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Joseph Tarbox and Susanna Stevens were married Jan. 28, and had Joseph, born in 1726; Susanna, 1729; Samuel, 1731; Abigail, 1734; Experience, 1737; Abigail, 1740; and William, 1743. Ebenezer Tar- box and wife Sarah also appear this year, and had Thomas, born April 16, who with Benjamin and Isaac were baptized Sept. 10, 1727. They had in addition to these, Ebenezer, born in 1727; John, 1730; Sarah, 1732 ; and Rebecca, 1733. A Benjamin Tarbox came in 1739 and had, by wife Deborah, daughter Deborah, born in that year; Benjamin, in 1743, died soon ; and Andrew in 1747. A Benjamin Tarbox and widow Abigail Parsons were married July 9, 1744. A John Tarbox and wife Dorothy had a son John born in Lynn, Jan. 28, 1729 ; and William, born in Gloucester, Sept. 1, 1736 ; and a son Daniel baptized here July
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15, 1739. Samuel Tarbox, son of Joseph, married Deborah Sayward, June 19, 1755. The town records give him no children, but we know that he had a son Samuel who was living at a great age in New Glouces- ter, Me., in 1843.
Jacob Randall and Abigail Stevens were married June 13, 1725, and had Isaac, born in 1726; Samuel, 1727; Abigail, 1728; Ruth, 1731; and Elizabeth, 1738. He probably became a widower and married for a second wife, Deborah Low, Jan. 19, 1741, by whom he had a son Ja- coh.
John Howard and Abigail Smith were married Feb. 13, 1725, and had John born in 1727 ; Timothy, 1735 ; Jerusha, 1737 ; Joseph, 1740.
Gregory Savery, of Marblehead, and Mary Allen were married Oct. 6, and had the following children recorded in the Gloucester records : Mary, born in 1726; Phebe, 1729; Martha, 1731; Peter, 1734; and Daniel, 1742. Perhaps Martha is the Pat Severy whose untimely end is recorded in Mr. Chandler's journal June 23, 1752.
John Curney, an early settler, died this year, May 3, aged eighty. Perhaps it was his son Elisha, born in 1672, who was the subject of the following notice in Rev. S. Chandler's journal, -"1756, Jan. 6, I visited Elisha Curney under the symptoms of death."
1726. Daniel Fuller, of Ipswich, married Anna Dolliver, Aug. 15, 1726, had a daughter Ann born in 1727, and a son Daniel in 1730. A Daniel, father or son, probably, was lost on a fishing voyage, with four others, in 1755. A Daniel Fuller and Keturah Rust were married Nov. 5, 1751, and had Keturah, born in 1754.
James Birch married Sarah Warren, sojourner, Feb. 10, 1726, and had a son James, born May 24, 1731, and a daughter Elizabeth bap- tized at the First church, Dec. 7, 1735.
George Tappan and Hannah, probably daughter of John Gilbert, were married Nov. 3, and had Elizabeth born in 1727 ; George, 1730 ; John, 1732 ; William, 1734; Martha, May 1, 1737; and Hannah, May 3, 1739.
John Conillard and wife Isabel had a daughter Mary, born Dec. 29, 1726, and a son John, Nov. 5, 1728.
Thomas Canneby, or Kenneby, married Lydia Riggs Nov. 7, 1726, and had, besides three daughters, a son Samuel, born in 1730. The father was lost at sea on a fishing voyage in 1738, and his widow mar- ried Solomon Davis in 1747.
1727 .- John Hews or Huse ( Hist. 300) married Hannah Bray, Oct.
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10, 1735. She died before Feb. 22, 1763, when the town paid twelve shillings for a coffin for her. The aged widower next married, Oet. 10, 1763, Eunice Allen, who died Dec. 14, 1806, aged eighty, leaving a son John, who was baptized Sept. 1, 1765, and was therefore about eighty-four years old when he died, though he goes on the record, with not unusual exaggeration, as ninety-five.
Joseph Killam and Sarah Dolliver were married Oct. 11. She died July 26, 1729, aged 21, and he next married Dorothy Day, Dec. 17, 1730. He had the following children :- Sarah, born in 1729 ; Dorothy, 1731; Merey, 1733; Hannah, 1735 ; Sarah, 1737; Joseph, 1739 ; Sol- omon, 1741 ; Samuel, 1742 ; John, 1744 ; Dorothy, 1746 ; and Ephraim, 1747. Joseph Killam died March 12, 1806, aged 100 years, 11 months and 12 days, according to the record, which we may well believe was not much exaggerated, considering that he died about seventy-eight and one-half years after his first marriage. A Solomon Killam died at sea in 1772.
Nathaniel Travis and Mary Page were married April 18, and had Jo- anna baptized Nov. 28, 1736; and Elizabeth, June 4, 1738 ; perhaps also a Mary, March 12, 1732, though her father is called Daniel. Na- thaniel Travers was buried at the expense of the town in 1741.
James Demerrit and Mary Bryant were married March 7. A James Demerrit and widow Sarah Elwell were married Jan. 25, 1744, and a James Demerret, jr., and Susanna Allen, Dec. 3, 1765.
Daniel Barber married Anna, daughter of Jabez Baker, Sept. 29, 1727. He was a sea captain and died in the Island of Antigua, Nov. 8, 1735, in the thirtieth year of his age. He left three daughters, Anna, Mary and Rachel and a son Daniel, the same, probably, who, Aug. 7, 1761, then of Exeter, N. H., was intending marriage with Anna Davis, of Gloucester.
John Rigel and Mary Joslyn were married Dec. 25, 1727, and had John, born in 1728 ; and Elizabeth, 1730. Daniel Riggs, alias Ridgell, son of Mary Ridgell, was born Feb. 16, 1734.
Edward Emery and wife Sarah had daughter Mary born Aug. 18, 1727.
Isaiah Marsh and Experience, widow of Isaac Randall, were married Feb. 8, and had Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 1, 1727 ; and Mary, July 13, 1729.
John Pollard and wife Mary had John, born in 1727; Isaac, 1730; Elizabeth, 1731 ; and Barton, 1734.
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The first of a family of Varrells, from Ipswich, came this year, when, Jan. 12, Richard Varrell married Mary Day, and had Mary born in 1729 ; Hepzibah, 1732; Richard, 1734; Mary, 1736; Susanna, 1738; Dorothy, 1741 ; Abigail, 1744 ; and Jeremiah, 1747. Thomas Varrell, married Susanna, perhaps daughter of John Dolliver, Dec. 11, 1728, and had Thomas, born in 1730; Joseph, 1732 ; perhaps John, Feb. 25, 1736 ; Susanna, 1738 ; and William, 1743. A Thomas Varrell died about 1768.
Samuel Varrel and Sarah Stevens were married May 7, 1731, and had a son Samuel born April 20, 1734.
Daniel Gibbs, merchant, died March 21 ( Hist. 291). In his will, proved April 8, 1762, he gave to two half-sisters, Mary and Letitia Ar- chibald, twenty shillings each, and to his wife the rest of his property. Mrs. Gibbs died Jan. 27, 1769. By her will she gave most of her property to Thomas Sanders, 3d, her nephew, and wished that he might have a liberal education. She also made bequests to Mary Sanders (her niece, sister of Thomas) and other relatives of the Sanders family, and to Mary Edgar. To Rebecca Edgar and Letitia Edgar she gave a house and land then occupied by them. She left an estate of £2269. Rev. Jabez Bailey, who for some time taught the grammar school, says in his journal, April 20, 1758, "This evening had an interview with Esq. Gibbs, who behaved toward me with a degree of complaisance I had al- ways been unaccustomed to, though I must acknowledge I have had my share of extraordinary caresses from several persons who have been in exalted stations. I was pleased with this gentleman's aversion to rus- ticity and profaneness."
March. A terrible storm at S. East. A brig was cast away on Nor- man's Woe Rock. She belonged to Boston and was from the West Indies, loaded with salt. Capt. John Parkman, master, aged 30, was drowned and taken up the 28th. Five men were brought off the rock alive and well .- Town Records.
A Boston newspaper of April 3, 1727, has the following account of this disaster : "On the 26th inst., about 10 o'clock at Night, a Brigan- tine from Anguilla, bound hither, struck upon a Rock called Norman's Woe, near Cape Ann, and stove all to pieces. The master, whose name was John Parkman, of this place, attempting to swing to the Rock by the Fore-tack, fell short into the water and was drowned. The rest of the men got off the Bowsprit on the Rock and were all taken to shore the next day. The body of the said Capt. Parkman was also taken up
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the next day and Buried at Cape Ann on Thursday last, the 30th instant, aged 33 years. The vessel belonged to his father and others."
A gravestone in the old burying ground still marks the place of burial of the ill-fated captain. It has the following inscription :
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF MR. JOHN PARKMAN SON TO MR. WILLIAM AND MRS. ELIZE PARKMAN OF BOSTON AGED 33 YEARS DECd MARCII Ye 27, 1727.
Dee. 28. Of a State Tax of £1000 the proportion of Gloucester was £12.7.8.
"We are informed that a few days ago two men travelling at Glouces- ter, espied a child with a jug of milk, running and shrieking, and were not at first sensible of the child's distress ; but, hastening to it, found a large rattlesnake pursuing it and gaining ground of it. Their dog im- mediately assaulted the snake, and the snake seized on the dog's ear ; the men with all speed dispatched the snake, and by the time they could kill that, the dog died."
1728 .- Thomas Goss and Patience, probably daughter of Benjamin Haraden, were married March 17, 1728, and had Thomas, born May 19, 1731 ; Patience, baptized Oet. 27, 1733; and Betty, baptized Nov. 2, 1735. There is good reason for the belief that he died before or about 1740. His son Thomas married Mary Tarr in 1755 and settled in Sandy Bay parish, where he had many children, with some of whom he re- moved to Danville, Me., where he died Nov. 20, 1819, aged eighty-nine years. His two sisters also lived to a great age :- Patience, who mar- ried Thomas Chard, died Nov. 13, 1826, aged ninety-three, and Betty, who married John Tarr, died in April, 1831, aged ninety-five. His son John, as I am informed by Dr. Lapham, of Augusta, Me., settled in Danville, where, and in neighboring towns, numerous descendants are still living.
Richard Goss, probably a near kinsman of the preceding, married Elizabeth, daughter of the second Edward Haraden, Jan. 1, 1735. Per- haps he came from Ipswich, where a Richard Goss had lately deceased, Feb. 7, 1714. He settled in 'Squam parish, where he carried on mari- time business to a considerable extent, and died in October, 1764, leav- ing an estate of £1800, consisting of three schooners and various articles
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of merchandise, besides money and real estate. He left a son Richard, born Apr. 23, 1737, and he had a daughter Molly, baptized Aug. 10, 1740. The son married Susanna Wheeler, of Ipswich, Jan. 6, 1766. He was a sea captain, and died June 15, 1769. In his will he left to his wife what the law allowed, and to his mother all the rest of his es- tate, who, upon her marriage or decease might bequeath it to any of his kindred of the name of Goss, except to the heirs of his uncle Thomas Goss. He also left £13.6.8 to Rev. Thomas Goss, minister of Bolton, upon the marriage or decease of his mother. Of her death I have not learned the date. The records of the 'Squam church note that "Eliza- beth, widow of Richard Goss, sen., was admitted to full communion Aug. 15, 1773, Æ. 73," and the probate records show that her will, made 23 Feb. 1784, was proved 8 April, 1788. She was probably a lady of considerable prominence in her native village, for the traditions of the place still preserve the name of Madam Goss.
Benj. Perkins and Mary, daughter of Capt. Andrew Robinson, were married Feb. 12, and had Francis, born in 1728; Benjamin, 1734; Mary, 1736 ; Elizabeth, 1740 ; and Judith, Sarah and Hannah. He was a sea captain and died before his wife, who was buried March 23, 1759.
James Marsh and Sarah Riggs were married April 29, and had James, born in 1728; David, 1730; Sarah, 1732 ; William, 1733 ; Sarah, 1736 ; and Mary, 1737.
James Webster and Mary Curney were married Feb. 26, and had a son James, born in July, 1729.
John Warner, of Ipswich, and Anna Woodward were married Nov. 16, and had Hannah, born July 9, 1729 ; and Abigail, July 14, 1731.
Richard Vangn married Ann Day Dec. 12, and had Ann baptized Ang. 30, 1729 ; Edward, born in 1730; Anne, 1732; Sarah, 1734 ; and Dorothy, 1737.
Joseph Foster, of Ipswich, and Abigail Ring were married March 28. The only other Foster that appears in the records before 1751 was Thomas, who married Jane Fielding, and had Daniel in 1740; Judith, 1742 ; John Hardgrave, 1745 ; Thomas, 1748 ; and Simeon, 1751.
Joseph Heberd and wife Mary had daughter Mary born Feb. 21. Perhaps he brought to Gloucester a son Jacob who married Rachel Ben- net in 1747, and had Mary born in 1748; Jacob, 1750, died soon ; Rachel, 1752; Jacob, 1754; Joseph, 1756; Samuel, 1758 ; Moses, 1760; John, 1762; Peter, 1764 ; and Daniel, 1766. A widow Hib- bert died in the second parish, March 26, 1778, aged eighty-seven.
Robert Stewart (Hist. 261) married Anna Hodgkins, Oct. 23,
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1727, and had Anna, born April 26, 1730; Elizabeth, July 6, 1731 ; Deborah, July 4, 1733 ; and Robert, Aug. 23, 1735.
Michael Kingsberry and Martha Hodgkins were married Feb. 29, and had son Michael born Nov. 11, 1728.
Joseph Littlehale was married to Elizabeth Pierce Dec. 14, 1728, and to widow Elizabeth Giddings, Aug. 8, 1748. He had the following chil- dren baptized at the First church : Joseph and Elizabeth, 1730 ; Eliza- beth, 1731; Mary, 1737; Abigail, 1738; Ann, 1741; Joseph, 1743 ; Hannah, 1745; William, 1746; Sarah, 1748 ; Hannah, 1749 ; Lydia, 1750; Jemima and Keziah, 1752; Richard, 1753; Lydia, 1754 ; Eben- ezer, 1756 ; and Joseph, 1758. Joseph Littlehale, jr., married Sarah Broome, October 24, 1752, and had Sarah, baptized 1754, and Joseph, 1757. The name was also perpetuated by Richard.
1729 .- William Knight of Manchester and Hannah York were mar- ried March 18, 1729, and had son William baptized Jan. 2, 1732.
Jonathan Downing and Sarah Day were married Jan. 30, and had daughter Sarah born Dec. 11, 1729.
David Downing's wife Susanna ( Hist. 256) died Dec. 22, 1718, aged thirty-nine. He married second Mary Josline, Dec. 14, 1722.
1730 .- William Simerton and Anna Wilson were married Nov. 30, and had James born Nov. 14, 1731.
James Brady married Jane Stevens, Dec. 7, 1730, had a daughter Jane born July 12, 1732, and he died March 14, same year. His widow married John Carter, Nov. 6, 1733.
Joshua Kendall married Mary Tarr Sept. 22, 1730, and was intend- ing marriage with widow Mary Davis, April 3, 1755. The records give him the following children :- Mary, born in 1731; Joshua, 1733, died May 22, 1748 ; Ann, 1735 ; Jonathan, 1738 ; Abigail, 1743 ; Lydia, 1745 ; and Joshua, 1748. This was a Sandy Bay family, and accord- ing to the Rockport Directory, the name is still borne by one male adult in that town.
Timothy Higgins and Elizabeth Hammonds were married Feb. 26, and had a son Timothy baptized Oct. 8, 1732, who married Mary Mar- tin, Feb. 3, 1757, had three children and was lost on a fishing voyage to the Banks in the great gale of 1766. Timothy, sen., had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Samuel Witham, and was the mother of Mrs. Deborah Sanders, the only centenarian of Gloucester birth.
Edward Jumper and Abigail Wise were married Dec. 14. Their children were Edward, born in 1731; Abigail, 1734; Abigail, 1738;
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William ; Elizabeth ; Mary, 1749 ; and Joseph, 1753. The name was perpetuated in town by the sons Edward and William. A Joseph Jum- per died in 'Squam Parish, Oct., 1817, and a John Jumper in Jan., 1837, aged forty-nine.
Thomas Oakes and Jane Somes were married in December, and had Thomas born in 1733 ; Emma, 1736 ; Patty, 1738 ; Robert, 1743 ; John, Oct. 18, 1745, and the mother died six days after. He next married Susanna Clark, March 20, 1746, and had son John, born Sept. 25, 1747, and died before Oct. 23, 1753, when his widow married Israel Sheldon.
Isaac Annis married Experience Haraden Jan. 22, 1730, and settled in 'Squam parish. His children were :- Experience, born in 1731; Isaac, 1733 ; Deliverance, 1735; Sarah, 1738; Daniel, 1740; Mark, 1742; Esther, 1743 ; and Ebenezer, 1747, who died in Dec., 1819.
Samuel Fleming was drowned on the Banks in April. By his wife Jenet he had a daughter Abigail born in 1725. Mary baptized in 1723, daughter of a Fleming without name of baptism, was probably his child.
Capt. John Prince is paid £2 for what he did to prevent the small- pox coming into the town, for damage he received in his clothes, and for helping bury Jacob Row ; James Broom paid £3.15 for same ; Stephen Cleigh for same, and for removing Joseph Tarr's vessel.
Sadler's Run. Commoners reserve two or three acres of land lying on the southerly side of the brook for public use for the accommo- dation of the washing of sheep in said brook.
1731 .- Jonathan Ingersol, Henry Haskell and others (to the number of one hundred) of Gloucester, petition the General Court to grant them a tract of land eight miles square, adjoining Falmouth, in Casco Bay and Presumpscot River, for reasons mentioned. The petition was read, and upon a motion made and seconded, the question was put whether it be convenient that a number of towns be opened within the Province, and it passed in the affirmative.
Rowland Battin married Abigail Curney, Feb., 1731, and died in 1734, leaving one daughter. Abraham Battin appears June 3, 1735, when he married Ann Elwell. Besides four daughters, he had sons,- Rowland, Abraham, Ebenezer, John and Joseph, three of whom cer- tainly married and had issue.
Jacob Macculloch and Mary Wilson were married Nov. 11, and had Mary, baptized Dec. 14, 1735 ; and Joseph, July 16, 1738.
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Moses Plats and Ruth Williams were married Dec. 2, 1731, and had Sarah, born in 1735 ; Jonathan, 1737 ; and Ruth, 1739.
Andrew Grimes and Mary Davis were married July 10, 1731; and had Mary born in 1731; Andrew, 1739; Hannah, 1741; Sarah, 1743; and William, 1745. His two sons appear to have married in town.
Elias Cook and wife Sarah, probably from Marblehead, had a daugh- ter Sarah born this year, and sons Francis, Benjamin, Samuel and Wil- liam in subsequent years. Josiah Cook and his wife Mary appear in town in 1749, when their daughter Mary was born; the wife died in 1752, and he married widow Hannah Emmons in 1753, who died in 1764, and he took for third wife widow Jemima Parsons, Nov. 29, same year. His other children were a son Josiah and four daughters, one of whom said that her father was a nephew of Capt. James Cook, the dis- tinguished navigator. A John Cook and Sarah Young were intending marriage Oct. 29, 1750, and had a daughter Sarah born, Oct. 5, 1751.
Rufus Stacy ( Hist. 286) married Martha Kingsbury Sept. 27, 1731, and had Susanna, born in 1731; Rufus, 1734; Martha, 1737 ; and Eb- enezer, 1739.
1732 .- Richard Smith and wife Ruth had son Richard, born June 26.
Peter Heel and Miriam Haskell were married Oct. 18, and had son Peter baptized Sept. 18, 1733.
James Macoy and Janet Fleming were married Dee. 19, and had Anna, born Oct. 18, 1738; and James, baptized April 12, 1741.
William Moore and Lydia Parsons were married Jan. 20, and had Lydia, born April 11, 1733 ; and Mary, April 26, 1734.
James Mattocks, or Maddox, and Lydia Hammond were married Feb. 3, and had Lydia; James, born 1734; Lucy, baptized March 13, 1737 ; Thomas, May 20, 1739 ; and John, June, 1745.
Thomas Messervey and Elizabeth Foster were married Jan. 5, and had Catey, born in 1732; John, 1737; Oben, 1739; Sarah, 1744; Ephraim, 1747 ; and William, 1750.
Samuel Stevens, merchant, Nathaniel Ellery, merchant, Elias Davis, merchant, David Plummer, physician, Samuel Stevens, jr., mariner, William Parsons, shoreman, Philemon Warner, blacksmith, and John Prince, form a company for the erection of a windmill, and purchase a piece of land 85 feet square of John Prince on which to set it. This mill stood on or near the spot now occupied by the Collins school house, but I know not that any living person ever saw it, though the spot was always called Windmill Hill half a century ago.
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William Steele and wife Ann settled in the second parish and had William, born in 1732; James, 1734; Jonathan, 1737; John, 1740; Joseph, 1742 ; and Moses, 1748 ; William married Phebe Lord of Ips- wich, had several children and died in Oct., 1799, aged about sixty- nine. James, the next son of William, married Mary Littlehale Jan. 6, 1757. His oldest son, James, settled in the harbor parish, and died April 13, 1831, aged seventy-three. Jonathan Steel married Elizabeth, daughter of David Pearce, April 26, 1763. I know nothing of his de- scendants except that he is said to have had a son David who went in early life to live with his uncle Joseph Pearce in New Gloucester, Me.
James Edgerly, shipwright, son of Samuel, came from Durham, N. H., and married Elinor, daughter of William Ellery and widow of James Sawyer, Aug. 15. In 1747 he bought of Nathaniel Ellery " a parcel of land adjoining to Spring Cove, alias Vinson's or Ellery's Cove, so called, including a barn and a house to be built over the cellar of the old house which was his father Ellery's." This property he sold to William Fuller in 1769 for £113.6.8. A James Edgerly's intention of marriage with Rachel Stanwood was published Dec. 7, 1765. The issue of a cer- tificate was forbidden by her the same day, but she afterwards relented and they were married Dec. 22.
1733. - Solomon Howard and wife Esther had Anna, born Oct. 7, 1733; Esther, July 1, 1735 ; and Solomon, Feb. 28, 1737. The latter married Sarah Grover, March 15, 1757.
Digery Preson and Hannah Goodrich were married this year, and had son Joseph, born Nov. 3, 1734.
John Grover and Experience Randall were married Angust 26, 1733, and had Experience, born in 1735 ; and Rebecca baptized in 1739.
Samuel Elliot .- Besides his two sons mentioned in the History, page 299, he had Samuel and William and daughters Hannah and Martha. His grandson James, who had been representative in Congress from Vermont, died at Newfane, Vt., Nov. 10, 1839, aged about sixty-four.
John Curtis and Jane Brady were married Nov. 6, and had sons William and James. He probably had a second wife, Hannah Inger- sol, by whom his son John was born Sept. 11, 1751.
John Matchet and Mary Ingersol were married Nov. 18, and had Mary, born in 1734 ; Anne, 1736 ; Sarah, baptized June 10, 1739; and John, Sept. 5, 1742.
Nathan Fletcher and Lucy Elwell were married June 11, 1733, and had Lucy, born in 1735 : Elizabeth, baptized in 1737; Nathan, 1739;
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John, 1742; and James, 1744. A Nathan Fletcher and Lydia Cleve- land intended marriage Oct. 19, 1765. John Fletcher married Patience Wonson in 1769. A Nathaniel Fletcher died 26 March, 1786 ( ?).
Benj. Redding and Lydia Thorndike were married May 30, and had Lydia, born July 15, 1733 ; and Benjamin, April 8, 1736, before which date the father had died.
Philip Tewksberry and wife Hannah had daughter Hannah, born Sept. 19 ; son Samuel, 1735 ; and Ward, July 23, 1737. William and Mary, previous children, were born in Marblehead.
Thomas Dresser .- The records give him nine children :- John, born in 1733; Moses, 1735 ; Thomas, 1738 ; Job, 1740, died soon ; Sarah, 1741; Henry, 1743; Elizabeth, 1744; Abigail, 1746; Samuel, 1748 ; and Richard without date; in addition to whom it was said there was another daughter, and sons Joseph and Aaron, both of whom settled in or near New Gloucester, Me.
Robert Randall went to Carolina with Capt. Turner of Scituate, and hath not, nor any of ye company, been heard of since May, 1733. -Town Records.
Ebenezer Cass and Lydia Sargent were married Jan. 5, 1733, and had Sarah, born in 1733; Amos, 1735 ; Samuel, 1740; Jonathan, 1744; and Rachel, 1746. He died Jan. 30, 1779, aged seventy-seven. His wife died Jan. 7, 1775, aged sixty-three.
1734 .- Benj. Anderson married Hannah Wilson, Nov. 11, 1734. No children are mentioned, but a Peter Anderson died here March 13, 1820, aged seventy-five.
Nicholas Kuetville or Quitvil and Hannah Stevens were intending marriage Nov. 16. The following children are recorded to them :- William, born in 1735 ; Rachel, 1737; Nathaniel, 1739 ; Hannah, 1741; and Nicholas, 1748. Benoni alias Edward Kidvel, son of Jemina Has- kell, was born Sept. 27, 1725, and was apprenticed to Ebenezer Par- sons in 1731. An Edward Kuetville and Lydia Hooper of Manchester were intending marriage Oct. 4, 1748. Perhaps the name has now be- come Kitfield.
Isaac Hall and Mary Joslyn were married Aug. 22, 1734, and had John, born in 1734 ; and Constantine, 1736.
John Ball came in 1734 and appears to have settled in the second par- ish. He married Judith Day, Nov. 7, and had a daughter Judith and a son John.
Thomas Sewall and Mary Norton were married July 29, and had Ju-
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dith, baptized at the Third church, Dec. 10, 1738 ; and Thomas, April 19, 1741.
Isaac Hawes and Mary Sargent were married Nov. 11, and had son Isaac, born Sept. 21, 1735.
William Peters and Abigail Littlefield were married Oct. 31, and had Sarah, born Aug. 21, 1735 ; and William, baptized Feb. 4, 1737.
Neal MacFederick and Jerusha Davis were married Nov. 14, and had William, born in 1735. She died July 18, 1737, and he next married Hannah Baker, May 28, 1739, and had by her Joseph, born in 1740 ; Daniel, 1742; John, 1744; Jabez, 1746; Benjamin, 1748 ; Hannah, 1750; Henry, 1752 ; Samuel, 1753; JJames, 1755 ; and Rachel, 1757. The son Jabez shortened the name to Federicks. He married Judith Lufkin, April 1, 1770, and had nine children. He died Dec. 31, 1819, aged seventy-three. She died in Oct., 1835, aged eighty-one. One of his sons, James, died March 16, 1836, aged forty-four. Judith, daugh- ter of Jabez, married Robert Huntress and died about four months after the birth of her son Joseph Lufkin Fedricks, who was born Aug. 24, 1801.
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