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The story of the saving of Heard's Garrison by Elder Wentworth is famous. On the even- ing of June 27, 1689, squaws requested leave to sleep by the kitchen fires in the various garrison houses, and were admitted to four of the garrisons, a common practice. Just before dawn the Indian murderers were admitted by the squaws, and in three of the houses they killed twenty-three and carried away twenty- nine captives. Wentworth was awakened by the barking of a dog, and found the Indians entering the open door, pushed them out, and managed to hold the door until help came. Two bullets passed through the door above him. He returned to Dover. He died March 16, 1696-97. He married first, Elizabeth Kenny, and second (probably) Elizabeth , who survived him. Children : I. Samuel, born 1641. 2. John. 3. Gershom. 4. Ezekiel. 5. Elizabeth, born 1653: married first, James Sharp ; second, Richard Tozer, Jr. 6. Paul. 7. Sylvanus. 8. Timothy. 9. Sarah,
probably married Benjamin Barnard. IO. Ephraim, mentioned below. 11. Benjamin.
(XXII) Ephraim Wentworth, son of Wil- liam Wentworth (21), died in Dover, New Hampshire. He owned the mill privilege at Fresh Creek, which he received from his father. He sold it in 1652. On November 8, 1708, he bought of John Tuttle Sr., half the lower fall of Salmon river, the west side. He also bought a hundred acres, being half the grant made to William Pomfret in 1656 in Coclieco woods. He was surveyor of high- ways 1702, and fence viewer in 1709. He married first, Mary, daughter of Richard and Grace Miller of Kittery, Maine ; second, Eliz- abeth , probably widow of Joseph Beard. His will, dated March 16, 1738, proved June 29, 1748, mentions no wife, and wills the homestead to his son Ezekiel. Children : I. Ephraim, married February II, 1724-25, Martha Gray. 2. Spencer, married Keziah Ileard. 3. Ezekiel, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, soldier in the revolution ; married first, Patience Downs; second, Widow Eliza- beth Carter. 5. Jonathan, married Abigail Heard, of Dover. 6. Mary, married Nehe- miah Kimball, of Dover. 7. Anna, married Ephraim Ham, born 1701, died 1752, son of John and grandson of John Ham. 8. Martha, married Joseph Twombly, and resided at Mad- bury, New Hampshire. 9. Elizabeth, said to have married - Twombly.
(XXIII) Ezekiel Wentworth, son of Eph- raim Wentworth (22), died in the summer of 1762, in Dover. He inherited the homestead in Dover. An Ezekiel Wentworth was in Colonel William Pepperell's Louisburg expedition in 1745, and also in Captain Samuel Gerrish's Canada expedition in 1760. He married first, Dorothy Wentworth (3), daugh- ter of his uncle Benjamin Wentworth (2). She died in 1750, leaving three sons, and he married second, 1751, Sarah Nock (now Knox), who married second, David Lyford, April 15, 1768, and after her husband's death lived with her son Jonathan of Rochester until her death in 1802. Children: 1. Ephraim (twin), born July 11, 1746; mentioned below. 2. Isaac (twin), born July II, 1746; was a sea captain : left after the revolution and was never heard from. 3. Phineas, born 1748; soldier in revolution ; pensioner ; resided at Dover ; died unmarried, February 12, 1828, aged eighty. 4. Jonathan, born May 25, 1752. 5. Dorothy, born June 16, 1754; married, March 19, 1772, Evans Wentworth, son of William (3), and grandson of Benjamin (2).
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6. Drisco, born June 15, 1756. 7. Mark, born November 10, 1757. 8. Sylvanus, born Janu- ary 8, 1759. 9. Elias, died unmarried before 1777.
son (XXIV) Ephraim Wentworth, of Ezekiel Wentworth (23), born July 11, 1746, died August 1, 1819, aged seventy-six years ten months. He married, December 20, 1770, Deborah Merrow, sister of Abigail Merrow, who married Nicholas Canada, and of Dorcas Merrow, who married David Wentworth. His widow died October 7, 1827, aged eighty-three years nine months. Children : 1. Dorothy, born September 10, 1771 ; married, 1798, Sam- uel Tibbets, son of Joseph Tibbets, born in Rochester, November 10, 1767, and died May 2, 1854. She died July 17, 1856; children : i. Isaac Tibbets, born November 2, 1800; ii. Michael Tibbets, born September 3, 1802; iii. James Tibbets, born January 24, 1806: iv. Anna Tibbets, born April 13, 1809; v. Eliza- beth Tibbets, born November 2, 1817. 2. Ezekiel, born at Rochester, New Hampshire, January 16, 1774 : mentioned below. 3. Isaac, born April 17, 1780; died about 1797.
(XXV) Ezekiel Wentworth, son of Eph- raim Wentworth (24), born at Rochester, New Hampshire, January 16, 1774, died at Acton, Maine, February 3, 1856. He resided at Acton, Maine. He married, August 30, 1807, his cousin Rebecca Wentworth, born at Dover, New Hampshire, September 25, 1788, daughter of Drisco and Anna (Libby) Went- worth. After her husband's death she resided at Acton Corners, Maine, with her son, Eph- raim D. Wentworth. Children: 1. Isaac. born October 17. 1808, mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, born December 22, 1810: married. October 17, 1836, Amelia P. Grant, born July 20, 1813; resided at Parsonsfield, Maine, where he died December 26, 1871 ; children : i. Edward W., born March 8, 1841, married. September 1, 1864, Mary F. Hurd, of New- field, Maine, born March 1, 1848, had Mary M., born November 25, 1868, and Gilbert I., born July 18, 1876; ii. John G., born January 7, 1844, died September 24, 1866; iii. Jeremiah C., died July 28, 1866. 3. Leonard, born April 8, 1813: married, October 27, 1839, Jane Brackett ; resided at Acton Corners ; children : i. Martin Van Buren, born October 2, 1841 ; married at Springvale, Maine, August 5, 1869, Ora, daughter of Charles C. Lord, he died September 28, 1870, and she married second, February 5, 1874, George Deland ; ii. Edward A., born August 14, 1843, married, May 16, 1875, Fannie H., daughter of Stephen and
Mary Wentworth, of Acton, had Lily A., born June 24, 1876; iii. Martha J., born May 4, 1846, married, October 24, 1875, Stephen Marsh, had Forest Marsh, born September 5, 1876; iv. Crosby L., born January 28, 1849; v. John B., born November 4, 1855. 4. Lewis, born August 21, 1815; married, May 31, 1840, Sally B. Bodwell ; died April 3, 1852, and she married second, Morris Dalton; resided at Acton. 5. Elizabeth, born August 20, 1817; married, June 25, 1846, Rev. John Mitchell, born November 17, 1819, a Methodist Epis- copal minister ; children : i. Francis E. Mit- chell, born at Kennebunkport, Maine, August 19, 1842; ii. Ellen Mitchell, born at York, Maine, April 20, 1851. 6. Deborah, born Aug- ust 30, 1819; married, 1850, Edmund, son of George and Mary Roberts ; his first wife was Abigail Brown ; he resided at Lebanon, Maine ; Deborah died there June, 1864; he married third, Mary C. ( Hodge ) Wentworth, widow of Edward Wentworth (6). 7. Ephraim, born September 20, 1821; married Martha Brackett, born November 23, 1822; was living in Acton Corners, Maine, 1871 ; children : i. Alfaretta Augusta, born April 24, 1853; ii. Harry Alton, born November 7, 1856; iii. Rose Ann, born May 31, 1859: iv. Orville Drisco, born August 26, 1862. 8. Levi H., born February 24, 1824; married, August 10, 1852, Betsey H. Hubbard; resided at Great Falls, New Hampshire ; he adopted his wife's sister's child. Emma E. Willard, born in Rochester, New York, January 21, 1840, and changed her name to Wentworth. 8. John, born December 2, 1828; married first, January 4. 1862, Lucy M., daughter of Deacon John Farnham, of Wakefield, New Hampshire ; she died January 24, 1866, and he married second, January 1. 1867, Sarah M., daughter of Joseph S. Matthews, of Ossipee, New Hampshire. He resided in Wakefield, New Hampshire, and had Lulu M., born March 13, 1869.
(XXVI) Isaac Wentworth, son of Ezekiel Wentworth (25), born at Somersworth, New Hampshire, October 17, 1808, died at Lynn, July 8, 1873; married, December 31, 1829, Ann Maria Remick, born at Acton, January 21, 1812. Children, the first and third born at Shapleigh, Maine: 1. Mary Abbie, born November 10, 1830 ; married, January 1, 1854, Edward Brickett Taylor; lived in Portland, Maine; children: i. George Francis Taylor, born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 12, 1854, resided at Yonkers, New York; ii. Frederick Allen Taylor, born at Ilaverhill, Massachusetts; iii. Herbert Edgar Taylor,
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born at Natick, Massachusetts, July 31, 1862. 2. George Walker, born February 1, 1835; mentioned below. 3. Lydia Ann, born June 25, 1838; married April 15, 1860, Henry C. Butterfield, of Tyngsborough. He died Aug- ust 25, 1874. 4. John Wedgewood, born at Acton, Maine, January 21, 1843; died at Salem, New Hampshire, August 17, 1859. 5. Ella Maria, born at Acton, August 9, 1850; Lawrence, Massachusetts.
married, March 8, 1870, Andrew J. March, of
(XXVII) George W. Wentworth, son of Isaac Wentworth (26), was born in Acton, Maine, February 1, 1835. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and remained on the farm of his father until he was eighteen years old. During the next three years he worked on farms in Massachu- setts. When he was twenty-one he took charge of a farm that his father purchased in Ilaverhill, Massachusetts, but decided to go west and in 1857 went to the western frontier and saw much of frontier life for three years, the experiences of which, if writ- ten, would fill the pages of a good sized vol- ume. He enlisted August 14, 1862, in Com- pany I, Thirty-ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, for three years. He served until his regiment was mustered out in June, 1865, after the close of the war, at Arlington Heights, Virginia, with the rank of sergeant. He took part in twenty-four battles and minor engagements, including the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Laurel Hill, Welden Railroad, and was in the front rank of the firing line when Lee sur- rendered.
At the end of military service Mr. Went- worth returned to Haverhill, engaged in farm- ing a year, then removed to Lawrence and opened a restaurant which he conducted for two years. He was in the restaurant business during the next two years at Manchester, New Hampshire, and was proprietor of the City Hotel, Manchester, for the three years follow- ing. He returned to the farm in Haverhill for five years, and then purchased and estab- lished a real estate business in Haverhill, and has successfully continued it to the present time. He is well known in real estate and financial circles and is accounted one of the leading experts on the value of real estate. He is a Republican in politics, and has been active in political affairs for the past twenty- five years. In 1890 he was alderman-at-large -the second highest office in the city govern- ment, and acted as mayor in the absence of
that official. He also served as justice of the peace seven years. He is a member of the Union Veteran Union, and was past depart- ment commander, Department of Massachu- setts, with the rank of major-general. He is also a member of M. Lawton Post, G. A. R., of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He married, April 3, 1862, Hannah J. Pettingill, born in Haverhill, West Parish, in 1838, daughter of Isaac and Judith B. (Coffin) Pettingill. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth have no children.
HAYES John Hayes, the immigrant an- cestor, came from Scotland
about 1680, and settled at Dover, New Hampshire, at what is known as the "Corner." His brother Ichabod, who came with him, settled "South," and was progenitor of the Connecticut family. (See Genealogical Register xxxvii, p. 287). John had a grant of land at Tole End and Barbadoes, in Dover, May 19, 1693-94. He bought consider- able land from time to time and became a citizen of some prominence. He is buried in Pilgrim lot, Pine Hill, Dover, beside his son, Deacon John Hayes. He married, June 28, 1686, Mary Horne. According to tradition she was but thirteen years old at the time of her marriage. Children, born in Dover: I. Deacon John Jr., born 1686; resided at Tole End, a farming locality a few miles up the Cocheco river from the falls; married Tam- sen (Wentworth) Chesley, widow of James Chesley, killed by Indians, September 17, 1707, son of Philip; Tamsen died December 30, 1753, aged sixty-six, and John married second, Mary (Roberts), widow of Samuel Wingate; he, died July 3, 1759 (gravestone, Pine Hill) ; children: i. John Hayes, born October 9, 1711 ; ii. Paul, born September 16, 1713, justice of the peace, Barrington, New Hampshire; died April 9, 1776. 2. Peter, resided at Tole End ; married Sarah Wingate, daughter of John; died 1762; only child mar- ried Dr. Ezra Green. 3. Robert. 4. Ichabod, born March 13, 1691-92, resided at Littleton, New Hampshire ; killed at mill logging, June I, 1734. 5. Samuel, born March 16, 1694-95, resided on Back river ; married Leah, daugh- ter of William and Martha ( Pomfret) Dam, November 23, 1720. 6. William, born Sep- tember 6, 1698. 7. Benjamin, born Septem- ber, 1700; mentioned below. 8. Daughter, married Ambrose, of Salisbury, Mass-
achusetts. 9. Daughter, married Phipps, of Salisbury. 10. Daughter, married Ambrose, of Chester, New Hampshire.
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( II) Benjamin Hayes, son of John Hayes (I), was born at Dover, New Hampshire, September 6, 1700. He was dismissed from the church at Dover to that at Barrington, New Hampshire. March 28, 1742, and later removed to Rochester, New Hampshire. He married Jane (Snell), widow of Tristram Heard. She was admitted to the First Church at Dover, May 9, 1725. Children : I. Ben- jamin, born December 29, 1726, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, baptized June 9, 1728. 3. George, baptized June 30, 1730. 4. Elizabeth, baptized May 14, 1732. 5. Hannah, baptized October 28, 1733. 6. Dodovah, baptized July 13. 1735. 7. George, baptized at Rochester, April 15, 1739. 8. Daniel, baptized January 17, 1741. 9. Hezekiah, baptized January 17, 1741.
(III) Benjamin Hayes Jr., son of Benja- min Hayes (2), was born in Dover, New Hampshire, December 29. 1726. Ile settled in Rochester, and was a farmer. He married there December 4, 1756. Mary Decring. Chil- dren, born at Rochester: I. Sarah, baptized February 14. 1751, (privately by Rev. Jona- than Cushing). 2. Ebenezer, baptized at same time as Sarah. 3. Andrew, baptized June 5, 1757, by Rev. Jonathan Cushing. 4. George Snell, baptized November 23, 1760; mentioned below. 5. Clement, baptized July 13, 1766 ; married, April 2, 1788, Anna Went- worth. 6. Ezekiel, married, December 16. 1783, Mary Foss. 7. Enoch, married, Decem- ber 15. 1779, Susannah Knowles. 8. Ichabod. 9. Benjamin, baptized August II, 1771.
(IV) George Snell Hayes, son of Benja- min Hayes (3), was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, 1760, and baptized November 23, same year. . He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, in Captain John Drew's company (later Captain Badger's). Colonel Evans's regiment, 1776; also Captain Daniel McDuffie's com- pany. Colonel Steven Evans's regiment. 1777 : also Captain John Hill's company. Colonel Joshua Wingate's regiment : he receipted for a bounty of ten pounds paid to soldiers Aug- ust 10, 1778, for service at Providence, Rhode Island, under General Sullivan. Children: I. George, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Clem- ent. 4. Elihu. 5. Maria, married Enoch W. Gray : lived at Gonic, New Hampshire, near Rochester. 6. Lucina, married Pendence Gottle: settled in Lebanon, New Hampshire, opposite North Rochester, across the river. 7. Sophia, married James Martin, lived in Vermont.
(V) George Hayes, son of George Snell Hayes (4), was born at Rochester, about 1785. He married Lydia Jones. He had a common school education, and followed the trade of butcher, and was also an inn-keeper many years. In politics he was an old-line Democrat. Children, born in Rochester : I. Luther, mentioned below. 2. Clement. 3 Sophia. 4. Mary. 5. Charles. 6. Washburn. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Woodbury. 9. Albert.
(VI) Luther Hayes, son of George Hayes (5). was born in Rochester, 1821. He settled in the adjoining town of Milton, New Hamp- shire, and became a prominent citizen and held many offices of trust and honor. Ile was a dealer in lumber as well as a farmer, and owned and operated a saw-mill and a grist- mill. He was high sheriff of the county for five years; he had previously been deputy sheriff many years. He served four years as representative in the state legislature from his district, and four years as county com- missioner. He was for two years a state sen- ator. He was a Free Mason and also an Odd Fellow, and widely known among members of the two orders. He was a Republican in politics. In religion he was a Freewill Baptist, being one of the pioneers of that denomina- tion in the town of Milton, and a liberal sup- porter of the church and its benevolences. He married, at South Milton, Louisa Adeline, daughter of Samuel Bragdon and his second wife. Lydia Walker (6), born at Milton 1779. Bragdon married third. Susan Nute, and fourth, Lydia Clements, sister of Betsey Clem- ents, his first wife. Lydia Walker was daugh- ter of Richard and Sarah (Wentworth) Walk- er. Richard Walker was son of Richard Walker, of Woburn, Massachusetts, born 1698, died August, 1780. Richard Walker Jr., born 1735. died April 9, 1812, was a soldier in the revolution. (See vol. I p. 369, Went- worth Genealogy). Richard Wentworth (4), father of Sarah, was son of John (3) and Martha ( Miller ) Wentworth, grandson of Ezekiel (2), and great-grandson of Elder Wil- liam (I). Louisa Adeline ( Bragdon) Hayes died in 1859. Luther Hayes died in 1896, aged seventy-five. He married second, Sarah Cof- frin, and third, Ellen H. Morrill. Children. born at Milton : I. Lydia, married Charles H. Cloutman. 2. Clara, married John Pounds. 3. Louisa, married Henry H. Winters. 4. Charles H., see forward. 5. George A. 6. Samuel L., died aged two years. Children of Luther and Sarah (Coffrin) Hayes; 7. Sam-
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uel L. 8. Fannie L. 9. Hattie. 10. Luther C. Child of Luther and his third wife, Ellen H. (Morrill) Hayes: II. Clarence.
(VII) Charles H. Hayes, son of Luther Hayes (6), was born in Milton, New Hamp- shire, February 16, 1849, and was educated there in the public schools. He began to work in his father's mills at an early age, and con- tinued until the time of his marriage. From 1876 to 1884 he was employed in the United States mail service. On the latter date he came to Haverhill, where he has since resided. He purchased the George B. Wentworth box fac- tory in Haverhill, and in partnership with. Charles A. Varney conducted the business of manufacturing boxes of various kinds for a period of eight years. He continued alone from 1892 to 1903, when the C. H. Hayes cor- poration was formed. This concern has a large business in Haverhill and vicinity, mak- ing boxes of both paper and wood for shoe manufacturers and others. The officers of the C. H. Hayes Corporation are: President, C. H. Hayes ; vice-president, E. C. Wentworth ; secretary and treasurer, W. C. Hayes. The factory in Haverhill. at 30 and 36 Granite street, employs an average force of one hun- dred and twenty-five. In addition, the com- pany has a factory at Farmington, New Hampshire, employing fifteen to twenty hands, and four saw mills in New Hampshire em- ploying about one hundred more.
Mr. Hayes was a director of the Second National Bank of Haverhill until it was con- solidated with the Haverhill Trust Company, of which he is now president. He was made president of the above bank during the con- solidation. In religion Mr. Hayes is a Baptist. In politics he is a Republican, and has served one term in the board of aldermen of Haver- hill. He is a member of the Farmington, New Hampshire, Lodge of Free Masons; of Pen- tucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar : also of Miltonia Lodge of Odd Fellows, at Milton Mills, New Hampshire, and of the Pentucket Club of Haverhill. He is one of the most active and enterprising business men of the city, one of the most influential and public-spirited citizens, and personally a man of strong and magnetic character, enjoying the friendship of many and the confidence of all his townsmen. He married, July 3, 1870, Ellen M. Gile, born April 16, 1850, daughter of Jesse Gile, of Raymond, New Hampshire. Children : I. Frank F., died aged nine months.
2. Forrest E., died aged eleven
months. 3. Addie L., born March 8, 1877; married, 1899. Albert B. Blaisdell. 4. Wil- liam C., born March 3, 1880; married, 1903, Mildred Remmick, of Exeter, New Hamp- shire, associated in business with his father, as secretary and treasurer of the C. H. Hayes Corporation. 5. Marion E., born March 12, 1892. Mr. Hayes was president of the Hav- erhill Board of Trade in 1900-01, and is still a member. He is treasurer and trustee of the Haverhill Building Association.
Richard Currier. the immi- CURRIER grant ancestor of this family, was born in England. about 1616, and settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He deposed April 12, 1664, stating his age at forty-seven. He was a planter and millwright in Salisbury, where he drew land in 1641-42, and was a commoner of that town, taxed there in 1650, and in 1654 he was the largest tax- payer of Amesbury. the town adjoining Salis- bury. He was town clerk of Salisbury 1654- 58-59-62-64-68. He and his predecessor, Macy, were authorized to build a saw mill in 1656, and he owned a saw mill right in 1675. In the seating of the Amesbury meeting house in 1667 his name stands first "to set at the table," but he apparently retained member- ship in the Salisbury church as late as 1677. He seems to have been a soldier in King Phil- ip's war, although older than most of the sol- diers. He was for many years an active and in- fluential citizen. His last years were spent at the home of his wife's son, Philip Rowell. He had conveyed his real estate by deed to his heirs, so that no administration was necessary at the time of his death. Twenty-five years afterward, however, his grandson was ap- pointed administrator. November 6, 1710, and his heirs at law were granted land at Buxton, Maine, for his service in King Philip's war. He died February 22, 1686-87, and his widow Joanna in October. 1690. His daughter Han- nah joined with Sarah, widow of Philip Ro- well, in petition for a settlement of the estate of Richard and Joanna Currier. He married first, Ann and second, October 26, 1676, Joanna, widow of Valentine Pindar and also of William Sargent, daughter of Henry Pindar, who came in the ship "Susan and Ellen" in April, 1636. to Ipswich, Joanna be- ing then fourteen years old. Children of Richard and Ann Currier: 1. Samuel, born in England about 1636: mentioned below. 2. Hannah, born July 8. 1643 ; married. June 23, 1659. Samuel Foote. 3. Thomas, born March
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8, 1646, died September 27, 1712; married, December 9, 1668, Mary Osgood.
(II) Samuel Currier, son of Richard Cur- rier (1), was born in England about 1636. He was a weaver and millwright. As early as 1665 he settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and took the oath of allegiance to the crown there in 1677. He owned a right to a corn mill in Haverhill. He died March 14, 1712- 13, at Haverhill. His will was dated March 9, and proved April 6, 1713. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Hardy. She sur- vived him. Children : I. Sarah, born at Bradford; married first. January 13. 1689-90, Ichabod Rogers : second, Amos Singletary, son of Richard. 2. Ann, born at Bradford, Octo- ber 22, 1696, lived at Haverhill. 3. Samuel, born and died February 26, 1669. 4. Richard, born December 24, 1670: died April 6, 1689. 5. John, born April 22, 1673; married, Febru- ary 7, 1705-06, Grace Hall. 6. Mary, born January 2, 1675 : married, October 23, 1701, Anthony Colby. 7. Alice, born August 9. 1678; married. December 6, 1701, Robert Peasley. 8. Elizabeth, born February 21, 1680. 9. Hannah, born January 24. 1682; died February 4, 1682. 10. Samuel, mention- ed below.
(III) Samuel Currier, son of Samuel Cur- rier (2), was born February 14. 1685, at Hav- erhill. He was a farmer at Haverhill and Me- thuen. He married, June 30, 1714. Abigail Kelly, daughter of John and granddaughter of John Kelly, the immigrant. She died in 1734. She was admitted to the Haverhill church June 19. 1720, and her seven children were baptized there 1720-1728. She was dis- missed to become one of the charter members of the Methuen church, October 26. 1729. Children, born at Haverhill, or Methuen : I. Jonathan, born May 4, 1715 ; mentioned below. 2. Samuel Jr., born February 4. 1716-17. 3. Richard, born November 13. 1718. 4. Abi- gail, born February 20, 1720-21 ; married Ed- mund Worth ( Elizabeth baptized April 16, 1721, perhaps the same child). 5. Alice, born March 28, 1723; married, November 7, 1745, Amos Davis. 6. William, born May 31, 1725. 7. John, born May 22. 1728. 8. Amos, born September 12, 1730; married, March 13, 1753. Mary Currie, of Haverhill. 9. Asa, born May 12, 1734; married, March 22, 1759, Rebecca Plummer, of Hampstead, New Hampshire : died at West Point in 1781 (See Sanbornton, New Hampshire ).
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