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 Haley, 
 Piper, 
 
 Neal and 
 
 Ricker 
 Families 
 
 OF MAINE AND 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
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 JOHN W. HAYLEY.
 
 ^^^cU^i^/-l.
 
 Genealogical Memoranda, 
 
 RELATING CHIEFLY TO THE 
 
 Haley, Piper, Neal and Ricker 
 
 FAMILIES 
 
 Of Mainf and New Hampshire. 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 REV. JOHN W. HAYLEY, D. D., 
 
 Author of "Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible," "The Hereafter of Sin," &c. 
 
 LOWELl, MASS. 
 
 Courier-Citizen Co., Printers. 
 
 1900.
 
 Copyright, 1899, 
 
 BY 
 JOHN WILLIAM HAYLEY. 
 
 ALL, BIGHTS RESERVED.
 
 
 To my kindred — to the memory of the 
 departed, and to the kind consideration of the 
 living — this little hook is respectfully dedicated. 
 
 1066631
 
 PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 The reader will please bear in mind that I have not attempted 
 a complete history of any one of the four families considered. I 
 have merely sought to bring together, and arrange in some intel- 
 ligible manner, such genealogical memoranda concerning each 
 family as I could glean from any and every accessible source- 
 It will be noticed that, in many cases, there are " missing links " 
 in the several records. I may be asked, " Why publish, until all 
 these gaps are filled ?" My answer is that, should I wait until 
 all the " missing links " are supplied, the book would never 
 appear. I have thought it better to give to my kindred the 
 genealogical items and data now in my possession than to let all 
 together pass into oblivion. An imperfect record may be better 
 than no record at all, as it seems to me. 
 
 I have spared neither time, labor, nor expense, to make the 
 genealogies as full and accurate as I could. That there are mis- 
 takes—I trust, not many — in the book, I cannot doubt. Those 
 who know most of book-making will best appreciate the impos- 
 sibility of attaining perfect accuracy, and will judge the author's 
 slips and mistakes most leniently. No book absolutely free from 
 typographical or other errors, was ever published. 
 
 In gathering materials for the various genealogical records, 
 I have encountered grave difficulties and obstacles, — some of 
 which are the total or partial loss of ancient records; their 
 meagcrness ; the illegibility of the hand-writing ; and the deface- 
 ment of the MSS., by blurs, stains, and by the wear and tear of 
 time. One very puzzling circumstance is the fact that, in many 
 instances, there were living at the same time several persons 
 bearing precisely the same name. Vox example, some half-dozen 
 persons, each bearing the name of "Walter Neal," were cotem- 
 poraries for a time, and living not far apart. Nearly the same 
 may be said as to the name " Joshua Neal." Often it becomes 
 e.xtremcly difficult, if not impossible, to determine which
 
 "Walter," or "Samuel," or "Joshua" is meant. I can only say 
 that I have tried faithfully to discriminate, but very likely have 
 occasionally erred. If any reader shall detect errors, and will 
 communicate the fact to me, I shall be very grateful. 
 
 It will be noticed that I have generally, though not invaria- 
 bly, arranged persons in the order of generations. In some cases 
 where I was in possession of but few facts concerning the children 
 of a family, I have named them in connection with their parents, 
 instead of in a separate division. Probably no one will be misled 
 by this grouping of names. 
 
 In conclusion, I tender my very hearty thanks to all the 
 numerous and courteous friends and correspondents who, in any 
 manner, by furnishing facts and data, or otherwise, have aided 
 me in the prolonged and laborious task of compiling and prepar- 
 mg this book. 
 
 JOHN W. HAYLEY. 
 
 271 Gorham St., Lowell, Mass., Oct., 1899.
 
 HALEY FAMILY. 
 
 There is a tradition — I know not how well founded — that 
 the Haley or Hayley family in this country owe their origin to 
 three brothers who, many years ago, came over from the west of 
 England. This tradition, if I mistake not, was related to me, 
 near half a century since, by a very aged and intelligent member 
 of the family. 
 
 With reference to the spelling of the name, there is con- 
 siderable diversity. It has been written Haley, Hailey, Hayley, 
 Haile, Hally, Hailey, Hele, and, in one of "York Deeds," is 
 spelled Hallye! It may be that Healy, Heley, and Healey 
 are but variations of the original name. From ancient records I 
 have gathered that a very common form of old-time spelling 
 was "Hayley." The poet, William Hayley, Cowper's friend, 
 adopted this form of the patronymic, and the writer hereby con- 
 fesses his own preference for this form of the family name. 
 
 The derivation of the name is variously given in biographical 
 dictionaries and by other genealogical authorities. Some say 
 that Hayley is from "hay'' and "lea," as noting a hay-field, — 
 like Hayvvard from "hay" and "ward." Others derive the name 
 Haley or Hailey from "hail'' and "y,"'thus giving the name a 
 meteorological allusion. An authority states that " Hailey " or 
 "Hayley" is the name of a certain "chapelry" — territory per- 
 taining to a chapel — in O.xford County, I*2ngland. If I mistake 
 not, a town in England is named " Haileybury." Under the 
 circumstances, there seems considerable latitude for one's per- 
 sonal preferences as to both the spelling and the derivation of the 
 family name. 
 
 From I'^airbairn on " Crests " (revised by Fo.x-Davies), we 
 learn that the crest of the Ilaleys of London and Middlesex 
 (Eng.) is "a goat's head erased arg. gorged with a chaplct gu."
 
 That of the family in Sussex; "on a crescent arg. a cross patonce 
 gu." And that of Hayley of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, is 
 "a crescent arg., charged with a cross patt6e gu." This, of 
 course, is intelHgible only to those versed in heraldry. 
 
 It will be noted, moreover, that Shropshire, otherwise 
 " Salop," is one of the westernmost counties of England, and 
 bordering upon Wales. And from all I can gather, it is from 
 the Hayley family of this western English county that my 
 ancestors came. 
 
 It may be added that, though there are many Irish families 
 bearing the names " Haley " and " Healey," I find no trace of 
 Irish blood in the family to which I have the honor to belong. 
 In an examination of lists comprising many hundred names of 
 members of the family, I have found not one instance of dis- 
 tinctively Irish names, such as Patrick, Michael, Dennis, Bridget, 
 and the like. This circumstance points almost indubitably to 
 the non-Celtic origin of the family under consideration. To 
 which we add that, early in the seventeenth century, at which 
 time the Haleys made their appearance on our shores, Ireland 
 was not as yet sending emigrants to this country. Emigra- 
 tion was then mainly English. 
 
 Although our field of view is chiefly restricted to Maine and 
 New Hampshire, it may not be amiss to note the fact that John 
 Haley, then resident in Hadley, Mass., married Mrs. Ruth Gay- 
 lord in 1 68 1. It seems not improbable that he was a brother or 
 near relative of the Maine pioneers to be mentioned later. We 
 are also told that in 1640 William Haley was one of the settlers 
 of the town of Reading, Mass. 
 
 It is also stated that there were Haleys in Boston, in Con- 
 necticut, and in New York at an early period (see at end of 
 this genealogy); and that on May 21, 1635, "Matthew Heley " 
 embarked in the "Matthew" of London, Richard Goddard, mas- 
 ter, for St. Christophers, West Indies. What was the special 
 attraction in this and the following instances we fail to see. 
 
 It is a matter of interest to add that Hotten, in his " Lists 
 of Emigrants to America, 1600-1700," alludes to the burial of 
 "Anthony Hayley," on June 30, 1679, in the parish of St. 
 Michael's, Barbadoes.
 
 The same author credits "Thomas Haley," about 1680, with 
 the possession of 12 acres of land, in the parish of Christ Church, 
 in the same W. I. island. 
 
 He also chronicles the fact that "Richard Heylei," aged 22, 
 was, on March 16, 1634, licensed to sail from " Mildred, Hred- 
 strete," to New P2ngland, in the " Chrystian," with W^hite as 
 Master. 
 
 (It might be queried how, if at all, this Richard was related 
 to Andrew and Thomas of Maine, to be spoken of later on. 
 Could he have been their father .') 
 
 Also, that "Ellen Haly," aged 155, was listed to sail in the 
 ""Primrose," from Gravesend for Virginia, on July 27, 1635. 
 
 In the " N. E. Hist, and Genealogical Register," Vol. 27, pp. 
 138-9, a large number of persons bearing the name of " Heley" 
 are mentioned. Also, Savage, in his " Genealogical Dictionary," 
 gives a large list of " Healeys," — the variant forms, "Hale," 
 *' Heale," and " Hele," being occasionally found in the records. 
 
 And Mr. P'armer, in his "Genealogical Register,'' p. 140, 
 enumerates the following persons : 
 
 Thomas Ilealey, Cambridge, 1635. 
 
 William Healey, 'Cambridge, 1645. 
 
 He gives the latter's children as follows: Hannah, ICliza- 
 beth, Sarah, William, Grace, Nathaniel, Martha, Samuel, Paul, 
 and Mary — ten in number. 
 
 It may be queried whether the latter William was not the 
 Reading settler above referred to. However interesting it might 
 be, it would lead us too far afield to attempt to answer the 
 various questions which naturally arise. I'^or, as we do not pro- 
 pose to write a history of the entire family, but merely to include 
 a special branch or two of it, we must not delay. 
 
 Just here it is proper to say that we have derivetl consitler- 
 able aid from Ridlon's " Families and Settlements of Saco 
 Valley," Portland, 1895. This book contains so much of good 
 material that it ought to have been made a much better book. 
 By severe condcn.sation, by greater care in the verification of 
 facts and dates, by more pains expended in tracing the relation- 
 ship between different mem!)ers and branches of the family, and
 
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 by a scrupulous adjustment of the chronjology of events, the real 
 value of the book might have been vastly increased. 
 
 We have also obtained information of importance from 
 various old records at Kittery, Wells, Alfred, and other places ;. 
 from Folsom's History of Saco, from Wheeler's History of 
 Brunswick and Topsham, from Bourne's History of Wells, from 
 Willis' History of Portland, from Mrs. E. C. Tooker of New- 
 York, historian of the Haley family ; and from the records left 
 by the late Samuel Gordon Haley of East Andover, N. H., who, 
 by the way, was a classmate of the writer at Dartmouth College^ 
 i860. These carefully prepared records are now in the archives 
 of the Massachusetts Historic Genealogical Society in Boston. 
 
 In a word,- no available source of information relative to the 
 genealogy of the Haley family has been neglected. The begin- 
 nings of the family in northern New England, seem to have 
 been at Kittery and Saco, Me. From these two foci the family 
 has spread through Maine and New Hampshire, and, indeed, in 
 several other States of the Union. We have found members of 
 the family in Topsham, Gardiner, Saco, Alfred, Wells, and 
 Kittery, Me. ; in Portsmouth, Dover, Newmarket, Exeter, 
 Epping, Andover, Wolfboro', and Tuftonboro', N. H. ; not to 
 enumerate other towns and cities "too numerous to mention." 
 
 The earliest Haleys with whom this sketch has chiefly to do 
 lived in the seventeenth century. They were Thomas Haley 
 of Saco, and Andrew Haley of Kittery, Me. They were 
 cotemporaries, and, it is supposed, brothers, or, at all events, 
 nearly related. Whether they themselves were emigrants or the 
 sons of emigrants does not yet appear. 
 
 Savage mentions a William Haley, of Roxbury, formerly of 
 Lynn, who died in 1683, aged 70, and therefore was born in 1613. 
 May not this William be the one whom Farmer mentions as a 
 resident of Cambridge in 1645 •'' And may not Thomas Healey 
 (or Haley), whom P'armer locates at Cambridge in 1635, have 
 been the father of Thomas and Andrew above mentioned, who 
 may have gone in early manhood from the vicinity of Boston to 
 Saco and Kittery.^ And may not the first emigrant ancestor 
 of the Haley family have landed at Lynn or at Ipswich, as did the
 
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 ancestor of the Piper family ? We look to see these questions 
 answered in Mrs. Tooker's forthcoming book. 
 
 Thomas Haley appeared in Saco at a date not precisely 
 settled, but previous to 1650. In 1653 this man was one of those 
 who, in writing, promised submission to the government of 
 Massachusetts ; and, in the same year, he was granted " 2 akers 
 of marsh " at the division of public lands by the selectmen of 
 the town of Saco. And, in 168 1, the town granted to Thomas 
 Haley enough additional land to make his house lot equal to 50 
 acres. In 1673, Thomas Haley was conducting a ferry across 
 the Saco, near its mouth. And the court ordered that he should 
 furnish "a good sufficient boat," capable of carrying three horses 
 over at a time. 
 
 John West, an early settler, was living in Saco in 1638, but, 
 about 1659, he removed to. Wells, where he died in 1663. 
 In 16153 Thomas Haley married Mary, the daughter of John 
 West. She died in 1658, quite suddenly. There does not seem 
 to have been an overflowing cordiality between the father-in-law 
 and Thomas; since, in his will. West bequeathed certain property 
 to his grandchildren, naming William Cole of Wells tru.stee for 
 them, with the curt but explicit proviso that " their father, 
 Thomas Haley, shall have nothing to do with it." Thomas, how- 
 ever, had property of his own; for, about 1684, he transfers his 
 property to his son Thomas, "my only beloved son." With 
 regard to Thomas and Mary (West) Haley : this couj^le had four 
 children— Ann, Lydia, Samuel, and Thoma.s. According to 
 Savage and FoLsom, the son, Thomas, Jr., "Sergeant Haley," 
 was killed by the Indians near Saco Fort, late in the Summer of 
 1695. He, with other soldiers, ventured out of the fort, to cut 
 some wood. While thus engaged, they were attacked by the 
 savages, and he was slain. 
 
 It is also related that the father, Thomas, Sr., was slaughtered 
 by the same enemy in 1724, at Wintef Harbor. The story goes 
 that the redskins tolled him into the woods, near sunset. Having 
 killed his cow, they took her bell, and tinkled it so skilfully as to 
 make him think that she was receding from him. When they 
 had enticed him to a sufficient distance, they dispatched him, and 
 cut his body into pieces, as a butcher cuts up a hog! We sup-
 
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 pose they must have owed him a peculiar grudge, for some 
 reason. 
 
 It may be added that Thomas, Jr., is said to have married 
 Sarah Meyer, though the date of the marriage is not known to 
 the writer. There is reason for believing that the couple had 
 several children, as may be inferred from "York Deeds." 
 
 From " N. H. Hist. Coll." we learn that, in 1790, "Thomas 
 Hayley " was living at Exeter, N. H., at the age of 98. There 
 is a well authenticated tradition that, up to within three or four 
 years of his death, this hardy old man was accustomed, once 
 each Summer, to swim across the river near his home, and to 
 return "in the same way. 
 
 We judge that he was a son of Thomas, Jr., the " Sergeant," 
 above mentioned. He seems to have been born in 1692, some 
 three years before his father's tragic end. Authorities generally 
 agree that the posterity of Thomas, Sr., in later generations, was 
 very numerous, but they have become so intermingled, in the 
 process of the years, with the descendants of his cotemporary 
 Andrew, that it is indeed difficult, if not impossible, to draw the 
 • line of division, and say which is which. 
 
 There are a large number of Haleys in the State of Maine, 
 and elsewhere, who may be descendants of either of the pioneers, 
 so far as appears. Tn the following sketch, we shall deal chiefly 
 with the Kittery line. 
 
 FIRST GENERATION. 
 
 Andrew Haley of Kittery seems to have had his residence 
 in that part of the town known as "Spruce Creek." Unfortu- 
 nately but few incidents of his life and career are left on record. 
 Some have asserted, though we do not credit it, that " Haley's 
 Island," one of the " Isles of Shoals," was named after this 
 pioneer. His name appears in several deeds, and other docu- 
 ments, at intervals for a number of years. In a deed to Thomas 
 Donill, dated Oct. 30, 1684, he is styled "Andrew Haley, fisher- 
 man of Spruce Creek." The date of his decease I have been 
 unable to learn. 
 
 There is a tradition that Andrew and his family owned a 
 large tract of land — a mile square — at " Spruce Creek." It is said
 
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 that the remaios of the ancestral home of the Haleys are still to 
 be seen at that place. 
 
 SECOND GENERATION. 
 
 Andrew Haley married Deborah, daughter of Gowan 
 Willson, a promment citizen of Kittery. Date of marriage 
 unknown. Andrew received a " deed of gift " of real estate on 
 June 2, 1684. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Andrew, ]r„ m. I'^lizabeth, daughter of Humphrey Scammon, 
 July 25, 1697. 
 
 Anna, m. Richard Westgate. 
 Deborah, m. Richard Crockitt. 
 Deliverance, m. George Berry. 
 Arodas, m. Samuel Skillan. 
 Elizabeth, m. Nicholas Hillieur. 
 
 THIRD GENERATION. 
 
 Andrew, Jr., m. IClizabeth Scammon. 
 
 THEIR children. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1698; m. Peter Lewis, Dec. 29, 1726. 
 
 Andrew, 3d, b. Jan. 22, 1700 ; m. Mary Briar of Kittery, Aug. 
 7, 1727; d. 1775. His will proved, Jan. 25, 1776. 
 
 William, b. I'^eb. 17, 1704; died early, unmarried. 
 
 Samuel, b. Feb. 17, 1706; m. Grace Lewis, Nov. 21, 1733; 
 their son Samuel bapt. Mar. 21, 1751. 
 
 Sarah, b. April 7, 1709; m. Joseph Weeks of Kittery, April 
 23, 1726. 
 
 John, b. June 14, 1712 ; m. . 
 
 Rebecca, b. 1714; m. Charles Smith, July 19, 1735. 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 Andrew, 31), married Mary Briar. 
 
 TIli:iK CIIII.DKEX. 
 
 John, h. June 20, 1737 ; m. Mary Malcom ; settled in Hollis, 
 Me.; d. 18 16.
 
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 Joseph, 1). 1738; m. Mary Goodwin; d. in 1800; lived in 
 Topshani. 
 
 Richard, bapt. July 5, 1741 ; m. Mary Leavitt ; settled in 
 Alfred ; served in the Revolutionary Army, and died Jan. 25, 
 1829, aged 88 years. In January, 1766, Richard Haley, with 
 Walter Neal and others, petitioned the Legislature for a bridge 
 over the river at a plac/j called " New Fields." (N. H. Provincial 
 Papers, Vol. IX., pp. 594-5.) 
 
 Andrew, 4th, b. ; m. ; settled in Kittery. 
 
 Mary, b. ; m. Runlet. 
 
 Elizabeth, b. ; m. Samuel Neal of Stratham, F'eb. 7, 
 
 1754- 
 
 [This couple were among the ancestors of Mrs. Mary Neal 
 Hanaford of Chadwick, III, a lady who is much interested in the 
 history and genealogy of the Neal family.] 
 
 John, m. . 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 The names of nine are recorded, but I have the name of 
 but one. That one, Robert, m. Elizabeth Parker, Sept. 10, 1772. 
 And their son, Robert, Jr„ became the founder of a family in Tuf- 
 tonboro', N. H., which will be noticed later on. It may be added 
 that William, the brother of Robert, Jr., was the great-grandfather 
 of Mrs. E. C. Tooker, the historian of the Haley Family. The 
 line of descent is as follows : William above named married 
 Nancy Doane in 1807. They had four children. Of these, John 
 Doane Haley married Mary J. Jones, and they had four children. 
 Of these latter, Christina J, married John W. Stimson, and they 
 had two children. Of the latter, Maude W„ born Oct. 9, 1863, 
 married PIdmund C. Tooker, Dec. 8, 1886. They have three 
 children. Mrs. Tooker is gathering, with great zeal and diligence, 
 materials for the History of the Haley Family. Her P. O. 
 address is 68 West P^ortieth Street, New York City.
 
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 FIFTH GENERATION. 
 
 John II.\li:v, m. Mary Malcom. 
 
 TIIKIK CIIII.DKKX. 
 
 Accoi-ding" to Ridloii, they had the chikh'cn, of whom Capt 
 William was one. lie went to Mollis in 1795, and died there in 
 1863. It is stated that Capt. William had ele\-cn children. 
 
 Josi'.i'ii, m. Mary Goodwin of W'clls ; moved to Brunswick, 
 and later to Toi:)sham, where he died in May, 1800. 
 
 IIIKIR CIIILDRKX. 
 
 Susanna, Joseph, Mary, (m. Goodwin of Wells), Joshua, John, 
 (b. in 1777), Samuel. Moses, 
 
 [Another Josiwii IIalkv was a resident of Topsham, and 
 followed the clothier's trade, being known as "Fuller Haley.'' 
 He was a contemporary of the Joseph above named, who married 
 Mary Goodwin, and was related to him, but I know not in what 
 degree. 
 
 This J()si:iMi m Ivsthcr Towns, of Kennebunk, and they had 
 twehe children : 
 
 John, b. May 4, 1777; m. MiUiken. 
 
 Olive, b. Jan. 22, 1779; m. Obed Burnham. 
 
 Jesse, 1). Sej:)!. 8, 1780; unmarried. 
 
 Susanna, b. Oct. 8, 1783 ; ni. David I^'oster. 
 
 Sarah, b. July 22, 1784; m. Actor Wil.son. 
 
 Joseph, b. Dec. 6, 1785 ; m. Towns of Kennebunk. 
 
 Esther, b. May 6, 1787; m. Timothy Foster. 
 
 Rebecca,!). Dec. i, 1788; unmarried. 
 
 James, b. Oct. 26, 1790; m. Lois Durell. 
 
 Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 1793 ; unmarried. 
 
 Abner, b. Mar. 30, 1795. 
 
 Ruth, b. Nov. 4, 1796; unmarried. 
 
 Vov sketches of Capt. Peletiah of To|)sham, with other 
 Haleys, the reader is referred to Wheeler's " History of Bruns- 
 wick and To|)sham," and for accounts of Benjamin Haley, a very 
 prominent citizen, and others of the name in Saco, one may con- 
 sult Folsom's " History of Saco and Biddeford.'' It should be
 
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 added that the Saco Haleys seem mainly or wholly to have 
 sprung from Thomas, rather than from Andrew Haley, although 
 there has been more or less of intermixture of the two lines in 
 the process of time.] 
 
 Richard married Mary Leavitt, and settled at first in 
 Kittery, and later in Alfred. By his father's will, dated 1777, he 
 received certain lands and buildmgs in Kittery and Berwick, and 
 was named the sole executor of the will. 
 
 Mary Leavitt, it is said, was related to one branch of the 
 family, which formerly lived in Tuftonboro', N. H. — the Leavitts 
 who lived on the " Mountain Road," so called, but I cannot state 
 the precise relationship. 
 
 CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND MARY. 
 
 Andrew, b. ; m. Abbott ; settled in Shapleigh 
 
 Me.; d. . 
 
 William, b. abt. 1765 ; m. Lois Ricker of Coxhall (now 
 Lyman) abt. 1790-91 ; d. April, 1830. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. ; m. Sarah Barter of Alfred ; moved to 
 
 Parsonsfield, where he died. His family seem to have removed 
 to Cornish, where some of his descendants are still residing. 
 
 Richard, b. ; m. Mehitable Hutchins of Kennebunk 
 
 Port ; lived and died in Alfred. 
 
 Nancy, b. ; m. an Abbott ;. moved to Shapleigh, and 
 
 died there. 
 
 Mary (Polly), b. Mar. 19, 1780; m. Joseph Averill, July 13, 
 1808, as his third wife ; settled in Berwick, Me.; died in Lowell, 
 Mass. (By the three wives Mr. Averill was the father of nine- 
 teen children.) 
 
 Susan (Sukey), b. Jan., 1783; m. Jonathan Trafton; passed 
 her life in Alfred, and died July 17, 1881, aged 98 years and 6 
 months. 
 
 Betsey, b. Nov., 1785 ; m. Samuel Trafton; lived in Alfred, 
 and died Dec. 23, 1876, aged 91 years and i month. 
 
 P'rom this venerable lady, the writer obtained, many years 
 since, numerous items of genealogical information of the highest 
 value.
 
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 Richard Haley, Sr., was, as noted above, a soldier in the 
 American Revolution. From records preserved in the archives 
 at Augusta, Me., and at Boston, Mass., I gather the following 
 items : 
 
 It appears that he enlisted subsequent to Jan. i, 1 781, at 
 which time the general government took charge of enlistments. 
 His service was in " the Massachusetts line," as the records state. 
 He received a pension of $96 a year, beginning with April 8, 
 1818, and died, as above .stated, on Jan. 25, 1829, at the age of 
 88 years. 
 
 It is rather singular that another " Richard Haley "' was also 
 a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, hailing, apparently, from 
 Cornish, in New Hampshire. He was Sergeant in Col. Jonathan 
 Chase's regiment, and marched with his comrades to reinforce 
 the garrison at Ticonderoga in 1777. 
 
 I have been unable to learn anything with regard to the 
 lineage of this Richard Haley. 
 
 SIXTH GENERATION. 
 Andkkw, m. an Abbott, and settled in Shapleigh. 
 
 TllKIK CHILDREN. 
 
 It is said that eleven children were born to this couple, but 
 I have the name of Clara only, who was reported a resident of 
 Dover, N. H some years since. 
 
 William, m. Lois Ricker, and settled, first, in Alfred; then, 
 in 1797, when his daughter Elsie was an infant, he moved to 
 Tuftonboro' Neck, N. II. Later the family lived near the "Nine- 
 teen Mile Brook," so called; finally removing to the Okl Hill, 
 now styled "Mount Pleasant," where William and his wife died. 
 
 THEIR CllII.DREX. 
 
 Betsey, b. in Alfred about 1793; m. Rev. Joim Walker, 
 May 7, 1820; moved later to Ossipee, N. H. ; had one ilaughter, 
 Betsey, who m. Cyrus Hanson, and tl. without childreiL Mr. 
 Walker d. in Ossipee in May, 1870, and his wife d. Nov. 16, 1S88, 
 at the age of 95.
 
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 Elsie, b. in Alfred, May 22, 1797; m. Samuel Piper, Nov. 6, 
 1822; had five children; d. May 4, 1895, aged 98 years, lacking 
 eighteen days. 
 
 (See further particulars under "Piper Genealogy.") 
 
 Sally, b. in Tuftonboro', N. H., June 21, 1799; m. David 
 Piper in 1820; had seven children; d. Sept. 9, 1876. 
 
 (See further under "Piper Genealogy.") 
 
 Thatcher, b. April 7, 1801; d. of typhus fever at Dan vers, 
 Mass., Sept. 3, 1822. 
 
 William, b. May 29, 1803; d. of typhus fever at Danvers, 
 Aug. 14, 1822. The certificate of the undertaker, Thomas Boden 
 of Danvers, shows that, owing no doubt to the contagious nature 
 of the fever, William was buried on the very day of his decease. 
 I think that the same was true of Thatcher. The sudden death 
 of these two sons in their early manhood was a life-long sorrow 
 to their afiflicted mother. 
 
 John Smith, b. Scpi. 11, 1805; m. Mary Neal, daughter of 
 Timothy and Hannah (Neal) Piper, on Dec. 20, 1832; d. April 
 26, 1884, aged y8 years. They had six children. 
 
 Enoch, b. Oct. 31, 1807; m. Cynthia, daughter of P'rancis 
 and Abigail (Wiggin) Piper, on May 4, 1834; d. July 31, 1894. 
 Two children. 
 
 Louisa, b. Mar. 7, 1810 ; m. George W. Davis of New Dur- 
 ham, in March, 1840; d. June 19, 1883. Two children. Mr. 
 Davis was born May 29, 1808, and died June 9, 1865. 
 
 Grandfather William, in 1806, was commissioned as Ensign 
 in the 27th Regiment of militia, his commission bearing date of 
 June 6th, and being signed by Gov. John Langdon of N. H. 
 Grandfather is said to have been some six feet in height, weigh- 
 ing about 180 pounds; with dark hair and eyes, and alert and 
 active in his movements. In his earlier manhood he labored as 
 a ship carpenter in various ship yards along the coast, presuma- 
 bly in Kittery, York and Wells. In 181 8 he purchased the Old 
 Hill, in Tuftonboro', where he resided at the time of his death. 
 The deed, dated Jan. 13, 181 8, was given by Alexander Ladd of 
 Portsmouth, one of the early Proprietors. Grandfather came to 
 his end in a singular manner. He was working in a well, and a 
 stone becoming detached at the top, fell, striking him on the
 
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 back, causing a wound which speedily developed into a malignant 
 cancer, resulting in his death after months of suffering. 
 
 Nathaniel, brother of William, b. in Kittery ; m. Sarah 
 Barter of Alfred ; d. in Parsonsfield. 
 
 THEIK CHILDREN. 
 
 Benjamin, ni. lietsey Sargent, and had three children, — 
 Harrison (m. Alary Whitten, and had si.x children), Sarah (m. 
 John Linscott of Cornish, and had three children), Abbie (m. 
 Andrew J. Woodman of Wilmington, Del, and had three 
 children). 
 
 Lydia. m. Paul Pende.xter, and had nine children. 
 
 Polly, m. Noah- Weeks, and had seven children. 
 
 Nancy, died unmarried. 
 
 Richard, m. Mehitable Hutchins. Born, I judge, in Kittery ; 
 lived and died in Alfred. 
 
 THEIR children. 
 
 John, m. a Gerry ; had one son, Joseph G. ; d. 
 
 Leavitt, m. Lucy Going. They had six children, — Charles, 
 Timothy, Louisa J., Hannah A., Richard, Frank. 
 
 Andrew, m. Lydia Trijjp. Four children, — Alonzo, Lydia 
 F., Ferdinand O., Alfred L. 
 
 Mary married Nathaniel Leach, and died many years since. 
 
 Susan, b. iSogor 1 8 lo, m. John Lewis, and had three children, — 
 ILinnah J. (m. Paul Webber in 1855 ; had one son, Eugene L.), 
 Abbie M., not married, Mary L., m. Roberts. 
 
 Mr. Lewis was the only son of Morgan Lewis, Jr, who 
 married Mary' Shorey of Wolfeboro', N. H., presumably the 
 sister of John Shorey, the first of the name in that town. 
 Morgan, Jr., was the youngest son of I\Lajor Morgan Lewis of 
 the Revolutionary Army. 
 
 Nancy, m. an Abbott; settled in Shapleigh. Mc. ; had twelve 
 children, namely : 
 
 James H., resident of Great I'alls, N. IL 
 
 William, resident of Boston, Mass.
 
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 Richard, resident of Portland, Me. 
 Mary A. Ham, resident of Shapleigh, Me. 
 Nancy Wherrin, resident of Kittery, Me., 
 Susan Webber, resident of Shapleigh, Me. 
 Alice Tiney, resident of VVenham, Mass. 
 Andrew, resident of Portland, Me. 
 Lucretia Woodsum, resident of Peterboro', Me. 
 Nathaniel, resident of Shapleigh, Me. 
 Philena, resident of Wenham, Mass. 
 John, d. in Havana, Cuba. 
 
 In the case of five of the daughters in this list, I have given 
 their names as they stood after marriage. 
 
 Mary, m. Joseph Averill, and settled in Berwick. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Rachel, b. P'eb. 8, 1810; m. Siner ; no children; d. in 
 'Lowell, Mass. 
 
 Eliza, b. Mar. 25, 1811 ; m. John Livingstone; no children. 
 He died in Lowell, and she died in Beverly. 
 
 Susan, b. Aug. 7, 1812; m. Judge Pillsbury, and lived in 
 Penola, 111. 
 
 William, b. Mar. 20, 1814; lived in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Alexander, b. Sept. 19, 18 15. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. Jan. 2, 181 8; lived in Leepertown, 111. 
 
 Joseph, b. July i, 1819; lived in Springfield, Mass. 
 
 Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1820; lived in Springfield. 
 
 Richard, b. Sept. 6, 1823 ; d. in Penola, 111. 
 
 Mary (Haley) Averill, the mother, died in Lowell, Mass., at 
 the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Livingstone. 
 
 Betsey, m. Samuel Trafton, and lived in Alfred. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Olive, who died early. 
 
 John, m. Betsey Jewett ; settled in Alfred. Three children, 
 — Samuel, Olive and Lizzie. 
 Lorenzo (M. D.), deceased.
 
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 Sl'Sax, m. Jonathan Trafton, and settled in Alfred. 
 
 THEIK ClIILDKKN. 
 
 Henrietta, ni. Nathaniel Leach. They lived in Kennebunk 
 Port. 
 
 Abiel Gardner, m. (i) Susan Allen, (2) Hannah, her sister, 
 (3) Lydia Lewis. One child by each wife. Dr. Clark was son of 
 first wife, and Dr. Alonzo, now of Boston, was son of the second. 
 
 Theodore, ni. ; lived in the Aroostook country, I 
 
 believe. 
 
 Susan, m. (i) Wormwood, (2) Larrabee ; settled in Kenne- 
 bunk Port. 
 
 Hannah, m. James Bean ; children, Lorenzo and Charles. 
 She died in July, 1899. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION. 
 Betsey Halev, m. Rev. John Walker. 
 
 THEIR CHILDKE.X. 
 
 Betsey, b. ; m. Cyrus Hanson ; d. . 
 
 Elsie, m. Samuel Piper. 
 
 THEIR CIIII.DREX. 
 
 (See " Piper Genealogy.") 
 SALL^■, m. David Piper. 
 
 THEIR CIIII.DKEX. 
 
 (See "Piper Genealogy.") 
 John Smiiii Hai.ev, m. Mary Neal Piper. 
 Tin:iR cHir.i)Ri:.\. 
 
 John "William, b, June 8, 1834; m., Nov. 12, i860, Caroline 
 S., daughter of Titus V. Wadsworth of l"'ranklin, N. IL, graduate 
 of Mt. Ilolyoke Seminary, class of 1859. 
 
 •nii':iR cmi.DRicx. 
 
 Clarence Park, b. Jan. 6, 1863; d. Dec. 6, 1865. 
 Ernest Hutchinson, b. Aug. 8, 1864; d. Mar. 23, 1868. 
 Herman Wadsworth, b. May 7, 1867; d. Sept. 24, 1899.
 
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 Eugene, b. Mar. 19, 1869; d. Mar. 20, 1873. 
 
 Cora Evelyn, b. Oct. 2, 1870. 
 
 Alice VVarde, b. Dec. 12, 1872. 
 
 Mabel Rosalind, b. Oct. 3, 1874; d. Sept. 26, 1875. 
 
 Eerdinand H., b. June 14, 1879. 
 
 Grace, b. Sept. 28, 1881 ; d. Sept. 30. 
 
 [John W., graduated at Dart. Coll. i860; Andover Sem. 
 1864; published "Discrepancies of the Bible," 1874 ; "Hereafter 
 of Sni," 1881; edited and collaborated Lowell Hebrew Club's 
 "Translation of the Book of Esther, with Notes and Excur- 
 suses," 1885. He has nearly ready for the press " Fancies and 
 Follies of the Middle Ages," and a treatise on the Accumulation 
 of Wealth. His son, Herman W. (Amherst Coll., 1887, and 
 Ph. D., Harvard), published " Introduction to the Verse of 
 Terence," 1894; contributed Pp. 437-485 to Lane's Latin 
 Grammar; and in 1898 published an elaborate critical edition of 
 the "Alcestis" of Euripides. He died in Boston, Sept. 24, 
 1899. At the time of his decease, he was Professor of Latin in 
 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. ; and had begun the 
 preparation of a critical edition of the Latin poet Terence. He 
 had also contributed to " Harvard Studies " and other learned 
 periodicals.] 
 
 Hannah Elisabeth, b. July 18, 1836 ; d. Sept. 4, 1838. 
 
 Mary Eleanor, b. Sept. 5, 1838 ; m. Rev. Hiram C. Duganne, 
 May 19, 1861. He died June 14, 1885. In July, 1870, Mr. 
 Duganne took charge of the " Ministry-at-Large," in Lowell, 
 Mass., which position he filled most efficiently and creditably for 
 fifteen years, until his decease. During this period he was ably 
 seconded by his devoted wife, who continued in the benevolent 
 work nearly two years after the death of her husband. They 
 had no children. 
 
 Timothy Avans, M. D., b. July 24, 1840 ; served in the Civil 
 War in Co. K, 12th Reg., N. H. V.; afterwards graduated from 
 Dart. Med. Coll., 1867; m. Corinne C. Pierce of Dighton, Mass., 
 Dec. 19, 1869; practised medicine in his native town successfully 
 for some thirty years. They have no children. 
 
 Joshua Makenzie, b^Jul^ ii, 1843. Is unmarried, and living 
 in Tuftonboro', on the homestead.
 
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 Hannah Elisabeth, 2cl, b. Nov. 24, 1845; grad. Bates Coll., 
 Me., 1873; "Christ. Biblical Institute," N. Y., 1877; afterwards 
 a successful evangelist in N. E., the Middle States, and, to some 
 extent, in the West. Large numbers of persons professed con- 
 version under her faithful ministrations. She died in Lo\ve!l, 
 Mass., Dec. 21, 1897. 
 
 Enoch Halev, m. Cynthia Piper. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. ^, j j. J^^ . /^, /, ;^,;/^ , /T./, 
 
 Frank, Rev. and M. D., b. Feb. 20, 1835^; grad. Dart. Med. 
 Coll., 185&; Andover Theo. Sem., 1863 ; m. (i) on Dec. 21, 1857, 
 Rhoda J. 'Hayes, (b. Oct. i, 1840; d. Feb. 23, 1877); (2) Strsaft 
 Plummer, on May i, 1878. "^xx^oM^ 
 
 Children, by first marriage — Mary Lillian, b. Sept. 25, 1858 ; 
 m. Albert L. Hunt, Dec. 21, 1882 ; d. in Boston, April 16, 1891 ; 
 Agnes Cynthia, b. Jan. 29, 1864. By second marriage — Susan 
 Plummer, b. in Seabrook, N. H., Sept. 15, 1879. 
 
 In his twofold capacity Dr. P>ank has been able to minister 
 effectively to both the physical and the spiritual needs of the 
 community. He is a resident of Milton, N. H., and is librarian 
 of the Nute Library in that town. 
 
 Abbie R, b. April 12, 1847 ; m. John W. Parker, Dec. 23, 
 1869. One son, Ralph Samuel, b. . 
 
 Louis.v, m. George W. Davis of New Durham ; afterwards 
 removed to Moultonboro', N. H. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Charles Woodbury, b. Jan. 9, 1842 ; m. Sarah S. I'^-rnald, 
 May 28, 1 87 1. They have no children. Mr. Davis is a well 
 known and prosperous business man. now residing at Mclviji 
 Village, N. H. 
 
 Ruth, b. July 19, 1847 ; d. Jan. 19, 1869. She died unmarried. 
 
 Robert Halev, Jr., a descendant of Andri;w of Spruce 
 Creek, was the founder of a family of Haleys in Tuftonboro'.
 
 ^hillaber, b. 
 ' -•■• boro', Aug. 8, li 
 
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 His line of descent is as follows : Andrew (i), Andrew, Jr. (2), 
 John (3), Robert (4), Robert, Jr. (5). 
 
 Robert, Sr., m. Elizabeth Parker, Sept. 10, 1772. 
 
 Robert, Jr., b. in Kittery, Dec. 22, 1778; killed on railroad 
 near So. Berwick, Feb. 20, 1845. He married (i) Nancy Shil- 
 laber, of Portsmouth, March 14, 1802; (2) Mrs. Sally (White- 
 house) Wiggin. First wife b. July 25, 1779; d. Jan. 23, 1832. 
 All the children were by the first marriage, and all are dead. 
 
 SIXTH GENERATION. 
 Robert Haley, Jr., m. Nancy Shillaber. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Eliza, b. in Eliot, Me., Dec. 22, 1802. 
 ^hillaber, b. in Rochester, N. H., July 15, 1804 
 
 Rochester, N. H., Oct. 23, 1808; d. in Wolfe- 
 ;88o. 
 
 Twin boys died in infancy. 
 
 Parker, b. in Tuftonboro', N. H., Sept. 20, 181 5. 
 Nathaniel, b. in Tuftonboro', N. H., May 10, 1818. 
 John, b. in Tuftonboro', N. H., May 2, 1820. 
 Nancy S„ born in Tuftonboro', N. H., Nov. 18, 1823 ; d. July 
 16, 1869. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION. 
 
 Abel Haley, m. (i) Mrs. Edith (Dodge) Tibbetts, Dec. 25, 
 1831. She was born in Beverly, Mass., Mar. 17, 1799, and died 
 in Tuftonboro', N. H, June 17, 1850. He married (2) Mrs. 
 Lucinda C. (Piper) Pinkham, daughter of Adjutant John Piper. 
 The children were all by the first marriage, and all born in 
 Tuftonboro'. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Abel, b. Aug. 27, 1832, d. Oct. 6, 1834. 
 
 Nancy S., b. Jan. 6, 1834, d. Mar. 14, 1871 ; m. Edwin 
 Livingstone, Nov. 14, 1866; no children. 
 
 Abel S„ b. Mar. 30, 1835 ; d. April 14, 1891 ; m. Laura A. 
 French, Sept. 28, 1862; two children,— Fred H., b. Jan. 6, 1872 ; 
 Blanche, b. Dec. 28, 1876.
 
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 Lydia C b. Nov. 14, 1836; m. Hazeltine Wiggin, Aug., 1859. 
 No children. Mr. Wiggin died .some years since. 
 
 Levi T., b. June 20, 1838 ; m. Mary L. Evans, Feb. 15, 1879. 
 One son. Abel, b. April 19, 1880. Levi was for some years 
 sheriff of Carroll Co. 
 
 James D„ b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. Clara Colbar, IVLiy 6, 1886. 
 Three children,— Paul, b. May 8, 1887; Edith D., b. Nov. 24, 
 1888; Russell, b. Aug., 1894. 
 
 Edith D„ b. Mar. 30, 1842; m. Wm. H. Cate, June i, 1862. 
 One son, Fred H., b. Sept. 23, 1867. Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Sarah E., b. June i, 1845 ! unmarried. 
 
 Ainu., Sk., was a prominent citizen, and hektmany offices of 
 responsibility during his residence in Tuftonbort)'and Wolfeboro'. 
 
 Joiix, brother of the last named, m. (i) Sarah Barker of 
 Stratham ; (2) Mrs. Margaret (Whitney) Bartlett. 
 
 THEIR CIIILDKEN. 
 
 By first wife, — Charles, and twi) daughters, names unknown 
 to me. 
 
 By second wife, — a daughter, Ida, recently deceased. 
 Residence of family, Tuftonboro', N. H. 
 
 Much more might be said concerning the descendants of 
 Andrew Haley, the old-time dweller at "Spruce Creek,'' Kit- 
 tery, but our limits will not permit. 
 
 \Vc revert, for a few moments, to Tho.mas Haley of Saco, 
 and his numerous jiosterity. 
 
 Samuel Gordon Haley, previously mentioned, author of the 
 excellent MS. sketch of a branch of the Haley Family, was a 
 descendant of the Saco pioneer. He was the son of Thoma.s and 
 Eliza (Whicher) Haley of East Andover, N. H. I believe that 
 Thomas was born in lapping, and his wife in Wentworth, N. H. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Samuel Gordon, b. May 7, 1832: d. Jan. 14, 1881. He grad- 
 uated at Dart. Coll. i860; m. Anna M. Mocker, June 30, 1874;
 
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 taught successfully in Illinois and Michigan ; d. at Oshtemo, 
 Mich., as above. 
 
 Elizabeth;,, b. May 20, 1834. 
 
 Thomas Jefferson, b. July 7, 1836. 
 
 George Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1838. 
 
 Harriette Maria, b. Jan. 21, 1841. 
 
 As intimated above, the Haleys of the Isles of Shoals, and, 
 we may add, those of Newmarket, Exeter, Dover, Epping and 
 Andover, N. H., seem to be mainly or wholly descendants of the 
 Saco pioneer. 
 
 John West Haley, a prominent citizen of Saco, and con- 
 nected with the " Dyer Library," may be a descendant of 
 Thomas, but as to this I am not certain. 
 
 A prominent family in Kittery, Me., the Bellamys, are of 
 the same lineage. The line of descent is given as follows : — 
 
 Thomas, of Saco, killed 1724. 
 
 Thomas, Jr., killed 1695. 
 
 Thomas, 30, of Exeter, b. 1692; d. 1790. 
 
 [Doubtless it was this "Thomas Hayley " who, in connec- 
 tion with Robert Nealand many other citizens of southern N.H., 
 in April, 1776, at the instance of the "Committee of Public 
 Safety" (Hon. Meshech Weare, Pres.), pledged himself in writing 
 to resist the hostile attempts of Gi'eat Britain.] 
 
 Thomas, 313, m. , and they had four children. 
 
 Of these, Samuel King Haley was born in 1727, and died in 181 1. 
 He was very prominent and influential in the affairs of the Isles 
 of Shoals, where he seems to have been a resident for many 
 years. He, in order to protect the harbor, built a sea wall 14 
 rods long, 13 feet high and 15 feet wide, between "Haley's 
 Island'' (formerly called "Smutty Nose") and the small rock on 
 it's north, known as " Malaga." For this work he received the 
 thanks of the Massachusetts Legislature. His old watch is still 
 in existence in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Ridlon mistakes in attribut-
 
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 ing the building of the sea wall to Andrew, of Kittery. " King 
 Sam " was the builder, near the beginning of the present century. 
 Samuel King m. Mary Orme. The couple had twelve chil- 
 dren, of whom Tamsen, b. 1769, was the ninth. She married John 
 Bellamy, and they had ten children. Of these, the ninth, Charles 
 G., " Captain Bellamy," as he was styled, married 1^'annie Keane. 
 They lived in the "Sir William Pepperell mansion " in Kittery, 
 and had nine children, several of whom were the writer's pupils 
 many years since. 
 
 The late Jacob Burlev of Tuftonboro', N. H., was, on his 
 mother's side, of the lineage of Thomas Haley of Saco. 
 
 His parents were Jonathan and Sarah (Haley) Burley ; and 
 he was born in Wakefield, N. H., July 7, 1785, and died in Tuf- 
 tonboro', May 31, 1867. 
 
 Jacob Burley, m. Susannah Dearborn, July 4, 1809. 
 
 their children. 
 
 Elizabeth, m. Dearborn Copp. 
 
 Jonathan Haley, m. Tibbetts. 
 
 Bradley, m. (i) Pray, (2) Hannah Wiggin. 
 
 Susan, m. Samuel Remick. 
 
 Sarah A., m. (i) Langdon Copp, (2) Andrew L. Hersey. 
 
 Many other very interesting lines of relationship, both direct 
 and collateral, might be traced out, would our space permit. It 
 is sufficient to say that through intermarriages, in the process of 
 years, the most curious and unlooked for relationships continually 
 arise. 
 
 But for the further discussion of this interesting topic we 
 must respectfully refer the reader to Mrs. Tooker's forthcoming 
 History of the Haley Family. 
 
 Relative to the Hayleys, or Ilaleys, of New York, we add 
 the following items, furnished by Mr. A. Forbes, of Rochester, 
 N. Y. :
 
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 In the Marriage Register of Trinity Church, New York 
 City, is found this notice: — "Gilbert Forbes and Philenda Hayley, 
 April 28, 1748." This couple were the great-great-grandparents 
 of Mr. Forbes. They had a large family of sons and daughters; 
 the third cliild, a son, being the great-grandfather of our corre- 
 spondent, and the second, a daughter, named Jemima. 
 
 As a possible clue to the parentage of Philenda, above- 
 named, the " Register of Freemen of New York City" has this 
 notice: "July 12, 1720, Jemima Haley, widow." On this .state- 
 ment Mr. Forbes remarks: '-In those days, it was quite the 
 custom to name a child after its grandparent, and consequently 
 I think it likely that Jemima, daughter of Philenda, was the 
 granddaughter of Jemima Haley, widow, and so was named after 
 her." 
 
 Every one familiar with old-time records is aware that a 
 slight difference in the spelling of a name is of little or no 
 account. In many cases, the writer was, so far as spelling was 
 concerned, a law unto himself. 
 
 It may be added that Philenda Forbes (formerly Hayley) 
 appears as a witness at a baptism, as late as 1774. 
 
 It occurs as a possible suggestion that the earliest Haleys, 
 previously noted as migrating from England to the West Indies, 
 may have come later to New York, and after that, some of them 
 removing to New England, may have become the founders of 
 the families described in this book. That is to say, instead of 
 coming direct from London to some seaport of New Hampshire 
 or Maine, they may have come by the way of the West Indies, 
 New York, and Boston. 
 
 On a previous page, we have indicated our preference for a 
 peculiar form of the family name, and expressed our opinion that 
 the Haleys are, in all probability, of western English origin. 
 
 A recent incident mentioned in the newspapers points to the 
 same conclusion. In the late battle between the British and the 
 Boers at Elandslaagte, South Africa, " Lieut. Hayley," of the 
 First Devonshire Regiment, was reported among the wounded. 
 Devonshire, it will be remembered, is one of the westernmost 
 counties of England.
 
 PIPER FAMILY. 
 
 Many of the facts relative to the earlier Pipers, which are 
 recorded in this little book, have been culled from the Piper 
 Genealogy, published by the late Horace Piper, Esq., of Wash- 
 ington, D. C, a work which reflects great credit upon its lamented 
 author's enterprise, perseverance, and painstaking accuracy. 
 Unfortunately, however, the work mentions only two or three 
 individuals of the very numerous Wolfeboro' and Tuftonboro' 
 (N. H.) Pipers — a large and respectable branch of the family, 
 in which the writer of these pages is specially interested. Hence 
 I have been compelled to look up the genealogy of this branch 
 dc novo. The investigation has been a protracted and laborious 
 one. P'amily records, court and probate records have been 
 searched, moss-grown epitaphs have been deciphered, family 
 histories have been consulted, hundreds of letters have been 
 written, and the memories of the aged have been explored, in 
 the endeavor to obtain facts and data for this sketch. In a word, 
 no pains nor expense within reasonable limits has been spared in 
 our undertaking. 
 
 And the following pages represent the net results of our 
 inquiries and investigations. .While we lay no claim to absolute 
 accuracy in every instance, we believe that we have attained a 
 reasonable degree of certainty. 
 
 It is believed that the Pipers of Great Britain and America 
 are descended from Magnus Piper, of Neustadt, whose ancestors 
 were from Liibeck, Germany. Iknke, in his Armory, mentions 
 seven families of Pipers, in various counties of luigland, who 
 have the legal right to bear a coat of arms. 
 
 One of the families, the Culliton family — so-called from the 
 town of that name in the County of Devonshire — is of special
 
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 interest to us, as will be seen later. The "coat of arms " borne 
 by this family is thus given by Burke: "Quarterly, embattled 
 gold and -ermine, over all an eagle displayed sable, quartering 
 azure, two chevrons gold." And the motto is, Feroci fortior, 
 " More brave than fierce." 
 
 The "crest" of this family is thus given by Fairbairn on 
 "Crests" (Fox-Davies' revision), p. 358, "A cubit arm encircled 
 with a wreath of laurel ppr., holding in the hand a boar's head 
 fesseways erased sa." Motto, the same as given above. 
 
 This Culliton family seems to have been prolific in soldiers, 
 several members of it having attained military distinction. 
 
 It is believed that the ancestor of the Pipers in America was 
 connected with this family ; at all events he hailed from the 
 County of Devonshire. 
 
 FIRST GENERATION 
 
 Nathaxiel Piper, founder of the family in this country, 
 was born in England about 1630. He came directly from Dart- 
 mouth, in Devonshire, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 
 1653. He became a land-holder in that town and vicinity, and 
 died in 1676. His wife's first name has come down to us, but 
 her maiden name is unknown. 
 
 After her husband's decease, she married Ezekiel Woodward, 
 of Wenham, Mass., and probably died in that town. 
 
 SECOND GENERATION. 
 
 Nathaniel Piper married Sarah . 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Sarah, b. about 1656; d. . 
 
 Nathaniel, b. 1658; d. about 1689. 
 Mary, b. 1660 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 Josiah, b. 1661 ; d. . 
 
 John, b. 1663 ; m. Lydia ; d. probably in Wenham, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Mary, b. 1664 ; d. .
 
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 Thomas, b. Nov. 26, 1666; m. Grace Hawley, of Wenham, 
 on Nov. 21, 1692 ; removed to Stratham, X. H., as appears, where 
 he and his wife died. 
 
 Margaret, b. 1668; m. Tristram Greenleaf ; d. . 
 
 Samuel, b. 1670 ; m. Abigail Church ; removed to Stratham, 
 N. H. ; d. in 1747. 
 
 Jonathan, b. in Ipswich, in 1672 ; d. in Concord, Mass., in 
 1752. He married (1st) Sarah Leach, and (2d) Alice Darbey. 
 The early records of Concord mention some thirty or more 
 persons bearing the name of Piper. 
 
 William, probably b. in 1674 ; d. in childhood. 
 
 THIRD GI':N1':RATI0N. 
 
 Thomas Pii'I.k, m. Cirace Ilawley. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Thomas, b. in Wenham. Alass., Nov. 17, 1697 ; ^^- i" Stratham. 
 N. H. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. in Wenham, Jan. 22, 1701 ; d. in Stratham, 
 Nov. 26, 1778. 
 
 Patience, b. in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 25, 1703 ; d . 
 
 S.AMUEL Piper, b. in Ipswich, June 12, 1670 ; m. Abigail 
 Church, April 23, 1694. They removed to Stratham, N. H., 
 where he died Oct. 31, 1747. He held several offices in the 
 town. 
 
 THEIR children. 
 
 Samuel, b. in Ipswich in 1701. He married Jane Cate, and 
 lived in Stratham, X. 11,. till 1785, when he removed to Loudon, 
 N. IL, where he died about 1788. This couple had four 
 children, one of whom, Jonathan, was the father of Elder Noah" 
 Piper of Stratham, and of John L. Piper, later of Wolfeboro' ; and 
 another was Elisha Piper, born in Stratham in 1746, but who later 
 removed to Parsonstjcld. Me., where he was one of the j)ioneers 
 and an influential citizen of that town. I'^irther particulars may 
 be seen in Dearborn's History of Parsonstield, and iiv Horace 
 Piper's Genealogy of IClisha Piper, pp. 16-20.
 
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 FOURTH GKNKRATION. 
 Nathaniel Pii>ek, m. Hannah (Goss?). 
 
 THEIR CIIIEDHEN. 
 
 Nathaniel Piper, grandson of NATHANIEL, the emigrant, 
 b. in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 22, 1701, d. in Stratham, N. H., Nov. 
 26, 1778. From the best information to be gathered from the 
 Probate records of Exeter, and other sources, I am led to con- 
 jecture that his wife's maiden name was Hannah Goss. It 
 appears that Nathaniel lived and died in Stratham, and held 
 town ofifices there. Several of his sons went to Pembroke, then 
 called " Suncook," N. H. After his decease, his widow appears 
 to have gone to Pembroke, to live with her children. In her 
 will, dated Dec. 18, 1779, and probated Jan. 26, 1780, she men- 
 tions the following children : 
 
 Daughters — Martha Thurston, Hannah Goss. 
 
 Sons — Thomas, Gideon, William, Benjamin (deceased), and 
 Nathaniel, or Nathan (for the two names seem to have been 
 used indifferently). Nathan was made sole executor of her 
 estate. On Jan. 12, 1779, this same Nathaniel Piper of Pem- 
 broke had been appointed administrator of the estate of Nathaniel 
 Piper, late of Stratham — his father, beyond any reasonable doubt. 
 
 As to several of the children above named, of Nathaniel 
 and Hannah Piper, we have scant information. Of the daughters 
 we know only what is indicated above. The meagerness of our 
 knowledge of circumstances and dates is largely due to the fact 
 that the records at Stratham, the home of the Piper family, are 
 scant and imperfect ; and that, as we are credibly informed, the 
 oldest ecntctery in that tcnvn has been ploughed ?ip, and the tomb- 
 stones earned off and destroyed ! Such vandalism deserves the 
 severest condemnation. 
 
 Thomas, apparently the oldest of the sons of Nathaniel 
 and Hannah, was born about 1730, or possibly a little earlier, in 
 Stratham, and died in Wolfeboro', N. H., late in 1791. He 
 married, about 1754, Abigail, daughter of David and Abigail 
 Evans, of Concord, N. H. The younger Abigail, if the records 
 are correct, with her brother John, was born Sept. 13, 1731.
 
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 Besides the twins, the couple seem to have had no other 
 children. In May, 1746, David I'>ans and family belonged to 
 the garrison at the house of Timothy Walker, Jr. It seems that 
 Mr. I^vans died soon after, as, in May, 1749, his widow, Abigail, 
 re-appears as the second wife of Jacob Shute. By him she had 
 two daughters, both of whom died young. 
 
 Another David Evans, perhaps son of the foregoing by a 
 first wife, was Sergeant in Capt. Joseph Eastman's Co., Col. 
 Joseph Blanchard's Reg., raised in 1755 for the expedition 
 against Crown Point. Thomas Piper, who married Abigail 
 Evans, served in the same regiment. Sergeant Evans was one I 
 of Rogers' Rangers, and was in the terrible fight at St. Francis, 
 to be mentioned later. His statement (preserved in Bouton's 
 Histiiry--Q£_Concor(:l, to which we are much indebted,) as to tTie" 
 hardships endured by the soldiers, through fatigue, hunger, etc., 
 while on the homeward march, is most pathetic. 
 
 The tradition concerning the first named Abigail Evans is 
 sufficiently curious. It is that her maiden name was Ann Bruce 
 (perhaps " Abby Ann"); that she came from Wales, and was 
 related to the royal Bruce family of Scotland ; that she married 
 (ist) a man named Alger (then pronounced "Augur"), who was 
 killed by the Indians ; (2d) an Evans ; (3d) a Shute. How much 
 of truth there may be in the first portion of this tradition we 
 cannot undertake to decide. 
 
 (For further particulars concerning the Alger, Aulger, or 
 Augur family, see Willis' History of Portland, pp. 197, 198. 
 Note.) 
 
 We conjecture that the ICvans family was of Welsh origin. 
 The early records of Dover, N. H., comprise the names of some 
 forty persons bearing this surname, there spelled " Euenes." We 
 also find a "William Evins " among the early settlers of Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., as far back as 1652. 
 
 'I'hc ICvans family suffered severely at the hands of the 
 .savages. Belknap tells us that at Dover, on Sept. 15, 1725. the 
 Indians killed Benjamin and William Evans, and knocked down 
 and scalped John, who successfully feigned death, but after- 
 wards recovered, and survived for fifty years. The savages also 
 carried the lad Benjamin, Jr., into captivity.
 
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 [With reference to the fight at St. Francis above mentioned, 
 this is to be noted : This village was the headquarters of the 
 tribe of Indians bearing that name, who were the most cruel and 
 implacable of savage foes. These demons incarnate, at the 
 instigation of those treacherous and bloodthirsty bigots, the 
 l*^-cnch Jesuits in Canada, committed the most horrible outrages 
 upon the poor settlers in New England for many years. But the 
 day of retribution came at last. On Oct. 3, 1759, Rogers' 
 Rangers, some two hundred in number, swooped down upon this 
 nest of devils, and utterly exterminated them. In this bloody 
 den, the Rangers found about six Jnmdrcd scalps of mcn,ivovicii, 
 and childroi, taken from victims in the various settlements of 
 New England. 
 
 The reader who wishes to pursue the subject further is 
 referred to the pages of Belknap, Bouton, Drake, Hubbard, 
 Mather, and Rev. John Pike.J 
 
 As noted above, Thomas Piper rendered faithful and patriotic 
 service as a soldier in the " French and Indian War." The 
 records in the Adjutant-General's office at Concord, N. H., give 
 Thomas Piper's name in the list of the ist Co. of Col. Joseph 
 Blanchard's Regiment, " raised for an expedition against Crown 
 Point in April, 1755 — for which the Legislature appropriated 
 thirty thousand pounds." 
 
 According to Belknap, these New Hampshire troops acquitted 
 themselves with great bravery and fortitude, inflicting a heavy 
 loss upon the combined Canadians and savages under Baron 
 Dieskau. This noted victory was won on Sept. 8, 1755, and was 
 followed by the total defeat of the enemy, and the capture of the 
 Baron himself. So valuable were the services of the New 
 Hampshire soldiers as scouts during this campaign, that they 
 were almost constantly employed in this manner. 
 
 Thomas Piper above-mentioned is, however, not to be con- 
 founded with another Thomas Piper, probably a younger man, 
 who went from Newmarket to Gilmanton, N. H., about the 
 year 1762, and became one of the early settlers and landed pro- 
 prietors of the latter townshij). The last-named Thomas served 
 in the Revolutionary Army, 1775 to 1778; and on Feb. 15, 1778, 
 he was "transferred to His Excellency's Guard." The army
 
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 records distinctly specify that it was the Gilmanton Thomas to 
 whom this honor was accorded. This man had two sons and a 
 daughter who settled with him in Gilmanton. His widow out- 
 lived him some years, and married Joseph Huckins in 1791. 
 
 What relationship, if any, existed between the two Thomases 
 does not appear. 
 
 In what year our Thomas removed from his native Stratham 
 to Pembroke is not known, but probably about the year 1762, at 
 which date his brother Gideon made the same change of 
 residence. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Y. Piper, South Lee, N. H., aged 83, under- 
 stands that his father, Adjutant John, was born in Stratham. 
 His birth occurred in 1760; so that, at that date, the family of 
 Thomas had apparently not as yet removed to Pembroke. It 
 appears that both Thomas and Gideon were married before 
 leaving their native town, Stratham. 
 
 In the early part of 1768, Thomas seems to have removed 
 to Wolfeboro', where he lived till his decease, as above stated. 
 
 In August of that year, he bought, of Paul March of Ports- 
 mouth, what was afterwards known as the " Squire Meader 
 place," about half a mile north of Wolfeboro' Bridge, where he 
 lived for some two years. He sold this to Ebenezer Meader, 
 and purchased later the " Fullerton place," on the right hand 
 side of the road leading from "Goose Corner," over "Mason's 
 hill," to Tuftonboro'. Here he spent the remainder of his days. 
 
 He was the fust miller in the town, and had a grist-mill at 
 what was afterwards known as " Mill Village." On account of 
 the value of his services as miller, he was exempted from military 
 duty in the Revolutionary Army. 
 
 In 1788, he and his son, David, purchased pews which the 
 town sold in the meeting-house which had just been built at the 
 expense of the public. 
 
 Thomas Piper was an influential and respected citi/cii ni 
 Wolfeboro', and held several town offices. Although the citizens 
 felt that they could not spare their miller, yet, as we shall see, 
 three of his sons, Thomas, David and John, served their country 
 in the war of the Revolution.
 
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 Before pursuing further the history of Thomas, from whom 
 I am descended, I will intcrru])t the narrative, and give the 
 rather meager information, which I have been able to glean, 
 concerning his brothers and sisters. 
 
 As to the sisters, we only know, as noted above, that Martha 
 married a Thurston, and Hannah a Goss. Concerning them, we 
 have no other information. Of the brothers, our knowledge is 
 somewhat less scant. 
 
 Gideon Piper, apparently the second son of Nathaniel and 
 Hannah, was born in Stratham, N. H., Sept. 7, 1741, and died in 
 Meredith, May 18, 18 16. He moved from Stratham to Pembroke 
 in 1762. Here his children were born. About 1783, he moved 
 to Meredith, where he spent the remainder of his days. He 
 cleared a farm, and made a home for himself, on a hill overlooking 
 North Sanbornton. In 1781, before leaving Pembroke, he was 
 drafted for military service by Capt. Head, as the records show. 
 
 Gideon m. (i) Mrs. Rachel (Sanborn) Griffith, Aug. 4, 1761 ; 
 (2) Anna Chandler, in 1799; (3) Betsey Merrill, in 1810. By 
 his first wife, he had five children : — 
 
 Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1762; m. William Chase; had six 
 children. 
 
 Anna, b. March 24, 1765 ; d. in Meredith, unmarried, Sept. 
 6, 1845. 
 
 Elisha, b. May 2, 1768; d. June 30, 1834. He was Captain 
 of militia; m. (i) Mary Folsom ; (2) Molly Plumer. He was 
 father of seven children. 
 
 Daniel, b. Aug. 25, 1771 ; d. in Meredith April i, 18 14. He 
 married Hannah Piper of Holderness, N. H. 
 
 Sarah, b. Feb. 2=;, 1774; m. Nathaniel Piper; moved to 
 Holderness, and died there. 
 
 [The above facts pertaining to Gideon and his posterity are 
 gathered largely from Runnells' History of Sanbornton, N. H., 
 Vol. H., pp. 572-78.] 
 
 Of William, another son of the Stratham Nathaniel, I find 
 no further trace. Presumably he lived and died m Stratham. 
 Judging from his mother's will, he was alive in Dec, 1779.
 
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 Benjamin, a fourth son of Nathaniel and Hannah, died in 
 Stratham previous to Jan. 8, 1779, as appears from the probate 
 records, tlis mother's will mentions his "heirs," but does not 
 give their names. 
 
 Nathaniel, or Nathan, fifth son of the same couple, seems 
 to have moved to Pembroke, where he died previous to Feb. 20, 
 1788, at which date letters of administration were issued to his 
 widow, Rachel Piper. This Nathaniel had a son, Nathaniel, Jr. 
 In 1767, Nathaniel Piper, Sr., and Nathaniel Piper, with others, 
 sent a petition from " Pembrook " to the Legislature praying for 
 the appointment of a Justice of the Peace. In 1782, a similar 
 petition bears, in addition, the name of Gideon Piper. In this 
 case, one of the Nathaniels writes his name as " Nathan Piper," 
 simply. In 1774, Benj. Piper, "Nath'l Piper," and "Nathaniel 
 Pyper," again petition the Legislature. And, in 1769, Nathaniel 
 Piper, of Pembroke, deeded to his son Nathaniel a certain tract 
 of land in that tjwn. 
 
 In Walker's History of Pembroke, I. 137, the names of 
 Benjamin, Gideon, Nathaniel, and Samuel Piper are mentioned 
 as those of Pembroke soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 We will now return from our digression, and resume the 
 history of our ancestor, Thomas Piper, and his family. 
 
 FIFTH GENERATION. 
 
 Thomas Piper married Abigail Evans. 
 
 THKIR CHILDRKN. 
 
 Thomas, b. April 4, 1756 ; d. Dec. 24, 1787. 
 
 David, b. P'eb. 8, 1758 ; d. . 
 
 John, b. Jan. 17, 1760; d. April 20, 1830. 
 
 Mary, b. May 30, 1 762 ; d. . 
 
 Susy, b. Jan. 17, 1765 ; d. . 
 
 Lyford, b. April 20, 1766 ; d. when {piite young. 
 Samuel G., b. Feb. 2, 1771 ; d. June 2, 1854. 
 Timothy, b. Jan. 21, 1774; d. April 27, KS51.
 
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 SIXTH GENERATION. 
 
 Thomas, son of Thomas and Abigail (Evans) Piper, married 
 -, and died, it is said, at the age of 31, shortly after 
 
 his return from the war. In the Revolutionary Army, ist Co., 
 Col. Scammell's Regiment, 1777-79, I find the names of Thomas, 
 David, and John Piper, — presumably the three brothers. On 
 March 15, 1779, Maj. Caleb Gibbs' Corps of Guards comprised 
 Thomas Piper of " Walsborough " (VVolfeborough). 
 
 I conjecture that this Thomas married a daughter of P2zekiel 
 Dimond of Concord, N. H., four of whose sons served in the 
 army of the patriots. 
 
 There is a tradition that a son of Thomas, named Dimond 
 Piper, lost his life in the late Rebellion, but more probably it was 
 a grandson, unless, indeed, the war referred to was that of 1812. 
 
 David, another son of Thomas and Abigail Piper, married 
 Molly Edmunds, sister of the late Joseph Edmunds of Wolfe- 
 boro', N. H. David lived and died in that town. 
 
 They had three daughters — Sally, Mary, and Nabby. The 
 first died unmarried ;. Mary married William Clark, and Nabby 
 his brother, Robert Clark. We believe that neither couple had 
 children. David, as stated above, served in the army during the 
 Revolution. In 1776, David and his brother John were in Capt. 
 Jas. Gray's Co., Col. Alexander Scammell's Regiment ; and, in 
 1781, David was Sergeant in Capt. Jacob Smith's Co. In 1777, 
 David was Corporal in the Train Band under the command of 
 Capt. John Sinclair. 
 
 In 1792, David Piper was a member of the committee chosen 
 by the town to invite Rev. Ebenezer Allen to become pastor, — 
 " Old Parson Allen," as we remember hearing aged people des- 
 ignate him. 
 
 In January of the same year, David was appointed adminis- 
 trator of the estate of his father, the late Thomas Piper of 
 Wolfeboro'. 
 
 John, brother of David, and commonly styled "Adjutant 
 Piper," enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, at the age of 16, 
 and, with his brothers, Thomas and David, served during the 
 war. After his return from the army, he lived in Wolfeboro'
 
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 till 1806, when he removed to Tuftonboro', where he died in 1830, 
 By two marriages, he became the father of the truly patriarchal 
 number of 21 children — 8 sons and 13 daughters. Of this large 
 family, ig afterward married, and all but two were present at 
 their father's funeral. 
 
 He married (i) Jemima, daughter of James Mersey of New- 
 market, N. H., born in 1762, died Feb. 6, 1803. After her 
 decease, he married a second time, as we have noted later. 
 
 John and Jemima were married Jan. 12, 1783. They had 10 
 children — 5 sons and 5 daughters — as follows: — 
 
 John, Jr., b. Aug. i, 1783 ; d. . 
 
 Betsey, b. iMay 15, 1785 ; d. Jan. 29, 1803. 
 
 James, b. March 14, 1787 ; d. . 
 
 Thomas, b. March 29, 1789 ; d. . 
 
 Oilman, b. Feb. 26, 1791 ; d. . 
 
 William, b. Jan. 24, 1793 ; d. . 
 
 Nancy, b. Oct. 11, 1794; d. . 
 
 Mary, b. May 2, 1797 ; d. . 
 
 Abigail, b. May 26, 1799; d. . 
 
 Jemima H., b. Jan. 24, 1803 ; d. . 
 
 The wife died Feb. 6, 1803. 
 
 John Pipf.k, married (2) Anna Young, born in W'olfeboro', 
 Aug. 25, 1777. Marriage on Jan. 26, 1804. 
 
 To this couple were born 1 1 children — 3 sons and 8 daugh- 
 ters — as follows :— 
 
 Phoebe A., b. Aug. 10, 1X04; d. . 
 
 Paul W„ b. Sept. 17, 1805 ; d. Jan. 12, 1854. 
 Susan W„ b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. Nov 26, 1896. 
 Betsey A„ b. Jan. 8, 1808 ; d. June 24, 1865. 
 Lucinda C„ b. July 24, 1809; d. July, 1891. 
 Napoleon B„ b. Nov. 28, 1810; d. June 4, 1840. 
 Martha W.,b. Feb. 6, 181 2. 
 Sally R, 1). May 20, 181 3. 
 
 Patience C, b. Oct. 15, 1814 ; d. Sept. 13, 1853. 
 Benjamin Y„ b. April 29, 1816. 
 Vienna E„ b. Jan. iG, 1S21.
 
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 Of these we note the following particulars : — 
 
 John Piper, Jr., familiarly known in later years as " Squire 
 Jack," m. Hannah Meader, daughter of Ebenezer Meader, of 
 
 Wolfcboro'. Children — Samuel Joy, b. ; d. ; John 
 
 Hamilton, b. ; d. ; Charles, b. . 
 
 l^ETSEV, d. in childhood. 
 
 James, m. Dolly Tibbetts, sister of Thomas' wife, and 
 daughter of Dr. Levi Tibbetts. Children — Samuel Blake, 
 Hannah, Levi T., Almina, John and Asa (twins), Lucy. 
 
 Thomas, m. Sally Tibbetts. Children — Elmira, Burley, Asa, 
 and Edith. The family removed from Tuftonboro' to Newport, 
 Me. 
 
 Oilman, m. Eliza Wiggin, one of a family of i6 brothers 
 and sisters, all born of one mother. Children — Richard, Andrew, 
 Ann, Dearborn, Mary. 
 
 William, m. Rebecca Mallard. Children — Lavina, Jemima, 
 Caroline, Harrison, Martha, Helen, Laura Ann, Elbridge, Frances, 
 
 Nancy, m. Jeremiah Foss. Children — Thomas, William, 
 Fannie, John, Mary, Augustus, Nancy, 
 
 Mary, m. Mark Hersey of Sanbornton. Children — None. 
 
 Abigail, m. William Fullerton of Wolfeboro'. Children — 
 Augustine, Harrison, Martha, and Jemima, with two others whose 
 names are not known to me. 
 
 Jemima H., m. (ist) Samuel Leavitt ; (2d) William W. 
 Blaisdell. Children by first marriage — Woodbury, John S., Martha, 
 Ann, Jemima j by second marriage — Dana, Charles, Clara, 
 
 Phebe a., m. Steph. Pendergast. Children — None. 
 
 Paul W., m. Eliza Jane Dehart, of Staten Island, N. Y. 
 Children — One son, John Randolph, now of Morristown, N. J. 
 
 Susan W., m. Joseph Ayers. Children — -Three in number. 
 
 Betsey Ann, m. Oliver Sanborn. Children — Four in 
 number. 
 
 LuciNDA C, m. (ist) Charles Pinkham ; (2d) Abel Haley. 
 Children, by first marriage — Phebe. 
 
 Napoleon B., d, at St. Mark, West Plorida, unmarried. 
 
 Martha W., m. Nathaniel Mason, March 31, 1833. Chil- 
 dren — Olivia, m. Charles H. Hersey, of Wolfboro'. 
 
 Sarah H., m. Levi T. Hersey. Children — None.
 
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 Patience C, m. Asa Allen. Children — None. 
 
 Benjamin Y., m. (i) Hannah Evans; (2) Sarah Evans. 
 Children — Six, of whom Hon. Charles F, Piper of Wolfcboro", 
 is one. 
 
 Vienna E., m. Lyman Allen. Children — Eight in number. 
 
 (I have failed to get the names of some of the grand-children 
 of Adjutant Piper. I regret the failure.) 
 
 As showing his unquenched martial spirit, John Piper, 
 although over 50 years of age, raised a company of soldiers for 
 the War of 1812, and was appointed Adjutant ; but the war closed 
 before he had opportunity for actual service a second time in the 
 field. 
 
 All that was mortal of the old Revolutionary veteran rests 
 in the Tibbetts cemetery, a quarter of a mile south of Tuftonboro' 
 Centre. 
 
 Mary Piper, sister of David and Adj. John, married John 
 Shorey, who came to W'olfeboro' in 1796. He bought of his 
 mother-in-law, Widow Abigail Piper, a tract of land in the " Pine 
 Hill" neighborhood, where he and his descendants lived for 
 many years. He had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 This couple had four children — Lyford and Joseph, Sally and 
 Mary. Of these latter children, we note that 
 
 Lyford Shorey married (ist) Mercy Wiggiii, sister of Mrs. 
 Oilman Piper, and Mrs. Gliomas Wiggin ; (2d) Betsey Willey. 
 By the first marriage there were four children — James, Samuel, 
 Joseph, and Ruth. Lyford died a few years since at the age of 95. 
 
 Joseph Shorey, brother of Lyford, made and set up the old 
 watering-trough, still in existence after the lapse of a century, by 
 the roadside not far from the foot of " Mason's Hill." 
 
 Mary Shorey, a sister, is said to have married a Leary, and 
 to have removed to Wells, Me. 
 
 Sally Shorey, the other sister of Lyford and Joseph, m. 
 Samuel W., oldest son of Jonathan and Mary (Wiggin) Mersey, 
 b. Nov. 22, 1772. 
 
 [For some further particulars concerning the Hcrsey family, 
 see under " Neal Family."]
 
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 Susie, or Sukev Piper, another sister of David and John, m. 
 (i) Paul Wiggin ; (2) Benjamin Trafton. I have been unable to 
 ascertain where these persons lived, and whether they left 
 children ; also, any further particulars concerning them. 
 
 Lyford Piper, a brother, seems to have died early. 
 
 Samuel G. Piper, "Capt. Samuel," as he was styled, another 
 brother, was born in Wolfeboro', but removed to Stewarts- 
 town, N. H., where he spent his later years, and died. He was 
 a small, wiry man, and, in early life, a noted wrestler. His wife 
 was a remarkably muscular and athletic woman. I have it on 
 good authority that she would sometimes, in sport, turn her wiry 
 little husband over her knee, and spank him handsomely, despite 
 his efforts and struggles to escape. 
 
 Samuel G., m., on Oct. 9, 1794, Rebecca, daughter of Tris- 
 tram Copp, and sister of the late Moses Copp, of Tuftonboro', 
 N. H. She was born in Lebanon, Me., on Aug. 10, 1769, and 
 died in Stewartstown on April i, 1857. 
 
 This couple had issue as follows : — 
 
 Patty (Martha), b. July i, 1795 ; d. March 14, 1864. 
 
 Thomas, b. May 8, 1798; d. P^eb. 3, 1873. 
 
 Polly (Mary), b. May ir, 1801 ; (living in 1897). 
 
 Sukey (Susan), b. August 6, 1803 ; d. in infancy (.'). 
 
 Orbit, b. March 13, 1805; d. . 
 
 Susan, b. Nov. 7, 1807; d. March i, 1833. 
 
 Josephine, b. March 18, 1810; cl. August 5, 1884. 
 
 As to these sons and daughters we note as follows : — 
 
 Patty Piper and Nathaniel Chase were married Dec. 3, 
 1816. Children —George W., b. April 16, 1818; Martha, b. P^eb. 
 24, 1824; Emily, b. Oct. 18, 1829; Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1835 ; William 
 Tm b. Jan. 6, 1840. 
 
 Thomas Piper, m. . Children — "William, 
 
 b. Dec. IS, 1825 ; Loring G., b. 1^'eb. 28, 1828; Emily W., b. June 
 5, 1830 ; Hiram, b. July 9, 1832 ; Esther P., b. May i, 1837 ; Arvilla, 
 b. Nov. 27, 1839. 
 
 Polly Piper and French Hall were married April 19, 1821. 
 Children — Malvina, b. Oct. 24, 1822; Albert C, b. Jan. 22, 1824; 
 Samuel G„ b. March 30, 1826 ; Hiram, b. March 12, 1829 ; Marietta,
 
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 b. July 7, 1833 ; Susan R„ b. April 13, 1835 ; Caroline M,. b. Jan. 
 14, 1839; JohivP., b. May ^o, 1843 ; Martha A., b. May 2, 1845. 
 
 Slsax Piper and Ploward Blodgctt were married Sept. 7, 
 1826. Children — Edwin H„ b. Aug. 5, 1827; Cyrus R., b. April 
 18, 1829; JohnP,, b. Feb. 11, 1831 ; William S., b. Feb. 21, 1833. 
 J-osEiMUXK Piper and Thomas B. Blodgett were married May 
 18, 1833. Children — Milton, b. P^eb. 2, 1834; Susan, b. May 13, 
 1836; Ann M„ b. Nov. 22, 1838; Thomas B„ b. Sept. 29, 1842; 
 Frank, b. May 19, 1846; Isabel, b. July 12, 1848; Alice, b. June 
 12, 1855. 
 
 [It will doubtless be a matter of interest to some readers to 
 add that Moses Copp above-mentioned, the brother-in-law of 
 Capt. Samuel G. Piper, with his three brothers, William, Jonathan , 
 and Tristram Copp, came to Tuftonboro', N. H., from Lebanon, 
 Me., in 1791. In 1795 Capt. Piper and Moses Copp petitioned the 
 General Court, then in session at Hanover, N. H., for the incor- 
 poration of Tuftonboro'. The request was granted, and the Act 
 of Incorporation was approved Dec. 17, 179S, by the then Gov- 
 ernor, John Taylor Gilman. 
 
 The first town meeting was held on March 14, 1796, at the 
 house of the late William Copp.] 
 
 TiMOTiiv, youngest child of Thomas and Abigail (Fvans) 
 Piper, married Hannah Neal, daughter of Joshua and Mary 
 (Tarleton) Neal, on Jan. 21, 1800. 
 
 Children as follows : — 
 
 David, b. Nov. 19, 1800; d. Sept. 13, 1864. 
 
 Samuel, b. Aug. 6, 1802 ; d. Dec. 20, 1884. 
 
 Hannah, b. March 19, 1804 ; d. June 27, 1888. 
 
 Elizabeth S., b. May 20, 1806; d. Sept 8, 1844. 
 
 Mary Neal, b. April 10, 1808 ; d. June 7, 1883. 
 
 Abigail, b. May 15, 18 10. 
 
 Harriet Melissa, b. April 2, 1812 ; d. Dec. 17, 1859. 
 
 Avans (formerly Evans), b. /\pril 2, 1814; cl. Aug. 22, \H^(^. 
 
 Joshua N„ b. Sept. 12, 18 16. 
 
 Ruth B., b. ¥ch. 28, 1819 ; d. Nov. 23, 1870. 
 
 Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 28, 18 19; d. May 31, 1898. 
 
 Joseph Banficld. b. May 17, 1822; d. Feb. 13, 1894. 
 
 Mark Fernald, b. Jan. 17, 1825.
 
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 Grandfather Timothy was a large, thick-set man, of great 
 muscular strength. Some of his athletic feats, in his younger 
 days, are still spoken of. For example, it is reported that he 
 could stand in a hogshead, and jump squarely out of it, without 
 touching it with his hands at all. 
 
 Of his 13 children, the average weight was not far from 200 
 pounds. All lived to mature years, and all but one married, and 
 reared families. 
 
 Grandfather was a "mighty hunter" in his day. Many a 
 bear, wild cat, and other "varmint " of the forest fell a victim to 
 his unerring aim. His favorite weapons were the "little gun," 
 and the "old buccaneer" — an immense flint-lock musket, with a 
 barrel nearly or quite six feet in length. Needless to say that the 
 hunter required great strength, and steadiness of nerve, in order to 
 shoot successfully with the giant gun, at arm's length. Doubt- 
 less the "old buccaneer" had a history, if one could but know 
 it. The gun is still in the possession of a member of the family. 
 
 Besides being possessed of great mechanical ingenuity, 
 Grandfather was skilled in the " healing art," curing diseases of 
 various kinds by means of nature's own simples — roots and 
 herbs. He died April 27, 185 1. His excellent wife, Hannah 
 (Neal) Piper, was born March 22, 1781, dying August 23, 1865. 
 
 The writer well remembers hearing Grandmother Hannah 
 tell of having seen Gen. Washington when he visited Portsmouth, 
 N. H., in 1789. She was then some eight and one-half years 
 of age. The General arrived in that city on Oct. 30th of that 
 year, and, while in that vicinity, visited Greenland and Kittery. 
 Grandmother used to tell a humorous story of a good woman in 
 the city, who happened to be barefoot at the moment she heard 
 the people shout that " Gen. Washington is passing by" ! She 
 was bound to see the " Father of his Country," and she rushed to 
 the door partially attired as she was. Just as he passed her door, 
 she made a very low and prolonged curtsey which effectually 
 concealed her naked pedal extremities. So much for feminine 
 ingenuity. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION. 
 
 David Piper and Sally Haley, daughter of William and 
 Lois (Ricker) Haley, were married on , 1820.
 
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 Children : — 
 
 Nancy Neal, b. Oct. 22, 1820; d. July 24, 1882 ; m. Richard 
 B. Ncal, April 7, 1842. Three children. (See further under 
 "Neal Family.") 
 
 Eliza Wharton, b. March 12, 1823 ; d. in childhood. 
 
 Louisa, b. June 15, 1829 ; d. in childhood. 
 
 Enoch Colby, b. Ai)ril i, 1831 ; Sergeant Co. K, 12th Reg., 
 N. H. v., wounded twice in battle ; d. Aug. 8, 1864. 
 
 Everett Thurston, b. Jan. 29, 1833 ; d. in childhood. 
 
 Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 12, 1837 ; d. ; m. (i.st) Newton 
 
 Lovering; (2d) James Howard. Children, by i.st marriage, Frank 
 S. (M. D.) and Jonas V. 
 
 David Everett, b. Dec. 3, 1839; m. Nov. 21, 1861, Anna 
 Elizabeth Piper (b. Oct. 22, 1840; d. Dec. 22, 1886). Children — 
 Etta Augusta, b. July 12, 1863; Cora Estella, b. July 2, 1873; 
 Alonzo, b. Aug. 17, 1875, d. Aug. 24, 1876; John Franklin, b. 
 Nov. 7, 18S0. 
 
 Samuel Piper, m. Elsie Maley, daughter of W illiam and 
 Lois (Ricker) Haley, Nov. 6, 1822. 
 
 Children— Thatcher William, b. May 9, (824; d. Nov. 22. 
 1893 ; m. Nancy Allen. Children — Marshall \V., b. Oct. 2, 1848 ; 
 Fred L., b. Feb. i, 1858. Thatcher was a well-known preacher 
 among the Adventists, as is his son, Fred L. Marshall is a 
 resident of l^rockton, Mass. 
 
 Asa Morrison, b. March 8, 1827; d. July 13, 1894; m. (i) 
 
 Rhoda Ann Perkins, ; (2) Mrs. Jennie M. Warriner, Nov. 
 
 23, 1882. Children, by first m., Edwin Perkins, b. July 18, 1854 ; 
 m. Jane North Roots, Dec. 29, 1885. Harry Parker, b. Feb. 26, 
 1857; m. Sue North Root.s, May 17, 1881. Children of Harry P. 
 and Sue N, — Guernsey Roots, b. Aug. 22. 1884; Anna North, 
 b. July 9, 1886. 
 
 Harry P. has aided me by furnishing genealogical materials 
 for my work. Residence, Mt. X'ernon, N. Y. 
 
 John Colby, b. March 30, 1830 ; d. in childhood. 
 
 Samuel Augustine, b. July 3, 1S35; m. (ist) Annette L. 
 Drake, Nov. 11, 1856; (2d) Abbie Maria Cunningham, Jan. i, 
 1872. Children -by first m., lulwin Drake, b. April 17. i860;
 
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 by 2d m., ICthel Marion, b. Sept. 22, 1875 ; Walter Irviup^, 1\ 
 Sept. 18, 1886. Residence, Newton Upper Falls, Mass. 
 
 Charles Franklin, b. Nov. 2, 1839; d. Oct. 15, 1867. 
 
 1 Ianxaii Pii'icr m. Reuben Stockbridge, . Children — 
 
 John FranKlin, b. ; d. ; Isaac Alonzo, b. ; d. 
 
 . l^oth sons died unmarried. The parents died subsequent 
 
 to the decease of the sons. 
 
 Elizabeth Shekbukne Piper died unmarried, Sept. 8, 1844. 
 
 Mary Neal Piper was married to John Smith, son of 
 William and Lois (Ricker) Haley, Dec. 20, 1832. To this couple 
 were born six children. 
 
 (For further particulars, see "Haley Family.") 
 
 Abigail Piper was married to Asa Walker (b. 1808, d. 
 1875), son of Rev. John Walker, about 183 1. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 William Henry, b. July 28, 1833 ; d. Oct. 8, 1853. 
 
 Joshua Mackenzie, b. Feb., 1836; d. in childhood. 
 
 Harriet Melissa, b. Dec. 9, 1838; d. in childhood. 
 
 Timothy Bruce, b. Oct. 15, 1839; d. in childhood. 
 
 Hannah Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. P'eb. 27, 1885; m. 
 Johnson. 
 
 Albert H., b. May 17, 1845; m. (ist) (2d) 
 
 . Children : By ist m. Horace; by 2d m. a daughter. 
 
 Albert H. is an active business man, and an earnest temper- 
 ance worker. His present residence is Melvin Village, N. H. 
 
 Harriet M. Piper m. Isaac S. Lovering about 1850. 
 
 Children, —Lucy Hannah, b. March 10, 1852; m. Robert 
 Welden Pierce April 3, 1873. Children, — Enid Mabel, b. Jan. 18, 
 1874; Robert Ernest, b. July 5, 1878, d. in infancy; Robert 
 Lovering, b. Dec. 22, 1887 ; Alma Ernestine, b. July 23, 1890, 
 d. Aug. 5, 1891 ; Harold Kent, b. May i, 1892. Family resi- 
 dence, Providence, R. I. 
 
 Mary Abbie, b. 1855 ; m. Jerome Ivry Goldthwaite Jan. 27, 
 1 88 1. Mr. Goldthwaite is in business in Boston. Residence, 
 Somerville, Mass. 
 
 AvANS Piper m. Mary Ellen Mahoney, Sept. 27, 1840. 
 
 Children,— Susan Melissa, b. June 29, 1841 ; d. July 6, 1896 ; 
 m. James Albert Knight P^eb. 13, 1870. Children, — Mary Ida, b.
 
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 June 27, 1870, d. Oct. 27, 1871 ; Albert Avans, b. Oct. 17, 1S72 ; 
 Piper, b. Oct. 19, 1877 ; m. Lena AI. Clark, May i, 1897. 
 
 Martha Elizabeth, b. Ai)ril 4, 1848 ; m. Francis Henry Rankin, 
 March 30, 1873. Children, — Francis Avans, b. Nov. 20, 1880. d. 
 March 14, 1882 ; Henry Irving, b. August 4, 1884; infant daughter 
 d. March 10, 1878. 
 
 Mary Ida Ellen, b. June 24, 1856; d. July 9, 1863. 
 
 I^'aniily residence, Centre Lincolnville, Me. 
 
 Josiiu.\ Neal Piper, m. (ist) Martha Young ; (2d) Maria 
 Judkins ; (3d) Orra Laporte. 
 
 Children : — By ist marriage. 
 
 Nancy Erilda, b. Dec. 26, 1840; m. J. D. Salvage, Dec. 2. 
 1863 ; d. Nov. 26, 1893. 
 
 Albert L, b. June 17, 1842; ni. in Michigan. 
 
 Children : — By 2d marriage. 
 
 Annie Maria, b. Oct. 9, 1848 ; m. Will K. Keyes. June 28, 1872. 
 
 Children : — By 3d marriage. 
 
 Ella F„ b. Feb. 17, 1852 ; m. James S. Lewis, Dec. 1871. 
 
 Lettie A„ b. l-^eb. 24, 1854 ; m. John T. Drake, Jan. i, 1879. 
 
 Frank?,, b. May 4, 1857. 
 
 Herbert 0„ b. Sept. 16, 1859; m. Irene J. Cole, June 4, 1883. 
 
 Alonzo S„ b. Dec. 3, 1862; m. Mary J. Coverly, Ajiril 24, 
 1881. 
 
 P. O. address of family, Pequaket, Carroll Co., X. II. 
 
 Ruth Bassett, married Nathan B. Hodsdon, Nov. 29, 1841. 
 Mr. H. died May 23, 1874, aged 64 years. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 Sarah Cora Banks, b. ; m. T' rank J. Remick, 
 
 Dec. 7, 1865 ; children, two sons, both married. 
 
 George Washington, b. A])iil 26, 1847; d. Sept. 29, 1S70. 
 
 Andrew Jackson, b. May 27, 1850; d. July 3, 1852. 
 
 Two olliei- cliildren died at birth. 
 
 S.AKAii A. married Daniel Judkir.s, Jr., about 1847. 11' 
 died Jan. 10, 1867, aged 42 ycais. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 Banfield Piper, b. 1849; m. Ceorgie A. Thurston, June 11, 
 1873. Children — Bertie D., b. Nov. 20, 1874; .Nellie, b. June 
 22, 1879. Banfield lives in PTeedom, N. H.
 
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 Frank Lovering, ( M. U., Lynn, Mass), b. Jan, 31, 1853 ; m. 
 H attic N. Panott, July 23, 1882. Children,— Charles M., b. June 
 6, 1883 ; Abbie P., b. March 23, 1885 ; Cclia and Sadie (twins) 
 b. Oct. 12, 1886. ;\Sadie died in infancy. 
 
 Joseph B.'^^ni". Caroline \V., daughter of William Piper and 
 granddaughter of Adjutant Piper, b. Nov. 3, 1822 ; d. Dec. 8, 1895. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 Bertha Idella, b. Oct. 12, 1851 ; d. Sept. 6, 1884; m. Henry 
 Lucas ; leaves one daughter, Mabel M. 
 
 Carrie A„ b. Aug. 9, 1853 ; d. Sept. 27, 1874. 
 
 Willie, b. 1855 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 Walter Erving, b. Sept. 22, 1857 ; m. Alice M. Brooks. 
 Children -"- Ilartwell R, Walter E., Jr. 
 
 Thomas French, b. Aug. 31, 1861 ; m. Clara P.aton. 
 
 Mark F., m. Susan S. Lovering, Jan. 13, 1848. 
 
 Children — George Avery, b. Oct. 27, 1848 ; d. in infancy. 
 
 George A, (2d), b. Sept. 27, 1850; d. Nov. i, 1889. 
 
 Emma Edwina, b. Sept. 2, 1853 ; m. Charles H. Bennett. 
 Susan S. Piper d. March 31, 1889. 
 
 It is to be regretted that the Hmits set for our work will not 
 permit particular mention of the later generations descended 
 from the stalwart old soldier, THOMAS PIPER, who fought 
 valiantly, and suffered hardships untold, in the " old French and 
 Indian War'' of 1755 to 1763. To enumerate all his posterity 
 down to the present time would require a large volume. 
 
 It "goes without saying" that, in many towns of New Eng- 
 land, there are families of Pipers — as will be specified later — 
 which seem, so far as we can judge, to have sprung from the 
 Stratham stock, or, at all events, from the venerable emigrant 
 NATHANIEL PIPER, of Ipswich, Mass., who flourished more 
 than two and a half centuries ago. 
 
 John L. Piper, brother of Elder Noah, and in the fifth 
 generation from Nathaniel of Ipswich, came from Stratham to 
 Wolfeboro' about 1800. He was, for many years, a successful 
 merchant. He had four children, — Moses, father of John L. and 
 Jonas W. Piper ; George ; Phebe, who married Dea. Thomas 
 Rust, and whose son is George H. Rust of Minneapolis, Minn. ; 
 and Jane, \vho married Nathaniel Rogers.
 
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 Israel Piper, not a brother of the preceding, but also in the 
 fifth generation from the Ipswich settler, was once a resident of 
 Tuftonboro'. His daughter, Nabby, married a Bryant. 
 
 Another Piper family was formerly quite prominent in that 
 town, or we might rather say, two families. 
 
 Francis Piper and his brother Stephe.v came to Tufton 
 boro' from Northwood (?), N. H., as early as 1811, or perhaps 
 earlier. 
 
 Francis Piper married Abigail Wiggin, about . 
 
 Children — Nancy, George "W,, Reuben H., Cynthia, Amanda, 
 Emory, Clarissa, T, Jefferson, Greenleaf C, and Elmira. 
 
 Most of these married and reared families. Cynthia married 
 Enoch Haley, son of William and Lois (Ricker) Haley. (See 
 " Haley Family.") 
 
 Stephen Piper married . 
 
 Children — Amasa, James, Both lived on the " South Road" 
 in Tuftonboro'. They died many years ago. Amasa, we believe, 
 left no descendants. James left one son, Stephen, who married 
 Phebe E. Young, and died. They had two children — Sadie K., 
 m. Joseph Blake; and Emma J., m. John S. Bennet. Both Mr. 
 and Mrs. Bennett died, leaving one son, Maurice. 
 
 P'"rancis Piper had a brother whose name, I believe, was 
 James. A son (or grandson) of his, Gardner W'., b. 1816, d. 
 1868, m. Maria Dustan of Henniker, a lineal descendant of the 
 famous Hannah Dustan of early Indian days. Of Gardner's 
 children three sons are living : James W. of Pembroke, N. H., 
 George H., and luigene G., of Allenstown, (.■') X. H. 
 
 As we have suggested, branches of the very numerous 
 Piper family have been found in Boston, Concord, and Ipswich, 
 Mass. ; in Parsonsfield and Xewfield, Me. ; in Stratham, New- 
 market, Dover, Nottingham, Northwood, Wolfeboro', Tuftonboro', 
 Wakefield, Brookfield, Gilmanton, Pembroke, Sanbornton, Mere- 
 dith, Holderness, Temple, Dublin, and Loudon, N. H. ; in several 
 towns of Vermont, and in nearly every state of our Union. In 
 Washington, D. C, our genial friend, Major Horace L. Piper, 
 still gives time and thought to the " U. S. Life Saving Ser- 
 vice," with which he has been so long connected. His father,
 
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 the late Horace Piper, Esq., was the author of the "Piper Gene- 
 alogy," to which valuable compilation, as said before, we feel 
 deeply indebted for many facts and dates comprised in the 
 preceding pages. 
 
 But we have already overpassed the limits set for our work. 
 
 For the genealogy of Elisha Piper of Parsonsfield, Me., 
 Asa Piper of Wakefield, N. H., Solomon Piper of Boston, 
 Mass., and Stephen Piper of Newfield, Me., with their descend- 
 ants, we must refer the reader to Mr. Horace Piper's excellent 
 book to which we have several times referred.
 
 NEAL FAMILY. 
 
 At the outset, I hardly need remind the reader that I do not 
 contemplate a complete history of this ancient, numerous, and 
 widely extended family. I merely undertake to give a brief 
 sketch of one or two branches of the family, in which I am 
 specially interested. 
 
 As to the derivation of the name, I have never seen any 
 that seemed to me other than trivial or fanciful. 
 
 The name itself, like many another ancient name, exhibits a 
 wide range of orthography. I have met with the spelling — 
 Neal, Neale, Nele, Neel, Neil, Niel, Neele, Niall, and even Knel, 
 Kneele and Knill. I judge that the family is of English origin, 
 though there are branches in Ireland and Scotland. Presumably, 
 though there may be exceptions to the remark, the Neils and 
 Niels are either Scotch or Irish, while the O'Neils are Irish, and 
 the MacNeals and McNeils are Scotch. 
 
 The Neal family in England is a very ancient one. I find 
 reference made to them in the time of Edward I\^, 1461-83. In 
 some old records of Visitation, comprising 1566 to 161S, mention 
 is made of a certain "Walter Neal," perhaps the earliest of that 
 individual name. Richard Neale, Knight, one of the Justices of 
 Common Pleas, and Lord of Prestwould, died in 1485. His coat 
 of arms — the same with that of the Neals of Leicestershire and 
 Northamptonshire, and with that borne by Capt. Walter Neale, 
 of whom we speak later — consistctl of "three greyhounds' 
 heads, — erased, — collared, — and ringed." (J. Mason, — " Letters 
 and Documents." P. 71. Prince Soc.) 
 
 Thomas Neale (15 19-1596) was Profes.sor of Hebrew in the 
 University of Oxford, and was a distinguished author. Many
 
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 other Neals have honorable mention in the annals of English 
 history. (See " Dictionary of National Biog.") 
 
 Near the middle of the seventeenth century, John Neal, 
 Esq., of Dean, Co. Bedford, married Anne, daughter of Henry 
 Cromwell who was a cousin of Oliver, " Lord Protector of Eng- 
 land." Their son, John, came over to this country, and settled 
 in Salem, Mass. He married Mary Lawes from Norwich, Eng- 
 land. It is supposed that the Neals of Salem and vicinity are of 
 this line.' 
 
 About the year 1660, according to Folsom and others, 
 Francis Neale was very prominent and influential in the affairs 
 of Casco, and other towns in Maine; and in 1670 he was Repre- 
 sentative from Falmouth to the General Court. He was com- 
 missioned as a Magistrate, in 1660, by the Agent of Gorges. 
 
 I conjecture that this gentleman took upon himself connu- 
 bial vows upon two different occasions, — unless, indeed, his son, 
 Francis, Jr., who died in 1693, figured in one of the marriages. 
 The records show that Francis Neale, about 1670, married Eliza- 
 beth, daughter of Samuel and Jane Andrews, who embarked 
 from London in the "Increase," 1635. 
 
 It is also on record that Francis Neale married a daughter 
 of Arthur and Jane Macworth. When the Indian troubles broke 
 out anew, Neale and his family moved to Salem, Mass., where he 
 was admitted as a citizen in 1676, and died subsequent to July, 
 1699, at which d^te he as "Francis Neale, senior," conveyed land 
 in Falmouth (Portland). He is stated to have left one son, Sam- 
 uel, and two daughters, his son Francis, Jr., having died a few 
 years earlier. Some think that Francis, senior, was a brother to 
 the emigrant, John Neale, above mentioned ; and there is little 
 doubt that they were nearly related. 
 
 I understand that that venerable gentleman, Hon. Peter M. 
 Neal of Lynn, born in Kittery very early in the century, traces 
 his lineage back to Francis Neale. His grandson, C. Neal 
 Barney, Esq., of Boston, has furnished me with several impor- 
 tant genealogical items. 
 
 We find mention of Andrew Neal of Kittery in 1720 ; of 
 Samuel Neal of Stratham, who married Elizabeth Haley of Kit- 
 tery in 1754; of John Neele and Jane Evins, who were "pub-
 
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 lished " in Georgetown, Me., in Dec, 1743; of John Neal, Jr., 
 who was town clerk, and George Neal, who was tax collector, in 
 Smithfield, now Litchfield, Me., in 1775 ; ofJThoma.s Neallc, who 
 was soldier in a Maine regiment, in May, 1775; of Andrew Neal 
 in Cornish, 1794; and of John Neal in Poland, Me., in 1798. 
 
 Also, many references are made to Neals in the several vol- 
 umes of "York Deeds," and "Maine Wills." But our limits will 
 not permit the attempt to trace the lineage of these numerous 
 individuals. 
 
 We must wait for some one who has ample time and means 
 at command, to undertake the preparation and publication of a 
 complete history of the Neal family. 
 
 Among the early Neals in England may be mentioned 
 Francis Neale, Esq., one of the Auditors of the IC.Kchequer to 
 Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 He married . Children — William, and Thomas, 
 
 who d. Dec, 1597. 
 
 William, son of Francis, also one of the Auditors to Queen 
 Elizabeth, m. (i) Agnes, daughter of Robert Bowyer, sister of 
 Francis Bowyer, Alderman of London ; (2) Agnes (Hopkins) 
 Culverwell. 
 
 Children — (by first wife) Thomas, Walter, Agnes, Francis, 
 Mary, 
 
 Sir Thomas of Warneford, Knight, one of the Auditors to 
 Qiieen Elizabeth and King James, and son of William Neal, died 
 Feb. 3, 1620. He married (i) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 
 Freake, of Co. Dorset ; (2) Mary, daughter of Thomas Calton, 
 Co. Oxford. 
 
 Children — by first marriage — Frances, Ann, Mary, Elizabeth) 
 by second marriage — Thomas, William, Robert, 
 
 Walter, son of William, and brother of Sir Thomas, died 
 in the latter part of 1612, or early part of 1613. He married 
 (i) iM-ances, daughter of Sir William Oglander, a descendant of 
 Richard de Okelander, who came over with William the Con- 
 queror, from Caen, Normandy. Walter married (2) a Lamberte. 
 So far as I can judge, there were children by neither marriage. 
 (See will of Walter Neale, and that of his father-in-law, Sir Wm.
 
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 Oglandcr, in " N. 1'^. Ilistor. and Genealogical Register," for 
 April, 1898.) 
 
 It may be added here that Mr. Gordon Goodwin, in "Diet, 
 of Nat. IMograph}'," Volume 40, has made the serious mistake of 
 confounding this Walter Neale with Captain Walter Neale, of 
 whom we are about to speak. So far from the two men being 
 identical, we have not yet ascertained whether they were related, 
 though we think it probable that they were so. It is not unlikely 
 that the Captain, perchance a younger man, and surviving his 
 namesake some twenty-five years or more, may have been a 
 near relative of the Walter who died in 161 2-1 3. 
 
 With reference to the "mistake" of Mr. Goodwin alluded 
 to above, Mr. Sidney Lee, the courteous and accomplished 
 editor of that truly monumental work, " Dictionary of National 
 Biography," comprising nearly sixty volumes, writes : " I fear 
 you are right in your statement respecting a confusion between 
 two Walter Neales in our Dictionary. I will endeavor to rectify 
 it in future issues. I regret to be unable to find any answers to 
 your queries, but should any information leak out, I will 
 forward it." 
 
 With this assurance, we must be content for the present, 
 and wait patiently for " more light." 
 
 Captain Walter Neale appears on the scene about 1612 
 to 161 5. If he were, as is possible, the same with that earliest 
 Walter Neale above mentioned, he was the son of Henry and 
 Elizabeth (Lacon) Neale, and was born probably about iS9^, or 
 a little earlier. He seems to have been a native of Bedfordshire, 
 and may have been a relative of John Neal of Dean referred to. 
 Henry had several other children whose names we cannot give. 
 We gather these facts from the previously cited records of the 
 Visitation of Bedfordshire, 1566 and later, and the Visitation of 
 Northamptonshire, 16 18. Fired with military ambition, young 
 Walter entered the English army not far from 161 5. He 
 served in Bohemia and the Rhine country under Count Ernst 
 Von Mansfeldt, and there gained the rank of Captain. 
 
 After various experiences, he came over to America, as the 
 agent of Mason and Gorges. It was in 1630 that he sailed in 
 the ship "Warwick," for Piscataqua, or the lower settlement of
 
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 New Hampshire, comprising Portsmouth and Newcastle, with a 
 part of Rye, Newington, and Greenland. He was sent as Gov- 
 ernor of the plantation, and his commission bore the signatures 
 of John Mason, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and others. At about 
 the same time, Capt. Thomas Wiggin, ancestor of the W'iggin 
 faniily in this country, was Governor of the upper plantation, with 
 headquarters at Northam, now Dover. The boundaries of the 
 two plantations seem to have been for a time very vague and 
 elastic. A violent clash between Neale and W'iggin as to juris- 
 diction, accompanied with gory threats and sulphurous language, 
 gave name to "Bloody Point," now "Newington," between Dover 
 and Portsmouth. We are happy to add. however, that no blood 
 was actually spilled on the occasion, the wrathful disputants being 
 persuaded to refer the "vexed question" to their employers. 
 
 In 1632, according to Belknap, Capt. Neale, in company with 
 Jocelyn and Darby Field, set out on foot to visit the "beautiful 
 lakes '' of which they had heard rumors, and to open trade with 
 the Indians. In the course of their travels, they visited the 
 White Mountains, which they described in very glowing terms, 
 and to which, on account of some shining pebbles which they 
 found in that vicinity, they gave the name " Chrystal Hills." 
 
 It is said, also, that Neale and Wiggin surveyed and fi.xed the 
 boundaries of Portsmouth, Dover, and Hampton, and that they 
 assisted Wheelwright in fixing the bounds of his plantation 
 known as " I^xeter." 
 
 In August, 1633, Capt. Neale embarked in the ship " I^liza- 
 beth Bonadventure'' for England, whence it does not ai)pear 
 that he ever returned to America. In 1634, at the instance of 
 the King, Charles the First, Neale was chosen Captain of the 
 Artillery Garden in London. There he drilled the citizens care- 
 fully for four years. He then applied for the position of 
 Sergeant-Major of Virginia, but another secured the prize. 
 
 In 1638, he petitioned the King for appointment as Lieut. 
 Governor of the Military Station of Portsmouth, England. In 
 this petition, as cited by Sainsbury, he sets forth that " he has 
 served in all the King's expeditions for the last 20 years ; com- 
 manded 4 years, and brought to perfection the Company of the
 
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 Artillery Garden. Lived three years in New England, and made 
 greater discoveries than were ever made before. Exactly dis- 
 covered all the rivers and harbors in the habitable parts of the 
 country. Prays to be appointed Governor." 
 
 The following is a fac-simile of the manly and handsome 
 autograph of the valiant old soldier : 
 
 wi: 
 
 His petition met with a favorable response, and in the 
 following year, 1639, he received the desired and highly creditable 
 appointment. 
 
 An apparently official letter of his is extant, dated at 
 Portsmouth, England, July 13, 1639, and relating to the landing 
 or transportation of 300 Spanish soldiers, no doubt prisoners of 
 war. This letter furnishes the last glimpse we get of the sturdy 
 old Captain. At this point he disappears from our field of view. 
 Although I have made careful investigation, I have failed to 
 learn whether Captain Walter Neale was married, and had 
 children ; also, when and where he died. There is, indeed, a 
 tradition cited, we believe, by Adams in " Annals of Ports- 
 moth, N. H.," to the effect that the old Captain died in London. 
 This tradition may be authentic, but we do not know on what 
 it is based. 
 
 It is not unlikely that a protracted and expensive examina- 
 tion of records and archives in various towns, cities and counties 
 of England might solve the problem. My own attempts in that 
 line have, however, produced but meagre results. 
 
 Captain Walter Neal, 2d, next appears before us. His 
 parentage, and the place and date of his birth are unknown. 
 John Farmer, the well-known antiquarian, held that he was the 
 son of the first Capt. Walter; and I incline to that opinion, 
 although he may have been a nephew, instead. A "deposition" 
 of Walter, 2d, recorded in " N. H. Hist. Society's Collections," 
 Vol. VHI., pp. 185-6, implies that he was born about 1633, the 
 year in which Capt. Walter, ist, sailed for England.
 
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 Let us assume that Capt. Walter, the explorer, married 
 shortly after his return to England ; if, indeed, he had not been 
 married earlier. Let us suppose, also, that a son Walter was born 
 to the couple as soon as might be, in the course of things. Now, 
 nothing would be more natural, and almost inevitable, than that 
 this son, on reaching manhood, inheriting his father's adventurous 
 disposition, and fired by his father's glowing tales of the wonders 
 of the New World, should make his way to America as early as 
 possible. Accordingly, we find, in 1653, Walter Neale, the 
 younger, a resident of Greenland, N. H. If our hypothesis 
 be correct, he was then not far from 20 years of age. In 
 Greenland, it is to be noted, he would be quite near to his 
 reputed father's former headquarters. And this town, lying in 
 part between Dover and Portsmouth, was, singularly enough, 
 sometimes reckoned as belonging to the former, and at other 
 times to the latter. 
 
 We find, from Hackett's "Portsmouth Records, 1645-1656," 
 that the citizens of Portsmouth, in town meeting assembled, 
 voted to grant unto "Walter neall" a lot of " eaight ackers " to 
 his house on the neck of land "by Winacont River." Date, 
 Dec. 5, 1653. This shows clearly that at that time Portsmouth 
 claimed a portion, or the whole, of Greenland, and exercised 
 jurisdiction over it. On the other hand, in the will of John Hall, 
 dated 1677, Greenland was spoken of as a "township of Dover." 
 This peculiar overlapping of jurisdictions appears in the annals 
 of many years, and is likely to confuse the unwary reader. 
 
 In 1655-6, Walter Neale had fifty acres assigned to him by 
 the side of Capt. Champernoun's farm, at Greenland, and the 
 boundaries of his lot, it being 91 poles square, are described. 
 
 In 1660, at a town meeting held for the purpose of appor- 
 tioning the undivided lands, he received additional territory. 
 
 In 1658-66, among those who subscribed for the maintenance 
 of the minister in Portsmouth, we find " Walr Neale, 15s." 
 
 In 1666, a military company at Portsmouth cho.se Waller 
 Neale Lieutenant, but the court ordered that his commission 
 should be withheld until he should be admitted to "fredome 
 of this country." Does this imply that he was not a native of
 
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 America? Or is it to be taken in the later sense of the expres- 
 sion, as related to church-membership and the right of franchise? 
 
 In 1678, the Selectmen of Portsmouth appointed "tything- 
 mcn," one of whom was Lieut. Neale "for all the families" in 
 Greenland." (In 1692, these families were 68 in number.) 
 
 In 1679, Nov. 28, a deed given by "Lt. Walter Neale of 
 Greenland in the township of Portsmouth," c(;nveys land in Green- 
 land to George Huntress. 
 
 In the Constables' Rates for 1688, Walter Neale is named as 
 a resident of Greenland ; because, says Mr. Brewster, Greenland 
 then included "the western part of Portsmouth, Greenland, and 
 Newington.'' 
 
 In 1689-90, Walter Neale had attained the rank of " Cap- 
 tain." He is mentioned as such in a list of Portsmouth's mili- 
 tary officers. Hence, I have styled him "Captain Walter 
 Neale, 2d." 
 
 At a town meeting in Portsmouth, April 3, 1693, a commit- 
 tee, among whom was " Capt. Walter Nele," was appointed to 
 arrange the sittings in the meeting-house — the people to be seated 
 according to their rank and position in life. As a result, the seat 
 of honor— the front seat facing the minister — was assigned to 
 "Lieut. Sloper " and "Capt. Nele." This sufficiently indicates 
 the Captain's prominence in the community. 
 
 On Feb. 3, 1702-3, Walter Neale of Greenland in Ports- 
 mouth executed a deed in favor of his well beloved grandchildren, 
 the children of " ray son Samuel Neale of Greenland aforesaid, 
 late deceased," and he specifies his "well beloved grandson 
 Samuel Neale — not 21 years of age." 
 
 This furnishes a clue to the date of the decease of that 
 Samuel Neale who, according to Dover records, was born in i66r. 
 
 Here we lose sight of Capt. Walter Neale, 2d. Like his 
 namesake, Capt. Walter Neale, ist, he disappears from our field 
 of vision. 
 
 After a careful examination of old records and epitaphs in 
 Greenland and in Portsmouth, I have been unable to find any 
 clue to the time and place of his death and burial. It seems 
 probable, however, that he died previous to 17 17, since in a list of 
 rate-payers in Portsmouth, of that date, including those of both
 
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 meeting-houses, the old (North) and the new (South), his name 
 does not appear. Had he been Hving, his name would hardly 
 have been omitted. 
 
 It seems a little strange that, in the case of so eminent a 
 citizen, no record of his death siiould be extant, and no tomb- 
 stone should mark his grave, so far as known. I incline to think 
 that the circumstances may have been somewhat as follows: 
 In the earlier period of his residence in Greenland, he lived, as I 
 conjecture, in the northern part of the town near to Dover, hence 
 was reckoned as a citizen of that town. Later on, he may have 
 moved to the southern part of the town, so near to Portsmouth 
 that he and his family attended church services there, and were 
 reckoned as citizens of that town. And he may have been 
 interred in some private burial ground, perhaps, on his own 
 estate. And, in the lapse of some 200 years, this burial place 
 may have been forgotten, or, possibly, ploughed over, and the 
 tombstones carried off, and destroyed — as was the case with the 
 old cemetery in the adjoining town of Stratham. 
 
 Possibly his ashes lie beneath one of the nameless, almost 
 undistinguishable mounds which I came upon in the older part 
 of Greenland cemetery. Should the old records of Portsmouth, 
 from 1656 to 1800, ever be transcribed and published, some 
 light may be thrown upon the dark points above named. Let us 
 hope that some one will soon arise to complete the good work 
 which Mr. F. W. Hackett so well began. 
 
 And we may add that a thorough exploration of nooks and 
 corners in the southern part of the town of Greenland might 
 possibly discover the last resting-place of the' remains of C.\rT.\iN 
 Walter Neal, 2d. 
 
 FIRST GENKRATION. 
 
 As Captain Walter Neale, 2d, was, so far as we know, 
 the first of the name who passed most or all of his life in this 
 
 country, we may assign him to the first generation.
 
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 SPXOND GENERATION. 
 
 Wai.tkk Neal, 21), married Mary . Tradition has it 
 
 that her maiden name was Mary Ayers. 
 thp:ir children. 
 
 All that is certain/}' known as to their children is comprised 
 in the following excerpt from the old records of Dover, N. H. : 
 
 "Samuel Neale son of Walter Neale by Mary his wife born 
 ye 14th June 1661. 
 
 " Mary daugh of Walter Neale by Mary his wife, born ye 3 1 
 Mar. 1668 ; she herselfe dyed ye first Friday in Aprill following 
 1668." ' ■' ■'^^' 
 
 Apparently the meaning is that the slaughter died. Of 
 course, it is possible that the parents gave the same name to 
 another daughter born subsequently. 
 
 Samuel died as early as 1702 or 1703. 
 
 Tradition — which is certainly wrong in some particulars — 
 ascribes to Capt. Walter 2d and Mary (Ayers) Neal the following 
 children : 
 
 John, who married a Lovett. 
 
 Eliphalet, married a Sinclair. 
 
 William, — — . 
 
 Joshua, married Mary Tarleton. 
 
 Thomas, married a Thompson. 
 
 Clement, . 
 
 James, . 
 
 Mary, married James Ayers. 
 
 (This couple are said to have been the grandparents of the 
 late Levi W. Ayers of Tuftonboro'.) 
 
 Olive, married a Lang of Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Concerning this traditional list several things are to be 
 noted : 
 
 (i). The name of Samuel Neal Cpresumably the oldest 
 child of the couple) given in the Dover records, does not appear 
 in the traditional list at all. 
 
 (2). , One or more of the persons mentioned in the present 
 list could not possibly have been the children of Walter 2d and 
 Mary (Ayers) Neal. Thus, Joshua Neal, who married Mary
 
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 Tarleton, was born in 1756, as we know from family records. 
 Hence, he could not have been the son of those parents t(^ whom 
 children were born in 1661 and 1668 — nearly a hundred 
 years earlier! Again, if James and Mary (Xeal) Ayers were 
 really the grandparents of Levi W. Ayers, whom I well remem- 
 ber, then IMary could not have been born 200 years ago, the 
 daughter of Walter Neal, 2d, and his wife Mary, referred to in 
 the Dover records. 
 
 (3) My conclusion is that, in the near two hundred years 
 which have intervened since the days of Walter Xeal, 2d. he has 
 come to be, in some measure, confounded with his grandsoui 
 Walter Neal, 3d; and that the children of the latter — some, if 
 not all, of them — have consequently been ascribed to the former. ■ 
 
 I shall indicate, later on, what corrections should, in my 
 opinion, be made. I proceed to give such information as I have 
 been able to glean from the rather meagre and defective records 
 of the town, parish, and church of Greenland, X. H. 
 
 THIRD GENERATION. 
 
 John Neale married Margaret ( Lovett .''). This couple 
 were admitted to the Congregational church in Greenland in 
 1 7 19. (This John may have been the youngest son of Capt. 
 Walter, 2d, born as late as 1680 or 1686. Tradition gives his 
 wife's family name as Lovett.) 
 
 TIIEIK CIIII.DKI'.N. 
 
 Abigail, baptized in 1719. 
 
 John, " " 1720. 
 
 Walter, " " 1722. 
 
 John, " " 1725- 
 
 James, " " 1727- 
 
 Sarah, " " 1729- 
 
 (The records give Sarah's father as " Deacon Ncalc," but I 
 assume that he was identical with "John Neale ") 
 
 Samuel Neale married Elizabeth . [He was admit- 
 ted to the church in 1722, as she had been in 17 13. It is to be 
 noted that this Samuel was doubtless the j^rniu/soii of Walter
 
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 Ncale, 2d ; Walter's son Samuel having died in 1703, or a little 
 earlier, as noted before. From records in Portsmouth, 1 learn 
 that Samuel Nkal, Senior, was admitted to the North Church, 
 Nov. 26, 1695 ; and that his children, Thomas, Walter, and 
 Jeremiah, were baptized April 21, 1695, and Joshua baptized Feb. 
 II, 1697. So that Samuel, senior, born in 1661, had at least 5 
 sons. His wife's family name we do not know. This Walter, 
 son of Samuel, and grandson of Capt. Walter, 2d, was doubtless 
 the Walter mentioned later, who was born in 1692, and who 
 married Ann Mattoon in 171 5, and who died April 17, 1755, 
 leaving a large family.] 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Mary, baptized in 171 3. 
 
 Jonathan, " " 1214. 
 
 Elizabeth, " " 1719. 
 
 Anna, " " 1719. 
 
 Comfort, " " 1723. 
 
 Hannah, " " 1728. 
 
 Ruhamah, " " 1729. 
 
 [Besides these, of parentage not stated, I find the names of 
 Jeane Neale admitted to the Greenland church in 17 14, and 
 Mary Neale admitted in 1742. Very probably this Mary was 
 the oldest child of Samuel, as above stated. 
 
 It may be of interest to add the following names taken from 
 a list of the early tax-payers in the town of Greenland : — 
 
 Samuel Neale, 1753. 
 
 Walter Neale, 1753. 
 
 Deacon Neale, 1754. 
 
 Samuel Neale, 1754. 
 
 Widow Neale, 1756. 
 
 John Neale, 1756. 
 
 James Neale, 1756.] 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 Walter Neal, 3D, m. Hannah . He was admitted 
 
 to the Greenland church in 1742. This man has, as I think,
 
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 been confounded with his grandfather, Walter Neal, 2d ; hence, 
 I feel no hesitation in ascribing to Walter, 3d, three, at least, of 
 the children mentioned in the "traditional list " which we have 
 already given. 
 
 TIIEIK CHILDREN'. 
 
 William, son of Walter and Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1750. 
 
 Mary, b. ; m. James Ayers. 
 
 Joshua, b. June 23, 1756; d. Nov. 4, 1840. 
 
 [As to William, the Greenland records state explicitly his 
 parentage, and the date of his birth. 
 
 Tradition makes Mary the sister of William, and if so, she 
 belongs here;- and in that case .she may well have been the 
 grandmother of Levi W. Ayers of Tuftonboro'. 
 
 With reference to Joshua, my ancestor, the case is not so 
 clear. The family record in his old Bible gives no clue to the 
 name of his father or his mother. But unvarying tradition gives 
 his father's name as "Walter." Then, the fact that he gave to a 
 daughter of his the name "Hannah," may be a kind of intima- 
 tion that his mother bore the same loved name. 
 
 Under the circumstances, I confidently place him, as above, 
 among the children of Walter and Hannah Neal. There was 
 another Joshua Neal, in the line of Samuel Neal, but he married 
 Abigail Haines, and belonged to an earlier generation. A third 
 Joshua was a cotemporary with our Joshua, both living in Ports- 
 mouth at the same time. This third Joshua died in 183 1. 
 
 Whether any others of the "traditional list" j)reviou.sly 
 given really belong among the posterity of Walter and Hannah, 
 I cannot determine. I think it not unlikely that they do.] 
 
 FIFTH GHNFRATIOX. 
 
 Josiiu.v Ne.\l married Mary Tarleton of Newcastle, N. H.. 
 on June 16, 1776. He was born in Greenland, as above, and 
 died in Tuftonboro', N. H., on Nov. 4, 1840. She was born on 
 Aug. 12, 1756, ant! died Dec. 10, 1825. She was llie daughter of 
 Richard and Mary (Cotton) Taileton. The chiUlren of the last 
 named couple were Mar\- ist, Mary 2d, Elizabeth, John. Hannah.
 
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 and Ruth. Of these, Mary ist, Elizabeth, and John died very- 
 early. Mary Cotton's family lived on Cape Ann. 
 
 Joshua Neal served in the Revolutionary Army. In Nov., 
 1775, he was a fifer in Capt. Thos. Berry's Co., Col. Joshua_ 
 Wincfate's Re<r., stationed on Pierce's Island, for the defence of 
 Piscataqua Harbor. 
 
 Probably a little later, he appears in Capt. John Calfe's 
 (Calef's) Co., Col. Pierce Long's Reg., as a volunteer from 
 Greenland. I judge that he served through the war. 
 
 In 1783, Joshua Neal, with others, signed a petition to the 
 General Court, asking that Greenland might be permitted to 
 send a representative to that body. 
 
 Not long after he seems to have removed to Portsmouth, 
 where he lived for many years. Near 1823, he moved to Tuf- 
 tonboro', where he died in 1840. 
 
 His wife, Mary (Tarleton) Neal, had passed away some 
 fifteen years before 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Betsey, b. May 2, 1777 ; m. Henry Allard ; d. January, 1861. 
 
 Richard, b. 1779; d. 1 780. 
 
 Hannah, b. March 22, 1781 ; m. Timothy Piper, Jan. 21, 
 1800 ; d. August 23, 1865. 
 
 Mary, b. 1782 ; d. 1786. 
 
 Mehitable, b. July 17, 1785; m. Samuel Swett in 1812; d. 
 Oct. 24, 1870. 
 
 Polly, b. June 26, 1791 ; m. Jo.seph Kent; d. about 1844 or 
 '45. He died near the same time 
 
 John, b. Oct. 13, 1793; m. Nabby Hersey, March 4, 1819; 
 d. Sept. 23, 1855. She was born Sept. 28, 1789, and d. May 9, 
 1872. 
 
 SIXTH GENERATION. 
 
 Betsey Neal married Henry Allard. Concerning the 
 Allard family, I have been able to glean fewer items than I could 
 wish. There were Allards in the early history of Dover, and of 
 Newcastle, N. H. It may be that Henry and his brother 
 Jonathan came to Wolfeboro' from Newcastle, the early home
 
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 of the mother of Henry's bride. Jonathan married EHzabeth 
 Berry, and moved to Canada about 1808. Henry Allard was 
 born in Sept., 1761, and died in Shefford, Can., in Feb., 1856, 
 aged 95. His wife, Betsey Neal, was born in Greenland (.'), N. 
 H., in May, 1777, and died in Shefford in Jan., 1861, aged 84. 
 They moved to Canada about 18 18. 
 
 TIIKIK ClULDKKX. 
 
 Jonathan 2d, b. in Wolfeboro', N. H., in 1808; d. in Waterloo* 
 P. Q., in 1878 ; m. his cousin, daughter of Jonathan, ist. Kight 
 children, of whom two are living — Anne, who m. James'R. 
 Booth, and a younger sister. Mrs. Booth has kindly aided me by 
 furnishing information in regard to the family. 
 
 Harriet, b. ; m. Peter Keniston. Some 50 years 
 
 since they moved to Lareston, Illinois. 
 
 Mary A„ b. ; m. h'arman Bates, and, after a few 
 
 years, removed to Marshall, Iowa. 
 
 Eliza A, (sometimes called "Betsey"), twin with Mary, m. 
 C2 eorge Wentwor tb. They returned to N. H. some 50 years 
 ago. Children — Mrs. Rose Bean, Lynn, Mass., and Charles B. 
 Wejitimilb, VVolfeborf)', N. H. To the latter I am indebted for 
 information. Eliza died Jan. 12, 1899, aged 87, 
 
 From the history of Wolfeboro', I gather that, in 1792, 
 Henry Allard was a member of the Free Will Baptist Society in 
 that town, then under the pastoral care of I'21der Isaac Townsend. 
 At about the .same time, Lydia Allard, who was, as I learn, the 
 first wife of Henry, is mentioned among the members of the 
 same society. 
 
 As previously stated, Jonathan AUartl, i.st, moved to Canada 
 some 90 years ago, and his brother Henry followev.! him some 10 
 years later. Henry and his family settled in the township of 
 Shefford, which became their residence from that time. 
 
 Hannah Nf.al married Timothy Piper. This couple liad 
 thirteen children, all of whom lived to mature years, and twelve 
 of whom married and reared families. 
 
 ( h'or particulars, see " Pii'kk Family ". ) 
 
 Meuitable Neal married Samuel Swett.
 
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 riii:iR cniLDKKX. 
 
 Joshua N., b. Dec. ii, 1813 ; went to South Dakota, married, 
 and d. alxmt 5 years since, leaving a family of 5 children. 
 
 Huldah S„ b. Oct. 20, 18 17; m. William Palmer, and has 
 two children living, Helen, and Dana. 
 
 Mary A„ b. July 20, 1820; m. Daniel Leary. Three 
 children, Martha, John, and Ann. Mr. Leary was killed in the 
 battle of Chancellorsville, on August 3, 1864, a Union soldier. 
 
 John, b. Feb. 20, 1826; d. of fever, a soldier in the Union 
 Army. 
 
 Polly Neal married Joseph Kent. Joseph was the son 
 of William Kent of Wolfeboro'. I find the names of William 
 Kent and Joseph Kent among the early mill-owners of that 
 town. It is thought that Joshua Neal, father of Polly, lived 
 in Wolfeboro' for a time, after leaving Portsmouth, and before 
 moving to Tuftonboro', his later residence. Probably Joseph 
 and Polly were married in Wolfeboro'. Many years since, they 
 moved to Granby, Canada, where she died in 1843, and he in 
 1879, in his 90th year. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 From the best information which I have been able to gather, 
 the following were the children, with the grandchildren, of 
 Joseph and Polly Kent : — 
 
 Sewell, m. Theda Herrick ; children — Daniel, Lois, Maria, 
 Hiram, Joseph, Henry, Jonathan, Sanford, W^illiam. Sewell d. 
 in 1873. 
 
 John, m. Nancy Corey; children — Adelia A., Ruth Arrilla, 
 Stewart, John Banfield, Amanda, Charles E. 
 
 Fannie, m. Aaron Vilas; children — Emily, Eliza, Martha 
 M., Sarah Melvina, Lucy, William F. P'annie d. Dec, 1870. 
 
 Mary, m. Francis Hyatt ; children — Cornelia, Elizabeth, 
 Josephine, William Henry, George Arthur. Mary d. Nov. 15, 1898. 
 
 James, b. in 1819; m. Hannah Spears ; children — William, 
 Elvira, Elizabeth, L. Ellen, Joseph Arthur, Arlington. 
 
 Joshua, d. July, 1845, unmarried. 
 
 Eliza, b. April, 1825 ; m. Thomas Stanley. No children.
 
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 I am indebted to IMrs. Stanley for information concerning 
 the family. 
 
 Sarah, m. John C. lielcher ; children — Lucy, Alice, John, 
 Mary, Joseph William, Sadie. 
 
 William, m. Caroline Knowlton ; children — Carrie Belle, 
 Hattie, Joseph Amasa, Eva, Fred. 
 
 John and his family live in Barnston, C. E. 
 
 James and L^liza reside in Granby, Canada ; William and 
 Sarah with their families, live in California. 
 
 John Nk.m. married Nabby Hersey. She was a daughter 
 of Jonathan Hersey, an early settler in the town of Wolfeboro'. 
 
 [The first American ancestor of the Hersey family was 
 William, of Hingham, Mass., in 1635. He was made a " free- 
 man" in 1638, and became member of an artillery conijiany in 
 1652. In the Hingham records, the name is sj^elled "llersie," 
 "Harsie," and "Hearsey." One of William's family went early 
 to Newmarket, N. H., in search of oak and ash timber, as 
 he was a carpenter or cooper. He took up land, and settled in 
 Newmarket. A descendant, James, married Joanna Iku-ley, and 
 had ten children, of whom the late Jonathan Hersey, above 
 named, was one, and Mrs. Jemima, first wife of Adjutant John 
 Piper, was another. For the convenience of some of my readers, 
 I subjoin a few particulars concerning the Hersey family. 
 
 JoxAriiAN Hrksev (spelled "Ilarsey" in family record), 
 
 b. in Newmarket, Dec. 22, 174^^; ni. Mary Wiggin on Feb. 15, 
 
 1772 
 
 Tiir.iK ciiii.iiKi:x. 
 
 Samuel W„ b. Nov. 22, 1772 ; m. Sally Shorey. 
 
 James (/'Capt. James," father of Gen. George W., Andrew 
 L., and other children), b. Nov. 18, 1774; m. Nancy Lucas. 
 
 William, b. March 31, 1777 ; killed by fall from a horse. 
 
 John. b. Oct. 18, 1779; m. Rulh Nudd. 
 
 Elijah, b. August 31, 1782; m. Hannah Tibbetts 
 
 Polly, b. bY'b. 28, 1785 ; m. Thomas Blaisdell. who was killed 
 by fall of inilirrame. 
 
 Jonathan, b. August 4, 1787; ni. Nabby Keni^b 
 
 Nabby, b. Sept. 28, 1789; m. John Neal. 
 
 loll.
 
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 Jacob, b. June 25, 1792; m. Nancy, sister of Thomas 
 Blaisdcll. 
 
 The descendants of the family are very numerous in Tufton- 
 boro' and Wolfeboro'.J 
 
 Children of John and Nabby (Hersey) Neal. 
 
 Richard B„ born March 13, 1820; d. Sept. 23, 1890. He 
 married Nancy N., daughter of David and Sally (Haley) Piper, 
 April 7, 1842. They had 3 children. 
 
 Thomas W„ b May 6. 1822 ; d. Nov. 27, 1890 ; m. Tryphena 
 Kelsey, May 25, 1845. Five children. 
 
 John L, b. Nov. 3, 1824; d. Oct. 28, 1877. He married 
 Lydia Scott, Nov. 3, 1850. Three children. 
 
 Joshua A„ b. Oct. 14, 1827; d. Oct. 14, 1887. He married 
 'Angelina Burnal, Nov. 23, 1861. Two children. 
 
 Mary A., b. April 13, 1832 ; d. Feb. 23, 1861. 
 
 James H,, b. Jan. 29, 1835 ; married Adeliza J. Copp, Nov. 
 II, i860. Four children. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION. 
 Richard B. Neal married Nancy N. Piper. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Charles L, b. June 15, 1847; m. Nellie Rich. His home 
 is in California. 
 
 Ellen E. J„ b. Nov. 24, 1853; m. George F. Young. They 
 have one child. 
 
 Minnie A, E„ b. Oct. 20, 1859 ; m. Frank A. Hersey. Two 
 children. 
 
 Thomas W. Neal married Tryphena Kelsey. 
 
 THEIR children. 
 
 Frank H„ b. Jan. 25, 1846 ; m. Olive Getchel. 
 Edward C-, b. Oct. 31, 1848 ; m. Emma J. Copp. 
 
 Joseph H„ b. Jan. 15, 1857 ; m. . 
 
 Mary Alice, b. Sept. i, 1859. 
 
 Lois C„ b. March 19, 1863 ; m. Fred Amsden. 
 
 John L. Neal married Lydia Scott.
 
 TIli:iK CIIII.DKKN. 
 
 Emma F„ b. April ii, 1852 ; m. Joseph Bullard. 
 Ella Jane, b. Jan. 16, 1859; ni. Charles H. McAllister. 
 M. Etta, b. ; ni. Henry Langley. 
 
 Jo.SHUA A. Neai. married Angelina Hurnal. 
 
 Tiii:iK ciiili)Ri-:n. 
 
 Mary A., b. ; m. Myron W'hidden. 
 
 Leta B., e. ; ni. J. \V. Harris. 
 
 jAMr-:s H. Neal married Adeliza J. Copp. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 John, b. March 6, 1863. 
 E William, b. Feb. ii, 1865. 
 I, Newton, b. March 9, 1866. 
 Lucy M. R„ b. Nov. i, 1872. 
 
 OTIHCR XKALS. 
 
 We have found, in our researches, many other individuals 
 and families bearing the name of Neal in some of its forms. 
 Several of these, in all probability, are descendants of Capt. 
 Walter Neal, 2d, while others may not be so. Some of them we 
 will mention ; others have already been referred to. 
 
 ( From church'records, Portsmouth.) 
 
 Robert Neal and lulith Jackson, married by Rev. .Samuel 
 Haven, Oct. 6, 1747. 
 
 Tiii:iR ciiili»ri:n. 
 
 Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1759. 
 
 Richard, b. Sept. 19, 1766; d. 
 
 Andrew, b. May — , 1769. 
 
 James and John (twins), b. July 25, 1772. 
 Robert, b. Nov. 17, 1779. 
 Peggy, b. June 15, 1783. 
 Samuel, b. April 9, 1786. 
 Richard, b. Jan. 7, 1792.
 
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 [Whether all these children were born of one mother is 
 doubtful, to say the least. It was probably Robert Neal, Senior, 
 who, in April, 1776, in connection with Thomas Hayley and 
 others, as previously noted, manifested his patriotism in overt 
 opposition to British tyranny]. 
 
 Elsewhere I find, — 
 
 Samuel Neal and Sally Whidden married Aug. 22, 1790. 
 Children — Samuel and Sally (twins), baptized Sept. 9, 1792. 
 Mary, baptized June 14, 1795. 
 
 ( On tombstones in Portsmouth.) 
 
 Robert Neal, b 1780; d. Jan. 2, 1852. 
 
 James Neal, d. 1833, aged 26 years. [I suspect that the 
 " Robert Neal " here named was Robert, Jr., and was really born 
 on Nov. 17, 1779, as above.] 
 
 (From church records at Portsmouth.) 
 
 In 1671, Walter Neale's name appears among the names of 
 church members, and the same list contains the names of W- 
 Neal and Sam. Neal. Probably two of these were Capt. Walter, 
 2d, and his son, Samuel. 
 
 Jeremiah Neal married Martin, Oct. 23, 1720. 
 
 (P'rom Wells, Me., records.) 
 
 Andrew Neal of Berwick and Jean Hubbard, published 
 July 25, 1778. 
 
 (From records at Newcastle, N. H.) 
 
 Richard Neal, b. 1762. 
 
 Abigail Neal, b. 1766. Whose children they were does not 
 appear 
 
 William Neal and Hepsabeth Marden, published (or 
 married) P^eb. 6, 1777. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 William, b. , 1786. 
 
 Mary, b. , 1793. 
 
 Sarah, b. , 1796. 
 
 (From a MS. loaned by Mrs. Mary Neal Hanaford of Chad- 
 wick, 111. It is certainly incorrect in some particulars, but
 
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 apparently right in most others ) It runs, in substance, but 
 condensed, as follows : " Cajit. Walter Xeil emigrated from Bed- 
 ford, lingland, and settled in Greenland (N. H.) about 1623." 
 (The real, original Captain Walter Neale did not come to this 
 country until 1630, and did not "settle" here at all. Possibly the 
 "1623" should be "1653," and then the reference might, in that 
 case, be to him whom we have styled " Capt. Walter Xeale, 2d.") 
 We resume the MS. record : — ' 
 
 "C.VPT. Neil m. . 
 
 THKIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Samuel, b. . 
 
 , a daughter who married a Philbnck, and died quite 
 
 early. 
 
 S.VMUEL Neil m. Jane Philbrick ; another account says 
 Jane Foss. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Samuel, m. Locke, and lived in Greenland. 
 
 John, m. Whitten. 
 
 Walter, b. 1692; d. April 17, 1755; m. Jan. 11, 1715, Ann 
 Mattoon (b. 1694; d. 1766). 
 
 Joshua, m Abigail Haines, and settletl in Stratham. 
 
 Jeremiah, m. Martin, and settled in Saco." It is 
 
 thought by some that the Neals of Portland, Me., are ilescend- 
 ants of this couple. 
 
 W.\LTER Neil m. Ann Mattoon. She was the daughter of 
 Richard Mattoon of ICxcter, and was of Scotch descent. [Bel- 
 knap says that Richard Mattoon and his son Mubertas were 
 killed by the Indians in the summer of 1706]. 
 
 Tiii:iR ciiildri:n. 
 
 Hubartus, b. Oct. 22, 1717; d. Occ. 13, 1S05; marrieil Mary 
 Perkins. 
 
 Samuel, b. March 26, 1720; d. April S. 1760; married Cath- 
 erine Burleigh. 
 
 John, b. April 5, 1722; d. Jan. 27, 1S06; married Lvdia 
 Wiggin.
 
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 Anne, 1). Sept. i, 1724; d. 1736- 
 
 Ebenezef, b. Jan. 18, 1726; d. April 15, 1805; married (ist) 
 Lydia Clark ; (2d) Eliza Perkins. 
 
 Walter, b. June 22, 1731 ; d. April 23, 1820; married Lydia 
 Porson. 
 
 Deborah, b. Nov. 14, 1733 ; m. Walter Wiggin. 
 
 Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1736; m. Joshua Robinson. 
 
 Capt. Hubartus m. Mary Perkins. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Bartholomew, b. July 17, 1748; d. in infancy. 
 
 Hubartus, Jr„ b. Jan. 23, 1752 ; d. May 8, 1807 ; married Dec. 
 II, 1774, Mary Smith, dau. of Col. Joseph and Mary (Glidden) 
 Smith of Newmarket 
 
 Molly, b. Oct. 6, 1756; d. 1760. 
 
 Capt. Hubartus and wife, with their son Hubartus, Jr., and 
 his wife, were interred in the old cemetery near Rockingham 
 Junction, N. H. 
 
 Hubartus, Jr., m. Mary Smith. 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 John Glidden, b. Sept. 3, 1775; d. July 13, 1859; m. Eliza- 
 beth Leavitt, Sept. 11, 1806. 
 
 Mary, b. May 20, 1777 ; d. at age of 5 years. 
 
 Sarah, b. Dec. i, 1780; d. 1870, aged about 90. 
 
 Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1784 ; m. Joseph Merrill d. Oct. 23, 1829. 
 
 Joseph, b. April 27, 1788 ; m. Olive R. Hill ; d. April 27, 181 5. 
 
 Andrew, b. May 16, 1792 ; m. Sarah Bowker; d. . 
 
 Ebenezer H„ b. Oct. 13, 1797; m. Mary Tarleton ; d. April 
 7, 1876. 
 
 John Glidden Niel m. Elizabeth Leavitt. 
 [ We learn that he adopted the spelling " Niel," in prefer- 
 ence to " Neal," or " Neil."] 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Mary Ann Smith, b. ; m. Solomon W. Bates ; d. 
 
 Nov. 1 1, 1S42.
 
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 Caroline L„ b. ; m. (i) Moses Jewett in 1S31 ; (2) 
 
 I. S. Weston in 1852 ; is in her 90th year (in 1899). 
 
 John L, b. ; m. Pauline Raymond ; d. May 22, 
 
 Sarah G„ b. ; m. A. H. Oilman ; d. July 29, 1855. 
 
 Elizabeth L, b. ; m. Geo. F. Talbot, 1844 ; d. June 
 
 28, 1845. 
 
 Helen Niel, b. — — ; m. James Howard, July 24, 1861. 
 
 [I am indebted to Mrs. Howard for aversion of the Xeal 
 Genealogy, by means of which I have been able to supplement 
 and extend the genealogy received from Mrs. Hanaford. 
 
 I have already pointed out the mistakes in the first part of 
 this genealogy ; the main portion tallies with a will of Walter 
 Neal, dated April 15, 1755, proved on April 22, same year, and 
 recorded in the probate office at Exeter, X. H. There, however, 
 the family name is spelled " Neal," instead of " Neil," or "Xiel." 
 
 Should we adopt the very possible hypothesis that " Capt. 
 Walter X^eil " above named was identical witli him whom we 
 have previously styled " Capt. Walter Xeal, 2d," and that he 
 actually came from Bedford, England, he may have been related 
 to John Xeal of Dean, Bedford Co., of whom we ha\e spoken 
 before]. 
 
 ( From Dearborn's " Hist, of Parsonsfield, Me." ) 
 Walter and Enoch Neal went from Newmarket, X. H., to 
 Parsonsfield, Me., in 1785. 
 
 Walter Ne.\l m. . 
 
 THEIR CHIEDKEN. 
 
 Walter, m. Shores. 
 
 Children: — Creighton, Joseph, and William, the latter a 
 resident of Newmarket. 
 
 In 1785, Walter was one of the petitioners for incorporation 
 of the town of Parsonsfield. 
 
 ExocH Neal, b. in Xewmarket in 1762; in. Nancy Towle 
 in 1788; d. in Parsonsfield, 181 7.
 
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 TllKIK CHILDREN. 
 
 Betsey, b. 1790. 
 
 Joshua, b. 1792. 
 
 Sally, b. 1795. 
 
 Oliver, b. 1797 ; lived in Tuftonboro'. 
 
 Enoch, b. 1803. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. 1808 ( ? ) ; lived in Tuftonboro'. 
 
 Nancy, b. 1814. 
 
 ( Enoch's wife, Nancy T. Neal, was sister to the wife of 
 Horace Piper, author of " Piper Genealogy," a work of great 
 value.) 
 
 (P"rom Lancaster's "Hist, of Gilmanton, N. H.") 
 In 1727, Walter Neal was one of the proprietors of the 
 township of Gilmanton, claiming under the charter dated May 
 20, 1727, and signed by Gov. John Wentworth. It does not 
 appear, however, that Neal was then, or later, a resident of the 
 town of Gilmanton. 
 
 ( P^rom records at Exeter, N. PI.) 
 
 Jan. 21, 1812, Walter and Enoch Neal of Parsonsfield, 
 Joshua Neal of Portsmouth, and Nathaniel Neal of Exeter, sons 
 and heirs of Walter Neal, the elder, of Newmarket, convey to 
 their brother, Eliphalet, all their right and title to the estate of 
 their father, Walter Neal, the elder, aforesaid. At this time, both 
 their parents were living. 
 
 [The Joshua here mentioned, otherwise called "Captain 
 Joshua," sometimes described as " merchant," at other times as 
 "mariner," lived in Portsmouth. He died in 1831, at the age of 
 64, and his widow Nancy administered his estate. 
 
 We may add that "Walter Neal, the elder," named in the 
 document, was doubtless the son of Walter and Ann (Mattoon) 
 Neal (or Neil), and was born June 22, 1731, and died on April 
 23, 1820, as previously stated]. 
 
 In 1748, William Neal was appointed administrator of the 
 estate of his father, the late Richard Neal of Newcastle, N. H. 
 
 A deed dated Dec, 1729, shows that Joshua Neal of Strat- 
 ham married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Haines of Greenland.
 
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 ( From "York Deeds," Maine.) 
 
 Dec. 5, 1694, John Neale, Senior, and Joan, his wife, 
 executed a deed to their son Andrew. Jan. 12, 1712, Andrew 
 Neale and Katherine, his wife, executed a deed. 
 
 April 10, Abigail Xeale witnessed a deed. 
 
 (From old records, in Ridlon's book.) 
 Andrew Neale m. Katherine . 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN. 
 
 Katherine, b. Dec. 4, 1695. 
 John, b. Oct. I, 1698. 
 
 Andrew, b. May 4, 1701. 
 Hannah, b. May 2, 1704. 
 Rebecca, b. Jan. 20, 1706. 
 Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1708. 
 James, b. May 4, 171 1 ; d. Aug. 31, 1730. 
 Tax-payers in Elliott (Kittery.): — 
 
 In 1780, Widow Patience Xeal, James Neal and son. Samuel 
 Neal, John Niall. 
 
 (From Runnells' Hist, of Sanbornton, X. II., supplemented 
 by Mrs. Hanaford's MS.) 
 
 S.VMUEL Ne.-vl of Stratham m. I'Llizabeth Haley of Kittery, 
 Feb. 7, 1754. 
 
 their children. 
 
 John, b. ; m. Ray of Meredith, moved to St. 
 
 Albans, \'t., had two sons who went to Ohio, and settled there. 
 
 Deborah, m. Small, and settled in Limington, Me. 
 Another daughter m. Cheney, and settled in Me. 
 
 Joseph, b. in Kittery, March 23, 1762, brought up in Stratham, 
 removetl to .Meredith, and d. there March 2^, 18^1, aged exactly 
 89. He m. Hannah Smith of Meredith, who was b. March 2^, 
 1771 ; d. March 24, 1851. 
 
 Children of Joseph and Hannah (Smith) Xeal : — 
 William, b. March 11, 1789; d. Jan. 29. 1830. 
 John, b. Oct. 20, 1790 ; d. Sept. 30, 1864 ; m. Mead. Children, 
 Darius, D. J., John, Martha, Maria, Harriett.
 
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 Betsey, b. Sept. i8, 1793; d ; m. Richard Neal. 
 
 Children — Charles and Joseph. 
 
 Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1795 ; d. April i, 1S79. 
 
 Joseph, b. Nov. II, 1797 ; d. Dec. 25, 1854 ; m. . 
 
 Children — William, Smith, and Lydia. 
 
 Hannah S„ b. Sept. 15, 1799; d. March 19, 1835. 
 
 Smith, b. Feb. 16, 1806; d. Dec. 15, 1887; m. S. Elizabeth 
 Smith. One child — Mary E., m. Hanaford. Mrs. Hanaford 
 has sent me genealogical items of value. 
 
 Nancy, b. Sept. 15, 1810; d. March 19, 1854; m, Wiggin. 
 No children. 
 
 Irene, b. Sept. 26, 1813 ; m. Charles Smith. No children. 
 
 (From records, Greenland, N. H.) 
 
 Rev. James Armstrong Neal, born in Londonderry, in 
 1774, died in Greenland, N. H., in 1808. He was the third pastor 
 of the Cong. Church in Greenland. 
 
 Joseph Clay Neal, his son, born in Greenland, Feb. 3, 1807 ; 
 died in Philadelphia, July 5, 1848. He was editor, author, and 
 humorist, and married, in 1846, Emily Bradley, afterwards called 
 "Alice Bradley." 
 
 She wrote extensively under the pseudonym of " Cousin 
 Alice," and edited the "Philadelphia Saturday Gazette," for 
 several years after the decease of her husband, its editor. Both 
 husband and wife were very talented. 
 
 John Neal was born in Portland, Me., Aug. 25, 1793 ; died 
 there on June 20, 1876. His parents were Friends. He became 
 a successful teacher, lawyer, lecturer, and author. He was 
 admitted to the bar of Maryland in 18 19, and for a time practiced 
 law in Baltimore. He published some 20 or more volumes of 
 novels, essays, etc. He led a very active literary life. 
 
 ( From C. Neal Barney, Esq., Boston, Mass.) 
 
 Andrew Neal married Dorcas . He died 1757, and 
 
 she 1791. 
 
 THEIR children. 
 
 James, Quaker preacher at Elliot, Me. He married .
 
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 TIIKIR CIIILDKEX. 
 
 Stephen, lived in Elliot. 
 
 John,-b. 1763; d. 1794. Schoolmaster in Portland. 
 
 James, unmarried ; d., aged 64. 
 
 Of these three sons, — 
 
 John married . 
 
 TIIKIK CIIILDKKN. 
 
 John, b. 1793 ; d. 1876; poet. He is the John Xeal of i'orl- 
 land, above mentioned, the lawyer and author. 
 
 ( From Mr. li. S. Ruggles, Wakefield, Mass.) 
 
 John Neal, lawyer, of Portsmouth. 
 
 [I suspect that he was the son of Walter and Ann (Mattoon) 
 Neal, or Neil, and was born in Newmarket, N. II., on Ajiril 5, 
 1722, as previously noted]. 
 
 John Nkal married Mary Leavitt of Hamjjton. X. 11. 
 descendant of Thos. Leavitt of E.xeter, who d. in 1696. 
 
 ■nii:iK ClIIMiKKX. 
 
 Moses Leavitt Neal Mved in Londonderry and Dover ; lawyer, 
 and Clerk of " N. II. House of Representatives" for 13 years. 
 He was born in Hampton, N. II., m 1767 ; graduated at Harvard 
 in 1785. and died in Dover, Nov. 25, 1829. 
 
 MosE-S L., m (1st) Patty Prentice, (2d) Sarah l'"urbish. 
 
 (CI11M)KK.\ i;V FIRST WIFE). 
 
 Mary Cheney, b. June 9, 181 5; m. Gershom C. Ruggles of 
 Rutland, \'t., son of Maj. John Ruggles. 
 
 This couple IkuI children as follows: — 
 
 John Leavitt Ruggles, b. March 27, 1836; m. ICli/a 1). Roberts. 
 
 Moses, b. ( )cl. 14, 1S39. 
 
 Julia Bissonelte, m. Wilbur V. Parker. 
 
 Sarah Prentice, lu. Dr. Iknry II. Pierce. 
 
 Clarissa Jane, 
 
 I have learned of a John Ni.ai.. liorn in .Soiuli Pcrwick, 
 who, about the year 1803, went into the wilds of Maine, to build 
 a home for himself. He was the founder of a branch of the
 
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 Neal family. A descendant, Hannah Neal, married Silas Hall, 
 son of Hatevil Hall of Dover, N. H. Their descendants are 
 quite numerous. By the way, Dover records make mention of a 
 father, a son, and a grandson, each bearing the unique name 
 " Hatevil Hall." Among the descendants of John Neal, are 
 reckoned Joshua Neal of Hallovvell, Sheldon H. Gardner of 
 Riv^erside, Mrs. J. O. Johnson of Liberty, Walter I. Neal of 
 Bangor, and A. K. P. Buffum of Gardiner, Me., with Mrs. F. D. 
 Hall, Newtonville, David Neal of Dedham, and Alonzo Neal of 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 I am sorry to be unable to present fuller details concerning 
 this branch of the Neal family. 
 
 Elishajohn Neale of Lowell, Mass., thinks that he himself is 
 descended from John Neale of Salem, Mass. 
 
 In conclusion, I trust that these fragmentary sketches of 
 families will prove of interest to some one. To combine and 
 supplement them, and produce a complete, accurate, and symmet- 
 rical history of the Neal Family, one would need to be endowed 
 with a kind of genealogical omniscience, a gift which I neither 
 possess nor claim — in which disavowal the reader who has 
 perused my little book will, no doubt, cheerfully acquiesce.
 
 RICKER FAMILY, 
 
 The name of this family appears under different forms. We 
 find it spelled Riccar, Riker, Ryker, Rickord, and Ricker. Prob- 
 ably the Scotch names, Rickard and Rickards, with Rickert, 
 Record, and perhaps Ricardo, are mere variations. 
 
 As to the origin of the family, all known circumstances 
 seem to indicate the northern part of Germany as the starting; 
 point. Thence, it would seem, the family, or at least a portion 
 of it, moved down into Saxony, whence, later, they crossed over 
 to the Isle of Jersey. From this latter locality, some of them 
 emigrated to America. We quote Mr. E. H. Ricker, the histo- 
 rian and genealogist of the family : " The Rickers are of ancient 
 lineage, descending from the feudal and knightly family of 
 Ricc.vK in Sa.xony in the fourteenth century. The Sa.xon 
 Riccars, drifting across the face of Europe, settled in later times 
 on the island of Jersey, and thence came the first Riccars in this 
 country — two brothens, Gkokge and Matukix, arriving about 
 the middle of the seventeenth century, and settling at Dover, X. 
 II." We are told that, within the last 25 years, some Riccars 
 have come from Germany to this country. If related to the 
 American Rickers, the relationship is probably very remote. 
 
 Geokc.k Ricki:k is believed to have come over at the 
 instance, perhaps at the e.\|)ense, of I'arson Reyner, pastor at 
 Dover, 1655 to 1669. At any rate, George was found at Cocheco, 
 now Dover, in 1670. lie was as.sessed as a ta.\-payer in 1672. 
 Me seems to have been devotedly attached to his younger 
 brother, M.\tlm<i.\, the expense of whose coming to this country 
 he paid out of his earliest earnings. H(.th brothers married, and 
 had children. Both settled in Dover, X II, m its inum-di.ite
 
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 vicinity; and both were killed by the Indians on June 4, 1706. 
 Rev. John Pike, pastor at Dover from about 1677 to 1709-10^ 
 gives in his "Journal" (see Qiiint's edition, p. 30), which is still 
 preserved, the following account of the sad tragedy: "George 
 Riccar and Maturin Riccar, of Cocheco, were slain by the Indians. 
 George was killed while running up the lane near the garrison ; 
 Maturin was killed in his field, and his little son (Noah) carried 
 away." The "garrison" spoken of was Heard's, and the "lane"" 
 was what is now the cross road at the southern base of Garrison 
 Hill. We may add here that the little boy was carried to Canada,, 
 where he grew to manhood, and became a Catholic priest, never 
 returning to his former home and friends. 
 
 As we are not attempting a complete history of the Ricker 
 family, but undertake to trace chiefly a single branch of it — that 
 to which we ascribe our own individual lineage — it may be suffi- 
 cient to say that the name of Maturin's wife is unknown. He 
 left at least four children — Matunn, Jr,, Joseph, Noah, mentioned 
 above, and Sarah, 
 
 Maturin, Jr., m. Lucy VVallingford, and had six children. 
 
 Joseph m. (i) Elizabeth Garland; (2) Mary May. He 
 settled at first in Somersworth, N. H., and later in Berwick^ 
 Me. They had nine children. In his will dated Jan. 19, 1771, 
 he bequeathed a large amount of property situated in the two 
 towns to his surviving children. He was a man of large wealth 
 and influence, and his progeny is wide-spread. 
 
 Noah, as we have said, remained in Canada, and died there. 
 
 Sarah, aged about 4 years at the time of her father's tragic 
 end, m. John, grandson of the emigrant John Wingate, who, 
 more than two centuries since, settled on the " Wingate place " 
 in Dover. Some of the descendants of Sarah and John are still 
 to be found, as we are informed. 
 
 The descendants of Maturin, the emigrant, are numerous 
 in our own time. In his line are reckoned many individuals 
 eminent in the several professions, and in various departments of 
 business life Some of these we shall have occasion to mention 
 as we proceed. Maturin's line has been, and is to-day, an hon- 
 orable and influential one. And it is with sincere regret that we 
 are constrained by the limits of our book to pause at this point
 
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 in tracing the genealogy of the younger emigrant. W'c must be 
 content to give a sketch of the family and later posterity of the 
 older only of the two brothers, Gkokgk, the emigrant. 
 
 FIRST GKXKRATIOX. 
 
 For obvious reasons we place Gi:oi<(;k Rickkk at the head 
 of the list. 
 
 This pioneer married I'^leanor I'^vans. Iler father had been 
 killed by the Indians, having been, it is said, chained by them to 
 Mr. Waldron's barn, and burned together with the building. 
 [This unfortunate victim of savage ferocity was apparently John 
 Evans. Dr. Quint in his edition of Pike's Journal, pp. i2, 13, 
 notes, says that the Evans who was killed by the Indians on June 
 28, 1689, at the same time with Major Waldron and some 20 
 others, was certainly not the emigrant Robert Evans, but was 
 probably John, to whom, on March 16, 1672-3, Major Waldron 
 had deeded land in Cocheco. So that Eleanor ICvans was prob- 
 ably the daughter of this John. 
 
 Whether these Dover Evanses were related to David Evans 
 of Concord, N. H., whose daughter our ancestor, Thom.as Pipkr, 
 married, we cannot say, but we think there is little doubt of it. 
 
 We may add that Robert Evans, Senior, the emigr.uit. died 
 in Dover, on Feb. 27, 1696-7. Pike's Journal, p. 19.] 
 
 SECOND GICXERATIOX. 
 Gkokc^h Rickek married I^leanor ICvans. 
 
 TIIKIK ClllLDKKN. 
 
 The children of this couple were nine m number: 
 
 Judith, b. Feb. i, 168 1. On July 26, 1696, she was captured 
 by the Indians; but she either was released, or escajK-d, for, on 
 A\n\\ 14, 1699, she was married to Thomas llorne. She had 
 four children — Sarah, Ichabod, Thomas, and William. Some 
 of her posterity are still flourishing. 
 
 John, b. April i, 1682-, d. . 
 
 Mary, b. March 22, 1685. She was with her father when he 
 was killed, but, though fired at. she escaped by Heet running.
 
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 She married William Twombly, grandson of the emigrant Ralph 
 Tvvombly. 
 
 Maturin, b. Feb. i, 1686; d. . 
 
 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 8, 1690. Probably married, first, Barthol- 
 omew Stevenson, Jr., had by him a daughter, Deborah, who 
 married Benjamin Went worth. Stevenson was killed by the 
 Indians in 1709, and his widow married an Abbott, by whom she 
 had several children. 
 
 Hannah, b. May 12, 1693. Married William Jones, and had 
 three children — Eleanor, William, and Hannah. 
 
 Ephraim, b. Feb. 15, 1696; d . 
 
 Eleanor, b. Feb. 15, 1699; married Benjamin Stanton, who 
 came from England. They had several children, among whom 
 was Benjamin, Jr., who married his cousin, Eleanor Jones, above 
 mentioned. From this couple, descended the late Prof. Benjamin 
 Stanton of Union College, N. Y., Prof. Levi W. Stanton, formerly 
 of New Hampton Institute, N. H., and Prof. Jonathan Y. Stan- 
 ton, now of Bates College, Lewiston, Me. 
 
 George, b. Feb. 10, 1702 ; married Jemima Busby. 
 
 THIRD GENERATION. 
 
 JoHX RiCKER, son of George, the emigrant, married 
 Hannah, daughter of Jabez and Dorcas Garland. To this couple 
 were born 14 children, named as follows : Elizabeth, Olive, Judith, 
 Phineas, Nathaniel, Benjamin { died in childhood), Lydia (died in 
 infancy ), Benjamin, 2d, Paul, Lydia, 2d, Ebenezer, Daniel, John, 
 and Hannah, The first of these was born in 1716. the list in 
 1744. Most of them appeared to have married, and i-eared 
 families, but our knowledge of them is quite meager. 
 
 Maturin, another son of George, married Hannah, daughter 
 of George and Mary Hunt of Newington. They had 12 children, 
 the oldest born in 1713, the youngest in 1736 Children's 
 names: Abigail, Mary, George, Maturin (b. July 23, 1719), 
 Richard, Bridget, Reuben, Dorcas, Hannah, Samuel, Bildad, and 
 Mercy, 
 
 ( Dover records give " Beiley," a daughter, instead of Bildad,)
 
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 Ephraim, third son of George, the emigrant, married (ist) 
 Dorcas, daughter of Jabez and Dorcas Garland ; (2d) Sarah, 
 daughter of Deacon Gershom Wentworth, and grand-daughter 
 of Elder William Wentworth, of Dover, X. 11. Children, by 
 first wife : Tamsen, Jonathan, Eleanor, Dorcas, Nicholas, Mary, 
 Moses, Aaron, Sarah, Lemuel, Miriam, and Ezekiel, twelve in 
 number. 
 
 Ephraim lived in Somersworth, N. H. 
 
 George, Jr., fourth son of the emigrant, married Jemima 
 Busby, and lived in Berwick, Me. Children : Ephraim, Daniel, 
 James, Dolly, Betty, and Polly. Concerning most of these, little 
 is known. 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 [The necessary limits of our work will prevent our following 
 out all the foregoing genealogical lines in detail. We give a few 
 of them in a condensed form.] 
 
 Phineas, son of John, and grandson of George, the emi- 
 grant, married (ist) Tamsen Riggs ; (2d) Mrs. Deborah Miller, 
 daughter of John and Del^orah Roberts. By the two wives he 
 had seven children. 
 
 Nathaniel, his brother, married Mercy, daughter of Sylva- 
 nus and Sarah Nock (Knoxj. He moved to Newcastle, Me. ; 
 had four children. 
 
 Paul, another brother, married Abigail Hodgdon. He had 
 five children; he died by drowning. 
 
 Daniel, a fourth brother, married Lvicy Cromwell, and eight 
 children were born to them. 
 
 George, son of Maturin, and grandson of Geokije, the 
 emigrant, married Mary Randall, they had eight children. 
 
 Matl'Rix, his brother, and, of course, grandson to George, 
 the emigrant, married Lois Downs of Somersworth, in 1749. 
 They moved to Newcastle, Me., and later toWells, where they lived 
 and died. They had si.\ children — Solomon, Stephen, and four 
 daughters, the names of three of the latter not being certainly 
 known to the wrilier. However, the old records at Wells, Me., 
 contain the publishment of Thomas Wormwood and Mary Picker,
 
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 both of Wells, in June, 1770; of Roger Littlefield and Anna 
 Ricker, June, 1771 ; of Nathaniel Treadwell and Phebe Ricker, 
 July, 1772 ; and of Charles White of Coxhall (Lyman) and 
 Hannah Ricker, of Wells, in July, 1779. ' It is presumed that these 
 four brides were all daughters of Maturin, last mentioned, as one 
 of them, Anna, is known to have been, [^'grandson of Maturin, 
 Charles F. Ricker, has furnished the writer with a most thrilling 
 account of the experiences of Maturin and his family in one of 
 the later Indian raids. The time referred to was the latter part 
 of August, 1762. Maturin, with his wife and six children, lived 
 on the north branch of Little River, near a place called " Har- 
 risickett." The stream flowed between his home and the settle- 
 ment with its garrison-houses. On the eventful evening, near 
 midnight, the family were startled by the violent barking of 
 their faithful watch dog. It was known that an Indian had been 
 seen lurking near. The peril was imminent ; an attack by the 
 savages was plainly impending. Mr. Ricker bade his wife dress 
 the children with all speed, and prepare for instant flight. Mean- 
 while, in order to gain time, he, being an athletic and courageous 
 man, took his gun in his hand, and drew near the place where 
 the Indians were hidden. He called to them, telling them that 
 he knew their purpose, and, reminding them of his well-known 
 physical prowess, assured them that, in case they made the 
 attack, some of them must die. Instantly his ears were saluted 
 with the most dreadful, blood-curdling whoops and yells which 
 mortal ears ever heard. Rushing back to the house, he caught 
 up his two youngest children, and taking one upon his shoulder, 
 the other in his arms, he, followed by his family, quickly and 
 noiselessly made their escape over the bridge across the stream, 
 and presently succeeded in gaining the shelter of the garrison. 
 As the family looked back after crossing the stream, they beheld 
 their home in flames at the hands of the savages. The family 
 lost all their goods, save the clothing they wore, and one cow 
 which the Indians failed to discover. Similar, and even far 
 greater, misfortunes befell the early settlers in unnumbered 
 instances. Would our space permit, we should not fail to recount 
 many and many a tale and tradition of those early times which 
 "tried men's souls."]
 
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 We may be permitted to add that this Maturiii was grandson 
 to the earliest George, and was grandfather to the grandmother 
 (on the father's side) of the writer of these pages. To put it 
 more concisely, my grandmother's grandfather, Matl'kin, was 
 the grandson of George, the emigrant. 
 
 Richard Ricker, br6ther of the last named Maturin, mar- 
 ried Abigail Carter, and moved to Berwick, Me., where he passed 
 his life. To this couple were born the goodly number of ten 
 children. 
 
 Reuben, another brother, married Elizabeth Randall, and 
 died in Canada during the war. They had four children. 
 
 Nicholas, son of Ephpim, of Somersworth, and grand.son 
 of George, the emigrant, married Elizabeth, daughter of William 
 and Mary Twombly. They had three children. 
 
 Moses, brother of Nicholas, was a soldier in the old French 
 war, and he served with the army at Crown Point. He married 
 Sobriety Nock, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Ricker) Nock 
 (Knox). Her mother was a grand-daughter of the first George 
 Ricker. This couple had nine children. 
 
 Aaron, another brother, -married Mary Nock (Knox), and 
 had seven children. 
 
 Lemuel, another brother, married Dorothy, sister of 
 Sobriety Nock (Knox) above mentioned. To these parents were 
 born nine children. 
 
 Ephraim, son of George, Jr., and grandson of George the 
 emigrant, married Susannah Leighton. He moved from Som- 
 ersworth, N. H., to Berwick, Me. They had seven children, one 
 of whom, Daniel, was a minister of the Gospel, and preached in 
 Warren and Freedom, Me. 
 
 FIFTH GENERATION. 
 
 Solomon, son of Maturin, and great-grandson of the first 
 George, married Jane Wormwood of Wells, on Dec. 28, 1769. 
 The Wells records give her name, in one instance, as "Ann," 
 but this may have been a mistake of tiie clerk; or she may have
 
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 borne both of these names. This couple had issue as follows : 
 Lois, born Sept. — , 1770, and died in Tuftonboro', N. H., Jan. 3, 
 1854 ; Solomon, bapt. Nov. 8, 1772 ; Ephraim Downs, bapt. Aug. 
 21, 1775 ; Stephen, bapt. April 21, 1776. These names of the 
 children of Solomon and Jane Ricker, except the first, I copied 
 from the Wells town and church records. Family tradition, 
 however, mentions the following other children of the couple : 
 Three Josephs, one of whom I remember seeing, Eben, Samuel, 
 John and Mary, the latter of whom, we are told, married Asa 
 Drew. Doubtless the reason why these latter names do not 
 appear in the Wells records is the fact that Solomon and his 
 wife Jane had removed from the town before the birth of the last 
 seven children. They evidently resided in Alfred, or in the 
 vicmity, in 1784 to 1792, as Solomon Ricker owned a pew in the 
 Congregational Church there, at that time. And there is docu- 
 mentary evidence that, in 1795, they were residents of Coxhall, 
 now Lyman. T he explanation, probably, is that the family lived 
 in that part of Lyman nearest to Alfred, so that they could con 
 veniently attend church in the latter town. 
 
 Lois, above-mentioned, married William Haley of Alfred 
 (or Kittery), about 1790, and bore to him eight children — four 
 sons and four daughters. 
 
 ( For further particulars, see "Haley Family," within.) 
 
 The writer well remembers, when a boy, hearing Grand- 
 mother Lois relate thrilling tales of Indian fights, and the hard- 
 ships of the early settlers. In particular, he recalls hearing her 
 speak of the Hessian prisoners of both sexes, whom she saw 
 marching through the streets of the place where she then lived, 
 as they were being conducted to the place of temporary deten- 
 tion. Winter Hill, near Boston. Her description of their garb, 
 equipments, and appearance was most vivid and life-like. 
 
 [It will be recollected that Frederick II. of Hesse-Cassell, 
 Prussia, became a convert to Romanism. 
 
 This licentious despot is reputed, Mr. Lowell says, to have 
 been the father of "more than a hundred children!" His son, 
 Count William of Hesse-Hanau, was a close second, having been 
 the father of seventy-four children. One of the latter's bastards
 
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 was the "Austrian butcher," Von Haynau, of infamous memory — 
 fit descendant of such depraved and execrable ancestry. 
 
 Several other German rulers hired out their subjects as 
 soldiers for other powers, though Frederick seems to have done 
 most in this line. Between 1776 and 1784, he received of the 
 British government more than ;^3,ooo,ooo .sterling for the hire 
 of his soldiers (some 22,000 of them) to aid in crushing out the 
 liberties of America. Mr. E. J. Lowell, in his "The Hessians 
 in the Revolution," states that these German mercenaries 
 served for seven years against us ; and that more than 12,000 
 of therii never returned to their native land. Some Hessian 
 women came with the troops. One division was accompanied 
 by TJ soldiers' wives. (Lowell's "The Hessians," &c., p. 119.) 
 
 Many of the Hessians, captured from time to time, remained 
 and settled in this countr)'. 
 
 On Dec. 20, 1776, Gen. Washington crossed the Delaware, 
 surprised the Hessian encampment, and captured about 1000 
 prisoners. August 16, 1777, Gen. Stark defeated a part of 
 Burgoyne's army, at Bennington, Vt., and took nearly 700 pris- 
 oners, of whom about 400 were Hessians. On Oct. 17th of the 
 same year. Gen. ISurgoyne surrendered at Saratoga his entire 
 army of 5791 men, 2431 of whom were Hessians. Gen. Whipple 
 was appointed to conduct the captive troops to the above-named 
 place of detention near Boston. Here they remained till Nov., 
 1778, when they were sent to Virginia. As late as ^L'ly, 1780, 
 some 1500 of them were still remaining in various jiortions of 
 that State. 
 
 On the whole, it seems probable that the Hessian mercena- 
 ries captured at Bennington, as above, were those whom Grand- 
 mother saw as aforestated. She being at that time a girl some 
 seven years of age, the scene was indelibly impressed upon her 
 memory.] 
 
 Another incident which she used to relate deeply thrilled the 
 souls of her young auditors. It pertained to her almost miracu- 
 lous escape from being eaten alive by wild beasts. When a 
 young girl, Lois, being the eldest of the children, was sent, with 
 her ne.Kt younger brother, Solomon, upon an errand to a neigh-
 
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 bor's. Their path lay in part through a forest. For some reason 
 they were detained, and when they set out to return, the shades 
 of evening were fast approaching. Fortunately they were 
 accompanied by their father's dog, a very large and fierce animal 
 appropriately named " Lion." When they reached the middle 
 of the wood, their ears were suddenly saluted with that dread, 
 blood-curdling sound, ///^ //^ze'//;/^ <7/"//«;/!^;;7 tvolves. Soon the 
 fierce brutes drew near, and began to circle about the children, 
 and close in upon them, while their fiiery eyes and gleaming teeth 
 were plainly visible in the dusky gloom. At this critical moment, 
 the frightened girl said to the dog: "Speak to 'em. Lion!" 
 Whereupon the noble animal, raising his head, opened his massive 
 jaws and uttered a succession of growls which would have done 
 credit to a Numidian lion. The cowardly brutes shrunk back in 
 terror, but soon gathered courage, and drew near once more. 
 Again the thunderous growls of the dog deterred them from the 
 attack, and caused them to slink away. The process was several 
 times repeated, until finally the trembling children emerged from 
 the wood, and were restored to their overjoyed parents. 
 
 It would not be possible to meet with a similar experience in 
 the town of Wells to-day. But that was near a century and a 
 quarter ago. 
 ^ I think I shall be pardoned for introducing another of 
 
 grandmother's stories which — pertaining to her grandfather's 
 time, — after the lapse of fifty years, comes vividly to my mind. 
 It relates to the days of Indian atrocities, and the scene was laid, 
 I think, somewhere on the coast of Yerrkr-©*^ Wells, Me. At a 
 certain point, a deep and narrow ravine runs up from the marsh, 
 some way into the high land. At the head of this ravine, stood, 
 '^' ^''J;^^ in t^e olden time, a garrison-house, with a thatched roof. Into 
 ' , this stronghold, the settlers — men, women, and children — were 
 
 wont to gather in time of apprehended danger from the skulk- 
 ing, bloodthirsty foe. 
 
 On a certain day the alarm went round, "The Indians are 
 coming, and will doubtless attack the settlement to-night." 
 Words can but poorly depict the anxiety and terror caused by 
 this warning. All the settlers, old and young, made their way 
 to the block-house for safety. There they waited and watched
 
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 as the hours glided by, and the darkness drew on apace. Just 
 in the gray gloaming, dusky forms were seen creeping along the 
 marsh, and gathering in the ravine. Soon the latter swarmed 
 with fierce savages, who, with dreadful yells and whoops, jiro- 
 claimed their deadly purpose. They were, however, too crafty 
 and cowardly to attempt to carry the fort by storm, and so 
 expose themselves to the well-aimed guns of the settlers ; they 
 knew a trick worth two of that. They sought to set the fort on 
 fire, and so either roast its inmates alive, or compel them to leave 
 their shelter, when they could be caught and tomahawked, or else 
 put to death with the most agonizing tortures. The wily savages 
 would pop up from the ravine, let fly their fiery mi.ssiles, and 
 dodge back again so quickly, that in the darkness it was difficult 
 for the settlers to shoot them. [Mather, in his " Magnalia,"' 
 Book VI I., Article XVI., alludes to the use of these weapons by 
 the Indians in the "long war," 1688-98. Some small vessels 
 were lying in the then deep and narrow harbor of Wells, Me, 
 Sheltered by a kind of rude breastwork composed of planks, 
 rails, and a stack of hay, the .savages sought to set the vessels on 
 fire. "Lying thus within a dozen yards of the sloops," says the 
 historian, " they did with their fire arrows divers times desper- 
 ately set the sloops on fire, but the brave defendants, with a 
 swab at the end of a rope tied unto a pole, and so dipt inti) the 
 water, happily put the fire out." ] 
 
 So in the present case these fiends shot flaming arrows in 
 great numbers, which, sticking in the dry thatch of the roof of the 
 garrison, kindled frequent fires only to be extinguished with 
 great difficulty and danger. Soon the supply of water grew 
 scant, and the inmates of the garrison faced the dread alternative 
 of being roa.sted alive, or of falling into the hands of those 
 whose "tender mercies were cruelty." Their peril was imminent 
 and dire. 
 
 Suddenly a bright thought came, like a flash of inspiration, 
 to one of the men in the garrison. 
 
 There happened to be in the block-house an old "mortar" 
 which had been unused for a long time. [Doubtless the reader is 
 aware that a "mortar," in military parlance, is a .short cannon 
 intended for throwing bombs, shells, and the like. A modern
 
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 Coehorn mortar weighs about 170 pounds, and throws 24- 
 pound shells. It is to be noted here that, in the ni^ny colonial 
 wars, the Indians made attacks, not only by land, but also by sea, 
 upon our coast towns. They came in canoes, or in vessels with 
 their French allies. These attacks were greatly dreaded by the 
 colonists. In July, 1677, as Belknap states, the savages actually 
 captured some twenty fishing vessels which had put into various 
 harbors for the night, and had neglected to guard against sur- 
 prise. And he adds that in 1705 the coast was "infested by the 
 enemy's privateers." As a precautionary measure, we are told 
 that, in cases of alarm, the colonists caused " spy-boats " to 
 patrol part of the coast of N. H. and Me.; and a " nightly patrole " 
 was maintained along the shore in the vicinity of Portsmouth, to 
 prevent any surprise by sea. Despite this vigilance, however, 
 as Belknap tells us, on Sept. 29, i69i,a party of Indians "came 
 from the eastward in canoes to Sandy Beach (Rye), where they 
 killed and captivated 21 persons." 
 
 The "mortar" above referred to, may have been placed in 
 the block-house as an aid in repelling these anticipated attacks 
 from the sea. Belknap afifirms that in the expedition against 
 Port Royal (now Annapolis), Nova Scotia, in 17 10, the leader of 
 the expedition, Francis Nicholson, had five frigates and a "bomb- 
 ketch " under his command. This circumstance, with others 
 which might be adduced, shows that bombs and mortars were 
 familiar implements of warfare in those early times.] 
 
 As we have said above, it occurred to one of the inmates of 
 the endangered garrison, to make instant use of the old "mortar" 
 as a weapon of defence. Accordingly he and his companions 
 took the old cannon, put in a heavy charge of powder, then filled 
 the piece to the muzzle with spikes, bullets, slugs, chunks of 
 iron, and broken links of chains, and similar effective missiles, 
 and rammed the whole well home. Then some half-dozen men 
 took the mortar, and, passing out of the back door of the fort 
 unperceived by the savages, made a wide and swift detour along 
 the marsh, and came to the foot of the ravine. They carefully 
 aimed the cannon up the gorge which was filled with savages 
 swarming — grandmother would say — "as thickly as your fingers." 
 Then the mortar uttered its mighty voice, and instantly the
 
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 midnight air was rent with such yells, shrieks, and f^roans as 
 earth has seldom heard. The men who brought the mortar, 
 easily slipped away in the darkness, and escaped unscathed. 
 
 It took the Indians until daylight, as grandmother used to 
 tell us, to carry off their dead and wounded. 
 
 Thenceforth the savage foe gave that garrison a wide berth. 
 
 I cannot describe the animation with which the venerable old 
 lady used to recount these tales of colonial and Indian warfare. 
 As her grandfather and his family had fled for their lives before 
 the savage foe, she might be excused for feeling a rather strong 
 antipathy to the " noble red man." She had evidently come to 
 feel that "there is no good Indian but a dead Indian.'' And I 
 cannot wonder at this feeling on her part. But I must return 
 from a rather long digression, and resume the thread of the 
 genealogy. 
 
 Stephen, brother of Solomon, senior, and great-grandson of 
 George, the emigrant, became, at i8 years of age, a soldier 
 in the army of the Revolution. He served two years, and then, 
 being on the sick list, was discharged. He was in the battles of 
 Princeton and Trenton, and suffered severely at Valley^ Forge 
 with his fellow-patriots. His tale is most pathetic. He says : — 
 " I stood guard many a stormy night, with no other clothing 
 than a jacket and a pair of sheep-skin breeches, without shoes 
 or stockings. I was three days crossing the lake before the 
 enemy, with only one-half pint of rice boiled in the filthy lake 
 water; and I was four days on fatigue [duty], building forts, 
 without any provision save a piece of dead horse and one small 
 loaf of bread. I was sick eleven days without medical assistance, 
 with an abscess on my side. Eight of those days were stormy, 
 and I lay on my back with nothing under me save a few strips of 
 birch bark, and nothing over me but the canopy of heaven, and 
 an old blanket full of vermin. I travelled from Penn.sylvania to 
 Wells, in the dead of winter, sick with a disease contracted by 
 lying on the ground." 
 
 So costly, in the sufferings of brave and patriotic men. were 
 the liberties of America. 
 
 Stephen Ricker married (i) Sarah Storcr (pub. Dec. 25, 
 1779); (2) Alice Goodwin (Wells records call her " p:ilis Good-
 
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 win"); jnib. Nov. 12, 1791. Of these marriages were born six 
 children — George, "William, Sarah, John, Lois, and Samuel fborn 
 Jan., 1796, died Sept., 1866). 
 
 Samuel married Susan Storer, and they had five children — 
 Sarah, Alice Elizabeth, John, George, and Charles F, To the latter 
 the writer is much indebted for valuable facts and reminiscences. 
 Alice E. married a Davis, and has been for many years a resident 
 of Jerusalem, Palestine, engaged in educational work there. 
 
 It may be added that Stephen and his wife removed later to 
 Parsonsfield, Me., where both died and were buried. 
 
 Maturin and his wife, parents of Solomon and Stephen, 
 spent their latter years in Wells, where both died between 1788 
 and 1792. 
 
 It may be said here that Mr. Savage, in his " Genealogical 
 Dictionary," mentions several individuals and families by the 
 name of " Rickard," " Ricker," or "Ricket" — which names he 
 considers mere variants, — as follows : Giles, of Plymouth, Mass. ; 
 
 freeman, 1637. Married (i) Judith ; (2) Joan Tilson ; ( 3 ) 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Churchill. Children — Giles, Jr„ John, and ( per- 
 haps ) dau. Sarah, all by first wife. 
 
 Giles, Jr., m. Oct. 31, 165 1, Hannah Dunham. Two sons, 
 John and Samuel, 
 
 John, m. Esther Barnes, on same day with the marriage of 
 his brother, Giles, Jr. Children — John, Mary, Lydia, John 2d, 
 and Mercy. 
 
 Thomas, of Scituate ; will of Nov. 14, 1648, names neither 
 wife nor child. 
 
 Thomas, Salem, 1670, had wife Sarah, and daughter of same 
 name. 
 
 However, I confess to some doubt as to whether the above 
 should really be reckoned with the Ricker family. 
 
 The early records of Dover, N. H., mention some 50 or more 
 persons bearing the name of Ricker. In Somersworth, N. H., 
 Berwick, Poland, and Parsonsfield, Me., the family has been an 
 influential one. Prominent among the Parsonsfield Rickers may 
 be mentioned Deacon Dominicus Ricker, and his sons, Domini- 
 cus, Esq., and Rev. Joseph Ricker, D. D., of Augusta, who died 
 in Sept., 1897. By legislative enactment "Ricker Classical
 
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 Institute," at Houlton, Me., bears Dr. Ricker's name, he having 
 been instrumental in securing the endowment of the school. 
 
 As illustrating the intermarriage of families, it may be added 
 that Dr. Kicker's first wife was Anna Judson Clarke, whose 
 grandmother, Sukey Piper, was of the 5th generation in descent 
 from NATHANIl'^L PIPER, the venerable Ipswich immigrant, 
 of whom we have spoken earlier. 
 
 Those enterprising gentlemen, Messrs. Hiram Ricker and 
 Sons, proprietors of the famous medicinal springs and the mag- 
 nificent hotel at South Poland, Me., do honor to the family name". 
 They are descended from the first Maturin. 
 
 Mr. 1{. H. Ricker of IClgin, 111., historian and genealogist of 
 the family, is of the same worthy lineage. 
 
 And Rev. E. W. Ricker, of Lewiston, Me., a veteran of the 
 Civil War, with Rev. G. S. Ricker, Faribault, Minn., and Rev. 
 A. E. Ricker, of Chadron, Neb., proves that the family has not 
 neglected divinity. Nor is the "healing art" without its devo- 
 tees among the Rickers of our country. More than one Dr. 
 Ricker has done honor to the family name. 
 
 The late Hon. John P. Hale, the famous old-time anti-slavery 
 leader, and member of Congress from N. H., married a lady of 
 Ricker ancestry, and the mother of the late Chief Justjce Doe, 
 of N. H., was of the same honored lineage. 
 
 Whether Richard Riker, Recorder of the City of New 
 York, in the year 181 5, was a descendant or relative of the two 
 immigrants j^reviously mentioned, we are not able to say. 
 
 The Parsonsfield family seem to have been, for the most 
 part, descendants of Maturin, the emigrant, younger brother of 
 Gkorce. At this point, we may note a branch of the family 
 which once flourished in Wolfeboro' and Tuftonboro'. 
 
 At an "early date, Joseph II. Ricker, b. 1762, d. 1838, went 
 from Parsonsfield, via Newfield and Brookficld, to Wolfeboro'. 
 He married Sarah Trickey, b. 1764, d. 1841. Their children 
 were — Abigail H., William, Sarah, Rebecca L., Phebe C. (married 
 a Cram), Joseph, Benjamin, Adelphia, eight in all. 
 
 Of these, William settled in Tuftonboro', about the year 
 1840. He married (i) Sarah Keniston, (2) Lucy Whitten. 
 Children, by first marriage William, Joseph, Dorothy, Xancy,
 
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 Lucretia, Joanna, and Wentworth. By second marriage— Alonzo, 
 David, James, Monroe, Abbie, Cynthia, Ephraim W. (Rev., 
 above mentioned), and Reuben — fifteen in all. 
 
 The venerable Reuel Ricker, Waterboro', Me., at an 
 advanced age in 1899, is great-great-grandson to Gkorge the immi- 
 grant. And the late Ebenezer Ricker, of Lyman (once "Cox- 
 hall"), Me., was, I think, the great-great-great-grandson of the 
 emigrant Maturin. 
 
 Mr. Henry Stoddard Ruggles, of Wake field, M ^ss., claims 
 descent from the same younger emigrant. His genealogy is 
 given as follows: — (i) Maturin Ricker, killed by Indians 
 June 4, 1706; (2) Joseph, m. Elizabeth Garland; (3) Noah, of 
 Berwick, Me., m. Margaret Eniery; (4) Joanna, m. Jonathan 
 Ross, a Revolutionary soldier ; (s) Jonathan Ross, Jr., m. Mary 
 Goodwin ; (6) Mary Goodwin Ross, b. June 13, 1812, d. Oct. 11, 
 1894; m. Henry Bond Ruggles, son of Major John Ruggles, of 
 Rutland, Vt.; (7) Henry Stoddard Ruggles, b. Oct. 31, 1846, m. 
 Mary Elizabeth Ryan, of Boston. Children as follows: — 
 
 Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1879; d. Jan. 24, 1881. 
 
 Francis Dunbar, b. Aug. 9, 1883. 
 
 Horace Cheney, b. June 18, 1887 ; d. Feb. 9, 1888. 
 
 Emmeline. 
 
 Mary Rosamond. 
 
 Marguerite. 
 
 Mabel Lyman. 
 
 Louisa Kingsley. 
 
 Alicia. 
 
 Lucia Dalton. 
 • Julia Parker. 
 
 The late John Ricker, Esq., husband of Mrs. Marilla M. 
 Ricker, of Dover, and son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Ham) Ricker, 
 of Madbury, N. H., was born in 1807. He is thought to have 
 been of the line of Maturin, the first. 
 
 Mrs. Maria V. (Ricker) Millard, of Needham, Mass., with 
 her sister, the late Miss L. Ricker, is in the line of the first 
 George, and in the seventh generation. 
 
 Many other facts of interest might be given concerning the 
 Ricker family, ancient and honorable as it is, but our limits will
 
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 not permit. And many facts and incidents which have been 
 merely adverted to, in our necessarily brief sketch, will, we 
 doubt not, be far more fully and worthily treated in the forth- 
 coming history and genealogy of the family, by Mr. K. II. Kicker, 
 above mentioned. We trust that itmay soon appear. 
 
 Those who are interested in armorial bearings and related 
 subjects may be pleased to see the following description of the 
 Riccar coat of arms now in the possession of the Poland Spring 
 branch of the family. The description is copied verbatim from 
 the elegant little brochure issued by Messrs. Iliram Kicker and 
 Sons, and entitled " Poland Spring Centennial — A Souvenir." 
 The motto is, Sapicntia Douum Dei — "Wisdom, the Gift of 
 God." "The family escutcheon is officially described as 
 'Arms azure, a naturel rose argent, accompanied by three .stars, 
 or. Crest : the rose between two horns, coup, alternate azure and 
 argent ; ' the beautiful .symbolism suggesting, in the golden stars 
 set in the azure of the sky, lofty aspirations as well as the 
 Trinity, and, in the rose, beauty and grace. The horns are proof 
 of knighthood, since the knights alone wore them afield to sus- 
 tain the chief tinctures of the arms ; and the rose naturel indi- 
 cates, according to Burke's 'Armory,' 'a period when arms were 
 not subject to rigid and conventional rules, and it dates, in all 
 instances, prior to the sixteenth century' — that is, prior to 1501, 
 with which year'the si.xteenth century, of course, began. 
 
 The Scotch families bearing the names of Kickard and 
 Kickards have coats of arms which are described in Fairbairn on 
 " Crests," new edition, p. 37<S. 
 
 Thus we close our brief sketch of a numerous, an honored, 
 and influential family. 
 
 ADDKXDA. 
 
 So far as I am aware, no elaborate and extended genealogy 
 of the Halev family has been published up to the present time. 
 I am, indeed, informed that the"Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) Herald" 
 
 of , 1896, contained a quite voluminous account of the 
 
 Haleys of that vicinity, tracing their origin back to Kittery, Me., 
 and Portsmouth, N. II. This I have not seen as yet. It is to be 
 hoped that the want above intimated may soon be su|)pliftl bv the
 
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 publication of Mrs. Tooker's book, to which -already we have 
 several times alliided. 
 
 Relative to the Pipers, two works of not very large size 
 have appeared, which sketch different branches of the family. 
 The first of these, "Genealogy of the Family of Solomon Piper, 
 of Dublin, N. H.," by Solomon Piper, of Boston, Mass., pub- 
 lished some 20 or 25 years ago, was of value so far as it extended. 
 The second work, " Genealogy of Elisha Piper, of Parsonsfield, 
 Me.," with an appendix containing genealogies of Asa Piper, of 
 Wakefield, N. H., Solomon Piper, of Boston, Mass., and Stephen 
 Piper, of Newfield, Me., by Horace Piper, A. M., is much more 
 comprehensive, and is worthy of high commendation. It was 
 published some ten years ago, and may, perhaps, still be had of 
 Major Horace L. Piper, 15015 L Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
 Price, $1.2^. The smaller book is, I think, long since out of 
 print. 
 
 Since the foregoing was in type, I have received from a 
 grand-daughter of his a few further particulars respecting the 
 posterity of Adjutant John Piper. His daughter, Lucinda C' 
 had by first husband two children — Phebe A. and John Albert. 
 
 Susan W, had Phebe R., John P., and Samuel T. 
 
 Vienna E. had John A., Mary E. (died in infancy), Mary E. 
 2d, Joseph N., Samuel L., Sarah E., Charles H., and Annie V. 
 (See pp. 38-41, preceding.) 
 
 As to the Neal family, — a "chart" of the family was 
 advertised some time ago by Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N. Y. I 
 deem it of no special value. Two pamphlets have also been pub- 
 lished — one, " The Neal Record, being a List of the Descend- 
 ants of John Neale, one of the Early Settlers of Salem, Mass.'' 
 Compiled by Theodore Augustus Neal, Boston ; H. W. Dutton 
 & Son, Printers, 1856. 
 
 The other is entitled, "Historical Notes of the Ancestry 
 and Descendants of Henry Neill, M. D.'' 
 
 Privately Printed. 1886. Anonymous. 
 
 I have never seen a copy of either pamphlet offered for sale. 
 Doubtless both are out of print. 
 
 The need of a thorough and comprehensive history of the 
 Neal family is sufficiently obvious. But its preparation would
 
 97 
 
 be a task iinolxing an a])i)alling amount of laljor and very 
 heavy expense. 
 
 With reference to the jiossibly earliest Walter \eal men- 
 tioned on page 51, since writing that paragraph I have gathered, 
 from the records of Visitation cited on that page, some further 
 items of interest concerning his family and near relatives. Thus 
 I find that his father's name is gixen as being " Henery Neal " 
 (so in record) "of Hanging Houghton in com. North'ton, 1618." 
 We take it that the latter expression is equivalent to, " in the 
 county of Northampton.'' 
 
 It appears, moreover, that the wife's name is mentioned as 
 
 " IClizabeth Lacon " of . The children of " Henery" and 
 
 Elizabeth are named — Lacon, Walter and Frances (twins, appar- 
 ently), Lancelot, Lancelot, Grace. Lacon's age is given as bemg 
 8. in i6i8 ; hence he was born in 1610. Whether he was the 
 oldest of the children does not appear. If so. and if the names 
 are arranged in theorder of births, W^alter was probably born about 
 161 2 or 16 1 3. At all events, this man could not have been the 
 same with Walter, the son of William, who died about 1612. 
 Nor, on the above hypothesis, could he have been the same with 
 Capt. Walter Neale ist, who entered the English army about 
 161 5. Hut it may be that Walter, the son of "Henery,"' was 
 identical with Capt. Walter Neale 2d, who settled in Greenland*/ 
 N. H., about 1653, or perhaps somewhat earlier. 
 
 On the other hand, it is /^ossib/c that "Henery's " children 
 are not named in the order of their births; hence, Lacon, instead 
 of being the oldest, may have been the youngest of the family. 
 On this hypothesis, Walter may have been born as far back as 
 1 590 or 1595; and might, in that case, turn out to be Capt. 
 Walter, the soldier and explorer. 1 lowever, so far as we can see, 
 the matter is likely to remain an "open question." 
 
 The reader will notice that later advices have enablctl me 
 to correct, on page 66, a statement made elsewhere (p. 64) relative 
 to date of decease of Joseph and Polly (Neal) Kent. I was mis- 
 led by information then deemetl authentic. 
 
 With regard to the Ricki-.k family, this is to be said. Some 
 twenty years since, a pamphlet appeaitid bearing the following 
 title,-- " Records of .Some of the Descendants of George and
 
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 Maturin Rickcr,'" &c., &c. Comi)ilccl by VVm. B. I.apham, M. D. 
 Augusta, Me. Sprague, Owen & Nash, Printers, 1877. 
 
 We understand that Dr. Laphatn was greatly aided in his 
 researches by the late Rev. Joseph Ricker, D. D., of Augusta. 
 It is apparently imj^racticable to obtain a copy of this admirable 
 little pamplilet, except perliaps a type-written copy. 
 
 It is a pleasure to repeat that our friend, Mr. M H. Ricker, 
 of Klgin, 111., is preparing a history of the Ricker family, which 
 will no doubt be worthy of its subject. 
 
 The reader may recall that, on page 34, allusion was made to 
 the responsibility of the French Canadian Jesuits for the 
 unspeakable atrocities perpetrated upon the poor settlers in the 
 \'arious towns of New England. 
 
 After a careful examination of authorities, and taking into 
 account the near six hundred scalps found in the \illage of St. 
 P^rancis, in Oct., 1759 (see on page 34), I estimate that, in the 
 various wars between the colonists and the Indians, during a 
 period of about 150 years, beginning with the Pequod war of 
 1637, ^^^11 "igl^ ^■''-'^ thonsaud oi the colonists of New England 
 and northern New York were slaughtered— often put to death 
 with the most protracted and excruciating tortures — while a very 
 large number, perhaps nearly as many more, were taken captive 
 by the savage foe. And the responsibility' for this butchery and 
 suffering lay mainly at the door of the French ecclesiastics of 
 Canada. 
 
 This, we think, is established beyond any reasonable doubt 
 by the statements of French Canadian annalists, Charle\"oix and 
 others ; by letters and documents intercepted or caj^tured from 
 time to time ; by the testimony of prisoners on their return home; 
 and by the admissions of the Indians themseh'es, in times of 
 truce or peace. Charlevoix, just mentioned, a French Jesuit mis- 
 sionary and historian, lived in Canada for a term of years, and in 
 1744 published his History of " New France " (Canada and 
 Louisiana). In that work, he often gloats over the miseries of 
 the New England settlers ; and expatiates with evident pleasure 
 upon the injuries and losses of life and propert)' inflicted upon 
 them by the savages.
 
 99 
 
 A<:jain and a^aiii, the Indian.s would come witli a flag of 
 truce, and enter into the most solemn treaties with the settlers ; 
 yet within a short time they would begin pillaging and murdering 
 mew. The secret of this treachery was that they had been 
 taught !)}■ their spiritual guides that an oath or promise made to 
 "heretics'" is of little or no binding force. As Helknap says, 
 they soon " learned to call the iMiglish 'heretics,' and that tn 
 extirpate them as such was meritorious in the sight of Heaven. 
 When their minds were filled with religious frenzy, they became 
 moi-e bitter and implacable enemies than before ; and finding the 
 sale of scaljis and ])risoners turn to good account in Canada, they 
 had still farther incitement to continue their dejiredations and 
 prosecute their vengeance." 
 
 The historian adds: "The l^'rench missionaries had been for 
 some years very assiduous in propagating their tenets among 
 them, one of which w\is that to 'break faith with heretics is no 
 ->iii. ' ( h'armer's lielknap, jjp. 130, 137. j 
 
 Of course, thus stimulated by fanatical, sectarian hate, antl 
 b}' the promise and prospect of large bounties for scnl/^s and foi- 
 fdf'dvi-s, the savages persisted in theii" murderous assaults upon 
 the New Mngland settlers. 
 
 A historical incident casts a peculiar light upon the char- 
 acter of these sanguinary disciples of the Jesuit fathers. W'e 
 need not rehearse in detail the familiar story of the caj)turc and 
 sufferings of Mrs. Hannah Dustan, of 1 laxerhill, Mass. Suffice 
 it to say that, on March 15, 1697, the saxages made a descent 
 upon that town, murdered or captured about 40 persons, and 
 burned some half-dozen houses. Mrs. Dustan was ill in bcil.with 
 an infant about a week old. The savages forced her from her 
 bed, weak aiul ill as she was, and started, with her and the other 
 captives, on the long and wearisome tramp toward Canada. A 
 little way out, they dashed out the brains of the infant against a 
 tree, and, soon after, sunk their hatchets into the heads ot others 
 of the feebler captives, leaving the bodies on the ground to be 
 devoured by the wild beasts. And yet— as Mrs. Dustan and otiier 
 captives affirmed- -these bloody wretches, with the scalps of 
 innocent women and children dangling from their belts, showed 
 themsel\-es the "devout" disciples of the b'rench ecclesiastics.
 
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 Indeed, so " pious " and " religious " were they, that, in the 
 words of the old historian, " in obedience to the instructions 
 which the French have given them," they would scrupulously 
 recite their prayers three times a day, — morning, noon and night. 
 And so thoroughly had they been indoctrinated by their spiritual 
 guides that, with a fine touch of Popish intolerance, they were 
 unwilling that the poor captive women should hold their devo- 
 tions in l^Inglish, by themselves. This shows how fully imbued 
 with the superstitions and intolerance of their spiritual guides 
 these savage "converts " had become. (See " Magnalia," Book 
 VII., Article XXV.) Kt^n 
 
 In Jan., 1690, M. de Den^oi^ville, Go\-crn()r of Canada, 
 wrote thus : " The good understanding I have maintained with 
 these Indians through the care of the Jesuits, especially the two 
 fathers Bigot, brothers, contributed to the success of all their 
 attacks this summer upon the English." 
 
 (See X. Y. Col. Doc, ix. 440 ; cited in Quint's Pike's Jour., 
 p. 12, note.) 
 
 This unwitting admission discloses the ghastly and infamous 
 secret, and fixes the responsibility beyond question. 
 
 As to those merciless, fanatical zealots who thus hounded on 
 the savages in their bloody onslaughts upon Christian people, they 
 will remain forever pilloried in history, as countenancing the 
 butchery of helpless and unoffending women and children, — as 
 the instigators and abettors of wide-spread rapine and carnage 
 in the most cruel and revolting forms. 
 
 [Those who wish to see further details resi)ecting the bar- 
 barities perpetrated under such auspices by the savages, may 
 consult Bouton's Hist, of Concord, X. H., p. 203 ; Farmer's Bel- 
 knap, pp. 68, 127 (account of Major Waldron's tortures ,131, 
 133 note, 138-9, 144-5, 178, 217, &c.; also Mather's Magnalia. 
 Book VII., Appendix, Articles I. to XX\TII. (especially the 
 torture of John Diamond, described in Article XVI). See, also, 
 Penhallow's History of the Wars, &c., 1726; Hubbard's Xarra- 
 tive of the Troubles with the Indians, 1677 ; S. G. Drake's Book 
 of the Indians, and his History of the F'rench and Indian War; 
 with other similar works.]
 
 CORRECTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. 
 
 The reader will, no doubt, have noticed numerous bracketed 
 paragraphs throughout the book. These are of course subsid- 
 iary and explanatory, and are intended to serve instead of 
 foot-notes. This should be borne in mind, in order not to miss 
 the proper connection of the genealogy. I-'or example, on jjage 
 62, I2th line from top; "Thkik Children" refers back, /^/.v/* 
 the bracketed e.xplanation, and denotes the children of Samuel 
 and Elizabeth Neale mentioned at bottom of page 61. So in 
 other instances. 
 
 V. 18, 4th and 7th hues from top; for the sake of uniformity, 
 " Piper Genealogy " should be "Piper Family." 
 
 P. 19, i8th line from bottom ; omit " d." 
 
 P. 19, 13th line ; " Mary" should be in full-faced type. 
 
 P. 19, loth Ime, read "Mary II. (m. Albert Roberts; 
 children — Susie and l'"red L.'') 
 
 P. 19, 7th and 8th lines from bottom ; read " married 
 Susannah Shorey of Wolfeboro', \. II., a daughter of John 
 Shorey," etc. (see p. 41). 
 
 P. 19,4th line from bottom; " Xancy " should be in small 
 capitals, and the names of her 12 children, in full-faced type. 
 
 P. 24; between "Shillaber" and "Abel," insert "William, 
 b. Sept. 29, 1806." Name accidentally omitted from list of 
 Robert Jr.'s children. 
 
 P. 41, 15th and i6th lines from bottom. Recent reliable 
 information makes it clear that John and Mary (Piper) .Shorey 
 had at least five children, the thiid daughter, .Susannah, marry- 
 ing Morgan Lewis, Jr., antl settling in Alficd. Me., while Mary 
 married another man. (See also p. 19.) 
 
 P. 47 ; among the children of Joshua X. Pii'i:i<, between 
 Annie Maria and Ella F., insert Aurilla, A,, b. Jan. 20, 1850; 
 m. (i) J. \V. Adams, 1880. (2) J. II. Jaques, 1897. 
 
 P. 49 ; at top, "Israel Piper" should be in small capitals.
 
 102 
 
 P. 62, 6th line from top ; " at least 5 sons." Of course, the 
 fifth was Samuel, Jr., the husband of Elizabeth, mentioned at 
 bottom of p. 61. 
 
 r. 71, 8th and cjih lines from bottom; " J^elknap says," 
 more accurately, "the editor of Belknap," etc. 
 
 P. 72, 5th and 6th lines from bottom, " Niel " should be 
 " Neil" ; so on opposite page, and throughout the book. I was 
 misled by certain peculiarities of the handwriting of a 
 correspondent. 
 
 P. ^2, 8th line from bottom ; " Tarleton " should be 
 "Fletcher"; 9th line, " Bowker " should be "Barker"; a few 
 lines above, " Mary (Glidden)" should be " Sarah (Glidden)." 
 
 P. 74, 8th line from bottom ; the designation, " Walter 
 Neal, the elder," is quoted verbatim from the document referred 
 to a few lines before, executed by Walter, Enoch, Joshua and 
 Nathaniel, and dated Jan. 21, 1812. The expression designates 
 their own father, and not an earlier namesake. This Walter, the 
 elder, was the son of Walter, and himself had a son Walter. 
 
 P. 84, 6th line from top ; for " a grandsOn of Maturin '' read 
 " a great-grandson," etc. 
 
 I note that Barber, in his " British P'amily Names," Eondon 
 1894, c»i'i page 141, observes, " Havlev, from Haylei, a local 
 name, Eargs, Scotland." This rather seems to point to a 
 Scottish origin of the name. I will merely repeat here the sub- 
 stance of a previous remark, that "Havlev" seems to me the 
 preferable spelling of the family name ; and that circumstances 
 plainly indicate its western English, or possibly Scottish, origin. 
 (See further, on pp. 8 and 28 of this book.)
 
 INDEX. 
 
 [This index incluclcs the more important instances of men- 
 tion ot names in the foreg;oing pages. 
 
 In the numerous cases where several persons bear the same 
 name, the real or appro.vimate date of birth has frequently been 
 appended as an aid to identification. r'or a similar reason the 
 maiden name of a married lady has usually been given, enclosed 
 in parenthesis.] 
 
 ABBOTT. 
 
 Alice -M 
 
 Andrew 20 
 
 James H 19 
 
 John 20 
 
 Lucretia 2U 
 
 Mary A l-'u 
 
 Nancv 20 
 
 Nanc.v ( llalt-y ) 19 
 
 Nathaniel 2ii 
 
 Philena 20 
 
 Richard 20 
 
 Susan 20 
 
 William I'j 
 
 ALLAKD. 
 
 Anne 05 
 
 Betsey (N'eal) <<\, ti5 
 
 Klizabelh (Berry) to 
 
 Henry Ul, t!5 
 
 Jonathan, l.st 65 
 
 Jonathan, 2d 65 
 
 Lydia 65 
 
 ALGER, AUGUR. 
 
 Abhy 33 
 
 Ann 33 
 
 AULKN. 
 
 Annie V 96 
 
 Asa ■»! 
 
 Charles H ''6 
 
 .libenezer (Rev.) 3S 
 
 John A 96 
 
 Joseph X '. 96 
 
 Uvman 'H 
 
 Mary K.. 96 
 
 Mary 10.,' 2d 90 
 
 Naniy '15 
 
 Patience ('. (Piper) 11 
 
 Samuel U 96 
 
 Sarah E 96 
 
 Vienna E. (Piper) 41. 9; 
 
 AVERIUU. 
 
 Alexander 20 
 
 Eliza 20 
 
 Joseph -" 
 
 Joseph. Jr 20 
 
 Mary ( Maley) i6. 20 
 
 Nathaniel -' 
 
 Rachel -'0 
 
 Richard 20 
 
 Samuel 20 
 
 Susan 20 
 
 William 20 
 
 AYERS. 
 
 James 60, 61, 63 
 
 John P 96 
 
 Joseph 40 
 
 Levi W 60, 61 
 
 Marv (Neal) 6 i, CI, 63 
 
 Phebe R 96 
 
 Samuel T 96 
 
 Susan W. (Piper) 40, t'6 
 
 BARKER. 
 
 Sarah 25 
 
 Sarah, 2d 72. 101 
 
 BARNEY. 
 C. Neal 52, 76 
 
 BARTER. 
 
 Sarah 16. 10 
 
 P.KAX. 
 
 Uhailes .21 
 
 Hannah 21 
 
 James 21 
 
 UorenzD 21 
 
 Rose 65 
 
 BELCHER. 
 
 John C 67 
 
 Sarah ( Kent » 8.' 
 
 i;klkx.\p. 
 
 Jir.my i Itcv. Dr.)..r., 34, '.m. 99. 100 
 
 BELLAMY. 
 
 Charles G 27 
 
 Fannie (Keane) 27 
 
 John .27 
 
 'rain.<.Ti (Haley) 27 
 
 15ENXETT. 
 
 Charles II 48 
 
 Emma E. (PIperl 48 
 
 Emma J 41t 
 
 John S •. 4a 
 
 Maurice 4» 
 
 B LAI SHELL. 
 
 ChaHcs 10 
 
 Clara 4o 
 
 nana 40 
 
 Jemima H. (Piper) 40 
 
 Naniy OS 
 
 Thomas 67 
 
 William \V 40
 
 104 
 
 I SLAKE. 
 
 Joseph 41) 
 
 Sadie K. (I'ipor) vj 
 
 BLODGETT. 
 
 Alice ri 
 
 Ann M 43 
 
 Cyrus R 43 
 
 Edwin H 4a 
 
 Fran It 43 
 
 Howard 43 
 
 Isabel 43 
 
 John P 43 
 
 Josephine (Piper) 4li 
 
 Milton 43 
 
 Susan ' 43 
 
 Susan ( Pii)er) 43 
 
 Thomas B 43 
 
 Thomas B., 2d ; 43 
 
 William S 43 
 
 BOOTH. 
 
 Anne (Allard) Gf, 
 
 James R. 65 
 
 BOUTON. 
 
 Nathaniel (Rev. Dr.) 33, 34, loii 
 
 BREWSTER. 
 C. W 58 
 
 BRUCE. 
 
 Abigail 33 
 
 Ann 33 
 
 BIIRLEY, BURLEIGH. 
 
 Bradley 27 
 
 Catherine 71 
 
 Elizabeth 27 
 
 Jacob 27 
 
 Joanna 67 
 
 Jonathan .- .27 
 
 Jonathan H .27 
 
 Sarah A 27 
 
 Sarah (Haley) 27 
 
 Susan 27 
 
 Susannah (Dearborn) 27 
 
 GATE. 
 
 Edith D. (Halev) 25 
 
 Fred H 2b 
 
 William H 25 
 
 CHASE. 
 
 Emily 42 
 
 George W 42 
 
 Martha 42 
 
 Mary s 42 
 
 Nathaniel 42 
 
 Patty (Piper) 42 
 
 "William 42 
 
 COPP. 
 
 Adeliza J 6S, G9 
 
 Dearborn 27 
 
 Emma J .6S 
 
 -Jonathan Hp 
 
 Langdon 27 
 
 Moses 42, 43 
 
 Rebecca 42 
 
 Tristram 42, 43 
 
 William 43 
 
 COTTON. 
 Mar>- 63, 64 
 
 CROMWELL. 
 
 Anne ..52 
 
 Henry 52 
 
 Lucy S3 
 
 Oliver 52 
 
 CUNNINGHAM. 
 A bbic M 45 
 
 DAVIS. 
 
 Alice E. (Ricker) 12 
 
 Charles W 23 
 
 George W 18, 23 
 
 Louisa (Halev) is, 23 
 
 Ruth 23 
 
 Sarah S. (Fernald) 23 
 
 DODGE. 
 P^dith 24 
 
 DOE. 
 Chief Justice 93 
 
 DOWNS. 
 Lois S3 
 
 DRAKE. 
 
 Annette L 45 
 
 Lettie A U 
 
 John T 4/ 
 
 Samuel G lOO 
 
 DUGANNE. 
 
 Hiram C. (Rev.) 22 
 
 Mary E. ( Haley) 22 
 
 DUSTAN. 
 
 Hannah 40, 09 
 
 Maria 49 
 
 EVANS. 
 
 Abigail 32, 33 
 
 Abigail, 2d 32 
 
 Benjamin 33 
 
 Benjamin, Jr 33 
 
 David .32, 33, 81 
 
 David, 2d 133 
 
 Eleanor 81 
 
 Hannah 41 
 
 Jane 52 
 
 John 32 
 
 John, 2d 81 
 
 Mary L .25 
 
 Robert 81 
 
 Sarah 41 
 
 William 33 
 
 FAIRBAIRX. 
 
 Book on "Crests," 7, 30, 95 
 
 FARMER. 
 John 9, 10, 5G, 99 
 
 FORBES. 
 
 A. 27, 28 
 
 Gilbert 28 
 
 Jemima 28 
 
 Philenda (Hayley) 28 
 
 FOSS. 
 
 Augustus 40 
 
 Fannie 40 
 
 Jane 71 
 
 John 40 
 
 Jeremiah 40 
 
 Mary 40 
 
 Nancy '"
 
 105 
 
 Nancy (Piperj in 
 
 Thomas 411 
 
 William |ij 
 
 FULLKRTOX. 
 
 Abigail (Piper) ii> 
 
 Augustine 4'i 
 
 Harrison 411 
 
 Jemima 411 
 
 Alarlha |ii 
 
 William 10 
 
 GARLAND. 
 
 Dorcas 82, s?, 
 
 Hannah s:i 
 
 Jataez 82, SJ 
 
 GOLDTHWAITE. 
 
 Jerome 1 4t) 
 
 Mary A. (Lovering) 4(j 
 
 GOODWIN. 
 
 Alice Jtl 
 
 Kills 91 
 
 Mary 14, 1.'. 
 
 Mary. 2.1 !H 
 
 GORGES. 
 FenJinanflo 55 
 
 GOSS. 
 
 Hannah X' 
 
 Ifannali. 2(1 n2 
 
 HACKIOTT. 
 Frank W 57, .'>'.i 
 
 HAINES. 
 
 Abigail 03, 71, 74 
 
 Samuel 74 
 
 HALE. 
 John 1'. (Hon.; !i3 
 
 HALEY. 
 
 Abbie I'J 
 
 Abbie H 2:! 
 
 Abel 24, 25, lol 
 
 Abel, Jr 24 
 
 Abel, 3i! 25 
 
 Abel S 2t 
 
 Abigail 15 
 
 Abner ];> 
 
 V Agnes <' S.; 
 
 Alfred L V.I 
 
 Alonzo Ill 
 
 Andrew ID, 12, 1:5, 24, 25 
 
 Andrew, Jr : 10, 24 
 
 Andrew, 3d 13 
 
 Andrew, 4th 14 
 
 Andrew, 5th 1(), 17 
 
 Andrew, 6th V.i 
 
 Ann 11 
 
 Anna 13 
 
 Anna (Meeker) 25 
 
 Arodas i:« 
 
 Benjamin li> 
 
 Benjamin, 2d 19 
 
 Betsev (b. 17S5) lU 
 
 Betsey (b. 1793) is 
 
 Betsey (Sargent) 1'.' 
 
 Blanche 24 
 
 t'harles 1'.' 
 
 Charles, 2d. 25 
 
 Christina J. (Stlmson ) 14 
 
 Clara IV 
 
 Clara (Colbar) .-^ 
 
 Corinne C. (Pierte) zi 
 
 ("ynihia (Piper) is, 23 
 
 Deborah 13 
 
 Deborah (Wilson) 13 
 
 Deliverance 13 
 
 Edith D 25 
 
 Edith ( Dodge) 24 
 
 Eliza 24 
 
 Eliza ( W'hicher) 2-J 
 
 Elizabeth 13 
 
 Elizabeth, 2d 13 
 
 Elizabeth, 3d 14, ,a 
 
 Elizabeth J 2ti 
 
 Elizabeth (darken 14, 21 
 
 Elizabeth iScammon* 13 
 
 Ellen 9 
 
 Elsie IS, 45 
 
 Enoch 15s, 13. 49 
 
 Esther 15 
 
 Esther (Towns) 15 
 
 Ferdinand O 19 
 
 I'-ra n k 19 
 
 Frank ( Rev. ) 23 
 
 Fred H 24 
 
 1 1 annah A 19 
 
 Hannah E 22 
 
 Hannah E. (Rev.) 2:{ 
 
 Harriett M 2« 
 
 Harrison IH 
 
 Ida 26 
 
 James la 
 
 James D 25 
 
 Jesse 15 
 
 John (b. abt. 1G40) S 
 
 John (b. 1712) 13 
 
 John (b. 1737) 13, lo 
 
 John (b. 1777) 15 
 
 John (b. abt. 1815) It 
 
 John (b. 1S20) 24 
 
 John r>oane 14 
 
 John Smith IS. :-2 
 
 John West 2ti 
 
 John William (See "Hayley"). 
 
 Joseph H 
 
 Joseph, 2d 15 
 
 Joseph. Jr I'l 
 
 Joseph, 4th 15 
 
 Jos.i)h G 19 
 
 .loshua 15 
 
 Joshua M 22 
 
 Laura A. (French) 21 
 
 Leavitt 19 
 
 Levi T 25 
 
 1-ois (Rlcker) Ifi. 17. 8(i 
 
 Louisa 18, 23 
 
 Louisa J 19 
 
 T^ucinda O. (Piper) 24, 4i) 
 
 Taicv (Going) v.t 
 
 Ly.lia 11 
 
 Lvdia, 2d 19 
 
 Lvdia C 25 
 
 Lydia F 19 
 
 Margaret (Whitney) 2S» 
 
 Mary 14 
 
 Marv, 2d 15 
 
 Marv, 3d IH 
 
 Mary, 4th 19 
 
 Mary (Briar) 13 
 
 Mary Eleanor 22 
 
 Marv (Goodwin) 14 
 
 Mary H. (Lewis) 101 
 
 Mary (Jones) H
 
 106 
 
 Mary (Leavitt) 11, IG 
 
 /Mary L. (Evan.s) 25 
 
 IMary I^illian '^^ 
 
 Mary N. (Piper) IS. 21 
 
 Mary (Orme) 26 
 
 Mary (West) 11 
 
 Mehitable (Hutchins) ItJ 
 
 Moses 15 
 
 Xancv 1(!, 19 
 
 Nancy, 2d 19 
 
 Nancy, 3d 2i) 
 
 Nancy (Doane) U 
 
 Nancy S 24 
 
 Nancv (Shillaber) 24 
 
 Nathaniel 16, 19 
 
 Nathaniel, 2d 21 
 
 Olive It) 
 
 Parker 24 
 
 Paul ^!j 
 
 Peletiah 15 
 
 Polly 19 
 
 Rebecca (b. 1714) 13 
 
 Rebecca (Ix 17S8) 15 
 
 Rhoda J.V( Hayes) 23 
 
 Richard (b. 1 7*1) 14. 1«. 17 
 
 Richard, Jr IG, 19 
 
 Richard. 3d 19 
 
 Richard (of N. H.) H 
 
 Robert 14, 24 
 
 Robert. Jr 14, 23, 2i 
 
 Russell ^5 
 
 Ruth 15 
 
 Sally 1^ 
 
 Sally (AVhitehou.se) 24 
 
 Samuel 1 •■ 
 
 Samuel, 2d 13 
 
 Samuel, 3d lo 
 
 Samuel Gordon 50, 2o 
 
 Samuel Kins 26 
 
 Sarah 13 
 
 Sarah. 2d 15 
 
 Sarah. 3d 19 
 
 Sarah ( Barker) 25 
 
 Shillaber 24, .01 
 
 Susan ^-fi 
 
 Susan, 2d 19 
 
 Susanna 15 • 
 
 Susan P 23 
 
 Susan (Plummer) 23 
 
 Tamsen 2G 
 
 Thatcher l'> 
 
 Thos. (b. abt. 1(»>). 0, VK 11. 2.5. 26, 27 
 
 Thomas, Jr 11. 12, 2i> 
 
 Thomas, 3d 12, 26 
 
 Thomas. 4th 2b 
 
 Thomas J '-^ 
 
 Timothy 19 
 
 Timothy A '■^ 
 
 AVilliam (b. abt. 1613) 8. in 
 
 AVilliam ( b. 17(14) 13 
 
 William (b. abt. 17(;5) . . . .16. 17. is. 86 
 
 AVilliam (b. abt. 1775) H 
 
 AVilliam (b. 1780) 15 
 
 AVilliam (b. 1803) 18 
 
 AVilliam (b. 18i6. accidentally 
 omitted from the list, i). 25).. 101 
 
 HALT.. 
 
 Albert C 42 
 
 Caroline M 43 
 
 F. D "^^ 
 
 French 42 
 
 Hatevil 'i'S 
 
 Iliiani 42 
 
 John 57 
 
 John P 43 
 
 Malvina 42 
 
 Marietta 42 
 
 Martha A 43 
 
 Polly I Piper) 12 
 
 Samuel G 42 
 
 Silas 78 
 
 Su.san R - 43 
 
 HANAFORD. 
 
 Mary E. (Neal) 14, 7), 73, 76 
 
 HANSON. 
 
 Betsey (AA'alker) 21 
 
 Cyrus 21 
 
 HAA\'LEY. 
 Grace 31 
 
 ^ HAYES. y 
 
 Rhoda J 23 / 
 
 HAYI.EA". 
 
 Alice AVarde 22 
 
 Anthony 8 
 
 Caroline S. (AA^adsworth) 21 
 
 Clarence Park 21 
 
 Cora Evelyn 22 
 
 Ernest H 21 
 
 Eugene AV 22 
 
 Ferdinand H 22 
 
 Grace 22 
 
 Herman AV 22 
 
 John W. (Rev.) 21, 22 
 
 I.ieut. 28 
 
 Mabel R 22 
 
 Philenda 28 
 
 Thomas 12. 26. 70 
 
 AA'illiam 7 
 
 HEALEY. 
 
 Thomas 9, 10 
 
 William 9 
 
 HERSEA'. 
 
 Andrew I> 6/ 
 
 Charles H 40 
 
 Elijah 67 
 
 Frank A 68 
 
 George AA' 67 
 
 Hannah (Tibbetts) 67 
 
 Jacob 68 
 
 James (b. about 1700) 67 
 
 James (b. 1774) 67 
 
 Jemima 6f 
 
 .loanna (Burley) 67 
 
 John 67 
 
 Jonathan (b. 1746) 67 
 
 Jonathan (b. 1787) 67 
 
 Levi T 40 
 
 Mark 40 
 
 Marv ( Piper) 40 
 
 :Marv ( AA"iggin) 67 
 
 Minnie A. E. (Neal) 68 
 
 Nabbv 64. 67 
 
 Olivia ( Mason) 40 
 
 Pollv 67 
 
 Sallv (Shorey) 6' 
 
 Samuel W 6/ 
 
 Sarah H 40 
 
 AVilliam (b. abt. 1600) 6/ 
 
 AVilliam (b. 1777) 6/
 
 107 
 
 HODSDON. 
 
 Andrew J 47 
 
 George W 4 / 
 
 Xathan B 47 
 
 Ruth B. (Pipeiv 17 
 
 Sarah C. B t-7 
 
 HORNK. 
 
 Ichabod SI 
 
 Judith (Ricker; 81 
 
 Sarah SI 
 
 Thomas 81 
 
 Thomas, Jr 81 
 
 AN'illiam 81 
 
 HOWARD. 
 
 Helen (Neil) T.i 
 
 James ,a 
 
 HUBBARD. 
 
 Jean ,U 
 
 \\'illiain (Rev.j I'OU 
 
 H YATT. 
 
 Francis TO 
 
 Mary ( Kent ) 6ti 
 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 J. O V8 
 
 Hannah K. (Walker) K 
 
 JONES. 
 
 Kleanor ^o 
 
 Hannah 82 
 
 Hannah (Ki.ker) ...HZ 
 
 "William 82 
 
 William, Ji- .82 
 
 Jl DKINS. 
 
 Abbie P 48 
 
 Banfield I' '....! .47 
 
 Bertie D 47 
 
 Celia 48 
 
 Charles M '..4S 
 
 Daniel, Jr 47 
 
 Frank L. (M. 1). ) js 
 
 Georgie A. (Thurslon) 47 
 
 Hattie N. (Parrott) 48 
 
 Nellie .4! 
 
 Sadie 4jj 
 
 Sarah A. (Piper) 47 
 
 KENT. 
 
 ("arolinc (Knowltoni i;7 
 
 Klizu ar, 
 
 Fannie 06 
 
 Hannah (Spears) nc, 
 
 James m 
 
 John (jf; 
 
 Joseph (i4, (;(i, <t7 
 
 Joshua (jC 
 
 Mary 66 
 
 Nancy (Corey) 6> 
 
 Polly ( Neal) 66. !t7 
 
 Sarah 67 
 
 Sewell 6ii 
 
 Theda (Herrlck); 66 
 
 William 6'i 
 
 AVilllam, 2d 67 
 
 kf:yes. 
 
 Annie M. (Piper) 4r 
 
 Will E 47 
 
 KNIGHT. 
 
 Albert A 47 
 
 James A 4(5 
 
 Lena M. (Clark) 47 
 
 >/.a'-y 1 :..;.;46 
 
 Piper 47 
 
 Susan M. (Piper) .!.!.4(; 
 
 KNOX. 
 
 Abigail ^^ 
 
 Dorothy g5 
 
 Mary 55 
 
 Mercy g^ 
 
 Samuel g5 
 
 Sarah isU 
 
 Sobriety §5 
 
 Sylvanus | 'gs 
 
 LA PORTE. 
 
 .47 
 
 Orra 
 
 LARRABEE. 
 
 Susan (Traf ton) 21 
 
 LEACH. 
 
 Mary (Haley) 19 
 
 Henrietta (Traf ton) 21 
 
 Natlianiol in, 21 
 
 LEAVITT. 
 
 -\nn 41) 
 
 Elizal)cth 72 
 
 Jemima 40 
 
 Jemima H. (Piper) 40 
 
 John S 40 
 
 Martha 40 
 
 Mary 16 
 
 Mary. 2d 77 
 
 Samuel 4(t 
 
 Thomas 77 
 
 Woodliury 40 
 
 LEWIS 
 
 Abbie M ..IM 
 
 i<:ila h\ (Pii)en 47 
 
 Hannah J i;» 
 
 James S 4" 
 
 John lit 
 
 Marv H 19 
 
 Marv (Shorevi 19. 101 
 
 Morgan 19. 101 
 
 Morgan. Jr 19, 101 
 
 Susan ( Haley ) 19 
 
 LITTLE El ELD. 
 
 Anna (Ricker) 84 
 
 no.i,Mn- 84 
 
 LIVINGSTONE. 
 
 Edwin 24 
 
 Eliza ( Averill ) 20 
 
 John 20 
 
 LOVERING. 
 
 Frank S. (M. D.) 45 
 
 Harriett M. (Piper) 46 
 
 Isaac S 4C 
 
 Jonas K 45 
 
 Lucy H 46 
 
 Mary A 4'i 
 
 Newton 4.1 
 
 Sarah E. (Piper) 45 
 
 Susan S •■■4» 
 
 LrCAS. 
 
 Pcrllia I. (Piper) 
 
 H.iirv 
 
 Mabel 
 
 Nancy 
 
 .4.S 
 .48 
 .48 
 .67
 
 108 
 
 MA H OX 10 V. 
 Mary 1011. mi 40 
 
 MASON. 
 
 John 55 
 
 Martha W. (Piper) W 
 
 Nathaniel 40 
 
 Olivia 40 
 
 MATHER. 
 
 "Magnalia" lOU 
 
 MATTOON. 
 
 Ann 02, 71 
 
 Hubertas 71 
 
 Richard Vi 
 
 NEAb. NEALiO. 
 
 Abigail 01 
 
 Abigail, 2d TO 
 
 Abigail, 3d 75 
 
 Abigail ( Haines ) 74 
 
 Adeliza J. (Copp) 08, 69 
 
 Agnes 53 
 
 Agnes (Bowyer) 53 
 
 Agnes (Hopkins) 53 
 
 Alice (Bradlev ) 76 
 
 Alonzo 78 
 
 Andrew b'A 
 
 Andrew, 2d 53 
 
 Andrew, 3d 69 
 
 Andrew, 4th 70 
 
 Andrew, 5th 75 
 
 Andrew, 6th 75 
 
 Andrew, 7th 76 
 
 Angelina (Burnal) OS, 69 
 
 Ann 53 
 
 Anna 62 
 
 Ann (Cromwell ) 52 
 
 Ann (Mattoon) 02, 74, 77 
 
 Betsey 04 
 
 Betsey, 2d 74 
 
 Betsey, 3d 76 
 
 Charles 76 
 
 Charles L 6S 
 
 Clement 60 
 
 Comfort 62 
 
 Creighton 73 
 
 Darius , 75 
 
 David 78 
 
 Deborah 75 
 
 D. .J 75 
 
 Edith' (Jackson) 69 
 
 Edward C 68 
 
 Eliphalet 60 
 
 Eliphalet, 2d 74 
 
 Elisha John 78 
 
 Elizabeth 53 
 
 Elizabeth. 2d 61. 101 
 
 Elizabeth, 3d 62 
 
 Elizabeth (Andrews) 52 
 
 Elizabeth (Preake) 53 
 
 Elizabeth (Haley) 52, 75 
 
 Elizabeth (I.acon) 54, 97 
 
 Ella Jane 69 
 
 Ellen E. J 68 
 
 Emilv (Bradley) 76 
 
 Emma P 69 
 
 Enoch 73, 74 
 
 Enoch, Jr 74 
 
 Frances 53 
 
 Prances, 2d 97 
 
 Frances (Oglander) 53 
 
 Francis 52 
 
 Francis, Jr 52 
 
 Francis, 3d ,53 
 
 Francis, ^th 53 
 
 Frank H «(> 
 
 F. William 69 
 
 George 53 
 
 Grace 9/ 
 
 Hannah 62 
 
 Hannah, 2d Ki 
 
 Hannah, 3d 04, 65 
 
 Hannah, 4th 75 
 
 1 lannah, 5th (8 
 
 Hannah (Smith) 75 
 
 Hannah S VO 
 
 Harriett Vn 
 
 Henery 97 
 
 Henry 5 J 
 
 Hepsabeth (Marden) /O 
 
 I. Newton 69 
 
 I rene 76 
 
 James 60, 61 
 
 James, 2d 61 
 
 James, 3d 69 
 
 James, 4th 70 
 
 James, 5th 75 
 
 James, 6th 75 
 
 James, 7th 70 
 
 James, 8th 7V 
 
 James A. (Rev.) 76 
 
 James H 08, 09 
 
 Jane (Evins) 52 
 
 Jeane 02 
 
 Joan (Hubbard ) 70 
 
 Jeremiah 62 
 
 Jeremiah, 2d 70 
 
 Joan : 75 
 
 John 52, 73 
 
 John, 2d 52, 54, 78, 96 
 
 .John, 3d 52 
 
 John (Jr.) 4th 53 
 
 John, 5th 60, 61 
 
 John, 0th ' 61 
 
 John, 7th 01 
 
 John, Sth 01, 07, 68 
 
 John. 9th 69 
 
 John, 10th 09 
 
 John, nth 75 
 
 John, 12th 75 
 
 John, 13th 75 
 
 John. 14th 75 
 
 John, 15th 75 
 
 John, 10th 75 
 
 John. 17th 76 
 
 John. ISth 77 
 
 John, inth 77 
 
 John. 20th 77, 78 
 
 John Ij 68 
 
 Jonathan 62 
 
 Joseph 73 
 
 Joseph. 2d 75 
 
 Joseph. 3d Vb 
 
 Joseph, 4th 76 
 
 Joseph Clav 76 
 
 Joseph H 68 
 
 Joshua 60, 63, 64 
 
 Joshua, 2d 62, 63 
 
 Joshua, 3d 63 
 
 Joshua, 4th 74 
 
 Joshua, Sth 74 
 
 Joshua. 6th 74 
 
 Joshua, 7th 78 
 
 Joshua A OS. 69 
 
 Katherine 75 
 
 Katherine, 2d 7b
 
 109 
 
 T^ac-on 'J I 
 
 Lancelot 97 
 
 Lancelot, 2d 9/ 
 
 Leta B tiy 
 
 Lois C W 
 
 Lucy M. R ea 
 
 Lydia V6 
 
 Lydia (Scott) 68 
 
 Margaret (I>ovett) Bl 
 
 Maria 'ib 
 
 Miirtha I'b 
 
 Mary 5;J 
 
 Mary, 2d 5a 
 
 Mary, 3d tj i 
 
 Mary, 4th 62 
 
 Maiy, 5th 63 
 
 Mary, 6th 64 
 
 Mary, 6th 69 
 
 Mary, 7lh TO 
 
 Mary. Sth .0 
 
 Mary, 9th <5 
 
 Marv, 10th 76 
 
 Mary A 6S 
 
 Mary A. , 2d 69 
 
 Mary Alice 6S 
 
 Mary (Ayers) 60 
 
 Mary (Calton) 53 
 
 Mary Cheney 77 
 
 Mary R 76 
 
 Mary ( Lawes) 52 
 
 Marv (rjeavill) 77 
 
 Marv (Tarleton) 60, (V.i, 61 
 
 Mehitable W, 65 
 
 M. Etta 69 
 
 Minnie A. E BS 
 
 Moses J J 77 
 
 Nabby (Hersey) 'M, 6S 
 
 Nancy 74 
 
 Nancy, 2d 74 
 
 Nancy, 3d 76 
 
 Nancy (To wle ) 7:!. 74 
 
 Nathaniel 74 
 
 Nathaniel. 2d 74 
 
 Nellie (Rich) 6S 
 
 Olive 611 
 
 Oliver 74 
 
 Patience 75 
 
 Patty (Prentice) 7i 
 
 Peggy 69 
 
 Peter ' M 52 
 
 Polly 61. 66 
 
 Rebecca 75 
 
 Richard 51 
 
 Richard. 2(1 64 
 
 Richard. 3d 69 
 
 Richard. 4th 69 
 
 Richard. Sth 70 
 
 Richard. 6th 74 
 
 Richard. 7th 76 
 
 Richard H 68 
 
 Robert 5:? 
 
 Robert. 2d 69, 70 
 
 Robert (.Jr.). 3d 69, 70 
 
 Rnhamah 62 
 
 Sallv 70 
 
 Sally. 2d 74 
 
 Sally ( Whidden) 70 
 
 Samuel 52 
 
 Samuel. 2d 52 
 
 Saniu.'l. 3d 5S. 6:>, 61, 6.', 7ii 
 
 Samuel (Jr.). 4th 5S, 61. W 
 
 Samuel. .-,lh 69 
 
 S.'iinu.'l. Cith ^" 
 
 Samuel (Jr.). 7lh Ti" 
 
 Samuel, Sth IS^ 
 
 Samuel, 9tli 75 
 
 Sarah 61 
 
 Sarah, 2d 70 
 
 Sarah (Furbish ) 77 
 
 S. Elizabeth 76 
 
 Smith 76 
 
 Smith. 2d 76 
 
 St ephen 77 
 
 Theodore A 96 
 
 'I'linmas 51 
 
 'I'linmas, 2d K? 
 
 Tliiimas, 3d 53 
 
 TiKimas. 4th 5» 
 
 Thomas, .".th 53 
 
 Thoma^--. 6th 60 
 
 Th.-mas. 7th 62 
 
 Thomas W 68 
 
 Trvphena (Kelsey) 6S 
 
 Walter '1; 97 
 
 Walter (Capt.). .. ..51. 54. 55. 5(J. 71, 97 
 
 Walter. 3d 53. 54 
 
 Walter. Uh 97 
 
 Walter (Capt-.T'd) -MS. .V/. .V<. .Vi 
 
 60. t?9. 70. 71, 73. 97 
 
 Walter, 6th 61. 62 
 
 Walter, 7th 61, 101 
 
 M'alter. Sth fi2 
 
 Walter, nth 73. 74 
 
 AValter (Jr.). 10th 7:1 
 
 AValter, lUh 74 
 
 Walter T 78 
 
 William 53 
 
 William. 2d 5:1 
 
 William. 3d fi'i. f-3 
 
 William. 4th 6:1 
 
 William, .".th 70 
 
 William (Jr.). 6lh <'• 
 
 \Villiam. 7th 73 
 
 Wllli:im. Sth 74 
 
 William. 9th <5 
 
 MMlliiim. 10th '^ 
 
 Xi:il,. NIEL. 
 
 AbiK-ail (llaiius) 63. 71 
 
 Andrew 72 
 
 .\nn 7_2' 
 
 .\nne 72 
 
 Ann {.Maitiion» 71 
 
 Hartholomi'W 72 
 
 Caroline L 73 
 
 ( "atherine ( lUirlelgh) 71 
 
 TH-borah 72 
 
 Ebenezer 72 
 
 lOli.nc/.er H 7? 
 
 Elizabeth L 73 
 
 Klzabeth (Leavitt) '<if 
 
 Helen 73 
 
 lleiuy (M. D.) 96 
 
 Ilubartus 71. 72 
 
 I I\d>.'irtus, .Tr 72 
 
 Jane ( Philbrick) 71 
 
 J.remiah 71 
 
 J..hn 71 
 
 John. 2d 72 
 
 J.dm O T£ 
 
 J<din L 7:* 
 
 .lus.ph 72 
 
 .loshua 71 
 
 l.vdiii (WlKKln) 71 
 
 .Miirv rs 
 
 Marv. 2.1... ..72
 
 110 
 
 JMary A. S 72 
 
 Alary (Perkins; 71, 72 
 
 Mary (Smith) 72 
 
 Molly n 
 
 Pauline (Raymond; 7o 
 
 Samuel 71 
 
 Samuel, Jr 71 
 
 Samuel, 3d 71 
 
 Sarah 72 
 
 Sarah G 73 
 
 Walter 71, 73 
 
 \\'alter, Jr 72 
 
 fSee correction of snellin^-, p. 
 101.1 
 
 PARKRH. 
 
 Abbie (Halev) 23 
 
 Elizabeth 24 
 
 John W 23 
 
 Ralph S 23 
 
 AVilbur F 77 
 
 PARROTT. 
 Hattie N 4,S 
 
 PENDERGAST. 
 
 Phebe A. (Piper) 4't 
 
 Stephen 4U 
 
 PERKINS. 
 
 Eliza 72 
 
 Mary 71 
 
 Rhoda A 45 
 
 PIERCE. 
 
 Alma E 46 
 
 Corinne O 22 
 
 Enid M 4fi 
 
 Harold K 4(j 
 
 Henry H. (M. D.) 77 
 
 Lucy H. (Lovering) 46 
 
 Robert E 46 
 
 Robert L 4G 
 
 Robert W 46 
 
 PIKE. 
 John (Rev.) 34. M), 10:) 
 
 PINKHAAI. 
 
 Charles 40 
 
 John A 96 
 
 Lucinda C 40. % 
 
 Phebe A 40, 96 
 
 PIPER. 
 
 Abigail 36 
 
 Abigail, 2d 39, 40 
 
 Abigail, 3d 43, 46 
 
 Abigail (Church) 31 
 
 Abigail (Evans) .32. 33. 41 
 
 Abbie M. (Cunningham) 45 
 
 Abigail (Wiggin) 49 
 
 Albert L 47 
 
 Alice (Darby) 31 
 
 Alice M. (Brooks) 48 
 
 Almina 40 
 
 Alonzo 45 
 
 Alonzo S 47 
 
 Amanda 49 
 
 Amasa 49 
 
 Andrew 40 
 
 Ann .-. 40 
 
 Anna 36 
 
 Anna (Chandler ) 36 
 
 Anna E 45 
 
 Anna N 45 
 
 Anna (Young) ay 
 
 Annette L. (Drake) 45 
 
 Annie M 47, 101 
 
 Arvilla 42 
 
 Asa 40 
 
 Asa, 2d 40 
 
 Asa, 3d .5), 96 
 
 Asa M 45 
 
 Aurilla A loi 
 
 Avans 4:j, 46 
 
 Benjamin 32, 37 
 
 Benjamin Y 35, 39, 41 
 
 Bertha 1 48 
 
 ijctsey 39 
 
 Betsey A 39, 40 
 
 Betsey (Merrill ) 36 
 
 Burley 40 
 
 Caroline W 40, 48 
 
 Carrie A 48 
 
 ( 'harles 40 
 
 Charles F 41 
 
 Charles Franklin 46 
 
 ( Mara (Eaton) 48 
 
 Clarissa 49 
 
 Cora E 45 
 
 Cynthia l.s, 2:], 49 
 
 Daniel 36 
 
 David 35, 37, 38 
 
 David. 2d 18, 43, 44 
 
 David E 45 
 
 Dearborn 40 
 
 Dimond 38 
 
 Dolly (Tibbetts) 40 
 
 Edith 40 
 
 Edwin D 45 
 
 Edwin P 45 
 
 Elbridge 40 
 
 Elisha ■ 31, 50, 96 
 
 E:iisha. 2d 36 
 
 Eliza J. (Dehart ) 40 
 
 Eliza ■«' 45 
 
 Eliza (Wiggin) 40 
 
 Elizabeth S 43 
 
 Ella F 47, 101 
 
 Elmira 40 
 
 I':imira. 2d 49 
 
 Elsie ( Halev ) 45 
 
 Emily W 42 
 
 Emma E 48 
 
 Emma J 49 
 
 Emorv 49 
 
 Enoch C 45 
 
 Esther P 42 
 
 Ethel M 46 
 
 Etta A 45 
 
 Eugene G 49 
 
 Everett T 45 
 
 Frances 40 
 
 Francis 49 
 
 Frank P 47 
 
 Fred L. (Rev. ) 45 
 
 Gardner W 49 
 
 George 48 
 
 George A 48 
 
 George A.. 2d 48 
 
 George H 49 
 
 George TA' 49 
 
 Gideon 32. 35. 36. 3( 
 
 Gilman .39. 40 
 
 Grace (Hawley) 31 
 
 Greenleaf C 49 
 
 Guernsey R 4b 
 
 Hannah 32. 36
 
 Ill 
 
 Hannah, iM in 
 
 Hannah, 3d 1 J, i'j 
 
 Hannah (Evans) 41 
 
 Hannah (Goss) 3- 
 
 Hannah ( Meader) 4u 
 
 Jlannah (N'eal) i'i. tit 
 
 Harriett M J.3. it; 
 
 I larrisDU 4u 
 
 Harrv P lo 
 
 Hailwell K 4^ 
 
 Herbert O 4. 
 
 Helen 4" 
 
 Hiram 4J 
 
 Horace 2:t, :51. 5ii, 71. !»H 
 
 Honu-e r^. (Maj.,1 )!». itti 
 
 Irene J. (Cole) 4r 
 
 I.-^rael i\). Vn 
 
 James 3). 4ii 
 
 James. •><\ 4' 
 
 James. :jcl 4'.i 
 
 James W 4'.i 
 
 Jane 4.s 
 
 Jane (Cate) ol 
 
 Jane N. (Routs) 45 
 
 Jemiina 40 
 
 Jemima H 3 i, 40 
 
 Jemima (Mersey) 3.». C. 
 
 .Jennie M. (Warriner) 4o 
 
 J.)hn 30 
 
 Juhn (Adj.) 35, 37. 3S, 3H, 41. % 
 
 John (Jr.) :!d :«». 40 
 
 John, 4th 40 
 
 John (' 40 
 
 John F 45 
 
 John H 40 
 
 John I. 31. 4.S 
 
 John 1... 2d 48 
 
 John R 4'i 
 
 Jonas W 4N 
 
 Jonathan 31 
 
 Jonathan. 2d 31 
 
 Joseph B 13. 4/ 
 
 .Josephine 42 
 
 Joshua N 43, 47, 101 
 
 Josiah 3') 
 
 l..aura' A 4o 
 
 l^avina 4o 
 
 T.ettie A 47 
 
 Levi T 40 
 
 T..oring G 42 
 
 1 X)ui.sa 1:) 
 
 l..iicinda t' 3 i. 4o, !w; 
 
 I^uoy 40 
 
 I^ydia 3) 
 
 I..yford 37, 42 
 
 Magnns 2!t 
 
 Margaret :il 
 
 Maria (Duslan) 4".t 
 
 :Maria (Judkins) 47 
 
 Mark F 4:{ 4s 
 
 Marshall W 45 
 
 .Martha If,' .Vi 
 
 Martha. 2d '. 40 
 
 Martha (or Patty) 42 
 
 Martha R 4i; 
 
 Martha AV .-J!). 40 
 
 Martha ( YounR) 4Y 
 
 Mary 30 
 
 Mary. 2d 30 
 
 Mary. 3d ,37. 41 
 
 Mary. 4th 3X 
 
 Mary, 5th .30 40 
 
 Mary. Cth 40 
 
 Mar\- K. (Mahonev) 4G 
 
 Mary I. E 4. 
 
 -Mary J. (Coverly) 47 
 
 .Mary N is. 43, 46 
 
 Molly ( Edmunds) 3* 
 
 Moses 4S 
 
 Nabby 3S 
 
 Nabb\-, 2d 4"J 
 
 Nancy 3y, 40 
 
 Nancy, 2d 49 
 
 Nancy (Allen) 4a 
 
 Nanc-y E 4/ 
 
 Nancy N 4.V BK 
 
 Napcleim B C9. 40 
 
 Noah (Rev.> 31. 4S 
 
 Nathan 32, 37 
 
 .Nathaniel 31, 4.S,' H3 
 
 Nathaniel, Jr 30 
 
 Nathaniel, 3d 31, 32 
 
 Nathaniel, 4ih 32, 37 
 
 Nathaniel, 5th 3i 
 
 Orbit 42 
 
 Orra ( I^aporte ) ii 
 
 Patience 31 
 
 Patience C 3), 41 
 
 Paul W 39, 40 
 
 Phebe 4!> 
 
 Phebe A 39, 4o 
 
 Phebe E. (Young) 49 
 
 Polly (or Mary) 42 
 
 Rachel 3i 
 
 Rachel (Sanborn ) 3C 
 
 Rebecca (Copp) 42 
 
 Rebecca ( Mallard ) 40 
 
 Reuben H 49 
 
 Rhoda A. (Perkins) 45 
 
 Richard 40 
 
 Ruth P 43, 47 
 
 Sadie E '. .49 
 
 Sally -js, 
 
 Sally H .39 4u 
 
 Sally (Haley) 44 
 
 Sally (Tibbetts ) 40 
 
 Samuel 31 
 
 Samuel, Jr 31 
 
 Samuel, 3d IS, 4.3, 45 
 
 Samuel A 45 
 
 Samuel B 40 
 
 Samjiel G 37, 42, 43 
 
 Samuel J 40 
 
 Sarah :w 
 
 Sarah, 2d 30 
 
 Sarah, 3d 'JH 
 
 Sarah A 43, 47 
 
 Sarah E 45 
 
 Sa ra h ( Evans ) 41 
 
 Sa rah (Leach ) 31 
 
 Solomon 50, 96 
 
 Solomon, 2d 9V 
 
 Stephen 49 
 
 Stephen, 2d 50, 9fi 
 
 Stephen. 3d 49 
 
 Sue N. (Roots) 45 
 
 Sukov 42 
 
 Sukey . 2d 9;{ 
 
 Susan 12. 43 
 
 Stisan M 46 
 
 Susan S. (Lovering* 4N 
 
 Susan AV 39. 40 
 
 Susie 41' 
 
 Susy 37 
 
 Thatcher W. (Rev.) 45 ' 
 
 Thomas 31
 
 112 
 
 Tli(jin;i.s, ,Jr :a 
 
 Thomas, 3d 32, 33, 34, 37, 48, SI 
 
 Thomas, 4th 3t, 3i 
 
 Thomas, 5th 35 
 
 Thomas, 6th 37, 3S 
 
 Thomas, 7th 3!i, 40 
 
 Thomas, Sth 4:i 
 
 Thomas F 4S 
 
 T. Jefferson 4'.i 
 
 Timothy 37, 43, 61, 65 
 
 Vienna E 39, 41 
 
 Walter E 4S 
 
 AValter E., Jr 4^ 
 
 Walter 1 16 
 
 William 31 
 
 William, 2d 32, 36 
 
 William. 3d 39, 40 
 
 William, 4th -.42 
 
 Willie 48 
 
 Susan 
 
 PLUMMER. 
 
 .23 
 
 PYPER. 
 
 Nathaniel 
 
 QiriNT. 
 A. H. (Rev. Dr.) 
 
 .SO. KH) 
 
 RANKIN. 
 
 Francis A 4^ 
 
 Francis H 47 
 
 Henry 1 4 1 
 
 Martha E. (Piper) 47 
 
 REMICK. 
 
 Frank J 4Y 
 
 Samuel 2i 
 
 Sarah C. B. (Hodsdon) 47 
 
 Susan (Burley) 2i 
 
 RICKER. 
 
 Aaron S3, 85 
 
 Abbie !'^ 
 
 Abigail •'^2 
 
 Abigail (Carter) So 
 
 Abigail H i^ 
 
 Abigail ( Hodgdon) S3 
 
 Adelphia 9:i 
 
 Albert E. (Rev.) !« 
 
 Alice Elizabeth 92 
 
 Alice (Goodwin) 91 
 
 Alonzo 94 
 
 Anna ^^ 
 
 Ann .T. (Clarke) 9^ 
 
 Benjamin ^'-i 
 
 Ben,iamin, 2d S2 
 
 Benjamin. 3d 93 
 
 Beilev 82 
 
 Bettv ^'-i 
 
 Bildad 82 
 
 Bridget S2 
 
 Charles F 84. 92 
 
 Cvnthia 9^ 
 
 Daniel 82. 83 
 
 Daniel, 2d 83 
 
 Daniel (Rev.), 3d S-t. 
 
 David "4 
 
 Deborah (Roberts) 83 
 
 Dolly 83 
 
 Dominicus ^- 
 
 Dominicus. Jr 92 
 
 Dorcas 82 
 
 Dorcas, 2d 83 
 
 Dorcas (Garland) 82, S3 
 
 Doiothy 9.3 
 
 Dorothy (Knox) 8.5 
 
 Eben s(j 
 
 JObenezer sz 
 
 Ebenezer, 2d 94 
 
 E. H 79, 93, 98 
 
 Eleanor Ki 
 
 Eleanor, 2d 8S 
 
 Eleanor (Evans) 81 
 
 Elizabeth 82 
 
 Elizabeth, 2d 82 
 
 Elizabeth (Garland) 80, 94 
 
 Elizabeth (Ham) 94 
 
 Elizabeth (Randall) SS> 
 
 Ephraim 82, 83 
 
 Ephraim, 2d .-...83, 85 
 
 Ephraim Downs 86 
 
 Ephraim W. (Rev.) liS, 94 
 
 P2sther ( Barnes) 92 
 
 Ezekiel '8S 
 
 George 79, 81, 82, 85, 91, 97 
 
 George, Jr 82 
 
 George, 3d 82, 83 
 
 George, 4th 92 
 
 George. 5th 92 
 
 George S. (Rev.) 93 
 
 Giles 92 
 
 Giles, Jr 92 
 
 Hannah 82 
 
 Hannah, 2d 82 
 
 Hannah, 3d 82 
 
 Hannah, 4th 84 
 
 Hannah (Churchill » 92 
 
 Hannah ( Dunham ) 92 
 
 Hannah (Garland) 82 
 
 Hannah ( Hunt) 82 
 
 Hiram 93 
 
 Isaac 9-1 
 
 James 83 
 
 James. 2d 94 
 
 .lane (Wormwood) 85 
 
 Jemima (Busby) 83 
 
 Joanna 94 
 
 Joanna. 2d SM 
 
 Joan (Tilson) 92 
 
 John 81, 82, S3 
 
 John, 2d 82 
 
 John. 3d 86 
 
 John. 4th 92 
 
 John. 5th 92 
 
 John. Gth 92 
 
 John. 7th 92 
 
 John. Sth 92 
 
 John. 9th 9< 
 
 Jonathan 83 
 
 Joseph 80, 94 
 
 Joseph, 2d 86 
 
 Joseph , 3d 86 
 
 Joseph. 4th 8(5 
 
 Joseph (Rev. Dr.} 9-.>. 9.3. 98 
 
 Joseph. 6'h 93 
 
 Joseph. 7th 93 
 
 Joseph H 93 
 
 Judith 8\ 
 
 Judith. 2d 82- 
 
 Judith. 3d 92 
 
 L ■■•9^ 
 
 Lemuel 83, 85 
 
 Dels 8b 
 
 Lois, 2d 92 
 
 Lois (Downs) 83 
 
 Lucretia 94 
 
 Luc V ( Cromwell) 8S 
 
 T>ucv ( Wallin.gford) 8i^
 
 113 
 
 Lucy (AVhitten) 93 
 
 Lydia S2 
 
 Lydia, 2d 82 
 
 Lydia, 3d 92 
 
 Margaret (Emery) 94 
 
 Maria V ...94 
 
 Marilla M iT^h 
 
 Mary 81^ 
 
 Mary, 2d 82 
 
 Marv, 3d S3 
 
 Mary, 4th S3 
 
 Marv, 5th 80 
 
 Mary, 6th 92 
 
 Mary ( Knox) S5 
 
 Marv ( Mav ) SO 
 
 Marv ( Randall ) .S3 
 
 Maturin 79, SO, 94. 98 
 
 Maturin, Jr 80, S2 
 
 Maturin, 3d 82 
 
 Maturin, 4th 82, 83, 84, 92 
 
 Mercv 82 
 
 Merfy, 2d 92 
 
 Mercy (Knox) 83 
 
 Miriam S3 
 
 Monroe 91 
 
 Moses 83, 85 
 
 Nancy 93 
 
 Nathaniel 8?. 83 
 
 Nicholas 83, 85 
 
 Noah 80 
 
 Olive 82 
 
 Paul 82, 83 
 
 Phebe 84 
 
 Phebe C 93 
 
 Phineas 82. 83 
 
 Polly S3 
 
 Rebecca L 93 
 
 Reuben 82. S5 
 
 Reuben, 2d 94 
 
 Reuel 91 
 
 Richard 82. .«5 
 
 Richard. 2d 93 
 
 Samuel s-i 
 
 Samuol 2d Sfi 
 
 Samuel. 3d 92 
 
 Samuel. 4th 92 
 
 Sar.ah St 
 
 Sarah. 2d S'! 
 
 Sarah. .3d 92 
 
 Sarah. 4th 92 
 
 Sarah. 5'h 92 
 
 Sarah. Bth 9' 
 
 Sarah. 7th 93 
 
 Sarah (Keniston) 93 
 
 Sarah (Storer) 91 
 
 Sarah (Triokey) 93 
 
 Sobriet V (Knox) S5 
 
 Solomon : S3, 85. 91 
 
 Solomon. Jr 8fi 
 
 Steiihen 83. 91, 92 
 
 Stephen. 2d 86 
 
 Susanna (T^eig-hton) 85 
 
 S\isan (Storer) 92 
 
 Tamson 83 
 
 Tamscn (Riggs) «3 
 
 Thomas 92 
 
 Thomas. 2d 92 
 
 Went worth M 
 
 William 92 
 
 ^\'illiam. 2d 93 
 
 Willi.Tm. 3d '-'3 
 
 RTDLON. 
 G. T. (Rev.) 'Families,' etc 9 75 
 
 ROBERtS. 
 
 Albert 101 
 
 Deborah s3 
 
 Deborah, . 2d ». ,s3 
 
 Fred L loi 
 
 John S3 
 
 Mary H. (Lewis) 101 
 
 Susie 101 
 
 ROGERS. 
 
 Jane (Piper) 4.s 
 
 Nathaniel 48 
 
 ROOTS. - 
 
 Jane North 45 
 
 Sue North 45 
 
 ROSS. 
 
 Joanna (Ricker) 91 
 
 Jonathan 94 
 
 Jonathan, Jr 94 
 
 Mary (Goodwin) 94 
 
 RUGGLES. 
 
 Alicia 94 
 
 Clarissa J 77 
 
 Emmeline 94 
 
 Francis D 94 
 
 Gershom C "7 
 
 Henry 94 
 
 Henry B 94 
 
 Henry S 77, 91 
 
 Horace C 94 
 
 John (Maj.) 77 
 
 John L 77 
 
 Julia B 77 
 
 Julia P 94 
 
 Louisa K 94 
 
 Lucia D 94 
 
 Mabel L 94 
 
 Marguerite 94 
 
 Mary C. (Neal) 77 
 
 Mary R 94 
 
 Moses 7<' 
 
 Sarah P 77 
 
 RUNNELLS. 
 Moses T. (Rev.) 36. 75 
 
 RUST. 
 
 George H 4S 
 
 Phebe (Piper) 4s 
 
 Thomas 4S 
 
 SALVAGE. 
 
 J. D 47 
 
 Nancy E. (Piper) 47 
 
 SANBORN. 
 
 r.Ptsev A. (Piper) 4'i 
 
 Oliver 40 
 
 SAVAGE. 
 James, "Genealogical Diet." — 9. 92 
 
 SHOREY. 
 
 Betsey (Willey) 41 
 
 Lyford 41 
 
 James » 41 
 
 John 19, 41, 101 
 
 Jc iseph 41 
 
 Marv 19. 41. 101 
 
 Mary (Piper) 41. 101 
 
 Mercv (AVlggin ) U 
 
 Ruth 41
 
 114 
 
 Sally 41, G7 
 
 Samuel 41 
 
 Susannah lOi 
 
 SHUTE. 
 
 Abigail (Bruce) 33 
 
 Jacob 33 
 
 SMITH. 
 
 Charles 7'! 
 
 Hannah 75 
 
 Joseph 72 
 
 Mary 72 
 
 Mary (Glidden) 72 
 
 Sarah (Glidden) 101 
 
 S. Elizabeth 76 
 
 STANLEY. 
 
 Eliza (Kent) 66. R7 
 
 Thomas 06 
 
 STANTON. 
 
 Benjamin S2 
 
 Benjamin. Jr 82 
 
 Benjamin, 3d 82 
 
 Eleanor (Jones) 82 
 
 Eleanor (Ricker) 82 
 
 Jonathan Y 82 
 
 Levi W 82 
 
 STIMSON. 
 
 Christina J. (Haley) 14 
 
 John W 14 
 
 Maude W 14 
 
 STOCKBRIDGE. 
 
 Hannah (Piper) 46 
 
 Isaac A 4(5 
 
 John P 46 
 
 Reuben 46 
 
 SWETT. 
 
 Huldah S 66 
 
 John m 
 
 Joshua N (i(i 
 
 Mary A m 
 
 Mehitable (Neal) 64, 65 
 
 Samuel 64, 6o 
 
 TARLETON. 
 
 Elizabeth 63 
 
 Hannah 63 
 
 John 63 
 
 Mary 63, 64 
 
 Mary, 2d 43, 63, 64 
 
 Mary, 3d 72 101 
 
 Mary (Cotton) 63 
 
 Richard 63 
 
 Ruth 64 
 
 TIBBETTS. 
 
 Dolly 40 
 
 Hannah .- 67 
 
 Levi (M. D.) 40 
 
 Sally 40 
 
 TOOKER. 
 
 Edmund C 14 
 
 Maude W. (Stlmson). . . .10, 14, 27, 96 
 
 TRAPTON. 
 
 Abiel G 21 
 
 Alonzo (M. D.) 21 
 
 Benjamin 42 
 
 Betsey (Haley) 20 
 
 Betsey (Jewett) 20 
 
 Clark (M. D.) 21 
 
 Hannah 21 
 
 I lannah (Allen) 21 
 
 Henrietta 21 
 
 John 20 
 
 Jonathan 21 
 
 Lizzie 20 
 
 Lorenzo (M. D.) ....20 
 
 Lydia (Lewis) 21 
 
 Olive 20 
 
 Olive, 2d 20 
 
 Samuel 20 
 
 Samuel, 2d 20 
 
 Susan 21 
 
 Susan (Allen) 21 
 
 Susan (Halev) 21 
 
 Susie (Piper) 42 
 
 Theodore 21 
 
 TWOMBLY. 
 
 Elizabeth 85 
 
 ]\Iarv 85 
 
 Mar V ( Ricker) 81 
 
 Ralph 82 
 
 William 82 
 
 William, 2d 85 
 
 VILAS. 
 
 Aaron 66 
 
 Eliza 66 
 
 Emilv 63 
 
 Pannie (Kent) 66 
 
 Lucy 65 
 
 Martha M 66 
 
 Sarah M 60 
 
 William F 66 
 
 WADSWORTH. 
 
 Caroline S 21 
 
 Titus V 21 
 
 WALKER. 
 
 Abigail (Piper) 46 
 
 Albert H 46 
 
 Asa 46 
 
 Betsey 21 
 
 Betsey (Haley) 21 
 
 Hannah E 46 
 
 Harriett M 46 
 
 Horace 46 
 
 John (Rev.) 21, 46 
 
 Joshua M 46 
 
 Timothv B J6 
 
 Timothy, Jr 33 
 
 William H 46 
 
 WEBBER. 
 
 Eugene L 19 
 
 Hannah J. (Lewis) 19 
 
 Paul ly 
 
 Susan (Abbott) 20 
 
 WENTWORTH. 
 
 Benjamin 82 
 
 Charles B 6') 
 
 Deborah (Stevenson) >>2 
 
 Eliza ( Allard) 6a 
 
 George 65 
 
 Gershom 83 
 
 John 74 
 
 Rose 65 
 
 Sarah 83 
 
 William (Eld.) 83
 
 115 
 
 WEST. 
 
 John 11 
 
 Mary H 
 
 WIGGIN. 
 
 Hazelline 25 
 
 Lydia 71 
 
 Lydia C. (Halev) 25 
 
 Mary 11. 67 
 
 Mercy 41 
 
 Paul 42 
 
 Susie ( Piper) 42 
 
 Thomas 55 
 
 Waller 71 
 
 WIXGATE. 
 
 John SO 
 
 John, 2(1 80 
 
 Sarah ( Ricker) 80 
 
 WORMWOOD. 
 
 Ann 85 
 
 Jane 85 
 
 Marv ( Ricker) 83 
 
 Thomas .'. 83 
 
 YOX'NG. 
 
 Kllen K. J. (Neal) 68 
 
 George F 68
 
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