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(VIII) Augustus W. Bigelow, son of George Bigelow, was born in Skowhegan, Maine, September 24, 1846, and died May 20, 1896. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the trade of ax-making, and followed it a number of years. For fifteen years he was a clerk in the United States railway mail service, on the route from Portland to Bangor, Portland to Skowhegan, and from Farmington, Maine, to Rangeley, and held this position at the time of his deathi. He was a Republican in politics. He married, May 1, 1873, Georgianna Friend, born at Act- na, Maine, March 15, 1855. Children: I. Georgia Evelyn, born April 8, 1874; married, May 9, 1895, Everett Benton Currier. (See sketch herewith.) 2. Anna W., born February II, 1876. 3. Frank M., born December 2, 1883: died October 29, 1901. 4. Vonia ( ?) M., born June 22, 1885, died in infancy.
The surname Sweet is identical SWEET with Swett, Sweat, Sweete, and is variously spelled in the early records.
(I) John Sweet, immigrant ancestor, was born in England. He settled first in Salem, Massachusetts, and was doubtless related to John Swett, who settled in Newbury. In fact, John Sweet instead of Jolin Swett may be the man who killed the wolf dog of Colonel Endi- cott. But he left Salem in 1637, settled that year in Providence, Rhode Island, and died the same year. He had a grant of land in Provi- dence in 1637 and later his widow Mary had a grant there. Rev. Hugh Peters, of Salem, wrote in a letter dated July 1, 1639, of the widow and certain others that they had "the great censure passed upon them in this our
church and that they wholly refused to hear the church denying it and all churches in the Bay to be true churches," etc. His widow mar- ried (second) Ezekiel Holliman. Her will, dated July 31, 1681, gave among other be- quests all her interest in the house at War- wick to her son-in-law, John Gereardy. and her daughter Renewed. Children : 1. John, mentioned below. 2. James, born 1622, mar- ried Mary Greene, resided at Warwick, Rhode Island. 3. Renewed, married John Gereardy.
(11) John (2). son of John ( 1) Sweet, was born about 1620 and died 1677. He married Elizabeth - ----- , born 1629, died 1684; she married ( second) Samuel Wilson. He was an inhabitant of Warwick June 5, 1648; freeman 1655; commissioner 1660 ; took the oath of al- legiance May 21, 1671. His grist mill at Potowomit was burned by the Indians in 1675 during King Philip's war. He removed to Newport during the war and was living there June 27, 1677, when he died. His will dated in that year mentions his wife and children. His wife deposed that he built the house on Potowomit Neck and had leave of the Narra- gansett Sachems to set up his mill and to dam the river for power and that they kept peace- able possession for several years and till forced off by the war, and that after the war she and her children returned and kept possession of the same place. Children: John, Daniel, born 1657: James, Henry, mentioned below : Rich- ard, Benjamin, William, Jeremiah, Daughter.
(JII) Henry, son of John (2) Sweet, was born about 1665 in Potowomit or Warwick, Rhode Island. He settled about 1690 in Attle- borough, Massachusetts, and died there De- cember 8, 1704. He married Chil- dren : Jolin, mentioned below ; Philip, died young ; Thomas, Michael, died young ; Dor- othy.
(IV) John (3), son of Henry Sweet, was born about 1690, resided at Attleborough.
(V) Ebenezer, son or nephew of John (3) Sweet, was born at Attleborough, January 18, 1741, died November 4, 1838. He settled in Farmington, Maine, in 1782, and became the owner of lot No. 27, succeeding Reuben Page, and lived there the remainder of his days. His farm became valuable through the growth of the Center Village. He was a tanner by trade and in 1785 erected the first tannery in the town. It stood on the elevation above the in- terval near the steam mill of J. F. Prescott & Company. He was an industrious and pros- perous man, a citizen of influence. He married Naomi Daggett, who died June, 1776; ( sec- ond) Desire Daggett, born in Attleborough,
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Massachusetts, September 17, 1745, died at Farmington, October 4, 1839. Naomi Dag- gett was born at Attleborough, June 16, 1741- 42, died there June 22, 1776, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Stanley) Daggett. Her father married ( first), March 21, 1722-23, Sarah Stanley, who died August 31, 1728; (second) at Wrentham, January 29, 1729, Elizabeth Blake. Deacon John Daggett, fa- ther of Thomas, was born at Edgartown, Massachusetts, in 1662, died at Attleborough, September 7, 1724; married, 1685, Sarah Nor- ton. Thomas Daggett, father of Deacon John, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1630, died at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, between March 18 and Sep- tember 15, 1691 ; married, about 1657, Hannah, daughter of Governor Thomas and Jane May- hew, of Edgartown; she was born in Water- town, June 15, 1635, died at Edgartown in 1722; married (second) Captain Samuel Smith. John Daggett or Doggett, father of Thomas, was the immigrant, born in England, came over with Governor Winthrop in 1630 and died at Plymouth, May 17-26, 1673. He married (second) at Plymouth, August 29, 1667, Bathsheba Pratt. He settled first at Watertown, where he was admitted freeman May 18, 1631, and he built the first bridge there over the Charles river; removed with Mayhew to Martha's Vineyard, living also for a time at Rehoboth, Massachusetts ; was called corporal in the Edgartown records March 29, 1652. Children of Ebenezer and Naomi (Dag- gett) Sweet, born at Attleborough: I. Calvin, March I, 1765. 2. Arnold, March 3, 1767, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, October 2, 1768. 4. Ellis, November 20, 1770, soldier in the war of 1812. 5. Abel, September 20, 1772, married, May 25, 1796, Irene Perley. 6. Ebe- nezer, July 20, 1774, died January 3, 1785. 7. Naomi, June 4, 1776, died June 5, 1776.
(VI) Arnold, son of Ebenezer Sweet, was born at Attleborough, March 3, 1767. He set- tled in Winthrop, Maine, and married, March 9, 1789, Polly Bonney, died March 25, 1798. Children, born at Winthrop: I. Nancy, born May 2, 1791, married Leonard Richmond. 2. Arnold Jr., March 21., 1793, married, August 2, 1818, Susan King. 3. Polly, August 30, 1796, married Jonathan Currier Jr. ( See Cur- rier family. ) 4. Florence, February 10, 1798, married Samuel Wood Jr.
Philip Tabor, immigrant ances-
TABOR tor, was born in England about 1610 and settled first in this country in Watertown, Massachusetts, where
he was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. The name was spelled both Tabor and Taber. He was one of the contributors of plank for the building of the fort at Boston, April 1, 1634. He was proprietor of five lots of land at Wa- tertown, which he sold to John Wolcott. He married Lydia, daughter of John Masters, of Watertown. While still a member of the Watertown church and residing at Yarmouth he had a son John baptized at Yarmouth, No- vember S, 1640. He was a proprietor of Yar- mouth, January 7, 1638-39. He must have been at that time a man of mature years and high character, for he represented his town in the carliest assembly of the Plymouth Col- ony in 1639-40. He was afterward at the Vineyard, and thence went in 1651 to New London, where some of his descendants re- mained. In 1656 he was among the freemen of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and not long afterward at Providence, Rhode Island, of which he was a representative in the legislature in 1661. He lived later at Tiverton, Rhode Island. He was a teacher, a scholarly man, well educated and influential in every com- munity in which he resided. Children : I. John, baptized at Barnstable church, November 8, 1640. 2. Philip. 3. Thomas, born Febru- ary, 1646, at Yarmouth, married a daughter of Jolin Cook, of Dartmouth, the last male sur- vivor of the "Mayflower" immigrants; mar- ried (second) Mary Tomson, June, 1672 ; chil- dren: i. Thomas, born October 22, 1668, died July 14. 1748; ii. Esther, April 17, 1671; iii. Lydia, August 8, 1673 ; iv. Sarah, January 28, 1675; v. Mary, March IS, 1677; vi. Joseph, March 7, 1679, married Elizabeth Spooner ; vii. John, February 22, 1681, married Phebe Spooner; viii. Jacob, July 26, 1683; ix. Jona- than, September 22, 1685; x. Bethia, Septem- ber 3, 1687; xi. Philip, February 7, 1689; xii. Abigail, May 3, 1693. 4. Joseph.
(II) Philip (2), son of Philip (1) Tabor, was born at Yarmouth. He was a farmer and resided at Dartmouth, where his children were born. Children: 1. Mary, January 28, 1670. 2. Sarah, March 26, 1671. 3. Lydia, Septem- ber 28, 1673. 4. Philip, February 29, 1676. 5. Abigail, October 27, 1678. 6. Esther, Feb- ruary 23, 1681. 7. John, July 18, 1684. 8. Bethia, April 18, 1689.
(II) Joseph, son of Philip (I) Tabor, is the ancestor of the Tiverton family. In some places his name has been spelled Job. The fol- lowing of Tiverton were doubtless his chil- dren, though some of them may possibly be children of his brothers: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer. born about 1690. 3.
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Mary, married, February 4, 1725, Richard Hart Jr. 4. Susannah, married in 1732. 5. Philip, settled in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
(III) John, son of Joseph Tabor (2), was born 1690-1700 and settled in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He married (intention dated January 13, 1726-27) Mary Sisson, of Dartmouth. He may have lived for a time in Dartmouth, where his brother settled. He had a son Joseph, mentioned below.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of John Tabor, was born about 1727, at Tiverton or Dartmouth. He married, at Tiverton, June I, 1749, Han- nah Church (marriage performed by Richard Billings). Children : I. Lemuel, born Sep- tember 24, 1749 (family record), mentioned below. 2. Church, born about 1755. settled in Washington, New Hampshire, and called brother of Lemuel and David. 3. David, born about 1765, settled two miles south of East Washington, New Hampshire, on the high- lands; died there April 1, 1847, aged eighty- two years ; married Hannah Murray, who died May 24. 1850, aged eighty-three years; his eldest son was named Joseph. Probably others.
(V) Lemuel, son of Joseph (2) Tabor, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, September 24, 1749. He had a cousin of two or three degrees, born in Tiverton, December 30, 1748, son of Joseph and Abigail (Sawyer) Tabor, who were married there November 1, 1743, but that Lemuel married, lived and died in Tiverton. The Lemuel of this lineage removed with two brothers mentioned to Washington, New Hampshire, and in 1778 he was town clerk there. The brothers stayed, but he soon moved on. He was said to be the first settler of the town of Topsham, Orange county, Ver- mont. He came in 1784. He built in 1787 the first sawmill in the town. It stood on the site still occupied for the same purpose in East Topsham. He was in Cornish, New Hamp- shire, for a few years before locating perma- nently in Topsham. He was elected in 1790 the first town clerk of Topsham and held office by successive re-election until 1824, except in 1792. He died October 4, 1824, leaving a large family. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, a private in Captain Jonathan Brock- way's company, Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment of Washington, New Hampshire, in 1777. Ac- cording to the census of 1790 he was the only head of family of the name. He then had two males over sixteen, besides himself, four un- der sixteen, and five females in his family- probably consisting of his wife and ten chil- dren. Children : Petro and others.
(VI) Petro, son of Lemual Tabor, was born in Topsham, Vermont, lived there and was a farmer. Children: Calvin, mentioned below ; Luther, John, Petro, Belinda, Rosetta.
(VII) Calvin, son of Petro Tabor, was born in Topsham, 1828, died in 1875. He was edu- cated in the district schools, and worked in early youth on his father's farm. While still but a boy he went to Massachusetts and lived in Lowell and Lawrence, where he also at- tended school. He became a miller by trade and followed that calling all his life. In poli- tics Mr. Tabor was a Democrat. He was a member of Tuscan Lodge of Free Masons ; of Lawrence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Lawrence, and of the Lawrence Lodge of Odd Fellows of Lawrence, and also of the Rebekah Lodge of that city. He married, June 12, 1855. Sybil M. Hilliker, born in Saxton, Ver- mont, 1831, died in 1887. Children : I. James Atwood, mentioned below. 2. John T., in business in Faneuil Hall market, Boston.
(VIII) Dr. James Atwood, son of Calvin Tabor, was born in Burke, New York, October 22, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Lowell high school. He studied his profession in the Eclec- tic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1879. He then took the course in Boston Uni- versity School of Medicine, graduating in 1883. He began the practice of medicine, how- ever, in 1879 at Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1890 he located in Corinna, Maine, where he has practiced since. He has a large and grow- ing practice in Corinna and vicinity and stands high in the medical fraternity. He is a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Eclectic Medical So- ciety, the National Eclectic Medical Society, and of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Socie- ty. He joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Lawrence, but is now a member of Stone Ezel Lodge of Corinna; also of the Rebekah Lodge of that town and of the Law- rence Encampment. He is also a member of Parian Lodge of Free Masons of Corinna, and of the United Order of Golden Cross, the Modern Woodmen, the New England Order of Protection and the Maccabees. He is a Republican in politics and has been elected to represent his district in the state convention and other nominating conventions of his party. He attends the Christian church.
He married, January 26, 1887, Sarah E., born July 24, 1862, daughter of Justin E. and Elizabeth (McNaughton) Gleason, of Law- rence, Massachusetts. Her father was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1812, and died in
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1884: was a stationary engineer ; son of Jona- than Gleason, born in Andover, a farmer. Jonathan Gleason married Sarah Foster, of Billerica, Massachusetts; children : Horatio, Gordon, Justin E., mentioned above ; Amanda, Justina, Lavinia, Sarah. The only living child of Dr. and Mrs. Tabor is James Atwood Jr., born in Lawrence, January 28, 1890, educated in the public schools, at Corinna Academy and Dummer Academy. The first born child, John C., born April 28, 1888, died March 15, 1889.
The surname Huff or Hough was
HUFF doubtless pronounced as now spelled, Huff, though the spelling in the early generations was more commonly Hough, Haugh, Haulgh and Hoffe.
(I) Atherton Hough, immigrant ancestor, accorded the title of gentleman by the Puritan clerks of record, was a prominent citizen of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, one of those who refused the royal loan in 1626, a par- ishioner of Rev. John Cotton, later of Boston, Massachusetts Bay, and having borne with him the burdens of non-conformity with the Church of England, accompanied him to New England. He was mayor of Boston, England, in 1628, and alderman in 1633. He came in the ship "Griffin," arriving in Boston, Septem- ber 4, 1633, settling first at Cambridge, then at Boston. He was from the first a prominent citizen, assistant to the governor in 1635 ; dep- uty to the general court in 1637 and held vari- ous offices in the town of Boston. He was ad- mitted to the Boston church with his wife Elizabeth in November, 1633; was a man of great strength of character. He had a grant of one hundred and thirty acres of land in Graves Neck between Oyster Bank Bay and Gibbons Creek, where he had a house in 1635; he had also a house at Braintree, Massachu- setts. He married (first) Elizabeth
who died October 14, 1643. He married ( sec- ond) Susannah Kimball, who was admitted to the church April 4, 1646, and the inventory of her estate was filed May 29, 1651. He died September 11, 1650. In religious tendencies Huff was Antinomian and was a supporter of Wheelwright, who left Boston to found Exe- ter, New Hampshire, and Wells, Maine, in the vicinity of which we soon find the son of Huff located. Child of first wife: I. Rev. Samuel, born in England, about 1621, admitted to the Boston Church ( Massachusetts), October 12, 1644, was a pupil of Mr. Nathaniel Eaton at Harvard College in 1639. Child of second wife: 2. Ferdinando, mentioned below.
(II) Ferdinando Huff or Hough, son of
Atherton Hough, was born in Boston about 1648 ; was proprietor of a public house at Cape Porpoise in 1674 and in 1682. He was sued by George Jeffery, of York, in 1686. He lived where Clement Huff, of Kennebunk, lived in 1837. When the town was deserted on ac- count of King Philip's war he went to Kittery. His name is not found in the records after 1686. Once we find it spelled "fardeynandey Off." and Hoffe, Huffe and Huff were com- monly used as well as Hough. But one child is known, Thomas, mentioned below.
(III) Thomas, son of Ferdinando Huff or Hough, was born about 1675. He came to Kennebunkport when the town was resettled about 1714 from Kittery. He lived on Great Island during King Philip's war. He returned first in 1710. He lived a few years on the east side of Spruce creek, Kittery, before removing to Cape Porpoise. He was a house carpenter by trade and a master mariner. He was a con- stable of Kennebunk in 1719, was impressed during the Spanish war of 1745 and served several years as pilot on board one of the king's ships. This statement is made on good authority, but on account of his age we are inclined that the record belongs to the son Thomas, mentioned below. He married, Jan- uary 2, 1700, Sarah (or Grace), daughter of Aaron and Grace Ferris. Children : 1. George. 2. Thomas, born August 18, 1703, mentioned below. 3. Joanna, born September 17, 1706, married, October 8, 1724, Jeremiah Springer, of Arundel, Maine. 4. Sarah, born September 17, 1708, married John Hamer. 5. James, married Ruth Averill and had a family in Kennebunkport. 6. Charles, married Pris- cilla Burbank and had a family in Kennebunk- port. 7. John, died young. 8. Joseph, was drowned September 30, 1749, in Batson's river. 9. Mary, married Miles Rhodes.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Huff, was born August 18, 1703, at Kittery, Maine. He removed to Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport with the family. He married (first) Sarah -; (second) (see records), November 8, 1729, Hepsibah Banfil, Benfield, or Banfield. Children: 1. George, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married Palsgrave Maddox. 3. Thomas, married Mary Bridges and went to the castward.
(V) George, son of Thomas (2) Huff, was born about 1730. He married Susannah Colby and moved to the eastward probably before the revolution. He had a son Mloses, born about 1760, mentioned below.
(VI) Moses, son of George Huff, was born about 1760 and moved with his father's family
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to the eastward before the revolution. He settled in Bowdoin, Maine, and appears to have been a substantial and influential citizen of high character. He had a farm and mill that was willed to him by his father-in-law, Philip Higgins. He married Thankful, daugh- ter of Philip Higgins, of one of the oldest and best families on the Kennebec, originally from Eastham and Orleans on Cape Cod. Children : I. Keziah, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, mar- ried (first) (intention July 30, 1811) Susan- nah Owen ; (second) Elizabeth Webster ; chil- dren: Thankful, Garland, Lydia, William, Martha, Mary, Moses, Hannah, Jane ; settled in Coaticook, Canada, where he died about 1850. 3. Hannah, married, November 17, 1814, John Bronhurst. 4. Moses, married, April 4, 1816, Betsey Farnham ; children : Asa, Rachel, Mary, Amos, Charles, Daniel, Rebec- ca, Noah. 5. Samuel, married (intention dated September 21, 1816) Betsey Totman; moved to the northward in 1822. 6. Polly. 7. Ruth. 8. Abigail. 9. James. 10. Sarah.
(VII) Keziah, daughter of Moses Huff, was born at Bowdoin, January 4, 1789, died in De- troit, Maine, November 8, 1870. She married, June 16, 1812, Nathaniel Basford, who died in Detroit, February 5, 1859.
(VIII) Isaiah Huff, son of Nathaniel and Keziah (Huff) Basford, was adopted by his grandfather, Moses Huff, who changed his name to Huff. He was born in Lisbon, Maine, November 23, 1814, and died in Wellington, Maine, November 18, 1862. He was but seven years old when his adopted parents, his grand- parents, moved to Wellington, whither Moses Huff induced many of his friends and neigh- bors to go, instead of joining the exodus to Ohio and Illinois. Moses Huff had the great- est faith in the future of the state of Maine. Isaiah followed in his footsteps and was a well-to-do and enterprising farmer in Welling- ton. He was captain of his company in the state militia and was prominent in town af- fairs. He married, October 18, 1835, Eunice Webb Stevens, of Sangerville, Maine, born January 1, 1812, died July 31, 1892. Children, born in Wellington: 1. Lucy Ann, January 24, 1837. 2. Charles William, May 15, 1839. 3. Sumner Sears, February 17, 1841, men- tioned below. 4. Eunice E., August 12, 1843. 5. Isaiah Melvine, October 23, 1845. 6. Eunice Frances, August 27, 1847. 7. Lavinia Keziah, July 22, 1849. 8. Rufus T., June, 1852. 9. Cornelius Perrington, July 25, 1855. IO. Laura A., June 13, 1858.
(IX) Sumner Sears, son of Isaiah Huff, was born at Wellington, Maine, February 17,
1841. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and has lived there all his life, except for three years spent in Pittsfield, Maine, when he was apprenticed to an uncle, Samuel Basford, to learn the blacksmith trade. Ile has followed his trade in Wellington with abundant success, and has also conducted a farm there. He is now the proprietor of the Wellington House at Wellington, Maine. Mr. Huff is a Democrat in politics and one of the most active and influential men of his party in this section. President Cleveland appointed him postmaster and he held office from 1885 to 1889. He is a member of Evening Star Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Harmony, Maine, and of Wellington Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married, May 1, 1864, Vesta M., born at Palmyra, Maine, June 26, 1847, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary J. (Mason) Lancaster. Their only child is George Francis, mentioned below.
(X) George Francis, son of Sumner Sears Huff, was born in Wellington, November 7, 1872. He attended the public schools of his native town and Somerset Academy at Athens, Maine. In 1893 he went to Dexter, Maine, to learn the printing trade in the office of The Eastern Gazette, where he served an appren- ticeship of about four years. He was em- ployed on the Waterville Mail for three years : on the Pittsfield Advertiser for a short time : on the Derter Gazette a year and a half and on the Kennebec Journal at Augusta for four years. In May, 1907, Mr. Huff bought an in- terest in the Gazette Publishing Company of Dexter and is at present treasurer and man- ager of that company. The Gazette, of which he is the publisher, is a flourishing weekly newspaper, Independent in politics ; the print- ing office is one of the best in this section. Mr. Huff is a Democrat in politics. He is a mem- ber of Plymouth Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Dex- ter; a member of Dexter Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
He married, December 24, 1902, Sarah E., born December 24, 1876, daughter of Levi S. Folsom, of Monson, Maine, the ninth in de- scent from John Folsom (Foulsham), of Hingham, England, and Exeter, New Hamp- shire.
William Marston Sr., the MARSTON forebear of the Hampton branch of the Marstons, was born in England about 1592, came to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1634 with his wife and family of four children, and probably accompanied by his brothers Robert and John.
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He received a grant of land in Salem from the general court in 1636, but soon after went to Newbury and in October, 1638, with fifty-five other settlers, located on lands at Winnecumet in Norfolk county granted by the general court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and they named the place Hampton after their English home. His first wife, who came with him from England, bore him four children, all born in England: 1. Thomas, 1617. 2. William (q. v.), 1622. 3. John, 1626. 4. Prudence, 1630, married Moses Coxes. His wife died about 1660 and about 1662 he married Sabri- na, daughter of Robert and Lucia Page, of Ormesby, Norfolk, England, she being at the time of her marriage eighteen or twenty years of age. By her he had one child : 5. Tryphe- na, born in Hampton, October 28, 1663, mar- ried, in 1685, James Jr., son of James and Ann Philbrick. The patriarch was a godly man and belonged to the Friends Society and was fined by the general court fifteen pounds for keeping a paper and two books that in- culcated Quaker doctrines. He died in Hamp- ton, June 30, 1672.
(II) William Jr. (2), second child of Will- iam (1) Marston, the patriarch immigrant, was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1622, and came with his father and the other members of his family to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1634. He lived in Hampton, and was married, October 15, 1652, to Rebecca, daughter of Robert and Lucia Paige, of Ormesby, Norfolk county, England ; children, born in Hampton: O. S. I. Rebecca, 1654, married, in 1676, John Smith. 2. Hannah, August 21, 1656, married, in 1676, Samuel Fogg. 3. Mary, February 9, 1659, died De- cember 2, 1660. 4. Samuel (q. v.), July 8, 1661. 5. Lucy, February 21, 166-, married Mr. Marston. 6. William, August 7, 1667, died November 8, 1667. 7. William, 1669, died single before 1701. 8. Maria, March 6, 1672, married, 1695, James Prescott. His wife died June 27, 1673, aged thirty-seven years, and he married, about 1675, Ann, widow of James Philbrick Sr. William Marston Jr. died in Hampton, New Hampshire, January 22, 1703.
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