 1797; d. unm.
Oct. 12, 1878.

(33). Charles C.s (Joseph,‘ Joseph, John,? Nicholas!) was born in Derry,
April 11, 1830; married , daughter of George Wallace Haven, who
survived him; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1849; read law with Hon.
Daniel M. Christie of Dover, and at Harvard Law School, 1850-53; opened
an office in Dover, 1854; in partnership with Chester W. Woodman till Nov.
1, 1859, when he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of
New Hampshire, so continuing, 1859-75; was appointed Chief Justice,
1876, and discharged the duties of the office with rare fidelity and to the
entire satisfaction of the State till his death; was also clerk of the N. H.
Senate, 1853-54, and Strafford Co. solicitor, 1854-56; received from Dart-
mouth College the degree of LL.D., 1873; was a man of vast legal attain-
ments, remarkably clear in his decisions, the only N. E. jurist whose opinions
have been quoted in British courts of law; died March 10, 1896. Children:

45. Perley*; graduated Harvard College; journalist, Boston.

46. Haven, b. 1870; m. Mary B. Stubbard; representative for Rollins-
ford, 1895; an electrical engineer, Rochester; senator 1911. Child: 47. Edith
Helen’ b. Dec. 25, 1896.

48. Son. 49. Daughter. 50. Daughter.s 51. Daughter. 52. Daugh-
ter. 53. Daughter.* /

(84). Nicholass (Nicholas, Nicholas,s Sampson,? Nicholas!) was born
July 4, 1771; married Feb. 21, 1796, Deborah Parsons, who was born June
30, 1775, and Dec. 6, 1808, became the second wife of Isaiah Lane who was
born Dec. 11, 1770 and died May 29, 1827; was drowned Sept. 18, 1798
in rescuing a young man who had fallen into the stream at a sheep washing.
Children:

54. Elizabeth b. Dec. 31, 1796.

55. Nicholas b. Dec. 14, 1798; m. Abigail Noble.

(55). Nicholas (Nicholas,s Nicholas, Nicholas,» Sampson,? Nicholas)
was born Dec. 14, 1798; married July 10, 1825, Abigail Noble, who was
born Jan. 16, 1802 and died Jan. 20, 1853; died July 27, 1867.

Children:

56. Elizabeth C.7 b. Dec. 6, 1826; m. Nov. 6, 1858, Benjamin F. Tuttle
who d. Dec. 22, 1875; d. June 5, 1877. Child:

57. Charles: Tuttle.

58. Parsons N.7 b. Oct. 8, 1832; m. (1) Hannah G. Cottrell, (2) Lavina
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59. Eldridge’ b. Sept. 1832; m. 1867, Almira Caswell. Children:

60. Fred E.s 61. Daughter.»

(58). Parsons N.7 (Nicholas,¢ Nicholas,: Nicholas,« Nicholas,s Sampson,?
Nicholas:) was born Oct. 8, 1823; married (1) July 1, 1853, Hannah G. Cot-
trell of Providence, R. I., who died July 9, 1855, and (2) April 30, 1861, Lavina
B., daughter of Dr. John Fogg; died, Newfields, June 24, 1883. His widow
died Nov. 8. 1909. Child by first wife:

62. Herbert P.* b. Dec. 20, 1854.

Children by second wife:

63. Ella A.8; unmarried. 64. Alice’; unmarried.

65. Bert P.8; reporter; res., Newfields; unmarried.

66. Harry?; m. Maud L. Dow; in business, Boston; res. Somerville, Mass.
One child.

1. Stephen! Doe was born in Newmarket; married Ruth Winslow of
Falmouth, Me.; lived in Portland, Falmouth and Sumner, Me. Children:
2. Amos Winslow? b. Portland, March 8, 1809; m. (1) Mary Ann, dau.
of Daniel Pond, who d. July 2, 1845, (2) Oct. 19, 1845, Deborah, dau. of
Morton Curtis, who d. Aug. 31, 1855, (3) 1857, Martha, dau. of William
Merrill; settled in Norway, Me.
. Nancy? b. Oct. 21, 1810; d. 1817.
. Ruth? b. Falmouth, March 19, 1813; m. Nathan Fogg.
. Samuel? b. March 19, 1813; m. Nancy Stearns; d. Aug. 19, 1848.
. Benjamin? b. Sumner, July 10, 1815; m. Rhoda Durgin; res. Georgia, Me.
. William? b. Oct. 16, 1816; m. Mary Ann Gile; res. Lexington, Mass.
. Stephen? b. April 15, 1820; m. Nancy Evans; res. Paris, Me.
. Adaline? b. March 28, 1822; m. Ethan Haskell; res. Lewiston, Me.
10. Emeline? b. Jan. 8, 1825; m. Colby Hutchinson; res. Hebron, Me.
11. Hiram: b. Nov. 15, 1828; m. Betsey Noble; res. Hebron, Me.

OONAa Pw

Capt. Andrew Doe married probably (2) 1786, Polly Follett; was a soldier
from Sept. 19, 1755 to Jan. 4, 1756; in Capt. Paul Gerrish’s Co., Col. Peter
Gilman’s Regt., 1786; was an Osbornite, 1800; lived on the hill, Durham
side of Lamprey river.

1. Capt. Andrew: Doe, probably son of the above, was born July 1765;
married Mary A. , who was born Dec. 11, 1804 and died Nov. 11,
1882; active in the parish 1794 and 1797-1800; died Oct. 13, 1857. Child:

2. Mary D.?b, Aug. 1831; m. H. W. Veasey; d. Jan. 26, 1873.

 

1. Captain Andrew W.: Doe was born in 1785; married Sally, daughter
of David Chapman, who was born March 4, 1788, and died Nov. 15, 1850;
died June 19, 1820. Children:

2. Eliza W.2 b. June 6, 1816; d. June 2, 1833.

3. Andrew? b. Sept. 28, 1818; m. Martha
1833, and d. March 2, 1861; d. Jan. 31, 1875.

 

, who was b. April 2,

 

1. Ebenezer: Doe was born in 1777; m. Sarah , who was b. 1784.

and surviving her husband m. (2) Josiah Folsom, and d. Oct. 12, 1844; d,
May 31, 1838. Child:
2. Ebenezer? b. 1810; d. May 18, 1833.
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1. John: Doe was born Aug. 23, 1820; married Mary ; died Feb.
2, 1871. Children:

2. Sarah Ella? b. Jan. 1854; d. Aug. 24, 1854.

3. Andrew W.? b. Oct. 31, 1861; d. Nov. 1, 1861.

Andrew S. Doe was born Oct. 28, 1818; married Martha , who

was born April 2, 1854, and died March 2, 1861; died Jan. 31, 1875.
DOW.

1. Lorenzo: Dow was born in South Berwick, Me., July 11, 1822; came to
Newmarket when a young man and was in business there several years; married
Elizabeth A. Winslow of Nottingham; came to Newfields, 1853, and was con-
nected with the Swamscott Machine Works for more than 40 years; was one
of the wardens of the Congregational church for 30 years. Both he and his
wife were workers for the church and the good of the community, ever ready to
aid in sickness and sorrow. By their tender words of sympathy and kindly
ministeries to the needy, many homes were blessed. Their burial was in the
Riverside cemetery, Newmarket. Mr. Dow, died Sept. 22, 1901, and his
widow, Jan. 16, 1909. Children: 2. Isophene Kimball.z 3. Annie Hilton.2

DROWNE.

1. Leonard: Drowne was born in 1646, and became the emigrant ancestor
of the family coming from the west of England to America soon after the
accession to the throne of Charles II; married (1) about 1680 Elizabeth
Abbott at or near Portsmouth, who died, 1704, (2) } was a
resident of Portsmouth May 23, 1677; settled at Sturgeon’s Creek six miles
above Portsmouth, where he carried on ship-building till the India war
compelled his removal to Boston, 1692, where he followed the same occupa-
tion; is said to have been the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in
Maine, 1682, for which he was driven from his home; died Oct. 31, 1729,
and was buried in Copp’s Hill burying ground.

Children, all born at Sturgeon’s Creek:

2. Solomon? b, Jan. 23, 1681; m. Esther Jones.

8. Shem? b. 1684; m. 4. Samuel2; m. 5. Mary2; m. James Kettle of
Charlestown.

(2) Solomon? (Leonard!) was born Jan. 23, 1681; married Nov. 8, 1703,
Esther Jones; was a ship-builder at Bristol, R.1.; died Oct. 9, 1730.

6. Solomon: b. Oct. 4, 1706. 7. Esther? b. Oct. 26, 1708.

8. Elizabeth: b. Sept. 8, 1710. 9. Josephs b. Feb. 8, 1712.

10. Bathsheba? b. June 10, 1715. 11. Benjamin: b. June 9, 1717.

12, Mary? b. June 7, 1719. 18. Samuels b. July 31, 1721; m. Sarah Reed.

14. Sarah: b. July 23, 1723. 15. Jonathan? b. July 29, 1725.

16. Shem b. June 13, 1728.

(3). Dea. Shem: (Leonard) settled in Boston; was given May 21, 1729,
by vote of the proprietors of Nottingham the privilege of building a grist
mill upon the South branch of North river near Bow street, “having the privi-
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December next; also that he shall have fifty acres of Land adjoyning toe ye
falls above voted for building the grist mill provided he Grind all the Inhabi-
tants Corn of Nottingham”; was moderator of a meeting of proprietors of
Nottingham at Exeter, April 19, 1732; was a famous copper-smith; made the
vane on Faneuil Hall in compliment to Peter Faneuil who had a similar vane
on his summer house which stood in the rear of his mansion on the summit of
Pemberton Hill. The vane was originally of copper in the form of a gigantic
grasshopper, but later gilded; was copied from that of the Royal Exchange,
London, the grasshopper being the crest of Sir Thomas Graham, the founder;
also made the gilt rooster formerly on Cockerel church, Hanover St., now on
the steeple of the Shepard Memorial church, Cambridge; also the gilded
Indian chief which stood on the Province House, and is to-day to be seen in
the rooms of the Massachusetts Historical Society; died Jan. 13, 1774.

A stone was erected to his memory on the western rise of the old Copps Hill
burial ground in Boston. Children:

17. Thomas; repaired the grasshopper vane June 28, 1768.

18. Sarahs; m. Rev. Jeremiah Candy of Boston.

(4). Samuel? (Leonard!) married. Children:

19. Simeon. 20. Susanna; m. John Johnson of Boston.

(13). Rev. Samuels (Solomon,? Leonard!) was born July 31, 1721; married
Oct. 27, 1743 at Rehoboth, Mass., Sarah Reed, who was born Dec. 12, 1722
and died Sept. 12, 1784; was New Light preacher; was invited by a number
of the members of Dr. Langdon’s church in Portsmouth—separating on
account of difference of opinion on church government—to take the oversight
of the flock, and erected for him a house of worship on Pitt street; accepting
their invitation he arrived in Portsmouth from Coventry, R. I., with his family
July 7, 1758; was ordained pastor, Nov. 2, 1761; having in some way offended
Gov. Wentworth, the Governor authorized all the ministers in the province
to solemnize marriages ‘except one Samuel Drown’’; died there in office
Jan. 17, 1770. Children:

21. Mary: b. Aug. 20, 1744 in Providence, R. I.; d. Aug. 31, 1744.

22. William: b. Sept. 22, 1745; d. Dec. 20, 1747.

23. Sarah b. Sept. 3, 1747; d. Newmarket, May 1820.

24, Samuel‘ b. Oct. 25, 1749; m. Mary Pickering.

25. Capt. Peters b. Jan. 10, 1752 at Coventry, R. I.; was witness to a deed
from Joseph Thomas to Samuel Baker, Jan.7, 1768; selectman of New Durham,
1783; having “served as a Captain in Col. Stephen Peabody’s Regiment in
Rhode Island in the year 1778” petitioned June 6, 1785, to have the deprecia-
tion of his pay made up to him, Col. Thomas Tash signing the petition in his
behalf; was murdered by Elisha Thomas at New Durham, Feb. 4, 1788.

The circumstances attending the murder were as follows:

A number of persons had assembled at the tavern of a Mr. Randall. Among
others present were Col. Tash, Capt. Peter Drowne, a son of Col. Tash and
Elisha Thomas. Thomas getting into a dispute with one of those present,
took a stone in his fist, and was dealing his blows with a great deal of violence,
when Captain Drowne pained at the inhuman sight stept between them, and
taking Thomas to one side of the room endeavored by soft words to cool down
his resentment and dissuade him from continuing such conduct, but instead
of stopping Thomas drew a knife and plunged it into Drowne’s breast, Drowne
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dying within a few hours. Thomas threatened death to any who should
approach him, and wounding several times the son of Col. Tash who endeav-
ored to seize him, made his escape, but was soon apprehended and lodged in
Dover jail. In due time he was tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and was
hung at Dover, June 4, 1788. A previous endeavor to escape was unsuccessful.

Some days after his committal to jail, his wife taking the youngest of her six
children in her arms to one of the neighbors, set out for Dover to visit her
husband. During the night following the eldest of her five other children, a
boy, was awakened by the falling of a board on his bed, and saw that the house
was in flames. Springing up instantly he attempted to save his four brothers
and sisters, but was unsuccessful and they perished in the flames, he only
escaping to tell the tale.

But misfortunes did not come singly. As Mrs. Thomas was returning in a
sleigh from Dover to New Durham, the horses took fright and running against
another sleigh, the “tongue came with such force against the unhappy woman’s
side as to break three of her ribs, and it was with the greatest difficulty she
escaped being torn in pieces.”

26. Betsey b. Nov. 9, 1754; d. same day.

27. Thomas‘ b. April 27, 1757; m. Comfort Wiggin.

28. Benjamin‘ b. Portsmouth, July 14, 1759; m. Frances, dau. of William
Gardner of Portsmouth.

29. Mary*b. July 19, 1762; d. Seekonk, Mass., Sept. 18, 1823.

30. Joseph‘ b. Oct. 9, 1767; d. Portsmouth, Nov. 9, 1827. His widow
d. Newmarket, June 1841.

(24). Dea. Samuel: (Rev. Samuel, Solomon,? Leonard?) was born in Provi-
dence, R. I., Oct. 25, 1749; married Mary, daughter of Capt. Thomas and
Dorothy (Stover) Pickering, who was sister of Capt. Thomas of Revolu-
tionary fame and of Olive who married George Jerry Osborne; settled in
Portsmouth; was a noted patriot of the Revolution; lived on State St., and
kept shop opposite Long wharf; his connection with and version of the capture
of Fort William and Mary, Dec. 1774, gives great credit to Capt. Thomas
Pickering, his brother-in-law, Maj. John Langdon and about 40 other
patriots of Portsmouth, all the powder captured passing through the hands of
Langdon and himself.

In 1775, the ship of war Scarborough commanded by Capt. Barclay was
in the lower harbor. The captain was accustomed to seize American fishing
craft, and send a boat ashore for provisions for his crew and the King’s forces
at Boston. Captain Pickering greatly resented this action. One day borrow-
ing Drowne’s musket, which Mrs. Drowne, his sister, handed him, he stationed
himself behind a pile of lumber on the wharf with a companion, Samuel
Hutchins, to hold his ammunition and ram-rod, and blazed away at the
advance boat. The musket did good execution. Though the boat proceeded
on her trip that day, this much is certain, the Scarborough’s provision boat
never repeated the attempt to visit the Portsmouth market. Captain Picker-
ing died unmarried in command of the Hampden, a privateer of 20 years, March
1779, aged 32.

When in 1775, Gov. John Wentworth left his seat on Pleasant St., he
entrusted the care of his place to Dea. Drowne, and it was afterwards recov-

ered by the Wentworth family. Dea. Drowne signed the Association Test
488 History oF NEWFIELDS.

at Portsmouth Aug. 14, 1776; was on the committee of twelve efficient citi-
zens of Portsmouth to receive Gen. Washington, Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, 1789,
the General coming from Newburyport, spending four days, and leaving by
way of Exeter; died Aug. 7, 1815. His widow died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Treadwell, June 23, 1841, aged 97. Children:

31. Lydia‘; m. Wyatt.

32. Sarah*; m. July 23, 1795, John, son of John and Lydia (Pickering)
Underwood, whose daughter Clara Adaline Drowne Underwood m. Jan. 6,
1830, Hon. Chandler E. Potter, the historian of Manchester.

33. Mary*; m. ——— Blunt. 34. Elizabeth’; m. Charles Treadwell.

35. Daniel P.s ; starting in pursuit of gray squirrels with the sporting piece
of Sir William Pepperell in hand, in the autumn of 1799 or 1800, he called upon
Major Demeritt in Madbury, who put into Drowne’s hand about two charges
of powder saying that his father assisted in taking it from Fort William and
Mary, and bade him to see that it did execution, and it did, Drowne returning
to Portsmouth with a nice bunch of squirrels and a good story for his father.

36. Thomas B.5; m. Appleton. ;

(27). Dea. Thomas: (Rev. Samuel, Sdlomon,? Leonard:) was born in Cov-
entry, R. I., April 27, 1757; married Nov. 27, 1785, Comfort, daughter of
Richard and Abigail Wiggin.

Children, the first three born in Pembroke, the rest in Newmarket:

37. Sallys b. Dec. 12, 1786; d. Jan. 10, 1787.

38. Samuels b. Dec. 19, 1787; m. Fanny Brooks of Newburyport, Mass.;
d. Nov. 2, 1841. Ch.

39. Capt. Peters b. Sept. 1, 1789; was a soldier, 1814; m. Alice Davis of
Newburyport, Mass.; d. there, Sept. 14, 1828. Ch.

40. Dummer Wiggins b. Jan. 1, 1791; d. at sea on board of the U. 8. ship
Adams, March 23, 1816.

41. Thomass b. Nov. 27, 1792; m. Mrs. Judith Stevens; d. March 20,
1887. Ch.

42. Benjamins b. April 1, 1794; d. Oct. 29, 1796.

43. Richard W.» b. Oct. 30, 1795; m. Phebe Boardman of Newburyport,
Mass.; d. Aug. 20, 1888. By his will dated June 11, 1888, he gave to the
Congregational society, Newfields, $1,000. 6 ch.

44, Andrews b. Feb. 20, 1797; was a soldier, 1814; went to sea; d. unm.
Sept. 27, 1829.

45. John Osborne: b. July 24, 1798; m. Susan Tarr.

46. Marys b. Feb. 7, 1800; m. 1821, Amos M., son of Jonathan and Dorothy
(Blake) Read, who was b. Oct. 18, 1796, and became a hardware dealer in
Pawtucket, R. I.; settled there; d. June 12, 1822, leaving one son:

47. Augustus Read b. June 1, 1822.

48, Abigail W.* b. Nov. 30, 1801; m. Dec. 25, 1836, Dea. William P. Harvey,
who was b. June 30, 1809, and d. Oct. 15, 1880; first joined the church in
Stratham, by letter at Lamprey River, May 21, 1829, and Newfields Feb. 9,
1840; was a member of the Newfields Sunday School Union, 1829.

49. James Thurston: b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. unm., Exeter, Oct. 24, 1852.

50. Benjamins b. Aug. 11, 1804; sailed from New Orleans April 13, 1831,
and never heard from afterwards; was unm.

51. Elizabeth: b. Jan. 3, 1806; m. Elbridge A. Batelle of Dover, Mass., was

 

 
GENEALOGY. 489

a member of the Ne wfields Sunday School Union, 1829; settled in Pawtucket,
R. I.; d. there, Feb. 21, 1888.

52. Josephs b. Jan. 31, 1808; m. Elizabeth Sturtevant of Portland, Me.;
was a corporal in Capt. Samuel Wheelwright’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s
Regt., Dec. 7, 1776, and mustered into the Continental army for New York;
on its pay roll from Dec. 7, 1776 to March 15, 1777; a watch-maker; lived in
New Orleans, Exeter and Portland, Me.; d. Jan. 22, 1897. His will made
liberal bequests.

53. Sarah Anns b. Nov. 3, 1811; d. unm. Sept. 12, 1824.

(45). John Osborne: (Dea. Thomas,‘ Rev. Samuel, Solomon,? Leonard:)
was born July 24, 1798; married Susan Tarr of Rockport, Mass.; settled
there about 1834; with his wife joined the Congregational church, 1839; was
a shoemaker; died with a Christian character above reproach Jan. 26, 1890.
His wife survived him, and was 91 years old at the time of his death.

Children.

54. Augustuss; settled in Lynn. 55. Josephs; settled in Rockport.

56. Susans; settled in Rockport.

DUDA—DURELL.

1. “Philip: Duday’’ was one of the 272 petitioners of New Hampshire,
‘Feb. 20, 1690, to return to the former union with Massachusetts; received
from Exeter a grant of 50 acres of land Feb. 25, 1698, then of Arundell, Me.,
which be conveyed to his son Joseph Dec. 30, 1738.

2. “Joseph? Doudy” (Philip:) was a blacksmith in Durham; married (1)
Rebecca, eldest daughter of Charles Adams Jr. of Durham Point, (2) Hannah,
~who returned inventory on his estate, Dec. 25, 1751; was on the muster roll
of Capt. James Davis, 1712; with his wife Rebecca deeded for 80 pounds 18
acres of the Adams home plantation to Francis Mathes, March 4, 1712; signed
his name “Duda,” 1716; bought of John Footman (Foster?) 20 acres on the
north side of Lamprey river at Sandy bank, Oct. 1717; sold Philip Crommet,
alias Cromwell, two acres of land, Nov. 28, 1743; with his wife Rebecca, was
baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams, Nov. 10, 1717. Children:

8. Benmore: bap. Nov. 10, 1717; rated at Durham, 1778, 1787-9 and 1791.

4, Susanna: or Sarah bap. Nov. 10, 1717; m. Francis Durgin.

5. Nicholas,* the first to spell his name Durell, b. about 1730; m. 1748,
Judith Kennison; deeded land to Benjamin Richards of Rochester, Feb. 14,
1754; petitioned for the parish of Lee, Nov. 18, 1765, and for a bridge at
Newfields, 1766; was in Lee, 1787. Children:

6. Deborah: bap. Jan. 13, 1754; m. Antipas Gilman (pub. March 18, 1794).

7. Daniel Meserve: b. July 20, 1769; was grandfather of Judge Durell.

8. Mary‘; m. Trueworthy Durgin.

9. Zebulon‘ of Newmarket; m. Mary Gilman of Exeter (pub. July 14, 1776);
petioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge and its removal to Newfields,
1760; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776.

1. Joseph: Duda or Durell married 1792, Nancy Stevens lived at the corner
of Wadleigh and Grant road; active in the parish, 1814; constable, collector
‘and juror of Lee, 1817; died Feb. 19, 1826.
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2. Newman? (Joseph!) married Sally, daughter of Elder John and Mary
(Frost) Osborne. Among his several children, some still living in Newmarket,
was

3. Charles E.s; lived in Newfields; m. 1848, Paulina Allen of Wells, Me.,
who d. Sept. 1910; was representative, 1894; died Jan. 2, 1904.

Children:

4. Emmas; m. George H. Tilton of Exeter.

5. Frank: L.; m. Apr. 13, 1873, Georgie M. Smart; res. Somerville, Mass.
No ch.

6. Charles‘; d. July 17, 1880; drowned in the Swampscot.

7. Arthur‘; m. 1890, Abbie B. Brackett of Greenland.; res. Lynn, Mass.
Three sons.

(4). Emma: (Charles E.,2 Newman,? Joseph) married George H. Tilton of
Exeter, who died May 1905; died June 1903. Children:

8. Alices Tilton; m. Clarence Paul. One son Havens Paul and Daughter.¢

9. George G.s Tilton; d. July 1905.

DUDLEY.

1. Roger: Dudley was a Captain in the wars under Queen Elizabeth, and
was slain in battle in early life.

2. Gov. Thomas? (Roger!) was born in Northampton, England, 1576;
came to this country, 1630; married (1) Dorothy in England, who died at
Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 27, 1643, aged 61, (2) April 14, 1644, Catharine
Dighton, widow of Samuel Hackburn of Dorchester, Mass., who survived
him and married (3) Rev. John Allen of Dedham, Mass.; lived at Ipswich,
Mass,, till about 1639; was assistant, 6 years, deputy governor, 13, and gover-
nor, 4 years; died Roxbury, Mass., July 31, 1651.

Children, first five by first wife:

8. Samuel: b. about 1610; m. (1) Mary Winthrop. (2) Mary Byley.

4. Anne? b. about 1612; m. Gov. Simon Bradstreet.

5. Patience; m. Maj.-Gen. Daniel Denison, who d. Sept. 20, 1682; d.
Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 8, 1690.

6. Sarah: bap. Eng., July 23, 1620; m. (1) Benjamin Keayne, (2)
Pacy; d. 1659.

7. Mercysb. Sept. 27, 1621; m. Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury, Mass.,
who was b. 1613, and d. March 27, 1696; d. July 1, 1691.

8. Deborah: b. Feb. 27, 1645; m. Jonathan Wade of Medford, Mass.;
d. Nov. 1, 1683.

9. Gov. Joseph: b. Sept. 23, 1647; m. Rebecca, dau. of Judge Edward Tyng,
who d. Sept. 21, 1722; graduated, Harvard college, 1665; governor under
James II, Queen Anne, and George I; provincial governor of Massachusetts,
1686, and New Hampshire, 1702; popular in New Hampshire, because a
loyalist; d. Roxbury, Mass., April 2, 1720.

10. Paul bap. Sept. 8, 1650; m. about 1676, Mary, dau. of Gov. John Lev-
erett, who was b. Feb. 12, 1655, survived him and m. (2) Col. Penn Townsend,
and was buried July 5, 1699; collector of customs, Boston; d. Dec. 1, 1681.

(3). Rev. Samuels (Thomas:, Roger!) was born in Canons, Ashby, England
about 1610; married (1) 1632, Mary, daughter of Gov. John and Mary (Forth)

 
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Winthrop, who died at Salisbury, April 12, 1643, (2) Mary, perhaps daughter
of Byley of Sarum, Eng., and sister of Henry Byley of Salisbury,
(8) Elizabeth , who was living in Exeter, 1702; came to New England,
and was ordained, Exeter, 1650; was of Ipswich, Mass., where he owned a
house, 1638, and of Salisbury, 1643; was minister, Exeter, 1650, till his death
Feb. 10, 1683.

Children by first wife:

11. Thomas: bap. Boston, March 9, 1634; graduated, Harvard college,
1651; d. unm. Nov. 7, 1655.

12. John‘ bap. Boston, June 28, 1635; d. young.

13. Margaret‘ bap., Cambridge; d. young at Salisbury.

14. Samuel: bap. Cambridge Aug. 2, 1639; d. Salisbury, April 17, 1643.

15. Ann‘b. Oct. 16, 1641; m. Edward Hilton, Newfields.

By second wife:

16. Theophilus: b. Oct. 31, 1644; a judge; witness, 1681; d. unm.

17. Mary: b. April 21, 1646; d. Dec. 28, 1646.

18. Biley: b. Sept. 27, 1647; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Gilman, who was
b. April 19, 1663; d. Exeter, about 1728. His Will was probated July 4, 1728,
and mentioned his wife Elizabeth, and kinsmen Theophilus Hardy and Biley
Lyford.

19. Mary‘b. Jan. 6, 1650; m. Samuel Hardy at Beverly, Mass.

20. Thomas‘; m. Mary: ; d. Exeter, 1713.

By third wife:

21. Elizabeth: b. 1652; m. Sept. 25, 1674, Judge Kinsley Hall.

22. Stephen‘; m. (1) Sarah Gilman, (2) Mary Thing,

23. James‘ b. 1663; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Leavitt; d. Exeter, Nov.
14, 1720.

24. Timothy,‘ d. before 1702.

25. Abigail‘; m. Watson of North Hampton.

26. Dorothy‘; m. Oct. 26, 1681, Moses Leavitt, surveyor at Exeter.

27. Rebecca‘; m. Nov. 21, 1681, Francis Lyford of Exeter.

28. Samuel‘; m. Hannah ; d. Exeter, 1732.

(22). Stephen: (Rev. Samuel, Thomas,? Roger!) married (1) Dec. 24, 1684,
Sarah, daughter of John Gilman, who was born Feb. 25, 1667, and died Jan.
24, 1713, (2) Mary Thing; cordwainer; purchased of the Indian Pennewit
and Abigail, his squaw, Raymond, 1719; died, Exeter, 1734. His Will was
dated Feb. 17, and probated May 13, 1734. Children:

29. Samuels b. Dec. 19, 1686; m. Nov. 24, 1709, Hannah Colcord; d.
Exeter, Feb. 16, 1718.

30. Stephens b. March 10, 1688; m. Sarah Davison; d. 1734.

31. James: b. June 11, 1690; m. Mercy Folsom.

32. Johns b. Oct. 4, 1692; killed by the Indians at Poplin, 1710.

33. Nicholass b. Aug. 27, 1694; m. Elizabeth Gordon; d. Brentwood,
near Exeter, July 1766.

34. Joanna’ b. May 3, 1697; m. Nicholas Perryman, a lawyer of Exeter.

35. Trueworthy: b. 1700; m. Hannah, dau. of John Gilman; captain in the
French war; d. 1745.

36. Josephs b. 1702; m. Nov. 26, 1724, Maria, dau. of Joshua Gilman.

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38. Sarah’ b. Jan. 15, 1706; m. Maj. Ezekiel Gilman.

39. Elizabeth’; m. Simon Gilman.

(31). Jamess (Stephen‘, Rev. Samuel, Thomas,? Roger!) was born June 11,
1690; married Mercy, daughter of Dea. John Folsom; was an officer in
the French war; died, Exeter, 1746. Children:

40. James. 41. Abigail.» 42. Samuel.» 43. John.s 44. Joseph.*

45. Joanna. 46. Sarah.s 47. Mercy.* One of the sons became Judge
Dudley of Raymond.

Jonathan Dudley petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739.

Jonathan Stone Dudley acknowledged the receipt of four dollars for a
regimental coat in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., Oct.
1775; had received one pair of shoes, Oct. 22, 1775; signed the Association
Test, 1776.

Nicholas Dudley was credited with labor of men and oxen on fire rafts at
Newington, Oct. 22, 1775.

DYER.

 

1. William: Dyer was of Boston, 1635; married Mary ; was made
freeman, 1636; disarmed, 1637, as supporter of Rev. John Wheelwright,
disfranchised and removed to Rhode Island, 1638, accompanying Mrs.
Hutchinson in her exile. His wife returned in 1660 to suffer on the scaffold.
Children. :

2. Samuel? bap. Dec. 20, 1635. 3. William.2 4. Henry.?

5. Mahershalalhashbaz.2 6. Charles.

Henry? Dyer, probably son of William,: married Joanna Gilman, widow
of Capt. Robert Coffin and daughter of John Gilman, who was born April
30, 1669 and died Dec. 24,1720. Her will presented for probate June 7, 1721,
mentioned “brother John Gilman, and his children, Peter, Robert and John,
and his daughters Elizabeth and Abigail ”’; ‘sister Leavitt ”’; ‘sister Foulsam ”;
‘five sisters Lydia White, Elizabeth Wadleigh, Abigail Thing, Olive Leavitt,
Katherine Foulsham ”; ’’cousin Trueworthy Dudley’; ‘my cousin Sarah
Dudley, my sister’s daughter.”

Her husband, Henry Dyer of Exeter died in 1719, and administration on
his estate was granted Nov. 7, 1719, to George Jaffrey of Portsmouth, and
inventory returned Oct. 30, 1721.

EDGERLY.

1. Thomas: Edgerly from England was admitted an inhabitant of Oyster
River, Jan. 19, 1665; married Sept. 28, 1665, Rebecca, widow of Henry Hal-
lowell, and daughter of John and Remembrance Ault of Oyster River; took
the oath of fidelity, June 21, 1669; admitted freeman, May 15, 1672; was one
of the justices before whom Rev. Joshua Moody was tried for non-conformity,
1684, and dissented from the majority, soon losing his commission thereby;
his garrison house was burned by the Indians July 18, 1694, his son Zechariah
killed, and himself taken prisoner but soon released; in his destitution and
affliction petitioned, July 17, 1694, the Governor and Council as follows:

“Aumbly Desires your Consideration of his Low Condition and that you
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would Grant him and his Neigh Liberty to make the house of John Rand
A Garrison ffor the Security and defence of some of the Remaining ffamilies
adjacent, and to Graunt us supply of six men and wee shall allways pray ffor
your happiness and Prosperity.”

He boarded soldiers on garrison duty at Oyster River, 1695-96; and deeded
his lands to his son Joseph, 1715. Children:

- Thomas? b. 1666; m. Jane Wheedon.

- Samuel? b. 1668; m. Elizabeth Tuttle.

. John? b. 1670; m. Elizabeth Rawlins.

. Zechariah? b. 1673; killed by the Indians, July 18, 1694.
. Rebecca? b. 1673; m. Aaron Hutcote of Oyster River.

. Joseph? b. 1677; m. Mary Green.

(2) Thomas? (Thomas:) was born at Oyster River, 1666; married Dee. 3,
1691, Jane Wheedon; lived at Oyster River till June 6, 1700, when he moved to
Exeter; petitioned respecting Oyster River parish affairs, 1716; tithingman,
1721 and 1724; “haward” and field driver 1722 and 1727; apportioned 20
acres of common land, 1725; died, Exeter. Children:

8. John? b. 1693; killed by the Indians, 1694.

9. Abigail: b. 1695; m. John Hutchins of Durham.

10. Mary:b. 1697; m. Thomas Kelly of Brentwood.

11. Samuels b. 1700; apportioned 20 acres of land, 1725; tithingman, 1728.

12. Joseph? b. 1702; m. (1) Sarah Rawlins, (2) widow Sanborn, (3)
Judith Currier.

(3) Samuel? (Thomas:) was born, 1668; married 1695, Elizabeth, daughter
of Capt. John Tuttle of Dover Neck; died, Oyster River, 1725. Administra-
tion on his estate was granted to his son John, Dec. 8, 1725, and inventory
returned June 8, 1726. Children:

13. Dorothy: b. 1697; m. James Durgin of Durham.

14. John+b. 1700; m. Elizabeth Wakeman.

15. Elizabeth: b. 1702; m. Elder John Amble of Durham.

16. James? b. 1704; m. Eleanor Sawyer.

17. Judith b. 1709; m. Jonathan Durgin of Durham.

18. Samuel? b. 1713; d. 1733. 19. Moses:b. 1716; m. Mary Kent.

(14). John: (Samuel,? Thomas:) was born, 1700; married Elizabeth Wake-
man; administered on his father’s estate, 1725. Child:

20. Thomas‘; who married and had a son:

21. Josiah’ b. New Durham, July 12, 1769; m. Mary, daughter of Col.
Thomas Tash; moved to Farmington, 1808; d. there, 1825.

(19). Mosess (Samuel,? Thomas:) was born, 1716; married Mary, daughter
of John Kent of Durham; died, New Durham, 1785. Children:

22. Moses‘ b. 1737; m. (1) Polly Thompson, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Wedgewood.

23. Ebenezer b. 1742;m.Tamsen Smith. 24. James‘ b. 1744; d. young.

(22). Moses: (Moses,* Samuel,? Thomas!) was born, 1737; married (1)
1763, Polly Thompson, (2) widow Elizabeth Wedgewood; lived in Newmarket;
petitioned for a road from Lamprey River to Durham, Feb. 11, 1768; signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; died, 1799. Children:

25. Moses: b. 1764; m. Love Thompson.

26. Ebenezer® b. 1765; m. Betsey Durgin.

27. Nathaniels b. 1767; d. young.

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494 History or NEWFIELDS.

28. Josephs b. 1769; m. 1793, Sarah W. Colbath; moved to Wolfeborough,
1800; d. there, 1828. 7 ch.

29. Dorothy: b. 1771; m. Richard Kent of Durham.

30. Polly: b. 1773; m. Samuel Drew of Durham.

31. Ann Elizabeth: b. 1776; m. Bradbury Jewell of Sandwich.

1. John: Edgerly was a witness, 1734; had a son:

2. John? who m. (1) Sept. 6, 1787, Temperance Duda, (2) 1819, Mary
Langley; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Newfields bridge, 1768; was a soldier
1814.

Olley Edgerly was an Osbornite, 1800.

Nathaniel Edgerly was b. Nov. 1804, and died Sept. 1, 1847.

Mrs. Ruth Edgerly, originally a Methodist, became a member of the Con-
gregational society, 1829, and church, 1841. She married (2) Scriggins
and died May 1, 1860, aged 92, leaving her house to the Congregational
society, which is now the ell of the house of William R. Hobbs.

Zebulon Edgerly was quartermaster in Col. Stephen Evan’s regiment to
Rhode Island, Aug. 1778.

Deborah Edgerly was born Aug. 29, 1800; m. John Rand, a farmer of Lee;
d. July 4, 1866.

Joseph Edgerly died, Newmarket, Jan. 10, 1892.

 

EWER.

1. Thomas: Ewer, who was the ancestor of the family ia America, was born
in England in 1595, and came from London to Charlestown, Mass., with his
wife Sarah, daughter of William Larned, who was born in 1607, in the ship
James in 1635; was admitted to the First church, Charlestown, Nov: 8, 1635,
and his wife, Oct. 12, 1635; died there, 1638. His widow married (2)
Covill, and conveyed lands of her former husband on Charlestown Neck.

Children:

2. John2; d. 1652. 3. Sarah?; m. June 18, 1643, Thomas Blossom; d. 1650.

4. Elizabeth? b. 1631; d. 1641. 5. Thomas: b. 1633; m.

6. Mary? b. about 1635; m. Feb. 2, 1652, John Judkins.

(5). Thomas? (Thomas) was born, 1633; was of Barnstable, Mass., 1661;
married, and died, 1667.

7. Thomas? (Thomas,? Thomas') was born Dec. 1663; married Oct. 1684,
Elizabeth Lovell, who died March 12, 1712; joined the church, Barnstable,
June 28, 1691. Children:

8. Thomas‘ b. Jan. 1686; m. Reliance Toby.

9. Shubael+ b. 1690; m. 1714, Rebecca Conant.

10. John‘ b. Feb. 1692; m. ij

11. Mehitable+ b. Oct. 1694; d. Nov. 1694.

12. Nathaniel‘ b. Nov. 1695; m. Mary Stuart.

13. Jonathan‘ b. July 1696; d. Nov. 1696.

14. Hezekiah‘ bap. Oct. 17,1697. 15. Mehitable bap. Oct. 11, 1698.

16. Thankful‘ bap. Oct. 1701. 17. Abigail‘ bap. April 7, 1703.

 

 

 

 

 
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. (8). Thomas: (Thomas, Thomas,? Thomas!) was born Jan. 1686; married
Reliance Toby; both members of the church, Barnstable. Children:

18. John bap. May 8, 1719; d. Great Marshes, Barnstable.

19. Thomas's; died at sea. 20. Mercys bap. Nov. 25, 1721.

21. Sarahs bap. April 1724.

22. Seths b. March 14, 1729; m. Lydia Churchill.

23. Sarah’ bap. 1732. 24. Sylvanus’ bap. March 1741.

(10). John: (Thomas,? Thomas,? Thomas) was born Feb. 1692; bap. March
27, 1692; married. Children:

25. Ebenezer * bap. Dec. 27, 1741. 26. Johns bap. Jan. 13, 1744.

27. Davids bap. May 10, 1747.

(12). Nathaniel’ (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas!) was born Nov. 1695;
married Nov. 8, 1723, Mary, daughter of James Stuart of Sandwich, Mass.;
admitted to the church at Barnstable, Feb. 1714; after the death of his wife,
sold his property at Barnstable and came to Newmarket; died there, 1772.

Children:

28. Silass b. Nov. 8, 1724; m. Lydia Garette.

29. Nathaniel: b. April 17, 1726; m. Drusilla Covill.

30. Desires b. Nov. 26, 1727; tailoress at Portsmouth; became the second
wife of Capt. Ebenezer Deering; survived him and moved to Newmarket;
died there.

31. Gamaliels b. June 19, 1732; d. near Lake Champlain about 1752.

32. Mary Stuarts b. Aug. 7, 1737; m. 1758, Thomas Churchill of Plymouth,
Mass.; moved to Newmarket, caring for her father till he died.

(22). Seths (Thomas, Thomas,* Thomas,? Thomas!) was born March 14,
1729; married Lydia, daughter of Barnabas and Lydia (Harlowe) Churchill;
commanded the ship Camberwell of six guns and eighteen men, 1781; died April
15, 1801. Children:

33. Seth. 34. Isaac,* b. 1762.

35. Sylvanuss; m. (1) Crosby, (2) Margaret Folger and had

36. Peter F.1 37. Seth.7 38, Lydia. 39. Mercy.7

(28). Silass (Nathaniel,s Thomas,: Thomas,? Thomas!) was born Nov. 8,
1724; married Lydia Garette. Children:

40. Mehitables b. May 1, 1747; m. July 20, 1775,John Meader of Newmarket
who was a soldier in the Revolution.

41. Abigaile b. March 2, 1748.

42. Susannahs b. Dec. 5, 1750; m. Thomas Taylor from Dublin, Ireland,
who was a soldier in the Revolution; res. Newmarket; d. 1813.

43. Silas b. Aug. 10, 1752; m. Anna Armstrong.

44, Elizabeths b. Dec. 14, 1754.

45. Princes b. Feb. 5, 1757; is mentioned in Newmarket, 1782; made a
voyage to the West Indies after the peace of 1783; died soon after.

(29). Rev. Nathaniel (Nathaniel!, Thomas, Thomas?, Thomas!) was born
at Great Marshes, Barnstable, Mass., April 17, 1726; married 1748, Drusilla,
daughter of James Covill of Chatham, Mass., who died Dec. 28, 1814, aged 83;
died April 1806; esteemed and remembered with great respect. (114). Children:

46. Dorcas‘ b. Barnstable; m. June 16, 1774, Maj. Joseph Young.

47. Sallys;d. at sixteen. 48. Rufus*b. 1753; m. Anna Furber.

49. Gamaliels b. about 1756; received from the New Hampshire Conven-

 
496 History oF NEWFIELDS.

tion of Ministers at Exeter, 1772, £ 2-13-6, for promoting his education; gradu-
ated, Dartmouth college, 1777; died soon after while studying for the ministry,
aged 24.

50. Drusilla b. Aug. 30, 1764; m. James Burleigh.

51. Elizabeth’ b. Sept. 24, 1766; m. Joseph Low Burleigh.

52. Mary¢b. 1771; m. Jonathan Barker, Jr.

53. Nathaniels b. Aug. 4, 1772; m. Sarah Goodhue.

54. James Covills; m. Elizabeth Watson.

(43). Capt. Silast (Silas,s Nathaniel,« Thomas, Thomas,? Thomas') was
born Aug. 10, 1752; married, June 29, 1780, Anna, daughter of John and
Christian Armstrong of Boston, who died Jan. 29, 1816, aged 56; died March
13, 1805. Children:

55. Silas; d. 1782. 56. Anne7b. April 19, 1784; d. July 24, 1797.

57. Henry’b. Aug. 1785; d. Sept. 2, 1802.

58. Rebecca? b. Nov. 25, 1786; d. Feb. 7, 1811.

59. Elizabeth? b. July 1788.

60. Charles? b. Sept. 4, 1790; was a gentleman of antiquarian tastes, and is
regarded as the founder of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society
of Boston.

(46). Doreass (Rev. Nathaniel,’ Nathaniel, Thomas,* Thomas,? Thomas?)
was born in Barnstable, Mass.; married June 16, 1774, Maj. Joseph Young, who
died July 6, 1812. Children:

64. Levi? Young. 65. Joseph? Young. 66. Nathaniel’ Young. 67. Thomas’
Young. 68. Several daughters’.

(48). Rufuss (Rev. Nathaniel,* Nathaniel,s Thomas,? Thomas,? Thomas!)
was born, Barnstable, 1753; was a soldier of the Revolution; credited with
labor on fire rafts at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; received six pounds advance
pay and bounty in Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt. and
mustered Sept. 20, 1776; was of Barnstead, June 7, 1784; petitioned for the
appointment of Jonathan Chesley of Barnstead justice of the peace, Nov. 11,
1788; with others, petitioned for a bridge over Suncook river, 1792; lived also
at Gilmanton and Sanbornton Bridge; died about 1840. Children:

69. Moses.7 70. Nathaniel.7 71. Joseph.7 72. Drusilla.’

(59). Drusillas (Rev. Nathaniel,s Nathaniel,s Thomas, Thomas,? Thomas?)
was born Aug. 30, 1764; married March 25, 1784, James Burleigh of New-
market, who was born Sept. 19, 1761, and died Aug. 13, 1854; died June 25,
1802. Children:

73. Drusilla? Burleigh b. April 18, 1785; m. June 2, 1811, Joseph Poindexter,
d. Barrington, Feb. 12, 1813.

74, Sarah Ewer? Burleigh b. June 10, 1786; m. July 3, 1806, John Kennard
of Portsmouth and Newfields; d. May 15, 1864.

75. Clarissa’ Burleigh b. June 22, 1788; m. Feb. 23, 1817, Samuel Burleigh
of Sanbornton; d. Dec. 3, 1823.

76. James? Burleigh b. Feb. 12, 1790; m. Dec. 21, 1817, Martha Watson;
d. Waterville, Me., March 4, 1830.

77. Ann’ Burleigh b. March 24, 1792; d. unm. Jan. 20, 1815.

78. Capt. Nathaniel Ewer? Burleigh b. Aug. 21, 1793; m. Oct. 9, 1824, Mary
Ann Hilton; d. Sept. 20, 1878.
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79. Susannah Wiggin’ Burleigh b. Nov. 11, 1796; m. Dec. 8, 1822, Temple
Paul; d. Nov. 20, 1823.

80. Theodore Atkinson’ Burleigh b. April 16, 1798; m. (1) Sept. 21, 1823,
Mary Ann Hart, (2) Mrs. Comfort (Weeks) Coleman.

(51). Elizabeths (Rev. Nathaniel,’ Nathaniel,# Thomas,? Thomas,? Thomas!)
was born Sept. 24, 1766; married Sept. 17, 1789, Joseph Low Burleigh, who
died March 19, 1836; settled in Sanbornton; died July 31, 1844. Children:

81. Samuel’ Burleigh b. June 17, 1790; m. Feb. 23, 1817, Clarissa Burleigh;
d. Sept. 1, 1826.

82. Joseph? Burleigh b. Jan. 12, 1793; m. Jan. 24, 1814, Mehitable Calef;
d. Dec. 27, 1852.

(52). Marys (Rev. Nathaniels, Nathaniel,« Thomas,: Thomas,? Thomas?)
was born, 1771; married July 2, 1792, Jonathan Barker Jr., of Epping; died
1848. Children:

83. Benjamin’ Barker. 84. Paul’ Barker. 85. John’ Barker. 86. Daugh-
ter7; m. Currier.

(53). Nathaniels (Rev. Nathaniel,s Nathaniel, Thomas, Thomas,? Thomas!)
was born Aug. 4, 1772; married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Goodhue of
Nottingham; bought of his father, Nov. 30, 1792, for £200 lawful money, two
tracts of land in Newmarket and Durham—one of 38 acres with a barn thereon,
and the other of 9 acres homestead with buildings thereon. (140). Children:

87. Sarah7; m. Daniel Harvey; united with the Congregational church,
Lamprey River village, on profession, July 7, 1833.

88. Drusilla’; m. Moses Thompson, a singing master of Durham.

89. John’ b. Feb. 18, 1806; thrice married.

90. Abigail’; d. aged 21 months. 91. Mary’; married.

92. Nathaniel’ b. 1819; united with the Congregational church, Lamoney
River on profession, Jan. 6, 1833; d. June 1838.

93. James Covill,” who had a son:

94. Nathaniel, who fitted himself for a teacher, and died.

(54). James Coville (Rev. Nathaniel,s Nathaniel,« Thomas,: Thomas,
Thomas!) married Elizabeth Watson; was taxed in Newmarket, 1794-96;
witness to a deed of land from the Smart heirs to Nathaniel Ewer, Jr., March
20, 1795; joiner of Epping; bought lands and buildings of Levi Towle, 1801;
bought land of Daniel Watson, 1805; sold land to Daniel Lawrence and George
Hilton, 1805. Children:

95. Nathaniel.7 96, 97. James’ and George,’ twins. 98. Porter. 99
Burleigh.7. 100. Polly.7 101. Daughter.”

(89). John’ (Nathaniel, Rev. Nathaniel,s Nathaniel, Thomas, Thomas,
Thomas!) was born, Newmarket, Feb. 18, 1806; married (1) Louisa, daughter
of Jacob O., and Dorothy W. Brown, who was born Jan. 2, 1814, and died
Dec. 29, 1865, (2) Ann Gibson, who died Feb. 1871, and (3) ——— 5
who survived him; d. 1882. Children, all by first wife:

102. Robert S. B.* b. Feb. 21, 1838; d. July 26, 1859.

103. Sarah H.8b. Nov. 2, 1839; d. Feb. 26, 1840.

104. Henry H.#b. March 28, 1841; d. July 1, 1856.

105. Drusilla T.s b. June 2, 1844; m. William True Sanders.

106. Mary L.#b. March 29, 1848; d. Feb. 28, 1872.

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(105). Drusilla T.* (John,’ Nathaniel, Rev. Nathaniel,* Nathaniel,‘Thomas, *
Thomas,? Thomas!) was born June 2, 1844; married William True Sanders;
died, 1883. Children:

107. Edith® Sanders b. Aug. 6, 1868; d. April 12, 1869.

108. Mabel» Sanders b. Sept. 18, 1870.

109. Alice* Sanders b. Oct. 14, 1873. 110. Ella* Sanders b. Sept. 5, 1875.

FERNALD.

The name is also spelt Furnall, Furnell and Furnald.

1. Dr. Renald: Fernald married Joanna ; was surgeon of the party
of about eighty emigrants sent over to Pascataqua by Capt. John Mason, 1631,
bringing with him two chairs, one of which existed as an interesting relic in
1859, in the possession of a descendant of the sixth generation. In 1640,
Renald and other principal inhabitants of Strawberry Bank deeded 50 acres
of land for a glebe or parsonage; was grand juryman, 1643; with others,
petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts, 1653, for a definite township,
and that Strawberry Bank be called Portsmouth; d. 1656. Children:

2. John?; 3. Samuel, 4. William:. 5. Thomas.?

(5). Thomas? (Dr. Renald:) was a land holder in Portsmouth, 1660; deeded
to his sister, first, the wife of Allin Loyd, and second, of Richard Waterhouse,
the whole of “ye Doctor’s island ” in Portsmouth Bay.

 

1. Capt. Joseph: Fernald was born Oct. 30, 1779 in Newfields, was active in
the parish, 1808-10; his father dying when he was very young, his mother
married again and moved away, and he was bound out to Dea. Thomas
Drowne of Newfields, where he learned the trade of tanner, shoemaker and
currier; enlisted as lieutenant in the company of Capt. Peter Hersey of
Newfields which marched to Portsmouth Plains, Sept. 9, and was discharged
Sept. 27, 1814; from about this time he began to follow the river, continuing
for 30 years; was tanner and currier at Newfields till he sold out to Charles
Lane; sold his Coleman-Badger house and moved to Exeter, 1817; carried
on his trade in Exeter in company with Col. John Rogers, near his residence,
and erected a tide-mill for grinding bark; signed a petition for a town meeting
relating to ministerial support April 6, 1806, and March 27, 1809; chosen
surveyor of highways March 8, 1808, and of lumber, March 13, 1810.

His mother married (2) Parcher of Portsmouth, and had three
daughters, two dying unm. in Boston.

He married (1) Nancy Smart, who d. Sept. 30, 1805, aged 30, (2) Dorothy
Smart, who d. April 19, 1811, aged 24, (3) Mehitable Smart, all daughters,
of Josiah Smart; died, Exeter, Oct. 18, 1846. In all his dealings with men
covering many years, he was above reproach for fidelity, integrity and strict
honesty; was manly, enterprising, public spirited and charitable; lived an
upright life, and died a Christian death. George W., Nathaniel G. and William
P. Fernald were executors of his Will. Children:

2. Nancy?; m. Hollis Smart. 3. Dorothy:; m. Jonathan Wiggin.

4. George W.?b. Jan. 1, 1816; m. Susan Clark; selectman, Exeter, 1852-54,
and 1868-70; representative, 1871; trustee of Robinson Seminary 1880-
1900; d. Sept. 19, 1900; left a daughter, Mrs. E. Newton Chase.

 
GENEALOGY. 499

5. Nathaniel G.2; m. Harriet Farley. 6. Isaac H.2; m. Ethelind Leavitt.
7. William, twin of preceding; d. in infancy.

8. William P.2; m.MariaSanborn. 9. Joseph?:; unm.

10. John?; m. Elizabeth Leavitt. 11. Charles:; m. Harriet Brown.

12. Martha?; d. young. 13. Francis:; unm. 14. Mary 0.2; unm.

15. Mehitable?; d. young.

FIELD.

1. John: Field married Ruth Thayer; was a tanner; removed from Braintree,
Mass., to Peterboro, N. H. in 1785.

2. William? (John) was born Nov. 18, 1782; married Mary McAllister,
who was born in Peterboro Nov. 26, 1785 and died, 1857; died 1863. 15 ch.

3. Alberts (William, John:) was born, Peterboro, July 14, 1825; married
(1) Jan. 14, 1851, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas Perkins, who died Sept. 2,
1883, (2) Augusta E., daught2r of Thomas J. and Phebe (Stillman) Russell,
of Newburyport, Mass.; settled in Newfields, 1847; connected with the
Swamscot Machine Works till 1864; engaged in general mercantile business,
1864-89; postmaster, 1868-84; selectman four years; representative, 1861;
died Jan. 10, 1901. Child by first wife:

4. Elizabeth P.+

FIFIELD

1. George B.1 Fifield married Mary Smith, and settled in Stratham.

Children:

2. George E.? b. March 31, 1828; m. Hannah Paul.

3. Charles W.? 4. Olivia?; m. David Rundlett. 5. Emma.?

(2). George E.? (George B.1) was born in Stratham March 31, 1828; married
Sept. 19, 1854, Hannah M. C., daughter of Samuel and Martha (Tarleton)
Paul, who was born in Newfields, Dec. 1834, and died, 1876; settled in New-
fields in 1853; was a man of superior intelligence and a good citizen; had great
mechanical skill and invented and manufactured steam engines which were
much used in the South; died Dec. 18, 1908. Child:

6. George S.? b. Newfields, April 9, 1871; m. Sept. 3, 1907, Elizabeth C.,
dau. of John W. and Mary A. Hayes, of Portsmouth; a druggist, Boston,
Mass, ; retains the homestead of his grandfather, Samuel Paul.

(4). Olivia? (George B.1) married David Rundlett. Child:

7. Mary E.? Both of her parents dying, she was adopted by her uncle and
aunt, George E. and Hannah M. Fifield, and d. unm. Aug. 30, 1907.

FITTS.

1. Robert: Fitts was the ancestor of the family in America, who, with his
wife Grace D., was among the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass., in 1639 or
1640. ‘ About 1662 he removed to Ipswich, where he died May 9, 1665,
leaving a wife Grace, and a son Abraham.”

2. Abraham: (Robert:) married (1) May 16, 1655, Sarah, daughter of
Simon Thompson of Ipswich, who died June 5, 1664, (2) Jan. 7, 1668, Rebecca,
widow of Tyler Birdley of Ipswich; died March 27, 1692.

3. Richard: (Abraham,? Robert!) was born Feb. 26, 1672; married March
500 History oF NEWFIELDS.

18, 1695, Sarah Thorne; settled in Salisbury, Mass., on lands included in
the original grant to his grandfather Robert; died Dec. 3, 1774. His wife
was w superior woman, remarkable for resolution of character, bravery and
piety, walking 16 miles to worship with the people of God at Ipswich, of which
church she was a member. She was affectionate and charitable, and died
March 1773, aged 100 years.

4. Daniel: (Richard,: Abraham, Robert!) was born April 30, 1710; mar-
ried Nov. 11, 1734, Ruth, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia Brown of Salisbury;
settled in Salisbury; was a man of great mental and physical energy and
decision of character; died March 30, 1796.

5. Abrahams (Daniel,« Richard,s Abraham,: Robert) was born Oct. 24,
1736; married May 27, 1760, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Hall of Chester;
settled in Candia; was highly respected in church and state; died Aug. 6,
1808. 10 ch.

6. Reuben (Abraham,s Daniel,‘ Richard,s Abraham,: Robert) was born
March 8, 1770; married Nov. 14, 1792, Annie, daughter of Jethro and
Mehitable (Jewett) Hill who came from Stratham to Candia in 1765; both
were worthy members of church and community. He died Sept. 20, 1838.

7. John’ (Reuben, Abraham, Daniel,‘ Richard,: Abraham,? Robert!) was
born March 19, 1794; married Abigail, daughter of John and Hannah
(Godfrey) Lane of Candia. Both were respected and honored members of
the Congregational church and society of Candia. Children:

8. James Hill* b. March 3, 1829; married Jan. 1, 1862, Mary Celina, dau.
of Dea. Coffin M. and Dolly (Pillsbury) French, who was b. May 6, 1832,
and joined the Congregational church in Candia with Mr. Fitts and 44 others
March 1849; was pastor, Congregational church, Newfields, 1880-1900;
died Nov. 22, 1900. His wife survived him.

9. Hannah Lane* b. March 1, 1831; united with the church in Candia
March 1849; was a teacher in New England, and 22 years among the Freed-
men in Wilmington, N. C.; returned north on account of failing health; died
Jan. 5, 1898.

10. John Lane# b. Dec. 8, 1834; united with the church March 1849; was
a soldier in the New Hampshire Second Regiment of Volunteers, 1861-64; a
teacher, farmer, selectman, justice of the peace, surveyor and licensed convey-
ancer of land; m. Sept. 21, 1865, Augusta J., dau. of Jesse Smith of Candia,
who d. April 1910.

FOGG,

Tombstones in the Piscassic burying ground give the following:
Jonathan Fogg died Sept. 10, 1835, aged 47.

Nancy D., widow of Jonathan Fogg died Jan. 30, 1849, aged 50.
James Fogg died July 20, 1845, aged 71.

Deborah, his wife, died Jan. 9, 1848, aged about 72 years.

Not able to connect with the Hampton Foggs.

FOLSOM.

Old records spell the name variously Ffulsham, Foulsham, Foulsom,
Folsham. The first traceable ancestor of the family is
1. Roger: Foulsham of Necton, Norfolk, Eng., whose Will is dated 1534.
GENEALOGY. 501

2. William, (Roger!) married Agnes Smith of Besthorpe.

3. Adam: (William,? Roger!) married Emma 2 Will dated 1565.
4. Adam: (Adam, William,? Roger!) was baptized, 1560; married Grace
; lived in Hingham; died, 1630.

5. Adams (Adam,‘ Adam, William,? Roger:) married Agnes
in Hingham; died, 1627.

6. Johns (Adam,: Adam,‘ Adam, William,? Roger:) was baptized in Hing-
ham, Eng., 1615; married there, Oct. 4, 1636, Mary, daughter of Edward and
Mary Clark Gilman, who was baptized Aug. 6, 1615; emigrated April 26, 1638,
in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, Eng., John Martin, master; landed at Boston
Aug. 10, 1638; settled first in Hingham, Mass., but prior to 1655 removed to
Exeter; selectman, 1659; received a grant of land, 1660; juryman, 1662;
died Dec. 27, 1681. His widow survived him eight or ten years. From him,
as far as known, are descended the Folsoms of America.t Children:

7. Samuel? bap. Oct. 3, 1641; m. Dec. 22, 1663, Mary Robie of Hampton;
d. 1700.

8. John: bap. Oct. 3, 1641; m. Nov. 10, 1675, Abigail Perkins.

9. Nathaniel? bap. June 2, 1644; m. (1) Hannah Farrow of Ipswich, Mass.,
(2) Mary

10. Israel2 bap. April 26, 1646; received a grant of land, Oct. 10, 1664, and
died soon after; m. and had

11. Israels; m. (1) before 1738, Sarah Durgin, (2) Joanna Rawlins, (3)
Polly Rand.

12. Peter? bap. April 8, 1649; m. Susanna Cousins.

13. Mary? bap. April 13, 1751; m. June 12, 1672, George Marsh.

14. Ephraim: b. Feb. 23, 1654; m. Phaltiel Hall.

(7). Samuelz (John1) was baptized Oct. 3, 1641, though probably born,
1637, in England; married Mary, daughter of Henry Robie of Hampton;
was a farmer, and dealt some in lumber; administered on his father’s estate,
1692; died, 1700. Children born in Exeter:

15. Mary? b. Sept. 27, 1664; m. Ezekiel Ladd of Haverhill, Mass.

16. Ebenezer? b. about 1666; m. Hannah Smith of Exeter.

17. Ruth: b. about 1670; m. March 4, 1692, Moses Norris.

18. Samuels; m. Abigail (Cole) Foss of Hampton; settled in Hampton; ad-
ministered on the estate of his father, 1701.

19. Israel, m. Rachel ; weaver; owned land in Exeter and Stratham;
moved to Ashford, Ct.

20. Deliverance; lived in Greenland; d. unm.

(8). Dea. John? (John:) was born, 1638; married Nov. 10, 1675, Abigail,
daughter of Abraham Perkins of Hampton; owned lands in Exeter, Hampton,
Brentwood and Newmarket; was rated in Exeter, April 20, 1680; bought
land of Edward Hilton at Newfields, 1681; constable under Gov. Crawford,
1684; qualified as member of the General Assembly for Exeter, Nov. 1, 1694;
took oath May 15, 1685; recognized as member, Dec. 28; 1697; one of a

 

 

 

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1John Folsom, the emigrant, is the sixth generation from Roger, but to save unnecessary
repetition in what follows we mark him as the first generation, as he is, of the American
family. If one wishes to connect directly with Roger simply add five to any given genera-
tion.
502 History or NEWFIELDS.

committee to run lines between town and town in the province. His Will was
dated Nov. 24, 1713; died before Dec. 6, 1715. Children born in Exeter:

21. Abigail: b. Dec. 23, 1676; m. Edward Gilman.

22. John: b. about 1680; m. Mary Sewall.

23. Sarah;: m. before 1715, Nathaniel Stevens, as 2d wife.

24. Mary;: m. and d. before her father, leaving two children.

25. Lydia3; m. Robert Stockman of Kingston.

26. Mercy:; m. James Dudley; lived in Brentwood.

27. Abraham: b. about 1678; m. (1) 1703, Anna Chase of Newbury, (2)
Elizabeth ;

28. Jeremy:; m. Elizabeth ;

29. Jonathan: b. about 1685; m. Anna Ladd.

(12). Lt. Peter? (John!) was baptized April 8, 1649; married May 6, 1678,
Susanna Cousins of Wells, Me.; settled in Exeter on the Hampton road; d.
1717. Children:

30. Elizabeth; m. (1) Sept. 13, 1704, Lt. Samuel Colcord, (2) Aug. 19, 1718,
Lt. Samuel Sanborn of Kingston; d. April 8, 1756.

31. Susanna’; m. Caleb, son of Moses Gilman.

32. Marys; m. Joseph Thing.

83. Peter: b. about 1682; m. Catharine, dau. of John Gilman.

34. John; b. 1685; m. (1) Hannah Gilman, (2) Sarah Lyford?; perhaps
(3) Mary

(14). Ephraim? (John!) was born Feb. 23, 1654; married Phaltial, daughter
of Lt. Ralph Hall of Dover; was the first of the name in Newmarket; settled
near Crow Eagle Falls, Piscassic river; was granted by the town of Exeter Feb.
21, 1698, 20 acres of land ‘‘where he can find it common,” also April 17, 1700,
20 acres of the common lands, which were laid out by the town measurers
Biley Dudley and Robert Coffin, May 23, 1700; also Sept. 9, 1700,‘‘ where he
can find it common ” and not previously granted; he was killed by an Indian
June 11, 1709. (123). Children:

36. Elizabeth; m. Feb. 1, 1725, John Robinson of Exeter.

37. Daughtec3; m. York. 38. Lydias; m.

39. Abigails; m. Joseph Judkins of Newmarket.

40. Sarah3; m. Thomas Young, who d. May 1767.

41. Ephraim: b. about 1672; m. Taylor.

42. Williams; m. (1) Hannah Gilman, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Sanborn.

(22.) Johns (Dea. John,? John!) was born about 1680; married Mary
Sewall; petitioned for Squamscot bridge, 1746; and lottery in aid, 1759-60
and 1768; settled near King’s Falls, Exeter; died, 1775. Children:

43. Susanna‘ b. May 10, 1718; m. (1) Kingston, Nov. 2, 1738, Lt. Jonathan
Bradley, who was killed by the Indians, Concord, Aug. 11, 1746, (2) John
Bradley.

44. Mary: b. 1719; m. Samuel Bradley; lived in Penacook, Concord.

45. Childs; d. early.

46. Josiah‘ b. July 24, 1725; m. Elizabeth Bradley; removed to Haverhill,
Mass., prior to Sept. 1749. A

(27). Abraham: (Dea. John,? John!) was born about 1678; m. (1) 1703,
Anna, daughter of Aquila Chase of Newbury, (2) Elizabeth , who

 

 

 

 

 

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survived him; lived on north side of road leading to Hampton; died, Dec.
1740. Children born in Exeter:

47. Daniels b. about 1704; m. (1)
Huldah Eastman; d. 1756.

48. Jonathan‘; a joiner, Sheepscot, Me.; d. 1745.

49. Abrahams; settled in Exeter; m. Sarah Folsom.

50. Marys; m. James Rundlet; survived her husband.

(28). Jeremy: (Dea. John,? John:) married Elizabeth ———; died 1757.

(95). Children born in Newmarket:

51. Nathan‘ b. about 1717; m. Elizabeth :

52. Jeremiah‘ b. July 25,1719; m. Mary Hersey.

53. Elizabeth; m. Walter Bryent of Newmarket.

54. Susan‘; m. John Mead of Stratham.

55. Abigail.« 56. Sarah; m. Jacob Low of Stratham.

57. Anna‘b. Aug. 1731; m. Joseph Young of Newmarket.

58. John‘ b. July 7, 1723; m. (1) Sarah Veasey, (2) Mrs. Martha (Wiggin)
Brackett.

(29). Jonathan: (Dea. John,? John!) was born about 1685; married Anna,
daughter of Nathaniel Ladd; was a soldier, 1710; surveyor of highways, 1728,
and of fences, 1733; petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739; inherited
the homestead, and became wealthy and influential; died, 1740. His widow
Anna administered on the estate, and with others June 30, 1748, petitioned
the General Assembly for permission to divide a piece of land in Exeter;
petition was granted. Children born in Exeter;

59. John‘ b. about 1713; m. (1) Abigail Hilton, (2) Abigail Smith.

60. Mary‘ b. Feb. 17, 1722; m. Peter Folsom; d. Mct. 1, 1791.

61. Jonathan‘ b. 1724; m. (1) Gilman, (2) Deborah Hall.

62. Gen. Nathaniels b. 1726; m. (1) Dorothy Smith, who d. Feb. 1776,
(2)iMrs. Mary (Sprague) Fisher of Newburyport; d. May 26, 1790.

63. Anna‘; m. David Gilman,

64. Samuel: b. Feb. 22, 1732; m. (1) Anna Thing, (2) Elizabeth Emery.

65. Trueworthy‘ b. about 1734; m. Mary West of Boston; a cordwainer.

66. Josiah‘ b. Nov. 5, 1735; m. May 27, 1762, Elizabeth Gilman; settled
in Dover; d. Feb. 12, 1816.

67. Sarah‘; m. John Nelson of Exeter; a ship carpenter.

68. Elizabeth‘; m. John Bowden of Exeter; settled in Gilmanton.

69. Abigail‘; m. Ebenezer Sinclair, a farmer, Exeter.

(33). Peter? (Lt. Peter,? John!) was born about 1682; married Catharine,
daughter of John Gilman; died 1718. Children born in Exeter:

70. Susanna: b. Sept. 27, 1704.

71. Elizabeth: b. March 20, 1707; m. Feb. 1, 1726, John Robinson.

72. John‘ b. March 14, 1709; m. (1) Hannah Sanborn, (2) Eleanor ;
(3) Martha -

73. James‘ b. Oct. 16, 1711; m. Elizabeth Thing; d. 1748.

74. Peter‘ b. July 27, 1714; m. Mary Folsom who d. Oct. 1, 1791; settled
in Gilmanton; d. July 11, 1792.

75. Catharine‘ b. Jan. 24, 1716; m. Samuel Lamson.

(34). John? (Lt. Peter, John!) was born 1685; married (1) Hannah,

 

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daughter of James Gilman, (2) Sarah, daughter of Francis Lyford, (3) Mary
; owned land in Newmarket and Epping; (75).

Children born in Exeter:

76. Peter‘ b. 1718; m. Hannah Morrison.

77. Elizabeth‘; m. Thurston.

78. Mary‘; m. William Folsom of Newmarket.

79. Joshua‘ b. 1719; m. Abi. Mead; settled in Epping; d. 1796.

80. Sarah‘; m. Abraham Folsom, a joiner; settled in Epping.

81. Susanna‘; m. Nathaniel Bean of Exeter and Warner.

82. Josiah‘ b. Sept. 25, 1725; m. May 9, 1755, Mrs. Martha (Eastman)
Gould; d. Feb. 27, 1804.

(41). Ephraim: (Ephraim,? John) was born in 1672; married Taylor;
settled in Newmarket; was granted 20 acres of land Feb. 2, 1697, 10 acres
of which was laid out July 1, 1717, on the south side of Lamprey river about
two miles above Packer’s Falls; sold to Samuel Brackett of Newmarket
8 acres, more or less, of land in Newmarket July 18, 1740; is supposed to have
had besides the following, a son Joseph, a trader who died in Newmarket
prior to 1741. Children:

83. Ephraim‘; m. Eunice Smart; settled in Newmarket.

84. John‘; lived in Durham before Dec. 1764.

85. Andrew‘ b. 1720; m. Eleanor Rust.

86. William: b. 1723; m. Mary Folsom.

87. Sarah‘; had land in Durham; d. unm.

(42). Williams (Ephraim,? John!) married (1) Hannah Gilman of Exeter,
(2) Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Sanborn; selectman, Newmarket, 20 years;
died, 1755. Children except Nathan by first wife: :

88. Abigail‘; d. unm. Dorchester, aged over 90.

89. Mary‘; m. Dea. James Cram. 90. Lydia‘; m. John Lyford.

91. James‘; m. Margaret F. Cotton.

92. William‘; m. Mary Low of Stratham.

93. David b. 1755; m. Sarah Gilman of Exeter.

94. Nathan‘ (or Dudley); perished of cold on a gondola between Ports-
mouth and Newmarket during the night of Nov. 21, 1774.

(51). Nathan‘ (Jeremiah?, Dea. John,? John :) was born about 1717; mar-
ried Elizabeth ; settled near Wadleigh’s Falls and owned part of the
mill there; died 1769. Children:

95. Elizabeth’; m. before 1758, (1) Edward Hilton of Newmarket, (2)
July 21, 1778, Col. David Gilman of Tamworth; d. Newmarket, March 25,
1810.

96. Asa’ b. Sept. 24, 1757; m. (1) Elizabeth Boardman, (2) Betsey Gile,
(3) Widow Durgin, (4) Mary Gove.

97. Abigails b. Aug. 30, 1760; m. (1) Col. Israel Gilman of Newmarket,
(2) Oct. 12, 1797, Maj. Richard Shepard of Holderness.

(52). Col. Jeremiah‘ (Jeremiah, Dea. John, John!) was born July 25, 1719;
married March 28, 1742, Mary Hersey; was active in parish affairs, 1797-1800.

Children born in Newmarket:

98. Jeremiah* b. June 20, 1743; m. Nancy
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99. Johns b. Oct. 12, 1745; m. Elizabeth Smith.

100. Peters b. Dec. 13, 1747; m. Sally Dam.

101. Simeon’ b. April 7, 1749; m. Sarah Rust of Ipswich; signed the
Association Test July 12,1776; d. Jan. 16, 1810.

102. Josiah* b. June 20, 1751; Hannah Cushing; settled in Rochester.

103. Levis b. July 12, 1753; m. Dee. 4, 1777, Joanna, dau. of Dr. John and
Martha (Wingate) Weeks of Greenland; signed the Association Test, 1776;
was a soldier, 1777; settled in Tamworth, 1779; d. June 21, 1844.

104. Enoch: b. Feb. 20, 1755; m. Widow Foss; lived near Wadleigh’s
Falls; d. about 1835.

105. Jacobs b. Oct. 22, 1758; d. unm. in the army, 1777.

106. Mary: b. Sept. 25, 1761; m. Peter Hersey.

107. Samuels b. July 20, 1765; d. unm. about 1787.

(57.) Anna+ (Jeremiah, Dea. John,? John) was born Aug. 1731; married
Joseph Young of Newmarket. Children born in Newmarket:

108. Josephs Young b. April 5, 1754; m. Dorcas Ewer; d. July 6, 1812.

109. Benjamins Young b. July 8, 1756; m. (1) , (2) Rebecca
Bickford.

110. Jeremiah: Young b. Nov. 15, 1758; m. Sally Cram; d. July 14, 1793.

111. Johns Young b. Dec. 3, 1760; m. ——— Mason; d. June 25, 1808.

112. Sarah’ Young b. March 25, 1763; m. Eben Meader; d. April 25,
1844.

(58). John‘, (Jeremiah,? Dea. John, John!) was born July 7, 1723; married
(1) Jan. 1748, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Veasey of Stratham, who died,
1756, (2) March 17, 1757, Mrs. Martha Brackett, daughter of Thomas Wiggin,
who died, 1729.

The House, March 7, 1776 “‘Voted That the account of John Folsom charged
against Andrew McClary be allowed paid out of the Treasury’; signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; put by the Legislature at Hampton on
a committee on the defence of the sea-coast; was a soldier, 1777, and Capt.
1778; certified Nov. 8, 1779, to the good record of Thomas Packer Jr. who was
a soldier in his Co., Col. Moses Kelley’s Regt. in his expedition to Rhode Island
and on account of sickness asks compensation, and his account of £ 31-12s. was
allowed. He died April 17, 1787. Children:

113. Samuels b. 1749; d. 1750.

114. Davids b. May 20, 1750; m. Dorothy Johnson.

115. Hannah b. June 1753; d. 1755. 116. Mary® b. 1755; d. 1759.

By second wife:

117. Sarahs b. Feb. 10, 1758; m. Nov. 2, 1777, John Poor of Stratham.

118. Martha’ b. Jan. 11, 1760; m. (1) Thomas Brackett, (2) Shadrach
Robinson.

119. Ann‘ or Nancy b. June 16, 1762; m. Jan. 11, 1788, John Adams.

120. Elizabeth; b. June 23, 1769; m. Winthrop Hilton; d. March 8, 1800.

(61). Lt. Jonathan (Jonathan, Dea. John, John) was born in Exeter, 1724;
married (1) Gilman, (2) Deborah, daughter of Joseph Hall; lieutenant,
Capt. Somerby Gilman’s Co., at first capture of Louisburg, 1745; in expedition
against Crown Point, 1755; had charge of a mortar at Bunker Hill, and threw
a bomb upon the deck of a British man-of-war, which led her to draw off as
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Dec. 9, 1746, £ 13-12s for himself and 30 men under him for their muster
roll for scouting six days from Aug. 16, “above Pautucket Mountains;” died,
New Durham, 1800. Children.

121. Jonathans b. Newfields, Jan. 12, 1747; m. (1) 1774, Sarah Bickford
of Newmarket, (2) 1789, Mary Young of Newburyport; lived in Newmarket
till 1770; settled in New Durham, 1773.

122. Moses’ b. in Durham or Newmarket, 1749; m. res. Acton, Me.; d.
1832.

123. Benjamin: b. about 1755; m. Mary Baker.

124. Jamess b. about 1753; m. Mary Smith; kept tavern, Durham; d.
1819.

125. Dollys; m. Norris of Epping.

126. Hannah:; m. Dea. Joshua Lane of Epping.

127. Nancy®; m. Marston of Sandwich.

(76). Peters (John, Lt. Peter,: John!) was born, 1718; married Hannah
Morrison; settled at Piscassic, near Exeter line, with part of his farm in
Exeter; died 1815. Children born in Newfields:

128. Benjamin: b. Sept. 5, 1740; m.; is said to have traded and kept tavern,
Piscassic; afterwards removed to Gilmanton.

129. Marys b. 1742; d. in infancy.

130. Peters b. 1744; d. in infancy.

131. Peters b. Aug. 8, 1745; m. (1) Betsey Calef of Exeter, (2) Mrs. Eliza-
beth Bean.

132. Hannah: b. 1747; d. young. 183. Lydia‘ b. Feb. 22, 1749; d. young.

134. Judiths d. Feb. 2, 1751.

135. Marys b. June 17, 1754; m.

136. Hannah: b. Oct. 10, 1756; m. (1) Fifield, (2) Carrol.

137. Johns b. April 29, 1759; m. Weymouth; res. Limerick, Me.

138. Lydia‘ b. 1761; m. Oct. 16, 1783, John Parsons; res. Gilmanton.

139. Mehitables b. April 7, 1764; m. 1785, Jesse Wedgewood; d. Parsons-
field, Me., June 17, 1824.

(85). Andrew‘ (Ephraim, Ephraim,? John!) was born in 1720 in Newmarket;
married Eleanor, daughter of Rev. Henry Rust, who was born May 1730,
and died Jan. 13, 1792; settled in Newmarket; petitioned for Squamscot
bridge, Nov. 21, 1746; and for lottery in aid, 1759-60; died, Ossipee, April
12,1799. Children born in Newmarket:

140. Elizabeths b. Nov. 24, 1754; d. Nov. 8, 1757.

141. Anna,s b. April 4, 1757; d. unm. between 1795 and 1804.

142. Andrews b. March 15, 1759; m. Anna Folsom of Newmarket; who
d. July 25, 1848; d. Ossipee, Feb. 9, 1852.

143. Eleanor: b. Sept. 27, 1760; m. Abraham Thompson of Stratham.

144. Tubelah: b. Aug. 23, 1762; d. July 1, 1803.

145. Sallies b. April 5, 1765; d. July 7, 1776.

146. Deborahs b. May 23, 1767; d. Ossipee, July 28, 1801.

(86). Williams (Ephraim, Ephraim,? John!) married Mary Folsom; peti-
tioned for Squamscot bridge, Nov. 21, 1746; a farmer, Newmarket; died,
Feb. 1809. Children born in Newmarket:

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148. Edwards; m. Mehitable Burleigh; signed the Association Test, 1776;
went to Gilmanton, 1779.

149. Hannahs b. March 29, 1744; m. 1765, Abraham Folsom; res. Meredith.

150. Sarahs; m. Dearborn.

151. Jonathan‘; m. Dec. 7, 1786, Prudence Weeks; signed the Association
Test, 1776.

152. Rachels; m.
unm. 1789.

155. Ephraims; m. Dorothy ; a joiner, Durham.

156. Benjamins b. 1761; blind 20 years; d. Newmarket, Sept. 25, 1843.

(91). James,‘ (William,s Ephraim,? John:) married Margaret F. Cotton;
settled in Newmarket; went to Gilmanton, 1772; died there, 1776.

Children born in Newmarket:

157. Joseph’; m.; settled in Palmyra, Me.

158. Marys; m. a farmer, Centre Harbor.

159. James: b. June 2, 1770; m. Nov. 17, 1891, Susanna Piper; res. Gilman-
ton.

160. John + b. Oct. 25, 1772; m. (1) Anna Smith of Deerfield, (2) Jan. 15,
1843, Hannah Bean; a farmer, Alton and Gilmanton; d. Nov. 24, 1857.

161. Bettys; m. Sutton of Northfield.

162. Judiths b. Gilmanton, Jan. 2, 1775; m. Sept. 6, 1793, Jeremiah San-
born; settled in Sanbornton; d. May 19, 1847.

(92). William: (William, Ephraim,? John:) married Mary Low of Stratham;
administered on his father’s estate, 1755; died Feb. 1809. (133). Children
born in Newmarket:

163. Elisha’; d. young.

164. Anna’ b. 1760; m. 1789, Abraham Folsom of Ossipee; d. July 25,
1848.

165. Jacobs; m. June 4, 1787, Elizabeth Smart of Newmarket; res. Wolfe-
borough; d. Oct. 22, 1826.

166. Marys; d.unm. 167. Lydias; d. unm.

168. Mehitables; m. Robert Smart.

169. Hannah:; m. Daniel Cooley of Exeter.

170. Betsey* b. 1775; m. J. Brackett of Wolfeborough.

171. Josiah b. Jan. 1774 or Nov. 9, 1777; m. (1) Abigail Ham of Durham,
(2) Elinor (Haines) Batchelder; a farmer, Newmarket.

172. Sallys; m. Joseph Furber of Wolfeborough.

(93). Maj. David‘ (William,: Ephraim,? John!) was born in 1755; resided
in Epping, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Gilman; was major, 1780;
an influential business man; died, 1791. Children born in Epping:

173. Thomas * b. Dec. 6, 1752; m. Sally Watson of Nottingham.

174. Sarahs; m. Hackett. 175. Abigails bap. June 11, 1758.

176. Davids bap. 1761; d. unm., Dorchester.

177. Winthrop: bap. 1763; m. Noble of Lee.

178. James: b. Dec. 22, 1767; m. Nov. 1791, Abigail Blake.

179. Annas; m. Moses Davis of Epping.

180. Hannahs; m. Dec. 2, 1792, Noah Dow.

181. Gilman: b. 1765-70; m. about 1795, Ruth Page of Hebron.

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(96). Lt. Asa’ (Nathan,‘ Jeremiah,? Dea. John,? John!) was born Sept. 24,
1757; married (1) March 30, 1779, Elizabeth daughter of Dea. Stephen
Boardman, (2) Nov. 17, 1796, Betsey Gile, (3) Widow Durgin of New Durham,
(4) Mary Gove of Nottingham; was a blacksmith; died, Deerfield, July 15,
1843. His first wife was born May 2, 1760, and died Feb. 17, 1796; his second
wife, b. March 28, 1778, and died Oct. 16, 1802; his widow died Sept. 12, 1855.
(127). Children by first wife:

183. Nathan Boardman: b. 1780; m. Sarah Quincy of Portsmouth.

184. Elizabeth: b. June 17, 1782; m. Aug. 16, 1802, Dea. Daniel Mathes of
Durham.

185. Sallys b. Oct. 22, 1784; m. 1800, Samuel Cochran of Pembroke.

186. Nancys b. Sept. 16, 1786; m. Tash of New Durham.

187. Hannah: b. Dec. 5, 1788; m. June 19, 1817, Charles Robinson.

188. Mary B.* b. June 1, 1790; m. Samuel Piper of Stratham.

189. Martha B.* b. June 1, 1792; m. Feb. 19, 1831, John Leavitt of Allens-
town. Children by second wife:

190. Asas; d. at sea aged about 20. 191. Charlottes; d. in infancy.

192. Abigails; m. (1) Joseph Cate of Allenstown, (2) Daniel Leavitt.

(99). Col. Johns (Col. Jeremiah,‘ Jeremiah, Dea. John,? John!) was born
Oct. 12, 1745; married Dec. 18, 1767, Elizabeth daughter of Col. Joseph Smith,
who was born Aug. 29, 1750, and died Dec. 25, 1828; died; 1820. (116).

Children born in Newmarket.

193. Johns, b. Jan. 30, 1769; m. March 22, 1798, Anna Odlin of Exeter.

194. Jeremiah: b. Jan. 19, 1772; m. Dec. 14, 1806, Betsey dau. of Nicholas
Hersey; active in the parish, 1797-1800; d. Jan. 29, 1850.

195. Joseph Smiths b. Oct. 30, 1774; merchant, Lee; d. unm. May 24, 1804.

196. Winthrops b. Aug. 3, 1784; m. Nov. 3, 1806, Nancy Tash.

197. Betsey* b. Sept. 10, 1790; m. Oct. 14, 1812, Rev. Israel Chesley of Lee.

(100). Peters (Col. Jeremiah,‘ Jeremiah,: Dea. John,2 John 1) was born
Dec. 13, 1747; married Sally Dam; trader in Lee and Madbury; drowned
in Small Point harbor, Me., prior to 1800. Children born in Newmarket:

198. Sally’ b. July 20, 1771; m. May 28, 1794, Joshua Durgin of Limington,
Me.

199. Petecs b. June 18, 1773; m. Nov. 30, 1797, Betsey Durgin of Cornish,
Me.

200. Betseys b. Madbury, 1780; m. Capt. James Brooks of Portland, Me.

201. Josephs b. 1782; m. Deborah Bennet; a sailoz; res. Eastport, Me.

202. Jeremiahs b. Madbury, 1784; shipwright, Limington, and Scarboro,
Me., 1819.

203. Johns; b. 1786. 204. Lydia b. 1788. 205. Marys b. 1790.

206. Samuel b. 1796. 207. Nancys b. 1798; m. Dr. Leader Dam of
Portland, Me.

(106). Marys (Col. Jeremiah,‘ Jeremiah,: Dea. John,? John') was born,
Newmarket, Sept. 25, 1761; married Peter Hersey of Piscassic, who died
Feb. 17, 1831, aged 80; died Aug. 21, 1839.

Children born in Newfields:

208. Marys Hersey b. May 6, 1791; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1852.

209. Jeremiah‘ Hersey b. Sept. 3, 1793; m. Nov. 8, 1849, Anna W. Wiggin
of Stratham; d. Dec. 11, 1851.

 
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210. Nancy Hersey b. July 26, 1796; d. unm. Aug. 6, 1862.

211. James* Hersey b. 1798; d. in infancy.

212. Peters Hersey b. May 15, 1800; a farmer, Newfields; d. unm. Oct. 8,
1871.

213. Jacobs Hersey b. Dec. 9, 1803; d. unm. on homestead.

(114). Maj. Davids (Col. Johns, Col. Jeremiah, Dea. John,: John‘) was
born May 20, 1750; married 1775, Dorothy, daughter of Rev. William Johnson
of Newbury, Mass.; credited with labor on fire rafts at Newington, Oct. 22,
1775; the first to make nails cut by machinery; aided in laying out the town of
Tamworth, 1776. His wife survived him and married (2) Joseph Blanchard
of Chester. Children born in Newmarket:

214. William J.* b. 1774; m. Catharine Gardner Flagg; d. Dec. 11, 1809.

215. John® b. March 11, 1776; m. (1) Mehitable Melvin, (2) Dorothy
T. Underhill.

(123). Benjamins (Lt. Jonathan,‘ Jonathan,» Dea. John,? John!) was born
about 1751; married April 1, 1779, Mary Barker who was born, 1754, and
died Jan. 5, 1806; signed the Association Test, 1776; soldier, 1755-58,
1765, 1781, 1784-87; captain 1785 and 1787; a farmer, Newmarket; died
Feb. 21, 1790. Children born in Newmarket:

216. Marysb. Jan. 25, 1780; m. Aug. 16, 1802, Ballard Pinkham of Durham.

217. Stephens b. Oct. 20, 1781.

218. Lewis* b. Nov. 17, 1783; m. Jan. 8, 1806, Eunice B. Deland.

219. James b. Aug. 18, 1785; m. Mary Gordon, who survived him.

220. Georges b. Dec. 22, 1788; d. May 8, 1803.

221. Benjamin: b. Sept. 3, 1790; m. Aug. 18, 1813, Mary Pinkham of
Durham; printer, Walpole, and Newburyport, Mass.

(131). Lt. Peters (Peter,: John, Lt. Peter,? John!) was born Aug. 8, 1745;
married (1) Betsey, daughter of Oliver Calef, (2) May 14, 1794, Mrs. Eliza-
beth Bean; moved to Gilmanton, March, 1773; died there, March 1827.

Children, first three born in Newmarket, rest, Gilmanton:

222. Ruths b. Feb. 18, 1768.

223. Jamess b. April 20, 1770; m. Deborah Adams of Gilmanton.

224. Peter Lawrencet b. March 27, 1772; m. 1797, Mrs. Mary Lawrence
of Fishkill, N. Y.

225. Benjamin‘ b. March 7, 1774; m. Sarah Chadbourne of Maine.

226. Jonathan‘ b. June 27, 1776. 227. John b. July 22, 1779.

228. Hannahe b. Sept. 11, 1781; m. Nov. 27, 1799, William Peaslee.

229. Jeremiahs b. Nov. 6, 1783; d. in infancy.

230. Jeremiahs b. June 22, 1786.

231. Betsey Smiths b. Aug. 5, 1788; m. Jan. 1810, Daniel Brown of Brent-
wood. Children by second wife:

232. Elizabeths b. 1795. 233. Jamess b. Oct. 2, 1797.

234. Lawrence® b. Aug. 22, 1799; m. Jan. 12, 1825, Lydia Parsons.

(171). Josiahs (William,+ William,: Ephraim,? John:) was born Jan. 1774, or
Nov. 9, 1777; married (1) Abigail Ham of Durham, giving as a marriage
fee ‘a scythe, and a bushel of beans,”’ (2) Mrs. Elinor (Haines) Batchelder;
a farmer, Newmarket; lived on place of his great-grandfather, Ephraim; his
house was open to clergymen of all denominations; died June 28, 1856.
510 History or NEWFIELDS.

Children born in Newmarket:

285. Dr. Williams b. 1806; m. (1) Irena Lamprey, of Kensington, (2) Mrs.
Martha (Garland) Dearborn. 2386. Marys; a teacher; unm.

237. Abigails b. Sept. 11, 1811; m. March 8, 1840, Washington Haines, of
Newmarkct.

238. Dr. Josiah A.‘ b. March 3, 1815; m. (1) Clara Packard of Cambridge,
Me., (2) Rollins.

(182). Ezekiels (Maj. David,« William,: Ephraim,? John') was born in
Epping, 1778; married Mary Norris of Epping, who was born Oct. 25, 1778,
and died, Raymond, Feb. 8, 1869; supposed to have died in Montreal, Canada.

Children born in Epping:

239. Noah D.* b. 1800; m. Sarah Y. Smith.

240. Moses D.+b. Aug. 18, 1801; m. June 1824, Mandana Piper.

241. Gilmans b. Feb. 12, 1805; m. June 18, 1833, Betsey Norris.

(235). Dr. Williams (Josiah,* William,‘ William, Ephraim,? John!) was born
1806; married (1) Irena, daughter of Hon. Smith Lamprey of Kensington,
(2) Mrs. Martha (Garland) Dearborn; physician, Newmarket; health failing,
retired to the old farm; died 1867. Children born in Newmarket.:

242. Edwin’; d. at fifteen. 243. Martha’ b. 1844;

244. Channing?’ b. June 1, 1848; m. Ruth F. Savage.

245. Herbert’; b. Oct. 1850; m. 1873, Frances A. Millard of Oskaloosa,
Kansas.

(239). Noah D.* (Ezekiel,s Maj. David, William,s Ephraim,? John) was
born in Epping, 1800; m. Sarah Y., daughter of Josiah and Esther Smith
of Piscassic; died, Newfields, Jan. 27, 1853. Children born in Newmarket:

246. Ezekiel H.7; m. Sept. 27, 1847, Martha Simpson of Newburyport,
Mass; d. June 26, 1849.

247. Mary E.7; m. Jan. 16, 1849, Walter Clapp of Newmarket.

248. Relief S.7; m. Ezekiel Drew.

249. Sarah G.7; d. unm. April 29, 1854.

250. John G.7; m. Martha Whitney; res. Winchester, Mass.

251. Deborah7; d. unm. Sept. 11, 1849. 252. Emily7; d. in infancy.

(244). Channing? (Dr. William,* Josiah,s William,s William,: Ephraim,?
John1) was born, Newmarket, June 1, 1848; married Nov. 12, 1870, Ruth
F. Savage of Newmarket; is owner of the ancestral acres upon which his
forefathers settled in 1674. Children:

253. Henry Herbert* b. Portsmouth, Aug. 28, 1871; graduated, Dartmouth
college, 1892; a lawyer, Boston.

254. Alice Irenas b. Portsmouth, Jan. 9, 1873.

255. Arthur Channing® b. Dover, Jan. 17, 1875; graduated, Dartmouth
college, 1897; in business, Boston.

256. Emily 8.8 b. Dover, Sept. 3, 1876.

257. Mary H.«b. Somerville, Mass., Oct. 8, 1880.

 

FOSS.

Jeremiah Foss enlisted in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co. May 27, 1775, and
was on its pay roll Aug. 1, 1775; received four dollars for a regimental coat
Oct. 1775; was returned with Capt. Samuel Hayes’ Co. on Pierce’s Island
GENEALOGY. 511

Nov. 5, 1775; Signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; mustered with
Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt., Sept. 20, 1776; joined
the West society April 12, 1779.

Jonathan Foss was returned with Capt. Cutting Cilley’s Co. on Pierce’s
Island Nov. 5, 1775; was mustered with Capt. Nathan Sanborn’s Co., Col.
Thomas Tash’s Regt., Sept. 1776, to reinforce the army in New York.

Thomas Foss, May 30, 1775, enlisted in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co., and
was returned on its pay roll Aug. 1, 1775; acknowledged receipt of four
dollars coat money, Oct. 1775; drummer in Capt. Cutting Cilley’s Co., on
Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775; was of Newmarket and returned on the list
of “‘sick absent”’ of Capt. Adam’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., July 8, 1776;
of Newmarket, aged 19, mustered with Capt. Frederick M. Bell’s Co., 2d
N. H., Continental Regt., April 14, 1777; was a member of the parish, 1805.

FOWLER.

1. Philip: Fowler, one of the founders of New England, was probably born
in Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng., about 1590; married (1) Mary Winsley,
who died Aug. 30, 1659, (2) Feb. 27, 1660, Mary, widow of George Norton
of Salem, Mass. After having taken the “Oath of Alligiance and Supremacie,”’
at Southampton, March 24, 1634, he came to America with his family in the
ship “Mary and John,” of London; Robert Syres, master; was admitted free-
man, Boston, Sept. 3, 1634; was at Ispwich, Mass., 1635. His name is on a
patent or charter from Lord Suffield, 1623, to a body of settlers at Cape Ann.
These planters afterwards moved to Salem and Boston ‘for a better soil.”

Children:

2. Margaret: bap. May 25, 1615; m. (1) Christopher Osgood, (2) Thomas
Rowell of Salisbury, (3) Thomas Coleman. (4) Thomas Osborne; was at
Ispwich, April 16, 1650.

3. Mary b. about 1617; m. William Chandler.

4. Samuel? b. 1618; m. (1) , (2) widow Margaret Morgan;
cordwainer apprentice, Boston; afterwards, Salisbury, Mass.

5. Hester;? m. (1) Jathnell Bird, (2) Robert Collins.

6. Joseph? b. probably about 1729; m. Martha Kimball.

7. Thomas? b. 1636; m. Hannah Jordan.

(6). Joseph? (Philip!) was born in England about 1629; married Martha,
daughter of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball; was a tanner and husband-
man at Ipswich; killed by the Indians near Deerfield, Mass., May 19, 1676,
on his return from the Falls fight. Children:

8. Joseph? b. about 1647; m. Elizabeth Hutton.

9. Philip b. Dec. 25, 1648; m. Elizabeth Herrick.

10. John?; m. (1) Sarah , (2) Hannah Scott.

11. Marys; m. Jan. 20, 1674, John Briers.

(7). Thomas? (Philip!) was born, 1636; married April 23, 1660, Hannah,
daughter of Francis and Jane (Wilson) Jordan of Ipswich, who was born
March 14, 1639, and died Amesbury, June 15, 1716; died Amesbury, Mass.,
Oct. 3, 1727. Children:

12. Hannah: b. Ipswich, Jan. 7, 1661; m. Dec. 24, 1685, Jarvice Ring.

13. Thomas? b. Salisbury, March 16, 1666.

 

 

 
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14. William: b. Amesbury, June 8, 1668; m. Hannah Dow.

15. Janes; m. Nov. 24, 1681, Stephen Ford.

16. Marys; m. Sept. 23, 1706, Isaac Colby.

17. Margarets; m. Jan. 2, 1699, William Challis.

18. Jeremiah3; m. Jan. 6, 1707, Rebecca Colby.

19. Johns; m. Hannah

(8) Josephs (Joseph,? Philip:) was born, Ipswich, about 1647; married
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hutton of Wenham, who died
there May 22, 1734; died, Wenham, Feb. 10,1718. Children:

20. Elizabeth‘ b. 1678; m. Samuel Kimball, Jr.

21. Joseph: b. Jan. 15, 1679; m. Susannah Davis.

22. Richard:; m. Miriam Balch.

(9). Philips (Joseph,? Philip:) was born, Ipswich, Dec. 25, 1648; married
Jan. 20, 1673, Beverly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Editha (Laskin)
Herrick, who was baptized at Salem, July 4, 1647, and died May 6, 1727;
was a tanner, and afterwards trader; a man of superior ability, and as a
merchant, deputy marshal and attorney, left a good record; died Nov. 16,
1715. Children:

23. Philip: b. Nov. 27, 1675; d. June 1, 1676.

24. Elizabeth: b. Feb. 11, 1678.

25. Mary‘b. about 1680; m. John Treadwell.

26. Martha‘ b. May 15, 1681; d. young.

27. Joseph: b. Aug. 7, 1683; m. (1) Sarah Bartlett, (2) Mrs. Mary Trask,
(3). Mrs. Abigail Perley, (4) Mrs. Hannah Sedan.

28. John: b. Jan. 12, 1685; m. Mercy Jacob.

29. Benjamin‘ b. April 19, 1687; m. (1) Mary Briar, (2) Sarah Warner,
(3). Mary Thorla, (4) Mrs. Anna Foster.

30. Martha‘b. April 6, 1690; m. Lt. John March.

31. Philips b. Oct. 1691; m. Susanna Jacob.

(31). Philips (Philip,s Joseph,? Philip:) was born, Ipswich, Oct. 1691; married
there July 5, 1716, Susanna, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (Symonds)
Jacob; a tanner; died there May 16, 1767. His widow died there, 1773.
Children.

32. Elizabeths b. March 25, 1717; m. 1736, Capt. Benjamin Herbert of
Salem, Mass.

33. Philips b. June 22, 1719; m. Sarah Shatswell.

34. Jacobs b. Aug. 24, 1721; m. Deborah, dau. of Richard and Jane (Hilton)
Mattoon of Salem, Mass.; was mustered into Capt. William Prescott’s Co.,
Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt., from Col. Jonathan Moulton’s Regt., Sept. 21, 1776;
keeper, 1786, 1789, 1791 and 1795, of the pound, which Gilman sold to Rev.
Samuel Tomb, 1795; found glass to mend the windows of the meeting house,
Nov. 7, 1796. Child:

35. Deborah: b. Feb. 13, 1746; m. Col. Samuel Gilman.

36. Susannah: b. Ipswich, May 14, 1723; m. William Beckett of Salem,
Mass.; and had Williams, Philip,‘ and Satatell Beckett.

37. ‘Samuel™ b: March 21, 1724; d. July 6, 1725.

38. Martha® bap. ipswich: Dec. 12, 1725; m. Sept. 14, 1744, John Harris;
d. Ipswich, Oct. 22, 1751.

 
GENEALOGY. 513

39. Judiths b. Ipswich, Sept. 4, 1726; m. Winthrop Thing of Exeter; d.
July 25, 1806. 1 ch.

40. Winthrop’; married and had five sons and two daughters.

41. Samuels b. April 7, 1729; d. Ipswich, 1729.

42. Marys’ b. Feb. 7, 1730; d. June 10, 1731.

43. Marys b. March 21, 1732; m. Jan. 24, 1754, Abraham Parsons, Jr. of
Newmarket.

44, Symondsé b. Aug. 20, 1734; m. Hannah Weeks.

45. Lucy: b. Oct. 22, 1735; d. April 14, 1736.

46. Ebenezers b. April 14, 1738; d. April 26, 1738.

47. Benjamin: b. April 14, 1738; d. April 14, 1738.

48. Ebenezer’ bap. April 16, 1738; d. July 5, 1739.

49. Lucy: b. May 4, 1739; d. July 5, 1739.

(33). Philips (Philip,: Philip,: Joseph,? Philip1) was born at Ipswich, June
22,1719; m. (1) Sarah, daughter of Richard and Sarah Shatswell of Ipswich,
(2) Aug. 26, 1781, Aphia Stevens; died, Newmarket, Sept. 18, 1811.

Children:

50. Sarah: b. July 21, 1762; m. Gov. William Plumer.

51. Pollys b. May 30, 1766; d. March 31, 1770.

52. Philips b. May 6, 1769; m. Hannah Cutts.

(35). Deborahs (Jacob, Philip, Philip,s Joseph,2 Philip!) was born Feb. 18,
1746; married Dec. 17, 1761, Col. Samuel Gilman of the Revolution
who died Nov. 21, 1799; settled in Newmarket; after the war removed to
Tamworth; died Aug. 20, 1786. Children:

53. Jacob? Gilman b. June 16, 1765; m. April 10, 1803, Betsey S. Gilman;
settled in Tamworth.

54. Deborah? Gilman b. March 5, 1767; m. March 25, 1788, Andrew Milton
of Lee and Newmarket; d. Feb. 8, 1835.

55. Samuel? Gilman b. May 13, 1769; lived in Tamworth.

56. Polly? Gilman b. Aug. 17, 1771; m. William Gilman of Tamworth.

57. Abigail? Gilman b. Aug. 17, 1773; m. William Remick.

58. Israel? Gilman b. June 13, 1775; settled in Sandwich.

59. Elizabeth’ Gilman b. April 30, 1779; m. Samuel Thing.

60. Susan’ Gilman b. March 16, 1781; m. (1) Israel Gilman, (2) Abraham
Perkins.

(44). Symonds: (Philip,‘ Philip, Joseph,? Philip:) was born at Ipswich Aug.
20, 1734; married July 12, 1756, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Weeks, who
was born at Greenland Aug. 12, 1738, and died at Epsom, Dec. 9, 1807; signed
the Association Test, July 12, 1776; died, Epsom, April 6, 1821. Children:

61. Hannahs b. Nov. 22, 1757; d. April 1, 1760.

62. Susannahé b. Oct. 25, 1760; m. John Jenness of Meredith.

63. Symondss b. Dec. 25, 1762; d. March 6, 1764.

64. Hannahs b. Oct. 19, 1764; m. (1) David Robinson, (2) Joshua Phelps.

65. Abigails b. April 18, 1767; m. Nathan Libbey of Epsom;

66. Benjamins b. June 10, 1769; m. Mehitable Ladd.

67. Sallys b. July 24, 1771; m. Zebadiah Lovejoy.

68. Samuels b. May 9, 1775; m. Betsey Davis.

69. Pollys b. Oct. 21,.1777; m. Samuel Learned.

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514 History or NEWFIELDs.

70. Esthers b. Epsom, May 16, 1780; m. Rey. Asa Merrill of Stratham;
d. July 28, 1831. 11 children.

71. Winthrop* b. April 19, 1788; m. Abigail Davis of Epsom. 8 ch.

(50). Sarahs (Philips, Philip,: Philip,s Joseph,? Philip:) was born in New-
market June 22, 1762; married there, Feb. 12, 1788, William, son of Samuel
and Mary (Dole) Plumer of Epping, who was born in Newbury June 25, 1759,
was governor in 1812, 1816-18, and held other high public offices in the state,
and died Dee. 22, 1850; died April 1, 1852. Children:

72. Sally Fowler? Plumer b. Nov. 17, 1790; m. May 20, 1816, William
Claggett of Portsmouth; d. Sept. 18, 1818.

73. Samuel? Plumer b. Dec. 19, 1792; m. April 13, 1820, Mary Huse of
Lawrence; d. Epping, Sept. 9, 1871.

74, William? Plumer b. Epping, Feb. 9, 1794; m. Sept. 13, 1820, Margaret
Frost Mead of Newmarket.

75. George Washington’ Plumer b. Feb. 1796; m. Sept. 19, 1824, Betsey
Plumer.

76. John Jay’ Plumer b. Dec. 26, 1799; d. unm. May 2, 1849.

77. Quintus? Plumer b. May 5, 1805; d. May 29, 1805.

(51). Philips (Philip,s Philip,« Philip,s Joseph,? Philip!) was born in New-
market May 25, 1764; married Feb. 25, 1790, Hannah Cutts of Buxton, Me.;
settled in Newmarket; d. Nov. 6, 1807. His widow married (2) April 4, 1822,
Capt. Robert Clark, who died Nov. 18, 1834; died Nov. 9, 1854. Children:

78. Mary7b. Nov. 17, 1892; m. about 1815, Joseph Pinder; d. Jan. 14, 1861.

79. John Cutts? b. Oct. 3, 1794; m. (1) Mary W. Nutter, (2) Susan K.
Wiggin.

80. Eliza? b. Dec. 10, 1796; m. Jan. 13, 1825, Thomas Brown of Newmarket.

81. Sarah? b. March 9, 1799; d. unm. Jan. 5, 1832.

82. Charlotte? b. July 26, 1801; m. David Stevens.

83. Samuel 7b. June 4, 1804; d. Sept. 5, 1804.

(62). Susannahs (Symonds,: Philip,s Philip,s Joseph,? Philip!) was born in
Newmarket Oct. 25, 1760; married, Pembroke, Jan. 10, 1782, John Jenness,
who was born in Meredith July 25, 1759, and died in Boston, April 15, 1830;
settled in Rye; died Meredith, Jan. 4, 1800. Children:

84. Susanna Fowler’ Jenness b. Feb. 6, 1783; d. unm. Salem, May 8, 1859.

85. John’ Jenness b. Nov. 30, 1784; m. Lucinda Winship of Ogdensburg,
N. Y.

86. Hannah Fowler’ Jenness b. Aug. 6, 1786; m. Nathaniel Le Favor;
d. Salem, Oct. 7, 1816.

87. Symonds? Jenness, b. Sept. 8, 1789; lost at sea.

88. Sarah? Jenness b. Feb. 7. 1791; m. (1) Samuel Whittier, (2) William D.
Orne of Hopkinton; d. Concord.

89. Abigail’ Jenness b. Oct. 4, 1793; unm. Cambridge, Mass., 1882.

90. Job7 Jenness b. July 1795; m.

91. Mary? Jenness b. May 31, 1797; m. Daniel Haskell of Boston; d.
there March 2, 1879.

92. Twins’ b. Meredith, Jan. 4, 1800; d. same day, as also their mother.

(64). Hannahs (Symonds,* Philip,« Philip,s Joseph,? Philip!) was born in
Newmarket, Oct. 19, 1764; married (1) David Robinson, (2) May 7, 1787,
Joshua Phelps; died Pembroke, Dec. 17, 1817. Children:
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93. Jonathan Robinson’ Phelps b. Epsom, June 27, 1785; m. Lucy Dunton.

94. Betsey? Phelps b. June 13, 1788; m. John Grant; d. April 2, 1880.

95. Samuel? Phelps b. Sept. 1791; m. Dec. 1816, Azubah Learned of
Piermont; d. there March 1822.

96. Abigail Phelps b. 1794; m. 1817, Moses Holmes of Piermont; d. 1822.

97. Sarah7 Phelps b. 1797; d. unm., Piermont, 1822.

98. Sophia’ Phelps b. 1799; d. Pembroke, 1811.

99. Seth? Phelps b. April 6, 1804; m. Dec.18, 1831, Laura Hovey of Albany,
Vt.

(65). Abigails (Symonds,: Philip,‘ Philip,s Joseph,: Philip:) was born in
Newmarket April 17, 1767; married, Epsom, Jan. 6, 1791, Nathan Libby,
who was born there July 20, 1767, and died Jan. 19, 1814; settled on the home-
stead; died Dec. 17, 1843. Children:

100. Nathan? Libby b. March 11, 1792; d. April 1792.

101. Abigail? Libby b. March 11, 1792; d. April 9, 1792.

102. Lucy? Libby b. July 20, 1793; m. John S. Haynes; d. June 23, 1873.

103. Hannah? Libby b. March 8, 1795; d. March 13, 1802.

104. Peggy? Libby b. Aug. 9, 1797; d. March 23, 1802.

105. Nathan? Libby b. May 13, 1803; d. July 28, 1807.

106. Nathan’ Libby b. June 25, 1808; m. Savalia Abbott of Pembroke;
d. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 19, 1874.

107. Benjamin Fowler’ Libby b. July 31, 1813; m. Nov. 12, 1834, Almira
A. Rodgers.

(66). Benjamins (Symonds,’ Philip,‘ Philip, Joseph,? Philip:) was born in
Newmarket June 10, 1769; married, Pembroke, Jan. 15, 1795, Mehitable Ladd,
who was born in Newmarket March 9, 1776, and died, Pembroke, Sept. 9,
1853; died, Epsom, July 24, 1832. Children:

108. Jerusha’ b. June 24, 1795; m. Chandler Hutchinson.

109. Esther? b. March 16, 1797; m. William Abbott Jr.

110. Mehitable7 b. May 27, 1798; d. unm., Pembroke.

111. Benjamin’ b. March 7, 1800; m. Hannah Campbell.

112. John Ladd’ b. Aug. 1, 1801; m. Lavinia Abbott.

113. Samuel? b. Sept. 30, 1803; d. unm. Dec. 22, 1878.

114. Polly’ b. July 7, 1805; d. July 28, 1805.

115. David’ b. April 5, 1807; d. May 9, 1807.

116. Asa’ b. Feb. 23, 1811; m. Mary D. C. Knox.

117. Clarissa’ b. Feb. 21, 1815; d. May 16, 1815.

118. Trueworthy Ladd’ b. Dec. 21, 1816; m. Catharine L. Sargent.

(67). Sallys (Symonds,s Philip,‘ Philip,s Joseph, Philip) was born in New-
market July 24, 1771; married Zebadiah Lovejoy of Pembroke, who was
born Sept. 7, 1778, and died Sept. 7, 1847; died, Epsom, Dec. 23, 1831.

Children:

119. John? Lovejoy b. Sept. 1, 1801; m. Feb. 10, 1832, Judith Critchett.

120. Herbert? Lovejoy b. July 16, 1806; m. Dec. 15,1834, Hannah Critchett.

(68). Samuels (Symonds, Philip,« Philip, Joseph,? Philip!) was born in
Newmarket May 9, 1775; married, Epsom, Nov. 22, 1804, Betsey Davis,
who was born in Rye, March 4, 1782, and died, Epsom, Jan. 16, 1836; died,
Epsom, Feb. 27, 1860. Children:

121. Symonds? b. July 22, 1805; m. Lucinda Holt.
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122. William? b. Feb. 9, 1809; m. Saloma Stickney.

123. Fanny’ b. Oct. 31, 1811; m. Samuel Yeaton.

124. Susan? b. Oct. 20, 1816; m. Rufus D. Scales of Concord; d. Sept. 7,
1880.

125. Sally? b. June 20, 1819; m. Stickney Robinson of Manchester.

(69). Polly: (Symonds,* Philip,* Philip, Joseph,? Philip:) was born in New-
market Oct. 21, 1777; married Oct. 1802, Samuel Learned of Piermont;
died Nov. 22, 1826. Children:

126. Moses? Learned b. Feb. 11, 1804; m. Sept. 13, 1826, Hannah Jewett
of Wentworth. 10 ch.

127. Jonathan Weeks’ Learned b. June 3, 1806; m. March 1838, Abigail
Darling.

128. Adin? Learned b. March 1808; d. unm. 1832.

129. Asa Merrill? Learned; d. in infancy.

130. Hannah? Learned; d. in infancy.

131. Samuel’ Learned b. March 2, 1812; m. Sabrina Stevens of Piermont.

132. Mary? Learned b. Aug. 13, 1813; m. David Rogers of Lowell, Mass.

133. Winthrop Fowler’ Learned b. Dec. 18, 1816; m. Sarah Hobart.

134. Daniel’ Learned b. April 20, 1818; m. Sarah Gilman of Lowell.

(79). John Cutts* (Philip, Philip,« Philip,s Joseph,: Philip!) was born in
Newmarket Oct. 3, 1794; married (1) April 4, 1822, Mary W. Nutter of
Rochester, who was born Oct. 29, 1798, and died Sept. 21, 1852, (2) Feb. 22,
1855, Susan K. Wiggin of Newfields, who was born Sept. 11, 1795, and died
Dec. 30, 1864; soldier 1814; on committee of parish 1817 and 1824; active in
Society, 1824; pound keeper, 1823; police officer, 1830; died May 3, 1869.
Children born in Newmarket:

135. Green Clark’ b. Feb. 27, 1823; m. (1) Sarah M. Hall. (2) Ellen A.
Locke. ;

136. John Fletcher? b. March 2, 1826; m. (1) Cornelia L. Hall, (2) Dorcas
A. Winn, (3) Mrs. Mary F. Pollard.

137. Mary Angeline’ b. Feb. 16, 1828; m. Mark W. Chase.

(82). Charlottes (Philip, Philip, Philip,s Joseph,? Philip:) was born in
Newmarket July 26, 1801; married there, May 21, 1828, David Stevens, who
was born in Deerfield, Oct. 1, 1804; settled in Deerfield Centre. Children:

138. George Harrison’ Stevens b. Feb. 25, 1830; m. (1) Nancy P. Daven-
port, (2) Anna Titus of Manchester.

139. Sarah Abigail? Stevens b. May 9, 1833; m. John M. Ballou; res.
Deerfield.

(116). Judge Asa? (Benjamin,* Symonds, Philip,‘ Philip,? Joseph,? Philip:)
was born in Pembroke Feb. 23, 1811; married, Epsom, July 13, 1837, Mary
Dole Cilley Knox, who was born Sept. 15, 1815; lawyer of Concord; judge,
1855-61. Children:

140. Frank Asat b. May 24, 1842; m. (1) Flora A. Johnson, (2)

141. George Robert# b. April 25, 1844; m. Isabel Minot.

142. Clara Marias b. June 3, 1847; res. Boston; unm.

143. William Plumer® b. Oct. 3, 1850; graduated, Dartmouth college,
1872; lawyer, Boston.

144. Edward Cilley: b. Jan. 1, 1853; m. April 30, 1874, Sarah A. Watson;
farmer, Orange, Mass.

 
 

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GENEALOGY. 517

(185). Green Clarks (John Cutts,’ Philip,* Philip,s Philip, Philip, Joseph,?
Philip) was born in Newfields Feb. 27, 1823; married Sept. 25, 1859, Sarah M.,
daughter of Thomas B. and Mehitable Hall, who was born in Lee, Sept. 25,
1825, and died, Raymond, Aug. 25, 1877, (2) Ellen A Locke, who died April
22, 1893; d. Dee. 1, 1902. Child:

145. James Edwin® b. Raymond, June 17, 1861.

(186). John Fletchers (John Cutts,7 Philip,* Philip,s Philip,* Philip,s Joseph,
Philip:) was born in Newfields, March 2, 1826; married (1) Jan. 20, 1853,
Cornelia M., daughter of Thomas B. and Mehitable Hall of Lee, who died,
Newfields Oct. 15, 1862, (2) Nov. 16, 1863, Dorcas A., daughter of James
and Lydia Winn of Tamworth, who was born March 18, 1832, and died, New-
fields, July 4, 1875, (3) Nov. 14, 1878, Mrs. Mary F. Pollard, daughter of
George and Mary (Tarbell) Clough of Pepperell, Mass., who was born Sept. 21,
1839 and died, Newfields, Aug. 6, 1907; died Jan. 28, 1905.

Child by first wife:

146. Cornelia Hall» b. Dec. 25, 1855; died Dec. 6, 1907.

Child by second wife:

147. Annie Belle* b. Sept. 25, 1864; d. Sept. 25, 1864.

(137). Mary Angelines (John Cutts,7 Philip, Philip,s Philip,« Philip,+
Joseph,? Philip!) was born in Newfields, Feb. 16, 1828; married Jan. 26, 1853,
Mark W. Chase, who was born in North Berwick, Me., Feb. 10, 1828, and died
in Berwick Apr. 3, 1911; died, Nov. 27, 1907. Children:

148. Frank Hartwell» Chase b. June 17, 1854; m. Sept. 21, 1881, Georgie
A. Hurd of North Berwick.

149. Fred A.* Chase b. Aug. 3, 1862; d. Sept. 26, 1862.

FOX.

Benjamin Fox bought land of Joseph Barber Jan. 21 and March 5, 1747.

Edward Fox owned land in Newmarket adjoining land of John Barber,
May 20, 1756; was a soldier, 1756; a laborer, Newmarket; enlisted by
Hercules Mooney for the reduction of Canada, April 12, 1758; enlisted May
30, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co., and was on its pay roll Aug. 1, 1775;
received from Capt. Gilman four dollars for coat, Oct. 4, 1775; was returned
with Capt. Benjamin Butler’s Co., on Great Island, Nov. 5, 1775; lived at
the southwest corner of the Piscassic and Oak Land roads, and gave to the
rise of the road the name of ‘‘Foxborough Hill.”

FREEZE.

1. Jonathan: Freeze married Lucy K. of Sandwich, N. H.

2. Albert S.2 (Jonathan') was born Dee. 21, 1817; married Sarah B., dau.
of Samuel and Martha (Tarleton) Paul, who was born in Newfields Feb. 18,
1822, and died, Newton, Mass., Nov. 16, 1890; postmaster, Newfields, 1861-
64; died Stoneham, Mass., May 16, 1898. Children born in Newfields:

3. Helen A.* b. Oct. 3, 1845; m. Nov. 21, 1863, John F. C. Rider; d. Jan.
19, 1906. Oneson (See Rider).

4. Sarah M. b. Sept. 24, 1847; m. Dec. 3, 1866, Augustus J. Leavitt of
Exeter; d. North Easton, Mass., March 6, 1886. Child:

5. Helen A.t Leavitt b. 1868.

 
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6. George P.2 b. Aug. 11, 1850; res. Gilford, N. H.; unm.

7. Charles A.sb. Aug. 30, 1852; m. Mary E. Goodrich.

8. Edward F.s b. Jan. 7, 1855; res. Meredith, N. H.

9. Alfred S.: b. April 29, 1859; m. Josephine E. F. Meader; res. Moulton-
boro, N. H. No ch.

10. Louis H.: b. Nov. 8, 1866; m. Emma J. Grover.

(7). Charles A. (Albert S.,2 Jonathan) was born Aug. 30, 1852; married
Jan. 29, 1881, Mary E. Goodrich of East Kingston; residence, Keene.

Children:

11. Louis Bs 12. Sarah M.«

(10). Louis H.: (Albert 8.,2 Jonathan!) was born Nov. 8, 1866; married
Emma J. Grover; residence, Newton, Mass. Children:

13. Marion.« 14. Sybil.« 15. Albert 8.4; d. Nov. 1, 1899.

FRENCH.

1. A young man by the name of French: came to America as a servant
of Thomas Wiggin, and became, as it is said, the ancestor of the French family.
He married and had two sons, one of whom perhaps was

2. Simon? who married and had the following children:

‘3. Thomas. 4. William.» 5. David.s 6. Simon.s 7. Bradstreet.s

(4). William: (Simon,? 1) was of Hampton Falls; enlisted in the com-
pany of Ezekiel Worthen May 1 for the Crown Point expedition under Col.
Nathaniel Meserve, and discharged Oct. 18, 1756; enlisted April 17, 1759,
in Col. Weare’s Regt. for Canada; was Lieutenant in Capt. Mark Wiggin’s
Co., Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775; was of Lee, 1785. Was a man of remark-
able size and strength. Children:

8. William: 9. Jeremiah‘; settled in Sanbornton.

(8). William,: (William,: Simon, 1) married Olive Winan (127).

Children:

10. Jeremiah.s 11. Benjamins; m. Mary Young. 12. Reuben.s

13. Simeon. 14. Mark.s 15. Lucy.s 16. Betsey.s 17. Bradstreet.®

(11). Benjamins (William, William,: Simon,? 1) married Mary
Young; was a soldier, 1814; died June 26, 185-. His widow died Oct. 26,
1867. Children:

18. Nathaniel Youngs b. July 20, 1810. 19. Mary Janes b. Nov. 24, 1811.

20. Benjamin Franklins b. May 9, 1813.

21. Joseph Youngs b. March 26, 1815; m. Susan Messer.

(12). Reuben: (William,+ William,? Simon,? 1) married. Children:

22. Josephs b. Feb. 28, 1754. 23. Sarahs b. March 9, 1755.

24. Jabeztb. June 17, 1757. 25. Solomons b. May 31, 1759.

26. Reuben: b. Feb. 14, 1761; m. Lydia Churchill.

27. Calebe b. Aug. 18, 1762. 28. Joshuas b. May 18, 1764.

(21). Joseph Youngs (Benjamin, William,s William,? Simon,? 1)
was born March 26, 1815; married Susan, daughter of Nehemiah and Susan
(Herrick) Messer; kept a shoe shop in Lawrence, Mass. Children:

29. Sarah C.7; d. young. 30. Joseph Eugene’ b. Jan. 9, 1854.

31. Sarah Minnie’ b. Aug. 31, 1856.

(26). Reubent (Reuben,: William,« William, Simon,?

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) was born
GENEALOGY. 519

Feb. 14, 1761; married June 21, ——, Lydia Churchill; was active in parish
affairs, 1794; member of Elder Osborne’s conference, 1800. Children:

32. Thomas’. 33. Lucy.7 34. Mary7; m. Timothy Joy.

35. Lydia’; d. in infancy. 36. Reuben’ b. June 3, 1792; m. Sally True
Badger.

37. Lydia.7 38. Olive. 39, 40. Sally? and Betsey,’ twins.

41. William7; d. Aug. 10, 1834. 42. Edmund.’

43. Bradstreet?; m. Olive C. Gilman, who d. Jan. 7, 1859, aged 50; d. 1885.

(36). Reuben’ (Reuben,: Reuben,* William,‘ William, Simon,? 1)
was born June 3, 1792; married Sally True, daughter of Samuel E. Badger,
who was born Oct. 10, 1797, and died March 22, 1883; resided in Newmarket;
died Nov. 19, 1885. Children:

44. Mary Francess; m. July 27, 1858, Rev. Thomas V. B. Haines, who was
b. Dec. 26, 1833, and d. North Hampton, May 9, 1903.

45. Daughters; m. Perley W. Tenney, who was b. Oct. 24, 1839, and d.
Nov. 30, 1869.

46. David M.8; a sculptor, Newburyport, Mass.

 

 

 

1. Benjamin: French died in Newmarket June 26, 1850.

2. Capt. William Wallace: (Benjamin') was born, Eastport, Me., Feb.
1820; m. Nov. 11, 1850, Elizabeth D., niece and foster daughter of Capt. Na-
thaniel Burleigh, who accompanied him on his sea voyages; was connected
with the United States Marine service, sailing from New York, and circumnavi-
gated the globe three times; on his last voyage to France and South American
ports was killed at Pernambuco, South America, the crew having mutinied
against the officers of the ship, and he was killed in his berth, and buried at
that port by the Masonic Fraternity of which he was a member. The crew
were shipped to New York for trial, and were acquitted as there were no
eye-witnesses of the deed.

His wife accompanied him on his voyages with her children until they
became of school age, and then lived in the house in Newfields erected by Mr.
French, now occupied by Dr. A. H. Varney. She married (2) Calvin Varney,
father of the Doctor, of Melrose, Mass., where she lived until the death of
her husband twenty years later, and then removed to Brentwood, and died
there Aug. 7, 1899, aged 79. Children:

3. William Franklins b. Jan. 1, 1852 on board ship Moslem in the China
sea; d. Brentwood, 1890. :

4, Clarence A. b. March 1, 1853; m. Loretta G. Stevens.

5. Clara Burleigh? b. Exeter, Aug. 7, 1854; d. there, 1856.

6. Charles Holmes: b. Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, Nov. 10,
1857; d. Everett, Wn., 1905.

(4). Clarence A.* (William W.,? Benjamin!) was born March 1, 1853, on
board ship at Portsmouth, England; married Jan. 14, 1881, Loretta G. Stevens
of Washington, D. C.; went to Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 1869, and was one
of the founders of the Minneapolis Daily Journal now one of the leading news-
papers of the state; bought in 1885 the Monticello Times, a weekly newspaper
at Monticello, Minn., where he has since resided. Children:

7. Clarences; d.in infancy. 8. Wallace‘; d. in infancy.
520 History or NEWFIELDS.

9. Clara Burleigh' b. July 21, 1883; graduated Carleton College, North-
field, Minn., 1903; m. Jan. 4, 1909, Dr. Percy T. Watson; now stationed,
under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions, as medical
missionary at Fen Cho Fu, China.

10. Edith E.4; m. June 4, 1908, Hubert M. Miller; d. Feb. 27, 1909. Child:

11. Dorothy C.s Miller; is cared for by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence A. French.

1. Andrew: French married Anna
1761. Children:

2. Elijah? bap. June 28, 1761. 3. Andrew? bap. June 28, 1761.

4. Mary? bap. April 8, 1763. 5. Anna? bap. April 5, 1767.

6. Betsey? bap. April 29, 1770; 7. Chase William: b. April 26, 1772.

8. Timothy; m. Mrs. Polly (Tarleton) Britton.

(8). Timothy: (Andrew!) married Mrs. Polly Britton, daughter of Stillman
Tarleton; died about 1817. Children:

9. Martha:; m. Supply Hodgdon. 10. Sarahs; d. unm.

11. John: b. Aug. 1806; m. Phebe Kenniston.

12. Timothy:; m. Mary Chapman.

13. Zachariah Beals; m. Abigail Pearl. 14. Georges; d. young.

(11). John: (Timothy,2 Andrew!) was born Aug. 1806; married Phebe,
daughter of John and Mary Kenniston; died March 23, 1881. Children:

15. Mary Ann‘ b. Feb. 16, 1828; m. Lucius Pease; d. April 21, 1889.

16. Lydia‘; d. aged two years and five months.

17. Almira Frances‘; d. aged two years and seven months.

18. John Henry‘; d. 1872. 19. Charles William‘; d. 1870. His son
died from the bite of a dog.

 

; owned the covenant, June 28,

 

1. Capt. Nathaniel: married Anna Child:

2. Benjamin? b. South Hampton, Aug. 11, 1750; m. (1) Dec. 21, 1774,
Mercy, dau. of John and Mercy Barber, who was b. Stratham, April 27, 1749,
(2) April 19, 1801, Mary, dau. of Gen. James Hill, and widow of Arthur Brans-
comb, who was b. June 2, 1764, and d. June 7, 1860; was active in parish affairs
1793, 1797 and 1799; d. Jan. 16, 1827. Child by first wife:

3. Mercy: b. July 1798; m. June 21, 1821, Paul Chapman of Lamprey
River, who was b. Julv 1798, and d. Dec. 9, 1863.

GALE.

Dr. George W’.2 Gale, son of Capt. Jacob: Gale of Kingston, married Nov. 12,
1823, Ruth Wood; settled in Newfields, where in 1830 and 1837 he was Fellow
of the New Hampshire Medical Society; later removed to Exeter; died there
Aug. 5, 1878, aged 80. Had a daughter Mary Ann.3

His grave stone contains the following inscription:

“God who is Omnipotent, Omniscent, Omnipresent Electric fluid is his life
GENEALOGY. 521

principal of man which ceased to act through the organization of Dr. George
W. Gale of Exeter, N. H., Aug. 5, 1873, Aged 80 years.

“The breath of Life is the breath of Life, after it ceased to act in the forma-
tion of dust, which is returned to earth from which it was taken.

“Man has no power independent of any other power.”

GIDDINGS.

1. Zebulon: Giddings was born May 10, 1703; married (1) Oct. 12, 1724,
Deborah, daughter of Thomas Webster, who died Feb. 2; 1767, (2) May 8,
1773, Joanna, widow of Joseph Cottle of Newburyport, Mass., who was born
Feb. 1711, and died July 21, 1773; probably lived in the Rowland house
till his death; built a stately mansion for his son, Dr. John Giddings, on the
Plains, which has subsequently been occupied by Jeremiah Smith, and later,
Joseph L. Cilley; was an innkeeper, and his public house stood on the road over
which all the lumbermen hauled their logs to the river side!; was appointed
by the town on a committee to remove the town books and records from the
custody of town clerk, Bartholemew Thing, to the new one, Elisha Odlin;
also to resist the petition of 62 citizens before the General Assembly, April 8,
1755, praying to be freed from paying taxes to the old meeting house and to
be incorporated as a second parish; was chosen representative to the Assembly,
at a second town meeting which reconsidered a disorderly election, Oct. 25,
1755; was representative 9 years, and town clerk 29; died May 30, 1789.
Children:

2. Pernal? b. Sept. 28, 1725.

. John? b. Sept. 11, 1728; m. Mehitabel Gilman.

. Abigail2 b. Oct. 30, 1729; m. Sept. 10, 1756, Philip, son of John Babson.
. Zebulon: b. Feb. 7, 1733; m. Lydia Robinson.

Mary? b. Oct. 23, 1734.

. Eliphalet: b. Sept. 17, 1736; m. (1) Anne Lovering, (2) Ann Lyford.
. George? b. July 17, 1738.

. Nathaniel? b. Dec. 26, 1744; m. Mary Elwell.

10. Deborah: b. Feb. 2, 1747.

(3). Dr. John: (Zebulon!) was born in Exeter Sept. 11, 1728; married
Mehitabel, eldest daughter of Brig. Peter Gilman; became a physician; also
engaged in mercantile business; commanded a company of wagoners and
battle-axe men, attached to Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s Regt. in the expedition
against Crown Point, May 4 to Oct. 27, 1756; witnessed against the Stamp
Act, Nov. 15, 1765; on a committee to settle the boundary between Hampton
Falls and Seabrook, 1768; was appointed a committee of correspondence,
Jan. 3, 1774; chosen deputy to the Provincial Congress at Exeter, July 18,
1774; on a committee to see that the Association Test be strictly adhered to,
Dec. 26, 1774; commanded a party marching from Exeter to Portsmouth to

1It was at his house that aggrieved mast-men met on the evening of Apri] 23, 1734,
disguised themselves as Indians and sallied forth, about 30 in number, to the public house of
Samuel Gilman at the Square, where they handled pretty roughly and hustled out of town
David Dunbar’s ten men who were on an expedition to Coppyhold saw mill to seize and mark
trees reserved for the British navy. The frightened and dispersed party had come up the
river from Portsmouth, but the rioters scuttled their boat and destroyed the sails, and the
unlucky wights were fain to retrace their steps to Portsmouth as best they could. C. H. Bell.
522 History or NEwFIELDS.

support if necessary, Sullivan and Langdon in the raid on Fort William and
Mary, Dec. 1774; represented Exeter in the Provincial Congress, Exeter,
April 21, 1775, but modestly withdrew his name as delegate to the Continental
Congress; delegate to the Fifth Provincial Congress, Exeter, Jan. 5, 1776,
which adopted the first written constitution of either of the United States;
with John Jr. and Eliphalet Giddings, signed the Association Test, 1776;
committee suicide by drowning Nov. 23,1785. His wife and children survived
him. Children:

11. Marysb. July 13, 1752.

12. John*b. July 22, 1754; d. June 12, 1798.

13. Dorothy: b. Oct. 15, 1758. 14. Mehitables b. Feb. 1, 1764.

15. Deborah: b. May 30, 1770.

(5). Zebulon? (Zebulon!) was born Feb. 7, 1733; married May 30, 1754,
Lydia, daughter of Ephraim and Mary Robinson; died at Cape Cod, March
9, 1759. His wife survived him and married (2) Samuel Gilman, and d.
July 4, 1778, or Dec. 1791. Children:

16. Lydias b. Aug. 14, 1755. 17. Deborah: b. Dec. 22, 1756.

18. Zebulon: b. Oct. 14, 1758.

(7). Eliphalet: (Zebulon!) was born Sept. 17, 1736; married (1) Anne
Lovering, who died March 7, 1809, aged 69, (2) Feb. 16, 1812, Mrs. Ann Lyford,
who died Aug. 12, 1818; was chosen committee of Exeter, July 19, 1779, to
regulate prices for the necessaries of life; lived on the homestead, Exeter, in
the house later occupied by Rev. William F. Rowland, his son-in-law, now
owned by Dr. Charles H. Gerrish; died June 30, 1830. Children:

19. Zebulon: b. Sept. 26, 1761; d. March 1769.

20. Nathaniels b. Feb. 6, 1765; m. (1) Anne Folsom, (2) Peggy Warren.

21. Pernals b. Sept. 23, 1768; d. Dec. 1768.

22. Josephs b. July 11,1770; d. Sept. 10, 1770.

23. Eliphalets b. July 12, 1773; d. Aug. 19, 1773.

24. Annes b. Feb. 15, 1775; d. Aug. 15, 1776.

25. Lucretia b. Dec. 10, 1776; d. May 13, 1777.

26. Anne b. Oct. 22, 1779; m. Aug. 29, 1802, Rev. W. F. Rowland; d.
June 1811.

(9). Nathaniel: (Zebulon!) was born Dec. 26, 1744; married Jan. 6, 1769,
Mary, daughter of Zebulon and Lucy Elwell. Children:

27. Abigail b. Oct. 17, 1769; d. June 1776.

28. Lucy’ b. Feb. 22,1774. 29. Nathaniels b. April 17, 1784.

(12). Johns (John? Zebulon!) was born July 22, 1754; married Sept. 25,
1781, Elizabeth Wiggin; lived in the field nearly opposite the school house
on the Newfields and Exeter road, later occupied by Mr. Beckett, uncle of
Joseph L. Beckett, who gave name to Beckett’s brook; died June 12, 1798.
Child:

30. John‘ b. 1781; m. Mary Colcord.

(20). Gen. Nathaniels (Eliphalet,: Zebulon:) was born Feb. 6, 1765; mar-
ried (1) May 21, 1788, Anne, daughter of Gen. Nathaniel Folsom who was
born Aug. 31, 1761, and died April 27, 1794, (2) Nov. 6, 1794, Mrs. Peggy
Warren; died March 1803. Children by first wife:

31. Eliphalet: b. Dec. 13, 1783; d. at St. Mary’s.
GENEALOGY. 523

32. Dolly‘ b. Jan. 9, 1785; d. in infancy.

33. Polly+ b. Aug. 15, 1786; m. Bailey of Newburyport, Mass.

34. Harriet Andia‘b. Feb. 25, 1789; m. Boardman.

35. Nathaniel‘ b. Aug. 1, 1791; d. Newburyport, June 1814.

Child by second wife:

36. Joseph: b. Feb. 9, 1798; d. Aug. 15, 1798.

(30). John‘ (John,? John, Zebulon:) was born 1781; married Mary, daugh-
ter of Gideon and Mary (Moore) Coleord, who died July 2, 1843, aged 64; died
Sept. 6, 1825. Children:

37. Edward Hiltons; m. Elizabeth Smith; res. Exeter.

38. Mary Moores; d. unm. April 19, 1881, aged 73.

39. Elizabeths; d. Nov. 21, 1825, aged 17.

40. Charlottes b. Oct. 16, 1815; m. George Hardy, who d. Exeter, Jan. 22,
1893, aged 81; had Georges Hardy and two daughters; d. Oct. 21, 1900.

41. Johns b. about 1817; m. 1883, Ellen M. Scammons; d. Nov. 24, 1904.

42. Nancys; m. Henry Thing.

 

 

GILMAN.

1. Edward: Gilman of Caston, Norfolk Co., England, married June 22,
1550, Rose Rysse, who survived him, and married (2) April 3, 1578, John
Snell, and died about Oct. 1, 1613.

2. Robert: (Edward!) was baptized at Caston, July 10, 1559; married
Mary , who was buried March 9, 1618; was buried March 6, 1631.

8. Roberts (Robert,2 Edward!) was of Hingham; married (1) May 14, 1611,
Rose Hawes, (2) Mary , who survived him, and proved his will Jan.
21, 1658.

4. Edward‘ (Robert,s Robert,z Edward!) the emigrant ancestor of the
family in America, was born in Hingham, Norfolk Co., Eng.; married June
3, 1614, Mary Clark; died June 22, 1681.1: Children:

5. Mary? bap. Hingham, Eng., Aug. 6, 1615; m. John Foulsham, one of
the passengers on the ship Diligent.

6. Edward: bap. Dec. 26, 1617; m. Smith.

7. Lydia?; bap. Dec. 26, 1617; m. Hingham, Eng., Jan. 19, 1645, Daniel,
son of Matthew Cushing who was born in England, 1619; freeman, Hingham,
Mass., 1671; representative, magistrate and town clerk many years.

8. Sarah? bap. Hingham, Eng., Jan. 19, 1622.

9. John? b. Jan. 10, 1624; m. Elizabeth Treworgie.

10. Moses? bap. Hingham, Eng., March 11, 1630; m. Elizabeth Hersie.
Four other sons d. young and unmarried.

(6). Edward? (Edward!) was baptized, Hingham, Eng., Dec. 26, 1617;
married a daughter of Richard Smith of Ipswich, Mass.; settled in Exeter;
went to England for mill gearing in 1653, and was lost at sea. His widow
administered on his estate, 1655. Child:

11. Edwards b. 1648; m. Dec. 20, 1674, Abigail, dau. of Antipas Maverick,

1 Edward Gilman, the emigrant, is the fifth generation from Edward of Caston, but to save
unnecessary repetition in what follows we mark him as the first generation, as he is, of the
American family. If one wishes to connect directly with Edward of Caston, simply add three
to any given generation.

 

 

 
524 History oF NEWFIELDS.

and was ancestor of the Gilmanton branch of the family; petitioned for the
protection and government of Massachusetts, Feb. 20, 1689; died 1692.

(9). John: (Edward!) was born in Hingham, Eng., Jan. 10, 1624; probably
married (1) a daughter of John and Welthena Goddard, (2) June 30, 1657,
Elizabeth, daughter of James and Catharine (Shapleigh) Treworgie; and
died July 24, 1708. Children by second wife:

12. Mary: b. Sept. 10, 1658; m. July 26, 1677, Capt. Jonathan Thing,
who d. Oct. 30 1694; d. Aug. 1691. Their son Jonathan‘ Thing b. Sept. 21,
1678; m. Abigail, dau. of Benjamin Gilman and had Bartholemews b. Feb.
25, 1682, who m. Dec. 7, 1705, Abigail Coffin, and had Marys b. Jan. 11, 1713,
who m. Oct. 22, 1730, Rev. Nicholas Gilman. Bartholemew d. April 28, 1738.

13. James: b. Feb. 6, 1660; d. young.

14. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 16, 1661; m. (1) July 12, 1678, Nathaniel Ladd, who
was implicated with Edward Gove, 1683, tried for treason, but released on
bail, and killed by the Indians, Aug. 11, 1691, (2) Dec. 3, 1693, Henry Wad-
leigh, who d. Aug. 2, 1732. 12 ch., 7 by first husband.

15. Johns b. Oct. 6, 1663; d. in childhood.

16. Catharine: b. March 17, 1665; d. Sept. 2, 1684.

17. Sarah: b. Feb. 25, 1667; m. Dec. 24, 1684, Stephen, son of Rev. Samuel
Dudley; d. Jan. 24,1713. 10 ch.

18. Lydia’ b. Dec. 12, 1668; m. Oct. 14, 1687, Capt. John White of Haver-
hill, Mass. 14 ch.

19. Samuels b. March 30, 1671; d. Aug. 9, 1691.

20. Nicholas: b. Dec. 26, 1672; m. Sarah Clark.

21. Abigail b. Nov. 3, or 9, 1674; m. July 8, 1696, Samuel, son of Jonathan
and Joanna Thing; d. Nov. 7, 1725.

22. John b. Jan. 19, 1677; m. (1) Elizabeth Coffin, (2) Elizabeth (Clark)
Hale.

23. Deborah: b. Apr. 30, 1679, twin; d. Sept. 30, 1680.

24. Joanna: b. Apr. 30, 1679, twin; m. (1) Henry Dyer, (2) Capt. Robert
Coffin, who d. May 18, 1710; d. Dec. 24, 1720. No ch.

25. Josephs b. Oct. 28, 1680; d. in infancy.

26. Alice: b. May 28, 1683; m. 1707, Capt. James Leavitt; d. Jan. 2, 1721;
8 ch.

27. Catharine? b. Nov. 27, 1684; m. (1) Peter Folsom, who d. 1718, leaving
6 ch., (2) Richard Calley of Stratham.

(10). Moses? (Edward!) was baptized, Hingham, Eng. March 11, 1630;
married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hersie, and was the ancestor of the
Newmarket (Piscassic) families; was buried not far from his house, near
the road to Newfields. His will was dated Jan. 12, 1691, and probated Aug.
6, 1702. (74). Children:

28. Moses; m. (1) Anne , (2) Elizabeth ;

29. Jeremiah? b. Aug. 31, 1660; m. Mary Wiggin.

30. James? b. May 31, 1665; m. Mary Dolloff.

31. John: b. June 7, 1668; m. s

32. Davids 38. Joshua3; m. Mariah Hersey.

34. Caleb:; m. Susannah Folsom.

35. Elizabeth: b. April 19, 1673; m. Biley Dudley.

 

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 525

36. Judiths; m. Thomas Lyford; d. 1727.

37. Marys; m. Cornelius Conner.

(20). Maj. Nicholas: (John,2 Edward:) was born Dec. 26, 1672; married,
June 10, 1697, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clark,
who was born June 17, 1698, and died Aug. 25, 1742; assigned a place for a
pew in the new meeting house, Feb. 3, 1698; selectman, 1701, 1709, 1725-26;
captain in command of Hilton’s garrison, 1710; judge of the Superior Court,
merchant, farmer; with 175 others received grant of Gilmanton, May 20, 1727;
died, 1741. The division of his estate occurred April 24,1749. Inventory was
ordered May and returned June 24, 1749. Total value, £33,931—7s.-10d.
Administration was granted to Samuel Gilman.

Some lands mentioned are ‘Jones’ marsh adjoining Samuel Gilman’s farm
at New Market,” “Bray’s marsh,” “land in Newmarket lying between Jere-
miah Folsom’s land and land heretofore Dr. Robert Gilman’s land at Lamprey
River, 200 acres.’”’ Children:

38. Samuel: b. May 1, 1698; m. (1) Abigail Lord, (2) Mrs. Mary Woodman.

39. John‘ b. Dec. 24, 1699; m. (1) Nov. 8, 1720, Mary dau. of John Thing,
who was b. May 3, 1702, and surviving him, m. (2) Dec. 8, 1724, Hon. Peter
Gilman; d. Dec. 6, 1722. Two sons died in infancy.

40. Daniel b. Jan. 28, 1702; m. (1) Mary Lord, (2) Abigail Sawyer.

41. Nathaniel‘ b. March 2, 1704; m. Sept. 16, 1725, Sarah, dau. of Rev.
Samuel Emery. Had 5 daughters, and one son whod. unm. His widow m.
(2) Hon. John Phillips the benefactor of Phillips Exeter academy; d. Oct. 1765.

42. Nicholas‘ b. Jan. 18, 1708; m. Mary Thing.

43. Josiah‘ b. Feb. 10, 1710; m. Abigail Coffin.

44. Sarah b. June 25, 1712; m. Aug. 26, 1730, Rev. James Pike of Somers-
worth.

45. Trueworthy‘b. Oct. 15, 1714; m. (1) Susannah Lowe, (2) Hannah Ayers.

46. Elizabeth: b. Nov. 5, 1717; d. April 25, 1740.

47. Joannah: b. July 20, 1720; m. Dec. 9, 1742, Col. John Wentworth; d.
April 3, 1750.

(22). Johns (John,2 Edward!) was born Jan. 19, 1677; married (1) June 5,
1698, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Abigail Coffin, who died July 10, 1720,
(2) Dec. 20, 1720, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Clark of Newbury, Mass.,
and widow of Dea. Robert Hale of Beverly, Mass.; petitioned Feb. 20, 1689,
to be joined to Massachusetts as formerly; was one of the grantees of Gilman-
ton and mentioned in the charter as chairman of the boa:d of selectmen.
His Will was probated April 28, 1742. Children:

48. Joannah: b. Sept. 10, 1700.

49. Elizabeth: b. Feb. 5, 1741; m. 1723, Robert Hale Jr. of Beverly, Mass.;
d. Aug. 19, 1736.

50. Peter b. Feb. 6, 1703; m. (1) Dec. 8, 1724, Mary (Thing) Gilman, (2)
Dorothy (Wentworth) Taylor.

51. Abigail‘ b. Aug. 19, 1707; m. William Moore of Stratham.

52. Roberts b. June 2, 1710; m. Priscilla Bartlett, who d. Nov. 15, 1743.

53. John: b. Oct. 25,1712; m. Jane Deane. 54. Joannahsb. Oct. 27, 1716.

55. Nicholas: b. Jan. 20, 1721; m. Mary, dau. of Col. Daniel Gilman; d.
April 4, 1746. No ch.
526 History or NEWFIELDS.

56. Sarah‘ b. July 23, 1724.

57. Samuels b. April 20, 1725; m. (1) Tabitha Gilman, (2) May 4, 1761,
Lydia (Robinson), widow of Col. Zebulon Giddings; d. July 4, 1778.

58. Nathaniel: b. June 18, 1726; m. (1) Russell, (2) Howe;
was 2d Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Parson’s Co., mustered Nov. 22, 1775.

(28). Moses: (Moses,? Edward!) married (1) Anne , (2) Elizabeth
; was selectman, 1694; petitioned for the government and protection
of Massachusetts, Feb. 20, 1689; received a grant of 30 acres of swamp, Feb.
21, 1698, which was laid out March 10, 1698, at Plaisted’s wigwam; constable,
1700; “Ensign, Moses Gilman chosen to run lines between town and town
in the province’’—his garrison being referred to as standing previous to 1710;
was among 30 Gilman names on a list of 249, to whom common lands were
apportioned, 1725; allotted 24 acres Aug. 9, 1738 and again, 1739; was among
262 persons in Exeter who petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts; owned
land on the east and west side of Bloody Brook, and fresh meadows which were
commonly called ‘“Moses’s Meadows’; died, 1747. His Will was dated April
4, 1741, and probated Oct. 28, 1747. His son Moses was executor. Children:

59. Abigail: b. July 24, 1693; m. Oct. 31, 1712, John, son of Thomas Lord
of Ipswich. 16 ch.

60. Moses‘; m. Mary Tracy.

61. Ann‘; m. Lougee. 62. Judith‘; m. ——— Smith.

63. Shuahs; m. Thurston.

64. Elizabeth; m. Samuel Thurston, who was b. Jan. 21, 1751; and had
Samuels Thurston, Annas Thurston, Elizabeths Thurston, Gilmans Thurston.
and Nathaniel’ Thurston. The last four were minors Dec. 15, 1784.

(29). Capt. Jeremiah: (Moses,2 Edward!) was born March 31, 1660; mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Andrew and Anne (Bradstreet) Wiggin, who was born
March 22, 1667, and admitted a member of the church at Hampton April 4,
1697. (83). Children:

65. Jeremiah,‘ who in the spring of 1709 with his brother Andrew and two
others, were captured by the Indians at Pickpocket Mill. Andrew soon
escaped, and was told Jeremiah was killed, but later it was affirmed that after
a tedious captivity he escaped to the Connecticut river and spent the remain-
der of his days near its mouth, his descendants being found near Hartford and
New Haven.

66. Andrew: b. 1690; m. (1) Joanna Thing, (2) Bridget Hilton.

67. Simons; m. Elizabeth . His lot, Aug. 28, 1738, is mentioned as next
to Edward Hilton’s; d. about 1750.

68. Israel‘; m. (1) Deborah Thing, (2)

69. Thomas. 70. Benjamin‘; m. and had

71. Jonathan’; m. Mehitable Kimball.

72. Ezekiels b. Jan. 15, 1706; m. Sarah Dudley.

73. Hannah.s 74. Josepht; m. Elizabeth ; res. Newmarket.

(30). James (Moses,? Edward:) was born May 31, 1665; married Mary,
daughter of Christian Dolloff; petitioned for the government and protection
of Massachusetts as formerly, Feb. 20, 1690; juryman, 1707; with others
sold to Nathan Bennett, 1715, a part of Moses Gilman’s grant of 600 acres;
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mother deed of land, April 25, 1714; gave land for highway from Newfields
landing to Nottingham, March 1733; with 262 others petitioned to be joined
to Massachusetts, 1739; died 1753. Children:

75. Nehemiah: b. 1700; m.

76. Jonathan: b. 1701; m. Jan. 16, 1723, Elizabeth Leavitt; settled in
Exeter. 11 ch.

77. James‘; m. Elizabeth Lyford.

78. Hannah‘; m. John Folsom. 79. Elizabetht; m. Peter Hersey. 5 ch.

80. Mary‘; m. and had four children. 81. Sarah; m. Leavitt.

82. Rachel« b. 1699; m. Benjamin Folsom; d. March 16, 1785.

83. Ruths; m. Cram.

(31). Capt. Johns (Moses,: Edward!) was born June 7, 1668; petitioned for
the government and protection of Massachusetts, Feb. 20, 1690; received of
his mother deed of land, April 25, 1714; was a proprietor of Gilmanton May
20, 1727, and one of the selectmen mentioned in the charter; married; d.
1753. Children:

84. John‘; owned a saw and grist mill at Little river; m. and had ch.

85. Jonathan‘; m. Ruth Sanborn.

86. Hannah‘; m. Capt. Trueworthy Dudley of the French and Indian war.

87. Martha‘; m. Nathaniel Webster. 88. David.

89. Josiah‘; m. Betsey Gilman.

(33). Joshua: (Moses,: Edward!) married Nov. 10, 1702, Mariah Hersey;
with others sold to Nathan Bennett, 1715, a part of Moses Gilman’s grant
of 600 acres; apportioned 30 acres of common lands, 1725; had land near
Piscassic river and Smart’s mill, 1726; assigned 60 acres to heirs of Joshua
Gilman, Aug. 9, 1738; representative, Hampton; died Jan. 26, 1718.
Children:

90. Maria b. Oct. 2, 1704; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1724, Joseph Dudley, who was
born 1702, and d. about 1725, (2) May 14, 1726, Philip Conner.

91. Sarah b. Dec. 20, 1708; m. May 26, 1726, Samuel Conner.

92. Hannah b. Sept. 14, 1712.

93. Joshua b. Feb. 2, 1716; m. Feb. 3, 1737, Esther Sanborn.

(34). Caleb: (Moses,: Edward!) married Susanna Folsom; received of
his mother deed of saw mill June 11, 1712; was selectman, 1725; apportioned
150 acres of land, 1725; sold Joshua Brackett 23 acres of land on the north side °
of Piscassic river near Smart’s mill, Oct. 4, 1726; proprietor, Gilmanton, May
20, 1727. Children:

94. David. 95. Caleb: b. 1678; d. March 26, 1766.

96. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 17, 1727; m. June 22, 1749, Judge John Dudley;
d. May 13, 1806.

(38). Samuels (Maj. Nicholas,s John, Edward!) was born May 1, 1698;
married (1) Sept. 2, 1719, Abigail, daughter of Robert Lord of Ipswich, Mass.,
who died Nov. 29, 1745, (2) Feb. 18, 1747, Mrs. Mary Woodbridge of Salem,
Mass., who was born Nov. 18, 1715, and died March 14, 1759; settled in
Exeter; was commissioned as captain March 30, 1732; justice, April 16,
1740; judge of the Superior Court, 1740-47; Colonel of the 4th Infantry Regt.
July 10, 1755; owned a large property and several negro slaves; died Jan. 3,
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97. Samuels b. May 20, 1720; d. July 11, 1741.

98. Nicholas b. Oct. 6, 1722; d. April 4, 1742.

99. Roberts b. Aug. 30, 1724; m. Sept. 19, 1745, Elizabeth , who d.
Nov. 2, 1757, leaving a son Samuels b. July 10, 1746, and d. Feb. 28, 1749; d.
March 22, 1746.

100. Sarahs b. Dee. 1, 1725; d. Dec. 8, 1725.

101. Abigails b. April 8, 1727; d. Aug. 4, 1729.

102. Daniels b. June 30, 1728; d. Nov. 7, 1728.

103. Johns b. May 4, 1730; d. Sept. 24, 1735.

104. Samuels b. Aug. 3, 1751; d. Oct. 27, 1756.

105. Peters b. Sept. 26, 1755; d. Oct. 28, 1756.

(40). Daniel (Maj. Nicholas,s John, Edward!) was born Jan. 28, 1702;
married (1) Sept. 2, 1724, Mary, daughter of Robert Lord, who died March
22, 1736, (2) Sept. 23, 1736, Abigail Sawyer; petitioned for a lottery in aid
of Squamscot bridge and its removal to Newfields, 1759-60; died of apoplexy
in church Oct. 14, 1780. By his Will he gives his silver tankard to “the church
of Christ whereof the Rev. Daniel Rogers is pastor.” Children:

106. Marys b. Nov. 12, 1725; m. Nicholas Gilman; d. May 1745.

107. Johns b. Sept. 17, 1727.

108. Daniels b. Nov. 18, 1729; m. Mary Leavitt.

109. Nicholass b. Oct. 21, 1731; m. Dec. 21, 1752, Ann, dau. of Rev. John
and Elizabeth (Rogers) Taylor; father of Gov. John Taylor Gilman; d.
April 7, 1783.

110. Samuels; d. May 1, 1769.

111. Bartholemews; m. Eunice Taylor; d. Wells, Me., Oct. 1773.

112. Francis.» 113. Nathaniels; m. Treadwell of Portsmouth.

114. Elizabeth.s 115. Abigail> b. Sept. 21, 1738.

(42.) Rev. Nicholas: (Maj. Nicholas,s John, Edward!) was born Jan. 18,
1708; married Oct. 2, 1730, Mary, daughter of Bartholemew and Sarah (Kent)
Thing, who was born Jan. 3, 1713, and died Feb. 22, 1789; fitted for college
at Newburyport Latin school; graduated, Harvard college, 1724; teacher,
Stratham, July 20, 1724 to April 30, 1725, and Exeter, 1725; united with the
church, Exeter, Sept. 1724; preached his first sermon, Kingston, April 30,
1727; called to Newmarket Feb. 1728, but declined; afterwards preached at
Exeter, Portsmouth Plains, Hampton, and Drinkwater; ordained, Durham,
March 3, 1742; was a faithful friend of Rev. George Whitefield, and wrote
an elaborate defence in reply to the pamphlets and sermons issued against him,
on his third coming to America, 1744-45; visited him, March 1745; concentrated
at this time all his efforts, in the enthusiasm of his ardent temperament, on the
religious efforts connected with the expedition to Louisburg, but the actions of
his party were held up by witnesses in no very flattering light; was endowed
with many amiable and useful accomplishments, persuasive as a preacher,
exemplary and charitable; died in office, April 13, 1748. His library was
valued at £3,237-13s.-4d. His widow was appointed guardian of his children.
Children:

116. Bartholemew: b. Aug. 26, 1731. 117. Nicholas: b. June 13, 1733.

118. Rev. Tristams b. Nov. 24, 1735; m. May 1771, Elizabeth, dau. of
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North Yarmouth, Me., Dec. 8, 1769; trustee of Bowdoin college; president
of Maine Missionary society; received 293 to his church, including Phillis,
his negro slave; d. April 1, 1809.

119. Josephs b. May 5, 1738; m. (1) Jane Tyler, (2) Rebecca, dau. of Ben-
jamin and Elizabeth (Hale) Ives, who was b. June 23, 1745; was appointed by
Washington governor of the ‘‘ Northwestern Territory; ’’ d. May 30, 1823.

120. Josiahs b. Sept. 2, 1740; m. Nov. 30, 1763, Sarah, dau. of Samuel
Gilman, who was b. June 17, 1745, and d. July 26, 1785; d. Feb. 8, 1801.

121. Johns b. May 10, 1742; was one of a committee to examine and settle
all the accounts of those persons who have had monies out of the Colony
treasury for public use; was ordered, Feb. 17, 1781, to make out in his own
name the accounts of the state against the United States for transportation;
d. June 8, 1752.

(60). Moses, (Moses,? Moses,? Edward!) married Mary Tracy; settled in
Newmarket; was apportioned 20 acres of common land Aug. 2, 1738; from
April 24 to Oct. 19, 1755 was corporal in Capt. Nathaniel Folsom’s Co., Col.
Joseph Blanchard’s Regt.; died Jan. 9, 1769. Children:

122. Moses.s 123. Simon.s 124. Joseph.»

125. Samuels b. 1750; m. Ruth Philbrick of Deerfield; d. 1821.

126. Shuah.s 127. Sarah.s 128. Mary.s

(66). Andrews (Capt. Jeremiah,: Moses,2 Edward) was born, 1690; mar-
ried (1) Joanna, daughter of Samuel Thing of Exeter, who died Nov. 16, 1727,
(2) April 3, 1728, Bridget, daughter of Col. Winthrop Hilton, who died Nov.
10, 1736; was lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Ladd’s Co., in a march after the
enemy towards “‘ Winnipissocke Pond”? May 17, 1724; was captured by the
Indians, and after remaining for a time in captivity, returned to his friends, and
lived in Brentwood; was proprietor of Gilmanton, May 20, 1727; assigned
30 acres of land Aug. 9, 1738; petitioned, with 262 others, to be joined to
Massachusetts, 1739, and against a township in the southwest part of Exeter,
1741 and 1742; died about 1756. Children:

129. Joanna. 130. Deborah. 131. Mary.s

132. Winthrop: b. Feb. 14, 1731; m. (1) Deborah, dau. of Antipas Gilman,
(2) Betsey Mitchel Folsom; d. Gilmanton, April 12, 1812.

133. Elizabeths b. Nov. 30, 1782; m. Bowditch of Salem.

134. Annas b. Oct. 23, 1734; m. Daniel Leavitt of Brentwood.

135. Andrew: b. Oct. 28, 1736; d. Jan. 28, 1737.

(68). Capt. Israels (Capt. Jeremiah, Moses, Edward:) married (1) Deborah,
daughter of Samuel Thing, who was born Feb. 24, 1708, and died about 1737,
(2) Sanborn; lived beyond the Piscassic burying ground. (105).

Children:

136. Israel; m. Hannah Smith.

137. Samuels b. April 1732; m. (1) Deborah Fowler, (2) Deborah Thing.

138. Davids b. June 9, 1735; m. Mrs. Sarah (Smith) Hilton.

139. Abigails b. 1737; m. Sanborn of Sanbornton.

140. Bradstreet’; m. Molly Marshall of Brentwood.

141. John; m. Colcord; lived in Meredith.

142. Benjamins; m. Clough of Loudon; res. Tamworth; representa-
tive nine years after 1806.

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143. Deborah:; m. Joseph Sanborn; joined the Shakers.

144. Judiths; m. Cochran; both joined the Shakers.

145. Sallys; m. (1) John Sanborn, (2) Carter of Tamworth.

146. Jeremiahs; m. Johnson; res. Tamworth; in legislature, 1797-98.

(71). Jonathan; (Benjamin,‘ Capt. Jeremiah, Moses,: Edward!) married
Mehitable Kimball. Children:

147. Calebs; d. young. 148. Johns; settled in Wakefield.

149. Jonathan; settled in Shapleigh, Me.

150. Benjamins; settled in Ossipee.

151. Porters; m.; settled in Wakefield. 152. Dudley; settled in Maine.

153. Mehitables; m. Daniel Pike of Wakefield.

154. Samuels b. March 15, 1752; m. (1) Sarah Hall, (2) Martha Kinsman.

(72). Maj. Ezekiel: (Benjamin, Capt. Jeremiah, Moses,? Edward:) was born
Jan. 15, 1706; married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Dudley, who was born
Jan. 15, 1706; was major in Col. Samuel Moore’s Regt. in expedition to
Louisburg; died at Louisburg Garrison, Cape Breton.

155. Hannahs; m. Pike of Newmarket.

156. Bradstreet*; settled in Epping. 157. Joanna*t; m. Joseph Adams.

(75). Nehemiah: (James,: Moses,? Edward!) was born, 1700; was a pro-
prietor of Gilmanton, May 20, 1727; had land assigned him Aug. 9, 1738, nine
acres at home and seven acres at Mackerel brook, joining his father’s ten
acres; sold ]and in Newmarket to Samuel Brackett, 1743. | Children:

158. Theophilus:; m. 159. Nehemiah:; m. Elizabeth Mead.

160. Johns; m. Olive Neal. 161. Eliphalets; m. Sarah Hardy.

162. James‘; m. Smith. 163. Davids; m. Molly Connor.

164. Elizabeths; m. Thomas Folsom.

(77). James‘ (James, Moses,2 Edward!) married Elizabeth daughter of
Theophilus and Lois (James) Lyford; was assigned, Aug. 8, 1758, 9 acres
at home, and 11 acres at Mackerel brook; built the house now occupied by
Samuel Peavey, 1737; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge and its removal
to Newfields, 1759-60; signed the Association Test, 1776; died about 1779. His
Will was probated July 1779; gives the homestead to his son Biley, a meadow
at Piscassic to Zebulon, also three acres, near Bray’s brook; directs that
legacies be given to his daughter Judith Dow; gives to his grandson Timothy,
among other lands, land adjoining the dwelling house his son Timothy owned
when he died, containing 50 acres with mill privilege; also 20 acres of land
in Epping; to his grandson James Gilman Folsom, after paying certain legacies
to his brothers and sisters, a common right in Brentwood; and land in Epping
to his grandson James Gilman Lyford. Children:

165. Bileys b. Feb. 25, 1727; m. Mary Webster

166. Zebulon: of Piscassic; lived at the Zebulon Thing corner; signed the
Association Test, 1776; soldier, 1814.

167. Timothy; lived where Jacob Hersey does; apple trees were carried
on horseback from the Gilman to the Hersey farm; d. previous to 1776,
leaving sons James‘ and Timothy.s

168. Daughters; m. Lt. Jonathan Folsom, who was born, 1724, and surviving
his wife, m. (2) Deborah, dau. of Joseph Hall; left children, Jonathan, Moses,
Benjamin, James, Dorothy, who m. Norris of Epping, and d. prior to

 

 

 

 

 

 
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1776, Hannah, who m. Dea. John Lane of Epping, Nancy, who m. ———
Marston of Sandwich, and Betsey.

169. Daughters; m. Lyford, and had James Gilman’ Lyford.

170. Judiths; m. Dow of Epping.

(132). Winthrop: (Andrew,‘ Capt. Jeremiah, Moses,: Edward!) was born
Feb. 14, 1731; married (1) Deborah, daughter of Antipas Gilman, (2) Betsey
Mitchell Folsom; settle in Gilmanton; died April 12, 1812. Children:

171. Lydia.s 172. Deborah.«

173. Andrews; was a deacon; chorister to pitch the tune and “deacon”
the hymn; called “spooler”? from his manner in singing counter in fugue
tunes; wore a wig, and sometimes wrong side fore; was first lieutenant in
Capt. David Copp’s Co. at Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775, and in Capt. David
Copp’s Co., of Wakefield, No. 25 of the “‘six weeks men’’ Dec. 1775; signed the
Association Test, 1776; petitioned the selectmen in reference to the loca-
tion of the new meeting house, March 10, 1791; selectman, 1792-93; on
committee of the parish, 1794; tithingman, 1797 and 1802; died April 23, 1836,
aged about 80.

174. Winthrop: b. March 10, 1766; m. Aug. 21, 1788, Abigail, dau. of Col.
Antipas Gilman; d. Jan. 4, 1826.

175. Bridget. 176. Abigail.

177. Antipass b. Oct. 2, 1769; m. Joanna Gilman; d. Gilford, Nov. 18,
1849.

178. Annas 179. Nathaniel.s 180. Sarah.s 181. Sally.s 182. Shuah.s
183. John.«

(143). Dea. Samuels (Jonathan,s Benjamin, Capt. Jeremiah,: Moses,
Edward:) was born March 15, 1752; married (1) May 30, 1774, Sarah Hall,
(2) Sept. 16, 1779, Martha Kinsman, who died Oct. 1809; died Aug. 29, 1838.
Children:

184. Jonathan 7b. April 27, 1784; settled in Malden, Mass.

185. John K.7 b. Aug. 14, 1787; settled in Newburyport; m. and had
Martha E.s who m. Peabody, Samuel K.s who m. and had Lizzie,*
Lucy® and Margaret.*

186. Martha’ b. Feb. 21, 1789; d. in Virginia, 1864.

187. Lydia’ b. May 11, 1791; m. Joseph Boardman; d. Feb. 2, 1832.

188. Hannah’ b. May 15, 1794; went to Virginia.

189. Samuel Kinsman? b. May 2, 1796; m. April 24, 1821, Lucy Dummer
who was b. Aug. 20, 1802.

(144). Col. Israels (Israel,« Jeremiah,: Moses,2 Edward:) married May 29,
1754, Hannah, daughter of Col. Joseph Smith, who was born June 29, 1734,
and died Sept. 16, 1823; died Feb. 20,1777. (106). Children:

190. Andrews; never married. (122). 191. Sarahs; m. Capt. Aaron Deale.

192. Hannah.* 193. Deborah; was on the church roll, 1814.

194. Joseph Smiths; m. Elizabeth (Gilman) Dudley, sister of Gov. John
Taylor Gilman.

19414. Israels; m. March 22, 1778, Abigail, dau. of Nathan Folsom who was
b. Aug. 30, 1760, survived him and m. (2) Maj. Richard Shepard of
Holderness; d. Jan. 16, 1797.

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1732; married (1) Dec. 17, 1761, Deborah, daughter of Jacob Fowler, who
was born Feb. 30, 1746, and died Aug. 20, 1786, (2) Oct. 18, 1788, Deborah
Thing, who died Sept. 22, 1829; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov.
25, 1755; was a soldier in Lt. Col. John Hart’s Co., Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s
Regt., in the expedition to Crown Point, from June 5 to Oct. 12, 1756; received
a grant of 2000 acres, for service in war, March 1, 1770, then including in the
town of Adams, now Jackson, but added to Chatham, June 23, 1817; repre-
sentative 1776-82; selectman, 1776, 1782, 1785-87; on committee of the
parish for the dismission of Rev. John Moody, April 28, 1777; with others
petitioned for a lottery to repair Newfields bridge Oct. 21, 1780; of the Legis-
lature June 1777, ‘‘to draw up and bring in a bill for the punishment of persons
who shall by any misbehavior in word or deed be adjudged inimicable to the
liberty and freedom of the States of America (not within the act of treason)
and directing how such trials shall be had, and how judgment therein
shall be executed’; member of N. H. Committee of Safety, 1777; trustee
of the confiscated estate of Gov. John Wentworth at Wolfeboro, 1780-82;
died Tamworth, Nov. 21, 1799. Children:

195. Jacobs b. June 10, 1765; m. April 10, 1803, Betsey S. dau. of Col.
David Gilman; was Lt. Col. of 19th N. H. Regiment.

19514. Deborah« b. March 5, 1767; m. Andrew Hilton of Lee and New-
market; d. Feb. 8, 1835.

196. Samuels b. May 18, 1769; settled in Tamworth.

-197. Polly: b. Aug. 17, 1771; m. William Gilman of Tamworth.

198. Abigaile b. Aug. 17, 1773; m. William Remick.

199. Israels b. June 13, 1775; settled in Sandwich.

200. Elizabeth b. April 30, 1779; m. Samuel Thing.

201. Susans b. March 16, 1781; m. (1) Israel Gilman, (2) Abraham Perkins.

(146). Col. David» (Israel,« Capt. Jeremiah,s Moses,? Edward!) was born
June 9, 1735; married July 21, 1778, Sarah, daughter of Col. Joseph Smith,
and widow of Lt. Winthrop Hilton, who was born March 26, 1738, and died,
Newmarket, March 25, 1810; petitioned for a road, 1765, and for bridge at
Newfields, 1766; selectman and representative, Pembroke, 1775; signed the
Association Test at Exeter, 1776; was made colonel and his regiment was
employed from April 10 to July 4, 1775 in defense of Pascataqua Harbor;
was recommended to the Legislature as a colonel in a battalion for Ticonderoga
June 17, 1776, and his regiment of militia was sent forward as reinforcenents
Dec. 1776; was appointed colonel of the squad of 500 men drafted from the
militia and sent to New York to garrison forts George and Ticonderoga;
settled finally in Tamworth, and represented the town in the Legislature some
years from 1788 to 1805. Children:

202. Betsey S8.¢ b. Sept. 1, 1779; m. Jacob Gilman of Tamworth.

203. Simons; m. Phebe, dau. of Japheth Allen of Bridgewater, Mass.; d.
Dec. 9, 1861.

204. Israel*; m. Hannah Thing.

205. Deborahs; m. Ames; settled, Belfast, Me., and later, Boston.

(148). Bradstreets (Israel,1 Capt. Jeremiah, Moses,? Edward!) was born,
1744; married Mary Marshall, who died May 5, 1832, aged 83. (125).

Children:

206. Warrentb. 1772; m. Sally Dame; was a schoolmaster of the old régime,

 
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and once entered the window of the school house unseen, and flogged the whole
school for tardiness; always found the Brodhead boys a source of vexation;
his heavy ferule was always in hand to be applied to boys or girls—the boys
with their hands clasped behind them and their heads under his desk; was
mate of a vessel 12 years; wore ear rings; had a son John’ who died at sea,
Lycurgus E.7 who d. July 10, 1845, aged 30, and Perley Blodgett? who m.
Rhoda Ann , who d. March 30, 1867, aged 48, leaving their dau. Fanny
Ss. who d. Feb. 7, 1862, aged 18; d. 1855.

207. Nathaniels; m. Rebecca, dau. of John Wedgewood, and lived in the
Wedgewood home, where Freeman Sanborn now lives.

208. Bradstreets; lost at sea. 209. Pollys; m.

210. Rhodas; m. Cate.

211. Betsey*; m. Nathaniel Gilman, who was b. Feb. 22, 1776.

212. Henrys; m. (1) 1812, , (2) widow Mahala (Wood)
Hersey, mother of Edward Hersey; was a soldier, 1814; settled in Tamworth;
by first wife had son Alfred,7 and by second, George’.

213. Clarissas; m. Thomas Wiggin.

214. Hannahs; m. (1) John Burley, (2) John Palmer.

215. Sukeys; m. Gilman.

216. Israels; m. Mehitable Burley; was a soldier, 1814; lived on the John
Foss place; once hung himself, but was cut down alive; when returning from
Exeter with an ox team, the oxen rushed into a brook near the Cilley place,
and he was thrown under the wheels, but managed to get out, secure a new
cart and drive home, calling at the Palmer’s on Bald Hill, but was so badly
injured that he died the next day. His father would not allow him to be buried
with the family he had so disgraced. The wall of the cemetery was afterwards
removed, and now covers the outcast’s grave. Children:

217. Mary Ann.’ 218. Elbridge.? 219. Nathaniel.7

(158). Theophiluss (Nehemiah,+ James,: Moses,2 Edward:) married
. Children:

220. Nathaniels b. Jan. 24, 1752; d. Jan. 22, 1753.

221. Nathaniels b. May 16, 1753; m. Sarah Branscomb; res. Waterville,
Me.; d. 1803.

222. Deborahs b. April 11, 1755; m. Simeon Ladd; d. Dec. 1834.

223. Eliphalets b. Jan. 20, 1757; m. May 10, 1778, Sarah Conner; d. Nov.
25, 1822.

224. Mollysb. Aug. 6, 1759; m. Maj. Jonathan Cass; d. Aug. 1836.

225. Marthas b. Aug. 6, 1761; m. James Gilman of Brentwood.

226. Theophilus: b. May 12, 1765; m. Louisa Lyford; res. Sandwich.

227. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 11, 1768.

(159). Nehemiah: (Nehemiah,‘ James, Moses,? Edward) married Elizabeth
Mead, who was born, 1727, and died at Meredith, Feb. 21, 1824; was killed
by the Indians at the massacre at Fort William Henry, Lake George, Aug. 10,
1757. Children:

228. Simeon.s 229. Bradbury: b. Nov. 5, 1755; m. Hannah Gilman.

230. Mary.s 231. Elizabeth.»

(165). Bileys (James,‘ James, Moses, Edward:) was born Feb. 25, 1727;
married Mary Webster who was born Aug. 10, 1780, died Aug. 6, 1803.

 

 

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534 History or NEWFIELDS.

Children:

232. Williams b. Dec. 3, 1752; d. May 17, 1777.

233. Bileysb. Sept. 12, 1754; d. 1758.

234. Hannahe b. Nov. 23, 1756; m. Bradley Gilman; d. June 10, 1829.
235. Marys b. Nov. 21, 1759; m. Nov. 5, 1821, Oliver Tash.

236. Biley* b. Sept. 12, 1762; m. Harriet Bailey; d. Feb. 27, 1819.

237. James* b. Feb. 18, 1765; m. Aug. 3, 1829, Betsey Lyford.

238. Susannas b. Nov. 9, 1767; d. May 2, 1810.

239. Judiths b. April 17, 1770; d. 1861.

240. Deborahs b. June 29, 1773; m. Noah Barker.

(166). Zebulon: (James, James, Moses,? Edward!) married Elizabeth
, who was born, 1739, and died Nov. 20, 1820; lived at the Zebulon
Thing Corner at Piscassic; signed the Association Test, 1776; soldier, 1814;
was with Capt. Jethro Pearson and Col. Peter Gilman to reinforce the army
at Lake George from Sept. 19 to Dec. 14, 1755; lieutenant in Capt. Daniel
Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt, Sept. 20, 1776; appointed captain
of a company in Col. Stephen Evans’ Regt, Sept. 24, 1777; reported a deserter
Oct. 23, 1777. Children:

241. James* b. Oct. 19, 1759; corporal in Capt. James Hill’s Co. at Pierce’s
Island Nov. 5, 1775; entered Capt. Samuel McConnell’s Co., Col. David
Gilman’s Regt. Dec. 5, 1776; d. Dec. 3, 1823.

242. Betseys b. Jan. 20, 1762; d. June 10, 1788.

243, Zebulon b. April 20, 1764; d. Oct. 13, 1792.

244. Dudleys b. Sept. 20, 1766; d. May 18, 1816.

245. Lydias b. Aug. 15, 1768; m. Winthrop Thing of Exeter.

246, Hannahsb. July 15, 1771.

247. Antipass b. July 2, 1773; m. Betsey, dau. of Bradstreet Gilman.

248. Marys b. Feb. 22, 1776. 249. Abigails b. March 22, 1778.

(189). Samuel Kinsman? (Samuel,+ Jonathan,s Benjamin,‘ Capt. Jeremiah,
Moses:, Edward:) was born May 2, 1796; married April 24, 1821, Lucy
Dummer; settled in Hallowell, Me. Children:

250. Gershom Dummer: b. May 29, 1822; m. Oct. 5, 1864, Lizzie A. Field;
settled at Newton Centre, Mass., and had Lucy Field* and Gorham Abbott.»

251. Sarah Marias; .d. 1827.

252. Lucy Dummer: b. Aug. 2, 1828; d. July 10, 1838.

253. Ellen Louisa Dummers b. May 2, 1831; m. Nov. 2, 1854, Austin
Abbott and had Lucy Gilman? Abbott b. Sept. 7, 1858, and William» Abbott
b. Sept. 30, 1860; d. Sept. 20, 1865.

254. Sarah Frances: b. Jan. 15, 1735.

255. John Abbott# b. June 24, 1837; m. Oct. 22, 1861, Louisa Sprague;
settled at Newton Centre, Mass., and had William Sprague® b. March 10, 1865,
and Alice Dummer? b. May 2, 1867.

256. Sophia Bond: b. July 8, 1840.

257. Samuel Kinsman® b. Aug. 18, 1842; m. Sept. 5, 1865, Belle J. Wright;
settled at Cambridgeport, Mass.

(237). Jamess (Biley,: James,‘ James,? Moses,? Edward!) was born Feb. 18,
1765; married Aug. 3, 1829, Betsey, daughter of Theophilus and Lois (James)
Lyford, who was born Jan. 10, 1764, and died Feb. 3, 1829; deeded land to
Edward Parson, 1814. Children:

 
GENEALOGY. 535

258. Betsey? b. March 22, 1790; m. Phillips Gilman.

259. Biley7 b. April 16, 1792; m. Harriet :

260. Mary’; d. young. 261. Mary7b. Jan. 7, 1797.

262. James? b. May 15, 1800; m. Isabel :

263. Sarah? b. July 30, 1804; m. Samuel Peavey.

(258). Betsey? (Jamess, Biley,s James,‘ James,s Moses,? Edward:) was born
March 22,1790; married Phillips Gilman. Children:

264. Charlotte G.s Gilman, b. June 24, 1817.

265. Marys Gilman, b. July 22, 1819.

266. Oliver J.s Gilman, b. June 27, 1822.

267. Charles W.* Gilman, b. April 22, 1825.

(262). James? (James, Biley,s James, James, Moses,: Edward:) was
born May 15, 1800; married Isabel Children:

268. Emily Frances: b. Oct. 16, 1826; d. Dec. 23, 1831.

269. Augustus H.* b. Jan. 17, 1829; d. July 1829.

 

 

 

GLIDDEN.

Joseph Glidden was apportioned 30 acres, 1725; sold land to Nathaniel
Bartlett, 1726; cordwainer, of Durham, and with others, Feb. 18, 1750-55,
divided land on each side of Lamprey river at Wadleigh’s Falls, one mile square,
called Symond’s grant.

John Glidden was granted 50 acres of land Feb. 3, 1698, and 50 acres April
1705. The inventory of his estate was taken May 13 and returned June 3,
1718. Administration was granted to his brother Richard Glidden. Mention
is made of 40 acres of land with house and barn, and the 20th part of a sawmill.

Charles Glidden of Portsmouth, 1665, and Exeter, 1677, received a grant
of land Feb. 3, 1698; was a soldier in garrison, Exeter, from Aug. 31 to Sept.
28, 1696; had 10 acres joining Richard Glidden’s 50 acres and Nathaniel
Pease 10 acres, March 15, 1721; had land laid out to him near Bald Hill in
1721; died prior to 1731.

Richard Glidden was probably son of Charles, and of Exeter, 1698; highway
surveyor, 1699; administered on the estate of his brother John, 1719. His
Will dated Oct. 18, 1727, and probated Dec. 4, 1728, mention his wife Sarah,
and children, Andrew (97), Joseph, Richard, Benjamin, Jonathan, Josiah and
John, and daughter Susanna Woodman, Sarah and Elizabeth Glidden, grand-
children, children of his son Charles, deceased. (87).

GOODING—GOODWIN.

‘1. Daniel: Gooding, the first of Kittery, Me., married Margaret, daughter
of Thomas and Patience Chadbourne.

2. Daniel? (Daniel) of Kittery, married Amy :

3. James: (Daniel,? Daniel!) was baptized in Kittery July 5, 1697; married
Susannah Durgin(?); is mentioned in town books of Newmarket, 1730-57;
sold to Samuel Brackett for 80 pounds, Dec. 20, 1734, land on the north side
of the highway leading to Wadleigh’s mills; bought land in Newmarket
located on the main road from Newmarket village to Lee just west of Piscassic
river, 1734 and 1737; petitioned, as also his son James, for a bridge over

 
536 History or NEWFIELDS.

Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746. His Will dated March 23, 1757, and probated
May 1757, mentions wife Susannah, son James, executor, daughter, Susannah
Palmer, Jeremiah Goodwin, and grandchildren, John and Susannah Yorke.

Children:

4. Susannah‘ bap. March 1719; m. Palmer.

5. James‘; m. Mehitable Lawrence. 6. Zerviah.

(5). James! (James,: Daniel,: Daniel!) married Mehitable, daughter of
Joseph and Mehitable (Tilton) Lawrence; as early as 1746 began to buy
land in the ‘Four Corners’ District”? and continued to add by purchase till
1765; was a soldier, 1755-56; sold to John Brackett, 1763, the land “with
dwelling house occupied by my father”; lived on the Plains road opposite the
Bennett place. Children:

7. James b. 1754; m. Copp. 8. Roberts b. prior to 1757.

9. Catys b. March 14, 1759; m. Josiah Bennett.

10. Mehitables; m. Aug. 1, 1779, Jacob Ames, Jr.

11. Hannahs; m. March 23, 1786, Walter Bryent Jr., as 2d wife.

(7). Jamess (James, James, Daniel,? Daniel!) was born in 1754; probably
married Copp; lived in Newmarket and Milton; was a soldier in
Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., June 6, 1775, having
enlisted March 27, 1775; was on its pay roll Aug. 1, 1775; received four
dollars coat money Oct. 4, 1775; ensign in Capt. Stephen Hodkins’ Co., at
Kittery Point, Nov. 5, 1775, and in Capt. David Place’s “six weeks’? men
Dec. 1775; on the pay roll of Capt. Jason Wait’s Co., Col. Timothy Bedel’s
Regt., 1776; 3d sergeant in Capt. John Drew’s Co., for Canada, 1776; signed
the Association Test July 12, 1776. Children:

12. Jamess b. Milton; m. Mary Walkham.

13. Lydias; m. Fernald of Lebanon.

14. Pollys; m. Eben Walkham, brother of Mary.

(8). Robert’ (James,‘ James,? Daniel,? Daniel!) was born about 1757;
married Mehitable Lawrence; lived on Ash Swamp road, on the farm now
occupied by G. Norton; was credited with two days’ labor on rafts built at
Newington, Oct. 22, 1775, and 10 pounds for care of James Goodwin, a soldier
in Capt. Jonathan Emerson’s Co., April 5, 1777; member, and his wife also,
of the West religious society, Jan. 10, 1778; petitioned for the appointment
of Jeremy Bryent justice, April 5, 1784; active in parish affairs, 1791 and
1800; deeded to his son Joseph Lawrence several parcels of land, 1793, a part of
it being the land James Goodwin purchased of John Wiggin, William Taylor,
etc., being identical pieces described in deeds to James Goodwin; died Feb.
2, 1821. Children:

15. Joseph Lawrence®; m. (1) Nov. 15, 1782, Martha Hilton, (2) Oct. 13,
1794, Betsey Hilton; was active in the parish, 1799 and 1805. Gravestones
of himself and wife are standing on the farm of Mr. Sewall near ‘Four
Corners.”

(9). Catys (James,‘ James, Daniel,2 Daniel!) was born March 14, 1759;
married June 13, 1776, Josiah Bennett, who died May 20, 1832, aged 78;
died Jan. 1, 1815. Children:

16. Robert Goodwins Bennett. 17. Arthurs Bennett.

18. Cottons Bennett. 19. Jamess Bennett.

 

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 537

(12). Jamess (James,s James,‘ James, Daniel,? Daniel:) was born in Milton;
married Mary Walkham, who was born May 1, 1788, and died Newmarket,
Dec. 17, 1854; was a soldier, 1812, and pensioner. Children:

20. Huldah7; m. Corson. 21. Polly.7 22. Joseph.7

23. Olive E7; m. Peabody. 24. Child7; d. 25. Child7; d.

26. Hopsley Meserve7; d. Newmarket, Jan. 17, 1847, aged 23.

27. John Rollins?. 28. Joseph Boody?; m. Anna E. Kennard.

29. James Lewis’; soldier, 1862; m.; no ch.

(28). Joseph Boody’ (James,s James,: James,‘ James, Daniel,: Daniel!)
was born in Milton, 1831; married Anna E., daughter of Thomas 8S. and
Sarah Folsom (Mathes) Kennard of Newfields, who died March 10, 1901;
lived in the house now occupied by S. P. Badger; served an apprenticeship with
Mr. Wilkins of Middleton, Mass., to the trade of shoe manufacturer; settled
in Cleveland, O.; died there Nov. 21, 1896, and was buried at Newfields.

Children:

30. Charles R.¢ b. Dec. 22, 1861; d. Jan. 2, 1864.

31. Daughters b. Dover; d. aged two years.

82. Lewis Kennards; d. Ohio, March 1, 1892, aged 24.

33. Harrys; graduated Dartmouth College, 1895; m.; lives near Boston.

34. Helen’ (adopted daughter).

 

 

HALE.

Enoch Hale, Jr., of Newburyport, Mass., bought land and buildings of
Rev. Samuel Tomb, 1798, which he sold to David Wiggin 3d, April 8, 1801.
These premises became the ‘‘Parsonage”’ in 1803.

Maj. Enoch Hale built a house and sold it to ‘‘Quaker Doe,” which his son,
“Boston Joe,” sold to Rev. Curtis Coe; was active in the parish, 1810.

Members of the Hale family were probably buried south of Cobbey brook
in the field at the right of the road.

HALL.

1. John: Hall was born in England. Children:

2. John?; m. Elizabeth ;

8. Ralph? b. 1618; m. Mary ;

(2). John? (John) was born in England in 1617; married Elizabeth :
became member of the Dover combination, Oct. 20, 1640; lived on Great
Bay, Greenland; bought land at Strawberry Point, 1658; was selectman and
town clerk; on the Dover tax list, 1659; grand juror, Dover, 1661; bought of
Peter Coffin of Dover land granted to Elder Starbuck, 1662; died 1694.

Children: :

4. John: b. about 1649; m. Abigail Roberts. 5. Ralph; m. Mary Chesley.

6. Hatevils; m. Mercy , and had Hatevil+ b. Feb. 13, 1707, who m.
Sarah Furbish of Kittery, Me.; settled in Falmouth, Me.

7. Nathaniels. 8. Graces b. May 16, 1664.

(3). Ralph: (John!) was born in 1618; married Mary
1701. (75). Children:

9. Mercy? b. Jan. 15, 1647; d. July 1648.

 

 

 

 

 

; died March,
538 History or NEWFIELDS.

10. Marysb. Jan. 15, 1647; m. Jan. 13, 1669, Edward Smith.

11. Hildeas b. April 16, 1649.

12. Ralphs; probably lived in Dover; d. June 6, 1671.

13. Samuels. 14. Josephs; m. Mary Hilton.

15. Kinsleys b. 1652; m. Sept. 26, 1674, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel
Dudley.

16. Phaltiels; m. Ephraim Folsom.

(4). Johns (John,? John!) was born about 1649; married Nov. 8, 1671,
Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Nutter) Roberts, who survived him
and married (2) Thomas Downs of Cochecho; representative, 1698; died 1698.

Children:

17. John‘ b. June 27, 1673; m. Hester Chesley.

18. Thomas: b. June 19, 1675; owned mills at Oyster River; m. and had
children.

19. Abigail: b. Feb. 24, 1679.

20. Joseph‘; m. Esther and had Abigail: b. July 3, 1708.

21. Sarah‘; m. Gershom, son of Thomas Downs.

(5). Ralphs (John,? John:) married May 26, 1701, Mary, daughter of Philip’
Chesley. Children:

22. Benjamin‘ b. June 1702; m. Frances Willey of Lee; res. Barrington.
8 ch.

23. Johns. 24. Josephs b. March 26, 1706; m. Peniel Bean; d. Nov. 14,
1782. 9 ch.

25. James‘; d.1735. 26. Jonathan.s 27. Isaac‘; settled in Medford, Mass.

28. Ralphs; m. Elizabeth Willey of Lee; res. Barrington. 8 ch-

(13). Samuels (Ralph,? John!) was a commissioner, 1656; granted 50 acres
of land Jan. 31, 1681; died 1690. Children:

29. Josiah‘ b. Dec. 22,1651. 30. Edward: b. Feb. 25, 1653.

31. Sarah‘ b. June 23,1654. 32. Abigail b. May 2, 1656.

33. Nathaniel Bartlett+ b. Dec. 11, 1657. 34. Meribah+ b. June 3, 1659.

35. Kinsley: b. Oct. 12, 1660. 36. Elizabeth b. Dec. 17, 1662.

(14). Joseph: (Ralph,? John!) married Mary, daughter of Edward Hilton,
Jr., who died April 1, 1755, aged 72; died about 1702. (76).

Children born before 1702:

37. Joseph‘; m. (1) Mary Moody (2) Eunice :

38. Edwards; m. (1) Mary Willson, (2) Hannah Lord.

(15). Kinsley: (Ralph,? John:) was born in Exeter, 1652; married (1) Sept.
26, 1674, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley, (2) Mary , who
died Jan. 24, 1729, aged 64; died 1736. (76). Children:

39. Josiah‘; m. (1) Woodbury, (2) Hannah Light.

40. Pauls; m. Mercy ; was granted 80 acres of land, 1705; had a
daughter Elizabeth. His Will was probated June 7, 1707, giving house, barn
and “shays”’ to his wife and daughter.

41. Elizabeth; m. Francis James; had a son Kinsleys James b. Feb. 19,
1709, who m. Nov. 5, 1735, Mary, dau. of Dudley Hilton.

42. Mary‘; m. John, son of Capt. Tobias and Mary (Hubbard) Langdon,
of Portsmouth, and became, Dec. 1739, the mother of Gov. John Langdon,
LL.D.

 

 

 

 

 
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43. Mercy‘; m. Dudley Hilton.

(17). John‘ (John,3 John,? John1) was born June 27, 1673; married Aug. 9,
1705, Hester, daughter of Thomas Chesley, who escaped the massacre at
Oyster River, 1697, by jumping from an upper window with a babe in her
arms; lived on Dover Neck and in Somersworth. Children:

44. Johns; m. (1) Anne Morrill of Kittery, Me., (2) Oct. 17, 1743, Sarah
Stackpole, who d. Jan. 1804, aged 86; settled in Somersworth; d. Oct. 19,
1789. 11 ch.

45. Samuel. 46. James. 47. Hezekiah.» 48. Esther.s 49. Bestey.s

(37). Joseph: (Joseph, Ralph,? John1) married (1) 1700, Mary Moody of
Newbury, Mass., who died April 1, 1775, aged 72, (2) Eunice , who
died March 27, 1790, aged 94 or 97; Ensign, Capt. Thomas Tash’s Co., Col.
John Hart’s Regt., and discharged Aug. 19, 1758; died 1767. (91). Children:

50. Judiths b. Sept. 22, 1700.

51. Loves b. June 10, 1716; m. Isaac Bartlett; d. 1754. Their dau. Sarahs
Bartlett m. (1) Col. Winborn Adams.

52. Marys; m. Fitz William Sargent, who was b. Gloucester, Mass., 1701,
and d. 1769; d. 1781.

53. Sarah; b. Sept. 12, 1721; m. Feb. 4, 1746, Lt. John Burleigh; d. June
25, 1757.

54. Deborahs; m. Lt. Jonathan Folsom as 2d wife.

55. Rebecca‘; m. Samuel Adams.

(38). Edward: (Joseph?, Ralph,2 John:) married (1) Mary Willson, who
was born Nov. 10, 1680 and died Dec. 2, 1737, (2) Hannah, daughter of
Robert Lord of Ipswich, Mass.; died about 1767. (92). Children all by
first wife:

56. Anns; m. April 5, 1730, Rev. John Moody; d. July 14, 1771.

57. Tamsens; m. John Bergen of Newmarket.

58. Daughters; m. Rev. Page.

59. Jemima‘; m. Benjamin Smith of Durham.

60. Mercys; m. Joseph Merrill of Newmarket.

61. Mary: b. 1720; m. John Perkins, father of Capt. John; d. 1814.

(39). Josiah (Kinsley,: Ralph,? John!) married (1) Woodbury of
Beverly, Mass., (2) May 10, 1719, Hannah, widow of John Light, who survived
him and married (3) Edward Hall; was granted 120 acres of land, 1725; com-
mittee on town lands, March 30, 1724; town clerk, 1726-29.

Children by first wife:

62. Elizabeths; m. Tobias Lear. 63. Marys; m. John Langdon.

By second wife:

64. Kinsleys b. Nov. 11, 1720. 65. Josiah: b. Oct. 21, 1721.

66. Dudley: b. Jan. 20,1723. 67. Samuels b. April 20, 1724.

68. Abigails b. June 20, 1726. 69. Pauls b. April 18, 1728.

(43). Mercy: (Kinsley,: Ralph,? John!) married (1) Dudley, son of the 2d
Edward Hilton, who with his brother Col. Winthrop Hilton, was attacked by
the Indians June 23, 1710, and never heard of afterwards, but probably died
in captivity, (2) Nathaniel Ladd. Children by first husband:

70. Elizabeth* Hilton; m. Christopher Robinson; d. Cape Breton, leaving
two daughters.

71. Anns Hilton; m. Nathaniel Ladd, Jr.

 

 

 
540 History or NEwFIELDs.

72. Mary: Hilton; m. Kinsley James Hall.
Children by second husband:
73. Dudley: Ladd. 74. Pauls Ladd.

 

1. Samuel: Hall of Portsmouth married Margaret ; had charge of
the transportation in gondolas to Durham Falls of the gunpowder taken
from Fort William and Mary, Dec. 1774. Children:

2. Margaret? b. Nov. 15, 1752. 3. Stacy? b. Nov. 3, 1754.

4. John: b. July 10,1757. 5. Lucy? b. Aug. 15, 1759.

6. Samuel: b. March 10, 1761. 7. Elizabeth: b. April 19, 1763.

8. Anna?b. March 15,1766. 9. Andrew:b. Dec. 13, 1767.

10. Theodore? b. Nov. 4, 1768. 11. Lydia? b. April 1, 1771.

12. Sarah? b. Sept. 10,1773. 13. Benning? b. March 1, 1775.

(9). Andrew? (Samuel)! was born Dec. 13, 1767; married Sarah, daughter
of Thomas and Sarah Bickford, who was born Aug. 7, 1769 and died Aug.
12, 1853; moved from Portsmouth to Newmarket, and bought the Smart
place of Bradbury Robinson about 1812; was corporal, 1814; died Jan. 21, 1853.

Children probably born in Portsmouth:

14. Sarah: b. Dec. 2, 1792.

15. Thomas Bickford: b. Oct. 1, 1794; m. (1) Mehitable L. Bennett, (2)
Hannah K. Adams, (3) Mindwell A. York.

16. Andrew? b. Nov. 14, 1796; m. Sept. 7, 1845, Mrs. Sally Howard; corporal
1814; d. May 28, 1871.

17. Lucy? b. Sept. 22, 1799; d. March 1875. 18. Loanna b. April 27, 1802.

19. Cornelia D.3 b. April 22, 1806; living in 1883.

20. Paschals b. May 17, 1808.

(15). Thomas Bickford: (Andrew,? Samuel!) was born in Portsmouth, Oct.
1, 1794; married (1) March 11, 1821, Mehitable L. Bennett, who was born in
Newmarket Jan. 15, 1802, and died Lee, May 8, 1839, (2) Oct. 11, 1840,
Hannah K. Adams of Warren, R. I., who was born Dec. 13, 1794, (3) Aug.
26, 1866, Mindwell A. York, who was born in Kittery, Me., Nov. 20, 1802,
survived him and married (2) Downs, and died, Exeter, June 2, 1883;
died Lee, March 31, 1867. Children by first wife:

21. Paschal‘ b. Oct. 20, 1822; m. Mary Howard, who d. Apr. 11, 1887;
lived on the old place, Newfields; d. there leaving son George,* who m. Anna
Pease, and Loanna*‘ who m. Clifford Dixon.

22. Elizabeth A.‘ b. Jan. 23, 1824; m. Capt. Charles Bailey of Portsmouth;
died Dec. 15, 1905.

23. Sarah M.+b. Sept. 25, 1825; m. Sept. 25, 1859, Green Clark Fowler, and
had James Edwin: Fowler; d. Aug. 25, 1877.

24. Cornelia L.‘ b. March 8, 1827; m. Jan. 20, 1853, John Fletcher Fowler;
had Cornelia Halls Fowler, who died Dec. 6, 1907; d. Newfields, Oct. 15, 1862.

25. Thomas C.‘b. June 13, 1829; d. Sept. 7, 1830.

26. James B.tb. Dec. 13, 1830; d. July 29, 1845.

27. Frances L.‘ b. March 9, 1836; m. Andrew W. Austin.

28. Thomas B.‘b. May 7, 1838; d. Dec. 18, 1838.

(27). Frances L. (Thomas Bickford, Andrew, Samuel) was born March
9, 1836; married Andrew W. Austin, who was born Jan. 19, 1832 and died
Noy. 19, 1887; died June 18, 1887. Children:

 
GENEALOGY. 541

29. Charles S.s Austin; m. Nellie Emerson of Exeter.
30. Cornelia L.s Austin; m. George G. Randall of Portsmouth.
31. Ella E.s Austin; m. Harry Butler of South Berwick, Me.

HANSON.

1. Ebenezer: Hanson was born April 12, 1759; married Sept. 6, 1789, Abigail,
daughter of John of Barrington, and granddaughter of Arthur Caverno, who
was born May 10, 1770, and died April 14, 1854. Arthur Caverno was of
Scotch descent, and born in Ireland, who married Fannie Potts and emi-
grated to America about 1735.

2. Paul: (Ebenezer:) was born Dec. 12, 1791; married Feb. 22, 1824, Betsey
Jenness of Northwood, who was born May 6, 1791, and died Jan 10, 1877;
died March 21, 1872. Children:

3. Francis Jenness: b. Nov. 9, 1825; m. Dec. 3, 1846, Sarah D., dau. of
Jonathan Hoitt of Northwood.

4. John Clinton? b. March 21, 1831; m. (1) June 3, 1852, Martha Jane,
dau. of Jonathan and Dorcas (Taylor) Hoitt of Northwood, who was b. Nov.
18, 1830, and d. March 2, 1866, (2) Nov. 30, 1867, Anne Lucy, dau. of Charles
and Hannah (French) Lane of Newfields, who was b. Sept. 1, 1834; came to
Newfields Aug. 2, 1866 and for a time was clerk in the store of Charles Lane;
afterwards became proprietor, and for more than 20 years was a successful
merchant; then retired and Aug. 15, 1895, removed with his family to Cam-
bridge, Mass., where he still resides. Child by his first wife:

5. Emma Bell: b. Sept. 26, 1854; m. (1) May 5, 1875, George Everett Hardy
of Newfields, who was b. Jan. 14, 1854, and d. July 13, 19038, (2) Oct. 12, 1905,
Otis A. Graham of Haverhill, Mass.

Children by his second wife born in Newfields:

6. Charles Lane‘ b. May 22, 1870; m. Bertha W. Flint.

7. William Clintons b. Dec. 18, 1874; physician; res. Cambridge, Mass.
(390).

(6). Charles Lanes (John Clinton,s Paul,: Ebenezer!) was born May 22,
1870; married June 25, 1902, Bertha Winthrop, daughter of Francis Flint of
Cambridge, Mass.; is a teacher in Cambridge. (389). Children:

8. Pauls b. July 29, 1906. 9. Helen Bemis: b. Nov. 23, 1909.

HARDY.

1. George: Hardy was born in Kensington Aug. 29, 1811; married April,
1845, Charlotte, daughter of John and Mary (Colcord) Giddings; was a nephew
of Mrs. Benjamin Lovering; died Jan. 22, 1893. His wife died July, 1900.
Children:

2. Mary Emmaz; m. (1) Nathaniel Conner, (2)
Lowell, Mass.

3. George Everett? b. Jan. 14, 1854; m. Emma B., dau. of John C. and
Martha (Hoitt) Hanson; was head clerk for several years in John Hanson’s
store, Newfields; in 1888 entered mercantile business in Haverhill, Mass.;
retired on account of failing health and d. July 13, 1903.

 

Lawrence; res.
542 History or NEWFIELDS.

Theophilus Hardy married Mary, daughter of John Sullivan of Somers-
worth and sister of Maj.-Gen. John Sullivan of Durham; was chosen con-
stable of Exeter March 28, 1720; is mentioned as kinsman in the Will of
Biley Dudley, dated Jan. 24, 1723 and probated July 4, 1728; was a witness,
1768.

Stephen Hardy refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; sold ‘land in
Newfields, 1790, to Josiah Adams and William Cario; married Mary B.,
daughter of Daniel Hill, who was born, 1792, and died June 22, 1867.

HART.

1. Thomas: Hart married Alice , who died June 8, 1682, aged about
70; embarked at Baddow, Essex Co., England, in the Desire June, 1635, and
came to Boston as a servant to John Brown, a tailor; was at Ipswich, Mass.,
in 1639; a proprietor and commoner, 1641; was a tanner; died March 8, 1674,
aged 67. Children born in Ipswich:

2. Thomas? b. about 1640; m. Mary Norton.

3. Samuel: b. 1645; m. Sarah Norton; d. Aug. 30, 1725.

4. Sara?; m. George Norton, Jr.

5. Mary?; not known that she married.

6. Deborah; m. Feb. 16, 1673, Benjamin Proctor.

(2). Thomas? (Thomas!) was born about 1640; married, Ipswich, Oct.
12, 1664, Mary Norton, who was born in Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 28, 1643,
and died Nov. 28, 1689; was representative to the General Court, 1693-94;
selectman, Ipswich, 1693-94; a tanner; died Dec. 31, 1717.

Children born in Ipswich:

7. Mary? b. Aug. 25, 1665; m. Dillingham Cadwell of Ipswich.

8. Thomas: b. Nov. 15, 1667; m. Elizabeth

9. George’ b. Jan. 11, 1669; m. Sarah Hart.

10. Lydias b. Oct. 10, 1671; m. June 15, 1718, William Parker; lived in
Portsmouth.

11. Samuel: b. Aug. 16, 1674; settled in Portsmouth.

12. Nathaniel» b. April 30, 1677; m. about 1798, Joanna Matthews.

13. John b. Dec. 20, 1678; d. Oct. 27, 1743.

14. Josephs b. Nov. 18, 1680.

(9). Ens. George (Thomas,? Thomas') was born in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 11,
1669; married (1) Ipswich, May 5, 1698, Elizabeth Wells, who died June 13,
1722, (2) (pub. Nov. 10, 1722), Mrs. Martha Tuttle, who died Aug. 17, 1723,
(3) (pub. Apr. 4, 1724), Mrs. Hannah Treadwell, who died April 17, 1745;
was a cooper. His Will was probated Jan. 22, 1753.

Children born in Ipswich:

15. Thomas‘ b. March 25, 1699; m. Elizabeth Knowlton.

16. George: b. April 15, 1702; d. Aug. 27, 1722.

17. Nathaniel‘ b. July 8, 1704; m. 1731, Elizabeth Perkins; d. Feb. 27,
1758.

18. John‘; was living in 1753.

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March 25, 1699; published July 22, 1721 to Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham
and Mary (Smith) Knowlton of Ipswich; was a cooper.
Children born in Ipswich:

19. Georges bap. Aug. 26, 1722; d. Aug. 27, 1722.

20. Elizabeths bap. April 26, 1724; pub. Aug. 15, 1756, to Philip Hammond.

21. Deborah: bap. Aug. 21, 1726; d. unm. June 18, 1803.

22. Thomass bap. Aug. 10, 1729; d. June 8, 1730.

23. Georges bap. May 30, 1731; m. Lydia Stevens.

24, Mary bap. Aug. 22, 1742; d. Jan. 6, 1803.

(23). Georges (Thomas, George,s Thomas,2 Thomas!) was born May 30,
1731; married, Ipswich, Jan. 30, 1755, Lydia, daughter of Aaron and Lydia
(Bennett) Stevens; moved to Newfields, 1760, and is said to have lived
near the school house; bought land in Newmarket for 100 pounds of
Thomas Perkins of Stratham; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot
river, 1760; refused to sign Association Test, 1776; joined the West religious
society, 1779; died June 10, 1807. His widow died June 6, 1815.

Children, first three born in Ipswich, others in Newfields:

25. Lydias b. Jan. 18, 1755.

26. Elizabeths b. Dec. 25, 1757; married Nov. 9, 1777, Benjamin, son of
Jabez and Elizabeth (Studley) Sweet of Ipswich, who was born Aug. 24,
1746 and died Dec. 22, 1830; went from Newmarket back to Ipswich; died
Jan. 4, 1844.

27. Sarahs b. Dec. 2, 1759; d. unum. Newmarket, March 14, 1814.

28. Johns b. about 1762; was living, 1840.

29. Samuels b. about 1765; m.; died, 1851.

30. Nathaniel b. about 1767; m. Joanna Matthews.

31. Capt. Georges; m. Nov. 14, 1784, Mrs. Christina Cook; res. Portsmouth.

382. Marys; unm. 1840. 33. Hannah*; m Gannett; living, 1840.

34. Davids b. Nov. 12, 1779; married (1) Ipswich, Dec. 10, 1805, Deborah,
daughter of Thomas Cadwell, who died May 17, 1839, (2) 1840, Eliza Ann,
daughter of Capt. Anthony and Betsey (Cook) Knapp of Newburyport, Mass.,
who died March 4, 1892; died Aug. 3, 1865. No ch.

 

HARVEY—HERVEY.

 

1. 1 Hervey of Newburyport, Mass., married and had
2. Robert? b. 1805; m. Mrs. Ann Maria (Rowe) Cram.

3. William Plummer: b. July 31, 1809; m. Abigail Wiggin Drowne.

4. Abigail:; united with the Congregational church, Stratham, Oct. 7, 1827,
and Newfields, Feb. 12, 1840.

(2) Robert? ( 1) was born in Newburyport in 1805; came to Newfields
when a young man and entered the employ of the Swamscot Machine Co., and
so continued till his last sickness; married Mrs. Ann Maria (Rowe) Cram of
Kensington, who survived him; was tax collector, 1853-55, 1859-62 and
1877; preferred to spell his name Harvey; died Sept. 7, 1886. Children:

5. Abby Rebecca; m. John Murch of Portsmouth; res. San Francisco, Cal.

6. Mary?; m. Charles Hosford; res. California.

(3). William Plummer? ( 1) was born in Newburyport July 31, 1809;
married Dec. 25, 1836, Abigail Wiggin, daughter of Dea. Thomas and Comfort

 

 
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(Wiggin) Drowne, who was born Nov. 30, 1801, and died Dec. 28, 1890;
admitted to the church in Straham Feb. 3, 1828, and by letter to the church
in Newfields, Feb. 12, 1840; was one of the church committee, 1841; succeeded
Thomas Drowne as deacon, 1847; was in the employ of the Swamscot Machine
Co. till prevented by failing health; died Oct. 15, 1880. Child:

7. Emma: (adopted); m. James E. Coe of Newfields.

HERSEY.

1. Peter Hersey was born in Hingham, Mass.; married Elizabeth, daughter
of James Gilman of Exeter, who in 1743 was interested in Moses Gilman’s 600
acre lot; died at Hersey Lane in 1722. His widow Elizabeth was granted
letters of administration Sept. 5, 1722. (83.) Children:

2. James? b. 1708; m. Jemima Burleigh.

3. Sarah? b. 1712; m. Jacob Ames; sold to her brother James, Dec. 7, 1743,
all her right to the estate of her father; her husband bought of Winthrop
Hilton, Oct. 23, 1752, 10 acres of land Hilton had bought of Thomas Haley;
purchased of Daniel Lyford, May 30, 1753, land joining his own and that of
Walter Neal on Piscassic river; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields Nov. 25,
1755; bought land of his brother Nathaniel, Dec. 11, 1758, and 12 acres of
Joseph Young, April 21, 1763; had sons, Jacob: and Daniels Ames; d. 1806.

4. Polly? b. 1714; m. March 28, 1742, Col. Jeremiah Folsom, who was b.
July 25, 1719, and d. 1802; devoted followers of Whitefield. 10 ch.

5. John? b. 1717; was a witness, 1740; petitioned for Squamscot bridge
Nov. 12, 1746.

6. Peter? b. Aug. 1720; m. Polly Colcord.

(2). James 2 (Peter!) was born, 1708; married Jemima Burleigh; with his
brother John, petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746.

Children:

7. James b. Hersey Lane, 1744; m.

8. Jonathan: b. 1746; m. Feb. 15, 1772, Mary Wiggin.

9. Josiahtb.1748;m. 10. William: b. 1751; m. Polly Smart.

11. Polly: b. 1753. 12. Peters b. 1756; m. Polly Sheafe.

13. Elizabeth: b. 1758. 14. Miners b. 1761.

15. Jacob b. 1764; drowned. 16. Johns b. 1768.

(6.) Peter? (Peter!) was born Aug. 1720; married Polly Colcord of Brent-
wood, who died Dec. 15, 1795; after serving his time as a farmer with his grand-
father James Gilman, received from him 75 acres of land at Piscassic, and by
Will of James Gilman one half of 50 acres at Piscassic on the easterly side, also
his part of a saw mill at Piscassic, on payment of ten pounds to his daughter
Hannah, aunt of Peter; was a wheelwright in Exeter, Dec. 7, 1743, when he
sold his right in his father’s estate; built the house where Edward Hersey
lives in 1740-42, using charred clapboards from his grandfather Gilman’s
old house for lathing, bringing clapboards and apple trees by a bridle path
on horseback; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields; was run over by his cart
wheel at the ‘Foxborough Hill’ while returning from Newfields landing, and
died Aug. 9, 1756. The old “mast way” turning to the left near the Piscassic
burying ground, passed tothe north of Samuel Gilman’s, Peter Hersey’s and
Neal’s, coming out at Hall’s mill bridge. Children:
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17. Betsey? b. 1748; d. Oct. 3, 1828.

18. Nicholas? b. Aug. 14, 1749; m. Betsey Colcord,

19. Peter: b. 1751; m. Mary Folsom.

(7). James? (James,? Peter!) was born, Hersey Lane, 1744; was the king’s
surveyor, 1774-87; soldier, 1782; moved to Sanbornton and laid out Ossipee,
Ossipee Gore and other places. Children:

20. Polly: b. 1782. 21. Betsey: b. 1784; m.

22. Sarah‘ b. Oct. 24, 1785; m. Ebenezer Butler.

23. Ruth b. 1788; m. Coffran.

24. Nancy: b. Oct. 22, 1792; m. March 12, 1818, Henry Butler, Jr., who
was born June 30, 1783, m. (1) Oct. 1, 1806, Abigail Lord of Nottingham,
and lived in Bangor and Hampden, Me., having by his two wives seven daugh-
ters in succession and then seven sons.

25. James: b. 1793; taught the academy at Deerfield Parade subsequently
to 1812.

26. Abigail‘ b. 1796. 27. Jacob +b. 1799.

28. Fanny: b. 1802; m. Joseph Bartlett.

29. Lucinda: b. 1804; m. Blake.

(8). Jonathan? (James,? Peter!) was born, 1746; m. Feb. 15, 1772, Mary
Wiggin of Stratham, who was born, 1752; settled in Wolfeborough.

Children:

30. Samuel: b. 1772. 31. James+b.1774. 32. William: b. 1777.

33. John: b. 1779. 34. Elijah: b. 1782. 35. Polly: b. 1785.

36. Jonathan: b. 1787. 37. Nabby:b. 1789; m. John Neal.

38. Jacobs b. 1792.

(9). Josiah? (James, Peter!) was born 1748; married and settled in Sanborn-
ton. Children:

39. Josiah: b. 1789. 40. Stephen+b. 1791. 41. James‘ b. 1793.

42. Jacobs b. 1795., 48. Gilman‘ b. 1798. 44. Harriet+ b. 1802.

45. Nathaniel C.+ b. 1804.

(10.) William: (James,2 Peter:) was born 1751; married April 9, 1791, Polly
Smart; settled in Sanbornton. Children:

46. Betsey‘ b. 1791. 47. Sally: b. 1798. 48. Nancy#b. 1794.

49. Polly: b. 1796. 50. Dolly 8.1b. 1798. 51. Noah b. 1800.

52. Hannah: b. 1802. 53. Minersb. 1805. 54. Edna‘ b. 1807.

(12). Peter? (James,? Peter!) was born 1756; married Jan. 30, 1780, Polly
Sheafe; settled in Sanbornton. Children:

55. Samuel‘b.1780. 56. Mary:b. 1782. 57. Peter+b. 1791.

(18). Nicholas: (Peter,? Peter!) was born Aug. 14, 1749; married Betsey,
daughter of Edward Colcord, who was born Jan. 1, 1748, and died Oct. 3,
1828; settled on the homestead; died, Aug. 1, 1822. Children:

58. Polly: b. July 2, 1779; d. Dec. 3, 1786.

59. Edward: b. May 23, 1781; m. Parthenia Wood.

60. Betsey b. Feb. 9, 1783; m. Jeremiah Folsom.

61. Peter‘ b. April 22, 1784; d. Aug. 22, 1784.

62. Peters b. Nov. 10, 1789; m. Mahala Wood.

(19). Peters (Peter,2 Peter!) was born 1751; married Dec. 16, 1790, his
cousin Mary, daughter of Col. Jeremiah and Polly (Hersey) Folsom, who was
born Sept. 25, 1761, and died Aug. 21, 1839; died. Feb. 17, 1831. Children:

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63. Polly'b. May 6, 1791; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1852.

64. Jeremiah: b. Sept. 3, 1793; m. Nov. 8, 1849, Anna W. Wiggin of Strat-
ham; was sergeant, 1814; d. Dec. 11, 1851. No ch. His widow m. (2) John
Foss, as second wife, and lived on the Henry Gilman place.

65. Nancy: b. July 26, 1796; d. unm. Aug. 6, 1862.

66. James: b. 1798; d. May 24, 1798.

67. Peter‘ b. May 15, 1800; d. unm. Oct. 8, 1871 at his birth place.

68. Jacob! b. Dec. 9, 1803; lived on the homestead; the largest land
owner in town; was a successful farmer, stock raiser, and useful citizen; d. unm.
Feb. 19, 1889. The title to land in the family goes back to colonial times;
grants were from the crown. <A small portion of the old mill stone at the
Gilman and Hersey mill, was to be seen in 1886 lying in the bed of the stream.

(22). Sarah: (James, James,? Peter!) was born Oct. 24, 1785; married Oct.
19, 1809, Ebenezer, son of Gen. Henry and Elizabeth (Fisk) Butler of Notting-
ham, who was born March 13, 1781, and died Dee. 25, 1850; died Nov. 27, 1854.

Children:

69. James Hersey: Butler b. Oct. 27, 1811; was judge of court of common.
pleas.

70. Henrietta Butler b. Dec. 24, 1813.

71. Sally Tiltons Butler b. Nov. 30, 1818; d. Nov. 13, 1853.

72. Louisa‘ Butler b. March 30, 1823; d. Nov. 11, 1830.

(59). Edward: (Nicholas, Peter,2 Peter!, was born May 23, 1781; married
Parthenia, daughter of Aaron and Olive Wood, who died Dec. 31, 1854, aged
61. Her mother Olive, died Oct. 19, 1848, aged 77. Children:

73. Olive W.s b. 1806; d. Jan. 10. 1842.

74. Mary E.* b. 1815; m. George C. Gilchrist; d. June 13, 1846.

(60). Betsey+ (Nicholas,? Peter, Peter:) was born Feb. 9, 1783; married
Dec. 14, 1806, Jeremiah Folsom, who was born Jan. 19, 1772, and died Jan.
29, 1850. Children:

75. Nicholas Herseys Folsom b. May 10, 1808; d. unm. May 20, 1848.

76. Eliza M.s Folsom b. June 30, 1815; d. unm. Feb. 19, 1880.

(62). Capt. Peters (Nicholas,: Peter, Peter!) was born Noy. 10, 1789;
married March 4, 1816, Mahala Wood, who survived him and married (2)
April 16, 1823, Henry Bradstreet Gilman and moved to Gilmanton; was
captain, 1814. Child:

77. Edward: b. Aug. 5, 1816; m. Elizabeth Hobbs.

(77). Edwards (Capt. Peter,‘ Nicholas,: Peter,? Peter:) was born Aug. 5,
1816; married Elizabeth Hobbs; told the story of his ancestors who were assem-
bled at the James Gilman homestead making a treaty with the Squamscot
Indians. ‘Peace was proclaimed with the Indians at Exeter, Aug. 5, 1727.”
Children:

78. Ransom P.« b. 1841; d. young. 79. Ransom P.+b. 1843.

80. Olive G.* b. 1844; m. Augustus W. Richards.

81. Nellies b. 1846; m. (1) Capt. Riggs of Portland, Me., (2)

82. Edwin 8. b. 1848; m. Flora E. Smith.

$3. Wilmot H.*b. 1850; m. Jones.

84. Addies b. 1853; m. ———- Cummings of Boston.

85. Jacobs A. b. 1855; m. Bowley.

86. Anniesb. 1857. 87. Idonsb. 1859.

 

 

 
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1. William: Hersie married Elizabeth , who survived him; was of
Hingham, Mass., 1635; received a grant of land, June 1635; made a freeman,
1638; member of the artillery company, 1652; died March 24, 1658. (83).

Children:

2. William2; gave his judgment with reference to the location of the meeting,
house, May 3, 1680; rated for building the meeting house, 1680. His wife was.
assigned a seat “‘in the body of the meeting house,” Jan. 5, 1681.

3. John; m. Mary, dau. of John Fearing; was seated in ‘‘the second seate
in ye gallery at ye West End for young men,” Jan. 5, 1681, and his wife also.
“in the gallery.”

4. James?; gave judgment relative to the location of the meeting house,
May 8, 1680; “seated in the 3d seat in the front gallery,” Jan. 5, 1681. His
wife also was seated “‘in the gallery.”

5. Frances?; m. Richard Croade of Hingham.

6. Elizabeth?; m. Moses Gilman.

7. Judith?:; m. Humphrey Wilson of Exeter.

(6). Elizabeth? (William!) married Moses Gilman of Exeter (See Gilman
Family.)

8. James: Gilman (Elizabeth,? William!) married Mary Dolloff.

9. Elizabeth: Gilman (Jamess Gilman, Elizabeth:, William!) married Peter
Hersey.

HILL.

1. John: Hill was born about 1625, and was at Dover in 1649, where he was
taxed as a resident of “Oyster River,’”’ 1649-72; received grants of land from
the town, 1652, 1653, 1655 and 1656; was grand juryman, 1668. His wife
was Elizabeth ;

2. Samuel? (John!) was probably born at Oyster River about, 1659; married
Oct. 28, 1680, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Mary Williams of Oyster
River; bought land in Eliot, Me., 1686, and settled there. His Will dated Aug.
28, 1713, was probated March 28, 1723.

3. Benjamin: (Samuel,2 John!) was born July 2, 1703; married Jan. 12,
1726, Mary, daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Furbush) Neal.

4, Gen. James‘ (Benjamin,: Samuel,? John!) was born at Kittery, Me.,
Dec. 20, 1734; married (1) Jan. 1, 1761, Sarah, daughter of Dr. Edmund,
grandson of Tristam the emigrant from Brixton Parish, England, and Shuah
(Bartlett) Coffin, who was born July 1, 1742, and died Feb. 3, 1774, (2) June
20, 1774, Mrs.Sarah, widow of John, son of John and Sarah (Hall) Burleigh,
and daughter of Capt. Joseph and Sarah (Jewett) Hoyt of Stratham, who was
born March 19, 1747, and died Dec. 10, 1789, (3) April 6, 1790, Mrs. Martha,
widow (1) of Thomas Brackett and (2) of Col. John Folsom of Stratham, and
daughter of Thomas Wiggin, who was born, 1729, and died June 7, 1812; settled
in Newmarket in 1761, and became a prominent citizen, taking an active part
in the civil and military affairs of the town all his life. It is not certain where
he first lived, but in 1778 he purchased of Bradstreet Doe the “Neck” farm so
called, lying between Lubberland road and the shore of Great Bay, recently
the home of the late Almon R. Smith; purchased of his son-in-law, John Moody
Smith, ‘the parsonage” farm, 1786, giving in payment the ‘‘Neck” farm, where
his son-in-law, John Moody Smith, and his brother Joseph Hall Smith after-

 
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wards lived. This parsonage farm was located just north of Rockingham
Junction, east of the main road from Newfields to Newmarket, which was
the homestead of Rev. John Moody during his life in Newmarket, and given
in his Will, dated 1778, to John Moody Smith, his namesake. The ‘“parson-
age,’”’ a fine, substantial, dignified colonial mansion, was probably built soon
after Mr. Moody’s settlement over the first. church, in 1728, and is still stand-
ing in good condition, and deserves to be carefully preserved because of its
association with the history of the town. Gen. Hill added to this estate land
adjoining bought of Valentine Hill, Richard Perkins, and his sister, Ann
(Perkins) Brackett, Eliphalet Mighels and others, till he had a farm reaching
from the County road to the shore of Great Bay. In his Will all his surviving
children received portions of this large estate, the homestead going to his
youngest son, Amos Shepherd Hill, who disposed of the same to Capt. Charles
Treadwell, and is now owned by the Boston and Maine railroad. Gen. Hill
‘died Aug. 22, 1811, and lies buried in the old cemetery just south of Rocking-
ham Junction, as also his second wife. (121).

Children by his first wife:

5. Daniels b. July 16, 1761; m. Elizabeth Burleigh.

6. Sarah: b. Jan. 5, 1763; m. John Moody Smith.

63. Marys b. June 2, 1764; m. (1) April 25, 1786, Arthur Branscomb, who d.
Nov. 1, 1792, (2) April 1801, Benjamin French of Deerfield, (3) Benjamin Joy.

7. James* b. March 2, 1766; m. Sarah Pottle.

8. Apphias b. Dec. 4, 1767; d. Jan. 21, 1770.

9. Eunice’ b. May 28, 1770; m. (1) Longfellow, who d. April 6, 1812,
(2) Smiley.

10. Elizabeth: b. Feb. 22, 1772; m. Oct. 17, 1796, Joseph Hall Smith.

11. William: b. April 7, 1773; m. 1806, at Exeter, Sarah Wyatt.

Children by second wife:

12. Hannah: b. March 27, 1775; m. Dec. 11, 1794, Henry Wiggin, Jr.; d.
Jan. 6, 1798.

13. John Burleigh: b. June 3, 1776; settled in Portsmouth.

14. Joseph Hoyts b. Jan. 16, 1778; m. Hannah Watson; settled in Skowhegan,
Me.

15. Benjamin: b. Sept. 19, 1779; lived at Portsmouth; d. Feb. 15, 1812. (140).

16. Deborahs b. May 3, 1781; m. Robert Perkins; d. Sept. 1815.

17. Apphia* b. July 4, 1783; m. Henry Wiggin, Jr.; d. Sept. 10, 1819.

18. Mehitable Burleigh: b. July 2, 1785; m. Samuel Boardman of New-
market; settled in Skowhegan, Me.

19. Olive Rindges b. Jan 1, 1787; m. (1) Joseph Smith Neal, who d. April
27, 1816, (2) July 21, 1819, Abner P. Stinson; had two daughters.

20. Amos Shepherd: b. March 30, 1788; m. March 6, 1814, Hannah Randall
of Lee; settled in or near Norridgewalk, Me.; had Joseph,* and several other
children.

(5). Maj. Daniels (Gen. James,‘ Benjamin,: Samuel, John!) was born
July 10, 1761; married Aug. 22, 1784, Elizabeth, daughter of John and his
third wife Mehitable (Sheafe) Burleigh, who was born June 10, 1767, and died,
March 29, 1845; resided on the Burleigh homestead on the west side of the
County road from Newmarket to Newfields, about one mile north of the Hill
house, now owned and occupied by Frank Tebbetts, his great-grandson,—a

 

 
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rambling, colonial building well preserved. The first wife of Lt. Burleigh was
thought to return in spirit to haunt the rooms she had once occupied to the
great consternation of those left behind, who called in the minister and with
solemn rites “laid the ghost” assigning to it an upper chamber which was
sealed up and not entered for more than a hundred years, having been opened
for use only a few years since. Children:

21. John Burleigh: b. April 22, 1785; d. Feb. 27, 1786.

22. Olive Frost’ b. Jan. 21, 1787; received to full communion with the
church in Stratham, Jan. 1800; m. Nathan Hilton; d. April 6, 1822.

23. Betseys b. Jan. 11, 1789; d. unm. at the homestead, July 1, 1867.

24. Daniels b. Feb. 13, 1791; d. unm., Savannah, Ga., June 8, 1815.

25. Marysb. Nov. 23, 1792; m. Stephen Hardy; d. June 22, 1867.

26. John Burleighs b. Jan. 9, 1795; settled in Portsmouth; an active busi-
ness man.

27. Nathaniels b. Oct. 9, 1796; m. Esther Ely of Dover.

28. Jamess b. Feb. 10, 1799.

29. Henrysb. April 13, 1800; d. Feb. 26, 1803.

30. Mehitable Sheafes b. Dec. 25, 1802; m. Stevens of Deerfield.

31. Sarah Ann¢b. Jan. 15, 1806. 32. George H.*b. Sept. 26, 1807.

(7). James (Gen. James,‘ Benjamin,? Samuel,? John!) was born March 2,
1766; m. April 15, 1790, Sarah Pottle; settled in Minot, Me.; died, April 9, 1850.

Children:

33. Sarah C.¢b. Jan. 7, 1791; d. Oct. 7, 1791.

34. James C.s b. May 7, 1792; d. May 20, 1864.

35. Sarah L.* b. Nov. 27, 1793; d. Feb. 1, 1817.

36. Elizabeth P.* b. April 1, 1796; d. Nov. 30, 1818.

37. Nancy D.sb. April 2, 1798; d. July 21, 1818.

38. Brackley R.* b. Oct. 16, 1800; d. March 2, 1818.

39. William M.¢b. Feb. 1, 1803; d. June 5, 1822.

40. Olive R.« b. Dee. 6, 1805; d. July 18, 1829.

41. Mary B.«b. Feb. 12, 1809.

(18.) Mehitable Burleighs (Gen. James,‘ Benjamin,s Samuel,? John!) was
born July 2, 1785; married Oct. 1805, Samuel Boardman of Newmarket; settled
in Norridgewock, Me. Children:

42. Charles: Boardman. 43. Martha: Boardman. 44. Apphias Boardman.

45. James* Boardman. 46. Sarahs Boardman. 47. Nancyé Boardman.

48. Williams Boardman. 49. Mehitables Boardman. 50. Maryé Boardman.

51. Samuel Moody* Boardman. 52. Harriets Boardman.

53. Benjamins Boardman.

(27). Nathaniels (Maj. Daniels, Gen. James,‘ Benjamin,s Samuel?, John!)
was born Oct. 9, 1796; married Esther, daughter of Nathaniel W. and Esther
(Emerson) Ely of Dover, who was born Feb. 2, 1803 and died April 10, 1889;
lived many years in Dover, but finally returned to Newmarket and died there.
Children:

54, Esther7; m. Oliver Tebbetts, and had one son Frank* Tebbetts.

55. Mary Edna’; m. (1) Gray, (2) Dow; lived and died in
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550 History or NEWFIELDS.

HILTON.

Edward and William Hilton were brothers, born in London, and came
early to America, William, at least, coming in the ship Fortune arriving at
Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 9, 1621, his wife and two children following him in the
ship Anne in July, 1623, in which year he was granted land in Plymouth.
With his brother Edward began the settlement of Dover in 1623.

1. Edward Hilton: married (1) , (2) Katherine, widow of
James Treworgie of Kittery, Me., and daughter of Alexander and Mary
Shapleigh of Maine; was considered the founder of Dover; died, 1671. Letters
of administration were granted March 6, 1671, to his four sons. The appraisers
of his estate were Samuel Dalton, Antipas Maverick, Robert Burnum, William
Follett and William More. The inventory was taken March 9, 1671, totalling
£2,204. William, Samuel and Charles, sons and administrators, deed, Nov.
11, 1674, 300 acres of upland butting on Piscassic river ‘120 rods and running
into the woods upon a west and by north line one mile and a half; likewise
half of the marsh butting on Lampreell River’s mouth, &c.”’ to Walter Barefoot
of Dover. (59). Children by first wife:

3. Edward?;m. Ann Dudley. 4. William2;m. Rebecca Symes.

5. Samuel:; in the division of his father’s estate, Jan. 1, 1677, his portion of
land extended ‘fon Squamscot river from Smart’s creek to the place where
George Norton had built a vessel and so running back into the woods, as also
lands at Lamprey and Piscassic rivers”; was a tax payer at Exeter, April 20,
1680; juryman, 1683 and 1685; petitioned for the government and protection
of Massachusetts, as formerly, Feb. 20, 1790; sold marsh and flats at Lamprey
river creek to Richard Hilton, May 24, 1699; was a millwright of Exeter, and
sold to Joseph Smith of Oyster River, carpenter, Sept. 2, 1699, ‘one half of a
saw mill situated on Piscassick river, with one half of ye falls, Iron works,
utensils with one half of all ye thereto belonging, with one half of all trees and
timber growing & being upon ye tract of Land formerly granted unto my
father Edward Hilton deceased in consideration of setting the saw mill afore-
said by the Town of Exeter—as also one half part of ye s¢ tract of Land, the
whole content being a quarter of a mile below & a mile a quarter above
the mill & is to be square, the said bounds of the new sale of the half
part aforementioned on that side of ye river that the dwelling house & barn
stands to begin on the north side of Piscassick river and upward by Dover line,
with all the rights &c.”’; also sold to Richard Hilton, Feb. 28, 1700, “several
pieces of upland against salt river and ye land of Wm. Hilton’s land deceased”’;
was not known to have had a family.

6. Charles?; mortgaged his dwelling and ware house at Strawberry Bank
Sept. 8, 1669, to Walter Barefoot to secure 400 pounds sterling in merchantable
boards at price current at a convenient landing place in Pascataqua; with his
brothers William and Samuel sold land at Piscassic river to Walter Barefoot,
Nov. 11, 1674; had his portion of his father’s lands on Lamprey and Piscassic
rivers, Jan. 1, 1677; sold marsh to Anthony Stanyan, July 17, 1678, which was
conveyed to him by execution, and afterwards sold to Samuel Leavitt, and
later to John Folsom who sold one half of seven acres and a half of marsh at
Lamprey river Point, so called, to Richard Hilton, Aug. 2, 1693; sold one half
of Hilton’s saw mill and land on Lamprey river to Nicholas Shapleigh of

 

 
 

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Kittery, Sept. 14, 1680; juryman of Exeter, 1683; died about Feb. 4, 1684;
was not known to have had a family.

7. Susanna?; m. Christopher Palmer; had a son Samuels Palmer.

8. Sobriety:; m. Henry Moulton, who was a selectman of Hampton, 1680,
juryman, 1684, and petitioned against Cranfield, 1685.

9. Elizabeth2; m. June 30, 1657, John Gilman; d. Sept. 8, 1719, aged 80.

In her deed to Samuel Treworthie, 1664, Katherine Hilton says, ‘I grant
all my meds or tracts of land situated above Stanyan’s creek in the township
of Kittery in piscattay river, formerly called Thompson’s point, now known
by ye name of Treworthy’s point, lying between two creeks, we neck or
tract of land I bought of Mr. Roules ye Indian.”

(3). Edward: (Edward!) married Ann, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley.
(77). Children:

10. Winthrop: b. about 1671. 11. Dudley:; d. 1710.

12. Joseph: b. about 1681. 13. Jane; m. Richard Mattoon.

14. Ann3;m.a cousin, Richard Hilton. 15. Marys; m. Joseph Hall.

16. Sobriety:; m. Jonathan Hilton, who was a soldier, 1710; presents claim
against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton “for his wife’s portion of 15 pounds
given by her father’s will,’”’ 1717; petitioned for a bridge Nov. 21, 1746.

(4). Capt. William: (Edward:) married Rebecca, daughter of John Symes
of Kittery, Me.; died, Exeter, about 1690, his wife surviving him. Letters of
administration were granted to his son Richard, and the claims, against the
estate, of Joseph Smith of Oyster River, Lt. Gov. Samuel Wentworth, Philip
Chesley, George Jaffrey, Robert Smart, William Ardell, William Perkins and
others, were allowed Nov. 14, 1701. William Perkins held a mortgage against
the estate. (79). Children:

17. Richards; m. Ann Hilton.

18. Jonathans; m. Sobriety Hilton, his cousin, and had Charles: who was a
minor Dec. 10, 1727, and Jonathans, (97).

19. John; was rated at Oyster River, 1659; petitioned “‘by order’ to join
Massachusetts, Feb. 20, 1690.

20. Williams; m. Joanna ; was juryman, 1707; with Samuel Hilton,
his uncle, of Exeter, yeoman, for 60 pounds sold Oct. 12, 1720, to Joshua
Brackett of Greenland “the one halfe of a certain saw mill commonly known by
the name of Hilton’s mill standing on Wadleighs falls on Lampereel River in
ye Township of Exeter, together with the one Eighth parte of ye falls &
priveledge of the stream thereunto belonging, and also ye parte of ye Dam &
yeard that belongs to the same with ye Eighth parte of the field adjoyning and
appertaining to s¢ mill, together with all ways, water corses priveledges and
appurtenances whatsoever”; was “hayward and field driver” 1723; apportioned
50 acres of common land, 1725; with Samuel Hilton, for 22 pounds sold Samuel
Brackett land at Lamprey river creek, 1732; for 11 pounds sold Joshua Brackett
salt marsh at Lamprey river creek, May 15, 1733; had his ten acre right as-
signed, Aug. 9, 1738; sold Joshua Brackett, Feb. 25, 1740, for 225 pounds 27
acres of land “beginning 29 rods 9 1-2 ft. south west from ye land we» Benj
Smith Bot. of ye st Wm. Hilton afores¢ at ye country Road near s¢ Wm. Hil-
tons House & from thence to run norwest 184 rods & from thence to run north-
east to Bens. Smith afores¢. his land, & from thence to run down South-
easterly Bownding by s¢ Bens. Smith his land to ye Country Road aforesa,

 
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then by ye Road to ye first Bounds’’; was a soldier at Louisburg; died there,
1745. By mistake his name was omitted in making up the muster roll, and
the allowance due him for three months’ service, seven pounds and ten shillings,
was voted by the Legislature Aug. 29, 1747, to his widow Joanna Hilton.

(10.) Col. Winthrop: (Edward,: Edward!) was born about 1671; married
Ann, daughter of Humphrey Wilson, who survived him and married (2) Capt.
Jonathan, son of Robert Wadleigh of Exeter, and died March 8, 1744; was at
the head of Edward Hilton’s garrison, which was re-enforced, April 24, 1695,
by two soldiers from Hampton; was killed by the Indians June 23, 1710. His
death was universally lamented. His estate was settled in probate, 1711. His
silver-headed cane is still preserved in the family of Bradbury L. Cilley of
Exeter. His widow after her marriage to Mr. Wadleigh received license, Oct.
8, 1717, to sell his estate and ‘‘to receive the balance of 133 pounds as her
thirds, she relinquishing right of “dowry.” She was “paid 134—4-7” by Richard
Hilton, Jr., and “Quite her thirds.” Some fifty persons presented claims
against the estate, Oct. 38,1717. (78). Children:

21. Judith‘; m. (1) July 29, 1725, William Pike, son of Joseph of Barnstable,
Eng., who died Oct. 25, 1726, leaving Elizabeth: Pike b. May 22, 1726, who m.
June 2, 1751, Dea. Samuel Brooks, who d. March 7, 1794, (2) Nov. 1, 1731,
Rev. Elisha Odlin of Amesbury, Mass.

22. Ann‘; m. Ebenezer Pierpont of Roxbury, Mass.

23. Deborahs; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1722, Samuel Thing, (2) Oct. 21, 1725, Ben-
jamin Thing, and had by her last husband a son Winthrop: Thing, who also
had a daughter Deborah: Thing, who m. William Kuse.

27. Elizabeth‘; m. John Dudley. 25. Bridget+;m. Andrew Gilman.

26. Winthrop‘ b. Dec. 21, 1710; m. Martha (Weeks) Wiggin.

(11). Dudley: (Edward,2 Edward) married prior to 1707, Mercy Kinsley
Hall, who survived her husband, and afterwards married (2) Nathaniel Ladd*;
was granted 50 acres of common land March 28, 1698, also 20 acres April 17,
1700, and 50 acres of ‘Land on ye commons,” April 1702; was a soldier,
1710, and with his brother Col. Winthrop when killed June 23, 1710, and
never heard from afterwards, probably dying in captivity. Children:

27. Elizabeths; m. Christopher Robinson, who d. at Cape Breton, leaving
two daughters.

28. Ann‘; m. (1) Nathaniel Ladd, Jr., (2) Joseph Malone.

29. Mary+b. Oct. 22, 1709; m. (1) Nov. 5, 1735, Kinsley James, (2)
Lyford.

(12). Joseph: (Edward, Edward!) was born about 1681; married (1)
Hannah, daughter of Richard Jose of Portsmouth, (2) Oct. 10, 1716, Mrs.
Rebecca Adams, daughter of John and Sarah (Mirick) Atkinson; petitioned
for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746. Child by first wife:

30. Hannah‘; in the settlement of her grandfather Richard Jose’s estate in
1718 received her mother’s portion, and with the consent of her father,
John Pray was appointed her guardian to receive and care for it, which
amounted to one eighth of the estate, sharing equally with her mother’s

 

*Mr. Ladd and wife who were granted letters of administration on the estate of ‘Her
Former Husband” declined to serve, and recommended to Hon. Richard Waldron, judge of
probate, the appointment of Clement Hughes.
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brother and sisters, Richard, Martha, Joanna Pray, Jane Cate, Mary
Roberts, Sarah Brewster and Margaret Jose. Children by second wife:

81. Israel‘ b. Oct. 10, 1717; went South.

32. Joseph‘; m. Sarah ; went to the Carolinas; a blacksmith; d. by
1764.

33. Theodore‘; m. Mary Sinclair. 84. Dudley; m. Sarah Taylor.

(17). Richards (Capt. William,2 Edward!) married his cousin Ann, daughter
of Edward Hilton, Jr.; his granddaughter, born in Newfields, m. (1) Gov.
Benning Wentworth, (2) Dec. 19, 1770, Col. Michael Wentworth, by whom
she had Martha Wentworth, who m. Jan. 7, 1802, John Wentworth, attorney-
general of Prince Edward Island, and Mary who d. May 1, 1851, aged 78; d.
Dec. 28, 1805, aged 68. (80). Children:

35. Richards, m. Elizabeth ; sold to Joshua Brackett land granted
to Samuel Symonds by the General Court; had 10 acres of land assigned him,
and laid to Samuel Hilton Aug. 9, 1738; d. 1736. 36. Benjamin‘.

37. Samuel‘ b. about 1697; m. Jan. 26, 1733, Prudence Page; sold for 46
pounds to Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth, July 24, 1719, 45 acres of land in
Exeter, which is the ‘‘six teenth part of that piece of land containing a mile
square which my honored father Richard Hilton Esq. sold me” Dec. 13, 1719;
was apportioned 60 acres of common land, 1725; with his brother William sold
land to Samuel Brackett, 1732; was on the muster roll of Capt. Andrew Wiggin,
1725; a soldier under Col. John Goffe and Joseph Blanchard on Connecticut
river, 1754; d. 1758. His Will probated May 25, 1758, mentions his “wife
Prudence, sole heir and executrix; 60 acres of land on the northwest side of
Piseassick river; 1-3 of a neck of land on the southeast side of Piscassick
bounded North Easterly on Lamprey river; 1-4 part of one mile & half
square called Exeter grant to the Hiltons; with 10 acres granted to me by
Exeter near Black Rocks.”

38. William‘; m. (1) Margaret , (2) Joanna
Moses Dustin’s Co. from Canada, Dec. 22, 1780.

39. Edward:; m. Elizabeth Folsom.

(23). Deborah: (Col. Winthrop, Edward,? Edward!) married (1) Dec. 26,
1722, Samuel, son of Samuel and Abigail (Gilman) Thing, who was born March
28, 1699, and died Sept. 1723, (2) Oct. 21, 1725, Benjamin, son of Capt. Jona-
than and Mary (Gilman) Thing, who was born Nov. 12, 1688.

Child by first husband:

40. Samuels Thing b. Oct. 9, 1723; d. March 14, 1724.

Children by second husband:

41. Pernals Thing b. July 29, 1726.

42. Winthrop: Thing b. Jan. 10, 1728; m. Judith Fowler.

(26). Lt.-Col. Winthrop: (Col. Winthrop, Edward,: Edward:) was born
Dec. 21, 1710, six months after his father’s death; married (1) Martha, daugh-
ter of Joshua Weeks, and widow of Chase Wiggin, (2) Coffin, widow (1)
of Joseph Marsh and (2) of Joseph Mills, who died March 31, 1769, aged 65;
is said to have redeemed the homestead which had been sold by exchanging
lands with Capt. Robert Pike; was assigned 50 acres of common lands, 1725;
gave land for a highway from Newfields landing to Nottingham, March 6, 1733;
petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river Nov. 21, 1746, and for a lottery
in aid of bridge, 1759-60; commissioned by Gov. Benning Wentworth captain

 

 

 

 

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of Co. 3 of the 4th regiment of militia under Col. Samuel Gilman, Aug. 1755;
soldier, 1758; bought a mill of Mr. Hall, 1758; petitioned for Hall’s mill road
July 3, 1765, and for bridge at Newfields, 1766; commissioned Lt.-Col. of the
4th regiment of militia, 1764; started promptly for Lexington April, 1775;
signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; is said to have served as lieutenant
in the Revolution in Col. Alexander Scammel’s Regt. and was wounded at
Saratoga; died Dec. 26, 1781. Children:

43. Winthrop: b. Oct. 7, 1737; m. Sarah Smith.

44. Ichabod: b. June 22, 1740; m. Susanna Smith.

45. Anns b. July 19, 1745; m. John Burleigh, Jr.; d. Oct. 24, 1769, leaving
Marthas Burleigh b. Aug. 29, 1769, who m. Col. Ebenezer Thompson, Jr., of
Durham.

(33). Theodore: (Joseph,s Edward,: Edward!) married Mary Sinclair of
Stratham; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755, for lottery in
aid of bridge, 1759-60, and for a road, 1765; died 1769. Children:

46. Joseph‘ b. Jan. 13, 1747; m. Sarah Thurston of Epping; settled in Deer-
field; d. 1826.

47. Marys b. July 16, 1749; m. John Marston.

48. Richards b. July 6, 1752; m. Patty Leavitt; settled in Shapleigh, Me.

49. Williams b. Aug. 15, 1759; settled in Cornville, Me.

50. Sarahs b. Jan. 9, 1762.

51. Nathaniels b. March 17, 1764; settled in Portsmouth.

52. Hannahs; m. Philip Davis.

(34). Dudley: (Joseph, Edward, Edward) married Sarah Taylor.

Children:

53. Dudley® was returned with Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island,
Nov. 5, 1775; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.

_ 54. Daniels; m. Anna ; settled in Newmarket.

55. Georges; m. Mary Wiggin. 56. Ward’; m. Hannah Cram; settled in
Newfields.

57. Nathan‘; m. Olivia F. Hill; settled in Deerfield.

58. Annas; m. Maj. William Norris; d. May 13, 1861 aged 93-7.

59. Ebenezers(?).

(39). Edward: (Richard, Capt. William,: Edward:) married before 1768
Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan Folsom; apportioned 40 acres of common land,
1725; had 10 acres assigned him, Aug. 9, 1738; petitioned for a bridge over
Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746; having “‘endured the brunt & hardships of
the late war’ petitioned for a township anywhere, Jan. 3, 1754; quarter-
master Co. 5, cavalry with Maj. Thomas Tash, at No. 4, 1757; owned a saw
mill where in 1716 his brother Capt. Richard had one, 1759; petitioned for
lottery in aid of bridge 1759-60; leased 56 acres of land including the home-
stead to his son Josiah*, 1760; as attorney to Josiah Hilton gained possession of
56 acres and buildings from Philip Fowler, 1764; sold to Ichabod Brackett
for 400 pounds, June 1, 1767 all lands bought of him by deed of July 14, 1766;
secured writ of ejectment against Philip Fowler, 1768; sold to Ichabod Bartlett
for 15 pounds 12 acres of land, April 20, 1774; died, prior to Sept. 8, 1778, and
was buried in the Fowler orchard near the graves of those killed in the Indian
skirmish. His widow married (2) July 21, 1778, Col. David Gilman of Tam-

 
 

 

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worth, and died at Newmarket March 25, 1810. Her daughter Betsey S.s
Gilman b. Sept. 1, 1779, m. Col. Jacob Gilman of Tamworth, and d. 1864.

Children:

60. Josiah’; m. Martha Haley. 61. Capt. Edwards; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1792,
Deborah Wiggin, (2) Jan. 31, 1798, Patty Leavitt, who survived him, and d.
Jan. 2, 1822. (127).

62. Bettys; m. Smart. 6214. Marys; m.

63. Loves; m. Pickering.

(42). Winthrops Thing (Deborah, Col. Winthrop,: Edward, ? Edward) was
born Jan. 10, 1728; married Judith, daughter of Philip and Susanna Fowler;
died July 25, 1806. Children:

64. Abigails Thing bap. Dec. 16, 1753; was the Nabby Thing on the old
church list.

65. Winthrops Thing b. March 20, 1755; pub. March 28, 1794, to Lydia
Gilman. 9 ch.

66. Deborahs Thing bap. Jan. 30, 1757; m. William Kuse.

67. Elizabeths Thing, bap. Feb. 18, 1759.

(43). Lt. Winthrop (Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop,’ Edward,? Edward?!)
was born Oct. 7, 1737; married Sept. 5, 1762, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Smith
of Lamprey River, who died March 25, 1810; was witness to a deed, Nov. 20,
1758; petitioned for lottery in aid of bridge, 1759-60, for Hall’s mill road,
July 3, 1765, and for bridge at Newfields, 1766; sold land in Piscassic to Isaac
Marston, 1770; was an active and useful officer of the militia; wounded in
Northwood by the falling of a tree, Jan. 11, 1775, and died from the effects,
Jan. 14, 1775. Children:

68. Andrew Smiths b. Aug. 8, 1763; m. Deborah Gilman.

69. Winthrops b. Sept. 26, 1766; m. Abigail Hilton.

70. Sarahs b. Sept. 27, 1772; d. April 11, 1846.

71. Ichabods b. Nov. 23, 1774; active in parish affairs, 1799, 1805 and 1817;
collector, 1818; d. May 7, 1824.

(44). Ichabod: (Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop,? Edward,? Edward!) was
born June 22, 1740; married Nov. 24, 1763, Susannah, daughter of Col. Joseph
Smith, who died Oct. 9, 1794, aged 50; died March 25, 1822. (119). Children:

72. Susannah‘ b. March 18, 1767; m. Levi, son of John Mead.

73. Winthrops b. Oct. 26, 1770; m. (1) Elizabeth Folsom, (2) Theodate
Jenness.

(46). Col. Josephs (Theodore,: Joseph, Edward,2 Edward!) was born at
Epping June 13, 1747; married June, 1770, Sarah, daughter of Stephen and
Mary St. Claire (Sinkler) Thurston of Epping, who was born, 1752, and died
Aug. 15, 1813; a large land holder in Deerfield; commissioned 2d Lt. in Capt.
Michael McClary’s Co., Col. Scammel’s Regt., Gen. Poor’s Brigade, 1777;
was severely wounded in the hip at the battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777 at
Stilwater; recovered so far as to be able to do some duty but resigned his com-
mission Oct. 10, 1778; was entitled to half pay, but by vote of the Assembly,
March 20, 1782, was struck off from the list of half pay pensioners; died Deer-
field, Nov. 16, 1826. Children:

74, Betsey.» 75. Sarah. 76. Hannahs; d. young.

77. Stephens; settled in Maine. 78. Joseph*; m. and lived in Deerfield.

79. Johns; settled in Deerfield. 80. Daniel; settled in Maine.

 

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81. Theodore.

82. Winthrop’; representative, Deerfield, 1829; grand juror, 1840; d. Deer-
field.

83. Hannahs; m. July 6, 1806, Benjamin Butler.

84. Mehitables b. Aug. 16, 1790; m. April 4, 1810, Capt. David Haines of
Deerfield, who commanded a company of artillery at Portsmouth.

(54). Daniels (Dudley, Joseph,s Edward,: Edward!) married Anna
settled in Newfields; died Jan. 6, 1800, aged 75. His wife died March 26,
1808, aged 76. (109). Child:

85. Daniels; m. (1) Sarah Wiggin, (2) Eliza

(55.) Georges (Dudley,: Joseph,s Edward,: Edward!) married July, 1803,
Mary, daughter of Andrew and Anna (Ross) Wiggin, who was born Oct. 9,
1780, and died June 10, 1832; died Sept. 2, 1821. (134). Child:

86. George Oliver?; m. Nancy, dau. of William and Margery Walker of
Portsmouth.

(56). Ward*® (Dudley,‘ Joseph,: Edward, Edward:) was born, 1774; married
Hannah Cram, who died Oct. 11, 1868, aged 81; lived, Newfields, on the corner
opposite the Universalist church; member of the Congregational society, 1829;
active in parish and society, 1799, 1805 and 1828-29; dropped dead in the
fields as he was starting for his house, July 26, 1848, aged 74. Child:

87. Mary Ann’; m. Nov. 9, 1828, Capt. Nathaniel Ewer Burleigh; member
of Newfields 5. 8. Union, 1829; d. Sept. 17, 1785, aged 68, leaving property to
the Congregational society.

(57). Nathan® (Dudley, Joseph, Edward,2 Edward!) married Olive Frost,
daughter of Maj. Daniel and Elizabeth (Burleigh) Hill, who was born Jan. 21,
1787, and died April 6, 1822. Child:

88. Ann Amanda’; m. Feb. 19, 1843, Albert, son of Joseph and
(Neal) Wiggin.

(60). Josiah’ (Edward,: Richard, Capt. William,: Edward) married Martha,
daughter of Benjamin Haley, who was born Sept. 9, 1805, and died June 25,
1879. Children:

89. Richards; m. Martha Leavitt.

90. Edwards; m. Sept. 11, 1792, Elizabeth Watson; sold Philip Fowler land
on Grant road, bounded by Fowler’s land and land of his brother Richard;
member of the Congregational parish, 1814; was buried in the field back of his
house. No children.

(68). Andrew Smiths (Lt. Winthrop,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop,s Col. Win-
throp,3 Edward,2 Edward!) was born Aug. 8, 1763; married March 25,
1784, Deborah, daughter of Col. Samuel Gilman, who was born March
5, 1767, and died Feb. 8, 1835; owned land joining Col. John Folsom,
1809, which was the land where stood Newfields academy, now the church
and school common; died June 18, 1838. Children:

91. Clarissa? b. Dec. 11, 1785; m. Samuel Ham.

92. Deborah’ b. May 17, 1788; d. unm. Lynn, Mass., June 30, 1883; buried
in the Hilton Cemetery, Newfields.

93. Sarah7 b. June 5, 1790; m. Samuel Langley.

94. Susan7b. July 4, 1792; m. John Kelly.

95. Ann7b. Nov. 15, 1794; m. David Langley; d. July 14, 1822.

96. Eliza7 b. June 10, 1797; m. John Farnham.

 

 

 
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97. Andrew7 b. Aug. 14, 1799; d. Oct. 1, 1815.

98. John? b. Feb. 11, 1802; m. Sally Clark; res. Lynn, Mass.

99. Thomas Jefferson’ b. May 1804; m. Elizabeth Coombs.

100. Joseph 8.7 b. Jan. 5, 1808; d. March 30, 1810.

101. Mary J.7b. Dec. 19, 1809; d. Sept. 3, 1862.

(69). Winthrop: (Lt. Winthrop,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop, Col. Winthrop,
Edward,? Edward) was born Sept. 26, 1766; married Dec. 11, 1795, Abigail,
daughter of Capt. Edward Hilton, who died Dec. 20, 1861, aged 84; died July
6, 1826. Both were buried at Grape Hill. (128). Children:

102. Elizabeth? b. April 22, 1796; m. William Pike.

103. Sally S.7b. April 16, 1798; m. Eliphalet Dearborn of Epping.

104. Winthrop §.7b. Sept. 12, 1800; m. Dorothy Ladd of Epping.

105. Abigail’ b. Aug. 7, 1803. 106. Martha Ann7b. Nov. 5, 1809.

107. Mary Jane’ b. June 21, 1812.

(73). Lt.Winthrops (Ichabod,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop, Edward,?
Edward:) was born Oct. 26, 1770; married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John
and Martha (Wiggin) Folsom, who was born June 23, 1769, and died March 8,
1800, leaving John F.7 Hilton of Lynn, who m. Lydia Morse, and had seven
children, (2) May 22, 1801, Theodate, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Bachel-
der) Jenness, who was born Feb. 11, 1780, and d. Dec. 16, 1866; recovered
land of John Folsom, 1809; was lieutenant, 1815-17; died Oct. 15, 1817. (140).

Children by second wife:

108. Elizabeth Folsom’ b. Jan. 17, 1803; d. Dec. 31, 1853.

109. Mary Ann’b. Dec. 8, 1814; d. unm. Sept. 26, 1877.

110. Capt. Winthrop S.7 b. Oct. 14, 1806; d. unm. Jan. 10, 1885; the last
of the name to hold a residence at Newfields.

111. Francis James’ b. Dec. 20, 1808; d. unm. Oct. 14, 1879.

112. Susan Smith’ b. Aug. 8, 1811; m. Nov. 26, 1831, Jeduthun Bruce.

113. Martha Weeks’ b. Sept. 22, 1813; m. Joseph A. Warner.

114. Andrew Jackson’ b. Aug. 28, 1815; m. Mary J. Clement.

(85). Capt. Daniels (Daniel,s Dudley,+ Joseph, Edward,2 Edward!) mar-
ried (1) Sarah, daughter of Simon and Hannah (Marble) Wiggin, who was born
June 5, 1762 and died July 24, 1799, aged 37, (2) Eliza , who died Dee.
8, 1819, aged 62; was major, 1791; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793 and
1797-99; taverner, 1797; fifer, 1814. Child:

115. Charlotte’; m. (1) Dr. James Odell of Stratham, who was b. 1785,
studied medicine with Dr. Graves of Brentwood, and d. Feb., 1822, (2) Walter
Wiggin. :

(86). George Olivers (George,s Dudley,+ Joseph, Edward,2 Edward:),
married Nancy, daughter of William and Margery Walker of Portsmouth,
who died Dec. 27, 1872, aged 69; was a member of the Congregational parish,
1824; original member of the Newfields Iron Co., 1834; representative, 1838;
justice of the peace, 1852-54; died Aug. 9, 1866, aged 61. Children:

116. George Walker? b. 1832; m. Martha, daughter of Paul Chapman; d.
Aug. 11, 1864.

117. Mary Miltimore’?; m. Joseph H. Wiggin of Dover. Children d. in
infancy.

(89). Col. Richards (Josiah, Edward,‘ Richard,s Capt. William,: Edward!)

 
558 History or NEWFIELDS.

married Martha Leavitt of Exeter who survived him and died Aug. 20, 1851,
aged 75. (129). Children:

118. Josiah7; lived on the Capt. Edward Hilton place; m. Martha ———
who was b. Sept. 9, 1805, and d. June 25, 1879.

119. Edward’; lived on his uncle Edward Hilton place; m. Mary Pike, who
was b. Feb. 1810, and d. March 3, 1881; d. Oct. 6, 1883, aged 73.

120. Elizabeth R.7; m. John S. Walker; d. Sept. 21, 1863, aged 64.

121. Martha L.? b. 1805; d. Oct. 3, 1850.

122. Ann M.7; d. Oct. 14, 1840, aged 20.

123. Sarah? b. Aug. 18, 1801; m. William H. Clark.

(94). Susan? (Andrew Smith,» Lt. Winthrop,» Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col.
Winthrop,? Edward,: Edward!) was born July 4, 1792; married Aug. 18, 1817,
John, son of Rev. William Kelly, who was born at Warner March 7, 1786;
graduated at Dartmouth college, 1804; read law with Jeremiah H. Woodman,
Meredith Bridge; admitted to the bar at Henniker, 1808, and same year
removed to Northwood; in practice there till 1831; editor of Concord Gazette,
1826-27; representative, 1828, and clerk of the House; Register of Probate,
Rockingham County, Exeter, 1831-42; treasurer of Phillips Exeter academy,
1842-55; representative, Exeter, 1845; member of the executive council,
1846-47; trustee of Dartmouth college, 1848; pension agent, 1849; for many
years editor of the Exeter News-Letter. His wife died Nov. 3, 1860. Children:

124. Lawrence Bayley® Kelly b. April 30, 1818; m. Nov. 22, 1837, Joseph L.
Cilley.

125. John Proctor Prentice* Kelly b. Jan. 3, 1820; m. Jan. 10, 1861, Harriet
N. Safford; of the firm Kelly and Gardner, Exeter.

126. Susan Hilton® Kelly b. Sept. 16, 1821; m. Capt. Charles Emery of
Springfield, Mass., ship-master.

127. Charlotte Maria® Kelly b. Aug. 29, 1823.

128. Caroline Emmas Kelly b. March 29, 1831; m. Rev. William F. Davis;
a writer of Sunday School books.

(98). John? (Andrew Smith,s Lt. Winthrop,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col.
Winthrop,: Edward,: Edward:) was born Feb. 11, 1802; married Sally Clark ;
settled in Lynn, Mass. Children:

129. Ann Maria’ b. 1827; m.

130. Susan C.8; d. in infancy.

131. Charles Sylvester’ b. Feb. 1835; m. and had Walter; res. Lynn.

132. John H.*b. 1837; m. 133. George E.* b. 1841; unm.

134. Andrew.* 135. Charles S.«

(104). Winthrop 8.7 (Winthrop,* Lt. Winthrop, Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col.
Winthrop, Edward,: Edward:) was born Sept. 12, 1800; married Dorothy
Ladd of Epping. Children:

136. Winthrop Edwards b. April 6, 1827.

137. George Kittredges b. July 9, 1828.

138. Dorothy Ann®b. Sept. 9, 1831; d. Sept. 27, 1872.

(112). Susan Smith? (Lt. Winthrop,» Ichabod,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop, Col.
Winthrop,? Edward,? Edward:) was born Aug. 31, 1811; married Noy, 26,
1831, Jeduthun Bruce, who was born Jan. 29, 1806, and died Oct. 28, 1865,

Children:

139. Edwin Hilton* Bruce b. June 29, 1833; d. Oct. 28, 1861.

 

Hathaway.
 

JOHN HILTON.
GENEALOGY. 559

140. Susan Mead: Bruce b. Nov. 5, 1835; m. Stephen C. Carlton, and had
Florence® Carlton b. Dec. 1868, and Belle Loena® Carlton b. July 1872.

141. Martha Loena: Bruce b. Aug. 14, 1837; d. April 5, 1853.

142. Charles Jeduthun’ Bruce b. Jan. 6, 1846.

(113). Martha Weeks? (Lt. Winthrop,’ Ichabod,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col.
Winthrop,’ Edward,? Edward) was born Sept. 22, 1813; married Dec. 1, 1839,
Joseph Augustus Warner, who was born Dec. 17, 1811. Children:

148. Helen M.* Warner b. Aug. 9, 1840; m. June 4, 1863, John Frost.

144. Clarence A.s Warner b. June 19, 1842; m. June 10, 1874, Alice M.
Chute.

145. Frank B.s Warner b. May 5, 1844; m. Lucy E. Gerrish.

146. Alvah H.s Warner b. Aug. 26, 1847; m. (1) Louisa W. Lord, (2) Mary
E. Graves.

147. Ella L.s Warner b. June 18, 1852; d. Nov. 7, 1871.

148. Charlotte F.s Warner b. Feb, 26, 1854; d. Oct. 5, 1855.

149. Annie L.* Warner b. Feb. 19, 1858.

(114). Andrew Jackson? (Lt. Winthrop,’ Ichabod,s Lt.-Col. Winthrop,‘ Col.
Winthrop,? Edward,? Edward!) was born Aug. 28, 1815; married Mary Ann
Clement. Children:

150. Sarah Jenness’ b. June 6, 1837; d. Dec. 26, 1859.

151. Mary Emma: b. Sept. 1840; m. Rev. Rowland Conner and had Row-
land* and Mildred Bartol» Conner.

152. George Granville® b. June 25, 1843; d. March 28, 1880.

(115). Charlotte? (Capt. Daniel,s Daniel,s Dudley, Joseph,: Edward,?
Edward:) married Dr. James Odell of Stratham, who was born 1785, studied
medicine with Dr. Graves of Brentwood, and died Feb. 1822, (2) Walter
Wiggin. Children by first husband:

153: Capt. James E.* Odell b. about 1813.

154. Sarah W.* Odell; m. John Smart. 155. William G.s Odell; d. young.

156. George H.* Odell b. 1821; m. Louisa Barker; d. April 24, 1871.

Children by second husband:

157. Horacet Wiggin. 158. Daniel H.s Wiggin. 159. Charlottes Wiggin.

(123). Sarah7 (Col. Richard,* Josiah,s Edward, Richard,? Capt. William,
Edward:) was born in Newmarket, Aug. 18, 1801; married April 6, 1823,
William H. Clark of Exeter, who was born there Dec. 4, 1800, and died April
17, 1863; settled in Exeter; died Nov. 10, 1884. Children:

160. Charles Edward: Clark b. Nov. 12, 1825; m. (1) Aug. 25, 1849, Ariana
S. Batchelder, (2) April 8, 1873, Sarah Elizabeth Tufts; Ensign in U. 8. Navy,
1861; d. Feb. 2, 1888.

161. William Augustus? Clark b. Sept. 30, 1827; m. (1) April 11, 1854, Mary
Jane Calley, (2) Dec. 8, 1864, Eliza Ann Binney; was corporal, Mass. 12th
Regt. of Volunteers, 1861; d. Jan. 20, 1889.

162. John Moses? Clark b. Jan. 4, 1830; m. Sept. 23, 1863, Sarah Angelina
Smith; d. 1911. ‘

163. George Washington: Clark b. Jan. 27, 1832; m. June 17, 1863, Sarah
Maria Stoddard of Upton, Mass., who died Aug. 25, 1887, (2) July 20, 1892,
Mary E. J. Rankin, of Shelburne Falls, Mass.; graduated, Phillips Exeter
academy, 1843; d. Nov. 2, 1893.
560 History or NEWFIELDS.

164. Edward Hilton Clark b. March 31, 1834; m. Jan. 27, 1854, Harriet
Eliza Wyman; d. June 14, 1900.

165. Martha J.* Clark b. Jan. 27, 1837; m. Jan. 25, 1862, Charles Pomeroy
Wright of Montague, Mass., who d. Sept. 1, 1893; d. Roxbury, Mass., Dec.
17, 1907.

166. Sarah E.* Clark b. March 28, 1840; m. March 17, 1868, Richard N.
Oakman of Greenfield, Mass., who was member of the 23d N. Y. Regt., 1861,
and died Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1908.

167. J. Alberts Clark b. May 23, 1843; res. Exeter; never married; d. May
2, 1909.

(143). Helen M.s Warner (Martha Weeks,7 Lt. Winthrop, Ichabod,* Lt.-
Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop, Edward,? Edward!) was born Aug. 9, 1840;
married June 4, 1863, John Frost, who was born Sept. 2, 1833. Children:

168. Addie L.* Frost b. Jan. 28, 1864; d. Aug. 8, 1864.

169. William A.* Frost b. May 31, 1865; d. April 6, 1872.

170. Eunice L.* Frost b. April 26, 1867.

171. Laura A.? Frost b. Jan. 2, 1871; d. April 6, 1872.

172. Frederick H.» Frost b. June 6, 1872.

173. Helen W.2 Frost b. Nov. 27, 1880.

174. George? Frost b. July 29, 1882.

(145). Frank B.» Warner (Martha Weeks,’ Lt. Winthrop, Ichabod,* Lt.-
Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop, Edward,: Edward:) was born May 5, 1844;
married July 23, 1868, Lucy E. Gerrish. Children:

175. Helen® Warner b. Nov. 22, 1869.

176. Carrie H.» Warner b. March 19, 1871; d. Aug. 3, 1871.

177. Lucy E.* Warner b. Oct. 3, 1872.

178. Annie F.» Warner B. 1878. 179. Marion H.» Warner b. 1879.

(146). Alvah H.s Warner (Martha Weeks,’ Lt. Winthrop,* Ichabod,* Lt.-
Col. Winthrop,‘ Col. Winthrop, Edward,? Edward:) was born Aug. 26, 1847;
married (1) Feb. 13, 1871, Louisa U. Lord, who died April 14, 1875, (2) April
9, 1878, Mary E. Graves. Child by second wife:

180. Ethel H.» Warner b. March 28, 1879.

HOWARD.

1. Joel! Howard was one of the early settlers of Rochester; married Sally
Nutter, sister of Mrs. John Cutts Fowler, who survived him and married (2)
Sept. 7, 1845, Andrew Hall, Jr. Children:

2. John N.2b. Dec. 23, 1824; settled in Newfields.

8. Hannah?; m. (1) Charles Littlefield, (2) George Varney.

4. Mary?;m. Paschal Hall. (See Hall). 5. Frank.?

(2). John N.2 (Joelt) was born in Rochester Dec. 23, 1824; married Nancy,
daughter of Nathan and Sally (Keniston) Smith, who was born in Epping,
Dec., 1823, and died Jan. 24, 1899; died Sept. 1, 1880. Children:

6. Nathan G.s m. (1) Annah Stover, (2) Sarah A. Moulton.

Aug. 27, 1906.

7. Sarah E.3; m. Samuel Neal. (See Neal).

8. William H.*; m. and res. Fryeburg, Me.

9. Alvan J.3; m. Jan. 25, 1882, Carrie M. Fraser of Somerville, Mass.; d.
March 14, 1892, aged 42.
GENEALOGY. 561

(3). Hannah? (Joel!) married (1) Charles Littlefield, who was tax collector
1863, (2) George Varney of Rochester; res. Newfields. Children:

10. Charles F.s Littlefield. 11. Josephine Littlefield. (See Littlefield.)

(6). Nathan G.* (John N.,2 Joel!) was born in Newfields Feb. 15, 1847;
married (1) July 4, 1872, Annah, daughter of Warren and Betsey (Eaton)
Stover, who died May 28, 1902, (2) June 1, 1906, Sarah A. Moulton; was
selectman, 1884, and highway surveyor many years; died Aug. 27, 1906.

Children:

12. George H.4; m. July 4, 1895, Josephine L. Burgess; res. Exeter. 13. Eva.

JACOB.

1. Richard: Jacob came to America in the ship Mary and John in 1634;
married Martha, daughter of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, Mass.

Children:

2. Lt. Richard?; was a soldier in command of a company at Marlboro,
April 22, 1676, when Capts. Brocklebank and Woodworth were killed by the
Indians, and received “one Narragansett Right” on the Saco river.

3. Joseph?; married Susannah Symonds.

4. John:2; his Will was probated, 1661.

(3). Joseph? married Susannah, daughter of William and Mary (Wade)
Symonds of Wells, Me., and granddaughter of Dep. Gov. Samuel Symonds
of Ipswich, who was born Jan. 3, 1670. Child:

5. Joseph? m. Mary (97). Child:

6. Susannahs; m. Philip Fowler; settled in Newfields.

 

JENNESS.

1. Francis: Jenness at the age of 35 came to this country about 1665, and
that year received from Hampton a grant of the common lands by the sea
from Straw’s Point to Philbrick’s beach, Sandy Beach of Rye probably receiv-
ing its name from him; married (1) 1670, Hannah, daughter of William
Swain, of Hampton, (2) Salome, widow of John White; died in 1713, aged 92.
Children :

2. Hannah: b. 1673; m. Edward Locke.

3. Hezekiah? b. 1675; m. 1693, Anna Foulsham; had a son, Thomas.:

4. John? b. 1678; m. (1) 1702, Hannah Foss, (2) Mary Mason; had a son,
John.3

5. Elinor? b. 1681; m. 1700, James Berry.

6. Mehitable? b. 1683; m. Dea Matthias Haines; d. 1768.

7. Richard? b. 1686; m. Mary Dow.

(7). Capt. Richard, (Francis!)' was born in 1686; married 1710, Mary,
daughter of Simon Dow of Hampton; was representative from Rye for nearly
40 years; died, 1769. Children:

8. Sarahs b. 1711; m. Marston of North Hampton.

9. Mary: b. 1712; m. Jackson Weeks of Greenland.

10. Hannah: b. 1714; m. Joseph Locke of Rye.

11. Franciss b. Dec. 3, 1715; m. Sarah Garland.

12. Richard: b. 1717; m. (1) about 1745,

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, (2) 1759, widow
562 History or NEWFIELDS.

Abigail Sleeper, dau. of Tristam Coffin; was justice of the peace, 1744;
petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; was representative
from New Castle and Rye, 1705 and 1771; suspended from his office of justice
of the peace, March 2, 1773; returned with Capt. Joseph Parson’s Co.,
on Great Island, November 5, 1775; d. 1782.

13. Ruth» b. 1718; d. prior to 1769.

14. Simon: b. 1720; petitioned for lottery to build bridge over Squamscot
river, December 23, 1789.

15. Jonathan b. 1721; d. young.

16. Samuels b. 1724; m. (1) Abigail Garland, (2) widow Eliza Shepley; was
representative from Rye, 1774; justice of the peace, 1775.

17. Josephs b. 1727; m. (1) Mary Dow, (2) widow Parker; was selectman
of Rye, 1776, and made return of the Association Test; mustered with Capt.
Mark Wiggin’s Co., Col. Pierse Long’s Regt., Sept. 30, 1776; testified that
soldiers in Capt. Jonathan Robinson’s Co. had received bounty, Sept. 23,
1776; was on muster roll of Capt. Mark Wiggin’s Co. from Dec. 8, 1776 to
Jan. 7, 1777; received Jan. 14, 1777, one month’s advance pay for Jan. 7
to Feb. 7, 1777, and same day returned as able to march to Ticonderoga. His
son Joseph,‘ of Rye, petitioned for a lottery to build the bridge over Squamscot.
river, Dec. 23, 1789.

(11). Dea. Francis#(Capt. Richard,: Francis!)was born Dec. 3, 1715; married
Sarah Garland, who was born Nov. 26, 1720; was deacon; petitioned for a
bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; put on committee to establish the bound-
ary between Chichester and Barnstead May 9, 1764; with Nathan Gross,
returned an inventory of Rye, Aug. 3, 1775; petitioned for a lottery to build
bridge over Squamscot river, Dec. 23, 1789. Children:

18. Jonathan: b. 1743; m. Olive Cate, was who b. 1752; settled in North-
wood; petitioned for a lottery to build bridge over Squamscot river, Dec. 23,
1789.

19. Isaac‘ b. 1745; settled in Piscassic.

20. John‘ b. Feb. 17, 1750; m. Lizzie Cate who was b. June 9, 1753, and d.
July 9, 1839; settled in Strafford; was returned with Capt. Joseph Parson’s
Co. on Great Island, Nov. 5, 1775; petitioned for lottery to build bridge over
Squamscot river, Dec. 23, 1789; d. Jan. 10, 1833. 7 ch.

21. Francis! b. March 1, 1753; m. Sally Batchelder.

22, Sally:;m. Thomas Demeritt of Madbury; settled in Northwood.

23. Olives; m. Joel B. Virgin of Concord; settled in Northwood.

24. Betsey; m. Paul Hanson of Strafford; settled in Northwood.

(19). Isaact (Dea. Francis,» Capt. Richard,? Francis!) was born in 1745;
married Mercy , who died Oct. 22, 1832, aged 84; came from near
Breakfast Hill in Rye to Piscassic; died June 13, 1835. (139). Children:

25. Josephs b. Sept. 2, 1773; m. Elizabeth Webber.

26. Francis; d. unm. Jan. 7, 1852, aged 77. 27. Pollys;m. Maj. Joseph
Pease.

28. Sallys; d. unm. Sept. 24, 1870, aged 91.

29. Mercys; d. unm. Sept. 30, 1869, aged 82 years and 11 months.

(21). Francis‘ (Dea. Francis,: Capt. Richard,? Francis!) was born March 1,
1753; married Sally Batchelder, who was born Jan. 9, 1760, and died Sept.
22, 1824; settled in the Barber-Chapman-W ood house in Piscassic, last owned.

 
GENEALOGY. 563.

by Joseph Lang, who tore i! down—a large two story mansion; was a mem-.
ber of the parish, 1799-1800; bought pew No. 23 of Lewis Chapman, June 1,,
1799; died Dec. 12, 1806. Children:

30. Theodates b. Feb. 11, 1780; m. Lt. Winthrop Hilton as 2d wife; d. Dec.
16, 1866.

31. Nancy b. Nov. 9, 1781; m. Dr. Phineas Trull; d. Sept. 3, 1848.

32. Sallys b. June 1, 1782; m. Joseph Colcord; d. Dec. 31, 1872.

33. Pollys b. Jan. 3, 1787; d. Feb. 11, 1787.

34. Hall Jackson: b. Sept. 4, 1788; married Feb. 24, 1824, Mercy H., daugh-
ter of Samuel and Jerusha (Hopkins) Tarleton, who was born June 29, 1799,
and died March 15, 1871; was a soldier, 1812; collector of taxes, 1819-22 and
1825-26; selectman, 1820 and 1835; constable, 1825; member of the Con-
gregational parish, 1824, and Congregational Society, 1828; warden, 1829;
justice of the peace, 1853; with his wife, joined the Newfields Sunday School
Union, 1829; lived in the old Kelly house; died April 8, 1870.

85. Francis: b. Jan. 20, 1791; d. March 24, 1791.

(25). Josephs (Isaac,s Dea. Francis,s Capt. Richard,? Francis!) was born
Sept. 2, 1773; married Elizabeth Webber, who was born Sept. 1777, and died
Aug. 8, 1851; built a house and lived at the Jonathan Thing place; was mem-
ber of the parish, 1799, 1824 and 1829; assessor, 1821; died July 2, 1849.
Children:

36. Marias b. Feb. 1809; d. Aug. 18, 1809.

37. Benjamin Swetts; was a wanderer; after an absence of 48 years visited
his early home at Piscassic, but in a few weeks again disappeared leaving his
friends still in uncertainty as to his location and manner of life.

38. Marias; m. Samuel F. Merrill, who built a house near Lane’s Mill.
His daughter? m. Fuller. ;

39. Mary W.*; b. Dec. 1816; m. Henry P. Neal; d. Sept. 18, 1867. (See
Neal.)

40. Isaacs b. 1814; d. unm. April 17, 1877.

 

1. Esrom: Jenness was the son of Jonathan: of Rye; married Anna Munsey
of Barnstead, who was born June 16, 1816; was of Rochester, Durham and
Newfields; built the house now owned by his son Charles, moving into it
before it was finished; died, Newfields, Sept. 1868. His wife survived him,
became the housekeeper of Jacob Hersey, and died Jan. 2, 1886. Five
children died about the same time, 1868, of typhoid fever.

2. Charless; m. Frances E. Neal, who d. Feb. 26, 1901, leaving one child,
Eugene.‘

JEWETT.

1. Edward: Jewett married Oct. 1, 1604, Mary, daughter of William Taylor;
was a clothier in Bradford, Yorkshire, England; died, 1616. Children:

2. William: bap. Sept. 15, 1605. |

3. Maximilian? bap. Oct. 4, 1607; m. (1) Ann
Boynton.

4. Joseph? bap. Dec. 31, 1609. 5. Sarah.

(3). Dea. Maxamillian? (Edward:) with his brother Joseph, came to America
in 1638 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, and ‘‘26 householders’’and settled in Rowley,,

 

, (2) Mrs. Elinor
564 History or NEWwFIELDS.

Mass.; chosen deacon at the organization of the church, Dec. 3, 1639; made
freeman, May 13, 1640; married (1) Ann , who died Nov. 9, 1667,
(2) Aug. 30, 1671, Mrs. Elinor, widow of John Boynton; died Oct. 19, 1684.
His Will dated Jan. 1, 1682, and probated Aug. 17, 1684, mentions the fol-
lowing children:

6. Ezekiels b. March 1, 1643; m. Faith Parrott.

7. Annas; m. Barber, and had Jonathan‘ Barber.

8. Marys; m. Harleutin. 9. Elizabeths; m.

10. Faiths; m. Dowse. 11. Sarah.

12. Joseph: b. Feb. 1, 1654; m. Rebecca Law.

(6). Dea. Ezekiels (Dea. Maximilian,: Edward:) was born March 1, 1643;
married (1) Feb. 21, 1664, Faith, daughter of Francis Parrott, who died Oct.
15, 1715, (2) Oct. 23, 1716, Elizabeth, widow of John Jewett; was deacon of
the church; representative to the General Court, 1690 and 1697; died Sept. 2,
1723. Children:

18. Ann‘ b. Dec. 21, 1644; m. Barzillai Barker.

14. Mary: b. Feb. 18, 1646; m. Hazletine.

15. Elizabeth b. March 22, 1650; m. Robert Hazeltine.

16. Faiths b. Oct. 1652; m. 17. Joseph b. Feb. 1, 1655; m.

18. Sarah‘ b. March 17, 1657; d. June 19, 1660.

19. Sarah: b. 1660; m. Jeremiah Ellsworth of Rowley, Mass.

20. Priscillas b. May 19, 1664; d. Sept. 5, 1664.

(12). Josephs (Dea. Maximilian,? Edward!) was born Feb. 1, 1654; mar-
ried March 2, 1677, Rebecca, daughter of William Law; went with Capt.
Brocklebank against the Indians at Sudbury, Mass., 1675; was land surveyor
and lot-layer; representative five years; died Oct. 29, 1724. Children:

21. Jonathan‘ b. March 11, 1679; m. Mary Wicom.

22. Aquila b. Sept. 4, 1684; m. Oct. 23, 1704, Ann Tenney. Had a large
family.

23. Priscillat b. Aug. 9, 1687; m. July 12, 1708, Stephen, son of Dea. Eze-
kiel Jewett.

24. Rebecca b. July 24, 1693; m. Jeremiah Burpee.

(21). Jonathan‘ (Joseph,? Dea. Maximilian,? Edward:) was born March 11,
1679; married (1) Jan. 29, 1700, Mary Wicom, who died in Exeter, Jan. 21,
1742, (2) Dec. 27, 1742, Mrs. Phebe (Hall) Poor; was a tanner of Rowley,
Mass.; died July 26, 1745.

25. Josephs b. Dec. 31, 1700; m. Anne Wiggin.

26. Benjamins b. April 1, 1703; m. Dorothy Rogers of Rowley, Mass.; a
farmer in Stratham and Hopkinton.

27. Jedediah b. Jan. 1, 1705; m. Elizabeth Dummer; graduated, Harvard
College, 1726; ordained pastor, Rowley, Mass., Nov. 19, 1729; died in office,
May 8, 1774.

28. Jacob: b. Jan. 28, 1709; m. Berthia Boynton; a tanner in Rowley,
Mass.; d. 1774.

29. Mehitable> b. July 19, 1710; m. May 5, 1731, Dea. Richard Thurston
of Rowley, now Georgetown, Mass; d. May 18, 1789. 11 ch.

30. Marks b. Jan. 15, 1713; m. Mary ; settled in Exeter; after the
marriage of his daughter, with his wife joined the shakers; had Moses,* who

 

 

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settled in Exeter, Marys who m. Lt. Abraham Sanborn, and Catherines
who m. John Jewett.

31. Moses: b. Nov. 15, 1715; m. Nov. 17, 1737, Martha Hale; d. Sept. 7,
1780.

32. James: b. Jan. 29, 1718; m. Martha Scott.

33. Sarahs b. 1720; m. April 16, 1741, Capt. Joseph Hoyt of Exeter; d.
May 27,1759. Her husband survived her and m. (2) Deborah (Smith) Light.
Their daughter, Sarah,* was the first wife of Gen. James Hill.

(25). Ens. Joseph® (Jonathan,: Joseph,» Dea. Maximilian,2 Edward:) was
born in Rowley, Mass., Dec. 31, 1700; married Anne, daughter of Jonathan
Wiggin of Stratham, who died Oct. 25, 1774; located in the Winnicowet
neighborhood on the place afterward in the possession of the Hoag family
where his 12 children were born:; with John Purmort bought the estate of
John Sinclair on the Kings road, his grandson Aaron’ afterwards replacing
the old dwelling by the present mansion; with 63 others petitioned Gov.
Benning Wentworth, Aug. 12, 1746, in favor of Rev. Henry Rust and the
old parish; bled to death from a sore leg, May 24, 1765. Children:

34. Jonathan: b. Oct. 22, 1727; was one of the persons in Stratham who
refused to sign the Association Test; was forbidden to eat from the impression
he had a knot in the intestines, and died from starvation, July 15, 1793.

35. Josephs b. June 13, 1729; was a soldier from Stratham; d. in Indian
warfare, Aug. 3, 1752.

36. Annes b. Sept. 16, 1731; d. April 22, 1755.

37. Marys b. Oct. 6, 1833; m. Andrew, son of Bradstreet Wiggin, who was
born May 5, 1737, and d. Sept. 16, 1778; d. Jan. 24, 1834.

38. Hannahs b. Sept. 18, 1737; m. John Jewett, her cousin.

39. Pauls b. Sept. 18, 1737; d. Jan. 18, 1744.

40. Mehitables b. Sept. 13, 1739; m. Jethro Hill; settled in Candia, 1765;
d. Dec. 1, 1809.

41. Phebes b. Oct. 18, 1741; m. William Shute, a shipbuilder of Stratham
and Newfields.

42. Jacobs b. May 1, 1743; m. Deborah Light.

43. Pauls b. Jan. 15, 1745; m. twice, both wives widows; sold to his brother
Jacob 27 acres of land in Stratham, May 22, 1766; taught school several
years in Candia, also in Salem, Mass.; d. Nov. 1835.

44. James b. Feb. 9, 1747; m. late in life,
No ch.

45. Andrews b. Oct. 28, 1749; settled in Sanbornton.

(82). James* (Jonathan,: Joseph,s Dea. Maximilian,z Edward!) was born
Jan. 29, 1718; married Martha Scott; was a merchant in Newburyport, Mass.

Children:

46. Josephs b. 1749; was a merchant, Portland, Me.

47. Rev. Calebs; m. Elizabeth Bacon; ordained, Gorham, Me., Nov. 5,
1783.

48. James b. May 28, 1758; removed to Portland, 1784; d. Sept. 16, 1843.

(42). Jacobs (Ens. Joseph,* Jonathan, Joseph,: Dea. Maximilian,? Edward!)
was born May 1, 1743; married April 7, 1768, Deborah, daughter of Capt.

1Mr. Hoag rebuilt the Jewett house about 1800, which, with all the buildings on the place,
was burned in the summer of 1878.

Frost of New Castle.

 
566 History or NEWFIELDS.

John and Deborah (Smith) Light of Exeter, who was born Nov. 19, 1749, and
died Jan. 21, 1835; received from Paul Jewett 27 acres of land in Stratham,
May 22, 1766; gave Joseph Walton five and one half bushels of corn, Dec. 16,
1775, for making ‘‘Seven New Barrells’’; partially insane, died by exposure in
the woods on the night of Dec. 11-12, 1787. Children:

49. Ann7b. April 9, 1769; m. Jethro Parsons of Meredith.

50. John? b. May 27, 1771; m. Ann Frances Clark; res. Stratham.

51. Betsey? b. June 13, 1773; m. Thomas Wiggin of Stratham.

52. Polly? b. Aug. 4, 1775; d. unm.

53. Joseph? b. Sept. 1778; m. Sarah Leach; res. Portsmouth.

54. Aaron’ b. Jan. 2, 1781; m. Nancy Smith.

(54). Aaron? (Jacob,* Ens, Joseph,’ Jonathan, Joseph,: Dea. Maximilian,?
Edward') was born Jan. 2, 1781: was named for Aaron, son of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Paine) Smith of Marlboro, Mass.; married Nancy, daughter of
‘Capt. Theophilus Smith of Exeter, who was born Sept. 27, 1784, and died
May 2, 1864; was a farmer in Stratham, and carpenter, building the present
Jewett house; pensioner of the war of 1812; representative, 1830; died
Stratham, Aug. 25, 1852. Children:

55. Sons; d. young. 56. Sons; d. young. 57. Daughter®; d. young.

58. Mary Anns; m. July 12, 1849, Isaac Chapman of Newmarket.

59. Sophia’; m. 1833, Ira W. Wiggin.

60. Eliza Jane* b. 1815; m. Hezekiah Smith; d. Oct. 3, 1888.

‘61. Sarah Frances? b. May 11, 1823; was historian of the Jewett family; d.
Feb. 23, 1889°

62. Deborah Light.*

JOY.

1. Thomas: Joy came to Boston from Hingham, Norfolk Co., England,
about 1630; moved to Hingham, Mass., 1646, where he built and owned the
Town mill. He married and had five sons and several daughters, whose descend-
ants have spread over the Union.

2. Samuel: (Thomas!) b. Boston, Oct. 26, 1639; m. about 1671. His wife
survived him and m. (2) Benjamin Eastman of Salisbury, Mass.

3. Samuels (Samuel,? Thomas!) was born Oct. 20, 1670; a ship carpenter;
with his son Samuel: came to Bayside to work for John Burleigh, who was a
farmer and sea captain. Children:

4. Benjamin‘; m. and had one son and several daughters.

5. Samuel‘; m. Mary Burleigh.

6. Elizabeth:; m. Dec. 9, 1726, Giles, son of James Burleigh, who was b.
1703; received 30 acres of land at Exeter, 1718; was of Newmarket, 1748.
His Will was probated May 2, 1761.

(5). Samuels (Samuel, Samuel,? Thomas!) married Mary, daughter of Capt.
John and Mary (Eastman) Burleigh, who was born Oct. 19, 1715; bought his
farm’ at Bayside of Capt. Burleigh; was drowned about 1750. His widow
married (2) Munroe—who was also drowned—and had by her last hus-
band, Molly B. Munroe, b. 1759; d. 1812, and Hannah Munroe b. May 6,
1761; d. 1781.

7. Samuels b. Nov. 4, 1738; m. Hannah Meader.

8. Joseph‘; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge, and in favor

 
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of its removal to Newfields, 1760; was under Gen. Joseph Goffe in the inva-
sion of Canada by way of the Green Mountains, 1760; signed the Association
Test, July 12, 1776.

9. Daughter.s 10. Daughters; perhaps m. John Meader of Wolfeboro.

11. Jacobs b. 1749; m. Feb. 2, 1775, Hannah Cram; petitioned for a bridge
over Cocheco River, Jan. 3, 1791.

12. James.' 13. Richards; was of Barnstead, June, 1792.

(7). Samuels (Samuel,+ Samuel,s Samuel,? Thomas) was born Nov. 4, 1738;
married, Jan. 18, 1767, Hannah Meader. Children:

14. Samuels b. Dec. 15, 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1767.

15. Jacobs b. Dec. 15, 1767; d. Dec. 15, 1767.

16. Samuels b. Feb. 18, 1769; m. Watie Pettigrew.

17. Sally b. Nov. 10, 1771; m. Ebenezer Parsons; d. July 1, 1850.

18. Susannahs b. Sept. 5, 1774; d. Jan. 26, 1845.

19. Elizabeths b. July 3, 1777; d. Nov. 10, 1779.

20. Polly: b. Oct. 8, 1780; d. Oct. 10, 1810.

21. Jacobs b. Sept. 138, 1783; d. Nov. 27, 1783.

22. Ebenezers b. May 30, 1785; m. Nancy Watson.

23. Timothys b. July 16, 1789; m. Mary French; d. June 18, 1813.

(16). Dea. Samuels (Samuel,s Samuel,s Samuel, Samuel,? Thomas!) was
born Feb. 18, 1769; married Watie or Weighta Pettigrew; drowned Dec. 15,
1849. Children:

24. Samuel’; a deacon in New Durham.

25. Joseph Franklin b. May 15, 1838; m. May 14, 1868, Addie F. Berry;
grad. Dartmouth College, 1863; ordained a Free Baptist clergyman, New
Durham, May 1865; had pastorates in Milton and New Durham.

26. Mary?; m. Valentine Smith, who was b. at ‘Red Rock,” Lubberland,
May 26, 1744; d. Oct. 10, 1810. 27. Daughter.7 28. Daughter.’

(22). Ebenezer (Samuel,s Samuel,‘ Samuel,? Samuel,? Thomas!) was born
May 30, 1785; married Nancy, daughter of Henry Watson; died Aug. 8,
1827. Children:

29. John?; m. 30. Henry?m.; lived in Manchester. 31. Samuel.7

32. Sarah7; m. Griffiths. 33. Daughter7; res. Lowell, Mass.

(23). Timothys (Samuel,s Samuel,: Samuel, Samuel,? Thomas) was born
July 10, 1789; married Mary, daughter of Reuben and Lydia (Churchill)
French; was a soldier, 1812; died from exposure June 18, 1813. Children:

34. Alfred T.7 b. Sept. 1807; was a cabinet maker at Portsmouth; after-
wards bought of his sister the old Joy homestead at Packers Falls, Durham-
side; d. May 10, 1883.

85. Ebenezer? b. 1812; m. Mehitable M. Doe.

36. Mary 8.7; m. Badger.

(35). Ebenezer? (Timothy,* Samuel,’ Samuel,‘ Samuel, Samuel,? Thomas')
was born in 1812; married, 1833, Mehitable M., daughter of Dea. Ebenezer
Doe; celebrated the 50th anniversary of his marriage, March 1, 1883; and
died Sept. 16, 1889. His wife survived him. Children:

37. Williams; m. 38. Timothy M.s; clerk of Newmarket Manufacturing
Co.; m. and had one son, George.

39. Georges; m. 40. Edwards; m. 41. Charless; m. 42. Daughter.s

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JUDKINS.

1. Joseph: Judkins married Abigail, daughter of Ephraim Folsom, who was
shot by an Indian as he was riding home from Exeter, June 11, 1709; was
among 66 persons taxed in Exeter, April 20, 1680. Children:

2. Dea. Joseph? of Newmarket; m. widow Sarah Foss; purchased of Israel
Folsom land near Lamprey river formerly owned by Moses Gilman, April
5, 1718; apportioned 40 acres of common land, 1725; bought land of Samuel
Baker at Nottingham, 1768; innholder at Newfields; was a prominent
citizen, and deacon of the church in Newmarket; bequeathed to the church in
Newfields a silver cup still in its possession. (124).

8. Samuel?;m. 4. Job. 5. John.

6. Benjaminz; had a family at Kingston, April 5, 1718.

7. Joelz; had a son, Joseph.3

8. Mary?; m. Welch. 9. Sarah?; m. Nathaniel French.

10. Hannah?; m. 1709, Ebenezer Webster.

11. Catherine?; m. Quimby; was living 1770.

(3). Samuel: (Joseph) was of Kingston, Sept. 29, 1725, Nov. 2, 1727, and
1738; died Feb. 23, 1741. Children:

12. Joels b. Sept. 25, 1712; m. Mehitable Calkins.

13. John? b. Feb. 8, 1719; m. Esther Sweat.

(10). Hannah? (Joseph:) married July 25, 1709, Sergt. Ebenezer Webster,
who was born Aug. 1, 1667, and died Feb. 1, 1736. Mr. Webster’s father was
baptized in Ormsby, Eng., Nov. 20, 1631. Children:

14. Ebenezer Webster b. Oct. 10, 1714; m. July 20, 1738, Susan Batchelder,
and had Col. Ebenezer: Webster b. East Kingston, 1739, who m. (1)
, (2) Abigail Eastman, who became the mother of Hon. Daniels Web-
ster b. Salisbury, Jan. 18, 1782.

(12). Joels (Samuel,: Joseph:) was born Sept. 25, 1712; married Jan. 1,
1735, Mehitable Calkins; was of Epping Aug. 24, 1753. Children:

15. Samuel: b. June 8, 1736. 16. Moses: b. Feb. 3, 1738.

17. Aner‘ b. Sept. 11,!1739.

18. Leonard: b. Aug. 23, 1741; settled in Salisbury.

19. Joseph‘ b. Aug. 3, 1748; of Hopkinton and Deerfield; was in several
regiments of the Revolution; signed the Association Test at Kingston, Sept.
23, 1776; petitioned respecting the militia at Kingston, 1784-85.

20. Abit b. Aug. 9, 1745. 21. Mehitable,«b. May 23, 1747; d. 1749.

22. Benjamin: b. April 18, 1749.

23. Henry: b. Dec. 5, 1750; m. Mary Barnard; petitioned respecting the
militia of Kingston, 1784, and Feb. 9, 1785; lived on the homestead; had
Joseph: b. Jan. 16, 1817; d. Oct. 20, 1825.

24. Caleb: b. April 16, 1753; petitioned respecting the militia at Kingston,
1784 and 1785.

(13). Johns (Samuel,? Joseph!) was born Feb. 8, 1719; m. Nov., 1750,
Esther Sweat; was of Epping, 1751. Children:

25. John‘ b. 1753; petitioned respecting the militia at Kingston, 1784 and
Feb. 9, 1785.

26. Stephen‘ b. 1756. 27. Elisha+ b. 1758.

28. Samuel‘ b. 1760; perhaps of Newmarket where his son Hiram* was

 

 

 

 
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born about 1808, who m. (1) Caroline Crowell, by whom he had a son William
B,* (2) Nancy Pecker, dau. of Bart. C. Pecker, and had Frances b. about
1804, lived in Groveland, Mass., and d. June 1, 1856, aged 48.

KENNARD.

1. Timothy: Kennard.

2. John? (Timothy) was born in Kittery, Me., in 1782; married, July 3,
1806, Sarah Ewer, daughter of James and Drusilla (Ewer) Burleigh; learned
the trade of clockmaker at Portsmouth; lived in Nashua and Concord before
coming to Newfields in 1812; occupied the Palmer house which was burned in
Sept. 1899, the tenement next the ‘Shute house”; made clocks and kept
store; was postmaster, 1822-24, this office being the only one in town until
the cotton mills were built at Lamprey River in 1823; afterwards built and
occupied the ‘‘Kennard house” on Piscassic street, now owned by Jeremiah
Towle; with Temple Paul and the Drakes commenced the business of iron
foundry in Dec. 1830; sold out to Amos Paul and others in 1834; died Jan. 14,
1861. Children:

3. James Burleigh:; m. Catherine R. Johnson.

4. Thomas Stevens: b. Concord, Nov. 5, 1809; m. (1) Sarah Folsom Mathes,
(2) Sarah Safford.

5. Seneca Chandler: b. Concord, 1812; m. Mary Jane French.

6. Ann Burleigh; m. Jan. 14, 1843, Eppes Choate, who d. 1869; lived in
Boston; d. 1878. No ch.

7. Sarah Elizabeth Shute; m. Nov. 1840, Ira Choate, brother of Eppes.

8. Susanna Drusilla’ b. 1832; d. May 19, 1848.

(3) James Burleigh: (John,? Timothy )was born in Nashua; married Cath-
erine R. Johnson, who was born May 4, 1806, survived him, m. (2) Joseph
Allen, and died March 13, 1891. Joseph Allen died July 3, 1906. Children:

9. John F.1 b. 1830; m. (1) Ellen Augusta Locke, (2)

10. Charles C.1; d. young. 11. Sarah E.; m. Lyford Conner.

12. Frank H.s; enlisted in Co. A., 11th N. H. Regt.; wounded at Freder-
icksburg, Dec. 1862; discharged for disability at Boston, March 27, 1863;
d. at Newfields, April 29, 1868. .

13. Edward L‘; mustered in Co. A, 11th N. H. Regt. Aug. 28, 1862; trans-
ferred to Brigade Band, Oct. 15, 1862; died of disease at Mound City, IIL,
Aug. 30, 1863, aged 21, and was buried at Newfields.

(4). Thomas Stevens: (John,? Timothy!) was born in Concord, Nov. 5,
1809; married (1) Sarah Folsom, daughter of Dea. Daniel and Betsey (Fol-
som) Mathes, who was born July 7, 1817, and died, Newfields, Dec. 19, 1838,
(2) Sarah Brazier, daughter of William and Sally (Colcord) Safford of Exeter,
who was born July 9, 1814, and died, Danvers, Mass., July 19, 1896; lived in
the house now occupied by Samuel P. Badger; selectman, 1859; moved to
Exeter; died there June 5, 1874. Child by first wife:

14, Anna E.‘; m. Joseph B. Goodwin. By second wife:

15. Grace H.1; m. G. M. T. Piper of Danvers, Mass.

(5). Seneca Chandlers (John,? Timothy!) was born in Concord, 1812; mar-
ried Mary Jane, daughter of Benjamin French, who was born Nov. 1811, and
died Washington, D. C., April 13, 1900; was member of Swamscot Machine
Co., 1846; was sent by the company on business to South America, and brought

 

 
570 History or NEWFIELDS.

back wood from which he made a very beautiful cricket now highly prized by
his son, Henry B,‘ as an heirloom of the family; representative, 1852-53; died
April 26, 1865. His wife was a sister of Capt. William French. Children:

16. Albert Etheridge:; m. Emma 17. Clara Adelias b. 1843; d.
Nov. 14, 1845.

18. Henry B.4; m. Lizzie D. Losh; was a machinist; d. suddenly at Lowell,
Mass., Oct. 12, 1900, aged 55.

19. Frederick‘; m. twice and had children by each wife.

(7). Sarah Elizabeth Shute: (John,: Timothy!) married Ira Choate of
Boston. Children:

20. Alfred B.« Choate; m. Katie Moulton. 21. Charles A.‘ Choate.

22. Herbert‘ Choate. 23. Sarahs Choate.

(9). John F.1 (James Burleigh,? John,? Timothy!) was born in 1830; mar-
ried (1) Ellen Augusta, daughter of Simeon and Clara (Tash) Locke (2)
; mustered with Co. A., 11th N. H. Regt., Aug. 28, 1862; corporal;
discharged for disability, April 9, 1864; d. March 1910. Children:

24. Charles C.s b. 1854; d. April 20, 1857.

25. Ella F.s b. Feb. 26, 1857; d. March 5, 1857.

(14). Anne E.* (Thomas Stevens,: John, Timothy!) married Joseph B.
Goodwin, who was born Nov. 16, 1831, and died Nov. 20, 1896; settled in
Cleveland, Ohio. Children:

26. Charles R.s Goodwin b. Dec. 22, 1861; d. Jan. 2, 1864.

27. Lewis Kennard: Goodwin b. Oct. 3, 1867; d. March 1, 1892.

28. Harrys Goodwin; m. 29. Helens Goodwin, adopted.

(16). Albert Etheridge: (Seneca Chandler, John,? Timothy') married Emma
; settled in Washington, D.C. Children:

30. Charless; m. 31. Bernices; m. 32. Son.s

 

 

 

 

KENNISON—KENNISTON—KENISTON.

1. Nathan! Kennison, according to tradition, came from England and had
a mill at Lamprey River.

2. Nathan: (Nathan:).

3. Aarons (Nathan,? Nathan') was of Newmarket, 1750; lived west of the
Plains just across the brook, and north of the road to Wadleigh’s Falls; mar-
ried (1) Phebe, daughter of Thomas Kennison of Lee, who died Sept. 26, 1814,
(2) Mary Dutch, who was born May 26, 1764, and died Oct. 29, 1845; was
in the army, 1757-58; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge and its removal
to Newfields, 1759-60; was credited with labor on rafts at Newington, Oct. 22,
1775; returned with Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775;
signed the Association Test, 1776; assessed in Lee, 1787; active in parish
affairs, 1796-99; died Aug 28, 1823, aged about 100 years. Children:

4. Asatb. June 8, 1774; m. Kennison.

5. Sally+ b. Dec. 29, 1776; m. Joseph Hill.

6. Nathan: b. Oct. 28, 1777; m. Grace Currier of Haverhill, Mass.; started
from the Plains with his brother Asa, each having a horse and rifle, and trav-
eled till they found a place to their liking in Vermont, and there settled.

7. John‘ b. Aug. 29, 1778; m. Mary Kennison.

8. Aaron b. Aug. 21, 1781; was a soldier, 1814; never married.

 
GENEALOGY. 571

9. Ezra b. Sept. 5, 1783; never married.

10. Phebe: b. May 38, 1786; m. Robert, son of John Hill of Portsmouth;
d. Deerfield.

11. Levis b. Sept. 15, 1788; was a soldier, 1814 and 1816; m. Lucinda
Davis, who d. July 27, 1881, aged 74; lived at South Berwick, Me.; d. May
11, 1872.

12. Laban,‘ b. Feb. 10, 1790; m. Mary, dau. of Paul Tuttle of Lee; was a
soldier, 1814 and 1816.

13. Zebulon: b. Sept. 1792; m. Betsey, dau. of Shadrich Randall of Not-
_ tingham; was a soldier, 1814.
~ 14. Susannah: b. April 4, 1795; m. Eben., son of Eben. Kennison.

15. William: b. Oct. 22, 1797; m. Partheness Stevens.

(7). John: (Aaron,s Nathan,? Nathan!) was born Aug. 29, 1778; married
Mary, daughter of Ebenezer Kennison; did not consider themselves related;
lived between Wadleigh’s Falls and the Jacob Wiggin place in Epping. His
wife’s father was a soldier of the Revolution. Children:

16. George; killed on the railroad. 17. Jacobs; m. Mrs. Selinda Davis.

18. Gardiner T.1; m. Ann Greenwood. 19. Judith’; d. young.

20. Marthas; m. (1) Henry Briant, (2) Samuel R. Spiller.

21. Phebes b. Oct. 14, 1808; m. John French.

22. Mary Janes; m. William Robinson.

23. Elizabeths; m. George Speed. 24. Sarahs; d. unm.

(15). William: (Aaron, Nathan,: Nathan1) was born Oct. 22, 1797; mar-
ried Partheness Stevens, who died in 1889; was a soldier in Capt. Joseph
Towle’s Co. of Epping which included Newmarket men; was not allowed to
go with his brothers as soldier to Portsmouth on account of the sickness of
his mother, who soon after died. Child:

25. Lovina A.s b. May, 1831; m. N.S. Smith; and d. March 4, 1869.

Child:

26. George H.* Smith b. Feb. 1856; d. Dec. 7, 1873.

(21). Phebes (John, Aaron, Nathan,? Nathan:); m. John French of Strat-
ham; d. Nov. 1, 1894. Children:

27. Mary A. French; m. Lucius 8. Pease of Newfields.

28. Lydia J.¢ French; d. 29. Almira F.« French; d.

30. John H.t French; d: 31. Charles W.* French; d.

Christopher Kenniston prays, Sept. 8, 1681, the president and council
that his sentence of corporal punishment be mitigated to the payment of a
fine; was mustered from Capt. Week’s Co., into Capt. James Davis’s
scout, 1712, served two weeks, and received 12 shillings which was allowed
by vote of the House, May 9, 1713; had settled and built a house on Hilton’s
Mill grant, 1720.

William Kenniston married Aug. 31, 1721, Berthia Trickey of Portsmouth;
was in the army, 1754 and 1758; in the Train Band of Canterbury, and peti-
tioned for a division of the town, March 30, 1780.

Job Kenniston of Exeter petitioned to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739;
with John was on a list of effective men who were Quakers in Capt. James
Robinson’s Co., April 1759, and Nov. 3, 1761, Capt. Robinson stating that
572 History or NEWFIELDS.

he had served two years and lost a gun in the capitulation; complains June 15,
1762, of his tax towards the war, and also of his two sons, John and Joseph.

Jonathan Kenniston was a soldier, 1723; had land on Piscassie bounded
by land of Nathaniel Ames, 1740; had ‘‘endured the brunt & hardships of the
late war’ and petitioned for a township, 1753-54; soldier, 1758; signed the
Association Test, 1776; ‘‘an able man & equipt with one good Musquit.’;
enlisted Sept. 28, 1776, by John Langdon of Portsmouth, and was mustered
with Capt. Jonathan Robinson’s Co., Sept. 23, 1776.

A John Kenniston was killed on the expedition against Louisburg, and in
the House, June 26, 1745, a motion representing the necessitous circumstances
of his widow, was made in her favor.

John Kenniston petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21,
1746; was in Capt. John Parker’s Co., Sept. 4, 1775; was returned with Capt.
Benjamin Butler’s Co. on Great Island, Nov. 1, 1775; enlisted into Capt.
Ebenezer Green’s Co., Col. Timothy Bedel’s Regt., Feb. 21, 1776; received
two pounds ten shillings as bounty in Capt. Jonathan Robinson’s Co., Sept.
23, 1776; and mustered Sept. 1776; petitioned for division of Middleton,
1785; was claimed on Middleton’s quota of soldiers, 1786; assessed in Lee,
1787.

Eben Kenniston had a son Eben, who m. Susanna K., dau. of Aaron Ken-
niston, and had three daughters: Mary, who m. John Kenniston, Betsey,
who m. Simon Towle, and Sally, who m. Nathan Smith; and d. Newfields
about 1787.

James Kenniston was on the pay roll of Capt. Samuel Gilman from May 27
to Aug. 1, 1775; as member of Capt. Kinsman’s Co. received four dollars for
a regimental coat, Oct. 4, 1775; was of Rye, and mustered into Capt. Calfe’s
Co., Col. Pierse Long’s Regt., at New Castle, Sept. 10, 1776, and on its pay
roll, Dec. 7, 1776, from which company he deserted, Dec. 23, 1776; received
six pounds advance pay in Capt. Jonathan Robinson’s Co., Sept. 23, 1776,
and enlisted into Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt. for New York; enlisted into Capt
Joseph Parson’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s Regt., Dec. 20, 1776, to reinforce
the army at New York until March 1, 1777; of Stratham, mustered with Capt.
James Norris’ Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. Feb. 13, 1777, and received 20
pounds state bounty; enlisted for Newmarket in the Continental army, 1777;
of Allenstown, Novy., 1787.

Lewis Kenniston, aged 24, of Newmarket, enlisted in Capt. Winborn Adams’
Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., May 26, 1775, and was on its pay roll from June
2 to Aug. 1, 1775; received at Medford, Oct. 4, 1775, four dollars for a regi-
mental coat; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; mustered with Capt.
Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt., Sept. 20, 1776.

Thomas Kenniston signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was of Lee
and assessed, 1787; was on the pay roll of Capt. John Brewster’s Co., Col.
Long’s Regt., Sept. 3, 1776, serving from Aug. 7 to Dec. 7, 1776, at New Castle;
reccived one month’s advance pay, Jan. 13, 1777, and was on the pay roll of
Capt. Brewster’s Co. from Jan. 7, to Feb. 7, 1777; of New Durham, refused
to march with Capt. Brewster’s Co., Jan. 22, 1777; received pay March 17,
1777, for service in Capt. John Brewster’s Co. from Jan. 7 to Feb. 7, 1777.
His daughter, Phebe, m. Aaron Kenniston.

Benjamin Kenniston was a soldier, 1755; enlisted May 30, 1775, and was
GENEALOGY. 573

in Capt. Aaron Kinsman’s Co., Col. John Stark’s Regt., Aug. 1, 1775, and
received Oct. 10, 1775, four dollars coat money.

KEOUSE—KUSE.

1. William: Keouse, the first of the family, married Deborah, daughter of
Winthrop Thing; was a graduate of Harvard College, 1768; a school teacher;
clerk of the Provincial Congress, 1775.

2. Joseph? (William:) was born in 1787; married Sarah, daughter of Samuel
Neal, who died Sept. 28, 1864, aged 81; settled in Piscassic; died July 25,
1863. Children:

3. Joseph W. b. April 15, 1815; m. Ruth Eaton.

4. Mary Anns; married about 1839, Rev. Oliver P. Tuckerman of Ports-
mouth, who was born March 1, 1817, ordained Nov. 1840 and died, Port-
land, Me., Jan. 24, 1868; died, Exeter, March 18, 1895.

(8). Capt. Joseph W.: (Joseph,? William:) was born April 15, 1815; married
Sept. 3, 1838, Ruth Eaton of Bowdoin, Me., who died Dec. 28, 1898; was one
of the last survivors of the old military or militia company of Newfields; died
June 26, 1901. Children.

5. Joseph W.4 b. 1840; member of the 11th N. H. Regt.; lived in Kittery,
Me.; killed by accident, June, 1893.

6. Nathan E.1 b. 1842; member of the 2d Regt. N. H. Volunteers; d. of
wounds received at Gettysburg, July 31, 1863.

7. Elizabeth M.4; m. Oct. 26, 1869, Samuel P. Chase; children: Harry P.+
Chase and Edna Chase.’ (See Chase.)

8. Perry T.4; m. Dec. 19, 1874, Carrie Thompson of Haverhill, Mass.;
lived on the old homestead. Children:

9. Nathan E.s; m. Nov. 24, 1904, Mary E. Eaton of Lynn, Mass.; d. May
13, 1908. Noch.

10. Alice B.s; m. Sept. 11, 1895, Daniel R. Smith. (See Smith.)

LANE.

 

1. William: Lane married Mary , (2) Aug. 21, 1656, Mary, daughter
of Thomas Brewer of Roxbury, Mass., who died May 22, 1656. He and his
first wife were probably from Yorkshire, England; was of Boston, 1650.

2. William: (W illiam:) was born Oct. 1, 1659; married June 21, 1680, Sarah,
daughter of Thomas Web ster; removed from Boston in 1686; died Feb. 14,
1749.

3. Dea. Joshua’ (William,? William) was born June 6, 1696; married Dec.
24, 1717, Batesheba, daughter of Samuel and Mary Robie, who was born
Aug. 2, 1696, and died April 13, 1765; killed by lightning while standing on
his doorstep after a shower, June 14, 1766, eight sons and five daughters
surviving him. Joshua and his wife were eminently godly people and their
children lived to become useful members of society.

4. Samueli (Dea. Joshua,? William,? William!) was born Oct. 16, 1718;
married (1) Dec. 24, 1741, Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna James
of Hampton, who died Jan. 30, 1769, leaving eight children, (2) June 22, 1774,
574 History oF NEWFIELDS.

Rachel Parsons, widow of Gideon Colcord of Newmarket; removed from
Hampton to Stratham; died Dec. 29, 1806.

5. Jabezs (Samuel,s Dea. Joshua,: William,? William:) married Eunice
Colcord.

6. Charless (Jabezs, Samuel,‘ Dea. Joshua,? William,? William!) was born
in Stratham Nov. 27, 1796; settled in business in Newfields, 1818; was
tanner, shoemaker and merchant; married (1) Sept. 24, 1821, Hannah,
daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Lane) French, who was born in Pittsfield,
Feb. 3, 1802, and died suddenly Jan. 18, 1841, leaving five children, (2) Oct.
1, 1842, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaiah Berry of Greenland, who was born July
8, 1804, and survived her husband; died, Newfields, Oct. 27, 1884.

Children:

7. Olivia Emeline? b. Nov. 14, 1825; before the Civil War was for vears a
teacher in the South; returning, res. cn the homestead, Stratham; d. Sept.
4,1905. (390.)

8. John William’ b, Sept. 7, 1827; m. Mary Haynes.

9. Mary Elizabeth? b. April 29, 1830; m. Sept. 14, 1871, Rev. Jacob
Chapman, who was b. Tamworth, March 11, 1810, and died June 5, 1903;
res. Exeter, since 1879. (390.)

10. Anne Lucy’ b. Sept. 1, 1834; m. Nov. 30, 1867, John C. Hanson of
Northwood, who was b. March 21, 1831, and was a merchant in Newfields;
graduated at Mt. Holyoke college, 1865; res. Cambr:dze, Mass.

11. Charles Edward’ b. Dec. 27, 1837; d. Aug. 17, 1868. (389.)

(8). Rev. John William? (Charles,s Jabez,s Samuel,‘ Joshua,? William,?
William!) was born Sept. 7, 1827; married Aug. 26, 1868, Mary, daughter
of Samuel and Eliza (Spaulding) Haynes, who was born Townsend, Mass.,
July 11, 1841, and was a graduate and teacher, Mt. Holyoke college; was
ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Whately, Mass., Oct. 17,
1860; installed over the Congregational church, North Hadley, May, 1878,
and continued there in active service till on May 7, 1911, when, after con-
ducting the usual services, much to the surprise of his people, he read his
resignation as pastor; on the following Wednesday was attacked with pneu-
monia and died Saturday evening, May 13, after a little more than fifty
years in the ministry. His last sermon was from the text, ‘There remaineth
a rest for the people of God.” His wife and five children survive him. (389.)

Children:

12. John Ervards b. Feb. 12, 1872; a physician, Seattle, Wash.

13. Amy Sanderss b. Oct. 31, 1874; a teacher, Saginaw, Mich.

14. Wallace Rutherford: b. Aug. 12, 1876; a patent lawyer, Chicago, Il.

15. Wilfred Clary b. June 23, 1878; a lawyer, Holdosta, Ga.

16. Susan Clinie* b. July 13, 1881; a graduate nurse, Montclair, N. J.

(10). Anne Lucy? (Charles,* Jabez,s Samuel,: Joshua,? William,? William,1)
was born Sept. 1, 1834; married Nov. 30, 1867, John C. Hanson of Northwood
who was born March 21, 1831, and was a merchant in Newfields; graduated
at Mt. Holyoke college, 1865; residence, Cambridge, Mass. (390.) Children:

17. Charles Lanes Hanson b. May 22, 1870; m. June 25, 1902, Bertha
Winthrop Flint; res. Cambridge, Mass. (389.) They have two children:
Paul* b. July 29, 1906, and Helen Bemis* b. Nov. 23, 1909.
GENEALOGY. 575

18. William Clintons Hanson, b. Dec. 18, 1874; res. Cambridge, Mass.
(390.)
LANG.

1. Joseph: Lang was born in Lee in August, 1800, and was among the young-
est of a family of twenty children; married Eliza, daughter of Coker Fifield
of Stratham, who was born in 1806, and died March 17, 1864; at the building
of the Newmarket mills entered and continued for twenty years in the employ
of the company as a common laborer, rising rapidly by his fidelity from one
position to another till he became the head of the most important department
of the business; health becoming impaired, he bought two farms in Piscassic,
and became a most successful farmer; was justice of the peace, 1852-53; select-
man, 1854 and 1859; first representative of Newfields for two terms; chair-
man of its board of selectmen ten successive years; survived his wife many
years; died October 16, 1890. His twin brother, Benjamin, lived on High
street, Exeter. Children:

2. Joseph Edwin2; travelling agent for Exeter Machine Works.

3. George?; d. in infancy. 4. Ellen?; unm; res. Malden, Mass.

LITTLEFIELD.

1. Cyrus: Littlefield was born in Bath, Me.; married Dolly Nutter of
Greenland; settled in Newfields. Children:

2. Charles?; m. Hannah Howard.

3. Mary2; m. Rufus Nichols; res. Merrimack, Mass.; d.

4. John: b. 1829; m. Emma Remington of Suncook; res. Manchester.

5. William; m. Ellen Plaisted; has one son, Edward,? private secretary of
U.S. Senator Henry E. Burnham.

6. Sarah:; m. John Smith. 7. James.2 8. Sophia?; m. John Fogg.

9, Augustus?; was member of the 11th N. H. Reg. in the Civil War; died
in camp. :

10. George 8.2 b. April 1, 1843; m. (1) Abbie S. Smith, (2) Annie A. Smith,
(8) Ellen R. Munsey.

11. Olive?; m. Reuben Burleigh of Newmarket; survived him and lives
in Taunton, Mass.

12. Wilbur:; m. Susie Watson of Lee, who d. 1859; res. Epping; d. June 19,
1911.

(2). Charles? (Cyrust) married Hannah Howard; res. Newfields.
Children:

13. Charles; d.

14. Josephines; m. Edward Hamlin; res. Union, N. H.; has one dau.

(6). Sarah? (Cyrus') married John Smith of Newfields; settled in Exeter;
died. Children:

15. George? Smith. 16. Mary: Smith. 17. Edward? Smith. 18. Doras
Smith.

(8). Sophia2 (Cyrus!) married John Fogg of Newfields; survived her hus-
band and lives in Kingston. Children:

19, Albert? Fogg. 20. Edith: Fogg; m. Fred Dixon; res. Pittsfield,
Mass.; two sons, Carl: Dixon and Paul: Dixon.
576 History oF NEWFIELDS.

21. Emma: Fogg. 22. Annie: Fogg.

(10). George 8.2 (Cyrus!) was born April 1, 1843, in Newfields; married
(1) Jan. 1870, Abbie 8. Smith of Newmarket, who was born April 15, 1846,
and died Sept. 24, 1877, (2) Oct. 4, 1879, Annie A. Smith of Newmarket, who
was born April 15, 1856, and died May 6, 1892, (3) May 18, 1893, Ellen R.
Munsey of Newfields who was born Nov. 20, 1842; resides in Newfields.
Children by first wife:

23. George Fred: b. Nov. 19, 1871; m. Annie Little.

24. Wilbur Augustus: b. Aug. 19, 1873; m. Ruth Wiswell.

(23). George Freds (George 8.,2 Cyrus!) was born Nov. 19, 1871; married
Annie Little of Atkinson; res. Haverhill, Mass. Children:

25. Milton.« 26. Raymond.+

(24). Wilbur Augustus: (George S.,2 Cyrus!) was born Aug. 19, 1873; mar-
ried Ruth Wiswell of Newmarket; settled in Exeter. Children:

27. Elizabeth Wiswell.s 28. Annie Augusta.

29. George Trowbridge.1 30. Thomas Earle.+

LOCKE.

1. Thomas: Locke was born in London, Eng.; married, July 26, 1624, Chris-
tian French.

2. Capt. John? (Thomas') was born in London, Eng., Sept. 16, 1627; came
to America and married, 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of William Berry of Ports-
mouth; was killed by the Indians at Rye, Aug. 26, 1696. 11 ch.

3. Dea. William: (Capt. John,2 Thomas') was born April 17, 1677; married,
Nov. 23, 1699, Hannah Knowles, who was born in Hampton, April 18, 1678,
and died, Rye, Sept. 12, 1769; died Jan. 22, 1768.

4, Jonathan: (Dea. William, Capt. John,: Thomas!) was born March 15,
1702; married, March 2, 1727, Sarah, daughter of William Haines of Green-
land, who died Oct. 1753; settled in Rye; died Jan. 2, 1774.

5. Dea. Davids (Jonathan,: Dea. William, Capt. John,2 Thomas') was born
Aug. 24, 1735; married (1) Feb. 9, 1758, Hannah Lovering of Kensington,
who died Sept. 23, 1807, (2) Mrs. Olive Elkins, who died Dee. 4, 1835. 13 ch.

6. Simeons (Dea. David,* Jonathan,‘ Dea. William, Capt. John,2 Thomas?)
was born March 21 or 31, 1760; married Abigail Blake; settled in Epsom. 11 ch.

7. Simeon? (Simeon,* Dea. David, Jonathan, Dea. William,’ Capt. John,2
Thomas!) was born Dec. 8 or 14, 1790; married July 4, 1813, Clarissa, daugh-
ter of Dea. John Tash at the Plains, who was born Oct. 25, 1791, and died
May 2, 1871; lived in Rye, Epsom and Concord; learned the trade of black-
smith with his uncle, who married the widow of Zechariah Beal, and was jail
keeper at Dover; bought the Messer tavern at Newfields, where he settled;
owned the old Beal place, with quite a tract of land adjoining the Tarleton
estate on Squamscot street; left off the use of liquor to which he early became
addicted prior to 1830; raised his blacksmith shop, the first building raised
town in without rum, 1830, which stood till torn down, in 1884, by Green C.

1During the war of 1812 the house was a hotel. In the back of its old-fashioned
chimney was a place where Mr. Messer, the landlord, secreted a deserting soldier, who asked
the privilege. It was entered by a sliding panel from the front hall. The officers came

and searched the house, but could find no trace of him as the sliding panel looked just like
the others. The soldier remained in his hiding place two days and one night.
GENEALOGY. 577

Fowler, who married his daughter and lived on the place; died Aug. 27, 1882.

Children born in Epsom:

8. Lydia Halls b. March 5, 1814; m. Nathaniel F. Kimball.

9. John Tash* b. March 21, 1816; m. (1) Rooxby Spofford Sanborn, (2)
Sarah H. W. Treadwell.

10. Simeons b. Dec. 25, 1817; m. Nancy N. Clark.

11. Joseph Hams b. May 15, 1819; m. Nancy R. Kent.

12. Clara Josephine’ b. Feb. 14, 1821; m. Nov. 3, 1844, Ezekiel Sanborn
of Newfields; d. Feb. 19, 1854, and her husband m. (2) Sarah Elizabeth Per-
kins.

13. Samuel Blakes b. Sept. 30, 1822; m. Anne H. Davis.

14, Abbie Wheelers b. Oct. 12, 1824; m. May 15, 1845, Charles Osgood
Cummings; had Blanche Osgood» Cummings, an adopted daughter.

15. Sons b. Oct. 12, 1824; d. same day.

16. George Olivers b. Sept. 12, 1826; m. Harriet Titus Locke.

17. Mary Olivias b. June 19, 1828; d. Nov. 20, 1845.

18. Ellen Augusta’ b. March 29, 1830; m. (1) John F. Kennard, (2) Green
Clark Fowler.

19. Edwin Augustus’ b. March 29, 1830; m. Martha Smith.

20. Martha Annahs b. March 27, 1832; m. William Murray of Lawrence,
Mass.; d. Jan. 23, 1857; had Adda Wheeler? Murray, b. 1854; d. 1856.

21. Sarah Anns b. March 25, 1834; m. Edwin B. Locke.

(8). Lydia Halls (Simeon,7 Simeon,s Dea. David,’ Jonathan, Dea. Wil-
liam, Capt. John,? Thomas) was born March 15, 1814; married, Oct. 2, 1845,
Nathaniel Folsom Kimball. Children:

22. Orin Tapline Kimball b. Aug. 1846; m. Maria Ayers; d. Nov. 15, 1876,
leaving Blanche M.1 Kimball b, May 20, 1873; d. April 30, 1878.

23. Emily Annette? Kimball b. July, 1848; m. Benjamin B. Tuttle; res.
Andover, Mass.

24. George Perkins? Kimball; unm. N. F. Kimball had the following chil-
dren by a previous marriage: Charles P. Kimball, who d. unm. Aug. 4, 1865,
aged 28 years and 10 months, and Sarah Kimball, who res. Andover, Mass.;
unm.

(9). John Tashs (Simeon,7 Simeon,* Dea. David,’ Jonathan,+ Dea. William,s
Capt. John,: Thomas') was born March 21, 1816; married (1) Sept. 12, 1841,
Rooxby Spofford Sanborn, who was born May 19, 1817, and died Feb. 19, 1861,
aged 43 years and 9 months, (2) Sarah H. W. Treadwell; lived at Newfields;
was trader; postmaster, 1853; died Feb. 26, 1864. His widow married (2)
Rev. John F, Adams, who died June 11, 1881, aged 91. Child by first wife:

25. Mary Olivia; m. (1) Charles 8. Tilton, who d. July 18, 1876, (2) Sept.
25, 1879, James Albert Folsom; res. Manchester, N. H.

(10). Simeon (Simeon,7 Simeon,* Dea. David,» Jonathan,s Dea. William,s
Capt. John,? Thomas!) was born Dec. 25, 1817; married Nancy Norris Clark
of Melrose, Mass.; settled there. Children:

26. Oren St. Clairs b. Aug. 17, 1842; d. Sept. 8, 1846.

27. Sarah Josephine b. July, 1848; d. April 4, 1849.

28. Charles E.* b. April 1849; d. Dec. 10, 1853.

29. Sarah L.» b. Oct. 1854; d. Melrose, Mass., April 6, 1857.

37
578 History or NEWFIELDS.

30. William E.2; m. Fannie Brooks and had Maud Alice,s Winnifred1
and Charles K.1

(11). Joseph Hams (Simeon,’ Simeon,* Dea. David,s Jonathan,s Dea. Wil-
liam, Capt. John,: Thomas’) was born May 15, 1819; married May 26, 1842,
Nancy Reynolds Kent of Terra Haute, Ind.; settled there; died Jan. 23,
1878. Children:

31. Joseph Hams; m. Emma Goodwin.

32. Leanders; m. Addie and had Clarence.10

33. Mary Alice?; m. Thomas Wormsley. 34. Simeon.»

35. Charles E.s b. Feb. 6, 1847; d. April 11, 1847.

(13). Samuel Blakes (Simeon,? Simeon, Dea. David,' Jonathan, Dea.
William,: Capt. John,? Thomas) was born Sept. 30, 1822; married April 28,
1846, Anne H. Davis of Newmarket. Children:

36. Anna Louise.» 37. Abbie Cummings?; m. Denney Thompson.

88. Clara Tash*; m. Frank Thompson. 39. Samuel Davis.®

40. Florence Madelaine.» 41. Marion.*

(15). George Olivers (Simeon,’? Simeon,* Dea. David,’ Jonathan,‘ Dea.
William, Capt. John,? Thomas, was born Sept. 19, 1826; married Nov. 21,
1849, Harriet T., daughter of Josiah Locke of Pembroke. Children:

42. Josephine?; m. Ira Moore of Pembroke. 48. Sarah A.2; m. Albert
Clough, and had Daisy® Clark.

(18). Ellen Augustas (Simeon,7 Simeon,s Dea. David,s Jonathan,: Dea.
William,: Capt. John,? Thomas!) was born March 29, 1830; married (1) Feb.
20, 1851, John F. Kennard, (2) Nov. 1, 1882, Green Clark, son of John Fowler;
settled in Newfields; died April 23, 1893. Children:

44, Charles C.» Kennard b. 1853; d. April 20, 1857.

45, Ella F.» Kennard b. April 28, 1857; d. May 5, 1857.

(19). Edwin Augustus (Simeon,? Simeon, David,s Jonathan,‘ Dea. Wil-
liam,’ Capt. John,? Thomas?) was born March 29, 1830; married Jan. 4, 1854,
Martha Ann Smith, who survived him and married (2) John Fernald of Roches-
ter; died Jan. 23, 1880. Children:

46. Fred Augustus,? m. Lottie Dexter. 47. Carrie®; d. young.

(21). Sarah Ann’ (Simeon,’? Simeon,* Dea. David, Jonathan,s Dea. Wil-
liam,’ Capt. John,? Thomas?) was born March 25, 1834; married Jan. 2, 1854,
Edwin Beal Locke of Chicago, who died Aug. 25, 1877. Children:

48. Emma Russell» Locke b. Sept. 10, 1854; m. Solon Eugene Avery,
who d. Aug. 25, 1882.

49. Frank Edwin: Locke b. July 19, 1858; m. Clara Ellen Tallman.

50. Charles Albert® Locke b. Dec. 9, 1861.

(31). Joseph Ham,* (Joseph Ham,* Simeon,’ Simeon, Dea. David,: Jona-
than,‘ Dea. William,? Capt. John,? Thomas!) married Emma Goodwin; sct-
tled in Mobile, Ala. Children:

51. Alices; m. 52. Edith; m. 53. Harry. 54. Simeon.

(37). Abbie Cummings? (Samuel B.,8 Simeon, Simeon,* Dea. David,' Jona-
than: Dea. William,: Capt. John,2 Thomas:) married Denney Thompson.
Children:

55. Eleanor» Thompson. 56. Phil Sheridante Thompson.

57. Claraxeo Thompson. 58. Rosamond: Thompson.

 
GENEALOGY. 579

(38). Clara Tash* (Samuel B.s, Simeon,? Simeon,* Dea. David,+ Jonathan,s
Dea. William,s Capt. John, Thomas) married Frank Thompson. Children:

59. Samuelto Thompson. 60. Jordan Thompson. 61. Lawrence
Thompson.

(46). Fred Augustus? (Edwin Augustus,* Simeon,’ Simeon,* Dea. David,*
Jonathan,‘ Dea. William,: Capt. John,2 Thomas) married Lottie Dexter.
Children:

62. Carrie.o 63. Winnifred. 64. Daisy.1° 65. Harrison.» 66. Florence.1®

LORD.

1. Nathaniel: Lord was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 13, 1747; married,
July 4, 1771, Lucy Boardman, who was born in Ipswich, July 8, 1749, and
died Feb. 15, 1812; was a felt-worker, and his shop was afterwards occupied
as a store, and the office of Nathaniel Rogers, and still later as the dwelling
house of William M. Paul; also kept tavern on the spot where the Amos Paul
house now stands; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, 1772; refused to
sign the Association Test July 12, 1776; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793,
1797-1800 and 1808; was on committee to locate the new meeting house, Oct.
26, 1789; selectman, 1799; d. Aug. 19, 1820. Children:

2. Nathaniel? b. May 7, 1772; m. Mary Louise

3. Lucy? b. July 18, 1774; m. Dec. 25, 1794, John, son of John and Susan
(Folsom) Mead.

4. Polly? b. Nov. 3, 1776; m. David Chapman, who was b. May 8, 1776.
Among their 9 children were James‘ Chapman, who m. Martha Mallard of
Centre Harbor, and John F.4 Chapman, who m. Lydia Caswell.

5. Betsey Boardman: b. Aug. 28, 1779.

6. John Boardman: b. April 6, 1782; d. Newburyport, Mass.

7. Susannah: b. Aug. 22, 1784; m. Edward Chapman.

8. Ebenezer? b. Jan. 10, 1788.

9. Francis Boardman: b. Dec. 20, 1790.

(2). Nathaniel? (Nathaniel!) was born May 7, 1772; married Mary Louise
, who died Oct. 15, 1830; died at sea. His wife survived him and mar-
ried (2) Dr. Enoch Faulkner of Hamilton, Mass. Children:

10. Hannah: b. about 1812; m. Edward F. Tuttle of Nottingham, who
was b. about 1818; lived at Groveland, Mass., and Exeter.

11. Nathaniels; followed the sea; d. young.

 

 

LOVERING.

Benjamin: Lovering was born in 1753; married Ruth Lamprey of Hamp-
ton, who died in Newfields, Jan. 6, 1849, aged 77; was an early settler at
Lamprey River, where he sold the Col. Joseph Smith house and a large tract
of land to the manufacturing company; removed to Newfields, and bought
of Thomas Folsom the Nathaniel Rogers’ place; also bought for Mrs. Wood,
his wife’s sister, the house which stood near the corner of his garden, but has
since been moved back from the street; petitioned to organize the Congre-
gational parish as a body corporate, Dec. 20, 1828, and became a member;
580 History or NEWFIELDS.

warden, 1829; was justice of the peace, and an active and prominent citizen,
died May 3, 1841. Noch.
Joseph Lovering lived on Hall’s Mill Road, 1766.
' Nathaniel Lovering was a soldier, 1814.

LYFORD.

1. Francis: Lyford came to New England from London, Eng.; married (1)
about 1670, a daughter of Thomas Smith and removed from Boston to Exe-
ter, where he married (2) Nov. 21, 1681, Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Samuel
Dudley by his 3d wife, Elizabeth; was a jury man, Exeter, 1683, and in case
of Allen vs. Waldron, 1707; granted 30 acres of land, Feb. 3, 1698, and an
additional 30 acres, Feb. 21, 1698; died, 1724. His Will was probated Sept.
2, 1824, and administration granted to his son, Stephen. Children:

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Ann?; m. Leavitt. 3. Deborah2; m. Follett.

4. Rebecca?; m. Hardy. 5. Sarah; m. Foulsham.
6. Stephen?; m. Sarah Leavitt. 7. Elizabeth.2

8. Thomas?; m. Judith 9. Mary2; m. Hall.

(6) Stephen? (Francis)! married Sarah Leavitt; died and was buried on
his farm on Hall’s Mill road. (106.) Children:

10. Stephen; m. Mary Pike. 11. Theophiluss; m. Lois

12. Moses; m.; settled in Exeter. 18. Biley3; m. 14. Others.

(8). Thomas? (Francis!) married Judith ; granted 30 acres of land
Feb. 3, 1698, and 30 additional acres, Feb. 21, 1698; was apportioned 100
acres, 1725. His Will was dated Dec. 29, 1726, and probated June 7, 1727.
His son, Thomas, executor. Children:

15. Thomas; m. Anne Conner.

16. Davids; sold land to Jacob Ames of Hall’s Mill road, May 30, 1753;
was of Epping.

17. John. 18. Elizabeth:; m. Sinkler.

19. Judiths; m. Foulsam. 20. Dorothy:; m.—.

21. Mary; m,. Leavitt. 22. Abigaile; m. Kimball.

23. Rebecca.s 24. Susanna. 25. Lydia.s 26. Hannah.3

(10). Lt. Stephen: (Stephen,? Francis!) married Mary Pike; took oath
before Theophilus Smith of Exeter, and paid fee of one pound four shillings,
March 3, 1760; received 11s-3d for “horse hire’ his horse having been
“impressed for three day’s service,” 1746; was awarded damages for Hall’s
Mill road which passed through his land, 1766; was returned with Capt.
James Hill’s Company on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775; refused to sign the
Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; was active in parish affairs,
1778 and 1799; was present at the treason of Benedict Arnold, Sept. 23, 1780,
and execution of Major André, Oct. 2, 1780. His son, Fifield, was with him
as waiter boy. Children:

27. Stephen‘; was of Middleton, Oct. 16, 1783 and 1786. 28. Francis.s

29. Samuelt; m. Comfort Brackett.

30. Robert#; m. March 28, 1793, Mary Lyford of Exeter; settled in New-
market.

31. Loves; m. March 25, 1784, John Pike Hilton.

32. Daughters; d.unm. 33. Fifield,«b 1766. 34. John.s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 581

 

(11) Theophilus: (Stephen,? Francis!) married Lois
Exeter. Children:

35. Kinsley‘ bap. June 2, 1759; m. (1) Feb. 16, 1796, Elizabeth Scammon
of Stratham, (2) Nancy, widow of John Lyford, by whom he had Betsey,s
who m. William Conner.

36. Theophilus‘; married Rachel Colcord.

387. Marys; d. July 5, 1761. 38. Betsey.s 39. Sally.« 40, Louisa.«

41. Dolly.«

(12). Mosess (Stephen,? Francis!) married and settled in Exeter.

Children:

42. Dudley: bap. Aug. 6, 1749. 48. Francis‘ bap. May 12, 1751; pub.
Sept. 27, 1783, to Mary Gilman.

45. Oliver Smith: bap. May 26, 1753. 45. Mehitable: bap. Dee. 28, 1755.

46. Jonathan: bap. Feb. 26, 1758.

(13). Bileys (Stephen,? Francis!) married. Children:

47. Dorothy: bap. Sept. 7, 1746. 48. Alice: bap. July 3, 1748; d. young.

49. Alice bap. April 28, 1751.

(15). Thomas? (Thomas,? Francist) married Dec. 5, 1728, Anne, daughter
of Jeremiah and Anne (Gove) Conner; was made executor of his father’s
will, June 7, 1727. Children:

50. Abigails b. Aug. 6, 1741.

51. Thomas‘ b. May 12, 1743; m. Anne James.

52. Elizabeth: b. June 1, 1745. 53. Benjamin‘ b. July 16, 1749.

(29). Samuel+ (Stephen, Stephen,? Francis!) married Comfort, daughter of
Benning Brackett; is mentioned, 1810; rented the sheep of Rev. James
Thurston, who used to call annually for his pound of wool per sheep; was
active in the parish, 1799-1800; on school committee, 1813 and 1829; select-
man, 1816 and 1829; assessor, 1820 and 1824. His wife was born, Sept. 22,
1776, and died Nov. 24, 1851 He d. 1837, aged 72. Children:

54. Williams; lived on the home place on Hall’s Mill road; his farm was
severed from Newfields and joined to Newmarket, Dec. 17, 1852.

55. Mary A.* b. 1807; lived on the homestead in the house built by her
grandfather, Stephen Lyford, which was taken down about 1890; d. April 27,
1893.

56. Daughter. 57. Daughter.s Neither of the children married.

(36). Theophilus: (Theophilus,+ Stephen,? Francis!) was published Sept. 16,.
1797, to Rachel, daughter of Gideon and Mary (Moore) Colcord.

Children:

58. Gideon C.s; married Hannah Emery Gilman; engaged largely in busi-
ness, Portland, Me., Boston and Exeter; built the house in Exeter now occu-
pied by the Moulton sisters; always an upright, honorable dealer.

59. Marys; d.unm. 60. Sarah; m. William Philbrick, and had a daughter.

61. Olivers; d. at sea.

62. John; m. Sarah Burleigh, and lived on the old homestead.

(51). Thomas (Thomas,? Thomas,? Francis!) was born May 12, 1743; m.
Anne James, who survived him, married (2) Feb. 16, 1812, Col. Eliphalet
Giddings, and died Aug. 12, 1818; died July 27, 1787. Children:

63. Jamess b. Feb. 14, 1764; drowned Aug. 13, 1789.

; settled in
582 History or NEWFIELDS.

64. Annes b. June 6, 1767. 65. Deborahs b. May 3, 1769; pub. Sept. 8,
1792, to James Lyford of Canterbury.

66. Molly: b. Feb. 13,1771. 67. Abigails b. Dec. 12, 1772; d. 1870.

68. Tirzahs b. March 31, 1775; m. Nathaniel Conner, d. July 28, 1828.

69. Johns b. March 1, 1777; pub. Aug. 30, 1799, to Nancy Hilton, who
survived him and m. (2) Kinsley Lyford; d, 1803.

70. Bettys b. March 16, 1779.

71. Lois b. June 10, 1874; m. Gideon Colcord.

72. Libertys b. July 6, 1783.

73. Thomas: b. Nov. 30, 1786; d. April 2, 1870.

MARSTERS.

1. According to Savage, John: Marsters was made a freeman at Cam-
bridge, Mass., May 18, 1631, and died Dec. 21, 1639. His wife, Jane, died
_ Dec. 26, 1639. His Will, dated 1639, mentions children:

2. Sarah?; m. Dobson, or Dobyson.

3. Lydia2; m. Tabor.

4. Abraham:; m. 5. Elizabethz; m. Cary Latham and had probably
John Lockwood: Latham.

(4). Abraham: (John!) married and had

6. Nathaniels; was of Beverly, Mass., 1659. The family had left Cam-
bridge prior to 1652.

 

 

 

1. Dr. John: Marsters married, 1769, Mary (Hall) . (119.) Children:
2. Mary: b. Jan. 23, 1785; m. Feb. 15,1807, Nathaniel Paul.
3. Rebeced,? probably; m. Jacob Randall of Portsmouth as second wife.

John Marsters of Hampton married Abigail, daughter of Jacob Brown,
who was born May 7, 1742.

Charles Marsters sold land to George Hilton, 1810, which was again trans-
ferred the same year.

MARSTON.

Thomas and William Marston were of Salem, Mass., 1637, and of Hamp-
ton, 1639, where Thomas was prominent in all town matters. The two were
probably brothers.

1. Thomas: Marston probably married Mary, daughter of William Easton;
became a freeman, June 2, 1641; was one of the first settlers of Hampton;
died, Sept. 28, 1690. Children:

2. Isaac.2 3. Bertha.e 4. Ephraim. 5. James?; m. Dinah Sanborn.

6. Caleb:; 7. Mary2:; m. William Sanborn. 8. Sarah.2 9. William.

(2). Isaac? (Thomas!) petitioned for the government and protection of
Massachusetts as formerly, 1689-90; allowed 1 pound 4 shillings, June 8,
1696, ‘for keeping of Garrison souldiers att Oyster River one month’; was of
Hampton, 1707; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscott River, Nov. 21,
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1746; gave land for a highway from Newfields landing to Nottingham, March,
1733; married and probably had a son:

10. Isaac?; married Dec. 23, 1669, Elizabeth, daughter of John Brown;
petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; was a land owner, 1764;
petitioned for a road, 1765; sold marsh land to Rev. John Moody, 1769;
bought land in Piscassic of Lt. Winthrop Hilton, 1770; petitioned for a bridge
at Newfields, 1772; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was of Enfield,
1779.

(5). James? (Thomas!) married Dinah Sanborn; was of Hampton, 1689,
and March 23, 1731; was a soldier, 1732; at Louisburg, 1745; petitioned for
Squamscot bridge, Nov. 21, 1746, and for a lottery in aid of bridge and its
removal to Newfields, 1759-60. Children:

11. Abigails b. March 17, 1679.

12. Ann b. Feb. 16, 1681; m. Dec. 3, 1702, Nathaniel Prescott; d. Dec.
30, 1761.

13. James?; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its removal to
Newfields, 1759-60; was a blacksmith, 1764; petitioned for a road, 1765,
and for bridge, 1766; awarded damages for road, 1766; signed Association
Test at Brentwood, 1776. He probably married and had a son, James,‘ who
married Comfort Hilton, 1786; and with Exeter men protested against secret-
ing “salt & West India & other goods,” July 9, 1776.

Caleb Marston was baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams, June 29, 1729.

 

1. William: Marston married Sabrina

Children:

2. Thomas.2 3. William2; was a soldier at Louisburg, 1745. |

4. John?; m. Mary, daughter of Theodore Hilton; was of Hampton as
late as 1739; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; was with
Maj. Thomas Tash at No. 4 Charlestown, 1757; with Capt. Thomas Tash
and Col. John Hart on expedition to Canada, 1758; enlisted in Col. Weare’s
Reg’t., April 5, 1759; with Col. John Goffe in his expedition to Canada by
the Green Mountains, 1760; was a land owner, 1764; refused to sign the
Association Test, 1776.

5. Tryphenia.2

; died June 30, 1672.

MATTOON.

1. Hubertus: Mattoon was of Kittery, Me., 1652; submitted to the juris-
diction of Massachusetts, 1675; sold land to Richard Cutt of Portsmouth.

2. Richard? (Hubertus:) married Jane, daughter of Edward Hilton, Jr.; was
from Ipswich, Mass.; took the oath of allegiance, July 14, 1657; granted 50
acres of land “where he can find it common, not to prauodice any former
grants nor highways,” Feb. 21, 1699; also March 28, 1699, 20 acres of land
“up pucasick river”; with his son, Hubertus, was killed by the Indians, July
20, 1706. Children:

3. Hubertus:; killed July 20, 1706. 4. Richard3; m.

(4). Richards (Richard, Hubertus!) married ; presented his claim
against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, Oct. 3, 1717; was apportioned 30
acres of common land by the town of Exeter, 1725; is mentioned in 1731 and
1744; died about 1749, Children:

 
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5. Hubertus: bap. Jan. 2, 1723; was published Sept. 30, 1758, to Widow
Meservy of Salem, Mass.; petitioned for a road, 1765, and for the bridge at
Newfields, 1766.

6. Mary‘; m. Richard Smith. 7. Anne‘; m.Walter Neal.

8. Sarah‘; m. Samuel Sinkler. 9. Dorothy; m. Thomas Buck.

Sarah Mattoon of Newmarket was published Nov. 18, 1749, to William
Gray of Salem, Mass.

McMILLAN.

1. William: McMillan was born in Auchinlech, Scotland, in 1830; came
to Newfields, 1849; entered the employ of the Swamscot Machine Company,
and so continued as long as able to work, Nov. 1855; married Margaret Smith,
who was born in Nuirkirk, Scotland, Sept. 10, 1825, and came to Newfields,
May 22, 1852, and died Sept. 14, 1902; died Oct. 17, 1890. Child:

2. Lillie: b. Sept. 12, 1856; m. June 23, 1880, Charles F. Simpson, son of
John A. and Mahala (Wiggin) Simpson, who was b. in Quincy, Mass., Sept.
30, 1855; came to Newfields and learned the machinist trade in the employ
of the Swamscot Machine Company; lives in Newfields. Children:

8. Mabel Lillians Simpson b. June 24, 1881.

4. William Arthur Simpson b. Sept. 4, 1885.

5. Charles Lester3 Simpson b. Aug. 10, 1894.

MEAD.

1. Nicholas: Mead had two sons, John? and Joseph.?

2. Capt. John? (Nicholas!) married Susanna, daughter of Jeremiah Fol-
som, who built in 1719, after the model of the old brick house in Greenland,
the brick garrison which stood where now stands the house of Constantine B.
Mathes on the hill south of Lamprey River village. (101.)

His wife, when about ten years old, on going to the door one evening between
daylight and dark, saw an Indian peering through the darkness around one
corner of the house. Quickly closing the door, she gave the alarm and all
was made secure within. They were not molested, but that night two fami-
lies living near them were carried off by the Indians into Canada. This was
the beginning of the French and Indian War. Children:

3. Benjamin; m.

4. John3; m. Dec. 25, 1794,
active in the parish, 1794 and 1803.

5. Levis b. 1753; m. Susanna Hilton.

6. Jeremy b. Feb. 14, 1760; m. Mary, dau of Hon. George and Margaret
(Weeks) (Smith) Frost, who was b. at Newcastle, Dec. 3, 1765; became a
member of the Congregational church prior to 1814, and d. Epping, Feb. 11,
1856; d. Aug. 11, 1839. (133.) Their dau. Margaret Frosts was b. Dec. 9,
1794, and m. Sept. 13, 1820, William, son of Gov. William Plumer of Epping.

7. Rhoda; m. - Willey of Deerfield.

8. Mary; m. Shute of Northwood.

9. Daughter?; m. Doe. 10. Daughter.2 11. Daughter.

 

 

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(3). Benjamin: (John,? Nicholas‘) lived at Bayside. (132.) Child:

12. Elizabeth:; m. Judge John Harvey.

(5). Levis (John,2 Nicholas!) was born in 1753; married, May 1, 1797,
Susanna, daughter of Ichabod and Susannah (Smith) Hilton, who was born
March 18, 1767; was a worthy citizen and a valuable helper in North-
wood’s struggles for a permanent and honorable existence. Children:

18. Levi Hiltons b. Sept. 4, 1798; m. Katherine Berry.

14. Susan Smith: b. Jan. 18, 1800; m. James Babb.

15. Elizabeth: b. March 13, 1802; d. April 7, 1839.

16. Martha W.s b. April 23, 1804; m. Dea. William Frost of Andover,
Mass.

17. Louisa Frost+ b. June 3, 1806; m. Benjamin Coe of Newfields; d. Feb.
24, 1868, leaving a dau., Annies Coe, b. Sept. 26, 1845, who m. Henry
Thing Taplin.

18. Mary Ann: b. April 23, 1809; m. Abner Newhall of Lynn, Mass.

(12). Elizabeth: (Benjamin, John,2 Nicholas!) married Judge John Harvey
of Northwood, who, with all other Harveys in America, was descended, accord-
ing to tradition, from the Earl of Bristol, Eng., whose son married an Ameri-
can girl and was disinherited. Judge Harvey was born, April 16, 1774, son
of Col. John and Sarah (Blake) Harvey; was selectman of Northwood 16
years; representative, 4 years; senator, 1816 and 1817; judge of Court of
Common Pleas, 1818-20; chief justice of the Court of Sessions, 1820; and
judge of probate for Rockingham County, 1826-38. His wife died March 9,
1814, and he married (2) Jan. 10, 1815, Dorothy Frost, daughter of Hon.
John Wentworth of Dover; died May 2, 1849. Children:

19. Johns Harvey. 20. Charles: Harvey.

(18). Levi Hilton: (Levi,s John, Nicholas!) was born, Sept. 4, 1798; mar-
ried Katherine, daughter of Col. William Berry of Pittsfield, who d. Oct. 24,
1891, aged 92; lived on the homestead in Northwood; was a farmer, and
distinguished for sobriety and uprightness of character; died Sept. 16, 1883.

Child:

21. John G.s; married and had

22. Helen M.s; a teacher in Somerville, Mass.

23. Kate L.s; m. Dr. 8. A. Taylor of Gilmanton Iron Works.

24, Daughters; m. in the West.

The mother and two daughters were living together in Somerville, Mass.,
in 1899.

MELLOON.

1. Joseph: Melloon married Ann, daughter of Dudley Hilton, and widow
of Nathaniel Ladd, Jr.; with his son, Joseph, petitioned for a bridge over
Exeter River, Nov. 21, 1746; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776.
Children:

2. Susan?; m. Benjamin Safford. 3. Mary?; m. Stephen Wentworth.

4. Joseph.?

William Melloon presented a claim against the estate of Col. Winthrop
Hilton, Oct. 3, 1717.
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John Melloon petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755.
Samuel Melloon was in Capt. Henry Elkin’s Company at Portsmouth,
Nov. 23, 1775; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776.

MIGHELS—MILESs.

There are several localities in Newfields where tradition places the Miles
families: on “Steep Hill’; back of H. T. Taplin’s buildings; at the place
afterwards owned by Nathaniel Paul and Joseph Clark; and on Hall’s Mill
Road.

1. Samuel: Mighels was captured by the Indians with Edward Hall, July,
1706; his right in land was sold to Mrs. Mary Hilton by Samuel Thing, 1713;
presented claims against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton, Oct. 3, 1717;
was apportioned 30 acres of land, 1725; gave land for a highway from New-
fields landing to Nottingham, March 1733. His Will probated Aug. 25, 1736,
mentions his wife Sarah, sons Samuel: and John,? executors, and daughters
Rebecca,? Abigail: and Mary.?

2. John? was a soldier, 1755, 1757 and 1780; was in Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s
Regt. at Lake Georg e, 1757; and with Col. Goffe in the invasion of the Green
Mountains in the spring of 1760; entered his dissent against the formation of
the Southwest parish of Deerfield, April 1765; was of Enfield, June 5, 1779.
His son, Nathanjel,? died Feb. 24, 1817, and was buried in the Hilton lot, as
also his son, John, who died June 1, 1836, aged 64. His son John’s wife, Mar-
garet, died in the house later occupied by Daniel Neal, April 17, 1858, aged 84.

3. Samuel? was also a soldier serving with his brother, John; refused to
sign the Association Test, July 12, 1776.

Andrew Miles was a soldier, 1814; had brothers, George and John; had
also a son Alfred, who lived at Piscassic.

George, brother, married ——-— Pinder, sister of Joseph and Oliver Pinder;
was a soldier, 1814.

MOODY.

1. William: Moody married Sarah —; took the oath of supremacy and
allegiance to pass to New England in the ship, Mary and John of London,
March 24, 1634; settled first at Ipswich, Mass., but the next year removed to
Newbury; died, Oct. 25, 1673.

2. Samuel? (William!) married, Nov. 8, 1659, Mary Cutting.

3. Johns (Samuel,? William!) married Hannah ;

4. Rev. John‘ (John,: Samuel,2 William:) was born, Jan. 10, 1705; married,
(1) April 5, 1730, Ann, daughter of Dea. Edward and Mary (Wilson) Hall,
who died July 14, 1771, (2) Elizabeth ; died, Oct. 1778. Child:

5. Marys b. March 4, 1731; m. Nov. 9, 1756, Winthrop, son of Col. Joseph
Smith of Lamprey River. 7 children. (See Smith.)

 

 

 

James Moody of Newmarket was on the muster roll of Capt. Simon Mars-
ton, and marched, July 22, 1776; received one month’s pay and travel to
GENEALOGY. 587

New York in Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s Regt.,
from Jan. 5 to March 5, 1777; enlisted, Newmarket, 1777, for three years,
or during the war.

MOULTON.

Henry Moulton married a daughter of Edward Hilton, Sr.; was selectman
and taxed in Hampton, 1680; juryman, 1684-85; and petitioned against
Crandall, 1685.

Stephen Moulton married Deborah Hilton, Feb. 25, 1787.

MURRAY.

1. Timothy: Murray Jr. married Abigail Wiggin of Stratham, who died,
May 5, 1816; petitioned for a road from Lamprey River to Durham, Feb. 11,
1768, and for lottery in aid of Newmarket and Stratham bridge, 1768.
Children:

2. Dea. Timothy?; m. Elizabeth Chapman.

3. Daughter?; m. Simon Dow.

(2). Dea. Timothy? (Timothy Jr.1) married Elizabeth, daughter of David
Chapman, who was born Oct. 28, 1774, and died May 2, 1846; died Aug. 26,
1814. (139.) Children:

4. Davids b. Oct. 5, 1796; m. four times, and had 12 children; united with
the Congregational church at Lamprey River, Sept. 6, 1834; justice of the
peace, 1827, and of the quorum, 1846, till his death; after 1829 did more busi-
ness in settling estates than any other man in Rockingham County; select-
man 11 years; treasurer 6 years; representative 3 years; register of deeds,
1846-50; notary public, 33 years; treasurer of savings banks, 20 years;
pension agent, 35 years; insurance agent many years; a local antiquary
and general historian; died Jan. 16, 1879.

5. Abigail W.2; m. Joseph A. Walker.

6. Elizabeth C.3; m. (1) John Brackett, (2) Samuel Cheswell, (3) Rev.
Asa Merrill.

7. Marys; d. young. 8. Charlotte C.s; m. J. B. Creighton.

9. Susans; m. Henry Baker of Providence, R. I.

10. Lydia; b. Aug. 1805; d. Nov. 3, 1832.

11. Pamelia C.1; m. Dr. Charles W. Fabyan.

12. Marthas; d. young. 13. Timothy:; m. Mary H. Osgood.

14. Daniels; m. Amy G. Salisbury of Providence, R. I.

15. Ebenezers; d. young.

NEAL.

1. Capt. Walter: Neal is regarded as the ancestor of the Neal families of
America. He came in 1631 in the bark Warwick, as one of the stewards
sent over by John Mason, and settled at Greenland Point, or Little Harbor,
becoming agent of the lower plantation, and superintending some 50 men
who came with him to engage in fishing, trading, salt-making and farming.
In 1633 he equipped four pumaces and shallops with 40 men for an expe-
dition against Dixy Bull and the Pemaquid pirates. Knowing that the
London Co., Dec. 5, 1632, were expecting him “to come hither to confer with
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them,” he started for England July 15, 1633, embarking at Boston with Capt.
Graves Aug. 13, 1633. A letter dated May 6, 1834, stated that Neal had
“entrusted household stuffe and implements"’ belonging to John Mason,
governor of the province, to be divided between Thomas Warnerton and
Ambrose Gibbons, who acknowledged Aug. 6, 1634, that Capt. Neal at his
departure had left “‘ goats, mault and sacke’’ with them. He is thought to
have visited the White Mountains in company with Darby Field, 1642.
Children:

2. Samuel?; m.; was lieutenant in Capt. Pendexter’s Co., 1673.

3. Walter?; m. Mary 4. Daughter?; d. young.

(3). Capt. Walter: (Capt. Walter!) married Mary ; was of Green-
land parish, Portsmouth; a soldier, 1673; joined in requesting the jurisdiction
of Massachusetts, Oct. 22, 1677 and 1689-90; was appointed captain, 1690;
on committee to seat the meeting house in Portsmouth, 1693; was captain
of a Portsmouth company, 1708. Children:

5. Samuel: b. June 14, 1661; m. Jane Foss.

6. Marys; m. Oct. 10, 1689, William Philbrick.

(5). Samuels (Capt. Walter,: Capt. Walter!) was born June 14, 1661;
married Jane Foss; petitioned for the government of Massachusetts, 1689-90.
Children:

7. Samuels; m. Locke.

8. John‘ was b. about 1690; m. Whitton and perhaps had Johns,
who was returned with Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island Nov. 6, 1775;
enlisted from Capt. Weeks’ Co. into the scout of Capt. James Davis, 1712;
was of Greenland, 1714; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov.
21, 1746; received a blanket from the selectmen of Durham, 1775; was of
Newmarket, 1776; enrolled in Capt. Simon Marston’s Co., Col. Joshua Win-
gate’s Regt., marching July 22.

9. Walter: b. 1692; settled in Newfields.

(6). Mary (Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) married Oct. 10, 1689, William,
son of Sergt. Thomas and Hannah (French) Philbrick, who was born June
27, 1670. Children:

10. Walter: Philbrick b. 1690. 11. Jonathan: Philbrick b. about 1694.

12. Mary: Philbrick b. 1702. 13. Samuel: Philbrick. 14. Olives Philbrick.

15. Abigail‘ Philbrick. 16. Sarah: Philbrick.

(7). Samuel: (Samuel, Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) married Locke;
settled in Greenland; enlisted from Capt. Weeks’ Co. into the scouts of Capt.
James Davis, 1712; was of Greenland, 1714: petitioned for a bridge over
Exeter River, 1746, for a lottery in aid of bridge and for its location at New-
fields, 1759-60, and for a bridge over Squamscot river, 1772; signed the
Association Test, 1776; died about 1778. (129.) Children:

17. Samuel.s 18. John: b. Feb. 14, 1777; m. Betsey Sawyer.

19. Walters; m. Clark.

20. Elizabeth; m. John Ames of Parsonsfield, Me.

(9). Walters (Samuel,: Capt. Walter,: Capt. Walter!) was born in 1692;
married Jan. 17, 1715, Anna, daughter of Richard Mattoon; settled in New-
fields; died April 17, 1755. His widow died Sept. 25, 1766. Children:

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22. Samuels b. March 26, 1720; m. Catharine Bradley.

23. Johns b. April 5, 1722; m. Lydia Wiggin; petitioned for a bridge, Nov.
21, 1746, 1766 and 1772; was a soldier in Capt. James Hill’s Co., Nov.
1775; refused to sign the Association Test July 12, 1776; settled in Buffalo,
N. Y.

24. Annas b. Sept. 1, 1724; d. Sept. 1, 1724.

25. Ebenezers b. Jan. 18, 1726; m. (1) Eliza Perkins, (2) Lydia Clark;
d. April 15, 1805.

26. Walters b. June 22, 1731; m. Lydia Parsons.

27. Deborah: b. Nov. 13, 1736; m. Josiah Robinson; d. Feb., 1829.

(18). Johns (Samuel,+ Samuel, Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born
in Newfields Feb. 14, 1777; married Nov. 10, 1801, Betsey Sawyer of Lee;
active in parish affairs, 1794 and 1797; settled in Loudon; died, Sept. 26,
1859. Among their eight children was:

28. Sarah C.+ b. Sept. 23, 1808; m. Dec. 28, 1831, Jonathan Burley.

(19). Walter,s (Samuel,s Samuel,s Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) married
Clark of Derry; settled in Newfields; petitioned for a bridge over
Exeter river, Nov. 21, 1746, and for a bridge at Newfields, 1766 and 1772;
refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was afterwards of Newmarket.
(96.) Children:

29. Levis; m. and had a daughter Betsey? who m. Benjamin, son of Nathaniel
and Miriam (Tucker) Robinson, who was b. April 20, 1788; was active in
parish affairs 1794. (119.)

80. Zebulon®; m. 1776, Comfort %

(21). Capt. Hubartuss (Walter, Samuel, Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter)
was born Oct. 22, 1719; married March 24, 1742, Mary Perkins, who died
June 18, 1806; died Dec. 18, 1806. (105.) Child:

31. Hubartuss; m. Mary Smith.

(22). Samuels (Walter, Samuel,3 Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born
March 26, 1720; married 1739, Catharine Bradley; died April 8, 1760.
Children:

32. Williams; a Revolutionary soldier. 33. John‘.

34. Josephs; m. Perkins. 35. Marys.

36. Samuels b. June 8, 1749; m. Abigail Connor.

37. Margaret*; m. Walter Philbrick, who was bap. 1724.

(26). Walters (Walter,‘ Samuel,: Capt, Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born
June 22, 1731; married Lydia, probably the daughter of Abraham and
Eunice (Sargent) Parsons, who was born July, 1736, and died Feb. 12, 1829;
petitioned for a bridge, 1766 and 1772; died April 23, 1820. (139.) Children:

38. Walters; m. Martha Creighton. 39. Lydias; m. Jerry Mason.

40. Enoch; m. Mary Low.

41. Nathaniels; m. May 29, 1800, Rachel, dau. of Capt. Thomas Folsom,
who was b. Dec. 24, 1769.

42. Eliphalet« b. 1776; m. Abigail Colcord.

40. Capt. Joshuas; m. (1) Sally, dau. of Theophilus and Lois (Jenness)
Lyford, who d. Feb. 8, 1802, aged 23, (2) Mary Ann Watson, who d. Aug.
31, 1849; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755. Joshua,?
son by first wife, d. Nov. 28, 1801, aged 9, and was buried with his mother
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590 History or NEWFIELDS.

44. Sallys; d. young. 45. Marys; d. young.

46. Lydias; d. young. 47. Deborah.«

48. Josephs; was returned with Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island
Nov. 5, 1775; received one month’s pay and travel to New York, was mus-
tered with Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s Regt. Dec. 1776,
and was on the pay roll from Jan. 5 to March 15, 1777; went to sea. Most
of the family went to Parsonsfield, Me.

(31). Capt. Hubartuss (Capt. Hubartus,» Walter, Samuel,? Capt. Walter,?
Capt. Walter!) was born in 1752; married Mary, daughter of Joseph Smith,
who was born 1755, and died July 11, 1815; was on committee to purchase
parsonage, 1803; died May 8, 1807. (129.) Children:

49. Ebenezer’; settled in Skowhegan, Me.

50. Joseph Smith? b. 1788; m. Olive Rindge Hill.

(36). Samuels (Samuel,s Walter,s Samuel, Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!)
was born June 8, 1749; married Sept. 1770, Abigail Connor, who died Sept.
1, 1827; died Feb. 19, 1824. Children:

51. Deborah? b. Feb. 16, 1771; d. Feb. 28, 1771.

52. Samuel? b. June 24, 1772; m. Jan. 3, 1800, Hettie Perkins; was active
in parish affairs, 1797; d. March 1, 1824.

53. Deborah? b. Feb. 26, 1775.

54. John? b. Feb. 14, 1777; m. Nov. 10, 1801, Betsey Sawyer.

55. Abigail? b. July 22, 1779; m. July 12, 1816, Levi French; d. Feb. 18,
1863.

56. Sally7b. Nov. 15, 1781; m. Aug. 9, 1809, Joseph Kuse; d. Sept. 28, 1864.

57. Joseph C.7 b. June 8, 1784; m. Elsie Cilley.

58. Asa7 b. March 29, 1786; m. Rebecca H. Gale.

59. Jeremiah? b. Aug. 23, 1788; m. Nov. 12, 1811, L. Furber; d. April 1,
1834.

60. Connor? b. Aug. 23, 1790; m. (1) Oct. 12, 1820, Sally Gale, who d.
Feb. 17, 1840,(2) A. Willis, who d. Dec. 1883; settled in Newmarket; d.
April 19, 1865. His daughter, Sarah* m. Wright L. Hill of Exeter, Lowell,
Mass., and San Francisco, Cal.

61. Polly? b. March 30, 1793; m. Aug. 15, 1814, B. P. Batchelder.

(38). Walters (Walter,s Walter,s Samuel,s Capt. Walter,z Capt. Walter!)
married Martha Creighton; settled in Parsonsfield, Me. Child:

62. Walter7; m. Mary Shores of Kittery, Me., who was b. Nov. 15, 1791,
and d. Newfields, July 29, 1887; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.; d. 1844. Of 10
children, William, the youngest, b. 1832, outlived the rest of the family, dying
April 3, 1892.

(42). Eliphalets (Walter,s Walter, Samuel, Capt. Walter,z Capt. Walter)
was born in 1776; married Abigail, daughter of Gideon and Mary (Moore)
Colcord, who died Aug. 2, 1845; was in the parish, 1800; soldier, 1814;
assessor, 1821 and 1824; selectman, 1825; built the large double two-story
house in 1832, which his son, Joshua W.,7 sold to John C. Chick, and was
burned, July 17, 1896; died Dec., 1850. Children:

63. Joshua Walter’ b. May 22, 1816; m. Frances R. Colcord.

64. Lydia Ann’; m. June 13, 1844, Chase Wiggin.
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(49). Col. Ebenezer? (Capt. Hubartus,* Capt. Hubartus,s Walter,‘ Samuel,
Capt. Walter, Capt. Walter!) petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot
bridge and its removal to Newfields, 1759-60, and for bridge at Newfields,
1766; settled in Skowhegan, Me. Child:

65. Daughters; m. Pilos Haines, lawyer at Greeley, Colorado.

(50). Joseph Smith? (Capt. Hubartus,¢ Capt. Hubartus,s Walter,: Samuel,3
Capt. Walter,: Capt. Walter!) was born in 1788; married Olive Rindge,
daughter of Gen. James Hill, who survived her husband and married (2)
July 21, 1819, Maj. Abner Stinson. Children:

66. Marthas; m. George Thompson; res. Philadelphia, Pa. 67. Mary.

(57). Joseph C,? (Samuel,* Samuel,: Walter,: Samuel,? Capt. Walter,? Capt.
Walter!) was born June 8, 1784; married Feb. 10, 1810, Elsie Cilley; died
May, 1850. Child:

68. George 8. b. Loudon, Oct. 6, 1815; m. Alvina A., dau. of Samuel and
Polly (Young) Hill of Loudon; a woolen manufacturer at Windham.

(58). Asa’ (Samuel,s Samuel,» Walter,s Samuel,? Capt. Walter,2 Capt.
Walter!) was born March 29, 1786; married Feb. 28, 1811, Rebecca H. Gale,
who died Jan. 20, 1861, aged 75; was soldier 1814; assessor, 1824; lived on
the Piscassic road; died April 1, 1861. Children:

682. Samuels b. March 11, 1812; m. Relief Smith.

69. Daniels b. Oct. 25, 1813; d. April 13, 1815.

693. Henry P.s b. Dec. 23, 1815; m. (1) Mary W. Jenness, (2) Charlotte
M. Perkins.

70. Valinia G.s b. May 14, 1818; m. John M. Paul.

71. Asa D.*b. June 10, 1821; m. Emily Jane Wiggin.

72. Abigail A. b. Jan. 6, 1824; m. Wiliam Murray.

(63). Joshua Walter’ (Eliphalet,s Walter,» Walter,‘ Samuel,? Capt. Walter,
Capt. Walter:) was born May 22, 1816; married April 30, 1843, Frances
Russell, daughter of Joseph and Sally (Jenness) Colcord, who was born June
13, 1815, and died Feb. 12, 1888; was named for his uncle Joshua, a sea-
captain of Newfields and Portsmouth; selectmen, 1852; representative, 1865;
joined the Congregational church May 2, 1875; built the new house on the
river side of the road, which his son Frank sold to Thomas J. Wiggin in 1908;
died Aug. 27, 1896. Children:

73. George R.sb. May 1844; m. Ada C. Bird; bookkeeper, Minneapolis,
Minn.; now resides in Boston; one child, Edith F. B.»

74, Frank C.s b. Oct. 26, 1856; m. Lizzie Mann.

75. Frances Abby: b. April 1847; d. Sept. 11, 1847.

(683). Samuels (Asa,7 Samuel,* Samuel,’ Walter,: Samuel,s Capt. Walter,?
Capt. Walter!) was born March 11, 1812; married Dec. 24, 1835, Relief
Smith who died Sept. 10, 1887; lived on Hall’s Mill road near Neal’s mill of
which he was principal owner; selectman, 1849, 1863-65 and 1873; represen-
tative, 1855-56. Children:

76. Eliza A. b. Oct. 11, 1836; d. Oct. 14, 183-.

77. Daniel G.»b. June 19, 1838; m. March 9, 1862, Mary A. Sanborn of
Epping; selectman, 1869-71, 1879, 1881-82 and 1886-88; representative, 1872;
d. Sept. 18, 1899. No children.

78. James L.* b. July 27, 1840; d. of a wound in prison, Lynchburg, Va.,
July 21, 1864.
592 History or NEWFIELDS.

79. H. Abby b. Aug. 10, 1846; m. May 6, 1864, George E. Paul. (See
Paul.)

80. Frances E.» b. Feb. 7, 1848; m. July 14, 1867, Charles V. Jenness;
d. Feb. 26, 1901; one child, Eugene» Jenness.

(69;). Henry P.s (Asa,7 Samuel,* Samuel,» Walter,‘ Samuel,3 Capt. Walter,?
Capt. Walter!) was born Dec. 23, 1815; -married (1) May 18, 1841, Mary W.,
daughter of Isaac Jenness, who was born Nov. 1807, and died Sept. 18, 1867,
(2) June 1, 1869, Charlotte M., daughter of Rev. Jared Perkins, who died
Nov. 24, 1910; like his brother, settled and always lived in Newfields near
the old homestead in Piscassic; a farmer, lumber dealer and large real estate
owner; selectman, 1858-59; died April 18, 1901. Children by first wife:

81. Austin H.* b. June 10, 1842; d. Sept. 11, 1847.

82. Mary R.s b. April 22, 1844; m. Oct. 20, 1867, Arthur T. Robinson
of Stratham and East Kingston; d. 1895; one son, M. T.1° Robinson.

83. Hervey Oscar® b. June 1, 1848; m. (1) Ella Cole who d. Aug. 1868,
(2) Aug., 1871, Joanna Beal who d. June 4, 1900. No children.

84. Joseph M.* b. Jan. 29, 1851; m. June 15, 1873, Martha .\., daughter
of Rev. Jared Perkins; dentist, Somerville, Mass. No children.

By second wife:

85. Lillian C.2b. Jan. 8, 1871; m. James T. Rumford.

86. Mabelle P.; m. Fred G. Goodrich.

87. Jared A. Perkins; m. Aug. 23, 1905, Marion F. Rundlett; lawyer,
Duluth, Minn.

(70). Valinia G.s (Asa,7 Samuel,* Samuel,s Walter, Samuel,» Capt. Wal-
ter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born May 14, 1818; married Feb. 26, 1839, John
M. Paul; died April 28, 1865. Children:

88. George E.» Paul, b. April 27, 1840; m. May 6, 1864, H. Abby, dau.
of Samuel Neal. (See Paul.)

89. John W.* Paul b. June 5, 1850; m. Dec. 5, 1879, Ellen W. Clark.
(See Paul.)

90. James* Paul b. April 1855; d. young.

(71). Asa D.s (Asa,7 Samuel,s Samuel,s Walter,: Samuel,» Capt. Walter,?
Capt. Walter!) was born June 10, 1821; married Nov. 14, 1848, Emily Jane
Wiggin of Stratham, who died Oct. 25, 1907; selectmen 1866-67; died April
2, 1868. Children:

91. Austin Jacob* b. Dec. 27, 1849; m. Mary F. Torrey.

92. Franklin P.» b. March 13, 1853; m. Edna Jones.

93. Mary A.s b. Jan. 5, 1856; d. April 9, 1856.

94. Mary E.* b. Oct. 10, 1857; d. March 22, 1865.

95. Laura A.» b. Aug. 5, 1859; m. Aug. 17, 1904, George R. Rowe of
Brentwood.

96. Asa C. W.* b. Oct. 18, 1861; m. Lizzie Osborne; res. Boston; two
children.

(72). Abigail A.* (Asa,7 Samuel,* Samuel, Walter,+ Samuel, Capt. Walter,?
Capt. Walter!) was born Jan. 6, 1824; m. June 17, 1848, William Murray;
died Oct. 10, 1852. Children:

97. Frances A.» Murray b. Sept. 16, 1848; m. Nov. 26, 1868, Austin Doeg.

1The children of Asa D. Neal and Emily J. Wiggin are descendants of Capt. Walter Neal
and Capt. Thomas Wiggin, who were, in 1631, agents for the ‘‘ Upper and lower plantations.”’
GENEALOGY. 593

98. W. A.» Murray b. Oct. 29, 1850.

99. Samuel Neal» Murray b. Aug. 2, 1852; m. Lizzie 8. Howard; was
adopted by his uncle Samuel Neal and dropped the name of Murray.

(74). Frank C.s (Joshua Walter,’ Eliphalet,s Walter,s Walter,s Samuel,
Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born Oct. 26, 1856; married Lizzie Mann;
graduated Comer’s commercial college, Boston; removed to Manitoba,
Canada. Children:

100. Mabel F.» 101. Lester R.» 102. Lillian C.»

(85). Lillian C.» (Henry P.* Asa,7 Samuel,s Samuel,’ Walter,s Samuel,s
Capt. Walter,: Capt. Walter!) was born Jan. 8, 1871; married James T.
Rumford; residence, Newfields. Children:

103. Clarencee Rumford. 104. Ruth» Rumford. 105. Doris‘s Rum-
ford.

(86). Mabelle P.» (Henry P,: Asa,7 Samuel, Samuel,» Walter,s Samuel,
Capt. Walter,2 Capt. Walter) married June 28, 1904, Fred G. Goodrich;
residence, Exeter. Children:

106. John Goodrich. 107. Charlotte:* Goodrich.

(91). Austin J.» (Asa D.,* Asa,7 Samuel, Samuel,s Walter, ‘Samuel,> Capt.
Walter,2 Capt. Walter!) was born Dec. 27, 1849; married June 4, 1877, Mary
F. Torrey; farmer and builder; selectman, 1874-78, and 1884-85; repre-
sentative, 1888; also served as school committee and town treasurer; removed
to Lowell, Mass. Child:

108. Ethel Torrey; m. Dana Fuller; res., Medford, Mass; two children.

(92). Franklin P.» (Asa D.* Asa,? Samuel,s Samuel,s Walter, Samuel,
Capt. Walter, Capt. Walter!) was born March 13, 1853; married May 5,
1885, Edna Jones of Stratham; builder and farmer; selectman, 1890-93,
1897-1900 and 1910. Child:

109. Augustine.1

(99). Samuel (Abigail A.,s Asa,7 Samuel,s Samuel,s Walter,s Samuel,
Capt. Walter,? Capt. Walter!) was born Aug. 2, 1852; married Sept. 3, 1874,
Lizzie S., daughter of John and Nancy (Smith) Howard. Children:

110. James Hermann; m. July 10, 1901, Ellen Bresnahan; res., Exeter.

111. Charles F..; m. Dec. 20, 1905, Annie Perkins of Epping.

112. Fred H.»; m. Nov. 25, 1909, Annie F. Locke of Exeter; res. Lynn,
Mass.

113. Augusta; m. Robert Burnham of Durham; electrician; res., Milford.

114. Ernest 8.; grocer, postmaster and town clerk.

NORRIS.

1. Nicholas: Norris was born about 1640; married Sarah Coxe Feb. 21,
1663; came to America as a “stowaway” in an emigrant ship, when about
14 years of age; was a tailor and planter, and an early resident of Hamp-
ton; deeded a dwelling house and 3 acres of planting land to John
Godfrey, Sept. 29, 1666; was in Exeter, 1666; took the oath of allegiance,
1677; favored the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, 1690; was a soldier in the
garrison under Kinsley Hall, Aug. 3-31, 1696; lived near: Meeting-house
Hill in Exeter village; had 10 acres of land laid out to him, March 8, 1721;
deeded land June 10, 1721; died soon after.

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Children all but the first born in Exeter:
. Sarah? b. Sept. 20, 1664; d. young.
. Sarah? b. March 10, 1666; d. young.
. John? b. July 10, 1667; probably d. young.
- Moses? b. Aug. 14, 1670; m. Ruth Folsom.
. Jonathan? b. March 5, 1673; m. Lydia
. Abigail? b. Nov. 29, 1675. 8. Sarah2 b. April 10, 1678.

. James? b. Nov. 16, 1680; d. prior to March 28, 1698.

10. Elizabeth: b. Sept. 4, 1683.

(5). Moses? (Nicholas!) was born in Exeter Aug. 14, 1670; married March
4, 1692, Ruth, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Robey) Folsom; received from
his father 16 acres of land on ‘‘road to Hampton Farms,” April 9, 1698; was
soldier from Aug. 31, to Sept. 28, 1696; deeded land to his children Feb. 2, 1721.

Children born in Exeter:

11. Samuel: b. about 1693; res. Exeter; d. prior to Oct. 30, 1754.

12. John: b. Dec. 25, 1694; res. Epping; d. Nov. 8, 1766.

13. Moses: b. about 1696; d. prior to Oct. 16, 1751.

14. Nicholas: b. about 1698; res. Portsmouth; d. 1761 or 1762.

15. Josephs b. about 1699; res. Epping; d. about 1788.

16. Jonathan: b. about 1700; res. Exeter; d. before Dec. 27, 1769.

17. James: b. about 1702; m. (1) Mary , (2) Alice Mitchell.

18. Ruth: b. about 1704.

(6.) Jonathan? (Nicholas!) was born in Exeter March 5, 1673; married
Lydia , who survived him; settled in Stratham; was a farmer. His
Will was probated July 23,1718. 5h.

19. Benjamin? (Jonathan,? Nicholas!) was born 170-; married, Dec. 14,
, Mehitable Stevens of Stratham, who was born Dec. 21, 1709; lived
on the homestead; signed a petition against a bridge at Newfields, 1746.
His Will was probated Nov. 28, 1764. 10 ch.

20. Benjamin: (Benjamin,: Jonathan,? Nicholas!) was born in Stratham,
Feb. 24, 1731; married Sarah Wiggin, who was born Oct. 10, 1736; was a
soldier in Capt. McConnell’s Co., May 4, 1777; res. Bow and Pembroke;
died Jan. 31, 1799. 14 ch.

21. Nathaniels (Benjamin, Benjaimn,: Jonathan,? Nicholas!) was born
in Pembroke May 2, 1771; married June 1, 1794, Lucy Hazelton; res. Dor-
chester; died July 24, 1848. 10 ch.

22. Rev. Samuels (Nathaniel, Benjamin,‘ Benjamin,? Jonathan,? Nicholas)
was born in Dorchester, N. H., March 8, 1801; married Aug. 30, 1823, Eliz-
abeth H., daughter of Rev. John Brodhead; was licensed to preach in 1818,
when but seventeen years old; joined the New England Conference and
was a “clear, convincing and most acceptable preacher’; was delegate to
the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832 and 1836;
at the latter conference held in Cincinnati he was one of four who were publicly
censured for attending an anti-slavery meeting; retired from the active min-
istry in 1840 because of extreme deafness; lived some years in Newfields,
building the house adjoining the Methodist church; lived in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
1856-78; returned to his old home in Newfields where he died June 23, 1880.
His wife survived him and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1889. Children:

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24, John Brodhead? b. Newport, R. I., 1828; m. 1862, Mrs. Mary (Reynolds)
_Trask; member of the Boston Stock Exchange, 1853-55, and the New York
Exchange 1856-78; d. Feb. 1878. Children:

25. Johns. 26. Fannies. 27. Alfreds.

(17). James: (Moses,? Nicholas) was born about 1702; married Mary j
who died Sept. 19, 1766, (2) Alice, widow of Joshua Mitchell of Newmarket;
received one eighth of a mill at Petuckaway; was a soldier May, 1724, in
Capt. Daniel Ladd’s Co. and scouted six days near Lake Winnipesaukee;
signed petition for the incorporation of Epping, 1741; was moderator 1742,
1747, 1751, and 1764; selectman, 1745, 1749-50 and 1754; on committee to
hire minister and build meeting house, 1745; was a farmer and miller, owned.
large tracts of land, and dealt largely in real estate; died Dec. 20, 1768.
Children:

28. Josiah‘; m. (1) Katherine Barber, (2) Eunice Coffin, (3) Anne Chase.

29. Joseph‘ b. April 26, 1728.

30. Jeremiah‘ b. Dec. 16, 1729; m. Hannah Towle; res. Epping.

31. Moses: b. Jan. 20, 1732; m. Susannah Gordon; res. Nottingham.

32. Mary: b. May 22, 1734; m. Maj. Joseph Prescott; res. Sanbornton.

33. Elizabeth: b. April 8, 1736; unm. Oct. 12, 1768.

34. Lydia‘ b. Aug. 28, 1737; m. Thomas Drake.

35. James‘ b. April 9, 1739; m. Mary Chandler; d. Nov. 11, 1816.

36. Sarah‘ b. Feb. 14, 1741; m. Robert Smart.

37. Daniel: b. June 3, 1743; d. young. _

38. Daniel: b. Nov. 22, 1744; m. Mary Lane; res. Raymond.

39. Simeon: b. Aug. 8, 1748; res. Epping.

40. Anna‘ b. Nov. 20, 1749; m. probably Ephraim Drake.

41. Lucy: b. Aug. 19, 1752.

42. Eliphalet b. Aug. 22, 1757; res. Epping, 1785.

(28). Josiaht (James,? Moses,? Nicholas!) was born in Epping about 1726;
married (1) Feb. 14, 1754, Katherine Barber, who died May 17, 1758, (2)
Aug. 30, 1759, Eunice Coffin, who died March 19, 1778, (3) March 18, 1779,
Anne, daughter of James and Mary Chase, who was born Nov. 19, 1748;
lived on the north side of Lamprey river; sold 36 2-3 acres of land to his
brother James, March 30, 1772; bought of Daniel Rogers of Portsmouth
100 acres in Nottingham, Jan. 11, 1774; was representative, Epping, 1776.
Children born in Epping:

43. Josiah b. Dec. 16, 1754; m. (1) Aug. 2, 1781, Lydia Chase, (2) Nov.
3, 1812, Molly Tilton. 4 ch.

44, Katherines b. April 19, 1760; d. May 17, 1778.

45. Williams b. June 4, 1762; m. (1) Eleanor Blake, (2) Betsey Hersey,
(3) Nancy Hilton.

46. Lucy® b. Dec. 29, 1767; d. Sept. 29, 1769.

47. Mosess b. Dec. 29, 1767; res. Epping and Campton.

48. Eunices b. March 12, 1770; m. Eben Clark; res. Sanbornton.

49. Coffin Doles b. March 30, 1775.

(45). Maj. Williams (Josiah, James, Moses,? Nicholas!) was born in Epping
June 4, 1762; married (1) Oct. 1, 1785, Eleanor, daughter of Joseph Blake,
who was born Jan. 30, 1764 and died Aug. 28, 1797, (2) March 17, 1799,
Betsey, daughter of Gen. Henry Butler of Nottingham, who was born July

 
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30, 1777, and died July 12, 1808, (3) Feb. 22, 1813, Nancy (or Anna), dau.
of Dudley Hilton, who was born Oct. 14, 1770; was major in the militia; a
farmer of Nottingham; was on committee to build a meeting house and take
the old one down, 1803; was tithingman, 1826; active in the society, 1828, and
moderator 1829; juror, 1828; lived on the site of the Universalist church
in Newfields; died there June 11, 1839.

Children, first four by first wife:

50. Joseph Blakes b. March 12, 1786; m. March 26, 1810, Betsey, dau.
of Daniel Tilton; res. Deerfield; d. May 14, 1858.

51. Eleanor b. March 20, 1789; m. Daniel, son of Ebenezer Tilton; res.
Deerfield; d. Aug. 1, 1822.

52. Abigails b. June 2, 1793; m. Reuben Bartlett of Nottingham; d. May
13, 1825.

53. Eunice b. Aug. 5, 1797; m. Lawrence Brown of Epping; d. Jan. 19, 1837.

54. Joannas b. Feb. 24, 1800; m. Joseph, son of Sherburn and Affa (Osgood)
Blake of Raymond, who was born Oct. 28, 1797, and d. Feb. 14, 1864.

55. Elizabeth» b. Aug. 23, 1802; res. Nottingham; d. unm. Feb. 17, 1882.

56. Williams b. Sept. 20, 1804; res. Nottingham, and Hampton, 1890;
d. there Nov. 3, 1893.

NORTON.

1. George: Norton, a carpenter, who built the first meeting house in Salem,
Mass., was probably the one who came from London in the fleet with Hig-
ginson April, 1629; married Mary , who survived him and married
(2) Feb. 27, 1760, Philip Fowler; was made freeman May 14, 1634; died 1659.

Children:

2. Freegrace? b. about 1635; 3. John? bap. Oct. 1637.

4, Nathaniel? b. May 1639.

5. George? b. March 28, 1641; had built a ship on the Squamscot, 1677.

6. Mehitable2, 7. Sarah.2 8. Hannah? b. 1651. 9. Abigail? b. 1651.

 

ORDWAY.

1. Edward: Ordway was born in Epping in 1775; married Aug. 29, 1806,
Sarah, daughter of Walter, and granddaughter of Michael Shute who settled
in Newfields about 1750; came to Newfields and taught school in the old
school house more recently known as the “Chapel” in Piscassic; kept a grocery
store, and lived on the hill by the river; died July 31, 1825. His wife was
born in 1786, and died June 12, 1865. Children:

2. Sarah W.? b. March 20, 1809; d. unm. July 12, 1872.

3. Eliza 8.2 b. Jan. 1812; d. Dec. 14, 1821.

4. Hannah: b. June 1815; d. Dec. 1825.

5. Edward John? b. Oct. 1819; d. March, 1822.

6. Walter Shute? b. in Newfields Sept. 5, 1823; m. July 3, 1866, Charlotte
Wentworth, dau. of John and Ruth Rollins (Wentworth) Horne, of Great
Falls, now Somersworth; though left fatherless when very young, became
an active, industrious man and good citizen; in 1843 built and occupied the fine
house, beautiful for situation, on the hill by the river, very near to his early
home; d. Feb. 6, 1906. His wife d. Oct. 1, 1906. Child:
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7. Bessie Pierce? b. in Newfields Feb. 24, 1869; graduated from Robinson
seminary, Exeter, June 1887; m. Oct. 17, 1888, Christopher Augustine, son
of Christopher Augustine and Mary Frances (Clough) Pollard, who was b.
in Lancaster, Mass., April 3, 1865; res. Newfields, in the house built by her
father. No children.

PACKER.

Captain Packer was granted by the town of Dover, April 11, 1694, with
Jonathan Woodman, James Davis, Joseph Meader and James Thomas, “‘the
hole streame of Lampreh River for the erecting of a sawmill or mills, that is to
say the one half to Capt. Thomas Packer, the other half to the other fower
men befour mentioned”; also received a grant of fifty acres of land “‘on the
south side of the aforesaid falls, or elsewhere, for his conveniency, leaving
eight rods of land by the river for a highway’; sold this grant and mill privi-
lege Dec. 1, 1711, to Philip Chesley of Oyster River.

The name Packers Falls, originally applied to a series of falls, has also been
given to the southwest part of Durham on both sides of the river, extending to
the adjoining towns of Lee and Newmarket.

Gen. John Sullivan’s mills at Packers Falls are spoken of December, 1774,
when Eleazer Bennett of the Fort William and Mary expedition was in his
employ.

In 1774 John Adams, afterwards president, in a letter, said that John Sullivan
had ‘‘a fine stream of water with an excellent cornmill, sawmill, fulling-mill,
scythe-mill and others, six mills in all, which are both his delight and profit.”

In the Packers Falls district once stood the David Davis garrison, the
Pendergast garrison which is now occupied by John H. Scott, and the Joshua
Woodman garrison. Col. Thomas Tash lived there.

In 1900 an electric light plant was erected to furnish heat, light and: power
for Newmarket and Durham.

Packers Creek and Packers Point in Greenland were named for Col. Thomas
Packer.

PALMER.

1.. John: Palmer of Newmarket married Hannah, widow of John Burley,
and daughter of Bradstreet Gilman; was a blacksmith; sold to Joseph Young,
Feb. 21, 1753, “his dwelling house in Newmarket and a strip of land on which
said house stands for 80 pounds old tenor’; removed to Newfields and occu-
pied the old Kennard house on Main street. Child:.

2. Nathaniel G.2

Christopher Palmer married Susanna, daughter of Edward Hilton; is men-
tioned as early as March 20, 1677; was of Hampton and served at Fort William
and Mary from May 18 to June 1, 1708.

PARSONS.

1. Joseph: Parsons was born in England, where he married Mary Bliss, and
came to Cape Ann, Mass., July 1626; died, March 26, 1684. Children:

2. Joseph? b. 1647. 3. John.2 4. Samuel.2 5. Ebenezer.2 6. Jonathan.?
7. David. 8. Mary.2. 9. Hannah.2 10. Abigail.2 11. Hester.
598 History or NEWFIELDS.

(2). Joseph? (Joseph:) was born in 1647; married Elizabeth Strong; died
1729. Children:

12. Joseph: b. 1671. 13. John.s 14. Ebenezer.s 15. Elizabeth.s

16. David.s 17. Josiah? b. 1697. 18. Daniel.s 19. Moses.:

20. Abigail.» 21. Noahs

(12). Rev. Josephs (Joseph,? Joseph) was born in 1671; married Elizabeth
Thompson; grad. Harvard college, 1697; minister, Lebanon, Ct., and Salisbury,
Mass; died 1739. Children:

22. Joseph. 23. Samuel.t 24. William.: 25. Elizabeth.+

26. John,‘ who died while a sophomore at Harvard college. The other sons
became clergymen.

(17). Capt. Josiahs (Joseph,2 Joseph: ) was born in 1697; married; was a
mariner; died April 7, 1755. Children:

27. Nathaniel‘ b. 1725; d. July 20, 1749.

28. Josiah‘; petitioned for a lottery, 1759-60.

29. Jacobs; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776.

30. Abraham‘; m. Eunice Sargent.

(22). Rev. Joseph: (Rev. Joseph, Joseph,? Joseph) graduated at Harvard
college 1720; married; was minister at Bradford, Mass., 1726, till his death in
1765. Child.

31. Edwards b. 1747; graduated, Harvard college, 1765, and became the
first lawyer at Newfields, beginning practice there as early as 1773; was a mem-
ber from Newmarket of the Provincial Convention held at Exeter from May
17 to November, 1775; was afterwards adjutant in Col. Enoch Poor’s Regi-
ment in the Continental Army; died at Ticonderoga about 1776.

(24). Rev. William: (Rev. Joseph,: Joseph,? Joseph!) graduated, Harvard col-
lege, 1735; married; was minister and proprietor, Gilmanton; died 1796. Child:

32. Johns b. Nov. 10, 1751; m. Oct. 16, 1783, Lydia, dau. of Peter Folsom
who was b. 1761, and d. March 17, 1828; d. May 31, 1838.

(30). Abraham: (Capt. Josiah,3 Joseph,: Joseph!) married Eunice Sargent.
Child:

33. Abrahams b. July 2, 1732; m. Mary Fowler.

(33). Abrahams (Abraham,‘ Capt. Josiah, Joseph,? Joseph!) was born July
2, 1732; married Jan. 24, 1754, Mary, daughter of Philip Fowler, who was born
at Ipswich, Mass., May 21, 1732, and died 1826; signed the Association Test,
1776; died, Feb. 27,1817. Children:

34. Abrahams b. Nov. 2, 1754; m. Abigail Burleigh.

35. Josiahs b. July 18, 1756; m. Dec. 26, 1780, Susanna Chapman; d. July 9,
1819.

36. Mary,*d. unm. 1815.

37. Elizabeth H.* b. July 3, 1768; m. March 23, 1790, Dudley Gilman of
Acton, Me.

38. Sarahs b. July 16, 1770; m. Richard Hubbard of Acton, Me.

39. Ebenezer: b. March 6, 1773; m. Sally, dau. of Dea. Samuel Joy of
Durham; active in the parish, 1808.

(34). Abrahams (Abraham,s Abraham,‘ Capt. Josiah,? Joseph,? Joseph')
was born Nov. 2, 1754; married May 30, 1781, Abigail Burleigh, who was born
April 11, 1755, and died 1845; died Jan. 15, 1852. Children:
GENEALOGY. 599

40. Josiah’ b. Sept. 26, 1781; m. Judith Badger.

41. Sarah.7 42. Abraham7b. Oct. 12, 1785;m. Anna Dudley. 43. James.7

(40). Josiah? (Abraham,s Abraham,s Abraham,‘ Capt. Josiah,: Joseph,?
Joseph!) was born Sept. 26, 1781; married Judith, daughter of Joseph and
Sarah (Weeks) Badger; died Dec. 9, 1842. Children:

44. Joseph Badger. 45. Emily P.s 46. Sarah B.s

47. Mary Elizabeth.s 48. Lewis Neal.» 49. Joseph Badger,s M. D.

50. Daniel Jacobs.’ b April 15, 1821. 51. Sarah Jane Rogers.®

52. William Moody: b. Gilmanton, Dec. 30, 1826; grad. Vermont Medical
college, 1851; physician, Gilmanton, Bennington, Antrim and Manchester.

53. Hannah Cogswell.s

Deborah Parsons b. June 30, 1775; m. (1) Feb. 21, 1796, Nicholas Doe, (2)
Dec. 6, 1808, Isaiah Lane.

Lydia Parsons married Walter Neal; died Feb. 12, 1829, aged 92 years and
7 months.

Nancy Parsons married Josiah, son of Nathaniel Pease; settled in Parsons-
field, Me.

Sally Parsons married Oct. 23, 1791, Asa, son of Nathaniel Pease, who was
b. July 18, 1769; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.

PAUL.

 

1. Daniel! Paul was from Ipswich, England; married Elizabeth :
was a ship-builder; is mentioned in Boston, Aug., 1640; settled in Kittery,
now Eliot, Me., 1648; acknowledged the government of Massachusetts, 1652;
conveyed his homestead to his son Stephen, 1672; was grand juror.

2. Stephen: (Daniel!) married Catherine, daughter of Antipas Maverick
of the Isles of Shoals; was a shipwright; with Edward Gilman who married
Abigail Maverick, sister of his wife, administered on estate of his father, April
24, 1682; died 1695. Children:

3. Johns; m. Margaret Tobey. 4. Daniels; m. Sarah Bragdon.

5. Moses. 6. Elizabeth; m. 1695, John Thompson.

7. Susanna’; m. Samuel Furnald. 8. Abigail.

(3). Johns, (Stephen,2 Daniel:) married, 1706, Margaret, daughter of James
Tobey of Kittery, Me. Children:

9. Amos‘, b. Feb. 19, 1712; m. Ann Brooks. 10. Catherine.+

(4). Daniels (Stephen,? Daniel:) married, 1701, Sarah Bragdon. Children:

11. Jeremiah. 12. Josiah.« 13. Samuel.s 14. Stephen.+

15. John. 16. Daniels 17. Abigail.:

(9). Amos‘ (John,s Stephen,? Daniel:) was born Feb. 19, 1712; married
Sept. 5, 1738, Ann, daughter of William and Mary Brooks; settled in Kittery, -
Me. Children:

18. Noah.s 19. Amos. 20. Joseph.s 21. Mary.s 22. Elizabeth.s

23. Margaret.»

(11). Jeremiah: (Daniel, Stephen,? Daniel:) married and had

24. Samuel.s

(19). Amoss (Amos, John, Stephen,? Daniel!) married May 8, 1777, Mar-
garet Tetherly. Children:
600 History oF NEWFIELDS.

25. Sallys b. Aug. 30, 1778.

26. Nathaniels b. March 8, 1781; m. Mary Marsters.

27. Susannahs b. April 29, 1783. 28. Williams b. May 28, 1785.

29. Annas b. July 25, 1787.

30. Samuels b. Sept. 9, 1789; m. Martha M. Tarleton.

31. Amoss b. April 29, 1792; m. Deborah Gilman.

$2. Temples b. Oct 15,1795; m. (1) Susan W. Burleigh, (2) Mercy W. Ewer.

(24). Samuels (Jeremiah, Daniel,s Stephen,? Daniel!) married and had

83. Ira b. April 30, 1795; m. Mary G. Pickering.

(26). Nathaniels (Amos,s Amos,‘ John,» Stephen,? Daniel!) was born in
Kittery, Me., March 8, 1781; married Feb. 15, 1807, Mary, daughter of Dr.
John and Mary Marsters, who was born Jan. 23, 1785, and died Sept. 5, 1849;
came to Newfields about 1800; learned the carpenter’s trade of Henry Wiggin
and became a mill-wright and master mechanic; lived at the corner of Main
and Piscassic streets, and also on a farm on the Lee road; was active in parish
affairs, 1810 and 1824; died July 19, 1827. Children.

34. Charles H. b. Dec. 24, 1807; d. Springfield, Mass.

35. Nathaniel b. Feb. 11, 1809; m.; lived in Dover; d. Dec. 17, 1862. 4 ch.

36. Amos? b. April 29, 1810; m. (1) Mary Ann Rundlett, (2) Harriet A.
Rundlett.

37. John Marsters? b. Dec. 4, 1811; m. (1) Valina G. Neal, (2) Mrs. Ina E.
Miller.

88. William Marsters? b. May 16, 1813; m. Susan A. Pollard.

39. Nicholas Gilman? b. April 3, 1815; m. (1) Mary Wiggin, (2) M. E. Paul.

40. George K.7 b. Dec. 16, 1816; m. Ruth Shackford.

41. Mary Ann7b, Jan. 28, 1819; d. unm. Aug. 29, 1862.

42. Margery’ b. April 11, 1820; d. Nov. 4, 1821.

43. Andrew Marsters’ b. Sept. 22, 1821; m. Sophia Greenleaf of Newbury-
port, Mass., who was b. May, 1824, and d. Feb. 11, 1904; res. Dorchester,
Mass.; d. Sept. 6, 1906; left 2 sons.

44. James C.7 b. Jan. 19, 1824; railroad engineer; d. unm. Nov., 1905.

45. Sarah Elizabeth? b. July 8, 1825; m. Cyrus Hayes.

(30). Samuels (Amos, Amos,‘ John,? Stephen,? Daniel) was born in Kittery,
Me., Sept. 9, 1789; married Feb. 13, 1815, Martha M., daughter of
Samuel and Jerusha (Hopkins) Tarleton, who was born April 18, 1796,
and died Feb. 19, 1883; came to Newfields, 1806, and served his time with
his brother Nathaniel; settled next to the Tarleton home where he was wont
to entertain the Methodist class prior to 1825, and Methodist itinerants all
his days, now the home of George Fifield; died Sept. 3, 1878. Children:

46. George O.7 b. Feb. 25, 1816; m. Harriet R. Osgood, who d. Feb. 20,
1893; d. Jan. 22, 1893. No children.

47. Martha A.7; m. Rev. Samuel A. Cushing.

48. Amanda M.7; m. Stephen E. Hayes.

49. Sarah B.7; m. Albert S. Freeze. (See Freeze.)

50, Susan B.7; m. Ephraim G. Hill, who was b. April 21, 1825, and d. Nov. 1,
1883; d. Dec. 20, 1899. One child, Hattie P.’ Hill, b. Jan. 19, 1852; d. Oct.
30, 1907.

51. Clara P.7 b. Feb. 8, 1833; m. Rufus Sanborn.
 

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GENEALOGY. 601

52. Samuel T.7; m. (1) Eliza A. Brigham, (2) 1887, Mrs. Eliza (Mundy)
Hanley.

53. Hannah C.7 b. 1835; m. George E. Fifield; d. 1876. (See Fifield).

54. Hall Jenness,’ adopted by his uncle, Hall J. Jenness; m. Mattie, dau.
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Burleigh) Smith, and had Ediths; soldier, 1863;
lieutenant of Rockingham County Guards, 1867; member Congregational
Society, 1868; town clerk, 1884-1907. His wife died Jan. 29, 1910

55. Mary E.7 b. Oct. 19, 1831; d. March 11, 1832.

(31). Amoss (Amos,' Amos,‘ Johns, Stephen,? Daniel!) was born April 29,
1792; married Deborah, daughter of Theophilus and Lois (Lyford) Gilman;
was commissioned first sergeant of the 3d Co., 4th Regt., N. H. militia, Sept.
9, 1815, and captain, June 3, 1817. His son Horace F. has the commissions.
Children:

56. Horace F.7, res. Concord. 57. Louisa7; d. in childhood.

58. Daughter’; d. in childhood.

(82). Temples (Amos,* Amos,‘ John, Stephen,? Daniel!) was born Oct. 15,
1795; married (1) Dec. 8, 1822, Susan Wiggin, daughter of James and Drusilla
(Ewer) Burleigh who was born Nov. 11, 1796, and died Nov. 20, 1823, (2)
Mercy W. Ewer; came to Newfields, 1817; built upon the site of the Nathaniel
Lord house, where his nephew, Amos Paul, afterwards lived, the house later
moved to the Nathaniel Paul estate and Robert Clark corner by John M.
Paul, and now owned by Mr. Richards; built the Congregational meeting
house at Newfields, 1839; was a member of, and active in, the Congregational
Society; one of the first owners of the iron foundry, 1830; brigade quarter-
master of First Brigade, 4th Division of N. H. Militia, 1830; removed to
Somerville, Mass., about 1856 and d. there. Child by first wife:

59. Augustus T.7 b. Oct. 3, 1823; d. June 22, 1849.

(33). Iras (Samuel,s Jeremiah,: Daniel,s Stephen,? Daniel!) was born April
80, 1795; married, March 26, 1818, Mary G. Pickering of Newington.
Children:

60. Warrington.7 61. Nathan.’ 62. Samuel.’ 63. Burlington.? 64.
Mary.’ 65. IraSylvester.7 66. George.?

(36). Amos? (Nathaniel,s Amos,' Amos,‘ John, Stephen,? Daniel!) was
born April 29, 1810; married (1) Mary Ann Rundlett of Epping, who died
May 14, 1860, aged 54, and (2) Harriet A., daughter of Thomas Rundlett of
Newburyport, Mass.; was apprenticed with him till April, 1832, when he
returned to Newfields and worked as journeyman machinist for about two
years in Drake and Paul’s Iron Foundry; bought the Nathaniel Lord and
Benjamin Lovering estates, and built over the Lord cellar the present mansion;
was president of the Newmarket Iron Foundry; agent of the Swamscot
Machine Company; director of the Boston and Maine railroad; Republican
presidential elector, 1868; delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1888;
held town offices; died Jan. 30, 1896. Children by first wife:

67. Mary H. b. Nov. 28, 1838; d. Dec. 12, 1846.

68. ‘Amos Marsterss b. 1839; d. Nov. 5, 1858.

69. Charles R.#; m. Nov., 1877 Alice, dau. of Rufus Sanborn; d. in Boston
Feb. 10, 1895.

By second wife:

70. Isabel. 71. Harriet A.®
602 History oF NEWFIELDS.

(37). John Marsters’ (Nathaniel,s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,} Stephen,? Daniel)
was born Dec. 4, 1811; married (1) Valina Gale, daughter of Asa Neal, who
was born May 14, 1818, and died April 28, 1865; (2) Oct., 1880, Mrs. Ina E.
Miller; died Feb. 10, 1895. Children:

72. George Elmers b. April 27, 1840; m. Harriet Abby Neal.

73. John Williams b. June 5, 1850; m. Dec. 5, 1879, Ellen W. Clark,
who d. May 8, 1897. One child, Adeline®; res. Concord.

74. James* b. April, 1855; d. young.

(38). William Marsters’? (Nathaniel,s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,’ Stephen,? Dan-
iel'!) was born May 16, 1813; married Susan Augusta Pollard; settled in New-
fields; was treasurer of the Swamscot Machine Co.; died, March 26,
1883. Children:

75. Almenas b. March 30, 1859; d. April 28, 1859.

76. Mary M.*b. 1850; m. Lewis S. Hodgdon.

77. Eleanor’ b. 1854; m. Daniel A. Langlands.

(39). Nicholas Gilman’ (Nathaniel,s Amos,' Amos,‘ John,3 Stephen,? Dan-
jel!) was born April 3, 1815; married (1) Mary Wiggin, who was born May
1820, and died July 12, 1852; (2) Mary E. Paul, who died Feb., 1886; was
engineer and superintendent of the Boston and Maine Railroad works, Law-
rence, Mass.; died March 7, 1870. Children, by first wife:

78. Fanny*; unm. 79. Augusta’; d. unm. Dec., 1908.

(40). George Kittredge? (Nathaniel,s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,? Stephen,? Dan-
iel!) was born Dec. 16, 1816; married June 22, 1847, Ruth, daughter of Seth
R. and Martha (Boardman) Shackford of Newmarket, who died Feb. 22, 1899;
business man of Boston; died, Lowell, Mass., March 6, 1872. Children:

80. Kates; m. Lewis Smith; res. Roslindale, Mass. Two sons.

81. Marthas; res. Roslindale, Mass.; unm.

82. George 8.8; m. Oct. 5, 1887, Edna A., dau. of William R. and Dolly
(Hall) Hobbs; connected with the Swamscot Machine Co. from early life till
1894, and since with the Boston and Maine works, Concord; res. Newfields.
No ch.

(47.) Martha A.7 (Samuel,s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,? Stephen,? Daniel') married
Rev. Samuel A. Cushing, who was pastor of the Methodist church in 1833;
died March, 1842. Children:

83. Daughters; d. in infancy.

84. John R.* Cushing, b. 1838; m. Nov. 24, 1864, Mary Hebard of Ran-
dolph, Vt., who d. in 1909 or 1910; graduated, Wesleyan University and was
preacher of the New England Methodist Conference; d. 190-. Children:

85. Bertha’ Cushing; m. Childs, who d. 1904. 86. Pauline’ Cushing.

(48). Amanda M.7 (Samuel;s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,? Stephen,? Daniel!) mar-
ried Stephen E. Hayes of Rochester and Newfields. Children:

87. Martha H.* Hayes; m. Greenleaf R. Rundlett.

88. Clara Florences Hayes; m. Benjamin Burleigh; res. Wolfeboro. No ch.

89. Franks Hayes; m.; res. Gonic; three ch.

(51). Clara P.7 (Samuel,s Amos,* Amos,‘ John,’ Stephen,? Daniel') was born
Feb. 8, 1833; married Rufus Sanborn, who died June 21, 1909; died, Sept. 3,
1860. Children:

90. Alices Sanborn; m. Nov., 1877, Charles R. Paul; one child which d. in
infancy.

 
GENEALOGY. 603

91. Willard T.s Sanborn; d. Birmingham, Ala., May, 1911, leaving a widow
but no children.

(52). Samuel T.7 (Samuel,s Amos, Amos,‘ John,? Stephen,? Daniel?)
married (1) Eliza A. Brigham, who was born March 1, 1835, and died April 12,
1878, (2) 1887, Mrs. Eliza Hanley, daughter of Henry Mundy, who died July
1894; died Aug., 1910. Children by first wife:

92. Matties b. Nov., 1855; d. March 24, 1860.

93. Willie B.* b. Sept., 1863; d. May, 2, 1869.

94. Fred T.s b. in California; m. Hattie Devons; bookkeeper; res. Charles-
town, Mass. No ch.

95. Dana B.8; m. Grace Rea; bookkeeper, Brockton, Mass.; two ch.

(65). Ira Sylvester? (Ira,s Samuel,» Jeremiah,: Daniel, Stephen,? Daniel)
was born Jan. 17, 1829; married, Jan. 10, 1855, Margaret A. Leach, who was
born Nov. 4, 1834, and died April 7, 1903; died May 3, 1902. Children:

96. George Wallis b. Nov. 16, 1858; m. Clara E. Sanborn.

97. Ira Judson.s 98. Clarence Haven,* b. 1863; m. Alice B. Tilton.

99. Everett J.»

(72). George Elmers (John Marsters,? Nathaniel,s Amos,s Amos,‘ John,?
Stephen,? Daniel:)-was born April 24, 1840; married May 6, 1864, Harriet
Abby, daughter of Samuel and Relief (Smith) Neal. Children:

100. Agnes?; d. young. 101. Arthur®; d. young.

102. Elmer Dwight*; m. (1) 1898, Annie L. Gardner, (2) 1904, Minerva
Sargent.

103. Myrtie Relief»; m. Frank Higgins of Exeter; two ch.

104. Ethel Valina®; m. Joseph Frank Wiggin of Newmarket; three ch.

(76). Mary M.* (William Marsters,7 Nathaniel,» Amos,s Amos,‘ John,1
Stephen,? Daniel:) was born in 1850; married, June, 1878, Lewis S. Hodgdon;
d. Jan. 7, 1903. Children:

105. Eleanors Hodgdon; m. Henry F. Kehoe. 106. Marshall» Hodgdon.

(77). Eleanor? (William Marsters,’ Nathaniel,s Amos, Amos,‘ John, Ste-
phen,? Daniel:) was born in 1854; married June, 1885, Daniel A. Langlands.

Children:

107. Marion Langlands. 108. Harold» Langlands, b. 1888; d. 1897.

109. Paul» Langlands.

(87). Martha H.s Hayes (Amanda M.,7 Samuel,s Amos,’ Amos,‘ John,*
Stephen, Daniel:) married in 1864, Greenleaf B. Rundlett, who was civil engi-
neer and draughtsman employed by the Swamscot Machine Co. many years,
and selectman, 1869-71; died Jan. 30, 1887. Children:

110. James* Rundlett.

111. Howard» Rundlett; m. Etta Brackett of Greenland; res. Lynn, Mass.
No ch.

112. Elsie» Rundlett; d. in infancy.

(96). George Walliss (Ira Sylvester,’ Ira,s Samuel,; Jeremiah,« Daniel,
Stephen,? Danielt) was born in Eliot, Nov. 16, 1858; married Nov. 8, 1883,
Clara E., daughter of Charles and Lucy (Badger) Sanborn of Newfields; con-
nected with the Swamscot Machine Co. many years; large owner of real estate;
selectman, 1889-92, 1901-03; county commissioner, 1897-1901; an active
and prominent citizen. Children:

113. Wallace S.° b. 1889. 114. Mabel E.* b. 1892.
604 History oF NEWFIELDS.

(98). Clarence Haven: (Ira Sylvester,’ Ira,s Samuel,* Jeremiah, Daniel,
Stephen,? Daniel!) was born in 1863; married, June, 1890, Alice B., daughter
of George and Emma (Durrell) Tilton of Newfields; removed to Portsmouth.
Children:

115. Haven Tilton.» 116. Madeline B.»

The Paul brothers with their sons and grandsons added much to the busi-
ness interests of Newfields. Temple, Nathaniel and Samuel were house car-
penters, millwrights and master mechanics. About 1830, an iron foundry was
established by Rider, Drake, and Temple Paul. In 1834 the Newfields Iron
Foundry Company was formed with Amos Paul, president, George O. Hilton,
treasurer and manager, Amos Paul, John B. Rider and George G. Skinner,
directors. The company made castings for cotton and woolen mills, and at
one time did a large business in manufacturing stoves. Their works were
entirely destroyed by fire, but rebuilt at once.

In June, 1846, the Swamscot Machine Company was incorporated, consist-
ing of Amos Paul, Walter E. Hewes and Seneca C. Kennard. A boiler-making
department was established under the superintendency of Patrick Quinn. In
1865 this corporation purchased the entire interest of the Iron Foundry and
united both branches of business under one management. Amos Paul was.
continued agent, and William M. Paul, treasurer. The company was prosper-
ous, employing an average of 260 men, with a monthly pay-roll of $10,000—
more than $10 per capita to every inhabitant of the town. It manufactured
stationary and portable steam engines, locomotive, marine and tubular boilers,
steam boxes for print works, plain and galvanized wrought iron pipes, steam
and gas fittings of all kinds, together with several specialties or patents con-
trolled by the company. The works of the corporation covered about ten
acres on both sides of the Boston and Maine Railroad, with a frontage and
wharf on Squamscot River.

PEASE.

The brothers, Robert and John Pease, came from Great Baddow, Essex
County, England, to Boston, April, 1634, and to Salem, Mass., 1637, where
land was granted them. Robert Pease was the ancestor of the Massachusetts
and Connecticut families. The Martha’s Vineyard and New Hampshire fami-
lies of the name are descended from John.

1. John: Pease, who married (1) Elizabeth , (2) Mary ; is
first found at Martha’s Vineyard as grantor in a deed of land in 1646; was
also one of the original proprietors of Norwich, Ct. His will was dated March
4, 1674. Children, by first wife:

2. James? b. 1637. 3. John? b. about 1640.

By second wife:

4. Thomas? b. about 1656. 5. Jonathan.

6. Samuel: who is supposed to be the ancestor of the New Hampshire
families.

7. David.2 8. Abigail. 9. Mary.2 10. Rebecca. 11. Sarah.

(6). Samuel? (John!) married Sarah ; probably left Martha’s Vine-
yard soon after 1674; is found in Exeter not far from that date; was on a list

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 605

of 16 jurors summoned to attend a coroner’s inquest at Exeter, Jan. 16, 1694;
a juror at Portsmouth, 1695; granted 50 acres of land by the town of Exeter,
1698; killed, according to tradition, by hostile Indians while at work in his
eornfield, July 1, 1706. His claim against the estate of Col. Winthrop Hilton
was recognized, Oct. 3, 1717. Child:

12. Nathaniel b. 1691; m. Phebe Sanborn.

(12). Nathaniels (Samuel,? John!) was born in 1691; married, Nov., 1725,
Phebe, daughter of John and Sarah (Philbrick) Sanborn; was a resident of
Exeter; a carpenter, and purchaser of land; settled in the field west of the
Piscassic burying ground; gave land for a highway from Newfields landing to
Nottingham, March, 1733; petitioned for Newmarket bridge, Nov. 21, 1746;
‘died, Oct. 20, 1748. Children:

13. Sarah‘ b. July 10, 1726. 14. Samuel‘ b. Dec. 14, 1727; m. Dolly -——.

15. Ann‘ b. Nov. 17, 1729. 16. Abigail‘ b. Jan. 28, 1732.

17. Bathsheba: b. March 16, 1734. 18. Phebe b. Dec. 21, 1735.

19. Nathaniel: b. Feb. 21, 1737; m. Lucy Page.

20. Johns b. July 10, 1739; m. and settled in Epping.

21. Zebulon b. July 21, 1741; is said to have died in the Continental Army
at Cambridge, Mass.

22. Benjamin‘ b. Aug. 2, 1743; m. (1) Anna Sanborn, (2) April 25, 1793,
Rebecca Pike; refused to sign the Association Test; settled in Meredith;
petitioned for the incorporation of the Baptist society, June, 1794. 11 children.

23. Eleanor: b. June 12, 1745.

24, Simeon: b. March 24, 1747; res. Poplin, 1769, and Sanbornton, 1772;
supposed to have died in the army at Cambridge, Mass.

25. Eliphalet: b. May 18, 1749; m. 1774, Mary Pike; first settled in Piscas-
sic; sold land to Zebulon Barber, 1781; was a blacksmith; signed the Asso-
ciation Test at Newmarket, 1776; removed to Cornish, Me., 1802; d. there
about 1811.

(14). Dea. Samuel: (Nathaniel,* Samuel,? John) was born Dec. 14, 1727;
married Dolly ; among his 8 children were: (111.)

26. Samuels b. March 10, 1754; m, Aug. 21, 1780, Comfort Marston; was
drummer in Capt. Aaron Kinsman’s Co., Col. John Stark’s Regt., from May
10, to Aug. 1, 1775; received four dollars coat money, Oct. 14, 1775; drummer
in Capt. Joshua Abbott’s Co., April, 1776, and in the Continental Army, Nov.
5, 1776; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.; d. Sept. 7, 1834. 6 ch.

27. Josephs b. Nov. 12, 1755; m. Dolly Clark; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.;
d. 1826. 10 ch.

(19). Nathaniel‘ (Nathaniel,s Samuel, John!) was born Feb. 21, 1737;
married Lucy Page; settled in Piscassic, taking up the farm in from the road
where his son, Maj. Joseph,s and grandson, Holliss Pease, afterwards lived,
afterward the Warburton place; signed the Association Test, 1776; died,
June 5, 1799. His wife was a notable spinner and weaver, and accustomed to
ride on horseback with a web of cloth behind her to Parsonsfield in one day.
She settled two or three sons there on farms earned by her weaving, buying
an acre of land for every yard of cloth. Children:

28. Zebulons; m. Mary Burleigh.

29. Davids; was a soldier; went West and nothing more was heard of him.

 
606 History or NEWFIELDS.

$0. Nathaniels; m. (1) Judith Pease, (2) Dolly Pease.

31. Asas b. July 18, 1769; m. Sally Parsons.

$2. Josiah’ b. 1771; m. Nancy Parsons.

33. Joseph H.' b. 1773; m. Mary Jenness.

34. Lydia’; m. Oct. 6, 1785, Simeon Moulton.

35. Hannah’; m. Stevens; built the house where John Foss lives;
kept the Kennard house on Main Street, Newfields Village, as a tavern, board-
ing her nephew, John Pease, who owned the house.

36. Sallys; m. John Stevens. 37. Lucy’; m. Drew.

(28). Zebulon: (Nathaniel,s Nathaniel,s Samuel,? John!) married March
29, 1784, Mary Burleigh; settled in Parsonsfield, Me. Children:

38. Nathaniels b. Nov. 26, 1786. 39. Andrews b. May 13, 1788.

40. Zebulons b. Sept. 21, 1795; m. March 23, 1823, Mary Jane, dau. of
Joseph Pease of Newmarket; settled in Freedom.

41. Betseys; d. unm.

42. Marthas; m. Abraham Smith; settled in Newfane, N. Y.

(30). Nathaniels (Nathaniel,s Nathaniel, Samuel,: John) married (1)
Judith, dau. of Joseph Pease, (2) Dolly Pease, sister of first wife; was returned
with Capt. James Hill’s Co., on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1775.

Children, all but the first by second wife:

43. Sophias; m. Healey. 44. Nathaniels; m.; settled in Freedom.

45. Sabrina‘; m. Joseph Gilman. 46. Dollys; m. Thomas Gilman.

(31). Asas (Nathaniel,« Nathaniel, Samuel,? John!) was born July 18, 1769;
married Oct. 23, 1791, Sally Parsons; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.. Children:

47. Josephs b. July 9, 1792; m. Oct. 13, 1816, Hannah Grace; d. Tamworth,
Oct. 3, 1846.

48. Sallys b. Feb. 3, 1794; m. March 3, 1814, Joseph Libby; went to New-
fane, N. Y.

49. Asas b. May 3, 1795; d. about 1811.

50. John U.* b. Aug. 2, 1796; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1820, Hetty Crossman, (2)
Nov. 28, 1824, Alvira White, (3) Oct. 8, 1856, Mrs. Mary Deine; was a drum-
mer in the War of 1812.

51. Sophias b. Feb. 17, 1797; d. about 1819.

52. Nathaniels b. Aug. 31, 1801; m. (1) Martha Parsons, (2) Oct. 26, 1840,
Mary W. Willet; was a physician, Bridgeton, Me.; d. 1867.

53. Lucy B.* b. April 4, 1803; m. May 24, 1829, Nathaniel Church of New-
fane, N. Y.

54. Thomast b. April 6, 1807; d. about 1827.

55. Nancy’ b. May 30, 1810; m. Nov. 2, 1851, Dexter Valentine.

(32). Josiahs (Nathaniel,« Nathaniel,: Samuel,? John!) was born in 1771;
married Nancy Parsons; settled first in Parsonsfield, Me., but before 1812
removed to Newfane, N. Y. Children: :

56. Enochs; four times married and father of 23 children.

57. Nancy.* 58. Betseys; d. unm.

59. Lucindas; m. Alexander Butterfield.

60. Nathaniels; m. Lucy Barnes. 61. Lovinas; m. Andrew Peabody.

62. Judith®; m. Nathan Townes. 63. Samuels; m. and soon after died.

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in 1773; married Nov. 12, 1795, Mary, daughter of Isaac Jenness, who was
born in 1776, and died April 8, 1847; settled in Piscassic; was constable and
collector, 1797, 1801, and 1803; active in parish affairs, 1797, 1799-1800 and
1810; selectman, 1812; auditor, 1813; late in life removed to Tamworth;
died March 17, 1847. Children:

64. Mary Janes; m. Zebulon Pease, who was born Sept. 21, 1795, and died
June 16, 1868; settled in Freedom.

65. Henrys; m. Mary J. Harper. 66. Josephs; m. Sarah Bean.

67. Sarahs; m. (1) Alden Washburn, (2) Libby.

68. Johns; was a carpenter; a soldier, 1814; bought the old meeting house
at the Center, Jan. 15, 1852, and removed it to Exeter; member of the Con-
gregational Society, 1829; died unm. March 23, 1883.

69. Louisas; d. Oct. 6, 1816, aged 12 years.

70. Zeniths; m. Evans; settled in Maine.

71. Lydia‘; d. unm. about 1880. 72. Adalines; m. John Swett.

73. Louiss; d. young.

74. Holliss b. in Tamworth, Nov. 18, 1815; m. (1) Abbie Wiggin, (2) Mary
A. Jones.

(65). Henrys (Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel, Nathaniel,s Samuel,? John!)
married Mary Jane Harper who died April 8, 1847, aged 74; settled in Tam-
worth; soldier, 1812; died March 17, 1847, aged 74. Children:

7. Charles F.7 b. Aug. 10, 1823; m. (1) Mary Ann York, (2) Huldah
Symonds.

76. John’; settled in Canada. 77. Ruth7; m. Henry Matthews.

78. Mary?; m.; d. 79. Vincent7; d. young. 80. Henry’; d. Dee. 4, 1881.

(66). Josephs (Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel,« Nathaniel,s Samuel,2 John?)
was born Nov. 2, 1799; married Sarah Bean who died Dec., 1822; settled in
Newfields; died March 13, 1866. Children:

81. Lucius 8.7 b. May 3, 1828; m. Mary Ann French.

82. George U.*; m. Betsey Ann, dau. of Zebulon Thyng, who was b. Sept.
1832, and d. July 28, 1882; no children.

83. Rosanna’; d. June 1, 1906.

84. Oliver’; lived in the South; m. and had children. 85. Ruth7; unm.

86. Adelaide?; m. Enoch J., son of John and Hannah (Thurston) Conner.
(See Conner.)

87. Jul‘et?; m. William H. Conner, brother of Enoch J. (See Conner.)

(67). Sarahs (Maj. Joseph,s Nathaniel, Nathaniel,s Samuel,? John!) mar-
ried (1) Alden Washburn, (2) Libby. Children:

88. Rosamond: Washburn. 89. Zadok? Washburn. 90. Alden? Washburn.

(72). Adeline (Maj. Joseph H.,» Nathaniel,s Nathaniel,s Samuel,? John‘)
married John Swett who died about 1878; settled in Freedom. Children:

91. Anna’ Swett. 92. Lydia’ Swett; d. 1878. 93. Mary’ Swett.

94. Narcissa’ Swett; d. 1878.

(74). Holliss (Maj. Joseph H.,* Nathaniel,« Nathaniel,s Samuel,: John»)
was born Nov. 18, 1815, in Tamworth; married (1) Abby Wiggin who was
born in 1822 and died in 1855, (2) May 18, 1856, Mary A., daughter of Samuel
Jones of Stratham; settled in Newfields; was carpenter, builder and farmer;
a life-long Democrat, and often sent as a delegate to party conventions; died
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95. Frank Pierce’ b. June 11, 1853; d. Oct. 15, 1876.

96. Joseph Henry? b. Oct. 10, 1854; d. Aug. 21, 1855.

By second wife:

97. Edwin Samuel’ b. Feb. 16, 1857; m. Ida J. Booth.

98. Walter H.7 b. Jan. 14, 1859; d. Sept. 27, 1859.

99. Abbie Augusta’ b. Aug. 29, 1860; a school teacher.

100. Walter Hartley? b. Aug. 25, 1862; m. Minnie W. Johnson.

101. Carrie Esther’ b. Sept. 20, 1864; m. Elmer E. Wingate.

102. Mary Etta’ b. Sept. 29, 1866.

103. Hollis Frederick? b. Oct. 4, 1868; d. Feb. 3, 1870.

104. Rufus Wiggin’ b. Sept. 4, 1870; d. July 21, 1887.

(75). Charles F.7 (Henry,* Maj. Joseph H.,* Nathaniel, Nathaniel,» Samuel,
John:) was born Aug. 10, 1823; married (1) Mary Ann York, who was born
in Epping in 1822, and died April 17, 1896, (2) Huldah Symonds; lived many
years on the Lee road; purchased later the Drowne-Hervey place near the
drawbridge; died, Epping, Sept. 8, 1903. Children:

105. Charles H.* b. April, 1843; d. June, 1877.

106. Mary Janes b. 1844; m. Rev. L. H. Winslow; res. Meredith.

107. John W.s b. 1848. 108. George W.* b. 1850; res. Newfields.

109. James W.* b. 1853; d. 1882. 110. Williams b. 1855; res. Newfields.

111. Melvinas b. 1857; d. 1865. 112. Albert A.*b. 1860; d. 1892.

113. Fred: b. April, 1865; d. June, 1865.

(77). Ruth? (Henry,s Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel, Nathaniel,s Samuel,
John‘) married Henry Matthews of Canada. Children:

114. William Henrys Matthews, b. 1849; m. Mary Frye of Exeter; d. New-
fields, May 1, 1888.

115. Ruths Matthews; m. John Lord.

(81). Lucius 8.7 (Joseph,* Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel,« Nathaniel,s Samuel,
John) was born in Tamworth May 3, 1828; married Jan. 1, 1853, Mary Ann
French of Stratham, who was born Feb. 23, 1828, and died April 28, 1889;
died May 3, 1911. Children:

116. Luciuss b. Oct. 1852; d. Oct. 22, 1852.

117. Mary E.s b. April 1854; d. July 23, 1878.

118. Annie B.s b. March 3, 1857; m. George F. Hall.

119. Abbies b. May 1860; d. June 1, 1860.

120. Nellie W.* b. Oct. 24, 1869.

(97). Edwin Samuel’ (Hollis,s Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel,# Nathaniel,
Samuel,? John!) was born Feb. 16, 1857; married Oct. 1884, Ida J. Booth;
residence Clinton, Mass. Children:

121. Amy B.* b. 1886; d. 1906. 122. Hollis E.* b. Sept. 20, 1889.

(100). Walter Hartley’ (Hollis,s Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel,s Nathaniel,»
Samuel,? John!) was born Aug. 25, 1862; married May 28, 1890, Minnie W.
Johnson of North Berwick, Me.; residence, Reading, Mass. Children:

123. Marion.s 124. Christine.s 125. Helen.s

(101). Carrie Esther? (Hollis,s Maj. Joseph H.,s Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Samuel,? John') was born Sept. 20, 1864; married Elmer E. Wingate; resi-
dence, Waltham, Mass. Children:

126. Harveys Wingate. 127. Dorothy® Wingate.

(118). Annie B.« (Lucius 8.,7 Joseph,* Maj. Joseph H., Nathaniel,* Nathan-
GENEALOGY. 609

iel,s Samuel, John!) was born, March 3, 1857; married 1875, George F., son
of Paschal and Mary (Howard) Hall, who died Oct. 1903; removed to South
Lawrence, Mass. Children:

128. George W.° Hall, b. Jan., 1877; d. Sept., 1892.

129. Mary H.» Hall; d. in infancy.

130. Lewis» Hall; m.; res. Roxbury, Mass. One ch.

131. Austine Hall; m.; res. Newburyport, Mass. Two ch.

132. Percy® Hall; d. March 16, 1893, aged six years.

133. Grace® Hall; m. Ernest Washington; res. North Andover, Mass.

134, Annies Hall. 135. Edwin» Hall.

“Aunt”? Hannah Pease died in Newmarket, aged 101 years.

PERKINS.

1. William: Perkins, the ancester of the Newmarket families, was born in
Cornwall County, England, in 1616; was in Dover, 1662; took the oath of
allegiance, 1669; died at Newfields, 1732, aged 116. (93). Children:

2. William. 3. John.2

(2). William: (William!) married Mary ; settled at Oyster River.
His widow was granted letters of administration, Feb. 25, 1741. The inven-
tory showed the demands against the estate exceeded the personal property
by 123 pounds 11 shillings, and the administratrix was authorized, April 25,
1744, to sell land sufficient to pay the debts. Child:

4. Williams; m.

(8). Dea. John? (William!) married (1) Parsons, (2) Widow Smart;
was surveyor of highways, Exeter, 1699; bought land of Richard Hilton
May 8, 1706; in Capt. Nicholas Gilman’s scout, July 5, 1710, for two days;
enrolled in Lt.-Col. Shadrach Walton’s command against Port Royal, 1710;
presented claim against Col. Winthrop Hilton’s estate, Oct. 3, 1717; appor-
tioned 100 acres of common land, 1725; gave land for a highway leading from
Newfields landing to Nottingham, March, 1733; had 10 acres of land assigned
him by the committee of Exeter, Aug. 9, 1738; with his son, John,’ petitioned
for a bridge over Squamscot River, Nov. 21, 1746, for its location at New-
fields, 1759-60, and for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; lived in the field between
Hersey Lane and Ash Swamp. Child, by first wife:

5. John b. 1700; m. Mary . By second wife: 6. Daniel.s

(4). Williams (William,? William:) married; had land assigned him, 1725;
was selectman, 1727; was of Exeter, 1727; petitioned for Newmarket bridge,
Nov. 21, 1746; witness to a deed of land from Nathaniel Bartlett to his son,
John, March 27, 1747; had land bounding land sold by Robert Perkins to
Samuel Brackett, June 3, 1755; petitioned for a lottery, and location of bridge
at Newfields, 1759-60, and for Hall’s Mill road, July 3, 1765; refused to sign
the Association Test, 1776. (93). Child:

7. William; m. Sarah, dau. of Simeon Wiggin, who was b. March 4, 1734;
refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; settled in Newmarket.

(5). John (Dea. John,? William!) was born in 1700; was apportioned 40
acres of land, 1725; sold 12 acres 13 rods of land in Stratham, Swamscot
patent, to John Hill and Joseph Jewett, Jan. 6, 1736; assigned 10 acres of

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land next to heirs of William Perkins, Aug. 9, 1738; petitioned for bridge over
the river, Nov. 21, 1746; was in Col. Nathaniel Meserve’s Regt. at Lake
George, 1757; died, 1772. Child:

8. John‘ b. 1720; m. Mary Hall.

(6). Daniels (Dea. John,: William:) married Mary, daughter of Wentworth
Cheswell; was active in the parish, 1799, 1803 and 1824; collector, 1814-15,
1821 and 1823; member of the Congregational parish, 1803 and 1824.

Children:

9. John‘; m. Hannah Brown. 10. Betsey‘; m. John N. Watson of Dover.

11. Mehitable:; m. John Nason. 12. Harriet+;m. Joseph Pomroy.

13. Mary Ann‘; m. Stedman.

(8). John‘ (John,s Dea. John,? William!) was born in 1720; married
Mary, daughter of Edward Hall, who was born about 1720; was a soldier,
1757. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Mary
Dee. 7, 1805, who, with Robert Smart and Paul Chapman, gave bonds accord-
ing to law. Children:

14, William.s

15. Robert‘; petitioned for a bridge, 1746; sold house, barn and land to
Samuel Brackett, June 3, 1755.

16. Johns b. 1744; m. Elizabeth Lovekin. 17. Josiah.

18. Richards b. about 1738; m. Molly Parsons.

(9). John‘ (Daniel,? Dea. John,? William!) married Hannah Brown of Pitts-
field; was of Pittsfield and Tamworth. Children:

19, Ada Jane*; m. John Burley, who was b. Oct. 13, 1840.

20. John Pages; settled in Nottingham; m. and had John B.*

(16). Capt. Johns (John, John, Dea. John,? William!) was born in 1744;
married, Sept. 17, 1765, Elizabeth Lovekin, who was born 1738, and died July
16, 1814; learned the trade of blacksmith at Newburyport, Mass., and built
a shop near the house of Hollis Pease; soon became shipmaster, and did little
at his trade; built the house opposite the old parsonage; when too old to
follow the sea, purchased a two-masted vessel for fishing, which he kept at
First Creek; also occupied the old Hall brick garrison house, where his wife,
as Captain Hall had done before, kept store in an adjoining wooden build-
ing. His mother, Mary (Hall) Perkins, when two years old, was carried by
the brick layers upon the old garrison to lay one of the bricks for which they
claimed of her mother a quart of rum. These bricks had been dried on the
grass stubble which left its impress upon them. Captain Perkins also built a
grist mill where Charles Lane afterwards had his bark mill. When he was on
the seas his wife was purser. He lent Gideon Colcord the money, and they
together purchased the Maj. Nicholas Gilman farm extending from Hilton’s
Creek to Exeter line; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; petitioned
the selectmen with reference to the location of the new meeting house, March
10, 1791; was pound keeper, 1801; fence viewer, 1831; had a committee
consisting of Benjamin Haley, Gideon and Joseph Colcord, Phinehas Merrill
and Seth R. Shackford, appointed April 18, 1814, to divide the Hall and
Colcord lands, so called, containing 56 acres and 23 rods, between him and
Michael Wiggin, thereby establishing on the Hall farm the line between
J. B. Rider and Joseph Pease; gave half of his estate to his son, Robert,

 
GENEALOGY. 611

and Joseph Colcord, Robert Clark and Joseph Furnald were made a
committee on the estate between him and the heirs of Robert; died, 1837.
His will dated April 18, 1825, was probated Sept. 18, 1837. (109). Children:

21. Deborahs b. May 29, 1766; m. Michael Wiggin; d. 1864. No ch.

22. Sarah b. Oct. 2, 1767; m. Sept. 27, 1787, Jeremiah Colcord; d. Feb. 13,
1792.

23. Hannah: b. March 9, 1769; d. 1801.

24. Marys b. Aug. 6, 1770; d. 1797.

25. Elizabeths b. Oct. 6, 1771; d. 1784.

26. Roberts b. Aug. 19, 1772; m. Deborah Hill.

(18). Richards (John,+ John, Dea. John,? William!) was born about 1738;
married about 1760, Molly Parsons, of Sandy Bay, now Rockport, Mass.;
refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; died in 1779. Among his eight
children was

2%. Josiah’ b. Newfields, June 2, 1767; m. Lydia Sanborn.

(26). Roberts (Capt. John,’ John,+ John,? Dea. John,? William1) was born
Aug. 19, 1772; married Deborah, daughter of Gen. James Hill, who was born
May 3, 1778, and died Sept. 19, 1815; was active in the parish, 1799, 1805
and 1808; lived on the Perkins homestead, and on the Hall farm, which he
finally sold to Joseph, son of Maj. Joseph H. Pease; d. Feb. 19, 1814. The
dower of his wife was 31 acres on east side of the road. Children:

28. Edward Hall b. 1800; d. unm. 1850.

29. James? b. 1803; d.ininfancy. 30. Robert7; d. in infancy.

31. James Hill?; m. Mary Jane Smyth; settled in Williamsport, Pa. No
children.

32. Sarah’; m. in Pennsylvania, Joshua B. Smyth, and had James? and Julias
Smyth; d. 1850.

33. John’ b. 1806; d. June, 1830.

34. Jeremiah Colcord’; m. Esther Ann, dau. of Thomas Russell and Esther
W. (Robbins) Colcord; d.in Pennsylvania, 1853. Their dau., Carolines m.
C. P. Helfenstein of Shamokin, Penn.

35. Robert7; m. Maria Cogshall, and had Roberts and Fred.s

Michael Wiggin was appointed guardian of Edward H. and John Perkins,
minors, June 30, 1815, and Seth R. Shackford of James, Sarah, Jeremiah C.
and Robert Perkins, minors, children of Robert Perkins, July 10, 1815. John
Burley Hill was authorized, Dec. 16, 1816, to sell land to settle the estate of
the widow, Deborah Perkins, and rendered his account March 19, 1817.

(27). Dea Josiah (Richard,s John,‘ John, Dea. John,? William) was born
June 2, 1767; married Lydia Sanborn; learned the trade of shoemaker and
.tanner of Dea. Samuel Lane of Stratham. Among his children was

86. David P.7 b. Laconia, Jan. 29, 1810.

(36). David P.7 (Dea. Josiah, Richard,’ John,‘ John,? Dea. John,? William:)
was born in Laconia, Jan. 29, 1810; married (1) Lydia C., daughter of Eben-
ezer Lane, who was born in Pittsfield, April 22, 1809, and died Oct. 13, 1838,
(2) Melissa, daughter of Col. Imri and Hannah (Patterson) Woods of Henni-
ker, who was born in Deering, Aug. 7, 1814, and died, Manchester, Dec. 5,
1886; fitted for college at New Hampton, 1826; graduated at Brown Uni-
versity, 1830; teacher many years; first male teacher, Manchester, June,
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1841, for two years, and purchased the only bookstore in town; read law with
Hon. George W. Morrison; was justice of police court, Manchester; clerk in
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C., more than ten years; returned to Man-
chester and resumed the practice of law, March 23, 1869.

Child by first wife:

37. David Lanes b. Pittsfield, March 2, 1838; educated in Manchester
schools, and at New Hampton; studied law with Hon. George W. Morrison,
and admitted to the bar in 1861; practiced law in partnership with his father;
was clerk in the treasury, Washington, D. C., under Lincoln and Johnson;
superintendent of currency, 1885-89; never married.

Children by second wife:

39. Lydia Melissa’ b. Rockport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1840; d. Manchester,
Nov. 21, 1843.

39. Mary Elizas b. Rockport, May 24, 1841; educated at the Young Ladies
Classical Institute, Washington, D. C.; a thorough scholar in English litera-
ture, and the French and German languages; d. Manchester, June 13, 1889.

1. Capt. Thomas: Perkins was born in 1786; married Sarah Presson, who
was born in 1792, and died April 18, 1860; was taverner and retailer, April 24,
1821; justice, 1830; settled in Newmarket on the Doe-Perkins-Chesley place;
on his return from Portsmouth was drowned in crossing the river on the ice,
April 1, 1836. His widow, Sarah, was granted letters of administration on his
estate, April 21, 1836. Children:

2. Caroline G.2 b. 1815; d. July 13, 1832.

3. George O.2 b. 1823; m. Sarah , who administered on his estate,
Newfields, Feb. 19, 1851; d. Sept. 14, 1850.

4, Mehitable? b. Dec. 27, 1825; m. 1850, Albert Field; d. Sept. 2, 1883;
one child, Elizabeth.

5. Sarah E.2; m. Ezekiel Sanborn, as second wife; d. May 13, 1893. No ch.

 

1. Jacob: Perkins married Hannah Chase.

2. Rev. Jared? (Jacob!) was born in Unity, April 21, 1793; married (1)
March 28, 1820, Clarissa Glidden, who died Feb. 14, 1882; (2) July 28, 1833,
Charlotte, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (White) Hall, who was born in
Methuen, Mass., and died, Newfields, Dec. 3, 1875, aged 70; had pastorates
in Winchester twice, Needham and Weymouth, Mass., Pembroke, Lyndon,
Vt., Epping, Dover, Great Falls, Portsmouth, Nashua, Acworth, Unity,
Goshen and Charlestown; was presiding elder, N. H. District, 1831-32,
Bellows Falls (Vt.) District, 1840, Claremont District, 1841-42 and 1853,
Concord District, 1848-44; member of the governor’s council, 1846-48, of
the legislature from Winchester, 1851, of the U. 8. Congress, 1851-52, and of
the General Conference, 1832, 1836, 1840, and once or twice afterwards; died,
Nashua, Oct. 15, 1854. Children:

3. Charlotte M.+; m., June, 1 1869, Henry P. Neal of Newfields.

4. Martha A.3; m., June 15, 1873, Joseph M., son of Henry P. and Mary
W. (Jenness) Neal.

5. James; dentist in Amesbury, Mass.; d.

Benjamin Perkins of Exeter and Epping married, Jan. 12, 1792, Mary Neal.
GENEALOGY. 613

PICKERING.

 

1. John: Pickering married Mary ; came from England as early as
1636; settled first in Massachusetts, but came to Portsmouth prior to 1640;
was one of the company that gave 50 acres of glebe land for the ministry, 1640;
received a grant of land at Great Bay, Feb., 1655, and 50 acres additional,
1660; was land proprietor in Portsmouth, Feb. 24, 1657; granted by the town
the south mill privilege on condition of his keeping in repair a way for foot
passengers over the dam in going to meeting, 1658; a committee to distribute
the land among the inhabitants, Feb. 3, 1660; died, 1669. Children:

2. John: b. about 1640; m. Stanyan. 8. Thomas.2 4. Rebecca.2

5. Abigail.2 6. Mary2;m.Samuel Drown. 7. Sarah.?

(2). John? (John!) was born about 1640; married a daughter of Anthony
Stanyan of Hampton; inherited the mill dam and ‘‘Pickering’s Neck’’; had
command of a company in Portsmouth several years; was representative in
the first Assembly for Portsmouth, 1680, also, 1684; with a company of armed
men took by force from Richard Chamberlain, secretary of the province under
Andros and clerk of the superior court, the records and files, and concealed
them in the house of Maj. Joseph Hammond in Kittery, but afterwards was
forced to give them up by Usher’s orders; was member of the Assembly most
of the time from 1697-1709, and speaker, 1697-1799, and 1704-09; one of the
counsel to defend the homes, houses and lands of the inhabitants of the prov-
ince in the celebrated case of Allen vs. Waldron, involving Allen’s title to the
Province of New Hampshire; in March, 1671 gave the Point-of-Graves Ceme-
tery for a public burying place, and in 1673 gave to the town a highway two
rods wide through his land to the dam; bequeathed to the South Parish the
lot on which ten years afterwards the South Church was erected; was a man of
great physical strength; died in 1719. Among his 8 ch. was

8. John?; m. 1688, Elizabeth Munden and had John,: Thomas, Daniel,+
Mary,‘ who m. Ambrose Sloper, Deborah: and Sarah: who d. in 1719; Capt.
Thomas was slain by the Indians near Casco bay, Me., 1746. Two generations
later the male descendants of John became extinct.

(3). Capt. Thomas? (John‘) inherited the farm of more than 500 acres at
Great Bay, where he built his log hut, a portion of which land is still in pos-
session of his posterity; paid constable rates, 1688; was allotted a seat in church
‘Gn the men’s gallery fronting the pulpit,’ 1693, and his wife in the ‘women’s
gallery”; excelled his brother in physical strength, winning the challenge by
carrying on his shoulders up the steps to the mill 113 bushel bags of corn to
his brother’s 10; all the Pickering families now of the Pascataqua river are his
descendants. Children:

9. James? b. Newington about 1680, the first male Pickering born in the
town; married, 1717, ; was lieutenant in the French war.

10. Joshua; m. (1) Smithson of Portsmouth, (2) Janvrin.

11. Thomas?; m. Mary Downing.

12. Nicholas; m. (1)

13. Daughter?; m. Brackett of Greenland.

14. Daughter; m. Seavey of Rye.

15. Daughter:; m. ——— Weeks of Greenland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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16. Daughters; m. Grow. 17. Daughter; m. Chamberlain.
(12). Nicholas: (Thomas,? John‘) was born in Newington; married (1)
, (2) about 1779, Mary Langdon of Portsmouth; lived in west from the
Ash Swamp road. Among his four children by his second wife were:

18. Thomas: b. 1780; m. Martha P. Brackett.

19. Daughters; m. Benjamin Smith.

The graves of the family are on their farm, formerly the Ames place, fenced
in by stone posts and iron rail, and marked by stones.

(18). Thomas‘ (Nicholas,s Thomas,? John!) was born in 1780; married
Martha P., daughter of Joshua Brackett, who died in 1866, aged nearly 76;
died, 1825. Children:

20. Edwin A.s 21. James A.s 22. Joshua B.s 23. Frank.s

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One of these brothers had a son Winthrop» who owned a part of the old
homestead at Newington as late as 1859.

1. Anthony: Pickering was born in 1722; may have been the brother of
Nicholas above; married (1) Mrs. Elizabeth (Smart) Tufts, who died January,
1775, (2) Mrs. Abigail (Meserve) Durell; came from Newington and settled
on the Ash Swamp road where his son Dea. Samuel: afterwards lived; peti-
tioned for a bridge over Squamscot river in 1746, and for a lottery in aid of
bridge, and its location at Newfields, 1759-60; was of Lee, Aug. 6, 1785;
died Dec. 26, 1786. His first wife had by her first marriage an only child,
Betty Tufts; she owned the Tufts-Pickering place and had in her care a
communion service and blanket, which tradition says belonged to Rev.
Thomas Tufts, who came from England, graduated at Harvard college,
1701, and was ordained in Boston. His portrait hung in the Pickering
parlor. Children:

2. Anthony?; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was taxed in Not-
tingham, 1808.

3. Leviz; was returned with Capt. Joseph Parsons’ Co. at Newcastle, Nov.
6, 1775; also with Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island; signed the Asso-
ciation Test, 1776; was mustered with Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. David
Gilman’s Regt. Dec., 1776, receiving one month’s pay and traveling fees to
New York; was on the pay roll of the same Co. from January 5 to March 15,
1777; was carried to the Dartmoor prison, Iingland, but came back and finally
was drowned in Mohawk river, N. J., 1784. News of his death was sent
directed to his uncle ‘“Mr. Winthrop Pickering, New Market, near the Meeting
house.”

4, James?;m. Rachael D. , who d. Dee. 9, 1842, aged 76; was returned
with Capt. Joseph Parsons’ Co. at Newcastle, Nov. 6, 1775; active in parish
affairs, 1794 and 1799-1800; d. Jan. 14, 1821, aged 65. He had a son Anthony?
who d. Oct. 14, 1818, also probably Capt. James: Pickering, who m. Dee. 25,
1828, Elizabeth Flanders, and a dau. Lydia? who m. Nov. 30, 1834, Reuben
L. Lane, who was born Feb. 29, 1808, and d. June 13, 1884. Lydia d. Sept. 23,
1885, aged 76.

5. Samuel: b. June 28, 1759; m. Elizabeth Brackett.

6. Winthrop:; was mustered into Capt. William Stilson’s Co. under Col.

 
GENEALOGY. 615

Isaac Wyman, July 4, 1776, of the Northern Army; enlisted July 20, 1776,
under Capt. Stilson to reinforce the army at Crown Point; had charge of the
jail at Portsmouth, 1835-37.

7. Polly.2. 8. Nicholas?; mentioned Jan. 17, 1779; d. Oct., 1825.

(5). Dea. Samuel? (Anthony!) was born June 28, 1759; married Dec. 28, 1790,
Elizabeth, daughter of Benning Brackett; bought of Coffin Smith the first
chaise used in Newmarket; was selectman, 1786, 1795, 1798, 1801-03 and 1818-
19; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1797, 1799-1800, 1807, 1809, 1815 and
1824-26; member of the church, 1800; committee of the parish May 30, 1803, to
purchase and deed the parsonage to the parish; auditor, 1810 and 1821;
assessor, 1811-12 and 1817; repaired the parsonage, 1825-26; succeeded, Tim-
othy Murray as deacon of the church, 1814; warden, 1817; treasurer, 1828;
lived on Ash Swamp road; died Dec. 4, 1842. Children:

9. Mehitables; m. Tibbetts. 10. Marys; d. young.

11. Marys; m. Timothy Batchelder; d. West Deerfield, Aug. 28, 1843, aged 47,

12. John:; m. Abigail, dau. of Joshua Weeks of the old brick house, Green-
land, in which eight generations have lived, who was b. Feb. 8, 1814, and d.
Jan. 27, 1847; was on committee of the parish to see if Mr. Brodhead will
accept the parsonage as usual. Their children were John Albert‘ and Caroline
A.4, both unmarried, who live together on the old homestead.

13. Eliza3; m. Simon Batchelder. 14. Abigails; m. John Brackett.

 

PIKE.

1. John: Pike came from Southampton, England, in the ship James, in
1635; was of Newbury, Mass., 1638; d. Salisbury, Mass., May 26, 1654.
Children, five b. in England:

2. Robert? b. before March 17, 1616; m. (1) Sarah Sanders, (2) Mrs.
Martha Goldwyer.

3. John?;m. Mary Moody. 4. Dorothy?; m. Daniel Kendrick.

5. Ann?;m. and had children. 6. Israel.2 7. Sarah2; d. Nov., 1659.

(2). Maj. Robert? (John:) was b. in England before March 17, 1616; m.
April 3, 1641, Sarah Sanders, who d. Nov. 1, 1679, (2) 1685, Martha Gold-
wyer, widow of George Goldwyer; made freeman, May 17, 1637; with sixty-
five others left Newbury and founded Salisbury in 1639; was early member of
the church, Salisbury, Mass.; magistrate to end small causes, 1644; repre-
sentative to the General Court, 1648-49, 1663 and 1670-82; lieutenant of the
Train-band, 1647; afterwards captain and major; assistant, 1650 and 1682-96;
commissioner to establish line between Exeter and Hampton, 1651. He
was fined and disfranchised for defaming the General Court in declaring
that “the law restraining unfit persons from constant preaching was against
the liberty of the country both civil and ecclesiastical,’ Sept. 7, 1653;
commissioned to take acknowledgment of deeds, etc., 1665; appointed ser-
geant-major over the militia companies of the county of Norfolk and Pascata-
qua, May 31, 1670; committee on a controversy between Exeter and Dover,
March 25, 1672; plaintiff against Edward Gove in an action of trespass in
cutting wood near Hampton line, 1673; excommunicated for “litigiously”
impeaching his pastor, the Rev. John Wheelwright, 1675-77; complained of
for profaning the Sabbath by traveling, 1680; his troop of horse divided by
616 History oF NEWFIELDS.

cutting off Hampton and Exeter from Norfolk County, 1680; counsellor, 1689;
commander-in-chief of the militia east of the Merrimack, 1690; wrote a letter
to Jonathan Corwin stating his reasons why “spectral evidence” was not relia-
ble in the trials for witchcraft, Aug. 9, 1692; d. Dec. 12, 1706. His wife sur-
vived him and died Feb. 26, 1713. Children, all by first wife:

8. Sarah: b. Feb. 24, 1642; m. (1) Wyman Bradbury, (2) John Stockman.

9. Mary: b. Feb. 22, 1644; d. young.

10. Dorothy: b. Nov. 11, 1645; m. (1) Joshua Pierce, (2) John Light of
Portsmouth, and Newbury, Mass.

11. Marys b. Aug. 5, 1647; m. (1) — Andrews, (2) Lt. John Allen.

12. Elizabeth: b. June 24, 1650; m. William Carr.

18. John? b. May 13, 1653; m. Sarah Moody.

14. Roberts b. June 26, 1655; m. Mary Follansbee.

15. Moses, b. March 15, 1659; m. Susanna Worcester.

(3). John? (John!) was born in England; married Mary Moody; set-
tled in Newbury, Mass.; with his brother, Robert, was executor of his father’s
will. Children:

16. John. 17. Joseph.s 18. Hannah.s 19. Mary.s 20. Ruth.s

(8). Sarah3 (Maj. Robert,2 John‘) was born Feb. 24, 1642; married (1) about
1665, Wyman, son of Capt. Thomas and Mary Bradbury, (2) John Stock-
man, who died before 1700. Her first husband was recorder of old Norfolk
County. Children:

21. Wyman‘ Bradbury. 22. John+Stockman. 23. Joseph‘ Stockman.

(11). Marys (Maj. Robert,? John!) was born Aug. 5, 1647; married (1)
Andrews; (2) Lt. John Allen; died before April 14, 1696. Children:

24. Joseph: Andrews. 25. Sarah‘ Allen. 26. Mary¢ Allen.

27. Hannah: Allen.

(12). Elizabeths (Maj. Robert,? John!) was born June 24, 1650; married,
Aug. 20, 1672, William, son of George Carr of Salisbury, Mass. Child:

28. Sanders: Carr.

(13). Rev. Johns (Maj. Robert,2 John!) was born May 13, 1653; married,
May 5, 1681, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joshua Moody, who died Jan. 24, 1703;
graduated, Harvard College, 1675; made freeman, 1676; ordained successor
of Rev. John Raynor of Dover, Aug. 31, 1681; died, March 10,1710. He kept
a diary which is considered of historic value. Children:

29. Robert‘ b. Feb. 6, 1685. 30. Abigail‘ b. 1688; d. 1694.

31. Hannah‘ b. May 18, 1691. 32. Mary*b. May 18, 1691.

33. Joshua‘ b. 1693. 34. Margaret‘ b. 1699. 35. Solomon: b. 1700.

(14). Roberts (Maj. Robert,? John!) was born June 26, 1655; married Oct.
8, 1684, Mary Follansbee of Amesbury, Mass; lived in Salisbury; died Aug.
22, 1690. His widow married (2) William Hook, Jr., of Salisbury. Children:

36. Robert‘ b. Sept. 3, 1687; m. Hannah Gilman.

37. Sarah‘ b. Feb. 3, 1690; m. Nov. 6, 1712, Lt. Jacob Stevens of Salisbury.

(15). Moses? (Maj. Robert,2 John!) was born, March 15, 1659; married
Susanna Worcester, and settled on the homestead. Among his seven children
were:

88. Elias‘; m. Joanna Allen; settled in Salisbury, Mass.

39. John‘; m. Mary Hook; settled in Salisbury, Mass.

 

 
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40. Timothy:; settled in Newburyport, Mass.; by will dated Feb. 9, 1787,
gave to his son, Timothy,' his “negro man, Harry.”

(36). Roberts (Robert, Maj. Robert,? John1) was born Sept. 3, 1687, married
Hannah Gilman of Exeter; sold the farm in Salisbury given him by his grand-
father, Maj. Robert, and moved to Exeter—to that part of Newmarket parish
now Newfields; bought a farm and settled on the Piscassic road. Children:

41. Benjamins; 2d lieutenant, 1756.

42. Johns; soldier, 1746-48; petitioned for a road, 1765; signed the Asso-
ciation Test in Epping, 1776.

43. Roberts b. 1718; m. Elinor Perkins.

(88). Elias‘ (Moses,: Maj. Robert,2 John!) married Joanna Allen; settled
in Salisbury, Mass. Child:

44. Moses’; m.

(43). Roberts (Robert‘, Robert,s Maj. Robert,? John!) was born in 1718;
married Elinor Perkins; settled in Newfields. Children:

45. Molly; m. John Wedgewood.

46. Robert b. Aug. 1746; m. Mehitable Perkins. 47. Henry.s

48. Mercy*; m. Stephen Lyford of Hall’s mill road. 49. Jeremiah.+

50. Williams; was in Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co. from June 5 to Aug. 1,
1775; received four dollars for a regimental coat, Oct. 4, 1775; also one pair
shoes, Oct. 30, 1775.

(44). Mosess (Elias,« Moses, Maj. Robert, John!) married Lydia Brown and
had

51. Moses*; m.

(46). Capt. Roberts (Robert,s Robert,+ Robert,s Maj. Robert,: John!) was
born Aug. 1746; married, 1777, Mehitable Perkins of Epping, who was born
in 1760 and died in 1839; died, Feb. 1819. (129). Children:

52. John? b. 1779; d. Exeter, May 16, 1825.

53. Robert? b. Dec. 15, 1781; m. Hannah Smith; soldier, 1812.

54. Abraham’ b. Dec. 15, 1781; m. Lydia Tash. For many years these
twin brothers were exactly of the same height and weighed exactly the same,
balancing the scales perfectly.

55. Mehitable7 b. April 20, 1784; m. David Wiggin.

56. Mary’ b. July 1787; m. Jacob Tilton.

57. James M.7b. Jan. 1792; tavern keeper, East Epping; d. unm. Sept. 1862.

58. William’ b. Feb. 1797; m. Elizabeth F. Hilton.

59. Henry’ b. 1800; d. 1802.

(51). Mosess (Moses,* Elias,« Moses, Maj. Robert, John1) married Sally
True. Child:

60. Caleb’ b. Nov. 21, 1790; m. Mary Pike.

(54). Capt. Abraham’ (Capt. Robert,s Robert,’ Robert,« Robert,: Maj.
Robert,? John!) was born Dec. 15, 1781; married Lydia Tash who was born
in 1779 and died March 9, 1846; lived in the old Piscassic homestead; kept
a tavern; was assessor, 1820; selectman, 1821-24; school committee; died,
April 2, 1841. Children:

61. Mary.s 62. Eliza.s 63. Susan.®

(55). Mehitable7 (Capt. Robert,s Robert,s Robert,‘ Robert,s Maj. Robert,*
John‘) was born, April 20, 1784; married David Wiggin; kept the Elm House;
died, Sept. 25, 1861. Children:
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64. Henrys Wiggin; m. and had Daniel* Wiggin.

65. Deborah* Wiggin; m. Daniel R. Smith. (See Smith.)

66. James 8.* Wiggin; m. and had Rev. J. Henry® Wiggin.

67. Ann M.* Wiggin; unm.

68. Charles E.s Wiggin; m. Rebecca Hadaway. (See Wiggin.)

(58). William? (Capt. Robert,t Robert,s Robert, Robert,s Maj. Robert,2
John!) was born, Feb. 1797; married Elizabeth Folsom, daughter of Winthrop
and Abigail (Hilton) Hilton, who was born April 22, 1796, and died Sept. 5,
1886; went to his wife’s home on the north side of Grape Hill on the Grant
road, later occupied by Joseph Wiggin; was a drummer, 1814; died Sept. 1,
1833. His wife was wu school teacher of strong intellect, good judgment and
practical common sense. She kept her children with her, moving first to
Lamprey River, then to Epping. Children:

69. Robert*; m. and settled in Epping.

70. John Henrys; m. and settled in Epping.

71. Abby J.* 72. Jamess; d. 1835.

(60). Caleb? (Moses,* Moses,s Elias,s Moses, Maj. Robert, John:) was
born Nov. 21, 1790; married Aug. 9, 1815, Mary Pike, who died Dec. 7, 1863;
died, Feb. 25, 1882. Children:

73. James. 74. Caleb.s 75. Samuel.s 76. Moses.s 77. Mary E.s

73. John Brodhead.

(00). Jeremiah? (. —,® Robert,s Robert, Robert,? Maj. Robert,? John1)
married Nancy Crockett. Child:

79. Lucien M.* b. 1811; m. Statira D. Wadleigh.

(73). Rev. Jamess (Caleb,7 Moses,* Moses,’ Elias, Moses,? Maj. Robert,
John!) was born in Salisbury, Mass., Nov. 10, 1818; married, April 19, 1840,
Mary R. Brodhead of Newfields; died, July 26, 1895. Children:

80. James Thornton» b. July 26, 1841; m. Augusta M. White.

81. Anna Gertrude; m. Nov. 19, 1868, Charles B. Kendall, who d. April
14, 1910.

82. Mary Brodhead»; d. in infancy.

(79). Lucien M.* (Jeremiah,7 6 Robert,’ Robert,‘ Robert,s Maj. Rob-
ert,? John!) was born in 1811; married, 1841, Statira D. Wadleigh of Exeter,
who was born in 1815 and died in 1887; settled in Newfields; inn keeper at
the Durrell house now owned by C. W. Bean; later owned the “Shute
House”; died, April 12, 1891. Child:

83. Charles Wadley® b. April 2, 1844; m. Mary Spalding Badger.

(80). James Thornton? (Rev. James, Caleb,7 Moses,* Moses,* Elias,« Moses,*
Maj. Robert,? John!) was born in Newfields, July 26, 1841; married, Oct. 29,
1867, Augusta M., daughter of Luther and Hannah (Tufts) White of Way-
land, Mass.; served in 16th Regt. N. H. Volunteers; clerk in Treasury Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C., 1864-80; afterwards a citizen of Newfields and was
selectman, 1893-94, and 1901-03; representative, 1900; died, April 13, 1911.
Child:

84. James O.1° b. Sept. 5, 1868; unm.

(83). Charles Wadley? (Lucien M.3, Jeremiah,’ © Robert,® Robert,¢
Robert, Maj. Robert,? John1) was born April 2, 1844; married, Feb. 1, 1876,

 

 

 
GENEALOGY. 619

Mary Spalding, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Spalding) Badger; lumber
‘dealer in Georgia. Children:
85. Clinton; res. Birmingham, Ala. 86. Loring; res. Birmingham, Ala.

1, William: Pike married, July 29, 1725; died Oct. 25, 1726. Child:
2. Elizabeth? b. May 22, 1726.

1. John: Pike, brother, married Nancy Thurston, sister of Dolly; was a
farmer in Cornish, Me. Children:
2. Job.2. 3. John2; a clergyman in New Hampshire. 4. Simeon.:

William Pike married Nancy, daughter of Ephraim and Annie (Marsh)
Thurston of Exeter, who was b. April 3, 1783; died, Oxford, Me., April 12,
1859. Three ch. all dying before 1880.

Henry Pike married Dolly, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Brown)
Thurston of Epping; settled on a farm in Middleton. No ch.

Mary Pike married, 1774, Eliphalet Pease, who was born, May 18, 1749,
and died, Cornish, Me., about 1811.

Rebecca Pike married, April 25, 1798, Benjamin Pease, brother.

Mehitable Pike died, Sept. 18, 1839, aged 26.

PINDAR.

The name was variously spelt Pinner, Pender, Pinder and Pindar.

Henry Pinder was in Ipswich, Mass., in 1642, and the town bargained with
him and William Sargent, Aug. 25, 1652, “‘to build a sufficient Prison house
i near the watch house.”

There was a John Pinder in Ipswich in 1648, and a Samuel Pinder in 1683.

1. Benjamin: Pindar was in Capt. Davis’s Co. of Oyster River, 1712 and
1717; petitioned in relation to religious matters in Durham, May 2, 1716.
Children:

2. Sarah.2 8. Benjamin.2 4. Elizabeth.2 5. Abigail.2 6. Joseph.2 His
children were baptized Oct. 5, 1729, by Rev. Hugh Adams.

(3). Benjamin? (Benjamin:) married and had probably

7. Benjamin: who married, Nov. 24, 1791, Susannah Perkins; signed the
Association Test, July 12, 1776; was mustered with Capt. Daniel Gordon’s
Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt., Sept. 20, 1776; received pay, Jan. 6, 1777, for
service to Dec. 7, 1776; died Nov. 19, 1814. His house stood in the garden
between the house of Capt. Joseph Kuse and the river. Child:

8. Joseph; married 1815, Mary, daughter of Phillip and Hannah (Cutts)
Fowler, who was born Nov. 17, 1792, and died Jan. 14, 1861; was of
Newmarket; ‘not willing to pay the ministerial tax,” entered his “dissent
against being taxed for the same” March 29, 1822; died Oct., 1829. Children:

9. Childs; d. Dec. 22, 1817.

10. Samuel Cutts; b. July 1816; d. Aug. 2, 1818.

Moses Pindar was a soldier in 1758.
Oliver Pindar was a soldier, 1812-14, and received a pension; lived with
620 History or NEWFIELDS.

Andrew Hall and Daniel B. Smith; died Nov. 20, 1873, aged 80, and was
buried at Piscassic. A sister married George Miles, a soldier, 1814.

William Pindar died Sept. 15, 1818.

Joseph L. Pindar died Dee. 4, 1858, aged 77 years and 11 months. His wife,
Mary, died May 18, 1865, aged 82.

Betsey, wife of Thomas Pindar, died Nov. 30, 1826, aged 68.

Betsey L. Pindar died Feb. 28, 1863, aged 54.

Joseph D. Pindar was in Newmarket, 1848-49.

Sarah Pindar lived in the school yard near the primary school house.

PLUMER.

. John: Plumer was early at Newbury, Mass.

. Samuel? (John:) was born in England about 1619.

. Sylvanus: (Samuel,? John‘) was born in 1658.

. Samuels (Sylvanus, Samuel,? John) was born about 1686.

. Samuels (Samuel,‘ Sylvanus,3 Samuel,? John!) was born in 1722; married
Mary Dole.

6. Williams (Samuel,s Samuel,s Sylvanus,? Samuel,? John!) was born in
Newbury, Mass., June 25, 1759; married Feb. 12, 1788, Sarah, daughter of
Philip and Sarah (Shatswell) Fowler of Newfields, who was born July 21, 1762,
and died April 1, 1852; removed to Epping, 1768; in early life was a preacher,
but afterwards entered the law and devoted a large part of his life to civil
affairs; was selectman, Epping, and representative previous to his admission
to the bar, 1787; representative eight years between 1785 and 1801; speaker
of the House, 1791 and 1799; influential member in the revision of the consti-
tution, 1791-92; senator in Congress, June, 1802 to March, 1807; state senator,
1810-11, and president both years; governor, 1812 and 1816-18; presidential
elector, 1820, casting his single vote for John Quincy Adams; original member
and first president of the N. H. Historical Society, 1823; honorary member of
various other literary societies; a writer of historical essays; left in Mss. valu-
able biographical sketches; died Dec. 24, 1850. His wife was distinguished for
her domestic virtues, good sense, native kindness, gentleness, and cordial
hospitality. Children:

7. William? b. Feb. 9, 1789; m. Sept. 13, 1820, Margaret Frost, dau. of
Jeremiah and Mary (Frost) Mead, of Lamprey River, who was b. Dec. 9,
1794; graduated from Phillips Exeter academy, 1802, and Harvard college,
1809; studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar, 1812; was
representative to the Legislature, and to Congress 1818-24; state senator,
1827-28; d. Sept. 18, 1854. 3 ch.

8. Sally Fowler? b. Nov. 17, 1790; m. May 20, 1816, William Claggett of
Portsmouth; d. Sept. 18, 1818. No ch.

9. Samuel: b. Dec. 19, 1792; m. April 13, 1820, Mary Huse, dau. of David
and Olive (Huse) Lawrence, who was b. in Epping, Oct. 14; 1800, and d. May
2, 1868; d. Epping, Sept. 9, 1871. 4 ch.

10. George Washington’ b. Feb. 4, 1796; m. Sept. 19, 1824, Elizabeth, dau.
of Samuel and Betsey (Cilley) Plumer. 3 ch.

11. John Jay’ b. Dec. 26, 1799; d. unm. May 2, 1849.

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GENEALOGY. 621

12. Sextus? b. Aug. 6, 1805; d. May 29, 1805.

 

Hannahs Plumer, sister of the governor, married Daniel, son of Gen. Joseph
Cilley of the Revolution, and had a daughter Polly Dole? Cilley, who married
Robert Knox, and their daughter Mary Doles Knox married Judge Asa Fowler
of Concord.

POLLARD.

1. Abner: Pollard was born Sept. 12, 1766; married (1) Achsah Phelps who
was born July 16, 1766, and died Jan. 29, 1816, (2) Nov. 14,1816, Mrs. Susanna
(Brooks) Nourse who was born Feb. 17, 1786, and died Dec. 3, 1851; resided
in Lancaster, Mass.; died Jan. 5, 1831. Children, by first wife:

2. Abner? b. Feb. 24, 1790; d. April 25, 1790.

. Polly: b. Feb. 26, 1791; d. July 15, 1803.
Emily: b. July 7, 1793; d. Nov. 5, 1830.

. Achsahz b. Nov. 30, 1795; d. Jan. 15, 1848.

. Lydia? b. April 6, 1798; d. April 7, 1870.

. Leonard? b. March 11, 1800; d. July 17, 1834.
. Sally? b. March 27, 1802; d. Aug. 5, 1803.

9. Amory? b. March 19, 1804. 10. Mary Ann b. May 26, 1806.

11. Abner Williams? b. Dec. 5, 1808.

12. Clarissaz b. June 17, 1810; d. April 5, 1812.

13. Edward? b. Oct. 10, 1814; d. Dec. 7, 1815.

By second wife:

14. Susan Augusta? b. Sept. 7, 1817; m. William Marsters Paul.

15. Clarissa Elizabeth: b. Nov. 12, 1819; d. unm. in Newfields Oct. 9, 1895.

16. Christopher Augustine? b. Oct. 14, 1821; m. Mary F. Clough.

17. Levi Lincoln: b. Jan. 7, 1825; m. Martha J. Winkley.

(14). Susan Augusta? (Abner!) was born Sept. 7, 1817; married April 26,
1849, William Marsters Paul of Newfields; settled, lived and died on what is
still known as the William Paul place on Main Street; died Sept. 11, 1910.
He died March 26, 1883. Children:

18. Mary Marsters: Paul b. May 21, 1850; m. Lewis S. Hodgdon. (See Paul.)

19. Eleanor Augusta’ Paul b. March 8, 1854; m. Daniel A. Langlands. (See
Paul.)

20. Almenia? Paul b. March 30, 1859; d. April 29, 1859.

(16). Christopher Augustine? (Abner!) was born in Lancaster, Mass., Oct.
14,1821; married June 27, 1861, Mary Frances, daughter of George and Mary
Ann (Tarbell) Clough, who was born in Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 21, 1838, and
died in Newfields Aug. 6, 1907; died April 14, 1865. Children:

21. Willie Levi Lincoln: b. Dec. 5, 1862; d. April 1, 1866.

22. Christopher Augustine b. in Lancaster, Mass., April 3, 1865; m. Oct.
17, 1888, Bessie Pierce, dau. of Walter Shute and Charlotte Wentworth (Horne)
Ordway of Newfields, who was b. Feb. 24, 1869; came to Newfields in 1878,
when his mother became the wife of John Fletcher Fowler; is one of the most
useful citizens of the town; a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; also
member of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention of 1903; repre-

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622 History or NEWFIELDS.

sentative to the Legislature, 1911; member of the school board several years;
agent for the Walter B. Grant, subsequently James H. Roberts, Machine
Company.

(17). Levi Lincoln? (Abner!) was born in Concord, Mass., Jan. 7, 1825;
married Sept. 27, 1856, Martha Jane Winkley of Lowell, Mass., who was born
March 22, 1832; came to Durham when a young man and lived there a short
time, and afterwards in Newmarket for several years; came to Newfields in
1864 and was in the employ of the Swamscot Machine Co. for a time; then
became one of a new company that established a machine shop near the Hilton
house, where he and his family lived; this company soon dissolving he entered
again the employ of the Swamscot Machine Co., taking charge of the steam
and gas fitting department, and remaining there most of the time till that
company dissolved; in 1895 removed to Portsmouth where he died March 5,
1898. Children:

23. Charles Jay b. Oct. 22, 1857; m. Helen W. Batchelder.

24. Clara Augusta? b. May 30, 1859; d. Feb. 15, 1862.

25. George Winkley: b. July 11, 1860; m. Minnie C. Winkley.

26. Clara Augusta b. Sept. 13, 1862; m. June 3, 1886, George Richard
Blinn, a lawyer of Boston; res. Bedford, Mass. No children.

27. Byron West3 b. Dec. 3, 1856; d. Feb. 19, 1867.

28. Levi Lincoln: b. April 23, 1873; unm.

(23). Charles Jays (Levi Lincoln,2 Abner:) was born Oct. 25, 1857; mar-
ried June 13, 1888, Helen Webster Batchelder of Hampton Falls; res. Dover.
Children:

29. Julian West: b. Feb. 27, 1890. 30. Mary Izettes b. Feb. 17, 1894.

(25). George Winkleys (Levi Lincoln,: Abner!) was born in Newmarket,
July 11, 1860; married Oct. 28, 1885, Minnie Cora Wadleigh of Exeter; town
treasurer, 1886-91; removed to Portsmouth. Children:

31. Ethel Maria‘ b. Dec. 10, 1887. 32. Miriam Frances: b. Feb. 6, 1889.

33. John Wadleigh: b. Oct. 7, 1891. 34. Dorothy: b. Dec. 1, 1894.

QUINN.

1. Patrick! Quinn married Catherine Clark.

2. Patrick: (Patrick!) was born November 20, 1815, in Ballygar, Galway
Co., Ireland; married, April 19, 1841, Mary, daughter of William and Joanna
(Cumberford) Roach, who was born in Newfoundland in 1823 and died May
27, 1900; learned the trade of a blacksmith with his father, and came to New
York, June 4, 1837; labored six years at boiler-making with the firm of Fair-
banks, Clarke and Co., Providence, R. I., and was two years foreman of the
boiler manufactory of Otis Tufts of Boston; came to Newfields, June, 1846,
and established the boiler-making department of the Swamscot Machine Co.;
became a stockholder, 1850, and in 1878, director of the company; was select-
man, Newfields, 1863-65, and representative, 1869; from the first held
a foremost place in the town and its affairs; was interested in education and
believed in large appropriations for that object; died, March 27, 1891.
Children:

8. William J. b. 1842; m. Harriet M. Sanborn.

4. Kate J.3; m. Jerry Malchy.
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5. Mary J.3; m. John Ford. 6. Sarah E.3; m. Matthew Carney.

7. Lauras; res. Newfields; unm. 8. Martha E.3; m. John P. Goggan.

9. Charles E.3; res. Newfields; unm.

(3). William J.* (Patrick, Patrick) was born in Providence, R. I., in 1842;
married, July 25, 1867, Harriet M. Sanborn; lawyer; died, Minneapolis,
Minn., Sept. 8, 1882. Children:

10. Genevieve M.‘; m. Dr. Robert Mason of Exeter. 11. Clarence 8.1

(4). Kate J.* (Patrick,2 Patrick!) married, May 21, 1866, Jerry Malchy of
Newburyport, Mass.; res. Newfields. Child:

12. Jerry W.4 Malchy; res. Newfields; d. July 11, 1886.

(5). Mary J.s (Patrick,2 Patrick:) married, Aug. 24, 1874, John Ford of Law-
rence, Mass. Children:

13. William C.: Ford. 14. Mary L.« Ford. 15. Edward J.‘ Ford.

(6). Sarah E.s (Patrick,? Patrick!) married, May 18, 1875, Matthew Carney,
who died, Feb. 1897. Children:

16. Albert‘ Carney. 17. Edward: Carney. 18. Matthew F.4 Carney.

19. Arthurs Carney. 20. Mary: Carney.

(8). Martha E. (Patrick,? Patrick!) married, May 30, 1885, John P. Goggan
of Manchester, who died in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 1, 1909. Children:

21. Laura G.‘ Coggan. 22. Helen A.‘ Goggan; res. Boston.

RANDALL

1. Jacob: Randall was of Portsmouth.

2. Jacob? (Jacob!) married (1) June 5, 1787, Anna, dau. of Michael Shute,
shipwright of Newmarket, who d. March 28, 1792, (2) Feb. 7, 1793, Rebecca,
dau. of Dr. John Marsters. Children by first wife:

3. Jacob: b. Dec. 25, 1788. 4. Sarahs b. Oct. 6, 1790.

Child by second wife:

5. Anna’ b. May 26, 1794.

REYNOLDS.

1. Levi: Reynolds married Polly Watson; settled in Lee.

2. Asa? (Levi!) married Mary A. Haley of Epping, who died Aug., 1867;
bought about 1837, the Jonathan Fogg farm on the Bald Hill road and settled
there; died July, 1853. Children:

3. Levi G.s; m.; d.in Lawrence, Mass. Two sons.

4, A. Jasper?; m. Mary S. Carr; settled in Epping; d. Oct., 1907.

5. Calvin L.3; m. Alma J. Osgood.

6. Mary 8.8; m. May 1881, Josiah E. Robinson of Exeter; no children.

(5). Calvin L.s (Asa,? Levi1) m. Alma J. Osgood of Epping; settled on the
homestead; died Dec., 1909. Children:

7. Charles.s 8. Alice. 9. Lewis. °

RICHARDS.

1, Augustus W.: Richards of Ossipee married Olive, daughter of Edward
and Elizabeth (Hobbs) Hersey; was a graduate of Dartmouth College; has
made teaching a’profession. Children:
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. Sarah R.2; m. Oct. 22, 1895, Ralph P. Jones; res. Somerville, Mass.
Edward H.2; m. June 5, 1902, Maude Button; res. Exeter.

. Elizabeth?; teacher in Cambridge, Mass.; unm.

Ernest E.2; m. July 14, 1907, May E. Forrester; res. Haverhill, Mass.
. Charles W.:; m. June 23, 1909, Nellie L. Ladd; res. Exeter.

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ROBINSON.

1. John: Robinson’s name first appears on Exeter town records April 20,
1652, when lands were granted him conditionally; was chosen to oversee the
work on the new meeting house Oct. 23, 1652; selectman, 1653, 1661,
1666-67 and 1673; was granted lands conditionally Jan. 21, 1657; 10 acres,
Jan. 22, 1660, and 15 acres Jan. 21, 1664; was on committee to lay out high-
ways where they should judge convenient Oct. 10, 1664; was granted 30 acres
March 30, 1670, and 100 acres Feb. 9, 1674; was originally a blacksmith in
Haverhill, Mass.; was shot by Indians in ambush as he was on his way to
Hampton, 1675. His son who was with him escaped.

2. Jonathan? (John) was granted 15 acres of land by the town of Exeter,
Jan. 21, 1664; first mentioned in the town records March 8, 1674; was tithing-
man April 1, 1678; among 66 tax-payers in Exeter, April 20, 1680; sued by
the Mason heirs, 1683; petitioned against Gov. Cranfield, 1685; selectman,
and receipted for 25 copies of laws, Sept. 9, 1695; joined the reorganized first
church, 1698; received a grant of 100 acres Sept. 9, 1700, and also lands in
the distribution, 1725. Children:

3. Johns b. 1671. 4. Sarah: b. 1673. 5. Hester b. 1677.

6. Elizabeth? b. 1679. 7%. Jonathan: b. 1681. 8. Davids b. 1684.

9. James: b. 1686. 10. Josephs b. 1690.

(7) Jonathan: (Jonathan,? John!) was born July 9, 1681; served his majesty
in garrison under Kinsley Hall from Oct. 26 to Nov. 9, 1696; was of “Quam-
scot” and remonstrated against granting a township at Squamscot, Dec. 5,
1709; went five days with Capt. John Gilman, Aug. 16, 1710, in pursuit of
the Indians, who killed Col. Winthrop Hilton; petitioned Gov. Samuel Shute
for the grant of the township of Chester, Sept. 24, 1719; received 100 acres of
land in Exeter’s distribution, April 12, 1725; officer for dooming men’s trades
and incomes, 1731; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river Nov. 21,
1746, and for its location at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; died about 1758.

Child:

11. Josiah‘; was executor of his father’s Will.

(9). James (Jonathan,? John) was born Dec. 7, 1686; was called a “‘Scotch-
man;” lived at Sandy Bay, Portsmouth, and in Stratham. Child:

12. Jonathan‘; m. Mary

(11). Josiah+ (Jonathan,: Jonathan, John:) was executor of his father’s
Will, 1758; selectman of Exeter, 1759 and 1766-71. Children:

13. Jonathan: b. Jan. 10, 1748; m. (1) Constance, daughter of James Covill
of Chatham, Mass., (2) Sept. 16, 1784, Elizabeth Goodsoe; was drummer in
Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. from May 27 to Aug. 1,
1775; labored on rafts at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; signed the Association
Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; enlisted from Newmarket into Capt.
Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Tash’s Regt., Sept. 20, 1776; received four dollars

 
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coat money Oct. 4, 1777; member of the West Presbyterian Society, New-
market, 1778; tithingman, 1778, 1784 and 1792; was a cooper; bought land
of Nathaniel Ewer; clerk, 1794; active in parish affairs, 1800; joined Elder
Osborne’s society, 1800.

14, Davids b. April 10, 1748; m. Hannah Fowler.

15. Dudley: b. May 17, 1752. 16. Sarah b. Oct. 6, 1754.

17. Lydia b. Sept. 5, 1756. 18. Trueworthy b. Jan. 20, 1760.

19. Jeremiah’ b. Dec. 13, 1761; m. Mary Page.

(12). Jonathan: (James,: Jonathan,? John!) married Mary ; settled
in Stratham; petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, 1759, and for its
location at Newfields, 1760. Children:

20. Jonathan: b. Oct. 22, 1741; m. Abigail

21. Winthrop; bap. May 3, 1761.

(14). Davids (Josiah,« Jonathan,s Jonathan,? John!) was born April 10,
1748; married Hannah, daughter of Symonds Fowler, who was born in New-
fields, Oct. 19, 1764; lived in Newmarket and Epsom; was on the pay roll of
Capt. Samuel Gilman’s Co. from May 30 to Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted in Capt.
Nathan Brown’s Co., Col. David Gilman’s Regt., and marched July 22, 1776;
received four dollars coat money, Oct. 4, 1777; died about 1785. His widow
married (2) Joshua Phelps, had children, and died Dec. 17, 1817. Child:

22. Jonathan: b. Epsom, June 27, 1785; m. Lucy Dearborn; 12 children.

(19). Jeremiahs (Josiah,« Jonathan,* Jonathan,? John!) was born Dec. 13,
1761; published Oct. 2, 1784, to Mary Page of North Hampton; selectman,
rae 1792-93 and 1810-16. Child:

. Josiaht; m. Mary Shaw.

on Capt. Jonathans (Jonathan,s James,! Jonathan,? John!) was born
Oct. 22, 1741; married Abigail ; with Lieut. Daniel Jewett and Lieut.
John Weeks, Dec. 11, 1776; presented a bill to the House of Representatives
for “escorting prisoners to the several Goals” of this state; with his wife owned
the covenant in Stratham, Nov. 25, 1770. Children:

24. Mercys b. 1761. 25. Shadrachs b. Feb. 21, 1763; m. Martha F,
Brackett.

26. Meshachs b. 1764. 27. Abednegos b. Jan. 7, 1765; m. Mary Sawyer.

28. Ebenezer: b. 1766.

29. Abigails b. 1767.

30. Marys b. 1768. 31. Janes b. 1769.

32. Jonathan: b. 1770; m. Mary Rollins; d. 1869.

33. Bradbury's b. 1773. 34. Noah b. 1775. 35. Bettys b. 1778.

(23). Josiahs (Jeremiah,s Josiah,‘ Jonathan, Jonathan,? John') married
Mary Shaw; selectman, Exeter, 1838-41 and 1843-45. Children:

36. John.7 37. Bartlett.7 38. Philena7; m. Samuel Clarke.

39. Mary’; m. Samuel Thyng.’? 40. Sarah7; m. G. Dearborn.

41. Harriet7; m. Sperry French. 42. Martha7; m. Charles T. Brown.

43. B. Frank’; m. Caroline Taylor.

(25). Shadrach* (Capt. Jonathan, Jonathan,‘ James,: Jonathan,: John‘)
was born Feb. 21, 1763; married Martha F., widow of Thomas Brackett, and
daughter of Col. John Folsom, who was born Jan. 11, 1760, and died May 27,
1835. Children:

44. Jeremiah.? 4414. Shadrach.? 45. George? b. Aug., 1790. 46. James.

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(27). Abednegos (Capt. Jonathan, Jonathan,‘ James, Jonathan,’ John‘)
was born Jan. 7, 1765; married Mary Sawyer, a Quaker lady from Dover, who
was born Nov. 13, 1772, and died Feb. 25, 1853; lived in Stratham, Ports-
mouth, New York, Cluo, Pa., and Portsmouth again; died Jan. 16, 1853.
Children:

47. Sarah? b. 1794; d. unm. Oct. 1834. 48. James’ b. 1795; d. 1798.

49. Eliza7 b. June 11, 1797; m. June 21, 1826, Rev. Jacob Sanborn, who d.
in Concord, March 16, 1867; d. March 25, 1888.

50. Mary? b. 1798; d. 1816. 51. Jonathan? b. 1801; d. 1802.

52. Emeline’ b. 1803; m. Rev. Samuel Kelly; d. Jan., 1865.

53. Abigail? b. 1805; d. unm. Feb. 21, 1889.

54. Amelia? b. May 1, 1807; m. June, 1848, Capt. Caleb Wiggin, who d.
1887, aged 91; d. in Newfields, Aug. 11, 1892.

55. Abednego7 b. Jan. 1, 1810; m. Mehitable Berry; d. 1891.

56. Jacob b. 1814; d. Oct. 1886.

57. Walter? b. 1817; m. twice.

(43). B. Frank? (Josiah,* Jeremiah,* Josiah,‘ Jonathan,* Jonathan,? John!)
was born in Exeter; married Caroline Taylor of Epping; died in Boston,
1909. Among their children is:

58. Josiah E.* b. in Exeter; m. Mary S. Reynolds of Newfields; settled in
Newfields; selectman, 1908 and 1910; prominent in church and fraternal
organizations; no children:

(45). George’ (Shadrach,* Capt. Jonathan,’ Jonathan,‘ James,? Jonathan,
John!) was born Aug. 1790; married (1) Deborah Jewett, who died in 1823,
(2) Betsey, daughter of Dudley Watson, who died April 7, 1862, aged 73 years
and 11 months; was on committee of Newmarket parish, April 10, 1820, to
see if Rev. John Brodhead will accept the parsonage as usual; selectman, 1826;
died Aug. 24, 1870. Child by first wife:

59. John Jewett’ b. Nov., 1818; m. and lived on the Burley farm, Bay Side.
Children by second wife:

60. Martha Anns b. July, 1824; d. Feb. 10, 1831.

61. George Dudleys b. April 15, 1827; m.
Dudley Watson place near Rockingham Junction.

(55). Abednego? (Abednego,t Capt. Jonathan,’ Jonathan,« James, Jona-
than,? John!) was born Jan. 1, 1810; married, 1835, Mehitable Berry of Green-
land; owned and lived on what is now known as the Whitcomb farm; died
March 17, 1891. Children:

62. Mary W.s b. Sept. 14, 1887; d. unm. May 27, 1893; buried in New-
fields.

63. Arthur 8.8; m. Mary, dau. of Henry P. Neal of Newfields; settled in
Kingston; d. 1896; one son.

64. Johns; res. Lowell, Mass. 65. Jacobs; settled in the West; d.

66. Sarah?; m. May 1878, George W. Weeks of Greenland, who d. Jan. 7,
1892.

(57). Walter? (Abednego,* Capt. Jonathan,’ Jonathan,‘ James,* Jonathan,
John!) was born in 1817; married twice; lived in the vicinity of Boston.
Children:

67. Mary.8

68. James W.*b. 1847; m. Mary P. Gilchrist, who was b. 1846, and d. 1906;

 

Churchill; lives on the
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settled in Newfields, his aunt, Amelia, widow of Caleb Wiggin of Stratham,
building in 1888 a house for him on the corner of Pleasant and Swamscot Sts.;
lived there until her death in 1892; d. 1902; no children.

RIDER.

Thomas Rider married Elizabeth, daughter of William Lane of Dorchester
who is mentioned in her father’s Will dated Dec. 28, 1650, and probated July
6, 1654.

Samuel Rider of Yarmouth, Mass., in 1643 was able to bear arms, and mar-
ried Dec. 23, 1656, Sarah, daughter of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass.,
who came over in the ship Ann in July 1623.

1. Nathaniel: Rider was a lineal descendant, and m. Priscilla Bradford, of
Plimpton, Mass., who was 5th in descent from Gov. William Bradford
through his son William, deputy governor and major; resided, and probably
died, in Halifax, Mass.

2. Capt. John Bradford? (Nathaniel!) was born in Halifax, Mass., Nov.
9, 1778; married (1) Feb. 14, 1805, Nancy, daughter of Joel and Margaret
(Shaw) White, a descendant of Peregrine White who was born in the May-
flower in Cape Cod harbor, Feb. 9, 1779, and died July 4, 1818, (2) July 29,
1819, Mary (Simonton) Wiggin; was apprenticed to Richard Bosworth to
learn the carpenter’s trade,.and went with him to Thomaston, Me., in 1798, and
settled there in May, 1800; commissioned lieutenant of an artillery Co., Aug.
23, 1813, and captain, Oct. 13, 1817; died Jan. 9, 1845. Children:

3. Thomas J.2b. July 17, 1806; m. Mrs. Jane (Wilson) Smith.

4. Nancy b: Dec. 18, 1807; m. May 27, 1829, Charles White; res. Halifax,
Mass.

5. Laurania’ b. Jan. 14, 1810; d. June 10, 1829.

6. Margarets b. Oct. 25, 1811; m. June 20, 1846, John Bonney; res. Plimp-
ton, Mass.

%. John Bradford,’ b. Aug. 25, 1814; m. Elizabeth Armet Colcord.

8. Soveiahs b. Oct. 25, 1816; m. Nov. 3, 1847, Harrison Fuller; res. North
Bridgewater, Mass.; d. Jan. 6, 1860.

(7). John Bradfords (Capt. John Bradford,? Nathaniel) was born Aug. 25,
1814; married Nov. 28, 1837, Elizabeth Armet, daughter of Joseph and Sally
(Jenness) Colcord, who died Aug. 11, 1893; settled in Newfields, 1833; was
director of Newfields Iron Foundry, 1846; warden of the Congregational
society, 1848-68; representative, 1859; died Dec. 28, 1887. Children:

9. Sarah Elizabeth: b. Sept. 30, 1838; m. Edward J. Beal.

10. John Francis Colcord: b. July 6, 1842; m. (1) Helen Amanda Freeze, (2)
Sarah E. (Fellows) Perkins.

11. Carrie Augusta‘ b. Aug. 16, 1849; m. June 29, 1871, Charles A. Scruton;
d. Jan. 12, 1873. No children.

(9). Sarah Elizabeth: (John Bradford, Capt. John Bradford,2 Nathaniel)
was born Sept. 30, 1838; married Edward J. Beal of Portsmouth and Newfields.
Children. °

12. Fred Rider: Beal b. Sept. 21, 1862; d. Aug. 27, 1884.

13. Carrie A. Beal.
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(10). John Francis Colcord: (John Bradford, Capt. John Bradford,? N. ath”
anielt), was born July 6, 1842; married (1) Nov. 21, 1863, Helen Amanda,
daughter of Albert S. and Sarah (Paul) Freeze, who died Jan. 19, 1906, (2)
April 3, 1907, Sarah E. (Fellows) Perkins; owned and operated a brass foundry
in Newfields, 1866-69; afterwards connected with various iron and steel com-
panies as traveling salesman until about 1890 when he returned to Newfields
for a permanent residence; actively interested in the Golden Cross and other
fraternal organizations. Child:

14. Frank L. Bradfords b. Aug. 6, 1865; d. unm. in Newfields, March 15,
1895.

ROGERS.

1. Rev. John: Rogers was a famous preacher of Dedham, Eng., and is sup-
posed to have been the grandson of the Rev. John Rogers who in the time of
the Reformation was burned at the stake at Smithfield Feb. 4, 1555; was
endowed with the same spiritual gifts as the martyr; died Oct. 18, 1639, aged
67.

2. Rev. Nathaniel? (Rev. John!) was born about 1598; married Mrs. John
(Leverett) Dennison; came to America in 1636, and settled as colleague with
Rev. Nathaniel Ward at Ipswich, Mass., 1638; died July 2, 1655. Children:

3. Johns b. 1630; m. Elizabeth Dennison.

4. Nathaniel.s 5. Samuels; m. Judith Appleton.

6. Timothy.s 7. Ezekiels.

(3). John? (Rev. Nathaniel,2 Rev. John!) was born in 1630; married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Daniel Dennison; president of Harvard College,
1683. Children:

8. Elizabeths; m. 1681, John Appleton.

9. Margaret‘; m. John Leverett, pres. of Harvard College.

10. John‘; m. Martha Whittingham.

11. Daniels; perished in « snow storm on his way from Salisbury, Mass.,
to Ipswich.

12. Nathaniel‘ b. Feb. 22, 1670; m. Sarah Perkins.

13. Patience:; m. Benjamin Marston.

(10). Rev. John: (Pres. John,? Rev. Nathaniel,? Rev. John!) was born in
1656; grad. Harvard College, 1684; settled as minister in Ipswich, 1692; died
Dec. 1745. Children:

14. Rev. Nathaniel: b. 1699; colleague with his father; d. 1775.

15. Rev. Daniels b. 1707; first minister of the second church, Exeter.

(12). Rev. Nathaniels (Pres. John, Rev. Nathaniel,: Rev. John1) was born
Feb. 22, 1670; married Sarah Perkins; graduated at Harvard college, 1687;
ordained pastor at Portsmouth, May 3, 1699, successor to Rev. Joshua Moody,
having received his call July 19, 1697, offering him the ‘‘use of the glebe,”
parsonage and 100 pounds; house was burned the last of Oct. 1704, his daugh-
ter 17 months old and a negro woman perishing. Children:

16. Daughters; perished in a burning house, aged 17 months.

17. Nathanielsb. 1700; m. (1) Olive Plaisted, (2) Mrs. Dorothy (Sherburne)
Rymes.
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18. Sarah‘ b. 1701; m. Rev. Joshua Gee, colleague with Rev. Cotton Mather
of Boston; d. 1730.

(17). Dr. Nathaniels (Rev. Nathaniel,s Pres. John, Rev. Nathaniel,? Rev.
John?) was born in 1700; married (1) Olive Plaisted, (2) Dorothy, daughter of
Henry Sherburne, and widow of Christopher Rymes; graduated at Harvard
college, 1717; studied medicine with Dr. Bailey of Ipswich; practiced his
profession in Portsmouth; was a tax-payer there, 1727; drew a lot of land in
Nottingham, Nov. 4, 1730, and again Feb. 1, 1733; justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, 1737; agent of the proprietors of Nottingham, 1742; representative
for Portsmouth and speaker of the House, 1745; died Nov. 29, 1745. His wife
survived him and married (3) Rev. John Taylor, and (4) Peter Gilman.

Children by second wife:

19. Nathaniels b. Nov. 24, 1745; m. Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter.

20. Daniels; m. a daughter of Hon. John Rindge, agent at the court of Great
Britain, a sister of Mrs. Wentworth the mother of Sir John Wentworth, gover-
nor of Nova Scotia, one of the king’s council, but resigned before the Revo-
lution; with others of Portsmouth received a grant of land March 4, 1774,
which with land of Lt. Samuel Gilman of Newmarket and others was incorpo-
rated as Jackson, Dec. 4, 1800.

(19). Judge Nathaniels (Dr. Nathaniel,* Rev. Nathaniel,‘ Pres. John,? Rev.
Nathaniel,2 Rev. John1) was born in Portsmouth Nov. 24, 1745; married Feb.
28, 1768, Elizabeth Carpenter of New Haven, who was born March 4, 1752;
settled in Newfields. (126). Children:

21. Elizabeth’ b. May 15, 1769; m. Sept. 21, 1789, Henry Burleigh.

22. Olive Plaisted? b. Dec. 8, 1771; m. May 20, 1792, Henry Tilton.

23. Nathaniel? b. Oct. 17, 1773.

24. Mary Ann7b. Aug. 27, 1775; m. John Shute, Jr.; d. March 14, 1823.

25. Charlotte? b. June 20, 1777. 26. George? b. July 17, 1779.

27. Dorothy Abigail’ b. April 18, 1781.

28. Sarah’ b. Dec. 10, 1788. 29. Charlotte’ b. June 6, 1785.

30. John? b. July 2, 1787; m. (1) Frances Gilman, (2) Ann Gilman, (3)
Martha Cram.

(80). Col. John? (Judge Nathaniel, Dr. Nathaniel,s Rev. Nathaniel, Pres.
John,? Rev. Nathaniel, Rev. John:) was born July 2, 1787; married (1) Nov.
15, 1810, Frances, daughter of Col. Nathaniel and Abigail (Odlin) Gilrdan,
who was born Sept. 11, 1787, and died April 7, 1821, (2) Sept. 8, 1822, Ann
Gilman, sister, who was born Aug. 10, 1796, and died Jan. 2, 1827, (3) Martha,
daughter of Rev. Jacob Cram; was colonel of the 4th N. H. Regt. of militia;
engaged in Exeter in tanning and morocco dressing; cashier of the old Exeter
bank, 1808-30; overseer of the poor for many years, succeeding his father;
selectman, 1817-31; chosen director and treasurer of Exeter Manufac-
turing Co. at its first meeting June 27, 1828; died July 22, 1837.

Children by first wife;

31. Nathaniel Gilman? b. April 25, 1818.

32. John Francis: b. Dec. 1, 1819.

By second wife:

33. Frances Gilman? b. June 25, 1824. 34, Ann Gilman: b. May 20, 1825.
630 History or NEWFIELDs.

SANBORN.

1. John: Sanborn was born about 1600; married in England a daughter
of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. Children:

2. John: b. 1620. 3. William? b. 1622.

4. Stephen?; m. and returned to England.

These three brothers came to this country in the ship, William and Francis,
with Mr. Bachiler, arriving in Boston June 5, 1633. From John and William
who lived and died in Hampton, the American families of Sanborns have
sprung.

(2). Lieut. John? (John1) was born in 1620; married (1) Mary, daughter of
Robert Tuck of Corlston, Suffolk, Eng., who died Dec. 30, 1668, (2) Mrs. Mar-
garet Moulton, widow of William Moulton, and daughter of Robert Page;
was of Hampton about 1654; set over Fort William and Mary as a soldier by
John Bickford, who kept a ferry at Little Harbor.

5. Joseph: was one of his 12 children, b. March 15, 1659; m. Mary Gove.

6. Richard.s 7. Josiah.s 8. John.3

(3). William? (John!) was born in 1622; married Mary, daughter of John
Moulton; was of Hampton, 1639; died Sept. 18, 1692. Child:

9. Josiah? b. about 1654; m. (1) Hannah Moulton, (2) Mrs. Sarah Perkins.

(5). Josephs (Lieut. John,: John!) was born March 13, 1659; married Dec.
28, 1682, Mary, daughter of Capt. Richard Gove; petitioned for the govern-
ment and protection of Massachusetts, 1689, and Governor Shute and Coun-
cil Sept. 24, 1719, for the settling of Chester, and was one of the proprietors
May 8, 1722; was early in Newmarket; with his brothers, Richard, Josiah
and John, signed Weare’s petition. Children:

10. Abigails b. April 1, 1686; m. Oct. 7, 1703, Ebenezer Dearborn of
Chester.

11. Huldah: b. May 3, 1688; m. Oct. 17, 1705, Jonathan Nason of Hamp-
ton Falls. :

12. Reuben: b. May 18, 1692. 13. Edward‘ b. April 7, 1695.

14. Abraham: b. March 10, 1696.

15. Mary: b. July 22, 1697; m. Samuel Prescott of Hampton; d. May 28,
1757.

16. Joseph+ b. July 22, 1700; m. (1) Lucy Prescott, (2) Susanna James,
(3) Dorothy Hilliard.

(9). Josiahs (William, John!) was born about 1654; married (1) Aug. 25,
1681, Hannah Moulton, who died Nov. 6, 1687, (2) 1690, Mrs. Sarah, widow
of Jonathan Perkins of Hampton, who died Sept. 1, 1738; died, 1728.

Among his 9 children were:

17. William: b. March 28, 1682; m. Elizabeth Dearborn.

18. Jabez‘ b. March 24, 1691; m. (1) Abigail , (2) Abigail Marston.

(16). Lieut. Josephs (Joseph,s Lieut. John,2 John!) was born July 22, 1700;
married (1) Jan. 18, 1722, Lucy, daughter of James Prescott of Hampton
Falls, who died March 9, 1723, (2) Susanna, daughter of Benjamin James of
Hampton Falls, who died June 1, 1761, (3) Dorothy (Roby) Hilliard; at a
meeting of the proprietors of Chester at Capt. Wingate’s in Hampton,
March 16, 1721, it was voted ‘That the bridge on the road from Kingston to
the Chestnut Country be made passable for Carts, and that Joseph Sanborn

 
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be surveyor”; served under Sergt. Jonathan Prescott, 1724, also under Cap-
tain Weare; commanded men in a scouting party, 1746; was major in Colonel
Hart’s Regt. in expedition to Canada; petitioned for a lottery and renewal of
bridge, 1759-60, and for bridge, 1766 and 1772; died Jan. 26, 1773. Child:

19. Josephs b. May 14, 1726.

(17). Williams (Josiah,s William,2 John!) was born March 28, 1682; mar-
ried Dec. 20, 1704, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Dearborn of Hampton;
served in the French war in Captain Green’s Co., 1712; died April 3, 1718.
Children:

20. Ezekiels b. April 4, 1706; m. Elizabeth Melcher.

21. Daniels b. Oct. 8, 1708. 22. Williams b. Oct. 31, 1710.

23. Hannah: b. Jan. 4, 1713; m. June 14, 1731, John Folsom of Exeter.

24. Joshuas b. March 16, 1715; m. Abigail Sanborn.

25. Elizabeths b. April 30, 1718; m. May 12, 1737, Capt. Jonathan Gil-
man of Gilmanton.

(18). Jabez+ (Josiah, William,? John1) was born March 24, 1681; married
(1) Abigail , (2) Dec. 29, 1715, Abigail, daughter of Ephraim Marston;
died Nov. 19, 1761. Among his 11 children was:

26. Josiah’ b. March 21, 1723; m. Jemima

(20). Sergt. Ezekiels (William, Josiah,s William, J ohn) was born in Hamp-
ton Falls April 4, 1704; married June 5, 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel
Melcher of Hampton Falls; served in the Indian wars; lived in Exeter and
Newmarket; died, 1757. Children:

27. Edward: b. 1731; m. Elizabeth Rundlett.

28. Jonathan: b. April 13, 1733; m. Anna Marston.

29. Ezekiels b. July 29, 1748; m. Abigail Burleigh.

30. Elizabeths b. 1750; m. Nicholas Doe of Newmarket.

31. Abigaile b. 1752; d. young. 32. Joshuas b. 1754; d. young.

(24). Joshuas (William, Josiah,s William,? John!) was born March 16, 1715;
married Abigail Sanborn who died Dec. 10, 1811; lived in Epping; died Dec.
1764. Child:

83. Daniels b. May 6, 1752; m. (1) Hannah Folsom, (2) Priscilla Sanborn,
(8) Nabby Giles.

(26). Josiah’ (Jabez,4 Josiah,? William,? John:) was born in Hampton Falls,
March 21, 1723; married Jemima ; settled in Epping; died there,
1770.

Among his five children was:

84. Josiahs b. July 6, 1764; m. Hannah Rundlett.

(27). Edwards (Sergt. Ezekiel,s William, Josiah,: William,2 John) was
born in 1731; married Elizabeth Rundlett of Epping; settled in Epping.

Children:

35. Ezekiel? b. Nov. 26, 1761; m. Sally Dalton who was b. 1767, and d.
April 3, 1851; settled in Dorchester, N. H.; d. May 19, 1845.

36. Moses Dalton’ b. April 1789; m. Abigail Prescott.

(28). Jonathans (Sergt. Ezekiel,s William, Josiah, William,? John!) was
born in Newmarket, April 13, 1733; married Anna Marston, daughter of
Ephraim Marston, who was born Dec. 22, 1738, and died Feb. 6, 1792; was
a soldier 1757-58; signed the Association Test, 1776; joined the Baptist
church at Brentwood Oct. 15, 1791; lived on the old farm at ‘Bald Hill’;

 

 

 
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was a trumpeter stationed with Maj. Thomas Tash at No. 4; enlisted in Col.
Weare’s Regt. for the Canada expedition, April 5, 1759; was with Col. John
Goffe for the invasion of Canada by way of the Green Mountains, 1760; on
the pay roll of Capt. James Norris’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. as drummer
from June 16 to Aug. 1, 1775; received four dollars coat money, Oct. 16, 1775;
died Oct. 11, 1789. Children:

87. Jonathan’ b. May 17, 1769; m. Elizabeth Dalton.

38. Mary’b. Aug. 11, 1770; m. Moses Dalton; d. 1856.

39. Samuel? b. June 12, 1773; d. unm., Newmarket, Oct. 17, 1847.

40. Anna’ b. June 30, 1775; m. Parker of Pembroke; d. May 1856.

41. Asa’ b. and d. 1778.

42, Sally? b. April 25, 1782; m. (1) Jacob Tilton, (2) William Blaisdell,
both of Epping; d. Dec. 10, 1852.

(29). Maj. Ezekiels (Sergt. Ezekiel,s William, Josiah,t William,: John‘)
was born in Newmarket, July 29, 1748; married Abigail Burleigh, who was
born Nov. 16, 1752, and died Dec. 28, 1830; moved to Brookfield; died there
Dec. 19, 1818. Children:

43. Jacob? b. 1772. 44. Ezekiel? b. April 27, 1774.

45. Jonathan’ b. Feb. 1, 1777. 46. Asa? b. 1779.

47. Abigail’ b. 1781; m. John Wingate; d. Canada, 1855.

48. Betsey’ b. 1783; d. 1785. 49. John? b. March, 1785.

50. Mary? b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. unm., Portsmouth.

(83). Daniels (Joshua,s William,s Josiah,: William,2 John!) was born in
Epping, May 6, 1752; married (1) Hannah Folsom, (2) Priscilla Sanborn,
(3) Nabby Giles of Epping; lived in Epping. Child:

51. Daniel’ b. Sept. 15, 1768; m. Sally Marsh.

(34). Josiahs (Josiah,* Jabez,‘ Josiah,+ William,? John:) was born in Epping,
July 8, 1764; married Hannah Rundlett of Exeter, who died Sept. 4, 1822;
served in Capt. Mark Wiggin’s Co., Col. Pierse Long’s Regt. for the
defense of Pascataqua Harbor, 1776, and for Ticonderoga, Sept. 30, 1776, to
Jan. 1, 1777; re-enlisted for Ticonderoga, 1777; was in Capt. Ambrose’s Co.
for the Saratoga campaign, Sept., 1777; died Jan. 24, 1841. Children:

52. Josiah? b. 1785. 53. Tristam7 b. 1787.

54. Mary’ b. Sept. 9, 1790; m. William Carr of Northfield.

55. Jeremiah’ b. March 4, 1798.

56. John Rundlett’ b. May 24, 1795; married Sarah A. Emery.

57. Jemima’ b. 1798; m. Feb. 5, 1824, Ira Taylor of Sanbornton.

58. David? b. May 10, 1800.

59. Warren?’ b. 1809; drowned when 18 months old. 60. Gilman’ b. 1810.

(86). Moses Dalton’ (Edward,* Sergt. Ezekiel,s William,s Josiah,: William,
John:) was born April 1789; m. 1810, Abigail Prescott who was born in 1784,
and died Aug. 2, 1862; died Oct. 11, 1860. Children:

61. Jeremiah Prescott® b. Feb., 1812; m. Olive C. Wentworth.

62. Ezekiels; m. (1) Clara J. Locke, (2) S. Elizabeth Perkins; no children.

63. Jonathan P.8; m.; settled in Epping; two sons.

64. Mosess; settled and d. in Michigan.

(87). Jonathan’ (Jonathan, Sergt. Ezekiel,s William,+ Josiah, William,»
John!) was born May 17, 1769; married Elizabeth Dalton, who was born
Aug. 19, 1770, and died Feb. 12, 1825; died Aug. 27, 1819. Children:

 
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65. Sallys b. April 14, 1799; m. Sias Noble of Lee; d. April 15, 1826.

66. Jonathan b. and d. 1802.

67. Asa b. April 23, 1805; m. Hannah Gove Meserve.

68. Jonathan’ b. May 10, 1813; m. Frances N. Johnson.

(51). Daniel? (Daniel, Joshua, William,‘ Josiah, William,2 John!) was
born in Epping, Sept. 15, 1768; married Sally Marsh who was born Jan. 3,
1771, and died Dec. 13, 1844; a farmer of Epping; died Sept. 17, 1846.

Child:

69. Zebulon® b. Noy. 16, 1791; m. Betsey Hills.

(56). Dr. John Rundlett’ (Josiah,* Josiah,’ Jabez,‘ Josiah,s William,? John)
was born in Sanbornton, May 24, 1795; married Nov. 7, 1826, Sarah A. Emery
of Canterbury, who was born Aug. 2, 1800, and died in Newmarket, Jan. 7,
1892; graduated, Dartmouth Medical college, 1823; physician, Newmarket;
died May 7, 1866. Children:

70. Susan Augusta’ b. Sept. 26, 1827; d. unm., Newmarket.

71. Catherine Emerys b. Sept. 22, 1837; m. May 10, 1858, Franklin I.
Tuxbury of Lee.

72. John Williams b. Newmarket, March 27, 1839; m. Dec. 18, 1867, Mary
Jane Foss of Charlestown, Mass.; was engineer on the Kearsarge at the sink-
ing of the Alabama; 6 children.

73. Warren Gilman? b. Newmarket, May 1, 1845; m. Dec. 25, 1869, Mary
Ellen Smith; 3 children.

(61). Jeremiah Prescott’ (Moses Dalton,7 Edward,* Sergt. Ezekiel,s Wil-
liam,‘ Josiah,: William,? John:) was born in Epping, Feb. 1812; married April
1841, Olive C. Wentworth, who died Feb. 15, 1899; died in Newfields, Aug.
13, 1893. Children:

74. Harriet Elizabeth»; res. Newfields; unm.

75. Sarah Brodhead»; d. unm., July 9, 1877.

76. John Wentworth» b. Nov. 3, 1848; m. Julia A. Sanborn.

(67). Capt. Asas (Jonathan,’ Jonathan,* Sergt. Ezekiel,s William,+ Josiah,*
William,? John!) was born in Newmarket, April 23, 1805; married Hannah
Gove, daughter of Daniel Meserve; lived on the homestead; was captain of
the militia; died May 23, 1846. Children:

77. Elizabeth Jane b. Oct. 22, 1829; m. Henry W. Balcomb of Salem,
Mass.

78. John D.» b. Sept. 14, 1830; m. Henrietta B. Smith.

79. Asa Frank» b. March 1, 1842; m. Mary D. Noble.

(68). Jonathan® (Jonathan,’ Jonathan,* Sergt. Ezekiel,s William,« Josiah,»
William,? John) was born in Newmarket, May 10, 1813; married Frances
Noble Johnson of Newmarket, who was born Nov. 14, 1814, and died June
18, 1880; a farmer, Newmarket; died Feb. 16, 1872. Children:

80. Freeman’ b. Aug. 30, 1840; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1881, Mary Eunice, dau.
of Jewett Conner of Exeter, who was b. Jan. 17, 1855, and d. Jan. 22, 1883,
(2) May 29, 1895, Abra Morrill, dau. of Benjamin Veazey of Brentwood; d.
Feb. 1908; one son, John Freeman, b. Jan. 16, 1883.

81. Sally® b. Sept. 30, 1849; d. unm. July 17, 1870.

82. Jonathan Elbridge® b. March 13, 1854; d. unm. Feb. 3, 1880.

(69.) Zebulons (Daniel,7 Daniel,* Joshua,’ William, ‘Josiah,s William, John:)
was born in Epping, Nov. 16, 1791; married Oct. 14, 1810, Betsey, daughter
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of Josiah Hills of Epping, who was born Oct. 14, 1791, and died Oct. 29, 1870;
a farmer in Epping; died Aug. 19, 1881. Children:

83. Daniel» b. Nov. 3, 1811; m. (1) Mary S. Philbrick, (2) Sarah Jane Han-
naford.

84. Josiah Hills» b. Feb. 21, 1814; m. Abigail Philbrick.

85. Smith Batchelder® b. April 17, 1816; m. (1) Mary E. Winslow, (2)
Comfort Smith, (8) Martha J. Miles.

86. Sally* b. June 21, 1819; m. Prescott Chase of Epping. (See Chase.)

87. Betsey* b. Nov. 28, 1819; m. John P. Chase of Epping; d. Nov. 20,
1885.

88. Harriet» b. Feb. 17, 1821; m. George Winslow of Epping; d. Jan. 29,
1885.

89. George® b. Nov. 5, 1823; m. (1) Sarah Norton, (2) Jane Blair; settled
in Lawrence, Mass.

90. Haven» b. Oct. 17, 1825; d. unm. in California, 1885.

91. Rufus* b. July 21, 1827; m. (1) Clara P. Paul, (2) Elizabeth P. Rundlett,
(3) Sarah Tarleton.

92. John* b. May 8, 1829; m. Charlotte B. French of Salisbury, Mass.; d.
May 18, 1891.

93. Charles H.» b. Oct. 11, 1832; m. Lucy M. Badger.

94. Abigail M.* b. Dec. 24, 1834; m. Charles M. Norris of Epping.

(76). Rev. John Wentworth» (Jeremiah Prescott,s Moses Dalton,’ Edward,*
Sergt. Ezekiel,» William, Josiah,s Wiliam, John!) was born Nov. 3, 1848;
married Aug. 2, 1873, Julia A., daughter of J. Munroe Sanborn of East Kings-
ton, who died Aug. 1877, and Nov. 27, 1886, Adelaide Hiscox of Clifton
Springs, N. Y.; a member of the Genesee Conference, Methodist Episcopal
church. Children:

95. Marion Elizabeth»; m. Frank C. Taplin; res. Malden, Mass.; one dau.
Olive.

96. John Wentworth, Jr..o b. March, 1877; d. 1896.

97. Arthur Prescott.° 98. Olive.1o 99. Ralph Carlton.1> 100. Harold.19

(78). John D.* (Asa,® Jonathan,7 Jonathan,» Sergt. Ezekiel,s William,é
Josiah,s William,? John,!) was born in Newmarket, Sept. 14, 1830; married
Henrietta B. Smith of Portsmouth. Child:

101. Elmer Ellsworth b. Oct. 7, 1862; m. Dec. 25, 1888, Carlotta F. Cole
of Bradford, Mass., and had Philip Asau b. May 15, 1890, and Dorothy
Henriettau b. Nov. 28, 1897.

(79). Asa Frank® (Asa,s Jonathan,’ Jonathan,* Sergt. Ezekiel,» William,+
Josiah,» William,? John!) was born March 1, 1842; married Dec. 23, 1879,
Mary Dow, daughter of John J. Noble of Epping; farmer in Newfields.

Children:

102. Helen Amanda b. Jan. 5, 1882; m. Oct. 12, 1908, Harry T. Pond of
Dorchester, Mass.

103. Bertha May» b. Jan. 25, 1883; m. Harry Libbey of Biddeford, Me.

104. Eva J.10 b. Oct. 18, 1887.

(83). Daniel» (Zebulon,? Daniel,7 Daniel,* Joshua, William, Josiah, Wil-
liam,? John‘) was born Nov. 3,1811; married (1) Mary M. Philbrick, (2) Sarah
Jane Hannaford. Children:

105. Oliver G. b. Jan. 10, 1828; m. Mary Hodgdon.
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106. Melbourne b. Nov. 13, 1840.

107. Mary b. March 11, 1842; m. March 6, 1862, Daniel G. Neal of New-
fields. No children:

108. Zebulon b. Nov. 27, 1848; settled in Portsmouth.

(85). Smith Batchelder» (Zebulon,* Daniel,? Daniel,s Joshua,’ William,«
Josiah,? William,? John:) was born April 17, 1816; married (1) Jan. 5, 1845,
Mary Elizabeth Winslow, who was born June 17, 1816, and died Nov. 6, 1851,
(2) Jan. 25, 1853, Comfort Smith, who died Nov. 1, 1860, (8) June 26, 1861,
Martha J. Miles, who was born Dec. 9, 1828; a farmer of Newmarket, owning
the old “Ames place” on the Lee road; died March 10, 1895. Children:

109. Mary Elizabeth» b. Dec. 9, 1845; m. March 7, 1875, Charles Perkins
of Newmarket.

110. Emma Winslow" b. and d. 1851.

111. Helen Esther» b. April 11, 1857; m. Feb. 11, 1876, George M. Nugent
of Allston, Mass.

112. Martha Etta» b. May 27, 1863; m. (1) Oct. 25, 1882, Frank Dow, (2)
J. E. Kent of Newmarket.

113. Anna Lewis” b. Dec. 26, 1865; d. unm. Oct. 24, 1895.

114. Frederick Eugene b. Sept. 1, 1869; m. Dec. 19, 1891, Laura Pender-
gast of Newmarket; a farmer on the homestead, Lee road.

(91). Rufus* (Zebulon,: Daniel,7 Daniel,s Joshua,’ William,‘ Josiah,s Wil-
liam,? John1) was born July 21, 1827; married (1) Clara P., daughter of Sam-
uel Paul of Newfields, who died Sept. 3, 1860, (2) Elizabeth P., daughter of
James and Elsie (Plumer) Rundlett, who died May 12, 1866, (3) Sarah J.,
daughter of Samuel Tarleton, who died May 5, 1908; died June 21, 1909.

Children by first wife:

115. Alice; m. 1877, Charles R., son of Amos and Mary A. Paul.

116. Williard T.1°; m. (1) Emma Manson, (2) Elizabeth Drew of Dover; d.
Birmingham, Ala., May 1911. No children.

(93). Charles H.® (Zebulon,* Daniel,? Daniel,s Joshua,s William,‘ Josiah,?
William,? John) was born Oct. 11, 1832; married Nov. 8, 1855, Lucy M. Bad-
ger of Newfields, who was born March 25, 1835, and died in Newfields, Oct.
22, 1911; a machinist; selectman, 1865-66; representative, 1870; town treas-
urer, 1893-1901; died April 5, 1904.

Children:

117. Clara E.o b. Aug. 18, 1861; m. Nov. 8, 1883, George W. Paul. (See
Paul.)

118. Charles A. b. Feb. 20, 1867; m. 1897, Mary A. Edmunds; d. March
6, 1907; one child, Lucy M.u

119. Mabel A. b. Sept. 9, 1870; d. 1883.

(105). Oliver G.° (Daniel,» Zebulon, Daniel,7 Daniel,» Joshua,’ William,
Josiah,: William,: John!) was born Jan. 10, 183-; married Oct. 5, 1865,
Mary Hodgdon of Barnstead; was proprietor of the ‘Shute House” until
1883; residence, Wakefield, Mass. Children:

120. Blanche; musician; res. Wakefield; unm.

121. George 0.1; musician; res. Wakefield; unm.
636 History or NEWFIELDS.

SARGENT.

1. William: Sargent was born in Bristol, Eng.; married June 21, 1678,
Mary, daughter of Peter Duncan; came to Gloucester, Mass.

Children:

2. Fitz William? b. Jan. 6, 1680; d. young. 3. Mary? b. Dec. 19, 1681.

4. Andrew? b. 1683. 5. Daniel: b. 1686. 6. Jordan? b. 1688.

7. Epes? b. 1690. 8. Ann? b. 1692. 9. Samuel? b. 1694; d. young.

10. Fitz John? b. 1696; d. 1696. 11. Fitz John: b. 1699.

12. Jabez? b. 1700; d. 1700. 13. Fitz William: b. in Gloucester, 1701;
married Mary, dau. of Joseph Hall; was a witness, 1746; died about 1769.
His widow, Mary, sold in 1781 to Josiah Adams land, mansion house and barn,
reserving rooms and cellar to herself.

14, Winthrop: b. 1704.

SHUTE.

1. Richard: Shute was born in Malden, Mass., in 1667; married, 1692,
Lydia Greenleaf. Children:

2. John? b. March 29, 1693. (135). 3. Lydia? b. July 14, 1696.

4. Elizabeth: b. Feb. 20, 1698. 5. Joannaz b. Feb. 20, 1698.

6. Richard: b. Aug. 23, 1702. 7. Michael: b. Sept. 16, 1704; d. Aug. 10, 1706.

8. Michael? b. April 21, 1707; m. (1) Welthea Walters, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth
(Boardman) Pearson.

9. Mary? b. April 18,1710. 10. Nathan: b. Aug. 21, 1713.

(8). Michaelz (Richard:) was born April 21, 1707; married (1) Welthea
Walters, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson, daughter of John Boardman of New-
buryport, Mass.; a ship-builder; came to Newfields about 1750; built a house,
now standing, on the bank of the Squamscot, a short distance from the Foun-
dry; petitioned for a lottery in aid of the Squamscot bridge and location at
Newfields, 1759-60, and for bridge at Newfields, 1772; refused to sign the
Association Test, 1776; died Nov. 27, 1784, and was buried in the Hilton
burying ground. John Shute of Newmarket was made executor of his will
Dec. 17, 1784. (119).

Children by first wife:

11. Lydia b. Dec. 2, 1740; m. May 31, 1765, Henry Wiggin.

12. John b. 1744; m. (1) Mary Hill, (2) Fanny (Noble) Tilton.

13. Williams; m. Phebe Jewett. (126). 14. Michael.2 15. Walter.s

16. Daughter.s By second wife:

17. Thomas* b. 1755. 18. Josephs b. 1757; m. Oct. 18, 1778, Sally Mead.

19. Benjamin: b. April 16, 1759; m. (1) , (2) Mrs, James Orr.

20. Sally: b. 1761. 21. Lydia b.2 1765.

22. Anna bap. Sept. 6, 1767; m. 1789, Jacob Randall.

23. Mary: bap. Sept. 6, 1767.

(11). Lydias (Michael,2 Richard!) was born Dec. 2, 1740; married May 31,
1765, Henry, son of Simeon Wiggin, who was born in Stratham May 8, 1740,
and died about 1780. Children:

24. Michael‘ Wiggin. 25. Henry: Wiggin. 26. Lydia Wiggin; d. young.

27. Welthon« Wiggin. 28. Susannah‘ Wiggin. 29. Elizabeth: Wiggin.

 

 
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30. Lydia Wiggin.

(12). Johns (Michael,2 Richard!) was born in 1744; married (1) Mary
Hill, sister of Gen. James Hill, who was born July 22, 1738, and died March
9, 1800, (2) 1801, Fanny (Noble) Tilton, widow of Jonathan Tilton of Ken-
sington, who was captured by the Indians Sept. 5, 1743 when only 13 months
old, sold in Canada and educated in a convent, ‘‘noted for excellent qualities,
and very much esteemed by all who knew her,” and died Sept. 7, 1819, aged
77; died Sept. 26, 1819. (185). Children:

31. Betsey: b. 1772; with her niece Elizabeth Rogers Shute, deeded land
to the Congregational Society for a church; d. unm. Feb. 21, 1844,

32. John‘ b. 1773; m. Mary Ann, dau. of Judge Nathaniel Rogers, who
d. March 14, 1823; was a soldier, 1814; active in town affairs; selectman,
1806-08; assessor, 1809; lived in the Brodhead house; d. July 8, 1818; left
one child, Elizabeth Rogerss.

33. Robert.«

(14). Michaels (Michael, Richard!) was a ship-builder dt Newfields. (119).
Children:

34, John William: b. March 21, 1792; m. Mary Grover.

35. Andrew B.‘ b. March 21, 1794; m. Catherine Grover.

(15). Walters (Michael,: Richard:) married Sept. 13, 1778, Elizabeth Fur-
bur; was a ship-builder at Newfields; refused to sign the Association Test,
1776; petitioned the Legislature, June 8, 1785, for a special town meeting to
choose a representative for Newmarket. Children:

36. Robert.s 87. Henry‘; m. Elizabeth Smith.

38. Sally: b. Feb. 1788; m. Edward Ordway.

(19). Benjamins (Michael,? Richard:) was born in Newmarket April 16,
1759; married (1) , (2) Widow of James Orr, and daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Warner) Cross of Ipswich, Mass., who died in Derry,
1842; settled in Derry; died Dec. 25, 1847. Children:

39. Jonathan: b. Nov. 15, 1786.

By second wife:

40. George; was deacon of the First Church, and selectman; lived on the
homestead in Derry till his wife died and his own health failed, then in 1882
made his home with his two daughters in Malden, Mass.; died there May,
1894, aged 87. His daughters were living at Melrose Highlands in 1899.

41. Julia Ann‘ b. Derry, Sept. 26, 1809; m. Daniel Goodwin.

(34). John William (Michael,s Michael? Richard:!) was born in New-
market March 21, 1792; married May 10, 1818, Mary Grover who was
born in Durham Aug. 25, 1795; was a master ship-builder in partnership with
George O. Hilton; built the Nile, the last ship on the stocks, 1825, Joseph
Coe furnishing the material, and Nathaniel Garland working on it as an
apprentice blacksmith. Children:

42. John E.s b. May 26, 1819.

43. William: b. Oct. 10, 1821; d. May 2, 1822.

44. James G.* b. July 14, 1823; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass.; d. there Feb.
17, 1908. .

45. Charles Henry: b. 1825; d. Feb. 17, 1897.

46. Leonard Cheever: b. 1827.

 

 
638 History or NEWFIELDS.

(85). Andrew B.4 (Michael, Michael,2 Richard!) was born in Newfields
March 21, 1794; married Catherine Grover who was born in Durham, June
29, 1798; was sergeant, 1814; active in the Congregational parish, 1824.
Children:

47. George® b. Feb. 4, 1821; d. Dec. 1902.

48. James L.s 49. Augustus B.s 50. Calvin C.s 51. Edmund.

52. Nancy F.s 53. Melvina.s 54. Henrys; m. Eliza R. Smith.

(37). Henrys (Walter,* Michael,z Richard!) was born in Newmarket
April 17, 1794; married Feb. 27, 1820, Elizabeth Smith who was born in
Exeter Feb. 7, 1800; died Dec., 1858. Children:

55. Henry Augustuss b. June 18, 1821; d. Dec. 18, 1841.

56. Ann Elizas b. Nov. 15, 1824; d. May 25, 1858.

57. George Smiths b. March 4, 1827; m. March, 1853, Joanna Simkins.

58. Sarah F.1; res, Exeter; unm.

(41). Julia Ann: (Benjamin,» Michael,? Richard:) was born in Derry, Sept.
26, 1809; married Feb. 12, 1839, Rev. Daniel Goodwin; died Brookline, Sept.
10, 1845. Her husband was born Jan. 25, 1809; grad. Dartmouth college
1834, and Andover Theological seminary, 1838; had several pastorates in New
Hampshire, and died, Mason, Dec. 30, 1893. Children:

59. Sarahs Goodwin b. Jan. 3, 1840.

60. Lucy Elizabeths Goodwin b. April 16, 1841.

61. Julia Anns Goodwin b. Feb. 16, 1843.

62. Daniel Danas Goodwin b. Nov. 18, 1844; d. May 24, 1884.

(57.) George Smiths (Henry,+ Walter, Michael,2 Richard!) was born March
4, 1827; married March, 1853, Joanna Simkins, who died Feb. 1895.

Children:

63. Celia E.e 64. Cornelia F.s; m. Charles E. Byington. 65. Georgie W.°

66. Annie P.s 67. Frank F.s 68. Edward.s

69. Henry A.* b. Nov. 17, 1856; m. Nov. 18, 1885, Amelia F. Weeks, who d.
Jan. 27, 1895. Children:

70. Richard Everett? b. 1887. 71. Nathalie? b. 1893.

1, William: Shute married Phebe or Nancy, daughter of Ens. Joseph and
Anne (Wiggin) Jewett of Stratham, who was born Oct. 18, 1741, and died
June 13, 1818; was a ship-builder of Stratham and Newmarket; perhaps a
brother of Michael, Sr.; petitioned for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge,
and its location at Newfields, Jan. 20, 1760, and for bridge at Newfields,
1766, and at Newmarket, 1769; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776;
admitted to the West religious society, April 12, 1779; owned the covenant
Dec. 5, 1762; died Feb. 14, 1820. Children:

2. Anna? bap. Dec. 5, 1762. 3. William: bap. July 22, 1766.

4. Nancy.

SIMPSON.

1. John Alfred: Simpson was born in Greenland; married Mahala Wiggin;
settled in Quincy, Mass. Children:

2. John Edward?; m. Louisa E. Saunders; settled in Newfields.

3. George Frederick:; d. 4. Mary Elizabeth; m. Jewett.

* Another record gives Nathaniel instead of Walter.

 
GENEALOGY. 639

5. Joseph Albert.2 6. Emma 8.2; m.

7. Adelaide A.2; m. Pearce; d.

8. Charles Francis?; m. Lillian McMillan; settled in Newfields,

(2). John Edward: (John Alfred:) was born in Quincy, Mass., in 1839; mar-
tied Laura E. Saunders, who was born in Leicester, Eng., in 1845; educated
in the Willard School, Quincy; enlisted for three years, Aug. 5, 1862, in Co.
I, 38th Mass. Vol. Regt., and saw service in the Department of the Gulf under
General Banks; was at the seige of Fort Hudson in the Red River expedition,
and in the Shenandoah campaign under General Sheridan; in 23 engagements,
but never seriously injured; held the rank of corporal, sergeant and lieutenant;
elected captain of the Rockingham Guards of Newfields; was station agent for
the Boston and Maine Railroad 18 years; tax collector three years; select-
man, three; and represented Newfields in the legislature in 1885; removed to
Portsmouth about 1900. Children:

9. Harriette G.s b. 1872; m. Herbert O. Prime.

10. Fred: b. 1874; m. 1899, Sadie E. Dickey; res. Bridgeport, Conn.

(8) Charles Francis? (John Alfred:) was born in Quincy, Mass., Sept. 30,
1855; married June 23, 1880, Lillian McMillan; was selectman, 1893-95.

Children:

11. Mabel L.s b. June 24, 1881.

12. William Arthur b. Sept. 4, 1885; selectman, 1911.

13. Charles Lesters b. 1894.

(9). Harriette G.t (John Edward,? John Alfred:) was born in 1872; mar-
Tied Oct. 8, 1898, Herbert O. Prime of Portsmouth. Children:

14, Katherine+ Prime. 15. Elizabeth Prime.

 

Leavitt; d.

 

SKINNER.

Joseph G. Skinner was the son of Zophar and Bethia Skinner; a corporate
member and director in the Iron Foundry at Newfields, 1834; built and occu-
pied the house afterwards owned by Dea. Jonathan E. Colby, and purchased
by H. Jenness Paul about 1885; died Nov. 9, 1866, aged 53 years and 9 months.

SMART.

1. John: Smart, the emigrant, came with his wife and two sons from Nor-
folk County, England, to Hingham, Mass., June, 1635. (68). Children:

2. Robert2; m. Anna ‘

3. John? was on a committee to seat the new meeting house, Feb. 3, 1698;
d. in New York, July 25, 1705.

4. Anna?; m. John Harper. 5. William; d. 1724.

(2). Roberts (John!) married Sept. 25, 1674, Anna ; with his brother
John, Edward Hilton and others, received liberty to set up asawmill on Piscassic
river, April 22, 1649; with his brothers, received many grants of land at Piscassic
and Lamprey rivers jn 1652 and onward; was assessed on the mill at Lamprey
river, and granted 60 acres of land April 14, 1657, his land bounding the 60
acres of William Perkins on the east; signed in favor of continuing with Massa-
chusetts, 1677, and took the oath of allegiance, Nov. 30, 1677; was sergeant;
with his son Robert was among the 66 tax-payers of Exeter April 20, 1680;

 

 
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deputy and representative, 1684; petitioned against Cranfield, 1685, and for
the government and protection of Massachusetts as formerly, 1689.

The committee of the town of Exeter, Lieut. Samuel Leavitt, Moses Gilman
and John Wedgewood, at a meeting April 22, 1698, reported that they “find
Capt. More and mr Robert Smart Sens Six Hundred acres of Land to be
granted and Laid out and Bounded at the Head of m: Edward Hilton’s Land
and to Pascassick River and Joyning to Lieut. Hall’s four Hundred acres, and
so Bounding at ye South East End with Hilton’s Land to Hiltons north corner
tree, and to Pascassick River upon a north west line.”’ Kinsley Hall and Moses
Leavitt, committee, May 4, 1698, “do Confirm ye above said grants to stand
good as it was Laid out if ye bounds can be found etc.” He died about 1705.
Child:

6. Robert. At a meeting of the Council and General Assembly at Ports-
mouth, July 25, 1705, ‘‘Upon request of Robert Smart, son of Robert Smart of
Exeter in said Province, deceased, and reputed brother to John Smart formerly
of said Exeter and late of New York, deceased, desiring to be so certified under
the public seal of this province, and several of this Board well know the same,

“Ordered, that the Secretary draw a certificate accordingly, to be signed
by the first nominated person in the Council, and countersigned by the Sec-
retary, and to affix the public seal of the Province thereto.”

The inventory of the estate of Robert Smart, Sr. was returned July 23,
1718, and administration granted to his son William. The appraiser, James
Burley and Edward Hall, mentions “10 acres upland and 4 acres marsh at
fresh Creek; 60 acres and third part of sawmill at Piscassick; 300 acres at
the head of Mr. Hilton’s land, and a Canno.”’

Robert Smart was granted letters of administration on estate of his uncle
William, Jan. 17, 1724; inventory returned June 3, 1724, mentioning a house,
barn and land, 1-8 part of a sawmill and 1-4 part of a ‘“canno”’; had 20 acres
of common lands apportioned to him between Nathaniel Pease and Lyford’s
grant, 1725, which was laid out Oct. 19, 1732; was hayward, 1726; petitioned
for a bridge, 1746; sold land to Rev. John Moody, 1747; was selectman,
1755; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its location at Newfields,
1759-60; was in Capt. Jeremiah Marston’s Co., Col. John Goffe’s Regt.,
which invaded Canada by way of the Green mountains, from April 24 to
Nov. 27, 1760; with Philip Fowler, gave land for a road to bridge, 1760; with
David Smart, petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1768.

He probably had a son Robert who married Mehitable, daughter of William
Folsom, and had Robert,‘ Charlotte: who m. T. Pendergast, and Jacob.

1. John: Smart was born in 1766; married Sally Spead who was born in
1781, and died Feb. 15, 1851; was active in parish affairs, 1794 and 1799;
died Aug. 7, 1822. He had two brothers, Dudley and Robert, Dudley living
where later Mr. Pendergast lived. Children:

2. Sally2; d. July 8, 1827. 3. Marys; d. Aug. 16, 1829.

4. Robert?2; m. Hannah Wiggin; withstood the town of Newmarket in
a claim at law for the parsonage, 1861-65; d. about 1886; had children,
John: and Caroline, who d. young.

5. John?; m. Odell; settled in Stratham, had Joseph T., another
son and two daughters.

 
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6. Daughter.:

7. Joseph Neal? b. March 29, 1818; m. Mary J. Langley.

8. Caroline?; m. Jacob Wiggin, brother of Hannah, Joseph and George.

(7). Joseph Neal: (John:) was born March 29, 1818; married Mary J.,
daughter of Joseph and Mary Langley, who died April, 1885; settled in New-
fields; died Feb. 21, 1889. The last of the family in Newfields. Children:

9. Albert J.2; m. Augusta Cloudman, who d. Jan. 1875; removed to
Greenfield, Mass.

10. James; res. Salem, Mass. 11. Mary b. April, 1853; d. June 1859.

12. Georgies; m. Frank L. Durell; res. Somerville, Mass.

1. Giles! Smart was born Dec. 10, 1775; married June 28, 1802, Mary,
daughter of Benning Brackett, who was born April 10, 1782, and died March
23, 1853; settled where Mr. Joy now lives; was active in the parish, 1799,
1808, 1805 and 1809; died March 22, 1853. Children:

2. Charles: b. Dec. 12, 1802. 3. Elizabeth? b. March 15, 1804.

4. Clarissa? b. Oct. 8,1805. 5. Martha? b. Jan. 28, 1808.

6. Caleb? b. Sept. 8, 1810. 7. Mary Annzb. Nov. 11, 1817.

 

 

1. Charles: Smart married , who died Feb, 4, 1818; lived on
the Jeremiah Folsom place; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760;
owned land near Benjamin Brackett’s, John Moody and the country road,
1774; signed the Association Test, 1776.

2. Charles? (Charles!) married Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Burley; lived
next to Moses Burley; signed the Association Test, 1776. The Smart build-
ings were mysteriously burned, probably the work of an incendiary. Children:

3. Moulton? b. Aug. 11,1813. 4. Charles: b. May 9, 1815.

5. William Harrisons b. Aug. 3, 1819.

1. Joseph: Smart by order of the town had 10 acres of meadow land laid
out “on the south side of Lamprey river at a place called the Sand Banks,”
March 27, 1725; not having made improvement on the grant, Oct. 19, 1732,
was not allowed to hold it, but given instead 10 acres next to John Barber’s
lot “on Hilton’s grant & on Durham Line to Simeon’s grant’; petitioned
for a bridge over Squamscot river, 1746; was a soldier, 1756-57. Child:

2. Joseph? was active in parish affairs, 1798-99; d. Jan. 14, 1820. His
daughter Sally: d. Feb. 27, 1818. (117).

Josiah Smart refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; married and had
Nancy, Dorothy and Mehitable, who m. Joseph Furnald who owned and
lived in the Coleman-Kennard-Badger house; died in Exeter at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Furnald.

Samuel Smart married Martha, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Low)
Burleigh; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; sold land to Richard
Presson, 1785 and 1786, which Presson sold to Philip Fowler, 1794; member
of the Congregational parish, 1798-99 and 1803.

David Smart is mentioned in 1758; signed the Association Test, 1776;
died Nov. 1, 1815.

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Dudley Smart of Newmarket was mustered with Capt. David Copp’s Co.,
Nov. 25, 1775; and with Capt. Daniel Gordon’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s
Regt., Sept. 20, 1776.

Benning Smart married, 1786, Betsey Duda.

Benjamin, Caleb and Joseph Smart were of Hopkinton, 1786.

A Robert Smart married Mary Gove, Feb. 3, 1756, both of Newmarket.

Elizabeth Smart married June 4, 1787, Jacob, son of William Folsom;
died at Wolfeboro, Oct. 22, 1826; 8 children.

Eunice Smart married Ephraim, son of Ephraim Folsom; lived in New-
market.

Polly Smart married April 9, 1791, William Hersey of Sanbornton; died
March 6, 1834.

Anna Smart married Dec. 10, 1775, Daniel Durgin.

SMITH.

1. Joseph: Smith of Oyster River was probably born in Durham in 1639;
is said to have been the son of George Smith of Dover, the recorder, 1640, and
commoner, 1646, who came from Plymouth, England, by way of Boston and
the Isles of Shoals, first called ‘‘SSmith’s Isles,” but there is not sufficient evi-
dence to establish the fact; married Elizabeth . who died May 25, 1727;
lived one half mile up the bank, where he built a garrison house which was
“successfully defended ”’ by his son Capt. John Smith in the attack of the
French and Indians, July 17, 1694; bought of Samuel Hilton Sept. 2, 1699,
half of sawmill and lumber at Piscassic; presented claims against the estate
of William Hilton Nov. 14, 1701; was a Quaker and first clerk of the Dover
monthly meeting, 1702, and onward, and was once fined for attending a mect-
ing of Friends; received a grant of 50 acres, April, 1702; a selectman of Dover;
large land owner, holding lands on both sides of Oyster river near its mouth,
and at the Falls; also at Lubberland and at the second falls of Lamprey river;
died Dec. 15, 1728, aged 89. His Will was probated Dec. 26, 1728, and admin-
istration granted to his son John, March 27, 1729. Children:

2. John? b. Jan. 9, 1669; m. Susanna Chesley.

3. Mary2; m. (1) Thomas of Oyster River, (2) Samuel Page of
Hampton.

4. Elizabeth:; m. Amos Pinkham.

5. Samuel: b. June 16, 1687; m. Hannah Burnham.

(2). Capt. John? (Josepht) was born at Oyster River Jan. 9, 1669; married
June 17, 1694, Susanna, daughter of Capt. Thomas Chesley, son of Philip
who built a garrison at Lubberland, a noted Indian fighter and killed by the
Indians Nov. 15, 1697; was just finishing his honeymoon when he defended
so successfully the garrison at Oyster River July 17, 1694. The garrison at
Lubberland, occupied by David Davis, was destroyed in the attack. The block
house doubtless built in place of it stood till 1880. Capt. Smith owned and
occupied his house as early as 1705. Here he and his sons kept open house, his
fires gleaming with generous hospitality. He was land surveyor, and engaged
extensively in the lumber trade, owning almost the entire shore of Great
Bay and sawmills at the first and second falls of Lamprey river; was selectman

 

 
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of Dover seven years, between 1711 and 1727; petitioned for the incorporation
of Durham, 1732, and to be joined to Massachusetts, 1739; united with the
church at Oyster River March 17, 1723; died May 14, 1744. His wife died
May 10, 1719. Children:

6. John? b. May 18, 1695; m. June 1, 1727, Mary Jones; d. Dec. 17, 1747.

7. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 1, 1697; m. Robert Burnham.

8. Joseph: b. Sept. 7, 1701; m. Nov. 10, 1729, Sarah Glidden.

9. Hannah: b. Sept. 20, 1703; m. Tristam Coffin; d. 1761.

10. Samuels b. Feb. 6, 1706; m. Margaret Lendal.

11. Benjamin: b. March 22, 1709; m. (1) Jemima Hall, (2) Anna Veaza,
(3) Sarah Clark.

12. Ebenezer b. June 6, 1712; m. Margaret Weeks.

13. Winthrop: b. May 30, 1714; d. Jan. 28, 1723.

(8). Col. Josephs (Capt. John,? Joseph!) was born Sept. 7, 1701; married
Nov. 20, 1729, Sarah, daughter of Andrew Glidden, who was born Sept. 11,
1712, and died Nov. 26, 1785. (96). Children:

14. John Glidden: b. March 29, 1731; d. April 29, 1731.

15. Winthrop: b. May 5, 1732; m. Nov. 9, 1756, Mary Moody; d. June 1,
1811.

16. Hannah‘ b. June 29, 1734; m. May 27, 1754, Israel Gilman, who d.
Feb., 1777; d. Sept. 1823.

17. Son‘ b. March 14, 1737; d. March 14, 1737.

18. Sarah‘ b. March 26, 1738; m. (1) Sept. 5, 1762, Winthrop Hilton, who
d. Jan. 13, 1775, (2) Col. David Gilman; d. March 27, 1810.

19. Lydia‘ b. Oct. 29, 1741; d. Aug. 17, 17—.

20. Susannah‘ b. July 18, 1744; m. Nov. 24, 1763, Ichabod Hilton, who d.
March 25, 1822; d. Oct. 9, 1794.

21. Andrew: b. March 26, 1747; d. July 11, 1760.

22. Elizabeth: b. Aug. 29, 1750; m. Dec. 13, 1767, Col. John Folsom, who
d. April 5, 1820; d. Dec. 25, 1828.

23. Mary‘ b. April 6, 1755; m. Hubartus Neal, Jr., who d. May 3, 1807; d.
July 11, 1815.

24. Joseph‘ b. Nov. 11, 1757; m. Abigail Clark, who d. Oct. 4, 1819, aged
59-2-4; died Jan. 21, 1816. (187).

(10). Lt. Samuels (Capt. John, Joseph) was born at the garrison at Lub-
berland Feb. 6, 1706; married Margaret Lendal. (109). Child:

25. Daniel‘; m. Oct. 7, 1784, Hannah Clark; drowned at Portsmouth.
(133).

(11). Benjamin: (Capt. John,2 Joseph!) was born March 22, 1709; mar-
ried (1) Jemima, daughter of Dea. Edward Hall of Newfields, (2) Anna Veaza
of Stratham, (3) 1769, Sarah Clark of Stratham; died Oct. 12, 1791. His
widow died Dec. 12, 1829. (104). Children by first wife:

28. Edward‘; m. Mary Bryant.

27. John‘ b. Sept. 20, 1732; m. April 3, 1758, Lydia Millet.

28. Mary. By second wife: .

29, Samuel‘ b. March 7, 1761; d. Ossipee, Sept., 1843. By third wife:

30. Benjamin‘ b. May 2, 1769; m. Nancy Smith; d. Dec. 10, 1826.

(12). Ebenezer: (Capt. John,? Joseph!) was born June 1, 1712; married
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Margaret, daughter of Joshua Weeks of Greenland; received of his father the
middle portion of his estate including the old block house at Lubberland; was
a soldier, 1758; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its location at
Newfields, 1759-60; was deacon at Durham; also selectman; died Jan. 25,
1764. His widow married (2) George Frost, and had George Frost of Durham,
Mary Frost, m. Jeremy Mead of Newmarket, Martha Frost, m. Henry
Mellen of Dover, and John Frost of Portsmouth. Children:

31. Ebenezer‘ b. about 1758; m. Mehitable Sheafe.

82, John‘ b. Nov. 11, 1750; m. Mary Jewett; d. May 9, 1783.

33. Comfort‘ b. May 3, 1755; m. Joseph Chesley; d. May 11, 1785.

34. Margaret‘ b. Dec. 13, 1761; m. John Blydonburg.

(15). Cornet Winthrop: (Col. Joseph, Capt. John,? Joseph!) was born May
5, 1732; married Nov. 9, 1756, Mary, daughter of Rev. John Moody, who was
born March 4, 1731, and died Feb. 18, 1815; lived on the road leading down
from Lamprey River village to the Plains, where later Ebenezer Joy built a
new house; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its location at New-
fields, 1759-60, and again, 1768; signed the Association Test, 1776; was on
committee of the parish, March 28, 1791, to dispose of the meeting house, and
build a new one; with others planned to rebuild the sawmill on Lamprey
river, Oct. 27, 1792. His wife was a remarkable woman, of strong intellect
and great amiability of character. (104). Children: :

35. John Moody b. Jan. 29, 1758; m. Sarah Hill.

36. Eliphalets b. Dec. 6, 1759; m. Anna Bryent.

37. Andrews b. Nov. 24, 1761; went into the grazing business in New York;

. d. unm.

38. Ezra‘ b. Nov. 2, 1763; m. Marcia Burleigh.

39. Joseph Halls b. Jan. 16, 1766; m. Betsey Hill.

40. Annas b. Oct. 20, 1769; m. Aug. 21, 1800, Maj. Nathaniel Sias, who d.
Feb. 28, 1837, aged 66 years and 5 months.

41. Mary® b. Oct. 29, 1774; d. unm.

(26). Edward: (Benjamin,? Capt. John,? Joseph!) married Mary, daughter
of Walter and Elizabeth (Folsom) Bryent, who died Dec. 12, 1829; signed the
Association Test, 1776; active in the parish, 1797-98; died June 3, 1818.
Child:

42. Walters b. 1774; m. Mary P.

(27). Lt. John‘ (Benjamin,s Capt. John,: Joseph!) was born Sept. 20,
1732; married April 3, 1758, Lydia, dau. of Thomas and Love (Burnham)
Millett of Dover Neck, who was born June 4, 1735; held in Dover the offices
of moderator, selectman, representative, and became judge of the superior
Court; was deacon. (133). Children born at Lubberland ‘Red Rock.”

43. Benjamins b. April 15, 1759; m. Dec. 11, 1781, at Lee, Mrs. Elizabeth
Dudley, dau. of John Wedgewood of Newmarket, who was b. Oct. 16, 1763,
and d. Sept. 20, 1841; d. Glenburn, Me., Dec. 3, 1837. 8 ch.

44. Thomas Milletts b. Sept. 27, 1760; m. Sarah Richards; d. April 10,
1847.

45. Elizabeth b. March 29, 1762; m. Lot Wedgewood.

46. Jemimas b. April 13, 1764.

47. Johns b. May 14, 1766; m. Nov. 4, 1799, Abigail Bennett; d. Nov. 4,

 
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1833. Had seven children, among them Valentine,* b. 1800, who lived at
Lubberland; mounted a telescope in his observatory, and d. April 4, 1883.

48. Love’ b. Oct. 11, 1768; m. Nov. 8, 1792, William Jones; d. Nov. 5,
1865.

49. Lydia Milletts b. Aug. 26, 1771; m. Feb. 21, 1793, Reuben Webster;
d. April 23, 1864.

50. Valentines b. May 26, 1774; m. (1) Mary, dau. of Dea. Samuel Joy, who
d. Oct. 10, 1810, (2) Sept. 16, 1819, Elizabeth Ballard who was b. May 26,
1774, and d. March 2, 1869; remained with his father at ‘“Red Rock” Lubber-
land till 16 years old, then went to live with his grandfather Benjamin Smith
of Lamprey River; having demonstrated his abilities as a teacher, about 1797
was invited to take charge of the large school at Newmarket which had an
unenviable reputation for its unruly scholars; was a student at Phillips Exe-
ter Academy, 1799-1800; was land surveyor, clerk, selectman, representative,
justice and judge; d. March 2, 1869.

51. Ebenezer: b. Sept. 2, 1777; m. Jan. 27, 1802, Sally, daughter of John
Moody Smith; was active in the parish, 1810 and 1814; tithingman, 1813;
lieutenant, 1814; d. Sandwich, March 14, 1861.

(31). Ebenezer: (Ebenezer, Capt. John,? Joseph) was born March 13, 1758;
married Mehitable Sheafe of Portsmouth; admitted to the bar, 1783; prac-
tised in Durham; was representative, 1784; counsellor, 1793; appointed
justice of the Superior Court, but declined to serve; died Sept. 24, 1831.
Children:

52. Rev. Henry: of Bowdoin College, 1810; ordained, and d. in New York.

53. Alfreds; lived in Durham.

54. Mehitables; m. Ebenezer Coe of Northwood.

55. Charles’; settled in Gilmanton,

56. Marys; m. Rev. John K. Young of Laconia.

(35). Lt. John Moody: (Cornet Winthrop,’ Capt. John,? Joseph!) was born
Jan. 29, 1758; married Jan. 19, 1780, Sarah, daughter of Gen. James Hill,
who was born Jan. 6, 1763, and died July 11, 1817, or April 9, 1819; died June
27,1815. (135). Children:

57. Sallys b. June 16, 1781; m. May 27, 1802, Capt. Ebenezer, son of John
Smith; d. Jan. 9, 1845.

58. Pollys b. June 16, 1781; m. Capt. Warren Gilman.

59. Moody: b. July 22, 1783; m. (1) March 4, 1816, Charlotte Durgan,
who d. July 1, 1817, (2) Dec. 16, 1818, Sally Perkins, dau of Joseph Hall and
Elizabeth (Hill) Smith; d. Oct. 21, 1819. Had a son David P.* Smith.

60. Nancy: b. June 25, 1785; m. Daniel Chapman; d. Oct. 15, 1849.

61. Lydias; d. unm.

62. Betsey* b. May 22, 1790; m. (1) Joseph, son of Capt. Andrew and Mary
(Follett) Doe, (2) John Pinkham; d. 1866.

63. Warren’ b. April 3, 1791; m. July 27, 1816, Susanna Chapman; d.
Nov. 3, 1846.

64, Ezra’ b. April 16, 1793; m. 1820, Betsey Davis; d. Oct. 20, 1825.

(36). Eliphalets (Cornet Winthrop,‘ Col. Joseph, Capt. John,? Joseph')
was born Sept. 8, 1759; married Oct. 18, 1782, Anne, daughter of Walter

Bryent, who was born Aug. 25, 1768, and died July 31, 1836; was drummer
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in Capt. James Hill’s Co. on Pierce’s Island, Nov. 5, 1786; enlisted for three
years in Capt. Robinson’s Co., 1777; selectman, 1786; on committee of the
parish, 1789 and 1791; justice, 1792; and later became a wealthy merchant
at Portland, Me. Children:

65. Joseph Bryents b. Jan. 11, 1784; d. March 27, 1790.

66. Joseph Bryents b. May 31, 1791.

(388). Ezra’ (Cornet Winthrop,‘ Col. Joseph, Capt. John,? Joseph!) was
born Nov. 2, 1763; married June 17, 1794, Marcia, daughter of John Burleigh,
who was born Aug. 21, 1772, and died at Bethel, Me., April, 1859; was a
merchant at Topsham, Me., till 1810, when he removed to Hanover, Me.;
was a trustee of Bowdoin college. Children:

67. Lucinda M.¢b. Dee. 19, 1794; m. Rev. Charles Frost; d. Nov. 11, 1859.

68. St. Johns b. Jan. 29, 1799; m. (1) Mary Holmes, (2) Susan P. Hopkins;
a merchant in Portland, Me.

69. Mary Simpsons b. Oct. 6, 1801; m. Mark Perry of Portland, Me.

70. Henry Burleys b. Nov. 28, 1803; d. Aug. 30, 1837.

71. Marcia b. July 27, 1805.

72. George Ezrat b. March 11, 1811; m. and settled in Hanover, Me.

(39). Joseph Halls (Cornet Winthrop,‘ Col. Joseph,? Capt. John,: Joseph:)
was born Jan. 16, 1766; married Oct. 17, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Gen.
James Hill, who was born Feb. 22, 1722, and died Sept. 5, 1865; settled in
Danville, Vt., but finally returned to Newfields; died Jan. 7, 1846. (138).
Children:

73. Charles Hills b. Oct. 1, 1791; d. Danville, Vt., 1803.

74, Elizabeth Sophias b. June 20, 1793; m. March 3, 1818, James Weston
of Bloomfield, Me.; d. Oct. 23, 1853.

75. Sarah Perkinss b. July 19, 1795; m. Dec. 16, 1818, Moody, son of John
Moody and Sarah (Hill) Smith; d. Newmarket, Aug. 26, 1888.

76. Andrew Glidden: b. Danville, Vt., April 20, 1797; m. (1) Martha Han-
son, (2) Lucy Snell; d. Greenland, Jan. 29, 1815.

77. Anne Moodys b. Danville, March 10, 1799; d. 1801.

78. Maria Moody® b. Danville, March 14, 1801; m. Aug. 13, 1826, Joseph
Hanscom; d. Pittsfield, Jan. 14, 1890.

79. Anna Bryents b. Danville, Jan. 28, 1803; m. Sept. 24, 1825, Andrew
Stockbridge; d. Rochester, Dec. 12, 1863.

80. Joseph Moodys b. Danville, Dec. 27, 1804; m. Aug. 27, 1832, Betsey
W. Nutter; d. Rochester, Sept. 4, 1880.

81. Benjamin Siass b. Derby, Vt., Feb. 27, 1807; m. May 28, 1835, Tirzah
(Stockbridge) Gilmore; d. Chelsea, Mass., May, 1879.

82. Mary Anns b. Stanstead, Canada, March 23, 1810; d. unm. Newmarket,
Sept. 21, 1892.

83. Rhea Sylvias b. Stanstead, Canada, March 27, 1812; d. unm. Newmar-
ket, Sept. 22, 1833.

84. Calista Lucindas b. New Hampshire, Aug. 23, 1814; m. Jan. 23, 1839,
Reuben Wiggin of Cape Elizabeth, Me.

(42). Walters (Edward, Benjamin, Capt. John,? Joseph:) was born in 1774;
married Mary P. , who was born in 1776, and d. May 15, 1867; died
Aug. 26, 1853. (140). Children:

 
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85. Edward.s 86. Samuel.¢ 87. Elizat; m. Joseph

88. Marys; m. Lyman Morse.

89. Sarahs; m. Simon P. Green, and became the mother of Samuel H.?
Green, M. D.

Edward and Samuel were corporate members of the Congregational society
1827.

 

1. Richard: Smith came from Shropshire, Norfolk Co., Eng., to Ipswich,
Mass., in 1642; saw his children comfortably settled and returned to England.
Among his children were: ,

2. Elizabeth:; m. Edward Gilman, who left Hingham, Eng., Dec. 26, 1617,
for Ipswich, Mass., sold the place given him by his father-in-law, to his father,
Sept., 1648, and was accepted as an inhabitant of Exeter, Nov. 4, 1647; was
lost at sea, 1653.

3. Richard?; m. Nov., 1660, Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah Cheney,
who was b. Nov. 16, 1642.

4. Daniels (Richard,? Richard!) was born in 1673; married (1) Elizabeth,
daughter of Daniel Payne, and granddaughter of Robert Payne, the founder
of Ipswich Granmar School, (2) Deborah Wicom (Wilcomb).

Children by first wife:

5. Elizabeth: b. 1703.

6. Richard: b. 1704; m. Mary, dau. of Richard Mattoon; quitclaimed,
1758, to Hubartus Neal of Newmarket all their right in a 20-acre grant of Exe-
ter to her father March 28, 1699.

7. Daniels b. Ipswich, Sept. 2, 1705; m.

8. Jeremiah: b. 1707; d. Dec., 1713.

9. Jabez‘ b. 1709; lived in Brentwood; d. as early as 1754, leaving a widow.

10. Moses: b. 1711; d. 1715.

11. Aaron‘ b. 1713; grad., Harvard college, 1735; was a clergyman at Marl-
boro, Mass.; d. 1781.

12. Ezekiels b. 1714; d.1715. 18. Dorothy+b. 1717; m. Joseph Sargent.

By second wife:

14. Moses: b. 1724; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Wallis of Ipswich; d.
1783.

15. Deborah: b. Sept. 26, 1725; m. (1) Capt. John Light of Exeter, (2)
Capt. Joseph Hoit of Stratham; d. 1818. Her daughter Rebecca’ Light m.
Jacob Jewett of Stratham, and named a son, Aaron Smiths Jewett, for her
uncle.

16. Mary: b. 1727; m. Dane. 17. Jemima‘; d. Aug. 19, 1735,

18. Ebenezer‘ b. about 1735; settled in Meredith; d. Aug. 22, 1807.

(7). Daniels (Daniel,s Richard,2 Richard!) was born in Ipswich, Mass.
Sept. 2, 1705; married Pickering, or Abigail Rollins; settled in Exeter
near Hampton Falls line; was of Exeter, 1744. Children:

19. Daniels; went to Meredith; was town clerk; had son Daniel.

20. Johns; m. Abigail Hayes; lived at Beech Hill, and had Abigails who
married John H. Boody, and Daniels who married Elizabeth A., dau. of John
and Hannah (Gilman) Burley, who d. July, 1895. Their dau. Mattie S.7 m.
H. Jenness Paul.

 

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21. Sarahs; m. (1) Gilman, son of Benjamin Haley, (2) William Nichols.

22. Mary Janes; d. unm. 23. Fanny*; m. Elbridge Robinson.

24. Josephs b. Stratham April 25, 1742; m. Esther Stockbridge.

(24). Josephs (Daniel,‘ Daniel,s Richard,? Richard:) was born in Stratham
April 25, 1742; married Esther Stockbridge, who was born Oct. 24, 1741, and
died March 4, 1840; settled at Piscassic; signed the Association Test, 1776;
was probably the Joseph Smith on the pay roll of Capt. Somersbee Gilman
from April 26 to Oct. 30, 1758, in the Crown Point expedition, under Col.
John Hart; and again from March 25 to Oct. 23, 1760, in Capt. Jeremiah
Marston’s Co. in Col. John Goffe’s invasion of Canada by way of No. 4 and
the Green mountains; was at Saratoga; built at once at Piscassic near Was-
hucke a barn and moved into it, which was for some time their only dwelling;
set up their eight day clock, whose merry striking was a marvel to passing
travelers; died Jan. 21, 1816.

The Piscassic road became a great thoroughfare from Penacook to the Pas-
cataqua, previous to the War of 1812, being frequently filled with loaded teams
as far as the eye could see. Bears and wolves still roamed the Plains, occa-
sioning sometimes unpleasant and exciting encounters. Children:

25. Josephs b. Sept. 12, 1763; m. and settled in Maine; d. Jan. 13, 1809.

26. Theophiluss b. Feb. 26, 1765; m. Pike; lived in Epping and
Cornish, Me.

27. Leahs b. Feb. 27, 1767; d. unm. Feb. 22, 1823.

28. Josiah* b. Oct. 16, 1768; m. (1) Dolly Rundlett, (2) Relief Hurd.

29. Davids b. Feb. 17, 1771; m. and lived in Denmark, Me.

30. Pollys b. Feb. 17, 1773; d. unm. March 16, 1816.

31. Betseys b. Feb. 17, 1773; m. Elder Palmer; lived in Maine.

32. Rachels b. July 21, 1775; d. Aug. 29, 1786.

33. Priscillas b. Sept. 27, 1777; m. Isaac Thompson; lived in Maine. Had
a dau. Priscilla? b. June 29, 1802, who m. George K. Smith; d. Feb. 9, 1891.

(28). Josiahs (Joseph,’ Daniel,s Daniel,s Richard,? Richard!) was born Oct.
16, 1768; married (1) Dolly Rundlett of Epping, near Washucke, who died
Sept. 16, 1802, aged 27, (2) Relief Hurd of Rochester, who died Nov. 26, 1852,
aged 70; died Aug. 13, 1847. Children by first wife:

34. Dolly’ b. Aug. 20, 1794; m. Josiah Tilton of Epping.

35. Daniel Rundlett7 b. June 1, 1796; m. Deborah B. Wiggin.

36. Rachel? b. May 20, 1798; m. John Clark, who d. 1860; d. 1863. Had
son J. Smiths Clark. (See Clark.)

37. George K.7 b. July 7, 1800; m. Priscilla Thompson; d. Feb. 26, 1885.

38. Polly L.7 b. Aug. 20, 1802; m. Emerson; lived in Maine; d.
Nov. 29, 1826.

By second wife:

39. Sally Yeaton’ b. Dec. 6, 1803; m. (1) Noah D. Folsom, who d. 1853,
(2) Joseph Smith of Stratham; lived in Winchendon, Mass.

40. Josiah? b. April 21, 1805; m. Susan Wiggin; d. Aug. 3, 1847.

41. John P.7b. March 6, 1807; m. and lived in Maine.

42. Relief? b. July 8, 1809; m. Samuel Neal. (See Neal.)

43. Joseph? b. Sept. 6, 1811; m. Zilpha H. Libbey.

44. Esther’ b. Feb. 3, 1814; d. Feb. 14, 1814.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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GENEALOGY. 649

45. Ruth’ b. Jan. 26, 1815; d. March 28, 1815.

46. Eveline Carey b. March 24, 1816; d. unm. Jan. 7, 1892.

47, Child?; d. March 12, 1820. 48. Child7; d. Oct., 1823.

49. Horace Clark? b. March 14, 1824; m. (1) Sally R. Sanborn, (2) Rosilla
Wentworth.

(85). Daniel Rundlett? (Josiah,* Joseph,’ Daniel,+ Daniel, Richard,? Rich-
ard!) was born June 1, 1796; married Deborah B., daughter of David and
Mehitable (Pike) Wiggin, who was born July 15, 1805, and died in Newfields
Sept. 13, 1882; was a soldier, 1812; captain, 1814; selectman, 1851-52; rep-
resentative, 1860; lived in Piscassic; died Jan. 7, 1877. Children:

50. Daniel Edwins; m. (1) Harriet D. Sanborn, (2) Emma Harriman.

51. Charles E.8; m. Ann Augusta, dau. of Jonathan Burleigh. No ch.

(87). George K.7 (Josiah, Joseph,* Daniel, Daniel,s Richard,? Richard)
was born July 7, 1800; ‘married Priscilla, daughter of Isaac and Priscilla
(Smith) Thompson of Montville, Me., who was born June 26, 1804, and died
Feb. 6, 1893; died Feb. 27, 1885. Children:

52. John P.8 b. Oct. 4, 1831; settled in Exeter; d. May 1901.

53. Relief B.s b. Aug. 1836; d. May 1850.

54. Horace Ober? b. March 26, 1842; m. (1) Alice Bryant, (2) Etta A.
Bunker.

(48). Joseph? (Josiah, Joseph,’ Daniel,‘ Daniel,» Richard,? Richard!) was
born Sept. 6, 1811; married Zilpha H., daughter of Levi and Lydia (Chick)
Libbey of Cornish, Me., who died Nov. 1, 1888, aged 66 years; d. 189-.

Children:

55. Alphonso B.*; m. 1871, Emma F. Wiggin; d. 1910.

56. Franks; m.; res. Andover, Mass.

(49). Horace Clark (Josiah,* Joseph,* Daniel,‘ Daniel, Richard,? Richard1)
was born March 14, 1824; married (1) Sally P., daughter of John Sanborn of
Hopkinton, who was born March 1828, and died Sept. 6, 1858, (2) Oct. 1861,
Rosilla, daughter of Mark Wentworth, who died Oct. 16, 1900, aged 80; died
June 8, 1882. Children:

57. Charles Edwin: b. Dec. 23, 1850; d. June 30, 1851.

58. John Alberts b. about 1852; m. July 1879, Anne Ewing, and had sons,

(50). Daniel Edwin (Daniel Rundlett,7 Josiah,* Joseph,' Daniel,« Daniel,s
Richard,? Richard!) was born May 1828; married (1) Harriet D., daughter of
Jeremiah Sanborn of Epping, who died March 28, 1865, aged 40, (2) Emma
Harriman, who died Feb. 27, 1903; always lived on the homestead where
Joseph: settled; was 6 feet 3 inches in height, with broad chest and shoulders,
a man of unusual physical strength; died Dec. 27, 1883.

Children, first two by first wife:

59. Hattie Lincoln’; d.

60. Flora E.; m. Edward Hersey of Newfields and Exeter.

61. Herbert W.* b. March 3, 1870; m. Jennie May Davis.

62. William F.*° b. Feb. 1872; d. April 27, 1881.

68. Daniel R.* b. April 3, 1875; m. Alice B. Kuse.

(54). Horace Obers (George K.’, Josiah,* Joseph,* Daniel,‘ Daniel, Richard,
Richard:) was born March 1842; married (1) Alice Bryant who was born Aug.
650 History or NEWFIELDS.

1844, and died Feb., 1876, (2) Etta A. Bunker who was born in 1853 and died
Oct. 1907. Children by first wife:

64. Minnie Kk.» b. 1866; m. 1888, Edgar Fernald of Portsmouth.

65. Amy E.* b. April 1868; d. Aug. 1868.

66. Sarah A.* b. 1869; William J. McWhinny.

67. Ethel P.» b. 1872; m. William Aiken. By second wife:

68. May A.* b. 1880; res. Newfields; unm.

69. Carl F.» b. 1887; electrician, employed by the U. 8. government,
Panama.

(61). Herbert W.* (Daniel Edwin,* Daniel Rundlett,7 Josiah, Joseph,’ Dan-
jel, Daniel,» Richard, Richard!) was born in 1870; married Oct. 4, 1883,
Jennie May Davis; tax collector 8 years; selectman two terms. Children:

70. Gertrude». 71. Herbert.0 72. Edwin. 73. Earls

(63). Daniel R.° (Daniel Edwin,* Daniel Rundlett,7 Josiah,s Joseph,s Dan-
iel,« Daniel, Richard,? Richard!) was born in 1875; married Sept. 11, 1895,
Alice B. Kuse; member of the school board six years. Children:

74. Deborah Beatrice.» 75. Florence Alice.» 76. Daniel Perry.

77. Helen Marjorie.

(64). Minnie K.° (Horace Ober,* George K.,7 Josiah,* Joseph, Daniel,« Dan-
iel,s Richard, Richard:) was born in 1866; married, 1888, Edgar Fernald of
Portsmouth. Children:

78. Dana L. Fernald. 79. Marion 1.1 Fernald.

(66). Sarah A.* (Horace Ober,# George K.,7 Josiah,* Joseph,’ Daniel,s Dan-
iel,s Richard,? Richard!) was born in 1869; married 1888, William J,
MeWhinny; lives in Newfields. Children:

80. Robertto McWhinny. 81. Andrews McWhinny.

82. Horaceo McWhinny.

83. Georgeo McWhinny; d. 1904. 84. Henrys McWhinny.

85. Alicess McWhinny. 86. Alberto McWhinny.

(67). Ethel P.» (Horace Ober,® George K.,7 Josiah,* Joseph, Daniel,« Dan-
iel,s Richard,? Richard!) was born in 1872; married 1895, William Aiken of
Waverley, Mass. Children:

87. Alice Aiken. 88. Ralph» Aiken. 89. Ruth» Aiken; d. 1902.

1. Nathan: Smith was born in Epping; married Jan. 3, 1823, Sally, daughter
of Ebenezer Keniston. Children:

2. Nancy? b. Dec. 1823; m. John N. Howard who d. Jan. 1899. (See Howard.)

3. Nathan?; res. Epping.

4. Eben?; m. July 18, 1851, Margaret Marden.

6. Samuel G. 2; m. Margaret McRee.

6. Plumer?; m. Amanda Houghton; soldier 11th N. H. Regt.; d. of wounds
Dec. 16, 1862.

7. Charles Henry?; soldier, 11th N. H. Regt.; killed June 3, 1864.

8. Daniel G.2; soldier, 2d N. H. Regt.; wounded at Bull Run Aug. 29, 1862;
d. of his wounds March 2, 1863.

(4). Eben? (Nathan:) married July 18, 1851, Margaret Marden; settled in
Piscassic; died, 190-. Child:

9. Loren E.3; m. 1899, Hattie D. Staples. No ch.
GENEALOGY. 651

(5). Samuel G.2 (Nathan:) married Sept. 15, 1859, Margaret McRee; set-
tled in Piscassic; died May 19, 1888. Children:

10. Ida B.s; d. 1878.

11. Laura A.3; m. 1889, James Hanson of Stoneham, Me.; d. Jan., 1910.

The old Smith brick garrison at Lamprey River village was bought by Ben-
jamin Lovering, who sold it with lands to the manufacturing company, and

by the company sold to Dr. Kittredge. It was taken down and the Catholic
Church built on the site.

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SPEAD.

 

1 Spead married and had the following children:
. John? b, 1772; m. Lydia Shute.

. Sally: b. 1781; m. John Smart; d. Feb. 15, 1851.

. Betsey? b. 1784; d. unm. Jan. 24, 1880.

. James? b. Nov. 21, 1786; m. Alice Downing.

6. William?; m. Mary

(2). John: ( 1) was born in 1772; married Lydia Shute, who was born
in 1785 and died Sept., 1854; died Feb. 17, 1847. Children:

7. Hiram.? 8. Sallie2; m. Warren Cox of Portland, Me.

9. Joseph. 10. Mary Ann.s 11. Benjamin.:

12. Martha?; m. George Plumer Kelley.

13. John: b. 1803; d. May, 1845. 14. Charles.s

15. Claras; m. Henry Grant of Portsmouth.

16. Harrison Brodhead: b. 1823; m. Emily M. Jackson.

17. Sophias; m. Henry Grant (as second wife.)

18. Harriets; m. Scruton of Somersworth.

(5). James? ( 1) was born Nov. 21, 1786; married Sept. 10, 1810,
Alice Downing, who was born in Newington Sept. 8, 1788, and died Aug. 25,
1867; was a soldier, 1814; died Dec. 2, 1850. Children:

19. Abigail? b. Dec. 12, 1811; m. (1) Benjamin Spead, (2) John Presson;
d. 1859.

20. Margaret b. June 10, 1813; m. William Tetherly; d. Jan. 1866.

21. James Nutter? b. Nov. 21, 1816; d. unm. Sept. 14, 1847.

22. Augustus Downing: b. Aug. 30, 1820; m. Marietta Burleigh.

23. George W.s b. April 6, 1823; m. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary
(Keniston) Keniston, who was b. 1824, and d. May 1857; d. March 18, 1872.

24. Susan: b. Feb. 5, 1826; d. Nov. 5, 1845.

25. Sarah Elizabeth: b. April 12, 1828; d. unm. June 17, 1857.

(6). William: ( 1) married Mary , who died in 1848. Children:

26. Benjamin T.: b. Feb. 2, 1808; m. Abigail Spead.

27. Williams b. July 10, 1809. 28. Robert? b. March 13, 1811.

29. John b. Nov. 25, 1813. 30. Elizabeth: b. Oct. 11, 1815.

31. Abigails b. July 7, 1817. 32. Mary Ann: b. Jan. 18, 1820.

33. Alfred: b. May 19, 1823.

(12). Marthas (John,? 1) married Oct. 7, 1833, George Plumer Kelley
of Stratham, who died Aug. 1879; died 1853. Children:

34. George K.4 Kelley; sailor; lost at sea.

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652 History or NEWFIELDS.

35. Joseph‘ Kelley b. 1835; d. Newfields, 1867.

36. Angela P.« Kelley b. 1840; m. 1880, George Ingram; res. Newfields. No ch.

37. Wilbur H.4 Kelley b. 1843; d. 1858.

38. Mary Francelia‘ Kelley b. 1847; m. George Smith; res. Kensington.

39. M. Gertrude‘ Kelley b. 1850; m. Furbur Lowd; res. Greenland.

(16). Harrison Brodhead: (John,? 1) was born in 1823; married Emily
M. Jackson who was born in 1823 and died 1882; settled in Newfields; died
in 1883. Children:

40. Henry H.‘ b. 1851; d. 1853. 41. Emmasb. 1855; d. 1868.

42. Mary E.‘ b. 1857; d. 1858.

43. Melissa‘; m. Warren Freeman Jones.

(22). Augustus Downing: (James,? 1) was born Aug. 30, 1820; mar-
ried Marietta, daughter of Josiah Burleigh, who was born in 1817 and died
June 1864; settled in Newfields; died March 11, 1861. Children:

44, Oliver B.4 b. 1842; soldier 6th N. H. Regt.; d. at Hatteras Island Feb.
20, 1862.

45. James A.‘ b. 1852; m. Flora Cousens and had Fred.*

46. Augustus‘ b. 1854; res. Greenland.

(26). Benjamin T.: (James,? 1) was born Feb. 2, 1818; married Abi-
gail, daughter of James and Alice Spead; died Jan. 17, 1849. Children:

47. Benjamin F.1; m. J. Frances Cousens, who d. 1896; d. Jan. 1882.

48. Abbie+; m. Ferren of Natick, Mass.; d.

49. Alice M.« b. 1841; d. 1860.

(43). Melissas (Harrison Brodhead,? John,? 1) married Warren Free-
man Jones who died in 1906; lived in Newfields; d. 1910. Children:

50. Ralph P.s Jones b. June, 1870; m. Sarah P. Richards.

51. Freds Jones. 52. Bernices Jones.

53. Esther 8.s Jones b. 1888; d. Feb. 1, 1893.

(50). Ralph P.s Jones (Melissa,s Harrison Brodhead, John,? 1) was
born June 1870; married Oct. 1895, Sarah P. Richards; in business in Boston;
residence, Somerville, Mass, Children:

54, Ralphs Jones. 55. Ruths Jones. 56. Augustuss Jones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Spead was granted 50 acres of land Feb. 21, 1699, and it was laid
out in two lots, one in Piscassic, and the other on Lamprey River, Oct. 26, 1700
Ebenezer Spead died Feb. 1825,

STINSON.

Abner P. Stinson married Mrs. Olive Rindge, daughter of Gen. James
Hill, and widow of Joseph Neil; was a licensed taverner, 1822-36; kept hotel
at the Hubartus Neal place near the railroad junction, Newfields, which became
a noted resort for the politicians of the day, afterwards kept by Joseph Lang-
ley; active in the parish, 1824; on school committee, 1825; on committee of
the N. H. Legislature, June 1826, to investigate obstruction of Pascataqua river
by Portsmouth bridge, and reported July 28, 1826; justice of the peace and
quorum, 1837; warden of the state prison at Concord, 1829-34; major of the
4th regiment of N. H. militia, 1829; moderator of the society, 1829; after-
wards settled in the West and died there 1871.
GENEALOGY. 653

TARLETON.

The Tarleton family of New England is of English origin, coming probably
from the vicinity of London.

1. Richard: Tarleton was born about 1640; married (1) May 22, 1666,
Edith Lockson, who died in England leaving a daughter, (2) about 1692, Ruth,
daughter of Elias and Ruth (Mannyard) Stileman; settled in Portsmouth.
His Will was probated March 4, 1708. Children:

2. Elias? b. Aug. 13,1693. 3. William? b. before 1695.

4. Richard: b. after 1695. 5. Ruth?b. after 1695.

(2). Elias: (Richard:) was born Aug. 13, 1693; married Mary ,
about 1720; was taxed in Portsmouth, 1727; one of a committee to dispose of
the undivided land of New Castle, 1731; petitioned for the parish of Rye to
be set off from New Castle, 1734, and for a second meeting house in the south
part of Portsmouth, 1737; one of the military band to Rochester and Barring-
ton, April 7, 1748, joining the band again June 3, 1748; sold 50 acres of land
in Portsmouth to Benjamin Tarleton July 9, 1771; died, 1785. 7 ch.

6. Eliass (Elias,2 Richard: ) was born in New Castle or Portsmouth, 1720;
settled in Rye; was one of 66 men under Capt. Job Clement who were a guard
for Rochester and Barrington, joining June 3, 1748; was on the pay roll of
Capt. John Calfe’s Co., Col. Pierse Long’s Regt. at New Castle at the entrance
of Portsmouth Harbor, mustered Oct. 5, 1776, to Dec. 7, 1776, and on a second
pay roll of the same company from Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777; petitioned
for a lottery to build a bridge at New Castle, 1778, and not to be represented

. in the general court, 1786; was keeper of the lighthouse at Fort Point, 1784;
on the pay roll of a Company stationed at New Castle from Oct. 13, 1785, to
Feb. 13, 1786; also on the next pay roll, Sept. 13, 1786; on the decease of
Capt. Meshech Bell, was specially appointed to the care of Fort William and
Mary, July, 1786, and on the pay roll of Capt. Titus Salter’s Co. as sergeant
at Fort William and Mary, from Sept. 14, 1786, to Jan. 14, 1787; a year or
two before his death walked from Rye to Newfields (12 miles) to spend
Thanksgiving and back the next day; died Dec. 2, 1811. Children:

7. Mary‘b. 1748; d. June 3, 1836. 8. Stileman‘ b. 1745; d. Jan. 4, 1807.

9. Elias‘ b. 1749; d. Dec. 5,1829. 10. William:b. 1752; d. March 19, 1819.

11. Joseph: b. 1762; d. April 6, 1852.

(8). Stileman: (Elias, Elias,2 Richard!) was born in 1745; married (1)
Martha, daughter of Dr. Manning, of Ipswich, Mass., who died May 6,
1784, aged 47, (2) Deborah , who administered on his estate, 1814;
bought 20 acres of land in Portsmouth of Thomas Seavey, once owned by his
father, Dec. 26, 1793; was a ship carpenter; settled at Newfields, 1768, and
built there a house; was active in the parish, 1794, 1797 and 1799-1800; died
Jan. 14, 1807. Children born in Newfields:

12. Margarets b. 1767; m. about 1789, Bradstreet Wiggin of Exeter; d.
Dec. 1, 1855.

13. Samuels b. Dec. 11, 1769; m. Jerusha Hopkins.

14. Marys b. 1771; m. Timothy French of Stratham who d. April 21, 1817,
aged 39; d. Feb. 11, 1856.

15. William Mannings b. 1774; m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. James Ladd of
Haverhill; lived in Piermont; d. 1861, as also his widow.

 

 
654 History or NEWFIELDs.

16. Johns b. 1776; never married; sold house and lot in Newmarket and
went to sea, then to South America; visited his relatives in 1827; returned to
South America, and was never afterwards heard from.

17. Hannah: b. 1778; m. (1) about 1797, Zachariah Beal, a master ship-
builder of Portsmouth, who d. about 1817; (2) Jonathan Locke; d. Salmon
Falls, 1851.

18. Sallys b. July 16, 1781; m. David Manson of Kittery, Me., who was b.
May 30, 1732; moved to Bradford, Vt.; d. there Dec. 22, 1835, and her hus-
band m. (2) Dec. 22, 1842, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Tarleton, and returned to
Newfields, 1856; d. there Dec. 15, 1871. The first of their seven children,
Georges Manson, was b. in Newfields, Sept. 22, 1808.

(13). Samuels (Stileman,: Elias,s Elias,2 Richard: ) was born in Newfields
Dec. 11, 1769; married Jerusha, daughter of Moses and Harriet (Mayhew)
Hopkins of Cape Cod, Mass., who was born July 16, 1774, and died July 3,
1854; was a ship carpenter; lived in the Tarleton house and his brother-in-law,
Capt. Zachariah Beal, north of him in the old Deale house; was a member of
the parish, 1799 and 1824; died July 10, 1855. Children:

19. Stileman‘ b. Dec. 29, 1794; m. Martha Warner.

20. Martha Manning: b. April 18, 1796; m. Samuel Paul; d. Feb. 19, 1883.
(See Paul.)

21. Mercy Hopkins‘ b. June 29, 1799; m. Feb. 24, 1824, Hall J. Jenness;
d. March 15, 1871. No children.

22. Sarahs b. Dec. 1, 1802; m. Dec., 1842, as 2d wife, David Manson; d.
Jan. 10, 1896.

23. Samuel Hopkins b. Feb. 19, 1806; m. (1) Sophia Tenney, (2) Mary G.
Pickering.

24. Mary Anns b. Aug. 26, 1808; m. Jan. 18, 1829, Dana Bullard of Fram-
ingham, Mass. 2 ch.

25. John W.* b. July 10, 1815; d. in infancy.

(19). Stilemans (Samuel,' Stileman,: Elias, Elias,: Richard!) was born in
Newfields Dec. 29, 1794; married Oct. 25, 1821, Martha, daughter of Nathan
and Martha Warner of Derry, who was born Sept. 27, 1796; learned the trade
of millwright of Nathaniel Paul; superintended the erection of mills at Derry
and Dover; for 20 years was engaged on mill work at the tide mills at Dan-
vers, Mass., large mills at Calais, Me., and elsewhere; moved to Nashua,
1845; confined to crutches and chair from rheumatism last 17 years of life;
died, Nashua, Feb. 12, 1875. His widow died, Worcester, Mass., July 17, 1885.
Children:

26. Lucian Franklin? b. Derry, May 23, 1822; m. (1) Louisa Baldwin, (2)
Aug. 22, 1868, Lizzie Austin Ross.

27. Annie Jerusha? b. Dover, Aug. 2, 1823; m. (1) April 3, 1847, Alvan
Sawyer of Berlin, Mass., who d. Nov. 4, 1856, (2) Jan. 27, 1875, Edward L.
Brigham of Marlboro, Mass., who was b. Oct. 8, 1806.

28. George Warner? b. Dover June 21, 1825; m. Emma Ober of New
Boston.

29. James M.7b. April 8, 1827; d. Nov. 10, 1827.

30. Edwin Nathaniel: b. Nov. 27, 1828; m. (1) Frances 8. Rand, who d.
Aug. 12, 1885, (2) Sept. 21, 1889, Mrs. Lizzie (Read) Hale of Beverly, Mass.
GENEALOGY. 655

31. Sarah Ellen? b. Oct. 10, 1831; m. (1) Sept. 5, 1853, Calvin H. Rice,
who d. Jan. 8, 1862, (2) March 20, 1882, T. Edward Smart of Saco, Me.

32. Augustus? b. March 1, 1834; d. Feb. 12, 1864.

33. Martha Warner’ b. Oct. 21, 1838; m. April 21, 1886, George Lawless
of Jersey City, N. J.

(23). Samuel Hopkinss (Samuel,s Stileman,: Elias, Elias,z Richard1) was
born Feb. 19, 1806; married (1) 1830, Sophia Tenney, (2) May 13, 1839,
Mary G., daughter of George Pickering of Newington, who was born Nov. 2,
1810, and died Oct. 6, 1892; learned the trade of machinist at Great Falls;
worked as journeyman at Great Falls, Dover, Newfields and elsewhere;
became a locomotive engineer on the Eastern railroad, 1843; afterwards
master mechanic at the Portland shop of the Portsmouth and Saco railroad;
while at Newfields, was stockholder and director in the Swampscot Machine
Co.; representative, 1853-54; purchased and moved onto the Pickering farm
which was a part of the original grant to John Pickering, Sr., 1856; returned
to his native village, 1864, and built his residence; died April 8, 1892.

Child by first wife:

34. Sarah’ b. Shapleigh, Me., April 4, 1831; m. Rufus Sanborn, and d. May
5, 1908. Children by second wife:

35. Martha’ b. Dec. 9, 1846; d. Sept. 5, 1863.

36. Mary7b. Nov. 7, 1851; d. Sept. 3, 1863.

37. George Hopkins’ b. March 25, 1854; m. Mary Webb; piano tuner;
lives in Newfields. No children:

TASH.

 

1. Maj. Thomas: Tash was born in 1701; married Ann , who was
born in 1696 and died Aug. 25, 1759; was a distinguished civil and military
officer; captain and major in the war of George II, 1744-48; was one of a
scout of 20 men in the Co. of Capt. Joseph Thomas for the defense of Chester,
Epping and Nottingham; on the declaration of peace returned to his home
near Newmarket Plains. His wife’s grave in the cemetery near the old center
of the town for many years was enclosed by stockade of cedar posts set on
end in the ground eight to ten feet high. Children:

2. Col. Thomas? was born in Newmarket in 1722; captain of Co. 4, in
Col. Joseph Blanchard’s Regt. in the expedition against Crown Point, April
24 to Nov. 1755; captain near Albany, Sept. 12, 1756; after the massacre at
Fort William Henry, commanded a battalion of five companies, 250 men,
raised in New Hampshire as a reinforcement to Col. Meserve’s regiment for
the defense of Fort Edward, ranking as major, Aug. 21 to Nov. 10, 1757; bore
an active part in the French and Indian war, 1756-63; petitioned for a lottery
in aid of bridge, 1759-60; on return of peace settled in Newmarket, but
removed to New Durham about 20 years before his death; was proprietor’s
clerk of New Durham, Dec. 30, 1765; grantee of Eaton, 1766, and of Chatham,
1767; petitioned the General Court to empower proprietors of New Durham
to sell land of delinquent proprietors, Sept. 10, 1767; was on petition of the
Inhabitants of Newmarket; to appoint field officer, Sept. 5, 1775 on “a com-
mittee to examine into the matters of complaint of the committee of London-
derry against Adam Stuart who is suspected of being Enemical to the Coun-
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try,” Jan. 23, 1776; on ‘“‘a committee of this House to join a committee of the
Hon>'e Board to consult about officering & commissioning the Regiment now
to be raised,” March 12, 1776; on ‘‘a committee of Twelve members of this
House to join a committee of the Hon>!* Board to confer about officering the
Regiment now to be raised & commissioned for the Defence of this Colony,”
March 13, 1776, also March 14, 1776, ‘‘to confer upon the Expediency of
joining with the Massachusetts in granting a Bounty unto the Privateers
belonging to this & the Mass. Colony, that may take any of our Enemies
Ships of War upon this coast’’; also one of a committee “respecting a Peti-
tion from Marlow, Stoddard and Cambden,” with reference to boundary lines;
commissioned Colonel, 1776; representative to the General Assembly, 1776,
1778-79; selectman, 1783. (98). Children:

3. Dea. John? was born in Newmarket, Jan. 1729; married Mary, daugh-
ter of James and Polly (Pervear) Ham, who was born, Nov. 1750, and died
Dec. 23, 1848; was deacon, and his Sunday began Saturday night; bought
land in Nottingham, 1759; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760;
grantee of Eaton, 1766, and of Chatham, 1767; proprietor of Middleton and
petitioned for its incorporation, 1773, which was granted 1778; signed the
Association Test at Newmarket, 1776; was assessed in Lee, 1787; active in
the parish, 1797-98; died Aug. 3, 1801. Children:

4. Johns b. April 30, 1777; drowned Aug. 27, 1792, in crossing the stream
east of Elder Chesley’s house with an ox team.

5. Lydias b. 1779; m. Abraham, son of Capt. Robert Pike; d. 1846.

6. Betsey: b. July, 1781; d. Jan. 1, 1803.

7. Nancy?; m. Nov. 3, 1806, Winthrop, son of Col. John Folsom, who was
b. Aug. 8, 1784, and d. March 27, 1823. 8. Marys; m. John Paine.

9. Joseph H.s b. 1788; m. Lucy M. Walker who d. Nov. 26, 1801; d. Aug.
29, 1828.

10. Clarissa? b. 1791; m. 1813, Simeon Locke; d. 1871.

11. Thomas:; m. and settled in Exeter, Me.; was a school teacher.

12. Sally:; m. Joseph Churchill. 13. Patience+; m. John Churchill.

Jacob Tash was probably brother of Maj. Thomas; m. Patience Thomas,
granddaughter of Joseph Smith of Oyster River; was an original proprietor
of Barrington at its incorporation, May 10, 1722; petitioned for a new parish
in Durham Jan. 31, 1839, and for a township.

TETHERLY.

1. Thomas: Tetherly was active in parish affairs, 1799; married Welthea
Shute; lived on River Street in the house since owned by J.C. Todd. Child:

2. William: b. Dec. 20, 1807; m. Margaret A., dau. of James Spead who
was b. June 10, 1812, and d. Jan. 28, 1866; settled in Newfields, lived on
the old homestead, River street; d. June 15, 1848. Children:

3. Charles E.s b. 1834; d. 1851.

4. James W.* b. 1840; m. Helen J., dau. of Albert Morton; d. Oct., 1863.

5. Augustus B.* b. 1842; d. March 1862.
GENEALOGY. 657

6. John Brodhead,’ grandson of Thomas, though not the son of William,?
m. July 3, 1864, Addie M. Houghton; settled in Newfields; soldier, civil war,
in 2d N. H. Regt.; d. Dec. 16, 1910; was a good citizen and is greatly missed
in the community. Child:

7. Harriet, b. 1865; m. Sept. 1890, George A. Merrill; d. Augusta, Me.,
April, 1907.

THING.

1. Jonathan: Thing was of Ipswich, Mass., 1641; of Exeter, and submitted
to Massachusetts, 1653; married Joanna of Ipswich, Children:

2. Jonathan, m. Mary Gilman.

3. Samuels; m. Dec. 8, 1696, Abigail, dau. of John, son of Edward Gilman,
who was b. Nov. 3, 1674, and d. Nov. 7, 1725; selectman, and justice, 1724;
moderator, 1727.

(2). Capt. Jonathan: (Jonathan!) married July 26, 1677, Mary, daughter
of Counsellor John Gilman, who was born Sept. 10, 1658, and died Aug.
1691; died Oct. 30, 1694, aged 39, “‘shot by his own gun.” Children:

4. Jonathan: b. Sept. 21, 1678; m. Abigail Gilman.

5. Johns b. June 16, 1680; m. and had Mary: who m. John, son of Nicholas
Gilman, also a son Jonathan.‘

6. Bartholomew: b. Feb. 25, 1682; m. Abigail Coffin.

7. Joseph? b. Nov., 1684; was tithingman, 1724; selectman, 1728.

8. Elizabeth.s

9. Benjamins b. Nov. 12, 1688; m. (1) Pernal Coffin, (2) Deboral (Hilton)
Thing.

10. Josiah b. 1690.

(4). Jonathan: (Capt. Jonathan,? Jonathan!) was born Sept. 21, 1678;
married Abigail, daughter of Benjamin Gilman; had a parish meeting at
his house Feb. 3, 1698, to choose a committee to seat the people in the new
meeting house; was constable, 1705; on a committee to lay out roads from
town to town throughout the province, March 6, 1711; died, 1738. A war-
rant to divide his estate was returned June 28, 1738. Children:

11. Jonathan.s 12. Edward.1 13. Annah« 14. Mary*; d. young.

15. Abigail.s 16. Elizabeth. 17. Sarah« 18. Daughters; d. young.

(6). Bartholomew: (Capt. Jonathan,? Jonathan!) was born Feb. 25, 1682;
married (1) Dec. 7, 1705, Abigail, daughter of Tristam Coffin, and probably
(2) April 3, 1712, Sarah, widow of John Kent, and daughter of Capt. Joseph
Little; was town measurer, 1720; selectman, 1721; d. April 28, 1738. Child:

19. Mary‘ b. Jan. 3, 1713; m. Oct. 22, 1730, Rev. Nicholas Gilman; d. Feb.
22, 1789.

(9). Benjamins (Capt. Jonathan,? Jonathan!) was born Nov. 12, 1688;
married (1) Jan. 1712, Pernal Coffin, (2) Oct. 21, 1725, Deborah, widow of
Samuel Thing, and daughter of Col. Winthrop Hilton; had laid out to him
10 acres of land “north of spruce swamp and south of pascasick river at a
lodging way that runs through said swamp to said river,” Feb. 21, 1721.

Child by second wife:

20. Winthrop‘ b. Jan. 10, 1728; m. Judith Fowler.

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(20). Winthrop: (Benjamin,: Capt. Jonathan?, Jonathan:) was born Jan.
10, 1728; married Judith, daughter of Philip and Susannah (Jacob) Fowler,
who was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 4, 1726; signed the Association Test,
at Exeter, 1776; died July 25, 1806. Children:

21. Nabby*; never married; lived on the Thing homestead on Oak Lands
road.

22. Winthrop: b. March 20, 1754; m. Lydia Gilman.

23. Deborahs; m. about 1774, William Kuse.

(22). Winthrops (Winthrop,‘ Benjamin,s Capt. Jonathan,? Jonathan!) was
born March 20, 1754; married Lydia Gilman, who was born Aug. 15, 1768,
and died, Exeter, Jan. 30, 1847; died Sept. 21, 1837. Children:

24. Betsey*b. Jan. 12,1795; d.unm. March 17, 1819.

25. Winthrop: b. Sept. 20, 1796; m. Lavinia York; d. Oct. 10, 1871.

26. Judiths b. April 21, 1798; d. unm. Feb. 9, 1820.

27. Zebulon G.*, b. April 22, 1800; m. Sarah Ann York of Brentwood;
buildings were burned; d. April 15, 1882. Had dau., Betsey A.7 who m. 1872,
George W. Pease.

28. James b. Aug. 4, 1802; d. Feb. 1, 1805.

29. Gilmans b. June 14, 1804; m. Clarissa Wilson; d. June 3, 1855.

30. James R.¢ b. Aug. 11, 1806; m. Abigail T. Blake, who d. Sept. 11, 1882;
d. Haverhill, Mass., April 14, 1888.

31. Henrys b. July 14, 1808; m. Nancy Giddings, who d. about 1887; adopted
Henry Thing, son of Rev. Horatio N. Taplin; d. Jan. 19, 1878.

32. Benjamins b. Aug. 28, 1810; d. Feb. 10, 1834.

John Miles Thing was b. 1772, and d. June 1, 1836. Margaret, his wife,
was b. 1774, and d. April 17, 1858. Were buried in the Thyng burying ground,
Oaklands, near Newfields and Exeter line.

THOMAS.

Elisha Thomas was a soldier from Sept. 19 to Oct. 13, 1755, in Capt. Jona-
than Tilton’s Co., Col. Peter Gilman’s Regt. and marched to Albany to rein-
force the army; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields; was on the pay roll of
Cap. Samuel Gilman from May 27 to Aug. 1775; received four dollars coat
money Oct. 4, 1775; was of Newmarket and mustered in Capt. Daniel Gor-
don’s Co., Col. Thomas Tash’s Regt. Sept. 20, 1776; refused to sign the
Association Test, 1776; received 10 pounds on account of a wound received in
the service, Dec., 1776; intending to kill Abraham Libby, in the dark he
stabbed Peter Drowne with a new butcher knife from the tavern kitchen;
learning his mistake he exclaimed he had killed his best friend; was tried
before Col. Thomas Tash; hanged for murder June 3, 1788, said to be the
first man hung in New Hampshire.

John Thomas of Durham married Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin
and Elizabeth (Wedgewood) Smith, who was born Jan. 7, 1789. Her sister
Sally was born July 27, 1793, and married Bradbury J. Thomas.

Tradition says a Mr. Thomas was killed by the Indians near George Hardy’s
and was buried in the Hilton lot.
GENEALOGY. 659

TREADWELL.

1. Thomas: Treadwell came to America in the ship, Hopewell, Capt. Babb
in 1635; “sat down” first in Dorchester, but settled in Ipswich, Mass., 1636;
married in England about 1633, Mary , who was born in 1605; died.
June 8, 1671. His wife died in 1685. Children:

2. Thomas? b. in England, 1634; m. Sarah Titcomb.

3. Mary: b. Ipswich, Sept. 26, or 29, 1636.

4. Nathaniel: b. March 15, 1640; m. Abigail Wells.

5. Esther? b. March 21, 1641; m. Oct. 8, 1665, Daniel Hovey.

6. Martha? b. March 16, 1644.

(2). Thomas? (Thomas?) was born in 1634; married March 16, 1665, Sarah,
daughter of William Titcomb of Newbury, Mass. Children:

7. Thomas: b. March 3, 1666; m. Mary and had Mary: b. June 8,
1691; was a shoemaker.

8. John: b. Nov. 28, 1670; m. Mary Fowler.

9. Sarah: b. Jan. 10, 1673. 10. Marys b. Aug. 9, 1675.

11. Ann: b. Aug. 16, 1679; d. young.

(4). Nathaniel? (Thomas:) was born March 16, 1640; married (1) June 19,
1661, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Wells, who died June 16, 1677, (2) March
25, 1678, Rebecca, daughter of William Titcomb of Newbury, Mass.
Children:

12. Abigail: b. Feb. 2, 1663. 13. Mary: b. Oct. 22, 1665.

14. Nathaniel: b. 1668; d. 1672. 15. Hannah: b. Feb. 7, 1670.

16. Thomas? b. July 11, 1672. 17. Sarah: b. Aug. 15, 1674.

18. Nathaniel: b. June 18, 1677. By second wife:

19. Elizabeth: b. Jan. 18, 1679. 20. Rebeccas b. April 8, 1686.

(8). John: (Thomas,? Thomas:) was born Nov. 28, 1670; married Mary,
daughter of Philip Fowler 2d, who was born about 1680, and died Oct. 28,
1756; died Dec. 16, 1727. Children:

21. Elizabeth: b. July 16, 1699; m.

22. Martha‘ b. 1700; d. Oct. 27, 1727.

23. Sarah‘ b. June 12, 1701; d. young.

24. Mary‘ b. March 13, 1703; was living Nov. 28, 1727.

25. John‘ b. Sept. 24, 1707; m. Oct. 9, 1728, Hannah Boardman. Had
Johns b. Sept 20, 1738, who m. (1) Mehitable, dau. of Dr. Richard and Mehit-
able (Putman) Dexter, (2) Mrs. Dorothy Goodhue, who d. Salem, Mass.,
May 6, 1802, aged 51; grad. Harvard college, 1758; a clergyman; represen-
tative from Ipswich; judge of the Court of Common Pleas; member of Salem
Turnpike Corporation, Aug. 5, 1806; d. Jan. 5, 1811.

26. Elisha‘ b. May 24, 1710; d. Sept. 24, 1732.

27. Jonathan‘ b. May 31, 1713; m. Ruth Pike of Wenham, Mass.

28. Sarah‘ b. March 8, 1720; m. Dr. Abial Green of Hampton.

 

 

Gould.

 

1. Charles: Treadwell was a native of Ipswich, Mass.; married Mary Kelly
of Newcastle from a family of affluence in England reduced to poverty by a
reverse of fortune; a hairdresser by trade; came to Portsmouth in 1724
with his brother Jacob, a tanner; was so successful in business that in 1728
he completed his two-story building; in 1729 he leased for 999 years Lot No.
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20 of the Glebe Land, paying a rental of 15 shillings annually, March 25, to
the wardens of the parish; the shop connected with the house paved the way
to competence; signed the Association Test; with his son Jacob, 1770, were
among the largest of 666 tax payers in Portsmouth. They built four hand-
some houses, giving one to each of their three children. His wife died in 1783,
aged 73. Children:

2. Jacob.2 3. Nathaniel? b. 1731. 4. Hannah:; m. Dr. Ammi R. Cutter.

(2). Jacob? (Charles!) married and had children:

5. William.s 6. Daniel. William and Daniel were publishers of the
Portsmouth Oracle.

7. Charless; was a merchant.

8. Jacobs; was a merchant; lost his property in the burning of Moscow.

9. Anns; m. Rev. Eliot of Boston. 10. Mehitable.s 11. Mary.

(3). Nathaniel2 (Charles!) was born in 1731; married Sarah Waldon who
died Sept. 10, 1815, aged 73; signed the Association Test, 1776; came to
Newmarket with his son Charles and family, Sept., 1814, and settled on the
Gen. James Hill place. Children:

12. Nathaniels; m. 13. Charles b. 1767; m. Elizabeth Drowne.

(13). Capt. Charles: (Nathaniel,: Charles!) was born in Portsmouth in
1767; married Elizabeth, daughter of Dea. Samuel Drowne of Portsmouth
who died April 1, 1862, aged 84; having lost much property in the “great
fire’ at Portsmouth, 1813, came with his family to Newmarket, Sept. 1814,
and settled on the Gen. James Hill estate; was tithingman, 1817 and 1826;
auditor, 1820 and 1826; taverner, 1821, 1823, 1825 and 1827-28; on school
committee, 1825; on committee of the Congregational society, 1827-28; clerk
of society, 1828-29; moderator, 1829; was called “Captain”; died June 3,
1843. His widow died April 1, 1862, aged 84. Three daughters married
Methodist preachers. Children:

14, Lydia‘ b. Jan. 19, 1800; m. James Coleman who d. Feb. 1862; d. May
1875.

15. Charles: b. April 10, 1803.

16. Thomas Drowne: b. Portsmouth, Nov. 7, 1804; m. 1834, Elizabeth
Gould; lived in Exeter; d. Dec. 22, 1887.

17. Ann Eliza b. July 11, 1807; m. Rev. Matthew Newhall; lived in
Greenland; d. Jan. 1, 1890.

18. Benjamin Franklin‘ b. March 31, 1809; d. unm. July 9, 1836.

19. Caroline Matilda‘ b. Aug. 17, 1811; m. Rev. Philander Wallingford;
d. Exeter, Sept. 2, 1894.

20. William Henry Harrison‘ b. March 14, 1813; m. Martha Ann Brackett.

21. Frances Mary‘ b. Jan. 15, 1815; d. Greenland, Nov. 16, 1877.

22. William Cutter‘ b. Jan. 23, 1817; d. March 24, 1822.

23. Sarah Waldon: b. Oct. 13, 1818; m. (1) John T. Locke of Newfields,
(2) Rev. John F. Adams of Greenland who was b. in Stratham, May 23, 1790;
d. April 1, 1894.

24. Louisa Tewksbury: b. June 4, 1820; d. May 8, 1822.

25. Napoleon Bonaparte‘ b. Jan. 9, 1824; (1) Josephine Weeks, (2) Fidelia
Hines; settled in Newmarket village; d. 1891; two ch. His wife survived
him.

 
GENEALOGY. 661

(20). William Henry Harrison: (Charles, Nathaniel,: Charles!) was born
March 14, 1813; married Martha Jane, daughter of Joshua and Abigail
(Pickering) Brackett, who died, 1886; lived in Boston; died April 6, 1893.
Children:

26. Joshua Bracketts b. Oct. 17, 1840; graduated, Harvard Medical college
1862; was assistant surgeon of the 45th, 54th, 5th and 62d Mass. Regts., and
surgeon of the 5th Regt. of Mass. Vol. militia; d. May 7, 1885, leaving a widow.

27. Benjamin Franklins b. June 7, 1842; soldier, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols.
d. unm. 1911.

28. Martha Janes b. Aug. 24,1843; m. Alonzo Grout; res. Exeter; one son,
Harrison T.s Grout.

29. Sarah Abbie’ b. 1845; d. unm. March 17, 1908.

30. Mary Drowne: b. 1847; d. unm. 1901.

 

 

All buried in the family burying ground Ash Swamp road.
The Brackett-Treadwell place was formerly a Keniston place, occupied by
a man who had been scalped by the Indians.

TRULL.

1. Dr. Phineas: Trull was born in Tewksbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1781; married
Nancy, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Batchelder) Jenness of Piscassic;
studied medicine with Dr. George W. Kittredge of Epping, the youngest of
eight sons born in Tewksbury, all of whom became physicians; began prac-
tice in Raymond in 1805; was burned out in 1809; town clerk in 1810-13;
removed to Newfields in 1819, and occupied the house of William Cario, the
silversmith; soon became identified with the social, business and religious
interests of the community; was active in the Congregational Society, 1829,
the year of its reorganization; with his wife, became member of the New-
fields S. S. Union, and joined the Congregational church on profession; was
unwearied in his exertions to relieve the sick and suffering for 29 years, highly
respected and dearly beloved; died Aug. 22, and his wife Sept 2, 1848, both
of the same age, 67 years. One monument now marks their united graves.

Children, born in Raymond and Newfields:

2. Child? (Luther, ?); d. in infancy.

8. Bruce?; m. Caroline ; settled in Thomaston, and later, Bath, Me.;
several children.

4, Frank:; left home young, because reprimanded for staying out late
evenings.

5. Olive Blake?; m. 1850, Erastus F. Ricker; living at Omaha, Neb., in 1898.

6. Alvin C.2; m. Hannah 8. Osgood; selectman, Newfields, 1852; lived also
in Manchester, Hyde Park and Peabody, Mass.; d. June 8, 1868. His widow
d. March 26, 1893, aged 72 years and 3 months. They had a son William A.
living in Boston; unm.

 

TUFTS.

1. Rev. Thomas: Tufts was born in Devonshire County, England, and in
early life emigrated to Boston, Mass.; commenced an academical course of
study, and graduated at Harvard college, 1701; became a clergyman, and was
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ordained in Boston, preaching there till his death, in 1725, or according to
the Harvard catalogue, 1733; left a “name free from reproach.” Among his
children were:

2. Henry?; m. Wedgewood.

3. Thomas? probably; was witness, Feb., 1740; ensign and acting quarter-
master in the N. H. regiment under Col. Samuel Moore, employed in the
reduction of Louisburg and adjacent territories, from Feb. 13, to Sept. 6,
1745, at two pounds per month wages.

(2). Henry: (Rev. Thomas') married Wedgewood, who later in
life was called ‘‘an old witch woman”; served an apprenticeship with one
Whitcher, a tailor of Boston, till 21; removed to Newmarket, and after remain-
ing two or three years, to Lee, where after a time he purchased a small farm
by means of which, and his trade as tailor, he acquired an honorable livelihood;
petitioned Nov. 18, 1765, for the division of Durham and formation of the
parish of Lee; with his son Henry, signed the Association Test in Lee, 1776;
died, aged 75, two years after his wife, both of whom left behind “the testi-
mony of a good confession.” Children:

4. Thomas; received and settled on the homestead; is mentioned with his
house, 1779; assessed in Lee, 1787.

5. Eliphalets; served in the Revolutionary army, and was at “Soldiers
Fortune,” near West Point, 1778. 6. Child.s

7. Henry? b. Newmarket, June 24, 1748; m. 1770, Lydia Bickford of Dur-
ham, some years his senior, but a very notable and discreet woman contribut-
ing more to the support of the family than her husband; moved to his home
beyond Newmarket Plains towards Lee Hook; was famous in his day and in
his field, which extended from Canada to Virginia, for a reprobate life under
many disguises and marvellous escapes, bearing assumed names, appearing
as rake, tramp, bully wrestler, burglar, horse-thief, freebooter, bounty-jumper,
fortune-teller, Indian doctor, religious enthusiast, and New Light preacher;
nearly a score of times in a score and a half of years was sentenced to prisons,
dungeons, and chains at Falmouth and York, Me., Dover, Exeter, eight
times, Newburyport, Ipswich, Salem and Castle William, Mass.; was con-
demned, June, 1793, unjustly he says, for burglary and sentenced to be hung
Aug. 14, 1793; with wife, a juryman, ladies of Ipswich and students of Har-
vard, solicited reprieve of Gov. Samuel Adams, but as time passed receiving
no answer the suspense became terrible; was asked to sell his body and pub-
lish his memoir; his coffin was made, his grave dug, and the sheriffs appeared
ready to execute the penalty, and the hour of four passed with no word from
the governor, but on Sept. 18, his punishment was commuted to imprison-
ment for life, and he passed five wretched years at Castle William in Boston
Harbor. In 1798 the fortress was ceded to the National Government, and
he was removed to Salem, whence he soon escaped, and joined his first wife
and family at Lemington, Me.

In 1771 he left his wife and child, and married Sally, daughter of Enoch
Judd of Claremont, whom he abandoned within a year and returning to Lee
found his “first wife yet held possession of the castle.’”” In 1786 under the
fictitious name of Gideon Garland he married Abigail Kennison, a young
widow of Stratham, who followed his fortunes for nearly 10 years, and by

 

 
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whom he had four children. She afterwards married in Vermont a man of
respectable fortune. He died in Lemington, Me., in some measure a reformed
man. His descendants have been among the most respected and influential
citizens of the place. He had nine children, the oldest named Simeon.

Among those victimized in Newmarket and vicinity were “Stevens, a steady
old farmer,” Peter Folsom, James Burleigh, Elisha Thomas, Dea. Tash,
Daniel Chapman, Smith Gilman, Levi Chapman and Lt. John Burleigh.

Note. The title of his book is ““A Narrative of the Life, Adventures, Travels
and Sufferings of Henry Tufts, now residing at Lemington, in the District of
Maine. In Substance compiled from his mouth. In Three Books; pages 366.
Preface VIII pages. Dover,N.H. Printed by Samuel Bragg, jun., 1807.”
The story of Col. T. W. Higginson’s ““New England Vagabond” in Harper’s
Magazine of March, 1888, is founded on the vagaries of Henry Tuft’s auto-
biography.

WALKER.

1. William: Walker was born in 1780 in Portsmouth; married Margery
; attended Phillips Exeter Academy; died, Newfields in 1854. Children:
. Elizabeth L.2 b. 1801; d. unm. April 5, 1880.

. Nancy? b. 1803; m. George Oliver Hilton; d. 1872.

. Sarah; m. Henry Hartwell; res. Waltham, Mass.; d.

Harriet?; m. Dr. Keith of Stamford, Conn.; d.

. Lucy M.z b. 1813; d. unm. 1878.

. William L.z b. 1822; m. Ellen E., dau. of James Hill, who was b. 1822
and d. March 1884; lived in Newfields and Guinn Island, Va.; began his
business life in the store of Richard Jenness; afterwards was accountant many
years for the Swampscot Machine Co., Newfields; later purchased a large
farm at Critchett Hill, Va.; d. there Oct. 17, 1885, leaving a bequest of $1000
to Newfields for the care of the cemetery; no ch.

 

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WATSON.

1. Winthrop! Watson married Abigail F

2. Dudley: (Winthrop!) was born in Exeter Feb. 2, 1756; married April 6,
1780, Anna Hilton who was born Aug. 12, 1760, and died July 14, 1845; signed
the Association Test in Exeter, 1776; was one of the last ship-builders in New-
fields; died June 26, 1828. (128) Children:

3. Nancy: b. 1780; m. Capt. Joshua Neal; d. Aug. 31, 1849.

4, Winthrop: b. 1785; d. July 1820.

5. Betsey? b. 1788; m. George Robinson.

6. Charlotte: b. June 1791; d. unm. Dec. 9, 1863.

7. Marthas b. Feb. 3, 1794; m. Dec. 21, 1817, James Burleigh; d. Feb. 26,
1828.

(5). Betsey? (Dudley, Winthrop) was born in 1788; married 1823, George
Robinson who died Aug. 24, 1870, aged 80; died April 7, 1862, aged 73 years
and 11 months. Children:

8. Elizabeth A.‘ Robinson; d. 1831.

9. George D. W.1 Robinson; m. Susan M. Churchill who d. July 30, 1897,

 
664 History or NEWFIELDS.

aged 65; lives in the home of his grandfather Dudley Watson near Rocking-
ham, built in 1792.

1. John: Watson married Veasey of Stratham, who died May 21,
1816; was a soldier in Capt. Thomas Bell’s Co. at Fort William and Mary
from Dec. 18, 1757, to May 10, 1758; also in the expedition under Col. John
Goffe which invaded Canada by way of the Green Mountains in the spring of
1760; was of Newmarket and on the muster roll of Capt. Simon Marston,
marching July 22, 1776; signed the Association Test, 1776; lived at the Plains
where his old dwelling has been repaired; was active in parish affairs 1796-98
and 1800; died June 14, 1831. Children:

2. David?; m. (1) , (2) Croftsford; was on the pay
roll of Capt. Joseph Badger Aug. 29, 1776; enlisted for three years for New-
market, 1777, and again March 2, 1778, in Capt. William Rowell’s Co., Col.
Nathan Hale’s Regt.; entered Capt. Nathaniel Ambrose’s Co., Col. Welch’s
Regt., Sept. 30, 1777, and was discharged after the surrender of Burgoyne;
was member of the 8th Co. of Col. George Reid, 1777-79; of Middleton, 1783,
1785-86; active in the parish, 1798-99; died and was buried with military
honors. John? Watson of the Plains was a son, and a daughter married a
York.

3. Henry? b. Oct. 27, 1792; m. Sally Gilman.

4. John C.1; m. 1854, Hannah, dau. of Weare and Mary (Locke) Prescott,
who was b. Aug. 12, 1816.

5. Sally.2

(3). Henry? (John!) was born Oct. 27, 1792; married Sally Gilman, who
was born Feb. 1800, and died March 21, 1856; was a justice of the peace, 1830;
died March 9, 1871. Children:

6. Henry.?

7. Josephs; m. 1825, Dearborn, grandniece of Gen. Henry Dear-
born of Hampton; lived in the old Shackford house.

8. Mary’; m. Dearborn, brother of Joseph’s wife.

9. Nancy.s 10. Abigail. 11. Harriett.» 12. Lucretia.

One of the daughters m. Ebenezer Joy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

. Joseph 8.1 Watson married Mary
. Nancy? b. June 14, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1841.

Rosina? b. Dec. 15, 1827; d. July 1, 1843.

. George D.: b. June 13, 1836; d. Dec. 19, 1854.

. Fannie W.2 b. July 1838; m. Davis; d. April 30, 1878.
. Helen 8.2 b. March 1841; d. Sept. 8, 1857.

Children:

 

 

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George Watson petitioned for a bridge at Dover Aug. 30, 1786, for reprieve
of Elisha Thomas, May 19, 1788, for a lottery to build bridge at Dover, Jan.
3, 1791, against billiard playing after 1791, 1791; was of Newmarket and on a
jury Sept. 1840; died April 15, 1857, aged 87.

Henry Watson was active in parish affairs, 1796-98 and 1800; member of
Elder Osborn’s Conference, 1800; on school committee, 1813; assessor, 1821.
He married Nancy Smart.

Benjamin Watson was active in parish affairs, 1796-97.
GENEALOGY. 665,

John Watson was born Oct. 1782, and died Feb. 23, 1860. His wife, Sarah
K., died April 17, 1856, aged 68.

Jacob K. Watson married Deborah
who died Jan. 17, 1838.

Lydia Watson of Newmarket married, 1802, Nathaniel Gilman, who was
born in Exeter, Feb. 15, 1779; settled in Waterville, Me. 10 ch.

, and had Rev. Jacob L. Watson,

 

WEDGEWOOD.

John: Wedgewood was one among the 14 names of the 24 men from Ipswich,
Mass., to unite with the Salem boys in April 1637, under Capt. Trask and
march against the Indians. From the Diary of Robert Perkins we learn that
John Wedgewood and Thomas Sherman gave chase to a set of Indians and
drove them to a swamp. Both men were wounded and came back with scars,
and the satisfaction of having driven back the enemy.

On Oct. 1638, and again Sept. 3, 1639, John Wedgewood is sentenced “to
bee set in the stocks at Ipswich.” His Will was dated Nov. 24, 1654, and pro-
bated April 10, 1655. Children:

2. John?; m. Mary 5

3. Jonathan?; took the oath of allegiance May 26, 1669, and again, Dec.
16, 1678.

4. Davids 5. Mary.z 6. Abigail.

(2). John? (John!) was born before 1654; was among the first settlers of
Hampton who accompanied Rev. Stephen Bachiler from Massachusetts.

Child:

7. Jobn.:

(7). John: (John,: John!) was born before 1700; lived at North Hill; peti-
tioned for a new township, March 23, 1731, and for a “Poll Parish” Nov. 15,
1737; declared the peaceable intent of the North Hill parish, 1739; petitioned
for Newmarket bridge and its location at Newfields, 1759-60. (88) Child:

8. John‘ b. in 1733; m. Molly Pike. :

(8). John‘ (John,' John,2 John1) was born in 1733; married Molly Pike;
sold house and land to Francis Mathes, 1763; is mentioned, 1764; signed the
Association Test, 1776; settled in Newmarket; was on the pay roll of Capt.
Timothy Clement’s Co., Col. Long’s Regt. at Newcastle from Sept. 10 to Dec.
7, 1776, and from Dec. 7, 1776, to Feb. 7, 1777, and was reported fit to march
to Ticonderoga Jan. 13, 1777, but had not appeared to march, Feb. 23, 1777;
enlisted in Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s Co., Col. Nicholas Gilman’s Regt., Sept.
8, receipted for wages, Sept. 12, and was discharged Dec. 15, 1777; died March
6, 1828, aged 95. His wife died Aug. 20, 1824. Children:

9. Johns; d. unm. a young man.

10. Lots b. 1756; m. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Lydia (Millet) Smith,
who was born March 29, 1762.

11. Noah: b. 1759; m. (1) Abigail Rantoun, (2) Mrs. Polly Town.

12. Jesse’ b. April 10, 1761; m. Mehitable Folsom.

13. Elizabeth’ b. Oct. 16, 1763; m. (1) Jonathan S. Dudley, (2) Benjamin
Smith.

14. Rebecca’; m. Nathaniel Gilman.

(12). Jesse’ (John, John, John,? John1) was born in Newmarket, April 10,

 
666 History or NEWFIELDS.

1761; m. 1785, Mehitable, daughter of Peter Folsom, who was born April 7,
1764, and died June 17, 1824; settled in Parsonsfield, Me.; died there Aug.
17, 1837. Children:

15. Mehitable* b. May 10, 1786; m. Capt. William Blazo; d. July 31, 1862.

16. Sarah* b. April 9, 1788; m. (1) Silas Burbank, (2) John Wadleigh; d.
July, 1864.

17. Elizabeth* b. Jan. 5, 1790; m. Dr. Moses Sweat; d. Jan. 13, 1860.

18. Jesses b. March 1, 1792; m. Catherine Paine, and had Mehitable F.7
who m. Nov. 12, 1846, Andrew B. Ross.

19. Mary? b. March 12, 1794; m. Capt. Abraham Marston.

20. Hannah¢ b. May 10, 1796; m. John Moore; d. Sept. 6, 1855.

21. Lydiat b. March 1798; d. 1803.

22. Susan b. April 12, 1800; m. Capt. Jabez Towle.

23. Thatcher G.* b. April 11, 1802; m. Malinda Eaton; d. Limerick, Me.

24. Peter* b. 1804; d. in infancy.

(13). Elizabeths (John, John,? John,: John!) was born in Newmarket Oct.
16, 1763; married (1) 1777, Jonathan Stone Dudley, (2) Lee, Dec. 11, 1781,
Benjamin, son of John Smith, who was born April 15, 1759, at the old home-
stead in Lubberland, and died at Glenburn, Me., Dec. 3, 1837; died Sept. 20,
1841. Her first husband was a Revolutionary soldier, and early in 1781, died
in New York. Children:

25. * Smith b. March 2, 1783; m.; d. Portsmouth, Sept. 20, 1847.

26. Harriet Wedgewood Smith; m. James, son of James Folsom, as 2d wife,
who was b. Aug. 12, 1765, and had Harriet’, Stephen’ and James? Folsom.

27. Jesse: Smith. 28. Williams Smith.

 

1. Jonathan! Wedgewood of Newmarket married Mehitable, daughter of
Joseph and Lucretia (Bartlett) Hardy, who was born May 18, 1807, and died
Oct. 1850; lived in Salem, Ind., eight years, then crossed the Ohio river into
Louisville, Ky. Children:

2. James Dearborn: b. 1839. 3. Caroline Matilda b. 1843.

4, Elizabeth A.2; d. young.

William Wedgewood son of one of the Johns, married a daughter of Jona-
than and Abigail K. (Lord) Folsom; settled in Maine; was a soldier, 1814.

Jonathan Wedgewood petitioned, Nov. 25, 1755, for a bridge at Newfields,
and again 1766.

WEEKS!

1. Leonard! Weeks was born in 1639, and came from England to America
prior to 1655, his name first appearing as a witness to a bond in York County,
Me., Dec. 6, 1655; married, 1667, Mary, daughter of Dea. Samuel Haines of
Portsmouth; received grants of 44, 34 and 10 acres of land July 5, 1660; set-
tled, Feb. 1661 at Winnicut river, now Greenland, where he spent his life,
dying in 1707. Children:

2. John? b. June 14, 1668; d. before Feb. 1712.

1 This name seldom appears in the records of Newfields but as many of our old families mar-
ried into the family this genealogy is given.
GENEALOGY. 66

3. Samuel: b. Dec. 14, 1670; m. Elinor Haines.

4. Joseph? b. March 11, 1672; m. Hannah :

. Joshua: b. June 30, 1674; m. Comfort Hubbard; d. June 13, 1758.
. Mary? b. July 19, 1676; m. Lt. Joshua Brackett. 13 ch.

. Jonathan?; m. Elizabeth Cate; d. June 27, 1748.

. Margaret? b. June 4, 1679; m. Tobias Lear, as is supposed.

. Sarah2; supposed to have m. Tobias Langdon.

(3). Capt. Samuel? (Leonard') was born Dec. 14, 1670; married Elinor Haines;
was a farmer and prominent citizen in Greenland; lived in the brick house on
the homestead; died in 1746.

There is an old family tradition that the brick house was built in 1638 by
John Weeks, father of Leonard, but no records are found to support it. If
true, Leonard was born in New Hampshire, not in England. The house was
undoubtedly erected by Leonard if not by John, and is one of the oldest houses
now standing in New England. The “brick house ” has descended through
Samuel’s heirs. Children:

10. Samuels bap. 1712; m. about 1725, Mehitable Pickering of Portsmouth.

11. John: bap. 1712; m. (1) Hannah , (2) Abigail ,

12. Walters bap. 1712; m. about 1726, Comfort Weeks; lived on the
homestead; d. 1774.

13. Matthias: b. 1708; m. about 1735, widow Sarah (Sanborn) Ford; d.
Gilmanton, 1777.

14. Marys bap. 1712; m. about 1744, Paul Chapman; d. 1762. Had son,
Rev. Samuel‘ Chapman.

15. Elinor: bap. 1714; d. unm. Deerfield.

16. William: bap. 1717; d. young.

(5). Capt. Joshua? (Leonard!) was born in Greenland June 30, 1674; mar-
ried in Boston, Nov. 1699, Comfort Hubbard; was the first to settle at the
Bayside; paid parish rates in Greenland, 1712 and 1723; with Joseph, peti-
tioned to have the town boundaries established, 1714; with others, petitioned
the Lt. Governor that Greenland be set off as a distinct parish, March 15,
1721, and the petition was granted March 21, 1721; died June 13, 1758.

Children:

17. Martha: b. 1704; m. (1) Chase Wiggin, (2) Col. Winthrop Hilton.

18. Joshuas bap. Nov. 19, 1706; m. Oct. 24, 1734, Sarah Jenness.

19. Comfort? b. about 1708; m. Walter, son of Capt. Samuel Weeks; d.
Dec. 1786. 9 ch.

20. Mary: b. 1710; m. Capt. Jonathan Chesley of Durham.

21. Ichabod: bap. 1713; d. Nov. 3, 1736.

22. John: b. 1716; m. (1) Martha Wingate, (2) Elizabeth :

23. Thankful* bap. 1720; m. April 17, 1740, George Marshall of Portsmouth.

24. William: b. July 28, 1723; m. March 20, 1748, Elinor March, who was
b. Nov. 1, 1730, and d. Nov. 1, 1807; lived at Bayside; d. Sept. 17, 1798.

25. Richard? bap. 1727; d. young.

26. Margarets bap. April 1728; m. (1) Dea. Eben Smith, (2) George Frost.

(17). Martha? (Capt. Joshua,: Leonard!) was born in Greenland, 1704;
married (1) Jan. 9, 1723, Chase Wiggin, who died, 1733, (2) Dec. 9, 1736, Lt.
‘Col. Winthrop, son of Col. Winthrop Hilton of Newfields. Children:

 

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668 History or NEwFIELDs.

27. Bradstreet‘ Wiggin b. Nov. 1724; m. Mary Coker; d. Oct. 1757.

28. Comforts Wiggin b. 1727; m. B. Gilman of Epping. 5 ch.

29. Chase Wiggin b. July 12, 1730; m. Mary Perkins. 5 ch.

30. Joshua‘ Wiggin b. July 1733; m. Elizabeth Lyford of Epping. 7 ch.

31. Winthrop: Hilton b. Oct. 7, 1737. 32. Ichabod: Hilton b. 1740.

33. Ann‘ Hilton b. 1745; m. Lieut. John Burley; d. Oct. 26, 1769.

(22). Dr. John: (Capt. Joshua,? Leonard!) was born in Greenland in 1716;
married (1) Nov. 10,1737, Martha, daughter of Maj. Joshua Wingate of Hamp-
ton, who was born March 30, 1718, and died March 9, 1758, (2) Elizabeth
, who died Oct. 20, 1763, aged 47; completed his studies in England;
practiced 10 years in Greenland, then removed to Hampton. Children:

34. Joshua Wingate‘ b. 1738; m. Sarah Treadwell of Ipswich, Mass.; grad.
Harvard college, 1758; ordained London, Eng., 1763; rector, Marblehead,
Mass.; d. 1806.

$5. Comforts b. Jan. 10, 1740; m. March 13, 1760, Dr. Coffin Moore.

36. Martha‘ b. 1742; m. Capt. Benjamin Randall; d. two years later.

37. Mary‘b. Feb. 22, 1745; m. (1) Adino Nye of Hingham, Mass., (2) 1770,
Joseph Brackett of Greenland; res. Newmarket.

38. Sarah‘ b. 1747; m. Aug. 1762, Rev. Jacob Bailey; d. March 22, 1818.

39. John‘ b. Hampton, Feb. 17, 1749; m. Dec. 27, 1770, Deborah Brackett
of Greenland, who was b. Dec. 25, 1749, and d. July 5, 1831.

40. William: b. Hampton, May 20, 1751; m. Susannah Haines of Green-
land, who was b. July 28, 1752, and d. May 31, 1845; d. Sept. 1821.

41. Ward Cotton: bap. July 15, 1753; m. Mary Barber of Exeter; sergt.
Capt. Zebulon Gilman’s Co., Col. Nichol’s Regt., Sept. 8 to Dec. 15, 1777, at
Saratoga; d. Aug. 1789. !

42. Abigail; d. in infancy.

43. Joanna‘ b. Hampton, Dec. 31, 1755; m. Dec. 4, 1777, Levi, son of Col.
Jeremiah Folsom of Newmarket; d. July 17, 1826.

(35). Comfort (Dr. John, Capt. Joshua,? Leonard:) was born Jan. 10, 1740;
married March 13, 1760, Dr. Coffin Moore; died, 1784. Children:

44. Martha* Moore b. Newmarket, July 12, 1761; m. Dea. Caleb Prince.

45. Williams Moore b. Brentwood, Oct. 5, 1763; m. Ann Carr of Candia.

46. John W.* Moore b. Georgetown, Me., 1765; killed by lightning at sea.

47. Coffins Moore b. April 30, 1768; m. 1789, Polly Bucknam.

48. Comforts Moore b. Jan. 24, 1770; m. John French.

49. Dr. Jacob Baileys Moore b. Sept. 5, 1772; m. Polly Eaton of Candia.

50. Polly* Moore b. Pownalboro, Me., July 23, 1774; m. John Quimby.

(48). Comfort’ Moore (Comfort, Dr. John,: Capt. Joshua,? Leonard:) was.
born Jan. 24, 1770; married Dec. 20, 1793, John, son of Simon French of Can-
dia, who was born March 25, 1770, and died Dec. 24, 1845; lived on the French
homestead; died Dec. 1, 1834. Children:

51. Martha’ French b. Oct. 1794; d. June 27, 1811.

52. Simons French b. Feb. 2, 1796; m. Ann B. Evans; d. May 25, 1871.

53. Coffin Moore® French b. April 6, 1799; m. Dolly Pillsbury.

54. Lucinda‘ French b. June 18, 1803; m. Oct. 21, 1824, Fied Fitts.

55, Evelina’ French b. Sept. 5, 1805; m. Samuel Murray of Auburn.

(53). Dea. Coffin Moore® French (Comforts Moore, Comfort,‘ Dr. John,*

 
GENEALOGY. 669

Capt. Joshua,? Leonard!) was born in Candia April 6, 1799; married Dec. 8,
1825, Dolly Pillsbury, who died Nov. 20, 1879; a farmer in Candia; died Dec.
15, 1881. Children:

56. John Pillsbury’ French b. Sept. 14, 1826; m. (1) June 20, 1861, Edee
Knight, (2) Feb. 20, 1872, Mary E. Craig of Auburn, Mass.

57. Mary Celina’ French b. May 6, 1832; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Rev. James H.
Fitts, pastor, Newfields, 1880-1900; res. Newhelda:

58. Rev. Samuel Franklins French b. Dec. 22, 1835; m. Martha Jane Upton;
d. Newfields, Nov. 10, 1911.

59. Rev. George Henrys French b. July 27, 1838; m. Fannie E. Kilburn, d.

60. William H.7 (William,® 54,3, Samuel,? Leonard!) was born in 1815;
married, 1842, Mehitable S., daughter of Rev. John Brodhead of Newfields;
was a farmer, living in the “brick house,’’ Greenland; d. 1894. Children:

61. J. Almenas b. 1844; m. George Francis; res. Greenland; had Josephine
H.: Francis, who m. 1896, Frank Coleman.

62. M. Josephine? b. 1846; m. 1870, Rev. Charles E. Hall; res. Hollywood,
Cal.; had Florence K.» Hall (adopted).

63. John William: b. 1850; m. 8S. Elizabeth Lord; inherits from his uncle,
Robert B., the ‘‘old brick house” and homestead farm. Children:

64. Charles Halls; d. in childhood.

65. Martha B.»; d. in childhood.

66. Thornton Ns; »: heir to the estate.

 

WENTWORTH.

1. Elder William: Wentworth, the emigrant, married Elizabeth Kenny,
who survived him; was one of 35 persons who signed the Exeter Com-
bination July 4, 1639; came to America with Rev. John Wheelwright, or very
soon after; was of Wells, Me., 1642, and Dover, 1650; died, 1697.

Children:

2. Samuel? b. 1641; m. Mary Benning. 3. Gershom?; m. Hannah French.

4. Ezekiel?; m. Elizabeth

5. Elizabeth: b. 1653; m. (1) James Sharp, (2) Richard Tozier.

6. Paul 7. Sylvanus. 8. Timothy.? 9. Sarah?; m. Benjamin ———.

10. Ephraim?; m. Mary Miller. 11. Benjamin.

(2). Samuel: (Eld. William!) was born in 1641; married 1644, Mary Ben-
ning, who survived him, became the fourth wife of Hon. Richard Martyn,
and died Jan. 20, 1725; settled in Portsmouth; signed in favor of remaining
under the government of Massachusetts, Oct. 22, 1677; died of small pox at
Cocheco, March 25, 1690. Children:

12. Samuel? b. April 9, 1666; m. (1) Hannah Wiggin, (2) Elizabeth Hobson,
(3) Abigail Goffe.

13. Daniels b. Oct. 21, 1669; d. unm. Jan. 5, 1691.

14. John? b. Jan. 16, 1671; m. Sarah Hunking.

15. Mary? b. Jan. 5, 1673; m. (1) Samuel Rymes, (2) Dr. John Clifton.

16. Ebenezer? b. April 9, 1677.

17. Dorothy: b. June 27, 1680; m. Henry Sherburne.

18. Benning? b. June 28, 1682.

(4). Ezekiel? (Eld. William!) married Elizabeth

 

Children:

 
670 History or NEWFIELDs.

19. Thomas’; a mariner; d. before Aug. 31, 1719.

20. Johns; m. Martha Miller.

21. Pauls b. 1678; known as Colonel; lived at Salmon Falls.

22. Benjamin: b. about 1691; m. Sept. 23, 1717, Elizabeth Leighton of
Kittery, Me.

23. Gershom; m. Sarah ; lived at Rollinsford.

24. Tamsens; m. (1) Dec. 29, 1704, James Chesley, who was killed by the
Indians Sept. 17, 1707, (2) John Hayes of Dover.

25. Elizabeths; m. Nov. 3, 1713, Nathaniel Brown of Dover.

(10). Ephraim? (Eld. William:) married Mary Miller. Children:

26. Ephraim:; m, Feb. 11, 1725, Martha Grant of Berwick, Me.; d. Dover,
Feb. 24, 1776.

27. Spencer?; m. Kezia Heard; d. Aug. 5, 1773.

28. Ezekiels; m. after 1751, Dorothy Wentworth, (2) Sarah Nocks (Knox).

29. Samuels; m. (1) Patience Downs, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, (3) Mrs.
Margaret (Haines) Horne.

30. Jonathan: b. Sept. 8, 1741; m. Abigail Heard.

31. Mary:; m. Nehemiah Kimball; settled in Dover; d. May 4, 1782.

(12). Samuel: (Samuel,? Eld. William!) was born April 9, 1666; married
(1) Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Bradstreet) Wiggin, who was
born Aug. 10, 1666, and died Feb. 21, 1691, (2) Nov. 12, 1693, Elizabeth Hob-
son of Boston, (3) Oct. 28, 1699, Abigail, widow of Christopher Goffe; was a
mariner of Portsmouth; built the first Wentworth house in Portsmouth on
the south side of Puddle Docks at the north end of Manning Street.

Child by 1st wife:

32. Samuel: b. 1691, bap. Oct. 25, 1696; d. Dec. 6, 1711.

Children by 2d wife:

33. Nathaniel! bap. Aug. 28, 1692; d. Aug. 10, 1693.

34. Edward: bap. June 11, 1694; d. July 24, 1695.

35. Daniel: bap. Nov. 24, 1695.

(14). Lt. Gov. John? (Samuel,? Eld. William!) was born June 16, 1671; mar-
ried Sarah Hunking. Children:

36. Gov. Benning: b. July 25, 1696; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1719, Abigail Ruck,
(2) March 15, 1760, Martha Hilton of Newmarket, who m. (2) Col. Michael
Wentworth of Eng., and had dau. Martha.

37. Hunking: b. Dec. 19, 1697; m. (1) Elizabeth Wibird, (2) Elizabeth

 

 

38. Hannah‘ b. July 4, 1700; m. (1) Samuel Plaisted, (2) Theodore Atkinson.

39. Sarah‘ b. June 24, 1702; m. (1) Archibald McPhedris, (2) George Jaf-
frey.

40. John‘ b. Oct. 19, 1703; m. Sarah Hall.

41. William: b. Dec. 10, 1705; m. (1) Margery Pepperell of Kittery, Me.,
(2) Mrs. Mary (Hall) Winthrop.

42. Mary b. May 7, 1707; m. (1) Temple Nelson, (2) John Steele.

43. Samuel: b. Jan. 15, 1708; m. Elizabeth Deering.

44. Mark Hunking: b. March 1, 1709; m. Elizabeth Rindge.

45. Elizabeths b. Feb. 16, 1711; m. (1) John Lowd, (2) Capt. Benjamin
Underwood.

46. Rebecca‘ b. April 16, 1712; m. Jan. 2, 1729, Thomas Ricker.
GENEALOGY. 671

47. Ebenezer‘ b. Aug. 1, 1714; m. Dec. 4, 1746, Mary Mendum.

48. Daniel b. Jan. 5, 1716; m. Elizabeth Frost of New Castle.

49. George: b. June 12, 1719; d. unm. at sea Dec. 1741.

(20). Johns (Ezekiel,2 Eld. William:) married Dec. 24, 1703, Martha, daugh-
ter of Richard and Grace Miller of Kittery, Me.; a farmer and lumber dealer;
settled in ‘Sligo,’ Dover; owned land at the Falls, and a portion of a mill
privilege; surveyor of highways, 1709, 1711 and 1714; constable, 1715; died
prior to July 20,1718. His wife survived him. Children:

50. Richard: b. about 1708; m. Rebecca Knox.

51. Thomas. 52. Ezekiel. 53. Mercy‘; m. Moses Butler.

54. Damaris‘; m. Brock.

(29). Samuels (Ephraim,? Eld. William) married (1) Patience Downs, (2)
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of Portsmouth, (8) Mrs. Margaret (Haines) Horne;
died March 4, 1789. Children, by first wife:

55. Jonathan‘ b. Sept. 8, 1741; m. Betsey Philpot.

56. Sarah: b. June 17, 1745; m. April 138, 1775, Samuel Roberts.

57. Enoch‘ b. Jan. 6, 1752. 58. Kezia‘ b. Sept. 25, 1754; m. John Philpot.

59. Mary* b. Sept. 14, 1757; m. Andrew Horne, Jr.

60. Daniel‘ b. about 1758; enlisted Feb. 11, 1777, in the Revolution; died
in the service.

61. Amaziah‘ b. March 30, 1760. 62. Samuel: b. Nov. 29, 1763.

63. Jacob‘ b. Jan. 1, 1766.

(44). Mark Hunking: (Lt. Gov. John,s Samuel,? Eld. William!) was born
March 1, 1709; m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Rindge of Portsmouth; died
Dec. 28, 1785. Children:

64. Marks bap. May 19, 1733; d. young.

65. Mark: bap. Sept. 28, 1734; d. in infancy.

66. John‘ bap. Aug. 14, 1737; m. Nov. 11, 1764, Frances Atkinson; was
appointed governor of New Hampshire April 10, 1766—the last of the
royal governors; lived in Portsmouth; built a country residence 100 x 45, in
Wolfeboro upon Smith’s pond, now Wentworth lake, 1773, with out-buildings
of corresponding size, and five large barns; his last official act a proclamation,
Sept. 1775, dated at the Isles of Shoals, to prorogue the General Assembly to
April next; afterwards lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia; created a baronet,
1795; died at Halifax, N.S., April 8, 1820. ‘He was of unimpeachable char-
acter, elegant manners, public enterprise, and unequalled reputation in the
Province.”

(50). Richard‘ (John,? Ezekiel,? Eld. William!) was born about 1708; mar-
ried Rebecca Knox, who survived him; settled in Rochester; died there, 1796.
His Will was probated June 29, 1796. Children:

67. Thomas’; drowned before his father’s death.

68. Daniels bap. July 2, 1738; d. unm. before June 1796.

69. Mercys; m. Peter Horne of Rochester.

70. Sarah‘; m. Richard Walker of Milton.

71. John’; m. (1) Hannah Hodgdon, (2) Ann Blazo.

72. Josiahs; m. Abiah Cook of Rochester.

78. Isaacs b. Aug. 29, 1752; m. Abigail Nutter.

(55). Col. Jonathan‘ (Samuel,? Ephraim,? Eld. William:) was born Sept. 8,
1741; married Betsey, daughter of Richard Philpot, who died Sept. 7, 1829;

 
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lived at Dry Hill, so called, about two miles from Dover Landing; was captain
of a company in Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt., and marched to Bunker Hill just
before the Battle, 1775; under Gen. Washington at Cambridge, 1776; at
Ticonderoga, Sept. 1776; left the service because of disagreement, but rejoined
the continental army at Rhode Island under Gen. John Sullivan Aug. 5, 1778,
was major 1783, under Col. Thomas Bartlett, and at one time brigade major
under Col. Stephen Evans; in the Legislature, 1779-82; colonel of the 2d
N. H. regiment, 1789; died Nov. 16,1790. Children:

74, Richard Philpots b. April 29, 1766; m. Deborah Burleigh.

75. Thomas‘ b. June 4, 1768; m. Mary Roberts.

76. Lukes b. Feb. 2, 1772; m. Tamsen Ricker.

77. Sylvanus’ b. Oct. 14, 1775; d. Nov. 2, 1778.

78. Lewis’ b. Sept. 10, 1779.

79. Patiences b. Nov. 24, 1781; m. Mark Wentworth; d. Oct. 2, 1835.

80. Jonathan’ b. Aug. 11, 1784. 81. Davids b. May 2, 1788.

(73). Isaac’ (Richard,‘ John, Ezekiel,2 Eld. William!) married Jan. 30,
1777, Abigail Nutter, who was born Oct. 30, 1753, and died, 1820; inherited
the homestead at Rochester; was a Revolutionary soldier; died, 1807.

Children:

82. Sarah: b. May 17, 1777; d. unm. at Bridgewater, Jan. 1824.

83. Thomasé b. Jan. 7, 1779.

84. Betsey* b. June 4, 1780; d. unm. Rochester, 1807.

85. Temperance‘ b. Dec. 16, 1781; m. March 4, 1802, James Mordough;
d. Dec. 1850.

86. Daniels b. July 16, 1783; m. May 1814, Elizabeth Holt of Bangor, Me.;
a Methodist clergyman; d. Skowhegan, Me., Oct. 20, 1869.

87. Mercy* b. April 15, 1785; m. March 29, 1804, Col. Isaac Jenness.

88. Richards b. June 14, 1789; m. Elizabeth Brodhead.

89. Isaac b. Feb. 20, 1793; d. young.

90. Abigails b. Feb. 20, 1793; d. young.

91. Rebecca‘ b. Nov. 12, 1794; m. Nathaniel Howe of Rochester.

(74). Richard Philpots (Col. Jonathan,‘ Samuel, Ephraim,? Eld. William‘)
was born Aug. 29, 1766; married Deborah Burleigh, who was born Nov. 18,
1764; lived in Brookfield and Newmarket; was a soldier from Newmarket in
the war of 1812; died near Shadega Woods, Chateaugay, N. Y., near Canada
line. Children, four born in Brookfield:

92. Jonathan b. Newmarket Jan. 10, 1793; m. Oct. 27, 1819, Nancy Fiske
of Worcester, Mass.; drowned in Penobscot river July 9, 1834.

93. Juditht b. March 20, 1795; m. Dr. Joshua Abbott; leased, Jan. 10,
1824, to Deborah Wentworth one-half of dwelling house in which she ‘lives,
one-half farm and buildings thereon; d. St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1845.

94. Richards b. June 3, 1797.

95. Deborah: b. Aug. 25, 1799; m. Jan. 8, 1823, Nathan B. Wiggin of Bos-
ton; d. Dec. 29, 1863.

96. Hannahe b. in Newmarket, Sept. 23, 1802; m. Charles Pond.

97. Thomas J.s b. March 24, 1806; m. (1) Anne Wilson, (2) May 10, 1851,
Ann Hobbs.

98. Abigail M.sb. May 14, 1810; m. 1828, James W. Phillips of Boston.

(75). Thomas: (Col. Jonathan,‘ Samuel? Ephraim,? Eld. William:) was born
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June 4, 1768; married Jan. 27, 1790, Mary, daughter of Col. Samuel Roberts,
who was born May 12, 1769. Child:

99. Ruth Rollinss b. March 30, 1802; m. John, son of Gershom and Lydia
(Roberts) Horne, an early settler of Great Falls; d. April 8, 1886; had Char-
lotte7, who m. Walter Shute Ordway of Newfields, and had Bessie Pierce: Ord-
way, who m. Christopher A. Pollard.

(88). Richards (Isaac,’ Richard,+ John, Ezekiel,: Eld. William!) was born
June 14, 1789; married Jan. 3, 1814, Elizabeth, sister to Rev. John Brod-
head; lived in the house back of the Methodist parsonage; was a cripple from
rheumatism many years; died Feb. 18, 1854. His wife was born in Smith-
field, Pa., April 15, 1787, and died, Newfields, Oct. 16, 1867. Children:

100. Elizabeth’ b. Dec. 5, 1814; d. March 9, 1881.

101. Olive C.7 b. Oct. 21, 1816; m. April 1841, Jeremiah Sanborn of Epping
and Newfields.

102. Mehitable’ b. April 1, 1820; d. Dec. 16, 1828.

103. John Brodhead? b. Aug. 29, 1823; m. Clara Mathes Drew.

104. Harriet Newell? b. April 14, 1828; m. Capt. Moses Pettengill; d. Sept.
10, 1888.

105. Hiram Romaine’ b. Dover, May 16, 1830; settled in Newfields; d.
1870.

(103). Rev. John Brodhead: D. D. (Richard,s Isaac,‘ John,’ Ezekiel, Eld.
William') was born Bristol, N. H., Aug. 29, 1823; married Aug. 21, 1851, Clara
Mathes, daughter of Dr. Stephen and Hannah Drew of Milton, who died May
2, 1890; preparatory studies at Newfields Seminary; graduated at the Uni-
versity of Vermont, 1848; ordained elder at Olean, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1855; all
but one appointment in New York; received D. D. from Vt. University,
1864; died, Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1893. Children:

106. Abby Jane? b. Milton, July 3, 1852; d. Sept. 12, 1853, Condersport,
New York.

107. Elizabeth Sherman’ b. Perry, N. Y., July 18, 1854; m. W. H. Hart-
well; d.

108. Harriet Olivia? b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1855; d. 1869.

109. Clara H. Holloway’ b. Williamsville, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1857; m. Prof.
F. M. Allen.

110. Stephenia Drew? b. Perry, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1859; m. Herschel Col-
lins, Buffalo, N. Y.

111. Richard Brodhead’ b. Perry, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1860; res. Wichita, Kan.

112. David Watson? b. Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1862; d. Buffalo, Nov.
11, 1863.

113. John Burleigh’ b. Buffalo, Aug. 2, 1864; lawyer, New York City.

114. Julia Du Bois’ b. Medina, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1867; d. there, July 20, 1868.

WIGGIN.

1. Capt. Thomas: Wiggin married probably in England, 1632 or 1633
Catherine Mason, perhaps; was at Pascataqua in 1631, as agent of the upper,
plantation; returned to England, 1632, and back again with families from
the west of England, ‘of good estate & some account for religion,” 1633;
continued in the agency of Dover plantation; was praised to Gov. John Win-

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throp by Edward Howes writing from London, June 22, 1633. ‘Bloody
Point” was so called because he and Capt. Walter Neal, agent of the lower
plantation, disputed about the possession of the land and drew their swords
in vindication of their respective claims. Capt. Wiggin was displaced
as agent by George Burdett, 1637; was magistrate upon the union of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts 1641; deputy for Dover, 1645; assistant,
1650-64; was desired by the inhabitants of Strawberry Bank to bring his
patent to the General Court at Boston, May 1653; died about 1667, it is
supposed, at the home of his son Andrew at Squamscot. Children:

2. Andrew? b. about 1635, and bap. Sept. 20, 1641; m. Hannah Bradstreet.

3. Mary: bap. Sept. 20, 1641.

4. Thomas? bap. Sept. 20, 1641; m. Sarah Barefoot; deputy governor
from Jan. 1683 to May 1686.

(2). Andrew? (Capt. Thomas!) was born in 1635; married June 3, 1659,
Hannah, daughter of Gov. Simon and Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, whose
mother was daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, and sister of Gov. Joseph and
Rev. Samuel Dudley; a woman of rare accomplishments and practical genius;
received from his parents ‘all the land known by the name of Squamscot being
three miles sqare or thereabouts,” 1663; sold land, 1663 which, May 6, 1680,
John Cutt willed to his son John, “being 160 poles by ye water side (more
or less according to bill of sale) and three miles back into ye woods together
with ye marsh or meadow abreast of it;”? accused, Oct. 5. 1697, Charles Ranlet
of Exeter of cutting down and carrying away “the Principle timber off my
land;” died in 1710. His Will was dated Jan. 13, 1704 naming his wife and
son Jonathan, executors, and probated June 10, 1710. Children:

5. Thomas? b. March 5, 1662; m. Martha Dennison.

6. Simon: b. April 17, 1664; m. (1) (2)

7. Hannah; b. Aug. 10, 1666; m. Samuel Wentworth of Pavtsmnouth: d.
Feb. 21, 1690, leaving Samuel! Wentworth who d. Dec. 6, 1711.

8. Mary »b. 1668; m. Capt. Jeremiah, son of Moses Gilman, among whose
descendants were Col. Samuel and Col. Israel Gilman of Newfields, Col. David
Gilman of Raymond, and Bradstreet Gilman of Piscassic.

9. Sarahs; m. William Moore, and had William:, Mary ‘and Jacob B.‘ Moore.

10. Jonathans; m. Mary

a. Andrew? b. Jan. 6, 1672; m. Riga Follett.

. Bradstreet; m. Ann Chase. 13. Abigailt; m. William French.

Se Dorothy; m Gilman.

(4). Thomas? (Capt. Thomas:) was bap. Sept. 20, 1641; married Sarah,
sister of Gov. Walter Barefoot; was member from Exeter of the General
Assembly, Jan. 14, 1684; with his son Thomas, petitioned against Lt. Gov.
Edward Cranfield, 1685; and for the permanent government and protection
of Massachusetts as formerly, 1689-90; member of the church at Exeter,
1693; at Squamscot, 1709. Children:

15. Sarah; m. Henry Sherburne.

16. Catherines; m. (1) Robert Tufton, who took the name of Mason and
sold New Hampshire to Samuel Allen of London, 1691, (2) Capt. Simon Wiggin.

163. Tufton?; m. and had Richard‘, grandson, Theodore: and great grand-
son, Theodores.

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(5). Thomas: (Andrew?, Capt. Thomas!) was born March 5, 1661; married
Martha daughter of John and Martha (Symonds) Dennison of Ipswich, Mass.,
who survived him and married (2) July 1693, Capt. Jonathan Thing of Exeter,
who died Oct. 31, 1694, and had Daniel Thing b. May 12, 1694, (8) prior to
Nov. 3, 1704, Matthew Whipple, of Ipswich, Mass., who died Sept. 12, 1728;
died about 1692. She administered on the estate of her firsthusband. Child:

18. Hannah; is mentioned in her grandfather’s will.

(6). Capt. Simon? (Andrew2, Capt. Thomas!) was born April 17, 1664;
married (1) , (2) Catherine, daughter of Thomas Wiggin, and
widow of Robert Tufton Mason; was returned as assemblyman of Exeter,
June 7, 1697; died about 1720. Will was probated Jan. 9, 1720. His widow
died, 1738. Her Will was probated March 29, 1738. Children:

19. Hannah‘; m. March 15, 1722, William Cogswell or Dec. 17, 1719,
George Veasey, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wiggin, marrying the other.

20. Deboraht. 21. Simon: b. Aug. 12, 1701; m. Susannah Sherburne.

22. Henry‘; not mentioned in his father’s Will; had an account with Hon.
Andrew Wiggin, 1740.

(10). Jonathan: (Andrew,? Capt. Thomas!) was born March 11, 1683;
married Mary ; was at Squamscot, 1709; received the privilege of a
ferry over Squamscot river, July 22, 1721; with others, received a grant of
land in Bow of Lt. Gov. Wentworth; died, 1738. His Will was dated March
23, 1738. Children:

23. Sarah‘; m. John Hill. 24. Annes; m. Ens. Joseph Jewell.

25. Mary4; m. Perkins. 26. Hannah‘; d. young. 27. Lydias.

28. Hannah‘.

29. Andrew: b. March 27, 1719; m. (1) Anna Ross, (2) Mehitable Moody,
(3) Mrs. Dorothy Sweat.

(11). Col. Andrews (Andrew?, Capt. Thomas!) was born Jan. 6, 1672;
married Abigail Follett, who survived him; built the house where Bartlett
Wiggin now lives; member of the house according to the king’s writ, 1738-42,
and chosen speaker; wrote to the General Assembly about the defence of Fort
Dummer, 1745; died 1756. His son-in-law, Theophilus Smith, administered
on the estate. Children:

80. Hannah‘ b. 1697; m. Josiah, son of James Burley, of Newmarket.

31. Andrew: b. Oct. 8, 1699. 32. Martha: b. Sept. 1, 1701.

33. Abigails b. March 23, 1703; m. Samuel Doe.

34. Nicholas: b. July 10, 1705.

35. Mary‘ b. June 10, 1707; m. Theophilus Smith, who was b. Dec. 9, 1704,
and d. Feb. 26, 1771, leaving Theophilus: Smith b. May 15, 1741, who d.
Feb. 25, 1805. The name Theophilus Smith descended to ten generations.

36. Mercy b. Aug. 29, 1709; m. Dea. Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth.

37. Caleb: b. Oct. 8, 1711.

38. Bradstreet* b. Feb. 21, 1713; m. Phebe Sherburne.

39. Nicholas‘ b. June 10, 1716.

40. Elizabeths b. March 23, 1719; m. Boardman.

(12). Bradstreet? (Andrew?, Capt. Thomas!) married Ann Chase; died
Jan. 18, 1709. His wife survived him and married (2) John Sinkler of Strat-
ham. Children:

41. Chase‘; m. Martha Weeks. 42. Thomas:, 43. Joseph‘.

 

 

 

 

 
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44, Elizabeth:

(17). Thomas: (Thomas?, Capt. Thomas) married. His Will was dated
Jan. 4, 1727, and probated June 5, 1727. Mentions children:

45. John‘; is given 30 acres of land, a part of what ‘‘my uncle Barefoot
gave me.”

46. Walter‘; is given 30 acres as above. Had ason Walters and a grandson
Walters who m. Sarah , who d. Sept. 12, 1863, aged 75; d. April 8, 1830,
aged 46.

47. Thomas; executor of Will and given 30 acres as above.

48. Henry‘; is given 70 acres of land as above ‘‘on the northward side of
Piscassit River above where ye Hiltons had a mill.”

49. Andrews; is given 70 acres as above.

50. Tufton4; is given the same as to John, Walter and Thomas when 21.

51. Samuels; is given as to Tufton.

52. Daughter. 53. Daughter. 54. Marys.

(21) Lt. Simons (Capt. Simons, Andrew2, Capt. Thomas!) was born
Aug. 12, 1701; married Susannah Sherburne, who was born March 13, 1703,
and died July 9, 1763; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755
and “will give the way Free & clear through my Land.” Children:

55. Simons b. March 4, 1734; m. Hannah Marble.

56. Henry® b. May 8, 1740; m. (1) Lydia Shute; (2) Amy Herrick. (128).

(29). Squire Andrew! (Jonathan, Andrew,2 Capt. Thomas') was born
March 27, 1719; married (1) Anna Ross, (2) Mehitable Moody, (3) Sept.
12, 1751, Mrs. Dorothy Sweat, who was born Feb. 26, 1727; died, 1774.

Among his children, all by his last wife, were

57. Andrews b. July 14, 1752; m. (1) Mary Brackett, (2) Mary Wingate.

58. Levis; m. Piper; lived near the toll bridge; had a son Joshua
Pipers who was a demented and drinking man, and on a day when they had
been killing hogs, stabbed his father with a butcher knife causing immediate
death. The son was imprisoned, and finally died at the poor house.

(88). Bradstreet: (Col. Andrew, Andrew,? Capt. Thomas!) was born Feb.
1, 1713; married Phebe Sherburne. Child:

59. Andrews b. May 5, 1737; m. Mary Jewett.

(41). Chaset (Bradstreet, Andrew,? Capt. Thomas') married Martha,
daughter of Joshua and Comfort Weeks; died 1733. His widow married
(2) Lt. Col. Winthrop Hilton. Children:

60. Bradstreets b. 1822. 61. Comforts b. 1825.

62. Chase,s b. 1827. 63. Joshuas b. 1731.

(42). Cornet Thomas (Bradstreet, Andrew,? Capt. Thomas) petitioned
for a bridge, 1746; was representative from Stratham, 1752-55 and 1760;
petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its location at Newfields,
1759-60, for a bridge at Newfields, 1766 and 1772, and for a lottery in aid of
bridge, 1768; signed the Association Test, 1776; was on the roll of Capt.
Samuel Gilman, Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. from May 30 to Aug. 1, 1775, re-
ceiving a pair of shoes Sept. 27, and four dollars coat money Oct. 4, 1775;
died in the war. Child:

64. Thomas‘; m. Elizabeth , who was b. in 1749, and d. Dee. 1,
1837, leaving a Will bequeathing to her son Thomas Wiggin of Newmarket
$500, which was paid by the executor, N. E. Burleigh, March 19, 1840. They

 

 

 
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had a daughter Elizabeth» b. 1769, who died April 4, 1839 and Marthas, who
m. (1) Thomas Brackett, (2) Col. John Folsom, (3) Gen. James Hill.

(43). Joseph‘ (Bradstreet,s Andrew,? Capt. Thomas?) with his son Joseph,
petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot river, Nov. 21, 1746, and at Newfields,
1766, and for a bridge, 1772; participated in the election of military officers
June 26, 1775; protested against the appointment of Capt. Thomas Smith
as Justice because under suspicion for tory proclivities, June 27, 1776; signed
the Association Test, 1776. Child:

65. Josephs.

(55). Simons (Lt. Simon, Capt. Simon,: Andrew,2 Capt. Thomas!) was
born March 4, 1734; married July 22, 1756, Hannah Marble of Bradford,
Mass.; with his wife, owned the covenant March 4, 1759; petitioned for a
bridge at Newfields, 1766 and 1772; was fifer in Col. Long’s Regt., 1776-77;
also in Capt. John Folsom’s company, Col. Moses Kelly’s Regt., Rhode Island,
1778; died Oct. 11, 1823. His wife died Nov. 9, 1811, aged 75. Children:

66. Elizabeths bap. March 4, 1759.

67. Simons b. Jan. 5, 1759; m. Joanna Marston, who was b. Sept. 15,
1765; a merchant in Exeter. Among their children were William Henry? who
m. Mary Ann, dau. of Seth Shackford, and Sarah Jane’.

68. Annas b. April 15, 1760; m. Noah Robinson of New Hampton.

69. Sarahs b. June 5, 1762; m. Capt. Daniel Hilton of Newfields, and
became the mother of Nancy’ Hilton, and of Charlotte? Hilton who m. Dr.
James Odell.

70. Hannah: b. Sept. 24, 1764; m. John Smith of Exeter, and had James?
and William? Smith.

71. Betseys b. 1766, bap. Sept. 20, 1766; m. Benjamin, son of Daniel Clark,
and had Elizabeth? Clark who m. Andrew Lane, Benjamin F.7 Clark who m.
Elizabeth Wingate, Daniel’ Clark, judge, and David’ Clark, a lawyer.

72. Davids b. June 17, 1769; m. Mehitable Pike.

73. Jeremiah.s 74. Robert P.«

75. Janet b. May 20, 1771; m. Bradbury Robinson.

(56). Henrys (Lt. Simon,t Capt. Simon,s Andrew,2 Capt. Thomas') was
born May 8, 1740; married (1) March 31, 1765, Lydia, daughter of Michial
and Welthon Shute, who was born Dec. 2, 1740, and died July 22, 1784, (2)
July 23, 1785, Amy Herrick; lived at Newfields and Tuftonborough. Children:

76. Michialt b. Dec. 12, 1765; m. Deborah, dau. of Capt. John Perkins;
a joiner; bought 1114 acres of land of Josiah Adams, Apr. 10, 1793; d. Sept. 13,
1820. (130).

_ 7% Henrys b. Jan. 5, 1767; m. (1) Hannah Hill, (2) Aphia Hill, (3) Olive

Smith.

78. Lydias b. Sept. 15, 1768; d. March 25, 1776.

79. Welthons b. May 14, 1771.

80. Susannas b. Jan. 5, 1774; d. Dec. 14, 1793.

81. Elizabeth: b. Sept. 21, 1775. 82. Lydia b. Dec. 17, 1778.

By second wife:

83. Daniel H.* b. March22, 1786.

84. Charles 8.6 b Feb. 24. 1788; d. Nov. 12, 1855.

85. Sarahs b. July 15, 1790. 86. Abigaile b. Dec. 12, 1792.
87. Amys b. Oct. 28, 1794.
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(57). Andrews (Squire Andrew,‘ Jonathan,s Andrew,? Capt. Thomas) was
born July 14, 1752; married (1) Jan. 29, 1774, Mary Brackett of Greenland,
(2) Jan. 6, 1788, Mary, daughter of Hon. Paine Wingate, who was born July
12, 1766; was on the pay roll of Capt. Daniel Moore from May 1 to Aug. 1,
1775, receiving four dollars for coat money Oct. 17, 1775; 2d lieutenant in
Capt. David Copp’s Co. at Pierce’s Island Nov. 5, 1775; was of Newmarket,
aged 22, enlisting Jan. 1, and reported as missing, deserted or sick about Jan.
1, as returned in Capt. Tilton’s Co., Col. Enoch Poor’s Regt. July 1776;
entered Capt. Robert Pike’s Co., Col. Joseph Senter’s Regt. Aug. 1, 1777,
mustered at Warwick, R. I. Dec. 18, 1777, and discharged Jan. 6, 1778.

Children, all but the first by his second wife:

88. Mary® b. Oct. 9, 1780; m. July 1803, George Hilton of Newfields, and
had George O.7 Hilton who m. Nancy Walker of Portsmouth, and had George
W.* Hilton who m. and d., and Mary Miltimore* Hilton who m. Joseph H.
Wiggin.

89. Harriets b. Oct. 27, 1788; d. April 6, 1836.

90. Carolines b. April 20, 1790; d. June 19, 1817.

91. Andrew Paines M.D. b. Sept. 1, 1791; m. Jan. 23, 1821, Mrs. Olive
Gilbert, who d. Dec. 31, 1822.

92. Elizas b. Feb. 23, 1794; m. April 23, 1820, Andrew Taylor, and had
Andrew B.7, Charles G.7 and George O.7 Taylor.

93. Calebs b. Stratham, Jan. 8, 1796; student, Phillips Exeter Academy,
class of 1814; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1839, Eliza Adams, granddaughter of Rev.
Joseph Adams, second minister of the town, and had Mary E.7, Anne E.7,
Caleb M.7, m. (2) June 1, 1848, Amelia, dau. of Abednego and Mary (Saw-
yer) Robinson of Dover whe survived him; settled on the homestead; d.
Aug. 10, 1887.

94. Sarah B.s b. Aug. 19, 1803; m. May 13, 1827, A. W. Miltimore.

(59). Andrews (Bradstreet,s Col. Andrew,? Andrew,? Capt. Thomas') was
born May 5, 1737; married Mary, daughter of Ens. Joseph Jewett, who was
born Oct. 6, 1733, and died Jan. 24, 1834; was representative to the Provincial
Assembly, May 21, 1765; on a committee of the house which ‘‘viewed the
Jail and made Report that some iron Barrs and Repairs were necessary to be
made where the Breaches were, and Sundry other Repairs,’’ Nov. 27, 1765;
representative 1770-73; owned the covenant, Aug. 16, 1761; died Sept. 16,
1778. Children:

95. Annas; bap. Aug. 16, 1761. 96. Nathans bap. Feb. 27, 1763.

97. Phebes bap. Oct. 1. 1769. 98. Andrews bap. Oct. 1, 1769.

(62). Chases (Chase, Bradstreet, Andrew,? Capt. Thomas!) was born in
1727; was of Newmarket, living near Rockingham Junction; a soldier in
Capt. Jethro Pearson’s Co., Col. Peter Gilman’s Regt. from Sept. 19 to Dec.
11, 1755; in Capt. Thomas Tash’s Co., Col. John Hart’s Regt. from April
26 to Dec. 30, 1758; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, and location at
Newfields 1759-60; corporal on pay roll of Capt. Joseph Badger, Jr., July 23,
1776, and Capt. John Drew’s Co., Col. Joseph Badger’s Regt. for Crown Point
and Canada, Aug. 29, 1776; was pound keeper 1796, 1798 and 1800. Children:

99. Chases b. 1766; student, Phillips Exeter academy, 1790; was a black-
smith next to the parsonage, now the Buckley place.

100. Sarah,* d. Oct. 23, 1821. 101. Susan K.«
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102. Childs; d. Aug. 6, 1819. 103. Childs; d. April 20, 1824.

(63). Joshuas (Chase,‘ Bradstreet,s Andrew,? Capt. Thomas') was born in
1731; married Elizabeth Lyford; was a tailor of Newmarket, 1760; petitioned
for a bridge at Newfields, 1766; was door keeper and messenger of the Fourth
Provincial Congress, 1775; protested against the hoarding of salt by the traders
of Exeter, July 5, 1776; signed the Association Test, 1776. The ‘“Flax-
break’? came on to the farm in his day and was used by three generations.
Child:

104. Joshuas; m. Comfort Wiggin.

(72). Davids (Simon, Lt. Simon,‘ Capt. Simon,: Andrew,? Capt. Thomas?)
was born June 17, 1769; married Mehitable, daughter of Capt. Robert Pike
of Piscassic, who was born April 20, 1784, and died Sept. 25, 1861; ‘the hand-
somest couple in the state”; died, 1849. Children:

105. Henry P.7; m. Charlotte Macon, and had a son Daniel G.s b. 1828,
who m. Sarah Clark.

106. Deborah G.7; m. Daniel R. Smith; d. 1882, leaving Daniel Edwins
and Charles E.s Smith. (See Smith.)

107. James Simon’ b. Jan. 1808; m. Sarah Robinson, and had Rev. J.
Henry Wiggin; a merchant of Boston; d. Newfields Oct. 31, 1881.

108. Ann M7; d. unm. May 17, 1884, aged 75.

109. Charles E.7 b. 1813; m. Rebecca C. Hadaway; a merchant of Boston
of the firm of James 8. Wiggin & Co. 53 years; was made residuary legatee
of John Harriman, a bachelor of Boston with large property, who spent the
last years of his life at the Elm House, Newfields, dying in 1878.

110. Jeremiah? b. 1816; member of the New Orleans firm of Wiggin &
Davenport; d. unm. 1844.

111. Robert P.7 b. 1818; business in Boston; d. unm. 1863.

(77). Henrys (Henry,s Lt. Simon, Capt. Simon, Andrew,? Capt. Thomas')
was born Jan. 5, 1767; married (1) Dec. 11, 1794, Hannah, daughter of Gen.
James Hill, who was born March 28, 1775, and died Jan. 6, 1798, (2) Aphia
Hill, sister, who was born Sept. 4, 1783, and died Sept. 4, 1819, (3) Nov. 18,
1820, Olive, daughter of Samuel and Azubah (Hopkins) Smith who lived in
cottage opposite the first academy; died Dec. 6, 1828. (180). Children:

112. Susan Hill’, b. about 1795; m. John Cutts Fowler as 2d wife; d.
1864.

113. Henry’; d. young. 114. Sophia7; d. unm. 115. Ann.7

116. Aphia Hill7; m. Charles W. Adams.

(98). Andrews (Andrew, Bradstreet,s Col. Andrew,: Andrew,? Capt.
Thomas:) was baptized Oct. 1, 1769; married Mehitable Moody and had

117. Josiah Bartlett? b. June 1, 1811; m. April 16, 1842, Eleanor Hilton
Smith of Epping; lived at Exeter, where he was postmaster three years,
Dover, postmaster one year, and Newfields several years; in trade for himself
and as confidential clerk of George O. Hilton, agent of the Newfields Iron
Foundry Co.; finally settled in Stratham on the property of his ancestor
which had never been conveyed out of the family; was engrossing clerk of
the Legislature, 1836, 1839-40, and assistant clerk of the Senate, 1841-42
and 1844; register of deeds for Rockingham Co., 1845, 1849-50; county auditor
three years; insurance and pension agent; town clerk and selectman several
680 History or NEWFIELDS.

years; representative, 1878-79; justice of the peace and quorum throughout
the state. Child:

118. Andrew C.s; m. Charlotte A. Rowell, who was born Feb. 1832, and
d. Aug. 8, 1883; lived in Manchester.

(104). Joshuas (Joshua,* Chase,‘ Bradstreet,s Andrew,? Capt. Thomas!)
was born 1769; married Sept. 24, 1795, Comfort, daughter of Jonathan Wiggin,
who was born March 2, 1774, and died Dec. 1824; died Sept. 14, 1840.
Children:

119. Joshua7; m. Dorothy, dau. of Capt. Joseph Fernald.

120. Elizabeth, 121. John?. 122. Chase’ b. 1814; m. Lydia A. Neal.

123. Martha’; m. Aaron Adams. 124. Stephen?; m. Mrs. John Fernald.

125. Albert J.7; m. Ann A. Hilton.

(109). Charles E.7 b. Nov. 29, 1813; m. May, 1840, Rebecca’C. Hadaway;
a successful business man and a large-hearted, generous “practical philan-
thropist”” ; d. March 12, 1888. Children:

126. Mary R.* d. in infancy. 127. Jeremiah T.* d. young.

128. Charles E.* Jr., b. 1848; m. Lizzie F. Meserve of Roxbury.

129. Mary Locke b. 1850; m. Joseph D. Sawyer; d. 1879. 3 ch.

130. Arthur C.* b. 1853; m. Sarah E. Chadwick.

(122). Chase? (Joshua,¢ Joshua,* Chase,‘ Bradstreet, Andrew,? Capt.
Thomas!) was born March 10, 1814; married June 13, 1844, Lydia Ann,
daughter of Eliphalet and Abigail Colcord Neal, who was born in 1818; died
Oct. 17, 1899. Children:

131. Abby Frances; m. Lyford Conner.

132. Lydia Ann,s m. May 1, 1884, John N. Clark.

(125). Albert J.7 (Joshuas, Joshua,’ Chase,‘ Bradstreet,s Andrew,? Capt.
Thomas!) married Feb. 19, 1843, Ann Amanda, daughter of Nathan and
Olive F. Hilton, who was born Nov. 1818, and died Aug. 12, 1857; received
the Maj. William Norris farm extending from Main street to the one acre
lot of Mr. Badger towards the river, which Simeon Locke bought, and where
stands the store of D. C. Wiggin, the old academy tenement and a part of
the Swamscot works. Children:

133. Anna H.* b. Dec. 31, 1844; d. Sept. 15, 1848.

134. George A.8; b. Nov. 14, 1846; d. Sept. 15, 1848.

 

1. Theodore: Wiggin (Richard,: Tufton,2 Thomas,? Capt. Thomas) died in
1851. Children:

2. Theodore b. 1793; m. Mary H. Fifield.

3. Bradstreet’. 4. Ambroses. 5. Jobs. 6. Olivers. 7. Noahs, 8. Daughters.

(2). Theodores (Theodore,* Richard, Tufton,s Thomas,: Capt. Thomas?)
was born in 1793; married Mary H. Fifield, who was born in 1802 and died
Aug. 30, 1855; lived in Piscassic; died June 28, 1842. Children:

9. George C.7 b. 1828; d. unm. 1892. 10. Minerva’ b. 1830; d. 1858.

11. Sarah F.7 b. 1832; d. unm. 1906. 12. John A.7 b. 1833; d. 1842.

13. Joseph H.7 b. 1838; d. 1842.

14. Daniel C.7 b. July 31, 1836; m. Feb., 1880, Isabel J., dau. of Dr. Albert
H. and Olive Varney; kept a general variety store on Swampscot Street;
GENEALOGY. 681

an active and prominent citizen; selectman 1867-68, 1882-83, and 1895-99;
representative, 1878; d. June 27, 1901. Children:

15. Dayton C.s b. July 18, 1882; a physician.

16. Isabels b. Nov. 25, 1884; a teacher.

1. Nathaniel! Wiggin; m. Hannah Garland; lived on Grant road. Children:

2. Jacob2. 3. James?. 4. Joseph:.

5. George Burleigh? b. Newmarket March, 1830; m. Oct. 1851, Lucy J.
Boutwell of Lancaster, N. H., who was b. June 1832, and d. April, 1911; was
a skilled machinist and inventor; settled at Littlefield’s Crossing, Piscassic;
selectman, 1866-68; d. Nov. 14, 1910; no children.

6. Martha2; m. John Wiggin. 7. Mahala?; m. John Simpson.

8. Hannah:; m. Robert Smart. 9. Mary A 10. Dorothy?

WILKINSON.

James H. Wilkinson came from Stockport, England, where he attended
its wonderful school, to America when 24 years of age; married Julia Barker
of an old Exeter family; settled in Newfields; soldier, 11th Regt. N. H. Vols.
Civil War; postmaster 1889-1893; died June 1901.

WILLSON.

1, Ebenezer: Willson, mariner of Newmarket, married 1787, Abigail Smart;
bought land and mansion of William Badger at Newfields Jan. 14, 1790, which
Zebulon Beal sold to Badger Oct. 24, 1786; was active in parish affairs, 1799-
1809. His wife was the village tailoress.

2. Ebenezer? (Ebenezer!) m. Susan, widow of
1873. Children:

3. Ebenezer: b. 1831; d. unm. 1908.

4. William: b. 1836; d. unm. Jan. 15, 1886.

5. Daughter; d. aged 33.

6. Daughters; m. and lived at Hyde Park, Mass.

 

Somerby; d. Aug. 30,

 

Nancy Willson, sister of Ebenezer,? married (1) Smith of Exeter, who
fell down stairs and broke his neck, (2) Joseph Denison; lived with her mother.

The Willson-Denison garrison house was purchased by Charles Lane and
moved to the Piscassic road. Upon the site Mr. Lane erected a store which
was enlarged by his son-in-law, J. C. Hanson, later taken down and made
into “Grange Hall,” Piscassic.

The Willson house had originally a gambrel roof, the only one in the vicinity.
Horace C. Smith had the roof changed. The house is now owned by George
E. Paul, and is one of the oldest in town.

WILSON.

1. Thomas: Wilson came from Scotland to New England in 1633, and to
Exeter probably prior to 1638; joined the Exeter Combination; died in the
summer of 1643. His wife survived him and married again. Children:

2. Humphrey?; m. Judith Hersey.
682 History oF NEWFIELDS.

3. Thomas?; while living at Great Island or vicinity with Joshua Kendrick,
was burned to death in 1662.

4. Gowen:; had grant of a house lot in 1650; sold it in a few years, and was
never heard of more in Exeter.

5. Elizabeth?; m. Moses Gilman.

(2). Humphrey? (Thomas!) married Judith, daughter of William Hersey;
died in 1698, his wife surviving him. (69). Children:

6. Judiths b. Nov. 8, 1664; d. in childhood.

7. Elizabeth: b. Jan. 11, 1666. 8. John? b. July 17, 1667.

9. Hannah: b. Nov. 12, 1670.

10. Thomas? b. May 20, 1672; m. Mary Light.

11. James b. Aug. 1673. 12. Annas; m. Col. Winthrop Hilton.

13. Martha.» 14. Marys; m. Edward Hall.

(10). Dea. Thomas: (Humphrey,? Thomas) was born May 20, 1672; mar-
ried Oct. 16, 1698, Mary Light; was assigned pew No. 31 in the new meeting
house; received a grant of 50 acres Feb. 20, 1798, and 200 acres 1725. Children:

15. Humphrey‘ b. Dec. 9, 1699; m. and had Capt. Nathaniels who was b.
June 24, 1739, and m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Barber who was killed by the
Indians March 15, 1762.

16. Rebecca: b. Nov. 18,1701. 17. Anna‘ b. June 18, 1703.

18. John b. Jan. 7,1706; m. 19. Sarah‘ b. Sept. 26, 1707.

20. Joshua‘ b. Nov. 23, 1709. 21. Mary*b. Sept. 19, 1711.

22. Jonathan: b. Sept. 4, 1713. 23. Mosestb. May 1, 1715.

24. Judith: b. Feb. 18,1718. 25. John‘; d. in infancy.

26. Jabez‘ d. in infancy. 27. Thomass; d. in infancy.

(20). Joshuas (Dea. Thomas,* Humphrey,: Thomas) was born Nov. 23,
1709. Children:

28. Increase.s 29. Marys; m. John Odlin.

30. Betty*; m. Kimball.

31. Judith®; m. William Odlin. 32. Annas; m.

33. Priscillas; m.

 

 

Thing.
Blunt. 34. Thomas.s 35. John.»

 

WOOD.

1. Capt. Aaron: Wood married Olive Lamprey, who was born in 1770, and
died Oct. 19, 1847; lived on the Barber place at Piscassic. His wife was a
sister of Mrs. Benjamin Lovering and had a house near the corner of Mr. Lov-
ering’s lot, which was moved back from the street and is known as the Wood
house. Children:

2. John?; m. a dau. of Wiggin Doe.

8. Parthenia?; m. Edward Hersey.

4. Mahala; m. (1) Capt. Peter Hersey; (2) Henry Gilman.

5. Ruth; m. 1823, Dr. George W. Gale.

(3). Parthenia? (Capt. Aaron) married Edward Hersey; died Dec. 31, 1854,
aged 61. Children: :

6. Mary E.3 Hersey; m. George C. Gilchrist; d. June 13, 1845, aged 29.

7. Olive W.2 Hersey b. July 1838; d. Jan. 10, 1842.

8. Daughter; m. Robinson.

 
GENEALOGY. 683

YOUNG.

1, Thomas: Young married Eliza who survived him. (94).

2. Thomas? (Thomas') was born in 1691; married Sarah, daughter of Eph-
raim Folsom, who as born in 1692, and died May 13, 1768; representative,
Newmarket, June 5, 1745, but the House voted June 12, that his election was
“unlawful & yt he accordingly be dismissed,’ Capt. Israel Gilman later
being chosen to fill the vacancy; was of Durham, 1746, and asked the lot-
layers to lay out land granted to Joseph Smart and Ezekiel Lethers by the
town of Durham, Oct. 30, 1750; of Newmarket and deeded to his son, Joseph
of Newmarket, one acre of land he bought of Benjamin York Nov. 9, 1749;
was rated for parish dues at Dover, 1753; witness to the Will of Philip Fowler,
May 22, 1754, and appeared to probate it before John Wentworth, judge of
probate, Aug. 26, 1757; petitioned for a road, 1765, and for a bridge at New-
fields, 1766; died May 11,1767. Children:

3. Thomas? b. 1715; received his father’s ‘‘right ’’ in the township of New
Durham, and half of the homestead and saw mill privilege and one half of the
salt marsh and thatch bed, except one acre on the south westerly side; signed
the Association Test, 1776; was captain, and chosen committee May 5, 1777,
to hire soldiers for Dover; served two months and eleven days prior to Sept. 30,
1777, in Capt. Jeremiah Gilman’s Co., Col. Stickney’s Regt.; petitioned May
19, 1788, for the reprieve of Elisha Thomas; died, New Durham, July 7, 1791.

4. Joseph: b. Aug. 24, 1726; m. (1) Anna Folsom, (2) Mary Foss. (99).

5. John? m. Nov. 26, 1777, Mary, dau. of William Burleigh, who was born
May 16, 1757; received a bequest from his grandfather of half the homestead
and mills, and after his father’s death, the other half of homestead, mill, salt
marsh and thatch bed; signed the Association Test, July 12,1776; active in
the parish, 1797-99; settled in Wolfeboro.

(4). Joseph: (Thomas,? Thomas) was born Aug. 24, 1726; married (1) about
1753, Anna, daughter of Jeremiah Folsom, who was born Aug. 1731, and died
Oct. 1768, (2) 1764, Mary, daughter of Zechariah and Sarah (Gaines) Foss,
who was born Nov. 25, 1739; died April 11, 1806. Children:

6. Joseph: b. April 5, 1754; m. Dorcas Ewer.

7. Benjamin‘ b. July 8, 1756; m. (1) Rachel, dau. of William Burleigh, (2)
Rebecca Bickford; d. Wolfeboro, Dec. 1848.

8. Jeremiah: b. Nov. 15, 1758; m. June 14, 1781, Sarah, daughter of David
Cram; was on the muster roll of Capt. John Cochrane at Fort William and
Mary three months, 1771-72; in Capt. Winborn Adams Co. from May 25,
to Aug. 1, 1775, receiving a soldier’s blanket, and four dollars coat money at
Medford, Oct. 4, 1775; on committee to build the new meeting house, 1790;
bid off pew No. 11, and gallery pew No. 23, Oct. 24, 1791; lived in the north
part of Lamprey River; d. July 14, 1793. His widow was on the old church
list, 1814.

9. John‘ b. Dec. 3, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1793, Anna Mason; d. June 25, 1808.

10. Sarah‘ b. March 25, 1763; m. Eben Meader; d. Wolfeboro, April 25,
1844. By second wife:

11. Zechariah‘ b. Feb. 9, 1765; d. Wolfeboro, Jan. 31, 1851.

12. Thomas‘ b. May 18, 1767; d. July 30, 1845.

13. Timothy W.+b. Aug. 23, 1769; d. March 28, 1834.

 
684 History or NEWFIELDS.

14. Levina‘ b. Dec. 7, 1771; m. James, son of David Chapman, who was b.
Oct. 18, 1780, and d. Nov. 19, 1814; d. May 17, 1772.

15. Henrys; b. July 23, 1773; m. Sally Bennett.

16. William b. Sept. 11, 1777; m. Martha Bennett.

17. Mary+ b. Nov. 11, 1779; d. May 1, 1820.

18. George Gaines‘ b. Jan. 27, 1784; d. Epsom, Aug. 13, 1856.

(6). Maj. Joseph (Joseph,s Thomas,: Thomas!) was born April 5, 1754;
married June 16, 1774, Dorcas, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Ewer. (127).
Children:

19. Levis; active in the parish, 1797-98; went to New Durham.

20. Joseph' b. 1787; active in the parish, 1798; went to Wakefield; d. Exe-
ter, Aug. 6, 1849.

21. Nathaniels b. 1796; m. Mary, dau. of David Cram; had a child who d.
Jan. 12, 1828; was collector, 1816; on committee of the parish, 1817; d. May
20, 1880.

22. Thomass; settled in Wolfeboro, but returned to Newmarket and d.
there.

23. Mary: b. 1799; d. Feb. 14, 1881. 24. Other daughters.

(15). Henrys (Joseph,s Thomas,? Thomas) was born July 23, 1773; mar-
ried Sally, daughter of John Bennett, who was born Aug. 25, 1779, and died
April 21, 1853; died Aug. 24, 1810. Child:

25. Lydia’ b. June 15, 1803; was living in 1887.

(16). William: (Joseph, Thomas,? Thomas') was born Sept. 11, 1777; mar-
ried Martha Bennett, who was born Feb. 4, 1783, and died March 7, 1862;
died Dec. 11, 1844. Children:

26. Josephs b. March 22, 1810.

27. William: b. June 27, 1813; d. Aug. 23, 1839.

28. John Henry: b. Feb. 7, 1816; d. March 2, 1835.

29. Sally C.s b. Dec, 17, 1818. 30. Thomas: b. Sept. 28, 1821,

81. Mary Elizabeth: b. July 4, 1826; d. Oct. 19, 1846.

In keeping so closely to the ‘early settlers” and ‘‘older families” in the
foregoing genealogies, it may seem to some that we have discriminated
against many intelligent and valuable citizens, who, for a longer or shorter
period, have been active and prominent in the social, business and political
life of the town. They came as strangers, attracted by opportunities for
employment or engaging in business, some becoming real estate owners, buy-
ing or building homes. They gave valuable service to the town in various
offices, some representing us in the legislature of the state. They have been
familiar figures upon our streets, and their families have been conspicuous
and useful in social circles, in our schools and our churches. But as the
prosperity of the place waned, they left us for new homes and larger oppor-
tunities. A few still linger, and in rare instances the children of the third
generation are with us yet. They are still remembered and accorded their
worthy meed of honor.

It is a matter of regret that the genealogy of some families is so incom-
plete, but the great difficulty, or impossibility, of procuring the necessary
information must be plead in justification.
ADDENDA.

By some oversight the following person was omitted from the list of New-
fields’ soldiers and is appended here:

Charles Page Kimball, son of Nathaniel Folsom and Susan (Libby) Kimball,
was born Oct. 24, 1836. During the civil war he served three years in the
Navy on the “Quaker City” which participated in several battles. He was
honorably discharged, and died a few weeks later, Aug. 4, 1865.

Also for a like reason the postmasters since the incorporation of the town
in 1849, were not included in the list of the various officers, and are here
appended:

John T. Locke, 1849-61.
Albert S. Freese, 1861-68.
Albert Field, 1868-84.
Thomas Leddy, 1884-88.
James H. Wilkinson, 1888-92.
Thomas Leddy, 1892-98.

H. Jenness Paul, 1898-1908.
Ernest 8. Neal, 1908-
ERRATA.

P. 447. Simon Bradstreet m. Lucy Woodbridge.

P. 447. Arthur Branscomb was only once married.

P. 448. Fannie: Branscomb should be Fannie.

P. 449. No. 18. Arcange should be Archange.

P. 450. Ellen G. Brodhead m. 8. 8. MacDonald of Windsor, Canada.
Nos. 44 and 45 were not twins.

P. 455. No. 57. Sarah Burleigh did not m. Gen. James Hill.

P. 456. No. 64. Mary Burleigh did not m. Daniel Hill.

P. 457 (88) and p. 459 (49) are doubtless identical families though given

separately in Mss. Whether this Samuel is son of Joseph or Josiah we are
unable to tell.

P. 459. No. 139. Martha Burleigh m. Col. Ebenezer Thompson.

P. 474. Jonathan Colby d. 1884, not 1684. (3) Fannie G. was not buried
at Newfields.

P. 478. No. 90. Esther A. Colcord m. (2) Hosea Swain.

P. 480. No. 11. Olive should be Oliver.

P. 485. Leonard Drowne, near end of 6th line, India should be Indian.

P. 528. No. 118. Joseph Sayer perhaps should be Sawyer.

P. 529. No. 121. Date of death wrong, but probably could not have been
1852.

P. 540. No. 21. The wife of Paschal Hall is still living.

P.551. No.9. Elizabeth Hilton should be Elizabeth Treworgie.

P. 565. No. 37. Mary Jewett was b. 1733.

P. 574. No. 12. John Ervard should be John Edward. No. 15. Read
Valdosta for Holdosta.

P. 575. No. 12. The wife of Wilbur is still living. She may have been
born in 1859.

P. 582. No. 71. Lois Lyford was b. 1774.

P. 592. No. 82. Mary R. Neal is still living. Her husband d. 1895.

P.650. No.2. Mrs. Nancy Howard d. Jan. 1899, and Mr. Howard in 1880.

P. 669. No. 60.. William H. Weeks was born in the “brick house,” but
did not live there after his marriage.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

I. TOPICAL.

Abbreviations, 422.

Absentees, pastures used for army supplies,
cattle and land sold, 252.

Academy, first Methodist, 329-30; first two
principals, 330; second school started,
330; principals, 331; school removed, 331.

Accounts, town and ministerial investigated,
321.

Acre right, 52.

Adams, Rev. Hugh, minister, Oyster River,
20; extent of parish, 224; petition of,
227.

Addenda, 685.

Appendix, 420.

Apprenticing poor children, 203; example of
indenture, 205; agreement with hired
men, 206.

Assessors, 290.

Association Test, 243; names of signers, 244;
of those not signing, 244; reasons for the
latter, 245,

Attacks on Oyster River, 163.

Auditors, 291, 363.

Bachiler, Rev. Stephen, founder, etc., 14;
returns to England, 16.

Baptisms, 309.

Baptists appear, 317.

Bartlett, Rev. Joseph, pastor, church becomes
self-supporting, 387.

Bay Government survey patent, 5.

Bear encountered, 401.

Beef packers, 290.

Bequest of W. L. Walker, 404; of J. M. Brod-
head, 360.

Biggs, Thomas, awarded land, 42.

Biographical, 405-19:

Bartlett, Rev. Joseph, 410.
Brodhead, John M., 411.
Brodhead, Rev. John, 406.
Coe, Rev. Curtis, 406.
Fifield, Rev. Winthrop, 418.
Fitts, Rev. James H., 410.
Fowler, Green C., 414.
Hilton, George E., 419.
Hobbs, William R., 414.
Osborne, Rev. John, 405.
Paul, Amos, 412.

Paul, H. Jenness, 418.
Pike, Rev. James, 408.
Smith, Charles E., 416.
Varney, Albert H., 416.

 

Boston and Maine R. R., 341, 370; first
trains, 342.

Boundary commissioners, 289.

Bounties for enlisting voted, 358.

Brass foundry, 339.

Brass-worker, 337.

Brickmaking, 336.

Bridge-building, 340.

Bridge, subscription to build, 117; petition
for lottery to build, 177; to repair, 252;
deed of way to, promised, 177; petition
for changing location, 178; reasons for,
178; 2d petition for, 178; Joseph Smith’s
letter appended, 179; original petition
passed, 179; hearing ordered on later
petitions, 179; another petition for lot-
tery in aid, 179; act as passed, 180;
time for building extended, 181; change
of location again petitioned, 181; peti-
tion to call lottery managers to account,
182; bridge finished, 182; petition for
repairs, 182; proposal made, 183; 2d
petition for repairs, 183; for removal to
Newfields, 184; remonstrance against,
184; reasons for, 184; deposition of
Neal for remonstrants, 186; bridge
known as ‘Lottery,’ 186; made a toll
bridge, 187; lottery ticket, 187; bridge
deeded to Rockingham county, 187:
debt assumed by Newfields and Strat-
ham, 187; Dover’s petition for aid fails,
188; second petition, 188; committee
chosen to make survey, 188; report
“Picked rock” the place for bridge, 189;
expected soon to be built, 189.

Bridge, Pascataqua, 55.

Stratham and Newmarket, act concern-
ing, passed, 362.

Brodhead, Rev. John, voted use of parsonage,
323; time of occupation, 324.

Brodhead library, 332; legacy for, 332; loca-
tion, 333; trustees appointed, 332;
sources of books, 332; first to receive
books, 333; periodicals for reading room,
334; circulation 334; trustees, 334.

Brown, Mr. Mary, petition against, 199.

Burial lots, 403. ”

Burleighs refuse to pay rates, 317; efforts to
settle, 317.

Bursley, John, granted land, 42.
688

Business interests, 335; lumber, 335; fish, 335;
shipbuilding, 336; brickmaking, 335;
mills, 335; silversmith, 336; business
declining, 341.

Cabinet maker, 337.

Camp meetings, 402.

Canada, army retreats from, 270.

Captivity of Mrs. Shute, 163.

Cattle, shipping of, granted, 242.

Cemeteries, 403-04.

Junction, 403.
Locust Grove, 404.
Piscassic, 404.

Chapel, money raised for, 387.

Chapman, Rev. Elias, 387.

Check-list, 371.

Chesley, Philip, granted land 45.

Childs, Rev. Alexander C., supply, 388.

Church and parish matters, 341.

Church becomes self-supporting 387.

Church, First, Exeter, 18.

matters relative to, 311.

Church matters discouraging, 320.

Church membership, law regarding, 15.

Church organized, Dover, 5.

First, Exeter, 18.
formed, Dover, 5.
gifts, 391-92.

Churches, Congregational, 380.
Methodist, 391.

Roman Catholic, 396.
Sacred Heart, built, 397.
Universalist, 394.

Citizens liable to military service, 358.
Civil affairs, 359.
government established, 22.
war and regiments in, 344-58:
Second, 345.

Third, 347.

Fifth, 348.

Sixth, 349.

Eighth, 349.

Ninth, 350.

Tenth, 350.

Strafford Guards, 355.

Thirteenth, 355.

U.S. Marine Corps, 355.

U.S. Naval Service, 355.
Money for quotas, 356.
Resolutions, 358.

Clark, Rev. John, Exeter, 18; receives call,
33; granted land, 49.

Clergy, Congregational, 390.

Methodist, 392.
Roman Catholic, 397.
Universalist, 395.

Clock-maker, 337.

Coal for fuel, 401.

Coe daughters, 402.

Coffin, Peter, granted land, 49.

 

NarraTIvE INDEXES.

Colcord, Edward, received as inhabitant, 40.
Jonathan permitted to ship cattle, 243.

Collectors, 292, 363.

College, efforts to establish, 213.

Colonists, accession of, 4.

Combinations entered into, 21; revoked, 21;
signers of, 22.

Committee of Safety chosen, 234; troubled,
address selectmen, 245; the executive
power of government 264.

Commons, 52.

Communion cup, 125.

Concord and Portsmouth R. R., 342.

Confederacy consummated, 14.

Congregational church, 380;
society formed, 381.

Congress, Provincial, delegates to, chosen,
234; petition to, 255; fourth, 235; fifth,
237.

Constables, 293.

Constitution, first written, 241; proclamation
of, 242; petition, against, 242; commit-
tee to confer upon, 242; convention to
form a second, 242.

Controversy respecting call of members of

House, 230.

Conveyances of land, 204, 206.

Copping, Rev. Bernard, pastor, 388.

Cornell, Wm. M. ancestry of, 385; ordained,
384; resolution adopted, 384.

Cornish, Thomas, granted land, 42.

Cotton, Rev. John, Hampton, 18.

Council, case of Rev. J. Moody, 218; result
of, 220.

Councillors, 289.

Counterfeiting, persons suspected, 231.

Currency, depreciation of, 216.

Currier, 337.

Daughters of Revolution, 420.

Deacons, 389.

Delegates to provincial congress, 234.

Depot, location of, 401.

Depreciation of currency, 216, 286.

Deputies, 289.

Destitute churches, visiting, 380.

Disarming all refusing to bear arms, 243.

Districts, school and highway, 359.

Divisions made, 14.

of land, 39.
of uplands, 38.

Dow, Rev. Lorenzo, preaches, 324.

Dover and Portsmouth settled, 9; placed
under Massachusetts, 13.

Dudley, Biley, granted land, 46.

Rev. Samuel, Exeter, 17; called to settle,
26; agreement, 26.
Theophilus, granted land, 46.
Early settlers:
Adams, Josiah, 131.
Ames, Daniel, 111.
Andrews, John, 128.

socicty, 370;
Early settlers—continued:
Ardell, William, 89.
Badger, William, 73.
Barber, Robert, 107.
Barlow. George, 65.
Bennett, John, 122.

Josiah, 138.
Thomas, 99.

Bennick, Arthur, 125.

Biggs, Thomas, 62.

Bordman, Stephen, 101.

Brackett, Benning, 130.
Elipheny C., 112.
Joshua, 117.
Samuel, 112.

Bryent, John, 133.
Walter, 102.

Burleigh, Andrew, 87.
James, 87.

James, Jr., 135.
John, 109.

Burley, Josiah, 187.
Josiah, Jr., 123.
Moses, 136.

Cario, William, 104.

Chapman, David, 121.
Paul, 133.

Samuel, 111.
Smith, 118.

Chesley, Joseph, 89.
Philip, 125.

Philip, Jr., 88.

Cheswell, Thomas, 140.
Wentworth, 103.

Clark, Caleb, 99.
Richard, 125.

Coffin, Eliphalet, 88.
Peter, 84.

Peter, Jr., 85.
Robert, 84.
Robert, Jr., 86.
William, 136.

Colcord, David, 136.
Edward, 67.
Gideon, 111.
Gideon, Jr., 136.
Jeremiah, 135.
Jonathan, 106.
Joseph, 136.

Cram, James, 113.

Doe, Bradstreet, 101.
John, 90.

Joseph, 134.
Nicholas, 105.
Sampson, 90.
Samuel, 94.

Drown, Samuel, 108.
Thomas, 132.

Durgin, Francis, 107.

Ewer, Rev. Nathaniel, 114.
Nathaniel, 140.

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689

Farr, Vincent, 119.

Folsom, Asa, 127.
Benjamin, 75.
Ephraim, 123.
James, 103.
Jeremiah, 112.
Jeremy, 95.

John, 75.
John, Col., 116.
William, 133.

Fowler, Philip, 110.
Philip, Jr., 110.
Philip, 3d, 134.

French, William, 137.

Gilman, Andrew, 122.
Bradstreet, 120.
Edward, 66.
Edward, Jr., 67.
Israel, 105.

Israel, Col. 106.
Jeremiah, 83.
John, 72.
Joseph, 118.
Moses, 74.
Robert, 97.

Glidden, Andrew, 93.
Richard, 87.

Goddard, John, 22.
John Jr., 64.

Hall, Edward, 92.
Joseph, 76.
Joseph, Jr., 91.
Kinsley, 76.
Ralph, 75.

Hanniford, Thomas, 137.

Hartford, Nicholas, 117.
Nicholas, Jr., 118.

Hersey, Peter, 83.
Peter Jr., 138.
Robert, 83.
Thomas, 83.
William, 83.

Hill, Benjamin, 140.
Gen. James, 121.
Valentine, 70.

Hilton, Daniel, 109.
Daniel, 126.
Edward, 59, 127.
Edward, Jr., 77.
George, 134.
Ichabod, 119.
Jonathan, 97.
Josiah, 118.
Richard, 80.
Richard, Col., 129.
William, 79.
Winthrop, 128.
Winthrop, Jr., 140.
Winthrop, Col., 78.

Jacob, Joseph, 97.

Jenness, Isaac, 139.
690

Early settlers—continued:
Judkins, Joseph, 124.
Kidder, Nathaniel, 122.
Lyford, Stephen, 106.
Marsters, John, 119.

Mephaedris, Archibald, 90.

Mead, Benjamin, 132.
Jeremy, 133.
John, 101.
Merrill, Joseph, 104.
Mitchell, Robert, 141.
Moore, William, 86.
Murray, Timothy, 139.
Neal, Hubartus, 105.
Hubartus, Jr., 129.
Samuel, 129.
Walter, 96.
Walter, Jr., 139.
Zabulon, 119.
Nutter, Hatevil, 65.
Pease, Samuel, 111.
Perkins, John, 109.
William, 93.
William, Jr., 93.
Pettit, Thomas, 66.
Pike, Robert, 95.
Robert, Jr., 129.
Prasson, Richard, 137.
Racklif, Roger, 112.
Renton, William, 113.
Robertson, Jonathan, 117.
Rogers, Nathaniel, 126.
Shute, John, 135.
Michael, 119.
William, 126.
Sinclair, James, 121.
Smart, John, 68.
Joseph, 117.
Smith, Benjamin, 104.
Daniel, 133.
James, 119.
John, 133.
John M., 135.
Joseph, 96.
Joseph, Jr., 137, 138.
Joseph H., 138.
Samuel, 109, 138.
Walter, 140.
Winthrop, 104.
Starbuck, Edward, 64.
Swain, Francis, 66.
Symonds, Samuel, 82.
Tash, Thomas, 69.
Taylor, Edward, 124.
John, 124.
Nathan, 124.
William, 107.
William, Jr., 124.
Tilton, Henry, 138.
Tomb, Rev. Samuel, 141.

 

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Wadleigh, Jonathan, 89.
Robert, 71.
Wall, James, 62.
Wardell, Thomas, 122.
William, 122.
Warren, John, 66.
Wason, Dudley, 128.
Wedgewood, John, 88.
Wiggin, David, 117.
Henry, 128.
Henry, Jr., 130.
Michial, 130.
Thomas, 118.
Wilson, Humphrey, 69.
Young, Joseph, 99.
Maj. Joseph, 127.
Thomas, 94.

Ecclesiastical committee chosen to hire
preaching, 318; council in interest of
harmony a failure, 318; East and West
societies united, 316; history begins, 4;
persons dissenting exempted from paying
rates, 318; resignation of pastors ac-
cepted, 318.

Elect ladies, 402.

Electric lighting of streets, 362.

Enemics, act to prevent return of, 251.

Errata, 420, 686.

Exemption from pay ministerial rates, 318.

Exeter, a frontier, 57; bi-centennial, 57;
church and civil compact formed, 13;
divisions, 16; given liberty of freemen,
24; named, 13; order and law, 24;
ordinances, 23; principal garrisons, 57-
58.

Exeter Gazette, article reflecting on town, 249;
committee of safety asked concerning,
249.

Expedition to Pemaquid, 3.

Families of soldiers aided, 357.

Fence viewers, 294.

Ferry and bridge over Squamscot, 165; Hil-
ton petitions for, 165; also, Jonathan
Wiggin, 165-66; hearing suspended, 166;
Hilton summoned, 166; petition granted,
166; Andrew Wiggin petitions for ex-
tension, 167; other parties petition,
168; Andrew Wiggin, Jr’s, remonstrance,
168.

Feudalism retained, 51.

Field driver, 294.

meetings, 52.

Fifield, Rev. Winthrop, pastorate and death,
of 387,

Fire-arms voted, 236, 260.

Fire, destructive, 402.

Fire-rafts, accounts for labor on, 246.

Fish for commerce, 335.

Fitts, Rev. James, pastor, 388; prosperity

under, 388; extensive repairs, 388.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Folsom, Ephraim, granted land, 49.
Jeremiah, petitions against, as Lt.-Col.,
237; remonstrance against, 240; hearing
ordered, refuses to resign and dismissed,
240-41.

Forests extensive, 335.

Fort Sumter fired upon, 345.

Flax raised, 56.

Franklin Seminary, 330.

Fraternal Orders, 398.

French and Indian War, 160; Fort William
Henry capitulates, 160; Edward Fox
petitions for pay due, 161; bill for Chase
Wiggin's sickness, 161; John Gilman
petitions for soldiers, 161; Crown Point,
surrender, 162; Gov. Wentworth’s order,
162; petition for expense of sickness and
use of horse, 162; death of Montcalm
and Wolfe, 162-63; war transferred to
Europe and treaty of peace signed, 163.

French prisoners, vote for paying for, 230.

Garrisons, principal, Exeter, 57, 58.

maintained, 53, 57.

General Court, all power vested in, 52.

Gifts, 391-92.

Gilman, Charles, granted land, 46.

Jeremy, granted land, 49.

John, Jr., granted land, 46.

Moses, granted land, 46, 48; forfeited, 46.
Moses, Jr., granted land 49.

Godfrey, James, granted land, 46.

Golden Cross, 398.

Good Templars, 399.

Gove, Edward, jury for trial of, 31.

Government, convention to form permanent
plan of, 251; inhabitants warned to meet
to consider, 252; third form sent out, 254.

Grange, 398.

Grants of land, price paid, 25.

Great Britain, treaty with consummated, 254.

Half-century of changes, 340.

Hall, Edward, highly esteemed, 201; his
service in running lines, 201-02; member
of House, 203; brings action against
Fowler, 204.

Joseph, granted land, 46, 49; sold land, 50.
Ralph, granted land, 46.
Samuel, granted land, 49.

Hall's ferry, granted, 169.

Harness-maker, 337.

Hatter, 337.

Hay scales, 399.

Hearse and house, 404.

Highway, petition for, 359.

surveyors, 301.
Hilton brothers agreement, 81
Edward, estate inventory, 46; made deputy,
4; goes to General Court, 6; granted
land, 43; granted petition, 43.
Edward, Jr., receives deed of Wadononamin
44,

 

691

John, granted land, 43.

Katherine, deed of, 47.

patent granted, 2; extent of, 34.

William claims sustained, 39; letter of, 1;
received many land grants, 2; civil
honors conferred, 2; arrival of wife, 3,
8; baptism of child, 3, 8; burial of, 7;
commissioner in small cases, 14.

Winthrop, commissioned colonel, 19; let-
ter of, 19; death of, 19.

Hiltons not mere adventurers, 10;
plantation sold, 10;
lovers of good men, 11.

Hogreeves, 294.

Home lot, 52.

Houses made of logs, 55; unpainted, 59; fur-
niture of, 55; facing the river, 400.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, excommunicated, 13

Improvements, 387

Incorporation act, 244.

Indenture, binding our apprentices, 205.

Indian attacks on haymakers, 150; deed given
Wheelwright, 34; kill and are pursued,
152.

Indians discovered, 58.

Intemperance abounds, 320.

Intoxicating beverages, 341.

Iron fixtures, 338.

Iron foundry, 338, 401; building of, 341.

Tron works, 337-38, 341.

their
again sold, 11;

Jurors, grand, 294; petit, 294.

Justices of Courts, 289.

Justices of the peace appointed, 234.

King George’s War, 156; involved the colo-
nies, 156; Hilton in expedition to Louis-
burg, 156; preliminaries of peace signed,
156; muster roll of Capt. Smith’s men,
157-60; Robert Barber captured, 160.

King Philip’s War, 142-44: Indians peace-
able 50 years, 142; Wampanoag ambi-
tious to exterminate, 243; joins Philip’s
hostile confederacy, 143; frontier inva-
sion, 143; 60 killed and buildings burned,
143; peace concluded with Squando, 144;
meeting houses fortified, 144.

King William’s War, 144-48: French incite
to hostilities, 144; MHilton’s garrison
assaulted, 145; Dow’s letter to Maj.
Pike, 145; house built in fort, 146; able
bodied men impressed, 146; Oyster
River attacked, 146; men in garrison
service, 147; treaty of peace signed,
148.

King’s writ, 199; amendment to, 200; lita-
gation long, 200; case defaulted, 201.

Ladies of note, 390; sewing circle formed, 386.

Lake, Rev. George E., pastor, 389.

Lamprey River named, 39.
church established, 326; organized, 380;
Methodists build church there, 326;
first Baptist meeting house, 327.
692

Land boundaries traced yearly, 52; held
under manor law, 52; tenure, 51; be-
queathed, 204, 206; conveyances, 204,
206.

Land grants:

Biggs, Thomas, 42.
Bursley, John, 42.
Chesley, Philip, 45.
Clarke, John, 49.
Coffin, Peter, 49.
Cornish, Thomas, 42.
Dudley, Biley, 46.
Dudley, Theophilus, 46.
Folsom, Ephraim, 49.
Gilman, Charles, 46.
Gilman, Jeremy, 49.
Gilman, John, Jr., 46.
Gilman, Moses, 46, 48.
Gilman, Moses, Jr., 49.
Godfrey, James, 46.
Hall, Joseph, 46, 49.
Hall, Ralph, 46.

Hall, Samuel, 49.
Hilton, Edward, 43.
Hilton, John, 43.
Hilton, William, 2.
Lare, Cornelius, 46.
Leeson, Nicholas, 42, 46.
Legat, John, 40.
Magoon, Henry, 49.
Moore, William, 48.
Parker, Thomas, 50.
Pettit, Thomas, 42.
Robinson, David, 49.
Sanders, John, 40.
Smart, Goodman, 41, 42.
Smart, John, 40.
Smart, Robert, 43, 46, 48.
Swaine, Francis, 42.
Wadleigh, John, 49.
Warren, John, 42.
Wheelwright, John, 40.
Wiggin, Thomas, 44.
Young, John, 49.

Landed estates, customs of, 51.

Lare, Cornelius, granted land, 46.

Leeson, Nicholas, granted land, 42, 46.

Legat, John, granted land, 40; purchases of
Sagamore, 41.

Leveridge, Rev. William, first pastor, 4, 11, 12.

Librarian, 334.

Library, 332.

Lights of early settlers, 55; diet of, 55.

Liquors freely used, 56.

List of polls, 185, 367.

Livery of seisin, exemplified, 51.

Locomotives, Fifield’s, 339.

Lot layers, 294; report of, 39.

Lottery for bridge, 252; proceedings not
legal, 253; reasons of persons dissenting,
253; petition for, 177, 179; ticket, 187.

 

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Lovell’s War, 155; Tiltons captured in boat
and escape, 155; home of Hiram Rollins
attacked, 155; peace proclamation made,
156.

Magistrate, 289; assistant, 289.

Magoon, Henry, granted land, 49.

Marriage fee, 384.

Marriages, 373; oldtime, 302.

Marsters, John, petitions for release from
jail, 251.

Mason, Robert T., issues writ of election, 47;
sues Wm. Ardell, 48.

Mason’s claims, bounds of, 37; extent of, 35;
protest against, 230.

Masts, arrests for cutting, 29;
navy, 335.

Mast trees, care of, 289; marking, 198.

Measurers, 295.

Medcalf, Rev. Alfred, employed, 323.

Meeting house built, 4, 12, 17, 27; enlarged,
385; location of, Exeter 18; never painted
nor heated, 59; one sold, 314; conditions
of sale, 314; new one authorized, 313;
location and description of, 315; articles
for raising, 315; building auctioned off,
314; deeded, 314; purchasers of pews, 313;
repairs voted, 325; opened to any respect-
able minister, 322; voted to sell, 328.

Memorial for admission of inhabitants, 203;
vote regarding, 203.

Day decorations, 404.

Methodist church, 391; repairs, 392; minis-
ters, 392; female benevolent society
formed, 393; members in the ministry,
393.
schools, 394.
society, 371.

Military officers chosen, 234; filling vacan-
cies, 236.

Militia act voted, 203.

Mills, 335.
sites granted, 195; annual rents for occu-
pancy, 195; set apart for the ministry,
195; sawed lumber floated to Ports-
mouth, 195; first corn millin N. E., 195;
miller’s toll established, 195; agreement
with Edward Gilman, Jr., 195-96; record
made, 196; grants made, 197-98; mark-
ing mast trees, 198.

Minister must be orthodox, 322.

Ministerial convention organized, 213; and
society, 324.

Ministry, dues for maintenance, 26.

Moccasons voted, 230.

Moderators, 295, 364.

Moody, Rev. John, ancestry of, 223-25;
character and results of labor, 223; min-
istry of, 208; call to, given, 208; accepted
209; agreement with, 209; proclamation
to people, 209-10; land for meeting house
quitclaimed, 211; parsonage celebrated,

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212; Revolution disheartens, 212; min-
isterial convention organized, 213; char-
ter for school sought, 213; committee
reports, 213; temporary failure, 214;
committee again reports, 214-15; work
of Mr. Moody, 215; charter for Dart-
mouth college secured, 215; Moody’s
land transactions, 216-17; disaffection
of his people, 217; resignation requested,
217; his refusal to join in calling council,
216; ex parte council called, 218; coun-
cil convenes, 218; letter to council,
218-19; council made mutual, 218;
adjourns for instructions, 219; instruc-
tions received, 220: council reassembles,
220; result of 220-22.

Moore, William, granted landed, 48.

Moor’s Indian Charity School, 214.

Morality of early inhabitants, 5.

Mt. Wollaston establishment broken up, 9;
Morton, its founder, exiled, 10.

Musters, 344, 401.

Name of town changed, 360; act amended,
362.

New England named, 7.

Newfields’ iron foundry, 371.

New Hampshire a district province, 30;
troops highly commended, 270, 272.

New lights, 311.

Newmarket, men of enlisted in battalions,
1777, 249; on pay roll of Capt. Z. Gil-
man, 249; absentees, 250; names in
return of companies, 239; on muster
roll of Gordon’s company, 247: sugges-
tion of name, 226; incorporated, 226;
council board’s transaction relating to,
228; freeholders’ petition, 229; election
illegal and new one held, 229; census
of, 232-33; representatives of, 232, 234;
selectmen called to answer for neglect,
237; number of polls, 1777, 251.

Norfolk county formed, 5.

Numbering districts, 360.

Nutt, John, buys land of Indians, 43.

Nutter, Rev. Hatevil, accepts fence, 16, 17.

Odd Fellows, 399.

Odlin, Rev. John, minister, Exeter, 18.

Officers, General, 289.

Town, 290.

Orthodoxy burdensome to some, 311.

Osborne, Rev. John, labors of, 318.

Otis, Rev. Israel T., supply, 387.

Overseers of pipe staves, 290.

Oyster River, attacks on, 163.

church organized, 20.

Parish and Church matters, 341.
of Newmarket incorporated, 208.
reorganized, 385.

Parishes, ecclesiastical bodies, 53.

Parker, Thomas, granted land, 50.

 

693

Parsonage, procuring a, 324; renting author-
ized, 322; repaired and rented, 385;
present one built, 385; repairs, 386;
purchased, 321.

Pascataqua, meaning of, 2.

Pastors, Congregational, 390.

Methodist, 392.
Persons suspected have liberty restricted, 235.
Petition for appointment of peace, 254;
for bridge, 169; others for same, 170;
against granting, 171; Exeter’s objec-
tions, 171-73; reply to, 173-75; granted,
175; committee’s report on site, 175;
approved with amendments, 175; act
passed, 175; neglect to build shown,
176-77.
for division of parish, 311; granted, 312.
for protection, 32.
to be free from Massachusetts, 28.

Pettit, Thomas, granted land, 42.

Pickering, Rev. George, missionary-at-large,
323.

Pipe staves, overseers of, 290.

Piscassic largely by itself, 325; deacons and
Ministers, 325-26.

Plymouth Council, grant of, 35; conflicts
with Pascataqua grant, 36; foundation
of all grants of Dover and vicinity, 36;
given the management, 8; their charter
the basis of all after grants, 8;

grant territory to Gorges and Mason, 8.

Polls, list of, 367.

Post office, 341; postmasters, 685;

riders, 54.

Pound keepers, 295.

Pounds required, 53, 58.

Preachers, early, 382.

Presidential check-list, 371.

Prices of food, 276, 284.

Pring, Capt. Martin, visits America, 7.

Prisoners, memorial of, 250.

Productions, early, 1.

Professional men, 389.

Province rates, 22.

Provost marshal, 290.

Public conveyances, 54.

worship, how sustained, 6.

Puritan defined, 3.

Queen Anne’s War 148-55: bounties offered
for Indian scalps, 148; Indian invasion,
148; several persons slain, 148; Gov.
Dudley’s command, 149; expedition to
Pequacket, 149; Council's orders, 149;
seashore nightly patrol, 149; expedition
to Norridgewock, 149; lack of provisions
prevents scouting, 150; Indians attack
haymakers, 150; Robert Barber killed,
151; men ordered to Hilton’s house, 151,
deserters to be arrested, 151; Indians
kill and are pursued, 152; expedition to
Pequacket, 152; Winthrop Hilton killed
694

158; bill for boarding soldiers presented,
153; muster roll of Hilton's garrison, 153;
persons killed and captured, 154; peace

proclaimed, 154; soldiers in Davis's
scouting party, 154-55.
Quit rent, 51.

Randolph, Edward, complaint to king, 31.
Regimental coats, money for received, 268.
Representation recommended, 241; plan
adopted, 241.
Representatives, 295, 364.
chosen, 230-31.
right and method of sending 231.

Resolutions adopted, 358.

Retailors of liquors, 297.

Retreat of army from Chnada, ?70,

Revival, 386.

Revolution, 257-87; capture of Fort William
and Mary, 257; convention of delegates,
258; acts of congresses, 258; pay roll of
Poor’s regiment, 259; fire-arms voted,
260; Newmarket men in Capt. S. Gil-
man’s Co., 260-61; Reed’s regiment
kept as guards, 261; regimental
order, 261; battle of Bunker Hill, 262;
account for losses, 262; minute men
enlisted, 262; Newmarket, list of, 263;
persons suspected of toryism, 263; Com-
mittee of Safety, executive power of
government, 264; give orders to ten,
each to enlist a company, 264; give
several orders, 264-67; provide dinner to
Mr. Gerry, 267; other orders, 267;
shoes furnished, 268; also money for
coats, 268; men drawing rations, 268;
going to Quebec, 269; Conn. forces
refuse to tarry, 269; N. H. men asked
to fill their places, 269; commended for
bravery, 270, 272; retreat of army from
Canada alarms, 270; Newmarket men
in Capt. Marston’s Co., 270; in Capt.
Badger’s Co., 271; in Capt. Gordon’s
Co., 271-72; vote to raise 1000 men,
271; to draft 500, 272; loyalists, 272;
Elisha Thomas pensioned, 273; Capt.
McClary killed, 274; Jonathan Mason
taken prisoner, 274; enlistments, 274-76;
prices of food and drink, 1777, 276;
muster roll, Capt. Z. Gilman’s Co., 276—
77; men in Capt. Parson’s Co., 276;
in Capt. Pike’s Co., 277; at Saratoga,
277; enlistments, 278; on payroll, Capt.
Hilton, 279; Nathaniel Church, for
wound, asks for relief and half pay, 279;
supplies furnished several, 280; John
Barter receives bad wound, 280; return
of men, 283; prices, 1779, 284; money
advanced by town, 284; James Cobbey
wounded, 285; James Colby pensioned,
285; return of three years’ men, 285;
business done by barter, 285; currency

 

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depreciation, 286; old and new tenor,
286; issuing paper money, 286; rebellion
of Shay, 286; ring leaders jailed, 287.

Road making, 340.

Roads, early, 190-92; Hall's mill road, 193;
mistake in laying out highway, 193;
report of committee on, 193-94; turnpikes
and toll gates, 194.

Robinson, David, granted land, 49.

Roman Catholic church, 396.

Royal charter vests power, 52.

Rulers, 290.

assistant, 290.

Rundlet, 56.

Sabbath School Union formed, 383; members,
383.

Sacraments, conditions of admission to, 6.

Sambo makes threats and is fined, 202.

Sanders, Jobn, granted land, 40.

Sawmill, liberty for, granted, 42.

School committee, 297, 366.

house voted, 362.

Schools, 327; old school law, 327; taught in
private houses, 328; house built, 328;
first school, Newfields, 328; vote to hire
schoolmaster 328; flag presented and
raised, 328; school removed, 330.

Scipio killed, 212.

Sealers of leather, 298.

of weights and measures, 298.

Selectmen, 298, 365.

given power to abate rates, 317.

Separatists, 311.

Settlers largely dissenters, 11; mostly con-
formists, 4; never persecuted, 4; cheer-
ful church supporters, 25; hardy, 57.

Sewing circle formed, 386.

Ship-building, 336.

Shoes furnished, 268.

Shute, Mrs., captivity of, 163.

Silversmith, 336.

Smart, Goodman, granted land, 41, 42.

Jobn, awarded land, 40.
Robert, granted land, 43, 46, 48.

Smith, Capt. John, monument to, 7.

Rev. Bezaleel, appointed to Newfields, 382.
Rey. Elias, ordained, 317.

Societies, East and West, union legalized, 316.

Soldiers, South Newmarket, Civil War, 345~
56:

Second regiment, 345.
Third, 347.

Fifth, 348.

Sixth, 349.

Eighth, 349.

Ninth, 350.

Tenth, 350.

Eleventh, 350.
Thirteenth, 355.
Strafford Guards, 355.
U.S. Marine Corps, 355.
-NARRATIVE INDEXES.

U.S. Naval Service, 355.

in Massachusetts regiments, 356.
money expended for, 356.
substitutes furnished, 357.
prices paid for, 357.

in Spanish War, 358.

families, votes to aid, 357.

Spanish War, 358. :

Squamscot Indians, 57.

Stage lines, 340.

State convention, delegates to, 289.

Stone pound, 399.

Stratham-Newfields bridge, 371.

Street lights, 401.

Students in P. E. A., 331-32.

Suits against the Hiltons, 48.

Sunday School, first in Newfields, 324.

Surveyors of highways, 301.

of lumber, 301.
Swaine, Francis, granted land, 42.
Swamscot Machine Co., 338-39, 371.
in hands of receivers, 339.
shops opened, 342.

Swimming the Hudson for rum, 163.

Tash, Thomas, petition for appointment as
field officer, 238-39; appointed colonel,
247. , :

Tavern, Pike’s, 400.

Stinson’s, 400.

Taverns, 54, 340.

Exeter limited to two, 54.
keepers, 301.

Tax, ministerial and town, separated, 316;
refusal to pay, levied by distress, 316.

Taxation exemption, 361.

religious resented, 311.

Tax-list, 368.

non-resident. 371.

Tax-payers, 320.

Teamsters ford the Squamscot, 58.

Tenor, old and new, 216, 286.

Tide-mill, 400.

Tithingmen, 301.

Thomas, Elisha, allowed for wound, 248;
petition of, 256; pensioned, 273; peti-
tioned for reprieve, 256; wounded, 273.

Throat distemper prevails, 211.

Thurston, Rev. James, ordained, 319; begins
labor under discouragement, 320.

Toleration act, 324; exempted from church
taxation, 341: salary. of Mr. Thurston
increased, 321; requests dismission, 322;
installed at Manchester,.322; his son
James, 322.

Tomb, Rev. Samuel, called as colleague, 316;
ordained, 316.

Tomb-stones, old, 403.

Tories, N. Y., sent to committee of safety,
248; petition to detain in prison, 248;
required to give bonds, 236.

 

695

Town clerks, 297, 367.
house, 400.
made dividends of land, 52.
meeting, called, 359.
officers, 363.
outgrowth of people’s wants, 53.
Towns had right to make grants, 37.
Townsmen, 290. .
Township plan in N. E., 52.
Townships, power granted to, 52.
Trade by barter, 57.
Trainings, 344.
Transportation by water, 400.
Treasurers, 367. ;
Treaty of peace, 288.
Tree planting, 401.
Treworthie, Samuel, receives deed of land, 47.
Troubles of 1637, occasion of, 5; settlement
of, 5; release from county rates, 6,
Trust funds, cemetery, 404.
Tucker, Rev. Elisha W., pastor, 386.
Turnpike, first, 55.
Turnpikes, 340.
Two-mile streak, 50; granted, 337.
Universalist church, 394; organization, 394,
396; members of, 394-95; edifice dedi-
cated, 395.
Social Union, 394.
State convention, 395.
Uplands, division of, 38.
Village separation agreed upon, 342.
Wadleigh, John, granted land, 49.
Robert, granted land, 46, 49.
Wadononamin, deeds land, 44.
War of 1812, 287-88; enlistments few, 287;
roll of Peter Hersey’s Co., 287-88; treaty
of peace signed, 288.
Warren, John, granted land, 42.
Warship presented to France, 335.
Well, agreement to dig, 207.
Wentworth, Rev. William, ministry of, 18;
asked to continue, 33.
Wesleyan academy, 330.
West Indies, trade with, 311.
Society, 311; members of, 312.
Wheelock, receives Indian pupils, 214.
Wheelwright, Rev. John, called to Exeter, 20;
removed to Wells, Me.; 21; his com-
pany good men, 22; house purchased,
25; children of, 12; granted land, 40;
Indian deed, 34; Fast-day sermon criti-
cised by the Court, 12; banished, 13;
banishment revoked, 15; deed of, 13.
Whipping-post, 58.
Wiggin, Thomas, granted land, 44.
Wilson, Humphrey, buys land of Sagamore, 41.
Wolves troublesome, 53; bountyf or killing, 54.
Woman preacher, 324.
Worship, Congregational, 4.
Young, John, granted land, 49.
Peoples Christian Union, 396.
696

NaRRATIVE INDEXES.

II. NAMES.

Abbott, Isaac, 367.
Richard S., 378.
Achmuty, Robert, 199.
Ackinson, James, 158.
Adams, Captain, 270-71.
Charles W., 351, 367-68.
Hugh, Rev., 20, 92, 94, 226-28, 309.
John, Rev., 392-93,
John F., 374.
John W., Rev. 392-93.
Joseph, 238, 297.
Joseph, Rev., 105, 212.

Josiah, 115, 131, 136, 244, 251, 277, 283-84,

296-97, 300, 311, 313-14, 323.
Josiah, Rev., 366.
Mary, 329.
Nancy, 132.
Sally, 329.
Sarah H., 131.
Sophia W., 323.
Winborn, 131, 234, 257, 260.
Aisten, Reuben, 302.
Aldrich, George, 236.
Allen, Governor, 78.
John, 239, 270.
Joseph, 368.
Samuel, 89.
Ambrose, Nathaniel, 276.
Ames, Daniel, 102, 111, 138, 170, 232.
David, 170.
Jacob, 170, 194, 245, 255, 303, 312.
John, 238, 244, 255.
Joseph, 170.
Nathaniel, 111-12, 170, 194, 237, 244, 246.
Nathaniel, Jr., 238, 244.
Rhoda, 303.
Samuel, 158-60, 277.
Sarah, 303.
Simon, 112.
Anderson, Addie M., 376.
Partha M., 374.
André, Major, 129.
Andrews, George, 332-33.
Joan, 128.
John, 128.
Anne, Queen, 148.
Ardell, William, 48, 89.
Armet, Captain, 137.
Armstrong, George T., 350.
James, 356.
Arnold, Benedict, 259.
Arringotine, Jeremiah, 153.
Asbury, Bishop Francis, 406.
Ashby, John L., Rev., 390.
Atkinson, Bert F., 379.
Joseph, 108.
Atwell, Benjamin, 128.

 

Atwood, Harry G., 371.
Averill, Charles F., 375.
Ayres, Edward, 188-89.
George, 307.
John, 307.
Thomas, 306.
Bacon, William, 368.
Bachiler, Jonathan, 169.
Stephen, Rev., 6, 14, 15, 25.
Backus, Isaac, Rev., 114.
Badger, Abigail, 73.
Ellen G., 378.
John, 74.
Joseph, 271, 304.
Rebecca B., 420.
Samuel, 74, 309.
Samuel P., 351, 364-65, 368, 395.
Samuel P., Mrs., 395.
William, 73, 119, 244, 259, 260, 271, 314.
William, Mrs., 395.
William, P. L., 365, 368.
Ww. O. L., 395.
Bailey, Colonel, 247.
Jacob, Mrs., 117.
Joseph G., 373.
Baker, Betsey, 305.
Henry, 306.
Samuel, 136, 237-39, 244, 249, 269-70, 274,
277, 285, 290-91, 293, 295, 300, 314.
Baketel, O. S. Rev., 366, 392-93.
Balch, John, 54.
Balcom, Henry, 373.
Baldwin, Colonel, 268.
Nahum, 274,
Samuel, 162.
Ball, Frederic A., 377.
George, 279.
Ballard, Dana, 308.
W. #H., 269.
Ballou, Hosea, Rev., 394.
Bancroft, Captain, 153, 285.
Lieutenant, 145, 152.
Banks, Gen. N. P., 409.
Barber, Daniel, 108.
James, P., 373.
John, 271.
Joseph, 170.
Joseph, Jr., 170.
Mary, 124.
Nelson, 244,
Robert, 105, 107-08, 124, 150-51, 160, 169,
192-93, 229, 244, 277.
Robert, Jr., 237, 244.
Sally, 303.
Samuel, 239.
Sarah, 107-08.
Zebulon, 132, 138, 239, 249, 255, 270, 276.
NARRATIVE INDEXES. 697

Barfoote, Walter, 31, 44, 71, 78, 90.

Barker, John, 250.
Jonathan, Jr., 305.

Barlow, George, 17, 22, 42-43, 65, 197.
Robert, 79.

Barnard, Elizabeth, 307.

Barnet, Caleb, 246.

Barron, Robert, 371.

Barter, John, 249, 280, 282-83, 285, 303.

Bartlett, Colonel, 272.
John, 105, 130, 134, 240, 244, 265.
Joseph, 276.
Joseph, Rev., 387-88, 391, 410.
Josiah H., 239, 244, 263, 269.
Nathaniel, 301.
Richard, 304.
Samuel, C. Rev., 387, 410.
Thomas, 258, 281.
Batchelder, Jonathan, 229.
Mary, 376.
Stephen, 280.
Batchelor, Nathaniel, 308.
Battle, Henry, 278.
Bayley, Captain, 161.
Beal, Captain, 279.
Carrie A., 378.
Edward J., 364-65, 371.
F. J., 395
Josiah, 263.
Zachariah, 265, 336.
Bean, Benjamin, 277.
Bean, Charles W., 371.
C. Oscar, 371.
Ebenezer, 168, 239, 249-50, 285.
Everett, L., 371.
John, 107, 244, 269, 287, 295, 301.
Jeremiah, 157-58, 294.
Jonathan, 274.
Joseph, 244, 259, 261.
Josephine, 375.
Louisa, 306.
Samuel, 153.
William, C., 343.
Perley R., 371, 378.
Beane, James, 147.
Jeremiah, 155.
John, 147, 154.
Jobn, Jr., 154.
Richard, 157-58.
Beck, Samuel, 276.
Beckett, Esther A., 377.
Bedel, Timothy, 268, 274.
Beedle, Samuel, Rev., 392.
Belcher, Governor, 156.
Jonathan, 92, 227.
Bell, Captain, 250.
Charles H., 16.
George, 251, 348.
Wright, Mrs., 140.

 

Bennett, Arthur, 244, 261, 279, 312.
Ater, 259.
Caleb, 246.
Clarissa P., 373.
Connton, 240.
Cotton, 133, 237, 244, 255, 312.
Dinah, 303.
James, 368.
James F., 371.
James G., 375.
James L., 371.
John, 117, 119, 122, 138, 169, 193, 237, 244,
246, 255, 313-14.
John, Jr., 117, 238, 240, 244, 284.
Joseph, 263.
Joseph G., 122.
Josiah, 138, 240, 244, 302.
J.8., 301.
Lydia, 303.
Martha, 302.
Mary E., 376.
Mehitable, 307.
Nathan, 246.
Phebe, 303.
Rebecca P., 420.
Thomas, 99,118, 169, 238, 244, 246, 255, 312.
Bennick, Abraham, 64, 310.
Abraham, Jr., 64.
Arthur, 64, 125-26, 310.
Arthur, Mrs., 64.
Ebenezer, 271.
Mary, 125.
Mary G., 310.
Samuel, 155.
Sarah, 310.
Benson, Charles E., 377.
Benton, William, 302.
Bergin, Ede H., 312.
Berry, Abigail, 306.
Bickford, Etta M., 379.
Miriam F., 375.
Sarah R., 374.
Thomas, 147.
Bicknell, George W., Rev., 394.

Biggs, Thomas, 17,-27, 28, 42, 60, 62, 190,

196-97, 298.

Birgan, John, 170.

Blaizo, John T., 375.

Blake, Asael, 285.

Winthrop, 157.

Blakewell, Jeremiah, 38.

Blinn, George R., 377.

Blodgett, Captain, 250, 280.
Constantine, Rev., 385, 390.

Blom, Mary S. R., 374.

Blunt, Jonathan, 161.

Bly, Moses, 259.

Boardman, Elizabeth, 312.
Stephen, 180, 182, 291-93, 295.
William, 183, 290-91, 300, 301, 312, 314,

317, 319.
698

Bodge, Daniel, 304.
Bomaseen, 124.
Bond, Nicholas, 148.
Boody, John, 371.
Booth, Robert, 38.
Boothley, Lizzie E., 376.
Bordman, Stephen, 94, 101.
Boreman, John, 94.
Borowes, Mr., 10.
Boulter, Nathaniel, 25, 196.
Boulton, Ath., 17.
Bowley, Elizabeth M., 376.
Boyd, William P., 367. .
Boynton, Joseph, 259, 261.
Boytes, George, 21.
Brackett, Abbie B., 378.

Ann E., 306.

Anthony B., 28.

Arthur B., 374.

Benning, 130, 237, 240, 244, 255, 293.

Betsey, 304.

Catherine, 306.

Daniel, 355, 374.

Deborah, 306.

Elipheny C., Rev., 112.

Eunice, 304.

Goodman, 145.

Ichabod, 112, 183, 244, 246, 280, 284, 312.

James, 112.

James P., 368, 373.
John, 112.

Joseph, 183.
Joseph E., 374,
Joseph N., 368.
Joseph 8., 297.
Jeremiah, 305.

Joshua, 112, 117, 237, 240, 244, 246, 272,

280, 291, 302, 312, 371.

Lydia, 307.

Marcia E.. 379.

Martha, 121.

Mary, 112, 309.

Perney, 307.

Samuel, 96, 112, 117.
Bradbury, Judith, 224.

Thomas, 225. |
Bradley, Moses, 259.
Bragg, Lyman D., Rev., 393.
Bramin, Owen, 367.
Brannan, Bessie, 378.
Branscomb, Arthur,

296-97, 301, 309.

Charles H., 331.

Simon, 5, 28.
Brecket, Samuel, 169.
Breed, Nathaniel, 234.
Breshahan, Ellen F., 379.
Brewer, David, 373.
Brewster, Mark, 306.
Bridge, Ebenezer, 285.
Broadway, Georgianna, 379.

132, 279, 287, 292,

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Brodhead, Ann H., 308.
Daniel, D., 391.
Elizabeth H., 307.
George H., 331.

John, 132, 136, 297, 306, 323-24, 326, 330,

381, 390-92, 404, 406-08, 411.

John, Mrs., 393.

John M., 332-33, 360, 411.

John M., Mrs., 360-61.

Mary, 368.

Mary D., 411.

Mary R., 408.

Miss, 120.

Thornton F., 331.
Bromfield, William, 46.
Brook, Lord, 3.

Brooks, Benjamin, 294, 296.

Oliver, 287.

Samuel, 296, 305.
Broughton, Viola L., 376.
Brown, Allen, Rev., 395.

Arthur, Rev., 104.

Benjamin, 297.

Charles, 368.

Charles W., 372.

Elpsey M., 379.

Jacob, 244, 251, 279, 294.

James, 309.

John, 89, 275, 287.

John A., 349.

Jonathan, Rev., 115-16, 134.

Lizzie M., 376.

Mary, 89, 97, 110, 199-200.

Mary H., 377.

Nathan, 110, 271, 275.

Nutter, 368.

Samuel, 154-55, 288.

William, 372.

Browne, Jacob, 154.
Bruce, Jonathan, 306.
Bryant, Benjamin D., 331.

Charles S., 331.

George N., Rev., 366, 392.

Henry, 367-68.

Jeremiah, 279.

John, 283, 305.

Mary, 305.

Bryent, Jeremy, 100, 103, 127, 244, 246, 290.

John, 133, 291.
Nancy, 303.

Robert, 155.

Walter, 100-103, 127, 133, 180-82, 193,
216, 232, 244, 246, 251, 277, 285, 295,
300, 301, 312, 314.

Walter, Jr., 244, 246-47, 252, 255, 271, 277,

 

280, 284, 300, 304, 312.
Buck, Amasa, 330.
Buckley, M. J., 397.
Timothy, 372.
Bulgar, Richard, 20, 22, 38, 40, 142, 298.
Bull, Dixy, 3, 142, 145.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Bumery, Martha, 376.
Bunker, James, 147,
Burdett, George, 5.
Burgess, Josephine K., 378.
Sarah, 375.
Burgin, John, 17.
Burgoyne, General, 137. ©
Burleigh, Abigail, 303.
Andrew, 109.
Betsey, 305.
Elizabeth, 131, 308.
Franklin G., 373.
Henry, 304, 368.
Isaac, 304.
Jacob, 291, 300, 303.
Jacob, Jr., 309, 312.
James, 135, 201, 202, 288, 293, 300, 303,
307, 314, 381.
Jasper H., 130.
John, 96, 109, 131, 162, 216, 237, 244, 296,
300, 404. ”
Jonathan, 247, 272, 371.
Joseph, 301, 303.
Joseph L,, 304.
Josiah, 249, 278-79, 288, 302, 312, 317.
Judith, 304.
~ Luey, 302.
Mark, 288.
Mary, 109, 303, 317, 326, 373.
Mary A., 383.
Mehbitable S., 131.
Miss, 284.
Moses, 314, 368.
Nathan, 362.
Nathaniel, 303, 396.
Nathaniel E., 296, 343, 359, 365, 367-68.
Sally, 303.
Samuel, 182, 244, 278-79, 281, 301, 312,
317.
Sarah, 106, 121, 303, 308, 404.
Stephen, 271.
William, 271, 283, 302, 312, 317-18.
William, Jr., 281.
Winthrop, 288.
Burley, A. Augusta, 374, 416.
Andrew, 87, 138, 168-69, 238.
Benjamin, 308.
Betsey S., 308.
Elizabeth J., 136.
Giles, 87, 136, 170.
Harrison G., 123.
Jacob, 169, 237, 244, 249, 276, 371.
James, 87, 169, 183, 238, 246.
James, Jr., 169.
John, 169, 180-81, 216-17, 232, 235, 309,
Jonathan, 416.
Joseph, 87, 169.
Joseph, Jr., 169.
Josiah, 81, 87, 123, 169, 237, 239, 244, 276.
Judith, 308.
Mary, 123.

 

699

Moses, 136, 217, 238, 244,
Nathaniel E., 308.
Reuben M., 375.
Sally N., 416.
Samuel, 239, 246.
Samuel, Jr., 246.
Sarah, 118.
Susan, 306. .
Susan W., 307.
William, 69, 237, 244.
William, Jr., 240, 244.
Burman, Jeremiah, 147.
Burnam, Josiah, 270.
Burnham, Abraham, Rev., 384.
Benjamin M., 297.
Harriet, 306.
Jacob, 302.
John T., 368.
Josiah, 239, 244, 270.
Robert, 305.
Burnet, William, 93.
Burns, John, 349.
Mary F., 379.
Burt, Federal, Rev., 326.
Burton and Smith, 297.
Bursley, John, 42, 65.
Busiel, Charles F., 360.
Buss, John, Rev., 146.
Butler, Polly, 308.
Butterfield, William E., 375.
Buzzell, Lucretia A., 376.
Calfe, James, 157, 159.
Lameaguah, Jr., 159.
Samuel, 305.
Calkert, Edward, 261.
Calley, Richard, 170.
Calligan, C. W., Rev., 397.
Callihan, William, 378.
Cameil, Robert, 269.
Camock, Captain, 195.
Campbell, Buel G., Rev., 393.
Canaugh, Jeremy, 29.
Candler, Henry, Rev., 393.
Henry, 372.
Canning, John, Rev., 397.
Cannon, Bridget, 377.
Mary C., 377.
Card, Sylvester, 373. .
Cario, William, 104, 131, 244, 255, 336.
Carlton, Samuel C., 306.
Theodore, 253, 290, 312.
Thomas, 255.
Carney, Matthew, 376.
Carpenter, Anthony W., 312.
Elizabeth, 126.
Helena, 305.
Josiah, 379.
Carr, George, 60.
Carrigan, Philip, 133.
Carter, Shuah, 309.
Cartey, Philip, 29.
700 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Caswell, Albert A., 351, 378.
George, 351.
Samuel, 288.
Thomas, 308.
Caverly, Asa, 306.
Cavey, Marie E., 377.
Chadbourne, Melinda B., 418.
Chamberlain, George C., 372.
Ira, 338.
Thomas, 304.
Channel, Robert, 109.
Channing, Elizabeth E., 373.
Chapman, Andrew M., 331.
Benjamin, 121, 182.
Benjamin, Jr., 274, 312.
Charles C., 372.
Daniel, 292-93.
David, 121, 238, 244, 255, 280, 291-95,
301, 313-14, 323.
David, Jr., 292-93, 296, 309.
Edmund, 309.
Elias, Rev., 366, 387, 391.
Elizabeth, 140, 304.
Jacob, 390.
James C., 291.
J. M., 301.
Job, 154.
John, 281.
John, Jr., 297.
Joseph, 118, 169, 240, 244, 259-60.
Levi, 249, 255, 259, 265, 271, 277, 295, 303.
Martha J., 373.
Nancy, 133.
Paul, 133, 193, 290-92, 295, 300-02, 304,
314, 323.
Phebe, 111.
Rebecka, 307.
Samuel, 111, 121, 170, 240, 244, 255, 301.
Samuel, Jr., 111, 238, 240, 246, 263.
Sarah, 309.
Smith, 118, 133, 239-40, 249, 263, 269, 277,
301-03, 306, 312.
Solomon, 308.
Susanna, 303, 307.
Thomas, 307, 310.
Charles II, King, 77.
Charles, Prince, 7, 21, 24.
Charles, St. Auge, 164.
Charte, Philip, 32.
Chase, Charles, Rev., 392.
Deborah, 307. °
Dudley L., 259, 261.
Edmund, 244.
Edward, 259, 261.
Enoch, 282.
George L., 332, 362, 365-66, 372, 399.
George W.., 377.
J. Lewis, 351, 364.
Jonathan, 175, 178.
Nathaniel L., Rev., 366, 368, 392.
Samuel P., 375.

 

Stephen A., 292, 298.
Cheney, Henrietta A., 377.
Samuel, 282,
Cherry, Captain, 280, 282.
Chesley, Annie E., 375.
Betsey, 117.
Henry H., 372.
Israel, Rev., 117, 326.
John H., 372.
Jonathan, 101, 271.
Joseph, 50, 89.
Mary, 76.
Nathaniel, 303.
Philip, 28, 45, 46, 60, 61, 88, 89, 125.
Samuel, 152, 275.
Thomas, 89.
Thomas J., 211.
William, 249.
Chester, Jonathan, 99.
Cheswell, Hope, 169.
Hopestill, 109.
Mary, 103.
Mary D., 140.
Sarah W., 420.
Thomas, 291, 300, 331.
Thomas, Rev., 140, 326.
Wentworth, 103, 115, 125, 140, 186, 217,
238, 244, 246, 252, 255, 277, 290-92,
294-95, 300, 311, 313, 315-16.
Chick, Howard 8S., 377.
Childs, Alexander C., Rev., 388, 391.
Choate, Alfred B., 357.
Ira, 368.
Church, Nathaniel, 279.
Churchill, Ichabod, 304.
James C., 297.
Joseph, 305.
Lydia, 304.
Mary, 303.
Susannah, 309.
Thomas, 238, 244, 246, 297, 300, 302.
Cilley, Daniel P., Rev., 306, 327.
Elizabeth A., 308.
Jonathan, 157.
Joseph, 138, 184, 234, 259, 275, 278, 280,
287, 371.
Moses, T., Rev., 392.
Samuel, 363-65, 367-68, 391.
Clancy, Patrick, 348.
Clagget, Wyseman, 242-43.
Clarage, Winthrop H., 308.
Clark, Abigail, 137.
Benjamin, 281.
Caleb, 99, 169, 216, 238, 249, 285, 404.
Captain, 340.
Charles E., 364.
Daniel, 158-60.
David, 169.
Edward, 259.
Ellen W., 376.
Hannah, 304.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Clark, Isaac M., 369.
John, 30, 155, 269, 287, 368.
John A., 30, 357. ;
John D., 357.
John, Rev., 18, 70, 71, 77, 85.
Joseph, 183, 261, 268, 312.
Josiah S., 357, 365, 368.
Joshua, 240, 244.
Major, 30.
Mary, 404.
Richard, 125, 168-89, 192, 229, 237, 293.
Robert, 162, 268, 293, 297, 301, 307, 381,
384,
Stephen, 199.
Susannah, 404.
Clarke, John, Rev., 33, 35, 49.
Clay, Curtis S., 372.
Francis A., 372.
John D., 372.
Nancy D., 373.
Clement, Ellen E., 373.
Job, 159.
Clements, Job, 84.
Cleveland, A. A., Rev., 392.
Clifford, William O., 377.
Clough, Belle C., 378.
Frank W., 372, 377.
Herbert, 358.
Horace, 379.
Master, 329.
William L., 378.
Cloutier, John, 372.
Cobbey, Anna, 215.
James, 205, 206, 285.
James, Jr., 205, 206.
Nathaniel, 239, 294.
Cochran, James, 243.
Coe, Ann, 324, 383.
Annie M., 385.
Benjamin, 297-98, 301, 363, 365, 367-68,
389.
Curtis, Rev., 134, 297, 319, 324, 381-82,
402, 406.
Curtis, Mrs., 382.
James E., 365, 372, 385.
J. Lewis, 364, 379, 382, 389.
Mary, 381, 383.
Coffee, John, 35, 357.
Coffey, Catherine, 377, 397.
Leonard J., 372.
Thomas, 397.
Coffin, Abigail, 84.
Abner, 169.
Deacon, 107.
Deborah, 85.
Eliphalet, 259, 268, 88, 291, 299, 300.
Elizabeth, 86.
Moses, 192.
Peter, 33, 49, 50, 65, 78, 84, 85, 88, 152,
191, 263, 289.
Peter, Jr., 78, 85.

 

701

Robert, 84-86, 299.
Sarah, 121.
Coffin, William, 136, 183, 238, 302, 314.
Cogswell, John, 297-98.
Colby, Abby, 390.
Fannie G., 374.
James, 274, 276, 285.
Jonathan, 389.
Nathaniel, 247, 272.
Richard, 368.
Colcord, Ann, 68.
Betsey, 121.
David, 136, 239, 302, 314.
Edward, 40, 42, 43, 63, 67, 68, 130, 163,
192-94, 197, 237, 244, 300.
Edward, Jr., 141.
Eliphalet, 119, 277, 312.
Ella F., 376.
Gideon, 111, 131, 135-36, 244, 301, 314.
James, 249,
Jeremiah, 135, 301-02, 308.
Jeremy, 314, 330.
John, 130, 238, 259-60, 265, 276, 301, 367.
Jonathan, 106, 111, 131, 193, 242-44, 246,
284.
Jonathan, Jr., 312, 336.
Joseph, 136-37, 239, 244, 249, 263, 276,
314, 367-68, 405.
Joseph, Jr., 292.
Joseph A., 367-68.
Josiah, 239, 244,
Laura E., 375.
Levi, 298.
Mary, 106.
Mr., 27, 28.
Peter, 156, 304, 312.
Samuel, 106.
Sarah, 309.
Cole, Goodman, 38.
Otis, Rev., 334, 392-93.
William, 22.
Coleman, James, 297-98, 306, 334, 383.
Colkit, Jonathan, 169.
Jonathan, Jr., 169.
Collins, Dolly, 415.
James, 368.
Jane, 378.
John, 415.
Compton, Goodman, 38.
Conant, Mary, 87.
Roger, 87.
Conerley, Emily J., 373.
Connell, Daniel, 237.
Conner, Abigail, 129.
Alfred, 372.
Arthur J., 399.
Emma P., 334.
Enoch, J., 373.
James W., 17, 378.
Jeremiah, 154,
Jeremy, 46.
702

Conner, Juliette P., 396.
Morgan, 244, 303.
Nellie J., 376.

William H., 365, 367, 372, 374.

Connor, Cornelius, 299.
Jerome, 299.

John H., 372.
Juliette P., 420.
Lyford, 373.
Michael, 367.
Ralph E., 332.
Thomas J., 372.
Thomas P., 372.

Constable, Andrew, 30.

Cook, Daniel, 307.
Doctor, 265.

John, 312.

Cooke, John, 183, 238, 244.
Nicholas, 277,

Cookson, Frank, 376.

Cooley, Daniel, 305.

Coon, Harriet, 306.
Romer G., 376.

Copp, David, 127, 247.

Copping, Bernard, Rev., 388, 391.

Copps, David, 263.

Corbin, John, 11.

Cornell, Abigail B., 385.
William, 385.
William M., Rev., 135, 382-85, 390.

Cornish, Thomas, 42, 377.

Corson, Addie, 379.
Annie, 377.

Charles, 372, 379.
Emma B., 378.
Ida F., 377.

Olive L., 374.

Cotton, Frank P., 339.
John, 12.

John, Jr., 32.

John, Rev., 17.
Margaret F., 104.
Seaborn, Rev., 17, 68.
Ward, Rev., 213.
William, 28.

Couch, Benjamin, 149.
Robert, 61.

Coughlin, Richard, 236.

Cousons, Jane, 374.

Covill, Constance, 117.

Cox, Clarissa, 308.

Cram, Daniel, 287.
David, 304.

Hannah, 302.

James, 113, 183, 244-46, 289, 300, 312, 316,
319.

James, Jr., 288, 304.

John, 17, 38, 290, 298.

John W., 374.

Mary, 113.

Polly, 304.

 

Narrative INDEXES.

Sarah, 303.

Wadleigh, 157-58.

William, 183.

Crafts, Albert E., 378.

Cranfield, Edward, 31, 71, 74, 76, 89, 144.
Crawley, Thomas, 22.

Creighton, James P., 296.

Critchet, Polly, 305.

Richard, 271.

Crockett, 305, 367.

William, 169.

Croly, Thomas, 38.
Crommet, 272, 285.
Cromwell, Oliver, 15, 93.
Cronin, Mary, 378.
Crosby, Jonathan, 158.

Josiah, 234.

Crummet, Mary I., 373.

Philip, 249.

Culton, Mr., 90.
Cummans, Mary, 376.
Cummings, Charles O., 368.

Jacob, Rev., 135, 326, 380, 383.
Cummins, Elisha, 302.
Curry, Alexander, 376.

David A., 376.

Curtis, George, 303.

Jonathan, Rev., 409.
Cushing, Samuel A., Rev., 392.
Cushman, Solomon, 274. ,

Thomas, 368.

Cutt, John, 78.

Samuel, 87.
Cutting, John, 224,

Mary, 224.

Cutts, Hannah, 134.

John F., 373.

Daley, M. Edward, 372.
Dalton, Betsey, 305.

Samuel, 68.

Timothy, Rev., 5, 15.
Dam, Temperance, 303.
Dame, Asa G., 374,

Colonel, 267.

Leander M., 369.

Mary E., 375.

Samuel, 371.

Daniels, Solomon, 255.
Davis, David, 146-47, 246.

Dependence F., 365, 395.

Emma E., 376.

Everett S., 379.

Fred, 378.

James, 88, 90, 96, 117, 124, 154.

Jennie M., 378.

Joel H., 373.

Davis, Jonathan, 307.

Lieutenant, 147.

Maria, 308.

Moses, 259.

Noah, 287.
NARRATIVE INDEXES. 703

Davis, Sadie M., 379.
Samuel C., 295.

Sarah, 99.

Zebulon, 237, 239, 247, 272.
Day, Ephraim, 306.
Dayton, Thomas, 195.
Deale, Aaron, 305, 319.
Dean, Stephen, 195.

Thomas, 160.

Dearborn, George W., 296.
Godfrey, 17, 22, 298.
Goodman, 38.

Henry, 17, 259, 269, 274.

James, 240, 244.

Jacob, 288.

John, 306.

John F., 378.

Jonathan, 154, 272, 287.

Ruth, 304.

Simeon, 376.

Stephen, 275.

Deering, Ebenezer, 280.

Demeritt, Addie, 373.
Ebenezer E., 306.

Job, 259.
Mehitable, 308.
Moses O., 309.

Derby, James, 413.
Deshaies, Fabian, Rev., 397.
Devine, Ellen, 377.
Diamond, A. L., 374.
Dinsmore, Cadford M., 392.
Captain, 278.
Distler, John M., 348.
Dixon, Alphonto, 372.
Clifford S., 372.
Fred W., 376.
Dockum, Charles F., 375.
Jennie H., 377.
Dodge, Mary, 406.
Ruth G., 406.
Thomas, 307, 406.
Doe, Andrew, 240, 300, 304.
Andrew W., 297.
Bert P., 372.
Bradstreet, 101, 244, 246, 277.
Daniel, 309.
David, 162.
Elizabeth, 90, 304, 309.
Francis, 305.
George, 287.
Jaurus, 277.
James, 309.
Jeremiah, 309.
John, 90, 244, 246, 309.
John, Jr., 90.
Jonathan, 183, 238, 240, 244, 246, 312.
Joseph, 134, 244, 252, 291, 300.
Joseph, Jr., 287, 292-93, 307, 313.
Joseph B., 297.
Joseph R., 288, 292, 296-97.

 

Margaret, 309.
Martha, 90.
Mary, 303, 309.
Mehitable M., 306.
Nathaniel, 309.
Nicholas, 85, 279.
Nicholas, Jr., 237, 244.
Nicholas B., 331.
Parsons, 373.
Polly, 305.
Reuben, 238, 240, 244, 247, 272.
Reuben, Jr., 305.
Ruth, 134.
Sampson, 49, 50, 89, 90, 94, 105, 136, 154,
169.
Samuel, 94, 101, 169, 209, 309.
Wiggin, 183, 255, 294, 303.
Zebulon, 24, 30, 246, 259, 261, 270, 272,
802, 309, 312, 316.
Zebulon, Jr., 244.
Zebulon N., 293.
Zebulon, 3d, 244.
Dole, Ruth, 304.
Dolloff, Abner, 159.
Christian, 29, 32.
James, 145.
Joseph, 160.
Phineas, 266.
Richard, 154.
Donnell, J. O., Rev., 396-97.
Donovan, Daniel, 372.
Dennis, 372.
Eugene, 372, 379.
James, 372.
John, 372.
Margaret A., 379.
Mary A., 377.
Michael, 372.
Michael J., 378.
Doody, Benmore, 309.
Joseph, 309.
Rebekah, 309.
Susannah, 309.
Temperance, 309.
Dooly, Samuel, 169.
Dout, Benjamin, 249.
Dovayne, Morris, 369.
Dow, Addie E., 379.
Annie H., 390.
Benjamin, 154, 282, 285.
Elizabeth W., 390.
Henry, 145-47, 149.
Jeremiah, 285.
Josephine K., 380.
Joshua, 31.
Lorenzo, 369, 389-90.
Sally, 305.
Simeon, 182.
Simon, 304.
Sukey C., 308.
Dowd, Katherine E., 379.
704

Dowe, Benjamin, 268.

Dowling, Katie J., 377.
Lizzie A., 378.

Downe, James, 36.

Downes, William, 282.

Downing, Elsie, 309.

John, 175, 216.
Jobn W., 374.

Downs, Daniel, 287.
David W., Rev., 392.
William, 249, 283, 285.

Dowty, William, 369.

Drake, Abraham, 25.
Freeman, 338.

Lincoln, 338.

Mr., 17.

Nathaniel, 154, 156, 290.
Simon, 159.

Draper, Alvan E., Rev., 393.

Dresser, Sarah A., 309.

Drew, Benjamin, 302.
Captain, 110, 278.
Henry, Rev., 392:
Joanna, 309.

Joseph, 227.
Samuel, 373.
Drisco, Mr., 46.
Robert, 290.

Tige, 30.

Drowne, Abigail, W., 383.
Andrew, 132, 288.
Comfort, 389.
Elizabeth, 108.
Elizabeth A., 383.

John, 132.

Dimmer W., 132.

Leonard, 108.

Mary, 108, 132.

Moses, 271.

Peter, 132, 237, 240, 244, 256, 266, 277-79,
287.

Richard, 132.

Samuel, 108, 132, 278.

Samuel, Rev., 132.

Sarah, 132.

Thomas, 130, 132, 207, 278, 285, 297, 301,
302, 314, 323, 381, 389, 400.

Duda, Asa, 271.

Betsey, 304.

Nicholas, 304.

Susannah, 305.

Temperance, 304.

Zebulon, 240, 244, 312.

Dudley, Ann, 278.

Biley, 26, 30, 32, 33, 46, 82, 85, 147, 152,
298-99.

Captain, 157.

John, Gov., 149, 151.

Jonathan, 154, 240, 249,

Jonathan S., 244, 247, 249-50, 259, 261,
272, 283, 285.

 

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Joseph, 79, 154.

Joseph, Gov., 11, 17, 19.

Nicholas, 246.

Samuel, 60, 62, 67-69, 78, 87, 148, 159,
241, 289.

Samuel, Jr., 30.

Samuel, Rev., 6, 17, 26, 27, 29, 60, 62, 72.

S. Gunnison, 372.

Theophilus, 46, 78, 79, 295, 298-99.

Thomas, 78.

Thomas, Gov., 6, 17, 209.

Dudy, Philip, 147.

Zebulon, Jr., 305.
Dunbar, David, 198.
Dunn, Levi A., 378.

Michael, 369.

Dunno, Annie, 378.

Durell, Arthur J., 378.
Charles E., 130, 365, 395-96.
Frank L., 375.

Newman, 294.

Durgan, Daniel, 302.

Francis, 169, 244, 264, 302.
Francis, Jr., 240, 244.
Jacob, 239, 244, 312.
James, 310.
Jonathan, 310.
Susannah, 310.
Treworthy, 310.

William, 378.

Durgin, Charlotte, 307.

Francis, 107, 312.
Miles, 301.
Samuel, 183, 246.

Zebulon, 183.

Dustin, Moses, 283.

Dutch, George, 100, 157, 159.

Dyer, Ebenezer, 147.
Edward, 147.

Prudence, 297.

Samuel, 235, 237, 244, 249, 264, 277, 303.

Eadon, Bliss C., 379.

Eames, Daniel, 153.

Eastham, Betsey, 140.

Eaton, B. F., Rev., 394.
Edward F., 332.

Mary, 70.

Mary E., 379.

Theophilus, 70.

Edgerly, John, 157, 304, 307.
Moses, 237, 244.

Samuel, 302.

Thomas, 146-47, 158, 160.

Edmonds, John, 107.

Egan, Charles, Rev., 397.

Elkins, Captain, 262,
Eleazer, 29, 32.

Henry, 38, 139, 234.

Joseph, L., 332.
Elliott, John, 303.

Jonathan, 305.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Ellis, Jonathan, 169.
Moses B., 376-77.
Ellison, Hannah J., 375.
Herbert D., 376.
Emerson, Daniel, 308.
David, Jr., 231.
Joseph, Rev., 225.
Mr., Rev., 25.
Smith, 110, 271-72.
- Timothy, 170.
Emery, Anthony, 195.
Daniel, 367.
Eliphalet, 259.
William, 369.
Engels, Samuel, 159.
Evans, Colonel, 242.
Stephen, 260, 266, 271, 275-76.
Ewer, Dorcas, 127, 302.
Drusilla, 135.
Drusilla C., 140.
Elizabeth, 304.
Gamailil, 312.
Mary, 114, 305.
Mehitable, 302.
Nathaniel, 140, 244, 291, 297, 300.
Nathaniel, Rev., 114-17, 140-41, 212, 217,
302, 311, 313, 316-19, 324.
Rufus, 312.
Ewers, Rufus, 183, 247, 272.
Ewin, Alexander, 308.
Ewins, Margaret A., 376.
Eyre, Thomas, 195.
Fagan, Frank A., 377.
Henry, 367.
Falkner, Enoch, 307.
Farnham, S. C., Rev., 392.
Farnsworth, Betsey, 306.
Mary A., 377.
Farnum, Olive, 302.
Farr, Vincent, 119.
Farrell, Michael, 355.
Felker, Dorcas, 306.
Feltch, Edward, 378.
Fenner, Elhanan W., 326.
Fenton, Daniel, 396.
Fernald, Mary S., 306.
Hercules N., 418.
Olin J., 418.
Ferren, Moses, 303.
Ferrin, Jane B., 376.
Levi E., 375.
Field, Albert, 363-65, 369, 376, 378, 395, 685.
Darby, 22.
Elizabeth P., 378.
Fifield, Benjamin, 31.
Charles W., 332, 389.
George E., 339, 383-85, 373.
George S., 331, 372, 379.
Joseph, 287.
Mehitable P., 409.

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705

Winthrop, Rev., 360, 366, 369, 387, 389,
391, 409.

Filbrook, Thomas, 31.
Fisher, Patrick, 227.
Fisk, Ebenezer, 269.

Timothy M., 369.

Fiske, Henry §., Rev., 395.
Fitts, James H., Rev., 329, 333-34, 360,
365-67, 388, 391, 410.
Mary C., 334, 367.
Flanders, Ebenezer, 307.

Elizabeth,, 308.

Frank W., 375.

Fleming, Richard, 369.
Fletcher, Edward, 70.

Seth, 70.

Flood, Mary, 102, 232.

Nathaniel, 309.

Floyd, Sarah E., 374.
Fogg, Annie F., 377.

Edith M., 376.

Jeremiah, 234.

John, 363, 367-68, 374.

John H., 369, 373.

Jonathan, 157.

Josiah, 157, 160, 280, 282.

Samuel, 157.

Sarah E., 374.

Seth, 157, 160.

Vina B., 373.

Foley, William, 372.
Follett, Polly, 304.
Folsom, Abigail, 303.

Abraham, 154, 293, 301.

Andrew, 170, 244, 304.

Ann, 99.

Anna, 304.

Asa, 127, 183, 244, 246, 277, 279, 312, 314.

Benjamin, 75, 153, 157, 159, 244, 249, 262,
265, 278, 285, 301.

Daniel, 159.

David, 238, 244, 246.

Edward, 239-40, 244.

Elizabeth, 102, 127, 140, 312.

Ephraim, 29, 30, 49, 95, 103, 112-13, 123,
147-48, 153, 170, 290, 293, 298.

Ephraim, Jr., 170.

Hannah, 103, 305.

Hannah G., 133.

Israel, 154-55, 169.

Jacob, 255, 270, 304, 331.

James, 125, 246.

Jean, 303.

Jeremiah, 58, 83, 95, 109, 112, 114-16,
154, 183, 234-41, 244, 258, 260, 269,
276, 295, 300, 311-12, 369, 403.

Jeremy, 95, 99, 102, 112, 141, 209-11,

John, 6, 28, 29, 32, 43, 46, 75, 95, 116,
121, 123, 141, 170, 239, 244, 246, 249,
271, 275, 277, 285, 289-90, 295, 300,
301, 312.
706

Folsom, John, Jr., 29, 77, 271, 298-99.
Jonathan, 168, 240, 244, 249, 262-63, 274,
279, 282-83, 285, 304.
Joseph, 238, 240, 244, 294, 301-02.
Joseph §., 331.
Joshua, 75, 157.
Josiah, 157-58, 291.
Levi, 244, 246, 277, 303, 312.
Levi, Mrs., 117.
Martha, 308.
Mary, 95, 113, 123, 393, 403.
Nathan, 169.
Nathaniel, 30, 32, 258, 262, 278, 289.
Noah D., 367.
Peter, 29, 31, 32, 75, 147, 152, 159, 162,
169, 191, 244, 266-67, 290, 293, 300-01.
Polly, 304.
Sarah Y., 373.
Simeon, 183, 244, 312, 331.
Susanna, 152.
William, 113, 133, 170, 238, 240, 244, 246,
255.
William Jr., 244, 246.
Foman, Lizzie J., 379.
Foot, Mary, 99, 309.
Samuel, 369.
Forbush, Abbie J., 378.
Ford, John, 376.
P. W., 397.
Foreman, Harriet, 373.
Forrester, May E., 379.
Fose, Benjamin, 170.
Edward, 170.
John, 170.
Foss, Flora A., 377.
Fred 8., 372.
Jacob, 125.
Jeremiah, 240, 244, 247, 260, 271, 312.
John, 239, 249-50, 263, 279, 283, 285, 369.
John, Rev., 326.
Jonathan, 303.
Mary E., 379.
Molly, 125.
Sarah, 99, 124.
Thomas, 249, 259, 271, 285.
Zechariah, 99.
Foster, George P., 369.
Mr., 214.
Fowler, Charlotte, 207.
Elizabeth, 204.
Green C., 367, 369, 405, 414.
Hannah, 207, 307.
Jacob, 138, 204, 205, 244, 253, 255-56, 272.
James E., 414.
J. Edward, 372.
John, 294.
John C , 207, 288, 295, 324, 363, 369, 414.
John F., 367, 369, 374, 376.
Joseph, 110.
Judith, 204.
Mary, 204, 369, 392-93.

 

NaRRATIVE INDEXES.

Mary W. N., 414.

Philip, 97, 98, 105, 110, 118, 138, 177,
204-07, 244, 246, 271-72, 275, 278, 284,
301, 303, 316, 319.

Philip, Jr., 134, 204, 207, 212.

Philip, 3d, 134.

Robert, 272.

Sarah, 204-05.

Simonds, 130, 244.

Simons, 281.

Susan, 204.

Fox, Edward, 161, 183, 259, 261, 277.
Francis, Lulu H., 377.
Fraser, Carrie M., 376.

Charles W., 378.

French, Benjamin, 282, 287, 292-93.

Charles W., 374.

Coffin M., 411.

David, 306.

Dolly P., 411.

Frank W., 332.

Jonathan, Rev., 380, 384-85.

Joseph, 286.

J. 8., 297.

Judith, 309.

Mary C., 411.

Peter, 257.

Reuben, 304.

Sarah, 125.

William, 137, 255, 275, 299.

Freeze, Albert F., 367, 685.

Charles A., 376.

Helen A., 374.

Sarah M., 374.

Frost, Mary, 133, 405.

Nathaniel, 250.

Frye, Isaac, 273-74.
James, 269.
Fuller, Thomas W., 288.
Fullington, Lydia, 308.
Funda A., 248.
Furber, Franklin, Rev., 392.
Furbur, Elizabeth, 308.
Furnal, Harriet, 306.
Furnald, Joseph, 74, 288.
Mary E., 373.
Gage, Amos, 128.
John, 91.
Gains, Sarah, 307.
Gale, George W., 307, 367.

Gilman, 304.

Jacob, 275.

Galighan, Thomas, 367.
Gambling, Benjamin, 200.
Gammon, John, 206.
Gardner, Annie L., 378.
Garland, Sophia, 410.
Garvey, John, 377.

Gates, General, 275, 277.
George, King, 156, 199, 210.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Gerrish, Paul, 188.
Samuel, 118.
Susie M., 377.
Gerry, Mr., 267.
Gibney, Alice K., 376.
Gibbons, Ambrose, 195.

Nathaniel, 277.

Giddinge, Eliphalet, 266, 277.

Nathaniel, 277.

Giddings, George H., 373.

John, 387.

John C., 369, 376.

John, Mrs., 137.

Mary M., 369.

Zebulon, 231.

Gile, John, 183.

Gill, Samuel, 240.
Gillen, John, 29.
Gilman, Abigail, 106.

Andrew, 93, 115, 122, 244, 253, 255, 263,
265, 277, 290-91, 294, 300.

Antipas, 158.

Bradstreet, 120, 234, 237, 239, 244, 253,
290-93, 299, 300, 302, 318-19, 331.

Caleb, 94, 157, 299, 300.

Captain, 68.

Carty, 158-60.

Charles, 191.

Chase, 308.

Daniel, 29, 31, 157, 160, 171, 173.

David, 86, 110, 242, 264-65, 303, 312.

Deborah, 303, 304, 309.

Dudley, 263, 304.

Edward, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 42, 43, 66, 72,
74, 197, 269, 294, 298, 300.

Edward, Jr., 42, 66, 67, 195-96.

Elizabeth, 70, 73, 86, 118.

Henry, 288, 307, 309.

Jacob. 139.

Israel, 105-08, 120, 122, 156, 168, 229-34,
236, 258, 260, 264, 288-89, 296, 303, 312.

Israel, Jr., 193, 300. 2

James, 33, 75, 79, 83, 94, 148, 193, 239,
244, 253, 299, 312.

Jeremiah, 33, 49, 83, 94, 105, 116, 148,
199, 269, 275, 280.

Joanna, 86.

Job, 50.

John, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 38, 43, 47, 48,
50, 64, 66, 72, 73, 86, 142, 148, 152, 155,
161, 191, 197-98, 277, 289, 294-95, 298.

John, Jr., 46.

Jonathan, 193.

Joseph, 118, 244, 264, 312.

Joseph §S., 253.

Joshua, 154.

Josiah, 284.

Josiah, Jr., 284.

Lydia, 309.

Mary, 309.

Michael, 154.

 

707

Moses, 29, 31, 33, 43, 46, 48, 66, 74, 75,
83, 93, 94, 96, 153, 191, 269, 290, 294,
298-99, 301.

Moses, Jr., 33, 49, 293.

Nathaniel, 112, 205, 238-39, 244, 253, 255,
263, 269, 284, 302, 312.

Nicholas, 72, 73, 97, 153, 251, 255, 258,
265, 274, 277, 287, 289-90, 295-96, 299,
312.

Nicholas, Rev., 208.

Perley B., 357.

Peter, 50, 124, 156, 201, 235, 265, 291,
294, 296.

Polly, 305,

Rachel, 75.

Richard, 93, 229, 295.

Robert, 97, 290.

Sally, 305.
Samuel, 117, 129-30, 137, 156, 186, 239,
244-45, 248-49, 250-53, 255, 262,

266-70, 276-77, 283, 289, 291, 296, 300,
313.

Samuel, Jr., 268.

Sarah, 93.

Somersbee, 101, 109.

Stephen, 147.

Theo, 159-60.

Warren, 292, 331, 369.

William E., 363, 369.

Zebulon, 249, 266, 276, 287-88.
Gilson, Camelia M., 375.
Gladin, William, 278.
Gladding, Frank, 358.
Gledon, Charles, 30.
Glenister, Sarah, 378.
Glidden, Andrew, 96, 124, 208, 293, 295,

301.

Charles, 29, 49, 87, 148.

James, 287.

John, 87, 158, 160.

Joseph, 169, 202.

Nathaniel, 158.

Richard, 87, 160.

Sarah, 87, 96.

William B., 308, 370.
Goddard, Benjamin, 64.

John, 50, 63, 64, 67, 84, 89, 96, 125-26.

John, Jr., 64.

Mary, 126.

Welthena, 64.
Godfrey, David, 302.

James, 43, 46, 148.

Mr., 195.

Godsoe, Elizabeth, 303.
Goffe, Anthony, 30.

Colonel, 95, 280.

John, 161-63.
Goggon, John P., 377.
Gooden, Catey, 304.

Lawrence, 305.

Sally, 305.
708 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Goodhue, Nathaniel, 140.
Samuel, 201.
Sarah, 140.
Goodin, Hannah, 304.
James, 112.
Katherine, 138.
Mehitable, 303.
Gooding, James, 285.
» Robert, 312.
Goodman, Josiah W., 374.
Goodsoe, Elizabeth, 117.
Gookin, Nathaniel, Rev., 212.
Goodrich, Eva M., 379.
Fred G., 372, 379.
Mary E., 376.
Goodwin, David, 287.
Eliza, 306.
Elizabeth M., 379.
James, 244, 249, 259-60, 271.
James L., 377, 379.
Joseph B., 373.
Robert, 244, 246, 255.
Gordon, Alexander, 29.
Benjamin, 157.

Daniel, 110, 128, 139, 247, 271, 273, 281.

James, 158.

Lawrence, 305.

Nicholas, 299.

Timothy, 110, 157.
Gorges, Ferdinand, 2, 8, 11.
Gorwood, Charles, 198.
Goss, Charles, 297.

Gove, Edward, 30, 31, 70, 71, 74.
Grace, Nicholas, 305.
Grant, Daniel, 157-59.

John, 351.

Ulysses S., 412.

Walter B., 339, 361.
Graves, Benjamin, 157.

Martha, 302, 309.

Rufus E., 379.

Thomas, 286.

Gray, James, 274.

Jesse §., 372.

Martha A., 378.

Mr., Rev., 116.

Nettie M., 377.

Sylvester B., 378.
Green, B., 316.

Captain, 154.

Ezra, 234.

Jacob, 149.

Jonathan, 148.

Stephen, 143.
Greenfield, Samuel, 25, 196, 290.
Greenough, William, 287.
Greenwood, Charles, Rey., 392.
Gregg, William, 247.
Grenefield, Samuel, 16, 17.
Grey, Albert E., 377.
Gridley, Colonel, 156.

 

Griffin, Charles, 372.

David, 309.

Michael J., 378.

Susan H., 373.
Grimes, Nugent, 349.

Grinfield, Samuel, 41.

Groose, Israel, 21, 23.

Gross, Isaac, 290.

Grosse, Mr., 38.

Gutterson, J. Herbert, 372.

Gypson, James, 310.
John, 310.

Hackett, James, 247, 277.

Haggett, Wilbur ‘H., 379.

Hagner, Mary A., 275.

Haines, John, 371.
Thomas J., 371.

Hale, Elijah, 414.

Enoch, Jr., 325.

Hatevil, 414.

James W., 287.

John, 414.

Justice, 228,

Nathan, 130, 234.

Thomas, 259.

William H., 372.

Haley, Joseph E., 378.

Joseph F., 367.

Joseph T., 366.

Ralph §., 379.

Hall, Andrew, 29, 367, 369, 414

Andrew, Jr., 288, 367

Ann, 93, 209,

Colonel, 266.

Dolly C., 415.

Edward, 50, 58, 76, 80, 102, 104, 168, 171,
192, 200-02, 209-11, 216-17, 226-28,
230-31, 290, 296, 299, 337.

Ephraim G., 304.

John, 75, 76, 84, 160, 263.

Joseph, 49, 50, 91, 92, 131, 168, 170, 192,
201, 202, 208-11, 229, 239, 263, 269,
290-92, 294-95, 299.

Josiah, 77, 92, 297,

Kinsley, 29, 30, 32, 33, 76, 77, 82, 124,
131, 146-48, 294-95, 297-98.

Lewis C., 333.

Lieutenant, 29, 31, 294.

Mary, 91, 131.

Mary W., 209.

Mercy, 104.

Paul, 77.

Phaltial, 123.

Ralph, 17, 22, 29, 32, 40-42, 46, 50, 69,
75, 76, 226, 294-95, 298.

Samuel, 29, 49, 60, 61, 77, 125, 157-58.

Sarah M., 369, 414,

Thomas B., 307.

Hallihan, Mary, 375.

Michael, 369.

Patrick, 369.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Ham, Albert H., 379.
Charles E., 374.
Hannah, 306.

Jeremy W., 305.

John F., 375.

Thomas, 304.
Hamilton, Mary A. E., 373.
Hanes, David, 169.

Matthias, 31..
Haniford, Thomas, 261.
Hanley, Margaret F., 375.
Hannaford, Polly, 308.

Thomas, 244, 255, 294.
Hannafort, Sally, 389, 394.
Hanniford, Thomas, 137.
Hanson, Anne L., 389.

Charles, 354.

Charles L., 332, 389.

Edward, 356.

Edward A., 366.

Emma B., 376.

Fred A., 378.

George P., 377.

James M., 377.

John C., 364, 367, 374, 389-90, 399, 402.

Joseph D., 377.

Joseph H., 356.

Joseph O., 372, 379.

William C., 332, 390.
Hardy, George E., 376.

Love, 302.

Stephen, 104, 244, 312.

Theophilus, 30, 32, 192.
Harlow, William T., 331.
Harriman, 8. E., 375.
Harrington, George W., 374.
Harris, Edward, 348.

Philip, 170.

Samuel, Rev., 390.
Harrison, Nicholas, 125.
Hart, Aaron, 279, 283.

George, 245, 278, 312.

John, 100-01, 109, 161.

William, 250.
Hartford, Nicholas, 117-18, 155, 183, 238,

244, 246, 312.

Hartwell, David, 309.

Hartnett, John F., 379.
Richard, 375.

Richard J., 372.
Haven, John, 139.

Samuel, Rev., 213-14, 222.
Harvey, Abbie R., 376.

Emma A. B., 375,

James P., 297.

John, 132.

Mary A., 376.

Robert, 369.

William, 369.

Hazen, Moses, 278.

Hatharcie, Robert, 40.

 

709

Haughton, Josephine P., 374.
Hawes, Walter E., 338.
Hawkens, William, 236.
Haworth, Reuben, Jr., 349, 376.
Hayden, Caroline, 395.
Charles S., 372.
G. Forrest, 372.
James F., 379.
James H., 375.
Mary, 375.
Wilbur G., 372.
William, 367, 369.
Hayes, Daniel, 369.
Elizabeth C., 379.
Jennie M., 377.
Mark D., 369.
Martha H., 374.
Haywood, Thomas, 306.
Healey, Bishop, 397.
Heath, Enoch, 259.
Jonas, 281.
Jonathan, 259.
Helme, Charles, 22.
Hemmingway, Mary S., 378.
Henderson, Mary A., 307.
Hennon, Herbert, 397.
Herlihy, John, 372, 378.
Michael, 372. *
Michael J., 378.
Herrick, Ami, 304.
Hersey, Jacob, 255, 367, 369, 376.
Jeremiah, 288, 367.
Mahala, 307.
Mary, 112.
Nathaniel, 50.
Nicholas, 120, 138, 292, 297, 301, 329.
Peter, 83, 112, 120, 138, 157, 168, 240, 245,
270, 287-88, 303, 304, 307, 367, 369, 405.
Peter, Jr., 83.
Peter, Mrs., 405.
Polly, 83, 120.
Porthenia, 369.
Robert, 17, 40, 83, 367.
Theophilus, 293.
Thomas, 83. °
William, 70, 83, 239, 304, 367.
Wilmot H., 379.
Hervey, Abigail, 389.
Charles F., 372.
Robert, 363-64.
Hewes, Frederic A., Rev., 366, 392.
William, 369.
William, Rev., 366, 392-93.
Hicks, Rev. Mr., 394.
Higgins, William, 237.
Hill, Amos §., 315.
Benjamin, 21, 140, 302.
Betsey, 138.
Daniel, 130, 255, 291, 294, 297, 301, 302,
314, 324.
Ephraim, 357.
710 NARRATIVE INDEXEs.

Hill, Ephraim G., 367, 369.
Frank, 372.
Hannah, 305.

James, 57, 120-23, 130-32, 137-40, 181,
211, 234, 237, 251, 254-55, 260, 268,

294, 296, 308, 311-14, 335-36.

John, 102.

John B., 121.

Joseph, 155, 190.

Joshua, 204.

Lucy, 309.

Major, 116.

Mary, 102.

Nancy, 131.

Nathaniel, 70, 371.

Robert, 183, 303.

Samuel, 372.

Valentine, 60, 70, 121, 197-98.

Hilliard, Benjamin, 144.
Hilton, Abigail, 305,

Andrew S., 303.

Ann, 19, 61, 82, 127, 306.

Anna, 303.

Benjamin, 250.

Betsey, 305.

Charles, 47, 60, 62, 97, 168-69, 277, 294,

Colonel, 246, 284.

Comfort, 304.

Daniel, 31, 109, 126, 134, 169, 244, 253,
255, 276-77, 283, 291, 300, 301, 312.

Daniel, Jr., 116, 290, 300.

Deborah, 304, 369, 393.

Dudley, 19, 78, 79, 81, 82, 109, 126, 154,
191, 239, 263, 276, 294, 301.

Edward, 2-4, 6, 9-11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25-28,
30, 34-38, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 57-63,
69, 70, 76-82, 86, 93, 97, 109-11, 118,
127-28, 146-47, 165, 169, 196, 202, 204,
206, 255, 278-79, 283, 289-91, 298, 301,
312, 316, 403, 419.

Edward, Jr., 6, 17, 27, 44, 45, 77, 78, 80,
244, 246.

Edward, 3d., 305.

Elenor, 304.

Elizabeth, 127, 308, 312.

Ephraim, 357.

Frances, 14.

Francis J., 367, 369.

George, 134-35, 291-92, 300, 302, 314,
336, 383.

George E., 82, 419.

George O., 296-97, 301, 331, 338, 355,
363-64, 367, 369, 394-95.

George W., 369, 373.

Hubartus, 310.

Ichabod, 115-16, 119, 140, 244, 278, 284,
291, 302, 313, 315, 317, 337.

James, 238-39, 247, 264-65, 269, 277, 287,
291, 308, 316.

Jane H., 310.

Joanna, 156.

 

Jeremiah, 246.

John, 43, 46, 170, 190, 263, 265, 275, 277,
419.

John P., 303.

John T., 287.

Jonathan, 97, 170, 199, 210, 216, 261, 266,
403.

Joseph, 78, 80-82, 109, 111, 170, 252, 275,
293.

Josiah, 118, 127-29, 138, 169, 193-94, 237,
244, 255, 293, 312-13.

Kathrine, 47, 60, 61.

Martha, 81, 305.

Mary, 19, 76, 97, 297, 303, 383.

Mary A., 308, 369.

Mr., 148.

Nancy W., 383.

Nathan, 331.

Rebecca, 19.

Richard, 19, 34, 48, 70, 78, 80, 89, 90, 92,
93, 97, 110, 124, 154, 165-67, 206, 255,
293, 301, 310, 313, 317, 328.

Samuel, 30, 47, 48, 60, 62, 64, 80, 81, 112,
192, 294.

Sally, 305, 391, 419.

Sarah, 303.

Sobriety, 19.

Susan, 306.

Theodore, 308.

Ward, 134, 396.

Wentworth, 169.

William, 1, 3, 4, 8-11, 14, 29, 35, 36, 38,
39, 57, 58, 60, 68, 77, 79, 80, 93, 97, 112,
145, 156, 165, 268, 277-78, 283, 290,
294, 298.

William, Jr., 35, 140.

Winthrop, 19, 20, 58, 78, 80-82, 85, 89-95,
103, 107, 119, 124, 128, 149-52, 168,
191-93, 226, 244, 246, 289, 293, 299-
301, 305, 337, 367, 369, 384.

Winthrop, Jr., 291-93, 300, 302, 324.

Hinckley, William, 148.
Hines, Jacob, 234.
Hinson, James, 168.
Hithersay, Robert, 25.
Hoag, John, 108.

Jonathan, 200.

Hoagg, Charles, 375.
Hobbs, Amos, 414.

Benjamin, 305.

Bertha J., 396, 415.
Dolly C., 420.

Edna A., 377, 415.
Lavinia H., 414.
Nathaniel, 111.
Robinson, 414.

William R., 364, 414-16.

Hodgdon, Charles, 371.

George E., 375.
Lewis S., 376.
Mary G., 370.
NARRATIVE INDEXES. 711

Hodgdon, Mary L., 374.
Samuel S., 375.
Hogan, James, Rev., 397.
Hoit, Eliza C., 308.
Grace, 306,
John, 306.
Sarah A., 308.

Holland, Robert, 258, 268-69, 283.

Holmes, Robert, 258.

Holt, Edwin, Rev., 386, 391.
Mary, 306.

Honyford, Thomas, 259.

Hopkins, Annie, 376.
Azubah, 138.

Jerusha, 138, 305.
Horn, Armstrong, 153.
Horne, Charlotte W., 374.

Leavitt C., 369.
Hosford, Charles 8., 376.
Houghton, Addie M., 374.

Adeline, 395.

A., Mrs., 395.

John, 369, 395.

William, 395.

Howard, Alvin J., 376.
Charles E., 372, 377.
Charles M., 332.
Ernest L., 379.
Ferdinand, 356.

George H., 378.

Irvin G., 372.

John N., 367.

Mellen, Rev., 392.

Nathan G., 374-75.

Solomon, 259.
Howarth, Reuben, 369,
Howe, General, 262.
Howell, John S., 367, 369.
Hoxie, Edmund, 375.
Hoyt, Fred A., 366, 377,
Hubbard, William, Rev., 142.

Richard, 305.

Hudson, Isabella M., 378.

Hunniford, Josiah, 30.

Huntoon, Nathaniel, 297, 309.

Huntress, Solomon, 302.

Hurd, John, 205.

Huse, James, 259.

Husk, Ellis, 200.

Mary, 200.

Husoe, Ann D., 374.

Hussey, Captain, 68.
Charles F., 187.

Hutchins, Nathaniel, 138.
Hezekiah, 234.

Hutchinson, Anne, 12, 13.
Edward, 12.

Mary, 12.

Susannah, 12.

Ingram, George H., 372.

Jack, John, 306.

 

Negro, 88.

Jackman, Hannah, 112,

Jackson, Charles D., Rev., 385, 390.
Robert, 238, 240, 244, 302.

Jacob, Joseph, 97.
Martha, 97.

Mary, 97.
Richard, 97, 98.
Susannah, 97.

Jacobs, Joseph, 200, 209-11.

Jacques, Mattie J., 372.

Jaffrey, George, 89, 90, 110, 200, 337.

James, Indian, 60.

Tra B., 369.
Mrs. I., 395.

Jenkins, Herbert T., 378.

Jenness, Charles, 374.
Charles V., 365.
Eugene E., 377.
Francis, 139, 141, 367.
Francis, Jr., 272.

Hall, 363.

Hall J. 291-94, 300, 301, 308, 382-83.
Isaac, 139, 302, 367.
Joseph, 291.

Mary K., 389.

Mercy, 139.

Mercy H., 383.

Polly, 305.

Richard, 175, 193-94, 289.
Sarah G., 139.

Theodate, 141.

Jewell, Alice M., 379.
Captain, 281.

Daniel, 308.

Jewett, Anna, 216.

David, 263, 265.
Jacob, 126.
Joseph, 126.
Martha, 303.
Nancy, 126.
Phebe, 126.
Stephen S., 360.

William, 126.

Jillison, Myrta M., 377.

Jocelyne, Mr., 195.

Johnson, Alexander, 305.
Henry, 369.

Jacob, 306.

John, 44, 45, 306.
Mary, 309.

Mary A., 375.
Minnie W., 377.
Noah, 307.
Parker, 309.

Jones, Brackett, 402.
Charles E., 372.
Clarissa, 373.

Emma, 378.
George, 29.
Huldah B., 377.
712 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Jones, John Paul, 335.
John W., 345.
Paul, 367, 369.
Ralph P., 378.
Samuel, 371.
Sarah H., 375.
Stephen, 188, 306.
Thomas, 17, 25, 40.
Warren F., 350.
Joslyn, Mrs. D., 395.
Josselyn, Daniel M., 373.
Joy, Ebenezer, 306.
Jacob, 302.
Joseph, 244, 312.
Samuel, 101, 293.
8. Josie, 375.
Joyes, Thomas, 65.
Judkins, Abigail F., 124.
Benjamin, 125,
Jacob, 125.
Job, 125, 147.
Joel, 30, 125, 302,
John, 125, 147, 169.
Joseph, 103-04, 124, 169.
Jump, Hall J., 369.
Isaac, 369.
Joseph, 369.
Kaim, John, 287.
Kealing, Edward, 369.
Kelley, Alice, 375.
Edmund, 369.

George P., 306, 356, 367, 369, 373.

Hugh, 372.

James E., 372.

John, 307, 369.

Joseph H., 356.

Robert, 369.

Samuel, Rev., 306, 327.

Susan, 307.

Thomas, 372.

Kelly, Hannah, 379.

Levi, 401.

Maggie, 377.

Mary A., 373.

Moses, 275.

Patrick, 355.

Sarah, 375.

Thomas, 357, 397.
Keen, Joseph J., 379.
Keison, Joseph, 348.
Kendall, Charles B., 375.
Keniston, Aaron, 288.

Albion, 376.

Christopher, 155.

David, 282.

Ida M., 378.

James, 261, 267, 272, 282.

John, 155, 272, 276.

Jonathan, 272.

Levi, 372.

Lewis, 247, 281-82.

 

Margaret, 37+.
Nathan, 100.
Nicholas, 282.
Olive M., 374.
Samuel, 271.
William, 288.
Kenistone, James, 249,
Kennard, Albert E., 332.
Anne E., 373.
Edward L., 351.
Frank H., 352, 374.
John, 288, 297-98, 302, 324, 337-38, 367,
369, 380, 382-83.
John F., 352, 369.
Sarah E., 373, 383.
Seneca C., 338, 363-65, 367, 369.
Seneca C., Mrs., 395.
Thomas S., 365, 367, 369.
Kennedy, Patrick, 376.
Kenneston, James, 169.
John, 169.
Kennison, James, 259.
Joshua, 204.
Levi, 297.
Lewis, 244, 287.
Kenniston, Moses, 294.
Sally, 307.
Kennistone, James, 283, 285.
Kenson, Thomas, 244.
Kent, Cephas H., Rev., 382.
Kersey, James, 170.
John, 170.
Kid, James, 30.
Kidder, Elmer D., 366.
Henry §&., 372.
Nathaniel]. 115, 183, 291-92, 295, 297, 300,
315, 319.
William J., Rev., 392.
Kimball, Benjamin, 159, 259-60.
Caleb, 158-60.
Ebenezer, 231.
Elmer E., 377.
John, 158, 169.

Joseph, 160.
Lydia L., 393.
Mr., 66.

Nathaniel F., 367, 369.

Nettie E., 375.

Thomas, 157-58, 169.

Thomas, Jr., 159.
Kineson, Aaron, 246.
King, Daniel, 87.

Thomas, 289, 298.
Kinnison, Aaron, 312.

Abraham, 305.

Ann, 305.

Hannah, 303.

Jonathan, 245.

Judith, 304.

Levi, 255.

Lewis, 240.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Kinnison, Moses, 255.

Nancy, 305.

Thomas, 312.

Kinsley, Captain, 153.

Kinston, Aaron, 240.

Kinstone, Aaron, 244.

Kittredge, George W., 96, 296, 347, 391.
Knight, Benjamin, 259.

Gideon, 240, 259, 261, 268.

Joseph, 158-59.

Knollys, Hansard, 5.
Knowles, Sarah L., 378.
Knowlton, General, 262.
Knott, William, 378.
Knox, E. Mabel, 376.

Timothy, 158-59.

Kong, Thomas, 17, 25, 27.
Kuse, Alice B., 378. \

Frank O., 377.

Joseph, 364, 367, 369, 392.

Joseph W., 364, 367, 369.

Joseph W., Jr., 352, 373.

Lizzie M., 375.

Nathan E., 346, 379.

Perry, T., 369, 372, 376.
Kyneston, Aaron, 239,
Kynoston, Lewis, 260, 269.
Lad, Nad, 30.

Ladd, Daniel, 168.

John, 160.

Nellie L., 379.

Simeon, 267.

Trueworthy, 162.
Laderbush, Albert. 372.

Albert, Jr., 372.

Lake, George E., Rev., 388, 391.
Lamb, Charles, Rev., 392.
Lamee, Joseph, 159.

Lamie, Alexander, 372.

Mattie, 379.

Peter, Jr., 372, 379.
Lamothe, William G., 372.
Lamprae, John, 39.
Lamprey, Oliver, 296.

Sarah B., 306.

Lane, Annie L., 374, 390.

Charles, 330, 337, 343, 359, 367, 369,

383, 389-90, 399, 400.

Charles E., 357, 389.

Doctor, 316.

Elizabeth B., 369.

Hannah, 383, 389.

Hannah F., 389-90.

John W., Rev., 367, 389, 399.

Mark, 329.

Mary E., 390.

Olivia E., 390.

Samuel, 29, 177.

Samuel, Jr., 276.

William, 154.

Laney, Joel, 306.

 

713

Lang, Joseph, 363, 365, 367, 369, 394-95.
Joseph E., 369.
Priscilla C., 307.
Langdon, John, 187, 255, 257, 277-78.
Samuel, Rev., 213-14.
Langlands, Daniel A., 377.
Daniel C., 364-65.
Eleanor A., 420.
Langley, Abby, 373.
Horace W., 374.
Joseph, 371, 373.
Mary, 307,
Mn, 331.
Lanveat, Entwinett C., 306.
Larabee, Charles A., 375.
Lare, Cornelius, 46.
Larey, Cornelius, 29.
Larkham, Thomas, 5.
Lary, Cornelius, 153.
Olive, 305.
Thomas, 153-54.
Lasco, Richard, 303.
Laskey, Roena C., 375.
Laude, Patrick, 348.
Lawlor, Elizabeth, 369.
John, 368-69.
Lawrence, David, 29, 78, 293.
Eliza, 308.
Joseph, 158.
Prescott, 287.
Lawson, Christopher, 22.
Leach, Thomas, 306.
Leane, Samuel, 29.
Learey, Conealles, 29.
Leary, Cornelius, 29, 75, 147.
Daniel, 108.
Leathers, Benjamin, 288.
Leavitt, Augustin J., 374.
Dudley, 158-60.
Emerson, 160.
G. K., 327.
James, 159, 299.
John, 74, 157.
Jonathan, 158-59, 261, 275, 281, 287.
Joseph, 157-60, 290.
Moses, 29, 69, 82, 85, 160, 211, 281, 290,
295, 299.
Samuel, 22, 29, 259, 290, 295, 298-99, 328.
Samuel, Jr., 261.
Thomas, 22, 38.
Trueworthy, 302.
Viola S., 375.
Leddy, Charles J., 332-33.
Thomas, 365-66, 685.
Leeson, Nicholas, 28, 197.
Legat, John, 17, 25, 27, 41, 66, 69, 190, 290,
297-98.
Legendre, Frank,372.
Lenzi, Frank B., 379.
Lesthers, John, 309.
Levangie, David, 372.
714 NaRRATIVE INDEXES.

Leveridge, William, 4, 11.
Liddy, Honora L., 397.
Light, Captain, 124.

John, 92.

Robert, 159.
Lightfoot, David, 170.
Listen, Nicholas, 30, 42, 46, 71.
Little, Henry, 159.

Walter, 287.
Littlefield, Augustus, 352.

Charles F., 376, 378.

Charles H., 364, 395.

Charles H., Mrs., 395.

Charles W., 395.

Clarence C., 366, 372.

Cyrus, 368-69.

Edmund, 22, 38.

Franklin, 373.

George S., 376, 378.

Leonard, 369, 374.

Olive B., 375.

Sarah A., 373.

Sophia A., 373.

Wilbur A., 378.

William E., 369.
Livermore, Daniel, 283, 275.

Jonathan, 232.

Matthew, 201.

Locke, Annie F., 379.

Augustus T., 371.

A. E., 357.

Edwin, 371.

Edwin B., 395.

Edwin B., Mrs., 395.

Ellen A., 414.

George A., 371.

George O., 368.

John F., 363.

John §., 374.

John T., 368-69, 685.

Joseph H., 371.

Mary O., 375.

Samuel, 371.

Sarah, W. T., 374.

Simeon, 113, 339, 368, 371.

William B., Rev., 393.
Long, Nathaniel, 297.

Nicholas, 346.

Pierse, 280.
Longfellow, Jacob, 331.

Jonathan, 331.

Polly, 304.

Widow, 254.

Look, Jonathan, 230.

Lord, Charles E., Rev., 366, 381, 386.

Hannah, 92.

Lucy, 305.

Mary, 309.

Mary L., 307.

Nathaniel, 73, 237, 245, 300, 337.
Robert, 92.

 

Susan, 309.

Loud, Archbishop, 12. (Errata, 420).

Emeline A., 385.

Lougee, John, 154.

Lougi, Joseph, 263.

Lovell, John, 102, 155-56.

Loverin, Joseph, 249, 276.

Lovering, Benjamin, 126, 291-92, 297, 300,
302, 380-82.

Daniel, 157, 159.

Eben, 375.

Ebenezer, 160.

John, 368.

Joseph, 159, 193-94, 269.

Nathaniel, 287.

Samuel, 153.

Low, Jeremiah, 52.

Mary, 133.

Lowel, Thomas, 153.
Lydston, Josephine K., 378.
Lyford, David, 168.

Edward P., 372.

Francis, 106, 147, 153, 277, 298.

Freeman, 147.

John, Rev., 3.

Samuel, 291-92, 297, 300.

Stephen, 106, 192-94, 239, 245, 290, 300,

301, 312.

William, 368, 371.
Lyman, William, 347.
Lynch, Daniel, 364-66, 369.

Daniel J., 332.

D. John, 372.

Patrick, 375.

Lyons, Alfred, 372, 378.

Annie M., 377.

Charles E., 372.

Peter, 368-69, 397.
Macabee, Michael, 368.
MacClure, David, 223.
Macomber, Warren E., 377.
Macdonel, Margaret, 310.

Robert, 310.

Magoon, Henry, 49.

John, 30, 154.

Joseph, 160.

Samuel, Jr., 158.
Mahoney, James, 369.

Jeremiah, 369.

Patrick, 369.

Malchy, Jeremiah, 372.

Jerry, 365, 374.

Manly, John, 17.
Mann, Benjamin, 234.
Joseph, 158-59.
Manson, Samuel, 155.
Marble, George, 287.
Marcy, John, 234.
Marden, Abraham W., 309.
F. H., 188.
James, 107.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Marden, Nettie J., 376.
Marr, Ethel M., 379.
Marsh, John, 307-08.
Noah, 261.
Marshall, Christopher, 21.
Mary, 120.
Walter E., 377.
‘Marster, John, 245, 284, 312.
‘Marsters, Charles A., 346.
Elizabeth S., 412.
John, 24, 119, 251, 412.
Marston, Caleb, 310.
Charles, 369.
Comfort, 303.
Ephraim, 30.
Isaac, 168-69, 192-93, 217, 245.
James, 168, 170, 192, 194, 294, 304, 310.
Jemima, 302.
Jeremiah, 95, 160, 162-63, 280.
John, 237, 245, 255, 272, 294.
Lydia, 303.
Miss, 125.
Sherburn, 374.
Simon, 138, 268, 270.
Martin, James B., 365, 367.
James H., 366.
Margaret, 373.
Richard, 31.
Marvel, John, 261.
Mash, Anna, 303.
Mason, Abigail, 304.
Anna, 303.
Anne, Mrs., 63.
Edward, 259, 261.
Elijah, Rev., 306, 392.
Elizabeth, 118, 302.
Eunice, 308.
John, 35, 62, 63, 67, 70, 71, 75, 76, 99, 195,
238, 244, 247, 259-60, 268, 272, 294.
John, Capt., 9, 11.
John J., 373.
John, Rev., 141, 316.
Jonathan, 239, 249, 274, 283, 285.
Joseph, 63.
Robert, 28, 29, 32.
Robert T., 47, 71, 89.
Samuel, 305.
Sarah, 309.
Mathes, Annie M., 375.
Benjamin, 257, 306.
Charles H., 379.
C., Mrs., 38.
Henry, 368.
Lois, 309.
Matheson, H. A., Rev., 366, 392.
Matthews, Francis, 22.
Henry, 369.
Mattoon, Anna, 97.
Bartes, 170.
Hubartus, 150, 168.

 

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Jane, 82.
John, 168,
Richard, 97, 105, 150, 168, 170, 209, 293,
301.
Walter, 97.
Mauer, William, 17.
Maverick, Antipas, 29, 61.
Maxwell, Richard, 10.
May, Samuel, 139.
McBride, Barnabas, 249, 259, 261, 274, 285.
Hugh, 239.
McCabe, Michael, 369.
Michael, Jr., 369.
McCann, Arthur W., 352, 369, 373.
John, 369.
Mary E., 374, 376.
McCarthy, Joseph C., 379.
McCarty, George E., 375.
McClary, Andrew, 91.
John, 110, 278.
McClensy, John, 368.
McCloud, John, 374.
McCuin, James, 352.
McDonald, John, Rev., 397.
Lewis, Rev., 397.
McDuffee, George H., 377.
John, 234.
McEvay, William, 369.
McGill, John, 369.
McGlancy, John, 369.
McKee, Margaret, 373.
McKenna, George 8., 378.
McKenney, Luther F., Rev., 366, 395.
MecMath, John, 202.
McMillan, Lillie, 376.
McMillen, William, 357, 369.
MecMurphy, George B., 372.
Valentine, G., 377.
McNamee, Peter, 369.
McPhaedris, Archibald, 90, 96, 337-38.
McPhillips, Peter, 368.
Thomas P., 368.
McQuillan, David, 287.
MeWhinney, William J., 372.
Mead, Benjamin, 132, 237, 240, 244, 246,
255, 313-14.
Elizabeth, 132.
Jeremiah, 296, 313, 331.
Jeremy, 133, 292, 319, 324.
John, 101, 132-33, 276, 281, 292-98, 302,
305, 312.
Jobn, Mrs., 58.
Joseph, 155.
Levi, 183.
Margaret, F., 307.
Sally, 303.
Meader, John, 169, 238, 271, 302.
Mary G., 309.
Meals, Walter, 155.
Meder, John, 240, 244, 247, 312.
Joseph, 147.
716

Meed, Nicholas, 155.

Mehany, Thomas, 265.

Melcher, Fred L., 377.
Nathaniel, 73.

Mellen, Martha, 375.

Mellon, Richard, 192.

Mellows, A. L., 226.

Meloon, Joseph, 237, 240, 244.

Samuel, 244.

Mendum, Annie, 376.

May E., 375.

Merrill, Eliphalet, Rev., 405.

George A., 378.

Joseph, 104, 168, 217.

Mr., 386.

Mr., Rev., 381.

Merrow, Sadie A., 379.
Mersereau, Bertha M., 379.
Merton, Mr., 10.

Meserve, Colonel, 161.

Ebenezer, 308.

John §S., 306.

Mary E., 306.

Nathaniel, 100, 118.
Messer, Mary H., 309.
Metcalf, Alfred, 138.

Joseph, 168.

Midealf, Joseph, 170
Mighell, Samuel, 150-51, 168, 192-93.
Mighels, E., 312,

John, 294, 312.

Joshua, 245.

Samuel, 245, 312.

Samuel, Jr., 245.

Miles, Albert, 377.

Alfred, 377.

Alvin H., 372.

Andrew, 287.

Emma A., 376.

George, 288.

John, 288.

John H., 372.

Jonathan, 170.

Lewis A., 382.

Robert, 349.

Samuel, 169.

Miller, Idelbert B., Rev., 393.

Ina E., 376.

Millet, Lydia, 133. =

Thomas, 50, 133, 231.
Miltimore, James, Rev., 316, 319.
Milton, John P., 269.
Minot, Stephen, 67.

Mitchell, Fannie, 377.

Robert, 141, 239, 249, 261, 277, 285, 302,

314.
Moles, Elizabeth, 309.
Monahan, Kate, 378
Monharimet, 82.
Montague, Griffin, 38, 62, 72.
Montcalm, Louis J., 160, 162.

 

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Montgomery, Thomas, 278.

Moody, Caleb, 223-24.
Cutting, 224.

David, 135.

Edward, 277.

Elizabeth, 217, 223.

Hannah, 224

James, 248, 270, 285.

John, 157, 204, 224, 244.

John, Rev., 17, 91-105, 109-10, 114, 118,
120-21, 125, 131, 134-36, 138, 208-12,
223, 311, 317, 325, 390.

John, Mrs., 212.

Joseph, Rev., 225.

Joshua, 214, 223-24,

Joshua, Rev., 84.

Lucey, 225.

Lydia, 224.

Martha, 224.

Mary, 91, 104, 225.

Samuel, 223-25, 277.

Sarah, 223-24.

William, 223-24.

Mooney, Emery, 161.
Hercules, 275, 279-80.
Mary H., 373.

Moor, William, 189, 199,

Moore, Captain, 259.
Daniel, 262, 269.
Goodman, 38.

Harvey, 259, 261.

Henry, 260, 268.

Nicholas, 350.

William, 33, 48, 49, 86, 271-72, 289-90,
295, 298-99.

More, Ensign, 31.
William, 29, 196.

Morey, Colonel, 242.

Morgan, Richard, 30, 32.

Morrice, Captain, 46.

Morrill, Jesse, 409.

Morris, Richard, 20, 22, 38.
Thomas, 376.

Morrison, James, 259.
John, 259.

Sarah, 309.

William, Rev., 316.

Morse, Alma J., 420,
Frank A., 378.

Morton, Albert, 360, 365, 370, 395.
Albert, Mrs., 394.
George W., 350, 395.
Helen, 395.

Thomas, 9, 10.

Motley, Margaret, 410.
Mary M., 410.

Robert, 410.

Moulton, Joseph, 50.
Sarah A., 379.
Simeon, 304.
Stephen, 304.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Mudge, John, 268.
Mudgett, Joseph, 158, 160.
Muneey, Ellen R., 378.
Munsey, Arthur, 358.
John, 153.
Murch, George W., 375.
John H., 376.
Murphy, C. G., 397.
Murray, Betsey, 305.
David, 39, 294, 296-97, 301.
John, 279.
John, Rev., 114-15, 394.
Susan, 306.
Timothy, 139, 292, 302, 319.
Timothy J., 331.
William, 370.
Murry, Abigail, 304.
Hannah, 303.
Lydia, 304.
Phebe, 303.
Muzzy, Widow, 148.
Nason, John, 240.
Neal, Abbie H., 374.
Abneze, 169.
Andrew, 261, 263.
Asa, 291, 368, 370.
Asa D., 357, 365, 370.
Austin, 136.
Austin J., 329, 365-367.
Captain, 195, 253.
Charles F., 372, 379.
Comfort, 119.
Conner, 368, 370.
Daniel, 3.
Daniel G., 332, 336, 364-65, 367, 373.
Daniel J., 365.
Eleazer, 273.
Eliphalet, 183, 259-60, 271-72, 288, 291,
300, 368.
Ella F., 374.
Ella J., 377.
Ernest 8., 367, 372, 685.
Frank C., 367.
Frank P., 365-66, 372, 399.
Fred H., 372, 379.
Henry O., 375.
Henry P., 365, 368, 370, 375.
Hubartus, 105, 129, 162, 183, 186-87, 216,
234, 237, 244, 246, 253, 255, 260, 291,
294-95, 298, 300, 313-15, 319.
Hubartus, Jr., 244, 246, 284, 301, 313-14,
319.
James H., 379.
James L., 352.
Jared A. P., 332, 376, 379.
John, 73, 119, 131, 155, 169, 239-40, 245,
270, 312, 370.
John C., 368.
Joseph, 239, 249, 277, 290.
Joseph §., 291, 300.
Joshua, 263.

 

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Joshua W., 364-65, 368, 370.

Lydia, 131.

Mabel P., 379.

Mary, 304.

Mary R., 374.

Samuel, 96, 105, 129, 168-69, 237, 253,
292-93, 301, 336, 343, 357, 359, 364-65,
367-68, 370, 372, 392.

Samuel, Jr., 376.

Thomas, 281.

Walter, 3, 96, 105, 139, 142, 169, 193, 239,
244, 247, 263, 272-73, 285, 293, 301, 302,
319.

William, 370.

Zebulon, 73, 119, 245, 312.

Neale, Samuel, 155.

Walter, 34, 63.
Nealley, Andrew, 259.

Daniel D., 375.

Needham, Nicholas, 22, 25,

Ruler, 38.

Neil, Asa, 288.

Ebenezer H., 331.

Olive R., 307.

Nelson, George F., 368, 371.
Newcomb, Jane, 374.
Newhall, Matthew, Rev., 391-92.

Sarah, 309.

Newman, William J., Rev., 386, 388.
Nichols, Mary, 379.
Moses, 278, 281.
Niel, Joseph 8., 297.
Niles, George, 370.
Nixon, John, 269.
Noble, Christopher, 155.

Fanny, 164.

Larye, 155.

Lazarus, 163.

Seth, Rev., 127, 318.
Norcrosse, Nathaniel, 6, 25.
Norris, Benjamin, 158.

Caleb W., 309.

Captain, 250, 265.

James, 99, 130, 234, 273-74, 280.

Jonathan, 276.

Nancy, 383.

Nicholas, 29.

Samuel, 157, 160.

Samuel, Rev., 307.

William, 294, 370, 382.
Norton, Benjamin, 288.

George, 62, 79.

James, 356.

John, 28.

Nathaniel, 291.

Nowell, Eliza, 416.
Nudd, Benjamin, 183.

Stephen, 307.
Nutt, John, 43.
Nutter, Anthony, 65.

Elder, 195-96.
718 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Nutter, Hatevill, 16, 17, 64, 65, 70.
Mary, 307.
Timothy, 84.
Nye, Adon, 117.
Mary, 117.
Oakes, Nathaniel D., 357, 370.
Occum, Samson, 214.
O'Connor, Michael, 368.
Patrick J., 357.
Thomas, 368, 372.
Timothy J., 372, 377.
Odiorne, William, 73, 245, 301.
Odlin, John, Rev., 18, 79, 80.
Woodbridge, Rev., 213.
Oliver, Percy, 378.
Ordway, Bessie P., 377.
Edward, 292-94.
Master, 329.
Sarah, 370..
Walter, 368, 370.
Walter 8., 374.
Osband, Joseph, 303.
Osborne, George J., 258, 405.
John, Rev., 318-20, 327, 405, 406.
Osgood, Betsey, 307.
True, 287.
Otis, Atwell B., 372.
Israel T., 387, 391.
Jennie M., 378.
Leon W., 379.
Leroy P., 372.
Ouer, James, 160.
Oxford, 249, 285.
Packer, Thomas, 88, 89, 169.
Padman, William, Rev., 392.
Page, Enoch, 266, 276.
Francis, 31.
James G., 308.
Jesse, 384.
Peter, 281.
Philip, 282.
Rev. Mr., 93.
William, 306.
Paine, Joseph, 269.
Nicholas E., 331.
Palmer, Charles H., 367.
Dudley 8., 329.
Groth, 170.
John, 99, 170, 368, 370.
Nathaniel, 368.
William, 276.
Parker, John, 235.
Thomas, 50.
William, 203.
Parks, Edward H., 355.
John, 288.
William B., 374.

Parsons, Abraham, 240, 244, 249, 277.

Abram, 239.
Edward, 235, 260.
Eunice, 404.

 

Jacob, 244.

Joseph, 118, 263, 275-78.
Joseph B., 9, 141.

Josiah, 183, 303, 404.
Moses, 260.

Mr., 235.

Nathaniel, 403.

Rachel, 111.

Sally, 305.

Samuel, Rev., 213.

Passaconaway, 13, 142.

Patridge, Eugene C., 334, 366, 372.

Patterson, A. J., Rev., 394.

James H., Rev., 392.

Paugus, 156.

Paul, Amos, 288, 309, 331, 337-38, 359-60,
363-64, 368, 370, 395, 401, 404, 412-14,
418.

Amos M., 332.
Charles R., 395.
Charles W., 372.
Clara E., 420.
Clarence H., 377.
Edith B., 378.
Edna A. H., 333-34, 396, 420.
Ella A., 377.
Elmer D., 332, 372, 378-79.
George E., 372, 374.
George K., 338.
George O., 363-65, 367-68, 370, 394-95,
George O., Mrs., 395.
George 8., 333-34, 372, 377.
George W., 364-66, 372, 377, 399.
Hannah M. C., 373.
Harriet, 414.
Harriet A., 334.
H. Jenness, 329, 352, 364-65, 367, 372,
374, 394, 418, 685.
Isabel, 334.
John M., 368, 370, 376.
John W., 376.
Martha T., 418.
Mary, 119, 309, 414.
Mary A., 395.
Mary M., 376.
Misses, 399,
Nathaniel, 309, 412.
Sally D., 418.
Samuel, 309, 342, 368, 370, 391, 418.
‘Samuel T., 368, 370.
Temple, 294, 297, 307, 338.
William, 359, 395.
William M., 368, 370, 395.
William M., Mrs., 396.
Peabody, Elizabeth, 319.
Elizabeth S., 319.
Stephen, 234, 236, 267, 278-79,
Thomas, 319.
Pearson, Jacob, 237.
James, 288.
Jethro, 124,
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Pearson, Ora, Rev., 382.
Pease, Adelaide, 373, 395.
Albert, 377.
Benjamin, 245.
Charles F., 368, 370, 378.
Ebenezer, 287,
Eliphalet, 237, 244, 249, 277.
George, 370.
George W., 58, 372, 375-78, 395.
Hannah, 297.
Henry, 368, 370.
Hollis, 363, 365, 368, 370, 395.
John, 276, 292, 360, 368, 370, 385, 395.
John A., 368.
Joseph, 239, 244, 249, 277, 293-93, 300,
305, 368, 370, 395.
Juliette, 374, 395.
Lucius 8., 368, 370, 372, 386.
Lydia, 304
Nathaniel, 111, 169, 193, 199, 229, 244, 331.
Peter, 250.
Phebe, 111.
Rose, 395.
Ruth A., 375.
Samuel, 111, 150, 244, 300, 303, 325.
Walter H., 377.
William, 372, 377.
Zebulon, 277.
Peavey, Edward H., 368, 370.
Sophia, 371.
Peck, Robert, Rev., 66.
Peg, 88.
Pender, John, 170.
Pendergast, Edmund, 304, 371.
Stephen, 88, 287.
Thomas, 307, 371.
Pendexter, Drusilla B., 308.
Penhallow, Samuel, 87.
Pennell, Albert R., 376.
Pepler, Annie D., 420. i
Perdean, Rebecca, 302.
Perkins, Abraham, Jr., 144.
Annie L., 379.
Benjamin, 275, 304.
Charlotte M., 375.
Daniel, 292.
Deborah, 304.
Edward H., 368.
Edward R., Rev., 392.
James 30, 400.
John, 109, 170, 192-93, 199, 237, 240, 244,
255, 291, 295, 301, 309, 337.
Jobn, Jr., 170.
Jonathan, 267, 269.
Joseph, 275, 301.
Joseph E., 377.
Josiah, 279, 283.
Lemuel, 306.
Mary, 94, 105, 308.
Moses, 244.
Mrs., 246.

 

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Richard, 240, 245.

Robert, 112, 170.

Sally, 135, 308, 309.

Samuel, 294.

Sarah, 370.

Sarah E., 379.

Susannah, 305.

Thomas, 298, 301.

William, 41, 79, 93, 109, 170, 209-10, 244,
281, 293.

William Jr., 199, 208.

Perl, John, 168.

Perry, Abijah, 368.
Abraham, 161.

Henry E., 375.
Mary L., 378.

Perryman, Nicholas, 170, 173.
Richard, 111.

Persons, Abraham, 303.
Betsey H., 304.

Josiah, 169.

Peters, Hugh, 5.

Pettingill, Moses, Jr., 374.

Pettit, Christian, 66.
Hannah, 66.

Thomas, 17, 22, 25, 26, 38, 42, 66, 298.

Phelan, John, 368, 370.
John, Jr., 368.

Michael, 368.
Patrick, 370.
Thomas, 397.

Philbrick, Andrew J., 375, 395.
Jedediah, 173, 231.
Mary, 62.

Philbrook, Edward, 331.

Philip, King, 142-43.

Phinney, Erastus O., 331.

Phipps, Captain, 155.
William, 145.

Pickering, Anthony, 237, 245.
Anthony, Jr., 237, 240.
George, Rev., 323. ©
James, 155, 239, 269, 308.
John, 371.

Joshua, 305.

Levi, 239, 244, 255, 269.

Levy, 237.

Olive J., 308.

Samuel, 255, 290-93, 301, 304, 319, 324-25,
381.

Samuel S., 306.

Winthrop, 278.

Pidgin, William, Rev., 319.

Pierce, Andrew, 405.
Colonel, 271.

Daniel, 231.
John, 405.
Joseph, 108.
Joshua, 45, 211.
Sarah, 224.
Thomas, 201.
720

Pierson, Sarah F., 377.
Pike, Abraham, 291, 300, 370.
Annie G., 375.
Caleb, 408.
Captain, 340.
Henry, 263.
James, 268, 370.
James O., 332, 358, 382.
James, Rey., 212, 216.
John, 28, 95, 158, 269.
John, Rev., 224.
J. Thornton, 365-66, 372.
Lucien M., 240, 359, 368, 370, 395.
Lucien M., Mrs., 395.
Mary, 373.
Mary P., 408.
Mary S&., 420.
Mercy, 303.
Moses, 297.
Nancy, 300.
Perkins, 277, 281-82.
Robert, 95, 129, 143-45, 165-66, 192-93,
209-11, 237, 244, 251, 253, 259, 265-66,
276-77, 292-94, 300, 318, 325.
Robert, Jr., 250, 255, 260.
Sarah, 216.
William, 259, 268, 287, 292, 370.
Pillsbury, Edmund, 307.
Martha H., 307.
Nathan, 124.
Sally, 306.
Pinckney, William, 392.
Pindar, Abigail, 310.
Benjamin, 310.
Elizabeth, 310,
Joseph, 310.
Sarah, 310.
Pinder, Benjamin, 305.
Joseph, 207, 296.
Joseph D., 306.
Mary, 207.
Nancy, 307.
Oliver, 283, 370.
Sarah, 307.
Pineo, Jeremy, 183.
Piner, Benjamin, 244.
Pinkham, Alfred, 306.
Leonard H., 378.
Lieutenant, 266.
Sally, 306.
Pinner, Bejnamin, 247, 272.
Oliver, 387.
Pipping, Bartholomew, 30.
Plaisted, Ichabod, 200.
John, 189.
Mary, 80, 110, 199-200.
Plummer, Ebenezer, 304.
Eliza, 308.
Nellie, 376.
Sarah, 206-07.
William, 206, 307.

 

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Pollard, Abbie M., 377.
Christopher A., 339, 363, 365, 367, 372, 377.
Clara A., 377.

George W., 367, 377, 396.

Levi L., 339.

Mary F., 376.

Pomfrett, William, 195.

Pond, Enoch, 234, 391.
Harry T., 379.

Preston, Rev., 386, 391.
Poor, Enoch, 130, 139, 259-60, 262, 264-65,

270-71, 274, 280.

Porter, Almond, 356.
Huntington, Rev., 382.

Pottle, Henry, Rev., 405.
William, 103.

Powell, Robert, 30.

Powers, John R., Rev., 397.

Prasson, Richard, 137.

Prentiss, J. Harry, 376.

Presby, Richard, 280.
Nathan, 169.

Prescott, General, 262.
Jonathan, 154, 272, 274.
Lewis F., 375.

William, 272.

Preson, Jethro, 293.

Mrs., 206.

Nathan, 244.

Richard, 206-07, 304, 314.
Presson, Nathan, 288, 307.

Richard, 282-83.

Preston, Helen M., 375.

Prime, Herbert O., 378.

Pring, Martin, 7.

Proctor, Margaret M., 379.

Provencher, Simon L., 379.

Purington, John W., 377.

Purmort, Philemon, 13, 20, 22, 38.

Purmout, Philemon, 327.

Putnam, Israel, W., Rev., 380.

Putney, John, 372.

Quimby, Catherine, 125.

Quinn, Charles E., 372.
Daniel J., 372.

Kate J., 374.

Martha E., 377.

Mary J., 376.

Michael, 370.

Patrick, 357, 359-60, 364-65, 367-68, 370.

Patrick H., 350, 372, 375.

P. J., 397.

Sarah E., 376.

William J., 332, 346, 374.
Raburne, George, 38.
Rackliff, Roger, 112.

Sarah, 112.

Racklyft, Roger, 245.

Ramedell, Charles G., 377.
Lydia A., 375.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Rand, Abigail C., 374.
Edward T., 353.
Goodman, 145.

Randall, Francis V., 374.
Jacob, 304.

Joseph, 278.

Randlett, Harriet A., 414.
Mary A., 414.

Moses, 414.

Thomas, 414.
Randolph, Edward, 31], 76.
Rasle, Sebastian, 150.
Rasleige, Thomas, Rev., 16.
Rawbone, George, 22.
Rawlins, Thomas, 32.
Ray, W. P., Rev., 392.
Read, F. A., Rev., 395.

Robert, 22, 38.

Reed, James, 106, 234, 236, 258, 260-62.

Reid, George, 279-80, 282.

Remick, Daniel, 249, 285.
Enoch, 238, 244.

Isaac, 269.

James, 249, 285.

Sally, 302.

Renton, William, 118, 244, 259-60, 312.

Reynolds, Asa, 368, 370.
Asa J., 370.

Charles H., 373.

Lucius C., 372.

Samuel, 281.

Rice, A. L., Rev., 395.
Maggie, 376.

Richards, Augustus W., 334, 362, 366-67, 372.

Charles W., 332, 372, 379.
Edward H., 332.
Ernest E., 332, 379.
Sarah P., 378.
Richardson, Edward, 353.
Emma, 373.
Flora J., 376.
Joseph M., 353.
Richmond, Thomas T., Rev., 385-86, 390.
Ricker, Erastus W., 370.
Theodore, 287.
Rider, Carrie A., 375.
John B., 338, 364-65, 369, 386.
John C., 400.
John F. C., 339, 363-64, 372, 379.
Ridley, Alvah W. D., 378.
Rindge, Isaac, 250.
Riley, William H., 377.
Rishworth, Edward, 22, 24, 38.
Roach, Peter, 370.
Roberson, Aseneah, 303.
David, 148.
Jonathan, 117, 305, 312.
Roberts, Bard P., 373.
Reuben, 249, 261, 269, 280, 283-85, 294.
Thomas, 10.

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Robertson, David, 270.
Roby, Henry, 17, 22, 25-27, 298.
Robinson, Almira, 307.
Arthur 8., 374.
Arthur T., 374.
Benjamin, 261.
Captain, 250.
Caroline 8S., 370, 373.
Christopher, 192.
Daniel I., Rev., 392.
David, 29, 32, 49, 259, 261.
Edward F., 379.
George, 59, 301, 307.
George D., 372.
George K., 368.
James W., 364.
John, 11, 27, 43, 46, 298-99.
J. N., 395.
Jonathan, 29, 32, 157-60, 169, 244, 246-47,
259-60, 264, 266, 271-72, 301-02, 328.
Joseph, 158-59, 169, 281, 302.
Josiah, 157, 160, 366.
Josiah E., 372.
Lillian, 379.
Mary, 310.
Maud A., 378.
Paul, 294-95, 331.
Rogers, Betsey, 304.
Daniel, 271-72.
George, 331.
George W. T., Rev., 392.
John, 126, 215, 331.
Nathaniel, 50, 138, 201, 207, 230, 235-36,
245, 254, 264-66, 278, 289-90, 296, 300,
314, 331.
Nathaniel, Jr., 291-92.
Olive P., 305.
Rollins, Aaron, 124, 155, 157, 160, 249, 277-
78, 282-83, 285.
Aaron, Mrs. 155.
Benjamin, 302.
Francis, 301.
Frank W., 360.
Ida E., 375.
James, 169.
John, 157-59.
Joseph, 157, 160.
Joshua, 158.
Josiah, 157-59.
Robert, 279, 282-83.
Samuel, 279.
Thomas, 29, 147, 293.
Volentine, 240.
Rooks, Elizabeth, 304.
Rose, Roger, 49.
Rosho, William, 298.
Ross, John, 108.
Rowe, Patty, 303.
Winthrop, 234.
Rowel, 17.
722

Rowell, Almon B., Reyv., 393.
Job, 259. :
William, 280, 282.

Rowland, William F., Rev., 382, 384-85, 390.

Rowls, 13.

Runawit, 13.

Rumford, James T., 372.

Rundlett, Elmira N., 377.
Greenleaf B., 365, 367, 374, 395.
James, 159.

James, Jr., 308.
Josiah, 287.
Marion F., 379.

Runnals, Daniel, 272.

Russell, Augusta E., 378.
Fanny, 137.

George, 287.
Jonathan, 224.
William, 390.

Ruster, George O., 378.

Ruter, Martin, Rev., 330.

Ryan, Dennis, Rev., 397.
Katherine, 377.

Ryder, John B., 370.

John F. C., 374.

Ryland, William, Rev., 392.

Rymes, Christopher, 306.

Sambo, 93, 202.

Sampson, Augusta, 379.

Samuel, Captain, 155.

Sanborn, Asa, 308.

Benjamin, 192.

Charles, 357, 395.

Charles H., 339, 361, 364-65, 367, 370.

Charles, Mrs., 395.

Clara E., 377.

Daniel, 303.

Doctor, 298.

Elizabeth L., 373.

Elizabeth, M. E., 378.

Enoch, 287.

Ephraim, 169.

Ezekiel, 130, 169, 229, 365-66, 370.

Frank A., 357, 372.

Harriet D., 373.

Harriet E., 331, 333-34.

Helen A., 379.

James F., 306.

Jeremiah, 307.

John, 169, 255, 282, 357.

John D., 370.

John W., 352, 366, 375.

John W., Rev., 393.

Jonathan, 237, 244, 305, 371.

Joseph, 244, 249, 259, 263, 275, 278, 283,
285, 308.

Joshua, 168.

Josiah, 157.

Julia A., 375.

Lucy M., 420.

Mary A., 373.

 

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Miss, 120.
Oliver, 395.
Oliver G., 353, 358, 374.
Polly, 304.
Rufus, 135, 330, 339, 357, 368, 370, 372.
Rufus, Mrs., 395.
William, 154, 157, 159.
Sanders, John, 40.
Sanford, David, Rev., 308, 380, 408.
Sargent, Fitz W., 131, 168-69, 193.
Minerva F., 379.
Sassacus, 143.
Saulpaugh, George, 348.
Saunders, J., Mrs., 395.
Savage, Job, 238, 312.
Mehitable, 302.
Savoie, J. Edmund, 372.
Saweay, Job, 244.
Sawledge, Joseph, 240, 255.
Sawyer, Franklin, 374.
Gilman, 370.
Jason, 309.
Jonathan, 259.
Royal T., Rev., 395.
Scammell, Alexander, 250, 274-75.
Colonel, 129.
Scammon, Mary E., 376.
Richard, 30.
Scipio, 212.
Scott, Cyrus W., 378.
Elizabeth P., 420.
Scribner, Edward, 159.
Edward, Jr., 159.
John, 158.
Joseph, 158.
Joseph, Jr., 160.
Scriggins, Abigail, 305.
Samuel, 305.
Susannah, 304.
Scruton, Charles A., 375.
Seargent, Rufus K., 308.
Seavey, Joseph, 183.
Thomas, 305.
Secomb, Richard, 303.
Senter, Colonel, 269, 277, 279.
Joseph, 276, 278.
Severance, Matthew, 117.
Sewall, Henry, 224.
Jane, D., 224.
Mehitable, 224.
Seward, Robert, 22.
Shackford, John D., 288.
John R., 301.
Samuel, 277-78, 297, 304.
Seth R., 275, 291-92, 295, 302.
William A., 306.
Shaltry, Maxine, 392.
Shannon, Annie, 378.
Shapleigh, Nicholas, 28.
Sharpe, Samuel, 36.
Sharpleigh, Major, 30.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Shaw, Benjamin, 288.
Hannah, 308.
Martha A. S., 374.
Shay, Daniel, 286.
Sheafe, Henry, 281-82.
James, 250.
Polly, 303.
Sheehy, Edward, 377.
Michael, 397.
Thomas, 362, 365-66, 372.
William E., 372.
Shepard, Dorothy, 308.
Samuel, Rev., 120, 305, 317, 319, 325.
Shepway, John, 41.
Sherburne, Henry, 232.
Samuel, 144.
Sherry, Albert P., 379.
Shortridge, Richard, 234, 269.
Shriggens, William, 244.
Shute, Andrew B., 288.
Anna, 119.
Benjamin, 119.
Elizabeth, 119.
Fanny, 162, 164.
Governor, 188.

John, 121, 135, 164, 245, 255, 274, 288, 314.

John, Jr., 291, 300.
John, Mrs., 131.
Jonathan, 282.
Joseph, 303, 312.
Lucia, 308.
Mary, 119.
Michael, 119, 135, 245.
Michael, Jr., 312.
Nancy, 304.
Samuel, Gov., 165.
Walter, 238, 244, 308.
Welthea, 119.
William, 73, 74, 126, 245, 312.
Sias, Nathaniel, 292, 294.
Welthern, 307.
Simpson, Charles F., 366, 372, 376.
Harriet G., 378.
John E., 365, 395.
John F., 332.
W. Arthur, 372.
William, 240, 249, 259-60, 266, 277, 312.
Sinclair, James, 121, 263, 298-99, 373.
John, 263.
Joseph, 229.
Martha A., 374.
Rachel, 121.
Samuel, 192.
Sinkler, Benjamin, 158-59.
James, 32, 105, 168.
John, 29, 32, 147.
Joseph, 169.
Richard, 193.
Samuel, 107, 169.
Thomas, 169.

 

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Skinner, Joseph, 338.

Joseph G., 359, 368, 370.

Slade, Arthur, 170.
Sleeper, Madison, 373.
Sloane, Sarah F., 378.
Smart, Abigail, 304, 306.

Ann, 216.

Anna, 302.

Benning, 170, 304.

Charles, 138, 169, 244, 301, 312, 371.

Charles, Jr., 237, 244, 255.

Charlotte, 307.

David, 238, 244, 302.

Dudley, 247, 255, 263, 271, 277, 312.

Elizabeth, 304.

Georgie M., 375.

Giles, 309.

Goodman, 190-91.

Hilton, 140, 255.

Jacob, 365, 368.

John, 25, 40, 60, 68, 69, 88, 196, 249, 277, 285.

John, Jr., 30, 294, 370.

Jonathan, 277, 282-83.

Joseph, 117, 169, 204, 238, 246, 291, 300,
312-13.

Joseph N., 368, 370.

Josiah, 245, 312.

Love, 304.

Mehitable, 306.

Moulton, 309.

Nancy, 304.

Polly, 304-05.

Ralph, 202.

Robert, 29, 32, 37, 42, 43, 46, 48, 50, 68,
79. 86, 87, 110, 169, 175-77, 191, 199,
204, 209-10, 295, 298, 368, 370, 385.

Robert, Jr., 30, 294, 370.

Sally, 135, 304.

Samuel, 206, 245, 281, 312.

Susannah, 305.

William, 78, 275, 277.

Smiley, Edward, Rev., 395.
Smith, Abigail, 405.

Albert L., 366, 393.

Alphonsi B., 375.

Andrew, 255.

Annie A., 376.

Azubah, 389.

Azubah H., 130.

Benjamin, 104, 133, 157-60, 183, 310.

Benjamin, Jr., 160.

Benton, Rev., 366, 395.

Betsey, 304, 307, 401.

Bezaleel, Rev., 382, 385-86, 390.

Calvin, 395.

Carl F., 372.

Charles E., 363-64, 372, 374, 398, 416,

Charles H., 346, 353, 370, 373.

Charles J., 370.

Charles L., 367.

C. Henry, 353.
724

Smith, C., Mrs., 395.

C.N., Rev., 392.

Daniel, 133, 155, 157, 159-60, 276, 287-88,
294-95, 300, 304, 313, 319, 325, 418.

Daniel C., 354.

Daniel D., Rev., 123.

Daniel G., 346.

Daniel R., 329, 363-65, 367-68, 370, 372,
378, 416.

Deborah, 303.

Deborah W., 416.

Eben, 368, 383.

Ebenezer 99, 100, 266, 387, 302, 304, 310,
370.

Edith, 418.

Edward, 30, 32, 119, 140.

Edward J., 376.

Edwin M., 419.

Eleazer, Rev., 392-93.

Elias, Rev., 123, 317, 326, 405.

Eliphalet, 249, 255, 277, 281, 290, 294, 300,
303, 339.

Elizabeth, 116, 303.

Elizabeth B., 418.

Elizabeth P., 419.

Ezra, 331.

George, 43, 368.

George K., 370.

George R., 368.

Hattie P., 375.

Herbert W., 364, 366, 372, 378, 399.

Hezekiah, 304.

Horace C., 357, 370, 373.

Horace E., 368.

Horace O., 347, 372,

Hugh, 368, 370.

Jabez, 157, 159.

Jacob, 147, 293.

James, 119, 254, 294, 296, 312, 331.

James W., 306.

John, 7, 9, 49, 96, 104, 109, 133, 148, 183,
249, 263, 276, 310, 349, 370-71.

John, Jr., 263, 310.

Jobn A., 376.

John K., 373.

John M., 135, 211, 255, 290-92, 296-97,
300, 301, 314.

Jonathan, 30.

Joseph, 48, 93, 96, 104, 109, 112, 128-29,
137, 146-47, 158, 160, 202, 204, 209-11,
232, 234, 239, 244, 246-47, 263, 265,
"269, 271-72, 295-96, 301, 309-10, 314,
363, 365, 368, 370, 373, 401.

Joseph, Jr., 301.

Joseph H., 138, 306.

Josiah, 288, 325, 368, 370.

J., Rev., 383.

Laura A., 377

Levertie, A., 377.

Lewis R., 372, 379.

Lizzie B., 377.

 

NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Loren E., 372, 379.
Lycurgus N., 368.
Major, 88, 148, 154.
Matthew, H., 123.
Mattie B., 374, 418.
Mary, 129, 223.
Mary F., 379.
Mary G., 308.
Mary P., 377.
Moody, 307.
Nancy B., 308.
Nancy W. P., Rev., 395-96, 420.
Nathan, 307, 368, 370.
N. J., 376.
Olive, 130, 307.
Oliver, 159-60, 293.
Plumer, 354, 395.
Polly, 401.
Robert, 17, 22, 38.
Robert R., 25.
Sally P., 307.
Samuel, 109, 133, 138, 175, 297, 303, 310.
Samuel G., 373.
Sarah, 104, 128.
Solomon, 259, 261, 272, 276.
Susan A., 373.
Susanna, 96, 104, 109 ,119, 310.
Theo., 157, 159-60.
Theophilus, 148, 299. x
Walter, 119, 140, 331.
Walter D., 332.
Warren, 307.
Wentworth, 313-14.
William W., 306.
Winthrop, 104, 138, 237, 244, 246, 255,
276, 278, 310, 314.
Zebulon, 331.
Somerby, Abiel, 224.
Anthony, 224.
Henry, 224.
Rebecca K., 224.
Solomon, Thomas, 303.
Souther, Nathaniel, 287.
Sowell, Edward, 30.
Spaulding, Levi, 234.
Spead, Abbie, 375.
Augustus, 368.
Augustus D., 370.
Benjamin, 373.
Benjamin F., 374.
Elizabeth, 370.
Fred A., 372.
Florence E., 375.
G. B., 395.
George W., 368, 370.
Harrison, 368.
Harrison B., 376.
James, 368.
James A., 337, 364, 372, 376.
John, 354.
Mary E., 374.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Spead, Oliver B., 349.
W. P., 395.
Speed, Ebenezer, 263, 279, 284, 312.
James, 288, 309.
John, 294, 306, 354.
Martha, 306.
Mary, 302.
Spellaine, Edward, 378.
Spellman, Maurice, 377.
Spencer, George T., 376.
Leander, 372.
Sperling, Thomas, 259,
Spofford, Frank M., 376.
Spriggens, William, 240.
Stacey, Samuel, 288.
Stackpole, John, 370.
Stanyan, Anthony, 16, 17, 23, 25, 38, 41,
67, 196, 290, 298.
Staples, Hattie D., 379.
Stapley, Thomas, 207.
Starbuck, Edward, 64, 65, 84.
Elder, 195-96.
Stark, John, 230, 259, 262, 268.
Stearns, Ezra §., 360.
G. W., Rev., 392.
Steele, Henry, 157, 160.
Steffens, Louis, 348.
Stephens, Benjamin, 244.
Ebenezer, 203.
Enoch, 246.
Hale, 308.
John, 301.
Jonathan, 246.
Nathaniel, 246.
Stevens, Abel, Rev., 407.
Apphia, 303.
Benjamin, 182, 237, 244, 270, 302.
Daniel, 259, 287.
Enoch, 183, 244.
John, 297.
Jonathan, 183.
Lydia, 305.
Mary F., 375.
Nancy, 305.
Nathaniel, 148, 275, 295.
Nathaniel, Jr., 291.
Peter, 278.
Polly, 305.
Samuel, 169, 192.
William, 302.
Stewart, Maggie A., 377.
Robert, 30.
Stickney, Ezekiel M., Rev., 306.
Lulie S., 376.
Thomas, 275.
W. M., 296.
Stileman, Elias, 45.
Stillings, Peter, 270.
Stillson, George W., 370.
William, 110.
Stinson, Abner P., 295-96, 301, 307, 340, 381.

 

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Stobert, Sarah R., 378.

Stockbridge, Andrew D., 308.
Henry, 305.

Stockman, William, 303.

Stone, Mr., 38.

Storrs, Augustine, 22, 23, 290.

Stott, Elizabeth, 373.

Stover, Alcott, 347, 357, 364, 375.
Hannah B., 375.

Nathan E., 354.

Ruth A., 373.

Stratton, Frank K., Rev., 392.

Strout, Charles, 329.

Charles S8., 378, 418.

Nancy H., 418.

Silas, Rev., 416-419.
Stuart, C. B., 333.

Ida S., 333.

J. Warren, 332.

Susie M., 333.

Sullivan, Abbie E., 379.
James, 17.

John, 235-36, 269-70, 286.

Katherine, 378.

Maggie, 378.

Swaine, Benjamin, 144.
Francis, 17, 42, 66, 197.
Hezekiah, 157.

Hosea D., 377.

Nicholas, 25, 42, 66, 197.
Sweat, Moses, 417.

Swett, Etta M., 377.

Symmes, Rebecca, 80.

Symonds, Huldah, 378.
Michael, 64.

Samuel, 83.

Syvertsen, Ole, 378.

Tahanto, Sagamore, 35.

Tallant, Joseph, 257.

Taplin, Frank C., 378.

Rev. H. N., 392.

Henry T., 365, 372, 375.
Tarbox, Samuel B., 372.
Tarleton, Ellis, 159.

George H., 372.

Jerusha, 389.

Martha M., 309.

Mary A., 308.

Mercy H., 308.

Samuel, 305, 368, 370, 391, 394-95, 418.

Samuel G., 336.

Samuel H., 364, 370.

Stilman, 183, 237, 314.

William, 287.

Tash, Ann, 98, 404.

John, 109, 238, 240, 244.

Joseph S., 291.

Sally, 305.

Thomas, 98, 99, 109, 128, 137, 160-63,

182, 217-19, 235, 237-39, 242-44, 246-48,
257, 265, 271-73, 283, 296, 300, 404.
726 NarRraTIvE INDEXES.

Tash, Thomas, Jr., 257.

Tasker, Sarah E., 420.

Tay, Lord, 3.

Taylor, Andrew S., 374.
Benjamin, 249, 275, 312.
Charles W., Rev., 392.
Charlotte L., 374.

Comfort, 302.

Edward, 124, 149, 275.

Edward T., Rev., 330.

John, 124, 150, 170, 355.
Joseph 30, 124,

Joseph, Jr., 159.

Joseph, 3d, 160.

Moses &., 354, 373.

Nathan, 124.

Nathaniel, 193.

Thomas, 255, 278-79, 282, 312.
William, 46, 107, 124, 147-48, 269, 281, 328.

Teal, Lord, 3.

Tebbet, Captain, 117, 155.

Tenney, Mr., 297.

William, 291-92, 295, 297-98, 302.
William C., 331.
Tetherly, Harriet, 378.
Helen J., 374.
James M., 395.
James W., 369.
John B., 347, 357, 372, 374, 395.
Mary S., 307.

Thing, Bartholemew, 153, 291, 294, 296-97.

Benjamin, 79, 108.
Betsey A., 375.
Dudley, 276.

Henry, 371, 392.

Jonathan, 29, 30, 32, 49, 147, 295, 297-99,
328, 371.

Joseph, 158-59.

Nathaniel, 269, 276.

Samuel, 78, 295, 299.

Thomas, 298.

Winthrop, 370, 405.

Zebulon, 371.

Thomas, Abigail, 308, 310.

Benjamin, 188.

C., Mrs., 304.

Elisha, 98, 245, 247-48, 255-56, 259, 261,
269, 272-73, 275-76.

Henry, 372.

James, 64, 372.

John, 30.

Joseph, 269, 310.

Mary, 310.

Stephen J., 278.

Thompson, Anna M., 377.
Anne, 406.

Carrie, 376.
Clarence, 373.
David, 9.
Ebenezer, 267, 406.
George K., 373.

 

Henry, 373, 376.
Jane, 303.

James, 287.
Plummer, 396.
Sarah J., 376.
William, Rev., 67.

Thomson, Benjamin, 170.
Jacob, 244.

Thornes, Francis, 45.,

Thurston, Andrew, 363, 368, 370,[395.
Daniel, 158.

Deborah, 304.

James, 267-68, 307, 319, 331, 366,
James, Rev., 319-21, 325, 390.
Jeremiah, 141.

John, 305.

Mary, 141.

Mary J., 319.

Mehitable, 141.

Melvin L., 376.

Stephen, 255.

Thomas, 74.

Tibbetts, James, 374-75.

Tidman, Thomas, 30.

Tilley, James, 310.

Tilton, Alice B., 377.
Captain, 155, 270-71.
Charles 8., 375.

Daniel, 294, 313.
Dorothy §&., 374.
Frank, 376, 395.
Henry, 138, 305.
Jacob, 168-69, 204.
James R., 363, 370.
Jemima, 99.

John, 238.
Jonathan, 164.
Josiah, 370,

Major, 314.

Mary G., 374.
Philip, 234.

Rachel, 204.

Sally, J., 303.
Samuel, 99.

Tinker, Ossemus, Rev., 306, 385, 390.

Titcomb, Benjamin, 236.
John, 118.

Todd, Clara, 376.

John C., 370.
Rose, A., 378.

Tom, Captain, 148.

Tomb, Mehitable, 325.
Samuel, Rev. 134, 139, 141, 305, 316, 325,

386.

Tomlinson, John, 228.

Torr, Vincent, 287, 312, 314.

Torrey, Harry K., 332, 365.
Harry R., 363.

Henry K., 390.
John, 361, 365, 373, 376.
William, 235, 250.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Towle, Anthony, 99.

Caleb, 144.

Gardner, 371.

Jeremiah, 364-65, 373.

Jeremiah A., 379.

John M., 296, 379.

Sarah, 308.

Town, Ezra, 234.
Trask, Nathaniel, Rev., 215-16.
Treadwell, Ann E., 297.
Captain, 340.
Charles, 211, 291-92, 295, 298, 301, 371,
380-82.

Lydia, 308.

Sarah W., 374.

Trefethen, Daniel, 357.

Francis G., 349.

William, 239, 287.
Treworthy, Samuel, 47.
Trickey, Arrolin A., 375.

James E., 375.

Scott B., 375.

William H., 329, 366, 395-96.
Tripp, N..G., 395.

Trotter, Richard, 368.
True, Sarah J., 374.
Trull, Alvin C., 365, 368, 370.

Nancy, 383.

Phineas, 104, 383.

Tuck, Edward, 62.

Josiah, 305.

Sarah, 306.

Sarah P., 373.

Tucker, Elijah W., Rev., 386, 390.

Sally, 305.

Tuckerman, Oliver P., 370.
Tufts, Eliphalet, 275.
Turner, Frank R., 373.

Winfield S., Rev., 373, 395.
Tuttle, Alexis D., 374.

Benjamin, 303.

Benjamin B., 301, 375.

Cornelia W., 378.

Daniel, 297, 309.

Erastus E., 331.

George, 246, 275.

Isaac, 288.

Judith, 123.

Mertie, 378.

Nicholas, 123.

Thomas, 297.

Twombly, Horatio, 376.

Samuel, 207.

Vane, Henry, Gov., 12.
Varney, Albert H., 261-62, 364, 366-67, 373,
416.

Calvin, 416.

Edith C., 418.

Eliza N., 416.

George W., 373.

Ida A., 378, 418.

 

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Isabella J., 376.
Olive J., 366, 420.

Vaughan, Charles E., 373.
Colonel, 155.

Mary, 69.
William, 31, 69, 146.

Veasey, Eliphalet, 261.
Thomas, 261.

Veazie, Eliphalet, 269.
Joshua, 259.

Thomas, 259.

Vernon, Benjamin, 312.

Vincent, Anthony, 263.
William, 263.

Wadleigh, Captain, 86.
Edward, 160.

Henry, 301.

John, 32, 49, 71, 89, 262, 269, 287, 298.

Jonathan, 71, 89, 299.

Joseph, 49, 71, 157, 175.

Minnie C., 377.

Philip, 21, 30, 72.

Robert, 29, 33, 46, 49, 71, 89, 154, 198,
289, 295.

Wadononamin, 44, 45, 77.

Wahangnonawit, 13, 67.

Waldron, Ira, 19, 29, 49, 71, 77, 78, 370.
Richard, 84, 85, 87, 182, 188, 195, 200.
Robert, 289.

Thomas, 299.
Walker, Goodman, 38.
Samuel, 22.
Timothy, Jr., 259.
Timothy, Rev., 212.
William, 234, 331, 368, 404.
William L., 363, 368, 370, 395.
Wall, James, 16, 17, 22, 25, 27, 38, 40, 60,
62, 196, 290, 298.

Wallingford, Samuel, 127.
Thomas, 202, 228.

Walsh, Father, Rev., 397.

Walton, Colonel, 188.

George, 22.
Thomas, 189.

Ward, James 8., 378, 418.
Jonathan, Rev., 384.

Samuel, 239, 244, 249, 255, 270, 282-83,
285, 302, 305.

Wardell, Thomas, 21-23, 38, 122-23.
William, 21-23, 38, 122-23.

Warren, John, 42, 66, 197.

Washburn, Sarah, 370.

Washington, George, 235, 267-72.

Waterman, Alfred W., 354.

Mary J., 412.
Thomas, Rev., 412.

Watson, Benjamin, 307.
Betsey, 305, 307.
Charlotte, 370.

Clarissa, 307.
David, 249, 280, 282-85.
728 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Watson, Dudley, 59, 128, 291, 296, 303, 314,
336, 400.
Henry, 291, 304.
John, 240, 244, 255, 270, 312.
John, Jr., 297.
John N., 302.
Joseph, 354.
Josiah, 354.
Martha, 307.
Mary, 306.
Molly, 303.
Robert, 28.
Thomas, 304, 349.
Winthrop, 287-88, 295, 331.
Watts, Isaac, 122.
Waymouth, Samuel, 255.
Weare, Meshech, 162, 229-30, 243, 272.
Nathaniel, 146.
Peter, 156, 188.
Wearow, Mr., 10.
Webster, Eleanor, 281.
Hannah, 125.
John B., 332.
Nathaniel, 302.
Thomas, 290, 294.
Wedgewood, John, 30, 69, 78, 82, 88, 154,
168, 170, 199, 237, 244, 290.
Lot, 303.
Mary, 88.
Noah, 249, 277, 304.
William, 288.
Weeks, Abbie E., 376.
Captain, 96, 155.
George E., 376.
Ira, 301.
Joannah, 303.
Jobn, 244, 248.
John S., 139.
Joshua, 272, 312.
Leonard, 282.
Prudence, 304.
Ward C., 259-60.
Weight, Thomas, 38, 71.
Weir, Mary S., 373.
Welch, Colonel, 98.
Joseph, 247-48.
Mary, 125.
Wells, Edward, 255.
Wentworth, Benning, 81. 213, 230.
Deborah, 307.
Ezekiel, 309.
Harriet N., 374.
Hunking, 203.
John, 11, 18, 25, 162, 193-94, 215, 217,
231-32, 279, 337.
John B., 368, 399.
Jonathan, 302.
Mark H., 252.
Paul, 217.
Richard, 368.
Rossillie, 373.

 

William H., 377.

West, James, 307.

Jonathan, 287.
Nehemiah, 259.

Westbrook, Captain, 374.
Wetherbee, Henry K., 332.
Wetherby, Mariah, 306.
Weymouth, Josephine M., 374.

Sarah, 306.
Timothy, 277.

Wheatland, Benjamin, 326.
Wheeler, Maud A., 379.

Warren, 294.

Wheelock, Eleazer, Rev., 214-15.
Wheelwright, John, Rev., 6, 12, 13, 15, 18,

20-22, 25, 26, 34, 38, 60, 62, 67, 69, 75,
123.
Robert, 12.

Whicher, Jonathan, 303.

Whidden, Ichabod, 169, 204, 308.
Whipple, Alexander, 308.
Whitcomb, Benjamin, 272-73, 281.

Jonathan, 234.
Major, 267.

White, A., Mrs., 395.

Deputy, 398.
Moses, 295, 297.
Moses, Rev., 330.

Whitefield, George, Rev., 113-14, 225, 311.
Whiton, John M., Rev., 14.

Whittier, Josiah H., 333.

Wiggin, Abigail, 87, 94, 304.

Albert J., 368, 370.

Andrew, 32, 87, 94, 128, 135, 169-70,
180-81, 193-94, 262, 270, 277, 289, 291,
294, 299.

Andrew, Jr., 168-69.

Anne, 135.

Asa, 271, 303.

Barker, 306.

Charles, 244.

Chase, 161, 271, 295.

Comfort, 132.

Daniel, 114.

Daniel C., 357, 364-66, 376.

David, 117, 239, 244, 246, 269, 303, 312.

Dayton C., 332, 373.

Deborah, 370.

Eliphalet, 100.

Elizabeth, 118, 307.

Emma F., 375.

George, 389.

George B., 357, 365, 367, 373.

George O., 368, 370.

Gideon, 259, 261.

Hannah, 87.

Henry, 128, 130, 135, 183, 187, 245, 290-92,
297, 300, 304, 308, 313-15, 370.

Henry, Jr., 130, 291, 337.

Isabelle J., 420.

Isabelle V., 396.
NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Wiggin, Jacob, 368.
Jacob F., 368.
J. Henry, Rev., 117.
John, 217.
Jonathan, 80, 165-67, 238, 244, 246, 312.
Joseph, 160, 170.
Joshua, 217, 244, 270.
Josiah, 162.
Mark, 271.
Mary, 135.
Mehitable, 307, 340, 370.
Michael, 128, 291-92, 300, 302, 304, 314.
Michial, 130-31.
Mr., 148.
Nancy, 131.
Nathan B., 307.
Noah, 263.
Patty, 305.
Phineas, 259, 261.
Polly, 304.
Rufus, 206.
Samuel, 287.
Sarah A., 306.
Simeon, 263, 275.
Simon, 117, 128, 299.
Thomas, 32, 34, 36, 37, 44, 60, 71, 118,
126, 132, 165, 179-80, 197, 202, 255,
259, 268, 289, 295, 312.
Thomas J., 373.
Thomas Jr., 32, 48.
Winthrop, 249, 269, 280, 282-85.
Wiggins, Asa, 244.
Charles, 237.
David, 239.
George B., 120.
Jonathan, 255.
Nellie A., 374.
Theophilus, 239, 247, 272.
Wight, Thomas, 22.
Wilcox, Martha A., 379.
Willex, Beltisha, 196.
Willey, John, 94, 100.
Lizzie E., 375.
Phineas, 307.
William, 100.
William, III, King, 85.
Indian, 44.
King, 144.
Wilkinson, James H., 354, 364, 370.
May H., 378.
Williams, Hamden, 308.
Hattie, 379.
Henry, 68.
John, 331.
John P., 132, 319.
Samuel F., 363.
Willie, Bellshasur, 17.
Goodman, 38.
Willis, Annie, E., 373, 377.
Gracilla M., 378.
Samuel, 368, 370.

 

729

W., 288.
Wilson, Ann, 89.
Charles J., 373.
Ebenezer, 73, 119, 304, 368, 370.
Ebenezer, Jr., 370.
Francis, 70.
Humphrey, 17, 25, 27, 29-32, 41, 42, 69,
70, 89, 92, 197, 290, 298.
John, 298.
Joseph, 160.
Joshua, 159.
Judith, 70, 92.
Martha, 70.
Mary, 70, 92.
Robert, 243.
Thomas, 22, 69, 290, 299.
William, 379.
William E., 373.
Winan, Olive, 137.
Winborn, Captain, 269.
William, 22, 38.
Wingate, Joshua, 127, 138-39, 263, 268, 270,
277-79.
Winkley, Benjamin Jr., 308.
Winn, Dorcas A., 374.
James, 374.
Winthrop, John, Gov., 4, 11, 17, 78, 209.
John, Jr., 2, 10.
Mary, 17.
Wiswell, Ruth H., 378.
Wodlash, Jonathan, 148.
Wolfe, James, 162.
Wood, Mahala, 307.
Ruth, 307.
Thomas, 259.
Woodman, Archelaus, 186.
John, 64, 147.
Myrtis D., 378.
Woodward, Eliphalet, 259.
Worthen, Amos H., Rev., 392.
Ezekiel, 279.
Wyman, Isaac, 110.
Yeaton, John A., 374.
York, Amy, 377.
Benjamin, 94, 100, 126, 161, 169.
Benjamin, Jr., 169.
Deborah G., 309.
George, 373.
James, 125.
John, 49, 153-54.
Josiah, 368, 373.
Richard, 50, 89, 154.
Robert, 183.
Sarah, 309, 373.
Sophronia W., 420.
Thomas, 125, 169.

Young, B., 90.

Benjamin, 276.
Daniel, 293.
Eliza, 94.
Hannah, 100.
730 NARRATIVE INDEXES.

Young, James, 147. Joseph, Jr., 127, 182, 244, 302, 319.

Jeremiah, 183, 301, 303, 312. Keziah, 303.

Jeremiah F., 324. Major, 313-14.

Jeremy, 301, 314-15. Maria B., 306.

John, 29, 32, 49, 147, 183, 244, 303, 312, Nathaniel, 324.
375. Sally, 305.

John, IJr., 293, 303, 312. Samuel, 268.

John E., 415. Sarah, 99.

Jonathan, 153. Sophia, 306.

Joseph, 99, 169-70, 180, 182, 186, 216, Thomas, 94, 99, 108, 124, 169, 204, 209,
246, 263, 280, 290-95, 299-301, 312, 229, 275.

316, 319. Zingraf, Elizabeth C., 414.
Adams
Ames
Andrews
Badger
Baker
Barber
Bartlett
Beal
Bean
Beckett
Bennett
Bergen
Bordman
Boyce
Brackett
Bradstreet
Branscomb
Bray
Brodhead
Brown
Bryant
Bunker
Burleigh
Burnham
Channell
Chapman
Chase
Chesley
Cheswell
Churchill
Clark
Cobbey
Coe
Coffin
Colby
Colcord
Coleman
Conner
Cram
Deale
Doe
Duda-Durell
Dudley
Dyer
Edgerly
Ewer
Fernald
Field
Fifield

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

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429
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444
447
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449
451
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454
464
464

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467
468
468
469
470
470
472
474
474
479
479
480
481
481
489
490
492

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498
499
499

 

II.

Fitts
Fogg
Folsom
Foss
Fowler
Fox
Freeze
French
Gale
Giddings
Gilman
Glidden
Goodwin
Hale
Hall
Hanson
Hardy
Hart
Harvey
Hersey
Hill
Hilton
Howard
Jacob
Jenness
Jewett
Joy
Judkins
Kennard.
Kennison
Kuse
Lane
Lang
Littlefield
Locke
Lord.
Lovering
Lyford
Marsters
Marston
Mattoon
MeMillan
Mead
Meloon
Miles
Moody
Moulton
Murray
Neal

FAMILIES.

 

Norris
Norton
Ordway
Packer
Palmer
Parsons
Paul
Pease
Perkins
Pickering
Pike
Pindar
Plumer
Pollard
Quinn
Randall
Reynolds
Richards
Rider
Robinson
Rogers
Sanborn
Sargent
Shute
Simpson
Skinner
Smart
Smith
Spead.
Stinson
Tarleton
Tash
Tetherly
Thing
Thomas
Treadwell
Trull
Tufts
Walker
Watson
Wedgewood
Weeks
Wentworth
Wiggin
Wilkinson
Willson
Wilson
Wood
Young
732 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

IV. NAMES.

Abbott, Archange M., 449, 451.
Austin, 534,
Elizabeth, 485.
Japheth, 532.
Joshua, 605, 672.
Lavinia, 515.
Lucy G., 534.
Phebe, 532.
Savalia, 515.
Thomas, 464.
William, 534.
William, Jr., 515.
Adams, Abigail C., 424.
Anne E., 678.
Betsey, 423.
Caleb M., 678.
Captain, 511.
Charles, Jr., 489.
Charles W., 679.
Deborah, 509.
Eliza, 678.
Hannah K., 540.
Hugh, Rev., 423, 489, 583, 619.
Joanna, 530.
John, 424, 505, 597.
John, Rev., 424.
John F., Rev., 577, 660.
John Q., 620.
Joseph, Rev., 678.
Josiah, 423, 479, 542, 635-36, 677.
Mary E., 678.
Mary N., 423.
Nancy, 423.
Nathaniel, 423.
Rebecca, 423, 489.
Sally, 423.
Samuel, 423, 453, 539, 662.
Sarah, 479.
Sophia W., 423.

Winborn, 423, 432, 464, 539, 572, 683.

Aiken, Alice, 650.
Ralph, 650.
Ruth, 650.
William, 650.
Allen, F. M., 673.
Hannah, 616.
Joanna, 616-17,
John, 616.
John, Rev., 490.
Joseph, 569.
Mary, 616.
Mr., 613.
Paulina, 460.
Sarah, 616.
Alley, Elizabeth, 467.
Richard, 467.
Amble, John, Reyv., 493.

 

Ambrose, Captain, 631-32.
Nathaniel, 664.
Ames, Abigail, 426.
Anna, 425.
Daniel, 424-25, 544.
David, 424-25.
Elizabeth, 426.
Hannah, 425.
Foster, 426.
Jacob, 424-25, 544, 580.
Jacob, Jr., 425, 536.
Jacob M., 426.
John, 425, 588.
Lydia, 425.
Mary, 426.
Nathaniel, 424-25, 544, 572.
Nathaniel, Jr., 424-25.
Nathaniel 2d, 425.
Peter, 426.
Phebe, 426.
Rhoda, 457.
Sally, 426.
Samuel, 424-25.
Sarah, 425, 457.
Simon, 424.
Susanna, 426.
Andre, Major, 580.
Andrews, George E., 426.
Hilary B., 426.
Joseph, 616. i
Mary, 464.
Mr., 616.
Anne, Queen, 490.
Appleton, Elizabeth, 628.
Isaac, 428.
Jobn, 627.
Judith, 627.
Martha, 561. -
Miss, 488.
Samuel, 561.
Ardell, William, 438, 551.
Armstrong, Anna, 495-96.
Christian, 496.
John, 496.
Atkinson, Frances, 671.
John, 552.
Rebecca A., 552.
Sarah M., 552.
Theodore, 670.
Atwood, Ann, 460.

Ault, John, 492.
Remembrance, 492.
Austin, Andrew W., 540.

Charles S., 541.
Cornelia L., 541.
Ella E., 541.
Avery, Solon E., 578.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 733

Ayers, George, 446.
Hannah, 525.
John, 446.
Maria, 577.
Mary, 474.
Thomas, 446.
Babb, Captain, 659.
Babson, John, 521.
Philip, 521.
Bachelder, Timothy, 615.

Bachiler, Stephen, Rev., 630, 665.

Bacon, Elizabeth, 565.

Badger, Abigail, 434.
Cecil, 427.

Charles W., 427.
Joseph, 599, 664, 678.
Joseph, Jr., 678.
Judith, 599.

Lucy M., 427, 618-19.
Margaret Y., 427.
Mary S., 427, 618-19.
Mr., 680.

Nellie G., 427.
Rebecca S., 619.

Sally T., 519.

Samuel, 619.

Samuel E., 427, 519.
Samuel P., 427, 479, 537, 569.
Sarah W., 599.
Thomas, 427.

William, 434.

William P., 427.
William P. L., 427.

Bailey, Charles, 540.
Doctor, 627, 629.
Harriet, 534.

Jacob, Rev., 668.
Mr., 523.
Stephen, 478.

Baker, Anna, 430.
Elizabeth, 428.
Henry, 587.

Jabez, 430. *

John, 428.

Martha, 428

Mary, 506.

Priscilla, 428.

Rebecca, 428.

Samuel, 428-29, 432, 486, 568.
Samuel, Jr., 428.

Thomas, 428.

Balch, Miriam, 512.
Phebe, 464.

Balcomb, Henry W., 632-33.

Baldwin, Louisa, 650.

Balfour, William, 451.

Ballard, Elizabeth, 645.

Ballou, John M., 516.

Barber, Abigail, 430.
Anna, 429-32,

Daniel, 430-32.

 

Daniel, Jr., 431.

Elizabeth, 682.

Ezra, 430-31.

John, 428-30, 517, 520, 641.

John, Jr., 429.

Jonathan, 564.

Joseph, 429, 517.

Katherine, 595.

Mary, 430, 465, 509.

Mercy, 521.

Nelson, 431.

Rachel, 430.

Robert, 429-31, 682.

Robert, Jr., 431.

Sally, 431, 465.

Thomas, 429.

Zebulon, 431, 605.
Barclay, Captain, 487.
Barefoot, Sarah, 674.

Walter, 550, 674.
Barker, Benjamin, 497.

David, 471. °

Henry, 463.

John, 497.

Jonathan, Jr., 496-97.

Julia, 681.

Louisa, 559.

Mary U., 471.

Mary W., 471.

Paul, 497.

Sarah, 469.
Barnard, Mary, 568.
Barnes, Lucy, 606.
Bartlett, Catherine, 433.

Dorothy, 433.

Elizabeth, 433.

Ichabod, 475, 554.

Isaac, 539.

Israel, 432.

John, 432-34.

Joseph H., 432.

Josiah, 476.

Josiah D., 432.

Josiah H., 433.

Mary, 433.

Mary D., 432.

Nathaniel, 433-34, 535, 609.

Priscilla, 433, 525.

Reuben, 596.

Robert, 627.

Samuel, 432, 512.

Sarah, 423, 432, 512, 539, 627.

Thomas, 428, 469, 672.
Barton, Hosea, 478.
Batchelder, Arianna 8., 559.

B. P., 590.

Elinor H., 507, 509.

Helen W., 622.

Sally, 562.

Simon, 615.

Susan, 568.
734 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Batelle, Elbridge A., 488.

Bayley, Jacob, 439.
Joseph, 432-33,

Beal, Abigail, 434.
Carrie A., 627.
Edward J., 434, 479, 627.
Elizabeth, 434.

Fred K., 434.
Fred R., 627.
Hannah, 434.
Henry R., 434.
Joanna, 592.
Joseph F., 434.
Josiah, 434.
Levi W., 434.
Luther A., 434.
Martha, 434.
Mary, 434.
Mary E., 434.

Zachariah, 427, 434, 576, 654.

Zebulon, 681.
Bean, Abigail, 434.
Ann, 436.
Benjamin, 436.
Catharine, 435-37.
Charles W., 437.
Curtis, 436.
C. W., 618.
Daniel, 435.
Deborah, 436.
Dinah, 436.
Ebenezer, 436.
Edward, 436.
Elizabeth, 506, 509.
Hannah, 424, 436, 507.
Henry, 435.
James, 435-36.
Jeremiah, 435-36.
John, 430, 435-36.
Joseph, 436.
Margaret, 435-36.
Mary, 435-36.
Mehitable, 436.
Nathaniel, 504.
Oscar C., 437.
Peniel, 538.
Perley R., 437.
Richard, 436.
Samuel, 435-36.
Sarah, 430, 436, 607.
Tabitha, 436.
William, 436.
Beckett, Betsey, 437.
Dolly, 437.
Dudley, 437.
Esther A., 478.
Francis, 437.
Frank, 437.
James M., 438, 479.
Jenness D., 438.
Joseph C., 438.

 

Joseph L., 437, 478-79, 522.

Philip, 512.

Samuel, 512.

Sarah, 437.

Sarah A., 438, 479.
Bedel, Timothy, 572.
Belcher, Governor, 480.
Bell, Frederick M., 511.

Meshech, 653.

Mrs. Wright, 468.

Thomas, 664.
Bendicta, Rev. Mr., 471.
Bennett, Abigail, 441, 644.

Abraham, 438, 441.

Arthur, 438-41, 536.

Benjamin, 438.

Betsey, 442.

Caleb, 439.

Cotton, 439-41, 536.

David, 441.

Deborah, 440, 508.

Dolly, 440.

Eben, 440.

Eben L., 442.

Edward, 441.

Eleazer, 438, 597.

Emeline, 442.

Emma, 441.

Esther, 440.

George A., 443.

Hannah, 442.

Hannah P., 443.

Helen C., 443.

Isaac, 441.

Jacob, 441.

James, 441-42, 536.

James G., 441-42,

Jeremiah, 442.

John, 438-41, 455, 482, 684.

Jonathan, 442.

Josiah, 426, 440-42, 536.

Lucy, 440.

Lydia, 440.

Martha, 439, 441, 684.

Martha D., 443.

Mary, 438-40, 442.

Mehitable L., 442, 540.

Nancy, 440-42.

Nathan, 526.

Olive, 440, 442.

Polly, 441.

Rebecca, 442.

Robert G., 438, 441-42, 536.

Ruth, 438.

Sally, 441-42, 684.

Samuel, 441-42.

Susan, 442.

Thomas, 439-41.
Benning, Mary, 669.
Benson, Henry P., 451.
Bergen, John, 539.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 735

Bergin, Ede H., 443.
John, 443.

Mary, 443.

Berry, Addie F., 567.
Edward, 471.
Elizabeth, 574, 576.
Isaiah, 574.

James, 561.
Joseph, 443.
Katherine, 585.
Mehitable, 626.
William, 576, 585.

Bickford, John, 629-30.
Lydia, 662.

Mary, 453.
Rebecca, 505, 683.
Sarah, 506, 540.
Thomas, 540.

Binney, Eliza A., 559.

Bird, Ada C., 591.
Jathnell, 511.

Birdley, Rebecca, 499.
Tyler, 499.

Blair, Jane, 633-34.

Blaisdell, William, 631-32.

Blake, Abigail, 507, 576.
Affa O., 597, 658.
Eleanor, 595.
Emma, 472.

John A., 478.
Joseph, 595-96, 655.
Mr., 545.

Nancy; 461.
Sherburne, 596.

Blanchard, John, 509, 529, 553.

Blazo, Ann, 651
William, 666.
Blinn, George R., 622.
Bliss, Mary, 597.
Blossom, Thomas, 494.
Blunt, Mr., 488, 682.
Blydenburg, John, 644.
Mary, 444.
Boardman, Apphia, 549.
Benjamin, 549.
Charles, 549.
Elizabeth, 504, 508.
Hannah, 659.
Harriet, 549.
James, 549.
John, 636.
Joseph, 531.
Lucy, 579.
Martha, 549.
Mary, 549.
Mehitable, 549.
Mr., 523, 675.
Nancy, 549.
Phebe, 488.
Samuel, 548-49.
Samuel M., 549.

 

Sarah, 549,

Stephen, 508.

Bodge, Joseph, 463.

Bonnie, Carrie, 463.

Bonney, John, 627.

Boody, John H., 647.

Booth, Ida J., 608.

Bordman, John B., 444.
Martha, 444.

Martha M., 444.

Mary, 444.

Mary J., 444.

Samuel L., 444.

Sarah, 443.

Stephen, 443-44.

Thomas, 443-44.

William, 443-44.
Boreman, David, 443.

Elizabeth, 443.

Joanna, 443.

John, 443.

Thomas, 443.
Bosworth, Richard, 627.
Bott, Frances, 477.

Lydia, 477.

Boutwell, Lucy J., 681.

Bowden, John, 503.

Bowditch, Mr., 529.

Bowman, Andrew, 444.

Boyce, Antipas, 444.

Boynton, Berthia, 564.
Elinor, 563-64.

John, 564.

Brackett, Abbie B., 490.
Abigail, P., 661.
Abijah, 445.

Ann P., 548.

Anna, 439, 445.

Anthony, 444-45.

Benjamin, 466, 641.

Benning, 425, 440, 446, 581, 615, 641.

Charles, 446.

Comfort, 446, 580.

Daniel, 446.

Deborah, 668.

Elinor F., 445.

Elizabeth, 446.

Etta, 603.

Eunice, 458, 461.

George, 426, 445-46.

Hannah, 446.

Huldah, 446.

Ichabod, 441, 445, 554.

James, 445.

James P., 447.

Jeremiah, 447.

John, 439, 445-46, 536, 587, 615.

Joseph, 668.

Joseph N., 446-47.

Joshua, 439, 445-46, 551, 553, 615, 661, 667.

J., 507.
736 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Brackett, Katherine, 446.
Keziah C., 445.

Lydia, 446.

Margaret, 445,

Martha, 446, 505, 547, 625.

Martha A., 660-61.

Martha F., 625.

Martha P., 614, 625.

Martha W., 503.

Mary, 676, 678.

Mary F., 445.

Mr., 555, 613.

Nathaniel, 445.

Polly, 446.

Purney, 446.

Sally, 446.

Samuel, 504, 530, 535, 551, 553, 609-10.

Thomas, 505, 547, 625, 677.

William, 444.
Brackley, Elizabeth R., 549.

Esther, 549.

George H., 546.

Henry, 549.

James, 549.

James C., 549.

John B., 549.

Mary, 549.

Mary E., 549.

Mehitable S., 549.

Nancy D., 549.

Nathaniel, 549.

Olive F., 549.

Olive R., 549.

Sarah C., 549.

Sarah L., 549.

William M., 549.
Bradbury, Mary, 616.

Thomas, 616.

Wyman, 616.
Bradford, Priscilla, 627.

William, 627.

Bradley, Catherine, 589.
Elizabeth, 502,
Jonathan, 502.

John, 502.

Samuel, 502.

Sarah, 435.

Bradstreet, Anne D., 674.
Dorothy, 447.

Dudley, 447.

Hannah, 447, 674.

John, 447.

Mercy, 447.

Samuel, 447.

Sarah, 446.

Simon, 447, 490, 674.
Bragdon, Sarah, 599.
Bragg, Samuel, 663.
Branscomb, Arthur, 447-48, 466, 520, 548.

Betsey, 448.

Charles H., 448.

 

Fannie, 448.

Henry 8., 448.

Lucy A., 448.

Mary H., 448,

Paul, 520.

Sarah, 533.
Bray, Richard, 448.
Bresnahan, Ellen, 593,
Brewer, Mary, 573.

Thomas, 573.
Brewster, John, 572.

Sarah, 553.
Briant, Henry, 571.
Briar, Mary, 512.
Briers, John, 511,
Brigham, Edward L., 654,

Eliza A., 601, 603.
Britton, Polly T., 520,
Brock, Mr., 671.
Brockleback, Samuel, 473. °
Brocklebank, Captain, 561.
Brodhead, Alfred, 450.

Alfred W., 450.

Almena J., 449.

Ann M., 449.

Arthur, 450.

Betsey, 449.

Caroline S., 451.

Catherine, 451.

Cornelia A., 450.

Daniel, 449.

Daniel D., 449.

Delia S., 450.

DeWitt, 450.

Edward C., 450.

Eleanor W., 451.

Elisabeth, 672-73.

Elizabeth H., 449-50, 594.

Ellen G., 450.

Ellen M., 451.

Epaphras K., 449-50.

Frank, 450.

George H., 450-51.

Gertrude, 450.

John, 449-50.

John M., 449-50.

John, Rev., 594, 615, 626, 669, 673.

Jobn T., 451.

Joseph, 449.

Joseph C., 449-50,

Josephine A., 451,

Josiah A., 449, 451.

Lizzie A., 451.

Louise, 450.

Mary O., 451.

Mary R., 449-50.

Mehitable S., 449, 669.

M. Frances, 450.

Olive C., 451.

Olive N., 449.

Rebecca A., 451.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Brodhead, Sarah, 450.
t. Thornton F., 449, 451.
} Walter, 450.
Brookings,j{Thomas, 437.
Brooks, Ann, 599.

Fanny, 488.

James, 508.

Mary, 599.

Samuel, 552.

William, 599.
Brown, Abigail, 582.
y. Alfred, 478.

« Caroline, 478.
Charles T., 625.
Cotton §., 477-78.
Daniel, 509.
Dorothy W., 452, 495.
Elizabeth, 583.
Emeline, 478.
Ephraim, 500.
Frances, 478.
George, 478.
Hannah, 610.
Harriet, 499.

Jacob, 451-52, 582.

Jacob O., 459, 495.

John, 452, 542, 583.

Lawrence, 596.

Louisa, 452, 495.

Lydia, 500.

Mary W., 452.

Nathan, 625.

Nathaniel, 670.

Newell R., 478.

Ruth, 500.

Samuel, 452.
Thomas, 452, 514.
Bruce, Charles J., 559.

Edwin H., 559.

Jeduthun, 557-58.

Martha L., 559.

Susan M., 559.
Bryant, Alice, 649.

James, 452,

Mary, 643.

Bryent, Anna, 644.
Anne, 452, 645.
Elisha, 452.
Elizabeth F., 644.
Henry, 452.
Jeremy, 452, 536.
John, 452.

Mary, 452.

Walter, 424, 432-33, 441, 443, 452, 503,

644-45.

Walter, Jr., 429, 441, 536.
Buck, Thomas, 584.
Bucknam, Polly, 668.
Bullard, Dana, 654.
Bunker, Andrew, 453.

Angeline, 466.

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Etta A., 649-50,
George E., 453.
Ida F., 453, 466.
J. Frank, 453.
John, 453, 466.
Love, 480-81.

Burbank, Silas, 666.

Burdett, George, 674.

Burgess, Eddy H., 452.

Burkley, Robert, Rev., 450.

Burleigh, A. A., 649.
Abigail, 598, 630-32.
Andrew, 446.

Ann, 496.

Benjamin, 602.

Deborah, 672.

Drusilla, 496.

Drusilla E., 569, 601.
Elizabeth, 548.
Elizabeth D., 519.
Elizabeth E., 460.
Hannah M., 462.

Henry, 628-29.

Henry E., 575.

James, 423, 465, 496, 566, 569, 601, 663.
Jemima, 544.

John, 424, 440, 462, 539, 547-48, 646, 663.
John A., 475.

John, Jr., 554.

Jonathan, 649.

Joseph, 497.

Joseph L., 460, 496-97.
Josiah, 652.

Marcia, 644, 646.
Marietta, 651-52.
Martha, 641.

Martha J., 462.

Martha L., 641.
Mehitable, 440, 507.
Moses, 425-26.
Nathaniel, 519.
Nathaniel E., 496, 556, 676.
Rachel, 683.

Reuben, 575.

Samuel, 460, 496, 641.
Sarah, 465, 475, 547, 581.
Sarah E., 496, 569.

Sarah F., 465.

Sarah H., 547.

Susan W., 601, 650.
Susannah W., 497.
Theodore A., 497.
William, 683.

Burley, Abigail, 456, 458-60.
Adaline C., 462.
Addison, 461.

Alice, 455.

Allace, 457.

Andrew, 443, 453-54, 456.
Ann, 460.

Ann A., 463.
738

Burley, Ann E., 463.
Anna, 455, 458.
Anna H., 459.

Anne, 460.

Benjamin, 456-57.

Betsey, 458.

Caroline W., 463.

Carrie, 464.

Charles G., 461.

Charles H., 463-64.

Clarissa, 460, 462.

Comfort, 457.

Daniel, 457.

David, 455, 457.

Deborah, 440-41, 455, 459, 461-62.

Drusilla, 460.

Elbridge T., 463.

Eliza, 461.

Elizabeth, 456-57, 459.

Enoch, 457, 459.

Eunice, 461.

Ezra, 460.

Flora B., 464.

Frank A., 464.

Giles, 453-54.

Gordon, 457.

Hannah, 453-54, 459,

Hannah G., 597, 647.

Harrison G., 463,

Helen A., 463.

Henry, 456, 459-60.

Tsaac, 458, 461

Jacob, 454, 456, 459-60.

Jacob C., 462.

James, 441, 453-55, 458, 460-61, 463, 640,
675.

James O., 463.

J.C., 457.

Jasper H., 462.

Jemima, 455,

Jennie, 463.

Jeremiah, 462.

John, 453-55, 459-62, 538, 597, 610, 647,
668.

John B., 463.

John W.N., 462.

Jonathan, 456, 462.

Joseph, 454-57.

Joseph L., 459.

Joshua, 457.

Josiah, 455, 458, 460-62, 675.

Josiah L., 457.

Judith, 459-60.

Judith T., 460.

Keziah, 455, 458.

Levina, 469.

Lillian M., 463.

Lucinda, 461.

Lucy, 456.

Lucy A., 463.

Lydia, 455-56.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Marcia, 456.

Margaret, 456.

Marietta S., 462.

Mark, 462.

Martha, 453, 457, 459.

Mary, 453-59, 461.

Mary A., 461, 463.

Mary C., 462-63.

Mary J., 461.

Mehitable, 460, 533.

Molly, 459.

Moses, 455, 459, 641.

Nancy, 456-57, 459, 461.

Nathaniel, 455, 457, 461.

Nathaniel E., 460.

Nathaniel R., 460.

Olive, 461.

Olive P., 462.

Phebe, 459.

Rachel, 458.

Rebecca, 453-54, 459.

Reuben M., 462.

Rhoda, 456.

Robert, 457.

Sally, 461.

Samuel, 455-59, 461-62.

Sarah, 453, 456-61.

Sarah C., 462.

Sarah E., 460.

Sarah F., 463.

Sarah H., 441.

Sarah J., 463.

Sarah K., 463,

Stevens, 456.

Susan E., 462.

Susan W., 461.

Susannah, 455-56.

Temperance, 461.

Theodore, 463.

Theodore A., 461-62.

Thomas, 455, 457.

Walter D., 463.

William, 454-55, 457-58, 461.
Burnham, Benjamin, 454.

Hannah, 453, 642.

John, 464.

Josiah, 464.

Robert, 464, 593, 643.

Thomas, 464.
Burnum, Robert, 550.
Burpee, Jeremiah, 564.
Burton, Mary, 478.
Butler, Benjamin, 517, 556, 572.

Betsey, 595.

Ebenezer, 545.

Elizabeth F., 546.

Harry, 541.

Henrietta, 546.

Henry, 546, 595,

James H., 546.

Louisa, 546.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 739

Butler, Moses, 671.

Sally T., 546.
Butterfield, Alexander, 606.
Button, Maude, 624.
Byington, Charles E., 638.
Byley, Henry, 461.

Mary, 460-61.
Cadwell, Deborah, 543.

Dillingham, 542.

Thomas, 543.
Caldwell, Daniel, 453.

John, 453.

Calef, Betsey, 406.

Mehitable, 497.

Calfe, John, 653.
Calkins, Daniel, 568.
Calley, Mary J., 559.

Richard, 524.
Campbell, Hannah, 515.
Candy, Jeremiah, Rev., 486.
Cane, James, 442.

Cario, William, 542, 661.
Carlton, Belle L., 558.

Florence, 558.

Stephen C., 558.
Carney, Albert, 623.

Arthur, 623.

Edward, 623.

Mary, 623.

Matthew, 623.

Maithew F., 623.
Carpenter, Anthony W., 477.

Elizabeth, 628.

Helen, 476-77.

Carr, Anne, 668.

George, 616.

Mary S., 623.

William, 616, 631-32.
Carrol, Mr., 506.

Carter, Elizabeth, 670-71.
Cass, Jonathan, 533.
Caswell, Almira, 484.

Lydia, 579.

Thomas, 462.

Cate, Elizabeth, 667.

James, 442.

Jane, 553.

Lizzie, 562.

Molly, 457.

Mr., 533.

Olive, 562.

Caverly, Lydia, 463.
Caverno, Abigail, 541.

Arthur, 541.

John, 541.
Chadbourne, Sarah, 509.
Chadwick, Sarah E., 680.
Challis, William, 512.

Chamberlain, Mary, 460, 462.

Richard, 613.
Thomas, 459.

 

Trueworthy, 460.
Chandler, Mary, 595.

Joseph, 464.

William, 511.
Channell, Abraham, 464.

James, 464.

Robert, 464.

Sally P., 464.
Chapman, Andrew M., 465,

Benjamin, 465.

Burleigh, 458, 465.

Comfort, 465.

Daniel, 465, 645.

David, 441, 465-66, 484, 579, 587.

Eben, 465.

Edmund, 465.

Edward, 464, 579.

Eliphaz, 465.

Elizabeth, 465, 587.

Emily, 466.

George, 466.

Hannah, 465.

Irene, 465.

Isaac, 566.

Jacob, 465.

Jacob, Rev., 574.

James, 465-66, 579, 684

Jenny, 465

John, 465-66,

John ¥., 579

John H., 469.

Joseph, 458, 465.

Kate, 458.

Kato, 465.

Levi, 431, 458, 465, 663.

Lewis, 563.

Lucy, 466.

Lydia, 465-66.

Martha, 465, 557.

Mary, 458, 465-66, 520.

Mary L., 466.

Nancy, 465.

Nathaniel L., 466.

Noah, 465.

Paul, 426, 448, 458, 465-66, 557, 610, 667.

Phebe, 465.

Rhoda, 465.

Sally, 465-66, 484.

Samuel, 464-65.

Samuel, Rev., 667.

Sarah, 448.

Sarah S., 448.

Shadrach, 465.

Smith, 439, 458, 465.

Susan, 465.

Susannah, 598, 645.
Charles II, King, 485.
Chase, Alice, 466.

Ann, 675.

Anna, 466, 502, 562.

Anne, 429, 595.
740 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Chase, Aquila, 466, 502.
Daniel, 466.
Edmund, 466.
Edna, 466.
Elizabeth, 466.

E. Newton, 469, 498.
Frank A., 517.

Fred A., 517.
George L., 466.
Hannah, 612.
Harry P., 466, 573.
James, 466, 595.

J. Lewis, 453, 466.
John, 466.

John P., 632, 634.
Jonathan, 466.
Lydia, 595.

Mark W., 516-17.
Mary, 466, 595.
Moses, 466, 468.
Prescott, 466, 632, 634.
Priscilla, 466.

Ruth, 466.

Samuel P., 466, 573.
Sarah, 466.

Thomas, 466.

Cheney, Elizabeth, 454.
Hannah, 647.

John, 647.

Chesley, Ann E., 467.
Ebenezer, 467.
Elder, 656.
Elizabeth, 455, 467.
Esther, 467.

Frank H., 467.
George, 467.
Hannah, 467.
Henry H., 467.
Hester, 538-39.
Israel, 508.

James, 467, 670.
Joanna, 467.

John, 467.

John H., 467.
Jonathan, 496, 667.
Joseph, 467, 644.
Mary, 467, 537-38.

Philip, 467, 538, 551, 597, 642.

Samuel, 467.
Sarah, 467.
Susanna, 467, 642.
Thomas, 467.
Cheswell, Mary, 610.
Paul, 468.
Sally, 468.
Samuel, 587.
Thomas, 468, 539, 642.
Wentworth, 468, 610.
William, 468.
Chick, John C., 590.
Choate, Alfred B., 570.

 

Charles A., 570.

Eppes, 569.

Herbert, 570.

Ira, 569-70.
Christie, Daniel M., 483.
Church, Nathaniel, 606.
Churchill, Barnabas, 495.

Eben, 469.

Ichabod, 469.

James, 469.

John, 468-69, 656.

Joseph, 468-69, 656.

Lydia, 468, 495, 518-19,

Mary E., 468, 482-83.

Nathaniel, 469.

Sarah, 469.

Susan M., 663.

Thomas, 495.

Chute, Alice M., 559.
Cilley, Adaline, 470.

Alice M., 469.

Bradbury L., 552.

Cutting, 511.

Daniel, 621.

Elizabeth A., 457.

Elsie, 590-91.

Joseph, 621.

Joseph L., 521, 558.

Polly D., 621.
Claggett, William, 620.
Clapp, Walter, 510.
Clark, Abigail, 643.

Ann F., 566.

Benjamin, 677.

Benjamin F., 677.

Catherine, 622.

Charles, 670.

Charles E., 559.

Daniel, 469, 677.

David, 677.

Dolly, 605.

Eben, 595.

Edward H., 560.

Elizabeth, 465, 525, 677,

Elizabeth S., 525.

Ellen, 470.

Ellen W., 592, 602.

George W., 559.

Hannah, 643.

Ida C., 470.

J. Albert, 560.

John, 648.

John M., 554.

John N., 469.

Joseph, 459, 586.

Joseph F., 469.

Josiah, 648.

J. Smith, 648,

Lydia, 589.

Martha J., 560.

Mary, 523.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 741

Clark, Nancy N., 577.
Nathaniel, 525.
Nathaniel G., 469.
Robert, 514, 611.
Sally, 557-58.
Sarah, 524, 643, 679.
Sarah E., 560.
Somerby, 525.
Susan, 498.

Susan M., 469.
William A., 559.
William H., 558.

Clarke, Samuel, 625.

Clay, John, 474.

Lydia R., 474.

Clement, Mary A., 559.
Mary J., 557.

Clement, Timothy, 465,"469, 473, 665.

Clifton, John, 669.
Cloudman, Augusta, 641.
Clough, Albert, 578.
Daisy, 578.
George, 517, 621.
Mary A. T., 621.
Mary F., 517, 621.
Mary T., 517.
Susanna, 481.
Cobbey, Anna, 470.
James, 470.
James, Jr., 470.
Richard, 470.
William, 470.
Cochran, Mr., 530.
Samuel, 508.
Cochrane, John, 683.
Coe, Abigail, 471.
Ann, 471.
Anna, 471.
Annie, 585.
Arthur B., 472.
Arthur L., 472.
Benjamin, 471-72, 585.
Curtis, 471.
Curtis, Rev., 470, 537.
Ebenezer, 471, 645.
Ebenezer S., 471.
Helen J., 472.
Henry W., 471.
James E., 472, 544.
James L., 472.
John, 471.
John W., 472.
Joseph, 471.
Louisa M., 472.
Mary, 471.
Mehitable S., 471.
Thomas U., 471.
Coffin, Abigail, 473, 524-25, 657.
Deborah, 473.
Edmund, 547.
Edward, 473.

 

Eliphalet, 473.
Elizabeth, 472, 524-25.
Enoch, 473-74.
Eunice, 595.
James, 472-73.
Jane, 476-77.
Joanna G., 492,
Jethro, 473.
John, 472.
Judith, 473.
Mary D., 474.
Moses, 473.
Nathaniel, 473,
Parnel, 473.
Pernal, 657.
Peter, 465, 472-73, 525, 537.
Rebecca, 473.
Robert, 473, 492, 502.
Sara, 457, 547.
Sarah, 547.
Sarah G., 473.
Stephen, 472.
Tristam, 472-74, 547, 562, 643, 657.
William, 473-74.
Coffran, Mr., 545.
Cogshall, Elizabeth, 443.
Cogswell, William, 420, 443, 675.
Coker, Mary, 668.
Colbath, Sarah W., 494.
Colby, Asa O., 474.
Emma E., 474.
Fannie G., 474.
Isaac, 512.
Jonathan E., 474, 639.
Phineas, 474.
Colcord, Abigail, 474, 477-78, 589-90.
Abigail S., 477.
Albert, 475.
Anthony C., 477.
Benjamin, 475-76.
Bessie E., 475.
Betsey, 545.
Betsey A., 477-78,
Caroline, 476-77.
Clara, 477.
Coffin, 477.
Deborah, 473-74.
Ebenezer, 474-75.
Edward, 474-77, 545.
Eliphalet, 476.
Elizabeth, 474-77.
Elizabeth A., 478-79, 623.
Emily, 475.
Esther A., 437, 478-79, 611.
Esther W. R., 611.
Fanny R., 477-78.
Frances J., 478.
Frances R., 478, 591.
George, 476, 479.
Gideon, 423, 477, 5238, 570, 582, 590, 610.
Gideon C., 581.
742 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Colcord, Hannah, 475-76, 491.
Harriet, 476.
Jeremiah, 476, 611.
Jesse, 475.
Job, 475.
John, 476-78.
John A., 476, 591.
John C., 477.
Jonathan, 474-76.

Joseph, 437, 475-78, 563, 610-11, 627.

Josiah, 476.

Laura, 477.

Leonard, 463.

Mary, 475, 477-78, 522.
Mary M., 523, 581, 590.
Otis, 474.

Peter, 475-77.

Polly, 544.

Polly C., 477.

Rachel, 581.

Rhoda, 476.

Sally, 544.

Sally J., 591, 627.
Samuel, 475, 502.

Sarah J., 437.

Thomas, 478.

Thomas R., 476-77.
Tristam C., 477,
William, 475.

Cole, Charlotte F., 634.
Jane, 475.

Robert, 524.

Coleman, James, 660.
Comfort W., 461, 497.
Ephraim, 423, 479.
Frank, 669.

James, 423.
Phineas, 463.
Thomas, 511.

Collins, Herschel, 673.
Robert, 511.

Sarah, 441.

Conant, Mary, 453.
Rebecca, 494.
Roger, 453.

Conner, Alfred, 480.
Anne, 530, 581.
Anne G., 581.
Cornelius, 479, 525,
Emma P., 480.
Enoch J., 480, 607.
Hannah T., 607.
Jeremiah, 479, 581.
Jewett, 480, 632-33.
Jobn, 607.

John L., 480.
Jonathan, 480.
Juliette P., 480.
Lyford, 569, 680.
Mabel, 480.
Mary E., 632-33.

 

Mildred B., 559.
Molly, 530.
Nathaniel, 480, 582.
Olive, 480.
Philip, 527.
Ralph E., Rev., 480.
Rowland, Rev., 559.
Samuel, 527.
Sarah, 533.
Sydney, 480.
William, 581.
William H., 480, 607.
Connor, Abigail, 589-90,
Fannie E., 463.
Cook, Abiah, 671.
Christina, 543.
Cooley, Daniel, 507.
Timothy, 442.
Coombs, Elizabeth, 557.
Copp, David, 531, 641, 678.
Cottle, Joanna, 521.
Joseph, 521.
Cotton, Margaret F., 504, 507.
Seaborn, Rev., 447.
Cottrell, Hannah G., 483.
Cousens, Flora, 652.
Frances, 652.
Cousins, Susanna, 501-02.
Covill, Constance, 624.
Drusilla, 495.
James, 495, 624.
Cox, Warren, 651.
Coxe, Sarah, 593.
Craig, Mary E., 669.
Cram, Ann, 480.
Ann M. R.., 543.
Daniel, 481.
David, 481, 683-84.
Hannah, 554, 556, 567.
Jacob, Rev., 628-29.
James, 480, 504.
Jobn, 480.
Levi, 480.
Martha, 628-29.
Mary, 480, 684.
Mr., 527.
Nancy, 480.
Sally, 505.
Sarah, 683.
Cranfield, Edward, 624, 640.
Crawford, Governor, 501.
Creighton, J. B., 587.
Martha, 589-90.
Critchett, Hannah, 515.
Judith, 515.
Croade, Richard, 547.
Isaac, 437.
Crockett, Nancy, 618.
Crommett, Philip, 467, 489.
Elizabeth, 467.
Sarah L., 467.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 743,

Crosby, Mary, 435.
Mary P. C., 436.
Mr., 495.
Cross, Elizabeth W., 637.
John, 637.
Crossman, Hetty, 606.
Culberton, Augustus, 478.
Cummings, Blanche O., 577.
Charles O., 577.
Mr., 546.
Currier, Grace, 570.
Judith, 493.
Mr., 497.
Curry, Susan, 457.
Curtis, Deborah, 484.
Jonathan §., 448.
Morton, 484.
Cushing, Bertha, 602.
Daniel, 523.
Hannab, 505,
Jobn R., 602.
Matthew, 523.
Pauline, 602.
Samuel A., Rev., 600, 602.
Cutt, John, 674.
Cutter, Almena, 449.
Ammi R., 660.
William, 450.
Cutting, Mary, 586.
Cutts, Hannah, 513-14.
Daggett, Bethiah, 454.
Dalton, Elizabeth, 630-32.
Moses, 630, 632.
Sally, 630-31.
Samuel, 550.
Dam, Leander, 508.
Sally, 505, 508.
Dame, Sally, 532.
Dane, Mr., 647.
Darling, Abigail, 516.
Agnes, 457.
Davenport, Nancy P., 516.
Davis, Abigail, 514.
Alice, 488.
Anna, 430-31.
Anne H., 577-78.
Betsey, 513, 515, 645.
Captain, 619.
David, 597, 642.

James, 436, 451, 489, 571, 588, 597.

Jennie, 649.
Lucinda, 571.
Lucy A., 463.
Mary, 468.
Moses, 507.
Mr., 664.
Philip, 554.
Samuel, 430.
Sarah, 440-41.
Selinda, 571.
Susannah, 512.

 

William F., Rev., 588.
Davison, Captain, 436.

Daniel, 473.

Sarah, 491.
Deale, Aaron, 481, 531.

Gilman, 481.

Mary A., 481.

Sarah, 481.
Deane, John, 525.
Dearborn, Ebenezer, 629-30.

Eleanor K., 435.

Eliphalet, 557.

Elizabeth, 629-31,

Freeze, 423.

Grace E., 435.

G., 625.

Henry, 629, 631-32, 664.

Henry W., 435.

John F., 435.

Josiah, 435.

Marion B., 435.

Martha G., 510.

Mr., 664.

Nancy, 435.

Ruth, 481.

Thomas, 474.
Deering, Ebenezer, 495.

Elizabeth, 670.
Deine, Mary, 606.
Deland, Eunice B., 509.
Demerritt, Major, 488.

Mary J., 462.

Sally, 442.

Thomas, 562.

William, 465.
Denison, Daniel, 490.

Joseph, 681.
Dennett, Elizabeth, 433.
Dennison, Daniel, 628.

Elizabeth, 627-28.

John, 675.

John L., 627.

Martha, 674-75.

Martha S., 675.
Devons, Hattie, 603.
Dexter, Lottie, 578.

Mehitable, 659.

Mehitable P., 659.

Richard, 659.
Dickey, Sadie A., 639.
Dixon, Carl, 575.

Clifford, 540.

Fred, 575.

Paul, 575.
Dobson, Mr., 582.
Dodge, Frederick, 438.

Frederick H., 479.

L. Augusta, 438.

Lottie A., 479.

Mary, 449.

Ruth G., 449.
744 GENEALOGICAL INDEXEs.

Dodge, Thomas, 449,

Doe, Adaline, 484.
Alice, 484.
Amos W., 484.
Andrew, 483-84, 488, 645.
Andrew S., 485.
Andrew W., 485.
Benjamin, 481.
Bert P., 484.
Bradstreet, 547.
Charles C., 482-83.
Daniel, 481.
Deborah, 439, 483.
Ebenezer, 567.
Ebenezer R., 482.
Edith H., 483.
Eldridge, 484.
Elizabeth, 469, 481-82.
Elizabeth C., 483.
Ella A., 484.
Emeline, 484.
Fred E., 484.
Harry, 484.
Haven, 483.
Herbert P., 484.
Hiram, 484,
Horace B., 463.
James, 481, 483.
Jeremiah, 481.
John, 438, 481-83, 485.
John, Jr., 481.
Joseph, 433, 481-82, 645,
Joseph B., 482.
Joseph R., 483.
Judge, 482.
Martha, 481. a
Martha W., 482.
Mary A., 481.
Mary E., 482.
Mary F., 645.
Mehitable, 567.
Nancy, 484.
Nathaniel, 440, 481.

Nicholas, 481-83, 599, 629, 631.

Parsons N., 489.

Perley, 483.

Ruth, 484.

Samuel, 484,

Samuel, 443, 481-82, 675.

Sampson, 481.

Sarah, 481.

Sarah E., 485.

Stephen, 484.

Thomas, 482.

Wiggin, 460, 482-83, 682.

William, 484.

Zebulon, 439, 481-83.
Doeg, Austin, 592.
Dole, Anna, 473.

Henry, 473.

Mary, 620.

 

Sarah, 473.
Doliver, Paul, Jr.,?430.
Rachel, 430.
Dolloff, Abigail, 437.
Abner, 437.
Ann, 437.
Christian, 437, 526.
David, 437.
Ebenezer, 437.
Hannah, 425.
John, 437.
Jonathan, 437.
Margaret, 437.
Mary, 526, 547.
Richard, 435, 437.
Sarah, 437.
Sarah G., 437.
William J., 437.
Dow, Annie H., 485.
Elizabeth, 457.
Frank, 634-35.
Hannah, 512.
Isiphene K., 485.
Judith, 530.
Lorenzo, 485.
Maude L., 484.
Mary, 561-62.
Mr., 549.
Noah, 507.
Simon, 561, 587.
Zebulon, 457.
Downing, Alice, 651.
Emanuel, 447.
Downs, Gershom, 538.
Mr., 540.
Patience, 670-71.
Thomas, 538.
Dowse, Mr., 564.
Drake, Ephraim, 595.
Thomas, 595.
Drew, Clara M., 449, 673.
Elizabeth, 634-35,
Ezekiel, 510.
Hannah, 673.
John, 536, 678.
Mr., 606.
Samuel, 494.
Stephen, 673.
Drowne, Abigail W., 488, 543.
Andrew, 485,
Augustus R., 488,
Bathsheba, 485.
Benjamin, 485, 487-88.
Betsey, 487.
Comfort, 543.
Daniel P., 488.
Dummer W., 488.
Elizabeth, 485, 488, 660.
Esther, 485.
James T., 488.
John O., 488.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 745

Drowne, Jonathan, 485.
Joseph, 485, 487.
Leonard, 485.

Lydia, 488.

Mary, 485-88.

Peter, 486, 488, 658.

Peter, Mrs., 487.

Richard W., 488.

Sally, 488.

Samuel, 485, 487-88, 613, 660.
Sarah, 485, 488.

Shem, 485.

Solomon, 485.

Thomas, 487-88, 498, 543-44.
Phomas B., 488.

Duda, Benmore, 489.

Betsey, 641.
Joseph, 489.
Philip, 489.
Susanna, 489.

Temperance, 494.

Dudley, Abigail, 491-92.
Ann, 491.

Anna, 447, 599.

Anne, 490.

Biley, 436, 491, 502, 524, 542.
Deborah, 490. ,
Dorothy, 491.

Elizabeth, 491-92, 538, 644.
Elizabeth G., 531.

James, 436, 491-92, 542.
Joanna, 491-92.

Jobn, 491-92, 527, 552.
Joseph, 490-92, 527, 674.
Jonathan, 436, 492.
Jonathan B., 492, 665-66.
Margaret, 491.

Mary, 491.

Mercy, 490, 492.

Nicholas, 491-92.

Patience, 490.

Paul, 490.

Rebecca, 491, 580.

Roger, 490.

Samuel, 448, 474, 490-92, 580, 674.
Samuel, Rev., 524, 538, 551.
Sarah, 490, 492, 526, 530.
Stephen, 491, 524, 530.
Theophilus, 491.

Thomas, 447, 491, 674.
Timothy, 491.

Trueworthy, 491-92, 527.

Dummer, Elizabeth, 564.
Lucy, 531, 534.

Dunbar, David, 521.

Duncan, Mary, 634, 636.
Peter, 634, 636.

Dunton, Lucy, 515.

Durell, Abigail M., 614.
Arthur, 490.

Charles, 490.

 

Charles E., 490.
Daniel M., 489.
Deborah, 489.
Eliphalet, 440.
Emma, 490.
Frank L., 490, 641.
Judge, 489.
Mary, 489.
Newman, 490.
Nicholas, 489.
Rebecca, 489.
Zebulon, 489.
Durgan, Charlotte, 645.
Durgin, Betsey, 493, 508.
Daniel, 642.
Francis, 433, 439, 489.
James, 493.
Jerry, 442.
Jonathan, 493.
Joshua, 508.
Lydia, 439.
Mrs., 504, 508.
Rhoda, 484.
Sarah, 501.
Susannah, 535.
Trueworthy, 489.
Dustin, Moses, 553.
Dyer, Charles, 492.
Henry, 473, 492, 524.
Mahershalalhashbaz, 492.
Samuel, 492.
William, 492.
Eastman, Abigail, 568.
Banjamin, 566.
Betsey, 468.
Huldah, 503.
Mary, 453-54.
Easton, Mary, 582.
William, 582.
Eaton, Malinda, 666.
Polly, 668.
Ruth, 573.
Edgerly, Abigail, 493.
Ann E., 494.
Charles E. B., 463.
Deborah, 494.
Dorothy, 493-94.
Ebenezer, 493.
Elizabeth, 493.
James, 493.
John, 493-94.
Joseph, 493-94.
Josiah, 493.
Judith, 493.
Mary, 493.
Moses, 493.
Nathaniel, 494.
Olley, 494.
Polly, 494.
Rebecca, 493.
Ruth, 494.
746 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Edgerly, Samuel, 493.
Susan, 459, 461.
Susanna, 461.
Thomas, 492-93.
Zachariah, 461.
Zebulon, 494.
Zechariah, 492-93.

Edmunds, Mary A., 634-35.
Samuel, 476.

Eliot, Rev. Mr., 660.

Elizabeth, Queen, 490.

Elkins, Henry, 586.
Olive, 476.

Elliott, Mary, 441.

Ellsworth, Jeremiah, 564.

Elwell, Lucy, 522.
Mary, 521-22.
Zebulon, 522.

Ely, Esther, 549.

Esther E., 549.

Nathaniel W., 549.
Emerson, Jonathan, 536.

Lydia, 428, 432.

Mary, 428-29.

Mr., 648.

Nellie, 541.

Richard, 474.

Sally, 474.

Stephen, 428-29, 432.
Emery, Charles, 558.

Elizabeth, 503.

Samuel, Rev., 525.

Sarah, 525.

Sarah A., 631-33.
Endicott, John, 444.
Epes, Daniel, 447.
Evans, Ann B., 668.

Mr., 607.

Nancy, 484.

Sarah E., 478.

Stephen, 494, 534, 672.
Everett, John, 473.
Ewer, Abigail, 494-95, 497.

Burleigh, 497.

Charles, 496.

David, 495.

Desire, 494.

Dorcas, 495.

Dorcas S., 683-84.

Drusilla, 458, 460, 496.

Drusilla T., 497-98.

Ebenezer, 495.

Elizabeth, 457, 459, 494-97.

George, 497.

Henry, 496.

Henry H., 497.
Hezekiah, 494.

Isaac, 495.

James, 497.

James C., 496-97.
John, 452, 494-95, 497.

 

Jonathan, 494.
Joseph, 496.
Lydia, 498.
Mary, 468, 494, 496.
Mary L., 497.
Mary 8&., 495.
Mehitable, 494-95.
Mercy, 495.
Mercy W., 600-01.
Moses, 496.
Nathaniel, 460, 468, 494-97, 625, 684.
Nathaniel, Jr., 497.
Peter T., 495.
Polly, 497.
Porter, 497.
Prince, 495.
Rebecca, 496.
Robert S. B., 497.
Rufus, 495-96.
Sally, 495.
Sarah, 494-95.
Sarah H., 491.
Seth, 495.
Shubael, 494.
Silas, 495-96.
Susannab, 495.
Sylvanus, 495.
Thankful, 494.
Thomas, 494-95.
Ewing, Anna, 649.
Ewins, Alexander, 449.
Fabyan, Charles W., 587.
Farley, Michael, 428.
Farnham, John, 556.
Farrow, Hannah, 501.
Faulkner, Enoch, 579.
Fearing, John, 547.
Mary, 547.
Fernald, Charles, 499.
Dana L., 650.
Dorothy, 498, 680.
Edgar, 650.
Francis, 499.
George W., 469, 498.
Isaac H., 499.
John, 498-99, 578.
John, Mrs. 680.
Joseph, 499, 680.
Marion I., 650,
Martha, 499.
Mary O., 499.
Mehitable, 499.
Mr., 536.
Nancy, 458.
Nathaniel, 498-99.
Renald, 498.
Samuel, 498.
Thomas, 498.
William, 498-99.
William P., 498-99.
Ferren, Mr., 652.
Field, Albert, 499, 612.
Darby, 588.

Elizabeth P., 499.
John, 499.

Lizzie A., 434.
William, 499.

Fifield, Benjamin, 474.
Charles W., 499.
Emma, 499.

George, 600.
George B., 499.
George E., 499, 600.
George S., 499.
Hannah M., 499.
Mary E., 499.
Mary H., 680.

Mr., 506.

Olivia, 499.

Fish, Elizabeth, 443.

Fisher, Mary S8., 503.

Fiske, Nancy, 672.

Fitts, Abraham, 499, 500.
Daniel, 500.

Fred, 668.

Grace D., 499.
Hannah L., 500.
James H., 500, 669.
John, 500.

John L., 500.
Reuben, 500.
Richard, 499.
Robert, 499.

Flagg, Catherine G., 509.

Flanders, Elizabeth, 614.

Fletcher, William, 477.

Flint, Bertha W., 541, 574.

Francis, 541.
Flood, Mary, 424.
Fogg, Albert, 575.
Andrew, 484. 576,
Benjamin, 484.
Deborah, 500.
Edith, 575.
Eliza W., 484.
Emma, 576.
James, 500.
John, 462, 484, 575.
Jonathan, 500, 623.
Lavinia B., 483-84.
Mary D., 484.
Nancy D., 500.
_ Nathan, 484.
Folansbee, Rebecca, 466.
Folger, Margaret, 495.
Follansbee, Mary, 616.
Follett, Abigail, 674-75.
Frances, 455.
Mr., 580.
Polly, 484.
William, 550.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. TAT

Folsom, Abigail, 502-04, 507-08, 510, 531, 568,

674.

Abigail K. L., 666.

Abraham, 502-04.

Adams, 501. ©

Albert A., 423.

Alice I., 510.

Andrew, 504, 506.

Ann, 505.

Anna, 503, 505-07, 561, 683.

Anne, 522,

Arthur C., 510.

Asa, 443, 504, 508.

Benjamin, 506-07, 509, 527, 530.

Betsey, 446, 507, 546.

Betsey M., 531.

Betsey S., 509.

Betty, 507.

Catherine, 503.

Channing, 510.

Comfort, 476.

Daniel, 503.

David, 503-05, 507, 509.

Deliverance, 501.

Deborah, 437, 506, 510.

Dolly, 506.

Dorothy, 530.

Ebenezer, 501.

Edward, 458, 507.

Edwin, 510.

Eleanor, 506, 538, 568.

Elisha, 507.

Eliza M., 546.

Elizabeth, 452, 475, 502-06, 508-09, 553,
555, 557.

Emily, 510.

Emily S., 510.

Enoch, 505.

Ephraim, 433, 501-02, 504, 507, 509, 538,
568, 642.

Ezekiel, 507, 510.

Ezekiel H., 510.

George, 509.

Gilman, 507, 510.

Hannah, 505-09, 630-31.

Harriet, 666.

Henry H., 510.

Herbert, 510.

Israel, 501, 568.

Jacob, 505, 507.

James, 506-07.

James A., 577.

James G., 530

Jeremiah, 452, 456, 458-60, 503-04, 509,
525, 544-46, 584, 668, 683.

Jeremy, 502.

John, 454, 492, 501-02, 504-05, 527, 541,
550, 556-57, 625, 631, 649, 656, 677.

John G., 510.

Jonathan, 502-03, 505, 507, 509, 530, 539,
641, 666.
748

Folsom, Joseph, 507-08.
Joseph 8., 502, 508.
Joshua, 504.
Josiah, 484, 503-05, 507, 509.
Judith, 506-07.
Katherine, 492.
Lawrence, 509.
Levi, 505, 668.
Lewis, 509.
Martha, 505, 510.
Martha B., 508.
Martha W., 557.
Mary, 480, 501-05, 507-10, 545.
Mary B., 508.
Mary E., 510.
Mary H., 510.
Mary R., 594.
Mehitable, 506-07, 640, 665-66.
Mercy, 491-92, 502.
Moses, 506, 530.
Moses D., 510.
Mr., 580.
Nancy, 506, 508.
Nathan, 501, 503-04, 531, 554.
Nathan B., 508.
Nathaniel, 503, 522, 529,
Nicholas H., 546.
Noah D., 510, 648.

Peter, 475, 501-06, 508, 524, 598, 663, 666.

Peter L., 509.
Polly H., 545.
Rachel, 507, 589.
Relief S., 510.
Roger, 500-01.
Ruth, 501, 594.
Sallie, 506.
Sally, 507-08.
Samuel, 501, 503, 505, 508, 594.
Sarah, 444, 502-05, 507, 683.
Sarah G., 510.
Simeon, 505.
Stephen, 509, 666.
Susan, 503.
Susanna, 502-04, 524, 584, 627.
Susannah C., 475,
Thomas, 423, 507, 530, 579, 589.
Thomas, Jr., 423.
Trueworthy, 503.
Tubelah, 506.
William, 480, 502, 504, 506, 640.
Winthrop, 507-08, 656.
Footman, John, 489.
Ford, Edward J., 623.
John, 622-23.
Mary L., 623.
Sarah S., 667.
Stephen, 512.
William C., 623.
Forrester, May E., 624.
Foss, Abigail C., 501.
Hannah, 561.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Jane, 588.
Jeremiah, 510.
John, 533.
Jonathan, 469, 511.
Mary, 683.
Mary J., 623-33.
Mrs., 505.
Sarah, 455, 458, 568.
Sarah G., 683.
Thomas, 511.
Zechariah, 683.

Foster, Anna, 512.
Sarah A., 474.

Foulsham, John, 523.

Fowler, Abigail, 513, 515.
Annie B., 517.
Asa, 515-16, 621,
Benjamin, 512-13, 515.
Charlotte, 514, 516.
Clara M., 516.
Clarissa, 515.
Cornelia H., 517, 540.
Cornelia L., 540.
David, 515.
Deborah, 512-13, 529, 532.
Ebenezer, 513.
Edward C., 516.
Eliza, 514.
Elizabeth, 512.
Esther, 514-15.
Fanny, 516.
Frank A., 516.
Frank C., 560.
George R., 516.
Green C., 469, 516-17, 540, 576-78.
Hannah, 511, 513, 625.
Hannah C., 469, 619.
Hester, 511.
Jacob, 512, 532.
James, 512.
James E., 517, 540.
Jane, 512.
Jeremiah, 512.
Jerusha, 515.
John, 511-12, 578.
John C., 469, 514, 679.
John F., 516-17, 540, 621.
Jobn L., 515.
Joseph, 511-12.
Judith, 513, 553, 555, 658.
Lucy, 513.
Margaret, 511-12.
Martha, 512.
Mary, 511-14, 598, 619, 659.
Mary A., 516-17.
Mehitable, 515.
Philip, 469-71, 512-13, 554-56, 561, 596,

598, 619-20, 640-41, 658, 683.

Philip 2d, 659.
Polly, 513, 515-16.
Sally, 513, 515-16.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 749

Fowler, Samuel, 511-15.
Sarah, 470, 513-14, 620.
Sarah S., 620.

Susan, 516.

Susanna, 515.
Susannah, 512-13.
Susannah J., 658.
Symonds, 513, 515, 625.
Trueworthy L., 515.
William, 512, 516.
William P., 516.
Winthrop, 513-14.

Fox, Benjamin, 429, 517.
Edward, 517.

Francis, George, 450, 669.
Josephine H., 669.

Fraser, Carrie, 560. ¢

Freeze, Albert 8., 517, 600, 628,
Alfred S., 518.

Charles A., 518.

Edward F., 518.

George P., 518.

Helen A., 479, 517, 627-28.
Jonathan, 517.

Louis B., 518.

Louis H., 518.

Marion, 518.

Sarah M., 517.

French, Abraham, 574.
Almira F., 520, 571.
Andrew, 520.

Anna, 520.

Benjamin, 447, 466, 518-20, 548, 569.

Benjamin F., 518.
Betsey, 518-20.
Bradstreet, 518-19.
Caleb, 518.

Charles H., 519.
Charles W., 520, 571.
Charlotte B., 633-34.
Chase W., 520,
Christian, 576.

Clara B., 519-20.
Clarence, 519.
Clarence A., 519-20.
Coffin M., 500, 668.
David, 462, 518.
Dolly P., 500.
Edmund, 519.

Edith E., 520.
Elijah, 520.

Evelina, 668.
George, 520.

George H., 669.
Hannah, 574, 669.
Hannah L., 574.
Jabez, 518.
Jeremiah, 518.

John, 426, 520, 571, 668.
John H., 520, 571.
John P., 669.

 

Joseph, 518.
Joseph Y., 518.
Joshua, 518.
Levi, 590.
Lucinda, 668.
Lucy, 518-19.
Lydia, 519-20.
Lydia C., 567.
Marcia, 466.
Mark, 518.
Martha, 520, 668.
Mary, 519, 567.
Mary A., 520, 571, 607-08.
Mary F., 519.
Mary I., 569.
Nathaniel, 520, 568.
Nathaniel Y., 518.
Olive, 519.
Reuben, 468, 518-19, 567.
Sally, 519.
Samuel F., 669.
Sarah, 518.
Sarah C., 518.
Sarah M., 518.
Simeon, 518.
Simon, 518, 668.
Solomon, 518.
Sperry, 625.
Thomas, 518.
Timothy, 520.
Wallace, 519.
William, 519, 570, 674.
William F., 519.
William W., 519.
Zachariah, 520.
Frost, Addie L., 560.
Charles, Rev., 546.
Elizabeth, 671.
Eunice L., 560.
Frederick H., 560.
George, 456, 560, 644, 667.
Helen W., 560.
John, 459, 560, 644.
Laura A., 560.
Margaret W., 456.
Martha, 644.
William, 585.
William A., 560.
Frye, Mary, 608.
Fuller, Dana, 495.
Harrison, 627.
Mr., 563.
Fullington, Mr., 483.
Furber, Anna, 495.
Joseph, 507.
L., 590.
Furbur, Elizabeth, 637.
Furbour, Thomas, 443.
Furbush, Sarah, 537.
Furnald, Joseph, 611, 641.
750 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Gale, Bartholemew, 456.
Daniel, Jr., 456.
Elizabeth, 457.
George W., 420-21.
Mary A., 520.
Rebecca H., 590-91.
Sally, 590.

Gannett, Mr., 543.

Gardiner, Anna, 447.
Joseph, 447.

Gardner, Annie L., 603.
G. Clinton, 450.

Julia B., 451.

Garett, Lydia, 495.

Garland, Abigail, 562.
Daniel, 456.

Hannah, 681.
Nathaniel, 637.
Sarah, 561.

Gannon, Joseph, 440.
Zebulon, 441.

Gear, George M., 463.

Gee, Joshua, Rev., 627, 629.

George I, King, 490.

George II, King, 665,

Gerrish, Jane, 425.
Lucy E., 559-60.
Paul, 440, 484.

Gibbons, Ambrose, 588.

Gibson, Ann, 497.

Giddings, Abigail, 521-22.
Anne, 522, ,
Charlotte, 478, 523, 541.
Deborah, 521-22.
Dolly, 523.

Dorothy, 522.
Edward, 478.
Edward H., 523.
Eliphalet, 521-22, 581.
Elizabeth, 478, 523.
George, 521.

Harriet A., 523.
Jobn, 477-78, 521-23.
John, Jr., 522.
Joseph, 522-23.
Lucretia, 522,

Lucy, 522.

Lydia, 522,

Lydia R., 526.

Mary, 521-22.

Mary C., 541.

Mary NI., 478, 523.
Mehitable, 522.
Nancy, 478, 523, 658.
Nathaniel, 521-23.
Pernal, 521-22.
Polly, 523,

Zebulon, 521-22, 526.

Gilchrist, George C., 546, 682.

Mary P., 626.
Gilbert, Olive, 678.

 

Gile, Betsey, 504, 508.

Mary A., 484.

Nabby, 630-32.

Gilman, Abigail, 492, 513, 524-25, 528-29,
531-32, 534, 657.

Abigail O., 628-29.

Alice, 524.

Alice D., 534.

Andrew, 526, 529, 531, 552.

Ann, 526, 628-29.

Anna, 529, 531.

Antipas, 529, 531, 534.

Augustus H., 535.

Bartholemew, 524, 528.

B., 668.

Benjamin, 524, 526, 529-30.

Betsey, 527, 533-35.

Betsey L., 468.

Betsey S., 513, 532, 555.

Biley, 530, 533-35

Bradbury, 533.

Bradley, 534.

Bradstreet, 433, 529-30, 532-35, 597, 674.

Bridget, 531.

Caleb, 445, 502, 524, 527, 530.

Catherine, 502, 524.

Charles W., 535.

Charlotte G., 535.

Clarissa, 533.

Colonel, 473.

Constantine, 430.

Daniel, 475, 520, 525.

David, 458, 489, 503-04, 524-25, 527,
526-30, 532, 534, 554, 572, 587, 590, 614,
625, 643, 674.

Deborah, 524, 526-34, 555-56, 600.

Dudley, 530, 534, 598.

Edward, 501-02, 523, 599, 647, 657.

Elbridge, 533.

Eliphalet, 530, 533.

Elizabeth, 430, 491-92, 503, 513, 524-30,
532-33, 544, 547.

Elizabeth T., 473.

Ellen L. D., 534.

Emily F., 535.

Ezekiel, 492, 526, 530.

Fannie 8., 533.

Frances, 628-29.

Francis, 528.

George C., 682.

George W., 682.

Gershom D., 534.

Gideon, 682.

Gorham A., 534.

Hannah, 491, 502-04, 526-27, 530, 533-34,
616.

Henry, 533, 546, 682.

Henry B., 546.

Israel, 473, 481, 504, 526, 529, 531-33, 614,
643, 683.

Jacob, 513, 532, 555.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Gilman, James, 469, 504, 524, 526-27, 530,
533-35, 544, 547.

Jeremiah, 448, 526, 530, 674, 683.

Joanna, 473, 524-25, 529-31.

John, 438, 473, 476, 491-92, 502-03, 523-
25, 527-31, 533, 551, 657, 662.

John A., 534.

Jobn K., 531.

John T., 528, 531.

Jonathan, 526-27, 530-31, 630-31.

Joseph, 524, 526, 529, 606.

Joseph 8., 431, 531.

Josiah, 524, 527, 529.

Joshua, 491, 524, 527.

Judith, 525-26, 530, 534.

Lois L., 601.

Lucy, 531.

Lucy D., 534.

Lucy F., 534.

Lycurgus E., 539.

Lydia, 523-24, 531, 534, 658.

Margaret, 531.

Maria, 527.

Martha, 527, 531, 533.

Mary, 489, 501, 523-25, 527-29, 533-34,
581, 657.

Mary A., 533.

Mary C., 501.

Mary T., 525.

Mehitable, 521, 530.

Molly, 533.

Moses, 425, 491, 502, 523-24, 526-27, 529,
544, 547, 568, 640, 674, 682.

Mr., 505, 674.

Nathaniel, 525-26, 528, 531, 533, 628-29,
665.

Nehemiah, 527, 530, 533.

Nicholas, 469, 479, 524-25, 528, 609-10,
665.

Oliver C., 519.

Oliver F., 549.

Oliver J., 535.

Peter, 440, 484, 492, 521, 525, 528, 534,
628-29, 658, 678.

Perley B., 539.

Phillips, 535.

Polly, 513, 532-33.

Porter, 530.

Rachel, 527.

Rhoda, 533.

Richard, 473.

Robert, 492, 523, 525, 528.

Ruth, 527.

Samuel, 427, 431, 465, 483, 492, 513, 517,
521-22, 524-25, 536, 544, 554, 556, 572,
617, 624-25, 629, 631-32, 658, 674, 676.

Sally, 531, 664.

Samuel K., 531, 534.

Sarah, 481, 491, 504, 507, 516, 525-29, 531-

32, 535.
Sarah F., 534.

 

751

Sarah W., 534.

Shuah, 526, 529, 531.

Simon, 492, 526, 529, 532.

Smith, 663.

Somerby, 505.

Somersbee, 648.

Sophia B., 534.

Sukey, 533.

Susan, 513, 532.

Susanna, 534.

Tabitha, 526.

Theophilus, 530, 533, 601.

Timothy, 530.

Tirzah S., 646.

THomas, 507, 526.

Tristam, 528.

Trueworthy, 525.

Warren, 532, 645.

William, 439, 513, 532, 534,

Winthrop, 529, 531.

Zebulon, 431, 530, 534, 668.
Glidden, Andrew, 535, 643.

Benjamin, 535,

Charles, 535.

Clarissa, 612.

Elizabeth, 535.

John, 535.

Jonathan, 535.

Joseph, 432, 535.

Josiah, 535.

Richard, 535.

Sarah, 535, 643.
Goddard, Benjamin, 438.

John, 438-39, 524.

John, Jr., 438.

Mary, 438.

Welthena, 438, 524.
Godfrey, John, 593.
Goffe, Abigail, 669-70.

Christopher, 670.

Colonel, 586.

John, 439, 553, 583, 630, 632, 640, 648.

Joseph, 567.

Goggan, Helen A., 623.

John P., 623.

Laura G., 623.
Goldwyer, George, 615.

Martha, 615.
Goodhue, Dorothy, 659.

Nathaniel, 497.

Sarah, 496.

Goodin, Mehitable, 425,
Gooding, Caty, 536.

Daniel, 535.

Hannah, 536.

James, 535-36.

Jeremiah, 536.

Joseph L., 536.

Lydia, 536.

Mehitable, 536.

Polly, 536.
752

Gooding, Robert, 536.
Susannah, 536.
Zerviah, 536.

Goodrich, Charlotte, 593.
Fred G., 592.

Fred U., 593.

John, 593.

Mary E., 518.
Goodsoe, Elizabeth, 624.
Goodwin, Charles R., 537, 570.

Dana D., 638.

Daniel, Rev., 637.

Emma, 570.

Harry, 537, 571.

Helen, 537, 570.

Hopsley M., 537.

Huldah, 537.

James, 536.

James L., 537.

John R., 537.

Joseph, 537.

Joseph B., 537, 569-70,

Julia A., 636.

Katherine, 440-41.

Lewis K., 537, 570.

Lucy E., 638.

Olive E., 537.

Polly, 537.

Robert, 441.

Sarah, 638.

Goold, Thomas, 461.

Gordon, Daniel, 452, 458, 469, 496, 511, 554,

572, 587, 590, 614, 619, 624, 641, 658.

Elizabeth, 424, 491.

Mary, 509.

Susanna, 595.

Gould, Elizabeth, 660.
Martha E., 504.

Gove, Ann, 479.
Edward, 479.

Hannah, 606.

Mary, 504, 508, 629-30, 642.

Richard, 629-30.
Graham, Otis A., 541.

Thomas, 486,

Grant, Abial, 659.
Henry, 651.

John, 515,

Martha, 670.

Walter B., 622.
Graves, Captain, 588.

Doctor, 557, 559.

Mary E., 559-60.
Gray, Mr., 549.

William, 584.

Green, Captain, 629, 631.
Ebenezer, 572.

Mary, 493.

Samuel H., 647.

Simon P., 647.
Greenleaf, Edman, 473.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Lydia, 636.

Sophia, 600.
Greenwood, Ann, 571.
Griffin, Mr., 533.

Gross, Nathan, 562.
Grout, Alonzo, 601.

Harrison T., 661.
Grover, Catherine, 637-38.

Emma J., 518.

Mary, 637.

Grow, Mr., 614.
Gulliver, Frank, 461.
Hackburn, Catherine D., 490.

Samuel, 469.
Hackett, Mr., 507.
Hadaway, Rebecca, 618.

Rebecca C., 679-80.
Haines, David, 556.

Elinor, 667.

Mary, 666.

Matthias, 561.

Pilos, 591.

Samuel, 666.

Sarah, 576.

Susannah, 668.

Thomas, 440.

T. V. B., Rev., 519.

Washington, 510.

William, 576.

Hale, Elizabeth C., 524.

Enoch, 537.

Enoch, Jr., 537.

Lizzie R., 654.

Major, 470.

Martha, 565.

Robert, 525.

Robert, Jr., 525.
Haley, Benjamin, 610, 648, 656.

B. F., 447.

Gilman, 648.

Martha, 555-56.

Mary, 456.

Mary A., 623.

Sarah, 455-57.

Sarah G., 457.

Thomas, 425, 456-57, 554.
Hall, Abbie T., 472.

Abigail, 433, 538-39.

Andrew, 540.

Andrew, Jr., 560.

Ann, 539.

Anna, 540.

Annie, 609.

Austin, 609.

Benjamin, 538.

Benning, 540.

Betsey, 539.

Charles E., Rev., 450, 669.

Charlotte, 612.

Cornelia D., 540.

Cornelia L., 516, 540.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Hall, Cornelia M., 517.
Deborah, 503, 505, 530, 539.
Dorothy, 500.

Dudley, 539.

Edward, 443, 538-39, 586, 610, 640, 643,

682.

Edwin, 609.

Eliphalet, 433.
Elizabeth, 538-40.
Elizabeth A., 540.
Elizabeth W., 612.
Esther, 539.

Flora W., 472.

Florence K., 669.
Frances L., 540.

George F., 608-09.
George W., 609.

Grace, 537, 609.
Hatevil, 537.

Henry, 500.

Hezekiah, 539.

Hildea, 538.

Isaac, 538.

Jacob, 612.

James, 538-39.

James C., 540.

Jemima, 539, 643.

John, 440, 467, 537-40.
Joseph, 423, 432, 455, 469, 505, 530, 538—

39, 551, 634, 666.

Josiah, 433, 538-39.
Judith, 539.

Kinsley, 491, 538-39, 593, 624, 640.
Kinsley J., 540.

Lewis, 609.

Loanna, 540.

Love, 432, 539.

Lucy, 540.

Lydia, 540.

Margaret, 540.

Mary, 538-39, 582, 610, 634-36.
: Mary H., 455, 609.
Mary W.., 586.
Mehitable, 517.

Mercy, 537, 539.

Mercy K., 552.
Meribah, 538.

Mr., 580.

Nathaniel, 537.
Nathaniel B., 538.
Paschal, 540, 560, 609.
Paul, 538-39.

Percy, 609.

Phaltiel, 501-02, 538.
Polly Y., 591.

Ralph, 467, 502, 538-39.
Rebecca, 539.

Samuel, 540, 591.
Sarah, 454-55, 530-31, 538-40, 670.
Sarah M., 516-17, 540.
Stacy, 540.

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753

Tamsen, 443, 539.

Thomas, 538.

Thomas B., 442, 517, 540.

Thomas C., 540.

Theodore, 540.

William C., 472.
Hallowell, Henry, 492.

Rebecca, 492.

Ham, Abigail, 507, 509.

James, 656.

Mary, 656.

Patience, 441.

Polly P., 656.

Samuel, 556.

Hamilton, Phebe, 476-77.
Hamlin, Edward, 575.
Hammond, Joseph, 613.

Philip, 543.

Hanley, Eliza M., 601, 603.
Hannaford, Sarah J., 632-34.
Hanscom, Joseph, 646.
Hanson, Charles L., 541, 574.

Ebenezer, 541.

Emma B., 541.

Francis J., 541.

Hannah, 442.

Helen B., 541, 574.

James, 651.

John, 541.

John C., 541, 574,

J.C., 681.

Martha, 646.

Martha H., 541.

Paul, 541, 562.

William C., 541, 575.
Hardy, Elizabeth, 491.

George, 478, 523, 541, 658.

George F., 541.

Joseph, 666.

Lucretia, 666.

Mary E., 541.

Mehitable, 666.

Mr., 580.

Stephen, 542, 549.

Theophilus, 491, 542.
Harleutin, Mr., 564.
Harper, John, 639.

Mary J., 607.
Harriman, John, 679.
Harris, John, 512.

Joseph 8., 450.
Harrison, Elizabeth, 499.

Emma, 649.

Nicholas, 438.

Hart, Ann F. G., 462.

Colonel, 631.

Deborah, 542.

George, 542.

John, 439-40, 532, 539, 542, 583, 678.

Joseph, 542.

Lydia, 542.
754

Hart, Mary, 542.
Mary A., 462, 497.
Nathaniel, 542.
Oliver, 462.

Samuel, 542.

Sara, 542.

Sarah, 542.

Thomas, 542.
Hartwell, Henry, 663.

W. H., 673.

Harvey, Abby R., 543.
Abigail, 543.
Charles, 585.

Daniel, 497.

Emma, 544.

John, 441, 585.

Mary, 543.

Robert, 543.

Sarah B., 585.

William P., 488, 543.
Haskell, Daniel, 514.

Ethan, 514. '
Hathaway, Mr., 558.
Haven, George W., 483.

Samuel, Rev., 445.
Hawes, Rose, 523.
Hawley, Mary, 470.
Hayden, Harriet S., 462.
Hayes, Clara F., 602.

Cyrus, 600.

Frank, 602.

John, 670.

John W., 499.

Mary A., 499.

Martha H., 602.

Samuel, 510.

Stephen E., 600, 602.
Haynes, Eliza S., 574.

John §., 515.

Mary, 574.

Samuel, 574.
Hazeltine, Robert, 564.
Hazelton, Lucy, 594.
Healey, Mr., 606.
Heard, Abigail, 670.

Kezia, 676.

Heath, Benjamin, 425.
Mercy, 424.

Simon A., 424.
Hebard, Mary, 602.
Helfenstein, C. F’., 611.
Herbert, Benjamin, 512.
Herrick, Amy, 697.

Editba L., 512.

Elizabeth, 511-12.

Henry, 512.

Hersey, Abigail, 545.
Addie, 545.

Annie, 545.

Betsey, 508, 545-46, 595.

Dolly §S., 545.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Edna, 545.
Edward, 533, 545-46, 623, 649, 682.
Edwin §., 545.
Elijah, 545.
Elizabeth, 544, 547.
Elizabeth H., 623.
Fanny, 545.
Frances, 547.
Gilman, 545.
Hannah, 544-45.
Harriet, 545.
Idon, 546.
Jacob, 509, 530, 544-46, 563.
James, 425, 455, 509, 544-46,
Jeremiah, 508, 545.
John, 544-45, 547.
Jonathan, 544-45,
Josiah, 544-45.
Judith, 547, 681-82.
Lucinda, 545.
Mahala W., 533.
Mariah, 524, 527.
Mary, 503-04, 508, 545.
Mary E., 546, 682.
Miner, 544-45.
Nabby, 545.
Nancy, 508, 545-46.
Nathaniel C., 545.
Nellie, 546.
Nicholas, 476, 508, 545.
Noah, 545.
Olive, 623.
Olive G., 546.
Olive W., 546, 682.
Peter, 425, 498, 505, 508-09, 527, 544-47,
682.
Polly, 544-46.
Ransom P., 546.
Ruth, 545.
Sally, 545.
Samuel, 545.
Stephen, 545.
William 524, 544, 547, 642, 682.
Wilmot H., 546.
Hersie, Elizabeth, 523-26.
William, 524.
Hervey, Abigail D., 472.
William, 472.
Hewes, Walter E., 604.
Higgins, Frank, 603.
Higginson, Mr., 596.
F. W., 663.
T. W., 663.
Hill, Alvina A., 591.
Amos &., 548.
Annie, 500.
Apphia, 548, 677, 679.
Benjamin, 547-48.
Betsey, 459, 549, 634, 644.
Daniel, 451, 456, 459, 542, 548, 556.
Deborah, 548, 611.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Hill, Elizabeth, 548, 646.

Elizabeth B., 556.

Ellen E., 669.

Ephraim G., 600.

Eunice, 548.

Hannah, 444, 548, 677, 679.

Hattie P., 600.

James, 423, 428-29, 431, 447, 454-56, 464,
476, 514, 520, 534, 547-48, 565, 570, 580,
589-91, 606, 611, .637, 645-46, 652, 660,
663, 677, 679.

Jethro, 500, 565.

John, 547, 571, 609, 675.

John B., 459, 548, 579, 611.

Joseph H., 548.

Mary, 447, 520, 636-37.

Mebhitable B., 548-49.

Mehitable J., 500.

Mehitable 8., 546.

Nancy, 423.

Nathaniel, 444.

Olive F., 459.

Olive R., 548, 590, 596.

Olivia F., 556.

Robert, 571.

Samuel, 547.

Sarah, 644-45.

Sarah A., 549.

Valentine, 444, 548.
Hilliard, Dorothy R., 629-30.
Hills, Betsey, 631-33.

Josiah, 632, 634.

Wright L., 590.

Hilton, Abigail, 513, 555, 557.

Abigail H., 618.

Andrew, 532, 557-58.

Andrew J., 557, 559.

Andrew §S., 555-56,

Ann, 539, 551-54, 556, 585.

Ann A., 556, 680.

Ann M., 558.

Anna, 455, 459, 554, 663.

Benjamin, 553.

Betsey, 536, 555.

Betty, 555.

Bridget, 526, 529, 552.

Charles, 550-51.

Charles S., 558.

Charlotte, 559, 587, 677.

Clarissa, 556.

Comfort, 583.

Daniel, 555-57, 677.

Deborah, 552-53, 587.

Dorothy A., 558.

Dudley, 538-39, 551-54, 556, 585, 596.

Ebenezer, 554.

Edward, 444, 453, 487, 491, 501, 504, 539,
550, 554-56, 558, 597, 639.

Edward, Jr., 538, 550, 583.

Eliza, 556.

Elizabeth, 441-42, 539, 551-52.

 

755

Elizabeth F., 557, 617-18.

Elizabeth R., 558.

Francis J., 557.

George, 426, 497, 554, 556, 582, 678.

George E., 558.

George G., 669.

George K., 558.

George O., 556-57, 663, 678-79.

George W., 557, 678.

Hannah, 552, 554-56, 559, 604, 637.

Ichabod, 554-55, 585, 643, 668.

Israel, 553.

John, 551, 555, 557-58.

John P., 580.

John H., 558.

Jonathan, 551.

Joseph, 551-55.

Joseph §., 557.

Josiab, 427, 554-56, 558.

Judith, 552.

Love, 555.

Martha, 536, 553, 670.

Martha A., 557.

Martha L., 558.

Martha W., 459, 553, 557, 559.

Mary, 457, 538, 540, 551-55, 583, 586.

Mary A., 460, 556-57.

Mary E., 559.

Mary J., 557.

Mary M., 557, 678.

Mehitable, 556.

Mr., 640.

Nancy, 582, 595-96, 677.

Nathan, 549, 554, 556, 680.

Nathaniel, 554.

Olive F., 680.

Richard, 426, 430, 441-42, 445, 550-51,
553-57, 609.

Sally S., 557.

Samuel, 445, 550-51, 553, 642.

Sarah, 554-56, 558-59,

Sarah J., 559.

Sarah 8., 529.

Sobriety, 551.

Stephen, 551.

Susan, 556, 558.

Susan C., 558.

Susan 8., 557-58.

Susanna, 551, 584-85, 597.

Susanna §., 585.

Susannah, 555.

Theodore, 553-54, 556, 583.

Walter, 558.

Ward, 426, 460, 480, 554, 556.

William, 445, 550-51, 553-54, 642.

Winthrop, 425, 459, 505, 529, 532, 539, 544,
551-52, 554-57, 563, 583, 585-86, 605,
609, 613, 624, 643, 657, 668, 676, 682.

Winthrop E., 558.

Winthrop §., 557-58.

Hines, Fidelia, 660.
756

Hiscox, Adelaide, 633-34.
Hoag, Charles, 477.
Lydia, 436.
Hobart, Sarah, 516.
Hobbs, Ann, 672.
Dolly H., 602.
Edna A., 602.
Elizabeth, 546.
John, 474.
William R., 494, 602.

Hobson, Elizabeth, 669-70.

Hodgdon, Eleanor, 603.
Hannah, 671.

Lewis 8., 602-03, 621.

Marshall, 603.

Mary, 632, 634-35.

Supply, 520.

Hodges, Andrew, 453.

Hodkins, Stephen, 536.

Hodson, Betsey, 461.

Hoit, Joseph, 647.
Sarah, 455, 459.

Hoitt, Dorcas T., 541.
Jonathan, 541.
Martha J., 541.
Nancy, 454.

Sarah D., 541.
Holmes, Mary, 646.

Moses, 515.

Holt, Elizabeth, 572.
Lucinda, 515.
Melinda, 457.

Holyoke, Mrs., 439.

Hook, Mary, 616.
William, Jr., 616.

Hooker, Isabel, 450.

Hopkins, Harriet M., 654.
Jerusha, 653-54.
Moses, 654.

Susan E., 646.
Horne, Andrew, Jr., 671.

Charlotte W., 596.

Gershom, 673.

John, 596, 673.

Lydia R., 673.

Margaret H., 670-71.

Napoleon B., 461.

Peter, 671.

Ruth R., 596.
Hosford, Charles, 543.
Houghton, Addie M., 657.

Amanda, 650.
Hovey, Daniel, 659.

Laura, 515.

Howard, Alvan J., 560.
Frank, 560, 575.
George H., 561.
Hannah, 560-61, 575.
Joel, 560.

John, 593.

John N., 560, 650.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Lizzie 8., 593.
Mary, 540, 560.
Nancy 5., 593.
Nathan G., 560-61.
Sally, 540,

Sarah E., 560.
William H., 560.

Howe, Nathaniel, 672.

Howes, Edward, 674.

Hoyt, Joseph, 547, 565.
Phebe, 425.

Sarah J., 547.
Stuart, 457.

Hubbard, Colonel, 432.
Comfort, 667.
Georgie, 448.
Richard, 447, 596.

Hughes, Clement, 552.

Humphrey, Moses, 470.
Stillman, 470.

Hunking, Sarah, 669-70.

Huntress, Solomon, 456.

Hurd, Georgie A., 517.
Relief, 548.

Huse, Mary, 514.

Huston, Augusta M., 461.

Hutchins, John, 493.
Samuel, 487.

Hutchinson, Chandler, 515.
Colby, 484.

Mrs., 492.

Hutcote, Aaron, 493.

Hutton, Elizabeth, 511-12.
Elizabeth H., 512.
Richard, 512.

Ingram, George, 652.

Ives, Benjamin, 529.
Elizabeth H., 529.

Jackson, Emily M., 651-52.

Jacob, John, 561.
Joseph, 512, 561.
Mercy, 512.

Richard, 561.
Susanna, 512.
Susanna §., 512.
Susannah, 561.

Jaffrey, George, 492, 551, 670.

James, Anne, 581, 629.
Benjamin, 573, 629, 650.
Francis, 538.

Kinsley, 477, 552.
Mary, 573.

Mary H., 477.
Susanna, 573, 629-30.

James II., King, 490.

Jenness, Abigail, 514.
Benjamin 8., 563.
Betsey, 541, 562.
Charles, 563.

Charles V., 592.
Elinor, 561.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 757

Jenness, Esrom, 563.
Eugene, 563, 592.
Francis, 478, 557, 561-68, 661.
Hall J., 563, 601, 654.
Hannah, 561.

Hannah F., 514.
Hezekiah, 561.

Isaac, 562-63, 592, 607, 672.
Job, 514.

John, 513-14, 561-62.
Jonathan, 562.

Joseph, 562-63.

Maria, 563.

Mary, 514, 561, 606-07.
Mary W., 563, 591-92.
Mehitable, 561.

Mercy, 562.

Nancy, 563, 661.

Olive, 562.

Polly, 563.

Richard, 561, 663.
Ruth, 562.

Sally, 476, 478, 562-63.
Samuel, 562.

Sarah, 561, 667.

Sarah B., 478, 557, 661.
Simon, 562.

Susanna F., 514.
Symonds, 514.
Theodate, 555, 557, 563.

Jewell, Alice M., 472.
Bradbury, 494.
Elizabeth, 457.
Erastus B., 472.
Joseph, 675.

Mary A. D., 472.

Jewett, Aaron, 565-66.
Aaron §., 647.
Andrew, 565.

Ann, 564, 566.
Anna, 564.
Anne, 565.

Anne W., 638.
Aquila, 564.
Benjamin, 564.
Betsey, 566.
Caleb, Rev., 565.
Catherine, 565.
Daniel, 625.
Deborah, 626.
Deborah L., 566.
Edward, 563.
Eliza J., 566.
Elizabeth, 564.

; Ezekiel, 564.
Faith, 564.
Hannah, 516, 565.
Jacob, 564-65, 647.
James, 565.
Jedediah, 564.
John, 564-66.

 

Jonathan, 564-65.

Joseph, 475, 563-66, 609, 638, 678.
Mark, 564.

Mary, 480, 564-65, 644, 676, 678.
Mary A., 566.

Maxamilian, 563.

Mehitable, 564-65.

Moses, 564-65.

Mr., 638.

Nancy, 638.

Paul, 565-66.

Phebe, 565, 636, 638.

Polly, 566.

Priscilla, 564.

Sarah, 563-64.

Sarah F., 566.

Sophia, 566.

Johnson, Benjamin, 440.
Catherine R., 569.
Dorothy, 505, 509.
Flora A., 516.
Frances N., 631-33.
John, 439, 486.
Minnie W., 608.
Simon, 439.
William, Rev., 509.

Jones, Augustus, 652.
Bernice, 652.
Daniel, 427.

Edna, 592-93.
Esther, 485.
Esther S., 652.
Fred, 652.
Mary, 643.
Mary A., 607.
Ralph, 652.
Ralph P., 642, 652.
Ruth, 652.
Samuel, 607.
William, 645.
William F., 652.

Jordan, Francis, 511.
Hannah, 511.

Jane W., 511.

Jose, Hannah, 552.
Margaret, 553.
Richard, 552.

Joselyn, Emma, 478.

Joy, Alfred T., 567.
Benjamin, 548, 566.
Charles, 567.
Ebenezer, 567, 644, 664.
Edward, 567.
Elizabeth, 454-55, 566.
George, 567.
Henry, 567.

Jacob, 567.
James, 567.
John, 567.
Joseph, 566.
Joseph F., 567.
758 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Joy, Mary, 567, 645.
Mary §., 567.
Polly, 567.
Richard, 567.
Sally, 567, 598.

Samuel, 454-55, 566-67, 598.

Sarah, 567.
Susannah, 567.
Thomas, 566.
Timothy, 567.
Timothy M., 567.
William, 567.
Judkins, Abi, 568.
Aner, 568.
Benjamin, 568.
Caleb, 568.
Catherine, 568.
Elisha, 568.
Frances, 569.
Hannah, 435, 568.
Henry, 568.
Hiram, 568.
Job, 431, 435, 568.
Joel, 435, 568.
John, 494, 568.
Joseph, 428, 502, 568.
Leonard, 568.
Mary, 435, 568.
Moses, 568.
Samuel, 568.
Sarah, 435, 568..
Stephen, 568.
Judd, Enoch, 662.
Sally, 662.
Keayne, Benjamin, 490.
Kehoe, Henry F., 603.
Keith, Doctor, 663.
Kelley, Angela P., 652.
George K., 651.
George P., 651.
Joseph, 652.
Mary F., 652.
M. Gertrude, 652.
Moses, 505, 677.
Wilbur H., 652.
Kelly, Caroline E., 558.
Charlotte M., 588.
John, 556, 558.
John P. P., 558.
Lawrence B., 558.
Samuel, Rev., 626.
Susan H., 558.
Thomas, 493.
William, Rev., 558.
Kendall, Charles B., 451, 618.
Edward, 451.
Helen B., 451.
Mary B., 451.
Kendrick, Daniel, 615.
Kendrock, Joshua, 682.

 

Kennard, Albert E., 570.
Ann B., 569.
Anna E., 537, 569.
Anne E., 570.
Bernice, 570.
Charles, 570.
Charles C., 569-70, 578.
Clara A., 570.
Edward L., 569.
Ella F., 570, 578.
Frank H., 569.
Frederick, 570.
Grace H., 569.
Henry B., 570.
James B., 569.
John, 460, 569.
John F., 568, 570, 577-78.
Sarah E. S., 569-70.
Sarah F. M., 537.
Seneca C., 569, 604.
Susanna D., 569.
Thomas §., 477, 537, 569.
Timothy, 569.
Keniston, Aaron, 452, 572.
Benjamin, 572.
Betsey, 572.
Eben, 572.
Elizabeth, 651.
James, 572.
John, 452, 572, 651.
Jonathan, 572.
Joseph, 572.
Lewis, 572.
Martha, 452.
Mary, 572.
Mary K., 651.
Phebe, 572.
Sally, 572.
Susanna K., 572.
Thomas, 572.
Kennison, Aaron, 570.
Abigail, 662.
Asa, 570.
Eben, 571.
Elizabeth, 571.
Ezra, 571.
John, 571.
Gardner T., 571.
George, 571.
Jacob, 571.
John, 570-71.
Judith, 571.
Laban, 571.
Levi, 571.
Lovina A., 571.
Martha, 571.
Mary, 570-71.
Nathan, 570.
Phebe, 570-71.
Sally, 570.
Sarah, 571.
Kennison, Susannah, 571.
Thomas, 570.
William, 468, 571.
Zebulon, 571.

Kenniston, Christopher, 571.
Job, 571.

John, 520, 571.

Mary, 520.

Phebe, 520.

William, 571.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 669.
Kent, John, 493, 657.

J. E., 634-35.

Mary, 493.

Nancy R., 577-78.

Richard, 494.

Sarah, 657.

Kettle, James, 485.

Kidder, Nathaniel, 426.
W. J., Rev., 480.

Kimball, Caleb, 453.
Charles P., 577.
Charles S. P., 685.
Emily A., 577.
Frank R., 451.
George P., 577.
Martha, 511.

Mary, 437.

Mebitable, 526, 530.

Mr., 507, 580, 682.

Nathaniel F., 577, 685.

Nehemiah, 670.

Oren T., 577.

Richard, 453, 511.

Samuel, Jr., 512.

Sarah, 577.

Susan L., 685.

Ursula S., 511.

King Charles II., 449.

Kinsley, Captain, 479.

Kinsman, Aaron, 573, 605.
Captain, 572.
Jeremiah, 454.
Joanna, 454.
Margaret, 454.
Martha, 530-31.
Mary, 454.

Mary B., 454.

Mrs., 443.

Rebecca, 454.

Robert, 453-54.
Kittredge, Doctor, 651.

George W., 661.
Knapp, Anthony, 543.

Betsey C., 543.

Eliza A., 543.
Knight, Benjamin, 434.

Edee, 669.

Knowles, Hannah, 576.

Knowlton, Abraham, 543.
Elizabeth, 543.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 759

Mary S., 542-43.
Knox, Mary D., 621.

Mary D. C., 515.

Rebecca, 671.

Robert, 621.

Sarah, 670.

Kuse, Alice B., 573, 649-50.
Elizabeth M., 573.
Joseph, 466, 573, 590, 619.
Joseph W., 573.

Lizzie, 466.

Mary A., 573.

Nathan E., 573.

Perry T., 573.

Ruth, 466.

William, 552, 555, 658.
Ladd, Abigail, 653.

Anna, 502-03.

Daniel, 529.

Dorothy, 557-58.

Dudley, 540.

Ezekiel, 501.

James, 653.

Mary, 424.

Mehitable, 475, 513, 515.

Nathaniel, 503, 524, 552.

Nathaniel, Jr., 539, 552, 585.

Nellie L., 624.

Paul, 540.

Simeon, 533.
Laighton, Thomas, 467.
Lamprey, Irena, 510.

Olive, 682.

Ruth, 579.

Smith, 510.

Lamson, Samuel, 503.

Lane, Abigail, 500.
Andrew, 677.

Amy S., 574.

Anne L., 541, 574.

Charles, 498, 510, 541, 574, 681.

Charles E., 574.

Ebenezer, 611.

Elizabeth, 627.

Hannah, 531.

Hannah F., 541.

Hannah G., 500.

Isaiah, 483, 599.

Jabez, 476, 574.

John, 500, 531.

John E., 574.

John W., 574.

Joshua, 506, 573.

Lydia C., 611.

Martha, 443-44.

Mary, 595.

Mary E., 574.

Mary J., 444.

Nancy, 530.

Olivia E., 574.

Reuben L., 614.
760 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Lane, Samuel, 444, 475, 573, 611.
Susan C., 574.
Wallace R., 574.
Wilfred C., 574.
William, 573, 627.
Lang, Ellen, 575.
George, 575.
Joseph, 437, 563, 575.
Joseph E., 575.
Langdon, Doctor, 486.
John, 487, 522, 538-39, 572.
Mary, 613-14.
Mary H., 538.
Tobias, 538, 667.
Langlands, Daniel, 603.
Daniel A., 602, 621.
Harold, 603.
Joseph, 652.
Marion, 603.
Paul, 603.
Langley, David, 556.
Eldad, 428.
Hannah, 437.
Joseph, 641.
Mary, 494, 641.
Mary J., 641.
Samuel, 556.
Larned, Sara, 494.
William, 494.
Laskey, Abigail, 457, 459.
Latham, Cary, 582.
Jobn L., 582.
Law, Rebecca, 564.
William, 564.
Lawless, George, 655.
Lawrence, Catherine, 439.
Daniel, 497.
David, 620.
Joseph, 439, 536.
Mary, 509.
Mary H., 620.
Mehitable, 536.
Mehitable T., 439, 536.
Olive H., 620.
Leach, Margaret A., 603.
Sarah, 566.
Lear, Tobias, 539, 667.
Learned, Adin, 516.
Asa M., 516.
Azubah, 515.
Daniel, 516.
Hannah, 516.
Jonathan W., 516.
Mary, 516.
Mosea, 516.
Samuel, 513, 516.
Winthrop F., 516.
Leavitt, Augustus J., 517.
Daniel, 508, 529.
Elizabeth, 491, 499, 527.
Ethelind, 499.

 

Helen A., 517.

James, 524.

John, 508.

Martha, 556-57.

Mary, 528.

Moses, 491, 640.

Mr., 527, 580, 639.

Olive, 492.

Patty, 554-55.

Samuel, 491, 550, 640.

Sarah, 580.

Le Favor, Nathaniel, 514.
Leighton, Elizabeth, 670.
Lendal, Margaret, 643.
Lethers, Ezekiel, 683.
Leverett, John, 490, 627-28.
Lewis, Sallie, 450.

Libbey, Harry, 633-34.

Levi, 649.

Lydia C., 649.

Nathan, 513.

Zilpha H., 648-49.
Libby, Abigail, 515.

Abraham, 658.

Benjamin F., 515.

Hannah, 515.

Joseph, 606.

Lucey, 515.

Mr., 607.

Nathan, 515.

Peggy, 515.
Liebenau, Ariadne, 450.
Light, Deborah, 565.

Deborah §., 565-66.

Hannah, 538-39.

John, 539, 566, 647.

Mary, 682.

Rebecca, 647.

Little, Annie, 576.

Joseph, 657.
Littlefield, Annie A., 576.

Augustus, 575.

Charles, 560-61, 575.

Charles F., 561.

Cyrus, 575.

Edward, 575.

Elizabeth W., 576.

George F., 576.

George S., 575-76.

George T., 575-76.

James, 575.

Jobn, 575.

Josephine, 561, 575.

Mary, 575.

Milton, 576.

Olive, 575.

Olive B., 462.

Raymond, 576.

Sarah, 575.

Sophia, 575.

Wilbur A., 576.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Littlefield, William, 575.
Locke, Abbie C., 578.
Abbie W., 577.
Alice, 578.
Anna L., 578.
Annie F., 593.
Carrie, 579.
Charles A., 578.
Charles E., 577-78.
Clara J., 577, 632.
Clara T., 570, 578-79.
Daisy, 579.
David, 576.
Edith, 571.
Edward, 561.
Edwin A., 577-78.
Edwin B., 578.
Ellen, 516.
Ellen A., 517, 569-70, 577.
Fred A., 578-79.
Florence, 579.
Florence M., 578.
George O., 577-78.
Frank E., 578.
Frank L., 451.
Harriet T., 577-78.
Harrison, 579.
Harry, 578. |
John, 576.
John T., 577, 660.
Jonathan, 434, 567, 654.
Joseph, 561.
Joseph H., 577.
Josephine, 578.
Josiah, 578.
Lydia H., 577.
Martha A., 577.
Mary A., 578.
Mary O., 577.
Oren St. C., 577.
Samuel B., 577-78.
Samuel D., 578.
Sarah A., 577.
Sarah J., 577.
Sarah L., 577.
Simeon, 570, 576-77, 656.
Stacey H., 434.
Thomas, 561, 576.
William, 576.
William E., 578.
Long, Pierse, 465, 469, 562, 572, 631-32, 653,
665, 677.
Longfellow, Mr., 548.
Lord, Abigail, 525, 527.
Betsey B., 579.
Ebenezer, 579.
Francis B., 579.
Hannah, 538, 579.
John, 608.
John B., 579.
Louisa U., 560.

 

761

Louisa W., 559.

Lucy, 579.

Mary, 466, 525, 528.

Nathaniel, 466, 579, 601.

Polly, 579.

Robert, 527-28, 539.

S. Elizabeth, 450, 669.

Susannah, 579.

Losh, Lizzie D., 570.
Lovell, Elizabeth, 494.
Lovejoy, Herbert, 515.

John, 515.

Zebadiah, 515.
Lovekin, Elizabeth, 610.
Lovering, Abigail, 439-40.

Anne, 521-22.

Benjamin, 426, 579, 601, 651, 682.

Benjamin, Mrs., 541.

Ebenezer, 440.

Esther D., 440.

Hannah, 576.

Joseph, 580.

Nathaniel, 580.
Lovett, Hannah, 441-42.
Lovewell, Zebulon, 440.
Low, Jacob, 503.

Martha, 457, 462, 507.

Mary, 504, 589.
Lowd, Furbur, 652.

John, 670.

Lowe, Susannah, 525.
Loyd, Allin, 498.
Lyford, Abigail, 580-92.

Alice, 581.

Ann, 521-22, 580.

Anne, 582. ‘i

Anne J., 480.

Benjamin, 581.

Betsey, 534, 581.

Betty, 582.

Biley, 491, 580-61.

David, 425.

Deborah, 580, 582.

Dolly, 581.

Dorothy, 454-55, 580-81.

Dudley, 581.

Elizabeth, 520, 527, 580-81, 668, 679.

Francis, 491, 504, 580.

Fifield, 580.

Hannah, 580.

James, 581-82.

James G., 530-31.

John, 504, 580-82.

Judith, 580,

Kinsley, 581-82.

Liberty, 582.

Lois, 475, 477, 582.

Lois J., 530, 534, 589.

Love, 580.

Mary, 580-81.

Mary A., 581.
762 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Lyford, Mehitable, 581.
Moses, 580-81.
Mr., 580-81.
Oliver, 581.
Oliver 8., 581.
Rebecca, 580.
Robert, 580.
Samuel, 446, 580-81.
Sarah, 502, 504, 580-81.
Stephen, 580-81, 617.
Susanna, 580.
Thomas, 525, 580-82.
Thomas, Jr., 480.

Theophilus, 477, 530, 534, 580, 589.

Tirzah, 480, 582.
William, 581.

MacDonald, 8. S., 450.

Macon, Charlotte, 679.

Magoon, Simon, 426.

Malchy, Jerry, 622.
Jerry W., 622-23.

Mallard, Martha, 579.

Malone, Joseph, 552.

Mann, Lizzie, 591, 593.

Manning, Doctor, 653.
Martha, 653.

Manson, David, 654.
Emma, 634-35.
George, 654.

Marble, Hannah, 676-77.

March, Elinor, 667.
John, 436, 512,

Marden, Margaret, 650.

Marsh, George, 591.
Joseph, 553.

Sally, 632-33.

Marshall, George, 667.
Mary, 532.

Molly, 529.

Marsters, Abraham, 582.

Charles, 582.

Jane, 582.

John, 476, 482, 600, 623.
Lydia, 582.

Mary, 582, 600.
Nathaniel, 583.
Rebecca, 623.

Sarah, 582.

Marston, Abigail, 582, 629-30.

Abraham, 666.

Ann, 583.

Anna, 630-31.
Benjamin, 627-28.
Bertha, 582.

Caleb, 582-83.
Comfort, 605.
Ephraim, 582, 630-31.
Isaac, 582.

James, 582-83.
Jeremiah, 438, 440, 640, 648.
Martha S., 457, 459.

 

Mary, 582.

Mr., 506, 561.

Patience, 627.

Ruhamah, 457, 459.

Sarah, 582.

Simon, 586, 664.

Thomas, 582-83.

Tryphenia, 583.

William, 582.

Winthrop, 457, 459.
Martin, John, 501.
Martyn, Richard, 669.
Mason, Anna, 683.

Catherine, 673.

Edward, 457.

John, 438, 440, 490, 559.

Mary, 551.

Molly, 440.

Mr., 505.

Robert, 623.

Robert T., 675.

Mather, Cotton, Rev., 627, 628.

Mathes, Betsey F., 569.
Constantine B., 584.
Daniel, 471, 508, 569.
Francis, 489, 665.

Lois, 460, 462.

Sarah F., 569.

Mathews, Francis, 438.
Henry, 607.

Joanna, 543.

Matthews, Henry, 608.
Joanna 542.

Love K., 463.

Ruth, 608.

Samuel, 463.

Susan A., 463.

William H., 608.
Mattoon, Anna, 588.

Anne, 584.

Deborah, 512.

Dorothy, 584.

Hubertus, 583-84.

Jane H., 452, 512.

Mary, 584.

Richard, 425, 452, 512, 551, 583, 588, 647.

Sarah, 584.

Maverick, Abigail, 523.
Antipas, 523, 550.
Catherine, 593.

McAllister, Mary, 499.

McClary, Andrew, 505.
John, 481.

Michael, 470, 555.
McConnell, Captain, 594.

Samuel, 543.

MeMillan, Lillian, 584, 639.
William, 584.

McPhedris, Archibald, 670.

McRee, Margaret, 650-51.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

McWhinny, Albert, 650.

Alice, 650.

Andrew, 650.

George, 650.

Henry, 650.

Horace, 650.

Robert, 650.

William J., 650.
Mead, Adeline, 441.

Benjamin, 441, 584-85.

Elizabeth, 530, 533, 585.

Helen M., 584-85.

Jeremiah, 620.

Jeremy, 426.

John, 432, 503, 555, 579.

John G., 584,

Joseph, 584.

Kate L., 585.

Levi, 472, 584-85.

Levi H., 471, 585.

Louisa F., 471, 585.

Martha W., 585.

Mary A., 585.

Mary F., 620.

Nicholas, 584. -

Sally, 636.

Susan H., 472.

Susan 8., 472, 585.
Meader, Eben, 505, 683.

Hannah, 566-67.

John, 495, 567.

Joseph, 597.

Josephine E. F., 518.
Medealf, Alfred, Rev., 423.
Melcher, Elinor, 434,

Elizabeth, 630-31.

Nathaniel, 434.

Samuel, 630-31.
Mellen, Henry, 644.
Melloon, John, 586.

Joseph, 585.

Mary, 585.

Samuel, 586.

Susan, 585.

William, 585.

Melvin, Mehitable, 509.
Mendum, Mary, 671.
Merrill, Asa, Rev., 514, 587.

Doctor, 461.

George A., 657.

Joseph, 539.

Martha, 484.

Phinchas, 610.

Sarah, 424.

William, 484.
Meserve, Daniel, 632-33.

Hannah G., 631-33.

Nathaniel, 439-40, 517, 521, 532, 586, 610.

Meservy, Mrs., 584.
Messer, Mr., 576.
Nehemiah, 518.

 

763

Susan, 518.

Susan H., 518.
Mighels, Abigail, 586.

Eliphalet, 548.

John, 586.

Margaret, 586.

Mary, 586.

Nathaniel, 586.

Rebecca, 586.

Samuel, 586.

Sarah, 586.

Miles, Andrew, 586.
George, 586, 620.

John, 586.

Martha J., 632, 634-35.
Millard, Frances A., 510.
Miller, Dorothy C., 520.

Grace, 671.

Hubert M., 520.

Ina E., 600, 602.

Martha, 670-71.

Mary, 669-70.

Richard, 671.

Millet, Love B., 644.
Lydia, 643-44.
Thomas, 644.

Mills, Joseph, 553.

Miltimore, A. W., 678.

Milton, Andrew, 513.

Minot, Isabel, 516.

Mitchell, Alice, 594-95.
Joshua, 595.

Moody, James, 586.
Jobn, 586, 641.

John, Rev., 448, 452, 459, 475-76, 532, 539,

548, 583, 586, 640, 644.

Joshua, Rev., 492, 616, 627-28.

Mary, 538-39, 586, 616, 644.

Mehitable, 675-76, 679.

Samuel, 586.

Sarah, 616.

Mooney, Hercules, 517.

Moore, Abigail G., 477.
Alonzo P., 463.

Coffin, 477, 668.

Comfort, 668.

Daniel, 678.

Ira, 578.

Jacab B., 668, 674.

John, 666.

John W., 668.

Mary, 475, 477, 674.

Polly, 668.

Samuel, 662.

William, 426, 477, 525, 668, 674.
Mordough, James, 672.
Moore, Captain, 640.

William, 550.

Morgan, Margaret, 511.

Morrill, Abra, 633.

Anne, 539.
764 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Morrill, Laban, 425.

Morrison, George W., 612.
Hannah, 504, 506.

Morse, Lydia, 557.
Lyman, 647.

Morton, Albert, 656.
Helen J., 656.

Moulton, Henry, 551, 581.
John, 629-30.
Jonathan, 512.
Joseph, 434.

Katie, 570.
Margaret, 629-30,
Mary, 629-30.
Sarah A., 560-61.
Simeon, 606.
Stephen, 587.
William, 629-30.

Mundy, Henry, 603.

Munroe, Hannah, 566.

Munsey, Anna, 563.

Murch, John, 543.

Murray, Abigail W., 587.
Adda W., 577.
Charlotte C., 587.
Daniel, 587.

David, 587.
Ebenezer, 587.
Elizabeth C., 587.
Frances A., 592.
Lydia, 587.

Martha, 587.

Mary, 587.

Pamelia, 587.
Samuel N., 593, 668.
Susan, 587.
Timothy, 587, 615.
Timothy, Jr., 587.
William, 577, 591-92.
W. A., 593.

Neal, Abigail, 590.
Abigail A., 591-92.
Andrew, 547.

Anna, 589.

Asa, 590-91, 602.
Asa C. W., 592.
Asa D., 591-92.
Augusta, 593.
Augustine, 593.
Austin H., 592.
Austin J., 592-93.
Betsey, 589.
Catherine, 547.
Charles I’., 593.
Connor, 590.
Daniel, 586, 591.
Daniel G., 591, 633, 635.
Deborah, 589-90.
Ebenezer, 589-91.
Edith F. B., 591.

Eliphalet, 477-78, 589-90, 680.

 

Eliza A., 591.
Elizabeth, 588.
Enoch, 589.
Ernest S., 593.
Ethel T., 593.
Frances A., 591.
Frances E., 563, 592.
Frank, 591.
Frank C., 478, 591, 593.
Franklin P., 592-93.
Fred H., 593.
George R., 479, 591.
George S., 591.
H. Abby, 592.
Harriet A.,'602-03.
Henry P., 563, 591-92, 612, 626.
Hervey O., 592.
Hubartus, 426, 433, 588-90, 647, 652.
Hubartus, Jr., 643.
James H., 593.
James L., 591.
Jared A. P., 592.
Jeremiah, 590.
John, 545, 588-90, 610.
Jonathan, 629-30.
Joseph, 589.
Joseph C., 590-91.
Joseph M., 592, 612.
Joseph S., 448, 590-91.
Joshua, 589, 663.
Joshua W., 478-79, 590-91.
Laura A., 592.
Lester R., 593.
Levi, 589.
Lillian C., 592-93.
Lydia, 589-90.
Lydia A., 478, 590, 680.
Mabel F., 593.
Mabelle P., 592-93.
Margaret, 589.
Martha, 591.
Mary, 547, 588-91, 612.
Mary A., 592,
Mary E., 592.
Mary R., 592.
Mary W. J., 612.
Nathaniel, 589.
Olive, 530.
Polly, 590.
Relief S., 603.
Sally, 590.
Samuel, 426, 560, 590-93, 603, 648.
Sarah, 530, 573.
Sarah C., 462-63, 589, ;
Valina G., 591-92, 600, 602.
Walter, 425, 584, 588-90, 592, 599, 674
William, 589.
Zebulon, 589.
Nealey, Lorenzo, 477.
Nealley, John, 457,
Negro ‘‘Harry,”’ 617.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 765

Neil, Joseph, 652.
Nelson, John, 503.
Temple, 670.
Newcomb, Mary, 460, 462.
Newhall, Mathew, Rev., 660.
Nichols, Colonel, 663.
Rufus, 575.
William, 648.
Niel, Abner, 585.
Nancy, 442.
Norris, Abigail, 594, 596.
Alfred, 595.
Anna, 595.
Benjamin, 594.
Betsey, 510.
Charles M., 633-34.
Coffin D., 595.
Daniel, 595.
Eleanor, 596.
Eliphalet, 595.
Elizabeth, 594-96.
Eunice, 595-96.
Fannie, 595.
Gordon, 450, 584.

James, 572, 594-95, 630, 632.

Jeremiah, 595.
Joanna, 596.
John, 594-95.
John B., 450, 595.
Jonathan, 469, 594.
Joseph, 591-95.
Joseph B., 596.
Josiah, 595.
Katherine, 595.
Lucy, 595.
Lydia, 595.
Mary, 507, 510, 595.
Moses, 501, 594-95.
Mr., 506, 530.
Nathaniel, 594.
Nicholas, 593-94.
Ruth, 594.
Samuel, Rev., 449-50, 594.
Sarah, 594-95.
Simeon, 595.
~ William, 554, 595-96, 680.
Norton, Abigail, 596.
Freegrace, 596.
George, 511, 550, 596.
George, Jr., 542.
Hannah, 596.
John, 596.
Mary, 440-41, 511, 542.
Mehitable, 596.
Mrs., 440.
Nathaniel, 596.
Sarah, 542, 596, 633-34.
Noble, Abigail, 483.
Betsey, 484.
John J., 633-34.
Mary D., 632-34.

 

Sias, 631, 633.
Nourse, Susanna B., 621.
Noyes, Judith, 473.

Parker, 473.

Nugent, George M., 634-35.

Nutter, Betsey W., 646.
Dolly, 575.

Mary D. C., 516.

Mary W., 514, 516.
Nye, Adino, 668.
Oakman, Richard N., 560.
Ober, Emma, 654.
Odell, James, 557, 559, 677.

George H., 559.

James E., 559.

Mr., 640.

Sarah W., 559.
Odiorne, Mary J., 460.
Odlin, Anna, 508.

Elisha, Rev., 521, 552.

John, 682.

William, 682.
Ordway, Bessie P., 597, 621, 673.

Charlotte W. H., 621.

Edward, 596, 637.

Edward J., 596.

Eliza S., 596.

Hannah, 596.

Sarah W., 596.

Walter, 621.

Walter S., 596, 673.
Orne, William D., 514.
Orr, James, 637.

Mrs. James, 636-37.
Osborne, Elder, 448, 664.

George J., 487.

John, 426, 490.

John, Rev., 519, 625.

Lizzie, 592.

Mary, 490.

Olive, 487.

Sally, 490.

Thomas, 511.

Osgood, Alma J., 623.
Christopher, 511.
Hannah S§., 661.
Harriet R., 600.

Mary H., 587.

Polly, 457.

Packard, Clara, 510.

Packer, Captain, 597.
Thomas, 597.

Page, Jacob, 460.

Lucy, 605.

Mary, 625.

Mary P., 460.

Prudence, 553.

Rev. Mr., 539.

Robert, 629-30.

Ruth, 507.

Samuel, 642.
766 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Paine, Catherine, 666.
John, 656.

Palmer, Christopher, 551, 597.
Elder, 648.

Elizabeth, 480.
Joanna, 466.

Job, 533,

John, 597.
Nathaniel G., 597.
Samuel, 551.
Susannah, 536.

Parker, John, 572.

Mr., 630, 632.
William, 542.

Parrott, Faith, 564.
Francis, 564.

Parsons, Abigail, 597-98.
Abraham, 589, 598-99.
Abraham, Jr., 513.
Daniel, 598.

Daniel J., 599.
David, 597-98.
Deborah, 483, 599.
Ebenezer, 567, 597-98.
Edward, 534, 598.
Elizabeth, 598.
Emily P., 599.
Eunice S., 445, 589.
Hannah, 597.
Hannah C., 599.
Hester, 597.

Jacob, 598.

James, 599.

Jethro, 566.

John, 506, 597-98.
Jonathan, 597.

Joseph, 433, 458, 526, 562, 572, 598-99, 614.

Joseph B., 599.
Josiah, 458.
Lewis N., 599.
Lydia, 509, 589, 599.
Martha, 606.
Mary, 597-98.
Mary E., 599.
Molly, 610-11.
Moses, 598.
Nahum, Jr., 599.
Nancy, 599, 606.
Nathaniel, 598.
Noah, 598.
Rachel, 475, 574.
Sally, 599, 606.
Samuel, 598.
Sarah, 599.
Sarah B., 599.
Sarah J. R., 599.
William M., 599.
Paul, Abigail, 599.
Adeline, 602.
Agnes, 603.
Almena, 602.

 

Almenia, 621.

Amos, 479, 599, 600-01, 604, 634-35.
Amos M., 601.

Andrew M., 600.

Anna, 600.

Arthur, 603.

Augusta, 602.

Augustus T., 601.
Burlington, 601.
Catherine, 599.

Charles H., 600.

Charles R., 601-02, 634-35,
Clara P., 600, 602, 633-35.
Clarence, 490.

Clarence H., 603-04,
Dana B., 603.

Daniel, 599, 647.

Edith, 601.

Eleanor, 602.

Eleanor A., 621.
Elizabeth, 599, 647.
Elmer D., 603.

Elsie, 603.

Ethel V., 603.

Everett J., 603.

Fanny, 602.

Fred T., 603.

George, 601.

George E., 592, 602-03, 681.
George K., 600, 602.
George O., 600.

George S., 602.

George W., 427, 603, 634-35.
Hannah, 499.

Hannah C., 601.

Hannah M. C., 499.

H. Jenness, 474, 601, 639, 647.
Harriet A., 601.

Haven, 490.

Haven T., 604.

Ira, 600-01.

Ira J., 603.

Ira 8., 601, 603.

Isabel, 601.

James, 592, 602.

James C., 600.

Jeremiah, 599.

John, 599.

John M., 591-92, 600-02.
John W., 592, 602.
Joseph, 599.

Josiah, 599.

Kate, 602.

Louisa, 601.

Mabel E., 603.

Madeline B., 604.
Margaret, 599.

Margery, 600.

Martha, 602.

Martha A., 600, 602.
Martha S., 499.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 767

Paul, Martha T., 517.
Mary, 599, 601.
Mary A., 634-35.
Mary E., 601-02.
Mary H., 601.

Mary M., 603, 621.

Mattie, 603.

M. E., 600.

Myrtie R., 603.

Nathan, 601.

Nathaniel, 469, 582, 586, 600, 604, 654.
Nicholas G., 600, 602.

Noah, 599.

Robert, 647.

Sally, 600.

Samuel, 499, 517, 599, 600-01, 635, 654.

Samuel T., 601, 603.

Sarah B., 517, 600.

Sarah E., 600.

Stephen, 599.

Susan B., 600.

Susanna, 599.

Susannah, 600.

Temple, 461, 497, 569, 600, 604.
Wallace S., 603.

Warrington, 601.

William, 600.

William M., 579, 600, 602, 604.
Willie B., 603.

Peabody, Andrew, 606.
Blanche, 480.
George F., 480.
Octavia A. L., 480.
Stephen, 486.

Pearce, Mr., 639.

Pearl, Abigail, 520.

Pearson, Elizabeth B., 636.
Jethro, 534.

Mary, 475.

Pease, Abbie, 608.
Abbie A., 608.
Abigail, 604-05.
Ada J., 610.
Adelaide, 607.
Adeline, 607.

Albert A., 608.
Amy B., 608.
Andrew, 606.

Ann, 439, 605.
Anna, 540.

Annie B., 608.
Bathsheba, 604.
Benjamin, 605, 619.
Betsey, 606.
Carrie, 608.
Charles F., 607-08.
Charles H., 608.
Christine, 608.
David, 604-05.
Edwin S., 608.
Eleanor, 605.

 

Eliphalet, 431, 605, 619.
Enoch, 606.
Frank P., 608.
Fred, 608.
George U., 607.
George W., 608, 658.
Hannah, 606, 609.
Helen, 608.
Henry, 607.
Hollis, 607, 610.
Hollis E., 608.
Hollis F., 608.
James, 604, 608.
James W., 608.
John, 604-07.
John U., 606.
John W., 608.
Jonathan, 604.
Joseph, 480, 562, 605-07, 610-11.
Joseph H., 606, 608, 611.
Josiah, 599, 606.
Judith, 606.
Juliet, 607.
Juliette, 480.
Louis, 607.
Louisa, 607.
Lovina, 606.
Lucinda, 606.
Lucius S., 511, 520, 607-08.
Lucy, 606.
Lucy B., 606.
Lydia, 606-07.
Marion, 608.
Martha, 606.
Mary, 604, 607.
Mary E., 608.
Mary J., 607-08.
Melvin, 608.
Nancy, 606.
Nathaniel, 535, 599, 605-06, 640.
Nellie W., 608.
Oliver, 607.
Polly, 431.
Rebecca, 604.
Robert, 604.
Rosanna, 607.
Rufus W., 608.
Ruth, 607-08.
Sabrina, 606.
Sally, 606.
Samuel, 430, 604-05.
Sarah, 505, 607.
Simeon, 605.
Sophia, 606.
Thomas, 604, 606.
Vincent, 607.
Walter H., 608.
William, 608.
Zebulon, 456, 605.
Zenith, 607.

Peaslee, W., 509.
768 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Peavey, Fanny, 469.
James, 469.
Mercy D., 469.
Samuel, 469, 535.
Sarah G., 469.
Peavy, Edward, 428.
Pecker, Bart C., 569.
Nancy, 569.
Pendergast, Laura, 634-35,
Mr., 640.
Pendexter, Captain, 588.
Joseph, 460.
Pengry, Lydia, 453.
Penniwit, 491.
Pepperell, General, 443.
Margery, 670.
William, 488.
Perkins, Abigail, 501.
Abraham, 513.
Ada J., 482, 610.
Anna, 428.
Annie, 593.
Benjamin, 612.
Betsey, 610.
Caroline G., 612.
Charles, 634-35.
Charlotte M., 591-92, 612.
Daniel, 468, 609-10.
David L., 612.
David P., 611.
Deborah, 611, 677.
Edward H., 611.
Elinor, 617.
Eliza, 569.
Elizabeth, 476, 542, 631.
George O., 612.
Hannah, 611.
Hannah B., 462.
Harriet, 610.
Hettie, 590.
Jacob, 612.
James, 611-12.
James H., 611.
Jared, Rev., 592, 612.
Jeremiah C., 611.

John, 425, 463, 476, 539, 609-11, 677.

John P., 611.

Jonathan, 629-30.
Josiah, 610-11.
Katherine, 428.

Lydia M., 612.

Martha A., 592, 612.
Mary, 588-89, 611, 668.
Mary A., 610.

Mary E., 612.

Mary H., 610.
Mehitable, 499, 610, 612, 617.
Mr , 675.

Richard, 548, 610-11.
Robert, 548, 609-11, 665.
Sally, 476.

 

Sarah, 441, 447, 611, 627-30.
Sarah E., 577.

Sarah E. F., 612, 627.

S. Elizabeth, 632.

Susannah, 619.

Thomas, 499, 543, 612.
William, 447, 551, 609-10, 629.

Perley, Abigail, 512.
Mary, 428.

Perrin, John, 478.

Perryman, Nicholas, 491.

Pettigrew, Watie, 567.

Pettingill, Ebenezer, 437.
Jacob R., 477.

Moses, 449.

Phelps, Abigail, 515.
Achsah, 621.

Betsey, 515.
Doctor, 450.
Jonathan, 515.
Joshua, 513-14, 625.
Julia, 449-50.
Samuel, 515.
Sarah, 515.
Seth, 515.
Sophia, 515.

Philbrick, Abigail, 588, 632, 624.
Hannab F., 588.
Jonathan, 431, 598.
Mary, 588.

Mary M., 633-34.
Mary S., 632, 634.
Olive, 588.

Ruth, 529.
Samuel, 588.
Sarah, 588.
Thomas, 588.
Walter, 588-89.
William, 579, 588.

Phillips, James W., 672.
John, 525

Phillis, negro, 520.

Philpot, Betsey, 671.
John, 671.

Richard, 671.

Pickering, Abigail, 446, 613, 615.
Anthony, 614.

Daniel, 613.
Dorothy S8., 487.
Edwin A., 614.
Eliza, 482, 615.
Frank, 614.
George, 655.
James, 613-14.
James A., 614.
John, 613, 615, 655,
John B., 614.
Joshua, 613-14.
Joshua B., 614.
Levi, 614.
Lydia, 614.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 769

Pickering, Martha P., 614.
Mary, 486-87, 613, 615.
Mary G., 600-01, 654-55.
Mehitable, 615, 667.
Mr., 555.

Nicholas, 613-15.
Polly, 615.

Rebecca, 613.
Samuel, 446, 614.
Sarah, 613.
Temperance, 471.
Thomas, 487, 613-14.
Winthrop, 614.

Pierce, Joshua, 616.

Pierpont, Ebenezer, 552.

Pike, Abby J., 618.
Abigail, 616.

Abraham, 617, 656.
Ann, 615.

Anna B., 618.

Anna G., 451.
Benjamin, 617.

Caleb, 617.

Charles, 427.

Clinton, 619.

Daniel, 530.

Dorothy, 615-16.

Elias, 616.

Eliza, 617.

Elizabeth, 552, 616, 619.
Hannah, 616.

Henry, 617, 619.

Israel, 615.

James, 618.

James F., 450, 618.
James M., 617.

James, Rev., 449-50, 525, 618.
Jeremiah, 617-18.

Job, 619.

Jobn, 615-17, 619.

John B., 618.

John M., 618.

Joseph, 552, 616.
Joshua, 616.

Loring, 619.

Lucien M., 618.
Margaret, 616.

Mary, 557, 580, 605, 616-17, 619.
Mary B., 451, 618.
Mary E., 618.
Mehitable, 617, 619, 677, 679.
Mercy, 617.

Molly, 617.

Moses, 616-17.
Rebecca, 605, 619.
Robert, 553, 615-17, 656, 679.
Ruth, 616, 659.

Samuel, 618.

Sarah, 615-16.

Simeon, 619.

Solomon, 616.

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Susan, 617.
Timothy, 617.

Pillsbury, Dolly, 668-69.

Pindar, Abigail, 619.
Benjamin, 619.
Betsey, 620.
Betsey L., 620.
Elizabeth, 619.
Henry, 619.
John, 619.
Joseph, 619.
Joseph D., 620.
Joseph L., 620.
Mary, 620.
Moses, 619.
Oliver, 619.
Samuel, 619.
Samuel C., 619.
Sarah, 619-20.
Thomas, 620.
William, 620.

Pinder, Joseph, 514, 586.
Mr., 483.

Oliver, 596.

Pinkham, Amos. 642.
Ballard, 509.
Elizabeth, 467.
Mary, 509.

Piper, Joshua, 676.
Mandana, 510.
G. M. T., 569.
Mr., 676.

Mrs., 440.
Samuel, 508.
Susannah, 507.

Place, David, 536.

Plaisted, Ellen, 575.
Olive, 627-29.
Samuel, 670.

Plumer, Anna, 430.
Betsey, 514.
Betsey C., 620.
Elizabeth, 620.
George W., 514, 620.
Hannah, 621.
John, 620.

John J., 514, 620.
Mary D., 514.
Quintus, 514.

Sally, 514.

Sally F., 620.
Samuel, 514, 620.
Sextus, 621.
Sylvanus, 620.
William, 513-14, 620.

Pollard, Abner, 621.
Abner W., 621.
Achsah, 621.
Amory, 621.
Bryon W., 622.
Charles J., 622.
770

Pollard, Christopher A., 597, 621, 673.
Clara A., 622.
Clarissa, 621.
Clarissa A., 621.
Dorothy, 622.
Edward, 621.

Emily, 621.

Ethel M., 622.

George W., 622.

John W., 622.

Julian W., 622.

Leonard, 621.

Levi L., 621-22.

Lydia, 621.

Mary A., 621.

Mary F., 516.

Mary F. C., 597.

Mary I., 622.

Miriam F., 622.

Polly, 621.

Sally, 621.

Susan A., 602, 621.

Willie L. L., 621.
Pomroy, Joseph, 610.
Pond, Charles, 672.

Harry T., 633-34.
Poole, Franklin O., 451.
Poor, Enoch, 434, 443, 464-65, 476, 483, 492,

511, 536, 555, 572, 598, 630-632, 672, 678.

John, 505.

Phebe H., 564.
Potter, Chandler E., 488.
Pottle, Sarah, 548-49.
Potts, Fannie, 541.
Powell, Sarah, 455, 457.
Pray, Joanna, 553.

John, 552.

Prentiss, J. Harry, 467.

Prescott, Abigail, 630-32,
Daniel, 477-78.
Daniel R., 478.
Frances E., 478.
Hannah, 664.

James, 629-30.

Jonathan, 629, 631.

Joseph, 595.

Lorenzo, 478.

Lucy, 629-30.

Lydia A., 478.

Mary L., 664.

Nathaniel, 583.

Samuel, 629-30.

Weare, 604.

William, 512.
Presson, John, 651.

Richard, 541.

Sarah, 612.

Price, Annie W., 447.
Theodore, 447.

Priest, Sally, 442.
Sarah, 440.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Prime, Elizabeth, 639.
Herbert C., 639.
Katherine, 639.

Prince, Caleb, 668.

Proctor, Benjamin, 542.

Puffer, Mary A., 427.

Purmort, John, 565.

Putnam, Sally, 441-42.

Quimby, John, 436, 668.
Mr., 508.

Quincy, Sarah, 508.

Quinn, Charles E., 623.
Clarence S., 623.
Genevieve M., 623.
Kate J., 622-23.
Laura, 623.

Martha K., 623.

Mary J., 622-23.

Patrick, 604, 622.

Sarah E., 623.

William J., 622-23.
Rand, Frances 8., 654.

John, 452, 494.

John P., 451.
Randall, Anna, 623.

Benjamin, 668.

Betsey, 570.

Francis V., 474.

George G., 541.

Hannah, 548.

Jacob, 582, 623, 636.

Mr., 486.

Phil, 474.

Sarah, 523.

Shadrach, 571.

Volney, 474.

Rankin, Mary E. J., 509.

Ranlet, Charles, 674.

Rantoun, Abigail, 665.

Rawlins, Dorcas, 428.
Elizabeth, 493.
Joanna, 501.

Mary §., 480.

Nicholas, 480.

Phebe L., 438.

Samuel, 445.

Sarah, 493.

Thomas, 438-39.
Raynor, Rev. John, 616.
Rea, Grace, 603.

Read, Amos M., 488.
Augustus, 488.
Dorothy B., 488.
Sarah, 485-86.

Reed, Sarah, 485-86.

Reid, George, 664.

Remick, William, 513, 582.

Remington, Emma, 575.

Reynolds, A. Jasper, 623.
Alice, 623.

Asa, 623.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 771

Reynolds, Calvin L., 623.
Charles, 623.
Levi, 623.
Levi G., 623.
Lewis, 623.
Mary B., 626.
Mary &., 623, 626.
Rice, Calvin H., 655.
Ricker, Ebenezer, 482.
Erastus F., 661.
Mary B., 482.
Tamsen, 672.
Thomas, 670.

Richards, Augustus W., 546, 623.

Benjamin, 489.
Charles W., 624.
Edward H., 624.
Elizabeth, 624.
Ernest K., 624.
Mr., 601.

Sarah, 644.
Sarah P., 652.
Sarah R., 624.

Rider, Caroline A., 479,
Carrie A., 627.
Elizabeth C., 434.
Frank L. B., 628,

J. B., 610.

John, 434.

John B., 479, 604, 627.
John F, C., 479, 517, 627-28.
Laurenia, 627.
Margaret, 627.

Nancy, 627.

Nathaniel, 627.
Samuel, 627.

Sarah E.., 434, 479, 627.
Soveiah, 627.

Thomas, 627.

Thomas J., 627.

Riggs, Captain, 546.

Rindge, Elizabeth, 670-71.
John, 628-29, 671.
Olive, 652.

Ring, Jarvice, 511.

Robbins, Esther W., 576.

Roberts, Abigail, 337-38.
Abigail N., 538.

James H., 622.
John, 538.

Mary, 553, 672-73.
Samuel, 671, 673.

Robie, Bathsheba, 573.
Henry, 501.

Mary, 501, 573.
Samuel, 573.

Robinson, Abigail, 476, 625-26.
Abendego, 625-26, 678.
Amelia, 626, 678.
Anna, 475.

Arthur 8., 626.

 

Arthur T., 592.
Bartlett, 625.
Benjamin, 589.
Betty, 625.
B,. Frank, 625-26.
Bradbury, 540, 625, 677.
Captain, 646.
Charles, 508.
Christopher, 539, 552.
David, 435, 513-14, 624-25.
Dorothy A., 629.
Dudley, 625.
Ebenezer, 625.
Elbridge, 648.
Eliza, 626,
Elizabeth, 624.
Elizabeth A., 663.
Emeline, 626.
Ephraim, 522.
George, 625-26, 663.
George D., 626.
George D. W., 663.
Harriet, 625.
Hester, 624.
James, 624-26.
James W., 626.
Jane, 625.
Jeremiah, 625.
John, 624-26,
John J., 626.
Jonathan, 445, 562, 572, 624-26.
Joseph, 589, 624-25.
Joseph F.., 623, 626.
Lydia, 621-22, 625.
Martha, 625.
Martha A., 626.
Mary, 522, 625-26,
Mary S., 678.
Mary W., 626.
Mercy, 625.
Meshach, 625.
Miriam T., 589.
Mr., 682.
M. T., 592,
Nathaniel, 589.
Noah, 625, 677.
Philena, 625.
Sarah, 625-26, 679.
Shadrach, 505, 525.
Stickney, 516.
Trueworthy, 625.
Walter, 626.
William, 581.
Winthrop, 625.
Rodgers, Almira A., 515.
Ann G., 628.
Charlotte, 628-29.
Daniel, 595, 627-29.
Daniel, Rev., 528.
Dorothy, 564.
Dorothy A., 628-29.
772 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Rodgers, Elizabeth, 456, 459-60, 627-29.

Eunice, 528.

Ezekiel, 627.

Ezekiel, Rev., 563.
Francis G., 628-29,
George, 628-29.

John, 498, 627-29.
John F., 628-29.
Margaret, 627-28.
Mary A., 628-29, 637.

Nathaniel, 426, 459, 579, 627-29.

Nathaniel G., 628-29.
Patience, 628.
Samuel, 627-28.
Sarah, 627-29.
Timothy, 628.
Rollins, Abigail, 647.
Esther R., 477.
Jotham, 456.
Mary, 625:
Moses, 456.
Thomas, 440.
Ross, Andrew B., 666.
Anna, 675-76.
H. A., 466.
Lizzie A., 654.
Roules, Mr., 551.
Rowe, George R., 592.
Sarah, 457.
Rowell, Charlotte A., 680.
Thomas, 511.
Rowland, Rev. W. F., 522.
Ruck, Abigail, 670.
Rumford, Clarence, 593.
Doris, 593.
James T., 592-93.
Ruth, 593.
Rundlet, James, 503.
Rundlett, Charles, 424-25.
David, 499.
Dolly, 648.
Elizabeth, 630-32.
Elizabeth P., 633-35.
Elsie R., 603.
Elsie P., 635.
Greenleaf B., 603.
Greenleaf R., 602.
Hannah, 630-32.
Harriet A., 600-01.
Howard, 603.
James, 603, 634-35.
Marion F., 592.
Mary A., 600-01.
Thomas, 601.
Russell, Augustus E., 499.
Fanny, 475-76.
Olive, 463-64.
Phebe S., 499.
Thomas J., 499.
Rust, Eleanor, 504.
Henry, Rev., 506, 565.

 

Sarah, 505.

Rymes, Christopher, 627, 629.
Dorothy 8., 627-29
Samuel, 669.

Rysse, Rose, 523.

Safford, Frances, 478.
Goerge, 478.

Harriet N., 558.

John, 477. z

Joseph, 477.

Lavina, 477.

Sally C., 569.

Sarah, 477, 569.

Thomas, 477.

William, 476-77, 569.
Salisbury, Amy G., 587.
Salter, Titus, 653.
Sanborn, Abigail, 436, 629-32

Abigail M., 633-34.

Abigail R., 460.

Abraham, 629-30.

Alice, 602, 634-35.

Ann, 435.

Anna, 605, 630, 632.

Anna L., 634-35.

Arthur P., 633-34.

Arthur S., 634.

Asa, 456, 631-33.

Asa F., 632-35.

Banjamin, 504.

Bertha M., 633-34.

Betsey, 632, 634.

Bradbury, 427.

Blanche, 634-35.

Catherine E., 632-33

Charles, 603.

Charles A., 427, 634-35.

Charles H., 427, 633-35.

Clara E., 427, 603, 634-35.

Daniel, 630-33.

David, 631-32.

Dinah, 582.

Dorothy, 633.

Edward, 629-31.

Elizabeth, 482, 502, 504, 630-31.

Elizabeth J., 632-33.

Elmer E., 633-34.

Emma W.., 634.

Esther, 527.

Eva J., 633-34.

Ezekiel, 456, 482, 577, 612, 629-32.

Frederick E., 634-35.

Freeman, 532-33.

George, 633-34.

George O., 634-35.

Hannah, 503, 630-31.

Harold, 634.

Harriet, 451, 633-34.

Harriet D., 649.

Harriet E., 632-33.

Harriet M., 622-23.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 773

Sanborn, Haven, 633-34.
Helen A., 633-34.
Helen E., 634-35.
Huldah, 629-30.
Jabez, 629-31.
Jacob, 631-32.
Jacob, Rev., 626.
Jemima, 631-32.
Jeremiah, 631-32, 634, 673.
Jeremiah P., 451, 631-34.

John, 451, 530, 605, 628-31, 634-35, 649.

John D., 620.

John, Jr., 630-31.
John R., 631-32.
John W., 633-34.

J. Munroe, 633-34.
Jonathan, 630-31.
Jonathan E., 631-33.
Jonathan P., 631-32.
Joseph, 530, 629-31.
Joshua, 460, 630.
Josiah, 628, 630-32.
Josiah H., 632, 634.
Julia, 451.

Julia A., 633-34.
Lucy B., 633.

Lucy M., 634.
Lydia, 611.

Mabel A., 427, 634-45.
Maria, 499.

Marion E., 633-34.
Martha E., 635.
Mary, 629-32, 635.
Mary A., 591.

Mary E., 634-35.
Moses, 631-32.
Moses D., 630-32.
Melbourne, 633, 635.
Mr., 529.

Mrs., 493.

Nathan, 511.

Olive, 634.

Oliver G., 633-35.
Phebe, 605.

Philip A., 633.
Priscilla, 630-31.
Ralph C., 634.
Reuben, 628-30.
Richard, 629-30.
Rooxby S., 577.
Rufus, 600-02, 633-35, 655.
Ruth, 527.

Sally, 466, 631-34.
Sally P., 649.

Sally R., 649.
Samuel, 475, 630-31.
Sarah, 451.

Sarah B., 632-33.
Sarah P., 605.
Smith, 424.

Smith B., 632-35.

 

Stephen, 628, 630.
Susan A., 632-33.
Tristam, 436, 631.
Warren, 632.

Warren G., 631-33.
Williard T., 603, 634-35.
William, 582, 628-31.
Zebulon, 631-33, 635.

Sanders, Alice, 498.

Edith, 498.

Ella, 498.

Mabel, 498.
William T., 497-98.

Sanderson, Mary D., 424.
Sarah, 424.

Stephen, 424.

Sargent, Andrew, 634, 636.
Ann, 634, 636.
Catherine L., 515.
Daniel, 634, 636.

Epes, 634, 636.
Eunice, 598.

Fitz J., 634, 636.

Fitz W., 539, 634, 636.
Jabez, 634, 636.
Jordan, 634, 636.
Joseph, 647.

Mary, 634, 636,
Minerva, 603.

Samuel, 634, 636.
Sarah, 457.

William, 619, 634, 646,
Winthrop, 635.

Saunders, Louisa E., 638-39.

Savage, Ruth F., 510.

Sawyer, Abigail, 525, 528.
Alvan, 654.

Angelina S., 453. /
Betsey, 588-90.
Eleanor, 493.
Joanna §., 453.
Joseph D., 680.
Josiah, 453.

Mary, 625-26.

Sayer, Elizabeth, 528.
Joseph, 528.

Scales, Rufus D., 516.

Scammell, Alexander, 429, 434, 470, 554-55.

Scammon, Elizabeth, 581.
Ellen M., 479, 528.

Scheggel, James, 461.

Scott, Hannah, 511.

John H., 597.
Martha, 565.

Scriggins, Mr., 494.

Scruton, Charles, 479.
Charles A., 627.

Mr., 651.
Seavey, Mr., 613.
Thomas, 653.

Sedan, Hannah, 512.
774 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Senter, Lavinia T., 471.

Sewall, Mary, 502.

Mr., 536.

Shackford, Abigail A., 443.
Martha B., 602.

Mary A., 677.

Ruth, 600, 602.

Seth, 443, 602, 677.

Seth R., 444, 459, 610-11.
Shapleigh, Alexander, 550.

Mary, 550.

Nicholas, 550.

Sharp, James, 669.

Shatswell, Richard, 513.
Sarah, 512-13.

Shaw, Daniel, 461.

Mary, 625.

Sheafe, Jacob, 448.
Mehitable, 454-55, 645.
Polly, 544-45.
Sampson, 448, 455,
Samuel, 448.

Sarah W., 455.
Shepard, Richard, 504, 531.
Shepley, Eliza, 562.
Sherburne, Dorothy, 627.

Henry, 443, 627, 629, 669, 674.

Phebe, 675-76.

Samuel, 675.

Susannah, 675-76.
Sheridan, General, 639.
Sherman, Thomas, 665.
Shores, Mary, 590.
Shortridge, Captain, 434.
Shute, Andrew B., 637-38.

Adelaide A., 639.

Ann E., 638.

Anna, 623, 638.

Annie P., 638.

Augustus B., 638.

Benjamin, 636-37.

Betsey, 637.

Calvin C., 638.

Charles F., 638.

Charles H., 637.

Charles L., 639.

Celia E., 638.

Cornelia F., 638.

Edmund, 638.

Elizabeth, 636.

Elizabeth R., 637.

Emma &., 639.

Frank F., 638.

Fred, 639.

George, 637-38.

George S., 638.

Georgie W., 638.

Governor, 630.

Harriette G., 639.

Henry, 637-38.

Henry A., 638.

 

James G., 637.
James L., 638.
Joanna, 636.
John, 636-37.
John E., 637, 639.
John, Jr., 628-29.
John, Mrs., 423.
John W., 637.
Jonathan, 637-38.
Joseph, 636.
Joseph A., 639.
Julia A., 637-38.
Leonard C., 637.
Lydia, 636, 651, 677.
Mabel L., 639.
Mary, 636.
Melvina, 638.
Michael, 596, 629, 636-37.
Michial, 677.
Nancy, 638.
Nancy G., 638.
Nathalie, 638.
Nathan, 636.
Richard, 636.
Richard E., 638.
Robert, 637.
Sally, 636-37.
Sarah, 596.
Walter, 596, 636-37.
Welthon, 677.
William, 636-38,
William A., 539.
Simkins, Joanna, 638.
Simond, Michael, 438.
Simpson, Adelaide A., 639.
Charles F., 584.
Charles L., 584, 639.
Emma &., 639.
Fred, 639.
George F., 638.
Harriette G., 639.
John, 681.
John A., 584, 638.
John E., 638.
Joseph A., 639.
Lavina R., 478.
Mabel L., 584, 639.
Mahala W., 584.
Martha, 510.
Mary E., 638.
William, 439.
William A., 584, 639.
Sinclair, Ebenezer, 503.
John, 565.
Mary, 553-54.
Sinkler, Abigail, 437.
Elizabeth, 437.
John, 435-37, 675.
Joseph, 445.
Martha, 435.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 775

Sinkler, Mary, 437.
Samuel, 431, 437, 584.
Skinner, Bethia, 639.
George G., 604.
Joseph G., 639.
Zophar, 639.
Sleeper, Abigail, 562.
Sloper, Ambrose, 613.
Small, W. B., 463.
Smart, Abigail, 681.
Albert J., 641.
Anna, 429, 639, 642.
Benjamin, 642.
Benning, 641.
Caleb, 641-42.
Caroline, 640-41.
Charles, 425, 459, 641.
Charles, Jr., 426.
Clarissa, 641.
David, 640-41.
Dorothy, 498, 641.
Dudley, 640.
Elizabeth, 507, 641-42.
Eunice, 504, 642.
Georgie, 641.
Georgie M., 490.
Giles, 446, 641.
Hollis, 498.
James, 641.
John, 429, 468, 639-40, 651.
Joseph, 641, 683.
Joseph N., 641.
Joseph T., 640.
Josiah, 498, 641-42,
Martha, 641.
Mary, 640-41.
Mary A., 641.
Mehitable, 498.
Moulton, 641.
Mr., 555. 5
Nancy, 641, 664.
Polly, 544-45, 642.
Robert, 429, 507, 551, 595, 610, 639-40,
642, 681.
Sally, 465, 640-41.
Samuel, 459, 641.
T. Edward, 655.
Widow, 609.
William, 639-40.
William H., 641.
Smith, Aaron, 566, 644, 647.
Abbie S., 575-76.
Abigail, 503.
Abraham, 606.
Agnes, 601.
Alfred, 645.
Almon R., 547.
Alphonso B., 649.
Amy E., 650.
Andrew, 643-44.
Andrew G., 646.

 

Anna, 507.

Anna B., 646.

Anna M., 646.

Annie A., 575-76.

Augusta J., 500.

Azubah H., 679.

Benjamin, 539, 614, 643-44, 658, 665-66,

Benjamin, S. 646.

Betsey, 645, 648.

Calista L., 646.

Carl F., 650.

Charles, 645.

Charles E., 463, 649, 679.

Charles H., 646, 650.

Coffin, 615.

Comfort, 632-35, 644.

Daniel, 566, 643, 647.

Daniel B., 620.

Daniel D., Rev., 549.

Daniel G., 650.

Daniel P., 656.

Daniel R., 573, 616, 647-50, 679.

David P., 441, 601, 645, 648.

Deborah, 647.

Deborah B., 650.

Dolly, 648.

Dora, 575.

Dorothy, 503, 647.

Earl, 650.

Eben, 650, 667.

Ebenezer, 471, 643-45, 647.

Edward, 482, 538, 575, 643-44, 647.

Edwin, 650.

Elias, Rev., 459, 644-45.

Eliphalet, 452, 644-45.

Elinor H., 679.

Eliza, 647.

Eliza R., 638.

Elizabeth, 478, 505, 508, 523, 601 637-38,
642-44, 647, 665.

Elizabeth H., 645

Elizabeth P., 566.

Elizabeth W., 658

Esther, 510, 648.

Ethel P., 650.

Eveline C., 649.

Ezekiel, 647.

Ezra, 644-46.

Fanny, 648.

Frank, 649.

Flora E., 546, 649,

Florence A., 650.

George, 575, 652,

George E., 646.

George H., 571.

George J., 479.

George K., 648-49.

Gertrude, 650.

Hannab, 501, 529, 531, 617, 643.

Harriet W., 666.

Hattie L., 649.
776

Smith, Helen M., 650, 659.

Henrietta B., 630, 633-34.

Henry, Rev., 645.

Henry B., 646.

Herbert, 659.

Herbert W., 649-50.

Hezekiah, 566.

Horace C., 649.

Horace G., 681.

Horace O., 649.

Ida B., 651.

Jabez, 647.

Jacob, 455.

James, 444, 458, 677.

James, Rev., 478.

Jane W., 627.

Jemima, 644, 647.

Jeremiah, 521, 647.

Jesse, 500, 666.

John, 441-42, 575, 642-45, 647, 665-66,
677.

John A., 649.

John G., 643.

John M., 547-48, 644-45,

John P., 648-49.

Joseph, 429, 433, 439, 478, 508, 531-32,
550-51, 555, 579, 586, 595, 642-43, 649,
656.

Joseph B., 646.

Joseph H., 547-48, 644-45.

Joseph M., 646.

Josiah, 510, 648.

Laura A., 651.

Lawrence P., 476.

Leah, 648.

Leonard, 442.

Lewis, 602.

Lizzie B., 480.

Loren A., 651.

Love, 645.

Lydia, 643, 645.

Lydia M., 645, 665.

Marcia, 646.

Margaret, 644.

Maria M., 646.

Martha, 577.

Martha A., 578.

Mary, 425, 506, 575, 589-90, 642-45, 647.

Mary A., 646.

Mary E., 632-33.

Mary J., 645.

Mary M., 456.

Mary S., 646.

Mary W., 474.

Matilda, 442.

Matthew H., Rev., 459.

Mattie, 601.

May A., 650.

Minnie K., 650.

Moody, 645.

Moses, 647.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Mr., 523, 681.
Nancy, 643, 645, 650, 665.
Nathan, 560, 572, 650.
N.S., 571.
Olive, 677, 679.
Plumer, 650.
Polly, 442, 645, 648.
Priscilla, 648.
Rachel, 648.
Relief, 591, 648.
Relief B., 649.
Rhea S., 646.
Ruth, 649.
Sally, 645, 658.
Sally K., 560.
Sally P., 645-46.
Sally Y., 648.
Samuel, 458, 643, 647, 679.
Samuel G., 650-51.
Sarah, 477, 554-55, 643, 647-48.
Sarah A., 559, 650,
Sarah H., 646.
Sarah P., 646.
Sarah Y., 510.
+ Stephen, 442, 463.
St. John, 646.
Susannah, 554-55, 643.
Tamsen, 498.
Temperance, 461.
Theophilus, 473, 566, 580, 648, 675.
Thomas, 580, 677.
Valentine, 442, 567, 645.
Walter, 482, 646.
Warren, 442, 643.
William, 677.
William F., 649.
Winthrop, 456, 586, 643-44.
Smyth, James, 611.
Joshua B., 611.
Julia, 611. é
Mary J., 611.
Spead, Abbie, 652.
Abigail, 651-52.
Alfred, 651.
Alice, 652.
Alice M., 652.
Augustus, 652.
Augustus D., 652.
Benjamin, 651.
Benjamin F., 652.
Benjamin T., 651-52.
Charles, 651.
Clara, 651.
Ebenezer, 652.
Elizabeth, 651.
Emma, 652.
George W., 651.
Harriet, 651.
Harrison B., 651-52.
Henry H., 652.
Hiram, 651.
Spead, James, 651-52, 656.
James A., 652.
James N., 651.
John, 651.
Joseph, 651.
Margaret, 651.
Margaret A., 656.
Martha, 651.
Mary A., 651.
Mary E., 652.
Melissa, 652.
Robert, 651.
Sarah E., 651.
Sophia, 651.
Susan, 651.
Thomas, 652.
William, 651.

Speed, George, 571.

Spiller, Samuel R., 452, 571.

Sprague, Louisa, 534.
Stacey, Susannah W.., 454.
Thomas, 454.
Rebecca, 453-54.
Stackpole, Sarab, 539.

Stanyan, Anthony, 550, 613.

Staples, Hattie D., 650.
Starbuck, Abigail, 472.

Edward, 472.

Rey. Mr., 537.
Stark, John, 573, 605.
Stearns, John O., 477.

Nancy, 484.

Onslow, 477.
Stedman, Mr., 610.
Steele, John, 670.
Stevens, Aaron, 543.

Betsey, 432.

Catherine, 442.

Comfort, 455.

David, 514, 516.

Dionis, 472.

Eben, 475.

George, 461.

George H., 516.

John, 606.

Joseph, 442.

Judith, 488.

Loretta G., 519.

Lydia, 543.

Lydia B., 543.

Mary, 454.

Mehitable, 594.

Mr., 549, 606.

Nancy, 489.

Nathaniel, 454, 474, 502.

Partheness, 571.

Robert, 472.

Sabrina, 516.

Sarah, 458, 461.

Sarah A., 516.

Sarah F., 454.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 777

Thomas, 432.
Stickney, Colonel, 683.
Saloma, 516.
Stileman, Elias, 653.
Ruth, 653.
Ruth M., 653.
Stilson, William, 614.
Stinson, Abner, 591.
Stockbridge, Andrew, 646.
Esther, 648.
Stockman, John, 440, 616.
Joseph, 616.
Robert, 502.
Stoddard, Sarah M., 559.
Stover, Annah, 560-61.
Betsey E., 561.
Warren, 561.
Strong, Elizabeth, 598.
Stuart, James, 495.
Mary, 494-95.
Stubbard, Mary B., 483.
Sturtevant, Elizabeth, 489.
Suffield, Lord, 511.
Sullivan, John, 440, 448, 522, 542, 597, 672.
Mary, 542.
Sutton, Mr., 507.
Swain, Dorothy, 464.
Hannah, 561.
Israel, 442.
Richard, 464.
William, 561.
Sweat, Dorothy, 675-76.
Esther, 568.
Moses, 666.
Swett, Anna, 607.
Benjamin, 543.
Elizabeth S., 543.
Jabez, 543.
John, 607.
Jonathan, 439.
Lydia, 607.
Mary, 607.
Mr., 506.
Narcissa, 607.
Symes, John, 551.
Rebecca, 550-51.
Symonds, Huldah, 607-08.
Mark, 464.
Mary, 464.
Mary W., 561.
Priscilla, 428.
Samuel, 445, 553, 561.
Susannah, 561.
Syres, Robert, 511.
Syvertsen, Alice, 427.
Clinton, 427.
Helen, 427.
Ole, 427.
Rolfe, 427.
Tabor, Mr., 582.
778

Taplin, Frank C., 633-34.
Henry T., 472, 585-86.
Horatio N., Rev., 472, 658.

Tarleton, Annie J., 654.
Augustus, 655.
Benjamin, 653.

Edwin N., 654.

Elias, 653.

George H., 655.

George W., 654.

Hannah, 434, 654.

James M., 654.

Jerusha H., 563, 600.

John, 654.

John W., 654.

Joseph, 653.

Lucien F., 654.

Margaret, 653.

Martha, 655.

Martha M., 434, 600, 654.

Martha W., 655.

Mary, 653, 655.

Mercy H., 563, 654.

Richard, 653.

Ruth, 653.

Ruth M., 653.

Sally, 654.

Samuel, 563, 600, 634-35, 653-54,

Samuel H., 654-55.

Sarah, 634, 654-55.

Sarah E., 655.

Sarah J., 634-35.

Stileman, 653-54.

Stillman, 520.

William, 653.

William M., 653.

Tarr, Benjamin, 430.
Mary, 430.

Susan, 488-89.

Tash, Ann, 655.

Betsey, 656.

Clarissa, 576, 656.

Jacob, 656.

John, 433, 468, 576, 656.

Joseph H., 656.

Lydia, 617, 656.

Mary, 494, 656.

Mr., 508.

Nancy, 508, 656.

Oliver, 534.

Patience, 656.

Sally, 468, 656.

Thomas, 428, 430, 440, 445, 450, 452, 454,
486-87, 493, 496, 511-12, 539, 554, 572,
583, 597, 619, 624, 630, 641, 655-56, 658,
663, 678.

Taylor, Abigail, 456.
Andrew, 678.

Andrew B., 678.

Ann, 436, 528.

Caroline, 625-26.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Charles H. G., 678,
Comfort, 458, 461.
Dorothy W., 525.
Elizabeth R., 528.

George O., 678.

Tra, 631-32.

John, 439, 457.

John, Rev., 628-29.

Joseph, 436.

Margaret, 436.

Mary, 439.

Nathan, 430.

Oliver, 461.

Sarah, 553-54.

8. A., 585.

Thomas, 495.

William, 435-36, 563.
Tebbetts, Frank, 549.
Tenney, Ann, 564.

Perley W., 519.

Sophia, 654-55.

Tetherly, Augustus B., 656.

Charles E., 656.

Harriet, 657.

James W., 656.

John B., 657.

Margaret, 599.

Thomas, 656-57.

William, 651, 656-57.
Thing, Abigail, 492, 555, 657.

Abigail R., 553.

Anna, 503.

Annah, 651.

Bartholemew, 521, 528, 657.

Benjamin, 552-53, 657.

Betsey A., 658.

Daniel, 675.

Deborah, 526, 529, 532, 542, 555, 573, 657.

Deborah H., 657.

Edward, 657.

Elizabeth, 503, 555, 657.

Hannah, 532.

Henry, 441, 472, 478, 523.

Joanna, 524, 526, 529.

John, 480, 525, 657.

Jonathan, 524, 526, 553, 563, 657, 675.

Joseph, 502, 657.

Josiah, 657.

Mary, 491, 525, 528, 657.

Mary G., 553.

Mehitable, 480.

Mr., 682.

Nabby, 658.

Nancy G., 472.

Pernal, 553.

Samuel, 513, 524, 529, 532, 552-53, 586,

657.

Sarah, 657.

Sarah K., 528.

Winthyop, 513, 552-55, 573, 657-58.

Zebulon, 476, 530, 534.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 779

Thing, Zebulon G., 658.
Thomas, Bradbury J., 658.

Elisha, 486-87, 658, 663-64, 683.

Elisha, Mrs., 487.

Elizabeth, 427.

James, 438, 597.

John, 658.

Joseph, 428, 486, 655.

Mr., 642.

Sarah, 454.
Thompson, Abraham, 506.

Anne, 470,

Carrie, 573.

Clara, 578.

Daniel, 444.

Denney, 578.

Ebenezer, 410,

Ebenezer, Jr., 554.

Eleanor, 578.

Elizabeth, 598.

Elizabeth J., 457.

Frank, 578-79.

George, 591.

Isaac, 648-49.

John, 599.

Jonathan, 457.

Jordan, 579.

Lawrence, 579.

Love, 493.

Moses, 497.

Phil S., 578.

Polly, 493.

Priscilla, 648-49,

Priscilla S., 649.

Rosamond, 578.

Samuel, 579.

Sarah, 499.

Simon, 499.
Thorla, Mary, 512.
Thorne, Sarah, 500.
Thresher, Jacob, 448.
Thurston, Anna, 526.

Annie M., 619.

Dolly, 619.

Elizabeth, 526.

Elizabeth B., 619.

Ephraim, 619.

Gilman, 526.

Hannah, 480.

James, Rev., 581.

Mary St. C.S., 555.

Nancy, 614.

Nathaniel, 526.

Richard, 564.

Samuel, 526, 619.

Sarah, 554-55.

Stephen, 554-55.
Thyng, Betsey, 607.

Samuel, 625.

Zebulon, 607.
Tibbetts, Mr., 615.

 

Tilton, Alice, 490,
Alice B., 603-04.
Betsey, 596. ‘
Captain, 483, 678.
Daniel, 596.
Ebenezer, 596.
Emma D., 604.
Fanny N., 636-37.
George, 437, 604.
George G., 490.
George H., 490.
Henry, 628-29.
Jacob, 617, 631-32.
Jonathan, 637,
Josiah, 631.

Molly, 595.
Titcomb, Benjamin, 443.

Elizabeth, 432.

Rebecca, 659.

Sarah, 659.

William, 659.
Tobey, James, 599.
Toby, James, 599.

Margaret, 599.

Reliance, 494-95.
Todd, J. C., 656.

R. Althea, 437.
Tomb, Rev. Samuel, 537.
Torrey, John, 434.

Mary F., 592-93.
Towle, Benjamin, 658.

Betsey, 658.

Charles D., 442.

Deborah, 658.

Gilman, 658.

Hannah, 595.

Henry, 658.

Jabez, 666.

James, 658.

James R., 658.

Jeremiah, 569.

John M., 658.

Joseph, 571.

Judith, 658.

Levi, 497.

Simon, 572.

Town, Polly, 665.

Townes, Nathan, 606.

Townsend, Penn, 490.

Tozier, Richard, 669.

Tracey, Eleanor, 477.
Mary, 526, 529.

Trask, Captain, 665.
Mary, 512.

Mary R., 595.
Treadwell, Abigail, 659.

Ann, 659-60.

Ann E., 660.

Benjamin F., 660-61.

Caroline M., 660.

Charles, 479, 488, 659-60.
780 GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Treadwell, Daniel, 660.
Elisha, 659.
Elizabeth, 524, 659.
Elizabeth D., 479.
Esther, 659.

Frances M., 660.
Hannah, 542, 659-60.
Jacob, 659-60.
John, 512, 659.
Jonathan, 659.
Joshua B., 661.
Louisa T., 660.
Lydia, 479, 660.
Martha, 659.
Martha J., 661.
Mary, 659-60.
Mary D., 661.
Mehitable, 660.
Mrs., 488.
Napoleon B., 660.
Nathaniel, 659-60.
Rebecca, 659.
Sarah, 659, 668.
Sarah A., 661.
Sarah H. W., 577.
Sarah W., 660.
Thomas D., 660.
William, 660.
William C., 660.
William H., 660-61.
W. 4H. #H., 446.

Treworgie, Catherine S., 524.
Elizabeth, 523-24.
James, 524, 550.
Katherine, 550.

Treworthie, Samuel, 551.

Trickey, Berthia, 571.

True, Jacob, 431.
Sarah, 468.

Trull, Alvin C., 661.
Bruce, 661.

Frank, 661.

Olive B., 661.
Phineas, 563, 661.
William A., 661.
Tuck, Mary, 629-30.
Perley, 477.

Robert, 629-30.

Tuckerman, Rev. Oliver P., 575.

Tufts, Betty, 614.
Eliphalet, 662.
Eliza, 449, 451.
Henry, 662.

Otis, 451.

Sarah E., 559.
Simeon, 663.
Thomas, 662.
Thomas, Rev., 661.

Tuttle, Benjamin B., 577.
Benjamin F., 483.
Charles, 483.

 

Edward F., 579.
Elizabeth, 493.
Hannah, 442.

John, 493.

Judith, 458.

Martha, 542.

Mary, 571.

Nicholas, 458.

Paul, 571.

Tuxbury, Franklin I., 632-33.

Twombly, Ira F., 463.

Tyler, Jane, 529.

Tyng, Edward, 490.
Mercy, 447.

Rebecca, 490.

William, 447.
Underhill, Dorothy T., 509.
Underwood, Benjamin, 670.

Clara A. D., 488.

John, 488.

Lydia P., 488.
Upham, Nathaniel, 471.
Upton, Martha J., 669.

Paul, 478.

Usher, Mr., 613.

Valentine, Dexter, 606.

Varney, Albert H., 519, 680.
Calvin, 519.

George, 560.

Isabel J., 680.

Olive, 680.

Veasey, Abra M., 633.
Benjamin, 633.
George, 675.

H. W., 484.

Samuel, 505.

Sarah, 505.

Veasy, Sarah, 503.

Veaza, Anna, 643.

Virgin, Joel B., 562.

Wade, Jonathan, 490,
Nathaniel, 447.

Wadleigh, Eliza, 462.
Elizabeth, 492.
Henry, 524.

John, 666.

Jonathan, 552.

Joseph D., 478.

Minnie C., 622.

Robert, 436.

Sarah, 435-36.

Statira D., 618.
Wait, Jason, 536.
Wakeman, Elizabeth, 493.
Waldron, Mr., 613.

Richard, 552.
Walker, Elizabeth, 663.

Harriet, 663.

John S., 558.

Joseph A., 587.

Lucy M., 656, 663.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 781

Walker, Margery, 556-57.
Nancy, 556-57, 663, 678.
Richard, 671.

Sarah, 663.
William, 556-57.
William L., 663.

Walkman, Eben, 536.

Mary, 536-37.

Wallingford, Philander, Rev., 660.

Wallis, Elizabeth, 647.
Samuel, 647.
Walters, Welthea, 636.
Walton, Colonel, 436.
Joseph, 566.
Shadrach, 609.
Ward, Nathaniel, 627.
Samuel, 447.
Warner, Alvah H., 559-60.
Annie F., 560.
Annie L., 559.
Carrie H., 560.
Charlotte F., 559.
Clarence A., 559.
Ella L., 559.
Ethel H., 560.
Frank B., 559-60.
Helen, 560.
Helen M., 559-60.
Joseph A., 557, 559.
Lucy E., 560.
Marion H., 560.
Martha, 654.
Nathan, 654.
Sarah, 512.
Warren, Peggy, 522.
Warnerton, Thomas, 588.
Washburn, Alden, 607.
Rosamond, 507.
Zadok, 607.
Waterhouse, Richard, 498.
Waterman, Mary J., 450.
Watson, Abigail, 664.
Benjamin, 664.
Betsey, 626, 663.
Caroline, 477.
Charlotte, 663.
Daniel, 497.
David, 664.
Dudley, 626, 663-64.
Elizabeth, 496-97, 556.
Fannie W., 664.
Frances, 477.
George, 664.
George D., 664.
Hannah, 548.
Harriet, 664.
Helen S., 664.
Henry, 567, 664.
Jacob K., 665.
Jacob L., Rev., 665.
John, 441, 664-65.

 

John C., 664.
John N., 610.
Joseph, 477, 664,
Josiah, 476-77.
Lucretia, 664.
Lydia, 665.
Martha, 450, 663.
Mary, 664.
Mary A., 589.
Mary J., 449.
Mr., 491.
Nancy, 567, 663-64.
Percy T., 520.
Polly, 629.
Rosina, 664.
Sally, 507, 664.
Sarah A., 516.
Sarah K., 665.
Susan, 575.
Thomas, 477.
Winthrop, 663.
Weare, Captain, 631.
Colonel, 518, 630, 632.
Major, 451.
Meshech, 440.
Webb, Mary, 655.
Webber, Elizabeth, 562-63.
Webster, Deborah, 521.
Ebenezer, 435, 568.
Hannah, 533.
Mary, 530.
Nathaniel, 527,
Reuben, 645. -
Sarah, 432, 573.
Thomas, 521, 573.
Wedgewood, Abigail, 665.
Caroline M., 666.
David, 665.
Elizabeth, 493, 665-66.
Elizabeth A., 666.
Hannah, 666.
James D., 666.
Jesse, 506, 665-66.
John, 533, 617, 640, 644, 665.
Jonathan, 665-66.
Lot, 644, 665.
Lydia, 666.
Mary, 665-66.
Mehitable, 666.
Mehitable F., 666.
Noah, 665.
Peter, 666.
Rebecca, 665.
Sarah, 666.
Susan, 666.
Thatcher, 666.
William, 666.
Weeks, Abigail, 615, 668.
Almena, 450.
Amelia F., 630.
Benjamin, 431.
782 GENEALOGICAL INDEXEs.

Weeks, Captain, 571, 588.
Charles H., 668.
Comfort, 462, 668-69, 676.
Elinor, 667.
George I., 626.
George W., 626.
Hannah, 513.
Ichabod, 667.
Jackson, 561.
J. Almena, 669.
Joanna, 505, 668.
John, 450, 505, 625, 666-68.
John W., 668-69.
Jonathan, 513, 667.
Joseph, 667.
Josephine, 450, 660.

Joshua, 463, 553, 615, 644, 667, 676.

Joshua W., 668.
Leonard, 445.
Margaret, 643-44, 667.
Martha, 667-68, 675-76.
Martha B., 669.
Martha W., 505.
Mary, 445, 667-68.
Matthias, 667.
M. Josephine, 669.
Mr., 513.
Nancy R., 463.
Prudence, 507.
Richard, 667.
Samuel, 667.
Sarah, 668.
Thankful, 667.
Thornton N., 669.
Walter, 425, 667.
Ward C., 668
William, 667-68.
William H., 669.
Welch, Colonel, 664.
Mr., 568.
Wellington, John, 442.
Wells, Abigail, 659.
Elizabeth, 542.
Thomas, 659.
Wentworth, Abby J., 673.
Abigail, 672.
Abigail M., 672.
Adaline J., 469.
Amaziah, 671.
Anna H., 468.
Benjamin, 669-70.
Benning, 446, 553, 669-70.
Betsey, 672.
Clara H. H., 673.
Damaris, 671.
Daniel, 669-72.
David, 672.
David W., 673.
Deborah, 672.
Dorothy, 669.
Ebenezer, 669-71.

 

Edward, 670.
Elizabeth, 449, 461, 669-70, 673.
Elizabeth §., 673.
Enoch, 671.
Ephraim, 669-70.
Ezekiel, 669-70.
George, 671.
Gershom, 669-70.
Governor, 468, 486, 675.
Hannah, 670, 672.
Harriet N., 449, 673.
Harriet O., 673.
Hiram, 449.
Hiram H., 673.
Isaac, 449, 671-72.
Jacob, 671.
John, 669, 683.
John B., 449, 487, 525, 532, 553, 628-20,
673.
Jonathan, 459, 670-72.
Josiah, 671.
Judith, 672.
Julia D. B., 673.
Lewis, 672.
Luke, 672.
Mark, 649, 671-72.
Mark H., 670-71.
Mary, 669-71.
Mehitable, 673.
Mercy, 671-72.
Michael, 553, 670.
Nathaniel, 670.
Olive C., 449, 631-33, 673.
Patience, 672.
Paul, 669-70.
Rebecea, 670, 672.
Richard, 449, 671-72.
Richard B., 673.
Richard P., 459, 672.
Rosilla, 649.
Ruth R., 673.
Samuel, 669-71, 674.
Sarah, 669, 671-72.
Spencer, 670.
Stephen, 585.
Stephenia D., 673.
Sylvanus, 669-672.
Tamsen, 467, 670.
Temperance, 672.
Thomas, 670-72.
Thomas J., 672.
Timothy, 669.
William, 669-70.

West, Mary, 503.

Weston, James, 646.
Wheedon, Jane, 493.
Wheeler, Anna, 466.

John, 466.
Sarah, 449-50.

Wheelwright, John, Rev., 492, 615, 669.

Samuel, 489.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 783

Whipple, General, 429, 452.
Matthew, 675.
White, Almira, 606.
Augusta M., 450.
Charles, 627.
Hannah T., 618.
Jobn, 524, 561.
Joel, 627.
Luther, 618.
Lydia, 492.
Margaret S., 627.
Nancy, 627.
Peregrine, 627,
Salome, 561.
Whitefield, George, Rev., 528.
Whitney, Martha, 510.
Whittier, Samuel, 514.
Whittingham, Martha, 627-28.
Wibird, Elizabeth, 670.
Wicom, Deborah, 647.
. Mary, 564.
Wiggin, Abbie, 607.
Abby F., 670.
Abigail, 488, 587, 674-75, 677.
Abigail F., 455.
Albert, 556.
Albert J., 680.
Ambrose, 680. "
Amelia, 626.
A. M., 480.
Amy, 677.
Andrew, 443, 447, 526, 553, 555-56, 565,
670, 674-76, 678-79.
Andrew C., 680.
Andrew P., 678.
Ann, 679.
Ann M., 618, 679.
Anna, 677-78.
Anna H., 680.
Anna R., 556.
Anna W., 508, 546.
Anne, 564-65, 675.
Anne B., 526.
Apphia H., 679.
Arthur C., 680.
Bartlett, 675, 680.
Betsey, 677.
Bradbury, 441.
Bradstreet, 565, 653, 668, 674-76, 680.
Caleb, 626-27, 675, 678.
Caroline, 678.
Catherine, 674-75.
Charles E., 618, 679-80.
Charles E., Jr., 680.
Charles S., 677.
Charlotte, 559.
Chase, 469, 478, 553, 590, 668, 675-76, 678,
680.
Comfort, 487-88, 649, 667-68, 676, 680.
Daniel, 618.
Daniel C., 680.

 

Daniel H., 559, 677.

David, 679.

Dayton C., 681.

Deborah, 555, 618, 675.

Deborah B., 648-49.

Deborah G., 679.

Dorothy, 674, 681.

Emily J., 591-92.

Emma F., 649.

Eliza, 678.

Elizabeth, 522, 636, 675, 677, 680.

George, 641, 680..

George B., 681.

George C., 680-81.

Hannah, 454-55, 640-41, 669-70, 674-75,
677.

Hannah B., 670.

Hannah M., 557.

Harriet, 678.

Henry, 600, 618, 636, 675-77, 679.

Henry F., 679.

Henry, Jr., 548.

Horace, 559.

Ira W., 566.

Isabel, 681.

Jacob, 571, 641, 681.

James, 681.

James S., 679.

Jane, 679.

Job, 680.

Jeremiah, 677, 679.

Jeremiah T., 680.

J. Henry, Rev., 618, 679.

John, 536, 676, 680-81.

John A., 482.

John, Jr., 439.

Jonathan, 498, 565, 674-75, 680.

Joseph, 556, 618, 641, 675, 677, 681.

Joseph F., 603.

Joseph H., 678, 680.

Joshua, 668, 676, 679-80.

Josiah B., 679.

Lavina, 676.

Lydia, 589, 636-37, 677.

Lydia A., 462, 680.

Lydia A. N., 469.

Mahala, 638, 681.

Mark, 518, 562, 631-32.

Martha, 675, 677, 680-81.

Mary, 524, 526, 544-45, 554, 556, 600.

Mary A., 677, 681.

Mary J., 478.

Mary L., 680.

Mary R., 680.

Mary S., 627.

Mehitable P., 649.

Mercy, 675.

Michael, 611, 636.

Michial, 677.

Minerva, 680.

Nathan, 678.
784

Wiggin, Nathan B., 672.
Nathaniel, 681.
Nicholas, 675.

Noah, 680.

Oliver, 680.

Reuben, 646.

Richard, 488.

Robert P., 677.

Samuel, 676.

Sarah, 556-57, 594, 609, 677.

Sarah F., 680.

Sarah J., 677.

Simeon, 609, 636.

Simon, 557, 676-77.

Susan, 648.

Susan K., 516, 544.

Susanna, 636, 677.

Theodore, 680.

Thomas, 505, 518, 533, 547, 566, 592, 673,
676.

Thomas J., 581.

Tufton, 676.

Walter, 438, 559, 676.

Welthon, 636, 677.

William H., 677.

Wilkins, Mr., 537.

Wilkinson, James H., 681.

Willet, Mary W., 606.

Willey, Elizabeth, 538.
Frances, 538.

Willis, A., 590.

Jessie, 451.

Williams, Benjamin J., 481.

Elizabeth, 547.
John J., 481.
Mary, 547.

William, 547.

Willson, Ebenezer, 681.
Mary, 538.

Nancy, 681.
William, 681.

Wilson, Ann, 552.
Anna, 682.

Anne, 672.
Betty, 682.
Clarissa, 658.
Elizabeth, 682.
Gowen, 682.
Hannah, 682.
Humphrey, 547, 552, 682.
Increase, 682.
Jabez, 682.
James, 682.
John, 682.
Jonathan, 682.
Joshua, 682.
Judith, 682.
Martha, 682.
Mary, 682.
Moses, 682.
Priscilla, 682.

 

GENEALOGICAL INDEXES.

Rebecca, 682.

Sarah, 682.

Thomas, 682.

Winan, Olive, 518.
Wingate, Abigail, 439.

Captain, 629-30.

Dorothy, 608.

Elizabeth, 677.

Elmer E., 608.

Harvey, 608.

Jobn, 631-32.

Joshua, 433, 452, 668.

Martha, 667.

Mary, 668, 676, 678.

Paine, 678.

Winkley, Martha J., 621-22.

Minnie C., 622.

Winn, Dorcas A., 516-17.

James, 517.

Lydia, 517.

Winship, Lucinda, 514.
Winsley, Mary, 511.
Winslow, Elizabeth A., 585.

George, 633-34.

L. H., Rev., 608.

Mary E., 632-35.

Ruth, 484.

Winthrop, John, 490, 673.

Mary, 490.

Mary F., 490.

Mary H., 670.

Wiswell, Ruth, 576.
Wood, Aaron, 546, 682.

John, 682.

Mahala, 545-46, 682.

Mr., 483.

Mrs., 579.

Olive, 546.

Parthenia, 545-46, 682.

Ruth, 520, 682.
Woodbridge, John, Rev., 447, 490.

Lucy, 447.

Mary, 527.

Woodman, Chester W., 483.

Edward, 481.

Jeremiah H., 558.

Jonathan, 597.

Joshua, 481, 597.

Mary, 525.

Susanna, 535.

Woods, Hannah P., 611.

Imri, 611.

Melissa, 611.
Woodworth, Captain, 561.
Worcester, Susanna, 616.
Wormsley, Thomas, 578.
Worthen, Ezekiel, 440, 518.
Wright, Belle J., 534.

Charles P., 560.

Wyatt, Sarah, 548.
GENEALOGICAL INDEXES. 785

Wyman, Colonel, 464.
Harriet E., 560.
Isaac, 615.

Yeaton, Samuel, 516.

Yomans, Minnie E., 427.

York, Benjamin, 683.
Lavinia, 68.

Mary A., 607-08.
Mindwell A., 540.
Mr., 502.

Sarah A., 658.
Thomas, 458.

Yorke, John, 536.
Susannah, 536.

Young, Benjamin, 458, 505, 683.

George G., 684.
Henry, 684.

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Jeremiah, 505, 683.

John, 458, 505, 683.

John H., 684.

John K., Rev., 645.
Joseph, 425, 495-97, 503, 505, 544, 684.
Levi, 496, 684.

Levina, 684.

Lydia, 684.

Mary, 506, 518, 684.
Mary E., 684.

Nathaniel, 496, 684.

Sally C., 684.

Samuel, 461, 484.
Thomas, 496, 502, 683-84.
Timothy W., 683.
William, 441, 461, 684.
Sarah, 505, 683.
Zechariah, 683.
 
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