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4. Hugh Crockett married Margaret Had a grant in 1678. Children recorded were:
MARGARET b. 12 May 1698: m. Noah Dodge of Portsmouth, 15 Nov. 1717.
SAMSON b. 14 March 1700.
ANNE b. 3 Oct. 1702.
ELIZABETH b. 24 Dec. 1703: d. 16 Jan. 1704.
Thomas Crockett had grants in York in 1696, 1702 and 1714. Had wife Dorothy. See York Deeds, IX. 50. Son Jonathan born in Portsmouth. 2 Aug. 1717. This last may have m. Eliza- beth Rice of Kittery, 26 April 1739.
CURTIS.
Thomas Curtis, in company with others, bought land of Gorges in York in 1645. He removed to Scituate, Mass., and back to York in 1663. His wife was Elizabeth His will, made 19 April 1680. was probated in 1706. Children were :
JOSEPH m. Sarah Foxwell.
BENJAMIN.
SAMUEL bapt. 1659: lived in Scituate, Mass.
DODOVAH m. (2) ? Elizabeth ( Withers) Berry.
JOB lived in York: m. Bethiah Mastin, 1716, perhaps his second mar- riage.
ABIGAIL. m. Benoni Hodsdon.
HANNAHI m. Jabez Jenkins.
LYDIA.
DAUGHTER m1. Cooke.
REBECCA.
SARAH.
ANNA m. Alexander Thompson.
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Joseph, son of Thomas Curtis, married Sarah, dau. of Richard Foxwell, Esq., Sept. 1678. He had a grant in Kittery in 1694. Was High Sheriff of York County. He died between 1704 and 1706. She died before 1720. His estate was administered by his son Joseph in 1710. He had a garrison house at the head of Spruce Creek. Children were :
JOSEPHI b. 22 June 1678: m. (1) perhaps. Sarah Potwain at Boston, 25 May 1703. (2) 7 May 1719. Sarah, widow of Jonathan Mendum and dau. of Joshua and Patience (Hatch) Downing. He died 20 Aug. 1751 ; she died 4 Dec. 1757. Had a son Joseph bapt. 17 Sept. 1721, who m. Phil- adelphia Jenkins.
SARAHI b. 10 Aug. 1781 : m. Tobias Lear Jan. 1702 ; d. 29 Nov. 1703.
RICHARD b. 2 April 1684: d. 6 May 1686.
RICHARD b. 15 July 1688: d. the same day.
ELIZABETH b. 16 July 1686; m. Diamond Sargent.
THOMAS b. 15 July 1688: d. s. p. before 1720.
FOXWELL b. 16 July 1692: m. prob. Elizabeth Goodridge in Boston 30 July 1724; d. s. p. Will in Boston .. 20 Aug. 1724-28 Aug. 1727. Widow died in January, 1742.
Lois b. 13 May 1695: m. James Starrett of York between 29 Oct. 1723 and 7 July 1724.
EUNICE b. 23 Dec. 1698: m. Richard Cutt 20 Oct. 1720: d. 30 March 1795.
Joseph, son of Joseph Curtis, 2d, married Philadelphia, dau. of Thomas and Anne ( Dixon) Jenkins. Int. Rec. 4 Jan. 1743. He died 15 June 1772. She died 7 Dec. 1793 in the 70th year of her age. Children were:
SARAH b. 3 Feb. 1744.
JOSEPH b. 3 April 1747: 1. 5 Jan. 1774. Hannah, dau. of Henry and Mary Benson. She died 30 May 1776. Ch .. Philadelphia b. 24 July 1774. and Sarah b. 20 April 1776.
THOMAS b. 15 April 1749.
BENJAMIN b. 19 June 1751.
ANNE . 28 July 1753. EUNICE b. 23 March 1756. Lois b. 8 June 1759.
FOXWELL b. 5 July 1764: m. Abigail Tredick at Newcastle, N. H., 28 April 1792.
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CUTTS.
John and Richard Cutt (anciently the name was spelled with- out an s) settled at Strawberry Bank before 1646. Their brother Robert came from the West Indies and settled in Kittery a few years later. He had a ship yard and built many vessels. His first wife's name is unknown. His second wife was Mary Hoel, daughter of an English clergyman, whom he married in the West Indies. He died at Kittery June 18, 1674, and his widow married Francis Champernowne. After the death of her second husband, 1687. she removed to South Carolina. The children of Robert Cutt were :
I. RICHARD m. Joanna Wills.
ELIZABETH m. Humphrey Eliot. Moved to South Carolina. M. (2) Thomas Witherick.
BRIDGET m. 23 July 1674. Rev. William Scriven.
SARAH m. John More. MARY m. Richard Briar.
2. ROBERT b. 1673: m. Dorcas Hammond.
SECOND GENERATION.
1. Richard Cutt married, 1686. Joanna, daughter of Thomas and Lucia ( Treworgy) Wills of Kittery. Lived on "Cutts Island." formerly called Champernowne's Island. Was seven times selectman. He died about 1735.
ROBERT b. 13 Nov. 1687: d. prob. unm.
ELIZABETH b. 25 Nov. 1689: m. Nathaniel Raynes.
MARY b. 28 Feb. 1691 ; d. 23 March 1691.
3. RICHARD b. 5 April 1693: m. Eunice Curtis.
SARAII b. 6 Sept. 1695: m. 3 Nov. 1717 Roger Mitchell ; d. 1718.
BRIDGET b. 18 Feb. 1697; d. 13 April 1700.
4. THOMAS b. 16 April 1700: m. Dorcas Hammond.
BRIDGET b. 13 Dec. 1702: m. 23 Dec. 1725. Samuel Hart : d. s. p. LUCIA b. 23 April 1705 : prob. d. young.
EDWARD b. 9 July 1707: m. Miss Welsh and had a son Edward. SAMUEL b. 21 Sept. 1709; prob. d. young.
JOSEPHI b. 22 April 1713 : prob. d. young.
JOANNA b. 14 April 1715: m. 12 April 1739. Capt. Timothy Gerrish : d. 2 July 1812.
2. Robert Cutt married, 18 April 1698. Dorcas, dau. of Maj. Joseph and Katherine ( Frost ) Hammond. He lived in the Gar- rison House at Whipple's Cove, directly opposite the Marine Bar-
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racks. The house, probably built by the first Robert Cutt, is still standing, though greatly altered. He died 24 Sept. 1735. His wife died 17 Nov. 1757, aged 82. They left four daughters.
MARY b. 26 Dec. 1798: m. 14 May 1722 Wm. Whipple ; d. 28 Feb. 1783.
CATHERINE b. 30 Sept. 1700; m. 20 Aug. 1723 Hon. John Moffat; d. Dec. 1769.
MEHITABLE b. 18 Aug. 1703: 1. 29 Dec. 1725 Hon. Jotham Odiorne; d. Jan. 1789.
ELIZABETHI b. 20 March 1709; m. (1) 23 Oct. 1727 Rev. Joseph Whip- ple : (2) Rev. John Lowell ; d. s. p. 22 Sept. 1805.
THIRD GENERATION.
3. Richard Cutt married, 20 Oct. 1720, Eunice, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Foxwell) Curtis. He was a Major, Justice, Councillor, Selectman, and Deacon, one of the most prominent men of his time and place. He had a luxurious and hospitable residence on Cutts Island. He died about 1790. His wife died 29 March 1795, aged 97.
SARAH b. 21 July 1721 ; d. unm.
5. ROBERT b. 9 May 1723: m. Hannah Bartlett.
JOSEPHI b. 14 March 1724-5. Unm.
SAMUEL b. 8 Dec. 1726; m. Nov. 1762 Anna Holyoke, dau. of Rev. Edward and Margaret (Appleton) Holyoke. Nine ch. He was a prom- inent citizen of Portsmouth, N. H. Died 29 May 1801. His wife died 28 March 1812.
6. EDWARD b. 19 Oct. 1728: m. Elizabeth Gerrish.
7. FOXWELL CURTIS b. 9 Sept. 1730; m. Mary Goodwin.
8. RICHARD b. 16 Aug. 1732; m. Sarah Frost.
MARY b. 27 Jan. 1734-5; m. 21 May 1756 Charles Chauncey : d. 25 April 1758.
THOMAS b. 5 April 1736: m. 24 Aug. 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Dominicus and Rebecca (Smith) Scammon. Eight ch. Lived in Saco. Died 10 Jan. 1821.
EUNICE b. 27 July 1739; d. unmi. 1794.
. Thomas Cutt married, 23 April 1724, Dorcas, dau. of + Judge Joseph and Hannah (Storer) Hammond. Lived near Spruce Creek in Kittery. First Deacon in the Congregational Church there. Died 10 Jan. 1795. The house built by him was burned in 1891 after standing 167 years.
MARY b. 30 April 1726; d. 28 March 1730.
Lecy b. 26 May 1728; d. 14 March 1745. Joux b. 28 Aug. 1730; d. young.
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9. THOMAS b. 23 Nov. 1732; m. Elizabeth Donnell.
IO. ROBERT b. 19 Sept. 1734; m. Lydia Fernald ; (2) M. P. Wentworth.
JOSEPH b. 2 Aug. 1736; m. 2 Nov. 1758 Mary Stevenson. Eleven ch. Moved to Goshen, N. H., in 1789, where he died in 1808. His wife died in 1828, aged 94.
HANNAH b. 23 April 1740; m. Mr. Woodbridge.
II. SAMUEL b. 20 Sept. 1744; m. Sarah Hill.
FOURTH GENERATION.
5. Robert Cutts, married, 9 June 1745, Hannah, daughter of Nathan and Shuah ( Heard) Bartlett. He died in 1791.
SARAH b. 4 Oct. 1746; d. 12 May 1748.
SARAH b. 5 March 1749-50; m. 1772 Benj. Fitz ; d. 14 July 1801.
EUNICE b. 15 March 1752; m. 1773 Jon. Sawyer.
NOAH b. 30 Dec. 1754; m. Mary Wilson.
ROBERT b. 3 July 1764; d. unm.
RICHARD b. 14 April 1767; d. unm.
6. Edward Cutts, married, 14 Nov. 1758, Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Timothy and Sarah ( Eliot ) Gerrish. He was Representa- tive. Councillor, and Judge of Probate. Served on the Commit- tee of Safety and was Senator at the General Court 1780-82. He died 24 Jan. 1818. His wife died in 1810.
WM. RICHARD b. -; m. (1) Lydia Johnson ; (2) Abigail Junkins. EDWARD b. : m. 24 June 1812, Mary H. Sheafe. Attorney in Portsmouth. N. H. d. s. p. 22 Aug. 1844. His wife died 8 April 1869, aged 82.
MARY b. 28 May 1764: m. 6 April 1788 Rev. Asa Piper : d. 4 Jan. 1802. SARAH b. - - -: m. 16 Oct. 1808 Wm. Cutts ; d. Jan. 1828.
7. Foxwell Curtis Cutts married, 1756, Mary, dau. of Capt. Ichabod and Elizabeth ( Scammon) Goodwin. He died in May 1761, and his widow married the Rev. John Fairfield.
RICHARD FOXWELL b. 3 June 1757; in. Elizabeth Cutts.
SAMUEL b. 3 May 1759; d. young.
WILLIAM b. 26 April 1761 : d. unm. 1780.
8. Richard Cutts married, 19 May 1763. Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah ( Gerrish ) Frost. He was Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1747-61.
JOSEPH b. 5 July 1764; m. 10 April 1790 Mary Chauncey.
RICHARD b. 25 Nov. 1765; m. Joanna Raynes.
SARAHI b. 31 Aug. 1767: m. 29 Nov. 1786 Capt. Daniel Bartlett.
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MARY b. 13 Sept. 1768; m. 4 Aug. 1793 Wm. Pepperrell Frost; d. s. p. JOIN b. 9 Oct. 1776.
JOANNA b. 18 July 1772: d. unm. 1792.
EUNICE b. 31 Jan. 1774; m. 1813 Thomas Cutts; d. 1821.
ELIZABETH b. 24 May 1782 : m. 8 July 1813 Francis Raynes.
9. Thomas Cutts married Elizabeth Donnell. He died 29 Nov. 1800. She died 29 April 1800.
THOMAS DONNELL b. 8 June 1760; m. Joanna Staples.
THEODORE b. 24 July 1764: prob. d. young.
WILLIAM h. -: m. (1) 17 Nov. 1796 Anna Kent; (2) 16 Oct. 1808 Sarah Cutts.
ELIZABETH d. young.
10. Robert Cutts married. ( 1) 18 Nov. 1758, Lydia Fernald ; (2) 1766. Margery P., dau. of Capt. Wm. and Margery (Pep- perrell ) Wentworth. The second wife died 10 Jan. 1835. Robert Cutts died 17 March 1810. Three children by first mar- riage. ten by the second.
JOHN b. 1759: m. 29 Dec. 1782 Abigail Johnson.
JOSEPH b. 1761: m. Polly Jacobs.
LYDIA b. 1765: m. 15 Dec. 1793 Samuel Clark ; d. 26 Oct. 1838.
SAMUEL SOLLEY b. 1767: m. 25 May 1805 Susanna Lewis.
THEODORE ATKINSON b. 1768: m. 25 Nov. 1804 Mary A. Fernald.
THOMAS b. 1770: d. young.
POLLY b. 1772: m. 29 Jan. 1801 John Clark.
OLIVER b. 1774: died at sea. 1793.
WILLIAM b. 1776: m. 29 June 1802 Hannah Grouard.
THOMAS b. 1776: m. 1813 Eunice Cutts: d. 1845. Had son, Went- worth. who m. Ann M. Curtis.
ROBERT b. 1782: d. in Baltimore Md.
MARGERY P. b. 14 Feb. 1784: m. 6 March 1807 Mark Fernald; d. June 1864.
NANCY b. 26 July 1786; d. unm. 3 April 1869.
II. Samuel Cutts married. 15 Oct. 1767. Sarah, dau. of Judge John and Mary ( Plaisted) Hill. He died 16 Nov. 1820. MARY b. 30 July 1768: m. (1) Enoch Billings: (2) Jabez Bradbury ; d. 17 Sept. 1855.
SARAH b. 23 March 1770: m. 3 Dec. 1803 Wm. Stevens : d. 17 Nov. 1854. HANNAH b. II July 1772: m. (1) 20 Feb. 1790 Philip Fowler; (2) 4 April 1822 Capt. Robert Clarke: d. 9 Nov. 1854.
THOMAS b. 30 March 1775: m. 30 Nov. 1797 Sarah Colburn ; d. 2 March 1857.
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SAMUEL b. 2 Aug. 1777; m. 2 Nov. 1806 Catherine Woodward; d. I Oct. 1853.
ELISHA b. I Oct. 1780; m. 1808 Hannah Hooper; d. 1841.
ROBERT b. Nov. 1782: d. unm. 23 Dec. 1810.
BETSEY b. 20 Jan. 1785 ; m. 23 April 1807 Jos. Flitner ; d. 1 July 1869.
DORCAS b. 23 Aug. 1787; m. 8 July 1816 Isaac Lapham ; d. 3 July 1879.
ABIGAIL b. 23 Sept. 1790; m. 20 Oct. 1810 Elijah Jackson ; d. 25 April 1870.
DAM OR DAME.
Jonathan Dam bought house and lot on Crooked Lane in 1710. He married, 25 Oct. 1711, Sarah, dau. of William and Elizabeth ( Langdon) Fernald, who was born 24 April 1691, and died 5 Nov. 1748. His will, dated 8 July 1748, was probated 3 April 1749. Children named in will :
JOSEPH b. 12 Aug. 1712; pub. to Hannah King 16 Jan. 1741. Ch., Keturah, bapt. 25 June 1743. and Mary bapt. 2 Oct. 1748.
SIMEON m. Joanna Fernald 11 May 1749, dau. of Ebenezer and Patience (Mendum) Fernald. Ch., Joel bapt. 9 Sept. 1750; Patience bapt. 15 Oct. 1752: Dennis bapt. 8 Sept. 1754: Edward bapt. 20 March 1755.
JONATHAN m. in Newington, 1740, Abigail Nutter.
Children of Jonathan and Abigail ( Nutter) Dam :
NATHAN bapt. 17 Jan. 1742: m. Mrs. Elsie (Marr) Rogers.
SARAH bapt. 6 Nov. 1743: m. John Godsoe ?
JERUSHA bapt. 30 Nov. 1746; m. Aaron Witham 2 Feb. 1788. JONATHAN bapt. 18 Aug. 1751 : d. in Kittery about 1838.
HATEVIL bapt. 26 Aug. 1753: m. Jerusha Witham 22 March 1784.
CHILD, perhaps BENJAMIN, bapt. 11 July 1755: m. Elizabeth Mitchell 10 April 1786.
Children of Hatevil and Jerusha ( Witham) Dam :
JONATHAN bapt. 10 Aug. 1785. LYDIA bapt. 3 Sept. 1786. NATHAN bapt. 9 Dec. 1787. MOSES bapt. 5 Nov. 1789.
DEERING.
George Deering came from England about 1635 and settled at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine. He died about 1645, and his widow married Jonas Bailey. Deering was a planter and ship- wright. The name is also frequently written Dearing.
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His son, Roger, moved to Kittery before 1663. singed a peti- tion there in 1673 and died 26 June 1676. His widow Joan mar- ried William Crafts. She was a widow again in 1696 and died about 1713. Feb. 23. 1691, administration was granted to "Wil- liam Crafts and his wife on the estate of John Deering deceased. sone of the said Crafts and his wife." So say Probate Records at Alfred, Me. Jan. 20. 1727-8, Mary Deering, aged about 78, deposed that "thirty-three years past Joan Crafts lived in the house where John Hix and his mother, Sarah Hix, now live, and that about fourteen years past the said Crafts died in Possession of said house, reputed to be the estate of Joseph Deering." Wil- liam Crafts' license to keep an ordinary was renewed May 26, 1785, and after his death Joan Crafts continued in the business of an inn-keeper. Her inn was "near the meeting house." The children of Roger Deering were :
I. ROGER m. Mary
2. CLEMENT m. Joan Bray.
3. THOMAS m. Elizabeth
4. JOSEPH m. Mary Bray. JOHN, died about 1690. Unm. JOANNA m. Joseph Couch. SARAH ? m. Dennis Hicks.
THIRD GENERATION.
I. Lieut. Roger Deering signed the petition of 1673. admin- istered his father's estate in 1676 and moved to Scarborough about 1700, where he bought of Robert Jordan in 1716 the "None- such Farm" of 2,000 acres. He died in 1718. His wife Mary, born in 1649. as a deposition shows, survived him. Their children were:
ROGER m. (1) Sarah (Scammon? ) She was killed by Indians in 1723. and three children were captured by them. He m. (2) 16 Jan. 1723 Eliz- abeth, widow of Josiah Skillin and daughter of Edward Lydston of Kit- tery. He died in 1741. A son, William, m. Mary, dau. of Charles Pine of Scarborough and had ch. Isaac b. 9 July 1736: Mary b. 20 Sept. 1738; Margery b. 9 Jan. 1740: Grace Pine b. 18 Jan. 1742, d. 20 Dec. 1763 : Anna Maria b. 1 Nov. 1744; Bray b. 2 Nov. 1746; and William b. 25 Dec. 1748. Another son of Roger and Sarah Deering was probably Humphrey Deering of Arundel.
5. CLEMENT m. Elizabeth Fernald.
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MARGERY m. Samuel Scammon about 1712: d. in Biddeford, 1740, aged 51.
SARAH m. Robert Mitchell.
MARTHA m. William Rackliff 5 Jan. 1708-9.
Prob. JOANNA m. Ebenezer Moore 25 Nov. 1700.
MARY m. Tobias Fernald 12 June 1701.
2. Clement Deering married, about 1679, Joan, dau. of John and Joan Bray. She was a widow in 1695 and was then licensed by the court to keep a house of entertainment. She died in 1707. Children were :
6. JonN b. 17 June 1680: m. Temperance Fernald.
JOANNA b. 8 May 1687 ; m. Dominicus Jordan.
MIRIAM b. 22 April 1692.
3. Thomas Deering married Elizabeth -. He died in 1723 and she in 1737. Children were:
THOMAS b. 15 June 1692; prob. died young.
7. JOHN b. 2 April 1695 ; m. Mary Carpenter.
ROGER b. I Jan. 1698: m. Martha, dau. of John Lydston. A son John is mentioned in 1752, who prob. m. Miriam Boothby 28 Dec. 1754.
MARGARET b. 2 Jan. 1701 ; m. Thomas Cleare.
SARAII m. Francis Deed.
ELIZABETH m. 18 April 1727 Samuel Reeves, (2) Samuel More. Pub. 4 Sept. 1731. (3) Benj. Welch of North Yarmouth, Me., before 1739.
4. Joseph Deering married Mary, dau. of Jolin and Joan Bray. He died Oct. 1719. She was living 28 Oct. 1752.
JOSEPH b. 28 May 1698; died young.
BRAY b. 18 Oct. 1701 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Flye and had a dau. Mary b. 12 Nov. 1728, who m. John Underwood. Bray Deering was an officer in the Louisburg expedition.
8. CLEMENT b. 10 Nov. 1704: m. Miriam Hutchins.
WILLIAM b. 17 Sept. 1708: died young.
JOHN, died in 1743. "late of Damariscotty."
FOURTH GENERATION.
5. Clement Deering married. 25 Sept. 1701. Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth ( Langdon) Fernald. He lived on the homestead at Kittery and died in 1742. She died 2 June 1745. A deed dated 1745 shows their children to have been :
CLEMENT m. Hannah, dau. of James Davis of Oyster River. 23 March 1726-7. She died at the age of 77. Lived in Rochester. N. H. He is
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mentioned as "deceased" in 1775. Had son James, who had wife Joanna in 1775.
TOBIAS m. Elizabeth Berry 22 Oct. 1730. Both living in Kittery in 1745.
9. ROGER m. Mary Littlefield.
MARY m. Samuel Jones 25 Sept. 1733. (2) Richard Mitchell in 1740. SARAII? m. John Amee. Widow in 1742.
6. John Deering was a sea captain, he m. 12 Dec. 1705, Tem- perance, dau. of Capt." William and Elizabeth (Langdon) Fer- nald. He died in 1712, and his widow married Ebenezer More, whom she survived. She was living 16 July 1746. Two sons by first marriage.
10. WILLIAM b. 16 Sept. 1706; m. Dorothy Mendum, (2) Eunice Gunnison. II. JOHN b. 16 July 1710: m. Anna Dunn.
7. John Deering married, 22 Oct. 1719, Mary, dau. of Philip Carpenter of Kittery.He died in 1725, and his widow married, 17 March 1729-30, Stephen Seavey.
THOMAS b. 8 Oct. 1721 : died January following.
JOHN b. 13 Oct. 1722: m. Eunice. dau. of James and Mary (Couch) Spinney, 18 Feb. 1743. See Hist. of Paris, Me.
THOMAS b. 19 Jan. 1724-5 : d. 16 June 1728.
8. Clement Deering married Miriam, dau. of Benjamin and Joanna ( Ball) Hutchins. Pub. 18 Dec. 1731. Their children were :
JOANNA b. 2 Feb. 1735.
JOSEPH b. 5 March 1738-9: m. 28 Oct. 1765. Eleanor Knight? Bapt. 14 Oct. 1770. Joanna. dau. of Eleanor Deering.
EDWARD b. 8 April 1741 : pub. to Mary Mitchell 5 Oct. 1793. She adm. his estate in 1797.
ELIZABETHI bapt. 17 June 1744; m. William Pillow 9 April 1767? MARGERY bapt. 10 Aug. 1746; m. Andrew Bradeen 25 Jan. 1768? MIRIAM bapt. 29 Aug. 1752.
FIFTH GENERATION.
9. Roger Deering married Mary Littlefield. Pub. 26 Sept. 1741. The will of Mary Ball, dated 8 Feb. 1744, names "Isabella Deering and Elizabeth Gerrish children of Roger Deering and his wife Mary my daughter," also "Mary Frizzell, daughter of my said daughter Mary Deering," and "Mary Ball Gerrish daughter
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of my granddaughter Elizabeth Gerrish." Roger Deering's will, dated II Sept. 1792, was probated I April 1794. Children were:
SARAH bapt. 10 Oct. 1742; m. Richard Sayward 18 April 1788. Not named in will.
MARY bapt. 1 April 1744; m. Thomas Frizell.
12. ROGER bapt. 22 Feb. 1747: m. Sarah Gerrish.
ELIZABETH bapt. 13 Oct. 1751; m. Eliot Gerrish 16 Nov. 1772: (2) Joseph Mitchell, 15 July 1787.
ISABELLA bapt. 17 Jan. 1754: m. John Weeks 30 Nov. 1777.
10. William, son of John and Temperance (Fernald) Deer- ing, married ( 1) 13 Nov. 1729. Dorothy, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah ( Downing ) Mendum: (2) Int. Rec. 22 July 1738, Eunice, dau. of Elihu and Mary ( Rawlins) Gunnison. He was a noted carver and builder, building some of the best houses in Ports- mouth. Children by first marriage :
13. EBENEZER b. 3 June 1730: m. (1) Mary Frost: (2) Sarah Colender. JOANNA b. 12 April 1732; m. Samuel Landfair or Lanphear 25 Aug. 1749. Dau. Dorothy b. 5 June 1753.
DOROTHY b. 26 March 1734: d. 1734.
DOROTHY b. 1735: d. 1735.
WILLIAM b. 1736: d. 1736.
JONATHAN b. 1737: d. 1737.
Children by second marriage :
MARGARET b. 26 July 1740: pub. to Samuel Norton 23 May 1761 ; per- haps m. Elihu Weeks in Portsmouth 24 Jan. 1765.
WILLIAM b. 14 Aug. 1741 ; m. Molly Caswell 5 April 1763.
DOROTHY b. 15 March 1743: m. Thomas Brown.
EUNICE b. 17 May 1744: m. Noah Parker 17 Aug. 1763.
ELIHU b. 29 Nov. 1746; d. 1769.
SIMEON h. 1749: d. 1749.
ANDREW b. 31 Dec. 1751 : d. 1752.
MARY b. 22 Sept. 1753.
ELIZABETHI m. Samuel Odiorne. Bapt. 17 Nov. 1765 "Samuel Odiorne, grandchild of Capt. William Deering."
11. John, son of John and Temperance ( Fernald) Deering, was a ship master. He married. 13 March 1732. Anna, dau. of Nicholas and Deborah (Grindall) Dunn of Boston. He died at sea in 1758, and his widow moved to Falmouth, now Portland, and married Deacon James Milk, a wealthy merchant and ship builder. She died 7 Sept. 1769. Children by first marriage, all born in Kittery :
JOSIAHI b. 6 April 1733: d. 14 May 1733.
SUSANNAH b. IL June 1735: m. William Wormwood.
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NATHANIEL b. 29 Jan. 1736; m. 15 Oct. 1764, Dorcas, dau. of Dea. James Milk. He was a prominent merchant of Portland and a Captain in the Revolutionary Army. Died 14 Sept. 1795. Ch., James b. 23 Aug. 1766, m. 9 March 1789. Almira, dau. of Enoch Ilsley and d. 21 Sept. 1850; and Mary b. 14 Feb. 1770, m. 17 March 1801, Commodore Edward Preble of the U. S. Navy, and d. 26 May 1851.
JOHN b. 16 Nov. 1738; m. 8 June 1766, Eunice dau. of Dea. James Milk. He d. 4 Nov. 1784. leaving children .
MARY b. 29 June 1740: m. James Milk, Jr.
ANNA b. 16 May 1742; m. William Fullerton.
NICHOLAS b. 9 April 1744; d. young.
MIRIAM b. 4 Feb. 1746.
JOSHUA b. 23 Feb. 1749; died young.
SAMUEL b. 16 July 1752. BENJAMIN b. May 1754; d. young.
JOSEPH b. 3 Feb. 1758; d. 8 Dec. 1779.
SIXTH GENERATION.
12. Roger Deering married Sarah, daughter of William and Sarah ( Mitchell ) Gerrish, and had children :
14. ROGER m. Eady Wilson.
MARY. named in grandfather's will. Unm. in 1792.
ABIGAIL, named in grandfather's will. m. Wm. Seward or Sayward 3 June 1792.
13. Ebenezer, son of William and Dorothy ( Mendum) Deer- ing, married ( 1) 14 Sept. 1752, Mary, dau. of Charles and Sarah (Pepperrell ) Frost. She died 15 April 1770, and he married (2) 30 Aug. 1770, Sarah Colender. He died 6 April 1791. He was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. Children were :
ANDREW PEPPERRELL b. 16 Jan. 1754: d. in London in 1770.
ELLIOT b. 27 May 1757: m. 18 Dec. 1787 Hannah dau. of William and Hannah ( Fullerton ) Deering. his cousin : d. 13 Sept. 1811.
WILLIAM b. 17 July 1759. DOROTHY b. 24 March 1761. SALLY b. March 1763: d. 1764.
NATHANIEL D. 1764: d. 1765.
SIMEON b. 1766: d. 1767. MARION b. 1768: d. 1772.
ELHI b. 21 May 1769: m. 27 Dec. 1795. Anna. dau. of John and Eunice ( Milk ) Deering. his cousin. No. ch.
Children by second marriage of Ebenezer Deering : DEZIER b. 1771 : d. 1773. CHARLES WILLIAMS b. 1773. JOHN b. 1774.
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SEVENTH GENERATION.
14. Roger Deering married. 3 Aug. 1794, Eady, dau. of Edmund and Susanna (Gunnison) Wilson. She was born I March 1772 and died 28 Oct. 1856. His will, dated 14 Feb. 1835, was probated 1 June 1835. Children were :
15. ROGER b. 25 April 1795 : m. Lucinda Boston.
THOMAS m. Louise Gilbert. Lived in Boston. Ch., George, Theo- dore. etc.
EDMUND W. m. Eunice Tobey o June 1822, (2?) Mary Wilson 24 Sept. 1826. Ch .. Albion K. Paris. Havilah, Edmund Gowen, Susan Marcely.
CAPT. ISAAC m. Rebecca Wilson 17 Oct. 1832. He d. 2 Jan. 1867, aged 64. She d. 2 Jan. 1865. aged 55. Ch., Abram, Franklin. Elizabeth who m. John J. Phillips, and Carlton. Abram m. 17 Dec. 1855 Elizabeth Martin and was lost at sea 24 Aug. 1873, aged 40. A son, Edward C., was lost at same time, aged 16. Wife died 31 July 1867. aged 33 years 4 months.
16. ALPHEUS b. 5 June 1806: m. Hannah B. Hutchings.
EADY m. Paul Chase 6 May 1828.
SusAx m. Jonathan Langton 4 Jan. 1849.
SARAH m. Asa Gunnison 5 June 1842.
MARY, died young.
HANNAH d. 31 Jan. 1857. aged 45. Unm.
ROSANNA, died young.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
cafet. 15. , Roger Deering married. 1 Dec. 1824. Lucinda, dau. of John and Lusinda( Moody) Boston of York, Me. She was born 14 Dec. 1802 and died o) March 1867. He died 12 Jan. 1873. He was in the fight of the Enterprise and Boxer in the War of 1812 Children :
THOMAS HAVEN b. 25 Oct. 1825: m. 1 July 1856 Mary Jane. dau. of Dea. Solon Jenkins of Boston, (2) Helen A. Nevers. Ch., Mary J .. m. C. A. Belcher: 11. Flora, deceased : Frank 11. : and Dr. Henry L. See sketch and portrait.
ROGER MOODY b. 11 May 1827: m. Miss Breed of Lynn. Mass. Sur- geon in the Army. Died at Hudson. Miss .. 29 Aug. 1865.
JANE SEAVEY b. 22 Feb. 1829: d. May 1887. Unm.
JOHN WENTWORTH b. 28 March 1831 : m. (1) Martha A. Fenn Carter ; (2) 3 Oct. 1804. LuciaA. Kimball, dan. of Dr. John E. L. Kimball of Saco. Me. See sketch and portrait.
MOSES HOWE b. 5 Oct. 1833: m. Priscilla Lord of Ipswich, Mass.
HENRY LIVINGSTON b. 29 Aug. 1835. Harvard M. S. Surgeon in Navy. U'mm. Died at Pensacola, Florida. 2 Oct. 1864.
GEORGE WEST b. 26 July 1837: m. widow of his brother Moses.
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MARCIA LUCINDA b. 26 May 1840; m. Capt. Horatio Whitten of Port- land. Me.
CHARLES SUMNER b. 26 March 1845. See sketch and portrait.
ANNIE AUGUSTA b. Sept. 1850 ; m. John I. Kimball. Wm Ladd.
16. Capt. Alpheus Deering married, 5 April 1830. Hannah B. Hutchings. She was born 28 June 1805, and died 19 Jan. 1878. He died 25 April 1886, aged 79 years 10 months. Children were :
HARRIET CLARK b. 18 Sept. 1830: in. Darius F. Williams.
ROSANNA b. 3 Nov. 1832: m. Horace Mardon of Portsmouth.
ALPIIEU'S THURSTON b. 30 Jan. 1835: d. 10 Sept. 1835.
GEORGE EDMUND b. 10 Sept. 1836: d. 28 Nov. 1855 at sea. SARAH B. C. b. 10 Dec. 1838. Unm.
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