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JOHN b. 14 Feb. 1710-1I ; m. Martha Rice. Published 11 March 1731-2. Widow in 1754 with ch. Martha, Rachel and Anne.
WELLBORN b. 20 Nov. 1712 d. before 1735.
ABRAM b. 14 April 1714: m. 16 Sept. 1741 Elizabeth Ellis in Ports- month, N. H. Cf. Hist. of Kennebunkport, p. 233. Had dau. Elizabeth bapt. 24 Oct. 1741.
MARY b. 4 Feb. 1715-16: m. Thomas Main?
ISAAC b. 9 Jan. 1717-18: pub. to Jane Wentworth 15 Aug. 1741 ; m. Mercy Grace 22 Dec. 1763 and had son Isaac bapt. in Ist parish 24 Nov. 1765: Abraham bapt. 18 May 1766; Katie bapt. 5 July 1768; and George bapt. 27 Sept. 1777.
JACOB b. I March 1719-20: d. April 1720.
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Edward, son of Nathaniel Chapman, married, 28 Oct. 1725, Abigail Broughton of Portsmouth. (2) Elizabeth Libby. Pub. 2 Sept. 1738. He was then of Biddeford. He died in 1751. See Me. Wills. p. 675. Children were :
ABIGAIL. 5 Nov. 1727; m. Anthony Brackett?
EDWARD b. 5 May 1731 : m. Elinor Small 13 April 1751.
WILLIAM b. 2 Jan. 1733-4; not named in father's will.
NATHANIEL bapt. April 1729: prob. died young.
Isaac Chapman of Kittery, will 27 Nov. 1789-18 Dec. 1789, names wife Mercy, sons Isaac. George, William, dau. "Cata" (Katy), and Polly Grace, dau. of Susanna Grace.
CHASE.
Rev. Josiah Chase, born at Newbury, Mass., 20 Nov. 1713, died 26 Dec. 1778. His wife Sarah died 23 Oct. 1799. Children were :
BRADSTREET b. 19 Jan. 1743-4: pub. to Mary Sheaf of Newcastle April 1771.
JOSIAH b. 16 April 1746.
THOMAS b. 14 Aug. 1747 ; m. Sarah Dennett.
JOHN b. 15 June 1749; m. Hannah Dennett 17 Aug. 1775; d. II Dec. 1826.
COTTON b. 21 Feb. 1750-51.
SIMON b. 8 Jan. 1754. Probably lived in Wells, Me.
SALLY b. 31 May 1757.
Thomas Chase married Sarah, dau. of John and Mary ( Tetherly ) Dennett. 7 Jan. 1778. She died 6 April 1817. He died 22 Dec. 1828. Children :
JOSHUA T. b. 6 July 1778: m. 18 July 1792. Nancy. dau. of Rev. Joseph Litchfield and had a son. Dr. Charles Chase of the Navy.
POLLY b. II April 1779; m. Thomas Jackson of Portsmouth 13 Aug. 1810.
SALLY b. 27 Jan. 1781. THOMAS b. 13 Sept. 1788. NANCY b. 16 March 1792.
RUTH b. 27 Oct. 1796: m. Dennis Shapleigh.
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CHAUNCY.
Charles, son of Rev. Charles Chauncey, D.D., of Boston. graduated at Harvard in 1748 and settled at Kittery Point. He married. (1) 21 May 1756. Mary, dau. of Richard and Eunice (Curtis) Cutts. (2) 1 July 1760, Joanna Gerrish. Children :
CHARLES b. 22 April 1761 : d. 10 Sept. 1789.
ISAAC b. 14 Jan. 1763 ; lost at sea 11 March 1792. Unm.
SARAH b. 12 Feb. 1765 : m. John Moore.
SAMUEL b. 12 May 1767: m. 1795. Betsey. dau. of Col. Eliphalet Ladd. One son d. unm.
ELIZABETH HIRST b. II July 1769: m. Jeremiah Clarke of York.
MARY b. 9 April 1771.
JOANNA b. 26 Feb. 1773: m. Edward Parry. Jr .. of Portsmouth : d. 1800. ANDREW b. 23 Nov. 1774.
JANE b. 6 April 1776.
SHIPLEY b. 25 Aug. 1777.
LUCY b. 20 Oct. 1778: m. William Yeaton of Portsmouth.
ROBERT b. 8 Dec. 1779.
MARIA b. 30 May 1782.
CHICK.
Thomas Chick was on a coroner's jury in Berwick in 1668. He married, about 12 May 1674, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Patience (Chadbourne) Spencer. She was a widow before 1687 and married Nicholas Turbet in 1693. Two sons are mentioned.
RICHARD m. Martha Lord.
THOMAS m.
Richard. son of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Spencer ) Chick, mar- ried, 11 July 1702, Martha, dau. of Nathan and Martha ( Tozier) Lord. Had a grant of land in 1699. His will, made 19 Dec. 1735, was probated 19 Sept. 1737. Wife survived him. He lived in upper Eliot. Children were :
MARY m. Christopher Huntress of Newington. Int. Rec. 26 Oct. 1724. RICHARD m. Bethiah Gould 19 Jan. 1728. Dau. Mary bapt. July 1737. THOMAS m. Martha Breeden. Int. Rec. 3 Oct. 1730.
JOSHUA m. Mary Davis Jan. 1733-4.
WINNEFRED m. Dodavah Bickford of Newington. Int. Rec. 13 Oct. 1730.
ELIZABETHI m. Noah Emery 22 Jan. 1722; d. 15 Jan. 1739-40. MARTHA 11. Bickford.
NATHAN m. Mary Small. Int. Rec. 8 Jan. 1742.
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Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Spencer) Chick, married Had a grant in 1699. Died before 1733. Two sons are mentioned.
MOSES m. Esther -. Both bapt. and dau. Abigail 25 Feb. 1737-8.
AARON m. Elizabeth. dau. of Samuel Clark of Portsmouth. Ch., Eliz- abeth bapt. 25 June 17441 : Aaron bapt. 23 March 1741-2, m. 17 Dec. 1763 Mary Keays and had ch. Betsey. Molly. Adah, Hannah, Aaron, William, Moses. John and Mercy: Agnes bapt. 22 April 1744; Samuel bapt. II April 1749.
MARY m. 22 June 1717 John Randall of Berwick?
CHILD.
Henry Child married Sarah, dau. of Richard and Sarah Nason. and had a daughter Sarah b. 26 Oct. 1680. They had also son William, whose birth is unrecorded. He was killed by Indians 29 Sept. 1691. His widow married, 10 Nov. 1685, John Hoyt. afterward of Newington, N. H. They had daughter, Mary Hoyt, b. 2 May 1697.
William Child had wife Elizabeth in 1714. He died before 1725. Children bapt. at South Berwick were :
SARAH b. I Sept. 1713: m. Philip Door before 1729.
HENRY b. 7 Aug. 1718.
RICHARD bapt. 17 Jan. 1724-5. He had dau. Mary bapt. 22 Dec. 1741.
WILLIAM bapt. 17 Jan. 1724-5: m. Sarah dau. of George Brawn. Ch., Elizabeth bapt. 1743-4. and William bapt. 26 Aug. 1746.
CLARK.
Several disconnected Clark families appear in old Kittery. Edward Clark and wife Mary lived on Crooked Lane in 1672. He died before 1677. Sarah. daughter of Edward Clark, mar- ried James Harmon of York in 1659.
John Clark of Portsmouth and wife Elizabeth bought and sold land on Spruce Creek in 1670.
Elisha Clark and wife Sarah appear in Court "for not fre- quenting the public worship of God on the Lord's day," in July 1696. His wife was daughter of John and Martha Taylor. (See Maine Wills. p. 139.) He was living in Dover in 1730 and 1739.
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(See Miss Thompson's Landmarks of Ancient Dover p. 42.) Children recorded in Kittery :
KATHERINE b. 25 Nov. 1691; John b. 20 April 1694, m. Judith -; Sarah b. 9 Jan. 1696; Abijah b. 7 Sept. 1699; Elisha b. 16 May 1702; Josiah b. 20 Feb. 1704. m. 21 April 1725 Mary Wingate; Solomon b. 17 April 1707-8; Stephen b. 10 Jan. 1709-10; d. 26 Oct. 1716.
The children of John and Judith Clark were Stephen b. 22 Aug. 1723; Mary b. 28 Feb. 1725: Sarah b. 16 Feb. 1727; Elizabeth b. 28 Jan. 1729; Judith b. 16 Aug. 1730; John b. 11 April 1733; Katherine b. 19 Oct. 1735. Judith Clark was a widow in 1737.
The following children of George Clark were baptized at South Berwick. Did he marry Agnes, dau. of Benjamin Libby ?
GEORGE bapt. 22 June 1729: Benjamin bapt. 22 June 1729; Matthew bapt. 4 July 1731; Elisha bapt. 10 Aug. 1732: James bapt. 17 Nov. 1734; and Mary bapt. 7 Aug. 1737.
William, perhaps son of Hanniel and Mary ( Gutterson) Clark of Haverhill, Mass., and Joyce Clark, owned the covenant at S. Berwick April 1724. The following children were baptized :
ELEAZER, WILLIAM, HANNIEL, JOSIAH and MARY 16 July 1724; JONA- THAN and JAMES 8 Nov. 1733. The last two may belong to the family of William and Ruth, below.
Eleazer Clark and wife Rachel (Goodwin?) owned the cove- nant at South Berwick 28 March 1741-2. Their children were baptized as follows:
STEPHEN and SARAH 30 March 1741-2; ELEAZER 22 July 1742; RACHEL 17 April 1745: ANX 30 Dec. 1746; EUNICE 17 May 1751.
The children of William and Ruth were baptized as follows at South Berwick :
HANNIEL 23 June 1737; AMY 13 Jan. 1741-2: MARY 30 Dec. 1746; DELIVERANCE 5 Oct. 1748; JOANNA 28 Sept. 1750; WILLIAM IO June 1753.
Joseph Clark and Mary Davis of Haverhill were married 18 Aug. 1685. He was born 6 March 1653 and was son of Edward and Dorcas ( Bosworth) Clark of Haverhill, Mass. Their children were Hannah b. 29 Oct. 1685: Joseph b. 6 Sept. 1687; Jonathan b. 25 March 1690 : d. 20 Nov. 1690: Ephraim b. 18 Aug. 1694: Tabitha b. I Dec. 1696; David b. 21 Aug. 1699; and Nathaniel b. 25 Feb. 1702-3. ( See Hist. Mem. of Dover p. 305.)
David Clark, above named, is thought to have been the one who settled in Kittery. No other David Clark has been found
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who so well fits the facts. "Mercy Clark, wife of David," was one of the early members of the church in Eliot. David Clark married (2) Hannah, widow of Bartholomew Frost, 12 Jan. 1723-4. His son Nathaniel was administrator of his estate 4 April 1761. Children :
NATHANIEL b. 20 Dec. 1724; m. Abigail Dennett.
HANNAH b. 7 Dec. 1726; d. 29 June 1736.
RACHEL b. 5 Feb. 1728-9; d. 15 July 1736.
ELIZABETHI b. 5 Feb. 1728-9.
DAVID b. 4 Feb. 1733; d. 29 June 1736.
Nathaniel, son of David Clark, married, 21 Dec. 1749, Abigail, dau. of Ebenezer and Abigail (Hill) Dennett. He died 5 Oct. 1807. She b. 29 May 1727 and d. 21 Sept. 1820. Children were :
DAVID b. 9 July 1750. Settled in Limerick, Me .; m. Lydia Dennett, his cousin, 3 Oct. 1773.
EBENEZER b. 6 Jan. 1752: m. Anne Hanscom II Nov. 1778. Settled in Limington, Me.
NATHANIEL b. 14 April 1754: m. Sarah Pepperrell Frost 21 Oct. 1779. Settled in Hollis. Me. He d. 8 Aug. 1832.
EPHRAIM b. 14 May 1756; m. Lucy Small 7 Aug. 1785.
ABIGAIL b. 10 April 1758; m. Isaac Frost of Berwick.
HANNAH b. 17 Nov. 1760; m. - - Clements ; d. 28 June 1785.
MARY b. 10 March 1763; m. Joshua Small.
SAMUEL b. 5 Feb. 1766; m. Lydia Cutts.
JOIIN b. 14 Jan. 1771 ; settled in Hollis. Me .; m. Mary Cutts 29 Jan. 1801.
Ephraim, son of Nathaniel and Abigail ( Dennett) Clark, married 7 Aug. 1785. Lucy, dau. of Joshua Small of Scarborough, Me. She was born 17 Feb. 1763. Their children were born in Limington, Me.
NATHANIEL b. 24 Dec. 1785: d. 6 March 1850; m. (1) 13 Oct. 1808 Martha Small. (2) Mrs. Mary G. Adams Small.
SAMUEL b. 28 Sept. 1788; m. Harriet Sumner 15 Aug. 1818.
JOHN b. 24 Jan. 1791; m. Dec. 1814 Sally Hicks; d. 3 Sept. 1871 at Baldwin, Me.
MARY b. 14 July 1793: m. 1824 Joshua Emery ; d. 1881.
EDWARD b. 9 Aug. 1795; m. Abigail Hicks; d. 1871.
EPHRAIM b. 6 April 1797. Unm. d. 3 Oct. 1817.
LUCY b. 22 July 1799: d. 14 March 1887. Unm.
ELLIOT b. 3 Jan. 1802: d. 23 Sept. 1803.
ASENATII b. 26 Aug. 1804: m. Oct. 1852 George Douglass : d. 1884. ELLIOT b. 25 May 1807: d. 25 Sept. 1826. -
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Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Dennett) Clark, married, 21 Oct. 1779, Sarah Pepperrell Frost, dau. of Charles and Sarah ( Raynes) Frost, who was born 28 July 1757, and died 9 Feb. 1846. He lived in Hollis, Me., and died 8 Aug. 1832. Children were:
CHARLES b. 23 Jan. 1780; m. Betsey Patterson 9 Jan 1809.
SARAH FROST b. 4 March 1781; m. Caleb Locke 17 March 1802.
NATHANIEL b. 16 Oct. 1785; m. Betsey Frost 13 Oct. 1811.
HANNAH b. 6 Oct. 1789; m. John Gilpatrick.
MARY b. 9 April 1796; m. John Smith.
Samuel, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Dennett) Clark, mar- ried. 15 Dec. 1793, Lydia, dau. of Robert and Lydia (Fernald) Cutts. He died 10 March 1816. She died 26 Oct. 1838, aged 73 years, 2 months, 18 days.
POLLY b. 8 Aug. 1794; d. 23 Nov. 1869. Unm.
OLIVER b. 16 Oct. 1798; m. Paulina H. Fry.
NATHANIEL b. 23 Nov. 1798; m. Charlotte Ham. Settled in Dover, N. H.
ROBERT, twin to Nathaniel, m. Polly Dearborn. Lived at Eppingham, N. H.
NABBY b. 2 Feb. 1801; d. 12 May 1804.
SAMUEL b. 8 July 1803 ; d. 19 Sept. 1860. Unm.
MARGERY b. 8 July 1803 ; d. 20 Oct. 1819.
JOHN b. 27 Jan. 1806; m. Mary Low of Wells, (2) - Libby. Died in Lowell, Mass.
Oliver, son of Samuel and Lydia ( Cutts) Clark, married, 23 Dec. 1821, Paulina Hammond Fry, dau. of Tobias and Grace ( Remick) Fry. She was born 24 Sept. 1800 and died 29 Feb. 1872. He died 6 Sept. 1851. He lived in Eliot. Was Repre- sentative in the Legislature and a Methodist class-leader.
EDWIN b. 3 June 1823; m. Huldah Getchell of Springvale, Me .; d. in Brookline, Mass.
ELBRIDGE b. 28 Aug. 1825; m. Sarah Maria, dau. of Nathaniel Bartlett. See Bartlett.
ANN AUGUSTA b. 28 April 1828; m. George E. Stearns of Milbury, Mass.
SAMUEL b. 10 Aug. 1830; m. II Jan. 1863 Ellen Josephine, dau. of Dependence and Jane (Goodwin) Shapleigh, b. I Dec. 1841. Ch., Arrabell Shapleigh, b. 18 Jan. 1866; Everett Oliver b. 24 Jan. 1868, d. II Jan. 1877 ; Frank Raymond b. 6 Dec. 1877.
JOHN HENRY b. 6 Nov. 1832; m. Jennie Dow. Res. Worcester, Mass. ALBERT b. I Jan. 1835; d. 2 Dec. 1871.
EMILY ELIZABETH b. 6 Nov. 1837: 111. Win. O., son of Dr. Wm. O. Jones of Eliot.
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COFFIN.
Dr. Edmund, son of Hon. Nathaniel Coffin, was born in New- bury, Mass., 19 March 1708. His father, born 22 March 1669, was son of Tristam Coffin, born in 1632, who was son of Tristam born 1609 in Brixam Parish, Plymouth, Eng. Dr. Coffin removed to what is now Eliot about 1730 and commenced prac- tice as a physician. He married, 15 Nov. 1732, Shuah, dau. of Nathan Bartlett. Children :
EDWARD b. 18 Nov. 1733: d. 17 Jan. 1735.
PHERE b. 15 March 1734-5 : m. David Lord 6 Dec. 1759.
EDMUND b. 3 Nov. 1736: d. 2 May 1758.
NATHANIEL b. 25 Aug. 1738; m. - Ch., Edmund b. 13 July 1769; Hephzibah b. 13 Nov. 1771 ; Mary b. 12 Jan. 1774; Apphia b. 6 Nov. 1776; John Norton b. 21 May 1778.
SARAH b. I July 1740: m. James Hill I Jan. 1761.
JANE b. 13 Feb. 1742-3: m. John Dennet. Pub. 9 July 1763.
JAMES b. II July 1745; m. Martha Mclellan 17 Nov. 1768. Lived in Saco.
MARY b. 12 Sept. 1747: m. Waldron Kennison I Jan. 1772.
NATHAN b. 28 Aug. 1749; m. Dorcas Bartlett 20 June 1776.
ENOCH b. 19 June 1751 : d. 9 Sept. 1761.
JOHN b. 8 Sept. 1753: d. 1I May 1756.
SHUAH b. 31 May 1756.
APPHIA b. 17 May 1759.
COLE.
Nicholas Cole, aged 73, deposed. 23 July 1729, that 55 years before he lived with Roger Plaisted.A Nicholas Cole of Wells, perhaps his son, was killed by Indians II May 1704. Thomas, son of Nicholas Cole, and wife Abigail, were killed by Indians 24 June 1696. The Coles were numerous in Wells and Saco.
Thomas Cole of Kittery, parentage unknown, married Martha, dau. of Christian Remick. Estate adm. by widow Lydia in 1725. Various deeds and wills show the following children :
DANIEL. Lived in Eastham, Mass. Made will about 1760. HANNAII. Unm. Made will in 1767. Lived in Portsmouth.
I. ABNER m. Patience Spinney, 13 Oct. 1731.
2. ASAHIEL m. Lydia
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REMICK m. 2 Nov. 1732, Hannah, dau. of John and Hannah ( Preble) Burrill, b. in York 27 June 1695. Was a mariner, of Kittery, in 1741. JERUSIIA In. 1731 David Spinney.
CHARITY m. - Fernald before 30 April 1759.
ABIEL. Will, 1759. names dau. Susanna Tripe dec'd.
3. ROBERT. See below.
SECOND GENERATION.
1. Abner Cole married, 13 Oct. 1731, Patience, dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Shepherd) Spinney. Both died in 1791. His estate was divided in 1792. The following children are recorded :
ABNER b. 9 Nov. 1734. Not named in division.
MARY b. 29 Dec. 1736: m. David Pope 24 Aug. 1772.
SAMUEL b. 10 April 1739. Rev. soldier. Not named in division.
TIMOTHY b. 25 April 1742: d. leaving heirs, Josiah and Patience, who 111. - Rutter of Biddeford.
JOSIAH b. 7 Nov. 1744. Not named in division.
JOSEPH 6 . 12 Dec. 1746. Not named in division.
OBEDIANI b. 12 Jan. 1749. Settled in Cornish.
SUSANNAH b. 15 March 1749: m. John Remick 14 Jan. 1773.
ELEANOR m. John Cole 30 May 1787.
2. Children of Asahel and Lydia (-) Cole, who appear to have moved to Cornish.
RICHARD b. 8 Aug. 1738.
MIRIAM b. 25 Feb. 1740. LYDIA b. 19 Oct. 1743. JERUSHIA b. 21 April 1746.
ELIZABETH b. 30 June 1748.
ABIGAIL. b. 17 July 1750.
3. Robert Cole (See Me. Wills p. 507) married, 22 Nov. 1726. Phebe Shepherd, (2) Martha -, (3) 22 Jan. 1765, Mrs. Ann Cottle. (4) Oct. 1775, Mrs. Agnes Weeks. Will, 1784, names wife Agnes and following children :
ROBERT, witnessed a deed in 1745: named in will. Pub. to Mary Pen- dexter of Arundel 29 Sept. 1750.
EZRA bapt. 14 April 1751 : m. Charity -. Ch., Joanna bapt. 22 July 1764, Ezra bapt. 28 Sept. 1766.
REMICK born about 1740, bapt. 14 April 1751 : 1. 1762 and 1. in Wells. IO cli.
WILLIAM bapt. 14 April 1751 : pub. to Elizabethi Burdean 22 Aug. 1761 ; d. before 1784. leaving heirs.
4. ICHABOD bapt. 14 April 1751 : m. Elizabeth Gowell.
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5. JOHN bapt. 14 April 1751 ; m. Elinor Cole.
PHEBE bapt. 14 April 1751 ; m. - - Spinney.
MARY, named in will ; m. - Wilson.
THOMAS d. before 1784, leaving widow Dolly and ch. Robert, Betsey and Sally, all under 14 years of age.
SIMEON d. before 1784, leaving a daughter.
THIRD GENERATION.
4. Ichabod Cole, married, 8 Nov. 1770, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. John Gowell. She died in Oct. 1834, aged about 85. Children were :
JOHN GOWELL b. 2 Sept. 1772; unm. Drowned in the Pascataqua about 1822.
6. ICHABOD b. 23 Nov. 1773; m. widow Ann Varney.
ELIZABETH b. 22 June 1776; m. 1799, Daniel Staples.
NABBY b. 24 Oct. 1778; m. Joshua Cottle.
ELI b. 26 March 1781 : m. 2 Sept. 1804 Sally Libby. Ch., Eli, James Madison, Woodbury who m. 25 Nov. 1841 Mary Jane Spinney, Sarah L., who m. Thomas Staples in 1842, and Ann who m. Reuben Frost 12 May 1833.
MARY b. 8 May 1783; m. Simon Staples.
7. ROBERT b. 24 Oct. 1785; m. Rachel Remick 20 May 1809.
NANCY b. 19 July 1788; m. Simon Staples.
WILLIAM b. I March 1791 : m. Polly Brooks 24 May 1820.
5. John Cole married Elinor, dau. of Abner Cole, 30 May 1787. He died 18 June 1832. She died 23 Dec. 1836.
PATIENCE b. 28 Aug. 1788; m. Nicholas Spinney.
JOHN b. 2 July 1790; m. Mercy D. Carter 20 March 1825. d. s. p. ROSANNA b. 14 July 1792: m. John Dame. Lived in Salem, Mass.
8. ABNER b. 17 Oct. 1794; m. 21 Dec. 1828 Esther D. Spinney. EPHRAIM b. 2 Sept. 1797. Went to West Indies and never returned. LYDIA N. b. 13 Nov. 1799: m. Wm. T. Pettegrew 24 Aug. 1826.
ELINOR OLIVE b. 29 Dec. 1802: m. another Nicholas Spinney, 10 Feb. 1833
FOURTH GENERATION.
6. Ichabod, son of Ichabod Cole, married, 23 Nov. 1806, Anna, widow of Elijah Varney and dau. of William and Mary (Gowell ) Brooks. He died in Eliot 20 June 1832. Children were :
AI, died young.
LEVI m. 27 June 1831. Elizabeth Hanscom and was lost at sea 5 April 1838. Widow m. James M. Welch in 1843. Ch. of Levi Cole were Ai
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who died leaving only a dau., Andrew J., who lives in Newington, N. H., and John R., who lives in Eliot and has two sons, Ichabod and Frank. 9. ICHABOD b. 12 July 1818; m. Mary K. Tetherly.
SAMUEL m. Sarah Ann Tetherly 30 Oct. 1842; d. 22 Nov. 1900. Sons Henry C. and Samuel E.
MARY m. William R. Dixon 26 Nov. 1829.
LYDIA ANN b. 12 Jan. 1816: d. 19 Aug. 1834. Unm.
7. Robert, son of Ichabod Cole, married, 20 May 1809, Rachel, dau. of Isaac and. Martha ( Staples) Remick. Children were :
POLLY m. John H. Fernald 6 June 1830.
NANCY m. Jotham Jellison 22 May 1836.
RHODA.
LUCY ANN m. John Nelson. 21 Oct. 1838.
MARTIIA JANE.
LYDIA D. m. Isaac D. Brooks. Pub. 28 Nov. 1841.
CHARLES, drowned. Unm.
8. Abner, son of John and Elinor Cole, married, 21 Dec. 1828, Esther D., dau. of John and Abbie (-) Spinney. He died 25 March 1877. She was born in 1797 and died 27 June 1868. Children were :
ELEANOR b. 6 Oct. 1829: died same day.
SARAH ANN b. 8 Sept. 1830: m. Samuel A. Littlefield ; d. 4 April 1888.
EPHRAIM J. b. 28 Nov. 1831 : m. 29 June 1853 Elizabeth Dutton, dau. of Samuel and Permelia Decatur. Ch., Ephraim P. b. 20 Feb. 1854, m. Abbie A. Young 20 Nov. 1898; and Isabella F. b. 26 Nov. 1859. m. Richard J. Remick 22 July 1877.
AUGUSTA MORRILL b. 31 July 1833: m. George Hutchings : d. 11 June 1894.
ISABEL M. b. 31 May 1835 : m. John Gentleman.
ABNER b. 31 Dec. 1836: d. 15 Oct. 1844.
WILLIAM H. b. 5 Jan. 1843: d. 23 Jan. 1862.
FIFTH GENERATION.
9. Ichabod. son of Ichabod Cole, b. 12 July 1818, married, 25 Nov. 1845. Mary K., dau. of Charles and Rebecca (Spinney) Tetherly. She died 19 Nov. 1892. He is living in Eliot. Children :
GEORGE C. b. 12 Sept. 1842: m. 4 July 1871. Ellen Brooks. No ch.
ICHABOD b. 18 July 1844. Unm.
FRANK b. IO Nov. 1846: m. 30 Dec. 1868 Emily Brooks. 2 sons and I dau.
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CHARLES H. b. 30 Jan. 1849 : m. April 1869 Ariana Dixon. 3 daus. ANNA b. 15 Aug. 1851 ; m. 14 Nov. 1869 Charles H. Dixon.
SUSAN REBECCA b. 12 July 1856; m. Nov. 1880 Joshua M. Vaughan of Portsmouth.
HANNIBAL H. b. 30 Dec. 1853: m. 26 Dec. 1894, Arvilla Dixon.
JOHN H. b. 17 Sept. 1859. Unm.
FLORENCE b. 12 Sept. 1862: m. Nov. 1892 John Grant of Portsmouth.
A John Cole married, 23 Sept. 1700, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Hannah ( White) Allen. See York Deeds, VIII. 5. 14. He had a grant of 30 acres in 1703. Was a blacksmith. No record of his family. The following may have been his son.
John Cole married, 24 Oct. 1728, Elizabeth Hill, perhaps dau. of David and Anne ( Adams-Couch) Hill. Children recorded :
SAMUEL b. 13 July 1733. JOHN b. 23 Nov. 1735.
ABIGAIL 5. II June 1738; d. 25 Jan. 1743.
WILLIAM b. 26 Jan. 1740: m. 10 Sept. 1761, Elizabeth Burdean. Ch., Hannah. John. Mary and Timothy, all bapt. 12 Dec. 1769. John and Wil- liam bapt. I March 1775, and Nathan bapt. 2 March 1783.
MARY b. 18 Nov. 1744.
ABIGAIL b. 4 Aug. 1747. TOBIAS b. 5 Jan. 1753.
REBECCA COLE, parents unknown. b. 5 July 1737. m. William Gowell. ELI COLE soklier of the Revolution, b. 1758, m. Olive Wilson. 19 Feb. 1778 and d. in Buxton 13 Dec. 1832. Widow Olive aged 81 in 1836. M. 23 April 1797. Benjamin Marden and Hannah Cole.
COOPER.
Ebenezer Cooper had a grant in 1673. Alexander Cooper had a grant in 1671. He died HI Feb. 1683-4, leaving one son.
John Cooper, born 1667. married. 13 Dec. 1601, Sarah, dau. of Nathan and Martha ( Everett ) Lord and lived in what is now South Berwick. Children :
ALEXANDER b. 28 Dec. 1697. JOHN b. 7 Oct. 1702: m. Mary (Goodwin) Lord. SARAH b. 29 Jan. 1704: m. Noah Emery 30 Oct. 1740. EBENEZER bapt. 3 May 1707-8.
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John Cooper married Mary, widow of Richard Lord, Jr., and dau. of Thomas and Mehitable ( Plaisted) Goodwin. Children :
SARAH bapt. 14 Feb. 1741-2.
ALEXANDER bapt. 18 Aug. 1745: m. Patience Goodwin 31 Dec. 1767.
MARY bapt. 21 March 1746-7: m. Moses Warren 27 Nov. 1765.
DANIEL bapt. 25 May 1749; in. Mary Warren 2 Dec. 1773.
JOHN perhaps. He had ch. Sarah and Elinor, bapt. at South Berwick.
COUCH.
Joseph, son of William Couch of Cornwall, Eng., was appren- ticed to John Bray 30 March 1662. He married Joanna, dau. of the first Roger Deering. She witnessed a deed in 1677 and is not mentioned again. The inventory of his estate was returned 22 Jan. 1713, by widow Catherine and son Roger. Children :
JOSEPH m. Anne Adams, dau. of Christopher. Had dau. Mary b. 3 Jan. 1696, who m. James Spinney 28 Dec. 1718. Widow Anne Couch m. (2) 25 Oct. 1710. David Hill in Portsmouth, and (3) Nicholas Weeks. WILLIAM m. Elizabeth . Was of Newbury in 1724 and then sold land in Kittery that belonged to his father. Joseph Couch. John Norton of Kittery quitclaimed all right to said land. William Couch. Jr., of New- bury m. Lydia Mitchell of Kittery.
ROGER 111. Bridget. dau. of John and Susanna Bickford of Newington, N. H .. who was b. 30 July 1685. She was made administratrix of his estate 5 Jan. 1719 and m. Roger Mitchell 17 Aug. 1720. By first marriage she had William. named in a deed as minor in 1725, probably Joseph bapt. 18 Sept. 1715 and of Newbury in 1736. and John bapt. 15 Sept. 1717.
MARY m. 24 Aug. 1712. Thomas Allen in Portsmouth. N. H. SARAH m. Richard Mitchell.
JOANNA m. Joseph Mitchell.
James Couch was drowned off Cape Cod in 1721. leaving widow Rebecca in Portsmouth.
CROCKETT.
Thomas Crockett, born about 1606, according to one deposi- tion and in 1611 according to another, received. 23 AApril 1634, six pounds of Ambrose Gibbons for service of one year rendered to Capt. John Mason. It was probably at Portsmouth, where he
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had "3 weeks diet" of John Pickering at a cost of twelve shillings. He signed the submission of York in 1652. About 1641 he nad a gift of land from Thomas Gorges. It contained about 187 acres on the east side of Spruce Creek and was called "Crockett's Neck." Widow Ann administered his estate in 1679 and married before 1683 Diggory Jeffreys at Kittery Point. She was living in 1712. Thomas Crockett was constable in 1657. Children :
I. EPHRAIM b. about 1641 ; m. Ann -
ELIHU, deeds land in 1683, living in 1698.
2. JOSEPH m. Hannah
3. JOSHUA m. Sarah Trickey.
4. HUGH m. Margaret
MARY m. - Barton.
ANNE m. William Roberts.
SARAH m. John Parrott. A dau. Mary m. Philip Gammon of Ports- mouth. See York Deeds, XI. 264-5.
I. Ephraim Crockett was a tailor. He married Ann before 1672. Will, 17 July 1688. Inv. returned 10 Sept. 1688. Children :
RICHARD m. Deborah, dau. of Andrew Haley. Lived in Exeter, N. H., in 1714 and in Stratham in 1719.
EPHRAIM m. Rebecca Frink, 13 March 1728-9. SARAH m. Henry Barter. See York Deeds VII. 32 and IX. 20. MARY, named in father's will.
2. Joseph Crockett married Hannah -. Will, 12 March 1713-4-29 Jan. 1716-7. Children :
JOSEPH had grant in 1699: m. Mary Ball, 12 Oct. 1700. He and daus. Rebecca and Hannah bapt. 22 Jan. 1715-6. Rebecca d. young. Hannah b. 13 July 1705 m. Edward Moore. 3 Dec. 1722. Other ch. Joseph and Eliza- beth d. young.
LYDIA m. John Edwards of Portsmouth, Nov. 1712? Ch. recorded in Haverhill.
JouN b. 16 March 1693: d. 23 March 1693.
ELIZABETH b. 15 March 1693-4: m. Benj. Hilton of York about 1713.
ABRAHAM b. 14 May 1696; living in Kittery in 1733. ANNE b. 19 Aug. 1698: m. James Titcomb, 19 Nov. 1721 ? NATHANIEL b. 4 May 1700.
SARAH b. 8 March 1702.
MIANNAH.
DOROTHY. MARY.
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3. Joshua Crockett married Sarah, dau. of Thomas Trickey of Bloody Point, before 19 May 1682. He died before 6 July 1719, when son John is mentioned, who m. in Newington, N. H., 16 May 1718. Mary, dau. of Nathan and Mary Knight of Scar- borough. This John Crockett was a shipwright of Falmouth in 1748. Another son may have been Joshua, who m. Mary Bick- ford in Portsmouth, 8 Dec. 1707.
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