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While the work of administration has ab- sorbed much of the time of Dr. Sanborn, he has maintained his position as a leading expert
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in mental diseases. A close student of the works of others and a constant and shrewd ob- server of his own patients, he has gained rank among the foremost experts on insanity in this country. The result of his own research has been communicated in various papers to learned societies from time to time. He has often been called into court where the sanity of parties are in question, and his advice is often sought by physicians in private practice. Both in his capacity as superintendent, where extraordinary executive ability is displayed, and in his profession as a specialist in mental diseases. Dr. Sanborn is alike eminent and distinguished. He is one of the oldest in point of service in the same institution in America. He is a member of the following medical so- cieties : Kennebec County Medical Society, of which he was formerly president; the Maine Medical Society, of which he was formerly president ; the New England Psychological So- ciety ; the American Psychological So- ciety. He is a member of Standish Lodge of Free Masons; of Hallowell Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Alpha Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, and of the Abnaki Club of Augusta. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion.
He married, July 11, 1872, Emma F. Mai- tin, born in Augusta, March 29, 1849, daugh- ter of John and Mary (Doe) Martin. Mrs. Sanborn died June 17, 1905. Their children : I. Maud L., born November 6, 1875, married Dr. H. K. Stintson; one child, Thatcher S., born 1904. Mrs. Stintson died April 10, 1907. 2. Warner B., born February 6, 1878, a physician, died at Bronson. 3. Walter M., born September 20, 1882, a graduate of Bow- doin College, a graduate of Harvard Law School; settled in Augusta. 4. Ray F., born September 29, 1887, a student in the medical school of the University of Vermont.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
(II) Richard Sanborn, son SANBORN of Lieutenant John Sanborn, was born in Hampton, Janu- ary 4, 1655. He was admitted a freeman April 25, 1678, and resided in Hampton. He was a soldier there in the garrison at Oyster River in 1696. He married (first) December 5, 1678, Ruth Moulton, died May 3, 1685, daughter of William Moulton, of Hampton ; (second) Mary, daughter of Abraham Drake, of Hampton, and widow of Nathaniel Boulter Jr., of Hampton. On October 26, 1716, he deeded to his son John the land that his father,
John Sanborn, bequeathed to him. Children of first wife: I. Mary, born September 30, 1679; died unmarried, 1770. 2. John, born November 6, 1681 ; mentioned below. 3. Ruth, born 1684; living unmarried in 1716. Child of second wife: Shubael, born 1694.
(III) Ensign John (2), son of Richard Sanborn, was born in Hampton, November 6, 1681, and died September 3, 1727. He bought a large tract of wild land in North Hill, af- terwards called Northampton, and made of it a fine farm. He was a soldier from Hampton in 1708, a sergeant with thirty-one men under him in Lovewell's war in 1724, and afterwards an ensign. He was a grantee and large land- holder in Chester, and was selectman there 1724-26. He married, August 8, 1701, Sarah Philbrick, daughter of Lieutenant James Phil- brick, of Hampton. His will was proved in 1727, and leaves his Hampton lands to sons Daniel and Benjamin, his lands in Chester to sons Richard, Nathan and Elisha. His widow married (second) Lieutenant Thomas Raw- lins, of Stratham, and died May 30, 1761. Children : I. Daniel, born February 17, 1702. 2. Benjamin, born November 8, 1703; men- tioned below. 3. Phebe, born February 6, 1706; married November 4, 1725, Nathaniel Pease, of Exeter. 4. Richard, born May 29, 1708. 5. Nathan (twin), born May 29, 1708. 6. Elisha, born April 1, 1710. 7. Ebenezer, born March 4, 1712. 8. Sarah, born May 22,
Ford; (second) 1714; married (first) - Matthias Weeks, of Gilford. 9. Abigail, born October 24, 1716; married Thomas Sinclair, of Meredith. 10. Ruth, born March 18, 1719; married Joseph Bean. II. John, born May 5, 1721. 12. Hannah, born February 3, 1723; married, January 6, 1745, Deacon Stephen Dudley, of Gilmanton, son of Colonel Stephen Dudley. 13. James, born April 5, 1724. 14. Mary, born March 1, 1726; married William Mead, of Meredith.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Ensign John (2) Sanborn, was born in Northhampton, No- vember 8, 1703, and died August 17, 1744. He married Elizabeth Gilman, of Exeter, born October 3, 1707, died February 4, 1804. He lived in Newmarket. His will was dated July 20, and proved August 29, 1744, and men- tions wife Elizabeth, brother Daniel and all his children. Children: I. Mary, baptized March 16, 1729; married Benjamin Fox, of Notting- ham. 2. John, born July 16, 1730; mentioned below. 3. Elisha, born 1732; blacksmith ; died 1766 on an expedition to Crown Point, unmarried. 4. Benjamin, born 1734. 5. Is- rael, born 1736; blacksmith; killed on the
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Plains of Abraham, September 13, 1769, in the battle between Montcalm and Wolfe; un- married. 6. Joseph, born January 14, 1738.
(V) Deacon John (3), son of Benjamin Sanborn, was born in Northhampton, July 16, 1730, and died September 4, 1812. He served in the French war of 1758-59, and fought in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, in which his brother was killed. At this time he lived in Newmarket, but in 1764 removed to Gilmanton, and was selectman there in 1766. He was one of the first members of the Con- gregational church there, and in 1776 was chosen its first deacon. During the revolution he employed and paid for the services of a soldier. He married, December 26, 1754, Mary Glidden, born September 6, 1732, died April 15, 1806. Children : I. Betty, born No- vember 17, 1755; married Samuel Osgood, of Gilmanton ; died June 6, 1823. 2. Molly, born June II, 1757; married, December 31, 1775, Ebenezer Stevens, died December 18, 1828. 3. Eunice, born June 3, 1760; married Richard Boynton, of New Hampton. 4. John, born March 20, 1763, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born February 5, 1765; married Nathaniel Tilton; resided in Stanstead Centre, Canada. 6. Benjamin, born November 1, 1766. 7. Elisha, born May 10, 1769. 8. Susannah, born March 12, 1771 ; married Jonathan Page, of Gilmanton. 9. David Edwin, born June 14, 1773.
(VI) John (4), son of Deacon John (3) Sanborn, was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire, March 20, 1763, and died Octo- ber 21, 1825. He removed to Parsonsfield, Maine, where he lived and died. He was a man of strong character, prominent in the community, held many offices of trust, and was a member of the convention to prepare a state constitution when Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820. He married (first) January 18, 1789, Hannah Batchelder, born July 15, 1766, died December 30, 1814, daugh- ter of Benjamin Batchelder, of Hampton. He married (second) April 13, 1815, Mrs. Miriam Burbank, of Ossipee, New Hampshire, born July 28, 1760, died April 28, 1838. Children, all by first wife: I. Infant, born and died 1789. 2. Mary, born July 20, 1791 ; married, November 29, 1810, Colonel Bartlett Doe, of Parsonsfield ; died May 22, 1863. 3. John, born April 22, 1793. 4. Hannah, born March 31, 1795 ; married October 12, 1815, Ira Chad- bourne; died March 4, 1826. 5. Benjamin, born February 22, 1798. 6. Sally, born April 23, 1800; married November 30, 1826, John
Moore, of Limerick ( see Moore family) ; died July, 1839. 7. Luther, born April 30, 1803. 8. Ira Edwin, born March 4, 1806. 9. Amzi, born January 1, 1809.
MOORE John Moore, immigrant ances- tor, a fisherman of the Isle of Shoals, province of Maine, bought land of John Symonds in Kittery in 1669. Daniel Moore, presumably his brother, but possibly his father, sold his house and land near Thomas Spinney's in Kittery in 1669 and removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. John Moore and his wife Margaret sold their property at Star Island in 1681. Margaret was a widow in Kittery in 1687.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) Moore, was of Star Island; bought land at Spruce Creek in 1668; was living in 1674, but his wife Agnes was a widow in 1679. These were probably the children: I. John, married Sa- rah Cutt. 2. Ebenezer, mentioned below.
(III) Ebenezer, son of John (2) Moore, was born about 1675. He had a grant of land, eighty acres, in 1699. He married (first) No- vember 25, 1700, Joanna Deering ; second be- fore 1718, Temperance Fernald, daughter of William Fernald. Children probably : I. Mary, married September 26, 1734. 2. Han- nah, married October 5, 1735. 3. John, men- tioned below.
(IV) John (3), son of Ebenezer Moore, was born about 1715. He married at Kittery (intentions dated December 18, 1742) Jane Boothby. The history of Saco states that their descendants are scattered through York coun- ty, Maine. She was the daughter of Henry Boothby, born in England, settled in Ireland, married there, and came with children to Kit- tery about 1720. It is possible that he re- moved to Scarborough with his sons, and was the Henry Boothby whose name appears as a charter member of the Black Point Church. If so, and the proof is convincing, he was an- cestor of all of the name in Scarborough and vicinity. Children of Henry and Thomas Boothby: i. Richard, born about 1700; died January 2, 1782; was a prominent citizen of Wells; ii. John, died in the expedition to Can- ada in 1756; iii. Henry, married Sarah Traf- ton, of York, and settled in Wells ; iv. Thomas, born in Ireland, about 1710; married Lydia Came, in Kittery, and settled in Scarborough ; died March 25, 1758; v. Samuel, born in Ire- land, came to Kittery in 1720; settled in Scar- borough in 1736, and was progenitor through his youngest son of nearly all of the name in
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Saco; vi. Jane, mentioned above. The last three were children of Henry, the first three of Thomas Boothby, his brother.
John Morr Jr., as he was called at the time of his marriage, doubtless to distinguish him from his cousin and uncle of the same name in Kittery, removed from Kittery to Scar- borough, where his wife's people lived. Chil- dren, born in Kittery: I. Dennis, born March 25, 1744. 2. Mary, born April 26, 1746; mar- ried, 1765, Lemuel Remick. 3. Ebenezer, born March 28, 1750. 4. Isaac. 5. John, mentioned below. 6. Abram.
(V) John (4), son of John (3) Moore, was born about 1750-55, probably at Scarborough. John Moore, of York county, believed to be this person, was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Matthew Fairfield's company, Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's regiment, enlisting for three years in the Continental army. The history of Parsonsfield, Maine, says: "In 1775 John, having made arrangements for the care of his crops during his absence, enlisted with his brothers Abram and Isaac for a year in the army of the revolution. Abram and Isaac at the expiration of enlistment re-enlisted and served until killed at the battle of Monmouth. John returned to his land, and built a log- house, in which he lived for several years." He came to Parsonsfield from Scarborough in 1774, and settled on lot 18, in the first range, while his older brother Eben (Ebenezer) came with him and settled on lot 16. "Later he built a. frame house, and in 1787 married Anne Milliken, a woman of rare ability and great force of character. Fourteen children were born to them, ten of whom grew to man- hood and womanhood, and all settled in Maine. He was an industrious and thrifty farmer and raised good crops. His leading crop was In- dian corn raised on burnt land, as he made clearings, and this was his main reliance for money to pay for his land ; a crop of five hun- dred bushels raised in a single year enabled him to purchase lot 17 in 1781. He purchased his land of Esquire Parsons, the proprietor, from time to time as he acquired the means of payment. It is a well known fact that the line between Parsonstown (as then called) and the plantation of Washington remained unsettled until after the incorporation of the latter as Newfield in 1794, the first range of lots being then claimed by Newfield. Hence the names of John and Eben Moore first ap- pear on Parsonsfield records in 1794, it being uncertain up to that time whether they were in Parsonsfield or not, although they had lived upon their farms since 1774 and were unques-
tionably the first settlers in town, antedating by some time the settlement of John and Gid- eon Doe, who it has been claimed were the first settlers." John Moore died in 1823, aged about seventy-five ; his wife in 1844, aged sev- enty-seven. Children: I. John, mentioned be- low. 2. Isaac, lived in Parsonsfield. 3. James, lived in Parsonsfield. 4. Samuel, lived in Leeds. 5. Henry, lived in Durham, Maine. 6. Ira, lived in Lisbon, Maine, Freeport and Parsonsfield. 7. Joseph, lived in Lisbon. 8. Sarah, married James Thompson, lived in Newfield. 9. Jane, married Moses. Ayer, and lived in Newfield. 10. Mary Ann, resided in Limerick.
(VI) John (5), son of John (4) Moore, born 1792, in Newfield, succeeded to the farm, paying according to the terms of his father's will fifteen hundred dollars to his brothers and sisters. Having obtained by exchange a more eligible building site on the Newfield side of the line, he built the present farm buildings thereon, and occupied them until 1867, when he sold his farm to John F. Moore, son of Ira. John died at Limerick, Maine, in 1876, aged eighty-four years. He married (first) Sally Sanborn, born April 23, 1800, daughter of John Sanborn. (See Sanborn.) He mar- ried (second) Remick. Children of first wife: Calvin, Lorenzo, Charles, Luther S., mentioned below. Child of second wife : Sarah, married Dr. Charles Wilson, of Wa- terford, Maine.
(VII) Luther S., son of John (5) Moore, was born in Newfield, Maine, August, 1821, and died in 1892. He married Sarah Barker, born in Limerick, 1826, died 1892. He was educated at Limerick Academy and Harvard Law School, where he was graduated in 1844, at a time when Simon Greenleaf and Joseph Story were instructors. He was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was associated with Judge Nathan Clifford, of Newfield, and Rev. Mc- Donald, of Limerick, for a time, but during most of his career had no partner. He had an office in Limerick and conducted a large farm there. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a representative to the state legislature in 1858, state senator in 1853-54, and president of the senate in 1854. He was president of the board of trustees of Limerick Academy ; mem- ber of the board of trustees of the State Col- lege at Orono, Maine, and always interested in educational matters. He was a man of much public spirit, and took especial interest in the movement for good roads. He was a member of Freedom Lodge of Free Masons, at Limerick, and of the Congregational church of
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that town. He married, in 1846, Sarah H. Barker (see Barker). Children : 1. Charles W. 2. Harry V. 3. Arthur L., now in the lumber and mining business in Arkansas. 4. Walter S. 5. Percy H., manufacturer at Birming- ham, Alabama. 6. Willis B. 7. Luther Ray, mentioned below. 8. Annie C., superintend- ent of a children's library, New York City.
(VIII) Luther Ray, son of Luther S. Moore, was born in Limerick, March 25, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, at Limerick Academy, and at Boston University Law School. He left the law school on account of the illness of his father, before graduating, and continued the study of law in the office of his father and brother. He taught school in Eliot, Maine, Wells and Lebanon, and in the Limerick Academy, and conducted his father's farm. He was admitted to the bar in 1890, and entered the office of Hampden Fairfield as clerk. After a year he entered partnership with Mr. Fair- field under the firm name of Fairfield & Moore, continuing with marked success to the present time. Mr. Fairfield is son of ex-Governor Fairfield. Mr. Moore is a Democrat in poli- tics, serving his district as representative to the legislature in 1907-08; was alderman of the city of Saco in 1897-98, and mayor of that city in 1899, 1903 and 1904. He was a mem- ber of the school board in 1897-98-99, and city solicitor in 1892, and is at the present time city treasurer. He was the Democratic candidate for congress in 1904 against Amos L. Allen, and declined the nomination in 1906. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1904. He is a member of Saco Lodge of Free Masons, of York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters. In re- ligion he is a Unitarian. He married, No- vember 30, 1891, Ellen Fairfield, daughter of Hampden Fairfield, his law partner. Children, born at Saco: I. Ruth, December, 1896. 2. Constance, February, 1898.
BOARDMAN This surname is said to be derived from the Anglo- Saxon word meaning bower, or bed-chamber, signifying that the bearer was chamberlain of some great feudal household. It was originally spelled Bowre- man, and later Boarman, Bordman, Bore- mann, Borman, Bourman. The generally ac- cepted spelling at the present day is Board- man.
(I) Thomas Boardman, immigrant ances- tor, was baptized in Claydon, England, Octo-
ber 18, 1601. He had a brother Daniel, who came to New England, whom he mentions in his 'will. He was a cooper by trade, and set- tled in Ipswich in 1634. He was admitted a freeman in 1634-35. His house in Ipswich was on High street, now East street. He sold this in 1647, and spent the closing years of his life on his farm on what was known as Board- man's Island. He was one of the owners of Plum Island, being fourth on the list. His will was dated December 17, 1670, and proved June 19, 1673. He died in May, 1673. His wife Margaret died November 25, 1679, leav- ing a will. Children: I. Mary, born about 1629; married Robert Kinsman. 2. Daniel, born about 1639. 3. Martha, born about 1641 ; married Thomas Low, July 4, 1660. 4. Thomas, mentioned below. 5. Joanna, born about 1649; married January 29, 1672, Isaac Fellows.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Boardman, was born about 1643, and was a farmer at Ipswich. He died October 3, 1719. His will was dated October 2, 1719, and proved November 3 following. He married, January 1, 1667-68, Elizabeth Perkins, of Ips- wich, born April 1, 1650, died December 4, 1718, daughter of Sargent Jacob Perkins. Children, born in Ipswich: I. Thomas, Au- gust 8, 1669; married Sarah Langley. 2. Ja- cob, June 10, 1671; married, 1699, Martha Rogers, widow. 3. John, March 18, 1672-73. 4. Offin, December 3, 1676; mentioned below. 5. Margaret, April 5, 1681 ; married Thomas Burman Jr., September 30, 1703. 6. Eliza- beth, November 6, 1686; married, 1717, Jede- diah Titcomb.
(III) Captain Offin, son of Thomas (2) Boardman, was born in Ipswich, December 3, 1676, and died March 22, 1749, in Salisbury. He lived in Ipswich until 1707, when he re- moved to Newbury, from whence he removed to Salisbury about 1729. He was first a weaver, and then a mariner, and the last few years of his life were spent as an inn-holder in Salisbury. He married (first) in Ipswich, February 28, 1698, Sarah Heard, who died in Salisbury, May 27, 1738; (second) April 24, 1740, Judith Morss, of Newbury, who sur- vived him. He had considerable property at North Yarmouth, Maine. Children : I. Offin, born December 16, 1698; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, married August 16, 1722, Stephen Coffin Jr. 3. Elizabeth, died in Newbury, April 27, 1720. 4. Nathaniel, baptized July 8, 1705. 5. John, born December 6, 1707, in Newbury. 6. Margaret, born October 28, 1710; died July 18, 1730. 7. Abigail, born
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December 28, 1712; married, January 25, 1732-33, Stephen Hook.
(IV) Offin (2), son of Offin (I) Boardman, was born at Ipswich, December 16, 1698, and lived at Newbury. Administration was granted on his estate October 20, 1735. He had much land and some cattle at North Yar- mouth, Maine. He married, January 17, 1722-23, Sarah Woodman, of Newbury, who married (second) November 17, 1737, Ste- phen Wyatt. Children, born in Newbury: I. Offin, September 6, 1723. 2. Thomas, March 7, 1726. 3. Elizabeth (twin), March 7, 1726; married May 5, 1748, John Pearson (3). 4. Jacob, December 29, 1727. 5. John, October I, 1730. 6. Jonathan, mentioned below.
(VI) Captain Jonathan, son of Offin (2) Boardman, was born in Newbury, and lived in that part of Newbury which became Newbury- port. He was a ship carpenter and mariner. His will was dated August 26, 1808, and proved June 10, 1813. He married, March 12, 1761, Rebecca Moody, who died in 1814. Chil- dren: I. William, born March 31, 1762; men- tioned below. 2. Rebecca, born September 30, 1764 ; married May 21, 1785, Benjamin Shute. 3. Jonathan. 4. Sarah, married July 6, 1789, Moses Goodrich. 5. Mary, born October 9, 1772 ; married October 1, 1790, Samuel Chase. 6. Betsey, born February 14, 1776. 7. Judith, unmarried in 1814.
(VII) William, son of Captain Jonathan Boardman, was born in Newbury, March 31, 1762 (family has the date April 9). He was not mentioned in his father's will in 1808, but possibly had received his portion. He lived in the part set off as Newburyport, and died there October 22, 1821. He was an active, useful and prominent citizen, and acquired a considerable estate. He married Rachel Wig- gin, born April 9, 1762, and died, according to family records, June 14, 1861. Their daughter Elmira married Simeon Barker. (See Barker). Sarah H. Barker, daughter of Simeon and Elmora (Boardman) Barker married Luther S. Moore. (See Moore.)
James Barker, immigrant an- BARKER cestor, and his brother Thomas, were among those twenty Puri- tan heads of families who came from Eng- land under the leadership of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, and who were described by him as "Godly men and most of them of good es- tate." They arrived in Salem in December, 1638. In April of the following year they established the town of Rowley. James Bar- ker was admitted a freeman October 7, 1640.
He was a native of Stragewell, county Suffolk, England, and brought with him to Salem his wife Grace. He shared in the first and later divisions of land in Rowley, and his home was on Weathersfield street, on land granted to him in 1643. His wife Grace died in Febru- ary, 1655-58, and he married (second) May 22, 1666, Mary, widow of John Wyatte, an early settler of Ipswich. James Barker was a tailor by trade, a successful farmer, and ac- tive in town affairs. He was for several years a judge of delinquents under the law which fined those who refused to attend town meet- ings, served frequently as juryman, and in November, 1677, was one of the first tything- men of the town. Children: I. Barzilla, born 1640; mentioned below. 2. James, born 1641, married, May 10, 1677, Mary Stickney. 3. Eunice, born June 2, 1642; died May, 1645. 4. Nathaniel, born October 15, 1644; married Mary -; died November 10, 1722. 5. Eunice, born February II, 1645-46; married John Watson. 6. Grace, born April 1, 1650; married, November 3, 1680, James Cannady ; died February 19, 1723-24. 7. Tamar, born December 13, 1652; died young. 8. Steven, born September 10, 1658; died young.
(II) Barzillai, son of James Barker, was born at Rowley, in 1640, and died intestate, November 16, 1694. He was a farmer and an active church man. His orthodoxy was illus- trated when he became one of the thirty-three who formally protested against the settling of Jeremiah Shepard as preacher in 1674, be- cause he had not been regularly ordained. He married, in Rowley, December 5, 1666, Anna Jewett, born February 26, 1644, died May 12, 1727, daughter of Maximilian Jewett. Chil- dren : I. Jonathan, born November 5, 1667, died May, 1689. 2. Ebenezer, born Decem- ber 16, 1669, died April 10, 1711. 3. Hannah, born January 5, 1671-72; married, June 30, 1693, Joseph Johnson Jr. 4. Lydia, born May 13, 1674, died December, 1675. 5. Ezra, born January 1, 1675-76, died unmarried, Novem- ber 6, 1697. 6. Esther, born May 31, 1679. 7. Ruth, born November 1, 1681. 8. Enoch, born October 21, 1684; married, October 20, 1709, Bridget Cate. 9. Bethia, born March 8, 1686, died September, 1688. 10. Noah, men- tioned below.
(III) Noah, son of Barzillai Barker, was born in Rowley, August 23, 1689. He was admitted to the church there January 15, 1709. He was a weaver by trade. On April 29, 1712, his mother Anna deeded to him all her real estate in consideration of support during her life. Very soon after he removed to Ipswich,
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and married there, in May or June, 1715, Mar- tha Figgett (or Fickett), born August 23, 1696, died December 10, 1772, daughter of Peter and Mary (Bondfield) Fickett, of Mar- blehead. In 1719 they moved to Stratham, New Hampshire, and settled near the centre of the town, on land purchased from Jonathan Wiggin in. 1718, in which year he was also granted the privilege of building a pew in the new meeting house. He died there January 3, 1749. He was a prosperous farmer, and a leader in the church and town. In 1743 he was one of a committee of three who reported adversely upon the petition of residents in the north part of Brentwood to be made into a separate parish. In 1731 he was chosen one of the two tythingmen for that year. He was elected constable in 1737, but was allowed to procure a substitute. In 1739 he was one of those protesting against a union of the prov- ince with Massachusetts. In 1743, influenced by the preaching of Whitefield, he began with a few others an agitation which resulted in the establishment of a new church at Stratham. He continued his interest in this society until his death, and left it one hundred pounds in his will. He was selectman in 1735-36-38-42- 43-44-45. He was one of the original pro- prietors of the township of Bow, under a royal patent, and later acquired the rights of certain others. At the time of his death he owned lands in the towns of Stratham, Ep- ping, Bow and Exeter, and a fulling mill on Little River, in Exeter. Children: I. Eben- ezer, born in Ipswich, May 4, 1716; men- tioned below. 2. Susannah, born in Ipswich, December 25, 1718. : 3. John, born in Stratham, May 14, 1720; settled in Epping. 4. Ezra, born July 20, 1722; married (sec- ond) Abigail Murdough. 5. Elizabeth, born November 10, 1724. 6. Josiah, born March 30, 1727 ; married Mary Heard. 7. Benjamin, born November 3, 1729; died August 14, 1801; married Deborah Pottle; in the revo- lution. 8. Nathaniel, born February 18, 1732; died young. 9. Ephraim, born April 30, 1734; married, February, 1760, Mrs. Mary Man- ning; died 1800. 10. Nathan, born February 7, 1741 ; married Anna Wiggin; died Febru- ary II, 1820.
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