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NELLIE, d. at age of 9 years.
EDWARD, died at age of 3 years.
WILLIAM b. 11 June 1878.
GRACE b. 8 July 1879; m. 16 Oct. 1901 Wallace Shapleigh of Eliot.
13. Sylvester Bartlett, born 4 July 1822, married, 30 Dec. 1855. Clementine, dau. of John and Betsey ( Ferguson) Raitt. He was educated in the public schools and taught for a time. After his marriage he was engaged for several years with his brother James in the meat business and was interested in shipping. I11 1867 he moved to the house built for his brother Justin, who had died the year before. This is on the site of the old Heard house and quite near the old Bartlett homestead. The Heard family and several generations of Bartletts are buried in the field south of the house. Mr. Bartlett was devoted to his home and to the time of his death continued making the most modern improvements upon his homestead.
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He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in early man- hood and generously contributed to its support. His religious views were broad and not confined by any creed. Hospitable and social by nature he delighted to entertain his friends in his
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home, and young and okl always found there a welcome. Possessed of an intellect naturally keen and strong and having a most retentive memory, he continually added to his store of knowledge by wide reading and close observation. Many of a
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younger generation have been entertained by him with recitals from prose and poetry learned in his youth. He always read with avidity the doings of the world at large and delighted to inform himself upon the current topics of the day.
Ile was elected Representative from Eliot to the Maine Legis- lature of 1895-6 and was always a staunch Republican. He died after a short illness 24 April 1901. Children were:
ELIZABETH MEHITABLE b. 21 Sept. 1857.
JOHN HOWARD b. 29 Oct. 1860; d. 5 Feb. 1863.
CHARLES EDWARD b. 19 Jan. 1863. Lives on the homestead.
RALPH SYLVESTER b. 29 April 1868. Graduated at Dartmouth College in 1889 and at the Law School of Boston University in 1892, "magna cum laude." Is a member of Suffolk bar, practicing in Boston.
ROLLA WILLIS b. 2 Sept. 1869. Graduated at Dartmouth College in 1804 and at the Law School of Boston University in 1897, when he was admitted to Suffolk bar. He is engaged in the banking business in Boston.
GRACE ISABEL D. 14 Feb. 1871 : d. 28 April 1874.
14. James W. Bartlett married Caroline A. Goodwin of Biddeford, Me., 24 Oct. 1861. She died 26 March 1887. He married ( 2) Lydia F. Worster of Eliot, 30 Oct. 1888.
ABIGAIL. G. b. 30 April 1863: m. 16 Oct. 1888 John H. Griffin. Lives in Newmarket, N. H. Ch .. Caroline, Bartlett, and Ione.
JOHN HEARD b. 9 April 1866.
ALFRED b. 15 June 1870.
BELLAMY.
John Bellamy, born 9 Oct. 1734, was from New Haven. Conn .. and perhaps son of Matthew. He married Mary Burn- ham, who was born 1 Sept. 1738 and died 25 Sept. 1814. He died 22 Dec. 1810. Nicholas Grace and Mary Bellamy were married in Kittery 26 Oct. 1753. Children of John Bellamy were:
ANNE b. 29 Sept. 1760: d. 8 April 1761.
ELIZABETH b. 18 March 1762: m. John Leavitt of Stratham. N. H .. 13 Dec. 1781 : d. 13 May 1827.
CHARLES b. 12 May 1764: m. Margaret Haley 3 July 1787 : d. 25 July 1810
MARY b. 7 July 1766.
Joux b. 24 Jan. 1760 : m. Tamsen Haley. SARAH D. 28 Aug. 1781 : d. 28 Oct. 1781. NANCY b. 14 July 1774: d. 25 Aug. 1777. MARTHA D. 25 April 1777 : d. 1801. DOLLY b. 17 April 1782.
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John Bellamy married, 21 Nov. 1791, Tamsen, dau. of Samuel King and Mary ( Orme) Haley. He died 12 Nov. 1834. She was born 6 June 1769 and died 16 April 1836.
MARY b. 17 Sept. 1792.
SUSANNAH b. 23 May 1794; m. Francis Raynes of York, 4 Dec. 1822. Second wife.
SARAH b. 9 May 1796; m. John Wilson 29 Aug. 1816.
ELIZABETHI b. 17 Nov. 1798; m. James Adams of Newington 20 Nov. 1820 3
MARTHA b. 25 Oct. 1800; died young.
ANNE b. 23 Sept. 1802.
JOHN H. b. 12 Feb. 1805; m. Fanny Keen ; d. 22 Sept. 1831.
CHARLES b. 15 Dec. 1807 : d. 25 July 1810.
CHARLES G. b. 3 Jan. 1811 ; m. Mrs. Fanny Bellamy.
MARTHA b. 13 May 1813.
John H. Bellamy married, 23 April 1828, Fanny, dau. of Ephraim and Katharine ( Fernald ) Keen. She was born 10 Feb. 1807, and died 21 Jan. 1892. He died 22 Sept. 1831. Children :
ELIZABETH b. 18 Aug. 1828.
CATHERINE b. 13 Dec. 1830; m. Moses A. Safford 29 Nov. 1866.
Charles G. Bellamy married the widow of his brother, John. Their children were:
JOHN H. b. 16 April 1836.
CHARLES b. 17 Nov. 1837.
ELISHA P. b. 20 June 1839; d. 4 July 1884.
SOPHRONIA b. 20 Sept. 1841 ; d. 24 Dec. 1899. MARTHA ANN b. 26 Dec. 1843; d. 11 July 1880.
LAURA E. b. Nov. 1847 ; d. 14 May 1897.
GEORGE W. b. I Feb. 1850; d. 17 April 1852.
FRANCES b. 9 Oct. 1851 ; d. 10 July 1887.
BENNET.
John Bennet was published to Ruth Voden 2 Nov. 1728. The following children of John Bennet were baptized at South Ber- wick : Jane, 6 May 1731 : Sarah, Mary and John, 8 April 1737; Jenny, 6 Sept. 1739: Moses, 6 Sept. 1744; Sarah, 8 March 1747-8.
Moses Bennet married Mary Marr 26 May 1768 and had the following children baptized : Elisha, 7 May 1769; Mary, 20 Sept. 1771 : Sarah. 15 Feb. 1775.
A John Bennet m. Mary Wilson ; in 1740 they sold ten acres in Great Cove to William Tetherly.
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BENSON.
Henry Benson married Mary, dau. of John Waters. He had a grant in 1694 and bought forty acres of Dodavah Curtis, on the road from the head of Spruce Creek to York in 1702. He was living in 1722. The following appear to have been his children :
JAMES m. Deborah, dau. of James Rollins of Newington, N. H., 20 March 1719. A dau., Elizabeth, m. 19 March 1750, Wm. Beal of York.
ELIZABETH m. Wm. Beal of York 6 Dec. 1719.
MARY m. Wm. Nicholson I Jan. 1721-2.
ABIGAIL m. Ebenezer Wittum. Pub. 2 Jan. 1730-31.
JOHN m. Eunice Place 2 Aug. 1733, (2) perhaps, Nov. 1749 Sarah Quint. Perhaps settled in Parsonsfield. Ch., Hannah bapt. 4 Feb. 1753; m. Samuel Johnson? Pub. 25 March 1769. Sarah bapt. 18 Feb. 1755; m. Wm. Tapley? 14 Aug. 1760.
HENRY m. 4 April 1736 Mary Quint of Newington, N. H., and moved to Arundel. Children were Olive? bapt. 30 March 1739; m. James Curtis of Arundel, 30 Oct. 1760. Sarah bapt. 25 April 1744, "sick." Lucy bapt. 7 April 1745. John bapt. 3 May 1747; m. Mary Rogers 13 May 1773: sons, Wm. Rogers and Thomas. James bapt. I March 1753. Rev- olutionary soldier. Molly bapt. 3 Nov. 1751. Robert Waters bapt. 24 Nov. 1754. Hannah m. Joseph Curtis 5 Jan. 1774.
MI. 12 Oct. 1741. Daniel Caton and Mary Benson.
M. 6 Aug. 1741 James Johnson and Rebecca Benson.
BERRY.
William Berry was in the service of John Mason in 1631. He died about 1654, and his widow. Jane, married Nathaniel Drake. He lived in Rye, N. H.
It was probably his son, Joseph Berry, who was living in Kit- terv in 1683 and had wife Rachel.
Benjamin Berry married. 27 Nov. 1689, Elizabeth Withers, and had sons Benjamin and Withers, both of whom died unmar- ried. Withers Berry died HI Dec. 1732 in the 39th year of his age. He was then deputy to the General Court. His mother married ( 2) Dodavah Curtis.
George Berry, born 1674. married, in Hampton, N. H., I Jan. 1702. Deliverance, dau. of Andrew Haley. He was then of
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"Sandy Beach," or Rye, N. H. He settled at Kittery Point. Children were :
GEORGE b. 1706; m. 11 Jan. 1726-7. Elizabeth, dau. of George and Rebecca (Skillin) Frink. Moved to Falmouth. Ch. bapt. in Kittery, George 12 May 1728. Joseph 30 March 1729. Elizabeth 6 Dec. 1720, and George 8 April 1732. The last m. Sarah Stickney and settled in Paris, Me. See baptisms of First Parish, Portland, and Hist. of Paris, p. 510. DEBORAH m. William Walker of Kittery 16 Jan. 1723-4.
ELIZABETH ? m. Tobias Fernald 22 Oct. 1730.
MARY? m. Samuel Lunt, Jr. Pub. 3 Oct. 1741.
JOSIAH m. Mary Hidden. Pub. 20 Dec. 1740.
Children of Josiah and Mary ( Hidden) Berry :
WILLIAM bapt. 24 Oct. 1742; died young.
MARY bapt. 18 Dec. 1743.
DEBORAH bapt. 8 Dec. 1745.
JOHN bapt. 22 June 1754. JOSIAH bapt. 10 Oct. 1756.
WILLIAM bapt. 9 Oct. 1763: prob. m. Elizabeth Fernald. 1793. She m. (2) Ralph Nelson 1797.
M1. 4 March 1729-30 Benjamin Berry and Catherine Gowdy.
M1. 30 June 1751 Richard Berry and Eunice Moore.
M1. 10 Aug. 1779 David Welch, Jr., and Sarah Berry.
Pub. 27 Dec. 1794 John Fernald. Jr. and Rebecca Berry. M1. 7 Dec. 1814 John Keen and Mary Berry.
BILLING.
1. John Billing was in the employ of John Winter at Rich- mond's Island in 1635 and owned the end of Kittery Point in 1639. He is mentioned in the records of Portsmouth in 1640. He had a gift of land from Gorges in 1645 and died in 1646. His widow married Rice Thomas. Later generations spell their names Billings.
2. John Billing, son of the above, lived at Braveboat Harbor. Ile married ( 1) before 23 May 1671, Ann, dau. of John and Joan Andrews. ( 2) Rebecca. dau. of Humphrey and Elizabeth Scam- mon. Bought land of Francis Champernowne in 1686. Inv. of his estate rendered 3 Dec. 1690. Children :
ELIZABETH, mentioned in 1687.
: JOSEPH m. Hannah Wilson.
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THIRD GENERATION.
3. Joseph Billing married, 29 Nov. 1716, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Hannah ( Endle ) Wilson. Will. 1748-1764. Children :
Joux bapt. 21 July 1717: pub. to Sarah Sellers of York, 14 Aug. 1742. ( Sarah Sellers m. Wmn. Mitchell. 9 May 1756. ) ,
4. JOSEPH bapt. 25 May 1718: m. Joanna Norton, (2) Sarah Cox.
BENJAMIN; pub. to Ann Hidden 2 Oct. 1742. Dau. Hannah bapt. 31 July 1743.
MARY m. John Hutchins, Jr .. 5 May 1748.
ELIZABETH m. Austin. REBECCA. U'nm. in 1748.
SAMUEL m. Sarah Hicks and had dau. Eunice bapt. 1 Oct. 1749. (2) Hannah Hughes 12 Oct. 1758.
FOURTH GENERATION.
4. Joseph Billing married Joanna Norton in 1742. (2) Sarah Cox. 25 Jan. 1781. Will. 1 Jan. 1797-4 Nov. 1797, does not men- tion wife.
Joux bapt. 6 March 1743. Received land in Berwick by will.
5. DANIEL bapt. 3 July 1747 : m. Hannah Billing. (2) Jane Cox.
SARAH bapt. 20 July 1745 : m. John Norton.
6. JOSEPH bapt. 2 June 1751 : m. Mercy Fernald. SAMUEL bapt. 10 Aug. 1753: not named in will.
REBECCA m. Thomas Morgrage 7 Dec. 1773. SUSANNAH bapt. 1 Oct. 1749: m. Noah Parker. 18 Jan. 1788. JOANNA. Unm. in 1797.
FIFTH GENERATION.
5. Daniel Billing was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army. Fle married, ( 1) 30 Dec. 1770, Hannah Billing. or Billings as the name came to be written, (2) 9 Dec. 1790. Jane Cox. Lived at Kittery Point. Children :
DANIEL bapt. 7 May 1775: m. Elizabeth Jones 6 Dec. 1824? HANNAH bapt. 8 Dec. 1776. Josian bapt. 26 Sept. 1779: m. Mehitable Witham. 3 June 1804. SAMUEL bapt. 30 April 1782.
7. JOSEPH b. 22 Dec. 1703: m. Elizabeth Bunker. BETSEY bapt. 8 July 1785.
EPHRAIM? m. Betty Bryar. 5 Feb. 1702. Hlad dau. Rebecca, unm. and Benjamin, who m. and had ch. Mehitable. Hannah and Samuel. The last settled in Biddeford.
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6. Joseph Billing married, 3 Jan. 1782, Mercy, dau. of Tobias and Lucy ( Lewis) Fernald, (2) 8 Feb. 1816, Margery, dau. of James and Sarah ( Wilson) Pickernell. Children :
Lucy b. 15 Sept. 1782; m. John Payne of Kittery. JOHN b. 15 Oct. 1784; m. Maria Moved to Lebanon, Me. Had son Albert.
SALLY b. 6 March 1785: m. Wm. Sayward.
MERCY b. 27 Nov. 1787: prob. died young.
JOANNA b. 22 April 1790; m. Henry Manson. LYDIA b. 12 March 1792; m. Josiah Phillips.
8. JOSEPHI b. 5 Nov. 1798; m. Lydia Williams.
TOBIAS b. 5 Nov. 1798; died young. Unm.
SIXTH GENERATION.
7. Joseph Billings married Elizabeth Bunker. He died 18 Oct. 1861. She was born 24 June 1796, and died 11 Sept. 1844. Children :
LOVINA S. b. 22 Oct. 1816: m. Capt. Thomas Clarkson of Kittery. DANIEL b. 16 Sept. 1818; d. 9 June 1846.
JOSEPH b. 4 June 1821 ; m. Dorothy J. Frisbee. d. s. p. She d. 2 May 1851, aged 23.
ELIZABETH b. II Dec. 1823: d. 2 June 1844. Unm.
HANNAH b. 30 Sept. 1825 ; d. at age of six months.
ISABEL b. 14 Sept. 1827. Unm.
JOANNA b. 7 Aug. 1829: d. in infancy.
MARY F. b. 9 June 1831 : m. John Smith. 2 Oct. 1853.
EMILY A. b. 23 July 1833: m. Daniel Peterson of Bostonf, 21 Oct. 1852.
RHODA b. and d. 1834.
THOMAS J. b. 9 April 1841: m. Margery B. Dame. 15 Dec. 1860.
8. Joseph Billings married, 11 Dec. 1823, Lydia, dau. of John and Lydia ( Fernald ) Williams. He died 17 Feb. 1854. She was born 1 Aug. 1805 and died 13 May 1882. Children :
LYDIA F. b. 26 Sept. 1824. Unm. JOSEPH b. HI NOV. 1827; d. 18 March 1897. Ummm. SYLVESTER b. 23 Aug. 1831 : m. Maria S. Williams. Had son Herbert. JULIA b. 24 Oct. 1835 : m. Thomas Riley.
John Billings, son of Joseph and Joanna ( Norton) Billings was born to March 1743 and died 14 March 1834. He lived in Berwick and had son Joel born 21 Dec. 1770, who married Lydia
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- Joel died 13 July 1842. Lydia, born 30 Dec. 1775, died to June 1865. Children :
JOHN B. b. HI Dec. 1795.
SUSAN b. 30 Aug. 1797.
OLIVE b. 27 Nov. 1798.
STEPHIEN b. 24 May 1800.
RHODA b. 3 April 1802.
EZRA b. 8 May 1803; m. Hannah Ford.
HIRAM b. 17 May 1805 : m. Polly ; d. 24 Oct. 1836.
IVORY b. 9 March 1807.
LYDIA b. 24 Oct. 1808.
LOUISA b. 9 Dec. 1810
DANIEL b. 25 Feb. 1813; d. 25 Feb. 1816.
BLACK.
Daniel and Josiah Black were settled in York before 1700, and their families are there recorded. William Black's will was pro- bated I Jan. 1727-8. It names wife Sarah and sons William and Joshua. William then had children William and Elizabeth, and soon after he and his family moved to Bailey's Island, Harps- well, Me.
Joshua, son of William Black, made his will in 1753, which was probated 6 April 1756. His wife Mary is not named. Descendants are still living in Kittery, and some have changed their name to Blake. Children recorded were:
BENJAMIN b. 19 April 1719. Not named in will.
JONATHAN b. 15 Feb. 1720.
MARY b. 2 Jan. 1722.
JOSHUA b. 27 Dec. 1724: d. 3 May 1742.
HENRY b. 27 Dec. 1724: d. Feb. following.
HENRY b. I Dec. 1726.
THOMAS b. Aug. 1728: d. in 1729.
SARAHI b. 12 May 1730. Pub. to Nicholas Collins 18 May 1754.
ALMY or AMY b. 8 March 1731.
CATHERINE b. 15 May 1734.
THOMAS b. Oct. 1738: d. about 1756. Unm.
MARGERY b. 19 Aug. 1739.
BODGE.
llenry Bodge and wife Elizabeth sold six acres to Nicholas Weeks 16 Dec. 1772. This implies that he had been living some time in Kittery. He had a grant of ten acres at a place called
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"Pudding Hole" 12 June 1673, and a grant of twenty acres in 1682. The last was "by the brook that runs into Spruce Creek," bounded by land of Joseph Curtis. He died in 1696. leaving widow Rebecca. There are many descendants throughout New England. Children :
HENRY, of Charlestown, Mass.
BENJAMIN m. Sarah -. Ch. bapt. in Durham, N. H.
EDWARD, of Kittery in 1728.
PRISCILLA m. James Bradeen about 1702.
ABISHAG m. Henry Barnes before 15 June 1698. See York Deeds, VHI. 28.
ELIZABETH, perhaps, who witnessed a deed in 1700.
BRACKETT.1
Anthony Brackett was a settler in Portsmouth, N. H., before 1640, and died in 1696. He had children Anthony, Thomas, John. Eleanor. Jane and perhaps others.
Thomas, son of Anthony Brackett, Sen., was born about 1640 and settled in Falmouth. Me .. about 1662. He married Mary Mitton, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Mitton and granddaughter of George Cleeves, the first settler in Falmouth. He was killed by Indians 11 Aug. 1676, and his wife and children were carried into captivity, where she died within a year. Her children returned to Portsmouth. They were:
JOSHUA b. 1671 : m. Mary Weeks and settled in Greenland, N. H. SAMUEL b. 27 April 1672 in Falmouth ; m. Elizabeth Botts. SARAH b. 1673: m. John Hill of Portsmouth.
MARY b. 1674: m. Christopher Mitchell of Kittery.
Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary ( Mitton ) Brackett, lived with his aunt Martha, wife of John Graves, at Berwick. He married. 20 Nov. 1604, Elizabeth, only child of Isaac Botts of Berwick. Her father was killed by Indians in the attack on Sal- mon Falls, 16 Oct. 1675. She was born in 1673 and died 21 April 1753. Samuel Brackett was fined in 1697 for not attending church. He died 27 April 1752. Children were :
SAMUEL b. 6 Sept. 1605: m. Sarah Emery. (2) Abigail Copp. MARY bapt. 20 Dec. 1719: m. Thomas Tuttle about 1722. ELIZABETH bapt. 20 Dec. 1719.
See "Descendants of Anthony Brackett." by Alphous S. Brackett, 1897.
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BATHSHEBA bapt. 24 Dec. 1719; m. Jonathan Abbot 28 Feb. 1725.
HANNAH bapt. 24 Dec. 1719; m. Samuel Thompson of York. Int. Rec. 11 Nov. 1730.
DOROTHY.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Botts) Brackett, mar- ried ( 1) Sarah, dau. of Job and Charity ( Nason) Emery, who was born 4 Feb. 1700 and died 20 Dec. 1742, (2) Miss Abigail Copp 13 Sept. 1743. who died Sept. 1789. His will was pro- bated in 1786. Children were:
JOHN b. 29 Jan. 1721 : m. Miriam Thompson.
ISAAC b. 7 Oct. 1722 ; m. Mary Hamilton.
SAMUEL b. 5 Aug. 1724: m. Mehitable Ricker.
JAMES b. 22 April 1726; m. Margery Lord.
JOSHUA b. 9 July 1728; m. Anne Libby.
MARY b. 2 Oct. 1730; m. 8 Nov. 1747 John Woodsum : d. 16 May 1798.
ELIZABETH b. 20 Feb. 1733: m. John Kilgore 30 Sept. 1756; d. 1821.
SARAHI b. 8 June 1736: d. 15 June 1737.
JACOR b. 8 Nov. 1737: d. 13 Nov. 1737.
JOSEPH b. 9 April 1739: d. 9 Oct. 1739.
SARAH b. 15 Nov. 1742; m. Zebulon Libby ; d. 7 March 1825.
Children by second marriage :
BATHSHEBA b. 9 June 1744 : m. - Pray.
JOSEPH b. 22 Oct. 1746: d. 8 Feb. 1755.
OLIVE b. 6 Sept. 1750 : d. 13 Oct. 1751.
FIFTH GENERATION.
John, son of Samuel and Sarah ( Emery ) Brackett, married, 4 July 1745. Miriam, dau. of Miles and AAbigail ( Gowen ) Thomp- son, who was born 26 Jan. 1723 and died 2 Dec. 1810. He died 18 Feb. 1814. Children were :
JOHN b. 19 Sept. 1746: m. Eunice Wentworth 29 Nov. 1779. Served seven years in the Revolutionary Army. Died 8 Feb. 1830.
JAMES b. 12 March 1748: m. Ann Stillings 23 Dec. 1773. His will, dated 21 March 1818. names ch. John. Isaac. Levi. Ebenezer. James. Abi- gail. Anna. Miriam and Susannah.
DANIEL. b. 2 March 1750: m. Mary Andrews 3 Nov. 1774. Settled in Acton. Me.
MILES b. 3 May 1752: m. Lydia Keay 26 Jan. 1775: d. 4 March 1827. His wife was born 7 Aug. 1754 and d. 22 Aug. 1831. Eight ch.
NATHAN b. 26 Aug. 1754: m. Mary Heard 6 Aug. 1788. Settled in Acton. Me.
MOSES b. 26 March 1756: m. (1) 15 Oct. 1788 Sarah Heard. Lived in Clinton, Me.
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MARIAN b. 23 May 1758; m. Morrel Hobbs 26 Feb. 1778.
ABIGAIL b. 27 Oct. 1761 ; m. Jacob Remick 7 Aug. 1788.
MARY b. 17 March 1764; unm.
SUSANNAH b. 5 May 1768; m. Moses Smith of Berwick.
Isaac, son of Samuel and Sarah (Emery) Brackett, married, 17 Nov. 1748, Mary, dau. of Gabriel and Margaret Hamilton. He died 2 June 1780. Children :
REUBEN bapt. 24 Nov. 1748; not named in will, 1778.
AMY bapt. 3 Feb. 1751 ; died young.
AMY bapt. 9 Nov. 1755: m. Richard Yeaton 10 Nov. 1774.
MARY bapt. 26 Feb. 1768; m. Nathan Nock I June 1775.
SARAH bapt. 5 June 1762.
ISAAC bapt. 22 April 1764.
SAMUEL bapt. 29 June 1766; m. Adah Hooper 17 Feb. 1791.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah (Emery) Brackett, mar- ried 9 Aug. 1750, Mehitable, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gar- land) Ricker. He died 2 June 1801. She b. 20 Oct. 1730, d. 15 June 1819. Children :
NATHANIEL b. 13 Jan. 1751 ; m. 12 Sept. 1776 Sally Chadbourne, who was b. 10 March 1756 and d. 24 Nov. 1834. He died 10 April 1842. Lived in Lyman, Me.
SAMUEL b. 9 July 1753; d. July 1754.
SARAH b. 29 May 1755: m. Thomas Lord of Sanford 6 Nov. 1777 ; d. 28 May 1826.
SAMUEL b. I Aug. 1757: m. 26 April 1781 Mary Wentworth ; d. 31 Oct. 1850. He lived in Limington, Me. His wife b. May 1763, d. 24 Jan. 1853. Ten ch.
ELIZABETH b. 22 Oct. 1759: m. Daniel Emery 12 Sept. 1779; d. 22 Dec. 1829.
MARY b. I June 1761 : m. Daniel Coffin of Sanford 14 Oct. 1782: d. 17 Jan. 1787.
REUBEN b. 23 Sept. 1764; d. in Limington, Me., 21 April 1816.
MEINTTABLE b. 2 Sept. 1766: m. James Hamilton 9 June 1791 : d. 26 Jan. 1828.
JOSEPH b. 31 March 1769.
HANNAH b. 30 April 1771 : m. Paul Stone, Jr., 12 Aug. 1790: d. March 1800.
James, son of Samuel and Sarah ( Emery) Brackett, married, 19 July 1750, Margery, dau. of Benjamin and Patience (Nason) Lord. He died Feb. 1825.
PATIENCE b. 6 Aug. 1754: m. Rev. Wentworth Lord Feb. 1777; d. 8 Feb. 1841. He was born 15 Sept. 1755 and lived in Parsonsfield. Me.
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JOSEPH bapt. 8 June 1755; m. Jemima Roberts 21 Feb. 1782. She was b. 19 March 1763. He m. (2) 1798 Anna Winchell.
STEPHEN b. 11 April 1762.
JAMES bapt. 6 May 1764; m. Bethulah Bale.
LYDIA bapt. 15 March 1767: m. (1) Benjamin Stanton, Jr., 24 Sept. 1786. (2) Caleb Wentworth 2 Feb. 1799. She died in Lebanon, Me., 24 Jan. 1839.
JOHN b. 16 Aug. 1769; m. Lydia Allen of York, Me. He died in China, Me .. 5 May 1855. She b. 1773. d. 13 Aug. 1853. Eight ch.
Joshua, son of Samuel and Sarah ( Emery) Brackett, mar- ried. 3 Dec. 1755. Anne, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Libby. He died at Acton, Me .. 3 Jan. 1822.
MARY bapt. 29 Aug. 1757: m. Silas Heard 12 Sept. 1776.
JOSHUA bapt. 26 March 1758: m. 10 Sept. 1784 Mary Tebbetts of Shap- leigh, Me.
JACOB b. 14 Aug. 1760; m. I May 1796 Hannah Wentworth at Acton, Me. He died 29 Sept. 1829. She b. 25 Feb. 1777, d. 3 Aug. 1866. Eleven ch.
SIMEON bapt. 28 April 1765.
LEVI bapt. 30 March 1768.
HANNAH bapt. 3 June 1770.
SARAH bapt. 5 July 1774.
JOTHAM bapt. 5 July 1774.
BENJAMIN m. Eleanor Chamberlain.
JONATHAN.
See "Descendants of Anthony Brackett.' by Alpheus S. Brackett, 1897.
- BRAWN.
John Brawn of York married a daughter of William Dixon. John Brawn. Jr., married Hannah Langley and lived for a short time at Kittery Point.
Michael Brawn had a grant in Dover in 1655 and was taxed at Bloody Point 1662-72. Had a son, Michael, born in 1643.
George Brawn of Bloody Point, doubtless son of Michael, mar- ried ( 1) Mary -, (2) [ April 1700, Widow Sarah Saunders. She was daughter of Peter Wittum and married William Saund- ers Dec. 1687. In 1702 Brawn exchanged land in Newington with John Hoyt for fifty acres north of Sturgeon Creek. Children :
GEORGE, "oldest son :" m. Mary Tidy.
ELEANOR m. Jacob Rhodes 7 Sept. 1704.
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MICHAEL m. Abigail Wittum 8 Jan. 1722. (2) Hannah Smith. 21 June 1750?
RICHARD m. Anne (or Eunice ) Witham 5 Nov. 1725. Lived in York.
PETER m. Elizabeth Musset I Jan. 1729. Ch., Benjamin b. 14 Feb. 1730-31 : Lydia b. 23 May 1733.
ELIZABETH m. Thomas.
George Brawn, Jr .. married. 9 Feb. 1710-11, Mary, dau. of Robert and Sarah ( Libby ) Tidy. His widow married, 17 Aug. 1732, Thomas Penney of Wells, Me. Brawn bought land at Humphrey's Pond in Berwick in 1718. The following children were living in 1752 :
MARY b. 3 July 1713: m. Nathaniel Gubtail.
GEORGE b. 8 May 1717.
SARAH bapt. 12 Nov. 1727: m. William Childs.
ROBERT bapt. 12 Nov. 1727.
JOHN bapt. 12 Nov. 1727.
BRAY.
John Bray with wife Joan came from Plymouth. Eng. He was a shipbuilder at Kittery Point and died 1689-90. Some gen- calogists have confused him with another John Bray of York, and have assigned to him two or three wives. There is no proof of more than one. Administration was granted, II Jan. 1693-4, to Wm. Pepperrell, Joan Deering and Mary Bray on estate of Joan Bray, deceased. Children were :
JOHN. d. s. p. JOAN m. Clement Deering 1678.
MARGERY b. 1660 :m. 1680. Wm. Pepperrell.
MARY m. Joseph Deering.
BREEDEN.
This name is also spelled Bradeen, Brudean, Burdeen. Some think the ancient name was Bradwardine. 4 A widow Breeden married Joseph Cross, who died in 1684. She had a son, Wil- liam Breeden, who removed to Taunton, Mass.
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James Breeden married Priscilla, dau. of Henry Bodge. Both were living to Dec. 1730. He had a grant of 30 acres in 1699. Children :
JAMES b. 18 April 1703: m. 11 Feb. 1727 Mary, dau. of Robert Oliver of York. Nine children are recorded in York.
MARY b. 8 Feb. 1705: m. 7 Aug. 1727 James Oliver of York.
BRYANT b. HI Feb. 1707: m. Hannah Fernald.
Bryant Breeden married ( 1) 27 Dec. 1733. Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel and Anne ( Allen ) Fernald, (2) 9 April 1761, widow Elizabeth Cate. Children :
TOBIAS b. 6 Nov. 1734.
TIMOTHY b. 18 June 1736.
ELIZABETH b. 21 June 1738.
MARTHA b. 16 May 1743.
NATHAN b. 19 Oct. 1745.
NATHANIEL b. 18 April 1749.
EBENEZER b. 17 April 1751.
DORCAS b. 5 Nov. 1753.
JAMES b. 13 April 1756. M. 11 Sept. 1715 Elizabeth Bradeen and James Davis.
31. I Jan. 1729 Peter Bradeen and Elizabeth Mussett.
Pub. 23 April 1724 Sarah Breeden and Nathaniel Hooper. Pub. 3 Oct. 1730 Martha Breeden and Thomas Chick.
Pub. 30 July 1737 Lucy Burdeen and Richard Roberts.
M. 4 Dec. 1770 Martha Breeden and Timothy Hodsdon of Berwick.
BRIAR.
Richard Bryer of Newbury married, 21 Dec. 1665. Eleanor Wright and had a son Richard, born 19 Aug. 1667. It may have been the latter who married Mary, dau. of Robert and Mary ( Hoel) Cutt ( Y. D. VI. 153). Lieut. Richard Bryer was chosen Deputy to General Court in 1702. The Cutts Genealogy errs in assigning the family of William Bryer to Richard.
William Briar. or Bryer, possibly son of Richard by a former marriage, perhaps a brother, married, about 1702. Sarah East- man. Jan. 6. 1712-13. he was appointed administrator of the estate of his father-in-law. Robert Eastman. He died 5 May
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OLD KITTERY
1718. Widow probably married, 19 Oct. 1722, Benjamin Ham- mons. Children of William Briar were:
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