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ROGERS, JESSE, from Stoughtonham ; t. 1795 ; w. Salome Bosworth; built a house near Bowker Brook; moved to Penobscot; ch. - I. Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1787. - II. Shep- herd, b. April 24, 1789. - III. Abigail, b. June 23, 1791. - IV. Salome, b. May 6, 1793 ; d. March 20, 1794. - V. Sal- ly, b. July 11, 1796. - VI. Jesse, b. June 2, 1798. - VII. Wm., b. April 27, 1800. - VIII. Hannah, b. Aug. 18, 1802.
SHEPARD, or SHEPHERD, DANIEL, from Acton, Mass. ; d. July 3, 1829. "The Shepherd and Law families were among the first," according to Shattuck's Concord, who, about the year 1656, commenced a settlement in Acton. His wife was Mary Adams, of Acton. They came to Union in June, 1795, and settled about one and a half or two miles north-west of Round Pond. Jane Shepherd died Nov. 27, 1807, aged ninety-one. - I. Daniel, b. Nov. 2, 1775; m., April 23, 1802, Alice, sister of Asa Messer, and had 1. Nancy, b. Oct. 16, 1803; d. Aug. 23, 1841. 2. John Adams, b. Nov. 26, 1805. 3. Eliza, b. May 28, 1807. 4. William, b. April 7, 1809. 5. Daniel, b. March 28, 1811; d. Aug. 10, 1811. 6. Elsie, b. July 23, 1812. 7. Daniel, b. Sept. 15, 1815. 8. Amanda, b. April 30, 1819. - II. Artemas, b. July 1, 1777 ; m. Martha Dole, of Waterville.
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- III. Thaddeus, b. May 13, 1779 ; m. Susan, dr. of Caleb Howard, of Waldoborough, and had 1. Mace, b. Oct. 16, 1809 ; m. Jane Chapman, of Nobleborough; c. 2. James Sanford, b. June 5, 1811 ; m. Nancy Stone, dr. of Jonas C. Davis, of Appleton; had (1). James Irving, b. Jan. 9, 1836 or 1835; (2). Susan Caroline, b. April 19, 1837 or 1836; (3). George Appleton; (4). Mary Catharine. 3. Thaddeus S., b. April 15, 1813; m. Sally Sayward; c. 4. Sarah Catherine, b. Sept. 17, 1817 ; m. March 7, 1839, George Fossett, and has (1). James; (2). George Emerson. 5. Josiah Howard, b. Sept. 16, 1819; u. 6. Noah Emerson, b. March 13, 1822 .- IV. Sarah, m. Michael Jones ; r. Jefferson. - V. Lucy, m. Samuel Hagar, 1804, and had 1. Sarah, b. April 11, 1805. 2. Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1807; d. July 2, 1842. 3. Reuben, b. March 27, 1810. 4. Lucy, b. Dec. 1, 1812. 5. John, b. July 26, 1816. 6. Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1820. 7. Eze- kiel, b. Nov. 26, 1825; d. Aug. 2, 1826. 8. Esther Ann, b. June 16, 1827. - VI. Nathan; u. - VII. Mercy, m., Nov. 3, 1814, Daniel Jones, of Washington. - VIII. Nancy, m. John Ames, of Jefferson.
SIBLEY,1 JONATHAN, b. at Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 4,
1 The word Sibley may be compounded of the words sib and lea. The former means relationship or alliance; or, in earlier times, peace ; and the latter, a field. Hence the words combined may mean kins- men's land. Perhaps several kinsmen lived together in the same place, or on the same lea. If the earlier meaning of the word sib be adopted, the meaning may be peace-lea, or land of peace ; perhaps be- cause of the harmony of the people, or because the place was exempt from war. This explanation of the origin of the word, however, is merely conjectural.
The description of the Sybly arms, in Burke's General Armory, is " Per pale azure and gules a griffin passant between three crescents argent." In heraldry, the griffin, which is an imaginary animal, half eagle and half lion, denotes strength and swiftness. The close agree- ment of the armorial bearings of the families of Sileby and of Sybly seems to show that one of the names is a variation of the other, - the latter probably being a corruption of the former. But it is cer- tain that Sibley is of considerable antiquity, as it is found in the Rotuli Hundredorum of the reign of Edward I. (1272-1307), in the counties of Huntington, Kent, Oxford, and Suffolk, where it is spelt Sybeli, Sibeli, Sibely, Sibili, Sibilie, Sibli ; and where the name Sileby does not seem to occur. The Public Records published by the Record Commis- sion spell it Sibille, in the reign of Richard II. (1377-1399); and Sibyle in that of Henry V. (1413-1422) ; and in that of Elizabeth (1558-1603), it is Sybley, Sibley, and Sibly; and once (with an alias) Sybery. A very similar name of about the same antiquity is filius
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1773; came, to Union, Sept. 17, 1799; m., Nov. 1, 1803, Persis, b. at Sherburne, Mass., April 20, 1772 ; d. of para-
Sibille, or Fitz-Sibyl, which may have been the original of the name in some cases; in other cases, it may have been derived from the parish of Hingham Sibyl, or Sible, or Sibleys, in Essex.
From Felt's Annals of Salem, i. 172, it seems that the first of the Sibleys in this country came to Salem in the fleet of 1629. It is said that they were from the north part of England or south part of Scot- land, or that they came from Northamptonshire. In Willis's Cathe- drals, ii. 172, it is stated that "John Sibeley collated 1459." succeeded Roger Mersham as prebendary of Lincoln. In Rymer's Fodera, xix. 348. is recorded " Pro Johanne Sibley. Rex, vicesimo sexto die Maii [1631 or 1632] concessit Johanni Sibley et aliis Officium Clerici et Clericorum omnium et singulorum brevium et processuum in Curia Camere Stellate, durante vita. P[rivato] S[igillo];" meaning Clerk of the Court of the Starre Chamber for life. In Dugdale's Warwick- shire, Knightlow Hundred, Marton, i. 327, under the patronage of " Rob. Fysher miles & Bar.," is found "Thom. Sybley Cler. in Art. Magr. xvii. Oct. 1623 [v. p. m. Ric. Seale ult. Incumb.]" In the same volume, Birdingbury, p. 325, is " [Tho. Sibley Cler. ii Julii 1633]." In Besse's Sufferings of the Quakers, i. 638-644, Thomas Sibley, a blacksmith, is " sent to gaol " and fined - though he was afterward released and the fine remitted - " for being at an unlawful Meeting or Conventicle, in the parish of Crewkherne," in Somerset- shire, on the fourth of June, 1684. In the same volume, page 345, William Sibley is named as a prisoner in 1685, in Leicester, - the town where Higginson was settled before he came to Massachusetts in 1629. Possibly some of these Sibleys were related to the early settlers in New England. A comparison of the situation of the places mentioned, and of places from which came some individuals in the fleet of 1629, may be of value in making further investigations in the mother-country.
"John Sybley with Sarah his wife " was admitted to the church in Charlestown, Mass., on the 21st day of the 12th month, 1634-5, old style. He took the freeman's oath, May 6, 1635. It is not certain that there is any other information respecting him or his family, except -
" A true Inventory of the Lands : Goods : Cattell. and Chattells of John Sybley Inhabitant of charlestowne lately deseased the 30th of 9th mo : 1649
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lysis, Feb. 5, 1847 ; dr. of Obadiah Morse ; had - I. John Langdon, b. Dec. 29, 1804; fitted for college at Phillips's
The inventory is preserved, on a small piece of loose paper, in the Probate Office at East Cambridge. In the record of its acceptance, "at a County Court held at Cambridge the 2th of the 2th mo. 1650," the name is spelt " Siblie."
JOHN SIBLY, who took the freeman's oath, Sept. 3, 1634, is the sixteenth on the list of members of the First Church in Salem. In 1636 he was selectman of Salem. The same year, 20th 10th month, he had half an acre of land granted to him at Winter Island Harbor, "for the fishing trade and to build upon." He also had a grant of fifty acres at Manchester, 20: 12: 1636, O.S. Han- son, in the History of Danvers, page 31, says he had land near Salem village, now Danvers, in 1638, and settled. Probably these Salem references are to but one John Sibley, - the same man who settled at Manchester in 1636, was selectman there, an extensive land-owner, and died there in 1661. In the inventory, mention is made of nine children, four boys and five girls. His widow, Rachel, brought the inventory into court, and " ye Court doe order that ye estate be left in ye widoe's hands to bring up ye children till ye Court take further order." They had Sarah, baptized at Salem Church, 18 : 7: 1642. Mary, bapt. 8 : 7: 1644; m., 26: 11: 1664, Jonathan Walcott; had John, b. Dec. 7, 1766 ; Hanna, b. 6 : 10: 1667; Jonathan, b. 1 : 7 : 1670 ; and many others. Rachael, bapt. 3 : 3 : 1646 ; m. a Bishop. John, Capt. bapt. 14 : 3 : 1648; admitted to the church in Beverly, April 5, 1696; m. Rachel (admitted to Bever- ly Church, 5 : 5 : 1685), dr. of Ama. Pickworth. Capt. John was selectman of Manchester many years, representative to the General Court, leading man in town-affairs, and d. as early as the spring of 1710. Hannah, bapt. 22 : 4 : 1651 ; m., 25 : 12 : 1676, Steeven Small ; had Mary, b. March 21, 1677 ; Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1678-9 ; John, b. 7 : 7: 1680; Hannah, b. 18 : 12: 1681. William, bapt. 8 : 7: 1653; yeoman and butcher; d. of consumption at Salem Village, April 28, 1691; m. 1 : 9 : 1676, Ruth, dr. of William Canterbury, and widow of William Small; and had 1. Ruth, b. August, 1677 ; m., Aug. 6, 1706, Thomas Needham. 2. John. 3. Joseph, probably the Joseph of Lynn in 1717 ; d. 1718 (?). 4. Nathaniel, husbandman, b. about 1686; d. about 1733. 5. Rachel, b. about 1688; m., Nov. 16, 1710, Joseph Flint. Samuel, b. 12: 2: 1657; m. Mary, of witch- memory, whose confession is in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. iii. of the third series. Abigail, bapt. 3 : 5 : 1659. There was Joseph; probably between William and Samuel. In 1693, he and others, according to Felt's Annals of Salem, ii. 214, on their homeward passage from a fishing-voyage to Cape Sable, were impressed on board a British frigate. After seven weeks' service in the vessel, the captain forced him to go on board another ship. He m., Feb. 4, 1683, Susanna Follet; and had 1. Joseph, b. Nov. 9, 1684, whose w. was Mary. 2. John, b. Sept. 18, 1687; m., May 22, 1718, Zeruia Gould. 3. Jonathan, b. May 1, 1690. 4. Hannah, bapt. May, 1695. 5. Samuel, bapt. 1697; m. Martha Dike, said to be of Ipswich. 6. William, bapt. April 7, 1700; d. about the age of fifty,
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Exeter Academy; graduated at Harvard University in 1825 ; Assistant Librarian at Harvard University in 1825-6 ;
having a cancer on his tongue; m. Sarah Dike. 7. Benjamin, bapt. Sept. 19, 1703 ; had a w., Priscilla. Of these sons, the first two and last three settled in Sutton, Mass., and vicinity, in the first part of the eighteenth century. Benjamin, after living in Sutton a few years, went to Union, Conn., and d. at Ashford. From them have descended the Sibleys in New York, and in the South and West. The late Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., s. of Timothy, was b. at Sutton. There are, however, some of the name in Florida, who are not of this stock. There was another, of whom nothing is known, except that, among Washington's Papers, now in the Capitol at the city of Wash- ington, is " A return of Captain Joshua Lewis Compa. August 17th, 1756, on the South Branch. .. . Rank and File - 8 on Command, at Sibley's Mill."
RICHARD SIBLEY, "traie-maker," from whom the families in Union are descended, d. 1676. His widow was living in 1700. In the inven- tory of his effects, 30 : 4 : 1676, mention is made of drawing-knives and shaves. What relation he sustained to John, of Salem, is not known ; perhaps both were sons of John, of Charlestown. He and his w., Hannah, were in Salem in 1656, as appears from charges against them in an old account-book of Curwen. They had - I. Samuel, b. 10 : 1 : 1658. - II. Hannah, b. 20 : 7 : 1661. - III. Sarah, b. 20 : 10 : 1663. - IV. Damaris, b. 26 : 6 : 1666. - V. John, b. first week in April, 1669 ; supposed to be the John who m., July 4, 1695, Elizabeth Peale; and had 1. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1696; d. twenty months old. 2. Elizabeth, b. April 13, 1699. 3 and 4. Mary and Hannah, twins, b. March 14, 1701; both d. within a week. 5. Mary, b. April 25, 1702. 6. John, b. Dec. 1, 1704. - VI. Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1671. - VII. Elizabeth, is mentioned in the inventory.
SAMUEL, b. 10 : 1 : 1658, named in Rd. Sibley's will, being the oldest son, had a double share of the property. He m., in Salem, Sept. 13, 1695, Sarah Wells, from whom the settlers in Union are descended. There is a tradition that he was killed at Haverhill, Mass., while throwing water upon the meeting-house which had been set on fire by the Indians, Aug. 29, 1708. He belonged to Salem, and was proba- bly under Major Turner, upon the arrival of whose men, according to Mirick's History of Haverhill, the whole body of the enemy com- menced a rapid retreat. Many persons from Salem were then killed. He had no children after that time. The inventory of his estate is dated Dec. 8, 1710. July 7, 1712, letters of administration were " granted unto John Sawyer and Sarah Sawyer, alias Sibley, former widow." The children nained are Jonathan, Samuel, Hannah, and Sarah. The widow, before this time, had m. John Sawyer, of New- bury, blacksmith, to whom she was published, Nov. 25, 1710, perhaps the John Sawyer who d. in Newbury, March 27, 1756. She spent her last days with her son Jonathan Sibley, at Stratham, N.H. The child- ren as recorded are- I. Hannah, b. May 17, 1696 ; d. Nov. 8, 1729 ; m., Oct. 4, 1712, Batt Moulton, of Newbury, and afterward of Salisbury and Amesbury ; and had Jonathan, b. Nov. 19, 1720, and Jonathan, b. May 17, 1722, and perhaps others. Moulton's next wife was Jemima.
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studied Divinity at the Cambridge Divinity School; ordained a Congregationalist at Stow, Mass., May 14, 1829; left
- II. Richard, b. January, 1698; d. young. - III. Sarah, b. March 27, 1699 ; in., Dec. 19, 1719, Edward Emery, carpenter ; both at that time of Newbury. - IV. Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1701, ancestor of the Union Sibleys (of whom more will be said after the notices of the descendants of the Samuel b. May 5, 1705). - V. Samuel, b. July, 1704, d. young. - VI. Samuel, b. May 5, 1705, of Salem in 1723, and of Newbury in 1726 ; published, March 2, 1727-8, then of Newbury, to Meribah Bartlett, then of Exeter, N. H .; r. Salem; d. 1749; butcher and cordwainer. His will, dated May 9, and proved July 14, 1749, makes his brother-in-law, John Ropes, his executor. The Sibleys, in the several branches, have generally been remarkable for their integrity. It is not known that any one of the name, in this country, however much he may have deserved it, was ever hung, or punished by the civil authority for any offence. The butcher carried about his meat in panniers on horseback. There is a saying to this dạy in Salem respecting him, " Like Sibley's beef, never so fat, never so lean, see for yourself," which he was accustomed to utter in com- mendation of his provisions, and which is considered as indicative of his honesty. There is also another saving. which shows that at times he was not without wit: " Like Sibley's beef, all fat but the bones, and they are full of marrow." It is not improbable that some force was given to his expressions by the manner of his uttering them.
The SAMUEL b. May 5, 1705, had - I. Samuel. - II. John. - III. Nathaniel. The last three, though living in the spring of 1749, pro- bably d. young. - IV. William, moved from Salem to Exeter, N. H., some years before the Revolution ; m., first, July 8, 1762, Sarah, dr. of Elijah Shaw, of Kensington, N. H. ; moved to Gilmanton. N. H., where he d. 1790, and his wife of consumption in 1786. He m., second, widow Lydia Hopkinson. dr. of Richard Smith, of Exeter ; ch. 1. Samuel, b. Nov. 7, 1762 ; d. Nov. 1, 1788. 2. Abigail, b. July 22, 1766; m., John Swain; had a dr. 3. William, b. July 16, 1768; d. June 22, 1828; m. Nancy Thing, of Brentwood, N. II .; and had one child, Sally, who m. John Elkins. 4. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1770 ; d. young. 5. Eunice, b. Feb. 12, 1773; d. young. 6. John, b. Feb. 8, 1775; d. May 28, 1795; u. 7. Caleb, b. Feb. 14, 1777, moved to New York about 1804; left many ch .; d. Sept. 13, 1828, not far from Hudson River. 8. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 14, 1778; d. July 23, 1794. 9. Hannah, b. July 16, 1780; d. Sept. 7, 1832; u. 10. Polly, b. May 16, 1782 ; d. Dec. 21, 1841 ; m. John Crosby. 11. Joseph, grocer, b. Dec. 13, 1783; r. Salem, Mass. ; m., first, Oct. 14, 1810, widow Dorcas Valpey, b. March 26, 1782, dr. of Jonathan and Mehitabel Abbot, of Andover. She d. April 18, 1841 ; and he m., second, Nov. 14, 1811, widow Sarah Patterson Ward, dr. of John and Hannah ( Webb) Put- terson, of Salem. and had (1). Joseph Abbot, a tailor; b. June 21, 1812; d. March 4 1833; (2). George Valpey. b. July 17, 1813; r. Sulem; m. Phebe Phillips, b. March 22, 1813. dr. of Stephen Abbot, of Andover (and had Martha G., b. April 21, 1837; George, b. Nov. 6, 1830; Phebe Ellen, b. April 2, 1843); (3).
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Stow, March 31, 1833, precisely four years from his accept- ance of the invitation to settle there. During part of the
John Shaw, b. June 15, 1815; r. Salem, Mass .; m., June 24, 1838, Tamma Hanson (and had Sarah Ann, b. May 31, 1840; Jo- seph Abbot, b. Oct. 11, 1841; Emma Bosson, b. Jan. 1, 1845 ; John Henry, b. April 26, 1848; d. Sept. 10, 1848) ; (4). Moses Howe, b. Sept. 15, 1816; m., Feb. 1842, Lucy Ann Knights (and had Caroline, b. Nov. 21, 1842 ; Moses Henry, b. Aug. 22, 1846 ; Mary Harrington, b. April 6, 1849) ; (5.) William Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1818 ; m. Mary Clark, of Rowley (and had Charles Augustus, b. May 24, 1846); (6). Sarah Ann, b. May 24, 1820 ; d. Sept. 12, 1826; (7). Charles Augustus, b. Dec. 19, 1823 ; d. Sept. 21, 1824. - 12. Littlefield, probably of the second marriage, b. September, 1787; name changed to George Little- field, in 1816; r. Meredith Bridge, N.H .; through the Rev. Isaac D. Stewart, furnished much of the information respecting his father's family. He m. Harriet, b. May 27, 1790; dr. of Daniel Kimball, of Exe- ter; and has (1). Harrison, b. Feb. 27, 1814; m. Hannah Leavitt (and has Flora, b. Nov. 27, 1839); (2). Harriet Kimball, b. Aug. 17, 1816; m., Jan. 14, 1837, Dr. Charles C. Tibbets (and has George Harrison, b. Aug. 19, 1844); (3). Eliz a Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1824. 13. Nancy, d., three months old. (Of these thirteen children, of - IV. William, all but three d. of consumption, or of feebleness in in- fancy.) - V. Littlefield, bapt. May 6, 1739; master of a privateer, lost in the revolutionary war; m., Aug. 19, 1765 (possibly for a second w.), Sarah Lambert, a worthy woman, who d. in Salem about 1828 ; had sons and drs., among them Hannah, Sally, Samuel, and Nathaniel. - VI. Sarah. - VII. Hannah, b. April 12, 1740; d. March 20, 1801 ; m., Oct. 3, 1764, Joshua, b. Jan. 27, 1742, s. of Nathaniel and Seeth (Hardy) Phippen ; r. Salem, Mass. He d. April, 1811. They had 1. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1765 ; d. March 9, 1809 ; m., Sept. 4. 1786, Anna Picket, of Beverly, who d. Dec. 22, 1834. 2 and 3. Twins, b. July 30, 1767 ; viz. Joshua, d. Oct. 8, 1767, and Samuel, d. Jan. 1, 1768. 4. Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1768 ; d. June 15, 1837 ; m., March 25, 1798, George Hodges, who d. 1827. 5. Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1770; d. 1811; m., 1790, Benjamin Babbidge. 6. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1772 ; d. July 25, 1801; m., July 26, 1791, George Dean. 7. Joshua, b. July 2, 1774 ; d. April 28, 1805 ; m., March 18, 1799, Nancy, dr. of Ebenezer Trask, of Beverly. 8 and 9. Twins, b. Dec. 22, 1775; viz. Eunice, d. Oct. 30, 1776, and Margaret, lived a few days. 10. Hardy, b. July 6, 1778 ; m., March 18, 1804, Ursula Knapp, dr. of Jonathan and Ursula Sy- monds ; and had (1). Joseph Hardy, b. June 10, 1807, m., March 26, 1840, Susan Harris Lord. (2). Ursula Symonds, b. Sept. 21, 1809, m., March 10, 1840, Isaac Needham Chapman (and has Francis Needham, b. Oct. 21, 1844 ; Hardy Phippen, b. Aug. 20, 1846; and twins, a boy and girl, b. Feb. 3, 1850). (3). Joshua, b. Dec. 17, 1812, m., April 22, 1841, Betsey Barr Holman (and has Mary Eliza- beth, b. May 20, 1842). (4). George Dean, b. April 13, 1815, m., April 13, 1840, Margaret, b. July 23, 1815, dr. of John and Mary (Webb) Barton (and had George Barton, b. Feb. 12, 1841; Samuel Webb, b. Oct. 13, 1846, d. June 22, 1847; Arthur Henry, b. Sept. 7, 1848). 11. Eunice, b. March 22, 1780 ; d. Dec. 18, 1799. 12. Joseph,
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year 1837, he was editor, and became proprietor, of the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge,
b. March 14, 1783; lost at sea, Aug. 31, 1818'; m., March 1, 1807, Lois Fairfield. - VIII. Susanna, bapt. March 13, 1743. - IX. and X. Twins, bapt. Oct. 7, 1744 ; viz. Eunice, m. a Dean of Exeter, N.H .; and Priscilla, d. as early as 1749. - XI. Mary, bapt. Sept. 6, 1747 ; m. Elisha Odlin, of Exeter, or Gilmanton, N.H. One of the drs. of Samuel and Meribah m. a Taylor, of Gilmanton; and another, Capt. Somerby Gilman, of Gilmanton.
To resume the notice of Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1701, fourth child of Samuel and Sarah (Wells) Sibley. It is not improbable that his mother, after she m. John Sawyer, took him and other ch. with her to Newbury. He was a resident in Amesbury in 1723; in Newbury in 1726; and when, Nov. 27, 1730, he m. Hannah, b. Feb. 1, 1712-13, dr. of Samuel and Hannah (Frazer) Goodridge, of Newbury. [Joshua Coffin, Esq. says, Hannah Frazer, b. Aug 31, 1692, who m., June 30, 1710, Samuel Goodridge, was third child of Colin Frazer, who m. Anna Stuart, Nov. 10, 1685. Samuel Goodridge, b. Aug. 15, 1681, was s. of Benjamin, who'm., second, Nov. 16, 1678, Sarah Croad ; and Benjamin was s. of William Goodridge.] Jonathan afterward settled in Stratham, N. H .; was farmer, and maker of chairs and wooden heels. The hill where he lived is yet called Sibley Hill, and the inhabitants to this day gather pond-lilies from roots which he planted in a running brook in the vicinity. Many amusing and some ridiculous stories are told about him. It is even asserted that he whipped his beer-barrel because it worked on Sunday; and his cat, because she caught a mouse when he was at prayers. Becoming em- barrassed, and indebted to a physician and Baptist preacher, named Shepherd, he exchanged with him his farm for one in Poplin, where he d., Dec. 18, 1779, about one year afterward, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He is said to have been quite petulant, and his w. to have been a very worthy, pious woman. There is a tradition, that, a short time before his w. died, the question was put to her whether she thought her husband was a Christian. She replied, " If he mar- ries after I am gone, and his w. pays all my debts, he will probably die a Christian." Not long before his decease, he m. an execrable woman, b. Nov. 15, 1719, named Patience Thurrell, probably from Newbury. Her extravagant professions of Christian conversion and reformation prevailed more with him, as he had become somewhat childish, than the advice and opposition of all his friends and neigh- bors. She d. Nov. 16, 1820, nearly one hundred and one years old, at Poplin, where she had been a pauper twenty-seven years. If tra- dition is true, before her husband d. she paid all the first wife's debts, with compound interest.
JONATHAN SIBLEY's descendants, all by his first wife. - I. Abi- gail, b. Oct. 6, 1731; m. a widower, Rogers, and d., c., at Mere- dith, N. H., where she lived the last ten years of her life with Mrs. Robinson, the dr. of her brother Samuel. - II. Hannah, b. April 2, 1734; taken sick, March 5; d. March 7, 1736; probably of the throat-distemper. - III. Jonathan, b. March 8, 1736 ; lived six years seven months and three days, and d. Oct. 11. - IV. Hannah, b. Feb.
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commenced by the Bewick Company in Boston. He has been assistant-librarian and editor of the Triennial Cata-
4, 1738 ; lived four years seven months and twenty-three days, and d. Sept. 27. - Daniel, b. March 16, 1740 ; lived two years six months and twenty (?) days, and d. Oct. 15. The last three died within a few days of each other, and probably of the " throat-distemper." - VI. Anna, or Nancy, b. May 3, 1742; d. Sept. 14, 1792; buried by the side of her first husband; m., first, William Stevens, who d. of consumption, February, 1775, in Hopkinton, N. H., and was buried on his farm, on Sugar Hill. He had one child, Abigail, b. March 26, 1773, who m. James Seaton, of Bradford, N. H. They went into the northern part of New York, whence they returned about 1808 to Hopkinton, and afterward lived at Goffstown; c. Mrs. Stevens m., second, June 18, 1778, Samuel Hoyt, a widower ; and had 2. Lydia, b. April 9, 1779; m. Jonathan Bean, a schoolmaster, of Salisbury ; moved away; had several ch., among whom were twins, one of them Sophia. 3. Nancy, or Anna, b. Sept. 26, 1781; m. Dr. Paul Tenney, of Hopkinton, who graduated at Dartmouth College in 1803; lived in Wilmot, had several ch., and died near Mechanicsburg, Ohio, in 1844. 4. William, b. July 24, 1783 ; m. Polly French, of Weare; lived on Sugar Hill; had Freeman, Sewell, Mary, French, and d. of consumption, brought on by hard work. 5. Sally, or Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1786 ; sickly ; moved to Wilmot; d. at Grafton ; m. John Hoyt, of Concord. - VII. Molly, or Mary, b. July 2, 1744; d. in Boscawen, Jan. 9, 1828; m. Daniel Murray, of Newmarket, N. H., b. Nov. 1, 1742; r. Hopkinton, N.H .; d. there, July 15, 1823. They were buried side by side in Weare; had four sons and ten daughters. - VIII. Jacob, b. May 28; 1746, ancestor of the families in Union (of whom more will be said after the following notices of his brother Samuel's family). - IX. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1751; m., Oct. 30, 1775, Sarah Dow, of Kensington, N.H., b. Dec. 17, 1747; had land given to him at Meredith by his father; was one of its earliest settlers; d. there Sept. 16, 1838. He was short, and his w. tall. At the wedding, a young woman, not fancying this inequality, in a moment of delay while they were on the floor, seized a wooden oven-lid about two inches thick, and pushed it against his heels. He stepped upon it, and thus the pair stood at equal height while the ceremony was performed. The Rev. Isaac Dalton Stewart writes, that, when Mr. Sibley moved to Meredith, there was but one log- house at Meredith Bridge. "His nearest neighbors were three miles on one side, and four on the other. Carried his corn ten miles on his back to mill. Brought his salt from Exeter on horseback, after he was able to hire or keep a horse. In 1789, he went to Exeter for salt. Neighbors were then nearer ; and he got Benjamin Perkins, who lived within half a mile, to assist his wife, if need be, in keeping off the bears, which made dreadful havoc among his corn. It was a beauti- ful, still, moonlight evening in the month of October. She heard a destructive crashing in the cornfield. Leaving her four children in bed, Mrs. Sibley called to her aid Mr. Perkins. With his loaded gun, he went into the field, found the bear, and discharged its contents." The bear, badly wounded, moved off as fast as he could. Mrs. Sibley
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